>> [applause] my goodness. well, hi, everybody. clear everybody here is happy. and you know this is a contrast to when happened before during last year's time when we were here at laguna honda and talking about the decertification and the challenges and the issues. ir will start over. i'm san francisco mayor london breed. [applause]. and all these people behind me have official low saved laguna honda.

[applause] and the difference between then when we had a decertification and now is the sad faces the tears and now the smiles, joy and excitement. for the people when work at laguna honda this is in the just about their jobs. this is about their patients. this is about the people this they help every day. the people this depends on them. for help for support because they can't take care of themselves. we know what is at stake. when the decertification came to us. we knew we had no other choice but to come together to make hard decisions and to fight for laguna honda. and fight we did. and as a result, we worked really hard and i gotta say no one worked harder then and there the people who physically worked

here. and we did all the paperwork. but it was touch and go for i minute and one of the best decisions this the department of public health made, doctor coal fax was to send the best add administrator anywhere to help us and guide this ship. i want to thank roland pickins for his work. [applause]. times i came up to lug luge and walked the halls with roland i know you want to keep him. you got a new director. sandra will be great! it was so like over the past year see the excitement serving

folks. how people felt and mote the patient and family members and hear the stories. we had no choice. and we had to make very decisions that were criticized. i want to thank david chu for the lawsuit. . because it did take a lot of courage because people discouraged us from going there. but we reached out to everyone on the state level and on the federal level. and i got to point out key leaders on the federal level who were instrumental with helping us to get tow this moment. i want to star with jackie spear. who really not only sounded the alarm but worked hard up until the day she left office to help support us and man, what will we do without our fierce leader nancy pelosi.

she was absolutely invaluable in this process. and really pushed aggressively it make sure that it was clear where we stood on saving this institution. i want to thank our governor and gavin newsome and scott wiener for heard work on the state wide level and helping us get to this point. so, this irrelevant was a collective effort of national support of state support and of course of a lot of local leaders. i said our city attorney and the supervisor who represents this district, melgar and thank the president of the board of supervisors aaron supervisor peskin. >> and i want top extra super thank the members who are the staff but especially our partners in helping.

seiu for your work. because of the advocacy that was helpful to put the pressure on. but again i want to keep back to the doctors and the nurses and the clinicians and the people who distribute the food and hands that make the food. the blessed machine when makes the food the people from the food makers and creative to the folks who have patience and people taking care of everyone and the folks in between who show up daily to take out the treasure to make sure that we are discarding needles appropriately there are many moving parts to laguna honda and the people here when you have done to work hard to fight your concerns about what was happening in the uncertainty. you know men of you could say i don't want it and i gallon some place and he wills do manage so my financial situation is

protected but no you rolled up your sleeves and worked hard and smart and said i'm stick with laguna honda i want to take care of the people i care about the patients at laguna honda. thank you all so very much. thank you. [applause] whoa! if i don't when to say anymore. but i want to say -- to the department of public health e approximately and i know grant colfax will talk about how this works because it is different layers the patients at laguna honda depend on medicare and medicaid and the state after going through the various processes and trying to get up to parmaking adjustments to new policies. giving a list of new rules that weep had to adjust to, we got to

the accomplice on my birthday august 11 we submitted an application. and in record time the state responded with, you are approved. what does this mean? that means the majority of the money over 200 million dollars a year this we rely on from medicare from the state will now come flowing in laguna honda to ensure that we protect this institution so that those who are most vulnerable and those who could least afford tell not only be in laguna honda and get the passport and care but mean this is if sillity will be open to the next generation of folk who is need it the most for another 150 years.

