what i really would like to see is, there was a bla report two years ago generated by eric marr's office that was never up for a hearing at the board of supervisors, called the administrative cost. this bla report is about the cost of over $54 million to the city o and county for cost of alcohol in the city. this legislation only moves them around. it doesn't create new licenses. thank you. >> thank you, mr. livingston. next speaker, please. >> i'm with the neighborhood council and you received a three-page letter about this subject. the neighborhood council helped to develop the hate neighborhood commercial district in 1999, specifically because we had concerns about alcohol serving establishments and the stat ration. saturation. we talked with merchant neighborhoods and most feel that changes the ordinance would not help fill the vacancies because the key barrier to filling vacancies in the hate is rent. very high rent. so before we give uwe found outc properties and one lccu. we do not want the buffer zone shrink. shrunk. tweaks may be appropriate but unfettered permits of alcohol-ser