been created like tabernacle like f our age that now have a unique quality and ability to carry the whole bomb. thank you san francisco i'm so glad to be able to go around this country and say i'm i'm a native we got a lot of problems but we are struggling to keep hope alive as the changes of this 21st century bombard us. leaders thank you because your job moves the whole bar and thanks to each and every one of you. as i am now really

happy to introduce your supervisor valid brown. again someone who doesn't really need an introduction in this community who's been active in this and the communities and desperate 5 4 really decades bringing a level of experience and commitment that you don't frankly often see in city hall. among other things while our mayor with supervisor and valley was her top aide they pushed forward a policy that enabled residents who are already here to have a priority to stay here and new affordable housing. so please join me in welcoming supervisor valley brown who we have to help stay as supervisor remember that in the next year as hello everyone and thanks for

being here. and i just reminiscing a little when then supervisor breed had won the election she said i need you to come back down in this office and worked for me. and i did and what was interesting. is she said we all said what your priorities supervisor breed at the time she said my number one priority is housing. he said what your second priority housing. what your third priority housing and after the third time we all like we get it. housing is your priority and soon after that we were out knocking on doors in housing. we came over to west side courts. you know it's the second oldest housing in the city. we walked to we talked we talked to residents about their situation here what they were thinking how that they you know how do they feel about living here. lot of everybody

was grateful but also we realized this needs work this complex needed work and needed rehab and when then mayor. ed lee came in. he talked about rad and one of the things that i was really passionate and so was mayor breed is if we're going to rehab and we're going to completely change and make it better that when we build housing a rehab housing. there is no displacement and that was something that really we felt strong about no displacement when you're building housing or rehabbing housing because as we know and many people that live here this community here is at the heart of this area they're the ones that have been here have raised and made this community what it is this really strong

heartfelt community so there was no way that anyone could move or could be moved out and displaced. and when i come when i became supervisor. that was one of the things first places i visit was west like courts to look at what was happening to the rehab to talk to residents because i felt we have to make sure that we save this wonderful asset. and we have to make sure that our residents are safe and so i'm just really proud to be here today as your supervisor and say that what's what are my priorities. housing yes. so thank you everyone and i hope you get to walk around and just look at this it's absolutely beautiful. thank you. as a mere breed made

reference to all of the partners the mayor's office of housing kate hartley and her staff are here today provided a lot of money and let's just say moral support. but bank of america has had an outsized role in this red program not only in west side court but in every development in the city providing virtually all of the debt and equity financing i think the total of financing is up in the seven or eight hundred million dollar range which is really pretty remarkable when you think that one institution has been responsible for that. so with that i'd like to call to the podium lives minnick an executive with bank of

america and the bay area about thank you and good night. there we go. thank you and good afternoon everyone i can talk really loud i could probably do about it. all right okay thank you so much. and bank of america is so please i was actually two point two billion dollars and financing so when you think about the rental assistance demonstration and the redevelopment of our housing within this amazing city of san francisco. bank of america was so excited. to be able to step up and again and provide that commitment of the two point two billion just to put it in perspective we refinanced 4.5 billion around the country and two point two of it came right here in the city where we were founded. it is so

amazing to be able to be in developments like this beautiful west side court see the rehabilitation. meet the amazing residents there we go. and again we are so very very happy to be a part of it we'd like to continue the thanks. with the mayor's office with our supervisors with kate and her team at the department of housing and all of our wonderful bank of america teammates that made this possible. thank you so much. as how often does a state official come to a local event like this. fiona ma has a long history as a san franciscan of serving this city is a supervisor and the state assembly and the board of equalization and now as the recently elected

treasurer of the state of california and just so you know it's the treasurer who allocates all those tax exempt bonds and low income housing tax credits that finance this and other projects like it so she's like a really good person to know. so it's my pleasure to introduce a very good friend state treasurers fiona mom. applause thank you so much it's my honor to be here some of you know i sat like i started out as a district representative to john burton back in 1995 and back then you know i was just learning and many of the people that i was working with are still here the reverend mccray reverend townsend reverend amos brown todd clatter as well as gerald green are still here and we are. still

