>> and the prophecy that was passed in 2016 -- >> it was november 2016. that's right. >> i was just curious why it has taken two years for this to come here, or has there been other stuff that has happened in 2017 and in 2018? >> yes. there has been a long process. there has been a development process about how exactly this program was going to be utilized to conform with the intent of that proposition. earlier, last year, last fall, there was another resolution that went to the board to approve a whole set of program regulations which would guide the development of the program, and i know jonah lee worked on that as well as colleagues. he can speak a little bit more. my understanding is over the last two years it has been a process of developing guidelines , and targeting projects that these funds would

be used for. >> i would add to that it has been a long process, but it has been the one that we want to get right, and the good news is right now, as we are going into the market, rates are looking very favourable. in the meantime, we have also been able to work with our sponsors and partners to generate the pipelines. we wouldn't want to go out into the market and issue before we were ready to use it, otherwise a city would be incurring a significant debt service expense without having the loans ready to close. right now we have a significant pipeline that we are ready to make loans to, and it is quite timely, although of course, had we been able to do it a year earlier before that, we would have. >> thank you. >> any other questions? singing none, let's ask our budget legislative analyst for

her report. >> yes, this is authorizing $260 million in remaining bond authorization for loans to affordable housing programs and for seismic safety upgrades. if you look at page 20 of the report, table one, you will see how these are allocated. there are about $100 million for below market rate loans, and the balance of a hundred $56 million would be for market rate loans. that has not been much demand for those. they are for seismic safety upgrades. the idea, on my understanding is that the they think it would work to combine the below market rate loans in the market rate loans that would create to the combined interest that would be an affordable loan for these developers. the below market rate loans are subsidized. that developers have paid back one third of the city's cost. principal plus -- plus one third of the city's cost. two thirds would be subsidized

by the property tax rate and the market rate loans are not subsidized loans. it would depend on how the loans are issued. there is a variation in the annual property tax rate which was discussed. about 19 cents a year, to little more than ten dollars per year in terms of the impact. if you look at the appropriation , because you are approving the appropriation, it is $75 million for 2019. we summarize how those funds would be used in table two on page 2 of our reports. it has been mentioned. but to call out there is a limit on how much can be issued each year. and it is restricted to 35 million allocated between market rate rate and because funds were not issued since 2015 , there is an accrued amount in 2019 of $75 million. it would be restricted to for 35 million per year that they could be sold. in terms of a question that was

asked about the 40 year payment, the interest payment on $75 million is 113 million over 40 years. so the total principal and interest would be about $188 million over the 40 year term of the loan. some of that is paid back through the loan repayment, some of it is on the property tax. we recommend approval. >> thank you very much. any questions? seeing none, mr gibbon or -- mr gibbon or -- gibner i would like to hear your opinion. >> you can make the amendment and pass a resolution out of committee today. >> let's open it up to public comment. are there any members of the public would like to comment on these items? seeing none public comment is now closed. colleagues, no questions for mr lee at all? i have one question.

as we look at the site that we see, none of them are on the west side. so we were just wondering, we are all supervisors on this side , about the geographic equity and the disbursement of these funds. >> that's a great question. supervisor fewer, we are totally aware of the unmet need across on the west side, as well as other neighbourhoods at the city and our programs work in collaboration with sponsors. we really are doing our best to work and support our sponsors to actively locate sites all across the city, and meet all of the unmet need to. we done two sites on the west side. most recently in december, the

2,899th avenue project. it would have been on this pipeline, certainly all of those other projects would have qualified for past funding. the reason why that 289 ninth avenue is not on the past pipeline is because it got such great financing from east west bank. >> we are thankful to them. >> we are as well. we really are doing everything we can to support our sponsors in locating and identifying sites, and this program funding will really be able to make a difference in reducing the borrowing costs to make those other transactions more financially feasible, and i think there is also some alignment in the proposed legislation for the community option for purchase. >> we hope that passes. thank you very much. thank you. any other questions, comments? would anyone like to make a motion on this item? if not, i will make a motion to

