Community benefit district that i know firsthand does a tremendous job in our community. I live in the tern loin an tends not a day that goes by where i dont walk by and see the positive impacts of all are doing. This morning i was walking to city hall down hyde street, helped across the street by the safe passage volunteers, walking down sidewalks that were pressure washed by tlcbd folks and just appreciating not just everything you all do but the way that you do it. I especially appreciate the approach that youve taken to putting people to work who need jobs, especially in our community. And also taking the approach that understands that if well be successful in the tenderloin, we have to do it in an inclusive way to make sure residents are heard. Sometimes thats Property Owners and sometimes not Property Owners and everybody has a seat at the table as were thinking about the kind of community we want. So i got to look at some of your policies around Harm Reduction and Racial Equity and i think youre demonstrating what cb ds can be in a community. Ill turn it over to chris to talk about the millions of pounds of trash and numbers and some of the exciting plans that you have, but what ill say to the board is that we established this known as the tenderloin cbd in 2005 for 15 years. I hope that you all will support this as introducing the cbds renewal. I appreciate the partnership you all have had and im excited about some of the changes and some of the goals and some of the vision that the cbd has for the impact on our community. With that, ill turn it over to chris corgus from oewd who will present. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im the Senior Programme manager of the office of economic and workforce development. I oversee the Community Benefit programme on behalf of the city. This is a renewal and expansion of the existing north of market tenderloin Community Benefit district. I would like to thank supervisor hainey and his staff, particularly honth honthy mow. I would like to think you for your commitment as a model for all summations and renewals. Now i would like to thank all. And to present about whats to come in the tenderloin cbd as the executive terror, simon bertrane. Good afternoon. I will give a brief presentation on what is in the assessment renewal proposal and what are Current Services are. The proposed assessment renewal will be a new 15year term starting january 1, 2020. There will be changes to the boundary and it will be a continuation and pensio expansin cleaning, safety and neighborhood prid pride program. It will go to 1. 1 million to under 2 million a year. Here is a map in light blue with additional areas in dark blue. I the north side of west f farreell. A section of the tenderloin cbd is not going to be included in the proposed district and instead, it will be included in the civic centre cbd proposal. The tlcbd budget with that 2 million in assessment, this shows a breakdown of most of the money, 60 is spent on supplemental services. Im describe what those are. Theres a 15 spent on marketing and Economic Development, as well as money set aside for administration. We have a framework at the tenderloin cbd for what we envision for a healthy neighborhood. We mean all of the people that live, work and visit the tern lointenderloin including peoplen the streets, unhoused. Our primary focus is at the top in the clean, safe and trying to make inviting public spaces for people but we work on Neighborhood Pride, Economic Opportunity and improvements around those areas. Our clean programme, just to hit the statistics, we picked up over 350,000 pounds of trash this year, removed 22,000 needles, addressed 6,000 graffiti and stickers and pressurewashed over 3,000 blocks in addition to addressing over 3600 individual instances of human and animal waste. With the new assessment, we are proposing to bring a microneighborhood approach to the cleaning of the tenderloin. Were breaking it up into seven smaller areas and there will be a member assigned to each of the areas with multiple passes a day on the frontages there and getting to know the unique circumstances, the residents, businesses, the building managers, the people on street to do a better job of cleaning the street. Tout we also run a Safe Programme which is primarily tender loin safe passage which started by neighborhood moms to help kids get to and from school safely. We now have dozens of volunteers a day who come in morning and afternoon to help kids and seniors navigate the sidewalks and also get across the congestion and dangerous streets everyday in the morning and afternoon. We are also working with a number of block safety groups that neighborhood residents and stakeholders that are interested in a way to make sidewalks safer and more inviting for everyone there. We support training for them, as well as physical improvements to those blocks to improve the physical condition of the blocks and support them with safe passage corners and clean team. Theres a Camera Programme which is a network of cameras which we are expanding. This year we expect to double the size of the network and it is for after the fact footage that we produce we produce afterthefact footage for the police, district attorney, public defender or private attorneys. Our Neighborhood Pride programme tries to tell stories about the neighborhood. If you ride the news about the tenderloin, its full of negativity and theres incredible people and businesses and energy in the tenderloin and we try to connect with those people and make sure that some of the stories out of the tenderloin are the positive kind that really showcase the strengths as one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in San Francisco. Last slide is about the details of the assessment formula. The assessment in the tenderloin is calculated on three factors, lot size, building size, length of sidewalk frontage and each of the factors is multiplied by a number to produce, as you see at the bottom, different rates for the square footages and linear footage. The Economic Development is not assessed against the nonforprofit meaning theres a 20 lower assessment than on the forprofit Property Owners. Ill conclude the presentation and thank you very pitch. Much. Well open testimony on item number 50 and we will start with supporters of the assessment district. So if you are here to testify in support of the assessment district, Public Comment will begin. Are there any individuals who would like to speak in support . First speaker, please. If youll line to your right, my left. Go ahead, sir. Steve gibb sosteve gibson. I was the interim executive director for two and a half years in january of 206. 