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] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

[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, and again, meta- is very honored to be part of this project. this will be our first small sights in the sunset. the first on the west side, and hopefully part of many future ones here in san francisco. thank you. >> i know how complicated and challenging it is to move

forward on opportunities like this that we identify. so now i want to introduce rebecca foster, who is the c.e.o. of the san francisco housing accelerator fund. she played such a key role in helping to finance projects like this. and make the program happen. rebecca? >> thank you so much. we are so excited to have been part of funding the acquisition for the first small sights project in the sunset. an echo that we hope that this is the first of many more to come. i think that what we see here is just another proof point the preservation really works and it is proven as an effective strategy for preventing displacements and building the city's permanently affording --

40 will housing stock -- dock. this also is a big milestone for the housing accelerator fund. this loan got us over 100 million in kabul till deployed over last two years. it is really exciting. we also were able to bring in a new philanthropic -- philanthropic partner, that ferguson foundation, with a through many dollar commitment to low income senior housing in san francisco and we used the first million of that funding for this project. that is what we need more of a?

want to continue to scale, with that 100 million, we have been able to permanently preserve units, give homes for 443 residents in san francisco, and we need to keep scaling this work. so i look forward to being part of this partnership and the long term solutions that make preservation citywide and every neighborhood to continue to provide solutions for people like the residents in taraval. thank you. [applause] >> thank you everyone for being out here on this really momentous occasion for affordable housing and for preserving and protecting seniors and long-time longtime community members in the sunset. we are just getting started.

we will aggressively pursue all creative opportunities to expand affordable housing in the neighborhood and city. thanks again for being here. i wanted to acknowledge some of our leaders here. alberta chow. hardware upon taraval, and rabbi frydman who is with the congo nation -- congregation right across the street. thank you for coming out here. i know mr. and mrs. lee have kindly agreed to allow reporters or press that might want to view their unit, unit number five right here. and then we are also available for any further interviews or questions you might have. thanks again for being out here, everyone. [applause]

>> i lived in the mission neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city and county of san francisco. i am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that showcases work that relate to the latino community and i have been in this building for seven

years and some of my neighbors have been here 30 year. we were notified from the landlord he was going to sell the building. when we realized it was happening it was no longer a thought for the landlord and i sort of had a moment of panic. i heard about the small sites program through my work with the mission economic agency and at met with folks from the mayor's housing program because they wanted to utilize the program. we are dealing with families with different needs and capacities. conversations were had early in the morning because that is the only time that all the tenants were in the building and finally when we realized that meda did have the resources to buy the building we went on a letter

writing campaign to the landlord and said to him we understand you want to sell your building, we understand what you are asking for and you are entitled to it, it's your land, but please work with us. what i love about ber nell height it represents the diversity that made me fall in love with san francisco. we have a lot of mom and pop shops and you can get all your resources within walking distance. my favorite air area of my homes my little small patio where i can start my morning and have my coffee an is a sweet spot for me and i

>> i would like to welcome the color guard.

[♪] [instrume [instrumental of star-spangled banner] [♪]

[♪] >> a very special thank you to the color guard. you can take your seats. my name is louis luven and i'm the executive director of the

san francisco fleet week association, which is the organization responsible for organizing fleet week. before we get started, i would like to introduce, if you would just stand up, the chairman of the board for the san francisco fleet association, general mike mayet who was the inspiration for this program. thank you, general. san francisco fleet week comes to san francisco once a year. it is a wonderful celebration and it is built on the foundation of troops, community, and the fleet week center for humanitarian assistance. we have wonderful programs to the troops all week long, including friday evening at pier 30/32, in the shadow of the u.s.s. summerset is a free concert and festival that will take place friday from 5:00 to 9:00 in the evening. we invite all san franciscans to

join us in celebrating the men and women that serve in our military. the community, there's so much that we do with the community. we work with the business districts. we work with the foundations that run non-profit programs. there were a lot of community activities, including of course the nation's greatest air show featuring the blue angels. you will see all of that. it's all on our website and your media packages is all of the events. here we see the results of the fleet week center for humanitarian assistance, bringing together agencies at all levels of government, both civilian, military, non-profit, for helping to prepare your nation to do a better job on disaster response and humanitarian assistance missions. today you're going to hear from some real leaders. we have in our lineup today mayor london breed, rear admiral

