ladies and gentlemen, larry mazzola, jr. [applause] >> thank you, miss mayor. so i'm not sure how many of you know this, but this started 2.5 years ago with a process, and it started with a phone call. phil ginsburg and mohamed nuru called me 2.5 years ago and said we want a citywide project labor agreement. can you get this done? i said i don't know, guys. it'll be a tough task, but i'll try, and here we are. like ahsha says, p.l.a.s are -- are great for workers. they're going to be great for the workers of this city, union and nonunion alike. a lot of people don't understand what p.l.a.s do and what they are. and i wrote down a few things. they provide for workers in the communities. they provide uniform wages, benefits, hours and working conditions. they bar unions from striking, so it's like a peace agreement. they provide contractors reliable and uninterrupted supply of qualified workers at predictable cost. they ensure that projects are completed on time and on budget. they create career paths for women, minorities, and veterans. and the biggest thing is

commissioner mazzola? >> thank you. so over the last 1.5 years that i've been on this board, i've gotten to know mark buell, and i've been impressed with his dedication and commitment for this body and commission. i think he's done a fabulous job is not just coming to the meetings, it's dealing with the staff and public on a daily basis, which he's done, as well, so i'm proud to nominate mark buell for president. >> i'm proud to second that nomination. >> clerk: are there any other nominations? okay. then, i am closing the nominations for president, and all those in favor. [voting] >> clerk: any opposed? congratulations, commissioner buell. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, commissioner mazzola for your kind words, and commissioner bonilla. and i love the responsibility and i look forward to working with everybody in the next year. >> clerk: okay. and now i need a motion and a second to open the nominations for vice president. >> so moved. >> so moved. >> second. >> second. >> clerk: okay. all those in favor

to negotiate a project labor agreement started many, many years ago under the leadership of larry mazzola, sr. [applause] >> and it's -- it's only fitting that we actually deliver it with your offspring, larry mazzola, jr. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it started with the leadership under the labor council with tim paulson carrying on that tradition with rudy gonzalez who is now head of the labor council here in san francisco. so many amazing people. it really did take a village to get to this place, and i'm honored to be with you here today to sign this important legislation that is really about building strong communities, create opportunities that providing opportunities for growth and making sure that no one is left behind. so this is the beginning. we know that there is still work to do. i also want to recognize josh arce, who's our workforce director. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and thank you all so much, again, for just all of your hard work, for coming to the table, and doing what's necessary to arrive at what i think is a fair and balanced agreement. and miguel, t

are commissioner cat anderson, gloria bonilla, tom anderson, eric mcdonald, and commissioner larry mazzola. i want to thank them. they -- the citizen members of the park recreation open space advisory committee. they help you make our park special. our president, stephen franz is here. i want to thank our amazing partners who make this possible. supporting us today is kaiser permanently, illuminate, our conservatory of flowers. all right. let tease talk about the tree we're supposed to light. mayor, we've been liethsing tre -- lighting trees around the city, but this is our official industry. this is a cypress that's over 131 years old, and despite losing a limb or two over the years, it stands super tall and super strong, and tonight, it's supporting over 550 lights. let's give it up for uncle john's tree. [applause] >> and then a few special people. i want to welcome the boys and girls for hamilton recreation center, who are here. let's give it up for hamilton rec. [applause] >> and none of this would be possibly without the hardest group of city employees. all my respect to our amazing

ladies and gentlemen, larry mazzola, jr. >> thank you, ms. mayor. so i'm not sure how many of you know this, but this started two and a half years ago, this process. it started with a phone call. they said, we want and need a city-wide project agreement. can you do this for us? can you get this done? i said i don't know guys, this will be a tough task, but i'll try. and here we are. asha says, plas are great for the workers and great for the workers of this city, union and nonunion alike. a lot of people don't understand what plas do and what they are. and they provide for the workers in the communities. this is just some of the things. they provide uniform wages, benefits, hours and working conditions. they bar unions from striking. so it's like a peace agreement. they provide contractors with reliable and uninterrupted supply of qualified workers. they ensure that projects are completed on time and on budget. they create career paths for women, minorities and veterans. and the biggest thing, they protect the workers, like i said, union and nonunio

. >> commissioner mazzola. >> sorry, derek, can you tell why recreation and parks isn't required to do the cut? >> we're a baseline, so we receive a general fund baseline, and part of the proposition stated that unless due to dramatic budgetary problems that would be triggered at a citywide level, the department would not need to make those cuts. >> that was just rec and park only. >> other departments who are baseline departments have similar types -- >> okay. >> similar type departments generally don't submit general fund cut targets. baseline departments do not. i do need to be mindful, while proposition b does provide us with some budgetary responsibility, it also puts a lot of pressure on us to solve or own problems and fix our -- address our own cost increases, so it's certainly not a windfall. >> that's correct. >> seeing no other questions, i know that was information only, thank you. very informative. >> clerk: okay. we're now on item 18, general public comment continued. is there anyone here who would like to make general public comment that did not comment under item four? o