>> malcolm come up here! supervisor preston, come up here! today is a wonderful day.

excited to be here with all of us family, friends, partners, community. and john. hi. john! community and john. i am the ceo of tnbc housing and community development organization building and serving community throughout san francisco. i mentioned today is an exciting and important day for us. we are not here to move a bit of dirt. more important low, we are symbolically beginning to create community. 160 family and individuals will call this location home. and i'm beyond excited to issue creating this bridge of opportunity. [applause] today we are also celebrating the verifies community. and many, many, many friends, family and partners that came to make today and this project

possible. i'm proud of this beautiful community. i'm proud of the holistic approach the community takes approach in the opportunity. to be here it takes more then and there a village it takes the entire staechl i like to thank mayor breed. for her steadfast leadership. supervisor preston, continued support. director shaw and the entire staff the mayor's office of housing and community development. [applause]. and a true partner malcolm and china down community development center. support from bank of america and citibank is impressive and dynamic. of in our contractors the ones managing the big minutes. kay hill and hercules a joint

venture and our architects. i would like to take this time and liberty to give thanks to all of the entire staff over the years dillien to making this project go forward inclusive of our board of directors. [applause]. it is now my sincere privilege to introduce our very own dynamic mayor, mayor breed. [applause]. >> i came right on time. first of all, this has been a long time coming. i want to start by thanking our former mayor ed lee. when i went to him when i was on the board reporting this district. this property was not necessary

low ump for sale. wee had a long conversation about the need do more and build more house nothing district 5 especially because we were able to get legislation passed for neighborhood preference that would allow for the people who live in this community to have a real chance of able to live in the community many cases come were born and raised. he and i worked together and made it a priority. and it goes to show you that when the mayor and the board of supervisors work together >> many great things can be accomplished. and so mayor lee and i set out on reaching out to the upon owner of the property. there were challenges going on at the time. and eventual low after a few months we commenced them to sell us the property and went through the process and decided that we would work with the community.

to ensure that we do something to allow for a level of affordable housing to meet the needs of the folks of this community. and i than there are a number of neighborhood associations this are air part and people who live here that are joining us here today. so we are grateful for your work and advocacy. know there were a lot of meetings and a lot of different pregnancy what should and should not happen at this site. we know the people who live healer be the ones most impacted by when this housing come n. when i say impacted i believe the impacts will be extremely positive. because you are talking about 160 units. . families. of people who will be formerly homeless as a result of this project. people who are young folks between ages 18 and 24. transitional age youth.

people who need a safe affordable place to come home. what i'm most proud of in san francisco over the years, we build housing and build housing and build housing. when i was growing up i wondered yet people who lived in the neighborhood dids not have the ability to access house nothing their communities. 43 of the units will be given right of first refusal for people who live in the neighborhood and district as a priority. so they have a real shot of gaining access to live in the community they are a part of. >> this is so significant. and so important. because many of us, i'm suburbaning all of us here today; believe we need to address the challenges around homelessness and housing affordability. and we do that by making sure that we are approving housing projects in general. that we are getting the job done not rejecting housing no matter how challenging or small or what

have you or big it is. we need to think about what happens with the future. i remember when i was at a debate when i was running for mayor. i asked the i was the only one at the time who supported scott wiener's bill sba27 to provide additional density not like a high rise in a neighborhood but a few more sdmrors more housing i remember asking everyone how many have been in the city for 50 years. or raised here. all the hands went up >> how many raised your kids. >> i raised my kids here i love san francisco. and i asked. how many of your kids still live here. hardly any hands went up. the ability to build projects like this and get housing done is imperative to dealing with so many challenges our city

changes. we can't say we passport and reject housing projects in the city this project is a prime dpachl of what happened when we are able to come together to get things done. the people who work in the city, our homeless folks, young people, the future of our city they are relying on us to make good decisions this is eighty-one of the very bestment i want to appreciate the partnership of tndc and china town community development. they are two important nonprofit housing developers that not only do housing in the city to provide for the most vulnerable. but they also provide services and support to help ensure that we keep people housed that is an important part of what we needs to do. >> a lot of work and i want to be appreciative of our bank of

