and for the tenants to understand the protections in rad. there needs to be education to ease the fears. it's important to get out-reach teams out there to teach others and to get more leaders on the ground. so that the residents know their protections and can get their concerns heard. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i want to say thank you for the opportunity to speak at this hearing, and actually for you guys to have the courage to call this hearing. to flush out some concerns and issues that people have around the rad program. you know it isn't an option to do nothing. i agree wholeheartedly with the city on that point. when you think of the decrepit housing conditions that people are forced to live under. though i have concerns about the whole process is played out. and in particular in the afri n african-americans of san francisco. a collaborative report from 2011, that 45% evictions are african-americans, and 29% in the city of san francisco were african-americ african-americans, but only represen

where do we start in terms of the questions of rad and why are we doing rad? it starts earlier, in terms of december of 2012, when the housing authority was declared troubled by the regional

where do we start in terms of the questions of rad and why are we doing rad? it starts earlier, in terms of december of 2012, when the housing authority was declared troubled by the regional administrator and the secretary of hud. and it was declared trouble for a variety of reasons. and at that point mayor lee called for a reenvisioning process to say, what are the problems with the housing authority? what are the problems with the housing stock? and what can the city do to ensure that we have affordable housing for extremely low-income people. so the mayor convened the big-10 process, and we sought out ideas on how we can solve some of the problems of the housing authority. so over a period of four months, and there are many organizations involved. many city departments involved and many public meetings. and one of the things that we learned in this process, is doing nothing is not an option. what we heard from the folks at the housing authority is that they didn't have the resources to really take on some of the problems that related to the operational prob

that so-called rad is an excerpt from what the tenants should be doing.of hope, the mayor's of housing, all of those funds are to go to the tenants. and the city is getting those grants that started at bayview-hunter's point. and the tenants did reconstruction of the buildings themselves. they were trained to do this. they were trained. and 20 people were trained to be managers. and only 12 retired. now (inaudible). >> thank you, mrs. jackson. thank you, thank you, dr. jackson. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am adam maguire, i am a maintenance man for the housing authority. i was born and raised holly court and i am a product of the housing authority. 20 years ago when i started my job, i was on the verge of going one way or another. meaning to be a criminal-type gangster person or worker. and when i got the job for the housing authority it took me in the right direction. there are a lot of black, polynesian, asian kids that will not get hired for a good-paying job unless the housing authority. i want you to consider this, when you hand this over for t

rad is a complex and potentially intimidating process. and we need a solid communication and outreach plan. there are multiple divisions involved with public housing, and we need a cross departmental collaboration, and we need to bring the answers to the residents. so they don't have to come to city hall to find out what is happening with their homes. thank you for being here today. i know we have a few folks to present. before i open the floor to the departments, i want to provide supervisor avalos an opportunity to make comments. >> thank you, chair breed, and i will be very, very brief. i want to echo your comments you made in the introductory remarks for this hearing. public housing is an important resource in san francisco. looking at the numbers, who lives there, 22% of african-americans in the city is in public housing. and we haven't done enough to be sure that we stem the tide of african-americans. and our latino community, into better housing situations and better jobs. that's always a challenge. but it's a main effort that our

yes, the rad program and certain properties. but i wasn't completely aware that those properties that truly need to be rebuilt completely, are not. not only not going to be rebuilt in a timely manner, and we will be required once rehabilitated to keep them online for 20 years, we won't be able to demolish those particular buildings. that's news to me. i am concerned about so many things i don't know where to start. i lived over 20 years of my life in public housing. and you know it was a part of my existence. i had a strong community. but we constantly had challenges. what is really sad, i have gone on walks informally to all the public housing establishments in my district. and the conditions that existed then, the broken pipes and the roaches and the mice holes, and the smell and the sewage stuff. the list goes on and on. and to go back and i have family and folks who still live there. but to go in as a supervisor and to hear not just the complaints of my friends and family. but to hear the complaints of so many other people l

first based upon the rad. which is very similar to the income they gave us under section 19 -- section 9. and we are also applying for additional rental assistance under this section 18 program. and it's a combination of those two sources that allows us to leverage all the funds we are seeking. and to do all the rehab work that we are seeking to do. so again, it allows us to again get the loan tax credit equity, and allows us to borrow additional funds than under section 9. and the other part of this, it allows us to have higher operating costs. it allows us to do more at the development. so one of the things that hud did not allow the housing authority to do, is to establish operating replacement reserves. the lenders and the investors will insist on operating reserves. the notion of who pays for the roof in year 15, or who replaces the water heater that breaks is not a question that goes to washington, d.c. but just goes to the property manager and says, i have actu actually set aside the money based on this

it's ridiculous what rad is attempting to do is probably not going to work.as far as our residents are already isolated in living in public housing. our residents don't have a voice in this here. if you ask how many appeared in the vision program, maybe 10. we have to start informing our residents about what is going on. so they will have the proper rights. as far as the employees, we are very concerned about our jobs, which is definitely totally important to us. and more than that we are concerned about our residents as far as the services they will receive. we are with them every day, and so we are very concerned about that. i think that's it. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, my name is sabrina cheeks, i work at the housing voucher program. i have worked there 20 years. i am here about the rad program, and i understand that it's important to implement to improve the housing conditions for the tenants. but we know that our jobs will be eliminated. and we are rushed into negotiations and after four months i still don't know what will happen. eve

