Transcripts For SFGTV Mayors 20240703

By lateral relations between the United States and mexico. Yes. That shows our rich history which were proud to celebrate with all of you. While were so appreciative of the city of San Francisco for allowing us to host this event in this mag any my sent building and it makes honor to this beautiful song like San Francisco open its golden gates, thank you so much. Before i give our floor to our wonderful mc, i want to recognize the president of the brazil and consulate general of brazil. And local 7sciu. Thank you. [speaking spanish] muy buenos tardes. This is a great hon hor ob able to stand in front of you but especially that were all coming together as a city, our great leaders and our consul general to my left here. Its a beautiful moment when San Francisco gets to celebrate the joy, right . Am i right . [applause] so were going to practice a little just to warm all of you up, in case the margarita did not do it. Right . Que viva mexico. Viva que viva london breed . So thats a good warm up. [speaking spanish] que viva. Our lieutenantgovernor will get to explain why govern, why am i saying govern . With that being said, for me its a really great honor. My name is olga im the president of local 87. I come from labor. Today were being seen in San Francisco, right . [speaking spanish] we are being seen as latinos in San Francisco. With that, i also want to be able to recognize my labor siblings and be able to say local 798 with the firefighters and all of our first responders. With that being said, its a great honor and i want to talk a little bit about the past so we know where were going. This grito came out of an idea one of my sibling thats came out of as well. And has been on the josh. I came up with an idea to celebrate el grito here in San Francisco. We went to the mayor and its been 42 years since the el grito had been celebrated. We have many lies in San Francisco, mnc being one of our sponsors. A big applause for mnc. But also the mayor of the mission is present today. Roberto hernandez and i want to be able to say more importantly our mayor took this as one of the celebrations as part of the thread of the city. Listen, we have to embrace that as latinos were taking on more challenges. But also a mayor that is willing to celebrate our heritage and our presence in the city and know that we are being seen today. With that being said, im asking all of you, just like we practiced a moment ago toxer please give it it up to our mayor, maryland lon breed. Mayor london breed. Thank you, all happy grito, everybody. Viva mexico. Let me tell you, although you should be so proud and josh for everything youve done to make this happen. Not just what is going on today on the mayors balcony but what is actually going on outside in front of city hall. This is an incredible celebration. Consul general, thank you for being here. I nor were going to hear from you. Thank you for being and Great Partnership that continues to persist between our two countries and joaquin, thank you for being here. As well as the mayor of red wood city, mayor jeff ye, thank you for joining us. [applause] our chief of protocol gloria and in just a moment, youll hear from our lieutenantgovernor elani. But you all are welcomed and honored guest today to celebrate el grito in San Francisco city hall. Your city hall. And last year when we first celebrated, somebody handed me a little more tequila than i should have. And i admit it publicly that im a more of a mez mezcal girl and all of a sudden, mezarrived at my office. What i appreciate between the state of california and mexico, there is a deep rich embedded history. We also know that this was once the territory of mexico, the state of california. And we believe that a lot of that history is celebrating of having a consulate in San Francisco has a lot to do with the community that was already here and the community that continues to be part of the rich history of developing and making San Francisco what it is today. Whether its the food, whether its the wine. Whether its so much things in terms of the, the history, the culture. The beautiful attire and everything that exists in this community. It is truly embedded in San Francisco in so many amazing ways. And feshl for those of us who grew up in San Francisco. We know how valuable this community is. Sxl its traditional low has resided mostly in the Mission District where we see the Mission Cultural center which continues to be doing amazing work around dance, around history around culture and where we see, other various events continue to take place. One that honestly, i know is not just about mexico, it is kind of about San Francisco, the lowriders are one of those things where it has bridged the artistic talents of the community into creating a new culture of community with the lowriders so much so that when the lowriders Roberto Hernandez first started crewsing down San Francisco, it was treated as something that was i willy as a behavior that was not welcomed. To the point where now, it is welcome addition to the history and culture of San Francisco differently than ever before. [applause] embracing the old and infusing the new, is what San Francisco does in our communities and as we celebrate the history and celebrate 213 years of independence, it gives us an opportunity to reflect, it gives us an opportunity to remind