city. our sister city relationship goes back to 190057 -- 1957, when right after the japanese peace treaty, president eisenhower called the then-mayor george christopher and asked him to engage in at the time, the nation's first sister city between the united states and japan. since then, we have celebrated 15 other sister city relationships, a number of them later this year. most significantly perhaps shanghai in china, which continues to be one of the most vibrant and dynamic and important sister city relationships between any two cies, and i would argue quite objectively, in the world. we take these relationships quite seriously, as we did recently when we decided to part with the region around bang galore. we had a bludgeon to of the really transcended san francisco. as a city, we represented the larger bay area. but these relationships do not work without strong, forceful commitment from the people behind them. i am proud of the comptroller general and others who have organized themsel

some of the major hotels in the city. we looked at other cities. we got some reports about how they have been able to replace their d.c. cables and go to a non-d.c. cable system to power the city. we are also meeting with pg&e about the possibility that they completely remove oil-based transformers in the city. we believe there is new technology out there that is being tried from other cities. we are looking at that as well, trying to get the best practices from very large urban settings, old settings like los angeles, chicago, new york, and getting their history of transformer explosions. we will do the same thing with gas line explosions. and we will be working with the puc and pga to determine what best practices would be. i wanted to provide you with a few of those highlights. we can produce a more adequate report that will cover the year and a half of meetings we have had. at the same time, i want to let you know these power outages resulting from electricity, we have kept a log, but down the road, we could probably use the services of 311 to

out of the city budget. we have been doing that for 25 years. we have housing on a treasure island that is a no cost police for veterans. -- lease for veterans. in the presidio, 102 units of supportive housing. the city provides rehab funding there. veterans with disabilities. more recently, the city made available a landmark building that has revived substantial rehab funding. in 2012, 75 senior hamas veteran will be able to live out their lives in dignity. i just cannot say enough about the job the city does of stepping up to the plate. it is not just about platitudes and waving banners, it is about getting the job done. we are great -- we are very grateful. >> randy martina's is the president of the city college. randolph will explain, through the gi bill, how they are now funding the gi bill. it is not about where you are from but where you are going to school. because of the high cost of living, they provide more than just about any other city college in the state. >> thank you. but i am also a marine,

madam clerk: a dignified, city child centers for city projects and city funded private projects. supervisor: thank you. i have had a great time coming before this committee, and i would imagine this is our last opportunity to bring this forward, and specifically the legislation is related to ensuring that the city does impossible to encourage the development of child care in situations where we are either responsible for initiating the development or involved with it, such as departments such as the redevelopment agency. i have had some experiences over the last couple of years, specifically with regard to the new public utility headquarters, where there was the heavily touted child care facility that was in it, and then the project was shelved for a brief period and then was back on the table. all of a sudden, child care was no longer going to be part of this project, and it is very alarming to me. we continue to have meetings, up until as late as this week, as related to the transfer of a project, and it is real important to expand child care and sort of a lack of commitment an

here in kobe, it's a beautiful city, but they suffer from pollution problems like so many cities do. you've got 15 factories in this small area, and you add to that the exhaust from cars, trucks, and buses, and you get that smog that hangs over so many cities. the problem is the air is just too dirty to breathe. here's the most frightening part. you're likely to not even notice it. your body becomes accustomed to this after just four days of breathing it in. these tiny particles are smaller than a strand of hair and inhaled almost like a gas. it constricts the muscles around the airways. think of it like breathing through a straw. all of it can impair your airway and cause increases in blood pressure, heart attack risk, and the chance of heart disease. you may think health impacts from breathing in toxic air would take years to develop. that's just not the case. on days when you have particularly bad pollution in cities, they say emergency room visits spike over the next 24 hours. it's not just adults that are at risk either. there are studies that show that babies,ing born pre-pollu

or any other city. we discussed objectives, time lines, and what we would do as we move forward. we talked about pipeline shut down practices in the history that were discussed specific to san francisco. we also requested detailed maps of the natural gas pipeline infrastructure within the city and county. on september 16, the following friday after the explosion, several of us went to the mayor and did a site visit where the explosion occurred. following up on that, september 23 we had requested maps officially i am writing, not only at that meeting, that there was a delivery to the fire department maps of the city and distribution lines and transmission lines coming into the city. the main difference was also explained that there are distribution lines throughout the city. the transmission lines, obviously under much higher pressure, causing an explosion or part of the explosion, there are three main transmission lines coming into san francisco. on that day the gas line distribution maps were delivered

