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A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
pittsburgh
city
council
cablecast
public
hearing
on
wednesday
may
5th
2021.
A
We
are
joined
so
far
by
with
councilwoman
erica
strasberger,
councilman
bobby
wilson,
couchman
daniel
avale
councilman
debra,
ghost
councilman
councilwoman,
deborah
gross
and
councilman
anthony
coghill.
We're
going
to
ask
as
always
that
our
city
clerk
would
start
us
off
by
reading.
The
purpose
of
this
cable
cast
public
hearing.
B
A
Thank
you
very
much.
That
brings
us
to
the
beginning
of
our
meeting
and
we
ask
that
randall
taylor
will
start
first
followed
by
jackie
smith.
Randall.
Are
you
with
us.
C
Yes,
I
am
councilman.
Can
you
see
me
thank.
A
C
My
name
is
randall
taylor
of
of
homewood
soon
to
be
back
in
east
liberty,
and
I
want
to
thank
council
for
this
hearing
and
first
of
all,
let
me
do
something
I
used
to
do
back
in
the
day
was
to
thank
lawrence
gumberg
for
opening
my
eyes
and
opening
the
city's
eyes
to
the
issue
of
gentrification
and
displacement
and
housing
injustice
in
this
city.
C
Had
it
not
been
for
him,
I
would
never
have
been
able
to
learn
about
the
city's
housing
policies
of
giving
massive
amounts
of
public
dollars
and
subsidies
and
tax
breaks
and
in
public
land
to
developers
to
force
our
people
to
rent
in
perpetuity.
So
so
again,
I
want
to
talk
about
again
the
issue
of
displacement.
C
The
number
of
7
000
between
2014
and
2018
is
a
disgraceful
number
for
this
city.
We
believe
it
is
the
policy
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
to
drive
african
americans
from
this
city.
The
best
example
of
that
is
their
the
land
bank
was
a
perfect
example
where
the
city
acquires
the
city
is
the
largest
slum
landlord
in
the
homewood
area.
C
They
have
sat
on
these
properties
for
77
years
and
it's
a
shame
what
they've
done
to
homeowners,
who
are
trying
to
maintain
your
home,
maybe
increase
their
property
values,
but
they
have
the
misfortune
of
sitting
next
to
one
of
the
city-owned
slum
properties.
So
one
thing
we
want
to
talk
about
is
again:
let's
grow
the
city:
let's
bring
back
people
who
want
to
live
in
this
city
and
those
are
people
who
were
forced
from
here.
C
We
know
they
were
forced
because
they
moved
to
the
eastern
suburbs
of
the
city,
which
means
they
didn't
leave
for
economic
opportunity
they
left
because
they
could
no
longer
afford
to
live
in
the
city
final
minute.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
the
solution
on
the
table
we
have
a
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity
to
covet
relief
dollars.
C
We
are
going
to
make
a
demand
of
200
million
dollars
that
will
be
used,
hopefully
strictly
for
housing
and
to
begin
to
start
in
a
place
like
homewood
that
will
that
will
be
of
a
benefit
to
the
taxpayers
of
the
city.
C
Well
now
we
have
a
community
that
has
not
received
that
is
not
giving
tax
revenue
to
the
city
once
we
bring
that
back
online,
it
will
pay
for
itself
over
the
years,
and
so
we're
also
saying
on
city
council
that
we
do
not
want
the
mayor
to
appoint
another
one
of
his
task
forces.
We
do
not
want
this.
Councilman
burgess
support
another
one,
his
task
forces.
It
must
be
a
community
driven
process
to
determine
how
that
200
million
dollars
will
be
spent.
C
Let's
make
no
doubt
about
it
that
the
use
of
the
covet
relief
dollars
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
should
prioritize
housing
and
to
bring
our
people
back.
Thank
you,
council.
D
Hello
and
thank
you
to
the
members
of
council
for
being
here
today
and
for
giving
us
this
space.
My
name
is
jackie
smith
and
I
live
in
the
park.
Place
neighborhood,
I'm
speaking
today
as
a
resident,
but
also
a
teacher
and
scholar
at
the
university
of
pittsburgh
and
a
human
rights
advocate
in
the
city
working
with
many
folks
here
today
and
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
future
of
my
neighborhood
and
of
my
students
and-
and
I'm
that's
part
of
my
motivation
here.
D
But
that's
part
of
a
very
long
process,
that's
global
and
becoming
very
urgent
for
us
to
address,
and
it's
a
result
of
the
fact
that
city
leaders
have
for
too
long
served
the
needs
of
developers
and
investors
and
tried
to
promote
growth
with
the
idea
that
it
would
trickle
down
and
benefit
everybody.
But
that
doesn't
happen.
It
hasn't
happened
and
research
shows
that
it
isn't
designed
to
happen.
D
Cities
need
to
be
designed
for
the
people
that
live
here
and
we
need
to
center
policy
making
around
people's
needs
and
around
human
rights.
So
human
right
to
housing
has
to
be
a
top
priority
for
the
leaders
in
our
city
and
the
pandemic
is
really
a
wake-up
call
that
we
really
need
to
change.
How
we
think
about
policy
and
development.
We
need
a
new
paradigm
that
centers
people
and
not
money
and
investment
and
growth.
D
We
need
to
think
about
the
future
generations.
What's
going
to
happen
in
10
years,
what's
this
city
going
to
look
like
based
on
the
policies
we
make
today,
so
centering
people's
needs
and
treating
housing
as
as
one
of
a
system
of
human
rights?
It's
a
basic
right.
One
of
the
top
priorities
we
have
to
make
it's
not
a
privileged
reserve
to
those
who
can
pay,
and
we
need
to
think
about
the
rights
that
need
to
go
with
it.
D
Decent
work
at
a
housing,
wage,
education
and
a
healthy
environment
and
and
strong
communities
which
good
housing
policies,
help
protect
and
promote
strong
communities
that
can
protect
us
and
help
strengthen
our
immune
systems
against
diseases
like
covid19,
and
not
only
is
it
the
right
thing
to
do
it's.
This
is
our
international
legal
obligations.
D
E
A
E
Okay,
thank
you.
I
apologize.
My
name
is
roxanne
scott.
I
currently
live
in
mckeesport,
but
I
lived
all
over
the
city
as
I
was
born
and
raised
here
and
lived
and
worked
here,
my
entire
life.
So
forgive
my
bluntness,
but
the
question
is
not
why
black
folks
are
leaving
pittsburgh.
Their
question
really
is:
why
did
it
happen
sooner
and
how
bad
is
it
going
to
get?
E
You
know
for
me,
my
building
blocks
for
my
american
dream
are
health
care,
education,
employment,
housing
and
justice,
and
pittsburgh
fails
black
women
and
their
families
terribly
on
employment
and
housing.
These
failures
force
our
families
into
bad
neighborhoods
with
bad
schools.
It
limits
our
employment
options,
it
endangers
our
health
and
they
destroy
our
credit
and
exhaust
our
savings
and
they
unhouse
our
families.
E
I
know
that
this
council
recently
declared
racism
as
a
public
health,
injury,
health,
public
health
or
issue,
and
that's
great,
but
the
question
is
who's
going
to
do
something
about
that
and
what's
going
to
be
done
so
what
I
want
to
make
sure
we
point
out
is
that,
particularly
in
my
situation,
educar,
employment
and
housing
are
a
big
problem.
We
are
not
protected
from
racist
employers
like
cbs
aetna
in
this
area.
E
Cbs
aetna
is
a
significant
employer
in
this
area,
but
we
should
all
be
familiar
by
now
with
cbs
aetna's
reputation
for
discrimination
and
what
I
assume
to
be
true,
I'm
not
an
activist,
so
somebody
can
correct
me,
but
what
I
assume
to
be
true
is
that
cbs
aetna,
like
some
other
companies,
are
double
dipping
in
pittsburgh:
they're,
getting
tax
tax
credits
and
they're
also
using
the
welfare
system,
which
you
all
don't
want
us
to
be
on
to
cover
up
their
discrimination
into
supported.
E
So
I
would
hope
that
this
committee-
and
I
you
know
it
would
have
been
nice
if
the
mayor
or
the
governor
or
the
lieutenant
governor
who
all
like
our
votes,
would
have
done
something
about
it.
But
I
know
for
a
fact
that
that
has
not
been
done
yet
hold
these
companies
who
discriminate
against
black
women
accountable,
stop
them
from
double
dipping
out
of
pittsburgh.
E
The
other
thing
that
is
a
problem
is
housing.
I
know
the
mayor
is
talking
about
tax
assessments
and
things
like
that.
The
gateway
to
owning
a
home
is
renting
and
what
happens
here-
and
I
know
we
all
know
this
too-
the
automatic
evictions
are
a
problem.
The
automatic
evictions
keep
us
from
finding
work
because
those
are
public
records
that
show
up
on
background
checks.
The
automatic
evictions
keep
us
from
finding
new
housing
when
we
are
evicted.
E
I
have
been
evicted
three
times
in
this
city
from
perry
hilltop,
a
woman
named
jill
vitilune
evicted
me
because
I
would
not
help
her
evict
a
man
named
matt
cavaness,
I
went
with
a
manila
folder
full
of
information
and
two
witnesses.
Judge
raven
saw
said
point
blank
when
I
asked
why
am
I
being
evicted
if
she
didn't
fear
if
she
didn't
prove
her
case,
he
said
point
blank.
It's
her
house
and
she
wants
you
out.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
for
the
record,
we're
joined
by
president
teresa
kell
smith,
councilman
bruce
krauss
and
councilman
corny
o'connor
timothy
stevens,
followed
by
mel
placker
stevens.
F
How's
everybody
good,
I
a
little
frustrated
because
I
finished
a
statement
to
send
to
all
of
you
and
it
disappeared
from
the
computer.
So
you
know
how
that
is.
So.
F
I
will
take
the
time
to
rewrite
a
statement
for
you
what
you'll
receive,
but
I
wanted
to
first
of
all
give
acknowledgement
to
randall
taylor
in
the
plan
in
the
penn
plaza
support
and
action
committee,
economic
justice
circle
and
the
pittsburgh
human
rights
alliance
for
the
wisdom
to
ask
for
this
public
hearing
today
and
I'm
hoping
that
all
of
you
will
take
the
request
of
randall
and
the
group's
mentioned
quite
seriously.
F
I
think
it's
pretty
amazing
that
in
only
a
few
years
that
we
lost
almost
nine
percent
of
our
black
population,
I
don't
think
as
political
leaders.
You
should
look
at
that
as
just
a
figure
but
a
serious
statement
of
what's
been
going
on.
I,
along
with
many
people
from
the
coalition.
F
As
in
my
position
as
bpap
chair,
I
sat
in
on
many
of
the
conversations
around
the
penn
plaza
effort
when
it
was
in
its
heyday
and
heard
from
residents
with
passion
in
their
voices
about
how
they
were
being
displaced
and
how
they
felt
they
may
not
be
able
to
stay
in
the
area
of
the
city
or
in
the
city
itself.
That
they've
been
in
many
cases
for
decades,
and
I
don't
think
this
is
by
accident.
F
Whatever
words
you
want
to
call
it,
but
the
gentrification
of
pittsburgh,
including
the
hill
district,
where
I
grew
up,
is
not
a
conversation.
It's
become
a
reality
and
even
concerns
now
in
in
homewood.
People
who
have
lived
in
these
neighborhoods
should
be
able
to
stay
in
those
neighborhoods
and
with
the
monies
coming
into
pittsburgh,
with
the
cobot
relief
and
the
other
program
of
our
very
dynamic
president,
and
vice
president,
these
money
should
be
looked
at.
F
There
should
be
serious
analysis
of
how
many
of
those
dollars
can
be
used
for
low
to
moderate
housing
for
people
in
our
particularly
in
our
african-american
neighborhoods
and
others
as
well.
