mr. taboni, everything he says is completely gospel. he's an honest businessman. he eats and enjoys lunch with the employees on the projects, and having an abandoned vacant lot is not doing any good for the city. and having 75 new housing units will be spfar superior to anything that's going on now, and like he said, 20% is going to affordable housing. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is ben nahidi. i'm the owner of the business and the apartment building directly across from this project. the corner of the 19 and south vanness. the old gas station site has been vacant for more than ten years, almost 15 years, and we are very happy to see that finally there is a building that is going to this lot. a vacant lot like this creates a very unsafe environment for the neighborhood due to all the criminal activities. for the last 15 years, i have witnessed people going in and out, breaking into this lot, doing drugs, prostitutions. we are just sick of it. i hope this project gets approved, and we will see the end of this eyesore for the nei

mr. taboni has already said that his recently completed project at 600 south vanness is already completely filled, and most of the housing in the mission is already being quickly filled. and so i think by building this housing, we do a great service to those coming in and also those in the mission already. thank you very much for your time. great to see you all again. >> great. thank you, commissioner. next speaker, please. >> yeah. my name's kevin shepherd. i'm a small painting contractor here in the city. lived here my whole life.