special shout out to daniel homesy who is the originator of this. thank you, daniel. (applause) also i want to acknowledge his right hand christina palone, the new director, mon, mayor s office neighborhood services over there in that corner. (applause) and for those of you that don t know, i represent district 10, that s the southeast neighborhoods. that s bayview, that s potrero hill, visitacion valley, it s a little hollywood, it s dogpatch. it used to be the portola, half of it. my heart is still with you, but i m glad like the speaker said, it is whole. and that is what s important, is that that neighborhood remains whole so that our city will be whole. you agree? [cheering and applauding] cheers so, a few years back there was this little idea to take back the bayview and really began to rewrite the history and the narrative that we often hear about in bayview. and it actually started, ironically, with a small little abandoned swath of land that has grown up to bec
thank you, monique, and good morning. so, when i was invited to come and participate at this event, i suggested that the elected officials, mayor lee and supervisor kim, that the three of us do a rendition of sitting on the dock by the bay. [laughter] and i just want to say thank you, otis redding, for sparing us of that. one of the things so special about that song is it refers to otis reding s experience of coming from thousands of miles away. i suspect it is true for all the officials here, we all came from other parts of the country to this very sacred space called san francisco. and my guess is everyone here, you either came from somewhere else, or you are the child of the grandchild of someone who decided to pick up from another dock from another part of the world to be where we are today. and, in fact, over 160 years ago, this was the embarkation point for thousands of immigrants, particularly the first asian immigrants to this very spot. and i think it s very, ver
past year. brannon street wharf today. last june we had the privilege of opening up just up north jefferson street promenade. february earlier this year, we did the james cruise ship terminal, the cruise ship terminal at pier 27. of course, last november we all did a lot of great celebration just a little bit more south here at head park, 22 acres of open space. we re literally honoring our open space obligations and doing it the right way. this particular project is impressive not only for its beauty and opening up more space, but it does in a seismically safe way and in a sustainable way accommodate some 75 years of projected sea level lies for our city. and that s incredible because we always are having to pay attention to all of our environment around our city. we re three quarters the bay. and, so, that s a respectful thing. we do it on ocean beach. we do it on the long golden gate. our maritime. of course, here in our waterfront. it s all also about history, not just wi
i ve been around city hall long enough to watch the nen awards grow and mature into what it is today. so, i also want to give a special shout out to daniel homesy who is the originator of this. thank you, daniel. (applause) also i want to acknowledge his right hand christina palone, the new director, mon, mayor s office neighborhood services over there in that corner. (applause) and for those of you that don t know, i represent district 10, that s the southeast neighborhoods. that s bayview, that s potrero hill, visitacion valley, it s a little hollywood, it s dogpatch. it used to be the portola, half of it. my heart is still with you, but i m glad like the speaker said, it is whole. and that is what s important, is that that neighborhood remains whole so that our city will be whole. you agree? [cheering and applauding] cheers so, a few years back there was this little idea to take back the bayview and really began to rewrite the history and the narrative that we often
future with him in that role. please join me in welcoming president chiu. (applause) thank you, monique, and good morning. so, when i was invited to come and participate at this event, i suggested that the elected officials, mayor lee and supervisor kim, that the three of us do a rendition of sitting on the dock by the bay. [laughter] and i just want to say thank you, otis redding, for sparing us of that. one of the things so special about that song is it refers to otis reding s experience of coming from thousands of miles away. i suspect it is true for all the officials here, we all came from other parts of the country to this very sacred space called san francisco. and my guess is everyone here, you either came from somewhere else, or you are the child of the grandchild of someone who decided to pick up from another dock from another part of the world to be where we are today. and, in fact, over 160 years ago, this was the embarkation point for thousands of immigrants,