three, 2, 1. >> all right. good morning. >> my name is nateesha the development at bridge housing and this is an exciting day for you and i'm thrilled to see you it together with us it's been a long journey to get to this milestone with one hundred and 37 units and took collaboration and happy to see supervisor stefani and remember three years ago that supervisor myself, mayor london breed and brenda who is the former ceo of mission health clinic were all here in the mix of pandemic for the

ground breaking celebration and to see the building and see our vision become a reality is really safely and want to kicking off things with inviting our before chair we have another one of the board members to celebrate this kim please come up to the podium. >> thank you welcome, everyone. >> smith has said i'm kim novack the chair and unfortunately, our members can't be here something before catastrophic surgery but thank you for joining us to celebrate the opening of this truly

special community been at that a long time. and as you heard this place is one of the first major housing developments in nearly a quarter of a sin try this will make the life-changing difference for one hundred and 37 families including 35 names who are moving from that's my report terrace to apartments and that includes a new expanded location for mission health center and low cost medical behavorial health and detrimental and this facility underscores the commitment to serve not just bridge residents but our neighbors in the broader community we're thrilled to be

part of this and couldn't have succeeded without the so forth support of partners and should know when you start to thank partners you will leave someone out so i apologize. this property was previously cited are family owned funnel homes and bridge was excited to learn the property was available more affordable housing in a community that greeley needs it and supervisor stefani and the mayor's office helped to arrange the funding and fortunately, this project qualified under b three 5 state law that expected the entitlement sea still we broke ground in the middle of pandemic 2021 and my gorgeously this is fwours those things take a it takes time and development was for the as expedited as we

would search warrant hoped and many projects connected to the power grid for a variety of step back reasons this project at the time of electricity grid several blocks i say i see someone nodding had expense to the construction and grateful to the city for helping to provide additional funds for that was necessary to make that available and like to express our gratitude to the mayor and supervisor stefani and the mayor's office of housing and community development and the housing authority of the city and county of san francisco and also like to thank the bank of america, tax credit allocation committee and on the debt committee and also like to add that the construction team of b

m w and the brothers and the many other consultants who worked on the project and finally, i'd like to again thank the bridge team for their extraordinary work on these complex projects we applaud you're unwavering commitment to tackle the housing needs for 40 years bridge has shared this commitment and look forward to continued teamwork with building health communities and improving that people's lives with that, i'm delighted to invite to the podium saving yes. >> good among this is a joyous

joyous i'm saving yes and appreciate you for me this is a coming full circle i saturday in the city 24 years under willie brown and a lot of people don't realize that that housing was built most of that right after world war ii and balance as temporary housing not permanent but yet 75 almost one hundred years later those buildings still stand some of the apartments with the housing authority don't have showers when we start work in a sunnyvale and worked with governor gavin newsom the idea how to reimagine affordable housing in the city. here we go fast forward actuary years ago

later on the site this is a free clinic and free detrimental care moving residents into the annex will be rebuilt and reimagined i've seen it as a supervisor one of the things i wanted to make sure that residents of this neighborhood would have a priority to house in those apartments as well. and so we expanded the ban for those technical in terms of finding affordable housing working with the mayor's office of housing and community development to expand for more working families because originally this design would have 20 luxury townhomes on the back of lights probably where we're standing when i came into the office that's not the vision of this neighborhood. they need more housing for

working people. because janitors and teachers and nurses working to survive and thrive in the city should no longer live in this neighborhood a home use to sell for maybe $200,000 is selling for $2 million in this neighborhood that is out of reach for every people so this project and at the nibbi brothers for your amazing work and homeowners i think that nibbi brothers starred in the excelsior let's give a big a round of applause for the contractors and many i have so many people to thank we might have 7 or 8 project managers we made to the finish line thank you for your tenacity and many, many community meetings there was a lot of community outreach and a lot of engagement and

input and this is what we have the results of a beautify community space and childcare space a clinic on the ground floor so bridge housing didn't walk away. but one part of story i think that is really important. and this is our treasurer fiance we were at the end of this project and for those who know affordable housing knows that like a cake layers of financing well, that final layer is the tax credit and she had the soul discretion and authority to transfer the tax credits we would have eventually gotten that but the timeline was accelerated i know show she couldn't be here today

