that i was working with are still here, the reverend mccray, reverend townsend, amos brown, and todd clader are still here, and we are still here, right? still here. and then, to the new leaders, our dynamic mayor, london breed, and supervisor vallie brown, thank you for continuing to lead us here in san francisco. i've been living here in san francisco for 30 years, but bill witte was here actually longer, and he was one of the senior consultants, advisors to dianne feinstein when she was mayor, and his commitment to low-income housing, bar none, is one of the best examples of what developers should be doing, could be doing, and we welcome doing more. to the members of the westside tenants association, welcome. everyone is going to be sending you text messages, e-mailing you, calling you. so welcome. i was a tax collector on the state board of equalization. now that i'm your state treasurer, i have money, and i have grants and bonds and loan programs, and i am just so honored to be here today working with all of you. i have to tell you, our tcac and cdlac, because of folks like bill witte,

todd clader from tabernacle has been involved in the bricks and mortar, and the people side, and everything in between. he's been with us in the beginning and has kept everything together and is going to continue to do that. todd? [applause] >> good afternoon. well, i guess we're still in the morning, so i'll make this quick so we can get onto the afternoon. first off, thank you all for being here. i want to acknowledge mayor breed, supervisor brown and state treasurer fiona mah for their remarks and participation in this momentous occasion. well, i had a whole thing, you know, mapped out about who i was going to mention and recognize this morning, and i really become so engaged in what everybody else said about the key players in this project that i'm not sure there's a whole lot more that i can add. what i will say is that this project has been a three-year saga, and it has involved many planning and community and team meetings at various levels that have made it possible for us to celebrate today. i'd like to refer to the history of this property as a world war ii era construction comple