Transcripts For SFGTV Mayor 20240704

Today for the budget signing. I know supervisor chan, there were a lot of challenging time and doubt and frustration. When i am surprised throughout this entire process no are matter what you kept a smile on your face. Thank you very much for your heard work and for working with your colleagues and you know getting us through, i know we had to make hard decision in light of 780 million dollars, two year deficit. Fact we got through it, and almost record time is pretty surprising. And add moirable. Congratulations and thank you to each and every one of your colleagues for the work you put in the budget as well. [applause] the entire budget team um [applause] you know, i dont know if you know but i dont have turn over with the directors of the budget team because i am a difficult person to work for. [laughter] you know this budget process is so intense this they are like, look im doing one budget process and im out of here. We are grateful to you ana you have been with the budget team for year bunkham get us through the process and adjustments from the board and from the budget, the legislative analyst from the board and also the various departments and me and everything in between. And to come up with this balanced budget. Thank you to each one of you for your hard work. [applause] i dont know if Ben Rosenfield is here. He is not here. You drove him out of here. [laughter] these budgets are hard. So, you know thank you to ben because you know, this is like superbowl to him and he gets excited and when it is over he is out. Like i know most are. Im surprised president supervisor peskin is here it is because he is president now and has to be a responsible leader. Thank you, gwen to ben for your heard work. And i gotta say, usually the mayor never thanks the board of supervisor budget and legislative analyst because usually they are taking all of the money. I know this harvey rose and his team took all the money that they could. You are losing your touch i did not hear shouting or anything. So, we must have been knead too easy. Next year dont worry. We will make it real hard and your Blood Pressure will boil and you will be able to yell at people. Looking forward and thank you, harvey rose, for being with us today. To our various Department Heads, boy. You guys gave them the blues i had a resignation and begged them to stay with the promise i will be nice. Thank you to the Department Heads for your work and fight and all of your you know, what we will do to help get this budget to be of use to the people and the city and county of San Francisco. It has been a difficult couple years. More recently, i have been out in the Community Meeting with accidents. Talking to people. And reminding the public of who we are as san franciscans. I think, we cant forget had San Francisco has done in the past. We cant continue to puts ourselves down or to criticize a lot of the things going of because like any other major city, San Francisco has problems. It has problems. But unlike any other major city, San Francisco has been a lead and beacon of hope and a place that dreamers come and a place of possibilities. You know, as we prepare for a peck. The Asian Pacific economic cooperative this will be the biggest Events International events that San Francisco has experienced since 1945. When the United Nations was established here in the city and county of San Francisco. And why this matters, it matters because San Francisco will be on the world stage. And unlike what is happen negligent press now with when people are trying to say to define us as a city. Many people dont live here and they are writing the stories. The press will be here to make up their own minds based on their own experience about what we are. And what we represent. And because of this budget. They will begin to see. They will see that San Francisco streets are clean and safe. They will see that people feel safe in neighborhoods and communities. Because of wonderful programs like first year free and the investments in mall businesses. Theyll see our neighborhood corridors packed. They will see a different San Francisco with new neighborhoods Like Mission Bay and pier 70 and the shipiard they will see the magic of San Francisco this people continue to talk about. Because even though we may fight it out in city hall. The end of the day when the decisions are made, it is time for us to roll up our slows and get the job done. We will deliver on some of the commitments we made. Our economic recovery, definitely dependsos reforms to our taxes, over the past 5 years, we introduced 14 tax. What accidents have said to me time and time again, stop changing the rules in the middle of the game. We want certainty about our future. Look, there are some differences that can make it rain for San Francisco they can ford to. There are other businesses like retailers that are struggling. We are seeing the impacts on a lot of the decisions that we made around taxless. And so i appreciate the board of supervisors and their wellingness to make adjustments. So this we can move forward. To think about tax reform and how we make it more fair and equitable depending whether or not you have a mall business or a big business. Because now, everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence when is help with Artificial Intelligence is happen nothing San Francisco the top 20 companies in the world. In the world. Then in the bay area and 8 in San Francisco. That new technology. They are looking for in the process 10 companies in ai are looking for 800,000 square feet of office space. There are great things happening. How do we balance that . With the future of when we need as relating to our economy . And part of had been is helping us do that. I appreciate that. When we do around homelessness and Behavioral Health, around people struggling with addiction. The Behavioral Health beds, the shelter beds, the permanent housing well provide will with a game changer. Well not as a result of the budget, did in the cut any beds we provided since 2018 from 10,000 units of permanent supported housing to 15,000 units that provide a Second Chance for people to have a home. [applause] and this budget has not only maintained when we are able to have, so we dont lose any of those beds provides more resources. To add more. This budget helps us address the challenges that continue to exist with our children. Invest nothing our Public School system. In city college. Resource for childcare and facilities. Making sure that Food Security despite the cuts from the federal government. Resources to continue and thrive. Providing our in Home Support Service work and nonprofit workers and increase because they are doing the difficult jobs that we need them to do to help with some of our real challenges. This budget represents our values. This budget representatives real challenges that we need to continue to invest in. I also want to make sure we understand. Every dollar that each one of you are responsible for. Make sure it does not go to waste. People are counting on us to use this money wise low. To help change and save lives. To help make San Francisco better. To help make sure people have a decent living wage to be able to take care of themselves. It does so much and we should be proud. And next year, will be harder. We think that this year was hard. Next year will be harder. And thats why im looking forward to working with the board of supervisors on the work that we need to do around tax reform, around changes to investments. And around aability accountability for dollars spent in San Francisco. It will be hard. We live for hard. San francisco is in the called a resiltien city for nothing when quakes and pandemics and challenges happen and backs are against the with you we move forward and demonstrate to the world why San Francisco is a great city. That will hab when we host a peck and when we host fifa. With the Soccer Legends from all over. Yes it has been happening at fifa and the superbowl but guess where they will stay and do things . San francisco. There are many wonderful things about this city. In addition the grateful dead with john mayer hosted 3 day sold out events everybody was dress in the tie die all over the city. It was an exciting time and people who visited said, this is a great city. This is a beautiful city this is an amazing city. It is clearly the city that tony bennett wrote about where the cable car