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program. >> now you can have a bank account. open one today. amazing district. some of you know that i grew up in public housing. i live there more than half my life, right down the street at eddie and laguna. >> good morning out, everything my name is linda and breed in him the supervisor for this amazing district. some of you know that i grew up in public housing. i lived more than half my leaf at eddie and laguna. when i became a supervisor and met with the mayor he asked me, what my three top priorities were on the board. and, number one, public housing. number two, public housing. number three, public housing. since then, the mayor and i have been working hand in hand to do something different. 1960 housing

policies cannot solve our housing crisis in the city and county of san francisco. nor, can we continue to allow the residents of public housing to be neglected. the conditions that exist in many of these developments existed when i was growing up there. bad plumbing. rodents. no response to fixing the problem. discovering that we had about 10-$12 million to fix over 4000 public housing units, and we had over $200 million of the deferred maintenance, well, it really upset me because there was nothing that i felt that i could do to change the lives of the people who live here. so, i did working hard with the mayor, with edward lee to try and figure out something different. no, it's not a perfect solution, but it's

what's going to change this community for the better. today, we have our amazing representative,, leader nancy pelosi, who continuously fights for san francisco and fights for the rights of those who don't have any fighting for them in congress. it is a battle she deals with every day. i've witnessed it personally. we are so appreciative of her hard work. we also have the hud secretary, julian castro, here today was a former mayor, and he has a few words that he wants to say and what's great about having the mayor and these incredible federal, national leaders, to talk to us today is that they get to see firsthand the experience of people who live

here. they get to meet the residence. they get to see the conditions, and what i hope that they walk away with is a desire to want to do better. a desire to want to work hard for the folks who live in these units. every single day i know it's a struggle. i have not forgotten about where i came from. that is why, on the board of supervisors, it is been my priority to deal with changing the lives of folks here because even though i made it out, even though i'm a success story, even though so many people who i grew up with are proud of me, they deserve the same opportunity that i have and today, is a new day for that opportunity. so, at this time, i would like to welcome mayor ed lee to the podium. >>[applause] >> thank you. thank you, pres. lyndon breed. were very lucky to have you as not only a supervisor for this district but as our board president and obviously all of you can feel the passion she has and we have

ours to share our family stories with each other for quite some time now. with the hopes that we would have a better outcome for our residents here in san francisco. let me begin by saying that it's not only a pleasure to work with the supervisor, it is a privilege because not only do we share the stories we get to do something about it. one of the things that we get to do about it, we get to and the description that oftentimes is made about public housing residents. that is to say that, i want to be here when all of us can say they're not public housing residents. the residents of san francisco. that's a difference. it's a complete difference in the relationship that we have with our housing authority, the relationship we have with the tenants association, the people that live in a just so happens,

it might be economically challenged, but they've got the strength and hope like all of our families do. when we talk about our stories, we often talk about the strength of families, the hope that people have, the things they're doing for themselves and for each other to build strong communities. this is what i think, but it was all about when they first began to build these housing units and over the decades been challenged with all of the asset maintenance jones, the lack of funding, the lack of cooperation between local governments and the housing authority. we have been through all that. but we have new leadership. we have walking torres and all the new commissioners that are in line with the mayor's office of

housing and the board of supervisors. we have a federal government that not only listens. they fight for all of us to make sure were doing the right thing. we have a hud secretary that i got to meet again. the last time sec. castro and i met we had not won the nba championship yet. of course, i probably stuck out my tie. welcome former mayor. san antonio. this is warriors ground. of course, he got it immediately but i also say to the secretary, too, having a former mayor in that position means an awful lot and will go into detail later on about that. i am here today to announce, again, that the robert pitts housing complex is the third of 15 sites that we've already begun. this result assistance demonstration

program with our federal government. we arty started at hunters view. if you go down there, take a good look at it. without rebuilding public housing. rebuilding a community with residents formerly of public housing. you are part and parcel of that through a program that leader pelosi has helped that be so much hope sf. it is giving everybody the chance and hope to be part, equal parts, of building a stronger community. second project, up and center wasn't within urban and that's down that alice griffith. that's already underway. in fact, the senior housing is under construction and pretty soon see some of the seniors that will move over from the dilapidated housing bearing, public housing, into a very modern complex as we knock down and rebuild their housing. now, it's robert pitts is turned until the 15 sites for this, over $700 million effort that

