at this time, i'd like to bring up reverend norman fong, the executive director of chinatown community development, to say a few words and talk about the incredible work they continue to do to support our seniors. [applause] >> ok. first turn to the person to your left and right and say you are beautiful. you are beautiful. mayor's office of housing. all right. it's a beautiful day in san francisco and we're here at heart of san francisco. this is it. this is where our city grew from. until today, there are still many seniors that live in chinatown in single rooms. i think we can do better. today, we celebrate every -- the mayor. [laughter] and others who added some. of course we want more but today symbolizes the heart of san francisco's showing real compassion for seniors that should not have to suffer at the golden years of their lives. also i i want to celebrate the team. i want to celebrate c.p.a., the community tennis association, seniors themselves who said we need to get more affordable housing. this change of percentage from the 60 to 30% is a big deal. so we have to do more o

i also want at that thank reverend norman fong for being here, and the edwin m. lee democratic club who has carried his honor as well. this is a really special time for us, and we have so many other elected officials who wanted to be part of this because he was so instrumental in each and every one of us that are up here this morning, so we'll be acknowledging our city assess or-recorder, carmen chiu, the press of the board of supervisors, malia cohen, and our very own mayor of san francisco, london breed. so thank you all for being here and joining us this morning. and we couldn't do so much of the work that we do without the leadership at the helm, so i want to it is thank our superintendent of schools, dr. vince matthews, who's always been supportive, particularly for this transition and new name change for the edwin and anita lee newcomers school. i just want to start with a few opening remarks because this -- this particular ceremony was pushed up because i'm going to be leaving for new york on october the 5 to start a new position in the new york department