Seriously. I want to i did hant have chance to think about this, to write a speech today, because i was asked to do this at the last moment. So i want to let you know that Westside Courts to me, its amazing because when i first came here, it was nothing like this. And i came from Southern California. This is my first time limit in the housing projects, when i at the same to San Francisco. I had a lot of fare and a lot of apprehension about it. The manager when i first came here, said they changed it. It waesnt as explosive now as it was then. But its a safe place now. The council, we bind together to make things happen. We have a lot of plans that we want to make happen for the residences. We have a lot of plans for the kids. We have a lot of things that we hope to do, and we cant do it alone. We want to be able to do it for the kids, for the adults, and everyone included. Thank the management here at we we westside for working with us, todd, and everyone else. So as we go on our journey here, just be patient with us and know that were working for the residents. Were working for you, and have a blessed day. [applause] hello, everyone. My name is cassandra bennett. I am the secretary of the tenants association. As part of the council, i want no more than to see the tenants advance and have our Property Management and the people that are over Westside Court just treat the tenants with respect. And just tenants come together and love each other and embrace each other and look out for one another. Without a team effort, we have nothing, because divided we stand, and together we fall. Im just glad to be able to stand in front of you today, and hope the tenants appreciate the face lift, and it is a face lift. I must tell you, it looks really nice. Theres still work to be done, and as long as the tenants take care and work together, we can make things happen. I look forward with the rest of the team to make things happen here and away from here. I embrace change, not only here at Westside Courts but outside of Westside Courts. Nothing matters but your life. Your right to privacy, your right to dignity, your right to respect, period. So with that, i just want to say thank you. [applause] well, i dont think i could say it any better than our last couple of speakers did. As mayor breed said, this is a partnership, with the residents and the city. Our plan is to own this pretty much forever. Tabernacle cbc who was at first led by just a partner, but who is now a friend, the reverend james mccray who himself has a history in the Western Addition. Reverend mccray . [applause] mr. Witte, thank you very much for that very kind introduction. I noticed that he introduced me as reverend. That changes what i was going to do just a little. I would like to ask all of the related team, if youre here, stand up. And i would like to ask, if theyre here, all of the tab tabernacle team, standup. [applause] all of the r. M. H. Team, standup. [applause] reverend banks, if youre here, standup theyre working. I think the others have that i wanted to thank have been thanked. The city, the bank, the community, but id now like to ask all of us to standup, and id like to ask the leaders to come back and stand here a minute. And turnaround, and i just want all of us to extend our hands towards the leaders in our community and just in our own way wish them strength, courage, and then, my favorite, peace. Because if they have peace, they can extend hope, and what we need today is hope. What this project and the others in the community are about is extending hope. This is the first facility primarily built for African Americans has been brought over into the 21st century. Hope related, and the city and the community and the banks have found a way to put together a package that will enable such a venture to come to reality. Hope, and along the way, organizations have been created, like tabernacle and f. R. H. That now have an ability to carry the hope on. Thank you, San Francisco. Im so glad to be able to go around this country and say im a native. Weve got a lot of problems, but we are struggling to keep the hope alive as the problems of this 21st century bombard us. Leaders, thank you, because your legacy carries the hope on, and thanks to each and every one of you. [applause] i am now really happy to introduce your supervisor, vallie brown. Again, someone who doesnt really need an introduction in this Community Whos been active in this community and the communities in district five for really decades, bringing a level of excitement and kpi and commitment that you dont often see in city hall. The mayor and when vallie brown was her top aide, they pushed forward a priority to allow residents to stay here who were already here in Public Housing. Please welcome supervisor vallie brown, who has to stay here. Remember that in the next year. [applause] supervisor brown hello, everyone, and thanks for being here. I was just reminiscing this election, when mayor breed won the election, she said vallie, i need you to come down and work again for me. We asked her, i remember, mayor breed, she said, my number one priority is Public Housing. Whats your second priority . Public housing. Whats your third priority . Public housing. And after the third time, we said, we got it. Public housing is your priority. We came over to Westside Courts. You know, its the second oldest Public Housing in the city. We walked, and we talked we talked to residents about their situation here, what they were thinking, how that they you know, how did they feel about living here . A lot of everybody was grateful, but also, we realized this needs work. This complex needed work, and it needed rehab. And when then mayor ed lee came in, he talked about r. A. D. And one