take place. i don't know whether you can or not. i would like to see the studies. also, is that it? >> next speaker. >> is there video on here? >> can we do a -- >> a video? >> you are going to up load a video into the computer. >> it's online so i can put in the link to it. it's going to be his comment. they say sweeps don't happen but i can show you videos of it. my name is kelly cutler and i'm with the human rights homelessness. hsoc has been a huge focus for mine over the last year. i've been seeing what is going on and so close when it comes to

outreach with folks in encampments and regularly doing outreach and talking to folks. if we were hearing from maybe one person every once in a while. we're hearing the same thing from everyone when it comes to sweeps and their belongings getting taken. i also talked to the officers on the front line and i got to tell you, they're being thrown under the bus. they don't -- first off, they're being put into a role that is not their role as an officer. they also don't have the resources. they just say i wish there was somewhere that folks could go and they know that there isn't. my big beef with hsoc from the get-go and continued throughout has been the lack of transparency, the lack of community involvement. i'm on the local homeless coordinating board and i was

with sfpd homeless advisory board and nothing. nothing. the only way i was able to do it was to do a ton of sunshine requests. it's not ok to be where the department heads are all just working together. there's no input from the community. that's a major issue with that. there are alternatives and we've been working on the safe sleep policy until this prop q nonsense that was just a political ploy came in. but we were bringing everyone to the table and making progress to go into the right direction. we need to start doing that again. we need to find real solutions, not just sweeping people around. it doesn't work. >> thank you. >> our next speaker. which may be a video. >> click enter and it should change over to the live broadcast of your video.

>> we have it cued up. present on the url. >> hell oh i'm resident of district 8. at hearings like this we seldom get many voices of the homeless themselves and we, who are housed at the luxury of coming out and leaving our possessions safely ensconced in our homes. poem less people don't have that ability. they put their positions at risk

if they come to a meeting like this. they also are out there fighting just to subsist on the streets and i just want to keep that in our thoughts as we move forward. thank you. >> thank you. >> how are we doing on the --

>> our notice was given. the police force has been conducted. all right. so they have been noticed and they know what is going on.

unfortunate situation. >> you weren't supposed to -- the shelters are full, right. 1,000 people are on the waiting list for the shelters. so, ma'am, you are more than welcome. >> that's not abandoned property. it's his. >> it's not abandoned.

his right there. >> i understand. it's his property still. >> it's not abandoned. >> i understand. >> you can't take unabandonned property. >> i'm done talking to you. you are not understanding. i owned a home and i lost it in foreclosure and now i pay taxes my whole life and they're talking all my stuff and throwing it away. they don't offer me housing or shelter. they expect me to stay out here in the freezing cold with. >> dan: shelter. they thrown away seven tents of mine. they're taken it as evidence. seven tents. they through it away. >> have you tried to go retrieve it? >> yeah. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item before i close public comment?

i am now going to close public comment. public comment is now closed. colleagues, any comments or thoughts? >> thank you, chair mandelman. i would just like to give you an opportunity to respond to what we just saw obviously, that is very emotional and i don't know the situation of this individual, whether or not he got his stuff back, whether he can still? whether or not he is in services now but obviously that's a very short moment in time. we saw a little bit of an issue. if you can comment on it and let us know what you think about what we just saw? >> i'm grateful to see the video. it really shows the challenge that we have in our attempt to help people. i will say this, the officers did a great job, very professional. very composed. very patient. they have to be patient. these things take a long time. and we're trying to win over

people on services. i also know that watching the video, i think whoever was recording it was making an issue about posting notices. the reality is is that we're not required to post any notices. everyone in the city knows what is legal and not legal. we only post notices for prop q and prop q is led by the department of homelessness in support of housing. the officers followed the law, the policy and i know it felt like there was a believe that their items were being taken but that's the bag-and-tag policy. individuals can go pick it up at the public works yard. thank you for asking me the question. >> thank you, vice-chair. well, i, again, want to thank our departments for coming to this hearing and presenting and helping us to have this conversation that i know they have to have. on a daily basis with

