luke o'brien is a recent acquaintance. he has come forward and help me on critical issues in the community of related to real- estate, restaurants, entertainment, and supporting our vibrant arts community. i've also had the pleasure of meeting mark dwight and visiting his establishment on 22nd street. quite an impressive place and i compliment you on your maiden voyage tonight and the wisdom you applied to many of the items. i think officialdom away too. on this point for continuity in service, i think electing luke o'brien vice-president is a good idea. thinking. -- thank you. >> i am a lawyer in san francisco. i was at fourth avenue and clement for 30 years. a represented many small businesses. i met luke o'brien in this regard a number of years ago. he is very hard worker. i think you all know that. he is pro-small business and he will support a vast array of small businesses, not just one kind. i have found him not to be a partisan person. he does not take sides. unnecessarily. he has -- he is very smart and he has a h

i have come to support this evening luke o'brien for vice- president. for small business commission functions as the central point of information and referral. for entrepreneurs and small businesses. you need a strong team. commissioner o'brien brings a perspective and experience through the wide range of different businesses that he has been involved in and currently, in his real estate and development capacity. in addition, he works with other city initiatives, i just named a few. there is the dbi's advisory committee, the community action plan for seismic safety, he is a member of the mayor's task force of the socks story retrofit program. -- a soft story retrofit program and he worked on the permitting subcommittee where his -- he has demonstrated his vast experience of the permitting processes in dbi and in planning. as i referred earlier i do not know where he gets the time to be with his wife and his two small kids who are at school. we heard some things this evening about the 1.5 million small business revolving fund. it is exciting to know about

luke o'brien summed up the best. not a larger scale business. as current president of the association, i have had the opportunity to work with her on several projects over the years. this includes her being the president of the merchants association. it greatly affect the small businesses and also having current legislation, it was the policy. first of all, also have been served on the committee for a year-and-a-half, it helps coordinate -- i spent the weekend with her in december. i would like to speak about her attendance. her record is incredible. i need that as advocacy for somewhere in the city. i think it is super important. these are just a couple of examples, i could go on and on. she worked tirelessly where 95% of businesses are registered and considered to be a small business. with the current economic downturn, we have leadership in the small business commission and represent the small businesses. i think balance is extremely important. the mom-and-pop, the small- business atmosphere. to have someone represent the small business commi

if luke o'brien happens to be a business owner, that -- he did a fantastic job as president. at a time for continuity that san francisco is coming out of this recession it would be important to point him in as the vice-p

luke o'brien, current vice president of the small business commission. some of the points i wanted to make have already been made. supervisor campos, it is not thae first time i have heard you ask what we are doing to reach out. this isnot the -- is not the first time i've heard you made that point. i know how you feel about that. it is something that -- on the small business commission we're having an off -- active discussion about. i think henry karnilowicz will be a great candidate. the other thing i like about henry, i have had some heated debates with henry. always civilized but a different point of view. it is quite something that he has on one or two occasions convinced me of his point of view and changed my -- believe me, that is quite a feat. henry takes a pragmatic approach to problem-solving. he is not driven by ideology of any sort or prior biases. he looks at the merits of it and does not care which side -- he sticks with what he thinks make sense. it would be a fantastic edition. especially to see him appointed by the board of supervisors.

luke o'brien, current vice president of the small business commission. some of the points i wanted to make have already been made. supervisor campos, it is not thae first time i have heard you ask what we are doing to reach out. this isnot the -- is not the first time i've heard youe