the president of the commission said to us at a meeting that his job as the president of the commission was to find value in our parks and extract them. there was no mention of providing services to the public. it was to extract the value from our parks. in carrying out that policy, there was no discussion with the public, no involvement with the public. this ordinance gives us the opportunity to involve the public in this very critical decision. that is what it is all about. it is very simple. there has been a big smokescreen. there has been numerous red herring thrown out in order to try to confuse the public about this measure. it is much more simple than all of those allegations pretend. the big issue for all of us is how do we find the parks. that is the big question we keep getting asked. the people of san francisco have repeatedly voted money for the parks. they have never turned down the park s bond. by 2/3 votes they have provided $170 million. they have extended the
to result in an welcome cuts in general fund subsidies for other departments that i do not think you want to consider. i urge you to take this off the ballot. if we are serious about needing an ordinance, let us have some hearings and go through the normal board of supervisors process. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. my name is lorraine bedford. i am here as a resident of district 11. i want to thank you for the hard work you have done for the community. i am a city employee on my own time. i am concerned about the unintended consequences of what might happen with this ordinance. i witnessed firsthand i live across the street from a recreation center the wonderful things that happened in terms of people and programming and usage in the last 18 months. it has been tremendous. a big part of it for me is seeing how the scholarship fund has really made a difference for the people in that neighborhood, and for people outside the neighborhood who come into use the fa