Transcripts For SFGTV Entertainment Commission 20240712

Welcome to the tuesday, august 4th, Virtual Meeting of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission. Im the Commission President and due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Entertainment Commission members, city employment and public and city hall meeting rooms are closed. However, well be participating remotely. This is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders, declarations and Commission Members and employees will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen and each speak will be allowed two minutes to speak. Opportunities to speak during Public Comment period are available during the zoom platform using meeting i. D. 89143696905 or calling 833 5480276 toll free. Using zoom platform, select the raised hand option for Public Comment. Dial star 9 if calling by phone and you will be unmuted when its your turn to speak. Please call from a quiet location and turn down your television or radio. When your item of interest comes up, alternatively, while we recommend that you use zoom audio or telephone for Public Comment, you may submit a written Public Comment through the chat function on zoom. I want to thank sf gov tv and Media Services for sharing is with the public and thank you to the board of appeal for their Technical Assistance for this meeting and we will start with a role call. role call . Thank you very much. And the first order of business is general Public Comment and this is Public Comment not listed on our agenda tonight. We have a comment for general Public Comment from barry toronto. It looks like he wrote in the chat, he or she wrote in the chat that they may need further direction on how to speak during Public Comment if i wonder if its for general Public Comment or an agenda item. President , i have barry torontos hand is raised and i will unmute him right now. Yes, my name is barry toronto. Im an activist on the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance and im calling in because i see that the Entertainment Commission is in charge of sert which is related to shared spaces and all of these different departments are involved. The reason im contacting the Entertainment Commission is im filing a complaint that the sausage factor as usurped the taxi zone. Im not saying they shouldnt have Outdoor Dining. But the guidelines say you dont take over a disabled parking space or a bus zone or a wide zone. White zone. If you go to the castro if the evening hours, its the busiest commercial district in the city outside of valencia street. Without having actually provided an alternative at the same time, its a stealing of income from another service and we probably serve a lot more people throughout the day than that restaurant serves during its afternoon and evening hours that its open. Not only that, but if you see the photographs, youll see it doesnt have an accessibility ramp for that dining space. And so, i would like to have someone contact me from your department to be able to work something out because it is not fair to take away one business that is a necessary business to one, where pardon the pun, theres lots of sausage offered in other business along that corridor. Thank you for your time and im hoping that we can resolve this as soon as possible. And i dont even see the permit on posted anywhere that allows us to usurp that space. Thank you very much. Im done. I will just know, barry, if you want to leave use email address in the chat, we will note it and you can go ahead and we will email you so you can file your complaint. Is there any more Public Comment that were seeing . Hearing no more Public Comment, we will move on to the next agenda item. The next agenda item is number 2, the approval the minutes for the june 30, 2020 meeting and do we have a motion to approve the minutes of june 30th, 2020 . I move to approve the minutes of the june 20th meeting. Second. Before we vote, is there any Public Comment on our minutes . Ill take that as a no. There are none. Public comment is closed. role call . The minutes have been approved. Gavel down. The next agenda item is the report from our executive director wylen. Thank you, president blymin. Good evening, commissioners. Its nice to see all of your faces, even though its on zoom. And there goes our president. And i also do want to just note all of the attendees in the room. This is many more people than we normally see on any given Entertainment Commission hearing night and i appreciate youre here tonight and i encourage you to reach out to our office and i will just provide during our update some ways in which you can engage further than tonight. And so currently, i do want to just talk about our engagement with the Economic Recovery Task force. And then i will get into a little bit more of the outreach that we have been doing to the industry and then i can briefly update you on our staffing assignments right now supporting the work of the Community Education and Response Team. And so, relative to the task force, you know, you are all lickly very aware of the creation of it, the mayor and board convened to guide the citys efforts into revising businesses and employment here in San Francisco. We started in june and the group is compromised of community and Industry Leaders and city officials and this fall, were tasked with submitting a report to the mayor and board of supervisors with final recommendations on how to guyede the citys recovery effort. So within this group, we branched out into four smaller groups, one of which is called arts, culture, hospitality and entertainment. President blymin are both serving on the task force and both sitting within the policy group. I am also the policy lead for this group on the Staff Support side which means i am helping to guide policy discussions and making sure that the group is in alignment with the overarching goals and strategies for the Economic Recovery Task force. And i have a great Staff Support team. Dillon has been essential in helping and joanne lee from the Arts Commission and ben van houten, along with beth reubenste rbgin who has been da fantastic job and Benjamin Peterson and so this group has come very far along in the last few weeks and at this point, we have come up with some policy proposals that well be presenting this week to the large Economic Recovery Task force and so, the goal is that by our next hearing on august 18th, well be joined by some city Staff Support members, possibly beth and ben, to provide some updates on our policy proposals and then take some more comment from the public on that. And as a part of that process, though, i do want to know that we did put out another survey that this is our second survey that weve done during the pandemic and this one was really focused on those beginning proposals as they were beginning to marinade within the Task Force Member group, trying to ground troop them in our community and see how important they were as priorities for our industry. And so that was very helpful. Theres going to be more ways in which you can engage. Were ensuring were updating anything related to covid19 and we do a newsletter immediately. But were constantly updating the sf. Gov website and i highly encourage the public to check that out. Again, educating on the roles, we had a new Face Covering rule that went into effect on july 24th and you now have to wear a Face Covering in more situations, such as within six feet of people outside and passingpassing people on the si. You have to remain the rules and youre ensuring that our reopening process and timeline can stay on track and especially now with whats going on within San Francisco. So again, beyond the education that we constantly try to do, we are Holding Virtual office hours and this is something thatten tn van houten are doing together and if theres anyone that wants a half an hour with us on zoom to discuss the current rules, go over any of your plans for how you hope to reopen and at this time, we can do a lot of speculation, but a lot of what were doing is really encouraging the industry to come together and to be a louder voice and if our Commission Hearing is the first place for that, we encourage it. And so far weve conducted over 90 of these meetings. This is the first touch that goes out relative to 311 complaints that come in about businesses and how they may or may not be operating in compliance and our group does not have enforcement powers. So the real aim of it is to educate businesses about what compliance looks like and, of of course, correcting while were there. We environment support of the City Attorney to review all of the reports that come in to ensure that those reports get routed through the appropriate channels, to let the enforcement agencies know that, hey, were able to bring this into compliance or this may need further enforcement and so im happy to answer any questions about that. The only other kind of big stat that i would share that we have completed within that program 616 investigations. So we are going out to many investigations in San Francisco far and wide and making a big impact in educating people in San Francisco, at least when it comes to that kind of reactive method that were dealing with in this program. I know thats a big update. Let me know if you have any questions. Commissioners, any questions . I want to thank you for your exceptional work . What have been the big challenges in this . Are there areas to do more here are you referring to serts . Yes. Yeah. I think, you know, our gaffes, weve been meeting them along the way and a lot of them was resources in that way, just because we want fair inspectors who are out there and were pulling them from other agencies and there arent a huge pool of people who have that skillset. We try to be as educational and fair and approach prior to even disciplinary action with a lot of education. And so thats what were looking for in our inspectors and we ensure that the folks that we have in the field do just that and so that has definitely been a bottlenext at times and then, also, just work on workflows with other agencies that i think were at a pretty good place right now as we have now achieved longterm activations for all of our folks and thats a huge weight off of our shoulders. We have the people we have now through the end of this calendar year and so that means the more we continue to educate them on what is correct, were investing in these human beings now and theyll be doing a great job. Thank you. Anything else . I just have a couple of items if nobody else has anything. So one, im on the frontlines. Certainly many bar owners and restaurants get a visit from sert and i hear about it, generally, and i want to say that overall, the experience has been positive. That is in stark contrast from other agencies, where it feels like people just want to treat everyone like theyre a criminal, every Business Owner like theyre criminal and they need to be cited or changed and so i appreciate that. I think this is a good to have a hearing, are we hearing from permit holders right now and if so, could you boil it down to some general things that are coming up. Is there anything thats coming up regularly or anything thats surprising or what are we hearing from the Entertainment Permit holders, if anything . You know, generally, we are hearing about plans for the future in whatever way, shape or form that may be. Huh can we move this idea forward relative to policy making . And then, you know, other people are closer toward being able to reopen in some other way and some those folks are nightclubs that, you know, may want to activate a parking lot and whats good, we environment mayor, had another supplemental declaration pass this last week to allow for temporary use authorization within parking lots and so that will cover Outdoor Dining. However, folks are thinking really creatively about how they can host entertainment outside. I think one of the big challenges were seeing come up, too, is how limiting it is to not able to have a vocalist within entertainment and, so, that includes any kind of spoken word participation because of the transmission issues. Ive heard great, great ideas, though. I mean, i kind of dont want to put the yeahs on blast, though, just because you may actually see them crop up. But there are some ideas that actually can fall within Outdoor Dining guidelines that allow for entertainment. When the world progresses beyond Outdoor Dining, this could potentially Carry Forward and so youll be hearing about that possibly by this next hearing, which is great, but im spinning out. Ive got one question. So even though we cant open as an entertainment venue, but we have a Liquor License and when the order is lifted that bars can open again, the Entertainment Venues are not restricted to do so, correct . They can still open as a bar as long theyre not running entertainment . So the hypothetical is that, ok, when bars are included like a type 48. I think if i can just clarify, i think the governor, it seemed to us and the expect that he was pretty unclear when he said that Entertainment Venues could not open. And correct me if im wrong, commissioner lee, but i think hes asking when bars are allowed to open outdoor or indoor, if they happen to be an entertainment venue, that will mean whether theyre under the governors directive or they can open as a bar as long theyre not an entertainment venue. If bars get included in outdoor dine asking they dont t have to serve as bonafide meal, that would include the entertainment venue. Venue. What if we just want to open our bar inside. Bars . So right now, bars are not allowed to be open outdoors, but if theyre serving food yes, i know that. Then theyre treated as a bonnified eating place. Fids not a venue depending on the size and all of the things from sacramento, they would conceivably be able to open within the rules as long theyre following guidelines. Were going to look for that pathway. If you own an entertainment firm, you wont get penalized, even if you dont have a dj and you want to open your bar and serve drinks, whether its with the restaurant or whatever. Entertainment venues could do that now and some are, right. They could do entertainment within the outdoor tuning guide. Ok, thank you. Any more questions for the executive director . Is there any Public Comment . President bleiman, we have Michelle Delaney with her hand up in zoom. Ok. Im going unmute her right now. Hi, guys. How are you doing . Thank you for taking my question. So steve brought up something that i thought about and maybe mentioned it. Just curious if there would be a possibility for if the downtown area will stay as dead as it might for awhile, with every possibility fopossibility for ur Liquor License in the city where there are maybe residents or people, just to try to think of options we might have if well be closed down for awhile down there. And the answer . So Public Comment is not question and answer. Ok, sorry. So this is a time to make your comments, but also, were all available to help you answer questions and so in reality, im writing this down as an idea. Usually theres a time for comment and were a stoic group of people. You guys are awesome. Follow up with our staff and we will you can always ask questions and well try to get in touch with you as quickly was can. Thank you. Are there any other Public Comments on this agenda item . I do not see any other hands raised. Were going to close Public Comment on this agenda item and so, now we are the next agenda item, actually, i would like to propose that we make a motion to move it and we want to move it correct me if im wrong, dillon between item five and six instead of where it is now. Is that correct. That is correct. So the presentation on the city shared Spaces Program, robin needs a little extra time before he can make his presentation. We have to vote on this and before we vote obviously, we need a motion and second it. But well do Public Comment. Lets start with the motion. I make a motion to move item 4 to after 5. Do we have a second . Second. Is there any Public Comment on the motion to move this item . President blieman, i see no hands raised. We can have a vote. role call . Even without commissioner falzons vote, it still passed so well move that agenda item. This ithat was 5 and now this i. Hearing impossible action for permits under the jurisdiction of the Entertainment Commission and this is 5 and i will have the Deputy Director introduce the items. indiscernible . This is located at 333 11th w owner and peter lin of p p inc have plans to maintain this as a nightclub. Their programming includes bringing in live djs and using the space for events and theyre applying to maintain the same parameters which would allow entertainment until 6 00 a. M. This is namely for continuity as they do not intend to hold events after 2 00 a. M. But would like the option. This is michael and peters first venue in San Francisco, but together, they own pier nightclub in sunnyville and did conduct Neighborhood Outreach. Peter and michael walked down 11th street and dropped off 15 letters included in your file this evening. Most of the businesses were closed, they were able to contact a few of the neighbors and introduce themselves. There is to opposition for this permit and southern station approves with the conditions listed below in your memo. And here to tell you more is michael and peter. Hello. Hello. Hi, everybody. So this is a venue nightclub in sunnyville and weve been there eight plus years and we have been looking for another venue in San Francisco for the last couple of years and i think steven lee knew about this, too. And finally, we had a chance and just a couple of months ago. Obviously, right now, we cant do anything. Were just trying to apply for were in the process of applying house permits, the fire permit and just working things slowly and i dont see us opening any time soon. And were in the