well, i guess -- it's my concern a little bit about some of the supportive housing and the -- is it the housing first -- let me see if i can find it. i just found it when i was working in the community with very low income clients. some of them weren't being prioritized on some of the -- for housing because of the care not cash program tends to priorize people who are part of cap. so if you're a senior, or if you're a person living with disability, chances are you might get lost in the shuffle because you're not -- because care not cash tends to prioritize people are a part of this other program. so it's just something that i have a little bit -- i know i miss the shelter hearing the other day.

i know that at some point even though -- housing first is definitely a housing. there is still a lot of seniors with disabilities. i heard this a lot from the transgender community that there still seems be a need for shelter that have the kind of emphasis or skill set from the staff that can deal with you know, seniors and some people in these particular populations. at some point i would think -- i'm sorry i missed that hearing the other day. but i would like to understand that a little bit better. but that whole housing first and how it's implemented is something that i would like to look at a little bit more. the care not cash program and how people are housed and what that means for people with disabilities and people who are

seniors. >> supervisor olague before we move on, let me just say that we decided to continue the last item. but i wanted to thank pamela levin from d.b.i. and michael for sticking around but we have lost our cue rom or will be. so please continue. >> i think this is the most -- i think those are the things that came to mind. you know, obviously, everything that everyone said i have seen it firsthand in my dealings with low income tenants. so i didn't -- sadly it's just a real crisis in the city. but yeah. >> thank you. >> yeah. >> thank you, supervisor. >> i wanted to depive you a chance to make comments. >> i just wanted to thank the 60 to 70 people that came out

and testified the really great and hard work by all the staff represented from the mayor's office in housing. thank you, ms. dennis and your staff, and thank you to john and others for being here as well. i wanted to say of interest to me besides sustainable community strategy, i know avalos and others have been looking carefully at this link job housing linkage. i think it's so important for people to build on the priority development area but there are also areas in so-called p.d.a.'s that also need more affordable housing and diverse housing as well. so that's one question is if the housing prioritizing is along the corridors from 19th avenue corridor and 280. how do we build affordable

housing and diverse housing outside of those areas? i also want to say that supervisor campos and wiener are looking at transportation. even with my role with e bag and with the bay area air quality management district they're looking to create more affordable housing and especially linked with jobs. so my hope is that we're not looking along those corridors and not just the eastern parts of san francisco but also the west and other areas as well. but i just wanted to thank everyone for the great report. and when i heard loud and clear from the testimony is we need prioritize low income, affordable housing much, much more and have better strategies an monitoring within our different department. i'm all for a dashboard or better tools so question look at the bigger pishchur so we

can make decisions on individual projects. thank you so much for your leadership supervisor olague and campos. >> i just found my questions finally. that's page 41 of the report mentioned -- the board of supervisors the does not receive information on local operating subsidies. i do have questions on supportive housing. i know that people who are homeless are placed in two supportive housing situations and i just wonder about the quality of care that folks are receiving. i know t. -- tndc and other organizations i have full faith in. but sometime i've heard managers for buildings with 200 people and then limited availabilities. so when we say supportive housing what do we mean, really? and what is the eviction rate

for people who are chronically homeless and who are placed in those units? what kind of support do they receive to ensure that they can remain housed? >> i cannot necessarily answer all the questions related to housing first because that's a program that human agency and the department of health run but we can talk to you about the operating subsidy program. we administer with money from the general fund. however one of the requirements the local operating city program is hand in hand services. it's a requirement for subsidies to be continued. support services has to be provided to the services. if there's a question with the quality of the services we work with the department of public health to make sure that they're being provided to the clines that are receiving the

subsidies. >> at sam: point i'd like to have more detail about some of that. >> sure. i know these programses are well intentioned but i just wonder about the specifics, the ratio between, you know, residents vs. some of the services, you know a little bit more in depth. >> sure. we would be happy to provide that piece of information. >> frequently people will make the connection between housing and cost of housing. if you build more then the cost will go -- economics 101, sort of that we all learn. but it doesn't seem to apply in san francisco. so at some point i'm just wondering if -- you know, as we build more does that really have an impact at all on the cost of housing? rental or own irship housing in the city? -- rental or ownership housing in the city? >> i think you have some differing opinions on the

question whether it's the creation of supply in and of itself affects the overall price of housing. i think that teddy from the -- from the budget comptroller's office had talked about what it would take to really lower the price of housing in san francisco. and he talked about an incredible production of 100,000 units to bring the cost of housing down on a production basis. the extreme subsidying, you get x number of units are creating a creation of affordable housing. clearly there's something in between the two which is what the city will do in the long-term. >> we're about to lose quorom.

