playing acoustic and they have been very peaceful and not very loud. the threat to me is part of the larger threat to the nightlife in the city. we are seeing an impact of hyper gentrification. many artist and artist of color have had to leave san francisco. delores park cafe has kept everything alive and we wouldn t have it anywhere else. thank you. thank you. i m an activist in the transgender nightlife has been a necessary part of my community and celebration. it s not exclusively an lgbt venue. it s one of the few days in san francisco you don t have to be 21 and over. when i moved here 19 years ago it was a booming music scene. it s dwindled because of gentrification and the vibrant queer and music and art is quickly disappearing. i ask you to please renew dolores park cafe so our communities and families can continue to gather safely and enjoy live music in san francisco. thank you. thank you. crista, hanson and the last cards. i am crista sansky manager of the
was being built. i watch it open. i patronize it myself and former musician and i have watched everything gone down in this cafe. in my view she s done nothing but good things for the community and she s accommodated every neighbor in every way she can. she s shutdown performances and said we need to stop this because we don t want to get complaints. i don t know what else more that i can add that everyone hasn t already said. i understand permits, i don t know if they are stricter or what or what s involved with the permit. your time is up, ma am. hi. i know joe from 20 years ago. i worked at el roy for 2 years on saturday and the biggest night just quit the last month or so. joe knows what busy is. he manages it very well. someone who creates the community and space which rachel has and having the luxury for someone being around for 14 years. she creates this community and to maintain something like this to allow her to do this is what we are trying to maintain with sma
the permit allows they can come to the commission and request that. okay. so on the motion to approve this permit until 10 p.m. daily with a sound test required. on that motion, commissioner lee, frost, moshoyannis, president, joseph, tan. that motion passes. we are going to wait to see what the sound issues are. i don t mean to hide behind a paper but it has people behind it. to a point of clarification. it s been suggested that it s been less than clear that you are removing the old police conditions and adding our own. i don t want to make this longer or more complicated, but just maybe affirm that s the case that we are clarify that s what the motion was doing? the motion would extend the hours. i think you need to remove a previous condition that made it restrictive. does that make sense? you made a motion but you didn t remove the previous. would this motion not is supplant the previous? i was told from a member of the audience that it was not entirely c
JUST HOURS after the new City Council takes its oath of office this Tuesday, it will meet in Executive Session to discuss matters of potential litigation regarding an open meeting complaint, which could have a detrimental effect on the city’s position. Nothing says “Welcome, Councilors!” or “Happy New Year!” like a potential lawsuit. The potential […]