it also includes a brief mention of commercial involvement in san francisco. staff recommends further research with significance as both a developer as this -- of the subject property, and for his role in shipbuilding and commerce in san francisco. they were part of the wave of development in the neighborhood in the late 19th century. additional research may indicate there is a stronger case for landmark eligibility that can be made for the property, or as a contributor to a small landmark district comprised of the subject property and the other four seasons buildings. staff also recommends additional research on the property's restoration during the 1970s as indicated by permit history provided in the application to explore and establish a connection with the bride spread restoration and similar properties constructed during the same period. the movement is noted in the

application, but no link is made to the property. it is nominated for its clean style of architecture. we agreed the subject property is striking style of architecture. we want to bolster the significance of the building first design and as one of the four seasons, a cohesive row of properties that exemplify the style and period of construction the property is nominated as a visual landmark. the home has been featured on several city houses and the application includes excerpts on the property. clippings from newspapers featuring four seasons and photograph of the houses re-created at florida legoland. the documentation supports eligibility of 1350 waller street, individually as a visual landmark. the documentation also establishes eligibility of the four seasons property as a collection of buildings. the department staff recommends

the project sponsor continue to compile documentation for support of eligibility of the subject property and the four seasons under this property as materials provided and statement of significance are limited in detail. the application would that -- would expand to the importance of the property and the four seasons to residents to elaborate on their value. department staff find that based on the information provided in the application, the subject property does not rise to the level of individual significance as required under department ten of the planning code. the subject properly -- property does not meet their priorities for resignation -- designation. commissioners, you may take action today to add or not add waller street to the designation work program, direct staff for the project sponsor to provide additional information, or

initiate or not initiate landmark designation. this concludes my presentation. i will turn the presentation over to the project sponsor who would like to speak briefly on the landmark designation application and i am available for any questions you may have. >> okay. >> hello. my name is amy. i am one of the homeowners at 1350 waller street where i live with my husband and my two sons. i moved to san francisco from southern california in 2003, thinking i would be here for a year, and fell in love with the city, the architecture, the history here that was lacking from the neighborhood where i grew up. when the winter home went on the market in 2017, i went to tour it, fell in love with the home, knew it would work, but he was out of our price range. it was listed just under three

-- $3 million. it saved -- date on the market for a while for the work it needed. still out of our price range. we eventually made an offer and stretched ourselves to buy it at 262, and then found out that the foundation had to be completely renovated. then the bank wouldn't give us a loan on the building because the foundation was not -- they said they would only give us a loan on the land. we took out a construction loan and drew into our line of credit we started to work on the project with my husband's support. anyway, the project grew beyond what we had expected it to cost. i guess that is pretty normal. in addition to the foundation, we needed structural upgrades to the walls. we had to dig down to pull out the brick foundation that was set in the sand and put in a new

concrete foundation, and between opening up the walls to install the steel in the shear walls, we found dry rot, insufficient plumbing, which all had to be brought up to code. the project grew to be over a million dollars with over 300,000 of that in the structural work. we are now in the process of starting to pay back those loans and found out about the mills act, which seems like a great way for us to potentially be able to maintain this historic building. in applying for the mills act, we got bids from contractors and determined the homeowner -- the home will require 500,000 and additional investment in additional investment to preserve and maintain it to the level that would be recommended over the next 12 years, which we would love to do, but in order to apply for the mills act, we have to be part of that historic program and so we are applying for that. as they mentioned, they are recommending some more expanded

states of significance and additional information. as you can see, i am not a professional. we did spend hundreds of hours researching and finding books and spending time documenting everyone who has lived in the building over the last 130 years , you know, finding everything we could find about the additional builder and all of the owners in between, the tenants in between, the fact that 40 years ago, the previous owner had been part of a program to get a zero interest loan from the city to be able to help build the building back up. there is a history here of people wanting to take care of this beautiful building. i can tell you we have people every single day stomping on our front steps to take instagram photo shoots. we have a bus tour that stops in front of the house to point out the set of homes that are called the four seasons. we have those little yellow tour cars going by. people even come up and knock on

the door and ask for home tours. i met an italian woman who wrote a san francisco guidebook who said our home is her favorite, and she wanted to come in and get a tour. i gave her one work we recently were approached about a t.v. show wanting to be set in the home. it is a beautiful home. it is an important piece of the history. we would love to give it the love that it deserves and we are here today asking that you might help us move forward in the process to establish eligibility , either adding it to the work program or initiating it based on the existing 127 page application. >> great. thank you. >> i am available for questions. >> any questions, commissioners? we will open this up for public comment. any member of the public wish to speak to this item? come forward. okay. we will close public comment. back to the commission.

