Upcoming summer. [applause] ive always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. She wasnt changed much, by the way. To this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. I know all too well the impact that mayor breed has had on myself, and i am extremely excited to see all the wonderful things that she will do for the city, and for that, i say thank you. [applause] and now, please join me in welcoming father paul fitzgerald, president of the university of San Francisco, to deliver todays invocation. [applause] thank you, kayla, and thank you all for being here today as we honor and congratulate and thank our mayor, london breed. Mayor breed completed a masters in Public EducationPublic Administration at the university of San Francisco back in 2012, and i offer the following blessing on her behalf and on behalf of her fellow professors who loved her, her fellow students at San Francisco who loved her, and for all of us who love her and are praying for her continued success. But even more so, we are continuing to pray that mayor breed will continue the goals of the Degree Program that she so ably completed. In it our masters in Public Education program, we prepare our graduates, people like london breed, for public leadership by advancing a challenging curriculum while pursuing complimentary research, transforming learning into actions that serve our communities, especially the most vulnerable among us. Our diverse graduates become outstanding leaders who provide ethical, Workable Solutions, societial needs, and who advance justice. So in london, we see all of the learning outcomes of this Degree Program. Social justice for all people of the city and county of San Francisco and beyond. Diversity in all its forms. Integrity in all that we do. Accountability to all whom we serve. Excellence. Educating students like london breed to become compassionate and effective leaders who humanely manage organizations. Providing and facilitating interactions between government, forprofit and nonprofit sectors to provide ethical and Workable Solutions to societial needs. I join with her many fellow usf alumni of the city and county San Francisco on asking blessing for mayor london breed this day and every day as she brilliantly fulfills her leadership of justice and hope into a future of inclusiveness, peace, and prosperity for all. So i ask you to join me in raising a hand of blessing. We ask god to bless london breed with the seven gifts of the holy spirit. Wisdom, understanding, council, piety, and fear of the loving god. And please bring her great satisfaction as she joins to lead all of us, and i ask all of you to join me in saying amen. [applause] thank you, father paul fitzgerald, for that beautiful invocation. And now for the posting of the colors of todays inauguration is the color guard from George Washington high, where london breed attended. Please rise and join me for the posting of the colors and singing of our national anthem. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] thank you, katie. It is truly an honor to introduce our next speaker who will administer the oath of office. As our first female African American to be appointed at the San Francisco superior court, she has paved the way for women and people of color to succeed in law and has been a role model and mentor to lawyers who are people of color. Please join me in honoring judge teri l. Jackson. [applause] i have to guess dresset dre in front of you. Welcome. Just as a little aside, when i see this many people in a room, im ready to swear you in as jurors and you just report in across the street, so watch with a me. But on behalf of the superior court for the state of california, all 1600 strong trial judges throughout this state, it is such an honor and such as pleasure to be here. As my last official duty as a superior court judge, it is such an honor to be able to administer of oath of office to our mayor, london breed. [applause] ive also been told to explain why this is my last duty as a superior court judge. As of january 21, 2020, at 11 00, i will be elevated to the california supreme court, as the first African American woman. So with that being said, madam mayor, could you please come forward. [applause] are you ready . The hon. London breed yes. Okay. Raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, london n. Breed, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of california. I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. That i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which im about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office of mayor of the city and county of San Francisco. Congratulations. [cheers and applause] the hon. London breed thank you. Thank you. Thank you all so much forum here today, and thank you to the people of San Francisco for trusting me to continue to serve as mayor of such an incredible city. As we welcome a new decade, its really worth taking a moment to reflect on how far weve come in this decade. In 2010, San Francisco was deep in the great recession, and our workforce was in trouble. Our Unemployment Rate had more quadrupled since 2000 and was at a 20year high. Ten years later, we are riding the longest period of Economic Growth in our history with one of the most the lowest Unemployment Rates in our citys history. [applause] the hon. London breed the homicide rate has dropped to its lowest in more than 55 years. [applause] the hon. London breed in the last decade, San Franciscos stance on Marriage Equality and medical cannabis became the laws of the land. We made a record investment in our parks and our libraries. We modernized our muni fleet and made it free for those in need. We launched our clean energy program, dramatically reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions. We even got our hands dirty, replacing our sewer system. We passed paid family leave, a 15 minimum wage and made city colle college free for all. We paved our streets and remodell remodelled the moscone center. We welcomed the warriors home. We watched the giants win it, and win it again, and our Congress Woman gave up the gavel and won it back. [applause] the hon. London breed and we became the capital of the resistance. [applause] the hon. London breed over the past decade, weve made great progress, but through it all, weve grappled with the twin troubles of homelessness and housing availability. I was an intern in the Mayors Office right here a quarter of a century ago. I had the privilege to walk up these stairs every day as a member of the board of supervisors. This buildings beauty is timeless, its spirit and inspiration. Earthquake and fire destroyed San Franciscos first city hall, but we built another even more magnificent than the first. Why . Why do we build these monuments . What do these marble stairs and golden dome what does it mean to us . It