specifically, a slap in the face of the current share -- chair of tida and treasure island resident owen stephens. when these appointments surfaced and when chair stephens was not reappointed by the mayor, residents, the folks who are active on treasure island -- i believe unanimously -- weighed in in opposition, and this is difficult because these are technically redevelopment appointments that are effective if we do not act by 2/3 vote right now to reject. but the past -- teh ask -- the ask from treasure island is to reject these appointments, including director elberling, whom i'm close to, until we get a sound slate of potential directors to us, whether it be from the current mayor of san francisco or the next mayor of san francisco. it is my understanding that if we do reject these appointments, that the existing directors will continue to serve, so there will not be a lapse in the work program at tida, but these are lame-duck appointments in more ways than one. to not allow the next district supervisor, who will have to work with these directors, the opportunity to weigh in is incorrect. to

certainly, i have received e-mails from many residents of treasure island, very supportive of 01 -- owen stephens, so i have expressed my hope that what has been regarded as good work on his part will be recognized within the framework of other candidates that are applying. while i will not support the motion to continue it because i believe these two excellent nominees that i'm ready to vote for -- i support that there needs to be both a resident, and certainly, there is a candidate that has demonstrated good work on this panel. supervisor mirkarimi: i will support the motion to continue, and i want to reiterate that stemming from the boat, the conversation we had last year about the other candidates before us that succeeded on to the tida board, that they be careful that politics are put by the side in this case because strong voices send a signal to the mayor's office that a strong representative who resides on treasure island be appointed, which we understand is the intention and the gesture that is forthcoming, but it also confounds this thinking when in fact they already have that person. i