donna kelley is here. they worked with the federal home loan bank to make one of the many pieces of the puzzle for financing available for the project. they are participating with us. it is important to mention matt with cal fha and msha. without these sources of funding, projects like this cannot happen. it is all the various sources including the redevelopment agency that allowed a project like this to function without permanent debt. people who really need support to housing do not have the kinds of income that are going to be able to support debt. it is due to rda funding, proposition funding. i encourage us all to keep working to make sure these sources of financing or substitute sources become available so we can keep doing these projects. thank you very much. [applause] >> my name is calvin welch. unaccustomed as i am to speaking with brevity in public, i have taken the opportunity to beat the bet that i cannot do this in two minutes. i have written my remarks. rene was part of a movement of communi

donna kelley and her team at silicon valley bank, and many other important financing partners such as the california allocation committee, the department of housing and community development, the federal home loan bank, california housing finance agency. thank you for the support from the trans a joint -- transbay joint powers authority. one more page. i want to acknowledge several other people at chp. david is out here. gabriel haywood, gail, and the rest of the staff at chp. i will draw this part out. i want to thank several people with bridge continue to play a crucial role in the project. bank you to kill me -- thank you to kim nash, along with catherine edsel. kristy wong is here with her new project, a little baby. she took over the project and patiently got me up to speed. i want to thank the senior management team, particularly, for his guidance. he is my boss. [laughter] finally, i want to express great appreciation to my project to administrator who works extremely hard and is extraordinarily dedicated. thank you, jamie, somewhere out there. there are many people we could no

i do want to thank jean mathew dillard and my friend john donna kelley for putting this together and inviting me. i am on live television all the time and people always ask me if i get nervous. the answer is no. two things in life make me nervous. one is coaching ethan allen ecology. college. that can only go wrong. that can only go back and did. the other thing that makes me nervous is walking into a law school. it is a long story but i went to law school at long time ago for two years. i won't bore you with the details. i never finished. things worked out okay. i walk-in and this was at berkeley, i was out very few weeks ago visi

donna kelley is here.hey worked with the federal home loan bank to make one of the many pieces of the puzzle for financing available for the project. they are participating with us. it is important to mention matt with cal fha and msha. without these sources of funding, projects like this cannot happen. it is all the various sources including the redevelopment agency that allowed a project like this to function without permanent debt. people who really need support to housing do not have the kinds of income that are going to be able to support debt. it is due to rda funding, proposition funding. i

donna kelley is here. they worked with the federal home loan bank