i am involved with one of the companies, the only black company that bid. there is no black company involved in their construction. they think this is a joke of theirs. but for him to stand and tell you they are not doing demolition. they are already doing demolition. and he has no respect of you as a supervisor, and stand here and tell you a lie, they are not going do that. they are going to tear down potrero hill, and those places are already falling down. and to add insult to injury,

what you don't know, the developers get the land for free. because the government is going to give them the money to do the work for the city, and they ain't out of a dime. and they don't have no black contractors on the job, and only say they have to have that tabernacle group work for them. this is no way -- 40% of the all evictions in the housing authority are black people. you know. so this -- y'all need to do something about this. because this ain't going to work the way it's working. all they are doing is figuring a way to put black people out of these housing units, that's all it is. >> thank you. ace, you were called second. come on, mr. brown. >> mike brown, i concur with what charlie just said.

and if you offer anybody destitute another money for relocation, they are gone. you take section 8 voucher and out of the city. we are calling you on city leaders to ensure that african-american economic development that we are doing in excelior and hopefully you can include some african-american equity in what is going down. because everyone is winning except us, they are getting ready to build the warriors thing over there. and getting ready to move on the rad. like i said, people take money and they are gone. and you got them bought and paid for. and what do you ensure our being endangered. what is john evulus that will

have his name on. you have a unit with 40% african-american population and now sitting at 4%. if we can as a nonprofit acquisition that building that is 27 units. then you lend your name to include the african-americans to stay here. because we have economic impact, then we can provide jobs and things of that sort. that's what i count you y'all that you ensure our viability in this city, thank you. >> thank you. ace, you want to go last, like you usually do? or you want -- okay. >> hi, how are you doing, supervisors. my name is omar hamilton, i am with the new community leadership foundation. i am vice president. at this point we have 100

members from bayview-hunter's point and the western community. and i came to listen in and to hear what is going on. and sometimes when i listen, i have the urge to speak. i am from a family that is born and raised, and our family has been displaced and i am a survivor, probably five of us that still live in san francisco. i think that's very important. to me this sounds like this is the final stages of urban renewal. when you look at the final print, and a lot of information they give out sound like that fame plan we all have been hearing through all the different stages. this stage seems more strategic when you think about it. know that london breed and

yourself, and with all the questions, i can hear the sincerity in your voices. and i know you have our best interest at heart. and i definitely want to say that we are willing to stand by both of you guys when can comes to this issue. it's very important that we protect the african-american and latino community, all communities that this disadvantages. and make sure they have quality housing and building on the economics and everything like that. if we allow this to happen, and it's a backlash in terms of redevelopment. and we know all the key players that played a huge part in that. we will be outmigrated. we want to be sure that doesn't happen and preserve the cultural in san francisco. >> thank you, i will call a couple of names. daniel. larry edman. robert woods. romitta mason.

sabrina cheek. i don't know if i am reading these names right, hope you forgive me. teresa lee. >> well, good afternoon. not good morning, good afternoon supervisors. first of all, thank you supervisor breed and supervisor avalos for being here and calling this important hearing. i don't think that one hearing will be enough. this is a very heavy issue. however, we got to start somewhere. straight up, to me hearing from hud, hearing from lee, this is about developers again positioning themselves in san francisco to take advantage of low-income housing. of disadvantaged people who stay in these dwellings throughout our city. and if we don't stop them, we are going to pay a dear price. now i looked in this 30-page presentation or booklet, and the

question is for me that is a big concern, the depopulation of black people in san francisco. and nowhere in there could i find anything that speaks to the depopulation of black people in san francisco. i think no matter what, if we look at the public housing, and we have of the 4,000 residents in public housing, that's an issue we can't ignore. 20 years from now, when i am a young 65, hopefully, will still be there. so i think that's what i am really concerned about. the black depopulation, and someone has to address that. what will san francisco look like in 20 years? when all of these other things going on. how can we make sure and put things in place that the depopulation won't fall even lower than the 40,000 of us that

remain now. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is larry edman. and i realize that i stay in district 6, and jim kim said that we're the largest black residents in san francisco as of tuesday. if i am not in bayview or western edition, i feel disconnected from our (inaudible). of blacks in san francisco, they found out two years ago in the library that we are facing (inaudible). i hope that people come out in tndc where i stay at, and i know that (inaudible) and (inaudible), but tndc allows

many criminals. you know i stay in a crack infested hotel where people can smoke crack and attack you. there is things that this city needs to be looking at, that crack in tndc and many don't know us down here. we are treated as part of the homeless. i hope this resident can do what lincoln did as emancipation and eisenhower did (inaudible), our president has been here 19 times. he needs to come here and find out what is going on. this housing thing is transferring across the nation. whatever san francisco do, it will affect our nation. he needs to bring back housing for humanity. something that jimmy carter started. he's in the paper with the five presidents.

