Theres my grandma. Well come. Welcome to San FranciscoJames R Herman cruz terminal at pier 27. The first stop for all most 300 thousand people who come here every year from around the world to our beautiful city. I want to tell you about another jewel of the San Francisco port that just celebrated 125 years. The San FranciscoFerry Building. [applause] in the 19th century, commuters and visitors traveled by train or ferry or both. A Ferry Terminal on the waterfront downtown was a practical necessity. It was the sfo of its day. Grand central station. But as we so often do, San Francisco built a practical space a world class beauty, with a 245 foot clock tower along arched arcade, and a interior worthy of a renaissance cathedral. At the foot of Market Street, a beautiful bridge from water to land, the Ferry Building announced to every commuter, every traveller, this is San Francisco. You have arrived. Until that is, [applause] until that is, in the late 1930s when two new bridges the bay and golden gate and rise of the automobile made the Ferry Building seem outdated and unwanted. Soon the grand interior converted to drab cuneals cubicles and in a act of urban planning catastrophes only the 1950 could respond, a doubledecker slicing it from the city it served. For decades, this great landmark was isolated. Nearly forgotten, a crumbling shell of its former glory. No one went there. No one bet on its future. Its time had passed, but then the freeway came down and the city created a new walkable grand embarcadero with the giants on one end and the restored Ferry Building at the center with patience, smart planning, investment and time. San francisco turned a discarded transit hub back into a global icon. A famous city most famous landmark as herb cane called it. Today the Ferry Building hosts shops restaurant, artists and torests and locals and just a few month ago during apec hosted leaders from around the world. This one building at the heart of downtown says a lot about our downtown and about our city. First, beautiful places, world class desirable places are never forgotten for long. Second, our local government with the right vision and right investment and right support can spark monumental turnarounds. Third, and most important, never ever bet against San Francisco. [applause] we never stay down for long. We have faced incredible challenges in the fast 5 years, two unparalleled health crisis. One in the form of covid, the other in the form of fentanyl and National Reckoning on policing and sublic safety and some people inside and out of San Francisco feel these challenges have overwhelmed us. I dont begrudge people frustrations. I dont dispute these have been a tough 5 years, but rather then destroying our city, the storms revealed our strengths, our spirit and service to each other. I believe past is a precursor to our rise. This is a year of the dragon and we will soar again. [applause] we all know the story. Shortly after i took office, we began to hear thisquiting reports of the new and deadly virus. Soon enough, covid19 would up end the world. San francisco declared a emergency february 2020 and then with our partners around the bay, issued the first shutdown or order in the country. My administration then marshaled department of emergency management, Public Health and staff throughout City Government to mobilize and turn our Convention Center into a global commandcovid command center. We cut through the bureaucratic red tape to set up testing sites, Community Hubs and vaccination sites around the city. City workers fanned out to tend to our most vulnerable residents and as Nursing Homes across the country saw ballooning death rates, we protected our seniors at laguna honda and elsewhere. [applause] we were one of the first cities in the country to reach an 80 percent vaccination rate and as deaths climeed across the u. S. And the world, San Francisco saw the lowest death rate of any large city in the country. [applause] people want to say our civic government is dysfunctional. We cant collaborate, we cant get hard things done. Tell that to the thousands of san franciscans alive today because of what we did. [applause] our city faced a storm unlike anything we have seen in a hundred years. Is anybody here a hundred years old . You didnt see it either. [laughter] through hard work, collaboration, ingenuity and simple decency of people we orchestrated the most successful response in the country and as covid wane and vaccinations froze we entered the second phase of my tenure, recovery. The pandemic lead to a massive shift how our economy functions all most overnight. Work from home, exposed to weakness in economies and big cities, especially tech forward San Francisco, we were too dependent on fields that can work from home. Our downtown had never been designed as a neighborhood with many homes and round the clock residents. Downtown was office and office was hit hard. Simultaneously the pandemic constrained our efforts to house the homeless. Then the murder of george floyd and ensuing National Reckoning devastated Police Recruitment and staffing here in San Francisco and around the country. Even as they brought to light the systemic racism that many of us have known for far too long, the department of justice has called the Police Staffing shortage a national crisis. These are national challenges, exacerbated by local conditions. What did we do . We didnt