i m from the office of small business. my comments today are going to be around discussions, and formal recommendations the commission has had in its committee meetings. to be clear, the commission has not had a formal hearing a around this particular issue, so to provide any definitive direction or recommendations from the office or commission, that s not what my comments are about, but to provide you with information about the discussions we have had as we move forward we will be using these as guidelines for us. in 2009 and 2010, the small business commission did make to formal recommendations to the planning commission not to approve a pet store formula retail. the commission did make these recommendations because the businesses came to the commission and so the commission responded to their request. in general, the commission does not take positions on a formula retail as a matter of course. in both instances, the small business commission s fault the guidelines in the
reduced environmental impact, locally owned businesses purchased products from local distributors and a large formula retailers may at distribution centers from outside the area. in july of this year, the commission made a recommendation to support supervisor mar s legislation to prohibit the stores from the ncd controls. while it is not be commission opposition to ban formula retail, the commission does believe there are times when formula retail is appropriate, but in this matter, the commission tends to defer to the supervisor when they are producing legislation that comes from their constituency. as a result of the 2009 and 2010 discussions the commission has had, we have these items. one, there needs to be new and updated criteria from the planning department and that the planning commission can use for approval, that the current criteria that is there has lent itself to one type of formula retail which tends to be the type that goes into our neighborhood-serving busines
busupervisor mar: thank you everyone for your patience. could you call the next item? a hearing on formula stores in this city and county of san francisco and impact on small businesses, neighborhoods, workers and the economy. supervisor mar: i have been working with a coalition of leaders and small business organizations and many community-based groups as well to figure out ways we could help enhance our diverse and vibrant small-business sectors and merchant corridors. this hearing is called in that interest. in 2007, san francisco approved proposition g which required any formula retail use trying to move into any of our neighborhood commercial districts to obtain a conditional use authorizations. since that time, we have seen a huge number of applications for formula retail businesses to move into san francisco and there has not been a serious attempt to analyze the impact these companies are having on our local economies and neighborhoods. i m well aware of
my comments today are going to be around discussions, and formal recommendations the commission has had in its committee meetings. to be clear, the commission has not had a formal hearing a around this particular issue, so to provide any definitive direction or recommendations from the office or commission, that s not what my comments are about, but to provide you with information about the discussions we have had as we move forward we will be using these as guidelines for us. in 2009 and 2010, the small business commission did make to formal recommendations to the planning commission not to approve a pet store formula retail. the commission did make these recommendations because the businesses came to the commission and so the commission responded to their request. in general, the commission does not take positions on a formula retail as a matter of course. in both instances, the small business commission s fault the guidelines in the planning code to make their recommenda
i don t know if this is stuff you can determine based on this information. in district 6, i guess it showed it s one of the highest rates of poverty, in d-6. i d like to know what the profile is of those who are living in poverty. that is something we should be able to do. i think district 6 is of special importance toy;v us, as well, because this is where most of the growth has been. but before that growth, there was a population that existed. we d like to see5rt more about w it has changed given the type of housing that has been÷bq: builz we hope to be able to look more closely into one of the drill-downs we d like to do in the future. president olague: and i was wondering about the filipino population in the south of market area because i know that manila town is, you know, they re trying to establish that there so it s historically been a place of residence for filipino residents and i was wondering if there s a way of isolating information about tha- group from t