um yeah, they have any good morning and welcome to the celebration of the village. sf i'm dalila harrison. one of the project leads for the village s f and we are happy to have you guys here at our facility. we're happy to have mayor london breed . thank you here, hmm. harold mitchell of the white house environmental justice advisory council. and the founder every

genesis. i'm sorry about that. and chairman joseph james of the yurok tribe here with us. we're here to talk about how we're going to reclaim this community for the urban natives here in san francisco. we are also honored to be joined by several community leaders elected officials in government leadership. this includes dan burnell, congresswoman pelosi's just district chief of staff. supervisor hillary ronen. catherine pugh from the genesis institute. kat taylor, the founder and ceo of the office of cat taylor. marty walk a zoo, the ceo of native american health center. along with him is

natalie are you are the chief administrator for the native american health center? jonathan cordero and get great castro of the association of the roma. tasha loney. april mcgill, executive director for the american indian cultural center. sarah mankato, the executive director for the cultural conservancy. sharia sousa and paloma floors from the san francisco american indian cultural district. susanna rojas , executive director for latino community cultural district. roberto hernandez, the founder and ceo of kana and the mission food hub. dr cheryl davis, director of human rights commission. tyrone jue, the

acting director for the department of the environment. rich hills, miriam joan and julia saberi from the san francisco planning department. josh arce, director of the workforce development twd. eric shaw, the director of m o. h. c. d. phil ginsburg, the director of sf park and rec, and marcy a. contreras the deputy executive director for mission housing. on behalf of the friendship house staff and our executive director gabriel pimentel. we want to thank you guys for joining us. your collaboration makes all of this possible. my grandmother came here into the bay area during the relocation period and my mother lived in alcatraz during that really hard time. the famous occupation. i'm a mother and a strong native woman

in recovery. who found my own? oh who found my own through a healing and healing through cultural and community connection. it is always felt like home here. the village s f is a realization of even a bigger community and i couldn't be prouder of what we are accomplishing here as native people, we are building this together. i would like to introduce my brother peter brad , who is also one of the village project leads. relatives. what a great day. actually uh, recognize my sister, virginia headrick from sakura, who is also here today. great partner and ally of us could see you. my name is peter bride. i'm catch y mara. i'm born and raised here in san francisco. the child that grew up going to the center around the corner, but that's a street. i have been working with

friendship palace for more than 30 years. village sf was the vision of our late founder, helen walk a zoo. who dreamed of a place where native people i would do would not simply survive but thrive. the village itself is that place it's that vision. it's actually a citywide initiative, but it starts with a six story building that's going to go right behind you. that will offer social services, medical, dental behavior, health care. cultural space, youth and elder programming. a women's lodge dedicated to mothers and recovery with their young children. affordable housing and food sovereignty programs throughout the city. the village s f is a place where native peoples displaced from their homelands or far from family. can reclaim a community to call their own. the village will be a place where native peoples can access vital support services. but more than that will be a place where people can gather in community experience a sense of belonging. acceptance. what? we

all need a place to call home. with that. i'd like to ask my brother greg castro. who was one of the wisdom keepers for the room. additional loney the first people of this place we now call san francisco my brothers in the house. can you come up and help aside and also my nephew, mike donald jr from the all nations drum? i could ask you all to stand. he's gonna offer a blessing, and then we're going to a person. so we always had earlier. um hum, go over. time so what's over he helium? uh, so what? we're here? he, uh what's hallways? yeah i'm hot. oh what will always be here? he led a motto. what's up with you what? so what? he he early? um so what

? so what he earlier oh, what a day. oh and always ple a marco told liam hard. so what? so he tomato? what's going over here? liam are always a yearly. um uh oh. what's up? oh yeah. you know, you have or what? they always do you good. hard what? she had a model with over here, your model, so we only have, uh oh, yeah. thank you standing for a moment that can. good morning. i was asked to come and share a prayer song. help. open up this, uh beautiful morning. i also

wanna acknowledge that the song was composed by leo mcgilvray of salik, alberta. and i specifically wanted to sing this song and helen lee helen walker zoo. you know she was pivotal research of our community here in the san francisco and the song talks about our mother and the women. so with that i want to single sound. hi y'all. no way. okay. yeah okay. okay. hello mom. all right all the way

