Between mercy housing; now its mercy housing because its the sisters of mercy, but its mercy housing because that is what it is. And that is what it means to the people who benefit from it. And this collaboration with st. Anthonys. The coming together of two forces of such magnitude, of such commitment, of such deep commitment, of such values that you know that the outcome is going to be not only benefit the people who are here, but also be a model for others. This is a collaboration, as has been said between mercy housing and st. Anthonys and was example was nonprofits come together for the greater good. With their leadership and their being models, producing results of National Significance, they, most of them have been able to to impact Public Policy and i know the mayor is right on the forefront of all of this. And thank you for your great leadership, mayor lee. [ applause ] and you know that we just had a little session with the cliffs, going over the cliff, not going over the cli
They are insensitive to our world of miracles here. We love and touch each other and we know what that feels. In d. C. Its hard to gain that with the conversations that they have there, but for her leadership, but for her connections but for her introductions to the federal agencies that we need so much their attention as they are stretched wide across this country with all of the needs, she has opened up those doors for me, for countless other mayors, for representatives of our different agencies to get that chance to present our case. So that our miracles can happen for each other. So nancy, thank you very much for your wonderful, wonderful leadership. [ applause ] and then to come back here and celebrate with us on helping us turn the state on something that is going to happen that has been a miracle now, 38 million times for people in the last 60 years, father harden, that is just you and your staff. All of the volunteers, you know, the volunteers at the heart of the success of st.
I work over at San Francisco general hospital, in the dietary department. I have been there for almost three years. [ applause ] i will be graduating from the university of phoenix this year with a degree in criminal justice. And as barry has already told you i freelances an interpret. He said that the dead are not resurrected here. I stand here before you to let you know that the dead will be resurrected. Because my life was over before i came here and it has been resurrected all today. [ applause ] thank you very much for taking the time to listen to me. My name is tyrone and im under construction. God speed to you all. [ applause ] thank you, tyrone. Whew. [ [ laughter ] it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you today one of our volunteers. This woman takes time etch year to volunteer with her children and grandchildren. She comes when she is not otherwise occupied, like leading those in congress. Nancy pelosi is used to speaking before representatives. She has been doing it fo
1 million in contributions from the corette foundation to make sure this dining hall go its chance to be rebuilt. [ applause ] so st. Anthony can increase their space by 42 in the land use and also build the housing. And while we are reminded there is still 2. 5 million and i know were going dig deep in our pockets to help get that done, because it will get done. Miracles happen completely, not just partially. That i want to thank and recognize susan, because i know the transition from who we knew to be the face of the corette foundation happened years ago. She has picked it up with the greatest spirit, the greatest honor that can possibly be produced, the spirit of the corette foundation lives today through susan and her con stant donations. She was one of the very first when i was interim mayor and i said i need some of the philanthropic aid and i talked to William Helman and what he did and with the fischers and sorensteins and all the great families that were part of our history an
We passed an unbelievable measure that will provide funding for Affordable Housing here in San Francisco. It doesnt solve the problem, but it is a step way beyond what any other community in california has done. I want to thank the board and the mayor for their incredible leadership on this and invite up mayor ed lee. [ applause ] thank you, doug and thank you for your leadership at mercy housing. As you reconstruct your life. [ laughter ] anyway, let me first of all say its a privilege to be with our board of supervisors, many of the members are here. Our fire chief, our police chief, our homeless connectors, bevin, who has been on the streets and i will be out there with you tonight to do the Homeless Count as we need to do to make sure were doing our best to cover everyone. Barry said earlier this is a lot of miracles happening and i will tell you this is the city of miracles, because we want those miracles to happen. We wish it to happen. Lucille wouldnt be here without those mirac