12 just sam ar eyess and weight management and physical activity and healthy eating and emotional well-being and the organizational caring and those things are highly correlated if they're good well-being is good and well-being and associated and productivity measures of absenteeism and performance and costs things like higher preventative screening rates and hospital costs and workers com many in the research we do not have that data to look at that in our population at this point. that is what we started with looking at how we happened in our population and then it takes you in to our mission because one of the things that we didn't start with and we've really grown in to is who we are and in 2017 we defined well-being as

living and feeling and being better every day and understanding that when we do that there are things that happen today, today we have more energy and we feel better and that's where you really see those enhancements on your productivity and tomorrow, hopefully those things accumulate and in to us preventing health conditions and berman age health conditions and in the long-term really allowing our quality of life to improve and so that's where our mission came from. on slide 14, you have those factors that are associated with well-being and a list of the some of the programs we offer to address them and you will get my usual overly long annual report in the new year that summarize those programs and how they've been doing and we report on them as they come up and lots of different data points for you so there's no one like look at that and we did that for well-being it's all of these different

programs and it's all of these different concepts they're all driving that number so they all play a piece so i can't just give you one. i am working on being more brief >> are there questions from the board. >> i forget some of your methodology of the assessment on the numbers look great but i don't know how many people harmed so it would be helpful to add a little n equals 3 for the healthy and equal 700 for the unhealthy, whatever, just because it gives us a sense of the magnitude and maybe how we can look at the whole populations so that was just one suggestion. >> yeah, definitely. >> take a minute to review the methodology but maybe for the few. the other question i had was having just finished the two hour training on harassment,

which took three and a half because of the system i understand weight and height are protected catagories so i i just am curious with all of these how we protect against harassing people who might not be eating healthy or consuming five you know, and serveings of vegetable and fruit there's an opportunity for peer harassment or manager harassment or whatever, if people we think gee, you should be in our healthy eating program and you are not and how come? harassing people and i'm just curious how the well-being program accomodates that. >> just high level 20% of our employees took the survey so that is the underlying and why have the catagories off the top of my head. to your second point, a couple

of things. it's definitely the tone that we set and with my previous employer, the companies that we worked with very often took a approach of you have to do these things to get this premium, right, and that creates a culture of people judging and forcing, and a lot of negativity and a lot of stress and a lot of those factors you brought up and the approach that we have taken is everything is fun, everything is optional and we admit openly that not every program is for everyone that our program is about being better every day and whatever that means to you and we want to you live healthy, we want you to feel good and get care and we know that well-being

is this huge concept and everybody is working on different things at different times so opening the program with the well-being assessment defines well-being like that instead of saying our well-being program means you need to have these numbers and you need to be a healthy weight or if you are not doing these things you are driving up our costs, right if we had taken that approach that's the culture that you create but we took a very different approach and it's slower, it's harder, it's harder to explain to you being having an impact when you take that type of approach but if you set the culture wrong on the onset, it is so hard to take that back. >> other questions. thank you for all of your efforts to you and your team and we look forward to your report in january.

and soy understand that there's part 2 and that's the diabetess. >> yeah, so today we were excited that the timing of the data report actually coincided really nicely with us getting back the initial data for the diabetess prevention program which was a partnership with kaiser and the division of research to really target a higher risk group so a group that is at risk for diabetess they're not diabetic but they're at risk for diabetess and so two years ago, we set out on this journey to recruit participants to see if a work place-based program or an online program worked better and the program regardless was the established diabetess prevention program which is a proven program that came out of n.i.h. and c.d.c. research and is a crediting

programs all over the country and c.m.s. is looking at the importance of including diabetes s prevention programs so it's not like we made up an intervention we took an intervention and testing is it better in-person at the work site or is it better when delivered online so that was slide 16. slide 17 shows we were able to recruit 158 people and we, i didn't, i had nothing to do with it, kaiser division of research randomized them in to two arms and 80 people and 78 people and of those folks, we asked them to give us their initial measure ment and they attend 12 weeks of classes and hold line or in-person every week for 12 weeks and then they go every other week for a few months and

