please visit the union square comment patronize patisserie, come and have pastry and come to our events making day you know government yeah. >> yeah. great. all right. thank you all so much for joining us today on thursday, may 29th, 2025 for our san

francisco housing authority commission meeting here in city hall bed and if we could go ahead and call the meeting to order and call roll please. >> president joaquin torres, president of the rolando president commission. we want to present commissioner marianne pike's item three acknowledgment of the raw material owning community the housing authority of the city and county of san francisco acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions the rama to colony have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as a caretakers of this place as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. >> as guests we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. >> we wish to pay our respects

by acknowledging the ancestors the elders and the relatives of the raw material owning community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> if i may, bennett i'd like to just kind of hold the president's report until later on in the meeting and just hear from general comment right now. but just as a quick note, this is my last commission meeting here at the san francisco housing authority commission and i'll just reserve some fuller comments for a little bit later in the meeting. >> so if we could go ahead and move to general public comments at this time and then we will move to the chief executive officer report and then take care of some quick consent agenda items and then go ahead and move to the tenant representative report and then i'll close with the president report if we could. >> so there will move to item

number five for general public comments and yes please open up noting this portion of the agenda is not intended for debate or discussion with the commissioners staff. we simply state your business or the matter you wish the commission or staff to be aware of is inappropriate for commissioners to engage in a date and a debate or respondent issue is not properly said in a public notice meeting agenda. if you have questions or like to bring a matter to the commission's attention please send your communication via email to us for public comment at s.f. 8.org. >> that being said i can start with the speaker cards here we have margaret mcnulty for our first general public comment and you'll have two minutes. >> hi, good afternoon. congratulations and it's so bittersweet that you're leaving but so you'll be missed. you've done some great work here. i just want to tell you that. okay. resident councils advisors has moved now to helping some area sorrows get subsidized so that they can house the homeless.

so i'm helping the owner with that so we're thriving even though as a matter of fact i'm sorry we have a video that's been sent to your emails about resident council advisors. so i'd like you to check it out and i just want to let you know thank you for all your support for the work that i've done for this long. thank you so much. any additional general public comment in the room i wanted to say to president taurus thank you so much for your service. thank you for all you've done and will continue to do just that in that role you will be truly missed but i know i'll be chasing you down in the streets like normal and thank you so much for acknowledging the different communities, the different cultural groups that

participate and are served by this commission and the housing authority. we welcome the new person coming on but again you will be truly missed and i from the bottom of my heart i appreciate your work. >> keep it up. thank you gregory richardson for the record through the chair commission i would like to thank god for mr. torres like a little ufo dropped you off and you just are here. >> this is one of the most powerful positions in the united states to me the public housing authority president i need not remind george mosconi appointed jim jones as the

president of the san francisco housing authority. under your leadership of san francisco and the nation has fared well. it starts at the top. united way has a way of saying i don't know you but i love you . you have shown your love first of all for san francisco and for the low moderate income middle class citizens here in the city and county of san francisco, there are not enough words to say but i love you as well wherever you go they have a jewel at their hands and i

wish you all the best. hopefully we don't lose you forever that you will come back and assist us. i'm pretty sure you'll be around somewhere but for you and your family i used to remember your dad a lot. he was something else just like you. and i want to thank you so much for following his footsteps and look forward to working with you in any future endeavors. >> god bless you. thank you for. we're so open for any general public comment in the room or online. >> hello commissioners. president torres i just wanted to see a by you wanted to

express gratitude and i have an hour and a half remarks that can be issued for anybody. i could speak for that long but i want to express gratitude from both as a person who has worked closely with you, president torres for over 12 years and as a as a friend for everything that you have brought to the housing authority over the years and from day one when you stepped in to really almost a house on fire, you did it with calm poise in a relaxed manner that instilled confidence and has continued to do so to this day it's rare to meet somebody who is dedicated public servant as well as someone who is compassionate, serves with purpose and does so in an inspiring way.

and i know from everyone here and all other lawyers you've worked with i represent them all that you've been a just a pleasure a pleasure to work with and again thank you so much for everything you've given not just to us but to the residents, the mayors you've served, the other commissioners you've served with and the staff, the executive director and ceo you've served with all the way down to every san francisco san franciscan who should be appreciative of the efforts that you've given the city for past over 12 years. >> so thank you very, very much. much appreciated. you will be missed. thank you very much. and i'm going to cry oh, mr.

torres, i just want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for your service to the san francisco housing authority and that service in my eyes has been dynamic across the board and especially when i call on you for it's like a jet so i just want to say your leadership and your presence will be greatly missed and i wish you well in and

in your future endeavors. we're going to miss you. thank you. >> >> my name is sala howe channeler abolitionist social justice fighter for my people for my nation to make a better humanity and now have just been the privilege of representing the latin carnival parade and they have me all on the news is representing the first time that they have ever acknowledged the african dysphoria and it was a blessing to represent my people, my nation for that carnival 500,000. but what i wanted to do is i never saw you in action. all of my attendance have been the san francisco board of supervisors for almost 38 years. but i was told to come to

acknowledge yourself from the black media. greg richardson because i am the black media just as well and to hear others speak so highly of you i'm now passing on the torch. i brought my granddaughter here to start now teaching them city government but i feel your spirit even though i didn't get to know i feel something special about you so i came to acknowledge yourself in whatever your journey is and so i will be continuing on from where you are now to becoming here to have a better understanding of fighting for the housing authority because is that a lot of issues and i think is section eight etc. many of the subsidize i think that we really need to look into how we can transfer the disenfranchized into home ownership all the monies that you pay 3000 4000 for renting it's now time for us to look how we can transfer that money on to home ownership and i'm

going to be speaking concerning that once again enjoy your life, whatever it is. >> thank you so much. i said i wasn't going to say anything but i just want to say to you that hacking that you are one of the sharpest men that walks this building that sits in that chair i mean it's like when i see you walk you walk with so much grace, you walk with leadership. i wish you the best. belinda and i, we wanted to get you a gift. we went and try to find out what was the protocol for that and we didn't get anything for that. but i said what could we get him because he is so well put together nothing could take your place seeing that seat from here on out after you leave that seat it will never look the same. never. good luck.

