welcome to the city gardens brand opening very, very excited i want to thank mayor london breed this is acquired and helping us to get families here. i want to thank supervisor dorsey for your for the support for the acquisition stream and shout out to you you all are amazing (clapping.) i know that was this was tough that was tough, tough and very quickly i heard mayor breed talked about how that was an

incredible and everyone in here worked for us worked to make that happen and thank you, staff and the department of homeless and supportive housing for the wonderful job as well and working with all of you (clapping.) and exile dan adams our strategist i want to shout out to him unfortunately, was enable to be here. but those are two hundred now units of pouring and stability and hope for families experiencing how many of those i heard how wonderful the support and it made a difference to families and funding for public housing and homelessness recovery program the acquisition of city gardens was fund by 56 point plus that million dollars

and $100 million in the local home fund the acquisition contributed to the success of this plan that supported the expansion of the supportive housing by at or near 3000 units the building that is constructed in 2021 included a large lobby and residential lounges on every floor and office and bike storage and a courtyard this project will change lives and the lives of hundreds of families that are experiencing homelessness in our community the building offers a pathway towards families that have experienced hardship of homelessness and weighing in partnership and community supporting for this made that possible in addition to the city gardens will have a range of support services we case management. and by addressing

the many underlying causes of homelessness city gardens will give families the tools they need for the future and with that, i want to thank london breed for her leadership and toss the mic to her (clapping.) thank you, serene and it really is great to be here you know this project happen very fast and specifically with the city and county of san francisco it would have taken a really long time to add 200 units to our protocol let alone a little with 2, three and 4 bedrooms. i mean this when adams brought this to may attention last year, we are applying for dollars and san francisco has been a big

benchmark of homekey dollars allowed to move people into the buildings faster a lot of challenges in our city around family housing so i must say to a bode and the team and all the people who are working here and the fact you choose to be here and work in this cadet is very much appreciative we are grateful to each other and you're choosing to be here at bode and helping people whether they're challenging or not thank you, so much we appreciate that and let me say a couple of things i'll let you guys deal with that you'll get into the deal yeah

[off mic.] >> yes. >> and, you know. there are different people with different sets of challenges but at the end of the day, had i appreciate about all of you, you are here to help people and know that is not easy and now this is so important i want it is a thank you and express my appreciation and give you a view of for all the work we've done in 2018 san francisco has helped over 10 thousand people exit homelessness and over 10 thousand people (clapping.) and that's not including our shelter system on any recommendations given night we're housing over 16 thousand people including over 36789

people in the shelter system this city working hard to support people we understand it is not a one-size-fits all a family housing shelters and supportive housing there are housing attached to resources and housing attached to independence all those examples everything we need to san francisco and i can name so many families we're doing it right but in and out without help without the people that work for you who are showing up to this base everyday we are doing it for people like la seize will talk about and make sure that our families especially who are raising children in the city have a safe affordable place to call home this is what this is about and this project is truly

about we - the fact we got in building and didn't have to build it ourselves is amazing i want to again really thank dan adams for, you know. dan is not here today but dan went through the city for us to buy or lease for the people we're trying to house i couldn't believe this building the details especially with the rooftop gardens it is previous thank you to dan adams and i also want to thank serene and her team did an amazing job to help people strushlgz are homelessness in san francisco matching the right people with the right opportunities it is really a thankless job a very, very hard job we want to express our appreciation to you sherri

republican and all people to make sure you're shelter beds and challenges that exist exist we are using the dollars to match with the opportunity and with the oasis last week all those great opportunity i couldn't be admonish powder of work in the city and so that many pieces of preschools by the reason we say this is to give you you a perspective this is an important place here by more importantly san francisco is doing a lot on the large-scale most people don't know that san francisco is one of the only cities in the bay area that actually saw a reduction in homeless a 3.5 percent reduction in overall homelessness and 15 percent in unshredded

