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verify i i know he'll be here i know it's my honor to be here with the mayor and affordable housing is a a important thing the mayor has made a commitment to the future and we know what the district of those is bag a safe place and criterion for someone to live i took the tour for someone how respectful of the people who live here this wonderful place is my understanding is that in the homeless population i wish there were not but my friend told her if you want to address the problem in small numbers so people can create a family like
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atmosphere and neighborhoods need not be used to living in so they can see another part of the community welcoming them so, so it's been so wonderful so wonderful for our young people that everyone comes together and the roll we play to make sure we have a place for this as it is an example of a public-private nonprofit partnership that happens and northern california enlist and the city loosening group city and all of this is doing their best and surrounding facts and circumstances thank you four chaernl our services to make that a welcome place i'm honored to be here and it is
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show that well so clornt michael is your r our vip i will go back and tell our story about how this effort the two has affected your lives and how you suggested that it can be a model for the country thank you so much (clapping.) >> so i'm very thrilled to welcome up here who did i call the housing mayor the man with the vision for san francisco shooip housing and equity mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) thank you gail and dennis thank
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you, again. and michael and all the residents here i love it when leader pelosi visits everyone a leader comes in we have to show case something he will she needs more and more example and this in particular is a heartwarming one we know the challenges of the youth that out of home care and when a lot of things are happening in their lives they they need a city that helps them so at the fourth what they can do they need a support system we know we're in a housing crisis not just 90 the city the entire region and the income and equality is real and yet in the middle of this
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constitutional rights what i find to be so xhovb we have the leadership to get to done and help more people i know i've learned to all the speakers of leader nancy pelosi said we say to do more for our people in the housing crisis we found partners and the agencies and there are more and more and also educating our pun it is not just their concrete and brick we can find concrete anywhere that is the financial and the services and the people that care about the youth to really create a spates that's welcoming and supportive if i told cherlyn and gail when i came in here before it opened i imagined some famous chief is
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here teaching our kids how to cook hewitt but there's other things that are going to happen positive open this site up i want to give more credit so supervisor farrell i know he's on to the bushlt so we can fought especially more but i'm willing to accept the fact that his father is here thank you, mr. farrell for your leadership (clapping) and i'll say that even in constitutional rights even when we're challenged with land use and the cost of the housing we can build 24 additional unit and complete the 4 hundred unit we said a few years ago was over 60 percent on the way more sites
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that are being public health p put together and doing to smartly not just building the unit but getting the best diligence from cherlyn and gail who helps to provide us with the diligence to make sure that you get in between 48 to 24 most get people confident enough to get out and get the jobs jobs and the train and going ghetto on to the definition this is to allow you to become independent it be successful and be the mayor's and the congressman but we need the enter strength to be nurtured 1972 where it is going to happy i want to take this opportunity this month that is
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women's history month and already i have provided a review recognized of for the collaborative services so they already have the placards for their own office but one that is right here. >> all right. >> it is my pleasure to perpetrate to both leaders again another example of history of women's leadership and the fact that that particular building and the people that have come through it will also be the beneficiaries of really smart dictated women i want to present this operation on this wall edward the secondary
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member of the board of supervisors new assembly member david chiu answered that championed us through the board of supervisors and the entitlements we needed he apologized he can't be here but the support from his staff is going to speak on his behalf. >> hi every assembly member would love to be here and gail said then supervisor chiu u supervisor chiu was happy to champion the legislation and i'm proud to be here and quickly go thanks to many many community partners especially the youth services and the housing partnerships and we would like to thank leader
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pelosi and mayor ed lee and assembly members for being here to celebrate this important process and i want to say that is perfect example of what we need more of in san francisco that's why he's working for more affordable housing funding and can afford to stay in the city congratulations to everyone as well (clapping) >> as i promised on a couple more speakers michael it is the one in san francisco opening in san francisco iemgd to invite veterans up to speak and like nancy pelosi said we can't do this without our speakers and those gentlemen represents
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different sides of the coin so i'd like to invite of senior vice president of the bank of america (clapping.) >> all right. well, good afternoon and first of all congratulations pardon me to the committee for the partnership for this beautiful bee beautiful building bank of america is proud to provide the tax credits and the along with the $6 million of loans for the erect of this and part of our trillion dollar 10 year
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commitment and more often than not it is not an easy answer as our elected officials know that t it can be hard to get to a yes. yes. in perseverance is takes other things and certainly there are times when there is no appropriate answer yet they deserve credit and this is not the largest place in town not the shiniest and but not this baby still a monument to getting to, yes first on the part of the community housing partnership so no you'll have funding no, we don't have the entitlements no. you can't put that here and no construction but here we are congratulations to gail and david and the partnerships bank
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of america and an award winner and others and the tenants have also faced a lot of nos many parent no that's not available to you no. you don't have this and that and those if they're that perez they're getting to, yes they're going to get the yes, so congratulations to all the yeses accomplished to get here and bank of america yes, we're happy to help (clapping.) so i want to mention the partners? the third property they've chosen to invest in i'll