>> god bless you. thank you. i made it on time. yeah, i wish i ever got here but i'm honored and blessed and pleased to say something for torres and he knows what i'm going to say before i give him his card deletions from here on. i've always known from many of years since he started to write here when you did oe w d and before that c he clan the rings like it lee would aly become the mayor first asian beer well i think torres is going to be the first latino mayor chaz yeah he will be the first latino mayor. and he go get my vote and i'm working on his campaign. >> yeah, we got put in bid office it so but i just want to say man you did a wonderful job of what oh but how does that even how how many years you've

been here over 12 years and 12 years. my god did a wonderful job although i came up here criticize it but i wasn't criticizing him personally. >> he knows that because he's a good friend of mine. i even got his private number so i can call any time i want to but i'm tickled not tickled pink but tickled black that you're doing this right now and i know and the people knew they would be here but i'm so glad to be honored to stand before these commissioners and the public and everybody facebook to say torres, you have done a wonderful job. i'm going to miss you. >> well, we got to go downstairs to the assessor's office. >> that's where you add and that tells you i'm just so happy and honored and i wish i could say more but i think the words that i'm saying would be read perfectly. congratulations. good luck to you.

anything i could do just call on ace to feel more or and that's all right. >> thank you. >> yeah. for good evening everyone. >> my name is kimberly hill brown. excuse me. >> i'm on duty and leadership duty never stopped. >> we are just honored to have had your service here at the san francisco housing authority as president of the san francisco housing authority commission is honored that you have always been a good partner to us and the residents advice and wisdom and counsel has been greatly appreciated and we just want to say thank you. we are so grateful to have had you and we wish you the best in your future endeavors. >> thank you. thank you.

any additional general public comment in the room or on line ? all right, great. if we could just go ahead and take care of these action items that we have in terms of the consent agenda. >> yes. >> that you didn't get me. oh, i'll come to a tenant representative report right after this. >> madam president, hurry up this we got to go through this. we're don't we're going to do it. >> yeah, okay, so that is item eight for the regular this is consent item for item eight a the commission regular meeting minutes of april 24th and item eight be the commission's special meeting minutes of april 30th 2025. but either one of these items did before for further discussion from commissioners okay we can open for public comment on item eight is there any public comments? i'm not seeing any. we can close up a comment, ask for a motion of approval for

the consent agenda motion to approve and a second i second vote commissioner parks commissioner kim commissioner lindo hi and president torres i'm so moved so that would be item six the tenant representative report would be next on the agenda. >> yes please. thank you bruce. >> mr. president, you know we're going to have this you know we are going to really miss you not wish to we have like i said, we have a meeting. that's why we've been at the shipyard trying to get things straight out there. so we've missed some meetings but we would not miss today for anything. we had to come and let you and the public know how much we appreciate you and the work

that you've done with us which has been very important for over a decade whether it was the big issues like re restructuring the housing authority, how it functions, where its money comes from so residents get this stability in service we've been promised we've done that so i say ditto to everything everybody else has said and you know that if you need us all you have to do is call and i'm new aren't you're there too. that's i met him when i began my political life here working at the neighborhood house with, you know, la well so we go way back and i've always had a certain thing for you in my heart because he was such a wonderful man and you're such a wonderful man. so thank you again and thank you here.

thank you. >> anyone else from six to elect a reporter? all right. there is just a public comment for item six for the senate representative report. is there any public comment? no public comment. item seven for the ceo reports yes, please. >> that would be the chief executive officer general communications item seven a by ceo tony value good afternoon commissioners for my general community communications i'd like to inform the board of commissioners of recent actions and events at the housing authority waitlist opening from may 7th through may 21st has concluded register over 71,000 applications for the rad pbb and public housing waitlist.

there are not unique applications these are not unique applications. this is the total applications within 30 days of the waitlist application closing the authority will use a lottery to randomly draw 24,000 names from the list of applications submitted. >> the names drawn will be placed on our ppv and our public housing waitlist while there was and expectation of a high number of applicants provided over the two week opening, the vast number of applications reflects the continued need for housing and we are committed to assessing any funds and programing available to us that will provide additional housing options. this happens to be the highest wait list number of applications that we have received in the history of the housing authority and i want to thank our contractor cbr for all the hard work that was done within this two week period. it is no small feat to open a

wait list and to receive this many unique applications as it relates to the sunnydale portrayal transition. as this commission is aware, bell properties has assumed management responsibilities for the sunnydale and potrero legacy units thus far early report outs have been positive with management meetings with residents individually to discuss ledger balances. as we transferred from ibm's key management being included in weekly meetings with services to collaborate around resident needs and service delivery delivery topic by topic and active conversations with the authority are occurring regarding relocation efforts, walkthroughs continue on the property daily with anticipated demolition of potrero annex scheduled for this july, having the demolition of potrero will be