2016. I have come at this from a couple of different directions. I would like to speak from the point of view of past executive director. As you know we, the tenderloin s lacked the Financial Resources to properly addres address the qualityof life issues. They address the tenderloin issues and this renewal of the cbd addresses those issues. They have agreed to double their assessment, double their investment in the cbd and programmes. I strongly urge you to support the renewal of the cbd so they can continue to improve the quality of life for the families, the children and the seniors that call the tenderloin home. Thank you. Next speaker. P. I want to renew the area, too and i want to redevelop it, too and get the 8,000 and 11 people thats homeless out in the street and 90 is in the tenderloin. I want to spend that money t for this. Im real upset pup can build a threestory Apartment Building complex of 144 unite 144 units a million dollars. You can build a 27story tower with that amount of money than any building complex than you built. Theres a threestory building, too, and cost just 1 million more, 57 million. So you talk about redeveloping the area of the tenderloin, imi move you have use these types of towers for the 8,011 Homeless People countedp counted by the s bureau. Is that clear some and by the same response, i want three of these buildings to be for people who need rehabilitation and need the behavioral selfservices and who are suicidal and calling in and want to commit suicide. By the same response, it further flows with my demonstration, you have a homeless rate thats increasing at 8,011. Ok . The population is still growing as far as homelessness is concerned. By the same response, theyve got nowhere to go because you keep building programmes with nothing to do with housing. You all you want to do is having housing programmes. It say youve got Shelter Services and mental services, you short there, too. Thank you, next speaker. Good afternoon. Im curtis bradford, im a longtime tenderloin responsibilities to speak in support of the lcbd. They provide Great Service for the tenderloin neighborhood. Like matt was saying, i work and live in the neighborhood and i walk to work and safe escorts across the intersection to get to my wont be. Job. Theyre there and they greet me by name and these are Community Members that live in the neighborhood, as well. Pothey provide a Great Service d i appreciate them being there. You know, ive gotten to know the clean them team that cleansy block and its great to have that relationship. So theyre providing more than just the cleaning. But i want to say for purposes of disclosure first of all, im proud of the fact that i think the tlcbd is, perhaps, one of the, if not the most progressive benefit district in the nation. Tou. Thats not an accident. There was a lot of intentionality around thinking about and stretching the plan of what cbd can mean in a community. And servings as a low income sro resident of the tenderloin on the board, i would like to think i played some small part in moving them along. But the truth is, theyve been work wig Community Organizations robustly to try to think about and envision what cbd can mean for the whole community. So i really appreciate their effort and i hope you can support them. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im dale seymour from the tenderloin. Ive been here 35 years. Ive have two businesses that total about 15 years. So im familiar with the tlcbd. You know, theyre just a tailly organization. Daily organization. The good thing, these folks are tenderloin residents. So we get to see our neighbors at work. We get to see our neighbors making money. Because of a grant that i got from the tlcg about ten years ago, i was able to get my Organization Start and now we employ five people from the community. So there are a lot of things he didnt present in his recommendatiohispresentation. The people are friendly and its just a way of life. Tenderloin could be worse without this organization and i think the tlcbd is the model for all in the city. It was one of the first and the most challenging neighborhood in the city and because of them, that neighborhood is n nowhere s challenging. So i implore you to support this assessment. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is steven genes for st. Passage. If it wasnt for them, i won be wouldnt be standing here before you. I want to talk about vision ze zero. Im not sure how many people have died because of being hit by a car in San Francisco, but it is outrageous, the number. Its three or four in the last two, three months. Now we have st. Passage set up foupto help children gave gate e through and we have st. Passage that helps seniors in the morning. Why not have them to help not get hit by cars where the amount of people hit is at the highest risk. Weve got an organization set up. It wouldnt take a lot of money or a lot of effort to switch gears and have a certain part of safe passage do that. I mean if were concerned about human life and if we want to do Something Like vision zero, to obtain vision zero, its in play, safe passage. So i would urge you to spend a lot more than just 2 million. If you people are serious about vision zero, then do something about it. Safe passage is the thing to do. My name is renee colorado and i operate the restaurant group. We have four and a final one opening in a month along larkin street. I can say personally, i was a Community Organizer and advocate in the tenderloin and i myself am overwhelmed at times. Having the organization with a group of people that care so much about the entire neighborhood, not just the residents, but the businesses there. I myself just based on the tlcbd and the services they provide and hope they bring to the neighborhood, we locat advocatee other businesses to open on my recommendation and this was due in part because of the support tlcbd is providing. The improvements that have been made in the tern loin. Tenderloin. E they not only clean streets but come into our businesses and they bring our street patrol, our Police Officers by and introduce them and theyre kind of theyre the glue that bind the tenderloin together, everyone. Announcement im here to implore you to renew them for another ten years. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hi. Im mike, the Club Director for boys and girls club of San Francisco and thank you all for your time today. I was first introduced to the tlcbd through the Safe Passage Programme. Coming in, i understood some of the situations that was already here in the tenderloin and to see safe passage out after school everyday with volunteers really invested into the safety of our family and kids was inspiring for me. As i continue to work here, i saw other organizations out there doing amazing work. Watching them clea clean the sts and picku pick up needles. As i continue to look at how we can make imminent improvements e neighborhood, this is really possible. Theyve been a great connector of multiple agency, of organization. They work closely with different city departments and able to do with the renewal of the assessment is off the charts. Im definitely here in support of the tlcbd. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name a raymond gonzalez. We are i an organization that helps adults experiencing homelessness by providing a sense of community and meaningful daily community. Our team members learn life skills and do this by creating a vibrant community. They have about 80 team member who have come from the tenderloin district. Since weve been there, weve picked up over 250,000 pounds of trash and 22,000 needles and employed 19,000 individuals and have housed six individuals, as well. And so i just want to say that we support the tlcbd and renew it and without that, we are now able to restore and frida bringr unhoused individuals in. When i was talking to a team lead, i said why do you like being part of the tenderloin district. He say it gives me and sense of purpose and me and my crew a sense of purpose and we support the renewal. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im a corner captain with safe passage for three years now. Im one of the many corner captains who help cross our residents of the neighborhoods in the morning and afternoon. We are giving back and making it safer for everyone and we love our job. I would not be here without their help and being a part of this community. And i strongly urge you guys to please renew the agreement with the tlcbd for another 15 years. We did mistake work as previously mentioned and will be mentioned after me. So please let us keep doing the job were doing of making the quality of life in our neighborhood safer and better for residents and Business Owners. Thank you. Next speaker. I work for safe passage and i am the tenderloin and ive been on both sides of the fence. If youre having trouble making decision, go there and rent one of those room and youll see how important it is, how much help is needed. The gentleman mentioned shelters and shelters are fine. They need clean, too, because people sleep on the street than the shelter. So you need better support. Human kindness is what it take. If we show human kindness and remember these people are people, too, you know, you dont kick them why they down. We do what we can for our people. We are the tenderloin. Go se see the grease pot that ws just cleaned. Thats all they got. Next speaker. I will remind the good people if you want to show your support, give us your silent hands. Thank you. I live in the tenderloin for three years and also i am a tenderloin resident for five years. Without the tlcbd, this is not only a safe passage in tenderloin and not only creating the culture, its not only elderly people safe on the street. This demonstrate as mom to kids, i feel its very important not for only today but important for our future, for our kids. Thank you so much. And support the t colleglcbd. Thank you. Good afternoon. I am the Community Organizing director for the tenderloin housing board. Im the president of the board. In my day job, i work closely with tlcbd because a lot of our values and work insect with each other in terms of block safety group or many leaders of safe passage have come from various programmes in our work in tenderloin. I just want to urge and hope for your support for renewing the tlcbd. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im the executive director of operations at uc hastings law. We have an amazing partnership were benefited from of the services they provide. Weve partnered with them in workforce development, as well as most recently, Network Community camera project, but in addition to that, its just the care they provide and communication that they provide stating to all members of the tenderloin this is truly a community that matters. So we think its critically important that this is renewed. Our assessment will go up and we think theyre capable after efficient stewards. We look forward to seeing what they do and we strongly urge your support. Thank you, next speaker. Good afternoon. Im with the larkin Street Merchant Association and cova hotel and i serve on the board of the cbd. I cannot express enough what a critical partner the tenderloin is to everyone that comes into contact with the neighborhood. I cant imagine where the neighborhood would be without the services that the tenderloin cbd provides. We see a lot of imminent. I urge you to support and back the renewal of the cbd and we look forward to partnering with them for the next 15 years. Thank you. Next speaker. Supervisors, what struck me when i was listening to our friends at tenderloin safe passage was kind of the idea that weve created a cbd model that is different than other cbds in the city. Its a cbd that grows from the community, that some of the initiatives that they have incubated and work with and some they have taken on like safe passage have been communitylead. Its being able to know what community theyre in and who theyre working for. So like many said before, it brings joy to my heart when i walk through and see my friends at safe passage and i see, you know, folks really enjoying what is my favourite neighborhood in the city. So i urge you to, you know, support the renewal of the tenderloin cbd for 15 years and really dig deep to see how we can make this model of Community Leadership and Community Empowerment a part of every cbd that we pass and that we strengthen and lengthen in the years going forward. Thank you very much. Thank you, networks speaker. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im here today as a member of the tenderloin Community BenefitDistrict Board of directors, giving my enthusiastic support to the renewal and expansion of the tldbd. Like many here, my introduction was through the Safe Passage Programme, working on Street Safety projects in the neighborhood. I quickly realize ed this nobodd their finger on the pulse than the captains. Really they serve as stewards of the public realm, keep tender tenderloin residents safe and away from drug feelin dealing. This is a communitybased state programme reducing psychological and physical harm through building and culture of safety and engagement. Really,. Ththis is the type we nodebe. As someone who walks, bike and eats daily in the tenderloin, im urging you to support the renewal today. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im a sometimes friendly and sometimes cranky neighbor of the cbd. All of these growing stories come from a lot of hard work on part of the staff member and leadership of the cbd. You know, this kind of Community Collaboration doesnt come without hard work or conflict. In this process of renewal, i watched simon and the rest of the staff go through hard conversations. Some of the things we talked about, ha Harm Reduction, making sure there are to harmed securities, those conversations were not easy conversations because those are things not assumed to be a part of the cbd in their process. As we had those conversation, i watched this staff work through what their values are in aligning them with their neighbors. I would like to give them credit and know we have a long way to go but we have a strong begin manage a relationship thats founded in friendship and in conflict and weve been able to remain good together through that process. So as a sometimes cranky but often friendly neighbor, i want to encourage you to vote for the renewal. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Hello, supervisors. Im Vice President of the board of Christian Science church on farrell street. I am here representing the church as we get towards that goal. The benefit we are among the people that are assessed for this and we are more than happy to have that renewed and expanded. Weve experienced the gentleness of the individuals that come around and help with us removing graffiti, cleaning our sidewalks and we are supportive of this project. And i have a letter of support from our church. So thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Members of the board, thank you, richard hanham, representing forge. Were a Development Group bringing forward 500 new Housing Units in the tenderloin. Weve been work on this project 35 years and one of the great advantages that has occurred during that period has been the initiation of the cbd. Were being assessed for a nonsettlsignificant contributih projects inside of the expansion map and these are places that have not been served, nor pratting in the assessment and we strongly encourage both the approval and our continued and expanded participation with the cbd. Please remember that the cbd does not exist in the overall map. It exists in the space of community and the place in between the buildings. This is where their work is done and where all of us live on the street. So be encourage them and thank you for everything his team has been doing to help everyone in this neighborhood to be successful. Thank you very much and please support this initiative. Good afternoon. Im with the Senior Center and one of the challenges our seniors have is safety. We did a survey of them four years ago and they said safety on the sidewalks was number one. I made the mistake of thinking safety on the sidewalk meant groups of drug dealers. They said yes, theyre in our way and the safety on the sidewalks is were scared to walk, step in poop, glass and everyone else. So seniors, they dont want to come out because the sidewalks are dirty. Cbd cleans sidewalks. I spent 2500 to put the camera systems in and i buy flash drives and im glad i could spread the work around with the help of the cbd. So i urge you to support the cbd from those 15 years. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is jennifer verano and as the director of st. Francis hospital and on behalf of the hospital were pleased to provide the assessment renewal. For over 13 years, cbd played a vital role in the tenderloin by providing services needed to the most vulnerable and diverse neighborhoods. When the neighborhood launched the tenderloin improvement project, we recognised the leadership to realize the new vision to impact the tenderloin. This vision aligns well with neighborhood wide goals to address economic and social conditions that ultimately influence the persons health. What the cbd does in terms of a safe, clean and active environment, building Neighborhood Pride and ensuring Economic Opportunities and supporting local businesses is all a part of the collective success, a recipe for success of residents, shaping the 80 of health outside of the walls of hospitals. We stand by our partnership with the c builbd and request you rew assessment but most importantly continue demonstrated track record of cocreating solutions with tenderloin residents and partners. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is kristy shirillo. For anyone who spends time in the ter tenderloin, you know itn be a little overwhelming, but this is an organization innovative and ready to help solve problem and face challenges. I believe the renewal is vital and encourage you to support. Thank you. Networknext speaker. Im a resident of the tenderloin and work for the international u. S. A. s San Francisco city center hostile on the corner of ellis and larkin. On behalf of fellow residents, the tens of thousands of guests that stay at our hostile every year, on behalf of our hostile staff, i would like to thank them for cleanliness and security of the neighborhood and would like to thank you all for voting in favour of this renewal. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im representing the Property Owner in the tenderloin and we have been a strong supporter of the lcbd and would love to see it renewed. The renewed assessment and extension will allow the tlcbd to implement new programmes in the area and that will make it safer for the residents and visitors of the ten tenderloin. Please support this initiative and thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is will douglas and i work for the st. Francis foundation. Five years ago as my colleague and coworker, jennifer verano mentioned, were formed the Tenderloin HealthImprovement Partnership and its many of the organizations youve heard from. The reason we formed this partnership is that we realized the health of individuals in the neighborhood required more than just excellent care at the hospital. That an individuals health and wellbeing is dependent on social determinants of health and organizations like the Community Benefit district are necessary and an important critical part of a communitys health and wellbeing. I want to acknowledge the work theyve done in partnering with man different organizations across our community and acknowledge that its very rare for this Many Organizations to come together and agree on something. So i want to make that point and urge you to support the renewal of the cbd for another 15 years. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im the Programme Manager with the tenderloin housing clinic. Im here to support because they provide a safe and Clean Environment for the entire environment and a part of the Safe Passage Programme and we thoroughly enjoy working with them and we hope that they continue to go on for 15 more years. Thank you. Buenos tardes. speaking spanish . Im a resident of the tenderloin for more than 30 years. Shes saying good afternoon. I have been safe passage voluntary for ten years and this time, she has been noticing the importance of the safe passage and for the community of the tenderloin. Shes a captain and she sees that all of the people of the elderly seniors are very happy when they see her. The parents of the children also trust all of them because they feel that the children are very safe when they are around when they go to school. Out tenderloin itenderloin is aa lot of danger on streets, a lot of drug dealing accidents, also, you know, a lot of people that have been dying there. The traffic is the main problem there. And because people and even sometimes a car, they dont follow the traffic sign. With the new plan and your support, the tlcbd will be in the programme safe passages and stronger and stronger and we will try to have more safety in the streets for many, many years to come. Thank you for your support. Thank you. Next speaker. Initially, i didnt get too involved in the community, but you think its being in the tenderloin with other people who also had difficulties, i wanted to give back. Now i do volunteer work in the community and i really its helping me as a person. So i would like to say that these things that bring the community together, its almost a necessary thing for peoples health, i think. Put because people if youre really down and out, having people who have your back or willing to help you, its can be a powerful thing. Thats the key to giving back. You may have had a dysfunctional family or just had a hard time making friends, but when people, you know, share and communicate with each other, theres a lot that can happen. So keep the tlcb going. I think they are a good role model and we all need to clean up after ourselves in our lives. Puto do that in the community ia real positive thing to see. It reinforces, maybe, brings hope hopefully brings hope to some of the people you dont see a way out of their situation. But there is. There are ways. Ok, thank you. Put. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi, my name is kristen dialobos. Ive lived in the tenderloin for years. Some people have spoken well about the programmes, the street clean, both of which are important and remuc very much n. But what they give they is a sense of expect. My neighbors and i began to organize a few months ago to combat the 24hour open air drug mark and the folks met with us and helped us organize and point us in the right directions. They inspired us and what started as a group of angry neighbors cleaning about the situation out front, they turned us into a positive force for good. I dont think we would be as far along and our neighborhood wouldnt be as improved as it is, if it hasnt been for their support. They have inspired all of us to keep going. Ive been looking for more opportunities to get involved in the tenderloin and in all of the neighbors in San Francisco and im familiar with a lot of different neighborhoods, theres no neighborhood more in need of a benefit district than the tenderloin. But also, a neighborhood that just has such a strong sense of community and i feel that theyve been a big part of that. Their ads and they are focus on the other hand aledon all of th. Its not just about cleaning up the neighborhood but making the neighborhood a safe neighborhood for everyone who lives there. Now thank you. Next speaker. And i support them. Hello. Im with the Tenderloin Equitable Development project our organization supports Community Businesses in the tenderloin, businesses who are often striving and struggling in silence and on their own because their very real problems are lost in the face of the much more visible human suffering and tragedy that we see in front of their storefronts. However, the tlcbd has been a critical partner in assisting our organization in elevating the voices of the unheard Community Businesses and helping to provide the attention and the resources of the Greater Community to help sustain these businesses and allow him to thrive in unjust business conditions. The leadership of the tlcbd in particular, not only through that programmatic work has been able to provide us a platform to assist and invest in businesses and to keep the Small Business owners in the neighborhood, in the communities that they serve and know. Without the tlcbd, we have not been able to increase our assistance to the neighborhood and would not be able to consistently provide the services and the support that the neighborhood and Small Businesses need, strongly support. Thank you, next speaker. Pout. Dan williams, owner of piano fight. Even onim one of the businessee tenderloin and i have to say that one of the most amazing resources from a Business Owners perspective is the tlbcd. Not only do they support really impressive cleaning services that round out what the city does in a fashion thats really working well for the tenderloin but they provide community organizational services. These things the tenderloin has a myriad of issues. I know most neighborhoods do in the city, but the tenderloins the tlcg is a specific issue to specific challenges that the tenderloin faces. I would like to point out youve heard from an incredible spectrum of voices from Housing Developers to Hotel Operators to homeless advocates to business operators and i dont know that you get to residents, low income, senior, acrosstheboard and i dont know you get this on many issues you face, but i would encourage it to influence your support, as well. Thank you. Next speaker. Joel wilson, hospitality house. I would like to voice my opposition to the renewal of the tenderloin. Joe, excuse me. This is in support. In opposition . Yes. Speakers will be after everybody in support. Ok, thank you. So i yield the eminderemaindy time. [ laughter ] good afternoon, supervisors. Im the executive director of the lower poke cbd. We are on the northern border of the tlcbd and ive witnessed day inand day out, the hard work and dedication the staff brings to the job. Its easy to quantify the bags of trash and feces and needles but whats hard to quantify is the sense of connectivity and support for the neighborhood that they bring and it is intangible but without it, things would fall apart and so, i urge your support in extenting the tenderloin cbd for 15 years on behalf of the lower poke neighbors. Were thrilled theyre extending to the lower, lower poke, because that will only help strengthen all of our neighborhoods. So i urge your support and thank you for your time. My name is eric rosell and thank you for having us. I want to express my support. As a longtime resident, ive seen over nearly 23 years of working in the area and ive never seen a group of people who are hard working in transforming a community as i have this community and this organization putting forth this effort. I remarkable to see how present and visible they are everyday. As a Community Group organizing and building in my block, theyve been supportive and helping us make the community better, too, and i hope you support their renewal. Thank you. please stand by . And we will stay a little bit longer well the lights countdown too fast. We are there to help people who move slower than others and children to be safe. Thank you. Any other speakers in support i definitely in support. I have been at my house 28 years i have lived here in the city long before that and i really am grateful for the improvements that have been happening these last few years, to see that this program is working. Im sitting here and observing it and hearing the support of it has definitely got me on the side of wanting to support it, and developing and blossoming to make everything a lot safer for everybody. So thank you. Okay. Supervisors, my name is francisco. I support the Community Benefit district. I think it is a little bit different. In 1989 when we had the earthquake and i worked at the presidio, we formed a team to address