Here in San Francisco. Its truly an honor for me to have the opportunity to speak today, and i have the greatest respect for your work. Today, over 400,000 british tourists visit california each year, and hundreds of thousands of jobs are the as a result of billions of dollars of trade and investment here between us. It is my great pleasure to work with the people here in San Francisco to continue to develop and strengthen that relationship. I am here to offer my strong support of the Presidio Terrace case brought before you. Who owns the streets and how it is managed has a direct bearing on this. The British Government therefore considers itself to be a party of interest in the sale of Presidio Terrace, however, despite 15 years of ownership up to 2015, we were not informed of the process nor involved of the final sale, if we would have been, we would have worked with the parties to quickly resolve the matter. If the sale were allowed to stand, we have significant concerns about the potential impact on the secure and well functioning residence i need as i go about my duties as the consul general. While i understand the process was followed that allowed the sale to go ahead, that same process allows you to rescind the sale. I hope you agree that we are right to consider ourselves a party of interest, and that our wishes were not taken into consideration. Thank you. President breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is pam cheng, and my two sisters and i grew up at 15 Presidio Terrace. Unfortunately, my parents, sam and Barbara Cheng could not be here today. My dad, sam is a retired pharmacist, and together my parents ran the rexall pharmacy in the inner sunset. My husband and i live with my parents, and we recently welcomed our first child, brandon, who is now 20 months old. Although my family has lived in Presidio Terrace for four decades, we never heard that the street was a separate parcel. My parents believed that the street was part of our lots, and all of this time we have paid or h. O. A. Dues and property taxes. We never received notice of the sale and were shocked to learn that city has transferred ownership of the common area without notifying us. It amazes me that for the last two years weve been paying dues to maintain and landscape the common areas that dont even belong to us. The supposed owners have allowed us to pay for all of this work without ever speaking up to say that the property had transferred to them. This is an injustice that has allowed a third party to take part of our home and our property. Under section 3701 of the california tax code, the Tax Collector is required to make a reasonable effort to identify the addresses of all parties of interest. Im a party of interest, as are each of our neighbors and none of us were contacted. We now learned that the city failed to identify the addresses and geographic location of an entire city block. This is a duty owed to us as residents of this city. I respectfully ask you to reverse the transfer of our streets and common areas that was sold by the city without or knowledge. Thank you. President breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good eveni good evening, supervisors. My name is David Goldman and im the pastor of congregation emanuel, frequent host to events across the city. Presidio terrace and emanuel have been Good Neighbors for as long as anyone in our institution can remember. We have provided parking four our clergy, senior staff and Community Partners during the high holidays and other special events, enabling them to participating while greatly minimizing the impact on our neighbors. Any additions, Presidio Terrace has been helpful with our ongoing security procedures, much like my colleague of the british general consulate. Our general teams frequently communicate on keeping the areas safe, issues which you can imagine are complex and dynamic. Emanuel has always and will continue to ensure that our building is a safe place for people to worship, meet, and build community, and were glad to have Presidio Terrace as responsive and accommodating partners in our security requirements. The terrace has also allowed access to common areas of the sidewalk that run along our property. This access is supported and unabled or preschool to play outside for group walks in a safe environment. The walk also serves as a second form of egress. Should a third party own the property, were very concerned that they will be will not be interested or engaged in preserving our neighborly relationships or be active partners with our own security and operational matters. As a person ultimately responsible for the safety of our community and minimizing the impact on our area, i ask you to consider the Significant Impact and potential harm on the community if the sale is not rescinded. Thank you so much. President breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is mark kushner, and im speaking for myself as well as my mother who is standing next to me here. She grew up at 35 Presidio Terrace and has lived on the street for almost 80 years, since 1939. I personally am so local that i was actually born up stairs in that house as there wasnt time to get to the hospital. I want to make two quit points first, despite the comments in the press about the People Living there, i want to make it clear that regular people whove been living there for decades live there, as well. My mother is divorced, and shes