we call phase 1 of that. phase 1 of our rental assistance program. it is a program that is new, quite frankly, to hud and to all of us. because when we got together with supervisor breed and with all of our people in the city we no longer wanted to have a housing authority that would build and maintain poverty isolated housing. we wanted to invest in the people first. we had to make people believe that we are going to do a new model. something that involved them in their futures. so that we could try to do and demonstrate, what i think is a discussion all across the country. how do you and intergenerational poverty and needed to ask not just have poverty go from generation to generation, from kids to the grandkids, and it takes an entire village to do that. housing is a great part of it. affordable housing is a great part of it, and that's why we have a $310 million commitment

on the ballot, opposition a to use that money, to use that resource to rebuild public housing but also in the private sector as well to upper middle classes as well as our low income residents have we built housing for them. but, we never lost sight of the other things that we have to do as a city to end poverty as well. our communities have to be safe. so we invest in our kids. we invest in education. if a good transportation system. will we rebuild all of this housing, it's going to also be accommodated by world-class transportation system. how does it feel to have our kids writing for free by the second year in a row. he didn't do that with having a strong city. they got municipal so excited after we got the google donation that now we have free

invisible for our seniors and people with disabilities to ride a world-class transportation system that is accessible to everybody and used by so many people. don't have to own a car to get around to your job and anyplace else. you also have to be safe and that's why we are investing in not only police force, but in job programs. we have tech programs. we have healthy san francisco. we have so many programs that were investing in to make sure communities are strong. so, i say to you that i'm a in addition to a revitalized housing program for public housing residents, where we are no longer building isolated low income housing, their integrated communities. they are building the strength of our best nonprofits that are now integrated with our housing authority. in working with the residents to make sure they are part of the voice as to how

these units are built, and we are hiring as many of our public housing residents to do the building themselves to city built. another great program that we've reached in to the heart of our residence in public housing and say, we can train you to build and to manage this housing at this same time. this is all part of what we call brad. it takes a lot of different parts of hard and i know that leader pelosi, every time i called her, she's been so wonderful in answering my calls as we explain the latest thing we have to do with hard and to make sure that everybody understands, because we are all subject to old ways of doing things. san francisco is subject to many old ways of doing things. that is why we didn't build enough affordable housing and how could we go for two decades without having an affordable housing in the city?

are we embarrassed by that that we do not build housing in operation for young family to grow up in different ways? this is what were fighting against. old traditions of not building well, not building efficiently, not doing it in collaboration with our residents, and getting their talent involved in using the power of hope sf to do so. this is all part of those hours of conversation that i've had with london with the board of supervisors, with our housing authority, with our mayors office of housing, in our commissioners. so, we have a lot to celebrate as we begin these projects. robert pitts is going to be retouched, we first, all 203 units. guess what? we've got to make sure we do this to give hope to families that are headed up with people like marty anna johnson. you know, she is a 15 year resident of robert pitts, and i know having raised two children herself and being a strong family leader, she

cannot be more excited than any of us to see a refurbished unit become her permanent home for her and her family and to have it not only upgraded, but maintained for the long period of time and having the touch of other residents feel the same, that they're not public housing residents. there residents of the great city of san francisco. so, i would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to someone who's working directly with us. as a parent, as a woman, as a strong leader of the tenant here, residence here, arianna johnson. >>[applause]hello. >> hello, good morning. my name is arianna johnson dominated here of san

francisco. i resided here at robert pitts for 15 years and am the mother of two beautiful daughters. today is a very special day for me. my grandfather was james henry johnson almost san francisco first african american services group what an honor and blessing and for for me to be here. >>[applause] >> this project is also very special to me. not only is a resident here at the robert pitts community but also as a former employee of san francisco housing authority. i was a building concierge here for six years. we as residents affected by this process are excited for a new horizon. for generations, living conditions have been heartbreaking and challenging. the majority of us residents that live in low income housing desire a clean, peaceful, habitable, safe, functioning and desirable place to live. the majority of us are

working or senior disabled persons that are committed to the improvement of our community and our family and refused to leave our great city. but, the reality is, our city is very expensive. so, we have to live here in low income housing. we are praying that the citywide that project is not only improves the living conditions at home, but that it also ratifies permanent jobs and great benefits for all us residents, such as san francisco housing authority has done for me and many other residents during its history. i'm currently in the application process for construction administration jobs and renewing my security certification license. we are hoping and praying for new youth services and violence prevention here. here, at the robert pitts community alone we have several mothers that lost children under the age of 25 years. so, i would like to say, let that stand forth. we knew,