but thank you, fiona moss made this project happen so let's give a round of applause for fiona as well. >> so many community-based organizations were actually engaged i'm not going to name them all they wanted this site in fill housing this is a parking lot on the north side and west side and everything else was 200 be car parking lot we were able to turn concrete into a beautiful affordable housing mixed affordable housing building so originally was about 90 units we got over one hundred and thirty unit that additional thirty were for the working and housing stock residents living

in substandard conditions let's be honest potrero but those families will be moving into brand new wonderful apartments. so i know a lot of people say that because bye one of my proudest days i've been in office for 8 years this project means so much we have studio finish is our free clinic we'll get there in the next - no, no. not because of anything other than the electricity some of the other things that slow down the funding even if i don't see this before i leave office will come in the next few months an integral integral part and the - is a wonderful development so thank you to the mayor's office of housing and community development and staying with us and the nibbi brothers and the

mission health center and bridge housing for doing a tremendous job to help to reimagine this spot in the neighborhood the first part of san francisco to have affordable housing and apartments built haven't been built if 60 or 70 we've done 6 hundred plus units thank you, everyone, and have a wonderful day (clapping.) shall i bring up the next person that the next person is coming up is - do we oh, speaking on behalf of the housing stock area president of housing commission coming up next joaquin torres. >> (clapping) >> thank you so much for and

good morning and the assessor recorder but serve as a housing stock and represents as supervisor saving i can't said what happens with the progressive values we hold dear our resources together to invest as the supervisor said in the layers. and on behalf of the housing stock and ceo for the leadership making sure that 35 of those onsite to be subsidized to be sure that layer of financing is matters to the health of the community and also represents the best of government we can layer financing, supportive services and the cooperation to make sure that families who have been living in sub steward conditions realize a holistic place to live

their supported and at the from the mayor emanuel for making that happen and leading the strategy there mayor london breed direction to make sure we can realize the vision to support diversity of the city and county of san francisco and as as neighborhood like the excelsior too many by names but as former residents of excelsior on i can tell you what an extraordinary beacon of hope for the neighborhood to realize their homes are invested in and the streets are being invested in and a community of family members care about their future i hope the residents feel and and you see that and all of us remember how important to invest the time and energy and our hearts and souls to make sure we do who is bet best for the

residents of san francisco first at the to the housing stock and those who that make that possible too many by name but congratulations to all you have who played a huge part and bridge and all partners that made that possible thank you. >> (clapping.) >> next up kera from bank of america. >> good morning all i'm keri a market exit for san francisco in the eastbound and my pleasure to represent bank of america provide financing and executrix and equity investment for this impactful community and this is the culmination of a decades vision of itch needed affordable

housing for district 11 a huge win noble for the residents who call this place home but the excelsior will have improved access to healthcare with the mission neighborhood clinic on the ground floor. we want to thank bridge for over the 20 years relationship for the opportunity for the financing by this place over the past 10 years we have clofbd with bridge on the rehab construction of over 12 hundred housing units 90 in san francisco and look forward to doing more and finally strong partnerships with developers like bridge and partnership like mpdu and the hoefrtd with the ongoing support of creation of this sustainable and service rich affordable housing possible. finally thank

you, again, for the commitment to our city and hard work congratulations to all and robert is next? >> (clapping) >> hi over first of all, congratulations to the bridge housing. team and to the city of san francisco. you provided leadership and commitment to affordable housing and to the excelsior community. this is a tremendous success in our neighborhood. i'm anderson with jones now j l l capital market we provided the permit wells to freddie manny, moe, and jack affordable housing group and they have a long established

relationship with freddie mac and who understood the financing needs and worked with us to deliver a long-term mortgage this is a 17 year mortgage and where j l practice is a core business of our firm we have stand with bridge housing and it's partners on the long terms success of this place. your community investment is transformal. and congratulations and at this time i have the pleasure of introducing anna cco of mission neighborhood health center. (clapping). >> hello, good afternoon

everybody um, gm. >> um, mission neighborhood health center was established in the 1960 as part affordable housing of a nationwide movement focusing think healthcare to the community and we are aligned with over 15 hundred community health centers across the country and in 2023 community health center provided healthcare services to over 32 million people across the united states. as one in 10 people in the united states. mission health center itself has provided care to over 15 thousand patients in the community in fee. the majority of our patients are community members in the mission and excelsior neighborhood most of patients are pubically assured with medi-cal and medicare we take private as a community

