[tap dance routine performed]

>> okay. wasn't that great? [applause] >> i'm going to welcome amy lozardo back to the stage, but we need you to sing along as loud as you can.

[singing "here comes santa claus"] ["you're a mean one, mr. grinch" playing]

[applause] >> gimme that, and thank you for singing my song. and san francisco, could you pipe down? i'm trying to wallow in self-pity here. >> hold on. you're not santa klaus. >> oh, you wanted him? you guys don't like santa claus, do you? [applause] >> santa claus, boo!

boo! [applause] >> well, what's to like about him? oh, i know. do you like santa claus because he gives you presents? you do? well, i brought you some presents. >> oh, you have presents? >> i do. >> maybe you are santa claus. oh, no. unrecyclable plastic. no. no, you're definitely not santa claus. >> you can say that again. >> well, i have an idea again. >> what? >> if you can just be quiet for a second. hey, kids, i think we can get rid of the grinch if you can do one thing for me.

if we start chanting santa's name, maybe we can get rid of the grinch? >> no. [chanting "santa"] >> ho, ho, ho. >> i think i hear him. >> ho, ho, ho. [chanting "santa"] >> it's santa claus, everybody. >> oh, great. >> there he is. your cheering worked. thanks, kids.

it's santa claus! [applause] >> merry christmas, boys and girls! >> yea! merry christmas, santa! >> is that the grinch? oh, grinch. >> that's my name. say it, don't spray it. >> are you harassing the children? >> well, no, we were just having fun till you got here? >> well, boys and girls, don't worry, grinch, i have something

very special that may change your mind about christmas. >> i doubt it. >> i have something very special. it's a present, because i know when you share presents, you always have a good heart. and i know you have a good heart, too, grinch. >> oh, take that back. >> well, here it is. >> there's nothing you can give me -- >> here you go. >> is that really for me? >> it's a present made by the elves. >> oh, how sweet. >> oh, don't cry, grinchy. >> well, what do you say, grinch?

>> oh, oh, i love it. >> can we all wish everyone a big merry christmas? >> this is one. merry christmas. >> oh, ho, ho. that feels like christmas to me. >> well, i don't have any bear food. what am i going to feed this thing? >> hey, i've got an idea. it looks like you both have really warmed your hearts. i think the grinch has turned a new corner. what do you think, kids? isn't he so sweet, so cute and nice? but santa, i know what really would set this night off. should we light this christmas tree? >> oh, that would be good. boys and girls, are you ready to light the christmas tree? >> that's wonderful. i'm so excited. at this point, san francisco, i would like to welcome to the stage some very special people

from the mayor's office who helped make this entire event possible. so please, join me in welcoming naomi kelly, phil ginsburg, breanna torres, and mayor london breed to the stage. [applause] >> welcome, welcome, welcome, one and all. >> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. welcome to the front yard of city hall, and happy holidays to each and every one of you. make sure that you come back on december 9, sunday. we're going to be having so much fun. a lot of face painting activities and fun things for the whole family. hi, everybody! are you guys ready to light this christmas tree? >> let's do it, boys and girls.

>> the hon. london breed: have you guys been naughty or nice? okay. presents for everybody. hi, mr. grinch. >> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: hi, santa. >> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: i've been good this year. >> don't worry. we have a very special gift for you, too. >> the hon. london breed: all right. come on over, everybody. can you help me count? okay. we're going to start with ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause]

>> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone. happy holidays. >> merry christmas, boys and girls. thank you for coming out today. >> this has been a dream in the making, especially for our general manager, for many, many years, to be able to allow residents of the tenderloin and western addition to be able to walk and skate at civic center

plaza and experience a little slice of an east coast winter. >> it truly was a one-of-a-kind collaboration between willie b. productions and the city departments. he said i want to challenge you to come up with something bigger and more fun, and something in such a historic location right here, right in front of city hall. this is amazing. >> we starting off by leveling the entire plaza. it was about a two-week process to get the area brought up to a dead level because the ice risk itself is not tolerant of any change in slope, because the water would build up at one end. then, we brought in these

