currently she is the executive director of the booker t. washington community center. she's been the executive director for over 7 years, but she's also been on the board. she's been extremely active in changing young people's lives. i've been so fortunate to be able to not just work with her, but learn from her. and the reason why i want to honor her today is because pat scott has been on the forefront of transitional aid youth housing. she has raised $33 million to build transitional age view housing at the booker t. washington community site in the district. [cheering and applauding] >> in addition to keeping this particular [speaker not understood], she is just $900,000 away from success. when we talk about changing people's lives, we need to make sure that we're talking about jobs, we're talking about housing, we're talking about real tangible opportunities. and this is the first time we've had someone take the leadership in the community to make this happen for our young people. and as supervisor, i want to do everything i can to support you, to encourage you, an

my problem is why can't we be more like booker t. washington republicans. akenly what's being unified. >> they call booker t. washington, he was the originator. okay? so when you stay douglas, douglas was not -- >> how about the unity and diversity? >> what about that? we just talked about that. give you an example. here's an example. when he escaped from slavery, i think 10 years or 20 years, he writes a letter and said, i forgive you, for all the things you did to me. >> for giving for giving him shelter and food all them years? >> no. >> in a moment we'll be joined by kevin dotson who produced that documentary from which that video was shot, called black tea, about black members, members of the tea party. with us now the professor of political science at the university of washington and author of the upcoming book "change they can't believe in, the tea party and reactionary politics in america." thanks so much, christopher, for joining us. it seems to me that when a lot of us who work on this show and have watched this program we have made a real effort t

our favorites picked at random would include the bicycle plan, the 2004 housing element, and booker t. washington center, the edward 2 and the bridge housing project on geary. those last three are housing projects below income and the most vulnerable citizens we have got caught up in c-e-q-a to great length. we learned yesterday that there is an alternate proposal that is being put forward and we're trying to catch up and understand what it means. but what i've heard so far from our members is that it would absolutely explode public process. and it appears nothing more than a way to bypass the planning commission. please move this forward. it's done everything that you asked of it and it's long overdue. thank you. >>> good evening, commissioners, sue vaughan with the sierra club. we agree that there needs to be clarity on the notification and appeals process. we don't believe that people's right to appeal projects is what's forcing up the cost of housing in san francisco. we think people are building expensive housing and we think that's what's causing the price of housing to be so expensive. the

the way it works nowth at the board, so, for example, the booker t. washington project where we had to do a special use district to rezone it, we held a hearing at the land use committee on the underlying legislation. and then we had a separate hearing on the c-e-q-a appeal at the full board of supervisors. right now every single c-e-q-a appeal is heard by the entire board of supervisors no matter what the appeal is, whether or not it has already been a separate hearing. what the legislation provides is that if there is -- if the board is already taking legislative action that's necessary for the project to happen, the c-e-q-a would automatically, even if it's not appealed, attach to that legislation and it would be heard in committee. the board can always hear any matter, any piece of legislation as a committee of the whole if the board wants to do that. but this would occur presumptively in committee. if there were no underlying legislation, then the hearing would happen at the full board as it currently does. >> okay. and then as far as the planning commissio

smith if he would support regular allegation as booker t. washington advocated.responded by citing a letter douglass wrote to his former slave master. >> when he escaped from slavery, he writes a letter to his former slave master and says, i forgive you for all the things you did to me. no! >> food and shelter, don't forget those chains. let's turn to e.j. of the washington post, and benji sarlin, political reporter for talking points memo. he seems to be at odds with the report. this seems to be a step backwards. >> no kidding. when i was watching chairman priebus list all the things they did wrong, he was chairman of the party, so i'm resigning and passing this party on to someone else. but that moment you just showed, let's stipulate that guy is not a typical republican. however, the republican party has systematically walked back from its proud role as the party of lincoln, and they've been using almost neo-calhoun about radicalist visions of state's rights, even talk of secession. when they start talking like that, they obviously turn off african-americans,

i read about booker t washington. his autobiography called "up from slavery." he was a slave and it was illegal for slaves to read. that right there is a topic in and of itself that a lot of young people should be thinking about why was it illegal for slaves to read? because the slave owners knew that if they could read, they could liberate themselves. and the same thing goes today. those young people who are not availing themselves of the educational opportunities are intentionallien slaving themselves. >> the latin phrase for education, to bring forth from within, predisposes all these kids were born with their talent. that's their gift. you had a particular talent, too, in school where you could push people's buttons i read a commencement address you gave in 2007. there was a particularly good talent of yours. >> i would study my classmates to figure out what made them angry. i would figure it out and irritate them and irritate them until they were about to explode but i would never push the last button until we were in the classroom and the taacher was near

i read about booker t washington. his autobiography called "up from slavery." he was a slave and it was illegal for slaves to read. that right there is a topic in and of itself that a lot of young people should be thinking about why was it illegal for slaves to read? because the slave owners knew that if they could read, they could liberate themselves. and the same thing goes today. those young people who are not availing themselves of the educational opportunities are intentionallien slaving themselves. >> the latin phrase for education, to bring forth from within, predisposes all these kids were born with their talent. that's their gift. you had a particular talent, too, in school where you could push people's buttons i read a commencement address you gave in 2007. there was a particularly good talent of yours. >> i would study my classmates to figure out what made them angry. i would figure it out and irritate them and irritate them until they were about to explode but i would never push the last button until we were in the classroom and the taacher was near

then you've got this other guy who comes out and says we want to be booker t. washingtonepublicans. you know, one hand, but as separate as five fingers. why can't we go back to segregation? a woman stood up and said, wait a minute, we shouldn't be talking about slavery in referencing that. she's the one who got booed. both people came out of the tea party session saying the woman arguing with the segregationist guy was the problem. people didn't see the black guy saying let's go back to frederick douglass or the white guy saying go back to segregation. they weren't the problem to most of the attendees at that event. that is what it wrong with the republican party. >> well said. >> the harm this does, chris, is not just with african-american voters. it's with those independent voters in the philadelphia suburbs. >> correct. >> they listen to this stuff and say these guys are nuts. >> they said i signed on to the party of lincoln and these guys signed off from the party of lincoln. >> exactly. they're the opposite now. >> i know who you're talking about. i go back to my poi