online in other languages, but we didn't have it in other languages at that time. one of the things that i'm sure you all read about, which was connected to the flooding, but if the house wasn't flooded, some of the houses experienced sewage coming up through the houses. we had residents asking our office was it safe to clean up. i actually don't know if we -- this is something we'll discuss through the hearing, but is that d.b.i., department of public health, p.u.c., where is the appropriate contact for residents to find out if it's safe for them to clean up. so, yeah, i just wanted to share some comments here. we'll get more answers at the hearing, and i do think this is

an opportunity because it was 12 hours impacted or if this was a larger disaster. thank you so much. >> thank you. uh-huh. >> just wanted to give kudos to some of our personnel from our homeland security unit. captain chris put together an exercise that basically involved the station being incapacitated. we had an opportunity to pull out our continuity of operations, and it's an enlightening exercise. there are a lot of areas we need to get better at. captain has done a good job and it's something we plan to do in other districts in our police departments. just for the group, if you haven't done that in a while, it was a very good exercise. i know from a city-wide -- and i

know you have been working on table tops as well, but i wanted to put that on everybody's minds. those opportunities rarely come up. it's always good to practice. >> yeah. thank you. that's music to our ears. someone opened their c.o.o. plan. anyone else? >> yes, i just wanted to let people know that the hazard plan is our hazard mitigation plan required by fema every five years. it will be sent next week, and i wanted to thank all the departments, all the people, every department here has a strategy in that plan. it really takes some bold steps to move us towards mitigating disasters and being more resilient. i appreciate you and if you could pass it to your staff that helped formulate strategies or spent time looking at the

different hazards and putting it together. the department of public health, planning department, department of emergency management, and department of the environment. thank you all for that. we're going to continue to work on this as it goes out. we're not going to wait five years to open it up again. we're planning to do public outreach in the next year and to continue making it much more of a living document where people have access to the hazards, to the strategies online or through public meetings. thank you so much for that. >> thanks brian. anyone else? okay, with that i believe we can adjourn the meeting. thank you all for being here and we'll see you in the new year. [♪]

>> good morning. today is wednesday, december 18, 2019. this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. please turn off electronic devices. first item is roll call. (roll call).

we have a quorum. next item is presidents announcement. >> welcome to the building inspection commission for december 18, 2019. happy holidays. i am vice president filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. i spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some -- he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. i would like to thank the department staff who have been and still are attending the california building officials training classes this week. every year our staff members

almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance technical skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. our opportunities that we on this commission enthusiastically support and encourage. it is important to stay up to speed because so many changes happen on a daily basis here in this industry. thank you to david letta of plumbing inspection who assisted a customer in resolving an issue with a sewer line. that is an issue for many as the rains come. we are in the final months of

quarter four of 2019. it is time for the staff, supervisors and deputy directors to send in nominations for employee of the year. those who have performed outstanding service, please e-mail nominations to john patrick murray, all separated with periods at sfgovtv. or to patty lee at sfgov.org to select quarter four winner. president mccarthy will announce this at the january 2020 meeting. finally, as i was saying before, if i get teary, i will talk through it. this is my final building inspection commission meeting.

i would like to express my appreciation to the director. we worked together for many, many years and done amazing things in this department. i also want to express my appreciation and warmth to all my commissioners, many of whom we have sat on this commission together, done really important things. in my now more than 20 years of serving on this commission, i know, time flies. i continued to be impressed with the dedication, hard work and professionalism of everyone working here. they perform vitalling safety professional services every day of the year, and our city and communities benefit tremendously from their commitment. new commissioners will be taking seats in january, i believe a lot of us will be leaving. i wish each and every one of-fellow commissioners every possible success with the

boroversight responsibilities you will be assuming outside of this commission and the folks remaining on this commission. i also want to express my appreciation to bill strahan, he has been our communication director at d.b.i. for 13 years, i believe, not an easy task. i am sure whenever your phone rings and it is the newspaper your heart beat goes up. mine certainly does. thank you so much for representing our department and our commission and our city to carry the message out to the public. there are so many wonderful staff folks, deputy directors, and especially the secretary who actually i have said this. she actually runs the department. >> no, i don't, don't get me in

trouble. >> she certainly makes sure we are dealing with the issues that come before us and carry forward ideas. members of the public present, someone, our friend, jerry dratler, we need to commit do to keeping our department accountable to the city. we are here to serve, to make sure that when projects come before us and folks building them need our help that we are here to serve, and we need to do it in an equitable, fair, even way, consistent and transparent. one of the things i want to put on record in public. i have been obsessed about the permit tracking system for the last -- actually 15 years.