health center we serve everything that enters you are doors regardless of their ability to pay. through this clinic we hope to expand tour services to other 6 thousand community residents at least per year in the years to come and we will build on the communities health model to extend detrimental and behavorial health and general pc for children and adults and pregnant people who are residents of this place and the broader excelsior community. and we look forward to looking for our pardons and organizations our neighbors and businesses and community. mission health centers for the advocacy of communities and for health and justice and everyone here today for their support in moving this project forward and as you can see on the outside on the corner were in the process of the building up the clinic

and hope to open in the spring of 2025. we thank the city leaders to serve the circumstance and we thank you for prioritizing medical and detrimental we know an investment this is critical for the health of the community and future with that, i'm honored to introduce ra california a member resident here i hope someday will trust us to be her procedure of choice. >> good morning, everyone. >> i'm a little bit short i'm here honored to share any shire story with you grew up in lake view that is affordable housing with my grandparents here in san

francisco i'm a san francisco native and some girls dream of marriage. and a white picked finances he dreamed of being independent air force a teenage mom i found a clear in civil services where among i helped housing. after nearly 12 years i moved back to california and started a successful business in construction electrical and jailer services with a retail brand until a covid and the pandemic hit my business took a tremendous loss. and i took the brunt of lose and found myself

displaced and that's when i found my way to this place. many parts of people like andrea from the mayor's office of housing and community development i learned how to better advocate for myself and today, i have a home not only and long term care for any husband has had health issues but it also had provided me a foundation to dream again. and to start charting the course of life for the future i have a bigger dream i know you have better things for me to do. my goal to move on from affordable housing and make room for other families to receive the support.

but for now grateful to be here and lastly, i want to thank god more importantly and tremendous gratitude that he has put in my life as a blessing. thank you. (clapping.) >> thank you ra california and stories like yours bring it together for us it takes time to get those projects off the ground but great to see stories. i want to introduce another resident here in our community and i also want to introduce maricela who introduced for

carla. thank you. >> buenos dias. >> good morning, everyone. >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> i'm grateful for the opportunity to getting us safely. >> (speaking spanish.) >> for me and my family. >> (speaking spanish.) >> me and any family were homeless living in an entering shelter for 10 months. >> (speaking spanish.) >> god gave me the opportunity of winning the lottery. >> (speaking spanish.) >> and having a beautiful

spatial us apartment 40 for me and my family. >> (speaking spanish.) >> we are very grateful with bridge housing a place and property managed for being kind and working with me. >> thank you. (clapping.) . thank you. so much pablo for sharing your story and maricela for helping u.s.s. share your story with us i'd like to invite

back my colleague to welcome london breed. >> (clapping). >> thank you, ra california and carla for the wonderful and inspirational comments it is important for us to stop and remember that you and your families and neighbors are why we're all here can't lose site of that proportion now any pleasure and honor to welcome mayor london breed. mayor london breed a staunch advocate for housing if not the first time you've done this but the mission dovetails with the bridge. and been grateful and a friend and as we work to improve the lives in the community in the hometown welcome mayor london breed

(clapping). >> i love greenish but love ribbon cutting much more. i got to say i'm happy to be here in this parking lot community because this is on the second one hundred affordable housing developments that we built here in over 25 years so is that a big deal (clapping.) when he take about the needs to build more housing we have to get series serious about that and as someone that grew up here i remember the mistakes of pass we tear down like the projects we for down three hundred places we lived and built 200 we knew everyone was not going back. well we're not making those

mistakes no where not only one by one placements like potrero hill but providing opportunities to build new places in underutilized properties in the city those become the safe affordable places for people to call home and taken that a step further. with neighborhood preference so that when we build those places, the people who live in those communities the people who are from the communities and the folks have their dry cleaners and nails done and schools and get right of first refusal that is how important not just about building that but making sure that the communities that the part of this community that has faced the possibility of displacement they get a chance

to be parts of their community in this extraordinary way i'm happy to be here to thank every single for making this possible a beautiful bringing nice building with clean and working elevators i want to thank a bunch of people it it it takes a village and the village are the people that steps up to the plate to make this project a reality thank you to the bridge housing for all the amazing work you do to produce affordable housing in san francisco and wounding the voters, of course, we had two affordable housing bonds pulling in one billion dollars so thank you to the san francisco voters for supporting the affordable housing bonds and the mayor's office of housing and community development for

