Vote on that motion . Yes thank you. And on the motion to continue this item to the call of the chair, vice chair mandelman. Hi mandelman. I member walton walton. I chair. Ronen i. Ronen. I you have three eyes that motion passes unanimously. Madam clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda today . Yes. Just a point of clarification for the many the meeting records for file number two, 309 and 74 regarding the Bayview Vehicle Triage Center at candlestick. Should the minutes reflect that the committee is accepting the recommendation, then yes, it should. Thank you. And that recommends motion was just for the report back to the board by june 2024. Thank you. Theres no additional business ahead of the committee. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Andne. D thank you for beingr beingr bei. 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Many of us remember in the 1970s, in 1978, in particular, when we were still struggling with what was happening in during the massacre of jonestown, when senator Dianne Feinstein was at that time president of the board of supervisors, and the city was hit hard with the loss of over 800 people and less than a little bit after ten days, then when we had unfortunately, the assassination of mayor George Moscone and supervisor harvey milk, and instantly our the then president of the board of supervisors became the mayor. And at that time helping to the city to deal with these two extraordinary challenges, you know, the loss of such life, such tremendous life, the loss of our leadership, she stepped up. She led with courage. She worked hard for this city. She was a beacon of hope and inspiration during a very dark and tragic time, which cemented so cemented her legacy as an extraordinary leader for our city and for our country. Dianne feinstein never stopped being mayor. She was mayor in San Francisco for about ten years before she became our senator. And i want to just talk about what she meant to San Francisco as a mayor, leading us through tragedy during a dark time, focusing on the important things that mattered to communities, that mattered to our city, mored fast transport systems, Dianne Feinstein wanted to make sure that we showed tremendous support and respect for an iconic mode of transportation in San Francisco and worked with both the public and private sector to raise the necessary funds to save our cable cars, which so many visitors continue to enjoy. In San Francisco. You cant think about San Francisco without thinking about Dianne Feinstein and how she has consistently been a champion for people all for neighborhoods, for bridge building, for all the things that have made our city such an incredible city over the years. And i want to just also take us back to when i was a kid and when i was excited about about playing for Dianne Feinstein, the mayor of San Francisco, the first woman mayor of San Francisco. I was in the Ben Franklin Middle School band. I played french horn and we worked so hard, hard to get ready to play for her right here at city hall. We were known as Dianne Feinsteins band. Any time there was any event activity, city or what have you, we basically were chosen in as the band to perform for any occasion. And i remember begging my grandmother, begging her to get me some new pantyhose. I remember begging my grandmother for something new to look nice for the mayor. And she in fact bought the band sweaters that we wore that day, the band sweaters that we wore so proudly. And there was a level of pride to be in front of the mayor, to watch the mayor witness us play and to be. She was so proud of us. And she said so. And she took the time to talk to us. Express how amazing we were and to remind us that we were her band, jack martins was our conductor. He was our teacher. He was our friend. He loved her. So and in fact, when the 49 ers won the super bowl and she loved the San Francisco 49 ers, they had a big celebration at the fairmont hotel. And, you know that the Ben Franklin Middle School band was right there to play for her. She stopped by to say hi to us. She made sure she brought over joe montana. And let me tell you, that was one of the best moments of my life. I still remember it today growing up in San Francisco, she was always someone we looked up to. So much so that when she ran for senator, we helped out in her campaign. I remember doing the envelopes and doing whatever it took. She was the first woman to really step out and to do this extraordinary work. Both as president of the board of supervisors, as as mayor of San Francisco, as the senator for the state of california. And just last night, she was on the senate floor casting votes because she truly believed in doing her duty and being an extraordinary public servant. And it is clear that she cared about making a difference in the lives of so many. One of the first things that she did when she was on the air when she began to serve as a us senator, we were experiencing in 1992 the tragic city of what happened with 101 california and the work that she did to get an Assault Rifle ban in place was extraordinary, especially at that time. Um, she did it because she knew how important it was. She was constantly courageous and she continued to push the envelope, build relationships across the aisle. She worked hard to work with other people because ultimately she wanted to accomplish things. She is truly a role model. She is an amazing individual. And so many of us, especially in the city and county of San Francisco , will miss her dearly. It wasnt just because of the work she did, it was