additional desire. we are the city of champions. the new, additional, desire, for all those who live here, welcome back, government officials and thank you. >>[applause] >> now you can see why arianna is our concierge. yes, thank you. thank you. well, i get excited every time i leader is able to come back to it ain't easy to maloney type working in dc these days. you all know that. we all read about it you will see it and you all feel it. every time that we in san francisco can demonstrate to our federal leaders what we've done locally, it gives them hope that all the arguments that they have to have them all the challenges that they have to meet on a day-to-day basis,

back in dc, it is not forgotten. it is deeply appreciated by those of us that are here in san francisco, and someone who as i told you earlier, honestly takes our calls, goes into detail with her staff about what it is we need and what exceptions to different rules that we might want to be advocating for, but also gives us a forethought about where congress is going so that we can be prepared.. i have been with her when we got funding restored in hiv cuts and aids programs. i have been there when she says, hey they're not going to do but be prepared. start working with your folks. get ready. we are always ready and the constant partner for us. i so appreciate her every time her visits here that we have something else to announce because we are getting things done. that is of course democratic leader nancy pelosi. >>[applause] >> thank you very much mr. mayor for your very generous and for your tremendous leadership. and for making possible this coming together

here today. we use the word demonstrate, and the rad rental assistance demonstration has that word demonstrate in it. so here we all are to demonstrate to the secretary as to how san francisco, not only responds to initiatives from the federal level, but really demonstrates how they could work and how they could work better. it's really an honor to be on the program with a arianna, james henry johnson, her grandfather is in a pretty exciting? how proud he would be to see you a leader carrying on in that tradition. wasn't she wonderful? >>[applause] >> san francisco is a very special pl., mr. sec., honored to welcome you here to see how we respect people. we respect our residents and when were going to have new housing is

one-on-one replacing the residents who were here for those who want to continue to be here. it is also about their self-determination, about how a project will function, how it will be to run. this project, this will be a demonstration to the country of a way to get the job done. in san francisco were entrepreneurial in our thinking. we like to take advantage of exploits in the best possible way every opportunity that hard provides to grants and policy and the opportunity that the code enables us as low income tax credits and other tax considerations, which enables us to have public-private ownership joined with our nonprofit partners. really, demonstrating to the country how we can respect our residents, have them have affordable housing in a way that maintains community.

because, this site over housing is a challenge that is about the soul of our city. we are a city that wants to be representative of every aspect of life in our community that cultural diversity as well's economic variation is something that is important to the father of who we are. our mayor has been such an incredible champion on this subject. he and london bridge, she said she was the supervisor from this area that she grew up in the neighborhood and the mayor acknowledged that she is the president of the board and has used that opportunity to benefit individuals. i salute london. mdm. chairman, mdm. pres. that has a nice ring to it. >>[applause] >> for your leadership. the mayor has done a great deal to

bring jobs to san francisco and back dimension transportation mr. mayor because it gives me another opportunity to salute our president barack obama. under the recovery act that was passed we were able to do so many things for san francisco. you know why? because san francisco could demonstrate that they knew how to be a model to the nation. to have initiatives that were of national significance. it's a continuation of thursday rail, central subway, trans-bay terminal, the puppy whatever it is, jobs immediately promotion of commerce and transportation, cleaning the air, promoting quality-of-life, this is really important but sometimes those advances raise the price of housing in a community. so we have to mitigate for that one part of that success by addressing it directly. that is the mayor is the full package. job creation. transportation initiative. jobs immediately and jobs jobs long term but

also recognizing the responsibility we have to have affordable housing in our community. this secretary is really remarkable. he was amir sue will grant him that. his brother served in congress with me. his twin brother. joachim castro former mayor of san antonio. we will talk about the spurs in the warriors just now. however, i had the privilege of being invited to his swearing in. i wish you could have been there. i went of course to pay tribute to the new secretary of hud but i mainly went because i was honored to be invited so i could say directly to his mother , rosie, congratulation kit woolsey's mom had was actually barefoot into archives. this is the american dream personified. she made a success of herself but these twin boys trailing along to public civic events,

growing up with a sense of responsibility. of getting back. they had the advantage the best education someone say, that our country could provide, and they were prepared to give back. as i said, i served with walking in the house of representatives. his twin brother, and mayor caster went from being the mayor of san antonio to be the secretary of hud. on that day, read this i get it right. the president said, walking is a proven leader a champion for safe affordable housing and strong sustainable neighborhoods. in building a housing market we do some homelessness among veterans, thank you and connecting neighborhoods with good schools and good jobs that have our citizens succeed. he has in the one year he is been secretary, lowered mortgage insurance premiums to make