who is counting? i am still committed to making sure that the point of it, which is equitable, transparent delivery of service and maintenance of data so that not only those doing the work but those in our city who want access to it can find it and know what is happening here. we need to be trusted by our city. i think we are getting there. it is one of the reasons i have been committed to that. i want to thank you. i want to thank the commissioners for serving. this is sometimes not an exciting commission, but it is so important the things we do here. i value having been here. i feel honored to have been able to work with all of you to carry forward this message, and i look forward to the next steps. i will probably come back but i

will be out there. just warning you. i think that is it for now. thank you very much. i am sorry. when i was talking to president mccarthy, he wanted me to echo his appreciation for serving with you all. the work that we do in support of him because the presidency does require a lot more attention, and he really appreciated the support from commissioners and the commitment you all have to our city. he will be back. he is away with family. our thoughts and prayers are with him. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on the president's announcement? seeing none the next item. >> go ahead. >> department of building

inspection. it is my honor to work with you for the last -- i worked with the city 30 years, 23 years in the department of building inspection. in 2012, you know, you appointed me as inspection director. we have a lots of charge with all of the commissioner support. i think we don't make that many calls. i cannot guarantee you to make sure it works, but i would like to stay as long as i can to make sure that thing will run. hopefully we have an alternative way. i am not a computer expert. i have the department of technology and controller to

help me. there is a problem with the consultant. fortunately they don't cooperate with us. that is why we have trouble right now. hopefully, once we move to the new building, then we will sit down to see how to move forward. you are welcome to come back to guide us. we worked together for so long. all of the commission helped me, you know, to do my work, you know. hopefully in the future, our department will be improved, but i feel since 2012, our department is moving forward with strategic plan and everything, but, of course, a lots of areas to improve. maybe now is the time you have a second eye to look at how we can do better and call me anytime

and we can work together and the other commissioners to help me to see what we can do, you know, or the other president mccarthy can tell me. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner walker very clearly stated the feelings that i share when she called out all of the same people that, you know, have made my service, you know, short that it is compared to hers, one of the most wonderful experiences i could have asked for. not only thanking the staff, my colleagues, as she pointed out, the public who show up regularly represented by mr. d ratler

today. for their reminders, the information they give and passion they bring. these are all critical things that helped us to try to do the best job we can, and i know you will continue to be here to help on that. as she said, we will probably be out there doing the same thing. obviously, i would also like to thank mayor breed, wh who as president of the board did my original appointment and reappointed me and gave me this opportunity. really what i wanted to focus on today was really thanking debra walker for the most extraordinary service to have given this length of time with such passion, such commitment,

such dedication really is the model that i think we all look to in trying to see how we can best serve our city so if we can, you know, i am sorry we don't have one, water or whatever to toast her to thank her for her absolutely extraordinary service. >> where is the camera? there we go. thank you. >> commissioner walker, i count you as one of my friends. i know you were appointed by the board of supervisors and i was appointed by the mayor's office. we see each other supporting different candidates. i know you remember that. we remained friendly and i appreciate that, and when you

came back on the commission, i got to say you helped stabilize this commission. i will take you back 15 years. you remember how difficult it was, but when you came back on, i really appreciated what you did. you were a partner in getting the department to where it is today. i thank you for that. >> one more. debra, as you know, i am not a great public speaker. we talked about this. >> them of an engineer, though. >> what i want to comment on is maybe a bit specific, but i have found when we have the aab meetings and we are stuck between a rock and hard place, which way do we go? i am amazed how you come up with

a third way to save the day. i appreciate that. it goes well beyond my capacity to understanding issues. you understand them quite well, and i want to acknowledge that and commend you for that, and you will be missed. >> thank you. i appreciate that. that really makes me cry. >> next item. >> thank you for your comments. we are going to bring our commissioners back next month for some comments. next is item 4. commissioner's questions and matters. a -- sorry. item three. general public comment. i apologize. we will take public comment on matters not part of this agenda.

