Raising i saw the sunshine slow the rain clouds thats what day i today is all about the irish helped shape San Francisco and including buildings and engineering and science and medication and education, government and Public Service. My father thomas yes, maam graduated in 1949 and immigrants found opportunity and warm welcome in San Francisco and found the love of his life my motel whose family where in the county and my siblings and i were raised with great pride in the Irish Heritage and microphone feedback welcome to introduce to i your mayor of 0 San Francisco mayor london breed clapping. all right. Good afternoon everyone who is so great to be here with each and every one of you to celebrate the flag raising that represents are your bond and continued work and growth what did you Irish Community here in San Francisco this this years theme is unit sf i appreciate leaning the United Society and all the work they have done and continue to do to make sure we are building bridges we are working together and were doing everything we can to move San Francisco forward. It is so great to be here. With the lord mayor of clark mayor ma carbohydrate thank you. Obeys here to celebrate this occasion and thank you to our Council Generally been a great addition to San Francisco we appreciate and value our work relationships in the centuries of what it means San Francisco has been celebrating st. Patricks day for one hundred and 73 years celebrated with the history and vacation dwelling the relationships bringing us toyota this this year this is anymore special lord mayor celebrating 40 years of the sister relationship between San Francisco and cork clapping. it is no wonder that so many of our learned are joining us i want to take a moment to recognize them thank you to the chief marianne for being here and corresponding this event clapping. thank you to the members of board of supervisors i ask you all to stand supervisor safai, supervisor dorsey and others. Thank you very much. clapping and also want to thank our Assembly Member matt apprenticeship any for being here as well clapping. and finally, recognize that the Public Safety over there our paul our police chief bill scott and fire chief Jeanine Nicole son and i know a beloved member of the Irish Community is here the former parade kathleen banning clapping. shout out to the residents bigger john who is joining us as well clapping. and the cochair the Sister Committee for being here. clapping. and finally, i know that i served as grand marshal a while ago i feel like every single year im passing the torture i want to thank the folks for coming to San Francisco 1979 developing his company more importantly continuing to be a course of inspiration and making sure that you are supporting youre one hundred and 40 people being sf as well as the cooperer field and Treasure Island thank you for your work and congratulations clapping. i want to also recognize the family of michael administering joining us and let you you know, his memory is recognized during this time as a here member and grand marshal we appreciate your work and commitment to the Public Service during the grand marshal dinner i met his son with the San Francisco pd thank you for being here today clapping. so much xiechltd so much rich history and amazing people lipped unit 19is part of the theme this year so as we celebrate it is about bringing communities together. It is about recommending our challenging times but also recognizing that San Francisco and our Irish Community represents row silence coming up with the stronger and better than that than ever before so many of you with our stories of row silence and your stories around coming to San Francisco before crocker or other places we know at that time was not easy but today were here with over 67 thousand people of irish decent has the prior chief joan talked about Public Service and Police Officers and firefighters and people who have established their own businesses and Construction Companies engineering and many people who helped to lead and would build the city and county of San Francisco guy we recognition and recognize the history and in order to move our city forward and i want to ask the lord mayor of crocker as well as the Council General to come down to accept that official proclamation. That cement well officially proclaim that irishamerican friendship today in the city and county of San Francisco clapping. oh, wait a minute what im a news lerlt and change it is now officially irishamerican heritage month in San Francisco clapping. to celebrate the most were going to light city hall up in green make sure i come back to get our pictures and in is 16 the day we host one of the biggest st. Patricks day in the United States light city hall up in green make sure you join us and have a wonderful time thank you all so much. clapping all right. Thank you. Thank you, mayor london breed and now like to ask Council General from ireland to come up this is the month clapping. thank you, thank you joanne the state of an the overview of happy st. Patricks day were celebrating on this we have setting of this great home it is great thourn. Thank you. Today you read the irish side over flag over city hall we celebrate the connections to this great city to a home of a wonderful mix of the peoples where there is unit and comfort and diversity and heritage poisoning success and failure and resiliency a city that is long home for the irish a community helped to shape and forge