it was important to me that we made a change in san francisco because the same conditions that i lived in are, sadly, some of the same conditions that still exist in public housing today. so we set down this course to try and make changes. no, we didn't have the resources completely to basically start all over from scratch, but we did have an opportunity through the r.a.d. program, the rental assistance demonstration program, to really make investments now so that we can change the conditions of where people live now. that was so important. there were people who were concerned, including the residents who were skeptical about whether or not what happened in the filmore would happen in the bayview hunters point community. i too was concerned about that. in fact, the public housing development i lived in had 300

units and after it was rebuilt through hope 6 which was a whole other program before hope s.f., there were only 200 units built. so clearly, everyone was not coming back. that's why when i first started as a commissioner on the san francisco redevelopment agency and we set out on our path to try and rebuild double rock and other places, it was important to me that we did it differently than we did in the past, so that residents played a critical role in not only deciding what fixtures and windows and how they wanted their community to be, but they remained a part of their communities. so that's exactly what we did. it did require a lot of patience and moving around and a number of things. yes, again, i know that people were a little uncertain as to whether or not we would get this project done because promises have been made over the years and promises not kept.

but today a promise is kept. 439 units of affordable housing for people, for families, for this amazing community. through the r.a.d. program, we have already been able to rehabilitate more than 3,000 public housing units in san francisco. no longer are we going to treat our residents, who happen to live in public housing, differently than we treat everyone else. that's why this investment is so important. not only in rehabilitating something as simple as making sure that the windows can open, that the heater is working, that the showers are working, that there isn't opportunity for mold or other things to impact the living conditions, but free wifi. free wifi for all of the residents here so that folks have access to do job searches,

housing searches, or anything else that anyone else could do in our great city. so i am really happy and excited to be here because this is a new day in san francisco. part of what my goal is to not only change the physical conditions of our community, but to make sure that we take care of these communities and we take care of each other. because we are one community, we're one san francisco. sadly, we have lost so much over the years due to violence, due to hopelessness and frustration. part of my commitment to communities all over the san francisco that feel neglected, that feel like they're forgotten and not necessarily a part of san francisco is that i'm coming to your neighborhood. i'm coming to make sure that we make the right kinds of investments, that we provide job

opportunities or opportunities for you to start your own businesses, that we make sure that we are taking care of kids in this community. in fact, our investments in our public school system has been one that's unprecedented. over $80 million of investments, including additional teachers' stipends so that we can focus on teacher retention in schools that serve this community. making sure when our kids are dealing with trauma, that we have mental health experts in our public schools. my commitment is to make sure that there are wellness centers in every public school in san francisco. it starts with our kids. it starts with taking care of each other. it starts with developing a new generation of hope for san francisco. so this project is so much more than just rehabilitating units.

it's really changing a community and making things better now and for the future. it starts with us and we're in this together. we're going to get there one step at a time. i want to thank the john stewart company, mayor's office of housing, bank of america, and who else was part of this project? related. thank you. it means a lot to have incredible partners. we don't do this work alone. but most importantly, i want to thank the people who live here, who trusted us to make this happen, who work with us every step of the way. it means a lot to have the support and trust of a community in order to get things done. that's exactly what we were able to accomplish through this amazing project together. so congratulations. this is just the beginning of i know more that's get to come. thank you.

[ applause ]. >> that's what i'm talking about. mayor, you're so good at that. you're just flying without notes. i'm hanging on to these things for dear life. we do the work, but that's the leadership that gets it done. thank you also for the $23 million in local financing and rent subsidies that made this effort possible. [ applause ]. >> and your unwavering support for affordable housing and ending homeless in our city. >> [ indiscernible ] -- >> i'm about to do it. okay. that's what i was going to say. most recently the leadership, in the form of the proposed $600 million housing bond, which we are going to pass in november, okay. [ applause ]. >> thanks also and a shout out to our current supervisor for his ongoing leadership around

the housing issues in district 10. thank you. supervisor walton. our next speaker is bill witty, chairman and c.e.o. of related california. one of california's largest developers of affordable and mixed-income housing. since founding this company 30 years ago, bill has overseen the development of 16,000 residences, including over 12,000 affordable housing units and he has more than 5,000 units in development. he is a busy guy. earliest this year also completed the rehab of another r.a.d. cluster, 300 units. it's my pleasure to my friend and colleague bill witty up to say a few things. bill. >> thank you, jack. it's a pleasure to be involved with a company, john stewart company, who has not only been a