passes out of committee with a positive recommendation as amended. >> would you like to accept the amendment? >> yes. can retake the amendment without objection? that's great. we would like to pass this to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. thank you very much. can you please call eight times nine, ten, and 11 together. >> item number 9 his resolution authorizing the mayor's office of community of housing and community development to execute a grant application under the department of housing and community development affordable housing and sustainable communities program, as a joint applicant with balboa park partners, housing partners for the project at 2340 san jose avenue. item ten is resolution authorizing the mayor's office of housing and community development on behalf of the city to execute a grant application under the program is a joint applicant with turk 500 associates for a project at 500 turk street, and item 11 is

resolution authorizing the treasure island develop its authority on behalf of the city to execute a grant application under the program is a joint applicant with mercy housing california, a.c. transit, or the san francisco county transportation authority for the affordable housing project at treasure island parcel project. >> thank you very much. i believe we have sarah from the mayor's office of housing and community development to present on the sight them. >> thank you, good morning. i would like to note we have amendments 49 and ten that we would like to submit at the end -- we have amendments for nine and ten that we would like to submit at the end. >> do you have those in writing? >> sure.

>> we assume liability for three affordable housing projects in the city. the first is 131 units of family housing located at 2340 san jose avenue, also known as balboa park upper yard. the second is 107 units of housing located at 500 turk street, in the third is 135 units of family housing was 66 units for homeless families at treasure island. the program funds projects to support infill and compact development that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. the fund is established by the state and is known generally as up and trade funding. in order to be competitive, the project will be submitting direct applications with the city for $20 million each eric it is broken into two major components. the second is a grant to go

towards transportation improvements for the associated greenhouse gas reduction measures included in the application. for balboa park upper yard, the award request is for $14.5 million. they are applying for $14.5 million. for 500 turk, that request is for $13.9 million and the transportation grant is for $6.1 million, the treasure island parcel is requesting $14.7 million in housing funding , and $6.6 million for transportation improvements. the program requires the applicant for the project will be held jointly and liable for completion of the projects. this means that both parties are liable for the completion of the entire project and the entire project may need to take additional steps to have the housing, or transit portion completed. either party needs to take that. balboa park upper yard was purchased in august of 2008 through a jurisdictional transfer process and is located

across from balboa park station at geneva and san jose. it serves as an sfmta employee parking lot and the team expects to begin construction in spring of 2021. for 500 turk, the site is a tire and automotive services store located on the corner of turk and larkin. they purchase the site with the defence and will develop it as 100% affordable housing, and the team expects to start construction at the end of december. the treasure island parcel is provided to the city through tee ida. the site is a vacant site within the treasure island redevelopment area and they expect to start construction in march of 2021. thank you for your consideration for each of these resolutions. to apply for funding -- thank you for your considerations for each of these resolutions too polite to apply for funding. funds that would have otherwise

come from the city to fill the gap. we are excited to try and leverage these funds to see affordable housing folded into the solution for greenhouse gas reduction and combating climate change through smart growth practices. the teams are working to complete the funding application by the deadline to february 11 th 2019. after which, if awarded, we will be returning to committee to accept and expand these funds. this concludes staff presentation. the sponsor and staff are available for any questions you may have. >> thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? seeing none, i don't think this is -- there will be a report on this item. can we please have the opinion on the city attorney of these two amendments that have been put before us. okay, it would be helpful if the city attorney had a copy.

>> sorry about that. these amendments are nonsubstantive, so you can make them and pass the item after that. >> thank you very much. let's open it up for public comment. are there any members of the public would like to speak? seeing no comment, public comment is now closed. colleagues, would anyone like to make a motion on this item quite yes, i'm sorry. supervisor mar has a question. >> i had a question -- >> i'm sorry. i believe from sarah to answer. thank you. >> hi, i was wondering if you could describe a little bit about what types of community members will be served by these three projects. >> sure. i can speak to balboa park upper

yard and have the developers come up and speak to the 500 turk street or the treasure island one. balboa park upper yard -- so the city -- when you say serve, do you mean what residents will be living in the property? >> yeah, if it is targeted to specific -- >> in the city we have a list of preferences that are for all of our affordable housing projects i go through the lottery system. i don't know them all off the top of my head. certificate preference holders, neighbourhood preference, looking around to anyone else who can help me. any other preferences? live work is another one. those will go in order and those are all -- all the units will be set aside based on that depending on if they have additional funding. for instance, balboa park upper yard may also have project-based

