and myself, we have been acting as their investigative body, going out and doing things. another place is still a problem. after being warned it repeatedly, we are still having trouble with them and their sound. if that does not change soon, we might be reporting about them being cited or some kind of suspension. finally, just on or oh, -- on or " -- on oracle, they were very helpful to us. they gave us full access, even

at one time driving us around in a golf cart so i could take sound checks, and we were able to get a very complete sound check. not only at this side but almost into the northern residents of the island, so we got a good, broad spectrum of sound readings -- not only at this site. there should not have been any real sound issues, and it turns out there was not, so it was very good work. finally, just a few recaps. we are looking into complaints. sound and crowd control. sound and no poe.

we have not seen a recurrence. 4218 mission st., which we are looking at for possible abc issues. it is basically a church that is readying itself out over -- for events. there is no control. we have been working with sfpd and the people and working with the people themselves. there is theho hookah. you will see that there are two minor incidences. there was a drug offense, but that happened outside.

because this was venue related, it does follow technically under our per year note. the actual offense happened outside. we had another one at the parlor. the report was a little dubious. somebody was sent to the hospital. it looked like it did not happen there and it may have happened at a different location. and that is about it unless there are any questions. president newlin: thank you.

>> you guys have done this before. we have never done it for a hotel. and also, this has gotten a lot of legislation lately, whether it is the alcohol mitigation or other legislation or whenever, i would like its staff could formulate a memo or a request and take it to the comptroller's office, because i think this commission should have an economic analysis of entertainment and night life in this down, and its three -- in regard to the senses, that should be easy. with regard to the demographics and how much revenue is brought in and how much employment that industry has and no benefits the

city, so instead approved keeping on beating up, could staff do that? >> we can send in a request letter. >> ok, good, thank you. president newlin: commissioner meko? commissioner meko: how is that moving forward? >> we were almost there, and then the box of citations were printed poorly, and they are in reprint right now, so we are ever so close. we expect to see them in the next two days. so this weekend. keep your fingers crossed. commissioner meko: remember, i

am a printer. i totally understand. you issued citations -- i am sorry, notices of violation rather than citations. would any of these have merit to be a citation? -- to the citation? >> these are all pretty minor. operating without a permit, and medici would probably get one for not having to note -- not being able to produce a permit when asked. andy hookas -- and the hooka dream lounge -- >> and ad hoc committee to

oversee the promoter to report back to the commission. commissioner meko: and i think i will talk to staff so we can arrange a hearing for the promoters and anyone else would like to weigh in on this, so we can bring that information back to the full commission, so i will talk to you about that. >> ok. president newlin: ok, is there any public comment on the report of the acting director? ok, c&o -- seeing none, which will move on to item number four, the police recommendation of the new additional mandated conditions for all permits issued by the entertainment commission for venues and events with an anticipated occupancy capacity of over 100 individuals. >> so, commissioners, i would just give you a little

framework. this is part of a lot of work that we have been doing in the office and with the sfpd, and it is part of a larger thing that i would like to call a night life initiative. i would like to use those words, because i feel that supervisor chiu's legislation, with the work of the mayor's office with us and the promoters, it all comes kind of under this heading of the night life initiative for the purposes of public safety and obviously vibrant nighttime the economy, so with that, we to

ask mr. crenshaw to go over the documents hopefully in front of you off -- in front of you, and then we have a few more speakers behind him. >> i just wanted to give you a brief history of how we got to this point. a originally, this came from meetings from director bob davis and subsequent meetings with the commissioner joseph and an interim director kane, but, basically, i knew there was a need for us to address several issues in regard to violence at several different venues throughout the city, since the beginning of this year, several homicides, shootings. i thought it best that we convene another summit. i attended one personally in 2003, i believe, and i found to

be pretty impactful, editor hopefully steered us in the right direction. i believe we got away from that, so after speaking with commissioner joseph, some discussions with her, she gave me some tips on some real keen industry people. she introduced me to some people, wrote and these are people who have been in the industry for several years and are very knowledgeable. and we had an expert bring this proposal to you as you see it in this. basically, this was a proposal that was put together as a combined effort to rid the city of dangerous and i felt

