sheela, and kyle. kyle, are you here, or sheela, or allen? please come on down. if not, i'm going to keep going. i'll get back to you. peter, tia, and curtis. peter, tia, and curtis. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is curtis bradford, and i'm district six resident. been here over 20 years. as a resident of this district, i believe i have just as much say how we used resources of this community as any other resident. i am fully in support of the navigation center for lot 330. you know, it strikes me -- i've heard the conversation about wanting to protect our children and our seniors. i'm willing to go with that argument. you might be surprised to find out i support that statement. but using that logic, this is exactly the right place to build it because it is a fairly low density neighborhood when it comes to children and seniored compared to other neighborhoods in the city. >> excuse me. let him talk. >> the tenderloin, which is the highest density children in the city, highest density of seniors in the city is also the highest density of homeless in the

sheela. >> my name is sheela, and i live at the brannan. i think it's great that you're concerned about the homeless, but i wish you were as concerned about the people that help this city survive like the middle class, police, teachers. i've heard nothing about them. also, i'm concerned about what these people in the navigation center will do with themselves during the day. it doesn't sound like they have any way to really keep busy, and i don't see them having any responsibilities as residents of the city. i am concerned for my own personal safety, and i also understand that area floods, and i don't know that you'd want anyone living in a flood area. i want to give personal thanks to victor -- i don't know how you say your last name? madras? because you did respond to my e-mail. >> thank you. mikhail. >> imy name is spencer hudson, and i'm a homeowner and taxpayer in this city. i supported and campaigned for and was successful in providing housing, services and funds and shelter for those of us that are homeless. during that time, i met hu

sheela. >> i spoke. >> you already spoke? i have two cards. thank you. max e-h-e-n-i-s? poppy? is there a max ehenis, e-h-e-n-i-s? and then, a poppy allen? okay. max, kelley, and m-c-a-u-a-n, human dignity. please come on up. >> hello, folks. my name is armando. i'm with the coalition on homelessness. i've written down a lot of things that i could present here today, and as i've been sitting here, my head's been spinning, and it's been a little emotional because i can't really wrap my head around the otherizing and the exclusion and the misinformation about who the homeless population is, how serious the emergency in the city actually is with thousands of people on the streets. a safe center with 200 beds may not be much compared to the thousands on the streets, but it's something. you know, i feel this way because i have a friend who was a veteran who was homeless and now is happy with a family. i have another person that i know who was a homeless firefighter. these people are not noncontributing citizens, they're not criminals. they're san franciscans, just like anybody here.