Relationships that have become cusada gardens and now a network of people and places and projects that are really shaping the culture and life in bayview hunters point. It was its been the distinct pleasure of my life, frankly, to careful where you move, it can change everything. But if youre going to move to a new place, Annette Young smith is the neighbor that you would pray to have. And i can tell you that she has been a terrific friend and mentor, too. She is still the chair of the board of the cusada gardens. We know its quesada. [laughter] she is still the board. She is still very much at the heart and soul of everything we do. She is our spiritual mentor, and we love her. We truly, truly adore this woman. And id like to introduce her to you and i think youll understand why. Congratulations, Annette Young smith. applause first of all, i thank god for being here and i thank god for all of you being here. Amen. And id like to thank jeffery for nominating me and i accept the award.
Next door. I tell you, this is your day. Put your hands together. Hang in there, were almost done. But this is the day that we get to celebrate applause im calling it the neners. You know whats interesting . Ive been around city hall long enough to watch the nen awards grow and mature into what it is today. So, i also want to give a special shout out to daniel homesy who is the originator of this. Thank you, daniel. applause also i want to acknowledge his right hand christina palone, the new director, mon, Mayors Office Neighborhood Services over there in that corner. applause and for those of you that dont know, i represent district 10, thats the southeast neighborhoods. Thats bayview, thats potrero hill, visitacion valley, its a little hollywood, its dogpatch. It used to be the portola, half of it. My heart is still with you, but im glad like the speaker said, it is whole. And that is whats important, is that that neighborhood remains whole so that our city will be whole. You agree .
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To celebrate applause im calling it the neners. You know whats interesting . Ive been around city hall long enough to watch the nen awards grow and mature into what it is today. So, i also want to give a special shout out to daniel homesy who is the originator of this. Thank you, daniel. applause also i want to acknowledge his right hand christina palone, the new director, mon, Mayors Office Neighborhood Services over there in that corner. applause and for those of you that dont know, i represent district 10, thats the southeast neighborhoods. Thats bayview, thats potrero hill, visitacion valley, its a little hollywood, its dogpatch. It used to be the portola, half of it. My heart is still with you, but im glad like the speaker said, it is whole. And that is whats important, is that that neighborhood remains whole so that our city will be whole. You agree . [cheering and applauding] cheers so, a few years back there was this little idea to take back the bayview and really began to rewr
Ment network and that was to takethe opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of folks while theyre still with us. So, the Lifetime Achievement award is for someone we feel we should take this moment in time and thank in person for their contributions to the city. And i think we have this years winner epitomizes the kind of person that we should take the time to acknowledge and to go further into that id like to actually take a moment and invite now our supervisor district 8 malia cohen who would like to share her opening thoughts on this award. applause can i just tell you how good it feels to be up here, to look out to see all the people that make everything possible, that really makes San Francisco wonderful . And i just have got to give a special shout out. You knew i grew up in the portola for those that dont know. [cheering and applauding] right there at the intersection of silly man and colby, my parents still live there. Thats where it started for me. But tonight is a night