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>> present. >> you have a quorum i know that director hinze is remote under the authority of the mayor's emergency orders. director hinze, must appear on camera in order to speak or vote on afternoon item and we have a director remote all voting will be by roll call. >> item three. the ringing and use of cell phones and electronic device are presented. the chair may order removal from a person responsible for use of a cell phone or sound prugs electronic device. item 4. approval of minutes for december sick regular meeting and december 13, special meeting. open up to public comment o...

we don't know exactly when the first approval is. we don't know what organization makes the first approval. and we don't have a chance to appeal the process or the project after that first approval. it just doesn't make sense to me and i think that we deserve to have a full discussion of two alternative ways of reforming this process. i'm not against development. i'm for fair and reasonable development in the city. and i'm also hoping that public participation not only continues in this process, but is made more robust rather than being cut off. thank you very much. >> thank you. ms....

planning process hidden from the general public and accessible only to the experts. who under the confusing rules. you're going to hear from the usual suspects here, i trust, and maybe their attorneys. i heard one activist saying i had a long talk with aaron last night. so, you will hear that. but let's think about everybody else here who doesn't have time to come to all the hearings who doesn't fully understand ceqa. supervisor chiu asked about what specifics, what's important. what's important to us is clear notice, clear notification so we all know what's happening and when we can...

notice, clear notification so we all know what's happening and when we can register our thoughts. we want one appeal, not two or three or four appeals. people who are working people who have families don't have time to come to multiple hearings. do it. and then finally, we think it's only fair to prohibit appeals. the very end or particularly in some cases in the middle of construction, that is simply not fair. san francisco is the only city in california that uses such complex and confusing procedures. this clearly is not going to hurt ceqa because other counties and cities have sim...

development in the city. and i'm also hoping that public participation not only continues in this process, but is made more robust rather than being cut off. thank you very much. >> thank you. ms. hillson, i think we're ready now. can i talk from this mic? thanks. so, the first slide you're seeing [speaker not understood] coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. first slide you're going to see is this house on 44 9 [speaker not understood] district 8, supervisor wiener's district. and it's a 1-1/2 story, one and a third story house that was built in 1900s, and then it got transfo...