however, the state has put a targets on the backs of small and microbusinesses and landlords by creating and combrup dating the law without providing the necessary information to the small business levels and by allowing damages to be paid to these litigants. we all know we have to go to city hall for our fix tissues business name. but there isn't a brochure to warn us about a.d.a. appliance. that would be far better than implementation by litigation. there is the presurges that they already have the resources. a at a c. -- ccda committee i attended that point was confirmed. for san francisco small businesses this is not the case. here the lack of coordination between the city and state can be seen. the stit executives have no interest. the ccda was delayed for more than a year, waiting for their executive position to be put on hold. if the state has these types of issues, why do the federal entities not see that the small microbusinesses also have their own unique set of challenges. why is it our right when issues are brought to ow -- our attention not met with consideration but because

as a microbusiness, we cannot afford to alienate any segment of potential business. also, i could not afford to defend a lawsuit nor could i afford to settle out of court. as a businesswoman and a resident of noe valley, i wouldn't want my reputation to be someone who doesn't care about others. i am on the a.d. committee, whose purpose has been to warn and protect merchnlts in san francisco from the lawsuits that be targeted small business owners. we've walked the streets and gone business to business to help spread the word. this does not mean you'll be forced to close your business. we've focused on readily achievable aequivalent facilitation as well as the casp process. all the proactive steps that business can take to make a plan for the larger and more expensive repairs that may be made over time in the future. but to these business owners we are met with sprigs.

in some cases it's a woman who is building an economy, giving women micro-- opportunities for microbusinesses and letting them earn for their families. in some cases it's just standing up. we've had a rape victim in a village in pakistan who, um, who pursued justice and got justice and turned back to create schools for both boys and girls in her village. and she was a woman i'll never forget. she was so magnificent. you know, she was illiterate, but she had a spirit and a wisdom that was so far beyond her experience or her education. it was within her. and it is women like that that are honored by vital voices, and the book that i think is a wonderful book for this summer, it just came out, talks about some of these great stories and what women coming together and honoring these great leaders can do to begin to bring, um, an economy and an equality and a treatment for the women who are in countries that don't have the luxuries of freedom that we have in america. so those are three books that i would highly recommend to the readers this summer, and they're not, they're not funny books or the l