San franciscans who proudly celebrate one of the most important assets. The Mexican Museums new home is a culture site that is made of various privileges that together represent one of the most complexities in this country. Today mexicans all over the world proudly celebrate the independence of mexico which also marks the or begins of california. Mexico and california Work Together and mexican california started the contrast of a very important relationship two hundred years ago. A few minutes ago the office of mayor lee the officials and diminished members of our community met with a longstanding transmission of friendship with the Mexican Community to raise the mexican flag on the Mayors Office to join the celebrations. Therefore clapping therefore its a of a special significance that on this day we celebrate the new home of the Mexican Museum as consult its been an you honor to support this cure all project. We will continue to work with all of you with the composition e consolidati
Festival my deep friend give him a hand clapping you have to help me, you support me on the mexican day. Im proud to be chair for the nonprofit that actually provides the festival who was here for leila detains yesterday clapping you, you know weve become the Community Hearts for San Francisco so weve been waiting to welcome the Mexican Museum for a long, long time. It fulfills the original violation in the district as a culture hub that would super Economic Growth for the region and the many travelers that are so important for this economy. The Mexican Museum joins the large institutions on say west coast including right here the Jewish Contemporary Museum for the arts and the xoorlg museum and so many other great institutions. Lets have a hand for our wonderful cultural institution. I would be a miss if i didnt say a few words in Spanish Speaking spanish . Im very proud to be able to welcome the Mexican Museum hereto the gardens. speaking spanish . Today, we welcome the Mexican Commu
Pieces together and transportation mayor we heard about this today. All the pieces are coming together when this fall 20 neighborhoods will bespectacled as promise zones. That will be the culmination of our effort to build on this credible model were seeing happen before our eyes. The Mission District is an inspiration. I cant thank you enough mr. Mayor and louis the entire village to create what i see in front of me today. You are an inspiration and ill go back to washington and talk to the president and make sure that this example lives up to the expectation because no child should grew up because of the zip code they were born in arrest thanks for hosting this today. Lets take some questions questions . As you know were not out of a Housing Authority sites and are you saying we should get away from the Housing Authority model and its innovate truly a privatepublic partnership but a Nonprofit Partnership so this is not the way to go. So first of all, this is a housing site. ; right .
We have this sister and brother Lloyd Rodriguez representing the family clapping i want you to then please stay and enjoy the celebration together we can it gives me great pleasure to introduce mayor ed lee clapping thank you andy for that introduction. Well, today, obviously is a very special day its not only the 2 hundred and third mexican today, its appropriate we recognize ann an Important Institution that will be built here, no San Francisco. The entire city and community are excited for this new home and well have this compliment the other worldclass institutions that arnold previously mentioned. All of those institutions by the way, are not just for our Cultural Heritage but also the great business of the city. I want to reminded everybody that the Mexican Museum will join the arts organizations to reflect a culturely inspired organization that generates 19 thousand jobs already in our city because of our cultural institutions and well celebrate this today, this great museum tha
Yeah. Waving that thing around so todays a very special day and i welcome you all of you and on behalf of the Mexican Museum this has been a dream and sometimes a dream becomes a nightmare because you have to work to make that dream come true and muffling king said i have a dream. Now our dream has come through its been a realtor now after 20 years of struggling clapping . And its historical in nature because we got the board of supervisors vote 11 to zero. Which is historical in nature because a lot of times they dont agree; right . Which is loophole right but they all agree on this one. We thank the board of supervisors for that 11 zero vote and ed lee for preventing the project going forward. But thats today and i want to go back 20 years because prior to 20 years there was a map with a vision Pete Rodriguez which well hear more about later and he started the Mexican Museum in the district of San Francisco. But 20 years ago it was an elected official who i have had the pleasure of w