Good morning, everybody. Thank you all for being here on this mournful day. As im sure you all know, our may mayor, mayor edwin m. Lee passed awau early this morning at Zuckerberg San Francisco general. He was 65 years old. I want to thank dr. Susan orlick who is here with us today and the dedicated professional who is cared for the mayor last night. Our thoughts and prayers are with mayor lees wife anita and his daughters tanya and brianna at this time. When he passed, mayor lee was surrounded by his family, by his friends, and the colleagues who loved him. Ed lee lived a life of service cut far too short, but short far too soon. Like me, ed grew up in Public Housing. The son of working class immigrant immigrants, he developed early on a profound sense of community. A commitment to helping others. His father was a veterans, and his mother a seamstress. They instilled in him a humility and selflest work ethic that he maintained throughout his entire life. The mayors father passed while
Resource determined on sub stfrjal evidence to be a resource the public review project began on december 6, 2017, and will continue until 5 00 p. M. , january 23, 2018. The Commission Members had electronic members of draft e. I. R. And background reports, including Historic Resource evaluation and response. The Commission Secretary has also distributed a handout, which i will refer you to later. Copies of this handout are available to members of the public on the table to my left. Today were here to provide the commission to provide public testimony, to discuss and formulate any comments that you wish to submit on the draft e. I. R. I would like to provide with you a brief summary of the draft e. I. R. With Historical Resources the project site is a 2story building that housed the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco and is now vacant. The proposed project would demolish the building, split the lot into two and construct two fourstory, 40foottall residential buildings. Each
Help move people off the streets into safe, stable situations. Where they could be on the right path to health and recovery. Mayor lee believed in the power of opportunity. A rebuilt home, a reborn community, could inspire individuals to reach for their dreams just like he had. He believed in the city where a poor kid from Public Housing could become mayor. Ed was not a politician. He did not always deliver the best sound bite or carry the room with unspoken charisma. Flash never mattered to him. Disagreements never deterred him. He was humble and determined no matter the job he held, he was fair and collaborative no matter the heat of the moment. What mattered most to him always was helping his fellow sanfranciscans and occasionally delivering the almost perfectly timed corny joke. Mayor lee endured many tough political battles, but they never they never dimmed his spirit. Opponents may have disagreed with him on policy, but everyone agrees that our mayor was a good man with a good he
Immigrant immigrants, he developed early on a profound sense of community. A commitment to helping others. His father was a veterans, and his mother a seamstress. They instilled in him a humility and selflest work ethic that he maintained throughout his entire life. The mayors father passed while he was just a teenager, but heart break could not derail him. Ed earned a scholarship from Boden College a prestigious liberal arts college in maine, and after graduating, he relocated to the bay area where, like so many of us, he fell in love with the city that he would call home for the rest of his life. He attended balt law school at the university of californiaberkley and joined the asian law caucus. Ed lee fought against discrimination, working on the front lines to keep tenants from being evicted. He was, from the dawn of his career, an advocate for the powerless and the voice for the overlooked. As a director of the Human Rights Commission and the director of the department of public wo
If you see something, say something. The cell phones that i just mentioned, be safe in doing so. But if you have a situation where you need to call 311 or 911, do that. 911 is an emergency situation. Somebody is getting a, thated f you see a crime in progress, thats a 911 call. If your car gets broken into and there is no danger, that is a 311 call. Well get there and take a report. Or you can do that report online. I want to end this on a positive note. I started this with this season is all about giving, sharing and taking care of each other. I think if we do that, that is a resilient San Francisco that we all know we can be. Lets take care of each other and be a community and enjoy your holiday season. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you, chief. As i mentioned earlier, the shop and dine the 49 campaign is a partnership with the Small Business community but also with other government leaders. It is my honor to introduce and recognize our s. B. A. District representive, fewly ap