they go once a month for a year so we asked these 158 people to do something for a year which is why we're reporting this out to you two years after we started and it took a long time to get those folks and check them for a year. at the end of the year, we had 43 of the online folks show up again to get measured and it doesn't mean they completed it and it doesn't mean they didn't complete it it just means they shove off measured again and we had 54 of the work site folks so all the data you see really comes from those folks who showed up at both points. it isn't uncommon to have this drop off and it probably is somewhat took tell tale there was unanne drop off and the other thing that you have here, are the list of locations and i

included that not just as a thank you to those departments and those champions who actually found rooms for these things, can you imagine trying to book a conference room once a week for 12 weeks and every other week for a year in the city where we're so space constricted, it takes a lot of work but it also shows all the different types of workers so we were out at dp yard and we were at the library and we were at laguna honda so a lot of different work environments in this study. so slide 18, of those folks and we lose weight what percentage of weight did they lose and some say d.p.p.66% of them lost weight so those in the online d. p.p.63% of them lost weight and that's of the people who showed up at the end to get measured. on slide 19 the average weight

loss so we measured them at six months and again at 12 months and it's really important to see if it was holding up you expect a bigger weight loss at the beginning of a program but sustain tag isn't as easy so what we saw was at six months, they had about a four to five pound weight loss and the online group started to regain by the end and the work site group lost a little bit more so most importantly they sustained that after six months because you don't expect the biggest amount of weight loss in the first six months. slide 20. this is people who participated that were over weight versus obese because there are -- it's incredibly important looking at those high-risk obese folks trying to reduce them because they're probably closer to becoming pre diabetic or

diabetic than the over weight but they're also, they tend to respond differently so what was great to see was the work site program both over weight and obese folks lost five to six pounds but you did not see the obese participants lose very much weight at all. slide 21 is, i bet you had to read this one twice. so this is about how many pounds they lost. so based on how many sessions they showed up for so in theory if they come to more sessions they're do better. the people in the work site program who didn't come to more than eight sessions actually gained seven and a half pounds which say negative seven and a half pound loss and the people

who came to eight or more sessions averaged the weight loss of seven pounds and looking at slide 22 we asked participants what they liked and what they didn't like six and 12 months so some of the helpful features that showed up or having a lifestyle code so both programs had a lifestyle coach but one was in-person and one was e-mailing with you, right. and tracking food intake was a key factor and the content people actually learning the educational information behind all of these classes was really important to folks and some of the barriers to participation was the farm at and some thought it wasn't conducive to them and another barrier was they lost interest and another barrier was poor resources so you can see

that there was the folks in the work site program reported the helpful features a lot more frequently and the people in the on online program reported barriers more frequently. >> on slide 23 you have a quote that i could have just not given you any of this presentation and just given you their quote sums up everything about the on site program that was successful. and slide 24, we asked them why they participated and -- when we asked them if being offered by the employer was important 83 to 86% that was a major motivator for them and having no cost was a major motivator for them so some of the implications of this incredible long is that i am person programs are an important component of an he can tive

well-being program and it doesn't mean that online programs aren't going to be an important part but when it comes to something as important as a very integrated behavior change like weight, this study showed that the i am person program was substantially more helpful, folks appreciate no cost programs this program in the community cost $400 and just that up front cost can be a huge barrier for folks. sometimes i equate the work place to schools if you want to teach kids something you get to them at schools if you want to tell adults something get to them at work and people hearing things from their employer because they spend most of their time and so it's just important that the employer be promoting resources whether it's something at the work place or just what the health plans are offering and it's important that we continue to communicate and through the employer it's the

flyers in their office and it's the champions telling them it's not just unfortunately it can't just be things we mail home to them it has to be things they're getting at work. and hopefully you took the time to watch the video and we have seven different videos up on our website now and as we look for a different reason we were looking for videos when people wanted to be the face of our better everyday brand and it just happened she was in the diabetes s prevention program and it had a big impact but her story talked a lot about how her work place makes it easier are for her to engage and it's been a big opportunity for her but she's one of our big success stories with the 23-pound weight loss during the program and so take a look at that and hear it from a real people and the real workers.

