We dont know what day it happened . It is monumental history. Why dont we know . The sad reality of it is that this monumental occurrence was so major and unlike anything that had ever occurred before at that scale in the United States , that an effort to eliminate it from records and existence ensued. It persisted. And because of it, watershed moments in the lbgtq Civil Rights Movement followed. Such as the stonewall riots of 1969. So, the idea transgender History Month began to take shape via this train of thought. I thought about black History Month and womens History Month. Now national low recognized months. And the essential education and awareness that they bring to the general masses every year. That knowledge is critical in bringing awareness and understanding of the struggles and history that have taken place to get where we are now. When i wrote this procolumnation i had the honor of serving as director of social Justice Empowerment Initiative the transgender district the worlds only legally recognized cultural district dedicated to the Transgender Community. Based in the tenderloin neighborhood. Grounded and rooted in the 55 to the event that is the cafeteria riot. With the guidance of president of the transgender district, we brought the proclamation to the office of transgender initiatives. Without the office transgender initiate evers, in their instrumental advocacy for transgender History Month to the mayors office. We would not be sitting here today. Director powell craigo wherever he is and the office of transgender initiatives serve a huge round of applause for determination to make this happen. In last but not least, transgender History Month would not have happened at all without the profound alliship of mayor breed. Yes. Round of applause. Mayor breed has proven time and time again her unwaivering alliship to the transgender communitiful dedication to support,up lift and empower San FranciscoTransgender Community. Mayor breed has set the bar for any mayor across any city in the United States on what it means to be inclusive and stand with the Transgender Community. And in what seemed to be a sign from the universe in our transs mir breed signed transgender History Month on august 24, 2021. On what would have been masha p. Johnsons 76th birthday. [applause] and just last year, Santa Clarita county adopted transgender History Month. Following San Franciscos leadership. Transgender history should not be understated. Transgender history helps us understand the shared struggled that bind us. How we are more alike than we are different. Whether or not [inaudible] or trans. Now t is imperative to lone in transgender history to understand the reemergence of extremists in violent antitransgender rhetoric that has taken a hold of National Politics the last few years. The a tax were seen against the transgender and gender Diverse Communities are not new. In fact, hay draw from the detectiveds of the 1970s and 80s that lead to the station of [inaudible] as a mental disorder. I quote, disease. Such developments rated systemic hurdles that hindered many transpeople from seek gender affirming Health Care Services and a better quality of life. The consequence manifested of trans people from society. Resulting in poverty, isolation, depression, unpreps dented transphobic violence and sickness. We must learn to guarantee a future defined by liberation. Transpeople have contributed a great deal to modern day society. Transpeople deserve to know they come from a lineage of thought leaders, pioneers and warriors. Our history is a vivid and captivating account of sack fireworks transformation, joy and a journey toward personal liberation. We sit here, with the gift that is the Transgender Community of San Francisco. To have icons and pioneers like mrs. Sona persona. Ms. Bill cooper. Chung, aria, connie mahogany. Ja neta johnson. Powell prego, tina. Nicole doctor striker and many, many others seen and unseen paving their way in their own field such as melanie and gender affirming care and kenya in technology and engineering. So now, i welcome a trans icon and someone i admire. For a lands acknowledgment. This individual is cofounder of the transgender district. Coowner of the stud. And the highest elected black transwoman in the country for any democratic chapter. Give a warm welcome to part chair of the San Francisco democrat irk central committee. Connie mahogany. Thank you, so much, jupiter for that introduction. One more time for jupiter. [applause] thanks to here we are here tilde have the honor on behalf of old bull doing the land acknowledgment. This land acknowledgment recognizes the city of San Francisco resides on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land on a village site. We acknowledge the suffering caused by the theft and colonization of the land and grieve the on going harm to Ramaytush Ohlone cultures and to all the indigenous cult urs of the planet. We honor the Ramaytush Ohlone the stewards of the lands and wildlife. We recognize the live home of the Ramaytush Ohlone people the on going existing first people of San Francisco and the surrounding bay area. With rich cult urs full of song, dance, language, ceremonies and tradition. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much. Honey. And now i would like to introduce the champion of transgender History Month. Give a warm welcome to mayor london breed. [applause] first of all, hi to take a moment to just really appreciate jupiters comments. And putting thing in perspective to truly celebrate transgender History Month in San Francisco. It is so grit to be here with all of you including our elected lead e Joel Engardio a member of the board of supervisors. [applause]. You can wave, joel. He is look at me do i wave what do i do . The first liege fire chief in San Francisco history ja jeanine nicholson. Connie chew and joaquin torres. Let me honor some amazing trail blazers ms. Billie cooper in the back. As well as donna persona. And i want to acknowledge the executive director for pride who is joining us today. Thank you so suzanne ford for your hard work in making pride really special. [applause]. The new generation of leaders in the transcommunity stand on your shoulders. We are grateful to welcome you all here to San Francisco upon city hall to celebrate transgender History Month in the city and county of San Francisco [applause] thank you, honey for that great land acknowledgment. And what i love so much in talking about San Francisco on such a special occasion is not just that our city is a resilient city because of the community what they represent in terms of the history the transgender movement, which really, truly was at the center of sparking a movement for lbgtq community and San Francisco as a city of firsts. When you think, people continue to talk about stonewall the first known movements in history that occurred in new york. And we all know in San Francisco, that if we dont talk about our history, if we dont put