Act of heroism on this tenth day of april, the year of 2013, and i know that you may have had to miss a Little School to be here but we are excited that you are here and we welcome you as one of San Franciscos heroes. Thank you so much. [ applause ] now hold this up so people can see that picture. There you go. I also want to recognize, kim, for a very similar act of taking the phone call, and working with this young person, to help make sure that we had a positive out come and kiante your mother is here in the audience and here we go, we have a one extra audience member because of kiante. And so kim, as the San Francisco city 911 dispatch hero, this also is in recognition for your response, while assisting a child in an emergency situation. That takes a lot of work to make sure that you understand and you get the information, and this was the best turn out that we could have expected. And it makes all of us proud that you are standing here and representing the very finest of San Franc
San francisco 911 heroes ceremony and it is presented today by the San Francisco department of Emergency Management and 911 for kids. My name is elise kim and i am with 911 Public Education and just so you all know, 911 is the universal Emergency Response number when we need help, and it is used in the u. S. , canada, and kayman islands and other countries they use different numbers. But, the 911 for kids program was created in 1990 in response to the Alarming Number of calls that were not emergencies, and with the whole purpose of trying to reduce 911 misuse. And we are really thrilled with the program and how we work collaboratively with Public Safety all over the nation and the city of San Francisco is just an exemp lary program in Public Education. Now, it is my pleasure to introduce todays master of ceremony, he is a legendary los angeles and Oakland Raiders wide receiver, 1987 Heisman Trophy winner from notredame and the National Chairman for 911 welcome number 81, tim brown. [ a
Sfmta. Com. Access useful information, any good morning. Thank you for joining me here at the board chambers, and thank you to board president david chiu, budget chair mark farrell, members of the board of supervisors, our elected officials, our commissioners, and our department heads. And welcome, members of the public who joined us this morning. This years budget reflects a lot of hard work between City Government and the people that we serve. Weve met in every district of the city. Weve worked with our elected ci family. We listened to hundreds of Community Leaders and providers who help us deliver services to the people of San Francisco. And its because of this consensus approach that im proud to propose a responsible and balanced twoyear budget that reflects the core values that we share in San Francisco, values of fiscal responsibility, social responsibility, and investing in our citys future. When we began this years budget, we began like many years before, trying to reduce sign
Weve worked with our elected city family. We listened to hundreds of Community Leaders and providers who help us deliver services to the people of San Francisco. And its because of this consensus approach that im proud to propose a responsible and balanced twoyear budget that reflects the core values that we share in San Francisco, values of fiscal responsibility, social responsibility, and investing in our citys future. When we began this years budget, we began like many years before, trying to reduce significant budget deficits. But because we have pursued policies to control costs, grow our economy, create jobs and stabilize our fiscal health, this year im proposing a budget that protects our social safety net, one that increases Public Safety, and one that invests in our citys infrastructure at unprecedented levels. And it is a budget that significantly grows our citys reserves. This budget is being delivered as San Franciscos economy is recovering, going, and moving in the right d
Sorry. Tala . Yes. Im detective i am going to stay on the line with you until the ambulance gets there. Okay, but is it okay if we go with her. Yes, you can, absolutely, you dont have to stay home. What is the phone number that you are calling us . We are on the way and driving to you right now, dont worry. What is the problem with your mom tell me exactly what is happening. She as a really bad headache and she is really tired and she was fasting today. Okay she cant eat or drink anything. Okay. Fasting . Is she still awake . [ applause ] so at this time we would like to invite supervisor avalos to present the certificates from his office and the board of supervisors and thank you for bringing those to tala and edgar. Thank you i am really choked up. Just thinking about the pose and the courage that tala held on that call, and just the great help she got from 911 staff. Thank you so much for just being a great example for city staff, and for young people in the city. I have a certifica