But
this
is
an
issue
that
should
be
examined.
Very
closely,
I
love
the
idea
of
creating
a
philosophy
of
the
right
to
return
and
creating
policies
and
procedures
that
would
make
the
right
to
return
a
reality
that
you
actually
find
out
how
people
can
return
if
they
wish
to
return,
because
many
of
them
did
not
want
to
leave.
F
In
the
first
place,
one
of
my
bpap
council
members
from
the
hill
district,
who
was
not
a
poverty
person.
She
actually
had
a
reasonably
high
job,
but
could
not
afford
to
stay
in
the
hill
district.
That's
just
ridiculous.
She
ended
up
believing
and
going
out
into
wilkinsburg.
So
this
is
not
just
a
conversation.
It
is
a
reality.
So
I'm
hoping
that
you
will
move
to
accept
this
request.
This
investigation,
this
research
and
this
policy
of
the
right
to
return.
A
Thank
you
very
much
that
we
have
now
mel
patrick's,
followed
by
richard
adams,
jr
mel.
G
Hi,
I'm
mel
packer
here
I
live
in
point
breeze.
Listen,
this
is
a
joke.
I
just
heard
a
mayor.
A
developer
and
seven
thousand
black
people
walk
into
a
bar
after
the
developer
buys
a
couple
rounds.
He
says
to
the
mayor.
I
wonder
what
happened
to
those
seven
thousand
black
people
that
came
in
with
us.
The
mayor
replies
what
black
people
I
didn't
see
any,
but
if
you're
still
buying,
I
need
another
beer
better.
G
Yet
imagine
one
day
a
guy
rushes
into
city
council
and
says
I
just
drove
through
greenfield
and
they're
gone
councilman
says:
what
do
you
mean?
They're
gone
guy
replies,
people
are
gone,
seven
thousand
greenfield
residents
just
gone,
they
said
home
values
and
rents
went
so
high.
People
had
to
leave
next
day.
The
media
reports
city
council
holds
emergency
meetings
to
figure
out
why
seven
thousand,
mostly
white
people,
moved
out
of
the
city.
Special
funding
is
found
for
ads,
urging
residents
to
come
home,
more
funding
found
to
make
repairs
to
homes
and
disrepair.
G
Homes
taken
by
developers
for
resale
at
massive
profits
are
seized
by
eminent
domain
powers
of
the
city,
the
council
apologizes
to
former
residents.
For
ignoring
them
for
so
long,
but
it
was
in
greenfield
for
which
seven
thousand
black
residents
fled
between
2014
and
2018.,
it
was
the
entire
city,
but
mostly
east
liberty,
and
surrounding
areas
where
our
city
has
given
developers
the
same
rights
and
powers
white
settlers
had
to
deal
with
the
indigenous
population
round
them
up
chase.
It
out
wave
goodbye,
some
statistics
to
think
on:
2014
pittsburgh
city
population,
305,
000,
2018,
301,
000.
G
It
means,
of
course,
during
those
four
years
in
which
seven
thousand
black
people
moved
out.
Three
thousand
white
folks
moved
in
think
about
that
one
in
2014,
black
population
was
20
23
of
the
total
population.
If
the
loss
of
blacks
were
proportionate,
pittsburgh
would
have
lost
920
black
people.
Instead,
we
lost
eight
times
that
we
don't
wonder
why
we
don't
admit
we
must
have
really
messed
up
to
see
so
many
black
people
leaving
their
homes.
Despite
the
talk
from
some
elected
officials
about
gentrification
not
happening
in
pittsburgh,
we
know
it
is.
G
We
also
know
that,
because
of
systemic
and
institutional
racism,
black
people
will
not
return
until
the
city
says
come
home,
we
need
you,
we
want
you.
We
screwed
up
and
we're
not
just
talking
about
making
corrections,
we're
doing
it.
It's
high
time
that
we
as
a
city
fest
up
to
the
racism
inherent
in
our
deals
with
developers,
time
to
recognize,
there's
a
reason.
Almost
every
study
of
the
last
few
years
has
pronounced
pittsburgh
as
one
of
the
most
segregated
cities
of
comparable
size
and
one
in
which
most
black
people
apparently
find
no
future.
G
It
is
time
to
think
way
outside
the
box,
time
decided
municipally
owned
and
operated
non-profits
to
build,
affordable
social
housing,
like
european
nations,
do
time
to
use
some
of
that
federal
stimulus
money
to
stimulate
the
right
of
return
for
black
people
driven
from
their
homes.
If
we
want
this
would
be
a
model
city,
we
need
to
begin
modeling,
humanity
and
equity.
Time
is
now
not
tomorrow
and
that's
a
black
panthers
used
to
say:
let's
seize
that
time,
for
if
we
fail,
we
will
all
become
victims
of
that
time
and
the
opportunities
that
we
let
pass.
A
H
Hey,
how
are
you
doing
councilman
burgess,
hey
man?
Okay,
I
want
to
say
that
I'm
very
pleased
to
see
that
most
of
the
council
is
in
attendance.
My
name
is
rick
adams
to
be
not
as
formal
as
introduced.
H
H
We
are
here
today
to
call
attention
to
and
protest
a
continuing
crime
against
humanity.
The
city
of
pittsburgh
has
mistreated
black
people
for
more
than
the
50
years.
I
have
observed
life
here.
One
can
mark
the
1950s
negro
removal
push
out
conducted
to
usher
in
the
first
renaissance,
which
warehoused
black
people
in
locations
so
isolated
and
scattered
that
it
destroyed
the
geographic,
social,
economic
and
political
heart
of
the
african-american
community.
H
On
a
good
day,
a
traveler
could
be
lost
all
day
and
never
find
the
northview
heights
or
saint
claire
village,
for
example,
decades
later
the
tearing
down
of
public
housing
communities
repeated
the
drama
trauma
rather
and
scattered
black
people.
Once
again,
the
present
day,
gentrification
symbolized
by
bakery
square
with
its
thousand-dollar
efficient
efficiency
apartments
stands
as
a
monument
to
this
city's
continued
policy
of
ethnic
cleansing.
H
H
Now,
seemingly
overnight,
the
majority
of
african
americans
live
outside
the
city,
lack
of
employment,
underemployment,
denied
access
to
mortgages,
declining
housing
opportunities,
minimal,
available
credit
for
business
startups,
and
no
money
for
new
business
development
have
decimated
black
communities.
These
conditions
are
made
worse
by
police
practices,
practices
that
make
our
neighborhoods
war
zones
rather
than
communities.
H
The
scourge
of
drug
addiction
must
be
treated
as
a
health
issue.
Drugs
must
be
decriminalized
if
not
made
legal
hold,
harmless.
Diversion
and
treatment
programs
must
be
put
in
place
of
police
action,
end
cash,
bail,
deploy
social
workers
and
mental
health
and
other
health
providers
to
heal,
not
take
family
members
to
jail
or
attack
subdue
and
fragment
communities
between
2014
and
2018.
Over
7
000
black
people,
nine
percent
of
the
remaining
black
population
have
left
the
city.
H
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
now
have
kimberly
harrell,
followed
by
kenneth
miller,
kimberly.
I
Hi-
and
so
I
don't
have
all
of
the
intellectual
stats
that
all
of
the
people
before
me
have
touted
what
I
have
is
experience,
what
I've
lived
through
from
moving
from
beaver
county
to
pittsburgh,
and
I
thought
I
was
moving
into
an
area
of
more
opportunity.
But
what
I,
what
I
moved
into
was
systemic
racism.
I
What
I
moved
into
was
one
blighted
area
after
the
other
because
of
affordability
because
of
the
systemic
systems
that
caused
me
to
have
to
work
a
hundred
times
as
hard
as
anyone
to
just
get
out
of
one
place
and
into
another.
I
can
remember
applying
for
public
housing
and
being
approved
for
public
housing
and
being
given
a
list
of
available
places.
I
But
my
younger
daughter
said:
if
I
stay
here,
I'll
be
a
I'll,
be
a
criminal
and
a
crackhead,
and
she
moved
to
new
orleans
at
18
years
old
because
she
experienced
what
we
were
living
through
and,
and
that
makes
absolutely
no
sense.
And
so
for
me.
I
was
fortunate
to
get
a
hand
up
and
a
leg
up
from
different
people
to
end
up
in
a
much
better
situation
today,
and
I
don't
want
to
leave
here,
90
of
my
family
is
here-
I
don't.
I
have
a
granddaughter
25
years
old
and
a
great
grandbaby
to
her.
I
J
Hi,
my
name
is
clara
and
I
live
downtown
in
district
6..
Today's
hearing
is
long
overdue
and
we
need
concrete
policies
to
be
the
outcome.
Today.
It's
not
lost
on
us
that,
although
city
council
is
holding
this
public
hearing
they're
doing
so
because
organizers
petition
them
to
there
are
city
council
members
here
today
that
deny
what
is
happening
in
pittsburgh
is
forced
mass
displacement
of
black
communities.
We've
heard
this
several
times
from
council
member
burgess,
including
a
few
weeks
ago
at
one
hood,
media's
gentrification
and
displacement
webinar.
J
As
a
recent
graduate,
I
want
to
bring
attention
to
the
role
that
universities
and
medical
institutions
play
using
their
non-profit
status,
such
as
the
university
of
pittsburgh
and
upmc.
Several
of
their
30-year
plans
and
comprehensive
plans
show
further
encroachment
into
neighborhoods,
such
as
south
oakland,
the
upper
hill
and
even
hazelwood
through
the
mont
oakland
connector
plan.
Growth
for
universities
and
hospitals
like
upmc,
comes
at
the
cost
of
residence,
especially
in
predominantly
black
neighborhoods,
and
this
must
be
addressed
in
a
democratic
way
that
holds
institutions
accountable
rather
than
through
the
recent
one
pgh
plan.
J
I
also
want
to
mention
another
facet
that
pittsburgh
touts
as
an
asset,
our
transformation
into
a
more
sustainable
city
in
the
voluntary
local
review,
a
report
released
in
october
by
the
city
to
monitor
its
progress
in
implementing
the
sustainable
development
goals.
The
city
gave
itself
a
rating
of
71
percent
on
sdg
11.,
sustainable
cities
and
communities
part.
One
of
this
goal
includes
ensuring
access
to
safe
and
affordable
housing
with
a
20
000
unit,
shortage
of
affordable
housing
options
and
no
mention
of
racial
disparities.
In
this
section,
71
even
seems
generous.
J
Another
relevant
sustainable
development
goal
is
sdg
16,
which
is
peace,
justice
and
strong
institutions,
giving
itself
a
rating
of
29
achieved
this
section
briefly:
overviews
the
historical
anti-black
housing
policies
of
pittsburgh
and
says
I
quote:
housing
still
remains
largely
segregated
and
the
institutions
which
laid
the
foundations
for
systemic
institutional
discrimination
beyond
just
race,
still
have
much
to
do
to
rectify
the
injustices
of
the
past
and
ensure
more
equitable
access
to
justice.
End
quote
acknowledging
it
in
reports
is
not
enough
and
neither
is
acknowledging
it
through.
L
You
go
yeah.
I
was
trying
to
get
to
my
screen.
Yes,
my
name
is
carmen
brown
and
I'm
a
community
activist.
Also,
I
am
a
housing
activist
and
I
just
wanted
to
speak
a
little
bit
about.
You
know
some
of
the
issues
that
got
to
got
us
to
this
point
and
I
wanted
to
say
this:
okay,
so
bill
peduto.
I
believe
that,
yes,
he
was
part
of
this
housing
issue,
but
you
know
a
lot
of
these
issues
come
from
a
lot
of
our
black
leaders
and
I'm
gonna
tell
you
why?
