days. [music] i'm commission vice president sort of we will start with announcements. >> we would like to start with a land acknowledgment. [ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgment]

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6. call from a quiet location. if you are viewing on sfgov.org mute it before comment. recommend you use zoom audio or foam for comment you may submit a written public comment through chat on zoom. know that commissioners and staff are not allowed respond during public comment. thank you to sfgovtv for shareing with the public. >> thank you. start with a roll call. >> vice president bleiman. >> here >> commissioner perez. >> here. >> commissioner thomas. >> here >> commissioner wong. >> here >> next item is number 2 general public comment. is there anybody here who would like to comment on an item not on the agenda tonight?

>> no public comment. move on to 3 approval of minutes from december 15 of 23. do we have a motion. >> moved. >> second. >> is there public comment on our meeting minutes? we'll close. and we can vote. >> vice president bleiman. >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye >> thomas. >> aye. >> wong. >> aye. >> next is 4, report from executive director wayland. >> thank you vice president bleiman. good evening commissioners and everyone here. great to see a full audience this evening and i believe this is the first meeting this year. welcome to 2024. so this evening i have a few updates. we are in the midst of working on hiring process. our part time 1840 sound inspector position. we have conducted interviews for

this position. and have hopeful candidates and hope that the next time we are here together we will introduce you to our newest inspector. mented update out commission vacancies. you see we are a 4 commission, commission, commissioner commission and missing 3 seats we have folks who applied. poth with the board of supervisors and the mayor's office. and hopeful we will hear one of those seats at rules at the board of supervisors next monday. the 12th. i will keep you aprized who gets assigned to the next rules hearing, i think they were hope to have all 3 at the next one but might take a couple. we will keep you posted.

the hope we'll have one dash commissioner at the march 5th hear when we meet again. >> next is a save the date for our annual night life summit. this will happen on monday april 29th. we are just a few months out we begun planning thanks to staff. for getting the ball rolling on planning with logistics and thank you to a couple commissioners for getting the conversation going around topics. i invite others to reach out if you have anything you would like us to consider as a topic this year. we have a couple of great ideas and these are base whatted we have been hearing from the industry through our survey that closed as well as through the feedback we provides to attendees last year's summit.

reach out if you have anything to add and looking forward to the event. finallimented to note that during senior inspector serena's report next. she will highlight an action we corrective action we took recently where we did a suspension. by the director. for intrifor a -- 2 week period. that suspension since lifted. we gallon through the deteals in the next item. i'm here to take questions and comments.

thank you and move on to 5 report from our senior inspector. >> thank you vice president bleiman. good evening commissioners we received 63, 311 complaints since december 17th. 2 updates let me know if you have questions. my first is trinity irish bar, 1851 union llp with our office on saturday december 30 received 2 complaints around 11. . 15 p.m. the inspector responded at 11. . 30 and saw a dj inside and the game room doors on the patio were open upstairs. however due to operating after 11 p.m. without a permit. trinity issued a citation. staff discovered noticers on social media advertising 9 p.m.

to late this saturday. on january 6. it was reiterated the llp permit allow its until 11 p.m. why management sent a message on december 18 of 23 informing if we observed a violation before february 16 we would suspend the llp for up to 15 days per article 15.1. do you to the citation from december 30, executive director way land issued a 15 day suspension on january 26 for receiving 3 citations within the 90 day period. management did not contest it, it went in affect january 12 at 5 p.m. until saturday january 27 at 5 p.m. inspector conducted checkos saturday thenth and 20th and

confirmed the busy did not have entertainment. we will monitor and respond to complaints we receive. bhiet rabbit at 3138 fillmore. on saturday january 20 at 10:40 p.m. the inspector responded a sounds complaint. upon arrival observed a dj at sound measurement showed it to be exceedingly approved dbc by 7 decibels. approve side 102, measurements during inspection reached 109. inspector worked with the manager to bring the volume down and unable to. white robot issued a notice of violation on january 22nd for exceeding allowable sound

limits. thank you. >> questions? thank you. and thank you for dealing with trinity who is -- yea. make regret previous choices. i noticed in your report that -- beer garden came up a lot and seems like it was difficult to they closed before inspectors came on duty. this than i ever make noise during the day. what is the latest on beer garden or get nothing touch with them? >> we have visited while they were open and having music we found them and compliance. you are correct. we receive a lot of complaint

when is we don't have them in the field. we planned to have an update in the next hearing i'm hope to gather sxefdz have a complete record and of behalf we can report and say they are doing or not doing. >> got it. thank you. jot thing i add is that of the times we have visited they have been closed or compliant. yet to verify noncompliance since the permit has been issued. >> thank you. further questions. >> all right. thank you very much. is there public comment? no public comment.

close public comment and move on to 6. this is a -- update. from very special man. ladies and gentlemen -- >> thank you. good evening. the office of economic and workforce development. my first presentation to all of you. from last time we poke and new developments in night light business. the state legislative session is under way. bills introduced by february 16th. we have a couple of items that

are relevant to night life that have been introduced and are expected more to come in closer on the deadline. sb989 from senator wiener expand the entertainment zone program. that is the ability for the city to designate entertainment zones in state law. restaurants and embarrass sell open to go containers and with special events out door. and are that -- the i will talk about implementation of the sb76 zone and seniority wiener has a follow up to do 2 things expand san francisco's ain't to adopt entertainment zones. language around only having them operate during special events was added late. we moving that increase flex

abltd to support restaurants and bars. on and secondly and more relevant to other cities around the state. entertainment zones are only zabl in san francisco. and so this would expand the programs. so the city of san hose sesupportive of cities will come on soon to support this legislation. why secondly ab1775 from haneo cannabis cafes there was legislation last year to allow cannabis dispense easier to sell noncannabis food and beverages and tickets to entertainment events. that was vetoed by the goner and identified worker health protections. this new legislation is

identical to last year but according to haney's announcement he is in discussion with state agencies around how to address worker health protections. there has been activity around out door service and liquor licenses, businesses are starting to as they in in compliance with the spaces program, businesses are expanding liquor licenses to cover that parklet and other service spaces. as a reminder, businesses don't have to do this for a few year under legislation adopted last year. temporary cater permits that cover them some apply until june of 26. the businessesment to get compliant and the paperwork.

