0 years to make sure members of this community can go to work and really remain economically self sufficient. block #49d 49 is a part of that continuation, it's going to be exciting to see that families don't have to be displaced, but families have opportunity to move to other areas of their community and for affordable housing, if you look around you,we're not just saying it's affordable housing, but it's housing you can be proud of, happy to reside in. so we're looking very forward to the continued construction on this project, with seeing everything on to the end and making sure that the community is working and living here. we appreciate everyone's support. thank you all for coming out. now i have the pleasure of introducing mr. percy who has three decades of experience in

multifamily units and construction. he's transformed am cal into one of industry's leading developers, but developing 800 million residential and mixed use productions for california. he's part of an organization dedicated to advancing affording housing. >> we've been doing affordable housing since 1995 and been developing real estate in california since 1988. we've developed in 38 cities, but what makes this really special is this is our first project in san francisco. my heart's always been here,

but there's never had the opportunity to do it and so for that i want to thank craig adelman who helped us acquire the site. [applause] and i want to thank obviously mayor lee and the city of san francisco and ocii, other community developers, bank of america whom we are partnered with on multiple transactions throughout the state and of course leonard bourbon who without we would not be here. we are looking forward to hopefully doing more of this. as we all knoll there's a lot of need, very critical need and we only going to make a small dent in this and i don't think the affordable housing shortage is going to be solved or even getting close to being solved in our lifetime so we're grateful for the

opportunity, glad to be here. this building is going to be ready. hopefully we'll have the mayor here for the grand opening in june of 2016 and with that i wanted to acknowledge a lot of the people in am cal that worked on this project. robert barta, the project manager; louis ramirez, executive vice president and many other folks working hard in our office in la. i'd like to now introduce la shawn walker, she's the director of public affairs. she's a native san francisco citizen and resident of bay view. she's the former resident of bay view merchants and the community implementation committee chair. please welcome la shawn walker. >> good afternoon.

what he said about me is i'm also a lowel graduate. i needed to throw that in. you've heard obviously from our mayor and mr. walker and other speakers, about the importance of these 60 units of housing. but i'd like to just flesh it out a bit more. this is our first development of rental housing, which i think is very significant. our inclusionary program has already started on the blocks that are already in construction. 80% of ami or below for our for-sale housing that's currently under construction. but having a rental project is very significant. as you've heard already in terms of the need for a

variety of housing types for people in this community. and so i just wanted to stress the fact and the importance of this particular block. the mayor alluded to our work force goal of 50% of local hire, but we're doing amazing things so i wanted to just spend a couple minutes to say more about that. we're not just building housing for the community, but with the community. we right now have an average of 45% of our work force hours are san francisco residents. that's not the goal, that's what's happening right now today. we have in our sbe participation right now we have 46%. sbe participation in our housing construction we have 73% sbe for our

infrastructure and we have 75% for or professional services. i think that deserves a round of applause. [applause] so with all of the affording housing that is going up in the community right now, including this block and other projects that are not even our projects, we have an average of 63% of all the housing going up in the community right now is affording housing. i think that too deserves a round of applause. [applause] it isn't just about the statistics, it's about what's behind them. so you heard about these partnerships and how important they are, but as someone who lives in the community and works for the community, it's really critical. as i look out, all of you are very committed to the creation the construction of,

the financing for. thank all of you as well. now, i have the privilege of introducing the director of ocii, as she says, the artist formerly known as -- ms. bohi managed hunters point shipyard development project, aimed at producing economic growth, affordable housing in san francisco so she's been a great partner for us. her track record of negotiating and implementing complex projects includes mission bay and planning and development affording housing throughout hunters point, western edition, south of market and the recon point south beach area of the city.

in 2012 ms. bohi receive add certificate of honor from mayor lee for outstanding service to the community. we thank her and i welcome tiffany bohi. [applause] >> thank you so much. appreciate the introduction. it goes without saying we owe thanks to our mayor, mayor ed lee, for his innovation and leadership that carries through to the stewards overseeing this development our commissioners, our president, we wouldn't be here without their innovation, their leadership and their constant drive to make sure we hit our numbers which matter and deliver for the people of san francisco. we're certainly here today celebrating the ground breaking of pacific point, which is truly an innovative public private partnership in that it will deliver much

needed housing for san francisco citizens. ocii is thrilled to partner with am cal. we're glad to be your first project here in san francisco and of course ycd thank you so much shaman, percy and rob for your hard work in delivering these 60 units of affordable housing. just to put a fine point on that because it does matter, these homes will house families making up to 50% of area median income. for a family of four that means earning about $48,000. they'll be able to access these homes. these new homes are being built on public land so they will be permanently affordable. much, much needed. the residents at pacific point are a part of a larger development here in candlestick.

