my name is andy gillis, i'm a long time resident of the mission district. i've been in that area for 22 years, so i've seen the rapid gentrification of my neighborhood and the displacement of many friends and cultural institutions and valued family-owned businesses. and a big part of the problem is that the city keeps approving luxury housing and this housing is for people who want to move here. for the most part, it's not for people who live here. and i think the priorities of the city need to focus on the residents who live in san francisco and especially those on low-income, teachers, middle class, seniors. i think our priorities have been very misplaced. and i also question the belief that just building more and more housing will reduce the cost of housing. i think there is plenty of evidence to show that the demand is so great in san francisco, that we could not possibly build enough housing to actually cause a drop in the cost of housing or in rents because so many people are buying it as investments and these people are flowing into the city from els