towards homelessness. but as many have said before me, there was no funding that went towards homeless families, union and homeless children, even though 30% who are experiencing homelessness make up the homeless population and one-third of families make up the homeless population. and so, i'm here today in support of our city, our home, 83.4 million budget proposal and i want to specifically highlight in this proposal the $5.5 million abilit act for houg choice vouchers. hopeless families used to have a way out but are now completely excluded due to the rehabilitation of public housing and so they have really no way out of homelessness. families who are living in single-room occupancies as families experiencing homelessness in san francisco

are excluding from accessing any homelessness housing or services because through the entry, they are blocked from ever accessing those services. so these housing choice vouchers are vital so that families can be able to get out of homelessness and this is really the only exit these families have to get out of homelessness. thanks so much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is robert hoffman. i am a 20-year resident of district six and i work with the san francisco aids foundation and i'm here to support the our city, our home budget proposal. i support all asks in this proposal but i want to highlight my support for funding, development and safe injection sites. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> hi. i'm a resident of the richmond district and i'm director of the services at the san francisco a i.d. aaids foundation. i'm asking you invest in the needs of san francisco. i would like to operate an overdose prevention sites known as safe for consumption. they reduce hiv and hcv transmissions which is in line with our goal to zero transmissions. this links folks to hiv treatment, to medical services, opiate therapy and other services. as it was said, they save lives as well as saving money. as much as it's important to provide housing, until we get there, we need the wrap-around

services for the folks in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is john reevy. i'm a i is 15 plus year residenf san francisco. i work for the san francisco aids foundation. having done outreach in most of the boroughs, homelessness is something that has always been an issue and it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. i like all the asks for this proposal but the one that stan oustandout to me, the safer injn sites, i want to support that, as well as the transitional treatment facilities for folks who are experiencing homelessness and meth use.

>> thank you very much. networks speaker. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm andy stone with the sanfrancisco aids foundation and i'm here in support of the budget proposal. i wanted to specifically highlight the supervisor injection sites, supervisorred consumption services. the entire board of supervisors unanimously voted in support of ab362, a state-level bill to allow the san francisco to pilot the first overdose prevention site in the nation. now is a chance for the city to actually make these statements a reality, right? people are dying on our streets from preventible overdoses in the midst of an overdose crisis fueled by homelessness crisis and opioid epidemic. these are proven that have been over the last 30 years in

different countries that saves lives. in lines with the city's plan to be the first city in the world to be to zero new hiv infections and they prevent hepatitis c. that was something we could never achieve if we don't deal with the homelessness crisis. as 13%, is-7hiv infections are those experiencing homelessness. i urge you to invest in housing foto fund san francisco. >> thank you, next speaker. >> honourable supervisors, my name is rubin david goodman. i'm the son of murial and ben goodman who risked their lives for the steel in chicago.

my uncle sam was a wrestler known as the chicago kid and moved to l.a. during world war ii and had an african-american nightclub and he was then known as goodie. my life and my well-being is in jeopardy. and i'm getting no support from the sfpd, the sheriff's department, supervisor aaron peskin. i'm getting treated like a piece of garbage as people who are poor are often treated by nonprofits in this city. nonprofits soak the city of money and treat the poor and disadvantaged as pieces of garbage. pui once wrote an article for te police chief called police stop

assaulting homelessness women. that was base on the other hande of encountering two homelessness women who had pand had hands ony security. you're on camera. my cousin is a network news producer in new york city. carin shapiro. she's worked for every major network and is now a freelancer. you're under the watchful eye of the shapiro-goodman family. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, there. i'm darcy alred. thank you for letting me speak. i'm a volunteer at the coalition on homelessness and i moved here

from the midwest to go to school. i'm a graduate student at usf. i just was really shocked by how devastating the homelessness crisis is here, so i've been doing as much as i can to get involved, volunteer and that's why i'm here today, to ask for your support in the our city, our home proposal, which specifically today is for the eraf budget proposal, in terms of community health services, especially for family, youth and children, these populations are definitely more vulnerable and it would be terrific to see more of the city's budget go towards their services. and yes, that's all i have to say. thank you. >> thank you. any other public speakers. seeing none, public comment is now closed.