constituents and in community meetings and i did feel it was important to have this conversation in this building with the public being part of it. i also want to reiterate the part of this that gets lost, was the ways in which san francisco is doing better than other places. we have create the more supportive housing and we have prioritized that. we have added hundreds of new shelter beds over the last couple of years and we are trying to lead with services first. i really appreciate that. the other thing that struck me about this hearing, and i said when i started, is that san franciscans do not agree about what we want all of you to do when confronted with tents or stuff or people in public

spaces. it's been clear in this hearing. i am reminded of a particular block in my district where i know hsoc and public works get inundated by this block because they're confronted half the time. there's something at this intersection, tents, gathering of folks, blocking paths, and difficult folks and they are asking our office for help and they're asking all of you for them. so we try to get them that help. we ask you to get out there and try and clean up conditions there. there's also another person who lives on that block who knows out and argues -- this person is a friend of mine, who argues for upwards of an hour sometimes with the public works crews and the police who are out there spending to thresponding on tha. it's a microcosm of san

francisco right now. our office is overwhelmed with calls, e-mails, texts from people who are seeing things in their neighborhood that are unacceptable. there's a little bit of shock when they ask for reinforcement around these conditions. i will fess up and say i will do it. when i get a call, there's a guy norm us tent next to fitness sf and everyone is unhappy about it. i ask you to do everything can you do to get that tent gone. so, in that sense, impart of the problem. i suspect all of my colleagues are too. you are in this difficult position of having us responding to different sets of constituents demanding di diffet

things from you. i can't solve that problem for you. i recognize that you are in that spot. you all know how to do things that none of us know how to do. i am very grateful for the work that you do each and everyday. we do have a scarcity problem. we have a scarcity of resources in this city that we did not create. we have more supportive housing than more place and more shelter than most places. we're doing everything we can to expand that out as quickly as we can. the reason i wanted to hear from the coalition and contemplating this concept of whether we need to explore sanction some lower level of care for folks or a place where folks can be and not be moved around i can is the, ie coalition's point is receipt anyone with me. when our offices are demanding an enforcement response and that enforcement response does not offer most people an actual place to be, it is an untenable

situation for everyone. it seems to me that if we can explore coming and finding places where people can be, and remain, and not be disturbed, until we reach those goals, which we need to be aggressive about, bring on those shelter beds, get the additional capacity, sanctions encampments or tiny homes or whatever other options are not a permanent solution. we do not want them becoming part of our landscape in san francisco. i do believe that we are going to get to the place where west shelter capacity we need and until we get there we may need to look at some of these options and i'm grateful to the folks who helped us explore that this morning or this afternoon. i also think another point i don't want to let go by is really going to be supervisor vice-chair stefani's hearing coming up in two weeks where we explore the mental health response. clearly, a significant portion of the folks on the street and a significant number of the behavioral issues and a

significant amount of the stuff that collects is related to folks having serious mental health issues, serious substance use issues, and us not having the ability to get them the care and treatment that they need whether because we don't have the resources or the legal tools to do it. so we will continue that conversation in two weeks. i think we're going to have to take that matter up next. with that, thank you all for being here and thank you folks who came out. mr. clerk, can you please call the next item. >> is there a motion for this final item? >> we need a motion for the last item. >> i'd like to move to have this continued to the college here. and i will take that without objection. thank you. >> agenda item number 2 is a hearing on the coordination of homeless services including the county's use of welfare and institutions code section 51 other for substance abuse and

mental health challenges in order to prevent them from ending up back on the street and entering service providers. >> thank you. >> voice chair stefani, can we -- i'm going to have you motion to continue this for two weeks until march 14th. >> yes, do we have to take a public comment on that? >> yes, ma'am. >> we will take public comment on that. if there is any? >> oh, as far as prevention? the effects of social exclusion and cognitive performance are known the results of the significant cognitive skills and the consequence of experience threat to an individual's need to belong also described as a defense state of cognitive deconstruction. the effects was clearly shown by worse performance on i.q. tests

and time interval estimates and proper explanations and simple reaction time tests and a cognitive marker such as the anti test. the test is providing gross equipment of injury or dysfunction to the frontal lobe and eye movement. so social exclusion results in self-regulations deficits and self-awareness aversion, disorder time perception and orientation as opposed to future orientation and a sense of meaningless, lack of emotion and lethargy and the contributors to that paper are from university of new queen's land case western reserve san diego state and one other institution in the social and personality psychology november 1st, 2007 and the paper entitled thwarting the need to belong and the interpersonal and inner effects of social exclusion.

