>> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for your attendance, representatives and offices in thsan francisco. i was born and raised in bayview hunters point. as a family, we have bred and bled and sweated to gather -- together. october the 9th, i turned 63 years old, but i was born and raised here before i came to hunters point from the south to escape harsh conditions against

african americans to come to california to find a better way for his family. there are a few questions of like to put, what is the policy for a contract in to minority contractors? what type of representation on the selection and awards committee for jobs and contracts for these projects? what type of hardship policy is in place to ensure employment of our troubled youth and adults in the community. someone spoke to the issue of employment. but we need something in place that will be a support system

for the huge and troubled adults -- youth and troubled adults. we are on the path for returning back to society as a responsible member of society. the fourth question will be to the housing authority. this has to do with affordable housing. it is under the title, section 333, i believe that you were given this by mr. robertson. our explanation of the attachment of documents, i want to know from the redevelopment agency and from the housing authority, what percentages are being rebuilt that are

affordable to the extremely low, very low and moderate-income housing. the law requires that 100% is supposed to be returned. not 25% or 70% or 85%. all of those units of there were projects. i have not seen if documented -- it documented that only a certain percentage of those units will be for the extremely low and very low. the law requires that 100% goes back to the employment of those individuals. for the redevelopment reports in the fiscal year '09-'10,

required for the documentation. that is reported. we want to know how these projects have been developing and executed with taxpayers' dollars and about holding to compliance with the law and regulation of policy. i think you received this document. at your earliest convenience, we would like to talk with you concerning some very severe issues going on in this community. for the redevelopment and the housing authority. until then, if anyone knows about western editions, it is circulated. they did not make it in the but

-- nip it in the bud, the housing for affordable low- income families are not at that stage that the law requires. i am not making something up of the top of my head, this is documented proof. and the the law of the state of california means declaration of public policy. if we are going to move forward with the development in this community, we want to do it by the book. [applause] >> we had a couple questions that he had asked. with regards to the housing authority, dominica? >> so the -- first, the housing authority has 20% -- i'm sorry.

the housing authority has 20% contracting requirement. 20% will be awarded to minority business enterprises. that is the rule of the housing authority goes by. as far as the last question that you asked, the housing authority's unit serving low- income residents. those that we build, operate, and maintain serve those populations. in addition to that, we are rebuilding at hunter view, and the standard we are using is a

one-for-one replacement. if we demolish a unit that is serving in low-income households, we are replacing it with a unit that is serving a low-income households. currently there are about 267 units there. they are operated on by the housing authority. there will be more than 267 units built, but there will be 267 units that will be public housing replacement units. if it is something from the agency, i can't speak to it because i probably haven't seen it. and it might be that the agency has units and their including in the portfolio that are not specifically for extremely low income populations. but all of the units of the housing authority is serving the income base. they are not market rate units.

the development requires a one- for-one replacement. >> i just want to quickly answe r -- yes, i met with mr. robinson and i have agreed to meet with him on a monthly basis. i will honor that commitment. i am in possession of the document you're quoting from. >> miss espinola jackson? one last thing. two minutes. >> everybody knows i am long winded. let me say this. what was raised to you was a section 3 of the guidelines the people that live in public housing get the job first, that

is not happening in san francisco. that is all that is being said. it was stated earlier by the speaker. no one is in compliance when it comes to the residents of san francisco. the work force, i would like to know who is monitoring. i know that we started with human rights and we had some good work and going on at that time. but who is doing the monitoring? ha who is complying? also the statistics, how are you receiving those statistics? you have no one in the field to make sure that the contracts are complying with labor compliance officers. that is a very big concern and i think i have 20 seconds left. i am used to talking fast

