My staff works really hard, and i think we are doing everything we can to make it easier for providers and for consumers to be able to access the services that are available to them and serve the people of the city. Any questions . Thank you, kelly. It might be helpful for newer commissioners if you summarized how a consumer qualifies for ihss. What are the requirements . In terms of income or right. So in order to be able to qualify, you have to be medical eligible. If you are, you would call cristas shop, and they would arrange to have a social worker come who would determine how many hours per month you are entitled to. And once that happens, you can hire whoever you want. And about 85 percent of consumers in San Francisco have a friend or Family Member that will do the service for them, which i will also just add, keeps people housed, because then they know they can get paid to provide the service for a friend or Family Member, so there will still be income coming in. 15 percent wh
will help ensure proper spelling of the names in the written record. please place cards in the basket. there is a sign-in sheet on the front table. please show the small businesses slide. welcome. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. it s the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. and i would like to welcome
front table. please show the small businesses slide. welcome. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. it s the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. and i would like to welcome our two new commissioners this evening. cynthia huie and manny yekutiel. item number one, please. item one, call to order and roll ca
and lately my building is getting graffiti constantly, my sales are down, the foot traffic is down, the homeless are everywhere, i have to pick up feces in front of my building. i put my life savings into that business. is it important for me to be local? yeah. would i believe that kate spade would stop that from happening? i do not. they will be paying the same rent. do i think it s a formula retail. it s up to you guys to decide. as far as what i this i is best for my street, i think basically how most people in my street feel it would be beneficial to us. 16th street is a mess. valencia street is beautiful . people objecting to this are on valencia street. i really do hope they go in and i hope it will help my block and neighborhood which is what i really think would be the outcome. i think it would be an asset to my street. thank you. next speaker, please. thank you. my name is jonah. i m an owner of a barber on valencia street and mission resident as well. to say bot
for 3 years. there is a restaurant across from me empty for 3 years. i can just go on and on. i am totally invested in the mission district in san francisco in my 36 years in the mission, myself and staff have donated time and to organizations. i have bought uniforms for the baseball team. whenever anybody has come to me for a donations eye # i have given it to them. when i came to the mission district in san francisco, i learned it was the shopping state in the united states. between 16 and 24 street it was 1 mile. it was called the mission mile. we had national shops, okay. 1 minute, please. all i would like to say is that when i read the ordinance, and i looked at all of those things, i m not a lawyer. i m a businessman. jack spade is not a formula retail. i have been to their store on venice beach, it s inside of a house. it s going to look totally different and we need a business with that price point of that merchandise in our neighborhood. thank you very much for the