it out there, someone else will try to take credit for had we have done in San Francisco. In 1966, what happened here comptons riots is not elevated and documented and talked about and celebrated the first movements in the lbgtq movement not just the transgender and the drag queen move inspect all of the movements combined, this is where it started in San Francisco because of this community. As i talk about San Francisco being a city of first i came from 150th Year Anniversary celebration of the cable car. It is 150 years first cable car invented the only still in San Francisco. And San Francisco really is a city of firsts. First cable car. First television invent in the San Francisco. We condition. The clap on San Francisco invented that. Which created this door for technology and opportunity and the which ia pet the guy who invented the clap on. Why do we talk about this . Because when it happens in San Francisco it takes flight. And here in San Francisco we started with not just the first office of transgender initiatives, but it went on along with so many great leaders that were mentioned including honey and others to start a transgender district. To really Work Together with our Transgender Advisory Committee to put forth initiatives to not just talk about history and the movement but to final low make Real Investment to push for aggressive change. Im proud that San Francisco continues to push the envelope. Continues to be put on the map when it come to transgender rights. And the w this we have done together including the transhome sf and a commitment to end transhomelessness in San Francisco has been transformtive. And along with the challenges that continue to persist around homelessness in this community. The First Program around universal basic income for transgender people in San Francisco. A lot of the work we continue to do in including the first building the first building to have transgender youth here in San Francisco. And let mow tell you, the challenge we continue to run into because transgender people as a whole are under attack but our youth more than anything else. So much so this we could not really announce celebrate and disclose the location out of fear what might happen to those young people who will be moving in this space. But the city did not let that stop us from moving forward. We invested resources and help to support lion martin in terms of the w they are doing the security that they need to ensure this people can get health care and support and resource. Without fear of being attacked. Well is so much that we are doing in San Francisco. Jupiter out lined a lot of the great initiatives and would not happen had it not been for this incredible xhounlts. Continuing to push the envelope. Continuing to advocate. And continuing to make sure that this communities is united in our fight to ensure that the support that is available not just to the lbgtq community as a whole but well is a specific focus. On the transcommunity for resources, services, based on challenges and disparities that continue to persist. This community represents wholehearted low the resiliency what it means to be a francesca. When we talk about the Phoenix Rising from the ashes your strength, courage and everything you continue to do to push the envelope; is why so many others in had country and in this world can truly be courageous they look to San Francisco and they truly see that we are a beacon of hope in the Transgender Community. [applause] thank you all for being here to celebrate transgender History Month in San Francisco lets continue to roll up our sleeves. Continue to do this incredible work to those who are a part of the community as well as the alli. We will push the inspect in San Francisco and maintain our place as a beacon of hope for all transpeople throughout the world. Thank you. [applause] thank you, mayor breechld give mayor breed another round of applause. Thank you. And now i Welcome Back Party chair of the San FranciscoDemocratic Committee honey mahogany. [applause] thank you, so much an honor to be here amongst community and leaders and here in my home town of San Francisco which as the mayor said has been a place of so many firsts for our community. Im proud to stand here the first transperson to serve as chair of any local democratic per in the country. Im here proud as one of the founders of the cultural district and someone who live in a city we committed to ending trans homelessness. That being said, even here in San Francisco we have so much more work to do. Even here in the state of california we still have people who are attacking transpeople rights. And as we see laws passed in other states across the country, so many people are fleeing to sanctuary cities like california and cities like San Francisco only to find they couldnt ford to live here fetch are going to be a sanctuary city we have to double down on investments. Ensure when people come they are welcomed and stabilized and allowed to continue to prosper and to live that dream of what sanctuary means in San Francisco. I think that one of the things we can do most are or best is be as loud and proud as we can be here. We have to demonstrate to the world what transexcellence looks like and have to teach our history. The reason that republicans and people of across the country are attacking our school boards. Education system and public schools. Banning book because they than education is the 63 to their success and the way in which they can exploit us as scapegoats. I want to say that who i we saw the rhetoric in the 70s and 80s it does did not start there. We can go back to world war ii when we saw the discrimination pushed upon our community. When we think about the book burnings by the nazi party. One of the first and famous and one you seen pictures of happened at the clinic of doctor magnus. Was a jewish gay jewish doctor when republican a gender clinic in germany. Years of reswhaefrp it money to bes transgender. And how to help transgender people of all of that research and that knowledge and books was burned and destroyed. And transpeople went from at this time in germany able to live their live in public being able to get cards to acknowledge they were trans people and allowed wear when than i wore. They went from this to persecuted and the Pink Triangle on them and burn in the gas chambered. It is very important we remember that history this. We acknowledge that history and teach that history to so we dont repeat it today we are seeing history repeat itself. In places here like San Francisco, we have leaders who do the right thing. Leaders who are fight to make this say safe space and doing their best to ensure people can come here and seek sanctuary. I challenge us e approximately allis to do more. Meet the challenge. As chair of the Democratic Party i have honor of working along side nancy pelosi in doing stone bank across our state and the country to make sure we elect people who will fight for our rights not just transrival right to access Reproductive Health care and abortions this is all linked. Please, it is in the enough to attend rallies. Not enough to call yourself an alli. Do the work, join us in using our privilege in San Francisco to create change across the state and the country. You can hit us up at the website and phone bank join us and sister district and other organization in doing this work that will lead lay the path way to us winning in 2024. We need to get that seat and ensure we preserve our democracy. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much issue hone. Now i welcome 2 special people. One of them is brianna mc cree. Show is the former director of Community Engagement for the center of excellence for transgender hang at ucsf. She has lead transgender empowerment and hiv treatment in the tenderloin the last 20 years special this past june she was one of San Francisco prides grand marshall. The second individual is carlo ortega Community Organizer who served as the Development Coordinator for you delores foundation. He is the cofound and are facilitator of the first Spanish Language support group for latin x transmen. In the San Francisco east bay. The 2 individuals are very, very special. They will both be leading the transgender district as coexecutive directors. Lets give a very warm welcome to the new executive sdreshths of the transgender district. [applause] goodness. Happy transHistory Month happy transHistory Month thank you to jupiter and honey and especially mayor breed. Thank you for being a light for transliberation. I was told i have a minute let me speed through this. Thank you jupiter for leading the charge and helping create this legislation that will be recognized on the state level. Thank you to the cofounders honey, jell neta and aria and working with suz abstriker to uncover the rich history in San Franciscos tenderloin area to elevate the people. Through my leadership with carlo, i hope to expand on the legace programs of the district creating more possibility models for the folks in the tenderloin for the future. Thank you. [applause] why hello. Thank you so much, thank you to mayor breed. To jupiter, to honest and he of course to the speakers who will be here today and honorees and the attendise, our community. So, so honored to be here and humbleed number this position and look forward to building with all of you as we move forward. Im carlo, im excited work with brianna my colleague at the transgender district. The San Francisco as we celebrate this month of joy, contribution, of over coming. Heeling. We need this. We need this here and every where. Im excited for the transgender district. Im excited for the future focusing on place making. We are excited meet everyone. Am and to invite to you our event programming especially in this mont. I want to talk about a few events we are having. First is expectancyive will be tomorrow august third and 4. At the act at 7 30. Tickets are available we hope you can all come. We also have a riot party the famous party acknowledgment of the important history on the 27th of august. It would be 12 oclock at the gardens here in the district. So. More information on both of the events can be found at the transgender district sf. Com events page. Go there for tickets. Share with friends we want to expand the reach to make sure folks, our community as access to the programming. And all we are excited the graduation is happening for transgender and queer people of color. Many of our participates are here. And it is a 4 Month Program this start in the april and finishing this month. So we are excited to be celebrating graduation of the new corporate double the size as it was left year. And we want to introduce the businesses and artists and folks to you. Please, come to the graduation on the 23rd of august at conner polk at 5 30. It is my pleasure to introduce our past graduate who is is an horree today. Melanie. Who is an experience in license elect trolgs in San Francisco. Give her a grand hand for lifting update droll he had years ago and making it reality. Thank you. [laughter] hello issue everyone. Transgender History Month honors the hardships, struggles and the obstacles and trail blazer who worked hard. There is still w to be done but seeing all your beautiful face here is a testament that we are going to be resilient and over come anything. I want to take a moment to thank my mentors aria, honey mahogany. Nikki, just to name a few. The people inspired and guided me throughout my years. Thank you to the transgender district. Entrepreneurship program for helping make the dream come true. With how our Political Climate is and how it is trying to strip transgender people of our rights, it is programs like these that are vital to make sure that our community not only survives but thrives. Building wealth in our community to ensure a Brighter Future for us all. And mayor breed announces second rounds of grant opportunity for store fronts and Small Businesses in San Francisco recently. And im too late for the ground but i hope i get grand opportunity up in here. San francisco hook a sister up. On a serious note, im a fill pinaamerican native and transgender woman. Born and raised in hayward, california. Of my mother, rest in peace, a single mother of 3 and worked several jobs to make ends meat. We came from Humble Beginnings and seeing how hard she worked to put food on the table. Shoes on our feet and roof over or head instilled a hard work ethic in me. This irrelevant made me realize young they was not born with a silver spoon and the world was going to be very different for a person like me. It took me a long time to find my purpose in life the road was not easy. But today i am proud to say now in the second year in business. There are 5 employees including myself that are all transgender women. We provide gender affirming service for the Transgender Community. By the Transgender Community. We are proud to be the first open low transowned and operated practice in the city of San Francisco. The definition of hard needs to make more chiefly or can have the. We are honored do this work. With your continued support, we hope to grow and be open for business for many years to come. For those of you out there this feel unsure of your purpose in life or lost at times. Please know this i have been in your shoes before. I want be you to listen when im know to tell you. You are the star of your own story. You control the narrative of your life. Live with love for yourself. Love yourself with your whole heart. And believe in yourself. Because being trans, is powerful. You have the power to make your history as beautiful as you wish it to be. Thank you, everybody and help transgender History Month. [applause] thank you. Thank you too to brianna can carlo and melanie as well. Before i welcome mayor breed back to hand out certificates of honor to 4 recipients i would like to give a special shout out to someone i look up to joaquin gerrero