and linda avery herbert, i wanted to point you out. you're sitting in front of me. rita, i feel like i want to name tom comic role, and everyone, mark. anyway, my sister, my friend joyce from way back. mr. shaw, randy. i will go ahead and start. you know, it was just yesterday that i was standing under the rotunda listening to mayor lee's inaugural speech, and i think this is an incredible time for our city. a time where the city is coming together and moving past the old political pigeonhole. i want to say first and up front that we are the city where everyone is included. we are the city for everyone. our priorities are clear. we need to focus on jobs and smart economic development for all of our neighborhoods and rolled up our sleeves, get to work, and get things done. to the people of district 5, mayor lee and i share the same standard, that every decision i make will be what i believe are in the best interests of my constituents and the people of san francisco. i think you all know that i am is following in the footsteps of great supervisors who have represente

i would like to introduce my sister, linda avery, who is also an origami artist. we got a call from the director jeff carter. he had a wonderful idea. we had the opportunity to do it in city hall. because we're known for origami work, we became kind of like the directors in helping get the project started. now it is here, and it has grown. it is the world tree of pope. i do not know if any of you know this, but last year, the tree was named one of the top 10 most beautiful trees by american express traveler. the word is getting out about history, filled with wonderful wishes. we were asked to say a few words about why origami and why trees. i will turn it over to my sister. >> the inspiration for the origami crane, the cream is a symbol of water life and happiness in japan -- the crane is a symbol of water life and happiness in japan. when a woman was dying of leukemia after the bomb dropped in hiroshima, she created the crane as a symbol of peace. the symbol has resonated with so many people. we've got a lot of people to come in and write wishes and put them on t

i want to thank linda avery in being a wonderful and helping with my accommodations. i do believe that the commission and the deputies need a little better training in how to accommodate people with disabilities for these large hearings. my name is patricia lovelock. i am one of the neighbors to the west of this project. it is as if we do not exist. i live within the area with the heavily used arterioles that go through the city, and i see every single day the traffic, the particulate matter on my plants that i have to wash off daily. i see pedestrian safety problems. in fact, when i was one day trying to just across the street in front of the pacific campus, they had so many vans double and triple park across waccamaw i went in and asked them if they could please keep the crosswalks clear, and i was laughed at. this kind of attitude that people who have had experiences with cpmc is exactly why we do not trust them to do just common sense mitigation. some of these mitigations they need to be doing where they are now, and they will not. i think it is reprehensible that