District 9 supervisor hillary conan. clapping. and final not finally im the finally but supervisor from district 11. clapping. yeah. clapping. and finally the supervisor from district 5 supervisor president london breed. clapping. am i in the front or here. So with that, we are now going to take the oath of office thank you for having me that is a tremendous honor as the Supreme Court judge you can appreciate having that opportunity as my first act as the presiding judge for San Francisco id like to you repeat after me raise your hand i have to find it please state your name for the record and the constitution of the state of california. repeated. against all enemies. repeated. and that i will bear true faith and allegiance. Faith and allegiance. United states. repeated. and to the constitution of the state of california. repeated. that i take this oath freely. repeated. without any mental reservation. repeated. repeated. or purpose of evasion. repeated. that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. repeated. and during such time as i hold Office Commissioner of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority and the member of the San Francisco board of supervisors repeated the city and county of San Francisco congratulations. clapping. congratulations. Thank you. All right. Now were done that the swearing in madam clerk the order of business the general purpose of seniority as we shuttle off the offices in city hall Parking Spaces seats in the legislative chamber and the appoint to the outside boards and commission is dernld by senior higher seniority amongst the reelected members formally order with supervisor farrell the history seniority with possession one supervisor cowen 2, 3, 4 position two and supervisor kim in position 3 and supervisor norman yee in four and supervisor president london breed 5 and supervisor tang in the 6 passion and 7 supervisor peskin well institute the authority for 8, 9 temple and 11 from this brass drum are the names of the appointed and newly elected members supervisor sandra fewer and jeff to proceed with the dejs the first name if 9 is position 8 like winning the lottery for the board. To get the key. 4i8y ronan position 8 jeff position 9. clapping. supervisor sandra fewer in position 10. And in position 11. clapping. thank you madam president. All right. It means better offices and better Parking Spaces but thats important to us laughter i dont know about the public but we care all right. With that madam clerk go to the next item. Precede with nominations for the president of the board of supervisors. Colleagues the process we will use to elect the president of the board the clerk will describe the principles and then ill declare nominations open with the nominations on the table we will then hear Public Comment on the nominations after Public Comment, the clerk will describe the pretends for the vote of 2345078gz we will take the vote as board president and any questions seeing none, madam clerk precede. The method of 23450789sz include the following principles once the president declares the nomination are open members will be called a needed didnt have to state the nominees and vacate the chamber they can withdraw their names without a second the second for a nominations is welcome but not required members any nominate one person per round only one seat to fill and once closed the additional nominees cant be open and Public Comment is retaken on the specific neemgz thank you madam president. With that, i declare the neemgz with open for the president of the board ill call on supervisors as i see them on the roster with malia cohen. Thank you good morning madam clerk rise ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to city hall it is with great honor i rise to nominate and put forward a wonderful woman london nicole breed to be considered for reelection to the office of president for the board of supervisors now many recall my remarks two years ago we talked about the brace and say i didntness london displayed early in her career willie brown, jr. Thank you for still obama and being here with us laughter but laughter and recognize the significant importance last night last year, we celebrated one one hundred years of existence body and in one hundred years youve seen a full transformation of history not only are were going to nominate and elect london breed to be board president but acknowledge we are a majority of women on the board of supervisors for the first time clapping. for the first time in the history of this city and county one hundred years later ladies we have 4r509 work to do cant think of a be stronger woman a more dedicated san franciscan to lead this city along with mayor ed lee and the other elected officials being point president of the board of supervisors shes hard working and smart shes committed and sassy she looks good while shes banking that gavel she cares for everyone whether your an immigrant or english as a second language even when you disagree you have a solid ear in wanting soon to say president london breed so with that great pleasure i humbling ask you to join me in electing london breed as our board president. Thank you. clapping. thank you supervisor cowen supervisor peskin thank you, colleagues and members of the public he rides noting that it has been exactly 10 years one decade since there was a unanimous vote for the president of the body of a time to bury. Divisions this is that time i also so while not necessary i would like to second supervisor cowens nomination of the london breed as our president of the board of supervisors and