appointed to homelessness oversight commission. Which was legislative last year. [applause] joaquin is i brilliant political transadvocate and incredible housing navigator. So thank you, joaquin for being you and your mentorship. Now lets welcome mayor london breed back. [applause] are you going to help me, jupiter . I know i miss third degree part of my notes. Okay im going to wing it. [laughter]. We have some of our youth. First of all i want to start with a certificate honoring someone who i just absolutely adover during the pandemic the ability to have a conversation with her and to talk to her about the challenges and obstacles to be at this moment. And how she told me donna persona told me how it fills her heart with joy ton what the city is doing how the next generation will not have to suffer in the same ways she has had to and the fact. She is i know donna persona but donna who reflects, all of what it means to persevere and over come and to still be standing and looking good i see your legs, girl. So, donna for all of that you do to really make a difference to show up time and time again to be a testament of resilience and strength and support for the community and a strong desire to ensure that the next generation is uplifted and supported; we wanted honor your legacy. Celebrating and you thanking you for being so amazing so, donna. [applause] i want to thank the mayor of san fan for this honor. By taking this award i vow to keep the history that i helped bring to the world. The cafeteria riot. I cowrote a play to document and bring forth this history. And i vow to keep working and bringing that history to the world. And to show that transpeople can thrive. Not just survive but thrive and show themselves as the wonderful people that they are. Thank you. [applause] and you know i know that folks like donna and Billie Cooper and others here, would have never imagined that it would be possible to see a day when young people can get a lot of the gender affirming surgeries. The new technology can occur when is amazing about the young people we are here to honor today is their courage. Their courage to be able to step out and be who they want to be. In this world. And i know that so many of the folks here with the challenges this exist not just in the United States but all overnight world. You know it does take courage to stand out on faith and to acid vocate and push. Fact they put together an amazing march to allow for body autonomy the ability to decide what you want top do for your own body that is your decision. And your decision alone and they stood up and they went out on faith and created a march that brought together so many people from all over to really just continue to acknowledge it. It is my body my choice that works for wloo someone chooses to have an abortion. Wloo someone chooses to do when they choose but we deserve that right this. Snks generation is push to ensure that body autonomy is respected we are honoring them for work and advocacy and the ability with the young legs to stands this long without sitting down. This honors youth organizers of San Francisco the San Francisco march for queer and transyouth autonomy. [applause] [applause] hello, everyone. Im am one of the organizers of the queer march. I want to acknowledge how grateful i am for all of us myself and my organizers. For the certificate of honor. We spent, lot of time organizing over zoom. A lot of late nights trying to make the most of this march and really pushing our dedication to the transcommunity and how we want other youth to feel the same way as we do. Being able to speak out about who they are, express themselves the way they want to. Without reservation. And i will leave it there. Again other thank you so much for joining us and i appreciate everyone here. Thank you. [applause]. All right. That concludes our program, thank you all for being here for the Second Annual transgender History Month. Once again, thank you to mayor london breed. The recipients of the certificates of honor. A huge congratulations and i invite folks to enjoy some really delicious snacks with transflags on top and refreshments it is really hot in here. So without further adieu, on the count of 3, i want us to shout, happy transgender History Month and fill had beautiful city hall and have our sound ricochet up to the dome are we ready yea. I want to do it really loud. Okay . One two three happy transgender History Month [applause] [applause] my name is bal. Born and raised in San Francisco. Cable car equipment, technically im a transit operator of 135 and work at the cable car indiscernible and been here for 22 years now. I grew up around here when i was a little can i. My mom used to hang in china town with her friends and i would get bored and they would shove me out of the door, go play and find something to do. I ended up wandering down here when i was a kid and found these things. [ music ] fascinated by them and i wanted to be a cable car equipment from the time i was a little kid. I started with the emergency at the end of 1988 and drove a bus for a year and a half and i got lucky with my timing and got here at cable car and at that time, it really took about an average five to maybe seven years on a bus before you could build up your seniority to come over here. Basically, this is the 1890s verse ever a bus. This is your basic Public Transportation and at the time at its height, 1893, there were 20 different routes ask this powerhouse, there and this powerhouse, there were 15 of them through out the entire city. I work at the Cable Car Division and bunch with muni for 25 years and working with cable cars for 23 years. This is called the bar because these things are horses and work hard so they have to have a place to sleep at night. Joking. This is called a barn because everything takes place here and the powerhouse is thats downstairs so thats the heart and soul of the system and this is where the cable cars sleep or sleep at night so you can put a title there saying the barn. Since 1873 and back in the day it was driven by a team and now its electric but it has a good function as being called the barn. Yeah. I am the superintendent of cable car vehicle maintenance. And we are on the first and a half floor of the cable car barn where you can see the cables are moving at nine and a half miles an hour and thats causing the little extra noise were hearing now. We have 28 power cars and 12 california cars for a total of 40 revenue cars. Then with have two in storage. Theres four gear boxes. Its gears of the motor. They weigh close to 20 tons and they had to do a special system to get them out of here because when they put them in here, the barn was opened up. We did the whole barn that year so its difficult for a first of time project, we changed it one at a time and now they are all brandnew. Engineers room have the four monitors that play the speed and she monitors them and in case of an emergency, she can shutdown all four cars if she