We are going to grow and think about that through generations and apply that locally as part of the community. Thank you so much. This first question is for the entire panel. You discussed what your organization focused on. What are you finding to be the Biggest Challenges you face in this field . Thanks for the question. It is always top of mind to think very much about the people in the community that are the beneficiaries of the work that we do. It is easy to look around to see the challenges. We have income inequality and housing issues, transportation challenges. People commuting long hours. This affects young people. They are working harder than ever to get an education. We want the bay area to be a place to find a great job. Thinking about Young Persons development, there are some challenges that are natural. Curt talked about the Youth Development work. Young people have to have a sense of belonging and attach to a teacher or community organization. They have to be offered the opportunity to develop mastery in mathematics or dance or theater arts. That is character building to help them become the person that they are. Access. I think so many on,s we work with are trying to help young people as they grow into young adults get access to opportunities they might not otherwise find. Those seem to be challenges for any young person. In the bay area we have challenges we need to address collectively with government and nonprofit and Corporate Partners to make this a place where everyone can thrive. As i said, obviously, affordability is a major challenge for us in the region. That is not only seen in housing afford built which we think about and do work in. It also impacts Small Businesses and nonprofits ability to serve the communities that they need to. We are spending a lot of time working on nonprofit capacity building, also Small Business assistance as i said to really make sure that our businesses, our nonprofits and families are able to stay in the neighborhood to keep it diverse and vibrant and have access to all of the sort of resources that they need. I think addressing those challenges is key to us. The other challenge that we have is really coming together around partnership. This is a challenge and opportunity. A great example of this for us has been a Partnership Around chase center training. We were able to partner with the warriors, our colleagues in the city and Nonprofit Sector with labor and contractors to really put together a Training Program to help local residents have access to the skills they need, not just to help build the building but to launch a career in the construction field so they can stay in neighborhoods in San Francisco as we address afford built challenges. Thinking about this in a holistic way is a challenge but gives us a great opportunity for impact. I will take it from the technology angel. Obviously, we are living in unprecedented times in terms of technology advancement. I think if we think about how that affects our community. Wwe are the center of innovation in silicone valley, in San Francisco especially. The world is watching what we are doing. You know, we have to start at home and think what kinds of programs can we do to Leverage Technology and grow skills, to create access. There are a number of programs that we are doing programicly but our employees are applying their own skills to do things in a grassroots roll tear way. Volunteer way. Addressing elementary and middle school and bringing math skills along with emotional skills andd applying to the Basketball Court tolert the critical to learn the critical skills. It is thinking across generations. What about thinking about homelessness in the bay area as well . We are working with back on your feet to take a different approach to homelessness where we have proven that by using a running base model to build up selfesteem and confidence to help people find a new way to jobs and homes and new lives. That is a program we are proud of. There is the grassroots thing we can use our own skills. When the fires hatc happened wed volunteers that went to help. They mobilized forces to be on the ground working and applying consulting skills to make that better to bring to the next recovery we need to go through. There is a Great Program like our researchers going out there to teach preschoolers how to do robotics to get them excited about their next generation skills. There is so much to do to bring that to the next generation. I am looking forward to tackling the challenges and what they will present in the year ahead and this exciting chapter. Can you please give our panelists a round of applause. Thank you for having us. We have a special guest coming to the stage. We will make way for her. A round of applause for the panelists. Thank you so much. It is my honor to welcome the chief champion of the city and number one fan of Golden State Warriors basketball. The San Francisco mayor london breed. [applause. ] mayor breed good morning everybody. Are we all recovering from Stevie Wonder last night . Those who were here, i didnt see a loud applause i assume some of you werent able to make it. It was absolutely amazing. I really want to thank the warriors just for opening up this incredible chase center in style. You know, yesterday when we cut the ribbon to open chase center, we really closed a chapter on this new mission bay community. This community of families, people, businesses, u. C. S. F. , this