thanks for coming i'm doug u doug the president of the mercy housing we're one the partners our privilege at the mercy housing to be part of this project is a vision of open houses weer that lucky to help them chief for those of you who don't know mercy housing we're a national nonprofit with headquarters in denver based in san francisco and working in the state of california a few of my board members if you wouldn't mind bill and joanne raise your hand they know anyway - >> i had a joke that didn't go off i'll come back to that i want to introduce karen who is new to the job at openhouse they're doing a fabulous job and continue from here.

>> thank you doug. >> (clapping.) >> what an amazing and incredible day thank you for being here. i'm the beyond honored and humble to represent openhouse what an amazing principle there are not enough things to capture the efforts of making this day happen i can talk about this you wouldn't thank everyone to thank so i will take a minute to see a couple of quick thank you's i want to say to doug and everyone as mercy housing you've been an amazing partner and continue to be an amazing partner when we break ground we like to say you're not just a partner but part of openhouse family thank you for being worked out with us here. >> (clapping.) >> i also want to say thank you to the mayor's office of housing

who are here today not easy to take on one of a kind project and you really helped us to balance ethics commission and a dream thinking about what it means to the city in the an easy job we appreciate it and continue to partner and figure it out going forward thank you for the openhouse board you're a fierce group of advocates for this agency and mission as we could ever ask for own house members current and past if you'll raise your hand if you're with us today. >> (clapping.) >> and, of course, none more compassionate than our founder marcie and janet an amazing - yeah. >> (clapping.) >> you had an amazing dream 20 years ago and bold not to give up and make many a reality we're

all living today so thank you i want to thank myopia house staff you're the backbone of what we do we're on a tight schedule but some clapping along the way they're the backbone of the organization your ideas are what fuel us your ideas fuel my inspiration and you to more than anyone understands that is an absolute honor you take that seriously to serve the lgbt seniors so thank you to my staff and finally and more importantly i want to thank our lgbt seniors this is your day for your bravery your tireless work and your believe in social justice that's why we're here. >> (clapping.) >> and please know this building is not the end this is the beginning this is the beginning of work we'll do together

because every lgbt elderly every urban design team o lgbt elderly deserves not only housing but in a lo place in the course call home we'll not be dysfunction until that happens. >> (clapping.) >> so thank you i now are the honor of introducing supervisor scott wiener i'll bring to the stage as for those of you who don't know scott was elected to the state senate in november of 2016 for district 11 prior to the election he served as a board of supervisors where he was an advocate for policies to create the affordable housing you see here today and long recognized the protection of the right of lgbt seniors a long time supporter and friend of openhouse and believes to help every lgbt senior to have a place to call home in 2014 he

helped pass local ordinances for action for long time care facilities and make sure they have training in taken care of felt be lgbt seniors and fight for the bill to happen across the state. >> thank you for your help and making today a reality senator wien wiener. >> (clapping.) >> good afternoon, everyone i think my head is blocking this thing the world was not made for at all people so i am i'm so happy to be here i'm so happy that you know given my new life between here and sacramento to be physically here it is a monumental step forward for the lgbt community in san

francisco we have our lgbt center a huge step forward we've done so much as a community and hard to overstate how significant today is i know that is the beginning we'll do so many more to house the lgbt seniors thank you, thank you to everyone who made this happen that was a massive group effort particularly openhouse and mercy housing is an honor to work with you on my time on the board of supervisors every few months new obstacle would come up and work together to resolve it thank you to mayor ed lee and his team for always cloub with us to find solutions you know we're really starting as a community to grapple with the unique needs of lgbt seniors for a long time a lot of people are not making it to senior

status. >> fortunately more and more people and this is amazing it is enriching for our community let's hear it for that. >> (clapping.) >> but we're behind in meeting the needs of of our elders and working hard to play catch up and housing is a key part protecting the seniors and long care and collecting data open our seniors meeting the needs of long term hiv survivors we've got a lot more work to do and we'll continue to work together to do that and housing is such a critical component of that problems for people in san francisco long term residents leave or just have incredible anxiety but being able to stay we need to make sure we're taking care of our own residents in particularly our long term residents you should be able to stay in the town they helped to build

i also just wanted to honor on a personal level say thank you to you'll be lgbt seniors i came of age as a gay man 17 year-old in 1987 in new jersey and he wouldn't be in the role i am today, if wouldn't have been possible without the for the generations of lgbt people who that fought to save our community to build our community in the 50's and psychos and 70's fighting under the work. >> (clapping.) >> and then in the 80s and 90s saving our community from the libyans from the aids of that epidemic and eternally grateful like me we are able to be who we are because of you so thank you

