this is a [inaudible] at the bayview opera house. i like to invite some the neighborhood young people that are here today to come on stage to join us for the ribbon cutting. can we get some the young people here? come on stage. [applause and cheers]. this >> if you are a bayview opera house board member please join us. our elected officials hydra mendoza and [inaudible] join us up on stage, please. i need you to help us count down from 10. are we all ready? alright. please join me counting back. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause and cheers] please stay and enjoy refreshments. >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of s

this is a [inaudible] at the bayview opera house. i like to invite some the neighborhood young people that are here today to come on stage to join us for the ribbon cutting. can we get some the young people here? come on stage. [applause and cheers]. this >> if you are a bayview opera house board member please join us. our elected officials hydra mendoza and [inaudible] join us up on stage, please. i need you to help us count down from 10. are we all ready? alright. please join me counting back. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause and cheers] please stay and enjoy refreshments. . >> it seems like everyone in san francisco is talking about housing san francisco housing prizes are among the highest it tops anyone million dollars and rent rise unfortunately, this is not the first time housing has been in the news thought california the cost of a home has made headline the medium prices for a house in the the $207,000 in california it is more than twice that amount and the laura u bay area is higher it's more than doubled the states

>> in bayview-hunters point?i don't think it has to be neighborhood specific >> i don't have that nuoffice top of my head but i'm happy to report that >> okay.mber which then leads me to the next question that you raised. our neighborhood preference policy, that is in our forward looking calendar, i think? >> it is. there's a workshop scheduled for commission review and consideration of that. the way we have structured it whether it's for the gap financing ground lease item you will see in mission bay should the commission adopt the new enhancement at this place it expands the ellis act into fire display sees as well as owner move-in, the city adopted a new category. that option is that the commission's discretion to apply that to ocii projects. the same for president neighborhood preference to the extent, as you know we have hosted solution certain binding contractual agreements called by the state enforceable obligations. those are provided for by contract for respondent respectable conduct areas and a number o

>> in bayview-hunters point?i don't think it has to be neighborhood specific >> i don't have that nuoffice top of my head but i'm happy to report that >> okay.mber which then leads me to the next question that you raised. our neighborhood preference policy, that is in our forward looking calendar, i think? >> it is. there's a workshop scheduled for commission review and consideration of that. the way we have structured it whether it's for the gap financing ground lease item you will see in mission bay should the commission adopt the new enhancement at this place it expands the ellis act into fire display sees as well as owner move-in, the city adopted a new category. that option is that the commission's discretion to apply that to ocii projects. the same for president neighborhood preference to the extent, as you know we have hosted solution certain binding contractual agreements called by the state enforceable obligations. those are provided for by contract for respondent respectable conduct areas and a number o

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview andeloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of san

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of s

>> in bayview-hunters point?i don't think it has to be neighborhood specific >> i don't have that nuoffice top of my head but i'm happy to report that >> okay.mber which then leads me to the next question that you raised. our neighborhood preference policy, that is in our forward looking calendar, i think? >> it is. there's a workshop scheduled for commission review and consideration of that. the way we have structured it whether it's for the gap financing ground lease item you will see in mission bay should the commission adopt the new enhancement at this place it expands the ellis act into fire display sees as well as owner move-in, the city adopted a new category. that option is that the commission's discretion to apply that to ocii projects. the same for president neighborhood preference to the extent, as you know we have hosted solution certain binding contractual agreements called by the state enforceable obligations. those are provided for by contract for respondent respectable conduct areas and a number o

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of s

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of san francisco publi

ocii is 100% supportable parcels and the candlestick point bayview-hunters point redevelopment project area. today's request is for commission approval to select a team led by tenderloin neighborhood development corporation and young community developers at bayview-hunters point-based organization per block 10 a at team led by san francisco housing the moment corporation and bayview-hunters point-based organization, and mercy housing california for block 11-a. i will start by

