Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

Announcement today to outreach to communities to let people know that we are open for business, looking for great local workers and what an incredible thing to do today. I am excited to cut this ribbon, to get this place opened, and to make sure we are making money to pay to San Francisco so we can continue to do all of the support we provide and thank you all for your work, partner ship and this incredible milestone here today. Thank you. applause . Thank you, mayor. May i have the speakers up on the stage to cut the ribbon. Five, four, three, two, one. applause valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ]. Good to have you here. Welcome. I am the s. F. O. Airport director. Thank you all for being here. Thank you. [ applause ]. Thanks so much. You know, its a pleasure to welcome everyone here today. This is such an important day and were so excited to celebrate this unveiling and recognition and commemoration of our late mayor. Were so pleased to have the family here of ed. Thank you, anita, to have you here, eds wife. Eds daughters tania and rihanna, welcome to both of you, and natasha, the granddaughter, is also here, welcome. Pansie for being here, thank you for being here. 94 years young and she traveled from seattle to be with us today along with other members of the family. I understand eds brothers and sister are here, edmond and manny, welcome and thank you for being here. It is a real honor for me to be here as well as the airport director and to celebrate this wonderful commemoration of our late mayor ed lee and his life time and legacy. Such an important place to have this commemoration. This is an appropriate dedication to our late mayor, as he was such a driving force in connecting our city to the rest of the world for business as well as cultural enrichment. He was so supportive and proud of our efforts to create such an amazing Passenger Experience and create the standard of a worldclass airport. He would say he wanted everyone to feel like you were walking through a fivestar hotel lobby when you travel through our airport. I think we achieved that vision. With a coalition of asianpacific community organizations, the Airport Coalition wanted to honor the mayor and formed a special advisory naming committee. Their job was to review the various proposals befitting of the honor that was proposed of our late mayor. I have to say it was a Truly Engaged and collaborative process. The committee came up with a unanimous recommendation to the Airport Commission, which also received unanimous approval for the Airport Commission which received permission from the departure hall in his honor. [ applause ]. You know, there was Community Involvement in this and we created a special advisory panel, including anita and members of the committee that were helping guide the implementation of the various elements of what this honoring of our late mayor would be, including the wood wall which we will get to see a little later on, including this mural behind me, which in the future will be replaced with a plaque, as well as a statue and a video about ed and how important he was to the city and county of San Francisco. It will be this lasting commemoration in our airport of the extraordinary significance our late mayor ed lee had on the city and county of San Francisco. With that, i thank you all for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce the 45th mayor of San Francisco, who served out the remaining term of mayor lee and who we all congratulate on her victory to a full fouryear term as our mayor, welcome, mayor london breed. Mayor breed thank you, ivar. Im really excited to be here today, especially with members of the lee family, members of our Airport Commission, and people that i served with on the board of supervisors when ed was our mayor, president of the board of superviseors, thank yo, supervisor yee, for being here. When mayor lee was mayor, we were like his kids. We really were. We would go into his office. We would ask for things all of the time. In most instances, he was almost always so supportive. He cared about this city. He cared about the people of this city. He cared about doing good things for San Francisco. When i first sat down with him as supervisor and told him that Public Housing was my priority, of course we bonded over our shared experience of growing up in Public Housing. He said, yes, we will work to make the condition of residents and Public Housing better. I will tell you since ive been mayor, weve been going to a lot of those Public Housing developments where the promises of our city have been fulfilled and the conditions have changed significantly. Its because of his leadership and his work and his love and care for people. [ applause ]. Mayor breed his work for our Public School system and our children, his work for Public Safety and for making sure that we are a city that focuses on making the right decisions, especially for future generations. You know, most mayors wouldnt say this, but since ive been mayor, i am really a beneficiary of all of his hard work. So when i go and i do those ribbon cuttings. When i go and were saving buildings that mayor lee put in motion with funding and support, i know its because of his hard work