president miguel: your name. >> my name is matt drake. i wish i could speak in favor of it. i would like to support additional housing in san francisco. unfortunately, i cannot speak in favor of this project. there are several reasons why. the first is the plan of the building itself. 46 units, 10 bathrooms, and two kitchens. that's not really an asset to the community and that's not doing the people who live there any favors. i think that is warehousing people who will live there. the second problem is with the lack of any kind of family housing. now, i will take the building owner at his word when i ask if there was going to be any family housing offered. and he said no. he was very clear. not only he said no, families will not be allowed. i think that if we are going to be serious about offering family housing in san francisco, we should offer it across the income spectrum. and everyone agrees there's a serious need of family housing and an even more serious need of low-income family housing. if this project was for low income family housing, i would probably be testifyin

matt drake. nancy tucker. >> good evening. i am here representing the 249 sheply street h.o.a. which is within 300 feet of the 347 fifth street property. since i moved into 249 shipley street in december of 2006, i have heard nothing but negative things about the tourist hostel that occupied 347 fifth street previous to november, 2006. the owner and his partner have not done anywhere near the amount nor type of community outreach that the residents south of market expect. i personally never received any notice of any community meeting, via email or u.s. email. when i asked how the contact list was compiled, it was compiled using only names of people that had contacted the owner's