i just wanted to point out that rodrigo santos is the structural engineer on the 2831 project. some of you may also be familiar with mr. santos' name because he's currently being sued by the city for falsify be permit applications. richard brandy is the other person mentioned, his report, as having been the basis for the ceqa exemption determination. here's the cover letter of that report, and it states very clearly on the front that the report was conducted for kent p penwell, the owner of 2831 pierce. so i just wanted to note that the explicit bias in the consultant's work can be very easily imagined. i think what's much less easy to understand and to imagine is why the planning department would use this work and pass it off as part of their own objective analysis. the planning department did add new material in their response, which is extremely helpful because it does represent some additional research, and it does therefore represent some objective analysis. and if it's possible, supervisors, i was hoping you might be able to turn to the last page of my appeal to look at t

rodrigo: yo. santos: hijo, nadie entiende