bayview hunters point is a world-class community. t i would read a couple of versus from first timothy chapters one vs one and two, which will be corporate for this invocation. would you be so kind to doubt your head momentarily. first of all, prayer, and giving of thanks be made of all men. four kings and all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in godliness. in the name of god and jesus, we thank you that the leadership of this groundbreaking for this place of wisdom, the place where they can come and make this community more positive. there are a lot of positives despite the negatives. this is a great positive thing. we can expand our village of knowledge. + mayor lee, supervisors, and those present who had something to do with the state today. amen. [applause] >> thank you for those inspiring words, doctor. today, we have to use our imagination. this is a large space that we will have within the next 18 months a beautiful state of the art library. if you can imagine hundreds of youngsters walking through the do

community participates. so that they know that we, as a city, as a community, built this library. not some contractor or a department that you never see. we are doing it more and more with our local hiring ordinance. we grabbed the talent from within. we can build a world class libraries for everyone else to come to. that is what i enjoy doing, that is why i am here. i am also here to praise the library commissioners who are with us this morning, friends of the library, the manager who will be here. the library is our future. we are constructing -- reconstructing libraries all over the city. every time we come to the community, libraries are welcome because they are the new community center, the safe place for people to be. then you can allow your mind to go through these books. and it is not just books these days. computers, digital ways of learning. we can be global citizens. not just in bayview. you can live in bayview, but you can be a global citizen in your library. understanding that our whole effort to be a global city is directly part of every community, that is what mainta

libraries, for us, is, in fact, a community center. it used to be that you could go read a book, read a newspaper, but i know libraries are a key element to any community. to some extent, it is a place where our children get to do their homework. they come and sit in that room, and do their homework, and in the course of doing their homework, they will browse around, and then they will start reading, and then they will start dreaming, and then they will start plotting against us parents. [laughter] but they will really do wonders for us as a community when they start dreaming and planning. also, the library is a place where different individuals, that may have different attitudes and ideas, different points of view, find themselves in one room, and all this sudden start talking to one another. then magic happens. differences melt away and you come together as a community come as a neighborhood. those are the magical things about a library. that is one of the reason why the commission, the city family, decided that we would not simply op

you know, this park -- this commune park can be a great benefit for the communities around this. i live a couple blocks away from this park, from this proposed park. i walk by this site all the time. you know, since i live a couple blocks away. and this is close to 16th street and mission where there is a lot of activity, you know, but there is a lot of, like, drugs going on. at night i'd seen prostitution walking around. what it would benefit is for the community, for the children, for the moms that walk by. it should be better for these families to walk by inside the park rather than walk by 16th and mission. but, yeah, this -- i think this park can benefit the community and the people and even for the city. you know. so i think it will be great to build this park on this site. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> fannie. teresa olmigare. jamie chavaria. miguel. >> buenos tardes. >> good afternoon. my name is fannie. [speaking spanish] >> i'm a mother, a single mother of kids and i'm here to ask for your support to develop constructive site because this is important for fam

for us as a community when they start dreaming and planning. also, the library is a place where different individuals, that may have different attitudes and ideas, different points of view, find themselves in one room, and all this sudden start talking to one another. then magic happens. differences melt away and you come together as a community come as a neighborhood. those are the magical things about a library. that is one of the reason why the commission, the city family, decided that we would not simply open up a place where there was going to be a bunch of tables and everyone would sit there and be quiet. it is a place that is vibrant, a place where things happen for children, adults, and the community. i want to say thank-you for all of you, for your hard work and commitment to making sure there is a place for us in the bayview for all of us to dream once again. [applause] >> thank you, senator. it is also my pleasure to introduce mark leno. he has been to just about every single ribbon cutting, and he really cares about libraries. so it

it was just one, slow elevator, and a dingy community kitchen. you can see what a beautiful space it is now. we raised $30,000,000.20% of that came from the mayor's office of housing. -- $30 million and 20% of that came from the mayor's office of housing. the department of public health is providing subsidies for the 100-plus homeless households' living here. housing and community development, enterprise. hundreds of staff people coming together to bring this beautiful project to fruition. in that sense, this is our model for preserving affordable housing in san francisco and throughout the country. for another 30 years, this will provide an affordable home for generations of low income people. with that, i would like to introduce our mayor, ed lee. [applause] >> thank you. don, it is my personal pleasure to be here, in a community that i care very much about, and that we know has a history of struggling to exist. now we see something that reflects a lot of my values, the history that i have had with this city, having been an attorney who represen

we got a lot of love from the community. we did not do it all on our own. we had a lot of help from the community. community-based organizations, boys club, the police department, especially this year has made a difference since the chief has stepped into his role. we feel like we have a good communication with muni, thanks to some of the leadership there. 95% of our responders that participated were from the southeast sector and in the first survey we conducted last september, the top three issues were education, -- economy, education, and safety. and among illegal chinese residents, a safety remains overwhelmingly -- among chinese residents, safety remains overwhelmingly the number one concern. when we did the follow-up survey this past june, that had shifted and safety was no. 3. it was the economy and education. it was about jobs and economic survival. for the monolingual chinese speaking population, it remained safety. over 80% of the responders stated that the ambassador program had made a positive difference for them. about 40% reported feeling safer

