. >> i will call a few more names. [ reading speakers' names ] >> good evening, my name is kyle maple. the basic reason i am here is in support of this program and i'm speaking as a former caregiver. the idea of having another option, one that will actually make it easier and more affordable for patients to make the adjustments that their illness has had required them to make in their lives is important. i don't think coming up here and taking away options is good for them. i think it should be all about them. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioner. my name is james ward. i am a disabled marine veteran. i was a cold war vet. i am a bay area native. i have been living in the tenderloin at the same address for seven years. about two years ago i was part of the veteran's committee that in the access of love we drew a letter up for the medical cannabis commission task force and apparently greg was the only one who listened. what we asked for in that letter is pretty much the way he setup the compassion. i know these folks as bac, but i know them as greg jazz