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without my brother -- do not allow them to continue to bring that devastation. they cannot do anything about my brother, but this commission can do something about this. thank you. >> thank you. we're very sorry for your loss and to the family. next speaker. >> i'm an attorney. with me is one of the owners of the club. we are here today to talk to you about what we think is something that you may not understand what has been happening here, which is, one, we mourn the loss of the victim who was shot outside of the club, and it is a tragedy, but what happened that night is not the own...

>> hi, my name is jake jacobs. i am a dance instructor. also a musician. i've been doing this for about as long as it's been open, about 16 years. i want to speak to two levels, one an aesthetic level. i want to reinforce what ms. dalton was saying, that there aren't that many venues for latin music and dance. everybody likes latin music and dance. this young lady can attest o'. the crowd that attends, there's very -- rarely any problem i don't think i've ever witnessed a problem either. basically there to dance and they don't drink that much. it's not a very profitable business in s...

they have done everything asked of them since they opened 16 years ago. they installed a security system. they employed security cards inside. when this incident arose, when it began -- when they became aware of it, they called the police. after the incident occurred, they met with the police. they have done everything in their power to prevent incidents like this from happening. the problem is that incidents do happen outside of business establishments. it is not their fault. the reason that we are here today is because they're being terminated for the least. what you may not know i...

the port's sewage pipes leaking into the bay. when they became aware of that, they spent over $20,000 of their own money to replace rusted and corroded pipes of the port's that were dumping sewage into the bay. in the course of these proceedings, they realized that the ports sewage pipes are broken, that the port's sewage pipes underneath here 50 are right now as we speak leaking sewage into the bay. when they told the court this, the port did not take responsibility, and within two to three weeks, terminated the leases. we believe that this shooting, while tragic, is not the real re...

into the bay. when they became aware of that, they spent over $20,000 of their own money to replace rusted and corroded pipes of the port's that were dumping sewage into the bay. in the course of these proceedings, they realized that the ports sewage pipes are broken, that the port's sewage pipes underneath here 50 are right now as we speak leaking sewage into the bay. when they told the court this, the port did not take responsibility, and within two to three weeks, terminated the leases. we believe that this shooting, while tragic, is not the real reason that they are being termina...