ownership more affordable, help families access strong neighborhoods with sure housing choice vouchers and empowering local leaders with new tools to invest in their communities and that's one of the reasons we are here today. that is one of those new tools. in july of 2015, just a couple months ago, pres. obama wants one of secretary caster's signature project. connect home. which accelerates internet adoption in 20 communities providing broadband electronic devices to children living in public or assisted housing, secretary castro continues to strive to make housing a platform that helps folks achieve a better quality of life. how perfect. how perfect. these two measures, one for mayor my current mayor at that goal, to achieve a better quality of life for the people for whom we are responsible. we think, mr. sec., that san francisco is a model to the nation. we are

very proud of the successes and the challenges, and the successes that we have had. we think that when we take on a project we will do it in a way that's about national significance. we are not competitive or anything. we are not proud or anything. we just want to help others and i know you did to. please let us welcome this wonderful great sec. of hud, boolean castro. >>[applause] >> thank you. thank you so much mdm. leader. it is wonderful to be here whoever world's great cities. i want to say thank you for hosting me. you know, my brother joachim is a privilege of serving with the majority with leader pelosi soon-to-be speaker pelosi. again. and by brother joachim, habitually introduce himself by saying a way that tells about

since wetlands, minute other than he is. so, hope you'll disabuse them of that notion in the future. they told me that was unseasonably warm here in san francisco. some glad that i got home a couple days ago to 97° heat to practice for here. mayor, thank you for having me. this is not the first time that we've had a chance to spend time here in san francisco, but each time that you visit very impressed by the work that you and the board of supervisors and all the folks that you collaborate with are doing to provide housing opportunity for san franciscans. i also want to commend supervisor london reed could we are in her disappeared as she said, she is only talked about this she's lifted. because of that emma i know

like me, she feels very blessed in her own life to had opportunities in the doing everything that she can for public service to give that opportunity to others. thank you supervisor breed for your leadership. >>[applause]i also want to recognize just briefly barbara smith the second director of this in francisco housing. what about ago? thank you for the work that you are doing here we cannot do it without a housing authority. and of course, to arianna johnson. great community involvement and tenant leadership is so important to success in all that we do, so thank you for your inspiring words today. keep it up. keep it up. i also want to just briefly recognize all of our private partners who are here. they're too many of them to name, but they are integral to the success the reynolds assistance budget please raise your hand if you're one of our private partners. >>[applause] >> thank you. we are here

today because we believe that housing is a powerful platform for greater opportunity in people's lives. and because we believe that everyone ought to have access to good affordable housing, to build up to other american dream. we also know that our nation is in the midst of an a for the housing crisis. in fact, just a couple months ago the national low income housing coalition reported that in no single community, if you're working 40 hours a minimum wage, can you afford a two-bedroom apartment. that in very few places, could you even afford to rent a one-bedroom apartment. in fact, here in california the person would have to work 92 hours a week to afford a place. the affordable housing crisis comes at a time when our nation's public housing stock is particularly challenged. we have roughly 26 billion-dollar backlog in capital needs. we lose 10,000 units of public housing to disrepair every single year. now, we know that leader pelosi

and folks like her have been fighting like crazy and then right on this issue. to ensure that the resources are there. we also know, though, we live in a resource constrained environment and for that reason, in 2012 hud wants the rental assistance demonstration. also known as rad. fundamentally, it is housing authorities and owners of assisted housing convert to long-term section 8 contracts. that allows them to better leverage private debt and equity to improve their properties. so, instead of falling into disrepair, they get renovated. i am proud to announce that this effort has established a proven record of success in just three years, that has leverage over $1 billion in new construction dollars of public housing properties throughout the united states. >>[applause] >> that is making a difference in communities throughout our

nation and committees like this one.. the rack conversion of robert b woods apartments will of the san francisco housing authority and its partner to invest $31 to rehabilitate over 200 family units. this investment will help ensure that these families have a modern and safe, good place to live. we want to see rad make a difference in more communities. so hud is working with congress to lift a cap on this program so that we can help more families across this nation also have good housing. we know that the affordable housing crisis is growing, and we also know that that is part of a solution. i've had the opportunity now as hud secretary to travel to more than 50 cities in 14 months. i can tell you that san francisco