commissioners? >> this is a hard one because this is, you see these as you come up masonic street. this is on the right side. it is a very prominent group of houses. we have seen -- they seem visually super important, and so it will be tricky because the kind of want more information to be able to substantiate the findings, but it seems to me, certainly as a little mini district, i believe. i think it will be eligible. i guess the question is, is it individually eligible. it is a lot more work that would be involved. i'm not sure what the answer is but thank you for the work you have done to date.

[laughter]. >> commissioner pearlman? >> i am in the same place. i used to live up the hill from you and would drive up masonic every day, some very familiar with the houses. i think as an individual, it is already a restrict -- a historic resource, obviously. i think it really is related to the four seasons. it is four houses that are of note. if this was one house surrounded by other houses that were not of similar quality, would probably -- it probably would be an easier thing to say, it doesn't quite reach the level of land marking, but i think as a mini district, whatever we want to call it, it has a lot more power and is, a special because of the way masonic is wide and gets very narrow, it literally is almost directly in front of you as you're coming up masonic and going up into that neighborhood. so i would advocate -- i don't

know how we do this, but if we could advocate putting it in the landmark program, but as -- including the other three houses , and again, i know this is a timing issue for you, that is not our issue. your financial issue is not our issue. i am trying to be sensitive without saying, it doesn't make sense to me as an individual. it only makes sense to me as part of a group. >> commissioner black? >> if you wouldn't mind coming up, i do have a question. what discussions have you had with the other property owners, presumably they could benefit or perhaps they don't all have their foundations done yet either and they could benefit from this. >> i have spoken with the other three homes and mentions that we were applying for this and that i would let them know. i would encourage them to do it. they are all in similar situations of needing to do work

on their homes and not necessarily having the means to. i would say that you would be the ones who would benefit the most given that we have purchased most recently, and the ones that have been there for 30 years, their property the property taxes will be lower anyway, but they all seemed interested in open to it. that is what i was going to volunteer is that, you know, i would be happy to be a go-between and tried to help leverage whatever we can do to get the others on board for this we stepped into big shoes. the previous owner was a host of many block parties and we have gates in the backyard that connect our -- the four homes. we do have a sense of community. i would be happy if we moved this forward to try and get them on board as well. >> i appreciate that. >> i had another thought about the research. for what the staff is requesting for the amount of research. it seems like the research would

almost be the same for all four, since they were all built by the same guy at the same time. they all have similar architectural styles. in terms of additional work, it wouldn't be that much to go from one to four. >> i think it is between 15 and $30,000. >> again. i appreciate that, again, it is a challenge because, you know, our commission is not about the financial issues that addressed anyone particular. >> perhaps mrs. mcmillan could come up. i have some questions of process so i wanted to comment on, you know, i personally would like to support community sponsor designations, and the amount of research desired versus the

threshold of being able to say whether or not it is eligible, we always would be doing more research. as we know when we are dealing with properties that were done in the seventies and the 80s, we don't have enough information, thinking about the antique store , and these projects of having that information on file its always beneficial is always beneficial, but how much do we really need to do in order -- with a minimum threshold? >> i'm wondering, if you do this through the association, this is a group of amazing community people. i think there's no question in my mind that it would be eligible as a whole individual district. so maybe you put aside the association and you just do it for architecture. >> or events. >> i think a lot of it will draw on material that is already written. we can work with the applicant on developing how far to go in

the research, which avenues to explore more closely then others i just think as outlined in the case report, it just needs expanded discussion enhancing the statements of significance. if there isn't additional information, then we can only get so far with that research, then we can recognize that. the two write ups that were included in the application may have all the information that is available." be helpful to maybe due another round of review, just looking to see if there's anything else about him. i know he designed some other properties, but i think possibly , they are associated more with events or architecture , and i think we can pay closer attention to those other areas. >> can i ask a question? >> please. >> is it possible to place this on the landmark list and pending