throw up our hands we got to work, on Public Safety. We divertsed non emergency, 911 calls to free up officers while providing better overall responses for those struggling on our streets. I appointed a former hate crime prosecutor as our new District Attorney and Brooke Jenkins began prosecuting crime. [applause] we used bate cars and plain clothe officers to disrupt auto break ins. We coordinated every Public Safety agency you can name. Local, state and federal. Shareal miyamoto conducted deputies to conduct warrant sweeps. I appealed to Governor Newsom and he sent the california highway parole. Delivered the u. S. Attorney and Drug Enforcement agency to interrupt the sale and trafficking of fentanyl. [applause] and all of these efforts have paid off. We doubled the number of drug arrests in 2023. Retail theft and car breakens plummeted. The arrest was 25 points higher then the national average. Our crime rate is the lowest its been in 10 years. [applause] not including 2020 when we had to shut the city down. Yes, these figures are accurate. They coincide with the arrival of the chp national guard, u. S. Attorney office, da jenkins increased in prosecutions. I do recognize that some people dont feel the lower crime rate yet, and if you are someone you know is a victim of a crime, all the stats mean nothing. I understand that and i hear your concerns and thats exactly why we are not letting up. We will roll out 400 automated license plate readers at a hundred intersections across the city this month. [applause] thanks to the voters approving proposition e on tuesday. [applause] we will be installing new Public Safety cameras in high crime areas, deploying drones and changing Police Department rules so our sworn officers are out in the field and not behind a desk. [applause] and yes, we are adding more Police Officers thanks to our effort San Francisco is now the best paid major city in the region for starting Police Officers. Retention is improving. Officers are transferring here. We have the most Police Academy applicant in more then 5 years and the next Academy Class will be the largest since before the pandemic with 50 cadets. [applause] with all that, we will add 200 more officers in the next year and get to full Police Staffing in three years. [applause] at the same time, we are not sacrificing our reform work. The San FranciscoPolice Department is on track to reach the 272 department of justice reforms by april of this year. [applause] thank you to those who lead these efforts including our police chief, bill scott. [applause] of course, we cant talk about Public Safety without talking about the other health crisis. This is a national tragedy, fentanyl is impacting our city both large and small, urban and rule. It is awful and heartbreaking and while im stepping up enforcementf oour laws because that is what our residents deserve and what pour city means, i remain absolutely committed to saving lives. Our approach [applause] our approach is about accountability, resources and new pathways. This means arresting and prosecuting dealers, and when necessary arresting users who are a danger to themselves. It means expanding existing Treatment Options and creating new ones like abstinence based treatment solution. [applause] yes, Offering Service is critical, but frankly we must compel some people into treatment. We will have a additional tool thanks to the voters who helped pass proposition f tuesday. [applause] and i directed the Human Service agency to create a action plan for prop f implementation. If we can provide cash assistance to more then 5 thousand people can screen recipients for Substance Use disorder and get them into treatment. [applause] and we have the services they need. Including 15 free clinics across San Francisco that can administer bupomor 15 day one. We are delivering the goal adding 400 new treatment beds and if Governor Newsom prop 1 passes we have a real opportunity to add hundreds more. We are not waiting, we are doing the work with supervisor mandelman so when the state opens the pipeline for new beds, San Francisco is ready and first in line. [applause] that brings me to homelessness, which also remains a key focus of our recovery. Now, since ifen polk been mayor, we helped over 15 thousand individuals exit homelessness. We are the only county in the bay area to see unsheltered homelessness go down in the last point in time count. We did it by increasing shelter capacity by 66 percent and increasing housing for formally Homeless People by over 50 percent. My office of invasion funded by bloomburg philanthropy is appointed new accountability tools to track data, outcomes and hold non profits we fund accountable. [applause] our encampment teams are bringing people indoors and bringing down the tents, despite attempts by the court and by some advocates to obstruct or efforts with City Attorney david chui we fought hard and helped more then 1500 people into shelter from encampment just over the past 6 months. [applause] the number of tents on our streets are down by 37 percent this past 6 months. At the lowest levels it has been since 2018. The other day a gentleman asked me, how can we help so many Homeless People and still have thousands more . Well, we know people fall into homelessness for many reasons and we have programs preventing homelessness for san franciscans every single day. But we also know we keep housing people and