my name is john avalos, chair of lafco. joined by cynthia pollock, welcome, and joined by the commissioner david campos and commissioner march and i would like to congratulate ms. pollock for her wedding. and our clerk. please share your announcements. >>clerk: please silence all electronic phones and devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. >>supervisor john avalos: okay, today's meeting is broadcast by sf govtv staff. thank you for your service. we've done no. 1. roll call. item no. 2. >>clerk: approval of lafco minutes from july 29, 2016, regular meeting. any comments. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we have a motion to approve? okay, motion from commissioner pollock and second from commissioner campos. next item, please. >>clerk: item no. 3. community choice aggregation cca activities report, a. status update on the cleanpowersf program and timeline for program launch. and b status update on proceedings at california public utilities commission. >> thank

my name is john avalos, chair of lafco. joined by cynthia pollock, welcome, and joined by the commissioner david campos and commissioner march and i would like to congratulate ms. pollock for her wedding. and our clerk. please share your announcements. >>clerk: please silence all electronic phones and devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. >>supervisor john avalos: okay, today's meeting is broadcast by sf govtv staff. thank you for your service. we've done no. 1. roll call. item no. 2. >>clerk: approval of lafco minutes from july 29, 2016, regular meeting. any comments. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we have a motion to approve? okay, motion from commissioner pollock and second from commissioner campos. next item, please. >>clerk: item no. 3. community choice aggregation cca activities report, a. status update on the cleanpowersf program and timeline for program launch. and b status update on proceedings at california public utilities commission. >> thank

my name is john avalos, chair of lafco. joined by cynthia pollock, welcome, and joined by the commissioner david campos and commissioner march and i would like to congratulate ms. pollock for her wedding. and our clerk. please share your announcements. >>clerk: please silence all electronic phones and devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. >>supervisor john avalos: okay, today's meeting is broadcast by sf govtv staff. thank you for your service. we've done no. 1. roll call. item no. 2. >>clerk: approval of lafco minutes from july 29, 2016, regular meeting. any comments. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we have a motion to approve? okay, motion from commissioner pollock and second from commissioner campos. next item, please. >>clerk: item no. 3. community choice aggregation cca activities report, a. status update on the cleanpowersf program and timeline for program launch. and b status update on proceedings at california public utilities commission. >> thank

my name is john avalos, the vice chair the committee and we'll joined by the chair supervisor jane kim and david campos to my left and the committee is clerked by erica major. >> make sure the silence cell phone squz electronic devices. cards should be submit today

now we will have our second commendation from supervisor john avalos. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, president breed. now i would like to commend president berl. please come to the podium. [ applause ] berry has worked for the city for 33 years with the last 20 at the san francisco public utilities reviewing commission and complying with complex rules and environmental regulations and something that we here at the board of supervisors are very familiar with. categorical exemptions under ceqa. he started in november of 1983 in the planning department where he followed leads to verify complaints such as illegal commercial uses in residential areas and other property inspections. over the years, he has helped the city and reviewed every city complex rules and regulations. when he first started working at planning, the planning code was one volume with about 400 pages, and today it's three volumes covering more than 2,000 pages and counting thanks to many of the board of supervisors. in 1996, barry moved to the san francisco public utilities commissio

now we will have our second commendation from supervisor john avalos. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, president breed. now i would like to commend president berl. please come to the podium. [ applause ] berry has worked for the city for 33 years with the last 20 at the san francisco public utilities reviewing commission and complying with complex rules and environmental regulations and something that we here at the board of supervisors are very familiar with. categorical exemptions under ceqa. he started in november of 1983 in the planning department where he followed leads to verify complaints such as illegal commercial uses in residential areas and other property inspections. over the years, he has helped the city and reviewed every city complex rules and regulations. when he first started working at planning, the planning code was one volume with about 400 pages, and today it's three volumes covering more than 2,000 pages and counting thanks to many of the board of supervisors. in 1996, barry moved to the san francisco public utilities commissio

