sharon stauer, marry mendoza, v huan, michael robles, michael antonini, and you can lineup on the screen side of the room, and if others would like to speak, you're welcome to, also. >> thank you. i'm sharon stauer. my art studios used to be around the corner from this location, and they're all wiped out. illegal expansion into the tdr use this. and i appreciate it. it looks like the building owner or the site owner wants to do what they can to create affordable units, but we're in a crisis. i mean when you're on your holiday party lists, and when you're at parties, start asking you how many of you feel like you're going to have to leave the city. what i'm finding is that everybody -- every single person i meet who says they live in the city and who doesn't own a business or a home is talking about when they have to leave the city. my husband's a professor at san francisco state, and the professors are talking about when they have to leave. they can't hire new people because they can't afford to live here. the students can't afford to live here. this is going to be a city without police

michael antonini speaking in opposition to the appeal and favor of the project at 218 27th avenue, but would i like to begin by expressing my condolences particularly to anita, breanna and tanya lee for the loss of their father and husband, wonderful mayor, ed lee. i want to go on about the project, which i feel is one of the best i've seen during my period of time looking at these projects, which now is in its 15th year, very contextually , the limestone, dark wood, and designed with three townhouses, which are perfect for family living because having children and new grandchildren, it's nice to have the extra floor so people who may be sleeping are not exposed to all the activities and these can be done on a small scale or a large scale, as has cleverly been done in this project. i visited the project on december 7 and spent about an hour out on lake street looking at the sun, particularly to see how it would -- how it was impacted by the 4-story buildings or large 3-story buildings. the sun even at this late date in the year was still above the 4-story buildings. so the amount of im