Presume. So i would like to have a clearer answer to that. So maybe we can get deputy City Attorney and supervisor wiener together. Were going to continue to move forward. Ms. Goosen, did you have a presentation prepared . No. Lets go to Public Comment. I have a stack of the cards here. Dale carlson. Jim lazarus, peter quan, ed bell. Dan nu feld. Rodolpho. And karen cansino and if there is anyone who would like to speak, you can do so after the folks that i have called. Thank you. Dale carlson, share better San Francisco. They have traditionally used a subscription model to pay an annual fee to List Properties on their website. They are moving to a model more similar to airbnb and they are too going to be taking a commission, a percentage of every rental. I think its ironic that were here today. Give that airbnb spent 10 million last year telling us how much they hated the idea of neighbors suing neighbors. Here they are suing us. Their hometown neighbors. Portland adopted similar ones on their listings long before San Francisco and airbnb didnt raise a squawk and spent 10 million bragging about the Hotel Tax Revenue that they pay to the city each year and admonished us not to spend it in one place, but now to spend it defending the ordinance that you passed unanimously. They are telling us that they are only in business to help home sharers, legitimate home sharers, simply trying to make ends meet and thrust of the their lawsuit is clearly intended to defend the people violating the law that you passed two years ago, who are not complying with the Registration Requirements and they are using it and they are using the First Amendment to defend their practices. Maybe we should buy some bus shelter ads of the our own . Dear airbnb, the First Amendment does not protect aiding and abetting, love the founding fathers. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is peter quan the cochair of the home shares Democratic Club. Supervisors the reformation of this platform Liability Law that is being considered today attempts to sidestep the legal flaws of the first version, instead of making them liable for posting without a valid registration number, this new iteration instead imposes liability puting aside whether this dodges the bullet regarding federal law. This new version is not achieving the results it seeks. Platforms at home away listed rentals for hosts, a Subscription Service as the previous speaker described it. Many cases the booking itself, the contractual relationship and agreement on dates and rates, these are entirely between the host and guest, home away simply facilitates the transmission of the basic information and payment mechanism. So if platforms at home away dont accept or conclude bookings, they wont be liable under this new version of the law being considered. Hosts who want to avoid legal entanglement will simply migrate away. We think there is a better way ahead. Everybody agrees that the goal is to increase registration rates to maxing maximize the compliant hosts. It is legally flawed as i said and to look at ways that the current Registration System can be improved to remove roadblocks and increase incentives to register. The home share Democratic Club has proposed reforms that we believe is a more productive approach to increasing the registration rates. So we urge the supervisors to consider this approach rather than one that in all likelihood will shift from one platform to another. Thank you. Next speaker. Good day. My name is karen, a registered host that has submitted all required paperwork. Do you recognize me . I have been coming up here for two years and im getting tired of seeing you all. So im hoping that well get this resolved soon. I could have decided not to come, but feel Strong Enough to come to represent registered hosts who cannot be here because of work or family responsibilities. It is quite obvious that each new requirement is an attempt to squash home sharing. Its creating a law by piecemeal the best way. Hosts are not registering; that is a fact no one disputes. They are being unfair to those of us who are. But i can understand their hesitation as the citys reaction. I can envision opponents around the table trying to think up what next can be regulated to discourage home sharing . Our hosts from becoming legal . It is time to give it a rest. Put politics aside, focus on solutions already suggested, applying reservation and giving potential host a tryout period and ferret out abusers. It continues to grow. Citizens defeated prop f, please listen to the majority of San Francisco voters rather than grandstanding politics rather than Civic Responsibility govern your vote. Driving out homeshares will make the city even more only for the wealthy. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im jan nu feld in district 8 and im a homesharer and homesharing helps me be able to pay my mortgage and live in the city and place that i want to be. My 18th street merchant neighbors also very much benefit from my guests and many others who come to the area because of the desirability of that territory. It seems clear to me that the proposed amendments would only push bad actors to other platforms. Lets not do that and please read what homesharers have put together and work in that direction, rather than being political as was just mentioned. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Jim lazarus, San Francisco chamber of commerce. Last time we were here we raised the very issues that you are trying in a small way with the advice of the City Attorney to correct and legal questions visavis federal law that were challenged in the legislation you approved a few months ago. Getting people registered and having a registration process that works and lets not beat around the bush and come up with 6,7, 8, 9, 10 different amendments. This was cuttingedge legislation three years ago, but where it filed is a process that allowed the average citizen to feel comfortable and understand how to be registered. What the exposures are . How to manage the system . That is what you need to be dealing with. Having multiple pieces of information about your residence. Having to come in in person in an online era just makes no sense. If we want people registered get them registered in a modern 21st century way. That will fix the vast majority of problems. And lastly, that very complicated series of articles in the chronicle yesterday i think the bottomline to that is our housing crisis in San Francisco is not and should not be fought on the back of homesharers in San Francisco. To spend as much time trying to maneuver through zoning changes, density bonuses, some have you have solve, accessory units and some you havent and lets solve those and get on with building San Francisco. Thank you. While the next speaker is coming up, i want to note that the quotes in the piece from the chief economist at zillo to the effect that some of the shortterm rental behavior in San Francisco is exacerbating the housing crisis should not be overlooked. Next