Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Public Safety Neighborhood Services Committee 22217 20170224

San francisco Refugee Services plan for the fiscal years, 15, 16, and 16, 17. Great, and i understand that suzy smith is here who is the Deputy Director for the policy and planning for the Human Services agency. Thank you. Good moerrning i am joined ba few people, the refugee coordinator and two providers gladys and nancy from the Lynn Institute, after a say a few brief words they will say a few words about their programming. The item before you is a resolution approving San Francisco federal fiscal year, 15, 16, and 16, 17s Refugee Services plans. These are submitted annually for the funding. San francisco is one of eight counties, that receives refugee federal refugee assistance funding and administered through the California Department of social services and the 15, 16, allocation was totalled 214,000, and the 16, 17, allocation totalled 168,000 dollars. And the funds are used for newly arrived refugees that have been here eight months or less to help with the Employment Related Services and so the job search assistance and the resume building and Vocational Education and things like that. There is also a small portion of the funding that is used for the people who are 60 years and older, and have been here for at least five years and that is to help the older refugees become citizens. It is a huge number of countries and the refugees in the program are from 29 different countries, in the central outh america, africa, china, South East Asia and it is diverse for a relatively small progr program. And the contract with the hantos and the Lynn Institute and this year we have a knew come poen tent to identify and serve unaccompanied minors as we know there is unaccompanied minors for the last several years, hard to identify them, but the School District is a great partner in helping to identify them. So this year huntos and the School District and a few other clabive organizations are working together to identify the unaccompanied youth and to serve them and so we are happy about that addition to the program. And i just wanted to say a word about why we are submitting for the 15, 16 plan, retroactively. So, this California State Department of social services has to approved the plan before we can take it to our Human Services commission and then to the board and td state did not approve the fy, 15, 16, plan until october of 2016. And the plan was approved on november, 9, 2016 and so a few weeks later we submitted it to our board and our Human Services commission and then to you, and staff followed up regularly with emails weekly and there was a hold up at the office, and we were directed to spend the money despite the fact that it was in the review process and this has happened one other time before and we have records indicating such. I will take any questions and i will let the provider say a word or two with the program, if that is okay . Sure. My name is garcia, and i work for hontos and our mission is to promote economic selfsufficiency for san franciscans and the families for the Occupational Training and employment. In the past eleven years we have served 300 refugees averaging 30 per year. 170 successfully completed, 145 of the subsidized employment, and currently, we have ten, and 145, i am sorry, we have ten refugees attending esl level, 01. We have three attending level two to three, and seven attending eleven three to five. On friday, june 16, in collaboration with the Human Services agency in sf cares. Huntos will once again host the refugee awareness month. Please join us as we celebrate the refugees who were forced to leave their country to escape war and persecution and natural disasters and please mark your calendar and we hope to see you there. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning, im nancy ren from the Lynn Institute, lynn is happy to say that next week we will celebrate the 25th anniversary. And the big piece of that services have been with refugees over the years. We have a very integrated program. Where we provide Services Alongside with english as a Second Language Services and Skilled Development. The Skilled Development allows an extremely diverse population not just ethically, but with regard to their educational and work history backgrounds is develop the strongest skills that they are able to do so, and move forward in to employment. The types of employment that our students have obtained range from everything from entry level janitorial to right now the data analyst for the Mayors Office in new york city as a lynn graduate. And so everything in between that might address positions at such computer positions such as tech, and office clerk positions, etc. So we have a very strong relationship with a number of employers in San Francisco. In particular we have a contract relationship with mercy housing. Excuse me. Through that opportunity for the last three and a half years, they have partnered with us to bring our graduates, and many of which have been refugees into entry level employment or the front desk clerks with our facility. They are not only interested in having those positions staffed but in the opportunity for advancement for these graduates in the last seven years, four of the students have gone as high as Senior Property management which is a position that pays over 60,000 a year with housing and all ranges in between, and so it has been a successful partnership. Although we have the strong partnerships with many, many, employers. Our completing of the placement rates are strong and we have over 85 completing and placement rates. We provide Placement Services not just for the students who are enrolled but as well we follow up with the students through the social media and other contact to maintain support with them and help them move into stronger positions as they have the opportunity and develop greater skills and in a culture to the United States. Okay. Thank you. Would you like to speak as well . Okay. Great. Go ahead would you like to say a few words. I am the refugee coordinator for San Francisco county and i coordinate the services with the Service Providers within the Human Services agency. And these are successful programs. Wonderful. And can you give a few more specifics about the services that you are going to provide, particularly to an accompanied minors, i have to say that i am very excited to hear that you are starting that new program that i was staffing former supervisor david compos on the legislation that created a guaranteed right to Legal Council for all unaccompanied minors that the former administration had put into place. Which i, you know, at the time thought was just unconsciousable and to know that not only do unaccompanied right have the right to Legal Council but also the support of job training is music to my ears and i would love to hear more about that. At this time, we have created collaborations with the different groups, including the behavior health, Mental Health providers, and also outside of the School District, we have created very strong collaborations with the different programs. They have at the school level but right now, we have created an out reach position so we are creating this collaborations so that we can bring them in for the Employment Services as specifically. And for children that are 16 and over, they can get the Employment Services through both agencies and become selfsufficient, also they want to work, and we can create the part times that they need and also, we are working with the Legal Services for children. And Lynn Institute is in the same building and so they are working together to make sure that if they have any new, unaccompanied minors that received the status and they can start to receive services as soon as possible. So there are different groups, including San Francisco, coalition for refugees and immigrants that is working with us and 27 agency and we worked with the Mayors Office and the different departments to make sure that they know about our services our Service Providers and the benefits they can receive in the Human Services agency, which is cash, and with the unEmployment Services. That is great, thank you. Supervisor . Do you have any questions or comments . No questions. This is just a fantastic program. And so. Would it be appropriate to move to adopt this resolution. Sure. Just going to see if there is any Public Comment. Thank you so much for your presentation. Now the opportunity for Public Comment. If anyone wants to comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor . Do you want to make a motion . Yes. I move to adopt this item. Great. Before we do so, could we excuse supervisor fewer from voting on this item . Sure. Would you like to make a motion exexcusing supervisor fewer. Sure i would like to move to excuse supervisor fewer from this item. So moved. Motion passes. Now, we would like to move a motion forward to adopt this item with positive recommendations so moved, second. Thank you. And this item passes, thank you so much. Thank you. Clerk, could you call item number two . Yes, ordinance replacing a provision of the planning code with the new provision of the administrative code requiring all city buildings that are accessible to the public to install and maintain at least one baby dieper changing accommodations. Supervisor, did you want to continue this item . Ible that is item three. Yes, item number three is the one that i was going to continue. Okay. Thank you. Very much. I see, sone from supervisor tangs office, hello. Good morning, supervisors im diana with katie tangs office. This legislation was inspired by an act signed by president barack obama in 2016. It was called the bathrooms accessible in every situation. In that act the federal government agreed to require baby changing, baby diaper changing accommodations in every Federal Building. When we took a look at it, as great as that was, how many times, we thought how many times does that Public Access Federal Building and what are we doing on the city level to make sure that parents have access to appropriate accommodations for changing their children . We saw that of course, San Francisco has led the way in 2005, the board of supervisors required new and renovated buildings to install baby stationing accommodations. But we thought that we could do more, based on what the federal government had done. So we changed three codes to accomplish three different opportunities. In the first we changed our administrative code, to require that all city buildings have public accommodations for baby changing stations. And we also that it currently offers the changing in the female bathroom that they must offer it in the bathroom for males or the all gender bathroom. We have heard experiences from where from my colleagues have gone into restaurants and there was accommodations in the female but not in the male bathroom. So she was forced to change her baby even though her partner was willing and able to do it. The third piece, although it was in the city code that new and renovated buildings are required to have accommodations. Other they deal with the use of the building we were not seeing as much enforcement because they were not dealing with the internal aspects of it and did not have the opportunity to make sure that this code was being implemented. And so we spoke with the department of building inspection and they agreed to take this on into the Building Code. And have agreed to make sure that we continue to enforce this law that has been in place for the last decade or so. We were happy to see that we got the full support from the Small Business commission as