great city and to be working for it. 21 years ago, when i first started, i did not like the city government at all. in fact, i spent some quality years litigating it. i was challenged at that time and continue to be challenged by various mayors and members of the board of supervisors to come in and make those changes, and today, i'm proud of the staff i have assembled at the general services administration, proud of the 26,000 people i get to work with to deliver services to san franciscans and the people who visit here as well. there is anything i continue reflecting on that amazes me, -- if there is anything i continue reflected on -- if there is anything i continue reflecting on that amazes me, it is the diversity of our citizens. we need to make sure that we treat them equally and make sure that our cultural competence reverberates are around every single department of the city. that is what makes me proud to be part of this government and to continue doing what i can to contribute to it. with that, i am proud to serve with you and serve a number of programs. it would take all day to go

the issue from the time the city gave mr. jacobson notice was about whether or not on the city side or on the property owner's side. i think that is clear. >> after mr. jacobsen -- we clearly it acknowledged there was a problem. you could see the sewage coming out of the trap. the question is why was it coming out? was a problem with the jacobsen's property or city property? when the jacobsen were notified about the problem, he had a plumber come out and he said that the problem was out in the city lines. there was discussion between jacobson and the city about that. the city said we decided it is on your property. there was a notice of violation that said there was a problem with the house trap, but did not specify the problem. how is it effective? it is my understanding that typically if there is a problem with the house trap, sewage will back up into the house, as opposed to the street. that said, the bottom line here, after all these years, the work has been completed, it has been finalized, it is code compliant, and the

it got clear incentives from the city. the city decided it was necessary and went ahead with it. you have a handout that shows a recent project in portland, portland state, 16 stories. the need is absolutely fair. what we would like to see, and as ms. sullivan said, it should not hurt or displace any existing residential, and it should adapt to new use or new construction. we have no view of the merits of one or the other. the resulting in the staff report about the conversion of large hotels. -- there was something in the staff report about the conversion of large hotels. 100 units is not very big. i believe that is the threshold for a large hotel. it is not hard to imagine there are some hotels that are not successful in their current condition and might be better converted to student housing. i think the ordinance or rules already permit them to apply for a lottery for conversion to condo. why should we prohibit student housing as a use for that? we think it does not displace anybody, err on the side of making it more livable. we took the question of affordability seriously. i

there are benefits for the city and the project sponsor. the agreement that allows them was agreed upon in 1979. since then, there has been about 500 created. this is a relatively new thing in san francisco. statewide, there has been over 500 development agreements. the development agreement statutes grew out of a lot of litigation in the second nepos and 80's. there was concern that the state was losing their ability to negotiate in a more open way. development agreements were tools specifically created to allow cities to negotiate transparently for public benefits outside the conference of the mitigation. the point of the development agreement is to come up with greater public benefits that would otherwise be allowed under convention ordinances. what we are up to it is to get something better for the city then we could if we applied conventional rules, okay. i already mentioned transparent negotiations and the fifth bullet, development agreements run with a land, not the individual developer or the owner. i want to emphasize that because

the people who make maps in the city often get requests for maps of the neighborhood in the city. what they did was put it on line way before datasets even existed. so they put it on their website. supervisor maxwell: great, thank you. supervisor mar: seeing no other questions, why don't we open this up for public comment? is there anyone who would like to speak? please come forward. m i n a web producer. we are -- i am -- >> i am a web producer. this proposed legislation is the enormously exciting to me and the rest of my teen because what we tried to do with open government data is for by a public service, creating new tools that the community can use. one thing that gets in the way is the time it takes to access to government data just because people are busy and just because of the way public record requests work. it can be a pretty tedious process. the other thing that is really exciting about this is the productivity factor. instead of us having to wonder what data sets are out there and available, we actually have a central place where we can look and see what is available

cable in the city today. supervisor mirkarimi: information that we have been able to obtain from state records and consumer advocacy organizations, we have noticed there has been a decrease reduction in field staffing levels both on the gas and electrical side in the city and county of san francisco and in the south bay, too. we were trying to understand our but of how you deploy field staffing levels on the gas and electric side. mind you, i only have limited information. >> i do not have the information to answer that in detail. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you supervisor chiu:. supervisor maxwell? >> on the gas side, why are we at 145 pounds? >> that is the pressure that is needed for the city of san francisco to operate and maintain the pressure of the distribution system to feed all customers in the city. leading into the city, it comes in at 145 pounds. it is further reduced to 65 lb before it goes through the distribution system and that is fed throughout the city. there is no need for additional pressu

