>> lisa duncan. i spoke with abc yesterday and i did a query on their website as to this license. another member of the community did so as well. i was told by abc yesterday that the license, the previous license owned by delano was transferred to fresh and easy in september 2011. that matches what appears on the query. we can put these papers into the record. i was not told anything about our reconstitution -- a reconsittition. the license, type 21 license owned by delano, it says it was transferred on april 10, 2007 which is after the formation of the mission alcoholic beverage restricted subdistrict contrary to what the planning -- which she said. commissioner wu: does the project sponsor half of -- have response? >> there was a license that predates the alcohol special district. the alcohol special use district contains conditions of approval. in other words, you have to comply with certain conditions. this license predated that. if someone picked it up within 30 days, they would be exempt from those conditions that are contained in the mission alcohol restricted use district.

then it is lisa duncan. i will call three in a row. if you want to expedite time, be ready to roll. q up on the side here. -- cue up on the side here. >> the project sponsors came to our general meeting in january. you perhaps have a letter in your file folder indicating that there were almost 40 people at that meeting. what you heard from the project sponsors, we heard. it was enthusiastically received, and we unanimously endorsed the planning department recommendation for approval. on a personal note, waxing historical, my first business job when i was very young and a student at hawthorne elementary school, which is now cesar chavez, was stuck in between where i lived on the 1300 block of south van ness and where i went to school and helping elderly people -- i thought there were elderly, but they are probably younger than i am now -- load their groceries. it has always been a supermarket. i am sure as long as the oldest resident of the neighborhood can remember, it has always been a supermarket. it is a gaping hole right now and a very important part of the mission. the renovati