abc has issued regulations for what they call areas disconnected from the main premesis by public right-of-way. a parklet is separated by a city street. they take affect in april but they are already a guiding set of rules and principles for licensing now. the regulations require staff to actively monitor out door area. they specify that out door areas have a proximity to the premesis and don't mandate table service at a parklet by employees of the business. that is an area there is a significant amount of confusion and business owners that abc would require table service but that is not case that is not in the scope of the regulations by abc. and final point on liquor licensing and out door service

as businesses get their out door intamentarctivity permitted by this agency. liquor languages around intament and sound has changed overnight last 6 months or so. where we are beyond out door activity and abc in the process of congress liquor licenses to clarify to align sound conditions with entertainment permit sound conditions which we will talk about in the future. for out door service if you are doing entertainment activity, in and out door area can, your license conscience arounded sound should aline with your permit conscience positive stepful new loam reforms took affect in january after law in

december. police code reforms fee favors to support out door upon intament and amplified sound. and improve permitting the planning code legislation following zoning and expanding 90 day cu review for night life uses that is up and running now which is exciting. short u. i want to highlight project it is i expect to talk about in detail at future hearings. working on expanding awareness african-american type 90 licenses and reforms often they

there are opportunity to educate entrepreneurs and operators about the reforms and how they support the businesses. had conversations about the type 90 license who did not and not excited learn about the possibility of supporting new projects with it. >> another upcoming on going project helping entertainment zones with special events. there are a number different corridor in dwlars have started asking questions how intament zones work. i think continuing that out reach and as we move forward and implementing zones there will be interest there. continuing to look at downtown recovery. how we develop and roll out to support that recovery with a focus night time and entertainment. working to support temporary

park. this has been a mine for the sfmta and hope to bring good news soon. launching sf life, coming up soon. or launching soon. hope to bring this back. increasing health and safety resources think burglar when we do the at entertainment commission summit. law requires bars to maintain and have drink testing and other work to support health and safety for workers. and finally as previous discussed looking at possibilities for cannabis events in the scope of the pilot with the office cannabis. wanted to provide a road map for the many things.

thank you for your time. >> i'm not seeing questions here. thank you. is there public comment on his report? no public comment >> we can move along to number 7. which is -- hearing and possible action applications for permits under jurisdiction of the entertainment commission and i think deputy ebb director will be introducing the consent agenda. >> thanks. good evening happy first meeting of 2. 6 permitos consent. one is for 1 time out door permit out door amplified sound and remaining phi 5 for indoor llp the applicants had out reach

and no opposition from neighbors nor concern per permit staff recommendation approve with the recommendations and call out the staff recommendations for agenda aare listed separate low in your google folder our standard staff recommended conscience they did not make it on the memo they are in their own document of >> move approval of consent. >> seconded. >> is there public comment on items that are on the consent agenda? >> no public comment. >> close public comment and can have a single vote on the consent agenda >> vice president bleiman >> aye >> perez. >> aye >> thomas. >> aye >> wong. >> aye. >> all right. consent agenda approve fud are one of those lucky people follow up with our staff at your

convenience for your next steps. now move on to the regular per mitt applications. >> the first permit is a limited live performance permit out door sound in the parklet at 801 montgomery this is the first brick and mortar for a parklet fighting for businesses and office as we see legislative parklets issued and now folks begin the process with us. >> a japanese restaurant seeking to host indoor entertainment. musicians, bandses and dj's. they are seek ability to host amplified sound in the parklet monday-friday. and saturday and sunday 5 to 10. senior inspectors set a sound limit for the space and recommending the out door sound

limit for the parklet. the applicant let all the neighbors know about the application and there was no opposition. they received forletters of support all included in your file. central station included the monthly condition and here to tell you more is manager mehe represented by stefano. good evening. i'm next to the manager of rocha core. and rocha means garthing place around the fire. the space once housed the cypress club in the 80s and had a 12 year run. it was a 40's style deco place. cool and everything then. had a company restaurants. seafood strewns and stuff like

this. it is in good hands now. has a great reputation. they have a parklet outside. they went throughout process. with the indoor permit they want to dot right thing they have buy outs and might be music. we want to make sure we are compliant and wanted a vibe they have a nice parklet. pleasants and it is gorgeous temperature and to create an atmosphere that matches indoor. speakers will be in the parklet itself. next to kellies, a bar. next door this will be more of a lower intense music it is firstly a restaurant.

we did a direct mail out and visited and canvasses that area has commercial. it is not where there are people living above you or across the street. we are here to answer any questions you have. >> hello share the type of music for entertainment you plan and what type of sound equipment you have? >> we have only small music speakers. [inaudible]. and for indoor for the. occasionally once [inaudible].

comments? motion? i move to approve with staff recommendations. >> second. >> is there public comment on this permit? >> no comment. >> we will close comment and vote. >> vice president bleiman. >> aye >> commissioner perez >> aye >> commissioner thomas. >> aye >> commissioner wong. >> aye >> congratulations, approved. follow up with us at your convenience. next permit. >> okay.

so the next permit will be postponed. and hoping to have a hearing on march next month. this is due to weather and restructuring of the market and the environment and this is for on the ground catering dba from thes nice market on oshg fairel for event with extended duration. action would be to vote to continue to the next hearing. >> do we have a motion sn >> moved. >> second. >> public commentom continuing this to the next hearing? >> good evening there is a hand

in zoom. antonio. i will bring you in to talk. i think they -- start with we started if there is comments on this item we can ask after >> if you have public comment for this item please speak you have 3 minutes. [inaudible]. i want to say i never received out roach on the event. i [inaudible]. [inaudible]

>> thank you. is there public comment o this item? we are on the friday night market on farrel if that item step to the microphone and you can line up or go one at a time.

and again we're motioning to continue this to next hearing. so. >> i'm elizabeth the president of condo association that has buildings. we are against this friday night market for 6 or 7 months of the year every friday from 4-9 p.m. the music is blairing and loud. and the building fillmore buildings are very high. the music reverberates. the market puts big dj vans and put the speakers right outside on the sidewalk. windows are throw feet away. we can't get rest on a friday night. every friday it is bliring music. we have no problems for the

restaurants that have struck trucks there. people come up to the people who have the music and asked them to lower or stop and they say yes, yes and don't do anything we call 311, nobody come temperature is unbearable we have another sunday market. has bla wiring music all afternoon and farmer's market on saturday what poor street all residential. with old people can people who work night shifts and need sleep. children. nobody gets slope all weekend for sick month its is crazy. we need to limit the festivals on the street. we have no problem with once an among or whatever. but every friday, saturday and sunday and we are going. create. try to limit this and stop the music from blaring everybody friday and sunday.