so much for that i also want to acknowledge i'm so honored to represent san francisco and northern san mateo county and sacramento honored to represent represent this great community and shout out to my mentor and predecessor senator mark leno who really led the way on so many things. >> (clapping.) >> so in the tradition of senator mark leno i have two civil rights to honor for mercy housing and openhouse we'll keep that tradition alive and well, thank you everyone and congratulations. >> okay with that, we have a distinct hour of bringing up a bigger champion this project and all

the things we're here we do woult the leadership and i hear he's back from a long trip we appreciate the work you're doing and thank you. >> all right. >> (clapping.) >> well, i'm not going to have skooltsz problem (laughter) but let me echo senator wiener's comments and also gto all the team of openhouse and mercy housing for putting this together representative from my office the community, the hard rock foundation and tom's leadership all of this putting together i just had the first tour not been on this property since it was still an extension for uc

and so when i walk those hallways that have been new i think that honors exactly what scott men's earlier about the history of the lgbt community and people with who served the city well in all from all walks of life and the center of what i talk about the strength of our city when is our diversities and i just also had the opportunity with the doctor and the managers here to actually walk into david and linda's living quarters as i walk through there the first emotion i felt was dignity that these units the way they've been designed and built the connection to space allows people in your 57b8gd years to

experience a dignity perhaps another level in years past and yet for our seniors in san francisco that is what we always wished to do and i think this is the best example right here at 55 laguna and benchly on 75 laguna i plan to be here not in 5 years in much less time for a be stronger even dedication for more units of housing for the seniors and in particular for the lgbt friendly campus that has been created here i just want to note scott was in my office but actually took some walks and talked about what we needed to do by way of strengthening the way we ought reach the affordable housing

developments throughout the city we can go through all parts of the city and talk about the problems that we have and with the homelessness and the lack of housing but we come here the laguna street 55 laguna and we see what it is like and the examples of how we present deciding if i had living for the seniors in particular for the lgbt friendly campus so i want to say congratulations to everyone who has been a part of this i commit to you that it will not take another 5 years for this site for smiling faces and people living in dignity we'll hurry up and get more not just here but throughout the city whenever people desire to live dedicated place to so they

can be part of communicated for all of their lives congratulations to everyone. >> (clapping.) >> my gosh you walk through those places and say blessed we're in san francisco and work for each other and have values weighing we'll care and learned a lot of those deciding if i did falls u values from the people that struggled for many, many years to reach the level of dignity those routine u units represent with that, let me introduce doctor the co-founder but marcie thank you, thank you for your vision 20 years ago i understand that two 34g9s experts got

together and nobody should get in the way when two lesbian health workers goat together. >> doctor marcie step forward thank you. >> (clapping.) >> you know i wrote it down i know i was going to completely overwhelm finding i want to say is this the most amazing day of my life to see all of you here celebrating what all of you have done to build this campus of services i just thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for hanging in those these two years to make that happen thank you very much for being worked out here today.

>> (clapping.) >> so allow me to read so i am not nervous you are lose any train of thought the miracle of openhouse to take a dream of thriving into our old age and making that a reality for all of us the openhouse vision wore 0 more brick-and-mortar but rather to create community that values the elderly and embraces long gift not as a burden but in some cases one hard to achieve on this miraculous journey many people have 2rbd to the success i reserve a thank you for the honorable art who certificate of occupancy be with us and nelson, and bradley hall al and robert, and sam david and

sandra hernandez. >> (clapping.) >> all those people have nurtured and significantly helped to implement this vision but today's slkts not complete without honoring the honorable senator mark leno it is my privilege to award a marking marching mark with an open house appreciation for his support of openhouse and dancing lgbt issues and in our city and state mark authorized the landmark legislation but mandates the california department of aging and local aging agencies including the lgbt community, planning and assessment of activities to create responsive programming and services to meet the needs of lgbt elders marks landmark

legislations guess is a model of lgbt outreach and inclusive deliveries for area agencies nation wide the foundation on which all lgbt elderly serving nonprofits has built and continues to build a safety net of services for the most vulnerable community members thank you, mark. >> (clapping.) >> mark leno is turned out out of california senate oh. >> oh. >> mark has authorized over one and 50 new bills that includes the lgbt elderly and the civil rights of all californians we hope and expect his electrician

to our city and community will continue for many years to come mark leno. >> (clapping.) >> you're good thank you all right. >> this is for all those plaques and things that mark has giving out over the 20 years i had to get another closet you can't throw them away >> (clapping.) >> too old jews thank you.