ourselves that independence sometimes is not something that we should take for granted. It is something that has been fought for and continues to need to be fought for with each and every generation. Whether its the freedom to exist and be a part of your community and walk and live frely. Or or whether it is what is dwg on around our country. We have to continue to fight but there is also an opportunity to take a motion, reflect and to celebrate. And to appreciate the people who came before us, whose shoulders we stand on and why were able to celebrate in a place like city hall where many many years ago, people like you and people like me were not even welcomed to walk through the doors. And that is not so far in our history. So today, is a celebration. Today is a blessing. Today is an exciting time for us to come together and to just really support and honor that history and honor that legacy right here in San Francisco city hall. So im glad to have you here, im glad to welcome you here. And im looking forward because today is latino heritage month in the city and county of San Francisco and we will be celebrating on september 28th and bringing all the latin American Communities to our city to have a big celebration. We appreciate the fact that you are already here kicking it off and making sure that el grito has its own unique important celebration in the city and county of San Francisco. [applause] so, with that, i want to again thank you all so much for being here to celebrate. So happy to have each and every one of you here. With that i want to take the opportunity to introduce our lieutenantgovernor, eleni. Thank you so much madam mayor, mr. Consul general, ol ga, the fabulous olga miranda. What an honor to with are you. For those of you who dont know, i live here in San Francisco, it thes my chosen home along with my husband. He was born here but i fell in love with San Francisco for our cultural diversity. And im here as a guest in the house of the mayor and im so fortunate that for these wonderful celebrations, they invites me to come down. And then when i do, she says, well shes the lieutenantgovernor maybe she should Say Something as well. Its a privilege to say a few words on behalf of the state of california. As olga mentioned, the governor is out of state right now so im the octobering govern today, the governdora as they would say. But what i would like to share with you, all sometimes, north california, its hard to recognize what goes on in the state as a whole. Not only, as our mayor noted, do we have a long shared history between california and mexico. Not only do we have this Extraordinary People to people relationship being the state with the largest number of mexican americans anywhere in the United States, of course. [applause] but i will tell you, i spent a lot of time down on our border. The 150 mile Border Crossing between california and mexico is the biggest border land crossing in the western hemisphere. And just what that means, if you have not heard the statistics, about 30 million cars cross through the ports of entry every year. One and a half million trucks with our robust trade relationship cross every year. And you might not know this, but about 15 million individual pedestrian crossings, people walking through the ports of entry across our border and for in San Francisco and the greater border region, they dont think of it as transitioning from one country to another or the state of california, to the state of baja. They see it as one region and that is why when govern newsom and i both came in to office, we decided it was time to articulate something very important. It was time for the leadership of california to articulate that mexico is californias number one most important foreign partner. And we say it all the time. So with that, happy Mexican National day. It is so wonderful to be with you with all of you and viva mexico. Viva. Viva before olga comes back, i forgot what the whole reason why i came up here, to do my job as mayor. I got too excited in the moment. So before the consul general speaks and olga comes back up again, thank you so much olga miranda, she is the labor leader for the janitors of San Francisco. And let me tell you, its its not just folks of mexican dissent, there are folks of diversity and she is leading the union and making sure that she is taking care of the places especially downtown San Francisco. So thank you again. Olga. I also want to acknowledge, you know, i think our lieutenantgovernor forgot about the flights that go in and out of mexico. It is the number one Tourist Destinations for people from california but what most people may not know, is that california is a Tourist Destination for mexican tourist to come here as well. So we truly have an International Relationship that continue to persist and well continue to enjoy that. And i want today make my specific announcement about what were going to do in honor of el grito. We are going to light up city hall in the colors of the mexican flag, green, white and red. So make sure that after this event, you get your photographs, you go out and you celebrate with the community. And finally, consul general, on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco, today were officially making it el grito day in the city and county of San Francisco. [applause] come on, are we ready . Yes i would like to take this