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requirement. >> correct. commissioner meko: i am not inclined to include the language in our set of conditions. >> point of clarification. the city attorney expressed reservations on giving the police footage of the inside, not the up side. is that correct? which one is it? do you remember? >> i don't recall. i think the question the commissioner was asking was about the length of time or turning it over on demand. commissioner meko: it is not about the length of time. it is a requirement that they turn it over on demand. >> so it is not about privacy issues so much as this other concerned. vice chair joseph: i understand. thank you. commissioner meko: again, i think the police should probably go through formal due process procedures to get that record and, if it is needed, rather
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than in decent condition that we write into this, into these conditions right now. at least not until we get further guidance from the city attorney's office. >> i cannot speak for the police department, but often with issues on broadway, when incidents occur, they like to get their hands on the video and watch it instantly so they can then know who they get to release and who they get to arrest. i think what is probably trying to be covered -- all the locations on broadway do not have a problem doing that. so i think what is going on is they are trying to cover themselves so they can walk up and say, "this incident just happened. do you have it on video? let me watch it. great, that is the instigator." commissioner meko: i understand their intentions. it is just the legality of our writing this into a condition that makes me nervous.
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commissioner benetti, you have a background in this area. commissioner benetti: i know if inspector [unintelligible] was here he would express the same concerns about the need for that information. he has expressed to the commission he only desires that information be kept for 72 hours. with privacy concerns, i don't know. maybe outstanding circumstances might out with that. i don't know. -- outweigh that. vice chair joseph: if these people want to make an agreement with the police on their own, that is their business. to require it is a different thing. i think that is what you are saying. is that correct? commissioner meko: that is correct. vice chair joseph: if they want
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to be good neighbors with the police, that is on them outside of the conditions of the permit. other than that, the police need to get a warrant. commissioner meko: that is correct. if i were in their situation, of course i would turn it over immediately to try to solve the crime. but i have concerns, especially given what the city attorney has told us, about writing this into the conditions. i would recommend we strike that language. president newlin: that is fine. your clients want to cooperate, right? >> totally. they just want to make the venue work. it has been empty for a long time. president newlin: any other questions? >> i have always wanted to be a pool shark. how many lessons would i have to take? >> let me see it [laughter] . -- let me see. [laughter] are you a beginner?
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>> i have a lot of fond memories with the crowbar. >> the only building. -- they own the building. commissioner perez: you guys are doing billiards. no tournaments'? >> there will be tournaments'. they will be part of this billiards congress of america. there will be teachers who will rotate around the city. there will be different levels. commissioner perez: it will just be a neighborhood bar. there will be events. >> there will be both. they do have topped tables and some would be far more serious game playing and others would be for casual people like me or
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john. commissioner perez: just curious -- how did you decide upon the greater bay services protection as your security of choice? >> work with them on a couple of other cases. -- we had worked with them on a couple of other cases. it is not written in stone that it be that company, but he has written the security proposal and has been to the venue and familiarized himself with the surroundings, so he is number one in line. it is a fairly new company, only about two years old. commissioner perez: it is in your application that your managers will be applying for a guard card. when will that take place? >> they have not started the bill that yet. we will be badgering them to do that. there is a place in oakland that does that. commissioner perez: what was the
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extent of your neighborhood contact? >> extensive. north beach neighbors, the north beach merchants association, the north beach chamber of commerce, neighborhood veterans group, the telegraph hill dwellers -- it should be in the back of this. i cannot remember all the names. the broadway entertainment and cultural association. also, all of the people who live upstairs. there are 13 residents in sro's upstairs. we sent a letter in chinese and english and make sure they knew, and nobody objected at all. also a condominium association in the area. commissioner perez: thank you.
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commissioner meko: perfect. don't need to say anything more about your neighborhood a rich. as a result, where are the angry neighbors? they are not here. it is a first. vice chair joseph: do you have a liquor license? >> no. they wanted to wait a year. vice chair joseph: this is definitely 21 and over no matter what? >> right, just because they felt it would be an easier demographic. president newlin: thank you. any public comment on that proposal? seeing none, do we have a motion? vice chair joseph: i move to approve, with the police conditions striking the indoor cameras and the requirement to turnover the video upon demand,
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and increasing the minimum from 15 days to 30 to keep the footage. commissioner meko: i second that. president newlin: ok. >> same house and call? president newlin: i think so. thank you, and good luck. item six, commissioners comments and questions. vice chair joseph: just me. once again, san francisco pride -- just so you know, san francisco pride is the weekend of june 24. the streets from city hall will start to close at 7:00 on friday night, june 24, and will not reopen until 6:00 a.m. on june 27. the event is sunday. on the main stage is sandra
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bernhart. kinds of acts. the state opens at 11:00. we have the city of refuge choir, which is pretty awesome. we have a 15-cast production number from "tales of the city." it is full of good and interesting stuff. be there or be where -- beware. that is my comment. president newlin: any others? commissioner meko: director kane, refresh my memory. last meeting i believe you reported on supervisor weiner's intention to introduce legislation loosening up the -- you have done research for me. could you explain the legislation again?