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hey, y'all. i don't he was ready. my nephew sing may breed. i have to tell you a story. helen walker zoo, who i called mom. she called me her son. when you became the mayor of san francisco. she said. look at that son. it's beautiful, strong woman. leader in san francisco. one day she's going to come here to friendship house. just hearing that song. you know, i'm i moved because

that was a prayer. that was the thought she had. and i hear he's come to pass. here you are today so really good to have you here feel really honored. with that i have the honor of introducing harold mitchell. has become a warrior for us in san francisco and here friendship house is a member of the white house environmental justice council advisory council. the president and ceo of the re genesis institute. an organization of experts. better helping city and state leaders across the country understand president biden's justice 40 initiative. something you hear more about from him and a few seconds harold. he's modest, but he's somewhat of a legend in the environmental advocacy world. we're after founding the re genesis institute in 1997. let there the ark ark, right and forest park communities that were contaminated contaminated by waste. chemical sites. and with an e p a grant of 20,000. he leveraged that into $3300

million worth of community investment. creating 500 new, affordable housing units, several community health centers. job training and employment programs. a new retail development. state of the art community center. in south carolina. the community problem solving model that harold created in south carolina. has become the gold standard. for the federal environment environmental protection agency. helping us all understand how environmental and racial justice intersect. over the past two years. harold has been helping us here. friendship palace developed the village myself so that we can do something similar here in san francisco. to what he created in his home state. relatives. please welcome someone. i consider not just a mentor and friend. but i consider now my brother. health mitchell, please come take this . he's gonna take the sand.

this is truly a beautiful day. i'll take credit for dialing up the good weather. i want to say good morning, everyone. and a special greeting to mayor breed. and also we cannot forget. the visionary and founder. helen walker soon. i am as peter stated harold mitchell jr. president and ceo of the re genesis institute. an organization is, peter stated. similar like here. um we took that $20,000 small grant and leverage it into 300 million. and these were not phd experts. but these were extraordinary people in the community that had the same passion that you have, and that was wanting to transform our community. before i get started. um. there's

someone that i would, uh like to recognize here this with us today. and. she is really the reason that i met peter. and during the campaign with tom steyer. she put a drive back in me to want to get out and replicate what we did in spartanburg. it's like this is too good to great of what you've done here. why are you holding it? why don't you get out and share this with other people around the country? and i had no such desire of doing such a thing. and can't taylor, would you please stand. we had the re genesis institute ma'am would not be here. and certainly would not have been able to do the work that we're

doing not only with the friendship house, but other projects were engaged in around the country. please. if you could give cat and her team i see shorris there. we could not have done any of what we're doing right now without you and i just want to say thank you. yeah. no she didn't want me to do that. but, uh as my 103 year old grandmother told me give flowers to those while they're still living, breathing can see in here. so thank you, ma'am. and now that i would like to get started with you to talk about why we are here today. and that is i am grateful. and many environmental justice leaders and climate leaders around the country are grateful for what president biden has been able to do thus far. a lot of people don't know. understand. what is

justice 40. so i'm here to tell you just a little bit about what is justice 40. and while he was still candidate biden and 2020 uh, i said on the call with him and about 26. other leaders, uh, environmental justice leaders around the country. and then candidate biden. asses is like, what can i do? what can i do to help you in the climate, arena and environmental justice? i want to get it right. and he sat there with us, and everyone gave their um thoughts as to what needs to happen in the appalachian region in the south out west. so you got a good picture from everyone around the country, saying this is what we need. and when he was able to put that plan together, he came back and said, is this right? you're the first to see this before i release it. and so i want you to know that because this wasn't some we're just gonna put this so called justice 40 of fly by night out there. this was a lot of work before he even became president. that went

into what is justice 40 today? and so with that um once he was able to get this out there. and won the election. he decided that he needed to keep this same group of 26 of us on the council to give advice because we're the ones on the front lines. and he stated, you know, just like with the project in spartanburg, it's a model for the collaborative problem solving. the exact same thing that you're doing here right now, but we did not have the resources and the commitment of what's here today. so in that i will say that that bowl agenda that president biden went after had to have the resources. and that's why i would say that when you look at ah! your congresswoman. and how is speaker that i missed so dearly? nancy pelosi for passing those historic pieces of legislation.

