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>> mayor breed: hello, everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed, and i am so excited to be here today. hello. first of all, i love katy perry's version, but i will buy that single if you guys to upload it. beautiful. thank you so much to the amazing choir that burton has been traditionally known for every since i was in high school, which wasn't actually that long ago. burton always had an incredible choir and was an incredible force in this city for academics and so many things. so it really is an honor to be here, because this initiative, opportunities for all, is something that is near and dear in my heart. i am so fortunate because when i was in high school, you know,

there was not really a lot of opportunities to learn and to grow and to figure out what i wanted to do in life. i grew up in the western edition in the philmore community in public housing where my grandmother raised me. it was so easy to turn to some of the negative activity that existed in my community. there was drug using, drug dealing, theft, all kinds of stuff that honestly, sadly, so many of the people that i grew up with ended up going down the wrong path. i think that a really important turning point in my life happened when i got that first job. i was 14 and i got a job through the mayor's youth employment and training program. [ laughter ]. >> mayor breed: and i was able to earn my own money because my grandmother was getting welfare and food stamps and all this

stuff for us and we didn't have a lot. the ability to earn my own money and make some choices for myself, but also choices for my future, was so important. because it wasn't just about the money that i earned, it was about the skills that i earned. you wouldn't believe it. i'm mayor now and i dress nice, but i showed up the first day of my internship with -- some of you might have done this, with a see-through shirt and the cut-off jeans and all that kind of stuff. it was the style back then, but the fact is that's really not how you're supposed to show up in a workplace. the people that i worked for, they didn't just fire me and say you're not dressed appropriately. they took the time to explain to me why in this environment it was important to address like a professional. when i answered the phone like, who you looking for? what do you want?

they said, no, they turned it into a script saying this is london breed, thank you for calling. how may i help you? they didn't just give up on me. i was a handful as a teenager, believe it or not. and this internship opened the doors of opportunity for me to not only work in the summer and get paid to work and buy my own school clothes and all the things that i really wanted, but it gave me an opportunity to learn and grow. and, in fact, because of the relationship that developed during that internship, i was given a job year-round. so after school i would go straight on the bus to philmore and oak to the family school. i would work and do my homework there. i had an incredible number of adults who were great mentors and supporters. it's where i learned about college opportunities and what i can do with my future. before that, i don't think i had

any plans what would happen in the future. what i saw around me was something completely different. here was a door that was opened. so when i became mayor, there was nothing more important to me than making sure that young people in the city have access to a paid internship in any capacity to learn about any industry you want. because let me tell you something, not everybody i grew up with got the same opportunity. so many people that i grew up with, including my family members, ended up in the criminal justice system, ended up, sadly, on drugs, ended up, sadly, dead from gun violence. i can't help but think where did we go wrong and how do we make sure as a city that no one falls through the cracks. that's why i started opportunities for all because i never ever want any young person

to be turned away for an opportunity to learn to grow and thrive. that's why we're taking this message to you because we want you to be a part of opportunities for all. we want you to know about the possibilities, whether it's working for any city department or running the airlines. today we're joined by united airlines, who i basically reached out to along with so many other companies in san francisco. we have all these tech companies and healthcare companies, all this network, there's so many opportunities, where you can not only work for these companies, you can start your own and you can run these businesses. so we want you all to be exposed to what's possible. the way that you're successful is when you know what's out there and you decide what you want to do in life. so today united has agreed to an incredible partnership, where

they are not only investing the dollars to help pay for the internship, they are providing students with paid internships, to work in various capacities on the airlines, they're providing transportation to the airport, and they're providing airline tickets. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: so i'm going to let janet talk a little bit more about the details of what this means, but i also want all the young people who are here today to understand the importance of thinking about your future, because before you know it, you're going to be 18. like my grandmother did, she was making me if any for my own toilet paper. ms. brown did not pay. i had to give her rent money when i was working and everything else. at the same time, it wasn't because she was trying to punish me. she was trying to get me ready

for the real world. she was trying to get me ready to take care of myself. ultimately, when you become adults, you're going to have the responsibility of taking care of yourself. ultimately as mayor, because of what happened in the past in this city and the loss of so many of my friends and family members, i want to make sure that we don't continue to make the same mistakes. i want you all to grow and to thrive in this city. i want you to be able to afford to live here when you become adults. that's my goal, the future of san francisco, and you all, all of you here, at burton, you all are the future of san francisco. so i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all so much for just really being here and expressing interest in this incredible program. we came here because we wanted to bring the program directly to you. i also want to recognize jenny lam who is one of the members of the school board.