so at the same time my previous comments were not entirely fair. my argument against the creation and maintenance of various special interest groups and the multiple indication of calls involved that i fully recognize disparities in medical services. racial steering and discrepancies in the services provided. all of that. >> thank you. are there any other members? >> yes. >> >> good afternoon. my name is eric, i love in san n francisco and i work for a non-profit heath care provider. we serve over 10,000 low income san franciscans with over half experience and homelessness. we appreciate the allocation of the dollars to create house for those experiencing at risk of homelessness in san francisco. as you know, our city currently

has a fragmented system where hundreds of unstable housed people living with mental health and addiction disorders are released from psychiatric emergency hospitalization without follow-up. very often, health rights 360 has no option but to do the same and discharge people from our addictions treatment into unstable living conditions. it's unrealistic to expect a person to maintain goals to stay connected to on going services when discharged back to the streets. thank you for calling a steps to this issue as we look at people go through our systems as their conditions worsen and chances for recovery slip away. we appreciate your efforts and trying to understand and solve this complicated issue. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none. public comment is closed. we have a motion before us to continue this item until march 14th. we will take that without

objection. mr. clerk, do we have anymore items before us today? >> there's no further business. >> thank you, with much gratitude for all that you've done to make a difficult day work, we are now adjourned. [♪]k, we are now adjourned. ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it

affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries,

so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating

the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day.

on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in

the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in

march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. [♪] better.

san francisco department of environment is a place where climate hits the street. we know that we don't have all the answers. we need to support our local champions, our local community to find creative solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. >> zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration, using reuse and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve zero waste. the grant program is a grant program specifically for nonprofits in san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco produce market because there's a lot of edible food that can be diverted and they need positions to capture that

food and focus on food recovery. >> san francisco produce market is a resource that connects farmers and their produce with businesses in the bay area. i think it's a basic human right to have access to healthy foods, and all of this food here is available. it's a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs, and the system whereby none of this goes to waste. since the beginning of our program in july 2016 to date, we've donated over 1 million pounds of produce to our community partners, and that's resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which we're very proud of. >> carolyn at the san francisco produce market texts with old

produce that's available. the produce is always excellent. we get things like broccoli, brussels sprouts, bell peppers. everything that we use is nice and fresh, so when our clients get it, they really enjoy it, and it's important to me to feel good about what i do, and working in programs such as this really provides that for me. it's helping people. that's what it's really about, and i really enjoy that. >> the work at the produce market for me representing the intersection between environment and community, and when we are working at that intersection, when we are using our resources and our passion and our energy to heal the planet and feed the people, nothing gets better than

good morning everybody. welcome to the rebirth of west side chords which was the second oldest housing development in san francisco but also one of the most stable communities in san francisco and we're here to celebrate today a new life and you're going to hear more about what that's about today my name is bill witty i'm chairman and ceo related california and on behalf of our partner tabernacles cdc who you'll hear from and related. we welcome you. without further ado i'm honored to introduce someone

who in fact needs no introduction the first african-american american woman mayor of san francisco but more importantly a person who is of by and for this community. leader not only of this community but of the whole city are once and future mayor honorable london breed applause everyone. thank you all so much for being here and first of all i just want to say to the people who live in west side courts congratulations this is truly your victory and i know we're gonna be swearing in the resident council here today and mr. street is not able to join us. the president but we have the resident council here so we'll get to that in just a moment. i i just want to start by saying you know this is this is pretty amazing. i

