mrs. donahue. >> absolutely. even now after having heard from the permit side, i am still unclear as to their position as to the tenants and their right to remain and their homes. one of the comments brought up by mr. santos was why didn't we meet? we did meet in 2009 in leah guillermo's apartment. we had rick gill breath from mirkarimi's office. we were trying to discuss a plan that would allow the tenants to stay in place. representations were made that they would not have to leave. when we started to ask about the scope of the work, the interruption of utilities, could it be worked out where the work was done during the day when the tenants were at work, things broke off, and i heard nothing for 10 months. the next time i heard from mr. santos was via an e-mail from his associate letting unfortunate knows the per mitt had been issued. that is why we are here. we ask you to condition the permit on allowing the tenants to stay, allively, to revoke us and -- revoke it and let us go back to planning, talking about