Theres my grandma. Well come. Welcome to San Francisco James 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 Francisco Ferry 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 ba
Fire department. [whistle] i oknow there is going to be a lot of shoveling and it will not come easy. I know it will not be given to me. Am i going to be able to keep up and do all the physical a pects of what the academy will request of me . On the hand you have been given a opportunity you worked so hard to get to, but on the other hand you dont have the job yet and have so much work you have to do to get in the field so it is double edge sword. I need it but this is just the beginning. [music] we are entrusted with people. Our job is indiscernible we want people to be firefighters. The chief picked the people. Our job is train them. We make sure that we are challenging them, but at the same time supporting them and that is a fine line, because we want to see how these people react. It is imperative for the Training Academy and Training Staff to make sure we are getting the best out of these individuals. I always tell them, we will challenge you, but also going to support you. We are
The entire budget team um [applause] you know, i dont know if you know but i dont have turn over with the directors of the budget team because i am a difficult person to work for. [laughter] you know this budget process is so intense this they are like, look im doing one budget process and im out of here. We are grateful to you ana you have been with the budget team for year bunkham get us through the process and adjustments from the board and from the budget, the legislative analyst from the board and also the various departments and me and everything in between. And to come up with this balanced budget. Thank you to each one of you for your hard work. [applause] i dont know if Ben Rosenfield is here. He is not here. You drove him out of here. [laughter] these budgets are hard. So, you know thank you to ben because you know, this is like superbowl to him and he gets excited and when it is over he is out. Like i know most are. Im surprised president supervisor peskin is here it is beca
Department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of police accountability. Thank you. Welcome, everyone, to our march 6th, 2024 meeting. Happy womens History Month i am so excited for this month, we have a phenomenal first agenda item. Im so excited about it. Thats why i was outside. So i apologize for the ten minute tardiness. So with that, lets go ahead and call item number one please. Line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. Recognition of sfpds homicide detail and support staff, including lieutenant kelvin sanders, sergeant domingo williams, officer anthony talarico, Sergeant Scott warnke, Sergeant John hallisey, retired officer Dominic Celaya, Sergeant Kira delaney, Sergeant Ryan jones, retired officer daniel cunningham, lisa maria varney, secretary Sergeant Brant dittmar, Sergeant Brant sullivan, retired officer daniel dedet. Sergeant francis feliciano. Ser
Would like to address to be called. When prompted press star 3 to be added oo the queue. The system will notify you. Callers will hear silence when waiting to speak. Operator will unmute you. Callers have the standard three minutes to provide Public Comment. You may watch live at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Item 1, roll call. President nakajo. Present. Vice president morgan. Present. Commissioner Catherine Feinstein has been excused. Commissioner fraser. Present. Commissioner collins. Present. Chief of Department Jeanine Nicholson. Present. President nakajo will now read the land acknowledgment. Thank you very much. Good morning. Thank you madam secretary. The San Francisco Fire Commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilitie