grant colfax about where we are, and phil ginsburg, and a number of other speakers, and we're happy to answer questions after everyone's had an opportunity to speak. thank you so much. >> good morning, everybody, and thank you, madam mayor, for the introduction and your tremendous leadership during this unprecedented time. i'd also like to thank director ginsburg in the rec and park department for inviting me to be here for this important event. i'm here today to applaud the people of san francisco for the sacrifices that you have made and for following our health guidelines throughout this pandemic. your hard work and commitment has helped us beat back three surges, including our winter surge, and we continue to move forward with reopening. but i'm also here with words of caution. i am, we are watching with concern about what's happening in the -- in the mid western part of the country, including and especially in michigan, as well as in other parts of the world, including europe, and just yesterday, the director of the c.d.c., recommended that michigan go into another lockdown to bri

grant colfax about where we are, and phil ginsburg, and a number of other speakers, and we're happy to answer questions after everyone's had an opportunity to speak. thank you so much. >> good morning, everybody, and thank you, madam mayor, for the introduction and your tremendous leadership during this unprecedented time. i'd also like to thank director ginsburg in the rec and park department for inviting me to be here for this important event. i'm here today to applaud the people of san francisco for the sacrifices that you have made and for following our health guidelines throughout this pandemic. your hard work and commitment has helped us beat back three surges, including our winter surge, and we continue to move forward with reopening. but i'm also here with words of caution. i am, we are watching with concern about what's happening in the -- in the mid western part of the country, including and especially in michigan, as well as in other parts of the world, including europe, and just yesterday, the director of the c.d.c., recommended that michigan go into another lockdown to bri

general manager phil ginsburg urged the public to steer clear of hippie hill and celebrate at home a long year for us all. >> but our parks all over the city have been places where we've been able to pursue our physical and mental health. we're almost there. but we're just not ready. 2 party. the mayor said they made the decision to cancel this year's event yet again due to concerns over variance and a potential 4th surge of the virus as much as we are tired of the virus. and as much as we are excited about reopening, we are still not. >> at a place. where we can have large scale events large gatherings of people. >> fencing will go up around robin williams meadow on monday and will remain in place through wednesday. police and rangers will disperse any large gatherings and citations may be issued if people don't comply, we will have lots of folks out there just to make sure that everybody is. >> is healthy and safe. consider director buzzkill those looking for a sense of community can, however, head to the website hippie hill for 20 dot com, which will provide some virtual entertain

general manager phil ginsburg urged the public to steer clear of hippie hill and celebrate at home a long year for us all. >> but our parks all over the city have been places where we've been able to pursue our physical and mental health. we're almost there. but we're just not ready to party. the mayor said they made the decision to cancel this year's event yet again due to concerns over variance and a potential 4th surge of the virus as much as we are tired of the virus. and as much as we are excited about reopening, we are still not. >> at a place. where we can have large scale events large gatherings of people. >> fencing will go up around robin williams meadow on monday and will remain in place through wednesday. police and rangers will disperse any large gatherings and citations may be issued if people don't comply, we will have lots of folks out there just to make sure that everybody is is healthy and safe. consider director buzz killed those looking for a sense of community can, however, head to the website hippie hill for 20 dot com, which will provide some virtual entertainm

me, and i could not be more appreciative to denny, lorraine, james -- we know him as j.t., and phil ginsburg, who opened doors for me. and a big thank you to joel robinson who told me, you've got to go to work with a big smile on your face because work is a privilege, and if you're not happy, you might as well go find something else. i want to thank my wife for putting up with all my bad moods and picking up the phone at all hours of the day, my son, connor and kirby, and my wonderful parents and grandparents. my grandfather on my mother's side was a cashier at fleishhacker pool. >> larry, we wish you the very, very best, and thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. thank you. >> on that note -- >> yes, i'm sorry. i wanted to say something. is that okay? >> please. >> commissioner anderson: hi, larry. it's kat. i'm really sad to see you go, but i'm really happy because i know wherever you go, the people around you will be enriched. i wanted to comment because camp mather is one of my favorite places to be on this planet. i can't tell you how much camp mather means to me personally. camp mat

