project and aspires to create a community kitchen to strengthen, solidify, and cement the commitment to everyone in district 5. it is one reason i stand before you again tonight. >> we will hear from john, jim, christine, and john, and chris. >> i m director of the steel which is a filipino arts organization. i am here to talk about

district 6, and i am here on behalf of the filipino american forum on redistricting. i am passing out a map right now. is it possible to use the overhead? >> is possible. >> rate. -- great. the reason i'm here, i want to say on behalf of the filipino american community that we are very happy with all the hard work that you put into this. i am happy for you that it is almost over and you get to rest. there is one concern that we do have with the recent working draft. there is a proposal to actually make the border of district 6 right here along thirteenth, and

as you concede that we have a very high concentration of filipino americans that reside here. it would cut off a big chunk of the population. we wanted to bring that up and see if you can bring it up to 15 between harrison. >> i am the executive director of the japanese community council. i am here again tonight to urge you to adopt the current draft of the northern border of district 5. as an organization that is on the very tip of district 5, some might be wondering why it is currently draw on the way it is.

it is not meet or pretty, but i appreciate this task force and their efforts to respond to our community and respond to japan town's interest in wanting to keep our community together. i of this is the long process, and i urge you to adopt the border as it is today. i want to just totally put the reasons why the borders look the way they do, it is quite simply because our organization and our preschool -- i believe it is as compelling reason. i want to mention that i was called by a reporter about redistricting, and they wanted to know why the task force was

responsive to the japanese community when they weren't as responsive and loss angeles. i said is because you had the true interests of the community at heart. your response of, you listened, and i want to thank you for your tireless efforts. i want to urge you to get this done, let's approve the northern border has it stands today and let us stay where we belong. >> i have been our resident of the north panhandle area for nearly 30 years. as i mentioned on monday, i have seen this neighborhood grow from something that was hardly to find and we didn't even have a name for it to a very thriving

and dynamic neighborhood largely due to the neighborhood organizations, and the work of the neighbors in keeping everything together. i want to thank you for listening to us on monday night and changing the borders to keep the panhandle area in district 5. it was stated several times that much of our accomplishment is the result of our ability to work closely with our supervisor and have a close relationship with city hall. that would be really diluted if we had to spend more time listening and talking to several supervisors. i want to thank you, and i must say i was impressed with the process. >> my name is christine, and on

behalf of the neighborhood association, you heard from us early on in this process. you also heard from us often in this process. we really want to thank you for your responsiveness. and on behalf of the west side, the distinct and wonderful neighborhoods, we want to thank you. we look forward to this particular version of district 7. >> thank you, chair. good evening, task force members. four months of work with the task force to find a balance with 11 district. being a native for over 50

years, living in eight of the 11 districts, i find the task force has found a balance and a the 2012 matches almost there. i see that you almost have a draft to be finalized and we thank the members for their diligence. however, i am still pushing for the north market data more blocks -- to add more blocks and moving at least two more or so of those blocks east of levinworth up to post. and thank you for your work. >> [reading names]

>> chris bowman, member of the 1995 redistricting task force. it is not claimed by the excelsior district, and in the attendance area of the school. the kids are going underneath the freeway to go to school. it does belong in district 8.

it attract students from all over the city. if you want to have it in the city, do away with district elections. it draws from all 11 districts. the problem with of the blocks that you moved out is that it is 83% white and 90% asian. you dilute asian population in district 3. finally, as i said, look at this has the optimal solution. people will get 100% of what they want, you don't create a zero sum game because we have winners and losers in this process. district elections is the loser,.

>> thank you, sir. >> good evening members of the redistricting taskforce, my name is larry griffin. i am a resident of the area, i have been there for nearly 50 years. i just found out a few minutes ago that i am actually a board member emeritus. i want to thank you very much i could not have drawn it better. i really commend you for all these meetings that you have to sit through. that area of the of the panhandle, between masonic and

stanyon is part of the panhandle area. that would be breaking up the panhandle area which i think would be unfortunate. the one area, we traditionally were in the strict -- district 8. i would just ask you to take a look at that. thank you for the fine work you have done, folks. >> one of the things with the hayes valley neighborhood associations is coordinating with the sister neighborhoods and all the comments you have

heard tonight about the importance of keeping the panhandle is something that my experience. i know you don't want to hear about my other issue, it is a piece that i do believe is best served being in district 5. while it has no population, you have done a brilliant job, i think, cleaning out orders wherever you can. going rider crosses another one of those instances where we have an opportunity to have a

community made more whole. it can bring along over 150 housing units. a vast majority of them are not the open house. it should not really drive the whole thing. i would urge you to please reconsider that as well. >> good evening members of the task force, i am a resident of the excelsior in district 11. i wanted to thank you for your service and a knowledge of the task before you today. i wanted to speak specifically

to the most recent version of the taskforce map that takes out part of the district and moves into district 8. i am part of a community organization that has been organizing with neighborhood residents for a number of years. some of the issues have the united neighborhood residents and based on common experience. many of the working families have also been tied together by the need to advocate for more affordable housing. for strategies to create jobs and economic opportunities, this is a working-class neighborhood , every day families celebrating culture. and i think it is a disservice to move those locked out of the neighborhood that they have been

tied together for many generations. i would propose the boundaries to safeguard the in integrity of district 11. >> [reading names] one second and i'll start your time. are there more names on the list over there? can you check for me?

thank you very much. >> my name is michael sanchez. also, they're trying to chang e the district 8, take it away from exelsior. i don't think that's very good. because i think we need more help and for jobs in creation for medical help. and i think we can do a good job changing things. >> thank you, sir. >> mr. chairman, members of

the taskforce, representing the association of realtors. we have appeared before you, presented our map, you used it as a reference point. now that another map has been adopted, as you begin to refine it, we thank you for a police considering the specific issues. it has always been to unify as many neighborhoods as we could. there are advancements that you have made in 2002. there are adjustments that we'll like you to consider as you narrow and refined and get right down to the final point. hollywood like you to consider the blocks that were transferred in the north panhandle back.

what it does is help unify the district. there are some adjustments there that you have made the last couple of times. they have been reunified to restore the financial district south of market street. it helps the entire tenderloin area as well. the adjustment is made, it has an impact on the other areas. we're asking you to consider in the final hours of deliberation.