>> thank you. >> okay. ready.

this is for. friday night. >> okay. i'm adrian and i live cross the street from the friday night market i want to echo sentiments of the woman who spoke about how loud it is. and not only -- during the time they are actually doing the night market it attracts people that continue that party through the night and like she was saying they have the big vans with speakers in them the party guess until midnight and 1 in the morning sometimes and it is shaking our walls. and again. there is a whole next door glue formed around the noise that continuous after the night markets. and we all we call 311 hundreds of times. we call the police nonemergency

hot line.

it is cool we got to know each evering. under the circumstances disapinning but that's my sentiment. thank you. >> thank you. anymore comments before we vote? >> okay. somebody else. >> we have a hand raised. >> a couple again. okay. >> dove. if you hear us unmute and you have 3 minutes. >> thank you very much. i wanted to echo what the previous 2 people said about the

noise level. i live on the street. outside the market. and friday nights the decibel is so loud had when you are walk down the street. i have to cover my sxeers go to concerts all the time. i go to bluegrass and every year and never that loud temperature actually would bother my ears. to echo what the gentlemen was saying, things on my shelf in my home and mantel are shaking from the volume. from the reverberations. i did ask the organizer one time to adjust the volume. he agreed. that he would do so. and never did. . and -- i as well no recourse but not to be there to be at my

house on friday nights i'm driven out of the neighborhood. and so. thank you. typeset is a shame. because i do believe in bringing the neighborhood together and events like this mean something to me. reaching out to people. in the neighborhood in this way. but it is the volume. that needs to be addressed. thank you. more comments? one more person from zoom. unmute yourself you have 3 minutes >> thank you. i wanted to also echo what has been said about the noise level. it is absolutely unatenable if you are trying to stay home. i want top yea. i think it is -- lovely to have

the community but not clear why it has to the music has to be so loud and it is all you know week after week it did not draw that many people. you have the incredible loud music and there is sometimes there is 10-15 people there. and it is like inconveniencing a neighborhood so just a handful can garth. does not neil very fair.

>> thank you. and we can vote now on whether or not to move this to a later -- next. >> vice president bleiman >> aye >> commissioner perz >> aye >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> commissioner wong. >> aye >> that has been conditioned and we will move on to the next one which appear to be related. item i brother's change dba soulful sunday the same street. for the 1 timeout door upon event for amplified sound. they asked for a february 18 to 8027 for every other sunday.

between 11 and 5. so this applicant is coming become this year for the one time permit. they received an approval from the shared spaces last month and during that meeting and neighbors share the concern about noise. at the end of the item applicant and neighbors compromised hosting entertainment every other sunday. northern station has no issued with this permit. they passed out our letter to a neighboring business and the fillmore center. a represent from the fillmore center said they were notified and the templet letter was not filled out with information and did not have information about their hearing date. i did in the receive a copy of the letter. in the packet they took pictures and did out reach. included a couple of what was

passed out in the permit packet the scomplert postcards about their event in member february. since the issuance last year received 6, 3 space space there has been a sound limit they have complaints. >> the information staff recommends the applicant we do out roach to the neighborhood with correct information to allow feedback from the community in the area. we allow the event at discretion for a trier second degree of two of the monday eversunday's. they can return for the march 5, 24 hearing for further discussion about approval moving forward with the schedule allowing statement starring

march 17 to october 7. where here to speak with you is eric from brother's for change. done a lot of out reach. i'm the fillmore is a bad neighbor. you have the management company then you have a different management company for the businesses. at that time the fillmore center allowed us to use the plaza for music and entertainment. it was a different company at the time. so we thought about after the

pandemic we want to help 4 that it did not beyond 50 years we have been tribal to rebuild those coming in you know not only -- the neighborhood will about the on land with the fillmore center i don't know -- issue because it is not the

street, we have complaints. the center. go back and out reach the same people i said first sunday. the same that complain we have an agreement had doles we need do. questions? i have a question for staff, i think. which so it sounds like what we got in front of us friday night and the sunday and sounds there is a saturday upon event on the same will block. >> yea this is a baptist

context. last year the first time we did the friday night markets, and the sunday soulful sunday this permit on saturday the gnarler's market. last year. there was an event every day and weekend. on that street. and so we realize third degree and now this year we are trying to figure out air way to balance that more that is where the complaints are coming from. every day of every weekend. and so -- did groy have it every other sunday. and that's yet reason they are moving they are trying to reshuffle the entertainment and how the friday night market works they need more time for that.

we don't take into account different events by different entities it sounds like there is a significant impact on the neighborhood by having. jot same. >> i see friday, saturday and sunday all in the same block would be a lot. that street has been closed they got approval from the street closures. >> right, right. i hear about the fill mercenter used to that plaza would be a nice place to do this.

not able to activate it -- the streets are what you have left. i guess my question is what extent in terms of the impact of -- the upon event. i foal we can't take in isolation the one weevent we need to take into consideration the friday, saturday and sunday and in terms of impact on neighbors. what is the guidance from staff on how to best think about all 3 of these together. especially if the market is manage in front of us like. >> i think deputy director had one thing to add.