is a national leader when it comes to collaboration and creativity in creating and sparking new housing opportunity. congratulations, to san francisco. >>[applause] >> so, we look forward to the renovation of these homes and to all the wonderful opportunities that will be made possible because of the work that you are doing here in this beautiful community. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> my pleasure to bring back up leader pelosi. >> thank you seconded. well, let me thank everyone here today. i see across this wonderful field a bevy of nonprofits that i know i can help us rebuild all of our communities from chinatown development to bridge to mercy to tabernacle to tenderloin, and then i also does a thank you to bank of america. they won the right to leverage. two

words secretary breezy more often these days in san francisco. when teaching it to kids. we're teaching it to parents. that is, invest and leverage. invest and leverage. because the best investment anybody can make in san francisco is to start your family here because when you start a family, that means schools, transportation, housing, safety, are all been taken care. that's the best investment. then we got a leverage that by people participating making sure you vote and making sure we pass proposition a and all the things we need to do to build an rehab and stabilize our neighborhoods. thank you everybody very much. thank you to our federal representatives, two. >>[applaus issue. >> homeless in san francisco is

a challenging issue that effects owner in the city in many different was as of the 2014 homeless census over 64 homeless in individual in the city to try to address the issue we've got a program for chronic homeless welcome to the navigation center. >> this pilot project is for people living on the street what makes it different the navigation center is able to accommodate homeless encampments lowell u allowing people to keep their pets and bring their personal bloonlz. >> the full realization that people don't want to be homeless not refuse services but from the

services don't meet them and not relevant they're not going to be successful if you look at the budget losses we've got a community sacrifice important people to get food and laundry we're standing next to the bathrooms it is designed to be a dynamic and brief residential experience where right of on this site city staff to connect you to homeless places to return to family dine is up for medi-cal and all those things that are complicated for people. >> the other exciting thing city agencies come on site and provided the services for folks this is existed to see when the goal of streamlining a a whole processes of getting people on go gentle assistance into housing as much as possible. >> way totally different you

can come and agree as please and get laundry services and showers any time of the day and night it's twenty-four hours a day whatever and twhefr it's not like any other she recalls. >> they come and help people for what it is they're required the issues they need and reach out and do what we can to say okay how can we accommodate you to get you set up and straight never in my mind imagined a program like this this place it different and a a lot a lot that better it works. >> the navigation is center is a collaboration of partnerships too city departments one is the homeless outreach team managed by the san francisco distributing

i look forward to the navigation center we'll have our agents go out and help and say don't go anymore over and over send our dayshift out they've meet the population and hang out and hang in the encampment and transport people and be with them and make immediate impacts with me and my staff. >> bringing our wloongz whatever you go presents a problem this place their help with the storage i don't have to worry about it staying here you know you're getting things done they need to get things down done to get off the street avenue of the hope alsoness is gone. >> they help you

if you're hungry go eat if e you need to go places go. >> they're 4th district it awe auto. >> it was funded through a unanimous donation and of may 2015 an additional $3 million to help to continue the program beyond 18 months. >> you see people coming out they're ready to being so the future homes you know how variable the navigation center is my message for the constituents yes something can be done do break chronic homelessness it is being done. >> this is a community that sets an example but i how to pick an area that was funky they've seen we're trying to do is help their neighbors they've seen getting sicker and more frail and broken down on the streets and welcomed us that's a

powerful statement people are exist and president in they're becoming to see the movement for folks and people on the streets are only survival modes where is there next meal and their itch more carefree. >> the staff here is interpretation the first day i have a appointment and everything was made all you do is go through them this makes a huge difference. >> to get settled in a helping hand, to get on my feet, take care of the issues i have and get out of bed and help. >> even though the navigation

center has been up in march 2014 the program is creating successful outreach for it's clients. >> a month ago they came to me and asked me to go into a new program i moved into here and now 3 months later i have my own place it is mine i lock my door don't worry about my stuff it feels human again >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban

center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i

read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake.

>> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the

ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of

magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover

and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use

the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in

'89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for (music) >> herb theatre,open 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.