here all right still here. and then to the new leaders are dynamic mayor london breed as well as our supervisor valley brown thank you for continuing to lead us here in san francisco and i've been living here in san francisco for 30 years. but bill witty was actually here longer and he was one of the senior consultant advisors to dianne feinstein when she was mayor and his commitment to low income housing. bar none is like one of the best examples of what developers should be doing could be doing and need to be doing more until the west side courts tennis association. welcome to politics i'm just telling you you are going to get so busy everyone's going to be

calling you lining up sending you text messages and emails complaining so welcome welcome. and you know my prior job was. i was the tax collector on the state board of equalization nobody likes this tax collector nobody wants to call me and when they do they have a major problem now that i am your state treasurer i have money. and i have grants and bonds and a loan programs and i am just so honored to be here today working with all of you. i have to tell you are t calkins saddleback because of folks like bill witty we are going to revamp those two agencies we want to be proactive and forward looking and also constituent oriented and i had a meeting with them yesterday and we talked about the conditions that some of these properties and how some of these management companies are not doing their job. well we're putting together

the list of the good actors and the bad actors and those that are bad actors are not going to get any more tax credits moving forward until they clean up their act we also talk about displacement when these applicants come before us at t calkins did lag. that's one of my questions if you were going to renovate and rehab these units where are the tenants gonna go and that also is important. and then also you know making sure that we are a one stop shop. so when developers come to us and they have projects we want to help we want to put together the deals with you. instead of thank you very much. you don't qualify. click. right we want to say you don't qualify for 9 percent but how about 4 percent. how about if you put housing along with the daycare or food co-op or or a senior clinic right all these things we have the money for in the treasurer's office so i just want to say i am open for business. call me anytime. we want to be part

of the solution thank you very much alive there was of course a lot of work done to get this development to the condition. it is now and today we hope to keep it that way. and there is a bricks and mortar side and there is a people side. on the bricks and mortar side i want to acknowledge a few people first of all our own staff at related particularly lisa grady or a project manager lisa applause and our property management team. one of the good ones i like to think. our regional director danny rivera and site manager shoemaker rochelle applause into people that we've worked

with a long time on a lot of developments and are going to hopefully continue to work with a lot more. first of all bob ney be the president nimby brothers the general contractor bob as they had to work with the community with some local subcontractors to get to where we are today. and mimi sullivan inside a solid and the architect who labored with us. we were talking earlier about making sure we hopefully got just the right colors on the new building and hopefully the residents will tell us. maybe we need to fix that. so thank you mean me as but it's not just about bricks and mortar and early on working with tabernacle my friend of one hundred years reverend arnold towns and who you'll hear from in a moment and his

partner gary bags it was about this has to work for the residents and i say to you today that i hope and expect that five and 10 years from now. you will hold us to this standard this isn't just about finishing the project this is starting the project. so gary arnold todd and everybody. thank you for that. to conclude the program. now i think it is particularly fitting that my friend reverend arnold townsend come up and lead us and maybe a little bit of prayer. i mean i don't know that anybody who speaks for the western addition better or longer than arnold. arnold about thank you. and it's just wonderful to see everyone and let me say a

couple of things real quick. i know that you all and sitting looking at me and that what you're really thinking you know i've been last on the program before and when your last on the program. you know that everybody not just really just want you to hurry up shall i show. i am gonna do my best to hurry up let me shakeup but a couple of things. i'm glad you mentioned a bill to staff here because now i don't have to. i was going to do it. it was some outstanding. work going on we had to be tough to get it done but everyone did their job played the role of building i like you should we go back a very long ways he's not quite as old as i am but he's close see he's close and really you know we knew each other around the times the feinstein days in the mosque only and agnus days but where we kind of really got to know each other we actually played basketball

