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in the late 1930s when two new bridges the bay and golden gate and rise of the automobile made the Ferry Building seem outdated and unwanted.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, creating 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] music . My name is my business name is himself mexican america. I started my business a year ago the process was a year ago by business by waving background noise. about 1,000 and also guided me there the whole process. background noise. that was helpful i was already paying the construction and other fees for the restaurant the city we put together to honor my city and comes with unintelligible on the background noise. and. multiple voices. and some go with ebbs and eggs unintelligible and a side of roadways and beans. And be able have my restaurant here in the district of the mission is such an amazing i grew up around the mission area and respect to school around here and so i was able to come in as establish any restaurant here background noise. background noise. hi, im chris and you are watching San Francisco rising. This is about rebuilding and reimaging the city. We will talk about revitalizing downtown. Thank you for having me. The initiatives in the downtown area and enjoy businesses. Perhaps you can tell us about your plan. Yeah, sure. Well, you know, first id like to acknowledge we are here visiting union scare. This is the heart of the city and people come to celebrate lifes greatest moments whether its the holidays or buying your prom dress or getting married. You always think about union square as a place to celebrate. We would like to continue in that celebration especially postpandemic. This is a great place to celebrate life. We want to be creative getting people outdoors. We are still coming out of the pandemic and enjoying what we have to offer think about the Beautiful Hotel and historic district. We have world class shopping destinations and theater here we are using our strike thattic plan there was a time when weus people want r want a bit of everything appeared experience. One of the newest initiatives is union square. In you come down you will see blooms cascading from hotel awnings and blooms on Historic Building fronts. You will see them on bus stops. You can go to many of our restaurants and they have cocktails. They have food and of course, being connected withification we have our bloom gown thats behind me. So, a announcement f ways to celebrate blooms. This is another great time of year for union square we are kickoff the holiday celebrations. They bring out the animal window. We have ice skating. Music is another great way to come and enjoy union scare. We are a recipient of the latest grant. This is bringing it into the public life. We are doing it here. This is in our park. Its really show this is great when it comes to music. We have been ignoring the fact for the districts its a pretty common place across the country and opportunity to transform our spaces. Yeah, i agree with you 100 . We have 13,000 hotel rooms. What if we had a school or soccer this is something we couldnt do before. Our rates prior to the pandemic was under10 . We are higher now. We have businesses like cable car a lot of history and innovation here as well. We want to be ready for the opportunities. This is where some Office Spaces will come. We are seeing Office Leases in union square. The cable car comes through it. Why not come to work in a vibrant space. A lot of the businesses have been remarkably resilient. Can you share Success Stories and talk about how they have been supporting them. This aligned with what i just said about historic neighborhoods. They have seen everything from the Great Depression on. In fact, the earthquake of 1906. We have been around for hundreds of years. Celebrating 116th birthday. Open to the public in october. They are not gone. They are just down the street a beautiful store where people find great fabrics. Contemrare just here on powell street. A lot of the luxury retailers are expanding neighborhood print. We talk about the area with a rich history. What about the spaces and stronger sense of community. Yeah, you know. I have to say these challenging times brought the community together. We had a unique opportunity here. Was an opportunity to look at the district and assess where we might need something. We need a bit more of everything. We broke it down into different categories. We looked at Economic Development and change offering. People were accessing, you know, nightlife, food, or shopping differently out of the pandemic. We wanted to look at marketing and what it meant to get the news out about what we were doing in the district. Looking at our own organize as well and what we would need to get that out there. Also creating a safe space. We are creating a safe and secure area. Our locals in particular you can go shopping anywhere in the bay area. Any of those places will look like any other place. In San Francisco, you are somewhere special. This is a unique place and we needed to get it right. We have done that work and continue to support our district and see different ways to do business here. To be creative and innovative. We were able to change the planning code to make it more flexible to do business here. We are the c3r. We have three floors of retail maybe today we dont want two levels maybe we just want one level instead of too much retail we need a school or something else. Very exciting times and really interesting people and ideas. Thats great. So, i guess, finally, what do you have for San Francisco residents and businesses to be apart of this. This is the gateway of San Francisco. It only drives. Right now, we are so many and still love our great city and what we would like to see. This is San Francisco and the residents. Look around, have a coffee. Listen to music on the weekends. We have so much to offer union square. With that, support these businesses. We have a number of openings, a number of businesses betting on union square. In fact, we have a new hotel. The owner is from back of house, thats the name of the organize. They brought us several other residents and now this wonderful restaurant, i italian restaurant. This is on top of the old restaurant. It will have a rooftop and one of the largest in San Francisco. Its a london based business abdomen and betting on n square. We have a great bar scene popping up and speak easy and pch. Hawthorne, school. This is the place to come down and enjoy. Come, dont forget union square is the place to be. Certainly in the years to come. A very difficult time of course for any major city. We are dealing with the same thing. Explore and support our businesses here. Well continue to thrive. Come on down, you will be wildly, also surprised at how beautiful it is since we are still