L
Yes,
bill
peduto
played
a
part
in
these
housing
problems,
but
me
in
my
neighborhood
as
a
as
an
activist
and
as
a
black
activist,
I
hold
my
black
leaders
to
a
higher
standard,
and
so
when
I
say
that
I'm
saying
that
you
know
we
do,
we
did
have
other
people
participating
in
this,
such
as
ed
gaming
and
also
you
burgess
as
well,
because
a
lot
of
your
justification
happened
when
as
it's
on
the
ura
board,
he
makes
the
decision
he
grants.
L
L
So
that's
when
it
seems
that
a
lot
of
the
different
justifications
soared
during
that
process
and
so
and
and
burgers
you
rubber,
stamped
a
lot
of
this
stuff.
You
were
involved
with
the
gentrification
as
well.
So
how
can
y'all
sit
there
and
say
all
these
problems
are
going
on
with
black
communities
when
you
all
played
a
big
part
in
it?
So
I
would
say
that
we
have
to
change
our
leadership.
L
We
have
to
change
that
in
order
for
us,
especially
in
our
community,
we
have
to
change
our
black
leadership
and
again,
like
I
said,
is
that
you
know
ed
ed
and
you
both
played
a
part
ed
supported
you
in
your
campaign,
assets
on
your
a
board
and
takes
money
from
the
developer.
So
to
you
so
again,
how
do
we
stop
this
perpetuating
of
black
people
being
pushed
out
into
disparities
when
you
are
are
part
of
the
problem.
L
Y'all
are
definitely
part
of
the
problem,
and
this
is
why
I
have
the
lawsuit
against
you
burgess,
because,
again
you,
you
know,
you
have
violated
a
lot
of
other
things.
Besides,
you
know
the
disparities
of
black
people
and
I
think,
as
ed
gaming
running
for
mayor,
I
wish
we
could
have
a
black
mayor,
but
again
and
gainey
is
not
that
person,
because
again
he
played
such
a
big
part
in
this
justification.
L
Yes,
bill,
peduto
again,
yes,
bill
peduto
was
part
of
this,
but
also
we
have
to
have
we
as
but
black
committee.
We
have
to
hold
our
black
leaders
accountable
and
I'm
holding
ed
ganny
and
you
versus
accountable
for
all
this,
and
I
would
say
this
y'all
owe
the
black
community
an
apology.
You
owe
us
an
apology
for
the
stuff
that
you've
done
to
us
for
the
disparities
for
the
marginalizing.
A
A
M
Hello,
all
right,
so
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
It's
lovely
to
see
so
many
council
people
attending
and
thank
you
to
the
organizations
who
made
this
happen.
I'm
here
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
bloomfield
with
our
robust
transit
system
and
access
to
jobs.
Bloomfield
is
an
ideal
place
for
affordable
housing.
M
M
My
ask
is
that
echoing
some
of
the
others
on
this
call
that
some
a
significant
portion
of
the
335
thousand
000
be
allocated
towards
preserving
and
creating
affordable
housing.
There
are
ways
other
cities
are
doing
this.
They
have
enacted
these
policies
years
ago
and
all
we
have
to
do,
we
don't
have
to
reinvent
the
wheel.
All
we
have
to
do
is
look
at
them.
M
Do
the
research
practically
copy
their
legislation
and
bring
it
in
investment
in
building
new,
affordable
housing
is
absolutely
critical
in
bloomfield
we're
seeing
we
have
a
crisis
with
one
building
that
recently
changed
ownership
and
and
we're
seeing
an
eviction
crisis
happening.
So
this
money
has
to
help
people
stay
in
their
homes
and
also
bring
back
the
right
to
return
is
a
very
important
piece
of
this.
A
N
Carl
redwood
hill
district
in
pittsburgh
over
the
last
four
decades,
politicians
have
promised
a
city
that
would
be
economically
and
racially
diverse,
but
one
mayor
after
another,
one
city
council
after
another,
has
accelerated
existing
class
and
race-based
inequities.
Since
the
1980s
there
is
a
policy
and
practice
of
forced
displacement
of
black
families.
Out
of
the
city,
there
have
been
two
main
drivers
for
this
displacement.
N
N
The
practice
of
the
housing
authority,
supported
by
the
city
and
ura,
has
been
to
offer
vouchers
to
public
housing
residents
and
promise
them
that
they
can
return
after
the
projects
are
torn
down
and
rebuilt,
but
the
return
never
happens
for
the
vast
majority
of
families.
You
call
them
quote:
housing
choice
vouchers,
but
the
reality
is.
They
are
no
choice
but
to
leave
vouchers.
N
N
N
The
city
must
use
stimulus
funds
to
reverse
this
trend,
one
track
down
all
black
people
who
left
the
city
and
find
out
why
two
commit
to
right
to
return
and
develop
publicly
supported
housing
to
make
return
possible.
Three
follow
the
recommendations
of
the
affirmatively,
furthering
fair
housing
task
force
that
the
city
set
up
and
then
ignored.
N
I
hope
all
council
people
have
reviewed
the
report
that
was
put
out
by
the
task
force.
The
black
ops
backed
agenda
for
self-determination
says
that
we
must
hold
gentrification
through
the
empowerment,
stabilization
and
restoration
of
traditional
black
neighborhoods.
Black
people
have
the
right
to
develop
plan
and
preserve
our
own
communities.
N
No
project
shall
be
considered
development
that
does
not
serve
the
interests
of
the
impacted
population,
nor
should
any
people
displacing
or
otherwise
disruptive
project
be
allowed
to
proceed
without
the
permission
of
that
population,
people
that
have
been
displaced
from
our
communities
by
public
or
private
development
schemes
have
the
right
to
return
to
our
communities.
We
must
continue
to
advocate
for
policy
initiatives
that
will
create
truly
affordable
housing
and
in
the
displacement
of
long-time
residents
in
an
increasingly
inequitable
city,
we
must
organize
to
reclaim
remain
and
rebuild
our
city
almost
for
all.
Thank
you.
A
A
We'll
go
to
the
code
when
we
can
thank
you
that
takes
us
to
james
randy,
sergeant,
followed
by
dwayne
ketchum
james
randy
sargent.
Are
you
with
us
james,
randy
sergeant?
A
I
I
think
I
may
have
skipped
over
robert
damewood
robert.
Are
you
here
here
you
go
robert.
P
Yes,
I'm
I'm
here!
Thank
you
reverend.
My
name
is
bob
damon,
I'm
a
staff
attorney
with
regional
housing,
legal
services.
I'd
like
to
thank
council
for
holding
the
hearing
on
this
important
topic.
I
I
I'd
like
to
say
a
few
words
about
the
often
repeated
claim
that
disinvestment
displaces
more
black
residents
than
gentrification.
We've
all
heard
it
and
I'd
like
to
talk
about
the
implications
that
arise
from
that
that
claim.
P
In
2018,
a
research
firm,
called
numerix
published
a
report
that
purported
to
find
that
an
average
of
130
black
residents
per
year
were
displaced
from
east
liberty
as
a
result
of
poor
housing
conditions
from
2007
to
2011.,
followed
by
an
average
of
73
black
residents
per
year
in
the
following
four
years,
due
to
gentrification.
P
Fap
is
an
example
of
what
peter
moskovitz
the
author
of
how
to
kill
a
city
calls
stage
zero
gentrification
government
action
that
makes
an
area
ripe
for
attracting
a
different
demographic
displacing
hundreds
of
black
residents
from
the
east
liberty
commercial
corps,
along
with
the
removal
of
black
street
vendors
around
the
same
time,
set
the
stage
for
private
developers
to
build
luxury
housing
there
and
push
to
the
market.
Penn
plaza
was
a
typical
example
of
late
stage.
P
Gentrification
the
loss
of
affordable
rental
units
after
the
market
heats
up,
because
the
landlord
now
has
the
option
to
convert
the
property
to
a
more
profitable
use.
Why
is
this
important?
Because,
if,
if
we
want
to
stop
black
residential
displacement
and
remedy
that
displacement,
the
first
thing
we
have
to
do
is
be
honest
about
what
caused
it.
P
The
city
will
never
be
able
to
apply
appropriate
remedies
without
first
acknowledging
the
harm
and
the
city's
role
in
creating
that
harm.
The
reality
is
that
both
disinvestment
and
gentrification
cause
black
displacement.
Black
pittsburghers
are
disproportionately
subjected
to
poor
housing
conditions
disproportionately.
P
There
are
policies
that
the
cities
at
the
city's
disposal
that
can
prevent
racialized
displacement,
no
matter
where
a
neighborhood
is
in
that
investment.
This
investment
cycle
and
we've
heard
much
of
them
today,
first
and
foremost,
investing
in
affordability,
it's
time
to
to
implement
and
invest
in
those
policies.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
P
A
A
A
K
All
right,
I'm
here,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
I
can
all
right.
My
name
is
kai
jackson.
I
grew
up
in
pittsburgh.
I
I'm
a
local
city
boy,
never
I'll
cut
to
the
chase.
I've
witnessed
my
mom
on
the
knees
before
begging
a
landlord
not
to
evict
us
from
a
property
because
she
didn't
want
to.
K
She
didn't
have
anywhere
for
her
baby
to
stay
far
too
many
times,
and
I'd
like
to
work
to
not
have
to
see
that
again,
because
it
is
a
heartbreaking
sight
and
it's
not
something
that
a
kid
who's
only
about
14
has
to
or
should
have
to
worry
about
from
what
I've
heard
from
this
meetings.
I
don't
have
stat
numbers
for
you
or
anything,
but
it
sounds
like
that.
200
million
dollars
that
somebody's
sitting
on
to
really
help
some
folks
out.
K
I
really
don't
have
much
to
say
about
these.
This
issue.
I've
been
on
the
receiving
end
of
landlord
tyranny.
Many
a
time-
and
I
suspect
I'll,
probably
be
on
it.
Many
a
time
again
before
my
life
is
out,
I'm
only
23
years
old.
K
I
would
just
like
to
see
some
change
in
this
city
from
our
council
members
from
all
of
our
elected
officials
like
this
is
somebody
who
has
literally
had
to
live
through
watching
pretty
much
half
of
his
city
disappear
the
same
city.
He
grew
up
in
the
only
home
he's
ever
known,
just
disappeared.
I've
lived
through
watching
east
liberty
get
gentrified,
I'm
watching
it
happen
to
garfield
it's
going
to
happen
to
homestead,
where
I
live,
pretty
damn
soon
they're
already
trying
to
turn
it
into
a
second
east
carson
street.
K
I
can
see
the
signs
on
the
wall,
I'm
only
23..
If
you
can't
see
it,
I
don't
know
what
to
tell
you.
Maybe
you
shouldn't
be
a
council
member,
but
again
thanks
for
even
letting
me
speak
a
lot
of
people
don't
even
give
me
that
opportunity.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
jackson,
I
have
brenda
harris
followed
by
carol
hardiman
brenda.
Are
you
with
us.
A
See
that
scene,
brenda
we'll
move
on
to
carol
haldeman,
followed
by
jacqueline
bay
carol.
Q
Yes,
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
carol
hardeman,
I'm
executive
director
of
the
hill
district
consensus
group
and
a
long
time
resident
of
the
historical
hill
district.
I
am
here
to
remind
you
about
the
decades
of
races,
housing
policies,
practices
and
intentional
impression
against
black
and
brown
people
to
begin
the
us,
history
of
red
lighting,
predatory
lending
practices
and
refusal
of
federal
housing,
loans
to
millions
of
blacks
were
racist
policies,
institutes
instituted
by
the
federal
government
and
our
local
government
as
well.
Q
Q
This
is
this
racist
displacement
of
black
and
brown
people
predicate
the
broader
issues
of
housing,
affording
affordability,
police
violence,
labor
health
care
access,
education
and
political
participation
and
so
on.
