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not convinced. what is it that would happen between now and a month from now that could not have happened in the last month? to be fair, i think we were hampered somewhat by the intervening holidays, which did take a lot of people out of commission, so to speak, so that the correspondence back-and- forth was not as speedy as was hoped. we had difficulty putting together a face-to-face meeting, which is what i think is actually necessary. supervisor campos: thank you. i am still not clear on what the difference would be. thank you. president chiu: further questions, colleagues? at this time, thank you very much. why don t we hear from members of the public if they wish to support the appellant? please step up. each member of the public has up to two minutes to speak. 8 no fires shine if moma is gone only darkness every day no fires shine without moma find that moma home. no sunshine when it s gone only darkness every day i know, i know, i know, i know i know, i kno ....
mr. president. i d like to begin by thanking supervisor wiener and his staff for taking on this issue. i know that it s been a great deal of work and there has been a great deal of discussion and feedback that has been presented on this item and i am happy to be a supporter of this legislation. i think that it s something that the city and county of san francisco should do and i also want to thank all the staff that have been working on this issue and providing feedback on how to strike the right balance between the needs of dog owners and at the same time some of the business concerns that dog walkers have. i know that one of the big questions has been on the number of dogs that should be allowed to be walked and as someone who has a dog myself, i know that you want to make sure that it s the right number so that it s not too many but at the same time you want to recognize that you re talking about a business that s being run and so you want to strike the right balance ....
continuance, this came to the land use committee in november, if i am not mistaken. it may have an early december. supervisor weiner: so some time ago. i know at the time there were disputes and the parties were going to have discussions to try to resolve it. so i am a little skeptical of a request for additional time for discussions, given that there has already been quite a good opportunity to do that. i just wanted to put that out there and see what you have to say about that. as you know, there are a number of complex issues and a lot of logistics involved in terms of how to accommodate the hotel operations. the parties have met to talk about some of the specific logistical issues, and have exchanged correspondence in an attempt to reach agreement on some of the other issues. but the reality is these things do take some time. we are working on it. supervisor cohen: so how much time do you think you need it? need? i would ask for a month. supervisor cohen: ok ....
what what that number should be and the thing about that number is that it s something we can also revisit as this matter goes forward. so i m happy to be a supporter and again i want to thank supervisor wiener for his work. supervisor avalos: thank you, mr. president. i also like to thank supervisor wiener for his work in crafting legislation that did not exist out of thin air and it took a lot of effort and work in your office. you and yourself, to make that happen. and grappling with numerous interests as well as a number of dogs per walker must have been very challenging. so i want to acknowledge your work in that and also the work of the city departments to help with that effort as well. i do have a concern about the number of dogs per walker here. it s something that initially i thought should have been something that can promote business but also be something that would be manageable for the walkers and to take care of a number of dogs as well as be something tha ....
interests and i ve spoken to a number of dog walkers and there are differences of opinion as to what what that number should be and the thing about that number is that it s something we can also revisit as this matter goes forward. so i m happy to be a supporter and again i want to thank supervisor wiener for his work. supervisor avalos: thank you, mr. president. i also like to thank supervisor wiener for his work in crafting legislation that did not exist out of thin air and it took a lot of effort and work in your office. you and yourself, to make that happen. and grappling with numerous interests as well as a number of dogs per walker must have been very challenging. so i want to acknowledge your work in that and also the work of the city departments to help with that effort as well. i do have a concern about the number of dogs per walker here. it s something that initially i thought should have been something that can promote business but also be something that woul ....