inform so special that is vera haile housing her daughter's are here we'll hear from them this building is nominated after her that's an applause line all right. (clapping) so again there are a lot of speakers here today, i'm going to start thinning people was we go so i won't tire no one out first st. anthony's (calling names) i hope i didn't screw up too much psa necessary okay. i screwed up but any event this is an opportunity that st. anthony's extended to mercy we got a tremendous relationship in fact we share a board member

her somewhere and her husband bryan helped to cement this relationship and the outlet incredible partnership anyone of this magnitude it is because of partnership are of the public sector you know in san francisco we have a city government that really knows how to get things done narns you'll the complaints when it comes down to affordable housing you can't member of the government like the housing and others i can't see her i want to oh there you are probably the first it champion in this city i think that is a little bit and inspiring when your elected officials are vongz for the housing pea she's an incredible champion and pushing this issue

since before she was a supervisor and huge champion and i give you our champion jane kim (clapping) >> doug failed to mention i come out of the school of doug schumaker i've been well trained well before i came into office to represent this district those are the best days the day's when we get to do the ribbon cutting inform a much needed affordable housing in san francisco i want to give a big round of applause for the mayor faulconer's mercy and st. anthony's for making that possible today (clapping) they have been a lot of events on the site when i started my office it was really great to come to the groundbreaking when

barry invited all of us to the st. anthony's new dining room and their services and spaces but the 90 units of affordable housing here for seniors that was named air force vourgz but we for the buildings to come up that's a lot of impatience i walked up and down the block and couldn't wait for the day it was phenomenal that building is really a part of the changing the future of tenderloin it is anchored with 11 taylor we have the bonding first church and one of the most come 35k9 churches that help people with their sleeping quarters and soon be able to go to the ribbon cutting that is one of the problematic

liquids for those of you who wouk up and down the street it is now closed (laughter) (clapping). >> thank our tenderloin expand it was part of that and it is on valencia with an the problematic liquor store is going to turn into a youth riding i writing program for young people in the neighborhood with dave (clapping) but we're here to talk about vourgz and the housing that is here i have to say a couple of things about vieira i was fortunate to come into office as vieira continued her 20i678 there are many people in that the room that by vieira vieira was that fierce person she came

in your office and never situated for the low income and seniors for everyone that needed a voice she was tireless when i got the news of her passersby i thought i saw vieira advocating yesterday we've had that experience on her last day fighting for the community and she really summed in an interview she did with gary in 2009 it was part of the story core project in the scombuf you get a sense of her spirit and drive for change she said when they talked in her interview why canned things change it's a simple statement but an important one to carry everyday many of us get stuck in reality was is possible and not but vieira was pushing the boulders

and in that sentence why can't change it is a question she held everyday and fought to make sure the answer was yes so i want to congratulate again, the folks that make that possibly doug schumacher and shaurn and barbara were here everyday the project was a reality so thank you (clapping) of course, to barry for the vision with the st. anthony's foundation and board and staff to enlighten more than a dining hall but a place to find employment and access to tech and clothes and nutrition and housing a really full wrap up approach to how to make this neighborhood healthier and stronger and safer

(clapping) and i'm sure doug will thank everyone there is so many folks that made this possible ultimately from the mayor's office of housing i see joyce crumb from human services and dph preponderance of the evidence e helped and mary go thank you to make sure that is a capacity today and i look forward to seeing the units and the residents who is going lives will be transformed on golden state (clapping). >> so it's true there are an unbelievable number of people from the city side marge go and wolfgang are partners not only here by on many projects are huk huge humane partners from the

mayor's office of housing i've got a long list ann and olsen lee and georgia martin and others from the urban housing and i'm sure there are many others thank you for everything you did to make that possible (clapping) so we're officially 10 percent through the program in case you keep a chart at home the 09 great partner for us is the hud as long as hud for many, many years they've been the key partner for producing housing particularly for seniors in some ways a sad waterfront momentum this is the last hud 202

projects in california for whatever reason they've chopped did funding that provided the subsidies for this beautiful spot so hopefully that will change some day in not we're here to celebrate and we couldn't have done it without you from the team from hud to say more is larry ferguson the production chief our kids go to state and federal school together and a champion of housing. >> (clapping.) thank you doug before i get going i want to say on a perm note i'm very honored and humbled thanks again doug. >> home is where the heart is home is where the heart is iemth