well as the Building Inspection Commission and the planning commission. Through that process, a number of amendments have been asked, and these are all nonsubnative and you also have a summary sheet in front of you. We changed on from accessible to used by, sometimes they are not accessible under the code but we want to make sure that there is still installing these accommodatio accommodations. And we also want to insure that there is clear language throughout. That they install of a diaper changing station does not in peed with any city and state and city laws regarding accessibility. And we heard this loud and clear and the committee and the Building Inspection Commission to make sure that yes, we want these stations available but we dont want to impede the access to travel for anyone with a disability. Also from 6 to 12 months, in case there are departments that have multiple floors and need to install multiple stations. And we change reference to both gender to all genders to make sure that there is this acknowledgment that there are different types of people identifying various types of ways. And we clarified the definition of what could be a baby changing accommodation, and you have those ones coming out of the walls or there could be a table and there is many ways that you can accomplish this. In the administrative code, we stated that the requirements of the ordinance will not violate or impair any existing contracts or leases and we clarified the waiver procedure and in case the bathrooms are too small and it impedes the accessibility issues and then, the departments can go to the Building Department as well as the Administrative Department to make sure that they can get that waiver. Within the Building Code we widen the scope of the establishments to make sure that it acompasses many businesses from the Daycare Centers to the Adoption Centers to restaurants and everything in between. As long as that establishment offers a rest room to the public. And they are required to fulfill this requirement. But for instance, a laundry mat might not have a bathroom for the p you believe and so had then they would not have to fulfill that requirement. We added requirement that the signage be posted in compliance with section, 11 b. 16. 2, which has to do with tactical signs. We amenlded the definition of renovated to say that it has to be the definition is 50,000 or more, renovations to a bathroom. And we included provisions that the ordinance does not require any reduction of the number of toilet facilities required by the law. So these were all suggested by both the department of public works, the department of building inspection and members of the public. So we tried to encompass all of those changes. Lastly we want to make sure that we get the word out that we insure that all parents have access to the tools to properly care for their children and get rid of the mind set that only one gender is in charge of taking care of their children. We dont want to hear any more stories of people changing their child on the roofs of cars or in the back seats of cars or tables or in chairs, we want to make sure that our children are taken care of and the public as well. So thank you, and happy to answer any questions. I just want to thank you and supervisor tang omuch for this legislation, and i am sure that there are parents cheering all over San Francisco right now, including me. I love to be added as a cosponsor, please to this legislation, and just really appreciate this piece, thank you so much. Thank you. Is there anybody else who has any comments . Yes. Likewise, as a parent who has been through this, me and my husband with our daughter, the bathroom situation is just a nightmare, when she was little. And so thank you to supervisor tang and add me as a cosponsor as well. Thank you. Supervisor fewer, do you have any questions . Thank you so much. Is there anybody here to speak of Public Comment about this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Can i have a motion to approve this item . I move to approve this item. Great. That motion passes. I am sorry to interrupt, we had amendments that we would need to submit to change. Thank you. Could i have a motion to rescind. So moved. Okay. Without objection. And now could i have a motion to adopt the amendment. Sorry, so i move to adopt the amendment . Second. Without the objection the amendments are adopted. Now i move to adopt the item amended. With recommendation. Yes. So moved. Thank you so much. Item number three, please . A hearing to determine a comprehensive coordinated neighborhood and Crime Prevention strategy for San Francisco, addressing issues including but not limited to robberies and break ins and break thefts. This is your item . Could you move that to the call of the chair . No objection, and we would like to take Public Comment in if there is any Public Comment on item three, now is your opportunity to speak. Seeing none, public item is closed. And there is a motion to continue the item to the call of the chair without objection. That motion passes. Madam clerk, could you item four . Yes, item four is the ordinance amending the administrative code to prohibit the city from using resource to create implement and provide investigation or information for obrien others assist or support any Government Program requiring the registration of individuals on the basis of religion. I am sorry, National Origin or ethnicity. Thank you so much. So colleagues, i have passed out some amendments that i am introducing today. That respond to what happened at our last hearing on this item. When the public called for a private right of action. And really so moved us here in committee. That we have been working together with our City Attorneys Office and thanks so much to your office, deputy, City Attorney. And with the community and in a very special thanks to alika for her work and guson in my office and britney and supervisor c cohens office. We have created a private right of action and i am going to introduce that in a second. I also want to extend my thanks to both mayor lee and supervisor cohen for working cooperatively with us on these amendments. And once again, just want to recognize the amazing work of the American Islamic relations of the San Francisco bay area. The aclu in northern california, and the arab resource and organizing center, and the law caucus, and for all of their hard work on coming to consensus about what this private right of action should look like. So i just want to say a couple of programs because i dont know if it is unpress dented dented but it is rare. And i want to talk about why we decided to go this route. We are basically strengthening what was already a very strong ordinance. And by taking this step, of creating a private right of action for individuals or nonprofits, serving immigrant populations to hold the city accountable, if the city or snee act tore in the city violates these protections that we are creating, it is an extraordinary act, and we are doing this because of the fact that Muslim Community in San Francisco and across the country, and the immigrant community in general in the u. S. Is facing dangerous discrimination by our federal government as we speak. And with this ordinance and the amendments we are sending a strong and clear message to the Trump Administration that San Francisco is dead serious about doing what ever it takes to protect our communities from antimuslim and immigrant policies. And we need to also be vigilant that history does not repeat itself. This is very timely because this weekend was the 17th anniversary of the signing of the executive order 1966 by roosevelt when authorized 120,000 people of japanese an kes tri, twothirds of whom are u. S. Citizens to be i am prisoned for the sake of socalled safety of the American People at the start of world war ii. The registry of the japanese americans, stripped the americans of the right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness and it was untugsal and unjust and it is widely recognized to be so. That the in hawaii when it order was passed hawaii said that we are not going to participate in helping the internment of the japanese community. San francisco at the time did not resist in the same way. And it is part of a history that we need to learn from and make sure we never repeat again. And by creating the strongest law possible of resisting this registry and any internment that might be connected with it, we are sending that strong message that we will never participate in that type of diskrimation, unconstitutional conduct ever again. And we must create laws that hold ourselves accountable and are the strongest possible. During the campaign President Donald Trump assumed a very aggressive stance towards islamic terrorism as a corner of his socalled Security Policy and they talked about creating a Muslim Registry and while this has not become policy, he has created implement other racist laws the travel ban and excluding muslims from entering this country. We need to act on the offense . We need to create protections in place before he acts. Because what he has shown is that he is going to hold true to his promises on the ka campaign. When he does he is going to act quickly with devastating consequences to our community. We are anticipating what could be a disaster and we are saying no before it even happens. And putting the protections in place to make sure that every member of our community is protected. We dont know exactly what is coming from the federal government, or what it will look like, but we are going to create the strongest possible laws to protect every member of our community and do whatever it takes to time to be at the forefront of resisting these types of policies. So i have passed out the amendments to my colleagues. I will just briefly go over the main amendments. The proposed ordinance creates a private right of action against the city for an individual whose personal information has been disclosed in violation of the ordinance or a nonprofit focused on the defense of immigrant and the minority rights could bring a claim against the city. If the city is found liable in a cause of action brought by an individual or a nonprofit, it shall or can be liable for damages suffered by an individual. And as well as up to 5,000 in Civil Penalties per violation. In terming the amount of civil penalty, the court should consider if the violation was intentional or negligent and if there have been any previous violations by a city department. And prevailing plaintiff in the case is also entitled to recover, reasonable Attorney Fees and costs. And any person or, entity must file a claim with the city within three years of the alleged violation. There is one exception, any disclosure of personal information required by a legally enforceable subpoena, warrant or court order. And shall not give right to a cause of action. Under this section. And so, again, i, very proud today that we are creating what, you know, perhaps, the strongest law, i think in the entire country, hopefully we are leading the way, and we will see other cities and counties across the country, stepping up to send a powerful message to this administration that we will not tolerate discrimination of the Muslim Community against the Muslim Community or any immigrant members of our community. With that, is there any comments or questions . From my colleagues before we go to Public Comment . Supervisor fewer. Thank you chair, and i just want to be insured that in the definition part of this ordinance, that actually when it refers to persons and individuals, that it refers to natural and legal persons, and is that stipulate yd in the wording of this. Can you read what page and line you are referring to . I am not sure, but i am actually thinking page 7 line four, this section 103 hpt 4, shall apply to all individuals regardless of citizen or immigration status, age or any other factor. I would want it to just be insured that this refers to natural and legal persons. Deputy, City Attorney . I am not totally sure what the question is. The ordinance applies to ethnicity, National Origin or religion information about any person, any individual. I dont know if that is the response to your question . Whatever their status national, origin, is that. This ordinance protects them. This ordinance prohibits the city from disclosing information about any individual regarding ethnicity, religion or natural origin for the purpose of use on any government list or registry. Or data base. Thank you. Thank you. Any other comments or questions before we go to Public Comment . Seeing none, open up the floor to Public Comment. Would anyone like to speak . Oh, i also should mention that we do have translation, i know that we made that sad announcement at the beginning but if you would like to speak in arabic we do have a translation for you. Good morning, city supervisors, i know that i stood before you many times before. Today i stand here to thank you for taking the time to make the amendments. These changes make the ordinance much stronger, they show that San Francisco is ready to send the community and be accountable. We support the action language which will provide further protection for its residents as a Muslim American we spreesht your support. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker . Hi, my name is adele and i am a first generation american born citizen. And i have lived in the bay area my entire life and i really appreciate the support you guys have for this ordinance. And i wanted to express my strong support of an ordinance that will endorse nonparticipation in targeting of muslims or any marginalized group. And i think that it is really important to recognize that protecting the safety of these individuals does not ever compromise the safety of the rest of the citys residents. And at the last city hall, there was discussion about how some individuals have been targeted in part due to their religion and so i would like to ask if there is language in the ordinance making it clear that any targeting based on rights is unacceptable. And government officials that find themselves incapable of enforcing this, need to face consequences for violating that and be taken out of positions where they are responsible for protecting those rights. And again, i really appreciate that you guys have been supportive of this and it means a lot to me personally, to our entire community. Thanks. Thank you. Hi, next speaker. Hi, there, my name is catergy and i am also a local history researcher. And the very first reference to south asians interacting with San Francisco City Government that we found so far was something that happened in 1851. When there is a man from india who was schedule to testify in court but his testimony was challenged because of his race because he was about to testify in a court case where there was a white man present and he was not supposed to be able to do that. From 1851, to 2017, our communities have faced policies of state based exclusion here in San Francisco. The second story that comes out right after that happens in 1852, and this is something that came out in the daily in california and this i love this quote. It reads, in our streets, also, is the failure of the european and the darker hin du and the muslim says his daily prayers as he passes the churches of the christian. It was never before written in the worlds history and this article goes on to talk about people from the lands of persia and being here in San Francisco and it is 1852, and San Franciscos have figured out that people from the middle east, south asia, muslims are a critical part of the fabric that makes San Francisco the place that it is. And this is what our communities have always faced sometimes recognized as being part of the fabric of this place and sometimes they fail to protect us, and this is a moment in time where we g et to choose which history we want to go with. And ip want to thank you for making sure to pass this on to push on this, to make sure that this is ordinance is robust and absolutely, thank you, thank you, thank you. For making sure that the private right of action is part of this. Like you said this is history that we are creating. This time we are going to get it right. Thank you. Next speaker please . Good morning, my name is kristine, and i am the teacher and Program Manager for the mothers esl program and, again many of my students are here this morning. And we are here to thank you, and thank all of you for the time and energy that you have put into this ordinance. And it makes us extremely proud to be san franciscans. And as one of my students said the other day, she said you know, i think that i have to thank trump for one thing. And i said what is that . And she said, because here in San Francisco, people are starting to be nicer to us. And in fact, on the way over here this morning, as we were walking there was a gentleman who said, wait, hey, no hate, no hate. I love you guys. And so, thanks again, and we do so much appreciate your energy and thoughtfulness on this ordinance and hope that it can be a blueprint for the rest of the country. Thank you. Thank you so much. I just wanted to say that we apply for school, we register to vote, but the city officials i just want to thank you and i am glad that you guys are making us apply for this Muslim Registry and keeping us safe as if we are now part of the mission, we would not want to apply for this. And we are not a threat and this is a great nation and we want to thank you guys for standing strong against this discrimination. Thank you. Thank you so much. Hi, my name is jerry garber and i would want to say that as a jewish resident of the city of San Francisco i stand with the Muslim Community and i really thank you for what you are doing. Thank you. Thank you so much. Next speaker . Hi, my name is malaka i am eleven and i am in the 6th grade. Hey, creating a Muslim Registry is not normal. We do not deserve to be treated like as we were others. Thank you for making sure our city does not cooperate with this order. Thank you so much. Greetings of peace. My mame is loudi. I would like to first thank you all for coming today and representing our rights. And allowing us to share our voices. I believe that everyone deserves the right to live in peace. As a yemen arab, american muslim i am very proud to be here and be able to share my voice. What makes america is its Diverse People that includes arabs latinos african americans, christians jus, muslim and more, we are all one nation, brothers and sisters mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, i have a close person who told me a quote that i memorized and never forgot. The quote is proud to be who i am. When you guys want to say proud to be who i am with me now. Okay. Proud to be who i am. And so on the count of three. We are going to say 1, 2, 3. Proud to be who i am. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Good morning supervisors, my name is skria hakeem and i have lived in San Francisco for three decades. And i love my city. And i cannot imagine signing up for Muslim Registry. Thank you for your understanding, and how prejudice that is and how hard it would be to explain to my grandchildren that they are different because of their faith. That is unlike other children. Once again, i thank you very much for your support, and thank you. Hi, my name is calkut and i live in San Francisco. We thank you for talking and your hard work in this law we are proud to be San Francisco. And we are really happy we are angry that muslims registry will be thank you thank you so much. I want to say thank you to the supervisor and the full board next week to pass this ordinance, thank you. Good morning and i am here on my own behalf, i have been in the bay area for a few months, i lived for a long time in the arab country, south east michigan. I wish that i didnt have to be here, where my parents grew up despite political turbulence and dictate or ship they had free healthcare, and they went to the university for free and womans rights were respected and music, and poetry and literature fluished and after several wards sanctions and occupations my parentss home land is no longer liveable. So we panic about the oroville dam dam and we dont have enough funds to do anything about it, but we always have enough money involved to bomb the dams on the tigress. And the citizens that are targeted by the ban deserve a safe haven here and i encourage extreme vetting of the areas where they choose to reside in the u. S. To make sure that they are not exposed to arabphobia and to be sure that they are comforted as much as possible considering the anguish that they will feel for the rest of their lives for being torn away from their home lands. Thank you so much. It thank you for the hearing last time around and hearing the community and the gravity of what we are all are facing together here in San Francisco and in the bay area. And for really pushing for whatever strength we could add to the ordinance, as you have heard, our various organizations in the xhnts will xhublt communities will come forward to move this language forward to set a precedent that when we are facing such difficult and discrimination issues from the federal level that we will come out strong and have ordinances that truly do protect our communities. So thank you for your leadership. Thank you for all of your work on this. I think that two weeks ago San Francisco pulled out of the task force and that was great by the supervisor and today it is a great moment that we should thank the supervisors for supporting this ordinance. San francisco should lead the way. Thank you for that. Thank you so much. I want to say thank you so much and i want to keep the city safe and i am happy that you guys are being part of that, and so that what i have to say to my students and my kids too, thank you so much. Thank you. I would like to thanks you guys and i hope that we will stand here next time because we know that you are doing a great job. And i would like to thank you again because Everybody Knows you know, the United States is built by and this backed and oral agent. And thank you guys and thank you for everything. And whatever we say, we cannot appreciate that. Thank you so much, the small message we would like to thank you guys, thank you so much, god bless you and god bless america. Thank you so much. Is there anybody else that would like to speak during Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Would anybody like to make any comments or a motion to adopt the amendments . I would like to thank you supervisor for following up on this and actually we are really incorporating i think what we heard at the last Committee Meeting for these extra protections that i think that are really important and also, to thank the mayor and for the supervisor cohen also to work on this with you, and to our upper city, attorney also for their advice. And then i would like to say to the community, that you know, as a san franciscan, and i think as an american citizen, i just want to really apologize that we even have to go here and do this. I feel such a sense of embarrassment. I think and shame that actually our country is going in this correction that we find this necessary which, i think we thought that this would never happen or it would come to this. But