mayor willie branown and mayor frank jordan worked hard on this.d this new framework of profit participation, the first ever in the history of this country where a news polity like san francisco, a private developer, and the navy came together. each one has a stake in the other's success. this is why the secretary of the need avy was here with speaker pelosi. it will not officially be executed until the environmental review is done next year. we signed an agreement, the three of us. again, this is all about jobs. this is all about real imagining our vision to include jobs, housing, and a light to focus on taking an old property that is not servicing a lot of good in terms of what it produces economically and creating a framework where we think we will be doing something that will be in the -- envy of cities around the world. it is something to really celebrate. even if you feel pessimistic about your city and that there are a huge amount of challenges, i think people will mark this moment in san francisco history as a really proud moment as we look

i have been on the planning commission for three times, under frank jordan, willie brown and gavin newsome. and i wanted to thank all three mayors for appointing me, but more importantly, i also want to say that i felt the last eight years that i'm going to leave the commission better off than it was when i first started. many of you may remember, at that time we had charter reform where we had four appointed by the mayor and three appointed by the board. and many felt that we would have a lot of confrontation between the commissioners. i am pleased to say that we have worked very well together. all the commissioners, especially the present commissioners. one of the major goals that we have been able to look into the future for san francisco is the approval of about 23,000 housing units in the last eight years. aside from that, one of the things we have don very well is hire a visionary director in john rahaim. i was on the selection committee, mike and i are the only ones left, and we were looking for someone to bring integrity -- you were there, too? ok. to bring integrity back to the pl

rob reynolds, son of frank reynolds, is there and rosalind jordan. used to be at nbc news she is a correspondant there. this is a public television station over in the suburbs, getting paid for by virginia state money. if you're watching it, what are we getting? >> we're getting its english version which is different from the arabic version. it is owned by the same people. the editorial controls ultimately is the same, but is totally different people running it. they hired a lot of people from the states, to produce this thing. when i did that project, they had just launched. i know that there have been tensions within the news rooms over the editorial line that they have been told to take on certain issues. on the other hand, there was a guy who was given $50,000 and told to go out and find some interesting stories in the congo because western media was not covering it. it is a mixed bag. i look at their english version, interesting to see how they're covering things. ultimately the editorial control is the same, but it is worth bearing in mind that