it it is a full dj set up and very loud and we had interactions with them northern station has. the individual on going set up around the fillmore not just the friday night market we don't permit them. complaints are pin on the friday night market and not the active the permit holder doing it. it is a very are gray area. pd gone out it has not been successful.

the approve separate from us. than i may approve the ufts street for thearctivities on a weekly base i for each of the events. you have the capacity to revving layoff with less frequency with entertainment. it sounds like he is amenable to twice a month. would being smart to decide which days they are of the first and third. second and fourth?

come neighbor sxrfrns event producer preference. would they want those the friday and sunday to occur on the same weekend so you are impacted 2 weekends out of the month? or have a friday and a sunday. and not counting the farm upper's market u. if want to to limit thome twice a month that is up to you as well. why i want us to and i appreciate your willingness to compromise. i don't want us to aproufrt 1s that will not compromise at 4

and the person who is like you know stepping forward to engage and limit them. i want us to be fair across all 3 events. and sounds like that conversation is under way. i want there to be equity. >> thank you. i have a question for staff. the concern from the niches is the sound. right? have you experienced them to be compliant? if i recall we set their limit on the last activation. we have not seen them in operation since you did stop for the raining season. >> yes. we did set a limit but can't confirm if verified compliance it was as they went in the pause.

started on friday nights we actually got a guarantee from the city! to produce the band! and he is a fellow mfbt fillmore. and received a grant to produce the van. >> still if they are blasting music. y found it was the grant would have required him to do it a part of an event with i permit?

or ape part of your sxevent the neighbors are mix everything together while you men in compliance. it is an interesting question .

like, in the your fault if people come and do things that are -- illegal. i would be -- trying my fwoeft that will fortunate set their van up somewhere else. you are trying to put on a business. and make it work and that's causing you problems. why i what happened you are

saying but i can confirm once our event is over everybody is gone if you are in the neighborhood down the street. blasting music that has nothing to do with mow. >> that's what i'm saying. i can't. >> i agree with you. like however, you know if the person is related your van you hired them and they are setting up next to you it is not your problem that is a problem for pd in the something we -- we don't do street sound we focus on business and whether or not they have a permit. the. police are stressed and unable to responded in time. have their. i don't have an answer. fiwere in your shoes i imagine myself being frustrated. you have to answer for it. even though it is not your fought everfault i don't have an answer.

>> i hear you. >> yea.

we can't affect the frequency of events that mta. of this is above our pay grade here. they make their decisions. often don't consult us. what i'm hearing is what commissioner perez said. if you are in compliance and the success of your event is bringing other who is are not in compliance or acting in their wave parting may be louder. you do have a responsibility.

even though you don't. like the gray area. >> can i ax can we have an education, somebody from staff to committee to fillmore and i will make sure the different dj's are [inaudible] there and can better than were learn about permits and levelsil offer my services to make sure that happens. >> i'm okay with that in principle i have to talk to staff. permit operator if you are not there yet you feel comfortable making that education to them. i think we can offer our services to help you understand if full and he completely so you can pass this information. we have hundreds of permits they

go through and staff overwhelmed with the music and night life. right. okay. >> i have a question for you. and i want to realm commend the

spirit compromise you came in with the commune members it is frustrating dealing with the fall out of a third party. if you are looking at every other sunday do you prefer first and third or second and fourth. either is okay >> yea >>. okay. i feel comfortable moving forward with their compromise as long as we apply this with other applicants. why let's see if there are questions for the permit holder. you can have a seat. >> yes. >> police. >> as far as of the member of the band when we performed. we performed on a sunday but had an our >> 12-1. i don't know about the night thing. you think that is the issue. things are continuing at night

not sanctioned and not a part of the upon event. than i are getting conflitted with the event. and so that is a problem. if they are attracting people and they are sticking xoornd blasting music it is an open question. how do you manage that can limited resources. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> i have been to 3 of these i'm mark alexander i live in the tenderloin. and all 3 of the events this van was in the present. this gentlemen here plays nice r & b music. you said i think the neighbors

are conflating. the sunday with friday upon event. as an african-american i have been here for year and a half in san finish and the population for black people is 0 low. it is a bless to have this event for me and a shame if it was taken away >> thank you. >> i being you know the goal to figure out how to support the event and make sure it continues and how to upon min myself other impacts on the neighbors, sounds much is not coming from what you are organizing but people unaffiliated p with your grip a leader or other times.

i would like us to figure out how we can move for the. there were figure out how we can support this especially with the willingness to compromise on the timing and then when we get to the friday night market get them to the same place and sounds like there is an issue of both stayingerator and on the sides figuring out what levers we might have to we heard from the permit applicant. are you part of the. >> we spoke to the.

>> all right. everheard a motion. i'm not sure we fully discussed t. >> we did not motion. >> continuity in the process. motion we got language from staff about the timing. >> i believe you had set up the staff recommendation for just next two sundays >> to clarify to approve this permit for 2 sundays on a trial period. and have them come back next month to see if we want to continue them to october employed that was the recommendation. >> you can motion something else. >> yea. >> no. i think that i would like to move forward with that if we got

>> requires them to come to the march fifth hearing again. >> is that the same time friday night market folks will be here. >> that's the hope. >> the plan. >> right. >> i feel like in terms of trying to treat thyself the friday and sunday equal low having them both at the same hearing would be easier on the staff. to be able to do it together. does that?