that were able to make peoples lives better. I only wish, i only wish that he was able to be here with us to see what an amazing job he did for the people of San Francisco. [ applause ]]. Mayor breed so many of his friends are here, people who worked and served with him, people who loved and supported him. Again, i want to thank the lee family for just your continued support of San Francisco, your continued involvement in the things that we do to improve the lives of people in San Francisco. This is at least legacy. I along with other emerging, elected officials, we are part of his legacy. The work that we did together in San Francisco has really transformed our city and put us on the right path to continue to improve San Francisco so it is fitting, as we dedicate the International Airport to mayor lee to just also remind ourselves of the work that he did, but as the First Chineseamerican mayor in San Franciscos history, the man was like a rock star. He was like a rock star. [ applause ]. Mayor breed now, ed didnt need a lot of attention, but i didnt let him not get the attention he needed. I remember when we went to china, we went to beijing and shanghai, and so many people with their cameras and Everything Else and just i mean, you would have thought that it was beyonce and j. Z. It was mayor lee getting love and to smile like it wasnt a big deal. I would tell him to soak it up and not get excited. That was his personality. He didnt need the attention or the fame. He was about the work. He was about the results. He was about the people. As we honor him here today, it is only fitting because he was an international figure, that when people come to this city, the first thing they see is mayor ed lee greeting them. When people leave this city, they can see the same thing. Its the impression that they get, and that is that he was an important figure for the city and county of San Francisco, so much so that he is acknowledged in such a significant way. Thank you all for being here. Thank you all to a lot of the airport workers that are here, the family, the people from the african and chinese communities, people who have come from far and wide to honor someone who was really such an incredible figure and incredible inspiration, and has done a lot to set our city on the right path. So it is only fitting that we honor him in this way today at the San Francisco International Airport. His legacy will continue to live on through us. Thank you. It is now my pleasure to introduce a former president of the board of supervisors. He worked with mayor lee on many issues. A warm welcome for California State Assembly member, david chu. Good morning, San Francisco. This is a San Francisco day. I was thinking of how to start my thoughts, and maybe i would start with the following which is i am going to be short because he was and i am. Thank you all for being a part of the community of San Francisco and so many of the Community Leaders who led to this day, to this wonderful naming dedication. Of course we want to salute anita and your family for your family, your sacrifice, and your love. All of us have countless memories of the mayor, and im going to relay just a few quick ones. It was exactly ten years ago to the day that i was in this International Terminal with thensupervisor chu and mar. The three of us were the First Chinese supervisors to serve together. We were heading on a goodwill trip to southern china. We were joined by members of the Chinese Chamber, some of who are here. What was historic about that event for me ten years later is that we were joined by one incredibly competent, selfless, humble, and smiling city administrator, ed lee. I remember on that trip, those of us who were elected officials, we were new to our roles. We observed him as he interacted with our diplomatic counterparts, as he brought good will from this city, as he fosters economic and social ties with other parts of the world. That is the ed lee that became mayor that we honor and respect today. A second memory involving this very airport. The first week the current occupant of the white house was inaugurated. He issued an executive order that said that airports were about to become the site of his new walls to keep out refugees. Im going to quote something that mayor lee said because he was always so mild minored, but not on that day. As the son of chinese immigrants, i am disgusted by the president s executive order to target muslim communities, to ban immigrants from entering the united states. These actions are a direct betrayal of our american values. We were also proud of him on that day because for our former mayor, it is important for him to lead a city where love trumps hate, where civility trumps rudeness. Mayor lee stood for everything that is good about compassion and tolerance for all of our diverse communities. [ applause ]. Let me end with my final memory of mayor lee, as anita knows. You and your husband like to make fun of me for not having a kid. I regret that my son lucas will not get to know uncle ed lee. What i can tell you is because of this photograph, because of this naming decision, we will have millions of kids from around the world, from china, from asia, from africa, from latin american and europe who will come through these halls and say im the