my name is marie sorenson and i'm part of calle 24th -- i hope everybody can hear me, because a lot of people don't talk very loud. i would like to invite the previous speaker and some of the open 24 people to come to our meetings. we went through -- we have been around for years. and we have have had meetings for years, and now all of a sudden people are saying oh, well, they are not inviting us. okay. i'm beyond that. one of the things that i would like to talk about is the fact that we have 33% bars and restaurants on our street. i think that is enough. i don't think we really need anymore. we're lucky enough to have a hardware store, health food stores, vegetable stores, meat stores. we have a nice variety of stores on our street. i don't want big spaces with more expensive restaurants coming in, and for those people that do, just walk up to valencia street and take the 48, take the 22, take the 9. you can find a lot there and part of what i really do love is the sidewalks roll up at night. i like the fact that it is a real neighborhood. i walk home on the last bart train at 24th a

my name is mary sorenson and let's talk about the elephant in the room. the fact that every speaker has talked about seniors, disability, hiv patients, none of these people are going to be renting these in-law units because they are all going to be short-term rentals. and then let's talk about the fact that it's going to be when they go to apply for this, they have to say whether they are going to be rented or they are going to be short-term rentals. let's see, what is the building owner going to say? of course, i'm going rent it, but in reality, there is no way to check if he is actually going to do short-term rentals. so once again, we have toothless system set up. everybody talks about affordable housing, affordable housing, housing crisis but the fact is all you are doing is working around it and assuring us that the only people that will be able to live in san francisco are the tourists and the building owners, and that does not make a city. the ellis act should be upheld and there should be a ban on short-term rentals in these in-law units. you give

my name is mary sorenson and let's talk about the elephant in the room. the fact that every speaker has talked about seniors, disability, hiv patients, none of these people are going to be renting these in-law units because they are all going to be short-term rentals. and then let's talk about the fact that it's going to be when they go to apply for this, they have to say whether they are going to be rented or they are going to be short-term rentals. let's see, what is the building owner going to say? of course, i'm going rent it, but in reality, there is no way to check if he is actually going to do short-term rentals. so once again, we have toothless system set up. everybody talks about affordable housing, affordable housing, housing crisis but the fact is all you are doing is working around it and assuring us that the only people that will be able to live in san francisco are the tourists and the building owners, and that does not make a city. the ellis act should be upheld and there should be a ban on short-term rentals in these in-law units. you give