additionally, i want to thank henry lifton and the city attorney's office.nd anna vlcek from the department of public health, all of whom were instrumental in the drafting of this legislation. thank you for your time today and our office hopes to have your support. thank you so much, colleagues. any questions? nope i think it's all very clear. thank you all for your work on this. i will now open this item up for public comment. yes, members of the public wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any members of the public who like to make public comment at this time, there are no speakers at this time. oh hello. thank you so much, supervisors, for hearing this item. and i want to give a big shout out to supervisor walton for, initiating this conversation with merchants, prior to the covid shutdowns. and i really hope that this is going to give merchants a little bit more wiggle room to do social programing, diversify their offerings. and i think the trend is going in the direction of p