our nation and our cities still face monumental channels. t continue moving our country forward until we finally pass the voting rights legislation. [applause] in my final days as your president, we issued a bipartisan letter, a bipartisan letter to the senate urging passage of the essential voting rights protection laws. the john lewis voting rights advancement act and the freedom to vote act must be passed by the senate and must be signed into law. full stop. [applause] as our letter stated, american democracy is stronger when all eligible voters participate in elections. yet voting rights are under historic attack and our very democracy is threatened by state actions. this cannot be allowed. and there's so much more to do to ensure our country and our cities fully recover from covid-19 and come back stronger than before. that is why it's vie tl to finally pass the build back better agenda and give every kid, every family, and every community the opportunity to thrive. now mayors, these challenges are daunting. but i can think of no better

it is time to open up our city. it is time to enjoy our lives after everything we have experienced to see not just the challenges we faced but the opportunities before us. to feel pride in what our city has done and can do. the first in the country to shut down. we saw one of the lowest death rates in the country and highest vaccination rates. we did that. san francisco did that. [applause]. now it is up to each of us to harness that pride, to be motivated to make important change and decisions in city hall to take action in our communities. to tell our stories. just the other day we got an e-mail from a visitor named brittany who had a lay over at sfo and wanted to explore san francisco. her friends told her san francisco is not a safe place for you. brittany said, girl, i am going to party in san francisco. she found out that her friends were wrong. she met two of our welcome ambassadors terrence and joel. she found out what the best cable car routes were to see lombard street. she was recommended to places to eat

our families. on that we all agree. and as citiesch and pretend they don't exist and let it leave us behind, or embrace them, leverage them for the good of our people so our tomorrows will be better than our yesterdays. i believe that by using technology we can economically empower a new generation that can earn, invest and own the fruits of its own labor. even now the debate over the role of cryptocurrency is a perfect example, and i can give you a tutorial later one-on-one, and we believe the use of cryptocurrency can open up the economy to individuals and groups that have been historically excluded by the free market and financial institutions. this is why in consultation with vice president hilary shevy and all of you brother and sister mayors, i will ask america's mayors to join me to form a crypto compact for america that advances nonpartisan policies to continue the growth of an open and fair, accessible and accountable cryptocurrency market that promotes innovation and innovators for a generation. [ applause ] you can tell ho

she has been working so hard to get more housing built in our city. she has a piece of legislation called cars to houses, which turns areas like what used to be a parking lot, like what we have here, into housing, and seeing this transformed into a beautiful form of housing, this is what can happen when we listen to the community. thank you, brookfield, for the way that you've gone about this. we are here in the middle of the filipino cultural district, for a long time, the home of filipinos here in our city, and to be able to sit here and say that the filipino community, united playas, were a part of this since the beginning and helped to shape it is a huge testament to what is possible in our city. contrary to what people may say, san franciscans want more housing. they want more housing. they just want to make sure it's housing they can access. they want to make sure it's housing that includes community and open space. they want to make sure when we build housing, that we do it with them and for them, and that's what we've done in this project. thi

>> welcome to our city's newest park, the park at 5m. welcome to our city's newest hub of creativity, commerce, and community. welcome, everyone, to 5m. [applause] >> this is an exciting day that has been more than a decade in the making, but it's just the start of great things to come for the people who live, work, and spend time here at 5m. when we broke ground, we were surrounded by four acres of mostly parking lots. today, brookfield properties is proud to announce the completion of its development commitment. the first is the parks at 5m. about the size of five basketball courts, this is the city's largest privately owned open space. it has been wonderful to see just the immediate reaction that we've had to this open space from the neighbors that have come in today. this stage directly connects to the dempster building. children from all ages will be able to play in our play area, which is right behind the camline building, and our lawn areas, as well. dog owners used to walk their dogs here in the parking lot because there were so

focused on reimagines our city. our guest is debbie rafael director of san francisco department of environment to talk about climate action plan. welcome. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. >> thank you, too. i have seen the climate action plan. it is a very detailed document that might be a little incontinue dating to digest is there a simple way to summit up? >> you are right. this is a science-based document. we are very, very proud of the rigor. over 150 implementable actions to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. i think i can summarize everything in the plan in four words. zero 80-100 roots. that is all you need to know and think about when you think about your own climate action plan. let me explain a little bit more. zero. zero waste. landfill incineration. zero toxics. cutting down what you buy altogether. that is really how we are going to reduce emissions upstream from all of the manufacturing and mining that happens because of the decisions we make about what we buy. zero. everything in your blue

it is a clear symbol of our enginuity and our importance we place on the resilience of this city. my name is carmen chiu and i serve as san francisco administrator. one of the responsibilities of my job is to make sure we continue to plan for the investments we need in our infrastructure. whether it is our public hospitals, our utilities, our fire stations or this station right behind you. we know that when the time calls when there is an emergency, we are better off as a city when we make these investments. and so i want to thank all of you for being here today to celebrate in this wonderful and momentus day. i want to thank all of the voters in san francisco who have made possible investments like this. we know we couldn't do it without them. and, of course, we could not do it without our mayor, a person who formerly served as a commissioner of the fire commission and now our mayor, she understands firsthand the importance of supporting our first responders and public safety. mayor breed. >> thank you, carmen. and i've got to say it's great to be here with each and every one of y