before -- because i go before the board of supervisors. i would like you to understand what the community is saying. we would like a change along with the supervisors. you need to know everything that is going on in the community and not everybody coming to you speaks for bayview hunters point. we will give you truth. what you have been receiving on not truth -- are not truths. they would receive truth because we have been here since 1943. i know my community. [applause] >> rhonda, you probably know the statistics when it comes to hunters view. >> let me talk about compliance in general. every time i come down here, it

is about compliance. israel, it is part of the history here -- israelit is reat is part of the history here. in terms of compliance, we have a lot of compliance year. -- here. most of this is in good faith. ahead ms. jackson, a number of folks in this room, they have been in the struggle a lot longer than me. the compliance of section 3 that has been referenced by a number of you, i work with dominica and the housing authority. it is good faith, it is not a mandatory compliance. the first source is good faith. redevelopment policy is good

faith. the new policy is mandatory, but a lot of these projects are not subjected to that. what good faith means is that we work hard getting folks ready, we spend a lot of money looking at -- there are a number of cbo's the receive those dollars to get the folks reheaready. we contacted out to help get the folks ready. to the degree that it is a perfect system, i get criticism on both sides of the i/o. i think it is a collective process to try to figure that out. hunter's view, i thinkw e have -- think we have some decent numbers of there. it is impossible to get the folks to see that. we are working hard to figure

that out. the three policies that have been on the books for a number of years have been the full faith federal requirements. there is no mandatory policy or mandatory goal. the local hiring policy that the city of san francisco is one of the only local mandatory policies on the books. it means that contractors are obligated to hire a percentage of folks by trade on those projects. that is not the case with section 3. it is not mandatory, miss jackson. >> [inaudible] >> miss jackson? >> [inaudible] >> ok. >> the panelists will be here.

>> we can talk about it all day long. there is the disconnect. this happens a lot here. another thing that might be helpful is to have those same folks that feel that it is mandatory in these meetings. to my knowledge, those are not mandatory. that is the way we monitor them. >> are there any other additional questions? we can hook up with miss robinson. >> [inaudible]

>> [inaudible] >> ok. thank you. i just want to responde to the question. previously, the establishment of the human rights commission was done by what we called chapter 12. you know that, that was about the employment of residence here in san francisco. we still have chapter 12b on the books. however, 12b is the employment ordnance for the city --

ordinance for the city. as the administration changes and this government with a different government leaders, we were giving the responsibility to deal with only the employment and if there is a case of discrimination. you can come to our office if you feel your not treated fairly in these locations based on this regulation. you can come to the human rights commission and we will take your complaint. we will investigate that complaint and to make sure that your complaint is heard. our role has changed. our role has changed in government. we are only able to deal with the discrimination and of that. we need you to come to the human rights commission meeting on the seventeenth.

i would like for you to come and tell us again about it. if there are individuals with specific complaints or problems, please come to the eighth floor. we are out here at the bayview business center three times a month. we are here to hear your complaints, your problems, the concerns. we are trying to help you figure out the bureaucracy of all of these issues. and try to resolve them the best we can. our duties got reduced in some sense on chapter 12b. it was done by leadership in the mayor's office. >> [inaudible]

>> diane? i am available after the meeting. you and i can talk. you are a local business, and therefore you could not get a job placement. but we will take care of that after. i want to continue the meetings of the others can talk and we can move on. i am around, i am not going anywhere. >> yolanda jones.

>> i am yolanda jones, bayview resident for 51 years. i want to piggy back, but i will tell you new things. when my father, charlie walker, comes to every meeting, i said i am going to open my own business and i will get all of the certification that use a unique and i will try to get some work. i am certified -- transportation authority, redevelopment agency, everybody that you are supposed to be certified that you're black and out of this community. you said one thing and. the disconnect from them in

hunters point, yes. we have been lied to. i have been certified. i am on nine contracts. but only one of them started for me and it was 30 days and that was it. i am on * contracts but i have learned they have to find out when they start. if it goes to 2018 and you put me out on 2017, i will be out of business by then. the contracts mean nothing if i say i am black and from hunters point. if i am still living, if i am still employed, that i will have an opportunity to make 200,000? 500,000? the problem is that all the department heads need to understand -- first of all,

