garfield cpowell, michelle diamond. >> we are ready. good evening. i am lara traveller. i have been in parkmerced for over 26 years. i have made presentations to the planning commission before. i can start off with the same statement. i am totally against this developer's idea of redevelopment. anytime you are going to stand up and demolish 1596 town homes that are the homes of people who live here, something is wrong. i think we have heard one of the major reasons that is wrong. it is about greed and money only. [applause] people who are seniors, as myself, people who are disabled, people who are trying to raise their families here because of the horrible rent that exists throughout the city. they are living here. somewhere along the line, this board has to recognize that we're talking about human beings. we're talking about human beings as well as their homes. these developers think they can be destroyed in one fell swoop. is horrible. -- it is horrible to even think that way. it is far from the loud beaches where he goes fishing and crying. why is the sea gulls flying