To you. Please, come to the graduation on the 23rd of august at conner polk at 5 30. It is my pleasure to introduce our past graduate who is is an horree today. Melanie. Who is an experience in license elect trolgs in San Francisco. Give her a grand hand for lifting update droll he had years ago and making it reality. Thank you. [laughter] hello issue everyone. Transgender History Month honors the hardships, struggles and the obstacles and trail blazer who worked hard. There is still w to be done but seeing all your beautiful face here is a testament that we are going to be resilient and over come anything. I want to take a moment to thank my mentors aria, honey mahogany. Nikki, just to name a few. The people inspired and guided me throughout my years. Thank you to the transgender district. Entrepreneurship program for helping make the dream come true. With how our Political Climate is and how it is trying to strip transgender people of our rights, it is programs like these that are vital to make sure that our community not only survives but thrives. Building wealth in our community to ensure a Brighter Future for us all. And mayor breed announces second rounds of grant opportunity for store fronts and Small Businesses in San Francisco recently. And im too late for the ground but i hope i get grand opportunity up in here. San francisco hook a sister up. On a serious note, im a fill pinaamerican native and transgender woman. Born and raised in hayward, california. Of my mother, rest in peace, a single mother of 3 and worked several jobs to make ends meat. We came from Humble Beginnings and seeing how hard she worked to put food on the table. Shoes on our feet and roof over or head instilled a hard work ethic in me. This irrelevant made me realize young they was not born with a silver spoon and the world was going to be very different for a person like me. It took me a long time to find my purpose in life the road was not easy. But today i am proud to say now in the second year in business. There are 5 employees including myself that are all transgender women. We provide gender affirming service for the transgender community. By the transgender community. We are proud to be the first open low transowned and operated practice in the city of San Francisco. The definition of hard needs to make more chiefly or can have the. We are honored do this work. With your continued support, we hope to grow and be open for business for many years to come. For those of you out there this feel unsure of your purpose in life or lost at times. Please know this i have been in your shoes before. I want be you to listen when im know to tell you. You are the star of your own story. You control the narrative of your life. Live with love for yourself. Love yourself with your whole heart. And believe in yourself. Because being trans, is powerful. You have the power to make your history as beautiful as you wish it to be. Thank you, everybody and help transgender History Month. [applause] thank you. Thank you too to brianna can carlo and melanie as well. Before i welcome mayor breed back to hand out certificates of honor to 4 recipients i would like to give a special shout out to someone i look up to joaquin gerrero appointed to homelessness oversight commission. Which was legislative last year. [applause] joaquin is i brilliant political transadvocate and incredible housing navigator. So thank you, joaquin for being you and your mentorship. Now lets welcome mayor london breed back. [applause] are you going to help me, jupiter . I know i miss third degree part of my notes. Okay im going to wing it. [laughter]. We have some of our youth. First of all i want to start with a certificate honoring someone who i just absolutely adover during the pandemic the ability to have a conversation with her and to talk to her about the challenges and obstacles to be at this moment. And how she told me donna persona told me how it fills her heart with joy ton what the city is doing how the next generation will not have to suffer in the same ways she has had to and the fact. She is i know donna persona but donna who reflects, all of what it means to persevere and over come and to still be standing and looking good i see your legs, girl. So, donna for all of that you do to really make a difference to show up time and time again to be a testament of resilience and strength and support for the community and a strong desire to ensure that the next generation is uplifted and supported; we wanted honor your legacy. Celebrating and you thanking you for being so amazing so, donna. [applause] i want to thank the mayor of san fan for this honor. By taking this award i vow to keep the history that i helped bring to the world. The cafeteria riot. I cowrote a play to document and bring forth this history. And i vow to keep working and bringing that history to the world. And to show that transpeople can thrive. Not just survive but thrive and show themselves as the wonderful people that they are. Thank you. [applause] and you know i know that folks like donna and Billie Cooper and others here, would have never imagined that it would be possible to see a day when young people can get a lot of the gender affirming surgeries. The new technology can occur when is amazing about the young people we are here to honor today is their courage. Their courage to be able to step out and be who they want to be. In this world. And i know that so many of the folks here with the challenges this exist not just in the