isnt excess or vanity, its a reminder. We swing the doors open for everyone because it reminds us that our government welcomes everyone. Our successes are shared, our potential unbound, and that none of us would be left out in the cold. I take the oath of office today remembering that not too long ago, my ancestors were in chains. Ive never found out exactly where they lived, but i know a bit about how they lived. I know their masters sat at tables eating generous meals that they didnt prepared. I know they hudled outside. They ate mush not with wooden spoons but with hands in a trough. The civil war ended the bondage, but the inequity had only begun. The slave owners kept their lands, and the former slaves kept the nothing they already had. So with that nothing, most went back to work at the farm. They rented their labor as share croppers, or if they were lucky, tenant farmers. Generations of poor African Americans scraped by, living in fear that if they protested too loudly, men in hoods would come. When the depression hit, two of those share croppers, a young couple with 11 children moved from louisiana to texas. Sometime later, their daughter, miss camellia brown came to San Francisco. She came in search of work. She came in search of something better. She came to raise her children in a place where they might be equal. My grandmother came here to believe in a city of hope, a city where a young black girl can go from Public Housing to the Mayors Office. [applause] the hon. London breed and she was right. San francisco is so much more than our home. Its a refuge for the gay, lesbian, and transgender brothers and sisters from all over the country. Its a new start for immigrants from guatemala and guangzhou and everywhere in between. It is my promise that everyone has a place in this city, that no one should be left out in the cold. So when we come to this hall or walk down Market Street and see the suffering of thousands of people outside our doors, it hurts. It hurts not because we are callous but because we care. The suffering on our streets, it offends our civic souls, and it should. But if were going to do something about the conditions on the streets, we need to level with each other. Homelessness isnt new, it isnt easy. We are not the only city struggling with it, and quite frankly, we are not going to solve it in 100 days, a year, or even entirely in this term. And im not sure solve is the right word any way. While the city has helped thousands of people out of homelessness, thousands more took their place. And sadly, sadly, there will always be people whose addiction or Mental Illness or poverty leads them down a dark path or puts them in need of help. Los angeles has more than 36,000 homeless residents and a skid row that is its own tragic city within a city. Three years ago, san diego had a hepatitis outbreak among its Homeless Population that killed 20 people. They had to spray their sidewalks with bleach to fight the infection. I point this out not to criticize those cities. I know how hard they are fighting to address these problems. Cities up and down the west coast, seattle, santa rosa, portland, los angeles, san diego are launching this fight. Too many people are grappling with drug addictions and insufficient resources and insufficient housing. [applause] the hon. London breed now we havent stopped sending our taxes to washington, d. C. , but they stopped sending back anywhere near enough for homelessness and affordable housing. So each year, san franciscans write bigger and bigger checks, and we ask ourselves, why doesnt it keep Getting Better . Why do we keep sending money, yet the Homeless Count keeps going up . First, lets dispel some of the inaccurate conversations that we hear. Its not because we arent funding solutions. Its not because we are indifferent. No one in my office, no one at the board of supervisors, no one in any city department, no one who works here is kicking back and throwing their hands up and pretending like weve been able to do something great. We are all working on it every day, frustrated by it every single day. Homelessness is so severe, so acute up and down the west coast for a few simple reasons. Housing is too expensive. Working class jobs are too uncertain, and their wages too outpaced by the cost of living. Drugs, opioids and meth in particular are too common. And two decades after the state closed its mental hospitals, california still hasnt come to grips for how were going to care for people who are severely mentally ill. [applause] the hon. London breed homelessness isnt just a problem, its a symptom. The symptom of unaffordable housing, of income inequality, of institutional racism, of addiction, of untreated illnesses, of decades of disinvestment. These are the problems, and if we want to fight homelessness, weve got to fight them all. [applause] the hon. London breed and in San Francisco, we are. We will meet our goal of opening 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of this year. We just opened a new Navigation Center along the embarcadero center, and our bayview shelters break ground shortly. [applause] the hon. London breed we just opened our first state Parking Facility to help people who live in their vehicles. Were adding more than 200 new Mental Health beds, expanding outreach, and we are transforming how we deliver Mental Health and Substance Use treatment in our city. We have more permanent Supportive Housing units per ca capi capita than any major city in the country. Weve expanded rental assistance and emergency problem solving funds to help people avoid homelessness in the first place. We are expanding our conservetorship program to help people on the streets and get them the support that they need [applause] the hon. London breed we are working to open meth sobering centers, safe injection sites, and managed alcohol facilities so we can stop walking by addictions spilling out on our streets and start treating it like the Health Care Issue that we know it is. [applause] the hon. London breed ive directed our city departments to reprioritize spending towards making our streets safer and cleaner for all of us. We are riding ballot measures to housing shortage. [applause] and if we want to relieve the pa pain on the streets and stop seeing our family members and friends moving away in moving vans, we need to build more housing, build more homes a lot more and set policies that make this possible. [applause] the hon. London breed over the next decade, in addition to our work on preserving thousands of permanently affordable homes, we need to build at least 50,000 new homes, at least 50,000 new homes. [applause] the hon. London breed and at least 17,000 need to be affordable. And to get to 50,000, we cant let disingenuous warnings of shadows and heights get in the way of badly needed housing. [applause] the hon. London breed to get to 