>> i would like to thank all commissioners for service. [ inaudible ] >> i am jerry dratler. [ inaudible ] the revocation to the board of appeals. it was heard on december 4th. >> i will not read d.b.i.'s responses. question one.

how many violations were public safety issues? this was asked repeatedly. why did d.b.i. revoke the permits versus suspend? question three. building permits were revoked on same day the two novs were issued. why was there no 30-day period before they were revoked. last question. did the building code violations at 3426 22nd street rise to the level of severity of past permit revocation cases? moving to 25 17th avenue. on november 18th. i submitted a complaint that building permits be revoked due to numerous violations which resulted in the house occupying two properties for las last yea. they closed it on november 27th

stating the outstanding issues had been addressed when they had not been. the very same day, november 22, the project manager showed up at d.b.i. and you approved a 300,000 remodel permit over-the-counter. he approved the permit denied by two d.b.i. employees. first over counter denial occurred on november 19th. you have a copy of a december memo inquiring into the unusual set of events. the second employee who does not work in the area denied the permit and issued comments for the whole description on the december 12th copy of the permit. you have a copy. as of december 17, 2019, the second denial of comments have been removed for pts. this is a plug forgetting acella

working. you have the facts. it is up to the inspection commission to decide if senior management acted correctly and if policy changes should be made and internal controls over permit revocations and over-the-counter permit approvals need to be approved. thank you very much. have a great holiday. >> thank you. this will be passed along. >> any additional public comment? seeing none. item four. commissioner's questions and matters. a. inquiries to staff. at this time commissioners may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies and practices and procedures, which are of interest to the commission.

i believe that the 9:00 a.m. meeting time is not most equitable time to have the building inspection commission. i want to know what we can do to consider having it at a different time. the planning being the afternoon. the overwhelming majority of my generation can make meetings in the afternoon. we have complicated, frustrating generational land use issues that are coming up to a boil in the city, and to be frank, i would like to give our citizens the biggest opportunity to attend and comment. that said, i have no idea what to do past that. is there a mechanism for that? >> you are doing that. that will be an agenda item to discuss. >> we can put it on the agenda for next month.

>> any other commissioners? >> i would love, since i am not going to be here to bring it up later, i think it would be good to in the tenancy have that voice be heard. we have a robust code enforcement outreach to work with non-profits from the landlord and tenant side to resolve issues so tenancy is not disrupted in the process of code enforcement, and i would love to have the commission discuss the program. the goals, how to do better at reaching it. there is a lot of construction that involves older rent control

buildings in general, and i think it would be really good to get a presentation from all of those partners about the work and how they feel they are doing and maybe what is needed. i would suggest that. clearly it would be good to agendize updates as much as possible in our move into the new building and the appropriate business practices and tracking systems. you know, our permit tracking system process as we move so that the commission is involved with it. i would just leave that as markers. i think all of these things help to some of the issues we deal with constantly about keeping track of projects, access to the

data. it is good it is happening now in terms of the building. better updates. that is what i would suggest for the agenda. hopefully, somebody can approve it when i am not here. >> thank you. next item 4b future meetings and agendas. at this time the commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a special meeting and/or derm those items that could be placed on the agenda. >> the committee appointments for the commissioners comes up so we have the litigation committee, appointments committee that you factor that into the new group of folks coming in and make sure we don't lose track of that. >> we definitely will and

february we will vote on committee members at the february meeting. >> is the litigation in january? >> there is one scheduled in january. it would be something to consider. maybe we have to move it up. i didn't think about that. the election of officers. >> i know but it is important because litigation is an important committee to not skip. maybe you have to talk about doing that in january when we have new people in. maybe talk about how that works. >> that is a good idea. i will follow up on that. is there any further commissioner comments? >> jim. >> is anybody who has been to these knows, one of my deepest

concerns is that we build a close relationship with our colleagues and the planning commission, and i know that in response to prior request to have some additional joint sessions that president mccarthy is working with president melgar to do so, and just this one last time i would like to have the marker down to be sure that such a session occurs, and, hopefully, that we almost formalize it to either semi annual calendared event. i believe that is a critical piece of making our reach effective, coordinated, and

certainly goes in step with our now sharing physical facilities together. to that the only thing i would add, mr. dratler brought up a couple specific cases. while the direction of the joint session that i proposed was to have a comprehensive evaluation of all of the kind of problem child cases to understand how they have been resolved, if they are still unresolved or not, i do feel that the specifics of the two cases that mr. dratler has brought forward now several times do warrant to be calendared and to have a specific response. i would urge that it get on an

