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Hemming helping to keep the building and the stay safe was the not the only opportunity it creates many jobs with 82 bleb businesses overall san franciscans contributed one hundred and 87 thousand hours to help to complete the project it shows the city of San Francisco the elected officials and Police Officers and more importantly the voters that paid for the building this is what we can do with when we wrorpt this is a beacon when we need to build new extra we can trust them with the money and the plan they did a good job the San Francisco public is a reminder of the importance of being presented and will continue to serve the residents for decades to come people of San Francisco. I am proud to introduce the honorable mayor of San Francisco, london breed. Mayor breed all right. First of all, thank you all for coming out here. As you know, thousands of people take caltrain in and out of San Francisco every day. Since 2009 we have seen ridership increase by 76 . We know that this is the location where we have at least eight municipalny lines that frequent this neighborhood. As people move around this an effort to get to their train, their bus, hospital on the bike, walk around, move around, we have to continue to develop safe Transportation Networks so people are able to move around safely in San Francisco. The improvements here today we are excited about do just that. It allows for people to get around safely, which is clearly what we care about the most. As our city grows, as more people are working in San Francisco who are coming from all parts of the bay area, we know that we are going to have more crowded city. Making sure that people could use different modes of transportation to get around safely is critical, whether by bicycle, jogging, scooter, or vehicle or what have you. Our ultimate goal is safety. That is why we are committed to moving forward the changes to our infrastructure that will ultimately lead to what the goals are about, no fatalities on our streets. We know in 2019 we had about 29 people who died on the San Francisco streets. In fact, this year we have already had two deaths. That is two deaths too many this year. We have to do more. Last year i set a goal of doing 20 miles of bike lanes throughout the city. So far we are at 7. 5 miles of those dedicated bike lanes. We are on the way to meeting that goal. This is not about pleasing one group over another. This is about public safety. It is about making sure no matter how you are trying to move around San Francisco you know you can do it safely. San francisco is changing. We want to make sure that people are moving around in a way that provides an opportunity for us to feel safe and secure. I am excited about this project. It looks great down here. The streets are clean and smooth and paved. Your bus ride wont we bumpy in this section of townsend. I want to thank s. F. M. T. A. , San Francisco public works for the work they have done to move this project forward quickly along with other projects in San Francisco that we have seen improvements on. I want to thank walk sf and the Bicycle Coalition and the folks who advocated for improvements that are going to lead to a better experience for all of us here in San Francisco, and also ultimately saving countless lives. That you also much for being here today. [applause] i would like to introduce the acting director of the San Francisco department of public works. Thank you, jeff. Thank you, mayor breed. It is great to be here this morning. It is a beautiful day. As i stand here, this is an amazing project. It shows we as a city can do. This is a city that has traveled with folks off buses, bicycles and skateboards. It takes it all to come together to make this happen. It was public works and urban foresty that constructed this island we are on right now. They built the bus pad and loading zones. Overall, and the workers and 1300tons of asphalt on this project along with 750 cubic yards of concrete. Keep in mind, this was a project not done by just public works. It was a collaboration with m. T. A. , San FranciscoBike Coalition along with walk sf. Again, i want to say thank you all. After being here today, public works is happy to be part of this celebration. Thank you all. [applause] next is the partner at the San FranciscoBicycle Coalition. Good morning. I am claia. I am the organizer for the Bicycle Coalition. For the last five years i worked on advocacy in district six. You grew up in the tenderloin and live in the south of market. Traffic is superimportant to me. I know what it is like to bike, skateboards and bike on streets without the proper infrastructure. It is not safe. Town send is one of the important streets in soma for biking, walking and transit with bus lines connecting. Town send is a critical connection to get through soma and beyond. When this project was under threat of a years long delay we made sure the city didnt drop the ball. We are thrilled today we get to celebrate these improvements we won together. Before the changes people were walking in the streets because there was no physical sidewalk in place. People biking had to compete with buses, uber and lyfts. Now there are dedicated, safe and welcoming spaces for people to bike and block. A block long boarding island separates the chaos. This is smart design to make the street so much more inviting and will encourage more people to walk, bike and take transit in one of the busiest neighborhoods in San Francisco. When we set the bar high for City Planners they can rise to the challenge and deliver. We want to thank the hardworking staff at the s. F. M. T. A. And matt haney to see this through to construction. Setting a high bar we want to thank mayor london breed for pushing the s. F. M. T. A. To deliver 20 miles of new bike lanes within the next two years. We will work with you all and the city departments and our membership to make streets safer for pedestrians and people on bikes. I would like to introduce jody, executive director for walk San Francisco. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you, mayor breed, berrum m director and our partners of the San FranciscoBicycle Coalition. I am the walk San Francisco executive director. This is one of the places in San Francisco where there are huge numbers of people walking every single day. For so long it is dangerous for pedestrians. No sidewalks, mixing with cars and unable to get to the Caltrain Service where we heard of the buses and trains and people moving about the bay area. Today town send is making a step towards safety for thousands of people every day. I want to give the s. F. M. T. A. A big thank you for doing this very quick league. We encourage them to keep it up. How can we do this more often . There is no time to waste in ending fatal traffic clashes. We have a goal to end all fatalities and serious injuries in the next five years. There are so many more areas where thousands are walking every day need to be made safe asap. We need to create streets that put people and safety first. This is reality for San Francisco. Thank you to the staff at the s. F. M. T. A. , department of public works, mayors on the Supervisors Office who are part of the important project to keep us all safer. Thank you so much. [applause] i am jeffrey tumlin, director of transportation for the San Francisco municipal transportation agency. I am so proud of my entire agency and the San Francisco department of public works who collaborated together. The planners, engineers, work crews representing a dozen different trades, concrete, asphalt, signs, striping. They all worked to advance the quick build project which for the first time is designed to accommodate every mode of transportation. I am very proud of the spring design decisions they have made. For example right here, the curb work to allow us to save 5 million and two years of delay required to move the utility polls. This is quick build. We moved quickly. Everyone worked and we delivered this is a city family to serve thousands in San Francisco in a part of the Transportation Network where every mode comes together. Caltrain, public and private buses, light rail, pedestrians, bikes, scooters and the entrance to the central subway observing a year and a half from now. This is amazing work. I hope this is considered the pilot for another five years worth of intensive quick build work that we owe deep gratitudes to the staff of both agencies but the