i am glad that we are taking protections. But at the same time after the hearing last week, or two weeks ago i have to say that i was feeling such a great sense of shame and embarrassment about our country and about the direction that our country is going. And i think that i am also very foo fearful but most of all i am deeply ashamed and i just want to apologize and ask for your testimony after testimony and saying thank you, and i actually am so embarrassed even to hear people thanking us for doing something that we have, of course, an obligation to do. But it is so ridiculous that we are even at this point that we have to do it. So i just want to extend an apology quite frankly for all of the rest of us. I think that feel as though our country has lost direction and has lost purpose. And has lost really what we are founded on. And i am also a grand daughter of people who came to this country on illegal papers or documents that because a heart immigration policies have been inherently and to be here for a long time. Noo he way, i just wanted to express sort of my embarrassment and shame of this country. And that we are here today actually voting on Something Like this. And which i should not even be necessary but in these horrible times, unfortunately lts. And so thank you for coming out today and thank you so much. And thank, supervisor sheehy who really pushed the issue of a priet vat right to action and for supervisor to follow up on it and to hear it loud and clear what the community said and the assurances that we needed to make in order for them to feel safe because it is not about us. It is really about the community. That needs extra assurance to feel safe and what is actually needed for us to take an extra step so that they feel they can live their life safely in San Francisco. That was so moving. And i share your embarrassment and your shame for where we are as a country, it is just shocking and you know, you open the paper today and our immigrant community is now under assault. And i think that we are standing together and we are going to resist and we are going to protect our communities whether they are muslim, from other parts of the country, that are no the favored by our president , or immigrants. And because it starts with a handful of people and then it moves through society, we know this and we have seen this drill before. And i hope that the actions that we are taking today and that we will take next week will reassure our immigrant communities that we are here, and that we are doing everything that we can to make you safe. So thank you. Thank you. I want to echo my colleagues and while it is embarrassing, and i think that you put it perfectly, supervisor fewer, we are going to fight in stronger, and more bold and innovative ways than we ever have before and i think that is what we are doing with this ordinance. And i just want to appreciate you all for pushing the envelope and pushing us. To think outside the box and get outside of our comfort zone. And create laws that are not just empty words, but have strong Enforcement Mechanisms and can and that we know will be effective if we god forbid ever have to use them. And so, i just want to thank you all so much as it has been a truly moving experience. Working with you, and i agree with the student that despite this horrible man, and his administration and it is pushing us to be stronger and more kind and loving to one another. And so thank you for that. And with that could i entertain a motion to adopt the amendments . And without objection and those amendments passed and can i have a motion to move this item forward with recommendation . Yes, so moved, please. Second. Without objection, this motion passes. Thank you so much. Madam clerk are there any other items . There is no further business. Okay, with that, the committee is closed. Thank you so much. The tuesday, 2017, meeting of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission my name is brap the president of the commission before we get start a few housekeeping items please turn off your cell phones and two if youre a member of the public and last week to to an item that is on the agenda or not i will call Public Comment at various points please come on or got handed a few speakers if youre here to speak on an item there should be speakers in the front and hand them to the staff and finally thank you to sfgovtv and the Media Services so for airing this meeting live to the public every time we meet we have 4 commissioners we have quorum commissioner caminong commissioner thomas commissioner lee commissioner courtney. Commissioner frost will be here at 6 and commissioner perez on the way and a vacant seat that be here in a couple of weeks the First Business item is general Public Comment this is for items that pertain not San Francisco Entertainment Commission but you dont see currently on the agenda any Public Comment on this item . It there something you wanted to speak to on the agenda well come back. This is general Public Comment oh, why look through them all thank you. All right. 4 people hear restore are here to speak on that item coming up to in the report. Maybe we can take it then why not take you guys now i dont know if there are an order you guys want to speak to 101 and then we have a and others as you have a timeframe for them. Two minutes. To 3 you 2 and im 101 im here without a residential within the Entertainment Commission district we in front of the this im here on behalf of the permit holder hoa to share our concerns about the wellness to recklessly impact our quality of life this is the first time meeting you in personal but march 2013 i filed a complaint of then b box to the Entertainment Commission that was never addressed and august 2016 i worked with the staff for address the concerns we wrote a letter how the issues Public School resolve and august of this year will 6 medias or months weve benefit reasonable and respect fell and patient how she soundproofed an old building into a worldclass nightclub wife been corporate with jen i cant allowing the staff into the homes to verify the noise and jean e supervisor yee in a stopped communicating weve taken this burden to live with the noise throughout the process zero progress she operate theyre loud noise into the morning and sometimes next the next day until noon the issue is not jena but the after hours that is in the middle of the on and on issue in the neighborhood and articles like 29 makes it difficult for the Entertainment Commission to endorse the sounds like leakage into our homes were asking that the Entertainment Commission revoke the after hours permits on them for the mixed use residential neighborhood and residents so they can get sleep. Thank you. The next person is kelly. Hi commissioners my name is kelly im here on behalf of the building hoa to share my concerns about the Mental Health wellness i live on the second floor and 101 weve been in contact with the Entertainment Commission about the noise inside the venue and the intoxicationed crowds that is hard to describe 9 impact of interrupted sleep it is torture and lying down and hearing base music it terrible and woken up during the night and other experience that theyre supporting the patrons to block the south bay lanes and having honking that tends to go on until i leave for work the next day is a wellknown risk is physical and E Martin Luther king Mental Health if we can stop the noise by that 2 00 a. M. We can get some sleep as i mentioned oftentimes theyre not available into the night and asked to call pd at the dont arrive to address that and if they do they dont have a but to address this is frustrating the primary problem is hours of operation it is make in the center of the residential buildings were concerned from the permit remains that will effect our health for years we not to the entertainment to continue inform San Francisco but we needed to sleep were here to ask to you rerecognize the after hours permits thank you. I live on noting im here to share some frustration emotional and depression in finding a resolution that i and my neighbors are combrerments if you all you want peace and quiet but youre laying in bed you hear the thump through the doublepaned windows to give you an example i want to play a short clipon facebook of what was happening this past weekend. I mean, you get the picture the video this is accurate because as health kims neighbors we dont sleep i want to say how we get to bed we sleep with earplugs and turn on wide noisemakers fans and things to over power the sounds what i want to share with you 101 and i moved into the house two years ago we were excited to be part of neighborhoods but they operated in the Morning Hours its been an unbearable nuance to our life im asking you to revoke their permit to allow me and my neighbors to enjoy peace and quiet thank you. And finally emry i dont know if there are other people planning to speak. Hi commissioners my name is emry i live on norwalk with the same facing as 101 and others ive been there for smile 13 years and seen a number of parades operators in the space that health on occupies liquor studio z and lot to and b box i feel like im forgetting someone the Common Thread with the venues the physical structure of that building itself jena is clearly a top Club Operator that is voted to being professional and getting that right so far we havent been able to find a sweet spot of health on and our ability to have relative peace and quiet so i eagle everything im a big fan 101 and i met at club bay we are devoted nightclub gores we ask you to help us find a mutually architectural solution that continues to provide employment tax based and fun for everyone. Thank you. All right. Is there any additional Public Comment during this general Public Comment period. All right. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed i think to respond to those unfortunately, we cant act your raising an important question i want to raise a question to the staff how i know this showed up health on on the last inspector report on this one but how have they been behaving and treating the complaints coming in from your perspective. Can i jump in did you give the timeline. Yeah. I think see we are prepared for this Public Comment so i had shawn do background work so something to chew on cant take action tonight but we encouraged the neighbors to speak to you, your the policy body; right . Weve done a lot of work and shawn can speak to that it is not over yet but some direction that would be helpful. A question. Commissioner perez. The residents that spoke with im sorry got here late what the recording did he say that recording is from health on. No, from Health Something been facebook. Shawn i dont know if you want to walk us through the timeline or speak to the responsiveness. Yeah. Get to the mike. Is it still working. Sorry we have so make sure that everything is heard and recorded so do you want to go to the speaker mike . Good afternoon commissioner intaushgs i want to give a run down the question for the was have they been responsive i think throughout the 3 months or so i have been working on this and action was taken all of the process that ive approached this with all of different ways to regulate and enforce they have responded to i think jocelyn and i sat down with jena the operator at the health on with the repeated sifthdz and sat down with her and requested angle online as to steps that shell be taking so far as soundproofing the structure of building there have been steps taken thus far to soundproof the interior and the exterior on the roof specifically capping skylights and fathoming the existing roof structure and multiple