United States but all overnight world. You know it does take courage to stand out on faith and to acid vocate and push. Fact they put together an amazing march to allow for body autonomy the ability to decide what you want top do for your own body that is your decision. And your decision alone and they stood up and they went out on faith and created a march that brought together so many people from all over to really just continue to acknowledge it. It is my body my choice that works for wloo someone chooses to have an abortion. Wloo someone chooses to do when they choose but we deserve that right this. Snks generation is push to ensure that body autonomy is respected we are honoring them for work and advocacy and the ability with the young legs to stands this long without sitting down. This honors youth organizers of San Francisco the San Francisco march for queer and transyouth autonomy. [applause] [applause] hello, everyone. Im am one of the organizers of the queer march. I want to acknowledge how grateful i am for all of us myself and my organizers. For the certificate of honor. We spent, lot of time organizing over zoom. A lot of late nights trying to make the most of this march and really pushing our dedication to the transcommunity and how we want other youth to feel the same way as we do. Being able to speak out about who they are, express themselves the way they want to. Without reservation. And i will leave it there. Again other thank you so much for joining us and i appreciate everyone here. Thank you. [applause]. All right. That concludes our program, thank you all for being here for the Second Annual transgender History Month. Once again, thank you to mayor london breed. The recipients of the certificates of honor. A huge congratulations and i invite folks to enjoy some really delicious snacks with transflags on top and refreshments it is really hot in here. So without further adieu, on the count of 3, i want us to shout, happy transgender History Month and fill had beautiful city hall and have our sound ricochet up to the dome are we ready yea. I want to do it really loud. Okay . One two three happy transgender History Month [applause] [applause] hello everybody and happy anniversary to the cable cars [applause] im rick recollect the president of non profit Market Street rail way. We advocate for the cable cars and historic street cars on Market Street. We work with sfmta to enhance their operation and do it without any government money. This year, we partnered with numerous history and business groups and sfmta to celebrate 150 years of cable cars. [applause] one of the celebration Partners UnionSquare Alliance contributed wonderful banners behind us you see. Melissa rodriguez, if you are here, stick your hand up. They are all here somewhere. Shes the ceo. Another partner, the Flood Building which is overlooked this turn table since 1904 is gifting you folks with these great flowers passed around here. They work with the alliance to decorate this cable car. Will the flood sisters please put their hands up . [applause] we really miss jim flood. Sorry he cant be here. Hes herethats right. China town merchants, fisherman whafer, downtown San Francisco parthnership all contributed to help us bring you cable car history. Mike fips and don indiscernible cable car mew museum are here and should be inside the circle and if they are not, they should make their way up. When you say cable car you see temporary photos on the side windows. We did these to teach a little cable car history to everybody who sees the car and rides them this year. Many of the photos come from the wonderful and i mean wonderful, sfmta archive and show the San Francisco fast decades these cable cars operated in. Jeremy indiscernible is the photographer. He is busy working. There he is. I knew you would be front and center. Thank you jeremy. Rather then run down cable car history, we summarized critical things on handout cards that should be available over there. Take a look, pick up a program next to the banners over there. Thank you. Thank you anton. Turn up your hearing aid. That might help. Tony subella, another San Francisco family. Pick up the program and youll see theresomebody is giving us feedback. Thank you. I have professional audio people here. So, there is all kinds of special cable car history on the website we put together. Sfcablecars. Org. You can type that in or scan your phone on any of these pictures and you will be taken right to it. Now, lets get to the important speakers here, starting with someone i knew a huge cable car lover, working so hard for San Francisco every single day, our mayor, the honorable london breed. [applause] maybe this might work a little bit better. [applause] alright alright, lets celebrate 150 years of cable cars in San Francisco [applause] let me tell you why that is important. Because San Francisco is a city of firsts. Not only was the cable car invented here and other fallowed in other cities around the entire world, right now the cable car only exists in the city and county of San Francisco. Let me tell you why. Because of women. [applause] yes yes, a man invented the cable car and we named Holiday Plaza after him, so he is credited with that, but it was women who stepped up to make sure that this amazing cable car continued to be a part of the fabric of San Francisco for 150 years. I know that we acknowledge all the amazing flood women who are joining us here today. So great to see you. [applause] but it was freeda