8:02 p.m. >> the hon. london breed: well, first of all, thank you here so much for being for the watch of all home. tameka, i just am so excited about what i know that you are going to do with this organization. you'll really transform how we address homelessness for people

who are not just unhoused but those who are struggling to hold onto their homes. i wish we didn't have to be here for this conversation, but we all know -- i've seen so many service providers and people who work in the affordable housing industry and other places, and folks who are really at the forefront of helping, you know, this city, and the bay area address these challenges. and here in san francisco, we've done been amazing job, but we still see the suffering on our streets. we still hear the stories about if someone, if they hadn't had too much rent, they wouldn't be living in their cars right now. the fact is 200,000 people families are low-income in the bay area, and we have 30,000

people who are homeless. so what that means is we have to work harder than ever not just for the people that are unhoused but for the people that we know are really just a paycheck away from being homeless. and i'm sure you've heard that term, but now, that term means more to more people. so we can't do the work of addressing homelessness and housing affordability, you know, district by district or city by city. we have to work together, and this is why -- when, first of all -- [inaudible] >> the hon. london breed: -- i was like, no, you're not, but then, when she told me she was doi doing, i was excited for that. but i've always felt we need

something else. we need something that follows in this regional approach, and we know there's been a lot of suggestions how to do that as it relates to changing policies and investments and what we should be doing across the state and in the bay area, and we need someone to really bring it together and to provide those wraparound supportive services and to work with organizations -- established organizations in various communities to try and make sure that we are collaborating more across our city's lines. and that's why i'm really excited about what she's going to do, and i'm going to go crazy when she's trying to do it because she's going to be reporting to me on a regular basis. let me just say this. you know, so many of you i know who work to help people on a

regular basis, whether it's direct case management or support, some of you do so much work, and i know that it is sometimes frustrating when you have someone who needs just an opportunity and just a nice place to maybe raise their daughter or their son, and you can't find it. and you feel helpless because there's nothing you can do, and the frustration, because the resources are drying up faster than you can keep up. and that's why this is so important. you all know it's important because you're out there doing the work every single day. but we also need to definitely continue to have, you know, the hard conversations about how we are going to do a better job of getting more housing built in

the first place. and to that extent, as you know, it's a very challenging conversation in san francisco and the state. and yes, we want immediate solutions now. we want the instant gratification of helping that person right now who is looking you in the eye in need of a place. we have to deal with that right now. and we have to deal with people that are on the verge of becoming homeless so that they are secure in their environment, and that's what all home is going to focus on. and then, i'm going to support that, and i'm going to focus on that, as well, in addition to changing policies in the city and hopefully in this state that will help us get more housing built faster so ten years from now, instead of

30,000 homeless people, we're not looking at 100,000 homeless people in the bay area. we have to think about the future and what we are going to need to do to get there. we have to think about the fact that so many of you as service providers, your employees can't even afford to live here in the communities they serve. they're commuting long distances, and if they find something someplace else, they go from doing that because it makes better financial sense instead of doing what they love in terms of helping people. so we've got to think about the bigger picture in the course of what we're going to need to do to really change the bay area, and in my heart, i see it. i see the change. i see it because i know that an organization like all homes is going to be that convener, that middle ground, that supporter,

that push, that structure that we all need to lean on in order to effectively deliver for the people that we want to help get out and stay out. so i want to thank you all so much for being here and supporting this very important launch because we definitely have a lot of work to do, and this is an incredible start. thank you. [applause] >> claim at change is real and we need to -- climate change is

real. environ stewardship plays to change the fuel source from carbon based to re. anothe--ry newable power. >> the city is responsible for developing and procuring electricity that is delivered by pacific gas & electric to end users. >> i go to the market to try to find appropriate energy product to buy and usually that is renewable so we can ensure that is in the grid and supplied to consumers. >> the contracting workerrin ant they provide keep the lights on in san francisco. >> i started on the team almost four years ago and transitioned

in 2017. we are a new team working together with across functional role. >> every contract her team is involved in executing helps san francisco reduce its climate impact by reducing greenhouse gases remitted. >> what i am most proud of is the long-term energy contracts to get new renewables in california. >> before she was doing this, we probably executed a cunpel contracts a year. it is a huge expansion in our operations and aaron is in the middle. she is centrally involved in entering more than $650 million worth of power contracts, much of that is renewable energy. the lasting impact of her contributions is helping us

develop a modern utility power purchasing division. that is why i nominated her for this award. >> this award was surprising. i feeling grateful to be recognized. a lot of people do good work and it is nice to have my accomplishments valued and recognized in the environmental stewardship realm. >> a lasting legacy is creating a modern process to help new employees that come here understand how we do business. we couldn't have done it without her. >> i am a utility specialist on the power supply team and the power enterprise.