really a great accomplishment as we know we've had just a lot of challenges keeping that area secured and it really is important that we're able to do the demolition of these buildings so that it will increase the safety on the potrero site. so we're really grateful to the mayor's office of housing and community development in this partnership and ensuring that we're able to move forward diligently with this work as well as with our legal partners in this work as it relates to plaza east development, i'm really happy to say that work has begun on vacant units at plaza east development and staff met with resident leaders this past tuesday, may 27th to check in on the progress as residents ask for clarification on who would be moving into vacant units to which the authority answered that individuals off

the wait list along with those whose units were being rehabbed. >> resident advocates expressed receiving calls about site visits to the units without asking for approval but could not provide unit numbers or names due to confidentiality. >> so we continue to work with property management as well as our contractors to make sure that we have a seamless have seamless workarounds for entries into units so that we can continue to maintain the respect and privacy of each and every member on our site. while the authority team is discussing internally and with vendors, it is worth noting that a resident leader countered the concerns raised by stating that those who came in her unit asked and recorded only what needed fixing and the reasons why we have been using the cameras.

so it's another very efficient mode of evidence seeing to contractors as they are bidding on work what needs to be done and also having a record once that work is completed to be able to show what was needed and then what has occurred after after the work has been done. but again we recognize that some of our residents aren't comfortable with that mode of application and we are we do have a workaround for that when an individual or an individual family member would like us to do something from a manual perspective as well. >> staff will continue looking into this and otherwise work continues and we continue in our commitment to the residents at plaza east on yesterday i spent about two hours on the development at plaza east going through several units talking to our contractors and designers around the work that will

continue to be done talking about the different types of products that i expect to be in the units as well as everything from paint to flooring to appliances. so again the housing authority is carefully working with our contractors to ensure that we have quality product as well as quality work when all of this work is completed. and i want to thank my staff who've diligently been working with our contractors and as well as residents services and with the residents at plaza east i'm really excited because i can envision all the new paint that will be going up on the building over the summer months, all the new doors and the paint paint on the doors and just really ensuring that the community externally looks vibrant as we continue to do the work internally. so thank you for that to my team and the contractors and i

just want to have permission i want to go stand at the podium for the remainder of my comments if you don't mind. thank you. >> you know to everything there's this season there's a time and there is an hour and there is a place for change for things to remain the same and things to change and change is always important and change is necessary at different points and times in our lives and so we are at a very pivotal change in our organization by

having our president long standing president stepped down and we honor that. it's time that you have demarte that time and we honor you for making that decision as you continue your journey in public service. and i want to add i have lots of notes here and i'm going to read them but i just want to honor you today and i want to personally thank you for the work that you have done in this community and there have been quality remarks made about you and to you. and so that means that people have experienced you, they've experienced all of you. they've experience it's your transparency. they've experienced your authenticity. they have experienced you being vulnerable.

>> and i want to thank you for that because when you are able to do that as a leader it does create not change but it creates transformation and transformation occurs over small amounts of changes that become lasting and that become etched in individuals minds and in this case have become etched in the minds of a community. and i want to thank you for that because the importance of that transformation that you have made is really pivotal in the lives of individuals within this community making them understand and feel that they are heard, that they are valued, that they are respected and that they are worth charging forward to ensure that dignity occurs within their community. and i want to thank you for that. it is very important thank you for doing that because it takes

courage to stand against what's in place, what's meant to be in place and be able to say this is not working and we need to do more. >> so i want to thank you for having courage to move outside of the framework for moving outside of the boxes. thank you for doing that because that's what dynamic leadership someone said you are a dynamic leader. that's what dynamic leadership does and they do it poised and sometimes poise doesn't mean being all put together doing it quietly but sometimes poise means standing in the gap and saying no and being firm and weathering the storm behind it. and you have done that and i want to thank you for doing that. so i'm going to read also what has been written and my team

has helped me to write this and i want to honor it because they have helped do this work. >> president taurus today marks the end of a decade long unexpected career and public housing agency. >> i want to take a moment on behalf of our housing authority team and community to thank president taurus to thank you for the work you have done as the lead of this authority. this work is not easy. it's not for the faint of heart. and it's oftentimes not desirable because so much of the need is based on funds and there are never an adequate amount of funds available to address this so many needs that are in our community. president taurus you have remained steadfast in the goal of transforming an agency that is responsible for the lively

good of over 16,000 individual units that housed at least anywhere from 2 to 3 family members. you've served as president throughout the rental assistant demonstration transition wherein we transform efficient at all public housing units to private management as part of a larger goal of receiving over $1 billion in federal funds to be invested directly into buildings that were not old enough to be redevelop yet desperate for capital investment. thank you for that. it wasn't enough to make the decision to convert to rad. >> joaquin required that our commission our committee meetings for approximately two years occur throughout san francisco in person at the rad site. you wanted to ensure that residents had the opportunity

to be heard and their concerns addressed in the midst of the rehabilitations. it's hard when you're going through and there's change and oftentimes as you learned and as you knew it was easy to say we're moving along. but we had to remember that at the heart of this work which you did was people were at stake and they needed to understand what was happening to their lives. thank you for that. thank you for being compassionate in it. someone said today that you are compassionate. this is an example of your compassion. >> you wanted to make sure that residents had the opportunity to be heard and their concerns addressed in the midst of the rehabilitations. you led the charge to move all meetings from 440 church street to san francisco city hall stating that all residents deserve the right to be heard

not just heard anywhere but heard in the chambers heard in the chambers and also seen on s.f. gov. like all other city council meetings and other board meetings and other commission meetings, these efforts of engaging through beyond the requirements of the law were essential at the time and continue to show the authority's commitment to our families. through this team you have led in supporting the community and staff with policy initiatives that include assisting homeless families out of our sorrows and into apartments. our homes where they have been have dignity of their own bathroom and spaces. supporting the streamlining of our waitlist to ensure consistent referrals already available.

continuing to lead in the housing authority and the city's efforts. and that work entailed moving over 300 families or more at a ezra's. >> i can you imagine living in 300ft2 with four people and now those families these have more than 1 or 2 bedrooms and private baths. that's important. that's dignity. that's love. >> that's care. and when we could have said no, you said yes. >> you demanded it. >> thank you for that. when we talk about waitlist, this agency had over 80 distinct waitlist. and today we have 16 waitlist which will help fund them mentally to move quickly. housing other individuals. thank you for supporting i'm sorry. well thank you for supporting us in that effort.

