naomi kelly, muhammad nuru, ed ruskin, phil michael lamb bart, john aim, thom hughie from dbi, michael, nicole bond, adrian pond, barbara garcia, brian strong, john updike, and finally, my partner in everything tyron jew from the mayor's office. could you stand up and be recognized. [applause] and lastly, i would like to thank our main sponsor for this event, so grateful for their leadership and their demonstration of what is possible when you lead by intention and that is kaiser. [applause] >> so, i have to say, as a californian, it's been a tough year to witness this new normal of a changed climate. as an environmentalist, it's been hard to watch what is happening at the national level. it is impossible not to feel not to react. don't it always seem you don't know what you've got until it's gone. but then, i see students, students like the school of the arts chorus, students like those who are rising up against gun violence and marching for their lives. and that awful feeling turns to hope. and then i see the young people who are suing the federal over climate change because they bel

want to thank naomi kelly for continuing my journey here and making me director. thank you for that opportunity. of course to you, thank you. yes, your questions were tough, but they are supposed to be. you are doing your job. i hope we treat you with respect, even though we may be angry about having to answer the questions you might ask. that's okay. [laughter] so keep it up. although, would you give me replacement, mr. endrico, a little honeymoon, a day or two, and then go ahead and grill him. thank you very much for this honor. this is just great for my heart. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, director updike. >> after this photo, let's bring him into the well, so we can take a big, group photo. >> supervisor kim, you're up next. >> supervisor kim: thank you, colleagues, members of the public and members. i want to bring up chan to the podium. it is really my honor today as an asian-american and as an attorney to honor chan, also known as ceci wang, here at the san francisco board of supervisors. for those unfamiliar, he was the very, very first chinese-ameri

naomi kelly. supervisor administrator. first on behalf of the capital planning committee. i am very happy to be here today to introduce the seawall earthquake safety bond measures that are before you for recommendation and inclusion on the november 2018. it supports our regional transportation including the b.a.r.t. and muni tubes, and ferry services. it protects our city from flooding, it supports critical utilities, whether it's water, sewer, electrical, telecom, and emergency response and disaster recovery infrastructure. it makes it possible for our way of life and it's a big part of who we are in san francisco. the seawall's importance to so many different assets is how we've come to understand the urgency of the need in the first place. in 2014, under the leadership of then-mayor ed lee, the city introduced the lifeline's interdependency studies to study the interdependency across the region. the seawall was identified as one of the most critical interdependency issues that could impact emergency response efforts and the safety of our people and property following a

. >> my name is naomi kelly the single-story for the 775 i started with the city and county in 1996 workingor the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored united states and excited about the future. >> my name is is jack listen and the executive director of a phil randolph institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in san francisco and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have this huge way to work with the community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks wi

city administrator naomi kelly, planning department, digital services team, treasurer and tax collector's office, rent board and board of supervisors and mayor's office that we receive so much support and we want you to succeed kind of atmosphere from everyone involved. thank you, again, so much for this commendation and honor and it's an honor for us to have the opportunity to be public servants for the residents of san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor peskin. i'm victoria weatherford, city enforcement office. i've worked on various cases and so on behalf of the city attorney's office, attorneys, parallels, investigators, i want to say thank you to the board for the recognition of the hard work that all of us do and i, like kevin said, it's teamwork here. working with you in our office together in order to draft the legislation and defending it in court, even on appeal by the big companies that want to stop our abilities to enforce our laws. working with short term rentals has been a fabulous partner working to bring us the most egregious cases and it takes a vil

we work hand in hand with them, that meeting was attended by our city administrator, naomi kelly. we look forward to continuing to partner with pacific gas and electric whom we work closely with on a daily basis. on the 4th of may, i had an interesting request, which i gladly said i would do. i was able to swear in mr. abraham cooper who is the new united states postal service, san francisco post master. i didn't know him but i know several people at united states postal service. figured it was a busy day so they may have gone down the list, i gladly accepted and swore him in. and that was really well attended and a unique opportunity to do that. on the 5th of may last saturday, i was one of many, i didn't attend the tree planting, magnolia tree planting for mayor lee. i attended photo unveiling in room 200 in his office, and there was a celebration in honor of mayor lee. what would have been his 66th birthday was also his mother's 93rd birthday, she was present here and there was a lot of people here to honor the memory of the mayor. there was a beautiful tribute to him in the co