you're making us prove we are black. you're making us prove that we are from here. i know how the work. if you are mad at them because they're telling you that you don't have anything you can always reach back and say that you don't see the certification. these contractors come into our community, tell us l.i., find us some good people that are certified, put us on there and don't give us work for five years. i have done everything right. i went to the program, i live out here. i don't know what more you want me to do. i am a woman, i am black, i show my certification. i am black. i work here. the sooner i get on to waste

water, i am tired of bob and harland kelly. so the disconnect from them, bayview hunters point, district 10, the people that are always out here with the burning flame, the people that went all the meetings for model cities and hunter's quapoint, i was the kid in the backseat. i am certified. they can identify with me. they turned back a contract where you could go there and look at the plans and they would put you in connection with the people. she told me -- what happens left? how do we find out about transportation authority? i am interested.

we have no plans, we were getting them from bdi. where do we get plans for that? once bdi closed, we stopped getting them. [applause] >> can i say a word? i'm over here. yolanda. i don't know if my e-mail attachment came through, but the fire in the back of the room, the next upcoming contract is the construction management for the bus storage facility. which is a small contract, $80 million worth of construction, probably less than five

construction management that is going out now. that is not 2017 or 2015. the other -- that is next tuesday. they will be coming out a weaker so after that and there will be more pre-proposal meetings. i am aware that bdi closed. there are no plans associated with it. the construction packet will be going out with plans. we will find a way to put them out here in your community. i am happy to talk with you about suggestions of four locations -- where a location is. >> [inaudible] >> ok. ok, i think we've had that plan on the list before, but i will make sure that it stays on there when there are contracts with the plans.

this is an rfp you can get from the website. >> i wanted to piggyback on what yolanda said. i hear this all the time, it is hard for anyone to get work with the city. when they talk to these, they don't know if they are listed on the contract and if they find out that they are, they are never getting word. and 3, the most important thing, when they don't get work, they don't get paid time leave. if you can't pay it financially, that is very tough. these are challenges that we can probably -- city families can look at trying to do something a little better. we have been working with other

departments. since they have a lot of work, one of the things we're trying to initiate based on the late calvin hayes was the construction center. we are trying to take the leadership to bring here and we will try to have it in such a way that we look at napoli the -- not only the puc projects, but we'll identify, look at the packages, and with technology, we are going to e-mail you or send you a text. most people don't have time to look into website. we are looking at ways that we can disseminate information to people, that is something that we are closely working on. the other thing is that when a

contract with us up, how we are requiring that they sign their level of participation. a lot of times they don't know if there are listed. we are requiring that on the contract. the only thing based off of what yolanda said, if we can do a better job of letting them know when these services will be anticipated or needed, we have long-term contracts for five years or something like that. it will be nice for them to know if the work they are performing is up front, towards the back of the contract, or in the middle. i think that we can work with certain groups to try to improve the way that we do contracts.

i hear a lot and i think we can do better. >> i have a question. it is more directed toward contract compliance. is there a way to legislate this? like the local higher initiatives? -- hire initiatives, a good faith effort? is there a way to begin to move legislation to hold contractors more accountable or increase the transparency between them? >> i think that we probably need to get the community and some key departments stakeholders to talk about the barriers and see what we can actually do and what we can do without legislation, and what are the things that we

legislate? a big problem with a lot of small firms, especially when they start getting work is the cash flow. you start depending on these big companies to pay your payroll because you don't have the cash flow. the city requires that they submit an invoice once a month. some department takes a month to pay. you have two months of pain year-old staff. i kind of understand that that is difficult. we should break it down, what are the barriers before you get certified? sometimes bonding, we can talk about all this stuff. we have a dedicated group looking at barriers for getting contracts and once you get a contract,