stalwart provider of affordable housing for years, but close friends of mine. i'm particularly pleased that john stewart is here because i'm no longer the oldest person in the room. cheap shot. sorry. i have to tell you, i've been involved in affordable housing in the public and private sector for 40 years. i'm pretty familiar with what's going on around the country. there is no mayor in the united states who has spent more energy and effort to ensure that public housing is given new life and upgraded and become part of the community than mayor breed. we should acknowledge that. it doesn't get the attention that it should. you heard why, but we don't read about that so much. it's really a story that needs to be told. i just want to say that this is great. i appreciate the residents' patience in letting this process

unfold. but we expect to be judged not just by how it is today, but how with jack and david sobel, how we are as long-term partners and owners. so the story is, as the mayor said, just beginning. i can assure you that it will remain a good story. this housing, just so everybody is clear, is permanently affordable. it's not just affordable for 10 or 20 years. this will always be high-quality affordable. [ applause ]. >> i want to thank some people who were operating in the weeds to make this all happen, starting with under the mayor's guidance the mayor's office of housing, dan abrams and his staff who have been involved in all of these around the city. mayor's office of housing

technically didn't used to be around public housing. they've taken over the task and done a remarkable job under the guidance of the mayor. the contractors who spent a lot of time and energy to make sure that we got the rehabilitation right. nibby brothers, cahil construction who worked on east-west deserve a lot of credit. mimi sullivan who is the architect. while you couldn't change the buildings that much, a lot of time and effort was spent on designing the interior of these buildings so, as the mayor said, these would be market-rate quality units, not just for the short term but for the long term. then our own staff at related. our project manager andrew

sccofar in the back and our northern california affordable group. as i said, this isn't the last you're going to see or hear from us. i expect to hear from you if you think that there's something that warrants attention. finally another prop a plug. don't just clap. you got to vote. show up and vote for prop a. thank you. [ applause ]. >> show up and vote, bill, because i think your call to me involved a very large check as well. donate as well. he left that part out, but feel free. bill, i hate to break it to you. when john arrived, you were not only the oldest guy, but not quite the funniest guy either. john, we're going to give credit where it's due. bill, thank you, very well said. next up is another of our

co-developers and the lead provider of supportive services for our residents here at hunters point east-west in westbrook. david sobel is the c.e.o. of the housing development corporation. a 31-year-old community-based non-profit located here in bay view, hunters point. over the last six years david has assembled support and staff. under his leadership, the organization has grown from four people to a staff of 30, which provides housing development, preservation, financial empowerment, counselling, supportive services, economic development opportunities to over 5,000 low and moderate income residents every year. also well-known, at least to me as an accomplished jazz, blues, and rock keyboardist, but you'll have to go to their annual gala to hear that, please help me welcome david sobel. [ applause ]. >> by the way, the board of directors did my performance

review last night. it would have been great if you were there. good morning, everyone. we are indeed proud to have partnered with such an auspicious team that others are mentioning in name and i will save time and not repeat everything. it has been extremely gratifying to take part in and witness a transformation of extremely dilapidated housing, turning it into safe, comfortable homes for families that remain affordable in perpetuity. but it is also about more than just the housing here. the city has the great foresight to ensure that there was workforce development and onsite service connection to make sure residents have at their doorstep access to other resources. we are proud to have partnered with hunters point family. dev mission on the stem program that we have initiated across

the sites here, all of whom are doing fantastic work and enhancing what resources are available to residents every day. i want to call out our services team, an amazing group of people, some of whom are here today. even if they're not, they deserve some recognition. [ applause ]. >> this team is fantastic. you show up every day doing challenging work and being a big support to residents. we cannot talk about services without acknowledging hodc who every day, week, and month are pushing, supporting, and guiding our programs, as they should. thank you for that.