homelessness. it because of all this work to assure that places like we are today we're able to connect people the opportunity. so it is great to be here and great to to be here with the supervisor matt that work hard to make sure that we have this space but also provide the funding necessary to keep the operation going to keep the doors open, to keep this place in good condition there is so much goods into it i didn't ultimately the smiles on the kids faces that get to life and thrive here that makes that worthy we're grateful to be here with each other and thank you so much for your hard work (clapping.) with that, please welcome our supervisor matt dorsey. >> (clapping) thank you, mayor breed and welcome to district 6 everybody

i got at thes starting with the mayor london breed's really want to express my appreciation for your leadership to doing everything we can to provide people exist to homelessness for projects like this and a strategy that is really making progress i think the mayor makes it an important point so many people kind of look at the issue of homelessness as an issue that is being solved what is really unseen in that? thousands of lives that are being changed. because of the work that hsh is doing that's my second thing thank you to everybody at the doecht and homelessness they're on the front line i feel they're doing god's work because they're

all lives are changing is getting people exits to homelessness and turning their lives around we'll be hearing about that is it great to have this - it is great to know. that we are fulfilling what san francisco is about. this project is part of a the civic creed of the city and county of san francisco the city of st. francis of assisi and the partnerships and mayor thanks many of people behind us but being a trusted procedure and partner means the world to me as a district supervisor knowing i can count own our partners we have challenges south of market and 6. i want to say more importantly thank you to it my new residents, you know. i had the opportunity and brought some

cards i say this whenever i meet a district 6 resident i hand them my card this is my number i know when i signed up and if i hear from you that's good and if you don't call me i know you're good. he's volunteered to be the point person but i actually you can call us or e-mail so if you, you don't see me well make sure you get me or bryan and express my gratitude to. >> thank it is an honor to be here i'll ash a supporter this the department and thank you, hsh residents will hear, you know. some project is coming and there's a lot of people a people public school hostile to that

sometimes, i. really appreciate the department and mayor and the community members and resident its that are good neighbors i when i support those and people push back i'm confident talk to me as a year or two i'm confident you'll be grateful this is building a county and san francisco represents thank you and i want to introduce the abode ceo for remarks. thank you very much. (clapping.) mayor and supervisors thank you. for being here today and nice to do a celebration and very nice to do a celebration 90 in those times i know your jobs are impossible sincerely the

nonprofit is hurting we're sfooufr what a great difference and, you know, i want to shout out for my staff here i mean, you people (clapping.) who work hard everyday to get things done and we're human beings we make mistakes more importantly we had a conversation about the influence in the neighborhood we're going to need to be aware of it and talking about the problem solving and a member of the supervisor dorsey's district you are a citizen here completely many in partnership with us that's true for each and lots of things to celebrate we're actually putting people in a place they can have an agency and meaning in their lives again and doing the things that give them joy and happiness and in a moment more importantly is to

provide the children that are going to be in the building a family project in the middle of santa fe i mean san francisco (laughter) we're in 8 county and i forgot where i am this is san francisco think of san francisco urban to address family homelessness an incredible building like this was made for middle class people a building. to have that and have the your team put together the purchase of this. and then to collaborate o collaborate with the services to do do property management at least on this on time by the way. (clapping.) i mean this was a pretty ambitious timeline. collaborate

so, you know. sometimes this is okay for the general public but takes government, nonprofits and citizens in the community working together to make this happens that makes this happen i can't tell you how overjoyed i am i san francisco i got it right this time and only begins here we're open to doing more and interested in addressing the bigger thing. which is the incredible social problem in california around unhoused people not being thought of for as long as it is predated you folks and san francisco it is california, and where in the hell this the (inaudible) we need to keep on plugging away we'll get there one project at a time and program at a time. i

will stop there because the person you need to hear from is a resident here been here 5 months with her son and talked about from her heart about what this means to her and any of the thoughts she has (clapping.) hello, mayor hi and i lost any voice so i want to week everyone many people know me and will la and city gardens this is a grand opening celebration i'm celebrating too. years ago san francisco was my escape today it