>> so i can go and on. i will come back later. in the meantime i want to say that doctor colfanatic be proud a pandemic now make sure we save laguna honda you got a lot of great things under your belt and appreciate this more than anything else. and we are truly grateful to you and the folks you put in accomplice to get us here. ladies and gentlemen, to provide the specifics when this means is doctor grant colfax. thank you, thank you mayor breed. thank you mayor breed. have we been waiting for this day or waiting for this day! 200 million dollars in medicaid dollars will flow to lug luge. a great day. i really want to thank everybody. because with this funding secure

laguna honda is here to stay. and -- this represents a new beginning for laguna honda. going forward, laguna honda will be the if model of the new modern guild nursing facility. our job is to ensure the health of our community especially for those who are most vulnerable. and laguna honda is a key part of that mission. over 150 years laguna honda served san franciscans. it is a place and will continue to be a place where we provide compassionate long-term care for low income people when need us. for them, this is not just a skilled nursing facility. this is their home. this is why all of dph pulled

together with our colleagues at laguna honda and collaboration with many others to put time, resources and effort to making significant improvement this is lead to our ref certification. we brought in experts skill in the nursing home care to sustain improvements from clinical operations to staff training. we moved record pace and for those. you who know this city it was a referred pace. outstanding pace to hire our new nursing home administrator and ceo sandra simon. [applause] and sandra 2 assistants jennifer wade and jill. yea. our new leadership team is in place. and we were not alone we could not do this alone we had partners who worked with us

advocated for us and done everything in between to get us here. we could not have done this without passport and mayor london breed. thank you, mayor. i was not happy going in the mayor's office and giving her the news we were decertified the mayor said you can and will do it i want it done. thank you, mayor. i want to thank yes. i want to which thank the support of city attorney chu. and his team lead boy julie. amazing work. this team the teach attorneys every day worked with us. advocates. you we think the legal side is remove from the clinical side this was a close relationship.

thank you, david for you and your team's leadership thank you to the board of supervisors president supervisor peskin and melgar incredible making sure weave got it done and i want to thank the leadership of the health commission for effort in guidance. and of course, we are grateful for the leadership and support of speaker pelosi and not without laguna honda itself this team crucial low included the per inship and support of the leadership and membership local 1021. under the leadership of theresa and union employees. we had to mission in minds! and thank you roland pickins.

i called you. you anyhow that call was coming you took on daily responsibility, leading the change. you truly went above and beyond. thank you. and you know i don't i feel like with roland and the team it does come to minds the quote from st. francis do what is necessary then possible and soon you will do the impossible. i feel like this reflects the ethose you and your team brought to this work. [applause]. most of all we are grateful to our residents and their families. who despite uncertainty in the situation were supportive of us. gave us the reason and will to succeed. and if you stay patient centered you keep resident in mind the

work will take care of itself we went become to when is benefit for the residents of lug laguna honda this is why laguna honda represents the best san francisco and why we work so hard and success have gone low for our residents, fells and our city. thank you, and i would now like to turn it over to city attorney david chu. [applause] brother and sisters inference france the sun is shining today. who ask happy about this day! so, let mow sill this every time i come to laguna honda i think this is true for so many, we may have had quibbles with regulators the last couple years. when i step through the doors, we feel the care. we feel the professionalism. we feel the spirit of the city

of st. francis in this building and that would not be the case but for the men and women behind us first i want to star boy thanking and sallowing the staff and workers of laguna honda. thank you very much. friends, this hen quite a journey. it turns out it was one year ago this month when this facility under the threat of closure our office joining the mayor, dph the leadership of the institution and otherings we filed a let you to continue funding. pause resident transfer and keep laguna honda open. we all heard from countless resident fells and staff when faced uncertainty. who were worried more transfer exclude the tolls the transfers could have on vulnerable

patients. and through this litigation, we reached a fair settlement to condition funding pause transfers and give the institution the troop apply for recertification. there were thanks today. and of course i want it echo the thifrpgs for federal and state partners but irrelevantment to thank the local willful, mir, doctor colfax, dph come laguna honda staff there is a joke with relationships with lawyers and health care professionals. i'm so proud we came together to preserve this critical institution that so many of most vulnerable san franciscans rely on. i want to take a moment and acknowledge folks from my office work helped lead us today. san francisco city attorney's office we are the best municipal law office in the country no part because of those who are

part of team laguna honda. i wish that the folks were here next to right in front of me were behind us. i want to tick a moment and thank julie. hen row lip ton. tera steely. and medina. glen levy. michael. jessy smith. sarah, jen. star. katie. lilly and pam. >> [applause] jop love it when lawyers and heck folks come together. i want it take a moment and acknowledge the efforts of my former city attorney lewis. >> i will close by saying this together we have preserved this incredible institution and restored a safety net for san