you know the bipartisan infrastructure bill. that was across the aisle, the inflation reduction act. the chips and manufacturing. the american recovery. all of these pieces of legislation was important. to be able to do what president biden stated he wanted to do with all the disadvantaged communities. and so in this justice 40 declared that 40% of certain federal dollars. from covered programs would go to disadvantage. communities that are marginalized, underserved under burden and under funded and so that's kind of you know, friendship house fits that and so. the big thing that you have to keep in mind that a lot of people talk about models. i've heard everyone saying, oh, it's a model is a model. but basically we need examples. that's where the model is a true example. and that example is what you have today. with your mayor. and the commitment from

her staff josh where's josh? josh stepped up immediately with us when we met in the office. with the entire team. your chief of staff. tremendous and was beating us over the head saying , what is justice 40? but i will tell you that. that executive order that was passed by um president biden of 14 008. which is among the reasons that we're here today. and mayor breed. the work you and your staff has put into ensuring that justice 40 by offering san francisco you know, as a model for environmental justice is nothing short of amazing. this partnership. that you have been able to pull together. with friendship house. the europe tribe. all of this is

something that you don't see in other places around the country, and i have gone to a lot of places even before this whole thing of justice 40. you don't see the type of synergy and commitment and passion that you see here with the friendship house and the key partners. this is what is needed as a model around the country. people are trying to figure out how to do this work. then what you have is the right process and coalition in order to make it work. now. the good thing about oversight that we're talking about. is to make sure that the oversight and accountability is in place. for the billions of dollars that we have seen going out this four. and much more to come. and that type of oversight will prevent the abuse that we've seen in the past. this is one thing that i'm very happy that the screening tool, the environmental justice screening tool that's out the type of oversight and input from around the country, making sure that these dollars get on the

ground to those frontline communities like the friendship house, and this is why i told peter and the team six months ago. then i'm going to do everything i can in my power to make sure that this model is uplifted that other people around the country can look to and the more we talk about friendship house, the more folks are saying what? what is the friendship house? and so i just want you to realize and understand the hard work that you're doing. it's not going without notice. and i can't say some of the things that i wanted to say here today, but it's going to come very shortly to you. i will not get beat up for that. but i will tell you, though, that it is incredibly um humbling to see the kind of passion that helen. and the entire team is still moving forward with here at friendship house. i know that. you know, you hear some people saying, well, why are you putting an

investing into the friendship house? we heard that same thing in spartanburg. and that investment once i got to the statehouse, where i served as a state representative in south carolina. we pass an environmental justice bill because they saw the economic impact. when they began to see the impact. of what we were able to do in spartanburg, people like nikki haley. mick mulvaney. trump's chief of staff and other freedom caucus members signed onto that bill. and said, we have to have environmental justice in spartanburg. now that can happen in spartanburg, south carolina, and you having nancy pelosi. mayor breed and the president with this kind of a commitment. we leveraged 300 million there's no telling what you're going to be able to leverage here. and who's gonna kick against? the ills that we see and especially after the pandemic. when you look at

fentanyl and the opioids all of the crisis that we see the behavioral health issues after being locked up in the pandemic. era. h h s secretary of hhs, who is also from california, javier. i mean, when you look at the people that's on the team and lined up, it's just like me. setting this weather up for you today. it is going to be incredible. what takes place here? and that's why i have to say thank you. for your commitment in this city for what you do and what you're doing, taking a step forward embracing this project. everywhere around the country. people are looking for shovel ready projects. this is shovel ready? this has the coalition that is necessary for president biden and these agencies to invest in you have everything here. so i'm excited. and ready. as we begin to see

these dollars flow in here, i'll just start speaking at that way forward so i won't get in any more trouble. but i will say. in my closing, because i don't. i'm just so excited every time i come here. and i don't want my excitement to get me in trouble. so i will say. peter. if you and mayor breed could come up for one second. i introduce you. i want to present both of you. and i know with time. i'm not gonna be able to read these proclamations. but these proclamations is from the re genesis institute. because as a model that epa has used, uh, spartanburg as that model, an example not only in the country but outside of the country. i mean, we've had folks from taiwan corea. everyone come in

