. >> good afternoon, christina stella, here on behalf of the animal legal defense fund and the 2,000 individual members who reside in san francisco. aldf urges the board to remand it back to the planning commission to be adequately considered before it is granted a conditional use permit. highlight three points from our alds written materials today. first, reiterate at the outset that the concerns raised in the comments are squarely in those addressed by seqa, and appeal based on the misuse or lack of process that took place here. alds supports fostering stronger connections between consumers and their food. with respect to this project, the position is that a facility that seeks to transport, confine to indoor cages and slaughter more than 100,000 animals annually has environmental effects that must be considered under seqa, and particularly because slaughterhouses have contributed to the frustrating legacy of pollution that lingers in the bayview today. inviting that industry into san francisco anew, over the opposition of san francisco residents, and without any meaningful conside