Transcripts For SFGTV Small Business Commission 32816 201603

This is the regular meeting of the Small Business commission todays meeting it trifsz live and the Small Business commission thank 3 to 4 services and sfgovtv staff for trifgz and airing the Small Business Commission Meeting the meeting can be viewed on sfgov channel 78 or live streamed by sfgovtv. Org and click on watch sfgov 2 members of the public please take this opportunity to silence our phones and other Electronic Devices and Public Comment during the meeting is limit it 3 minutes per speaker unless established by the presiding officer of the meeting speakers are requested but not required to state their name and. speaking spanish. and it will insure that proper spelling of the speakers name are the written record and please deliver to the secretary prior to approaching the elect legislature is signin sheet to be added to the mailing list 12306d if we could have the office of Small Business slide please. The office of Small Business owner Small Business is the Central Point and assistance and referrals for enterprises and Small Businesses in San Francisco we provide free oneonone assistance to help each client with their goals and needs our services are the check list of required registration permits and licenses and zoning requirement connect you the city Resource Partners to develop a plan, assess finance and legal and Technical Support or any other assistance you made need the San Francisco Small Business commission is here to support you through the stages of our business president ial stop by our Office City Hall room 10 monday through friday call 4125454 6124 about 3 impression gov. Sfgovtv. Org and we provide services in english, chinese and spanish. Thank you commissioner adams so well move on to item one sdmadz commissioner adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner ortizcartagena commissioner toursarkissian commissioner yeeriley commissioner is a zone us mr. President , wroum move on to item two general Public Comment it allows member of the public to comment general on matters within the commission purview and suggests new agenda items for the commission future consideration that is Public Comment on items not on todays agenda. Any members of the public that want to comment on items not on todays agenda welcome. Thank you good afternoon Small Business commission and theres no businesslike Small Business like all business i know everybody about it is appealing everything that traffic will allow in any business before when your got that business bow no people like Small Business people they smile when hair low and youll have a big money role and you got lots of dough because your Small Business will grow. Your Small Business will g w grow. Yeah. Thank you. Awesome we wish the part about dough were true. Any other members of the public that want to today before we precede well. Good afternoon, commissioners ill not sing im ace washington give you a little bit of background ive been around city hall for 20 something years around the districts before our director worked with us so im getting ready to say i have knowing im the fillmore corridor ambassador thats me so been there for many years and getting ready to have the fillmore ambassador state of fillmore i plan to give a 10 year review of what the fillmore was started in 2005 right now since this is the Small Business administration i have a few things to say i was very put it this way harden when i find out one of our members in our community Business Owner got much money from the city and county as a matter of fact she was the biggest recipient and there was a restaurant krolt from the city that was bankrupt is there any way for this a conflict of interest is person that was appointed to the San Francisco Small Business commission Small Business commission and pujd up to the Vice President of the Small Business and when i stopped putting the bugs the area how can this be the fillmore that is able to go past Everything Else and even to open a business across the street shes on our commission i guess you resolved that shes not on the commission but it is gray the fillmore we have history of corruption what you call pay to play and selected and protected thats what we have thats been our problem she can tell you the director how it has been stagnated and now leonardo shes the queen my queen im ace the coordinator ambassador i have to say im disappointed how does that work where one of our commissioners got loops to open up a business across the street in the fillmore but it costs over one hundred thousand dollars u thoughts you cant pay your rent this is not right in america you dont say thirty to pay your represent and open up 09 business thats a conflict of interest i know who im talking about my name is ace on the case id like to invite to you to the western edition thats the one thing see im having ocii coming out there ill be with you, we need you commissioners that are involved to come out here my name is ace on the case ill be back. Thanks for your comments any other Public Comment Public Comment is closed. On to the first time item. Item three and four the pertinent is sick so id like to recommend we move those later and move on to item 6 the pertinent is here ill call into the record item 5 which is a excuse me item yes 5 sorry a prosecution and discussion of office of the tax clerks Online Business popularity we have jorges the treasurer of the office of Tax Collector providing you with a presentation. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im Jose Cisneros the new Business Registration the act of registering a business is available entirely online by inviting the San Francisco business portal i know youre familiar with ensues sfgovtv. Org in 3 short steps businesses can apply and sign and pay remotely online from the k34069 of their home helping businesses to succeed is essential to the economy and will allow us for more revenue after the past 5 years weve focused on the business tax and payment and filings on line for the experience of the taxpayers and the annual Business Registration renewal has been online for all businesses for a number of years we know that businesses of all sizes will benefit but for Small Businesses like the contractors and seeking a Building Permit perhaps in a timely way and hairdressers for theyre first stall or nonprofit being to register without having to come and traffic us to city hall or waiting for a mail that can take a number of days will save 7, 8, 9 and increase the efficiency for the businesses this milestone wouldnt have happened without this community and the commission mostly the office of Economic Workforce Development the office of labor standards enforcement and our xhifsh 311 i want to talk about Business Registration here in San Francisco again something i know. Know a lot about San Francisco has one and 5 thousand registered businesses which pay 1. 