purchased as part of redevelopment and had created some homes for seniors and then had done some unpermitted work. and so really was part of a long -- long series of things that had happened to try to get that person to come into compliance and providing homes for seniors that they had said that they would provide. and so i think that matter was conclude at least at the board of appeals. i imagine there may be some further work at the court on that. so i think that is an example of the kind of important matters we're deciding on, which is housing, which is critical in the city of san francisco and how do we go about ensuring housing is provided, especially for folks who are most vulnerable like seniors. there is a lot of cases like the that deal with housing that come before the board. >> so, i'm glad you're implying. but in your resumÉ, you mentioned that one of the things that you do bring in is not only a view of a woman, but also from the african american community. so, what is that that you're bringing in from the african american community that is going to benefit the board of appeals? >> w

the ability to permit these types of scooters, the department of public works already had the authority to remove these unpermitted scooters. and so even though m.t.a. didn't have that ability to permit them -- not permit them, we already had a city agency that was removing them under our current code, and that was the conflict that we were trying to address for. so there was no ability for the city to legally permit these scooters that city was just picking up because they were clutter on our sidewalk. so i think that's really important to note, that this process had to happen, that we couldn't just have these scooters out there because they would get cleared out by the city, by a different agency. there is a different type of hearing partly because this board of supervisors pursuant to the city charter doesn't have authority to make decisions around contracting. mr. givner, i was hoping you could clarify the roles of the different branchs via contracts. >> mr. givner: deputy city attorney jon givner. the board of supervisors does have the authority to review and approve the sfmta's contracts that exceed $10 mill