Annemarie Conroy Quotations

I think we are working with a regional approach: whether the dollars flow to San Francisco or to other partners in the region, it will still benefit The City.

We're taking these 300 whether we get reimbursed or not.

We came together and took a regional approach to determine what our needs were.

We've got a bad-ass team, ... I've put together the best and brightest, and these people wouldn't be working here unless they had confidence in the leadership at the top.

We have to figure out the best system together. Because no matter who gets hit the most by the quake, we will all be calling each other.

The most important thing is to get children stabilized and get them into schools.

They dropped a bombshell on us. There's less UASI money to be spread around the country, more competition and San Francisco has been consolidated with other areas for funding.

It might not all be funded in this particular round, but this identifies the needs of the region.

I know when I took this job some people had their doubts, but I think we've done quite a lot since I got here,

If the region is prepared then so is San Francisco. We cannot handle a massive event on our own.

This is a high-level seminar to talk about very sensitive things. It is closed to the press. We're talking about high-level, very sensitive information. It is not a press event.