make a motion to move forward with recommendations of the permit for the next 2 activations and come back on march 5 for the permit. a second. >> all right. now we will hear from the public. if you are here and like to speak on this. >> thank you. i like to say i want to dmeep context the name of the fillmore. fillmore jazz district implies there will be entertainment there. that's historic jazz district. i have been live thering upon since 99 and a business owner

there as limp so. you know i'm also working with reverend harris in brothers for change for the event. we're respectful of the community. we take ownership of the community. upon keep the mind this is an entertainment district. when we have people move nothing and don't know the history. to being helped on friday. friday. had is nothing wrong having entertainment. have you a jazz collaborate notoriety fillmore upon center. so keep in upon there will be

entertainment. well is a night life. you already know there are bars and upon students educational background. we are not here to make inconvenience we are here to enhance it and it so case the tammient them is a sister in the band. people. i'm plead with everybody that sits here, don't restrict that. fillmore has been dead before the po i haved. brepging in traffic it we are asking to keep open when commissioner came out i was

there in inform if. and we were cordial and we kept our word and you know we can't be held account okay for people that is not associated with us. thank you very much. i have been there a few times and they shut upon down at like 6 or 7. on friday a noise until midnight. that's not sunday. sunday is i don't know like noon to 5 or 6. y understands if there is noise until midnight is a problem. but this is not sunday. i think they are lumping everything together. like i said when i was there there was no van that was this

gentlemen playing conscious music. >> i'm gail born and raise instead film more. because of the growing up in the fill moefrm fillmore is toefrg me. i learned play trumpet on fill footer. i want top say like this brother said we don't have nothing to do with the friday f. so please don't comupon biens together. i do youth events. what our business. keep that in monday. i did talk to inspectors. he tried my product and everything was fine. upon but sunday is different

than friday. dheep in mind. we want to bring more culture back in the fillmore and welcome our neighbors. other restaurants and everybody who come through. i'm elizabeth and fwon all of the events and we are not i don't live here i live in a condo on the same street and love what the fillmore district is doing and love the evaporates. problem that we are focusing on is loud, screeching d judiciarying music i lost

bands and the sundays it is nice. the and food trucks there are and it is quill when they have a band. we have no publish. when they have a publish when the the fridays in the talking about you in. thank you. . >> i'm adrian again. i appreciate the compromise coming from the permit requesting group. and everybody here about doing every other sunday. it is coland i'm a musician by

trade. living and performing at events like this for upon 20 years plus. all around the fillmore i'm a reason i moved there it is a hot bred of music. the bands are great on sundays. it is like 6 hours of volume. even. -5 am p. i go over and check it out. some of the brand everbands are great. after a been and go sxhoem relax and another. and to combine that can the upon effects that happen. after. not the guys also but it is

interit conditions to the night 6 hour of volume to like 10 or 12 of solum and there is --00 it. the am will mvment you know that per of the commune come together and it is cool to see people interacting and this is the discourse we need this town to kind of bring that you will stuff back to life. and you know the fillmore hear so many great jazz clubs i wish there it was more opening.

so we have performances like this moving independence society places can be rocking again. i'm all for this. television is the length of time of i think we can handle it for a few hours when it gets to 6 and 7 hours and a lot. and -- again i have been a musician by trade. all the street fairs. every where i have been performing every where. and it is a part of my live everlife as well. that is my commends. thank you. >> online. >> we have 2 on zoom.

>> yes, thank you. i would like to thank the commissioners for giving us the opportunity to speak occupy this issue. i am scomborn raised in the fillmore. i have been there all my life. fillmore has been known for as the historical will jazz society. fillmore had been des mated. all of the of yesterday and everything. . always known for entertainment and music. i understand the neighbors and everyone and thank you for giving us the opportunity to compromise. i want to remind everybody.

known entertainment district. fillmore am district. next personal antonio. you have 3 minutes. >> thank you. >> i wanted talk first about noise and outage. first, [inaudible]. from what i heard i think there are lumped conflitted. clear clear

i'm not talking about the administration of a belling. the people typically don't be there. the ones this live there are not [inaudible]. i really beg the commission to

do the -- verify the niche from the fillmore center are [inaudible]. >> how much time they spent with the people from the center, turning it around and find a solution on how to solve this program. i think the commission after this is work thering is no verification that people. >> your time is up. thank you for your public comment. all right. is there more public comment. >> so. we don't to vote yet. we can make comments. i do strong low feel the

sundayent is not the main source of the issues. however, i think the permit applicant is graciously offered to accept this compromise for the time being. and so i'm okay voting for it as is the motions are. however i think this on march fifth when than i come become we would need to reexamine whether or not it should be every other weekend for the sunday. are we permitting the saturday. farmer's market? >> they have submitted an application and scheduled it come to the third tuesday of march.

>> yea. great to get them. and love to get them all on the same phone call. >> agreement >> thank you. photocopy staff can do that. i know that is -- part of your job but a lot to coordinate. thank you. >> a lot of people commented on you know the fillmore present and history with jazz and i think this you know when there is something coming in front of the city we have to be mindsful of the destruction this redevelopment did in the fillmore district and what i feel like the city owes to both

african-american community and the city and fillmore including supporting entertainment there. and hearing from everyone, i see the value that this event brings on sundays. and it is sounding like most complaints are perhaps not related to your event but this gives us time on sort it and get it straight ittened out for you. >> i think somebody needs to tell the guy with the van he is scouting up for everybody. why we tried to talk to him about that. this would be helpful. sorry. we are we can't have a dialogue with. >> sorry.

okay. we can vote. vice president bleiman. >> aye. >> perez. >> aye. >> thomas. >> ia. >> wong. >> aye. all right. moving on. i would say congratulations i think it feels like that now. i will jump in. ready? the next is amendment on a one time after permit from civic center cbd activate fulton february 8 through august thereinst. city hours 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. like to host music. poet reef to encourage visitor traffic in the plaza and bridge

with the new un flaza and the civic search flza. the performance at times within the window and working with programming partners. the initial permit application. out reach materials letters of support from the neighbors main public library and asian art museumful tenderloin station did not respond. we assume they have no concerns. staff recommending approval with conscience listed here. here to speak with you is maro from the civic center and she is going to be calling in you will not see her but hear her.

can you hear me? thank you very much. i had technical problems with zoom. upon good evening. i'm maro i'm the program manager for the civic center community benefit district. plans to introduce regular music program to fulton is part of an effort with our organization, city agencies, neighborhood stake holders and cultural organizations to activate fulton ambiguity the revitalized plaza to civic center. programming plans include a free lunch, live music series.

