[applause] i'll start by saying yes, i'm from philmore. but i do have roots in the bayview hunter's point community. in fact, my grandmother's father worked at the shipyard. he was in the navy at a time when there was segregation. and he worked with what was considered a colored group of men and i find it quite interesting that in our not so distant past, the level of discrimination that existed in this city, you know, what's interesting is that my grandfather served in the shipyard in a segregated unit and now today his granddaughter, the first black mayor woman of san francisco, signed an official declaration after the president declared it a national holiday. i declared it a holiday in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] juneteenth is an official holiday for all of our city employees. i'm not saying don't go to work tomorrow. i'm saying for those essential services that we still need to you go to work but you do get a holiday in lieu. you're welcome -- no, not you're welcome, mayor, you're welcome black people. [applause] s

[applause] i'll start by saying yes, i'm from philmore. i do have roots in the bayview hunter's point community. in fact, my grandmother's father worked at the shipyard. he was in the navy at a time when there was segregation. and he worked with what was considered a colored group of men and i find it quite interesting that in our not so distant past, the level of discrimination that existed in this city, you know, what's interesting is that my grandfather served in the shipyard in a segregated unit and now today his granddaughter, the first black mayor woman of san francisco, signed an official declaration after the president declared it a national holiday. i declared it a holiday in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] juneteenth is an official holiday for all of our city employees. i'm not saying don't go to work tomorrow. i'm saying for those essential services that we still need to you go to work but you do get a holiday in lieu. you're welcome -- no, not you're welcome, mayor, you're welcome black people. [applause] so le

[applause] i'll start by saying yes, i'm from philmore. do have roots in the bayview hunter's point community. in fact, my grandmother's father worked at the shipyard. he was in the navy at a time when there was segregation. and he worked with what was considered a colored group of men and i find it quite interesting that in our not so distant past, the level of discrimination that existed in this city, you know, what's interesting is that my grandfather served in the shipyard in a segregated unit and now today his granddaughter, the first black mayor woman of san francisco, signed an official declaration after the president declared it a national holiday. i declared it a holiday in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] juneteenth is an official holiday for all of our city employees. i'm not saying don't go to work tomorrow. i'm saying for those essential services that we still need to you go to work but you do get a holiday in lieu. you're welcome -- no, not you're welcome, mayor, you're welcome black people. [applause] so let

[applause] i'll start by saying yes, i'm from philmore.grandmother's father worked at the shipyard. he was in the navy at a time when there was segregation. and he worked with what was considered a colored group of men and i find it quite interesting that in our not so distant past, the level of discrimination that existed in this city, you know, what's interesting is that my grandfather served in the shipyard in a segregated unit and now today his granddaughter, the first black mayor woman of san francisco, signed an official declaration after the president declared it a national holiday. i declared it a holiday in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] juneteenth is an official holiday for all of our city employees. i'm not saying don't go to work tomorrow. i'm saying for those essential services that we still need to you go to work but you do get a holiday in lieu. you're welcome -- no, not you're welcome, mayor, you're welcome black people. [applause] so let me just start by saying thank you. phil ginsburg, i want to just say

and this is to install new pedestrian lighting fixtures on mccallister, philmore, and web star. and this is to improve pedestrian safety and walkability improvements. and, with that, i can answer any questions and we also have various project managers here as well. >> chair mandelman: thank you, ms. laport. i do not see any questions or comments from colleagues. so let's open this up to public comment. >> okay. we have several callers on the line. we'll start with the first one. hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> this is a request about the equity study. it's not clear whether there will be similar attention paid to the park and i think that's relevant since paratransit access has been blocked in some parts of the park by the separated bike lane and as there's more attempts to close that would further prevent paratransit access to the rest of jfk drive. so it doesn't make clear. get through all of golden gate mark including anywhere along jfk drive. thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> hello, caller. your two minutes will begin now. >> lots of good things. we're going

and this is to install new pedestrian lighting fixtures on mccallister philmore, and web star. and this is to improve pedestrian safety and walkability improvements. and with that i can answer any questions and we also have various project managers here as well. >> chair mandelman: thank you ms. laport. i do not see any questions or comments from colleagues. so let's open this up to public comment. >> okay. we have several callers on the line. we'll start with the first one. hello caller. your two minutes begins now. >> this is a request about the equity study. it's not clear whether there will be similar attention paid to the park and i think that's relevant since paratransit access has been blocked in some parts of the park by the separated bike lane and as there's more attempts to close that would further prevent paratransit access to the rest of jfk drive. so it doesn't make clear. get through all of golden gate mark including anywhere along jfk drive. thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> hello, caller. your two minutes will begin now. >> lots of good things. we're going to

when i got out of jail they had a program in the philmore area and i went there.and four days later i started to work and i never looked back. i was an apprentice pouring concrete. and my first job was mount zion emergency hospital which is now ucsf. and every day that i drive by ucsf and i look at the old mount zion emergency, i have a sense of pride knowing that i had a part of building that place. yeah, i did. i graduated as an apprentice and worked on a retrofit for city hall. i loved looking at that building and i take big pride in knowing that i was a part of that retrofit. my first formen job was a 40 story building from the ground up. and it's a predominantly male industry and most of the times people underestimate women. i'm used to it though, it's a challenge for me. >> as a female you're working with a lot of guys. so when they see a woman, first they don't think that the woman is in charge and to know that she's a person that is in charge with operations, i think that it's great, because it's different. it's not something -- i mean, not only a female b