The driver who appeared to be asleep in the car. Officers say that driver woke up, hit the gas almost hitting one of those officers. One officer fired once. The car got away and its not clear if the driver was hit. Now, were going to bring you that update as soon as we get it. Well, from the governor on down, the push to wear masks is getting ever so serious but the new normal has not been easy for californians to face even with a big spike in covid cases. Kris sanchez joins us live in san jose to explain how masked mandates even make economic sense. Morning, kris. Well, hi, laura. First, i want to start with saying that i am not wearing a mask because im not within six feet of any human being and even alan the cameraman is farther back. The importance of wearing a mask everywhere. Billboards like this one or the flashing chp and cal trans signs on the highway. Youll see signs as you enter any private business like your local grocery store. The centers for Disease Control found that hu
I filed my payroll taxes. And the restaurant wage theft was one of two areas of focus. The other being construction. I felt like i was doing what i could to represent an industry that was trying to respond well to an issue which is really ironic. And bums me out. At the very same time, businesses that sell food to our customers through Online Platforms were setting up business in San Francisco those very same years. And they were setting up their businesses on a framework that was beyond wage theft that was fundamentally exploitive of the labor pool by classifying workers. So the commission that the businesses take in our Free Market Society are well beyond the range of margin that a restaurant has, which is anywhere from 0 to 6 , so a 20 commission is well beyond that. Im post to ask you what your priorities are and who your customers are . In the way that we regulate [bell ringing]. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Next speaker, please. [applause] good afternoon. My name is bria
Association is also about the rents that are constantly going up in San Francisco. And so i know there has been this idea that i think is pretty promising, we can expedite the condoizing of retail space. Meaning that if a Property Owner has a piece of building that actually has maybe housing on top, that he or she is able to actually sell the retail space. What do you think about that . Because its true, there is no rent control on retail spaces. In my district, im seeing a 10year lease with an option for another 10 years, theyre now doing it annually, by just an annual lease. The restaurants in my neighborhood are seeing a lot of increases. And three or four times the amount of rent. This is what happened to farmer brown. So condoizing just the retail space and the empty store fronts, they can just sell the retail space. What are your thoughts about this . Well, Planning Department doesnt really deal with the condoization of spaces, but if its instability in the Restaurant Industry, t
Trying to earn a living where the two are at odds. Fortunately, some of the lawmakers in the city and voters as well, have made decisions in the last five years, at least since ive been in business that have affected us and makes it hard to stay afloat. The first is minimum wage. Since we opened its gone up from 12. 25 to 15. 59, which is 24 increase. And there looming threat each year. So there is this constant dark cloud hanging over wages. One of the hardest things about the minimum wage increase is that all of our employees are still working 23 jobs in San Francisco. So i wish i could pay my employees more actually. They work really hard, but all of them have multiple jobs, you know, we like to hire people that live in San Francisco, because it means theyre more likely to be on time and come to their job. Ill send my statement to supervisor fewer. I appreciate your time. Supervisor fewer thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. Im one of the coowners of a restaurant in di viz dar oe
Have in Environmental Health. In addition to that, i wanted to say that we are trying to streamline our inspection process so its more riskbased following the center for disease controls five major issues that cause foodborne illness. And supervisor peskin has sponsored that. Its been before you, so we will become more in line with the counties around us using red, yellow, green. So its consistent as you move from county to county, and also Restaurant Owners are not seemingly punished because they have a broken tile in the back. Or a broken tile in their bathroom. Or they just dont seem at that time to have paper towels or soap in the bathroom. So its really punishing them in that way where they lose points, this is more riskbased. Its based on food temperatures, food storage. Hand washing, if they dont wash their hands and finally where the source of their food comes from. So were making changes to the way that Environmental Health has operated in the past. And were moving forward wit