>> i would like to have the representative from kaiser to come forward for just a few questions that i have and i thank you stephanie for the overview of the program. are you doing this type of program with any other of your employers, this type of not approach or pilot? >> sure a number of employers are interested in this and some are -- we have not done this sort of a formal research study with any other of our employer customers. >> to the degree that there's any other comparative data with other employers within your contractor to partner and what is your plan, what's your larger outcome here from your standpoint? >> we're enthusiastic about it and stephanie and what is in it for and you what do you plan to do with it and. >> we're looking at how we offer

the program -- >> the ymca who delivered the program here and they are nationally going to leader in this program so we right now are looking at 9 learnings using different models and they will

help us formulate with our strategy. >> members any questions? >> i have a couple questions, one is i'm assuming that the class ideas on the employee's own time that they were not provided during working hours? because i mean the -- i want to know what the average age was because you know, if you can do it any time and go over with your coach at 6:00 in the morning for the young technology people what's the age and make sure i'm clear about the on sight timing of the classes. >> i'll have to full the average age we have all the demographics and we are looking to publish soon and i have some of these findings but, to answer your question when it was offered it was offered during the work hours at the dpw cesar chavez yard it was at the beginning of

the day before they went out so it was slightly different and it was designed to be facilitated by bringing it to you by making it free but it was not designed to take away from work time. >> the other question i have, as a diabetess prevention study and we know that weight is an important part but insulin resistance is related to exercise, tolerance and lean bod owe weight so do you actually have the ability to get a hemoglobin a-1c and the active participants or some other objective measure that would actually relate directly to diabetess or pre diabetess as a opposed to just weight? >> so, the screening was weight

plus the cdc weight screener and we chose not to do a blood draw because of the realities of recruitment are hard and it's very hard to get people to show up to an information session to commit to a 12-month program to come once a week for 12 weeks to be like and we're going to take your blood twice was more than we thought we could handle and the screener is approved way of doing it according to the diabetess prevention protocol so we opted for the screener instead but it was looking at other risk factors in addition to weight. but that is why we don't have the hemoglobin a-1credit data. >> you presented one aspect of the screener which was weight, i gathered. or weight change. as opposed to you know, b.m.i. or any of the other parameters on the screen so you have the other parameters to look at in

this group not just their absolute weight gain or loss but also some, something else that might be associated with elevated blood sugar. >> the other outcomes that we have everything was also done in b.m.i. i felt it's easier for people to wrap their head around a five-point weight weight loss than a .1% reduction in b.m.i. was harder and they are correlated and we also had had waist circumference change so there's trouble there and what we don't have yet but we will have is the report physical activity which will be really valuable as well. there's a lot of the survey data that hasn't been processed yet and we only had the pre imposed physical assessment data in. >> commissioner sass.

>> just wanted to get an understanding of how you collect some of the weights. if people are coming to a work place session are they being weighed in each session? is that done or is this monitor ed and tracked? >> yes, so the folks who participated in the work site program were encouraged to weigh in each time. >> what about the online people? is this an honor system? >> they self-report that. >> we can't really validate the two -- it's an honor system online and how do you really draw conclusions between two different kind of methods for determination. >> it's a job of correctioning. >> throughout the program weight was tracked in those two different ways but the six month and 12 month assessment everyone came back to be physically

measured. >> other questions from commissioners. >> well thank you for your initial efforts in this area and we look forward to more. to the longer report andel correlations and comparatives with other employers and we appreciate your partnership with us on this project and these are public comments. thank you, again. >> all right. we are ready to move on to item 10. thank you. >> clerk: item 10 discussion item network and heath plan issues if any. >> network and health plan issues. and this is normally where we have our perspective plan representatives to come forward and we have one coming. please do. and you are -- >> would you --

>> i am lisa and the company that provides the online voluntary benefits enrollment services. >> i'm going to ask you again to just don't be afraid of the mic, bend the head so it's right at you like you are getting ready to eat it. >> ok. >> all right. >> so we provide the online voluntary online enrollment services as well as third party administration services to reconcile the payroll and pay the carrier invoices so the two issues we feel we need to bring fourth to make you aware and one is last thursday e.b.s. experienced a reduce in force and i want to assure the board and the city that the people who were let go were not part of the team that takes care of san francisco and their employee and

we'll be able to continue with our services. and customer service call center or any of the people that are behind the scene taking care of the city's benefits. >> so you had a reduction force but not impacting in the service staff that are working with us. thank you for that notification. >> and the second issue is part of what we do on the third party administration site is pay the carriers and we have additional benefits that we provide to m.e. a. and one of the carriers that we work with the westbound -- benefits are grandfathered so they're not offered anymore and we changed our payment method and went from paper check to electronic and a. c.h. and this is recent and it's across board with all our clients having a hard time applying the payments so there's

about 15m.e.a. members in this group of about 200 that we're working on to fix. >> all right. so with the system change and the payment system you've run in though issues and i'm sure that director greyson and the staff have been working with you on these items? >> all right. >> can you remind the board how long they have been provided services forks h.s.s. in the city? >> and last year it was the first year we decided to provide volunteer in the city and they administered that for us. >> well thank you for giving us a heads-up to both of these issues. we appreciate it very much. that is a sign of a true partner