[ applause ]. >> mayor breed: all of the students here and also ivar from the airport. he's the guy who runs the airport. take a good look at ivar. he's going to be retiring soon, so who's going to take over his job? this guy makes some real money running the airport. i want you to think about that in terms of these opportunities. janet from united, please come up and share a few words. >> thank you so much, mayor breed. let's give her a round of applause. if i may, i just want to say when i hear your story, it's an unbelievable inspiration to me and i know it is to so many of you. it's not just getting a job, but mayor london breed is managing and running one of the most complex cities in the world with lots of challenges. every day she works on machine

solving. and then to come and spend the time with us to inspire. please give her another warm welcome and round of applause and it thank you for your leadership and inspiration on this. we appreciate it. i would like to make a few introductions. matt miller, my colleague is san francisco vice president hub who runs our operation. behind me, you have lots of our employees in various roles that we do at s.f.o. i just want to share with you why united is here. we have been in this community for 90 years. we are part of the fabric of san francisco. we have 12,000 employees throughout the bay area region, where they work, live, play, and volunteer. so we are deeply wedded to all of the issues within this region in san francisco, and we very much want to be part of the future and making sure that the future is bright. there is no better way to do that than to invest in students and in very meaningful ways.

so i could not be more proud of the fact that we are here to announce a $300,000 partnership with opportunities for all. [ applause ]. >> while the money is significant, what i'm most proud of is this is a partnership with opportunities for all for the long term. we want to ensure that the students that come and work with us in various internships have meaningful skills that will give you a life-long set of factors and skills that you could apply to jobs with us, hopefully, but jobs anywhere. as the mayor said, it's aviation, it's tickets to go see the world. we travel to more locations within california and we have san francisco's gateway to the world. we are very excited to offer this opportunity and very excited to partner with the mayor. on behalf of everyone with us today at united, we want to thank you for being here. we want to invite everybody who

is interested in applying to come and join us. we very much would like you to make an application for one of our internships. it's now with great honor that i get to introduce one of our employees who is a united customer service representative and a boys and girls club 2015 youth of the year and is the product of one of these types of internships. so please join me in welcoming carmen sousa. [ applause ]. >> so i'm carmen sousa. i, like many of you, am a san francisco native and born and raised in the mission. i went to school all over the city in the bayview and the tenderloin in the mission, all over the place. so i first started off also through the mayor -- i also

started working at 14th through mayeep and was able to get all these different job opportunities and eventually started working with the boys and girls club which i was a long-term member with since i was 6 or 7 years old. through that club and mayeep, i was able to learn all these different job opportunities and how to -- job-readiness programs, like job résumes and all that. so -- [ applause ]. >> and -- so i first got

introduced with united with the boys and girls club when i first turned 18 years old. luckily through them i was able to learn even more, not only with the boys and girls club and mayeep was ready to get me ready for a new job, but i feel united was able to push me with an extra step knowing this is a real job with real responsibilities, you're dealing with real people. i just wanted to let you all know that anything is pretty much possible. i've been working with united for four years now and been able to travel all over the world. it's been a really great thing for someone from the city who's never been even outside of california. that's it.