implementing those bonds to help build those tints and to bank of america for continuing and thank you to the housing stock for continuing to provide those section 8 vouchers to make that affordable to mission health center and ymca urban services, to a lot of the advocates and residents and i see william and others in the house thank you, for a making sure that the businesses and the opportunities that exist for in communities are directly connected to this community. it does it takes a village and i'm so grateful to be here to celebrate this new village of outer mission neighborhood of san francisco. the safe affordable place to call home that up lifts over one hundred and three 7 families

looking forward to cutting this ribbon and mostly giving other families an opportunity to live and grow and thrive here thank you for being here. (clapping). >> thank you so much, mayor london breed we support not just on this project but to create much needed affordable housing in san francisco. our chair kim began the program thanking the team and staff but i wanted to take a couple of minutes if you bear with me to recognize the individuals here with us um, and really without them would have been impossible. so i want to start with recognizing our architects please stand up i know that rick is here and the

team a round of applause for those folks and actually collaborating with them on another large project the reservoirs this redevelopment and excited and looking forward to doing another one in the three or four years sooner and have a couple of people from the lynchburg nibbi brothers i see mike please stand up and anyone else from your team (clapping.) and a couple of other folks i want to name if you're in the room please stand up our construction manager and civil engineer, landscape architect and our financial consultants with the california housing partnerships and i also want to once in a while thank the urban

ymca. and, of course, to our joint partners health clinic we're looking forward going to be done i understand by march of next year and just been a long time in the making they're involved in the vision along before bridge got involved i'm looking forward to that opening up soon leasing i'd like to thank my team and if you can please stand up and call that anna and john. and the bridge team please stand up the development team (clapping.) everybody all of you. so i want to folks to know we have 5 developments under construction totally 5 had the units we have others working on potrero and

working on another project under a construction. and cumulative 14 projects average under construction. and have 6 or 7 any construction projects the ones i named. in our pipeline not possible without you guys a big a round of applause for them (clapping.) and a lastly, i really want to thank you, for taking the time to celebrate with us and actually hold on a couple of seconds i'll i would be remiss to not thank the property management and team once our work is done in the success of those vomits lies in their hands and have a couple of folks have. >> (calling names.) >> our residents manager and want to name a couple of folks on the team melissa martin

property management and natalia williams and. >> (calling names.) >> a round of applause for them and (clapping.) and as mayor london breed said certainly does take not a small village to get those things done i see ed, i apologize i forgot to name you but ed is the project manager to convert the loan this is the final step for that before we hand it over to property management and invite you waiting patiently to go out to the courtyard and the we'll have the official ribbon cutting there thank you so much again

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[♪♪♪] >> at san francisco animal care and control, we care for all animals, any species. we get about 10,000 a year. they can be injured, lost, victims of abuse or violence, and we take them all in and we care for them. >> i felt really passionate about getting the spca a new

building. i had personally seen first hand when my family was searching for our first rescue dog what conditions a lot of the animals and the staff from a.c.c. where working in. >> we were really excited to be moving into this new shelter. our current physical plant is in terrible shape. i like to describe it as the building is working against us rather than for us. this shelter was put together in six months, 30 years ago, in a building that is now 80 years old. our staff and our volunteers are amazing and wonderful, and they are warm, but the space makes it difficult for people to connect with the pets because we have families coming into adopt, we have families surrendering their animals, people looking for their lost dogs, and they are all crammed together in a very small, emotionally fraught space our heating and ventilation system is very poor. right now, our shelter is not capable of good ventilation to prevent the spread of disease.

we have no security features. our veterinary suite is cramped into one room. we can only perform one procedure at a time. >> one of the main lessons learned from hurricane katrina is people were reluctant to evacuate. if they were fearing that their pets were going to be left behind and not cared for. >> in the event of an earthquake , we need to be off the grid for 72 hours. it is unlikely that we would be able to fulfil our mission to take in domestic pets that need to be temporary looked at while parents are out of their home. in a new building, we will be able to meet those earthquake standards.

