like this is marina a resident of all sort of ski island and this is marina's house water waist high the entire ground floor resembling a cesspit rather than a home now it's only when you enter the properties that you see the extent of the damage that these floodwaters have caused now despite marina best attempts to try to keep many of her treasured possessions out of the water it was simply in vain the entire house is completely submerged and it's clear looking around that's going to take a lot of time money and effort before this place returns to normal. marina is one of hundreds in this region to have been evacuated in recent days by russia's emergency services she can't take everything with her and doesn't know when she'll be able to return for now she'll stay with friends or move here we. have been crying all week we've lost all our property and that's after we've renovated hundred wallpaper a place new carpets although some hardy souls remain predominantly this village is like a ghost town but despite the chaos there are resilient attempts to carry on as normal the shop remains

like this is marina a resident of also risky island and this is marina's house water waist high the entire ground floor resembling a cesspit rather than a home now it's only when you enter the properties that you see the extent of the damage that these floodwaters have caused now despite marina best attempts to try to keep many of her treasured possessions out of the water it was simply in vain the entire house is completely submerged and it's clear looking around it's going to take a lot of time money and effort before this place returns to normal. marina is one of hundreds in this region to have been evacuated in recent days by russia's emergency services she can't take everything with her and doesn't know when she'll be able to return for now she'll stay with friends or move here when. the plug has been crying all week we've lost all our property and that's after we've renovated hung new wallpaper a place new carpets. although some hardy souls remain predominantly this village is like a ghost town but despite the chaos there are resilient attempts to carry on as normal with the shop rem

thank you. >> good evening, my name is marlene sansiloti, i was raised in the marina so i saw it in the old days when it was all small shops and it was enchanting, it is no longer that way though it is very clean and a lovely area. we don't want that to happen in san francisco. we don't need anymore big chain shops. i have nothing against pet food express but we have enough of pet food express. obviously they're doing very well and they can help a lot, thanks to them, but we don't need another store, and i hope you consider this. thank you. >> president fong, members of the commission, except.er the lady who just spoke ahead of me, for the record, my name is mar -- mare yo*n mazuka come -- thomas, i've live ined the marina for 50 years and for all of those 50 years, i've had dogs and pets. over the past 50 year, i have seen the many, many evolutions and iterations of the marina. there was a time when there was four grocery stores on chest nut street and all four stores thrived and supported each other. it was high rents which drove them out of the community. there were three florists an

supporters of rocket dog rescue and never once did we feel our support is contingent on us supporting them back. we had an opportunity to go to marina green, we attended with a few volunteers and the thing that was unique about that day is how many people approached rocket dog with asking for opportunities to volunteer, mothers and sons, fathers and daughters said if there's not enough for us, to find a way to volunteer in our community and pet rescue is something we'd like to be involved with, without pet food express's support, we wouldn't have that food base to have that to help save dogs, i ask you to accept their proposal and open the store at lombard street. thank you. >> good afternoon f, planning commissioners, any name is yvonne jansky, i'm a san franciscan, i am proud to say i've lived here 56 years next month, i am here in wholehearted support of pet food express, i remember clearly when lombard was a beautiful street with bustling businesses, the many vacancies have brought in a rise of crime, i feel that pet food express will bring business back in the street and bring a wonderful and needed.service to our animal owning

one thing that glares for me is that marina is not your general manager. not gonna be after today. there's a need for a retail manager. this is the right job for marina. it's not facility. it's not worrying about the pricing or inventory. it's just selling and taking care of customers. do you agree with that? >> yeah. it's a hard process. it's a lot of work. and i'm not a real, uh, disciplinarian, get-in-your-face person. >> and if marina doesn't cut it in this new role, then unfortunately she's gonna be out. marina has not proven to me she's capable of being a general manager. hey, marina, can hank and i borrow you for a minute? >> yes. >> okay. she doesn't understand the basic inventory functions. she doesn't understand the profit and loss statements. she can't be a general manager in my world. it's important, hank, that marina understands from you with a more clear job description and how her wage is gonna tie to that. >> i agree. >> what do you want her to do, long-term? >> okay. sales, weddings, parties, whatever. >> anything that goes through the reg