needs to. That sound you heard there, thats a gentleman building, rebuilding a cable. The cable weighs four hundred pounds each and they lost three days before we have to rebuild them. The cable car grips, the bottom point is underground with the cable. Its a giant buy strip and closes around the kab and they pull it back. The cable car weighs 2,500 people without people so its heavy, emergency pulling it offer the hill. If it comes offer the hill, it could be one wire but if it unravels, it turns into a ball and they cannot let go of it because it opens that wide and its a billion pushing the grip which is pushing the whole cable car and theres no way to let go so they have to have the code 900 to shutdown in emergencies and the wood brakes last two days and wear out. A lot of maintenance. [ music ] rail was considered to be the old thing. Rubber tires, cars, buses, thats new. There were definitely faster and cheaper, theres no question about that. Here at San Francisco, we went through the same thing. The mayor decided we dont need cable cars indiscernible , blah, blah. We can replace them with buses. They are faster and cheaper and more economical and he was right if you look at the dollars and cents part. He was right. Back in 1947 when they voted that, im surprised base of the technology and the chronicle paper says cable cars out. That was the headline. That was the demise of the cable cars. indiscernible came along and said, stop. No. No, no, no. She was the first one to say were going to fight city hall. She got her friends together and they started from a group called the save the cable car community, 1947 and managed to get it on the ballot. Are we going to keep the cable cars or not . Head turned nationwide and worldwide and city hall was completely unprepared for the amount of backlash they got. This is just a bunch the city came out and said basically, 31, if im not mistaken, we want our cars and phil and her group managed to save what we have. And literately if it wasnt for them, there would be no cable cars. People saw Something Back then that we see today that you cant get rid of a beautiful and it wasnt a Historical Monument at the time and now it is, and it was part of San Francisco. Yeah, we had freight back then. We dont have that anymore. This is the number one tourist attraction in San Francisco. Its historic and the only National Moving monument in the world. The city of San Francisco did keep the cable car so its a fascinating feel of having something that is so historic going up and down these hills of San Francisco. And obviously, everyone knows San Francisco is famous for their hills. [laughter] and who would know and who would guess that they were trying to get rid of it, which i guess was a crazy idea at the time because they felt automobiles were taking the place of the cable cars and getting rid of the cable car was the best thing for the city and county of San Francisco, but thank god it didnt. How soon has the city changed . The diverse of cable cars when i first came to cable car, sandy barn was the first cable car. We have three or four being a grip person. Fwriping cable cars is the most toughest and challenging job in the entire city. I want to thank our women who operate our cable cars because they are a crucial space of the city to the world. We have wonderful women come on forward, yes. [cheers and applause] these ladies, these ladies, this is what its about. Continuing to empower women. My name is Willa Johnson is and ive been at cable car for 13 years. I came to San Francisco when i was five years old. And that is the first time i rode a cable car and i went to see a Christmas Tree and we rode the cable car with the christmas worker and that was the first time i rode the cable car and didnt ride again until i worked here. I was in the medical field for a while and i wanted a change. Some people dont do that but i started with the mta of september of 1999 and came over to cable car in 2008. It was a general sign up and thats when you can go to Different Divisions and i signed up as a conductor and came over here and been here since. There were a few ladies that were over at woods that wanted to come over here and we had decided we wanted to leave woods and come to a Different Division and cable car was it. I do know there has been only four women that work the cable car in the 150 years and i am the second person to represent the cable car and i also know that during the 19, i think 60s and women were not even allowed to ride on the side of a cable car so its exciting to know you can go from not riding on the side board of a cable car to actually grip and driving the cable car and it opened the door for a lot of people to have the opportunity to do what they inspire to do. I have some people say i wouldnt make it as a conductor at woods and i came and made it as i conductor and the best thing i did was to come to this division. Its a good division. And i like ripping cable cars. I do. I think she just tapped into the general feeling that San Francisco tend to have of, this is ours, its special, its unique. Economically and you know, a rationale sense, does it make sense . Not really. But from here, if you think from here, no, we dont need this but if you think from here, yeah. And it turns out she was right. So. And im grateful to her. Very grateful. [laughter] three, two, one. [multiple voices] [cheers and applause] did i i did that on purpose so i wouldnt. [ music ] hello everybody and happy anniversary to the cable cars [applause] im rick recollect the president of non profit Market Street rail way. We advocate for the cable cars and historic street cars on Market Street. We work with sfmta to enhance their operation and do it without any government money. This year, we partnered with numerous history and business groups and sfmta to celebrate 150 years of cable cars. [applause] one of the celebration Partners UnionSquare Alliance contributed wonderful banners behind us you see. Melissa rodriguez, if you are here, stick your hand up. They are all here somewhere. Shes the ceo. Another partner, the Flood Building which is overlooked this turn table since 1904 is gifting you folks with these great flowers passed around here. They work with the alliance to decorate this cable car. Will the flood sisters please put their hands up . [applause] we really miss jim flood. Sorry he cant be here. Hes herethats right. China town merchants, fisherman whafer, downtown San Francisco parthnership all contributed to help us bring you cable car history. Mike fips and don indiscernible cable car mew museum are here and should be inside the circle and if they are not, they should make their way up. When you say cable car you see temporary photos on the side windows. We did these to teach a little cable car history to everybody who sees the car and rides them this year. Many of the photos come from the wonderful and i mean wonderful, sfmta archive and show the San Francisco fast decades