the fact that safeway, who is quite true with what reverend townshend said, it's one of the most profitablend all of san francisco and to came during the pre -- during a time every development when it benefited to their profit motive. then to the fillmore center, whose own has a desire to see all the tenants in their building be displaced so that they then be converted into condominiums because of the agreement they thought they struck with the redevelopment agency. it's not an agreement as supervisor i would honor, so we stopped that from happening and now there's a lawsuit in pursuit right now. based on the consequences of those interest comes the byproduct of the fact that they don't want to be partnered to something known as the cbd. i say thank you to all the stakeholders who tried to make the best of a situation they inherited, not cost. that sends a strong message back to the city that if you want to help answer the question about how to make cbd's work that are in a community, a diverse community but one that the african-american community, speak to the larger concerns about the out

reverend arnold townshend. enough has been said, and i hate to trouble you. but i wanted to point out one thing. as we move into a new administration, new supervisors on the board, obviously we come with hopefulness and optimism that there will be some changes in the city. in the city where we have lost close to somewhere near 100,000 african-americans in the last 15 or 20 years, it is absolutely urgent if we're going to talk about changing that that that change begins at the top of the first thing you have got to do is change the image of san francisco. you may not know this. i know where you travel, you run into people that want to live in san francisco. when we travel as african- americans, we do not hear that a lot. when i have gone places to preach or to conferences -- i have some creatures here that can agree. when people ask where i am from and i say san francisco, i do not have anyone telling me, ooh, i would love to live there. it is the reality of where this city has come to when it comes to its african-american citizens. obviously, he appointed som