many relationships in this city thank you, mayor london breed i was reminded i remain jealous this year for the lord mayor and i dont think none jealous for any jacket but mayor, i witnessed the work for the people across the city and little irish and thank you for making in day special for st. Patricks day for us in the Irish Community. And want to thank you to the team miriam and everyone involved in city hall thank you to the supervisors we had a great day not board yesterday thank you, commissioner chambers for the presentations in city hall that will continue and to liam and the board of directors of the United Irish Society thank you for your work to marry that the st. Patricks day celebrated and the entire irish for the relationships with that country and city and at the as phone call o for the support for my family and i offer decades almost after a year and a half and looking forward to as the mayor referenced to under united 70 sf sophomore the grand marshal tom very welldeserved tom and youre good people made a tremendous quack in the city and region thank you for that and also to the family of honoree grand Marshal Murphy thank you for being here a wonderful honor to be the honorees grand marshal and other big year forever irish and this region 40 years of the history relationship im deliberated that underlines the relationship and significant progress and Culture Center on 2025 and progress with the common america and have the championship the biggest championship in the United States this year and in the city and in august and you might see me there as well this is a year the hundred anniversary of diplomatic relationships with the United States a very special relationship and talk about on that over the coming days and weeks st. Patricks day we promote ireland and relationships we just conducted a decade of that marked the political body island of ireland some dark and some light by this year our theme is looking at the ireland in the future and in the world he threw the lens of our youth that is the theme the Irish Government theme across the United States and this year but more importantly lets joy ourselves today and joy ourselves for the next few week thank you, thank you clapping . Now like to perfect segue our first performance is by cal tick voices enjoy. music . singing . And i shall clapping. thank you cal tick voices a round of applause clapping. and next gives me great pleasure speaking with marty joe owner since 1963 the year before i was born Murphy School of dance led by mary joe murphy. music . clapping thank you to the Murphy School dancers another round of applause the mayor asked if i would do the steps maybe after an irish coffee ill to ask the lord mayor, i had the pleasure to meet last time and mary please join me at the podium welcome. Dear mayor london breed dear members of board of supervisors and members of london breed and exclusive members of city hall i brought jan as your honored guests thank you, so, so much for hosting this very, very important encouragement event and my dear friends i have if i may unfortunately, raise irelands flag to recognize this day this is a bold much meaning reflection recommending the celebration of irish culture to the identity and particular events and journeys of irish people across kirnts of time and event rfkdz on the resilience and ambition and attitudes and mechanisms a deep sense of pride with an emotional pride and sense of hope for not giving up in the face of challenge. My dear friends ultimately so many to learn from such stories thats the first message and not judge the irish stories but the other stories across the world not just in San Francisco i didnt across the world as well and my dear friends my second message has before you get us on an important journey and democracy i talked about with mayor london breed with threatened of democracy our prirn or partnership is a light of opportunities and for me those opportunities are together more in a devoted world more before and the restoring is one of the bridging poem to the and has inspired and mature benefits of projects and over the last 40 years and also like to thank the San Francisco crocker committee for their hard work with your executives and for hard work and volunteerism and so my second message is that we purview past years since Dianne Feinstein and the lord mayor john signed agreements and joan in crocker and send him our best wishes and always remember Dianne Feinstein and for her work and for International Democracy but still much to do we need to continue our journal today and many roads and my third message my dear friends to ask the festivities in preparation for the anniversary a song has been stuck in my head but the lyrics to the beautiful scenery and bringing San Francisco indeed a song for several years on the chart in ireland since 1984 so this is dedicated to you and i have no doubt other mayors so the people in the audience who are from ireland if you know this walking. Were falcons build their nests and they fly they know the call of firemen in any breasts and against the sky where twisted rock they run down to the sea and living on the western shore for the sunset ask for anymore he stood by there is a lot to see and sank. Song for ireland and talking along the day try to make you stay. And joe how have news and singing songs to past the night away and watch the silver dancing in the sun and living on your western shore for the sunset ask for more i stood by your