of city departments. for that reason i decided to continue my involvement with the grand jury and served a second year on the grand jury. we extended the scope of our investigation of the retirement system to include pension costs, pension distributions, and the projections of pensions through the next five years. >> if proposition b were to pass, how would the citizens of san francisco be impacted? >> proposition b is the first pension reform initiative presented to the voters since 1976. and in 1976 the voters voted to exclude overtime in terms of computing the pensionable compensation. this reduced pension obligations in the city and county of san francisco by millions and millions of dollars. proposition b is a cost-sharing areaningment. it's a proposal to -- arrangement. it's a proposal to provide that employees pay their share of the pension obligations. today a $65,000 clerk in the assessor's office pays nothing into their pension system, as does a $200,000 public defender. they pay zero dollars in

i am sure that our cities can grow and learn together. today, it is a great honor for us to be here. thank you, mr. newsom for your hospitality. [speaking catalan] we have another sister city like you, mr. mayor. [speaking catalan] thank you very much to everybody. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. as mayor newsom said, we have supervisor bevan dufty. i also want to the knowledge and member of the other supervisors wanted to be here today but there are stuck in a committee meeting. i know that many others wanted to be here as well. next i want to introduce the man who represents the country of spain, here in tampa disco, and of course we cannot talk about spain without talking about the world cup. we are all excited about the victory, and thank you mayor newsom, to you and the rec and parks department for the work they did around the world cup. if you have the opportunity to watch the game in front of city hall, i have to point out, the man who scored the winning goal is someone who plays for the barcelona team. that is important.

a city that has always been a city of dreamers and doers, a city of entrepreneurs, a city that doesn't just identify these larger global problems but begins to address strategies to solve them. indeed, san francisco is very proud of its leadership to begin the process of mitigation so that we don't have it adopt and as some have said suffer the consequences of global climate change. more mitigation, less adaption, less suffering. this city decided a number of years ago after the united states did the obvious and that was decided not to participate in the kyoto accords to go further, as ryan was just mentioning, as kyoto would have required the united states. we want to roll back our co2 emissions 20 percent from 1990 standards. the challenge is how do you do it. we have mayors saying, well, we've done it. what's the methodology where you determine where you were and now where you are and i realize we're not that sophisticated in terms of really aggregating that information, registering that information and really, indeed, knowing how much we have accomplished. we are anecdotally but we

out a city sub's mostly brought workers from where they came from, from outside the city. the racial patterns -- a number of asian contractors had one major contracts. it was about 40% asian, 30% black, maybe 25% white, and 1% black on the work force. when i asked my boss if we could keep statistics on the local hires, she said no way. the prevailing wage enforcement was light. rarely, after hours or on weekends, was there any enforcement. check them all the way around. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, madam chair, supervisors. my name is macy lions. i am a resident of bayview hunters point and have been for the last 27 years. i represent the osiris coalition from the southeast community. i am here in support of local hire. i myself in the past have worked in construction, but i got out of the trains because of the lack of work. i do different work now, but i know plenty of people who have not been able to do that. they have not had the opportunity. they have not been blessed to transition. this is not about pitting worker against wo

really a city agency. it is a private nonprofit organization. they were actually surprised they were included in the code. i thought it was reported to delete them from this ordinance. with that, i am happy to answer any questions you might have about this matter. supervisor campos: colleagues, any questions? supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: thank you, mr. shen. just explain to me the following head that you took out, commit to college board, housing board, redevelop an agency, office of citizens complete -- why did we remove those? >> i do not believe they were removed from the code altogether. are you speaking to the part that says they need to file with the ethics commission? supervisor alioto-pier: page 4, it is one of the few changes that you all made. i am curious why. >> the first few pages of the >> the first few pages of the amendment, roughly pages 2 to 7,