finally, these past five years are not about all of us speaking today. it's about the residents who endured decades of deplorable conditions. five years of hard work is great. but the people who live here suffered through much longer hardships. that's what this project is really about. developing community, bringing onsite services, engaging with residents, having a long-term vision with our city partners and everybody up here and all the residents, that has been the most rewarding part. we have really appreciated the positive impact of walking hand in hand with residents every day. learning from them. they hold us accountable, and we've appreciated that as well. at the very beginning of this project, five years ago or so, when we went to our initial meetings, the residents said this is a ploy to kick us out. they said, you're going to raise

our rents. we didn't. they said, you're not really going to renovate these buildings. we did. you're not really going to have services onsite. we did. this was founded to help people stay in san francisco, remain in their homes, communities, schools, businesses, congregations, and that's what this project is about as well. thank you for all of your support all around. the resident leadership especially, we've enjoyed working with you. i know we're going to hear from one of the resident leaders. thank you all. it is our pleasure to be with you here today. [ applause ]. >> well said. it really does make one think that how -- while certain leaders in washington seem to be doing their best to pull our country apart, here in san francisco we are doing our best

to reknit these properties into the fabric of our communities and neighborhoods. we are doing our best to now bring the san francisco housing authority itself more directly into the family of city agencies that work closely with mohcd and the other agencies at the city to provide affordable housing. and the kind of work we do here as david so eloquently articulated, to just bring people together, reintegrate things, and really fight back against the forces that are trying to pull us all apart. thank you, david. well said. while it probably goes without saying, that's when i say it anyway. none of this can happen without money, lots of it. for that, we in the city turn to bank of america, merril lynch. they have been key to our

success. we're talking about over three-quarters of a billion dollars in debt and equity for the program. here at hunters point, they provided over $150 million in construction financing and over $120 million tax credit equity as well as funding for residents during construction. we went to bank of america for funding because that's where the money was. they were ready to put it to good use. to paraphrase elanie, where is the money at, that's where i'm going. okay. i didn't get it quite right. you can school me later. don't beat box it? okay. i get a little carried away sometimes. anyway, back to the script. it gives me great pride to introduce a proud resident of san francisco herself, liz minik.

>> these are always hard acts to follow. thank you so much for having us today. bank of america was founded in this amazing city in 1904. two years after, we had one of our largest earthquakes. at the time bank of italy at the time spent most of their resources getting people back in their homes. housing has always been integral to what we do. that's when the call to action and rehabilitating the 3500 units around our city came, we were so delighted and honoured to provide $2.2 billion. so $2.2 billion in financing for the san francisco r.a.d. program. as has been said, this is all about the residences. this is ensuring that people can be in the homes that everyone deserves. again, thank you so much for having us today. i will continue with a thanks for our great partners related,

john stewart, and san francisco housing development. our wonderful team who has worked tireless over the last six and seven years to get this done. mayor breed, we couldn't have done this without our leadership. thank you. [ applause ]. >> $2 billion doesn't go as far as it used to, but it adds pick up. the engagement and support of our residents was absolutely crucial to our success. i'd therefore like to acknowledge quickly and thank all the officers for our three tenant associations at the three different sites, many of whom are with us today. susan mcallister, renitia raina,

elise minor, ivan sepulona. those are all from the east association. from the west we have joe nyamalaga, ronald anderson. and from the other associations we have many people as well. thank you all. it takes a lot of work. you're volunteers. you're out there helping the residents organize and bring issues to us. you're keeping us honest, committed, and engaged. we appreciate the partnership that that represents. speaking on behalf of the residents today is renée, as i mentioned earlier, president of

the westbrook tenant association. she's a passionate community leader who encourages and assists residents in advocating for their own best interests. born in the bay area, she takes great pride in engaging and helping her community, understands the challenges of the residents, has a strong commitment to educational values, and her skill and compassion make her both a voice and a beacon of hope for the residents. it is my pleasure to have renée mangdangle to the stage. >> hi, everybody. thank you, mayor breed. i would like to thank related, john stewart company, of course my tenant association. yesterday was my birthday, 9/11.

anyways, i'm kind of nervous. i'm not much of a speaker. anyway. this building came a long way. i come from the peninsula, and when i came in here it was like pulling teeth. i did not want to move here, but i did. made the best out of it. i became a community leader. and hunters point west with marlene harris, she hired me to be event planner and personal chef for all three sites. then i met hunters point east and of course westbrook residents at that time. i just want to thank everybody. thank you. [ applause ]. >> you're following the sage advice of roosevelt, be sincere, brief, and be seated.