moment to be able to introduce our consul general de mexico vincent ventura. Who will provide comments. Last month, there were changes. But im so proud that our consul general stand to go my left is now going to be sharing these remarks. Weve all been looking forward to this moment. Ungran aplauso. [applause] thank you very much. Im so excited to be here with you all. This is an important celebration, mexico is present here. And thanks to your interest, your visits, your culture is great, thank you, thank you very much. Thank you mayor, thank you lieutenantgovernor and all the members that are doing incredible effort to have this celebration here to life. Thank you. Let me write, let me read for you some words that i would like to share with you. We come together to celebrate 213 anniversary of mexican independence, with latino United States. We honored to have the mayor london breed and lieutenant and mary anne, chief of city of San Francisco with us tonight. On september 16th, 1810, i dal go ran the charts in dolores. Challenging for mexican independence. Our history is marked by resilience and determination. This spirit lies on mexicans from the daca dream inventories essential workers contributing to californias prosperity. Our communities extend to achievement in arts and culture, we applaud mexican artist success like diego rivera and cha lo legacy in San Francisco. We celebrate San Francisco dancers, hernandez, and our ten or arturo chacon. Thank you. [applause] as you mentioned lieutenantgovernor, mexicos economy is crucial ties with the u. S. And canada through mca. We also cherish our partnership with california a strong ally ant committed for our border. Mexico second largest partner supporting over 850,000 jobs. This year, we are proud to celebrate 1 75 years of the mexican culture being present here in the beautiful city of San Francisco. To mayor breed and mary anne, thank you for your warm hospitality in this beautiful building and historic city, today we gather with your friends in california and San Francisco to mark this historic and important occasion. Thank you very much and que viva mexico. Muchas gracias. Gracias. [applause] at this time i would like to also recognize supervisor safai. Thank you. My next guest is Robert Negrete continues to provide to our community. I want to take this point right now to be able to say that we cannot take access to technology for granted. Comcast continues to be a leader in San Francisco and throughout Northern California in making sure that our families have access to that. Knowing that we can grow and whether its our children and being able to get access to their lessons or being able to look up that information. Its thanks to comcast leading that way for all of us. Part of the threat leaning and looking towards the future w. That, im going to ask you to please give one of our biggest sponsor comcast Robert Negrete [applause]. Thank you, robert. Mi gente como estas . Thats weak, give me some love. Mi gente como estas . Look at all of this Beautiful People in this building. This is incredible and im honored. I come from humble beginings to be able to sit here and speak in front of you having mayor london breed next to me, this is incredible. Im super thankful and grateful for this opportunity. So i would like to take this moment to thank mayor lond ond breed and all the dignitaries here this evening, we cannot do all of this without of hard work. Were commit today your dedication to ensure that were successful. Thank you so much. [applause] el grito is such a Beautiful Day of celebration and gratitude. Its a day of remembrance with the special focus on celebrating a beautiful country and its culture. Come on, give it up. Lets go today reminds me of my grandmother. She made the most amazing food yall, anybody have anybody like that out there. Specifically she made this bowl of menudo that was beyond anything you could ever taste. Like the taste, the flavor, you can just everything like if i was sick, i was healed within a half hour, it ha super power. One day i asked her, grandma, what is it . What is the secret recipe that you put in this to make it so good . She looked at me and said my jo, i make it with love so today im going to ask you to continue to lead with love as we build with these communities and continue to build these wonderful communities in the area. Through our dni efforts comcast to develop our leaders and define way to see give back to our communities especially things like partnering with mayor breeds office to be able to give back and do the community, community hubs. So through our partnership, and local Community Base organizations for community hubs, we collect collectively walk to bridge divide. I remember that little girl that i heard about having to go to a taco bell to get internet access. In our partnerships and all the things that were doing today, were able to build wore automobile to build the Digital Divide and help our community survive. So with this partnership, im blown away, im thankful. Comcast is grateful for all the things that they do in this room. Thank you so much and have a wonderful evening. [applause] im height challenged. Listen, at this time i want to be able to share with all of you that the daughter of indigenous my mother, im proud to be able imatepewama. And as a orphan, indigenous young women, youre a third class citizen as