these cable cars operated in. Jeremy indiscernible is the photographer. He is busy working. There he is. I knew you would be front and center. Thank you jeremy. Rather then run down cable car history, we summarized critical things on handout cards that should be available over there. Take a look, pick up a program next to the banners over there. Thank you. Thank you anton. Turn up your hearing aid. That might help. Tony subella, another San Francisco family. Pick up the program and youll see theresomebody is giving us feedback. Thank you. I have professional audio people here. So, there is all kinds of special cable car history on the website we put together. Sfcablecars. Org. You can type that in or scan your phone on any of these pictures and you will be taken right to it. Now, lets get to the important speakers here, starting with someone i knew a huge cable car lover, working so hard for San Francisco every single day, our mayor, the honorable london breed. [applause] maybe this might work a little bit better. [applause] alright alright, lets celebrate 150 years of cable cars in San Francisco [applause] let me tell you why that is important. Because San Francisco is a city of firsts. Not only was the cable car invented here and other fallowed in other cities around the entire world, right now the cable car only exists in the city and county of San Francisco. Let me tell you why. Because of women. [applause] yes yes, a man invented the cable car and we named Holiday Plaza after him, so he is credited with that, but it was women who stepped up to make sure that this amazing cable car continued to be a part of the fabric of San Francisco for 150 years. I know that we acknowledge all the amazing flood women who are joining us here today. So great to see you. [applause] but it was freeda clauseman who saved the cable cars in 1947 when everyone wanted to start to automade San Francisco and use San Francisco. People Love Technology and love to get somewhere quick, she stepped up, fought hard, put a measure on the ballots and passed to not only save the cable cars in San Francisco, but to allow them to continue. Another woman who stepped up to help make sure that the cable cars continued was our former mayor, Diane Feinstein. [applause] in the late 1970 needed a complete overhaul. We needed to make sure it continued to run and it was safe, so she raised money in the private sector to allow for an opportunity to make investments in the cable car to maintain and keep the system running. The other woman who was instrumental in the success of the cable cars, the conductors are pretty amazing. They do a lot of great work. They got to be strong. 25 years ago indiscernible barnes [applause] the first woman to lay hands on the equipment, to run the cable car system. To make it work and to make people feel welcome to San Francisco. This woman was a trailblazer and we are so glad to have you here. Thats your mama [applause] her whole family is here, because we are honoring you and your legacy and are everything you did to make the cars so successful. Thank you mrs. Barnes, so great to have you here. Women do it all. But we also know San Francisco is a special place, and so many people again talk about the firsts. The first to invent the cable car. The first to invent television. Did you all know that . And the first to invent the clap on here in San Francisco which actually opened the door for all the Technology Advancements we are seeing today. It is no wonder people want to be here. It is no wonder many folks who left San Francisco have decided to come back and start their business and open the door to new technology, new industries, because every time you think about some of the Amazing Things that happen in the world, it all starts here and the cable car is a important tribute to San Franciscos resilience, its history and its legacy. Last but not least, today we are going to dedicate a cable car in honor of someone who symbolizes the love for San Francisco. The person who talked about what it means to ride the cable car on our Rolling Hills and to all most touch the stars. A person who loved the city and county of San Francisco, mr. Tony bennett. [applause] that amazing tribute, i left my heart in San Francisco. Performed at the farmont hotel in the vunesia room for the first time. That has been a true ballot and contribution to San Francisco that is like no other song that exists. Today as we recognize him and his legacy and his love for San Francisco, we will honor him by dedicating a cable car named for tony bennett. [applause] thank you again for everyone who is joining, those who live here, those who work here, those who visit here. Those who got dressed in outfits that represent San Franciscos history early on, but also the movement. The first birthday in 1970 was here in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park and it set off a movement for environmental change, Environmental Justice and a number of things. I can go on and on about how great San Francisco is, but i know you will experience it for yourself on this cable car, so thank you all so much for being here and i want to turn it back over to rick. [applause] thank you madam mayor. Do we have Women Leaders in this town or what . We alwayswe have even more now, and now we are going to have a very special leader. One who set a new standard in this country of dignity, of smarts, of resilience, and it is my as they used to say in washington, it is my high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the speaker emeritus of the u. S. House of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. [applause] thank you rick. Thank you very much rick andthank you madam mayor. Honored to be here with you always. Let me just say to rick, thank you for your leadership. The private sector and non Profit Sector and Public Sector who have been a real champion for San Francisco. Thank you rick. Honor to be with you. Karen flood, oh my gosh family. What a special day this is. Imagineyou want me to hold it higher . Imagine it has been this many years. This many years. The Market Street railway has been something that has been a model to the country. Has been a symbol of San Franciscos spirit of invasion right from the start, and i want to recognize mayor london breed for her tremendous tremendous leadership of our city. Thank you very much madam mayor. Honor to be with you. I know how important this occasion is to you, in terms of what it stands for historically, and what it means for the future. Aaron peskin, thank you honor to be with you. Bill ting, assemblyman with us here. We have representation of federal, state and local government. Again, most importantly, woo we have each and every one of you representatives of the community. Jeff tumlin thank you for your leadership and fanny may barnes, the first female cable car indiscernible one and only the first and foremost. So, here we are and again i want to mention senator feinstein. She was such an