you're going to go far in politics. anyway, this is short and sweet. we want to spend time listening to some more music, touring apartments, having some food, breaking bread together. i want to thank again all the distinguished speakers. i want to do a special shout-out to our technology program partners for the wifi, the training, et cetera, here at this site. it includes the city's department of technology, monkey brains, dev mission who's been mentioned, the community tech network, microsoft, you've heard of them, adobe. they all pitched in on the technology side. we appreciate it. there are so many companies and public agencies that have contributed their time, energy, and hard work to making these properties a success. i wish i had time to recognize them all. i can't. time is short. i'm going to name a few, sort of

speed recognition. our architects, our general contractors did an amazing job renovating and breathing new life into these communities. thank you. i'm going to repeat a few thanks that came up earlier. from the city and county of san francisco thanks -- [ indiscernible ]. from the john stewart company itself, i want to shout out to our founder and chairman john stewart himself, margaret miller, dan lavine, jenny collins. and our former project manager adam levine who came from east bay to see the fruits of his labors. i want to say hi to many of those who couldn't be here

[ indiscernible ] -- thanks to michael mincus and thanks to all the other people who contributed their time and energy to this impressive effort. so that's it. thanks for coming. please stay for food in the community room, tours of apartments, more music. so if i could just get the speakers all to follow. [♪] >> i have been living in san francisco since 1957. i live in this area for 42

years. my name is shirley jackson, and i am a retirement teacher for san francisco unified school district, and i work with early childhood education and after school programs. i have light upstairs and down stairs. it's been remodelled and i like it. some of my floors upstairs was there from the time i built the place, so they were very horrible and dark. but we've got lighting. the room seems lighter. they painted the place, they cemented my back yard, so i won't be worried about landscaping too much. we have central heating, and i like the new countertops they

put in. up to date -- oh, and we have venetian blinds. we never had venetian blinds before, and it's just cozy for me. it meant a lot to me because i didn't drive, and i wanted to be in the area where i can do my shopping, go to work, take the kids to school. i like the way they introduced the move-in. i went to quite a bit of the meetings. they showed us blueprints of the materials that they were going to use in here, and they gave us the opportunity to choose where we would like to stay while they was renovating. it means a lot. it's just that i've been here

so long. most people that enjoyed their life would love to always retain that life and keep that lifestyle, so it was a peaceful neighborhood. the park was always peaceful, and -- i don't know. i just loved it. i wanted to be here, and i stayed. as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪

our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flower es, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is

idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps u.s us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. ♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it.

>> i think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it. i think it goes back to asking people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us it's not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, it's really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead. >> people are very respectful. i can show you this year alone of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii or asian or we are this. what should we wear? what do you recommend that we do? >> they say oh, you know, we want a four day of the dead and it's all hybrid in this country. what has happened are paper

cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of tim times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change

incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric. families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many

different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and son sofa millial. >> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue rescue it also. that's what makes it unique. >> you have to know how to approach this changing situation, it's exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. >> what's happening in mission and the relationship with the police, well it's relevant and it's relevant that people think about it that day of the dead is not just sugar skulls and paper

flowers and candles, but it's become a nondenominational tradition that people celebrate. >> our culture is about color and family and if that is not present in your life, there is just no meaning to it you know? >> we have artists as black and brown people that are in direct danger of the direct policies of the trump a administration and i think how each of the artists has responsibilitie responded ss interesting. the common >> welcome everyone. [applause.] we are pleased this afternoon to get started on this big project in front of us. we are going to be having some

seismic upgrades, a new elevator, we have a two story building wit out an elevator. we will have that for patients and staff. we are happy to have the mayor, supervisor, director of health, director of primary care, finance guy. you can't do things without the finance. we are happy he is here. our patient advisory committee is here. of course, several members of maxine hall's family are with us today. this work honors who she was in this community, a leader and we want to keep that work going caring for the people in the community. we are excited about the project and i want to welcome mayor

breed, who grew up in this neighborhood. please join us. [applause.] >> mayor breed: thank you. first of all, hello, hello. this is somebody taped the microphone. i am going to hold it like this to make sure everybody can hear me. you grew up in the neighborhood. in fact i spent a lot of time at ben franklin middle school where that is when i was a handful. i turned out okay. all is good. just remember when any of you are working with the young kids that are a handful, you never know what is going to happen. it could be someone who just really surprises you and becomes all you ever dreamed they could be. that is the spirit of today and the spirit of maxine hall. i am excited to be here. we have incredible community

treasures that are forgotten. the work we have to do to make sure this clinical was prioritized in the 2016 bond to help address disparities in communities around clinics and healthcare and support was a lot of work. to arrive at this occasion, and i can think about, you know, so many amazing leaders in the community who photo help take care of our kids, seniors to provide resources and services, and maxine hall represented that. that was the work she did her entire life for this community. why it is be fitting her legacy carries on through the health clinic supporting those vulnerable in the community. we want to know why it is called

