Back in SF after an incredible trip to China! As many of you may know, we're thrilled to be welcoming our very own pandas soon. I wanted to share a bit of my experience visiting them at the Shanghai Wildlife Park. Here in San Francisco, preparations for their arrival are moving full steam ahead, and we are starting local fundraising efforts to support this wonderful mission. I've introduced a resolution to facilitate fundraising for the Giant Panda enclosures at the SF Zoo, which will be funded by philanthropic efforts, not taxpayer dollars. This allows us to engage directly with private entities to rally funding support for this project that stregnthen our cultural ties and tourism efforts. The timeline for the panda's arrival will become clearer as we progress, but the wheels are already in motion. This past week, engineers from the Beijing Zoo came to meet with the San Francisco Zoo on the design for the Giant Panda enclosures. In May, a delegation from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Chinese Wildlife Conservation Association will visit to finalize the details. Can’t wait to see these furry friends arrive in SF!
@LondonBreed Glad taxpayers dollars are not being used for this. Are you going to supply the @sfchronicle with a cost breakdown of air fares, hotels, food, entertainment, gifts that I presume #SanFrancisco taxpayers had to pay for you, your fellow grifters (how many?) to go to #China? CNN
@LondonBreed This is the final straw. I’ve decided to vote for anyone else to take your place.
@LondonBreed Why don't you stay there? no one needs you to continue destroying #SanFrancisco BTW you should have an audit of what you spent in China.
@LondonBreed What did you give Xi in exchange? CA is in extreme debt. Reign in your travel and dining plans. In otherwise live like the regular people. Stop polluting by flying. Zoom meetings. Mayors need to curb their personal spending on our dime. How many people went with you, who paid?
@LondonBreed Commie gonna gush about China
@LondonBreed After a week or 2 in SF.
@LondonBreed This is some next level pandaring that your doing.🤣
@LondonBreed They’ve already died of a fentanyl overdose and were eaten by a group of addicts in a homeless encampment. Welcome to San Francisco!
@LondonBreed I would like to be able to safely park my car in SF. Pandas are so far up the hierarchy of needs, it’s wild that we’re spending any time on that at this point.