improved public transportation. on the adaptation side of the ledger, for some households they will have different numbers of bedrooms that they currently have, but also units may not have the same square footage, even if they do have the same number of bedrooms. they won't have laundry hook-ups. our housing today has either a garage or outside storage unit and those amenities will not be part of the new housing, and there will be limited parking and tolls on the bay bridge. on the utility expenses, utilities are included in the rent. some utilities will be directly

paid in most cases by the households, but thr & rs provide an adjustment of their rent or utilities. so there's a mechanism in adjusting base rent accordingly. going forward, as we discussed previously, we wanted to start an offer of an early in lieu payment next year, which was provided for in the discussions around the development of the thr & rs, currently thinking march, 2019. the values that are used in calculating the payment are updated every february. by putting out information in march, will be putting out

information that will be good for people for the next 12 months for them to review and evaluate. we want to develop any necessary policies and procedures prior to putting that offer out there. in conjunction with that, we're reviewing the transitional housing rules and regulations for any implementation questions that should be clarified prior to putting out the offer of the in lieu. and assessing some challenges that we've identified through the interview process and the review of the thr & rs. the first of those is that, they say that we'll provide you a replacement unit in a building housing partner. in most cases, they havoc --

have occupancy standards, over and under. by those standards, some of our existing households are underhoused. they have 11 people in a 4-bedroom unit or 9 people in a 3-bedroom unit. so they would be a larger household than a housing provider would accept. and so we have a conflict between the future housing operators occupancy standards and the current household sizes. so what would our solution be there to that? so we're reviewing that and will break you recommendations before we go forward. also on the affordable housing, affordable and income verification, there's a couple of aspects to the thr & rs that are challenging. the first discusses the

determination of whether someone would be placed in affordable or market rate unit after the 90-day notice to move. so we would tell a household they have 90 days to move to a replacement unit in a specific building and then we would determine what the rent would be. the income certification process can take up to 12 months, so it does not fit within a 90-day window period. and really because of the tax and finance rules, we need to know if it's an affordable unit or market rate before we break ground on that project. so we need to resolve this conflict inherent in the way that the procedures are spelled out. the second part of that is, the way that that discussion of

affordable versus market rate, the housing market regulations seem to assume that if someone had an option for affordable rent they would automatically pursue it. the default, if a household does not certify or select, is to extend a market rate unit. that's not necessarily the case, partially because the rents for our existing residents have been controlled for so long. again, all of our households have been there for a minimum of seven years, so their rents don't consider -- reflect current market conditions, whereas the area median income has accelerated at a pace and above what the rent board

adjustments have been. so there's not a significant difference as to what someone would pay as current market rent and an affordable rent based on their household income and the number of years they've been on the island. so it does raise the question whether or not there needs to be -- we need to offer any other incentive if someone is in market rate versus affordable or how do we get interest in that option? it will be different for each household. based on occupancy standards, household moving into an affordable unit will be right-sized, according to the occupancy standards, whereas

people in a 2-bedroom unit could be offered a 3, but under the transitional housing rules and regulations, but would be offered a 2-bedroom unit if it's an affordable unit. there's differences in rent and differences in bedroom size. to that's the other area that we're looking at and trying to explore if we should bring any policy recommendations prior to the in lieu offers out. the issues that we would like to resolve before people are facing a decision of whether or not to take the in lieu, because we don't want to create a situation where we extend the in lieu and someone takes it and then we make an interpretation down the road and then they say, well, if

i had known. i would not have made the decision i made. so we want to try to clarify how this will work in the future, even though people are not facing that choice today. our next step is working with arws, again, to finish issuing the notices of eligibility. to work with ticd on the pre-marketing procedures for perfect options, particularly for the first building they will be constructed on yerba buena island, which will include our first 14 in conclusionary affordable units. and to work with the population that are between 80% and 120%. that's the core group of households, which was 38 from the first slide that are

potentially eligible for inclusionary for sale units, to see if they want to pursue that certification process in advance of that first ybi project being completed. and then to finalize any policies, procedures, or guidelines related to some of the topics that i just discussed before next march and bring them to the board. with that, i'll take any questions you may have. >> president tsen: thank you so much, bob, for that report. it's so important to be clear on the guidelines before we go out to the public. and it is very complicated because we have different funding programs. and you are working with awis?

