concern is in the middle of the district, 24 and sought van ness, where we have two murals that depict carnivale, so we need to protect that area. thank you for your time. >> hello again, land use attorney. i want to speak to use it or lose it. it's been ten years since our great recession of 2008, we're beginning to perhaps forget about it. but the economy can crash quickly. it doesn't go back to normal very quickly. i remember the days after 2008 when the planning department would call people like myself and say, please, where are your clients' projects, please bring them in? and there was legislation to entice people to build their projects. that could happen again. and i'm afraid i haven't read the use it or lose it provision, but if it provides, it's automatic that it's not through a vote of the planning commission, that is if the revocation is not through a hearing at the planning commission, i really believe that is important. forgive me if it's already in there. and i ask that you consider making it longer, again, when the economy goes, it doesn't come back very fast. there are very few

i work for carnivale san francisco as the parade and programs director and i ask that you support the amendments introduced with the hotel tax allocation. arts innovation provides necessary programs for our citizens and support of this measure will assure more access to the arts to encourage creativity and cultural prosperity. we need to ensure that our programs will grow and develop to shape the minds of our future generations and lead them in the right direction. i'm proud to say that i stand here today because of the arts. i am a former student of a local philharmonic here in san francisco and i truly believe that culture and arts have the power to shape a person's character as well as their outlook on life. this community has united, again, to support this comprehensive measure and i ask that you please support it. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is kevin seaman. i'm a querr artist and cultural worker that moved to san francisco 14 years ago to participate in the vibrant arts and lgbtq community. i'm here today to tell you that many of the communities are in crisis and we n