. >> my name is ernestine white. regarding the reason why people are leaving the city, the main items are education and affordability of housing. that is why the people are leaving. when my grand kids were young 20 years ago, we had to put them in private schools. furthermore, they don't have any vocational schools that i told them about. that is why they are in the crime, and everybody suffers because of those items. that is one of the reasons that i will speak on the next item. the -- what do they do environmental review if it needs to be done by an outside agency? if it is done by the city, is slanted for the city. >> on behalf of the housing action coalition, this question of families leaving san francisco, i would urge you in the strongest terms to use your podium as the planning commission to elevate this topic. there is plenty in the news recently. the recent discussion you had on 899 valentia, president olague, you asked one of the important questions, who are we building housing for? there are a lot of quest

. >> my name is ernestine white.

. >> my nam is ernestine white and i want to thank everybody concerned with this project. the port, staff, and dan, diane, jeff, and everybody involved with this project. i am glad i went to all the meetings and so forth to lobby for this project and help this thing along. the main thing is the traffic because this will have thousands and hundreds of thousands and i can't imagine how this will work out however we're trying our best to mitigate all those problems. the main thing is pier 27 to 29 is a magnificent plan and design. it will have recreational facilities and soccer and a lot of events and a lot of the piers will be able to give a little bit of land to recreational facilities. that will help provide more for the people of the city. so this is just beautiful. if you are seeing this glass-enclosed terminal, i went to visit a cousin of mine who i haven't seen for 35 years at pier 35 on a cruise ship and i want to tell you, that pier 35 is a disaster. i really, my heart sunk when i went there to actually see it. so this is a welcome addition.