francisco. laguna honda taken care of most vulnerable we look forward to this happening for the next 100 years. with this my honor to bring up someone helping to represent our neighbors and residents of the city of san francisco the supervisor of d 7, supervisor melgar. >> thank you very much. i want to say thank you, mir for your leadership and for being able to tune out the noise. while the task at hand needed get done. sometimes we have contentious rep with the board and the major's office. [laughter] and i remember very vivid low that meet whenning we decided no we need to work together. tune out the noise and figure out how to get this done and cord nit and work together the messaging together the same page and get it done. this was you, mayor. thank you very much.

for your leadership. i want it thank a couple people in your office. this is shawn your chief of staff. thank you for all that. and someone when has in the been thanked from dph besides pickins whom i appreciate is doctor baba. and i look forward so much to working with sandra simon through the work ahead. come with years of experience as a nursing home add administrator in san francisco worked at the jewish home the other institution that does this time of work. i thank you for stepping up. in doing this. and of course local 1021. for all of the partner help the work and strategy and communication and organizing all of that thank you. i also. to say thank you to the advocates joe request urban.

the doctor palmer the california advocates enoughsing home reform and gray panthers than i organized the letters to the feds and a annoying folk and made sure everybody understand to preserve the people we serve and the gem for 150 yearers florence nightinggale over seen in terms of making sure we are doing right. and being true to our san francisco values. thank you so much, everyone. keep going it is now on us to make sure this never happens again. we have the appropriate compliance, training but also the wonderful things we need to make sure this is the tradition continues to serve san franciscans thank you and with this i will bring up the machine

of the day. our ceo and director of the san francisco health network mr. roland pickins. [applause]. good afternoon will everyone. supervisor melgar said, wonderful day to be in the saddle of the statute of florence nightinggale. this is a great day for everybody the laguna honda. nurses, doctors and therapist and the staff most of all or residents and their families whom laguna honda their home. will past 18 months seen nothing short of trans formation laguna honda in a world class the world class skilled nursing facility. one this will continue to serve for generations to come.

our goal has been dem strit this we meet the highest standards and meet them every day. we have prouven this in multiple surveys the past 18 months. those results taken an extraordinary effort with extraordinary dedication and attention it detail. everyone working at laguna honda in every capacity has done outstanding work. and they have done this under stressful and challenging circumstances. and i'm so proud of them. and grateful. for their commitment to our residents. i want to express my thanks to theical cal department of public health and the federal center for medicare and medicare services working with us on this journey and recognizing the progress we made. we all share the same goal to provide the best service public

to those who rely on public funded health care. and finally, i'm grateful to residents and families who have been patient and supportive of our people and our efforts. it hen has been stressful for them. with today's recertification our residents can feel secure about the future of the accomplice they call home. today, we are all prud of what we accomplished together. we are a different and better laguna honda. and we intends to keep this journey going. for our residents, city and our nation. . by meeting high standards every day, day in and day out and in every way. this is how we will ensure san francisco can be proud of laguna honda for decades to come. and finally as i introduce our

next and final speaker whom none of this would be possible were not for she and her members and those of our other union partners my long-term cowork and friends kristin hardy vice president of 21 san francisco. [applause]. >> thanks roland for this great introduction this might have been the best in awhile. but i'm kristin hardy. i'm the vice president for san francisco for 10 to 1 and this is a very, very proud moment for me. i'm a san francisco native born and raised and i grew up and born and raised in this neighborhood. i live 5 minutes from here i drive past this place every day and i am also a 12 year employee

at san francisco general hospital with customer competence roland back in the day when than i were there. i anyhow when colfax appointed and pulled terry i was mad. and brought them here i knew they were the right people to the make sure laguna honda survive and got through what it needed to get through. i wanted to say, it is in the one person. it is me and my members that you see behind me the nurses. janitors the hair dress ors, central supplyers. my nurses. clerks. everybody and everybody i come from general hospital i know when the level of care is like i want to appreciate my members. i have one of my fabulous leaders here with me. debbie dobson, she has taken charge on making sure that she

hen in the weekly meetings when i'm not available to join. she has been there. and i can get an update with her and our rep who k could not be ear jessica done a fabulous job day and night supporting the workers. helping them understand education and training than i needed. third and second and first shift whatever was. we are celebrating the work of member and resident and bringing back laguna honda so we want to know i just want everybody to know that this is a hard work of our member and this was i team effort not just my members the residents joint effort i don't think we do this often but my political alis. our wonderful mayor. board of supervisors, melgar is my supervisor and aaron. [laughter] and the rest.