one more? please join us. public comment is now open again. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for giving me the time to talk. i'm a family caseworker here in the district 6. i work and live here in san francisco for the past, i want to say 12 years now that i've worked with families that live in sros and are either homelessness ohomeless.i'm heree budget proposal. i think it's important you fund them and considering the fact that it continues to be a cycle. so their proposal is really to help us out and help our whole community. we're all accountable for the

people that live here. specifically fund, support of housing and family housing. that's all i have to say. thank you. >> thank you. public comment is now close -- ok, one more. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is matt. i work for a tipping point community. i just wanted to speak in support of the coalition on homelessness' proposal to invest inning from permanent support of housing to factories for family renters and step-down beds and i wanted to express my support. from thank you for coming today. thank you very much. >> not it makes a difference but

successive waves of inflation have *have raised wages and it s out the lowest wage level in years, contributing to fueling wealth and economic growth. the government's expanded role in the housing market will exacerbate housing costs. this principle is universally understood among economists and also benefit tax production, obviously. government intervention tends to benefit monopolies and this is obviously in scandinavia and germany and in leipzig, 5% of the population earns 50% of the real estate. needlessto say, there are gaps

in distribution. there a new opera house due to singular donation. the rest is made up through high taxation. the housing mark in sweden is said to have a multiyear waiting list. >> thank you very much. public comment is now closed. colleagues, i would like to make a motion to accept the amendments before you. supervisor yi. >> so i want to thank the public for coming out and expressing their opinions. as you can see from the public, just this small number of people that came out today, there's -- you can tell there's a lot of needs and different needs and

obviously today only represented .1% of all of the people that could come out and navigate. there's always an issue of, you know, where do you put your resources when you have limited resources? do you put it on the immediate or do you put some of the funding or resources in the prevention? and there's always this tension between well, somebody needs it right away and at the same time, we don't ever pay attention to the prevention piece. as the result is what we're seeing right now, actually, that we're never going to decrease the number of people that are going to be homeless in the streets. every year it's been going up because more people are coming

into that type of situation. so i'm kind of glad that we've had this opportunity, very unique opportunity in san francisco this year with funding. i think we put a lot of resources, spread it out on the first round of it. and i think this particular piece of legislation creating the footbal affordable housing s somewhat of a fund. for instance, a lot of it will lend itself to the strength of trying to prevent others to become homeless. and as i was speaking to chair

fewer when she introduced this, originally introduced this, i had some concerns about the approach and mainly what if we don't spend down on a certain amount and the money just gets stuck there. there's so many needs that we're hearing, that i hate to see it get stuck in a pot of reserve money. so in going some of the changes that were made, in particular your section on page 2d, you know, where it starts talking about after two years making a report and then doing an analysis of where the funding caps are and having flexibility in terms of a discussion at that

time and we're not spending it down. where can we spend the resources so that we can actually help people on streets, help people from coming onto the streets. i think with that amendment, i would like to say to you, supervisor, fewer, i'm supportive of this and i know i have not put my name on it, mainly because of my uncomfort level. so i would like to be added as a cosponsor and thank you for doing this. >> thank you very much. i'm honoured. supervisor mandelman. >> i'm jusi just, very briefly,o think you for your leadership and chelsea, if you worked on this, as well. but for your leadership on housing issues certainly before i was on the board but even in the short period that i've been around, copa and then eraf one and now two, one of the things striking to me is how many set

asides we have in our budget for various savored purposes but when house housing is the greatt crisis in the city. we have a very menial fund that gets set side every year, which is $30 million, which is completely improve sufficient te need now and being bold and continuing to find other sources of funds is totally the right direction and thank you for your work on this. of course, thanks to everyone else in the audience who's worked on this and came out to sport today. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor stephanie? >> thank you. i just wanted to add my thanks and also add my name as a cosponsor. some thank you very much. i so appreciate it. >> so colleagues, thank you very much for your support and i have a motion on the floor to accept

the amendments before you and could i get a second, please. >> supervisor mandleman, thank you. >> i would like to make this as amended to the board with a positive recommendation. thank you very much. we can take that without objection. and madam clerk, any other items before us today? >> there are no other items. >> thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned.

friends, residents. ladies and gentlemen, friends, residents, stakeholders, community leaders, good morning and welcome to this historic grand opening of 1101 potrero. [applause.] this is a monumental moment for the residents of potrero hill. we are excited to have you here today with our honorable mayor. i would like to first bring up a fourth generation san francisco resident. fourth generation potrero hill resident. [applause.]

