contradicts our own professional perception and what we see for -- throughout san francisco, which is a hilly city, where many buildings routinely are developed with lower level expansions. and that, of course, is true not only here in san francisco, but nationally and internationally. consider the louver. so please consider not certifying. thank you. president olague: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners, i appreciate the opportunity to speak briefly to you. my name is bob. i live about a block and a half away. i am neutral on this project, and i think it's very interesting to hear the community. both sides make very, very good points. i mean, i think all we can ask as a community is you make your best call that you can. the issue -- the one issue, i think, is worthy of focus on again. it's on the e.i.r. and i don't take the position one way or another on it but to say as the comments were made about the traffic and dealing with parking and things like that. so regardless of what you decide, we're going to get an improvement out of this, and i think that's really appreciated. and i think i

hillis. so just to give a little bit of history because i think it is important, the city's relationship with tihdi goes back, executive director, sherry williams, said the city chose to follow a federal law to use the existing resources to assist homeless person. it was formed in 1994. in 1996 it formalized the use of those resources. today's updates the 1996 agreement. briefly there are 750 formerly homeless individuals who benefit from tihdi's assistance today. tihdi also provides economic opportunities and service contract opportunities, for example, janitorial building management, landscaping opportunities through social enterprises that provide jobs through nonprofit organizations. tihdi also provides services such as job brokering services, financial assistance and workshops that benefit not only tihdi residents but is also open to all island residents. housing, employment, economic development, support components, numbers two and three i'll prevent in a little bit of detail. number four, it provides funding for tihdi services and overhead. i think it is important to know that they had