>> welcome, everybody. it is such a pleasure to be able to welcome you to our event to commemorate not only the acquisition of 270 turk street and the barcelona apartments, but to recognize the partnership among the mayor and city, the san francisco housing accelerator fund and others. the barcelona apartment is important, not only because of the accomplishment itself in this building, but also because it represents an important policy direction, and a bigger attempt to address the housing crisis in san francisco. please join me in welcoming our mayor and partner, london breed.

[applause] >> thank you, don, and thank you for being an amazing partner in the effort to acquire welding his all over the safety to keep them permanently affordable. because we know that having affordable housing isn't just about new construction, it is about making sure that we preserve existing affordable housing, whether it's property that we built under the old redevelopment agency, that are in disrepair, or its buildings like this where we are able to acquire it through our small sight acquisition program so that we can keep it permanently affordable. those are the things that are necessary to make sure that san francisco is a more affordable place for all san franciscans of all income levels. we have work to do, folks. the good news is that in this particular efforts, they

basically kept their eyes open and saw that this was an incredible opportunity for the small sight acquisition program. in fact, even though we are celebrating 86 units here, we know that number one, we have almost -- we have acquired almost 300 unit so far through this program, there's another 110 in the pipeline, which is absolutely incredible. i am really excited about the future of this program, but a more excited about the 600 million-dollar affordable housing bond on the ballot this november. [applause] because it also provides us with an opportunity to acquire more property. i see randy shot in the back. thank you for coming. we just open the doors to the bristol hotel. another incredible site here in the tenderloin, and we will

continue to do everything we can to ensure that our residents have a safe, affordable place to come home -- call home. nothing makes you feel better than to have a roof over your head, to have that kind of security, to know that you will be able to afford to pay your rent. this is not just about acquiring this building, this is about providing a new home for formerly homeless families, it is about providing wraparound supportive services, because we want to not only house them, we want to keep them housed. we want to make sure that they have a thriving existence while they are living in their homes, so sometimes it is just more than a home, it involves making the place feel like home and creating the kind of community that we know we can when we acquire sites like this. so i am very excited because this is like my favorite thing to do, and i think that we need to spread the word more about so many great things that we are

doing to ensure affordability for all of our residents in san francisco, and so i would like to invite you up to say a few words. he is one of the new residents of this incredible establishment come on up and say a few words. [applause] >> okay, hello, everyone. my name is richard, and i live here at 270 turk street in this building. it is really nice, yeah. i come from cambodia, and i came here quickly and settled down in

this building with my family and i feel comfortable. i am happy in this building. i have some people who are from cambodia that live here in the tenderloin, and i am so grateful for this building, for the new owners, for the tndc. everything, you know, is close, everything. i'm so happy, and i will -- i am comfortable to live in this building. thank you for everyone coming

for today. that's all i have today. [applause] thank you so much. >> thank you. rebecca foster from the san francisco housing accelerator fund. >> thank you. thank you so much. stories like yours are why we all do this work. my name is rebecca foster, i'm the c.e.o. of the san francisco housing accelerator fund and we are a nonprofit housing fund that was formed by the mayor's office and community stakeholders like many of you who are in the room. our job is to innovate smart approaches to housing finance that put public, private and philanthropic money to work to fund affordable housing.

we were created to support important and ambitious projects just like this one. we are a nonprofit developer like our awesome partners at tndc. we are working every day to protect affordable housing, but they don't always have the right funding when they need it. when tndc approached us with this project, we immediately understood its importance. a chance to save 86 units and protect 72 current residents in the heart of the tenderloin in an old, beautiful historic building. we knew that if these residents would be displaced, and many of them are long-term teachers, nurses assistance, technicians, restaurant workers, they would likely not find another home that they could afford in san francisco. to purchase 270 turk, tndc needed $24 million. about 18 million to buy the building, which is still a lot, and about $6 million for improvements to ensure that the building continues to provide a

