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Under through december 31, 2020, as the office of cannabis works do their permitting backlog and processes permanent license for these operators. Finally, because were getting all of the deadlines done at once, this ordinance will amend the health code to allow for additional 120day extensions through december 31, 2020, of existing medical cannabis dispensary permits. These extensions are necessary to successfully transition our medical dispensaries to recreational adult youth sales and allows them to continue operation and remain in compliance while supporting our broader equity goals. As part of their permit, we are committed to supporting the citys equity goals and our temporary authorization is a condition of their successful support for the equity program. Commissioners, this ordinance will allow existing Small Businesses operating on these temporary cannabis permits to continue operating through 2020. We hope to have your support. I hope to be joined by our colleagues from the office of cannabis for any questions you might have about this ordinance. Do we have any commissioner comments . I think this is another good cleanup ordinance that we need. I just want to echo that. Firsthand, ive been helping a lot of Small Businesses go through the process. You hand hold them and make this easier. We appreciate that in the neighborhoods. Its helping get it out of the darkness and into a legitimate business. I want to echo that, im hearing a lot of good things. Any other commissioner comments before we go to Public Comments . Okay. Lets open up item number 5 to Public Comment. Do we have any members of the comment who would like to make comment on item number 5. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners. I second. Clerk motion to support the legislation, roll call vote. [ roll call ] vote. Clerk motion passes 60 with one absent. Keep up the good work. Thank you. Next item, please. Clerk item 6, office of Small Business staff presentations, San Francisco massage regulations. Discussion item. Presenter is dominicadon van, senior policy analyst. While dominicadon is getting set up to present her powerpoint, i want to extend a great amount of appreciation for the amount of policy work shes done. Shes sent you the document. You may not have had a chance to fully read it, but because of it supervisor brown is utilizing this policy document to do the framework to amend the current massage regulations. And of course much of it follows the recommendations that the commission made when the first legislation or last set of substantive legislation was passed in 2015. So i will now turn that over to dominica. Commissioners, thank you for having me. Its always a little weird being on this side of the podium. Sfgov tv, i have a powerpoint. Today im going to provide you with a very highlevel, as brief as possible, overview of the legislative history affecting massage regulations, existing law and regulations, issues and considerations, and the policy options which were all covered in the massage topic paper which you should have received a little less than a week ago. So to go over the legislative history, as you may be aware in 2003 the regulation of massage businesses moved from s. F. Police department over to the department of Public Health. This was pretty significant for a number of reasons, but most importantly it legitimatized massage as a Health Service and established the linkage between Massage Therapy and healthcare and the department of Public Health would now be overseeing administration of regulations related to massage. It had been regulated through the police code prior to that because it was considered to be an Adult Service by city regulators. In 2006, a fairly comprehensive overhaul of land use regulations relating to massage was implemented and mandated, and it required that massage establishments be subject to conditional use authorizations in most commercial districts. This was responses to challenges that emerged to you to variations in businesses and land use across the city, which led to an overconcentration of massage businesses, both legitimate and illegitimate in certain areas of the city. Most significantly in 2008 a state law passed which set the stage for how we see massage regulated as it is today. The state law limited local land use controls relative to local businesses as you may remember hearing about back in 2015. Because of this localities across california started experiencing much higher volumes of complaints related to illegal commercial sex activity and human and sex trafficking, which was a very unfortunate, unintended consequence of that 2008 state law. In 2009, the city attempted to control for this in modifying certain land use controls with regard to massage, but it was extremely administratively challenging for the city to provide adequate oversight and regulation over both legitimate and illegitimate massage establishments. In 2014, the state recognized this and returned local land use controls to cities and countries, which is why in 2015 you saw two very significant pieces of legislation which were passed which regulated massage in San Francisco, which this commission did hear, both pieces of legislation and had significant commentary for. Some of you were here during that time and may remember that. One ordinance significantly regulated where massage can be operated in the city and significantly limited where it can be operated. It also defined massage establishment as its own land use very distinct from other Health Services and other medical services. I do recall that one recommendation from this commission was that massage continued to be considered a health use for those purposes, but it wasnt. It also required that all new general massage establishments, so thats any business that employees massage practitiones s undergo a conditional use authorization practice in sole practitioner massage establishments. Those that are occupied by only one practitioner would have to participate in a neighborhood notification process. So both are fairly onerous and the conditional use authorization process, as we all know, is fairly costly. Ordinance 