child of immigrants, but maybe some day i can run a city. I am the son of a cook and a se seamstress, but maybe some day i can run a city. Mayor lee has given us hope in our future. That is why we are here today and that is why it is wonderful to be part of our San Francisco community. Thank you so much and god speed. And now my pleasure to welcome up a district 4 supervisor turned supervisor by mayor lee. Please welcome carmen chu. Hello, everybody. So happy to be here with all of you and to see this day come forward. So many people who are here today from all different parts of mayor ed lees life, his family, the community who loved him, and of course the citys family who adored him and saw him as a mentor for many of us. I think the trip that we took was spoken about. When you travel with him, just like in relationships, they say it really reveals someones true character. Can you travel well together, were they fussy, were they hard to get along with, and so on. I have a memory of mayor ed lee on that trip. On that trip we were walking through these beautiful gardens where you can see the scenery around. I see our mayor who wasnt mayor at the time, who was a city administrator, and he was looking at the trash can. He was looking at the trash can to understand whether the design of the trash can was something that we should mimic and bring back here to San Francisco<\/a> so we can continue to do all of the support we provide and thank you all for your work, partner ship and this incredible milestone here today. Thank you. applause . Thank you, mayor. May i have the speakers up on the stage to cut the ribbon. Five, four, three, two, one. applause valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood<\/a> extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco<\/a>. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running<\/a> twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco<\/a>, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco<\/a> to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project<\/a> is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops<\/a> associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ]. Good to have you here. Welcome. I am the s. F. O. Airport director. Thank you all for being here. Thank you. [ applause ]. Thanks so much. You know, its a pleasure to welcome everyone here today. This is such an important day and were so excited to celebrate this unveiling and recognition and commemoration of our late mayor. Were so pleased to have the family here of ed. Thank you, anita, to have you here, eds wife. Eds daughters tania and rihanna, welcome to both of you, and natasha, the granddaughter, is also here, welcome. Pansie for being here, thank you for being here. 94 years young and she traveled from seattle to be with us today along with other members of the family. I understand eds brothers and sister are here, edmond and manny, welcome and thank you for being here. It is a real honor for me to be here as well as the airport director and to celebrate this wonderful commemoration of our late mayor ed lee and his life time and legacy. Such an important place to have this commemoration. This is an appropriate dedication to our late mayor, as he was such a driving force in connecting our city to the rest of the world for business as well as cultural enrichment. He was so supportive and proud of our efforts to create such an amazing Passenger Experience<\/a> and create the standard of a worldclass airport. He would say he wanted everyone to feel like you were walking through a fivestar hotel lobby when you travel through our airport. I think we achieved that vision. With a coalition of asianpacific community organizations, the Airport Coalition<\/a> wanted to honor the mayor and formed a special advisory naming committee. Their job was to review the various proposals befitting of the honor that was proposed of our late mayor. I have to say it was a Truly Engaged<\/a> and collaborative process. The committee came up with a unanimous recommendation to the Airport Commission<\/a>, which also received unanimous approval for the Airport Commission<\/a> which received permission from the departure hall in his honor. [ applause ]. You know, there was Community Involvement<\/a> in this and we created a special advisory panel, including anita and members of the committee that were helping guide the implementation of the various elements of what this honoring of our late mayor would be, including the wood wall which we will get to see a little later on, including this mural behind me, which in the future will be replaced with a plaque, as well as a statue and a video about ed and how important he was to the city and county of San Francisco<\/a>. It will be this lasting commemoration in our airport of the extraordinary significance our late mayor ed lee had on the city and county of San Francisco<\/a>. With that, i thank you all for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce the 45th mayor of San Francisco<\/a>, who served out the remaining term of mayor lee and who we all congratulate on her victory to a full fouryear term as our mayor, welcome, mayor london breed. Mayor breed thank you, ivar. Im really excited to be here today, especially with members of the lee family, members of