parkmerced. fix it a lot cheaper. get the bus to work right. do not put the streetcar in there. right now, parkmerced is relatively -- was, because i have been out here a long time -- relatively crime free. the minute you put the street, in their, you import a whole new group of people riding through there with a whole new opportunity to bring crime into the area. there is enough crime now. state college tells us not to walk alone at night. the students walk in pairs. it is dangerous for everybody. most of the time, the place is fog-ridden. when you go out there, all those commercial establishments are going to be there. there is not going to be anybody out there. the fall closes the place down almost every night.

just a disaster waiting to happen. i put this presentation into the basket up there. thank you for your time and effort. commissioner miguel: thank you. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. i'm here representing san francisco green party and grass- roots organization our city, which has 4000 supporters in the city, almost all of whom do both. both groups have come to full consensus that we are strongly opposed to this project as it stands, as it is written right now. to just flesh that out, i will start with the argument that was already well made on rent- controlled. you have heard the legal argument -- [inaudible]

>> what i hope is that this shows they are concerned about the future. this is the idea of a nice

village where they have everything together, in this village. this is very fragile. if you demolish this and put up the number of towers. the story is that scale. i hope you take that into consideration. and you save park merced for the residents. [applause] >> i am 25 years old, my roomate is 21. we've never thrown a wild party and never had the police called on us. we moved her for quiet, because it's safe, because we like the

grass and trees. i also think this is an aging community. the buildings are wearing out. park merced has been attentive. i live in a garden apartment. if you asked me to take a new apartment with the same price, why would i say no? no jiggling on my toilet. why would i say no? the reason we are here is because we care about peace and quiet and the community. but we care about is the future of san francisco. this has to do with changing the infrastructure.

we're working to put for the public transportation, to make certain that the residents are not affected by the construction. brown was not built in a day. i hope to raise a family in the kind of community that they are having. it is so willing to take a chance on the future. >> i am a resident of park merced. i did not appreciate not being listened -- not having -- not been able to listen to the presentation. how can anyone give an opinion

without all the facts. i do not think that this is kind and mature not to allow for a different opinion. i wanted to put this out there. i wanted to say something about the architect. he has put in a lot of energy into this project. but he no longer lives here. i am not even certain what his state is in this anymore. i am for this project. i think that there will be benefits. there will be things that i will lose. i will lose my garden and my garden apartment. i think that as the last person

said, leaves are very old apartments. these were falling apart and i think that they need to change. ad hoc i think that these people -- >> i think that these people will have to go to the hassle of having to move all their things. i do not know what to say about this. we have been promised. control and to get to choose between several apartments and we will have new appliances. who would do anything for change without profit? i think that this, they are aiming in the future to sustainable living. they are kinder than people have made them out to be among the

sustainability committee. i get to see some of this firsthand. i see them doing this. people go to these functions and they enjoy them. i think that they are considering birds and animals, and the plants, that should be in this area. they attract the birds and animals that should be here. lake merced will benefit. i just think that we need to start looking for. thank you for your time.

[applause] >> the last card's i have are hilton, bratton, and hammed. >> good evening. i am rose hilton. i am not a resident of park merced. i have a problem with the issue of neighborhood growth. i was in a planning meeting. you want to put growth somewhere. park merced was targeted. as a native san franciscan, i have seen this as a quiet, village community. it doesn't have these towers on

third and king. the community people, i was shocked when i walked into this auditorium. so many of these residents are opposed to this project. there was nobody except the managment people who presented. the story we were told, a handful of people are against this. nobody else cares. this room -- it is totally different. don't listen to me. listen to the people. >> good evening.

thank you for being here at a time where i am able to talk to you. i am anna marie bratton. i have lived here 19 years, 17 at 400 arbollo address. i will have to move and i can say, i do support this project. i love my little garden apartment. but as the previous speaker said, we have to look to the future. as citizens of the earth, we must look to the future. there was an article in mother jones entitled, "tall is beautiful." an urban area iwth good -- with good transportation is

sustainable. the apartments and units will be more energy efficient. they will be sustained. we need housing and fewer people to travel down in their cars. we need not to be building single-family houses taking out much of our wildlife land. we need affordable housing . a certain percentage of the houses must be affordable housing. in terms of the community, this does not depend on the courtyard. this depends on people reaching out to each other. there are always consequences and benefits to this plan that actually written down in the plan.

there will be 20 years of jobs in san francisco. anywhere from people working in the architect's office, to the electricians, the solar paddling. the landscape architects. the old -- the habitat -- the wildlife habitat friendly landscaping. and i am resentful of the fear mongering and the rhetoric of this community. they have put this into my mail slot, he legally. conjectures, which is why many of the people are afraid of this plan. they do not know and i do not understand, and they do not think. i will just have to end by saying, please think carefully about this.

this is a good plan for the entire bay area. and i thank you very much for allowing me to speak. [applause] >> thank you for letting me speak. i want to thank san francisco state for allowing this hearing to happen. when i first came here 12 years ago, to park merced, i was living in the richmond district. i was amazed at the beauty of park merced. i did not know that this neighborhood existed in san francisco. one thing about this is the unique feeling to this. i feel that this is connected to most of the residents who are over here right now. we have the same understanding of this and this is unique.

this has a good quality to this. having a larger population to this, i think that this would be more crime-ridden because this has a larger population and this would have more of flow of traffic. -- of the day -- of buffalo -- of a flow of traffic. the old housing, how is this affecting -- these houses are getting older and they feel that there is a way to fix this. there is a way to make this better. when my friends come over from different cities and from san francisco, they are always amazed at the beauty of park merced. they see these quiet areas and that is where people want to raise their families.

i am just helping -- i am against this plan, and i hope that everything works out well. >> thank you. [applause] >> good evening. i thank you for the opportunity to speak my thoughts on this subject. i was hurt when one of the speakers, aaron, he has given so much and seems to think only people living here have a right to speak. she should not have spoken that way. [applause] at the same time, there are people who do not know much

about this project and what is happening in this part of town. this should be put through the initiation process so each resident can vote on this in general elections. they will all be effected by what is happening. we heard scripted talk about improved transportation because of bringing in another 15,000 people. k -- thaere are unavoidable problems with brotherhood and the issues that will be going on. people talk without knowing, with scripted advice. i would like to say this --

document, this is a very technical document. most of us are not legal experts. before the final peer review is given, by the third party, who can go into objectivity. this has a flavor with a tilt on it. my name is -- [applause] thank you. >> i have three more cards. dot, dan brook, and nikki.

>> my name is scott and i would like to say i don't like public speaking. people talk about fears of losing their rent control, being evicted. transportation being destroyed. this is an honest concern people believe. it is misled by fearmongering. i love living in park merced. that -- we were planning on moving out until this. we like instant water, toilets taht -- that aren't leaking, and having a nicer house. 30 years from now, when most of these