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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. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is denise. i want to ask you to please reconsider the proposal th...

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 locally, having access to tools for gardens and private individuals is something that should not be ove...

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 national grocery chains. it is not our job to redeem, to make sure they fulfil their equipment -- fulfi...

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. they're 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 reporting to us regularly. they knew they were being evicted. they kept going on and on. i am delighted ...

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 levels of society come and participate in something that they love. this is a great, great social be...