america supportful thank you for helping to finance the project. and thank you to the housing authority for vouchers. secretary fudge has done an unpreps debted amount of housing vouchers. section 8 vouchers to san francisco -- we are proud we got so many people housed because of it. i thank the mayor's office of housing and community development. eric is joining us because it takes a village. it takes a lot of people to get a project like this done. i. to thank the haight ashbury community and the people in cole valley for your support, advocacy, for showing up for meetings. having the hard conversations and getting us to this point. with a childcare facility on site and other space, what this will do for the community i believe will be transformtive.

and it will be an amazing addition to the haight/ashbury community. thank you everyone who played an important role in this. we are finally delivering on an upon pros that has been years in the making and i can't wait until the first resident move in their unit here at stanion. thank you so much! [applause] thank you, mayor breed. it is a privilege and an honor to be here today. hello, everyone. i'm joana mccarthy president for bank of america in san francisco and the east bay. and to issue part of a project like this is really special. as the mayor said, it does take a village. i want to thank a couple of folks. this is about the best reason i can think of to get out of the office and celebrate a public/private partnership that is so important especially on

the prime piece of real estate. it will be an incredible project. you know we are ceebrating a building here will have 160 units and 11,000 square feet of community space. thank you to tndc and ccdc for work and making sure we have a community space and they work with our teams and community development to make sure all our projects support the residents as they are meant to. >> so you understand i have a couple of folks from community development banking. our team is here. the past year they have been busy at work. last year bank of america for our community development group invested 7.85 billion with over 13,000 affordable housing units. we are committed to making sure affordable housing is not just a

dream but something we realize together. >> ment to make sure we thank the city of san francisco. mayor. supervisor preston the mayor's office of housing and community development. eric. thank you very much. again. it is about everybody coming together. we talk about a village it takes heart and that's when we have here in san francisco. everybody is coming together to support the upon community in ways we know you need. >> thank you very much. i'm happy to be part of the team that helped pull this together. and thank you again for your support and recognition recognition today. >> [applause]. now supervisor dean preston. >> hello irk everyone. it is very incredible to be here. not much gets a supervisor now or the mayor either out of city hall on the last day of the budget fight happening and everyone was at each other's

throws what they will get in the budget i was over joyed to leave that and even if the sun is in the shine to cell brit this with you all. and you know look around where we are for those who are not as familiar with this neighborhood that i have a privilege to represent. think of 160 units of affordable housing truly affordable housing. here in the haight/ash burref across the street from the golden gate park. in one of the most richly served by transit and most walkable neighborhoods in this city. this is exactly the location where we should be building affordable housing in san francisco. and it is incredible we are here to celebrate breaking ground today. i want to recognize all the folks that got us here and it has been a road. right. and the mayor said, a lot of

meetings and out reach. it started as the mayor said. with the mayor when she was supervisor working with the late ed lee and identifying this site as a site for acquisition. i appreciate that happened then and the announcements over the last week of other sites that are acquired by the city for this development. if we are going to hit our goal under the housing element 46,000. new affordable housing units in san francisco, we are going to have to be doing this. all over the city. and i for one as the sprierdz of d 5 welcome as much of this as we can do. in this district. alost folks stepped up along the way from the point acquisition to the communities group and mayor referenced a many different community groups i want to thank the haight/ashbury

council. for support. we really have the dream team here. we are blessed, you are lucky if you have tndc developing a project in your district for affordable how doing over the track record of the 2 organizations and developing affordable house nothing san francisco is incredible. we in the haight have both. and it hen incredible to see their work in keeping this on track despite obstacles and keeping the community updated and -- through these meeting its has been an important part why there is a consensus in this community. i will say one thing this gives me joy and that i appreciate every day. is that i upon represent a community that supports

