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Mel Eligon and Austin McManus opened their San Francisco business before they had a San Francisco home.

At first, for the four days a week that their store, Public Land , is open, the pair and their young daughter crashed at their friends’ places in the city. On other days, they stayed at their Sacramento home and drove two hours to the store at 201 Clement St. and 3rd Ave. in the Inner Richmond. Now, they switch off, with Eligon or McManus operating the store while the other stays in Sacramento with their five-year-old. They’ve been in this back-and-forth since June 21, when they first opened.

Eligon and McManus plan to move to the city soon, bu

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