process of getting a Liquor License, as well. So that is pretty much it if where were at. Does anybody have any questions for us, any concerns or comments . Feedback . Are you finished, michael . Yes, steven. President , can i go first . Please do. Ok, so tell us, what are you going to do . Obviously slim is an iconic venue, you know. Youre taking over a very iconic space and historic space. And so, other than just dj, are you planning to do any improvements . Are you remodeling . I mean, obviously youre not doing live music and it is they were doing a lot of 18 and older events and what is your real plans of formatting and tell us what kind of djs . Is it all locals . Are you planning to bring anybody from overseas or things like that. So tell us more about the format. Of course, of course. So we all plan to open at first, well open friday to saturday night and were going be doing pretty much we book a lot of international djs. So were going to pretty much have one dj come here in sunnyville and play on friday night and then, were going to drive into San Francisco the next day to play at yolo. So that is our plan. And then, as far as 18 and over, were not planning and doing 18 and over. Its occupationa optional, juste extended hours. Both peter and myself have kids and it is something we like to have. And just in case. And so, its going to be mostly dj, dancing, dj. Were not planning to do any major remodeling, purely cosmetic. The neighborhood is very sensitive and i know because its pretty much closed and have you met any of your neighbors . Uhhuh. Pretty much next door to you. Uhhuh. That building and you actually sat down and they discussed any issues with you . Yes. We met with right next to us was actually a construction designer crew and theyre called dan and i met both of the owners. I spoke with them and introduced myself and they were talking about doing their Company Party because they do a Company Party every year at slim. I said, yeah, sure, were open for the idea, if were able to open. I said, obviously, i cant tell youy or no righyou yes or no ri. Across the street is a liquor store and theres a new opener moving in serving food and i met both owners and i think the owner was named joe. We introduced ourselves. Mind, wwe walked around the neighborhood and not a lot of venues are open. We dropped off the letters just to say hello. I was reading that you did some soundproof testing. How did you do that . So, slim did a lot of soundproof already in the last couple of years. If you walkedded in, you would see the black colored banners from the ceilings. And then we made an appointment with someone in the entertainment department. Was his name jeff or somebody else. It was jordan. It was jordan. So he came over and we did sound testing. Because of the fact were not doing any light bands. So slim, as you all know, it was an historical place and they were doing a live band and live bands produce a lot more sound level, but were not doing any of that. Well be doing just sound. He tested it out and said you should be no problem if youre just doing live dj. Just the low frequencies are the problem, you know. Bands play a lot louder and you can control it. Right, right. As far as you guys running a club, i mean, i know youre experienced and youre successful at pai pier and as fs knowing what to do, i have confidence you can run an operation. Unless commissioner falzon has other things for you, but youve learned a lot sip since ive knn you. Good luck and im glad youre helping to keep entertainment alive in San Francisco. Thank you, steven, thank you. Im done. I have a question. I raised my hand. Im trying to be as good as the young people ive done calls with and im trying to practise raising my hand. [ laughter ] and so, hi, michael. Hi peter. You talked about talking to your neighbors, sounds like they have businesses on the block and what about the engagement that you have had with nonindustry folks that are in the neighborhood . And then ill have a followup question after that. Could you repeat that one more time, please . So you spoke about the liquor store on the block and also an Architectural Firm on the block. Did you do any outreach with some of your neighbors who are nonindustry . So residential neighbors in the neighborhood . Around our year, theres actually no residential not that i can see. Its all commercial. Bars and automobile places. Its all businesses. So i didnt see any residential. That large theres a tall brick billing right on the corner of 11th there that is a residential building. Ok. Im aware of that. A residential building, i assume theres residents living there and what are you asking us, to go and knock door to door, drop off a letter . Well, as part of your outreach within the neighborhood, just letting them know youre coming in and that youre applying for the permit and so i just wanted to get a better understanding of the extent of your outreach. European operator in sunnyville. And why dont you tell me a little bit about some of the the incidents that maybe you have had with some of your neighbors and how you just troubleshoot some of the issues. Weve been there for eight years. One time one of our neighbors glass got broken and they were upset. I thinin downtown sunnyville, ts other bars opened late, as well. So we dont know which customer whether it came there us or the other bar. So we approached them and we gave them we figured out how much the window would cost and gave them 25 . Whatever that would cost, i talked to the openers and said,i dont know who did it, but well go ahead as a nice gesture to give them 25 of the window replacement. And i think thats one incident i can remember. We have strict conditions opened from 10 00 p. M. To 2 00 a. M. , and so our security will have strict security protocols where at the end of the night, our security staff will walk or customer to the parking lot and thats another thing that we do. We do bring a lot of business to our neighbors restaurants. Ok. And i just wanted to get an idea of the kind of outreach that youve conducted with nonindustry folks and we have had a series of complaints from neighbors in the area and not for the full block so much, but for with specific permit holders on the block and so, i think its just important for you to become important with some of the sensitivities and some of the issues. And i think you can have additional conversations with our staff just to that you will be knowledgeable and just mindful and make yourself available to have those conversations. Sure. So welcome. I surrender my time to commissioner thomas. That was essentially the same question that i was going to ask. There are a number of very engaged neighbors on that block, both on norfolk and on 11t 11th street who have who have. Involved in Entertainment Commission issues and have had a long series of complaints. I mean, slims themselves, you know, much longer ago went through quite a battle with neighbors and so, it would probably be good to familiarize yourself with some of the concerns of the neighbors and to reach out to the folks who have been most involved. I think that the Entertainment Commission could help you reach them. I would hate to see you move forward and open this and then have complaints from neighbors as opposed to reaching out to them ahead of time and hear their concerns. While i dont think that the neighbors have been concerned about slims, that building specifically, they have been very engaged around not just noise from some of the clubs across the street but also the noise that happens from the late nights with uber and lyft and people on the sidewalk. And so some of the businesses in the area have tried to coordinate better around how to mitigate some of the noise for the neighbors. And so, yeah, i would strongly recommend reaching out to them now, especially the folks who the Entertainment Commission staff know well who are the most active and engaged there because i think youre better served meeting and hearing from them now and getting to know them and what their concerns are instead of doing that afterwards. Ok. Got it. I do want to just jump in and note, too, for the two of you i dont want you to be super scared out of this large investment and big life decision. Just as background, we have not received sound complaints about slims in years. They did a whole lot of work, as you know, on soundproofing and the tests evacuee done with you proves that building can really hold the sound, which is fantastic. But to commissioner thomas point, we just want to underscore the importance of not only connecting person to person with these neighbors but maintaining that once you finally get to open, maintaining that traffic news, i think thats going to be your biggest issue. I really hope that when you do open, it will be packed. But people will be lined up and theyre really loud and that will be the most impactful thing to folks and then the leaving at the end of the night. Are you going to log them and will you have a time of response or engagement with the neighbors who might be complaining. I would say 24 to 48 hours, well reach out to them and community kate to them ancommune how we can improve that situation. And then, so, youre required to have your cell phone number to be available to the numbers, via your website and so youll have somebody assigned to keep track of that cell phone number and respond to it . Yes. When theres a call . Of course. So hopefully, you can respond sooner than 48, maybe more like 24 . Sure, sure. Well make it happen. And maybe you can think about doing a log so that you can have a record of the recurring pattern of complaints for certain issues, certain neighbors and then you can figure out if its a pattern, a oneoff and you can kind of keep track for historical purposes . Yes, will d well do that. We have a security log with any incident, whether it was intoxication, altercation or whatnot. We always have a log and we sent that to the Public Safety in sunnyville within 24 to 48 hours and we have a log, a procedures that we do. Ok. You can incorporate that for the potential hopefully, there wont be any complaints, but just to be prepared and have a policy everybody in your staff can follow. Will do. Thank you, thats all and good luck and welcome to San Francisco. Thank you. Any more questions from commissioners . I do have comments. I think, guys, it sounds like youre on it and know what youre doing, which is great. I think the staff has george floyjoyedworking with you and ta lot of belief you can make this happy. You cant go door to door because of the coronavirus, obviously, but you need to get in touch with some neighbors. It doesnt mean you need to get in touch with every person who lives in the radius of you. Theres a lot of housing and apartments close to that strip and i really want to see you get out ahead of that. We try to have, in the spaces that i have, we try to have realtime communication with neighbors who have issues and in the long run, i think it will be very helpful for you and i dont think youll need to worry about the investment you made, but just doing business in this city where residences and commercial corridors really come right up against each other, its different than other places around and i would just encourage you to go above and beyond and try to connect with neighbors who live near you and really, really do a substantial job of that and in the long run, it will be extraordinarily help follow fohelpful for you, i pro. Promise. Its incredible to see the evolution of one of our iconic place expossplaces and how they. I think its great to put in your amazing club and get your incredible djs in there and lets keep partying. But i would encourage you to really consider neighbor and Neighborhood Outreach as a top, top priority. And this is coming from somebody who has had to do this for 11 years. Those are my only comment. Comments. You dont have to respond. I just wanted to put that out there. If there are no more comments from the commissioners, lets go ahead and open this up to Public Comment, if we can. If the staff could let me know whats going on with Public Comment. Dillon, i am looking right now and i do not see any hands raised and then crystal, do you see any chats from anybody . President bleimam, you may want to reallowed the chat. I have to get off the screen share here. This is from maureen. So there was a comment and this is not a question. So its not question and answer period, as we were saying. But the comment that we will read is, its from a maureen r. And says, would you still have live music like slims did . There arent enough rock venues in the city and well just leave that as a comment. And again, guys, i appreciate how difficult it is right now in entertainment and i appreciate how hard it is, probably, to be in your shoes and be opening this up during a pandemic. So we need more people just like you coming in and bringing life and energy to places and so we do appreciate that. But with that, i think we can have a vote and, so, Deputy Director or executive director, can you just remind us what the staff recommendations are on this, if any . Deputy, this is your item. So the staff recommendation is the approval with the Good Neighbor policy and the sfpd southern station positions which are one, permit holder shall be responsible for outside pr promoters and patrons inside and on perimeter of the venue and two, notify via email the southern stations permits officer, southern Station Events supervisor expect Entertainment Commissioner of special events for situational awareness. I have one possible. Do you think its advisable, they wont be using extended hours often, but i think it would be nice to know in advance when they do use it so it doesnt surprise the neighbors. Can we add an addendum to that . Or is that included with the notification to southern station . Deputy director, do you have an answer for that . Does the notification include afterhours, like a calendar ahead of time or Something Like that . Commissioner lee is the goal to provide that information to neighbors, or is the goal to provide it to the department or both . Well, yeah, neighbors and the police. I mean, maybe not so much the police, but i think you would just say a calendar of events and can you repeat the language one more time, katelyn, on the item that you do have . Notify via email station officer, station supervisor for situational awareness. So essentially, they want a calendar. If i could raise my hand when we get a minute. You could amend that to include neighbors and to highlight extended hours event. Those are options. I would like to hear commissioner falzons take. Im having some technical issues but are you hearing me . Yes. A couple of quick comments. I think i understand what mr. Lee is asking but my only observation is number one. I dont think we should limit that. Theyre paying for a permit, but that said, i think as the executive director said, i think we can amend the notification to include when theyre going to activate their afterhours, that the commission and Police Department knows about it. Then as far as community awareness, my only concern is how effective it can be if they dont. But i think what is a way of communicating is putting stuff on their website which i suspect they do from a marketing point of view anyway. So my take away would be if i was the neighbor, i would be tracking their website or whatever social media theyre doing. So i do agree with commissioner lee, i think a modest amendment would be just to add the word and after hours activations, notify the station and the commission. Sure. Thats a common condition and that can always be amended to include neighbors or we can share info, but youre very right. If they keep their website up to date, then anybody can see that. I think once they get the chance to meet the nonindustry neighbors, theyre going to realize that the open communication will help them a lot. please stand by clerk [roll call] president bleiman congratulations, guys. Your permit has been approved. Two things, one, follow up with our staff as soon as possible for next steps. And two, do that outreach it. Will help you and everyone involved and i cant stress enough how how good it will be if you make the honest effort to do that and and how much that will benefit your business in the long run. So thank you. Thank you. President bleiman my alarm is going off in the back because my wife is cooking dinner for my daughter. Sorry about that. I thought that maybe the popcorn was ready. President bleiman i thought that something was burning. Okay. Let me get the next item. So now we are going to go back and forward in time and this is agenda item number 4, the presentation on the citys shared Spaces Program from robin abad, shared Spaces Program manager. Clerk and president bleiman bleiman before robin gets started i want to tell you all how incredible this person has been to work with. We are working together, as i mentioned earlier, on how we can possibly to integrate entertainment and amplify sound permitting into the shared spaces scheme. So thats what we hope on to sharto sharewith you next. It would require a mayoral declaration so we will keep you apprised of that. And with that, robin, take it away. Thank you for being here tonig tonight. Thank you. Commissioners its a pleasure to updateow this very Important Program and also to give a shoutout to Entertainment Commission staff. Theyve been really critical in the program success. Not only helping us to design it and to put it together, but then also to operate it and, you know, to notably running and operating the Response Team which is cert is not only shared spaces but a number of these programs. So the Commission Staff are really showing up and showing up for the city and our communities. So with that, i will just share my screen. Can everyone see the slides okay . Im getting some nodding heads. Okay. So just some program stats. A little overview of