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Good afternoon. I am one of the use of south of market and i am under the south of Market Community action network. I support the soma appeal and i oppose the central soma plan simply because we all went around this whole courtroom with a whole lot of points where this whole plan is affecting our community negatively for instance, we have a whole lot of health points. Like it is cancer. To, this plan it is promoting development that will push out thousands of filipino people and other people of color that is living in the south south of market. We have a vibrant community in the south of market and you guys refuse to see that but now i am here to tell you guys, what is your choice . Will you support the people who have been here for years . My i have been here for ten years of my life since i moved from the philippines when i was seven and we have barely gotten support in the south of market for things that actually benefit the community. We have always gotten displaced and we have got
BerkeleyCaliforniaUnited-statesPhilippinesBayviewStocktonSan-franciscoFilipinosFilipinoSouth-marketMarket-communityOkay. I dont care what Public Comment it is. The man just spoke before me that this causes cancer. Youre telling me keep your comments formal, please. That im talking about the wrong subject . Give me a break. Theres people shooting up on the street out there, and here you are telling me that im not talking on the subject because im talking about people dying. And you can take a high guy off a lets go. Clerk next speaker, please. Sir, sir, please pull the microphone pull the microphone to your mouth, the microphone. You have two minutes. Pull the mike we cant hear you. Pull the mike to your mouth. Thank you. That about right . Okay. Im cliff levinthal, retired computer manufacturer and an owner at the blu since 2013. Im here to speak in favor of the central soma plan and the one vassar development. I live on the fourth floor of the building and was not surprised that some of the residents in the higher floors and penthouses were opposed to the development that would obstruct their view
BerkeleyCaliforniaUnited-statesPhilippinesBayviewStocktonSan-franciscoFilipinoFilipinosPublic-commentHome-ownersAbout their wellbeing and the wellbeing of their families. In the soma, we have a highly concentrated population of working people in San Francisco, and i really think we need to be giving back to them. Again, i think that we really should be thinking about the kind of development that we are invested in in terms of health and safety, and who will be displaced in the process when we approve projects like this. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is patrick. I am a youth worker with the Filipino Community Center Located in the excelsior district of San Francisco. I am here to support the appeal of the central soma plan and request that you support their appeal because multigenerational migrants and workingclass families in communities will be displaced in the name of socalled development. We want families and communities in the soma to decide how they want the neighborhood to be because they know what is needed to build up the neighborho
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