. >> thank you, my name is karen hoek and i'm the leasing representative for the owner of the building where jack spade has a lease, and i just want to make a correction, i've heard today that -- >> sorry, i'm not sure you're able to speak. the rule is if you have a financial interest in the appeal -- >> i just wanted to make a correction to a statement that was made earlier that the tenant adobe books was -- >> okay, thanks, got it. >> okay, is there any other public comment? i see none. commissioners? >> alright. oh, boy, here we go again. >> can i just ask the city attorney to reiterate the standard for us. robert, could you just restate the standard and what we're here for? i'm sorry, i have a question for mr. sanchez. i want to be perfectly clear here because something one of the public comments stated confused me and the statement was along the lines was, if the letter of determination -- let's just say hypothetically we grant the request, we have a hearing and we push back the other hearings on the merits of the permits. if in the end after hearing on the merits on the lod we de