vouchers from the housing authority, in which case those units would be set aside for waitlist residents on the housing authority. the difference would certainly come from our preference order in the city lottery system. i believe the same would be said for a 500 turk since i don't have additional funding. all of them will still go through the lottery system with all the liberals preferences. there are 66 of the families that are set aside for treasure island that have continuum of care. they will come through for their referral process for the rest of the units will go through the lottery system. >> thank you very much. any other questions from these colleagues? with someone like to make a motion? if not -- oh, yes, hello. >> good morning, supervisors. i apologize, we caught one more error that needs to be amended

for item number 10 on file 181221. it is a breakdown in the total application of funds. it should actually read as up to 13.7 million for the housing award and up to 6.3 million for the transit award. that should be nonsubstantive as well. we ask for your amendment. >> this is amending the amendment that you gave to us. is that correct while. >> no. it is an additional amendment for that file to show an accurate breakdown of the housing fund versus the transit funds that we will be applying for, the existing numbers are a little bit off. >> thank you very much. okay. can we have a motion -- >> i move that we accept the amendment as stated for the full board with recommendation. >> can we take that without objection? and q.

are there any other items before us today? >> there are no other items on this agenda. >> since there is no further business, this meeting is now adjourned.

>> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively.

the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in

the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected

leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family

of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more

opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going

through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't

believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful. >> good morning. my name is sophia, i am a founding chair of women's rights san francisco. [applause] this is the first time i am the emcee, and the first time i am

at an inauguration. it is the best one. it is my distinct honor to be the m.c. of the inauguration of san francisco's assessor recorder, carmen chu. loblaws. we have many distinguished guests in attendance today who had like to acknowledge. welcome to mayor london breed. [applause] former mayor, willie brown. [applause] >> mayor act no -- agno. [applause] >> mayor frank jordan.

[applause] >> mayor jordan's wife, windy baskin jordan, and the wife of the late mayor ed lee, and anita lee. [applause] >> the controller. [applause] >> on behalf of our u.s. senator , dianne feinstein, jim lazarus. [applause] on behalf of u.s. senator kamala harris, daniel chan. [applause] >> state assembly member david chiu. [applause] >> on behalf of state assembly

member evan lowe, patrick aarons [applause] >> san francisco board of supervisors peskin, tang, brown, he, mandelman, and walton. [applause] the treasurer. the city attorney, dennis herrera, district attorney georgia gas stone, and his wife -- george gus cohen -- george

gascone, and his wife fabiola. the former assessor, mabel tang. [applause] >> city college board members, rizzo, randolph, selby, and lee. [applause] >> bart board director, janice lee. [applause] >> honorable judges, tang and lee. [applause] >> former california state senator, art torres. [applause] former district supervisor, bevan duffy. [applause] >> as well as the many

commissioners, department heads, and community leaders who have joined us this morning. [applause] to begin this morning's ceremony i would like to introduce the lincoln high school jrotc drum corps. [applause]

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[applause] [applause] >> how amazing was that? thank you all so much. we definitely did not need a wake-up call. that woke me up for sure. i did not have coffee this morning, i am awake now, we are good. thank you, carmen.

i first connected with carmen when her team e-mailed to me prior to the first women's march , with a simple ask of what can we do to help? the first thing i did before i replied was google, what is an assessor recorder? [laughter] >> i'm sorry, carmen. once i educated myself on the recorder's role, i connected with carmen. i never have really known any politicians before, and it was very refreshing meeting carmen. she was authentic from the beginning, very passionate, driven, and she had some of the best work ethic i've ever seen. we have a lot -- we have some similarities. we both grew up as daughters of immigrants, and we are most the -- both the first in our families to go to college.

she is truly about inclusion and intersection analogy. she supports and mentors women, especially women of color to be leaders. she is a mentor to me, and she mentored me today by making me face my fear of public speaking. thank you, carmen. as our city's assessor, carmen's work generates revenue that supports vital city services, and public education. during her time in office, she has let her department to excel beyond businesses usual. under her leadership, the office has vastly surpassed revenue expectations, bringing almost half a billion additional dollars into city budgets.