advocate for the cable cars. Some times we would have our moments together because she would be praising some republicans in congress who had helped with the cable cars and some republicans did then and i said why are you are praising them, we are trying to defeat them, but she was always about San Francisco and she was always about the cable cars, and she eventhe cable cares that again started our city invasion and with tony bennett and are diane nighting with him on the cable cars, taking us to the stars. To a brilliant brilliant future. I wont sing. I wont sing, but not only tony bennett, but mia anglo 15 years old set her sights working as a conductor aboard the street cars. Think of all these incredible connections. It is my honor b to here with all of you. There is so much to be said about the families, about the sense of community, about the businesses, about the entrepreneurship, about the invasion of San Francisco, but it is also a moment for us to take pride in our past. I say a third time, a past about invasion for the future. Congratulations to all of us on this. Madam may, i know you take great pride being mayor of San Francisco every minute of every day, but isnt it exciting today . Yes [applause] very special, very special. Now it is my privilege to yield back to rick. Rick, thank you very much. [applause] thank you. Thank you for your leadership indiscernible thank you for your leadership of our nation as well as our city. We owe you. [applause] tough act to follow, but the guy i will introduce is up to it. There are 11 members of the board of superrisers in San Francisco, but only one president. There are 11 members of the board of supervisors but there is only one who has every cable car in his district. Ladies and gentlemen, president aaron peskin. [applause] thank you rick and thank you to the Market Street railway for your stewardship. Thank you to twu local 258 and fanny barnes and all her colleagues before, during and since. Much is made of the symbol of rezilancy, the Phoenix Rising from the ashes, but i suggest to all of us san franciscans that the real symbol of resiliency is our cable car. A cable car that survived not one, but two pandemics. That survived the city burning to the ground. That survived two great earthquakes. That survived mayors who wanted to rip them out. This is the symbol of the city that knows how knew how and continues to know how. God bless these cable cars. [applause] lets put this in a monetary context. I think mr. Hal day raised 27 thousand to build the first 5300 feet of track along clay street. It took Diane Feinstein in her efforts 110 years later, 60 million to refurbish it. I are want to thank and acknowledge the sfmta that has kept it in a good state of repair every since. [applause] but these cable cars are linked to the economic success of San Francisco. Not only because they attract tourists from around the world, but because they continue to deliver our people to work each and every day before pandemics, during pandemics, after pandemics and i will leave you with this remaining thought, if you ever want to run for supervisor of district 3, i never revealed this until now, the best place tocome pain is the cable car in the morning when everybody who is commuting to work from district 3 to jobs in district 3 is available to receive your fliers even though i think technically you are not supposed to do that on the cable car. Congratulations on 150 years [applause] rick thank you aaron. Thank you. So glad Telegraph Hill is represented here. Such a core part of the city. Most people dont recognize how unusual our Transportation Agency is. Besides transit they oversee taxies, bike infrastructure, parking street scapes and a lot more. Leading that agency is a huge job and a tough one never tougher then the past three years through pandemic, fiscal threats and city recovery. So glad it has been in the very capable hands of director of transportation jeff tumlin. Thank you rick [applause] im jeff, San Francisco director of transportation and there is a reason the Phoenix Rising from the flames is on the flag of the great city of San Francisco. When andrew hal day and father immigrated to california from scotland, they failed at mining gold but they reinvented themselves by reinventing a way of making wire rope and then having the completely crazy idea of taking mining ore Car Technology and applying it to San Franciscos equally crazy topography. 4 a. M. On august 2, 1873, andrew had to be the one to trial the first run of the cable car, because no one else wanted to do it because they thought it was a crazy idea. It is here in San Francisco that crazy technological ideas come to life, and every 10 to 15 years this city transitions from a bus to a boom economy by once again reinventing technology and figuring out what is next. But even thinking bet the future, San Francisco continues to hold on to its core, its heart. It holds to the core values, particularly civility and indiscernible nothing exlempifys both creativity and technology, but also civily and joy at the same time better then San Franciscos cable cars and i am humbled to be here for my shortterm being a steward of these incredible resources. We couldnt do this without strong support from our federal, our state, our local policy makers, even our own board of directors and lydia so our newest board member, the steward of the cable car system. The people who make the cable cars work are staff. Alfred butler, earny hanson, indiscernible and we have folks including indiscernible and Derrick Johnson who will be taking us on this inaugural run. We also remember our history here, including the incredible history of our staff. I like to now bring up the speaker and mayor to honor the fanny may barnes, the first indiscernible [cheering and applause] would you lake to say a few words . Yes. So happy to be here, and very happy about being the first female on the cable car. Growing up in a small town in georgia, my mom told me you can do exactly what you want to do, you just have to put in the work. That is exactly what i did. Thats what my mom told me to do. I put in the work and indiscernible i did it at age 52. Absolutely unheard of. [applause] thank you so much. Ill bring back rick and offer equal thanks to phenomenal volunteers at Market Street railway. [bell] thats a bell for fanny may. A treasure for our city, and a real indiscernible we appreciate that. We must not leave out sacramento. We depend on our representatives in the state capital to fight fight fight for more transit funding, and more funding of other kinds the cities needs to survive. We have a great team of legislators and one of them Assembly Member ting, matt haney and scott wiener with a resolution. We will present it to jeff. Thank you rick. Come on up jeff. You heard how important the cable cars, not just are to san franciscans but everything who thinks about San Francisco. To me, this is city that is a beacon, a light where people come to