lenar has provided all the funding and that vision stems from the mayor. our partner lenar has broken ground on five residential projects, delivering over 280 homes here at the shipyard. , a third of which, right now will be permanently affordable. these residential projects are just the start. once complete there will be over 12,000 housing units and a third of all those will be permanently affordable as below market rate. and as you've heard, these homes are being built for the community, by the community. i want to commend the efforts of lenar, ycd, city built and am cal for showing how it's done. i do want to thank the cac

for their lead irship and hard work on this. you've heard before that they never get thanked, the staff on the ground, pam simms, the entire shipyard team. [applause] i want to give a shout out to olson lee. he's been involved with the shipyard for decades now. it's important to acknowledge his contributions and we're pleased to be bringing this to you today. now i'm getting to the construction [inaudible]. it's our privilege and we've partnered a great deal on a number of affordable projekts and that's where charmane comes in. of course as you know,

community development banking is dedicated to lending and investing in low and moderate income communities. that's all they do. they focus on increasing the supply of affordable housing for renters and homeowners, small businesses and providing economic development in stressed and underserved communities. she brings 34 years to real estate with the last 20 years focused on affordable housing and economic development. please join me in welcoming charmane atherton. [applause] >> thank you so much. good morning everyone. this is a great day. a really great day. we have heard about

collaboration and partnerships and that is exactly what this requires when you're doing something that's meaningful, that's creating affordable housing for communities. now, public private partnerships are important, that's the three ps, but the fourth p, persistence is what really makes the day and there's been a long time coming to get where we are here today. relationships are key and you've heard a lot about that. i'm very proud to say that i think -- i don't know if i did your first deal percy, but i've been doing transactions with am cal since '94, '95 when they began in the affordable housing arena. they're good at what they do. they deliver on the promise and that's the other

consistent theme that you hear here today, delivering as promised. [applause] without them $20.4 million of construction lending, i think 15, $16 million of tax credit equity in there for the long haul and we're a permanent lender on this one as well so we're on every side of it and we couldn't be more proud and just happy, happy, happy to be here today. and now i'm going to introduce a very important person, the connection to the community

and i'll tell you, these things don't happen without that. so i'm going to tell you a little bit about doctor veronica honeycut and the hunters point shipyard citizen advisory committee which was established back in 1993 and that was in an effort to increase community participation in advising the agency and city on matters related to this hunters point shipyard redevelopment. the hunters point shipyard citizen advisory committee is a group of san francisco residents and business owners who are selected by the mayor to oversee the redevelopment process. the cac holds monthly community meetings and workshops. they promote principles of environment, economic development and job training.

please welcome to the podium, doctor veronica honeycut. [applause] >> thank you very much for those kinds remarks and i'm bringing warm real guards to all of you from the members of the citizen's advisory committee. some of the members of this committee have been on the committee for almost 20 years and it is always so good for us to be a part of projects like this, the block 49 project. this is a culmination of all those years of hard work, lobbying people, listening to the community, making sure that the interests of the community were folding into mayor lee and his staff so that everybody could be happy

about forward movement with these projects. i am very delighted and i want to make sure this gentleman is recognized today. kevin i'd like you and your staff to stand, all those wonderful people who led -- [applause] -- thank you, all of them, who led the block 49 [inaudible]. people from the community came in and talked about this project. they talked about their anxieties, they gave feedback about project and i want to thank you too shaman because you were an instrumental part of that, but what's wonderful about all this, and these people who are standing, and you can sit down now -- these wonderful people listened and folded in the ideas to this

project. it wasn't this -- you know, whatever. it was, that's a good idea. let's see how we can incorporate that. i think once this is all built out and you see the cull rture ral narrative and artifacts piece to this project, i think you eel be pleased. there's a connection to the community with block 49. i wanted them to be acknowledged and we thank you for that. i'm also here to applaud our always on point, mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] and the things that mayor lee talked about, the meeting the local hiring goals, that's near and deer to the cac. we like to make sure folks from our community are employed in various capacity on projects in the shipyard. the unemployment rate, the employment rate, that's marvelous. more jobs, we're glad to see

that our friends in the community are being hired for these jobs and we are always happy when we see ycd add to their powerful arsenal of skills that they bring to this community. most of us rely on ycd in one way or another to make sure our folks are being taken care of. i also want to applaud our wonderful people at ocii and our commissioners. i've always said there's no one quite like the executive director of lenar urban. she's at the forefront of some wonderful activities. and of course our banking partner, we're always happy when they have some money. we're very grateful to you as well. we move forward building out this project, moving the

entire shipyard to fruition and i want to thank the community, and you know who you are. nose of you who call me or other members of the cac and say look, veronica this is not going right, thank you. because then we are able to share that information who are responsible for making things better for all of us. i have the distinct pleasure of introducing a marvelous young woman who put together this event, by the way. bridgette is a small business owner and a commissioner who sits on the southeast community [inaudible] here in san francisco. at this time she will acknowledge invited guests. thank you. [applause] >> thank you doctor honeycut. all of the [inaudible] have done a very good job at acknowledging all the people to make this possible but i would also like to give a

special shout out to the ocii exhibitioner. er commissioner. we appreciate all your hard work on this project. also the ocii staff that's present. the representatives that may be in the audience, young community developers staff and board members -- can you please stand? [applause] i am personally so very proud of the organization. also am cal representatives and a special shout out to robert baca who this could not have been possible. the mayor's office of housing, bank of america representatives, thank you very much for all the hard work you do. all the lenar representatives. also mike goreman, mr. sanchez and the k hill representative that are here today. the bay view stakeholders at bay view hunters point.

without you this could not happen. and last but not least, it is very important that we hire small businesses throughout the community. last but not least, what we're going to do now is actually going to ask all the persons to follow bj. bj, come on up. you're going to take your hard hats, you'll proceed to the golden shovel and we'll take our picture. thank you all for coming in. as soon as that's over there is food for you to partake. thank you very much. [music]

>> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your

social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can

take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a

five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this a manual can opener your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because

your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here.

and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference.

>> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building