to look at what we were able to do in spartanburg. and it's nothing compared to what i know this is going to happen here. i've done it before. done it again and i know we're going to do it now with you and your leadership, and so i just want to say thank you for your work. thank you for your work. and thank you family. let's get it done. and now before i get into any more trouble, i'm going to introduce the mayor. london breed is the 45th, mayor of the city and county of san francisco . uh thought it was a quick introduction. hey you've got a lot of accomplishments made, okay? and so mayor breed. this is you couldn't couldn't break this up, though i mean being the first african american woman mayor in san francisco's history is something i don't think we

have to give her a round of applause. and doing your administration. she is prioritized policies and programs to address some of the most crucial issues facing the city, including housing, homelessness, workforce development, public housing climate change. and recovering from the covid 19 pandemic. born and raised in san francisco mayor breeds vision for the city is rooted in her experiences growing up in public housing and living in neighborhoods impacted by redevelopment. and her commitment to creating opportunities for all san franciscans. to live and thrive. you see, we got another thing that i have in common with you here. we gave you deebo samuel. from spartanburg. i was hoping to have a better introduction with you today, but that didn't work out. so ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to your mayor. london breed.

thank you. thank you. thank you . well first of all, i gotta say , um, you know there. i don't know what your nephew who sang the song. i'm sorry. i don't know his name. but michael when michael was singing, um, what's what's interesting is something was going on inside of me at that moment, and i didn't understand what was going on. and then when peter told the story about what helen said. i really felt that connection and it was like i didn't get it at the time, but i got it when he said what he said. and it just demonstrates to you. this is more than just a space or project. this is a spiritual reawakening. of a proportional magnitude. that is different

than most other projects that occur in the city and county of san francisco because of the community. that's been impacted by many of the challenges that not only of existed. in san francisco, but throughout this country uh, so today as the sun shines, it feels so incredibly good and rewarding to think that helen's vision has really taken on. completely different. dynamic. in terms of. um what it has created and not just the american indian community in the american indian cultural district. but what it is created for other communities and how it is included other communities to be a part of this extraordinary opportunity in this moment in san francisco. so. i feel

incredibly proud to be here today, but i gotta say, um, it started a while ago when roberto hernandez reached out to me and peter bratt. they came and met with me to talk to me about what they wanted to do. ah ah, and in my mind, i thought whoa! this is revolutionary. wow. how long is this going to take? that's what i was very much nervous about. is this gonna take forever to get done and i specifically said i want this done during my time as mayor, i want to see this project happening. and so i made it clear to my team. that we have to make this a priority. the community is bringing forth the vision. and a community that has provided the services right here at friendship house working

hand in hand with a number of organizations to provide the support for medical for youth for seniors. and to imagine a building. that will not only provide those same services what but will provide housing that will provide a rooftop garden to create. culturally supported food and medicine. it is exactly what i know is desperately needed in this community to ensure the success to ensure that this community's thrives and to ensure that there is a anchor clear place. that is highlighted in such a beautiful way through this building right in the heart of san francisco's mission district and right in the heart of the american indian cultural district. it is absolutely extraordinary, and i'm so proud to be a part of it

. harold. i feel like we got some promises without you saying the words of those promises. um in 1945. san francisco hosted the united nations to sign the original agreement. and more recently in 2018, we held a significant global climate summit in our city. and the reason why it happened here is because san francisco has been a leader around climate change. but there was a like component missing in the whole climate battles, and that was really focusing on equity. and how we address the challenges around equity as we push for changes. to improve. what we do. around protecting the environment for future generations protecting the planet. the things that this

community represents, in terms of being stewards of the land and protecting it and protecting its people and protecting it for generations to come. and so when i think about what we did here in 2021 when we put out a climate action plan in san francisco. it really centered around equity, and it's centered around focusing on those communities that have, unfortunately been disproportionately impacted. by some of the bad decisions that have been made in the past. and in fact, i appreciate the fact that the department spent so much time focusing on the bayview hunters point community because of the power plants and looking at the data around the high rates of asthma, cancer and other issues and how we needed to change that for the better, in fact, that climate action

plan has us well on our way to implement a lot of different things that are going to help san francisco get to net zero. carbon admissions by 2040, which is extraordinary and better than any place in the country. why is that important? it's important because basically i feel like the president stole the language of our climate action plan to use for its justice 40 initiative. this is the perfect place. this is as harold talked about the perfect plan. for using this for using village sf as a model for the rest of the country to follow the support from philanthropy. and thank you so much cat for your work and for being here the support from the city and county of san francisco. the support from the