>> yes. associated right-of-way services and marianne ziez has been doing the heavy lift on that. >> president tsen: and you will come back before the board before they are issued? >> yes, absolutely. >> commissioner richardson: thank you for the update. every time we talk about housing and making a presentation, it also would be great to give maybe one sentence or two about the preamble. the pre-d.d.a. household that we're living on treasure island before the city actually embarked on treasure island development. and they're not displaced. the city through its generosity wrote that those pre-d.d.a. will

be given opportunities to help them. i think it's always very important because not everyone is knowing what we're doing here. and so having said that, i have some serious questions. right now, so the universe is 204. that's the pre-d.d.a. household, right? the universe is 204. >> yes. we have 204 pre-d.d.a. households consistent with what you mentioned in terms of having this conversation, making sure that we set the framework. we also have the 251 treasure island households that will be relocated to replacement housing as well. >> commissioner richardson: the pre-d.d.a. are a priority here because it's tied to treasure island and then we have the bonus. so 24 households that have not

been interviewed. now this exercise started almost a year now. why the 24? are we not reaching them or they have not responded? how are we reaching them and could you just say something about that and what we need to do to reach that 24th? >> there has been considerable outreach to all of the households and we are at almost 90% success rating in engaging folks. but through fliers delivered to the unit by hand, mailing, and phone calls, we haven't been successful in engaging those households, but we to have information about those households. and so we -- through not only

our staff but also in communication with the villages in treasure island, we know who is on the lease and when they moved in. so we can put together a notice with certain assumptions. the one portion that will be a little less certain is the discussion about household income. in some cases, we know that three of those households, for instance, are section 8 households, so we have information about that. and there are others based on credit references that were made when they signed the lease that we may believe have a higher level of income, but we'll put together a notice of eligibility describing what we believe their benefits are based on the information we have. and i think when we provide that to them, that will be a good incentive for folks to get in touch with us. for instance, if we don't show

somebody that is in the household, then that will bring them to the table to clarify. >> commissioner richardson: for the sake of this exercise, i think that's great, but i think we also need to establish that we have utilized all kinds of measures for the work we're doing here. somebody will show up down the line and say that they don't know what we're doing. even though we have information, the burden is on us, on this process to establish. i would suggest that provide certified copies, all the things that agencies do to notify people. once we have that in place to be able to demonstrate on such and such date, so many times, trying to reach them, it does not prevent us going to the collection information, because what we're doing here is time-sensitive. we need to go back. the fliers are great, but we need to utilize other means that

you've done that so that the burden is on the 24 when it comes to a point that we have to make decisions for them and for everybody else that they come back here and the court, then we'll have legs to stand on. number two, we need to revisit the policy we have in place the pre-d.d.a. would not be displaced. so we have the instruments in place to help people that want to move off the island, to people that want to stay there. so if we're having this condition where we provide them and not be able to provide the units here. this is san francisco policy. we need to as set of at -- alternatives to make recommendations for the households to take advantage of the other units that the city is building. the burden for us to be able to

demonstrate that we are not, you know, we're taking care of the residents. on the mainland and anywhere that the city is building that we're in that guideline, because, again, the choice is them. we have to demonstrate because we know we cannot accommodate -- we have all these households that we have to meet. the city of san francisco is also engaged in building other units. so let's be mindful of that. we can say, hey, we're not providing here. it's available. we're able to present values and say, yes or not, we'll be ail to justify what we've done. a case in point, the alice griffith housing development, we saw that. san francisco had this

