susan marsh, ilene boken, kevin welsh and terry mccue. >> i'm susan marsh and i'm here on behalf of the san francisco tenant's union. the union remains opposed rite to sb50 targeting at the ten centantslive there. this will displace tenants both indirectly jen industrification and directly. speculators will simply be able to wait out the bill's time limits and for that and other reasons, these are meaningless. we hold the urban core communities should be able to plan for their own needs, for their own need of affordable housing. given the true goals, the reality of investor demands and simply the legislative dynamics surrounding it. that said, we strongly support the resolution's goal and we urge the goal for communities and we urge you to pass this as written. thank you supervisor mar and thank you all. thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm with the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods, i'm here to urge the community to change the position on sb50 from oppose and less amended to outright oppose. sb50 cannot be redeemed because it is based on a failed economic model and failed pr

ilene boken and fran this sew -- francisco decosta. anyone else who wants to speak on this item, come on up now. >> ilene, coalition for san francisco neighborhoods, here on my own behalf. last year the sfp

ilene boken and fran this sew -- francisco decosta. anyone else who wants to speak on this item, come on up now. >> ilene, coalition for san francisco neighborhoods, here on my own behalf. last year the sfpuc assistant general manager for water gave a presentation of the bay area think tank. the title of the presentation was bay delta and the future of regional water supplies, a copy of the powerpoint has been presented or submitted to the commission. on the overhead is the slide of that presentation. the presentation began with the statement that the regional water issues are not a supply issue but a, quote, unquote, plumbing issue. and the plumbing issue could be resolved through a number of agreements between regional water districts and with infrastructure projects. on the overhead is a summary of the capital projects which would revolve the plumbing issue. however, it was stated the sfpuc, 20 percent of these projects came to fruition would be fortunate. it was stated the projects that came to fruition will take ten to 30 years to

i have one speaker card, ilene boken. >> i am with the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. i'm also the president of speak, sunset action committee. i'm here in opposition of the demolition. as president of speak, i did attend the meeting for 1420 taraval. i asked the architect will the residents had historical significance. the answer that was that the site had been researched and had no significance. based on this questionable information, there was no follow-up by speak at that time. speak has enacted preservations for half a century, including the site of the former shriner's hospital on 19th avenue which was preserved largely through speak's efforts as well as the sullivan house. the 1420 taraval site does have historic significance. this is according to an e-mail from staff. it was constructed in 1907. it is an early and rare example of residential buildings in the neighborhood. this is a keenen house and early arts and crafts house and the first bay style house. there have been minor alterations. these alterations, however, appear to be easily reversed. the current h