>> good morning, everybody. welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008, voters approved a clean and safe neighborhood parks bond which allocated about $14 million to improve this incredible park. our goal together we are going to build the new dolores park that is going to be built to last. it is going to retain all of it's important features, all of it's historic qualities, all of it's essential beauty. but yet be built with the idea that this is whenever people come. >> we are going to be renovating all six tennis

court's, replacing the basketball court with operations underneath so the staff has the ability to maintain the park. we are completely renovating the irrigation system and in addition to the operations we are building two new restroom buildings. this fund was part of the park renovation fund. we knew community was very supportive of a renovation fund. we engaged in a community process which we began with the park to do a detailed assessment of the condition of the park and very details conversation about what we can do in the park and utilize what we can.

>> parks are where people can gather and where to relax and a lot of people in the city don't have back yards and this is where we come to be with our community. >> 1, 2, 3. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> the work begins. >> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. ♪

♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about apartment buildings and what the owner's responsibilities might be and what they expect their tenants to do. and let's start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. >> well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together with your tenants and see if they have earthquake insurance or any renters insurance in place because that's going to be key to protecting them in the event of a quake. >> and renters insurance, there are two kinds of insurance. renters insurance coffers damage to goods and content and

so forth. earthquake insurance is a separate policy you get after you get renters insurance through the california earthquake authority, very inexpensive. and it helps owners and it helps tenants because it gives relocation costs and it pays their rent. this is a huge impact on building owners. >> it's huge, it really is. you know, a lot of owners don't realize that, you know, when there is an earthquake, their money flow is going to stop. how are they going to pay their mortgages, how are they going to pay their other bills, how are they going to live? >> what else can property owners do in residential rental housing before an earthquake? >> well, the first thing you want to do is get your property assessed. find out what the geology is at your site. get an expert in to look at structural and nonstructural losses. the structural losses, a lot of times, aren't going to be that bad if you prepare. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. get in there and get your property assessed and figure it out.

>> so, what is a nonstructural issue that might cause losses? >> well, you know, pipes, for instance. pipes will whip around during an earthquake. and if they're anchored in more numerous locations, that whipping won't cause a breakage that will cause a flood. >> i've heard water damage is a major, major problem after earthquakes actually. >> it is. that's one of the big things. a lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing. but all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. >> who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done? >> the structural engineering community is great. we have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco. they're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do

besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. if they're out of the building, whats' their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. and have emergency supplies on hand. the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there's no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. >> so, george, thank you so much for joining us. that was really great. and thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. and thank you for joining us

well, good morning welcome to the san francisco navigation center everybody (clapping) let me first say that we're never giving up on the goal to try to help everybody the best way we know it didn't mean that

the past programs were wrong in any way or short of what we designed them to it means that both government the community the private sector should distancing review everything we do in order to do it better when it comes to homelessness what a challenge it is never sees easy to do the things we said to do and after we've that accomplished that it is about improving that i want to say thank you to everyone might be predecessor ands mayors before him in do everything we can in working through the greatest recession to try to help people about home problems and other issues that prevent them from long-term housing we're pretty

luke in san francisco to fill feel the advances of a strong economy we're able to talk with much more clarity omi and the outcomes we want to accomplish but we need to learn continuing from what we're done in the past and improve on that i know many of you are here are part of advancing a newer approach and thank you to everyone that is skoourd me from the board of supervisors you're here as a strong advocate here and special thipgz thanks to each and every wish especially each everyone has helped us get clarity about what wire trying to do with the homeless connect and homelessness in general and many of them have advanced a lot of those we wanted to have in the inspire challenge of homelessness through their district

so i want to thank the entire board of supervisors each and every one of them many step up to the plate with the navigation center and supervisor farrell has been meeting with me about the ideas how it relate to 09 issues she's he's doing and special thanks to supervisor campos i specifically worked with us and the neighborhood it is a sensitive topic people are so understand what we're trying to do i believe that just telling supervisor campos that the temporary nature of this causes us to focus on the outcomes it was welcomed to be discussed in this neighborhood but to take care of the homeless issues immediately as we brandish out to the rest of the city chief suhr has been a indicative

