interesting that our earlier we were talking about another facility here in the city and that a phrase gendrefication came up. >> it used to be called the harlem of the west and there were a lot of african american owned establishments and there are no longer there. it is what it is. and this is a facility that continues to play wonful african american muse kick and continues to have the african american comedians and a facility that allows the community to participate and be patrons. so, we whole heartedly support the mission to allow it to be retrofitted to take care of the problems and we wholeheartedly support this effort and please pass it. this is a facility that is conducive to the entertainment of african americans, and we are losing tremendously here in the city. one more loss will be a tremendous loss to our community, so please. >> thank you very much >> next? >> good evening, commissioners, my name is lavine king and i work in the mental health field and i am here to support, and i am excited about hearing michael cooper and i think that for a senior, it is great because we have someplace

and sometimes (inaudible), gendrefication has been hard for musicians in san francisco. i think that a lot of you understand that. part of that is a loss of space, a loss of space to practice and play, and people having to move. people that you play with having to move. i wanted to say that the eagle was a very important space and it is as important as other kind of art spaces in the bay area. it is as important as ybca or any kind of place that services local artists like soma arts and things like that. it is a very unique space that i think that a lot of different contingencies felt comfortable, queer, transgender. >> thank you. very much. >> >> madam chair and commissioners, mark win again and i would like to welcome them to the neighborhood and this is great that this place is reopening. i have lived south of market for 30-some years and it is in my neighborhood and this is really a unique wonderful space and weather great weather and great outdoors and the nights were pretty incredible and i think that it would be a really great story if everybody could keep the eag