state all of us working collaboratively to provide the support necessary to create a space that came out of a vision of a community. this is exactly the kind of project that is ready to go. and it's not only a beautiful building. but it's the people that are gonna make that building even more beautiful and providing the support and the services. this is a win win. it is a win win for our city, our state and our country. it is a real win for our climate action goals, and it will be a testament to the legacy of helen and peter and so many who are here today. for the next generation. to be the stewards of not just this building, but the city this land and all that it represents. so i'm really excited to be here. because i

was definitely nervous about something taking too long. i'm always critical of the city and its you know, structure and how everything takes so many bureaucratic years to get done, and your supervisor hillary ronen has committed to working with me on addressing those challenges so that this building doesn't have to deal with those obstacles. we're going to move. we are going to move mountains to get it done. there are a lot of the department heads from planning from rec and park and other places and people who are committed to working with the community to make sure that it's done. so i'm really glad to be here and i cannot wait to come back so that we can break ground and so that we can get started and we can cut the ribbons and we can get this place open sooner rather than later. it really does take a village. because you heard all those names that were first mentioned . that's a real village. but

every single name is an important part. of the village that will get this project done. and we're going to be so proud and so excited about what it brings to this community. because it will not only represent and support. the american indian culture. but it will be a place that people from this city will be welcomed with open arms and i am looking forward to that day, and i am sure that it will probably be just as beautiful day. today as it will be when we open the doors of the new village sf in san francisco, and hopefully the very near future. thank you all so much for being here. and with that, i'm going to introduce the person who's going to help me in the board of supervisors chamber to cut through all the

bureaucratic red tape so that we don't have to wait. because we want to see this done and supervisor you got more to push for aggressively because you told me i want to get these important projects done before my term is up. so you know we got two years a little bit less than two years to get it done. but supervisor ronan will definitely be a real partner in the work that we are going to do. to get this project over the finish line. so ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your supervisor hillary ronen. thank you. oh, sorry. this one. thank you. may agreed. i cannot wait to get to work. we are both so frustrated with the length of time and the cost that it takes to build anything and get progress in san francisco, and

we're gonna team up and we're going to cut through the red tape, and we're going to cut through the bureaucracy and, yes, i have two years left. so i want to see this project open its doors in that time. and thanks for having the heart you you know you you can tell and express that this project is a little different than our everyday project. it feels it feels historical. and i think that is because it's been too long. ah way too long for the american indian community in this country to get justice. to get justice for its people. to get its land back because let's face it, uh, all the land we stand on in san francisco. it's stolen land, and it was stolen from the american indian aloni people and, uh, this is the first time when we created the

american indian cultural district, which were all so excited about and so proud of, and i am so honored to be the supervisor of the district where it's where it sits. um it's the first time that we're starting to give land back. and in order to have justice in order to have healing center. and community space and affordable, truly affordable housing. for the people that need it most and all the environmental benefits that come with that justice that return of the land. um it takes space it takes property. it takes territory. and wow, it's overdue to give that that land and that space and that territory back to the american indian people of san francisco in the region, so i could not be happier to be standing here and in partnership in solidarity

with all of you today, we're going to get this project past the finish line in record time and you're you'll have me with you every step of the way. congratulations. hello family again. it is my pleasure to introduce the next person who is going to come up and it is the chairman joseph l. james chairman joseph james is the chair of the yurok tribe, the largest surviving tribe in california. with more than six thousands enrolled residents and ancestral homelands spanning across today's countries of humboldt and del norte into the pacific ocean and along the climate river. which i recently visited in his gorgeous just letting you guys know as chairman. he has led the yurok tribe in its efforts to protect natural and cultural resources to expand the tribes economic development portfolio and to combat the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people. as a

key partner of the justice 40 village initiative. chairman james and the yurok tribe are working for the french house and the city to create an affordable housing for the uruk and native american people in the san francisco and to build the europe tribe regional wellness center and humbled county. like to introduce you, um, tribal chairman. good morning. again, right? nick now, joseph l. james chairman of the europe tribe, come from the village of reagan, located over climate river. just north of here about 67 hours. i thought a lot about today, you know? today is a proud day. beautiful day. but when i think of that, you know, i give thanks . i give thanks to everywhere that paved the way i give thanks to everybody that that made me who was the person i am as a person as a travel chairman. no

