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>> hello, commissioners. i am related to that woman. i am a longtime resident of the haight-ashbury neighborhood. i am a member in good standing of hanc and the improvement association. i am not talking about -- as a representative of those groups. i am a member of the graffiti advisory board. i enthusiastically support the establishment of the community garden and the relocation of the recycling center, and the hopeful extension of the nursery. thank you. president buell: thank you. >...

for all of the community gardens out there. the one thing we have a difficulty with as having a location where we can have resources for community gardens, to enable them to do their function very well. there is nothing more empowering in this economy than for people to be able to grow their own food, their own health become organic food. the second thing is that berkeley has a tremendous program of tool-lending. in addition to helping community gardens function by having resources loc...

the garden space can still be utilized with the native plants and as a community gathering space. i am not much of a public speaker. it could be better utilized for the inner sunset residents and neighboring residents as a community garden, rather than an industrial use. thank you very much. >> [reading names] if your name has been called, could you come forward, please? >> good evening, commissioners. i want to say i am impressed that so many people have come forward to defend the nat...

if your name has been called, could you come forward, please? >> good evening, commissioners. i want to say i am impressed that so many people have come forward to defend the national grocery chains. it is not our job to redeem, to make sure they fulfil their equipment -- fulfill their obligation. that is their problem. theyre very capable of doing it. hanc has been on a 30-day lease. that is an order of the eviction. kevin was looking for alternative places 10 years ago, and was repor...

environmental movement is not about ue taupen ideas but the future of the environmental movement is environmental justice, which involves dealing with people of all classes and all races. and i happen to have worked for hanc for a couple of years too. there is nothing like hanc on the planet. i have covered environmental issues for many years as a journalist. the meeting of races and classes at hanc is like nothing else in san francisco or anywhere that i know of where people from all ...

neighboring residents as a community garden, rather than an industrial use. thank you very much. >> [reading names] if your name has been called, could you come forward, please? >> good evening, commissioners. i want to say i am impressed that so many people have come forward to defend the national grocery chains. it is not our job to redeem, to make sure they fulfil their equipment -- fulfill their obligation. that is their problem. theyre very capable of doing it. hanc has been on a ...

>> good evening, commissioners. i am in inner sunset resident. i am here in support of the proposal for a community garden. this is not for an industrial use. any other business could move a business to another space. the garden space can still be utilized with the native plants and as a community gathering space. i am not much of a public speaker. it could be better utilized for the inner sunset residents and neighboring residents as a community garden, rather than an industrial use. ...

room have stated things that are quite misguided and im in support of hanc recycling program and native plant nursery. being next to a community garden. very few of those gardens are actually native plants. and i think many people have pointed out some good stuff thus far. its amazing how you stand in front and get really nervous. so i do want to support hanc and im against this proposal. i think there are many better places for community gardens in the city as somebody rec creates or ...

to the haight-ashbury? and i hope you will answer, does that only apply to certain neighborhoods and certain people? >> next speaker. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is greg gar. i ran the recycling center in the mid-80s and started the native plant nursery about seven years ago. this whole process has been very divisive in the neighborhood. there was not enough public process. paffs a big -- that was a big mistake. its a unique facility because it propagates only san francisco...