people do keep coming here. The advocates and some elected officials want you to believe San Francisco isnt a destination. They want you to believe people dont come here for drugs or other reasons. We all know thats not true. Of those arrested for public drug use in the tenderloin and south of market over the last year, over half were not San Francisco residents. Half. I had enough of it and clearly the voters had enough too. We are not letting up. [applause] we are continuing to add new housing, new shelter. We are setting a new goal of a thousand people a year for homeward bound program. The program that provides unhoused people a ticket back to their home cities. [applause] and we have a new tool for those struggling with Mental Illness and addiction. For decades, state laws have prevented us compelling people into treatment, even if their families are begging us to do so. The people truly suffering you see walking in and out of traffic or screaming at nothing in particular, the people who so desperately need help. I fought to change the state conservatorship laws for years and we finally succeeded. [applause] now we are implementing the changes faster then any county in the state. So far this year yee increased the number of people submitted for conservatorship by 170 percent compared to last year. That is how we make change. That is how we save lives. And of course, there is the pandemic related issues felt most acutely in San Francisco. Our downtown recovery. I have always believed we need to start with a question and if not, how do we make downtown what it was, but rather, what do we want our downtown of the future to be . In 2022, 2023 we worked with trade groups, business owners, builders, neighbors and city departments to create the road map to downtown San Francisco future. A comprehensive plan for a dynamic resilient downtown with resident night life and businesses. A neighborhood that keeps going around the clock, downtown 24 7. [laughter] the first year focused on stabilization, filling our empty store fronts, creang attraction and night life activity and delivering tax incentives. We recruit new businesses and continue to see new leases signed lead by ai which alone is projected to add 12 million square feet of office space by 2030. And it wont be ai alone. This is one of the most beautiful urban environments in the world with a unrivaled pool of talent and builders and dreamers and largest collection of deployable capital in the country, but downtown cant just be about jobs, it cant just be the 9 to 5 financial district. We also need more people to live and study there. So, our new initiative, 30 by 30, 30 thousand more residents and students downtown by 2030. [applause] to do that, we first need to create more housing downtown. We already passed the few local laws to reduce fees to Office Conversion. Our first Office Conversion is happening now. 32 new homes at the warfield building that would not be happening if we hadnt stepped in, and more are coming. [applause] now, we are working on state laws to change state laws with senator scott wiener to spur production and speed up Housing Production downtown. That is housing, but 30 by 30 is also about bringing students down down, and a lot of them. We are working with thought leaders, business folks and educational institutions to make downtown a hub, a center of excellence. We invited the university of california and historically black call jss and universities to join us and some are coming as early as this summer [applause] we are working with other universities and existing anchors, uc law, usf and San Francisco state university. Imagine, student professors researchers and employees working from dorm room to classroom to start up from the Ferry Building to city hall. Cross pollinating ideas, cross pollinating companies. We will lead in ai, climate tech, bio tech and things we havent imagined yet are. Housing students, invasion, that is our future. Tearing out the bike lanes on Market Street going backwards will not move us forward and it wont magically revive downtown. [applause] but 30 thousand more People Living and going to school down there will. Downtown has always been the economic engine that funds the services we care about, and it is post pandemic difficulties are the driving reason for the deficit we now face. We no laupger have the luxury to penalize. We need to incentivize. So let me make two things clear, number one, the board of supervisors and i will close this deficit and we will not weaken our Public Safety to do so. [applause] number two, i have a clear vision for downtown future and my administration will make it happen. [applause] our vision is a vibrant mixed use neighborhood with transit, bar s, restaurants, venues, where people live, work, study, and play. We are through the valley of covid. We endered the slings and arrows of recovery, and now we rise to our next chapter on housing. We are changing our reputation. As a city of no to a city of yes. Yes. [applause] yes to reducing fees, yes to eliminating barriers and yes to any idea that overcomes obinstruction and builds the new homes we so desperately need. There is one housing no i will commit to, any piece of antihousing legislation that comes across my desk i will veto. [applause] every single one. We have a state mandate, so lets build our projects like the power station where we broke ground last year and Treasure