of the things that i was really passionate and so is mayor breed, when we build housing or remodel housing, there is no displacement. That is something we felt strong about, no displacement when youre building housing or rehabbing housing. Because as you know, and many people that live here, this community here is the heart of this area. They are the ones that have been here, have raised and made this community what it is, this really strong, heartfelt community. So there was no way that anyone could move or be moved out and displaced. And when i come when i became supervisor, that was one of the first places i visited was west side courside court, what was happening to the residents, because i needed to make sure that we save this wonderful asset, and we have to make sure that our residents are safe. And so im just really proud to be here today as your supervisor and say that whats one of my priorities . Public housing, yes. So thank you, everyone, and i hope you get to walk around and just look at this. Its absolutely beautiful. Thank you. [applause] so mayor breed made reference to all of the partners, the Mayors Office of housing. Kate hartley and her staff are here today, provided a lot of money and lets just say moral support. But bank of america has had an outsized role in this r. A. D. Program, not only in Westside Court, but in every development of the city, providing virt reall of the debt and equity financing. And i think the total financing is up in the 700 or 800 million range, which is pretty remarkable when you think that one institution has been responsible for that. With that, id like to call to the podium liz minnick, an executive with bank of america in the bay area. [applause] thank you, and good afternoon are we on . There we go. Thank you and good afternoon, everyone oops. I can talk really loud. I can probably do it without it. [inaudible] all right. Okay. Thank you so much, and bank of america is actually so pleased. Its actually 2. 2 million in financing. So when you think about the rental assistance demonstration and the ability of Public Housing within this amazing city of San Francisco, bank of america was so proud to be able to step up and provide that commitment of the 2. 2 million. Just to put it in perspective, we financed 4. 4 billion around the country, and 2. 2 came right here in the city where we were founded. Its so exciting to see the rehabilitated Westside Court, and be a part of it. Wed like to continue the work with the Mayors Office, with kate and her team at the department of housing, and all of our Wonderful Bank of america teammates that made this possible. Thank you so much. [applause] how often does a state official come to an event like this . Fiona mah has a long history as a san franciscan of serving this city, as a supervisor, state emly, in the board of equalization, and now as recently elected treasurer in the state of california. Just so you know, its the treasurer who facilitates all of the lowincome bonds and tax credits that finances this and all other projects like it. So shes a really good person to know. So its my pleasure to introduce a really good friend, state treasurer fiona mah [applause] thank you so much. Its my honor to be here. Some of you know, i started out as a District Representative to john burton back in 1995. And back then, you know, i was just learning and many of the people that i was working with are still here, the reverend mccray, reverend townsend, amos brown, and todd clader are still here, and we are still here, right . Still here. And then, to the new leaders, our dynamic mayor, london breed, and supervisor vallie brown, thank you for continuing to lead us here in San Francisco. Ive been living here in San Francisco for 30 years, but bill witte was here actually longer, and he was one of the senior consultants, advisors to Dianne Feinstein when she was mayor, and his commitment to lowincome housing, bar none, is one of the best examples of what developers should be doing, could be doing, and we welcome doing more. To the members of the westside tenants association, welcome. Everyone is going to be sending you text messages, emailing you, calling you. So welcome. I was a Tax Collector on the state board of equalization. Now that im your state treasurer, i have money, and i have grants and bonds and loan programs, and i am just so honored to be here today working with all of you. I have to tell you, our tcac and cdlac, because of folks like bill witte, we are going to revamp those two agencies. We want to be forward looking and oriented and also forward looking. We had a meeting yesterday, and we talked about some of these properties, and how somethingment is not doing their jobs. Were putting together a list of the good actors and bad actors, and those that are bad actors are not going to get anymore tax credits moving forward until they cleanup their act. We also talk about displacement when these applicants come before us at tcac and cdlac, if you are going to rehab these units, where are the tenants going to go . And then also making sure that we are a onestop shop. So when Developers Come to us, and they have projects, we want to help. We want to put together the deals with you instead of thank you very much, you dont qualify, click. We want to say you dont qualify for 9 , but how about 4 . How about if you put housing along with daycare or a coop or food clinic . We have the money for all of this at the treasurers office. I just want to say call me any time. We want to be part of the solution. Thank you so much. [applause] there was of course a lot of work to get this development to the condition that it is today. And theres a bricks and mortar side, and theres a people side. And the bricks and mortar side, i