hats off to the ownership, the giants for committing to our city, and how about the city coming up and showing that reciprocity, the entire bay area supporting the san francisco giants. i hope the 49ers are paying attention. we got the public-private partnership ready to go, and the cleanup of the shipyard almost done. we have the environment to work that was complete, we have the financial framework. all we need is a team to say that we want to say -- stay in san francisco. if the forty-niners want to do that, we would be working on building permits and not wondering if they are going to leave after they negotiate another five-year commitment. we are very close to working through some of the lease terms to commit for the giants for at least five more years if they figure out whether or not they are going to leave the city. whether or not they will stay in our city, we think it is the best thing for the franchise and the people in the southeast sector. excited to see the giants in the world series and all of the energy. we are excited to see the scores go up. thank you for making a lon

in all of those deals, the city is the land owner and the investor. this is radically different even though this is a development agreement. i will keep returning to this theme. that is the primary reason we have structured this deal. the master homeowners association will take care of and permanently maintain the fast majority of these improvements in perpetuity. finally, the developer carries all of the risk financially. i will explain later what those costs and risks are. four primary public benefits. which is talked about this being a private public partnership. i want to talk about what we're asking for. there are four themes and you will see these in the development agreement. we are asking for a one-to-one replacement in the rent- controlled units with new units and full location rights for all existing tenants. that is non-negotiable. we are requiring all existing code required baseline improvements. any existing rules today, st. tree requirements, courtyards, private open spaces, these all apply to this project. so, there is no waiver of thos

novato and the city limits 23 minute trip. down to the bay bridge toll plaza from the meet the san mateo, you could see is in the green no problems at the toll plaza that ride looks good. walnut creek, conditions looking good, very dark shot you can still see a couple cars those headlights headed northbound no problems in the southbound direction and westbound 24 without any delays. public transit, is coming bart, muni are reportedly agreed on time. james. >> but, muni are putting extra vehicles and service for the world series celebration parade today. we have a live look said montgomery, it is part of the parade route which will be fun, it will start at the trans america building. it will move to the same route that the giants took in the welcome to san francisco craig.parade. they will travel long market, down to mcallister, there will turn on mcalester and headed to the civic center plaza and that is where the podium, stage, mayor gavin newsom will be on hand i'm sure a bunch of others to. the mayor will present the key to

but it's geographicic of the city. from the golden gate heights and the little area called the extension triangle and the park and inaudiblee lake shore, lake side. we have a number of distinct -- welcome to the latest addition of the district -- i am jennifer low. today we are focusing on district 7. the district between the lake and zoo. to remain something of a mystery of san francisco. let's find the charm of district 7. >> look at this, it's one of the most unique strips in all of san francisco. we have the unique neighborhoods to make san francisco what it is. they are unique and distinct and have their own characteristics. that's what we love. >> i think the most characteristic in district 7 you have residents that have been here forever. you have generations. i am fourth generation san franciscoian. you have a lot of people that live in san francisco that live in the sunny side and lived out here for years. as a result you have a real concern and care for just basic quality of life and community issues. i think

really a city agency. it is a private nonprofit organization. they were actually surprised they were included in the code. i thought it was reported to delete them from this ordinance. with that, i am happy to answer any questions you might have about this matter. supervisor campos: colleagues, any questions? supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: thank you, mr. shen. just explain to me the following head that you took out, commit to college board, housing board, redevelop an agency, office of citizens complete -- why did we remove those? >> i do not believe they were removed from the code altogether. are you speaking to the part that says they need to file with the ethics commission? supervisor alioto-pier: page 4, it is one of the few changes that you all made. i am curious why. >> the first few pages of the amendment, roughly pages 2 to 7, and corporate question from the ethics commission. they wanted to be able to point people to something in the ordinance that says who needs to file with the

the city's conflict of interest the city's conflict of interest code is the ordinance that

it is a network of 25 cities, 12 in the u.s., 13 in europe, and oakland is one of those cities, but i, of course, wearing my regional hat, have looked to expand what i have been learning through the network and the opportunities that present themselves to the network and to expand that. and where better to bring a cycling delegation than to the city of san francisco, a city very much on the verge of, i think, turning the tide in favor of cycling where there are 40-some-odd, 43-plus projects waiting in the wings for the environmental lawsuits to come to a close. so it is very exciting to have the opportunity for the delegation to come here, and i think the timely honkly, could not be -- honestly, could not be better. they have spent just over a day in the city of oakland doing a bit of a bike tour, meeting with elected officials there and a community open house last night where we had 80 folks turn out to listen to their talk. the other thing, obviously the public support and the public interest in this issue is alive and well and i think it's wonderful to see. i will also say that non