because of the love and the compassion that she shared for so many people. And before i open it up to questions, ill just say you know, Dianne Feinstein never stopped being mayor. Whether she was calling me to ask for something to be done or calling my chief of staff, sean ellsberg, who used to work for her at and any little thing was not too little for Dianne Feinstein. If there was something wrong with a sidewalk , a corner, an issue, it did not matter. She took the time because because she cared so deeply me about seeing San Francisco look and feel good and wanted to make sure that what we were doing here on the local level was a great example of how to make significant changes. And she wanted us to make those changes and make San Francisco look and feel good for everyone who was a part of the fabric of San Francisco. I also want to say that she built so many extraordinary relationships in our national relationships. She made San Francisco a international destination. In fact, the shanghai sister city relationship, senator Dianne Feinstein developed that along with other sister city relationships, to recognize the diverse city and how important it is to bridge the gap between communities and our city. I can go on and on about how so many of the things that she did here locally as mayor set the tone for what San Francisco has become and will continue to be a beacon of hope for. So many people for years to come. And so i want to again, thank you all for being here to recognize us. Senator Dianne Feinstein and her legacy in San Francisco, we are again honoring her by lowering the flags at half mass. We will have a condolence book on the fourth floor at noon for people who want to visit and sign the book and pay their respects. We will share that book with the public and we will share that book with her family. And we are not aware of the specifics as it relates to her services. But we will definitely provide that information as soon as it is made available to us. So again, thank you all for being here today. Its not lost on me that on the wall behind you are the two Women Leaders of the city amongst so many men, can you talk a little bit about her inspiration to you, perhaps to be a leader as as a woman in San Francisco and in california . Well, i remember when i was president of the board of supervisors and sadly, ed lee passed away. And one of the first calls i got was from senator Dianne Feinstein. And we had a very long discussion on about just what she went through, how she made decisions, how difficult it was. And she she provided that support and that mentorship to make sure here that i was prepared to step up at a difficult time for our city. And so we build it there was a bond that we established because of that, me being the second woman and what that meant. And, you know, she was very proud and very happy to see me in this role. She supported me wholeheartedly and we had regular discussions over the years about Different Things related to San Francisco. Of course, many of her ideas of what could be done, but it was not ever lost on me. I you know, becoming mayor for me was just just incredible. I never thought someone like me from Public Housing could could be mayor. And we talked about even the work she did across the street from the projects. I grew up in the pink palace was a notorious even more so at the time than where i live. And even though they both were pretty challenged thing and what she did to turn that Public Housing development into senior homes, which it is still to this very day and has made parts of that area a lot safer. So we had a great relationship. We talked about how hard her it could be for a woman and some of those, you know, very private and intimate moments around the differences and what that would entail, including how people might treat you and she she just offered some really great advice to just stay the course and focus on the work you know, be courageous, do the best you can, take care of the city. She was always focused on the city and she was also focused on me. She in terms of a person and saying to make sure that i take care of myself, too. So i always appreciated her guidance, her support, and more importantly, you know, the fact that i follow in her footsteps. And as i said earlier, her legacy, because of what she did for San Francisco during such a very challenging time, is cemented in our history. And again, when the pandemic occurred, she immediately made reached out to me before i could reach out to her. There was immediate phone call directly to talk about what the hard decisions that needed to be made, what it takes, do the right thing, do whats necessary for the city, because as you can remember, during the beginning of the pandemic, when we first declared a state of emergency, there was so much pushback when we moved forward to be the first major city in this country to go shelter in place. There was major pushback. And she said that use the experts, use the data, focus on the science and do whats right for San Francisco. And so ill always remember that during the most difficult times when things were challenging, i never had to pick up the phone and call her. She always immediately picked up the phone. She always had San Francisco top of mind. And i know that her legacy is what she did for the city, what she did for this country, and how she was a constant inspiration and strength for so many of us, especially women who are looking to seek office. Women who are moving forward in this political world or who are too often challenged in other ways. I mean, she stayed the