ly not be able to ask my questions today. i was curious on how we report projects. i think it would be important to start including that of how we're meeting our goals and the with with with mayor's on housing, i have a question about the demographics of the people who live in that unit. we may be getting a report soon. the ordinance and the assessment of that ordinance is and i think that it's important for us to continue to stay on top of that because that was important. i was really -- i want to thank everyone for all the time because it's really clear the immense amount of time that our department, legislative analyst put into the report that we have before us today. and it's disappointing to see that even in arena goals that we might be slightly declining

in achieving our affordable production targets by 4636% to 33% and we as a city need to take a very important look at how we do better monitoring. we call this because you want to see better monitoring but this is only the beginning. we need to look at funding and land acquisition and something that we all have been talking about. we need to strengthen our inclusionary program which is our housing program for our middle and moderate income. we heard a public comment is key for the redevelopment. i think all of the colleagues on our board is happy to see that the mayor is taking the lead. how do we take advantage of the city's limited land supply by using surplus project as some members of our community brought it today. and how do we sustain this

rental stock? i think we all want to see both low income and moderate income housing built in the city. there is a disagreement tooze what modern income is. i just have to state that i am really looking at 60 to 20%. that's a drastically different choice than the choices that i have to make which is choosing to live with a roommate or choosing to live in a one-bedroom apartment or choosing how many vacations i go on versus housing. i think we have to be clear about what it means to built moderate income houses and how

we zies that. i just wanted to say that today. >> colleagues can we continue item number two without objection? for item number three we're going to continue that to the call of the chair without objection. thank you everyone for coming out. meeting adjourned.

>> welcome. congratulations. it is a beautiful san francisco morning. thank you for joining us today to mark the centennial of a san francisco institution -- your muni system. [applause] it is actually quite appropriate that i am here today because

we're talking about muni, moving people from one place to another, and i just moved from 1013 to 1 037. i am trying to move about 1 million people of the dial, so i have come to learn about doing just the sort of thing. i want to extend a special welcome to the members of the chu -- muni centennial and honorary committee that dianne feinstein has graciously agreed to share. i will be introducing and recognizing members of the committee shortly along with the lady with two hats right here. nice to have you here. absolutely. always part of the day. we also have some very special guests and extend them greetings. from district four, supervisor carmen chu. [applause] district 8, supervisors got

wiener -- supervisor scott wiener. district 10 supervisor malia cohen. district 11 supervisor john avalos, and city treasurer jose cisneros. [applause] front and center. well done. very happy 100th to muni. since its first days of operation on december 28, 1912, this unique public transportation system has attracted and intrigue and amazed and served people from the city and untold visitors from all around the world. at to was the first major publicly owned transportation system in the nation and today is the seventh largest, carrying more than 200 million people a year. muni was part of the rebuilding

after the 1900 sixth earthquake and served as a dynamic catalyst as the city expanded over the sand dunes and down the peninsula. songs and movies often have featured muni. i don't know if you have heard this one -- ♪ to be where little cable cars ♪ [laughter] actually, tony bennett in town a couple of weeks ago to do that song. he did a wonderful job. muni is also a system constantly position to realize its position and step forward in the new strategic plan, which is -- san francisco, a great city, and excellent transportation choices. who better to waive that flag and our new mayor? although he has only been chief executive for a brief time, he, too, has a vision, which is to make san francisco the innovative capital of the world. he served two terms as city administrator and advanced the

city's move to a cleaner environment, most notably by leading the way for green, electric vehicle, and tuesday, his new office of innovation launched improve sf, a new web site to provide a platform for rethinking the role that government and citizens will play. he embraces technology, although, like a lot of us, he was a little slow to grab on sometimes initially as a city administrator. in the day one day, he is standing in front of the shredder, holding a document, frustrated and asks for someone to help them with this thing. an assistant comes over, pushes the button, takes the document, sticks it in. he says, "thank you so much. now can you make me two copies of that." [laughter] ladies gentlemen, the 43rd mayor of san francisco, ed lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you.

actually, i asked for three copies. welcome, everyone, to the beginning of the celebration of 100 years, the centennial of our municipal transportation system. i am so proud of this system. by thousand dedicated people serving all of our citizens and visitors -- 5000 dedicated people. i want to thank former mayor brown for being here as well. [applause] archie protocol officer -- our chief protocol officer, thank you for being here as well. [applause] someone i learned a lot from being city administrator, our previous city administrator. thank you for being here. i am so thrilled to share the stage with so many of our elected officials, our mta board, our supervisors, but certainly, foremost in my mind

has been our wonderful senator dianne feinstein, who really have the compassion for this system. before i introduce her, i just wanted to just let you know again how valuable this system is to us and what it means to us today, but in recognition of that, before we do that, it still is -- i mean, we've got 63 bus routes that are managed by our mta. seven light rail lines. the historic f line streetcars, of course. 700,000 daily borders of our mta -- daily boarders of our mta. of course, senator, as you so well articulated just moments ago, no mayor can ever escape a comment on a daily basis about

