San francisco, but when you look around, theres nowhere else that youll see decorations like this, and it makes you feel like youre in a different world, which is very symbolic of west portal itself. Well, the restaurant has been here since 1957, so were going on 63 years in the neighborhood. My family came into it in 1987, with me coming in in 1988. My husband was a designer, and he knew a lot about art, and he loved color, so thats what inspired him to do the decorati decorations. The few times we went to mexico, we tried to get as many things as we can, and wed bring it in. Even though we dont have no space, we try to make more space for everything else. President yee juan of the reasons we came up with the legacy business concept, man eel businesses were closing down for a variety of reasons. It was a reaction to trying to keep our older businesses continuing in the city, and i think weve had some success, and i think this restaurant itself is probably proof that it works. Having t
Working with kids in the ocean that arent familiar with this space is really special because youre dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. When i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. Well get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who dont like the beach. Its too cold out, and its those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. Over the last few years, i think weve had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. Surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. Weve start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. Swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all not being anxious. So when we started the city surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p
Chair where are you . I see myself but not on the screen. Thats a background in san pablo bay. Chair i thought your office was getting better. I didnt realize that was my background. Im not speaking from there, but my home office. Im very grateful. The issues raised are important and fair. We cannot supervisor peskin, you brought this up in the very first hearing that is critical for our society. I feel like the department of building inspection and all the other city Agency Agencies willn this. I am committed to working with everyone and excited to get going. Thank you for this opportunity. Chair thank you, ms. Rafael. Do you do that in conjunction with the office of economic and Workforce Development or do you have that function within your department . We work very closely with joaquin tores and the office of development. We will be working with them to get developers ready to comply with this ordinance and to understand the legalities of their compliance, what those issues are. And
I moved out to San Francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. And also, i want to recognize our amazing Trans Advisory Committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory Community Members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] thank you so much for your help. My leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt community. We also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from allgender bathrooms to making sure that theres lgbt Data Collection across the city. Get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. Transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and im so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so intelligently. I would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that weve lost this year. I came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in missoula, m
The workplace. And so when i finished college, i moved out to San Francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. And also, i want to recognize our amazing Trans Advisory Committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory Community Members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] thank you so much for your help. My leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt community. We also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from allgender bathrooms to making sure that theres lgbt Data Collection across the city. Get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. Transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and im so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so intelligently. I would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that weve lost this year. I came out when i wa