thank you so much for celebrating alice griffith.i'm going to call up some amazing residents to speak. angelica and sammy, please welcome them, thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you all for being here today. my name is angelina moore. i'm 21 years old, and i'm a third generation resident of alice griffith. my grandmother moved here after my father was born in 1969. since then, my family has grown significant roots here. i have so many great experiences in this community that shaped a woman i am here today. just a year ago i was homeless, and devereux was the only place that felt like home, but thanks to their help and support, i was able to move into my own apartment. this has given me a sense of pride and independence that all young people should have. the bills don't stop, but i don't, either. the phoenix project provided me with the amazing tools to allow me to get into the program. i am striving to get a second job while finishing up school. [applause] >> as the days go by, i am extremely grateful for the support fro

so again, congratulations, alice griffith. we were here three years many of us for the ground breaking. here we are for the ribbon cutting. everyone, much happiness in your new homes. thank you for making this such a success. thank you all. [applause] >> wrap it up for leader pelosi. thank you so much, thank you so much. and it's true. we have that little election happening next week, and she said she had to be here. she had to be here. you can imagine her schedule. i want to next bring up the developer, richard barren of mccormick barren salazar. richard, brief remarks. >> mayor breed, speaker pelosi, thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here for all of you and the residents. i bring you greetings from tony salazar, my partner, who spent hours and hours working on the development and unfortunately had some health relates things with his -- related things with his family in kansas city, and he wasn't able to join today, but he sends his regards. there are so many organizations and individuals who have been part of this p

alice griffith have five bedrooms? >> not in the lottery.> chair mondejar: that's exciting. thanksgiving is coming up. there's no action here. this is more of discussion and sharing of great news. the next madam secretary, can we please call the next item. >> next order of business is item nine commissioner's questions and matters. >> chair mondejar: commissioners , do you have any questions? >> commissioner singh: next meeting on the 18th. >> before thanksgiving, no. it's the holiday week. we didn't think we'll get a quorum. >> commissioner singh: so prepare for the home day holida. >> and december? >> we had one item. and it didn't seem fair to have the commission meet. we're going to have a busy christmas week. any other questions? >> chair mondejar: iwould you like to submit a card? okay, can we do that? this is a commissioner's questions and matters. we can call for a public comment? okay, we will open the public comment for you sir. >> my name is mr. gregory williams. does this housing development, what we trying to do is adequately ca

. [♪] >> so ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the incredible community here in alice griffith, on behalft leaders and community organizations, madam mayor, leader pelosi, president cohen, distinguished guests, i welcome you all to the reopening of the alice griffith community. thank you. my name is theo, and i'm the director of the hope sf, and it gives me great pleasure to bring up aurelius walker for

commissioner hamasaki >> so ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the incredible community here in alice griffith, on behalf of the resident leaders and community organizations, madam mayor, leader pelosi, president cohen, distinguished guests, i welcome you all to the reopening of the alice griffith community. thank you. my name is theo, and i'm the director of the hope sf, and it gives me great pleasure to bring up aurelius walker for the invocation. >> distinguished guests and the community leaders from bayview-hunters point, and to my brothers and sisters that are here today, what an exciting day, what an exciting day. i hope through hope church, in the back of us here, and also tabernacle community development organization, i am on the board of directors of that particular program. what is so exciting, all those times, all those years at the planning commission, at the board of supervisors, and talking in our community meetings, one of the greatest excitement that one can have to see their dreams realized -- somebody said what a tragedy assist not to continue your dream, but the greatest tra

a very special thank you to the residents of alice griffith. [applause] >> several yaerkz, i stood in the opportunity center with michael cohen, then, the director of economic development, and we said we're going to assist in rebuilding this community without displacing anybody, and you all didn't believe us. i think you were the most disbelieving. but we committed to you that we would create that plan, and we are here today. it is possible, and we couldn't have done it without the partnership and the support of you all, the resident. thank you. in 2010, we committed to an ambitious homes to bring 7,000 homes to this community, 2,000 of which would be affordable and 5,000 which would be market rate. we committed to bring a variety of different homes, from apartments and condos, for the young and the old, and we commit today do that in the spirit of partnership. today is when we say we are living up to our commitments, and we're living up to our commitments because we have this partnership, and we expect to continue to live up to this commitment

don't see any of the other -- i see sunnydale but i don't see hunter 's point and i don't see alice griffith. >> it is small. you will not see that one. >> it would have been there originally but now we will be raising it to 40 and they also break their account into separate accounts. so there's multiple garbage accounts. if they had one, they would still be on this list. let me say this. >> hold on. my question still has not been answered. >> they will still be on the list. but to that point to, and again, i know that there are folks who will come up today to talk about , not just public housing but they will talk about low income housing and the limited amount of budget that they have to operate those buildings, and i would say -- this is the point i will hand over to the department of environment. those buildings, in many cases are spending a significant amount of money on trash collection in their trash account that they would be able to realize significant savings if they were diverting more away from landfill. >> that is good to know. i would like to see those productions. i don't know