Of our philosophy of working together and working together. Whats the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for the free farm stand. Well, we could is a generalic satisfaction but something about giving food away its giving something i brought that in and sort it and gave it to you its primitive to be able to give something some basically to someone else. Now serving number to 49 come on down. We have the capability of producing this food and in San Francisco you can grow food all year round so the idea were capable of prougdz food in our own backyards were here to demonstrate an bans of food and i think that giving it away for free we show individuals it in have to be a comedy. We build time together and its the strength of any ideas of the connections well turn that connection and the more connections you make no mistake about it the more you can have a stronger power and not have to rely on money thats the people power. In this episode weve seen the urban farms and gardens provide more in fruits and vegetation people can have the special produce available it can be a place to give back by donating food to others and teach our children the connection to the earth and environment its truly the hon. London breed good morning, everyone. Im london breed, and im the mayor of San Francisco, and im so excited to be here with you today to talk about what we are doing to provide more Affordable Housing to the residents of San Francisco. [applause] the hon. London breed when i first became mayor last year, i noticed that in the capital plan for the city and county of San Francisco, there were no plans for Affordable Housing, and that was not okay. We made changes, we made adjustments, and we started off with a 300 million Affordable Housing bond, and that 300 million has turned into 600 million, the largest Affordable Housing bond in the history of this city. [applause] the hon. London breed without raising property taxes. We did this in a collaborative way. We did this with the leadership of the president of the board of supervisors, norman yee. We did this with our community partners, including four amazing people who led the Community Working group consisting of so many stakeholders. Folks from labor were at the table. People from the community were at the table. Folks from the housing community, from Public Housing, from all sectors of the community from this city because when we know we need to do something this big, we need to come together. And yes, it was not easy, but i want to thank everyone because the people at the table were openminded, provided feedback, fought for what they believe in, and now we are here united to make sure that the voters pat this bond in november november. [applause] the hon. London breed thank you so much to the folks who led this effort, including myrna melgar, tamika moss, malcolm young, and annie chung. Because we knew how much money we had, but we also had to make sure that we provided the resources for the things that we needed the most. And as someone who grew up in Public Housing in this city, there was no way that i was going to allow an Affordable Housing bond to happen without providing the kind of support that would help residents of Public Housing, and i want to thank all of you for being unwaivering in your public support for delivering Public Housing in San Francisco. [applause] the hon. London breed this Affordable Housing bond has something for everyone, including our seniors. And president yee was such a true advocate, not because hes a senior himself, but because [laughter]. The hon. London breed i thought you were proud of that, president yee . President yee i am. The hon. London breed but let me tell you, no one does salsa like president yee. But he knew it was important, that fact. You knee it was important that we do good investments, and thats what were doing with this bond. In addition to providing senior support, well be providing housing for our teachers, for down payment assistance, so theres something for everyone. It was a compromise. And again, i want to thank all those on the working group who came together to help make this possible. But you know what . Theres also a need to make sure that these Affordable Housing units that preservation and the rehabilitation of Affordable Housing are done with our brothers and sisters of labor. And so i want to thank the Labor Community, including the leadership of larry mazzola, jr. Who sat at the table to make sure that labor was an important part of this effort. [applause] the hon. London breed so many amazing people, so much incredible work and time went into this effort. Thank you to president yee again and all the members of the board of supervisors who are very supportive of this Affordable Housing bond. As i said, this is the largest Affordable Housing bond in the history of the city without raising property taxes, and so now, the real work begins. Once the board passes this bond and places it on the ballot for november, were going to be looking to all of you and the voters of San Francisco to make sure that we pass this ballot measure. We need at least two thirds of the votes of san franciscans, and so were going to be working out there and stomping and doing everything we can to get it done, and im going to be counting on each and every one of you. Thank you all so much for being here today, and now i want to turn the mic over to my partner in this amazing effort, president of the board of supervisors, norman yee. [applause] president yee thank you very much, mayor breed. This has truly been a partnership. Its almost like a model where we start with another end, and another end, we talked to everybody we could talk to, we figured it out. What is the collaboration that we need . What are the elements that we need . How do we serve all the people in San Francisco . Whether youre a teacher, whether youre a senior, whether youre someone who lives in Public Housing, whether you just simply cant make it because of the salary that youre living on, well, i think weve done it. Weve done it. Its a start. Is this going to answer every question . Probably not, but this is going to be a big, big achievement for San Francisco for us to put 600 million for Affordable Housing for our residents. [applause] president yee ill tell you this right now. I wont outline what mayor breed what she had already outlined. It was a battle. We had to fight, we had to claw, we had to prove our point. This came from labor, it came from everybody. Even the middleincome folks to came in and say we need help also, we hear you. We will put something in there for the middleincome, as well as lowincome. I am so proud of the process that we that we took to get to where we are today. Today is going to be a historical vote where the board of supervisors will vote on this bond measure, this measure for housing in San Francisco. And then, once we get it on the ballot, its going to be another historical moment in november, because all of us, all of you will fight for this and make sure that we get 17 , right . And i cant thank the staff and the supervisors enough for their part because the community weighed in early, and we needed to figure out what are the issues that we needed to address. All my supervisors weighed in on the whole process. I want to thank them personally. Almost every one of them. Thank you supervisors. Give them a hand. [applause] president yee and i really want to thank their staff who did a lot of work. Please join myself, mayor breed up here, labor, and just say to you just talk to 20 people, all your neighbors, and say