it's time for america's greatest terror is no housing, and that's the war on us, and we must stop this. and i hope mrs. breed that it can start here today, thank you. >> thank you. mr. washington, you are cutting in line? i am just messing with you. come on, ace on your case. >> okay, let me say now, i only have two minutes, should i save the last minute for the sock -- song. all of this talking we are doing, it doesn't make any difference, hud is responsible. hud knew 20 years, when i was involved with hud and the housing authority, 20 years, before they built hayes valley, and i was with the supervisor and niller and (inaudible) started with san francisco and

now we got rad. everyone is sad. and everyone is mad, because we don't know about the things going on here. ♪ may name is ace ♪ i have been on this case ♪ some people don't want me on on their case ♪ ♪ but it's not history, just look at my history ♪ ♪ i have been working on cases and conspiracy ♪ ♪ what is going on down, down, down ♪ ♪ the black population is going down ♪ ♪ and when these benefits come, we ain't going to be anywhere around ♪ ♪ listen this 50%, hiring is just a bunch of shit ♪ ♪ when i can't afford to pay the dog-gone rent ♪ ♪ trying to be a san francisco resident ♪ anyway, there is corruption all the way from the head to the

butt. and i am sure that there is f.b.i. around here, and speaking of ed lee, he knows me ♪ ♪ it ain't no mystery, if you ask ed lee ♪ ♪ he will say that ace is working on some damn conspiracy ♪ >> thank you, mr. washington, next speaker please, someone give that man a contract. >> hi, i am juanita mason, and i work at the hospital, and this is my co-worker and we have 40 years of experience at san francisco hospital. experience is priceless. i am the property manager more holly court and almany. i know about the rehab issues. i am in agreement, i don't

understand how the rad program can help our public housing residents effectively. the issues at holly court, i hear about the problems every day. we have the plumbing issues and the mold and mildew, and we have the walls sweating. we have so many issues in holly court. it's ridiculous what rad is attempting to do is probably not going to work. my biggest concern is for our residents as well, as far as our residents are already isolated in living in public housing. our residents don't have a voice in this here. if you ask how many appeared in the vision program, maybe 10. we have to start informing our residents about what is going on. so they will have the proper rights. as far as the employees, we are very concerned about our jobs,

which is definitely totally important to us. and more than that we are concerned about our residents as far as the services they will receive. we are with them every day, and so we are very concerned about that. i think that's it. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, my name is sabrina cheeks, i work at the housing voucher program. i have worked there 20 years. i am here about the rad program, and i understand that it's important to implement to improve the housing conditions for the tenants. but we know that our jobs will be eliminated. and we are rushed into negotiations and after four months i still don't know what will happen. even though we had a meeting

with management, they speak about the housing voucher program. and i work for them and that program is not well, and that's not said wooch. we have a program that is not working properly and mismanaged. if we continue this way, the employees from the public housing to the voucher program is not going to work. because we are not going to have a voucher program. i ask you to have someone with authority to sit at the table with us, that can guarantee our jobs for the city and county. or see that the voucher program is dealt with as the system and being mismanage perianagemisman. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> my name is teresa lee, i have been an employee for the housing authority for over 20 years. though i stand here united with my union members, i speak to you as a union member but also a member that is a product of public housing. my siblings and i was raised by our parents that were responsible for the first successful public housing rent strikes in san francisco at chinatown housing development, i share this bit of my family history to illustrate my commitment to the residents of public housing. and the concerns i have for the future, should the rad program with its public/private approach not succeed for the residents.

at this point we still know lett letter -- know little about the rad program. and to the employees of the housing authority it's presented as the only way to keep the agency solvent. what is not presented to any of us, is just how all of this will really work. from the beginning the participation in the rad program strategic working groups were not inclusive for the majority of residents and employees. because little information was shared with us from the beginning, this created a general atmosphere of distrust of the residents and employees alike. suffice it to say that we still don't have enough information to rest these concerns. and on our research, it's found little to prove that the rad program is successful in other

cities. and though the rad program is not in all ways and we can use in (inaudible) >> thank you, ma'am. we have to move to the next person. i want to call a couple other cards. espinola jackson. adam noe. grace martinez. latonya -- can't read the last name, yes. will daniels. and catalean (inaudible) yes. thank you. okay. >> good afternoon. members of the supervisors. my name is robert woods. i have been working in the

bayview-hunter's point community since working for the city that coordinated the construction of all units. there is 833 units on the hill. the community built that through the model city's program. my job was to make sure that the community kept those projects rolling and they was constructed. and here we are today, the housing authority and the mayor's office of housing selected eight developers. and not one of them was black. not one of them. and we built that hill up there. and here we are 40 years later, we cannot go up there and get a contract to construct? to build or rehab?

the contract, the rfp was written for the housing directors cronies. they are the true beneficiaries of the contracts. and not only that, when you look at those eight that those chosen. didn't choose not one black contractor we also gave up 1500 acre to one developer, leonard. 1500 acres. you know if i had control of 1500 acres, i would have 15 other developers in this community bringing jobs, bringing money and the city is being -- the city is being (inaudible).