(laughter) it is a wonderful day and a real honor to be here with the mayor and our state senator and recognize the supervisors supervisor jeff sheehy and college board raphael and alex behind you thank you it takes a village and the village is here today, i'm, occur self-check - just today,d

out this new administration has in the dark of night taken lgbt questions off of the survey a national survey for the purposes of better understanding the seniors need we need to respond

in 90 days we need to let them know what they don't know so i'm here to recount a brief story i was in contact with marcie and janet 20 years ago to start this conversation about the growing need for the senior population in the community and coincidentally public office really fascinated the challenge over the year and resource to bring them together art called me mark you have a great issue as art would say you know the lgbt community is going to have needs for senior population in years ahead an idea he was mayor a >> now we need to do something so i'm curious i've been talking

to marcie and janet we brought everyone together and remember when the end of the year 2009 he was then the director of western even region of hud after the 2000 election we got to his office there were signs saying the republicans are coming the republicans are coming they're reaching out of their hud office as the mayor said you don't want to get in the way of two lesbian therapists but what do they know about building affordable housing art agnos you know that connection was able to allow marcie and janet to make their steps so i know you'll hear from tom in a second but do my only personal shout out thought foundation it is such a foundation in the entire development thank you so much

tom. >> (clapping.) >> so celebrate this at a a special one thank you, marcy and janet. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, mark as perfect introduction to the tremendous honor i have next which is to introduce you to tom before i do that i'll talk about him in case you do know him the publish of bay area and a leading gay rights activist as a businessman political activist and philanthropist he responded to the community leadership the bay reporter is the old continuing published newspaper serving the lgbt community and in addition with a bar

participated in the founding of the gay co-mix transform the gay community into a regional power when he was not busy with that he was the president of the director of public works for the golden gate park and the president the guide and the meals on wheels and the aids emergency fund in the ballet associations in 1996 established the barb ross in his passing they built his legacy strengthening did organizations to address urgent community needs in 2016 the bob ross foundation be pledged money in support of openhouse services in recognition of this gift he openhouse headquarters on laguna have the names of bob ross and the lgbt center in recognition

of life and work of bob ross. >> (clapping.) >> tom horn served as president evident bob ross foundation a retired attorney we're excited hear from you tom was a close friend the bob and a publisher of the bay area reporter it is my honor to now introduce you to tom and to pubically thank him and the bob ross foundation for the transformal justice for all. >> (clapping.) >> i promise my remarks will be shorlter than hers thank you for your organization for the times have made this happen and thank you mercy housing that provided

the nonprofit low income focus housing component without which this is not happening and thank you, mayor ed the former supervisors and senator wiener former san francisco supervisor and senator mark leno and the entire city family having stuck with the project from the beginning and never abandoned hope bob ross used to talk about the dream of having a enhanced and project where for older lgbt people could live in dignity and be who they were reject fully he didn't live to see the accomplishment of what you have done but he would be thrilled to know that through his philanthropist he's helped

to form a peace of the pie that made it a happy he'd be honored to know you've recognized his philanthropy and relationship in the community by dedicating the bob ross lgbt senior center thank you so much. >> (clapping.) >> tom and i will now do an untraditional unveiling of plaque a binder clip unveiling a new ethics commission and openhouse we've developed everyday new ideas we'll unveil to see the bob ross lgbt senior center plaque

>> (clapping.) >> boy (laughter) i'm here this time to want to bring up a friend of mine who

works for wells fargo and wells fargo bank is one of open houses oldest and longest ongoing fiscal sponsors thank you wells fargo over the course of a decade as openhouse has expanded and grown wells fargo has been there supporting our mission and expansion of our program we are grateful to wells fargo for the continued investment in open house and in san francisco's lgbt community another benefit of partnering with wells fargo is getting to know people like martin martin is a former board member and vice president of the openhouse a senior executive at well martin is a business and community leader that values people and relationships and is passionately committed to

improving the lives of lgbt seniors i'm glad i know him and honored to serve with him unfortunately his current robot has managing director of client services at wells fargo advise is required him to be on the east coast we're thrilled that he's here with us today representing wells fargo martin. >> (clapping.) >> i did not expect that marcie thank you. congratulations this is a fantastic day i'm martin with wells fargo advisors and i live in the same building as mark leno's sister in washington, d.c. we had drinks

last month what a small world we have things in which we serve and many key members involved that open house over the years he is a current board member on the chairman and on others development committee i as marcie mentioned on the board and i joined the board because i want to honor those who paved the path of justice that we've been at the front of today and. >> (clapping.) >> yeah - >> (clapping.) >> and as the mayor said they may live in dignity in a beautiful city wells fargos culture is about inclusion and respect for more than 25 years worked with the lgbt community specifically here in san francisco we have 7 thousand key members and 50

pride organizations around the country and with our 14 years of commitment to open house the programs and the events and the support of lgbt community we look forward to doing that much more together congratulations to open house and mercy housing thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> okay we've thanked a lot of folks i'll thank more there are a lot of overlapping stories not only an amazing achievement for openhouse but the main thing we're celebrating this is a project that really became the way it was for a lot of reasons and i want to thank the folks in the hayes valley neighborhood association paul and gail is here - >> (clapping.) >>

