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we want to welcome you to the martin luther king, jr. 50-year memorial commemoration. my name is aaron grisell, the executive director of the northern california dr. martin luther king, jr. community foundation and again, we want to welcome you here today. on april 4, 1968, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee, dr. king, guess it was around 6:30 in the afternoon, weary body, tired, came out and they were headed out to a meeting and, rang out, standing on the landing there at the lorraine motel, with 3 or 4 folks, jesse jackson on one side, and shots rang out and hit dr. king. he fell and was pronounced dead at the hospital and was moved to a mortuary about six blocks from the motel. that shot changed america. it changed america in a way that enlivened our senses to what it means to treat persons as persons. that all of us are persons. and all of us have human dignity, inately, in and of ourselves. the day after dr. king died, nearly 7,000 people were standing out ....
chairman of related california. on behalf of tabernacle cbc, i m here to welcome you. i m here to welcome someone who needs no introduction, the first african american mayor of san francisco, but more important, a woman who is fore, by and of this community. a leader not only of this community, but of the whole city. our honorable and future mayor, london breed. [applause] the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. thank you so much for being here. first of all, i just want to say to the people who live in westside courts, congratulation do congratulations. this is truly your victory. i know we re going to be swearing in the resident council here, and we ll get to that in just a moment. i just want to start by saying this is pretty amazing. i grew up, as many of you know, in the western addition community, and i grew up in public housing in plaza east, and the conditions of plaza east were over 20 years where i live were similar to the conditions that exist right here ....
good morning, everybody. welcome to the rebirth of westside courts which was the second oldest public housing development in san francisco but also one of the most stable communities in san francisco, and we re here to celebrate today a new life, and you re going to hear more about what that s about today. my name is bill witte, i m chairman of related california. on behalf of tabernacle cbc, i m here to welcome you. i m here to welcome someone who needs no introduction, the first african american mayor of san francisco, but more important, a woman who is fore, by and of this community. a leader not only of this community, but of the whole city. our honorable and future mayor, london breed. [applause] the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. thank you so much for being here. first of all, i just want to say to the people who live in westside courts, congratulation do congratulations. this is truly your victory. i know we re going to be swearing in the resident coun ....
welcome to the rebirth of westside courts which was the second oldest public housing development in san francisco but also one of the most stable communities in san francisco, and we re here to celebrate today a new life, and you re going to hear more about what that s about today. my name is bill witte, i m chairman of related california. on behalf of tabernacle cbc, i m here to welcome you. i m here to welcome someone who needs no introduction, the first african american mayor of san francisco, but more important, a woman who is fore, by and of this community. a leader not only of this community, but of the whole city. our honorable and future mayor, london breed. [applause] the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. thank you so much for being here. first of all, i just want to say to the people who live in westside courts, congratulation do congratulations. this is truly your victory. i know we re going to be swearing in the resident council here, and we ll get to ....
cities that are wholesale water customers. it s important that the members of the disaster council understand that following the next big earthquake, the only thing that will save san francisco from once again being destroyed by fire storms is our unlimited supply of sea water and a high pressure hydrant system extended to all neighborhoods of the city. nothing that the puc is providing will enable the fire department to save the city, the residents and the pension of every employee from destruction. if the city s tax base is destroyed, our pensions will be gone as well and that includes mine. thank you. thank you. we will move on to the presentation from the office of capital planning and resilience. good morning, everyone. my name is brian, the chief officered on director of resilience and capital planning. in the city administrator s office. you know, a lot of the presentations are put together before the camp fire, before we knew this was happening and they al ....