Here we are responsible to oversee the Drinking Water distribution system. In San Francisco changes in the fire code required anyone doing representtro fit to the home to get a new fire service this caused the need for new Water Services to spike. We used to do 200 a year. Now we are up to 600. If you are building a new house you need fire protection. You have to make application to the Water Department for that. If you go through the process we come out and install the new line and the new fire line. The project got kicked off by two of our a gms, steve and eric. They recognized the need for improving this process. They pulled together the project and selected the team members and asked me to lead the effort. On c cd there is permit and no parking signs and installing the service, having water caught at the check off and pave. It is a lengthy application process with manual tracking. For construction because we communicate with ccd we have to stay in touch with ccd to inform the custo
Family losing my sister to a Drug Overdose and having my brother still locked up in jail, i think what if . What if an opportunity was available to them, too . Why wasnt there an opportunity available to them . I dont want to operate in what ifs. I want to operate in a way that prevents something that happened to my community, something that happened to my family from ever happening to any other young person in the first place. That is why i started opportunities for all. Because i wanted to make sure that kids in San Francisco no matter what part of the city you live in, no matter who your family is, no matter what school you go to, money should never be a barrier to your ability to succeed in life. That is what this program is about. I want to make sure that when we have all of these incredible opportunities in San Francisco to work in so many different industries, when people are looking for folks to about, they are looking right here in San Francisco. When people are looking to mak
Upon those strategies in order to continue to drive down those numbers and to achieve additional benefit with respect to young people and families in the city. I would propose that we be allowed to continue in that regard, ultimately it is my belief whatever recommendation come from the Blue Ribbon Panel panel the city and department will need to reframe its priorities to meet those needs. What does school based probation officer in a mill school do . Several things officer can do is facilitate groups. Our capacity to be on site to work with the staff in the school to help problem solve to help young people and practitioners to understand the role of the juvenile Justice System and what the alternative options are. That is an incredibly valuable resource. We are not seeking to implement an informal probation or Supervision Program with young people in the schools. Its clear part mandate for the state is not only to respond young people who are arrested and refer to the juvenile Justice
Swerving. She went into local chicago politics, and larger missions, oh, such as serving the president of the united states. Herma her mantra is adventure is a swerve, not a straight line. Through figuring out how to have it all, she realized you cant have perfection, and she also realized that help is a necessity. She learned that freedom can sometimes come when you let go of the plan. Valerie truly found her voice during these wonderful swerves. Her journey let me to the final insight about her story, and that is her platform. In a recent interview with trevor noah, valerie was asked, who is she advising now . And her answer was very confidently, im advising myself, and there are a few key things that i care about, and lets look at them. Gender equity. She once told president obama that the women in the white house werent heard, so doing what he would do, he invited them to dinner, told him he valued them, and they all became much stronger in the white house. Gun violence. She has be
Many thanks to my sister, carmen chu, i know that is my sister down there, but this is another sister. Thank you, carmen, you are a rock star. I hope the ceremony doesnt make you go into labor. [laughter] but if it does, there are plenty of us who know what to do , so we are good. [laughter] thank you for being a strong role model for me and others, thank you so much. Speaking of strong women, i want to say a special thank you to my new boss, mayor london breed. [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you for this opportunity and for entrusting me with the mission and vision of the San Francisco Fire Department. I vowed to continue to work diligently for you, mayor breed, for the city family, for my Fire Department family, and the citizens of San Francisco. There are so many other people to think, too many, in fact. Both in and outside the Fire Department, but let me be clear, i did not get here alone. First, i want to speak about my family, the biological kind, that is. My parents and