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there, made so partly because of the individualization of the restaurants and the other businesses there. you look outside of san francisco to see what kind of an impact, large chains such as wal-mart have done in driving out the local businesses. in this corner has been said there are three other mexican restaurant. i am not anti-change, i am excited that the corridor right within view of this location, there are so many residences being built that will help to revitalize the neighborhood. a message that i would like to see you deliver to the owners of this building, is yes, you are...

majority of the community that chipotle does not care about the livelihood of the smaller businesses that cannot compete with the buying power of the larger chain stores. i ask with these three mom and pop businesses continue to thrive? we do not want to see the church street corner to become another strip mall and i ask you to deny chipotle from moving in, thank you very much. >> call a few names and keep coming up. >> cristina calera, john calera, scott, marrlo, peter gunned, edward, michael brisben and katherine burns. >> my name is jay davidson and i have lived in the neighborhoo...

with those sort of out of the way, when we think about the variables that contribute to making an outstanding food culture that we very much enjoy in a city like san francisco, the things that come to mind are access to the best of local foods, beautifully or produce grown by local farms, animals raised in humane ways by farmers who emphasize the use of care over chemicals, food artisans who are making cheeses and cured meats in very traditional classic ways and always trying to elevate the quality of what they do. those are the kind of things that are the an advertise sis of what on...

health care, access to 401(k) participation, paid vacation, and bonuses. and the way we market our business is very, very different than other chain restaurants. it's not aggressive discounting efforts to steal share from other restaurants. it's more evangelizing for a movement, sustainable food movement. in fact, we hosted an event in golden gate park just a couple of weeks ago where 40,000 people turned out and enjoyed food not only prepared by our team of chefs, but by some of the best chefs from the area and a number of food artisans from the area. these are really the hallmarks ...

>> i want to play for you... >> in terms of development and raise development and i am however, very distressed to see the chipotle restaurant so that (inaudible) the neighborhood is coming around and becoming more attractive to the small businesses and grassroots small businesses and the corporation... and just, make this unappealing to those kinds of people that will make this neighborhood thrive. i have been here, a long, long, time, and i know what works in the neighborhood and i know what doesn't. and so i saw the boston market attempt. and they failed miserably and i feel that ...