i'm teresa wong. i live on 26th and balboa. so we are right next to them. and i echo the thoughts of my neighbor. we were hardly informed about any of the proceedings. i think we found out originally only by talking to jack, our neighbor, on the other side. so it seems like the planning went forward without any notice. we literally found out when jack decided to do the d.r. in addition to that, the parking is very tight there. and by adding essentially doubling the living space with a six-unit building, there will be so much traffic and in the past couple of years we've lost a lot of parking spots. by putting into the unit -- and it says it's a single-family residenc residence, but the last couple of years, there's been probably students living there. so every year, there's a new set of people coming in and out. it has increased the trash. when people leave, they dump their stuff out on the street. my sister saw somebody from the unit bring their garbage can over to 26th avenue, because their garbage is on balboa street, and leave their can in front of some

so chris teresa book walter, come on up, jason chan. hesinka. lorraine. chloe wong. >> can i just make a suggestion that we ask to hear from students first because it's about students? >> yes, i thought all of these were students. i have parents on the orange cards. thank you, commissioner norton. we would like to hear from the students first. >> point of order, everybody registered to speak will be granted two minutes if they so choose. >> no, i'm telling you that i want to wrap this up in 25 minutes, so you will not be given a full two minutes, but you can coordinate. i think some of the students will say a couple of words. so aerial, jennifer, jacob. i'm going to stop there for now. if you can get lined up and come on up and state your name. go ahead. >> hi, i'm from abraham lincoln high school, i belong to the drama club and would like to tell you about our amazing club. we put on two shows per year. they're amazing. we have an amazing community that helps support us in terms of family and relationships outside of school. we do all the work ourselves. we are a c