together a few times and whether you know it or not or whether you think he looks like enough bill used to have pretty good little point guard game back in today brilliant play you know east coast he played east coast style. they don't they don't do much outside shooting but they can go to the whole pretty good. he could go to do. pretty good show he called me and said arnold i'm doing some work in the west additional coming back to town to do some work and i need you to come help me. i said bill i'm flattered but the days of me coming into office at 9:00. that's all i'm an old man. and he said no no no i just need your help. you know and and really didn't tell me the truth because you kind of told me it's part time. you know you won't have much to do but what he was generous and that wrote me in. and so i came back and i'm really grateful

that i did. i finally did something smart all these years of living i said you know i've gotten older bill and i don't do much heavy lifting. and i've got a younger partner man friend and so should my younger brother and i need to have him come on the project and so he said. who you talked about i said gary banks. is your well we don't really knowing but we can tell. and gary came on and it is without question one of the most brilliant things that i have ever done i'm sorry what. gary put together here and that pitts plaza de services team which hasn't been mentioned a lot today but the people. who work directly with the residents dealing with problems they have and i mean things you wouldn't think of. but everything from child support help of people that it happens child support issues trying to get people very removal so people can get jobs and go to work helping with g d driver the life you name it. these people did it

it wasn't necessarily what they came on and we're told to do but they put together a team danielle banks who kind of managers things and then darlene was here and robin jackson and not guiana who are at this project he put together people who didn't look at the job description. but when a problem came through the door. they set out to solve it. and they have been absolutely brilliant and if i keep on talking about him i'm gonna get emotional. cause i love seeing people uplifted so let me just say this to the residents here. we can all come in all these people that have been mentioned all day and it before you. this development team we can come in and build you a house we can do that we've done but it takes the people insid but the point i'm making is

do what you have to do so that you have a decent on the libyan and a doctor mccray was right your number one priority for you children your children your grandchildren your neighbors. is peace you want peace at home because when i get tired of all the company out in the street i go home may not be anybody there but me but i'm not gonna have trouble out anyone so go there. so as we said as we adjourn and and there's food back there i assume i sure hope so. why don't we do this whatever your discipline may be whatever your culture requires your faith culture if you're not attached to anything that you believe is greater than you. then i'm gonna pray for you to my god. but what and whatever name

you may call you want to do whatever name you may call guy. do it now. and let's just ask blessings upon this event we think west for thanks for this event and blessings upon the food that we're about to receive that it will nurse shows but not only in body but it mind and spirit that it will. and that that spirit will not rest until it gets the amount of love. out of each of us that it needs and let everyone say a man. thank you. as the first of all or thank you for dating me but where i come from east coast style is a compliment. you're right about that. all you don't get the final word todd plater

from tabernacle very involved in the bricks and mortar the people side and everything in between. he's been with us from the beginning. he's helped keep everything together and is going to continue to do that. tom. as good afternoon. well i guess we're still in the morning so i'll make this quick so we can get onto the afternoon first off. thank you all for being here i want to acknowledge mayor breed supervisor brown and state treasurer fiona ma. for their remarks and participation in this momentous occasion well i had a whole thing. mapped out about who i was gonna mention and and and and you know we

recognize this this morning and i've really become so engage in what everybody else has said and their acknowledgements of the key players in this project that i'm not sure there's a whole lot more i can add what i will say is that this project has been a three year saga and it has involved many planning and community and teen meetings at various levels that have made it possible for us to celebrate today i liked it. refer to the history of this property as a world war 2 era construction. complex and

while the mayor noted that you know it takes a village to build a community like this. what i want to add is that it takes an army to modernize a world war 2 era concrete block set of buildings and grounds and we had a fantastic team to execute this task first off i want to. invite lisa grady up to the podium she's been the voice of reason when it comes to decisions around the redevelopment of this property and i have to say throughout our ups and downs

together we been able to make the lives of the residents better and expect that this is not just a statement about what we can do for today. it's a statement about what we intend to do for the generations ahead. and so what i want to. impart to you is that our relationship has grown not just from work here at this property but also at robert be pits oh it's been quite a journey and i want to. you know embrace lisa. applause i also want to acknowledge some of the ground troops that have made this project a success.