50,000, we need to recognize that density is not a dirty word. To get to 50,000, we have to push for solutions to build homes faster and support policies like sb50 that will allow more housing all over the bay area. [applause] the hon. London breed ill be going to sacramento to fight for new housing because we need more housing for our workers, for our families, for our seniors. Because our retail shops cant afford to hire people who live here, because housing should be affordable and viable to san franciscans of all levels. The hon. London breed we cant say we need more housing and then reject the policies that actually allow us to build that housing. [applause] the hon. London breed i wasnt here decades ago when we imposed restrictive laws to prevent more housing, but i will be here when we start build housing in San Francisco and the bay area again. It is time. So heres what i want the next decade to look like. I want this to be the decade where we no longer walk by a person shooting up or a person whos shouting out of control or suffering on our streets and shrug our shoulders or turn away and wonder, what should we do . I am determined over the next four years to take in people with addiction and Mental Health problems so that when you encounter someone in need, you can make a call and know that person will get the help they need. [applause] the hon. London breed as i said before, compassion can no longer mean anything goes. I want this to be the decade when residents and visitors to our city can enjoy every neighborhood every single day without fear of crime or unacceptable behavior. We have what we know is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This is an incredible city. I want it to be lively, i want it to be diverse, i want it to be safe, and i know you all want that, too. [applause] the hon. London breed and i want this to be the decade when san franciscans from the multigenerational native to the newly arrived immigrant that he, she, or they can arrive with their children and call this city home for generations to come. [applause] the hon. London breed we can be a vibrant and welcoming city, a city of affordable and diverse homes, a city where we come together and put aside our differences to meet the challenges that we know we all face with clarity and conviction. A city where we can care for one another, where our streets are safe, and no one is left out in the cold. San francisco can be the city that a share croppers daughter dreamed it to be. San francisco can and will be a city for all of us. Thank you. [applause] the hon. London breed ladies and gentlemen, this person said to me, it is a blessing to be a blessing. And today, the person thats providing a blessing to all of us so that we can start 2020 off right and what we need to do to move our city forward is no other than San Franciscos santana [cheers and applause] the hon. London breed and with his amazing special guest, yolanda adams. [cheers and applause] [ ] [applause] [ ] put your hands together [ ] carlos santana. [applause] sister of life yolanda. [applause] we want to say were so grateful and its such a deep honor to be here in this most memorable location because our sister of light is in charge of changing changing the narrative. Her light will efficient, sufficient to change the whole not just the bay area, this nation and the whole world because shes anointed. She is designed by grace, and we salute you and say its about time. [applause] [inaudible] we think over 50 thousand permanent residents in San Francisco eligible for citizenship by lack information and resources so really the project is not about citizenship but really academy our immigrant community. Making sure theyre a part of what we do in San Francisco the San Francisco pathway to Citizenship Initiative a unique part of just between the city and then our 5 local foundations and Community Safe organizations and it really is an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the San Francisco since 2013 we started reaching the San Francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in San Francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. We think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in San Francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they dont have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience youre working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or theyre a u. S. Citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 thats when they sit down with experienced advertising to fill out the 4 hundred naturalization form and then to final review and at the end he helps them with the check out station and send them a packet to fill and wait a month to 6 weeks to be invited in for an oral examine and if they pass two or three a months maximum get sworn in and become a citizen every single working groups we have a learning how to vote i mean there are tons of Community Resources we go for citizenship prep classes and have agencies it stays on site and this is filing out forms for people that are eligible so not just about your 22 page form but other Community Services and benefits theres an economic and safety Public Benefit if we nationalize all people to be a citizen with the network no objection over 3 million in income for those but more importantly the city saves money 86 million by reducing the benefit costs. Thank you. Ive been here a loventh i already feel like an american citizen not felt it motorbike that needs to happen for good. One day i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, for liberty and justice for all. Youre welcome. singing . clapping. introduce the San Francisco field officer director ribbon that will mirror the oath raise your hand and repeat the oath i hereby declare on oath repeating. Citizens cry when they become citizenship to study this difficult examine and after two trials they come back im an american now were proud of that purpose of evasion so help me god please help me welcome seven hundred and 50 americans. speaking foreign language. she wants to be part of the country and vote so much puppy. You know excited and as i said it is a long process i think that needs to be finally recognized to be integrated that is basically, the type of that i see myself being part of. Out of everybody on tv and the news he felt that is necessary to be part of community in that way i can do so many things but my voice wouldnt count as it counts now. Its everybody i hoped for a bunch of opportunities demographics and as you can see yourself theres a good life for everyone. Thats why. You have people from all the walks that life and theyre standing in water 8 hours to be an american citizen and contribute to the city and thats really what makes this worthwhile. The department of Emergency Management declared this local emergency really to help us prepare better for te