. >>> my name is bob belke and i'm a permit consultant. i'm opposed to legislation as it stands right now, and agree with the -- many of the comments made this morning, mr. paul, mr. buscovich, mr. carnilowitz and so on. i recommend you hold off taking action today on this legislation so that some of the permit consultants can take a further look at this legislation and maybe get some input. it's pretty severe and public consulting is not lobbying and i would recommend strongly that you hold off action today and give us another chance to look at this. thank you very much for your attention. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to speak at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> supervisor chiu, you want to clarify the situation around the permitting process, please? >> sure, absolutely. and first of all, i want to thank those of you from the permitting expediting world for taking part of this discussion. as you know this legislation has been around ifer a year and i have been looking f