And not only that as maybe you saw the banner upstairs, were celebrating 1 75 years of Mexican Consulate in San Francisco. And 200 of the anniversary of by lateral relations between the United States and mexico. Yes. That shows our rich history which were proud to celebrate with all of you. While were so appreciative of the city of San Francisco for allowing us to host this event in this mag any my sent building and it makes honor to this beautiful song like San Francisco open its golden gates, thank you so much. Before i give our floor to our wonderful mc, i want to recognize the president of the brazil and consulate general of brazil. And local 7sciu. Thank you. [speaking spanish] muy buenos tardes. This is a great hon hor ob able to stand in front of you but especially that were all coming together as a city, our great leaders and our consul general to my left here. Its a beautiful moment when San Francisco gets to celebrate the joy, right . Am i right . [applause] so were going to practice a little just to warm all of you up, in case the margarita did not do it. Right . Que viva mexico. Viva que viva london breed . So thats a good warm up. [speaking spanish] que viva. Our lieutenantgovernor will get to explain why govern, why am i saying govern . With that being said, for me its a really great honor. My name is olga im the president of local 87. I come from labor. Today were being seen in San Francisco, right . [speaking spanish] we are being seen as latinos in San Francisco. With that, i also want to be able to recognize my labor siblings and be able to say local 798 with the firefighters and all of our First Responders. With that being said, its a great honor and i want to talk a little bit about the past so we know where were going. This grito came out of an idea one of my sibling thats came out of as well. And has been on the josh. I came up with an idea to celebrate el grito here in San Francisco. We went to the mayor and its been 42 years since the el grito had been celebrated. We have many lies in San Francisco, mnc being one of our sponsors. A big applause for mnc. But also the mayor of the mission is present today. Roberto hernandez and i want to be able to say more importantly our mayor took this as one of the celebrations as part of the thread of the city. Listen, we have to embrace that as latinos were taking on more challenges. But also a mayor that is willing to celebrate our heritage and our presence in the city and know that we are being seen today. With that being said, im asking all of you, just like we practiced a moment ago toxer please give it it up to our mayor, maryland lon breed. Mayor london breed. Thank you, all happy grito, everybody. Viva mexico. Let me tell you, although you should be so proud and josh for everything youve done to make this happen. Not just what is going on today on the mayors balcony but what is actually going on outside in front of city hall. This is an incredible celebration. Consul general, thank you for being here. I nor were going to hear from you. Thank you for being and Great Partnership that continues to persist between our two countries and joaquin, thank you for being here. As well as the mayor of red wood city, mayor jeff ye, thank you for joining us. [applause] our chief of protocol gloria and in just a moment, youll hear from our lieutenantgovernor elani. But you all are welcomed and honored guest today to celebrate el grito in San Francisco city hall. Your city hall. And last year when we first celebrated, somebody handed me a little more tequila than i should have. And i admit it publicly that im a more of a mez mezcal girl and all of a sudden, mezarrived at my office. What i appreciate between the state of california and mexico, there is a deep rich embedded history. We also know that this was once the territory of mexico, the state of california. And we believe that a lot of that history is celebrating of having a consulate in San Francisco has a lot to do with the community that was already here and the community that continues to be part of the rich history of developing and making San Francisco what it is today. Whether its the food, whether its the wine. Whether its so much things in terms of the, the history, the culture. The beautiful attire and everything that exists in this community. It is truly embedded in San Francisco in so many amazing ways. And feshl for those of us who grew up in San Francisco. We know how valuable this community is. Sxl its traditional low has resided mostly in the Mission District where we see the Mission Cultural center which continues to be doing amazing work around dance, around history around culture and where we see, other various events continue to take place. One that honestly, i know is not just about mexico, it is kind of about San Francisco, the lowriders are one of those things where it has bridged the artistic talents of the community into creating a new culture of community with the lowriders so much so that when the lowriders Roberto Hernandez first started crewsing down San Francisco, it was treated as something that was i willy as a behavior that was not welcomed. To the point where now, it is welcome addition to the history and culture of San Francisco differently than ever before. [applause] embracing the old and infusing the new, is what San Francisco does in our communities and as we celebrate the history and celebrate 213 years of independence, it gives us an opportunity to reflect, it gives us an opportunity to remind ourselves that independence sometimes