further discussion of the other three property owners? >> yeah. most certainly. that is definitely part of our recommendation. you can obviously collect -- by placing it on the program, it will give priorities to our staff to work with the owner to refine the application and/or do the outreach as necessary with the other property owners to make sure we bring these forward as a collective. >> i know we are not supposed to get involved in the finances of anyone's particular property, but i would think this would be of benefit to all property owners. >> i concur with them and about supporting community sponsors. i think it is something we should sabean support of generally. >> the biggest question is the timing. knowing we have to do some outreach with the neighbours to make sure that we get them on

board and it will flush out any additional research. i think that was some of the question on the stats. >> i thank you have a good advocate. >> specifically, i'm thinking about the triangle. how many individual landmarks are within the triangle process? >> it is all one district. >> that is why we are leaning towards the district. >> i support the concept of the four units. it is a special collection of structures. i would like to support this as proposed. i would like to see it move forward. >> commissioner pearlman? >> we are in a time where our consciousness is such that we want to have cultural things and all of that. if you look at the landmarks of san francisco from when they started, you know, the first 30

years of land marking was about the architecture. and that is what people think landmarks are. they come to san francisco and they want to see the landmarks of the city. they want to see beautiful buildings. so i think as, you know, supporting this just on his architecture, i think it is incredibly valid. again, it doesn't meet one of our priority areas, but here is a community sponsored -- >> it is part of our priorities. >> that part is. absolutely. i was totally endorsing this. >> on the process, just help us understand. so obviously we want to get to some status by the application act next year. it is this year. it is only three months away. it is in nepal. >> this is the first year we have accepted concurrent applications for designation.

given the incompleteness of the application and incompleteness of the mills act application, we have encouraged the applicant to apply for next year's mills act. >> this is coming up in a few months. >> yeah. it is coming up in september. we need to close by september and give them a timeline of the designation. it could be pretty tight. >> in either case, we probably wouldn't move it. >> what would you like to do, commissioners? >> i will make a motion that we, again, this is a process question, that we put it on a landmark work program and -- >> along with the other requests >> and request staff work with the applicant to include the other three. >> there's been some good stuff

done here. >> there has been a lot of research done here. >> someone has the capability of doing some work. >> i second. >> if there is nothing further, commissioners, there is a motion that has been seconded to direct staff to add this to the landmark work program along with the other three properties. on that motion... [roll call] >> so moved. that motion passes unanimously 5 -0. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we are adjourned.

>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco.

sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership

with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of

clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design

wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate

and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's

the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that >> i moved into my wonderful,

beautiful, affordable housing march 7th. i have lived in san francisco since i was two-years-old. i've lived in hunters view for 23 to 24 years now. my name is vlady. i use titus and i am the resident commissioner for the san francisco housing facility. from the very beginning, this whole transition of public housing and affordable housing was a good idea. but many, many residents didn't think it would ever actually happen. it's been a life changing experience. and i'm truly grateful for the

whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. they've done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. now they have quality housing. i was on a street where the living room and the kitchen and stairs. it wasn't large enough to accommodate. the children are grown. i had the accomplish of having a dishwasher in my home. i really like that. [laughter] i really like not having to wash dishes by hand. we still do it from time to time. the mayor's office has been a real friend to us, a partner. we know that our city supports us. i love san francisco. just to be able to stay in my community and continue to help

the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, it's been a real joy. it's been a real joy. >> this unique neighborhood, we noemie know miguel's over there shaking his head like, yeah. [laughter] we know there is something

special about the city and something special about the neighborhoods and to have everything to do with the people who are part of these amazing neighborhoods. and i'm just really excited about some of the other things that we've done and more of what we will do to make sure that we are protecting affordable housing in the mission for generations to come. [applause] now we all know the sad history of rewoment in our city. the community that i grew up in the western addition and what happened to that community. a lot of propsses were made. a lot of housing was built. but when the time came, for example, in the public housing that i grew up in, 300 units torn down, 200 units built and the difficulty of so many of us being able to move back to the community. you remember this joyce armstrong, what happened in the western addition and how it

