commission alumni allen martinez. >> i spike -- speak for myself. i would like to thank you for speaking on the my nephew that was killed in santa barbara. some of you know about and i will have a recap who worked on the commission back then. as you noticed there were a number of projects on the tonga room, gold dust, eagle bar, to me the tonga room is particularly interesting because i love the place but without it being aybar and restaurant, the decore is meaningless. having a gim with all that stuff is there a pointless. it didn't rise high enough to be a landmark but you put the two together, you put the the experience with the rest of it together with the decore and you have something and the case with the eagle bar and the golden lounge, very successful businesses. i remember the first .com boom that the boom put laos a lot of businesses out of businesses and the boom finished and the storefront stayed open. i think that's worse south of market. the boom got rid of a lot of small businesses and then there's nothing. so i think what we are look

and allen martinez. you have 2 minutes. c'mon up. >>> good afternoon supervisors. my name is andrea ayala, from the market benefit district. today i'm speaking for myself. primarily because of the quick notice there is no time for our port to get together to talk about this. i'm here to support dennis' appointment to the planning commission. i'm here today because i have noticed and been working with dennis for about 6-7 years and his absolute devotion to san francisco and planning and land use issues. he's in a leadership position for a very long time and also been as you said involved in the market octavia plan for as long as i have known him which is about 6-7 years before the plan was finalized and his commitment to that and what he shared with the community was commendable. he's still interested and still quite devoted to these issues. and as a leader, as president of dtna, the association has significantly influenced land use in the upper market and castro neighborhood. and there have not always necessarily said yes to every project to every developer. in fac

my name is allen martinez. as has been said, kathrin moore brings an invaluable expertise about planning. a very deep knowledge of how san francisco planning works and knowledge of the history of it. but that alone to me, what makes catherine special is that she's also totally aware of what's at stake with these. that planning is not an abstract exercise, not about making the statutes run smoothly. that it affects people's lively hoods and people's families and community and knows what's at stake as far as planning. i support her for that reason. she knows what san francisco is. she's a member of the community. she appreciates what's valuable in france and what's so easily lost. >> good afternoon. supervisors tang, campos and yee. my name is john o'connel with the residential builders. it seems a short time ago back in june 2010 when kathrin moore came to you for her reappointment. the committee then was supervisor campos, mar and peer. they made a very wise decision back then and i hope you do the same today.