that's correct very much. >> as mayors do (clapping) by today is 1184th street day in san francisco (clapping.) the mayor as acknowledged this building would have been burned down and it would have taken years we'll have special folks from the san francisco fire department from the company dan and other battalion chief i've bunched the name but if you guys wouldn't mind coming up and taking credit for the tremendous work

(clapping.) thank you mayor. >> all right. thank you very much. >> thank you that fire was incredible. >> (clapping.) you got it? >> thank you. >> that's correct guys. >> all right. we're almost through i want to thank the guys we added drama we have have live video feed a couple of folks we're close to the headquarter accident digit dignity how's house digit house

and wing courtyard is named in honor of them for the tremendous work and mercy i want to thank floyd and others many of the others folks for the digit support and you know today really is about the residents and we want to you guess i want to say that is why we all do this work we're really here because this keeps us going the days when people move in whatever brief moment of your life we get to share but us working on the demonstration does it keeps us going we're fortunate mr. mistake williams was willing to come up and i don't know where she went she

was borden in san francisco and raised around the bay area and now a permanent home in mission bay (clapping.) >> good afternoon. i have about 6 minutes bear with me while i share part of my life and i live on 11, 84th street thank you to the h a s and the e california housing services and the investors and resident and guests i'm just going to go ahead and start sorry i'm a little bit nervous we are altogether and people that protest this is different if i'm a little bit shaky and nervous i'm trying to

get past that as a child i want to be a veterinarian i spent hours empowering any neighborhood and later as an adolescent i developed a nature talented for writing short steroids and singing and arts although the desire i lacked the support system to consult vat those skills month of my childhood dreams went away many things happened that stripped me of the formative years trying to savage the years i married and had a family of my own thought was to raids my children without the same negative influences attempting to heal my past never try to relive your

life that is a bad idea i was a broken woman and had to heal on my own then have something to offer the world until then i created harmonic and every decision was a mirror in everyone my life was not everyone else fault i left my husband and went into the world of standpoint i never saw the responsibility trying to raise my children solo a poor life planning sent me into a homeless shelter i didn't believe that - i can check to become a homeless drug a.d. dick off my 3wu7b8g9

lettuce i'm not the nobel peace prize scientists, however, i'm making a difference in 2012 awhile not removed from the homeless style i become pregnant it through me into a tailspin i weighed the options find abortion or adaptation i live with me 24 month son he's been a inspiration to master any challenge that i experienced as a teen and as a family where i said have given up i look at my lovely like guy and remember i'm all he has now our past is behind us i'm stronger and wiseer and more enlightened and more conscious of the decision i make in this story i believe i'm capable of

producing a future for any family housing has made the difference i have a renewed sense of hope the moment i got the approval to move into my apartment i tasted my super powers and hit the ground running but had to slow down for the details of the dream and do something i didn't want to do i had to get a job so what i did was give back to my community by volunteering in organizations on solving the problems of homelessness and end homeless i volunteered at e california community services on the coalition for homeless when i volunteered i offered the same energy into the lives they serve preservation i'm a employer doing something that i love

serving the homeless (clapping) in addition to gainfully employment i am preparing for the startup for a or garlic system to help the low income families to help their awareness the sfoifkts hass and mercy housing partnered with the many teams who support and advocate for san francisco homeless population this dream team came to the rescue and families waiting for permanent housing for years held keys to permeate they call home this is the first time they've had a second chance a new lease on life that includes me in the san francisco ethics commission the homeless population are a priority

mercedes management and the supportive services worked tireless to keep the ground up to par and insure our families needs are being met i give thanks to mercedes and the city of san francisco for helping me to realize the dream i, be the mother i wanted to 82 be thank you for helping 80 me to pick up the broken pieces you do it this by giving me a place called home i walk into my bathroom and look into the mirror this life has created i love my city it might be a little bit on the crazy side but it's anything like that special things thanks to people that welcomed me with open armed or arms sally ray (calling names)

and the supportive team here at 11, 84th street thank you you so much (clapping.) >> everyone at mercy is used to me getting weepy i won't disappoint there's not much to audio thank you for sharing that story and the mayor and supervisors we need to do more if you share that story with anyone that will make a world of

difference please enjoy this day was we cut the ribbon thank youas we cut the ribbon thank you (clapping). >> before you cut it give me a nice smile

1, 2, 3 okay. let's. >> yeah. (clapping) and that's what i was thinking of

test. >> good afternoon, everyone wow. first of all thank you, everybody friends, family appointees to our boards and commissions it is my pleasure to join all of you and issue the oath of office but a celebration of more people that share responsibility thank you to our supervisors here supervisor breed formerly supervisor and new carmen chu jane kim thank you very much for being here our city administrator thank you for being here and commission thank you and tom hugh and mr. puc guy >> thank you all of you for

being here today let me say at the outset we're giving the oath of office for 32 people 118 bodies and commissions that help me deal with the policy challenges but more and more most importantly and the most important thing the commission and advisory bodies do we reach out to people and engage them and bring that diversity of opinion and culture into the way we around government and this is what the exciting to me and let me tell you i'm excited today because the 18 different commissioners and advisors bodies are very important to me let's look at who ear appointing people to when we look at our diverse city i have to say and

it is not because it begins an organization but art it is important to our city on a local and international level so the arts commissions e commission deals with our diversity and culture and on the eave of the completion of novm the beginning of the maeks the reestablishment of moob and the museums we traditionally have and now a really big opening of community arts that is revienlts has been the reason why we've been able to revitalize market street in the tenderloin lead by the arts and the asian arts my name is a big part of that not only because their across the street today but i i think so you have an indulging exhibition it is a