. >> good afternoon jerry pollock legislative 82 supervisor john avalos. i just a briefly were very happy with this pool of applicants and really appreciate mr. morris to dropout leaving us with for qualified applicants for the four c's. urge them to stay involved as a member of the public who again give input on this excited for the treasurer tax collector offered to step up and take the lead on this task force. so urge you to appoint the recommend the four remaining applicants. >> thank you. i do see the treasurer's office here. did you have any comments? okay well thank you for working with the task force. so, seeing other comments on a close public item on on them 10 >>[gavel] >> now we can do supervisor cohen's motion >> i like to make a motion to appoint [inaudible] two-seat number eight. within a motion to move that we support scott nelson two-seat number nine. appoint elisa dela pea on a two-seat number 10 and kendra a mac two-seat 11. i want to recognize that elisa dela pea on a fancy number 10 when the residency waiver. i want my motion to reflec

i was here yesterday talking about proposition b john avalos is called hearing supervisor avalos it called a hearing about equity in the matrix for back and parked after proposition b. those kind of amazed to go through that and i've been back in your area in district 1. there is a hot zone there. i did not know from the lesson. died like it you look more and more every day you go through that did not take the time to get into those weeds. when it comes to j, j is as good as it gets. she's thoughtful. she delivered she's always willing to meet with me but also talking to massoud. massoud has responsibly as relates to the sewer system improvement program moving forward. i mean, that's my wheelhouse is the equity particularly the labor peace but making sure that folks want to be electricians have a clear pathway to be an electrician. joe koppel is in the room we also supported folks want to be plumbers. the plumbers, the pcs all about the plumbers. at the fact. everybody knows that so making sure they're in line with those career pathways, whatever training you have to administer, whether na

my name is john avalos, the vice chair the committee and we'll joined by the chair supervisor jane kim and david campos to my left and the committee is clerked by erica major. >> make sure the silence cell phone squz electronic devices. cards should be submit today the clerk. iletm will appear on the september 20 board of supervires agenda unless other would stated >> todays meeting is broadcast by sfgtv staff. madam clerk and believe there fss request to call item 5 first but since that's supervisor kim's we'll call item 1 until she gets here. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 451 bush street to 447 bush street district 33 for sffsre, lcc dba fluxus, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. >> very grood. thank you we have a presentation? police department. >> good afternoon sergeant kenny, san francisco please. alu has giver an presentation on this location and we stand by our previous answers. >> great, thank you. okay, open up public comment on this item. item num

my name is john avalos, the vice chair the committee and we'll joined by the chair supervisor jane kim and david campos to my left and the committee is clerked by erica major. >> make sure the silence cell phone squz electronic devices. cards should be submit today the clerk. iletm will appear on the september 20 board of supervires agenda unless other would stated >> todays meeting is broadcast by sfgtv staff. madam clerk and believe there fss request to call item 5 first but since that's supervisor kim's we'll call item 1 until she gets here. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 451 bush street to 447 bush street district 33 for sffsre, lcc dba fluxus, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. >> very grood. thank you we have a presentation? police department. >> good afternoon sergeant kenny, san francisco please. alu has giver an presentation on this location and we stand by our previous answers. >> great, thank you. okay, open up public comment on this item. item num

a supervisors john avalos and campos will be there. he was killed while eating dinner on a park.taser at them, which they believed was a red light. officers shot and killed him. the d a's office didn't press criminal charges against the four officers and all were cleared in a civil rights lawsuit which alleged wrongful death. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> the san jose police department's temporary staffing plan which says the emergency provision is now in effect, as the department struggles to hire more officers. starting yesterday, nearly 50 investigators were assigned to street patrols. we spoke with sam liccardo. he says he understands why some residents may be concerned about safety. >> let's be clear, we have the lowest violent crime rate of any city in the country. i don't want people to be alarmed that somehow violence is amuck. we have a challenge like every big city does with crime and violence. our serious challenge today is making sure we can get officers out on the street. >> we also spoke with the mayor about san jose's new tough gun law proposal among oth