the way she was treated. She called the in california, her mother of choice. And for those of us who are emigrated here, our parents that we saw the sacrifices, we are all proud part of the city. Whether we are, black and mexican, whether were filipino and mexican, whether were irish and mexican, whether were neighborhood and have no dna, each of the women and men in front of me, you are part of the celebration and the joy of our city. As indigenous, how we were raised, is donde comen uno, comen did i he is. Where one can eat, ten with serve themselves and with ten, it becomes a celebration. With all of that, you dont just in invite anybody in your house. So i want to thank you, mayor breed, to help us host this incredible celebration. But not just anybody sits at our table. These doors are open and we appreciate your leadership in being able to host all of us. We are the threat of the city, we are the make up. Estamos presente. For those that we lost during the pandemic and our leaders stepped up and our communities stepped up, estamo presente . Are we present efrnlts . With our members, our janitors our firefighters, are ufc, all our car penters, we were all present. Presente. Si presente. Mayor, we appreciate you taking the leadership to open the doors of city hall. And with all of that im going to ask you to join us in the second portion of the program where were going to ask you to please join us in the grito outside in the plaza with the entire community as part of the thread. With that, before i ask all of you to join us in the plaza. To please every time i say a sponsors name say presente. And next year, you are presente with us and you are present with us just the same way. So with that, el consul de mexico. Presente. Comcast. Presente. Goenld state warriors. Presente. Giants. Presente. Ucsf. Presente. Office engagement and affairs. Presente. Sciu local 87. Presente. Teamsters local 30. Presente. Mc. Carnival. Presente. Sf parks and rec. Prenlte. At that. Telemundo 48. Presente. Dont get tired now. Estrella. Hetcho en california. Que viva mexico. Viva. Viva london breed. Que viva. Que viva. With that were going to ask you to please join us in the second part of this ceremony. Thank you to all of you joining us today. The elevators are right there and the second part is only going to get better. Thank you so much y que viva mexico. Viva viva mexico happy el grito, everybody thank you so much olga for your kind words and for welcoming every one to San Francisco city hall to celebrate el grito. We are so fortunate that San Francisco has a rich history in mexico history and vibrancy and today as we celebrate 213 years of independence, we acknowledge at one point in time in our history, our not so distant history that black americans, brown americans, people were not even allowed to be in this building. City hall, that now belong to the people, all people of all races and creeds have an opportunity to not only recognize and celebrate their culture in such a significant way. [applause] but to honor, to honor the relationship between california and mexico and how once this was mexico territory. We want to thank you today is about acknowledging and remembering the history but also today is a joyous occasion knowing whos shoulders we stand on to appreciate our independence and it was w that, i want to take the opportunity to recognize that we have the consul general of mexico joining us here today. Mexico, viva. Viva. Viva hidalgo. Viva. Viva morelo. Viva. Viva. Viva. Viva. Viva los mexicanos. Viva. Viva. Viva mexico. Viva. [honking] [bells ringing] [mariachi music playing] viva mexico. Viva. Viva america. Viva. [mariachi music playing] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you. You are right. This is a quiet group. Im going to need these voices to be raised in all of these issues that we have in San Francisco. We need you to be a lot louder and a lot more enthusiastic than that. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Yes, there we are. This is a really really big deal. And you know that because when i did my Youth Commission swearing in, we got sworn in. Mayor, you know how to do a swearing in. And i would like to thank mr. Supervisor ronen, and i am particularly excited because this is where i got my start in public service. To be a San Francisco native, and to be appointed as a Youth Commission is a really big deal. Give yourselves a round of applause. Lets give a round of applause. When i look out at you all and i can say this now because im a father of three and i have got some gray hairs. A lot has changed since i was appointed Youth Commissioner. I see a lot of hope, and i see inspiration because we need your perspective here in San Francisco, especially now. This right here today is an indication of what this city and county looks like. You should be proud as you raise your hand in a few minutes and take this office. Im a San Francisco native. I went to the high school here. Any alum . Today i work as a Public Affair executive for a national Public Affairs firm. I have the honor and privilege to serve as commissioner for three consecutive mayors. My last appointment, mayor breed appointed me to the Human Rights Commission and we worked with every department to be sure it has a mandate for equity issues. I was appointed by the late ed lee and was on the mission structure, with the bay, with the