That i grew up with are not at those meetings, that we are not represented, so i think when we talk about development in the excelsior, we really want Genuine Development for the people already living there, and that its not enough to open the door, i think, and maybe we can talk about it later on, but i really feel we have to step outside the door and reach for the community. Again, i saw a slide that said not many of our Community Members shop in the mission area. I dont think youve been in our on our block around 3 00 p. M. It is crowded, right . Ca casa lucas, yung chi market. Its crowded. I hope we dont create development for the sake of time and making it look good on a powerpoint. I hope we take the time to look at longterm answers to these questions that we have and to include the community that is most suffering. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is thierry. Im the director of the filipino center, and weve been around for about 11 years. We work
That because part of displacement is home values go up, people already feel cost burdened, they feel like they were already kind of on the emgem edges, and so they feel like they need to sell out to take care of their families, and we should be thinking just as much about that as we do of displacement or people that are being evicted from their homes or otherwise forced out. I think thats more the case in this district that maybe is not the case in other places. And finally, the whole confluence of talking about cultural neighborhood and retail, i think those two topics crash together in the excelsior. I understand from this report but also from other information, this area struggles with vacancies, and i think the change in retail and how groundfloor businesses are able to stay afloat with how the economy is today is something we should be thinking about. We should not only be protecting businesses that are existing and figuring out what we can do to help them stay, but especially as
Those meetings, that we are not represented, so i think when we talk about development in the excelsior, we really want Genuine Development for the people already living there, and that its not enough to open the door, i think, and maybe we can talk about it later on, but i really feel we have to step outside the door and reach for the community. Again, i saw a slide that said not many of our Community Members shop in the mission area. I dont think youve been in our on our block around 3 00 p. M. It is crowded, right . Ca casa lucas, yung chi market. Its crowded. I hope we dont create development for the sake of time and making it look good on a powerpoint. I hope we take the time to look at longterm answers to these questions that we have and to include the community that is most suffering. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is thierry. Im the director of the filipino center, and weve been around for about 11 years. We work closely with south of market,
13 schools in our neighborhood, right . So next thing i want to point out is that ive come to a few of the meetings and what i also see that a lot of these people that i grew up with are not at those meetings, that we are not represented, so i think when we talk about development in the excelsior, we really want Genuine Development for the people already living there, and that its not enough to open the door, i think, and maybe we can talk about it later on, but i really feel we have to step outside the door and reach for the community. Again, i saw a slide that said not many of our Community Members shop in the mission area. I dont think youve been in our on our block around 3 00 p. M. It is crowded, right . Ca casa lucas, yung chi market. Its crowded. I hope we dont create development for the sake of time and making it look good on a powerpoint. I hope we take the time to look at longterm answers to these questions that we have and to include the community that is most suffering. Tha