on a fixed income. I now live there, as well, with her kids with my kids, her grand kids, as i was recently separated from my wife, and i have many happy memories there from plague whiffle ball in the street to handing out candy to hundreds of people, the kids that came from all over the city, a Community Tradition that still continues and exists 50 years later. My second point, please consider the issue of fairness. Our family isnt paying taxes to San Francisco for eight decades, and our family was never personally notified by the tax assessor during all those decades that the Homeowners Association owed taxes for a separate parcel. My mother assumed that the tax notice she received every year and paid included all the taxes that she owed. It isnt fair that the street that my mother played on as a child, that i played on as a child, that my kid play on is taken away, so please consider rescinding this sale in the interest of fairness. The city should make sure that law abiding and tax paying citizens like us get at least a minimum notice just like all the other counties los angeles, alameda, and other ones. President breed thank you. Thank you for your comment. Great. Thank you for your comments, and next speaker, please. Good afternoon, president breed and members of the board. President breed please speak directly into the microphone. My name is jacqueline young, and my family has lived at number 5 Presidio Terrace for the last 45 years, since 1972. I was personally named in mr. Kopps brief as someone who ignored her Tax Obligations. Well, i want to assure you that while i faithfully paid my personal property taxes for the past 45 years, i did not know that our street was a separate parcel subject to property tax. My late husband robert and i have worked tirelessly as members of the associations board in the 90s, and we were instrumental in restating the cc. And r. s during the middle of that decade. Weve invested in the common area. He was a real estate professional and also didnt know about the separate Tax Obligation for the common area. Members of the board, we neighbors love our unique street and are deeply engaged in it. City residents and tourists also enjoy the history and uniqueness of Presidio Terrace. It is a city treasure, and yet, the Treasurers Office ignored our right to due process. His office failed to alert any of us by mail or phone or of the up coming sale and didnt tack a written notice on one or more of the many posts and trees that are in the circle. This would have been easy to accomplish. On behalf of the Presidio Terrace owners and all of the others who have found themselves in similarly untenable situations, i ask you to overturn the tax sale. Thank you for your time. President breed thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening. My name is carol shearer, and my husband and i are moving from boston to San Francisco in order to enjoy the vibrant y urban city, and to be closer to our grandchildren. To that end in 2016, we bought 27 Presidio Terrace. The house was in serious disrespect and requires a complete interior renovation and exterior restoration. We hired a team of permitting consultants and a general contractor to help us complete the project, fully complying with all of the citys requirements. We are removing a number of old additions, reducing the size of the house on the lot while preserving the historical qualities of the house. It is a two year project. You can imagine we were shocked to discover through the news in boston that our community has this condition that threatens the safety and quiet environment that we are investing substantial time and resources into. There was no notice in any of our purchase disclosures in this situation. Our realtior told us that the street and common areas were managed by the h. O. A. , which she believed was true, but surely, there was some obligation on the part of the city, the seller, or someone to disclose this risk to us. More recently, we learned that the narrow path between our back yard and the synagogue was located in the common area. This gives them to object to our back yard design decisions. We learned this from our builder who was approached by mr. Cheng, making inquiries about our plans. It seems this arrangement allows a nonhomeowner to meddle in any event in the community. It seems on the face of it that the nonresident third Party President breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is matt roy. My husband david and i have two children and have lived at 4 Presidio Terrace for 15 years. We moved there because of the quiet, friendly street where our son could learn to ride a bike and learn to know his neighbored. A full audit conducted in 2011 by an accountant did not identify there were taxes due or unpaid. While our Homeowners Association certainly bears part of the responsibility, i assure you we did not knowingly evade paying 14 a year in taxes. None of this would have happened if the Treasurers Office made the same effort to notify the residents of Presidio Terrace that every homeowner is required to do when they wish to make improvements to their homes. In addition, the homeowners must prepare a large orange poster to ensure that it is posted onsite for 30 days. Why shouldnt the treasurer be required to follow at least the same procedure before taking away private property . Isnt that a much more consequently act than a simple renovation . If the treasurer had notified