>> the m.a.a. for this member? >> say that again? >> have you reached out? >> i am reaching out. i've got about, i've been through about half and i'm working on it. >> because m.a.a. might be able to provide you more help because they have more information about their members and they have a monthly meeting and they could sell it out to their members. >> thank you. >> all right. >> thank you. >> i'd like to speak from united healthcare. >> united healthcare is there anyone here from united healthcare? >> commissioner breslin has a few questions, comments or observations. and you are -- >> shannon hoff united heath care. >> so anyway, i got many phone calls, complaints from members saying they got these phone calls constantly about signing up for the home visits. to the point of they feel

harassed speaking of harassment, yeah, and so i mean, you have to have someway of making one call knowing it was called because people don't pick up their phone anymore and they say it's just like these robocalls, they don't even, you know, and then i personally got five at least and i don't know how many more but five for sure and then i also got three for the flu shot so i said can't you make a note that you made the call, left a recording and that's it. i mean -- >> i can take that back. >> i don't understand the whole visit thing, who is it benefitting? someone is making something from this or planning something from this? >> so we did pull some calls and we had 5,000 house calls completed this year and we would like to come and do a presentation to the board on the house calls program and bring a house calls nurse to speak about

the program. >> that's fine but don't keep calling members. >> i can take the calls back so based on the complaint that came out of the october board meeting , we did pull the calls and we did find that there were three to five calls made i think there was a back and fourth some were calls in to united healthcare and some were calls out but they were looking at that and they are looking at the out reachs and a member can always request to be put on a do -not-call list and they should cease. >> it's alarming because you have an important message for you about your healthcare so some people are like oh, wow, what's the matter here so you know it's that thing like it's an emergency. >> i can take that feedback back >> it's not good it's annoying. >> any other comments for united healthcare? ok, thank you very much for being here today.

any other reported issues from any of our planned representatives? things we ought to know about or things that you are thinking about doing and have done and wish you had, would be doing in the future? none of that, all right, thank you. we'll go to discussion item -- is there any public comment? we do have public comment. ok. in the next item. discussion item number 11. >> clerk: item 11 discussion item opportunity to place items on future agendas. >> den he is cruger active retired firefighters spouses. happy holidays to everybody and seeing how this is the holiday season i have a wish list. >> well, all right. >> actually noted. >> real quick. for next year rates and benefits this is just a pre notice, i'd like to see him look in to

improving the hearing aid situation. i think it's archaic that you get one hearing aid every two years and it is possible that as soon as you get a new one your old one dies. i'd like to see something like three years for two new ones and maybe a co pay back if you have to get another one in between that and half of it a quarter of it would be nice. >> hearing aid benefit. >> number two, cater aks which i am now experience and i think it's also a shame that with our insurance they start out, this is what you get for a cataract operation and now if you have $5,000 more for each eye you get the best. it's so sad that there's something in between our insurance that can't be halfway up to that $5,000 per eye. and then the third one, seeing now we're doing so well with delta dental, possibly a

two-tier dental system i know it's a lot to work around, the same as we have a two-tier vision system and happen owe holidays to everybody. >> thank you very much for those suggestions and we'll take them under advise. as we look at benefits design in the future. discussion item 12. >> clerk: opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the board's jurisdiction. >> is there any public on any comment the board has under its jurisdiction? hearing and seeing none, on behalf of the board we want to wish everyone a very happy holiday and this meeting stands adjourned.

