More people and being such a great partner and finally comfortably lives of people who want to live and work here. Thats the new nature of the technology. Get hub congratulations and all of you for being in this wonderful and beautiful Historic Building that you see a lot of improvements to. This is exciting to be in selma and lets kick avenue innovation month and keep comfortably lives in San Francisco. Thank you very much and congratulation clapping thank you, mayor ed lee. Were excited to be here in San Francisco. I forth to introduce myself im tom and on behalf of this Tech Community we want you to join us over by the big statute were going to do the Ribbon Cutting in just a few moments. Thank you. Thank you. Again for all of you for coming and id like to give the ceremonial scissors to ed lee. Congratulations get hub and thank you and lets celebrate innovation month in San Francisco. With that how about a 3, 2, 1 count down. 3, 2, 1. clapping ladies and gentlemen, please rise for
Uniformed officers, present arms. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please be seated. Good evening, i would like to welcome to you San Francisco Police Department medal of valor ceremony. I am inspector, john monroe, and i will be the master of ceremons this evening. I would like to first welcome everyone here. And welcome mayor lee, and i believe that supervisor wiener may be the audience. And a few thank yous. First to the allegiance of honor, for being generous with your room and mccalls catering, and thank you to the San Francisco Police Department for the generous donation and poa for t
Them in between, to be on foot as well because its a nicer way to enjoy the city. But if we want people to be out and walking, we need them to be safe. We want them to feel safe, and thats what were here to talk about today. And none of that will happen without great leadership. So, without further ado, happy to bring up our great leader, the mayor of the city and county, ed lee. applause thank you. Thank you, david. Im the other ed. Happy holidays, everybody, and thank you for being here. We are initializing our Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian strategy, and weve had a task force that have included our Police Department, our mta, our public works department, our Health Department, as well as advocates in the community with walk sf. And i Noe Elizabeth is here today, and shell be speaking as well. We are one of the most walkable cities in the whole country, and we encourage that. We want that to happen. And were here today on the power promenade because its one of the best examples that w
Of what it is on the collision as well as injury rates and reminding us that a healthier city could be one that we reduce the fatalities that happen with pedestrians. So, this is part of that whole strategy. We will consider areas of the city that we will have to lower the speed limit and enforce it and educate people around it, as well as more serious and higher and deeper ways of educating the public and the drivers as well as pedestrians themselves. This is all part of i think a good strategy, one that im very willing to lead and make sure every department and all of the store fronts along here, as well as people who drive cars in and out of the city, understand were going to focus on all the hot spots and really lessen that inequality we know today, neighborhoods, people literally fear walking on our streets because there is not a presence that weve had, similar to what weve had downtown. Weve had a great presence with all the collaboration going on. We really mean to lessen that d
Welcome to culture wire. We will look at the latest and greatest public art project. Recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. Lets take a look. The new Terminal Service and American Airlines and Virgin America was designed by a world renowned architectures firm. Originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. The Public Art Program continues its 30year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. This project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artists early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. Be experience begins with the glass fac