that's what it means. that's why the housing authority is here because they believe in the same thing. i want to thank the commissioners and staff and henry a fantastic job and all the leadership with all of the commissioners. i want to thank our partners. let 300,000 grants and they reflect the deputy administrator a collaboration and agreement that we're doing it the right way, and i want to thank president obama. he has been wonderfully supportive of the examples we provided here. i want to thank secretary shawn don van and his staff and the regional staff for recognizing what is going on here. i want to thank hope sf and all of the partners that we created. you know i was here when the planning grant was given to alice griffin and it wasn't just the celebration of the grant. we went to work. we went to

work with the residents, the neighbors. we went to work with our supervisor and i know ms. cohen is out of breath and knows how important this is for her constituents and this district, but most importantly we knew if we didn't just talk the talk, that if we actually took the residents with us, and took all of the talent that we had in the city from the housing authority to our mayor's office of housing, to the redevelopment people, to the private developers, to the staff that has been so diligent, to the private nonprofit sector. the in incredible community based organizations and the bay view y and all these wonderful people that have been struggling for years saying "can we get some help? can we get some love in the town? can we do something

that will get us all together? and we can all these nonprofits and bridge and mercy and coming together saying we can all do it and we team up with hope sf and the partners they created in saying it's not just brick and mortar that we're doing here. it's people first. the first thing that we have to do is bring hope to the people living there and then we went about saying what is the best way to do it? what are the best examples of rebuilding -- not housing. we said rebuild community. that's what we invested in and that's where the labor partners became so important too because we needed people trained and retrained in skills. we needed them to say "you're going to help us build the community". not that we will build it for you if you can afford it and then come back.

that's years past. we learned from those mistakes and invested in people first and that's what the grants recognize and that's how the city is going about doing t i am very proud. i am very proud because -- you know, busty posy hit a grand slam and we all celebrate that and i'm going to use baseball analogies all along and these grants don't win the series or the whole ball game but they are important building blocks of steps of confidence that involve the people. the next people up at bat are the people themselves and you're going to get trained in the people that we need. you're going to help us create better schools with our school district because that is part of the neighborhood. better transportation systems. small businesses that have all of the

streets we're rebuilding and the old redevelopment and the successor agency called office of community investment and infrastructure. they're succeeding. they're the ones there. they're going to use smart investment strategies with the communities to build businesses there. we learned. you just can't put poor people in housing and expect them to survive and succeed. that's not how we have done it. we have done it because we built communities and people can work in different economic spectrums and ethnicities and bringing people together and how do you figure out the best restaurants and neighborhoods come together. you invest in this and that's why choice neighborhoods is such a significant program. i had a chance to speak with the secretary and choice neighborhoods and we're going to have the debate and not doing

hope six and not investing in hud. we have threats of discussions of the future of hud but if you allow us the opportunity to work with our people then we'll succeed because if we put people first that will always succeed and that's what we're doing and what is being recognized. i am so proud of our residents, our neighbors and community organizations that stepped up with both labor, with the cities and the strange bureaucracies that change all the time and leaders are stepping up to help with this from the city administrator, to public works and all the agencies you see reflected behind us. let's continue investing in our family and the home runs will come and see alice griffic and the brick and mortar being put together

with the residents. i will repeat that. it's important. with the residents and helping to building and get the jobs and start the services and transform our communities and make sure people don't leave. that they have a hope here to stay and build their future. that's what these planning grants are all about, and these home runs will then lead to the multi-millions of dollars of good series that we're going to do on the way to a world clatsz city with world class standards and opportunities for all of us to share and thank you to all of you for working so hard and three years of uninterrupted effort without a lot of praise with some people in the community still not understanding. they do things that we don't want to have happen but we will still work them and present hope and give the kids the opportunity. i am proud of you being here and

celebrating these home runs and let's get to the all series for everybody. thank you very much . [applause] >> thank you mr. mayor. thank you very much. next up we have supervisor cohen. >> thank you everyone. leave it to the mayor to always give a shout out to the giants. he's so smooth in how he slips that in. i want to acknowledge the 49ers are doing just as well and looking forward to that game on thursday. welcome. this is exciting. it's good to see a fairly good representation of the housing authority, of residents and family and friends and staff. thank you so much for being here. secretary donnavon. >> i will say hello for you. >> all right. thank you for being here and representing the secretary. is that correct? okay. thank you. i will make

a note in my talking point. okay. somebody's job is on the line. just kidding megan. but no -- but in all seriousness today is a wonderful day. we have an opportunity to celebrate. remember last year in august when many of us came together about the -- what $30 million grant that they received. i don't know if you remember that. i got choked up and today we're still celebrating two grants for two pieces of large parts of san francisco. po tearo hill. anybody from that area? i know we have some of those folks and sunny valley here and visitation valley. thank you for being here. this is like a pep rally. if the mayor can go on so can i. this is the most exciting part of san francisco and yes we deal with challenging things and interesting votes and we also

get it right and this is example of us getting it right and for the residents and making change happen. it's like a tsunami of change happening and it's not going to crush us like in the past. this tide will bring us out of the darkness and i am pleased to be here and celebrate the grants for both neighborhoods and as you know i am very honored to represent. thank you director alva residence for your leadership and commitment. we are a true testament of exactly what public housing can produce. you beat the myth. you are reframe being the conversation and i thank you for your leadership. mr. mayor, thank you for allowing henry to continue to have a job. and

thank you for the leadership as well and the commitment to the neighborhoods and it goes beyond public housing and hope sf gets filled and the merchants along the corridor and those that need our redevelopment. thank you very much. city administrator thank you. thank you. [applause] so both areas have unique challenges. i don't think there is any secret any that. that's why we are here and particularly excited to putting the commitment of putting our money where our mouth is and where our mouth has been for years and i am committed to the improvements for the areas and as the supervisor i will work towards safer streets and more resources and stronger commercial corridors and education for everyone. to echo what has been said earlier this morning the

choice initiative program, the goals of not only investing in the neighborhood and housing and also improving the lives of residents. i think that's what we're talking about here. we're putting people in front of policy instead of people behind policy. sometimes people get ran over with bad policy in place and now we're putting the people first and supporting with thoughtful and solid policy and leadership. as a city we are fortunate to have big and bold projects. yes they're lofty and we have millions of dollars we're trying to raise and thank you to sandra for the leadership in doing that. we have the blue angels and a possible new warrior stadium and technology and creatively innovate the transportation system but it's the investment and success of the neighborhoods in san francisco because that's what counts. when a neighborhood is strong a city is strong and that is a message that can't be

missed and we can't lose sight of that and thank you hud for the grant and believing in our city's comprehensive approach to improve public housing and it's nice that we received two. that'sow awesome we are and i want to say thank you very much. >> well ladies and gentlemen i'm going to wrap up. i'm going to take about two minutes. i just need to thank a bunch of folks and of course mayor lee thank you for had opportunity. i know last time i did this dancing and that's not going to happen today but i am shouting and carrying on but we're not dancing. we have dr. hernandez and chairman and the commissioners and i think allen is here and the

public tenant housing and gina and lots of associates and i want alex to step out for a second. we couldn't do this without speaker -- i mean leader pelosi and soon speaker again and all of these folks. it takes a village to get this done. i know to my friends and colleague i have been a pain and to one guy i need to say a special thanks and step up here for a minute and this is important. i spent 18 hours on a plan and bugging him about the grants and we're in the middle seats and six and a half ride from dc and all he did was smile so i want to say thank you for believing in us and going after the two grants and everyone thank you very much. it's our absolute pleasure. yay giants. yay 49ers, the commissioner is here as well and thank you for being here. i really

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