agenda early in the new term. >> thank you. is there any public comment on item 4a and b? seeing none the next item is item 5. director's report. 5-a. update on d.b.i.'s finances. >> good morning, commissioners. deputy director for the department of building inspection. before you is the november 2019 financial report providing revenues and expenditures for the first drive months july through november 2019. i will go over the highlights and they sound familiar. i have been saying the same thing every month. revenues are $28.7 million compared to $29.3 million last

year. pretty much revenues are pretty much stable. a slight decrease is due not because of lower collection from permits but because last year at this time the controller's office had entered interest. expensedyters 27.2 reflecting an increase in salary that went up this work in salaries and work orders that is where you see th increase. we have an increase in expenditures from the cb o. they are turning in invoices earlier. other than that we are remaining on the right path. our revenues are stable. we are always keeping spending within our budget, and i am happy to answer any questions. >> commissioners. >> seeing none. thank you for being consistent. that is what we aim at.

>> 5-b. update on proposed or recently enacted state or local legislation. >> good morning, bill strong legislative and public affairs. as you know, we completed the trcode revocation and adoption. that means come january 1, we will have a new set of codes for the next three years. that part is on the correct path. we have also taken a look at supervisor peskin's modifications for the housing code for heat improvements to make sure tenants are getting the heat that is required legally. that was passed at the board yesterday. it will go into effect in the next 30-days.

i guess the only other item that i wanted to mention was on the state energy commission having passed unanimously the recommendations on a number of cities around california are making to switch away from gas appliances and to have all electric. as you know, berkeley and a few other municipalities have voted for new buildings to do that. san francisco is actually passing an ordinance on municipal buildings. it was very clear from the public testimony at the board a lot of people are ready for addressing the carbon and climate situation by stepping away from gas. how that will play out with building remains to be seen, but as we know we have a lot of homes in san francisco using mixed fuels. i think that is something that

will be engaged with for some time to come. other than that, i think if you have any questions, i am happy to take them. >> construction has to be gas? >> well, that is what they are proposed at the state level. in some municipalities like berkeley the city council passed the ordinance already. it is a matter of implementation. i think it is at least a year away before they start implementing it. >> that is new construction? >> on new construction, right. nobody addressed the retrofitting that will also be an issue. thank you. >> we will be gone, bill. >> next item 5-c. update on major projects. >> good morning. department of building

inspection. compared to last reporting period is increase 3.6%. i think it is due to if new code changes and also somebody talking about indexing of the planning, but that is major thing is the code change to meet the permit. any questions? >> okay. 5-d. update on code enforcement. >> good morning, commissioners. ed see sweeney. 5338 building inspections performed. complaints 413. complaints with the first notice

violation 51. complaints received without no nov253. beta complaints 34. second notice of violations 38. housing inspections performed 714. complaints received 292. complaint responses within 24 to 72 hours 284. complaints with notice of violations issued 112. beta complaints 261. number of cases cents to director hearing 30. routine inspection 63. code enforcement cases 165 to director. abatements issued 40. cases under advisement 13. cases abatessed 179. code enforcement 321. number of cases referred to bic litigation committee two.

we didn't send anything to city attorney. code enforcement outreach total 16,663 reached out to. counseling 1050. community program 2502. cases resolved 313. these are the numbers for november. >> thank you n.public comment on the director's report. seeing none. item 6. review approval of the minutes of the regular meeting november 20, 2019. >> move to approve. >> second. >> motion and second. any public comment on the minutes? are all commissioners in favor? any opposed. okay. the minutes approved. 7. discussion and possible action

on the annual performance evaluation for the director. continued from the october 16, 2019 meeting. any public comment? seeing none. is there a motion to go to closed session? >> moved to go to closed second. >> second. >> motion and second. all commissioners in favor. aye. we are in closed session at 10:10 a.m. we will >> we are ready to reconvene. this is the building inspection commission continuing our closed session item number 7. this item d reconvene in open session to vote on whether to disclose any our all discussions held in closed discussion. >> i move that we do not disclose. >> second. >> there is a motion and second

to not disclose the items in closed session. any public comment? no. all commissioners in favor, aye. >> next is item 8 adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> we are now adjourned at 11:0.

