Longterm dignified respectful housing that this community deserves. And, so, you are part of the first of 25 families that are in this initial phase of a whole 107 units that will be completed in may. And thanks to all of our partners as olson continues to repay. I just want to emphasize this is the first phase. Supervisor malia cohen and i are going to be working hard with many of you here today for a long time. This is something weve dreamed of and i know you dreamed of it just in terms of being able to live in San Francisco, afford it here. Your kids are so happy to see their rooms and all their giants posters and the views of the bay. But we also want to assure you that were just beginning to complete a really longheld promise, malia, that you and i and other supervisors have made. And we signalled that back when gavin was mayor. He made the bold announcement back in 2006, with the board of supervisors as a whole, that knowing that it was over 267 million of unmet infrastructure ne
Trauka. And for years we have talked about it and talked about it and when we try to engage the department of health, we got yes we understand its a priority but we dont know what to do. In november october last year in 20 2012, we had the Southeast Mental Health summit around trauma. And a large segment of the community and dph and we put together a plan that was adopted by the San Francisco Mental Health board. And signed on by all communitybased organizations that provide Mental Health services. I am saying that we have a plan in d10 and we know how to get started. Now its time to quit saying its a problem but dont know what to do. But invest dollars into an infrastructure to build a firstclass model around the community. The statistics is that 43 of people coming in clinics in bayviewhunters point, 60 depression and 40 anxiety. We have a major, major problem in d10. And we need it start addressing it. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, some of you in the audience probably know wh
We get child care to help us support the jobs that we need to build for our families. And i know as your kids growing up, theyre going to understand these things more and more as they take up more responsibilities, right now keeping you from your brandnew bedrooms clean. [laughter] helping mom with the dishes, cleaning up to get your education to be the best person you want to be and go for the jobs you always wanted to have. This is the promise we have. It isnt just the physical structure. I know ms. Youngblood and i know all of the people that have been invested in this dream know it for sure, that it takes a really whole community to do this. Thats why we had such a Great Development team that came together and worked with us. John stewart, john is right here being led with his development team. We have howard here as well. You have the ridge point, which is i think the most mature of the housing managers here, ridge points been around since 68, right . Thats right. And all of you a
Okay, were just about ready to get started here. If everybody could gather round a little bit. My name is olson lee. Im the director of the Mayors Office of housing. And this is a great day, isnt it . Yes, it is. Its a great day. And one of the things about anything that we do in San Francisco is that it does take a whole village, and we have a whole village here. And its about a sense of partnership that we are able to celebrate. And i really want to emphasize celebration, because this is the first phase of the first phase of many projects like this in San Francisco. applause and this is something that is an only in San Francisco development where were rebuilding distressed Public Housing for the current residents, and doing this in a way that is contributes to the neighborhoods. It contributes to the health and welfare of the existing families and invites new families and creates complete neighborhoods. And only in San Francisco are we willing to take on this task to really change th
We get child care to help us support the jobs that we need to build for our families. And i know as your kids growing up, theyre going to understand these things more and more as they take up more responsibilities, right now keeping you from your brandnew bedrooms clean. [laughter] helping mom with the dishes, cleaning up to get your education to be the best person you want to be and go for the jobs you always wanted to have. This is the promise we have. It isnt just the physical structure. I know ms. Youngblood and i know all of the people that have been invested in this dream know it for sure, that it takes a really whole community to do this. Thats why we had such a Great Development team that came together and worked with us. John stewart, john is right here being led with his development team. We have howard here as well. You have the ridge point, which is i think the most mature of the housing managers here, ridge points been around since 68, right . Thats right. And all of you a