environmentalist by sound techs inside the residents on the rooftops ive out numerous times to establish the ambient levels i think theyve been responsive to the concerns on ive been emailed text message its been going on for quite a while and i think there is has been progress at this point during my last visit with the operators and sound techs to my left is at the company and sounds like effects this past wednesday, i was able to take the age bins of that neighborhood from the rooftops and compare am i still on compare the level that is product inside of health on to show that the level for the sound levels produces a level outside from the property within the city so the level ive placed on the permittee puts them in compliance as of last wednesday. Okay. And you know, i think this is we didnt get those kind of complaints if b box that the venues before what can you attribute to the after hours permit is it i think you said it was a new sound system i think. I think based on what im hearing in complainants historically and especially specifically at the hearing i would say there is general sense of the sound level it allowed but more passion or prejudice from the tune the after hours is the issue. Okay great. Commissioner lee. So when you set the level are they able to lock it off or change it after you disappear or when from what ive been told the level ive set for them they are able to lock it in i think anything they lock in theyll be able to unlock in my experience havent seen that or heard that or taken measurement that is happening i know they have the capacity of locking in a level and inhabit but anything they take out they can put in. Do you stop by randomly and notice any difference when you test it. Ive been by so frequently is there i dont sense a pattern of a sound level increasing at the night goes on over and over someone assumes im locked out for the night i think i dont know, there is a corelation between the night and it depends on if i were to make a guess i would say that two you know mentioned 2 30 at a time the neighborhood itself quieted down at that time there is a lot less activity at the 2 oclock compared to 1 oclock ive been to other night life operations i think the majority in the area are closing at two in the pb a it impacts even if the sound is the same i have less emission in the street and seems to be a lot louder. The amount bittbienambient is a stands it was taken over 2 00 a. M. It is important when i take an am bipt that the nightclub to make sure it is during a time where street traffic all and bus traffic and things like that im able to compare that to an operational timeframe i would say and havent tested that but say that ambient level will be tend to decrease as the morning ticks on but as of new the ambient levels are the prime time activity whenever we are testing for an ambient level we try to make sure that is on a friday or saturday night after 10 00 p. M. To get a clear game. Which totally makes sense i wonder for an afterhour permit specifically we might have a different standard that is more line three or four a. M. Sloepz to the 2 00 a. M. Dont know if theyve used a different ambient level. I dont know if ive ever done that is that conceptual but i get what youre saying weve not done that the xremgs between 10 and two is different within 2 and 6 00 a. M. It is hard in the middle. Right. Right. To gage the level that is uneasy. I dont know im not 0 suggesting that is easy but it might be a call for a different standard for after hours. I think i dont want to gods this is just Public Comment i feel like there a couple of actions we can and should take one we should bring in a hearing and have sort of discuss the option around setting different ambient levels or revoking or doing something in between at this time so id like to schedule that for the next Commission Meeting which i believe is the first tuesday in march. March 7. March 7 okay. Great. So just to be clear you want to bring up someone applicant to discuss a condition schedule permit. Correct and theres a standard for revocation are far different we cant have to hearing. Im not asking that we might audio additional conditions that might limit the hours which might add another round of applause ambient level. This is what youre suggesting. This is absolutely what im suggesting for for the Motor Vehicles and neighbors i apologize we cant act because the venue is not here themselves but hopefully, youll attend that meeting if not we have your comments on record so commissioner caminong. The four speakers said the owner had stopped xhuven with them before the hearing that will be good to hear about changes theyve communicated will happen have been completed at least theyre aware of where we can stand at this point. I can encourage that great. Okay commissioner lee. Any reading from anyone youve been notified audience initially sound testing took place on the 11 and both and front the club. So you have those reading for the area. The issue with that particular part of the city that the ambient level on the street an 11 is higher and less sound from this particular venue is escape though the front of the building through the doors most of sound but be able to witness the measures and escape from the roof so the ambient on the street is a higher than from a rooftop is lower so it takes time to establish the proper level. Anything in front of the building you said the back. You have all the information. I do the initial investigation is everywhere else in the city as far as the ambient level from the property and taking measurements outside at the property and we this is when the investigation took a turn and started to climb on top of revolvers. Thank you for all the time trying not to spend that much time anywhere so can i actually ask oh, one more thing. Im good. Have a seat. For the members of the public that want to speak i have a couple of clarify questions are there particularly nights of week or every night that something is going on. Pretty much every night that is not just on the weekends is during the week work and sunday or tuesday night and could go to 7 30 or 8 oclock in the morning. So through the full permit hours. Yes. And a type of sound base. It is base but also at least from my side it is the people loitering outside throughout the night. Or just people standing around like yelling and they tend to be route i didnt as well as as i mentioned the traffic gets backed up so there is cars honking as people are getting picked up and that goes on throughout the night starts around two they start servicing alcohol and through the night. We have a way to move forward well move on with the agenda item 2 approval of the minutes from both december 6th and february 7th. Commissioners i dont know if you have any changes of innovate ill entertain a motion to approve. I move to approve minutes. February 7th. No in my wrong december 6th im sorry. We can do them both together. Okay. No second for that motion. Second. There is a second sounds like we want to take december 6th or february 7th. February 7th is thats okay with me, too. Clarifying the motion to approve of the minutes from both december 6, 2016, and february 7, 2017, and a second. Second. Any comments from commissioners any Public Comment on this item . Take a vote. Commissioner perez commissioner caminong commissioner thomas commissioner lee commissioner frost president tan. I say minutes pass item 3 i think we were going to skip but the director executive director was out last week nothing to report and item 4 report from the sounds like inspections inspector pauley you want to start. Indeed good evening confirmations or commissioners, i only had a few comments its been pretty compete busy but quiet since the first of the year start with inspections i did inspections this past weekend that he is fusion lounge ive not been by there i did a walk through they had a busy night but security is tight looked fine did a walk through and policies is one of the main places i say is where most of activity is in the areas im regularly checking out maids and other places this weekend i did a walk through and talked with Security Guard a new complaint about monroe this is weird i dont want to get into the details before you basically an issue going on inside the building i talked about with the project sponsor and the project manager will solve the problem continue the venue and the person inside the building i believe the issue is resolved or the Property Management is dealing with the Entertainment Commission issue compliance ive been getting a lot of emails about huey on the issue is some nights theyre busy their sidewalks with busy and their messy when the police are proactive in moving the traffic along it helps the situation it shouldnt be all that the police about you it is consistent with venues it is hard to think negative about the venues but theyre busy and the police are concerned theyre not hear youre not hearing about, about that you p but nevertheless, nothing imminent theyre not here maybe not away again, i think it is fine but i do so what the Police Department concerns are i dont want to swipe them away i understand for Public Safety what the issue is but i think thats fine. Are you talking about the 10 b officers. It is usually around ten am in the area because of all the activity and then 10 b through too so the regular patrol didnt get mixed occupy on the block unless a need for like an emergency or Something Like that but the 10 bs are moving the ubers along and making sure that people dont conjugate waited for cars thats the problem with the ubers and the lyft. Maybe a lesson for lovingly street too. Perhaps. But i think your alluding too active on broadway nothing of concern i know that several years ago there was concern. It was different but not the 10 b officers and the d b d was not just forming. Commissioners other comments or questions for this report move on to inspector burke. That particular location we havent heard much about since it was repermitted maybe year and a half ago so ill get out there this weekend and hear what i can hear and followup with the complainants and a couple of inspections i wanted to mention that happened over the last couple of weeks a report and complaint that came from the 60 folsom this is a old bill of Health Body Shop place that was probably used i went by and noticed people sort of step van outside with a lot of equipment in and ive forward the details a picture to the officer and make sure they know about that and the r s four 909 was not here the last hearing we issued an llp a one time permit i checked to make sure they were in compliance with conditions and the music extend past of time weve given them there was quite a bit of noise on the streets and let me know this is not how the loophole will that will be operating and he understood and got my number maybe a mixup with the Security Guards. Is that the one on larkin. The address was wrong. They presented themselves so well didnt they. They took responsibility for a the openness like final the record. The guard card. For over 4. And last but not least i mentioned this in my Previous Report myself the operator a couple of neighbors and tested if you want new details about anything ive mentioned. Didnt seem like any commissioners any Public Comment on my of the inspector seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you thank you for all your hard work. Thank you move on to item number 5 we havent heard from directly in a formal presentation but tonight you dont why always forgot your full at this time. Senior analysis for community and cultural events. Take that away. All right. Good evening, commissioners too