is not something that we should take for granted. It is something that has been fought for and continues to need to be fought for with each and every generation. Whether its the freedom to exist and be a part of your community and walk and live frely. Or or whether it is what is dwg on around our country. We have to continue to fight but there is also an opportunity to take a motion, reflect and to celebrate. And to appreciate the people who came before us, whose shoulders we stand on and why were able to celebrate in a place like city hall where many many years ago, people like you and people like me were not even welcomed to walk through the doors. And that is not so far in our history. So today, is a celebration. Today is a blessing. Today is an exciting time for us to come together and to just really support and honor that history and honor that legacy right here in San Francisco city hall. So im glad to have you here, im glad to welcome you here. And im looking forward because today is latino heritage month in the city and county of San Francisco and we will be celebrating on september 28th and bringing all the latin American Communities to our city to have a big celebration. We appreciate the fact that you are already here kicking it off and making sure that el grito has its own unique important celebration in the city and county of San Francisco. [applause] so, with that, i want to again thank you all so much for being here to celebrate. So happy to have each and every one of you here. With that i want to take the opportunity to introduce our lieutenantgovernor, eleni. Thank you so much madam mayor, mr. Consul general, ol ga, the fabulous olga miranda. What an honor to with are you. For those of you who dont know, i live here in San Francisco, it thes my chosen home along with my husband. He was born here but i fell in love with San Francisco for our cultural diversity. And im here as a guest in the house of the mayor and im so fortunate that for these wonderful celebrations, they invites me to come down. And then when i do, she says, well shes the lieutenantgovernor maybe she should Say Something as well. Its a privilege to say a few words on behalf of the state of california. As olga mentioned, the governor is out of state right now so im the octobering govern today, the governdora as they would say. But what i would like to share with you, all sometimes, north california, its hard to recognize what goes on in the state as a whole. Not only, as our mayor noted, do we have a long shared history between california and mexico. Not only do we have this Extraordinary People to people relationship being the state with the largest number of mexican americans anywhere in the United States, of course. [applause] but i will tell you, i spent a lot of time down on our border. The 150 mile Border Crossing between california and mexico is the biggest border land crossing in the western hemisphere. And just what that means, if you have not heard the statistics, about 30 million cars cross through the ports of entry every year. One and a half million trucks with our robust trade relationship cross every year. And you might not know this, but about 15 million individual pedestrian crossings, people walking through the ports of entry across our border and for in San Francisco and the greater border region, they dont think of it as transitioning from one country to another or the state of california, to the state of baja. They see it as one region and that is why when govern newsom and i both came in to office, we decided it was time to articulate something very important. It was time for the leadership of california to articulate that mexico is californias number one most important foreign partner. And we say it all the time. So with that, happy Mexican National day. It is so wonderful to be with you with all of you and viva mexico. Viva. Viva before olga comes back, i forgot what the whole reason why i came up here, to do my job as mayor. I got too excited in the moment. So before the consul general speaks and olga comes back up again, thank you so much olga miranda, she is the labor leader for the janitors of San Francisco. And let me tell you, its its not just folks of mexican dissent, there are folks of diversity and she is leading the union and making sure that she is taking care of the places especially downtown San Francisco. So thank you again. Olga. I also want to acknowledge, you know, i think our lieutenantgovernor forgot about the flights that go in and out of mexico. It is the number one Tourist Destinations for people from california but what most people may not know, is that california is a Tourist Destination for mexican tourist to come here as well. So we truly have an International Relationship that continue to persist and well continue to enjoy that. And i want today make my specific announcement about what were going to do in honor of el grito. We are going to light up city hall in the colors of the mexican flag, green, white and red. So make sure that after this event, you get your photographs, you go out and you celebrate with the community. And finally, consul general, on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco, today were officially making it el grito day in the city and county of San Francisco. [applause] come on, are we ready . Yes i would like to take this moment to be able to introduce our consul general de mexico vincent ventura. Who will provide comments. Last month, there were changes. But im so proud that our consul general stand to go