?oo hi, i'm holly lee. i love cooking and you are watching quick bites. san francisco is a foodie town. we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. there are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate and cupcakes galore, the options are endless. anyone out there with a sweet tooth? then i have a great stop for you. i've been searching high and low for some great cookies and the buzz around town that anthony's are those cookies. with rave reviews like this i have to experience these cookies for myself and see what the fuss was all about. so

let's see. while attending san francisco state university as an accountinging major, anthony's friend jokingly suggested he make cookies to make ends make. with no formal culinary training he opened his own bakery and is now the no. 1 producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> so i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. why cookies? >> it was a recommendation from a friend. hard to believe that's how it all started. >> why not pies and cakes? what do you have against pies and cakes, anthony. >> i have nothing against pies and cakes. however, that was

the recommendation. >> you were on the road to be an account apblt. >> actually, an engineer. >> even better. and it led to making cookies. >> in delicious ways. >> delicious ways. >> this is where the magic goes down and we're going to be getting to the truth behind cookies and cream. >> this is what is behind cookies and cream. >> where were you when the idea came to your mind. >> i was in my apartment eating ice cream, cookies and

cream ice cream. how much fun, cookies and cream cookies. their cookies and cream is not even -- it took a lot of time, a lot of fun. >> a lot of butter. >> a lot, a lot, a lot. but it was one of those things. all right, now behold. you know what that is? >> what is that? >> cookies and cream. >> oh, they are beautiful. >> yes, so we got to get --. >> all right, all right. we treat the cookies like wine tasting. i don't ever want anybody to bite into a cookie and not get what they want to get. we're training staff

because they can look at the cookie and tell if it's wrong. >> oh, here we go. >> you smell it and then you taste it, clean the plat palate with the milk. >> i could be a professional painter because i know how to do this. >> i can tell that it's a really nice shell, that nice crunch. >> but inside. >> oh, my god. so you are going to -- cheat a little bit. i had to give you a heads up on that. >> what's happening tomorrow? these cookies, there's a lot of love in these cookies. i don't know how else to say it. it really just makes me so happy. man, you bake a mean cookie, anthony. >> i know. people really know

if they are getting something made with love. >> aww >> you know, you can't fool people. they know if you are taking shortcuts here and there. they can eat something and tell the care that went into it. they get what they expect. >> uh-huh. >> system development and things like that. >> sounds so technical. >> i'm an engineer. >> that's right, that's right. cookies are so good, drove all other thoughts out of my head. thank you for taking time out it talk to us about what you do and the love with which you do it. we appreciate your time here on quick bites. i hope you've enjoyed our delicious tale of defendant 93

and dessert. as for me, my search is over. those reviews did not lie. in fact, i'm thinking of one of my very own. some things you just have it experience for yourself. to learn more about anthony's cookies, visit him on the web at anthoniescookies.com. if you want to watch some of our other episodes at sfquickbites/tumbler.com. see 115. this is the regular meet ogen commission on community investment and infrastructure.

tuesday october 20, 2015. welcome to member thofz public. madam secretary can you call the first item? >> the first order of business is item 1, roll call. commission members please respond when i call your name. commission mand har is absent. commissioner [inaudible] present. commissioner sing rr, here. commissioner booustoes, here. madam chair rosales, here. commissioner mondejar is absent and all other members are present thmpt next order of business is item 2, announcements. a, the next regularly scheduled meeting of november 3, 2015 is held at 1 p.m. at city. announce of prohibition of sound producing

electronic devices. the rings of and use of cell phones, pagers and similarly sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair mayordser removal of the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of cell phones recollect pagers or other sound producing electronic devices. c, announcement of time allotment public comability. be advised the member of piblic has up to 3 minute to make public comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopt as shorter period. it is strongly recommended that members the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit to the commission secretary. the next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken as previous closed session meeting if any. there are no

reportable acs. the next orbd rf obusiness isite 784, matters of unfinished business. there is none. the next order of business is item 5, matteroffs new business consisting on consent and regular agenda. first the consent ajnda, 5 a apruchbl of minutes the regular meeting of august 4, 2015 and 5 b, authorize second amendments to 2 personal service contract with hawk engineers inc. a california corporation to provide infrastructure technical support service, one under hunters point ship yard phase one dispotion and development agreement. had rks ps phase one in the amount of 134 thousand dollar frz a total contract amournt notd to exceed 234 thousand dollars and two, under the candle stick point

and hundred iters ship yard development agreement, hps phase 29 in aadditional amount of 166 thousand dollars for a total contract amount not to exceed 290,000. hunters ship yard redevelopment project areas bay view munt r hunters point. resolution number 61-2015. madam deputy director. >> do we have speaker cards on the consent calendar? >> i do. mr. ace washington. >> [inaudible] just a second. the-this is ace on