In
addition,
these
issues,
despite
the
60s
historical
civil
rights
accomplishments,
still
doesn't
make
no
sense.
Q
So,
regardless
of
our
centuries
activism,
storytelling
plot
public
grief
and
patience,
we
are
competing
with
right,
privilege
and
empires
filled
with
superficial
public
leaders
and
political
leaders
that
claim
to
be
of
good
will
with
no
sense
of
urgency.
This
is
devastating
that
this
violent
behavior
continues
to
cause
harm
to
black
and
brown
people.
Today,
the
city
of
pittsburgh
must
not
continue
to
undermine
our
comp
accomplishments
and
histories,
nor
ignore
black
and
brown
people's
labor
and
pain,
especially
when
our
ancestors
were
slaves
and
made
to
build
this
city.
A
R
Yes,
hi.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak.
My
name
is
jody
lincoln,
I'm
a
resident
of
bloomfield,
but
here
as
a
staff
member
for
oakland
planning
and
development
corporation,
so
oakland
planning
and
development
corporation
joins
penn,
plaza
support
and
action
coalition
in
calling
on
the
city
to
prioritize
the
development
of
affordable
housing,
especially
in
communities
that
have
lost
by
indigenous
people
of
color
residents
and
homeowners.
R
Over
the
past
decades,
rental
pressure
in
south
oakland
and
west
oakland
has
displaced
hundreds
of
families
with
multi-generational
roots
in
our
neighborhood,
and
we
can
speak
firsthand
about
the
many
ways
this
has
weakened
community
ties
and
exasperated
economic
inequality
and
racial
injustice
in
our
community.
Opdc
is
an
experienced,
affordable,
housing
developer
both
for
sale
and
for
rent
with
a
demonstrated
track
record
of
success.
We
work
to
build
a
healthier,
more
vibrant,
more
welcoming
and
sustainable
oakland.
R
Our
ability
to
support
our
community
absolutely
depends
on
increased
funding
for
affordable
rental
housing
and
creating
new
opportunities
for
affordable
home
ownership
and
healing
the
wounds
that
displacement
has
inflicted
on
oakland
families
and
on
our
community
as
a
whole.
Penn
plaza
action,
support,
coalition's
recommendation
that
the
city
survey
residents
lost
to
the
suburbs
is
excellent.
R
Like
ppsac,
we
expect
affordability
will
be
a
common
theme
in
the
survey
responses,
but
we
also
expect
respondents
to
talk
about
public
safety,
employment
opportunities,
schools
and
erosion
of
that
sense
of
community
that
glues
everything
together.
There
is
a
well-documented
need
for
thousands
of
more
units
of
affordable
housing
to
meet
demand,
and
the
city
of
pittsburgh
has
a
fantastic
opportunity
with
the
coveted
relief
dollars
to
invest
in
historically
neglected
communities
and
repair
the
damage
that
displacement
has
caused
these
neighborhoods
and
families.
R
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
understand
that
james
randy
sargent
is
in
the.
S
Room
it
looks
like
it
works
this
time,
sorry
for
not
being
able
to
answer
earlier.
My
name
is
randy
sargent
and
I
live
in
south
oakland.
Together
with
fellow
residents.
I
help
run
an
after-school
technology
and
arts
program
in
south
oakland
serving
a
95
black
population
of
local
kids
over
recent
decades,
as
rents
have
gone
up
faster
than
incomes
of
our
residents.
We
in
oakland
have
lost
40
percent
of
our
black
residents
in
the
past
years.
As
I've
been
helping
run
our
after-school
program,
I've
seen
many
families
of
our
program's
kids
lose
their
housing.
S
S
S
T
Yes,
sir,
how
you
doing
first
off,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
guys
for
hearing
me
and
I'm
sorry
about
the
technical
difficulties.
T
First
off
that
that
I
do
have
to
say
is
that
I'm
a
father
of
15
and
my
children
are
all
through
the
pittsburgh
public
school
system
me
and
my
wife
we're
doing
our
best
raise
honor
students.
We
have
four
children
that
are
in
college,
that
went
through
the
pittsburgh
province
and
we're
thankful
for
that.
But
as
an
african-american.
T
What's
I
work
in
the
field
of
community
development,
civic
and
social
justices,
and
in
these
works
there
are
there
I've
seen
the
common
factor
was:
there's
always
money
and
funding
to
go
toward
the
depressed
neighborhoods
which
happen
to
inhabit
majority,
the
african-american
population.
T
While
that
being
said,
I'm
watching
my
children
go,
go
off
to
college
and
as
they're
they're
they're
thinking
about
what
their
next
steps
are.
My
children
want
to
leave
home.
They
don't
want
to
remain
here
as
residents
in
the
city,
because
they
feel
that
there's
no
actual
future,
and
when
you
have
that
many
children
you
you
definitely
don't
want
them.
Moving
to
god's
all.
T
There
are
quite
a
few
city
council
members
that
I
know
myself
and
work
with
that
are
doing
their
best,
but
I
think
the
intentionality
needs
to
come
forward
fast,
and
I
think
that,
with
this
federal
money
coming
into
the
city,
there
needs
to
be
more
of
an
effort
for
restorative
housing
as
well
as
affordable
housing,
because
affordable
housing
hasn't
always
shown
to
be
the
remedy.
T
With
that
being
said,
I
just
say
that
I
hope
that
our
city
works
more
in
a
unified
fashion
for
all
and
expedi
expedite
any
any
type
of
issues
that
would
make
inequity
or
disparities
amongst
all
citizens,
because
if
pittsburgh
wants
to
have
the
identity
of
most
livable
and
most
progressive,
it
has
to
show
that
equality
across
the
board
and
whatever
it
takes
to
get
things
done.
T
A
U
A
U
Good
afternoon
council
as
well-
I'm
just
I
just
want
to
make
kind
of
just
a
comment
about
a
lot
of
the
conversation
about
the
racial
inequities
I
mean
yes,
we
do
have
to
see.
Pittsburgh
has
been
suffering
great,
a
great
deal
of
that,
but
I
noticed
that
no
one
really
mentioned
that
the
fact
that
pittsburgh
has
lost
a
lot
of
the
industry.
U
It
seemed
like
it's
not
been
able
to
recoup
industry
and
rebrand
itself
into
the
thriving
city
that
it
once
was
some
time
ago.
That
was
able
to
provide
sustain
a
lot
of
the
employment
opportunities.
I
would
say,
for
you
know
the
so-called
african-americans
blacks
that
live
in
the
city,
I'm
happy
to
be
one
that
left
in
the
90s.
U
I
did
not
only
pittsburgh,
I
left
the
entire
state
of
pennsylvania.
I
went
to
another
place
and
then
I
returned
with
my
family
early
in
2010,
and
just
coming
back
to
that,
I
found
that
it's
still,
you
know
relatively
the
same.
It's
just
not
able
to
recoup
some
type
of
industry
that
will
allow
a
lot
of
the
black
americans
to
have
an
opportunity
to
progress
in
the
city.
U
You
know
these
these
mentions
of
google
and
the
tech,
business
and
tech
industries
and
medical
industry
they're
all
well
and
good,
but
you
know
there's
it's
a
great
disparities
in
our
community
that
that's
not
one
of
the
most
chosen
occupations
of
people
of
color
and
again
it
doesn't
give
us
a
lot
more
opportunities
other
than
that
to
be
either.
You
know,
drive
a
bus
or
you
know,
be
maybe
a
healthcare
worker
in-home
healthcare
workers.
So
you
know
with
that
being
said,
I
think
pittsburgh.
U
Just
as
u.s
council
I
mean
you
need
to
kind
of
sit
down
and
maybe
revisit
an
opportunity
to
rebrand
the
city
and
find
industries
that
can
come
back
to
the
city
and
offer
better
opportunities
so
that
you'll
have
more
a
population
that
will
stay
the
newer
generations
that's
coming
around
about.
I
left
again,
you
know
because
it
just
was
not
you
know
I
did
some
work
commuting.
A
lot
of
community
work
with
just
agriculture
and
little
small
community
garden
stewardship
programs.
U
But
again
it
just
didn't
allow
for
a
lot
of
progressive
to
bring
progressiveness
back
to
a
place.
That
once
was
so
that's
that's
all.
I
want
to
say
I
just
want
to
make
a
comment
about
that,
and
you
know
I
hope,
to
see
everything
going
forward.
You
know
things
change
for
the
better
for
the
newer
generations.
A
O
Okay,
good
all
right
good
afternoon,
and
thank
you
everybody
for
having
me.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
randall
for
the
blood,
sweat
and
tears
he
put
into
the
petition
and
making
sure
this
hearing
happened.
It's
been
a
long
time
coming.
My
name
is
celeste
scott,
I'm
here
today
as
a
community
activist
and
I'm
here
today
as
a
black
mother
and
I'm
here
today
as
a
displaced
resident
of
pittsburgh.
Of
course,
this
way,
president
of
pittsburgh,
everybody
that
came
before
me
was
honest
and
a
truth.
Teller.
O
I
just
want
to
give
props
to
that.
You
know
props
to
all
of
the
mentors
that
have
shaped
me
and
made
me
who
I
am
in
this
movement.
So
we
know
we've
been
hearing
this
for
years
and
years
and
years
of
what's
going
on,
so
I
don't
really
have
to
even
tell
my
story.
My
story
is
the
story
of
many
I'm
an
original
resident
of
broadhead
manor,
which
we
know
does
not
exist
anymore.
Kai
jackson,
who
you
heard
speak,
is
my
23
year
old
son.
O
We
have
been
street
homeless,
we
have
been
pushed
out,
we
have
been
displaced
to
homestead
and
you
know,
even
during
the
pandemic,
we
face
many
struggles,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
we
are
in
favor
of
the
monies
that
come
from
covet
being
given
to
the
communities
to
rebuild
specifically
the
hill,
hazelwood
and
homewood.
O
Those
communities
need
to
be
rebuilt
and
we
would
like
to
have
the
resources
to
do
so.
I
want
to
uplift
all
of
the
black
brilliance
that
is
in
this
city,
especially
for
black
gender
oppressed
people.
We
are
the
backbone
of
the
city,
and
I'm
almost
here
as
a
ghost
today,
I
almost
didn't
make
it
here
today
I
had
a
stroke
in
september.
O
Pittsburgh
is
a
deadly
city
for
people
that
look
like
me
and
of
my
gender,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
thank
council
for
having
this
hearing,
but
I
also
know
that
the
time
is
now
we
don't
have
any
more
time
to
waste.
People
are
dying.
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
that
we
know
that
we
have
to
be
honest,
certification
does
exist,
people
are
not
choosing
not
to
return.
O
People
are
being
promised
empty
promises
and
those
promises
are
not
coming
true,
so
the
time
is
now
to
act
and
we
need
to
get
serious
about
rent
control
about
tenant
ownership,
about
making
sure
the
resources
are
controlled
by
us.
We
know
what
we
need
and
we
have
enough
studies.
I've
been
on
enough
forces
and
task
force,
as
the
task
now
is
to
make
sure
that
nobody
else
is
forced
out.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
heard
that
the
time
is
now.
O
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
statistics,
but
I
have
the
lived
experience
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
housing
for
people
that
are
30
area,
media
income
and
below,
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
there's
restorative
adjustments
for
the
harmony
has
been
done
because,
as
you
heard,
my
son
speaking
about
heartbreak
as
a
23
year
old
and
wanting
to
stay
here,
we're
not
leaving
we're
resilient
and
our
blood,
sweat
and
tears
is
on
this
land,
so
homes
for
all,
and
we
have
a
right
to
the
city.
Thank
you.
A
A
V
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
attend
and
speak.
My
name
is
kenyardain.