going to talk about hud's $13 million in section 202 capital that's itself sticks and bricks financing going to the senior avenue, i won't dwell on the project rental assistance that hud will be providing to keep those beautiful apartments affordable to our low income seniors i'm not going to tell us the hard working go contractors who put their hearts into this development and the stimulus to all levels of the economy this project has provided so far i won't go along about the green and sustainable features about the state of the art of this design and this is one of the last section 202 affordable housing that will be coming online for the foreseeable

future i will identify the hud staff who worked with our many partners to make this project a reality those hud staff put their hearts into this and i'd like to point out the hud folks if you get our names called racing rise your hand. (calling names). (clapping) and our esteemed hud council (calling names) and i especially will speak to our seniors because their why we're trial here our seniors will call this place home and i say home because what's being create here 1902 just simply apartments or housing those are homes you see this concept of a home transcends having a roof over our head and our seniors will

live independently in their new homes as long as they're able to distribute and access to a full range of 13069 services in fact the services at vourgz are measure of our nation's heart our nation's love and our nation's respect for our seniors home is where the heart is thank you. (clapping.) >> that's correct larry and thank you for thanking the hud staff i want to thank the hud staff for not only this project but the many projects i'm sure we'll work together regardless 69 federal proimsz so with that, i want to

introduce someone that needs no introduction i think along with supervisor kim the two are incredibly committed to making that city for all as the mayor likes to say a champion of affordable housing for many, many years has worked in this field as a participation and now as an elected it official and policymaker he is something that i think made it clear this is a huge priority not only in this term with that i want to introduce mayor ed lee (clapping). >> thank you doug doug in many ways this is an honor of you and certainly of our wonderful combination between you and st. anthony's i want to be here because i've known vourgz and want to say thank you to jane kim we both

continue this record pace of cutting ribbons and opening doors of opportunity and praising our developers our nonprofits our service provides in this community it wasn't long ago that st. anthony's opened their brand new kitchen more than that a kitchen their entire services a whole floor was being created along with a brand new food center in this neighborhood and we pointed out at this time we pointed to this housing side as the one i wanted to get to as soon as as it was ready to get open you have to be at least 62 year-olds well, i'm 62 this year laura i joined the ranks of other seniors wanting to make sure that our city is welcome to

everyone this is an incredible center over 90 brand new units in the heart of one of the most challenging afterwards our city i know that supervisor kim knows that we've been at oscar pistorius were time after time the needs were identified and this city with its strong foundation can do more and more to help and combine more and more this incredible combination of the stoilgdz and also mercy hours you could also expect they'll produce quality good types of housing for the seniors that as larry said earlier represent the respect that is deserved that is this project we have in your sights the opening of another senior housing in the bayview and in the western edition all appropriately named

as well but i want to be here personally i've known and worked with vieira over thirty years when i began a attorney she was there asia annie is here in her honor i know all the senior housing and services from joint powers authority from our own regional go people who have worked with vieira over many, many, many decades and it is unquestionable she was dedicated i wanted to be here in praise and her daughter's may know my name was mentioned in the household vieira and i go back the first when she asked me to attention. if to eviction and food and health and housing were you'll part of her entire life for over thirty years when we

placed her on the emigrated rights commission it was all about civic engagement and her tenant she was such a strong advocate for immigration she joined me last year to make sure i got out to new york and joined the other mayors to talk about ignition she was there to continue to advocate there were times she brought the air tank and she never wanted to miss a beat so i wanted to be here to praise her and to let us u you know that one of the reasons that drives me so openly supportive of housing is people like her she will consciously be in my memory and never forget the movement we started about the housing and the seniors and immigration and advocacy for the

poor that has been her mantra i want to honor her with every single day that occupied this office of san francisco it's her dna that should be here the name of that for the senior housing and the entities that were put together i'm looking at bobby think that the brothers they've got it their dna in this and other projects throughout the city we're going to do more in fact this is what i know vieira will say mayor ed lee you've got to do more i'm planning to put more in the budget i know that last year's budget vieira and annie said you have to diesel with food security seniors are having a hard time it can't be the food centers but make sure their better endo you do we put money

into the food security for seniors in particular because costs were going up drastically a plate of healthy food was used to be one dollar 050 and people can get that but now four or $5 so with we have to make sure the services were there and housing is incredible part of that that are but all to say that everybody in this city is stepping with the affordability agenda prosperity agenda i don't want to miss an opportunity to put together the kind of talent that's been demonstrated here and build buildings but rehab them sworn testimony with i don't want to rebuild to replies lost housing we're rehabilitating housing as well where hud has helped they've supported our rad program that's

