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you. supervisor chu: just a few more cards. next speaker. if i could ask folks who heard the name called to line up in the center aisle, that would be great. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is to the spratly tyson and and the vice-president of the san francisco film commission. i would like to -- i would like to echo what everyone has put forward today. it's critical to filming in san francisco and the knock on effect on the tourism business is a measurable. thank you for the support you have given this initiative to date and we ask you continue to support the extension. than...

gone are the days when productions would shoot wherever the script was written for it. now productions but whoever they can find the best incentives. -- productions go wherever they can find the best incentives. this is because of videos and on demand services combined with the economy. it has affected their bottom line. so they cannot count on dvd cells or theater tickets as a steady source of revenue, and they're going to were the confine the largest rebate to make the best cost-effective decisions. productions are being taken away from california, and hence san francisco, by large...

francisco film commission, i strongly support the extension of the rebate program. i wanted to start by giving you a little bit of background about the state of the film industry today. gone are the days when productions would shoot wherever the script was written for it. now productions but whoever they can find the best incentives. -- productions go wherever they can find the best incentives. this is because of videos and on demand services combined with the economy. it has affected their bottom line. so they cannot count on dvd cells or theater tickets as a steady source of revenu...

we take kids from san francisco school district to angel island for a daylong cams and hikes to the presidio. we have river rafting at the american river, sailing and pie act -- kayaking in the san francisco bay. we're partners with operation dreamed. all through the year, we have a project that is going on. for instance, during christmas season, we're with the forty- niners for a toy drive. this past year, we had 3000 children participate. during thanksgiving, we have a turkey giveaway. over 700 families benefited from this giveaway. recently, we had our easter egg hunt at garfield ...