it is you know mother that it isn't easier in san francisco before you hard to develop affordable housing anywhere you rarely run across a neighborhood more affordable housing and not one like the hayes valley association i want to give it up for them i hope you find more folks like them. >> (clapping.) >> the people that worked on the building you know we mentioned earlier the fabulous work from the city and many of you i'm not sure has been to an affordable housing opening i'll give the one minute on this these things are built by 12 partners none does that alone the mayor's office of housing has a tremendous staff worked for a decade on this project

alone. >> (clapping.) >> and i'll guess 20 different people that worked on is this is a rally race none does that alone this particular project went through 8 reverberations before we got to the one we're at today, i want to thank all the folks from the mayor's office of housing one of the weird ways our country will fund affordable housing through the tax credits why did he methamphetamine or mention that at this moment i'm rarely political but all the types of money we used to build the housing - it you value what we're doing today and i think that not only those seniors but seniors everyone lgbt and others veterans you name it working people people that are homeless if you think that is something we need to do get on the phone does just call the folks from san francisco our congress people in san francisco they're

on our side not needing 0 thirty thousand new folks but your cousin from ohio and modesto and where it may be a swing vote but how for this money is the hud money is gone they're serving the seniors rents are like one thousand dollars in a city with a similar apartment costs 4 thousand dollars we serve seniors that can only afford 3 hundred increasing this is possible because the federal government over time have invested in those types of development and the not investing anywhere this is an amazing okay. if you want to see that repeated over and over if you walk away from the housing front i hope you share the story and what it can do the

money is building how are you for seniors on the streets for 25 years and building housing for families in the mission district that are evicted we need your cousin in ohio and get on the phone. >> (clapping.) >> all right. i'm allowed wore anyone moment i'm - mark says that's it i'm done all right. >> i want to thank the contractors for this this was a labor of love and took an incredible effort an amazing general contractor and want to thank the folks at roberts thank you for the tremendous job when you go inside you'll see what an circle work and the other friend i saw fred is behind closed doors e hyde behind randy when you go through the parks what an

amazing job restoring this building thank you fred and for the rest of folks on your team. >> (clapping.) >> i want to thank northern california community loan fund and the investment fund a moment in time we didn't have the money they lent us the money boarded mayor's office had the money up the hill the one remaining part of the folks we want to thank them and as somebody that was to the doivent a little bit of drilling is okay. but that's my view i love my dentist sort of i want to thank the folks at the allocation committee one of the former directors of the state tax allocation committee the folks that allocate the money from the federal government for this >> (clapping.) >>

mercy housing they're a lot of staff that worked on this sharon and other folks we have a fabulous property manager if you're from mercy housing raise your hand. >> (clapping.) >> i really meant what i said earlier an honor wejs to work on something i know that marcie long before i was at mercy housing he feel we all felt this incredibly lucky to be of the vision thank you and look at as i said to continue to partnership and move forward have a few more people to thank i want to take the time out but first acknowledge we also appreciate the work of wells fargo not only the lender but on so many things i see him in the

back and others we truly value the work they're one of the best affordable housing lenders in the country and lucky to have bank of america here a lender and investor an incredible, incredible participate for us as i said earlier those projects bring together 7 or 8 furjd sources part of beautiful things of the bank they make sure they want to lend us the money and want to invest million dollars and we're lucky to have janet representing the bank the bank is the lender and investor on the project and for those of you who don't know that bank of america if in san francisco across the city what used to be the former public housing the transportation authority their renovated and bank of america has step forward and played an

circle role across the city around the block so with that, i'm introducing janet and thank you very much for your work. >> (clapping.) >> appreciate. >> thank you so much i'll be very brief i'm wanting more tours what an exciting day honor and privilege to be here thanks to all the elected officials here and not here to have the vision to make that happen and bank of america we are so proud to be a partner ♪ project not only because of affordable housing in our commitment to affordable housing in san francisco is as mentioned but our doesn't the to the lgbt community we made a $38.7 million investment in this project and it is going to help provide safe it possible and quality housing for the low income seniors and it truly wonderful bonus is

the residents will have the immediate access to great services and benefits provided for openhouse but our dlvr investment is one of the ways the company we support our lgbt community our customers and our employees first we were one of the first banks to offer domestic partner benefits to provide benefits for medically treatment and especially proud of 100 percent rating from the human rights campaign for over a decade i invite you all to look at the this property it is a place in which our values will have dignity and sincere and pleased to be part of it thank you very much >> (clapping.) >> we saved the best for last now my honor to introduce richard, richard is a member of lgbt

community and one of the residents at 55 laguna when i asked how to be introduced he told me i was not allowed to say, of course, now all the things cart before the horse through my head i'll tell you richard welcomed me on my first day outside of building and helped the volunteers in addition to being worked out part of the community and he told me karen you remember everyday you're here i feel more alive than i've ever felt i come everyday that's what i need to start everyday i bring to the stage the amazing welcome come on buddy. >> (clapping.) >> to be steady on my feet