>> i know it is rain. we will try to make sure that we hurry up. actually, no, i am not going to hurry up. i am excited to be here today with supervisor fewer and this after we are standing in front of today to talk about how amazing the small size acquisition is in san francisco. this is amazing. let me tell you when our former mayor ed lee served as mayor, he really understood in numerous conversations we had around the challenges with affordable housing. it wasn't just about building new affordable housing, which we so desperately need. it was about remembering people

who live in apartment buildings like this, people who live in affordable housing all over san francisco and the challenges that exist with not only maintaining those facilities but making sure that they are available and remain safe and affordable for so many residents who could get displaced when the buildings go on the market. that is why this acquisition program is so important. no one on the board of supervisors has been a stronger supporter of this program than supervisor sandy fewer. [applause] >> she continues to twist my arm to say, look, we haven't been able to do a lot around investments and affordable housing in my district on the west side of town so we need to do more to invest in small

sites. that is an opportunity to help stabilize low income families who live in these apartment buildings all over the west side who often times are not getting the support they need. this is really amazing. we will be protecting 12 affordable homes. this is the second small site on the west side of town. we have not only invested millions of dollars in the past year's budget to support the small sites. because of the voters passing a $600 million affordable housing bond we will invest another $30 million in small site acquisitions absolutely amazing. to date we have acquired 35 buildings with two 90 units in the sunset, mission, excel seo, soma and eight ash bury neighborhoods with 137 total

units in the pipeline that is $135 million of city funds committed to helping support 550 residents in san francisco. absolutely amazing. i want to thank meta and someone will speak today for being an amazing community partner. the city can invest the funds. without partners and people willing to do the work, we can't get this done in a timely manner. often times they are timely. we are grateful for the partnership with meta and the san francisco housing accelerator fund. they will talk in a minute. i want to thank the residents for their patience and excitement and trusting the city to work with us to make this happen. i know dan adams is here from

the mayor's office of housing. thank you for doing amazing work around affordable housing every day. with that i want to introduce thsupervisor for this district r small site acquisition, supervisor fewer. [applause] >> thank you. first i want to start off by saying a big thanks to a lot of people. meta coming out here and buying this property for us and managing it. it is a gift. i know it is out of your geographic area. thank you for keeping these homes here. to our may orthopedic and t -- . it takes everyone together. the san francisco housing accelerator fund and of course

our rock star tenants of 359 third avenue. i want to say this is why we are able to do this and this is why we do this. i also really want to thank the housing rights committee. we have a west side site. there are partners in everything. they are the first people we go to when we hear about a building going to be for sale. when people e-mail to say, help, my building is being sold. i don't know what to do. i have lived here for 44 years. we called hrc. we are partners to keeping our residents stage. i don't want to correct the mayor. this is the third site in the richmond district. all of them. >> two here and one over here. >> absolutely. we have one on 17th avenue which we saved. that was first. seniors are in that building. people who lived in the district over 40 years.

another win where at ninth where hamburger haven is. the mayor was there celebrating the acquisition of 14 units. sro units inhabited by chinese americans that are seniors. one lady was 98 years old. they have lived there for 25 years and can live there the rest of their live also. of course, this is our third. we know the richmond district this is the strategy that we are going to use to keep people stabilized and keep these wonderful families and the residents in the richmond district where they choose to live and they love. i want to again say thank you to meta. without them we could not have done this. you know, we have lost 500 units of affordable housing in my

district alone in the last 10 years. when we can acquire buildings that are already built that already have tenants in them and tenants who love our district and that we love having them here, too, this is a perfect combination that we can do as a city and we should do more of. our office has worked very hard, as the mayor mentioned, about getting more money for it and to acquire more sites. earlier this year we penned the community opportunity to purchase act, copa. that gives the organizations first but at the apple before it goes to the market. it gives non-profits a chance to buy them first. we need on the west side to to o rekeep more neighbors in the homes. with funding we received a grant

to come together and create our own west side nonprofit so we can buy more buildings all on the west side. not just my district but in the sunset. we offer legislation to put more money every year in to this site for affordable housing. now we have a plan, we are on our way, we hope to keep more people in home also in the richmond and keep my residents stage. 65% of my neighbors are renters. they are vulnerable i in the housing market. thank you all for making this happen. this is a great celebration on this rainy day. during this holiday season these wonderful residents no longer have to worry for 99 years this will be affordable. thank you everyone. (applause) >> it was smart to put remarks in plastic to keep it from the

