kathy. >> dean preston, tenants together. good afternoon, supervisors. a 30-year project to demolish over 1,500 rent-controlled housing units occupied by tenants. who decided this project was a good idea? as we dive into the details, let's step back and ask who decided this was a good way to develop and to create denialsity? who has approved it? certainly not this board, the voice of the people of san francisco. in fact, the three planning commissioners appointed by the board all vote thed against this project because they recognized this was a bad idea. this project is a bad idea from

. >> rose: kathy preston is here. her books and writing focus on healthy living and conscious eating. her new book tops the physical, spiritual and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet. it's called "veganist: lose weight, get healthy, change the world." i'm pleased to have kathy preston, my friend at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: so what is it your husband said? he said you were veganists? >> yes, i was giving him... one day i was going off on one of my spiels about why it's hell thoi eat vegan and he said "honey, you're the veganist." i thought, well, okay as someone who's obsessed with a violin and wants to learn more is a violinist and i'm obsessed with all things vegan so i'm a veganist. >> rose: what does that mean? >> it means i eat a plant-based diet. and i do it not only for health reasons because you lose weight, you prevent and reverse the major diseases like cancer, heart disease, type two diabetes b. but you are also doing the best thing for environment. you're also doing som

kathy. >> dean preston, tenants together. good afternoon, supervisors. a 30-year project to demolish over 1,500 rent-controlled housing units occupied by tenants. who decided this project was a good idea? as we dive into the details, let's step back and ask who decided this was a good way to develop and to create denialsity? who has approved it? certainly not this board, the voice of the people of san francisco. in fact, the three planning commissioners appointed by the board all vote thed against this project because they recognized this was a bad idea. this project is a bad idea from conception. ask yourselves would you approve the demolition of 1,500 homes occupied by people living in your district? would you approve the demolition in a 152-acre area of your district to serve the purpose of densification? of course you wouldn't. this stuff was built 50 years after a lot of the housing in all of your districts. are we going to start knocking victorians down? that is what we did in the western edition as a prior speaker said. if they are old, submit a s