how this works from the merchant or the small Business Owners point of view. And then some of our thinking about next steps, in particular with regard to equity. So shared spaces is a program of the Economic Recovery Task force which mayor breed has set up for a cross sector, you know, analysis and development of a plan for helping us as a city to get through all of the forthcoming stages of recovery, especially with regard to our economic wellbeing as a community. So this program is specifically tailored to serve our Small Business community and our merchants by allowing the activities that would otherwise, you know, to take place inside, the commercial activities being retail, merchandising, of course, dining, and allowing those to take place out of doors where we know that, you know, transmission of the coronavirus is minimized outside versus an enclosed spaces. So this really is part of our Emergency Response to to the coronavirus. And theres also implications for, you know, further stages of recovery and things that were experimenting now carrying on past the pandemic. Which we can talk about a little bit later. As i said earlier, this is really about public space. So where do these activities take place, where are we allowing them to happen . Of course, on the sidewalk, in the curbside lane or that parking lane, that is kind of where we see a lot of park lits in the recent day. And curbtocurb in the case of valencia street between 16th and 17th and 18th and 19th streets. That is from thursdays through to sunday from 5 00 to 9 00 p. M. , those segments are closed and the local merchants and local restaurateurs are deploying and serving in the street, which is really wonderful energy. Also on other cityowned lands such as parks, mostly managed by the recreation and parks department, plazas, lands owned by the port, you see here in the diagram that we have this parcel and this deceptively shows, it may look like were talking about inside a building and we mean private property that is unenclosed. So you could think of parking lots, for example, being a prime spot for these activities. And shares space allows for a number of different types of uses, curbside pickup. So temporarily turning the curbside, you know, in front of your storefront into a white zone, a temporary white zone, to facilitate contactless pickup and the like. Of course, outdoor retailing. Reserving or helping to mark out parts of the sidewalk to allow for them to distance. So you might look at outside your local produce market, for example. And then most famously and probably most notably is Outdoor Dining. Were seeing applications in all parts of the city. Were seeing some concentrations which are kind of natural, you know, and kind of the valencia corridor and chinatown, north beach. And were seeing increasing adoption in some of the outer neighborhoods and theres a specific equity strategy that is driving some of our focused Technical Assistance in those neighborhoods that ill talk about a little later. But here of the almost 1,100 applications that have been submitted since the program became active about two months ago we approved about 51 , and others are awaiting or in various stages of permit review. Looking at that street section and kind of the breakdowdown spatially of where these activities are taking place, you can see that the biggest share of these are shared spaces. The biggest percentage of them are shared spaces that are deploying both on sidewalk and in the parking lane. So that you can imagine, you know, like the cafe in your neighborhood putting tables, you know, out by the curb and then also beyond the curb. A smaller portion of those are just Outdoor Dining on the sidewalk and increasingly those roadway closures are a larger and larger percentage of proposals that our team is seeing. Heres just another way of looking at some of the stats. Those different types of shared spaces or places, and where they are in kind of the permit review and approvals pipeline. So where you will see in the total rows as well as columns, there are some numbers in parenethese and these are our numbers just seven days ago. So the trend that were seeing, a lot of enthusiasm for this program and a lot of interest as well. One of the things that the city is trying to do across the board with all of our response programs is actually to minimize bureaucracy and to get out of the way, especially for permitting activities in the rightofway, you know, have traditionally been very rigorous. It can be a very lengthy, detailed and oftentimes expensive program and were really taking a whole different aprepare here. Part of that is the web portal, you know, the way that folks do web intake and they have done this for a while with the permit applications. That is happening more and more across the city. Especially with shared spaces. So theres a portal there for Technical Assistance documentation as well to those various types of spaces. You know, critically were not charge anything fees. This is not a feeneutral Revenue Generating program for the city. This is something that we are doing in the interest of maximum adoption and accessibility, not charging any fees for this. Currently the program runs to the end of the calendar year. It was established through a mayoral emergency proclamation. And its set to expire at the end of the year. Part of what well be doing through the rest of this year, of course, is monitoring and reporting on the success of this program, both in terms of the bottom line impacts to merchants. But also the ways that it might be kind of, you know, changing our outdoor and street culture. And that information will inform emerging policy conversations about what we might want to do with this program after the calendar year. So, again, you know, along the lines of making this a very easy access program, you know, its very straightforward to apply. Its a simple web form. The applicant is expected to, of course, to identify where they would like to operate. Selfcertify compliance with rules, so were not engaging in a lengthy permit or planned review process here. Were providing the guidelines and operating requirements very transparently and folks in their intake are theyre selfcomplying. They are selfreporting that they will comply with those. And applicants are expected to provide the furnishings as we see here in this example in the mission. Caveat this wont work everywhere. San francisco has a bunch of streets and we have many, many narrow sidewalks. So in order for us to ensure in particular a. D. A. Accessibility, we know that, you know, putting furniture out on the sidewalk isnt viable everywhere. So were very transparent about that with applicant applicants,o are entering the program. If its not immediately viable, our attitude, again, is to help you to get up and operational. To get you back get your employees back into their jobs. And so we try to help to find alternatives. Sometimes that means helping folks occupy a space nearby. Maybe, you know, in front of their neighbors business, for example, or their neighbors building. And then we also emphasize collaboration and outreach with neighbors. Something that we know that the Entertainment Commission does a lot of. Heres an example of some Technical Assistance documentation that we have available on our website. You know, endeavoring to make it really easy for folks to understand how to do this safely and how to do this right and how to maintain a. D. A. Accessibility and access to life safety facilities such as fire suppression, etc. So, essentially, you know, access and application forms through the website and you fill it out and its a very simple web form. And at the end of that work flow for sidewalks you receive a notice to operate. Slightly different in the curbside. You know, its a little bit more technical. As you know, we want to ensure that folks arent proposing these in red zones or in bus lanes or at stops. So theres more analysis that goes into it. And, of course, the requirements around enclosure of the space and physical barriers and kind of the material strategies are more robust. So heres a great example of another site in the mission i actually presented to district 9 constituents earlier today. So a lot of photos are from the mission. And not a legacy business but certainly a longstanding one, a beloved institution in the mission, using their parking space immediately in front of their frontage, you know, to put out a little space for folks to dine. And, again, as with furnishings, the applicant is also responsible for providing the delineation or the barriers that mark it from the rest of the street. As a result you get a lot of innovation and creativity and a lot of whimsey sometimes with these sites. You know, adding a whole different kind of feeling to the street that we often get with parklets but at a much different scale across the city now with so many participants. And you can also enclose the entire street. In these situations, merchant associations and other neighborhood groups are the key sponsors oftentimes. The Valencia Corridor Merchants Association was responsible for putting together the valencia street closure. And so these are big collaborative endeavors. Theyre quite a bit more technical and complex, of course, than the sidewalk or the curbside ones. But with that sort of scale, that physical scale, you do get a lot more potential for activation and a lot more potential volume with more tables that can be spread out, you know, physically distanced. We do caveat that shared spaces, street closures, arent appropriate for streets that currently have active transit lines running down them, buses and munis are already at reduced capacity. Our transit network, the core network, is much reduced. So those are real lifelines for helping folks get around San Francisco and we are not really entertaining any compromise to those systems. So frequently in neighborhood commercial districts if you do see shared spaces that are closures, they are sort of on side streets that dont disrupt muni service. Our goal with these projects is from application, submittal, to application approval two weeks. Which is a very ambitious timeline. But were endeavoring to meet that because we know that every moment, every day that passes, is another, you know, loss to that small Business Owners livelihood and their potential to support their family. As with all of the other shared spaces the Neighborhood Association is expected to, you know, to provide the materials and to operate these sites. Part of our equity strategy is looking at the city providing at least the barricades and some of the other, you know, Traffic Control devices. And so those conversations are ongoing and were working with the public works and the office of economic and Workforce Development to resource this. And i mentioned port and parkland. Parkland the applications for the web forms and th they are on the same web page that we looked at earlier. Other details are that the operators are expected to carry insurance and this is very standard for Small Businesses. So, you know, we havent found it to be an impediment. We are relaxing some of the requirements for participants of the program to actually submit this documentation or to go through the process of naming the additionally insured. Were waiving those requirements so its a few less steps for these stressed Business Owners to have to worry about getting up and operational. And as i mentioned before you can, you know, occupy your neighboring buildings frontage if you get permission. I mentioned or i opened up this presentation with celebrating the e. C. Staff and the work that they do running our cert team. So we do have a more of a complaintdriven, kind of enforcement response. We are really trusting that small Business Owners and merchants in their neighborhoods are being good actors and theyre doing everything they can, theyre doing their best to be Good Neighbors. And so we will only respond and send a team out if we are hearing, you know, repeated complaints or we get reports of something that sounds very egregious. So this is as you know a very different approach for this city in terms of kind of enforcement and monitoring. You know, we dont have a require site visits, for example, as part of the planned check. And it seems to be working well so far. And in the situations where we do have a deviation from compliance, again, thats where the skills of the sirt team have come in handy as being very able ambassadors and able to work with these businesses to bring them into compliance and to have that communication. You know, kaitlyn is really fabulous with training her team and we hear a lot of positive feedback from folks who are subject to those interactions in terms of, you know, the conversations and the interactions they have with those sirt team ambassadors. Of course, we do caveat that we can revoke permits if anybody is being really, really bad, but peaply, i can report that hasnt happened at all. Finally just a few notes on like things that are coming up, emerging aspects of the program. We do have an equity strategy that is helping us to focus energies and some the limited Technical Assistance and Financial Resources that the city currently has to help this effort to direct it at, you know, communities that were already facing barriers and were vulnerable, even before covid hit. Were all acutely aware that this pandemic has only amplified the preexisting inequalities and vulnerabilities that certain communities were facing. So, you know, were being very attentive to that. That looks like multilingual outreach, for example, so we can reach e. S. L. Community, business communities, and immigrantowned communities. Were partnering with citywide nonprofit to provide more Technical Assistance and ambassadorship during project development. And as i mentioned earlier, also working with our colleagues at oewd to design some surveys so that we can understand who who were touching, who were impacting. You know, what the benefits and the impacts have been to their bottom line and their ability to recall staff, etc. So maybe later in the year in the fall or closer to the winter, if the commission is interested, we can report back on some of those findings. I think that i went over time so i apologize, director, and you all have our email address. Thank you so much, that was great, robin. Thank you very much, any commissioners have any questions or comments . I am checking to see if anybody has their hand up. Nobody. Commissioner thomas, please. Commissioner thomas there was a question raised in the Public Comment earlier about taxicab stands. Are they part of the, like, blue zone and red zone that should be protected from shared spaces in or are they fair game for shared spaces . And i have a second question what it means to be adjacent like, if theres a park across the street from a restaurant, is that something that they would be able to use or does it need to be on the same block . Those are really excellent questions, commissioner thomas. And i do see that theres some comments about the blue zones and red zones. So currently established blue zones and red zones are places where were discouraging shared spaces. Because, you know, theyre in place for a reason, obviously, for a. D. A. Accessibility and in the case of red zones to make sure that theres adequate visibility between the motorists and the pedestrians and the like, or to protect a bus stop, for example. Whats great about this program is that were actually creating more spaces for things like pickup dropoff. So, you know, thats one of the potential things that you can apply for with shared space. This is creating a temporary white zone, right, or rather, white or a yellow zone. So, you know, the existing white and yellow zones and the blue zones and the green zones are part of the analysis that happens when someone applies to do this on the sidewalk or on the curbside lane. So our m. T. A. Staff are definitely looking at all of those, and making sure that were not having any conflicts. With regard to physical proximity or adjay being adjacea shared site. Its something that were exploring. What is most feasible and viable and what most people are trying to do is to activate the spaces directly adjacent to their frontage. Like, right outside. Which makes a lot of sense. That being said, there is you know, if the driving principle is to help as many people as possible stay operational and survive this distressed, you know and these very stressful times, then were open to figuring out other spatial solutions. So a park across the street or a plaza, why not. Were also as i mentioned earlier looking at we just created a process to allow groups of merchants to use open surface parking lots, undeveloped lots in neighborhoods. So naturally that, you know, might mean that youre serving food or your patrons are dining some distance from your brick and mortar business. And so theres a lot of things to think through on a casebycase basis but its not something that were discouraging in the spirit of economic recovery. Commissioner thomas great, thank you. President bleiman commissioner lee. Commissioner lee so, thank you, robin. Yeah, a lot of questions. Ive been involved with the shared Streets Program in chinatown for the last three weekends. And weve been working with livable cities. And its been successful every week. Weve been getting more people but theres a lot of questions. And today there was a press conference, the Chinese Chamber and the ccdc are going to be giving out grants for the restaurants who are not on grant avenue. Theres not a lot of restaurants on grant avenue, and the ones that are are really doing well now. Which, actually they were only making 3300 a day or even less or not even open. The thing is that theres a lot of restaurants on jackson street and washington that are all on a slant. And some have been granted already their parklets and theyre doing well, but theres a lot