7215 was also passed, and this ordinance comprehensively amended article 29 of the health code, which regulates how massage establishments themselves are licensed and how they operate and provided the department of Public Health with much more authority into oversight responsibilities with regard to massage establishments, including how and when fees and fines would be administered to those establishments. The ordinance also requires three types of licensing for specific massage permits. One is for a general massage establishment, the second is for a sole practitioner massage practice, and the other is for outcall massage practices. Finally, the last significant regulations that were passed were around this time last year in 2018. That ordinance added further requirements to obtaining massage establishment permits and significantly limited how many full practitioners could share a physical space and provided the director of the department of Public Health with more authority for accessing criminal histories of massage permit applications. When i was going through my research and looking at all of the prior legislation thats affected massage establishments and the Background Information for the last piece of legislation, it was noted that one purpose of article 29 is to ensure that massage establishments do not become elements of the sex trade and engage in other human rights violations. And the amendments that were made would close enforcement loopholes and discourage that conduct that puts worker and client safety at risk, which as well see, arguably this has been very successful in that regard. So currently massage is regulated through the department of Public Health and its regulated through the Planning Department, through the health and planning codes. Briefly, as briefly as i can do this, before a permit to operate a general massage establishment or a sole practitioner massage establishment is issued, the applicant must satisfy two major requirements. The first being an 18 to 19page application and for general massage establishments and an 892 application fee. For sole practitioner massage establishments, that fee is 5 635. [ please stand by ] for general massage establishment listed as 1,389, per year, which is modified depending on what month the individuals applying for the annual license fee and for soul practitioner massage establishments it is listed as when 86 we had 186 read i am seeing all of this to show you how detailed this process can be for an applicant. For an alcohol massage business permit submit a standard application to operate, written operational procedures with background checks, a declaration of a health and safety workplace, 471dollar application fee in their annual license fee is three and 50. For brickandmortar 350, for brickandmortar they must ensure that there location is allowed as a massage use under the plan code. Where general info practitioner massage establishments may operate is regulated through the planning code, as you can see. Out of approximately 224 commercial zoning districts, massage is allowed in 91 of them, or about 40 . Only 62 of those 91 on the first story only. That makes it extremely difficult to find a commercial base for you can legally operate massage, but also for sole practitioners, where most of the areas where you can operate are only on the first worry. That is also extremely limiting where you can operate area where first for a ground floor is much more expensive than the higher floors. Practitioner massage establishment are principally permitted, except that they have to go through neighborhood notification processes, and all general massage establishment again have to go through this process. Any questions . Issues and considerations. Its really important to understand who massage practitioners are, and also who owners typically are of these establishments. We are talking about the legitimate one. 88 of most massage practitioners are women, and that is from the american Massage Therapy association and that is using federal data to determine that. They are likely to be sole practitioners. In San Francisco they are about 180 permit to operate, either general establishment, or a sole practitioner establishment. Only 28 of them are so practitioners. Which is significant if the data tells us that most practitioners are supposed to be sole practitioners had practitioners. Flexibility is really important to them, and their success is dependent upon repeat clients. If you cant find a stable brickandmortar space to operate out of, which is what we keep hearing from the community here in San Francisco, it is pretty hard to rely on repeat clients if youre moving constantly. Their Median Income is about 43,000, which in San Francisco is far below living wage. According to the bureau of labor statistics there are about 2,116 massage practitioners in the local area. We estimate that about 1900 of them are probably in San Francisco. The bureau of labor statistics also projects that the industry is growing faster than others, through 2026 it will increase by about 26 . We want to make sure that our city regulations are providing those individuals with a pathway to establish legitimate businesses, if the data is telling us that the industry is going to grow as such. Issues and considerations that have arisen from feedback from the community, feedback from you in prior years, feedback from my own research is that massage is not regulated like other Health Services we had planned controls are too restrictive and zoning structure and permit Fee Structure is a significant barrier. Policy options, with regard to that. This topic paper, suggesting that Massage Service fee included in the definition of Health Service we had in this regard it would open up in the planning code where massage can be practiced across francisco. This is important because a lot of where its often in buildings that cater better to being client like a physician like room. Particularly for so practitioners, who are looking for affordable ways that is not on the ground floor commercial. Im also suggesting that the health will be amended to establish a healthy massage program. It would primarily focus on Public