this is an amazing day i can't believe after 3 seven years in california and thirty years in san francisco that i'm standing here before you there was many reasons i came from skilled nursing, hospice, assisted living and now extinct living with integrity. >> (clapping.) >> i'm blessed to have my bus trust dog when i heard that 55 laguna was announced i joined openhouse immediately i watched

the progress i read the articles, i heard the complaints, i also prayed my experience in the application process was amazing i had a lot of support but the one factor was the electronic lottery it made me become number 11 and i was in. >> (clapping.) >> i received tremendous support from many people but openhouse helped me get through the trauma of having to move after 20 years they helped me with the moving expenses and

gave me support i'm proud to live in an lgbt senior center didn't think i would make that but i'm here. >> (clapping.) >> i absolutely love my living space i actually went to school here in the 80s this is really a remarkable place and i just from my heart i can't say thank you enough to open house and mercy housing to jay leno and i mean i'm sorry (laughter) why do i say that?

i know >> scott wiener and the mayor and to all of you had worked so hard to put this together thank you so much this is a very special day and a great day for san francisco >> (clapping.) >> thank you a well, i'm glad we know what mark will do do the late night show my first memory when you were championing the night club you'll be some more fitting go ahead. >> now i don't know what i was supposed to say i had to spend

time on that i really did let me say that if i forgot to thank you, thank you it's been a tremendous day we know that folks are cold and want to see this tremendous building we do a lot of building options at mercy housing this is one of the biggest crowds we've ever seen it speaks to the size of the community that is working to make that happen and more thing like this happen i hope you'll do more and more of this at openhouse and more and more of the advocacy. >> thank you to everyone for making this happen. >> (clapping.) >> i'm going to do one more thank you quickly openhouse as a tremendous relationship with san francisco's department of aging & adult services they are an amazing supporter of our outdoors i want to acknowledge tom nolan representing and part

of board of supervisors in san mateo thank you, tom for being worked out here and dos for having our backs you're amazing and thanks it is amazing to be the leader that stand up here he relish that but la jolla leaders scott welling born and many others thank you to the people i get to stand up here and give the speech we'll wrap up one the coast guard the door to the bob ross lgbt senior center at the 65 laguna please help yourselves to refrernlts let's go from there thanks guys women's network for

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reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and

go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with experienced advertising to fill out the 4 hundred naturalization form and then to final review and at the end he helps them with the check out station and send them a packet to fill and wait a month to 6 weeks to be invited in for an oral examine and if they pass

two or three a months maximum get sworn in and become a citizen every single working groups we have a learning how to vote i mean there are tons of community resources we go for citizenship prep classes and have agencies it stays on site and this is filing out forms for people that are eligible so not just about your 22 page form but other community services and benefits there's an economic and safety public benefit if we nationalize all people to be a citizen with the network no objection over $3 million in income for those but more importantly the city

saves money $86 million by reducing the benefit costs. >> thank you. >> i've been here a loventh i already feel like an american citizen not felt it motorbike that needs to happen for good. >> one day - i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, for liberty and justice for all. >> you're welcome. >> (singing).

>> (clapping.) >> introduce the san francisco field officer director ribbon that will mirror the oath raise your hand and repeat the oath i hereby declare on oath repeating. >> citizens cry when they become citizenship to study this difficult examine and after two trials they come back i'm an american now we're proud of that purpose of evasion so help me

god please help me welcome seven hundred and 50 americans. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> she wants to be part of the country and vote so much puppy. >> you know excited and as i said it is a long process i think that needs to be finally recognized to be integrated that is basically, the type of that i see myself being part of. >> out of everybody on tv and the news he felt that is necessary to be part of community in that way i can do so many things but my voice

wouldn't count as it counts now. >> it's everybody i hoped for a bunch of opportunities demographics and as you can see yourself there's a good life for everyone. >> that's why. >> you have people from all the walks that life and they're standing in water 8 hours to be an american citizen and contribute to the city and that's really what makes this

worthwhile. >> ♪ ♪ . >> (clapping.) >> good morning my name is phil ginsburg the great pleasure of service as the general manager of your rec and park department i want to welcome those of you to performing arts so today is valentine's day a lot of us have a little bit of a red accent for us there is really no better day to love our parks then with this amazing groundbreaking of the helen diller playground at the soefshg there is a lot of love in the

air and long beach special people that have made today possible you'll hear from several of them i want to start allergy primarily acknowledging the tremendous generalist of the helen diller foundation represented by zach here and the incredible partnership of the trust for public land represent by the adrian and alex but a lot of people in the house. >> (clapping.) >> give it up p t l. >> (clapping.) >> so love; right? so you know there is no better day to love our parks than valentine's day that is the day that really celebrates the love that jackie and her family not city and playground for the pc location

