our redevelopment agency, under fred blackwell's guidance, has proposed an alternative to the governor's proposal. that discussion was to happen today or yesterday at the governor's office. we will see the results of that shortly, hopefully. i wanted to announce a couple of changes for our legislative staff. anne marie had up that work. to help her, we made some changes that step will be working on legislative analysis. instead of having one position, we will break it up into three different positions. you'll see soapy hayward, erica starke, and erica lovejoy taking part of some of the responsibility. some of their time will be spent on neighborhood planning, and the other part will be focused on legislative work. i believe the land use committee nor the full board met this week, so there is no report for you. >> the board of appeals also did not meet this week. there will be out next week as well. >> historic preservation did not meet this week. >> with that, we are now at general public comment that has a time limit of 15 minutes. at this time, members of the public might address you o

please join me in about coming fred blackwell, the director of the san francisco redevelopment agency. >> thank you, gordon. good morning, everybody. just wanted to make a couple of acknowledgements the fourth saying a few words. -- acknowledgments before saying a few words. a number of commissioners are with us today that made significant contributions. leroy king is right here to my right. as well as the president of the commission, if any of you are missing, let me know and grab me. today is very timely in terms of the dedication of a building to mary ellen rogers. because of what we are going through as an agency. as everyone knows, she was a critic of the agency. she held everyone accountable at the agency. but she was also responsible for for reform at that agency. through this debate about whether or not redevelopment should exist, the san francisco redevelopment agency has been held up as a model. because of the way that it produces affordable housing in the city. because of what it has been able to do. the reason why this agency is considered better than others in the state i