joe murdock and terry ram ba. >> hello. my name is sam black. i have lived and worked here for over 20 years. i'm here to protest the sur l.a. table. it's not needed on this street. half of our stores are stocked with merchandise from gourmet. this area is with unique and small businesses. once you let a chain storen, in, part of the heart and soul will go away. first them come in with house wares and jewelry. if a san francisco retail needs to fill a vacancy would have an independent store. not a big box store that will drive a way the locals. i know you don't help a business that helped building the area for a hundred years. they promised to meet with me with our coexisting with our store being with the proposed location. i'm concerned that this is a beginning of a terrible relationship where big business trumps little business. i believe it will open the flood gates for big box retail. we want this to be main street san francisco. not main street u.s.a. >> next speaker? >> thank you president fong and commissioners, i'm raymond, manager of su