Education outreach around massage, and its relation to the medical community, and the Health Benefits of massage, it would also have a component where it would emphasize the health and safety of massage practitioners, would also educate again Human Trafficking and sex trafficking. Thats an issue we have seen in massage businesses, but one that is also in other areas as well. Theres also a suggestion to reassess the Fee Structure, as we have heard the application process is very onerous in the Fee Structure is a significant barrier for prospective massage Business Owners. One small, but very important suggest, to remove massage parlor from respective city code and to encourage city employees, and city appointees from using massage parlor interchangeably with massage establishment. Massage parlor is associated with nefarious activities, and we really want to distinguish the bad actors from legitimate massage establishment. With that all being said, any questions . Any commissioner question . Do we have any members of the public that would like to comment on item number six in the dozen tatian . Seeing on. Public comment is closed. Very good presentation. Very informative. Thank you. Next. Give her a minute. Good job. Next item, please get. Item seven, approval of draft meeting minutes. Action item. Any question on the minutes . Do we have any members of the public that would like to make comments on the minute . Item number seven. Seeing none. Public comment is closed. We have a motion . Moved to approve the minutes as amended. Second. All in favor . Motion passes. I promise by october 28 it will be appropriate item eight, directors report update and report of the office of Small Business on the Small Business assistance center, department program, policy and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor, and announced once regarding Small Business activities. Discussion item. I do not have a written report for you today, it is a verbal report. He highlight is key highlights, on september 11 the mayor signed the legislation, i think you heard it back december of 2018, i did submit to you a copy of a one page summary through the email. If you did not receive it, let me know. Some of the highlights are focusing on food and entertainment establishments, a good portion of the streamlining was reducing repetitive fees, duplicative referral fees. One important thing for a cafes or businesses that just take out business, the department of Public Health how adopted a code specific to San Francisco that required a restroom. An accessible restroom. This, of course, those kinds of businesses operate in very small places read the state code does not require restaurants so we took away that requirement. An administrative outcome that wasnt in the legislation but was developed to this asset was that a business that has to go through a change of use, which is a neighborhood notification, once the neighborhood notification is complete there is no complaint. The business is able to take their permit application and walk it around and get sign offs. Over sign off after that. Before the process was it state internal. It got routed through the different agencies. That has taken off about them to3 month worth of time for these businesses that have to go through a change of use. So, there are a few other things in their, but i will not go into everything. Dot the legislation accomplished, just to refresh your memory. The department of Building Inspections for the accessible building Entrance Program mailed out 9,000 letters a couple of weeks ago to Property Owners who have yet to submit their checklist. In this letter it did state that there will be a notice of violation issued if the Property Owner did not get their check list in by december. So, just in case you do here from businesses, it was sent to the Property Owner. Property owners who are also businesses will have received it. That has definitely garnished the attention. We have noticed there was definitely, as we kept sending notices, you know, this is your compliance deadline, over the last two years there has been a slow uptick. Since december is the final deadline for tear 4 entryways to have their checklist submitted, we just said that that is it for all Property Owners area and then as presented to you, we are working with supervisor Browns Office on developing legislation to have regulation for massage, and then we will be starting the tobacco mitigation in october. And then with your binder is a project timeline of some of the key projects that are before the commission. We are working through the backlog for the request of presentations. If i sent an email to you asking some questions just to ensure that the presentation that we are requesting from the department is the presentation that you want. If you would be on the lookout for those emails and then try to respond as quickly as possible, so we can get the scheduled. I would like to try to get presentations with a Community Benefit districts on the 28th so i will be getting some emails out by wednesday. If you could respond right away, then we could get the department here to present. Unless you would like to need to go through this in detail, you have it here and if there is any question you have, you now now or at a future time i will be happy to answer. Thank you. Any questions for the director . Lets open it up for Public Comment. Any members of the public that would like to comment on the directors . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Next item, please. Item nine, commissioners reports. Allows a president , Vice President commissioners to report on recent Small Business activities and make announcements that are of interest to Small Business community. Discussion item. I want to report that i did sign the mayors Small Business streamline legislation on 9 11, and i also attended the Renaissance Entrepreneurial Center fundraiser when was that . Two weeks ago. The 13th. No, the 12th. On september 12th. That is what i have two report. Commissioner riley . I was on vacation from september 111, prior to that i attended the press conference for the moon festival in chinatown. A lot of things happening in chinatown. They do everything they can to bring in more visitors and more business to chinatown. Great ragged any other Commission Report great. Any other commissioners report . Any members of the public like to comment on item number nine . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Item ten. New business. Allows commissioners to andersoa items for future consideration by the commission. Any commissioners that have new business . Any Public Comment . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Item 11. It is our mission to begin and end with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start your new business in San Francisco, and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in San Francisco. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. You can find us online, or in person here at city hall. Best of all, all of our services are free of charge. The Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions, and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in in San Francisco. If you need assistant with Small Business matters, start here with the office of business. Of a Small Business. Item 11, adjournment. Do i have a motion to adjourn the meeting . The meeting is adjourned at 3 18 p. M. Shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local Services Within neighborhood. We help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. Where will you shop and dine in the 49 . San francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. Each corridor has its own personality. Our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. You are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping Small Businesses grow. It is more environmentally friendly. Shopping local is very important. I have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. By shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. It is really good for everybody. Shopping locally is crucial. Without that support, Small Business cant survive, and if we lose Small Business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. It is important to dine and shop locally. It allows us to maintain traditions. It makes the neighborhood. I think San Francisco should shop local as much as they can. The retail marketplace is changes. We are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before. The fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. There are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. At the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. Shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the Business Owners to thrive in the community. We see more Small Businesses going away. We need to shop locally to keep the Small Business alive in San Francisco. Shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative. You can see the banners in the streets around town. It is great. Anything that can showcase and legitimize Small Businesses is a wonderful thing. Mayor breed i just figured everybody would be at work and it would be a couple of us today. But i see the cole Valley Community came out. Thank you so much for being here today at wooden, one of the newest establishments right here in the cole Valley Community. This is an amazing neighborhood. So many great places like reverie and the ice cream bar and zazie. This is an incredible place to enjoy the day. Theres wine that you can buy. There is a postal service. There is hardware. Anything that you want is located in this community. Its one of the bestkept secrets in San Francisco. I know that because i come out here and hide a lot. [ laughter ]. Mayor breed but of course the community, they recognize me because i served as a supervisor and one of the things that we know happens sometimes with our Small Businesses, they get caught up in the bureaucracy, when all they want to do is provide a service to the community. This is a neighborhood where people know one another, where they walk down the street and see one another, where they hang out in places like this to enjoy each others company. Where we have watched kids grow up in this neighborhood. The fact that Small Businesses which oftentimes are run by the owners of the Small Businesses, the fact that they have to deal with so much bureaucracy makes me crazy. One of the things i have said we need to do time and time again is can you tell the bureaucratic red tape that gets in the way of allowing our Small Businesses to just exist and be enjoyable for communities like cole valley. [ applause ]. Mayor breed so id like to use this as an example, and let me pause for a minute and recognize captain bailey and the folks from park Police Station and the people who keep our community safe. We really appreciate you. [ applause ]. Mayor breed but when i was supervisor, val, you remember this, free gold watch. You all know that, the pinball machines in that place. So free gold watch, an incredible place. There were pinball machine tournaments, there were activities, a place where the Community Came together. Well, unfortunately it discovered after they opened that they were basically not in compliance with the law. Years ago in the 1980s when we thought that video games were going to destroy young people, destroy civilization as we know it, all these laws were created that limited the ability to have these arcade locations within the certain area of the school or a park or gas station and all this craziness. I just couldnt believe it that we could potentially lose this amazing institution because of some dated laws. Of course, its not just about creating new laws, but about fixing the old laws that put us in this situation in the first place. We got rid of that. Free gold watch and all these other amazing places are open to bring back our childhood for most of us who lived through that time. This is no exception, where i think you just if you just wanted to basically have music and sell a little bit of wine and beer for a comedy night. What he had to go through has been crazy because of some laws that were passed that impact neighboring communities which is sometimes unfair. What we are doing today is making it easier for Small Businesses to provide what i think is a basic community service. Of