>> i had a speech prepared. it blew in the wind. it is gone. i will go off the top of my head. the spirit moving me. before i do a prayer for us in this beautiful space, i want to say welcome from my family, the blue family. i consider myself a po a nativef potrero hill. i went to missouri street after two days of hospitalization. i want to first honor and acknowledge the ancestors that came before us shared our mothers, mothers and fathers, fathers came to san francisco. some of us came to san francisco from the south trying to avoid atrocious cities, trying to better their lives and moved to

potrero hill. they didn't know they were going to unknown territory. this is what they called home. i still consider it home today. i want to remember those people. i want to remember the people that came before those, the native hurricanes that this was their land, their home and that we don't often knowledge that but we feel their spirits on the hill. this is a beautiful space. it is a beautiful space and the homes that reside across the street and up the street and up this hill and down the street. those will be one day another transformation in physical form. we are talking about more than a physical form. my people believe in spirits. i am 90% of what you don't see my thoughts, beliefs, mind and spirit. i want to honor and acknowledge those people that came before me

to acknowledge that they gave and they sacrificed in ways we will never know. i want to say thank you to the people that made this possible. this is only one of many phases of transformation in the physical. this is one of the milestones in the spirit and emotional. if you can bow your heads at this time and i want to say to made god, my heavenly father and those praying to your god. i am talking about one god. the spirit muffs among us. it is someone that is bigger, stronger than us that knows this right here was going to happen. i share with you earlier today walking in the building the young woman said do you remember

me? do you remember me? my name is faith. i said what? my name is faith. it comes to me transformation is happening. if you believe, if you have faith that change is going to come, i want to say today change has come. i want to say thank you, lord, for the people that continue to move through even in the midst of darkness. thank you to the people recessient in midst of pain. thank you for those that gave their lives when they didn't know that they were. i want to say continue to bless the space that these new residents reside in. may you continue to put your loving protective arms around the space, the place and the people that reside in this

place. may you continue to remember that there are a group of 90% people that still need to move into a new space and those putting up the spaces and places. remember these are people that have memories and places and spaces that are yours, lord. so may we continue to bless this day when we continue to bless this space and the people. may we continue to be resilient and still remember there is heaven in the middle of some of our hell. may we remember beauty among the ugly. we ask this day continue to be flowing. may we remind people to be responsible and accountable for the people we are in charge to move forward. forgive us for things we may not know that we have done. amen.

>> thank you so much. a men. can we say amen. you are due for a treat. you have a powerhouse group of speakers, you have the distinguished mayor, supervisor district 10. in our community we know if you feel us, if we hear you back. now we are ready to do this work, to build a set of 100% affordable housing units in the community for the first time in a half a century. it takes a mission-driven developer. the leader of the incredible and extraordinary partner who is behind this incredible building cynthia parker from bridge housing. [applause.] >> thank you.

i appreciate that. what a crowd. you know, i am so impressed that so many people came out here to help us dedicate this building, but particularly i think what is so wonderful we have had so many people from the resident community who are so excited about this. last saturday we had an open house for the residents to allow them to come through and tour the building and get a chance to see it. they are just so jazzed and so are we. last week we had our first resident start to move in. i have to tell you it makes my heart so glad to see this ham. i have been at bridge for nine years now. it is hard to believe. it went by like a second. i have to tell you this was the first project i got involved in. we had been awarded this

development awhile ago, two years before i got here, and we had a very lengthy entitlement process. a lot has changed in san francisco during that time. the housing situation has become much more acute but we also have leaders like mayor breed who have said we are going to step up to speed up the process to make the development of affordable housing a priority in the community. we have seen that happen. we are now seeing permitting and entitlements under expedited process happen under senate sb35 which senator wiener introduced which allows us to get things developed in a quick fashion. we see those entitlements by right go through in 60 days as opposed to nine years. it really makes a difference when the community when the