partnership. the city guaranteed, it's not unit for unit because of the design and the prohibitions. the funding for some of the affordable units are so skyrocketing that we don't know what they're doing, and that's why we're going modular. in some of the units, it's really not unit for unit. it's so we can accommodate you to the extent that we know is working in a.g. and we can bring some of the prohibitions. one of the challenges is it's taking 12 months to income certification. well, in this process, we know -- we need to visit how we can

move that process up. you have a job. even with some of the public housing 1 san francisco, they have some instructions to measure their income. so it does not take because 12 months, that's a lot of time. we can make a lot of decisions within that. if the first year, we have something and we capture, they come in, they pay rent, their income or whatever. so there's a suggestion that we know is working with some of the other city policies and we need to build that into a process here. so that is just my suggestion, that we should not just put all the eggs in one basket here, as long as we have alternatives that we can provide for some of the residents that they might take advantage of what is also going on in the rest of san francisco because our rules and policies did acknowledge earlier on that not all of them will

want it stay on treasure island. some of them are able to take the in lieu fees and move to other places. we shall have the policy that says, we can provide for you out here. we can at least entertain that. that will take up the challenges we have. lastly, when we did the pre-d.d.a., the official numbers of records. you mentioned that the households now are limited, we need it revisit the time stamp of the original holders. what has transpired ever since. small children and people have lived there out there. everybody living in the households will be income-certified.

that's what the city is doing with public housing. we need it get on some of this again. we already have precedent. there are tools in place for managing the city public housing and for affordable housing. all of this is available to us, so we need to learn from it and apply that because at the end of the day, treasure island is part of the city family and all of the glitches, the city attorney will be involved, okay, and it may be a few cases that no matter what we do here to try to do, it may trigger court cases. so applying what we tried and true will be able to help us to be able to accommodate all this. so that's my suggestion. >> president tsen: thank you, linda. bob, did you have anything else? no. any other comments? seeing none, any public

comments? next item, please. >> clerk: item 12, establishing ad hoc nominating community consisting of three members of the treasure island development authority board of directors to nominate officers to serve one-year term. >> president tsen: this is a housekeeping item and i would like to have this nominating committee that is ad hoc to be paul giusti, sharon lai and myself. >> so moved. >> second. >> president tsen: we have moment and a second. all those in favor, say aye. opposed? ayes have it. >> we'll confirm with the committee members, but the proposal would be to hold the ad hoc committee meeting before our october board meeting so at 1:00 on october 17.

october 10, would be the proposed date. we'll follow up with you to confirm that. >> president tsen: thank you very much. let's see. are there any other items, any other comments, rather? >> clerk: item 13, discussion of future agenda items by directors. >> president tsen: hearing none? >> clerk: adjourned.

>> good morning sunshine. all right. let me begin by introducing myself. i am mohammed nuru, the director of san francisco public works. [cheers and applause] >> i want to welcome you. we are here today to celebrate urban forest and the many benefits that trees bring to the environment. volunteers joined city workers in the tenderloin and the south of market this morning to plant 80 trees. among those trees were at the london breed tree. [laughter] >> and myrtle woods. today we will all have an opportunity to do a little planting also. today, we are also expanding our urban forest.

as thousands of delegates are coming to town for the upcoming global climate action summit. our mayor, london breed, has made environmental stewardship a cornerstone of her administration and is making sure that san francisco continues to lead the fight against global warming. let's give her a hand for her leadership. [cheers and applause] >> we are honored to have her here with us this morning. without further ado, let's welcome our mayor back london breed. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: thank you all for being here today. you know, randy just asked me, why am i and the tenderloin almost every day we i was here cleaning up on saturday, i continue to do walks in this neighborhood and a make phone calls to many of the city officials because we know that

there are a lot of challenges, not just in the city, but especially in this community. this community needs a lot of love. we have to continue to provide the support correct bring the attention here and supports many of the residents here. i am committed as mayor to doing that. thank you, mohammed for choosing this location. this week is the global action climate summit which is taking place right here in san francisco. people from all over the world, not just the united states, will be here in san francisco, to talk about ways in which we can improve our environment. san francisco can't do it alone. we need partners all over the world to take real action appeared here in san francisco, we have been a leader in environmental change. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: i am proud

