empower and improve people ’ s lives ,” reflects Stephanie , “ and found that working on a local level provided me more opportunities to have a direct and beneficial impact .” With its many moving parts – creating and maintaining open spaces , renting out land and real estate , offering maritime and recreational services , overseeing multiple construction projects and proposing and implementing public policy , to name just a few – the Port offers a variety of ways to contribute . No one , however , could have predicted just how vital a role the Port would take in helping to address some of the community ’ s most dire needs during the COVID-19 pandemic , which hit less than a month after Stephanie stepped into her new role there .
In March of 2020 , a COVID-19 outbreak on a Grand Princess cruise ship anchored in the San Francisco Bay suddenly catapulted the Port into the frontlines of what quickly turned into a global pandemic , inducing the Port to mobilize
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