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invite up the vip of marketing lending (clapping.) >> so thank you it's an honor to be here gail i talked to gail at 9 o'clock last night she would we ore modern $45 million but mayor ed lee was her immediately they sent me talking points with yellow highlighted areas but they don't know me i will tell you about the wonderful things i mean we've invested over anthony million dollars and $300 million in affordable housing in san francisco we're proud to be part of that i love stories like dennis told and the transformation steroids we all
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hear and i think that one of the things dangers of the steroids is to sound like those are simple they're not affordable housing 2.0 and we hear stories about 0 other things there's nothing harder in the world dave talked about that nothing hardly than a project that takes lots of funding federal funding a city and thanks to mayor ed lee that would be nice to have a governor that supports affordable housing but more than anything else is takes organizations like this it takes an organization that sweats blood for a project and do the financing and the seat and project manager your property alone is a huge humane deal i
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don't know how many people it took here but it took a lot we said our partners worked endlessly an projects we stay up here and speak to us but that part is easy compared to the others again congratulate and it's an honor just to be up here thank you (clapping). >> oh, my god. >> so that's the horn that is going to close (laughter) our - i have to say that is such a heart warning experience to be reminded or everybody that put time and energy and effort to make this project happen i see
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gloria and pelosi and on that did so much it is so much to make this happen it sends a message to the young people that are here that structural with homelessness that people want them to have housing and everything they want and dennis is right they will take care of us is the only way it dennis and michael take care of us is we take care of them and all of you sernd sent that message and i am inspired but all of you those of you who are involved in the ribbon cutting please go 0 through that door and thanks for coming through that door and thanks for comingthrough
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and are you ball weird names i think its unique we're able to have special event we're all women that relax and have fun you know everything is friendly and kind we're all equal i'm happy that. >> it seems like everyone in san francisco is talking about housing san francisco housing prizes are among the highest it tops anyone million dollars and rent rise unfortunately, this is not the first time housing has been in the news thought california the cost of a home has made headline the medium prices for a house in the the $207,000 in california it is
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more than twice that amount and the laura u bay area is higher it's more than doubled the states so while more than half of the americans can afford the medium fewer in california and quarter in the bayer and now fewer than a 6th of san franciscans can afford it so why it housing in san francisco so go cheven condition tharz the obviously a high demand to live here the city is known for cultural diversities that attacks new residents and the credible opportunity our city diverse and will daytime committee grows jobs as a result we estimate the number of jobs is at ann an all-time 0 hive of 6 hundred thousand in the 80 the
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population was 6 hundred and 75 thousand now, it's grown steadily and quickly the recent estimate is 8 hundred and 40 thousand the highest in the city's history and it's not only san francisco it is greek the bay area has $2 million for residents and jobs then in the 80 and the growth is expected to continue by the year 20403.9 million people unfortunately, our housing supply does not keep up with the demand i might not realize the majority of construction is housing that's been suspended for years due to the 2008 recession while population is increasing the housing is only increasing that i 9 percent if we don't pursues housing the cost of housing
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about only increase how do we plan the regional allocation identifies the total number of housing unit by affordable level to support the new residents san francisco incorporates it into the housing elements that guides the housing policies the arena data places it in the investment plans for the growth throughout san francisco those plans developed by years of community planning laid the ground work for the construction so the city he e sets the goals in broad terms the private sectors builds market rate housing and non-built affordability housing that majority of housing in san francisco as well as throughout the country market rate houses built by private developers within guidelines of the city
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some below market rate you howls paid pie public and private dollars and prized to be variable to certain population housing is considered affordable if it costs less than 1/3rd the medium income for a 2 percent householder is $70,000 this householder will have to pay no more than $7,150 to be affordable san francisco has see long applied federal, state and local money often built and nonprofit tint for individual families the news cities in california what the inclusive program requires that 10 or ottawa more units to certain blow income levels or contribute to the fund that supports the
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blow market rate unit almost 25 thousand have been supported by city funds and more than 6 nous thousand of the unit were built between 2000 and 2012 what you can't afford a million will home you're not alone in response san francisco mayor ed lee has set a goal of creating thirty thousand now e-mails homes by the year 2020 most will be in outreach of the san franciscan with federal and state funds drying up the san francisco ethics commission is, taking an iv i of actually roll is providing housing across all levels we're working diligently for everyone to live here and mr. chair protect the housing semiand strengthen goals
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>> good afternoon i want to welcome you to city hall and to the mayors 2015 celebration of women's history month i'm emily the director on the status of women and our department has been in disney vance women and girls since 1975 we'll be celebrating our 40 anniversary in october this year's national nominee nor natural history wyoming most is
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leading the charge in the lives i want to recognize kim's from the fire department (clapping) deborah head of the department of the environment (clapping.) monooutlook mirror the port director (clapping) supervisor christensen thank you for joining us today and school broadband member hydra mendosa and assessor our recorded carmen chu (clapping) we have two commissioners amy ackerman from the status of women and we have two board members members our pointing and linda calhoun >> i want to especially thank my staff carlene who
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