i was also alarmed that charlie shamas was not put forward on the rules committee. it has been a strong voice for economic development and environmental justice. with community members, building the leadership, it is so necessary in the city with the economic downturn that has been working hand-in-hand with community members and has made the citizen's committee on community development a very meaningful experience for the community to take part in. in the past when there would be community meetings with cccd, they would have about two minutes for public comment with the work of restructuring the committee and having a stronger approach on community development. they opened it up for the community to actually take part and there to be dialogue on how the city will be responding with its community development work. it is not some much a cut-down approach, it involves the community in a very interactive way. a couple years ago, there was a proposal that was working towards eliminating community development work in san francisco. my office convened a working group, work