. >>> good afternoon, my name is [speaker not understood] hawkins okari. i was literally born, literally born in the most polluted neighborhood in this city in the southeast sector. i have literally lived in that area my entire life. i'm a member of the black human rights leadership coalition and i am in total disagreement with this legislation. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. steve [speaker not understood] for [speaker not understood]. i'm here to speak in support of the legislation. -- that supervisor wiener has introduced. * a little bit of history. c-e-q-a was introduced at the state level in 2003, submitted in 2002 starting january 1 of 2003 requiring every c-e-q-a determination to be appealable to the legislative body of the county, in this case the board of supervisors. so, we've been ten years now with any procedures which [speaker not understood] cad ex appeals can go to a board. [speaker not understood] we're the only county in the state where every permit is discretionary and therefore every permit is subject to c-e-q-a. so, we have thousands