and also being a city that has faced gentryification, having a female as a mayor is great symbol.and the previous two times it's been mentioned, the other two people were allowed to finish out the term. whatever process or whatever reason. and i think it sends a bad signal if the african-american woman is the one that you take out of office. with that, you know who i support. thank you for hearing me. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> hi, once again, shannon malloy with the democratic socialists of america. i wanted to respond i guess, this is about politics. this is not about race nor gender, it's about policy. and it is not about symbolic representation, although i appreciate and would love to see a woman of color in office. i'm concerned about the particular politics of this particular woman of color. i'm concerned about the separation of powers. and to the point of london breed's election, she narrowly won her district five race in the last election despite being the incumbent and we do know that it is quite powerful people vote on name recognition. i lived in the western dis