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tv   Mayors Press Availability  SFGTV  March 9, 2017 5:40pm-6:01pm PST

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damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update
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the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been fortunate over the last hundred years less than one foot of seawall over the next hundred years scientists say we'll have 6 feet of seawall rise imagine the pier 30/32 will
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be floated, the embarcadero will be flooded our transportation system is fog to be heavy impacts unfortunately, the port didn't have the financial resources to repair all the deteriorating piers let alone the adaptations for sea level rise. >> it is clear that the port can't pay for the seawall reinforcement or deal with the sea level rise on its own needs to raise money to take care of the properties at take care of the maintenance on the properties no way absent anti funding the issues of sea level rise or the schematic conditions of seawall can be development. >> as studies talk about the seawall challenges the working group is look at the issues please come share our ideas about recreation, pier
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activities, shoreline habitat, historic preservation and transportation issues and viral protection. >> we know this planning process will not have one question and one answer we need the diversity of the opinions how people feel about san francisco waterfront and want to hear all the opinions. >> the challenges call for big decisions now is the time to explore now and creative ideas to protect and preserve san francisco waterfront. >> now is the time to get involved to help to shape the future of our waterfront. >> we need the debate please come forward and engage in the process. >> this is your waterfront and this is your opportunity to get involved be part of solution help san francisco create the waterfront we want for the future. >> this is really to dream big
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and i think about what our waterfront looked like for all san franciscans today and generations to come. >> get involved with the planning process that will set the fraction for what is coming at the port. >> find for in upgrading dates on the ports website. >> (ship blowing horn in distances) . >> hi my name is jason jones a xaefrp and communication capture at the san francisco water
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department i hnlt a high volume of calls and radio communications i enjoy coming to work i still find it challenging i still learn everyday and i'm going to have the level of activity if zero to 60 in a matter of minutes i take bride pride in handling the emergencies. >> have are you available the work order is 2817827 that's one of the great things of sfpuc they offer work shops to help you get ahead you have to care about the job and go above and beyond to find out as much as you can the three puc i so no
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glass ceiling the opportunities are endagain. >> (clapping.) >> good afternoon, everyone welcome to to city hall so i want to thank everyone for being here on this lovely valentine's day and we really have an important message we want to share with everyone and
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that is that on the valentine's day we want to make sure that everyone feels loved and included here in san francisco and by that we need to make sure we provide housing for everyone that want to live and work here for generations to come. >> (clapping.) >> so today, we're joined by people my colleague ahsha safai will acknowledge but bring up our mayor of the city that has been working to make sure our housing policies enable future generations to live in san francisco with that, mayor ed lee. >> thank you. >> (clapping.) >> katie and supervisor safai joining on that valentine's day rally for housing yeah. got a lot of love in the house and a lot of the labor leaders they're showing their love they love building they love living in the city, too, we have all
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the residents who is to us we need more restrictive housing for everyone and so this is a time to make bold announcements with the board of supervisors and the mayor's office get together we do bold things we are in agreement we do things like from the city college we don't mess around why not more middle-income housing for first responder and working class folks all of the different levels of people need more housing in the city we can build rehab and one thing in 2014 i said we needed a housing plan i know said that to john rahaim his staff was going nuts not getting all the permits out get them out faster at the knew and the public knew we
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announced thirty thousand rehab housing by 2020 well, today, because everyone is middle-class and working together 17 thousand one hundred of units have been completed >> (clapping.) >> 36 affordable inform middle-income and low income we have to keep it going working very hard and build and when we work together we can get stuff done today we are announcing something i really am excited about supervisor katie tang is reinching home sf home sf is a working with our developer community with the neighborhood with our labor leaders we can do more than that zoning if we provide more incentives this is what working with the board will be helpful in doing so with the
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home sf program over 6 to 8 hundred more restrictive units can be built in the city for middle-income and families throughout the city i'm excited with the supervisors come up with creative ideas i'm sorry 6 thousand did i say - 6 thousand units i'm getting excited when we are initiative at the same time our residents say we have to be practical whether we work together both can be accomplished with quality housing that all of our units represent and our nonprofits help to manage and the you city we are refugesized your public housing portfolio not see combe e delipidated housing you'll see housing that mixed use and the residents are the same people but with a lot more restrictive
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hope excited about working with the board let's get more housing for everyone let's have a great valentine's day. >> thank you, mayor ed lee and we're announcing a renewed effort around a program designs for middle-income and working-class families guaranteeing new projects thirty percent for working-class families and a requirement that over 40 percent of units are at least two bedrooms or grooemz e three bedrooms to serve our families that want to have children. >> (clapping.) >> so we will be bringing forgot legislation in the board of supervisors in the coming months and hope you'll join you there's a lot of things happening this in the federal government there might be people that don't want to include us in the country in san francisco we
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embarrass diversities we really need to walk the talk and build the housing that is inclusive and not begun that for generations i hope you'll join me and the people that working hard in our city we want to make sure they remained housed in san francisco with that, i'm going to turn it over to my partner on this valentine's day my work partner supervisor safai. >> that was great, thank you katie i'm your partner for today happy valentine's day i'm supervisor ahsha safai and first want to acknowledge the men and women in labor plumbers local 38 and local 261 exaggerates 22, and the janitors local 87.