going to authorize some 6 thousand units to be rehabbed in the entire city y while we gain additional housing i need not remind you of a population that is more senior as time comes with the affordability of the city becoming more and more out of reach i have to giving me get to an aggressive housing agenda i hope your not only here to celebrate but join me in november to pass a housing bond to make sure we continue an aggressive affordability of housing we're not only going to do that i've asked all the vendors in the city to join me and do a call i don't even ask them for money i should have i skmd asked them to call each of their banks the institutions

that fund their market rate housing they have investor conversation tell the banks to call mayor ed lee and give him your best below market rate you have so we can create an accelerator fund so we we announce a project we can accelerate that ability hud liekdz to see that they love our choice neighborhood to accelerate those projects go work it is partly giving credit where the money is right now our households is because people needs it can't wait years at the same time i'm not not allowing our seniors to be part of evictions we were in sacramento to carve out ellis act evictions

as supervisor kim i'm getting more and more excited as people say i've got land that is underutilized let's grab it and get our stabilization funds to buy down tho rent control units not a plagiarized for slack later we can only do it if we have the collaborative government it licenses to our citizens demand we took it perp to act i'll continue to do that as long as i'm mayor and even beyond age 62 hopefully, we have more of those sites made and i've already identified sites we can get our hands on in fact i've shocked one of the church, i called them up wheaten do you do besides the parking lot they're saying you're

calling me wow. i've got to go to the board and talk about this ever site should be considered we have a housing crisis but we have beautiful people like vieira in the time of crisis step forward and so has the agencies with that i take great privilege in declar to be vourgz senior housing day in san francisco (clapping) i have doug and barry and the sisters and laura (clapping) echo family housing good (laughter). >> want me to hold him. >> thank you.

>> your first paparazzi thank you very much. >> and, yes you did talk about you lost the kitchen. >> thank you, mr. mayor greatly appreciated both the sentiments today but everything you're doing to make a difference opens this vital vital issue so the mayor sort of began i'm going to time the going on father i was going to say something the going on has gone off i don't know if i can i often wait to talk about the team that built the building but

bob and others are here are excellent general contractor they've done a phenomenal job on the dooirm and working with the night club i didn't you brothers on renovation projects and pleased with the work i want to thank bob and mike but also phillip and valerie and on that were critical to the project (clapping) the arithmetic from h it have done wonderful affordable housing work we've been lucky enough to partner i'm going to go through the list (calling names) so thank you very much from the folks from h it.

>> and i want to take a second there are many people with a connection to mercy housing i want to ask for a moment if you're on the staff of mercy housing raise your hand we can thank you and including our new board of advisors now we're 50 percent through no, it's mites e my pleasure to bring you up a merrycy aluminum from the city community capital and another incredible partner christine from the valley bank they partnered up to be the lenders on the deal you're in really good hands with the two of those folks thank you for the work this is a calibrated project not one you looked at lightly i want to bring up the

folks for their work (clapping). >> thanks doug hi christine this is a great day mercy are good but tough there's about to stop sign our loan term sheet if you're invited to speak be brief that's the deal but, of course fast forward to ribbon cutting day and weed we'd like you to speak remember the commitment to be brief be brief in half 0 this is for you mercy before i i'm going to turn it over to that's the theme nora for the day what good can come by working together with skill and expertise just a couple of quick thangdz

we represent the construction lender with the parts from silicon valley bank it is $22 million so soon to be repaid by hud thank you very much so especially focused on the constriction issues couldn't have had a better team this building is beautiful you feel it in the space i want to acknowledge my appreciation to the douglas firm with h italy's (clapping) so they stop sign it and the night club i didn't brothers built this is a tight site they've got a deep foundation i was scared about this you know no news is good news but this is smooth as could be and night club i didn't brothers thank you very much for that and

lastly the point person the captain of the team is mercy housing development they have someone that cracks the whip i want to give my special thank to sharon before i i'm going to turn it over to christine i'd like to say to the 20 new residents their fortunate to have this as their place of residents welcome home. >> thank you daniel leary. >> i think i can speak for merryl this is one of the best days of our job it takes years for a project to come together not only to come together but to get built it was years to get the financing and the hud 2 o 2 grant and the two years of construction so alleyway all you we have people if in room that

make a project like this happen that had a i want to thank you and the staff and silicon valley bank we have the tag line in addition to the $20 million each we put in in debt and equity which we're participant in the equity together combined putting in $40 million plus silicon valley's bank $90,000 federal home loan grant we we have a tag line with an one of our many tag lines nothing we'd rather be doing that says it all nothing we'd rather be doing than partnering with mercy hospital on t a project like this (clapp