dennis kelly, rashan murray, judy smith, ben minore, ronald shucart, chris rice, and tony alan. >> i'm dave fagan, california association of district merchants, past president of the business commission. there are many retailers that wanted to be here today, but they're busy working, trying to keep their business open. i and all of them oppose this ban. bans like this hurt small businesses and have no indication they do actually curb youth access. in fact, the california department of public health says that the small businesses have the best rate of success in preventing youth access. small businesses are the answers to this problem, not the problem itself. at the end of the day, we're all working for the same goal of preventing youth access. however, this ban does affect our neighborhoods, which are struggling with vacant storefronts, and having vacant storefronts, you know, will affect the quality of life for the residents in your neighborhoods. when you do have a struggling business, the best way to turn that struggling business around is to try to increase your revenues and decrea