today, my guest is phil ginsburg. he's the director of the san francisco rec and parks, and he's a national rec and park ranger. thank you for being here. >> hi, chris. thank you for having me. >> i've heard you have an exciting new exhibit that features social distancing and is outside, so it's safer. can you tell us a little bit about it? >> the golden gate 50 anniversary wasn't the celebration that we hoped for, but when life deals you lemons, you hope to make lemonade, and we tried to engage people in the park in different ways. behind me is what we did. it's a public exhibit which has transformed peacock meadows into an enchanted forest of other worldly shapes and lights. it's to close out golden gate park's 150 years and to allow people to have outdoors socially distant fun. >> great. and what are the hours, and when can people go see it, and are there access for wheelchairs and strollers? >> well, it will run until february 27, and the ways are wheelchair accessible. it will close in time to make the city's cur

general manager phil ginsburg urged the public to steer clear of hippie hill and celebrate at home ayear for us all. >> but our parks all over the city have been places where we've been able to pursue our physical and mental health. we're almost there. but we're just not ready to party. the mayor said they made the decision to cancel this year's event yet again due to concerns over variance and a potential 4th surge of the virus as much as we are tired of the virus. and as much as we are excited about reopening, we are still not. >> at a place. where we can have large scale events large gatherings of people. >> fencing will go up around robin williams meadow on monday and will remain in place through wednesday. police and rangers will disperse any large gatherings and citations may be issued if people don't comply, we will have lots of folks out there just to make sure that everybody is is healthy and safe. consider director buzzkill those looking for a sense of community can, however, head to the website hippie hill for 20 dot com, which will provide some virtual entertainment for t

grant colfax about where we are, and phil ginsburg, and a number of other speakers, and we're happy to answer questions after everyone's had an opportunity to speak. thank you so much. >> good morning, everybody, and thank you, madam mayor, for the introduction and your tremendous leadership during this unprecedented time. i'd also like to thank director ginsburg in the rec and park department for inviting me to be here for this important event. i'm here today to applaud the people of san francisco for the sacrifices that you have made and for following our health guidelines throughout this pandemic. your hard work and commitment has helped us beat back three surges, including our winter surge, and we continue to move forward with reopening. but i'm also here with words of caution. i am, we are watching with concern about what's happening in the -- in the mid western part of the country, including and especially in michigan, as well as in other parts of the world, including europe, and just yesterday, the director of the c.d.c., recommended that michigan go into another lockdown to bri

general manager phil ginsburg urged the public to steer clear of hippie hill and celebrate at home a long year for us all. >> but our parks all over the city have been places where we've been able to pursue our physical and mental health. we're almost there. but we're just not ready to party. the mayor said they made the decision to cancel this year's event yet again due to concerns over variance and a potential 4th surge of the virus as much as we are tired of the virus. and as much as we are excited about reopening, we are still not. >> at a place. where we can have large scale events large gatherings of people. >> fencing will go up around robin williams meadow on monday and will remain in place through wednesday. police and rangers will disperse any large gatherings and citations may be issued if people don't comply, we will have lots of folks out there just to make sure that everybody is is healthy and safe. consider director buzzkill those looking for a sense of community can, however, head to the website hippie hill for 20 dot com, which will provide some virtual entertainment

me, and i could not be more appreciative to denny, lorraine, james -- we know him as j.t., and phil ginsburg, who opened doors for me. and a big thank you to joel robinson who told me, you've got to go to work with a big smile on your face because work is a privilege, and if you're not happy, you might as well go find something else. i want to thank my wife for putting up with all my bad moods and picking up the phone at all hours of the day, my son, connor and kirby, and my wonderful parents and grandparents. my grandfather on my mother's side was a cashier at fleishhacker pool. >> larry, we wish you the very, very best, and thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. thank you. >> on that note -- >> yes, i'm sorry. i wanted to say something. is that okay? >> please. >> commissioner anderson: hi, larry. it's kat. i'm really sad to see you go, but i'm really happy because i know wherever you go, the people around you will be enriched. i wanted to comment because camp mather is one of my favorite places to be on this planet. i can't tell you how much camp mather means to me personally. camp mat

