i'm the supervisor from
district 2 here in san
francisco.
last year, thanks to the great
leadership of our mayor ed lee,
his office of housing in
particular, olson lee and brian
chu who are here with us today
and my colleagues on the board
of supervisors, together and
with the voters of san
francisco, we passed
proposition c, the housing
trust fund initiative, to
create and approve affordable
housing city-wide and to
provide loans to assist with
the down payment towards the
purchase of homes here in san
francisco.
the passage of the housing
trust fund was and is a huge
win for all of san francisco
and our residents as one step
in the right direction towards
continuing to solve our city's
ongoing housing needs.
we are here today to announce
the launch of a renewed down
payment assistance program for
our first responders here in
san francisco.
statistics will say that the
majority of all of our first
responders live outside of our
city limits, and i for one
believe that our...