>> as the housing authority slowly contracted out its workforce waking unsure staff had con taxed at the city to identify available jobs and try to match skill sets with job available availability. you attended countless negotiating negotiation meetings with our 11 bargaining units to ensure the impact bargaining was fair. >> we concluded with signed agreements from every union as a result. >> thank you for that work. because that was tough work. thank you. it was important work for the men and women who served for many years. >> this community when it comes to residents you have never forgot about a single one that reached out to you.

you've always responded to residents needs. you've always met with residents individually and collectively. >> mr. the same yep i have to put that on camera and put it on record. >> if he was contacted by a resident he personally would follow up with staff and ask for updates until a concern was fully addressed as much as it could by staff. >> we know that you have a deep love for new york so we take from the quote on the statue of liberty give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free and we thank you. >> we are keen for your tireless efforts to improve the lives of our tired of our poor and our masses trying to

breathe free trying to thrive, trying to do more than just survive, trying to be self sufficient. thank you for standing in the gap tirelessly and fiercely and the most expensive city in the world. we believe that while new york is beautiful your heart is now in san francisco and your work here with us for no pay over a decade has proven that. >> thank you president torres. >> thank you. walking torres titles are wonderful but i want to thank you. >> not the title. thank you. so if i may if you could come a little close, dear and so

linda, so beautifully wrap this and so since you wrapped it, i'm going to give it to you wrap but i'm going to read it's a really, really beautiful plaque. it's a glass plaque and we hand it over to you with much love with much care and we thank you. i thank you personally for loving our staff, loving our community and working tirelessly. most board presidents get paid but in public service the only pay we get is the results that we see in the work and we've heard the results today. >> and so the plaque says with

gratitude and appreciation and to president joaquin torres for your unwavering dedication ,your steady hand and compassionate guidance in uplifting our community. your time and commitment here have made a lasting difference in the lives of those who need it most here in the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you for not forgetting the most marginalized communities in this city. >> thank you for your work and okay, now open. it's teamwork. my team in gotham get some take

on this secure little lab for new offices. >> oh yeah, yeah. but my experience today was.

>> i think i think i need to say some things now, but i honestly don't even know where to begin. >> i come from a family of public servants. >> my father began his political career working for cesar chavez. >> standing up for some of the most marginalized people unseen people in our society. >> and my my mother was a trailblazing journalist in both sacramento and los angeles. and to be able to thank you to be able to be recognized in a

manner such as this when really all i do is show up as well as honestly as i can in the most committed manner that i can. >> it really does humble me to be able to work with so many incredible people to help protect what we care about. and that's people first and foremost. >> you know, there really is no glory beyond the social justice that we get to advance in this work. >> for fellow commissioners leroy lindo and kim miriam pikes our ceo tanya letters you or council diane. thank you linda. thank you, mamadou thank you, bennett. thank you for kendra who's not

here. thank you for so many others who have passed who have sat here. they've made the work possible through their spirit that has been phil arnold, lonnie titus, patricia thomas who made sure that resident voices were heard and finances were in place so we could do this work and achieve one of the most extraordinary eerily historically significant investments in public housing in the country. >> i was because who was a late mayor who believed in me and wanted to give me an opportunity to serve the late mayor ed lee and his chief of staff called me up and said okay, we want you to be in a commission. >> i said yeah, absolutely. i would love to i would love to

serve, sir. he goes, it's not the film commission joaquin. it's public housing. it's a little bit different. and i was like, you know, i've read the papers. i know what's going on here. i would love the opportunity to dive in. little did i know where that experience would lead. >> little did i know that i would be here for over 12 years with a first meeting beginning on valentine's day over at 440 church in the tenderloin. >> but as staff members know who are who are here right now dillon, dillon smith, abbie fay, juan carlos cansino who have stood by me in all of these roles and have known me throughout so much of this time. i've given my all here, i've given my all because i've had the honor of being lectured and tutored by some of the most fierce present resident leaders that i've ever had the honor of meeting and spending time with and working with. i just want to thank you,

madame president joyce armstrong, you know gaines kimberly, thank you so, so much and all the work that we've been able to do together both through this transformative process and also past it not just about public housing but about our communities to the workers. i want to thank them who sat at those tables with me and of course with our previous executive director barbara smith where we spent countless hours making sure that the transformation we wanted to seek was not because of their failures but because of ours. >> ours is a government ours as elected officials, ours as appointed officials ours is department heads and the responsibility we had not only to tell the truth about that at that table but to accept

responsibility for what needed to come next and following through on all of those commitments making sure people could find jobs, making sure their benefits would be approved by the voters at the ballot so that that promise could be fulfilled not only for them but for the residents that we centered in all of this work . >> i remember we had to make some strong choices in the beginning of this time diane and i don't know if you and paul byrne remember but they're fierce urgency of now or i was a shakespeare quote or about you know the here and now upon this bank in shoal of time we still have consequences here for all of our actions and yet we knew what must be done. >> i'm i am so grateful that we've been able to make those choices and even though the work continues on a day to day basis as ceo letters you said as tanya letters you said i

