mr. pendergrass, and if there are any additional speakers, you'll lineup to my left, your right. >> my name is paul pendergrass, i'm the current chair of public policy for the golden gate business association. commissioners, thank you for standing up for the voice of small business as it related not just to the -- relates not just to the vanness small business, but all businesses as these construction projects go on and on and on beyond their extended life. the department does have specific databased on sales tax. i request you all take a look at that, there's some great data as to when the castro street merchants about the streetscape projects. they have some great details about the impact on sales tax. that will show you from your perspective how hard this is on small businesses. when oewd, sfmta, sfcta, and sfpuc did the majority of their projects, they cooked it up in private. when the $5 million figure came out, we as a small business community came out and said that was woefully inadequate. small businesses are the ones hiring people in restaurants and retail making $15 an hour. these