the city of san francisco. i am now available for any questions you have about this project. there is a part staff representative in the audience in case that there are questions i cannot ask -- answer. >> so moved. >> any public comment? and the other questions, commissioners? refresh my memory, this was presented how long ago? >> 2006. >> it has gone through many iterations. >> we are approving this the day, but it still awaits pending final design from bark? or there is still more steps to go before lamentation? >> the design and layout have been approved in concept. the steps that need to be taken for it to forward is agreement with various stakeholders. after that it will go to the board of supervisors. and then it will go for the executive director's signature. great. all those in favor? any opposed? ok, resolution 10-71 is approved. >> 11a, requesting approval of a short-term lease for office space located at 541 cesar chavez, pier 80, and a portion of 366. with the mothballed -- modified direct schedule

back and says this is the city's needs. we need to have a steady wide frame work and not what is best for their institution. and the west part of the city is not served that well. clearly not served that well. we have to deal with the real work. that is up with of the thicks you get from the city having its own plan and not saying here is my institution. thank you. >> thank you. i represent san francisco tomorrow and we very much want san francisco to succeed and i also insist that the master plan and the acute care disaster must be addressed now. there is existing criteria and need to make it happen in the short term. so there it was and institutions are in the pipeline today to bed a asked to make prior commitments regarding that operation and to deal with the immediacies with the public and private institutions together to make that decision. secondly, it's been alleged that health institutions and federal legislation and the act that you referred to earlier and with the regions and not a monopoly and therefore, let's de

i am surprised city hall and all these community people in city government seems so surprised at what you should have been doing years ago. i am happy. my hat is off to you. but i am here to regulate. i am going to make sure the unions cooperate with us and everyone else. the key plan is to have all -- i will start right here. this used to be the central location of jobs. we used to call it the black city hall. gordon died, and then here comes the community opportunities. the took everything away from us redevelopment. it looks like a graveyard now. they are bringing in high-tech people in the jobs community with one stop and all this. that needs to be examined. we need to plan what is going on here. i am going to talk to you when i have time. all these agencies need to sit down and find out how we are going to work this out. this is nothing new. this has been going on for years. i am ashamed that city hall acts like it is a big surprise. check your records. we have been discriminated against for some years. i am glad. i am so happy we have reached an age now that it is quick to be il

it is part of the city's budget and accountability process. the question we have is what is the industry afraid of. being held accountable to a master plan? planning commissioners have told you earlier they needed this plan in place prior today. so why are they -- why is the health-care industry pushing an amendment to make the effective date 2013? should we be working to put this plan in place as quickly as possible? the work supervisor campos and his staff have done to credit legislation, as alex said before me, to incorporate input from community-based organizations, is solid. the changes alex read just prior to me speak to the substance of the supervisors' work. and the intent of the legislation, just to remind you, is to make sure we are moving projects forward in order to create a framework for planning and health to work together. we are talking about land use proposals. they involve a certain amount of time. as the planning commissioners testified before, they need to be able to move projects and do not have the tools to be able to do

this is another pass into the city. >> i have a couple of questions. did decoupling come up as a recommendation? >> we have not heard this much yet. there has been a number of hearings and i don't know if it will come up in that they knew. >> i'm trying to figure out how to crack that nat around incentivizing our municipal buildings to become more energy- efficient. we have not quite got there. i don't know what the answer is. i don't even know -- the bigger question is the purview of this elector resource plan. i and stand at the goal. -- i understand the goal. i don't know about this question and whether that is a conundrum or whether it relates to rates. >> currently the advisory committee has taken a look at this issue and that is why they are recommending this rate structure issue you are talking about. notwithstanding the fact that our general fund customers played a highly subsidized rate, which is very low, as a city and through the power enterprise, we have invested in those facilities. not only do we tell them what they can do to lower their