very safe and healthy place for all of the residents to call home. our partners in the mayor's office and the great team there will be able to come through with a long-term -- with the long-term funding for this building, but they didn't have the funds ready in 60 days at tndc needed to compete with market rate buyers to save this building. deals that are over $10 million are often nonstarters for most lenders, but at the housing accelerator fund, we pride ourselves in being a creative and flexible lender, and even for us, $24 million is very significant, but we knew how important this was, his we rolled up our sleeves and sprinted to raise $50 million in additional capital in a few months, working with the mayor's office, and then working with the mayor's office tndc and the department for housing -- for homelessness and supportive housing where we structure the partnership that the mayor referenced that is really the first of its kind so that we cannot only prevent the

displacement of the current residents here, would also open up 24 units over the next few years so that individuals currently experiencing homelessness can also have really quality homes in this building. and not only is that the right thing to do and an amazing way to use the money, it also helped be the piece of the puzzle that helps the financial issue work. we are thrilled that we could step into support tndc and work with the mayor's office of housing and community development to get this project across the finish line. this is really hard work. deals like this happened really quickly and other small sights projects and they require very significant capital resources and a high level of collaboration and creativity and persistence, which is exactly why mayor breed continues to bring together such diverse coalitions of funders like ours to support much-needed

preservation of affordable housing. some of those partners are here. partners lake city community development, thank you, dignity health, the san francisco foundation, just recently the betty ferguson foundation, and tipping point communities. we can't do this work without all of those partners, and that -- we have been able to over the last two years deploy $100 million to enable the preservation and construction of 417 permanently affordable deals -- permanently affordable units. a very complicated transaction, but like this one at the barcelona apartment projects that are way too important to walk away from. to keep it critical, we are working with the mayor to raise $50 million more in philanthropic and mission aligned capital so when nonprofit developers like tndc and the city need a trusted partner for the comp looks project like this, we can continue to stand at the ready. thank you. [applause]

>> think, rebecca. thank you, mayor, for your partnership. i want to close with a few observations about why this is so important to tndc and to our community and the tenderloin. the tenderloin, like so much of san francisco, is gentrifying, and there has been a long-standing fear dating back to the seventies that the tenderloin would someday not to be affordable to people with low incomes. when we buy a property like 270 turk street, one of the things that is really important about it is the fact that it is no longer owned by a for-profit. i want to break that down a little bit in terms of the way rent control works in san francisco. of course, under rent control, rent can only go up so much for an existing tenant, however, when a tenant voluntarily vacates, not is displaced, voluntarily vacates, that unit's rent can float up to market. that means that the next

occupant will be higher income household. one can see that when one looks at the rent roll of barcelona apartments, and 80 or so people who live here, the people who moved in recently are paying a lot more rent than the people who moved in ten or 15 or 20 years ago. the key for us is that, number one, tndc can consider -- we consider ourselves forever owners, so we intend to own this property in perpetuity, and when somebody moves out voluntarily, we won't raise the rent to market. we will essentially freeze the rents and the incomes of the people living here now for future occupants for generations so over time, this will become more and more and more affordable housing. it is a key part of the strategy of the tenderloin housing clinic , the tndc, and a lot of groups here to keep the tenderloin affordable for a group of people with low income.

with that, we have a unit open on the seventh floor and i want to welcome people to go open -- go up to see it. i don't know if you want to take questions, mayor, or if anyone wants to comment. >> no. okay. thank you so much. i really appreciate your being here. thank you for joining us, mayor. [applause] >> my apartment burned down 1.5

years ago in noba. my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below market rate program, got my certificate, and started applying and won the housing lottery. this particular building was brand-new, and really, this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. and i came to the open house here, and there were literally hundreds of people looking at the building. and i -- in my mind, i was, like, how am i ever going to

possibly win this? and i did. and when you get that notice that you want, it's surreal, and you don't really believe it, and then it sinks in, yeah, i can have it, and i'm finally good to go; i can stay. my favorite thing about my home, although i miss the charm about the old victorian is everything is brand-new. it's beautiful. my kitchen is amazing. i've really started to enjoy cooking. i really love that we have a gym on-site. i work out four days a week, and it's beautiful working outlooking out over the courtyard that i get to look at. it was hard work to get to the other side, but it's well worth it. i'm super grateful to the mayor's office of housing for having this for us. >> all right. good morning, everybody.

