marcus dakota bookstore gives us literature that fills in the information of amendments. it's the key source of african source for people's support to humanity. every seminar our students find rare and new books at marcus bookstore and i'm going to commit it being historical about the history has to be properly understood it's not a separate place to be a history of something we use to function at an optimum level. and marcus bookstore can't be left in the hands of someone's promise. it's worthy of a city resolution to protect this legacy. and it's a symbol for the black community throughout the bay area and for black bookstores throughout the country and thank you very much for your time. i have a letter here on behalf of the vice president chair on behalf of the department of african studies >> president and commissioners. good afternoon. i'm the cleveland of the japan task force. i want to echo the support for moving forward with land marking here. i don't have to go into the long history of this business and this family with - is being such a key part of japan town com