we ware in that bit of district 9 going up toward mclaren park but district 9 does not include mcclaren. to have a voice, a supervisor to go to with concerns about the park, i feel it is important we be in a district that includes the park. and right now, that is district 10. i think it is a primary -- of prairie importance the portal be together as one neighborhood. and then secondly, i really want to be in a district that includes mcclaren park. a lot of us in the neighborhood and the neighborhood surrounding the park are working on try to take care of the park an advocate for the park and protect the park. thank you. >> i live on gambier street. this is the third time i have appeared before you. i was at the two previous meetings. i really have a couple of simple messages. one is the portola is a unified neighborhood. we want it kept together. for me i consider myself part of the area because our neighborhood extends to about the top of the hill before you go around avignon. you are facing down toward mission. that is where you would be in the excelsior. i want to see our neighborhoo

i have been working with the people in the community, and i wanted to speak about of mclaren park. it is a wonderful place. i am so glad to hear the supervisor: places it as a high priority. i feel like i can trust her to do a good job content comes to dealing with mclaren park, but nobody lives there, and i feel quite comfortable with the fact mcpherson -- that supervisor c oen into a good job that f, but that would be putting the hard work of the window. there is a ploy, a lot of people who have come to see have not been told it would get rid of petrero hill. i thing you should be aware. >> >my name is steven hooper. any of the neighborhood in district 11 could claim they lived since the district. i would like to speak in support of one particular item, and that is it per to the border should be further south. i have learned a lot. the demographics, everything points to holloway as being the barrier between districts 7 and district 11. i would like to say i support what supervisor cohen says. it is a question of a community that extends well beyond into visitation valley that wou

i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in

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