Lemonis my name is marcus lemonis. And i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change everything. But i do it to save jobs. And i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the profit. In 2000, after years of working multiple jobs, Adelo Ramirez used his life savings to open up los gemelos, a small mexican eatery in port chester, new york. Woman plantains and tortillas. Lemonis authentic family recipes drew crowds. But most popular of all were his freshly made tortillas, so popular that in 2006, he started manufacturing them for sale to local Grocery Stores. Adelo were making lots of money. As you can see, we have 22 of the tortilla market here. Lemonis and before long, revenue was approaching the 500,000 mark. Man very good taste right here. Lemonis but then a much bigger tortilla brand expanded
Chambers testify about their concerns. From february until april of 2020. But the closure rates for minority owned businesses are significantly higher with 41 of blackowned businesses, 32 of latino acts owned businesses and 22 of asian businesses. They closed over the same time frame. Now, in april of this year the federal return bank of new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and are twice as likely to be classified as at risk for distress then nonminorities Small Businesses. Further, companies are three times likely as healthy businesses to close because of [inaudible]. The pcp program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury as funding lifeline for distressed businesses responding to the culminating pandemic. What recent analysis by the color of change and the u no space United States found only one in ten African American and late lati
And i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change everything. But i do it to save jobs. And i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the profit. In 2000, after years of working multiple jobs, Adelo Ramirez used his life savings to open up los gemelos, a small mexican eatery in port chester, new york. Woman plantains and tortillas. Lemonis authentic family recipes drew crowds. But most popular of all were his freshly made tortillas, so popular that in 2006, he started manufacturing them for sale to local Grocery Stores. Adelo were making lots of money. As you can see, we have 22 of the tortilla market here. Lemonis and before long, revenue was approaching the 500,000 mark. Man very good taste right here. Lemonis but then a much bigger tortilla brand expanded to the east coast, putting adelo o
I am commissioner martha knutzen. This Commission Meeting is being conducted pursuant to the provisions of the bryant act and recent executive orders issued by the governor to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid19 transmission at public meetingful ordinarily, the brown act has strict rules for teleconferencing. The governors executive order has descended those rules. It requires that we continue to notice meetings in advance. The department has met all of the applicable notice requirements. As noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sfgov tv and may offer Public Comment by calling the published comment phone number. Id like to welcome the members of the public and staff who are watching us live on sfgov tv. The Commission Asks and thanks you for your patience during these unprecedented times. Conducting the meeting through teleconferencing has only happened once last month in our history. That being said, we hope the pu
Sb Committee Comes to order. Good afternoon. And welcome to our witnesses and audience members. Let me thank you all of you, for coming, and for participating in this subcommittee hearing. Right here. I think were all pretty familiar with this new virtual setting. But because this is our First Virtual hearing of this subcommittee, i want to take a moment to provide members with a few reminders before we begin. We will proceed in the same fashion as this committee always has. We will begin with Opening Statements by the chair and Ranking Member. Followed by testimony from our witnesses, and an opportunity for every member to inquire for five minutes. We will dispense with our practice of the given and instead go in order of seniority for questioning alternating between minority and majority members. Members are advised that the clerk may mute those who are not speaking in order to limit background noise and feedback. However, all members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they