is this working? what a beautiful day in san francisco. you know, if you go to city hall, it is so packed. everybody is celebrating 8-8. we're here and going to be celebrating this new project. i am the director of public works here at the city of san francisco. i want to thank you all for coming out our chief and mayor for coming to celebrate this milestone. this facility will be a facility that will serve our first responders and we are very excited about it. just last week around the corner we celebrated the new deployment facility and that is a project that will be completed in 2021. that project also is going

really well. then today we are celebrating another capital infrastructure project here in the bayview. this job is not only about serving our first responders, but will also give a lot of people from the community jobs. it will be able to give a lot of our contractors an opportunity to participate in bringing supplies. of course make our city more resilient. it's also been one of several projects that the southeast sector of our city has been benefitting from. just in the last two years or so we finished the medical examiner's building, the two shops for large and small vehicles are right around the corner. coming up soon is the new southeast community center. so a lot of good opportunities here, and it's great that the partnership that we have with all the contractors and all the

city departments, that we're all working together to really improve san francisco. as you all know, today is very, very special because it's the traffic company and forensic services division that will be in this site. the building itself is going to be over 100,000 square feet and 100,000 square feet is huge. it's two storeys as you can see. more than three quarters of this lot will be a building with a two-storey building. we're invited about that. inside the building will be many labs that would be used to help solve crimes. also our motorcycle police department, they will have their vehicles here but we'll also have offices for them so that they can do their administrative duties, which is highly essential because now they're spread all over the place. this building will change that. this building will also be a

high-tech building. our crews have been working very hard. as you see this pile of dirt behind us, right after this ground breaking, next week we'll be levelling it out. all that dirt actually is going to be on site here. this area is a little bit of a low land, so we're going to be increasing it by 2 or 3 feet high. so we're keeping the dirt. we're recycling. as you know, our city leads the nation in recycling. we're following a lot of the building technologies. with that said, the team that has been working on this, i would like to say a huge thanks to clark construction, our architects, h.o.k. and m.i.i. have been on this contract. some of our subcontractors, i just want to say thank you because this new facility will

make san francisco much safer and put us into the 21st century building. isn't that a great opportunity? [ applause ]. >> i can -- there's a lot i can say because i'm excited about this building because i personally have worked in this area for over 30 years. the public works department yard is just up the street. so every day we see these changes. we're very excited. in the capital plan the mayor is putting money for us to look at more opportunities to do more projects here. with that said, i would like to call her to say a few words and thank her for our leadership. our city is changing in the right direction. let's call mayor breed and give her a big hand. mayor breed. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: thank you. mohamed is really excited about this project, isn't he? he's always excited about projects that move the city

forward in the right direction. san francisco is in earthquake territory. and it's not a matter of if but when the next big one will be prepared. so we have to be prepared. more importantly, we have to make sure that our public safety officials are in seismically safe facilities so that when they're trying to help the citizens of san francisco, they don't necessarily need help themselves. we know that the traffic division and the forensic services division are located in buildings that are not seismically safe. especially with the traffic division and motorcycles and their need to get to people and help protect people throughout san francisco, that's going to be critical. if we have a next earthquake and something happens, how are they going to get their motorcycles out? we have to start thinking about the future and ways to protect all of our citizens, especially making sure that our public

safety officials from the police and the fire department and other departments can get out there on the streets and protect and save lives. this project, along with so many other amazing projects that we've done in this city, we're headed in the right direction. the new public safety building that just opened in mission bay is absolutely incredible. the medical examiner building that just open not too far from here is amazing. station 49, the firefighters are going to get a new state-of-the-art building. we just cut the ribbon on station 5 and 21 for the fire department to make sure that our first responders have seismically safe buildings that are just really outstanding and worthy of san francisco. now, moving forward in the capital plan finally, after the voters approved a 2014 ether bond, we are finalley here breaking ground, ready to get