counterproductive individuals and clubs that were causing us a great deal of strife and problems, and causing me a great deal of overtime to police, and this is what this is really about, about a coming together and working with the eu -- ec and the industry. the commission itself, commissioner joseph an interim director kane are part of this. this is nothing that was done outside of the commission's realm, but there was great enthusiasm and effort on behalf of the industry professionals, so i'm going to ask the inspector to go over a brief

overview of the items. i do not think we need to address every one of them at this point. ? -- at this point. i think it is only were the that we go over these issues in detail, so, inspector? >> good evening takoma commissioners, vice chair joseph, president. -- good evening. this was a collaborative effort between the police department, the commission, as well as people recognized as industry leaders, and we came together with the goal of how we can make clubs safer, and i am just going to do a brief overview so we do not belabor the light note -- night.

we will be grouped into three things. what we believe would be wise and prudent, mandated conditions that could potentially be with your approval going on with licenses. then we go into recession spc 2 tools that both we would bring to the table to help foster the ongoing effort as well as collaborating with the commissioners, and then lastly, and this is where we really rely on the industry leaders, to create what we are calling a best practices plan. the mandated to conditions, we wanted to keep the small in scope, so this is something that we would get support down the road. we expect anticipate your need to review which, absorb it, half -- absorb it, but we always talk about security and have

never talked about security supervision, so we're trying to take it to another level of command and control. you're going to have security guards, and then you also need security supervisors. there are things that have been spoken to, like metal detectors and scanners. we want people to be accountable for their behavior, and we generally believe that if someone notes that they are being identified by an i.d. scanner or high-visibility cameras, etc., they might be a little more cognizant of their behavior and more cautious of stepping up side the law. other things, exterior lighting, reasonable. a security plan reviewed by the police department, security personnel meeting the current mandates of the department of consumer affairs, having a readily identifiable manager, i

think we can all speak to this. we have all been in clubs at night when we try to find a who is in charge, and we cannot identify anyone. so these are kind of our core conditions. if -- a lot of these came from your own commission suggestions over the years. it is not the korea not been listening. we have just been writing lots of notes over the years. the first is a concept of creating an entertainment liaison every station that would be available and known to the industry. the next step would be the department in conjunction with your commission note providing monthly meetings. that is actually happening right now.

this was a bold, new step. you have had three meetings so far, and i believe that acting director kane has been to some, as has direct -- as has mr. granelli. the next one is a product that we are hoping to rely more on the private sector in terms of creating a club communication line. another one has been very important to the industry, availability of 10-b, and we would provided to clubs and also determine what their role would be on the exterior. next, we would be providing specific training to improve our skills so there is a better understanding of promoter, entertainment nightlife laz specific to the venue, and then

lastly, in conjunction with the ec, we want to have a summit. that came up at our last meeting, and is already in the works. we want to meet quarterly. once the neighborhood is up to speed, we could cut it back to maybe one or two a year, but we think right now the quarterly meetings may be important. these are the conditions we would like to ultimately see you guys consider as well as the tools that the police department could bring to the table, and then lastly, i would like to introduce our industry experts. sf clubs. >> thank you, inspector. sf clubs.

i want to say thank you to commissioner joseph. i have no day for many, many years. we're very excited to be a part of the process. there has been a noticeable shift in the people who have been involved. the other club owners and recognizing their other issues, and i think we have a unique opportunity to come together to work together and operate in a way to prevent and tackle this real issue that we are facing. we are facing serious, serious violence in our nightlife. just to give you some

background. sf clubs has been working for many years. a first is still open. not many would care to admit, but most people in this room have been here one way -- at one time or another. 524 street. ray has been my associate and partner for about 23 years now. over the years, we have addressed to safety concerns. customers, promoters, the entertainment commission, and the police department. they have had a tremendous impact addressing quality of life concerns. we have also develop strategies

of investigating crimes after they occur, so not only are we working at preventing things, but when things happen, this is so we can assist in apprehending criminals after these have been committed. commissioner joseph introduced me to commander crenshaw, and we have worked with inspector falzon. i think you guys have a copy of this. instead of going to the document line by line, i just want to point this out. the best practices can be summarized in the following categories. outreach, operate, correct, and i want to touch briefly on each one of these.