affordable housing and that is not the case every where in california notteen in san francisco. we have our stories on projects. we'll not bother with that now. i will say that this project here of 160 units of affordable how doing heads overwhelming community support. even with different visions how this should you can used or this population served and good faith discussion about those things. there was never a time when there was a question about whether the haight supported affordable housing here on this site of the former mc donalds and empty lot this . is truly you know people talk about the division in our city. this is truly an example what can wham what happened when we boshg together. mayor and director of major's office of housing iric shaw and

his team and everyone working together to make this happen. i hope we'll take the moment upper and the words we are saying today and make sure we go from putting shovels in the pile of dirt to having residents move in as quickly as possible. and that can sometimes be a process and we all share a commitment in city government and the development team of making sure that process happens quickly as possible. i want to say, thank you all for your support of this project t. is difficult on put together the financing and all the work that goes to getting us to this pointful i can't thank everyone enough who hen a part of this and made this happen more of this, please. thank you for being here and your support. [applause]. malcolm. take us home! >> first, i want to start with something that ccdc tradition

introduced by our retired execute ever director fong. look at the person on their left. take a look at the person on your right. and tell them you are beautiful. and you are all beautiful. >> thank you. first of all i feel conspicuous i'm only one who kept pie construction hat and vest o. thanks to everybody for throwing me under the bus. we're posing for cameras. secondly, i want to say, i saw you last nighture did not tell me you had written remarks. a bit upset about that i'm glad we are here after our cocktail hour. >> i want to start by acknowledging the vision that it took to get this project to this place. it started with the mayor. i really recognize and

basketball that -- it was her vision of working with mayor lee to acquire the site that allowed you to be here today and we know the mayor's office of housing is looking at this more and more and wield want to encourage that. china town will be a beneficiary of that model with the project coming up there based on a city acquisition this really it was mayor breed who i think got the ball rolling on this one. supervisor now mayor. the major's office of how longs for continued support they provided around this project. i said before, they are true partners in a wayy don't see in other jurisdictions that is very real and i think we need to recognize and appreciate that in a different way then and there in other jurisdictions and i want to thank supervisor preston who from day fwhon his office supportive of the project we had

many conversations and his support was vital to get here. it has been a journey no question. along the way we done incredible things. added 2 additional floors. [applause]. figured out how to program the space and include that as part of the development process which is a now model that a lot of us are looking at. again and again this is a model that i hope the city looks at and propagate across developments this concept of the developers responsible for building out the commercial space to make sure it is something that serves the community as part of the over all design from the front to back end. this brings mow to the most important component commute this . community in peculiar. tndc and china town cdc we had this conversation, organizations

this deeply believe in accomplice when we say deeply believe in mrooes accomplice we mean that the people in that place should drive the conversation about what they need. and we know, china town cdc knows for us, this is a place. i want to thifrng this mount for inviting us in and allowing us to be a part of your community. i want to say to the kay hill contracters and hercules if you see asian dude skate boarding on the site that is probably my son. and he does this stuff. will give me a call. but -- thank you to everybody who made this happen. thank you to b of a and stele for being great partners we need to more than ever in the next. coming years we have to build 40,000 affordable housing units hoping you are staffing occupy municipality banking side and appreciate be being here and a part of this moment.

thank you. [applause]

[music] san francisco developing programs specific low to increase the amount of affordable housing throughout the city. >> the affordable housing bonus program provides developers to include more housing for i have low, low, moderate and middle income households. this program does not rely on public subsidies but private developers who include it part of their project. under california density bonus law. housing prejudices that include affordable on site may be request a density bonus. it is an increase in the number of housing units allowed under zoning laws and based on affordable units being provided.

