. >> hello this is stacey carter and i am the vice president for the shipyard of the arts and i am a professional visual artist whose has rented and maintained a studio for the past 16 years at hunters point, and being a full time artist i understand how important it is to have an affordable studio space in order to create my work. i make a living primarily from the sales of my artwork and i have no trust fund, and i have no other means of my financial support. and without the reliable consistent and long term affordable rent of my studio i would not have been able to pursue the career, the studio has been the vehicle by which means i became an artist. and without the studio, it just would not exist. and now, currently in san francisco, the rising rents, and so many very talented, you know, very long term, local, resident artists have been forced out and many friends of mine. and it is a loss, to the city. and in my opinion. and the need to affordable work space is a critical point, if we want the artists to remain in san francisco at all and i am telling you that they are fast, and