i own 44 and 42 lippard avenue. i am the guy who just lost my eye on july 1st. i had it removed and i am dealing with that on a personal basis. i am just going to speak from the heart. marched over to, 1982, i moved to san francisco and i left san francisco. i'm so proud to be here and have been here for 35 years. when bill and i met at an hiv-positive meeting and we decided to buy a house together because we lived in the same apartment building for 17 years, we got together and we found this beautiful property in glen park. it was a magic moment. is one of my proud moments in my life. i am a hard worker. we are working smiles and we work every day and we got to own property in san francisco. the first thing we saw was that tree. we love that tree. it has been a great tree and we have spent thousands of dollars to maintain that tree. i got to tell you, i can't walk past -- their cottages in front in mind is in the back and i am having trouble. i'm seriously having trouble. i have one i. i would ask everyone to cover one eye and try to live like that. i am adjust

the ones that i showed just a moment ago, these are the hundreds that hang over lippard avenue. if they go out, they're going to reach across the street, and take out the power and at&t and cable service for the entire block. these are occlusions over my uphill neighbor's property, the neighbor who's complained about taking this tree out. if this tree fails, they're going to take out part of his house. you can see the lines across the street where if any of these branchs fail, it will take out neighborhood services. so ultimately, we're appealing to this board in asking for some consideration for the fact that we love this tree, we've maintained it for many years, but it's a nonwinning battle for us to continue to prune branchs when in fact the roots and the trunk of the tree are what's going to prevent us from being able to access the property. thank you very much. >> commissioner honda: so sir how long have you been at the property? >> 18 years. >> commissioner honda: and in the 18 years that you've been there, how significantly has this tree grown? >> you know, i have -- had,