Change these things once theyre in place. As supervisor campos and i have been working on the alcohol Mission Youth district, dramatic, dramatic restrictions on alcohol in the mission 20 years ago to address certain concerns and a hammer was used instead of something a little more nuanced. So, were seeing significant problems today and were really struggling with how to address the problems created by that for those zoning restrictionses. And weve seen it in other areas as well. We see an issue, we impose a categorical response and it causes issues. Weve seen it in these certain neighborhoods there are questions about the pdr. Is pdr defined broadly enough . Does it need to be zoned that way in every instance . I think it is a fair discussion to have. I do understand that i dont appear to be in the majority of this, and thats fine. I wanted to explain where i was coming from. So, thank you. Supervisor kim. Thank you. Just some final words. First of all, i realize that i did not point o
Vetted with the merchants and the neighbors and the Supervisors Office but i want to bring it forward as an alternate. If a business is opened at midnight and have an Entertainment Permit they have restrict restrictions and a lot of eyes are on them and there is a series of education and medation components available to them so that if they do slip out of what we considered to be the normal accepted behavior standards, they can be brought in without huge punitive measures being exercised. The problem is that if you have 48 with an entertainment license or a 47 with an entertainment license, next to an off sale premise with a Liquor License, those two businesses with dramatically different standards by which they operate. If our problem is on the weekends after eleven or 12 at night, then we should do everything in our power to level the Playing Field so that all of the businesses open late at night are adhering to the same rules and also have the same benefits of this organization, and
Art college. I support this plan as a whole, although there are a few issues that i clearly have. And one of the things that i want to be clear about as a major supporter of the arts is that, you know, academy of art has been, you know, a bit of a problem in the city in general and im very concerned about the way that theyve been doing byness and their impacts on residential neighborhoods in particular. I know that were looking at carving out a, i guess, grandfathering in the academy of art college in this particular case because there was a mistake that they made regarding their permits with planning. And im willing to do that. Mostly because the fact that this is their architectural school. It is an activated area. I like the idea of having this particular area, which is the more industrial, more night life specific. I like the idea of having it activated rather than being used as a warehouse or storage center, and thats really the reason why im prepared to support this. But unfortun
Rules and they snuck in the 50, 50 rule and it is not in the state code and it definds a restaurant that has alcohol as a bonified eating place and took the license law that added the 50, 50 rule and now if you look at what is happening among the youth, they dont sit down at white table cloths dining establishments they like to go to places like bullet and places that are lively. Is it bonifid, yes, is it a lively bar scene that goes to two in the morning . Yes. And now we have certain people on polk street that go back 15 and 20 years, every imaginable. He ho she, ho in the world, criminals, trash, ugly, we are talking 15 years ago, ugly scene, some young people come in there and weaves out of the concrete and goes with this amazing scene and there are people down there screaming at city hall to clean it up and now they are screaming at get rid of what gets cleaned up this is schitzoid thinking. It could sell, 50, 50 food or alcohol. Gary sells 70 percent alcohol. So they are illegal
People on polk street that go back 15 and 20 years, every imaginable. He ho she, ho in the world, criminals, trash, ugly, we are talking 15 years ago, ugly scene, some young people come in there and weaves out of the concrete and goes with this amazing scene and there are people down there screaming at city hall to clean it up and now they are screaming at get rid of what gets cleaned up this is schitzoid thinking. It could sell, 50, 50 food or alcohol. Gary sells 70 percent alcohol. So they are illegal under the planning code as we speak. And the problem is that the Planning Department is starting to use that definition to attract restaurants that they dont like that they think are catering to people that are 21, 22, 23 that go out to eat and this is the kind of stuff that they want. And i say leave it alone. Polk street is great. Thank you. Anybody else . Good evening, michael kay, and thank you, i am in for a restaurant in the business for 20 years and i am also one of the owners of