Home so i want to thank everybody for being here today. I want to thank the voters of district two. It has been a great first term. I think the best is yet to come and i really look forward to working with each and every one of you the next four years. Thank you. [applause] now id like to acknowledge the supervisor from district eight supervisor scott wiener. Thank you very much. Thank you madam president. I miss sitting next to you already so but you look great up there. And supervisor christensen i want to welcome you to the board. Im very very excited to have you as a colleague and really look forward to working together. I think youre going to be a rock star so congratulations. I want to start by making a few thank yous, first and foremost to the voters the residents of districts eight for once again having the confidence in me to send me to city hall to represent this amusing community. District eight is a diverse district politically, an engaged district and a district thats been
That motion. Okay, thank you. I didnt realize that, sorry. Second. Okay, seconded by commissioner mar without objection the item moves forward with a positive recommendation. Better . Thank you. All right, so lets go to the next item. Item no. 5, executive officers report. Jason fried, lafco staff, i know many of you want at some point to go see a giants game so ill make this quick. Next month we are approving a potential schedule for the 2015 calendar. We have the traditional dates weve met on for the past few years and im looking at having that same calendar be moved again. If for some reason anyone wishes to try to change this, let me know within the next week or two so i can check around with everybody else and see if theres a better time that can work. Otherwise i will present a similar calendar to this years calendar for the 2015 calendar for meeting and thats all i have to report at this time. Okay, commissioners, any comment . Okay, im going to open this up for Public Comment,
I want to make sure that everyones thats not in this chamber can hear my voice and understand that this moment is not about me, it is about our collective interests as we as a city begin to creatively figure out some of these challenges. The last four years have been about Building Partnerships and and now its about pushing to the next level. Im here to humbly present myself as a bold servant for the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you very much my name is malia cohen. [applause] thank you supervisor, cohen. Id now like to acknowledge supervisor mark farrell. [applause] thank you president breed and thank you colleagues. Youll have to forgive my voice here today im recovering from a cold. First of all i want to say congratulations to supervisor breed. You are going to do an amazing job as president of our board for the next two years and i couldnt be more proud to support you. Congratulations. And supervisor christensen welcome on board and congratulations to you. Look forward
Deal of optimism on what we can achieve. I mean we just elected an African American woman as president of the board of supervisors. That is phenomenal. [applause] and when people think theyre down and out i think theres always a beacon of hope. I think it was harvey milk that said you got to give them hope and i believe that and take that spirit with me every day when i come to these chambers and when im in the streets of district ten. Many people think of the district and images negative images come to mind, high crime rate, underperforming schools, a part of San Francisco where no one should go but everyone in district ten knows thats not all that there is to the neighborhood. And i represent a vibrant, Live Community with dedicated committed talented people and its resilient, one of the most resilient neighborhoods inside San Francisco and we are at the beginning of this revitalization and i want to thank those folks on ocii who are revitalizing our 12i. It is exciting to see the So
Beginning of this revitalization and i want to thank those folks on ocii who are revitalizing our 12i. It is exciting to see the Southeast Side of the city catching fire and moving forward in a positive way and a way thats not leaving people behind and thats really important. You can move forward and you cannot leave people behind. Yes, we have our challenges but that does not mean we are defined by our challenges. We have begun to rebuild housing and removed over 600 guns off the street and i want to thank the Police Department for doing that. We will continue to do that and chip away and make sure our safety net is safe and fair for everyone in this city. I want to in closing give a few remarks about some of the work im going to be doing in the next four years. Ill be working to ensure that affordable units being built here in our city become available to everyone equally and making sure theyre accessible and theres quality advertisement and make sure that long time residents can rem