then let me say but there are policy differences body i believe that supervisor president london breed is uniquely qualified to bridge those and bring us together shes independent and performed well, i second the nomination clapping. thank you supervisor peskin and are there any other nominations . Seeing none, nominations are closed so well now opening it up for Public Comment are there any members of the public that would like to provide Public Comment at this time for the neemgz of the president as well as general Public Comment well, mr. Yip andrew yip the applications of Police Officers for the scientific chronicles and sifted culture we have a volume of which it is hard to promote the people with good considerations to the holy way and virtues for the political leader with deceptions of a destiny for the Animal Health for the constitution one must this determined heart and spirit for the merry i didnt for the establishment of virtues for the divine protection for the holy people with the perfection over mercy and love and not by so we can change the world from back to joyful will prosperity by the true principles a commitment to all eastbound accomplishments will have one strong leadership that means we have a social career with great benefits for the persons for families and for society god bless no need to clap for Public Comment especially, when you dont understand and many mr. Yip is a regular i get it any other members of the public who want to provide Public Comment thats where were the sassy comes in seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Madam clerk please describe the process for voting. Members will precede with the elections for the president of the board the roll call will be taken in alphabetic order ill repeat the nominee please name our preferences. Madam president okay thank you madam clerk all right. Okay. On the vote for president can you please on the nominations of the supervisor president london breed for president can you please call the roll. Commissioner breed. I. Madam president youll is a breed when our name is called. Breed for breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin restraining order none supervisor there are 11 vote for supervisor president london breed. Okay. I guess im the next president. clapping. madam president ill call on supervisor farrell. To present the president s plaque to you. Thank you, madam clerk and colleagues first of all, welcome everybody and congratulations supervisor president london breed once again and i want to say it is an honor working with you the last few years as supervisor president london breed in the chambers and supervisor peskin we have our differences but a lot to work on together as an aide i have the great honor with the Senior Member to present supervisor president breed a plaque four services so for the last years and cant tell you how much i landmark to working with you for the next year congratulations. clapping. thank you very much and out of respect for the time and the families and the focuses that are here ill save my comments to the end of the meeting so we can continue to move forward and can give others an opportunity to provide remarks with that madam clerk lets move to our next tome oh let me say thank you laughter . And i will say thank you for details in my speech at the end of the meeting madam clerk move to the next item. Yes. Madam president in you have a list of any other members of the public you want to recognize for vips that might have entered late. I dont have any glasses madam clerk im not sure i can see any other members can you help me out if ive missed one. Not that i seen a well get those names and be able to recognize those if we missed anyone. 7, 8, 9 for remarks from the mayor mr. Mayor mayor edwin lee is joined us thank you for being here mr. Mayor and welcome to the chamber you have the floor. Thank you. Good morning everyone and happy new year and congratulations to supervisor president london breed i look forward to working you with as weve done the last two years and also want to congratulate all the new let elected members and the returning members of the board of supervisors as well as their families for being here today youve been entrusted with the people of your district with an incredible roeblthd and gift that is to serve them and our great city San Francisco also want to acknowledge the historic made up of the board of supervisors the first openly hiv member of the board jeff is going to be so important right now for you and im so proud ive been able to choose you for you, you to succeed in Supervisor Scott Wiener place thank you for serving. clapping. and also as supervisor cowen has noted a majority of female members of the board of supervisors for the very first time in the citys history from observation i believe might be true for all the legislative aides a majority of females thank you for your work as well. clapping. that is in my opinion a test want to the values of our city that our San Francisco state made a light for so many people this moment in time is unlike any other weve faced in San Francisco now more than ever need to be united and protect the values and the values that our city has been built on because when we work to get we have 329 success together to make sure that homelessness in San Francisco is rare it is brief, and hopefully for as many people as possible only a one time curtains weve done so by creating a department on homelessness opening up be Navigation Centers and providing compassionate hi Quality Services and building more Affordable Housing were creating a