(applause) >> i don't see dwayne jones. dwayne, are you here? and kim forgot to introduce her had you band and her dad. dad, raise your hand. husband, raise your hand. so, we do have a lot of men in the audience. you just can't see them. they are supporters. (applause) >> okay, back to this. i don't see dwayne. but these three people, among others, are the ones that i call on -- [laughter] >> to help me. i don't care what the question or the task too big. they just say, yes, i'll do it. and no, you should go this way. yes, we should handle this way. okay, we would do it this way. they both were meet the expert in the industry. they facilitated a class with the women owned business group and they were amazing, absolutely amazing. the things that they said, some of the things i had said, they reinforced them, but they went one step further. they told them tips and techniques how to avoid the pitfalls in government, which are quite a few. and olivia has been an engineer, starting with the program chapter 12 d a long time ago, and she grew so she so

honey cut and dwayne jones and then we have department heads mohammed the man of the hour for me he made this happen and barbara smith the head of the housing authority and ann is here (clapping) so we're going to have supervisor cowen come up because - oh, another supervisor in front. we're so proud to have her in our district and she said he did i was her master of thesis and every time we need something she's right there like sophie we appreciate her and glad to have her with us >> good morning. i'm glad the speaker put the breaks open kathy that is what happened when our the baby on the stage and keep me to two minutes. it's going to be more than two minutes ate an amazing day to celebrate. you know, i really want to talk about what exactly we're here you've heard about the 20 years but what 20 years has brought us is one hundred and 20 units of senior housing that's right here where we are today. it's not only been a dream for 20 years but it's the exciting moment for the community. as i look at i see so many community leaders and people who have been with us at the beginning that i

my name is dwayne jones. i'm a business owner here in san francisco. i've also had the pleasure of serving as a department head here for this city for the office of community development and also serving as one of the senior advisors for mayor newsome for the 7 years he served as mayor here. this is embarrassing and this is ridiculous and this is not what we do here in san francisco. this is just not what we do. we have a process. when this whole issue first came up, not just these people in this room, but everybody in neighborhoods, everybody in community-based organizations wanted to come before you at that particular point. at that particular moment we were asked to stand down and allow you to go through your process. we respected that process. and what did you all do in return? disrespect us. this is not acceptable on any level. you've heard it a ton of times already. you had a process, you made a vote, you made a decision, she paid her fine. it's done. so, unless there is a willingness of this body to start bringing everything that you've already

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