>> good morning everyone. this is a great occasion and i first want to say i'm not doug shumaker. you may wonder where he is, he's doing father duty and that's something we encouraged him to do and something important he had to take care of with his son that he will talk to you about if he's here before it's over. i'm jane grass, i'm ceo of mercy housing nationally. but i was in the role that doug is in and i'm delighted to be here and see the development come to fruition. it's been a few years. some of us remember 1989 and then the long moment of what are

we going to do, what are we going to do? here's what we're going to do, we're going to develop 108 units of affordable housing in this wonderful neighborhood. there are a lot of people to thank. i'm not going to thank them all today. i'm sure you're happy to hear that. there's a long list. just know you are all thanked and some of the speakers will acknowledge all of you, no one is to think they're being left out on purpose. when we step into the completed property in 18 months or however long it is, we'll do the official and proper thank you's. this is a village obviously and we acknowledge that. this is a great legacy of our former mayor, ed lee. and we all have been shocked by his passing and you can't start an event like this, which really does, you know, it's a statement of his legacy without starting

by acknowledging him and i wants to start with just a few moments of silence before acting mayor breed steps in and speaks for the city. let's have a moment of silence. >> thank you. there couldn't be a better person to be talking today than acting mayor london breed who is a champion for affordable housing throughout the city, for those most in need and those just in need. i want to thank london for being here today in her busy schedule. please welcome acting mayor london breed. (applause) >> thank you all so much for being here today. today was on the schedule for some time and i was supposed to be here with our mayor, mayor ed lee to really just welcome in

what we know is going to be an amazing project. he and i worked really closely together on affordable housing. we know this was near and dear to his heart. what is so amazing about the project, 108 units of family housing. for not only low income residents but extremely low income residents. a lot of our homeless families that the mayor and i worked so hard to get off the streets into permanent housing, they will live here. they will live here when we get the project done. and i'm so excited about that because it's moving forward as you can see behind us, all of the amazing people are already on the ground working to get this done. and so many people have played a role and i just want to thank mercy housing for working on this project for the services that will be here, the

childcare, the residential support, all of the different things that are going to help to make this not just a home for families but a community. and we couldn't have done this project without the help and support of the hayes valley neighborhood association and you will be hearing from its president in a little bit. but the hayes valley neighborhood association, the group working on developing this area after tearing down the freeway. i grew up not far from here and i remember entering right here on to the freeway and i was here when the '89 earthquake happened and this freeway closed down and look how long it's taken, 1989 and it's 2017 and we're finally, finally just doing so many amazing things in this community where the boulevard is now this beautiful place for people to enjoy.

this is one of the final pieces that's going to complete this area. that's going to continue to allow it to continue to be a thriving and amazing community. and i could not be more proud to represent you as supervisor and as acting mayor in mayor lee's honor and get this project going so the families can move in. this is so amazing, this is what we do best as a city. and i will definitely be here, supervisor, mayor, whatever the heck i'm going to be at the time, cutting that ribbon and helping those first families move into that place. everyone here, the financing we received from the state, bank of america, mayor's office of housing, there are so many things that go into making this a reality. thank you for your work. this is so amazing. i'm so proud and happy today. this is what we do best. these are the kinds of things we

have to shine light on to make sure people know all the amazing work our mayor helped us to do in our community and all over the city. thank you for being here today. (applause) >> we're going to move through the speakers relatively quickly because afterwards we want to toss the dirt, which is an important picture for all of us. (laughter) obviously. i want to welcome the ceo, president and ceo david sobal, thank you for being here. >> thank you so much mayor breed and whatever title you have going forward, we're so thankful to have you. i'm going to be brief but i want to hit a few key points. founded in 1988 by a group of community leaders focused on ensuring that african americans

and other people of color have a chance to stay in san francisco. unfortunately that mission is still very much an issue in san francisco and not to bring us down today, but it is unacceptable to us as i'm sure it is to all of you that we have a city with fewer than 50,000 african americans as we stand here today. it's unacceptable to us as i'm sure it is to you that we have lost half of our artists in the past 20 years in san francisco. i'm sure it's unacceptable as it is to us, that we have thousands of homeless people still on the streets and i'm sure it's unacceptable to you as it is to us that we have thousands of working families that can't afford the median rent of a two bedroom apartment in san francisco, which requires an income of $120,000 a year to be affordable. and with things going on nationally out of washington

d.c. present additional challenges obviously. that said, we are extremely fortunate to live in a city that is so supportive of affordable housing, that love to see new projects built that serve formally homeless as this project will. that we have a mayor's office of housing and board of supervisor team and mayor's office that supports all the work we do and mercy housing does. we are truly fortunate to have the hayes valley neighborhood association that came out in full support of this project immediately. and so we have a lot of positive things behind us. we have a wonderful team of architects that's going to make this project absolutely gorgeous. and as mayor breed said, 108 families will be housed here permanently in affordable housing that is beautiful, fits