help you reach halfway to the stars. Lets remember that. As we start to go know the days of doing our work and the challenge this is continue to persist am people are counting on us to make this budget live up to when we are promising. A new day. A new dawn, a new hope. New excitement. But still make sure every dollar counts. With that, lets sign this budget. [applause]. [laughter] [background noise] [quiet talking] all right. Thank you. It is official [applause] today i visualize the goal. We get to the space where you smile. I smile, too. And you hundred mow that pen after you sign. Let me say, though, with that i know this it was a difficult path. To get here. The reason why i know is because i was a good legislative aid for almost 20 glorious this place. And let mow actual, there were men lessons i learned including that this beautiful dome that we stand under every day is like cryptonight if you have super power and come in the space day in and day out, it will consume the pettiness. The anger and the jealousy and all that ego and power trips this people have will consume you the only way out, in my opinion, is to get out. While every day. Make sure you talk to labor partners you talk to the workers. You talk to the seniors and the most vulnerables and the Community Advocates outside of the place. And you bring their strengths and their power to this table. In negotiations and make sure you remember them when you are at that table with that power and at that seat. With that i bring that strength. Their strength at this time table and let me tell you, it is not easy to commonality among all of us that are different and direfers with madam mayor and i, different people. We have commonality. We are both grads and the lion ~esses. The loud one im the quiet one. We are the lion ~esses and bring our power and strength to the table when we northern and talk. I think that what we have in common like mayor breed said this , is about the people. Budget is in the just about numbers. Budget is actually about people. This is the peoples process. It is about how do we make sure we take care of san franciscans in i agree with the mir that with this budget we take care of san franciscans. Not just the san franciscans today. But the san franciscans to come. We want to welcome big business, small business, workers and families and immigrants they are welcome and belong thats when we need them to know. I see that board president skipped out. With board president supervisor peskin said that we are knee deep in blood with this budget deficit. But with this process and with mayor breed and her team and her city departments, it is when i believe even knee deep in blood, again. That is the visual. And it is trough. That is where we are now with this budget. With our future. But even with that, the strength that every single one of us bring to this room under the stone, we will over come. And we will over come all the challenges. The budget is already signed. I agree, get back to work. Thank you. [applause]. My name is marta im the management here with public works. It is found in the upon 1997. It is the only Public Access glass studio in San Francisco. We give access to everybody. You dont have to be an experienced artist to take classes we offer beginning level programming. Events. Fund raisers, it is about giving everyone who is interested in the opportunity to try glass to work with glass and experience mediums. Im linda im part owner and manager of the paper tree in japantownful im hope to create a destination. Not only do we have our huge selection of origami paper and book but a Museum Everybody can enjoy that and see what can be done by folding paper good to see amazing origami. A selection of paper. Got wonderful gifts from japan and Great Customer service. Im holly and i am the owner of [inaudible] in San Francisco. We offer classes. And open studio access. Workshops lead by local artists that you can see here we have a [inaudible]. And people should expect to join the community and just learn about local bay area artists in the process. [music] first start with the amazing ryan nicole. Grammy nominator, utilize every gift available to her for liberation of all people. Titled the 4a, seeks opportunities to empower and inspire by way of pursuits as Award Winning artists actrshx ath least and activist. Please give it up for ryan nicole. There we go. Check, check, check. Whats up yall . How you doing . I was going on the stage but want to be closer to you. We heard the bio. I decided to wear my warriors shirt. Especially because we are here, but look, on the back yall, look on the back. Yeah, i had a opportunity to come here a couple months ago. I won the impact warriors award and really i had everything to do with being on the trajectory you are on right now. Starting as a young person working for a mayors program, identifying my passion as a activist and continuing that work now into adult hood, i do that as a artist, i do it as a activist and musician and will hear that in the music now. Sound man, run that first track called queen of everything, because i do everything, yall. We going to do, we are going to have a good time and wake you up. I havent had my coffee, but we are going to have fun. Is that cool . Alright. It is a head nod track. Im not the average bay area rap girl. I like the old school boom box. You all feeling that . Are you feeling it in your chairs . Feeling it in your chest . Cool. Feel it in your ears real quick for me, okay . [rapping] labor for the people no indiscernible while the nation indiscernible i make the sacrifice, but i wont die a martyr. indiscernible [rapping and music] everybody out here who understands the hustle, understands being and doing so many things at once, while im asking you to master every bit of your craft, queen of everything. [rapping and music] im telling you, if you master your craft, they will all bow down to you. Im living proof, yall. Im living proof, yall. As a black woman, i put the whole world on my back, and thats why i can say with full authority that im the queen of everything. Every woman, every black woman, every person that comes out of poverty, knows all about that. We make this go around, right . You make the dollars come down. But thats why we deserve the crown, queen. [applause] thank you. Thank you. This last one i will do and get out of your way because you got a beautiful long program ahead of you, you also just deserve every flower, every acknowledgment, every accolade and all the people who partnered to make opportunities for all possible. They dissever every flower and accolade. Glad to see you all working throughout the summer, developing your skills developing your talents and figuring what you want to do for the rest of your life. Way to go. The next song is called, for colored girls but ill repurpose it and call for all of us. It is for everybody in this building but i will always speak to my colored girls first, but you can see yourself as that. I give you permission. Lets do it. All most forgot the beat it was on, but now i remember. Can i get some of the hands in the sky like this here . Just like that, right there. You got it. If you got a car, and you got beat in your trunk, this is how it feels, right . [rapping and music] that is for my colored folk, never thought indiscernible shout out to you. Opportunities for all. Thank you so much. [applause] we can do better then that, give it up again for ryan nicole. A real lyricist. [applause] them words are anointed for real. Next up i have the privilege to bring up direct cheryl davis the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. Previously served as a commissioner. Prior to joining the hrc executive director of collective impact overseeing mo indiscernible passionate about serving the community. Please welcome director cheryl davis. [applause] alright. What time is it . I will say good morning still. Good morningism good morning i heard the folks on this side. They are way too many people in this stadium that is used to a lot of noise, so ill try it again. Good morning good morning even the folks in the back side, right . Ill keep saying itthere is a little more energy. Act like this is pay day and you just got your check and double what it usually is. Good morning somebody really wants to double check. Good morning, im as tanner said, give it up for tanner for agreeing to [applause] i want to give it up for ryan nicole for getting us