this is the most important thing you can do to help our residents in San Francisco. We need Affordable Housing, yes we need Affordable Housing, right . Thank you very much. The hon. London breed thank you. Thank you, president yee. And as he said, this was a collaborative effort, and i just want to recognize, theres so many people here today. I cant start naming names because you guys will get mad at me if i forget somebody. But i do want to say to the nonprofit Housing Developers here that work in the community, whether its tndc, Mission Housing and others, who continue to provide this muchneeded Affordable Housing, ccdc and others, thank you so much for being here today for your advocacy and Affordable Housing in San Francisco. Thank you to the yimbys in San Francisco. It means a lot. Now i want to bring up one of the cochairs of the committee to help bring forth this amazing 600 million Affordable Housing bond. Tamika moss spear headed the effort. I remember a couple years back when we discovered we had empty Public Housing units. We worked with thenmayor ed lee to come up with 200 million to rehabilitate those units. And because of those services, we were able to place 179 formerly homeless families in Public Housing, and so tamika moss, come on up [applause] thank you so much, mayor breed. Good morning we are here on this momentous occasion to acknowledge the leadership of our mayor and our president of this board of supervisors, mayor breed and president yee. I have had the Incredible Opportunity of leading one of the working groups with my cochairs, malcolm young, annie chung, and myrna melgar to make sure how the community has a voice in this bond . How do we make sure that every single san franciscan has access to permanent, supportive, Affordable Housing in their communities . And we have been able to come together and bring folks together around this bond, and i am so honored to be a part of it. This bond, as the mayor said, as the president said, is something for everyone. We have to make sure that the residents of Public Housing are supported. We need to make sure that the seniors in our community have a place to age with respect. We have a responsibility to make sure that we take care of our First Responders and our teachers. The mayor and the board of supervisors didnt just talk about an Affordable Housing crisis, they did something about it, and i am so excited to stand with them and support this and get this over the finish line in november. Guess what, folks . We have a lot more work to do. This is our first attempt to making sure we have Affordable Housing in San Francisco. We have a lot of work to do. Lets get to work. Thank you so much. [applause] the hon. London breed thank you, tamika. Now many of you know this, when we talk about Affordable Housing, often times when we found in the past in San Francisco, you basically make too much for Affordable Housing but not enough for market rate in San Francisco. A couple years well, not even a couple years. Maybe two years, we worked with a number of folks to change the affordability rates to level the Playing Field because i wanted to make sure that teachers and people of our Labor Community were able to have access to the Affordable Housing that we build in san francis francisco, to the down payment assistance loans and other things, because thats what makes San Francisco a great place is when we have true diversity from various economic levels. So what im really excited about in this bond is the amount of support it will provide for Affordable Housing for middleincome residents. We have here someone who is a beneficiary of the Teacher Next Door Program who provides down payment assistance to teachers for the purpose of purchasing housing in San Francisco. With us is a sevenyear employee of the San Francisco unified school district, and she has been working as an educator in our schools with our kids. And now because of this program, shes going to be within a short walking distance of the school that she works at. And so ladies and gentlemen, please welcome cheryl lu. [applause] hello, everyone. Thank you for letting me share my story with you today . As mayor breed mentioned, i am an educator, i am a teacher, and i have actually been teaching for 13 years now. Eight years of it seven, eight years of it was in San Francisco, out at star king elementary school, which is out in potrero hill. Its always been my dream to live in the city that i serve and to eventually buy a home. And because of the down Payment Assistance Loan Program and the Mayors Office of housing and community and development, i am actually living the impossible San Francisco dream right now. As of last week, i closed on a property in San Francisco, yeah. [applause] pretty exciting, and it all worked out. And as with any buying process, you face a couple of challenges. Along the way, we made it happen, and there was low inventories when we were looking we were getting out bit. But thank you to the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development and assistance down Payment Assistance Loan Program, i was able to i was able to buy a place, and im a teacher, so its pretty amazing. So i really do thank the support for what the we can do on the lowincome, middleinco middleincome, teachers, First Responders, and the labor industry. If i can do it, and i can live the impossible San Francisco dream, many of you can, also. Thank you. [applaus [applause] the hon. London breed thank you, cheryl. And our final speaker is someone who grew up in the bayviewhunters point community. She started as a carpenter and is now working as a plumber. Shes in fact working at 1950 Mission Street on that project, and this is why this program was created to make sure that local residents of our city have access to the trades so they could provide the opportunity to help to build this city and also get good wages in the process. But more importantly, she has a daughter entering college this fall. We are so proud of the work that shes doing to help build the city. And so ladies and gentlemen, please welcome stacey provost. [applause] thank you, mayor london breed, for having me. I am a proud member of the pipe fitters and Plumbers Union local 38. [applause] i was born and raised in hunters point, and i began making my living as a cosmetologist. I owned my own business. I opened a hair salon, which i had to close due to rising rent. Being a single mother with a daughter going to college, i needed to find a more stable career. At that point, i had found the city build program. Throughout city build, i learned the skills required to be a to have a successful construction career. I have benefited from Affordable Housing which is how i was able to provide and support my daughter during the city build process. After i graduated, i became a carpenter, working for Carpenters Union local 22. Before having the opportunity and the blessing of joining local 38, which is the plumbers and Pipefitters Union of San Francisco. Living here in San Francisco in the 94124 has given me the benefit and a stable career to be in and pay rent in San Francisco. Thats why we need more Affordable Housing. We need more Affordable Housing for all of the reasons stated above. We also need this bond to create union jobs for all unions to build more Affordable Housing. Right now, im working for obrien mechanical in the Mission Street housing at 1950 mission where we are building 157 100 Affordable Housing units. [applause] so what im really trying to say is we need to build this housing so we can support more people like me, more stacey