this building built, not only by 2021 but also on budget, right mohamed? on budget. i don't see many claps for on budget. so i just want to thank everyone who's here today with us to celebrate this milestone and just raise the profile of how significant it is to get these projects done. in fact, the voters have been really generous because through the work of the capital plan and under the leadership of our city administrator, we've been able to bring the bond for these projects forward to the voters in a responsible way, without raising property taxes. i know they usually love that. which is why in march of next year, we'll be bringing forward another bond to continue the great work that we're doing to make all of our buildings

seismically safe throughout san francisco. this is a great step in the right direction. i want to thank d.p.w. and the capital planning committee and all the contractors and people that are going to make sure that this is not only a beautiful building, but one of the most environmentally friendly buildings and it will be a safe, great place for so many people who serve our city day in and day out to work. i'm looking forward to it. i'm sure these guys behind me can't wait to use a nice bathroom for a change in a great facility. with that, i want to take this opportunity to introduce the supervisor for this district, supervisor walton. >> thank you so much, madam mayor. first of all, good afternoon and welcome to district 10. you're actually in a place that is going to be very well protected in the future in san francisco. as the mayor mentioned, we have

crime lab out here now in the district. we're going to have -- keep your fingers crossed everything goes according to plan our evidence facility. naturally we have the traffic company and forensic division that is coming right here. our district is going to be well protected, which is exciting for us. any time we can have brand new community gems that are going to be in our district, we get excited about that. so i want to thank everyone for coming out here today. i want to thank the commitment from the voters. thank the mayor for her commitment and dedication to district 10. i want to of course thank mohamed who is a constituent here in district 10 and who worked very hard to make sure that we have the opportunity to bring facilities like this here into the district. i want to thank the chief for his partnership on all the work and for looking at district 10 as a place where we can bring state-of-the-art 21st century

facilities to the district so our police and law enforcement can be a staple in the community. we're all excited that this will be here in 2021 and we look forward to all the seismically safe opportunities we're providing here in district 10. thank you all for coming to the district and thank you for being here this morning. [ applause ]. >> okay. and now let's hear from the chief of police, bill scott. he is a big partner with public works every day, 24/7, all of the partnership we have with the police department, thank you for everything that you do to support public works. thank you for everything you do for our city. welcome, chief scott. >> thank you, mohamed, and thank you for your partnership. first of all, i have a lot of people to thank here. mayor breed, your leadership and commitment to this police department and city is just off the charts. this is a long time coming and

it took vision. it took commitment. i just want to thank everybody who made this happen, beginning with the mayor and the director, all the contractors that will take part in this. the officers that are standing here behind me and onto the sides, this is for them. these are the frontline people that do the work. they keep our city safe and they deserve seismically safe facilities and facilities that are state-of-the-art as stated. we thank you for appreciating our work and your gratitude for voting to allow this to happen. this facility will not only move our department into the future, but through the advanced services that have been built into this project, we will be better able to serve our city. it will be seismically safe. our employees will be able to respond to major emergencies quickly and efficiently. and as supervisor walton said

this part of the city is excited to have us here, and we really appreciate that. our crime lab will be fully modernized to accommodate evolving technologies and employ sound scientific principles to process data. at the end of the day this is about keeping our community safe. we thank everybody for making this happen. our elected leader, the voters, the architect, the engineers, the consultants. finally, we thank you, the people of our city again for allowing us to be here and making this happen. thank you. [ applause ]. >> okay. we're going to go over to where the shovels are and we will throw a little dirt and then these contractors can get back to work. right? all right. [♪]

>> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪]

>> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone.

i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪]