in with the neighborhood and will be a joy and source of pride for all of us, including ground floor retail space and community garden. for that said, our lenders are going to speak in a moment, we want to thank bank of america and state housing of development as well. and i can't wait for 18 months from now, we want to do it faster and better, we'll see what we can do on that. thank you for being here, we can't wait to celebrate and keep the legacy of mayor lee going. thank you. (applause) >> thank you david. we all know that the city is an important partner financially and in every way possible but there are also other financial partners, the state of california through housing and community development is one of those partners. craig shields is here to represent the state. >> good morning. last summer i had the great honor of breaking ground at an

affordable housing development in the tenderloin with mayor lee and i think he would be very pleased to see what's happening here today. we know it takes a lot of devotion and determination to get the fancy shovels in the ground on a day like today. the california department of housing and community development are so pleased to see this project moving forward. together we implement affordable housing and sustainable community's program. that's a big name for a focused goal, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state of california. we encourage people to get out of their cars and walk, bike or take transit. and by placing affordable housing near key destinations like grocery stores, childcare and job centers. this combines all the great

features in one awesome location. this mercy housing project was the recipient of one of the largest awards in the second round of funding, over $16 million. for many years this site was devoted to moving people past the neighborhood. now it's being reimaged to house over 100 housing units. the residents will have great access to several new sidewalks that will be improved as part of the program. we are so thankful to be here today and we are really excited to see this moving forward. thank you. (applause) >> thanks craig. you always have to have a banker. they always come to these events. and today is no different. but we're really pleased, we have a great banking partner in bank of america.

our guy, he takes care of us in many, many ways and if you -- i'm not going to tell you the numbers but they're staggering, a lot of bank of america money is going into this transaction. we're pleased for arie to be with us today. thank you. welcome. >> thank you jane. so it's a pleasure to be here today. and first i would like to thank all the other great partners who are part of this great project, mercy housing, san francisco housing association, california housi housing growth council and the mayor's department of housing and acting mayor breed and late mayor lee. obviously there was a huge loss when we lost our partner in crime mayor lee who has been the affordable housing mayor. it's hard to go to these events

and not see him here with us. and not know that he is just -- he is missing the event hanging out with michelle obama, which i think happened a couple weeks ago. we invest over $4 billion last year in affordable housing. when we make decisions on where the money is going to go, the numbers are important. we are a bank. what's more important than that are the people we do business with. organizations like mercy housing and cities like this, like the city of san francisco and mayor lee. a couple years ago, there was this crazy plan to rebuild all of public housing in san francisco. and i took it back to the leadership at bank of america and washington d.c. and i said i want to talk with you about this plan, ignore the fact that this housing has been neglected for the past 40 years, that it's

very difficult housing that there's going to -- it's going to be very complex. we need to do the right thing. we talked about it and every time something got difficult and we were trying to decide is this something we really wanted to do, we went back to who was behind the project, mayor lee and the fact that he grew up in public housing, the fact that he worked as a civil rights attorney protecting public housing tenants, because we knew he was going to stand behind the project thick and thin made the difference. it's the reason why bank of america was able to invest over $2.2 billion in this city and it shouldn't be overlooked. people really do matter and having a mayor like mayor lee really mattered when it came to institutions like bank of america investing and putting our money in this city, something as crucial as affordable housing.

i think it's -- it's fitting we're here today to build more units. we look forward to building many, many more units. mayor lee and i joked we'd have 26 more parties, he's not going to be there but i think we'll all enjoy being there and every time someone walks into a unit, every time someone can live in the city, it's a tribute to our great mayor, mayor lee. thank you. (applause) >> thank you arie. today we have randall winston with the california strategic growth council. i had to ask what their role was, they said cap-and-trade. i get it. we're really pleased to have randall with us today. randall. >> thank you. thank you again. it really is an honor to be here mayor breed and other partners and i'll be brief.

craig my partner here touched upon most of it but as a mobile agency body we bring together all the state agencies led by the governor's office and invest 20% over a billion dollar cap-and-trade fund into affordable housing in sustainable communities. this project shows the types of investments we need to make to continue to link housing with transportation and achieving a host of our community benefits to achieve our state's climate goals. let's not forget we have the most ambitious goals not just in the nation but in the world. and so while we're continuing to build projects like this, that advance sustainable communities, we're thinking about our larger national and global impact to lead the way. it really is an honor to be able to contribute to this project and we look forward to continuing to do so. so thank you. (applause)

