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. >> good morning. today is an

absolutely beautiful day this navigation center will be a brand new beginning for so many people i'm excited to be here today along with my colleagues and the board of supervisors to just thank beacon hill for that his creativity (clapping) homelessness is not an offer night problem and not overnight solutions all the agencies youth lions that severs us in the hate ashbury neighborhood and other organizations that are rolling up their sleeves to make sure we're here at the navigation center is going to be a game character for our city i know we've had challenges and i know this is really going to change homelessness in san francisco we have to continue to work hard to come up with new innovative idea

if we want to tangible tackle this problem i want to thank the doors and the interfaith council for their generosity and 2nd support and all the department heads i know that mohammed nuru and dpw and the neighbors here in the midst district and thank supervisor campos for saying that homelessness is not backpacks our district but a citywide issue we all have to step up to the plate to part and work together if we want to change people's lives for the better i'm excited i can't wait for the doors to open thank you for being here let's get started (clapping.) thank you, president breed and mr. mayor and welcome to the myths i want to begin by thanking the incredible mission

community from the beginning when we started to talk about that 2 this process alike you'll see in parts of city or the country people were not saying not in my backyard but how can we help people and i think that's the spirit of this incredible neighborhood the mission is truly a special place (clapping) and i really want to thank the neighborhoods i want to thank beacon hill acknowledged the principle of the school and all the amazing nonprofits that are out here this wouldn't be possible without their involvement and especially acknowledge the work of my staff carolyn what has been instrumental in working with beacon hill and christen i'll be honest mr. mayor i don't know that something like that could

be possible without the creativity the judge the skills that beacon hill duffey brings to the table we're luke that he is in the role he's in he's been some place that's been kind of a kurth of an opening argument of talented players that are here behind use it took someone to do that i'll simply note that i'm very proud to be part of the effort you know we had a breakfast at the chamber of commerce yesterday and i'm grateful the chamber of commerce is here where we talked about the tremendous prosperity that san francisco is seeing blue there's audio side in the prosperity the most unequal supply in the country we see that on the streets that's a testament we are talking about we're saying it is not enough to

have prosperity but to make sure we take care of those who are on the streets it is ultimately who we are how we treat those who have the at least and in the st. francis homelessness e homeless people having it have a place to go i'm grateful but unfortunately, we've seen the board of supervisors saving don't sleep in the parks or sit on the sidewalks instead of continuing to go down the path of criminalizing people we're giving people a place to go thank you very much (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor campos and i'll say the next time people will fund ice cream for everyone in the crowd i want to thank everyone behind and in front of the of me my colleagues on the board of supervisors on

their support supervisor campos in particular for his leadership in the mission district and mayor ed lee and to motional i've never seep beacon hill duffey so happy beacon hill thank you for your leadership and your enthusiasm and without you, you, you obviously we wouldn't, here today i'll say first of all, to echo homelessness is an issue that effects every san franciscan and ever neighborhood and visitors but homelessness in our city and this issue we tackle that has been happening for years this is those are our mothers and father and brothers and sisters we'll not be who we are as the city of st. francis without making this a priority i'm proud as we on up to send a message to the city of

san francisco, and, secondly this navigation center sends a message that still and city government will not accept the small business commission not afraid to break the mold we'll challenge wasn't we've done in the past there's a better future for the homeless in san francisco and today is just the beginning thank you very much (clapping). >> several years ago when i had joined the sdpufks san francisco budget & finance committee i remember feel like we never had enough teachers or pens or enough paper and it was midway through office i realized there's the one thing the city and county city had too much it was land and what our surplus

property would like and since this day this is the number one priority we know the the achievement gap is the opportunity gap we started thinking about values in our surplus property now the automatic is thinking about dollars let's build market rate housing on the site this used to be the site of fedex school it was we all had long kvendz whether what about a different surplus to build grocery stores where kids have access to healthy food and build affordable housing for teachers and kids this is what is keeping our kids insecure that was a long and multi year process but i'm excited with i came to the board of supervisors actually part of the mission in the

district i represented i was able to continue working with the mayor my first year to figure out with the housing and urban development and it was on the boundary line to build affordable housing i'm so existing this is expedited actually in the pipeline that has become a reality in the meantime waiting for affordable housing in the mission something actively this community fought for we're going to be able to make this an oasis for people in the homeless shelters and i want to recognize but before i say that something in the policy word did h.r. policy and the mayor made a commitment to take an homeless by hiring beacon hill he was notorious we were imitated by the level of his

public engagement he respondent to everything no phone call was two small to take to respond to and for him to be the person that is new addressing our recipe with no homes and nothing in our city this level of public service is being it is being partnered with that community it is incredibly important i i know he brought a lot of folks together i see people from the community services asia the hope lions and shawn h s a and over the course supervisor campos office coalition for homelessness and to make sure we're providing the serviced we haven't traditionally provided in the shelter i respect there to get my placement and thought when i saw it that night if you were disabled or a boyfriend i didn't want to leave midnight the shelter or a friend in the -

all of the things addressed in the pilot program i'm excited about the trust we're going to begin to build i'm thankfully for everybody making this a reality. >> i want to call out the members of the hope team for all mohammed i 120e8 st. sam from the public housing i'm going to acknowledge dee 1k34i6rd and chris teen that does amazing work everybody loves christine and another community lalia son and we have brought on board the director of the navigation center someone that was involved

in opening the myths neighborhood center and went on to go back east to school work no new york city and coming to making sure it is working this is julie ledbetter right here we not only have the mayor but the director of pblgs he wants to get this going the police chief suhr is here and the mayor mentioned jeff who has been to the site and helping to clear people's record and police officers are here for public safety and i know their exist about bringing up resources and i want to thank in the spirit of what the mayors represent in working with the corners of the city the coalition of the homelessness is here with due outreach and encourage people to take advantage of the services we're providing thank you everyone for being here and

scott walter is here and his colleague is not here under the leadership of trent has done an incredible job of bringing on board dave is here from h s a and supervisor kim acknowledged the contract board the 24/7 and the e pitiful of community services working on other things with the city departments now mohammed and the mayor are going to start off a tour with the press and anyone is welcome to come here we're going to have food assessable twoursz for people that are living that under tunneled thank you all we look forward the best is yet to come thank you very

(music) >> herb theatreopen rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal.

i think it is fun for them they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director here -- it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. this was my purpose. and after we opened which was

a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy completely crashed. my plan -- and i'm absolutely dogmatic about my plans --were delayed slightly. i would say that in this very difficult timefor the arts and everyone especially the arts, it's phenomenal how new century has grown where many unfortunate organizations have stopped. during this period we got ourselves on national radio presence; we started touring releasing cds, a dvd. we continue to tour. reputation grows and grows and grows and it has never stopped going forward. msk(music)

>> the bay area knows the orchestra. you maybe take things for granted a little bit. that is simply not the case will go on the road. the audiences go crazy. they don't see vitality like this on stage. we are capable of conveying joy when we play. msk(music) >> any performance that we do, that a program that will be something on the program that you haven't heard before. string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson;

fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do but i wanted to show off.

i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are.