>> hello, everybody. i am london breed, mayor of the city and county of san francisco , and i'm really excited to join you here today, but i tell you that no one is more excited than the parents of the kids who will be returning to school on monday. and today is an opportunity to us to really get the word out to people all over san francisco that we have thousands of kids who are returning to school on monday. we will see kids walking, we will see them by king, we will see them on buses and yes, some of them will get dropped off by

parents in their car. but ultimately, we want everyone will get around this city safely because there will be more people out on the streets now than ever before as a school began on monday. so a part of today is really about highlighting the awareness that we need people to slow down we need people to be aware. we need people to do better. we have had sadly a number of tragedies that have occurred on our city streets and we know, unfortunately, that has a lot to do sometimes with speed. we need to slow down. yes, i have asked the chief to increase citations, and to be aware in this high injury corridors, the need to make sure that there are consequences for people who are speeding, which sadly can cause tragedy.

if a pedestrian is hit by a driver at 20 miles per hour, their risk of fatality is 5%, but if that is 30 miles per hour , their risk jumps to 45%. what we don't want to continue is sadly what we see happening on our streets where we are losing far too many lives, and our most precious assets are our children, so we want to make sure that when they are moving around san francisco, going back to school, that they are safe. when i was a kid, i went to school across the street from where i lived. it used to be called -- but the name is now rosa parks elementary school. what was so cool about that is we would all just walk to school someone would walk up to my window, yell my name, there would already be three or four kids. we would get to the corner on eddie and buchanan, and then

there was a crossing guard right there to make sure that all cars stopped so we could safely get across the streets and move on our way to get to school. i never realized how valuable that was until i became an adult and i see so many kids that are out there trying to get to school. we were also taught to look both ways before crossing the street. we also have to get back to some basics. this year we have hired more crossing guards and we want to thank the folks who are joining us here today for your service and for your commitment to making sure that people get around our streets safely. we also, as i said, we have the chief here. we will be placing additional enforcement in certain areas, and so i just want to also ask drivers to do better to stop texting, to stop making phone calls, to stop making -- looking at your phones when you're driving on our streets, to slow down, and to look both ways and

to be very careful when you are navigating the streets of san francisco to follow the laws. the stop signs, the crosswalks, and all of those things are there for a reason. it is to keep all of us safe. the protected bike lanes are there to make sure that by his -- bicyclists are safe, the people walking across the streets are safe, that people are moving. this is all about safety. this is all about highlighting the need for us as a safety to do much more than we have in the past so that we can truly realize the goals of vision zero , and that is no fatalities of any kind in this city because of traffic or cars or what have you. at this time, i would like to introduce the supervisor that represents this district, represents marine at middle school where there will be a lot

of kids here first thing monday. supervisor catherine stefani. >> thank you. i love the middle school. it is so beautiful. i want to thank everyone, especially mayor breed and the students, parents, and city leadership who were able to make it out today as well as crossing guards. the most important people in the morning when we're dropping our kids off at school who really did the important work of making sure our students are safe in our communities. my son just started high school on wednesday and my daughter is starting fifth-grade next week and i dropped dominic off at high school on his first day. i insisted i did it. and besides saying to me, mom, don't say anything weird when you dropped me off, this people around, i said to him, look both ways. it is on a busy street. he is still 14 years old and still telling my child, be careful when his crossing the street considering how dangerous our streets can be. as we kick off the new school

year, as we all know, hit and runs and collisions between pedestrians and bicyclists and be at -- vehicles are way too common in san francisco. nearly every community meeting i have been to recently, neighbors have voiced support force crating safer streets and sidewalks and i definitely share this goal. it is our collective responsibility to make sure our streets and sidewalks are safe and secure for families who are walking, for those who are driving, and for those who are riding their bikes to school. we know we all have work to do when it comes to making sure our kids are safe. i know i can always do better out there when you get to a stop sign, count to three, don't open a door before looking before -- for a bicycle and always be aware, don't take calls when you were driving, just like mayor breed said. we can all do much better. i am so proud to join chief scott and his department who performed a traffic safety enforcement list earlier this

month. i am grat -- glad i didn't get a ticket. interim director mcguire who continues to work with their communities and crating safe and sustainable transportation options, and marine, who has been an advocate for students and pedestrians across our city. and of course, again, mayor breed was continue to shine a light on transit safety and has worked towards creating a safer san francisco for all of our students. as we begin our school year, let's all recommit ourselves to making our commute to and from school safer. i look forward to working with mayor breed and my colleagues on the board of supervisors, our department heads, and families and all of our school communities to further our shared vision for a safer san francisco. thank you so much. [applause]. >> thank you, supervisor. at this time, i would like to introduce our police chief, bill scott. [applause]. >> thank you, mayor. thank you. good morning, everyone. first of all, let me say thank