starting, kicking us off. I really want to give them a shout out, because it is pretty hard to get up and talk in front of a crowd in general, but to get up and talk in front of a crowd that could care maybe a little less about whether you are talking to them or not and still do with the energy and furfb they are do are doing i want to appreciate them, because i would not beas you could see, i would be too honest with you. I also want to give a shout out to some of our partners that are here with us today. Michael lambert, chief librarian, give it up for michael lambert. Ivan, from the airport. Representatives from bank of america, our Police Department, and i want to givei always forget to do this, so bear with me hopefully a bit this morning on the way to afternoon. I want to give a special special shout out. I are was looking at his name and hoping he was going to come, give a special shout out for alvin woo from jcyc. You should be excited because that is who is cutting the checks. Alvin, you got to stand up and take more applause then that. When this program started a few years back, mayor breed was like, i want to get to develop a program that gets to all, and shes like, where can we go, who can i partner with in community that has the capacity, infrastructure, the willingness and the experience to do that work and jcyc came to mind. Alvin along with john osake said we dont want to do another program that celebrates the summer or repeats what is done before. They want it to be very intentional about the programming and as many will be able to attest to, we had bumps and some hiccups along the way and even though it is not their fault, they stayed with us in that process, and so the ability to pivot during the pandemic when we didnt have inperson opportunities and we had to go to stipends or the ability to figure how to give wages, all those things and more in the sense that i dont know how many people alvin this year have you processed through opportunities for all . So, for them to figure how to make sure that over 3,000 young people can get paid through this program, give it up for them one more time. [applause] i also want to ask the folks from collective impact, mo magic, magic zone if they can stand up to give them a round of applause. [applause] i want to give special shout and thanks to those folks who have also agreed to be partners and help to fill in the gap and have helped to create the additional programs when we dont have enough placements so the csi model. I wanted to start with that because i usually forget it. I also want to ask the folks from the Human Rights Commission the opportunity for all team to get around of applause as well, baize because they have been making it happen. I dont know where they are, i think they are up front processing people. I see nicole. Dont want tothere is kamisha who is managing and stepped into that work. Nicole in the back. I did all that because i always always forget and the truth of the matter this program would not happen without each and every one of those folks. I ask you indulge me one more time because i want to ask the senior fellows to come up front to give a round of applause for making all the work happens. All the fellows, senior fellows, all the folks please i want folks and then we have some in the wings if you want to wave. We have over 40 or 50 i dont know, folks who have been 90, over 90 interns and fellows who are help making this program happen. Who are leading the work and helping to supervise and organize and coordinate and make it happen, so if you see your fellow up here, you should give them a round of applause and some screens and some shouts. They are the ones helping make sure your checks get paid, that your time sheets get run, that all that happens. [applause] right . So, i want to thank them and the evolution of this program and the work that continued to happen leads me to i would say probably one of the most important people that has been helping to lead this work and im going to ask everybody to do like a round of standing applause for sarah williams. [applause] sarah has beenif yall dont know it you should be grateful because sarah has been helping process the applications, the one process the placements, the one who is making sure you get paid, helping find the money when we run out so you all should give a huge amount of gratitude for sarah, because none of us would be here today without sarah doing the job she does so thank you sarah, you are appreciated. So, thank you to our fellows. We are going keep the program moving. I are want to say they talk all the time about people being fashioninable late. I want to thank Paul Henderson being fashionable late. He was making a statement what not to do when you show up to work. Be on time. Again, the whole point of opportunities for all was to create opportunities for everyone, but to build pipelines, and so you your charge today is to help us make sure that it doesnt end with the summer. That we are working to make sure that folks get to go to jobs in the library or the airport, or with bank of america and jycy has done their part and i know the Police Department would love to have all you sign up to come and work. But, it is not just about a summer job, and so usually when i come to these spaces and places, i will not do it today but i am going to make mention of this, this is a job interview. You dont know who will be in this room. You dont know what impression you are going to make, but this is a social net work you are building. These are relationships forming. This is a opportunity to do whatever the next thing is that you may want to do, so when you show up, you show up as your best self. You show up to dress to impress, right . You think about who is it that is in the room, whether it is the person who is had head of the department of Police Accountability or the chief of police, whether it is the mayor. Where do you you next internship to be . If you want your next internship to be in a law firm you want to dress to impress the law firm. If you want to be a entertainer, make sure when somebody is who is up here, they see you and when you connect with them after the performance that they take you serious. Everything is a opportunity and so many times i have seen people lose or waist the opportunity. When you show up at an event like this, what are you doing to make sure somebody remembers you for the next time around, the next go round . You dont me to do like im about to do with carl and say, are you paying attention . You want me to be like, hey, that is is a great job that you are doing over there, and are maybe next year you can be fellow or you could lead a program, or ill say the program with bank of america is pretty prestigious and it is a whole other application process. I think we only have how many spots . Only 5. I have seen peoplethe mayor actually started her career as a teller in a bank. So, every opportunity is the opportunity for greatness and i would say, when you come into this place, you want to make sure when i see you, why were you sleeped or scrunched in your seat . Why did you come like you were going to bed in your pajamas . Everything is a opportunity. Every moment you show up somewhere you never know who someone is or what they have access to or where they can help you open the door. So, when you think about opportunities for all, dont think this is about the 6 weeks of getting a check, think about what it is you want do with your future. That was mayor breeds purpose. That was her intention when she created opportunities for all because she came from a place where she felt she had more opportunities then other folk jz it made a difference in her life. The question is, what will you do with this opportunity . How will you come back . How will you support, engage and make not just your life better but the community, city, neighborhood, bay area, the region better . I am grateful for all of you in these seats today. Im grateful what is coming next and i just want to say thank you, because the program wouldnt exist without you. But you are the key to the program continuing. The ability to make it happen is based how you show up and how you engage. I just want to say, so, i just wanted to say that there are opportunities to expand and do this work and im going to put on the spot, because we have been happy this year to have a partnership with the department of Police Accountability that expanded to work