i would like to get started right a wai, i'm marissa rodriguez with the alliance and i have the pleasure of introducing our mayor, mayor london breed. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. it's great to be here in union square. you know over the years, we have seen a lot of changes in our city. no one could have ever anticipated that we would experience a global pandemic that challenged us like never before and what we saw during that pandemic is san franciscans coming together and rise to the occasion. and the city was applauded for our efforts at the time when we made fast and swift emergency divisions to to help safe lives. that's what san francisco is about. now what we're seeing all over, is others who are trying to define what san francisco narrative is. and we know that like any other major city, we have our challenges. we know like any other major city, they struggle through the pan demic and some cities may be coming back faster than we are. but we also know that unlike other cities, this is san francisco one of the most beautiful cities anywhere in t

i would like to get started right a wai, i'm marissa rodriguez with the alliance and i have the pleasureintroducing our mayor, mayor london breed. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. it's great to be here in union square. you know over the years, we have seen a lot of changes in our city. no one could have ever anticipated that we would experience a global pandemic