we have bayview rise. many of you might have been at the george ground breaking ceremony and hunters view and here today the bayview hunters point, the opera house, the renovation. today we have another bayview contract or, come quest construction located on toll land avenue. remember we talked about the social compact of the community that there was room for everyone and contractors are going to be working. me and other department heads as well as other community partners are living up to that promise. i think it's critical when you think about the overall narrative within the bayview community. >> today it influences the experience of walking, shopping and eating along our beautiful third street corridor and impacts our youth and families by providing access to the arts right here in the neighborhood. i see we have the executive director kimberly hayes from the african american complex and excited to look to the if you the to forge a relationship with the african american arts and culture complex and dev

welcome to the bayview? [ cheers and applause ] >> first of all it's my pleasure to be down here to join supervisor cohn and so many of our community members down here. it is a wonderful opportunity. first of all ruth memorial bayview opera house. it's been historic. i want to thank leader pelosi for helping us get on the national historic registry. it's that qualified, yes. [ applause ] a qualified and major attention and when that was done, we had a lot of partners and we spent most of the time thanking treasures like this and how we can turn historic sites into meaningful active sites along third street. i'm really glad to be joining folks like louis herrera because he has that library going and that's an active site. to all of our other city agencies, office with disabilities here, our other departments are here. they are active along third street, our invested neighborhoods are here. you can literally see these restaurant and food establishments. i will name a few that i can go into a while that i can n

davis meant he was a forward thinker and thinking about bayview in the day and bayview has changed and is different but he was thinking about it 20 years ago. and this took 20 years. and later on i'm going to talk about the beautiful people and how they've helped us and supported our organization but it was really dr. davis is the reason we're here so i want to remember that and to know we're his legacy to carry it forward when he passed it had to be hundreds and hundreds of people to make this day happen and you'll hear about that. to get to this day so a lot of other things i want to say the other things i want to say something about this housing it's going to be for the seniors in bayview. it was advocated for the seniors and dr. davis would want me to say how the seniors can get in it. bouquet it the day to take a maker i went to denny's when something big happened but we'll have to go to denny's. the first time popcorn i'm going to introduce is dr. william walker the longtime advocate when people didn't bother with us he's the chair of directors and he would help us. (clapping.) >

we have bayview rise. many of you might have been at the george ground breaking ceremony and hunters view and here today the bayview hunters point, the opera house, the renovation. today we have another bayview contract or, come quest construction located on toll land avenue. remember we talked about the social compact of the community that there was room for everyone and contractors are going to be working. me and other department heads as well as other community partners are living

she has not did anything for bayview hunters point. even the funds that's supposed to be coming to bayview hunters point, over $2 billion, we haven't seen a dime. money is being diverted to other areas. if people want to do something for the community, why don't you come into the community and fight for the people in the community? because we are the ones that are being -- getting sick and dying every day out there because of the sewage plant and because of the shipyard. so, let's don't get carried away about who is going to have a job because she's supposed to be black. it ain't about what color you are. it's about whether you're doing the job you're supposed to be doing. thank you very much. >>> you know, i thought i could wait until this agenda item came and i no longer can because it's so hard to be in a room full of hypocracy. i want to introduce myself. i am phaedra, i used to run the organization green for all that juliet had a relationship with. what i find so offensive about this conversation is before juliet went to the publi

the black policemen get beat up in bayview even though he's a policeman. you see this noose on my tie? someone tie this into a noose. things like this in san francisco, we've become known for people -- giving people apartments, [speaker not understood] put a noose on this side. i have a black man [speaker not understood]. but stuff like this going on, i'm not surprised that we're here. tonight is really a good meeting of the minds because ethics, you know, should be part of all of our lives. and san francisco stands tall on the mountain, but we have to know that african americans have made this city what it is greatly. and it's not appreciated of anything, you know. if you look at the tenderloin where i stay at, how hard it is to see people laying on the street. the mayor helped the mission, doesn't want to give them crack so they can get pharmaceutical crack. they got [speaker not understood] but you only give african-american people to come up. thank god that the president, michelle obama, first lady, [speaker not understood], walking the great wall. and