that san francisco is joining with other cities, state and regional governments to promote the policies to protect our environment. locally, we are confronting climate change on several fronts from embracing green building practices, to leading the nation in zero waste efforts, to working to meet our 100% energy goal through clean power ss. if you haven't joined already, please join and become a super green power member. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: another way we support our environment, is supporting a thriving urban forest. trees combat climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. they also improve air quality. we will show how, with data, here in a little bit, that thanks to the tree benefits

calculator, which i just heard of, data that clearly shows these trees are key in helping to save our environment. planting more trees not only improves the environment, it also makes our neighborhood greener and more beautiful. every neighborhood in san francisco should have a thriving urban forest. the city is committed to working with our nonprofit partners like friends friends of the urban forest, to plant trees throughout our city. [applause] >> mayor breed: earlier this morning, as mohammed nuru said, we planted over 80 trees in the tenderloin and south of market neighborhood. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: these trees join over 250,000 trees, not only in our city, but also in our parks. in 2016, san francisco voters passed at the street tree san

francisco initiative which sets aside $19 million a year to maintain and care for our street trees. we just didn't pass it at the ballot, the ballot manager got nearly 80% of the vote in the person who lead that effort is right here with us today. state senator, scott wiener. [applause] >> mayor breed: the overwhelming support for this measure shows our community's desire to take care of the trees we have, as well as planting new ones. growing our urban forest will help us meet to goals of the global climate action summit. creating sustainable communities , and promoting transformative climate investments. the summit is a great catalyst for real action to make a difference in protecting our earth and i hope you can join us at any of the many events that will be taking place all week

throughout our city. thank you all so much for being here today. and now, at this time, i want to introduce, senator scott wiener kahclo again, as i said, authored a bill that helped provide the $19 million to take care of our trees when he was a member of the board of supervisors. he has been a leader in san francisco and is now a leader in sacramento, pushing for the record numbers of legislation that will help san francisco become a better place, and especially for our planet. ladies and gentlemen, state senator, scott wiener. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i really want to say how proud i am to be a san franciscan for many it, many reasons. but having a mayor who deeply cut deeply gets it when it comes to climate, makes me very proud. thank you for all of your incredible work. [applause]

>> i also want to welcome to san francisco and the tenderloin, my colleague assembly member, eduardo garcia from the coachella vallie area. who last year authored a marquee climate bill. he is a real leader on climate. one of the real honours of serving in the legislature, is in addition to representing this community, you work with people from all over the state and you have to try to learn and understand the different communities. they are all very different. different than your own. one thing that is for sure is that when it comes to climate, when it comes to the problems that climate change is causing, we are all in this together. it might manifest in slightly different ways and in different parts of the state, but it is affecting all of us.

we all have to pull together and understand each other's needs and make sure that we are addressing the existential threat. the conference is happening here in san francisco but this is about all of california, and frankly, the entire world. about whether we will stop strangling this planet and keep it alive and healthy and vibrant for our kids and our grandkids and i were great grandkids and whether we will really have that forward-looking approach planned for the future and make sure people can live here. i also want to say that i want to join in my gratitude that this is happening in the tenderloin. although i did not represent the tenderloin on the board of supervisors, i always made sure to know what the challenges were in this neighborhood. they are many. the tenderloin and south of market as well, there's not enough open space. a lot of kids but not a lot of open space. not nearly enough trees and

streets that aren't very safe. too many people are being injured and killed in streets on the tenderloin and south of market and we have all been working very hard to have a new great open spaces. new parks. more trees. traffic calming so we understand that the neighborhoods are not just about the cars that go through but the people who live here and the children who are here every day. so i want to thank -- [applause] >> i want to thank public works and recreation and park for the changes to the urban forest for all of us working together to make sure that the tenderloin and other neighborhoods are clean, green, healthy unlivable for everyone. thank you, very much. [applause] >> thank you, scott. trees net incredible environmental benefits. one way could we have been able

to qualify this is with the tree benefits calculator. i will ask erica, our natural resource specialist with dave eat treat company and with the usda forest service to come up and demonstrate how this tree benefits calculator works. where is erica clete come on up. [applause] >> thank you, so it is a software suite that was developed by the u.s. forest service. it came out in 2006. it has been around for quite a while. we have several different tools within it. some very entry-level tools and some that are more comprehensive but the point of them is to assess the urban forest and then to tell the benefits about them so we can use it for advocacy and management purposes. so if you guys want to play along, you can get your mobile devices out. you need to use chrome or firefox.

and madame mayer, you might want to play along with. >> mayor breed: ok. >> so you can turn this on. and i have it set up. i will go back. this is i tree planting. google it. and then hit on start a project. he will get to the location tab. we want to point in our location can you see that klee. >> she is filling out the different drop-down menus. we do it by state and then county level, city level. perfect, yet -- yes. you can scroll through to the next button and what you've got on the next page is the project parameters. those are the basic ones. they are already filled in for us. you can change them if you want

to but we will keep them as they are right now. and then we've got where we can fill in the tree. do you want to pick one of the trees that was planted klee sycamore or brisbane klee ? >> mayor breed: so many trees. >> there is quite a big list of their. >> mayor breed: i'm not on the list we ? >> you are not on the list. i did look up the box trees. those are both in the drop-down menu. if a tree is not on here that you want to use, then you will want to pick a similar species in size, structure and whether or not it is deciduous. >> mayor breed: we will pick sycamore right here. all right.

so now you can put you in it is flush to the building. this will give us energy bit it -- information. it cannot be a detriment to the building if it is an evergreen tree that is blocking son in the wintertime. that can be a detriment to your energy savings. we will go ahead and keep the species. built after 1980. i doubt that building is like that but we will keep it and there peerk unless you want to change it. it probably just has heat. let's say the tree is an excellent condition. it is probably in part son. you can use that drop-down. it is probably with all the buildings around here. that is the end of that tab where you are on the tree tab and then you hit next.

you get all of the output. then you can see here, you have your summary of what we put in, we have estimated, for 40 years, with the benefits will be, and then you can't -- here we go. we are talking about carbon. this tree, in 40 years, i think we originally put in it was 1 inch. in 40 years, this tree would grow and give us an avoidance of 595 pounds of carbon dioxide. that is huge. on the sequestration is 720 pounds. the avoided is what is avoided from energy output. you don't have to keep that building. the power plant is not putting out those emissions. the tree is doing the work for it. and then you can scroll across the top here and you can do the other categories.

you can do air pollution, rainfall interception, biomass, storm water damage. there's lots of other benefits that come out of this. [cheers and applause] >> thank you for playing along. >> mayor breed: of course. now i know how to use it. >> it is important that we know how to use the tree benefit calculator because we are able to know how much carbon offset we have. that carbon offset turns into caps on it allows us to buy more trees and continue to grow our tree canopy which san francisco desperately needs. growing the tree canopy so we can be compared to other cities. we will get there peerk these tree calculator is going to make this happen, right? thank you for all that. next we will hear from mark. he is executive director of city forest credit. it is an organization which helps companies reduce carbon footprints by funding tree

planting initiatives in the fight against global warming. come on up. [applause] >> thank you, very much. there is one group that is not here that we want to be here. that is the corporate citizens of san francisco. they are here? great. thank you, very much for those of you that are here. because public funding is stretched to the max. we need to find out a way to bring in corporate residence and corporate citizens to help us keep san francisco healthy, green and equitable. my organization is a nonprofit in seattle. we are making it possible for local projects during carbon plus credits. we hope to generate a whole new source of generating revenue for urban forest. so i will keep it quick. and let jenna take over. [applause]