any resident of the terrace of the back tax issue, the intent to sell the property or the sale of the property, we would certainly have addressed the problem and none of us would be standing here today. It is truly shocking that the treasurer chose to proceed with the sale of the common area knowingly without proper notice and violation of our property rights. This should not be tolerated by the city officials that take great pride in fairness and equitable governments. I trust the members will see the error of the treasurer and reverse this sale. Thank you. President breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Grch. My name is sarah himewoods, and i live with my husband and four children at 12 Presidio Terrace. Im speaking on behalf of my neighbor, virginia chaw. I have been a citizen of this city for more than three decades and have lived at 19 Presidio Terrace for more than 24 years. In fact im ghg oing to retire my current home, as well. My husband and i came to america to go to college in the 60s and became citizens in the 70s. San francisco is where we raised our two daughters. Theyre now working responsible adults in law and medicine. They were raised here, have many friends here and called San Francisco home. We live the American Dream as weve raised our family in San Francisco, and i am proud that we have been paying our property taxes ever since we moved here in 1986. It would be extremely unfair if my rights to our Common Property were taken away when we, the community were not properly notified. I am also deeply concerned that we will be subjected to the demands of those who are not even members of the San Francisco community. I very much hope that you will consider the fairness of it all and do the right thing in rescinding the sale of our Common Property to an outside property. Thank you. Thank you very much for your consideration. President breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Supervisors, my name is susan dossider. My husband and our family of seven have lived at number 2 Presidio Terrace for 23 years. We have raised our five children on this street. We adopted our youngest child at age three from khazkstan after she had been abandoned at two and a nav. Clara was born here. She learned to play on the street and ride her bike on our sidewalks. Benjamin is in his third year of medical school. He is doing a dual degree in medicine and Public Health as he plans to go into global medicine, practicing pediatrics and in particular, pediatric infectious disease, hoping to make an impact on Childrens Health in third world countries. He has called Presidio Terrace home since the age of four. And four our eldest child who is five years old when he moved here, Presidio Terrace is the one and only home he will ever know. Jeremy died tragically in a Helicopter Crash on october 16, 2017, six weeks ago. We urge you to see us not only as a street, address, homeowners, but as individuals, a community, with history, connection, commitment, and compassion. Thank you very much. President breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please, and before the next speaker speaks, are there any other speakers on behalf of the rescission of the tax sale, please lineup on your left, your righthand side of the chamber. Proceed sir. Supervisors, i am stephen m merill, boorn in San Francisco 75 years. Born here, raised here, lived my entire life. I paid taxes in San Francisco for 50ers i cant, and in those 50 years, ive never been delinquent. We are not tax dodgers, the Presidio TerraceHomeowners Association accepts responsibility for inadvertently dropping the ball in the 199 0s, during the han off to a new accountant who failed to file a notice with the Tax Collector. That could have easily been resolved in many ways in the past 20 years but has remained outstanding. The issue before you today is the sale of our common area without proper notification thats tot torely required. A on its website, the office of the treasury and Tax Collector describes its missions and responsibilities, including one, facilitate voluntary compliance with the city and tax laws, and to investigate and collect delinquent Tax Obligations. I respectfully ask the board to determine whether the Tax Collector carried the letters pertheir mission as publicly stated. Fortunately, there is recourse through you. You have the process to right a wrong, and we are asking you for basic fairness from our government, repudiation of this, and we want our property back. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is carrie weintraub. Im the president of the Presidio TerraceHomeowners Association. When i received the letter from miss lamb and mr. Chengs representative on may 30th of this year, i was shocked to learn that unbeknownst to me and all of our neighbors, the city had sold our streets online two years prior. I have spent six months determining how this could have happened and tried to resolve this directly with the Tax Collector and new owners. More than 20 years ago, a simple but critical over sight during an accountant transition was perp waited because nobody was aware of the Tax Obligation. We accept responsibility of this delinquency and we are making institutional changes to ensure that it never happens again, but were here today to ask you to rescind the sale of the property which was unconstitutional because the Tax Collector proceeded with the auction, knowing he had not n