want to thanks a few people. Particularly, lisa grady, our project manager. Lisa . [applause] and our Property Management team, one of the good ones, i like to think, our regional director, danny rivera, and site manager, shamika rochelle. [applause] and two people that weve worked with a long time on a lot of developments and are going to hopefully continue to work with a lot more. First of all, bob nibi, the president of nibi contractors. Bob . [applause] they have to work with the community, with some local subcontractors to get to where we are today. And Mimi Sullivan, the architect who labored with us, we were talking earlier about making sure we got just the right colors on the new building, and hopefully, the residents will tell us if we need to fix that, so thank you, mimi. [applause] but its not just about bricks and mortar, and early on, working with tabernacle, my friend of 100 years, reverend arnold townsend, and his partner, gary banks, it was about this has to work for the residents. And i say to you today that i hope and expect that five and ten years from now, youll hold us to this standard. This isnt just about finishing the project, this is starting the project. So gary, arnold, todd, and everybody, thank you for that. To conclude the program now, i think it is particularly fitting that my friend, reverend arnold townsend, come up and lead us in maybe a little bit of prayer. I mean, i dont know that anybody speaks for the Western Addition better or longer than arnold. Arnold . [applause] if you, and its just wonderful to see everyone, and let me just say a couple of things real quick. I know that you all are sitting, looking at me, and what youre thinking, ive been last on the program before. And when youre last on the program, you know that everybody in the office just wants you to hurry up. So i am going to try to hurry up. Let me say but a couple of things. Im glad you said the staff, bill, so i dont have to. It was some outstanding work going on. We had to be tough to get it done, but everyone did their job, played their role. Big and i like i said, we go back a very long ways. Hes not quite as old as i am, but hes close. Hes close. And really, you know, we knew each other around the times of the feinstein days, and the mon cone moscone and agnos days. But whether you know it or not, we used to play basketball, and bill used to have a pretty good point guard game. He played east coast style, you know. They dont do much outside shooting, but they can go to the hoop pretty good. He can go to the hoop pretty good. So he called me and said, arnold, im doing some work in the Western Addition. Im coming back to town to do some work, and i need you to come help me. I said bill, im flattered, but the days of me coming into the office at 9 00 is over. He said no, no, its pardon ti parttime. You wont have much to do. But he was generous and wrote me in, and i came back, and im so glad i did. I finally did something smart after all these years of living. I said bill, im older, and i dont do much heavy lifting. I have my friend and Association Younger brother that i need to have come on the project. He said who is he . I said hes gary banks. He said well, i dont know him, but we talked, and gary came on, and it was one of the most brilliant things ive ever done. Im serious. What gary put together here and at pitts plaza, but the people who worked directly with the residents, dealing with problems they had and i mean things you wouldnt think of, but everything from Child Support helping people that have Child Support issues, so people can go to work, help with g. E. D. S, they did it. It wasnt necessarily what they were told to do, but he put together a team, danielle banks, who kind of manages things, and then robin and darlene and now tiana. He put together a team that didnt look at the job description, but when a problem came into the door, they set out to solve it. And they were absolutely brilliant, and if i keep talking about it, im going to get emotional because i love seeing people uplifted. Let me say to the residents here, we can talk about all these people that have been in here before you. This development team, we can at some point come in and build you a howuse. We can do that, but it takes the people inside to make it a home. Thats your responsibility. But the point im making is do what you have to do so that you have a decent home to live in, and dr. Mccray was right, your number one priority for you, your children, your grandchildren, your neighbors, is peace. You want peace at home because when i got tired of all the cacophony in the streets, i go home. So as we as we adjourn and theres food back there, i assume. I sure hope so why dont we do this. Whatever your discipline may be, whatever your culture requires, your faith culture, if youre not attached to anything that you believe is greater than you, then im going to pray for you to my god. And whatever name you may call god, do it now, and lets just ask blessings upon this event. We thank everyone for this event and blessings upon the food that we are about to receive, that it will nourish us, not only in body, but in mind and spirit, and that that spirit will not rest until it gets the amount of love out of each of us that it needs, and let everyone say amen. Thank you. [applause] well, first of all, arnold, thank you for dating me. But where i come from, east coast style is a compliment, so ill take that. [inaudible] but arnold youre right about that. Arnold, you dont get the final word. Todd clader from tabernacle has been involved in the bricks and mortar, and the people side, and everything in between. Hes been with us in the beginning and has kept everything together and is going to continue to do that. Todd . [applause] good afternoon. Well, i guess were still in the morning, so ill make this quick so we can get onto the afternoon. First off, thank you all for being here. I want to acknowledge mayor breed, supervisor brown and state treasurer fiona mah for their remarks and participation in this momentous occasion. Well, i had a whole thing, you know, mapped out about who i was going to mention and recognize this morning, and i really become so engaged in what everybody else said about the key players in this project that im not sure theres a whole lot more that i can add. What i will say is that this project has been a threeyear saga, and it has involved many planning and community and Team Meetings at various levels that have made it possible for us to celebrate today. Id like to refer to the history of this property as a world war ii era construction complex. And while the mayor noted that, you know, it takes a village to build a Community Like this, what i want to add is it takes an army to modernize a world war ii era concrete block set of buildings and grounds. And we had a fantastic team, you know, to execute this task. First off, i want to invite lisa grady up to the podium. Shes been the voice of reason when it comes to the redevelopment of this property. And i have to say through the ups and downs together, weve been able to make the lives of the residents better and expect that this is not just a statement about what we can do today, its a statement about what we intend to do, its a statement about the generations ahead. So what i want to impart to you is that our relationship has grown. You know, not just from work here at robert g. Pitt. So i want to embrace lisa for all that shes done. [applause] i also want to acknowledge some of the Ground Troops that have made this project a a success. In particular, with respect to engaging the residents, i want to acknowledge the f. R. H. Team, some who have moved on and some who are new to the property. As noted by reverend brown, darlene and arnold were very essential reverend townsend, darlene and arnold were very essential in allowing us to meet the resident where they are and allowing change. Because this is a thing change. Also, i want to acknowledge Alonso Torres and the maintenance team. Their work is largely unseen until you actually come back to the property after they have made their mark. Its really a statement to their commitment to this property. I want to thank our relocation specialist. That woman has had the probably the most arduous task of all, helping residents relocate to temporary quarters and all of the preparations that are necessary to get them out of their old units into temporary units and then back into their original unit. Thats jessica garlett. Is she here today . Maybe she didnt make it, but kudos to her. [applause] yes, she deserves a round of applause. There are a couple of key residents that i want to recognize for prevailing with us. One is the former Tenant Association president , emma casey. Emma was really my voice of the community because she never failed to pull my coattails to beat me down, what i needed to do and what i needed to do more of. Emma is a champion for this community, and i appreciate all of her service. [applause] i also want to recognize the work of randy walton, who spoke earlier. Hes now the treasurer. He was the Vice President and has been the coordinator of the food bank for these past three years that weve been here with this project. And let me tell you, having to move the food bank from one unit to another and coordinate, you know, the deliveries and make sure that folks get food who arent always able to attend the food bank when its open. You know, its its a monumental task, and i have to say he has been steadfast in his commitment to see to it that people have the food that many rely on, you know, for for their sustenance, and im looking forward to him and the Community Room, now that were looking forward to them moving in and operating there well into the future, so thank you, randy. [applause] so theres some design and construction folk that need recognition about this morning, as well. You heard Mimi Sullivan mentioned earlier, and her crew at her design firm. And i also want to acknowledge the other design team members, including dan morris of merle morris, our landscape architect, who did a great job lets just say breaking up some of this concrete. You wouldnt believe what a concrete jungle this was, but now, it looks like people live here. So thats a tribute to a lot of the work put in by dan and his team. Also, i want to acknowledge the construction engineer. If youve ever dealt with a world war ii era building, you know theres a lot of concrete put in that had to be over come from over the years. And then, boy, nibi contractors is one of the San Franciscos is a San Francisco treat. I just cant tell you how proud we are of having them be our contractor. They have been responsive they not only have been responsive to the developer, they have been responsive to the residents. Residents have stopped them in the middle of, you know, a hammer and saw activity to help them overcome whatever little, you know, nuance needed to be addressed, and i appreciate them, and i want to just mention kieran daly. Hes a brandnew dad, and so im glad he could make it. [applause] and then, i also want to recognize the guy, you know, who keeps all the contractors workers in line, jim galloway. [applause] hes the supervisor that worked with us at robert g. Pitt. [applause] then, theres colby, looking all skate boardish. He didnt go home sometimes at night, making sure everything got done right. Then i want to acknowledge dennis denman, the construction staff man with construction associates. She