it's ridiculous what rad is attempting to do is probably not going to work.as far as our residents are already isolated in living in public housing. our residents don't have a voice in this here. if you ask how many appeared in the vision program, maybe 10. we have to start informing our residents about what is going on. so they will have the proper rights. as far as the employees, we are very concerned about our jobs, which is definitely totally important to us. and more than that we are concerned about our residents as far as the services they will receive. we are with them every day, and so we are very concerned about that. i think that's it. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, my name is sabrina cheeks, i work at the

it's ridiculous what rad is attempting to do is probably not going to work.as far as our residents are already isolated in living in public housing. our residents don't have a voice in this here. if you ask how many appeared in the vision program, maybe 10. we have to start informing our residents about what is going on. so they will have the proper rights. as far as the employees, we are very concerned about our jobs, which is definitely totally important to us. and mo t

the 415 germany rad street the at&t cabinet will pose an undue burden on the prove or disprove. the at&t cabinet are inhabit the enlarging and existing at the curbside. the at&t cabinet will cabinet will change the residential air to a more commercial area. the at&t cabinet will disturb the function of the adjacent property. i don't think the big company like at&t should be louder than the minority. ladies and gentlemen, i hope you consider this situation and here's the copy of the letter i first sent to the at&t and department of public works for your again to reference. please we see my statements and thank you very much. >> would you like to state your name for the record. >> and i less than lee. this is the first copy of the letter i sent to at&t and public works. thank you. >> okay. thank you. is there any other public comment for geraldo street go ahead >> i'm allen chow a few facts it says 415 geraldo street but no residents on this the box is in front of my mothers place which is the southeast corner of bacon and germany rad. i'm not clear i want to ask mr. quan b >> but

in rad it's a lot of community housing developers. it's almost locked in to be this way. that we would have developers operating and managing the sites. so we are also losing dollars on the other part of the affordable housing as well. >> hopefully we will expand capacity through other things. but you raise good points, these are some of our familiar developers. and because they have the experience with the form of the financing. and they also have the confidence of the outside len r lenders and investor that is we have to seek out. and they also will pass the hud test. they won't take our word for it that these are good developers. hud will review it. and the investors will have say whether these developers selected by the housing authority pass the mustard or not. we do like them and feel they are confident, but we are not the final word on this. there is at least three other groups of people that will decide if we made a good choice of the developers or not. >> who are they? >> the lender will be lending money to the developers, and they will decide if the developer is

i am excited with this rad program and that we understand what the program entails and the

and then it will be as properties spin off in the rad program. we are working with the bargaining units. we are having meetings with them. since we are still under negotiations with the bargaining units, we have identified classifications for those bargaining sessions. there will be some jobs in about 15 months and then some more about a year later. we are looking at all options for those positions, including matching up classifications at the housing authority with city jobs. and also while we are shrinking on the public housing side. we will still be managing about 1460 public housing units. but we will be growing on the public voucher jobs. some of those jobs will be to the voucher jobs, eligibility for example. >> so availability workers and property managers, what are the jobs we're talking about? >> and some maintenance workers impacted as well. >> so in previous years, i recall 2009, there were hundreds if not thousands of jobs of clerks in our human service agencies and as well as laguna honda and general hospital that were descaled. they

this is about the rad should demonstrate a whole lot of information please supervisor call me, i'm ace and i'm on this case. thank you very much i can't say this in 3 minutes >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm neil on behalf of the putting the name of mayor ralph on some or part of the bay bridge. a little bit of background from time to time when i came here. now the day after tomorrow theirs the 24th is the successful rupture be of the world first occur come navigation of the globe a major landmark in whole history of transportation and in general it's in the record books even though it's been widely forgotten and wanting harrison sales i have a headline. farewell while your dollar steams away leader globe circulating plea and the 2 thousand 5 hundred cheers. as the preliminary opening fester of the scheduled service earlier which is sponsored by san francisco chamber of commerce to spread the word of the importance of san francisco we've seen on the president harrison the head of the company robert dollars and mayor raul. there was 15 or so young ladies who we

this is about the rad should demonstrate a whole lot of information please supervisor call me, i'm acease. thank you very much i can't say this in 3 minutes >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm neil on behalf of the putting the name of mayor ralph on some or part of the bay bridge. a little bit of background from time to time when i came here. now the day after tomorrow theirs the 24th is the successful rupture be of the world first occur come navigation of the globe a major landmark in whole history of transportation and in general it's in the record