is absolutely becoming an incredible neighborhood to live in and work in and thrive in. The warriors being here is really icing on the cake. I am so excited about the future of our city because of what this has done for our Business Community, our economy, job growth. We also know that there are so many more challenges we have to overcome. I am going to look to the business communities in the next couple years to help us address what we know are serious challenges. Yes, today is a celebration. Today is about supporting the Warriors Foundation and the work that they do to bridge the gap between the Business Community and neighborhoods throughout San Francisco. In fact, i am really proud what they have already done in refurbishing 70 courts throughout the bay including 15 courts right here in San Francisco. There is more work they will do to make critical investments in improving the lives around San Francisco. There is still work to be done. In fact, after i leave the breakfast this morning, i am headed over to the south of the Market Community to make an announcement about a number of investments we will be making to address what we know is the biggest crisis we face. Yes, homelessness, but also mental illness. It is a very complex issue that we are facing here in our city that we need to address. We in this past budget inn vested over 53 million in addressing Behavioral Health through out San Francisco. We made a critical additional 100 Million Investment in homeless services. It is not just that we need to invest these dollars. We need to make sure that they are effectively delivering on the promises they make to help people that we know who are struggling on our streets, to have a better city, to have a better economy, we have to get at the root cause of these issues to make sure that we are making the changes so that they are changes that we can see and people every single day. I want to take this opportunity to express that the work also including making San Francisco more affordable, making sure that as the jobs increase, as the amazing chase center has opened and an you will of these other incredible opportunities in mission bay exist that we build more housing for people to live here and be able to afford to live here. This fall we have a 600 million Affordable Housing bond that wont raise property taxes so i am sure that should be appealing to so many voters throughout San Francisco. I hope the Business Community would rally around thistic initiative. There is something for everyone low income residents, educators, seniors and middle income families. We have to look at how we are at a city just like we envision mission bay 10, 15 years ago. What we have to think about is what is San Francisco going to look like 10, 15 years from now . How are we going to make the changes we know will make our city better . How will we make sure our streets are cleaner, the Homeless Population is serviced . We have Economic Diversity so people can live here from all economic backgrounds. That means deliberate investments, partnership with the Business Community, supporting the Small Businesses and working together. That is exactly the kind of approach we have already taken with the number of initiatives and investments. I am hoping over the next few months you will begin to see and feel a difference. Already the city is electric. It is electric because when we cut the ribbon, we cut the chanter on we opened the door for a new chapter in mission bay and the opportunity to begin to make San Francisco just really an incredible attraction for so many people and events and a World Class Team that we can be real proud of. I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting the Warriors Foundation, for supporting the chamber. Welcome to the new chase center. Congratulations to rodney fong, the new executive director. I am looking forward to the future and the work to do to make San Francisco an incredible place just like this Amazing Center you are enjoying here this morning. Thank you all so much. [applause. ] thank you very much, mayor breed, we celebrate the opening of chase center. I invite you to welcome to the stage the San Francisco chamber of commerce board chair and chief revenue officer, john gingrich. Get ready. Thank you all for being here today. Nice to see a lot of Friendly Faces in the crowd. I serve as board chair for the San Francisco chamber of commerce. I do want to say thank you to all of the sponsors and especially my former colleagues. Thank you for being the presenting sponsor today. The San Francisco chamber is excited to watch the Business Community grow throughout mission bay and here with the retail, restaurants, public plaza and office space. Also the chase center, this amazing venue which is going to create thousands of jobs and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and Economic Growth for San Francisco. Happy to have this here. I spent a number of years working with the warriors to see this come to fruition. It is amazing. I am happy we are here welcoming everyone to chase center. You also probably know the Economic Growth will be fueled not only by the warriors, our Basketball Team here, but through top recording artists. Some of the acts coming up include janette jackson, elton john and the San Francisco symphony and metallica on friday. I hope you experience the first concert here as well. I would like to recognize the Wonderful Partnership over the years