) workers performing moving services under city contracts at facilities owned or leased by the city; and (6) workers engaged in the hauling of solid waste generated by the city in the course of city operations, pursuant to a contract with the city. supervisor avalos: thank you. representative from the department? >> good morning, supervisors. this is the annual setting of the prevailing wages for the crafts of labour that will be done -- performed for the city. this is in accordance of charter section 80.7, and various administrative sections -- code sections. supervisor avalos: thank you. i recognize there are a number of contracts that were referred to which included prevailing wages. my main question is, the wages become different as those contracts changed here every year -- year after year. that is what we provide the prevailing wage as? >> we provide them as mou's, the kind of labor, as well as the labor determinations as given by the department of industrial regulations. supervisor avalos: thank you. mr. rose, if you could share your report. >> the prevailing wage rates are se

even if the employee leaves the city and county, the city would be continuing to pay a portion of the health insurance to the extent that the employee continues it. if an employee stays in the city, then absolutely that would be part of the calculation that is done in terms of our overall city work force. but i do believe that there are probably some instances -- supervisor mirkarimi: whether they are grant funded or not? >> right. but i do believe there are some instances where grants cover a period of time, and then once the grants expire, because we have been employing these individuals, we have been including them in the overall costs of ongoing fringe benefits beyond the five years. supervisor mirkarimi: would it be possible to also figure out what the actual population is? >> we would have to look and see, and we would have to include a certain portion of people that have been funded outside the city's budget. some of the grants are also a part of the budget, in which case they would be included. many of our long-term grants are included in the budget because they are known, the

and other cities does not always get right. she was a particularly strong voice for that. i most familiar with her through my work with homeless kids. not only did she support that program through her work and the mayor's office of criminal justice, but when she went on to become an employee of wachovia and wells fargo, funding these programs and getting other people to be aware of their programs, not just simply cutting a check, but showing up at our vigils, at job training programs and helping advocate for young people, so she really brings a whole perspective of justice to her work and real sensitivity to young people and making sure that all people are brought to the table and all people and stakeholders are brought forth in the discussion. i also come here representing richard fuentes, my partner. he was the developer for mission economic development agency a few years ago, and he asked me to share with you that agnes was a leading proponent and one of the largest supporters of the program, so she really has her hand aroun

there is a lot going on in the city. the giants are in the world series, it is game two, and you guys are here. but we do have a tv set up in the reception room. i want to thank supervisors mirkarimi and avalos, from day one -- i remember meeting ross years ago in district 5, and he was one of the only people that came out to the arab cultural festival. he had a table, and nobody would have known then that he would be one of our community of's strongest allies. and supervisor avalos, who has truly been there for our community. once i told him that i would love for them to come, they did not hesitate. can we give them a round of applause for being here tonight? [applause] like mike said, we were not sure if we were going to do it this year. there was a lot of things going on during the month of october, especially during the city, but i felt it was very important, not for us personally, but for the sake of the community. last year, we had an inaugural celebration, which was crucial and very historic in san francisco, so w

no city has done this. we tried for years ago, but members of the board of supervisors did not like the idea then rejected it. we did not even get a hearing. then, we got some other faces and learned a political lesson, and they took the lead, and we got a lot more support. supervisors campos and dufty felt this was an idea worth pursuing, and they led the charge of the board of supervisors to make sure there was a fair hearing and make sure the community was part of the process and made sure we got the support of their colleagues to steward this forward, and jose cisneros had been trying to organize this, but knowing it would happen, he had to put the whole thing together, and he reached out to some partners in city bank, and we got some folks in stanford, university stanford university interested -- we got some folks at stanford university interested. all these groups said, "we love this idea." de gates foundation said they were interested in the idea, and we are here because all of that has come together

this will be very critical to fund the the city -- to fund the city and county of san francisco. it is not what you know. it is who you know. "can you pick the phone up and call and be there? thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> mr. chairman, rules committee members, i am a senior pastor in bayview hunters point. i am representing the tabernacle community development group. i am also representing african- americans. there are ministers in bay view -- bayview. i am representing today linda richardson and larry del carlo and joe mazzola. these are outstanding personalities. if you notice the people who spoke in reference to linda -- this city is known for its diversity. it is concerned about --

we used to call it the black city hall. gordon died, and then here comes the community opportunities. the took everything away from us redevelopment. it looks like a graveyard now. they are bringing in high-tech people in the jobs community with one stop and all this. that needs to be examined. we need to plan what is going on here. i am going to talk to you when i have time. all these agencies need to sit down and find out how we are going to work this out. this is nothing new. this has been going on for years. i am ashamed that city hall acts like it is a big surprise. check your records. we have been discriminated against for some years. i am glad. i am so happy we have reached an age now that it is quick to be illegal for those people to do that. i will not have to go to jail any more to do that. supervisor avalos: i am going to call a few more cards. dorothy peterson, will hall -- >> that is me. chairperson maxwelmy name is wi. i am a contractor in the bayview, near san francisco. i have had a business here since 1993.