you are dealing with rad it's phoney and it's money they shouldn't be spending thank you very much >> next speak >> next speak >> next speaker >> thank you. the overheads head please tom south beach marina apartments. we have an old toy let's see if i can do this. there you go. how long can a spinning top it goes into the center of gravity and a would be he will. and question when it goes into the would be he will san francisco do each would be he will get bigger. i thought it would get bigger but it's a wobble. and now we're going to change it we're going to adapt it a little bit. i also thought that each wobble would get bigger but on occasion when i've played that this thing every once again it comes back to center so here we're. let's see if i can get it going again. there you go. we're spinning around and that's our climate. and i believe climate change we're in our wobbles right there. and we're looking for leadership and we're not getting it. and we have to. and just as important as we have to make an effort in housing in this city needs to be made an effort. i want to applaud

he feels it might be a reassertion of american capitalism, and even in 1939, not quite deeply in the rad dale orbit, but 194 # 1-42 that changed, and by the end of the second world war, he's approaching an establishment liberal voice. a long progression for him and, for him and his career, thee most important political progression he experienced. >> michael kimmage, in your book titled "conservative turn" what do you mean by that? >> conservative turn is something i feel largely true for the time period. it's a duo-part process. first part, embodied in both biographies is a deep engagement with soviet communism, not just the left, but progressive, the structure you call the soviet union and communism, and then there's a recoiling from that, which is something that you sigh all across the 1930s, and it happens in many ways with different consequences. one writes about this only within the history of the left to be sure, but felt to me in researching the subject that among the most crucial consequences was an uptick of enthusiasm for conservative widely construed, atonment for the sins of

it is in fact a proposal that david planned along with the folks with rad red creative. >> i'm wondering if eharmony will pick this up. >> she said yes. >> guys this next video comes with a warning. please never ever, hammer the back of your samsung galaxy s5. a guy has a samsung galaxy. he takes a hammer and will drop the hammer on it a few times. we'll see how long it takes for the screen to crack. ruining a perfectly good technology >> wait until you see when he takes the hammer on the back. watch. >> woe. >> what is that? i asked our techspert he said that denting a lithium ion battery will separate it resulting in a chemical reaction. the heated gas insid >>> good afternoon. i'm frank somerville. we are following breaking news out of the south bay. live pictures from news chopper 2. firefighters in san jose are battling a fire that has spread to three homes. it is burning on mossbrook circle to. give you some idea of where that is, it's just a couple of blocks from moreland middle school. it is in between saratoga avenue and san tomas expressway. we're getting word that three houses

. >> this is what i think -- >> reporter: saying they could no longer control racist rad kal radicals in their midst. am i willing to be the public face for them. no i'm not. >> reporter: robinson's followers were furious. >> they're traitors. >> they should be hung for treason. >> reporter: what would ordinary people make of robinson's change of heart. two days after he sat down. i joined him on his first trip back to his hometown. at first it seemed like robinson was getting a warm welcome. but the mood shifted as we went deeper into town. definitely feel there is more tension in the air now. we are walking through here. >> yeah, yeah, of course. a very divided town. >> i was. >> no. not. >> why do you think it's racist? >> oh, dear. what was senate -- what was that? >> i don't know. >> i don't know if this is a good idea. >> it was clear robinson's past would not be forgotten or forgiven. >> don't point your camera at me? i will break it. >> huh? huh? >> no, no, no, no. >> did you get that on camera? >> i have just been attacked. >> everything all right. >> it was very, very fright

and item next is 121 as an carlos street and the next is 305 elsie street and the next is 415 germany rad street we'll start with at&t. mr. johnson you have 5 minutes to present your case >> so the fact patterns for those eight or nine appeals i'm going to talk about ralph street. so in this particular application was submitted in may 2013 there wasn't another hearing for 8 most in january 2014. at the hearing lynn fong adhered and said at&t applications was in corners with the public works code. at the hearing it was discussed and the hearing officer was told during a box walk an additional location had been identified in addition to the alternative location was on howard street. no members of the community appeared at the hearing to protest. the hearing officer recommended denying this permit application essentially on the basis that an alternative location has been identified as potentially feasible that may have less of on impact the problem is the hearing officer under the s m f order didn't have the discretion but i want to point out the hearing officer had not option into in this p

havens are now money resorts and he does not use a motorized scooter he practices extreme sitting sox radi know. >> jon: i'll give you that the man is a champion sitter. listen. how can anyone claim to be a leader if they are bending over backwards to please an 80-year-old gambling mogul. >> sorry he prefers 40-year-old jackpot facilitator. if you don't mind. >> jon: i can't believe they are so willing to change their behavior for money. >> really, jon. how do you feel about taco bell one of "the daily show"'s major sponsors? hmmmm. >> jon: i think it's it's a place that thinks outside the bun to provide america's families with a wholesome and nutritious dining experience. [ applause ] taco bell -- [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> yeah. yeah, you know what? i thought you might say that and that is why i sent some over for you. >> jon: you don't have to did that. you didn't have to do that at all. what? >> oh, yeah. [cheers and applause] >> jon: thank uh-oh roman cren turran. >> yum. >> jon: mmmmm. [laughter] i'm definitely not going to poop all night. [ beep ] oh, hey jim, this is my s