clauseman who saved the cable cars in 1947 when everyone wanted to start to automade San Francisco and use San Francisco. People Love Technology and love to get somewhere quick, she stepped up, fought hard, put a measure on the ballots and passed to not only save the cable cars in San Francisco, but to allow them to continue. Another woman who stepped up to help make sure that the cable cars continued was our former mayor, Diane Feinstein. [applause] in the late 1970 needed a complete overhaul. We needed to make sure it continued to run and it was safe, so she raised money in the private sector to allow for an opportunity to make investments in the cable car to maintain and keep the system running. The other woman who was instrumental in the success of the cable cars, the conductors are pretty amazing. They do a lot of great work. They got to be strong. 25 years ago indiscernible barnes [applause] the first woman to lay hands on the equipment, to run the cable car system. To make it work and to make people feel welcome to San Francisco. This woman was a trailblazer and we are so glad to have you here. Thats your mama [applause] her whole family is here, because we are honoring you and your legacy and are everything you did to make the cars so successful. Thank you mrs. Barnes, so great to have you here. Women do it all. But we also know San Francisco is a special place, and so many people again talk about the firsts. The first to invent the cable car. The first to invent television. Did you all know that . And the first to invent the clap on here in San Francisco which actually opened the door for all the Technology Advancements we are seeing today. It is no wonder people want to be here. It is no wonder many folks who left San Francisco have decided to come back and start their business and open the door to new technology, new industries, because every time you think about some of the Amazing Things that happen in the world, it all starts here and the cable car is a important tribute to San Franciscos resilience, its history and its legacy. Last but not least, today we are going to dedicate a cable car in honor of someone who symbolizes the love for San Francisco. The person who talked about what it means to ride the cable car on our Rolling Hills and to all most touch the stars. A person who loved the city and county of San Francisco, mr. Tony bennett. [applause] that amazing tribute, i left my heart in San Francisco. Performed at the farmont hotel in the vunesia room for the first time. That has been a true ballot and contribution to San Francisco that is like no other song that exists. Today as we recognize him and his legacy and his love for San Francisco, we will honor him by dedicating a cable car named for tony bennett. [applause] thank you again for everyone who is joining, those who live here, those who work here, those who visit here. Those who got dressed in outfits that represent San Franciscos history early on, but also the movement. The first birthday in 1970 was here in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park and it set off a movement for environmental change, Environmental Justice and a number of things. I can go on and on about how great San Francisco is, but i know you will experience it for yourself on this cable car, so thank you all so much for being here and i want to turn it back over to rick. [applause] thank you madam mayor. Do we have Women Leaders in this town or what . We alwayswe have even more now, and now we are going to have a very special leader. One who set a new standard in this country of dignity, of smarts, of resilience, and it is my as they used to say in washington, it is my high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the speaker emeritus of the u. S. House of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. [applause] thank you rick. Thank you very much rick andthank you madam mayor. Honored to be here with you always. Let me just say to rick, thank you for your leadership. The private sector and non Profit Sector and Public Sector who have been a real champion for San Francisco. Thank you rick. Honor to be with you. Karen flood, oh my gosh family. What a special day this is. Imagineyou want me to hold it higher . Imagine it has been this many years. This many years. The Market Street railway has been something that has been a model to the country. Has been a symbol of San Franciscos spirit of invasion right from the start, and i want to recognize mayor london breed for her tremendous tremendous leadership of our city. Thank you very much madam mayor. Honor to be with you. I know how important this occasion is to you, in terms of what it stands for historically, and what it means for the future. Aaron peskin, thank you honor to be with you. Bill ting, assemblyman with us here. We have representation of federal, state and local government. Again, most importantly, woo we have each and every one of you representatives of the community. Jeff tumlin thank you for your leadership and fanny may barnes, the first female cable car indiscernible one and only the first and foremost. So, here we are and again i want to mention senator feinstein. She was such an advocate for the cable cars. Some times we would have our moments together because she would be praising some republicans in congress who had helped with the cable cars and some republicans did then and i said why are you are praising them, we are trying to defeat them, but she was always about San Francisco and she wa