this funding goes to support our city and facing some of our toughest challenges. carmen is active in the community, host educational forums for san francisco families, seniors, and first-time homeowners to help them understand property taxes, and a state -- estate planning. at a time when we have so much divide, and we need people to become more civic lee engaged, as she started the w. challenge, a nonpartisan effort to encourage women to register to vote. i know her best as a supporting force for women's march san francisco from the beginning. she was a true embodiment of women empowerment, and what we need to see of all over. it is now my pleasure to introduce our state controller, betty he -- yee, a lifelong

california in the group in san francisco, she has over 35 years of experience in public service. specializing in state and local finance and tax policy. she was elected to this job in 2014 after two terms on the state board of equalization. she was reelected last november. she is the tenth woman to be elected to statewide office in california history. [applause] >> she will now share some remarks and lead us in our pledge of allegiance. [applause] >> good morning. i am really thrilled to be here,

and i was just thinking as we are all gathered here to celebrate the accomplishments and to support the continued work of our accessory -- accessory recorder, how i can actually speak about carmen as someone who knew her when. i first met her when she was a student at the golden public policy school. i was a member of the state board of equalization at the time, and was invited to guest lecture one of her classes. and as classes would go, there were lots of questions about what i did as a member of the board, lots of questions about politics, lots of questions about what some good career choices might be, and i remember carmen asking specifically about my own journey and giving her advice that whatever you do in public service, and particularly in serving in any kind of public sector role with any municipality, the state, federal

government, get some finance and fiscal experience under your belt. i never thought anything of that conversation after that. [laughter] >> and she actually did it. we meet so many young people who have aspirations to serve in public service, and so many young people are afraid of numbers. i actually find them fascinating , as carmen does, but she really has excelled in her discipline. and as someone who serves with the highest degree of excellence , but more importantly , the highest degree of integrity. i think we are all here because we are celebrating just what a stellar public servant we have in our accessory recorder here, but more importantly, her role in continuing to mentor others, and mentor others to come into this discipline because we know that something -- some of the more important decisions that we make as a matter of public policy, have to do with the allocation of resources, and how we maintain the integrity of our

regular -- revenue systems. fast forward to now, being the accessory recorder, i enjoyed a working relationship with carmen was still at the board of equalization to really partner with her on a number of initiatives, and to be able to say to her, we are a true partner is administering the property tax for the state of california. what a tremendous job she has done. i also have tapped into carmen's strengths. she has served on my committee on county tax collecting procedures, and nobody likes to talk about taxes. does anyone here like to talk about taxes? what would you like to do is make the experience of our systems more pleasant. more recently, and this year again, i will partner with carmen to make sure that those who are eligible to apply to the property tax postponement program so we know that those who are not able to fulfil their

property tax obligations are not kicked out of their homes. that they can really look at how to postpone that payment until -- at a later date, and stay within the comfort of their homes. thank you for being a great partner and a great public servants, but more importantly, being a great leader for the city and county of san francisco [applause] >> at this point, i would invite you to pleas stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, with liberty and justice for all. thank you.

>> thank you, controller he --. yee. >> our next speaker is the first san franciscan and african-american mayor in the city's history. her priorities advantage as mayor include tackling the city 's homelessness crisis, adding new shelter beds citywide , expanding mental health and substance use programs, creating more housing for all san franciscans, and keeping the city's streets clean and safe. please join me in welcoming the 45th mayor of the city and county of san francisco, mayer london breed. [cheers and applause] >> thank you.

it is really exciting to be here today, and it is truly an honor to serve and swear and a person who i have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for. when i first started on the board of supervisors, carmen chu was still on the board of supervisors, at i thought, oh, my goodness, i will get to work with her. especially because one of the reasons why i decided to run for the board of supervisors in the first place had everything to do with the budget and ensuring that we were allocating resources to the things that i especially cared about in our community, and as soon as i got on the board of supervisors, you are off to become the next assessor, because ed lee had appointed you to be the assessor recorder for the city and county of san francisco, and in some ways, i thought, that makes sense, carmen his incredible. she's good with numbers. she understands the budget to, she is fair, she is balanced,

