Her resume is so impressive. She has been the executive director of the office of Community Investment of infrastructure for the past year. In this role, she is responsible for the Economic Development of the new transbay, mission bay and Hunters Point shipyard neighborhoods which collectively provide over 20,000 new Housing Units including approximately 7,000 affording Housing Units and 10 million square feet of commercial space and the management of various properties and existing and expired project areas. Prior to that, nadia served as the director of the Controllers Office of Public Finance since 2005. In this role, ms. Sesay conducted Financial Analysis for the mayor, board of supervisors, commissioners, and Department Heads relating to Debt Financing and oversaw the citys 3. 2 billion municipal debt portfolio. Without nadias skills and leadership, i dont know where i dont know that we would have have the successful bond and Capital Investment program that we have today. I certainly couldnt do that. She has worked in the office of Public Finance for over 19 years, serving as financial administrator and bond associate prior to her appointment as director. Nadia also sits on the San FranciscoCommunity Investment board and served as chair of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the city and county of San Francisco prior to her appointment as interim executive director. In 2015, nadia served on the state treasures task force on bond accountability. Whose final report in december 2015 prompted the state of california to adopt several of its recommended reforms. Nadia was awarded San Franciscos public managerial Excellence Award for exemplary leadership, fiscal ingenuity and vision in 2010. San francisco is truly so lucky to have nadia on our side, looking out for all of us. We commend you, nadia, and thank you for all that you do for all san franciscans. [ applause ] i am truly honored for this nomination. Supervisor stefani, ive had the opportunity and pleasure of working with most of you throughout my career here. I also happen to be a resident in the last decade, so ive been fortunate and been appreciative of the opportunity of working in the city, loving what i do and being able to make the impact ive been able to do. Ive had the pleasure of having amazing bosses, amazing Staff Members who are here today. And im just thankful to be able to do what i love the most, which is working on complex projects, trying to deliver, trying to make sure that the proje projects improve the quality of life in San Francisco, and im honored and looking forward to what the next chapter will look like in my new role as executive director of office of Community Investment and infrastructure because that definitely impacts new development within the city and impacts communities that are most disadvantaged. So i thank you for the honor, all of you, and i look forward to working with you all in the future. So thank you for that. [ applause ] congratulations. Congratulations. Very well deserved. [ applause ] the next supervisor to present will be supervisor kim. Supervisor kim so i would like to bring up my district 6 nominee, lashandra breaston. Please come up. [ applause ] i thought who better to honor in my last year on the board for black History Month than the woman who has been at the forefront of organizing black History Month on Treasure Island every year that ive been on this board. And i just want to recognize lashandra who is a pillar in our Treasure Island community, supporting all of our families and youth on an island that truly is a workingclass familys neighborhood. I also want to mention that lashandra is a mother and has six children, four of whom are under age 18. And shes a mother and she takes care of the entire community all at the same time. Lashandra is the founder and one of the creators for the Treasure Island parent council. And along with Sherry Williams and others put together the Treasure IslandFamily Resource guide in 2016. You worked with the Treasure Island youth and Family Services plan, working to convince departments like dcyf to invest more in our Treasure Island residents. And as we speak, you are fighting to get a school, a grocery store, and also keep our county transportation agencies accountable on the island to the transportation plans that theyre planning for the future of the growth. I know that there are so many needs on the island, but i just want to say that ive heard you loud and clear. And the need in particular for Family Resources. Not many of us get to visit Treasure Island as often as we should. They have beautiful views, by the way. And this is probably a very good week to go on the island because of the weather. But it is really an amazing community. You go there after school at 3 30 or 4 00 p. M. , and kids are just running around the neighborhood. You know, without adult supervision. Its just amazing to see that in San Francisco, that that kind of community exists here. Its both urban and also just really just Small Community neighborhood. And everyone knows each other. And we have such a Nice Community there because of leaders like lashandra who makes sure that she knows all of her neighbors and that all of her neighbors know each other and talk to one another. With the departure of some of our communitybased organizations on Treasure Island, it really is important that we invest in our families on this island. And the data shows that along with mission bay and the bayview, this is where our youth population will be growing the most significantly. And before i leave as district 6 supervisor, i just want you to know that we are certainly going to make this a priority in our budgetary process this year. Lashandra, you have an amazing story. I dont want to tell it for you, but you have just overcome a ton of diversity before you ended up in Treasure Island and part of Community Housing partnership. You have the biggest heart, the biggest, biggest heart. You care. You organize young people to have to sing. In fact, you have a singing troop of young people on the island that have performed all around the city. And you yourself performed at the Community Housing partnership 25th anniversary, which was the first time i ever got to see you sing. And wow you just totally blew the socks off of everyones feet. Also, i thought i would just end with two stories about lashandra. One, last week at the Community Housing partnership, you won a prize at the raffle draw. And instead of keeping it for yourself, you decided to share it with all of the families that came, even the ones that you didnt know. And second, last week, you brought one of our tenderloin groups to see if they could connect Additional Services to Treasure Island, knowing that many of our south market and tenderloin organizations can do more to serve our families on the island as well. So i didnt do you justice, but you have done so much for our parents and families, and you are so talented. And our office depends upon you so much to do the work that you do in building communities, providing advocacy and telling us what we need to be doing to hold us accountable to this neighborhood. And so i just want to thank you so much for your leadership, your heart, and caring about everybody and making sure that this is a great city for all of us. Thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, supervisor kim. Its an honor to be recognized on this day with everybody else who was in the room. I dont work in San Francisco. I live in San Francisco. I dont think i started out as an activist. I started out as a parent who felt stuck and who felt fed up. Sometimes i come down and ill be hollering at yall. Yall are not the only ones i used to holler at. Ive learned a lot. You know, jane, youve been