ricardo garcia accostia. esteemed commissioners, i'm writing in support of the placement of a new healing center and medical marijuana dispensary in the mission district. my name is ricardo garcia acosta, program director for the northwest region of the community response network of san francisco, a 501-c3 nonprofit collaborative program serving the san francisco mission district. specializing in gang intervention and crisis response services. the following correspondence is not being submitted on behalf of my agency but on behalf of my own personal experience working the last ten years for various c.b.o.'s in the mission district community. throughout my work it has been very clear much of what is at the core of youth violence is the lack of culture and artistic opportunities that are affordable for low-income families to access. over the years limited and decreased funding for both arts and nonprofit services in general have led to a slow decrease of community vibrancy. creating a community benefit fund that grants support to local community-based organizations and provides subsidiaries, subsidizes use of dance mission space and dance scholarships for children would truly be a benef