my name is carolyn bowden. i'm also with the california nurses association, national nurses united, and i am here just to thank you so much for your leadership. i was hoping that you could be the second city, but cambridge, massachusetts passed it last night. seattle passed it last night, but i thank you for your consistent leadership on this issue and many other progressive issues and san francisco leads, and you are exemplary in that leadership. thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> my name is john patchner. i'm a san francisco native. i live at 239 brannan street, and i'm sorry, but you're going to hear it one more time. i had the privilege of living in the south beach neighborhood in the mid90's, and there was nothing there then. there was no baseball stadium, there were no condos, there were no restaurants, there were crumbling warehouses, and yes, there were homeless people, but even then, it seemed like a spectacular neighborhood. we, my wife and young son were able t