>> 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

>> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively.

the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public

education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can

look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every

weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i

remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader.

sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed

i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful.

>> welcome, everyone. thank you for being here and coming out to the outer terra veil for this really exciting and important announcement about affordable housing in the sunset district. i am supervisor gordon mar and -- these six units here are a very small addition to the city 's overall affordable housing stock for the sunset. today it represents a

significant turning point. in the last 10 years, before i was elected supervisor, there has not been a single acquisition or rehab, and only 21 units of affordable housing have been built here in the sunset. by far the lowest of any district. and during that same time, we have lost 479 rent-controlled units in our neighborhood. behind these statistics are the stories of hundreds of longtime sunset resident seniors and families who have been forced out of their homes, forced out of their neighborhoods and many cases forced out of our city. they are facing the very real threat that they would become the next victims of the housing crisis and the next statistics. so in my first six months in office, my staff and i have really scoured for affordable

housing opportunities in a built out neighborhood where new development opportunities are very rare, it families are rapidly getting priced out and displaced. when i saw taraval on the market , a six unit apartment building housing mostly immigrant seniors, i knew the city needed to step in. there were many challenges and we met incredible resistance. the west side lacks development capacity and resources are often focused on newer and shinier projects in other neighborhoods, but over the past six months, my office has worked closely with the mayor and her staff and the mayor's office of housing. we have engaged the nonprofit housing organization specifically met, the mission economic development agency who has the most experience through the small sites acquisition

strategy, and also the housing accelerator fund to put this deal together. we are so excited that they were able to close and take ownership of this apartment building through the small sights program a few weeks ago. i really want to thank all of the partners that we work together with to make this happen. even though the sunset is known for single-family homeowners this neighborhood here in the outer taraval has historically been a frontier of affordability , a real working class working-class enclave with small apartment buildings. it has since been undergoing dramatic changes with fewer affordable and neighborhood serving businesses, and more luxury condos being built, like the ones right here which were just sold last year for $1.3 million each. the tenants here have been for

decades -- have been here for decades in our neighborhood and they have witnessed the spiraling change. for the small sights program, we have secured a formal housing for their families so they need no longer worry about their future in the sunset in our cit. the work must continue and i'm committed to future small acquisitions here in the sunset district, as well as 100% affordable housing development like the educator housing project going up into outer judah, and really just pursuing every creative solution we can find to address the housing affordability crisis impacting so many moderate and low-income residents, seniors, families, and everyone here in our neighborhood and in our city. i really wanted to thank mayor breed for her partnership and her support on making this project happen and for her strong leadership on addressing the housing affordability crisis city wide. i wanted to invite mayor breed

to speak while spas. >> thank you. thank you, supervisor mar. thank you for doing the hard work of identifying the location and seeing that this could potentially have ended differently then what we are experiencing today. this is the kind of leadership we need to make sure that we are coming together, working together to preserve affordable housing in san francisco. and sometimes it feels easy to focus on new development, but we also have to remember where san francisco was such a special place in the first place. it is because of people who make up the fabric of these incredible neighborhoods. people like these people who have raised their families here. folks who have raised their children and grandchildren and generations of people who make up what we know is one of the best cities in the world. and part of the challenges that we are experiencing now around

affordability has a lot to do with not producing enough housing, but also neglect of our existing residents who are struggling. and this is part of our plan. preservation of existing affordable housing has to be just as important as building new affordable housing in our city. the small sites acquisition program is just an incredible, incredible opportunity to do just that. yes, it may seem like six units is small, but just think about what six units means to the families who live here. who had this bill -- had this building been purchased, they may not have been able to continue to live here. this is an opportunity to not only protect the existing community that is here, but to maintain affordability on this building permanently. that is what our small sites acquisition program has done to

date. we have been able to preserve 278 units in 34 buildings, with 110 more units in the pipeline and another 12 buildings and that has been absolutely incredible. supervisor mar has been a champion for this program and identifying properties all over our district. i want to give a shout out for supervisor sandy fewer who is also really helping to push and highlight this program, which has led to us adding an additional $75 million to help with small sites acquisition in the entire city, and we will continue to make the kinds of investments that are going to make this program even better. i also have to say that we have a 600 million-dollar affordable housing bond on the ballot. without raising property taxes, and it provides opportunity for low and middle income residents. the opportunity to actually do

more small sites acquisition purchases, so just be on the lookout for that because that will be critical to the success of housing production in san francisco. we so appreciate the fact that this was really about a partnership. with supervisor mar and his leadership, working with meta, working with the housing accelerator fund because the city moves so slow, that we need partners who can instantly put up the cash, but we don't have to miss out on an incredible opportunity like that. i really want to thank all of you here today because it really did take a village to make this incredible project possible, and i am just happy to have played a small role in the success of what we know are going to be even more projects in this community that will allow for families to remain in their homes and to continue to afford to live in an expensive place like san francisco. more work to do, but today is a great start. [applause] >> thank you so much again,

mayor breed. now i wanted to introduce two of the tenants who live here at 3534 taraval. mr. and mrs. lee. my wife, cecelia and i first met them when we came out to the building and talked to tenants about their situation and the possibility of turning the building into permanently affordable housing through this program six months ago. i really appreciate mr. and mrsd commitment to working with us and actually working with the other tenants here to make this happen. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

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[applause] >> voice of translator: we have lived in this apartment at 3534 taraval street for over 25 years and we have lived in san

francisco for over 30 years. we are grateful for supervisor mar and london breed for choosing this building for the program. we have been worried about losing our housing and couldn't sleep at night since the building was for sale in the market last year. we are happy to know that san francisco has a small sights program. we are grateful for organizations like meta- and self-help for the oral -- elderly for taking care of us and we enjoyed living in the sunset where the state -- we can stay and shop chinese businesses , and there are places to walk. it's important that san francisco supports seniors and people on fixed incomes. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you for sharing our story. we are also very happy and excited that you and mr. lee and all the other tenants here are going to be able to continue to live in our community and in our neighborhood and in our city

through this small sites acquisition. now i want to introduce johnny oliver from meta-. they have been the leading organization working with the mayor's office on developing the small sites strategy and the small sights program and they have been such a great partner and we are excited that they are now going to be owning and managing this property. [applause] >> my name is johnny oliver, admission economic develop and agency. this is our 24th small sites acquisition that we have been part of in san francisco and the target approach that we have used to keep residents in their longtime homes is not unique to this property this is a case at 3534 taraval where six households, all of which have seniors as residents can now age in place with dignity i want to

think mayor breed for their support of affordable housing in san francisco. the mayor's office of housing and community development for their ongoing support of the program, and the san francisco housing accelerator fund. once again for providing the needed bridge funding to make this possible. i want to thank the housing rights committee who has played a part in organizing residents and helping them understand what small sights programs are, and if not, and i want to give thanks to supervisor mar. he has been a staunch advocate for his constituents. our conversations with supervisor mar made it clear that he was concerned about gentrification and displacements in district four. he looked forward to not just making this an affordable housing development, but also a quality one. we will be starting the reability asian of this project within the next auto months and providing seismic reinforcement, updating electrical and fire code safety, a