my name is mark snider. i'm a resident of district 8 and a member of the san francisco coalition of underground utilities steering committee. we're a city at risk for earthquakes, and a strong earthquake will certainly topple utility poles. residents and tourists alike will risk injury and death from falling poles, but the wires on the street will also present a risk in that fire and emergency vehicles will not cross wires that they cannot pass without -- knowing that they're safe to pass. the solution clearly is undergrounding. it's not rocket science, but it does involve engineering. there are some updates in a localization of underground facilities and utilities, and there are also updates in creating conduits without trenching. both of these have potential for cost savings. undergrounding will help our city become safer and more resilient, more beautiful, and it's an investment that will be spread out over years and recouped those reasonable franchise fees on the utilities that share the conduits. here's

jerry stratler, carlos, kay, andrew, cynthia snider, rodriguez and mark antoine ne. >> i am kay crumb. we objectject. wwe object to the continuance. we changed schedules. there is a violation which the commission should make a ruling on before another presentation is made. any tweaking of the plans will not be affected by that. we would like to go ahead with our presentation about the violations today. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> madam president, may i make a comment on whether to continue or not. might i suggest that we give them direction in terms of the demolition issue and other things and should it be not the position of this commission to grant that, and i think that changes. >> please help me out. we have to get public comment before we can give direction. >> if you are only accepting testimony on the continuance you are only considering the continuance right now. >> my suggestion is we hear this and provide direction. require them to come back based upon the comments of this commission, then that establishes what they need to do. >> the problem we have nothing to he