in particular with respect to engaging the residents. i want to acknowledge the f our each team some who have moved on and some who are new to the property but as was noted earlier by remote towns and dani robertson robin jackson were very essential again in an enabling us to meet the residents where they are and to help them grow and embrace. change because this is a big change also i want to acknowledge alonzo tour is and the maintenance team their work is largely unseen until you actually come back to the property after they have made their mark it's really a statement to their

commitment to this property i want to thank our relocation specialists that woman has had the probably most arduous task of all helping residents relocate to temporary quarters and all of the preparations that are necessary to get them out of their old units into temperature units and then back into their. originally unit that's jessica garlic issue here today. maybe she didn't make it. but anyway kudos to her. yes as around there are a couple of key residents that i want to recognize for prevailing with us one is the former tenet association president emma casey. emma was really my voice of the community

because she never fail to pull my coat tails and and to beat me down about what i should do and what i need to do more of and so imus really a champion for this community and i and i appreciate all of her service. as i also want to recognize the work of randy walton who spoke earlier? he's now the treasure. he was the vice president and has been the coordinator of the food bank for these past three years that we've been here with this project and let me tell you having to move the food bank from one unit to another and coordinate deliveries and make sure that folks get food who aren't

always able to attend the food bank when it. when it's open you know it's it's a it's a monumental task and i have to say he has been steadfast in his commitment to seeing to it that people. have the food that many rely on you know for for their sustenance and and he continues at work and i'm looking forward to him and the council and community to improving on that. now that we have a new community room. we're looking forward to them moving the food bank there and operating well into the future. thank you randi. as so there are some some some design and construction full that need recognition this this morning as well you heard me me. sullivan.

mentioned earlier and her crew it cites sullivan design design firm and i also want to acknowledge the other design team members including dan morris of. moral morris our landscape architect who did a fantastic job as you can see you know. let's just say breaking up some of this concrete you know this. you wouldn't believe what a concrete jungle. this was but now it looks like like people live here. oh that's a tribute to a lot of the thought and ever that was put in by dan in his team. also i want to acknowledge alan burr with murphy burr curry our structural engineer. so listen if you've ever dealt with a world war two arab building you know

his work was cut out for him because it's a lot of concrete that had to be penetrated and worked with and overcome over these years. then i want to also recognize boy i tell you maybe contractors is one of san francisco is a san francisco treat. i just can't tell you how proud we are of of having them be our contractor they've been responsive they don't have not only been responsive to the developer they've been responsive to the resonance. i mean residents have stopped them in the middle of. you know away a hammer and and saw activity to help them overcome whatever little. you know nuance needed to be addressed and i i appreciate

them and i want to just mentioned kieran daily. i think he's here. i seek care. there he is. he's a brand new dad. and so i'm glad he could make it. and then i also want to recognize our. the guy you know who keeps all the contractors workers in line. jim galloway and jim is fantastic man. also the supervisor that work with us at robert be pits. and then of course kobe colby newell is kobe here. there he is. back there. oh escaped moorish that man you know has it doesn't go didn't go home. sometimes at night just keeping things going. and making sure things got done right. so then i want to acknowledge devon denman who

was the construction management staff person with with construction management associates and she she was the person who was looking over the contractor shoulder over these years. so thank you. devon and and her. partner our boss i should say harvey mendoza so with that. i just want to conclude with this is only the beginning folks we are continuing to transform lives here at west side courts we will continue with our computer literacy courses sponsored by the cities office of digital equity and we have alex on here who joined us from who

heads up that that office to provide the not only free internet access for our residents but also courses together with seat in the service provider who is is providing training to the residents on basic computer literacy internet access and advanced courses in in computer training so we're really excited about that and we are also going to continue to look to f our age and gary banks and joe antoinette hopkins and daniel banks. as they continue the work of providing job training and placement for our residents. this is about

the holistic evolution of this community and this is the model that tabernacle and related. are now carrying forward in our work in this in this city and across the state and while i got fiona. here sit in here you know whether rapt attention. yes we will be calling you. because this very point of adapting the rules to the folks out here doing the work that is music to our ears because that has been the impediment. if you got you know all these boxes that fit into certain protocols that's going to eliminate a whole lot others who are really capable and willing to do this work so anyway i wrap