you hear the hope, the hope started in bayview. drugs and put them in training so they would have stable jobs. i have the information here. i gave this information to the housing director. i mean -- no the president -- what are you baby? president of the commission. i had him make copies of it, because i wanted him to know. that so-called rad is an excerpt from what the tenants should be doing. and i asked you at a meeting, asked for an audit of hope, the mayor's of housing, all of those funds are to go to the tenants. and the city is getting those grants that started at bayview-hunter's point. and the tenants did reconstruction of the buildings themselves. they were trained to do this. they were trained. and 20 people were trained to be managers. and only 12 retired. now (inaudible). >> thank you, mrs. jackson. thank you, thank you, dr. jackson. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am adam maguire, i am a maintenance man for the housing authority. i was born and raised holly court and i am a product of the housing authority. 20 years

i am the executive director at bayview hunters point community legal. we are a new nonprofit. we're trying to -- by working with dozens of partners, law firms, pro bono programs and private attorneys, we're trying to create a universal system of access of services in bayview hunters point. everybody gets representation no matter what their income s. we do this without any city funding. thanks to the support of hundreds of individuals and, you know, just great attorney that work with us. our biggest practice area is housing law and we think it's growing. we have everyone with all the issues, but the main issue that comes to us is landlord tenant law. and we see tons of landlords trying to take advantage of tenants either by threatening walk outs, by harassing tenants out, by doing retaliation against tenants that submit petitions, and otherwise trying to get tenants out of their homes without having to deal with the unlawful detainer system. and we should recognize that landlords have a particular incentive to do this in san francisco because of the rent control laws, right? if

our ambassadors from the bayview are from the bayview or currently live in the bayview and represent the diversity in that neighborhood. because it was so well received by the community the mayor asked us to expand if program in 2011 as part of that area which has revitalized that area which is a very high profile need in the part of the city. our central market community ambassador team has been around since 2011. this team is unique in that it is really viewed as a job training team. we partner with the human services agency to hire san francisco residents. we try to hire from the community and place them to work in the community. our group of ambassadors, currently we have 12 that work in the central market area from 5th street to valencia and we look at going about a block or two on i -- either side on market street. it's to visible -- that's the goal. we categorize into three major categories, general assistance whether that's helping someone on or off a muni vehicle with bags or lunge -- luggage and tourism information and referrals. if they come to a homeless individual or bus

mayor, on behalf of the bayview opera house. [ applause ] >> all right. shovels in the ground. >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. both have a significant force. a refreshing retreat from urban life. the romantic past that meander up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the

(applause) >>> hi, my name is theresa glenns, i'm the founder of old school cafe which is in the bayview hunters point. it's an organization that helps keep kids out of jail and out of streets and to stop the violence. juliet has been a great friend to us and to our community and to the youth. ha just been somebody right away we can say these are the things going on, we need support, and just her heart, her heart is for our kid. her heart is for the community. and, so, i just want to say a couple words about we talk about making mistakes and owning it. i would encourage this body to not only stop this resolution, but also to apologize to her because i want you to under what it does to a person when you are already doing work and heart and soul in the community, it's hard. what we're up against and all the people in this community that are doing great, incredible work, it is the waste of everybody's time to have to go through this. as well as her time and what it does to her spirit. don't shoot holes in her. it's already hard enough to do this work then to be persecute and had have all th

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but at night, the giant mural dubbed bayview rise lights up to create a glow over the bayview district that can be seen for miles around. >> the port, it is dramatic difference as what it was before. it was an eyesore before. now it's something really cool to look at. >> can art change the fate of a community? >> i think it's a step that can help begin to change the community. >> the mural and light show were designed by two seattle artists. their inspiration came from the community of bayview. >>> well, it only took a few minutes to build the world's largest pb & j sandwich. the california kid who filled up on this massive meal coming your way. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, claims california's highwaye in better shape than ever. a reality check on >>> new at 5:00 smoother roads and fewer bumps. a new bumps says california highways are in better shape than ever. tonight a reality check on our roads and where your tax dollars are going. >>> who needs to pack a lunch when you can eat this baby. you're looking at one of the largest peanut butter and jelly sandwiches ever made. some students built th

in 1981 the city went back to the board to amend the orders determining if the bayview hunters point community is also suffering and the series of the impacts of the decision to relocate freeways in the existing plant and those facilities generate a lack of pride in the community and the commercial greenhouse should reduce those impacts and in support of the bayview hunters point the folks say those facilities are necessary and they will might the impacts of the project. the state board if you thought noted while studies show the facilities will be it supporting we meaning the resident of the bayview hunters point need guarantees that the city will assure the maintenance of the greenhouse and skills center the provision of operating which exceed the amount generated by the facilities themselves should be included in the cities revenue plan and revenue should be generated to help with the costs of the city's wait water treatment. predictably they've rescinded their grants on the eligibility and later in 18981 we succeed in asking congress to amend the clean water act to fund the proje

