thank you, senator weiner, for your leadership. i'm next. in addition, it's not just about union square. it also goes south of mark. and i want to next call up jill jo lynnwood, director of external affairs at the yerba buena partnership. >> you know, thank you. thank you, senator weiner. mayor lurie assembly member me and marissa. so fun to work with. >> our organization comes from the other side of market street from yorba buena which is the city's arts cultural and convention district. as you may know, we have 11 hotels. >> and this weekend at nba all-star we were so delighted that we understand nearly every one of those 11 hotels was at capacity. all of our restaurants and bars were sold out. the dawn club, the lark bar, the restaurants within the w hotel, the marriott, the palace everything was booked solid. and our museums and our galleries were absolutely full . >> the diversity certification that this that this piece of legislation is putting forward to give businesses an opportunity to open that might not otherwise well help us give

local level and also want to express our appreciation and support for the leadership of senators weiner aragon who are working with their colleagues on statewide solutions. thank you also to commissioner mandel min. for serving with me and other community and civic leaders on the muni funding working group which has been meeting diligently through the sfm and the comptroller's office for efforts to discuss revenue and non revenue strategies to address muni's funding needs. i remain committed to bolstering muni funding and finding ways to close the gap as equitably and thoroughly as possible while maintaining the transit service levels. >> finally, i'm delighted to congratulate director kirschbaum on her appointment as a permanent sfm tas director and appreciate her outstanding leadership at this critical time. >> she's also a district seven resident so i'm very proud. >> thank you for leading muni so capably through all the challenges of the recent era and transforming the service to be faster more reliable than ever as well as affordable safe and clean. i'm looking forward to working w

this is herbert weiner. now one of my concerns is that seniors and the disabled have really been neglected by this board and by the city favorite . now certainly serve their place on the throne but then this stable and also the motorists have under presented they should even be sitting on this board. so when you do consider both card and just let's have it wait. you deserve a seat at the table. there's no question about that. now this is the new administration of that it this plan like a new penalty for making changes and really should admit this. >> and right now any expenditures by the cost is a reimbursement. and i just that's so crazy that mention amtrak commissions new pitching and paying for what incentives and fees and no money should be given because at this time during this crisis thank you thank you. no other speakers. >> we will now close public comment. secretary silva please call the next item. directors that places you on item 13 your consent calendar. these items are considered to be routine a

>> we want mayor lori to know he does not have to just carry on with mayor breed and scott weiner's unpopular blanket up zoning plan that will impact our neighborhoods and that will not solve our affordability crisis. per mr. avallone his comment earlier. we want mayor lori to understand who he is up zoning for. to that end, we would like to ask that he participate in up in upcoming hearings in upcoming conversations about solving our housing affordability crisis. thank you for high commissioners. my name is polly marshall. i'm with the affordable housing alliance and which is a member of both rep and the anti displacement displacement coalition. >> i'm here today because i spent 35 years on the san francisco rent board. as a tenant commissioner from 1984 to 2019. think of those years. i've had lots of experience trying to prevent tenant displacement from rent increases and from evictions while i was on the rent board we had a shorthand for what we were doing during certain periods of time. >> we called it spitting into the wind. that's what our efforts felt like in the face of vast economic