my name is stephanie muston. have been directed to address this committee based on my conversations with jennifer gee of the port with regards and emails that i received and expectation to repay the missed rent payments since march. i build the floats for all of san francisco's parades and i work out of pier 54. the lease is held by the chinese chamber of commerce. and i'm a sub-tenant and a close relationship with the chamber and the chinese parade. i employ artists of all mediums to create floats and art for the cultural events including chinese new year, pride, carnival and cherry blossom, and since march we have lost an approximate $500 million from the cans laitionz of these events. -- cancellations of these events. i had to lay off employees and with no chinese new year parade in 2021, we anticipate a loss of $175,000 to start the year. we started getting small projects again in september and i have been able to rehire two of my 20 employees. and they are now working part-time. i have been saving up enough

my name is stephanie muston. have been directed to address this committee based on my conversations with jennifer gee of the port with regards and emails that i received and expectation to repay the missed rent payments since march. i build the floats for all of san francisco's parades and i work out of pier 54. the lease is held by the chinese chamber of commerce. and i'm a sub-tenant and a close relationship with the chamber and the chinese parade. i employ artists of all mediums to create floats and art for the cultural events including chinese new year, pride, carnival and cherry blossom, and since march we have lost an approximate $500 million from the cans laitionz of these events. -- cancellations of these events. i had to lay off employees and with no chinese new year parade in 2021, we anticipate a loss of $175,000 to start the year. we started getting small projects again in september and i have been able to rehire two of my 20 employees. and they are now working part-time. i have been saving up enough

my name is stephanie muston. have been directed to address this committee based on my conversations with jennifer gee of the port with regards and emails that i received and expectation to repay the missed rent payments since march. i build the floats for all of san francisco's parades and i work out of pier 54. the lease is held by the chinese chamber of commerce. and i'm a sub-tenant and a close relationship with the chamber and the chinese parade. i employ artists of all mediums to create floats and art for the cultural events including chinese new year, pride, carnival and cherry blossom, and since march we have lost an approximate $500 million from the cans laitionz of these events. -- cancellations of these events. i had to lay off employees and with no chinese new year parade in 2021, we anticipate a loss of $175,000 to start the year. we started getting small projects again in september and i have been able to rehire two of my 20 employees. and they are now working part-time. i have been saving up enough