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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...

her heavily subsidized by state and local funds, as you heard the preenchous speaker stalk about the price they pay for square foot. they should be paying $10,000 a month for that space, not $500. so there before you to try to get a bailout to stay in business in what is is a failed business model at this point, they never bothered to update or revise. i urge you to support the community garden as a better alternative use of the land. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening. my name is rich. i have lived in the inner sunset for about 15 years. no one here is against recycling. but t...

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...

it's not just the noise, it's throwing our trash on the street every week to get our bottles and cans. every week have i to go out in the morning and pick up my trash, pick up the trash of my neighbors, put it back in. the site is obsolete. it's a magnet for a nuisance in the neighborhood and it should be relocated. thank you. >> i'm gilbert johnson. i was born in san francisco 1940. that was several years before it was popular to do so. i have lived in the inner sunset for 57 years. i remember when hanc came in. they were a modest operation that did good work. over the years they've...

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 ...