i was here yesterday talking about proposition b john avalos is called hearing supervisor avalos it calleda hearing about equity in the matrix for back and parked after proposition b. those kind of amazed to go through that and i've been back in your area in district 1. there is a hot zone there. i did not know from the lesson. died like it you look more and more every day you go through that did not take the time to get into those weeds. when it comes to j, j is as good as it gets. she's thoughtful. she delivered she's always willing to meet with me but also talking to massoud. massoud has responsibly as relates to the sewer system improvement program moving forward. i mean, that's my wheelhouse is the equity particularly the labor peace but making sure that folks want to be electricians have a clear pathway to be an electrician. joe koppel is in the room we also supported folks want to be plumbers. the plumbers, the pcs all about the plumbers. at the fact. everybody knows that so making sure they're in line with those career pathways, whatever training you have to administer, whether nat

that would be supervisor john avalos. our clerk is ms. erica major. ms. major if you could make any announcements and then call the first item. >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic copies. copies that are part of the file will be submitted to the clerk and items will be on the september 13 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. item 1 is opposing the commission's proposed equity metrics that are to be used in developing equity analysis and recreation and park services resources and capital expenditures in. >> thank you. this was brought to us by supervisor avalos and phil ginsburg and the public are here today and with that supervisor avalos the floor is years. >> thank you chair peskin and everyone for being here. this is a hearing that i called last july or early august when i heard the equity metricses for the recreation and park department as a result of prop b were to be heard and voted at the parks commission. i felt that there had not been significant or sufficient amount of public input into the metrics and since tha

i was here yesterday talking about proposition b john avalos is called hearing supervisor avalos it called a hearing about equity in the matrix for back and parked after proposition b. those kind of amazed to go through that and i've been back in your area in district 1. there is a hot zone there. i did not know from the lesson. died like it you look more and more every day you go through that did not take the time to get into those weeds. when it comes to j, j is as good as it gets. she's thoughtful. she delivered she's always willing to meet with me but also talking to massoud. massoud has responsibly as relates to the sewer system improvement program moving forward. i mean, that's my wheelhouse is the equity particularly the labor peace but making sure that folks want to be electricians have a clear pathway to be an electrician. joe koppel is in the room we also supported folks want to be plumbers. the plumbers, the pcs all about the plumbers. at the fact. everybody knows that so making sure they're in line with those career pathways, whatever training you have to administer, whether na

i was here yesterday talking about proposition b john avalos is called hearing supervisor avalos it called a hearing about equity in the matrix for back and parked after proposition b. those kind of amazed to go through that and i've been back in your area in district 1. there is a hot zone there. i did not know from the lesson. died like it you look more and more every day you go through that did not take the time to get into those weeds. when it comes to j, j is as good as it gets. she's thoughtful. she delivered she's always willing to meet with me but also talking to massoud. massoud has responsibly as relates to the sewer system improvement program moving forward. i mean, that's my wheelhouse is the equity particularly the labor peace but making sure that folks want to be electricians have a clear pathway to be an electrician. joe koppel is in the room we also supported folks want to be plumbers. the plumbers, the pcs all about the plumbers. at the fact. everybody knows that so making sure they're in line with those career pathways, whatever training you have to administer, whether na

now we will have our second commendation from supervisor john avalos. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, president breed. now i would like to commend president berl. please come to the podium. [ applause ] berry has worked for the city for 33 years with the last 20 at the san francisco public utilities reviewing commission and complying with complex rules and environmental regulations and something that we here at the board of supervisors are very familiar with. categorical exemptions under ceqa. he started in november of 1983 in the planning department where he followed leads to verify complaints such as illegal commercial uses in residential areas and other property inspections. over the years, he has helped the city and reviewed every city complex rules and regulations. when he first started working at planning, the planning code was one volume with about 400 pages, and today it's three volumes covering more than 2,000 pages and counting thanks to many of the board of supervisors. in 1996, barry moved to the san francisco public utilities commissio

my name is john avalos, the vice chair the committee and we'll joined by the chair supervisor jane kim and david campos to my left and the committee is clerked by erica major. >> make sure the silence cell phone squz electronic devices. cards should be submit today the clerk. iletm will appear on the september 20 board of supervires agenda unless other would stated >> todays meeting is broadcast by sfgtv staff. madam clerk and believe there fss request to call item 5 first but since that's supervisor kim's we'll call item 1 until she gets here. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 451 bush street to 447 bush street district 33 for sffsre, lcc dba fluxus, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. >> very grood. thank you we have a presentation? police department. >> good afternoon sergeant kenny, san francisco please. alu has giver an presentation on this location and we stand by our previous answers. >> great, thank you. okay, open up public comment on this item. item num

