got a job and going to work on the corner is just as devastating as watching somebody who is his helder sleeping oelder on stree. the poverty that goes with our neighborhood is detrimental and hurts all of us. for the people who are business owners, it's devastating on regular basis. i was there the night that a random shot wasn't through the medorie and killed the night clerk. that affected all of us for weeks and months. i've been there when suicides have happened on the street or somebody shoots up or dies on street. these are all things connected together that i for myself cannot separate out and say, it's drug dealing. i'm a tenant organizer for the sro collaborative and a programme of the tenderloin housing clinic. many members of the central city sro collaborative and latina were here, but needed to leave a little bit earlier. members of the board, you are today dealing with a very important issue for our city. it's been said many times. i'll say it again. you are dealing with a very important issue of our city. open air drug dealing. our organization has taken the position on th