and she is also tough. this woman has done an incredible job with this office. she is squeezing every dime out of every body so that we have sufficient resources to allocate this money for the purposes that we know are important to citizens in the city. so we owe carmen a debt of gratitude for her hard work, and especially for the windfall we all continue to hear about. the 400 and 15 million dollars. and carmen doesn't ask for much, she just wants to make sure she has sufficient staff to do her job, and she is also leading this office into the 21st century by making sure that a new system is developed that is going to not only make it easier to collect taxes, but more importantly, to make it easier

for the public to have a better experience with the assessor recorder's office. i appreciate the fact that not only is she doing an amazing job with this office, but she is making it more efficient, she is of course, trying to do it in a way that saves a lot more money, and also, i think what's important to note is as she works hard for our city to generate the much-needed revenues to address many of the priorities that i have as mayor, and the priorities that we all share, we should remember how hard this office works to do just that, and what an incredible leader, not just for the assessor recorder's office, before the city and county of san francisco, as was mentioned earlier, her work on the w. challenge to encourage more women to register to vote in san francisco, her work around mentoring young women on a

regular basis, including supervisor katy tang who took her place on the board of supervisors and so many other women, i want to thank carmen for always being there for people in the community throughout san francisco. when she is asked to participate in any effort to, whether it is the retirement board, and the work she is doing their, or just sitting on committee to address some of the challenges that we face, she always says yes, and rises to the occasion, and brings with her and incredible knowledge and understanding of the city, knowledge and understanding of what we need to do to address these challenges, and so it is truly an honor to be here today to swear in the assessor recorder for the city and county of san francisco, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, carmen chu. [cheers and applause]

>> all right. okay. are we ready? let's go. please raise your right hand and state your name after me. >> by, carmen chu, do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend, the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states, on the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation, or purpose of evasion, and that i will well

and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter, and during such time as a hold the office of assessor recorder for the city and county of san francisco. >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, carmen chu, the assessor recorder of the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much for being here today. you know, i first started working for the city when i was

26 years old. the golden years. [laughter] >> as my husband would say, it took the best years of my life. [laughter] >> it first came about because a good friend of mine told me about a job that they were looking to hire. i can still remember it. i don't know if you are here in the room, she gave me my first informational interview. i think she was at a bus stop waiting to go home. i still remember that. in my first official interview, i was hired despite having a big wad of blue gum in my mouth. thank you, ben rosenfield, i know is in the room who hired me , and overlooked that. if someone told me at that time that i would be a supervisor, or that i would be assessor, or i would ever have to run for office or speak in front of people like a crowd this large, i would say absolutely no way, and i think as my own family knows, i was actually quite a

shy kid when i was growing up. but here we are today, as i a start my second term in office. first of all, i know taxes and talking about taxes in the morning is a sure way to get you all to wake up, but try running for office while you are talking about taxes. it is even worse. it is true. but, you know, my husband says, what do i say this morning? and he says why don't you start off with a joke. people take me too seriously. it never works. i did ask a good friend about what i should do and he said, maybe you should say something like a plan. so when no good jokes arise, maybe a good plan -- upon is something that would be sufficient. i really did have to assess this past term and record our successes. but i do have to speak a little

bit about the work of my office because i do want to take the opportunity in front of you to tell you how much i value, and value the work of my office pick the men and women who work day in and day out to do all of the work that i think betty, and london spoke about, our mayor spoke about. they are the auditors, the appraisers, the analysts, the managers, the public service -- servants who work tirelessly every day. their work is unseen. you don't see them on the streets, but their work has an outside impact. it is outside in the resources that we have to help the people who are most in need. they are the people who brought in half a billion dollars over expectations in revenue. they are the people who grew san francisco's total property tax roll in two years in a fair way. not squeezing every dollar out. it is fair. who worked to drive the 415 million-dollar windfall that we are seeing. i say good luck to those on the second floor. with what you will do with that

hot potato. who are on track to eliminate a backlog that we hadn't closed in over 25 years, and who in the next few years, will completely overhaul an outdated property tax system and deliver a better service for san francisco. most times, we all stand here when we are elected and we tell you about how we will change things and what our vision is. and we do change things. we make our mark on our public city and our city. but i also want you to know today how much each and every one of you actually changes all of us. and public service, it is a people you meet, the experiences that you share, the struggle that you share with us, the people who challenge you, those who stick with you, who shape who you become, and there are many people in this room who have been with me from the very beginning. people in my old neighborhood, i still live there, but in the district that i represented who have come today, folks in the