course, when youre watching comedy, you have to have wine or beer or some kind of beverage in your hand to just enjoy it. Because most of the comics sometimes arent even funny. [ laughter ]. Mayor breed so here we are. Trying to make it easier for our Small Business community and sign this legislation. My commitment to addressing what we know is a real challenge around how Small Businesses are able to survive and thrive in this city is important to me. Dealing with our empty store fronts, coming up with new solutions, both with changes to our policies but also with financial investments. Even if we cant get rid of certain fees, i do think its important that we continue through the Mayors Office of economic and Workforce Development under the leadership of qua joaquim torez to make sure we are working with Small Businesses to do facade improvements and many others. This is how were going to get there and the board of supervisors who has been incredibly focused. Even before she was on the board of supervisors where she served as a legislative aid for two previous supervisors, i was one of those supervisors, there was no one more committed to supporting Small Businesses and being responsive to the community than your supervisor, district 5 supervisor, val brown. [ applause ]. I just want to thank a few people. I have them written down. I want to first thank the mayor. I want to thank the team at o. E. W. D. , ben, when we were doing this legislation, it was grinding. Just because it was pushed out, came back. Ben would come back and think he had a way to do that. I want to thank my aide in the corner hiding like normal. [ applause ]. He kept saying, we can do it, we can do it. I want to thank the chamber of commerce. They were there all along coming to meetings and speaking in favor. The council of district merchants. And really especially the cole Valley Community. When this came to me i have to say, though, this is kind of a bit of a strange groundhog day for me. When we talked about this, actually planning came to us ten years ago and asked us to clean up a lot of the regulations around these kind of restrictions for businesses, because they said they were archaic, hurting Small Business. You have to remember ten years ago we were in a downturn, the economic downturn. We just didnt have time or the bandwidth to deal with it. When this came back to me ten years in the making, that happened with clean power. I started clean power and finished it in supervisor breeds office. This was ten years in the making again. But this time i said, hey, you know what . This is a heavy lift, but we need to do this for Small Businesses. We need to do this for the person that comes every morning, opens up their door, is here serving coffee, is here cutting your hair, giving you some of the best cheese youve ever had at say cheese. We need to do this for Small Business. Theyre struggling. We, as a city, should be doing everything we can to keep Small Businesses in place and to open Small Businesses. We need to be able to take the regulations away that hurt them, to take the time it takes to open a Small Business. I dont know how you can afford to pay for a space for a year to 18 months before you even have a business. How is that possible . You have to probably save for two years just to open a Small Business. So we have to say no. We have to make sure that we protect Small Businesses. Because, look, i lived in lower haye for 20 years and then i moved into this community. I feel its a mayberry. I walk down the street and know everybody. I can go from one store to another and get what i need for my Everyday Needs and meet the people that i absolutely adore on these streets. So we have to keep these neighborhood corridors vibrant. If we dont have vibrant neighborhood corridors, what does that do . That affects the whole entire community. When the neighbors came to me, cole valley, and said, look, we really support this business. They want a simple beer and wine license so he can have comedy night. How many times does a neighborhood come to you and say we want this business of a beer and wine . Usually its the owner, right . I said, wow, steve, you must have done something right in this neighborhood because they absolutely loved steve and said, steve, we want you to be here and successful. The least i could do was take this legislation and push it through. Now, it took me three times before it went through l. A. N. Use and i had third time is a charm and we got it through. We did it and we all worked together, and it was unanimous at the board. I want to thank everyone who was involved. There was so many people who came out for Public Comment. People behind the scenes saying this is what we need. Steve, you came to those Public Comments. Your staff watched the store while you came. Your cafe. You waited and spoke three times. Im sorry. We shouldnt be doing that to Small Businesses. So really appreciate your time becau because, steve, you helped the whole city. You helped the whole city when the supervisors heard your story and they said, weve got to help this person, this Small Business, you helped the whole city. So youre an activist. [ applause ]. So that point im going to introduce steve wikwire that owns this marvelous cafe and give you a few words. Thank you. [ applause ]. Thank you all for being here. So some of you know i opened this shop after working in San Francisco for ten years. I wanted to bring my passion and dedication for really highend Coffee Service to cole valley, where i thought it was needed. Its been really awesome and amazing being able to contribute to this community. With this legislation passing, well be able to contribute more, namely, staying open later, providing beer and wine service, and doing really fun comedy shows here that i think will just breathe some new life into the neighborhood and add to the mix around here. I really just want to thank our District Supervisor vallie brown and her team for supporting this. [ applause ]. If we do want to see more Small Businesses opening and being run by community members, people who want to serve their communities. It just needs to be a little bit easier to do. We need more