really sadly destroyed a very vibrant african american community. and we look at this as a lesson learned and we have to think of the challenges that existed back then and what we have to do to change that for the future of san francisco. and we are going to protect our diversity and our communities. we have to start making the right kinds of investments. it's why, when i was on the board of supervisors with this community, roberto hernandez was there and we stood proud to fight for and josh arsay, we stood proud to fight for neighborhood preference so that when we actually build the affordable housing in these communities, that the people who live in these communities have right of first refusal to access those units. [applause] and also when we have revenue this this city that we make the

right kinds of investments that will make a tremendous impact for a community. i got to take a tour. in fact, it was a low-rider tour with roberto. yes, it was a nice day and the sun was shining and yes, we were bouncing up and down in the mission and people thought i was having a good time and i wasn't there working. i was working. i was working. i was on a fact-finding mission to really see what opportunities exist in this community so that we can build more affordable housing. and so we were standing out here on 26th street talking to a number of folks who grew up here, some who don't live here anymore because they can't afford to. and others who were just trying to hold on and they talked about housing and their children and their future. i'm really excited because government sometimes takes a

really long time to make things happen. and we were really lucky that we got this windfall money that you heard about. and the first thing i thought about were all these sites in the commission and whether or not we would be able to acquire these sites for 100% affordable housing. and today that's what this announcement is about. 1515 south van ness will be acquired to potentially build 150 new family units sglfp [applause] and i have to tell you -- it wasn't necessarily fast for this community because this community had been working so hard to really identify locations, coordinate and work together and really address what we know has been significant dig placement. with the accusation of the site along with the four sites that we broke ground with, for

affordable housing, with more to come, in the mission neighborhood, we would have preserved and built over 1,000 new units for this community. now we know this community has a goal of getting to 2500 and i definitely want to make sure that we get there. but i will say that this is a step in the right direction. and i just also would like to put in a plug for the housing bonds. $600 million without raising property taxes for affordable housing. woe have the money to buy the site, but we need the money to build it. so i'm going to be counting on the voters in san francisco to support the upcoming housing bond so that we can get this housing built for this community right away. and more affordable housing throughout the city of san francisco. [applause]

so i want to thank all of you and so many of the community members that have joined us today. it just really is not only a beautiful day in san francisco, but an exciting time for this community. i've been to four ground breakings in the mission since i've been mayorment we look at other sites and we have been acquiring property. we've been looking at ways on small sites and making tremendous investments. and this is really just the beginning of what i think is going to be an incredible future for this community. but it won't be that way unless we work hard for it because we have to also make sure that the investments happen, we have to make sure that the resources are there to make this investment happen and we'll continue to do everything we can to make sure that the community is a part of this process every step of the way. before i thank all the folks that are responsible for this,

besides, i just want to give a special shout-out to kate hartley from the mayor's department of housing for all the really hard work that she did to make this possible -- [applause] along with a number of city departments to help and jumpstart s.f. and the m.t.c. or m.t.a., which one is it? m.t.c. we have somebody from one of those transportation agencies. so, thank you so much for that and thank you to all the community members and everyone who's with us today. and to acknowledge so many incredible people from this community. including herself who myrna milgaard has been an incredible resource and incredible advocate. [applause] and just working with young people and staying focused. not only is she the president of the planning commission of san francisco, she runs jamestown community center, an

incredible space for young people in this community. myrna melgar. >> thank you, mayor. so i was appointed to the planning commission by then president of the board of supervisors, london breed. [laughter] and people ask me why -- why are you doing this? [laughter] so muchwork! it is a lot of work. but i'm doing it because i, in addition to running the jamestown community center, i'm a mother of three girls who were born and raised in san francisco. and i want them to have a life in san francisco. i want my family close by and my community all around me. it's what makes my life worth living. like many of you. and i think there is no more important thing that we're doing right now than building affordable housing.

and when then president of the board of supervisors breed asked me to do this, i was on it because i believed in her vision. so when i saw that she went to h.u.d. to advocate for neighborhood preference despite decades of people saying no, it can't be done, people in affordable housing saying it can't be done, she took her advocacy and got it done. and i was so proud of her. you know? because that was a game changer for us in san francisco. and, you know, i think that the advocacy, that community and this mayor's office is doing in terms of building affordable housing, of just thinking outside the box with small sites, with different ways of getting to where we need to go is amazing and groundbreaking and i'm so proud to be part of this.

