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(applause). . (applause). . . thank you guys so much for that beautiful performance can we give them another round of applause? (applause). all the this time if i can ask mr. joaquin torrez to join us again on stage, joaquin will be introducing the mayor and if i can ask my fellow committee members to also join us on stage. joaquin. thank you very much i have to say as director the mayor s oches of neighborhood services it s refreshing to have a mayor so dedicated to couldn t and it makes my job easier when our people in the community want to feel our elected efficients make our needs and it s in physical presence and i have had the great pleasure of serving under our mayor lee who i would like to make a invite to make a few remarks in honor or of arab heritage month here in san francisco. thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. i want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and it s my ....
if i may, i just wanted to say something as well. you know, there are many streets of our great, great city and everybody i think is now enjoying so many of the neighborhoods that are rising up. but there have been neighborhoods like desoma and the excelsior, critical names of streets that we named after filipinos who really served our city and country in a fabulous way. i want to make sure that people remember that. because it s part of our history. so let me say some of them that many of you in the room know, but a lot of our people don t know that. you ever see the names? (listing names ) if you were really smart and if you are as smart as hydra wants everybody to be in san francisco, because of her board of education work, you should know victoria manalo dreys park. that was named after vicky dreyes, a filipino olympian from san francisco. these are names we should never forget. we ll see another names as they serve our great city and become our great local heroes. ....
changed muni, depending on whose glasses you re using. proposition a, you know, we just want to make sure that you, the board members, particularly the new board members when they do come in, really step up to the plate, and have the agency conduct business for the residents of this city like they re supposed to be. no one s paying attention to prop a, transit first. no one. so when we take that into context, this system should be really yeah. mr. elsbernd brung up prop g but did it affect anything? i don t know. we have to look at those numbers today because in two weeks they re talking about cutting service to your constituents in the outer neighborhoods. yet take care of the visitors that s coming to shop in union square but what about the individuals in the outer neighborhoods. service is going to be affected deeply with these cuts. so we just ask for you and we are trying to work with the agency as a partnership, what we re asking for the support of the board as ....
said mozel tough and i am glad to be here and i am proud to be an italian american and it s been an important part of my identity. i believe i have the soul in my heart. [applause] . so there you are. and i remember my grandfather saying when he came over on the boat he was told the streets of america were paved with gold and found out there were no streets and he had to do the paving, and i think the strongest part of our culture is the family . we may have our dysfunctions but our families never dessert us and my family didn t know much with the lgbt issue so when i came out of the closet i thought they would be so upset i would lose them. wouldn t happen. once my son had a sign that said i love my gay son that never calls and that is it and i want to welcome the counsel general and his partner and actually we share a vice, and it s called napoli. i think i can say it right. (. [speaking foreign language] . we don t want you to do that but want to work out programs ....
all right, good evening, everybody, who wants to see a tree lit? happy holidays, welcome to fabulous mcclarin lodge here in golden gate park. my name is phil ginsberg and i am the general manager of your san francisco recreation and park department and i want to welcome you all to the 83rd annual tree lighting. happy holidays for you all. the trust for public land as mr. mayor knows recently named your park the number one park system in the entire united states of america. [ applause ] we were also just named as a finalist to host this cool international parks conference in 2015 in which we are going to be welcoming cities from all over the country to learn how we do it here in san francisco. and then, just last month, and a big thank you to all of you, san francisco voters approved proposition b. the cleanest safe neighborhood parks fund which allows us to renovate and juvinate your parks. 83 years ago, uncle john mcclarin and if you go in the gm of ....