president mccarthy. >> yes. >> vice president walker. >> yes. >> commissioner gilman. >> yes. >> commissioner lee. >> yes. >> and commissioner warshell. >> yes. >> okay. the motion carries unanimously. okay. our next item is adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> thank you commissioners and thank you all for coming out. >> we are now adjourned. it is 10:40 a.m.. thank youyou.

>> (clapping.) >> 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

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