units and after it was rebuilt through hope 6 which was a whole other program before hope s.f., there were only 200 units built. so clearly, everyone was not coming back. that s why when i first started as a commissioner on the san francisco redevelopment agency and we set out on our path to try and rebuild double rock and other places, it was important to me that we did it differently than we did in the past, so that residents played a critical role in not only deciding what fixtures and windows and how they wanted their community to be, but they remained a part of their communities. so that s exactly what we did. it did require a lot of patience and moving around and a number of things. yes, again, i know that people were a little uncertain as to whether or not we would get this project done because promises have been made over the years and promises not kept. but today a promise is kept. 439 units of affordable housing for people, for families, for this amazing community.
the corporation was exonerated in the late 7. 70s. we had subcommittees on each development that came in that we had one for childcare, one for parks and rec, development and everything. so the training programmes we had with the college and also with model cities, we trained people in our community for each phase of the projects that were coming into hunter s point. where there was business, we had a business programme to train people with businesses. it went through the hunter point college which was the first campus college. every college we started through model cities, we started a minister witmission with hiringl of the others. but for those familiar will the mission, talk with i forgot the director s name now don markham? no, he was the director of the model cities. they could link up with the colleges out there, training with childcare. we had over 40 people through the childcare programme and each were able to buy homes, so if we want people to stay in our
of affordable housing throughout san francisco required the collaboration of a host of public agencies, developers, consultants, contractors, funders, and, most importantly, the residents of hunters point east-west and westbrook themselves. the program demonstrates the city s commitment to leaving none of its residents behind and we are very proud to have been part of it. none of this would have been possible without the vision and leadership of our local elected and appointed officials, many of whom are here today and we ll do some shout-outs a little bit later. thank you for celebrating with us. let s get started. it gives me special pleasure to introduce our first speaker. i ll tease you a little bit here, see if you can think about who that would be. she s a native san franciscan. a former redevelopment agency and fire department commissioner. former executive director of the african-american art and culture complex in the western addition. president of the board of super
show up and vote, bill, because i think your call to me involved a very large check as well. donate as well. he left that part out, but feel free. bill, i hate to break it to you. when john arrived, you were not only the oldest guy, but not quite the funniest guy either. john, we re going to give credit where it s due. bill, thank you, very well said. next up is another of our co-developers and the lead provider of supportive services for our residents here at hunters point east-west in westbrook. david sobel is the c.e.o. of the housing development corporation. a 31-year-old community-based non-profit located here in bay view, hunters point. over the last six years david has assembled support and staff. under his leadership, the organization has grown from four people to a staff of 30, which provides housing development, preservation, financial empowerment, counselling, supportive services, economic development opportunities to over 5,000 low and moderate income residents
the process, which means that we need people who really meant what they want to do to be in that committee. the civil grand jury members are volunteering 500 hours per year. nonpaid. you, the board of supervisors in here are paid. please, take some time to read the recommendation, work with department heads to do the work. started from the effectiveness from the information, website, safety working with the police and the san francisco m.t.a. we talk about recommendation, and we also know that there is no accountability. whether people do it or not the civic grand jury members the former or current one will not be able to come in after you or the board of supervisors and department heads to implement what we recommend. so we are asking you since you are paid and elected and you wanted to do the best to prevent death and safety for people in san francisco, i urge you to follow the recommendation and findings. thank you. next speaker, please. hello. thank you very much for