john gumabledon, director mary carol, deputy cheer victor wirsh, police chief bill scott, the director of our port of san francisco elaine forbes. i'm going to invite mayor breed up now. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: thank you, louis. first, i would like to thank the san francisco fleet week association for putting together what i think is an amazing week to celebrate fleet week right here in san francisco. for 39 years we have been honoured to host this opportunity to bring the incredible men and women of our military from the navy to the coast guard to the marines, having you here in san francisco

is an absolute pleasure. so i welcome you to our incredible city. i look forward to all that i know you will do to not only showcase what our military has to offer and what you continue to do to defend our country, but more importantly the work that you are doing in san francisco to give back, whether it's working with our high schools or non-profit organizations, serving meals to our seniors. so many things that fleet week has planned in store for this week is all about giving back. but i also want you to know how much we appreciate your sacrifice and the work that you do to protect our country. this week is really about celebrating everything that you have done to put your lives on the line to protect each and every one of us. we also take this as an opportunity to think about disaster preparedness. because we know it's not a

matter of when a disaster strikes, it's not a matter of if a disaster is going to strike, it's a matter of when. when it happens, not only do we need to go into action with our local officials. we need our state and federal officials to help us in this work. the coast guard has been a tremendous partner and helping us to address some of the rescues on the seas of the bay. we know that working together and focusing on disaster preparedness and getting ready and doing a number of simulations throughout san francisco is going to help us to be ready when it happens and continue to build relationships in a more resistant community. so i not only want to thank the military for their work in keeping our country safe. i also want to take this opportunity to thank the men and the women of the san francisco police and san francisco fire department who work every single day to keep san franciscans safe. i know you're going to be

hearing from the department of emergency management who coordinates all these efforts. here in our city we believe in collaboration. we believe in protecting and supporting one another. and we believe in continuing to serve and lift one another up, in order to create a better, more resilient, and more collaborative approach to what we know can make for a better country for each and every one of us. so hosting fleet week in san francisco is a personal joy for me as someone who grew up here, born and raised, and hearing those jets fly across our city. at high school we looked forward to october when we could walk outside on the courtyard and football field and see those planes fly through or go to the marina to see the parade of ships. it was a part of my upbringing in san francisco and it's an honor to carry on this

incredible tradition. now at this time i would like to welcome to the stage the rear admiral john gumableton of the united states navy for a few remarks. thank you all and enjoy fleet week. [ applause ]. >> good morning and thank you, mayor. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. as introduced, on behalf of my boss, we're just so pleased. i would like to extend my warmest gratitude to you the residents and leaders of san francisco. incredible hospitality for all the people of this city. petitioner 35 years the city has opened its doors to our coast guard. and this year we have new partners coming in. it's an opportunity for us to

introduce to you our incredibly talented sailors and co-seas. and show off the equipment these young professionals maintain and operate every single day around the world. you can't see it but right behind this building we have the u.s.s. pearl harbor, and that's what we're trying to showcase today, the sailors who live and work above that great ship. so it's bigger than us. these sailors and marines do something bigger than themselves. they join an organization and they learn and establish their own goals. this one-two punch of service to self, they better themselves, but they get to work and support this great nation of ours. we're just so pleased that you get to help us celebrate them. san francisco fleet week is big. it's -- this is in a league of

its own, this fleet week. so we're very excited here that we can take advantage what the mayor mentioned all the great assets here in the city as we participate to create this unique opportunity to exercise and work together with the local experts and the emergency management team, the port, the police, the fire, and really spoke the public works. when we try to figure out how we're going to do the debris and clear the path so we can come in and help the city because this is defense support of civil authority. this is where the city is leading this and the military comes in to support this. this is the one-two punch to do work here collaboratively with the great folks who work for the city. with that, i would like to close up by saying we're so incredibly pleased and grateful to be here.