blooming. Thank you, thats great. Its great to hear your optimistic outlook on restoring this part of time. Thank you for having me and taking a little time to showcase our heart of San Francisco. Thanks again. Thank you. Thats it for this episode. Well be back with another one shortly. Thank you for watching. There is a lot of unique characteristics about visitation valley. It is a unique part of the city. We are off in a corner of the city against the San Francisco county line 101 on one side. Vis station valley is still one of the last blue color neighborhoods in San Francisco. A lot of working class families out here. It is unusual. Not a lot of apartment buildings. A lot of Single Family homes. Great business corridor. So much traffic coming through here and stopping off to grab coffee or sandwich or pick up food before going home. A lot of customers are from the neighborhood. They are painters or mechanics. They are like blue color workers, a lot of them. The community is lovely. Multiracial and hopefully we can look out for each other. There is a variety of businesses on the block. You think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. Library, bank of america with a parking lot. The market where you can grab anything. Amazing food choices, nail salons. Basically everything you need is here. A lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. People running them are family. When you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. Lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. It is very cool. Is Small Businesses make the neighborhood unique. New businesses coming. In mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. The corridor has changed and is continuing to change. We hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. This is what is needed. First, stay home. Unless it is absoluteliness scary. Social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. Cancel all nonessential gather everythings. When the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. A few nail salons couldnt operate. They shut down. Restaurants that had to adapt to more of a take out model. They havent totally brought back indoor seating. It is heartbreaking to see the businesses that have closed down and shut because of the pandemic. When the pandemic first hit it got really slow. We had to change our hours. We never had to close, which is a blessing. Thank god. We stayed open the whole time. We were kind of nervous and anxious to see what was going to come next hoping we will not have to close down. During covid we would go outside and look on both sides of the street. It looked like old western town. Nobody on the street. No cars. It was a hard eight or nine months. When they opened up half the people couldnt afford a haircut. During that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. People would come to make sure they were okay. We checked on each other and patronized each other. I would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. This is a generous and kind community. People would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy behind me and some days it went on and on. It was amazing to watch. We saw a perfect picture of community. We are all in this together. Since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge stronger. We will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. When we opened up august 1st. I will not say it was all good. We are still struggling due to covid. It affected a lot of people. We are still in the pandemic right now. Things are opening up a little bit. It is great to have space to come together. I did a three painting series of visitation valley and the businesses on leland. It felt good to drop off the paintings and hung them. My business is picking up. The city is opening up. We have mask requirements. I check temperatures. I ask for vaccination card and or recent test. The older folks they want to feel safe here. I feel like there is a sense of unity happening. What got us through the pandemic was our customers. Their dogs needed groomed, we have to cut their nails so they dont over grow. This is only going to push us forward. I sense a spirit of community and just belief in one another. We are trying to see if we can help all Small Businesses around here. There is a Cannabis Club lounge next to the dog parlor to bring foot traffic. My business is not going to work if the business across the street is not getting help. In hit us hard. I see a Bright Future to get the storefronts full. Once people come here i think they really like it. If you are from San Francisco visit visitation valley to see how this side of the city is the same but different. music . Hi, im emmy the owner of emmys spaghetti i offers working that with some kind of fine dining and apron and feeling stuffy and in the 90s in San Francisco it was pretty pretense in a restaurant in the restaurant scene i want to it have a place to have a place for my friends to guess i started the restaurant a no better place the Outer Mission spaces were available thats when i opt in two 10 he start with all people and work with them and the events they create one of the events we do every year and backpack give away and give piaget away and a christmas part with a santa and bring 5 hundred meatballs and pa get and were like in the mission not about them knowing where the food comes from but a part of the community. And my restaurant emmys spaghetti and fun banquet and San Francisco not the thing that Everybody Knows about we stay under the radar we show the showcase i take it food and we started to eat we wanted to have comfort food and that a claims friend from i take it and helped me create meatballs and dealing evolved over the years in the beginning one plate of spaghetti and a meatball we tried to make the portions as big as they could be. And now we have quite a few types pasta dishes with a la begin and meat sauce or have a partition to a lot of food we are at a point with all the favorites i dont change the menu often 0 i eat here so much but everything is fresh your cocktail menu is the best its ever been one thing on the menu our magazine ghetto we change the flavor one of the fun things it is served in the historically were known emmys spaghetti as a friendly place and when i opened i wanted my friend to be welcome and other parents to be welcomed and it is very for this is a place for families especially in San Francisco and this is where though hold their celebration important i mean youre coming to a Family Restaurant and youre coming for o to a fun place i love being the owner and pretty sure my life i enjoy running the psta spaghetti place i hope to be here a while well see how it goes we everyone is a friend were hoping youll be a good morning and welcome to march 18, rules committee meeting. Im supervisor walton and joined