buildings are commercial and engage width san francisco public library and the asian art museum as partners and reached out to the bill friend's auditorium and working with san francisco rec and park. the library and the asian art museum submitted e mails supporting music on fulton as the 2 neighbors. sound managed by on site technician. sound checks "library and asian art. if needed the on site technician can point speakers or lower

volume. manage the audience will be in closes cordination with ambassadors. san francisco park ranger. all of whom posted around fullon. attendance will be light performance on weekdays. staff will am manage the flow with signage and entrances, exits and sidewalks are safe for movement. library or asian art museum on programming in the future incorporate proud management and security support from those organizations. i'm available for questions. no questions.

motions? move to approve staff recommendations. >> second. >> public comment? >> no public comment. >> closed. >> vice president bleiman. >> aye. >> perez. >> aye >> thomas. >> aye. >> wong. >> aye. >> >> all right. congratulations. approved moving along we are on to letter k. the next item is another amendment for one time permit from downtown partnership activate landing with entertainment and sfround february 8 through july 20. daily fre10 a.m. to 10 p.m. plan to host music, dance other comdeal movie nights and other

arts activities to revitalize downtown. downtown sf requesting hours to allow fleck ability for various times in the upon window and working with partners. you will see there application. neighborhood oust reach and map. there was are a complaint that had concern busy volume. they have since resolved that with the mac i'm told from the applicant. and there is a letter of support from the neighbor. central station did not know respond we assume they have no concerns. staff recommending approval with conscience you see here in the memo. here this evening is denise from downtown sf.

i have letters of support from businesses onch one on commercial street. questions? for the applicant? are you also doing stuff in the bart station? or is it just of in.

no. it is only landing. it also mentioned the bart station. we don't do anything in bart. >> thank you for what you are doing for downtown. question for you you are doing dwelve-2. 12-2 plus 2. why do you need that? >> we don't know what motive come and up i stropt flexibility so don't have to come back every time if we wanted do something saturday morning for example have a market on saturday morning with a bands.

not programming solid. never be programming upon 7 days a week i don't have the band width. >>mented to make sure. >> a lot. >> and we have run in the occasion of rain cancellation. if it rainos wednesday i like to the flexibility to say hey suno thursday can we switch to thursday. >> make sense. >> >> thank you. what type? >> what time of entertainment. >> amplified applies to the music but we also had magicians and comnic a few weeks. we are looking at dance companies and poetry readings. upon

>> mild type of. very mild. >> all right. >> thank you. >> no questions for me. >> you can have a seat. >> thank you. >> do we have a motion. >> i like to motion to approve this permit. with recommendation. >> second. >> public comment on this item? no public comment. >> closed. >> vote. >> vice president bleiman. >> aye >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> commissioner thomas. >> aye >> commissioner wong. >> aye. >> congratulations. and we can move on to the next lower case j. i.

those dates were changed. pardon me. wrong page. new are march and december of this year. they changed the dates. >> these are kershawated at a dozen locations on the sidewalk special patios. businesses such as the bakery. cafe and sams if he weration and holy stitch and others on the corridor. they will kickoff on march 10th with a day long program of acts. >> you will see there applications and neighborhood out reach letter and mapful tenderloin station did not respond. we assume they have no concerns with this permit.

staff recommending approval with the good neighbor policy and conditions here. here this evening is rob ready on behalf of the mid market found anticipation. >> welcome >> good evening. thank you for taking the time. i'm rob ready. and our program of neighborhood economic recovery. market street arts and a piece bus kit. i will give you context. and then drill in to what the program simple aimingly for a welcoming neighborhood with experiences to engage with day and night. to accomplish that we created the market street division. the capitolize on the infrastructure that exists in the neighborhood and establish over the course of 5-10 or 20

years an arts entertainment destination attracts audiences around the world. the purpose syrup to change the upon experience on market street. when is this infrastructure? i'm sure know on market between 6 and 9 you have 5 of the largest theatre in san francisco. representing sdhaenld live performances. our goal is to capitolize on this infrastructure and we have been together with the business and residents and other arts organizations that exist in the neighborhood. here in theatres the work field and golden gate.

one, this is going director passport to local businesses and local artists. we just begin a grant to program live music in the store. beautification. painted crosswalks, flowers and street lighting. it is important this when people come down to the neighborhood they feel like it is safe and fun and a cool place to be. so we are doing that through web, social media. and as laz press. and specific low activations to give folks that feeling. one main activations we are doing is buck it. live music twice a day, 5 days a

week. complufrn happy hour pair musicians with a business. to play one ownership two hour set on market. we hire musicians and encouraged to keep tips and rink from samba, jazz, hip hop and rock. san francisco performers gone through a vetting process and hired by the organization. the businesses loeshthed here are also on the permit. you see it is -- upon far west of sams. sams diner.

we are look at 2 acts a day february-november and this program will put 150 thousand dollars directly in musicians pockets i'm here for questions. >> we need this in the area, thank you very much >> of course. >> and i want to thank you for taking on this big project. a lot of footprint to manage and program and a lot of artists that will perform. great. e signal this area. are they performing at the same time? or is that 2 times per day like

during lunch multiple performance simultaneous low. the idea would be this lunch you hire a 2 piece to play outside where theyville custody in for lunch and happy hour you put a sack phone player on market and play the corner. >> revolving schedule. >> will change daily and that's part of the perception piece is we want to push this out so folks see well is a lot going on here. i think its great. i think you can have a seat that's it. >> thank you very much. do we have a motion >> move to approve with staff

recommendations. >> second. >> second. >> is there public comment? no public comment. why closed. >> we can vote. >> vice president bleiman. >> aye >> perez. why aye. >> thomas. >> aye >> wong. >> aye. >> >> all right. moving along. i have a question for staff. i feel like we have not previously used the one time permit to cover this type of like series. multiple musicians up and down the street. or have we done had? that's right you are like the polk street. yea. >> yes.

