an opportunity i did not have. growing up in chicago i could only touch and be touched by african-americans. they have the opportunity to touch african-americans, to touch jewish people, to touch the chinese and gay people, straight people, to touch all people and to be touched by them. our community, our community will keep going forward because of that. i thank you for having me here today. it was a pleasure. thank you. [applause] president chiu: supervisor campos from district 9 will make that next presentation. supervisor campos: let me begin by reiterating what was said by a number of supervisors. just a great gratitude that i have for all the amazing members

of the african-american community who for so many years, strolled to make sure that -- struggled to make sure we had equal rights. it is all of us whether we are african-american or not, benefit from. as a gay latino man, i am deeply appreciative of that. of those efforts and those accomplishments. i have the honor of recognizing a very special woman. we have her in front of us and that is mama georgia willette. let me say a few words before i turn it over to her. there are people in a neighborhood who are so remarkable that they essentially become the face of that neighborhood. when it comes to allegany, many

know mama georgia as the mayor. as the supervisor of district 9, i know enough to know that the mayor otrumps the supervisor of district 9. when it comes to making sure that we understand what is happening in that community, you go to moll, ga. to know that. mama georgia to know that. she has been a resident of that neighborhood for 46 years, she has been a long time active member of the community with the entire vernal heights neighborhood and a longtime volunteer. you can see she has been the there for many years. she has been a participant at

the neighborhood center, she has been a leader in the community that has been active on some many issues involving the rights of tenants. she has fought for so many years to make sure that we bring the necessary resources for the housing community, and in particular, focusing on the needs of young people. there are some many young people whose lives have been touched by mama georgia. if you need to know what is happening in the neighborhood, she is the person to go to. you can sometimes run into her on the 67 bus line. if you are lucky enough to run in to her, you can enjoy a pleasant conversation, and you are always struck by the down to earth at the very real way that she interact with people.

the list of attributes and goes on and on, we are proud that she is here, and you can see some members of the community are here with her. it is truly an honor for me to recognize on behalf of the board of supervisors, for being a leader in the community for over 36 years, for the many hours of volunteer work, for being a steadfast senior program participants. for the constant advocacy and efforts to bring a first of the housing community, and for being the unofficial mayor. thank you for working in our community. [applause] >> firstly, i want to give honor to almighty for allowing me to see another day, another hour.

he didn't have to do it, but he did. to let me live this long. i only asked to live to be 50. and have one kid. i ended up having four boys. after i by past 50 and may 81 and a half, that didn't do. 82 1/2 didn't do. 83 1/2, that is what i am. who thought i would hang around this long? espinola, your face. it is nice to have my friends and family and the housing authority, the commission of people with me, and my sisters. my god-children, my baby son, would you come up here?

i want you all to know that i do everything from my heart because my father was a preacher. there were seven of us, for boys and three girls. my dad did not believe in laying around, but we had to saying. we traveled all across the country. it was just all over the world. after all the traveling, i ended up here in san francisco. and i love san francisco. when i first moved to alameda,

[unintelligible] lt met me tell you something, love. where is alameda? you don't know alameda? i said it as a girl. anyway, we went to the map . down 280. you want to do quality work for you, you have to come out there. they walked around and let everyone know. it is he that has made us that way ourself.

you know better than that. the man is looking into booking. the rest of that, the only way to hell. i taught them how to write their resume, and do something with their hands of a van carrying guns around. don't be ashamed if you don't know how to read and write. come to my house. we take time with the kids. we take time of the kids. kids these days are ashamed to let you know that they are just there.

they are jack and jill, went up the hill. come on down to earth and to try to learn something. tried have your own business. you don't have to work for nobody to get the bucks. i know you all know i am telling the truth. god loves you, and he said, this is everybody through the police. i said, that is right. i am the only black mayor, i can do that. i want to thank you all for listening to me. and and we need a place like recollection.

you'll need to come out there. take them out there yourself. we try to improve, and it has everything quiet. we have a police station. thank you all for everything. [applause]

president chiu: our final presentation of the day will be from district 11. >> first, i would like to say happy birthday to espinola jacksonl . she turneed 79 last week. certainly, your contributions have been tremendous. i want to thank you and wish you happy birthday. second, i want to congratulate all the honor raised tonight. it has been a real pleasure to sit in this seat and hear people singing, telling stories, another great commitment to our wonderful city.

it is one of the pleasures on being on the board of supervisors. if her community wants to come up with her, too, that would be wonderful.

you want to come right out here to the podium. thank you for being here. she was born in atlanta georgia to steve and dorothy and was the oldest of 12 children, six boys and six girls. she was educated in the atlanta public school system where the -- she graduated with honors, attending and the high-school at the same time as martin luther king jr. who she says will always be alive, and i wholeheartedly concur. she grew up playing piano and has played beautifully at community events and churches throughout her life. i might have the date wrong, i

have 1948. with the dream of california's openness, she found the state had a ways to go to live up to the future the lot of black folks believe them when they came here. she found a community in social clubs of the fillmore and fondly remembers her for anticipation with her friends. her husband was in the navy on the uss missouri. she met him when he came to port at the san francisco shipyard where she got her first job of working as a clerk. when she did her application, her penmanship was so beautiful, they said you have to write for us. her job was riding a lot of letters. she and her husband sold housing to low-income people.