Island just this week we relaunched a new phase of housing. Lets work with our land use chair, supervisor melgar to keep advancing prohousing laws through the board. And lets [applause] and lets bring 30 thousand residents and students to the downtown. If we do that, more people and more neighborhoods will be able to afford to live here. More housing means more opportunity. And San Francisco will remain the city of yes for our children and their children and its not just a vision, our work is actually delivering change. Crime is at record lows. San francisco is a ai capital of the world. The birthplace of the next economic boom. The la times reports in 2022, San Francisco companies raised 5 times as much funding as the companies in florida and texas combined. [applause] that is what they do to us. Our Small Business reforms like first year free championing by supervisor ronan are filling empty storefronts across the city. [applause] we are a National Leader in early child care and education. Doubling the number of kids getting care and subsidies in 2018. [applause] and paying our educators a real wage that recognizes them for the work that they do. [applause] we just hosted leaders from around the world for apec, the biggest global stage for San Francisco since the signing of the United Nation charter in 1945. [applause] our parks are the best in the world and we massively expanded outdoor public areas from jfk drive to india basin coming to the southern waterfront. [applause] muni is leading the bay area transit recovery, who would have thought, willie brown . Carrying more riders then all of the other Regional Transit operators combined. We are on pace to hit our goal of zero Green House Gas emission by 2040. We are launching a wnba franchise hosting [applause] hosting the nba all star game, the super ball and fifa world cup [applause] and i envision a San Francisco of walkable, safe, thriving neighborhoods with Great Schools that teach algebra and a strong economy. [applause] where people get the help they need and where everyone is welcomed. I want to thank the voters for supporting this vision on tuesday. By backing these various propositions and the strong rejection of proposition b. [applause] thank you supervisors engardio and matt dorsey on algebra and Police Staffing and conulateulations on scott wiener, matt haeny and [indiscernible] as well as all the new comers come bravely step forward to run for county committee. [applause] and let me Say Something to those in the press claiming tuesday election means San Francisco is not a progressive city anymore. Building homes and adding treatment beds is progressive. [applause] wanting good Public Education and Effective Police force valuing the saturday safety of seniors from chinatown to bayview, immigrant and working families in the tenderloin, is progressive. [applause] we are a progressive diverse city living together celebrating each other. Lgbtq, aapi, black, latino, palestinian and jewish. [applause] that is not changed and that will not change. So, i dont know about you but im tired of the negativity. Im tired of the people who talk about San Francisco as if our troubles are inevitable and our success a flukement our successes are not a fluke, and they are not fleeing. They are the products of years of hard work, collaboration, investment, creativity, perseverance. They are the output of thousands of people in government and out who believe in service, not cynicism. [applause] i want to Say Something to those inside San Francisco and out, who traffic in negativity. To sell ads to advance right wing causes to tear others down or to simply stroke fear for their political convenience. I want to say this on behalf of the real people who you have been disparaging, on behalf of the nurses, the gardeners, janitors, counselors, commissioners, engineers, emergency workers, teachers, the transit operators who dedicate themselves to this city. [applause] on behalfon behalf of our firefighters, 911 dispatchers, the Sheriff Deputies and Police Officer who do lifesaving work under difficult circumstances. On behalf of the Small Business owners thrks bartendser, the artists. On behalf of the women. On behalf [applause] on behalf of the women here who let women everywhere know that we trust them to make their own decisions and offer them a safe haven when they do so. [applause] on behalf of the housing advocate said who started a movement here that has taken root all over the country. [applause] on behalf of the transgender activists and their families chosen or otherwise who made San Francisco and outpost of hope. [applause] on behalf of the city i called home my entire life, which im proud to serve every single day, i offer these words from our 26 president of the united states, teddy roosevelt. You exceez me for updateing the pronouns. [laughter] it is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong woman stumbles, or where the doer of deeds, could have done them better, the credit belongs to the woman who is actually in the arena. [applause] who strives valantly. Who sends herself in a worthy cause. To those outside the arena watching from the sidelines, who offer only criticism, i have a message for you. San francisco is not wearing the shackles of your negativity any longer. [applause] ill say it again, San Francisco is not wearing the shackles of your negativity any longer [applause] to the Public Servants who have been here during the citys most difficult time, doing the work all along, thank you. Thank you for your service. We will continue to move our city forward to be the city of yes. No longer will we allow others to define us, because we know who we are. We are a city on the rise. We are a dragon taking flight. Now, lets soar San Francisco lets soar thank you. [applause] you are watching San Francisco rising with chris manners. Todays special guest, carolyn mante. Hi, im chris manners and you are watching San Francisco the stow about restaffing rebuilding and reimaging the city. The guest is carolyn manteto talk about the organization is helping to preserve the City Cultural heritage and architecture. