available by pre-scheduled appointment only but not for walking, and that is december 23, december 27-30, and the office is closed on december 26 and january 2 to to the holiday, and i will be on vacation december 27 through january 6, and i have also provided you with the schedule. they are taking some time off to deal with minimum staffing days, and then key highlights. we highlighted the mayor signing the health care security ordinance legislation and also our successful small-business saturday. >> can i make a comment? i would like to thank the

director and grace because i saw them delivering bags, so i want to publicly thank you both for going out and doing it. i know you were sick, and you were still out there like a trooper, so good job, guys. >> i agree. but also to commend the north beach merchants for their work in the promotion, and also hayes valley was also very committed. businesses said they had a good day. it was good we received proclamations from the mayor, and supervisor mar presented a proclamation on behalf of the board of supervisors, and we had

that in the bulletin. our new position that we have now come to an agreement, so that position will be posted next week. minimum wage, and just a reminder it is going up to $10.24 starting january 1, and we are working with the office of standards and enforcement to do out reached around the security ordinance, so remind businesses they need to carry forward the balance, and the

office is on a fast boat to get it translated. i have met with them to get this together. with the zoning for the self- service restaurant, due to supervisor mirkarimi's election to sheriff, that piece of legislation, a supervisor wiener is going to be carrying that legislation through its completion. and we expect hearings in january or february of the board of supervisors.

today was a hearing for dog walking legislation. he took all of the recommendations and will be incorporating them. there is some information that could not be passed out today, so it will be heard on january 9. the tax exclusion for those but did not pass up the board of supervisors. the license consolidation, that passed in its first reading 11- 0, and we will be hearing supervisor david june's

legislation -- david chiu's legislation, and just to let you know what the special use district for bowling alleys will go into effect on september 15. i have met with the department of building inspection, so they are very interested in working noon a video together. they are working on giving a hand to businesses during improvements under the valuation threshold.

america's cup, we finished a core business out of reach, and the development plan is going to be completed this week, so as soon as it is done, i will get you a copy of it. i would like to inform you we now have an official working group. director rob black is the co- chair. director mike cohen is also co- chair, and we have 10 cleveland -- ken cleveland and myself on the committee, and the areas we are going to focus on is

improving noticing, which goes into how businesses are filling out applications. so how we are doing without having the mobile food operator pay for reno to saying -- paid for renoticing. we have already started soon drive some legislation allowing for global food around hospitals and universities. those places tend to be located in residential districts, so all mobile phone operator could be there. we are looking at that, -- so

immobile food operator could be there. we are looking at that. there is legislation to bring more specificity of rounds density, and when is a number to mush, so we are working on that. -- when is a number too much, so we are working on that. good we have started to do some brainstorming giving both businesses a sense of security, the mobile food vendor and if the spot is supposed to be a four parking spaces and that they do not agree cop -- do not

creep up, so how do we create specified herriot's for mobile food -- specified places for mobile soon. we will see if they can start administering this prior to legislation, and then to also notify commercial property owners and management companies. we are making some progress. we are working together, and we have a good group of people working on this, and we did have our first meeting on december 12. >> sen. >> the 10th. goolastly, on december 6, we hea

meeting curiosa -- we held a meeting. i am going to go into that a little bit. we have reviewed the license consolidation and the new definitions for restaurants. no one is that excited about that. there was conversation about how they would like the city to do more on more days. >> we are also meeting. parks throughout the year. -- >> throughout the year.

there are a couple of more options we want to explore, and we will talk to the committee before we make final decisions about this, but i think it was a clear indication from the merchants' association but the amount of effort we need in terms of there being involved does not have high interest. i have also provided a copy of the mayor's 17. job plan -- 17 point job plan. i will be providing that information, and when we have our retreat, we will be outlining responsibilities that come from that job plan.

last, i want to let you know the city is updating its economic strategy. it is required to do that every three years. i have been involved in the survey, and we are going to include specific questions, so that will be interesting, and chris has provided for year in the binder of the calendar of next year, so it is in the front pocket. we have our president and vice- president elections in january. wednesday, february 29, is when

we are scheduled for our retreat, and october, do not forget the first monday of october is the meeting day because of the holiday on the second monday, and here is the calendar, and unless there is any questions, that concludes my report. >> i can refill your binders for next month. >> thank you, a director. let's move on to the next item. >> item 10, legislation and policy report. >> nothing new. >> next item. >> item 11, permit a committee report. nothing to report. >> item 12.

