miss espinola jackson. i grew up with her children. mr. robertson. all of our families grew up together. when they close the shipyard down, they became [unintelligible] in this neighborhood, financially, it sunk to where it is today. we have not had the opportunity for genuine employment. we have people out of work. what ever is going to take for the peoples to still live in the region for the people to still live in the projects -- what ever is going to take for the people to still live in the projects, we need to show them how to upgrade economic standards. how to get them to the unions, become contractors and business people. our community can only be represented by non-profit corporations. it only needs to be represented by business people that knows what the issues actually are. we have to speak to being told about something that is not going to happen without giving us anything in writing. [applause] >> [inaudible] >> mr. alonzo? >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for your attendance, representatives and offices in thsan francisco. i was bo