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Let me tell you, this centre is long overdue in the Omi Community. [cheers and applause] i want to start by thanking supervisor safaye, who is really, i think the best supervisor district 11 has ever had. Let me tell you, because of his work and advocacy, we are bringing more resources than ever to this community. We saved 21 units just on Mission Street where low income families were facing eviction. He took the leadership, we purchased that property and protected those units for generations to come. [cheers and applause] we know that you want your library and supervisor safaye and i are work...

Projects, negotiated the ability to go up to one for one parking. This is far less than one for one. We added about 30 plus i think it is 39 spaces for over 137 units. The idea is that some of these families will have cars, that is a reality, and rather than impact the immediate neighborhood, well have them have this option. So all of those things together added to the cost, the time, the construction cost, the construction type, the size of the project, so we so excited about this. Weve gotten a commitment from the nonprofit partner and the Mayors Office that we should be able to break ground...

Are trying to get people out of the hall of justice. Can you talk to that . I was just made aware of that fact myself very recently. We are in discussions with the Police Department to see if we can rectify the situation. It is not, unfortunately, uncommon for city departments to take over a vacated space. As soon as one unit moves out, before i can move another unit in, someone will take squat the space. I think this is a different situation. I think we are trying to get everyone out of the building. We see hundreds of millions of dollars and people trying to do that. When it moves in, it is ...

Today in the omi in district 7 [cheers and applause] they say it takes Broad Strokes to make something truly incredible, people to enjoy and thats the message we have here today. Theres no better person to articulate the vision for advancing Economic Opportunity and equity in our city than our next speaker that is joining all of us and leading these efforts with us today and that is our mayor, london reed. Hello, lakeview hello i am so excited to be here let me tell you, this centre is long overdue in the Omi Community. [cheers and applause] i want to start by thanking supervisor safaye, who i...

Kevin stall, and a rider of the bus line. And a major advocate for Pedestrian Safety and a lot of the changes here will help improve the corridor a lot. One of the major thoroughfares south of market with a lot of people walk, ride their bikes, drive, and take muni down this street. And with the number of people who are going to be moving into the neighborhood with the new projects, the potential of having a lot of families with children and possibly seniors and maybe people who are disabled who frequent this corridor a lot, the changes will most definitely help the people feel safe, and unfor...