>> thanks randall. and finally, our last speaker today is probably one of the most important in many ways. this is hayes valley neighborhood and we all know what has been going on in the neighborhood for the past 30 years since we started dealing with this freeway, the central freeway. and we're just so delighted to have a neighborhood group led by gale, led, am i correct? you're the lead -- present lead that really is involved in this development and has welcomed it and is part of making it happen. with that, i would like gale to speak on behalf of the neighborhood association. >> thank you. hi, i'm president of the hayes valley neighborhood association and i'm going to end on a positive note, bear with me, the mission of the hayes valley association is to present friendly association and

community involvement throughout hayes valley. preserve and reinforce cultural and economic diversity. restore character, and architecture and make sure our community's participation in the governmental process. hayes valley neighborhood association has learned when attempting great change, no is just another way to say yes. yes to creating community that was lost. yes to taking out a freeway that slashed community apart. yes to finding safety for our family and children and especially our young black men. yes to parks and green spaces and living alleys. yes to morel meantry and middle schools. yes to building more affordable housing, over half the freeway parcels are devoted to affordable housing and marginalized groups, such as

mentally disabled and formerly homeless and lgbtq elders. a big yet to be amended yes to current legislation to allow subsidized hoa, yes to local artists installed in temporary settings for all to enjoy. yes to maintaining and expanding our infrastructure that reflects 21st century ways of living in a dense urban environment. i stand on the shoulders who came before me. over 50% of our freeway parcels like this one are dedicated to affordable housing. i can shout over that one. bmr should be located on site to ensure economic diversity. local businesses and artists ink

baited to grow. embracing all for the benefit of the community is our goal. we hope to see these new residents engaged in their community. to repeat what was said to me, welcome to hayes valley. (applause) >> nice gale. thank you. we feel welcomed. very well comed. delightful. okay. i'm going to say one more thing about all the other -- there's a lot of people involved in a lot of financing of this development which is very expensive as we know. but then someone has to figure out how to build it, what it ought to look like, they have to do it, thank you to all the doers out there, some of you are obvious because you have the orange hats on and the little outfit. some of you are not. just so you all know, we recognize, we started, you finish it and make it happen. thank you. you are acknowledged and adored actually for all your hard work and now i'm going to end this

ceremony and we're going to have those of us who have spoken put on hard hats and grab the shovel and take the important picture. there's coffee, please drink the coffee and eat whatever they have over there to eat and thank you for being here. >> ready? >> you have to throw it up. >> no way. >> everyone look at me, please. ♪

>> hello, everyone. i'm supervisor katy tang. welcome to 12 days of kittens. my staff came up with an idea of hosting animals in our office so people can come and not only find animals that they might want to adopt, but we found it's a great stress reliever for people that work in city hall. they come around all day, whether it's the shift department or upstairs or the mta, just want to pet the

animals and it helps people feel better. a lot of people proactively ask us, are you bringing back the kittens? we've been doing this for five years. it usually culminates in a party in december. we'll see animals adopted throughout the year. if people are thinking about animals to adopt, they may go to a pet store, buy from a breeder, go to spca, but we want people to know that the acc has animals that need homes. >> every year, her office does the 12 days of kittens. and she picks up every morning cute, adoptable kittens. she has different groups of kittens every day and brings them to her city hall office and they're there all day for everybody that goes through to see and enjoy. we adopt out 900 kittens every year, cats and kittens. we're working all year long

promoting adoption, getting people in to see the cats. so it's a pleasure it have the opportunity to showcase some of them in supervisor tang's office. kittens love to play and they're frolicking and all that and it's super fun. >> sometimes they will roam around people's desks. if someone wants to adopt a cat, they can identify any of them that might be hanging around our office, but we have to go through animal care and control, make sure they pay a fee. it's very affordable, as well as they receive the proper vaccination. >> come on down, adopt a cat. there's a lot of kitties waiting for a beautiful home. >> how can you resist this face? >> i think everyone needs a pet in their life. it makes your day so much better. i hope you will support us in

>> i would like to say good morning, but it's really not a very good morning. welcome to the