mayor, thank you for the warm welcome. your fee services team could not be happier to be here. it really is the one-two punch. doing this defense support, civil authority, working together. make no mistake, your marine, coast guard, and navy have a great time here. that's the one-two punch. ladies and gentlemen, thanks very much. [ applause ]. >> with that i would like to introduce the next speaker from district 11. >> thanks very much, admiral. mayor breed, thank you so much for your kind words about the u.s. coast guard and sea services. thank you for hosting all the sea services this week here for san francisco fleet week 2019. we are very much looking forward to this. the coast guard is very excited to be a participant, as usual, at these wonderful events that we have planned.

we have over 4,000 coast guard men and women who live and work in the greater bay area. those are active-duty reservists. coast guard auxiliary volunteers, and our civilians. those folks every day help us secure and ensure the safety of our ports, waterways, and our coast. this is just a great opportunity for us to strengthen our connection to the communities that we live in and that we serve every single day in the coast guard, alongside our fellow sailors and marines. it's going to be a great week. i would like to also reiterate how important it is for us to be participating in these emergency preparedness series of exercises. when something bad happens in the bay area, we know that relief will come from the sea. we all need to be prepared as a community. the sea services here along with our state and local partners to be ready for when that happens.

the coast guard is a very proud member to be participating in these exercises to help us boost our efficiency and improve our preparedness in order to serve this community. the people of the greater san francisco bay area deserve that kind of service from our sea services, and that's exactly what they're going to get. i would like to say it's going to be a great week on the water. we have the air show. we have the parade of ships. i just urge everyone who's going out on the water to be safe. the coast guard is going to be out there with san francisco fire and police department and other agency vessels. we're going to be closing off a portion of the waterways for the parade of ships and the blue angels air show. boaters need to pay attention of those areas that are closed off. wear lifejackets. tell a loved one what your boat or sail plan is going to be in case something goes wrong.

we're looking to having a great week on the water in this local community. thanks, everyone. it is my pleasure to introduce mary ellen carol, the executive director of the san francisco department of emergency management. thank you. [ applause ]. >> good morning, everyone. thank you so much, everyone, for being here. so we love fleet week at the department of emergency management and we look forward to hopefully enjoying some of the festivities, but we really are laser focused on the disaster preparedness portion of fleet week. my mission is to make sure that more people know about it and that san franciscans and visitors understand all of the work that goes into that component of fleet week. so to start, i'm going to do a quick list of all of the key

players that work together to put on both a full-scale exercise, but also some senior-level seminars and discussions that are going to happen later this week. i want to thank all partners by name, the u.s. navy, the u.s. marine corp., the u.s. coast guard, our california national guard, and from the city of san francisco, the san francisco public works department, san francisco fire department, san francisco police department, the port of san francisco, the san francisco fleet week association that we work hand in hand with to do these exercises, and our state and federal partners, california office of emergency services, fima, and many other first responders agencies we work with. i would like to thank the staff, a small but mighty crew, from

the department of emergency management that puts this exercise on. thank you so much. this year the exercise will be focused on emergency route opening and debris management. this is such a critical operation. i've been talking about it to many of you all morning. we can't really do any of our operations unless we can get through the streets and have access. so we are very grateful to all the partners here today. i hope everyone, if you haven't had a chance to walk through the static display and the various components inside here, i encourage you to do so. the exercise is a joint military-civilian exercise, where we're testing our plans, our combined plans, our coordination, and our procedures in a a post-disaster environment. this exercise was also built on the lessons learned from the nine years -- this is our ninth or tenth year in doing these exercises in san francisco.

and then finally, why is this so important? as the mayor spoke and other speakers, we cannot do this alone. we require the help of not only our neighbors, state partners and federal partners, and military assets. access from the sea is going to be incredibly critical. as i pointed out all morning, we're surrounded on water on three sides. you cannot avoid that. these are also going to help us ultimately serve all of the communities in san francisco that you see. it's critical that ultimately our responsibility is to ensure that everyone in san francisco has -- is responded to after an emergency, and especially those most vulnerable among us. these exercises get better and better each year. i'm very proud of the participation and the role of the city in this, and i am very grateful to our partners to all of you for being here. i look forward to working with