part of the community as we 2k3w5e78d in the challenges that his staff was going through and optimistic they're the loudest voice we cannot move people around we have to have them a place to go the services to support that interfaith group has been at the heart of the entire idea of navigation center thank you, michael and rita for your license plate and the entire interfaith council we couldn't have done it without you and to their collaboration with us became the venue through of we were able to receive serious resources to be able to open up and do this and when we got those resources at their

blessing that's i'm using that term in a nice way that that vehicle more than a vehicle their faith in yours us that the police department and hope and all the other service providers that are reflected here i think they were not only sold but help to lead it i want to thank the city administrator to the public director a the human services to all the agencies that are putting the services on the site to have a newness to this we have to have the entitlement you're going to have the people that on the streets get help they'll not come into a place

people will have learned through harshness or through experiencing things they'll not that offered or responded to legitimate offers of housing simply because they're only insecurities or health are ones they feel challenged or safer on the streets than in - we're beginning to understand the survival tactics that people have learned and implemented to are control their own lives to try to offer them an opportunity to get off the streets this is a continue yum of serviced of ideas of support to get people off the streets i happen to believe i know that all the folks that are standing here building as well living on

the streets is not a good thing as good as the weather and generous as people that give cash and lovely as the diversity that happens on the streets living on the streets particularly when you watch what happens in the evening is dangerous i don't courage anyone, of course, the early stories i'm used to hearing i'm seeking an alternative we have to come up with more alternative that's a challenge that's why all the entities are working to find creativity and more combooift was i want to say to beven keep coming with the ideas no idea is to the r50ek9d whether helping people getting

out of inebriate ration or getting the psychological support or giving them a respite or homeless connect and the constant 24-hour service we have now for now the navigation center is all a continuance of into the weeds ideas to written people we want and desire us you kick with our sframz a true home or connect up with you to provide a level of services to get it a point where you can make a reasonable decision and at the end of the navigation center we'll have a long term housing opportunity for people now we're talking about hundreds of unit obey identified we already have in our spemgs a hundred units backing up this center and working with our residential hotel providers who

are business people in their own right and offering us sfunt to work with n them as well the enforcement community building our housing i say we've spent billions of every year to insure that people get services whether their transitional or senior ever veterans or families or single mothers and we've had creative programs whether calling them healthy san francisco or housing first a or project homeless connection i made the announcement of project 5 hundred we're trying to reach both the most impoverished families we want an okay. you'll building in and help us form in order to end generational poverty we're going

to keeping e keep investing and trying to fought was works best for everyone the ultimate end is people they have to building and invest themselves and participate just like when we did the state of the union of nourishing banks to navigate her way through the families her pronunciations spearhead our efforts to call that the navigation center doing it better there are a lot of people to thank i want to thank the people behind me from public works to public defender to default probation to mayor's office on disability public works has spent i talk about nurses in the contract you are have to give you kudos mohammed you guys did a great amount of work (clapping.)

so what was this before it if you were here literally three or four months ago you'll find an 2k57bd school site thank goodness the school site was smart to be able to work with the city on this this was an band school site for many years i know that supervisor campos knows it first hand often he and i often on different schedules peered through the events why not have something positive ranch this place those portals were used in the classrooms broken into no type of wirings in the place i word why nothing worked and optimistic as neighbors moved in and around they word what feels the focus of this place but we have a focus a long term focus

this is the place for one hundred and 25 bringing unit of low income housing this will be built here hopefully within less than 8 months (clapping.) all of the process going through and all of the sprifrdz every one of you have had the challenge to provide low income housing and transgender youth housing and want to speed that up while authenticity happening public works working with trent working with barbara gary suicides and homelessness connect guided united states if we're going to be able to welcome in groups of people that would never come to a shelter by themselves feel they wouldn't survive groups of people yes, we

call them sometimes homeless but i call them groups of people they form the lions and live on the streets we need to get them in here and invite groups of people to live here we'll have the very first building that you see there as the beginning of a navigation center where people come in and get interviewed about their needs and how we can accommodate a health care how we accommodate social services and how we accommodate immediate needs to get them food and shelter they'll be noifltd to sleep here for a period of time and then just to the right the most important portal is the serviced we provide on site it gets them into a conversation with us what's their need and outcome how can we help them get