atlantic sea and sank a song for ireland and i sink a song for ireland clapping. thank you so much. clapping laughter . To conclude dear mayor london breed and my friends lets reflective on the learning for the racing of the flag and continue to renew our journal together in the relationships and lets remain true friends as is lyrics sank thank you for the opportunity to address you in that beautiful, beautiful palace clapping. thank you, mayor. Mccarthy if you tire you can go to the Entertainment Industry and [off mic. ] beautiful, beautiful. Charming before i call up the next speaker someone i want to introduce when a who has met joan someone i know since i was a little girl and my family and father and wonderful public sovereignty this is deputy chief former president please stand dermot clapping thank you. Thanks for what youve done for the city i love this city big city and small town i went to high school with his drought terry require were getting close towards of end id like to make sure we introduce liam frost did a great job of the Irish Society clapping. ethic, of course, i get to follow the talented sirens and all the speakers im the president of units Irish Society of San Francisco and demeanor met was my procedures i want to say wow. One hundred and 73 years for the irish have been celebrating and it was brought to our attention no longer the same day but sfaipd for the month of mark and this can only happen from when one hundred and 74 years ago like our tom and you decided to get to the and celebrate the Irish Heritage and could angle last this many years have mayors will i london breed that welcome us with the irish flag raising and doing everything we can to celebrate our parade so mayor london breed and her staff foster and others helped to organize this and then the Council General smith and jennifer is the Advice Council all those people make piano last one hundred and 73 years and id like to um, supervisor supervisor stefani for putting on the reception and continue the staff with joe and others organizing and any ask chris to council u come up and give little mayor a token of our appreciation for having us a vase in ireland clapping [off mic. ] there we go. Put this on the shelf. Any for the parade every year this gongs and not like and we can do better the only people that know there is a hip and now have jan im not sure james understood how much work but thank you to james and his family for allowing him to do all that work clapping. as well as the whole board of units irish sovereignty i was handed this board and like being on a big ship and all i have to do it stay out of the way and every year everything is done the business the hospital and the day cape county of los angeles day and looking to ask the Rose Committee to one of our events to make that agent better and next to get more people to support this. Put own this parade we need a lot of help in the city and got nick with the sf mta rec and park phil and others and the staff and, of course, Jeanine Nicholson and asking a lot of them to do the work we appreciate that. clapping you know, there is a boss but are face to face with the captain jason from northern station and their staff of a toby moore and frank and you accessibility adam shaw. When we have those meetings were sitting across the table those are the ones that gets this done for one hundred and 73 years i appreciate the City Employees taking care of of us so once again thanks clapping. id like to congratulate and thank our grand marshall tom and his wife may mary and as honoreey grand marshal it is huge honor to be a grand marshal of San Francisco but a lot of work we ask a lot of those people most of these guys want to be in the background we ask them to go on tv and theyre not me but they do that and we appreciate that thats why were honoring people like them and past fire chief joann thats she talked about Mercy Hospital and mike murphys kids behind me i worked with mike murphy with my son at bayview station a small town and its amazing i get to honor people like. So thank you, clapping. and as always have to thank my wife i get a lot of phone calls she looked me and roles her eyes okay, honey. The support i get from here is amazing. And i appreciate and love my wife and want to shout out also to every board member they in the same boat so thank you, clapping. this is the season to celebrate being irish and i invite everyone to become irish for the season and let us unit San Francisco. Thank you. clapping. thank you, liam. This concludes this part of ceremony and irish coffee or two i know again, the generosity of supervisor stefani down the hall you on your doors we appreciate that thank you. Thank you. Um, thank you, mayor london breed and i was going to say i want to congratulate tom hunt a your family as grand marshal the wonderful experience and mike murphy thank you, ferry the attracts to our city before we conclude mayor, i the president to briefly count the voices have you come up for a certificate. laughter. this is mary who oversees cal tick voices clapping. im going out a limp are i still principal at sanity rustling of papers. and wonderful principal and next mary joe murphy and school of dance clapping. great job. clapping thank you, everyone for joining us happy st. Patricks day and month thank you, london breed. Good. My name is dave, and i play defense. My name is mustafa, and i am a midfielder, but right now, i am trying to play as a goalkeeper, because they need a