phillips, kevin guibarra, ramon caleb adams, brian bernard, ian o'toole, corey bray, robert reid, bruce kennedy. >> i have been a resident at parkmerced for 16 years. my daughter came when she was nine. she was upstairs at my home when my 12 year-old son was born there. i am speaking in favor of the appeal and against the expansion project. can we get this on? we live in a garden courtyard apartment. i probably spent $25,000 on the courtyard since i moved in there. i would like to speak about what we are going to lose. this is a japanese maple and weeping cherry. there is a population of birds. there are 34 different types of birds at least that have come to my courtyard. the courtyard and my patio is an audubon-approved wildlife sanctuary. there are often as many as 20 or 30 birds of one type at a time in my patio. this is all when to be habitat destruction. i have not heard anybody talk about the loss there. my wife could not be here today but wanted me to address some issues. she is chair of the health education department of san francisco state, the only university i know of where health eq

bruce spring teen and elvis presley. i see taco bell. i see purple, red, blue, green, orange. i see cheetah revera on broadway. as american as the lee's, the kennedys. none sound american to me. i am not a shamed. jose can you see. i pledge allegiance to this country. land of commercialism. if i can win gold medals. if i can sign my life away. ain't no language. this is my country too. i believe in free dom and diversity, need to get the hell out. [applause] >> i have one more performer. can you believe that? i am so excited. he is a very kind man to be here. he's a total icon. tales of the city. his book that was made do a city. he's here on his book tour. thank you very much. well, i would not have missed this evening for anything. you and i both know these things can be boring. not tonight. i like to read, since i'm back home from a tour. i would like to read the chapter that my editor wanted me to remove. i have to set it up for you. michael toliver is 55 years old. they have gone to florida because his mother has died. and they have been out to the rest home, to the bear bar in orlando. they meet a black bear, that is a husky african-american