terminal and these are what fell under the office of investment and community infrastructure. My First Commission appointment was the San Francisco Youth Commission. I was sworn in by mayor gavin newsom where we worked on a myriad of issues to be sure that parents had transparent information and we worked on the muni and the lifeline package. That came from the San Francisco Youth Commission. I bring up those issues to say that the world, the city hall, San Francisco is your oyster. There is no issue too small or call too big that you cannot handle. I walk the halls today and in my fulltime job im a consultant for a Consulting Firm and i act as a bridge inside city hall and outside city hall. I remind myself that we have important persons here. We have mayor breed, other commissioners and these are all people that you have access to in this building. Im going to end with this before i call mayor breed up. My challenge for you all is to become masters of all of the tangible. There is enough smart people, there is a lot of smart people in San Francisco, but the most successful Public Servants show up, they are present, they are unafraid to speak. They are, i get emotional here because this city, i love this city. Im born and raised in this city particularly during a time right now. One of the most important things that has allowed me to be successful are the relationships. Making sure that the people you see sit next to you as Youth Commissioners, keep these relationships strong because ten years from now, when you are walking the halls, when you are the next mayor of San Francisco, the next supervisor of the department ahead, its going to be the person that sits next to you that you call on for that legislation, or draft policy or make sure our streets are clean. So i want to say thank you. I want to say thank you to mayor breed for inviting me here today. I would like to call you up to do the official oath of office. Mayor london breed thank you, theo and supervisors for showing up for our young people today. In the past, i know gavin newsom was in the basement and i think ed lee was in the focus at the time. When i became mayor, i wanted to be sure that young people like you were a priority. I think this city has spent a lot of time doing a lot of things that often has not led to the kinds of results that you as the next generation of young folks growing up in San Francisco deserve. So one of the first programs that i started when i became mayor was opportunities for all. And let me tell you, for any of you that participate in opportunities for all, well, thank you, at least one or two, but the rest of you are going to need to participate in this program. Why was that important . It was important because when i was growing up in San Francisco, i lived in poverty. So i needed to make money somehow. My grandmother received welfare for us and food stamps and we didnt have the ability to do some of the things i wanted to participate in. I pretended i didnt want to be a cheerleader but i really wanted to be a cheerleader but i couldnt afford the uniform and the travel associated with being a cheerleader. There is an Important Program like that where we provide internships so that money is not a barrier to your desire to do anything you want in life. And the fact that you all are committing your time to the Youth Commission, where you are stepping up to be leaders in this arena, i wanted you to know how important it is not only to me, but to our supervisors who are here, to people like theo who went through this program as a Youth Commissioner and continues to serve in various capacities in the city of San Francisco. These are opportunities. Not just opportunities for you to add something to your college applications, but as theo has said, opportunities, for you to develop very important relationships that could be a part of your lives for the rest of your lives. People that you are going to be working with to push for policy decisions that are important to young people in San Francisco. This is where you learn how to develop those relationships, how to fight for what you want and after the fight is done, the debate happens, you are still friends and show respect for one another because all of you are spending your time being Public Servants that deliver the kind of results that young people of this city need especially after this global pandemic. It has been very difficult. I cant even imagine what you all have gone through where two years of not being able to be in school. I couldnt wait until the first day of school when i was growing up. I couldnt imagine what it would feel like where you could not go into school and the classroom and not look forward to recess or lunchtime and have the friends and have the quality time. I know its so important that we start to have an honest conversation about the impact on our Mental Health to our young people who have experienced the things that you have gone through. You know whats best because you have lived in it and you can provide an opportunity for us as leaders to make decisions that support moving our city forward in a good direction, but more importantly making sure that we are providing the right kind of support and resources for young people all over San Francisco. Now, let me just give you a little bit of what the power of the Youth Commission is. Now, the Youth Commission convinced