liz diaz and other maritime business people here also wear many hats. they lived near the waterfront as a calling and a business. most of them, i know it's true of liz, will do what they are doing without being paid. they are so enamored of this place where land and water meet. liz has done things on her own to save the waterfront often without any pay to make it available, to preserve it, to save it for future generations and make sure that everyone regardless of their means, or their race or disability is welcomed. she makes covers for disabled long shoremen. she trains firemen, i know who otherwise would not have been able to support his family. she opens the doors of north beach marine canvas to people with few skill. for these reason and because it seems kind of unfair to raise a rent in a single year so far above the consumer price index, i'm asking you as a 35-year resident of north beach, to reconsider this and to compromise on what would otherwise be an existential crises for these businesses. >> v.p. woo ho: we'll go to anybody who's here for p

liz diaz and other maritime business people here also wear many hats. lived near the waterfront as a calling and a business. most of them, i know it's true of liz, will do what they are doing without being paid. they are so enamored of this place where land and water meet. liz has done things on her own to save the waterfront often without any pay to make it available, to preserve it, to save it for future generations and make sure that everyone regardless of their means, or their race or disability is welcomed. she makes covers for disabled long shoremen. she trains firemen, i know who otherwise would not have been able to support his family. she opens the doors of north beach marine canvas to people with few skill. for these reason and because it seems kind of unfair to raise a rent in a single year so far above the consumer price index, i'm asking you as a 35-year resident of north beach, to reconsider this and to compromise on what would otherwise be an existential crises for these businesses. >> v.p. woo ho: we'll go to anybody who's here for publi