speaker. Hi. Ed bell. I live in noe valley and lived in San Francisco for almost 60 years. I am a host and list through airbnb. Last year i told my wife we would have to sell our house in july of this year and leave the city we love and join the hundreds of families that can no longer afford to live in San Francisco. I am happy to tell you my house is not forsale and i have currently no intentions to selling due to the income generated through heir incumbent. Airbnb. I have tried to convince several of my senior friends to become host and almost all afraid to get involved in the computer interaction mandated by the city of San Francisco. Airbnb should be rewarded rather than penalized. Last week i filed my occupancy report the computergenerated report [speaker not understood] and a friend of mine owns a business selling toxic chemicals and doesnt have to report which days his business is own. I share a bed and pillow in my home and why do i have to file these reports when he doesnt . Why is the city changing my requirements . I believe these actions disproportionately affect senior citizens. I hope you keep your senior constituents in mind and vote accordingly. Help people like my wife and i hold on to our homes and stay in the great city of San Francisco. Thank you for letting me speak. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi, im the other cochair of the home sharing group and i want to thank the supervisors who took meetings with us to talk about the improvements. Supervisor peskin did not return our calls unfortunately, but were happy to meet with you still. We produced a 7page report and met with the office of shortterm rentals detailing what we think could make it easier for people to register and maintain registration. In addition, its not just office of shortterm rental, but involves the Tax Collectors Office as with the as Assessors Office and were going to be meeting with the Tax Collectors Office this week. We have a lot of detailed suggestions about improvements. We also think there are a couple of legislative amendments that could make it more inclusive, so that more people could come forth to register. We hold monthly workshops on registration we have tried to share this with the supervisors. We would like to share it with you, too, mr. Peskin and we think that the law could be improved so more people can come forward. Were all about maintaining longterm housing and helping people who really want to stay in San Francisco. I would like to add, because i use vrbo, as well as airbnb and they use a thirdparty for collection. We would be happy to meet with the City Attorneys office to provide more insight on that as well. You were all emailed the report, and unfortunately over the weekend, we didnt realize the process would move to quickly, but you are welcome to call us and invite us for more details. We have a lot of the input on this. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Next speaker. My name is tony robles and i work with seniors and people with disabilities with an Organization Called senior and disability action. Im just taken by all of the talk by the socalled homesharers, and homesharer platforms that ring philanthropy and we have seen the effect on housing stocks and neighborhoods, whole blocks that we have seen evictions and people using these shortterm rentals as a business model. And at the same time, it has had drastic effect only on the health of seniors who are living in stress about whether or not they are going to be able to retain their homes . They live in fear of eviction. And the stresses lead to very negative health impacts. So i think what this really is about is accountability on the part of a multibillion Dollar Corporation that has tried to do anything within its power to thwart regulation of any kind. Were in favor of the amendments and legislation being proposed. Thank you. Next speaker. If anyone else would like to speak, please come up and get in line. Im teresa and im in support of this amendment. Anything that will help make it very clear that if you want to do business in San Francisco as a platform, you are required to follow the rules. You may not advertise illegal activity, if people arent registered that is an illegal activity. Im completely in support of this. Im also excited about this helping planning do what its supposed to do, which is to ensure that a neighborhood is not impacted negatively in terms of the environment, the character of a neighborhood, no rezoning that if you have a picture of 22 units within a block units being used on various websites,. That these platforms in being required to delist if there are too many in the neighborhoods and do something about it. If its really about sharing a home, your home and one room, that doesnt affect our housing, as much as entire units entire buildings being taken off the market. Those people will never register, because they are property they own 8 properties say in scattered throughout the city. They dont live here. They are not living in those buildings. Those people will never register. So its to hold the platforms accountable for the illegal activities that have indeed been go on and people do need to register in person. Its not about 21st century, but to make sure that that person matches the paperwork. Thank you thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is rodolpho and we have one tiny little room we rent out. Were registered. First i would like to comment on the multiplicity of attempts of registering airbnb because of the unregistered hosts and every piece in a units that seems to punish registered hosts and drive away nonregistered hosts. Accomplishing little or nothing while collecting a measly 130,000 for the city and just making people uncomfortable. That and other attempts at regulation also have the obvious taint of single out one platform and encouraging hosts to go to other platforms. This proposed legislation of yours will create a carveout for home away, make it obvious, and also for vrbo and craigslist and did the dpt City Attorney basically say he doesnt know or doesnt necessarily agree with supervisor peskin . How is this legislation how this legislation going to affect home away and vrbo and craigslist, its a carveout. Its been in the making 30, 40 years and not just San Francisco where zoning regulations have slowed or prevented new construction. Dont blame airbnb for the housing shortage. Maybe it exacerbated it slightly or somewhat, but dont believe it as you have for the past two years or month. In trying to finish this off, i would like to comment on the individual who tried to rewrite the First Amendment with his little comment. Thank you, mr. Rodolpho. Please, next speaker. Hi. My name is kathy wu and im a San Francisco voter, and a member of the better housing policy. Our organization is committed to supporting solutions that address the Housing Affordability crisis in San Francisco. Unfortunately we cannot support supervisor campos amendment because it will make things worse. The proposed