most of the reasons that people are opposing it are not al truistic. it is not the job of government to help people protect their own property val use or maximize them, just as it is not the job of this commission or any other arm of contract to help certain city contractors keep their piece of the budget pie. it is their jobs to try and make this city affordable again and livable. i ask you to please do the right thing. >> good evening, commissioners, donald (inaudible) resident of the city and county of san francisco. and i just want to give my following remarks on this program that has been very effectively researched with the planning department staff for 18 months. they went out of their way to go to the neighborhoods of the districts affected by the 250 sites and had long discussions with the residents. whether -- regardless of political affiliation, the bottom line is the people that are opposing this program have no skin in the game. they are already home owners. their claim that my friends and myself who have recently moved here the last 3 to