me to support something i was opposed to. The vote 16 efforts. [ applause ] there were a couple of young people. They came into my office, and then they presented. I was opposed to it. No, you are 18, still live at home, you are not grown. I was opposed to it. These youngster came into my office and they had the data that talked about specifically how young people voting in their age become more actively engaged and showing up to vote. And they said it but not only said it but they had the data in demonstrating how this was more impactful in getting more people to show up and vote. That was after a few minutes i was engaged in this conversation and something i dont do that often but i changed my mind. But i was so proud that they were interested in something they cared about. You mention the card lifeline. The youth helped to make it free, not just the lifeline. But later on, the muni generation fought to make it free, no longer sneaking in on the bus, and to making sure that money is not a barrier and to be sure that every young person can get on our busses and not have to dealing with the consequences for not being able to pay. This is the first step for learning how to be a leader and to protect things you care about, how to bring ideas forward and impacting young people in San Francisco. We are looking forward to seeing you serve this year, and bring forth not only to myself but the board of supervisors, the legislative branch of government, we are looking forward to see what you bring forward for us to deliver on for young people. We may say what we want to do for young folks, but you all understand it from a different perspective. We are looking forward to your service, on the Youth Commission. Enjoy every single moment. Dont tell your parents i have to go to the Youth Commission and i cant makeup my bed. Make sure you take care of things at home, that you take care of things at school, but you really take this opportunity to be not only part of this meeting where you have discussions but you take the time to get to know one another throughout this process. This is going to be so important to you in life and also this experience is something for you to look back on and when you look back, make sure what you do today makes you proud. With that, im ready to swear you in. [ applause ] so here is how we are going to do it since all of your family and friends are here and they want to take pictures. Everyone who is being sworn in to the Youth Commission will stand up here facing this way, and i will give you instructions from there. Now, if anyone wants to be in the middle, you can. Cmon. There we go. This is a great looking group of young people [cheers and applause] okay, im going to ask you to raise your right hand and repeat after me, and then im going to point to you when i ask you to state your name. You will state your full name. Okay . Are we ready . Are we ready . Lets pretend we are at homecoming in high school. Are we ready . Okay. All right. Lets go. Please raise your right hand, everyone, and repeat after me. I, state your name, 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 bear true faith, and allegiance to the same that i take this obligation freely. Without any mental reservation. Or purpose of evasion. And that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which im about to enter. And during such time, as i serve as commissioner for the Youth Commission of the city and county of San Francisco. Congratulations, everybody. Congratulations, everybody. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] any one of our brave leaders want to say a few words . There we go. I will take the chance when i have one. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for joining us here today. My name is plumber, i serve as a commissioner in the San Francisco Youth Commission. I serve citywide but im a proud resident of district 4. I want to thank you all for being here today. This is my third term on the San Francisco Youth Commission. Its been really exciting and we have been able to work on incredible things. Im looking forward to come back this year and talk about things for youth and every issue that impacts young people in San Francisco. Well have our first meeting on monday. We are getting right to it. [cheers and applause] all right. So first we are going to take a few pictures, and then we are going to host a reception for everyone in my Conference Room in 201. So that everyone can have a good time after the ceremony. Thank you all so much for being here, supervisor mandelman. The principal is going to send you to detention. [ laughter ] but thank you, supervisor mandelman for joining us as well. We are proud to have all family and Community Members here to support the young folks who are going to take over San Francisco. So we have to make sure that they are prepared and ready to go. That we are building more Senior Citizen homes so i have a place to live when i become a Senior Citizen as i watch you lead San Francisco. Im looking forward to it. Thank you very much for being [ applause ] hybrid, inperson and Virtual Meeting of the San Francisco entertainment commission. My name is ben bleiman and i am the commissions vice president. We will start with announcements. We would like to start the meeting with the land acknowledgment. We, the San Francisco entertainment commission, acknowledge that we