dr. agarwal have undertaken around these issues. i know curptsly there are no people of color serving on these issues so for that reason i have a slight leaning towards dr. agarwal. but i know she's been extensively volunteering for the sfpca and as a member of peta. really appreciate it. the letter you wrote in terms of your desire to serve and kind of different set of circumstances and have an understanding for the controversial nature to this commission and having a background in working with diverse stakeholders around these issues and doing educational trainings and workshops. i very much appreciate mr. young and his advocacy around had issue as well and would be happy to support either. >> and i wanted mr. yorck. i really liked what he had to say. i was pretty impressed with it. but just hearing what i'm hearing, it sounds like the consensus can be mr. young so i'm more than happy to move. supervisor kim: ok. well, i think it was a tough call, but i would be happy supporting mr. young. dr. agarwal, i hope you really again if t

dr. agarwal mentioned, a hub hub about the pet sale ban in san francisco. i was kind of introduced to the commission at that time as well and i spoke to the commission and was surprised to see it had not really gotten anywhere about six or seven months later. kind of been tabled because a number of concerns were raised but i didn't see anything being addressed. so i went back to the commission a couple weeks ago and asked about the status of issue and afterwards met with philip and offered my support for trying to resurrect the idea of not selling live animals tunnelly promoting the adoption of animals ahead of creating and then selling for profit live animals in san francisco. it's my belief that a lot of san franciscans actually unknowingly contribute to the problem of overpopulation and also kind of the mass breeders and inhumane conditions that these animals live in every time they make a purchase of an animal. sometimes on a whim they don't actually realize the implications of that. supervisor farrell: just so i understand, this proposal -- i appreciat

dr. agarwal. any other questions? seeing none, next we have mr. ryan young. >> good afternoon. thank you for, first all, my name is ryan young. thank you for considering my application today for the animal control and welfare commission. i have no financial or political reason for applying to the commission. my sole interest is in my deep passion for animals and a desire to help them and to give back to the community. i lived in san francisco since 2001. i have a bachelor of arts in economics and a master of business in marketing and strategy. i have over 15 years of economic and strategy consulting experience, mostly helping out large companies and organizations. so you may be asking what might that experience have to do with animals in san francisco? well, in the last four to five years, i have really learned a lot about the impacts that human activities are having on our planet. and a lot of which is caused by the types of companies that i was consulting to. so about three years ago i went to work for a sustainability consultant firm where i helped large companies minimize t