. >> amy broughtman and i am a ten year resident. i will read something on behave of ellen french, she is co-owner of the animal company. a legacy business in the area. when she first heard about the chain store coming into the area she canvassed her fellow neighbors about this. she decided to investigate the map and learned that 20 of the 36 signatures were false. she has documentation that she has given to the planners that states this. healthy spa has minut misrepres. do we really want people like this opening a store and poaching our residents and sending profits back to los angeles. >> jen maxwell i have lived in san francisco for 26 years and noe valley for 14. the general plan is retail uses be preserved and enhanced and. (reading from text or handout). our local neighbors serving retailers will not be preserved or enhanced they will be harmed. i would like to focus on point one, where there is no need chain stores are harmful. consumers are best served when there are numerous competitors in a market. in local where there is n