first speaker please. >> supervisors, my name is louise renne on behalf of 31,000 san franciscans who ask you to repeal the ordinances, who oppose the eight washington street project. 31,000 people from every district throughout the city ask you to reverse the decision, and to avoid a costly election. should this be an election? we think we will win. and we think so based on what we have found as we went about the city. when people find out about this project, they are opposed to it. san franciscans don't want a project that's higher than the embarcadero freeway was, they don't want a mammoth project the size of a football field, they don't want a wall in the waterfront that's going to obstruct the views of coit tower, and hills as you walk along. this project has been painted as being opposed by only a few neighbors, disgruntles neighbors who live next door or have their views obstructed. i can assure you, supervisors, that isn't at all true. throughout the city, and i mean every, every district, 31,000 people, in only 29 days spoke up. should there be an election, we will hear from

now, getting back to the initial comments made by our former city attorney, louise renne is the wall along our waterfront what we want for the future of our city. 50 years ago the fontana towers started epic battles between the developer and neighborhoods. these battles were resolved by agreements in height that we have in place today and those agreements are being ripped apart with the votes we have cast. earlier this summer i think that this board of supervisors sent the wrong message to san francisco about what we ought to stand for. and colleagues, i ask you to support the democratic process and send the right message about what we stand for, the fact that we do not, at san franciscans stand for walls on the waterfront, ask you to vote yes. thank you. >> thank you, colleagues. any other comments? supervisor wiener. >> supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. president. i'll be voting today as i voted before, to support this good and smart project. i stand by my vote. i did not vote for this project simply because it would create jobs. i didn't vote for it simply because it would give th