thank you. >> leslie k.. >> hi, i'm leslie k.. i have lived in san francisco oh, about 38 years. i worked in north beach for 27. i think you have heard all the stories of teatro zinzanni. i went many times and i think if they had remained they would still be thriving similar to beach blanket babylon, their show creates a lot of excitement for everybody who visits and for the locals. i think the question is how to bring them back? and i think that if you do a permanent situation for them, they would continue to thrive, the way they would have if they would have stayed. i think that would make it a better, permanent location for them to do it that way. and it really warms up the wharf, gives jobs to all the actors and performers and brings a lot to san francisco. we would continue to see a lot of business and keep the wharf lively and vital. thank you. >> thank you. the next speakers are charles higgins, paul pendergast. >> good afternoon. i'm charles higgins. i am born and raised in san francisco and used to kick around north beachs a child, so i'm familiar with the site. i have o

bobby evans, gail gilman, flicka -- excuse me, leslie k.. >> good afternoon, supervisorss, my name is gail gilman and i have been a resident of north beach for 15 years and on the board of directors for the cdg and i'm sure that you want to bring tz home. i think the issue facing you around is sole sourcing the contract. as someone whose day job is the executive director of the community housing partnership and deals with contracting with the city all the time. one thing to point out on the development deal, partnership is everything. i think it would be a detriment to the city for a process to pair tz with a developer that didn't share their goals, values and vision for the site. as one who has been in relationships they are particularly hard building -- i know it's unusual and may not be the best practice for the port to sole source this contract, i really urge you to allow this to move forward, the partnership between all parties makes the development deal possible and makes it happen in a way good for the community and the extensive outreach that kenwood investments has done

leslie: that is intel at sea until etsy k more corporate. it allows sales to slip. cy has made it harder for consumers to find her pillows and compete. leslie: why not use a manufacturer to compete? rebecca: at the sellers the sellers have connections to their pieces. at the end of the day, it is a business. leslie: it was founded five years ago. a copy attention of big-name venture capitalists. over time, success bred conflict they rejected any stray from the company core values. now it is going public. the new policies could help it make -- help make it more attractive to wall street. it charges $.20 for each listing. they declined to comment on the policy changes. if these changes are common even if it means offending customers. >> companies need to evolve. those that do not, will be left behind. the trick is to do it in a gradual way, or way that does not offend your original thing. i think if a company changes to quickly, it could have an impact on the current customer base. leslie: as a team meet up, sellers have mixed reactions to the ipo. some say this is jus