it's hosted events with speakers like rosa parks and danny glover and ophra winphrey. we have to take a moment to the local. they need this bookstore. i ask that the board of supervisors look at this situation and do what they can to encourage the spectaculars to sell the building back. >> thank you. next speaker, please i'd like to thank the board for supporting the resolution. i'm appreciative of supporting the black community as a whole. i know you all have seen a lot of me. but marcus books has been a part of my life and i went to school with colleagues. so for me, you, you know, marcus books has been a place to get out of the madness and karen also has a message or a book that can relate to anybody. i remembered going to marcus books about two months ago. and i said who would the life be like without marcus books then i heard it's going to be gotten rid of. i i know that's the corporate interests. i'd like to say i hope the city helps out. we have a $8 million budget so i think they want to sell the bookstore for 3 million so that's 1.5 million and that's chicken