just asking you and them to trust your compassion that you have for people in this condition and to remember foster children haven t done anything wrong. on the contrary, wrong has been done to them. and we have an opportunity and an obligation to right that wrong. this is your opportunity right here. please take it and approve this project. thank you very much for my two minutes almost. [laughter] good afternoon, planning commissioners. i m steve unschum. i m a senior program manager with the corporation for supportive housing, c.f.h., a national nonprofit that works in communities across the country to create permanent housing to prevent homelessness we strongly believe thatnd and the evidence is promising that when providing with decent housing along with access to relevant services, transitional youth can heal past traumas, access the services they need and building build stable lives and achieve progress toward reaching their potential. we have been for these reaso
i am now a retired college professor, editor and chief publisher and co-founder of the black scholar, journal of black studies and research which is now in its 41st year. san francisco has seen a drastic decline in its black population from 1948 on to the present as a consequence of the california redevelopment act of 1945. in the fillmore, 4,729 businesses were forced to close. 2,500 households were pushed out and 883 victorian houses were demolished, destruction was huge business. with the destruction of the fillmore, a powerful matrix of black arts and leadership also perished and indigenous jazz scene, blues, maya angelou, danny glover, johnny mathis all have their routes roots in the western addition. the major vestige is the booker t. washington community center which has been in san francisco since 1917. the rec and services communities and in drafting 50 apartments into a new five-story structure. what seems to be the sticking point is 15 feet of height. laterally b