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
Occasions when those who have been excluded have been welcomed to something new and exciting. She has done it for women coming into the halls of congress. She has done it for seniors moving into housing. She has done it for those with hiv aids gathering at the memorial grove. I could go on and on, but i would much rather hear her speak, so please welcome leadership nancy pelosi. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you very much for your very generous introduction, barry and for your great leadership at the st. Anthony foundation, for the invitation to be here today with such distinguished guests. How about tyrone . Is he something . [ applause ] but its an honor to be with you barry, with susan swift, with Doug Shumaker and our distinguished mayor, mayor lee. Last time i saw him he was on the platform while president obama was delivering the inaugural address. Susan corette, thank you for decades of generousity and service to our Community Across the board. And father harden, who i
To go hungry in his beloved San Francisco community. Joe would have been so proud to support this wonderful building that will provide so much care for so many people in our city. For me, st. Anthonys also represents the three cs. Care, community, and continuity. I bring you many congratulations from all of the members of the board of directors of the Koret Foundation and our very best wishes for continued sucrose in success in the future. Thank you. [ applause ] i saw merl and larry, if you want to join us. As we said, this building is complex. And it starts with the funding. It will get more complicated with the construction pretty soon, but it has really been an unbelievable group effort to pull together the different funders of this work. We heard about the korets foundation amazing con tributionss and i know there have been so many amazing contributions on the st. Anthony side. For an Affordable Housing project for this it takes incredible people and we start with hud, who supplie
Coming together in a partnership, in a partnership 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 c