i'm steve wu from tenderloin neighborhood development. we brought a large group of seniors to come speak and many of them had to leave so before they left, we had them sign some petitions so we'll leave them here for you. i want to clarify, i think nobody during this whole public comment, has said that they're against this cpmc project. i think that's one important point we should clarify. their stickers say "rebuild cpmc." our stickers say "rebuild cpmc." the only difference is we're trying to achieve the correct path, the right way. the community has been trying for two or three years to reach a community benefits agreement with cpmc. we've repeatedly approached them about meeting with the community and it's been -- it's been very difficult and so when hearing a report back from the mayor's negotiating team and thank you all for staying so late, you know, from the community, we understand how difficult it is to negotiate with this entity. they're very resistant to coming to the table. i think it's important to understand that the mayor'

i'm steve wu from tenderloin neighborhood development. we brought a large group of seniors to come speak and many of them had to leave so before they left, we had them sign some petitions so we'll leave them here for you. i want to clarify, i think nobody during this whole public comment, has said that they're against this cpmc project. i think that's one important point we should clarify. their stickers say "rebuild cpmc." our stickers say "rebuild cpmc." the only difference is we're trying to achieve the correct path, the right

i'm steve wu from tenderloin neighborhood development. we brought a large group of seniors to come speak and many of them had to leave so

just a couple of important points and to follow up on what steve wu said earlier, again, we support rebuilding cpmc the right way. we very much support jobs and jobs for san franciscans. but they're talking about 40 jobs a year. i mean, all of the folks who were here talking about work force development and education and training, they can swoop that up in a heartbeat and it's not nearly close to the jobs that are going to be created. you're talking about 4,000 new jobs and 6,000 existing jobs and they're talking about 40 jobs a year for only five years. and they can completely get out of the construction piece of local hire because of the collective bargaining agreement. so these are not local jobs that are guaranteed. these are not real san francisco jobs. and this is not meeting the real needs of unemployed san franciscans that needs to be filled right now. that's a major concern of ours. the other piece is that, you know, there's a lot of people talking about construction jobs and that's great and that's important and unfortunately we're on different sides with our brothers and sisters in