>> terance allen i traveled down here so i could not resist. i also spent a lot of time in fact, sitting and standing next to karen, on saturday night and seeing the people at the eagle, pardon me, who i have not seen in 15 or 20 years, what was the most amazing part was when i heard from the guys after the weekend experience. that not only was their business busy, with a line down the block, but the businesses that serve the lgbt community were also completely full. what that means to the night life advocate like myself is that when you do reach that tipping point, and you put that special business back into a community, or into a community for the first time, it has the potential of raising everyone's vote. and when you have responsible operators like we have here and we have had a long process as everybody knows and they are open and people are glad about it, it is time that we all pat ourselves on the back and celebrate and go down for a beer or a soda. thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is christopher micca. i am a musician and artist in

. >> hi, commissioner, terance, allen, a privilege to be a person in front of the commission, thank you for all of your great work by the way. >> several months ago the california music and culture association cmac sat down with the supervisor's office and began a series of out reach meetings with the neighborhood merchants and club and bar owners to discuss the issue that cmac felt very strongly that some of you have in fact reflected in your comments and that issue was that these land use changes are a bulky way to solve a fine grained problem and do nothing about this friday and saturday night. and so, we came up with a series of proposals that are most accurately incapsule ated by giving this commission and its regulatory side a little more authority and to create a level playing field between all of the types of businesses that are open late. now, this is not being fully vetted with the merchants and the neighbors and the supervisor's office but i want to bring it forward as an alternate. >> if a business is opened at midnight and have an entertainment permit they have restrict res