del carlo and larry mazzola. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you. i am here to speak in support of mr. mazzola and del carlo. it is really simple. larry mazzola has been working with the community. he is good friends with everybody. in my opinion, he will be one of the best candidates for this particular thing. mr. del carlo, i have known him for a long time. both of them together have quite a bit of experience. we talk about community. you know? they know about community. we are involved in so much community. that is about all i have to say. i support them. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker? if there is any other member of the public who has not spoken, please come forward. >> commissioners, i am the director of anthropology. i was an original member of the treasure wrote island advisor committee, serving from 1991 until 1994. i had the pleasure of suing the navy back in 1995 for cleanup. i have had a long time with this process. we funded people working on the project from the very beginning and i am glad to see it moving forward. i am not here to speak o

with respect to the two nominees, larry del carlo and larry mazzola jr., i think it is important to have labour representation. i am open to supporting mr. mazzola. mr. del carlo, his involvement and experience is something the project could benefit from. i don't have a problem moving these items for. the question that i have this the context or the form it takes. we do have a recommendation from the supervisor from the district that is a and asking -- that is asking to reject. i am not prepared to reject today. i think the board should take them and act on them quickly. i am prepared to do that. i am wondering, out of deference to the supervisor, if we could not just move the items forward with high recommendation that this point? i think that would allow the board to act quickly on them. i think it also provides some time for the mayor's office to give us more than just the assurance that they are going to do what is right and the. -- and appoint someone from the island, and make that happen. supervisor alioto-pier: i would be happy to do that out of deference to you. supervisor campos: that would allow these things to go forward. tha

mr. del carlo and mr. elberling on those issues as well. supervisor campos: thank you. why don't we open up for public comment? i have a number of cards. if you could please come forward when we call your name. [reading names] let's begin with those, and we have other people to call. >> good morning. i'm a business owner in san francisco. i represent about 750 small businesses, handle their employee benefits, but i really want to talk about the leadership we have an opportunity to have on that board that understands all of the stakeholders, whether it is the board of supervisors, whether it is low-income people, whether it is the environment. i think that we, like the san francisco giants winning the world series -- i think if we appointed the team that i see here -- larry mazzolo, linda richardson, claudine cheng, larry del carlo -- all these people understand what is at play here in san francisco. they understand the concerns of the members of the board of supervisors. they have a proven track record over and over again to do the right thing. these people -- they have

del carlo. >> good morning, mr. chairman, members of the rules committee. i think this is the first time i have come before you on my own behalf. i'm usually hear supporting someone else. it is a great opportunity to be here to even be considered for appointment to this important board. just a little bit about myself -- i was born here in san francisco, raised in the mission district. i currently live in district 1. i currently -- i first became involved in community development and community organizing in 1968 when the san francisco redevelopment agency then demonstrated how they could destroy a neighborhood. it was a shock to us who live in the mission that the bulldozer approach to urban renewal almost destroyed the fillmore, and we knew then that the mission was the next neighborhood on the list for the so-called urban renewal. this is when we began to get scared, first of all, about losing our neighborhood, but we also got smart and reorganized. we organized with labor and churches and community groups to form an organization to actually stop the urban