you know, i'm just glad we are at this day and like i want to i especially want to thank our city attorney david chu. he has been a great alli for us in the labor movement. i know we don't do too much with attorneys and at a federal level you know secretary came through and tap in the and just -- grant colfax and the administration you have done an awe some job you kept us in the loop. mark leech. everybody else that represents other members. my brother. vice president of organizing. brandon dawkins. used to work here at laguna honda and a shop store and a shout out to my president to

speak theresa who is a cna used to work here and is still a member and wants to give her love and support to all you guys and administration i am turn it back over to doctor grant colfax. upon again, thank you for being here a great day and think we will you heard the story and the different partners involved. many groups that helped lead the way and i think we have time for a few questions. for the mayor. my grand mother lived here. well, my grand mother lived here for about 13 years. and i used to come up to laguna honda when it was the patients

in the old location and the new. and the difference is the building butt people and the care she got were the same. and to think that there are other people who could not get this care was heart breaking this was a life safer for me personal low and my family when we could not take care of her daily. it was hard. and it was harder to leave her some accomplice like laguna honda until i first coming up here every day. the nurses rubbing my back while i was crying i did in the want to leave my grand mother they made me feel okay. her nurses like albert and denise and others. just the joy this changed in her from no smiles to smiles demonstrated all i needed to know the care she experienced

over the years of coming here an accomplice i thought what would have happened. so there are other people who need this accomplice. and when was important to us buzz in light of when was going on with the recertification. you know when this monies for the families who can't you know get their family member in laguna honda, that was weighing on me heavily as the people who are already here getting services. when are we do when we have to tell people, no when they need this place and so this was so important on a whole level and i'm grateful to god today for you know putting forth a blessing to not only the people who work here and live here and those who will be able to eventual low call laguna honda home and cared for at the end of their life in most case and live with dignity.

this is truly amazing we are happy to be here because it is a challenging time for so many people this is a joyous occasion. thank you. [applause]. >> okay. thank you so much, appreciate it. thank you for being here we move forward together. thank you. [applause].

>> i am supervisor melgar. i am the supervisor for district 7. [music] i am a immigrant to san francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in

government or a non profit worker and i care about the community. i care about people around me, and i want to make sure that as the world changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that brings richment to our decision making and i think it makes for betting decisions so that inspired me to run. district 7 is one of the most

diverse districts in san francisco both in economics and ethnicity. it spans north from golden gate park. it includes all the institutions in the park, the wheel. the music concourse, mew seem to the south to the daly city boarder and west to the organization. includes the zoo (indiscernible) all those fun things and to 280 oen the east. includes city college, san francisco state. i had ucsf parnassus so very large geographically. it is mostly single family homes, so it is the place where for generations family (indiscernible) nice parks, lake merced, mount davidson. >> this is like a village within the city, so we are very close nit community. we tend to band together and try to support one another and it is a

friendly place and families and people to have a cup of coffee and check out the park. >> ocean avenue, which is the southern end of our district is vibrant commercial corridor that mostly cater tuesday the local neighborhoods and the students. as you go further west you have the mall which has some of the best pan asian food offerings in the city. if you haven't been there, it is really fun. as you go up a little bit further, there is west portal avenue, which is a very old school commercial district where you can still find antique shops and cobbler shops and as well as like more modern restaurants. it is definitely hopping and full of families on any weekday. >> i'm matt roger, the coowner or (indiscernible) >> carl, other coowner in west portal. >> we are a

neighborhood hardware store. been a community institution since it was founded in 1936. we had a little bit of everything. (indiscernible) to gardening or gift buying. >> my entire experience in san francisco is this community. it is a very small town feel for a big city. the community is caring and connected. >> what makes me excited doing business in district 7 is i know it sell well. i grew up here. i knew a lot of customers, parents of friends. it is very comfortable place and feels like home. >> if you go up north, you have the innerpz sunset commercial corridor which has a awesome farmers market on weekdays and plethora of restaurants. there is everything you need. >> friendly and safe and