you to the mayor and supervisor stefani for their leadership on traffic and pedestrian safety. back-to-school is an exciting time. it is exciting, it is a lot of work and we want to start with this. slow down a little bit. slow down. the mayor mentioned it earlier. speed kills. in terms of the focus of the violations that we concentrate on the most, we are trying to get people to slow down. as the mayor stated and supervisor stefani stated, we are going to be out doing enforcement. i want to also think the mayor and the supervisor because what allows us to get better at this is the generous support of our budget this year. last year the mayor signed a budget, and this year she signed a budget that included continuing our hiring plan. what that has allowed us to do is increase the size of our traffic company and our motorcycle officers. we have at least ten more motorcycle officers then we do this time last year thanks to the mayor's leadership on the

budget and the supervisor stefani's leadership on the budget. what that means is we are able to do more enforcement and get people to slow down and save lives. what that looks like in the first six months of 2019, we have had 19 light armed forces operations, we have head sting and decoy operations, pedestrian sting and decoy operations, we have had a bike lane enforcement operation, we have initiated over 2301 vehicle traffic stops through the office of traffic safety grant operations, we have issued almost 100 citations just for holding a cell phone in your hand. i mentioned this at last year's press conference, that is a big issue for us. people driving in our city while they're talking on the cell phone or texting or distracted otherwise, and that is a big issue. will be focusing on that as well we sighted almost 75 of these operations just for citations for texting while driving, which

is very dangerous. the bottom line on this is enforcement is only one part of the puzzle. we have tom maguire up here with this -- with us, we have crossing guards, this is really a community effort and a community event. we really need the community's support and your support to get the message out. slow down, pay attention, be careful because our kids mean so much to us. save lives. thank you very much, mayor and supervisor stefani for your leadership, and thank you all for being here. [applause] >> thank you, chief. another important part of making our streets safer is improving our infrastructure. now i know that sometimes this can be a bit of a tug-of-war because we have protected bike lanes that we need to install, and sometimes that would require the removal of parking, and we have changes to the way that we need to develop our city moving forward to because because when you think about it, you know, 20

years ago, you didn't see as many people cycling, and now you have people using that as a primary mode of transportation. that is not only protecting our environment, but it is also keeping people healthy and it is also making sure that the buses are less crowded and less people are driving. so as we make these improvements to our infrastructure, the goal is safety. it is about making sure that everyone knows where they should be when they're on the road in order to keep people safe. so the m.t.a. is charged with the responsibility of helping us to reconfigure san francisco as a place that used to focus mostly on developing our streets for cars, and now it is time to develop the streets for the future and that includes cars, walking, busing, and biking in all of those things in between, his the person who is leading the m.t.a. at this time is the

acting director, tom mcguire. [applause] >> thank you for drawing the connection between the changes we see on our streets and the choices that all of us make every day about how we get around san francisco. our goal is to make everyone feel like it is safe for kids to be able to walk to school or bike to school or get to school on the bus. the 190 crossing guards will be out on the street this week. they are here with one thing in mind, that is the safety of the children of san francisco. we have been doing a lot of work this summer to prepare the city for a safe start to the school year. we read striped 90 of the crosswalks around schools around the city. we've got troopers, we got transit assistance staff who ride the bus with her high school and medicals -- middle school students to make sure they are safe as they navigate the city, and we are ready for a safe start to the school year

however you get around. the m.t.a. has got something for you to keep you safe. we are grateful for the support of the mayor and supervisor stefani. all the city's elected officials for the goal of vision zero to end traffic fatalities in the city. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you. we have a very special guest. the ladies of the westside waves are here today and speaking on behalf of the team is maureen. [applause] >> hi. my name is maureen and i am here today because five months ago on march 15th, my friend was struck by a car and died ten days later, so i have normal