>> i am a longtime resident of d-5. i appreciate you have worked to maintain a japan-town and a significant parts of the district. i am -- when it comes to the precincts north of the panhandle. i live just south of the panhandle and i have considered the people just north of me to be very much my neighbors. we have to consider if it had not been for the activism of people a few decades back, we would have an 18-lane highway going through what is the panhandle now. it would not have significantly changed the neighborhood, but the city of course in addition to that. and ever since then, is

culturally and politically and the same place. it has been greater -- let's keep in mind by april you said you'd be tweaking. not making major adjustments. the panhandle is not a border site, it is a major artery and the hope that you'll make other adjustments. the portions of the communities can be maintained. >> thank you, sir. >> good evening, members. i'm fiona raymond cox. i personally self-identify with the neighbors masonic. i currently live in district five, and if things proceed, i

will end up in district 1. a coordinate the emergency response team for north of panhandle and i have done that for the last five years. about three years ago, i formed a coalition and the was not a coordinator for that area. some of whom you have heard speak tonight. we exercise, we are definitely a community to be reckoned with. furthermore, we have had the support of the neighborhood associations both in support and financially to help provide for our

community. at time of event. i have done community outreach at the annual fair on lion street and have gotten to know members of the community. i feel very much a part of a consolidated district 5. i have presented at meetings and i am a member, too. i want to continue to build that community with the team we have been working with and i hope you would consider my views in this. thank you. chairman mcdonnell: thank you. folloiwnwing supervisors chiu and avalos. president chiu: i want to know -- that you know that you have onrun a tremendous process in

taking in the feedback and i know you look forward to april 15 coming. i do hope that all of you will continue to serve in other capacities in the city. there are a number of questions i have found -- been asked. whenever a set of decisions you come up with in the next few days i look forward to that and i think i speak on behalf all my colleagues that whatever decision you make we look forward to serving our constituents. there have been questions about where the russian hill line ought to sit. and you have heard a lot of testimony over the last couple of meetings from the russian hill neighborhood and neighbors that their preference is the line remain where it is. recently there have been some proposals to shift more russian hill from district 32 district 2 and if that is where the committee wants to go, that is where the committee goes but i

think a lot of russian hill interacts with the district 3 neighborhoods of north beach and the polk street corridor with the hill and share those communities of interest in common. district 3 as you know needs to grow and there is some questions about where it should. i want to let you know i think moving south toward either to the south of market area which involved communities that are close to the financial district, barbara coast, and golden gateway communities could make sense as could moving into the tender line area, the lower polk neighborhood as part of district 3 and very much shares the issues that parts of the tenderloin have as well. the sro's that are part of the tenderloin area have a lot in common not just with the liverpool area but other sections of chinatown. growth southward i think would make a lot of sense given those communities of interest.

thank you. >> city bombing. i want to echo the comments before me. i understand what this is like. i wanted to come specifically to thank you for putting this back in district two. presenting the dozens of people who have called an e-mail to my office, incredibly excited about it from the neighborhood. i hope you continue to keep it in district 2. in anticipation of the comments, if that goes back into district 5, district 1 will creep into district 2. i know there was discussions before and i wanted to share some thoughts in terms of core areas of district 2 i hope will remain if they jordan park is a

core part of district 2. there was a discussion about the lake street corridor from arguello. that is a core part of district 2 in shares the same population with the rest of the district as well as a cliff and the core part of sea cliff. it has been an integral part of district 2 and i sincerely hope that we keep it that way. i want to thank you for your hard work along this time line and to echo what supervisor chiu said. we are all going to be excited to represent our constituents. >> tommy gallegos. what is your name?

euronext. this woman is first. -- you are next. ok. again, our next speakers >> you have heard from more than a dozen residents of the panhandle area north and south, east and west saying, please keep it all together. i myself live on oak street. i am very much aware of the issues that are on the north side of the panhandle. please do not destroy our neighborhood to make some other neighborhood whole. and i would point out the 2600 or so that live in the north of panhandle west of masonic did not have a chance to do anything much that many of them did come

tonight because you made these changes at 9:00 p.m. on monday night. very late in the process. there are a number of easy ways to solve this. it could work in district 2. this map points out the crosshatched area there. the vista is connected with district to through a kaiser hospital. no residential people on the connection there whereas there are residential connections with one. you can move back the four blocks that you added at cathedral hill at 9:00 p.m. and monday night. that would move 2500 people. it could revert some of the lake

st. changes. alternately, i suggest you consider the russian hill, a sea cliff, and the presidio for possibilities but the easiest ones are some of the changes you made monday. thank you. chairman mcdonnell: thank you. >> good evening. i have sat on the board for four years and have been a resident for 10. i want to encourage you to stick with that decision. there are many reasons, most of the neighbors are in overwhelming favor of keeping the area in the-5. i will resonate the same tackling --comments. please note in doing all