goalkeeper. Soccer u. S. A. Is a nonprofessional organization. We use sports, soccer in particular to engage communities that can benefit from quality programs in order to lift people up, helping to regain a sense of control in ones life. The San Francisco recreation and Park Department and street soccer u. S. A. Have been partners now for nearly a decade. Street soccer shares our mission in using sport as a vehicle for Youth Development and for reaching people of all ages. Rec and park has a team. Im been playing soccer all my life. Soccer is my life. I played in the streets when i was a kid. And i loved soccer back home. I joined street soccer here. It was the best club to join. It helps me out. The tenderloin soccer club started in the summer of 2016. We put one of our mini soccer pitches in one of our facilities there. The kids who kpriez the club team came out to utilize that space, and it was beautiful because they used it as an opportunity to express themselves in a place where they were free to do so, and it was a safe space, in a neighborhood that really isnt the most hospitalable to youth hospitable to youth playing in the streets. One day, i saw the coach and my friends because they went there to join the team before me. So i went up to the coach and asked, and they said oh, ive got a soccer team, and i joined, and they said yeah, it was he for everybody, and i joined, and it was the best experience ever. A lot of our programs, the kids are in the process of achieving citizenship. Its a pretty lengthy process. Here, i am the only one with my dad. We were in the housing program, and we are trying to find housing. My sister, shes in my country, so i realize that i have a lot of opportunities here for getting good education to help her, you know . Yeah. Thats the one of the most important things that challenge me. My dad was over here, making some money because there was not a lot of jobs back home. I came here, finish elementary in San Francisco. After that, i used to go back to my country, go to yemen, my country, and then back here. Last time i went back was a couple years ago. I came here six months, i know nobody. Now i have the team has a family, the coaches. Amazing. Im hoping for lifelong friendships, and im super inspired by what theyve been able to achieve and want to continue to grow alongside them. I love my family, i love my team. Theyre just like a family. Its really nice. Street soccer just received a five year grant from the department of children, youth and family, and this is an important inreflection point for street soccer u. S. A. Because their work in our most important communities is now known beyond just San Francisco recreation and Park Department, and together, were going to continue to work with our citys most vulnerable kids and teach them to love the beautiful game. I want to tell everybody back home, i hope you all make it over here and join teams like this like street soccer u. S. A. , and live your life. Get a better life. Right away, just be patient, and then, everything will be we spoke with people regardless of what they are. That is when you see change. That is a lead advantage. So Law Enforcement assistance diversion to work with individuals with nonviolent related offenses to offer an alternative to an arrest and the county jail. We are seeing reduction in drugrelated crimes in the pilot area. They have done the program for quite a while. They are successful in reducing the going to the county jail. This was a state grant that we applied for. The department is the main administrator. It requires we work with multiple agencies. We have a community that includes the da, Rapid Transit police and San FranciscoSheriffs Department and Law Enforcement agencies, Public Defenders Office and adult probation to Work Together to look at the population that ends up in criminal justice and how they will not end up in jail. Having partners in the nonprofit world and the public defender are critical to the success. We are beginning to succeed because we have that cooperation. Agencies with very little connection are brought together at the same table. Collaboration is good for the department. It gets us all working in the same direction. These are complex issues we are dealing with. When you have systems as complicated as police and health and proation and jails and nonprofits it requires people to come to Work Together so everybody has to put their egos at the door. We have done it very, very well. The model of care where police, district attorney, public defenders are communitybased organizations are all involved to worked towards the common goal. Nobody wants to see drug users in jail. They want them to get the correct treatment they need. We are piloting lead in San Francisco. Close to civic center along market street, union plaza, powell street and in the mission, 16th and mission. Our goal in San Francisco and in seattle is to work with individuals who are cycling in and out of criminal justice and are falling through the cracks and using this as intervention to address that population and the Racial Disparity we see. We want to focus on the mission in tender loan district. It goes to the partners that hired case managers to deal directly with the clients. Case managers with referrals from the police or city agencies connect with the person to determine what their needs are and how we can best meet those needs. I have nobody, no friends, no resources, i am flatout on my own. I witnessed women