amendments would Exemption Companies that openly refuse to follow the citys primary residence requirement for shortterm rentals. Rather than working with hosts to make the registration process easier and simple. Supervisor campos has proposed a loophole that will primarily benefit nonresidents, who own second or third homes in San Francisco. This is wrong, and unfair. We could do much better and urge the committee to please oppose these amendments. Thank you. Thank you. Another speaker, come on down. Good afternoon, supervisors and thank you for taking action to put some teeth in the shortterm residential regulation you passed several years ago. These technical fixes blessed by the City Attorney address the companies who are making money illegally in San Francisco by facilitating illegal rentals. They can pay taxes all they want, but if they are facilitating illegal rentals, its illegal. We wouldnt take tax money from drugdealers, from houses of prostitution, and the companis that are claiming to be such civic minded people and yet have hundreds, thousands of units that they are collecting money on, making money on, and its not right. So these fixes are attempting to handle that situation. It may be that there will be one or two other technical fixs that we have to get, but every company that makes money in any way off of an illegal rental in San Francisco should be stopped. Please pass this legislation with recommendations to the board. Thank you for your comments. Is there anyone else that would like to speak on item 2 . None . Okay, Public Comment is closed at there time. [ gavel ] the matter is back into the hands of this committee. Colleagues is there a motion for this item supervisor peskin, do you have a motion . I would like to move this item to the full board as a Committee Report, and given supervisor wieners outstanding question for deputy City Attorney, why went dow with do that without recommendation. Supervisor wiener. Thank you, i was going to recommend that we put it out without recommendation and that makes sense and we can can get answers by tomorrow. This Committee Report goes to full board without recommendation. Thank you. Mr. Clerk the next item is item 3. Item no. 3, resolution aboving the disposition of land located in south one third bounded by howard, spear, folsom and main streets, assessors parcel block no. 3740, lot no. 027 by the office of Community Investment and infrastructure a Successor Agency to the San FranciscoRedevelopment Agency to block one property holder l. P. Thank you,. Supervisor kim is the author of this item. But i believe well have a presentation by shane hart from ocii who is here to present. Good to see you again. The floor is yours. Good afternoon, supervisors my name is shane hart and work with ocii as transbay manager and i would like to introduce mr. Campos with our office and Aaron Foxworthy with our office. For the developer, jenny wang and carl shannon. Where is mr. Campos . Oh, in the back. All right. Thank you. The Land Use Committee action is to approve the disposition of ocii owned land within transbay block one to block one property holder l. P. , an affiliate of Tishman Speyer. This slide shows the timing of the transbay redevelopment plan, as well as other area plans that have been approved. Also in bold you can see that in 2003, the former Redevelopment Agency purchased this portion of block one site for Affordable Housing. In april of this year there was a redevelopment plan amendment that came before the board, and was approved. That plan amendment increased the tower height for block one from 300 to 400. In june of this year, the ocii Commission Approved the plan and this shows the overall Transit Center district plan. As i mentioned to you before, ab 812 and redevelopment plan require that 35 of all the units within transbay, within zones one and two be affordable. Ocii has land use jurisdiction over the formerly stateowned parcels, as well as this parcel and you can see that in the lower section of this map that is on the slide. The Planning Department has land use jurisdiction for zone 2. Transbay block 1 is located on folsom street, between main and spear streets. This slide gives you an idea of the Development Program that has been approved. This slide shows the parcelization for block 1. The top portion is the ociiowned parcel which consists of about 34,000 square feet. The lower parcels are the ones that are owned by tishman and those are about 20,000 square feet in total. The project summary is a mixed income homeownership project consisting of 391 units. 40 of the project is affordable, 156 units and theyll be available for households earning between 80120 of ami. The affordable units are dispersed in the first 26 floors of the tower and in the podium and provide protections for owners, there has been included a certain Homeowners Association for the bmr owners, as well as the developer has put up 225,000 dollars for what we call a homeowner associations dues Assistance Fund that could be used by the bmr owners in case there should be special assessments or large dues increases. 156 units are affordable as i said. 80 of those units are in the tower and townhomes, which are all funded by the developer and 76 units are in the podium buildings. And there is a subsidy of 19,180,000 that is being provided by ocii for the podium and remaining costs are funded by the developer. Regarding the fair market value for the ocii parcel, 3343 report concludes that based on the appraisal, and the analysis that was done by kma, 19. 2 million that ocii is receiving for its land is fair market value. And that ocii is receiving an additional 31 million of consideration beyond fair market value based on the current deal terms negotiated with the developer. This is a rendering of the block one tower and podium. This is also a view from the bay bridge. Last friday the ocii executive director and i met with supervisor peskin, and he was concerned about the effect that the construction defect litigation could have on bmr homeowner as the Association Dues and the construction defect litigation is common and as a result we proposed to allow bmr homeowners to access 225,000 bmr homeowner dues Assistance Fund for construction defect litigation costs, and to include in the project ccrs a requirement that the marketrate hoa pay for the cost of construction defect litigation without differentiating between marketrate and bmr units in any settlements. Proposed changes to the resolution are on page 6, lines 1220. And on page 7, lines 2022. The developer has reviewed and agrees with these changes. With that, thank you, and im happy to answer any questions. Thank you, mr. Hart. All right. Colleagues, i think were going to go to Public Comment. Appreciate your presentation. Madam chair, i would like to move those amendments on page 6 and page 7. Okay. I thought we could do Public Comment and talk indepth a little bit about these amendments. We have a stack here. Lets see who is still here . Laura thompson, are you here