[laughter]. since covid. >> got it. no other permit that is a fit for -- for like a solo busker. why for series. you know like, yea. there was a proposal around street musicians and street entertainers and should there be licensed or not. like this was a number of years ago. this is the same thing except organize exclude coordinated. and what was considered before was like a permit program that would permit the musician.

and you have it like so this person had a designated your in the city. you know. and days. but we ran into issues legally with that. >> yea. >> i -- am i just like what happens if there is somebody in knar not a part of this but is like >> we have no recourse there.

next permit is llp for wave collective at 66 low haight street. wave collective artist gallery applying for the permit to host indoor entertainment.

they like the ability to host amplified sound 9 to 8 daily not exceed 6 hours per dame there was out roach to notify neighbors of the permit application. and include it in your file. well is no opposition. there are no added conscience. i wanted let you know in the staff recommendation i need to add one i accident avenue tide in condition 3, i'd like that to read out door intament allow in the rear private patio daily. nod exceed 4 hours daily. for the record out door amplified sound in the roar patio daily 9-8.

not compete 6 hours per day. now here is the owner. >> hi. >> is there a way to make this go up there. i guess going to show you pictures of the space and the types of events that i have been doing. it is art gallery and community event space? and i'm working on a cafe there as well. yea. this is the space. lower haight. um, yea, it was a big hop and then a shoe store. i have been there since september. and it is a beautiful space with a backyard.

there are different people when come through and it it is a space it support in the community. yea, here are pictures of classes we posted. a wreath making and community i don't goasm we do drawing events and art markets. and i want to add performances. these are pictures from 2 i got one a permits one a chamber music concert and the other is comedy. show that sarah is here puts on. and it is most of the events that happen are put on by people who live in lower haight. i grew up in the mission and yea, lived here my life. and got to know my neighbors in the space limp the ones like on directly and the different businesses and residents as

limpiel. want to do more community events that involve performance. so, different small music events. looks like a big for the neighborhood and the city. thank you. and you are on a busy commercial corridor. think about this back president i don't 6 hours of music or live

entertainment what behind snuff >> well is different like backyards. i think if there say long are period of time with music i imagine light music for people who are there for the cafe. not loud and may be like big are like dj event but not loud.

thank you. yea. no more questions. do we have motions. >> i move approval with staff recommendations. >> second. is there public comment? >> no public. why yes. >> public comment. why just kidding. >> hello. >> thank you. hi. commissioners. hello i'm sarah. a resident of the lower haight. haight to laugh. and to start the show tonight can i get a suggestion for

public comment! just kidding. to avoid people trying to perform at city hall i urge to you approve the limited live permit for collective space. i peek for artists that every new venue space is an opportunity to create art and meet audience and grow the community. closed. >> vice president bleiman >> aye yoochl commissioner perez. >> aye >> commissioner thomas. >> aye yoochl commissioner wong. >> aye. >> congratulations. approved.

follow up with our staff. >> see you at wave. one more. >> one more. they are here virtual. final permit tonight suspect poe indoor at zoe, 579 howard previously kate oshg brians. a bar that served food. new owner applying to host entertainment bands, dj, comedy. senior inspectors set a sound limit they notified the niches and included in your file are 2 letters of support of the no opposition to the permit. here to peek to you is the

owner. >> again. please, sept request to be a panelist. don't decline it, accept it. try again.

will be speaking >> kevin vo latta. no problem. kevin is coming in now. thank you. >> thank you. kevin if you hear me unmute yourself. >> show us your face.

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local -- a lot of the customer base is the -- existing and hopefully drawing more workforce and of course, new neighbors. a lot of businesses happy hour and after that and with that we are trying to it have more entertainment for guest and workers and neighbors. with that, we see what the layout looks like. and have a lot of food on the menu and the layout. the idea is to provide live music. dj's. typically. hours happy hour and -- may be until 11 or 12 on the weekday

and weekends no later than 2 a.m. here is a picture of the menu. yea. that's the base of it not a big space i feel we can add a lot to our customer base and make more entertainment that is slow. are there questions or? not from me. >> hello. are there condos. no. closest hotel in between first and second the w hotel is on third.

what type of it? it will be like live music am comedy. live music meaning dj's occasionally and there are solo guitars you might have that everything indoor. and of course conscious of upon sound. >> okay. thank you. sounds good. not seeing anymore questions. is there public comment? >> no. >> all right. we are closing public comment of motion we will survive. is there a motion. move to approve. seconded. >> we can vote.

>> bleiman. >> aye >> commissioner perez. >> aye >> thomas. >> aye. >> commissioner wong. >> aye. >> cross-examination you have been approve exclude move on our agenda. >> thank you. so much. all right. that's my job. all right. the next agenda item is number 8. election of a vice president. i would like to nominate cyn wong. >> can i do that? can i, right? second. >> motion. i would like to nominate and is there discussion? we discussion. . a chance for others to nominate

i think this game is fixed. >> rigged. >> cyn. do you except. >> i accept. >> second. now like to motion that we lect cyn as the vice president of entertainment commission. >> second. >> public comment? why no public comment >> closed. >> okay. >> vice president bleiman. >> aye yoochl commissioner perez. >> aye >> thomas. >> aye >> wong. >> aye. >> [applause] two vice presidents now. [laughter]. great point.

>> the commission and i -- had been i would be delighted nominate ben bleiman for president. why happy to second the motion. >> public comment? please. public comment. >> we'll close it. >> okay. i do have to vote for myself. >> exactly. >> vice president bleiman. >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> yes. >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> and vice president wong. >> that was crazy. >> great. >> congratulations.

now weer final item which is commissioner comments and questions. what do we got? we need new members. they are coming. >> i saw lists of potentials. >> did you. >> solid hall >> 2 are coming to the board the industry and the neighborhood >> yes. >> and the police is mayoral. >> law enforcement. >> is that moving along >> i received an update from the mayor's secretary this evening that said they did in the have a decision. i think may be the meeting was the mayor was postponed. hopefully no later than next week that put us at the february

26? rules hearing >> 28. >> 28. >> happy black history month and happy lunar new year celebration. and 49ers day. >> i wish all permit holders a wonderful superbowl with the least amount of muni busos fire ever. >> ug. [laughter]. we are laughing because we are like let's schedule appropriate low on sunday. >> the best time to go to costco. during the superbowl is a good time to go to costco the 9ers

play nothing wait until after kickoff before you go. >> hot tip. >> hot tim from your entertainment commissioners. >> 3. . 30 on sunday. we will have coverage i'm bar tending a private event. i will get you in. all right. comments on the ramblings of mine? no public comments. >> closed. adjourn at upon upon 7:36 p.m. thank you.

