calvin lui? >> good evening, commissioners.my name is calvin lui, and a concerned citizen. >> clerk: i don't mean to disrupt, but it says sfgovtv is down. i don't know if you want to pause until that announcement is made. >> clerk: okay. we're going to let them know right now. >> operator: i'm going to write them right now. >> clerk: thank you. we can restart the time. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is calvin lui, and i am a concerned citizen. i spoke to this back in march concerning the project sponsor's credibility, and i have not heard from the project sponsor since that meeting. i am also the president of the c.d.c., the chinese democratic club. we have had many dinners over the empress over the last four decades, including one where dianne feinstein was the keynote speaker. so i'd like to support the appeal. thank you. >> clerk: okay. thank you. >> mr. lui, can i ask you a question? were you a past tenant of the building? >> yes, i was. >> can i ask you what happened there? >> yes. i was a past tenant of the build