so we will now hear from mary klipp. miss klipp, are you ready? >> i'm ready. can you hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> in full disclosure, i am the proud mother of josh klipp, one of the most conscientious, compassionate, hard working people that i have ever known. i truly believe that josh -- that john lewis would be proud of josh's thinking good trouble. i came to live in san francisco 17 years ago, and i was proud of its reputation as a technological hub and a must-see city with great normal beauty. it is a city which benefited from the hard work and the forceful thoughts of those who came many years before us. 17 years later, with climate change pounding on our doors, the city's decisions to cut down beautiful and measurably tech tech technologically useful trees -- i couldn't believe that you could measure what every tree does in terms of its work, it belies that reputation of both applied technology and respect for environmental beauty. in short, please do not see trees as an enemy or as a nasty obstruction to development. count them, plant them, plant five, ten times m