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me e. Good to have you here. Can we talk bat the history of your organization and the mission. Sure, thank you. San francisco heritage started 51 years ago and the main mission is to preserve and enhance the architectural and cultural identity of San Francisco. When it started out the focus was really on the buildings, historic landmark listings and really concentrated on downtown area with all the development happening. Our organization was raising a reg red flag with historic landmarks in danger and victorian mansions so a hallmark of our organization is moving these victorian mansions in the way of development to inwestern addition neighborhood and other areas to get out of the way of development and preserve them. Our organization was around before there was the Historic Preservation commission of the city so we were at the forefront drawings attention to Historic Preservation, landmarking and over the last 51 years we have seen how there are more then just buildsings in safeguarding the City Cultural resources, there is also Small Businesses and the different neighborhood icons that make a neighborhood special, so our outreach has reallyit is really come full circle in a way because it moved downtown into the neighborhoods and now with the covid epidemic it is really going back to downtown again looking at how we can play a role in the economic recovery and revitalization of downtown San Francisco. Thats great. So, now i understand your organization is also responsible for maintaining a couple properties. Could you tell us a little about those . Yes, our non profit was gifted in 1973, the historic inaudible house. It is now a Historic House museum but this was a family since 1886 built this victorian mansion in the same family year after year and one of the last resident of the family when she passed way gifted the mansion to San Francisco heritage so since then we have been running this Historic House and the home of our office. In 2018, one of the long time members nor aa lasten gifting a building on the e has hate polk became a commercial corridor after the earthquake, the owner at the time, he raised the house and put 6 store front underneath in order to take advantage of the commerce so we are in charge of the house on the corner and it has been a wonderful way to get new numbers, new audiences interested in the work of our organization. During the pandemic, we have been using it as a artson residents and partnering with different bay area artists as well as cultural institutions, cultural districts and then one of the storefronts we converted into a pop up galleries so gives a opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the art and Cultural Resources in San Francisco. Thats fantastic. So, now, lets talk about legacy business. What does the designation mean . How does somebody get add today the legacy business registry and what benefits does being named a legacy business . I love this program. It was started by San Francisco heritage and adopt ed by the city and run by the office of Small Business but the program looks what are the businesses really contributing to San Francisco and the neighborhood. When we started the first focus was bars and restaurants but over the years it exb panded to include other businesses so these are places that contribute to the character of a neighborhood, so sams grill downtown, the amazingarian press in the presidio. Book stores like city lights oergreen apple recently named. This year we had a lot of attention on the legacy Business Program. We put out a contest to the public of what you think should be the next legacy business and one of the businesses that was recommended was the club deluxe, jazz club on the corner, and 2 or 3 days after we launched the contest, the owners announced they would have to close. The rent was driven up, they couldnt afford it, coming out of the pandemic so we worked at speed to get that application submitted with them and that status convinced their landlord to negotiate with them a lower rent and this way they have been able to stay, there was a lot of social Media Support around this, so when you become a legacy business, not only do you get marketing and business support from the office of Small Business, but you also eligible for grants and we work closely with the legacy businesses as we do our work for San Francisco heritage. Thats great. So, apart from architecture and buildings, you also work with cultural districts, and the castro theater strikes me as a place that is both. A beautiful building and cultural hub and center. What has been happening with the recent acquisition by new owners; it is leased