. >> my name is phil ginsburg. i am the manager of the recreation and parks department.e're so pleased to have everyone here to celebrate what is really a transformation for this playground, a place where childhood memories will be created and opportunities for imaginative play are endless. there are a lot of community supporters and folks that made this happen. we're going to introduce and recognize all of them during our short program, but i'm so honored to introduce someone who has kept her eye on this playground for many years. as district supervisor and now as mayor, she is our park champion and chief. our kids do not need an advocate, because they've got mayor london breed. >> mayor breed: thank you so much, phil. let me tell you, i can't be more happy than to be here today. i remember a couple years ago when we cut the ribbon on the new basketball courts and there were conversations going on and on and on about the playground and the next to do something better. the parents who bring their kids here on a regular basis reflects what we see here today. as much as i

i thank everybody and phil ginsburg and thank you, commissioners, i am in support of it, by the way.nk you. >> lois and martha and lois salisbury. >> which lois did up want? >> it is fine, go ahead. >> i am lois salisbury. good morning. we have to stop seeing each other like this. i am the co-chair of the tennis coalition of san francisco, a major partner with rec and park around this extraordinary effort. i don't know how many of you have been out there this week. it is an exciting time to go by when you see the tree lighting on that tuesday, you should see the walls are going up. it makes me feel so much better. a couple months ago when we only had demolition, i was a nervous wreck. now you can see what an extra facility it is going to be. when we started imagining that facility together four years ago, we also asked ourselves not just what the facility should look like in the design, what would make it an exemplary facility every day. we were inspired by large urban public facilities in denver, in the bronx, in sunnydale and we saw that big public tennis facilities had robust and

do we have some department heads, phil ginsburg, office of civic engagement, adrienne pawn. thank you for being here. wonderful to have you all here. so with that, what we want to do is move to the center of the terminal and do the unveiling by the mayor. >> in 201,755.7 million passengers traveled through san francisco international airport. we have on average 150,000 people traveling through the airport every day. flying can be stressful so we have introduced therapy dogs to make flying more enjoyable. the wag brigade is a partnership between the airport and the san francisco therapy animal assistant program to bring therapy animals into the airport, into the terminals to make passenger travel more enjoyable. i amgen fer casarian and i work here at san francisco international airport. the idea for therapy dogs got started the day after 9/11. an employee brought his therapy dog to work after 9/11 and he was able to see how his dog was able to relieve passenger's jitter. when we first launched the program back in 2013, our main goal was to destress our passengers however wha

do we have some department heads, phil ginsburg, office of civic engagement, adrienne pawn.nk you for being here. wonderful to have you all here. so with that, what we want to do is move to the center of the terminal and do the unveiling by the mayor. >> for joining us here today. we all know that our public transportation system in san francisco is important to our present and it is definitely critical to the future of our city. as our city grows, as our economy grows, as we build more housing, as more people work here, we know that we can't continue to grow in those areas without thinking about improvements to our public transportation system. as someone who grew up in this city, i relied on muni, the 31, the 22 philmore, the 44, you name it, i was on those buses. the 19, i know the routes by heart. but the fact is, you know, we need to do better. we need to make sure that people, especially people who rely on muni to get to work, school, doctors appointments, so many of our seniors who can't drive and need to pick up their medications and other things, we need to make sur

do we have some department heads, phil ginsburg, office of civic engagement, adrienne pawn. thank you for being here. wonderful to have you all here. so with that, what we want to do is move to the center of the terminal and do the unveiling by the mayor. >> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on

do we have some department heads, phil ginsburg, office of civic engagement, adrienne pawn. thank you for being here. wonderful to have you all here. so with that, what we want to do is move to the center of the terminal and do the unveiling by the mayor. tuesday, november 19, meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. i am ben bleiman and i am the commission's president. if you are a member of the public and want to speak, there are speaker forms which you can fill out which are located on the front table or you can just line up for public comment. we do ask that everybody turns off the cell phones or puts them on silent including commissioners and staff. i want to thank sfgov tv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we can start with a row call. >> commissioner perez. >> here.

do we have some department heads, phil ginsburg, office of civic engagement, adrienne pawn.hank you for being here. wonderful to have you all here. so with that, what we want to do is move to the center of the terminal and do the unveiling by the mayor. >> president yee: okay. good afternoon and welcome to the november 19, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, would you please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. [roll call] .

. >> san francisco rec and park commissioners, general manager phil ginsburg, thank you for this honornd consideration. we deeply appreciate the support and effort, especially of a staff, especially from sarah medellin and lamonte bishop, who worked with our family to move this forward. we want to acknowledge the leadership of chris butcher who authorized a unique made-for san francisco concrete proposals and ensured appropriate community engagement. we thank our friend barbara thompson and all of our friends and family supporters who have stood with us on this day to see this come about. thank you very much. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> i'm exceedingly grateful to all of those who were factors in this presentation of my work. i believe good things happen eventually. sometimes it takes a little time. i'm in a position to know that at 92 years old [laughter]. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> president buell: thank you. [applause] >> clerk: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner mcdonnell: thank you so much. again,

good afternoon, commissioners, president buell, members of the commission, general manager phil ginsburg. thank you for taking this issue up in your agenda. i'm a longtime advocate for -- [feedback] -- as you know, san francisco is one of three left in america. and i'm here to urge you to support the recommendation from your operations committee that met recently, which your committee did approve the signage for the issei memorial park plaque. so i would like for you to support the whole exact wording as it is. and i'm here to support the letter that was committed to you by -- submitted to you by paul osaki, the director. i am a third generation japanese-american and i was born in one of those american concentration camps. specifically thue lake. so i urge you to support the exact wording, because words do matter. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners, i'm executive director of the japanese cultural center. this is another opportunity for you to do a good thing. i first wanted to thank you and express my deepest appreciation for your unanimous approva

do we have some department heads, phil ginsburg, office of civic engagement, adrienne pawn. thank you for being here. wonderful to have you all here. so with that, what we want to do is move to the center of the terminal and do the unveiling by the mayor. >> mayor breed: hello, everybody. i'm london breed. i'm mayor of the city and county of san francisco, and i am so excited to be here today. we all know that there is a real crisis in our city, and i know that we hear that word used on a regular basis. but in this particular case what we see happening with those who are struggling with mental illness and substance use disorder and chronic homelessness is something that we see every day and we need to take aggressive action to address that issue. i am standing here with supervisor hillary ronen and mandelman to announce that even though we have had two competing measures, we have come together to do what is in the best interest of this city to introduce today at the board of supervisors a compromise that is going to help us address the most significant problem in our city. [