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operator, and lets take an assumption that all the figures are exactly correct your year of 30 days was decided -- are exactly correct. 30 days was decided. that might seem reasonable to some people, of the fact that it is the first offense, and we can all assume they did not just kesse and the first time they sold cigarettes, but we should assume that. they said they have never done it iaside from this time, and then you compare the find is someone who sells liquor to a minor region -...

store has. in 26 years of operation, he has never suffered no citation, and there has never been any citation of a complaint. 36 individuals are in these families, which really make a living from this store. a suspension would be a rather severe economic hardship. we calculated a proposal from the appellant -- i am not sure it is something the board would consider, but he estimates he earns a profit for 30 days, $2,025. he would much rather pay the money then be suspended, because it i...

the encroachment has been reduced and not expand ied. so there may have been some miscommunication in this case in terms of the request made of the department compared with what we typically do on these types of encroachments when there is a reduction or modification. president goh: would you be willing to respond to an email or other query from the parties? >> yes, commissioner. they contacted me right before this hearing and informed me of the continuance and of a potential settlemen...

commissioner peterson: i feel strongly that we should uphold 25 when there are nearby schools. vigilance is needed. in a tourist area, i have not heard any evidence of school-age children. i think it is important that this board support the department, the law, and we need business owners to take it serious. president goh: i am interested in supporting the department in this case. i found the notion that we had an employee who did it, the employee was fired, and then finding out the em...

office is very critical to that. its an extremely diverse community. we have over 120 different businesses in our -- in our eight-block business district and have a significant amount of multilingual challenges which is the office has been great in helping us with. and through our work, we were able to -- when we started the effort with the holiday lights, more than half the people kind of initially said that they didnt necessarily want to be involved. and this was despite multilingual...

>> thank you very much. its a better than a great honor to be honored for something that you love doing. i opened a small business just a few years ago right before the economy collapsed. its been an incredible challenge ever since and the financial rewards have been questionable to say the least but owning my own store has allowed me to live and work differently in my own commine community and allowed me the time and the choice to be able to put what little resources i have where i wo...

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[applause] >> continuing in reverse alphabetical order. i would like to acknowledge our supervisor from district four, supervisor khu. supervisor chu: if i can invite kimberly ellis up. supervisor cohen, of course wishs that she could be here today to properly honor you but unfortunately, thess in d.c. so it is my honor to read her statement. kimberly was an original founder of emerge america in 2002 which is a parent organization of emerge california. emerge california is a political ...

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she makes -- also russian hills. tina moyland whos president of russian hill neighbors and shes guiding that group very successfully. moving down to north beach, telegraph hill, my friend june austinburg who has taught me so much through her writings about the waterfront. shes written more about the waterfront in the last half century than anyone i know. another friend former president of the dwellers, she said you must come back to the board. kicking and screaming i did and became vic...