my name is (indiscernible) a ceo of tndc. the housing community development organization building and serving communities throughout san francisco. this past weekday, gus newport, the former mayor of berkeley passed. i wanted to take just a few minutes to bring him in spirit here today. because gus was a mentor to many. gus was a inspiration to many more. but gus was my friend. one thing he always taught me and one thing he actually made me realize is the importance of listening. and many times to listen not for what is said, but also for what is not said. 681 is a example of both those things. of what has been said, and what hasn't been said. in the spirit of community, in the spirit of the mission, i could be no prouder then this moment because this is the manifestation, this is the spirit, this is the [spanish] that we all work so hard to create day in and day out. i like to acknowledge for tndc, all the staff. all our partners. our board of directors. that allow us to do the work that we so passionately do and do well. we

thank you to tndc and ccdc for work and making sure we have a community space and they work with our teams and community development to make sure all our projects support the residents as they are meant to. >> so you understand i have a couple of folks from community development banking. our team is here. the past year they have been busy at work. last year bank of america for our community development group invested 7.85 billion with over 13,000 affordable housing units. we are committed to making sure affordable housing is not just a dream but something we realize together. >> ment to make sure we thank the city of san francisco. mayor. supervisor preston the mayor's office of housing and community development. eric. thank you very much. again. it is about everybody coming together. we talk about a village it takes heart and that's when we have here in san francisco. everybody is coming together to support the upon community in ways we know you need. >> thank you very much. i'm happy to be part of the team that helped pull this together. and thank you again for your support and rec

my name is (indiscernible) a ceo of tndc. the housing community development organization building and serving communities throughout san francisco. this past weekday, gus newport, the former mayor of berkeley passed. i wanted to take just a few minutes to bring him in spirit here today. because gus was a mentor to many. gus was a inspiration to many more. but gus was my friend. one thing he always taught me and one thing he actually made me realize is the importance of listening. and many times to listen not for what is said, but also for what is not said. 681 is a example of both those things. of what has been said, and what hasn't been said. in the spirit of community, in the spirit of the mission, i could be no prouder then this moment because this is the manifestation, this is the spirit, this is the [spanish] that we all work so hard to create day in and day out. i like to acknowledge for tndc, all the staff. all our partners. our board of directors. that allow us to do the work that we so passionately do and do well. we

my name is (indiscernible) a ceo of tndc.the housing community development organization building and serving communities throughout san francisco. this past weekday, gus newport, the former mayor of berkeley passed. i wanted to take just a few minutes to bring him in spirit here today. because gus was a mentor to many. gus was a inspiration to many more. but gus was my friend. one thing he always taught me and one thing he actually made me realize is the importance of listening. and many times to listen not for what is said, but also for what is not said. 681 is a example of both those things. of what has been said, and what hasn't been said. in the spirit of community, in the spirit of the mission, i could be no prouder then this moment because this is the manifestation, this is the spirit, this is the [spanish] that we all work so hard to create day in and day out. i like to acknowledge for tndc, all the staff. all our partners. our board of directors. that allow us to do the work that we so passionately do and do well. we

thank you to tndc and ccdc for work and making sure we have a community space and they work with our teams and community development to make sure all our projects support the residents as they are meant to. >> so you understand i have a couple of folks from community development banking. our team is here. the past year they have been busy at work. last year bank of america for our community development group invested 7.85 billion with over 13,000 affordable housing units. we are committed to making sure affordable housing is not just a dream but something we realize together. >> ment to make sure we thank the city of san francisco. mayor. supervisor preston the mayor's office of housing and community development. eric. thank you very much. again. it is about everybody coming together. we talk about a village it takes heart and that's when we have here in san francisco. everybody is coming together to support the upon community in ways we know you need. >> thank you very much. i'm happy to be part of the team that helped pull this together. and thank you again for your support and rec

thank you to tndc and ccdc for work and making sure we have a community space and they work with our teams and community development to make sure all our projects support the residents as they are meant to. >> so you understand i have a couple of folks from community development banking. our team is here. the past year they have been busy at work. last year bank of america for our community development group invested 7.85 billion with over 13,000 affordable housing units. we are committed to making sure affordable housing is not just a dream but something we realize together. >> ment to make sure we thank the city of san francisco. mayor. supervisor preston the mayor's office of housing and community development. eric. thank you very much. again. it is about everybody coming together. we talk about a village it takes heart and that's when we have here in san francisco. everybody is coming together to support the upon community in ways we know you need. >> thank you very much. i'm happy to be part of the team that helped pull this together. and thank you again for your support and rec

thank you to tndc and ccdc for work and making sure we have a community space and they work with our teams and community development to make sure all our projects support the residents as they are meant to. >> so you understand i have a couple of folks from community development banking. our team is here. the past year they have been busy at work. last year bank of america for our community development group invested 7.85 billion with over 13,000 affordable housing units. we are committed to making sure affordable housing is not just a dream but something we realize together. >> ment to make sure we thank the city of san francisco. mayor. supervisor preston the mayor's office of housing and community development. eric. thank you very much. again. it is about everybody coming together. we talk about a village it takes heart and that's when we have here in san francisco. everybody is coming together to support the upon community in ways we know you need. >> thank you very much. i'm happy to be part of the team that helped pull this together. and thank you again for your support and rec

i are want to thank meta and tndc for coming together and it was a marriage. [speaking spanish] and they came together and they made it happen here in our community. most beautiful thing is for community to take responsibility for itself and do things for itself. of course with the help of many. i want to thank all the artists that you know were displaced, but continued and we were able to work with them and i want to thank the people that entrusted our organization. cana a organization that produces the carnival and entrusted in creating the space next door which is- (indiscernible) because of the lessens we learned in the pandemic, with meta help with a lot of the people who economically were broke and mental health was effected so we decided to take a right turn and not only make it (indiscernible) but also indigenous people's cultural arts healing center. with that, i want to end by having-because i come from an organizing background, cesar chavez and dolores raised me and when we gather and have a victory we clap together so i'll ask you to put your hands