>> however, the state law does not address all of san francisco needs does not incentivize middle income housing. associating the city is proposing an affordable housing bonus program for higher levels of development including middle income u firsts providing a stream lined application review and approval process. >> how does the program work in it applies to mixed use corridors in san francisco. and offers incentives to developers who provide 30% of affordable in projects. to reach 30%, 12% of the units must be affordable to low income household and 18% per minute nap to middle income households. >> in exchange developers will will build more and up to additional 2 stories beyond current zoning regulations. >> 1 huh human % affordable will

be offered up to 3 additional stories beyond current regulations. each building will be required conform to guidelines ensuring meets with the character of the area and commercial corridors. this program is an opportunity to double the amount of affordable housing and directly address the goals established by twenty 14 hosing element and prospect k paddled by voters last year. pacificly, prop circumstance established a goal that 33% of all new housing permanent to low and moderate incomes this program will be the first to prosecute void permanent affordable projects that include middle income households. to learn more about the program visit

>> item 50 is resolution calling on department of public health to provide medically necessary transition related care for transgender related people and remove restrictions. >> in 2012 gender health sf was born out of advocacy from community stakeholders and local leaders. really as response to providing quality, accessible jnder aaffirming care for the most under-served. (indiscernible) the way i see it, there is two ways of folks we serve at our program. the first wave of folks who never imagined surgery access was accessible to them. many folks who had to save money or par ticipate in underground economy to access the surgery outside the country. (indiscernible) really to make something real in terms of being able to connect with the gender identity and external

(indiscernible) and so transform so many lives of many of trans folks who never imagined it was accessible to them. now we are in the different era and time where transrights is in the social political and general (indiscernible) and now we are serving young folks to support them and making sure their gender identity is connected to who they are, so providing a space to support transfolks to live authentically and that is the goal to provide the level of care trans folks deserve. >> when it comes to access to healthcare, while we all believe in cost control and make sure we deliver healthcare in a cost effective manner, i dont think that cost is a reason or legitinate rational to exclude people from

healthcare (indiscernible) colleagues i ask for your support. >> thank you supervisor wiener. colleagues on this item can we do this without role call? same house same call, without objection the resolution is adopted. [applause] >> good afternoon, hello. welcome to the ferry building's birthday, yoo hoo! what great weather we have to celebrate. i'm elaine executive director of the port of san francisco and i have the distinct honor of opening up this grand celebration. as the executive director of the port, my team and i have the awesome responsibility of 7 and a half miles of water front and it includes this they majestic building. i want to thank the people who put this together, lillian and justin of my group.

thank you people behind the scenes who made it happen. [applause] we've got some very special people here today to make this celebration very grand. we have our mayor, mayor london breed, who will speak shortly and we have supervisor peskin and also, thank you, and also we have commissioner ed herrington joining us today. thank you ed herrington. so it was exactly in 1898 when the first vessel arrived here, opening the newly fashion pier and opening an era of prosperity and diversity for our city. for nearly 40 years, it was the bay crossing that welcomed everyone in and out of the city. the bridge went up in 1936. so today, this building is such a special place of travel, of

welcoming, of diversity and we know that our ferry passenger ridership is going to go to prepandemickship as we have new routes and ferrylandings. [applause] this is a place where people gather for the most important city celebrations, whether that be the pride parade toxer juneteenth to markets and festivals or just to have a day of enjoyment. in our time, this building stayed open during the covid pandemic, getting farmers market getting ready to return safely as soon it could and getting our stores open and being ready for the first passengers ready to travel and now in our economic recovery and vitality, we're hosting millions in celebrations and enjoyment. now, we are going to make a capsule today that will be open in 25 years, in 2048, and when

it's opened, i know we'll have one thing to be extremely proud of, we are investing in the future of the ferry building to prepare for sea level rise. so in 25 years, the folks that are standing up here in the community, there would be a grand project that we're preparing to raise this building maybe up to 7 feet and to redo this plaza to make it as grand it is today. in 25 years, the people will be thinking about sea level rise and have plans that we're preparing today. i know this building will be a worldwide symbol of san francisco, of welcoming and new opportunities and that's what we're honoring today, the promise of the city. i want to introduce victor coalman who is ceo of hudson community properties. they ensure this building is beautiful and well maintained, that's why the clock tower is

