The project sponsor stated that there was a larger project next door. Variance are be precedent setting. The fact that there is a variance granted here does not immediately justify this variance, but for me, a couple factors here. The building, as we know is historic, which can generally, as you know, restrict or direct development on the lot. There is a pretty large front set back of about 10 feet. This is a much shorter lot than normal, about 75 feet deep. Just if seeing this project without context, my response was negative, that, you know, just encroaching all the way to the rear property line, but looking in the context here, and i think it is what in my mind is unprecedented as the Development Pattern on this block, and the number of buildings that are developed in this manner, including extensions that go to the rear property line, so that, to me, allows me to support a variance that they are seeking here. I think a code compliant alternative would probably be more harmful to the pattern here, which i think has some unique character to this block, so for those reasons, i could be supportive of the variance theyre seeking here. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions here . So do we have a motion. I move that we approve it. Second. Secretary ionin thank you, commissioners. If theres nothing further, theres been a motion to approve that with a second. [ roll call. ] secretary ionin so moved. That motion passes unanimously. Close public hearing and grant the public variance for the reasons noted in my public testimony. Secretary ionin thank you. Commissioners, thatll place us on item 9 for at 56 mason street. This is a minor permit to alter. Good afternoon, commissioners. Alexander kirbi with department staff. The item before you is a request to alter for window replacement and storefront additions. The subject building was oenchly constructoenc originally constructed in 1908 as the Bristol Hotel and is located as a contributing building under article 11 of the planning code as well as a contributor to the uptown tenderloin Historic District on the National Register of historic places. Of building is a four story masonry Apartment Hotel typical of the surrounding neighborhood. The proposed scope of work is for the restoration of 75 existing windows on the upper three floors of the two primary facades along mason and eddy streets and a replacement of the nonhistoric storefront along eddy street. Based upon information provided there are 68 window sashes that appear to be sound enough to be repaired and rehabilitated, and only seven that require either that require total replacement. Seven new windows, the seven new windows will match the original windows in size, material, configuration and profile. The project additionally proposes to introduce a new storefront design that will create a more cohesive ground story and simplify the mason street facade. The new storefront window system will consist of powder coat the aluminum frames with a tr transom to match the window frames in the existing photographs and will blend with the neighborhood. A vent at the far south end of the storefront will be coated with a minute maximum powder coat coated minimum powder coated grill. As the proposed work will not damage or destroy original distinguishing qualities or characters of the original building. Staff finds the original character of the building will be retained and not removed. Staff recommends approval with the following conditions that prior to the issuance of the site permit, submitted plans including a bulkhead section, material sample of the proposed grill and transom details shall require Department Planning and staff approval, and that prior to issuance of the site permit, an onsite mock up of the storefront transom and grill shall be required by Planning Department preservation staff. The project was submitted to the commission as a minor permit to alter for review on august 27, 2017 however a request for public hearing was requested on august 28, 2017. The hearing for this item was requested due to concerns surrounding the use of the hotel in its single room occupancy or sro units. The subject permit does not propose to amend the use of the exiting units, nor do any prior building permits. Further, the use of the subject building is not under purview of the hpc, but rather the department of Building InspectionsHousing Inspection Division which makes annual inspections of all properties for compliance. The subject building has 41 legal sro units and 16 legal Tourist Hotel rooms. These unit counts are not under consideration under this permit. Both a Court Statement of decision dated january 4th, 2017 and a receivership order dated january 12, 2017 provide further information concerning this history and this displaced sro tenants of the property and these are included in your pactets. Please note that minor revisions have been made to the draft motion including a new section within the preamble on page 2 describing a request for hearing and a condition to read that all conditions shall be pursuant to the architectural site permit. Staff has been in contact with the tenderloin Building Commission and no Public Comment has been received to the proposed scope of work. Im available if you have any questions. Thank you. Commissioner pearlman. Miss kirby, i do have a question. Im looking at the date of march 4th, 2014, which is more than four years ago, and im wondering why it has taken so long . So this case was inherited by me just in 2016 so im not entirely clear on the early history of the case; however, its my understanding that they initially came in for wholesale window replacement, and there was a lot of back and forth, and the time frame for getting the conditions assessment for such a long building kind of added up. Additionally there were a number of other site permits for the interior of the building, and i think this may have gotten kind of lost in the fray for some time, so weve been treating it almost as an enforcement issue and kind of moving forward with it for a few more deadlines. Its shocking to see 4. 5 years for a window repair and replacement project. Yeah, but i wouldnt given what i know. Given all the other issues yeah, yeah, no, i guess that. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure that it wasnt because it was stuck in planning for 4. 5 years. Okay. At this time well take Public Comment does the sponsor want to make a statement . Yeah. Hi. Weve been working since 2013 on this project, so i would submit before we submitted as window replacement, and we were communicating with the another planner, and we were it was a little difficult to get through the whole process until we have alexandra to came and help us out really good, and then, she suggests the surveyor of the windows, and that report saying that we have to restore the windows, so we had to provide all the information to alexandra, and we have everything and oh, before that, we had a do you want to know the Bristol Hotel, they had to replace, just for front of the next door facade, which is same building, so we provide all the information, too, so were ready. Were just waiting for the addendum to get the approvals from planning and fire department. Okay. Thank you. I have the elevations here. I guess you guys have it, too. Yes, we do. Thank you. At this time well take Public Comment on this item. Does any member of the public wish to speak on this item . If so, please come forward. Sue hesser. Im the one that forced a hearing. It became clear to me, from your comments, that one has seen the court decision. It outlines the outrageous behavior of the developer by attempting to evict the tenants, convert to a Tourist Hotel, all kinds of repeated things, so your staff has the decision called and its in the superior court of california. The decision was dated january of 2017. I am asking that this be put into the file. Its in your the case record for the Department Already because the outrageous behavior of the developer has caused this whole mess. He evicted tenants, they became homeless, they were entitled under San Francisco law to go back. He evicted them for enormous repairs, and he didnt have anan any i dont want to say intenti intention. He didnt show he was taking it seriously. He emptied out the building, caused all kinds of grief. I was hoping that mr. Sanchez was still here because you dont have jurisdiction to dale with a building that is being transformed in violation of the administrative code and the planning code, and the Planning Commission should hear this case. We want, really a lot to have the developer do the work that allows the tenants to come back. At the same time, were in a catch 22, where theres no ability to have the Planning Commission, which has the power to say more than you do effectively saying this is not a Tourist Hotel. Signage has gone up illegal signage has gone up, marketing this as a Tourist Hotel on the building in the past month. The wifi all kinds of things that Tourist Hotels have. This is an sro, and because the law allows an sro for a couple months of the year to rent vacant units to tourists its in the administrative code they are using that to eliminate sro tenants. I didnt want to speak first, but i thought someone should frame the issues right now, and i would encourage the two people that are in attendance to standup here and talk. Thank you. Thank you. And youll have three minutes, and theres a warning buzzer 30 seconds before your time is up. Hello. My name is laura, landowners and city of San Francisco are forcing people of low income out of their homes. We demand that you keep the 56 mason building as housing for people of low income in the tenderloin. Do not convert this building to high income housing. The original tenants must return to their homes. Far too many people are forced out of their homes and have become homeless. Dont let this happen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is alexandra goldman. I work with the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development corporation. Just want to say that we acknowledge this is an imperfect venue for raising these issues, however, we have been concerned about the trend of taking Single Room Occupancy Hotels and turning them into a venue for other people. According to the general plan, changes like this are supposed to support the change of Affordable Housing in the city. We also just want to remind people about the Historical Context of the tenderloin as a neighborhood for low income people and the challenges of low income people to find housing elsewhere, and weve watched single occupancy places being turned into high income hotels, and we feel it compromises the significancy of the tenderloin. Weve watched this happen at other places, and in both situations, landowners removes tenants from their property by various means, and then proceeded to upgrade the building and market the building towards high income people, so we have a concern this is happening in this hotel, and weve seen this happen in other areas such as chinatown and the mission and south of market, and so we just want to raise the profile of this, of this particular issue and really express the concern that the supply of housing thats available and affordable for low income people in the city is rapidly doeteriorating a in the market. My name is joe wilson. Im with the hospitality house. I have a copy of our original request for a hearing on this matter, and in response to the commissioners question about why this took so long, you know, displacement of poor people is timeconsuming, and i think this is not only the incorrect venue, its the wrong one. The issue is gentrification and displacement of a low income neighborhood, a neighborhood that has the highest concentration of renter households in the city, and almost twice the number of Homeless People in our district as the other ten districts combined. This project is affecting both. Its either displacing low income renters or its entrapment of the existing renter households, and to allow a building to stay vacant in a community that has one of the highest concentrations of Homeless People is egregious on its face, and i think you must, in good conscience, put this matter where it belongs, with the Planning Commission. Its also a legal matter, as attorney hester pointed out. The court case that has been decided is an important issue here. This is not an issue of a minor renovation or a minor permit to alternate, this is an egregious example of circumventing the law or manipulating it to the advantage of a market rate developer. That is something that should concern you, and you should not, under any circumstances, approve this project to go forward without extensive public review of all of the issues that are at hand here, and if you look up you know, gentrification in the dictionary, it would say, see 56 mason, so we urge you to act in good conscience and deny this minor permit to alter. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is der he can marcou. I represent the tenderloin peoples congress. My problem with this and i should say our problem with this is this an intentional deliberate action to get rid of the low income tenants they have through delays and other illegal methods to where the people just finally just disappeared, and now hes going to turn it into a boutiqu boutiquey sro, which he can do, but its morally reprehensible, and thats all i have to say. Thank you. Thank you. Hello. My name is donnell boyd, and im with hospitality house. I just want to ask the question, when we all was little kids, and we went to sunday school, and they taught us about the good samaritan, what happened to all of those teachings that we got when we was a little kid . Because im looking at it as like we have got so caught up into money that were not paying attention to the poor. Its a lot of poor people out there on the streets, and they need houses more than the gentrified. The gentrified, they have lots of money. They can live anywhere. But the sro, theyre low income. They help people get off the streets. Help the people thats on Market Street and all over the places thats living in the tents and all that. We need to reach down and help them up and put them in those sros and start giving these over privileged people everything and neglecting the underprivileged, because theyre underprivileged. What we doing actually, this city is doing a robin hood thing in reverse, robbing the poor and passing it onto the rich, and we need to stop that, because a city cant survive passing everything to the superprivileged people. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is ryan, and im from the tenderloin peoples congress. I have an issue that i want to bring before you that might make sense to all of this. Man, you own your own homes for sure, and you have no problem. Youve been living there for years. You want to payoff your house notes and all the rest of that, but what is, like, the landlords, your realtors turn their clock back and say, well, we can get more money than what you guys are paying. Now, youve been paying a lot of money as you can see, and you dont need to pay no more, but what if they did that to you and take your home away . Would that put you on the street . Would they evict you illegally, made you homeless . What if you were in a position that you were poor and broke and had nothing . How would it be for you, sitting here, right here, doing your jobs, and your home, your landlords deciding against you. A lot of people on the streets right now are only there because people like city hall sorry, Planning Commissions, and all of the rest of you who are living well and good are doing a terrible job. Youre not giving no justice in any of this. The people that come into city hall with big pockets, you give them all the attention. Why do they deserve all the attention . Number one, they dont all live here. Number two, and they are not citizens here and paying taxes here, and three, youre giving them our homes. Youre taking away from us to give to them. The robin hood experience, even worse, because youre not caring about what youre doing. It seems good because the word legal comes into mind. When the city said Affordable Housing, i thought that meant people would get off the streets. It turns out, its not about affordablity for us, so that was a kick in our teeth in the first place. A law by you guys, cause you did nothing about it, nothing, if you was on this side, and you were sitting over there, youd want us to do the right thing, wouldnt you . So its time for you guys now to do the right thing. Youve got to stop this nonsense. You make extra amount of dollars, you feel good about yourself, youve got nice cars, wonderful, but if you got it at the expense of us, and we paying taxes just like you, then youre not doing any justice, youre not doing any good, so what is your point . My point is youve got to change the way you do things. Yeah, to see what makes money. Everybody wants to make money, but when you let people sleep on the streets and live on the streets and pee on the streets and poop on the streets and Everything Else on the streets, you are just kicking us in the head. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is jessie johnson. You know whats particularly painful about watching these sros, you know, the owners of the sros take a huge and suddenly decide to kick poor people out of the buildings and try to fix the buildings with some paint and faux marshal, whatever you want to do, it was we, the most poor and vulnerable who were willing to invest in the sros. I remember people were embarrassed if they lived in an sro, but we were willing to live there. You know, we were trying to make it look better. Youre the people that you called the ambulance or someones o. D. ed in the hallway, well pick them up until they get there. Weve invested in these hotels, and now to get kicked out, theres something unjust about that. One thing about the Bristol Hotel that i did find out is its full of ghosts. I heard at least three ghost stories, and a lot of people have died there, and in my mind, that means theres investments of lives in that building, and i think they should be acknowledged. You guys are up here because youre leaders of our community. Youve decided you care about the city, and its injure generation of leaders that is going to shape the future of this city, and its your generation of this city thats going to determine the fate of the tenderloin. So if youre not the right people to talk to, tell us who is, talk to your colleagues so we can get a hearing and talk about this issue. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I took everybody off guard by coming from the other direction. My name is dorian rhodes, and i live in the tenderloin district. I know that were here about windows primarily, and our concern should be about the historic value about the actual architecture in the building and you all are invested with maintaining the historic value in this neighborhood and the tenderloin is a special neighborhood to do that because it is a neighborhood that has retained so much of our historic value, and what brings to mind what that brings to mind for me is the simple idea that history goes beyond architecture, history goes beyond buildings. It goes within those buildings who resides in those buildings and what role those buildings played in our cultural history, and i think the tenderloin not only represents how much architectural history weve been able to maintain, its one of the least changed neighborhoods remaining in the city, and in that vein has managed to maintain as well so much of its rich cultural history. It does have the highest number of homelessness percapita but it does have the highest number of artists percapita of any neighborhood, and part of that is the cultural history, in the tenderloins own history, there has been an ongoing through vine of art and consulture and just struggling residents of this city, the type of people who created this city. When the gold rush that created this city, it was the artists and the entrepreneurs and the people that thought outside the box that created this city and turned into what it is today, ultimatel ultimately. So the tenderloin was the heart of that. The tenderloin was the heart of everything here because it was where the working class lived and the struggle class that we still have and the working class that still life there, like myself and my husband, rely on that, and rely on that historic history ha thats duplicative, but rely on that restorative trajectory. I was in an sro that was allowed to go downhill and downhill, and i was forced to move out and could not afford to live there. Now, where we now live, we pay 500, and every month, we worry if were going to lose our home, all because we were forced out. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My names alex burlein. I am an attorney at the hanson bridges law firm. Just to give some context where the project is now, my clients are excuse me, sir, are you part of the project sponsors team . Yes. Okay. Your opportunity to speak was during the project presentation, however, the commissioners may have questions and may call you up later. Sure. Thank you. My name is otter duffy. I live a couple of blocks away from this project. Im kind of ambivalent. Im not sure if i should have got up, but i kind of support this project going forward. I was involved in the redistricting and in 2012, that particular building was the you can go back to actually the files on the redistricting and read this, the Bristol Hotel was the reason that that block was included in district 6. It was scheduled to go into district 3, you know, and its true that its in the the union square Historic District, as well, but you know, i think theres some truth that its kind of a bridging element between the two districts, the union square preservation district and the tenderloin preservation district. That being said, all the people who were living there, we thought belonged in district 6, theyre gone. Theyre gone. The building is empty. The reason it took so long for this window issue to come to you is because in 2012, there were still People Living in that building. They had to evict the people in that building before they could bring it to you, so the other thing i would say is that this building as it comes forward, its going to be much more in the Union Square Area than the tenderloin. Thats the plan for it. Moichb street is going to be the dividing line, so the other thing i would say, these people, as far as conditions, they never brought you any conditions. They never said lets make requiring this to continue to be a bridging element between the Union Square District and the tenderloin district. They never made it. What are their what are their demands . What conditions do they want . Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon to everyone. My name is abel silva. I have been living in a precarious situation here in San Francisco for seven years. Im a member of the faithful fools, and even though this is about windows, i do support the historical regional windows, but at the same time, i would ask that you look at the greater scope of this and not see this as a local business as usual situation. Im here to support that there be a better venue to have time to present all the information about what has happened. If you could do that for us, we would feel that youre part of the Community Supporting us. And the rest of my time, i would just like to read something that i wrote, just some expression forgive me. Well, while its good to keep the character of the building, you are going to destroy the people who have given character to the city if you allow this. There have been rumors at the greater scope about the death of democracy. I am from puerto rico. Historically, the crown of spain called the shots there, so we have been a bit slow to understanding democracy, but from where we stand and in the face of all this gentrification that has been happening here in San Francisco, which i am a personal victim of, businesses here will have some truth to report. I will have some truth to report after my country after this decision. What will i tell them . Presently, it is starting to look like it needs democracy is a way to pose ourselves as prey for capitalism to commit genocide in the long run. If you want to contribute if you want to contribute to proving this idea wrong, locally and abroad in a concrete way, please find a means to integrate the poor population by saving the Word Community from becoming a joke. The alternative would be allowing the less influential and create the makings of a cold civil war. All lives matter, especially ours, that, you know, we make good morning, everybody. Were here for