>> thank you. >> (inaudible). >> thank you. dr. jackson. >> yes, dr. jackson here. i have here in 1992, because you are not getting the facts. i am here to give facts. and in 1992, the vice president of the united states came to bayview-hunter's point. his name was dan quayle, and there was a program set up by the tenants called resident management council. some people in the audience were trained to be managers. and the men were trained to be plumbers and electricians, and all areas to take care of the public housing. who was supposed to run the public housing? the tenants. and the city is still receiving those funds.

you hear the hope, the hope started in bayview. that program was to get the men and women off the drugs and put them in training so they would have stable jobs. i have the information here. i gave this information to the housing director. i mean -- no the president -- what are you baby? president of the commission. i had him make copies of it, because i wanted him to know. that so-called rad is an excerpt from what the tenants should be doing. and i asked you at a meeting, asked for an audit of hope, the mayor's of housing, all of those funds are to go to the tenants. and the city is getting those grants that started at

bayview-hunter's point. and the tenants did reconstruction of the buildings themselves. they were trained to do this. they were trained. and 20 people were trained to be managers. and only 12 retired. now (inaudible). >> thank you, mrs. jackson. thank you, thank you, dr. jackson. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am adam maguire, i am a

maintenance man for the housing authority. i was born and raised holly court and i am a product of the housing authority. 20 years ago when i started my job, i was on the verge of going one way or another. meaning to be a criminal-type gangster person or worker. and when i got the job for the housing authority it took me in the right direction. there are a lot of black, polynesian, asian kids that will not get hired for a good-paying job unless the housing authority. i want you to consider this, when you hand this over for the directors to make a good amount of money and the maintenance workers don't. there will be a problem. my workers and i insulted by mr.

torres that the maintenance will be better, and without the workers i don't see how. >> thank you. >> i am grace martinez, i am an organizer for ace. i organize typically around foreclosure issues. but previous to that i did organized work in public housing for years in the southeast sector. and a member from seiu made a good point, where are the residents in this. do we have poor planning for the residents to way until they start. i am sure that all of these nonprofit developers are great,

i don't know. can we show that they will have a population that is diverse as the current housing. and question of how people will have access to these units. for a major plan like this, and there was a lot of concerns in question that were only provided today for my understanding. for a major impact that will impact 5-6,000 families in san francisco, there is a lot of, i don't know happening. that's unfortunate. and it's amazing that we don't have public housing residents out here. if you were to knock on the door right now, and ask someone if they knew about this project, what would they say? they would probably say, heard on the news, and wonder what questions i need to ask, i think this plan should stop. that there should be more input by the board of supervisors that represent these communities, than rather leaving it in one

place with the mayor's authority of housing, we need it talk about the residents impacted and they need to have a voice in this process. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is latanya harris, i am standing before you representing employees. and i am also representing residents. because some of them are employees of the housing authority. with this rad program coming onboard, it's going to affect half of our bargaining unit at the housing authority. employees that are residents will be misplaced. and i want to say this is mismanagement. we as a bargaining unit took a

12% cut last june, and told if we do this, all of these variables would fall in place. and eight months later, we are told that didn't work. i believe in the 26 years i have been there, they are washing their hands of the heavy ticket items, public housing. before the asset management development came in play, asset management, which henry alvarez helped to establish with hud, and we were making our repairs. we were not hitting our scores, and when you don't hit your scores, hud doesn't give money. and you have to cut somewhere. all of them know what is going on. they are vague. we have been at the table for

months. yes we have. and it seems like good faith, yes it does. but it's vague. because at the end of all of this in two years, people are going to lose their jobs. and the residents in public housing have become very familiar with employees. and you all know how important that is for people to feel comfortable who is serving them. thank you. have a great afternoon. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i name is will daniels. i am an employee for the san francisco housing authority. i will start by saying there was a statement made that this will allow better building and property management at the sites of public housing. in my time at the agency, i worked in section 8, i managed my case load and handled another case load and managed workers

that are still there as a housing authority. i am a property manager now at robert development, and i worked at potrero hill and sunnyvale. that means i have been involved with the thousands of families in san francisco. in my time here there is shooting and robberies and domestic violence. i had an incident where an employee was attacked by a resident. all things that you won't hear, because there are people that work for the agency that care about the employees and residents that are out there every day doingor :-- doing our jobs to the best of our ability with limited resources. and that statement is a slap in the face to those of