Business items . And i know that we got carried away there. Okay. Seeing none, is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned. Thank you, all. Good. Good afternoon and welcome to the october 28, 2013 meeting of the San Francisco kphaul business commission. The meeting is called to order at 2 03 pm. Well conduct a roll call attendance. Commissioner adams, dooley, white. Here. Ortizcartagena. Here. Riley. White. Here. We have two commissioners absent but we do have a quorum. Item two, general Public Comment. Anybody here that would like to make a comment pertaining to any items that are not on todays agenda. Seeing none, Public Comment is closing. Next item, item three, approval of october 17, meeting min utes. Motion to move minutes. I move. All in favor. I. Any opposed. Next item. Item four presentation and discussion on board of supervisors file number 130781, special finance taxing law. We have with us thank you for having us here today. I welcome the opport
Concerns. Large part of the impacts on Business Operation happen based on whats happening on the street. So we did this and i think we are finding that its useful because a lot of times theres a sense that the citys not doing enough to address homelessness, address crime, address those larger issues and so we have a point of contact and reference to work with, you know, on those larger issues. One of the things we also want to do is make sure we reach out to all communities so with the work of francis were starting to reach out to the monolingual communities. [inaudible] enables us to work with pretty much most of the communities i think in the Cross Cultural situation. [inaudible] extends connection and establish network between merchants in the city. According to census 2010 chinese is one of the Fastest Growing population citywide. [inaudible] language barriers and cultural bias [inaudible] guiding merchants to [inaudible] for example before the super bowl 2015, we team up for [inau
Walk to a coffee shop or bar and i think that would also help to shift the policy because you cant have a major mega Super Walmart in a walkable environment. And so i think we are choosing in the other areas of our policies and lifestyles we are choosing systems that dont fit with the current food system and i think thats really cool that maybe Something Like urban design or urban planning and maybe by policies which are getting more attention all around the world, not just here in california where we should be biking but literally everywhere around the world. That is really connected to the food policy and giving people a reason to say i want to be able to bike somewhere. And maybe i am not going to get the buy one get one free because i cant carry it in my bag. It seems disconnected but they are very connected and that will help nudge the policy in the right direction. The major policy question is Campaign Finance reform. Can we get the lobbyists to not be able to decide our every mo
Resolution authorizing the exercise of an option to extend the lease of 10,000 sq. Ft. At 70 oak grove street with ruth mellinger, an unmarried woman, for five years for use by the Sheriffs Department at 37,208. 33 monthly, for the period of may 31, 2014, through may 30, 2019 okay, thank you. Thanks for being here. Always a pleasure, john up dike director of real estate, the item before you here is a lease for 70 oak grove. 70 oak grove, provides programs that are alternatives for incarceration and reentry programs for released offenders, we have been there about a decade now. And a site that is about 10,000 square feet. And this particular agreement is a lease extension. And it is for a fiveyear term, and it includes improvements to be made by the landlord to bring the property up to ada compliant standards, and both in the rest rooms and other issues that were involved and it is 500,000 of Capitol Improvements that landlord will be providing, the new rate is 44. 65, and that is a fix
The senate plans to vote on the minimum wage increase on wednesday this week. Workers are voicing their opinions. Joining me now is one of the the organize. She is the cofounder of rock united. Thank you so much for joining us today. I want to ask you, youre talking about a lot of Different Things in this protest. Income inequality, minimum wage, Corporate Tax breaks. Who is paying their fair share. Seems like youre all over the place. What are you focusing on . Well, tomorrowings is the annual lobbying days of the National Restaurant association and so one of the key focus areas of todays rally is the fact that the National Restaurant association, which has been named the 10th most powerful lobbying group in congress, has lobbied against some things including raising the minimum wage and have managed to keep the tips minimum wage, the minimum wage for tips workers, 2. 13 an hour. But they have also lobbied for tax breaks. They have lobbied against any kind of sustainable request. Meli