i have lived for 16 years 1 block away from the marsh theatre. i'm a resident for 16 years. my son works with a problem with the marsh especially myself. i have been a state employee for 29 years. i thought i was middle class but now it turns out i cannot afford the below market rates talked about now. the hoa fees. it's all a sham. i hope that the board that this appeals committee really makes a stand for diversity in this community, not just the residents, but of small businesses. i have lived there long enough to see the place where i can take my vacuum cleaner to be fixed gone, the place where i can get small items for communion, baptism, all of those things that involve family life, they are all priced out. i can see we don't need another restaurant. we need small businesses, things that support the working class and those that would imagine holding onto the middle class. the mark -- marsh is a great institution in san francisco as a whole. i would hope this appeals group supports it's decision of december and please support real affordable housing, not a couple of build