Several members of the public urged the board to support Hahn's motion. "You all have the ability to set this right," one resident told the board, calling the transfer an opportunity for genuine reparations. "This land was stolen because of racism ... and the only thing keeping it from being returned is racism." Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who co-authored the motion, said this was just one example of "property lost, of dreams deferred," pointing to how the construction of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway and Chavez Ravine split neighborhoods and destroyed wealth. "Eminent domain is supposed to be reserved for the use of public good," Mitchell said, "but housing convenants and zoning throughout Los Angeles history has been divisively used by governments and others to keep a community down."