cohen and i last week were at alice griffic with speaker pelosi and speaking of the build out of alice griffin and what is exciting about what is going to happen to public housing all over san francisco is the fact that the mistakes of the past that happened are things that we are doing everything we can to make sure they don't happen in the future. i grew up in plaza east and when we were rebuilding plaza east my family -- we were moved out and it was really difficult getting back in, and one of the biggest problems was they had moved a lot of people outside of san francisco. a lot of my friends and family and then when the time came to return there were a number of excuses as to why they were no longer welcome to return to their units and that's why when we pushed alice griffin through we made sure people weren't necessarily moved outside of the community but a one to one replacement and worked with the community over the years to prepare them for what is to come in terms of that change. not only changing the physical structure of these places but changing people's lives through supportive s

kept the work moving so today is really the griffin of transformation of place and the creation of a new home and it is a celebration for those folks at alicegriffith double rock that have been working so hard to get ready i'd like to ask all the residents to fund and take a bow (clapping) i can promise we're ready to roll and get this work completed thank you. >> thank you sandy (clapping.) before we move to our benediction we'll bring up our supervisor commissioner cohen who needs no introduction. >> i'm going to have a word whoever put this program together have me at the end okay. that's how is that what my staff said all right. i'm going to bring home i've had an opportunity to listen to the reflection of our community and labor parent and first of all, you know you're in trouble when someone says i'll be brief. (laughter) with that said i'll be brief (laughter) because coming in cleaning up and bringing everything home you have an opportunity to hear all the thoughts i want to tell you a real story a person put together a bow tie one at hunters point shipyard open this bow sty that represent bloichtd an emblem of a gun a pious tell th