commissioner yee riley: what about the money in the account? >> if the request is for more than the account, the individual will begin to use up to the amount in that account and would argue anything above that could not be reimbursed by that account. they could submit a new request. commissioner yee riley: this would be provided to all the employees as well? >> this is provided to the employees in three languages -- english, chinese, and spanish. you did not ask this question, but the payout rate for the mra year to date is 55%. commissioner kasselman: that was a good segue to my question. what happens to the remaining 45%? after seven years of inactivity, you said that account closes. what happens to this fund? >> those funds are deposited in to help the san francisco. the account is closed after 18 months. that employee goes back. we reinstate that account. the funds would come out of that help the san francisco department account. we would transfer them back into the mra. we maintain information on inactive accounts seven years from the dat

commissioner yee riley? commissioner yee riley: is there not a process? supervisor mar: yes, the game is still played largely in favor of bigger businesses. they can hire their lobbying firms, and it takes eight votes to override it. for example, on appeal, and i think the playing field is not level, and many businesses do not think about protect them from large chain stores that undercut them and i think really harm the environment in our neighborhoods. commissioner yee riley: if we have a process in place, it is not necessary to set up new legislation, but you do not been so? supervisor mar: i think you should listen to the business owners on this issue. there is an area where i buy my pet food and other supplies. they are really in need of community support. i think apetco -- a petco would hurt. i do not think the conditional use is enough to protect the smaller businesses from chain stores that may move into neighborhoods like ours. president o'brien: commissioner? commissioner: i had the same question, and you answered it. president o'brien: commissi

commissioner yee riley: i want to thank supervisor mar. i appreciate the outreach effort to all of your constituents and you're taking time to talk to us tonight. i know how hard it is to work a long day and still come and speak to us. thank you. supervisor mar: -- commissioner o'conner: one final point i wanted to make was connecting this to the legislation we heard earlier from supervisors mirkarimi and fearrell. the mayor was talking about how san francisco can not provide seed money and control how that company grows. but companies want to be here. employees want to live in san francisco. they do not want to live in los gatos and los altos. we have unix will businesses. we have unique restaurants. we have to keep that, or we lose our competitive a vintage. -- competitive a bandage -- advantage. there are not a lot of small businesses in this area because there are not a lot of employees. this city is unique because of small business. thank you. commissioner clyde: i also want to thank everyone for being here and showing such a great so

. >> commissioner yee riley? that motion carries, -- >> commissioner riley has not responded yet. commissioner riley: not yet. i'm thinking. i have a little problem approving something without seeing all of the facts. >> pardon me. that motion does not carry. >> commissioners for a point of clarification, are you interested in revisiting supervisor farrell's legislation once -- >> yes. >> so we're not -- i just want to be very clear in terms of we're not supporting, you're not recommending -- or the vote doesn't carry to support it at this point, at this time, but we do want -- the commission does want to revisit supervisor farrell's legislation once the economic report is in? >> yes. i appreciate that, director. the clarification is we're not voting down this measure because we think it's not a good measure to support. we're voting it because we don't know enough facts about it. >> that's right. thank you, commissioner riley. president o'brien: ok, so do we need that written in? do we need to modify the proposal or do we have it covered? >> you're not retired to take action at th