since the age of four, i have been privileged to receive mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at project level to now earning my internship at nbc this upcoming summer. [applause] i ve always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. she wasn t changed much, by the way. to this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. i know all too well the impact that mayor breed has had on myself, and i am extremely excited to see all the wonderful things that she will do for the city, and for that, i say thank you. [applause] and now, please join me in welcoming father paul fitzgerald, president of the university of san francisco, to deliver today s invocation. [applause] thank you, kayla, and thank you all for being here today as we ho
george washington high school marching band. [applause] please welcome kayla smith. [applause] good morning, everyone. how s everybody doing today? thank you. thank you for joining us today for this historical occasion. my name is kayla smith, and i will be your mistress of ceremonies for the evening. growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privileged to receive mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at project level to now earning my internship at nbc this upcoming summer. [applause] i ve always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. she wasn t changed much, by the way. to this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. i know all too well the impact that mayor breed h
[applause] good morning, everyone. how s everybody doing today? thank you. thank you for joining us today for this historical occasion. my name is kayla smith, and i will be your mistress of ceremonies for the evening. growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privileged to receive mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at project level to now earning my internship at nbc this upcoming summer. [applause] i ve always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. she wasn t changed much, by the way. to this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. i know all too well the impact that mayor breed has had on myself, and i am extremely excited to see all the wonderful things that she w
bay area. [applause] the hon. london breed: i ll be going to sacramento to fight for new housing because we need more housing for our workers, for our families, for our seniors. because our retail shops can t afford to hire people who live here, because housing should be affordable and viable to san franciscans of all levels. the hon. london breed: we can t say we need more housing and then reject the policies that actually allow us to build that housing. [applause] the hon. london breed: i wasn t here decades ago when we imposed restrictive laws to prevent more housing, but i will be here when we start build housing in san francisco and the bay area again. it is time. so here s what i want the next decade to look like. i want this to be the decade where we no longer walk by a person shooting up or a person who s shouting out of control or suffering on our streets and shrug our shoulders or turn away and wonder, what should we do? i am determined over the next four year
my internship at nbc this upcoming summer. [applause] i ve always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. she wasn t changed much, by the way. to this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. i know all too well the impact that mayor breed has had on myself, and i am extremely excited to see all the wonderful things that she will do for the city, and for that, i say thank you. [applause] and now, please join me in welcoming father paul fitzgerald, president of the university of san francisco, to deliver today s invocation. [applause] thank you, kayla, and thank you all for being here today as we honor and congratulate and thank our mayor, london breed. mayor breed completed a masters in public education public administration at the university o