so i think that for the first time i'm looking around at all of my colleagues in nonprofit and all of the community, instigators and collaborators and this is the moment that i feel like in the whole time i've been in san francisco where the submission united. [applause] the first time. we're all on the same page that we are building affordable housing. not only preserving our community, but getting it back. those 8,000 families that have been displaced from san francisco that are part of our schools, of our churches, of our community organizations, we're getting them back. and we're all working really hard for it and this project is going to be a part of that story. we also have a supervisor who is on the same page with us. she has made affordable housing her priority.

when she ran and also during her office and i am so glad that she is working with us hand in hand. and with that, i'm going to introduce supervisor hillary ronan. [applause] >> thank you so much. what an incredible, incredible day. i don't think there is anything that energizes all of us more than breaking ground on an affordable housing site or acquiring an affordable housing site. there is nothing that manges us feel like the work that we do in the city so important. when i was running for office, i made a goal and a pledge to build 5,000 units of affordable housing in district nine in a decade and i'm counting each and every unit and right now we are at 1182 units! [applause]

and that is because the mission is united. and not only is the mission united with itself, the mission is united with city hall, with our mayor whose priority is housing and affordable housing for this neighborhood, with the supervisor whose priority is housing and affordable housing for this neighborhood, with the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development whose priority is housing and affordable housing. we're truly, truly united and we have two extremely strong organizations. affordable housing developers right here in the mission district. mission housing and economic economic development agency. [applause] anja emphasize how important these organizations are. the executive director of one of those organizations because there was a decade, a decade when we didn't build a unit of affordable housing in this neighborhood. and part of that reason was because we didn't have

affordable housing developer organizations who were at a stage that they could build housing. now we don't even have one. we have two. we have two and we have a community that is not going to stop for a second fighting for more affordable housing. and i just -- before i hand it over to roberto hernandez, i wanted tos also thank the former supervisor of district nine, david campos. because part of the funding to acquire the site, $5 million, was the first time ever david campos got that money from the m.t.c. it's a regional transportation body that i now sit on that has never financed affordable housing in its entire existence. but david made the point that you can't talk about transportation and jobs without talking about housing. you can't talk about housing without talking about transportation and jobs. he married those two and this is the first pilot project for

the m.t.o. that they are investing regional dollars in affordable housing. so, that is a major milestone as well. so thank you, david campos, for your hard work. and now i wanted to introduce roberto hernandez who has been on the frontlines of this fight from day one. roberto hernandez. [applause] >> buenos dias! [speaking in spanish]! come on. let me hear you say it! [speaking in spanish]! [crowd repeats] >> a very wise, elderly man taught me at a young age that we write our own stories. every day when we get up, it is a page that's written and we have -- we can decide how that story is written every day. and then we write chapters and,

by the end of our lifetime, there's a book written about us. that we write. we're the writers. because we're the creators of our own story. but i take it to another level and say we as a community here in the mission have been writing not one book, but many, many books because this story doesn't end here. it's a story that began back many, many years that actually started mission housing development corporation. it was a story that started off by a group of us who banned together called the mission coalition organization. the m.c.o. and aim glad to see that my compadre, my brother santiago reese is here because he was part of that. and michael nolan and pete gallegos and many others here in this space today.

and speaking about my compadre, happy birthday, feliz cumpleanos because today is your birthday. this is your gift, my brother. this is your goift. this is your gift. there's senior housing that is being built right down the street and i know you're getting ready to retire. if you need a spot, there are applications given out. you can apply with them. you have it, brother? all right. we have a little spot. you want the top? penthouse? ok. all right. all right. then i want to be on top. [laughter] all kidding aside, our mission no eviction was created by jose carasco and myself because we picked up after the dot-com

boom. we recognized when we started getting people calling us up and saying hey, am i getting evicted? and within a period of 90 days, 56 people we knew were getting evicted. you know? and so we formed our mission which iss a -- what did you call it? instigators? we are revolutionaries, you know? really. that's what we are. we're not funded by anybody. we're not incorporated. we don't have bylaws. we don't have a structure. we're just a group of people that band together and have been fighting. it is a beautiful end of the story, right? [applause] we didn't need no more luxury units. we needed 100% affordable