these accomplishments these milestones are but a moment in time and if you'll indulge me i just want to read you a couple of things if i may that have guided my guided my work. this is a piece from shakespeare dylan and it has something a little bit of something to do with with time time my lord a wallet at his back where he puts arms for oblivion. >> a great sized monster of ingratitude. those scraps, those things that we do those are good deeds past which are devoured as fast as they are made forgot as soon as done perseverance keeps on our bright and a little something

about responsibility. there is a story that toni morrison told when she was receiving the nobel prize in literature and it was a story about a blind woman, a wise woman who was one day visited by some young people who had seemed bent on disapproving her clairvoyance and showing her up for the fraud. >> they believe that she was their plan was simple to enter her house and ask the one question the answer to which ride solo solely on her difference from them a difference they regarded it as a profound disability by her blindness they stand before her and one of them says old woman i hold in my hand a bird. can you tell me whether it is living or dead?

she doesn't answer and the question is repeated is the bird i am holding living or dead still she doesn't answer. >> she is blind and can't see her visitors let alone what's in their hands. she doesn't know their color. she doesn't know their gender or where they're from. she only knows their motive. >> the old woman's silence is so long the young people have trouble holding back their laughter. >> finally she speaks and her voice is soft but stern. i don't know, she says. i don't know where the bird you're holding is alive or dead but i do know that is in your hands. it is in your hands.

>> her answer can be taken to mean if it is dead you've either found it that way or you've killed it. if it is alive you can still kill it whether it is to stay alive it's your decision. >> whatever the case it's your responsibility for the leadership that comes. >> and i wish doug shoemaker an extraordinary tenure on this body and his work is leadership in leadership at mercy housing ,the mayor's office of housing and community development proves that he can be and i know that for my fellow commissioners you should feel very happy about the responsibility that both he and tanya will be taking on as we continue doing this work on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. >> but i think this story is important because reminds us that those children those kids

that came to visit that woman is a cynicism that lives inside us. it is a propensity to believe that nothing good or just can exist in this world and yet we hold the decision of whether that's true or not in our hands as leaders, as residents, as citizens, as workers, people with titles people without with moral authority or with formal authority. >> the power to make the change we seek to see in this world i believe is in our hands. >> and i know that all of you who continue to show up every single day who wake up in the middle of the night to take those phone calls to advocate for your fellow neighbors all make those decisions because you know the responsibility is in our hands. >> so i am so grateful for the

opportunity you all have given me. i'm grateful for the trust that you've given me that we so deeply need to continue to build so people in this country can believe and understand what government can do for those most vulnerable among us and all of us especially in the times that we're living in today. as a woman who i talked with at alice griffith when i visited last week who had just begun in january, she said something that maybe when i first began i would have just dismissed because there were so much work to do. but she said the only way we can do this work the only way i can show up to continue doing this work is by and through the extension of love and all of you in this beloved community

that we seek to build support and strengthen have really shown me what love really is for a city, for a community and for each other. and so to all of you i just say thank you so, so much. i am honored that i have had the chance to stand in this in these shoes in this role and that while i'm stepping away from this position i still in your elected city leader who happens to have the title of assessor recorder and i will always be here for you and for this city because it is true my heart is here in san francisco and the housing authority and the people we serve through it have made sure that it is so thank you for making me the leader that i am. thank you for your time and just thank you thank you. >> thank you. >> oh thank you.

i know we have commissioner comments and reports before before we move but i just want to open up the floor to my fellow commissioners. thank you. thank you so very much. if i might just say a few few words and thank you all for for being here. >> i just want to speak to to someone who has had who has led the commission with vision and purpose but who has fundamentally shaped what san francisco housing authority represents today. president white quinn torres your concluding a decade of service on this commission 12 years of steady, thoughtful leadership including the one of the most consequential transitions in the agency's history. you stepped into leadership at a time when the agency was struggling under deep systemic challenges. the finances were fragile, properties were aging. public trust was quite frankly

frayed. but instead of retreating from those realities you met them head on with purpose, transparency and above all integrity. and i know there was some conversation about outcomes but i think it's important as you reflect back on your 12 years and you think what have i done? i'd like to share a little bit about what you've done under your leadership. the housing authority completed the largest rad conversion in this nation with more than 3400 public housing units transition to nonprofit management and i know ceo led as you talked about a billion in capital improvements investments that residents now feel in the form of working plumbing roofs, efficiency upgrades and maintenance through your partnership with city agencies, our housing choice voucher program grew from approximately 8000 vouchers to more than 15,000 now supporting over 1600 households which is a 90% increase over the past decade. and that's not an abstract that's thousands of seniors and families and peoples with with disabilities who now have stability because of your efforts and you've helped hope

sf vision forward not in rhetoric but in real construction community engagement and resident protections at hunters view we've watched 267 outdated units evolve into a community of over 800 new homes at sunnydale. you've helped advance a project that will ultimately replace 775 units into more than 1700 mixed income homes. a petro hill we're on our way to more than 600 new homes. and through it all you have never made it about yourself. you've always made it about the residents you want said it's been my honor to serve and be held accountable to our residents and the promise with the promise that their dignity, resilience and respect deserve our fullest attention. and that quote defines your presidency that focus on accountability and dignity has been your compass and ours. when asked to reflect on your leading and your time leading this body, you said leading the commission during a time of transformation and restructuring has been both humbling and urgent work.