our Airport Commission<\/a>, and people that i served with on the board of supervisors when ed was our mayor, president of the board of superviseors, thank yo, supervisor yee, for being here. When mayor lee was mayor, we were like his kids. We really were. We would go into his office. We would ask for things all of the time. In most instances, he was almost always so supportive. He cared about this city. He cared about the people of this city. He cared about doing good things for San Francisco<\/a>. When i first sat down with him as supervisor and told him that Public Housing<\/a> was my priority, of course we bonded over our shared experience of growing up in Public Housing<\/a>. He said, yes, we will work to make the condition of residents and Public Housing<\/a> better. I will tell you since ive been mayor, weve been going to a lot of those Public Housing<\/a> developments where the promises of our city have been fulfilled and the conditions have changed significantly. Its because of his leadership and his work and his love and care for people. [ applause ]. Mayor breed his work for our Public School<\/a> system and our children, his work for Public Safety<\/a> and for making sure that we are a city that focuses on making the right decisions, especially for future generations. You know, most mayors wouldnt say this, but since ive been mayor, i am really a beneficiary of all of his hard work. So when i go and i do those ribbon cuttings. When i go and were saving buildings that mayor lee put in motion with funding and support, i know its because of his hard work that were able to make peoples lives better. I only wish, i only wish that he was able to be here with us to see what an amazing job he did for the people of San Francisco<\/a>. [ applause ]]. Mayor breed so many of his friends are here, people who worked and served with him, people who loved and supported him. Again, i want to thank the lee family for just your continued support of San Francisco<\/a>, your continued involvement in the things that we do to improve the lives of people in San Francisco<\/a>. This is at least legacy. I along with other emerging, elected officials, we are part of his legacy. The work that we did together in San Francisco<\/a> has really transformed our city and put us on the right path to continue to improve San Francisco<\/a> so it is fitting, as we dedicate the International Airport<\/a> to mayor lee to just also remind ourselves of the work that he did, but as the First Chinese<\/a>american mayor in San Francisco<\/a>s history, the man was like a rock star. He was like a rock star. [ applause ]. Mayor breed now, ed didnt need a lot of attention, but i didnt let him not get the attention he needed. I remember when we went to china, we went to beijing and shanghai, and so many people with their cameras and Everything Else<\/a> and just i mean, you would have thought that it was beyonce and j. Z. It was mayor lee getting love and to smile like it wasnt a big deal. I would tell him to soak it up and not get excited. That was his personality. He didnt need the attention or the fame. He was about the work. He was about the results. He was about the people. As we honor him here today, it is only fitting because he was an international figure, that when people come to this city, the first thing they see is mayor ed lee greeting them. When people leave this city, they can see the same thing. Its the impression that they get, and that is that he was an important figure for the city and county of San Francisco<\/a>, so much so that he is acknowledged in such a significant way. Thank you all for being here. Thank you all to a lot of the airport workers that are here, the family, the people from the african and chinese communities, people who have come from far and wide to honor someone who was really such an incredible figure and incredible inspiration, and has done a lot to set our city on the right path. So it is only fitting that we honor him in this way today at the San Francisco<\/a> International Airport<\/a>. His legacy will continue to live on through us. Thank you. It is now my pleasure to introduce a former president of the board of supervisors. He worked with mayor lee on many issues. A warm welcome for California State Assembly<\/a> member, david chu. Good morning, San Francisco<\/a>. This is a San Francisco<\/a> day. I was thinking of how to start my thoughts, and maybe i would start with the following which is i am going to be short because he was and i am. Thank you all for being a part of the community of San Francisco<\/a> and so many of the Community Leaders<\/a> who led to this day, to this wonderful naming dedication. Of course we want to salute anita and your family for your family, your sacrifice, and your love. All of us have countless memories of the mayor, and im going to relay just a few quick ones. It was exactly ten years ago to the day that i was in this International Terminal<\/a> with thensupervisor chu and mar. The three of us were the First Chinese<\/a> supervisors to serve together. We were heading on a goodwill trip to southern china. We were joined by members of the Chinese Chamber<\/a>, some of who are here. What was historic about that event for me ten years later is that we were joined by one incredibly competent, selfless, humble, and