somebody's quality of ride in the city. because it is so much part of our daily lives, but it is also a reflection early generations of innovation. because we go back many, many years ago when the system was created, and, you know, you cannot avoid acknowledgment of history. they used mining technology to create the first cable cars in our system, and today, they have become the iconic representation of our muni system, that was innovation 100 years ago. and to understand that the mayor in 1912 drove the very streetcar

we are about to ride in in 1912 , to yet again represent innovation. we will have not only our ride, but we will also have on board the newest generation of innovators, these technology companies here today that locating themselves on our markets st. riding with us as well because they represent the newest generation of technology that will help muni come into the new generations for many years to come. december 28 of this year, we will be celebrating that 100 years, but we are going to have a lot of events leading up to that time, and also, to thank the 5000 dedicated people who are here today. i need to thank the chancellor's

workers union because they are giving me a driver's pass today. [applause] mr. williams, thank you because a brief drivers has to drive the historic heart is absolutely necessary, one that will represent that i will be as safe as i can be but also as enthusiastic about the system as you and the workers and men and women who are represented here will always be on a daily basis as we transport these 700,000 riders on a daily basis. one of the nice things about sharing the stage with senator feinstein is we can look back at her enthusiasm when she was a supervisor in those years in the 1970's when she declared the city to be a transit-first city. that was a wonderful thing because that has guided us for so many generations, and it has guided me to today that we are still a transit-first system.

this is why we invest in our chances system. while we are going to make sure it is not only serving all of us, but that it welcomes in the new route we are creating that mayer brown has worked so hard to get established. now, with the help of senator feinstein and the help of so many of our delegation and state representatives, we will start and finish that central subway that will also be the complement of the third street light rail. that will be another admission that we look forward to our transit system representing, to connect up eventually to what we have already started at the transbay terminal so that all of our muni transit system can connect up to the wonderful world of high-speed rail. that will be in our lifetime. not just a wish. we are taking steps to make sure that is a reality. that is our future.

we cannot risk the inability to have our transit system connected up to all of our areas. and then, to help muni establish the bus rapid transit systems along geary, venice, that will be done in a very short time, and we got some help because today we announced the rebuild of our hospitals, and they are contributing to the rapid transit systems. senator, with your leadership, for so many years, and your help and such wonderful leadership, i also want to acknowledge -- this transit system runs on hydroelectric power from our hetch hetchy dam, and we know that. we have felt that. we have used that. in addition to the wonderful water system it has, our our shaughnessy dan generates this

power -- our shaughnessy dam. for anyone to suggest that we should tared that down and be irresponsible to generations of people who are dependent on this innovation that occurred hundreds of years ago is to be irresponsible to our whole city. [applause] so i will tell you today, we will protect that dam. we will protect that innovation, and we will do it in the spirit that all of our and the raiders are today, that our spirit is rich enough to help everybody to make sure that we reflect everybody's lives. this trends assistant touches all of people's lives, whether you are a struggling immigrant, a small business, or the largest business in san francisco. it touches everybody's lives, and she knew it when she was supervisor when she declared transit first. she continues to help us in so

many ways. she has been my mentor, and she has been a continuing to be a great representative of our city. if i may welcome to the podium, our senator, senator feinstein. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. well, it is always nice to come home and get one good round of applause. kind of my morale boost for the week. this is a trip down memory lane for me. as a 6-year-old, i used to ride the f3 car from where we lived around beach st.. i could not read, so i would

have to ask the operator to tell me when this streak came up, and, of course, he did, and i am still here. it really developed a tremendous fondness in me for these mechanical giants. then, as willie will know and rudy will no -- rudi was deputy mayor for willie, deputy mayor for me, we're joined by a distinguished public utilities commission of that i had the honor of nominating and putting on the commission, dr. flynn, if you would give him a round of applause. [applause] as rudy knows well, the problems are either how you fix it when something goes wrong or how you fund it because public transit systems are expensive. when i became mayor, one of the first things we found was that

there was not a staggered bus line. do you remember that? one half of the fleet, which was around 300 cars, was breaking down continually. that got my attention very quickly. i think we did do the first staggering purchases for the muni railway so it would never happen again. thanks to the good stewardship of mayer brown and others and the good stewardship of ed lee, it never is going to happen again. then, in around 1983, into my office what gordon swanson, then the head of the chamber of commerce, and rick, who suggested doing and historic trolley festival, and that historic trolleys festival was set to just operate during the

tourist season from fisherman's wharf down to castro just for four months. the next year, 1984, was the democratic convention, it was easy for me to convince him to continue that that year. then, it was expanded to a five- year plan, and it existed for five years. well, it has been a few decades since then, and the historic trolley festival is still going on. [applause] now, i understand the route is going to be extended. one of the great things about this city is you have people who really do care, not a year in and year out, but decade after decade after decade. rick