Got elected was to focus our attention on rehabilitating Public Housing in this city. And weve set out on a journey and ive gotta tell you that it was not easy. Some of you know that i grew up across the street in plaza east before they were what they are now, when they were similar to the pink palace. Which is now called rosa park apartments. The conditions that existed there, we all remember, we never had showers. We had problems with roaches and rodents. We had mold. We had just the kinds of conditions that no one should ever have to live in. And, sadly, you know, i mean, it was a community and i loved my community and i appreciated what my grandmother tried to do and so many of the other people who disciplined me and raised me and helped me through, yes, i love you too, randall. And the fact is the fact is that because this community took care of me and took care of my family, and i knew as supervisor that these conditions still existed in so many of our Public Housing developments
All all the way down to aquatic park, and wed walk down to the library, to the kids center. In those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. I went to high school in spring valley. It was over the hill from chinatown. It was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people dont get to experience that often. Everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. When i was a teenager, we didnt have a lot of money. We could go to sam wongs and get super soup for 1. My parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. They wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious Mental Illness issues, and i dont think my father were really aware of that, and those didnt really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. Most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. Whe
Executive director. We will be joined by the representatives from the City Department with cases before the board. In front is Scott Sanchez representing the Planning Commission. We have joseph duffy, representing the department of building inspection. And we expect nicholas with the Public Works Bureau of street use and mapping and chris, urban forester with the bureau of urban forestry. The board requests that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices. Please carry on conversations in the hallway. The rules of presentation, appellants are given 7 minutes to present the case. People affiliated with the parties must give their comments within the 3 and 7minute period. Members not affiliated have up to three minutes to address the board. For rehearing request, the parties get three minutes each with no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, youre asked to submit a speaker card. Speaker cards are available on the left side of the podiu
Chair fewer good morning, ur everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the february 26 meeting of the budget and finance committee. I would like to thank corwin and colina. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you please call item 5. Clerk yes. Item 5 is a resolution authorizing the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development to accept and expend a gift of 100,000 from San Francisco 722 montgomery. Chair fewer supervisor peskin, do you have anything you would like to add . Supervisor peskin i would like to thank steven sang for accommodating my request for this additional 100,000 on top of the inclusionary fees and interest and the Mayors Office of housing for preparing for the accept and expend and recommend it to you for full recommendation to the board of supervisors. Chair fewer thank you. Is amy chan here from mohcd . Okay. Supervisor peskin, is this something that you want to pr
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