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Formally with unveiling the Family Resource center we would like to have the officials that spoke to be part of the Ribbon Cutting outside right in front of the Family Resource center. It will be open for the first time, so if you could all join me and walk with me and mayor lee down to the site and we thank you for all of your time. All right. Before we get started we would like to thank supervisor cohens office and the director of hope, bevin dufty. Thank you bevin. All right. So this aint goi...

Will. So, martin, if you could come up and speak. Thank you, thank you very much. applause hi, on behalf of good will industry, i would like to im very honored to thank mayor ed lee and supervisor carmen chu for setting aside 400,000 to help local businesses to become ada compliant. We filed with supervisor chus office in the past to make sure we get the word out, make sure they know how to do the ada more update for the ada. And a lot of our businesses, most of our neighbors in this community a...

Together with our supervisors and Mayors Office have come together and put this program together and we want to announce and launch it today in front of martin lams good will shop here because hes been a real great leader in helping many of the Small Businesses, and particularly those that dont speak english owned by proprietors that maybe english is not their first language. Over the past couple years, supervisor chu and i have been talking about these driveby lawsuits that have been occurring ...

Time because how the rich folks at one time went to congress and dammed hetch hetchy to get the water here that we Pay Attention to the poor folks, the farmers who today most of them have to drink contaminated water and if they have money they have to drink bottled water. This is in california. Now, we in San Francisco we just take things for granted, so when we talk about clean energy, when we talk about water, when we talk about anything where the taxpayer pays money lets not take things for g...

The divisional officers and staff. Well start with the divisional commander who youve met, Lieutenant Colonel steve smith. Give me one clap. applause very good. Divisional secretary for program and metro coordinator major jack bird. applause faster, got to be there. Harbor light center staff turkey carving producers, we have the harbor light strategic project coordinator who youve seen running around this morning, john mcknight. applause hey, thats better. From harbor light assistant youth direc...

Divisional divide is a divide between those with access to use Digital Tools and those who dont. With young people, having computers and i just dont know. Theyre doing it fast. So, i want to know. Not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. We dont have a computer. Were a nonprofit that unites organizations and volunteers to transform lies through literacy. Our big problem right now is the broadband opportunity program. A federally funded project through the department o...

Force Development Lead intion mayor lees program look tog coordinate city resources both existing and new to serve our neighborhoods in need and to serve our Small Business commercial corridors. One of the things that has been so important to the mayor is making sure that were attentive and listening to the streets and there is certainly no one better to know that than mayor lee who has been both our director of public works, then moved on to being city administrator, and now our mayor of our ci...

This is smack in the middle of the tenderloin neighborhood where there are 50,000 people within walking distance. You see the kids that are using whats provided, but there is so much opportunity for this to be a stronger, more welcoming, healthier, cleaner, safer place for the people in this community to play. There are going to be new green areas, a fullsize basketball court, Outdoor Fitness equipment, community gardens, a brandnew clubhouse. Its going to be a much more welcoming spot for a nei...

So, we are very grateful for the mayor and Supervisors Office for giving us the support. As you know, lawsuits can mean for a business that they have to close down if they dont have the cash to defend themselves hiring a lawyer. So, this past year alone, a lot of the Small Businesses actually have to move out of the city because of people doing driveby lawsuits. Here at the good will industry we are very grateful and one of our mission is to help people to create Job Opportunities for people who...

Showing us your amazing facility today. My pleasure. How long has electric works been around . Electric works has been in San Francisco since the beginning of 2007. We moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. We do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. We will look at all of that as we walk around. It is incredible to me how many Different Things you do. How is it you identify that San Francisco was in need of all the...