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>> (clapping.) >> the people's are here unfortunately in the city we've gone to the extreme and becoming a city of the/88 we have to make drastic steps in the housing policy the only way to house people to make a bold step so we're here to say that is time to step forward for working people and step up for working families and need to begin to make them a priority in my district prior to the great recession you could find an affordable housing but now homes are north of one million dollars in the sunset homes well noting of one million dollars in the
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bloifts approaching one million dollars not for working-class and the market took care of of itself but our chances and opportunity to make a bold move and steps towards working families over the decades produced 23 thousands of low income housing when a redevelopment agency we produced housing for working-class but no consistent funding stream for working families i'll repeat no consistent funding stream for working families so if you're a janitors if you're a laborer if you're a pledgeer or carpenter and a hotel working or noose no housing designed for you, we don't have the funding we need to make bold steps in the coming weeks we'll talk about
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inclusionary but i stand here today in full support of everyone that supervisor katie tang we need to step up for working class families. >> (clapping.) >> when the teachers are trying to get housing and have the lands for free they've come across the reality money streams there is funding for the paraprofessionals but not funding streams for teachers when we can't fill the positions we're in a entries around housing for working people an important aspect of what makes our city strong the next person i want to bring up local local 261 speak from their appreciative mr. josh. >> (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor safai and thank you, of course, to supervisor tang for bringing in forward and to the mayor and all
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of us we at local 261 join the others members of the building and construction trade to do something special over the past several years that's the most successful hiring program in the country. >> (clapping.) >> a wouldn't have been possible without the leaders from government and lavish and housing advocates but that breaks down it all breaks down having a chance for local resident to get a job working with the trades from the community and breaks down when they seek to support their families and started a family and be a local hire in san francisco it breaks down when you don't have housing so this is a follow proposal here to talk about working families and middle-income housing generated and building trades everybody coming together like i said local hiring works
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when we have what? >> housing what do we forbode to build. >> housing human resources all right. let's pass this law. >> thank you next i'll have to say we can't do this would you the planning department we're trying to solve the challenges we need smart people on the ground firsting the out the details i'll bring up director rahaim but the team hope sf and (calling names) thank you all so much >> (clapping.) >> thank you xrifr and good morning and happy valentine's day i'm proud to be here to work on this gram as the mayor said he gave us a charge to say let's if you get a way for more restrictive moderate and housing we developed a basis and proud to be here i think we agree that
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families with children are the integral part of the intent for the middle and moderate housing meets the city's goals to solve the housing crisis will have housing for working-class and thirty percent of all new housing will be permanently affordable and 40 percent are required to include two bedrooms or more restrictive and challenging in san francisco are here we've got a lot more work to do this is an sdwralg part and the most significant program we can put together we've working on in a very long time but part of a multi faceted program for an important role in keeping families in the city i really look forward and want to acknowledge the mayors leadership and supervisor tang's leadership we're looking forward
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to working with that to move forward and get housing built thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> so thank you for being here and again everyone that as a partner so many advocates if you can raise your hand if you support more restrictive housing in san francisco. >> so amazing to see all the grassroots support for more restrictive housing and, of course, we know yes, their our neighbors that maybe be obtainable to more restrictive housing but we need to include all the working-class families on this valentine's day i forgot you not we'll build more housing for all of you so thank you very much for being here
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>> [gavel] >> good morning.>> good morning ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome you to the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am supervisor malia cohen, chairperson of this committee. to my right is the vice chair supervisor norman yee and to his right is supervisor tangand i would like to thank our friends up at sfgtv that are assisting