japantown garage, but most of all i want to thank the members of the japantown center corporation who volunteer their time day in and day out to serve japantown and the fillmore communities. i ask my colleagues to please support this item and maintain the valuable voice for the japanese community in supporting this particular lease. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor breed. supervisor yee. >> yes, thank you. i'd have to say that not all nonprofit corporations that run these garages are created equally. and i would say that i would take it a case at a time and that some of these corporations that have been set up, i would vote against it. but in this benefit to the community such as the one in japantown, you cannot measure the value of that. * when this there are others that are in similar situations. so, therefore, i'll be supporting the renewal. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, mr. president. i'll be very brief. i appreciate all the comments, including some of the issues that were raised by some of my colleagues. for me, on something like this, i do give deference to the district

of the landscaping and greening issues for japantown. i have worked collaboratively with the japantown task force and key decision-makers from the fillmore district in this area as well. i spent additional volunteer time to attend tree related meeting such as the one supervisor wiener held on the dpw street tree relinquishment matter to contribute my own personal opinions and solutions for this issue. [speaker not understood]. i have attended -- i know, hurry up, hurry up. i have attended the commission on the environment meeting for certain issues related to the urban forestry council and have run into tireless activists from other areas of the city. one of the people i have come to know is dr. espinola jackson from the bayview district. she has great concerns about environmental justice for the people in her exhausted. community. speaking of the bayview district, after december 2011, i found myself to be the only councilmember ~ who attended mayor lee's press meeting to applaud the efforts of the neighbors who worked on the model block

of the landscaping and greening issues for japantown. i have worked collaboratively with the japantown task force and key decision-makers from the fillmore district in this area as well. i spent additional volunteer time to attend tree related meeting such as the one supervisor wiener held on the dpw street tree relinquishment matter to contribute my own personal opinions and solutions for this issue. [speaker not understood]. i have attended -- i