and we will usher in, collectively, as a community. we have in business leaders here to help us guide through this transformation from point a to point b, and beyond. so with that, this is a positive day. we will continue to take this momentum and move forward and continue to build. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor. indeed, a positive day. i also want to take a moment to acknowledge the terrific support we have had a leading up to this groundbreaking. former supervisor sophie maxwell. she may be here later on today. she was fantastic to secure funds. supervisor cohen alluded to the support from other mr. supervisors. it is my pleasure to introduce supervisor scott wiener. [applause] >> thank you and congratulations to everyone on this amazing progress. all the three branch libraries in my district were open before i took office, so i like to live vicariously through my colleagues to help celebrate something so important. in a time when we all get down on our city government for not doing as well as we want them to do, in terms of ser

a community, when they assess, and they have had a couple of suicides of young people in their... or older adults in their community, then they will target a program directed to that. we are seeing results of that as well. well, when we come back i want to go back to talking about some of the other programs that exist, and i want to see what... how hospitals and how youth organizations can also get in the mix to solve all of these problems. we'll be right back. for more information on national recovery month , to find out how to get involved, or to locate an event near you, visit the recovery month web site at recoverymonth.gov. they tell me i was there but i don't remember. i don't know where i really was. i do not know what i had for breakfast. i do not know who won the game. i don't recognize this man. if you or someone you know is struggling with a drug or alcohol problem, there is a solution. recovery. call 1-800-662-help for information and for hope. through treatment my life's a whole lot brighter now. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services [music] s

a community school. every school has a full range the services. the district can't do it alone. school is center of community and really owned as a place by the community. i had i wonderful, i think we can do that. in great britain, they are going to have all community schools. it's what my colleague, jim dierck, is doing. we need to turn every school into a community school. i had a fabulous opportunity to visit this school. it's for kids who have failed in every way. it's colead by the cb on. they do the counseling. vocational work. the district is the class teaching. they have somebody at their side all the time to help with the needs of the student and the principle and cbo get up and meet every morning. they were total partners in making this a community school. then i will be through. i had the opportunity to go to another school at 9 o'clock at night where i thought it was going to be closed. i walk into the school in upper manhattan and it is lit up like a christmas tree. we have to light up every school. it changed the whole neighborhood. it was a beacon of wonderfulness

there has been a lot of talk about the bayview community. that continues to be a hope we will be a record low, and that is all about the partnership with the community and the help we get city-wide from folks like the joke and we just gave the appreciation, and we do not make that robbery arrest if that cabdriver does not help us out. commissioner: great. president mazzucco: commissioner chan? commissioner chan: i just want to make sure about -- president mazzucco: we can put that at the front to do a quick presentation. i think we need to do that. >> -- vice president

community. it is hard. you need a tight-knit community. i was walking around here this morning. it is all smiles. though they know that they have got a great place to be, for a long time. the significance of this rehabilitation has other aspects of our wealth and human for the city. its seismic upgrades. extremelif you know me, one of my passions is to be sure we are ready for the next earthquake. for folks who could not move elsewhere, to feel safe in the building they were a part of, helped to contribute to making seismically safe, and our earnings and ability to have earthquake insurance cover them, we have a fantastic story to tell here. in addition, it has added 105 units to the whole 10-year end homeless program that we committed to. this helps to achieve 1800 units of those 3000 that we committed to building. i am sure the people that helped us write the program would be proud. these units are not just high places for people. it is also a service. services from our department of public health and from the human services agency. a collaboration that this building represents

community. jane, what is a prevention-prepared community? that is a really good question, ivette, and it is a term i think we are going to be hearing a lot more. the notion of a prevention-prepared community is all of the systems in the community, be they the health care sector, the business sector, families, schools, neighborhoods, law enforcement, they are all prepared to create a prevention system for the community that really does increase the likelihood that everybody will be making an important contribution together and rates of these problems will actually decrease over time. dr. greene, you mentioned screening and brief interventions. many people in the audience may not know what this program is all about. do you want to tell us a little more? i will be happy to, yvette. one of the things that howard university and howard university hospital has identified was that we have a large population of at-risk drinkers, substance abuse patients, and that we wanted to find a way to try to really help our population. we didn't have enough socia

we have a positive relationship with the community. whether it's through a contract or not and utilize that relationship and help plan this with us. with the colin strategy. lanny homes called in and called in the relationships with our community providers. we wound up having a call in with the providers. we focussed on youth already there and needed these connections and engagements with service providers. you are sitting in juvenile hall. you are upset about getting blamed and not having enough time with your family, the probation officer. not knowing. but figuring you might get released. you are called in and there are 30 folks sitting there are for you. opening their doors to you with a whole wide array of services that you can latch on to. we have had 3 of these sessions and spend a whole morning and take units by units into the auditorium. and then they are provided with the list of all of the agency who were there. and we incorporate that into the release plan. it's a plan in the works. i notice one the areas where it's working?

we got a lot of love from the community. we did not do it all on our own. we had a lot of help from the community. community-based organizations, boys club, the police department, especially this year has made a difference since the chief has stepped into his role. we feel like we have a good communication with muni, thanks to some of the leadership there. 95% of our responders that participated were fr