>> yes, hello, stan hayes, telegraph hill.i learned how important it is to come to a meeting early enough to find out the item you came to speak on was continued. so, i had a great speech on item 11, some other day we'll talk about that. i don't have anything here other than off the cuff reaction to this. i think telegraph hill and particularly north beach is a fragile ecosystem, trying, you know, we are always trying to find ways to balance residents versus tourists, bars versus restaurants, trying to keep that special sweet spot that has worked for us for so long and i think one of the things we are worried about is that as we begin to think about a possibility of there being hotels, even small hotels like could occur should this in modified form be adopted, we are worried we are going to see the balance that we have been fortunate enough to have for so long begin to slip away. so, i think that's why we support for all the reasons that mr. hepner said so well, we would support the amendments as they were originally crafted a

kevin wallace, stan hayes, kim colin, david gast, and toby leavy. actually i think toby leiby already spoke. go ahead, please. thank you. >> hello. i am with the community action network. i am here to oppose the proposed planning code amendment that is being hurt. no affirmative outreach wasne to our organization regarding this proposed amendment and the subsequent scheduling of the agenda item. just on this basis alone, this item should, at the minimum, be postponed to allow more time for organizations to digest the sweeping amendment. while this amendment has been introduced as a way to streamline affordable housing approval, it goes far beyond this and includes processes to streamline approval of nonaffordable housing development. this amendment is effectively a means to streamline all new types of development including market rate development. this is highly problematic and misleading. this amendment works to weaken notification protection for members of the public. therefore creating less public participation in the planning process, and less p