individual could do it alone without their family or their upbringing. as i mentioned our village i you know, i've i appreciate that coming from a village back at home, being able to care, love one love one another. we're always taught that you know, this is what it looks like here today as bringing people together. from the from the white house from the state. ■from the local government trouble leaders community from real urban you know, that's what it looks like here to the addictive thinking in the b indian to take care of one another again. it's a it's a privilege and honor. i want to thank everyone here today. we at the york trevor are honored to be working with the friendship house, the old and largest american being led organization serving the american indian san francisco. our justice. 40 partnership includes two key projects creating affordable housing for yurok. indian people in sent cisco in creating a

europe tribe wellness center. at home at uruk. really excited about that. really proud of that, um. you know, be able to provide that. that wellness that treatment center here at home at uruk um you know, combating, uh , crisis. you never know what can individuals going through on a on a day to day basis? you truly don't um you know, that's that's why i you know, as taught and raised, you know, to fremont . free your mind to free my mind , you know, to open up our heart by my grandfather back at home. um sitting there looking up beautiful day here. you know creator? uh. is looking down for us and providing that that space for us to death this historic day. and you know, cutting edge moving forward, setting the precedence in a good way. uh, providing this opportunity for the justice 40 you know if it's well with us, as as indian people you know? you know, i was

at an event of nypd next week. and again, we're always taught to take care. look after. and here at this, this new facility that's coming forward timeline. that's just not going to service people. indian people. you know to have the land come back. to bring his hoar to bring balance back to us as people. um land. you know, it is truly a privilege and honor to think back. who's paved the way. and to get to this point and to be standing here today in front of everybody here and again as a always tired as a elders. you know, i don't speak the language very much, but but think indian that's what i heard here today. that's the way we are. that's

what we're doing thinking indian to cake care, one of each other. uh, in a before. like to close. with the song. you know? you know, i do a lot of songs. back at home. our culture, uh in our house and again as a i think of my upbringing. every time of who i am as as a as a person. and be able to have this privilege and opportunity to travel chair to serve our people. um and moving forward and peter. it is a truly an honor to be here to be part of this, brother. uh, you know, i say, let's get down and get down with the work. it's all again about. we've got a lot of work yet to do. but again, it's a really excited about the opportunity and the action that's happening and so and

again, uh, you know, as as i sing a song you know, as i mentioned, you never know where somebody's at in their lives. you know, i woke up this morning. i did my thing, spiritually cultural and getting ready for today. if we can help one another here today help our families back at home. help archym unity. help our villages. no. do that. do that. speak from your heart. you know, speak for you. my heart help one another, and that's what we're doing here today. in a let's open it up with the song. he did away you. he did you know he did. yeah. do . no, no, you, hmm. hello.

hello. i hate you won't hate wait. you he you. mm hmm. well he didn't wake you. he will be you. who is you? hello. you. hmm. hmm. well hated what he did

wait, you ah! with that again. thank you. thank you. truly privileged and honored to be here today. thank you for your patience. my brother was singing. i was reminder of one of our medicine. people used to come and work here with the relatives. these eagle feathers right here that you see this buffalo. hair that you see the songs that you're hearing. there were once outlawed by this federal government. and the native people. they laid down their lives. shed their blood so we can use these things today, so i really appreciate those songs, brother and with that, i want to ask my brother dan bernal. to come up and share a few words. dan is the president of the health commission here in san francisco. and he holds that

down as the deputy chief of staff for congresswoman pelosi. who was a dear friend of my mom. helen walkers. ooh! and when helen had the vision to build this building, you see before you speaker pelosi at the time she helped make it a reality. in fact, our kitchen is called nancy's kitchen. so with that, daniel i really want to thank you for the support that you and the speaker have shown the congresswoman excuse me have shown throughout the decades. thank you so much, peter. it's really a privilege to be here with you with the mayor, of course, with mr mitchell from the white house and you know? we can call her nancy word home, right? nancy's dear friend helen walker is doing her spirit is really present here, and we all felt it when you were speaking about the history that our mayor is made here in san francisco to so with the songs and the spirituality, thank you. just