one thing that glares for me is that marina is not your general manager. not gonna be after today. there's a need for a retail manager. this is the right job for marina. it's not facility. it's not worrying about the pricing or inventory. it's just selling and taking care of customers. do you agree with that? >> yeah. it's a hard process. it's a lot of work. and i'm not a real, uh, disciplinarian, get-in-your-face person. >> and if marina doesn't cut it in this new role, then unfortunately she's gonna be out. marina has not proven to me she's capable of being a general manager. hey, marina, can hank and i borrow you for a minute? >> yes. >> okay. she doesn't understand the basic inventory functions. she doesn't understand the profit and loss statements. she can't be a general manager in my world. it's important, hank, that marina understands from you with a more clear job description and how her wage is gonna tie to that. >> i agree. >> what do you want her to do, long-term? >> okay. sales, weddings, parties, whatever. >> anything that goes through the reg

headquarters in new york that's according to newly published information leaked by edward snowden is marina is a new york with details on this latest revelation. america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations' internal video conferencing system that's according to german or spiegel the publication says that the n.s.a. surveillance of the united nations took place last summer and three weeks after hacking into the video system america's spy agency had allegedly boosted its number its number of such decrypted communications from twelve to four hundred and fifty eight now for anyone who doesn't already know this spying on the united nations is illegal under international law spiegel also reports that the u.s. maintains a monitoring program called the special collection service in over eighty embassies and consulates around the world often without the knowledge of the host country now many may be wondering why is it that the united states would want to spy on the united nations with spy on its allies because as as we've been reporting and as u.s.

thank you. >> hello, my name is [inaudible] and i live in the marina, i oppose pet food express because their existing store st very good, it is well located, i can get there in minutes, as a consumer, i enjoy the diversity, we have pet food express just minutes away and it's not hard to get to and they have a great parking lot and i'm aware of the great things that pet food express does but we don't need one on lombard mainly because of so many things that were already spoken about lombard looking a bit sha*f have i because of -- shabby because of lack of businesses, if pet food express comes to the lombard location, that small business will be affected, it's not a stretch, and that as a daughter of a small business owner and of someone who always has worked for small businesses, it's hard enough as it is on chest nut street to run a business, there's a lot to keep up with a business there and it's -- they're wonderful stores and whatever i can't get there, i will go somewhere else and it's like a big box store, if they have something there, i will go to it, and it is accessible. i do

. >> this is marina. a resident of the island, and this is her house. the water is waist high. it is a cesspit rather than a home. it is only when you enter the properties that you see the extent of the damage that these waters have caused. she is trying to keep many of her treasured possessions out of the water. it was simply in vain. the entire house is submerged for you and it will take a lot of time, money, and effort before place turns to normal. she is one of hundreds in the region to have been evacuated in recent days by russia's emergency services. she cannot take everything with her and does not know when she will be able to return. for now, she will stay with friends. >> we have been crying all week. we have lost all our property, and that was after we have resonated -- renovated with new wallpaper and more. >> this village is like a ghost town, but despite the chaos, there are resilient attempts to carry on. this shop remains open, although when we visited, business was slow. many of those evacuated from their homes ended up in temporary accommodation centers in scho

thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioner, any name is nick davis son, i'm the vice-president for the marina association, it was established in 1929 and is the only merchant's association recognized by the san francisco planning, and i would like to read a letter that was addressed to supervisor farrell, thank you for your continued support of our neighborhood and your ongoing [inaudible] of the marina, by a vote by the mma general membership, we are asking for your support in denying a conditional use permit of pet food express in the marina, after attending many meet, speaking directly to the pet food express own e we have concluded this business is not something that the maer chant's agreement can agree with, we feel the merchants have spoken and we are asking support from you on this issue. sincerely, mike [inaudible], the secretary of the mma, myself, nick david son of the mma and alex, our past president from the marina merchant's association. >> good afternoon, commissioner, my name is keith jerdano and i have resigned? the marina far years, in our planning code regarding formula reta