leadership of the city says we put this first because we need this kind of housing. i would like to give a couple shout outs to people who made this happen, you know. we have our residents, on you mayor, we also have maria. thank you for all of your support. i remember going to your office and you were right there with us. i thank you for that. jeff sparks is the district director for senator wiener. thanks. we have a couple bridge board members who are very supportive. dennis o bryan is in the crowd and ron is our board chair. we also have folks from obviously hope sf and the mayor's office of housing. thank you, kate, for all you have done.

you have been an awesome director for the office of housing. i also want to acknowledge dan aldoses dams. i accused had -- dan at dams -- dan adams. he is still helping us out. thank you, dan. just a real quick compilation. this is going to end up going over 1675 units of housing. we would like to squeeze in a few more because we need the housing in the city. it will have affordable development across the street and market rate development which we want to see in the next year or so. there will be 15,000 square feet every tail, 25,000 to 35,000 square foot community center open to the neighborhood, daycare spaces and three and a half acres public space.

this has 72 affordable units. part of the problem is people are living in public housing. i know they are anxious to get out. we want to help that happen. we have to build the units in order to move them out. that is going on. this space was created first. next spaces will carry things down and move people in. there are spaces for resident services and programs. this is a leads gold building. we are pursuing that. it shows our commitment to suggestion stain ability. -- sustainability. it takes a village. you are our village and you helped make this happen. i appreciate it. [applause.] are you going to introduce the mayor? i don't mind. i would love to. i would like to with this

introduce or beautiful and lovely mayor of san francisco, london breed, who has just a tremendous appetite to make things happen for afford annual housing. thank you, mayor breed. [applause.] >> i can't believe how cold it is in potrero hill. usually it is warm. i am so excited to be here today. this is a long time coming. i often go back to my experience of when i lived in plaza east in the western addition. at that time during the hope six project, we tore down 300 units of housing and only built 200. we made mistakes and moved people out of san francisco. sadly, a lot of mistakes that i am glad that today we are not repeating those same mistakes.

we are making sure residents of potrero hill have a place to move in directly in their communities. that is a big deal with all of the challenges that existed in the past. the breeds have history in potrero hill. the breeds -- that is my sister for those who don't know. my mother lived at connecticut and i spent a lot of time in potrero hill for so many years. eddy and brenda were a sustain in the community. we are grateful they were like mommy and daddy in the neighborhood. get in the house. it is too late for you out here. this is an amazing community. it is filled with so many incredible people who deserve to live in better conditions than what has existed for far too long in public housing.

you know addressing the challenges with public housing is my number one priority. when you have had to live in the kinds of conditions where you had no control and no money to make any changes, there is nothing else that would be more important to you than changing those conditions when you have the ability to do so. i won't get into the details of the challengeses. don't get my started on the mold and pipes and roaches and drama and calling a number no one would find out and you had to pay somebody $5 to pick the toilet so you didn't have to use the neighbor's toilet. i can go on and on about the challenges that existed. today is significant. the work we have been able to do and this happened when supervisor now board of equalization member was on the

committee. they worked together to make sure we addressed those challenges by investing in this community and not displacing this community, which was so critical to the success of this project. i am reminded of the thing mayor lee used to say. it is not about new promises, it is about old promises. today after years afternoon years and years of struggle we are fulfilling an old promise. one building at a time, one family at a time, joyce. we are doing it. we are changing the face of public housing, not the people but just how these places look, how they feel so that people can live in dignity. some of you know i have been on a mission to make sure we build more affordable housing in san francisco. part of the work along with

supervisor walton are duing. when there is extra money we carve out money for public housing to address the conditions that continue to exist all over the city. a couple days ago we introduced a $500 million bond including $150 million for public housing. (applause). we also know that in order to make sure that communities are able to afford to live in the communities as we build more housing, neighborhood preference is a critical tool to making sure that as your kids grow they have a shot of being able to live in the community they were born and raised in. we know there is to much work to do. today is an incredible start at a great future in this community. i am looking forward to breaking ground on more buildings. i am looking forward to moving faster and getting red of the red tape that makes it difficult