who home-based in san francisco as this city and it's parks are the love that civic center needs and deserves and the degree to which our children will love the playground with what in their built i want to give thanks and i'm going to turn it over to a couple of my bosses again want to thank the hundred foundation for frustrate for public land and my team in this project and i want to thank so many partners and institutions that are here that support this plaza dr requester our city larger than and many people have a vested stake in the amazing plaza so we are this is the day of celebration a day of love and

my boss will introduce the mayor is saying history has many, many, many parent today celebrating this victory our president mr. brutal beautiful. >> thank you it's nice to talk over kids having a wonderful time in the playground in 2, 3, 4 challenging country i thank phil for arranging that prop behind me parents there are two particular parents ♪ crowd today they've been acknowledged but i want to say that again, the helen diller foundation and jackie have done a marvel thing great benefactors of the delores park if you been

to another park now you'll see one most represents 3 different parts of the city that will serve all the community and kids that's something to be proud of you thank you for the work the family fountains and the memory >> (clapping.) >> and yes, please. >> (clapping.) >> our other partner is the trust for public land they've done a remarkable job with the rec and park department in all aspects of open space and public space in the city from hunters point to here and today and everybody in between i thank the trust for public land for on steering wheel job. >> (clapping.) >> new it's my pleasure i'll introduce the mayor let me tell you about the mayor one of the great benefits in san francisco

our mayor came up during the system and knows how it work and public works gets done and build something in the city and knows how to hold people accountable to none knows the job better and i was going from the p t l partnership and chatting offscreen he said you know mr. mayor the country looks to you because of what you did with the park system no, no and not kidding won awards it is a great pleasure to introduce you to the green mayor, mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, mark and phil as the president of the rec and park commission said we've got two great parents with been the helen diller and the trust for public land i can be a kid again (laughter)

ii time to say thank you it's a pleasure to join supervisor jane kim who was worked with me and when the board works with the mayor you get free city college that's what you get. >> (clapping.) >> wonderful whole things we're back together on this stage for something i know is dear to here i'll say this the best gift we can get on valentine's day is to be with our kids i can't be of a better gift than the kids of tenderloin school right here the greatest gift. >> (clapping.) >> that keeps on giving you pay taxes when you get bigger (laughter) but i want to say thanks a great thanks to rec and park commission for just providing leadership of you're talking

earlier with the trust public land and working with the nation we brought a sense a real sense of quality when it comes to open space everyone needs to grow up and really have the escapes for them that's why we're here at the civic center and the heart of city in front of the city hall were here next to the tenderloin and by the way, randy planning says this area because of tenderloin and all the changes with that because of central market and market van ness and all those kids we're growing at a 72 percent rate right here in the civic center 72 percent rate people want to come back and enrich their lives how could be better from the asian art museum and the museum

is here when you have people that want to dedicate things library the economic trade off like putting those lanterns and last year that was rabbits i don't know if interpret moving he swear they were move the exploratorium and the foundation plaza you got another one in april the asian museum and the teen centers that working hard and all of them combined in inviting kids to come and invite and spend the day and afternoon i know with supervisor kim's office and the mayor's office and the police department we have people that are here all day long have to help them get them off the streets with the navigation center and the people helping to clean the streets like downtown streets work on yes - downtown streets

in the house. >> (clapping.) >> no, of course, we have to help people to pick up the needles not just confined to the playground but welcomed environment we're doing that is with a hundred foundation and rec and park and all the plazas lovers in the city we're reclaiming this area for everybody and it is great that is sun is coming out it will be warmer and i know that we have to work hard if we don't then different forces will work themselves and have bigger challenges those are great times to invest i know randy he knows with the investment in the tenderloin and invest in the public spaces and invested in areas that have been overlooked for many years i suggest to you the the united nations plaza that plaza and

central market are over looked now we see all the attributes of it coming to the forefront that is one the greatest community that is growing and attractive and those investment are coming in and the foundations are having evictions visions for everyone to use the spaces and families to feel welcome thank you to everyone and particularly to all over the place but public and private entities that come together with the random reply commission and all the people that love our families and youth to say we have more restrictive things to do and creating new relationships we have a new relationship with the hunters point folks that will help us to transform people's lives they're here thank you foundation. >> (clapping.) >> you know their looking at for people that use public amenity to make sure the amenities and we're monitoring things to have extra eyes and

later on one of the things that phil was reminding me about three or four years ago we are talking about redoing the mraudz plaza i want more restrictive the people work all day long and so i think the worst places are the places we are taurt if you have more restrictive new light that's part of new redesign particularly in between the museum and the library and this area and you are more restrictive welcome a lot of the small businesses and dan's diner are expanding on their own dime they want to do more restrictive for themselves we're investing and keep on working hard to make sure that people work together and when we all work together the vision can come about let's keep the city working together