to another Planet Entertainment and been in contact with Planet Entertainment by the castro theater is historic land mark building. It is recognized as a very important architectural monument. One thingone of the main activist organizations of the preservation of the theater we Work Together with supervisor mandelman on a interior landmark historic landmark designation for interior, but what happened over the is summer and people learned is there is a lot of concern not just by san franciscans but people all over the world, movie directors, stars who are very concerned about the risk to the lgbtq and film programming at the castro theater. Another planet hosted Community Stakeholder in august, and it was so moving to see the number of people who took the microphoneeveryone had two minutes to say their testimony of what castro theater meant to them and those testimonys showed this building is contributing not just as a architectural monument but plays a role in the Lgbtq Community that is irrelaceuble able. It is beautiful theater. It is. My involvement in the theater raised awareness to not only the castro theater to be emblematic of the lgbtq culture and history but also there are many other sites in the city that also contribute to the identity. That is why so many people come to San Francisco as a place of freedom and diversity so in my previous work i worked at the World Heritage center, so when i joined San Francisco heritage i was thinking why isnt San Francisco a World Heritage city . For the architecture alone it could be inscribed. Golden gate bridge to name a few but the city is so unique in the architecture, the mansioned and historic landmarks so hoping to start a conversation on that with city stakeholders this year. That is great. Lets talk about your relationship with other agencies. You mentioned economic and office of Work Force Development and planning commission. How do you unt integrate to them . These relationships are essential. We are working with office of Small Business for the legacy Business Program and the Planning Department is really one of our most crucial relationships. We meet quarterly with them and we really see how we can support not only historic land mark listings and historical cultural context statements, strategy for culture districts and city survey among many other activities that really are of concern to both of us. For the office of Workforce Development, i attended a etmooing recently that the chamber of commerce organized with them on the Downtown Revitalization and a key goal in that meeting and in the Downtown Revitalization is to make sure that the City Historic culture resources play a key r0e8 in the economic recovery and revitalization especially after the pandemic. The office of Workforce Development has the city build program which is admirable program where youth are trained in construction techniques for rebuilding and especially with the new housing legislation, and we really want to see how can that workforce be expanded to include training in Historic Preservation. We have so many victorian homes, Historic Buildings and other places that really need a Skilled Labor force to make sure that they are preserved and that they help keep the special identify of the city. We really value these relationships, we meet quarterly with the various organizations and we are really grateful for grants of the arts we receive and other supports so definitely that is a key relationship for San Francisco heritage. The city build is great. I like that a lot. Thank you so much for the time you have given today. Appreciate you coming on the show. Thank you so much raising awareness about San Francisco heritage. We hope the people watching will join us in the mission to help keep San Francisco special. Thank you. Thats it for this episode. Well be back shortly. Im chris manners, thanks making to may grandkids a program all about pop ups, artists, non profits Small Business in into vacant downtown throughout the area for a three to 6 months engagement. I think San Francisco is really bright and i wanted to be a part of it revitalization. Im hillary, the owner of [indiscernible] pizza. Vacant and vibrant got into safe downtown we never could have gotten into prepandemic. We thought about opening downtown but couldnt afford it and a landlord [indiscernible] this was a awesome opportunity for us to get our foot in here. The agency is the marriage between a conventional art gallery and fine art agency. Im Victor Gonzalez the founder of gcs agency. Thes program is especially important for Small Business because it extended huge life line of resources, but also expertise from the people that have gathered around the vacant to vibrant program. It is allowed Small Businesses to pop up in spaces that have previously been fully unaccessible or just out of budget. Vacant to vibrant was funded by a grant from the office of economic Workforce Development that was part of the mayors economic recovery budget last year so we funded our non Profit Partners new deal who managed the process getting folks into these spaces. [indiscernible] have been tireless for all of us down here and it has been incredible. Certainly never seen the kind of assistance from the city that vacant to vibrant has given us, for sure. Vacant to ibvooerant is a Important Program because it just has the opportunity to build excitement what downtown could be. It is change