smiling city administrator, ed lee. I remember on that trip, those of us who were elected officials, we were new to our roles. We observed him as he interacted with our diplomatic counterparts, as he brought good will from this city, as he fosters economic and social ties with other parts of the world. That is the ed lee that became mayor that we honor and respect today. A second memory involving this very airport. The first week the current occupant of the white house was inaugurated. He issued an executive order that said that airports were about to become the site of his new walls to keep out refugees. Im going to quote something that mayor lee said because he was always so mild minored, but not on that day. As the son of chinese immigrants, i am disgusted by the president s executive order to target muslim communities, to ban immigrants from entering the united states. These actions are a direct betrayal of our american values. We were also proud of him on that day because for our former mayor, it is important for him to lead a city where love trumps hate, where civility trumps rudeness. Mayor lee stood for everything that is good about compassion and tolerance for all of our diverse communities. [ applause ]. Let me end with my final memory of mayor lee, as anita knows. You and your husband like to make fun of me for not having a kid. I regret that my son lucas will not get to know uncle ed lee. What i can tell you is because of this photograph, because of this naming decision, we will have millions of kids from around the world, from china, from asia, from africa, from latin american and europe who will come through these halls and say im the child of immigrants, but maybe some day i can run a city. I am the son of a cook and a se seamstress, but maybe some day i can run a city. Mayor lee has given us hope in our future. That is why we are here today and that is why it is wonderful to be part of our San Francisco<\/a> community. Thank you so much and god speed. And now my pleasure to welcome up a district 4 supervisor turned supervisor by mayor lee. Please welcome carmen chu. Hello, everybody. So happy to be here with all of you and to see this day come forward. So many people who are here today from all different parts of mayor ed lees life, his family, the community who loved him, and of course the citys family who adored him and saw him as a mentor for many of us. I think the trip that we took was spoken about. When you travel with him, just like in relationships, they say it really reveals someones true character. Can you travel well together, were they fussy, were they hard to get along with, and so on. I have a memory of mayor ed lee on that trip. On that trip we were walking through these beautiful gardens where you can see the scenery around. I see our mayor who wasnt mayor at the time, who was a city administrator, and he was looking at the trash can. He was looking at the trash can to understand whether the design of the trash can was something that we should mimic and bring back here to San Francisco<\/a>. So i think revealing the character that was our mayor and i think the family knows this too for all the times he brought you out to do cleanups, our mayor cared about the details to run the city and run it well and he did so with every part of his life. He could have been doing something different, but he was looking at a trash can. The mayor that i knew and the one that all of us came to love came from humble beginnings, someone who has struggles in the family, who didnt have very much, where you saw your own family struggle with the language, and where somehow, some way, you became a lawyer who advocated for civil rights to make sure that injustices were not something that could be tolerated in our community, to be someone who cared about how we run our city for the benefit of the public, he became the mayor. One of my proudest moments as a daughter of immigrants was walking down the hall in the rotunda after selecting ed lee to be our mayor. That was probably one of the best votes i ever made as a supervisor. If there was one thing i could have left behind as a legacy would be that i selected and supported that San Francisco<\/a> had our First Chinese<\/a> mayor. [ applause ]. As were gathered here today to watch this unveiling and to see all of this, i think it brings us hope and pride, david spoke about this earlier, all of the people who will come through the San Francisco<\/a> International Airport<\/a>, all of the people who will look up and say who was this person and how was this person relevant to San Francisco<\/a>, and say im walking through this place, an international city, a place that sets the worlds trends and to know that this man not only moved San Francisco<\/a> forward, but that he is a man who enexpires so many generations to come. My parents cooked in restaurants and theyre proud that we have a voice and we can stand up and fight for the injustices and see that when people are attacked in our community, we can stand up. It doesnt matter in youre chinese or latin american or another other background, i cant tell you how meaningful this is to have his remembrance at the International Terminal<\/a>. Thank you. [ applause ]. Next we have someone who worked with mayor lee on housing