up with that and amos brown told me i said enough so that's enough. thank you. oh yes let me mention we are going to be offering tour starting at age 12 15. shh shh our dads 149 2040 so you can grab a drink or bite and meet us just over at this table to my left if you care to join us for tour. twelve forty thank you >> i lived in the mission

neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city and county of san francisco. i am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that showcases work that relate to the latino community and i have been in this building for seven years and some of my neighbors have been here 30 year. we were notified from the landlord he was going to sell the building. when we realized it was happening it was no longer a thought for the landlord and i sort of had a moment of panic. i heard about the small sites

program through my work with the mission economic agency and at met with folks from the mayor's housing program because they wanted to utilize the program. we are dealing with families with different needs and capacities. conversations were had early in the morning because that is the only time that all the tenants were in the building and finally when we realized that meda did have the resources to buy the building we went on a letter writing campaign to the landlord and said to him we understand you want to sell your building, we understand what you are asking for and you are entitled to it, it's your land, but please work with us. what i love about ber nell height it represents the

diversity that made me fall in love with san francisco. we have a lot of mom and pop shops and you can get all your resources within walking distance. my favorite air area of my homes my little small patio where i can start my morning and have my coffee an is a sweet spot for me coffee an is a sweet spot for me and i - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery,

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>> i am so excited to be here to stand in this waiting room of this beautiful new urgent care center that will serve thousands of patients here at s.f. general. as our population continues to grow, it is more important now, more than ever to make sure our public health facilities are now up-to-date in the latest in technology and programming, but also, resilient and strong, and in the event of a major earthquake, or any other disaster that may come our way. that is why i'm grateful to the voters who passed the 2016 public health and safety bond that funded not only the expansion of the urgent care facility act which served more than 20,000 people in 2018, but also the funding for the seismically -- for seismically

retrofitting this entire building that we are standing in today. one of the key things we are doing with retrofitting this entire building is bringing everyone back under one roof. by recentralizing services into this building, we can improve services and coordination by our staff. this is key to better deliver healthcare to the people of san francisco, we have to be -- we have to do more coordination and be more efficient in that process. it is a major reason why i created the position of director of mental health reform so that we have one person whose job it is to bring everyone together to help coordinate all of the efforts around mental health in the city. when we coordinate, we centralize services, we get better outcomes for the people that we are here to serve. san francisco general has long been a hub for our safety's

disaster response. it has been a real leader, and i have spent days, particularly in this location in the emergency room for those who unfortunately have fell victim in some way to -- somewhere in our city. whether it is during the 1906 earthquake when the hospital serve not only as a place where people could seek treatment for injuries, but also as a place for refuge and shelter or a 1983 when the hospital led the nation by those impacted by the aids epidemic or throughout the years as san francisco general, and the staff, and the incredible people who work here have always been at the forefront of groundbreaking research and cutting edge innovation and in the medical industry. the hospital's values reflect those of san francisco,

inclusion, diversity, and most important, compassion. i know many of you here today are on the front lines of providing that compassionate care for residents, and i want to thank many of the people who work here at san francisco general, every single day, thank you so much for your hard work, and for your patience, and for your compassion in serving so many residents of san francisco. it really means a lot. especially to those who are experiencing homelessness or suffering from mental health or substance use disorder, i have seen firsthand the patient's that you provide in caring for those individuals, and it means a lot. your city supports you in these efforts, and the important work you do every single day, and i am committed to working with the department of public health, our health commissioners, and all of you to tackle the public health issues that we face in our city, and to make it easier for you to do more.

thank you so much to everyone that is here today for this new facility. i can't stop looking at the florist, because i don't know about you, but the walls are white, not yellow. the ceiling even, and the furniture, it is blowing me away , and i'm not always -- are not only happy for the patients that you are serving, i am excited for the people who are working in the facility every day. you deserve the kind of conditions that help you to better do your job, especially under the most challenging of circumstances. at this time, i would like to introduce mr roland pickens. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, mayor breed for your ongoing support in making this project, and many others happen here.

