i have to now appear to express apologies for hiroshi procuda of the san francisco neighborhood. he's on an alaska cruise and has been there several months and usually takes them in the summer. but after labor day he'd be here. and it is really unfortunate to see something that's so fundamental as the housing master plan of the city be -- that it would be heard adequately in the public review period of 60 days in the summer and you've got 10 years to put it together. there's some sort of lopsided aspect into what is being expected of the department and the professionals and the commission and what is expected of the public and the people in the city who expect to be served by this document. so i urge you to take into curious account the letter from cassity chenzi who successfully demonstrated in the courts it was an error to not have an environmental impact report prepared for the housing element which was an absurd decision and the letter asks for a 90-day continuance beyond the august 16 date, 90 days to have 2009 housing element that won't be finished until the october. we'll