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Assemblymember Phil Ting, Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer joined community organizations in announcing the details of the annual Richmond District Autumn Moon Festival. This year’s celebration will take place Saturday, September 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. along Clement Street between Fifth and Eighth Avenues in San Francisco. Please join us!

Congratulations & thank you to Mac Taylor, who’s retiring after 40 years of service to the State of CA. Appointed in 2008, he was most recently the Legislative Analyst, the non-partisan fiscal advisor to the Legislature. He's only the fifth person to ever hold the job. It was my pleasure to honor him on the Assembly floor.

It’s my honor to name Iana Lim as my district’s Veteran of the Year. She served in the U.S. Navy from 2010-2014 as a Machinist Mate Third Class, servicing steam powered ships. She was sent all over the world for the global war on terrorism, including Haiti, Guantanamo Bay, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the Mediterranean, among other locations. Iana was awarded several medals during her service. She just graduated from San Francisco State with a degree in International Business. While a student, she supported hundreds of student veterans with her advocacy work, seminars & outreach. Congratulations Iana & thank you for serving our country!

I'm proud to honor Bijan Sartipi, who recently retired from CalTrans after more than three decades at the agency. Since 2002, he had been Director of District 4, overseeing many of the Bay Area's biggest transportation projects. In San Francisco, that included the $1.1B Presidio Project which opened in July 2015, replacing Doyle Drive. With his parents present, Bijan (far right) accepted the Assembly resolution thanking him for his leadership and service. We wish him all the best in retirement.