was the person who was looking over the contractors shoulder over these years, so thank you, devon, and our boss, harvey mendoza. So with that, i just want to conclude with this is only the beginning, folks. We are continuing to transform lives here at Westside Courts. We will continue with our commuter literacy courses sponsored by the citys office of digital equity. We have alex hahn here, whos joined us, who heads up that office to provide the not only Free Internet access for our residents but also courses together with c. T. N. , the Service Provider who is provider training to the residents on basic computer literacy, internet access, and advanced courses in computer training. So were really excited about that. And we are also going to continue to look to f. R. H. And gary banks and joanne, Antoinette Hopkins as they continue the work of providing job training and placement for our residents. This is about the holistic evolution about this community and this is the model that tabernacle and related are now carrying forward in our work in this in this city and across the state. And, you know, while ive got fiona sitting here, you know, with her rapt attention, yes, we will be calling you because this very rule of adapting the rules to folks doing the work, that is music to our ears because that has been the impediment. If youve got to check all these boxes that fit into certain protocols, thats going to eliminate a whole lot of others who are really capable and willing to do this work. So any way, i wrap up with that, and amos brown told me thats enough. [applause] oh, yes, and let me mention, we are going to be offering tours starting at 12 15 . 12 40. 12 40. So you can grab a drink or a bite and meet us at this table just over to my left if you care to join us for a tour, 12 40. Thank you. It. Shop dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help San Francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so were will you shop dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in San Francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert im the fifth generation of candy in San Francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals thats why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they cant walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. Beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is i really appreciate they love this art. From the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you dont have to go far. Small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. You dont have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. San francisco has to all the goal is simple. Its to raise womens voices. Learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. We had own over 300 over 300 people who signed up for the oneonone counseling today. I think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively. The Assessors Office is a big one. There are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. Our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in San Francisco. One of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2. 6 billion worth of revenue to the city. Often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. For every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. But i think what most people dont know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. So it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. So this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. Its an interesting place to be, i have to say. My colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. In my daytoday life, i dont think about that role, being the only Asian American assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of San Francisco well. By being the only Asian American assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. I hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. I grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. When my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. They had very little money, and they didnt know how to speak english very well. They came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i cant imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. So my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. As we grew up, we eventually had a small business. I very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. We went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. It really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing Public Service the way that i do. One of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. We lived in Southern California at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. I can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. It was incredibly scary because we didnt know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. And i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. It stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. Make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. And then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why youre doing what youre doing, you know, i think you cant go wrong. Its funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. I became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, im shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, im sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. For many of us who are going through our Public Service, its very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. Sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. And i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with out ways to work with people to get things done. I hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of City Government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. Take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the oneonone counseling. I wouldnt be where i was if i didnt have very strong people who believed in me. And even at times when i didnt believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. If there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether its being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think its really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful. Okay. , dont trust me with a microphone, but as john stewart has families famously said, ive never met a mike i didnt like. We are ready to get started. Good morning. I am president and c. E. O. Of the john stewart company. On behalf of of our development partners, Nonprofit Housing Corporation and define and gone inc. , we are thrilled to welcome you to the grand opening of hunters view phase two. [cheers and applause] the weather seems to be cooperating for the moment, so make sure you check out the downtown skyline views on your way out, or maybe you saw them already on the way in. East bay is out over there. I used to say milliondollar views, but in San Francisco, it is more like ten milliondollar views, which we have reserved for some deserving low income residents of our community. Hunters view is a citys first hope s. F. Project to move forward. It involves the revitalization of the old 206 he seven unit hunters if you Public Housing complex. And an allnew mixed income San Francisco neighborhood, with new infrastructure, 141 replacement of the old Public Housing units, no displacement, new affordable and market right units sidebyside, multiple new parks and play areas, and extensive new community space, part of what you are sitting at right now. Our Community Room in our new community center. Following our completion of phase one, just down the road in 2013, which included a new infrastructure park, and affordable housing, phase two includes 15 million in new infrastructure including new streets and sidewalks, underground utilities, allnew landscaping, and a new mini park on the other side of the Childcare Center. And 179 new Public Housing replacement and affordable tax credit units ranging from one topped out fivebedroom units to meet the needs of our community. A new community center, and a new mixed income Childcare Center just across the way. With the completion of phase two, we are proud to say that every resident of the original hunters view has been out rehoused, fulfilling our promise that no household would be involuntarily displaced by this revitalization efforts. [applause] we are honouring you. But none of this would have been possible without the vision and leadership of our local elected officials, including our first speaker. She is a native san franciscan, a former Redevelopment Agency and fire commissioner, former president of the board of supervisors, and a steadfast champion of affordable housing, community development, and a more equitable and just San Francisco for all. You know who i am talking about. It is my pleasure to bring up our very own, mayor london breed [cheers and applause] thank you, and i am just so excited to be here today. I just want to take us back because i want everyone to understand how significant this project is for the residents of this community. I grew up in Public Housing in the western edition. And when the Public Housing developments were torn down, about 300 units at plaza east, only 200 units were built, so it was clear that not every resident was going to return, and in fact, so many never did, and here, fast forward, i ended up on the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency commission, entering a time when we were dealing with the shipyards, and the revitalization of double rock, and one of the things that i had expressed along with so many others that was so important, when we were looking at changing the face of Public Housing, revitalizing Public Housing all over San Francisco, we had to make sure that we did not repeat repeat the mistakes of the past. So providing an opportunity to allow residents to not be displaced and move out of San Francisco and out of the communities that they spent their entire lives in was so critical to the success of moving these projects forward. Fastforward, when i became a member of the board of supervisors, mayor ed lee was the mayor and the first conversation we had was my priorities. He said, whats your priority, and i said, Public Housing, Public Housing, Public Housing. We are going to change the face of Public Housing San Francisco, and this project is a shining example of what we can do when we do it right, when we worked together. I lived in Public Housing for over 20 years of my life. Some very similar conditions that existed right here, and when you have had to endure the kinds of conditions that existed in hunters view like they did in the past, for over 20 years of your life, and you are put in a position where you can help change that, nothing would be more important than trying to make sure that we change the future of what it means to be not necessarily a resident of Public Housing, but a resident of San Francisco. So fulfilling, as mayor elite would said, old promises, it is important. Making sure that this is a conversation that started way back in 2004 when gavin newsom was mayor, trying to really make sure that we did this thing right, and that we protected the people who deserved an opportunity to live in better conditions. This is a shining example of public, private, Community Projects done right. And im so honored to be mayor at this time, celebrating the significant accomplishment of a place where anyone wouldan