Skip to main content

tv   [untitled]    June 27, 2013 10:30am-11:01am PDT

10:30 am
that has to do with sfsan francisco film incentive. >> good morning i am ed lantz, representative for local 785. i represent their area and teamster drivers that work on projects. some of those would be here today but they are working on a movie called quitters and a time warner production, potential tv series that susana talk about. when work comes to the area, work could last for a couple of days. but the holy grail as far as
10:31 am
we're concerned of the tv series, in this case in michael landen project which could provide ongoing employment to us and this is -- not just the wages, but also how people get paid into their pensions and benefits.a lot of times teamsters do not have health and welfare for the families if they are not working on these projects. thank you. >> good morning and thank you for your time. my name is karen lipny (sounds like) i have over 20 years of experience and ended a -- run with the american federation of television and radio artists.
10:32 am
while the film rebate program is helpful i think the city needs to take the next step. i urge you and the board of supervisors to amend the scene in san francisco rebate program. production brings good jobs and enhance the san francisco as a tourist destination. thank you. >> hello my name is joel alora (sounds like) a summer associate at the law office of -- which focuses on independent production. i do want to reiterate what everybody said but we want to voice our support for this legislation. we hope that you will support it as well. thank you. >> good morning my name is joanne desmond, i am assistant
10:33 am
business agent with local 16, the stagehands union here in san francisco. i would like to echo the sentiments of everyone in support of this. i just got rough figures for you this morning from our office. from 2010 to the middle of 2013, half year, the film production has accounted for over 22 million dollars in direct wages to our members with an additional 14% going to health and welfare benefits and an additional 7% going to members' pension funds so it is a big boon to our members and i would appreciate on behalf of our members your support. thank you. >> next speaker. >> hi my name is claire brighton, i am a local actor. i have a lot of friends who are also actors and i'm speaking in support of this legislation. a lot of my friends have been forced to move elsewhere where
10:34 am
there are better tax incentives for firms to be there so they are able to make a living and i am sad to see great talent to leave the area and i hope this gets passed. thank you very much. >> good morning many ms. laurie shockley, the current theatrical and television representative for sag/aftra. i'm here i'm have of our four thousand members. 20 of them are working on day players on quitters. it is imperative that we keep production in this city. i have anecdotally been in the production industry for over 15 years in san francisco and i heard about the problems of office space, cover sets and i'm in full support of this. thank you for your time. >> supervisor cohen: thank you
10:35 am
very much. of any other members of the public who like to speak on item 3? seeing none, of the comment is closed. supervisor campos. >> supervisor campos: thank you madam chair and supervisor ferrell and staff. this is a no-brainer. i had a quick question. thank you also to the film commission. is anything else besides what we are doing to the amendment of this ordinance it can be done to deal with the issue of space? i know that you have spoken to all of the city agencies, all of the city department. i don't know for instance if there is anything else that some of these other jurisdictions are doing. is it just an issue of the physical limitations of the city? just wondering if you could talk a little bit more about that. >> if i understand you correctly, is there anything
10:36 am
of that we can do right now? >> supervisor campos: anything else that is a good idea. >> ultimately what i would like to see is defined a property that can be used as a dedicated stage space that is currently under the control of certain city agency. i don't know. i have identified buildings in the city that seemed very appealing to us that look like they might be open to a change in use; right now they are occupied either by america's cup or for instance the-- is good to be occupied by the town school for the next year while they are doing renovations. i am looking at properties there and also at hunters point tried to figure out where we can land and land long-term. what we are going to be doing in the film commission is creating a committee to study this more and figure out where
10:37 am
