They are not optional. They are something that we as a city have repeatedly indicated that we want to see more of, and this fire Code Amendment allowed us to do that. When just a month or two after the mayor signs that unanimously passed legislation, the Fire Commission forwarded to us this update of a fire code and stripped out that amendment that we had just unanimously passed. When we learned of that, we put it back in, and we passed it out of committee. Colleagues, i want to thank president chiu and supervisor farrell for putting back in that amendment. It is a critical, critically important way for us to be able to move forward with making our city safer for pedestrians. I also want to note that some have suggested there might be some sort of tension between fire safety and Pedestrian Safety. I dont think thats true. Fire safety and Pedestrian Safety are both key goals for having a safe city. They are not mutually exclusive. You can have both, and we do have both with this fire co
Supervisor cohen . Do you have a commendation for today . Why, yes, mr. President , i have several. This is my favorite time of the day where i get to honor people who are doing outstanding work in San Francisco. So, please put your hands together and please welcome mr. Emanuel stewart. Mr. Stewart, where are you . applause dont be shy. I am going to go on and on about how wonderful you are. So, ladies and gentlemen, this is mr. Manuel stewart. He is a teacher here within the San Francisco unified School District. He completed his bachelors degree and Teaching Credential Program at San Francisco state. He obtained got a fan right here. He obtained his masters of Education Administration from u. C. Berkeley in 2012. Hes been an Elementary School teacher since 2003 with the district and he serves on the School District committee and the task force that focuses on Science Curriculum for Elementary Schools as well as selects the textbooks. Mr. Stewart has developed in owe v8 i have curricu