focused on reimagines our city. our guest is debbie rafael director of san francisco department of environment to talk about climate action plan. welcome. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. >> thank you, too. i have seen the climate action plan. it is a very detailed document that might be a little incontinue dating to digest is there a simple way to summit up? >> you are right. this is a science-based document. we are very, very proud of the rigor. over 150 implementable actions to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. i think i can summarize everything in the plan in four words. zero 80-100 roots. that is all you need to know and think about when you think about your own climate action plan. let me explain a little bit more. zero. zero waste. landfill incineration. zero toxics. cutting down what you buy altogether. that is really how we are going to reduce emissions upstream from all of the manufacturing and mining that happens because of the decisions we make about what we buy. zero. everything in your blue

it is time to open up our city. it is time to enjoy our lives after everything we have experienced to see not just the challenges we faced but the opportunities before us. to feel pride in what our city has done and can do. the first in the country to shut down. we saw one of the lowest death rates in the country and highest vaccination rates. we did that. san francisco did that. [applause]. now it is up to each of us to harness that pride, to be motivated to make important change and decisions in city hall to take action in our communities. to tell our stories. just the other day we got an e-mail from a visitor named brittany who had a lay over at sfo and wanted to explore san francisco. her friends told her san francisco is not a safe place for you. brittany said, girl, i am going to party in san francisco. she found out that her friends were wrong. she met two of our welcome ambassadors terrence and joel. she found out what the best cable car routes were to see lombard street. she was recommended to places to eat

and so hope sf strives to work with our city systems to better serve our public housing communities.> so recently, mayor breed and speaker pelosi toured the site to both put focus on a national housing initiative and also to highlight the completion of the first new building. how many units does it contain and when will people start moving in? >> yeah. it was an amazing event. honored to have the secretary here with us as well in our community. it's 167 units. it's about 75% going back to the original families that currently live on site. so the replacement. so i did forget to mention i want to say real quick, the beauty of hope sf is housing development, new development without displacements or anti-displacement initiatives. so, for example, the building is 167 units. 75% of those units going to families that have lived there in the community for generationings and the other 25% are tax credit units adding to the affordable housing stock here in san francisco and those units are up and running now. they're leasing them as we speak. people are picking their units each week until they

, in chinatown, and in all our neighborhoods throughout the city. is 50% asian american, we had an incredible lunar new year celebration at our outer sunset farmers market and mercantile. in fact, if you missed it, you'll be able to celebrate the great highway lune or celebration on february 26 from 3:00 p.m. to sunset. we're going to have more kite makers and lunar new year activities. thanks, everybody, for coming together in events that bring so much hope to our city and looking forward to seeing you all at our lunar new year parade next saturday. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor mar is actually my home district supervisor. thank you for your service, i've got to call out david chiu, our city attorney. every year, david comes out and tells us he's going to come out and do some kind of performance -- dancing. this year, david, our challenge to you is actually to carry through on your words and do a performance, so i hope that you will. let's give a round of applause to the upcoming performance of our city attorney, david chiu. i want to al

and on that, are you prepared to _ prepared to defend our city. that, are you prepared to fight? yes. we are prepared to fight, and at the same time we try to continue to perform our main mission here. we reach our students, our schools are working and teach our schoolboys and schoolgirls also in distant form. we are open and shelter refugees from other regions. many of our students and our professors have been volunteering with organisations and help people who come to our city from the eastern regions. some of our students and our professionals already in the army or the territorial defence.- already in the army or the territorial defence. �* , ., , ., territorial defence. and you say you are continuing _ territorial defence. and you say you are continuing to _ territorial defence. and you say you are continuing to teach, _ territorial defence. and you say you are continuing to teach, i _ territorial defence. and you say you are continuing to teach, i mean - territorial defence. and you say you are continuing to teach, i mean it . are continuing

for our cities, the funding will be, will also help keep families safe with our safe streets for all initiative. and it will advance president biden's focus on promoting equity by reconnecting communities harmed by infrastructure projects in the past that divided community. the investment will create good paying jobs in your community with turbo-charging americans competitiveness, boosting small businesses, cutting commutes and helping supply chain bottlenecks, this law is already delivering for the american people. in recent weeks, administration announced new funding to improve airports across the nation, to rebuild and repair bridges, including off-system bridges and i keep talking about it, get the lead out of the water systems especially in under-served communities. as we implement legislature infrastructure, democrats remain hard at work to build back better than it was before the virus even struck. we are committed to passing legislation to bring down everyday costs for working families from healthcare to childcare, to family care and more. we must also work together to combat

we have three of our city e.m.t. graduates either in an academy or -- actually four coming into an academy, actually h-2 and h-3, so the pipeline is opened, and it's starting to start. this week was busy in terms of legislation. on monday, our assembly fill sponsored by assembly member phil ting was heard and passed through the legislation committee. this is the legislation necessary to purchase the port piece of property for our future training center. we got the votes needed to pass. it was 11-0, and that piece of legislation now moves to the appropriations committee before it moves on, so we're very excited and will keep you updated as this continues. yesterday, the supplement passed for over $14 million. this addresses our budget overruns due to covid and stachg. and then, last week, i went on a ride along with our community paramedics's division street wellness team and saw the wonderful work that they're doing out there to get the community outreach. and last week, we pinned some paramedics who were promoted, a