my name is shirley jackson, and i am a retirement teacher for san francisco unified school district, and i work with early childhood education and after school programs. i have light upstairs and down stairs. it's been remodelled and i like it. some of my floors upstairs was there from the time i built the place, so they were very horrible and dark. but we've got lighting. the room seems lighter. they painted the place, they cemented my back yard, so i won't be worried about landscaping too much. we have central heating, and i like the new countertops they put in. up to date -- oh, and we have venetian blinds. we never had venetian blinds before, and it's just cozy for me. it meant a lot to me because i didn't drive, and i wanted to be in the area where i can do my shopping, go to work, take the kids to school. i like the way they introduced the move-in. i went to quite a bit of the meetings. they showed us blueprints of the materials that they were going to use in here, and they gave us the opportunity to choose where we would like to stay while they was renovating. it means a lot.

people to run for political office, and the third, reverend jackson decided it was our time, and he gave so many of us a seat at the table. shirleyhisholm once said, "if you don't find your seat at the political table, bring in folding chairs." well, reverend jackson actually gave us folding chairs, comfortable chairs, cushioned chairs, because he wanted us to have a seat as campaign managers, as political strategists, as political advisers, and i am so incredibly humbled that he gave me, a young kid -- i was 23 years old -- an opportunity to serve. and i've worked on seven presidential campaigns, 56 congressional campaigns, 19 state and local campaigns, 49 states -- one more state, margaret, and i'll become miss usa without the bikini. >> i want to show you what jesse jackson said on this program to william f. buckley jr. in 1982. >> wow. >> when he was talking about the prospects for black politicians getting white voters and black voters to join behind them. i'd like to show you and get your reaction to it. >> mm. amazing. i mean, amazing. i mean, reverend jackson believed that. i still believe that. i believe that we have to

jackson, harold madison, eloise westbrook, ethel gailing ton and shirley jones including mr.lex pitcher would be very proud of the s.f.p.u.c.'s plans to fulfill the city's historic promise to bayview. and we look forward to all the benefits that future generations will receive when the new center is built. thank you for considering the community. thank you for understanding how important this is to the community. and let's move forward with it, thairnlg you. -- thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for allowing me to share my concerns and opinion. i just want to reiterate what you probably already heard. but bayview residents are clear, we want the s.f.p.u.c. to build a new community center at 1550 evans. you have already heard the statistics. 70% of bayview residents want the city to build a new community facility at 1550 evans avenue. the process for engauging residents was very transparent. san francisco p.u.c. partnered with 16 bayview community organizations. knocked on 2,400 doors and attended 20 community events and 13 focus groups as well. they engaged