housing, you know? and we tried working with them. we told them build 100% affordable housing. they say it doesn't pencil out. oh, really? i guess you won't make that much money, right? then we said build 100% affordable housing for teachers. because teachers need housing and they make a decent salary so they can pay a little more than somebody who's a dishwasher, right? is and they said it doesn't pencil out, right? and then we said just give us the land back. just donate the land back to the community because you're a major corporation. everybody knows lennar, right? they're a major corporation. and this is like to me like a little cucharacha, you know? it's so small compared to all the big projects that they do. but at the end of the day, we lost and the planning commission approved it. the board of supervisors approved it. we appealed and appealed and after appeal after appeal and i

want to thank scott weaver who is an attorney who volunteers his time for us and has done so much work. [applause] for free. pro bono basis. you know? and like him, there is so many other attorneys and so many other people who volunteer their time to give. and so this story ends like right here. and i want to thank mayor london breed from my corazon for going on that cruise with us. [applause] you know? and you're right. you don't know how many hits i got on facebook and twitter and everybody was blowing me up. oh, you were cruising with the mayor? think that we were having fun. i've been telling the story -- >> working! >> yeah, we were working and in fact there is a picture somebody gathered of me driving and showing her. sorry i shouldn't have been doing this. but i'm showing and explaining to her and it was like magic. you know?

for her to go and get this done with kate -- thank you, kate. thank you very much. [applause] for doing all the work that you did. but for getting this done. you know? because this gives a lot -- us a major victory, more different than the other ones that we've gotten. but this one i believe in my corazon it will make a difference and give people hope and understanding that the times have changed. we have a mayor who loves and cares for the mission district. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you! i will say i'm just really excited to see my portrayal hill folks out here. [applause] supporting the mission. thank you all so much for coming out. thank you to our artist community. thank you, deborah and tammy. tammy from the fillmore. thank you, sam moss and all the people who are here and the work that you do to make san

francisco a better place. and i just want to end it by saying that we have to be aggressive when it comes to getting more housing in this city. and, yes, the housing bond is significant. it's the largest housing bond ever introduced in this city's history and it doesn't raise property taxes, but we have to fight to get that bond passed. let me also say there two other measures that i'm proposing and i'm asking all of you to contact your supervisors for my proposed charter amendment. that charter amendment will make it possible so that all 100% affordable and teacher housing can be built as a right. so when meta and mission housing, when they're trying to go through this process to build housing and they have sadly sometimes people who are

trying to stop it and they're not asking for anything other than what's already required by the code, they need to get it built and get it built faster. [applause] and there are people who don't want us to do that. they say they want affordable housing now, but i'm proposing policies that will get that affordable housing delivered now. so contact wherever you live, contact your members of the board of supervisors and express how important it is to pass this charter amendment out of the board so that we have no more delays around affordable housing. [applause] our future is depending on it. i don't want what happened to so many of us who actually grew up in this city, born and raised, and then we turned around and we looked and we were wondering where's our community? they couldn't afford to live

here because we have not built enough affordable housing. yes, everyone wants affordable housing. yes, everyone wants to make sure that san francisco remains diverse. but it's going to take work to make it happen. it will take work. it will take changes to policy. it will take bold and brave leadership. so i'm asking for your support to get this done. the other thing i'm proposing is an ordinance, which i don't have to go through the board of supervisors, thank goodness.

because the property is not zoned for housing. but the community wants teacher housing. i want teacher housing. and so it shouldn't take an additional two years to rezone the property. [applause] this is how we are going to create a better future. we're going to have to do things differently. we're going to have to make the right investments and, yes, we're going to have to come together because if we don't want san francisco to continue to change so significantly, where neighborhoods are neighborhoods that we don't even recognize anymore, we're going to have to make an aggressive investment in affordable housing. that is what today is about. it's an aggressive investment in affordable housing. it is the support from this community that has made it possible.

so i plan to do everything i can to put housing at the forefront of our decisions, at the forefront of our discussions. at the forefront of how we invest our dollars and so i ask each and every one of you to continue your advocacy, to make sure that we not only acquire this property, but we get it done in less time than it typically takes us to get a project like this done. [applause] thank you all. thank you anne cervantes. thank you so much for being here, the mission community. now let's get it done. thank you. [applause]

>> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds holds is very, very exciting. it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i

would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays know, andfridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that altogetl r together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that

include players. and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i

aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would

have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning