We have cam malaharris and nancy pelosi from San Francisco. We are proud of progress and we cannot be complacent. That is what you are hearing today. It didnt escape me i am the only one that was not a legislature at one time or current legislator. I had a career in the department and i chose to vote. What can you do . You can bring Voter Registration forms with you wherever you go. How many people have a Registration Form in their purse or pocket . Dont assume that your family members and friends are registered. Make sure they are registered. Talk to them about becoming registered and give them a form. Candidates, put a Voter Registration ling on your website. Make sure people can link to Voter Registration. Each of our experiences helps us to become the person we are. In my case the employment list in an nontraditional job was the first step i took to becoming the first elected woman sheriff. That is a hint. We are all becoming each day of our lives with the ability to make choices for the betterment of society. The book i chose on the New York Times bestseller list 40 weeks is becoming by Michelle Obama which i am sure all of you are familiar with. One of the coats quotes. Do we settle for the world as it is or work for the world as it should be. I choose to be inspired by her words and work for the world asker it should be. One step is to have a healthy democracy that includes women, men, people of every race, gender, every demographic to affect changes in the status and ensure we register more people to vote and encourage them to vote at every tint. Voting every opportunity. Voting is where we have an equal say. Thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you for your Public Service, sheriff. Join me in a big round of applause to her. [applause. ] thank you. Now we have two more speakers. The next is going to do something very special. It is the special part of our program. In honor of womens equality day we want to recognize a an uns ug hero. The unsung hero. She will introduce our new winner. How is it going . Okay. Well, it is time to bring it home. It is time to understand why we are here today and what we are going to do. First, thank you to assessor carmen and vivian pope for organizing this event. As we go to the Centennial Anniversary of the 19th amendment in 2020, it is important to remember this struggle began long before the 19th amendment passed. For native and black women it was not guaranteed in 1920. It is not guaranteed today. Talk about voter suppression. As we see it going on, we know that we all need to have a seat at the table. We know that we are underrepresented here. What do we need to do about it . I will ask one more time. Malia cohen is on it. What do we need to do about it . Vote. Thank you. When i vote i honor my ancestors. When i vote, it is my privilege. It is my right because i am the grandchild. I am the niece, the daughter of teachers, migrant workers, sharecroppers that denied the right to vote several times. So my book is based on that and the history of this movement. I chose women, race and class by angela davis. We know that representation matters. Without a seat at the table our voices are issues what matters to us is not considered. For this w challenge we also have to talk about young people and how important they are. They are the least likely of all age groups to vote. Young people who develop the habit early of voting become lifelong voters. Today it is my honor and my privilege to introduce someone who wasnt just up here talking saying i dont have the power but took it. How did she take it . When she was denied the ability to vote by her aids, she preregistered 130 people to vote. She worked at polls, she is involved every day. I would like to ask the assessor to join me as we present the certificate of appreciation and thanks to ms. Riley thompson for taking action every day and making sure that her generation can survive and thrive in this nation. [applause. ] hello everyone. I am riley thompson. For the past two years i worked with the department of elections to preregister my peers to vote. It allows 16 and 17year old to fill out the paperwork with the benefit of time and informed individual to help them making it simpler to vote when of age. Many older piers mentioned how difficult it was to figure out how to register when they turned 18 causing them to miss voting in the election. This is important to me because i believe in the power of voting to create change. It is away for every one to have a say in how the government functions on a local and national level. Preregistration is the way to break down the barriers that bar many in the country from exercising this right. I became involved with the department of elections at the end of 2017. I was having conversations and was understanding how many obstacles there were. Throughout the course of my work with the department of elections, i have been able to register over 130 students and havandenlisted over 15 poll wor. [applause. ] through working with the department and serving as a polworker myself i have seen how government in regards to voting affects regular people and their lives. I represent the youth perspective. I see the layout of voting booths that can make a impact. Interning with supervisor stephanies office i have seen the other side when government functions at best it improves the over all quality of life. This has taught me how much voting can make an impact especially on the local level where it is less discussed and considered and how important it is to stay engaged. I went to a high school where politics was part of the conversation whether it impacted the community or not. I saw this consistent Political Engagement as the norm before i began my work with the department of elections. Youth voter turnout is much lower than other age groupings. It is not easy to stay engaged especially in this icelating climate. This is when it is most important to do so. Regardless of the direction you want the country and world to go. This is a moment of great change. Involvement and engagement in the political system allows a brew h blueprint for the future path and create the world you want to see. Bad film innist by bad feminist by roxanne gay. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you so much for everything you have done to preregister voters. Before the last speaker i want to say thank you for coming. Remember the w challenge is not only about registering others to vote, voting yourself and making sure your voice is heard. Pass on the knowledge. Recommend a book and make sure someone that has something important to say you help them spread that love. I am going to introduce leah edwards from the league of women voters. We had 48 Partner Organizations who helped sponsor this event spreading the message about the w challenge. Leah. [applause. ] thank you so much for being here today and thank you so much to the amazing female leaders for being here and sharing their knowledge with us. I would appreciate if we could give them a round of applause for the great work they have done and commitment to Public Service and womens equality. We are celebrating the 99th anniversary of women getting the right to vote. This was a tough fight. Women were arrested and jailed, there were hunger strikes and it took the collective action of tens of thousands of women to secure this fundamental right. Iron jawed angels details the struggles and pain that women dured to have a say in the future. The league of women voters is recommending the film, not the book. We are giving you a break. It is important to reflect on this history and use it as a fight toward a better future. I know i am fortunate to enjoy rights. The league of women voters has been around for almost 100 years. I have met so many trailblazers fighting for womens equality for decades. I know they did not hav have its as see see as i did. We woman told me when she was my age she could not get a credit card in her name. This shows how much progress is possible in one lifetime. There is still a lot of work to be done. Recently i met a woman who is an advocat for equal rights since the 1970s when it was first introduced. She is waiting for women to have equal protections under the constitution. We all know women facing discrimination, working a fulltime job and fill doing the housework or question their ability to serve. It is so important for us to continue this fight for womens equality. One important step that we all need to be taking as citizens of this country is the right to vote. It gives you a role in shaping the future of the country. It is a critical first step. You can go a lot further. United states has such a rich history of change through active crim, self rights, men, rights we need to be actively participating in society and government to drive is change we want to see in the world. I encourage you to make your voice heard, participate in an upcoming march. Volunteer for a cause you care about, run for office. Take the next step. I hope you are ready to take action as we work towards a more equal future for women. We have a long way to equality. We are making progress. If anyone is an indication the future is bright. Thank you all so much for being here. We had incredible partners. I will read off names to thank them. Please as i read off the Organization Name please come up. We will get a big group people. Thank you to the asianamerican advancing justice, community center, fund, Asian Pacific island of public affairs, neighborhood center, black women organized for political action, Childrens Council of San Francisco, Chinatown Community childrens center, Community Youth center, core. Diamond heights yont. Dress for success San Francisco. Equal rights advocates. Family connection, immigrants foundation, stem resources, filipino network, gun moon residence hall, housing and economics rights. Jewish relations council. Lifeons club. Northeast Community Credit union. Richmond neighborhood center, San Francisco chamber of commerce, womens political community. South mission bay neighborhood, sunset youth services, holt council of San Francisco, womens building, United Nations association, San Francisco, womens environmental. Ymca, ywca and lets give all of these partners a round of applause. [applause. ] it is an impressive list. Come up and join us as we take this picture to commemorate the day. I personally love the mega jobs. I think theyre a lot of fun. I like being part of a build that is bigger than myself and outlast me and make a mark on a landscape or industry. We do a lot of the big sexy jobs, the stacked towers, Transit Center, a lot of the note worthy projects. Im Second Generation construction. My dad was in it and for me it just felt right. I was about 16 when i first started drafting home plans for people and working my way through college. In college i became a project engineer on the job, replacing others who were there previously and took over for them. The Transit Center project is about a million square feet. The entire floor is for commuter buses to come in and drop off, there will be five and a half acre city park accessible to everyone. It has an amputheater and water marsh that will filter it through to use it for landscaping. Bay area council is big here in the area, and they have a gender equity group. I love going to the workshops. Its where i met jessica. We hit it off, we were both in the same field and the only two women in the same. Through that friendship did we discover that our projects are interrelated. The projects provide the power from san jose to San Francisco and end in the trans bay terminal where amanda was in charge of construction. Without her project basically i have a fancy bus stop. She has headed up the Womens Network and i do, too. We have exchanged a lot of ideas on how to get groups to work together. Its been a Good Partnership for us. Women can play leadership role in this field. I tell him that the schedule is behind, his work is crappy. He starts dropping fbombs and i say if youre going to talk to me like that, the meeting is over. So these are the challenges that we face over and over again. The reality, okay, but it is Getting Better i think. It has been great to bond with other women in the field. We lack diversity and so we have to support each other and change the culture a bit so more women see it as a great field that they can succeed in. What drew me in, i could use more of my mind than my body to get the work done. Its important for women to network with each other, especially in construction. The percentage of women and men in construction is so different. Its hard to feel a part of something and you feel alone. Its fun to play a leadership role in an important project, this is important for the transportation of the entire peninsula. To have that person of women coming into construction, returning to construction from family leave and creating the network of women that can rely on each other. Women are the main source of income in your household. Show of hands. People are very charmed with the idea of the reverse role, that theres a dad at home instead of a mom. You wont have gender equity in the office until its at home. Whatever you do, be the best you can be. Dont say i cant do it, you can excel and do whatever you want. Just put your mind into it. Tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown San Francisco and on every Street Corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes Grocery Stores im the cocoordinated of the Healthy Corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about 23,000 a year so a low Income Neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the cocoordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support Small Businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didnt have access to a full Service Grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the Major Development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from Community Members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the Small Businesses as their role within the community and bringing more Fresh Produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. The Different Stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having Healthy Foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they cant afford it not going to be able to allow it so thats why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, im cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about Healthy Retail in the low Income Community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. Huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and Community Safe way. This is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so thats good as far been doing good. Now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic youre not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my Blood Pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the Business Owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride Business Owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how theyre part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. It is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small Grocery Store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but Healthy Options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have morestreets. speaking foreign language. i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50s a good portion of chicanoamerican chineseamerican lived in north beach a nob hill community. As part the immigrant family is some of the Recreation Centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the Avenue Community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese Family Living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. Were united. And growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. speaking foreign language. allergies welcome to the Community Fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and lets keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. I grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i africanamerican cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the Chinese Community being a chineseamerican is important going to American School during the day but went to Chinese School that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to me. It is a mask evening. Id like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. One time has become so many things in the past two centuries because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didnt understand it became no standard Chinese Marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it too. And what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we. speaking foreign language. relative to the Current Administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants fireworks later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the United States chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meani meaning. Good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessorrecorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. speaking foreign language. speaking foreign language. im proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north Beach CommunityPort Commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give everything is done inhouse. I think it is done. I have always been passionate about gelato. Every single slaver has its own recipe. We have our own we move on from there. So you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. Union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. The people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. It is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. This is the move we are happy to provide to the people. I always love union street because its not like another commercial street where you have big chains. Here you have the neighbors. There is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. People have they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. I love this street itself. We created a move of an area where we will be visiting. We want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. What we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. If you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like. Once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. I just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didnt have to ask twice. You can always find me on the court. [ ] we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. They provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. Behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a National Paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. It is great to have this opportunity here in San Francisco. We are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. Now that that is happening, you know, i im looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs that these people are here for everyone. I think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as ablebodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. People can come and check out this chairs and use them. But then also friday evening, from 6 00 p. M. Until 8 00 p. M. , it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. We offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. I went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. I am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. I am a community ambassador. We work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. What i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. They ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. Checking in, you guys. Wellness check. We walk by to see any individual, you know may be sitting on the sidewalk, we make sure they are okay, alive. You never know. Somebody might walk by and they are laying there for hours. You never know if they are alive. We let them know we are in the area and we are here to promote safety, and if they have somebody that is, you know, hanging around that they dont want to call the police on, they dont have to call the police. They can call us. We can direct them to the services they might need. We do the three one one to keep the city neighborhoods clean. There are people dumping, waste on the ground and needles on the ground. It is unsafe for children and adults to commute through the streets. When we see them we take a picture dispatch to 311. They give us a tracking number and they come later on to pick it up. We take pride. When we come back later in the day and we see the loose trash or debris is picked up it makes you feel good about what you are doing. It makes you feel did about escorting kids and having them feel safe walking to the play area and back. The stuff we do as ambassadors makes us feel proud to help keep the city clean, helping the residents. You can see the community ambassadors. I used to be on the streets. I didnt think i could become a community ambassador. It was too far out there for me to grab, you know. Doing this job makes me feel good. Because i came from where a lot of them are, homeless and on the street, i feel like i can give them hope because i was once there. I am not afraid to tell them i used to be here. I used to be like this, you know. I have compassion for people that are on the streets like the homeless and people that are caught up with their addiction because now, i feel like i can give them hope. It reminds you every day of where i used to be and where i am at now. Shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local Services Within neighborhood. We help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. Where will you shop and dine in the 49 . San francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. Each corridor has its own personality. Our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. You are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping Small Businesses grow. It is more environmentally friendly. Shopping local is very important. I have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. By shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. It is really good for everybody. Shopping locally is crucial. Without that support, Small Business cant survive, and if we lose Small Business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. It is important to dine and shop locally. It allows us to maintain traditions. It makes the neighborhood. I think San Francisco should shop local as much as they can. The retail marketplace is changes. We are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before. The fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. There are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. At the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. Shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the Business Owners to thrive in the community. We see more Small Businesses going away. We need to shop locally to keep the Small Business alive in San Francisco. Shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative. You can see the banners in the streets around town. It is great. Anything that can showcase and legitimize Small Businesses is a wonderful thing. Valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ]. Shop and dine the 49 promotes loophole businesses and changes residents to do thirds shopping and diane within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local services we help San Francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. My name is neil the general manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if San Francisco this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sincerely we see the same people here the shop all the time and you know to a certain degree this is part of their this is created the neighborhood a place where people come and subcontract it is in recent years we see a drop off of a lot of bookstores both National Chains and neighborhoods by the Neighborhood Stores where coming you dont want to one of the great things of San Francisco it is neighborhood neighborhood have dentist corrosive are coffeehouses but 2, 3, 4 coffeehouses in month neighborhoods that are on their own thats my s. F. Dove government t. V. Moment was when i received a Commendation Award from supervisor chris daly. Then we sang a duet in the board chamber. [singing] happy anniversary San Francisco government t. V. Happy anniversary to you. Happy anniversary San Francisco government t. V. Anniversary, anniversary, happy 25th anniversary to you. [ ]