with student from college. We were able to use the university of San Francisco to house them. They are working and say Paul Henderson is one of thbest partners to hire people as fellows and work in his department so i want to provide space a little bit for director henderson to share a little about what he is doing this summer so give up for paul. Always fashioninably late, henderson. [applause] put your timers on. After three minutes we need to make sure he knows his time is up. You know i wasnt prepared for this. Check out these shoes though. Since we are here, since we are herealright. I dont like crowds and im shy. Im just kidding. I got a packed audience. This isi was not expecting to talk today, but this Program Means so much to me. Seeing the young people here means so much to me. My career startedi grew up in bayview, a 4th generation san franciscans, but coming into the city, i started as an intern. I started in city hall working and volunteering and trying to learn. I always felt like things happen to my community, rather then for my community, and for me, education and experience was my way of giving back to the city and trying to become a better person to learn how the city operated. How decisions were made and coming into the pipeline, i began as a intern. I worked hard to get good grades. Not always so successful but my work experiences were fantasticism people reached out to me and the best allies i had didnt necessarily come from the bayview. Didnt necessarily look like me, but being able to reach out and follow those opportunities and stay connected to the people that i was exposed to from the programs as a intern made all the difference in the world for me and the trajectory for my career. Being able to once i got out of school to come back to the city where i grew up where my mother and father grew up and the rest of my family was here. Cant tell how meaningful that is to find a job that want a job that was a career, because i was committed to doing the work that i cared about deeply has meant eeverything to me and i hope all of you take the opportunity and the experiences that you have both to build out a network that define and shape the trajectory for your academic careers and professional careers when you are out of schools, that is the value of a program like this. You are not just sitting at a desk not doing anything, you create opportunities for meet people and learn how systems work and how the systems fit in the operation and everything that makes San Francisco the great place we are all so lucky to be in for this summer. I are want d to make sure from my agency at the department of Police Accountability that i leaned into the responsibility to try to make sure everyone has as great a opportunity as possible. I hope i have done that and set an x example for other departments to see how much they can do if they lean into the opportunity to have young folks like you be a part of the city family. Look forward working with all of you in the future, cant wait for all of you to come and look forward seeing all of you as City Employees in the future and ally employees in the future for folk s outside the city working with the program to create opportunity for the young people. This is absolutely the future. You are absolutely the future. It has been a pleasure and honor to be working with all of you over the summer. I cant wait to see what you all do during the year and what next Years Program looks like. Thank you all so much for being here today. Really a honor. [applause] alright. Thank you paul. So, at this point i are want to bring up the person who is responsible for the creation of this program, who really wanted to make sure that every young person in the city and county of San Francisco had an opportunity not just for a internship, but for a paid internship. I want to just thank her for her vision, her commitment and her dedication. When things were getting rough and folks were asking for things to be cut and to beto make budget make tough budget decisions, she never ever compromised on making sure that there were opportunities for young people, understanding you are critical for the success of this city. Without further ado, welcome and give a warm welcome to mayor london nicole breed. [applause] alright we at chase center. There needs to be more energy in the room [applause] i heard steph curry might be here tonight for a movie premier. You had ryan nicole getting your pumped. You have stunt a man coming aboard and going to rock this place, so lets show some energy. Let me tell you something, when i was growing up your age withwasnt that long ago, there were really some serious challenges in the city. You think the challenges that exist now are problem, way back then before social media, before the ability to access cell phones and other things that you all enjoy, we had a lot of challenges in the city and are there was once a time where we could not offer a paid internship to young people in San Francisco. But i was one of the lucky ones and some of you probably know a little bit about how i grew up in San Francisco. I grew up in Public Housing where my grandmother raised me and during a time whereinteresting, we didnt have a Good Relationship with the Police Department. We had a lot of contversery, poverty, hopelessness and dispair. The reason im here today where now im in charge of the city, the Police Department, the policies, in charge of a 14 billion annual budget, the reason why that happened had everything to do with my start. With my start at age 14 as a intern, where i worked at a place called the Family School, which is no longer open. One of my first jobs was to answer the phone. Now i know you all are doing some really fun and exciting projects. I heard some are working at places like google and for the giants and doing some really funeverybody is looking at each other. Who is doing that . I know jessica is here who worked in my office. People worked in the public and private sector and hopefully you had some rewarding experiences, but let me tell you something, i wasnt always this polished mayor i you see before you today and didnt necessarily show up in the appropriate attire when i showed up to my first job. The cut off genes were the style then and some of the revealing tshirts and things and my boss said, you have to change your attire and ill show you what you need to wear in a Office Setting and not only am i going to do that ill help purchase the clothes so you show up dressed appropriately to be in a office. I had to answer the phones so the first phone call that came in, this is what i didhello. Who you looking for . Whats her name . Hold on just a minute. I didnt put her on hold and i was like, men on is calvin available. You laugh now, but i was pretty serious, because i thought that is what you did. That is what i did at home. I never learned and i had to be taught. I had to be taught how to answer a phone in a professional setting. Then i was forced to write out the script and forced to repeat it and answer the phone like this regularly. Hi, this is london breed, thank you for calling the Family School, how may i help you . I had to practice over and over before i was able to answer the phone and you see over 30 years later i still remember that First Experience and i still remember the impact it had on my life. I had a summer internship but after the summer was over i did such a good job that they kept me onboard. I worked for the Family School even during the school year and that was a god sent because i had no money what so ever. My grandmother, we got welfare, we had food stamps. We didnt have the ability to pay for a lot things and this helped me with my money for School Clothes and lunch and all these other things that my grandmother couldabout always give me money for. I worked at the Family School and worked there throughout my High School Time at galileo high school. The reason i tell the story is because people are watching you. They are watching for potential. They are watching for excitement. They are watching to see whether or not you could be the person that they could hire, and through this program, which existed for 5 years, we have had about i think indiscernible who runs the airport, about 5 interns that used to be sitting in your seats right now. They are working full time at San Francisco airport as a result of this program and their internship. [applause] my goal in this program is not