maxine hall in the first place but more important the lady behind what made it is a community. thank you again. yes, this is happening. this is happening no more moving up the stairs real slow, no more helping to carry people who can't walk up the stairs. we are finally going to get an elevator in this place. let me tell you. an elevator may not sound like much to some people. when you don't have one and don't have one that works right like we did at the cultural center before we redid the elevator when people got stuck in there. an elevator is everything. today we break ground on really what will be an incredible facility. thinking about the needs of the patients that this clinic supports, thinking about the fact that, yes, there are people

that have challenges with behavioral health and need a safe place to go to in the community with people who they trust that they could talk to. i see a lot of the staff on the sidelines of people who work to keep this place running every single day. thank you so much for your dedication to the community, for your compassion and work and your patience as we provide the important services that our city needs. we also need to have the important conversations around getting rid of the stigma attached to seeking out help for those who are mentally ill. people suffering with depression and sometimes dementia and not sure what to do, and making sure we have places family members can access to get people help and support and treatment they need. this has been an amazing facility, and people here have

made do with what they have, but now it is time to get something better. better exam rooms to meet the needs of the patients, nicer bathrooms with new fixtures and water that works. making sure the little things and how people feel about walking in the facility changes because it is going to be a new facility, but it is important people understand this is about the people that access this facility every day, whether they work here or they use the facility for various things or they come by to pick up healthy fruits and vegetables and the great things and programs that maxine hall has offered for so many years. protecting and supporting this vital community resource is critical to the success of the future of the city. i am happy to be here today. all is not lost, when this

facility closes to be done on time and on budget, we have a temporary location near the community center. we will make sure that folks in this community know that is the case. just because a facility is shut down doesn't mean the business can't continue. the business of the people in serving this community has to continue. i want to thank the staff for their flexibility and the community for their patience. i want to introduce your supervisor brown who worked as ad for me when we were fighting for the fight that places in our community especially maxine hall need priority and in city bureaucracy years from 2016 2016 passing the bond and preparing and getting the project ready to

2019 breaking ground, not bad in city bureaucracy years. [applause.] >> ladies and gentlemen, your supervisor vallie brown. >> commissioner brown: thank you for coming. i want to thank a few people. department of public health, thank you for pushing to make sure this happened in a way that cares about the community. i want to thank the san francisco health network, department of public works. i recorded when you said, yes, ma'am, we will have that done. i will keep playing the recording to you. mayor's office of disability. reverend brown and the naacp was very instrumental and the community center and of course our mayor london breed.

[applause.] you know, when i first started really getting involved in the neighborhood, it was over 20 years ago as a neighborhood activist. i remember someone telling me the story, and this is maybe 12, 13 years ago. about maxine hall. they said you need to know this story if you are going to be an activist. when i heard the story and the kind of woman she was and the kind of fighter for the community. it gave me that kind of passion to do more. when i found out her tragic how she tragically died and how the community said we are never going to forget her and making sure that she was never forgotten in the work she did. she was vessel less. i'm sure her family will have stories to tell you about how selfless she was. she was a community organizer

and activist. for me that gave me a path forward of how i should push forward, how i should never take no for an answer. it also is personal for me. with the center opening, you grew up in utah. half native-american, on and off reservations my whole life growing up. we never had healthcare, ever. if i ripped open my knee i went to the vet to get it sewed up because it was cheaper. when i was 14 and my mother turned 40 she passed away with undiagnosed diabetes. she had no idea. i think if we had a maxine hall is along the path of our journey she could have gotten a checkup. she never got a check up. she could have had that checkup

and that she would have probably, you know, lived on. her life was cut short at 40 years old. when i think about healthcare and i think about healthcare for all and justice, i feel that this is something that i fight for every day because it is personal to me. i want to thank doctor james for all of the work you do because i know it is not easy. [applause.] and your amazing staff. i have a quick story. when we were looking for a space to spring some trailers so maxine hall would not close down, there was one area we were looking at. i won't tell you where. we got a huge push back from the community. i said why? this is amazing. we got a push back. they didn't want it. i worked with mayor breed and we

