my name is jason whitney, and i live along the geary corridor in district two on palm avenue, one block away from the richmond district. and i work downtown and i take the 38 every day, to work. and the reason why i want to join the committee is because i believe that this reindicates quite a bit of economic opportunity for the people living in the area for two reasons and there are quite a few empty storefronts in the richmond and i think that the addition of a professional class that works downtown would create disposable income for people to spend in that area and i think that the same thing is that this project allowed disadvantaged people who do have jobs downtown to avoid the difficulties that keep them from entering the middle class and one story that stuck with me from childhood is the friend that attended school with me in high school and had his mother's radiator break on his car and because of that payment he was no longer able to make the tuition payments and had to leave the school in the middle of summer. >> that is what people to avoid is having access to cheap and reliab

example, when i look at the candidates, i only see one young professional on the list, which is jason whitney and he happened to show up. and he is also a district two resident. and i know for example, with the seats for the fillmore, i wanted to be sure that they were district five residents and the people who are associated with the district in some particular way in order to make sure that that as it relates to the bus rapid transit not just the folks that are most impacted but just really the diversity in terms of the city and riders and both the senior population and for the young generation and young population and i just wanted to put that out there and i am happy to support your recommendations as well as just really wanting in the future, especially to make sure that we have information about the make-ups so that we are making because i think that it took me some time to fill one of my seats, and i did so with a lot of hesitation and i wish that i could have had some great candidates that could have actually and not only always recommend a district five resident and someone who is co