doug shoemaker, the president of housing california. it's great to be here again.as the mayor said we really have the commitment in san francisco to make communities like this inclusive and as hard as it's these days to deal with the affordable housing crisis we are facing with in our city, it's not without a lack of effort. it's two of our best officials in the country mayor lee and supervisor kim, we are going to do everything we can to make affordable housing in san francisco possible. i want say a few thank yous. i want to thank our contractors for doing the phenomenal work and moving won this project. i want to thank bruce prescott, our architect, two of our managers, barbara and who has done all the work and i would like to thank them for their phenomenal work and the office of community investment and infrastructure. i said that, right? i'm looking at tiffany cut me off. formally knew her in her redevelopment agencies, it's really phenomenal that we are continuing to move forward when others have not found a way to do it. we thank you and the rest of the reg

doug shoemaker is here also representing housing which is making affordable housing on block six a possibility. today we'll hear from doug and we'll also welcome to the podium mayor ed lee and tiffany from ocii. i would also welcome the union representative today from trust fund northern california cal -- and san francisco tc and of course all the union workers helping to build. the care takers of union pension funds have invested in block six as our financial partners. the success of this project will support the pension funds and the pensions of the union workers as well as creating union jobs. box 6 is poised to make significant contributions to san francisco. we are adding to the south of market district and amenities that san francisco expect and enjoy and design a lead gold certification. it's more than a green building. it's been designed to reach the entire neighborhood experience and this will contribute to san francisco's longstanding ranking as one of the america's greenest cities. block six includes improvements to the street scape for all to enjoy at the community garden at the gr