one of them is the tenderloin housing clinic and randy shaw who actually hosted our bimonthly meetings in their office across the street from here, alongside with tndc and hospitality house. we -- the housing clippnic is going to help us provide a job training program to allow the residents in their projects to learn the skill to work in the -- the hotel when we opened. so there are many parts of this project that we think we can contribute back to the community. one other significant thing, though, that the project is driving is we're taking 50% of the arts fee to allow the local nonprofits that service the tenderloin area, the program includes wild flower institutes hidden gem program, phase two, counter proposals, the turk and taylor project, and the lgbtq interpretive program, and also, the magic theaters arts program. so there's so many organizations that we worked with for the last four years to come to this point. so of course, we're going to be building -- many years working with planning department, we're finally coming to an agreement to create this first modern flight iron b

[applause] >> supervisor kim: however, we know that building housing takes time and randy shaw had the f e forsy foresight to know that that it may take ten years to build it for the community. over the last two years, we have seen an up tick in activities with the closure of this site. so we want to make sure that the block was activated. randy suggested that we bring in a marketplace similar to the hall on market street where we could showcase our residents and develop a meeting that could be -- a site that would be a community hub, a place to eat, and of course a place where we can showcase our immigrant entrepreneurs. a little over 30 years ago, my mom was able to bring together loans from different family members and friends to open a small business, and through that small business, she was able to grow an income for my family and eventually buy a home. being able to incubate a small business for so many of our immigrant women, it's what allows our families to grow in our city, to contribute to our economy, but also raise our families here in the city. la cocina has been that incu

we are thrilled today tab with us randy shaw. he is executive director of the housing clinic. also the cofounder. he started as the editor of beyond crime in san francisco. he is written by previous books on activism that include the activist handbook, social change in the 21st century. beyond the field. and the crimes in the heart of san francisco. we will go right to carry after randy speaks. carrie is an award-winning writer, filmmaker lawyers and human rights advocate his work has taken him around the world to give voice of stories of people. that is strained former child soldiers. engaged in conflict transformation services. collaborated on the advocacy campaigns in egypt syria and me amar. they documented the lives of six people fighting against extremism the now from minister con. in his new work. with the witness in google. it was nominated for emmy. in his work focuses on immigration policies. the rule of law in storytelling. we will first hear from randy talking by his new book. then we will hear from carrie. a little bit of conversation among the panel. then well ha

. >> reporter: randy shaw from the tenderloin housing clinic says businesses are coming and slowly changing the fabric of this working-class neighborhood. landlords here charged a lot less than other trendier parts of the city, which is attracting new businesses. >> the businesses that have been opened have been very successful. and, success breeds success. i tell business owners, you go to valencia street and pay three times the rent. >> reporter: red rock are open to george and lenny's coffee shop 3 years ago. selling premium coffee, and as a showcase for artists. he says he has seen more businesses opening their doors since but says the cities isn't doing enough to protect the businesses already here. >> i have the door locked up until five minutes ago. all day long, people come in here and just, like, still your tip jar and straws and napkins. >> reporter: supervisor jane kim oversees the tenderloin and says while businesses are opening, change in the neighborhood is spotty. >> change happens literally block by block. and so, we'll see tremendous improvements on one block of church stre