my girl since day one working at the school board, School District when you first ran, and ive always appreciated that about you, how you, you know, its no pretenses, you know, youre listening, and you give what you can give. You know, you do your best, and i appreciate that. I appreciate the entire board. Like i said, i was born and raised in San Francisco, grew up in the portello district, got married and raised my family in the bayview, moved out of the city for a little while and i came on back to Treasure Island, and i love my city. And, you know, nobody plans to be homeless. Nobody plans to be disadvantaged. Nobody plans to be unemployed. But these things happen. And it takes for people like myself and my cohorts here, these are this is Shawnte Brown and this is sten stenna. These are some of the parents and just knowing that you are your childs best advocate is why we do what we do. So i just want to say thank you for the honor, thank you for the support, thank you for listening because its too many times when we feel like our voice isnt heard. So we appreciate this. Thank you. [ applause ] congratulations. Thank you. And last but not least, we will hear from supervisor sheehy. Supervisor sheehy so colleagues, its my great honor to recognize ginetta johnson, someone whose advocacy and determination is aweinspiring. Shes the director of the transgender, gender variant and intersex project here in the city. They offer support to transgender variant and intersex people who are incarcerated or working on reentry. Many of whom are disproportionately people of color. You know, i read this story about her that i thought was just super cool. As a referral liaison to the tgi Justice Project, she wrote a letter to a federal judge because the correction officers were consistently and constantly misgendering folks. And it was such a powerful effort that the judge send federal marshals in to excel co the Corrections Officers to use proper gender identification. Ginetta and tgi the tgi Justice Project had been instrumental in advocating and organizing for more protections against the violence that transand gender nonconforming communities of color face on a daily basis. One of the interesting things, too, i thought was, like, the way in which youve advocated for Mental Health services for people as they come out of incarceration because so often incarcerated trans and gender nonconforming people end up in solitary. So often victims of violence and sexual assault, you know, for your own safety, they put you into solitary put folks into solitary. But that has incredible is incredibly damaging to peoples Mental Health, being put in solitary is actually a form of torture. Its been recognized by the United Nations and the geneva convention. And i just think its so amazing that both you and tgi the tgi Justice Project have really taken on the justice system. And i think that this is one of the Biggest Challenges that anybody can take on. Its one of the least forgiving, the least open, the least generous, and the harshest because no one has rights in there except people wearing badges and people who have guns. And im just like i said, im awestruck. I also think that its really cool how both you and tgi jp investcreating leadership in the community. Thats what we used to do in act up its so important to create leadership and really direct political education and empowerment so that the community can be organized to fight back against the oppressi oppression thats being experienced. I also wanted to note the accomplishment of passing state bill 310 which removed barriers faced by trans individuals incarcerated in california prisons by making them able to change their name and gender and have that reflected on documents within the jail. I think the work as part of the broad coalition, trying to fight building a new jail in San Francisco, which so far has been successful. Its truly admirable. And i also think with over 28 murders of transgender folks this past year, its incredibly important. I know that, you know, one of the tragedies of having this new president is that the liberation that people experienced and the Freedom People experienced living with barack obama who, you know, was defending trans folks with his Justice Department and supporting trans folks in the military, that people in states where, you know, it wasnt usually safe to be oneself suddenly felt safe. And now were in this reality where its not safe. And its getting less safe. And so i just, like i said, your work is amazing. Your courage. And its so important that we all keep going so that we can at least keep San Francisco as a haven with all this hate thats growing in the world around us. So again, thank you for your work. It is my absolute honor to present this to you. And thank you. [ applause ] thank you. I want to say thank you to the board of supervisors for recognizing my work and the work that tgi pd does for black trans women and our fight for racial equality in the city. I also want to recognize and express appreciation for the board of supervisors that supported our work. Jane kim and bobby lopez as well. Most recently hearing to our demands and creating transgender cultural district in the neighborhood that has heard black trans women for liberation and selfdetermination. Im happy to see this in history and the ongoing work of being recognized by the city and county. Thank you, supervisor jeff shee sheehy. Im am not doing this work for recognition. However, i am doing this work for sisters and brothers and my ancestors in their struggle for black and trans empowerment. Im doing this to get my people out of prison and into stable housing and wellpaying jobs in supportive communities. We can all agree that supporting our Community Means investing in our community and Peoples Health and wellbeing and selfdetermination. We know that increased investment in policies, especially in places like comptons district can lead to increased criminalization and trauma, even imprisonment for some of our most marginalized Community Members. If we are committed to supporting and transforming the comptons district, we have to do it in a way that increases job training, not jail time, especially for formerly incarcerated and trans women coming in or out of prison. And as many of you know, im working on a new project, a cafe Reentry Program that will serve as Job Training Program for formerly incarcerated trans women and Community Space in the comptons transgender cultural district. And my request and i ask that your further investment in creating this cafe management Training Program that will turn into a sustainable opportunity to better serve trans women living in the bay area and support the vision of black trans leadership and selfdetermination. Thank you, supervisor sheehy, for recognizing the work of black trans women as part of black History Month, and i look forward to continuing to increase and create a world rooted in selfdetermination, freedom and expression, racial, economic and gender justice and continue to fight for black trans liberation. Thank you. Congratulations [ applause ] and i also wanted to introduce one of my sisters, rajay earl. Thank you. [ applause ] congratulations to you. Well, colleagues, this concludes our celebration. Congratulations to all the awardees, and we recognize you and celebrate you and continue to uplift you. Madam president , i turn the meeting back over to you. Thank you. President breed thank you, supervisor cohen, and thank you, colleagues. What an amazing way to end our meeting. And as i said before, all business of the board of supervisors is completed. Madam clerk, please read the in memori memoriams. Yes, maam. Todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. On behalf of supervisor tan