of restaurants on jackson street that are still closed or offering to go. And theyre still struggling. So one question that i have is when is the information going to be translated into multiple languages . Number two, since grant avenue is closed, is some of the restaurants that are on the slant that want to participate but because theyre not right across the street from each other, theyre not allowed to. So i know that the program will be expanded a little bit, and i dont know what you can do but i guess if these restaurants are on a slant, theres no other way that you guys can evaluate if theres a safety issue. But are they going to be able to do the same thing . And, you know, with assistance be able to apply for the shared street as well . Yes, thank you, commissioner lee, for those questions. Firstly, regarding language access, the materials on the website are available in chinese. So what we looked at and what i showed on screen, you know, was obviously the english version. But if you go to the website you can see that theres the ability to click on the spanish, simplified chinese and as well as filipino translations. So that that Technical Assistance is available. We do realize though that in other parts of San Francisco, not necessarily in chinatown because theres this big there has been this big pilot that everyone is aware of that has made everyone aware of the program, but, certainly, in other parts of the city we could do some more proactive multilingual outreach. So that is something that our team has been gearing up for. With regard to the slant i think that, yeah, thats one of those physical characteristics of San Francisco that is part of its amazing charm and quirkiness but it makes Outdoor Dining impossible to do in kind of a safe way outside. So, you know, without building significant structures that are terraces and have ramps, you know, its not a viable solution for any businesses or merchants that are located on those steep streets. I think thats where these larger more roadway closure or surface parking lot kind of neighborhood surface parking lot opportunities could could be part of the solution in helping or being made available to folks who are in other parts of the neighborhood, maybe on side streets where their immediate physical locations arent conducive to a shared space, and being able to, you know, to leverage space nearby in the neighborhood. Grant street youre right you know, theres so many streets in chinatown and many, many restaurants and most of grant street was really a neighborhood commercial corridor with produce markets and other food markets. And thats important. I think, you know, the shared Spaces Program isnt just for Outdoor Dining and its also to make sure that there are people that are able to physically distance in these parts of in parts of our neighborhood where you do go every weekend to go shopping and to pick up neighborhood essentials. So i think thats something that we are encouraged by as well, that commissioner lee if you could talk to the people at livable cities, because theres a lot of restaurants that wanted to be on grant and theres only like one or two. And everything in between is only retail stores. So theres plenty of room to put restaurants there, but theyre not necessarily, you know, directly right across the street from each other. They, you know, they wanted to set up tables where they could have display of their food. Of what they serve at their restaurants. And they would actually walk them down to tables that were right in front of their restaurants on the sidewalk. They wanted that opportunity but we were denied you know, because the program is still new, right . So everybody was still testing things out. But they were saying that those restaurants were not allowed to participate in the closed street. So i thought that maybe that is something that you guys could figure out later, you know, because theres a lot of restaurants, you know, that wont be able you know, were going to lose them anyway if they cant survive this. So theyre just trying to think outside of the box. Absolutely, thank you for that insight, commissioner lee. Ill followup with livable city and we are trying to tweak and evolve all of the pilots. After every weekend we learn something more about how they could work better for more people. So ill followup with them, thank you. Commissioner lee thank you. President bleiman other commissioners . Commissioner caminong had her hand up on the thing. Vicepresident caminong hi. Robin, thank you for the presentation. I was just curious, in terms of the mapping tool that is basically just show degreecasinf the spaces, is that public or internal . Thank you for that question, commissioner caminong. It is currently internal but were working on a public version so that you can actually go to the sf. Gov web page and see where everything is. So its just its just one of those tech projects that has been on the back burner while we deal with volume, but we absolutely intend to make that Data Set Available for the public. You can visualize it in that form and you would be able to i think that our plans right now are to be able to download a list. Vicepresident caminong i would just encourage to get the word out. These are our wins right now during the pandemic as each business goes online and is able to continue to practice and serve their audiences. You know, it would be really be great to help those who dont have many right now, but this is definitely one. So thank you. President bleiman all right, we have commissioner falzon has his hand raised. Commissioner falzon hey, robin, i wanted to first off to congratulate this effort that you have been doing. From the Law Enforcement side that spent decades dealing with bureaucracy and the crazy laws, it fascinates me that it takes a pandemic to actually do good business. I think theres a real learning opportunity here. That being said, i did want to share something regarding the planet hills. Something that i have saw in the south of france and it was really successful. They put a lot of restaurants on these steep hills and what they have have are portable ramps they put right outside their restaurants. And it could really work in chinatown. What im talking about is that there would be a level ramp on the left and the right side of the door as you go in and in some cases it might be just be one table that can fit two people on each side of the door. But at least youre serving people. So thats two, you know, turnover table opportunities. In some cases, depending on the width of the business, theres four. I completely recognize that there would be a. D. A. Challenges. But i would encourage you guys seem to be willing to think outside of the box. Im just telling you firsthand. Number one, it really makes for a really cool experience. These are not elaborate and expensive structures but theyre sound. Its plywood that is leveled with a 2by4 frame underneath it. And it can be pulled into the restaurant at nighttime and theyre about four feet wide and as long as you can get away with with the width of the property or if guys would let them expand it. But i encourage you to not give up on our hillside restaurants. Thank you, commissioner. Yeah, there are definitely Design Solutions to this. I think that we have seen after running our citys Parklet Program for nearly three years, we definitely got some beautiful parklets on some slanted streets. Some steep grades. Commissioner falzon great, thank you. President bleiman commissioner wang. Commissioner wang yeah, i wanted to echo my fellow commissioners in commending all of your efforts, robin. I work closely with the Small Business community and handled the insurance for the valencia street closure as well and have heard really, really positive things about their ability to recoup some of the lost capacity in income. I did have some questions with the outer sunset Merchants Association. Thank you, honey. [laughter] my daughter. And i had heard them express some frustration because they had put in an application about potential irving street closure and had a several week delay in hearing back. I havent talked to them in the last week or so, but im wondering if there was a status update on Something Like that . Because i did see less dots on the map on the west side of the city. Thank you, commissioner wang. And we would want to see west and south and southeast, or where theres still a lot of opportunity. So first off i want to acknowledge that the program has been extremely popular. We saw some of the numbers. I mean, the number of applications increases by the day. And so that does you know, in all transparency, theres a lot of volume. Theres a lot of things to get to and the city is running at a very you know, is running at reduced capacity right now. Many of us are wearing multiple hats and doing Emergency Service work and our departments capacity is cut by a third. Thats not an excuse though. I mean, its just some context i think for what frustrates us as the folks trying to deliver this program about the pace. So i am glad to report though that, you know, in the sunset that there are no fewer than three active applications. The one on irving is one of them. One site is already irving between 19th and 20th. And one site is already operational that is on 37th avenue, between ortega and the pops group has a popup market there. Theyve applied to expand that further, which is wonderful. So theres another iteration of that that is on the way. And folks are also looking at terevel. So, you know, i think that we we are working with merchants to get a site plan for the irving and 20th proposal. Thats the next step. And so were really excited to see that come from the merchants because it will help us to advance the applications to the next stage. And its a natural place to have a shared space, you know, with the concentration of businesses there and some businesses that have been institutions in the neighborhood for a long time. And its, you know, fairly accessible by transit and so, yeah, its a really sensible place to make sure that it happens. Commissioner wang oh, great, thank you for the update. And glad to know that theres progress being made there. President bleiman all right. Any other commissioners with comments . Awesome. I have a couple things to say. So first of all, i think that you guys did just a stellar job of rolling out the sidewalks and the parklet, the Parking Spaces deal. Ive done it myself in my businesses and i know so many people who have. And i just commend you on that. Its shocking that there was so much red tape to do Little Things before and then all of a sudden as commissioner falzon said, we can do this and the sky didnt fall down and it seemed that everything is okay. And i hope that the city can learn from this so that we can continue to make decisions like this that dont require, you know, 18 months of hearings before you can do it. So thank you for that. And i know that youve had so much to do with that and i know that our staff has had just a really positive experience working with you and theyre always talking about it. So thank you very much for that. I had some questions around the street closures. And im going to just caveat this with sorry, my cat was on my lap and now theres Hair Everywhere im going to caveat this with the fact that im pretty disappointed with our street closure game in the city. And i saw the stats that you put up and i think that you said 13 approvals. Are those 13 different streets or is that 13 blocks . Those are 13 different projects. Some are multiblock. So, yeah, valencia counts as one of the cases. President bleiman and there were 47 denials, is that yeah. Youre not on a crossexamination, i know that its not your decision. I know that youre shepherding this through and i appreciate that. My personal feeling is that the city has really blown their opening up the streets and they should have done it similar to how they did the streets where they by edict closed a bunch of areas. From what i have seen and i dont know all 13 so you are clearly privy to the information that i dont have but from what i have seen, the only ones who managed to get open so far are either super wealthy or super connected and organized. And i think that it should be the opposite. I think that the streets should be open and i dont mean all the time but thursday, friday, saturday nights from 5 00 to 10 00 p. M. , whatever the thing, and a bunch of streets should be closed. And the only people that could stop that from happening should be the most organized people. So i hope that im wrong and i hope that theres a bunch in the works and theyre coming and 13 is a good number and i hope that its coming. But i know a number of areas where theyre not organized at all and its not their own fault. Maybe the english isnt the first language of most of the Business Owners. Or you dont have a Merchants Association or a c. B. D. That taxes the wealthy landlords and the executive director of the c. B. D. , full disclosure, im not speaking on their behalf right now and so i understand how that works. So personally im just very, very disappointed with San Francisco street closure game, and i think we could do so much of a better job, especially in areas that are less savvy as to how to organize. And the questions that ive seen and most of the denials that so a lot of the denials come across my plate because of my position as president of the Entertainment Commission and also organizer of bars and an advocate for Small Businesses. And the denials come across and it seems to me that the decisionmakers who are deciding whether or not the street should be closed down, they want to settle it, nothing less than absolute consensus from neighbors. Or, you know, 90 consensus or 80 consensus. But a lot of the neighbors dont understand the struggle that Small Businesses are going through right now and how hard it is. And its impossible to get 80 of people as weve seen 47 denials and 13 approvals, its impossible to get 80 of people to agree. But if youre a Small Business and youre about to die, its the idea that you would have to go and build a consensus, like the pied piper or the johnny appleseat is just absurd. You have so much pressure on you right now. So im kind of making this comment and maybe maybe maybe you have some thoughts on this that would be interesting. But im just kind of saying this and its a frustration for me, obviously. And im just wondering maybe you have thoughts on it or maybe its just a comment without a response here. No, thank you, president bleiman bleiman for that. I think that the struggle and the duress is very apparent. You know, and its very acute. And so i think we as you have observed, the city has taken a leap and changed a lot of the way that it typically does business with this program. So in that way i think that youre right, it is a win. And it hopefully portends a different kind of future and a different way of doing things in general. That being said, i agree with you that we you know, we should be open to taking more risks. And thats very much the attitude and the spirit with which, you know, department leadership, our Mayors Office has to approaching responses to this pandemic. I mean, we really have to try things and experiment. You know, this program in and of itself is a huge experiment for the city. But that also translates to individual street closures and, you know, the kind of Public Engagement and outreach processes that weve traditionally had. We are exploring changing those or streamlining those much more so that we can get more projects up and operational, helping that many more businesses, that many more employees and their families. So i definitely hear you, what you are saying resonates a lot with feedback that we are getting from the Small Business commission and other members serving on the Economic Recovery Task force. And i i always carry these comments back to our team and to our city leadership. And we are we are working to create more approvals rather than denials. President bleiman and, again, i dont want to besmirch you at all and i know that youre all in, and all of the feedback that i get from you, robin, is that youre just an allstar right now. So i dont want to confuse the message here. Maybe we can end on one question which is, if you are in the position of Small Business or neighbors who want to encourage more positive responses and encourage more risk taking, do you have any and not general but like more specific recommendations for how best to advocate on this . Well president bleiman and i dont want to put you on the spot, obviously, its a balancing act that you have to do. But in terms of advocacy, what would be most effective in your mind . Yeah, i think that a lot of the points that you just raised, you know, if the commission wanted to they could convey those to the Economic Recovery Task force directly. Certainly, my boss, the mayor. And to the to the department heads, you know, who are charged with delivering this program. So, you know, its always helpful to get constructive feedback, absolutely. That helps us to be clear about, you know, how we can be better, what we can be doing, so, you know, certainly the Small Business commission has been very well developed ideas about what could change and what could be made more efficient. And, you know, as far as im concerned im open to any and all ideas. Everybody on this commission, you know, is connected to the Small Business community and has that experience and wisdom that could, you know, drive the content of some kind of transmittal. Im very open to that. President bleiman i think that the biggest thing is outreach and communication because we wanted to close down six blocks of grant avenue, really. And a lot of the merchants, the restaurants were hurting, but the retail merchants didnt understand it. All they were thinking is that were cutting off their lifeline, you know, not letting traffic go through the