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of san francisco public w

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of s

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of s

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview andy all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of san francis

i am so delighted so honored to be standing housekeeper today my name is linda i'm a board of the bayview hunters point center for the chair of the groundbreaking and ribbon cutting summer want to give honor to god let me repeat i want to give honor to god. >> (clapping.) >> for the opportunity to be standing here on the podium with the mayor and all the dignitaries and with the community of looking out i see that judge davis family and i see about everyone this is a great day for the bayview hunters point this is a great day for the community >> (clapping.) >> what this is vision people don't perish a man that is responsible was responsible for bringing all of us here today his vision was to insure that our seniors have a place they could live and die gracefully he reached out to a lot of people in the city it has taken decades for us to get here but look at where we are today in his absent the vision and legacy folks are realized today, i want to essentially thank the mayor ed lee for his presence by the way, if you look at across the city that kind of setting back is taken care of all

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of s

they went to the bayview-hunters point college.they were paid through model cities to go through the training they completed their training they were close childcare centers. when i got a lot of the ladies and some gentlemen got their license. they want to the childcare centers and some started their own childcare in their own locations. what i'm saying is, why can't we duplicate what was done back then if you have tenants getting rates moving to the housing? some of those mothers who do not have jobs have them train the childcare centers that you are building. so they can employment. they can watch their kids and driving is. i don't have kids know more. mine are grown. i'm glad they're out of the way but for those who do have youngsters, the people in the community watching their kids it's a more safer environment. i feel and then you're hiring people from the community. so, in each one of these, mission bay, wherever you build it in the shipyard, alice griffin, how are people in the community train them so they can be able to get

have a greater partnering let me say it welcome to alex southeast community facility center in our bayview. >> (clapping.) >> how are things going all right. all right. you're still in shape keeping healthy i'm happy to be here on every occasion to be in the community we're talking about good paying jobs and families and careers working with the labor unions but i want to say alex name i think he'd be happy to be here if you knew him about workforce training and part of puc family and part of everybody's family and came from the bayview community making the connections with we've been asked for many decades we see those plant in our community can we be a part of a better environment and get the good jobs for dwaerngz promised and yet really hard to fulfill we're here to do that before i talk about this particular p l a and sign the documents we have i want to say this week we're on a roles last night and for the last 48 hours we have been helping another group of workforce men and women that's our be janitors. >> (clapping.) >> as of last night they averted a strike because they were serio

the contractors center is 5 thomas melon circle in the bayview area open 8:30 to 5 welcom

seeing bayview is at the top the list.g the cold cases, the question we had bringing thees together i think commander [inaudible] we just wanted to know is the suspension cret the vast majority are in 94124 and given the additional resources come in under the reform effort very porpt some of those resources are specifically going towards 94124 cases where there sadis proporinate unsolved homicides. >> i agree. we do have something set in place to prioritize the cases. a lot of times investigators will leave like a to do list on the front of their case file and that helps us kind of organize what still needs to be done on this case, what we can redo on the case. a lot of times we have to retalk to witnesses or whatever. so, we do prioritize the cases and assign them as leads develop. it is kind of a fluid process, there isn't like a a, b and c. it is dependent if there is evident that needs processes, if there are witnesses and video, if it has tangible good stuff for us to run with, we will run with it. the ones that don't

about workforce training and part of puc family and part of everybody's family and came from the bayview community making the connections with we've been asked for many decades we see those plant in our community can we be a part of a better environment and get the good jobs for dwaerngz promised and yet really hard to fulfill we're here to do that before i talk about this particular p l a and sign the documents we have i want to say this week we're on a roles last night and for the last 48 hours we have been helping another group of workforce men and women that's our be janitors. >> (clapping.) >> as of last night they averted a strike because they were serious about it because they have to be serious because the wages and benefits as all labor unions are because they're on is lower end of wage aribnb careers they need to do everything to help their names our staff assist and reached a tentative agreement we have to go and do the ratification everybody abroad we're happy to see the managers of the buildings and the labor unions and the membership avert a strike and that's in a way why w