the antibiotics and meet signing ceremony. Thank you, mayor lee. In the simplest of terms, this asks Large Grocery chains to disclose the antibiotics in the meat and poultry products that are sold. Families and consumers should have the right to know about how their meat is produced. Prior to joining the board of supervisors i worked in health care at ussf. It was there that i spend time studying Health Trends and antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance infections are a Public Health emergency, as they kill thousands of americans each year. And most troublesome is that, in a recent report by the world hem organization, they found out that the world is running out of antibiotics to fight antiresistant infections. This ordinance will help stem the tide of antiresistant infections antibioticresistant infections about meat sold in the San Francisco stores. The response at the federal and state levels is inadequate. In San Francisco when we see a Public Health challenge or problem, we seek to respond to it. This ordinance is about doing what we can as a city to respond to a growing issue and keep more san franciscans safe and healthy. Families and consumers should have the right to know about how the meat they are producing that they are purchasing was produced. With this legislation, we are doing our part to reduce antibioticresistant infections here in San Francisco and protect Public Health. I want to share my sincere gratitude to individuals, city departments, and individuals who have helped in this legislative effort. Particularly, i want to thank the National ResourcesDefense Council for all of their work in tracking this issue and bringing it to the attention of the city, especially avi karr. Special thanks to the department of environment, the department of Public Health for their collaboration on this ordinance and recognizing not only the Environmental Health issues, but the Public Health implications as well, especially for those with immune deficiency. I would also like to thank and introduce someone who has provided enormous support for environmental and Public Health issues. Mayor ed lee consistently works to protect the health of san franciscans and have been great in the fight for antibioticresistant infections. Please join me in welcoming mayor lee. Thank you, supervisor first of all, i like to eat. What am i eating these days . I think that is interesting. Certainly, supervisor sheehy has done his homework if not becoming the resident expert on our board of supervisors, i want to thank supervisor sheehy safai for being here as well and the other Board Members who joined in jeffs leadership to focus on a growing problem that hes identified. There are literally thousands of people who are consuming meats and poultry in the Food Products in the growing inspections that we uncover that are having antibiotics through their evolution grow through misuse and through overuse. And so this is a modest first step, jeff, until we have more information. It is a proven approach. It is a righttoknow approach. It is i approach that the board, the mayor, we all agree we simply need more information to really find out with a the evolution of this bacteria is doing in the market, in the supply chain, and when our kids and our families and ourselves eat these products what is happening with this bacteria . So if we have that information, if we know where it is coming from, we can then hook it up to abuse and misuse that might be happening in the market. We dont know. But we are asking the Grocery Store to comply with this ordinance and is formed by our medical doctors, our department of Public Health, our environmental department, Natural Resources and deep fence council has been working very closely. But it wouldnt come to this point unless we had people doing the research. I want to thank the opportunity to thank supervisor sheehy but his own staff that has worked hard on it. Because im sure you had to answer a lot of questions before we begin imposing a lot more responsibilities on our on our businesses. But we are doing it for good purpose. And this purpose is a serious one. Its a healthrelated one we dont mess with our health. We have to have Better Health outcomes for our people, and if we find data that suggests to us 23,000 people a year in this country are dying and hundreds of thousands are infected by these antibioticresistant infections or things that are evolving by overuse and misuse, we have to do something about it. But it begins with informing ourselves. And i know supervisor sheehy has done this before when it came to h. I. V. And aids. He informed us. He informed the public. He informed his friends. And then we became that much martyr about our legislation and the about the things we had to do. Then came the resources in order to do something on that disease. On this one, we have to do the same thing. We have to be as preventive as possible so it doesnt pro live rate. And thats the work of all of these agencies coming together. So its my privilege to, again, sign legislation that strikes at the beginning of something before it really happens in epidemic proportions. But when it comes to Health Challenges to be smart about it and to do it early. So thank you, jeff, for your leadership. Appreciate it. [ applause ] thank you, mayor lee. Next i would like to introduce Barbara Garcia from the department of Public Health and a natural leader in Public Health, both our department and director garcia. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Lee, mayor lee and supervisor sheehy. The department of Public Health is responsible for consumer and food safety in the city. So this hard finance really supports our ability to protect the food that people eat. The right to know if your food has antibiotics is really part of an essential consumer right. Overuse of antibiotics we know causes emto stay in the hospital longer. It also impacts their ability to heal from diseases. So our ability to really manage the amount of antibiotics that people use really helps them. There are many medications that they cant use because of that and they have to have the ability to heal and get better from the diseases. So what is in our food, theyre food is a protection we can provide to the people of the city of San Francisco. I want to thank our director, Deborah Rafael who is not here today. Shes been one of the leaders in San Francisco with this, so i want to thank her, and all of the leaders here and those that are here today. Thank you, mayor lee, for signing this ordinance. The city of San Francisco and its residents will benefit from this ordinance, so thank you very much. Thank you. Did you want to say . No. We wouldnt have gotten this through. Its unanimous. I want to thank my colleagues and my friend, supervisor safai and thank you, barbara. Lastly, we have jonathan kapplan from the resources council, which has been a great partner. There you are. Thank you, supervisor sheehy. Hi. I think this is switched off. Can you hear me all right . There you go. So every once in a while a local government stands up and provides leadership for the entire nation. This is one of those moments. The City Ordinance that is being signed today would turn a light on in the darkness that has shrouded the industrial livestock industry. For the first time, san san san francisl have access to those Companies Using meat safely and responsibly and move away from those who dont. The ordinance, i want to point out, is unique in the nation. Theres really no other federal law today that requires livestock producers to disclose this information. Theres a new state law in california thats going to require some data of reporting but its not expected to require individual companies to disclose their own individual antibiotic use. Until today, there has been no reporting of antibiotic use by individual companies anywhere in the country. For decades, that that use has been operated in secrecy and that stops here. I want to point out that this need for legislation is more urgent than ever. Rising rates of antibiotic resistant bacteria has threadenned people as we know it. When antibiotics are used again and again, some antibioticresistant comes and we have to curb the unnecessary use of antibiotics wherever we can. Thats our best hope for preserving modern medicine. The legislation being passed today or signed today will give consumers an important new tool for leverages marketplace forces to drive change in the industry. And, you know, the bottom line, this is a really big deal. So we are really proud to be here. We really appreciate the leadership from the people standing behind me. I want to thank mayor lee, supervisor she, and the directors and staff of the departments of environment and Public Health. Congratulations to all of us. [ applause ] thank you, jonathan, and i think were ready to do the signing. Okay. There you go. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk centkrisk civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. In 2016, an initiative called the civic Center Progress initiative was launched, it was launched by a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so they really had to figure out how to program these places on a more frequent basis. Im with the Civic Center Community benefit district, and im Program Manager for the civic center commons. Also, third thursdays will have music. That was really important in the planning of these events. We wanted to have an artist that appeals to a wide range of tastes. Im the venue manager. Good music, good music systems, and real bands with guitar players and drummers. We turned uc center and fulton street into a place where people want to be to meet, to laugh, and its just an amazing place to be. Theres a number of different exhibits. Theres food, wine, cocktails, and the idea, again, is to give people an opportunity to enjoy what really is, you know, one of the great civic faces in america. When you look from the polk street steps, and you look all the way down the plaza, down Market Street, daniel burns design, this was meant to be this way. Its really special. The city approached us off the grid to provide food and beverages at the event as kind of the core anchor to encourage people who leave a reason to stay. Its really vibrant. Its really great, just people Walking Around having a good time. This formula is great food, interesting music, and then, we wanted to have something a little more, so we partnered with noise pop, and they brought in some really fun games. We have skeeball, we also have roller skating lessons, and weve got a roller skating rink. If youre a passion jail skeeball player like me, and youre deciding whether youre just going to roll the ball up the middle or take a bank shot. Our goal is to come out and have fun with their neighbors, but our goal is to really see in the comments that its a place where people want to hold their own public event. I think this is a perfect example of all these people working together. Everybodys kind of come together to provide this support and services that they can to activate this area. Theres no one agency or organization that really can make this space come alive on its own, and its really through the collective will, not just of the public sector, but both the public and our business partnerships, our nonprofits partnerships, you know, neighborhood activists. I really like it. Its, like, a great way to get people to find out about local things, cuisine, like, its really great. Its a really good environment, really welcoming. Like, were having a great time. We want to inspire other people to do this, just using a part of the plaza, and its also a good way to introduce people if theyre having a large scale event or small scale event, well direct you to the right people at the commons so you can get your event planned. Being a San Francisco based company, it was really important to connect and engage with san franciscans. How great is it to come out from city hall and enjoy great music, and be able to enjoy a comtail, maybe throw a bocci ball or skee ball. I find third thursdays to be really reinrig rat reinriggating for me. Whether youre in the city hall or financial district or anywhere, just come on down on third thursdays and enjoy the music, enjoy an adult beverage, enjoy the skee ball; enjoy an were very excited to be her attention a little bit. Were very excited to be