you all week. i hope everyone has a wonderful fleet week. it is now my pleasure to introduce my colleague, deputy chief victor worse from san francisco department. >> welcome to san francisco fleet week 2019. fleet week is a time to celebrate san francisco maritime tradition and to honor our sea-faring forces. these forces will join domestic public safety teams this week and share real life learned skills during joint training such as ship board fire-fighting, urban search and rescue, medical ride-outs, and k9 operations. training sessions like these make us more resilient and

prepared to respond to and recover from disasters. with that said, our marines always faithful, our navy sailors always courageous. so our coast guard always ready. welcome and we thank you. with that, i would like to introduce san francisco police chief bill scott. [ applause ]. >> good morning, everyone. fleet week is a special time to pay tribute to our military men and women and to reflect on the history of our city. first i'd like to say to the rear admirals and all of your soldiers that are here with us today, thank you for your service and thank you for your leadership. thank you for what you do for our country. the san francisco police

department has been working for months with fleet week s.f., the department of emergency management, the fire department, the national park service, the navy, other local state and federal partners to make this event safe and fun for all. as always, our mission is to provide safety and respect to residents and visitors to our beautiful city. with that, here is what you can expect to see from the san francisco police department during fleet week. our officers will be patrols on foot, bicycle, motorcycle, and in marked police cars. our san francisco police department marine unit will be patrolling the bay, providing security for visiting naval vessels and assisting the u.s. coast guard by keeping civilian vessels out of the waters during the air show. we also need your help to make this a safe and fun event. in that regard, there are a few simple things you can do to make fleet week a safe and memorable experience.

first, allow extra travel time to get to your destination. due to anticipated crowds and anticipated increases in traffic, we're asking that you use public transportation, a.c. transit, cal transit, and ferries are an excellent way to get to the city of san francisco. once in the city, muni has many routes servicing the war effort and embarcadero to get you to where you need to be. large events invite people to commit crimes of opportunity. we don't want anyone to be an easy victim. take your valuables with you, lock your cars, stay vigilant. make a reunification plan. sometimes adults and kids get separated from each other. pick a meeting spot and make sure everyone in your group knows where to go and meet up even if you get separated. also, have a common phone number

where you have a coordinator for your group or your family. finally, if you see something, say something. i know this sounds cliche, but it's really, really important. if you see something suspicious or out of place, please report it. notify your bus or train operator if you're on a bus or train, a parking enforcement officer, a park ranger, a police officer, or simply call 911 if it's an emergency. it's really important that we stay vigilant to keep our city safe. we know how to put on large events in this city. we do it over and over again. we want everyone to have a safe, memorable, and enjoyable fleet week. thank you. with our help, we can make 2019 a fleet week to remember. thank you very much. [ applause ]. >> now, i would like to introduce elaine forbes, the executive director of the port of san francisco.

thank you. [ applause ]. >> thank you and welcome to fleet week. who says san francisco doesn't have the best weather in the world? it's october. welcome, everyone. the port of san francisco is a very proud sponsor of this event, and it's been going since 1981 when the mayor at that time inaugurated fleet week. i think it's very important today that our mayor, london breed, is coming on this anniversary event. i think women mayors know about preparation, don't they? thank you, everyone, for all the preparation work that you're putting into this event. we have 24 million visitors that come to the waterfront, and 1 million of them come during this week of fleet week. it's extremely popular to san franciscans and to the entire region. lots of people are going to come and celebrate the sea services. we know that behind the scenes and the beautiful air show, there's a lot of preparation and logistics that have gone into

making this really, really important learning event. it was actually general mayotte who told me you never want to meet your colleague on the battlefield. we're not. we're practising today and have been practising for weeks in advance. i'm excited that the parade of ships is welcoming eight vessels this year that will be available to the public on the san francisco waterfront. we have a beautiful vessel from the australia navy. the brisbane. we're looking forward to seeing her. i wish everyone a fantastic fleet week. stay safe and have fun. [ applause ]. >> let's just give a round of applause to these fabulous leaders who take their time and really take fleet week seriously. thank you so much, mayor,

admirals, generals. thank you so much. they will be available for question and answer following this program. if you would like to talk to any of them, feel free to approach. in addition to that, i want to remind everyone that you can take a walk over to the parking lot to my right and see some really interesting static displays and meet and talk to some of the sailors, marines, coasties and first responders who are the experts in helping ensure we can save lives in the event of a catastrophic event. that concludes our program. thank you very much. [ applause ] [♪]today.

