go solar not only allows of 1000 people to get solar on their roof, but it injures 40,000 san franciscans have jobs -- ensures 40,000 san franciscans have jobs. we have an opportunity to get paid not just for this year and future projects, four years in the future. i know many people who have been advocating that program. and thanks to many of you have worked closely with me to close one of the state's biggest tax loopholes, proposition 13. none of the people in this office are shocked, but i am shocked at how few people realized that every single building gets subsidized by proposition 13, regardless of how big or small they are. unfortunately, we have had to

pay the price. we have seen a huge shift from who pays property taxes. 30 years ago, over 60% of property taxes were paid by commercial retailers. today, it is 43%. so the thing that we passed to protect home owners is now subsidizing somebody else. we felt that a fact. that meant higher fees at the university of california, state university, university college. it has meant fewer classroom -- larger classroom sizes for people k-12. it has also meant that we have cut our social contract, in terms of people most in need able to get help. whether that is the elderly who need help at home, mothers with children who really need this money. that is why we need city government to be as innovative

and compassionate as the people of san francisco. the best argument we could make today is to make sure that every day we are making government work better. the most progressive thing we could do is to make our city government work faster, fairer, and smarter pour every san franciscan today. that task, however, is too important to lead to us in city hall alone. we need your help. we need to be sure to engage the entire population to identify those problems, to help fix them, and most of all, to hold all of us in government accountable for all of the services we promised to deliver to you. and only by engaging our entire community can we make sure that we have a solution, innovation, and that we have the ideas that will solve the myriad of problems we have been san

francisco. i am more confident now than ever, by using technology, that we can achieve our goals. i want to thank you all for being here today and for your support. thank you also to the speaker and mayor lee for supporting us here today. thank you. [applause] >> and what is a party without food? i just want to mention some of our sponsors in terms of our refreshments and beverages. thank you very much to everybody, speaker perez, mayor, and please enjoy the food and wine.

>> tuesday, his february 26, 2007, meeting. please call the roll. clerk: [reading roll] commissioners joseph and benetti

are absent tonight. president newlin: public comment. item number one. members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public battle within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to the agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes at the time such item is called. is there any public comment? seeing none, we will go to item number two. review and approve the minutes of february 8, so i believe we can now do that. no, we cannot. commissioner meko: i move to note continue that. clerk: same house, same call.

president bunewlin: i number three, et your title is now executive/legislative policy updates. >> no. good evening, commissioners. sorry you are late. i wanted to make sure we were being recorded. so i do not have anything to report in terms of legislation. there is, as you know, the board is getting their sea legs, so there will be more as we go forward, and we will keep you informed. i wanted to update you on our summit. with the help of commissioners meko and perez, we have this set

up. there is a flyer that commissioner perez put together, and it looks very good. we will work with the panel members, and its commissioner -- commissioner meko will help us with that, as well, and it is from about 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and we are working with the sfpuc and the commander, who is our entertainment liaison, as well as inspector falzon. that is a good thing, and the neighborhood in power of network will co-presenter with us to make sure we have good participation with the neighbors

who are involved with not like in any capacity. i wanted to refer, and at the end of the report, he will tell us about the entertainment liaison in training. i know that inspector falzon was here previously, talking about how they set up watches to make sure that they are aware of alcohol beverage control and how they are implemented in san francisco, as well as what we do, a little song and dance about the entertainment commission, and what they need when they are out in the st..

again, when i am done, i will have that person talk to you about what is on the docket. i would like to tell you guys about anything that is out of the ordinary that i get to do as director, so this month, i was asked to represent the commission as a chinese new year judge. that was fun for me. it was really cold and wet, and yet, it was so fun. we were in good company. the mayor was there, the grand marshal, the head of the recreation and parks department, the city administrator. we had a good cross-section of bureaucrats up their -- there. next month, i will be attending gay bar conference that takes place in vegas march 779, primarily to attend the sessions with the customer

service and liability. they are trying to beef up the part of the conference that is not about what your next promotion should be about how to operate within the kind of milieu we deal with, so i think that will be a good experience. when i come back from that, i will let you know what i learned. the joint hearing with the youth commission lives on, as they came before you, as you might know, and asked for a joint hearing, so we have schedule that for march 22, which is literally one month from today. it will be at 7:30 in this room. a regular meeting will be held at the regular time. we have the permits out for the regular business, and hopefully, we will be able to do the