this is how i see the bayview hunters point and the other areas let's make those areas rich bits both who we are as people and joining us u up and making more people involved this is what the city is about. the gold rush was an triathlons finding the people making lives changed and transforming them and making sure the people who wanted to be here will have the opportunity. this is what dr. davis was about and exactly what kathy it doing we've got senior housing 20 will be for homeless individuals we've made that promise and 3 thousand unit are fulfilling that and tony is making promises i'm there to make sure we getting get to those promises so sophie is saying i'm still waiting she'll be enjoying progress and milestones. getting another story for you kids so when you take over kids we're not giving us detect this is an enjoyable day but let's turn around and call other to this movement so we built this build more and more there's so much more to do and i'm calling you out to bring other. thank you very much i've enjoying being here today (clapping) i had the great pleasure i don't k

the creek is bayview gateway. this used to be part of the port's working waterfront. today it's just an asphalt lot and brick building you see there is a fire station which would not be impacted by our project. what we propose to do is remove a lot of the wharf, open up the waterfront, restore the shoreline, and provide a pedestrian access and public amenities [speaker not understood], benches, things like that. here's the conception design. you can sort of see public pathways. >> can you talk into the microphone? thanks. >> sorry. this is the conceptual design for the park. you can see how the pathways and landscaping would integrate with the exposed creek. that is my presentation. want to thank the budget analyst budget analyst for their report and i'm available for any questions. >> colleagues, any questions? seeing none, mr. rose, can we go to your report? >> yes, mr. chair, committee, orphan page 11 as explained, on pages 11 and 13, the port proposes to [speaker not understood] 189,250 dollars and that's from the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks general obl

there were demonstrates in parts of san francisco that were suffering from the loan countries in bayview hunters point as well as the xoifr neighborhood there was one relay there was actually 4 of the banks that are mostly responsible for the mortgage countries city core and bank of america where we targeted also in the bayview district there were several homes 5 were preoccupied or under water or in foreclosure that was a moment her in san francisco we actually were able to raise the experience of worker people that were losing homes. as a city government we've not responded. i've talked about this and talked about this with the mayor's office of housing to we're not doing enough to look at the house in the southeast part of san francisco we don't have a program to help people stay in hair homes and help underwater homes and people in foreclosure. we talk about the immigration of african-americans in san francisco but we have not implemented a strong program to address that. the local mroshth reduction can help to support of the african-americans and help to stop the immigration and in

that victim left the scene and went to bayview after getting treated for his injuries. san francisco police officers arrested him with a tech 9 machine pistol.ness he is in custody, the next day investigation led us to arrest of the suspect. a lot of credit has to go to the emmeraryville p.d.. lastly on some positive notes, we broke in the first days of little league baseball across the city over the past couple weeks, on friday, officer johnson, citizen of bayview will take seven youth ages 4-18 to ak kra ghana in africa in a 9-day trip. officer johnson raised pretty much the money himself. he has a college friend who is a schoolteacher in liberia and he's taken the kids from the boys and girls club. it should be pretty much trip of a lifetime for these kids as they go to see what they see in ghana and will make a full report when they get back. finally, next week, dpw will be updating the police commission on the new headquarters building on the easter bond and you will be getting a copy of the powerpoint with the facility studied with the new station to be proposed.

but the bayview rise lights up at night to create a trippy glow over the bayview district. >> the porta dramatic difference of what it was before. it was an eyesore, now it's cool. >> reporter: can art change the fate of a community? >> it's a step towards there. >> first time i have said trippy on the air. it was designed by two seattle artists saying their inspiration came from the community at the bayview. >> cool. >>> well, siri has some competition and her name is core tan in a. >> yesterday, microsoft unveiled the new virtual assistant at its bills conference in san francisco. it is used to attract users, searchers and places visited grows smarter and offers more tailored suggestions so it raises privacy concerns with consumers. >>> microsoft is trending. also trending fort hood. four people are dead after a soldier opened fire in a shooting spree yesterday. supreme court. the court made a controversial ruling relaxing campaign finance laws. chrysler. the automaker recalling 870,000 suvs to fix a brake problem. and patrick stewart to commemorate their broadway run stewart and x m

