as the mayor mentioned, she is a wonderful supporter of affordable housing. her lifelong career as been committed to economic justice and the creation of affordable housing. she is a personal friend and somebody in the right position at the right time. without further ado, assistant secretary marquez. [applause] it is my pleasure to be here. i do not get to come home very often. it is nice to be here. we have been friends a long time. we re both natives. we have watched the city changed over the years for the better. mayor, congratulations on your election. we re also proud. i want to thank you for helping us out and doing such a wonderful job in this area. at hud, we re focused on the issue of ending veteran homelessness. we have made a commitment to the president that we would end veteran homelessness in five years, along with the secretary of the va. we have worked hard to deliver on the promise. in the past year, we have brought it down by 12% in one year. that is diffi
this is a very special occasion. we get to welcome in our secretary of hud who has been a wonderful partner along with the local hud office. they have been great partners with the city of san francisco. decades. this is a very special project to us. it focuses on our veterans and what we re doing to help our veterans. that has been one of the most important goals and reflections of the values of the city. we want to emphasize every opportunity we can where we say that our veterans deserve all of the help when they come back and are adjusting in life. i know of no greater partnership and with our high offices down with our hud offices i know of no greater partnership them with our head of block hud offices. we had a chance to meet with president obama at the conference of mayors. he had our cabinet members meet with us. we let him know that mayors across the country are struggling with how we deliver services and deliver on the promises made by this country to take care
on our promises. this is why we get to announce that we re still the third lowest unemployment rate in the whole state of california. we are delivering on these promises. thank you for all coming today. [applause] at this time, i would like to ask the assistant secretary to come up and say a few remarks. as the mayor mentioned, she is a wonderful supporter of affordable housing. her lifelong career as been committed to economic justice and the creation of affordable housing. she is a personal friend and somebody in the right position at the right time. without further ado, assistant secretary marquez. [applause] it is my pleasure to be here. i do not get to come home very often. it is nice to be here. we have been friends a long time. we re both natives. we have watched the city changed over the years for the better. mayor, congratulations on your election. we re also proud. i want to thank you for helping us out and doing such a wonderful job in this area. at hud, we re
possibly have. i know the best talent is here working with cahill and our veterans and veterans offices to make sure that this housing opportunity comes in on time and does its best to reflect our values. i want to thank everyone for assembling together to make sure this promise is delivered. a special thank you to our hud national office, the secretary, donovan. we had a chance to talk about this system specific project. the deputy secretary came out to view the progress. it emanates from the national leadership by an increasing strongly that we are delivering on our promises. this is why we get to announce that we re still the third lowest unemployment rate in the whole state of california. we are delivering on these promises. thank you for all coming today. [applause] at this time, i would like to ask the assistant secretary to come up and say a few remarks. as the mayor mentioned, she is a wonderful supporter of affordable housing. her lifelong career as been committ
come up and say a few remarks. as the mayor mentioned, she is a wonderful supporter of affordable housing. her lifelong career as been committed to economic justice and the creation of affordable housing. she is a personal friend and somebody in the right position at the right time. without further ado, assistant secretary marquez. [applause] it is my pleasure to be here. i do not get to come home very often. it is nice to be here. we have been friends a long time. we re both natives. we have watched the city changed over the years for the better. mayor, congratulations on your election. we re also proud. i want to thank you for helping us out and doing such a wonderful job in this area. at hud, we re focused on the issue of ending veteran homelessness. we have made a commitment to the president that we would end veteran homelessness in five years, along with the secretary of the va. we have worked hard to deliver on the promise. in the past year, we have brought it down by