would like to recognize some special guest here today to be with us. from the port commission, mell murphy is here with us, from the mayor s office of disability, carla johnson and her staff, from the port, a number of deputy directors, tom carters, susan reynolds and elaine. and from dpw, our city engineers. next, we are honored to have a city representative who has given us a great deal of support to this project and many improvement projects that the city enjoys. he s also someone who values partnerships and works to seek out ideas from san francisco residents, business owners and entrepreneurs and community leaders. he s the president of our board of supervisors and supervisor for this district 3. please welcome supervisor david chiu. the sun is shining on jefferson street. everyone excited to be here? let me say, we proved them wrong today. i came to san francisco as a tourist. i want to thank all of you who are part of this incredible community. mayor lee and i talk a
notch public space. these improvement were driven by the fisherman s wharf community. without the support of all the businesses here, we wouldn t be standing here today. today we have the opportunity to recognize the individuals and groups who played a part and then we ll officially reopen this beautiful vibrant new corridor. now, i would like to introduce our first speaker. you know, our mayor has earned a reputation as a leader who brings people together and gets things done. as a former city administrator, he gets it. all the city infrastructure is paramount in creating jobs. our mayor is a great coordinator of these complex projects. the dozens of departments and community groups and businesses that are lending their time to give input. when you have someone who cares that much and dedicated to fostering a collaborative networking environment, public spaces get done. they get done in a timely manner and the city gets to reap the benefits for many many years. we are glad h
everything we were able to work through it. sometimes things take a little longer, but it s sensitive. we are a sensitive city and sensitive to all the investments that have happened. it s an incredible balance. we ll do it better, we ll do it right and we ll do it with a lot of input from everyone. that s the way we do things in san francisco. this part of the city is very valuable. it is $80 million of revenue. it is of 65,000 visitors every single day. it has 10 million visitors. we have to honor that as a big investment to our city. we are going to make these improvements because these will generate more investment down the year because we have visitors who want pedestrian safety and vehicles and large buses of people and cable car experiences all balanced to have not only a safe experience, but one that is honored by everyone in all the different agencies working together. we need to have even more pedestrians down here celebrating all the wonderful and liven experiences