just so you have something to talk about when you start to apply for colleges, my goal is not just to make sure you are getting paid in the summer. My goal is to make sure that money is not a barrier to your ability to participate in a internship where it can change your life. Where you can explore Different Industries and Different Things that you may want to do. Now, i wanted to actually make commercials. I know that is kind of funny too, because it is like i really did. There were these commercials that existed when i was a kid. I wont recite any now, but i always felt i could do it better and used to make my brothers and sister dress up with my grandmothers wigs and reenact the commercial. I wanted to make commercials and i did nt know the first thing about how to make commercials and then i got a chemistry scholarship and thought i was going to be a chemist and make my own cosmetics and are Makeup Products and chemistry was tedious and very challenging and plus when i worked at Lawrence Livermore national lab i spilled methylene chloride all over the place and a clumpsy chemist so decided to go into politics. The point is, i had a chance to experience all those things through internships, through opportunities and i want to make sure you take advantage of not only this internship as a place where you get paid, it is really about learning. It is really about exploring. As you start to grow older, right now you are young, you are kids, everybody is helping you out and want to support you, but let me tell you something, once you hit 18 or in your 20s or what have you and you start buying your own toilet paper and pay your own bills it becomes a lot harder, so we want to make sure that while you are looking at and thinking about your future, what are the things i want to do . How do i get access to a internship . How do i learn about a industry if i want to design clothes, if i want to be a computer programmer, if i want to run my own company . Artificial intelgence is being developed here in San Francisco. It is going to change the future like nothing we have ever experienced. How do i become a part of that industry . What will it take . This is the platform for you to ask those questions. For you to learn about those industries and for you to be fearless in your pursuit for what you want to do in your life as you think about your future. We have a lot of people here from a number of companies. I know that the giants and google and bank of america, the Police Department, the library and other city agencies as well as non profits have opened their doors, including opportunities for all where i know james hired a few students who were part of the program. We have a lot of programs that provide you with a opportunity to learn, so today is about taking advantage of those. indiscernible man is here to perform, but stuna man was born and raised in this city and he is now a world wide artist. He is traveling all over the world with a team of people, including his dj, his manager, his folks and he is employing people to work for him, but hes the star, and he is taking the world by storm and are he came from this city. The point im make is, dont let your circumstances, dont let anything that you might be experiencing at home or in your neighborhood, never ever ever ever let that determine whether or not you become a success and pursue your wildest dreams. Do you think that i would have ever thought i would be mayor or could be mayor when i was your age . I never thought that was possible. My family was broke. My grandmother was doing everything she could to take care of us including working as a made and when she couldnt she got welfare and food stamps to take care of her grandkids. I never knew by biological father. I have a brother still incarcerated. I lost a sister to a drug overdose. I lived in pover ty and dispair and hopelessness and never thought i would go to college. I didnt think that was even my future in high school, and i became mayor of San Francisco. The point that i want to make [applause] the point i want to make and ill say it again, never ever ever let somebody tell you what you cant do. Never ever let somebody tell you that you cant pursue your hearts desire. Never ever let your circumstances, even your family members or other negative friends, never let them get in the way of what you want to do in life, because it is out there. What it takes is your willingness to sacrifice, to work hard, to be resilient, to be persistent in your pursuit to fulfill your wildest dreams. Thats why i started opportunities for all, because i wanted to make sure that the next generation that is growing up in San Francisco that they dont let anything get in their way of achieving their wildest dreams, of being a real success, being able to take care of yourself, to take care of your family and your community. You can do it, and today is really only just the beginning. Thank you all so much for being here. [applause] i need you to stand on your feet and give a round of applause for mayor london breed and director cheryl davis. Thank you. [applause] this next person i honor to bring up so happens to be one of my interns and marcus is full of life. Marcus is intern indiscernible lives in the Western Addition and student at lincoln high school. Marcus likes to sing, act, write, spoken word pieces, please give a round of applause for marcus. [applause] hi. My name is marcus. Im a rising 10th grader at lincoln high school. I joined indiscernible because i believe it bring me good experiences. Last year i worked with criminal justice cohort and this year working indiscernible prepare me for my future. Thank you mayor breed and dr. Davis for making this possible. Now, i will read my poem. Im from the windy weather, the church every sunday, the home cooked meals. From singing and can goofing around with my friends and spending time with my dog. Smell of freshly baked sweets, to the streets, indiscernible of the wind outside. indiscernible from the loud music. From the birds everywhere, from the cars and buses honking. From the Juneteenth Celebration and from taking the bus throughout fillmore. Im from the fillmore. [applause] thank you. Good job marcus. Next we want to bring up chief scott. San Francisco Police chief scott grew up in birmingham. Chief scott was sworn in by mayor ed lee in 2017 after serving 12 years in the los angeles Police Department. Chief scott focus is on community policing, with the emphasize on implementing major reforms especially as it relates to providing service with dignity and respect. Welcome chief william scott. [applause] good morning. Alright. I will tray try it again. Good morning good morning alright. So, first of all, i where want to thank mayor breed for providing this opportunity to everybody. Most of us who are sitting in these seats when we were sitting in your seats, ill tell me story. I had no idea what i was going to turn out to be. None. I know many of you, some probably know what you want to do in life, some dont. Some of you are just going to figure it out later. But i want to echo a few things that have been said already, particularly what dr. Davis and mayor breed said. Life is about opportunities and life is about putting yourself in a position to take advantage of those opportunities. When you look at the people in the front row, all of us or most of are Public Servant and we have people that have done very well in their careers. None of us, none of us and ibet my pay check on this, started out with anything handed to us. Life is about creating your own opportunities. You will need help along the way. A lot of people say, im selfmade and there is probably a little truth to that but none of us got to where we are alone. For me, when i was sitting in your seats, 15, 16, 17 years old i had no idea what i wanted to do, none. Second generation, first generation actually out of Public Housing. Mom widowed twice. Worked all the time just to put food on the table. But there were a few people in my life that believed in me. Probably more then i believed in myself. And you all have a golden opportunity because you are here. You are here because somebody believes in you. Somebody believes you have the ability to do something great with your life. Do something great in this world. Take advantage of it. Dr. Davis said shes paying attention. Shes looking who is sleeping, looking who came dressed appropriately and it looks like all of you have your