rain. next one of the partners to address this, some of you know how critical i am of the city bureaucracy and how long it takes to get anything done. that is why this partner is so important. the san francisco housing acseller rater fund help us with the funding so that when we have the opportunity to purchase these buildings they are really the bridge to make sure there aren't any delays to sacrifice the opportunity to get hold of these buildings for the people who live there. rebecca foster is the chief executive officer of the san francisco housing accelerator fund. thank you so much for everything you do, rebecca. [applause] >> we do our work closely with meta. i will bring up the great team with us. as the mayor said, we are -- you have to move at the pace of the

market to get opportunities like this and to not lose the affordability for residents like the amazing residents here. that is what we do. we work with amazing community-based organizations like meta and provide the capital they need to buy acknowledges like this that are -- to buy buildings and to rehab them and make improvements to the buildings and partner with the city to come in with the capital that is needed to make them affordable for 99 years. this is our 15th project. we have over $118 million since we were created less than three years ago. as the supervisor said we need to trickle down to see these on the west side and also we love

working with meta and the supervisor on this effort to build more capacity for community-based developers out here to do more work like this. >> i am director of community real estate at meta. this is castro, chief project manager that made this happen for the residents to stay. it is a hustle to buy a building off the private market and make sure the residents are aware what we are doing and also keeping the seller confident we are going to buy the building and making sure we have the financing through the housing accelerator and with the mayor's office. we have been able to do this time and time again in the mission area and we are so excited to bring this to other parts of the city, including the sunset and richmond district. as you have heard from supervisor fewer and the mayor we are excitessed to do the capacity building now that we

have more funding to look at other parts of the city and really grow our smal small agait could to the big engine and replace displacement in our city. thank you. >> i also want you to hear from the residents. first is laura. she will talk about her experience. thank you for being here, laura. >> when we heard the building was going to be for sale the second time in two years. it was now what? when we saw the ad they posted for sale saying this was not rent controlled, our hearts dropped. what do you mean? we have been her 41 years under rent control. we were going buy the date of the occupancy. then we had a meeting, thanks to the san francisco housing committee.

they introducessed us to meta. we read and we thought, okay. we still were concerned. we were half and half about rent control. we did the appeals, people's rents were raised, not everyone but some. it got to be homed. then we realized that i was here 41 years but no one else has been. that is when you put aside things saying you do things for the betterment of all, not just yourself. it meant a lot. we got it done with the help of partners sandra and ian. every time i had a question, i sent them an e-mail. next day there was a response as busy as their jobs were. i don't know how to thank them enough. nor so the mayor for backing this project. thank you everyone. we are in homes, not going

somewhere else. it means so much. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, laura. now for another resident chloe and one of the newest residents of 369 third street. >> so we found out the building was for sale for the second time when i was pregnant five months with our baby. laura found out it was not rent control the day after we found out it was for sale which meant we would have the rent hiked up or they would tear it down or put people who wanted to spend a lot of money to live here. i decided no, i was not going to be moved out of my home. i was not going to let that happen to the rest of the tenants in the home. we are part of what makes the

san francisco heart beat what it is. this is full of families and retired people. it wasn't going to happen. i am so grateful there was so much support and passionate people who put their effort to keep san francisco what it is supposed to be. very passionate people. i just i can't say enough,and i want everyone out there in the city to know you don't have to feel paralyzed. i did not know where to turn. i got a postcard from impact the next day and called them instead of throwing it away in the mail and that got the ball rolling. you don't have to be -- you are not victims. we are people who are backed by amazing humans with big heart goes to keep the city the way it is supposed to be.

thank you so much. (applause) >> well, there you have it. good news for a change in san francisco. i know we have real challenges in our city. challenges that so many people work on every single day to address, and because of an amazing group of people we have been able to create just a little bit of a good opportunity here for so many people who deserve it. i am so grateful to all of the people that played a role in getting us to this point. it took a village. now that is a home for years to come, and i am grateful to everyone who rolled up your sleeve goes to make it happen. you can't wait to continue to do

more acquisitions like this all over san francisco. thank you for braving the cold and rain to be here. it is worth it. we have more work to do. i know with supervisor fewer pushing for these acquisitions on the west side and all you alr san francisco we will save people in their existing housing for generations to come. thank you again for your support and being here today. >> preside

blame, -- bleiman, and i am the president. we do ask that everybody turns off their cell phones or puts them on silent, including commissioners and staff. i want to thank sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public, and we'll start with the roll call. [roll call]