between the Golden State Warriors and chamber. It dates back to the early days of the team looking to build an arena in San Francisco and it is hitting a new high with our welcome together and our event today as we welcome the warriors to San Francisco. Thank you, warriors, for being a great sponsor and partner over the years and we look forward to many more years to come. I am delighted to welcome the next panel. These folks need no introduction. Please welcome joe, rick, president and coo of the warriors, bob meyers, general manager of the warriors, c. E. O. And the moderator bob fitzgerald, the play by play announcer of the Golden State Warriors. Welcome, guys. [applause. ] if you are going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. How many people are morning people . Do we have any morning people . 25 years in the nba we are nighttime people. These are amazing. I was thinking just sitting here the building got built. How many people lived here longer than 15 years . Raise your hand. Did you honestly think privately financed in San Francisco for 1. 6 billion, the ultimate arena in the world would be built right here . Anybody believe that . We are here. Lets start with joe on that. The ribboncutting yesterday. This is a sieve vick asset civic asset. This is the camp fire for 2019, a Gathering Place for sports and entertainment. Can you believe it is here in believe me your thoughts that friday night metallica kicks it off . It is surreal, to be honest. Yesterday was quite the day, thanks to rick and kim and all of the people that made this place happen. It is amazing that it went off as well as it did given how hard of a process this has been to get done. It is here. It is real, and we are just incredibly proud as a team and organization for it to be done. I hope you enjoy it as much as we already enjoy it. I dont view it as done. There are a few more things to do. Rick, you talked where the warriors fit as community citizen. We had great presentations today on what impact this will have for the bay area. Walking around i see art everywhere within the whole concourses and outside, restaurants activated over the next year, a park, ferry service, so much where this will be a new destination spot for San Francisco. Yesterday was a great day. We christened a couple of new San Francisco land be marks that will take the place on the set here in the future. We started with presenting the art installation as part of the huge commitment to public art here. For those who didnt come in that way, i want you to walk around the whole three plus acres before you leave today and really see the whole depth of the art presentation around this place. I texted joe a couple mornings ago. I was here really early. Something that summed it up. Rick, you are always here. A little cot back here. I happened to walk into the building and two parents and their kid were riding by on a bicycle. Just as they passed me, this kid yelled out to his parents, i cant believe how many days in my life i am going to spend in that building. Wow. Right . That is what these are. These are places for basketball games, concerts. Stevie wonder was there last night. Ultimately they are places to create memories and influence our lives. I wouldnt be sitting up here today if i didnt go to the games at the old come seumwith coliseum with my dad. If i asked all of you where and who did you see for your first concert, nine out of 10 could answer that question because it is part of your life that goes on forever. That is what we are in the business of doing, creating memories. This place is going to be a very special place for that i will attribute to the morning and lack of coffee. The warriors we had nice applause. This is the greatest five year run in the history of the nba, most wins ever. 63 739. Five straight trips to the finals, three championships and a guy who actually went to the coliseum as a kid is the president of basketball operations, bob meyers, the next chapter of the warriors, eight new players the practice facilities right here on site. Give us the basketball perspective and the excitement of the new roster and new goal to keep it going. It is interesting to hear you. I have to remind myself what everyone has accomplished. I do it every morning when i brush my teeth because i had 20 other years that werent as great as the last five. Joe trained me so look ahead. I dont know if i get to look back. We are moving forward. We won the championship. I remember the joe moment we won in cleveland, i guess that was 2017, and we have a party and i kind of went in. It is the one night where you feel like you can pause and enjoy it. Joe is sitting there at the table. He says sit down. What do you think about the draft . What are we doing in a week . Can we just not for tonight study any film tonight. Yes, i am proud of the last five years as everyone should be that supports our team. Heading to this building i think it is appropriate that we are bringing a lot of new players into a fantastic new building. It was a time. I loved oracle. I think you probably felt the same way. We have our favorite old pair of tennis shoes or sweater. Eventually you have to give that up. It doesnt mean it didnt serve you well. There is a time for a new sweater or shoes. This is a pretty damn good one here. You will be introduced to a lot of new players. I dont know how it fits. That is the joy of it all. We took a puzzle and now we will put it