is like i'm celebrating my new home and new life. my old life i left this part behind you is that my childhood was unstable toxic and abused that would be an understatement and i was in years in foster care and - but then i ran away as a teenager (baby crying. >> i never went back home in my 20s i worked as a professional model and i was seen and no further heard and existed and not respected but i flirted with disaster i ran with a bad crowd

that crowd is justified and abused me when i was a kid. and this crowd showed the kinks he eventually would on the street without a home and i was traumatized. my life spiral down and down i hit rock bottom but given a choice a new chance at life i took life my life. and i never looked back. i joined a program and goat sober and today, i'm celebrating 5 weeks sober (clapping) thank you. >> slowly but surely rebuilding my life and city gardens help a lot too it is important it is not easy and i

learned it is never too late to change. >> i take him he's a mouth full and change but when i was making progress i had adversity here's an example i began taking classes at a school and get a housing voucher but one problem i was about to lose my housing voucher it was about to expire i was stressed all my hard work would be done gone and homelessness one again, i would not give up and at the last minute i got the call they told i had a home and finally this amazing home i had of my own a

whiff place called city gardens. and this is the second best thing that ever happened to medical the best thick my baby? in our thoughts and prayers my the boy is the truly the best thing ever happened to me and my goal promise to him have a place for him (baby that's a good question.) >> as for me, i'm a person of checking off lists and the folks at city gardens they offered so in services like pavrnt services and we even get to play bingo on saturdays. so i feel i need to thank a few people jill any of the paerp and rob and the family rising the homeless creative

program and john austin. cynthia herrero and fought for me when i didn't feel like fighting for myself and and kenneth thank you for move to approve i walked with my head high and everyone at city gardens means a lot to me and a lot of people they're super kind and work hard their angels and everyone has been too important to my journey those programs really work thank you for the help and their help to keep this going to say vital for city gardens the creative sense of community they are eir plausible i never feel loan and i want to use any credentials to

help other families just like me bring me joy i look at my personal growth. i think of my his over the years i collected a bunch of plants and taken snippets and they have their story before i was never stable enough but as long as i've been sober my thoughts have grown and we're healthy and my plants are used it is satisfy safe to say in a flapts like this and guess want i can't wait to see how big - you see city gardens where i found hope, hope for me and my little son this use to be my

escape but now my home i could not leave my heart in san francisco like the song i found my heart, i love living here in san francisco and city gardens and city by the bay never too late. >> thank you for giving me this chance mayor and appreciate you coming today and listening to my story thank you, (clapping.) it was amazing. >> i don't know how to follow with that, i. yeah, it is beautiful. thank you very much. >> so i guess want to thank everyone for being here at the abode for you're amazing services and sharing your story and thank you supervisor dorsey.

>> thank you and i think we're going to do a ribbon-cutting is that correct? where are we going to go oh, we're going to be right here. need everyone to come up and go ahead and cut the ribbon. >> okay. >> [off mic.] >> that's fine. >> all right. >> thank you very much.

(laughter). >> all right. are we ready? yes. >> let's start counting 4, 3, 2 , 1. >> wow. ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined.

we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety.

>> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is fantastic, there is an incredible program going on there, both of my girls have learned to swim there. it is a fantastic place, check it out. it is an incredible indication of what bonn dollars can do with our hearts and facilities. it is as good as anything you will find out why mca. parents come from all over. >> there are not too many pools that are still around, and this

is one-stop shopping for kids. you can bring your kid here and have a cool summer. >> if you want to see some of the youth and young men throughout san francisco play some great pickup games, come wednesday night for midnight basketball. on saturdays, we have a senior lyons dance that has a great time getting exercise and a movement. we have all the music going, the generally have a good time. whether it is awkward camp or junior guard. >> from more information, visit

2023.) >> welcome to the san francisco city and county board of supervisors regular meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm., tuesday, november 7, 2023. mc-2 clerk call the roll. >> supervisor chan present. >> supervisor dorsey present. >> supervisor engardio present. >> supervisor mandelman present. >> supervisor melgar not address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction present. >> you supervisor melgar present