still . Rudy corpus . I think i saw charlie, danny campbell. Tony rodriguez. Joel coppell. Adrianne simi. All right. Why dont you just all come on down and welcome back, boys. Marcus im sorry, marcus, i cant read your last name. Go ahead, rudy. Welcome. Good afternoon, supervisors. I am here representing united players in support of the project. United players has been an organization that has been serving the city of San Francisco for the last 22 years and 8 months. Were fortunate that were located in a neighborhood where a development is being built. What has been in district 6 with the organization that we have built a great relationship with the project, with the developers, Tishman Speyer who has been helping and assisting us tremendously. Not only just coming to our center, and meeting the kids, but also donating their time with people with books, and mentorships and also helping us support our organization. So we can continue to run and thrive. So im in here in full support of the project and here with people from the community. Im born and raised in district 6, still live there. My kids went to school there and i just want to say this is the type of project that we need in order for people in our neighborhood to survive. We are probably groundzero of gentrification and displacement, but with projects like this help us to stay in the communitis that were born and raised and the amis that were part of helping out is a winwin situation for us. So thank you. Thank you. Charlie. Good afternoon, chair cohen, supervisors wiener and peskin. My name is charlie, the District Representative for the operating engineers in San Francisco and san mateo counties and associated with the Building Trade Council and Labor Councils in both counties. As a representative of labor, i want to thank you all for your Civic Service and hard work on behalf of the citizens of San Francisco. With regard to the agenda item i want to say that tishman he or speyer has been a bluechip partner and we are looking forward to working with them on this exciting project and they have been proactive many their efforts to strike the right balance of retaining neighborhood values and providing units for a wide range of incomes. I want to speak in support of the project. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, my name is marcus and im here to show my support for block one, and for more Affordable Housing here in San Francisco. A yearandahalf ago my wife landed her dream job as a flight attendant, as a condition of her employment, we had to relocate to boston. This was a real tough decision to make, to pack up everything that we owned, to leave our rentcontrolled unit in the mission, and to say goodbye to our home. Well, as luck would have it and after a cold boston winter a position became available for my wife at sfo. We were moving back to San Francisco. But now the apartment costs 40 more than we were paying before we left. This exponential rise in the cost of housing made our return to San Francisco seem almost impossible. But thanks to the Mayors Office, a few forwardthinking developers, and the voters of San Francisco, we found a once inalifetime opportunity to actually own a home here in the city. 1400 mission, below market rate had a handful of units left that we qualified for. Although we havent moved in just yet this bmr program has given us hope, hope that we can have a permanent home in the city. Hope that we can raise a family here without worrying how were going to make rent. Hope for the future. I encourage you to share this hope with other working families by approving block one and more Affordable Housing here in the greatest city in the world. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. Danny campbell, sheet Metal Workers local 104. I, too on behalf of the membership of the sheet Metal Workers put our support behind this project. Its refreshing to see this project building the type of housing that the city has not been building enough of lately and that is for middleincome families. Such as teachers, librarians, firefighters and construction workers. Like i said, its a pleasure to see that, tishman has and continues to be a strong industry partner with the San Francisco building and Construction Trades Council and ask you to move this disposition agreement forward today. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is Tony Rodriguez and im with local 43, fire sprinkler union and were here in support of the project and what charlie and danny said about tishman always providing wellpaying union jobs and benefits is true and i dont really need to go into that. The exciting part is the 156 units. I have mentioned many times that i have three daughters. One is say a nurse and one is a teacher and the other one is going to school to become a nurse. They live at home and cant afford to buy a house. Our construction workers cant afford to buy homes in the city and projects of this nature would help to alleviate the thing of people having to move out. Yesterday i was in sacramento and or friday we went to sacrament and spent the weekend and its amazing the number of people that i know that live in sacramento and work in San Francisco and only do that out of necessity, because they cant afford the rents and to buy a house here. I ask you to help by approving this project. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, supervisors. Chair cohen, joel coppell for electrical workers. Once they need a home to house their kids and their family, sometimes 1520 a year of our members are leaving the city. That is why projects like this are of the utmost importance. Tishman speyer has been more than a responsible developer here in San Francisco with the lumina and infinity towers and south of market and 160 folsom is going to be a great project also because of its proximity to the Transit Center and looking forward to building this project and hope you approve the disposition today. Thank you. Thank you, joel. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. Tom oconnor, president of the San Francisco firefighters. I, too, am here to support this project. This project not only represents a wonderful opportunity for our members to live in San Francisco, but it also allows tishman has helped to us explain the complicated process of applying for these unitss and enabling many of our members to stay in San Francisco and live and walk to work. Quite often when we talk about keeping Public Safety in San Francisco, people they exaggerate and talk about the big one, the earthquake or a Natural Disaster, but what is more important to Public Safety in San Francisco, when a personal Natural Disaster happens. If your kid is hit by a car or your mother falls and breaks her hip, you want your Public Safety partners here. This project and Tishman Speyer are helping us to do that. We speak in support of this project and thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, madam chair and supervisors. My name is adrian with carpenters local 22. Not much i can add that hasnt been said already, but carpenters local 22 does fully support this project and looking forward to working with the long time partner of Tishman Speyer and i think most of all what hits home for me, this will put apprentices to work. Young carpenters, male and female who live in San Francisco, who have a nice job with benefits and in todays world, that is what is needed. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to speak on this item . Public comment is closed. Thank you, folks. [ gavel ] now the matter is in the hands of this body and supervisor peskin has an amendment he will walk us through. Thank you, madam chair and i have every hope there is no construction defects in the project and no litigation, i think our primary policy concern and the reason that the developer has agreed to a 225,000 contribution for the below market rate 156 units is because we want to make sure as condo dues rise, people like this gentleman will be able to continue to pay those condo dues. That is the fundamental reason for the 225,000 fund. But it is not uncommon, as mr. Hart said, in Residential Condominium Development to have construction defect and a little bit of litigation after these projects are built. So i wanted to make sure that no. 1 insofar as there are going to be under the covenance, conditions and restrictions that the developer has agreed to, three different homeowner associations. A bmr homeowner association, marketrate and master hoa that would require a super majority vote in order to raise annual condominium dues or special assessments, above certain percentages 10 and 5 . I wanted to make sure that we actually were thoughtful about litigation, if it should occur . So i wanted to make sure that the bmr Condo Association was not disadvantaged in that unlikely, but possible, event. So to that end, one, in the second paragraph on page 6, we made it clear that the 225,000 could be used for the affordable unit hoa cost including litigation costs, if she should ever arise. And furthermore, a provision that says that if the marketrate hoa would like to pay for all of the litigation costs, they can do so provided that any settlement would be shared equitably between the marketrate and bmr hoas subject to the relevant governing laws of the state of california and the bureau of real estate. Those are set forth on page 6. I want to say mr. Shannon, i know its never fun to put money into a wellmeaning goodspirited fund that could be used against the developer and hopefully that wont happen, but i want to foresee the unforeseeable here and thank you for agreeing to those and the developer has agreed to those in the sub4 on line 20 to 22 on page 7. Im happy to answer any questions and i want to thank ocii and their director, ms. Boe and mr. Hart for helping craft the language around the suggestions that i made on friday. Thank you for the amendments. Lets go ahead and take a motion to accept someone could make a motion to accept these amendment s. So moved. Thank you. Motion to accept the amendments, moved and without objection passes unanimously. [ gavel ] thank you, on the overall piece of legislation, i would like to make the motion to send as amended ai as a Committee Report with recommendation for hearing tomorrow, july 26th. The motion has been made and without objection this motion passed as a Committee Report with recommendation. Thank you. [ gavel ] mr. Clerk, what do we have next . That completes the agenda for today . Excuse me . That completes the agenda. Thank you, this meet is adjourned. Thank you. [ gavel ] welcome to the ribb cutting and Community Preview for there bayview opera house, Ruth Williams memorial theater. [applause] everybody wants to go ahead and grab a seat or find a place to stand. We are so thrilled that the sun is shining on the bayview today. Im tom ducaney and director of Public Affairs for city and county of San Francisco, director of San Francisco parks commission. On belandfall of my colleagues and commissioners it is a honor to welcome you all for the ribbon cutty for newly renovated bayview opera house and Ruth Williams memorial theater. [applause] the city of owns and operates 4 brick and mortar culturalsenter buildings, all of which provide Affordable Access to high quality arts and culture in communities across the city. Built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. I want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. In the front row we have family members of [inaudible] Ruth Williams [inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. Doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. On behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing Racial Justice in San Francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. Assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. We have supervisor malia cohen. And i believe do we have Supervisor Scott Wiener here today . No. President breed was going to try to join us as well. We also have [inaudible] george gas gone. Im also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of San Francisco public works, mohammed nuru. Bayview opera house vise president theo [inaudible] [applause]. And also our brilliant Landscape Architects walter hood. [applause [. I want to ocknowledge the San FranciscoArts Commissioner is. We have jd veltram in the audience. I believe commissioner greg chui is with us. Commissioner chuck collins. Kimberley striker, thank you for all your work on behalf of the San FranciscoArts Commission. I also see fellow colleagues here including [inaudible] department of environment. Director elaine forbs joins by Port CommissionVice PresidentKimberley Brandon and Deputy Director of [inaudible] Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs. Police chief tony [inaudible] policy and Government Affairs for rec and parks department, alex randolph. Board member and neighbor, hydra mendoza and parks commissioner Eric Mcdonald is here. Thank you for coming and being supporters of this project. There are so many people to thank and so bear with me. We have [inaudible] to realize the transformation of the beautiful plaza and osaddress the less visible but improvement tooz the building itself. The project architects walter hood and paul cooper, amy elliott [inaudible] give them a round of applause. [applause] i also want to thank project consultant deborah [inaudible] other members of the project team is [inaudible] elliott who i believe is here with us today. I also want to acknowledge john updike from department of real estate. He is a incredible partner. [inaudible] vision of access to quality, words spoken by late colleagues Carla Johnson for Mayors Office of disability. [inaudible] the Mayors Office of disability was a champion of the project from the beginning and carla was here every day by our side make tg happen so today we remember her. [applause] i want to thank [inaudible] colleagues also from Mayors Office of disability [inaudible] john paul scott. [applause] next i like to thank colleagues at the capical