Let us pray. Dear chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek, we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May they possess your power as they steady themselves amid the pressures of persistent problems. May their faith in you deliver from them wear them down. All this week and through the week may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please, hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rul
Courth an alameny sounds like . There are other supervisors, and other members of his body that also have Housing Authority developments in their districts. I know that all of us on this board are committed to making sure that the needs of these residents are addressed. It is in that spirit that i wanted to bring us item forward simply to provide the city and county of San Francisco that clear picture of how the needs of these residents are being met and we are mindful of the fact that we are talking about an agency subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government. We know that the department of housing and urban development, hud, is conducting a nodded to see if the Housing Authority is comply with housing standards among other things. We know that a city we invest resources in redevelopment for instance Housing Authority property. One of the objectives of this review is simply to ensure that our partner, the Housing Authority, is in a Strong Financial position. And that the inve
In san francisco, and a supervisor that represents four other cities largest Public Housing development i know well the challenges the Housing Authority and residents face. I left an hour and a half meeting with residents over at alice griffith; we deal with many of the challenges on a daily basis. Not a day goes by when my staff or i are contacted or personally affected when i consider that i have family members that stay in these developments, or when i received complaints about maintenance, and on a positive note, good news when we receive grants from the federal government to help with the sf rebuild. Two weeks ago i attended a ribboncutting ceremony when the mayor, i am whole community got the opportunity to tour a 4unit building. We are progressing and moving in the right direction, departing from the way we have been conducting business as it relates to our housing. It is no surprise that the Housing Authority has struggle with the more than 200 million unfunded maintenance liab
Concern. It is an exorbitant amount of cost. Getting units up and ready. It will be helpful for the budget analyst to look at other housing authorities in california. Supervisor campos mentioned this. Very fortuitous. Or other states. Urban properties, section 8 program. My understanding is that we could better administer our section 8 program. I would like to hear ideas that you come up with. I want to hear Creative Solutions and recommendations that are informed about the work that hud is doing so that we Board Members can provide policy direction to the authority and also support our Public Housing residents and begin to address our house and challenges which is no secret. We are facing serious challenges. I can provide you with documents that would be to everything for you. And i appreciate you, in the task that you are going to be undertaking. I do believe this is in the best interest of all of san francisco, not just our housing residents. Im glad that you researched, 1993 is a l
Got the opportunity to tour a take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the 4unit building. Grassland and keep your head out we are progressing and moving on the lookout for hawks and in the right direction, other bird life. Departing from the way we have be sure to take your camera and been conducting business as it be prepared to take a view of relates to our housing. The city will not forget. It is no surprise that the it has a beautiful red rock Housing Authority formations. Has struggle with the more than 200 million unfunded maintenance liability, and you could watch the sunrise over the bay. Decreasing resources from hud. I appreciate the budget analysts presentation and this is another one of our great willingness to work with the board on this particular issue. Lookouts. We are at mount davidson. However there are a number of realities that i want this audit to recognize and incorporate into its framework 928 feet. This is the place for you to and im going to go down qu