course. And can you imagine in the 1970s, i mean, she first became a member of the board of supervisors in 1969. The work that she did and had to do to get to any place, she she even even when she lost a campaign that was a source of inspiration. When she lost when she ran for mayor, when she lost, when she ran for governor, she did not give up. She did not walk away. She stayed the course. And look at all the extraordinary work that we benefited from because of her commitment and her courage. That is what i look to when i think about Dianne Feinstein, especially the fact that shes a woman and she was an incredible source of strength for me. And i know for so many women around the world what was the last thing that the senator called you about . You said she called you about things in San Francisco all the time. Do you recall one of the last few things that she called your office to ask about or to or to push . Well, she she talked about, you know, what was going on and what aipac would mean for San Francisco. So, you know, she really she had an extraordinary commitment to our International Regional presence and relationship. And so the conversation around, you know, whatever she can do, how she can be supportive, she agreed to be a part of our host committee. She was committed to making sure that San Francisco looked and felt good and for all of these foreign leaders who were coming to our city and just also discussed even some of her own relationships with some of those leaders and some of those leaders here locally offering advice on who could be a part of the work that were doing to make apec a huge success. So there are so many conversations that was the probably the one that i remember in terms of maybe being the last, but there were always numerous conversations over the last small one, like something that is just like so like intimate, like you mentioned potholes or like you know, fixing a street. I want to wait on sharing that because it involves her family. And i think, you know, you know , as you know, her her daughter serves as one of our commissioners. And it was very sweet and very personal. So i just i really appreciate all that shes done, all the advice shes provided. And but most of the time, it was always about the city, always about what i needed to do and a very loving way. And she was just really an amazing source of strength. So i will always remember and appreciate her so much. Brea obviously today is a day of remembrance and mourning. However, the governor does have a major decision to make regarding senator feinsteins replacement. Have you spoken with the governor about that yet . Do you have any thoughts of some of the names being mentioned and you yourself are being mentioned . Is would you accept that position if Governor Newsom asked you to . Well, i will just say that today we need to make sure that we take a moment and focus on senator feinstein, his legacy and that conversation could be saved for another day. I want to really, truly make sure that, you know, thats the governors responsibility. And im sure he is already working on it and doing what he needs to do. But so many of us, including Governor Newsom, had great relationships with feinstein and her family and we want to take a moment to just really make this about her, her legacy and everything shes done. Before we move to that chapter, can you speak to when you first heard the news this morning, what went through your head . Some of the emotional side of that . Well, some of the first thought to me was her family. You know, her daughter, her granddaughter, and, you know, her her Close Friends and the people who really loved and cared about her. You know, i also thought about my chief of staff who worked closely with her as well , and just what people were going through and what that would mean. I thought about some of the other mayors who, you know, i had a chance to reach out to and had a conversation with former mayor willie brown. I received a number of phone calls, text messages, and just really thought about all the people that loved senator feinstein. So and including so many san franciscans. I mean, again, we just we were at pier 39 yesterday and her name was mentioned. We were celebrating the anniversary of the cable car and her name was mentioned like all of these things that she had a role in, in various capacities. As you know, she she she really is a part of the fabric of San Francisco. So what went through my head is how important it is that we do justice to her legacy and how important it is that we show respect to the people who loved her so much. And it was also really important that we give the public an opportunity to express themselves because there are so many people that have feelings about what they want to say. And i just i mentioned earlier how i played in the advanced band at benjamin Franklin Middle School and how i was thinking about mr. Martins and people who played for Dianne Feinstein, people who i grew up with. And so i know theres a lot of feelings and emotions going on, and i just think its so important today that we really, truly try to focus on senator feinstein and her legacy. Do you know what opportunities there will be for the public to mourn her here in San Francisco moving forward when there will be a funeral or any services . Yes, and i said earlier today we will have a condolence book on the fourth floor at noon for people to come by and to sign. We moved it upstairs. We wanted people to have a peaceful place. Theres a lot of Activity Still going on in city hall, on the first floors and other areas. And