Planning Committee for all your support for all Cultural Centers [inaudible] brian strom and staff from john updikes team [inaudible] i want to thank the city partner recollect public works and San Francisco municipal transportation authority, Mayors Office of housing [inaudible] economic and workforce development. Clearly the project was a city wide family effort and could want couldnt have done it with all you. There is generous support from Kaiser Permanente and [inaudible] here to celebrate. Next and bear with me, this afs very big team work ong this project and can pass it [inaudible] executive director of bayview opera house, barbara [inaudible] [applause and cheers]. Thank you barbara for everything you do every dayism we look forward handing the keys to you next month and you can come and open the doors every day [inaudible] lastly i want to thank colleagues at the Arts Commission who couldnt be here today because he is celebrating her daughters wedding back east, judy [inaudible] does a incredible job. [inaudible] which wh i came on board 4 years ago and it was [inaudible] judy has been the greatest champion and all the Arts Commission staff that are such a honor work wg every day and [inaudible] of the arts in San Francisco. Thank you Arts Commission staff, can you please raise your hand . I know many are here today. Thank you. We made it through the thank yous and i assure i wont be [inaudible] it is my great pleasure and [inaudible] reverend calvin jones junior from [inaudible] thank you again. [applause] [inaudible] lets hold hands. Thank you god. God we thank you for the time together and ask you to bless this occasion and lord, work and people that have put time in down through the years, we just thank you god for your grace and mercy. Let this be a time where we can come together during the god times in our liferbs and even during difficult times in the city we can come together and see what god you have in mine for each one of us. Continue to bless those in leadership and god, ask that you touch those that are being locked up, too many young people going away. Help us and let us use our Creative Energy [inaudible] amen. God bless you. And now it is my great honor to introduce a true champion of the cultural center, somebody who made a great investment in the city over a life time, mayor ed lee. [applause] welcome to the bayview well, i am so glad to join all you on this moment. I know today is a soft opening, but walter and mr. Cooper gave a walk through of this restored gemyou have done a magnificent job. The whole entire teami know tom went through all that, let me say thank you to everybody but most especially. You know how much we spent on this center . It is serious money serious money like 5 million. That is serious money. Why . Because this is a serious center. It is a bit of historicsenter. More than community history, it has been Family History. I can just imagine a few decades ago [inaudible] running around listening to the [inaudible] get sent out here and say, one of these days i will work at hrc and be a part of the city. I know tim said that because he was singing those songs when we were working at hrc 25 years ago telling me about the history of the community and how much his mother and family were contributors to this. It is Family History along with community history. Thats why it is serious investment. We are also making serious investments in the entire bayview along [inaudible] thanks to the leadership of malia cohen and others who led the way to inform us about the linkage that we have. This is a center of seriousness because i have been here when it was locked up. When it wasyou have to go through locked doors to get from one place to the other. Now we have a floating canvas where the kids go from the theater, from the Historic Flooring that have above it some really nice historic play House Theater type of lights. You can say i can sing here, even though i cant sing. You want to be here to perform because this is where the youth will be really inspired with what the board is doing, what the directors are doing with the programming that is about to come forth hopefully in september when we officially open this up. You wim be proud of this investments. We are making investments not just in buildings but the people of the neighborhood. As i often said, we are not making new promises, we are all together carrying out promises of investing in the neighborhood. This is the bayview and promised when we built [inaudible] we will invest in more. This is another part. You have a new Branch Library and have more to come because the commitment we made investing in people at a important time because we can afford the investments and need to make it now and build more Affordable Housing and prevent evictions and help the homeless and make sure the Police Department is working for the community to do all the right things in Public Safety and da included. All this works together so this investment means something for people. That is why im here today to show my gratitude for the entire team from the board to the director to all the groups working together and to officially declare on this day july 20 to be bayview opera house, Ruth Williams memorial theater day in San Francisco [applause and cheers] Ruth Williams [inaudible] with this i take incredible honor and pleasure to introduce the next speaker. You all know her. She is a champion for our city, a champion for bayview, someone i know that if we got a chance in this country to bring her back she will be our dem ocratic leader, nancy pelosi. [applause]. Thank you very much thank you for your time and for your great leadership of our city and focus on the bayview. I am very honored to be with all you. I was really looking forward to being here but didnt realize it would be on the very day. I always say, why dont you tell us earlier in the day so we can park around here without getting a ticket. [laughter]. Anyway, it is really wonderful to be with all of you and to pay tribute to Ruth Williams. [inaudible] official family of San Francisco. [inaudible] Ruth Williams family thank you for sharing this enthuse amp asm. Carla johnson [inaudible] judge people not[inaudible] what they can do not judge for what they cannot do. The physical accessibility is something very very important and it really is a example to the world when you see the accessibility here. That accessibility is one part of the accessibility. The accessibility to the yung people of this area to demonstrate what is inside of them in terms of the arts. That unleashes them with who they are to be who they are and not to be judged by who they are not. So many moms in bayview and Hunters Point and all over, when i go places, they say Police Support the arts for our children. It is a place where they gain confidence and enjoy work and learn they can do other things, where they find their creative spirit. That contribution is so important. This place is not only physically accessible, but spiritially accessibility as well. Im very