>> (clapping.) >> i've been working in restaurants forever as a blood alcohol small business you have a lot of requests for donations if someone calls you and say we want to documents for our school or nonprofit i've been in a position with my previous employment i had to say no all the time. >> my name is art the owner and chief at straw combinations of street food and festival food and carnival food

i realize that people try to find this you don't want to wait 365 day if you make that brick-and-mortar it is really about making you feel special and feel like a kid again everything we've done to celebrate that. >> so nonprofit monday is a program that straw runs to make sure that no matter is going on with our business giving back is treated just the is that you as paying any other bill in addition to the money we impose their cause to the greater bayview

it is a great way for straw to sort of build communicated and to introduce people who might not normally get to be exposed to one nonprofit or another and i know that they do a different nonprofit every most of the year. >> people are mroent surprised the restaurant it giving back i see some people from the nonprofit why been part of nonprofit monday sort of give back to the program as well answer. >> inform people that be regular aprons at straw they get imposed to 10 or 12 nonprofits. >> i love nonprofits great for a local restaurant to give back to community that's so wonderful i wish more restrictive places did that that is really cool. >> it is a 6 of nonprofit that

is supporting adults with autism and down syndrome we i do not involved one the wonderful members reached out to straw and saw a headline about, about their nonprofit mondays and she applied for a grant back in january of 2016 and we were notified late in the spring we would be the recipient of straw if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer thems in the month of genuine we were able to organize with straw for the monday and at the end of the month we were the recipient of 10 percent of precedes on mondays the contribution from nonprofit monday from stray went into our post group if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer theming fund with our arts coaching for chinese and classes and we have a really great vibrate arts program.

>> we we say thank you to the customers like always but say 0 one more thing just so you know you've made a donation to x nonprofit which does why i think that is a very special thing. >> it is good to know the owner takes responsibility to know your money is going to good cause also. >> it is really nice to have a restaurant that is very community focused they do it all month long for nonprofits not just one day all four mondays. >> we have a wall of thank you letters in the office it seems like you know we were able to gas up the 10 passenger minivan

we were innovate expected to do. >> when those people working at the nonprofits their predictive and thank what straw is giving that in and of itself it making an impact with the nonprofit through the consumers that are coming here is just as important it is important for the grill cheese kitchen the more restrictive i learn about what is going on in the community more restrictive people are doing this stuff with 4 thousand restaurant in san francisco we're doing an average of $6,000 a year in donations and multiply that by one thousand that's a lot to better.

san francisco department of environment is a place where climate hits the street. we know that we don't have all the answers. we need to support our local champions, our local community to find creative solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. >> zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration, using reuse and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve zero waste. the grant program is a grant program specifically for nonprofits in san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco produce market because there's a lot of edible food that can be diverted and they need positions to capture that food and focus on food recovery.

>> san francisco produce market is a resource that connects farmers and their produce with businesses in the bay area. i think it's a basic human right to have access to healthy foods, and all of this food here is available. it's a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs, and the system whereby none of this goes to waste. since the beginning of our program in july 2016 to date, we've donated over 1 million pounds of produce to our community partners, and that's resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which we're very proud of. >> carolyn at the san francisco produce market texts with old produce that's available. the produce is always excellent. we get things like broccoli,

brussels sprouts, bell peppers. everything that we use is nice and fresh, so when our clients get it, they really enjoy it, and it's important to me to feel good about what i do, and working in programs such as this really provides that for me. it's helping people. that's what it's really about, and i really enjoy that. >> the work at the produce market for me representing the intersection between environment and community, and when we are working at that intersection, when we are using our resources and our passion and our energy to heal the planet and feed the

>> this is the october 15, 20199 item number one call to order. (roll call). we have a quorum. >> good morning, everyone. i would like to welcome everyone, especially those that are up this morning and watching remotely. good morning. thank you again for being with us, and also to my colleagues in the audience. welcome. next thing on the