said let's take it right in the community of maxine hall? we went to the ellie hill hutch community around there and i have to tell you everyone was excited and said, yes, bring the trailers here so services will continue. i want to thank the community for being open when we need those kind of direction to make sure that everyone gets service. thank you everyone for coming on this lovely day. [applause.] >> we want the teens coming over, especially rowdy ones. bring them along. we want to acknowledge james. we learned a lot from him. roland pickens who helped us as

well. [applause.] >> i want to welcome grant colfax to the stage. doctor colfax was a resident at maxine hall. i want to say one of our loungest serving staff member is tanya thompson. she has been here for 30 years. she started at the age of four. (laughter). >> she was one of the people who welcomed doctor colfax when he came as a resident. she had him seeing patients from the get-go. thank you for being here. >> good afternoon, thank you for being here for this exciting day. mayor breed i would like to thank you and your leadership for making this help, supervisor brown thank you, muhammad you

are crucial. i want to thank roland pickens and the team and staff at the clinic who do the work every day. i came back a couple weeks ago. i was here as a resident in 19 1994. the remarkable dedication that everybody has to the community and, most importantly, to the patients that get the care they need. the work around integrating mental health with physical healthcare, the fact there is a methadone clinic add join -- add joining this clinic. i think tha that is the legacy f maxine hall and this click. now we will turn the -- the clinic hasn't changed in terms

of the physical piece. where you get care and what it looks like. healthy environments, positive spaces improve mental health. help peak struggling with substance abuse. decreased stress. i am excited to see what we can do here in 14 months on time and budget. let's get going. thank you. (applause). >> i think we have the director who is going to say a few words. >> thank you to the health department. we have developed a very great long-standing partnership. we have delivered many projects

together. of course, the biggest one we have projects in the southeast, south center coming up, renovations. we are excited on this project. we are doing pretty much everything. the project management, construction management, architecture is all going to be done by the public works staff. we are excited to work on that. the funding as you heard the mayor say came from the 2016 public health and safety bond, which is very important. i want to thank the voters for making that funding available to us. i think some of the key elements you heard about having an elevator makes a huge difference. we will get a new elevator and make the building seismically safe. in the event of an earthquake or

disaster the building will be operational for 72 hours or more. new consultation rooms when people come to use the facility, larger exam rooms, everything with the funding we are excited about. i would like to thank our project team and all of the staff from public works for working so hard to get us here and the contractors working on. the engineers are going to make sure we deliver the project in the 14 months. that would be winter of 2020. i am excited and i hope it gets done on time and on budget. thank you very much. [applause.] >> we want to hear from one of our patients. our patient advisers are a group

of people who bring wisdom to us. we are grateful for their work. we want to hear from them. this is a pamphlet for patients to best access their care. it was thoughtfully done. we give this to all patients. thank you for being our patient today. >> thank you, doctor james. i have been a patient here good years. i receive the best care. i have been to a number of other clinics. this is above all of them by far. i work with the central city which may or bleed knows about.

i have been there for about 10 years, i am a housing peer counselor. i am also on the gourd for the pack committee and new member of the city-wide pack team. also, i have been on the sro task force for six years. the clinic, remodel is something that we have desperately needed. inches i have been on the board for the past two years. every meeting is about the remodel work. we are glad to see it finally coming together.

thank you. >> we have to have the raffle. marty made all of this come together. her mother is a talented artist who put together the pieces for us. ms. charlene hill, who is maxine's daughter. [applause.] >> this is rosalyn frazier. [applause.] we grew up together.

>> matthew rothschild. (applause). >> one question for people. what is 1181 golden gate. who can tell me what that is? >> the new location for the clinic. >> that is where we will be for the next 14 months. visit us there as well. we are counting on our patients to be with us. we will have you back in 14 months and two days for the celebration. he is bringing champagne so don't miss it. here we go. five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause.]

[>> 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. cut. >> we are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. a place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and it's beautiful and it's been completely redone and been a gathering place for this community. >> i have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. that is not a joke. i live in an apartment building three floors up and i have potted plants and have dreamt the

whole time i have lived there to have some ability to build this dirt. >> let me tell you handout you -- how to build a community garden. you start with a really good idea and add community support from echo media and levis and take management and water and sun and this is what we have. this is great. it's about environment and stewardship. it's also for the -- we implemented several practices in our successes of the site. that is made up of the pockets like wool but they are made

of recycled plastic bottles. i don't know how they do it. >> there is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through golden community garden. we have it right in the middle of . >> good morning. friday morning. yay. the meeting will come to order. this t