my name is robin levitt. i'm an owner of an 1880s victorian hayes valley where i've lived for the past 20 years. i am an architect. i am a former dbi commissioner, and i am an active member in the san francisco bicycle coalition. so, i am a strong supporter of this legislation and i won't reiterate some of the reasons that people have said to support this. but i want to first applaud supervisor wiener for taking this on. it's a very controversial and difficult thing to take on. and i also want to applaud you for your restraint in light of some unfortunate comments that were made here today. but i agree that ceqa has some important safeguards, but we have to find ways to streamline the process, make it more fair and more workable. and i think if we do that, that's good for everyone. unless we want san francisco to be a city for only the rich and the advantaged, we have to find ways to make the construction process more affordable. and oftentimes the ceqa process adds a lot to the cost of construction. so, it's

my name is robin levitt. i'm an owner of an 1880s victorian hayes valley where i've lived for the past 20 years. i am an architect.

robin levitt. michael [speaker not understood]. marlene morgan. steve pedal mike casey. [speaker not understood]. john rizzo. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is tamika moss and i'm the community development director at spur. spur is strongly supporting the legislation before you. i passed out a letter for your review. i did have an opportunity to have a really respectful discussion with some of the opponents of this legislation and i thought it was a really great opportunity to better understand some of the concerns that we've all heard about today. and i have not -- spur has not had an opportunity to review supervisor kim's legislation. and we have really vetted the legislation before you to ensure that the points that we relate to are strong and one in particular is really around the noticing and timing. the comments that you all made earlier in terms of increased noticing is -- the parallel process of timing. but noticing needs to be transparent and effective for everyone to be able to use and we believe that this legislation does that, but that we need to ho