i'm speak engine support of gabriella ruiz. in the past two to three years through the collaborative and through other projects that we've worked with like the 450 o'farrell project. she's a very passionate and compassionate woman who cares about low income and vulnerable residents of the tenderloin districts and throughout the city and she is a brilliant woman and a strong latina leader and i believe she will be an excellent contributor to the planning commission. so i strongly urge you guys to approve her nomination and i thank you very much for your all your guys support. thank you so much. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: mr. chair, i believe that was our last public commenter online. >> chairman: okay. are there any other speakers in the chambers who would like to testify and add their support to president walton's nominee, ms. ruiz? seeing none. public comment is closed. and, indeed, that was quite impressive public support. president walton. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin

i'm speak engine support of gabriella ruiz. in the past two to three years through the collaborative and through other projects that we've worked with like the 450 o'farrell project. she's a very passionate and compassionate woman who cares about low income and vulnerable residents of the tenderloin districts and throughout the city and she is a brilliant woman and a strong latina leader and i believe she will be an excellent contributor to the planning commission. so i strongly urge you guys to approve her nomination and i thank you very much for your all your guys support. thank you so much. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: mr. chair, i believe that was our last public commenter online. >> chairman: okay. are there any other speakers in the chambers who would like to testify and add their support to president walton's nominee, ms. ruiz? seeing none. public comment is closed. and, indeed, that was quite impressive public support. president walton. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin

i'm here in support of the appointment of gabriella ruiz. it's almost two years to this day when we started to shutdown and that was the first time i worked with gabriella. so most of our interactions were done via zoom. in working with her, she pretty much showed how much knowledge she has about the work and working in the tenderloin, you know, i always recognize that the problems in the tenderloin are san francisco problems that are magnified in the neighborhood like that and she has a good understanding of the needs of the people in that neighborhood. her being an sf native, she has a good -- her experiences informs a lot of her knowledge and a lot of the people that are historically neglected, historically have been ignored, she would be somebody that would speak up for them as she's mentioned today. i do urge you to reappointment her in her position on the planning commission. >> chairman: thank you. next please. >> good morning supervisors. it's nice. some of you i haven't seen in person in two years. so it's great to see you guys. my