>> we did not meet. >> item 13, a resident's report. >> that did not come up. >> item 14, vice president report. >> i did want to report that friday, november -- i am stumped on the date. the second from the last friday of the month there was a very good juror -- tour. we heard a lot about the bad legislation. goothe mayor also attended a holiday tree lighting ceremony on the 28th and on castro, and

we have over 2800 people attend. >> item 15, commissioner reports. >> i just wanted -- my neighborhood spot was the prime sponsor for the american mall business on saturday, and it was very successful. merchants said they definitely were able to enjoy the benefits of having people shop that day, so we felt it was successful. i invited supervisor mar to speak, and i felt about was well-received. i attended the land use hearing last week that supervisor mar was in charge of. i think it was interesting hearing from employees of big

box stores. that was something i was not anticipating, but it was nice to hear their angle on the negatives of big box stores heading into neighborhoods with for wages. i also spoke a little bit about my experiences with a pet store alliances and what they had experienced in terms of working to protect themselves from a big box stores. that is my report. but i also attended and the land use hearing last week. it did present both sides of the issue. it is something that needs to be done carefully as well as the challenges of formula retail

working for them. i would like to say about minimum wage is the highest in the nation, and the health care security ordinance increases to $1.46 per employee and for any business with 100 or more employers anywhere, it is now $2.20 an hour. i am bringing this up to remind everyone our local small- business those with employees over the 20 employees threshold really have a higher bar, and it is difficult to compete with a national retailer when we have

cost approaching 50% higher right outside of our local jurisdiction. i am very proud of these programs, but i really believe we need to recognize the economic impact, and we often hear it is only a few cents here, but if you are a small employer, it could be several hundred thousand -- several hundred dollars a month or seven and thousand a month. now in this economic climate common it is not something to take lightly, and the last stain -- the last thing i would like to say is happy holidays, and i would also like to thank the commissioner who is not

here for articulating many things about the challenges of the small employer the people in other industries do not understand, and i am very inarticulate, but i would like to thank all of you for your help, and i look forward to going forward. >> item 16, general public comment. >> seeing none. >> 17, new business. >> anybody got any new business you want to put on there? seeing none. parks commissioner 18, motion -- >> item 18, a motion to adjourn. >> second. >> the meeting is adjourned at

7:22 p.m. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the

installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything

was hand-painted. >> maybe you could talk about some of the symbolism, maybe starting in the middle and working out. >> [inaudible] the flower of industry. >> it is like a compass. there's an arrow pointing north. >> within the great bear consolation, there are two pointed stars here. they typically lead one to the northstar, otherwise known as polaris. so i thought it has a layer of theme. >> let's talk about some of the other elements in the peace. we are walking along, and there is a weather vane. there's a sweet little bird hanging on the side. what kind of bird is that? >> [inaudible] the smallest of the gulf species, and it lives around the bay area. >> you want to talk about the types of flour patterns that you send?

>> [inaudible] around 1926 or so by the dahlia society. >> what is this bird here? >> that is the california quail. >> coming up here, we had a little blustery theme. what is this area here? >> this is supposed to be the side view, the expense of the golden gate bridge. >> there it is. >> there are really beautiful elements of architecture still around, i would say that it gives that feeling over to the work. >> what are your hopes for it? >> that in a way it just becomes part of the area. i think it is starting to have that feeling. people utilize it.

they sit and, and have their lunch and play on -- they sit and, and have their lunch and play on that -- they sit and come and have their lunch and play on it. just for it to be part of the neighborhood. that is my hope. >> is such a beautiful addition to our public art in san francisco. thank you for joining us. it was nice to meet you. and thank you for telling us about your beautiful mural. thanks for watching "culturewire."

supervisor avalos: good morning, and welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. my name is supervisor mar avalos, the chair. i am joined by supervisor elsbernd. we will be joined shortly by supervisor mar. the committee clerk is ms. gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you submit copies of materials to the members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. if you wish to hand in speaker cards, please put them in the container by the rail in front

of you, to your left. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. please call the first item. >> hearing on the city's response to the surge in homelessness, and families and for various city agencies, including the her -- human services agency in the housing authority to outline the response to the crisis, including any plans to expand the rental subsidy programs, and he plans to address the loss in federal homeless prevention and rapid re-housing funds, any plans to increase, is prevention efforts, any plans to expedite the filling a vacant san francisco housing authority units, and moving homeless families into them, and ways we can protect households from for closure evictions. supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. i call this hearing just last week, but it is an issue that has been on my mind for a number of months, especially with the advocacy of the coalition on

homelessness, and a lot of the families are related to the coalition, and they work with a lot of homeless families. it was first brought to my attention about our crisis in a sheltering in providing housing for families in san francisco probably at the end of september, beginning of october. in fact, while i was out in my extracurricular activities over the past seven months, at the interfaith breakfast in october, a lot of the focus was on homelessness in san francisco, and a lot of people who work at that time running for mayor expressed that a big part of the homeless population consists of families. that was also in contention that the mayor himself -- and as a city, we have a responsibility to ensure that we're supporting the least among us and the growing number of homeless families or families at risk of

homelessness is something that the city cannot ignore. i do want to thank the coalition and the families connected with the coalition for coming forward, for telling their stories, difficult stories to tell about being marginally housed oregon difficulties dealing with education situations. there are numerous stores already in the san francisco chronicle and the examiner about family homelessness in san francisco, and people coming forward to tell the stories, it is very difficult. but those types of synergies between advocates telling their stories and media picking up on them are ways that we can actually shed light on our troubles and how we can come up with a response. i was very pleased to see, this morning, the story in "the chronicle" about a family making commitments to helpfa