proud of [inaudible] the mayor put 5 million and we put in the first 200 thousand and barbara told me without the floor nothing else [inaudible] some of us were together 10 years goy when we celebrated [inaudible] i can say to my colleagues in wash ington it wasnt just about transportation but Economic Growth of the community and now the spiritially and intellectual and cultural life of the community. This is really a cause for great celebration. It is a recognition the arts are central to who we are as a country. [inaudible] over and over again, but more importantly and more personally to everyone here, lets the art sing to the community. [inaudible] every time we come here, one of the [inaudible] always say our community has the word unity in it. It brings us together. A person who works very very hard to bring us all together newly wed supervisor [inaudible] she is a champion for bayview Hunters Point and housing and fairness and safety in the community, the list goes on and on. [inaudible] how beautifully she spoke about the opera house inside and well hear that now. It gives me great pleasure to take the opportunity to recognize the leadership of your supervisor, malia cohen. [applause] well, by god, if you take a moment and take it all in, [applause] you think about what [inaudible] it is more than just a day of celebration that we are recognizing in San Francisco. For those that grew up here, you know what the opera house means. [applause] the opera house was a safe space for people when they were rioting. The opera house was a safe space for school kids to come here. The opera house was a safe space for seniors to come and congregate. You know what the beautiful thing is about today . Is that it bayview opera house will remain all of this. This is tremendous. You see the people on the stage before you . This is our gift to all of you. When i look out here you know what i see . Generation upon generations of people that raised their families, that have been champions fighting [inaudible] i want to take a moment and pay the respect to the [inaudible] to the beautiful namly family of Ruth Williams, thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible] given us more than just a name to put on a historic building, she gave us a vision and she gave us a place where we can continue to teach and pass down our culture and pass on that vision. I want to recognize mary booker who kept [inaudible] alive and strong. [applause]. Taught people how to act and how to project their voice and have stage presence and having stage presence is more than just being center stage. When you walk into a room you walk with your head held high and that is what mary booker taught us. [inaudible] that was right there with her. When i look in the audience i see so Many Service Providers people who dedicated their lives whether working through the bayview Hunters Point foundation or [inaudible] or ministry on the plaza. [inaudible] everyone has a continued role making bayview Hunters Point more than a point on the map. This is a destination and home and community with real culture and traditions we will pass on from one generation to another. We are here to celebrate a wonderful day and historic absolute beautiful building and want to recognize the many talented people who made this come to fruition. It is always important to respond and respect and acknowledge those people who contributed beyond cht we need to recognize Carla Johnson who is still giving from the grave. She passed in the completion of the project and donated a sizable portion to the opera house. She was a city employee. [applause] [inaudible] bar people with disabilities to having access to this building and so this building is so centercenter piece of the entire community. When you think about the construction we facilitated here in this building. Ang leak thompson, belva davis are in the audience and facilitate being healthy. There are tremendous amount of people that deserve to be recognized. I want to recognize sister Linda Harrison who is [inaudible] [applause]. It is absolutely important we connect the dots of once people have left a [inaudible] it is how [inaudible] we are connecting the dots and make sure Bayview Hunter point get a piece of that action. We will build a program to connect [inaudible] right here to this building so we have our own state of the arts arts exhibit right here. You already heard recognition from barbara occul and bayview opera house board of directors but you know who else was pushed to the way side . I know you know him . How many know [inaudible] i dont know where he is but this is the man who opens up the building and closes the building and walks you to your car and cleans up what is left behind. This is a true gentlemen that had our back in this community. He is a unsung hero and asks for very little recognition. [inaudible] [applause] this opera house has been a place where people have come together to advocate for issues, important issues impacting our communities and that is what this opera house will symbolize from now for the next hundred years moving forward. We will be stronger and blessed by this and our responsibility to keep it in the community and keep it for us. Thank you. [inaudible] supervisor of district 10. [applause] thank you supervisor. I want to acknowledge supervisor cohen fl her ongoing support. She committed a number of [inaudible] for the operation. Third on third and continuing to make sure the programs here thrive. Thank you so much. [applause]. Next is great pleasure to introduce a city partner we could not have done this without who works in all the Cultural Centers to make sure they are up to code and Community Ready and that is director of public works, mohammed nuru. [applause]. I am very excited and proud to be part of this project as public works director and long time resident of bayview. This is where i raised my children and where i start my day, this is where i end my day. Im right up the street here so im very happy this project has come to fruition of many years of work we have all been putting together to get to this stage. The bayview opera house is a Community Gem in our community. This is our neighborhood [inaudible] if you can feel the excitement i have, [inaudible] when we talk about San Francisco, those from bayview this is our spot right here [applause]. The work we have done here in San Francisco will continue to make this building serve many more generations to come. As our neighborhoods evolve, it is important to preserve buildings like this to remind us of our history. At this time [inaudible] from our team, one of our partners with sfmta, director riscon, [inaudible] they were very instrumental helping bringing this project to fruition. Please give them a hann. From public works, city architect, [inaudible] lopez [inaudible] who is on site every day. [applause]. Janet [inaudible] they were all part of so many people coming together to make this project. Please give them a hand. A couple things about the project. While we