general manager phil ginsburg urged the public to steer clear of hippie hill and celebrate at home a long year for us all. >> but our parks all over the city have been places where we've been able to pursue our physical and mental health. we're almost there. but we're just not ready to party. the mayor said they made the decision to cancel this year's event yet again due to concerns over variance and a potential 4th surge of the virus as much as we are tired of the virus. and as much as we are excited about reopening, we are still not. >> at a place. where we can have large scale events large gatherings of people. >> fencing will go up around robin williams meadow on monday and will remain in place through wednesday. police and rangers will disperse any large gatherings and citations may be issued if people don't comply, we will have lots of folks out there just to make sure that everybody is is healthy and safe. consider director buzz killed those looking for a sense of community can, however, head to the website hippie hill for 20 dot com, which will provide some virtual entertainm

grant colfax about where we are, and phil ginsburg, and a number of other speakers, and we're happy to answer questions after everyone's had an opportunity to speak. thank you so much. >> good morning, everybody, and thank you, madam mayor, for the introduction and your tremendous leadership during this unprecedented time. i'd also like to thank director ginsburg in the rec and park department for inviting me to be here for this important event. i'm here today to applaud the people of san francisco for the sacrifices that you have made and for following our health guidelines throughout this pandemic. your hard work and commitment has helped us beat back three surges, including our winter surge, and we continue to move forward with reopening. but i'm also here with words of caution. i am, we are watching with concern about what's happening in the -- in the mid western part of the country, including and especially in michigan, as well as in other parts of the world, including europe, and just yesterday, the director of the c.d.c., recommended that michigan go into another lockdown to bri

general manager phil ginsburg urged the public to steer clear of hippie hill and celebrate at home a long year for us all. >> but our parks all over the city have been places where we've been able to pursue our physical and mental health. we're almost there. but we're just not ready to party. the mayor said they made the decision to cancel this year's event yet again due to concerns over variance and a potential 4th surge of the virus as much as we are tired of the virus. and as much as we are excited about reopening, we are still not. >> at a place. where we can have large scale events large gatherings of people. >> fencing will go up around robin williams meadow on monday and will remain in place through wednesday. police and rangers will disperse any large gatherings and citations may be issued if people don't comply, we will have lots of folks out there just to make sure that everybody is. >> is healthy and safe. consider director buzz killed those looking for a sense of community can, however, head to the website hippie hill for 20 dot com, which will provide some virtual entert

grant colfax about where we are, and phil ginsburg, and a number of other speakers, and we're happy toto speak. thank you so much. >> good morning, everybody, and thank you, madam mayor, for the introduction and your tremendous leadership during this unprecedented time. i'd also like to thank director ginsburg in the rec and park department for inviting me to be here for this important event. i'm here today to applaud the people of san francisco for the sacrifices that you have made and for following our health guidelines throughout this pandemic. your hard work and commitment has helped us beat back three surges, including our winter surge, and we continue to move forward with reopening. but i'm also here with words of caution. i am, we are watching with concern about what's happening in the -- in the mid western part of the country, including and especially in michigan, as well as in other parts of the world, including europe, and just yesterday, the director of the c.d.c., recommended that michigan go into another lockdown to bring its surge under control. i think we can all agree t

we will also hear from rec and park department and its director phil ginsburg who like maria sue has stepped up and hosted community hubs throughout the city. i'm really just so proud of our city department. they are going to provide a comprehensive overview of the wide range of programs that the city will be making available to families through the summer together initiatives. i know families are anxious to have really clear and confirmed learning opportunities for their kids this summer and so we'll hear about how registration is going to take place and the likelihood of those options being available to you and your children and we'll have a chance to ask all these types of detailed questions. so without further adieu, i want to see if any of my colleagues have any opening remarks before we turn it over to maria sue. nope. all right maria. let's hear about summer together >> first. thank you chair ronen and supervisor melgar, and supervisor safai for having a community that's dedicated to children, youth, and families. it's important that we talk the talk and walk the walk as well.