eyes wide open. It looks like all of you are dressed appropriately, so somebody has been working with you. But heres the thing, the interview doesnt start at the interview. As you go through life, whether your college interview, whether your first job, second job, every day you are in your interview. Live your life that way. Every day somebody is watching you, particularly with social media. All the stuff you do right now that you put on social media, when you go to that job interview, somebody is probably going to be looking to see how you live your life. Think about that. We have i think 25 interns from San Francisco Police Department that are here. Thank you all for being here. I want to thank the ced team responsible this year for kind of coordinating the cohorts. But i never thought i would be in this profession. I didnt have anything against police. I grew up in birmingham alabama, west end. It was the hood. Plain and simple. Never knew a police officer, never saw a police officer, didnt want to be around police officers, didnt have nothing against them, but that wasnt what what we did in those days. Never had any idea i would be standing San Franciscoi watched San Francisco from the Football Games and saw the Golden Gate Bridge and see the fog and said i wanted to live there. Didnt know i would be doing this. If you work your dreams will come true. You got to put in the work and you have to live your life in a way that you dont take away your own opportunities. Now, some of us have probably talked to some of you about you should think about being a cop when you get out of school and grow up. Keep that option open. I got degree in accounting. I was pretty good with math. Pretty good with numbers. Never really wanted to do that though. Kind of like the mayor with chemistry. I knew pretty early on that i never wanted to be an accountant, i just wanted to get a degree because i promised my mom i would and i knew if i didnt i would have hell to pay with my mother. That degree did give me a opportunity. It gave me a opportunity to fall into a career that became my lifes work. I love what i do. I love what i do and i consider myself a very fortunate person because work for me is not work, it is hard. I put in a lot of time, but it aint work to me. Try to find your passion. Try to find something that you really have your heart, your soul and your mind in, and if you do that, it will never be work. But you got to keep those options open. Like mayor breed, something saw something in me. I dont know what. There is a part of my life i was a little bit of a knuckle head, but somebody saw something in me that kept me on the right path. I was always a hard worker and i ended up falling into a career i love, but i took advantage of that. For those of you who think that you might want to go into public service, this is the city to do that in and i will say that. I worked in a couple cities, this is the city that takes care of its people. We have a mayor that takes care of her people. And we have a lot of challenges and a lot of work to do. It is a beautiful place, but those of us in public service, we are here to serve people. If you have a heart for that, whether with Police Department, fire department, airport, public works, it is out there. At the end of the day you go to work to make money. At the end of the day, i see some very expensive shoes out there. As the mayor said, if you are not paying for them already, it wont be a long time before you have to pay for those 500 nikes i see out there. Director henderson was showing off his shoes, but that came out of his pay check, i guarantee you that. If you want those finer things in life, put in the work, find your passion, and do the things you love and you will sore in this world. By the way, if you want to make money, check out what the San Francisco Police Department is paying, because it aint nothing to sneeze at. I are want to thank the mayor and thank everybody for being here and please, please, please stay safe, take care of each other, keep your options open. Alright . Thank you. [applause] thank you. Next i want to bring up nattily nicole. Natalie became her osa journey as a fellow in 2020 and now a senior fellow. Currently a rising senior at is San Francisco state majoring in cell nuclear biology. A bay area native, please give it up for natalie. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is natalie. I have been with osa three summers now. Each summer i learn the importance of empathy, diligence and communication in the workplace. I incorporate the skills i learned during the summer into fall and spring semesters interacting with classmates professors mentors and colleagues. Each time im presented with a new opportunity i remember the compassion showed my and try to implement for my colleagues because i know it can create a healthier and more inviting work environment. You are not just a number in a pool of millions, your unique experience is necessary for a better future. Ofa taught me that. Thank you all. [applause] before we bring stuna man up, i want to do awho said ohoh before we bring stuna man up, i want to do a vibe check. I want to see how everybody feeling. Im in mylet me hear from this side. How are you all feeling . Carl, who are you here with, sir . Who you representing . indiscernible lets give it up for ellen hill hutch. [applause] lets see whats going on over here. Lets see, if you looking at me crazy im come right to you. Who we here representing . Representing young defenders. Young defenders. Give it up for young defenders lets go. Lets seewe have a hand. We have a hand. Who we representing young man . You forgot culinary and hospitality. Give it up for culinary and hospitality. [applause] so look, im born and raised louisiana. Look, we got this interactive thing we do. Whether it was a church event, summer event, it was a competition for both sides. All together i want to repeat after me, i want you to say, my side indiscernible on beat, i will say it again, my side crunker crunker then your side. Let me hear it. Go. Louder. Let me hear alright. We got it. We going to split off. Right side versus left side. I need my left side to stand up and face the right side, come on, stand up. Stretch it out. Lets stand up. Right side stand up. Right side stand up. Right side stand up. Stand up, stand up. Check, check. Lets go. Left side, my side crunker crunker then your side right side, right side. My side crunker then crunker then your side both sound weak to me. Lets try it again. My side crunker then crunker then your side right. Right side. My sidedr. Davis eating you all up over here. All together, gomy side crunker then crunker then your side give it up. Everybody stand up. Dont sit down. Dont sit down. If yall ready to turn up here let me get a yea if you all made good money this summer let me get a yea if yall love everybody and everything they put together today let me get a yea yea my name is dj west coast with stuna man. When i say west, you say coast. Westcoast. Westcoast. When i say still, winning. When i say stuna you all say man. Stuna, me. Everybody in the building make some noise you all got to get louder then that. West coast, i think they still sleeping. If you still asleep, let me get a yea yea. That was reverse psychology. If you feel good, let me get a yea, yea. Look, right now, yall sounding like the gentrifyed San Francisco. Thats cool in certain circles, but we come from the authentic original San Francisco. When i ask yall something, i need yall to say from the bottom of your diaphragm. Everybody got that . Everybody got that . So, if you all feeling good, you ready to turn up, say stuna man o2, let me get a yea yea that was much better. Before we get to the set, it is a message what we got to do. There is always a message. That is what hip hot is for. You heard the mayor, we have beautiful speakers, law enforcement, the people that help put this event together, but before we go into this, i like to do a exercise so that anything coming into this performance you can let go. Before we do this, we going to have a moment of silence. This moment of silence, if you lost anybody, you going through Mental Health issues, anything that might not allow you to really express yourself. Real quick, i need everybody to bow their head, close their eye jz have a moment of silence real quick. [moment of silence] indiscernible because it is tricky positions. You going to be a soldier toting buns and busing missions or have conviction to be somebody different . Once upon a time, i was thinking something different. Maybe even dreaming, young king with a vision. Want to stick together but nobody want to listen, they keep their mind closed and get caught up in the system. Now the same two change but you yelling how you different, hands up, dont shoot still made him a victim. Rappers talking about drugs and next person they killing. These dudes will say anything just to get a mention. Maybe its me, but something got me feeling different. Im on my own wave, the main stream i cant feel it. All lives matter trying to tell us we aint different. Whole time benefiting from the white privilege. If we aint different tell me who getting killed. Kap took a knee, indiscernible how is your mission, pulling guns on children . See, royalty and goldie used to be our daily living. [rapping] i pray for better days it is ironic im christian. If you awake now, let me get a yea yea west coast, you got that first one . before we get into this we got to teach your Something Real quick. We have been taking a dance all around the world. It is indiscernible when they won a championship. 