david campos and john avalos we know your districts are impacted [inaudible] hit and killed that was district 9 back in december and also dj pinker ton outside mclaren park who was hit and killed while biking. we know people are hit and killed throughout the city so pushing for what is the standard of bike lane and what is the street infrastructure we are pulting in and what our streets looked like 10 years ago and far different than today and we are seeing older generations of bike infrastructure put in but still celebrating them but can continue a do more. i know this is informational item but would urge the supervisors to find ways in your power to find how you can help the city overcome the road block so quee can proud city like new york and transform a street. if i were a parent and said i let my kid bike in soma you would say i'm irresponsible. what type of world do we live in where we say that. [inaudible] our kids can bike and that wouldn't be a irresponsible thing because that is the vision we have for for the streets. thank you for your attention and look forward for to goo

now we will have our second commendation from supervisor john avalos. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, president breed. now i would like to commend president berl. please come to the podium. [ applause ] berry has worked for the city for 33 years with the last 20 at the san francisco public utilities reviewing commission and complying with complex rules and environmental regulations and something that we here at the board of supervisors are very familiar with. categorical exemptions under ceqa. he started in november of 1983 in the planning department where he followed leads to verify complaints such as illegal commercial uses in residential areas and other property inspections. over the years, he has helped the city and reviewed every city complex rules and regulations. when he first started working at planning, the planning code was one volume with about 400 pages, and today it's three volumes covering more than 2,000 pages and counting thanks to many of the board of supervisors. in 1996, barry moved to the san francisco public utilities commissio

pressure on the projects since we saw the project over a year ago the project has changed supervisor john avalos 13450e8z the hours is in a - i want to echo supervisor campos and encourage the city to build as fast as humanly possible and seen decreased parking that fetus you are goals i believe that one and 91 market-rate housing is a good the gentrification is a big deal in san francisco that's part of a reason i have a job it is happening in the missions and in the sunset and bayview and other places in the castro street r castro and happens tee everyday folks one of the board members that is running in sdraekt one has been daptsded device he worked for mta but one of the realities to project helps the city as a whole we desperately, desperately need it i do want to share one letter from one of the petition signers i'll not share the information but the name and skakt information in your boxed she said he was one of the fire victims on the bay i lost any 89 r $900 room i found a $1,800 room it has affected any entire livelihood the city has become unliveable i don't know how much longer i can

david campos and john avalos we know your districts are impacted [inaudible] hit and killed that was district 9 back in december and also dj pinker ton outside mclaren park who was hit and killed while biking. we know people are hit and killed throughout the city so pushing for what is the standard of bike lane and what is the street infrastructure we are pulting in and what our streets looked like 10 years ago and far different than today and we are seeing older generations of bike infrastructure put in but still celebrating them but can continue a do more. i know this is informational item but would urge the supervisors to find ways in your power to find how you can help the city overcome the road block so quee can proud city like new york and transform a street. if i were a parent and said i let my kid bike in soma you would say i'm irresponsible. what type of world do we live in where we say that. [inaudible] our kids can bike and that wouldn't be a irresponsible thing because that is the vision we have for for the streets. thank you for your attention and look forward for to goo

my name is john avalos, the vice chair the committee and we'll joined by the chair supervisor jane kim and david campos to my left and the committee is clerked by erica major. >> make sure the silence cell phone squz electronic devices. cards should be submit today the clerk. iletm will appear on the september 20 board of supervires agenda unless other would stated >> todays meeting is broadcast by sfgtv staff. madam clerk and believe there fss request to call item 5 first but since that's supervisor kim's we'll call item 1 until she gets here. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 451 bush street to 447 bush street district 33 for sffsre, lcc dba fluxus, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. >> very grood. thank you we have a presentation? police department. >> good afternoon sergeant kenny, san francisco please. alu has giver an presentation on this location and we stand by our previous answers. >> great, thank you. okay, open up public comment on this item. item num

my name is john avalos, chair of lafco. joined by cynthia pollock, welcome, and joined by the commissioner david campos and commissioner march and i would li