that is the most quiet area of city hall, which is why were putting it there. Thatll be at noon today. We lowered the flags at half mass in all of our various city buildings. And we know that the president has also issued that order for and ultimately, as soon as we are able to confirm with the family the plans for the services and what might happen, we will immediately share that with the public. She had a long tenure in the senate. She obviously was very intimate with the city of San Francisco. You mentioned this a little bit earlier. Can you talk a little bit about i mean, i know part of her part of her legacy is this service. But i mean, there are some challenges now in her in her absence. Can you talk a little bit about meetings . What are some of the initial challenges in her absence that youre like , im not going to have her phone call to help with that . Well, well, ill just say that, you know, there continue there will always be challenges, right . There will always be issues that we have to confront and ultimate, i think that you know, some of us knew her well enough in some ways to know sometimes what she would say or how she would feel about something. And we will make decisions accordingly. And i think that if that her lasting legacy, i think that could be attributed to her legacy because she was consistent. She was consistent in who she was. She was just really a constant presence of strength. She was always consistent. She focused on San Francisco. And yes, she was a senator. So she she focused on a lot of International Foreign affairs, you know, health care, all the things that mattered to people all change is to our gun laws, trying to work with republicans and, you know, supporting democratic causes. So we know it was not even a question about who she was. And i do think that that is definitely a part of her legacy. You mentioned she was very focused on San Francisco. What are the main issues that she would talk to you about recently that she was concerned about with San Francisco . Well, mostly i would say, you know, again, apec was something that she cared about and what that would mean for the city. She wanted us to, you know, continue to stay the course on the work that we were doing in the Tenderloin Community and what was happening there. You know, she was, you know, not happy about sometimes some of the criticism of San Francisco, mostly because, you know, some of it was not necessarily entirely accurate. And sometimes felt like San Francisco was being used in the political arena in an unfair, unjust way. But ultimately, it was always, you know, something related to the city. And sometimes it was something small and sometimes it was something large. So it it varied. Every issue varied, whether it was you know, ill give you an example of one that she worked so hard for. She had a great relationship with former supervisor willie b kennedy. And so when we were fighting for our neighborhood preference, i wasnt even mayor. I was on the board of supervisors. And she her office and this is the pink palace, the place where it was she spearheaded the change from what it was to Affordable Housing for seniors. And when we talked about adding another, you know, 98 units on the property, we wanted to use neighborhood preference to ensure that residents had access to those units. And let me tell you, she was very aggressive about helping us get to yes. When hud told us no. So that is really she just what she did, it was helping us with various issues. Shes agreeing to be part of the solutions of the things that were trying to do. So it really varied when we need it, either a letter or some support for financial resources. His when threats of our support was being made for our transportation line. I remember when caltrans was in jeopardy of losing some already awarded critical funding and feinstein was very aggressive meeting with other senators to push back on that and to get those monies saved. So it was both of the things related to San Francisco, but also just the work that she had to do as a senator and always be willing like every there was never a time when we reached out to her and her office. There was never a time that she said no. When there were things that San Francisco needed as it relates to policy, as it relates to funding, whatever the case is, those were also things that she worked very hard on, very interesting state, of course. Is that something that she told you frequently . Oh, definite. I mean, stay the course is just, you know, the work has to go on and you know it she was an it she was casting votes yesterday. She was casting votes on the senate floor yesterday. This is what she wanted to do. She wanted to fulfill her obligation that she made to the people of the state of california. She wanted to keep going and do her term, and she did it to the very end. And that is, again, truly a test to her strength of spirit and also to her consistency in wanting to see the work get done. Do you think it was unfair sometimes people asking that she should consider retiring . I mean, youre talking about her voting all the way up to the last day of her life. That was some of the calls in the last few years. Do you think that those calls were unfair . I think unfortunately, you know you know , it was disappointing to see, you know, the overwhelming support and the push in that direction. Again, going back to what shes done, her her strength, and especially as a woman in because, you know, sometimes you dont always see that happen in in the same way for men who are in the senate and ultimately i think that she did