The only thing that we dont want the suspension, a Liquor Store Without cigarettes does mant. We want to keep it to support our family. We ask to keep our permit and that is the only thing that i can say. It is the first time that it happened and we are trying to do the best that we can. We now, we are trying to take all of the time. We bought something to check it to, and we are trying to work hard on it. How long have you been in business . Well, i have been in seven years but together is three years and a half because i have another liquor but then we decide to be a partner. And what type of training did you give to your employee . Well we tried to explain him and to train him like a month and nevers. And how old is he . He is 42. Okay. Thanks. Anything further . Did you want to speak . No. Okay. Okay. We will hear from the department, now. Good evening, the commissioners, laerry kesller, manager for the Retail Tobacco permitting program. We received a referal from the San Francisco
The only thing that we dont want the suspension, a Liquor Store Without cigarettes does mant. We want to keep it to support our family. We ask to keep our permit and that is the only thing that i can say. It is the first time that it happened and we are trying to do the best that we can. We now, we are trying to take all of the time. We bought something to check it to, and we are trying to work hard on it. How long have you been in business . Well, i have been in seven years but together is three years and a half because i have another liquor but then we decide to be a partner. And what type of training did you give to your employee . Well we tried to explain him and to train him like a month and nevers. And how old is he . He is 42. Okay. Thanks. Anything further . Did you want to speak . No. Okay. Okay. We will hear from the department, now. Good evening, the commissioners, laerry kesller, manager for the Retail Tobacco permitting program. We received a referal from the San Francisco
Was a firsttime offense and i believe that it was a mistake. I guess that i would be inclined to reduce the penalty to ten days, perhaps. As my fellow commissioner had suggested. I do wish that and maybe this is the case that i dont know. But i do wish that part instead of issuing penalties, perhaps, there should be some sort of public education, or public or some kind of training component that the department could impose because it does seem that perhaps it is a lack of training and how to read these licenses and we see a lot of these mistakes. And that i believe are honest mistakes happening especially with some of these firsttime offenses. So apart from that, i do wish that we could see that in the future rather than financial penalties for some of these Business Owners that are struggling in this economy. But my inclination would be to reduce it to ten days given the circumstances that i have heard. Do you have a motion, commissioner . Yes, i would move to grant the appeal and red
Imposed up to 90 days. Selling to minors is a problem. And i think that my understanding is that the type of enforcement has been actually effective in deterring this type of conduct. Notwithstanding the fact that i do agree that it is difficult for a Small Business owners to manage suspensions of this nature. I think that it will, you know, deter future violations. Well, i guess that what i would say is that because it was a firsttime offense and i believe that it was a mistake. I guess that i would be inclined to reduce the penalty to ten days, perhaps. As my fellow commissioner had suggested. I do wish that and maybe this is the case that i dont know. But i do wish that part instead of issuing penalties, perhaps, there should be some sort of public education, or public or some kind of training component that the department could impose because it does seem that perhaps it is a lack of training and how to read these licenses and we see a lot of these mistakes. And that i believe are
But my inclination would be to reduce it to ten days given the circumstances that i have heard. Do you have a motion, commissioner . Yes, i would move to grant the appeal and reduce the suspension to ten days. Call the role, please . We have a motion from commission to reduce to ten. Hwang, aye. No. Three to one and the suspension is reduced to ten days, thank you. So item number eight was dismissed and will not be heard this evening and we can move on to item number nine which is appeal 12136. Second street, merchants. Subject properties at 150 california street and 84 Second Street, protesting the issue ans on september 28th, 2012 to expresso subito llc of a mobile food facility permit for the sale of espresso permit number 1 1 mff0167. It is for hearing today and we will start with the appellants who have seven minutes to present their case. Excuse me, going to put a timer here so i dont jam myself up. We will do it as well clever. I need your card. Sure. It must have fallen on the