david meckle, mohammed (inaudible) and tim cohen. a couple more cards here, eric medina and mario >> thank you, supervisors, david meckle, california college of the arts. first let me say i agree entirely with what supervisor cohen raised, that there are better ways to do this than through ballot measures. seems very inflexible and blunt doing it that way. i realize this is probably aimed at for profit real estate developers, probably aimed not so much in our neighborhood, in the potrero showplace, but i want to remind you that it is in competition with some things and i'll give you an example. we are in the process of developing affordable student housing two blocks from our campus and we worked for the past year with save the hill, potrero boosters, the merchant's association. >> supervisor cohen's office. >> yeah, everybody. and what we have shaped is a project that will contribute to the neighborhood, that will have the kinds of uses in it that the neighborhood wants, so we a year ago signed a master lease with a developer and hav

david meckle, mohammed (inaudible) and tim cohen. a couple more cards here, eric medina and mario >> thank you, supervisors, david meckle, california college of the arts. first let me say i agree entirely with what supervisor cohen raised, that there are better ways to do this than through ballot measures. seems very inflexible and blunt doing it that way. i realize this is probably aimed at for profit real estate developers, probably aimed not so much in our neighborhood, in the potrero showplace, but i want to remind you that it is in competition with some things and i'll give you an example. we are in the process of developing affordable student housing two blocks from our campus and we worked for the past year with save the hill, potrero boosters, the merchant's association. >> supervisor cohen's office. >> yeah, everybody. and what we have shaped is a project that will contribute to the neighborhood, that will have the kinds of uses in it that the neighborhood wants, so we a year ago signed a master lease with a developer and hav

david meckle, mohammed (inaudible) and tim cohen. a couple more cards here, eric medina and mario >> thank you, supervisors, david meckle, california college of the arts. first let me say i agree entirely with what supervisor cohen raised, that there are better ways to do this than through ballot measures. seems very inflexibleand blunt doing it that way. i realize this is probably aimed at for profit real estate developers, probably aimed not so much in our neighborhood, in the potrero showplace, but i want to remind you that it is in competition with some things and i'll give you an example. we are in the process of developing affordable student housing two blocks from our campus and we worked for the past year with save the hill, potrero boosters, the merchant's association. >> supervisor cohen's office. >> yeah, everybody. and what we have shaped is a project that will contribute to the neighborhood, that will have the kinds of uses in it that the neighborhood wants, so we a year ago signed a master lease with a developer and have

david meckle, mohammed (inaudible) and tim cohen. a couple more cards here, eric medina and mario >> thank you, supervisors, david meckle, california college of the arts. first let me say i agree entirely with what supervisor cohen raised, that there are better ways to do this than through ballot measures. seems very inflexible and blunt doing it that way. i realize this is probably aimed at for profit real estate developers, probably aimed not so much in our neighborhood, in the potrero showplace, but i want to remind you that it is in competition with some things and i'll give you an example. we are in the process of developing affordable student housing two blocks from our campus and we worked for the past year with save the hill, potrero boosters, the merchant's association. >> supervisor cohen's office. >> yeah, everybody. and what we have shaped is a project that will contribute to the neighborhood, that will have the kinds of uses in it that the neighborhood wants, so we a year ago signed a master lease with a developer and hav