San Francisco. People want to be tourists here, people want to live here, people want to make their way here or find a better life here and there is no better symbol. There are two symbol the Golden Gate Bridge and the cable car. A symbol of inclusion, welcoming. How important it is when you ride the cars. You heard from the supervisor talk about the San Francisco residents getting to work running their errands. Everything that is part of their day and then you have our amazing tourists who come to line up at this turn around to enjoy it. To me this symbol is precious, we have to preserve it and make sure we are doing Everything Possible to make sure that we can maintain it. Thats one reason why work very very hard at the state level to do more funding for transit this year. 5 billion across the state. Part is to make sure that muni, bart, ac transit can keep operating. Very very critical services, absolutely needed and making sure these cable cares keep running is at the top of the list. Again, congratulations jeff on behalf of senator wiener, Assembly Member haney, just appreciate you and your staff for all the hard work. Woo ehad a couple rough years with the pandemic and still getting through it but appreciate you, all the operators who showed up every day, rain or shine no matter what happens, make sure the system and cars are running. Making sure that we dont forget our amazing cable cars on Market Street railway so thank you. Appreciate it. [applause] well, okay. Cable cares can take you half way to the stars, we all know that. Today they can take you 150 years into the past as well. At least that is true of the distinguished past san franciscans who have time traveled to be here with. Edward norton is here. [applause] let me introduce you to someone who we wouldnt be here today without the inventor of the cable car, mr. Andrew haliday. [applause] this is a microphone. You talk into it and amazing. I want to thank professor brown for bringing many of us here on this delorian time machine. You know, that very first day we were going up the clay street hill and the man i hired panicked who he saw down below and he ran away, so i had to take the grip myself. I was sure the grip will stay on theer car, right . It will, yes. So, today we are looking at cable car number one. Looking just like the original cars on the powell street line, which began to operate in 1888. Isnt she a beauty . I personally want to thank all the workers, the carpenters, the painters, the iron workers who lovingly restored and rebuilt and refurbished these cars with skilled hands and dedicated hearts. I also want to thank the gripman and conductors and power plant operators who maintain this system that all sorts of weather, day and night. I think they are to be congratulated for their hard work. [applause] and i also want to thank the city for continuing to fund the cable cars, and i hope you will keep the fares at 5 cents. [laughter] i invite all of you, the residents, our dear residents and our dear visitors to ride the cable cars, enjoy the journey, enjoy the views, and know you are riding one of the treasures of San Francisco where they continue to run for another 150 years. [applause] thank you so much mr. Haliday, honor to have you here. Turn up the delorian to 1873 when you go back. I want to do a quick shout out to the crew on this cable car. They are all special, they are all hard workers. indiscernible also a noted cable car historian. indiscernible he is wonderful guy. We appreciate him very much. Derrick johnson, our conductor today. He is a great conductor. He is also active in local 250a and i want to shout out to all organized labor represented in all the crafts of cable car. That shows you what union work can do. [applause] the quality is unbelievable and never been better then today. So, we had great support from the San FranciscoHistorical Society and steve and his reenactors, Steve Johnson andrew done a great job rounding all the people up. We have people from every era here. Dona hugens is here as a person of the 60s i guess. You never know. And all the folks from the Art Deco Society and all the groups who have come. I know i will miss some people. We all know how valuable our cable cars are to San Francisco, but i thought it was time to get a professional assessment, so who better to do that then our city and county assessor . I wanted to ask you professionally, how valuable do you think the cable cars are . We are lucky because there is no taxable value of the cars, the values are immeasurable in the benefit to the city and county of San Francisco. The memories they make, the workers they employ, experiences provided to san franciscans and visitors to enjoy the city. Heading to union scare, swenson to the other side of the hill to see the bay. Those are the memories in San Francisco and thats the value. Swenson indiscernible since 1948. Locally owned business. The cable cars actually do provide economic value that you can assess through all these Small Businesses and other places that benefit from their value, is that right . The best part is you can just huv off the train and visit each neighborhood along the way filled with diverse vibrant Small Businesses that make our city shine. Thank you joaquin. Thank you so much rick. Joaquin represents the next generation of city leadership and we are in really good hands with folks like joaquin. Also i went to college with his father art. Art owes me now. That is not true, joaquin is a great leader of our town. Our cable cars are still with us because of the work of thousands of san franciscans as said here who built operated and maintained them, and because of special cable car heroes who created them, saved them, rebuilt thement, senator feinstein we are thinking of you, and who celebrated them to the entire world. We lost one of those heroes 10 day ago, but the gift he gave to the cable cars will live on through the enduring populearity became his song that enticed millions from free mont, oakland and paris and china and all over the world. To feel the fog he sang about and to ride those little cable cars half way to the stars. We have requested and so glad to hear the mayor say what she said today, a cable care dedicated to tony bennett. We will have a party when that happens and well be here for that, and lets remember him. Is don nealy here . Don nealy is a wonderful san franciscans and wave your hand don. Musician, musician. There he is. Don, can you play for us . You know what we need. Don nealy. Nope. We will have to sing it by ourselves. [singing i left my heart in San Francisco] [applause] thank you all guests who will also be participating in todays meeting. Madam secretary, please call the first item. Thank you, mr vice chair. The first order of business is i dont want road called commission members. Please respond when i call your name commissioner kino present commissioner drew present. Commissioner scott press it, madam. Present. Chair bracket is absent