to build 100% affordable housing in the city. look out for the charter amendment to allow for 100% affordable future housing projects to be built as a right. no more delays, no denials, let's build it and build it now. [applause.] this is honestly a dream come true for me because as i said when i think about my own childhood and growing up and living in public housing for over 20 years of my life, i think about my grandmother and the conditions we suffer through, my family, my friends not with us today and the conditions that we suffered through, and i am so hopeful because now as a result of this work that so many of you contributed to making this dream a reality the next generation of young people in public housing

will have a completely different experience. that gets me excited. i want to thank the community for their patience, delays don't mean denials in this case. i want to thank bridge housing for their work to wells fargo to the mayor's office of housing and hope sf and the leaders who continue to fight to make sure so many places in san francisco especially out east which supervisor cohen knows the battles and now supervisor who is taking this over will be there with everything to make the changesness so that communities can live in dignity throughout the city and county

of san francisco. thank you so much. [applause.] >> thank you, madam mayor. i have a dirty secret. downtown in city hall not everyone cares about potrero hill, lets be real. having served under multiple mayors. this mayor come in a short period prioritized hundreds of millions of dollars for public housing. i want you to give her a proper thank you to mayor london breed for all of the support to this community. [applause.] thank you. thank you. she is not shy.

as mayor breed mentioned, this is all about the residents. i have the highest honor to introduce a resident who has lived in this community a decade and who now calls 1101 connecticut home, mr. johnny ledbetter. >> thank you. first, i would like to thank everyone for coming out and i am one of those promised. god is first in my life and my world. i am johnny ledbetter, a san francisco housing authority. i just transitioned to bridge housing. i want to tell you how i got here. i was a single father raising my

daughter, homeless, living in the shelter in 2010. i got a phone call from san francisco housing that said i was approved. i was overwhelmed with joy but scared at the same time. also because i had never had my own apartment. being a sick el father raising a -- single father raising a daughter is challenging. being homeless is worst. through my challenges and being blessed with housing i have built a strong solid community with my neighbors and with san francisco housing authority and staff. also with other organizations such as public housing association, and this i never had before.

also, i am blessed to seek employment or keep a job. i had again been blessed to work with a nonprofit organization that helps residents from san francisco housing authority transfer over to bridge. i would like to thank mattie, elizabeth, for guidance through the trying but fulfilling time especially as i glare out my window. that is a blessing. my new spot in my new 1101 connecticut street, you know. i want to thank everyone and you, too, mayor london breed,

for your effort. thank you. i am that promise. [applause.] >> thank you so much. next we are going to bring up a community leader, fighter the supervisor of district 10. mr. walton. >> good morning potrero hill. we are energetic. this is important. good morning, potrero hill. there we go. this is very personal to me. missouri and turner terrace.

1720, 25th street. all of those potrero hill addresses are very personal to me. the first address is a family resource center where i became the director in the early 2000s where we worked to provide services for families to make sure basic needs were met, where we had a food pantry that served over 100 residents every week with the grandparents group here. i see eddy here, joyce is here, i see a community of folks that worked hard to serve the community. the second was the address of the food pantry where so many families. as you know we don't have grocery stores in close proximity in the southeast sector where so many families access quality food from the food bank so they were able to get through the week to support

their families and feed them and provide nutritious meals. we focused on making that happen. the third address 1720 25th street is where i lived at a young age with my aunt, cousin, mother right up the hill. we rode bikes with no brakes. i would hospital to go to west point where migrate mother and you cancle lived and where i lived as a youth. this is exciting to be here to witness the rebirth, to witness the beautiful homes on this side of potrero hill. i also want to say that i remember having conversations at the family resource center and when bridge first started bringing on community connectors

and bringing folks in the community and we started having conversation about revitalization of potrero hill, what it was going to look like. like mayor breed said it is a promise. i have had many conversations with residents. nobody believed it was going to happen. we have our first 75 units at the. i want want to shout out to malia for her hard work not only on this project but for all support for hope sf and everything we are doing with public housing in san francisco. her dedication, work to get the financing to blink the community together is very important in this fight as we continue to do everything we need to for our