regular business in approximately one hour, and we will hold a special order, if you will, and it will be around at 7:30 tie. we will do it in this room. we will ask you to shove over and make some room for some news commissioners on that day, and if any members need to leave for any particular reason, that is quite all right. it is not a mandatory meeting at all. i. attached an email that i received. regarding content, if you will. this is for reference. if you want to take a look at that earlier. the focus of that meeting is going to be that bill that fiona ma has introduced but has not moved on, so, obviously, we will be agendizing a more in-depth item, but if you are curious

about what the content is, take a look at what is attached. i wanted to go ahead and start looking way into the future about our next industries summit, so, again, in april, we are hopeful to do what i think is our fourth industries summit in may, before memorial day, so any input from the commission for time frames in made at work or do not work for in the commissioner's better interested in being involved re-deposited in may that work or do not work -- time frames in may that work or do not work for the commissioner that are interested in being involved. rincon, in response to continue

to permit violations, this one on 16th street, there was another seven-day suspension. more like a five-day suspension, beginning february 18, through february 24. mr. granelli and i spent some time working through things. we are hopeful that this time around, maybe they will understand what it means to be in compliance with their permit conditions. so, everybody, cross your fingers. and lastly, there are two appeals still pending. 181 eddy was issued a suspension last year, but the party

exercised their right to appeal, and the appeal was initially scheduled in january. however, as you may recall, we did a bunch of corrective actions, and that venue is closed at this time and remains closed. that liquor license is no longer on the premises, and the appellants have asked that the appeal be put on hold indefinitely, and staff has no objection as long as there is notice if there are attempts to reopen anytime. there is no liquor license, but there is, assuming they have paid, and they have a representative here, for their licenses, their entertainment licenses are still intact, so it is important obviously that we are noticed and come to some agreement, but i do not believe, and the commissioners can

certainly ask what their intentions are, and, lastly, at van ness, where it was problematic for some time, this is also one of those where this commission has ordered a new set of conditions placed on their permit in december, and then, an appeal was filed with the board of appeals, and in the meantime of these actions, the appellant requested a continuance to allow for the transfer to a new owner. the city in all of its forms was anxious to actually see a new owner at this location, so at this time, a liquor license transfer has had their conditions signs. a new application for a place of entertainment was submitted and posted for your march 8 hearing.

staff met with two concerned neighbors about two weeks ago and agreed to be present for a meeting at the venue before the hearing date to address additional neighbors' concerns, so i think those are two good outcomes too problematic venues, and that concludes my report. mr. granelli, are you awake? >> commissioners, very quickly. to go through the binders, polk street was issued in notice for violation of sound and good neighbor policy. on a positive note, director caen and i will be meeting with the owners tomorrow. the alu meeting that is going on

just as the director described, what they are doing is they're bringing them in in the night shifts, and we have about a 3.5 hour training, and they are giving them a crash course in abc law and entertainment law. we have a small part of that, where we explain. about the officers there, what the e.c. is, and more importantly, when they do run across these incidences, what we need. so far, the first one was last but we -- last week, and we had great attendance, not only on the night shift but some swing shift officers there, as well, which we are hoping to have again tomorrow night. the training went very well. we will be doing these every wednesday for a few weeks. just as the director said, el

rincon did not appeal the suspension. obviously, we had problems with them. myself and crystal have been working to create new forms was the e.c. there are certain things that we need if someone wants to appeal, such as a hardship waiver, the three of us have been working on that. lastly, the party bosses. i know we have not talked about that for quite awhile, but i thought it was important that over the last few weeks, i have noticed a big jump, at one point, down on aid and folsom, and at one time, i counted six, all parked.