>> ok. before i bring you up, thank you for keeping that quick. i know all of you know that green urban forest is not about one government agency or one organization or a group of volunteers. it takes a commitment from all of us. like they say, it takes a village, it takes all of us. just for tree planting today, we had a lot of great parties. i will start with the public works department. the burke bureau of urban forestry for taking the lead. [applause] >> we have, from the department of environment, commissioners, directors and all staff for helping us. please give them a hand. [applause] >> we have a nonprofit partner, friends of the urban forest. thank you very much for coming out. [applause] >> we have city forest credit

his, who you heard from. we have california relief, and we have california urban forest. we also had many volunteers from the neighborhood. excitement. simon and the tenderloin community benefit district, thank you all for being a great neighbor. i know you will help look after those trees that we planted. i'm counting on you. and our friends at u.c. hastings college. they were also out today in numbers helping us. let's give them a big hand. [applause] >> another partner who we will hear from is my friend, mr clean s.f. and we have mr parks here as well. phil ginsberg is a general manager of recreation and park. we have over 131,000 trees and 4,000 acres. let's hear from phil ginsburg. thank you. [applause] >> thank you mohammed.

we are the recreation and park department are very proud to be part of the green team. captained by our mayor mayor, my favourite tree. [laughter] >> but with the incredible partnership and help of private and public partners. and mohammed's incredible leadership. it does take a village, as mohammed noted. he also noted that we have 131,000 trees in our park land in san francisco on 4,000 acres of parkland. these 131,000 trees were planted over 150 years in the very birth of this city's park system. interesting that we have about ten trees or so that surround the spots. this used to be a parking lot 30 years ago. and now admittedly, it is a fixer upper, but if you come back because we break ground on a beautiful renovation to the site in january with mohammed's partnership and we hope to cut a

ribbon on a beautiful new space with even more trees here in july of 2019. [applause] >> as everybody noted and as the benefits calculator will verify, our trees absorb co2 and other air pollutants. but they also have absorb stormwater. every 100 mature trees observes 200,000 gallons of rainwater. yet another strategy in our fight against climate change. also not referenced in the incredible biodiversity that we have in our canopy. in the panhandle alone, which is essentially a botanical garden, we have 65 different species of trees. and as important as trees are, it is not the only strategy to fighting climate change. they are just one piece of the puzzle. it includes waste diversion. the parks department diverts 97%

and reuses 97% of the greenways. [cheers and applause] >> i'm very proud to say, that in 2021, golden gate park will be the largest urban park in the nation maintained entirely through recycled water. [cheers and applause] >> together, we are all doing our part. for this neighborhood, there is so much love and attention and a push like never before to create healthier communities. in addition to all the trees that were planted, and in addition to this playground renovation cap just a few blocks away, it is another playground which undergoes a renovation and january 9th -- of 2019 as well we celebrate other parts. there are elements of health and vibrancy just blossoming in this neighborhood. the last thing i want to say is it is really important. it is one thing to plant a tree and another thing to maintain it

we need to be so thankful and appreciative of the men and women in public works and at recreation and park at all of the volunteers to help us maintain the urban canopy, and representing the recreation and parks department are two of our most incredible and devoted gardeners. thank you for being on the ground and keeping our planet healthy. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, very much. also helping sponsor today's tree planting event, is the american forest. it is a nonprofit conservationist organization. joining us from american forest is the president and c.e.o. of the organization. welcome, john. [applause] >> thank you. although i come from that strange place called washington d.c. where people aren't sure if climate change is real, i can tell you that it is. and that those of you standing over there in the shade are

enjoying this surprisingly hot september day in san francisco a lot more than the folks are standing in the blazing sun. which is why a lot of folks headed off under that tent which is like a fig tree. when we think about what urban forest means for climate change, we need to think into lanes. we need to think about climate action and what they're doing to slow climate change down and we need to think in terms of climate justice. whether -- whether there are protection for climate change impacts. even here in san francisco there are extremely hot days. and what they can do to bring shade and other protection. i will tell you, even though i am from far away, i feel this one in my soul. my grandmother lived here in the tenderloin for 30 years, working for the city of san francisco. she was a real champion for equity and diversity in this city. i knew -- i know if she were here today she would think about what we are doing and it would