refrigeration panels that we can circulate a brine solution in to bring the solution down to colder than 32°, and then, start spraying water on it, which, for the last two days, nature has taken care of that for us. and then freeze it, and it becomes ice that you can skate it. >> as you can see, the ice is about an inch thick, and it'll get up to 1.5 inches thick. with that, we can control the ice. most people that do outdoor skating rinks make a big sand box, and they lay these tubes in it, cover it with sand, and then, the ice gets to be about 6 inches thick or 8 inches

thick. well, with that thick, you're not going to control the surface. it gets wet with the sun. that makes it unique with our 1.5 inch thick ice, with the panels. >> this year, we're bringing a unique feature to san francisco. it's a skate track that runs down through the trees. it's over 400 feet of track. this is sort of models after -- modelled after the city hall in austria. you can make a narrow skating path and get that experience. >> what we are doing is working with the san francisco unified school district to bring any kids who go to school in the tenderloin to skate here for free. the operators have been wonderful in making that possible, and we have been -- we, the recreation and parks department, have been the people connecting schools to this ice rink. >> there has to be well over

100 people that have either been married or proposed to on the ice. in fact, they have this club that gets together once a year, and they go down to john's grill, and they celebrate and drink and eat and dine, sometimes before, sometimes after skating. they go to union square, and they relive those magical moments all once again. so who knows, with city hall being right here, we could see an increase in proposal and marriages on the ice. i don't know, but i've been on it. it's not just about you coming and getting on the ice, it's about you coming and skating successfully, skating safely, and creating those holiday magical . >> happy holidays, san

francisco. hundreds of festive lights are illuminating san francisco streets using 100% greenhouse gas free hydroelectric power. this year, the city is celebrating 100 years of providing this power from hetch hetchy system which powers muni, our schools and libraries, street lights, san francisco international airport, city government buildings, private developments, and more. look for holiday bell lights along third street, and illuminated snowflakes on market street. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works welcome all to enjoy the magic of the >> i personally love the mega jobs. i think they're a lot of fun. i like being part of a build that is bigger than myself and outlast me and make a mark on a

landscape or industry. ♪ we do a lot of the big sexy jobs, the stacked towers, transit center, a lot of the note worthy projects. i'm second generation construction. my dad was in it and for me it just felt right. i was about 16 when i first started drafting home plans for people and working my way through college. in college i became a project engineer on the job, replacing others who were there previously and took over for them. the transit center project is about a million square feet. the entire floor is for commuter buses to come in and drop off, there will be five and a half

acre city park accessible to everyone. it has an amputheater and water marsh that will filter it through to use it for landscaping. bay area council is big here in the area, and they have a gender equity group. i love going to the workshops. it's where i met jessica. >> we hit it off, we were both in the same field and the only two women in the same. >> through that friendship did we discover that our projects are interrelated. >> the projects provide the power from san jose to san francisco and end in the trans bay terminal where amanda was in charge of construction. >> without her project basically i have a fancy bus stop.

she has headed up the women's network and i do, too. we have exchanged a lot of ideas on how to get groups to work together. it's been a good partnership for us. >> women can play leadership role in this field. >> i tell him that the schedule is behind, his work is crappy. he starts dropping f-bombs and i say if you're going to talk to me like that, the meeting is over. so these are the challenges that we face over and over again. the reality, okay, but it is getting better i think. >> it has been great to bond with other women in the field. we lack diversity and so we have to support each other and change the culture a bit so more women

see it as a great field that they can succeed in. >> what drew me in, i could use more of my mind than my body to get the work done. >> it's important for women to network with each other, especially in construction. the percentage of women and men in construction is so different. it's hard to feel a part of something and you feel alone. >> it's fun to play a leadership role in an important project, this is important for the transportation of the entire peninsula. >> to have that person -- of women coming into construction, returning to construction from family leave and creating the network of women that can rely on each other. >> women are the main source of income in your household. show of hands. >> people are very charmed with the idea of the reverse role, that there's a dad at home

