. >> jamie whitaker followed by mark gleason. >> good afternoon. >> my name is jamie whitaker. i am speaking to you. i would like to thank you for the additional bike racks in the neighborhood. we appreciate them. anything to mitigate the air toxins is wonderful. main reason i came today is that we are excited to see the temporary terminal opening this week. excited to have the opportunity on the street. many of us walk. some additional eyes and ears to help keep the neighborhood safe is wonderful. if you could turn to the laptop image. one thing we are not excited to see is an additional left-hand turn at main street. because a lot of us moved here in order to walk to work, we are very sensitive to traffic changes and anything that might increase the probability of dustin pedroia injuries or deaths. and we believe the second left-hand turn is increasing the likelihood of pedestrian injuries. there are about 800 kids that are in the rankin hill neighborhood on a workday basis primarily in the day care centers connected to the office buildings. so is it important for all of us t

jamie whitaker? one card. >> good afternoon supervisors. i would like to thank supervisor maxwell especially for working to improving the developer stimulus. at first i was very much against the stimulus legislation that did not have up front fee, and am pleased we did get something with 15%. this neighborhood is not really represented by a formal c.a.c. it is not part of the eastern neighborhoods, and as we all know, development is stalled. we have a lot of folks living in the neighborhood. it runs all the way up to market street. we have millennium, which is a 6-00 foot to your, one renkin hill, which sticks out like a sore thumb, and the infinite. so 1,500 additional residents have come to the neighborhood. i live at bakers towers, built in 1991, the first mid rise condominium built after the earthquake. while there are children's playgrounds planned for the trance bay transit center, that lovely park we hope to see in 2017 and a couple of other parks i will show you, the kids right now need space to run around. anything that can help to

jamie whitaker? one card. >> good afternoon supervisors. one card. >> good afternoon supervisors.

jamie whitaker says his south of market community group was never consulted.ight prefer a playground instead. >> green space is very valuable to us. and it should not just be decided upon by the highest bidder what that park space becomes. >> diana taylor's neighborhood organization was asked its opinion. they like the idea of a playground but feel it would be shortsighted not to go along with what's actually on the table. >> if there's nothing really bad i can think of to say about a bocci ball court. it seems pretty all american to me or all italian or whatever it is. >> but another activist came to city hall adamantly opposed. >> and the whole matter is to get rid of the homeless. that's not gonna cut it. the courts could be built fairly quickly. young people in a job training program run by the local labors union would do the job. but for now if you want to play bocci, head to aquatic park. a vote on the new project has been delayed because so many people have so much to say. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> residents in san francisco's cas

jamie whitaker says his south of market community group was never consulted.fer a playground instead. >> green space is very valuable to us. and it should not just be decided upon by the highest bidder what that parking space becomes. >> this neighborhood organization was asked its opinion. they liked the idea of a playground but feel it would be short sighted not to go along with what's actually on the table. >> there's nothing really bad i can say about a bocci ball court. it seems pretty all american to me or all italian, whatever it is. >> but another activist came to city hall adamantly opposed. >> and the whole matter is to get rid of the homeless. that's not gonna cut it. >> well, those bocci ball courts could be built fairly quickly. young people in a job training program run by a local laborers union would do the work but a vote on the project has been delayed because it's turning into a controversy and so many people have so much to say. well, don't go away. "7 on your side" is next. >> tires that save you gas? is it too good to be true? i'm michael

jamie whitaker says his south of market community group was never consulted and might prefer a playgroundtead. >> green space is very valuable to us and it should not just be decided upon by the highest bidder what that park space becomes. >> this neighborhood organization walls asked its opinion. they like the idea of a playground but feel it would be shortsighted not to go along with what's actually on the table. >> there's nothing really bad i can think to say about a bocci ball court. seems pretty all american to me or all italian or whatever it is. >> but another activist came to the city hall adamantly opposed. >> and the whole matter is to get rid of the homeless. that's not gonna cut it. >> and she is saying her neighborhood group was not informed either. the bocci ball courts could be built fairly quickly if it does get through. young people in a job training people run by a local laborers union would do the work. a vote on the project though has been delayed because it's now such a controversy. so many people with so much to say. don't go away. "7 on your side" is next. >> tires