i also want to vouch for judith baker. she has been a great asset to the committee, and i hope you will consider her application. supervisor campos: great. thank you very much. any member of the public who would like to speak on any of the applicants, please come forward. you have two minutes, and again , i do want to thank angelica for her service. >> i'm actually here to speak on the people we would like you to recommend. the diversity of the south of market is important, so i truly hope you would consider conny ford, ada chan, allan manalo, judith baker, and it was actually through the renaissance, and i really like their program in terms of finding other ways to find jobs for the neighborhood. we really recommend them because of the service that they do in the south of market and the different ideas that they bring to the table. that is basically it. supervisor campos: just so i understand, you are speaking for mr. temprano? >> yes. we would actually be more involved in the soma cac, even though i'm not sitting there.

i wanted to move that we reappoint conny ford, ada chan, and judith baker and i move that we appoint al manalo and thomas temprano. supervisor campos: thank you. we have a motion on the floor. i also want to thank all the applicants. it is a very impressive group of people, and i think we would be remiss not to thank ms. collins and ms. cabande for the amazing work they have done. to all the applicants, this is a very fluid process. the seats become vacant from time to time, sell when there are more -- so when there are more applicants than there are seats available, i would urge whoever can get an appointment to continue to be involved because there will be other opportunities not only with respect to this body but others in the city, so we will take that motion without objection. yes, madam clerk? >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: we need to do that. ms. chan, who is current co- chair. if we could take that motion without objection. thank you very much. if we could now call item 3. >> item 3, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending february 19, 2012, to the work fo

supervisor campos: i know that judith baker is not here. is there anyone else here to speak on her behalf? my understanding was that there might be somebody else in addition to ms. chan here to speak on her behalf. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm with the south of market community action network. i just want to emphasize that judas baker has been a great asset to the community. she has been there over 30 years and does a tremendous job. we hope that you would consider her even though she is not here today. supervisor campos: great. thank you very much. christian noto. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm the proud owner/operator of a couple of businesses on soma on sixth street. we have been successful in a tough economy in a blighted area with little foot traffic by making creative, sound business decisions and by offering stellar products. we also take advantage of city funds and solutions to urban redevelopment, which has been instrumental in our success. taking note of what seems to work and what is not working so well. i look forward to