michelle, ron, rich, amalia. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is andrew. i realize the city is trying to absorb costs that do not stem from us or other bars, and we do provide training, alcohol and beverage commission trading, and we do follow all of the laws and the fees that have been imposed. it was said that this was one year in the making, and i find it hard to believe that this is the root of the problem. the basic structure of this, it does not fall on to small businesses. this is going to close small businesses. excuse me. close small businesses and caused economic decline further in our city. when the supervisors asked earlier if anyone had seen an economic or sky falling impact on helping san francisco, -- some have been fired, and they're people who supported the city for many, many years, and now, they are out of a job. i can see that happening with servers, wait staff, bartenders. people who will be getting laid off due to the increase in prices. small businesses will not survive. and we want to encourage san francisco to grow, small businesse