my name is monica long, and this is my husband, dennis cantwell. we are the team behind palm city wines. we live in the outer sunset in a home that has been in my family for three generations. i am fortunate to be part of the first generation to go born in san francisco. a lot of family still live here in the city, and he worked for muni for over 30 years. when we began conceiving our project last year, we reached out to former supervisor tang's office. [inaudible] >> -- and that due to new legislation, public notice was not required for change of use. we cashed in our life savings, got some family to chip in and were approved for an s.b.a. loan. in june, we received approval from the planning department for our forms over the counter. since then, we have spent our life savings on everything associated with getting a business off the ground. everything was moving in the right direction until our suspension on october 15. there are two issues at hand. the zoning legislation and the prospect of our space. this process can add six months to a year and