V
Once
she
passed,
I
had
to
move
into
what
I
known
as
wearing
court,
which
is
now
oak
hill
apartments,
and
then
here
that
I've
been
here,
I
have
been
told
that
I
had
another
job.
V
V
You
can't
include
a
car
payment;
they
don't
include
your
car
insurance.
So
if
you
are
afforded
to
live
up
here,
you
know
you're,
basically
forced
to
live
in
a
box
in
poverty.
Anything
else
outside
your
essential
needs
are
not
counted
towards
those
income
requirements.
V
I
also
want
to
speak
about
the
racism
in
pittsburgh
as
well
as
me,
being
a
single
mom.
I
do
hold
two
degrees.
My
one
degree
is
in
human
resources
and
I
have
another
degree
in
criminal
justice.
I've
been
trying
to
attempt
to
get
into
the
state
parole
board
for
the
past
three
years.
I've
passed
the
test
and
I
do
meet
the
minimal
requirements
that
they
have.
V
I
have
a
blatantly
black
name,
so
you
know
every
time
it
comes
up
for
me
to
get
to
the
top
of
the
list.
I'm
not
even
chosen
for
an
interview
at
all
and
I've
known
the
merit
system.
I've
worked
in
that
system
as
well,
and
it
usually
doesn't
go
that
way,
usually
based
on
your
scores.
They
have
to
take
you
for
an
interview,
so
that
keeps
us
pretty
much
in
a
box
in
pittsburgh
and
with
the
gentrification
that
we
had
it's
not
making
it
easy
to
live
here.
V
With
the
current
situation,
I'm
going
through
with
oak
hill
apartments,
they
did
win
the
eviction
with
no
evidence.
That's
now,
on
my
record
and
just
looking
around
to
even
find
something
in
the
area
that's
affordable
is.
Is
unrealistic
at
this
point,
even
in
homewood
there's
homes
going
for
seventeen
hundred
dollars,
but
we're
not
being
offered
jobs
in
order
to
pay
this
amount,
so
I
hope
council
listens
to
all
of
us.
That's
taking
our
time
out
of
the
day
to
come
here
and
you
know,
voice
our
frustrations
and
hopefully
get
us
some
help.
V
W
W
Followed
by,
I
need
to
turn
off
the
other
phone.
Thank
you
for
having
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today,
I'm
in
favor
of
1372.
I'm
so
glad
that
many
other
people
have
spoken
before
me.
W
I
live
in
homewood
close
to
westinghouse
high
school,
where,
where
I
graduated
from,
but
I
grew
up
on
the
hill
and
these
two
communities
in
particular,
I
think,
need
to
be
looked
at
and
with
the
amount
of
monies
coming
in
to
help
all
cities,
but
our
city
in
particular.
I
want
to
focus
on
that.
We
we
cannot.
You
know
blow
this
opportunity.
W
Some
of
you
know.
12
years
ago,
I
created
a
regional
equity
monitoring
project
when
recovery
monies
came
in
to
our
city
and
the
reason
I
did
that
because
I
believe
that
the
citizens
of
pittsburgh
not
only
have
concerns,
but
they
have
good
ideas
about
what
it
will
take
to
make
matters
better,
and
that
is
what
we
continue
to
do
for
decades
and
decades.
W
My
concern
is
that
we
don't
make
enough
progress
with
these
unique
opportunities.
So
I'm
I'm
really
asking
you
to
take
this
serious
and
use
this
opportunities
to
lift
people
that
have
been
waiting
on
this
for
many
years,
I'm
retired
now,
but
I'm
really
active
with
guard
gardens
throughout
pittsburgh,
but
particularly
homewood.
W
I
have
four
grandchildren
now
and
retirement
life.
Has
me
in
a
home
that
I
was
able
to
buy,
but
I
also
have
been
able
to
help
out
other
people
because
of
the
lack
of
affordable
housing,
and
I
also
think
we
need
to
make
sure
that
the
housing
stock
we
already
have
in
these
neighborhoods
that
they
are
repaired
and
that's
it.
Y
Y
I
think
that
sometimes
we
forget
that
the
people
in
the
community
that
that
work
hard
and
pay
their
taxes
and
stuff
like
that
they
don't
may
not
make
you
know
a
lot
of
money,
but
if
we
made
it
to
where
those
people
could
own
houses
in
the
community,
we
know
that
that
makes
neighborhoods
more
stable
and
it
makes
things
more
safe.
When
it's
when
it's
like
that,
we
have
a
lot
of
houses
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
that
are
just
falling
apart
and
nobody
seems
to
be
doing
anything
with
them.
Y
It
would
be
nice
to
give
them
to
some
of
these
organizations
who
would
like
to
fix
these
places
up
and
give
them
the
people
celeste
taylor
just
mention
that,
like
working
with
what
we
have
already,
we
don't
see
enough
of
that,
and
you
know
we
don't
even
have
to
touch
on
the
disparities
of
black
people
in
pittsburgh.
It's
just
all
over
the
place,
even
even
the
gardens
that
they
grow.
The
the
gardens
on
the
land
that
they
grow,
the
gardens
on
or
is
never
made
to
where
they
can
own
them.
Y
You
know
they're,
always
just
there
until
it
is
needed.
We
need
some
permanency.
You
know
what
I
mean
we
should
be
able
to
to
have
a
mark
here.
We
are
not
asking
for
you
know
anything
where
we.
This
is
something
that
we
should
be
able
to
receive,
because
we
too
pay
taxes
to
this
city.
We
should
be
able
to
have
some
permanency.
Y
I
come
from
a
family
who
came
to
pittsburgh
in
like
1920.,
we
owned
property.
When
we
came
up
from
alabama,
we
came
up
with
enough
money
to
buy
property.
We
brought
property
on
the
hill
and
was
displaced
when
the
civic
arena
went
up
and
from
that
point
to
here,
that's
what
has
been
come
from
a
working
family
and
and
still
not
be
able
to
make
a
stable
place
and
that
you
know
a
place
for
our
history
and
our
family
roots,
and
that's
very
sad
when
we
are
the
roots.
Y
Y
Is
it's
not
even
a
part
of
that
and
there's
no
way
nothing's
set
up
for
us
to
even
get
it
back
where
the
community
is
running
it.
It's
like
when
you
see
things
like
this,
it's
it's
it's
very
hurtful
and
harmful,
and
we,
you
know,
just
to
see
some
type
of
change,
some
type
of
true
change,
and
it
really
doesn't
it's
not
about
a
lot
of
money.
Sometimes
this
is
about
listening
to
the
people
with
what
they
need.
Y
A
Z
Z
Since
then,
I've
heard
him
talk
about
on
panel
after
panel
in
room
at
the
room.
I
know
the
mayor
has
been
defending
his
record
on
this
by
saying
that
black
people
are
leaving
the
city
because
of
bad
schools,
that's
just
another
excuse
and
an
endless
line
of
passing
the
buck.
This
isn't
his
hearing,
but
almost
all
of
you
are
on
team
peduto,
and
some
of
you
have
been
repeating
the
same
talking
points
so
I'll
say
to
you
all
too.
Z
If
you
think
that
our
city's
black
residents
are
leaving
the
city
because
of
bad
schools
and
not
rising
rents,
not
poor
health
health
outcomes,
not
systemic
racism,
you're
lying
to
yourself
and
you're
lying
to
all
of
us.
This
reminds
me
of
the
clean
air
battle.
We
have
study
after
study,
making
it
clear
that
the
air
we're
breathing
is
killing
us.
We
know
where
that
bad
air
is
coming
from
yet
our
local
polluters
and
the
elected
leaders
they
donate
to
tell
us
we're
making
things
up
we're
seeing
the
same
exact
thing
here.
Z
We
know
from
generations
of
redlining
highway
construction
government
efforts
to
maintain
segregation
and
other
forms
of
largely
intentional
structural
racism
that
low-income
people
are
disproportionately
black
when
pittsburgh
becomes
unaffordable
for
low-income
people,
black
people
leave
the
city
when
you
tear
down
affordable
housing
and
don't
replace
it
with
affordable
housing.
Black
people
leave
the
city.
You
know
about
the
section.
8
wait
lists
the
difficulty
in
getting
into
public
housing.
Z
This
situation
is
completely
messed
up
and
the
alarm
has
been
rung
for
years
and
years
having
black
people
move
out
of
the
city
to
be
replaced
by
white
people
and
throwing
up
your
hands
is
not
a
tenable
solution.
I
know
city
coppers,
don't
see
a
difference
between
someone.
Who's
lived
in
pittsburgh,
their
whole
life
and
a
tech
employee
from
seattle,
but
we,
the
residents
of
pittsburgh,
do
see
a
difference.
You,
as
our
representative,
should
as
well.
This
needs
to
be
addressed
directly,
not
just
with
market
mechanisms,
one.
Z
Z
We
also
need
a
right
to
return
policy
for
displaced
residents
and
not
just
in
name
only
too
many
people
are
lost
in
the
cracks
and
we
saw
with
pem
plaza
the
demolition
where
residents
were
scattered
to
the
wind.
That
was
a
high
profile
example,
but
there
are
low
profile
examples
happening
all
over
the
place.
Just
look
at
the
numbers:
we
can't
let
anyone
fall
through
the
cracks.
A
right
to
return
doesn't
mean
anything.
If
people
don't
know
they
have
that
right.
Z
Three,
the
fair
housing
task
force
made
a
bunch
of
excellent
recommendations.
After
a
massive
public
process,
which
I
was
lucky
to
be
a
part
of,
take
them
off
the
shelf
and
actually
implement
them
show
that
you
care
about
renters,
even
if
they
aren't
your
campaign
donors.
Lastly,
I'll
say
to
all
the
council:
people
stop
taking
developer
money.
If
you
don't
want
your
loyalties
questioned,
why
do
you
even
need
their
donations
half
the
time?
Nobody
is
even
running.
We
don't
have
real
elections
in
pittsburgh
and
definitely
in
november,
when
all
pittsburghers
can
actually
vote.
Thank
you.
AA
Okay,
as
councilman
bert
just
said,
my
name
is
alifia
sims.
I
am
the
president
of
the
coalition
of
organized
residents
of
east
liberty
and
a
lifelong
resident
of
the
ninth
council
district.
I
have
been.
AA
AA
AA
AA
A
No
nikki
joe
brian
hag
akilakis.
A
If
not
I'll,
come
back
to
you?
I
have
now
michael
parker,
followed
by
damian
hodges
michael
parker.
Are
you
in
the
room.
A
AB
Yes,
hello,
can
you
hear
me
yeah?
She
could
start
good
afternoon.
I'd
like
to
yeah
yeah.
First
I'd
like
to
say
this
is
definitely
a
step
in
the
right
direction
for
pittsburgh.
However,
things
have
to
be
looked
at
this
huge
displacement
issue.
A
A
The
challenges
of
technology
damien.
A
If
not,
then
I
suppose
we'll
have
to
move
on
and
come
back
to
you
ikahana
mao
makina.
AC
AC
AC
You
tore
down
public
housing,
garfield,
sinclair
village,
francis
street,
on
the
hill
robinson
court
and
left
most
of
these
spaces
and
places
abandoned
for
what?
What
did
you
tear
them
down
in
the
first
place,
for
only
to
leave
them
in
disrepair
in
an
abandoned
state,
when
those
spaces
could
have
continuously
be
used
for
housing,
affordable
housing
in
one
of
america's
most
livable
cities,
most
affordable
cities?
It
once
was.
AC
It
leaves
me
uneasy
at
night,
knowing
that
my
children
are
not
with
in
five
to
ten
minutes,
stand
that
I
can
get
to
them
to
save
them
to
protect
them,
if
you
will,
but
they
were
just
a
little
closer,
not
being
exposed
to
racism
up
front
close
and
personal,
where
they
live,
was
unfair
to
displace
us
as
indigenous
people
of
this
land.
