[applause] >> we especially want to congratulate and celebrate our new chief, nine nicholson.plause] >> she told me to only preach for 30 minutes. [laughter] >> i'm not going to do that. first it seems like we are being taken over by new york. [applause] >> we all know that nine hills from upstate new york, and years ago, one of the chiefs of the new york city fire department made this comment. he said when a firefighter shares their bravery, it is not when they rescue someone, or when they go into some dangerous situation. that is part of their job, part of their dedication. but it is on a day that they are sworn in that they show the most courage, and being willing to take on the role of a firefighter, and especially today, we know that nine takes on a very challenging career as the head of our fire department. i believe that this very intelligent, very compassionate woman will show us in so many ways, what it means to be a strong and successful leader of our department. so we congratulate her, and we pledge our support, our help, and we knew -- renew our own dedication as f

nicholson, we have a very special song, appropriately named "girl on fire." performed by darrell stone, a firefighter with the department. please welcome darrell and d. [applause] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [applause] >> congratulations, nine. >> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. [♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the

nicholson, we have a very special song, appropriately named "girl on fire." performed by darrell stone, a firefighter with the department. please welcome darrell and d. [applause] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [applause] >> congratulations, nine. >> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. captioning starting. good afternoon and welcome to the mayor's disability council this friday may 17 in room 400 of san francisco city hall. city hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. wheelchair access is provided at the grove, van ness and mcallister street via ramps. wheelchair access at the polk street, entrance is provided through a wheelchair lift. assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is real captioned and sign language interpreted. please ask staff for assistance if needed. to prevent electrical interference with this room's sound

nicholson, we have a very special song, appropriately named "girl on fire." performed by darrell stone, a firefighter with the department. please welcome darrell and d. [applause] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [applause] >> congratulations, nine. >> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. >> my name is alan schumer. i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the