policy issues. Now as our very own Airport Commission<\/a>er, malcolm young. [ applause ]. First of all, i need to apologize to Assembly Member<\/a> chu. I think i laughed a little too loud at your short jokes mayor lees short jokes. And then carmen nudged me as well. Thank you for that. When the press asked me about why i was so adamant about seeing this terminal named after mayor lee, i gave a response that in a city that was home to the chinese exclusion act, it is fitting that this gateway be named of a chineseamerican civil rights advocate, someone who devoted his entire career to breaking down barriers. In that context, i want to point out the naming of this terminal is incredibly ironic and important. If you ask me without the press around in a quieter moment why i was so adamant about this, i want to give a much simpler answer. Ed becoming mayor made me proud to be an asianamerican. In a city and state where asianamericans had a long and unrecognized role of building, ed lee becoming mayor was important and this is a point we continue to mirror as a community. I wasnt surprised when there was so much unity from our community when we first started organizing the committee and the campaign to bring this after mayor lee. The commissioner said the airport damn well name the terminal after ed, because ive never seen so many people who dont like each other in the same room pushing for the same thing. And maybe to put it in terms that our elected officials and advocates can understand better, this naming campaign got the president of the Community Residents<\/a> association out staples it got the head of the realtors out for an entire year. I got asked the question, when is that ever going to happen again . Thank you, ed. Ed is not the only person that we need to thank, but we love that youre here and this is amazing. I want to talk a little bit about the effort that it took to get us here. This was a 13month campaign and it was led from and came from the chinese american community. I want to say thank you to all of the supporters who came on board to push for this. I want to call out some individuals and groups in particular, and i know we will do that more later. There were some folks who steppedup. First and foremost i want to acknowledge annie chung. Annie was on the naming committee. Annie was the moral compass of this effort, but also i want to thank you for stepping out early. Your leadership in this community and this effort really i think lent the credibility that we needed to make sure that this is something that everybody got behind. Thank you so much, annie. Annie just got back from hong kong yesterday, so were glad youre here. I want to call out and thank guretta louis. I want to thank you for getting this rolling. When she called us, we thought she was inviting us for a free lunch. It turns out she was setting out our work plan for the next 13 months. I also want to acknowledge walter wong. I know that losing ed was very important. Your leadership also lent an incredible amount of effort to this and we want to thank you. Your leadership to the Chinese Chamber<\/a> of commerce, so many leaders from these organizations were there every step of the way. I see ringo in the back. Pitman, eddie, everybody who showed up at hearing after hearing. And the same is true for our ccba president. Dont take that kind of commitment lightly or for granted. Thank you so much. The ed lee democratic club. You guys gave the best testimony, but you also had the best stickers hands down when we were in the testimony room. Many of you worked hard with and for ed during his years as mayor and that came out when you gave your public testimony. Thank you. Also to our grassroots leaders to the community associations. Our nonprofit Community Leaders<\/a> from a. P. I. Council. Your coming out really showed that this campaign was Something Special<\/a> to real people and not just us political types or quoks out the there and i thought that was meaningful. Jan sey, you came out, wayne lee. The sisters of cities communities, you came out. You clearly relished eds relishment. That will be my only bad joke. Individual friends of ed lee came out. You guys were really amazing and you were there all the time. Eds city family was incredibly helpful, the johnsons who arent here. Those who are here. Cava and steve is here. Also, i just want to really give a thank you to the numerous airport staff who were cheering us from the sidelines and figuring out how to make this happen really effectively and expeditiously. This is meant as a complement. You guys sound like a bunch of ed lee bureaucrats. I want to thank jason shaminard. I think everybody got to know your name because you sent out so many emails and you got to know this well. Kimson wong. When we started this campaign, you were running r. N. G. Lounge and you let us meet there. Thank you so much for your support along the way. Bill lee who is here. Bill has always been a leader in this community. We want to thank the mayors family. You being there at our Community Meetings<\/a> was really wind behind our backs and thank you so much for motivating us. Im going to end on a bit of a personal note. Not so many people know that i was head of the asianamerican association. President chu was president 25 years before