my name is barneys' larsen -- arnie larsen. i have lived in parkmerced for 15 years now. i can give you the perspective of someone who moved into a neighborhood that had a few shops way off at one end of the neighborhood, and most of them were empty, and that necessitated leaving the neighborhood for other neighborhoods to do almost any of the business of daily living. one of the things i thought about then was

my name is barneys' larsen -- arnie larsen. i have lived in parkmerced for 15 years now. i can give you the perspective of someone who moved into a neighborhood that had a few shops way off at one end of the neighborhood, and most of them were empty, and that necessitated leaving the neighborhood for other neighborhoods to do almost any of the business of daily living. one of the things i thought about then was who can support neighborhood businesses? and then i could stay here and do my business here and just walk to a lot of the places i need to go on a daily basis. when this idea was presented, i could not believe it. it was amazing. it was so right on the mark with what i had in mind with what i wanted to happen in my neighborhood. i appreciate that you understand my neighborhood a little bit more, to. the rent control that he mentioned -- it is very important that will stay in place at parkmerced. 60% reduction in potable water -- and there is no recycled water used their now at all. re--- -- there is no recycled water used they're now at all. -- used there now at al

my name is barneys' larsen -- arnie larsen.