[audio is garbled] so i think what we should be doing in the long-term is what the city of berkeley is doing and [inaudible] past legislation to [inaudible] long-term [inaudible] and i support this resolution now. thank you. >> thank you, robert, for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: hi. my name is paul. and i'm a tenant in a building in district 8 on 19th street. and my building is being [inaudible] so i'm calling in support of the [inaudible] to fund the acquisition program because it's a 12-unit rent controlled building and we're the perfect site for an acquisition and [inaudible] release of that money because we're urgently in need of help. we need, you know, to keep san francisco housing affordable and keep rent control buildings like ours affordable and not converted to unaffordable housing by speculators. so, i'm urging the passage of this measure. thank you. >> reporter: e >> thank you so much for your comments. next speaker, plea. >> caller: my name is maria meyer. i'm calling you from my apartment in district 2. my husband and i are in our mid 70s. there is anot