it would add to the richness of the building and mr. baker can do some things on that to try to make it a little dressier and make it more welcoming. and that is basically the thing. the three things talking architecturally, it is hard because you have three areas. mission bay, showplace square, a quasi-pdr area and you have potrero hill. somewhat small housing units. it is important that the architecture come out right and we're not -- we have had many hearings on this. that part that faces toward potrero hill, we can make it more respectful to that which would be good. i know some efforts have been made in doing this. those are my main feelings. it is a good project. i would hope that you can continue to work with neighbors, particularly those who spoke about the concerns about the project and its impact to them. the potrero hill side. >> commissioner sugaya: i am in support of the project. i am disappointed we do not have 3-bedroom units. i do not know if we can make that a condition or not. i think there needs to be some serious considera

mr. baker and mr. bosley have worked with neighbors and leslee. the project is needed. we need a rental housing. the daggett triangle has been for many years an eyesore. i am glad this project is up for your approval. thank you. >> president olague: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am with walton development. we own the property across from daggett place. we participated in over 100 meetings over the last six or seven years. at every single one of those meetings, amir or dan murphy has been there. their outrage efforts have been remarkable, probably setting a world record of some sort. we believe the project is well co asset to san francisco in general. the neighborhood in particular. we're looking forward to being neighbors with the project and we encourage you to support the project. thank you. >> good afternoon. tim colon on behalf of the act of housing coalition. we have been looking at this since 2006. it has been before us half a dozen times. it is hard to imagine a project that has had more community input and outrage. we watched the design which we

. >> the judge says in her final summation, you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you're nothing but poor white trash. >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour you will meet some of the men doing time including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. ♪ >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2,100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other doc facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range o

the judge says in her final summation, you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you are nothing but poor white trash. all my life, i was a bad boy. i look back and i see all the stupid mistakes that i made. and i see the young people that's here at this prison and i hear all the stories because i listen and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you're going out there with another chance, whether it's five years, ten years or what. you're getting another chance. i'll never get that chance. i would give my leg, my arm, for that chance. i'm never going to get it. i'm going to die right here. >> it's fun to break the law and dance with the devil. but see, when you got to pay the fiddler, it ain't nothing nice. trust me, i'm living it. i'm living it. >> when it comes to serving hard time, white trash baker is hardly alone. >> me, myself, i got 35 to life. i'm here on a three strikes case. in the mid-'80s i had a burglary and attempted burglary. i did four years for it. those are strike one and strike two. in 1996, i caught a drug charge, a methamph

mr. richard trumka, to our executive vice president, and thank you for your warm introduction, arlene holt-baker, and to secretary-treasurer elizabeth schuler. s boblso to moderator' herbert and maria elena salinas, to reverend jackson, to bill lucy. i am sure i will miss somebody, but attribute that to my head and not my heart, but also to my dear wife andrea king, to our king center staff that is here, and friends. it is a great pleasure to join you this morning in this symposium on jobs, justice, and the american dream. you might remember that at the time of my father's passing, that he and his team, reverend jackson and many others, were mobilizing for the poor people's campaign, to bring together poor blacks, whites, and native americans, americans from all walks of life, to say to our nation's policy makers that we demand the right to decent jobs with decent pay. in 1968 and 1967 as there were mobilizing, he was talking about a living wage. we are still trying to get the minimum wage adjusted properly. just shows how far we still have to go. and it is also providential that this is perhaps