director of the conservatory theater and just retired fairly recently as the director for the san francisco unfied school district. i've been a renter in this town in north beach for 30 years. i love it there. that's who i am. i'm not against people redoing things and i recognize private property owners rights to make needed changes. and there may be alleys in north beach which an exemption would be appropriate, but nobles valley is not one of them. it's one of the place this planning code was written to protect. it's up a steep hill, on a dead end and not even one car wide. there is no turnaround. how can cars turn into a garage, let alone get out of it? the same people who are trying to do this are responsible for creating illegal short-term rentaling. they don't care about us in north beach. they're a heart breaker. they cause confusion among those who rent and live there. i am surrounded by renters, old people, children, parents, we live here. we are not leaves that blow in and out. we live in fear of eviction every single day, of having to leave the urban community we so love. the confusion a