, my name is jamie whitaker -- >> sorry. please feel free to line up on this side of the chamber if i called your name. thank you. >>> good afternoon, my name is jamie whitaker. thank you very much. -- for having this hearing. i took a break, went to the rest room and i overheard some conversation that was basically i'm just looking to get a piece of the pie. that's fine. we all need to make a living. but my fear is that while a lot of folks are pursuing a piece of the pie, whether it be building trades unions, members, hotel union, lawyers, political lobbyists, they're creating a dichotomy. what is getting lost in the process is the speed which this is going through, environmental and impact review in nine months instead of the typical year and a half is the health impacts that could be made worse by increased traffic congestion and other issues. the department of public health created a healthy development measurement tool to help evaluate projects in regards to does it increase the cancer-causing particulate matter in the

my name is jamie whitaker and i live in the south of market district in the rincon neighborhood. i live in a 43 2 square foot studio the past six years and i can tell you it's challenging to want to spend a lot of time in such a small space. and i find myself at dolores park quite often, golden gate park to get that breathing room that i think all human beings really need to have a healthy physical and mental state. the concern i have, cap or no cap, i just don't believe that that sized unit belongs in an area that isn't an established residential area like south of market. south of market has over 40,000 residents and 40 acres of parks managed publicly, not by cbd but recreation and parks. that's 1/10 of an acre per thousand residents as it stands now managed by recreation and parks. the green envy report produced in 2007 by the former neighborhood parks council has very well detailed. district 3 and district 6 are yearning, aching for more green space. and without that green space, i'm not sure it's humane to have such small units in those spaces. now, maybe along the jay churc

jamie whit -- whitaker and deborah bennedict.