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 was always about the cable cars, and she eventhe cable cares that again started our city invasion and with tony bennett and are diane nighting with him on the cable cars, taking us to the stars. To a brilliant brilliant future. I wont sing. I wont sing, but not only tony bennett, but mia anglo 15 years old set her sights working as a conductor aboard the street cars. Think of all these incredible connections. It is my honor b to here with all of you. There is so much to be said about the families, about the sense of community, about the businesses, about the entrepreneurship, about the invasion of San Francisco, but it is also a moment for us to take pride in our past. I say a third time, a past about invasion for the future. Congratulations to all of us on this. Madam may, i know you take great pride being mayor of San Francisco every minute of every day, but isnt it exciting today . Yes [applause] very special, very special. Now it is my privilege to yield back to rick. Rick, thank you very much. [applause] thank you. Thank you for your leadership indiscernible thank you for your leadership of our nation as well as our city. We owe you. [applause] tough act to follow, but the guy i will introduce is up to it. There are 11 members of the board of superrisers in San Francisco, but only one president. There are 11 members of the board of supervisors but there is only one who has every cable car in his district. Ladies and gentlemen, president aaron peskin. [applause] thank you rick and thank you to the Market Street railway for your stewardship. Thank you to twu local 258 and fanny barnes and all her colleagues before, during and since. Much is made of the symbol of rezilancy, the Phoenix Rising from the ashes, but i suggest to all of us san franciscans that the real symbol of resiliency is our cable car. A cable car that survived not one, but two pandemics. That survived the city burning to the ground. That survived two great earthquakes. That survived mayors who wanted to rip them out. This is the symbol of the city that knows how knew how and continues to know how. God bless these cable cars. [applause] lets put this in a monetary context. I think mr. Hal day raised 27 thousand to build the first 5300 feet of track along clay street. It took Diane Feinstein in her efforts 110 years later, 60 million to refurbish it. I are want to thank and acknowledge the sfmta that has kept it in a good state of repair every since. [applause] but these cable cars are linked to the economic success of San Francisco. Not only because they attract tourists from around the world, but because they continue to deliver our people to work each and every day before pandemics, during pandemics, after pandemics and i will leave you with this remaining thought, if you ever want to run for supervisor of district 3, i never revealed this until now, the best place tocome pain is the cable car in the morning when everybody who is commuting to work from district 3 to jobs in district 3 is available to receive your fliers even though i think technically you are not supposed to do that on the cable car. Congratulations on 150 years [applause] rick thank you aaron. Thank you. So glad Telegraph Hill is represented here. Such a core part of the city. Most people dont recognize how unusual our Transportation Agency is. Besides transit they oversee taxies, bike infrastructure, parking street scapes and a lot more. Leading that agency is a huge job and a tough one never tougher then the past three years through pandemic, fiscal threats and city recovery. So glad it has been in the very capable hands of director of transportation jeff tumlin. Thank you rick [applause] im jeff, San Francisco director of transportation and there is a reason the Phoenix Rising from the flames is on the flag of the great city of San Francisco. When andrew hal day and father immigrated to california from scotland, they failed at mining gold but they reinvented themselves by reinventing a way of making wire rope and then having the completely crazy idea of taking mining ore Car Technology and applying it to San Franciscos equally crazy topography. 4 a. M. On august 2, 1873, andrew had to be the one to trial the first run of the cable car, because no one else wanted to do it because they thought it was a crazy idea. It is here in San Francisco that crazy technological ideas come to life, and every 10 to 15 years this city transitions from a bus to a boom economy by once again reinventing technology and figuring out what is next. But even thinking bet the future, San Francisco continues to hold on to its core, its heart. It holds to the core values, particularly civility and indiscernible nothing exlempifys both creativity and technology, but also civily and joy at the same time better then San Franciscos cable cars and i am humbled to be here for my shortterm being a steward of these incredible resources. We couldnt do this without strong support from our federal, our state, our local policy makers, even our own board of directors and lydia so our newest board member, the steward of the cable car system. The people who make the cable cars work are staff. Alfred butler, earny hanson, indiscernible and we have folks including indiscernible and Derrick Johnson who will be taking us on this inaugural run. We also remember our history here, including the incredible history of our staff. I like to now bring up the speaker and mayor to honor the fanny may barnes, the first indiscernible [cheering and applause] would you lake to say a few words . Yes. So happy to be here, and very happy about being the first female on the cable car. Growing up in a small town in georgia, my mom told me you can do exactly what you want to do, you just have to put in the work. That is exactly what i did. Thats what my mom told me to do. I put in the work and indiscernible i did it at age 52. Absolutely unheard of. [applause] thank you so much. Ill bring back rick and offer equal thanks to phenomenal volunteers at Market Street railway. [bell] thats a bell for fanny may. A treasure for our city, and a real indiscernible we appreciate that. We must not leave out sacramento. We depend on our representatives in the state capital to fight fight fight for more transit funding, and more funding of other kinds the cities needs to survive. We have a great team of legislators and one of them Assembly Member ting, matt haney and scott wiener with a resolution. We will present it to jeff. Thank you rick. Come on up jeff. You heard how important the cable cars, not just are to san franciscans but everything who thinks about San Francisco. To me, this is city that is a beacon, a light where people come to San Francisco. People want to be tourists here, people want to live here, people want to make their way here or find a better life here and there is no better symbol. There are two symbol the Golden Gate Bridge and the cable car. A symbol of inclusion, welcoming. How important it is when you ride the cars. You heard from the supervisor talk about the San Francisco residents getting to work running their errands. Everything that is part of their day and then you have our amazing tourists who come to line up at this turn around to enjoy it. To me this symbol is precious, we have to preserve it and make sure we are doing Everything Possible to make sure that we can maintain it. Thats one reason why work very very hard at the state level to do more funding for transit this year. 5 billion across the state. Part is to make sure that muni, bart, ac transit can keep operating. Very very critical services, absolutely needed and making sure these cable cares keep running is at the top of