getting beat, men getting beat. Transgenders getting beat up. I saw people shot, stabbed. These are people that have had many visits to the county jail in San Francisco or other institutions. We are trying to connect them with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. All of the referrals are coming from the Law Enforcement agency. Officers observe an offense. Say you are using. It is found out you are in possession of drugs, that constituted a lead eligible defense. The officer would talk to the individual about participating in the program instead of being booked into the county jail. Are you ever heard of the leads program. Yes. Are you part of the leads program . Do you have a case worker . Yes, i have a case manager. When they have a contact with a possible lead referral, they give us a call. Ideally we can meet them at the scene where the ticket is being issued. Primarily what you are talking to are people under the influence of drugs but they will all be nonviolent. If they were violent they wouldnt qualify for lead. You think i am going to get arrested or maybe i will go to jail for something i just did because of the Substance Abuse issues i am dealing with. They would contact with the outreach worker. Then glide shows up, you are not going to jail. We can take you. Lets meet you where you are without telling you exactly what that is going to look like, let us help you and help you help yourself. Bring them to the Community Assessment and Services Center run by adult probation to have assessment with the department of Public Health staff to assess the treatment needs. It provides meals, groups, there are things happening that make it an open space they can access. They go through detailed assessment about their needs and how we can meet those needs. Someone who would have entered the jail system or would have been arrested and book order the charge is diverted to social services. Then from there instead of them going through that system, which hasnt shown itself to be an effective way to deal with people suffering from suable stance abuse issues they can be connected with case management. They can offer Services Based on their needs as individuals. One of the key things is our approach is client centered. Hall reduction is based around helping the client and meeting them where they are at in terms of what steps are you ready to take . We are not asking individuals to do anything specific at any point in time. It is a Program Based on whatever it takes and wherever it takes. We are going to them and working with them where they feel most comfortable in the community. It opens doors and they get access they wouldnt have had otherwise. Supports them on their goals. We are not assigning goals working to come up with a plan what success looks like to them. Because i have been in the field a lot i can offer different choices and let them decide which one they want to go down and help them on that path. It is all on you. We are here to guide you. We are not trying to force you to do what you want to do or change your mind. It is you telling us how you want us to help you. It means a lot to the clients to know there is someone creative in the way we can assist them. They pick up the phone. It was a blessing to have them when i was on the streets. No matter what situation, what pay phone, cell phone, somebody elses phone by calling them they always answered. In officebased setting somebody at the reception desk and the clinician will not work for this population of drug users on the street. This has been helpful to see the outcome. We will pick you up, take you to the appointment, get you food on the way and make sure your needs are taken care of so you are not out in the cold. First to push me so i will not be afraid to ask for help with the lead team. Can we get you to use less and less so you can function and have a normal life, job, place to stay, be a functioning part of the community. It is all part of the home reduction model. You are using less and you are allowed to be a viable member of the society. This is an important question where lead will go from here. Looking at the data so far and seeing the successes and we can build on that and as the department based on that where the investments need to go. If it is for five months. Hopefully as final we will come up with a model that may help with all of the communities in the california. I want to go back to school to start my ged and go to community clean. It can be somebody scaled out. That is the hope anyway. Is a huge need in the city. Depending on the need and the data we are getting we can definitely see an expansion. We all hope, obviously, the program is successful and we can implement it city wide. I think it will save the county millions of dollars in emergency services, police services, prosecuting services. More importantly, it will save lives. Television. The filling that on Encouragement Center offers Community Resources is to the Community Efforts for the heritage. And filipinos features in the community a Indigenous Community in weaving those beautiful textiles for hundreds of years were proud to feature more than one antique ones and other fashioned from the community. And were trying to have an sf gov. Tc to order, can we have a roll call. President paulson. Here. Vice president rivera. Here. Commissioner maxwell is excused today. Commissioner stacy. Here, and we have a quorum. Thank you. 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