memories of eighth grade. i remember my eighth grade play, spending iron -- hours on my science fair project and studding from a big math test, but i also remember coming in late to my homeroom when i saw my teacher crying. i remember my team and i knew madeline was in the hospital because she was 14 and of course, she was going to wake up i clearly remember spending my eighth grade graduation holding in my tears after her memorial because i didn't want to ruin my mascara. when someone dies, especially such a bright light like mandelman, a community suffers. and knowing she died in a way that is utterly human and utterly preventable makes it so much more heartbreaking. our city has a problem and it is killing people. with all the statistics and initiatives going around, this is easily the site of the real impact madelyn's parents, or siblings, your parents and her

teammates were left behind, trying and failing to move on. i am so grateful we have the support of so many of our city leaders. we got some of the change we asked for, but it is not enough. it will not be enough until this stops happening. we cannot lose sight of what happens -- of what matters. we have to remember what we as a city lose. we can end this. we will end this. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for really putting it into perspective of why we need to do better. so thank you to everyone who is here today. please keep in mind this is a changing city, it is a growing city. we have a lot more people who are out there on the streets, on the roads walking, so please be careful. so we also will be out there and

enforcing the rules of the road, and just keep in mind that there are a lot of people out there on the streets and your kids are out there, your mother is out there, your family members are out there, so just think about that when you are out there driving around and you get distracted by a phone call. that phone call can wait. what is so -- what is so pressing that you have to reach for your phone, which could risk the possibility of an accident, and the importance of today is really to shine a light on our need to be back here in san francisco, to make sure that not one more tragedy happens on the streets of our city. thank you all for getting the word out, thank you for being here, let's do better so that kids that are going to school on monday can have a great day and they can enjoy themselves and laugh, and play, and smile, and make it home safely to tell their parents about what an amazing first day of school they

had. thank you so much for being here [applause] valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. the first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the mission neighborhood extending from market to mission street. >> it is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. >> from 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. the mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real

necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m.t.a. to put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [♪] >> valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in san francisco. it has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. we promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. valencia is our mission -- fits our mission perfectly. our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. >> i have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. during that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing

companies. >> we have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. one of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. >> the most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. >> we kept all the passengers -- the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. >> most people aren't actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. >> half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6:00 p.m., so could be used for five-minute loading later into

the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. >> the five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. >> one of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. >> we worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. >> on this lot, there are a few schools. all these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. to address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings -- railings that channel -- channeled a designated crossing plane. >> we had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons? >> i do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school.

>> we have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the right-of-way so they can cross the roadway. this is probably one of the most unique features. >> during the planning phase, the m.t.a. came out with three alternatives for the long term project. one is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. a two-way bikeway. the third option is a center running two-way bikeway, c. would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. >> earlier, there weren't any enter lane designs in san francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for san francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that

doesn't exist already. >> with all three concepts for valencia's long-term improvement , there's a number of trade-offs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. when he think about extending this pilot or this still -- this design, there's a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. >> the pilot is great. it is a no-brainer. it is also a teaser for us. once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. >> what we're trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. the pilot project is one of our first major improvements. we will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. this fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. by spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about long-term improvements. >> i appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was

built, especially with the community workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. >> we want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. there's a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. we will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [♪]

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. when i meet with seniors in the community, they're thinking about the future. some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood that's closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. that's why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. so how does this work? prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2% growth a year. but when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value.

compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the -- which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the replacement home would likely be higher. that's where prop 60 comes in. prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the property value must be equal to or below around your replacement home. if you plan to purchase your new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your

existing home. this means that if your existing home is worth $1 million in market value, your new home must be $1 million or below. if you're looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105% of your exist egging home. which means if you sell your old home for $1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than $1.15 million. if you sell your existing home at $1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more than $1.1 million. know that your ability to participate in this program

expires after two years. you will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. so benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. just download the prop 60 form from our website and submit it to our office. for more, visit our website, sfassessor.org,

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