instead of a mom. you won't have gender equity in the office until it's at home. >> whatever you do, be the best you can be. don't say i can't do it, you can excel and do whatever you want. just put your mind into it. >> mayor breed: -- >> wow. we are making it rain in san francisco today. let me tell you, i am so excited to be here today. my name is london grade and i am the mayor of san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> i am here with a diverse group of people who basically are amazing individuals in organization -- and organizations that do some incredible work for residents in our city. residents who are some of our most vulnerable residents from

our senior communities, to our families, to our homeless population, the people here today represent how we can accomplish all the things that matter. as you know the controller recently announced an unexpected windfall of $450 million. [cheers and applause] >> this kind of opportunity does not come along easily and frequently, and the value of a dollar is so important to me, and how we spend this money matters. it can be the difference between life and death. it can be the difference between someone being able to pay their rent or not, and part of what we

have a responsibility to do is make every single dollar counts. this is why i am proposing a detailed plan to use our shelter for our homeless population, to fund the affordable housing that we so desperately need. to preserve our existing affordable housing so that people don't lose their homes. to expand our capacity to handle what we know is a real problem on our streets. those who are struggling with substance abuse disorder and mental illness, and clean up our streets. clean up our streets. [cheers and applause] >> part of it is this investment , but the other part of it is we have to take pride in taking care of our city. the city charter states that a certain percentage of the revenues must be allocated to

critical functions, but of the $415 million, $54 million will go to support children and youth throughout san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> $35 million of which is dedicated to our public schools, and an additional 19 million to support children and family programming and workforce development programs to include opportunities for all to support our young people and prepare them for the opportunities that exist all over this city, 9 million is going to our public libraries, $38 million to transportation so that we can speed up the purchase of more light rail trains to get you all around the city to work and school on time. [applause] >> and $2 million for street

tree maintenance. $130 million going to shore up our economic reserves so that when we are not dealing with this economic prosperity in the future, we are prepared to address those challenges. this leaves us with $181 million remaining to spend. every day. [laughter] >> every day i am out in the community. you all see the same things i know that i see. we see people struggling. we see people sleeping on the sidewalks. we are wondering, in a city as wealthy as san francisco park what will we do about it? how are we going to make the right investments? some things are not necessarily working caps on so what doing to speed up the number of shelter beds, and to increase the number of units so that we can help those that we know need it the most? i know that our service

providers, some of them who will be talking, they know how important this is. so our community leaders and residents in the mission, the tenderloin, in chinatown and across the southeast sector neighborhoods who fight for more affordable housing and improving the lives of the residents that we all serve calf caps off this money for health to advance many of the causes that they are already working on. i am proposing that we spend $90.5 million on affordable housing, and $90.5 million on homelessness, behavioural health programs and cleaning our streets. [applause] >> so this important investment will allow us to create over 300 more shelter beds and navigation center beds.

it will allow us to take critical steps forward in achieving my goal in opening 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of next year so that we clear the nightly waitlist for our shelter beds. no one should have to sleep on our streets. we need alternatives. we have to have places for people to go, and we need to move faster in making that possible. we also know the struggles with mental illness, so this proposal will also include 86 behavioural health and substance abuse recovery beds so that we can help people suffering from severe mental illness and addiction get the help they need , rather than continuing to cycle in and out of our jails. it will support funding for over 900 units of new affordable housing. 900 use its -- units. [applause] >> which includes 300 more units

of permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals who are master -- through the master lease program these are the people that often times are left out. these are the people who need housing the most. we need to think about the fact they are not all seniors. they are not all seniors. some of them are 40 and 50 years old, and they need affordable housing too. this not only creates new homes for them, but it opens up 300 more spaces in our homeless network for individuals who need them. it will close the funding gap on a new affordable housing site of 255 homeless adults and seniors just next door at 1064 mission. that empty lot will be 255 new homes.