what she felt was best to do. And she i think in her last vote, demonstrated it that she was going to do exactly what she wanted and needed to do to the very end. People have been talking negatively about San Francisco quite a lot on the National Level recently, especially from critics saying, you know, San Francisco is has lost its specialness. She often spoke and fought for recognition of San Franciscos special. Can you talk about that . Can you talk about any conversations you had with her about keeping San Francisco vital . Yeah and ill just say again what i said earlier, just in terms of how now a days the desire to find something in San Francisco and San Francisco used in that way and part of the conversations around, you know the political people who have gone on to do like senator feinstein, kamala harris, whos our Vice President , and gavin newsom, whos our governor and who, you know, these are really, you know, really incredible people like who come out of San Francisco who become trailblazers and leaders on a National Stage in our country. And the belief that San Francisco is unfortunately, sometimes the target, because the goal is to stop that from happening and to stop the various people who come out of San Francisco and end up in these extraordinary positions from being as effective and to point to San Francisco in that way. But but the fact is, we all know and people especially who come to San Francisco know, we all know that that, you know, San Francisco is like other major cities experience its challenges. And in fact, i was downtown at one of the Office Buildings meeting with some folks who work there and a person who moved here from new york and he said because people hes like theyre always saying, well, you know, is everything okay . Hes like, this is better than new york. This is better than what ive experienced in any other major city. And he said, im not saying that there arent issues, but in comparison , its not what people think it , especially in in all parts of the city, theres a, you know, just a narrative that has been created out there with many people who have not been here and sometimes press who dont live here, who dont walk the streets, who dont catch the busses, who dont have the everyday average experience of san franciscans. And so my hope is that, you know, with what she did and what she did to talk about, to elevate San Francisco, because she you know, she was in d. C. But she was in San Francisco. So she lived in San Francisco. So and she spent a lot of time, um, around San Francisco, especially when she was here. She was always as happy to go out to dinner. People would probably see her at certain places on a regular basis and, and whatever, whether it was a pothole, a sidewalk or the Little Things from the bigger things, you know, really, she still believed in San Francisco as an extraordinary place. Yes. And we had to work hard every single day to deal with those challenges, no matter what. All right. Thank you. What say a nice day to build housing in San Francisco. Good evening, everyone. Im london breed where we are going to build over 500 units of housing. [cheers and applause] man, i dont think i have ever signed a piece of legislation supporting housing that has made me happier than the one im about to sign today. You know, president peskin, i want to take us back a tad bit because when you came back to the board of supervisors, the work that we did together by providing the opportunity for the board of supervisors to make legislative decisions instead of leaving it in the charter, understanding that it is so important that we do Economic Feasibility studies to ensure that the decisions that get made around our requirements for housing, dont impact our ability to build. We know a lot of things for housing are not within our control. The cost of materials and the economy and setting Interest Rates is a whole but there are things here locally that are within our control. I want to take this opportunity to really appreciate so many people who came together with the technical advisory committee, who worked day in and day out to ensure that we really dug deep, that we fulfill a process that we made to the people of San Francisco. That when we make decisions about inclusionary numbers, if the economy changes in anyway, we will reevaluate those numbers to determine if they should be either raised or lowered, and we will not play politics with the needs to do everything we can to build more housing in San Francisco. And today, fulfills such a promise. No, it is not everything we need to do to get to the 80,000 units that San Francisco needs to build in order to fulfill our housing commitment for the element, but its an incredible start. What does this mean . This means we have come together with stakeholders. I want to appreciate board president peskin and those in my office for the work and the various tac members did to get us to this point. I even said at this point when anne was in my office, what did you do for president peskin to get him to be so cooperative. Im not used to this. I dont know what kind of magic she did or worked this committee in the way that she and president peskin did to make this happen, but what i appreciate most is it shows the power of collaboration. It shows what can happen for the greater good of our city when we are willing to come together and to negotiate and to compromise, and to do what is in the best interest of San Francisco. So, what does this do . Well, this unlocks thousands of units that are now possible because they can get the financing necessary