matters. that cannot be accepted in a city like san fran. like san francisco. [applause] i join recognizing international women s day. i personally thank you for this award and recognition. but i also want to make sure you re challenged and you are invited and you are encouraged to advocate with them and to this administration, because we will listen and we will act on it those things to make sure that we re more of an equal society and that we can provide perhaps leadership to other areas of the country that have yet to catch up. thank you very much. [applause] we are going to make a presentation that all the honorees are going to get today. it is from an incredible artists, wanda whitacre, who was over in the corner. she has done a series of portraits murals of each of our honorees, and it is are a gift to you for all that you have done. wow. so we present to you the ed lee mural. [applause] well, thank you, ms. what occurred whitacre. i read your bio, so i unde
plant 25,000 trees and will be looking after them. we will spend today beginning that process where you work in santa s go to give back and make sure that these trees do well for us. all right. we have several vendors here, i want to thank them. they have the information they will be sharing with you. we will be commemorating arbor day by dedicating a tree to a very significant person that has contributed a lot of the world, mostly africa. on the left, the big three will be planted in honor of a person. i also want to take this opportunity to thank many of our sponsors. it provides the bulky items services and every time we go to the cleanups, we provide services for items from their house. things in their garages. a big hand for ecology. they are also providing lunch today. some of them over there are already cooking. you will have a good meal. starbucks has been a part of the claim team and they provided the coffee this morning. i know is getting a little cold, so make sure
i was as really impressed about the local community. i have been very impressed to be able to start a company here in san francisco. what i am most proud of is i have had the opportunity to hire 12 people this past this past year from the bayview hunters point area, people that have been chronically unemployed, and police people that have had a very positive impact in being able to interact and show them there s a will. i will not tell you that i have data from our report that says you guys are meeting or exceeding, but based on the interaction i have with other companies like myself, the anecdotal data is not making it to people like myself. and i ve and ask my purpose is to make sure you redouble your efforts and be committed to making sure it is san francisco first. at the regional companies across the bay, the state companies, the national companies that come in that fly in and take these contracts they do it like everything else in america, efficiently as possible
that happen. we can have tree plantings on this side of district 11. we see trees, we drive more slowly, we recognize the environment more. all these great things. he haunt arbor day, we represent that. i want to thank the organizations that are putting on this event, thank dpw for their work. laborers are here. thank you for your work. above and beyond the call of duty. the university. alpha gamma sigma, alpha phi omega, charity cultural services center, community youth center. thank you for being here. the department of the environment. the garden project earth stores. the juvenile probation department. united players. i knew i would hear united players. individual volunteers. in business services division. all right. we were here a couple years ago, my first year as supervisor. actually, in 2009, the community claim team since that time, this whole area has been much better improved. i know you were here last time, thank you for your continued work. the department of corre
are going to get there. goomaking sure that is part of r system is going to help reach that goal. good when other elements i wanted to mention, the electric vehicle chargers, this is also another critical element of our infrastructure, and the cars and plugged in are also helping reduce our gas emissions. statewide is becoming cleaner and cleaner, so cars are helping me the carbon emission reduction goals. i want to thank all the departments who have participated. i want to thank bob hayden, who has been essential as well as many of the conditions today, dpw, rec and park, the airport, all of those who have seized this opportunity, so i wanted to thank the assemblywoman as well as the leadership to see that we become the electric vehicle capital in the u.s. that concludes our event for today. we re going to be available for questions, so thank you for coming. of the community clean team gathered in district 11. after the rally, the mayor and the supervisor at 20 teams wen