We
were
here
first
before
the
explorers
came
here.
A
A
A
AD
Brett
smith,
I
didn't-
even
I
didn't
even
know
where
the
the
mute
at
first
I
hadn't
even
had
that
all
right.
So
thank
you
for
having
me.
I
appreciate
it
just
for
an
opportunity
to
speak.
AD
I'm
a
volunteer
actually
a
co-chair
for
perry
hill
top
of
five
you
and
we
have
been
talking
about
displacement
and
working
on
keeping
our
community
diverse
and
people
into
our
community
and
everybody
who
went
before
me
pretty
much
covered
a
lot.
I
was
going
to
talk
about
the
gentrification
and
displacement
of
the
civic
arena.
AD
Crawford
square,
sinclair
village,
broadhead
westgate,
lower
manchester,
but
I'm
gonna
talk
about
the
lower
north
side
now
and
the
lower
north
side
was
once
at
first
and
they
had
in
1999
they
tore
down
the
police
station
and
moved
in
the
medical
center,
the
allegheny
medical
center.
Soon
after
that,
across
the
street,
they
relocated
the
carnegie
library.
AD
On
there
there
was
two
good
things.
Ten
years
later,
they
put
two
size
of
row
houses
on
both
sides
of
the
street.
These
row
houses
go
from
three
hundred
thousand
to
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
After
that,
the
whole
north
side.
Bottom
half
of
north
side
was
ginger
fat.
AD
People
who
move
out
of
there
could
not
get
back
in
there,
even
if
they
tried
we're
noticing
that
they're
trying
to
gingify
the
upper
north
side.
Now
we'll
start
with
five
view
and
perry
hilltop,
where
we're
saying
no,
we
drawing
the
line
in
the
sand.
We
ain't
with
that.
But
you
know
this.
This
seems
like
it's
a
plan
because
autumn
communities
is
from
different
sects
of
the
city
where
gentrification
happened.
This
is
a
plan.
AD
It's
not
just
something
that
happened
like
somebody
literally
decided
that
I'm
shutting
these
areas
down,
we're
mostly
americans
resign.
For
whatever
reason
we
don't
know
the
plan,
you
know,
but
there's.
AD
All
of
our
communities-
that's
you
know
with
the
the
treasury
cell
and
land
bank
and
things
that
are
broken.
There's
a
lot
of
abandoned
houses
that
you
know
that
could
be
repaired
and
fixed
up
and
black
families
can
go
in
these
houses.
These
can
be
affordable.
We
already
up
there
in
perry,
hilltop
and
fan
view.
We
already
put
two
affordable
houses
on
the
market
in
fan
view.
AD
You
know,
which
is
awesome.
We
have
a
tenant
in
there
with
section
8
and
we
got
another
property
available
that
we're
looking
at
a
tenant.
So
we're
just
asking
at
this
stuff
that
you
know
the
city
of
pittsburgh
becoming
too
white.
You
know
it,
it
is
it.
You
know
and
where's
the
diversity.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
have
sharon
hughes,
sharing
news.
AF
AF
Thank
you.
It's
actually
shannon
shannon
hughes.
Thank
you
also.
I
was
having
some
tech
issues,
so
I'm
a
little
frazzled
I'll
try
to
get
through
this
without
stuttering.
Also,
I
do
know,
there's
a
number
of
people
who
are
trying
to
speak
and
are
not
able
to,
and
I
don't
think
that's
fair
representation
of
the
people
who
are
here
today.
AF
I'm
a
native
of
pittsburgh's,
north
side
and
long-term
advocate
for
pittsburgh
residents.
I
watch
my
community
disappear
and
be
replaced
by
overpriced
and
ill-fitted.
Restaurants
and
stores
schools
sit
empty
and
neglected
community
programs
closed
down
and
kids
being
harassed
by
city
police
for
what
became
loitering
in
their
own
communities
when
no
other
options
existed
as
a
social
worker,
I've
witnessed
pittsburgh
natives
be
denied
access
to
support
to
education,
employment,
transportation,
health
and
child
care
which
led
to
their
displacement.
AF
AF
Sinclair
village
was
leveled
out
over
10
years
ago,
which
led
to
much
instability
and
despair
for
the
families
who
lost
their
homes
and
community.
At
that
time,
I
facilitated
a
program
at
schubert,
schumann,
juvenile
detention
center
and
encountered
young
boys,
who
were
only
there
because
they
were
now
homeless
due
to
gentrification
in
homewood.
Two-Bedroom
townhomes
are
being
rented
for
a
minimum
of
a
thousand
dollars
per
month
and
basic
houses
are
going
are
being
sold
for
over
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
AF
AF
Pittsburgh
has
not
been
on
the
right
side
of
community
or
justice.
The
opportunity
to
restore
what
has
been
systematically
and
systemically
taken
from
black
communities
by
generations
of
displacement
is
upon
us.
We
are
not
three-fifths.
We
are
whole
full
voting
people
and
it's
time
for
the
city
to
do
what's
right.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
The
person
that
I
have
brian
that
you
ever
able
to
give
with
us
ryan
how
galakis.
A
A
Well,
brian
doesn't
seem
to
be
able
to
join
us,
and
so
that
brings
me
to
david
brennigan.
AG
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
dave,
bringing
I'm
the
executive
director
of
lawrenceville,
united
and
I'm
a
lawrenceville
resident
resident
and
want
to
thank
council
for
having
this
hearing
and
for
everybody
who
helped
make
it
happen.
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
couple
points.
I've
talked
about
housing
a
lot,
but
you
know
just
just
to
start.
You
know.
Lawrenceville
is
often
talked
about
as
ground
zero
for
black
displacement,
and
indeed
the
statistics
are
incredibly
stark
here.
In
lawrenceville
we
lost
half
of
our
black
population
across
lawrenceville.
AG
In
just
five
years,
we
lost
half
of
our
housing
choice,
vouchers
over
120
units
between
2011
and
2016,
which
disproportionately
are
held
by
black
residents,
and
many
of
these
residents
faced
multiple
cycles
of
displacement.
For
example,
much
of
our
black
population
that
that
was
displaced
originally
migrated
to
lawrenceville
after
public
housing
projects
were
disbanded
in
other
neighborhoods,
like
east
liberty.
AG
I
really
want
to
stress
that
lawrenceville
is
not
an
exception
to
the
rule,
but
the
tip
of
the
spear
and
a
particularly
dramatic
and
condensed
example
of
a
larger
trend.
I
see
the
market
conditions
that
led
to
displacement
in
lawrenceville
happening
in
many
other
neighborhoods,
both
predominantly
black
neighborhoods
like
garfield
and
hill
district,
as
well
as
predominantly
white
neighborhoods,
like
bloomfield
and
polish
hill,
and
even
our
inner
ring
suburbs
like
novell
and
sharpsburg.
AG
I
come
to
community
organizing
not
from
the
community
development
side
of
things,
but
from
working
with
the
somali
bantu
community
here
in
pittsburgh,
as
well
as
working
with
young
people,
parents
in
our
neighborhood
public
schools,
a
defining
moment
in
my
career,
was
when
the
social
worker
at
arsenal
elementary
school
begged
me
to
help
her
with
her
caseload,
because
so
many
of
our
arsenal,
families
were
homeless.
AG
So
you
know
I
want
to
really
want
to
stress
that
when
we
talk
about
housing,
we're
not
just
talking
about
housing,
we're
talking
about
education,
we're
talking
about
food
access.
It's
a
public
health
issue.
It's
a
public
safety
issue.
We
can't
talk
about
any
of
these
issues
without
also
talking
about
housing.
AG
AG
AG
But
luckily
there
are
things
that
we
can
do
you
know
the
right
to
return.
Policy,
I
think
is,
is
a
great
strategy
that
we
should
be.
AH
You
doing
I'm
doing
well,
I
was
going
to
get
on
here
and
talk
about
and
give
you
guys
the
definition
of
gentrification,
and
I'm
not
going
to
do
that
because
I'm
not
going.
I
don't
believe
in
wasting
people's
time,
but
I
do
want
to
say
this.
I
think
it
is
imperative
by
everyone
who's
on
here
and
everyone
who
holds
an
elective
office.
We
can't
continue
to
keep
going
down
this
rabbit
hole
that
we
have
been
going
down
for
years.
AH
It
is
imperative
that
you
guys
do
what's
right
for
the
community
that
you
represent.
I
just
want
to
say
this.
It
was
very
big
of
the
mayor
bill,
peduto
to
put
in
place
two
particulars,
ricky
burgess
and
ed
gainey
as
mediators
or
support
people
within
the
community
that
I
lived
in
and
unfortunately
it
did
not
work.
AH
We
can
point
the
fingers
at
many
people,
but
what
we
wouldn't
do
is
we
want
to
ch
sam,
say,
we're
sorry
and
move
on
because
waste
and
time
and
people's
effort
and
people's
good
reasons
to
try
to
do
do
the
best
for
the
community.
That's
just
senseless.
At
this
point,
I
just
really
ask-
and
I
beg
you
guys
everyone
on
here
who
has
a
vote
within
this,
including
you
ricky
rick,
mr
burgess.
AH
I
would
just
do
the
right
thing
please
at
this
point
in
time.
I
don't
think
the
money
needs
to
be
allocated
to
any
particular
politician.
I
think
it
needs
to
be
watchdog
over
another
organization.
That
no
politician
has
his
finger
on.
No
politician
is
going
to
do
a
favor
for
another
person
or
another
person
is
going
to
do
a
favor
for
a
politician.
I
think
it
needs
to
be
particularly
on
it
for
an
outside
agency,
but
I
asked
you
all
and
I
leave
this
for
you
all
by-
I
believe
it
was
written
by
kennedy.
AH
It's
not
what
you
can
do
for
your
city,
but
what
you,
what
you
can
do
to
change
your
city,
and
I
it
was
something
such
as
that.
I
leave
that
with
you
guys.
It
is
not
what
your
city
can
do
for
you.
It
is
what
you
can
do
for
your
city.
I
ask
you
all
to
think
of
that
honestly
and
truly,
when
you
go
into
this
net
into
this
next
place,
that
we're
going
into
and
all
this
funding
that's
coming
down.
AH
AI
Can
you
hear
me
now
here
you
know
how
you
doing
gabby,
okay,
very
good.
Let's
make
sure
you
can
hear
me.
My
statement
is
written,
but
it's
written
on
a
different
app.
I
think,
maybe
because
I'm
leaving
the
zoom
app,
I
may
not
be
able
to
read
my
statement.
I'm
gonna
do
a
sound
check.
Real
quick.
Can
you
hear
me
now?
Yes,
okay,
very
good?
Okay,
greetings,
council
and
city
residents.
My
name
is
gabrielle
gray,
homewood
district
9..
AI
It
is
my
concern
that
pwsa
is
getting
away
with
horrendous
offenses
that
are
100
criminal
and
instead
of
sweeping
the
offenses
of
pwsa
under
the
rug,
these
offenses
must
be
taken
to
the
d.a.
It
is
well
past
the
time
for
you
to
handle
your
business
and
punish
not
slap
on
the
wrist
pittsburgh
water
sewage
authority
for
their
magnanimous
crimes
against
their
customers.
Moreover,
part
of
the
recommendation
of
attorney
josh
shapiro.
It
is
time
to
force
the
necessary
reforms
to
take
shape,
to
keep
pittsburgh's
drinking
water.
AI
Safe,
shapiro
made
this
statement
after
he
filed
161
third
degree
misdemeanor
charges,
which
should
have
been
felony
charges
in
2019
against
pwsa,
for
failing
to
notify
residents
of
his
waterline
replacements
and
failed
to
conduct
sampling
which,
still
to
date,
the
sampling
has
not
occurred.