that starts next week, bayview station. bayview is the first station to go and should have by the ends of next week 110 officers equip with body worn cameras. the week of the 22 through 26 we have a pause week to make sure the way we roll it out is working and move forward to ingleside and northern and mission, etc across the city a week at a time training all the officers that work at the district stations. as we do we will pull trainers into the stations to make sure we have sufficient resources and look for any problems that pop up that we need to address. we should finish all patrol by november. we have holiday weeks. we have critical events throughout the city which would make diverting that much actiffinty from wrun station difficult for operations, so-we are very confidence by the ends of november we will have all patrol train and begin moving into tactical and traffic and the rest of the department for training. that is the schedule. we are studying things as it goes along and daily reports for any problems that com

hunters point really bayview hunters point senior citizens program as conceived by alicia that works added bayview and really reenvisioned the was the community does outreach and presented last year at the conference and a lot of people fouled with her asking her to share hair model that was excited and the second thing growing old knowledge young how the social subcontractors with the seniors you're well aware of the program and you anguish what it does for older adults and adult disabilities it is nice to know you'll talk about the other award in a minute the third one the one we won innovations was for chance with the senior in 0 san francisco the restaurant meals program two sites where we partner with self-help at the restaurant to provide restaurant millions for older adults so it was really excited that that is a contribute to the staff and community partners we won the 3 awards and considered to be at the first and foremost of innovation and achievement with the aging disability services in addition while we were there we heard about another award i don't know if aaron is her

hunters point really bayview hunters point senior citizens program as conceived by alicia that works added bayview and really reenvisioned the was the community does outreach and presented last year at the conference and a lot of people fouled with her asking her to share hair model that was excited and the second thing growing old knowledge young how the social subcontractors with the seniors you're well aware of the program and you anguish what it does for older adults and adult disabilities it is nice to know you'll talk about the other award in a minute the third one the one we won innovations was for chance with the senior in 0 san francisco the restaurant meals program two sites where we partner with self-help at the restaurant to provide restaurant millions for older adults so it was really excited that that is a contribute to the staff and community partners we won the 3 awards and considered to be at the first and foremost of innovation and achievement with the aging disability services in addition while we were there we heard about another award i don't know if aaron is her

reach where workers and people live and those extended hours of operation 4r0k9 routes throughout the bayview and the east bay has been credible part of 24 service to support the late night shifts and the early morning shifts of you're working folks i get to announced this effort because part of our 2030 vision plan for san francisco was to make sure that we give attention to the programs that we're creating and that the reasons why we're treating e creating this is because we need to sustain this workforce and recognize they're working all hours of evening and supporting their effort through public transportation public transportation throughout all the modes i've identity one of the grandfather equalizer in the prosperity economy we're doing if we don't do this we'll leave a lot of people out of success of our big economy being so hot we've got to get people to work and again, i say a great equalizer those are working families second and thirds jobs their probably doing and making pretty good money i'm increasing nor night life activities whether mid market street day and night life and all

that starts next week, bayview station. bayview is the first station to go and should have by the ends of next week 110 officers equip with body worn cameras. the week of the 22 through 26 we have a pause week to make sure the way we roll it out is working and move forward to ingleside and northern and mission, etc across the city a week at a time training all the officers that work at the district stations. as we do we will pull trainers into the stations to make sure we have sufficient resources and look for any problems that pop up that we need to address. we should finish all patrol by november. we have holiday weeks. we have critical events throughout the city which would make diverting that much actiffinty from wrun station difficult for operations, so-we are very confidence by the ends of november we will have all patrol train and begin moving into tactical and traffic and the rest of the department for training. that is the schedule. we are studying things as it goes along and daily reports for any problems that com

built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of s

hunters point really bayview hunters point senior citizens program as conceived by alicia that works added bayview and really reenvisioned the was the community does outreach and presented last year at the conference and a lot of people fouled with her asking her to share hair model that was excited and the second thing growing old knowledge young how the social subcontractors with the seniors you're well aware of the program and you anguish what it does for older adults and adult disabilities it is nice to know you'll talk about the other award in a minute the third one the one we won innovations was for chance with the senior in 0 san francisco the restaurant meals program two sites where we partner with self-help at the restaurant to provide restaurant millions for older adults so it was really excited that that is a contribute to the staff and community partners we won the 3 awards and considered to be at the first and foremost of innovation and achievement with the aging disability services in addition while we were there we heard about another award i don't know if aaron is her