me. [ laughter ]. You know, i was planning for my installation dinner and i thought long and hard about who i wanted to be keynote speaker. One answer emerged which was the one person whose career i wanted to capture as a person i wanted to emulate and it was ed lee. He was a communitybased civil rights leader who went on to serve this city. And he exemplified the service that i wanted to impress on my fellow colleagues. When i got to work for mayor lee early on in his administration, it really was with great pride that i did so. I want to say its with pride that when i come to the International Terminal<\/a> from now on i can say to myself or my wife that i got to work for that guy. Thank you. [ applause ]. Thanks, commissioner. It is our pleasure to have such a wonderful showing and the family and were so appreciative of everyone being here. With that, we want to welcome representing the family. If you would come on up daughter tonia speaking on behalf of the family. [ applause ]. Hello, everyone. This is truly such an incredible honor. On behalf of my mom, anita lee, and the entire lee family, many of which are here today, we would like to thank mayor london breed, the airport director, members of the Airport Commission<\/a>, and of course the Wonderful Community<\/a> who pushed this Initiative Forward<\/a> and who were really the heart of this amazing dedication today. Thank you so much. This dedication, like many have said, feels quite fitting. You know, people have talked about how as a First Chinese<\/a> american mayor, how significant that is in the place where in 1882 there was the exclusion act and now his name is on the International Airport<\/a>. My mom and dad raised my sister and i to be global citizens and to appreciate the interconnectedness of us all. You know, i also know that when my dad was mayor, he helped us strengthen so Many International<\/a> relationships with the city. All the times he was on those trips, he would text us about the things he was experiencing. This International Terminal<\/a> is such a beautiful and a significant kind of place, whether its travellers about to embark on an exciting adventure or a place to reunite with your loved ones or a place for those returning home, this is a place of coming and going that centers Human Connection<\/a> and human possibility. What an amazing honor to have the departures hall of this International Terminal<\/a> dedicated to my father who was the son of chinese immigrants and who truly believed in our ability to raise each other up and to raise new heights. I will quos with a quote of my dads live your life boldly and keep the door open for others. Dads live your life boldly and keep the door open for others. That concludes our speaking portion. I do want to recognize so many important people. All of you are important. I want to call all of you out. The board of supervisors, norman yee. Thank you for being here. Mayor wayne lee. Our Airport Commission<\/a>s and Vice President<\/a> , linda cradon, commissioner young, and our president couldnt make it today, but sends his well wishes to everyone. Members of the board of equalization, leah cone. Former Airport Commission<\/a>er karol lito. The t. S. A. Director for s. F. O. , fred lau. Police chief bill scott. And former fire chief joanne hays white. Thank you for being here and steve cava. Thank you for coming. Do we have some department heads, phil ginsburg, office of civic engagement, adrienne pawn. Thank you for being here. Wonderful to have you all here. So with that, what we want to do is move to the center of the terminal and do the unveiling by the mayor. For joining us here today. We all know that our Public Transportation<\/a> system in San Francisco<\/a> is important to our present and it is definitely critical to the future of our city. As our city grows, as our economy grows, as we build more housing, as more people work here, we know that we cant continue to grow in those areas without thinking about improvements to our Public Transportation<\/a> system. As someone who grew up in this city, i relied on muni, the 31, the 22 philmore, the 44, you name it, i was on those buses. The 19, i know the routes by heart. But the fact is, you know, we need to do better. We need to make sure that people, especially people who rely on muni to get to work, school, doctors appointments, so many of our seniors who cant drive and need to pick up their medications and other things, we need to make sure that our Public Transportation<\/a> system is reliable for all of our communities, in all parts of San Francisco<\/a>, especially on those communities that have consistently been neglected. It means safer streets for pedestrians and bicyclists and all of its users. We know over the years the city is a lot more congested than it has ever been, but we also know to make it a better city and to reach our climate goals, we have to leave it less congested. We have a lot of work to do and we are doing the work. In june we created a working group with city leaders and staff and Industry Leaders<\/a> with the goal of making this better. I am looking forward to seeing the recommendations coming out. Over the past few years we have made some significant investments. We committed to doubling the pace of building more protected bike