sit out here and enjoy the garden and stage and all the other places, there a lot of details and work that went into it preserving the building. An the other side from the ground level to the top was rebuilt while trying to keep the building together. The building is no very accessible and has 3 bathrooms, all of them are accessible. The stage is has a ramp that you can go in and someone in a wheelchair can actually be on stage and many many of the [inaudible] garden and hear a lot about the guard squn what the design of the garden is and how it came about. You all know, behind every successful project team there is architects and electricians, fire marshal and all kinds of people, so today [inaudible] i want to send all these people, so many of them for all the great work and contributions they have done to make this preservation possible. At this time, i t is also my pleasure to introduce a board member vise president of bayview opera house. She was born and raised in bayview and served on many city commissions and volunteer groups and serves as director of Public Affairs for our own golden state warriors, please welcome [inaudible] [applause and cheers] thank you. I was expecting [inaudible] good evening. This is great. I woke up this morning and was thinking about what i would say and they said i have two minutes and i was going to come up and say it is about time and walk off stage. Many of you have seen this building transform, many have seen the neighborhood transform, but im excited because i can officially welcome to the bayview opera house, Ruth Williams memorial theater. [applause]. I want to particularly thank members of the community because this is your facility as much as it is ours on stage. As malia mentioned this is gift to bayview Hunters Point and the rest of the city of San Francisco and im proud to be a part of that process. So, there has been a lot of build up to this event and as i was reflecting on this i tried to think of my earliest memory of the bayview opera house. When you talk about history and preservation, one person that comes to mind is my grandfather who raised me. He migrated from the south, punchsed a property on third and [inaudible]you remember . And he put all his family in the property. The one vivid memory i have is he would walk [inaudible] pick me up from the opera house and save me from ballet class and [inaudible] it is those moments that shape me. If you look where we are standing to my left you have [inaudible] you have joseph lee jim, 3 strong institutions, cultural institutions, educational institutions in the physical fitness recreation center. 3 vital things i think the Community Needs and 3 vital things that shape the community and 3 things that we need to thrive. All that to say, that we all havewe take the personal responsibility to make sure that there is arts and culture in the facility and not only preserve the long standing history of many folks who come before me but also welcoming the new folks moving to a neighborhood and embracing bayview Hunters Point as their home. This journey will officially begini will say this date, september 17th. You can hold us accountable. [applause]. [inaudible] if you are on the board of directors for the opera house, please raise your hand. [applause] [inaudible] who works tirelessly for this moment and will continue to work tirelessly for the program and for this community. Judy [inaudible] who is not here today. She is for the past 10 years has made this her top priority. Supervisor cohen, when she speaks, when she says she is for the community, she means it. She walks the walk each and every day and we appreciate that. Mayor lee, continuing on the promises that he addressed and i appreciate that and [inaudible] leader pelosi, you are absolutely right it started with 200 thousand 200 thousand investment and built this from the ground up and appreciate that. How many people with a show of hands are ateneded event or taken a class or participated in a program . Keep your hands up because i have another question. This is not the end, this is just the beginning of Something Special and we need your commitment and need you to volunteer your time. Hands are going down[laughter]. We need donations. We need Board Members and staff. This is the beginning and hope all you can come on this journey with us and i appreciate it so much. [applause] before i leave, i need to introduce walter hood. Walter came to had bayview opera house about two years ago . Three years ago and i remember the first meeting. It was chair and microphone. A meeting with chairs and micro phone in the bayview is unpredictable to say the least, but walter listened and carried the vision out that was for the community and you dont get that all the time. Walter, you appreciate you and we thank you. [applause] good afternoon everyone. Dont hold it against me, im from oakland [inaudible] [applause] the next thing i like to say, [inaudible] do fantastic things. I just saw a young man on a scooter come up the stairs and come along the ramp and he came [inaudible] all of our kids should be able to experience all these landscapes. Hopefully in his mind this is not something [inaudible] i like to thank [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] this takes a village to make these projects. We only have 5 or 6 good projects [inaudible] you think 5 projects in 30 years and i loick like to say it will be great to have this project [inaudible] i want to come back and [inaudible] i want to see performances out here. [inaudible] the building does not [inaudible] thank you for giving us that mission and allowing us [inaudible] [applause] just one step away from the big moment of the Ribbon Cutting. I want to show a couple acknowledges. Supervisor wiener has joined us. [applause]. And i believe [inaudible] give a big round of applause for all [inaudible] thank you so much for your leadership. I want to do two things, there will be tours available for [inaudible] are going to give tours. If you are interested after the Ribbon Cutting [inaudible] there will be tours for Community Members and get information about the accessibility features. The new bathrooms on the downstairs level will allow young people to go to the restroom without going all the way around. This is a [inaudible] at the bayview opera house. I like to invite some the neighborhood young people that are here today to come on stage to join us for the Ribbon Cutting. Can we get some the young people here . Come on stage. [applause and cheers]. This if you are a bayview opera house board member please join us. Our elected officials hydra mendoza and [inaudible] join us up on stage, please. I need you to help us count down from 10. Are we all ready . Alright. Please join me counting back. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause and cheers] please stay and enjoy refreshments. [gavel] good morning. Welcome to our special rules Committee Meeting of july 21, 2016. I am katy tang chair of this committee. Our vice chair eric mar will join us