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runaways; and they’re not even in operation yet. Three girls a week ago Sunday, my neighbor came to my house and said she spotted the three girls hiding behind some ti leaves a couple of blocks down from where their house is smoking. And then when they were, she was on her power walk and then she was going back up, then it was clearly going into that house, that Marimed house, suddenly detoured when it saw them, came and asked, “Have you seen three th girls?” And it was about a little after 6:30, I think Sunday, maybe the 17, but she thought they were waiting until it got dark and they’d make their getaway. So it’s just our CC&R’s clearly state we don’t allow businesses, non-ag businesses in the ag lots. And they are a business, there are employees, they pay them. They have lot of cash flowing, going through there and they keep saying, “Oh, we’re non-profit.” That means that all adds up to zero at the end of the year as far as I’m concerned, that’s all it means. And I know they don’t take people there for treatment who, that they’re not being funded by the Department of Health. I also have a question about this redefinition of family. Is that the State Department of Health, or the County Department of Health, or either one, or both? It just says Department of Health. Is that -? SIRACUSA:It’s not the County Department of -. CARTER:So it’s the County Department of Health which -? SIRACUSA:No, there is no such department of the County. CARTER:It’s just the County, Office of the State Department of Health that does things on their behalf, okay, okay. And, also, I just, how is eight people a magic number here? Is that, why not seven, why not nine? ALAMEDA:You can give your testimony and that may trigger some thoughts for our Commission. But we get to ask the questions. You make the statements. How’s that? CARTER:Okay. And one just little last thing. Imagine the situation where you have this one house here, and then you have another house next door, and they’re each certified by the Department of Health, and they have facilities in both of those. What’s to stop them from consolidating them into one larger facility? Is that a possible development down the road if that goes on, or third, or fourth? I don’t know. I think that even if you do allow situations like this, you must set some limits somewhere on things, aside from just, you know, eight people plus eight people. There’s just so many variables involved. And whatever happened to the good old variance? Is there something wrong, is that system broken? Is that why you need to actually go in and up the number you’re permitting per facility? Since they can apply for a variance and go through that procedure, I thought that was the way things should go. Thank you very much. ALAMEDA:Thank you. We may have some questions for you, Mr. Carter. Any questions for Mr. Carter? Commissioner Siracusa? EXHIBIT D 8