we can go and how we also generate funds to actually -- a lot of the places are very raw, for is a place out at hunters point has no sewage, no electricity. they could bring porta potties and generators. we have to figure out where to get funds to sound proof that because if it rains we cannot record sound. >> supervisor campos: i would encourage you to pursue that. are you working with the chamber of commerce, small business commission, private sector to see they can help? >> well this has not been officially announced yet but the friends of the film commission nonprofit is starting to be working with
10:38 am
those agencies to try to generate funds to help us with the stage space. >> supervisor campos: district 10 has a lot of talent. i think it's great and a lot of work has been done in the -- that i represent and castro as well. i don't see why we can't get anymore this business, it is such an amazing city. i'm happy to support this and i would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> supervisor cohen: great. that you reached out to the representative of hunters point about your interest and concern and need? this is the first i have heard of it. >> i have not. >> supervisor cohen: oh, okay. >> she is very reasonable. ( laughter) >> supervisor cohen: are there any other comments? alright, john updike for real
10:39 am
estate wants to weigh in, give him two minutes, just kidding. >> good morning supervisor. to expand the supervisor campos's question, we are in the search for several months and looking at several major facility needs for the city and is part of that analysis and outreach of the brokerage committee i'm hoping we will also find some other opportunities beyond what susanna mentioned that could suffice for a longer-term solution. because we have things such as our elections need which is a very large need; central shops need, these are in the order of 50-100,000 square foot requirement so we are out there in the marketplace and we continue the dialogue and hopefully something might come out of it. perhaps it will work for the project we might work for this. >> supervisor cohen: -- there
10:40 am
is a whole industrial area that might be helpful, you have trade shops out that way large enough to possibly accommodate. alright thank you. seeing that there is no more public comment on this item, this item is closed. (gavel) is there a motion? motion to the full board without objection. this motion passes to the full board with recommendation. item number four. >> clerk calonsag:(reading) >> we have -- from the office of economic workforce development to present on this item. ms. cano (sounds like)
10:41 am
>> i'm here to present a resolution authorizing the mayor to cast ballots on half of the city and county of san francisco as owner of five parcels, subject to the proposed renewed and expanded central market district. on june fourth the board of supervisors unanimously passed resolution declaring intention to expand the cbd. on june seventh of the department of elections mailed out ballots to all property owners in the proposed district with five ballots being sent to the city and county of san francisco. the city can vote on the five parcels of the board of supervisors . were to approve this resolution a list of the parcels is attached. the five parcels have a total assessment of 29,726.43 annually represents 2.5% of the total vote.
10:42 am
if you have any questions of the ballots or the proposed resolution i'm here to answer any questions. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. colleagues? no questions. is there any public comment for item number four? seeing none of the comment is closed (gavel) can i have a motion? >> so moved. >> item passes unanimously to the full board. item number five. >> clerk calonsag: (reading) >> supervisor cohen: colleagues this is an item i work on with the budget analyst's office. the three topics i heard of that are in need of additional evaluation include the fire department, the use of children's baseline funding by
10:43 am
dcyf and the-- we've got ms. severin campbell from the budgets office to present on this item. >> good morning supervisor cohen, supervisor campos and supervisor tang. i have a summary about these three items and i can go through it in more detail if you would like. i would like to clarify that we are looking at a period between now and december 31st. it is unlikely that we would perform all three during this timeframe, so the motions are in priority order. that is how i listed them, in that order. the first one is the fire department; the second one is the use of the children's fund by dcyf, and the third is the confidentiality of patient medical records at san
10:44 am
francisco's laguna honda. if you want more discussion on this i can talk about it more. that's it. >> supervisor cohen: are there any questions for severn? >> (off mic) >> supervisor tang:can you shed light of some of the items up in the queue? >> we have no pending audits. >> excuse me, there is something in the motion. since the motion was passed the stage brought changes. we thought it was appropriate to (indiscernible). >> supervisor cohen: seeing that there are no further questions let's open up this item for public comment. seeing the public comment is items closed. (gavel) is there a motion?