it is very important for them to look around and see what kind of promoters they are working with. to go out into the community, speak with the district, speak to the residents in the area, and come up with a plan designed to prevent issues from happening. cocotte -- before they occur. some of these i would like to highlight would be choosing carefully promoters that you work with. a lot of night club operators, and i have done both. a lot of nightclub operators do little more than just read to their nightclub out. they simply hand the keys to promoters, the police

department, residents, and even customers. many of these seven the result of people not paying attention to what will happen in their own venues or not knowing how to operate their own venue is. when it comes to operating, is very important for us as an industry to look at ourselves politically and to employ practices and tools in a uniform manner. it is interesting. when i first came to look at this sort of as an overall topic, i remember over the years, we have had our own issues, et and these are very similar to the issues and our clubs that are affecting the city as a whole, so we had to learn by working with the district, the police, with the residents, working together.

another topic i would like to talk johnboat it is important for us to be able to correct and not go to citation or complaint or a serious injury for us to understand what is going wrong and for us to correct it. i think this as a lot to do with the operators. many operators get into this business, and they have absolutely no experience at all. there is a 715 person capacity. my only business experience was running a karate school. that was it. my very first night, i was sold

out. it was august of 1995. it was sort of baptism by fire, but in those days, there was an opportunity for trial and error. we played the same music every night, and a similar crowd came every night. it is not a new -- 1985. there is no room for error. these are catastrophic. the last thing i want to point out, when an incident occurs, and we have analyzed every incident and have kept good records, and record keeping is a key part of our operation, we analyze every inch of every situation, serious or minor. in our weekly meetings, we go back to the source, and i think it is important to go back and

find ways to correct them. another thing i would like to say is that we would not be here, we would not be in business -- mine are still running for 25 years, and it is one of the busiest nightclubs in town, and we have been through some tough times. we have employed over 75 people. many of them are part-time people who work to make ends meet in tough times. we of 20 full-time staff. our payroll is in excess of $2 million. i am very proud to be a part, and over these years, i have not been made to feel so proud, but i have to say that attitude has shifted, and they have always had good success. .i understand there are some who have not had as good success as

we have had. when we reach out to the law- enforcement community, we get plenty of support, so i just want to say that for many years, we have been involved and have witnessed thousands of event attended by visitors from virtually all over the world, and this is the envy of cities everywhere. unfortunate, there is an increase in violence that can only be solved by unprecedented cooperation between all stakeholders, and we are starting to see that now. as joselyn said earlier, we have received several telephone calls from operators asking specific questions about promoters said they were wanting to work with.

working with professional security providers with an eye on production of long term, safe, and fun things. it has been a pleasure. thank you. present -- president newlin: 50 to all who have been working on this. we look forward to get a document that benefits the city. an ad hoc committee of commissioner joseph and myself to work with all of the parties involved to get this going soon, and i just caution the commissioners and the public that we do not have a final document, so in terms of questions and concerns, you might want to wait until we have the final product, but other

than that, i will turn it over to the commissioners for any questions? >> president newlin, thank you, and i am happy to serve on that ad hoc committee, in you are right that we do not have a final document yet. i am thrilled by this collaboration. we have a rich and diverse entertainment industry here, and what started out as a simple work group has turned into an initiative, and i wanted to particularly thank commander crenshaw, inspector falzon for all of your really hard work and your diligence. we have an important industry, that is absolutely true. our payroll was upwards of $800,000 per year, so it is an important industry and an important industry that creates

jobs, and i just wanted to say that. >> thank you. president newlin: commissioner meko. commissioner meko: i had some questions for commander at but crenshaw. -- commander crenshaw. >> not as of yet, but i am willing to look at this. commissioner meko: we have two commissioners who represent the neighborhood, as well. i have been waiting to get an appointment with chief gascon for several months now.