hunters point and candle stick they does not conduct the rincon hill south beach project area nor the bayview triangle project area with respect to the memorandum of understanding dwiftsd into two areas of discipline the design review and environmental impact when respect to the design the agreement calls up to 0.5 staff to assist the design review that we are required to do and these as your familiar are basic concept and schematic and after the approved schematic we have more work to do in the construction documents it includes justice a general land use and urban design policy assistance and basically technical services from the planning code i mean, the planning department related to the planning code and general plan the section portion is the environmental reviews up to one and 50 staff hours to support occ on the environmental review project areas they include basically our requires requirements and the sort of of the documents we are obligated to prepare in the california environmental quality act they include the surexemption and negative declarations and reports as well as possibly

and i thinks the t line was up i need have a shop on third street i live in bayview and i wanted to have my shop here in bayview a quality dessert shot shop in my neighborhood in any business is different everybody is in small banishes there are

hunters point and candle stick they does not conduct the rincon hill south beach project area nor the bayview triangle project area with respect to the memorandum of understanding dwiftsd into two areas of discipline the design review and environmental impact when respect to the design the agreement calls up to 0.5 staff to assist the design review that we are required to do and these as your familiar are basic concept and schematic and after the approved schematic we have more work to do in the construction documents it includes justice a general land use and urban design policy assistance and basically technical services from the planning code i mean, the planning department related to the planning code and general plan the section portion is the environmental reviews up to one and 50 staff hours to support occ on the environmental review project areas they include basically our requires requirements and the sort of of the documents we are obligated to prepare in the california environmental quality act they include the surexemption and negative declarations and reports as well as possibly

pasha automotive will team with bayview residents to insure at least 508 percent are hired from the bayview and district 10. this is so critical to making our economy grow. i see many partners sheer whether it is young community developers or others. as city administrator i'm tasked with the punchs of city fleet and maintenance the fleet and very impress said by pasha automotive here at pier 80. the unique design the facility isn't only loading and unloading cars but operating as a mini autoplant in san francisco. on site employees will fix flaws in customize vehicles. it is a slunt to create skilled jobs for residents of this community working win the automotive industry. as the city rebuilts the central facility in san francisco, this is a great opportunity to partner in the growing of the profession. thank you mayor lee, mayor brown, pasha automotive, port of san francisco and our san francisco local community. thank you. [applause] >> as many of you know, patientish entered an agreement with city build, which is a very important program that the mayor oversees to break free any type of

except for the one which is in the bayview. i think that is unacceptable to me. it needs to be-we need the policy guidelines. we need the discussion and we need to be-to find a way to come up with which i would hope would be helpful to the staff, to be honest, what are appropriate and relatively modest as we have in the past recognition of commercial donors and i'll just say that i know nike makes more money than the worst that they make plenty of money. it's-that is a reallzation which is both clearly community partner and also a major financial corporation is just exactly why this is something i think should be discussed. if the board's pleasure is that we go ahead with this just like this, my choice would be that we send this to committee and we particularly try to put that out and try to work out some language that says if we agree which i think we would, go ahead with some negotiation and run it past the board so it would be within the guidelines area of something which does not have too much of a commercial imposition on the school in the spirit of our inte

he is also a leader who spenz the most time that i have seen in bayview hunters point in many years soalso a mayor who focuses on making sure that we are not device v and all work together to get things accomplish. if you look what is happening across the country and even in the city, it is very important now that we focus on strategies and working together. he is a leader in affordable housing, he is a leader in reforms needed for our communities to be successful so all of us have equal opportunities and he has been a leader in social justice and equity. i want to thank him one, for his work and leadership through the challenging time. i want to thank him pr being here for the young people all the time including this evening and without further ado, here is our mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction shmon and thank you for your wonderful work at the school board. i know that the more people from the community that get on to our elected body will really help and i know the school board is doing well. we are because of you and hid ruand all the other school b