dr. espanola jackson i've been around the block many times sit down with the employees and assure them they have can we jobs only have career jobs if our compensated in the right manner i was talk to 0 gentleman he says i'm going to be planting 20 thousand plants or already planted them nature plant their moving in the right direction their forward thinking the people in planning touch the souls their minds and the employees this statement is on behalf of the messes even though i watched their good works i want to say finally god bless the floreses and i want to say to the management work with the commission work with the mayor who talks about cadet those employees can go to a better place (clapping.) thank you very much. >> good afternoon my name is a page scott the general manager the officer the jd eye stating and bowling center we're here to support mgm and express how invaluable we that they are they're a major port part of the success of where we get to run our business as a majority tenant their thank you for the opportunity supportive of our programs and service and because of the p

dr. espanola jackson again you know it brought back memories license about the ear i'm a history buff and in the early 40s that area was called south of market and what occurred was mostly all black folk were living in the area and the churches in the southeast sector back in the day blacks couldn't own or bow property i want to support everything i've heard so 40 far i had to get up and say i used to live there a little entrepreneurial american people clemente i want to thank you all and tutor the work you've done and bringing up the areas i used to live when i was a little girl it wasn't like that when i was growing up. >> hi, i'm marlene samson one the subcontractors i wanted to address the information that the gentleman acquired about for the pay mary and i have worked in the janitorial for maybe 10 plus years i think mary and i want to know that the answer to that question commissioner hurtado thank you your concerned about the community one the people that are hired are san franciscans number 2 we have employees that are living in the affordable housing in the mission bay and yerba

dr. jackson. >> okay yes and dr. jackson. >> you better give me my time. >> yes. >> you got it. >> (laughter) purify good afternoon dr. espanola jackson you know, i came to see i know you're not voting today on this discussion and i'm glad that there's no vote today because of the fact if a i'm quite sure you saw the news the other day i received calls even from out of state because they saw me on tv and got a chance to see my living room and want to come to my house because of the fang i want to make this clear that was nbc that came to me and informed that he about those 22 house that was built at the shipyard had to be torn down duce or because of toxics in that area that bothers me i tell people i'm not talking when i come for black folks to get housing they shipyard i'm talk about keeping the white folks from coming and devising that's what will happen if any parcel come they'll be dead in 5 years i know you read the report about the police when they were out there i told them noted to go some went to the airport i was telling them about the toxin you can check how many of police officers contacted cancer how many of them

dr. jackson. >> good afternoon dr. espanola jackson i didn't come to speak on this issue but when i hear statements i have to make - come up and state something housing authority was mentioned i'd like to say to you all there is an organization a group it wasn't a group but your staff that came up with rad r organization d i wanted to give you information because of my involvement and in 1992 the vice president of the united states came to bayview hunters point because your tenants put together a management council that resident management council started back in the 80s and other statewide states but finally got here to san francisco what that program was to do to train is retina to become managers, flaresers and contributions and all folks to run the housing authority the tenants were supposed to do that the hope program started in bayview hunters point from is fellow that ran the hate ashbury if a person was on drugs they were gotten off drugs and put into training all i have to do is get the information correctly but what o

dr. espanola jackson again you know it hurts me to my heart just you talk about we were edition then you talked about bayview hunters point, western edition came first then my community hunters point but in this report here at d i see where you have here hunters point and bayview and industrial triangle discussion that have never never been a bayview industrial triangle i want that removed i'm tired of people adding things without coming to the community hold hearings and putting in statement and you believe it then that means i'm in trouble my house is in trouble i listen to all the reports and they have never been now the hunters point shipyard all of that fine and good but they have never been in bayview my community is bayview hunters point that was first hunters point i can give you history but you all don't want to know the history of hunters point that was brought on is east side of third street that's where all the blacks will they built temporary housing for us bayview came later too the immigration law awe was and what occurred when our community moved out the people that sold

dr. espanola jackson first, i'd like to ask the attorney because i know you all can't give me answers when i ask the question i'd like to ask the city attorney that represents you whether or not to commission this body has executive privilege and not be looking at the fact in their overriding the governors report that was done when you all were set up there was an oath you took you had to write out a report yes or no taken oaths by the ethics commission so first of all, do you have executive privilege you asking act as though you have i have come before you so many times i've been coming before it was redevelopment in 1968 i've been around a long time i'm 82 year-olds but each time i don't see you having anything in the budget for my church that's my church, i can't i went to church sunday and had to have two people guarding the door only one bathroom and it's for the men that can go down because the floors are falling apart you should be shamed of yours and that church that church has been there since 1968 it was there and guess what you talk about affordable housing i've been asking sinc

dr. espanola jackson francisco. >> please. >> mr.orman. >> madam chair and all commissioners, i come before you with a dire manner you as the commission does some things as us as black contractor in the burr with the shipyard and other projects we've got certain contracts that were mentioned do all they know be or to make sure we carton participate in a level the playing field and i go ahead and make it possible for us to tell them they have to use us but we're to the provided the same leldz they want to micro manage us but not enough money to where we show a profit and make that look like every time we come before you we're begging for more help all we wanted was a level the playing field and we still haven't gotten it i met our new mayor ed lee i want to come before you today and let you know how much he needs you all to back up him to help us do get a legally so you'll know and look at it everything we don't want to you take our word like some libby and some folks do once they give us a contract but not a level the playing field c

dr. espanola jackson you know what your staff speaks and i bring up a subject 2007 housing act i want to give you some history i'm. >> history story telling her i want to say in 1992 the vice president of the united states dan quail came here to san francisco and he came happening to be in hunters point shipyard why was this because we had applied for a grant from residential management council that was for persons living in public housing to have this city to receive 3 grants one for harvey milk one for sunnyvale those persons were to be trained to be managers and technicians and plumbers every aspect of running and owning housing authority the first was hope when you saw the mayors hope program that was at hunters point to get the people off drugs and into train and then the mayor's office of housing what did that money come from that was for the tenant to purchase their apartment they could purchase their apartment but guess what that was under the housing authority they were receiving the fund in 1996 after willie brown became mayor those funds were transferred to the city hall and n

dr. espanola jackson, (calling names). >> please come forward that allows us to speed in the process. >> go ahead dr. jackson. >> you've had two different deduction i wanted to make a statement you didn't ask anyone from the audience when were talking about dpw i want to talk on this issue it is very important and too bad we only have 2 minutes to speak i have here a engross of information that you need to know about i have given this information out to other supervisors before and it was dealing with management residential council set up in 1992 the vice president dan quail came to is of no gave funding and supported the take the opportunity tenant living in housing 3 grants and san francisco was the only city to receive 3 grants one was for hunters view and the other for susan just vail that was to train the tenants to be managers become managers of the public housing having the women or men as well to learn to become contributions plumbers all aspects of running the housing authority where the tenants will run and operate housing authority and guess what only 10 was hired in 1996 when