tony robles. just to echo what my colleague had to say about the proposal, the community really does need to be more involved in the discourse about evictions and acquisitions of properties, something we're very concerned about in soma that these changes are going to be taking hold and going to be impacting many, many people. many of these people are in the community that they serve, seniors exam -- and people with disabilities. we need to make sure their concerns are heard and are articulated. >> we'll close public comment. >> really excited to be here today and involved in the central soma hearing next week. i think this is a game changer for us as a city and i think it's very fitting that we still have such a good relationship with our assemblymen and senators up in sacramento that they can literally craft and provide us tools to expedited housing but do it in a responsible manner with everyone on board from the beginning. and it's also pretty fitting that this could potentially be happening in

my name is tony robles. i am filipino and black, and i am a resident of san francisco. i want to quote the words of my father, al robles. he said sometimes any heart is black, and sometimes my heart is brown, and sometimes my heart is black and brown at the same time. and sometimes my heart is chinese and sometimes my heart is tajapanese, and sometimes m heart is can i knees chinese a at the same time. we -- or i support the cultural districts. one thing i do want to say is that when we lost a big part of our black community, the city lost a big part of its heart, its heart of unity, and i want to recognize that and bring that into room. i want to recognize my uncle al and russell did a lot for this city and this community. they started meal programs, started writing programs. their hearts are in the i hotel, soma filipinos, the elements of these cultural districts, the lgbt, black cultural districts, so on, and so forth. thank you. >> supervisor safai: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is maria de la mora, and i am going to make this short an