2 builds her year to our office the business takes that includes the Registration Fee that was distrusted the grow resident and the business expenses and the transient that concludes my remarks and the user taxation r all are paid every year and the majority of one and 5 thousand businesses are, in fact, Small Businesses some of them very Small Businesses Business Registration under the law in San Francisco is required for anyone engaging in San Francisco common examples a fixed place of business and soliciting or having a business for 7 days or more or driving on San Francisco streets for business purposes it is a required first step for anyone seeking a variety of permits or licenses to operate including the department of Public Health the Office Office of shortterm rental and Police Department Business Registration is required within 15 days of operation and valid from july 1st to june 30th and annually registrations must be ruined by may 31st the fees for new businesses range if as little as 75 to as much as 35,000 per year based on the type of Business Activities asia annual gross resident of those businesses they were set by the voters as partly of i 2012 proposition e the grow recipient tax their pro rated for the businesses to start mid year cture the Treasurers Office im proud to say the first City Department to have the citywide contract with docking you sign for the Electronic Technology that replaces the need for a wet signature on the application with an easy and trusted Digital Signature online ill talk about how were doing 0 so far we offered this online just a month ago and that in that time nearly seven hundred businesses have registered online and 80 percent of those completed the application their Digital Signature and their payment in less than one hour pretty fast cleared to coming to city hall or waiting for a 2 week period the rank of businesses covered the game bet in many of them city vendors that use the website to remedy and do business in the city im excited to bring this news and again want to appreciate auto the support and systems out of your commission as we are able to assist the businesses more efficiently every year thank you. Great news will this help to streamline the registering for the or. Everyone has to register the shortterm rental folks would able to use this facility yes and i think 24 will be something speak might make sense for the businesses like that for Everything Else they do online. Thank you for making this happen. Thank you. Commissioner. Thank you for everything youve done for Small Businesses i know when i finishes got on the commission you were streamlined the business permit you know instead of getting you know having to pay 10 different times over the year one it is due in march and people know it now with the business portal and working with us we have ms. Augustine your department did a very good job and again will say argue outreach from apparently tax receptors is great i hear barley a people from 9 q and a and others your team has done a fantastic job and letting people know what the deal say, i want to youre doing a great job. Thank you commissioner adams you guys are a Great Channel for us to reach the Small Businesses from the city there are many and not connected to our office and not an easy way to reach them so we appreciate our partnership. Great. Thank you very much for coming and presenting today. Any other questions or comments. Okay awesome thank you. Thank you treasurer cisneros. David. Public comment sorry. Do we have any Public Comment on this item seeing none, Public Comment is closed move on to the next item. Well move on to item number 3 is the discussion and possible action to the board of supervisors on file number 160141 the Public Employee annual salary ordinance amendment to the Small Business commission and the Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development for the fiscal year 20152016 and 20162017. So this particular this is this particular ordinance is establishing the position that is will be for the legacy business regulatory and management of the Historical Preservation fund. Do we need to read into the record since hillary is not here im happy to take any questions for you the there is a dollar amount associated with this registration targeted is the 9774 which is a Senior Community Development Specialist and the amount of money targeted for 3 months to get us through to the ends of this budget circle but looking at to the next budget so a 3 month number. Yes. A 3 month number and, yes Oval Office Budget that position is included in with all the other positions. Okay commissioner adams. This makes is that position a permanent position by the office of our office. Right now i mean it is a permanent exempt right now. Thats fine. It establishes it and the doing the supplemental allows for the beginning of you know hiring for this position and having this position in this current budget circle. Okay. Any other comments before Public Comment . So what are we are doing today is meeting for the 3 months do we have to do it again for the next well, you we live in the next either next Commission Meeting our the following review the overall budget for the 20162017 which that. Will include the ongoing solution. The supplemental is just to augment the current budget were in so we have to first establish the position the dollar amount amount any Public Comment on related to this item only. Absolutely positively no problem. I just left from Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development i left there i told him the item is on this we have oewd in any community. Would you like to comment on this item. Sir, sir. Ive been at this game for 25 years start my time over you didnt stop that guy from singing im serious about what im saying right now i see you have opportunity the oewd create a new position or something im sorry, i wasnt here but right now there is so much conflict of interest in city hall i call is silly hall mayor ed lee i dont know what the hell youre doing i dont care the fbi is watching him your department the Small Business commission you all fiddle with oewd i have big problems and create another position where is the paperwork what kind of a position youll get to oewd is that the director youre talking about i dont know what youre talking about are you equating creating a new position for this agency and get it from oewd i dont know that about im my name is ace on the case damn it im on the case give me information 0 but it tells us you all going to get 300,000 for a position and im talking about what you commissioners have done in the fillmore let me say this ill be back at city hall im the czar for t for the out ward immigration ill be the prime example of media downstairs but im also the financial coordinator ambassador this gives me 3 i dont need our permission im on a mission so if we can Work Together in any community the best it is im not going to have the flimflam man and try to clean up like gas cotried to clean up city hall we look at it as the fill no more we cant fill it we got no businesses you come down and found out no black businesses the fillmore have you read the papers all the businesses are clotted down except one or two you have the commissioners thriving and people openly up across the street you asked me about businessrelated to here you better ask somebody my name is ace on the case youll see my face that is part of my case the question i want to get the information and talk with you mr. Mayor and all of that do members of the public want to comment on this item seeing none, Public Comment is closed okay commissioners we have an action item here. I would motion to approve it the extra person for the office to take care of the legacy business the next 3 months o months. Roll call vote commissioner adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner ortizcartagena commissioner toursarkissian commissioner yeeriley and commissioner seiu. Thank you, com