be the perfect synergy of climate action and climate justice. i want to give you a couple of numbers to hold onto. we talked about really local numbers and what can one tree duke. i to roll that up a bit. here is your first number. 7.2%. urban trees across america reduce energy use for heating and cooling by seven to -- by 7.2%. translate that in your head to the carbon initiative. he did not have to use all that energy for heating and cooling our homes. the next number is 100 million. that is the metric tons of carbon dioxide that are sequestered by urban trees all across america, every single year. that is about two% -- 2%. one of the most powerful things we can do is what we're doing right here. bringing more tree canopy cover into the city and taking better

care of the tree canopy cover. i will give you one more number, and this one speaks about climate justice issues. the number is ten. there was research done by some folks at the rollins university a public health. they project about by the middle of the century, not some high-tech -- fantastical time in the future, we will see a tenfold increase in heat related deaths. guess what we that will not be among -- guess what we ? that will be predominantly people in neighborhoods like the tenderloin. that is why we need to be here planting trees for climate action i'm planting trees for climate justice. the second thing i want to talk about is, this is another thing. this isn't about american force or about any one of the private partners or anyone in the public sector today. this is about all of us pulling together. we all came together to create this event. we have not yet had a chance to recognize the corporate partners

by playing a huge role in funding this work and making up the gap in funding that we need for what money we are not getting from the public sector. we have a rich brown today from bank of america -- [applause] >> he has been an anchor to partner with organizations. we are doing the same thing all over the country. a national organization helping local organizations to be successful. that is made possible because a bank of america's support. and the other corporate partner that has helped us find this planting here today is epsilon. these are companies that are huge champions for urban forestry across the country and they are providing part of the missing increment of funding that we need to take this work to scale. it will take all of us pulling the ropes together to fully deploy urban forest. we really thank you all for being here today to lift this

issue up and lift this opportunity up and give it the attention it deserves so we can carry it forward. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. we are coming to the closing of our program. we have two important things left. ben and jayda will leave you -- lead you down -- around the corner to plant a tree. they left one for us to finish the job. we asked for one so we could have one. trees are very close to our hearts. so this memorial planting is appropriate. seconds, erica will be available to talk more and show you how the tree calculator works. this is a new thing that everybody should be able to use. we can calculate how much benefit we can get if we can continue to build to the tree canopy and build the streets of san francisco.

thank you very much for coming and i appreciate everyone. thank you. [cheers and applause]

>> my apartment burned down 1.5

years ago in noba. my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below market rate program, got my certificate, and started applying and won the housing lottery. this particular building was brand-new, and really, this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. and i came to the open house

here, and there were literally hundreds of people looking at the building. and i -- in my mind, i was, like, how am i ever going to possibly win this? and i did. and when you get that notice that you want, it's surreal, and you don't really believe it, and then it sinks in, yeah, i can have it, and i'm finally good to go; i can stay. my favorite thing about my home, although i miss the charm about the old victorian is everything is brand-new. it's beautiful. my kitchen is amazing. i've really started to enjoy cooking. i really love that we have a gym on-site. i work out four days a week, and it's beautiful working outlooking out over the courtyard that i get to look at. it was hard work to get to the other side, but it's well worth it. i'm super grateful to the

mayor's office of housing for having this for us. >> let's talk a little bit about the format and get this party started. all right. after you make your opening statements, i have two little bags. my little bags. the questions have been divided into, how will you get it done? and working with the community? you all have had these questions in advance, most of them. so they shouldn't be a surprise to you. but each candidate will be asked one question and a different question at a time, okay? and we'll go through the questions. if we run out of questions, we'll recycle, all right? [laughter] all right. the reason why we're not asking the public to add questions to our list, we produced them with the public's input, but we're not asking for them tonight, because we want to hear from the