and do the right thing and always honor the traditions of the city a diversity city a city of inclusion that welcomes everyone and works for everybody thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. mayor. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, mr. mayor a few more restrictive acknowledgements of folks that serve the civic center love hydra mendosa-mcdonnell from the school board and alex and alex walker rep assembly and jen and the entire office of assemblyman chiu came down and commissioner jim one the civic center historians that is a fabulous partner and by the way, sits open is civic center cd board i want to acknowledge the civic

center braid for your participation and the vice president allen low who is here. >> (clapping.) >> and no doubt a few more restrictive to come as we hear from more restrictive speakers the civic center is an interesting case that is both a neighborhood park and our next speaker a champion for the paperwork in the tenderloin and south of market and together with her passion and her leadership we're doing a lot with the bodecker park we're working together for other parks and things in the tenderloin rec center and a new piece of open space not south of market area that we're working on and the next speaker supervisor kim is

for front a pleasure to bring up scomplm. >> you stole my talking points speaking of what the mayor brought up thanks to randy shaw we are going we'll be initially the tenderloin new street lights program and it is going to make an incredible difference in our neighborhood to lit up the streets i'm proud to be here where the community that is actually, the second project that the city hesitate partnered with trust for public land in the district i represent a few years ago we reopened bodecker park in the heart of tenderloin and most amazing thing about bodecker park not how beautiful but it is still beautiful and activated today wouldn't have been possible without the generous contributions and

partners like the trust for public land. >> (clapping.) >> but also all the community-based organizations that activate the park every single day and insure that the park didn't turn into a place that was unsafe but a place for seniors and children to joy in experiencing and planting i see some of the partners here i see the center and david and i see kate robison from the state passages that organize the volunteers in the afternoons when the kids are let out of school only corners when watching children for the after-school programs to make sure they're walking safely through the neighborhood the boys and girls club as well as many others this playground i have to thank jackie and the helen diller

playground it is the most important playground if you've not seen the design it is amazing and beautiful with the incredible families of the tenderloin and mid market but for all the families the asian art museum and the library and all the employees stfl of but represent a park in the city the open space is so incredibly important we're growing in residents but also growing in families ancestry with you reopen bodecker park with the rec and park and to renovate the parks in the tenderloin as and open new playground in mission bay their parks that welcome our residents but help the residents to stay and raise their families

again, thank you very much for the trust public land (calling names) who working closely with our office on those two projects and want to recognize our bodecker folks jan and others that have been fierce advocates for the district and finally thank the staff of rec and park i see steve is offers many of the parks thank you so much thank you for all your hard work and for commissioners, if there's nothing further, we'll move on to and our president and vice president i come to many of the commission meetings you've respond and advocated understanding that was a credible lead but a ready community that engaged and wants to activate all of the playgrounds and parks so thank you very much.

>> thank you jane. >> (clapping.) >> a few more restrictive acknowledgements it is amazing to see how many partners showed up representing planning department who is involved if this phrase and guatemala the planning department with a longer plan has set it off and joaquin and from the mayor's office of economic workforce development thank you for your support and partnership in this. >> (clapping.) >> so supervisor kim you're doing something right the p t l loves this district in addition to that amazing park and bodecker work on the less play to renovate our 13 work playgrounds and p t l with the park alliance are incredible

partners and in jane's district they're helping us to raise money for and also got great planning at the rec center another partnership as jane is right more restrictive families and more restrictive kids and density in the south of market this is one of the busiest rec centers and 80 excited to tackle that one, two that's my way of saying thanks to you all you're amazing with the 21st century government we need partnerships and we don't have a healther more restrictive committed and partnering with the trust for public land you're always there for us and in the success of this private-public partnerships can represent i'm absolutely thrilled to bring up adrian and others that will talk about the actual playground and want to

acknowledge andy and emily here such an amazing job with the design? in my mind the most ambitious project no america truly a park it is extraordinary and wouldn't have been possible without the folks so adrian all years. >> thank you phil good morning san francisco i flew out from new york i heard that was sunny all the time thank you you're using things about the folks that represent you i'm here to reaffirm those and i really can do that with the senior vice president and former parks director for the new york city our goal is the

trust public land all resident should have a park within 10 minutes a high quality park so we work with the parks directors and the mayors and the private partners across the country to find the money to build this their expensive engagement to make sure they're beautiful and so let me tell you what where san francisco stand we know they're in a sector whereby we ranged in the americans cities san francisco is number 5 but you're ahead of of boston and staeltd and chicago and and so forth here's something. >> (clapping.) >> you're ahead of all the other cities the most for all the factors is the score how many people live within a 10 minute

