isle de jean charles has always been a l wonderful place e. the island didn't actually open upe to rld fully, not until about the early fifties when our road was built. it was very easy to wake up in the morning and see armadlo in the yard or opossum or a rathoon, you know, crossin yard or whatever, whatnot. all that has changed because, with a lot of it just being water now, the trees have died off. what you're seeing is actually just a skeleton of what it used to be, you know? albert p. naquin: to me, it means almost, i guess you can say, like a family member having cancer, you know? it's being eaten away, you know, where it's just a little bit by little bit getting destroyed. now, the only thing is, the piece of land is lasting longer than the human body can. on thright here is an oil field canal. there's one that passes here. there's one that passes a bit further, and there's one that passes in the back, you're looking at water or saltwater intrusionel coming from the pe canals, and they destroyed the vegetation that we used to ve... but,

. >> so i have angelica, i have jean, david, charles, and david also. >> i'm a family man who raised two children here. i am here to support the 190 brass project. i was in favor of california's prop ten. it is not another high-rise development. it is providing affordable and beautiful and thoughtful housing in the city. it is an improvement to the area and respectful of the open space , it is a major part of the city heritage. we need to encourage this kind of balance and change in the city. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning, commissioners. this comes down to housing versus sunlight for an hour. my name is charles turner. i i'm a native san franciscan. a realtor back a rental property owner, a catering -- catering to conventional and section eight tenants. in the past, they made an error in judgement which was offset by working with the city in preserving rental units for existing tenants. all of us have made an error in the past and asked for forgiveness. the focus should be on this project and additional housing as opposed to the developer. i ask yo