Plus [speaker not understood]. Somebody asked if we could keep this going. May i remind you its been going for 31 years. Weve had this last two years that have been the most impressive iteration, but its been going for a long while. Let me try to sort of summarize it by using an image. How many of you have looked closely at the great seal of our republic . If you look closely youll see that the center piece is an eagle. The eagle holds an olive branch to show that United States will always seek peace. Let me say not only peace, but the United States will always Seek Solutions to problems. Were a pragmatic people that like to have a problem [speaker not understood] and do something about it. And the other talon the eagle holds arrows to show that the United States understands that if youre going to be successful and effective in seeking peace, you must be strong. And i would say strong, and ill use that word a little bit more loosely and say competent. You must be able to do things. So,
clapping wow. This was amazing first of all, that was amazing thank you so much that that was a breathtaking performance and it was amazing. By the way, ive been told weve been joined by Supervisor Scott Wiener and supervisor chu. clapping now id like to turn the Program Offer the rose chung whose the founder of the american pageant. clapping thank you, very much im honored. Its a great pleasure to promote this award i selected this award for someone id like to thank the coordinator who couldnt stand by me by i was Still Standing next to here even though they e she injured her angle. Were here to show our asian pride felt community. Some have never been in front of an audience id like to ask you to applaud these folks as they come up to the stage. Lets welcome our brothers and sisters. clapping darling stand by me offer stand by me oh, stand now. Stand by me. If the sky that we look upon should be temple and fall or the mountain should crumble to the sea. I wont cry i wont cry no, i wo
Gathered here, jones and golden gate, im sorry struck by how in so many ways its very normal and natural. There is nothing different about today than other days. People hanging out, on this corner, is nothing new. Yes, a new venture with mercy housing and st. Anthony foundation in a very innovative and exciting collaboration. But also something very familiar. The francisans and sisters of mercy stepping up to help San Francisco. [ applause ] there are some great old photos from right after the 1906 earthquake, and fire. One of them shows a line of people going right up the street here, on golden gate avenue, waiting for the francisans to feed them out of the rectory door of st. Boniface and another photo of mercy sisters standing at a tent in Golden Gate Park as they administered medicines and help to needy after the earthquake. For years this corner has been the place where people who have a Little Something extra come and share with those who have very little. In 1950 father alfred s
I think it would be good for us to have that information. I mean the Exchange Program is the concept as a business youre looking for insurance you might be to look at what youre able to purchase within your budget. One of the things that people who are selfemployed is the high cost of selfinsuring yourself. So in the Affordable Care act is to allow individuals to purchase it more at a group rate vs. An individual rate and whose running the Exchange Program . As i understand it, its not completely finally, the state develops the program and i think theyre going to have county by county having someone at the accounting level run and manager the program but to be determined. These are some of the details i hope to be getting at this meeting. And then the last note is just a reminder february 7th. Okay february 7th i have that completely wrong in my calendar. Febrile 7th so that is a thursday. Week from this coming thursday. And its the 60th anniversary for the county of merchants. So you
The mic to say a few words. Thank you, mohammed. I wanted to wish everybody a very safe, happy and prosperous new year. As the new year comes we look for ward to the stockton street market. We want all the ped steins stay within the sidewalk. Well have it barricaded off so no one gets into an accident. Since this fair will bring in lots of people and business, we want people to be aware of their surroundings. Be aware of pickpockets. Put your wallet in your front pockets and just have a safe and very prosperous new years. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Also as many of you know, stockton from corridor has got a lot of merchants and many of them sell food and merchandise. And enforcing compliance and making sure that business goes well. Im going to ask dr. Garcia to come up to say a few words. Happy new year. The department of Public Health as you heard Pedestrian Safety about three or four times again and i will say Pedestrian Safety is one of our major goals in the health departmen