the narrative talking about ground floor vacancy and Office Vacancy to talking about the Amazing Network of small scale entrepreneur, [indiscernible] this is a huge opportunity that is really happy about because it has given me space to showcase all the work i have been doing over the past few years, to have a space i can call my own for a extended period of time has been, i mean, it is incredible. Big reason why i do this is specific to empower artist. There are a lot of people in San Francisco that have really great ideas that have the work ethics, they just dont have those opportunities presented, so this has been huge lifeline i think for entrepreneurs and Small Businesses. This was a Great Program for us. It has [indiscernible] opening the site. We benefited from it and i think because there is diverse and different [indiscernible] able to be down here that everybody kind of benefits from it. Book. Thank you. music . My name is orlando im the owner and operator of sf pizza. Pizza is my expansion growing up i loved pizza and loved to cook and been in Corporate Banking jobs my that whole life wanted to own a pizza or and moved to San Francisco 45 years ago and couldnt find pizza i like so one day of saving and trying to figure out what i would like to do to fulfill my dream and to literally must be that i went out on my own toes an interesting things skills i again have to working on the slight changes to find the right product and came up with something i enjoy and continue it. So the positive important thing in years and years and years of trying to get it where i like it is for the sauce i use a unique sauce to bring out the flavors have to mats and Capital Improvement plan any and using use a high quality of cheese the products Work Together more important to me have a high quality of pizza and made with love and what i try to keep it to be a comfortable foods or food and thats what i try to over and offers so having a really bus illegal day in the community and rile appeal to me and thats what i was trying to accomplish i have thought when i got into pizza the main thing if i can, make a great cheese pizza he can do anything like growing up thats what i brought to to and now called San Francisco the vibrant south of market neighborhood in San Francisco is deep lee rooted filipino if fluences to shape the cultural identity. Soma pilipinas known for [indiscernible] night life and art scenes is home to growing Filipino Community that thrived for generations. Soma pilipinas is a community, the village that has been over a hundred years in the making. This is home to many generations of filipino from the turn of the century, to the present. Continues to be a Gateway Community for a lot of filipinos just arriving from the philippines. One of sth most prominent scines is filipino owned businesses become staples in the neighborhood. Restaurants like manila bowl and jp restaurant offer [indiscernible] we call it [indiscernible] this is my passion. Everybodys who came right now. We feel good right here. Community is like a family. The eatery serve mouth watering dishes and provide a sense of home to the Filipino Community, preserving traditions passed down generation. A filipino restaurant utilizing california ingredients we honor traditional family recipe [indiscernible] we shop in the market 2 to 3 times a week. We make the filipino cuisine proud in San Francisco. Along with the culinary deliteds, soma philippine ow is home to San Francisco top mix aulgists. Filipino artistry is a facet of soma pilipinas rich tapestry. The filipino Cultural Heritage district transformed public spaces into canvases that depict the stories and experiences of filipino americans. Parlt part of the work we do is support filipino artists to work with community to really create and develop Community Based art. This is murals and designs that really reflect the rich history, the culture and the struggles and triumps of the Filipino Community. The presence of the Filipino Cultural Center which offer workshops, language classes and Community Resources is a testament to the Community Efforts to preserve and promote the heritage. Features the [indiscernible] philippines which is a Indigenous Community weaving textiles and tapestry for hundreds of years so proud to feech were modern ones and very antique ones and showcase fashion from the community and we are inviting everybody to come experience that with us. The center not only caters to the Filipino Community, but welcome all who wish to learn about and embrace this culture. We want to develop a cultural district where you have the young generation learn their history, language and culture and where you have also the seniors be part of the cultural and share their stories and their traditions, and continue to grow young in the neighborhood. The intersection of technology and culture in this part of San Francisco provides a unique back drop for a Thriving Community embracing the past while looking to the future. The filipino influence ingrained in soma serves as remindser of the power of Cultural Diversity and importance of celebrating in our ever changing world. Offer. Congratulations on thirty years sfgovtv. Your that excellence awardwinning programming be shines the light would people need to know about the city thank you for your all you do to show the heritage and Bright Future more importantly and thank you for your thirty years