i'm proud of how far we've come and i'm hopeful that the authority will continue pushing forward, delivering for residents and building a future where public housing is treated not as a last resort but as a launch pad for equity and success. that's a standard you set not just holding the line but moving it forward. and community leaders saw it too. i don't know if president armstrong is still here but she once said whether it's the big issues like restructuring the authority, how it functions and where its money comes from or simply being there for residents and listening to our everyday needs. president torres has always been there building trust and working with us to create a better living conditions and prevent displacement. and malcolm young of chinatown cdc said his leadership during the rad conversion and improvement of nearly half of the public housing portfolio has changed the lives of tens of thousands of san francisco's most vulnerable. supervisor sherman walton summed it up perfectly. his deep love for san francisco and its residents has touched countless lives and inspired us all. >> and yet i'm almost done.

and yet even with all this impact you reminded us that this work is never truly done and you said we have not found a perfect solution. you can't consider the mission ever accomplished when it comes to public housing. and president torres, i couldn't we couldn't we couldn't agree more. but i say this to you your leadership has brought us closer closer to equity, closer to stability, closer to delivering on the promise that housing is a human right, not a privilege. you've changed the trajectory of this agency and the lives of thousands of san franciscans and for those of us of us who have had the honor of serving alongside you, you've raised the bar on behalf of myself and my fellow commissioners. thank you. thank you for your service. thank you for your vision. and thank you for reminding us every day who this work is for . and i know that commissioner titus and arnold are looking down and are very proud of the work that you've done for them and on their behalf. we will be deep you will be deeply missed at this table but

your legacy will continue in every unit preserved every family that's housed in every decision that is made with justice in mind. we are so grateful and honored . >> i didn't find out till today so i was shocked when bennett told me this was your last day . >> you are the most humble person i've ever seen. you are so humble, so approachable unlike some people that i know or who were in high positions. they walk around, they may greet you but you can tell. move on. move. you could tell by body length. let me shift you to this one. but you always if i had a

question or something or i remember once telling you can you get a message to the mayor for me when london bridge was there you said sure. and then i asked who the next commissioner meeting did you tell mayor? >> yes. i told him what you said. >> that really touched my heart that you took the time to listen to me and actually go to the mayor and give her my little message. >> you are such a wonderful person. you were so humble day when i left the commissioner meeting and saw you get on our bikes and take off. i said is that a cop? the president of the oh no. oh. where where's the uber? i mean he just you're so down to earth. i'm going to miss you so much. i really am. >> i'm sorry if i'm getting teared because i'm very sentimental even when people talk about their problems. i'll be up here trying to be composed. whatever. but i'm gonna miss you so much.

>> and no matter who takes your place, i mean it from my heart i don't care who take your place. no one will ever be able to replace you. there may be a new body sitting in that seat but no one will ever replace what you. thank you for your service and i truly love you. >> i'm a real person. i truly love you and i miss you. >> but you say you still going to be here right in the way we one day at least i would have brought you some flowers. >> but like i said, i didn't find out. but i wonder how is the ambassador's office? >> is that what they call it? always says see first floor. >> one day i'm going to come by and i'm going to just say hi or whatever. >> just to see your face. thank you for your service. your marianne president towards

. >> i just want to thank you for being the person that you are. >> i sit here in this chair and i watch you and i see that you're very compassionate person. you're very understanding person and you care about the tenant in public housing. you truly care. you and i just come in here and going through the motions. you are a person who really dedicated themselves to making life better for those disenfranchized those don't don't have very much and those that are just trying to stay on an even keel. i admire your passion.

i admire your understanding and i truly admire you putting up with it. >> i like to thank you for you being you. yes. and i sat here and have learned a lot because i come from a background of law enforcement and this is a new challenge for me and i can say one thing. you quoted from a book from toni morrison. i'm going to take it a step further and quote from somebody in the music world named tina turner who's had a song that had a phrase in it that said you're simply the best. >> yes, better than all the

rest. yeah. yeah. godspeed. >> welcome to all of you to all right, everyone. i just want to before we move to adjourn i just want to say thank all of you commissioners. i love you. thank you. ceo letters you. i love you to the leadership of the housing authority. thank you. i love you. thank you for this opportunity to to ace washington. >> to greg. to everyone in this room. i am just again deeply, deeply grateful. >> in the. i got some more poetry for you just to close it out. i want to make sure i hold a moment for beverly saba.

>> yeah. yeah. who was a long time leader of a citywide council for seniors and those with disabilities. and perhaps the most extraordinary moment i saw was when president armstrong and she really stuck it to the hud secretary julian castro who was visiting to make sure that they understood directly from you what was important to this community and i just think that's profound in the in the words of in the words of tennyson in a poem called ulysses. >> i am a part of all that i have met and i am deeply grateful to all of you once again for making me who i am especially giving so much of my time and my life together with all of your time and your lives and your hearts.

