supervisor doris ward told me when i was a lot younger -- she said black does not melt. i was saying to her they do. she told me. she said when you go anyplace, you walk in the room and you are any other nationality and are not black, they do not know if you are italian, if you are russian. but if you walk in the room and a black, they see you are black. that is what happened at u.s. airways. deshawn is highly educated. he went on that plane and they saw he was black. not only was he black, but thank you so much for your time. i have something for you later. thank you so much. president chiu: thank you. [applause] >> i wanted some assistance. i have just two minutes. i just wanted to play. when the mayor came to the bayview and supervisor cohen was there and mom and jackson was there, a lot of city officials can there. thank you, supervisor cohen. you're doing a wonderful job. ♪ ♪ ♪ ain't no fooling around you've got the look there have been so many things that help us down -- held us down now it looks like things are finally coming around. i know we've got a long way to

i have only heard about that work through people liked doris ward, people like espanola jackson, but it is very clear to me that if people like me are only able to sit in and do the kinds of things we're able to do because of people like mrs. westbrook, i would like to thank her family for sharing her with us and allowing her to do the kind of worked that should be done. let me close by saying there are a couple of staff members at the redevelopment agency who have worked very hard. in addition to the money that has been put on the table, staff have worked tirelessly with partners to find funds to turn over every rock that was needed in order to make sure that the money was available to turn this out the way it was. this has been a project that has been near and dear to his heart. and as a dangerous, bill o'brien, sally forth, chris harris, mike rizzo, angela , heidi, kimberly, al, ricky -- these people represent about every aspect of the agency's work from finance to real-estate to housing and everything. they along with the commission, along with the pac, along with mercy and the s