bright line defense engages in policy advocacy on behalf of bayview hunter's point, mission district, selma, low income districts in san francisco. and one of the things that we have been proud to support is the local hiring ordinance that basically connects low income and local residents to construction jobs and guarantees that a percentage of those jobs go to san francisco residents. so we're about ensuring employment opportunities for communities across san francisco. >> is there a reason why bright line defense would lobby against community choice aggregation? >> and when was this, supervisor? >> during the vote on the community choice ordinance. >> i'm not aware of bright line itself as a organization lobbying against community choice aggregation. in fact i myself as an advocate worked on cchsf what became apparent to us as i expressed the last time my appointment was before this committee, was that there was no jobs plan yet behind the clean power sf program and until that had been articulated it was tough to support it, continue supporting it as i had done at least in my advoca

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as instrumental petting zoo with magic magic orchestra. other things. at the southern end, in the bayview the hunters point shipyard artists will be hosting a spring open studios nearby. bilby artis from 7 buildings booed by the bayview underground food scene pop-up market, and of course local vendors, live jazz, youth art, and other art for kids. so we urge you to come out and participate in sunny streets and if you would like to volunteer their are always looking for volunteers to help organize and run the events. that's available also. the next item i found earlier today is close to be a secret. hopefully it will still be a secret. that is, that there will be a dedication ceremony for mrs. catherine bacardi at the fisherman's wharf chapel on may 9. mr. bacardi is not supposed to know so if any of you watching on tv, don't tell him or i'll be in great trouble. mrs. bacardi passed away in august of 2012. she and mr. alessandro bacardi have been members of fisherman's wharf since the port committee for most of their lives. mrs. bacardi was actually born in italy and came out to california

nothing is being done in bayview hunters point and there is a reason. it's by design. willie brown, when he became mayor, he had never been to hunters point, but he saw ah this beautiful scenery and the sun coming up. and he said, oh, this is a good place for big development. and guess what? it started. one of the other reasons we have is the managers, that the redevelopment gave to us back in the '70s. john stewart, he's evicted mostly all the people out of public housing. i've asked you all to come out and just take a look at what is going on out there, and the housing that is being built, you wouldn't want your dog to live in it. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public who hasn't spoken? seeing none, mr. chairman, i think public comment is closed. [gavel] >> and with that, i have to apologize that i have to leave the hearing, but i want to thank you for this opportunity and we will be back as we work with the mayor's office, community, and all the various agencies to develop the proposal. thank you very much, and thank you to all the tenants

brenda wright (clapping) reverend walking is the board the ceo of the bayview hunters point presidior he's not only a pastor but an activist you talk about programs and religious activities reverend walker is the go to person in our community. thank you for being here today (clapping) i see in the audience president of the la our without him a lot of great things couldn't have happened shipyard and the community outreach making sure that people have jobs mr. cobb i didn't bonding our thank you. without any further delay i'm going to, go the program willie brown couldn't have been here today but next on the agenda pastor please come up to say a prayer for us today and after that we have 3 great sirens they're going to lead us the 3 sirens are martin luther and katherine are going to lead us in the national black anthem. ladies and gentlemen let's start >> if all heads would be bowed we invoke god to come in. oh, god of the universe one who loves us more than that we love outdoors we thank you for this day this special occasions we've come together to celebrate the activity. we ask our

i saw kids being sent away to prison for doing things in bayview hunters point that my classmates were doing at yale law school. i saw my classmates smoking dope at yale law school. they didn't go to prison. but i saw kids the same age down here at bayview hunters point that still have not come back, and that bothered me. and i took my law degree to try to do something about it, and i burned out. it was too hard. i went to too many funerals. i'm not as strong as my mentors and elders. too many funerals. too many young people laying in kass lets and grown folks sitting up in the peughs with white hair. do that enough times, it does something to you. ~ caskets. and i started to look at myself, what could i do to make a positive difference to make a better future for these young people? and there was one person i was able to reach out to who was able to help me get through that situation and come up with a months ~ positive answer. her name was juliet ellis. she joined the board of the baker for human rights [speaker not understood] and helped that organization. turn around for just a pol