to get these projects done. What does this do . It creates a number of various layers of commitments that we are making to not just wait years to make adjustments to inclusionary numbers, but to look at inflation, to have built in mechanisms to be sure that we dont wait around for policies to pass or change but able to move forward now with projects that are being approved and already been approved so we can unlock housing in San Francisco, so that we can break ground and build more all over San Francisco including downtown. What does that mean . It means we are building housing but we are creating jobs. So i want to really thank all of the various labor organizations from the plumbers to the carpenters, to the electricians, all people that are responsible for building housing in San Francisco. More housing means more Job Opportunities and we want to make sure that we are building so much housing that we can barely find the workforce to do it. That is our goal, but more importantly, and i know, go ahead, clap labor. They are excited about that. [ applause ] but more importantly, affordability is a real challenge and we want to be sure that our san franciscans of various areas of labor and our bus drivers and workforce in San Francisco and others and to those who are struggling to make ends meet. We want to make sure that we have as much housing as possible to ensure affordablity for different layers for jobs that exist all over San Francisco. We have a lot of work to get there but this is our very very first step. We know that we have to do so much more. We have to be more aggressive than ever before if we are going to meet our goal. San francisco already has 50,000 units. Do you know what that could mean for the city of San Francisco . What that could mean for what is happening right now with new technologies that is emerging in every part of San Francisco, and not just right now but pier 70 and dog pound and we are the leading company in the world here in San Francisco and more to come. So we have to make sure that we are building the housing necessary to meet the needs, to meet the demand. That we are doing Everything Possible in this legislation that i am about to sign today is a significant step in the right direction. So im looking forward to breaking ground here in those 500 units as well as other parts of our city. Lets get to financing, lets get the job going, lets make magic happen for the city and county of francisco. [ applause ] and before we sign the legislation, i want to take the opportunity because this doesnt just happen because we want it to happen. This happens because people come together and they do the hard work to make it happen. As i said, president of the board of supervisors, aaron peskin, ben rosen field, our controller, the director of the planning department, sarah phillips, oewp, and who worked her magic, conrad who was a part of this team as well from the city side. I want to thank all of the members of the tac who came together to fight it out on the inside and merged together on the outside, and i want to thank the consultants and want to thank the developers estrada, matthew, thank you for the work you do. Jim morrison, with hines and erickson and fearless developers here. From 530 howard street. En enrique. Carl from fisherman fiore. Thank you so much. And we couldnt do this work without the incredible people whose hands build these units, the carpenters, thank you so much. [ applause ] and the building trades. And of course many of our housing advocates, jay natoli is here. Thank you so much to cory from the Housing Action committee. It is a village. We wont stop, we cant stop now. First step in the right direction. And before we sign this legislation, i would like to introduce supervisor president of the board of supervisors aaron peskin. [ applause ] supervisor aaron peskin thank you, mayor breed. The mayor got it just right. This is government working at its best, collaboratively based on actual data and i have to say, the meetings that weve had over the period of months were actually very pleasant, they were not contentious, they were informed by experts. All of them i was going to thank, but the mayor has thanked each and every one of them. I will say that the office of economic and Workforce Development were splendid. I think we named him excel spreadsheet conrad. 22 years ago, San Francisco was at the leading edge of creating Affordable Housing in new market rate development. That legislation was carried by my then colleague supervisor mark, who worked very closely with erickson and we created one of the first onsite inclusionary Affordable Housing laws in the United States of america that has been copied by cities all across the country. But it was never meant to be static. We enjoyed robust times and that ten percent initial number crept up to 15 and eventually 20 . But when times are tough, that number has to be adjusted in a way that allows new housing start to happen. The mayor understood that, the entire board of supervisors are almost the entire board of supervisors understood that and that is what led to this process. Mayor breed referred to the fact that unfortunately in a number of time, the number got put in the charter at 12 and nobody could bring it down and we took that charter and we made that promise saying we will revisit this every few years and adjust the inclusionary rate number accordingly and we kept our word and that is exactly what happened. Now, our job is not done, because as these significant reductions in the requirements for onsite affordablity has gone