street. But i think that as we progressed and we are able to communicate because a lot of them we actually got a 42 a petition of 42 retailers that wanted us to open grant avenue and just have dining on the street. But, you know, thats the whole concept would have been its not the same. You know . So now theyre getting theyre getting it, because were doing more, you know, outreach in different languages and seeing them eyetoeye and they actually see more people showing up because now the advertising is happening, you know. It just takes time. But i think that somehow you guys can do more outreach, you know, to the neighborhoods, to the c. B. D. Or to get them, because thats the problem. Theyre fighting restaurants are fighting against the retailers. I mean, at least in chinatown, you know. Valencia street you have a lot of restaurants so theyre probably all happy and everything. But jackson street has all of the restaurants and grant avenue has all the retail. And theres only three or four restaurants so, of course, but we still pushed through it. And now were looking at everybody, including retailers are benefitting. Theres more people going in their stores now. So they just didnt understand. I think that we could work out some kind of Outreach Program or something. I think youre right, commissioner lee, in that we could really point to the highlighted examples and how theyre working and theyre turning out to work out for everyone and really telling those stories, you know, sharing those stories will help folks to understand the benefits and maybe to be less wary. So thats a really great thing to call out. President bleiman, did i answer your question . President bleiman yeah, yeah, i was just grandstanding there a bit, thats all. [laughter]. Commissioner lee its not all of his fault. President bleiman no, but i do appreciate you have done an incredible work and, you know, we do work i do communicate constantly with the Small Business commission and i am in full support of their proposals. And we have to consider for us specifically our permit holders. Hopefully our team is going to have a breakthrough soon where you will be able to stand outside and play an accordion or a guitar during shared spaces without having to come to a hearing to figure it out. But once that happens, you know, im very much interested in opportunities for safe socially distanced entertainment for people where we can employ artists and performers. We cant do it without the streets. So, thank you, i appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Thank you for everything that you have done. I know how hard this is. I cant imagine how many permits come across your desk every day and the process that you have to go through. So i dont know exactly, but i can sort of appreciate how difficult your job is right now. So thank you for everything that you have done. Lets open this up to Public Comment. Any Public Comment on robins very well done presentation . Clerk at the moment we have one hand raised right now in the queue from barry in toronto. So, barry, were going to bring you in. We have two minutes. And, john, could you put it on the screen too . Clerk yes. Thank you. Caller hi. Good evening. This is barry from toronto again. Robin, you did a great presentation. It was really efficient. And i think that the valence vaa street is working because i do food deliveries too and the restaurants that we serve are not in the closed off areas. So it doesnt impact us. And i have seen they do it on Fourth Street and it works great. The problem is that theres more parking on the side streets for parking and going and pick up and delivery. The feedback, they should probably provide some parking on some of the side streets, either on 16th or 17th, to allow for the going into the closed off area to do pickups from food delivery. Its great to hear about how you decide on the shared Streets Program. You answered the question succinctly about taxi stands. The thing is that i believe that white zones are not a permitted use for shared space. And a taxi stand is technically a type of white zone. So it would be great if i had your Contact Information and sent you photographs. And a followup further with robin regarding regarding this issue of the restaurant. Plus arent they supposed to post the permit they obtain from the shared Streets Program . There is one Restaurant Bar on polk street that has posted on the outside of the structure his permit. But theres no permit posted for this particular organization. So it would be great to have a link to know which shared streets have the permits and which ones were issued on your website. It would be great to have that information. Thank you for your time. And this really was a wonderful presentation. Thank you. President bleiman thank you very much. Any more Public Comment . Clerk yes, we have Michelle Delaney who is next on the queue. Ill unmute her. Michelle delaney youre in Public Comment. Caller hi, awesome. Thank you. And hi, robin, it was great. Thank you. I wanted to make a comment, and today when i went down to minna there was a Homeless Outreach team and i am like so glad that you guys are here and to help the homeless folks here to get into Navigation Centers and the homes. Because, guess what, theres no way that i can do a shared space at all on that alley because theres too many people loitering there and its impossible for us. We cant do anything, we cant move anybody or do anything during shelter in place which is probably for another i imagine six to 12 months for me. So i literally cant even put a table out there with this situation in the alley right now. So i know that theres a lot of pressure on you guys and i know that youre trying really hard but at some point youll need to figure out for something for people that want to open up their bars or restaurants that can, that literally cant with the situation on the street. Thank you. President bleiman thank you very much. Anymore Public Comment . Clerk yes, we have Chris Hastings in the queue to speak. Im pulling him in now. Chris,go ahead. Caller hello. Its just a comment. I have been involved in some Community Meetings about the street closure on noia street at market. And one of the requirements that has been posed to us is that there needs to be an attendant at each end of the street to move the barricades in case of an Emergency Vehicle would need to get through. And for the businesses that are involved, i think that is probably going to be enough to squash the businesses motivation to followthrough with that. I think that would be the same in other places. And one of the suggestions that was put forward is to be able to have the servers who are already waiting on the tables to be the people who could potentially move the barricades, which seems like a much more realistic solution for us. And i imagine that we could have more street closures if that is indeed the intent citywide without that requirement which would be a big its a big expense on the businesses that are involved. Clerk thank you. Can i respond to that one point . President bleiman yes. We are working in particular with the Fire Department to think of alternatives to the staffing requirement, you know, the Valencia Corridor Merchants Association was barely able to get it done with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and the local city really stepping in and stepping up to help recruit folks to staff those barricades thursdaysunday, 5 00 to 9 00, every single hour, and every single barricade. So we recognize thats not a sustainable solution. So there are other things that were thinking about that involve potentially different kinds of barricades that can be, you know, driven over without, you know, causing damage to the vehicle as with the current barricades that we specify the Transportation Agency will specify. So i dont want to promise anything right now but i can, you know, assure you, chris, that its something that we recognize that is not you know, there has to be a better way for us to do it. So more on that soon hopefully before the noia street gets approved well have a resolution on that one issue. President bleiman thank you. Anymore Public Comment . Clerk theres nobody with their hand raiseed. It looks like we have some chat comments whenever you are ready and we can look at those. President bleiman yeah, shall i just read them out loud . Clerk yes, i think that the chat started at it would be actually at 6 6 635 president bleiman well, barry toronto already spoke publicly. Publicly. So lets start with christopher millstead because youre only allowed one Public Comment. If theres a bike lane against the curb and a parking spot in the street, is it possible to relocate the bike lane . I have decreased my insurance since were not open but to apply for shared spaces i you have to have one Million Dollar policy. Every penny counts. Those are christopher millstead. And Michelle Delaney has a comment but she did already speak. And marine r. , thank you for shared spaces. I went to restaurants on valencia twice in the last week, i really enjoyed it. And the dogs enjoy it too. And i hope that it continues past the pandemic, and on the weekend. Its too hectic to rideshare and with general traffic. Great use after a long sidewalk. And widening construction on valencia is the only concern was the trumpet too close to the passerby and you need more than six feet. President bleiman, we have flagged that and we are reaching out to valencia street. President bleiman and they wrote to me and saying thank y you. And thats it for new comments. Any other Public Comments . Clerk there are none, but i see no hands raised. President bleiman so Public Comment is closed. Theres nothing to vote on, obviously. There will be cooking demos, a Film Festival and many more amazing cultural programming in art, culinary, dance, health, heritage and info vacation and sports. So i want to invite everybody who is listening to us and all of my fellow commissioners to check us out this weekend auguse and youtube live. Thank you. Any other commissioners have comments . Chinatown, saturday, sunday, come down, they have line dance practicing, food and, unfortunately, no entertainment, but at least you can entertain yourself. Thats it. Thats all i have. Thank you. I have two things and well close real quick. Two things that ive been following closely and what is i spoke with about the street closures and the others, i think that weve seen that people can be outdoors safely and i am begging and im going to continue to beg and plead and activate the San Francisco Health Department to give guidelines to our permit holders on how many people and what kind of events they can have outdoors in public spaces going forward. We need very straightforward guidelines on that. For example, if one of our venues wanted to activate in a park, how would they do it . How many people . What are the rules and we need that two months ago and we need to give our venues opportunities to offer what they do outside of the general spaces. So ill continue to fight for that and working with that on the San Francisco Health Department. So thank you, everyone, for attending and i know how hard it is. Thank you, robin, that was a great presentation and with that, i will ask if theres any Public Comment on commissioners questions . Comments . Do we have any on this agenda item . Senior analyst rice . There are no hands raised. All right. With that, Public Comment is closed and well ajourn this meeting at 7 34 p. M. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. I love teaching. It is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. This really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. This is very enriching as an artist. A lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. There are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. That is a really big draw. This is a signature piece. This is the bill largest darkroom in the u. S. There are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. I think it is the heart of this place. You feel it when you come in. The people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. We get to build the community here. This is different. First of all, this is a great location. It is in a lesspopulated area. Of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. It is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. The people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. We offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. We offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. We offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, Treasure Island. There is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. Hello, my name is jennifer. My name is simone. We are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. Cmon, cmon, cmon. Actually, i have been here a lot. I have never looked closely enough to see everything. Now, i get to take pictures. We want to try to get them to be more creative with it. We let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. You can focus in here. That was cool. If you see that . Behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. The see any more hills . These kids are wonderful. They get to explore, they get to see different things. We let them explore a little bit. They get their best. If their parents ever ask, we can learn they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. Some of the things they come up with are fantastic. That is what were trying to encourage. These kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. A lot of people come into my classes and they dont feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. This is kind of the best kept secret. You should come on and take a class. We have orientations on most saturdays. This is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. Ready to develop your photography skills . The Harvey Milk Photo Center focuses on adult classes. And saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. Coping with covid19. Todays special guest. I am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid19. My guest is the director of economic and Work Force Development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help Small Businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to be here, chris. Start by talking about gift to sf. It provides many of the resources we are talking about. Could you tell us a little bit about the focus of gift to us. Then we will talk about specific programs. I very much appreciate the question. For anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid19 response and recovery fund. Over 28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as Housing Stabilization for vulnerable communities, Food Security programs which has been a big issue not only in San Francisco but up and down california and of course across the nation. Very much thinking about workers and family members who may not have been access to state and federal programs the same way that others who are impacted have and do. That was to make sure families and workers were supported with woulrelief. Small Business Community to make sure they have access to loan was and grants. We are excited how diverse we have been able to do this. We have been able to roll these out to ensure that our communities are supported by our city together with all of us with city funds and philanthropic dollars to help realize them on behalf of the communitys needs. That is great. Now, many of our Small Businesses dont have large payrolls. They are unable to qualify for the federal ppp loans. Does the city have active programs available for Small Businesses to help with ongoing expenses such as rent while they are still closed . Certainly. One of the programs we launched in partnership and because of the ability of the give to sf loan fund presented us with was for loans and grants to do that. We knew in the beginning that it was not easy for smaller businesses not connected or those who were to get an answer around relief provided through ppp. We have seen success of the program. We knew it was important at the time to also have the San Francisco hardship mcwas Emergency Loan Program be launched and designed to support businesses who needed resources the most. We have committed 15. 