i just want to echo, hopefully eula prove brava's permit. it is a great organization. i'm right down the street. it's a great neighbor. and i hope you approve it. it's a great organization. i also want to put in a plug for slovenian hall -- >> contested item. >> thank you so much. [laughter] >> next. >>> hi, director cain and commissioners. my name is robin takayama, unfortunately the director of cultural affairs could not make it tonight so i'm here to represent the san francisco arts commission. i've seen amazing performances like it sounds like you have ranging from sri lanka [speaker not understood]. so, brava is a cultural anchor on lower 24th and other programs they do with community partners generates the traffic that makes the street safer, brings together diverse audiences and contributes to the economic vitality of the neighborhood by way of audiences that shop and dine nearby. by way of performance venue, as you heard, brava closes at a reasonable hour, sells alcohol a short amount of time which is a standard practice for midsize arts organization. so the ar

i hope eula ford two minutes for each of the two candidates or each of the two seats. they are two separate entities. * you'll afford my name is stephen [speaker not understood] >> excuse me. you have two minutes to speak, this is one item. >> two minute for all of them, yes. >>> okay. i am stephen [speaker not understood], i'm the secretary of the veteran affairs commission. i'm here to speak today in advocacy for george gibbs, our former commissioner. he's only been out of the commission for a couple of months, would have been reappointed to his original seat but for a glitch in the paperwork handling. and another person was appointed. so, we really need him back on the commission. he's the salt of the earth. he can work with one of our new commissioners, michael mafay who works for the city, who works for the prosecutor's office and we are in a major initiative now to advocate for the establishment of a veterans court in the city of san francisco. george gibbs will provide the most effective testimony due to his work for many, many years with incarcerated veterans a