pathways for these businesses to grow and adapt as they move forward. So thats really what this is all about. All of your support has made that happen here, so thank you all so much. [ applause ]. Thank you. Up next is rodney fong. Thank you, steve. Congratulations. I feel like its a new day. Its a fresh breath of air. It literally is a chamber of commerce day here in San Francisco. I want to thank mayor breed, supervisor brown for being champions of this legislation. All of the points you bring up about the vitality of San Francisco, how important it is for our streets to be filled with people and to get involved with businesses. At the chamber of commerce weve put an emphasis on Small Businesses. I feel growing up in a Small Business and running our wax museum down at fishermens wharf, creativity is the secret sauce. If we can give entrepreneurs the ability to be cultivators of things, were going to do well. Im happy to be here. I hope we have many, many more opportunities like this. Congratulations to the Planning Department and clearing some of the red tape. Hopefully we can get more businesses open here this San Francisco. Thank you very much for coming, and congratulations to you. [ applause ]. Mayor breed thank you, rodney. Before we sign this legislation, i just want to thank our two Small Business commissioners for being here today. Thank you so much. Steve, who is the president of the commission and sharkie, one of the newest swornin commissioners because of his challenges with his Small Business here in San Francisco. So you really have some champions helping to push forward the kinds of policies that hopefully will make a difference for our Small Business community here in San Francisco. Now, lets get this piece of legislation signed. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ ] this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your San Francisco history used to be. We hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. Even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. And they tell us that. Youre going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something thats very, very good. The legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by San Francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. It really provides for San Franciscos unique character. And that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. Im Michael Cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. The bakery started in 191. My grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. It is a small operation. Its not big. So everything is kind of quality that way. So i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. Im leslie ciroccomitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. So we get up pretty early in the morning. I usually start baking around 5 00. And then you just start doing rounds of dough. Loaves. My mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. After that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. You know, i dont really think about it. But then when i sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and weve been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. You know, that geez, weve been here a long time. [applause] a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. We all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. Our lineage and ill use one example of tommys joint. Tommys joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and hes a fourth generation san franciscan. Its a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was San Francisco like back in the 1950s. Im the general manager at tommys joint. People mostly recognize tommys joint for its murals on the outside of the building. Very bright blue. You drive down and see what it is. They know the building. Tommys is a San Francisco hoffa, which is a germanstyle presenting food. We have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. You prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. You want your pastrami to be very lean. You can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. Tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. San franciscos a place thats changing restaurants, except for tommys joint. Tommys joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. San francisco in general that we dont lose a grip of what San Franciscos came from. Tommys is a place that youll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. Youll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. Thats important. The service that San Francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in San Francisco. So well help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of San Francisco. But i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in San Francisco that has history and that is unique to San Francisco. It started in june of 1953. And we make everything from scratch. Everything. We started a you we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. The business really boomed after that. I think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of San Francisco. We were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. Businesses come and go in the city. Pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and theres so much competition. So for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. We got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. She was our customer in 1953. And she still comes in. But she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that were carrying on our fathers legacy. And that we mean so much to so many people. It provides a perspective. And i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, youre missing the context. For me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. I just think its part of San Francisco. People like to see familiar stuff. At least i know i do. In the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommys joint and looks exactly the same. We havent change add thing. I remember one lady saying, you know, ive been eating this ice cream since before i was born. And i thought, wow we have, too

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