[♪♪♪] >> we are standing at the site of the future animal care and control facility. that is the beautiful brick building you see in the background behind me. this building is part of the showplace square historic district which is a collection of brick warehouses and factories that was built in the late 19th century. this was built in 1893 as the original coal-fired power plant for the first street car in san francisco and has been owned and operated by munimobile ever since. >> we chose this building for the project for a number of reasons. one is we are not far from the existing animal care and control facility, san francisco spca is nearby, and it is a nice nexus to have in the center of the city. [♪♪♪] >> what we are doing is we are going seismic upgrading the building. it is un- -- and unreinforced masonry building. we are going to be installing floor prate -- floor plates across the space to put in all of the animal housing. >> we will be able to get our -- give our animals adequate space. we will also be separating our small animals into different rooms. right now we have reptiles and

bunnies and birds, everyone all crammed in together. >> the tricky part of it is to find open space in this existing urban environment. we did that by inserting an open air courtyard, and also using the roof deck for another dog in small animal run. [♪♪♪] >> three, two, one! [cheering] [cheers and applause] >> when the new a.c.c. opens and two years, it will be incredible and we will finally have the world-class facility that our animal shelter needs in the city >> when i first started painting it was difficult to get my foot in the door and contractors and mostly men would have a bad attitude towards me or not want to answer my questions or not include me and after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore. ♪♪♪

my name is nita riccardi, i'm a painter for the city of san francisco and i have my own business as a painting contractor since 1994 called winning colors. my mother was kind of resistant. none of my brothers were painter. i went to college to be a chiropractor and i couldn't imagine being in an office all day. i dropped out of college to become a painter. >> we have been friends for about 15-20 years. we both decided that maybe i could work for her and so she hired me as a painter. she was always very kind. i wasn't actually a painter when she hired me and that was pretty cool but gave me an opportunity to learn the trade with her company. i went on to different job

opportunities but we stayed friends. the division that i work for with san francisco was looking for a painter and so i suggested to my supervisor maybe we can give nita a shot. >> the painting i do for the city is primarily maintenance painting and i take care of anything from pipes on the roof to maintaining the walls and beautifying the bathrooms and graffiti removal. the work i do for myself is different because i'm not actually a painter. i'm a painting contractor which is a little different. during the construction boom in the late 80s i started doing new construction and then when i moved to san francisco, i went to san francisco state and became fascinated with the architecture and got my contractor's licence and started painting victorians and kind of gravitated towards them. my first project that i did was

a 92 room here in the mission. it was the first sro. i'm proud of that and it was challenging because it was occupied and i got interior and exterior and i thought it would take about six weeks to do it and it took me a whole year. >> nita makes the city more beautiful and one of the things that makes her such a great contractor, she has a magical touch around looking at a project and bringing it to its fullest fruition. sometimes her ideas to me might seem a little whacky. i might be like that is a little crazy. but if you just let her do her thing, she is going to do something incredible, something amazing and that will have a lot of pop in it. and she's really talented at that. >> ultimately it depends on what

the customer wants. sometimes they just want to be understated or blend in and other times they let me decide and then all the doors are open and they want me to create. they hire me to do something beautiful and i do. and that's when work is really fun. i get to be creative and express what i want. paint a really happy house or something elegant or dignified. >> it's really cool to watch what she does. not only that, coming up as a woman, you know what i mean, and we're going back to the 80s with it. where the world wasn't so liberal. it was tough, especially being lgbtq, right, she had a lot of friction amongst trades and a lot of people weren't nice to her, a lot of people didn't give her her due respect. and one of the things amazing about nita, she would never

quit. >> after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore. i'd like to be a mentor to other women also. i have always wanted to do that. they may not want to go to school but there's other options. there's trades. i encourage women to apply for my company, i'd be willing to train and happy to do that. there's a shortage of other women painters. for any women who want to get into a trade or painting career, just start with an apprenticeship or if you want to do your own business, you have to get involved and find a mentor and surround yourself with other people that are going to encourage you to move forward and inspire you and support you and you can't give up. >> we've had a lot of history, nita and i. we've been friends and we have been enemies and we've had

conflicts and we always gravitate towards each other with a sense of loyalty that maybe family would have. we just care about each other. >> many of the street corners in all the districts in san francisco, there will be a painting job i have completed and it will be a beautiful paint job. it will be smooth and gold leaf and just wow. and you can't put it down. when i first started, it was hard to get employees to listen to me and go along -- but now, i have a lot of respect. >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to

feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is

really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can

participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program.

>> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that?

>> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for

photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes.

>> good morning. this meeting will come to order. welcome to september 5, 2024 regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. welcome back after our legislative recess. i am supervisor dean preston, chair of the committee, joined my vice chair stefani and supervisor connie chan. the clerk is monique crayton and thanks to sfgovtv for staffing the meeting. do you have announcements? >> yes, public comment will be taken on each item. when your item comes up and public comment is called, line up to speak on your right. you may submit public comment in writing in e-mail to the government audit and ov