>> there are challenges with the changes of gentrification in our city. so i support some of the efforts of many of our leaders in the mission community, and part of this funding proposal will go toward purchasing additional sights in the mission, and neighborhoods that have been impacted to purchase sites so we can build 100% affordable housing in the communities that we know need it the most. [applause] >> it will help accelerate the development of three additional affordable housing projects which could produce another 370 units of affordable housing to talk about that we purchased, the mcdonald's sight -- site where we will build a hundred% affordable housing for families.

we are also making investments in preserving existing affordable housing, because we talk about new affordable housing, wishes to do so desperately needs, but what about people who are living in buildings that are being sold? what about people who live in public housing and some of the most horrible conditions? what are we going to do to make sure that when we have a windfall of this nature, that they are not left out? we are going to be making some significant investments to assist in preserving and improving over 1,000 units of existing affordable housing in our city through increasing our funding for the small sites acquisition program so we can purchase those buildings that are in threat of going to market rate. [applause]

>> and sunnydale and potrero hill. you are not forgotten. you are a part of san francisco too, and so parts of this additional funding will go towards making sure that we change the living conditions of the people who live in sunnydale and potrero hill specifically. [applause] >> this investment will bring us closer to not only helping to rebuild those properties for the current residence, but more importantly to increase the number of units on those sights. to increase our housing stock in san francisco. it will accelerate the process. these are just some of the things we can accomplish under

our proposed plan. these funds alone are not going to support every shelter beds bed or every affordable housing unit that we need to tackle the challenges that all of you know that we face. for making the right investments and moving these projects forward faster is the difference between someone getting housed tomorrow, and someone getting housed a year from now. what is the difference? sooner rather than later. this is about making sure that everyone has an opportunity to have a seat at the table, for the purposes of making the right investments that are going to lead to great results for the people who need it the most. i want you to feel the difference. feel the difference. when you walked on the streets, we want the streets to be clean, mohammed nuru. when you are trying to get to

work and school on time, i want the buses and the trains to be right there, and not completely full where you are filling everybody's armpits. i want to make sure that when the residents of sunnydale call and ask for their plumbing to be fixed, or the moulds to be removed from their unit, i want someone to answer that call and respond within 24 hours. [cheers and applause] i don't think that is asking for much. here today, with this proposed responsible plan that we have, we can get to a better place in san francisco where we feel the difference. and with that, ladies and gentlemen, i want to introduce someone who has been working hard to address many challenges

that we know are the most pressing issue. people who sadly struggle with substance abuse disorder and mental illness, i want to introduce a doctor from health rates 360 who has been on the frontline working on these issues and so many more. [applause] >> thank you so much mayor breed , for being good for your word, for your ongoing commitment and support for addressing lack of affordable housing and homelessness in san francisco. i am with health right 360 and we are a healthcare provider. for us, there is no ability to achieve health in an ongoing health improvement if you are living outside. if you are living on the street. if a person has a substance use disorder in san francisco, and they are low income, chances are

they have come to us at some point. we touch many people in san francisco. but the treatment needs to stay -- length of stay is kind of short. ninety-four% of the people who come to us for services are unsheltered and they are living outdoors. with your plan, what you have proposed, we will be able to maintain people in treatment longer for a long enough period of time so that they cannot only gain the full benefit of their healthcare, but be able to find housing and move out independently, because without that it is simply inhumane. it is wrong. you treat people and we send them back out on the streets. who can maintain recovery living inside of a tent? i thank you because you recognize this and this plan and you have committed to support the folks that we serve. tomorrow is december 21st. it is the longest day of the year -- longest night of the year. it is a long and cold tonight. it is also the national memorial day for acknowledging all of the

people who have died as a result of homelessness. i think it is very fitting they you announce this plan and this commitment on this day. tomorrow, let's think about this and give a moment of thought to the people who have lost their lives and a moment of hope for the people who will gain housing because of what you proposed. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i just realized that my cosponsor for the legislation for this proposed legislation that will be going to the board of supervisors is here, even though she is going to be leaving us fairly soon as supervisor of district ten, she has been a real force and advocate for all of the things that we are proposing and working on. i want to ask president of the board of supervisors, melia cohen to say a few words. [cheers and applause]

>> what a politician that doesn't want to talk? [laughter] >> good morning, everyone to. today is an exciting day. i don't know what else i could possibly say peered the mayor covered it all. this is just a monumental occasion. i do have one challenge that i want to acknowledge the board members who will be voting on this. is incredibly important and we need to put our political differences aside and remember who we are elected to serve. that needs to be at the forefront of our hearts and mind every single day. this is not a mere proposal. this is not a board of supervisors proposal. this is a proposal for san franciscans. that is all i have to say peered thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you president cohen. congratulations on being elected as a member of the board of equalization for the state of

california. [cheers and applause] >> next i want to bring up not just a community advocate for housing and affordable housing in general, but also someone who is a member of the planning commission who has been really a fighter for addressing what we know is a serious challenge with moving development of affordable housing forward faster, especially in some of our gentrified communities like the mission district, ladies and gentlemen, him or not mel garr -- mirna mel garr. >> i am the vice president of the planning commission. in addition, and executive director of the jamestown community centre. is one of the oldest youth development agencies in san francisco serving at risk youth and their families since 1971.

i am here to strongly support our mayor's leadership and division. investing every penny of available funds into affordable housing and homelessness. we have been running on a deficit of housing in san francisco for many, many years, and it is a particular crisis in affordable housing. nothing else we do, we have many needs, education, transportation , youth, but nothing else works if a family does not have stable housing. we have families in the mission sleeping on the floor of the gems because they have no place else to go. so this deficit that we have is a debt. we have a debt to our african-american community, latino families, seniors, seniors in chinatown who have been evicted, every person who has left us is part of the fabric of our community. they are members of our churches , members of our

community, they are our neighbors and we owe that debt. we particularly owe that debt to my kids and your kids. the children of tomorrow for not going to be able to make a life here because they cannot afford it. so i spent a bunch of my life doing homeownership at the mayor 's office of housing and financial capability. one of the principles of financial capabilities when you are maxed out on your credit cards and you have a lot of debt , and you get a big tax refund, you don't go out and buy a new shiny thing. you also don't pay your rent with it. that is something that will be recurring every month. what you do is you pay your debt , that is what we have to do with this money. we have to pay our debt to our children, to our community, we have to invest in affordable housing. we have to invest every penny into affordable housing. thank you, mayor breed for your leadership. i still appreciate it, for my kids, for the kids at jamestown, the kids at san francisco and for all of our families who are

facing homelessness and displacement. this is exactly the leadership that we need to. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, commissioner. let me also add that some of the funding is proposed to go to opportunities for all, which is a program where we make sure that every high school student in san francisco has access to a paid internship. [applause] >> a paid internship. now one of our incredible partners who has really focused on advocating for affordable housing for families, for homeless families in our safety, and has been a champion in this particular issue, along with homelessness in general, and how we address some of the challenges around equity as it relates to our homeless population, ladies and gentlemen , the executive executive director of hamilton family services, tamika moss.

[applause] >> good morning. it is a glorious, glorious day. i am so honored to be here with you all. mayor breed, your leadership on this issue is so critical. we talk about homelessness a lot it is the issue of our time, and in order for us to make this really the issue of our time, we declared it a crisis. you have to be about action, on this plan is about action. we do not have the luxury of talking about how important it is for us to address homelessness in our city and not putting our money where our mouth is. and this plan represents exactly that. and it is not everything, but guess what, accelerating affordable housing production, acquiring new sights for more of our families and individuals to live in our city, we are actually standing on a property

where i got my start as a supervisor and community organizer in 15 years ago. [cheers and applause] >> and i want to be able to have many more projects like this serve folks now. we do not have the luxury of waiting, and these resources will accelerate all of our efforts to really be about solving the crisis, not just talking about it. i am so honored to stand with you and all of my colleagues and allies in our community. we have to fight for the people who need us most. it is our responsibility as citizens of the globe, and it is our responsibility as citizens of this bay area to make sure that we are supporting the most vulnerable individuals, families , everyone in our community. i'm grateful for this opportunity. i want to be able to go back to hamilton families and look the families that i work with in the eye and say, guess what?