to the school of medicine, the c.e.o., acting director waggoner, thank you for your support in making this happen. he says change is the only constant in life. this statement highlights the need for all of us to always plan for and be ready for change in every aspect of our lives. i say that because having been a long tenured person here, i have seen the changes that urgent care over the years. when i first started 18 years ago, urgent care was on the sixth floor of the hospital, then it moved to the fourth floor of the hospital, that it moved across the street to building 80, and out is going back home to this one-stop coordinated care spot. so to the staff who have been part of the change over the last 18 years, congratulations, into the patients who made that journey, they are to be

commended. this urgent care center is a vital hub for our san francisco health network. if you are a patient at maxine hall in the western addition, or southeast health centre, when you can't get into your appointment, this is a place you can come for service. so to our medical director, we thank you for your years of service, and look forward to the great work that will go on in this new facility. thank you all. [applause] >> my boss just reminded me, i am going to introduce dr ron, our medical director. >> thank you, roland. hello, everyone, may agree -- mayor breed, distinguished guests, i am glad to welcome all of you to the new adult urgent care center. we are very excited that starting next week, we can continue to provide quality

healthcare now in this state-of-the-art facility where our clinic staff deserve to work , and where the citizens of san francisco deserve to receive the urgent medical care they need. we are grateful to the voters of san francisco who approved the bond measure that made this possible, and in doing so, recognize the value that our public health facilities provide our community. let me take a couple of minutes to share with you more about our clinic, who we are, and what we do, and what it means to move into this new space. the adult arts and care center started in january of 1999 as was mentioned upstairs on the sixth floor. wiring for rooms on the children's health center. last month marked our 20 year anniversary, and throughout these 20 years, the clinic has played a vital role in providing care for patients for urgent, nonemergency medical needs. we offload our emergency department by caring for patients that don't require emergency level services.

we provide urgent medical care for primary care services, and we care for other san franciscans who don't have primary care, don't have insurance, and don't have access to urgent care anywhere else. and for these patients especially, our clinic is a portal of entry into the san francisco health network, where they have access to a range of services to get them healthy, and keep them healthy. for thousands of patients over the last 20 years, the first step to getting primary care was a visit to the adult urgent care center where we met their immediate medical needs and help them get health coverage and establish care and a primary care medical home. it is our of ensuring that our patients get the right care in the right place at the right time. that is crucial to the success of any healthcare system, and that is why we are also taking this opportunity to educate patients about urgent care, and how it differs from emergency care and primary care.

that knowledge gives patients the power to navigate our healthcare system to their advantage so that when they have an urgent medical need, they know the right place to go for care. after the ribbon-cutting, i invite you to stay a bit and take a look around. our beautiful and newly renovated space is larger, has more rooms, it is more centrally located on the hospital campus. this will make the clinic more accessible, efficient, and patient-friendly, and result in a better care experience. finally, i am thankful that our new facility will enhance the hard work of our clinic staff, to every day provide quality urgent health care with a respectful caring attitude, and a compassionate heart. for the last 12 years, i've had the privilege of working side-by-side with these extraordinary colleagues, their perseverance and dedication to our patients continues to inspire me every day to do my best as a physician and a medical director.

in this grand opening celebration, it is a perfect opportunity to express our appreciation for our staff. unfortunately, most of them weren't able to make it because many of them are working right now across the campus. so in closing, i need your help. please join me in showing our appreciation for our staff and the outstanding care they provide our patients every day. let's all give them a big round of applause, so loud, so loud that they will be able to hear it all the way across the campus. [applause] >> all right. i think it is time to cut a ribbon. >> i need some company over here are we ready? their ego. five, four, three, two, one. [applause]

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musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people (singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard

my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray was then and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc we ended up getting a months

residencey other than an island and he came to our show and started writing a script based on our troop of 6 american burr elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here and because of film was not

released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are coming into the wars these days people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really nurture it like having a potted

plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant (laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music and perform and express myself if i make. >> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in general with my voice together i

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