leadership of the board of supervisorboardof supervisor. I would like you to join us to cut this ribbon. Mayor, would you like to lead us. Five, four, three, two, one. There we go. [applause] he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. Brought this department together like never before. I am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the San FranciscoFire Department, ladies and gentlemen, lets welcome, Jeanine Nicholson. applause . I grew up total tomboy, athlete. I loved a good crisis, a good challenge. I grew up across the street from the fire station. My dad used to take me there to vote. I never saw any female firefighters because there werent any in the 1970s. I didnt know i could be a fire fighter. When i moved to San Francisco in 1990, some things opened up. I saw women doing things they hadnt been doing when i was growing up. One thing was firefighting. A woman recruited me at the gaypride parade in 1991. It was a perfect fit. I liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. In terms of coming in after another female chief, i dont think anybody says that about men. You are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. I understand why it is asked. It is unusual to have a woman in this position. I think San Francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. Be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer kids that see me. I worked my way up. I came in january of 1994. I built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. Working out of firehouses. The Fire Department is a family. We live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. When i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. I didnt want to talk to any of my civilian friends. They couldnt understand what i was going through. The firefighters knew, they understood. They had been there. It is a different relationship. We have to rely on one another. In terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. That hasnt been there for a while. Part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. I worked there. People know me and because i know what we need. I know what they need to be successful. I have known Jeanine Nicholson since we worked together at station 15. I have always held her in the highest regard. Since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. She is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. I appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the Fire Department today. There is a retired captain who started the Cancer Prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. He started looking into it. In 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the San FranciscoFire Department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. It was a higher rate than the general population. We were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didnt have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. The turnout gear was covered with suit. It was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. The dirtier you were the harder you worked. That is a cancer causeser. It casser. It is not cancer causer. There islassic everywhere. We had to reduce our exposure. We washed our gear more often, we didnt take gear where we were eating or sleeping. We started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. Going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. I have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. It is not if or when. It is who is the next person. It is like a cancer sniper out there. Who is going to get it next. One of the things i love about the Fire Department. It is always a team effort. You are my family. I love the city and department and i love being of service. I vow to work hard to work hard to carry out the vision of the San FranciscoFire Department and to move us forward in a positive way. If i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. You never know what door is going to open next. You really dont. [cheers and growing up in San Francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and its still that bubble that its okay to be whatever you want to. You can let your free flag fry he fly here. As an adult with autism, im here to challenge peoples idea of what autism is. My journey is not everyones journey because every autistic child is different, but theres hope. My background has heavy roots in the bay area. I was born in san diego and adopted out to San Francisco when i was about 17 years old. I bounced around a little bit here in high school, but ive always been here in the bay. We are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. We dont turn anyone away. We take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. The most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you dont seem like you have autism. You seem so normal. Yeah. Thats 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. I was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. They split up when i was about four. One of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. Very queer family. Growing up in the 90s with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. I was bullied relatively infrequently. But i never really felt isolated or alone. I have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. The school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. One of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what its about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe. When i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it. I was a weird kid. I had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. When we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when im looking away from the camera, its for my own comfort. Faces are confusing. Its a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. At its core, autism is a social disorder, its a neurological disorder that people are born with, and its a big, big spectrum. It wasnt until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. I was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. I didnt like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. I was very difficult to be around. But the friends that i have are very close. I click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. In experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. I remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldnt cope. I grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal developmental psychology from all sides. I recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybodys in a position to have a family thats as supportive, but theres also a community thats incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. It was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what . Im just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. I have a twoyearold. The person who im now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasnt sure, so i we went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so theres no way you can be pregnant. I found out i was pregnant at 6. 5 months. My whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. I think ive finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we do. I think the access to irrelevant care for parents is intentionally confusing. When i did the procespective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. We have a place where children can be children, but its very confusing. I always out myself as an adult with autism. I think its helpful when you know where can your child go. How im choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. How do speech therapy. How do you explain that to the rest of their class . I want that to be a normal experience. I was working on a certificate and kind of getting think Early Childhood credits brefore i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in San Francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i dont really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight persons perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and im like absolutely. So im now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. I love growing up here. I love what San Francisco represents. The idea of leaving has never occurred to me. But its a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. What ive done with my life is work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that were still having, hoping to