there are any liabilities. it helps to insure their assets. it is a dual thing of caring about their business and insuring their assets. the gdra is offering a discounted inspection for all new members as a means of helping get the word out. we have our intern, catherine burton, who is a hastings law student. i am working on having her compile as the role of a list of businesses that have received lawsuits in san francisco only since 2002. she is also going to be working on updating our website, the content on our website page. there is a lot more we can have.

we met with the deputy director for programmatic access with the mayor's office on disability. there are some new guidelines that have come out with the federal ada around service animals that have provided some additional clarity, but also are a little bit different than what the state regulations are. their interest -- the mayor's office on disability is interested in working with our office and the commission to work to inform businesses of what service animal means and often there are times when individuals have service animals that are misbehaving and a

business does not have to allow that individual to stay in the place of business if they cannot keep the service animal under control. we will be exploring this at the outreach committee as to whether we might want to do a joint commission hearing on this, or whether we have a formal presentation on this at one of the commission derek -- commission hearings. they are interested in getting business input. i think i have included in your packets information that the mayor's office on disability has provided around the new guidelines with service animals. but this is one that i think would be a good one for us to partner with to provide information, adequate information on. this seems to be some

businesses -- a lot of businesses -- the mayor's office on disability gets a lot of calls from businesses wanting to know what are the parameters of what is appropriate and what is not appropriate. there was a recent piece of legislation at the state level on special access liability. it died in committee last week. the bill wouldn't require the owner of a property to be notified and to allow them 120 days to be able to fix the problem before it could come to suit. it did not pass out of committee. some of the comments were that we have the cast -- casp inspection and this relatively new law needs to allow some time to see how it is being implemented.

hr 881 at the federal level -- representative hunter has introduced this. it has not been scheduled in committee. i think they are still looking to increase the number of legislative sponsors at this particular point. but its objective is to require a notification in 90 days to allow business to come into compliance before a suit can be filed. sb 1608 created a california commission on disability access to monitor the inspection and other items. they just hired an executive director. i did have a conversation with him.

they will be, now that he is in place -- they will be giving some attention around the inspections. i think there are some -- he has indicated that there are some potential issues around the different inspectors, the lack of specificity around the requirements of what needs to be in the reports. what could possibly be a potential liability for businesses down the road is differentiating if you have an inspector who may not provide enough and permission. and other items and the hired an

executive director. i had a conversation with him. there will be -- as we progress in this work that we're doing. ameritech'america's cup, word ig out. lots of interest in this community about how to do business with the america's cup. we're working with the event authority. the america's cup organizing committee, through them to start working on a plan of action to start doing our reach. what are the needs the have and

possibly what is the best means and mechanisms to connect the events with our business, especially small businesses in san francisco. >> i have been asked and i can talk about this in my report. i will be involved with that. >> we also have a workforce component to it and i would like to find a way that we bridge this plan our work force together. for some of our small businesses, they will be able to engage in doing business with the advent which means there will have to be ramped up. how can we connect with our workforce so we are meeting both

needs at the same time. our license fee consolidation project, that is ongoing. the department right now is collecting their code list for the codes that will be changed by date. this will have -- i will be reaching out to you and to the business community over the next month to start getting feedback about the license fee consolidation project. the permit committee has been -- to make sure that the full commission is up to speed on what is being worked on and proposed during an annual bill

for businesses with licenses and fees that are paid through the tax and treasurer's office. last month, you received a presentation from the human rights commission around some proposed legislation that they are doing on arrests. there is -- there conducting a public hearing on monday, july 25 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and this one is targeted toward the business community. they want to solicit their input. and feedback as the work on this legislation. we have to put this in our newsletter, this workshop -- it is a hearing, a presentation. we want to encourage commissioners, for you to outrage to the business community and let them know as

much input the business community can provide. as much information the business community can provide is a good thing. this is not necessarily saying they support the concept. it is better to provide than none. we are having a presentation on our part list. the meeting went long so it is rescheduled and presentations, i have a list of other items and topics that the commission has requested presentations on and we are working on getting those scheduled for august or september. it is dependent on what is on the legislative agenda. and then lastly, the members of the small business community, leaders are interested in doing

a small-business conference to summarize the goal and objection -- objectives, to assemble policy recommendations to be presented to the leadership of san francisco to work on. this is in its beginning. there has been two meetings, i have attended both and i think -- if there are commissioners who are interested in attending, let me know. we would have to make sure there is no quorum issue. but yes. it -- the formation stays in terms of when and how this will be done. that is the overall concept. on june 30 the music and

cultural association celebrated its first year. as i mentioned, it is the hearing for -- for business and put. leslee it is not on the report but it is in your binder. we are exploring and having recommendations provided on we talked about a new logo for the office at our commission retreat. we're going to move forward with that. we're working on the redesign for the website so this is a good time to begin to engage in

what is the identity of the office with the commission and the small business assistance center and taking a look at the way other departments deal with their department identity that has multifacetes to the department. it will go through the outreach committee. i will make sure the commission is briefed on any information as it comes through. that concludes my report. if there is any questions. >> there is implementation in 2012 -- as of that date, we

will not be seeing these or is it going through further scrutiny? do we know? i am thinking, if that is the end i will see these telephone directories outside san francisco -- i do not think we will see the same numbers. >> my guess is the implementation date is what it is because there is an annual cycle. has there been a legal challenge? >> we have not had any confirmation of that. we can advise you if and when that comes. >> this is making sure that the industry has enough time to make sure the transition and plan --

as they transition and plan. >> >commissioners, item 11. >> we heard two items that were not brought with full permission as of this time. i would like to report on those items. the first is the proposed legislation for japan town. a code changed to prohibit medical services or business or professional -- in the in japan start -- we heard it and it

sounds fine to us. i am not sure where it is going but i went to report we have heard that. the second thing was we heard an item about in the mission, alcohol special use district, a bowling alley would like to open and they would be requesting to be allowed to be put into the special use district saying that the bowling alley that serve food within the physical bowling alley itself would be allowed to serve liquor along with their food items. we felt that seemed reasonable. >> that would be great. >> it is something in the works and previously the would have had to leave the bowling alley and go next door and get their food and alcohol. this way, they can have

something within the site. we will be getting something new. those are the two items that were not reported to you tonight. >> commissioners, item 12. >> we have nothing to report. >> item 13, our reach committee. >> we did not meet this month and we have no report. thank you. >> item 14. >> nothing to report. >> vice-president report? >> commissioner adams: i will

be involved and it is important we include small businesses. that is what i consider once in a lifetime. so, yes. other than that, the new castro guide is out. weight distributed 20,000 to hotels and businesses. come and drink and dance and stay in the caster. >> commissioners, item 16. commissioner reports. i attended the council meeting on june 20. i would like to convey from them their heartfelt thanks for our non supportive supervisor -- to our supervisor. >> that is appreciated.

>> commissioner clyde: i was asked to participate in a panel and i would like to highlight that there were several attendees that were looking at developing business with the america's cup, particularly items made in san francisco either for the event but somehow working with the authority. i suggested they contact the office of small business. i would like to put out there that this is such a great opportunity to highlight san francisco. and then my one take away from the meeting was, wouldn't it be great if we had some outlet in china, and we have an office

dedicated to working with china sf. china sf has been an initiative that works with large businesses but there is no reason they could not also -- our small businesses and small local manufacturers could not develop some kind of out what in china, particularly as china is developing and interested in things american. >> commissioner adams: next item? >> the general public comment. >> commissioner adams: seeing none,. >> want to -- i want to extend an invitation to you. they are interested in finding

out what the city is doing in regard to small businesses. i will be meeting with them at 9:30 a.m. to review what we're doing to promote small business. i invite you to attend this meeting. it is in room 201 at city hall. >> commissioner adams: is there a motion to adjourn? >> second. >> commissioner adams: meeting adjourned at 81:15 p.m.

>> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city

but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of san francisco bay. they can't see it where they are. they get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because

it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money.

>> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used for art, then, all of a

sudden, he was excited about the coit tower. it became almost like a daily destination for him to enjoy the atmosphere no matter what the politics, that wasn't the point. as long as they fit in and did their work and did their own creative expression, that was all that was required. they turned in their drawings. the drawings were accepted. if they snuck something in, well, there weren't going to be any stoolies around. they made such careful little diagrams of every possible little thing about it as though that was just so important and that they were just the big frog. and, actually, no one ever felt that way about them and they weren't considered something

like that. in later life when people would approach me and say, well, what did you know about it? we were with him almost every day and his children, we grew up together and we didn't think of him as a commie and also the same with the other. he was just a family man doing normal things. no one thought anything of what he was doing. some of them were much more highly trained. it shows, in my estimation, in the murals. this was one of the masterpieces. families at home was a lot more close to the life that i can remember that we lived. murals on the upper floors like the children playing on the swings and i think the little

deer in the forest where you could come and see them in the woods and the sports that were always available, i think it did express the best part of our lives. things that weren't costing money to do, you would go to a picnic on the beach or you would do something in the woods. my favorite of all is in the staircase. it's almost a miracle masterpiece how he could manage to not only fit everyone, of course, a lot of them i recognized from my childhood -- it's how he juxtaposed and managed to kind of climb up that stairway on either side very much like you are walking down a street. it was incredible to do that and to me, that is what depicted the life of the times in san francisco. i even like the ones that show the industrial areas, the once

with the workers showing them in the cannery and i can remember going in there and seeing these women with the caps, with the nets shuffling these cans through. my parents had a ranch in santa rosa and we went there all summer. i could see these people leaning over and checking. it looked exactly like the beautiful things about the ranch. i think he was pretty much in the never look back philosophy about the coit. i don't think he ever went to visit again after we moved from telegraph hill, which was only five or six years later. i don't think he ever had to see it when the initials are scratched into everything and people had literally destroyed the lower half of everything. >>