bring out future for our children by investing in education and our Childrens Fund were giving our seniors and people with disabilities the respect they deserve by paying our dignity fund and continue to work towards the collective goal of thirty thousand units by 2020 and have made progress on all levels supportive of housing and Public Housing and inclusionary housing and marketrate housing and we will get to the family Workforce Housing as well were creating a 21st Century Police department with a chief that moves us down the paths of reforms thanks to the work and in partnership with the community we can accomplish great things when we put San Francisco first and whats best for the residents first, i look forward to Work Together with each members of the board for all the issued that you care deeply about and continuing the process weve made congratulations and lets get to work thank you. clapping. thank you, again mr. Mayor for being here and with that, id like to acknowledge a few additional people that we have today with us one of our elected representatives for the Community College board of trustees tom is here with us today. clapping. and i also want to acknowledge a number of our Department Heads if you can stand and hold our applause to the end the department of Public Health mr. Garcia and the department of Human Services and the director of rec and park Phil Ginsburg our Zoning Administrator naomi kelly and our fire chief chief joanne hayeswhite and our chief chaplin and thank you our Puc Harlan Kelly and our city kroerl Ben Rosenfield and want to send a special recognized to our deputy City Attorney john gibner and finally the legendary man that needs no introduction who worked on the board of supervisors as a budget and legislative analyst since its inception the line of questioning legendary harvey rose. clapping. i did this in the electives thank you. So thank you all for being here today clearly it is not just the members of the board of the supervisors that makes the decisions that will the people that actually make the city run we appreciate many of the elected leaders and the Department Heads for joining us here today with that, time for raekz racks from the members of the board and so ill go in order and starting with supervisor sandra fewer. Thank you madam president and i would like to say thank you for the opportunity to introduce you to my family that supported me throughout the campaign but actually, the pride of actually my life and i would be honored today for everyone to get to know my family which is john fewer my husband of 35 years. My daughter colleen fewer. clapping. any daughter sarah fewer. clapping. and my sister pamela kaplan. clapping. and my best friend ann. clapping. i like to take the opportunity to thank the residents the Richmond District to trust me for the steward for the next 4 years i also would like to thank many, many people who have worked on any campaign my Campaign Staff is here to see me being 2345urgd and want to introduce any staff will will be joining me in my office chelsea. clapping. i believe many of you know nick and angeleno theyll be staying on and special thanks to sxhaufr that has been a dedicated Public Servant a wonderful caregiver of the district i lived in and had three children so supervisor eric mar i want to say thank you, very much for the long service sunflower the neighborhoods and families and as im learning and talking about with people particularly on the most vulnerable in the district thank you eric. clapping. so San Francisco has changed a lot from the San Francisco of my youth im a fifth generation san franciscan chineseamerican but hope that the cultural of respect for humility and diversity stand strong to lead us into the next phase and look forward to the next 4 years of working on a female majority board and also as the first time woman elected to represent district one the greatest call for us to reannuity for all of us to believe in humanity the promise of Public Education as a great equalize and human right for freedom and national way for the minimum wage workers a womans right to choose this is the moment and this is it i thank the unit and looking forward to working with everyone on the board and will say with the mayor and the city departments to table those big issues that impact also any district affordability and liveability in San Francisco in my district we have an increasing amount even if seniors and hope to focus on their needs and the programming and the services theyll need in the next 4 years and hope to set a foundation for whoever follows me, im here as a supervisor for a short time in the history of San Francisco so i lived in closing like to say that to all the newly elected colleagues welcome and to the ones that have been here i hope to learn from you and everybody in the room thank you for the confidence in me to do this job to represent this wonderful, wonderful city we all live in and also any district thank you very much. clapping. thank you supervisor fewer supervisor peskin. I rise sorry i never do that my colleagues ribbed me for my old sty ways thank you madam president and madam clerk to our my colleagues old and especially new honored guests what a great honor to take the oath of office in the presence of so 34 people that supported me and lived in me and held me accountable in the preponderance of the evidence chambers i enter any tenth year an honor to serve the people of San Francisco in district 3 for so long i never honestly never thought id like be reelected to a fourth term but noting no more else in representin