earnestine weis and michael paul. lozano. if you could come forward, you do have three minutes each. earnestine. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is earnestine weis and i just want to point out to you one thing -- it was suggested that you do outreach to the communities that are involved with certain things that come up. i don't see it happening yet. and especially on an item that's on today's agenda. so please keep that in mind. do that first. you owe it to the community. they work hard for a lot of things to benefit the city. and they would like to see that happen. thank you. >> thank you. please come forward. >> hello. my name is michael palazano. and i'm a 58-year-old native san franciscan. and spent many a summer at camp mather because my father is a retired police officer. and also learned to swim at rossi pool. and i'm here on behalf of the san francisco free civic theater. we were an all-volunteer adult drama program that had been part of the san francisco rec and park department for 10 years. and we were outed by

. >> we have earnestine weis. >> good afternoon again. as i said before, this should be equally shared with other groups. there's no such thing as an exclusive right to occupy a part of the park. this is very unfair. and selfish. because i recommended recommend budget people to play on the grass. form early they played on the grass, so why they can't -- so why can't they play on the grass the same way? i don't understand why they have to -- theys

. >> we have earnestine weis. >> good afternoon again. as i said before, this should be equally shared with other groups. there's no such thing as an exclusive right to occupy a part of the park. this is very unfair. and selfish. because i recommended recommend budget people to play on the grass. form early they played on the grass, so why they can't -- so why can't they play on the grass the same way? i don't understand why they have to -- they say it's not used well. it is used. they can't be there 24/7 to see it. so, let's be fair. let's keep it open, because other people give -- give other peep a chance to use it. there's a crying need for soccer, for volleyball. now that we have a chance to have that for multiuse you're going to just rubberstamp this thing through because somebody's giving you a gift of money? that's a lovely gesture but not for this place. not for this location. that's highly discriminto

. >> we have earnestine weis. >> good afternoon again. as i said before, this should be equally shared with other groups. there's no such thing as an exclusive right to occupy a part of the park. this is very unfair. and selfish. be