you're watching san francisco rising with chris manors. today's special guest is jeff tumlin. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you're watching san francisco rising. the show on starting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city. mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was

particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance between keeping central transportation routes open, but things have improved. how are we doing with our transportation recovery plan? >> so we just got good news this week. we're getting an extra $115 million from the american rescue plan and this is basically the exact amount of money we finally needed in order to close the gap between now and november of 2024 when we'll have to find some additional revenue sources in order to sustain the agency. in the meantime, i finally have the confidence to be able to rapidly hire, to restore services and to make sure muni is there for san francisco's larger economic recovery because downtown san francisco doesn't work without muni. >> quite right. i guess the other impact of the pandemic was that some projects

like the valencia bike improvements had to be put on hold. are we starting to gear up on those again? >> yes, so it's an interesting case study. of right before covid hit, we were about ready to invest in quick build bike lanes. arguably the most important bike order in san francisco. that got stopped with lockdown and then as you'll recall, during covid, we invented all kinds of other new programs like shared spaces in order to support our small businesses as well as sunday street light events for neighborhood commercial streets where streets were closed off to cars and turned over to commercial activity. those successes now that they've been made permanent actually interrupt the draft design we had put together. so we've gone back to the drawing board and we are looking forward to having some additional community

conversations about other design ideas for valencia. we're committed to completing a quick build project on this calendar year. >> that's such good news. valencia is a really great street for biking. so there are two huge and exciting projects that are about to be or have just been completed. let's talk about the bus rapid transit project on van ness avenue. how extensive have the improvements been? >> what's called the van ness transit rapid project is in fact more about complete reconstruction of the street and most importantly, the 100-year-old utilities underneath the street. so all of the water, sewer, telecommunications, gas lines under the street were basically rebuilt from market street all the way to lumbard. the part on the surface which provides dedicated bus lanes for golden gate transit and muni, that was relatively

straight forward and we're so excited we're going to start revenue service for muni on april 1st. >> that's fantastic. i understand there were some sidewalk improvements too. >> there were sidewalk improvements. we planted 374 trees. there is new storm water treatment including infiltration in the sidewalk, there's a bunch of art. there's all kinds of things. we put in new street lights for the entire corridor. >> finally, the other big news is about the central subway. can you briefly describe the project and give us an update. >> yes, so the central t-line project, another stop at union square that connects directly into powell station and a final stop in the heart of chinatown at stockton and washington.

that project has also run into challenges. it's 120' under muni, under bart, 120' down and out under chinatown in some unexpectedly challenging soils. but that project is nearly complete. it's at about 98% completion right now which means we're testing trains, we're testing the elevators and escalators and the final electronics and we're still on track to open that in october presuming all of the testing continues to go well. so fingers crossed on in a one. we're really looking forward to allowing people to have a subway ride from the heart of chinatown all the way to the convention center to the caltrans station and all the way down to bayview and visitation valley. >> it's great to see all these projects coming to completion. we're all grateful for your

team's hard work and i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. tumlin. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this episode. for sfgov tv i'm chris manors. thanks for watching. ♪♪

>> san francisco! ♪♪ >> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is contemporary. all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. the exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. it's not by culture or time

period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is looking within the context of gender in relationships. also with how ppl questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place. we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. this is sell vanity stot relevar

has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed. this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu

deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area. it's important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san

francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives. >> what we're trying to approach is bringing more diversity to our food. it's not just the old european style food. we are seeing a lot of influences, and all of this is because of our students. all we ask is make it flavorful. [♪♪♪]

>> we are the first two-year culinary hospitality school in the united states. the first year was 1936, and it was started by two graduates from cornell. i'm a graduate of this program, and very proud of that. so students can expect to learn under the three degrees. culinary arts management degree, food service management degree, and hotel management degree. we're not a cooking school. even though we're not teaching you how to cook, we're teaching you how to manage, how to supervise employees, how to manage a hotel, and plus you're getting an associate of science degree. >> my name is vince, and i'm a

faculty member of the hospitality arts and culinary school here in san francisco. this is my 11th year. the program is very, very rich in what this industry demands. cooking, health, safety, and sanitation issues are included in it. it's quite a complete program to prepare them for what's happening out in the real world. >> the first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef had graduated from this program. he was very young to be a sous chef, and iant to be like him, basically, in the future. this program, it's awesome. >> it's another world when you're here.

it's another world. you get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. you get to explore different things, and then, you get to explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. >> i've been in the program for about a year. two-year program, and i'm about halfway through. before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance. i had few injuries, and i couldn't pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. when i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. >> the good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to --

>> we have kids from every area. >> facebook and google. >> kids from everywhere. >> they are all over the bay area, and they're thriving. >> my name is jeff, and i'm a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in san francisco. i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street, it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas,

salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪♪♪] >> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that spectrum of service. fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those types of kitchens. and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show

students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar. it's been a mediterranean bar, it's been a noodle bar. people choose ccsf over other hospitality programs because the industry recognizes that we instill the work ethic. we, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service. we're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. >> the menu's always interesting. they change it every semester, maybe more. there's always a good variety of foods. the preparation is always beautiful. the students are really

sincere, and they work so hard here, and they're so proud of their work. >> i've had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so it's more, like, not so much every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. >> when i have my interns in their final semester of the program go out in the industry, 80 to 90% of the students get hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. >> we do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of san francisco, and most of the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. we hired many interns into

employees from our restaurants. my partner is also a graduate of city college. >> so my goal is actually to travel and try to do some pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. i actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. >> i'm thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. >> yeah, i want to go back to china. i want to bring something that i learned here, the french cooking, the western system, back to china. >> so we want them to have a full toolkit. we're trying to make them ready for the world out there.