your city didn't just talk about the problem, they did something about it today. thank you very much for this opportunity. [applause] >> now i wanted to bring up a young person who actually does this funding will impact her life because of where she lives in terms of the rehabilitation work. the work we will do in potrero hill and sunnydale. ladies and gentlemen, rihanna. [applause] >> hello. as a hope s.f. resident, my family and i have experienced mould and mildew which was covered by plastic fixture in the house we experience feces and sewage coming up through our kitchen sinks, of all the residents of in our building,

and maintenance coming and saying that the cleaner was fabulous. after that incident, we had to wait days to use the kitchen because we had to wait days for them to insert a new sinks and cabinets. we have experience the water heater breaking twice in a one-week stand to be told maintenance had 30 days to fix the issue. sunnydale residents also have to become very innovative because we experience a lot of power outages. when it is time to feed your family to make sure your kids do your homework and keep your food fresh, you have to find innovative ways to do that or have your kids do their homework by candlelight. the children of sunnydale have suffered. they have no safe place to play. no healthy place to play with mould being in the houses and drugs being on our streets. there is no healthy place for them to play outside. and with all that, they suffer from asthma and other health

issues. i want to thank you for wanting to make this investment to the revitalization of our neighborhood. there is an extreme amount of potential in it and it needs to be seen. [applause] >> thank you so much. i would also like to bring up another partner in your effort from the episcopal community services. >> i want to say this is very gauche and amazing facility. this is an amazing project that we are standing in right now. i want to congratulate don faulk and the team for their continued efforts and leadership in developing the wonderful example of what works and what works is integrated affordable housing.

thank you for that. further, an example of what works are evidence of what works is that homes and homelessness. that is being developed right next door as mayor breed stated before, i will add three units to that. 258. but what is being developed next door is an example of that, and that is what mayor breed is supporting. 100% supportive housing, and those are solutions for chronically homeless, in that building will be for seniors and adults. it is a partnership with mercy housing, ecf, and our city partners. again, all of our efforts need to be corrected and we need to be part of a very large tent. i want to say to everyone, happy holidays, and i am beth stokes and i am delighted to be here with you to share our support of mayor breed's leadership, and

her determined path forward toward our shared goal of ending homelessness. [applause] >> this is a path with a clarity of vision to remain focused on proving solutions such as supportive housing for the most vulnerable and on how san franciscans. yet it is also a path that remained steadfast in our continued commitment to invest in the dignity and respect of every un- housed san franciscan that through these continued investments, in temporary housing intervention, there is no question that the work before us is extremely challenging, yet mayor breed's plan makes sense. every unit of housing as a solution in ending homelessness, and we should support that plan. thank you for your leadership, mayor breed. [applause]

>> i want to thank each and every one of you for being here today. i'm looking around the room at this amazing group of people, and we have so many incredible leaders from everywhere in san francisco. we have rudy from united players ,. [cheers and applause] >> and we have roberta hernandez from the mission. [cheers and applause] >> we have randy shaw from the tenderloin. [applause] >> we have martha ryan from homeless prenatal and joyce armstrong who is representing all public housing tenants. thank you to sherilyn adams from larkin street youth. all of the folks here today, norman fung from chinatown community development. thank you reverend fong. we have so many people who are doing such incredible work throughout san francisco.

people who care about making sure that we at city hall are doing our job to make the right investments to make their jobs easier to provide the support necessary to change people's lives. that is what this is about. it is about providing a better future for san francisco. i want to thank each and every one of you for being here today, and this proposal will be in the hands of the board of supervisors, and at this point, as a mayor, i don't have a vote on the board of supervisors anymore, so i would encourage you all to reach out to your board member, and those that you have relationships with to express how important the investments that we are trying to make our do what you care about here in san francisco. that is what this is about. making sure we are taking care of san franciscans. this is not a proposal that i

came up with. this is something that has been communicated to me through members of the community. the things that they know are the priorities in their respective neighborhoods, are based on the work that they do to help support the people they are trying to help. so i just want to thank you all, and i'm really excited about this. i'm so happy about this money. i don't know what to do. [applause] >> yes, we will change lives, and we will make san francisco a better place for each and every one of us. thank you all so much for being here today. [cheers and applause]

>> good morning. welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority for today, tuesday, december th. our last meeting of the calendar year. mr clerk up can you please call the roll? [roll call] >> we ha c