with their participants or patrons, riders, whatever you want to call them around that area. there is also someone inside the party bus. so these party buses continue to be a major problem. again, there is a very high volume of consumption of alcohol, both on the bus, usually before the patrons get on the bus, and then as they hit each venue. for the new commissioners, this has been a problem for us for about the last two years. what we're seeing is these buses coming to different locations, and the patrons on the bus are already really, and they are getting more drinks when they get off of the bus, and often of venue or club will not let them

in because they are so drunk that it causes them problems. some, without the party bosses, they would not any business at all. i do not understand why we have seen a jump in the business, but we are. we are seeing more and more and more. at the end of last year, the last few months, we saw them dry out a little bit. we did not see as many out there. the buses we saw were from legitimate companies. now, i am seymour, et from legitimate buses to what looks light coat old airport trucks that have been spray-painted, and they are driving people around. i talked to the alu unit and the sfpd, and they were trying to seeing who has jurisdiction and how we can manage this situation. i will keep you guys, the

commission informs " but i am not quite sure where this will take us. moving on, you will see we are still looking into complaints we have gotten from a couple others. in japan tel, there was a new karaoke bar. it was basically an old carry a keyboard that changed ownership. we did a little bit of education, -- it was an old karaoke bar. and last, the only incident we have the we have not gotten a police report on yet was an assault and stabbing in the mission area, and the interesting thing is that at this time, one, we are not sure about the nexus between that and the surrounding bars, and two,

we are not sure if the bar have a permit in the first place. this may not be in our purview at all. we are just waiting for more information at this time, and that is all i have. thank you. president newlin: commissioners, any questions? any items from the public? seeing none, we will move on to item four. none. all right, item number five, a hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment division. item a, artura angulo, dba southtown arcade, 447 stockton. >> a retail store on the union

square side. as i understand, it will have local art from local artists and st. cultural items, and i know the applicants are year, and they can talk more about but, so it is not entertainment. it is simply a whole bunch of videogames that are mechanical devices. the hours of operation plant are 3:00 until 10:00 on weekdays and the belief from 12:00 noon until 2:00 a.m. begins. i am not sure that they are open yet, so there is some experimentation that will go on in terms of hours. the planning department has indicated that this is a permitted use, and no one officer is here. they have recommended approval with conditions, and they are attached. essentially, one is that a

security guard be present friday and saturday night to monitor a royce ring.from 9:00 p.m. until the close of business and that they do not deviate from the business plan unless agreed to by the planning commission. this item was to be before you at the last meeting, and there were some concerns. they have been worked out, and we can hear from both sides regarding any issues they may have about this. it is not necessarily a requirement in the coat or a plan for mechanical music devices, but given the location of this, it was thought they should engage in some security, so with that, the applicants can come before you. president newlin: commissioners,

do you have any questions? how about a motion then? clerk: public comment? president newlin: i am sorry. public comment. director kane: that is not the public. that is the appellant. >> i just want to thank you. just a couple of things i wanted to present a brief lead. we actually gathered signatures from local businesses. we went around and talked to the business owners to let them know what we wanted to do with our business plan, our operation, and we got the signatures right here if he would like to take a look at those. this is some of hard work that my business partner has produced. some local artists. san francisco artists but also other artists from the bay area.

we also got a signed letter of support from the museum over in alameda. this is arcade related, and we spoke to them about what we wanted to do, and they were very supportive and interested in what we were trying to accomplish in san francisco, so they did write a letter, as well. i think my partner nate would like to say something, so i will hand over to him. >> we are very excited to open up the shop with the t-shirts from local artists, and i have been busy. i have not really been involved in the community as much, but we have been busy doing our work, and we are just looking to generate some revenue and be a positive influence to the neighborhood. so that is about it. >> thank you. president newlin: thank you for

the presentation. making its way around. ok. a motion? clerk: public comment is closed. >> i would be in support. commissioner meko: i would like to move to accept this with the conditions involved. president newlin: ok, accepted. clerk: signals, same call. president newlin: ok, thank you, in good luck. did you create that? very nice.

i know. i have not looked at it yet. it disappeared. ok. >> ok. i can just move on. president newlin: item b, jennifer lillis, dba irish times, 500 sacramento street. >> this is a bar essentially, i guess a restaurant bar in the financial district of sacramento, and the application indicates the intent to have deejays and carry a keynote -- and karaoke and least three times a week. they serve food and drinks. the planning department has indicated this is a permitted use, and again, they never

indicated their approval with some conditions. they look a little different than normal because central station was really busy with the chinese new year parade, so they just sent them in the form of an email, and you can take a look at those. in addition, behind the application is an amended security plan, which was given to me today. will take a minute typical of the bat. that is behind the application, for your reference. again, the conditions for the police department are the they need to stick to the business plan presented, pass the entertainment commission inspection, which is always the case as part of the good neighbor policy, and comply within loitering laws. those are not out of the ordinary,