my name is michael nolte and i am a community leader and activist with 35 years track record of community service to low income communities in san francisco. i'm here today to express my disappointment with the operations of the north of market community benefit district. it started with overwhelming support from all parts of the neighborhood including residents with interim board of 22. it slowly became dominated by special interest and entities speaking funding for their agencies. time and time again, resident leaders were being discriminated against and left out of the decision making process and there was no accountability. there needs to be some changes including more residents on the board of directors, board training, not only for board members, but future board members, include the contribution of residents to the c.b.d. on their web site, that all their correspondence from the c.b.d. indicate a statement that the entity only represents the opinion of the property owner and in no way speaks for the tenderloin. there are new executive director once hired needs to do outreach to the