5 million in ongoing covid19 Small Business Financial Relief. We have awarded grants and loans to over 400 Small Businesses thus far. We wanted to make sure that we were equitable about that approach always guidings work through Racial Equity lens. One of the most important pieces is ensuring every district would be represented and also more equitable work and places where we were doing that work would be supported through these efforts. In the first phase 1 million to 128 Small Businesses and 29 different neighborhoods with up to 10,000 in funds to support those who were experiencing loss. We set aside a minimum of 2 million for low and moderate income owners to ensure they were supported with relief efforts. Neighborhood goes like lower filmore, bayview, castro and excelsior. Longterm businesses have given to the city and we want to give bamto them as well. Then because we were looking for additional funding sources, we took dollars that we had with existing partners already with our partners to do Small Business work and help convert to support Women Entrepreneurs around San Francisco and very specific neighborhoods for mini grants to serve immediate needs. Every little dollar helped. One of the programs that just become available. Right to recover. I am glad you are asking about right to recover. We know that it is extremely valuable right now as we look to incentivize Community Members disproportionately impacted by covid19 by economic hardship, spaces to work in because they need to provide for families, having access to the Economic Relief or wages that you count on to protect yourself, stabilize your families, support your families and children or parents or extended family. That is a huge disincentive if you believe you may not have access to quarantine to do what we want you to do. If you are sick to get tested. If you test positive to quarantine and stay home. So that you can get better and not infect anyone else. That comes at a cost. You are not going to work, not making wages. For so many low income workers that is not acceptable. This is to provide relief based on the individual to give minimum wage for that period of time. When they walked into the testing site they knew if i test positive is there a program to help me, we could say yes . That was important to mayor breed, extremely important to supervisor ronen and they worked together to make 2 million available to support these individuals. Together with the department of Public Health we have a holistic system to fill the gaps that may exist to encourage people to get tested to do the right thing. Wear a mask, social distancing, not going places when they are sick and doing our part to make sure they were incentivized. Not having sick pay with the virus would be really stressful. Iit is important for undocumented. We know the lat inx is more than 50 of the positive cases and may not have access to sick leave or Financial Hardship to do the right thing and to quarantine with financial reli relief. As we start another new releaf program. Africanamerican Small Business Revolving Loan fund. How will that fund work . Well, i am very, very proud. This fund. I do have to give a shout out to our invest in Neighborhoods Team who worked day and night with the africanamerican chamber of commerce and main street launch to support the zero percent interest loan up to 50 thousand dollars. We have been striving to be specific and target communities of color and africanamerican Small Business Entrepreneur Community. It is so much more difficult for this community to access resources and it was important to do something in this moment that is reflective of a movement we know has been emotion for such a long time. For us to do something real, provide Financial Relief for the community in this ka this way ar them specifically. We are very proud to get this up and running. We look forward to applications being live so people from the africanamerican and black business communities to get relief. Flexible terms. Forgiveness up to 50,000 for those loans which can make a huge difference fought only for relief when you think about rent for a Small Business but also in terms of longterm recovery and being smart about the moment. There are businesses with the ability to be open, even a little bit. It is a stress on them. There are others that dont have the ability to do this at all. Where is their relief . They wait for us to do our collective part to ensure we can reopen. These dollars, very specifically for the black Entrepreneur Community are important for longterm viability success. That is good for them, the diversity of the city we hold dear and we need to be proud of. Do we have active programs for disconnected or underserved communities . Absolutely. As i was mentioning just simply about the right to recover program. When people go to the mission hub at 701 alabama within the Mission District to serve the community, they are providing Food Security, access to resources. What they have done is extraordinary in terms of partnering with the city with relief efforts to help pay and maintain Food Distribution for families. Thing are important like the latin x to do so many dishes with one item masa. Access to rise, cereals, milk, butter, fresh foods and vegetables. That is across the city in the entirety in those areas of need. To ensure those programs are made available for our most vulnerable communities. Seniors or families who desperately need that help. Finally, is there a website specifically designed to provide access and information about these resources . One of the easiest things to do, people have a general question and to want dont have access to the internet call 311. Reach out. We have been working closely to ensure the members and staff have the information they need to get what you need. As you call in. Most specifically for workers, employers, nonprofits to go to our website oewd. Org and click on covid19 which is a large button on the site. You will find a full list of information specifically designed for you as employer, as worker and nonprofit so that you know where to go for resources. Also, our phone number 5546134 for the small acciden small bus. The incredible staff are administering those lines. If they dont answer they will get back to you so you can talk to a real person in multiple languages. Also email sfosbasfgov. Org. Again, visit the website oewd. Org and you can find that. In terms of workforce 415 7014817. Someone will get back to you if they dont pick up immediately to answer your questions if you are a worker. Then to donate. Give to sf. Org. All of that information is to find to the website if you need resources or you need an understanding how we are phasing reopening or updated information, please visit us. We will get back to you. We look forward to serving you and the community to get through this very, very challenging time. That is great information. Thank you so much for coming on the show. I really appreciate the time you have given us today. It is a pleasure, chris. Thank you for helping get information out to our communities. People are aware your government is hard at work on your behalf to get you what you need during a dynamic and challenging time. That is it for this episode. We will be back with more information shortly. This is coping with covid19. I am chris manners, thanks for watching on sfgovtv. Hello im San Francisco mayor london breed i want to thank everyone in San Francisco. Thank you for your patience, for your resilience and listening to our Public Health leaders. I know the last several months havent been easy for anyone. They certainly havent been easy for me. Everyday i hear about the struggles people are going through from friends from family members and from the community. While San Francisco has been a leader in the fight against this pandemic, everyday we suffer losses. People are losing their jobs, people are losing their grip on their Mental Health. Worst of all, people are losing family members to this disease. Even as we endure these losses, im hopeful for the future. These months of Public Health crises and social unrest has shown us that when we come together, we can have the hard conversations and make the tough choices to do what needs to be done. Not just save lives but to address systemic racism head on and change society as we know it. I know today is about our budget and our path forward. As we step into the future, one that im hopeful for, is important we take a moment to recognize where weve come from. At the beginning of this year, we were living in a different world. Our Unemployment Rate was at a historic low. Tourism was at alltime high. Hotels were full, we had all plans to shape the future of this city we all love. I know i have plans to address homelessness and housing, to reimagine our Mental Health system, to improve transportation and make our streets safer and build a more equitable city. To lift up those who too often are left behind. Like i said, we had lot of plans. What we didnt have plans for was the coronavirus. It certainly had plans for us. Here we are today in a very different San Francisco with Small Businesses closing and schools struggling to bring kids back to the classrooms. With over 180 thousands san francisc100 180,000 sanfrancr unemployment. We have seen San Francisco come together in a way that makes me proud. Proud to be mayor, yes, but also proud to be a san franciscan. We Work Together to make sure thousands of people had access to medical support, to testing, food and housing. We move forward emergency policies to protect tenant and businesses from eviction. Give people emergency sick leave and keep workers safe. We raised millions of dollars in donations through give to sf to support Small Businesses, workers and vulnerable residents. We think people organized to check on elderly neighbors and deliver groceries for those who cant leave the house. While Nursing Homes across the country have been devastated by this virus, we havent had a single death among the over 700 residents at laguana hospital. Weve seen Community Groups rise up to support our most vulnerable residents in the bayview and mission and other hard hit areas. Weve seen the spirit of San Francisco rise to meet this challenge to flatten the curve and then rise once again when the virus came back the second time. Today, we are proposing a balanced budget that closes that 1. 5 billion deficit. While still meeting the needs of our city. Through all of this, we continue to protect our public workforce. Let be clear, when we talk about 180,000 san franciscans applying for unemployment, not one of those people is doing so because of city cut their job. Not one. As our economy plummeted, we wanted our city workers to focus on their health and the health of their families and on serving our residents during this crises. Not on whether or not they would have a paycheck. With the budget im proposing today, i i want to continue to prevent all layoffs. But to do that, we need our labor partners to work with us. We need them to agree to delay any planned wage increases for two years. So far, we are having good conversations with the firefighters and the Police Officers on delaying their raises im hopeful other unions will agree to do the same. I dont think this is too much to ask. Our entire city is suffering now. We all need to do our part to hair in that sacrifice. I want to be very clear, if the union dont agree to delay their raises, then we will be forced to lay people off. We will be forced to cut city services. We dont want to see those unemployment numbers go up because we are forced into layoffs. Thats not what i want. Its not what anyone wants. Im hopeful that our labor partners will step up and work with us in the coming weeks. Because there is a lot we have to do with this budget. Including continuing to fund our ongoing Covid Response. We all know we are living with covid for the next year. Likely longer than that. San francisco has been a National Leader in responding to this pandemic, thanks to our efforts to follow the data, build a testing system from scratch, create a robust Contact Tracing team and provide food, support and shelter for our most vulnerable residents. We will keep doing everything we can to get this city through this pandemic. Hopefully the federal government will continue to provide the necessary support. We know the federal government wont cover everything. Thats why we are putting 93 million from our general fund towards supporting our continued Covid Response. This is a significant investment but honestly, its not really a choice. Without a strong and sustained Covid Response our students wont return to school, people wont go back to work and our economy wont recover. Even as we continue to wrestle with covid, we cant lose sight of other key priorities. Our homelessness crises didnt go with covid. Covid has made it even more challenging. I know people are frustrated with what they see on our streets. We have had to reduce capacity in our existing shelters by 70 leaving more people out on the streets. Our outreach workers continue to do very difficult work all while practicing social distancing. We met this challenge by moving thousands of people into hotel rooms, trailers, safe sleeping site and new emergency shelters. This work took an amazing effort from city staff and nonprofit partners, work that normally take months and years in planning and implementation done in a matter of weeks. The tenderloin alone we moved over 500 people. We are expanding those efforts oeffort neighborhoods like selma and the mission. While we are seeing some progress, frankly its clearly not enough. We need more than shortterm hotel rooms. We more than parking lots for safe sleeping sites. We need housing. Lots of housing. Thats why this budget funds 1500 new units supportive housing. Which is part of our homeless Recovery Plan to move 4500 people from hotels, shelters and the streets into housing in the next two years. It will help us as a city meet the needs of the unsheltered and our residents who are frustrated by the conditions they see everyday in our neighborhoods. We also cant lose the progress weve made on improving our Mental Health system. Including funding Mental Health sf. That means adding more Mental Health beds, expanding our Behavioral Health Access Center so people can get Immediate Care when they need it and improving the system of care so that people struggling with Mental Illness and addiction. Were also creating a new crises Response Team so that when you call 911 or 311, because someone on the street is clearly having a mental breakdown, we can send a team which includes a paramedics, clinician and Behavioral Health peer. We need to shift the burden Mental Health response call away from the police its not fair to ask our officers to do the work of Mental Health professionals. Its not effective for those in crises. This is a key piece of our Police Reform efforts. In addition to doing the work to call for service, i laid out three other major areas for Police Reform. Addressing accountability and bias, getting rid of military grade weapon and equipment and redirecting Law Enforcement funding towards the Africanamerican Community. While all are important, its the last one i want to talk about today. As a black woman who grew up in poverty in this city, Police Brutality was all too common. It was something we expected and complaints were usually ignored. Two months ago, the murder of george floyd shook this country to its core. In a way that i have never seen before. People responded like i have never seen before. Seeing people not just africanamericans, rise up against Police Brutality gave me hope that real change in this country is possible. But for those who support this movement, for those who truly believe that black lives matter, its important that we listen to black voices. Its important that we allow black people to lead this movement. Im not just talking about me or any of our black elected leaders who have been fighting this fight for generations. I mean we have to listen to the people in the community. We have to listen to the people who have seen and lived the devastation resulting from decades of disinvestment. We have to listen to the people who dont come to city hall because theyve known too many broken promises, made by those in this building who believe they know what is best for black people in this city. Thats why the first thing supervisor Shamann Walton and i said, when we announced we wanted to reprioritize funding to support the black community, was that this had to be a communityled process. Earlier this week, the Human Rights Commission released an initial report that highlighted what the Community Wants us to focus on. This report is the first step in guiding not just the investments we make with this budget but the change we need to make in the years to come. Changing the inequities in our country wont happen overnight. We wont change the fact that africanamericans have the lowest Median Household Income in San Francisco overnight. We wont change the fact that black people have the highest mortality rate for nine of the top ten causes of death in San Francisco overnight. We wont change the fact that Graduation Rates for africanamerican students in our Public School system is just 53 . We wont change that overnight. We wont change the fact that nearly half of San Francisco Police Department used to force cases involve black people overnight. We will change these facts with this budget. We are listening to the community and prioritizing investments in the Africanamerican Community around housing, Mental Health and wellness, Workforce Development, economic justice, education, advocacy and accountability. As a first step in this effort, we will redirect 120 million from Law Enforcement to support these priorities over the next two years. Let me repeat that, this is 120 million. Its a first step. If we are going to make real change, we need to do the hard work. Its going to take all of us coming together, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. I often talk about how i overcame poverty, despair and vince to become violence to become mayor. My goal with these investments and this change in how we prioritize the black community is simple. I want my story, my experience to be the norm and not the exception. I want black girls growing up today to rise not in spite of their upbringing here in the city but because of it. I want black boys growing up today to thrive because we chose how to change the city and how this country treats our young black men. Not as a statistic or an tragedy but as an important part of our citys future. If we accomplished nothing more than that during my time as mayor, i will leave this office proud. I want to end by acknowledging the leadership of a few of the people who are central to this budget process. First, i want to thank board president norman yee and budget chair supervisor sandy fewer to continuing to be strong and collaborative leaders. Over the coming weeks, we will work with both of them and the board of supervisors to finalize this budget so that we can continue to deliver for the people of San Francisco. I want to thank controller ben rosen field for the work he and his team has put in as well as all the city departments who worked to find ways for us to close this deficit. Finally, i want to thank my budget team. Led by ashley golfenburgering. San francisco is lucky to have these two strong smart women leading this challenging process. Now at this time, i want to introduce ashley whos going to give us a short presentation on our budget. Good afternoon, thank you mayor breed. Im the mayors acting budget director. I like to thank the rest of the mayors Budget Office team who worked so hard to put this budget together under mayor breeds leadership. Today im happy to walk you through the details of the mayors fiscal year 2021 and 2 2122 budget. The total size of the proposed budget is 13. 