those were built for the union ironwork. this really is one of the most original live-work neighborhoods in san francisco. because of this mix of housing and industrial, they need to sit in terms of scale and mass and height for the neighborhood. during the whole dot-com boom, we saw many move into the neighborhood. we found ourselves in combat before the planning commission for one project after another, and that was actually an impetus for the community to try to become a historic district. >> the process took our community approximately four years. we made presentations before pretty much every single supervisor and educated them about dogpatch. it was an arduous task, but once we went before the planning commission and then to the board of supervisors, lee did not have one person in the neighborhood opposed the historic designation. i cannot say that just being a historic district protect everything. it means that there is another layer of bureaucracy that people have to go through if there are going to make changes to th

new jersey's senate president, steve sweeney, is not just a democrat, he's an official with the ironworkers union. >> so what are you doing being the guy who's asking public employees to pay more for their health insurance and their pensions? >> i'm the guy that sits on the same side of the table as they do, and i know what fair is, and someone has to step up and say-- with credibility and credentials and say, "wait a minute, this is wrong. and we have to fix it." >> reporter: an underfunded state pension isn't just new jersey's problem. according to the most recent calculations, the gap between promises states made to public workers for pensions and the amount set aside to pay for them is at least $1.26 trillion. new jersey joins states including wisconsin, ohio and michigan asking public employees to kick in more. it's an assault on collective bargaining, says labor studies professor tom juravich. >> if you take health care out of collective bargaining, what's the stop you next year taking income out of collective bargaining? >> reporter: governor christie says this law also represents a victor