[roll call] clerk we have a quorum. Madam president , i want to make a couple of announcements. First, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendation issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. Please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. 1467101398, pound, pound. To raise your hand to speak, press star, three. Please limit your Public Comment to the item that is under consideration. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. Madam president , your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. Commissioners, do i have any questions or discussion
Forecast highs will be a little below average to near average. A long stretch in august. In early september, they were all above. That is not the case now. I think it may be below normal temperatures by next tuesday. Locale low clouds filling them. The monsoon clouds are taking an exit stage right. 50s on the temps remaining. Low 50s, mid 50s, even upper 40s. 59 in santa clara valley. 58 in gilroy. 57, santa cruz. Boulder creek, they are at 61. Onshore breeze in place. Not screaming or roaring, but it is there. The low clouds will fill them. We have an isolated shower, but a lot of that is heading off toward central nevada and points east. For us, low clouds. In 10 minutes or, 60s, 70s, and 80s on the temperatures. Anything better to report . Anything back to normal . Or are they still clogged up . It is not back to normal, but i think it was better than it was when we first began. Steve, lets talk across the county, we have more people on this road. People have heard about the problem
Wind gusts here. Now with daylight people assessing the damage. We have some flooding and seen tree limbs down, signs and some buildings in the roadways here but really a long the carolinas has they start to clean up and the storm starts to move away, officials including the warning dont let your guard down just yet. Stay home and safe. Dont drive through standing and moving water. If the road is covered with water, turn around. Dont risk your life or the lives of first responders. Now, coastal communities to the north are going to continue to feel the effects of this storm well into the weekend. So dorian finally and thankfully on its way out but not leaving without a fight. Atches and warnings because that certainly can happen. Thats the latest here in wilmington, im jay gray, back to you. Meanwhile, across the battered bahama islands, search and rescue teams continue fanning out to look for survivors and victims. The death toll stands at 30. Forensic teams and the Health Ministry fo
Pedestrian activity and long with transit and keeping people on the sidewalk and moving. I want to make sure from my personal perspective that we do everything we can to give Small Business a chance to keep opening in San Francisco. I love this idea of the data that shows that San Francisco retail is still thriving. I think we are probably doing better than most in the country, but i think some of those who are in the landlord business and maybe in the retail business, feel the pressure of filling space and feel the pressure of filling awkward space. Some of the foot plates are very large, and some are teeny tiny with no elevators in them. I always throw a little bit of caution when we put out policy that covers blanket sort of every building possible. There are different scenarios. If you draw a rectangle of a skinny, small building in union square that maybe has a gallery on the third floor and hair salon on the second floor next to a very large any one of the macys or Neiman Marcus
Wanting to side of wanting to preserve what we have and how important it is. I also think that and when we talk residential to office theres been a profound effect on retail in the Union Square Area and its temporary. Believe it or not it will end some day theyll get it finished and i want to make sure we dont let that and i saw whats going on a temporary basis. Thank you so much it was great and i look forward to seeing how we proceed. Commissioner richards. I think he covered it theres so much retail just beyond the commercial districts as well as the sea districts. One of the things that perplexes me and it sounds weird with this new microphone i can hear myself better and i dont like the way i sound we have a have a high [indiscernible] of 12 to 15 and we just got another notification of another business going out of businesses but were not seeing rents come down and our c. B. D. Did a survey of why is that and they found contrary to what we would think would be an economic lens pe