(indiscernible) i love they bring their kids with them. they teach them how to use their money, and it is something you dont see in too many markets in other communities. i love to see the kids come and talking to you. it is something different then i see from (indiscernible) >> the ev access to transit in inner sunset and ability to do a lot of shopping on foot, and now the improved biking with jfk closed to cars, because we have a 4 and a half year old who rides her bike. we now have a safe place to go and ride bike jz don't have to to worry about traffic. >> graffiti continues to be one of these things that during the pandemic just got out of control everywhere in the city and i do think that it is hampering our recovery of commercial corridors, so some of the volunteers on west portal avenue, some of

the merchants got together with interns at our office to do some hands on abatement and we have been doing it regularly. we are doing it once a week and we have a wonderful neighbor, carrie organizing and storing the paint and supplies in her office on west portal, but this needs more then just a volunteer efforts. >> i'm grateful for the collaboration. we passed legislation at the board and put $4 million in the budget over the next 24 months to help the department of public works hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7

neighbors to propose projects that improve the neighborhood and the district. anyone, any organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on (indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful

feel even though it is close to a lot of things. (indiscernible) also not boring. there is stuff to do too. >> so, there is lots to see and experience in district 7. [music]

>> 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

>> 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] >> 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 i signed up for the below-market rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing

lottery. [♪♪♪] >> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this. where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries.

at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free. you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you apply online, it will take five minutes. you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got

their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before

they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you

ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease. all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery. every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the

one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where they play movies during the weekends, they have another master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number

of rerentals and resales of units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience. >> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier. [♪♪♪]

we are wale waiting on a commissioner we will move forward with the nonaction items we are allowed. are we able to call to order. >> yes. we're ready. >> great. miwe go ahead and take roll, please. yep. and for the minute this is is the board of commission regular meeting august 24 of 23 the time is 4:11 p.m. we'll call item 2 presidenttory evidence. >> present. >> commissioner lindo. >> present. >> commissioner kim. why present. >> commissioner pike system

absent but in ewe i'm not sure what presidenttory evidence capture in the the vo she will join when she can and go with nonvoting items first am we go to item 3 the acknowledgment of the ramaytush ohlone community. the housing authority of the city of san francisco acknowledges we are on the uncd ancestral home land of the ramaytush ohlone the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as stewards of this land and accordance with their traditions the ramaytush ohlone never cd or forgot their responsibilities and all people who is reside in their traditional territory. as guests we benefit from live and working on their home upon land. we wish it pay respect it is acknowledging the ancestors, elders of the ramaytush ohlone community and affirming their

rights as first peoples. thank you. president. item 4. the president's report. >> certainly, thank you all very much for being here i'm look forward to hearing item in relationship to another development committee meeting we had at plaza east and the action items we will hear today. in our application to hud. i want to share who i we are here and going through the meeting commissioners, we will unfortunately missing a nice event at hertz play grounds a service by our sunnydale community members. there as well. so. great improve ams well and know this letters you may be speak. that's all i have. thank you. >> great.

item 5 for general public comments. note a portion is not intends for debate with the commission or staff. state your business. it is in the appropriate for commissioners to engage in a debate or issues not set in a publicly noticed agenda. requests or a matter to attention send it via e mail. is there general public comments on the items on today's agenda in person or on line? if you are on line, raise your hand. >> i don't see. we close general public comment. and i wanted ensour we made time for the youth in the room that may have wanted to make public comment. >> thank you.

>> okay item 6 the representative's report. anyone online or in person that would like to report out to the board? joy will make a note, i know they are looking forward to travel to new orleans as part of the narrow conference. and hopeful low look forward to hearing how this event was. thank you, president. public comment regarding item 6? we can close public comment. and go to item 7 the chief executive officer's report. we starting with 7 athe plaza east development update by salazar. good evening,