10:45 am
>> so moved. >> supervisor cohen: this motion passes without objection. is there anything else madam clerk on the agenda? >> there's nothing further. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much this meeting is closed. (clapping) >> are you a parents that's unemployed and struggling to pay
10:46 am
child support we have teamed up and positions ourself to offer an opportunity for permanent employment. for more information i'm audrey joseph. the acting chair of the
10:47 am
entertainment commission. july will mark the 10th year of the entertainment commission and we as an industry have come a long way. our venues are safer, we have survived the recession, our city has produced an economic impact report that speaks to our value as an industry, we are looking forward to the next economic impact report on daytime events and festival and we continue to improve our permitting process most recently the help of supervisor scott wiener extending limited live permits to d j's. today we are introducing to the best i am practices manual based in security and we are discussing issues that are veflt relevant to us all. the 90s, san
10:48 am
francisco nightlife awards recognized excellent and creative content and patron experience in the nightlife industry. we as an industry deserve that recognition. and now, a few highlights from the 90s. >> welcome to the 2013, 90 awards and the san francisco entertainment commission.♪
10:49 am
10:50 am
10:51 am
[ applause ] some people think the highlights were of van a white. i kind of thought it was jocelyn king in her hat. it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you now the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. [ applause ] >> thank you, audrey, i'm sorry to have missed that 90s party. i wanted to come to say a brief few words to say what a
10:52 am
wonderful job you are doing with city hall and work to go create a vibrant and safe nightlife. when i came to office in my first year there was a shooting that involved eight victims on van ness off polk street quarter. there was a horrible set of shootings that happened around club suede and fisherman's . that started some conversations that initiate neighborhoods and law enforcement on the nightlife and entertainment. because of some of the work that you have done here, we have moved some conversations politically in which we have much more collaboration, much more cooperation and much more
10:53 am
creativity when it comes to brainstorming. i want to thank your office to help us enforce the rules and i want to thank those in this room as well as those in c mac that gave my office ideas to make sure our party planning world would make sure it's successful that folks that operate parking lots are also responsible partners. all of these could not come from the work that all of you are doing with our entertainment commission staff to make sure that we are working together and moving in the right direction to ensure that we have the most successful and the best an most exciting nightlife in the country. i'm really excited about the fact that within a few short months we are going to be kicking off the america's cup in my district and hopefully we'll have the most amazing parties to entertain millions of folks
10:54 am
around the globe. as we proceed, we have to make sure that we are taking everyone's interest into account and i also want to say a thank you to those who have been working with my office to address the situation on broadway. just last week i introduced legislation supported by many folks in this room for the creation of a community benefits system along broadway hopefully for the first time again, bringing our nightlife operators and restaurant folks sitting with our neighborhood friends to ensure that we have a nightlife that is vibrant and healthy and what is second 5-9 economy stands for. i wanted to come and cheer you on and say thank you for that and i know my colleagues and i look forward to working with all of
10:55 am
you for a great future. have a great afternoon. >> [ applause ] >> thank you, supervisor chiu. there has been some changes. our staff is on maternity leave. the person in her place is nag ar. we also have as you may know, i think he's disappeared. there he is. our inspector and sound technician. show your phase. of there you are in the back of the room. >> nicholas king is deputy director and instead we now have the fabulous, the
10:56 am
wonderful miss cammy blackstone. c'mon up. so this year at this summit we've introduced something new and different for all of you to participate in. cammy is going to explain it and introduce it to you. >> all right we are trying to keep everybody engaged and involved. my new job is question queen. you may have gotten a yellow card when you came in. those are trivia question cards. i'm going to ask a trivia of questions. it's not a pop quiz. as we go through answers you can win prices. the first question, out of all the places that sell draft beer in san francisco. the number one seller is at&t park. who comes in at no. 2. don't shout it out. at the episode -- end of the program you can win prices. okay. we
10:57 am
are doing trivia questions all through the program. okay. i would like to now bring to the stage supervisor scott wiener. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, everyone. thanks for having me today. i'm glad we are able to do these summits and bring everyone together to discuss our best practices and really embrace and move forward this critical part of our city. one of the first things i did when i took office in 2011 was to request our city economist to do an impact study on nightlife and shows how it contributes $2.4 billion to our economy. and we at city hall making policy to treat nightlife as a nuisance
10:58 am
to be managed and the purpose of that study among other thing was to make clear this is an important economic benefit and for jobs and for so many other economic purposes and something that should not bow -- be treated at all as a nuisance but something to key and address. it's not just an economic and strong driver in our city, it's really part of the cultural part of our city. and i will be honest that i have some concerns about where we are going in terms of our approach towards nightlife and what it means for the cultural essence of this city. we are seeing nightlife more and more under pressure for a variety of reasons and city hall in my
10:59 am
view and my city government still takes an over reactive view towards nightlife instead of a more balanced view. we know historically what it's meant for our community for young people, four music lovers, for people in the lgbt community. we are at a crossroads and we have to make a choice whether we want to be a city that continues to attract young people here, whether we want to be a city that wants to continue to attract the creative class here, creative whether they are raiders or tech folks. the reason why so many people come is because we have those cultural resources including nightlife. if we continue on the path where we are which is
11:00 am
to put continuing pressure on that and making it more harder and more complicated and more expensive for anyone to offer nightlife to our city, we are going to suffer in the long run and we'll become a beautiful and very quiet city and very peaceful for everyone but it won't be the interesting place that it is today. on the san francisco political spectrum of either liberal or more liberal or really liberal on one of those scales, by the san francisco standards i'm probably considered a fairly law & order kind of guy. i'm probably not by natural standards but by city standards. i think when it comes to nightlife, we view it too much from a law enforcement perspective. although law enforcement is a