>> oh there's a public comment . okay. all right. no, no, no, no. i oh, great. i was but i keep on going. >> yes, go ahead, bennett. just want to have one more opportunity for any more public comment. okay. i spoke a. they made me like to pick with the shipyard. >> they'll be here. >> i know we had had a little more time. we could have gotten the message out there because i only got one maybe a week or so ago when you called and told me you'd be leaving and though i know you're still in this building it just saddens me that we won't be able to work with you the way we have become accustomed to the don't think we won't come up to the assessor's office to talk to

you. >> room 190. >> okay, but we appreciate the work that's been done right. we still have some issues with the fort while we were here we made the right decision by supporting it. but when i hear all the stats and not just what we are feeling then man that thing where things don't work we have to think about the whole group, the whole city, the whole picture. and for that we thank you because there's always going to be a little bit of something there. don't go right. but for the most part everything is moving along. patrol hill looks really beautiful. we haven't gotten now kids just supposed to have a tour for us of 30 days because we haven't been there to their their buildings but looking at them it really looks good. it just looks so different than what we had to live with. i don't know why cfd is in here

but we're still working with them handling their elections and we'll let them know that you set your you know you set your well wishes to them even though they couldn't be here. thank you. but again, you know, we live in a door. >> a quick story. hey, when my son was murdered, he and josh, he was right there. are you okay? they came to the repair. one of the the younger people he young many younger than me. when josh and want there you see how dapper they are how handsome they are and he's told my niece oh my god there's the fbi and my niece in the fbi buelow that joyce is. >> but you know there was nobody else that this thing was

looking there so he just went with it. but things like that that that makes our relationship so special and then i really appreciate not only what you've done for me and our leadership but what you do for the city. so thank you again. >> thank you. okay. >> i would be remiss not to get up and acknowledge all that you have done for this commission. you were one of the i think of 5 or 6 commissioners that were appointed well at lee i remember barbara smith asking me to come and be general counsel and to kind of go through all that and you know, it's just the sense of integrity that you bring to this position and how you honor the key humanity into whoever comes up to this podium. you are the voice of the people who cannot be in the room.

and we really appreciate that. i've seen you work behind the scenes. i've seen you work when no one is looking you are which you present both in public and behind. and i just want to think and you also listen to me when i give you counsel so i just want to say i appreciate you and i appreciate the work that you do and you still have the opportunity to serve the community and to be in the room when no one is there. and i know based on your past experience that you would do that. >> but i just want to know that i am going to truly miss you but i appreciate you working for the citizens of san francisco and particularly for the public housing residents. >> thank you. thank you. i'm back so i'm back to make a suggestion but before i do i like why i came come from a family of public servants.

as a matter of fact our parents worked with cesar chavez and dolores water and i spent the summers at the migrant camps and so as children we would sit in the meetings while our parents met. we'd sit there and do our homework or whatever so a lot of us knew each other and just kind of picked up to where you know, this is the way you do it right? so he's doing such a good job at carrying the torch. dolores water said you have to carry the torch right? and what i'd like to see here is people to like the lady said before bring your child to come and see what happens at these meetings. right. because they're our future and if they don't know how this works, it's on the case. it's on the cases easy to walking because i'm telling you our parents used to show up and show up, right? so in cases like so just kind of explaining how he can take a seat on the case my suggestion

is with the wait list i, i found out about the wait list when i was visiting the library and whenever i go to places and they have the different brochures i will look through them. well this wait lists information was way at the bottom and it was kind of in black and white surrounded by a bunch of colored documents. right. so it wasn't really sticking out but i you know, i look at everything to see what it is. so my suggestion is that the housing authority team up with the housing counseling agencies when there's going to be a waitlist right and then also maybe use your community ambassadors to get the word out give a on the case something to do. put them on the case. right to kind of pass it out and and you know because it may be more effective to not just put them in the libraries and put how many people use the libraries really not as many as we want to.

right. or it may not reach the population that we want to maybe the last thing that a person is going to do that is unhoused is go to the library unless they want to use the computer or whatever and a lot of them don't even know you can do that. so maybe find out some ways to reach out to the community ambassadors and and and form a relationship where they'll be somebody represented from each community in these meetings. right. because there's people from each community that are housed in housing authority units. so that's just my suggestion and thank you guys for your service each and every one of you. >> i appreciate you. thank you. >> so i don't have a speech prepared. i contributed to another one tonight but i just wanted to

say a quick story about walking that i think kind of embodies a lot of what you see here tonight and what we've seen in the past in our younger years here at the housing authority. i remember coming into one of the commission meetings and it was packed like many of our meetings especially in the rad days but even prior to rad and i went to keenan i said, you know, i'm sorry. so many people showed up. we didn't expect all of these people to show up tonight and and everybody there was there to complain. and so it was a long meeting and we heard all of the complaints and what you told me afterwards was you said that we're all public servants and when people come to commission meetings it's because every net below that commission has fallen apart. >> and the reason they're there is because they need someone to hear them. and you have been steady with that comment and that commitment for 12 years. i have been to so many public meetings at this point in my career where leaders choose to

end public comment at the 30 minutes because they can where people are cut off at the 2 or 3 minutes because it does not follow the policy of the leadership. >> i have been at meetings where people are escorted out because there's a belief that they might be violent and i've never seen that happen in these meetings. under your leadership you have always reminded us that people come here to be heard and to be served and for no other reason and that our job as public servants is to be accountable to those people. >> so i thank you. i thank you for teaching us that and i thank you for your service and i thank you for your own example to all of us that has never swayed in a single meeting in 12 years. so thank you so much and someday yeah.

all right. >> i just want to thank again oh, i want to i want to thank again not just the late marilyn but also the former mayor london breed and her administration andrea bruce, deputy chief of staff who worked so closely with us mayor's office of housing dan adams and topia from economic and workforce development who have helped us continue this work. and i want to thank the new administration, the lurie administration for their grace in helping me through this process and giving me the time i needed and then the time they needed to make sure that we could have a successful transition together for the benefit of san francisco housing authority residents, i am deeply appreciative to them

and i think not only with doug and tonya and then adams but also the lurie administration themselves being present understanding the need and committed to the work that needs to be done here allows me and enables me also to make this choice after 12 years to step away that which we are we are one equal temper of heroic hearts made by time and fate but strong in will to strive to seek, to find and not to yield onward everybody moved to adjourn

