The irish flag raising the irish are optimists and irish flag raising i saw the sunshine slow the rain clouds thats what day i today is all about the irish helped shape San Francisco and including buildings and engineering and science and medication and education, government and Public Service. My father thomas yes, maam graduated in 1949 and immigrants found opportunity and warm welcome in San Francisco and found the love of his life my motel whose family where in the county and my siblings and i were raised with great pride in the Irish Heritage and microphone feedback welcome to introduce to i your mayor of 0 San Francisco mayor london breed clapping. all right. Good afternoon everyone who is so great to be here with each and every one of you to celebrate the flag raising that represents are your bond and continued work and growth what did you Irish Community here in San Francisco this this years theme is unit sf i appreciate leaning the United Society and all the work they have don
Theres my grandma. Well come. Welcome to San Francisco James R Herman cruz terminal at pier 27. The first stop for all most 300 thousand people who come here every year from around the world to our beautiful city. I want to tell you about another jewel of the San Francisco port that just celebrated 125 years. The San Francisco Ferry Building. [applause] in the 19th century, commuters and visitors traveled by train or ferry or both. A Ferry Terminal on the waterfront downtown was a practical necessity. It was the sfo of its day. Grand central station. But as we so often do, San Francisco built a practical space a world class beauty, with a 245 foot clock tower along arched arcade, and a interior worthy of a renaissance cathedral. At the foot of Market Street, a beautiful bridge from water to land, the Ferry Building announced to every commuter, every traveller, this is San Francisco. You have arrived. Until that is, [applause] until that is, in the late 1930s when two new bridges the ba
Who live in their terrible translator. Where we rescue noise our doubt to recognize them through preservation and interpretation of lands. We affirm their rights as first people and wish to pay our respects. Good morning and welcome to the rec and park meeting. Of august 17, 2023. This meeting is held in hybrid with the meeting in person in city hall room 416 and comment in person and remote. We ask you turn off electronics and take secondary conversations outside. In order for the meeting to proceed efficient low as possible. We ask to turn do you recall televisions and computers while listening. Ask for patience if we experience technical,. Public comment visible for each item on the agenda unless announced, each will have 2 minutes on each item. For each item the commission will take first from people in person and then from people remote if you mean would like to speak today we request do not require to you complete a blue card. Remote, view live on sfgovtv or via webinar. You may
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Gleams thrown in ultimate glory, youre a city of mist and a city of dreams. Welcome to the 10th anniversary of the closing ceremony of black history celebration of San Francisco lets give yourselves a round of applause. [cheers and applause] we want you to feel inspired. We want you to feel uplifted and we want to you feel curious about the history of this wonderful city by the bay and how black history is San Francisco history. We are celebrating the trailblazers, you know that came from San Francisco have been still coming from the gold rush era to wwii. When tens of thousands of African Americans including my parents came to San Francisco as part of the great migration, they came from the south and the west and midwest. They came for better way of life. They came to celebrate their gifts can and by the end of wwii, the filmore district had earned the title of harlem of the west. Now although the numbers of African Americans have dwindled and decreases in years, there is no way no ho