If
anything
further
stated
is
not
yet
considered
criminal,
then
passive
legislation
to
make
every
single
item
hereafter
addressed
a
crime.
One
pwsa
has
been
charging
customers
for
polluted
water.
AI
That
is
due
to
pwsa's
extreme
neglect
without
providing
to
all
customers
free
filters
and
or
rebates
coupons
for
water
filtration,
which
creates
a
bottled
filter
water
bill
for
customers.
On
top
of
their
pwsa
bill,
two
pwsa
received
a
slap
on
the
wrist
in
2021
for
violating
the
clean
water
act
by
dumping
sludge
into
the
allegheny
river.
More
needs
to
be
done
to
punish
pwsa.
For
this
magnanimous
crime,
three
pwsa
is
now
increasing
water
rates
for
lead-filled
water,
soon
to
make
water
unaffordable
for
city
of
pittsburgh
residents.
AI
Four
pwsa
has
caused
a
grotesquely
serious
rap
problem
without
any
rat
control
in
the
city
by
digging
up
old,
lead
lines
that
pwsa
should
have
been
replaced
and
five.
The
epa
only
gave
pittsburgh
water
sewage
authority,
a
citation
from
violating
the
clean
drink
of
water
act.
This
is
leaving
the
authorities
drinking
water,
I'm
sorry,
the
water
leaving
the
authorities
drinking
water
plant
is
basically
less
free,
but
it
flows
through
the
city's
decades-old
water
system.
AI
A
Thank
you
very
much
again
that
thus
frees
us
to
shaman
coal
mine,
followed
by
haley
presley
shaman.
Are
you
with
us.
AJ
Greetings
in
the
cash
average
now
I
did
have
something
written
that
I
wanted
to
say,
but
I
think
right
now.
What
I'll
do
is
speak
from
my
heart.
I
am
shaman
holly,
medicine,
woman,
healer
of
the
iroquois
confederacy
of
aboriginal
american
people
and
for
all
of
the
people
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
in
all
its
surrounding
territories.
AJ
Over
15
years
ago,
I
was
at
an
event
that
was
held
by
community
empowerment
association
and
it
was
a
lovely
event
in
the
park
melon
park
and
I
walked
upon
a
table
a
friend
and
I,
and
there
were
two
white
girls
sitting
at
the
table
with
nothing
there,
but
a
pen
and
a
piece
of
paper,
and
I
said
what
are
you
doing
here?
This
is
a
wonderful
event,
glad
to
have
you
here.
AJ
It
was
celebrating
black
history,
and
so
they
said,
oh
we're
just
here
to
inform
people
of
the
50-year
plan
that
we
have
for
homewood.
I
said
oh
wow,
I
grew
up
in
homewood,
I
never
heard
of
this
plant.
They
said
oh
well
yeah.
This
has
been
in
discussions
for
over
the
last
50
years
and
it's
a
plan
to
develop
homework.
AJ
That
was
my
first
experience
with
gentrification
coming
now
fast
forward
to
today
I
have
advocated
for
black
people,
people
who
identify
as
black
and
and
people
I
identify
as
brown,
I'm
an
aboriginally
american.
This
is
my
land.
If
we
want
to
talk
about
land
displacement,
let's
go
back
in
time.
How
about
the
12th
century?
AJ
How
about
when
carlos
quintos
invaded
central
america
we're
not
just
the
united
states,
americans
we're
the
americans
of
the
entire
americas,
and
most
people
are
limited
in
their
scope
of
reasoning
and
information.
The
united
states
is
a
small
part
of
the
americas
and
our
ancestors
have
been
here
since
time
immemorial,
so
we're
the
first
to
be
displaced.
AJ
We
had
homes,
towns,
villages,
roads,
structures,
millions
of
them
all
throughout
the
americas
and
recorded
history.
Unfortunately,
most
people
don't
know
this,
but
we
do
and
there's
artifacts
in
many
documents
and
pictures
and
paintings
from
europeans
who
said
when
they
came
upon
our
lands.
How
magnificent
it
was,
how
beautiful
it
was
the
roads,
the
buildings
you
only
built
on
top
of
what
was
already
here,
you
only
added
to
what
we
already
had.
AJ
So
what
I
am
saying
is
do
the
right
thing
for
the
residents
of
this
community.
Many
of
our
people
are
intertwined
within
these
communities.
We
aborigines
are
not
a
small
community,
we're
quiet,
we
go
about
our
day-to-day.
We
raise
our
children,
we
love
ourselves
and
we
give
and
help
all
the
other
residents
that
are
here
within
the
city
limits
and
above
and
up
beyond.
AK
Hi,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
all
right,
I'm
haley
presley
and
I'm
calling
from
the
north
side
brighton
area,
and
I
would
like
to
capitalize
on
what
my
mother
ekahana
was
saying
by
recalling
a
time
when
I
lived
in
garfield,
which
is
my
home
area
and
being
kicked
out
of
my
home
to
house
people
who
were
offering
more
money
than
what
it
cost
to
live
there,
and
not
because
we
were
late
on
bills
and
not
because
we're
trash
in
the
place
or
causing
disturbances,
but
just
solely
to
house.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Destiny.
A
A
Klinger,
all
right,
so
I
will
go
through
the
names
that
I
have
called,
but
that
we're
not
on
and
then
see
if
we
can
give
them
their
opportunity.
I
have
a
kenneth
miller,
kenneth
miller.
A
We
did
have
gabrielle.
So
that's
that's
taken
care
of
dwayne
ketchum.
AL
Okay,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
okay,
thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
duane
ketchum,
I'm
a
guild
district
resident
in
the
robert
crawford
area.
I've
returned
to
pittsburgh
about
12
years
ago,
and
I
grew
up
in
pittsburgh.
AL
AL
AL
I
think
tim
stephens
said
that
people
should
have
the
right
to
return.
I
agree
with
that,
but
I
think
that
that's
such
a
limited
scope-
and
I
think
one
of
my
dissatisfactions
with
having
been
here
in
pittsburgh
for
the
last
12
years
or
so-
is
that
our
scope,
as
we
address
issues,
always
seem
to
be
so
limited,
and
I
think
the
scope
should
be.
What
do
we
need
to
do
to
attract
more
blacks
to
live
within
these
communities?
AL
AL
A
Much
all
right,
the
next
person
I
have
is
brenda
harris
brenda.
A
Is
there
brenda
harris
in
the
room
all
right?
The
next
person
that
I
see
that
did
not
speak
was
nikki
joe
dawson
nikki
joe.
Are
you
here.
A
A
A
Chris
abby
see
no
chris
ivy
that
takes
us
to
the
last
few
speakers.
Destiny
first
name
only
don't
see:
tamika
scott
tamika,
a
carla
mcgee
carla
monica
first
name
we're
not
monica
mona
rather
mona.
A
A
Can
you
remember
to
want
to
say
something
deb
councilwoman
gross?
Thank
you.
AM
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
so
I
just
wanted
to
thank
and
acknowledge
all
of
the
speakers
who
made
time
out
of
their
day
to
wait
and
to
share
your
stories
and
and
to
highlight
this
yeah.
This
issue
for
city
council.
AM
We
are
a
city
built
for
twice
the
number
of
people
that
we
currently
house
and
we
should
be
doing
things
better
and
more
creatively
and
sooner
to
keep
the
people
who
want
to
live
here.
AM
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everyone
for
for
making
the
time
after
highlighting
this
issue,
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
I
think
we
we
can
and
we'll
be
talking
about
this
issue.
AM
We
know
that
when
we
talked
about
it,
some
four
or
five
years
ago,
when
we
first
started
talking
about
inclusion,
arizona,
for
example-
I
you
know
my
colleagues
would
hear
me
say:
I
know
that
I'm
talking
about
this
happening
in
my
district
but
and
you
you
know
you,
I
respect
that,
you
don't
think
it's
happening.
You
know
it's
not
happening
in
yours,
but
it
will,
it
will
come,
they
will
run
out
of
space
in
my
district
and
it
will
spill
over
and
it
will.
It
will
be
these.
AM
These
risks,
these
threats,
these
markets,
driven
problems,
will
all
move
to
other
parts
of
the
city,
and
I've
said
this
before
just
wrap
up
for
many
many
decades
as
a
city
as
county
as
the
state
we
developed
and
used
tools
to
fight
disinvestment
and
blight,
but
now
we
also
and-
and
that
was
like
kind
of
the
problems
of
broken
markets-
and
I
think
that's
rightful
and
good
thing
for
government
to
do,
but
there
is
the
complementary
problem
of
hyper-invested
markets
and
gentrification,
and
that
drives
this
kind
of
displacement
that,
I
also
think,
is
a
broken
market.
AM
It's
the
overheated
market,
and
I
think
it
is
rightful
for
us
as
government
to
do
something
about
that
too,
to
moderate
the
market,
to
support
and
use
the
tools
that
we
have
to
to
make
our
city
more
livable
and
to
certainly
to
prevent
people
from
being
pushed
outside
of
the
city.
So
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
Thank
you.
Anyone
else,
any
other
member
of
council,
councilman
coghill.
AN
Thank
you,
reverend
barges,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
the
callers
I
really
tuned
in
today
to
listen
and
to
learn
more
than
anything,
it's
kind
of
eye
opening.
When
I
heard
the
number
of
black
families
and
black
people
were
moving
out
of
pittsburgh,
I
think
was
7
000
in
the
past
so
many
years,
so
it.
AE
AN
Gives
me
a
chance
to
plug
my
side
of
town.
You
know,
I
always
say
we
have
open
doors
here.
We
are
very
diverse
communities
over
here
we
have
great
schools,
we
have
great
parks
and
we
still
have
affordable
housing.
AN
However,
as
councilwoman
gross
pointed
out,
that
is
also
changing
and
I
can
see
how
that
you
know
is
changing
in
my
areas
as
well.
So
I
don't
claim
to
have
the
answers,
but
I
do
have
one
personal
story,
a
friend
of
mine,
larry
miller,
who
used
to
live
in
penn
plaza
when
he
was
being
displaced.
AN
My
girlfriend-
and
I
we
went
out
of
our
way
to
try
to
find
him
better
housing
or
housing
period.
We
found
him
a
place
that
we
in
mount
washington,
councilwoman,
kill
smith's
district
beautiful
place.
You
know
one
little
one-bedroom
apartment,
that's
really
all
he
needed
paying.
W
AN
Wanted
to
be
back
home
and
back
home
for
him
was
he's
liberty,
and
I
suppose
this
is
a
prime
example
of
gentrification.
He
cannot
afford
it.
He
can't
afford
to
buy
a
home
or
find
a
place
that
needs
liberty,
so
he's
kind
of
stuck
on
our
side
of
town.
I
don't
look
at
that
as
a
crutch,
but
you
know,
I
think
you
know,
just
like
everybody,
I
think,
has
a
sense
of
you
know
community,
where
they're
from
and
that's
where
they
want
to
live.
AN
So
so
my
point
is
you
know
for
folks
who
are
being
pushed
out,
whether
it
be
gentrification,
whether
it
be
other
reasons
behind
it.
I
wish
they
would
look
into
the
south
hills.
I
I
think
there's
still
opportunity
here.
Fastly
the
door
is
closing
on
it.
I
will
say
I
hate
to
think
it
happens
and
over
the
entire
city,
but
but
yeah.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
the
callers.
Thank
everybody.
It
was
very
informative
for
me.
AN
You
know
to
to
listen
in
and
you
know
I
will
work
closely
with
our
other
council
members
to
try
to
rectify
the
problem.
Thanks.
A
Thank
you
by
the
members
of
council
council
president
teresa
kell
smith,.
X
Thank
you
reverend.
Thank
you
for
cheering
the
meeting.
You
always
do
such
a
great
job
and
thank
you
to
all
the
speakers
who
came
out.