to be here to my letting joits one of the 7 pro bono consultants that have been been helping me own is evaluation efforts for outside events as a reminder were working with the Mayors Office with the civil innovation they match private sectors experts with public sectors challenges so we were excited to be able to use their expertise to help to figure out a way to improve and support outdoor fence tonight we want to share the scope a highlevel idea of what were doing and you have a long version of the draft report in your packet and the point of this report is to really help us to lay the foundation for making policy and legislative change in order to foster and promote Outdoor Events it is an opportunity to use the change to simplify the permit process for example, what we did we interviewed varldz so those were reasons as well as City Employees and did benchmarking with other employees and analyzed our cities permitting structures and support systems for after events and from that data gathering we identified 3 challenges that were consistent across the board number one the need for reducing the complexity of the permitting process number it the increasing the transcript of all the registering and who does what in City Government for the applicants but for the who works for the sfgh City Government and late lastly to address the Outdoor Events in the changing landscape of San Francisco lets get started this is frost and sustaining the events in San Francisco. How can we foster events in San Francisco i think weve talked about that 0 Outdoor Events are economic and cultural drivers for the city for the scope of this report we defined Outdoor Events as Public Events including street fairs and music, art, festivals and if you have any questions, well be happy to answer them fundraiser and the controllers report said that Outdoor Events contribute over one billion dollars for the fact of the city much the revenue supports bars and hotels and not just dollars signs but Cultural Assets to major parts of the citys identity as part of the fabric and the Legacy Events like pride are examples of that and then. Which event did it exclude. We focused on scott recommended events on city streets the purpose of evaluation rec and park for example, they have their own distinct permitting structure. Nothing like the summer of love is not something. The summer of love for Golden Gate Bridge is not in the scope. Or like outside. But if so this on the street it would. Okay. Thank you. Sure we were existed to get the help of the bridge consultants to answer the questions and promote boxer and sustained events. Ill let joyce take it from here. Good evening, commissioners and others so to really start off ill take you through how we approach the question of the public challenges as well as some recommendations for a big idea intervene we think will take San Francisco probation officer o to be a benchmark for other cities in the United States so first approach we wanted to approach it in a quantitative and qualitative data as bill mentioned the qualitative data we look at the street closer and benchmarks of other cities that have relatively other events and on the qualitative in the experience of the sites and the individuals on the ground to do that we interviewed individuals and really ask them their experience with the process and how they get their information who do they talk to and how has it changed and also want to get the other side we interviewed 8 individual if city agencies and permanent agencies to understand their experience and understanding how many approvals and permits a year and what kind of systems to handle all the permits they see at first glance we find those the number of events in San Francisco has been growing 9. 9 percent that is one. 7 percent and population around 1. 4 percent thats great but for the scientific pressures tare changing the character so on the screen you have two examples of events that are no longer held this year one the tech festival that is closed after 25 years of being in the space and a street festival hoped that is closed after 9 years ever being in the city and you might think those are isolated were hearing the saints parade or the zero fair with the socioeconomic chances vjt did sponsors something in the neighborhood to support their events so the 3 challenges are one complexity, so if you look at the top right it is a snap snapshot of what the producers have to go through that is 14 bureaus 10 approvals, sorry 10 permits, 15 approvals they have to go through it is incumbent on a 3rd of fte on the producers side that is a complex process if youre a first time producer and the third challenge is transparency so with 14 bureaucracies 10 websites that produce t the information it is ladder on top of the sub websites that theyre able to find what they need this is produces a challenge for the permit agencies because 100 percent the permits require strait with work from the final approval could take weeks because they work with a lot. So with the 3 challenges we found 3 pinnacle organizations and look at them to address the complexity we found that a lot of the cities with the process use the hub and scope model this means a Central Force that manages its own permit progress from the beginning. Carries the pertinent mrfrnt to the end and one point of contact there is none that comes through and make sure they get the second one to address the issue of transparency is really working to increase the communication so steadfast 10 weths the producers have to go drove one document one centered document for the people and the costs theyll occur and one point of information that then the producers can rely on top of creating the mixers with social hours throughout the years helps to foster the first time event producers feel confront and finally recommendation we are putting on the table today to address the socioeconomic pressures to make sure we connect the spores to the event producers to find the funding to continue what makes sf unique and hand it back to dillon for questions. Thank you joyce so first and foremost id like to my next step to get our feedback and see if those findings resonate with you and feel accurate and clear as far as you know the emphasis now or later as far as that report itself were currently hearing from all the departments we interviewed making sure that it is accurate and clear dont want any surprises and want to be collaborative approach and then well be doing enjoying and i and the other colleagues will be doing a read out to the mayor as part of civic bridge presentation with the other presentations on march second and in response to those recommendations you know as far as 2017 planning quick wins are working on a permitting guide that will have a lot of the road maps and way findings and the f f x to make it more clear and oh, i started in your packets started to issuing the outdoor bulletins you know it is a start in the right direction of making sure that when there is a new policy or opportunity that is available to really making sure that information defeats to the right people and so it it squat last week and ill go doing mixers and convening to figure out what was the National Third party whether a nonprofit or some other entity be that can help identify funders and match them to event producers that need it now the long term major type win is a really the piece of hub and spoke model and urban design group jocelyn and i will have to figure out how to approach the board and a sponsor to push forward those as far as change and ill be convening a working group of the different departments and you know asking them you know what are the shared goals and you how to work towards the vision and next steps that is really just again, a collaborative approach and thats 2017 so any questions ill ebt ill be happy to take them or chew on that. Commissioner caminong. I want to say congratulations for reading this case report i feel like the first time ive seen written down 14 agency to go through for approval so i just want to clarify what is the minimum process is it basically like a checklist. So you know this planning died will have an aggregation of people youll talk to and deadlines something that i have the power and wherewith all to do and have done that in my previous jobs thats at the quick win you know, i think the Bigger Picture we want on online dime portal that would be great if i can get people on the same page it is easy as pdf a pack are links does that answer your question . Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. I actually think every commissioner has a question. Commissioner perez. Thank you for spearheading this and glad to is where an applicant within city hall an organizer and want to let you, you know that a lot of the cultural organizers are not professional were planned Community Advocates for a festival and tend to preserve the cultural in the neighborhoods so it is overwhelming to go to other department thats why it is kind of and a lot of us are not versed in filing those complicated forms thank you. I think that will help a lot of events organizers moving forward and thank you for thank you for all your hard work. Yes. I have thank you for doing all of this this is fantastic to have it written down it is what ive heard from my colleagues that produce those kinds of events with the bureaucracies is overwhelming and some new thing theyre afraid to theyll leave out thank you for this i really like the hub and spoke model of something there is a central listed place for people to go and found out what necessary need and get the permits and applications i speak from a experience if forms with filled out 100 percent wrong the former is what is wrong and not the individual; right . So how we can make that easier and wonder given the extent so many of the events our cultural events by nonprofits and volunteers the dislocation and figure out urgent care find outing go if we have a different standard or someway to make that easier for volunteers and cultural groups for those events i think that is a difference when have lawful corporate sponsors versus neighbors and a center that wants to put something on so i dont quite know what the answer we have to hold people to the same standard how to make that easier for yeah. For the neighborhood and cultural events. Yeah. I mean, im open for business so, please let people know im here for Technical Assistance throughout the process. Thank you, thank you very much for this report. It is a great solution. Commissioner lee. My turn it is a lot of agencies that even if i with all the knowledge we have i go figured what city streamlined is it something if we get a sponsor we change the legislation well have people on staff that will actually help these nonprofits i mean a lot more work is it in the Entertainment Commission or part of about his cot life streamlining but it is so confusing. May i. Do you want to take that. I want to context lists to the commission i remember forward and do what did i live on is doing we did a title that was clearly an analyst level position we as part of our authority really have a tiny part tonight as it relates to recollecting Outdoor Events and before i sound pretty much like pinky in there the balance of this stuff so the notion we have any control or authority necessarily a quality direction to change from dramatic methodologies or across the city i dont know what to say about that an we cant do it on our own there needs to be political will from a highlevel in the city in kind of things need to be examined and changed with the together daylight to suggest and hopefully, t hopefully, the Mayors Office will work with us were not in