walk of a playground in san francisco 95 percent of you live within a 10 minute walk of a playground so the tenderloin is close (laughter) so close and i have to say that was mayor ed lee's leadership and we're all hoping soon to be celebrating 100 percent to parks and playground that's pretty fabulous. >> (clapping.) >> another thing we measure your progress with parks and grounds something else that san francisco is way ahead of other cities the whole issue of entity so great to build parks and who gets the best parks a tough questions cities across the country are wrestling with the news that san francisco is well ahead of cities in the entity and analysis but acting on that

the city of san francisco has dedicated with the rec and park department directing addressing this first and foremost so thank you to phil ginsburg leadership. >> (clapping.) >> that is setting a new standard in the entities the trust for public land is proud to be a long time partner we said 6 that is the shortest walk (laughter) we walked over here but worked there are names that you may recognize balboa park and hayes valley and, of course, bodecker in the new tenderloin going back 45 years in san francisco but saved the best for last the greatest and coolest and most

beautiful playground in the america those two playground right here thanks to the municipal transportation agency gift of the helen diller foundations jackie your building the greatest playground in america it is the vision that supports beauty first and foremost and it is the playground and the helen diller playground in mission delores park and now the cool itself playground in america thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> al i didn't. >> thank you and thank you phil well, thank you everyone for being here i can't wait to see that but i want to say even though we've not broken ground yet but brought you us together

here to this beautiful day valentine's day to be together outside that brought a wonderful community it together so many people for the design in so many ways into the process going forward i want to give a few shout outs i'll not get everyone but try first of all, jackie and phil i'm very i'm in. >> i think you always you raised the bar with excellence thank you they're both involved with the design of this personally so to the park and to the staff i see so many of you many came from the other side of the city and many from the office and

phillip and helen putting together this our california board thank you for your support and dedication i want to really thank our consultant team andy and emily are here they have been such a great designer and their work attention it details you know the way we started this process working with a community and saying which picture do you want started asking people when you were a child what experiences do you remember in that made an impression on you that's how the design evolved and thank you corey will be doing the interacting lighting and be amazing it is hard to explain but will

be amazing i think that as mayor ed lee said that originated four years ago you should do something with light and now it's happening i want to thank compton for making the beautiful structures and not being front yard of this. >> (clapping.) >> the boston the construction team they're committed working partners and not afraid of challenge and greases city officials and supervisor kim the mayor's office the planning department 5 and the public works the community benefit district all the neighboring institutions the museum and the library and another plan and many more restrictive that have participated in this process last but not least lots of

community members that came to meetings and the bayview of women and children with the boyer school and last but not least all the children from the tenderloin are here a break from their busy day. >> (clapping.) >> and many of them actually gave the ideas for the design so they're here and going to say a little bit about what they look forward to thank you. >> thank you al i didn't one final special speaker but a couple of quick announcements supervisor safai from district 11 another champion and want to echo and thank you to supervisor kim for acknowledging my staff not the easiest place in the word but with dedication they everyday they pour their hearts out to stay safe and clean and

joyous i want to thank the entire team from the park rangers to the recreation staff to the permit staff that provides assess first amendment to the women's march to everybody that helped on my team and a special acknowledgement to supervisor courtney representing the people of local 261 with all due respect the most important speaker alexander who is 11 from the school. >> (clapping.) >> she's the most important she's our consumer. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, my name is. >> 457b8d a fifth at tenderloin i know this will be worth our time i'm looking

forward to coming to this park again and again that's not the only thing i'm looking forward to i'm looking forward to making this park i'm looking forward to playing on the swings and sliding down the slides and looking forward to getting exercise this new project is important to my family and i this is also important because it is cleaner and safer and much more restrictive modern so i come to this because - it is guaranteed to be safe and clean it is also important for the family and i, we, get a little bit of exercise it would be a family park and get exercise i spent a lot of time in my backyard the reason why it is because i feel safe and comfortable and increase a lot of space i also sometimes go into the

tenderloin parks called bodecker park and spent a lot of time in south park walking any dog i'm so glad the city of san francisco has places to harangue out in we harangue in school at the same time i love to exercise so i'm okay that that carbon monoxide i play outside on the sidewalk i have a friend that environmentalist every saturday and live next door and they they play hopscotch thank you for this amazing opportunity we look forward to community parks thank you. >> (clapping.) >> future generation with the rec and park department alexandra superintendant guerrero that's all there is we'll gather over here and break

ground. >> we'll count ready 3, 2, 1. >> yeah. >> do it

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sfgov tv meeting of the ethics commission occurring monday, march 27, 2017 we'll begin shortly. >> >> welcome to the regular scheduled san francisco ethics commission. i will call the roll call. chiu here, renne here, kopp present, hayon resigned last week from the commission, so we have a vacant seat