lori thomas, the owner of two restaurants in restaurants joining us now. thank you for request your time. >> thank you for having me. >> how many restaurants does the association represent? >> roughly 800 right now but really this year we've opened it up to everybody. so we've waved the dues. we rep anybody that needs help right now. >> the 800 restaurants or so, what is the reaction, generally, to the no more outdoor dining again? >> well, everybody's update, as you can imagine, again at a devastating time of year. we left hand to the goirp yesterday and thought we had another week or two before we might be moving closer to the criteria he announced. >> and isn't december the busiest time of year typically with holiday parties and such? >> usually it is. up know this year because we couldn't do any private parties of more than six, that we were going to see drop in business due to that, normally we would book out the restaurants or our private dining rooms, so we were already anticipating a drop because of that but yeah, this is a devastating time of year

my name is lori thomas and i'm a small business owner and i own two restaurants in san francisco and i'm also executive district offer golden gate restaurant association this year. i'm in strong support of manny and for this position. i believe that manny would be an excellent and a much needed addition to the sfmta board. he said he is the first brick and mortar business owner to be on the board. he is passionate and knowledgeable and he cares so deeply for our city. his experience as a small business commissioner shows he understands the process to be valuable contribute or to a board of sfmta to run the online forums and the chats with mazing industry leaders and political laiders across the u.s. shows that et cetera respecte he is rc lit. it's key to have business leaders work with our city government and i think he would be an excellent addition because again, many of our workers really rely on muni and we're so worried in the restaurants that we have that available if and when we can come back again so thank you for interesting him and i really would advocate for him to be chos

my name is lori thomas and i'm a small business owner and i own two restaurants in san francisco and i'm also executive district offer golden gate restaurant association this year. i'm in strong support of manny and for this position. i believe that manny would be an excellent and a much needed addition to the sfmta board. he said he is the first brick and mortar business owner to be on the board. he is passionate and knowledgeable and he cares so deeply for our city. his experience as a small business commissioner shows he understands the process to be valuable contribute or to a board of sfmta to run the online forums and the chats with mazing industry leaders and political laiders across the u.s. shows that et cetera respecte he is rc lit. it's key to have business leaders work with our city government and i think he would be an excellent addition because again, many of our workers really rely on muni and we're so worried in the restaurants that we have that available if and when we can come back again so thank you for interesting him and i really would advocate for him to be chos

my name is lori thomas and i'm a small business owner and i own two restaurants in san francisco and i'm also executive district offer golden gate restaurant association this year. i'm in strong support of manny and for this position. i believe that manny would be an excellent and a much needed addition to the sfmta board. he said he is the first brick and mortar business owner to be on the board. he is passionate and knowledgeable and he cares so deeply for our city. his experience as a small business commissioner shows he understands the process to be valuable contribute or to a board of sfmta to run the online forums and the chats with mazing industry leaders and political laiders across the u.s. shows that et cetera respecte he is rc lit. it's key to have business leaders work with our city government and i think he would be an excellent addition because again, many of our workers really rely on muni and we're so worried in the restaurants that we have that available if and when we can come back again so thank you for interesting him and i really would advocate for him to be chos

my name is lori thomas and i'm a small business owner and i own two restaurants in san francisco and i'm also executive district offer golden gate restaurant association this year. i'm in strong support of manny and for this position. i believe that manny would be an excellent and a much needed addition to the sfmta board. he said he is the first brick and mortar business owner to be on the board. he is passionate and knowledgeable and he cares so deeply for our city. his experience as a small business commissioner shows he understands the process to be valuable contribute or to a board of sfmta to run the online forums and the chats with mazing industry leaders and political laiders across the u.s. shows that et cetera respecte he is rc lit. it's key to have business leaders work with our city government and i think he would be an excellent addition because again, many of our workers really rely on muni and we're so worried in the restaurants that we have that available if and when we can come back again so thank you for interesting him and i really would advocate for him to be chos