a budget cycle to grow the Entertainment Commission or sure were in the right body to do this nobody was taking on the issue so i decided to do that for better or worse. If the Economic Development can bring all the departments total i would i know or think that is the ultimate goal if were streamlining bans other cities other than San Francisco. I dont know about the streamlining. Thats something to think about if you streamline it i look at this and say oh, too much work. The one thing i want to mention the Controllers Office is not here to talk but they working with d e m to do an analysis of the emergency medical plan approval process and so there is some complimentary data we want to connect this report to what theyre doing and make a bigger impact so just to say that is coming down the pike. Thank you yep. Great job. I have a few not number one when i do things i cheat and copy it so you know where im going is like a sample if this is a convoluted and a pain to put together a package that can guide me i think that is one of the things that will help with the organization the thing i see the festival and parade it is huge but im lucky enough so have my assistant hearing laughter lucky enough that our budget allows us to hire a professional producer and tells him i dont want headaches im lucky i get to have him ive realized with work with the city whoever he go to talk with face to face but the bureaucracy they deal with is they dont want to say anything negative but you have to do that so, yeah with us putting on the festival were dealing with rec and park and as civil plaza we are lucky to get the art money and handing is to rec and park and thats lucky because if we didnt get the grants the arts wouldnt have a festival but at the same time im going to sfmta to close the growth street so we vaccine have a kiddie area over there and commissioner caminong said something i cant remember that was really a grain im just happy youre doing this because as the process stand now and being a person that kind of looks things not always in a positive marin manner it looks like the city is setting people up to dissuade people might not be true but every time we institute a new rule we dont get rid of of things that dont makes sense ive seen with a new rule with the bottle i say lets communitybased introduce the whole package but i appreciate you guys doing it im positive that there be a good outcome i believe that. Ill add my 0. 02 and spectacular report you didnt say listen mentioned to cultivate to build did argument for everything we do we didnt have the data few years ago about the impact of night life and the data about the impact of the night life events this is one step closure to that i dont know what the end goal trophy is but think that includes mccity sources for events and more salaried positions to facilitate and to hold the hand especially with the Community Groups to move forward with the types of events he that that hopefully means safer and cheaper and more events for San Francisco i think i dont care about were not number one how to beat this but i think the more we can have the more vibrant and the more that kind of contributes to the city one quick thought i had with i sat in the presentation of mayors Innovation Awards last week one of the things sounds similar basically hsa has to process of calfresh and had this statewide website over 25 pages that low income had to apply to in order to get calfresh that was really crazy complex thing that didnt need to so complex we received an Innovation Award because they redesigned an overlay you can go directly to one website that was simple not a state gibberish site and i think that is like calfresh sfgovtv. Org but the interesting thing not a whole website that gathered information it pushed into the application system i wonder if there is some sort of overlay to create that pushes into that 14 departments applications you didnt have to retype your name 14 types and all the standard information for a simplified form i can send that to you as well but that was one immediate thing i thought of i think we can win an Innovation Award next year in 2018 anyways commissioner frost or someone. Yeah. One thing i want to add the city agency is kind of complained that when we put on events we drain the resources from them i want to make sure it put in under when we put on an event to the city to the general fund and maybe to them is come out of their budget if theres a way to recap or put in how much money was put in and the individual departments cant put a strain on them if it does they can go to the city you think impact Feasibility Study is enough. When the Police Department or Fire Department says where is the resource and they can i understand you can talk to the budget people next year or whatever every time they bring up that. Sorry commissioners. I think youre done hearing in us i dont know if we have my responses you dont have to. I said enough and appreciate it. Thank you very much were going to open up for Public Comment any Public Comment on item this report. Good evening, commissioners the process before and is now is complicated so it does discourage a lot of people you get on a path and go through a mass it long overdue once the capture the data it will streamline the process to track things a lot better and more efficient and effective we saw when we had the superbowl this time with was political so the city had 0 allow the data hey how much money is coming in the general fund and hotels we need to educate about what we are putting in and getting out but most of things that the city wants to make sure that maintenance and theres you know impacts are dealt with if you can manage that theyre pretty happy with that, i want to applaud the commission and report that was long overdue eased events in this town are globally looked at and thats why we want to live here we have special events and by and large it is diverse and a lot of the people that is what makes it special to live here in the first place. Thank you. Is there any additional Public Comment thank you to joyce for coming and helping out all right. Were going to move on to item number 6 Police Department questions or comments i dont think there is a report or questions so move on to item 7 hearing and hearing and possible action for applications permits we only have one tonight the slogan for the only permit is a change in ownership for a permeate and billiards for a loan star slogan on harrison alone star a bar that historical is recognized absent the first place of the bear movement the bar owners have been involved in the application of management for years and are planning to keep the operation similar to the last ownership for the community and fundraisers theyve reached out to their neighbors not many and received letters of support youll see in the files and i want to call your attention to 6 pages from gail ruben with her relationship with the previous owners by the actively giving her support to the owners that theyll abide by the Good Neighbor policy position and southern station approved the permit and here to talk about that is owner char s charlesly evans and hello, everyone. Hello. Hi so brewing and i have been there 15 years we love the bar and the area so we jumped on it and i have a astrology background if Bayview Management and so unfortunately maggie said all that ill say laughter we have a great relationship with the neighbors and over the years bruce and i are familiar with the operation and the night life and the challenges that brings both during and after hours so i think weve done low to address the issues i can speak marry when you business as usual and not change anything we want to have a dj we can afford one on the weekends and continue on for the last thirty years thats my presentation. Great. Thank you very much commissioners any questions. I do actually i know the lone star i used to deliver pizza there i had a pizza place in the area im familiar with your crowd and love the bears so. They love pizza too. You know that a lot of the development in front of you have gown up and things have changed i had a business there and i know that i see those items have you read this letter from the neighbors on the items theyre concerned about. Yes. And had a conversation with reuben. I started to speak with them in september she was continent on being in contact with us and as recently as yesterday invited her to the bar and wraukd or walked to the changes their made and plan to make they recommended we get a salter we got the report and walked through what they asked us to do and yeah, im familiar. Okay. You have no problems with what shes asking for a no, no not at all we did major changes to the sound separate from the venue already and think that as strongly opposed to the venue as it was to come out and speak to that. Great, thank you. Commissioner gails name carries a lot of weight great job think getting her on board. This is the goal to make her happy when we first took over i didnt want to hear from you vice versa and she feels exactly the same way no news is good news i had some hang over to get through with her and her partner rightly so but were going in a great direction. Thats good to hear. Yeah. And have you seen the police conditions. I have. Proposed and fine with them. Yeah. Yeah. Dont seem like nothing unusual if so standard for a business. The lower one is no the problem because you know we dont have smoke cigarettes. It will make a deference to the impacts as well. Great i think the more we can do to support night life in the south of market is the more i think that is a goal of the commission and also especially lgbt business are you involved in the cultural isnt there a lgbt Cultural Heritage and legacy business. There are legacy but i dont know how engaged yet with the meetings were doing on the Cultural Heritage to try to keep up well try to get them involved and gail is involved a historian as it relates to south of market culture. Yes. Yes. We have different charters every week every sundays a different charity that week a dawn for destiny last week was bigger yeah, the they support us more people have pets while their convalescenceing. Real paws. I think go ahead and have a seat. Well open up for Public Comment i dont know if any folks in the room want to come up and speak about this. You did wait a while to be heard and im bruce one of the new owners this is just were really excited and i met my partner actually 25 years ago so laughter we have a history and our 25 anniversary is 19 in two weeks. Congratulations congratulations any other Public Comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners anyone want to make a motion. Motion to approve with the police conditions. Theres a motion is there a second. Second. Second from commissioner perez lets take a vote. Commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner thomas commissioner caminong commissioner perez president tan. That item passes congratulations. Happy anniversary all right. Well move on to the election of Vice President i apologize. I wanted to do this at the beginning of the meeting he forgot but postpone this it appears that our commissioner that is vacant that seat will be appointed in the next week or so but wait until we have a full commission and i dont know if we need do we need to move up on that or take it off. Table that. Dont call that. I move to table this until the next meeting second. Ill second that. Thank you any Public Comment commissioner perez commissioner caminong commissioner thomas commissioner lee commissioner frost president tan. Thank you very much finally our last item commissioners questions or comments commissioners, i