49ers when they won. indiscernible if you played indiscernible ill ask west coast, we going to teach you all a dance and for the next three minutes and 10 seconds you all in the frontyou got to dance too. Camera man. I dont know why you are sitting down. Have to wake him up. Yall need to get lit. You better not leave me out. Ill rap the lyrics. [rapping] who feel they want to come down here . [multiple speakers] dont be scared. I see you in the front. Why are you acting squared . I know you didnt come for nothing. We about to turn up we about to turn up in here the right way. We dont do the scary stuff. We about to turn up the right way. See if they have the energy. Drop it one time. I need everybody up. [rapping and music] we have people over here not moving. We got all these people over here chilling. For the next three minutes and 10 seconds, i need everybody over here in the crowd moving. I dont care if you know the song, i need you turned up. I need everybody in the crowd over here moving. If you got that let me get a yea yea drop it one more time west coast. [rapping and music] make noise for everybody that was up here. Real quickly, let mehold on. I want to do something special. If this is ofa, let me get a yea yea if ofa means giving opportunity out, let me get a yea yea my man tony was cutting it up, right . Yes, sir. I got this new song i just dropped so i want to do something special. Is there anymore dancers in the crowd . Im talking about that young lady up there, come down here, you a real dancer. [multiple speakers] you love to dance like how i love music. Tony, why you i want to do something special. They said this ofa, right . We got a new song out called going around the world. Man, i want to do something special. I want to bring a dancer out here, right and the best dancer that danced to this song, i want to give them a hundred dollars, but only giving it to two spots. Right now that was just addition. Tony won his spot. Going to take all the money. Come on i want real dancers though. I want real dancers. Well keep everybody up here. Well keep everybody up here. This is how we going to do it, yall got to judge, alright . This is enough people. This is enough people. This is what we going to doim going to play the song so you can hear the song, alright. Then ill play the song one time through and then you hit your best dance moves to it, then we have the crowd judge who did the best dance. Crowd, you got to be attention and be involved and be dancing. If you comp rehend that, let me get a yea yea play it for them so they know what it sounds like. We are going around the world with this. This a whole different vibe. This is not what everybody used to. Come on. Turn it up west coast. Turn it up west coast. [music] [singing and music] i will see if indiscernible i know dancing might not be everybodys forte. I dont point pictures. It is going to be a part of the song i i go likewhen i say the woo, i point this way and i need everybody to take two steps this way just like that and then when the ahh come on, i point that way and then take two steps and ill tell yall, do it with me, step this way, 1, 2. Dont be shy. Step that way, 1, 2. Step this way, 1, 2. Step that way, 1, 2. Step this way, 1, 2. Step that way, 1, 2. Now, step this way, 1, 2. Now step that way, 1, 2. You all getting the hang of it. Step this way. Now step that way. They look a lot more ready. Lets keepdancers get in close. Hundred dollars is oen the line. When i tell you to go to the front go to the front and do your thing and let the song run one time through. We starting with you. You ready . West coast [singing and music]n the line. When i tell you to go to the front go to the front and do your thing and let the song run one time through. We starting with you. You ready . West coast [singing and music] when i say i love indiscernible when i say i love, yall say ofa. I love, ofa. I love, ofa. When i say still, you all say winning. Still, winning. We got to deliberate and see who really won this. By the way, that last song i just did around the world is out now all platforms. Yall look very technologically savvy. Make surewhat you got to say . We got a special announcement. Is you ready to be excited. Give a hundred dollars. My winner is tony right now. Everybody make noise for tony right now tony, claim your money. We have a special announcement. The director let me know for your efforts everybody is getting a hundred dollars today. Sometimes most the battle is just showing up. Remember that, when you in your internships and qu have to go to class, a lot of you will be going to college. Many dont know this about me,eme polk a product of San Francisco, i with grew up on haight and indiscernible i grew up thin fillmore, moved to hunters point, went to sacred heart prep. I got multiple academic scholarships and went to college, got my degree in neurological psychology. A rapper has a science degree. I have a degree in science. When you are doing what you do just like the mayor, just like the police chief, just like the director, you see all these people of different colors and creeds, walks preferences, how bunch of denominations. Sometimes you just got to do it and it gets what you want and need. Before i leave, before we leavethank you chief. Before we leave and we on this high, i feel it is always appropriate to talk to the most high. God, thank you for allowing all these Beautiful People to get here safely and just as they got here safely, allow them to make it to their next destination and home safely. Bless everybody mentally, physically emotionally, psychological morally and financially. We always say mentally first because the mind rules all, and we say financially last because if you get the money you dont care about all the other stuff. Most importantly, eliminate worries, strife and stress, because worry is only paying for thing tuesday to go wrong, we want things to go right. If anybody in is here doubting life and dont want to be here another day, having thoughts about not being here, anything like that to not preserve your life and keep going, god please allow them to be wrapped around and find a support system, please allow them to understand life is important and whatever they go through is temporary but you have to live today. If thats not enough, please thank you for the ancestors the people who cannot be here, those who moved on to another life, thank you for their presence and allow that energy to give the burst to still want to be here. With that said, i am going to say awoman, amen, athem and we still winning i love yall. Make sure you all get your hundred dollars, alright . Wait, wait, real quick, lets all take a picture real quick, alright . I need everybody on this side to come close and you all come over here with me. If you over here, get close, get close. Bring it in yall, bring it to the center court. Get close. Get close. Get close. Turn it down real quick west coast. On three, i need everybody to say still winning. 