. >> my name is adrian burns, and i'm a homeowner in the neighborhood. i just want to support this project, and support the youth and adding more family friendly space in the neighborhood as well as a more environmental use of this parking lot. i support this appeal. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi there. my name's carlos buena. not only do i live a few blocks from this site, i also own soma street food park and spark social sf, two thriving food trucks in san francisco. and not only that, my family has owned and operated restaurants along the valencia corridor for 35 years. it's sad to be here on a day where we're supporting and highlighting small businesses in san francisco and now we're here, not allowing this respectable small business to setup shop here on valencia. i've shown improvement firsthand that a project like this could really positively effect, have a positive impact on neighborhoods, not only in mission bay where spark social is located, but also south way where south of soma is located. just

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burns was a 10 part documentary, "the vietnam war." turmoil68: america in on c-span's washington journal and c-span3. next on american history tv, university of illinois professor adrian burgos talks about the history of race and baseball in america. this 15 minute interview was recorded at the american historical association annual meeting in washington, d.c. historical association annual susan: adrian burgos is teaching history in a specialty that people may not think of as a historian subject. baseball. thank you for being with us. you have written baseball is essential to the hispanic experience in history. adrian: baseball provides an identity for many, especially coming from cuba to puerto rico, venezuela, it goes back to the 19th century. in some cases, for cubans, before there was even cuba as a nation, there was baseball. that helps consolidate their sense of identity. baseball, what makes it unique for latinos is that we are the first group of immigrants to the united states that came with baseball. baseball was not a means of assimilation, the same way it would be for european immigrants, where the polish and the italians learned baseball here and became mo

burns was a 10 part documentary, "the vietnam war." turmoil68: america in on c-span's washington journal and c-span3. next on american history tv, university of illinois professor adrian burgos talks about the history of race and baseball in america. this 15 minute interview was recorded at the american