you heard everyone mention olson lee a number of times. olson brought everybody into the same room. we're thankful for c.c.d.c. to step up. this building is under strong stewardship, ownership of ccdc, so we know it will be run properly going forward. we're very grateful for that. the san francisco r.a.d. program is the largest r.a.d. conversion i think still today in the nation. it's almost 3500 units. it's 29 properties. again, we jumped in early and we jumped in big. in many ways it was crazy how we jumped in, but that was the opportunity and we just seized on it. the outcome of that leadership is manifested right here in 92 new homes. this is what came out of all of that crazy times, you know? so i just want to say at the housing authority, i've been there about three years. i came in to help with the conversion work. i got to work would my colleagues that i was with for many, many years. i think we are experiencing our strongest partnership that we've ever experienced in the city. i want to call out lydia right now, and she's just been -- [applause] >> i don't want to date us,

i worked with olson lee when he was with the mayor's office of housing and ed lee, and so many people who fought for r.a.d., while others tried to stop r.a.d. i didn't want the conditions of public housing to continue to persist. and i want to thank the san francisco housing authority, who helped to lead this particular effort. and i want to thank our community partner because it is a partnership that gets us to a place like this. thank you, reverend fong and chinatown community development for not only taking on the responsibility of helping to manage this property, but doing it with love, making sure that you work with the residents so that they understood that they were derchfinitely going to be coming back, that you tried to find locations for them that were convenient for them so that their routines were not knocked out of whack. in plaza east, those units were torn down and only 200 were rebuilt, and many weren't coming back. we're changing that. we're changing how we displace residents -- well, not displace. excuse me. that's not the best word. how we make sure when we're remod

jeff buckley and olson lee and so many people who played an important role in making this incrediblect worthy of the name that it represents. sala burton manor. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. tndc has had a partnership with the bank of america that extends back 30 years. please join me in welcoming maria barry. [applause] >> hello, everyone. it's so great to be here with you today. on behalf of bank of america, i want to really start out with many thank yous. starting with leader pelosi for your support of affordable housing and the rad program. mayor breed for your support when you were a supervisor and now as mayor. mayor lee, the late mayor lee and the office of community development. tndc, as don said. we have a partnership that's gone back 30 years, which is justs so tremendous. h.u.d., the housing authority. thank you for trusting the new partners and really overseeing this and ensuring that they will be a steward of these properties going forward. and also i want to thank our bank of america team. ari belliak who was the head of organizing this for ou

lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of you for being with us today. mr. olson i'd like to start with you. your name has been used a lot this week in our proceedings. not necessarily with your whole name but your last name has been many appearances with a lot of references to morrison v. olson. i was what he could kill us about your experience with that case? >> the case as everybody on this committee knows involved the constitutionality of the independent counsel statute under a statute that required the appointment of an independent counsel by members of the judiciary, preventing the removal of the independent counsel except under very narrow circumstances. the constitutional was challenged in the united states supreme court in the case of very think of as the morrison case but other people refer to as morrison v. olson. and the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of that case on a seven to one vote with in my judgment a very, very persuasive dissenting opinion by justice scalia. over time, i've heard from a number of people in the academic world, the legal academic world that jus