defines us. without these unique abilities to enjoy ourselves, it would not be san francisco. understanding and embracing this has been a priority for me as a member of the board of supervisors. engaging in the study of the economic impact as an entertainment and lite light industry, this study, which i anticipate will be completed later this year, will be providing a key policy tool. no longer will we be unduly focused on the negative. instead we will see the negative and the positive. i look forward to sharing this with you and working on it together. the commission does not have nearly enough resources to do what we wanted to do. the commission has done a very good job over the past year in

focusing on its core mission. we need to make sure that continues to have credibility. finally, as we activate more public spaces, it is important for the entertainment community to work with our city department and make them interesting. thank you for what you do to make this town interesting and break. i will always be our ally." [applause] >> he is a lot shorter than supervisor wiener, if you know. again, thank you for coming. as the tgv is more bunched than i want them to be, but thank you for being here. i hope that you will take the time to turn around and find your permit officer and your venue. it is really important that you have a relationship. one of the things that we will do in the breakout sessions is

talk about that relationship, shared space, and shared resources. that will be important to think about. in the meantime, i wanted to underscore the economic impact policy. we were hopeful to be more further along. i will ask that you be prepared to engage in that study when the survey instrument it's done. it will probably be an online survey that should be fairly easy. the more people that fill it out, the better the data we will have we think it will likely be in the billions. the more you that it involved and give the data that is asked of you, the more accurate it

will be. i will leave it there. the other thing i was hoping to do today, just a power play instead of the actual web site. many remember when, about one year ago, we had some violence going on. the mayor shook a finger in city hall and talk about fixing the night life and policing yourself. it was passed by david shu, regarding promoters. it started a few years ago ended did not go anywhere. basically it wound up being a

listing of promoters. so, we are pretty close to launching this website. it will look like that. not bad. it is super simple and it is one of those things that you sign up for this free. it does not create a good promoter list or a bad promoter list. it's simply is a list. san francisco has never had a listing or registry at all about who is in that business of promoting. the definition is pretty much anyone that does events at night time in san francisco.

the biggest part of it for us, then use permitted by the entertainment commission -- venues permitted by the entertainment commission must use licensed workers. because it is something that you can use any time, it is simple to put your name in. not to block anyone, but this is the us in the city and how to get in touch with you so, it is pretty simple. lots of those men new forms.

this page is public information. the stuff all along the bottom asks you about your former officers and more business information? that is not public and frisian is that -- so, if you are a venue and you want to check on a promoter that comes to you, this is what you will see. clicking on it will all of you to see, again, that public information. so, that other step will not be accessible to people in the

account holder. a real promoter, i put that in. in the legislation the touch of promoters not on the list and consequences to that, but hopefully, again, this is not to get in your way at all, it is just to finally give us a list and that idea of who is operating in san francisco. you have a question? >> [inaudible] smaller venues [inaudible] >> white.

so, the question, something i will talk about next, the new permit that be created, almost done this year compared is going to require folks to use this. i think that the answer is no. almost surely. this is relevant to places of entertainment and it does not name limited live performance venues. these are people with extended hours from the entertainment commission. let's [inaudible] >> no. thank you for the question. we have written disclaimer language. this is not a list of good

promoters or bad promoters. this is simply a list. i will make it in red. there will be a disclaimer to that of fact. it does not take the place for venues and venue owners, managers, to choose their promoters likely -- to choose their performers -- promoters cautiously. you are still running around bar and security team. those are required. so, the answer is no. ok? >> [inaudible] >> it is not capable of

editorial. i do none know that that would be a good thing, necessarily. it speaks to the need for you guys to speak to one another as well. because this is a person business, out of people business, we would be in an awkward position. and as always, as you might remember, this commission was a big experiment. this is also an experiment of sorts. we have never done this before, a way to know who is out there

and somehow we will give you feedback in the process. >> [inaudible] >> white. let's -- >> right. >> [inaudible] >> maybe we should put this up here, somewhere link. we should probably do that. it is a fairly specific nightclub promoter definition. it is not supposed to be people in the park singing happy

birthday to each other. it is very specific. we do not want to make it such that it starts with the kind of promotion that the city of san francisco and nightclub has seen problems in. primarily it is people using places of entertainment at 10:00 p.m. or later. so, i hope that is helpful. >> [inaudible] >> the consequences of having a problem. if you are a promoter and you have a problem that requires the city to come, the consequences are that, possibly, it will be

required for you to continue to operate as a promoter, you may have to get event insurance or a variety of other things that might be imposed. does that make sense? let's [inaudible] -- >> [inaudible] >> i am hopeful that in the next month or two we will do version 1.0. i am sure that we will get some bugs and we will fix it, doing 2.0. in a couple of months i want to push this to be raised, and it is very close. after today we might have to beef it up a little bit.