very briefly. speaker pelosi is very grateful for the opportunity to support your critical work to provide culturally sensitive whole person care to our urban indian community here in san francisco , and that is why in the 2023 appropriations bill, she saw it and secured funding through the community funding project program in order to support the village here and everything and all of the exciting work and support and community activity, particularly for our community members who are in recovery so exciting that you're gonna be providing services specifically for mothers with their children who are who are working to really better themselves into create a great life for themselves and to really build this fabric of community. so on behalf of speaker pelosi, speaker emeritus pelosi thank you again for your leadership. thank you for inviting her to be here. i know she wants to come back and visit the kitchen and she can't wait to come and visit the village as well. so thank you very much for having me

here. it's a real privilege. thank you, everyone. oh and may i also add that on behalf of speaker america? pelosi i have a certificate of special congressional recognition. presented to the friendship house association of american indians for your leadership in establishing the village as f to provide holistic and culturally significant services to san francisco's urban indian community in recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community, so. my relatives are we would like to our executive director gabriel pimentel, and one of our elders, patricia shirley. we would like to ask. mayor may breed. ah, dan hillary. chairman james and harold mitchell to come stand here. we want to honor you with

the blanket. these blankets have deep spiritual cultural meaning. cold winters. it can they can literally save your life. they were hard to come by, and they represent our mothers or grandmothers, great grandmothers all the way back in time. we always be sheltered by love. compassion and protection. who. as we want our relatives. i want to ask my brother culture we don't put. don't do yeah, under

lecter over. best our chief. martin walker zoos he's recognized as the chief throughout indian country. he was helen's husband. and he just celebrated 50 years native american health center he helped build friendship policy is going to share some words with us to close us out. oh thank you, peter. first of all, like to acknowledge and thank the residents. residents who are taking care of their issues and their problems. thank you very much for allowing us to be here this morning. this is a dream that helen had many years ago. she shared it with the family and with the family of the friendship off that. we have to

make sure that our culture stays alive. better ways in our ceremonies. continue for the next generation. i'm a great grandfather. helen and i. worked every day. two. make sure that our children followed their traditional ways. helen when she went to boarding school from navajo reservation to inter mountain. in utah. where she was told she couldn't speak her language. she couldn't practice her ways. and when she graduated there she didn't have a choice to either go back to the reservation. pardon ago. she she was forced to come to san francisco. you know? today is a very special day two here. people voice their support for the village. it's something that

we desperately need for future generations, and i want to thank all the representatives from washington, d c two san francisco for your support. and continued. efforts to ensure that this building is built. and to my community, i just wanted to say stand up. be strong. it will get done. it's going to be a difficult road. difficult path. never give up. never give up. never give up hope. and i just wanted to say in my 40 years. married to helen. hi. so really brown, you have a news and in the mayor who i. watch

it. and then i think about my grandchildren. my great grandchildren, i ana. in korea. now i can see him. say to them. you can be married to. and maybe one day president. yeah so thank you, peter. come on. quebec, okay? thank you, brother. again thank you. mayor breed for coming to. i know you're busy, busy woman. all of you, hillary. thank you, dan. brother, brother, joseph, brother harold. thank you all for coming relatives. thank you. becoming for believing in this vision.

and if you'd like we have some refreshments for you. and we'd love to get a couple of photographs. so thank you all for coming for this historic day. we can just have group right here. grab a couple of photos. thank you. all relatives have a good day. hmm. >> my apartment burned down 1.5

years ago in noba. my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below market rate program, got my certificate, and started applying and won the housing lottery. this particular building was brand-new, and really, this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. and i came to the open house here, and there were literally

hundreds of people looking at the building. and i -- in my mind, i was, like, how am i ever going to possibly win this? and i did. and when you get that notice that you want, it's surreal, and you don't really believe it, and then it sinks in, yeah, i can have it, and i'm finally good to go; i can stay. my favorite thing about my home, although i miss the charm about the old victorian is everything is brand-new. it's beautiful. my kitchen is amazing. i've really started to enjoy cooking. i really love that we have a gym on-site. i work out four days a week, and it's beautiful working outlooking out over the courtyard that i get to look at. it was hard work to get to the other side, but it's well worth it. i'm super grateful to the mayor's office of housing for having this for us.

the meeting will come to order. welcome to the budget and finance committee. i am the chair chan and joined by member safai. for those in attendance, please handle your