in the ggrna. the fact they do not have data is telling because they're making radical changes in use without having done the data and the work that they need to know if they truly need to do one, and they cannot even give you statistics to say how many people are even visiting the ggrna on any given day. these of the things that should of been locked up before they even came up with this eis. is yet of any of the questions, i am here. >> before we get to public comment, if ggrna would like to respond, you can do so. it is your decision. ok. thank you. ok, we will now go to public comment. so, for those who are not -- if anyone else has a car, you can bring them up to ms. somera, who will bring them to me. for those of you who have not done public comment before, here is how we do it. you will have two minutes. you do not have to take the full two minutes. i have a lot of people signed up, and that is great. you can take the full two minutes, but you do not have to, and if you want to say, "i agree

i am concerned about limiting at ggrna. i take my service dog moly with me just about everywhere i go. we usually have two trips a day, and those are her most fun play times, when she gets the most exercise, and my tax dollars are at stake. it is part of what i pay taxes for, and believe me, i pay a lot. that is all i have to say. thank you very much. supervisor wiener: thank you very much. i just want to acknowledge its supervisor david campos has joined us. welcome, supervisor. next speaker. >> hello, my name is jan scott, and i live in the sunset district, and i have been taking my children to the beaches before the ggrna was even involved in this situation. i have a job on the beach with my various dogs. this is my most important recreation and probablymy most pleasurable activity. i would like to use the time to address the question of the commissioners as to why people go to the ggrna instead of the city parks, and my particular reason is that most city parks are small. they are little areas, at most one quarter or ha

i heard that from a ggrna person. so the ggrna as a huge number of problems, and i think this is the least of their worries, and i really thing that the board has done a wonderful job of stepping in and stepping up to the plate. supervisor wiener: thank you. next speaker. >> ok, my name is justin. i am a san francisco resident and am also an engineer. i want to thank you for giving us an opportunity to actually speak about this. public, it was really not being taken like this at the other meetings. taking a pretty broad look at this document and more of a scientific look as far as environmental impact statements go, i find it totally deficient in scientific data. i do not see the normal scientific data that is in these reports. there are not very many studies that are in the document. there is no base line, from what i can tell, that was taken by the national park service here to truly engaged where we are at. if they were going to enforce the laws and regulations that are currently in place, it would have a totally d

ok, and then, finally, before we ask for a response from ggrna, we will hear from sally stevens, the president of the animal welfare in san francisco. commissioner

the ggrna proposal will concentrate dogs in smaller areas which will lead to inevitable problems. how will the city deal with this? i have been working with bill on this issue. >> i was expecting to be challenged by a love questions tonight, but the dog question might be the most challenging of all. i think we are all falling -- following the public discussion facing the golden gate national recreational area draft eir that will restrict off-leash dog use in the area. dog use issues are tricky. park stewards need to balance a variety of recreational uses and a responsibility to protect and preserve the environment. there is a question, however, from my perspective it is almost a matter of common sense, that if off-leash dog use is restricted in our parks, it will put pressure on the neighborhood parks. through the leadership of supervisor wiener, we have expressed our point of view to the golden gate national recreation area, and they have agreed to talk to us and listen to us and understand why we think they need to be paying closer attention to the impact that their process is g