communities. [applause.] i want to end with saying there is more work to be done. we have four communities just on the southeast to make whole. things are not perfect right now, but we are going to continue to work hard to make sure that we do the best job to bring everything this community needs, not just housing but grocery stores, activities and things for young people to do. things are not perfect. in the words of janet who sung the theme song for the jeffersons. we are moving on up. [applause.] >> leave it to supervisor walton. moving on up. amen. if you look around and see the finishes, the courtyard, the

views, the landscaping, this is first class. this is not public housing. this is for our people in potrero hill. it takes a lot of money to do this. it takes investors, funders, folks willing to commit to the principles of hope sf. the senior vice president of wells fargo investing daniel pearl. >> do i get to wear the hat if he left it here? i am here on behalf of a group in wells fargo called community lending. there is about 200 of us around the country including many in san francisco. i want to start by thanking the long-time residents, leadership council, bridge housing who brought us here, mayor's office

and the mayor and hope sf for leadership. we provided low income housing equity. we participated in the construction loan and it is an honor to invest in the community. we are lucky to be part of the hunters view and made the tax credit investments in the bay you and other neighborhoods in the city. one personal connection for me. i moved to the bay area about 11 years ago and i had a friend at that time working at bridge housing. he knew i didn't know many people and i had time on saturdayen. he said we just started working on this development out here and having a barbecue would you come? i didn't know what bus to take now, i know it is 19. i spent the afternoon here. little did i know that 11 years

later i would be here. we are ready for phase two and thank you to everyone who made this place what it is today. thank you very much. [applause.] >> thank you, daniel. you passed the pest. my also daughter is the only one who can wear this hat. i tested you right there. last but not least i want to bring up one of the partners at bridge, the project manager. i want to acknowledge mr. fred blackwell, chairman of the san francisco foundation here with us who is such a partner along the way. we mentioned the esteemed director of the mayor's office of community development who made this happen. barbara smith is somewhere around. thank you, barbara. samuel.

>> i have been given the job to give the last thank u.s. i want to thank the residents of the annex and terrace. this project is more than 10 years in the making. thank you for making this happen. iit is a process. here we are today. also, i want to thank the residents from park view down to those down. it is months of almost years of inconveniences with traffic detours and construction noise. i hope this is an improvement to what was here previously. i want to thank our financial partners apartment city bank and wells fargo as well as the mayor's office of housing and community development. our contracting team that

including matt, mike, jim and matt. our team of fred, michael. our landscape architect tour team justin and gary. civil engineer mark hail. i want to thank faith and phillip at city hall for keeping the wheels greased and our bridge team. stacy and damian. i want to thank everybody. i hope you enjoyed the event. now if you are here to take a a look at the units. we will do the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony right here. [applause.] >> let's do this. five, four, three, two, one.

(applause) >> i came to san francisco in 1969. i fell in love with this city and and this is where i raised my family at. my name is bobbie cochran. i've been a holly court resident for 32 years. i wouldn't give up this neighborhood for nothing.

i moved into this apartment one year ago. my favorite thing is my kitchen. i love these clean walls. before the remodeling came along, the condition of these apartments had gotten pretty bad, you know, with all the mildew, the repairs. i mean you haven't seen the apartment for the program come along. you wouldn't have believed it. so i appreciate everything they did. i was here at one point. i was. because i didn't know what the outcome of holly court was going to be. you know, it really got -- was it going to get to the point where we have to be displaced because they would have to demolish this place? if they had, we wouldn't have been brought back. we wouldn't have been able to live in burn.

by the program coming along, i welcome it. they had to hire a company and they came in and cleaned up all the walls. they didn't paint the whole apartment, they just cleaned up the mildew part, cleaned up and straighted it and primed it. that is impressive. i was a house painter. i used to go and paint other people's apartments and then come back home to mine and i would say why couldn't i live in a place like that. and now i do.

>> president yee: good afternoon. welcome to the may 21, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, please call the roll. [roll called] brown present. fewer not present. haney not present.