>> great job, carmen. born here and flying all over the world could be you as well. thank you. our appreciation to mayor breed for being the inspiration for this. thank you all and have a great day. >> mayor breed: last but not least, sheryl davis who runs the program, the director of the human rights commission here in san francisco. sheryl and i did a lot of work togeth together. everything centred around helping to make sure that young people grow and thrive. now we have a bigger platform to do it and impact the entire city. so we are counting on you, young people, to step up and step out and be successful because i'm going to be retiring in a couple of years.

so i want you to be prepared to take my place. that's the whole point. i could tell you got me. you're ready, yes. so with that, sister davis, can you come on up and tell the young folks how they can apply for opportunities for all because i want you to start now and i also want to make sure that we grow this program so it's not just the summer. we want to make sure that we are doing this year-round and we are going to hold all the big companies accountable who do business accountable to participate in this program which is a future for our young folks all over the city. ms. davis. >> thank you, mayor. give another round for mayor breed. i see you guys are already color-coordinated. you're ready to step into it.

i would say the quick way to do this is harold shields here. he is going to be point for us to coordinate some of that. i saw patsy and john also. i know that they are doing work here and supporting the community. saida is here from hope s.f. all of these are partners. principal thomas knows how to get in touch with us. we want to start the process. if you are serious and ready, united has a plan. we're working with them to get folks through that. i see the collective team and others. there are lots of people here. i would say you start with knocking on harold's door, making sure he's got your name and number and he's connected. he's got all the stuff. we do have the app. you have to go to opps.org and that's where you register. we can get you all of that. harold is going to make sure you don't get lost in any of the

process. the united process is a very specific process. anybody who's ever had to go through security at the airport, it's 20 times harder to get a job at the airport. we want to get you ready for that. we will help you. i think we have to start now for you to have a job in three months at the airport. let's get it started. i'm here today. cathy and amelia. oppsforall.org is where you go. thank you. [ applause ]. >> go back to class. [ laughter ]streets.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north

beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball

education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many things in the past two centuries

because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks) later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of

meani meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the

community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give >> 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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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]

the cultural started at arts mission. this was the first set of grant money that the arts commission had to give away. by 1998, it was not only the cultural equity grant program but the cul actual center that happened. it meant that communities of color went from zero to like four or five million a year. just over a very short period of time.

>> instead, we focused on building the arts community. the queer arts community. and out of that came fresh meat and radar and queer women of color media arts project and the transgender film festival and those organizations, some of those people are like part of the landscape now. whereas, in the year 2000, they didn't exist. it was artists who raised the questions about equality, about gender, sexuality being different than gender. we think about it in our own

life what we've seen go on here in the last 30 years. to see why the arts are important. they're worth investing in. [♪] >> i think it really is important to have government funding that is specifically targeted at people who live and work on the margins. it's so easy to overlook what those.

before they can start the race, just getting to that starting block can be very, very difficult for cultural reasons, the queer cultural center asked me if i wanted to apply and they would help me apply. >> if you are white and you work in a black community and you are racist, you need to be -- >> i thought ok, well, i'm doing a writtenning. san francisco is so full of writers. what are the chances. i wasn't banking on it but when i found out, that i got the grant, it meant one, a group of people who were experts in the field, believed in me. for an artist, that's the hardest thing. cities flourish when they have a creative class. when they have a layer of artists who are creating space

and energy that supports other artists and attracts people who are fans of the arts. as long as there are young people in the city who are interested in our future, who are going to have strong and progressive and van guard arti artists. >> i cannot imagine my own work and organization's work can be possible without the support from san francisco arts commission. i feel like to share those voices and to be the voice for those and to be the neighbor of those voices is something that we can be very proud of for the city. i'm very grateful and at the same time very proud that we are are among our peer organizations. i feel like if i imagine 25 years from now how this san francisco arts commission will be, the san francisco arts

commission has become a people's commission. i think that would be a huge legacy to leave behind. [♪]

[♪] >> i just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids. thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities.

>> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. >> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball or football. i am adjusting to be a soccer mom. >> the bayview is like my favorite team. even though we lose it is still fine. >> right on. >> i have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. >> my favorite memory was just having fun and playing. >> bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. they are going to be at civic

centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. >> now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. >> we want to be united in the bayview. that is why this was appropriate >> this guy is the limit. the kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. we have some potential college-bound kids, definitely. >> today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. >> this year we have first and second grade. we are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. >> you know why? >> why? because we are? >> bayview united.

>> that's right. welcome we are glad you are here. this is the regular meeting of the san francisco school district. this is october 15, 2019. now, i will call this meeting to order. roll call, please. (roll call). >> thank you. tonight i am going to read a brief statement. it marks a year that i have been president of the board of education. i was vice president at the time of october and our good