The corporation was exonerated in the late 7. 70s. We had subcommittees on each development that came in that we had one for childcare, one for parks and rec, development and everything. So the training programmes we had with the college and also with model cities, we trained people in our community for each phase of the projects that were coming into Hunters Point. Where there was business, we had a Business Programme to train people with businesses. It went through the hunter Point College which was the first campus college. Every college we started through model cities, we started a minister witmission with hiringl of the others. But for those familiar will the mission, talk with i forgot the directors name now don markham . No, he was the director of the model cities. They could link up with the colleges out there, training with childcare. We had over 40 people through the Childcare Programme and each were able to buy homes, so if we want people to stay in our community, we need to
Of Affordable Housing throughout San Francisco required the collaboration of a host of public agencies, developers, consultants, contractors, funders, and, most importantly, the residents of Hunters Point eastwest and westbrook themselves. The program demonstrates the citys commitment to leaving none of its residents behind and we are very proud to have been part of it. None of this would have been possible without the vision and leadership of our local elected and appointed officials, many of whom are here today and well do some shoutouts a little bit later. Thank you for celebrating with us. Lets get started. It gives me special pleasure to introduce our first speaker. Ill tease you a little bit here, see if you can think about who that would be. Shes a native san franciscan. A former Redevelopment Agency and Fire Department commissioner. Former executive director of the africanamerican art and culture complex in the western addition. President of the board of supervisors. You might
Happens, then i wont complain. This is a special edition of abc7 mornings starting now. Breaking news. Breaking news at 7 00 this morning and lights out and thousands of pg e customers are waking up to discover they are in the dark and more outages are looming. Pg e are implementing these in phases. In the bay area, about 70,000 customers in the dark. And set two beginning at noon which could impact 141,000 more customers in the bay area and talking about primarily in the east bay and the south bay. Welcome to the special edition of abc7 mornings, and right now, there are School Closures because of the Power Outages, and they are scrolling at the bottom of the screen, and you can find them at abc7news. Com. And right now, we want to go to meteorologist mike nicco with the Severe Weather that is prompting the outages. And the worst is not here yet. Good morning, kumasi and reggie. Let me give you an update. The red flag warning, and the watches and the danger, who it is not for santa cl
Show up and vote, bill, because i think your call to me involved a very large check as well. Donate as well. He left that part out, but feel free. Bill, i hate to break it to you. When john arrived, you were not only the oldest guy, but not quite the funniest guy either. John, were going to give credit where its due. Bill, thank you, very well said. Next up is another of our codevelopers and the lead provider of Supportive Services for our residents here at Hunters Point eastwest in westbrook. David sobel is the c. E. O. Of the Housing Development corporation. A 31yearold communitybased nonprofit located here in bay view, Hunters Point. Over the last six years david has assembled support and staff. Under his leadership, the organization has grown from four people to a staff of 30, which provides Housing Development, preservation, financial empowerment, counselling, Supportive Services, Economic Development opportunities to over 5,000 low and moderate income residents every year. Also w
The process, which means that we need people who really meant what they want to do to be in that committee. The civil grand jury members are volunteering 500 hours per year. Nonpaid. You, the board of supervisors in here are paid. Please, take some time to read the recommendation, work with Department Heads to do the work. Started from the effectiveness from the information, website, safety working with the police and the San Francisco m. T. A. We talk about recommendation, and we also know that there is no accountability. Whether people do it or not the civic grand jury members the former or current one will not be able to come in after you or the board of supervisors and Department Heads to implement what we recommend. So we are asking you since you are paid and elected and you wanted to do the best to prevent death and safety for people in San Francisco, i urge you to follow the recommendation and findings. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. Thank you very much for having me, s