7 billion in fiscal year 2021 and 12. 6 billion in fiscal year 202122. The fiscal year 2021 proposely budget represents a 1. 4 billion increase over the fiscal year 1920 budget primarily driven by one expenditure related to the covid19 pandemic which go away in the second year of the budget. The total proposed budget is made up of 7. 5 billion or 54 Nongeneral Fund expenditures which include enterprise and selfsupporting activities. 6. 2 or 46 of general Fund Expenditures. It is important to note that selfsupporting and Enterprise Funding are restricted and not eligible to be used to balance the citys General Fund Budget. These includes things like operations that are airport, the Public Utilities commission, port and the mta. It is also important to note that the 3. 9 billion of the 6. 2 billion in general Fund Expenditures are restricted by state and federal reimbursements and voter mandated services for children, transit and seniors. The remaining 2. 3 billion represents Discretionary Fund budget available to pay for the Public Services san franciscans rely on. The mayors proposed budget achieved four key objectives. It balances the budget responsibly, avoiding layoffs for City Employees and Major Service cuts, it makes progress on shared priorities of homelessness and Behavioral Health. It reinvest significant resources toward initiatives that support Racial Equity and identifying alternatives to policing and it maintains a robust importance to the covid19 pandemic. The mayors required by the charter to submit a balance twoyear budget. The proposed budget utilizes variety of one time and ongoing revenue and expenditures solutions to balance this projected shortfall while also investing in shared priority areas. The may 2020 joint report projected a 1. 5 billion twoyear General Fund Budget shortfall. Driven by stark revenue losses resulting from the Economic Impact of the covid19 emergency. In july, worsening Economic Conditions resulted in a further downgrade of revenue projections for the upcoming budget period. To overcome the shortfall, the mayors proposed budget utilizes reserves, new revenue and other savings. The mayors proposed budget utilizes 340 million from the citys main economic reserves during the budget period ensuring reserve balances remain in tact to hedge against future risk. The budget assumes ongoing excess reserve from the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund or eraf to balance the shortfall. The proposed budget assumes 300 million that will become available with the passage of Business Tax Reform measure. In order to avoid layoffs and maintain critical city services, the mayor has asked the citys labor unions to defer scheduled wage increases over the period of the twoyear budget. The savings associated with that are reflected this proposed budget. Lastly, the mayors proposed budget assumed many citywide and departmental saving. It includes underfunding the citys Capital Equipment and i. T. Programs, only funding critical projects while deferring other new costs. This also includes savings offered by city departments that keep positions vacant and achieve other efficiencies all while avoiding layoffs and Major Service impacts. Taken together, these solutions equal 1. 9 billion over the two years. Despite the economic challenges we face, the mayors propose the budget is able to make over 300 million in targeted investments in priority areas. The mayors proposed budget invest general fund dollars in Behavioral Health and homelessness, maintaining the investments weve made in shelter, Navigation Centers and Behavioral Health beds while also feeding new general fund support such as the homeless rory plan and Mental Health sf which will be implemented through the passage of the november business tax measure. The proposed budget also reinvest 120 million in Law Enforcement funding over the next two years to support programs and services that benefit the Africanamerican Community and advance Racial Equity in our city. The proposed budget also seeks to prioritize youth investing 15 million in onetime support to the San Francisco Unified School District to provide needed Financial Relief and support for vulnerable students. Lastly, the mayors proposed budget maintains robust response to the ongoing covid19 pandemic. Allocated 100 million in new general fund support. The mayors proposed budget is able to close the projected shortfall without layoffs and Minimal Service impacts. However, we are just beginning to see the effects of this recession and must remain vigilant of the risks that uncertainties that lie ahead. Before the pandemic, San Francisco had approximately 1 billion in reserves. The proposed budget will utilize about half of those reserves over the coming three years, leaving the remainder to hedge against significant risk that far exceed the remaining reserves. These risks include the failure of the november 2020 Business Tax Reform measure, which should not prevail could create 300 million shortfall. The proposed budget assumes that the city continues to receive fema reimbursements for eligible covid expenditures through the end of the fiscal year. Should the federal government declare the emergency over, the city would face a significant financial burden to continue to respond to covid. A prolonged worsening of the pandemic would negatively impact the citys finances both in the form of ongoing expenditures not planned for in this budget and in worsening conditions that can further slow economic recovery. While we believe the assumptions around access eraf and other state revenues are sounds, theres risk that worsening conditions that the state level can result in further losses of state revenue. Lastly, while this budget proposed ongoing solutions, the city still faces a structural deficit and must maintain reserves. To conclude, while the proposed budget balanced it is balance end on a number of asunshines that could fail to materialize which under underscores the importance maintain reserves to guard against these future risks. Thank you. Thank you ashley. Thank you again. Nothing about this pandemic is easy. Nothing is certain. I believe that the more transparent we are with the facts and the more honest we are with the challenges we face, the better off we will all be. I know we will get this budget passed. We will continue to keep people healthy and safe and we will get through this challenging time together. Chair fewer good morning everyone. This meeting will come to order. This is the july 31, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco local Agency Formation commission. Im sandra lee fewer. Im joined by gordon mar and matt haney. Do we have any announcement. Clerk yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect commissioners City Employees and the public city hall is closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local and state federal orders, declarations and directives. Commission members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgov tv. Com are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments to speak are available via phone by calling 4156550001. Then pound and then pound again. When connected you will hear the meet discussion and in listen mode only. When your item come up, dial star three to be added to the speaker line. Best practice is speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. You may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email to myself the lafco cle clerk, or by u. S. Mail at one dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california 94102. That concludes my announcements. Chair fewer thank you very much. Please call the item number two. Clerk approval of the lafco minutings from the june 19, 2020 regular meeting. Chair fewer any comment or questions. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Clerk members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 4156550001. Please dial star three to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. Is there anyone on the line . There are no callers in the queue. Chair fewer Public Comment is now closed. I want to make a motion to approve the lafco minutes from june 19, 2020. Do i need a second for that . Clerk yes. Chair fewer second please . Second. Clerk motion to approve the minutes. [roll call vote] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Do we need to excuse missioner pollock from this meeting . Should i make a motion . I like to make pa motion oexcuse commissioner pollock from this meeting. Could i have a second please . Supervisor mar second. Chair fewer roll call vote please. [roll call vote] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Please call item number three. [agenda item read] chair fewer thank you very much. We have our executive director presenting on this. Thank you, good morning commissioners, bryan goebel executive officer. This item will authorize the lafco to enter an construction with banner production to provide Renewable Energy consulting to the lafco. The lafco is mandated to provide oversight of cleanpowersf in august of last year we issued a request for qualifications for Renewable Energy expert in three Service Areas. I outlined all of this in your packets. By the okay deadline, we haved a total of seven responses. They met the minimum qualifications to work with lafco. There was only one response for service area one, which is to support lafcos oversight of cleanpowersf. We gave all of the respondents a Second Chance to apply and by the february deadline received a total of four responses. On march 13th, we convened an r. F. Q. Evaluation panel made up of chelsea from chair fewers office and a legal counsel. Of all four respondents, vanir scored the highest in the supervisor and proposal evaluation. On june 16th of this year, the lafco issued an intent to award a contract to vanir. The panel were impressed with vanirs presentation during the interview and their understanding of the role lafco plays with cleanpowersf. They have done their homework. As well as by the firms documented expertise and proven record in the Renewable Energy field. They are a minority and women owned company. The staff member for the role at vanir will be jenny witson with Extensive Knowledge of Renewable Energy issues. The team who will work with lafco, i outlined this in your packet, includes developing the framework for the c. C. A. Program in los angeles. They have c. C. A. Experience. This would allow us to significantly strength and our oversight role of cleanpowersf by retaining expertise from a firm with experience in this field. Im very excited to work vanir going forward. My recommendation is that you approve the contract. Chair fewer thank you very much. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none, lets open up for Public Comment please. Clerk members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 4156550001. If you have not already done so, please dial star three to line up to speak. Please wait to indicate the system has unmute you. Are there any members of the public wish to provide Public Comment on this item . Yes, i have one in the queue. Hello commissioners, eric brooks with californian for energy choice, i worked the last 14 years to get cleanpowersf off the ground. Support of this, the diversity and the expertise that this company and team has is both crucial and impressive. Its great to see this going forward. Theres one big caution and hopefully vanir is watching this as well so they get this message to both the commissioners and to vanir, the big caution is that all the expertise looks great but the one thing that i dont see from either of the commission or the contractor is the plan and the ability to integrate all that spirit expero plan a Virtual Power Plant for the San Francisco bay area like the sydney, australia renewable plan. Thats what the advocates have been watching for 14 years. Its not coming from the sfpoc. We need this contractor to be expert on power plant and hire contractor to build it. Thats absolutely crucial. Its the one thing i would say to step up your game on both the commission and the contractor. Thank you. This looks great. Its great to see that were moving forward and i look forward to communicating with all of you in the future including vanir. Clerk thank you for your comment. Anyone else on the line . That completes the queue. Chair fewer Public Comment is closed. Mr. Brooks, comments are noted. I think we are now able to make a recommendation to approve the contract with vanir Construction Management as mr. Goebel has recommended to us. Supervisor mar i had a question for mr. Goebel. I wanted to clarify is the contract with vanir going to cover all three Service Areas . I noticed lafco received responses to the r. F. P. From different bidders in the three different Service Areas. Vanir only submitted a response to service area one and Service Area Two but not service area three which identify proposed programs for communities of concerns. I wanted to clarify whether the scope of this contract will cover all three Service Areas . Chair fewer mr. Goebel . Thank you for that question commissioner mar. I want to add that Jenny Whitson from vanir johnson us as well. No, this contract only covers service area one, which is supporting lafcos oversight role of cleanpowersf. I think it could maybe be possible that vanir could help us develop scope of work for service area three, which other service they didnt apply for. This is mostly to support service area one. Chair fewer commissioner mar, would you like to hear from Jenny Whitson from vanir. Shes available for comment to answer questions. Supervisor mar yes, sure. Im curious how whether lafco will be pursuing consultant support for Service Area Two and three . It is my goal that well be able to based on what i heard from commissioners in the past that service area three is a priority, particularly picking up on Winston Parsons work that he did with his report with number of power disconnections in San Francisco and doing work in this area and other work that the commission deems a priority for communities of concern. Im not sure if ms. Whitson would care to say a few words. Mr. Goebel and commissioners, vanir is excited to support the lafco and service area one oversight of cleanpowersf. In termings of the comments that we heard, well work with mr. Goebel and commissioners to consider any advocacy comments be and recommendations and incorporate those accordingly into lafcos recommendations. Were very excited and we look forward to working with lafco and many other stakeholders that are looking at the cleanpowersf implementation plan. Chair fewer thank you very much. Ms. Whitson to reiterate the question from commissioner mar about working in areas two and three. Would you be able to lend any expertise. I know that your contract for Service Area Number one. Im assuming that you have the expertise for two and three should we expand the scope. Is that correct . Yes, we we do have the Technical Support and expertise for Service Area Two. We are willing to help develop the scope for service area three. We can certainly help with developing that as well. Chair fewer commissioner mar, any other questions or comments . Supervisor mar no, thank you so much. Chair fewer thank you very much. I think that seeing no one else in the queue, i like to make a motion to approve this contract. Could i have a second please . Supervisor mar second. Chair fewer roll call vote please. [roll call vote] you have four ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Please call item number four. [agenda item read] chair fewer mr. Goebel . Thank you madam chair. Commissioners, this item would allow the lafco to extend its contract with the jobs with Justice Education Fund to conduct another survey of on demand workers in San Francisco. The focus of this survey would be delivery workers. Who are among our front line workers now. Our previous survey, those delivery workers who participated in the survey, mostly in San Francisco, more than 60 of them. I gone into detail on this in your packet but the survey would have two part. The team would recruit for a representative survey of workers on four platforms, two grocery and two food with a target of 200 workers on each platform. They would also conduct a survey of delivery workers are unionized. To understand how the work is performed when the workers are employees with union representation. This will then compare the difference and have some analysis on that. The first step of this next phase will be to do a pilot to develop a methodology that prioritizes Public Health and safety for the team who will be working in the field. A part of that how they will determine whether or not this would be inperson survey using all the safety protocols and or whether it would be a phone survey. I think thats something they hope to work out with the pilot. We do have funds left over from the previous representative survey since it was cut short. That would cover the pilot phase and then conducting the next survey would actually be dependent on additional funding from private foundations to the tune about 360,000. Weve already applied for one big grant and im starting to work now with the team on fundraising strategy moving forward. I feel confident that we can raise those funds. Im looking forward to this next phase of work with the survey team. The contract will be extended for one year and my recommendation is that you approve the contract. With that im happy to answer any questions. Chair fewer thank you. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none, lets open up for Public Comment please. Clerk operations checking to see if theres callers in the queue. For members waiting online and wish to speak, please press star three now to be added to the queue. For those on hold, please continue to wait until the similar indicate you have been unmuted. Anyone on the line . I have one caller in the queue. Hello general commissioners. Eric brooks again. This time representing our city of San Francisco, local Grassroots Group and the San Francisco green party. I wanted to really you probably already thinking in this direction, it is vital during the virus crises that we get responsive and data on what front line workers need because of the virus crises. Especially with were just finding out today that congress is totally dropping the ball on support unemployment support maybe a lot lower and that essential workers like this, is vital that were paying them a lot of money. Soothe like doing this. We really need to get data and responses specifically on that. Not just for this industry but this will cover but if we get the right kind of responses it will apply to uber and lyft and maybe even whole foods workers, Grocery Store workers, you name it. So we can get some guidance on giving real relief to front line workers and make sure theyre paid well enough to justify the hard work that were having them do. Those are my comments. Chair fewer thank you very much. Anyone else in the queue . Clerk i dont believe theres anyone else in the queue. Madam chair, that completes the queue. Chair fewer thank you. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Commissioner mar. Supervisor mar thank you. I wanted to thank executive officer goebel and my former colleague, the academic partner and others for all your work on this groundbreaking study on workers in San Francisco. I fully support extending the contract for jobs for justice, to do a new surveys with the food and grocery delivery workers. Im very interested in following up on recommendations that came out of first round of survey and supervisor haney particularly the recommendation to explore licensing system for food delivery. I think the second phase of the survey of those workers will align well with us and initiatives that can support these workers better. So thank you. Chair fewer thank you commissioner mar. Any other comments . I like to add my ditto to exactly what commissioner mar said and thank mr. Goebel especially for staying with it and being able to fund these really important studies. Thank you very much. Having said that, anyone else in in the queue . I make a motion to approve the reservation authorizing the Second Amendment no, Second Amendment to the agreement between lafco and the jobs for Justice Education Fund for on demand delivery workers. Can i have a second please . Second. Second. Chair fewer roll call vote please. [roll call vote] you have four ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Can you please call item number five. [agenda item read] chair fewer i think today we have our counsel inder khalsa to present this item. Good morning madam chair and members of the commission. It is my pleasure to bring to you today an extension to the chair fewer i see no one in the queue. We can open this up for Public Comment. Clerk operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. Please press star three now to be added to the queue. For those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. Is there anyone on the line . I have one caller. Its eric brooks again. This time representing all four of the groups that i mentioned. Just to give thumb us up to renewing the executive officers contract. Its been very refreshing to work with bryan. Todays meeting is a clear indication that bryan is getting stuff done and his ability to get the supervisors to realize the importance of this commission has been important as well. I would urge you to approve this. Thank you. Clerk i believe that is the only caller in the queue. That is correct. That completes the queue. Chair fewer thank you. Public comment on item number five is closed. I would like to make a motion to approve resolution for bryan goebel executive of office services. Second please. Second. Chair fewer thank you commissioner cink. Singh. [roll call vote]. You have four ayes. Chair fewer please call item number six. Clerk item number six is Public Comment. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call 4156550001. If you have not already done so, please dial star three now to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicate you have been unmuted. Is there anyone in the line to speak . Yes, i have one caller. Hello again one last time. Commissioners, eric brooks representing all four of the groups that i mentioned before. I cant say this with enough urgency. If you look whats happening in washington d. C. Right now, the trump administrations handling of the Economic Crises that has merged from this virus and other problems with the economy is dismal at best. Even the leadership of the Democratic Party is not stepping up to make sure that things are funded and the people are funded the way they need to be. Housing is producted the way it needs to be. I would urge you to take the public bank off the back burner because were now facing a situation where San Francisco is likely to be under extreme crises, especially for housing even with the protections that weve got in place. Its vital that we make sure and get the public bank on the front burner and moving forward as quickly as possible so we can get people out of harm and get coops funded and things like that. So we can fund things like cleanpowersf that will be much easier to build than saving the planet if we get money from a public bank to build that Virtual Power Plant. Sydney, australia power plant that i was talking about before. I dont think that we can leave public bank to decide at this point. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you. Clerk that is the only caller. Chair fewer okay, Public Comment is now closed. Madam clerk, is there any more business today. Clerk no further business today. Chair fewer thank you very much everyone. We are adjourned. good morning and welcome to it the june 18th meeting of Treasure Island mobility management board. Ill be presiding over this mornings meeting. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. roll call we have a quorum. thank you so much, madam clerk. I believe you have announcements. yes, i do. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 888 2045987. Follow the system prompts. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. When you hear an item called that you wish to speak on dial ten to be added to the speaker queue. Speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or videos aroun radd you. thank you so much. Madam clerk, please call the next item on the agenda. item two, chairs report. This is an information item. thank you, madam clerk, i do have a statement from our chair and i will read it for the record. Thank you all for convening today as the Treasure Island mobility management agency. Chair had to attend a meeting today. Chair haney a nunsed constructioannounced theconstrur veterans. This month treasurer youre island hosted another Ground Breaking for the south gate realignment project. Hosted by our executive director mr. Chang and project lee on july 29th. The limited commencement thanks funders for collaborating on the 64 milliondollar interchange and road realignment. The south gate road realignment project took place at the job site the afternoon of july 9th. This project will provide the islands local connections be designed on and off ramps to i830 and San Francisco oak land bay bridge. Completely removes conflicts coming from the expansion coming to and from Treasure Island. This is the second project administered by the transportation authority. The westbound direction delivered in 2016 s 2016. The next project exceed yule scr the spring of 2021. Federal highway administration, cal trans, bay area toll authority, United States coast guard, and one Treasure Island to design, fund, and deliver infrastructure improvements. Construction completion of the south gate road project is expected by the summer of 2022. The same timeframe that the overall Treasure Island Mobility Management Program is scheduled to launch. As chair haney descraibe descrie over the next months. Well consider adoption of the toll that lead towp the launch oto the launch ofthe housing co. Thank you. With that ill ask if theres any comment from the public. no Public Comment. this is information item but ill ask if my cloag colleas have anything to add or comment on. Seeing none. Ill ask to call the next item. next item is an information item. thank you so much. I know with have director chang ready to report. thank you vice chair and commissioners. I have a very brief to add to the update on the south gate road comenszment. Commencement. The good news is there as an additional Funding Grant in the amount of 30 million to continue that bicycle path. This is great. We want to congratulate tita and its partners. This project is led by Deputy Director for capital projects. This will help connect the bike path along the west end of the bay bridge long west side of bridge that were also developing. This is really great news. In addition our timma staff will be joining our applications for federal funds. This is to help show case innovative business partnerships and technologies and practices to provide efficient affordable Transportation Services for people with disabilities and under served communities sm the final design and implementation of the Treasure Island toll and equity programs. Up to 40 million is available nationwide for three phases. Design, implementation, and deployment. We really want to thank the metropolitan transportation Commission Staff for coordinating and allowing us to join in application and look forward to monitoring that application and hope for a successful grant. With that i can take any questions. Thank you. thank you. Colleagues, any questions or comments on the directors report . Im looking at the chat, i dont see any questions or comments from colleagues. With that said, is there any Public Comment . this is no Public Comment. thank you so much. This is an information item. Madam, clerk. Please call next item. approve the minutes of the may and june twebt twenty 2020. roll call minutes are a approved. thank you so much, madam clerk. Will you please call item number five. item five seeking final approval, ratify the fiscal timma policy. This is an action item. I believe you are muted, vice chair. thank you. Sorry about that. This item and the next were recommended by the timma committee at our june 16th meeting and continued from the june 23 meeting due to time constraints. Are there any questions from colleagues on this item . And theres no report, i believe, on this item, correct . correct. Gentleman since this was recommended by the timma committee we dont need a motion and a second. Madam clerk, roll call, please. roll call . motion passes. An amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars for combined total not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars. This is an action item. thank you so much, madam clerk. There is no presentation planned for this particular item. We do have rachel, our assistant Deputy Director for planning who is available if there are any questions or comments. colleagues do have any questions or comments for item number six . With that said, can we see if there are any members of the public who would like to speak . checking. There is no Public Comment for this item. thank you. Seeing there is no Public Comment and this item was recommended by the timma mitt ee, we doncommittee. We dont need a motion and a second. Will you please call the roll. roll call we have final approval. thank you, madam clerk. Will you please call the next item. item seven, introduction of new items. This is an information item. thank you so much. Colleagues, does anybody have any new items . Seeing none on the roster. Wouldobviously we dont have any new items present. Madam clerk please call item number eight. item eight, Public Comment. thank you. Operator, any members of the public who would like to speak on this matter at this time. yes, there is Public Comment. thank you. I would just remind speakers that you have two minutes for Public Comment. welcome caller, your two minutes begins now. Okay. Let me try this again. Caller, are you on mute . Your two minutes begins now. Okay. Vice chair, the call has dropped. Theres no additional commenters. thank you so much. With that said, being that theres no other business for this meeting, this meeting is adjourned. thank you. thank you. We are definitely pioneers in airport concession world a world of nationally if not entirely or internationally everybody is cop us right now. The people that were in charge of the retail this is where that began. I didnt think we would have a location at the airport. Weve set the bar higher with the customer commerce. Telling me about the operator and how you go about finding them and they get from being in the city to being in the airport. So first, we actually find a table and once we know what we want a sitdown we go to the neighborhoods in San Francisco and other people seminary of the retail let us know about the rain water and are excited to have the local operators in the airport. We have to go going through the conceive selective process and they award a lease to the restaurant. They are planning on extending. We that you could out the china and the length evens and the travel serve and fourth your minds and its all good. How long for a vendor to move through the process. I would say it could take 80 up to a year from the time we go out to bid until they actually open a restaurant. I dont know what we signed up for but the airport is happy to have us here. And, you know, even taking out the track simple things theres a learning curve with once were here they are helpful. Its an awardwinning program. Were prude of your awards we have won 11 awards the latest for the best overall food address Beverage Program and. Like the oscars laughter . The professional world. Tell me about the future food. All the sb national leases are xooirz and were hoping to bring newer concepts out in San Francisco and what your passengers want. Well, i look forward to the future laughter air are we look fofofofofofofof our United States constitution requires every ten years that america counts every human being in the United States, which is incredibly important for many reasons. Its important for preliminary representation because if Political Representation because if we under count california, we get less representatives in congress. Its important for San Francisco because if we dont have all of the people in our city, if we dont have all of the folks in california, california and San Francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in funding. Its really important to the city of San Francisco that the federal government gets the count right, so weve created count sf to motivate all sf count to motivate all citizens to participate in the census. For the immigrant community, a lot of people arent sure whether they should take part, whether this is something for u. S. Citizens or whether its something for anybody whos in the yUnited States, and it is something for everybody. Census counts the entire population. Weve given out 2 million to over 30 communitybased organizations to help people do the census in the communities where they live and work. Weve also partnered with the Public Libraries here in the city and also the Public Schools to make sure there are informational materials to make sure the folks do the census at those sites, as well, and weve initiated a campaign to motivate the citizens and make sure they participate in census 2020. Because of the language issues that many Chinese Community and families experience, there is a lot of mistrust in the federal government and whether their private information will be kept private and confidential. So its really important that communities like bayviewhunters point participate because in the past, theyve been under counted, so what that means is that funding that should have gone to these communities, it wasnt enough. Were going to help educate people in the tenderloin, the multicultural residents of the tenderloin. You know, any one of our given blocks, theres 35 different languages spoken, so we are the original u. N. Of San Francisco. So its our job is to educate people and be able to familiarize themselves on doing this census. You go online and do the census. Its available in 13 languages, and you dont need anything. Its based on household. You put in your address and answer nine simple questions. How many people are in your household, do you rent, and your information. Your name, your age, your race, your gender. Everybody is 2,000 in funding for our child care, housing, food stamps, and medical care. All of the residents in the city and county of San Francisco need to be counted in census 2020. If youre not counted, then your community is underrepresented and will be underserved. Welcome to the tuesday, august 4th, Virtual Meeting of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission. Im the Commission President and due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Entertainment Commission members, city employment and public and city hall meeting rooms are closed. However, well be participating remotely. This is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders, declarations and Commission Members and employees will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen and each speak will be allowed two minutes to speak. Opportunities to speak during Public Comment period are available during the zoom platform using meeting i. D. 89143696905 or calling 833 5480276 toll free. Using zoom