. >> reporter: born and raised in san francisco, she grew up in the lakeview neighborhood and lives inters point. >> i love living here in this neighborhood even though i am not from this neighborhood. i am a longtime resident of this neighborhood . this neighborhood is a really beautiful neighborhood. >> reporter: mo is an artist and does everything from clothing designed to metalwork . >> these are my pieces. i cannot wait until i am able to use them and put them in a gallery or something. >> reporter: she says she has always enjoyed her life in the easy pla r famito been an live. fher fit moved out in th1950s ghtiworlwa he worked really hard and despite fighting for this country, he came to san francisco and was redlined. >> reporter: moe says her father was the first to live in the lakeview neighborhood because he was denied housing anywhere else. she told me she is not sure if you received any benefits associated with the g.i. bill . >> that was something a lot of black american veterans were excluded from. that is another generational wealth building tool that they were excluded

she grew up in the lakeview neighborhood and now lives in hunters point. >> i love living here in thisrhood, even though i'm not from this neighborhood. i'm a longtime resident of this neighborhood. and this neighborhood is a really beautiful neighborhood. >> reporter: mo is an artist. she does everything from clothing design to metal work. >> these are my pieces. i can't wait until i'm able to use them and put them in, like, gallery or something. >> reporter: mo says she's always enjoyed her life in the city but it hasn't been an easy place for her family to live. she says her father first moved out here in the '50s after fighting in world war ii. >> he worked really hard, and despite fighting for this country, he came to san francisco and was red lined. >> reporter: mo says her father was forced to live in the lakeview neighborhood because he was denied housing anywhere else. she told me she's also not sure he received any of the benefits associated with the gi bill. >> because that was something that a lot of black american veterans were excluded from. that's another generational we

she grew up i the lakeview neighborhood and now lives in hunters point. >> i love living here in thi, even though i'm not from this neighborhood. i a a longtime resident of this neighborhood in this neighborhood is a really beautiful neighborhood. >> she is an artist and does everything from clothing designed to metal work. >> these are my pieces. i cannot wait until i'm able to use them and put them in galleries. >> she says she has always enjoyed her life in the city bu it has not been an easy place for her family to live. she says that her father first move out here in the 50s after fighting in world war ii. >> h e worked really hard and despite fighting for the country, he came to san francisco and was redlined. >> she says that her father was forced to live in the lakeview neighborhood because h was denied housing. she told me she is also not sure if he received any of the benefits associated with the gi bill. >> it is something a lot of black american veterans were excluded from. so a generational wealth building tool they were excluded from. >> those facts and more coul qualif

for other residents in the lakeview community here, it means one less option.urce for affordable necessities and food, something many desperately need. back to you. neil: thank you for that, lydia. to what you're thinking about this, it's not fair to say they're all crime related, but they're all in the chicago area. what do you make of it. >> it's pretty obvious for businesses in the city of chicago moving out left and right and cited crime. you'd think that citadel was one of-- griffin's company was one of the first to do so and you have a number of other major corporations that are leaving and even with the election of brandon johnson, knowing the policies he's advocated for, the policies are progressive and we've seen where lori lightfoot has taken that approach and to me it's doubling down, and we're waiting to see what his policies are going to look like. who knows how many stores and companies are going to leave ill joy and how many tax dollars are going to leave the city of chicago. the policies, ramifications of them do have impacts on the citizens and

reporter: now, we're talking to folks as they walk by here in the lakeview neighborhood of chicago andhe news that this neighborhood walmart store is going to be closing permanent ly after sunday. some say good riddance, they're happy to see it go and while a lot of other people are disappointed they look at one less place and source for affordable goods and necessities and food, which is something we know a lot of people need in this inflationary environment. lauren: lydia hu, thank you very much. meanwhile, the biden administration says our economy is strong. listen here. >> the united states is doing extremely well economically. >> when we look at how strong the economy is, it's because of the president's work. we see a strong economy. lauren: small businesses say otherwise. according to the latest nfib survey, small business optimism has been at recession levels for a year now and almost all of them see deteriorating business conditions and poor prospects for sales. let's bring in the business analyst and president of the marks group gen ex marks. good to see you. >> hey, lauren. l

, before i'm rereferred, i want today adjourn in the memory of floyd rauling senior, resident of lakeview but it's the father of local 798 fire fighter union. floyd senior was born july 161939 in beaumont texas, his parents, he was the eldest son of three sons of kerry, preceded floyd in his death in southern california. he attended school in southern texas and began to play the organ in church. where his father rev. jeff rawlins was the past per. over his lifetime, he played for many churches including bethlehem baptist church, kdia on the gospel hour, missionary temple which became the family home church. he entered the air force and stationed at mccord and served four years. while in tacoma, he met raw ling collins. he went to college and studied college administration and went on to obtain his brokers license. they purchased a home and began a new life together. he went on to become a real estate salesman. he started bra lins reality' here in san francisco. they had two children, rawlins second and christopher o'neil. over the 47 years of marijuana, traveled the world, pair piss, ital

i see like the entirety of omi lakeview which is a very low income neighborhood has none. bayview has very few. it is great to think through. >> absolutely. so the dea requirement is only retail pharmacies orantties with a pharmacy license can host a kiosk so typically we are constrained by the services in a given district. when you see the downtown core there are many pharmacies and eligible locations, there are fewer like the southeast corner, outer mission. >> i understand. just suggesting that maybe we want to think about it in the future for how to address that issue. outside of the program as a department of the environment if it is possible to explore just because it seems like a real glaring-not consistent with values and mission of the department. >> absolutely. understood. thank you. >> if i may supervisor charles (indiscernible) pologist public affairs for department of environment. we have been operating the program 5, 6, 7 years now and very familiar with that map. one thing that we did recently is we went through rules and regulations process to address maybe

i see like the entirety of omi lakeview which is a very low income neighborhood has none. bayview has very few. it is great to think through. >> absolutely. so the dea requirement is only retail pharmacies orantties with a pharmacy license can host a kiosk so typically we are constrained by the services in a given district. when you see the downtown core there are many pharmacies and eligible locations, there are fewer like the southeast corner, outer mission. >> i understand. just suggesting that maybe we want to think about it in the future for how to address that issue. outside of the program as a department of the environment if it is possible to explore just because it seems like a real glaring-not consistent with values and mission of the department. >> absolutely. understood. thank you. >> if i may supervisor charles (indiscernible) pologist public affairs for department of environment. we have been operating the program 5, 6, 7 years now and very familiar with that map. one thing that we did recently is we went through rules and regulations process to address maybe