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>> sure. supervisor weiner is working on legislation to amend 1070, which covers extended hours premise says. at the moment, it requires -- premises. at the moment, it requires security for late-night eating establishments just like you would for a place of entertainment. there is a restaurant in his district that had issue with a security plan requirement and asked him to investigate removing that. it is still being discussed, the legislation, and the form which it takes, whether it removes it altogether or could remove it from certain types of eating establishments and not others. when we get an actual piece of legislation, we will share it with the commission. commissioner meko: so this is a list of all of the restaurants
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that have afterhours place of entertainment permits that incidentally require a security plan? >> there is a list of all of our current licensed extended hours permits. you will see nightclubs. you will see doughnut shops. you will see pizza parlors. only knows what is on there. there is roughly 115. some come and go. you may have people who have recently closed. that is updated by the tax collector every six months or so. those give you a sense of the universe we are talking about. commissioner meko: that helps. my other question, i believe, was how many violations have we had with regard to any of these venues in the seven-plus years?
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i only recall one pizza place that kept coming back when commander dudley was our frequent guest at these hearings. >> that is about right. the things do happen. fights to occur occasionally in front of -- but for the most part, the majority of those on there, you will not recall ever having been reported to the commission for any kind of problem. commissioner meko: all right. this list and that information should be useful to supervisor weiner. >> no problem. president newlin: anybody else? any public comment? final item, new business request and future agenda items. seeing none -- vice chair joseph: i have one.
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i would like to ask my fellow commissioners -- when should we schedule our elections? election time is coming up. we can do it on june 28 or we can do it the first meeting in july, which is what date? am i going to be here? the 12th. i will be here. i will be here if i get reappointed. it is up to you. if it is going to be the 28th, we should let staff know now. and it is good to be in july, we should let staff know that as well. july? july, july? i am asking for a first meeting in july to schedule elections. thank you. i am done. president newlin: anybody else?
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seeing none, thank you, everybody. this includes the regular meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco.
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>> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world.
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these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from
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all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do.
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golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly
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casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax
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and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health
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network. we are a system of care that was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tom woodell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on
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their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general hospital. we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our
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families after they have their children, up to age 5 they are able to receive food vouchers to get milk and cereal for their children. >> it's for the city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are
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serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i see the behavior change in front of my eyes. maybe they have never been able to go out of boundaries, their lives have been so rigid to sort of expressing that makes tremendous changes. because we did what we did, it is now sort of a nationwide model. >> i think you would be surprised if you come to these clinics. many of them i think would be your neighbors if you knew that.
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often times we just don't discuss that. we treat husband and wife and they bring in their kids or we treat the grandparents and then the next generation. there are people who come in who need treatment for their heart disease or for their diabetes or their high blood pressure or their cholesterol or their hepatitis b. we actually provide group medical visits and group education classes and meeting people who have similar chronic illnesses as you do really helps you understand that you are not alone in dealing with this. and it validates the experiences that you have and so you learn from each other. >> i think it's very important to try to be in tune with the needs of the community and a lot of our patients have -- a lot of our patients are actually immigrants who have a lot of competing priorities,
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family issues, child care issues, maybe not being able to find work or finding work and not being insured and health care sometimes isn't the top priority for them. we need to understand that so that we can help them take care of themselves physically and emotionally to deal with all these other things. they also have to be working through with people living longer and living with more chronic conditions i think we're going to see more patients coming through. >> starting next year, every day 10,000 people will hit the age of 60 until 2020. . >> the needs of the patients that we see at kerr senior center often have to do with the consequences of long standing substance abuse and mental illness, linked to their chronic diseases. heart failure, hypertension,
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diabetes, cancer, stroke, those kinds of chronic illnesses. when you get them in your 30's and 40's and you have them into your aging process, you are not going to have a comfortable old age. you are also seeing in terms of epidemics, an increase in alzheimer's and it is going to increase as the population increases. there are quite a few seniors who have mental health problems but they are also, the majority of seniors, who are hard-working, who had minimum wage jobs their whole lives, who paid social security. think about living on $889 a month in the city of san francisco needing to buy medication, one meal a day, hopefully, and health care. if we could provide health care
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early on we might prevent (inaudible) and people would be less likely to end up in the emergency room with a drastic outcome. we could actually provide prevention and health care to people who had no other way of getting health care, those without insurance, it might be more cost effecti
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supervisor mar: happy monday, everyone. it is monday, june 13, 2011. this is the land use and economic development community. are there any announcements? >> please make sure to turn of all cellular phones and pagers. vayo should be submitted to the clerk. items that the the fund today will be on the 21st board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> i would like to thank the staff of sf tv for teleng