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golden gate, hong kong. >> hi, i'm michael baltazar and you're watching golden gate adventure, a show that highlights san francisco's urban outdoors. today we're in golden gate park. we're going to highlight a few of the activities they have here. first up archery. >> let's shoot from carrow road. we're here at 47th and fulton the archery range here at golden gate park and i'm here with my friend jim who is an expert at archery. he's going to give us a few tips. first off, let's see. i think safety is really important. that's an excellent idea. so number one, just with anything like archery, you want to make sure that everything is pointed at the target. so once we have an arrow on the bow we wouldn't want to point it at somebody. >> we would always want to make sure that what we're doing is pointed down range toward the target.

so number two is the number one is for mostly for protecting other people. protecting yourself is important too. so you always want to use a tab or a glove like the one you're wearing for finger protection when drawing and releasing the string. also our armed guards keep the string from hitting our arms on the release. what we're using today is a very modern and contemporary recurve bow. so compounds long bows re curves. >> there are asian asiatic bows mongolian. japanese. turkish. syrian. very distinctive shapes totally different flavors of archery just based on them.

let's try this. all right. >> so archery is all about accuracy as you try to hit the target. the sports reads go way back to hunting in battlefields but today it's evolved into something recreational and competitive. this ranges in a chill spot tucked into a peaceful wooded area on the west end of the park. >> this is a lot of fun guys whether you're just starting out or already a pro it's the perfect place to practice. there are well-maintained target bales at different distances all surrounded by tall trees and lush greenery creating a calm atmosphere. that was awesome. i think what can't get better than that, right? >> why don't you go for the ranges run by volunteers and it's totally free to use but you'll need to bring your own gear or rent some nearby.

locals and tourists love it whether they're honing their skills or just wanting to try something different outdoors in the city. oh that was a bad one. archery can be very humbling and not too bad. this one's a little high because that was my second shot. i couldn't really i didn't really feel that one as well. but once i got it honed in i think yeah i got one in the ten. so let's go that way. oh wow. farther back. oh, left again. just left. oh, just to the left. that's the right elevation. right. i saw that. you got it. okay. glacier yeah, i visualize it. yeah, right. >> the last i get i was so close i looked so get in the air. >> all right, next time. that's why i got to come out here practice. that was very exhilarating.

i love archery, man tim, why do you love archery? what's not to like? you can do what we just did which was spend time together for exploring it and working on it. you can also have a blast going off into the woods by yourself. so all of the you know this range any range you can do it with friends you can do it by yourself. >> you can get the experience you want from it. there's a lot of fun and i think you for being my buddy on this archery. that's my pleasure. it's good to see him like okay, thanks. now we're going to go rolling. >> now we're at the blue heron boathouse. we can add two different kinds of boats. there's actually a pedal boat and a rowboat. i think we're going to go get a rowboat. let's go get on the lake. >> time to rowboat. boat. boat, boat surrounded by greenery. this manmade lake is a nice little escape from the busy city.

the key thing is to get into a rhythm and move in sync with the water and your boat. it can have a calming meditative feel while still giving you a serious workout. all right. how cool is this? who? >> look how big that tree is. it's like nice and peaceful out here. i'm the only one. that means i think people really need to come out here actually really calm out here. as you navigate the lake, you'll pass by strawberry hill ,an island in the middle of the lake with a waterfall trails and tons of wildlife like ducks, turtles and birds. >> strawberry hill is connected by two bridges to the park. and it's the highest point in golden gate park.

it includes huntington falls, a 110 foot tall artificial waterfall that feeds into the lake. there's also the chinese pavilion, a gift from san francisco's sister city. taipei, taiwan. it's a charming place to rest and take in the views. ooh, that was a workout for the arms. i love boating. that's a lot of fun getting out on the lake. but now i got to work at the lakes. let's go skate. where? at this game place on six and. beautiful day. i think i'm going to rent some

rollerblades. >> let's get rolling. good job. >> skates. skates. if you're looking for a fun way to spend a sunday afternoon, check out the skiing place. it's near sixth avenue in kennedy drive and has a great surface that's perfect for practicing or hanging out with fellow skaters. oh man. >> this is, uh this is very nostalgic for the millennial and me 90s. playing with my boys some street hockey. i haven't ridden blades in a while but it's going to be like riding a bike. all right. >> let's go. here. >> i'm here at the free sundae roller disco party from noon to

5 p.m.. >> the godfather escape brings us mobile dj unit and plays groovy tunes for you to skate here. and if you need skates no worries. rentals are available nearby from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the weekends starting at just $12 an hour for kids and 20 for everyone else. right. the dangerous is more about the . the skating place has been here since 1986 and it got a fresh makeover in 2022 with new pavement and a stunning mural by local artist amy devlin. >> the mural called psychedelic golden gate skate features a colorful design that celebrates the park's roller skating history. >> words. plus it was created in collaboration with the church of eight wheels, which is all about keeping the skating spirit alive. >> this is fun. i had no idea this was over here. san francisco has everything.

>> all right, so nostalgia getting back on some rollerblades. it's like being a little kid. this is and get adventures. and i'm michael baltazar from s.f. tv. >> thanks for watching and at 1007 8 a.m. for the san francisco recreation and park commission date of may 15, 2025 ashley please call the roll and i will say here for sonya because she says she's coming up the elevator. >> yes. okay okay commissioner anderson here commissioner louie commissioner weinraub here. mr. clickerl