Esteemed board of supervisors for the prestigious honor, something i feel i have not earned or deserve, with all due respect, though i would say this honor is something i would accept on behalf of my fellow artists in the city and wherever they are working hard behind the scenes to follow their visions and dreams of making the world a more beautiful place with their art. Im also sincerely grateful to the friends and folks here today for the support you have all shown the artists in your life. Transcends ethnic labels and for me a more universal identity. Always be grateful to the city i love to be part of the fabric of life here and follow my dreams to become an artist. San francisco has always been a magical place from my childhood, although i was not born here, my two sons were. Im a kid of the 1960s, and those were for me formative years in art school, i give thanks to richard stevens, the director of the original academy of art for the working scholarship. He always encouraged me t
To represent poland to represent team u. S. A. , that was a great experience because i got to compete against skaters from other countries. And nationals, i pushed myself to try to land the triple axel. And that has really been a huge goal for me. And just looking up to nathan chen, hes top skater right now, and competing at the olympics. That has inspired me. Sometimes i lack motivation and i watch the top skaters and that helps me a lot, one of my favorites is nathan chen. I try to be like him, but in my own way, so that really pushes me to attempt quads. And try to improve. And yeah, right now, my hope is to make it to the olympics and hopefully 2020. 2022 olympics. And yeah, i would like to thank everyone for coming. [applause] congratulations, again, well watch you on tv at the olympics. Congratulations. Next up, we have supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Today, it is my honor Kate Williams yam and william and his family come up . President breed come on, you
And i just want to thank you, at such a young age, for being such a role model for all of us here. Thank you, thank you. [applause] hi, everyone, thank you for coming. Im din tran, im 16. I go to high school. Ive been skating for 12 years. Im a national and international competitor. And i would hike to take you through my journey of figure skating. So i started when i was 4. My mom took me to the rink. And i skated with my friends and my mom, she kept taking me and i just really enjoyed it and had lots of fun and smiled and right then she knew that i loved figure skating. I continued to train and she worked out time schedule with my coach. And ive been training with him for ten years. And then i switched coaches to jeffrey. And ive been working with him for two years. And ive been really pushing myself to try to get to the top. And sometimes its hard, but the thing that pushes me and tells me not to give up is that i have to understand that figure skating is hard. And that nothing is e
President breed . Here. Supervisor cohen . Present. Supervisor fewer . Present. Supervisor kim . Present. Supervisor peskin . Present. Supervisor ronen . Present. Supervisor sheehy . Present. Supervisor stephanie . Present. Supervisor tang . Present. Supervisor yee . Present. Madame president , all members are present. President breed please join us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisiblindivisibl and justice for all. Any communications . None to report. President breed colleagues, today were approving the minutes from january 29, 2018. Are there amendments to those minutes . Seeing none, motion to approve . Moved by supervisor tang. Seconded by supervisor yee. Can we take that without observation . Those minute meetings approved after public comment. Madame clerk please call the first item. The first item is the special order at 2 p. M. , the appearance by the h
Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, february 13, 2017. Madame clerk, please call the roll. Thank you, madame president. [roll call] supervisor safai present. President breed . Here. Supervisor cohen . Present. Supervisor fewer . Present. Supervisor kim . Present. Supervisor peskin . Present. Supervisor ronen . Present. Supervisor sheehy . Present. Supervisor stephanie . Present. Supervisor tang . Present. Supervisor yee . Present. Madame president , all members are present. President breed please join us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisiblindivisibl and justice for all. Any communications . None to report. President breed colleagues, today were approving the minutes from january 29, 2018. Are there amendments to those minutes . Seeing none, motion to approve . Moved by supervisor tang. Seconded by supervisor yee. Can we take