think there is some parade additional to hear about. We have sfavkd parade it starts the second of march and goes to city hall and then the next day a festival out i will out at 45th and slope, 27 block of 25th avenue thats the next day just like every event cultural feminist your turn to be irish last week we are that all chinese and in may lifesaving and in june we are gay and in and the filipinos im going to get in trouble ill leave something out we started with the flag raising in front of city hall a week from friday at the 7 oclock come out and join us at one of the events or all the events im happy to hear that report we got to make that easier in the future. And wear green and wear green. All right. Commissioner thomas. I know that senator wiener has transferred senator leno legislation will extending alcohol licenses to 4 and just want to make sure that note that wont be but director kane if an update about what that is doing. I can do that certainly i want to ask though that everybody who refers to that call it what it is but call it local control i think that it is a misnomer to call it 4 00 a. M. Bill and thats not what it is this commission i mean weve not taken a position im not sure it is appropriate im happy to bring one sheet in the office regarding the local control bill by the city never takes a position by the Mayors Office so, yes and not suggesting we take a position one one way or another but if it goes through and San Francisco exercises the local control that may impact on the thing were regulating. Ill update the commission. Thank you all right. Any other comment. I have a comment the 90 awards are next monday night so anyone that would like to attend let me know arrest adu before i or joseph know the annual night life award show this year. 5 year. Already 5 years. Commissioner perez. One comment about the agenda i think when we have a long report that is given to us and then have one person coming forward to make and sit through something they have no interest in is there a way in the future we can change the agenda. Absolutely. Yeah. I think that is yeah, the agenda is absent of an experiment what is on it and you know kind of shuffling the cards any Public Comment not seeing any, im going to go ahead and adjourn this meeting have a good much. Well, everyone well i present to you the mayor the city and county of San Francisco mr. Edwin m lee. clapping. thank you theo well, everyone well peoples palace our city hall kids how you doing junior 49ers in the house. clapping. well, im really glad youre here i know when young people are here they dont want to hear speech we will have action even though findings i pen thank you to the supervisor president breed who is working closely with me on this legislation along with board member supervisor peskin green from district 3 and ahsha safai district 11 thank you and supervisor Cowen Malia Cohen is on her way and will be here in a minute and, of course, i need do board of supervisors im signing legislation thats what they had had good we do better when we Work Together with sheryl and others you allow us to a or as a city to Work Together with the most important people are the residents of potrero and sunnydale thank you for being here. clapping. i get to say that you know as a someone who started out in Public Housing this is personal to me that i Pay Attention to those that are living in housing to not allow you to fear in youre living live in fear and isolation we had many, many discussions at city hall about how to do better and do justice by our low income residents and in communities that often have been labeled as solicited and not paid attention to were changing that weve been changing it for quite sometime particularly with our board of supervisors and particularly with supervisor president london breed and also with malia cohen that they work soibdz along with the Philanthropic Community that is part of our hope sf our Justice Community i know with that allen and you juvenile justice and rec and park and see the chief of Police William scott our subject hyde are their working together increase in large umbrella called hope sf hope sf yes. clapping. thats exactly what it is kids. Everybody say hope sf thats a word we truly believe in this people dont center hope all theyve got is misery we have put that hope in that term hope sf with the collaborative partners those that are in the funding streams working in banks and working in the private sector of housing like rick rich and mercy housing those are the organizations we help with the positive and the annexation and sunnydale in order to rehabilitate every units of housing in that neighborhood in our neighborhoods why are we are doing this one is because everyone who lives in San Francisco should be san franciscans they should never be referred to as residents of Public Housing everyone is a San Francisco resident and when were here in San Francisco with our equity calls and calls that people be treated equally good housing this should be at basis thats why working with the Housing Authority with hud making sure that were changing the entire way we manage those projects those developments the housing that you live in i got to a point i got tieftd excited people werent talking about broken glass and water system didnt work but how many bedrooms will i live in how many kids are were going to have open space so for our kids and the playgrounds we want it is a new conversation with you talking about the Housing Needs of all our residents so im very proud of all the residents that are coming together with the collaborative partners as part of hope sf the entire board of supervisors thank you for preserving in everything youre doing those dreams were thought of maybe over 10 or 15 years ago people stuck by the dream so those kids what have hope amount how many of you what a brand new bedroom yeah. Yeah all the trophies youll be winning yeah, you need more room laughter so as i promised lets look at the action and morgan hill to the building of this housing you have a place to called home forever this is San Francisco we do what is right but all the residents with that, supervisor president breed. Thank you. clapping. thank you, thank you everybody well, im really excited to be here today some of you know i grew up in plaza east how many know where plaza east and obamacare i grew up no obamacare over 20 years born and raised on eddy and laguna through difficult times through the drama the violation the hope less in this and despair why didnt my communities have battery playground and why are we left out in the water of our city with everything thats why i ran to the board of supervisors because i wanted to see a difference when i became a member of the board i made it clear to the mayor and my colleagues what were my 34 Top Priorities mr. Mayor. Housing housing and more housing. laughter pursue exactly but more importantly rehabilitation the conditions that existed in plaza east when i grew up there no showers and busted pipes had to use other peoples bathrooms on a regular basis and laundromat was always messed up why, why in a waeshth i didnt city would we allow to continue to happen thats why this historic day this historic position were able to pass with any colleagues here with supervisor cohen leading that effort and supervisor peskin and supervisor safai on board that legislation is going to make a Better Community it is going to change lives im excited about the future of San Francisco because we are finally doing with we should have done even i was growing up Pay Attention to what was going on in the community and make sure that everyone can will in the city with dignity thank you for being here im excited and lets goat hope on the map for ever san franciscan. clapping. and now the supervisor the district 10 supervisor cohen. Thank you. clapping. thank you good afternoon, everyone how are you this is an exciting time you guys need to lien up you have no idea how long it took maybe some of us know resident 10 like, yeah that is incredible this is like changing exactly why i feel i was put in elected office to serve this is an incredible journey ive been the the board seven years thank you, mayor ed lee hes been here and talking the talk and congressional legislation and leader pelosi getting the federal dollars to reach on the shore thats how we get Hunters Point and the olsen in the dream team olsen lee. clapping. Barbara Smith. clapping. Barbara Smith clapping. i want to recognize theo miller an incredible champion theo has been the inside guy that has been silently pushing the mayor and we have a host of the Community Nonprofit organizations our partners i want to recognize mercy bridge helping us to troofrm all of this. clapping. thank you very much and to the Housing Authority commissioners grateful for your time and commitment when times were tough and more importantly recognition the residents that have been living in Public Housing for generations that haves endured the roaches and rats and now this is our gift to i got that drama a trip to department of housing and urban Development Executive said people have suffered through the rats and roaches and today is about standing at all and strong. clapping. so it feels good to stand up here we have the junior 49ers thank you and a ton of residents leaders im looking at to see the Jackson Family is here thank you, larry everyone at forefront prior to my election on the board of supervisors now there is one woman that has been leading the charge keeping everyone honest from the beginning of time and this is mother ruth jackson i dont see her where is she, she will be speaking the next voice this is an incredible fearless leader feeds the homeless and takes care of the cited, bringing pride into the southeast neighborhood raising a family and raising grandkids this is a Small Business owner a model san franciscan right here please help me welcome mother jackson. clapping. i would like to thank everyone for coming today and my name is ruth jackson ive lived in the Visitacion Valley sunnydale for over 50 years i ran a family daycare over thirty, ive had generations and generations of children and i want you to know i love my neighborhood clapping. ive had people that called me at night and say ms. Jackson my waters is a gray coming out of the pipes i would get on the phone and call someone i want you know to weve been fighting and struggling with that a long time and i dont add too much long but were happy today and we want to thank the mayor and throwing and all the people that have worked hard who have serviced our community and this way we give our families and children hope because were there is no hope there is no light. And most of our young people in our area they dont feel they will live to get through high school so today, this gives us hope we want everybody just like you are today, we want to join hands and make sure this works. For all our families in our neighborhoods because im going to be around to see it laughter . clapping. thank you thank you. Thank you, ms. Jackson now well get to action mr. Mayor. There is pizza in room 201 let the children and elderly eat first thank you. All right. Oh, very good, yes everyone the beginning the black History Month you invaded it invaded it, huh . clapping. lets Start Building everyone. All right. All right. Thank you good evening and welcome to the the wednesday, february 22, 2017, meeting of the San Francisco board of appeals dpoels is joined by commissioner sanchez and commissioner Bobbie Wilson and commissioner rick swig our president commissioner president honda will be absent brad to my left is the dependent and provide the board with legal advice