Hello, everyone. Welcome to the bayview bistro. [cheers and applause] i am San Francisco mayor london breed, and i have to tell you, first of all, when it is hot in San Francisco, it is hot in the bayview. [laughter] i mean, really hot. On a regular basis in the bayview, and potrero hill neighborhood and the mission, we know that those are the hotspots in San Francisco. I just came from the sunset and it is hot in the sunset. I knew it was going to be even hotter in the bayview. Im really excited to be here today because nothing brings the Community Together like food, and here is an Incredible Opportunity to really not only enjoyed the Delicious Food provided by some amazing vendors , but this is also an opportunity for the community to come together. When i was growing up in San Francisco, we had food houses. Remember . We could go to somebodys house and buy some nachos or some chicken or some banana pudding, but times have changed. We dont have the grandmothers and the folks who are
It was made in 2006, a video on government t. V. Somebody will know the name of that series, but there is a seven part series. Are you talking about the battalion . It is about the Fire Department and all the things you do. It is under the title it was fascinating. I learned so much. I have seen bits and pieces of it before, but i watched the whole series. It was fantastic. I enjoyed that. If you have nothing to do at one in the morning, that is something to do. [laughter] im sure you can pick it up online. The other thing is, i wanted to say i attended chief turners Retirement Party at local 798. It was quite heavily attended. It was very nice. You had the former chief there, and everybody was happy. They were a big crowd and a lot of fun. It was an elvis theme pick you would have liked it it was an elvis theme. You would have liked it. It was quite fun. And then interesting on 911, we also have our regular meeting day, so that will be an interesting day. We will have a meeting follow
Amazing how much we are able to accomplish, but with technology that is literally decades behind. Were so grateful to leadership, of our mayor and our governor, to help us to bring forward this funding that honestly is going to help us come to technology that most people in their daytoday lives in their personal technology have above what 911 is. This is going to make our calltaking more efficient and honestly its going to save lives, which is really the bottom line and why were here. Thank you so much and ill hand it over to our mayor. Mayor breed thank you so much for being here today. I want to add to what mary ellen said about what we need to do to take our Emergency Response system to the next level. Nowadays its not just about making phone calls. People are Text Messages and delivering messages in a lot of different ways. So it is time that our systems reflect the changes in technology. So ab 911 is just an incredible step forward that will provide us with the resources necessary
Summer is not a time off for a lot of people in our office. Weve been very busy this month, doing our annual performance and goalsetting process for the f. Y. 19, and setting there has been a lot from my experience, a lot of really valuable thought and conversation that has been going into that. Ive very much appreciated the staffs focus. It is a busy time for us, but i think it is a very helpful and important way to make sure were having mindful conversations about our work and how we Work Together to serve the public. Thats something i wanted to provide some in sight insight into that and id be happy to answer any questions. In terms of open positions, i think there are four currently open. Do we have d. H. R. Resources to help us fill those positions . Yes, in this budget year with a memorandum of understanding, and theyre providing us some parttime hours. We were not able to get the full range of contract that we had hoped to with our budget limitations. But we have very strong sup
That is literally decades behind. Were so grateful to leadership, of our mayor and our governor, to help us to bring forward this funding that honestly is going to help us come to technology that most people in their daytoday lives in their personal technology have above what 911 is. This is going to make our calltaking more efficient and honestly its going to save lives, which is really the bottom line and why were here. Thank you so much and ill hand it over to our mayor. Mayor breed thank you so much for being here today. I want to add to what mary ellen said about what we need to do to take our Emergency Response system to the next level. Nowadays its not just about making phone calls. People are Text Messages and delivering messages in a lot of different ways. So it is time that our systems reflect the changes in technology. So ab 911 is just an incredible step forward that will provide us with the resources necessary to improve our system throughout the entire state of california