covered because she is being painted. and we ensure that we have spectacular diversity and great opportunity for san francisco made products and that the building really reflects our values in san francisco. the team has worked hard to make this building special. with that, please welcome mr. coleman. [applause] >> thanks, eileen, welcome everybody to a great celebration. on behalf of the hudson pacific team, we're here and proud to be part of this 125 years. this building is iconic as everybody knows. this very building has lasted through many many events and has been most recently the pandemic. and after the pandemic right now, when you look behind you, we're 90% lease where the san francisco's tenants occupancy. and i could not be more proud

than the team in hudson who has catered to the city of san francisco to all the dynamic that we deserve. this building and the city, will celebrate this and many other things to come going forward. with that, as you can see, as eileen mentioned, we're about to paint this building and refacing the historic clock tower and on our way to many more exciting things here in the building. we diversified the tenants in san francisco and our marketplace and this city is reflective of what we see here at the ferry building and what we see going forward in the ferry building in the future. as we said here, there is a time capsule and i'm going to put in a time capsule right now, some photos that 25 years from now, will be picked up that will be redone and all the work that we've done to date, will be part of this photos. i'm going to drop this right here. as a little commemoration. [applause]

to that end, our company the hudson pacific, we believe that the future is our hands, we're excite today work with civic leaders and future business leaders to protect and maintain the safety and security and vitality of the city of san francisco. we have a lot to look forward to. applaud yourself, this is one of the greatest cities in the world. and we're here to celebrate this. [applause] our local leadership here is second to none. through various levels of diversity and positive attributes, you can see the future is going to be very bright and currently, i'm standing here today to segway to introduce, our leader of this city currently today who is focused on business, social, and the future of this city as we stand and as we look forward

it is very bright. our mayor, london breed, is a testament to the future of the city and the current aspects of where the growth of the city is. please welcome our mayor, because she is going to continue to make massive differences for us. mayor breed! [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, everybody! welcome to san francisco!, we're so happy to see each and everyone one of you here at the ferry building celebrating 125 years! let's give it up for the official band of san francisco, the lesbian gay freedom band. [applause] don't you just love this city? before there was the bay bridge, before there was the golden gate bridge, there was the ferry building.

and this iconic building was home to trains, to cable cars, to street cars, to all kinds of vehicles, to ferries and the fact is, it was iconic back then in terms of its significant during a time way during a time when we needed a place like this for so many different modes of transportation to come. when we think about the iconic ferry building, we think about san francisco and we think all of the extraordinary things that this building has evolved to over the years. yes, it was a place that was created for trade, for different modes of transportation, but over the years with changes, we have seen it become this incredible place with over 40 vendors and businesses and playses for people to shop. to eat, to enjoy and to really experience the vibrancy of san francisco. whuz thinks about many of the

challenges that this city has faced, in fact, the 1906 earthquake, the 1989 earthquake and two global pandemic, this building continues to stand strong. before, the 1989 earthquake, there was a freeway through the embarcadero and some of us remember that freeway which really cast somewhat of a shadow on this building. even though an earthquake can be seen as a devastation, here in san francisco we saw it an opportunity, an opportunity for this location what it can be for the people of the city and those who visit and work in the city and use the ferries and other modes of transportation to come here. that's why being here today and celebrating 125 years of what we are today, is so special. because it's so important to remind us of the past and what we've been through and the challenges. and when we talk about san

francisco as a resilient city, one of the most iconic resilient buildings that exist, the ferry building is one of the places that we think about. a place that is withstood earthquakes and withstood pandemic and has withstood transition from the smaller buildings that were once the tallest buildings in the city to some more, iconic buildings and the city continues to grow. we know san francisco has experienced challenges but we're grateful and excited to take a moment in time to pause and to celebrate, this extraordinary mind stone, a place that people visit from all over the world. a place that i visit frequently and enjoy smft venues and places to eat and shop. and what i want to say to hudson properties, they have done a really great job of making this space, a vibrant space, providing opportunities

to local vendors. and creating a place where anything is possible for anyone who wants to come here. and i want to express my appreciation to elaine and the people that work for the port that commissioner, here and commissioner john burton, let's see looks like he's walking towards this way. i want to thu for all the work that you've done and i express my appreciation by giving victor a proclamation and officially declaring ferry building day in the city and county of san francisco! [cheers and applause] i also want to say, that city hall in recognition of this special occasion will be lit up in a cobolt blue so make sure

that you take pictures and also we're going to be giving out ice cream. who doesn't like ice cream, 500 lucky people here today, will get ice cream to really celebrate this incredible occasion. and what i plan to put in this time capsule, let's see what my team put together. first, i'm going to put my challenge coin that shows a picture of its city hall in gold and it also shows the iconic san francisco skyline and it has my name on it. and also because technology is changing and i think in 25 years, you may not have the ability to print these but you're going to open this time capsule and some people may say, when did they start making actual prints of photos. so i'm going to put in a print

of my photograph because in 25 years, there would probably only be digital photographs and my hope is that people will look in this time capsule and think, this stuff is really cool. when i talk to kids, they don't even know what a typewriter is, some of you don't know what a typewriter is, that scares me a tad bit. but 25 years from now, we'll be able to open this time capsule and look at what was and as we see technology changing here in the city and county of san francisco, we know just like the ferry building, we'll be leading the way for our technology and innovation and all great things and we're grateful to be here to share with you on this time on this 125th anniversary. and with that, i would like to introduce the president of the board of supervisors, who is joining us here today and represents this district, please welcome aaron peskin.

>> thank you, mayor breed. always hard to go after our mayor who said everything i had to say. i will add ad lib. this place, since the days preceding the gold rush. this is the building that for 125 years, welcomed our entrepreneurs, welcomed our immigrants, welcomed our residents, welcomed our visitors and established san francisco as a center of commerce on the western seaboard of the united states. it is also an edface that we can learn from. the mayor referenced the mistake that we as a city and

state made by wowing this incredible building from our water front and yes this building has survived two pandemic, the 1906 earthquake and 1979 and as a result of that, mayor agonos and the board of supervisors, used that opportunity to reunite the ferry building and our water front with downtown and the rest of san francisco which we should be profoundly thankful for. [applause] this building was designed by an architect named arthur page brown who designed another civic structure that we know and love, our city hall. and coy tower and the war memorial all iconic memorial buildings in san francisco. and the reason i evoke him is

because there is a lesson to be learned from this building that on occasion of celebrating the anniversary, should not be lost on us and we should remember for the next century, as we raise, the ferry building which is that we have a tendency to muck up our historic buildings. we did that to city hall in 1996, then mayor willie brown and the board of supervisors, made the command decision at the taxpayers expense to return it to its grandeur and in deed the same decision was made here in 2003 where we unmucked this building and we should remember that. until 1948, 50 years into this building's life, there was a

proposal to raeze, raise this demolished building, and the city fathers they were all men and the state board of harbor commissioners wanted knock this building down because of the advent of the car and the freeways and the fact that ferries were no longer the form of transportation. guess what, it's 2023 and now ferries are back in and this building is still here let us, remember those lessons. [cheers and applause] and while i do not for some reason, i do not understand how the power to proclaim ferry building day in san francisco which somehow has been reserved only to the mayor in a charter section that i will undoubtedly try to change, i do on behalf of the board of supervisors have the ability to recognize with our highest honor, the ferry building on the occasion

of this 125 years. and this will be the first time that i do not actually present the certificate to a person but place it in a box that we will open on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of this incredible edifice. thank you for your steward ship, thank you to your staff, thank you for the unmucking of the building and thank you to those who have stewarded along the way, equity office and now hudson pacific, and let's get another 125 years out of this building. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, so much. weren't those fantastic speakers. the mayor and president peskin taught us so much about this building and what it represents. and i'm going to put a challenge coin into the box and

about the soils and what it needs to raise it up. we'll get more information before the 25 years is unfailed. --unveiled. it's time to celebrate this building. thank you all for being here, on the 125th anniversary of this most beloved, exquisite, historically utmost building, let's hear from our official band, lesbian and gay freedom band, let's celebrate. thank you! [band playing]

>> so i'm linda i'm part owner and manager of the paper tree in jeopardy an town. >> paper tree opened by my parent in 1968. so we other second oldest business in jap an town. at 55 years this year. we have beautiful papers from japan, thailand, italy, korea and the biggest selection of orgami. i do it because of my grand father and he wrote to the first english in it in the early 50s. he had an import business to

import japanese goods and of course we had our line of paper. to go with the books he produced. it is something i have been doing since i was 5 and i'm happy to say i'm a designer now and of course having paper tree. it is grit. >> during the pandemic i wanted do something to make a statement to help combat the asian hate that was prevalent at that time. and so i put a call out to have a thousand hearts. this is a spin on the tradition of holding 1,000 cranes when you have a wish. well, a thousand cranes does not make a statement enough why not change it and a call for a thousand hearts? i created a website dedicated to the project. a video and fold heart instructions. people sent them in the first mont was 1,000 hearts.

they kept coming in. and the next goal was 7, 698, which was the total number of case of reported hate by the ap i website. those were the reported case of hate. there are more not reported. that became the new goal. we achieved 2 months later. the hearts were coming in it it is a big project, we have it part of our store. anyone can come and fold an easy heart. keeping that part of the japanese tradition of this in that way here in japantown is pretty special. its great.

>> it is one of the first steps families and step to secure their future and provide a sense of stability for them and their loved ones. your home, it is something that could be passed down to your children and grandchildren. a asset that offers a pathway to build wealth from one generation to

the next. and you need to complete estate plan to protect the asisets. your home, small business, air looms and more. you and so many communities, black, indigenous, latino and asian worked so hard to make yours but estate plans could be costly and conversations complex proud to partner to bring free and low cost estate plans to san franciscans. by providing estate plans we are able to keep the assets whole for our families, prevent displacement, address disparities and home ownership and strengthen the cultural integrity of the city. working with local non profit organizations and neighborhood groups bringing the serveess to you and community, to workshops focused on estate planning and why it's important. >> i'm 86 years old and you do need a trustee. you need a will and put who ever

you want in charge of it. >> that's why i wanted to be here today. that is why one of the first steps i took when become assessor recorder is make sure we have a partnership to get foundational funding to provide these resources to community. but even more important is our connection to you and your homes and making sure we know how to help you and how to protect them. >> if you don't have a living trust you have to go through probate and that cost money and depending on the cost of the home is associated the cost you have to pay. that could be $40 thousand for a home at that level. i don't know about you, but i don't $40 thousand to give up. >> (indiscernible) important workshop to the community so we can stop the loss of generational wealth and equity and maintain a (indiscernible) >> why are estate plans important? we were just talking before we

started the program, 70 percent of black americans do not scr a will in place. >> as mentioning being in community we had a conversation with a woman who paid $2700, $2700 just for revocable trust. what we are talking about today are free or low cost estate plans that are value between 3,000 to $3500. free or low cost meaning free, or $400 if you make above $104 thousand a year, and capped larger then that amount. because we want to focus on black and brown households, because that's whether the need is, not only in san francisco, not only the bay area but the region as well. and, >> i was excitesed to see the turn out from the western addition and bayview and want to make sure we cover all the different steps from buying a home to making sure homes stay within the family. >> work with staff attorneys to receive these free and

low cost complete estate plans that include a living trust, will, financial power of attorney, and health directive. >> that's why it is so important to make these resources and this information accessible. so we can make sure we are serving you and your families and your generations and your dreams. >> we insure the financial stability of san francisco, not just for government, but for our communities. >> on behalf of the office of assessor recorder, i'm thankful for all the support and legal assistance they have given that makes the estate planning program a realty for you in san francisco and are thank all the community partners like san francisco housing development corporation, booker t washington center and neighborhood leaders and organizations that help families and individuals realize their dreams of building wealth in san francisco from one generation to the next. to learn more about this program e-mail inquiries at har

>> thank you. the board of supervisors and committees are convening hybrid meeting that allow inperson attendance and public comment while remote access and public comment via telephone. the board recognizes equitable public access is essential and will take public comment first