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thank you. good night. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is -- i am a project engineer. the general contractor that was hired. i am a graduate of the training program. i am for 30 years in san francisco resident. i have a degree in landscape architecture and have years of experience. i lost my job when the recession hit. i spent 18let me tell you what n experience that was. i sent out hundreds of reza mays. i applied for hundreds of jobs. i only got three interviews. i went through the construction administration training program. they gave me an opportunity to have...

without this project, the my prospects of having a job would disappear. having so many unemployed people today ask you to do right by us. they will provide so many benefits for our community. we will provide revenue and create jobs for many san francisco residents. >> i have been tasked to deliver the coalition for san francisco neighborhood's subject. the mayor's approach is unacceptable. there was an eir publish. staff analyze the environmental impact on the corridor of building that gigantic hospital there. a development agreement that offers nice benefits for people who are worth...

supervisor chu here, the van ness corridor is in dire need of help. we have drug addicts and homeless people wandering the streets at night and it's unsafe to walk. when i first heard about this project four years ago, i applauded it but in over four years that i've been watching this project, my mood has gone from jubilation to impatience to despair. the city already has the dubious distinction of being one of the most difficult cities in the country if not the world to do business and this project is a prime example of what misguided democracy has done to this country of ours and t...

don't believe it would be in your best interest to have disgruntled homeowners. you don't need to know what is going on here. it is outside the range. if you want to know, i am not happy to tell you because i think it is far afield. if you just look at the numbers, 14 out of 342, you know every major high rise construction that is residential ends up in multiple lawsuits. that is why we insure. that is why we have our contractors bond. and the legal process actually hardens people in their positions. i wish i could come up with a brilliant alternative to litigation. it is not the bes...

we are also providing flexibility ottoset of the marketing. there are studio units and there is a possibility if a demand arises to actually combine a studio in the two bedroom to create three bedroom unit potential. so what we are doing is keeping a maximum option available to be able to respond to the market. it is loved by the lender it is and buying community and it protects the developer as well. the units are smaller than units that have been up there and that is by conscious design on the part of the developer. that is what people have done to get in trouble on a lot of these ...