merchant corey doris, folks on the boys and girls club who make very little go very far. people continue to fight for justice no matter where and when that happens to be upon us. there is a story present or variance that i admired day today, the league of women voters, the chinese chambers, my family association -- [speaking foreign language] -- and all of the family associations who are here. thank you so much for being here the bar association, i have to thank all of you for helping out with the family wealth forms we have put in helping a thousand people to get access to financial care. this is something that matters to people's day-to-day lives. the armenian national committee, all of the folks who have helped the united educators, the labourers, the firefighters, the folks who have helped to fight for fair taxes in the state with me. i thank you for all of your work , and making sure i remember

why it is that we do our public service. thank you so much. [applause] >> but you don't stay in public office for a decade now without also losing some very good friends, and today i really want to make sure i recognize some of the folks in the chinese community who we have lost. some titans in the community we have lost. it is a community that is incredibly important to san francisco and our history here, and also to me personally. ed lee, as you know, is someone i am certain, if you were with us today, he would definitely be here. you would definitely have a good joke to share, and have personal memories to also be able to relate to you. he was someone who never forgot his roots. someone who cared about making sure our public housing was fixed and we paid for affordable housing.

someone who cared deeply in public education because he understood that at the end of the day, no matter where you are , who you are, where you came from, education was the way up, a way out, and that is something that i always, always remember. i do miss him and i know many of us do. i want to thank anita for being here today. [applause] >> you know, there are other titans that we have lost also. controversial figure,, for someone who meant a lot to me as well, rose pack, dave, as you know, when he first was appointed to be supervisor, way back in the day when i had absolutely no idea what i was walking into, by then gavin newsom, no governor newsom, she was one of the first people who came out to support me without really knowing who i was, and she did that because she had the strong belief in the idea of

representation, and the need to make sure that the people who represent us in government, the people who work in government really should also not only look like us, but also have the same experiences and share those struggles that we have had, because that makes a difference in terms of what you see on the streets, she has left a hole in our city that has yet to be filled, and i miss her as well. i thanked rose for everything that she has done. [applause] >> that's why i think today when we think about san francisco and what this means, we have a lot of swearing ends in a lot of states swearing ends. just yesterday, we would have a number of people who will get sworn in today to take on the home and leave this great city. why san francisco is so important, and more important than ever is because we still lead with our values, and with our hearts. because as sons and daughters of immigrants, we know what our

immigrant community means to our city, to our nation, and we reject all of the things that would try to vilify, and divide us. because when we hear those kinds of comments, it only makes us work harder, and makes us work longer and stronger. to say that is not a country that we came and that we are part of. we are a country of inclusion that understands that our diversity is what makes a strong i diversity is what makes our country unique. and because san francisco still represents that, with all of the beautiful people that i see here today, and the leadership that is here today, i have a lot of hope and optimism of what we will see in the next few years. [applause] so i am going to close because there is refreshments, and you have been standing around for a while back but i do have to thank a few people who are in the room, and bear with me.

it will go pretty quickly. to my family back who is here, i love you all, my own parents couldn't make it today, unfortunately, this is my adopted family. the family i married into, and they make being part of the family so easy, in fact,, we go on vacation every christmas in one big band. a 15 person van, to las vegas. [laughter] oh, yeah. grandma, grandpa, young people, we are all in it together. if they weren't so wonderful, it would not be possible. so i want to say thank you for loving me, and for accepting me into the family, and of course, for my husband, scott, who i forgot to mention in my first swearing in. [laughter] >> he is really amazing. [laughter] yes, yes. [applause]

of course, to all of our mayors, elected officials are here today , i want to thank you for coming here and honouring me with your presence. i know your time is precious. to my own office staff, i want to thank you. my deputies. to my front office team, i couldn't ask for a better front office team. they are an amazing group of young women and men in the past. nicole, vivian, michelle, isabella, eddie, i want to say thank you. thank you to make campaign team. and of course, my last shout out has to be one of my favorite supervisors. katy tang.