lanes. We established a Quick Build Program<\/a> to increase the delivery of lowcost units. And we expanded our focus on traffic safety. Thankfully the voters gave us one more tool to improve streets with the passage of proposition v. This will allow us to invest 30 million in light rail vehicles anduses as well as Street Safety<\/a> improvements. So the work continues and we will continue to do the work that we can to move these objectives forward as quickly as possible. These objectives are the responsibility of the San Francisco<\/a> municipal transportation agency. The m. T. A. Managing our streets, Public Transportation<\/a>, other Mobility Options<\/a> like bike shares and escooters, and a lot of Public Infrastructure<\/a> projects, like the central subway and van neessb. R. T. This is a system that looks at daytoday operations as well as looking at the future and how we make sure that the challenges that existed now dont continue to exist in the future. This requires a strong vision and strong leadership. So today im proud to announce that the s. F. Board will be recommending the s. F. M. T. A. Board will be recommending Jeffry Tumlin<\/a> as the next director of s. F. M. T. A. This is jeffry. You can clap. [ laughter ]. Mayor breed jeff is an International Transportation<\/a> expert who brings over 25 years of experience of improving transportation in cities. He was recently the interim director at the Oakland Department<\/a> of transportation, where he laid the foundation for the agencys future success with a lens on environmental benefits and equality. I believe jeffry will do the same at s. F. M. T. A. Throughout his career, he has been known for bringing a visionary perspective on transportation in cities and helping to implement innovative ideas that are desperately needed. He will be joining the city as a longtime resident of noey valley and will be the first lgbtq director in s. F. s history. I look forward to working with jeffry to help us deliver a great Transportation System<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>, and i want to thank the board, including the president of the board who is here today, malcolm heinikie and gweneth borden, thank you for your leadership and coordinating the interview process and everything that you did, to make sure that we found the best person possible to do the job to make our Public Transportation<\/a> and infrastructure and all that we need to do to improve mobility in San Francisco<\/a> in a safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly way to choosing that person who could do just that. Ladies and gentlemen, Jeffry Tumlin<\/a>. Good morning. My name is jeff tumlin, and i have been in the Transportation Industry<\/a> for a long time, for 25 years, advising cities and transit agencies how to clarify their values and then use transportation investments to make those values manifest. I like asking questions about what is most important, what does success look like, and more importantly how would we measure whether we were actually successful or not. Thats where my Technical Work<\/a> comes into play, trying to use tools to be able to measure social equity and environmental outcomes and to align our transportation spending in order to best achieve the public good. I ended up in this industry against my better judgment. I discovered very early in my career and sort of by accident that we in transport have a bigger impact on Public Health<\/a> outcomes than the medical industry does. We have a bigger impact on Economic Development<\/a>, than Economic Development<\/a> programs do. And more importantly, we are arguably the biggest driver of opportunity. We decide how many jobs people can get to in a reasonable commute time. We determine whether children can get safely to school, which impacts their academic performance. We are fundamental drivers of Economic Opportunity<\/a> or destroyers of Economic Opportunity<\/a>. We have resources. If we use those resources wisely, we can correct the ways in which my industry has historically destroyed opportunity and wealth for people of color. Early in my industrys history, if you wanted to build a highway project, you got extra points for removing light. Light of course being defined as africanamerican and latino ownership. The city and county of San Francisco<\/a> did not escape that dark period in our industry, and we have a key responsibility to correct for the past and to equalize opportunity for everyone. We can also do what some Mobility Tech Companies<\/a> want us to do, which is to provide more exquisite convenience for the privilege. Im committed to doing the former, and using transportation as a tool to make San Francisco<\/a> achieve its potential. That includes addressing problems like the fact that 25 people have died in our streets this year and were on track to injure nearly 3,000. We lose in injuries and fatalities about 647 people in San Francisco<\/a>. I want to change that. You can see from my social Media Presence<\/a> that ive long been an outspoken proponent of changing core practices in my industry and using the power that we have in transportation to reduce climate change, improve quality of life, foster Small Business<\/a> success, and advance equity. 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