>> [inaudible] [no audiojustify the actual dat? >> it is not going to be a listing of where someone is working. simply -- are they registered. it is your obligation to make sure that you are using someone who is registered. >> [inaudible] >> this is not for venues. this is for promoters. they all have to use registered promoters. if you are not, you are out of compliance. beating out of compliance, you

will get a visit from vaj. it is not a good thing to be out of compliance. he is really tall. any more questions? hang on a second. >> what happens if the venue was also the promoter? >> to me that is not promotion. not in my book. you could register yourself for the hell of it. then you would be in compliance with yourself. yay. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> they might be. the point, of course, is even if

they are someone who is not a corporation or business in any way, they can still register. is that simple. it does not have to be a business. of course, if you are doing business in san francisco as a promoter and business, we will strongly encourage you to register with a business certificate. to do all of the things that you guys do as small businesses. certainly, we will encourage all of those folks to do that. if it is someone that falls into this category once, again, this is not hard. this is free. this is super simple. i am sure that we can work it out, if it is not a required field, depending on what you are

and are not. you can see. cy, how about that thec -- ya, -- cya, how about that? mickey? there is no dumb question. >> [inaudible] >> that is a good question and i do not have a good answer. the fact is that this was the best that we could come up with to figure this process.

sure, mickey mouse can sign up and make a big number. we are hopeful that every one, being irresponsible, that that will happen very little, if not ever. it is not a pair of five list and let's do it. debate, let's go. >> [inaudible] >> bright. right. >> [inaudible] >> the point, of course, is i have never said in my mind who is ultimately responsible. guess who it is? you. not the promoter.

at the end of the day, stuff goes downhill. it is on you to make sure that you use promoters the to contrast and the to manage, essentially. it is a partnership. hopefully not -- here is the key, i will be going home to my dog now. you have got to work with these promoters. at the end of the day, the same consequences are going to hold. >> [inaudible]

>> i understand. >> [inaudible] >> right. it would be great if it was like yelp for promoters. unfortunately, we are just not going to be able to do that. more than legal reasons, we cannot put in the place of liability. that just will not happen. i will encourage you guys to make one up on your own. i will take one more question and then move along.

>> [inaudible] >> to go back to that. go back one more. one more. i suppose that we just, if you are asking about places i have worked, ok. i will ask. i have got the hook. i will move on [laughter] -- i will move on. [laughter] how're you doing? are you awake? ok.

this is exciting for us. for me, anyway. we started the entertainment commission in 2003. the police were issuing permits forever and ever before that. basically, we had one permit for everyone. that was the same permit that 1015 and the singing waiter had to get. that is not right. if it is expensive, it takes a long time. it is not the right thing for everyone. we were finally able to create, with the help of the small business commission and a bunch of other people at city hall, a new permit. it is called a limited live performance permit. you can see that we did not use the word entertainment. that was on purpose.

it is for live performance only. what that also means, and not everyone is happy about this, at the moment the legislation does not cover dj's. i do not want to debate that now. we can debate that later. it is a big difference between what a place of entertainment costs right now. this live performance activity has to be considered an accessory to use. meaning that essentially it is entertainment being added to a cafe, restaurant, wine bar, whenever it is. if this were not to have been, this business would not close. this is just something that they are doing so that they can,

hopefully in this economy, bring more people into the venue. performances must take place within 400 feet or less. that is the planning step -- planning department's explanation of excess reuse. that is the requirement for where you put the performers. the last bullet this super important. performances must be over by 10:00 p.m.. i think that the cool part is that there are tons of businesses that wanted to do gospel brunch. they wanted to at happy hour and entertainment in the form of spoken word, open like, you name it. they went screaming out of the room because of the cost and how much time it takes. in many cases, not only was it

something where the entertainment commission had to run them through the paces, but they were for a conditional use authorization. i do not know if you have been through that process, but it is not fun. the whole thing was, in some cases, six months of an ordeal. this permit does not require a conditional use authorization. even in places where entertainment is conditional use. if that is confusing, sorry, that is all that i can say. the ending time was crucial, not necessarily competing with those of you that have venues that start at 10:00 p.m. on. the timing of this right now is that it may fit through the

first read of the board of supervisors when they come back from recess. they come back in early september. it should be on second read. the mayor will hopefully sign it within 30 days. nicholas king, i do not know how many of you know him -- nicholas, raise your hand. i am happy to say that he is handling a lot of the permit applications now. they will be ready to go right away. we know that there are a lot of places operating right now that are operating out of compliance. helping to scoop up those people on the piano in their restaurant. they do not cause any problems, but we need them all in compliance.

this permit still requires a hearing. still requires notification of neighbors. we think that it will be -- i think that it will be a really good thing. the entertainment commission, as far as this small business commission, we are really hopeful that this will be a good thing for entertainment, live music, and musicians in san francisco. any questions? no? i did a good job. right on. so, i am done with mine. commander correa is here. i do not know how many of you remember dick crenshaw from last year. he retired, much to our chagrin. happily, we have his replacement in the form of commander correa. [applause]

>> it is amazing how many of you i recognize, but i am used to seeing you later in the day. good morning to those of you that worked late last night. the comments so far, i do not know what i can add. telling you a little bit about myself, 31 years in the police department, i have worked everywhere, it seems to me. i am sensitive as a station capt.. i know the whole process and how it works. i have run my own businesses over the years. i was brought back to the police department. it is a long story. i understand revenue and expenses in real terms, not abstract terms.

i appreciate the balances in the industry. my role is to support economic vitality and support public safety. to me, that seems to be the balance. i of the stand that you have a good relationship with crenshaw. i think that that will continue. i do miss being involved in the day to day, neighborhood stuff. my excitement come from this role, as well as parks and recreation. my father often said to me that if i have a chance to stop talking, i should take it. he also said that it is not having the answers in life, it is framing the questions. i am