that outcome this is not a center you'll come in and go out and feel free and do their thing on the street and come back for respite this is not what that naekts center is about it is our serious attempt to come in here get a shower they'll be shoulders for men and women come in here and get support and food and let's talk heights get down to business about your life and that serious business we offer the services in a meaningful way and sensitive way you know i'm distancing looking at a lot of contempt about the people in the streets i know from the predecessor and people in the streets it is not about moving people off the corners but making sure we care about their lives they come in and get

services and support this is what living is about you offer them the opportunity to change their lives let's getting to the business whether homeward bound to give a great connection to our family whatever this is san franciscans want support people that are already here we're going to provide you with the services to get you there and when we say permanent long term housing whether a hotel or other places they'll be matching up the occupant services to continue the support for unit so you'll not end up with a false promise or disengagement i believe more work i know it is

cutting-edge and allows our city to come together tight with so many services put them in a focus effort i think we'll succeed i know other entities i have a lot of hope and thkts jerry and the challenging chamber of commerce are here the sduth school district and other agencies particularly the neighbors want to us psyche baud we honor them by having the best programmed so with that i'm going to let bev and mohammed nuru walk you through a little go tour so you can understand what we're doing within this month of march we'll begin the interests this as capacity of one hundred people but 75 people

mr. surpass so we can give quality support so our director (clapping.) we wouldn'ter here without the mayor putting out the call i want to say thank you for asking people to step up for the city and homelessness i want to mention peter the principle of marshall elementary school and many myths leaders and community organizations are here i'd like to acknowledge the members who were the first faces i saw when we opened the gate all the women that are here to support us and wanting to see the families helped with that we couldn't have done it without you without the san francisco enter faith council and michael is here (clapping) 25 years ago a mayor of san

francisco appealed to faith leaders to partner in addressing our city's growing choonl he asked these faith leader if they'll on their hearts and doors and kitchens to offer dignity and sheltered and food to those in a variety of circumstances couldn't helpism with that came the birlt of the interfaith council who's core missions to help the winter shelter and more relevance to support the critical and collective work of the faith collective based services that provides the safety net for the vulnerable citizens fast forward 25 years this mayor, mayor ed lee a called upon our council to partner with the city this time on a pioneering initiative that

engages the private sector generosity a higher collection of nonprofit to provide the immediate and direct services to those who we encounter on the streets everyday on its core the navigation center will benefit the kindness and recessed pit and shelter and services and whole other level it is creating a new and innovative culture that is fostering community and creating opportunities for those with resources those who care deeply about the fragile and rich fabric of san francisco to work hand in hand with nonprofit agencies many of whom have been providing that sort of care for over a significant with the sanction city entities are

insuring our public wealth and safety this is nothing less than san francisco values at work mayor ed lee the san francisco interfaith council thanks you and for inviting us to collaborate with the city with a need for our core mission we're grateful for the extraordinary donation to our organization that makes the funding for this possible and for the sincere spiritual selfishness that the attention be at the end to this important work and may his example of quiet generosity be one to be yes, ma'am late among the peers we're grateful to the mayors staff and here i'd be remiss if i didn't thank the deputy of staff jason elliott

and director of the strategy partnerships and our director of hope bev their efforts in guiding us to the government together we can meet the projects many sensitive guidelines deadlines and i'm permanently indebted to the chair as the the executive committee and the interfaith board of directors many of whom have joined us height to get with the human resources agencies when we received the call they k37b9d the leadership in embracing n this collaboration and do everything we can to make sure we met and exceeded the fiduciary responsibility of a nonprofit so our partnerships partners can be met allow me to end pro effective voices of faith tloit

throughout the aged remind us that history will just the greatness of society to the regress e degree it takes care of the people in needs no doubt we'll smile to the countless souls that will be helped thank you (clapping.) >> as the mayor indicated every member of the board of supervisors that visited this site before we opened we're incredibly proud of the partnership and the hope that the navigation center can respond to the homelessness in the district they represent i'll invite up the president of the board of supervisors and supervisor farrell and supervisor mike wasserman raw a. >>