she said that it was a view that could take you straight to hell or have an end if you were a lover, it was a view to see. her lifelong passion has been supporting the use and making things better for the next generation. she fought for school integration, battling prevailing attitudes she claimed was heartbreakingly rough, but she never lost sight of her passion and her goals. she is the mother of two daughters. one of the greatest gift she has passed on to her children has been the gift of community, and to her family, holidays were not about gifts, but understanding and sharing as a family. her career has been prodigious. she has attended howard university, the school of social work, and san francisco state

university. she worked in the san francisco unified school district and was the community director of the education planning project. she was the executive director of the san francisco council of churches. she was a founding member and past president of the african- american historical society. she has served on various community boards including the american baptist churches, the national council of churches, church world services, a bay area girl scout council, they're celebrating their hundred year anniversary coming up soon. bayview hunters point ecumenical council. today, she has her family and community are around the temple united methodist church and i am honored to provide you with this

award of our gratitude for your work in san francisco. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a great day for me. i just want to say that my involvement over these years have brought much much love for a different type of people in this world. at temple united methodist church, i spent a lot of time addressing members and folks in the community. and one of the things that i have learned is that you

thinking of the folks, but you really don't know them. and it is only through this communication are we able to get the message over about what is going on. the historical society, sure. when i got here, there was no group that seemed to -- the only place we could go and hear about black folks was at the baptist. i listened to that long enough and i said i have to get out of here and see what is going on. there are a whole lot of things going on outside. the other thing i want to say is that i want to make an appeal to the young folks.

if you really want to get to know what the world is all about, volunteer at some organization. don't go when looking for a paycheck. work yourself up to the paycheck. volunteerism has been the sole of my life. i move around volunteering. and i learned about people, all the different ethnic groups and different classes of people. i want to say that i recommend it to the young people. volunteers. and go after the young peoplehood, give them a reward by letting them volunteered. if you never say to them, come

on land, i have 50 letters i want you to address whether you have good handwriting or bad, you will be surprised what will happen to the kid because he is going to read the letter, and he is going to be informed of something he did not know about before. so you get information that you wouldn't have otherwise. this clearly is rich with the ethnic groups. i just love them. you know what? i can never understand all of them. i just look at them and say, i see. a lot of things i don't understand. i've got a sudden, it is time for you to shut up. and i am going to shut up.

i want to thank the supervisors for recognizing this. there is a way of letting me know because i do have a hand where i'd go some folks are. i want to say thanks to my pastor that allows me to do a lot of things at the church. this is a very special day for me, not because i am not here. this is the day that my husband and i got married. and i know he said, all right. keep it out. i told you to keep going and don't stop.

president chiu: i want to thank everyone for participating in this ceremony. this ceremony coincided with valentine's day, we have a lot of love in the room and a lot of admiration for the community leaders. [applause] and with that, could you please call item 14? >> authorizing the exercise of a five-year option to extend the lease of approximately 19,000 square feet of space for the share of's department. president chiu: call roll?

supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu:er cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. >> item 15, authorizing the general manager of the public utilities commission.

the cash management and baking services request and four proposal. supervisor campos: this goes back a couple years with the fair lending and working group, looking at the way it doesn't banking to try to leverage and insure greater support they encourage the treasurer to look at how they can promote the investment policies to leverage a better accountability for banking as well. also, we have a hearing back in

october that led to the establishment of this resolution as well. back in october, we had the occupy movement installation over at the plaza. one of the big issues is about the financial institutions and about our issue specifically around foreclosures in california, the bay area, and san francisco. san francisco doesn't quite have the same kind of recognition as the central valley, having the foreclosure crisis. there are areas that have a hot spots, a large part of district 10, district 11, and even district 6 as well. we wanted to use the hearing and this resolution to look at how we can promote how we do our banking to support greater

compliance from the financial institutions that we work with. the cash management and banking services is a for an rflp, so it will have the bid very soon. we have had a lot of conversations with the treasurer about how we can strengthen the process to leverage a better support from financial institutions to deal with the crisis around foreclosures have better accountability measures. i am really pleased with the work of the treasurer that was able to put social responsibility measures there, and also requiring the budget and finance committee, and giving us credit for banks responding to provide information about how they are dealing with small business loans, helping households against foreclosures, how many are going through, and giving

extra credit for banks that provide that information, he has made it a requirement which is a big push from the members of the community. i want to thank his office that has been very supportive. we have been working with a span of the california reinvestment coalition, numerous residents around the city and county of san francisco. and we ensure that we got a resolution that is stronger. this is one step that we wanted to be able to make, ensuring that we are using local dollars for financial policies. president chiu: thank you, i would also like to be added as a co-sponsor. can we do this item same house,

sam call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. >> ordnance excepting the infrastructure improvements associated with a mission they south blocks 2-7 and 13 phase one. declaring city property -- president chiu: same house, same call. item 18? >> motion appointing o superviselague -- supervisor olague tot the council. president chiu: can i get a motion to excuse supervisor olague? can we take a roll-call vote on this item? supervisor mar: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye