. >> leslie lenhart, union street association. we feel this is very good and we support it. i do of a question i would like to ask this gentleman. on page four, there is a typo or i am not quite understanding what this means. if you go to involving planning code and go down to the second paragraph within that unit, it says now all formula retail establishments require a use hearing before the planning commission even if there is already -- does that mean formula business? is that a typo? that is a typo. the union street association would like to go on the record as supporting this piece of legislation. president o'brien: thank you. next speaker. >> michael williams, union street neighborhood commercial district and others. having been involved in the legislation when union street first did a moratorium to get their lot -- their legislation strict about, i did a use survey. the restaurant business -- these buildups have been really strapped because of this micromanaging of our and cds -- ncd's. i attended one with the supervisor alioto-pier once, and she said we are doing thi

information, even though we contacted them right after the appeal hearing and also at the union street association meeting, was when they filed their brief to this board on july 28. after they filed that brief, they've been contacted us and said come on over and meet with our sound expert. that was the night before our response brief was due to be filed. in that brief, they said there was no problem, which they have just said, and that no mitigation was possible or legally required. at that point when we got their brief, we knew what our experience was. since they did not do what this board had advised and we thought there were going to do, we did. at considerable expense, we hired an acoustician to evaluate their sound report. when his review indicated the applicant's report was flawed and inconsistent with some bubbles that could be

i'm leslie landhart, i'm the executive director of the union street association. i'm really not speaking with that hat on today. my members did not send me down here to discuss this. they're pretty disgusted about everything that happens anyhow with raising taxes. with the 1% -- i'm speaking from my own business. i have a small business. i've been in business for 33 years in san francisco on the same street, on union street, and i have seen nothing but -- especially since in 10 years, especially with rates of taxes going up, sales tax in particular. i've seen my business go down, down, down. i was thrilled to see 1% come off the state. that made it 8 1/2 percent rather than 9 1/2 percent. it's subliminal when people go buying. you might own a retail type business where you have goods to sell. people say they have much lovelier shops there and it's 2% cheaper. it's cumulative. i think san francisco has a very bad image with a visitor. i'm sorry to say it. that we are expensive. you can't park. all in all, you've heard it before, i know you have. i won't belabor the