I
think
that
there's
a
couple
things
and-
and
I've
heard
a
lot
of
people
cover
all
this
stuff,
but
as
a
mom
who,
as
a
person,
who's,
had
a
mom
who's,
been
forced
out
of
a
community
wiley
avenue,
first
and
now
fifth
avenue
at
98
years
old
because
of
development,
and
it
was
interesting.
X
I
know
a
lot
of
residents,
don't
feel
that
way
there
as
well,
and
as
we
talk
about
more
development
occurring
with
universities
in
the
area,
I
think
it's
something
to
keep
in
mind
that
we
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
working
on
all
the
areas.
However,
I
have
a
different
in
my
area.
I
have
one
neighborhood
charter
city,
which
has
the
highest
homeownership
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
about
90
percent
of
its
homeowner
occupied,
and
it's
predominantly
black
and
my
problem.
X
Low
crime
properties
are
well
maintained,
a
beautiful
park
which
we're
getting
ready
to
put
in
a
spray
park,
so
people
want
to
live
there
and
it's
close
to
a
lot
of
things
close
to
the
sheridan
bus
way
close
to
mckees
rocks
close
to
a
lot
of
things
that
people
want.
X
The
challenge
is
making
sure
that
we
keep
it
a
predominantly
black
community
and
I
do
think,
reverend
and
councilman
laval
for
the
administration
for
the
avenues
of
hope,
because
I
think
that
will
help
us
somewhat,
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
other
efforts
that
we're
doing
in
our
district,
because
we
do
have
the
over
abundance
of
affordable
housing
in
district
two.
X
But
it's
not
not
all
that's
habitable,
so
we
are
working
with
the
ura
and
with
richard
snipe,
who's
an
amazing
amazing
person
who
is
housing
very
much
to
redo
some
of
the
homes.
But
I
do
think
it's
a
conversation.
I
think
once
we
can
get
people
into
the
homes
if
we
could
remodel
them
and
do
and
put
some
of
this
funding
into
remodeling
homes.
X
I
think
we'll
have
a
lot
of
quick,
accessible
housing
at
least
southwest
of
the
river,
but
the
problem
is
then:
they
also
need
resources,
people
who
who
move
into
affordable
housing
or
anywhere,
whether
you're,
affordable
or
not.
I
think
you
need
housing,
you
need
some.
You
need
some
services,
you
need
some!
You
need
groceries.
X
You
need
things
that
we
are
working
with
the
porter
project
right
now,
they're
doing
a
delivery
with
giant
eagle
of
groceries
to
the
order,
building
and
residents
can
order
their
food
from
giant
eagle
and
pick
it
up
right
in
the
neighborhood
of
sheridan,
and
so
that's
a
project
that
the
administration
has
also
been
working
on
and
bought
to
our
side
of
town,
and
I
connect
them
to
the
porters
and
they've
been
so
gracious
to
give
an
entire
kitchen
up
for
the
for
the
project,
but
that's
great,
but
there's
also
a
need
for.
X
I
think
social
services,
and
I
think
that's
where
the
county.
We
have
to
have
some
conversations
with
the
county
about
the
services
that
they're
bringing
in
but-
and
I
think
schools
I
mean
we
can
talk
about
all
these
things
and
one
of
the
things
I
actually
met.
Celeste
tater
when
we
were
working
together
on
schools-
and
so
it's
interesting
that
decades
later
this
it's
like
we're
having
the
same
conversations
over
and
over
again
about
the
schools-
and
I
know
reverend
and
daniel
and
others
are
looking
into
some
of
those
things.
X
But
I
I
think
that
there's
just
a
serious
conversation
that
has
to
occur
as
to
what
you
know
what
we
need
to
do
to
not
only
make
it
that
the
affordable
housing
is
available
and
habitable
homes
that
are
affordable,
homes
that
are
uninhabitable,
become
you
know,
renovated
and
habitable.
X
I
think
those
are
all
really
important
and
I
will
say
in
broadhead
where
I
heard
people
talking
about,
even
though
our
the
housing
study
said
that
we
have
an
overabundance
of
affordable
housing
in
district
2,
that
we
actually
need
some
market
rate
housing
with
two
of
the
developments
that
are
occurring,
the
one
in
the
west
end
and
one
in
broadhead.
Both
cases,
we
ask
that
in
broadhead
we
ask
that
they
make
it
affordable
for
senior
retirement
homes,
patio
homes
for
the
seniors
that
want
to
stay
in
broadhead
and
they're
doing
that.
X
But
I
think
affordability
is
even
a
question
because
you
know
what
people
consider
affordable
now
isn't
necessarily
affordable
for
the
salaries
in
pittsburgh.
So
I
think
that
there's
so
much
that
has
to
go
together
and
I'm
eager
to
work
with
my
colleagues
who
want
to
make
sure
that
we
do
that,
but
we're
also
working
on
the
development
in
the
west
end.
That
is
going
to
be
market
rate,
which
we
need,
but
he's
going
to
put
a
few
affordable
units
in
that
in
that
housing
as
well.
X
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
work
together
and
do
some
of
the
things
the
mixed
income
in
you
know,
I'm
eager
to
see
what
we
can
do
with
with
some
of
the
properties
working
together,
but
I'm
also
eager
to
see
how
we
get
services
into
our
side
of
town,
and
I
think
we've
done.
We've
begun
that
a
lot
with
christy,
porter
and
her
project,
which
is
why
it's
so
crucial
to
this
to
our
side
of
town.
A
X
Can
I
just
say
one
more
thing
reverend
I
do
want
to
say
one
thing.
I
do
want
to
say
that
I
hear
people
come
a
lot
of
times
and
I
was
just
telling
your
staff
this
yesterday
that
I
remember
when
I
first
met
you.
I
didn't
really
even
know
you.
I
was
working
for
wireless
neighborhoods
at
the
time,
steve
mcizek
and
I
remember
him
telling
me
you
got
to
help
my
friend
ricky
bird,
just
reverend
burgess
get
elected.
I
said
well
he's
a
reverend.
I
said
he's
going
to
run
for
off.
X
X
You
know
oakland,
I
grew
up
on
fifth
avenue,
so
I
watched
that
change
dramatically,
so
I
definitely
get
it,
but
I
do
want
to
say
I
watch
you
behind
the
scenes.
I
watch
you
here
on
council
and
I
know
that
you
are
such
an
advocate
for
your
community
and
and
I
hope
that
it's
my
hope
that
you'll
sit
down
together
and
really
be
able
to
work
through
some
of
these
things
and
they'll
be
able
to
see
the
passion
and
the
force
and
drive
that
you
you
advocate
for
them
so
strongly
with.
That's
it.
A
Thank
you,
mr
president.
We
certainly
are
thankful
for
all
the
35
or
so
speakers
who
have
come
spoke
from
their
heart
of
various
experiences
and
frustration
and
pain,
hope
and
and
encouragement
and
plans,
and
all
that's
helpful,
I,
I
would
say
it
props,
two
or
three
things.
First
of
all,
this
problem
of
african
americans
leaving
the
midwestern
cities
is
not
unique
to
pittsburgh.
A
So
whatever
is
going
on
is
true
in
detroit
chicago
cleveland,
saint
louis,
almost
all
of
the
rust
built
steel
cities
are
seeing
the
same.
What
scholars
call
black
flight,
that
is,
that
black
people
are
leaving
the
inner
city
and
they're
moving
to
the
suburbs
or
they're
moving
down
south.
A
That's
that's
first
thing,
second
of
all,
so
what
you're
seeing
I
think
is
the
consequence
of
hundreds
of
years
of
systematic
racism
right
you've,
you've
seen
when,
when
black
people
were
concentrated
in
communities
where
they
didn't
weren't
able
to
live
in
diverse
neighborhoods,
they
were
stuck
in
neighborhoods.
A
That
now
are
you
know
the
under
market
underwater,
and
so,
although
there
is
some
gentrification
going
on,
no
doubt
about
it,
places
like
lawrenceville
and
some
places
in
east
liberty
have
seen
gentrification
and
that's
caused
some
displacement,
but
in
places
like
homewood,
lincoln,
limington,
larmor,
the
hill
district
and
and
parts
of
the
north
side
depends
on
not
the
mexican
war
streets
but
other
parts
of
north
side.
That's
not
been
the
cause
of
of
displacement,
they've
left
for
better
housing.
AE
A
More
affordable
housing
or
a
better
quality
of
housing,
they've
left
because
of
better
economic
opportunities
wanting
to
get
a
better.
You
know
better
jobs.
The
meals
have
closed.
We
do
not.
We
have
not
replaced
the
middle-class
jobs,
they
are
now
low-income
jobs.
They've
went
for
better
schools
or
they've
left
for
safer
neighborhoods
a
place
like
homewood,
that's
60
vacant.
You
know
we
could
build
60
of
the
housing
new
without
displacing
anyone,
because
it's
so
vacant
same
thing
is
true
in
most
of
black
neighborhoods,
and
so
I
think
lastly,
we
have
to
for
me.
A
A
You
do
not
want
to
build
a
neighborhood,
that's
just
all
for
housing.
What
you
really
want
is
stable
mixed
un
mixed
income
neighborhoods
that
have
amenities
right.
You
want
to
rebuild
homewood,
but
not
with
just
all
poor,
poor
housing.
You
want
mixed
income
housing,
you
also
want
stores
and
restaurants.
A
You
also
want
dry
cleaners
and
drugstores
and
gas
stations
and
and
and
just
a
mixture
of
things-
and
my
dream
is
when-
and
I
believe
possible
with.
Every
neighborhood
in
pittsburgh
has
a
mixture
of
housing
where
people
can
afford
it's
all
clean
and
decent
and
all
the
communities
you
know
or
you're
able
to
walk
to
the
store
and
walk
to
restaurants,
walk
to
recreation,
centers
and
swimming
pools.
I
think
that's
the
goal,
and
so
then
we
can
talk
together
about
how
to
do
that.
A
Because,
and
the
last
thing
I've
learned
and
from
doing
this
work
is
it's
easy
to
want
to
put
us
in
silos,
and
you
know
sometimes
I
advocate
strongly
for
african
americans.
It
may
seem
like
I'm
doing
that,
but
I
don't
mean
that
only
it
really.
We
must
get
better
as
a
city.
It's
it's
for
anthony
coghill's
district.
It
has
to
do
well,
bruce
cross's
district
has
to
do
well.
If
rose's
district
has
to
do
well,
downtown
has
to
do
well.
The
city
as
a
whole
must
do
well.
A
So
the
goal
is
not
to
to
to
favor
one
community
over
other,
I
think,
but
is
to
have
strategies
that
are
interdependent
of
how
we
as
a
whole
can
grow
our
city,
and
I
think
we
can-
and
in
fact
I
think
we
are.
I
think
it's
hard
because
we're
facing
these
these
intergenerational
problems
that
have
been
in
effect
long
before
any
of
us
have
been
members
of
council
and
but
we
have
been
an
active
council.
A
We've
done
these
amazing
things
from
the
housing
opportunity
fund
to
you
know:
funding
choice,
neighborhoods,
we're
doing
these
amazing
things,
but
unfortunately,
it's
going
to
take
it's
going
to
take
20,
30,
40,
50
years
to
undo
the
harm
caused
by
hundreds
of
years
of
of
disinvestment.
So
I'm
proud
for
work.
We're
doing.
A
I
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
you
and
all
of
the
residents
and
all
the
activists
and
all
the
community
groups
and
all
the
businesses
all
of
our
corporate
leaders
and
with
this
mayor
in
the
future,
to
work
together
to
make
our
city
a
city
for
all
also
making
the
city
where
black
pittsburgh
matters
with
that
I'll
exterior
motion
tip
in
the
public
hearing
tell
me.