people forget, the people fim rr has to ask money are budget chair jz have been john avalos, mark farrell is current budget clar and carmen chew was a budget chair so she really understands a lautd about the economic necessity as far as we are concerned. gardening staff. a lot of prop b stuff. carmen chew has gone out of her way-in addition to dealing with tax base and property assessment she is the rored so protectathize rorsds by creating the single paper documents and putting them to electronic format. i consider that to be the role of a historian and think she probably would too. she is responsible for bringing in 1/3 of the city budget which is what now? that is a awful lot of many. if mark farrell is a favorite son that carmen chew is a favorite daughter. [applause] >> you ready to be done with the political speeches and on with the awards? a few things. mark boule, next time you go to scotland i hope you find a place for me enyour suit case. i will caddy for you any time. i was a 3280 in high school and have to admit two things. first, i'm sure there were no more complaints every t

the john avalos local hiring measure was important in making sure we get residents, but even in my district, there are pockets of poverty and many people out of work. supporting those unemployed and underemployed people, supporting struggling small businesses in a difficult economy, and i support the small businesses versus more chain stores that seem to be coming into the store fronts, but i try to be sympathetic to local businesses because they make up the diversity of our local neighborhoods. those are some of the challenges that face our businesses. >> are there other issues specific to your district? how do you balance the needs of the issues in your district against the needs of the city as a whole? >> i know that our district has a higher proportion of seniors than some other district, and there is a brand new senior complex and wraparound community services complex called the institution on aging bridge housing complex, but it is going to concentrate a lot of the senior services and nonprofits. about 180 units of affordable senior housing in our district. i am actually a baby boomer

that would be supervisor john avalos. our clerk is ms. erica major. ms. major if you could make any announcements and then call the first item. >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic copies. copies that are part of the file will be submitted to the clerk and items will be on the september 13 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. item 1 is opposing the commission's proposed equity metrics that are to be used in developing equity analysis and recreation and park services resources and capital expenditures in. >> thank you. this was brought to us by supervisor avalos and phil ginsburg and the public are here today and with that supervisor avalos the floor is years. >> thank you chair peskin and everyone for being here. this is a hearing that i called last july or early august when i heard the equity metricses for the recreation and park department as a result of prop b were to be heard and voted at the parks commission. i felt that there had not been significant or sufficient amount of public input into the metrics and since tha

that would be supervisor john avalos. our clerk is ms. erica major. ms. major if you could make any announcements and then call the first item. >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic copies. copies that are part of the file will be submitted to the clerk and items will be on the september 13 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. item 1 is opposing the commission's proposed equity metrics that are to be used in developing equity analysis and recreation and park services resources and capital expenditures in. >> thank you. this was brought to us by supervisor avalos and phil ginsburg and the public are here today and with that supervisor avalos the floor is years. >> thank you chair peskin and everyone for being here. this is a hearing that i called last july or early august when i heard the equity metricses for the recreation and park department as a result of prop b were to be heard and voted at the parks commission. i felt that there had not been significant or sufficient amount of public input into the metrics and since tha

avalos for helping us get started. i don't have any other further questions. so don't want we move on to assessment appeals board number two applicant. we have john lee [inaudible] i apologize if i miss pronounce your last name. >> good afternoon supervisors. mar tang and avalos. supervisor avalos i could on john lee seeking reappointed for assessment appeals board number two could of been serving on the board for the last three years. occupations of installing real estate 28 years now. i [inaudible]. my spirits on the board has been positive. so far. what i think i bring to the board is because i do sell real estate i do know the neighborhoods really well. many of the commissioners are cpas, attorneys and i think i bring more color when there's a set assessment appeals going on. i can explain with the neighborhood loci, which side of the street is more valuable because of the views. which property is higher worth more, closer to the secret in the richmond district is worth more than central richmond and a lot of people when they make their arguments they use const to enhance the cases. let's just say it. that your question as to what i'd like to

