i'm rick caldeira, the legislative deputy director working for the board of supervisors. i'm here to give you a brief overview of the types of appeals that actually come through the board of supervisors. i don't have any of the information regarding any of the approval process that happens at the planning commission, or the planning department, which you recently just talked to mr. sider about. he is going to be available in case there are any additional questions about these appeals that do come forward to the board of supervisors. i have a brief presentation that you should all have a copy in front of you. for the viewing public, if we can move over to the overhead. the types of appeals that are filing with the clerk of the board is the ceqa, the e.i.r.'s, which are the environmental impact reports, conditional use and tentative maps. starting off on the ceqas. they require public agencies to identify environmental impacts to propose actions. identifies ways to avoid and reduce environmental damage. it has -- the public process. who may file is any person or entity that