sud dusk infection i don't want to talk about that too much but our building inspection commission will be appointed to you don't think them we have serious fires in the city in the past two months over one hundred units of affordable housing we've got to make sure that everybody lives safely in our city and we don't lose housing, in fact, we need to net new build housing in the city to the building inspection commission will make sure that happens commission on the status of women and equal pay of advisors board are important nor many, many reasons many of you know you'll be co-sponsors with libby shaft on women's economic empowerment this october we'll bring together all of you and

anyone that is have read or interested in making sure that women have no gooblz to economic opportunity and less barriers and those two commissioners will do that i'm excited about the individuals appointed there it is a lot of great talent and high commitment brought to the bodies with respect to equal pay that's a fairly new board they're going to be 4r50k9sd the actual data so we understand what the economic gaps are between men and women in our city and what we need to do that about it and, of course the status of women take that data address revolve it through policy oriented discussions and ultimately legislation we need to consider our historic preservation commission and hiv council wow. what they've done to make improvements with the ac a, with

5 hospitals being built with health care being the number one impact driver in this city their incredibly important and wanted to say to you a big that's correct to the health commission they're there day to day to help us with issues of mental health and all kinds of health problems in the community the hiv health services planning council i'm very proud of them we're joining as angle inspire industry to make sure we get to zero infections in the city we are about to launch the opening of the wednesday center in the castro this is successful such a great state of the art to help us going get to zero in a short amount of time

this year is a one hundred year celebration of our world fair it, of course, allows us to think back a hundred years ago the innovators in our city i mentioned that in a context of this historic preservation commission as part of they're great work to understand and make sure that our city's history is connected to us this building is part of that history but so many other buildings give us that link to the history so it shouldn't intries you one hundred years ago people were doing it and how we're doing it today is understood that by our kids that's what the historic preempt will do i told you earlier we're on the ground with making sure we end as much poverty and misery for

people as possible we're challenging ourselves by oifsz the 5 hundred most impoverished families in the city and giving them the most intense support to end intergenerational poverty for them i can't do that without the wisdom and guidance of our human services commission and bay the appointee to this commission today george is now going to begin pious o his 40th year on the commission thank you, george for a lifetime worth ever work (clapping.) you know my passion important local business when we appoint local business enterprise committee we're making more local businesses to be start and successful to engage in this strong economy we have because

for me, the local businesses is really what it is all about and yes we want to grow local businesses to international businesses as well long term care for the couldn't a vital to our ability to delivery services to people that are challenged in the city we need a functioning body to give us the populated considerations whether it's more nutrition and food or more sports for the staffing or the people of the industry that is helping us do long-term care retirement board r rent board wow. what a commission but the careful ability to balance between landlord and tenants very, very important to the city it is a sensitive position one we trust of those we appointed to make the right decisions sf

that hopefully in most cases is a win-win we can't have strife within landlord and tenants more harmony in the city there is a housing crisis we are doing something about that we are making sure we were the good k345e78gsz going on our conservatism core they're being called up because we video a drought and a lot of open spaces to rehab and change to make sure their drought tolerant work is being done on the open spaces and we also need a conservatism core to help us do that our mta advisory committee we invested greatly last year and will continue to do that because the voters said, yes it's important to pass a $500 million bond for a transportation system a great museum is for pedestrian safety the sizing had will help the

priorities that vision zero and all the others have as part of our great transportation and walking and bicycle riding city southeast community facilities commission they transition going on in the southeast part of our city i want to make sure the people that little there for generations are directly involved in the future development of that area that's what the southeast sector will do they themselves and their facilities are going on changes we need good leadership to make sure the community is directly involved in that that conversation wow. urban forestry council meeting we need to have admonish trees and we need to make sure that is clear who is responsible for them because those trees are commonplace and part of our investment we need to do better

as a city we need a you have been talking about council to guide us in the potentially conflicting things we all care about we care when our common place trees your workforce investment in important nowadays people need to sustain for the future we don't want people victimized by the economy and the workforce is required their looking at around the corner and understanding the emerging industries making sure we have a workforce that is ready for the industry and finally the most unknown body today is called an oversight board it is kind of like a whistle

blower investigator it is a body where former redevelopment agencies are own e organizing to make sure we get it right we're not violating our tax obligations or financial obligations to the public i'm sure that is sun shining something that carmen is interested in; right? carmen see i'm going to catch them all anyway, i went over bayshore's these because their incredibly important to the function of our city i again want to say too all he each of the appointees today thank you for your commitment and volunteering rhythm and the love of our city and with that i'd like to ask all off appointees to please stand up

and raise your right hand as i say i, i would like each think one of you to say loudly this is the only time you can yell added me after you get sworn in people will yell at you and sigh loudly to the commission you're being appointed and we'll precede with the rest of the oath are you ready? i >> (repeated.) very good thank you loudly thank you

>> i. >> do solemnly swear. >> ( repeated.) >> that i will support and defend. >> (repeated.) >> the constitution of the united states. >> (repeated.) >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> (repeated.) >> against all enemies. >> (repeated.) >> foreign and domestic. >> (repeated.) >> and that i will bear true faith and allegiance. >> (repeated.) >> to the constitution of the united states. >> (repeated.) >> and to the constitution of the state of california. >> (repeated.) >> that i take this obligation freely. >> (repeated.) >> without any mental reservation. >> (repeated.) >> or purpose of evasion. >> (repeated.) >> that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> (repeated.) >> and during such time as i hold office. of.

>> (repeated.) >> for the city and county of san francisco thank you very much congratulations everyone thank you (clapping) thank you all right.