grew up as many of you probably know in the western edition community and it. i grew up in housing and plaza ease and the conditions of plaza east for over 20 years of my life where i lived? were similar to the conditions that exist right here in west side courts. before this renovation and when i first became supervisor i met with mayor ed lee and talk to him about housing and why we weren't meeting our obligation as a city to invest in housing in a way that would allow people to live in dignity it was very personal for me because of my own personal experience in frustration and so nothing was more important to me than trying to focus on making the kinds of changes that will better the conditions of the people who live here. merely agreed him. we worked really hard and the rad program is something when

awesomely was director of the mayor's office a housing we brought that idea to the community and a lot of folks were apprehensive of course because commitments had been made in the past but the follow through has has not happened but because of that work. i'm so really proud that we are renovating over thirty five hundred housing units all over the city and changing really the conditions of how people. live and again some of the basic things that so many people take for granted because i understand what it feels like to live in a community where sometimes a windows are broken and the heat doesn't work and the water doesn't work in the toilet is stopped up and we never even had showers at plaza ease and the roaches and the past and all the stuff that really frustrated me to no end. i know has frustrated so many of the residents who lived

here for years so this is really about keeping a promise a promise to change the conditions of a number of housing units throughout san francisco so that the residents truly feel not only respective but they know that they are truly an important part of the city and county of san francisco as a whole. so so many people help to contribute to making this happen and i know that one of those person sadly is not here with us today michael palmer who work for the mayor's office a housing was a real advocate for something that i also cared about and that was making sure. that we weren't displacing the residents while we did the construction work so that people felt like we weren't trying to push them out and his work around understanding construction and combining that with his understanding and love for people really made a difference not only in this project but in so many

projects throughout the city. that we are rehabbing and so i know michael's family is here with us today and i'd ask you all to please stand and be acknowledged thank you for coming applause this this place belongs to the community and i just wanted to also take this opportunity to thank. so many people who made this possible and in fact i'm glad we didn't give top clatter a heart attack because he was the one who with the tabernacle along with reverend mccray who spent so many hours working with the residents in this community and i want to thank tabernacle i want to thank. related. the project manager for this project i want to thank bank of america not only investing in this project but continuing to invest in other rehabilitation projects throughout our city and i

want to thank the mayor's office of housing so much. this was really a partnership along with our spiritual leaders in the community reverend arnold towns in and reverend amos brown thank you for continuing to make sure that the community takes front and center in any of these projects that we have worked on to rehabilitate and i also like to acknowledge our new california state treasurer fiona mom who is joining us here today. thank you so much. owe her office provided the tax credits thank you so much without those tax credits we wouldn't be able to do this project and again it takes a village it was a lot of hard work. and i think about on today along with so many of the projects that i've been able to attend a lot of these events as soon as i'm ask i'm

right there because i'm so happy i feel like this is happening to me. i feel like you know this is something that i would have liked to have happened to me when i was growing up. you know in plaza ease but at this time i'm so grateful that it's happening for the residents here at west side courts. it means a lot. and it did take a village and so i want to thank you know i know royal and the folks who painted from from this neighborhood and so many other incredible people who came together to really provide you know this community with a place that they so deserve and we know that there is a lot more work to do and when i think about today i really think about mayor ed lee. something he would always say it's not just about making new promises is about keeping oh promises and today we keep a promise to this community to not only invest in the place

that they live but continue to provide programming and resources and other things that will not only support this community but we'll make sure that this community thrives so at this time on behalf of the city and county of san francisco i would like to honor the members of the tenant association. and thank you for your commitment and your leadership and i want to also say to all the residents here they are volunteers working on your behalf and at this time we would like to swear them in. so come on up. as so jonathan street is not with us today unfortunately he's he's the new president and he's not feeling well. but we have joe blocks. . am i saying you're right name right joe and cassandra bennett randy walton and mary jones they

are gonna be sworn in and really excited to administer the oath of office. so let's do it at this time. michael all right. are we ready so please raise your right hand and repeat after me and i and state your name. do solemnly swear to uphold the office for which i have been elected. i promise to be committed to the rules and policies established by the united states department of housing and urban development in conjunction with the san francisco

housing authority the west side courts lease and housing rules and the west side courts. tenant association bylaws to enhance and increase the quality of life to the residence and to the work. in a cooperative manner with the san francisco housing authority. the city and county of san francisco and the west side courts ownership and property management as well as other community partners i take this obligation freely.

