my name is christina morris. i support the community alternative and i definitely support the appeal. for various reasons. my concern is that we as a community are not looking at trends in san francisco. i think things are changing. i can see it in my neighborhoods. we have at least seven or eight, what i call zombie businesses right now empty. they're not being rented. they're houses on my street that used to sell in two or three weeks and they're sitting empty and they're not being bought. zombie businesses, zombie residentses. the tax issue is one. people can't deduct much of their property tax and whatever other taxes they have associated with owning property. the other issue is the broad economy. i have several children but two who live in san francisco. both are considering leaving. one is in tech. he has had it. he is doing quite well but he said i can't live here anymore. it's housing of course and also quality of life. we have very dirty streets, drug use, open drug use, all kinds of problems that are no