my left is now going to be sharing these remarks. Weve all been looking forward to this moment. Ungran aplauso. [applause] thank you very much. Im so excited to be here with you all. This is an important celebration, mexico is present here. And thanks to your interest, your visits, your culture is great, thank you, thank you very much. Thank you mayor, thank you lieutenantgovernor and all the members that are doing incredible effort to have this celebration here to life. Thank you. Let me write, let me read for you some words that i would like to share with you. We come together to celebrate 213 anniversary of mexican independence, with latino United States. We honored to have the mayor london breed and lieutenant and mary anne, chief of city of San Francisco with us tonight. On september 16th, 1810, i dal go ran the charts in dolores. Challenging for mexican independence. Our history is marked by resilience and determination. This spirit lies on mexicans from the daca dream inventories essential workers contributing to californias prosperity. Our communities extend to achievement in arts and culture, we applaud mexican artist success like diego rivera and cha lo legacy in San Francisco. We celebrate San Francisco dancers, hernandez, and our ten or arturo chacon. Thank you. [applause] as you mentioned lieutenantgovernor, mexicos economy is crucial ties with the u. S. And canada through mca. We also cherish our partnership with california a strong ally ant committed for our border. Mexico second largest partner supporting over 850,000 jobs. This year, we are proud to celebrate 1 75 years of the mexican culture being present here in the beautiful city of San Francisco. To mayor breed and mary anne, thank you for your warm hospitality in this beautiful building and historic city, today we gather with your friends in california and San Francisco to mark this historic and important occasion. Thank you very much and que viva mexico. Muchas gracias. Gracias. [applause] at this time i would like to also recognize supervisor safai. Thank you. My next guest is Robert Negrete continues to provide to our community. I want to take this point right now to be able to say that we cannot take access to technology for granted. Comcast continues to be a leader in San Francisco and throughout Northern California in making sure that our families have access to that. Knowing that we can grow and whether its our children and being able to get access to their lessons or being able to look up that information. Its thanks to comcast leading that way for all of us. Part of the threat leaning and looking towards the future w. That, im going to ask you to please give one of our biggest sponsor comcast Robert Negrete [applause]. Thank you, robert. Mi gente como estas . Thats weak, give me some love. Mi gente como estas . Look at all of this Beautiful People in this building. This is incredible and im honored. I come from humble beginings to be able to sit here and speak in front of you having mayor london breed next to me, this is incredible. Im super thankful and grateful for this opportunity. So i would like to take this moment to thank mayor lond ond breed and all the dignitaries here this evening, we cannot do all of this without of hard work. Were commit today your dedication to ensure that were successful. Thank you so much. [applause] el grito is such a Beautiful Day of celebration and gratitude. Its a day of remembrance with the special focus on celebrating a beautiful country and its culture. Come on, give it up. Lets go today reminds me of my grandmother. She made the most amazing food yall, anybody have anybody like that out there. Specifically she made this bowl of menudo that was beyond anything you could ever taste. Like the taste, the flavor, you can just everything like if i was sick, i was healed within a half hour, it ha super power. One day i asked her, grandma, what is it . What is the secret recipe that you put in this to make it so good . She looked at me and said my jo, i make it with love so today im going to ask you to continue to lead with love as we build with these communities and continue to build these wonderful communities in the area. Through our dni efforts comcast to develop our leaders and define way to see give back to our communities especially things like partnering with mayor breeds office to be able to give back and do the community, community hubs. So through our partnership, and local Community Base organizations for community hubs, we collect collectively walk to bridge divide. I remember that little girl that i heard about having to go to a taco bell to get internet access. In our partnerships and all the things that were doing today, were able to build wore automobile to build the Digital Divide and help our community survive. So with this partnership, im blown away, im thankful. Comcast is grateful for all the things that they do in this room. Thank you so much and have a wonderful evening. [applause] im height challenged. Listen, at this time i want to be able to share with all of you that the daughter of indigenous my mother, im proud to be able imatepewama. And as a orphan, indigenous young women, youre a third class citizen as the way she was treated. She called the United States in california, her mother of choice. And for those of us who are emigrated here, our parents that we saw the sacrifices, we are all proud part of the city. Whether we are, black and mexican, whether were filipino and mexican, whether were irish and mexican, whether were neighborh