without any mental reservation. or purpose of evasion or and swear that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. congratulations applause all right. congratulations. thank you all so much for being here today this is the new tenant council and they will serve this community. let's give them all the support that they need to succeed thank you all so much applause good afternoon my

name is randy walton and the treasurer of the ways that 10 association he joins me now. i was the vice president. but today i am the treasury and i welcome you all. and i just want to let you know that this is a journey that we're on. and we all take it highly seriously and i want to save him. my. i didn't have a chance to do. think about this writer species anything because i was actually do this at the last moment and some speaking from the heart to let you know that. west i of course to me he's like it is. it's amazing because when i

first came here it was nothing like this and i came from southern california this my first member living in housing project. when i came to san francisco and i had a lot of fear and a lot of apprehension about it and manage. there was a bit here at the time told me they changed a lot. it wasn't the same valid placed at it suppose it once been and i've seen it grows from that point on. and now you know this is really state and a great place to live. you know. the council here behind me we've all had our struggles here and we just we've been we bind together to make things happen we have a lot of plans that we want to put that out there for the residents and to make this a great a place for the kids. we have plans for that. you know we have a lot of things that we've got hope to do and we can't do it alone. we need the residents have in order to do it so we put it out there. we just want to be for everybody. for

the kids for the adults in everyone including think the management here at west side for working with us. todd and everyone else. and so as we go along. journey year just be patient with us and know that we're working funding for the residents in thank you have a blessed day. as no excuse me hello everyone my name is cassandra bennett i am the secretary of the tennis association known at 10 it. i've been here for 15 years and as far as part of the council i want no more than to see the tenants advance and have our property

management and the people that are over west side courts just treat the tenants with respect. and together. just the tenets come together and in love each other and embrace each other and the gap with one another. you know without a team effort we have nothing close together we standard divided we fall so i just want to state and i'm thankful to be able to stand before you today. and hope stated tinnitus will appreciate the new over face that we have a new facelift because it is a facelift. and it looks beautiful. i must say that looks really nice you know but you're still work to be done and as low as a tenets take care and work together we can make things happen. i look forward with the rest of the team to make things happen around here here and away from here you know i i embrace change not only hear web site courts but

outside of what cyborgs. there's nothing matters in the quality of life your rights and privacy rights to respect your rights period so with that. i just want to say thank you. as well i don't think i could say any better than our last couple of speakers did. as mere breeds said though this is a partnership. owners residents in the city and our partner in owning this development

now and hopefully pretty much forever tabernacles cdc led by someone who first was just a partner now has become a friend. the reverend dr. james mccray who himself has a longtime history is a pastor in the western addition reverend mccray as mr. waiting thank you very much for that very kind introduction. and i noticed that he introduced me as reverend that that change is what i was going to do. just a little i would like to ask all of the related team if you're here. stand up. and

there are others are all of the tabernacle team if you're here. stand up. as all of the fdr h t. would you stand up. reverend banks. come on come on down their work. i think the others have that i wanted to thank have been thanked the city. the bank. the community but i would now like to ask all of us to stand up. and i'd like to ask the leaders to come back and stand right here a minute and turn around and i want all of us just to extend our hands towards these leaders in our community. just in our own

way wish them strength. courage and then my favorite piece. because of to have peace they can extend hope and what we need. today is hope. what this project and the others in the community are about is extending hope. this the first african-american built facility primarily in san francisco for our african-americans waiver has been brought over into the 21st century hope. related in the city and the community and the bank said found a way to put

together a package that will enable such a venture to come to reality. hope. and along the way organizations have 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 a