down, this city has the obligation to build 80,000 units of housing, the majority that need to be affordable and we have to find a way to do those. We have had that conversation and that is part of this conversation and that is what the mayor and i are also collaborating on and realizing the Affordable Housing bond will be the opportunity to vote on this march, march of 2024, in the amount of 300 million. We mentioned that this week and working to get that passed. With that, it is my pleasure to witness this signing. It truly has been a collaboration and i will close by saying it is one of many collaborations. It is the kind of collaboration that we had relative to adaptively reusing vacant buildings in the Downtown Core that we cleaned up and passed and along with corroboration with supervisor melgar and her work and in the city and county in San Francisco. Our work is not done. I look forward to more collaborations going forward. Thank you, mayor breed. Good afternoon, my name is Michael Cohen from strata. Thank you all for coming today. Its really fantastic to have you all on this humble parking lot which we are advancing plans to build this incredibly gorgeous 500 units, residential building. I have to say those plans are much brighter today because of this legislation. Indeed this legislation is the most impactful that has come out in a decade and its so important because it addresses the single barriers which is affecting housing to do and that is affordablity. And there are things that are outside of this citys control, but by significantly reducing this bill, we will be able to build housing and will not happen over night but over the next years, it will have a huge impact. In addition to what it says, this bill says a lot. One, it directly acknowledges that we could not hope to build additional housing without decreasing the rate to market. And shows when the stakes are the highest, leadership in the state and San Francisco can come together to work on pragmatic solutions. I have to say the mayor and supervisors and everyone else, its remarkable because you did something really important, really well, really quickly with no drama. For that, i will say thank you, and god bless. [ applause ] i think rebecca is going to come up. Hi, everyone. Nice to see you. I am rebecca foster, and i had the honor of being in that inside closed door site on the tac, not really, it was pretty low drama. And i am also the ceo of the Housing Accelerator Fund. Those things are really connected. We launched the Housing Accelerator Fund in 2017 as a publicprivate partnership, really to turbo charge the city and Affordable Housing developers to be able to preserve more housing more officially and since then, we build millions of dollars for San Francisco projects and made over 400 million in investments and supporting those around the city. We love this fund. And we have build more units around the city that help residents stay in their long time homes to amazing beautiful buildings like just down on howard street, the new 200 unit building unit on howard that will welcome 200 families next income to Affordable Housing in San Francisco. Clearly, i dont need to tell anyone here that getting Affordable Housing, getting any housing built in San Francisco is complicated. Its hard. It takes a lot of grit, and for us, its full of way too many negotiations with a lot of cattle raising and with spreadsheets, and like on the tac, we spend a lot of time looking at the maps of what it takes to make projects work while trying to balance the critical importance of delivering homes faster. This year starting construction, not seven years from starting construction, and getting the systems and policies right so we can massively scale the overall delivery of housing in our city to hit that 82,000 necessary homes for future generations and for people who live here now. We all keep up this hard Work Together because we know how important each and incremental win is to building homes on this parking lot and that is for our neighborhoods. Serving on the tac with my great partners and working with the incredible city staff that the mayor mentioned, was really an honor and an extension of all this work. It was an incredibly collaborative crew and i did not go inspecting this collaboration and i dont think anybody did because this is San Francisco. We just spent our time deep in the weeds and really focusing on the imperative of kick starting the delivery of more housing as soon as possible with all kinds of head wind line the mayor mentioned and that we have the ability to build the Affordable Housing that the city desperately needs. Thank you for serving on the tac and im super excited for this legislation and the affordable bond that supervisor peskin mentioned. Mayor london breed thank you, rebecca, to everyone joining us today. Now it is time to sign the legislation to make it official. [ applause ] all right. Are you ready to sign this legislation . Yes. [cheers and applause] i have not seen you smile in a long time. It is official. [cheers and applause] all right. Well take a picture here. Okay. Ready to get started. That what i do . Here ree go. Good morning, i doll the San Francisco department of disability and aging Service Commission meeting of wednesday september 6, 2023 to order. Im the Commission President janet spears. This meeting is conducted pursuant to provision of the brown act. As noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sfgovtv. Org and channel 78 and offer Public Comment by calling the published Public Comment phone number. I like to wel