1, 2, 3, still winning thank you all. One more time, going to take one more. On three, i need everybody to say ofa. 1, 2, 3, ofa i love yall, man. Alright. Back in your seats folks. Give it up for stunna man again. Give it up for stunna man again i do want to put respect on stunna man. I want to read his bio because it is really inspirational stunna man is high Energy Artist aSan Francisco native artist entrepreneur incorporating message of social justice into artistry. Also has degree in neuro psychology from Saint Mary College and clothing line. indiscernible hes the man behind the hit song big stepjug been big stepping with mayor london breed. Give it up i want to welcome indiscernible stephanie lopez. First generation daca recipient and proud daughter of immigrant immigrants raised in the mission and consider the bay area forever home. Believes first generation woman of color has the responsibility to be a strong ally and give back to the Community Organizations and non profits that raised her. Stephanie is pathway manager with bacr overseeing the Latino Task Force internship program. Welcome. Thank you. [applause] hello hello. Happy friday. Good afternoon everyone. My name is stephanie lopez. I work with the Bay Area Community resources and support the efforts of the San Francisco Latino Task Force. Today fill would a sense of pride and excitement. As we gather to celebrate our youth and power collaboration and partnership, as a ofa partner i have witnessed first hand the incredible impact that working together can have in championing the potential dreams of our younger generationism in the Latino Task Force, we firmly believe that investing in our young people is not just a option, but an necessity. The future of our communities, our city and our world rest in the hands of those bright minds and it is our responsibility to nurture and guide towards a better tomorrow. Our efforts are rooting in the belief that every young person regardless of legal status, zip code, background and adversities deserve access to quality work experiences, mentorship and opportunity to grow and thrive. We see how each individual poses unique talent and it is our duty to create a inclusive supportive environment that allows them to flourish. I witnessed remarkable stories of resilience and determineition, i have seen young minds overcome adversity, break barriers and transform their lives. Inspired by tenacity and reminded of the potential that exist in each of them. Our work is far from over. We must continue to push boundaries and challenge the status quo, advocate for policies that prioritize Youth Development and engagement. Together we can build a space where opportunities are not limited by circumstances where every young person can access the tools to succeed. Our efforts are a commitment to being a catalyst for change. It is about recognizing our collective efforts can create a Lasting Impact and achieve a future brighter, more inclusive and filled with hope. Lets continue empower the youth. Equip the skills they need and celebrate successes as our own. Thank you ofa having the Latino Task Force be a part of the work. The future belongs to youth and these partnerships are the key to unlocking this extraordinary potential. Congratulations, everyone. [applause] alright. As we close our program i want to thank you. Thank you for participating. Our drump circle interns for the last indiscernible before i call dr. Davis back up, our drum circle interns you want to come down and ill introduce mr. Arturo, the drum circle. You all come on down. Arturo is a Program Director with San Francisco street violence intervention program. Working to build meaning fm positive relationship with community, helping indiscernible incorporates drum circles to treatment bringing healing of drum to the clients. Today he brings the healing to us. Please welcome mr. Arturo. Bringing back dr. Cheryl davis. Alright. We are about to wrap up it. We are going to get ready for lunch and cannot remember if i did this before and if i did well do it again. Give a round of applause for miguel, allison and the folks at chase center for opening up for us. The warriors play in here with the champions because you all are champions. Wave to miguel. You got to act like we are in the warriors stadium. People complain how loud it is in here. Lets hear the noise and thank you for the warriors. Who wants to be invited back for a Warrior Games and be in these seats . If you want to come back to the game and want miguel to believe it, give a round of applause for the chase center. [applause] you hear that miguel, we want to come back for a game. Alright. So, thank you all again for being here. Thank you for trusting your summer with us. We are going to end it on something that is focused on how we come together. How we get in sync. How we align ourselves. Brother arturo is going to kick us off. Here is what im going to ask, and he will direct. This is what im saying and what i watch the most for. These things you might think are hokey and why are we listening to the speeches, anybody who had a job these adults on the side over here know that at some point in time there are two things that are going to happen. One, you have to go to a professional Development Workshop you may not enjoy and listen to a lot of people talk and wonder why you are there. And two, you will have go to is a social engagement where you watch people dance that you never want to see people dance again. That is what this is about. You got to understand that going to work isnt just about your 9 to 5. It is about how you build relationships, it is about how you sit and engage, it is about how you attend workshops and convenes you may not want to be a part of, because with you show up and look like you dont want to be there your boss knows it. We are giving practice how to show up and be in space and do conversations and drumming. Arturo, let me know when you are ready and well get ready to go. Give it up for arturo while hes getting set up. [applause] getting ready to do this. You ready arturo . You need this mic . The chief wants to get in on that. I would invite paul, but not sure about his rhythm. No, paul, you can take a seat. Hello, hello, hello. Dont play yet. Dont play yet. Dont play yet. We are all ready to eat, so arturo, lets not take too long. Alright. Good afternoon everybody good afternoon the drum circle we are going to do is a medicinal drum circle. We take rhythms from africathe intention is have intention on each rhythm. The first rhythm is called indiscernible it comes from west africa, jamaica and the intent is ask ancestors to come into the circle and Bring Positive Energy to the circle. Im going to start it, and then i want you all to follow. It goes like this, first rhythm goes [drum] then you gotogether. Second part, [drum] im going to do the full rhythm and then you follow. [drumming] keep going. Not too fast. Not too fast. Come on chief [drumming] at the count of 5 hit the drum. 1, 2, 3, 4okay. Alright. Give them a round. [applause] this next rhythm is a rhythm called indiscernible this rhythm, the intent is to honor the female energy. All you mothers, you sisters. Thank you for helping us knuckle head men, right, be nurtured, calm, smarter then us. Thank you for your energy and we love you. It goes like this, ill start and you follow. [drumming] 1, 2, 3, 4. Last rhythm, heres one from trinidad. The saying goes, say calypso play calypso. You all did it for the rapper, how come you cant do it for me . Say calypso, play calypso. [drumming] bring it up, bring it up. 1, 2, 3, 4thank you. Give them a round. You all make sure to give sarah your name or shanell who will make sure the folks that participated in the circle, we appreciate folks participating, shanell will make sure you get a hundred dollar gift card so thank you for your participation give them a round of applause for taking the risk [drums] yeah, the chiefthat does not include you. [laughter] you already get overtime. So, give yourselves a round of applause for sitting through all of this. [applause] we want to thank again the chase center, and bone apteat. We have lunch upstair, make sure you leave with a bag and im going to be watching, looking. Sarah and i will look for who can get bonuses for attitude, behavior and engagement on the way out the door. Give yourselves a round of applause. Congratulations rchlt thank you for being a part of opportunity for all this summer. See you all in the room for lunch. Dont eat it all and please dont let people breathe over the food, because i dont want germs. Thank you sfgovtv and our partners at the chase center. We appreciate you. [singing and music] te the 15 our annual awards is really this is become