your own edification supervisor avalos made 7 amendments some of you have had chance to read t m deputy city attorney we we need to read into the record or accept them. >> johnibner, deputy city attorney. you can accept because the document has been circulated to the committee and made available to the public. >> okay at this moment i'd like to give the floor to supervisor wiener. >> first of all, i'm happy to accept the amendments maybe we can adopt the amendments and move on the adoption for the continuance. >> i too i'll accept a motion supervisor peskin to accept those amendments we'll take the without objection we'll accept the amendments thank you. >> now supervisor wiener do you want to speak to the issue. >> this has been a long and widening process i think that supervisor avalos and i held a hearing on this issue it was probably a year ago maybe a year and a half ago enormous discussion and introduced this resolution i think early this year it's been quite a while and not brought to committee or through the chair today after many, many conversations madam chair rosales has brought forward legislation that frankly soft else's the resolution to talk a

your own edification supervisor avalos made 7 amendments some of you have had chance to read t m deputy city attorney we we need to read into the record or accept them. >> johnibner, deputy city attorney. you can accept because the document has been circulated to the committee and made available to the public. >> okay at this moment i'd like to give the floor to supervisor wiener. >> first of all, i'm happy to accept the amendments maybe we can adopt the amendments and move on the adoption for the continuance. >> i too i'll accept a motion supervisor peskin to accept those amendments we'll take the without objection we'll accept the amendments thank you. >> now supervisor wiener do you want to speak to the issue. >> this has been a long and widening process i think that supervisor avalos and i held a hearing on this issue it was probably a year ago maybe a year and a half ago enormous discussion and introduced this resolution i think early this year it's been quite a while and not brought to committee or through the chair today after many, many conversations madam chair rosales has brought forward legislation that frankly soft else's the resolution to talk a

your own edification supervisor avalos made 7 amendments some of you have had chance to read t m deputy city attorney we we need to read into the record or accept them. >> johnibner, deputy city attorney. you can accept because the document has been circulated to the committee and made available to the public. >> okay at this moment i'd like to give the floor to supervisor wiener. >> first of all, i'm happy to accept the amendments maybe we can adopt the amendments and move on the adoption for the continuance. >> i too i'll accept a motion supervisor peskin to accept those amendments we'll take the without objection we'll accept the amendments thank you. >> now supervisor wiener do you want to speak to the issue. >> this has been a long and widening process i think that supervisor avalos and i held a hearing on this issue it was probably a year ago maybe a year and a half ago enormous discussion and introduced this resolution i think early this year it's been quite a while and not brought to committee or through the chair today after many, many conversations madam chair rosales has brought forward legislation that frankly soft else's the resolution to talk a

your own edification supervisor avalos made 7 amendments some of you have had chance to read t m deputy city attorney we we need to read into the record or accept them. >> johnibner, deputy city attorney. you can accept because the document has been circulated to the committee and made available to the public. >> okay at this moment i'd like to give the floor to supervisor wiener. >> first of all, i'm happy to accept the amendments maybe we can adopt the amendments and move on the adoption for the continuance. >> i too i'll accept a motion supervisor peskin to accept those amendments we'll take the without objection we'll accept the amendments thank you. >> now supervisor wiener do you want to speak to the issue. >> this has been a long and widening process i think that supervisor avalos and i held a hearing on this issue it was probably a year ago maybe a year and a half ago enormous discussion and introduced this resolution i think early this year it's been quite a while and not brought to committee or through the chair today after many, many conversations madam chair rosales has brought forward legislation that frankly soft else's the resolution to talk a

avalos for helping us get started. i don't have any other further questions. so don't want we move on to assessment appeals board number two applicant. we have john lee [inaudible] i apologize if i miss pronounce your last name. >> good afternoon supervisors. mar tang and avalos. supervisor avalos i could on john lee seeking reappointed for assessment appeals board number two could of been serving on the board for the last three years. occupations of installing real estate 28 years now. i [inaudible]. my spirits on the board has been positive. so far. what i think i bring to the board is because i do sell real estate i do know the neighborhoods really well. many of the commissioners are cpas, attorneys and i think i bring more color when there's a set assessment appeals going on. i can explain with the neighborhood loci, which side of the street is more valuable because of the views. which property is higher worth more, closer to the secret in the richmond district is worth more than central richmond and a lot of people when they make their arguments they use const to enhance the cases. let's just say it. that your question as to what i'd like to