the city. san francisco has special meaning for us. i have to tell you, i was at the mayor's inauguration and he said he would never stop using the words job and job creation. that is what this is about today. we have given $431,000 to the revolving loan fund at below market rate. for 160 years, we have helped businesses thrive, through the gold rush days, through the technology boom, and now through the economic recovery, especially here in the bay area. we know when we revitalizes small businesses, we create jobs. and that is what we need here. that is what this partnership is all about. if we do not have successful communities, we know we cannot be a successful corporation. it is with great pleasure that wells fargo partners with the city. we are also good partners with

working solutions, have done many things with them. we are so happy they are involved in this partnership. we, at wells fargo dedicated to partner with the city of san francisco to make this once again the thriving community that it has always been. again, thank you for being here today. [applause] >> finally, i want to introduce the executive director of working solutions, along with -- where is brenda? the owner of the restaurant, who i think will be coming forward. >> good morning, such a pleasure to be here. i want to thank you, mayor lee, pa your leadership in prioritizing access to capital for small businesses, which is so crucial. i also want to think board president david chiu and scott

wiener for your of leadership, as well, the board of supervisors, for continuing to part by small business needs. two years ago, working solutions was chosen to administer the city's role of the loan fund and we have successfully lent out those dollars. $665,000 lent out to 27 businesses. the result is 16 new businesses were created and 11 existing businesses were expanded. 74 jobs were created, and even five of these businesses went on to later graduate and be able to get some bank financing totaling $500,000 combined. we are so thrilled to hear about the recapitalization of the loan fund, with $1.5 million. this is such a thrill for us because working solutions is all about getting access to capital to the businesses that need it the most, so they can create jobs and thrive. we are excited to build on the

momentum we built over the last two years for this loan fund. wells fargo, i want to knowledge. we have a partner with them for over 12 years. it is so exciting to have to be an investor in this fund and setting aside funds specifically for the southeast sector, where funds are so well needed. partners are truly the key to the success of the revolving loan fund and have been thus far. we really want to talk about how important that will be, going forward. i wanted to acknowledge the small business commission, renaissance entrepreneurship center, who recommended brenda's to us, as well as the office of workforce development. thank you for your partnership and all that you do to support small businesses. finally, i wanted to congratulate brenda and libby, the owners of this fine establishment. you are such a shining example

of small business success. i was just talking to brenda and she told me, since she received a loan from working solutions, she has doubled her number of employees, 24. the restaurant is truly a cornerstone of this neighborhood, and personally, it is one of my favorite restaurants. this is where i come to celebrate birthdays, family occasions, and working solutions even came here to celebrate the holidays. when you come here, everything is top notch, from the broiled oysters appetizer, grew to the deserts, which are amazing. there is no describing how delicious it is. just wonderful. brenda and libby, your hard work and dedication and the entrepreneurial spirit are just so inspiring to myself and everyone. with that, i wanted to introduce brenda, who has a few

special items she would like to bring up to have the mayor try. >> i just want to say thank you, in particular, to the mayor, mayor's office, wells fargo, working solutions. without you guys, we would not be here right now. thank you for that. there is the food. >> this is our signature shrimp and grits and chicken andouille

gumbo.

>> end of press conference. >> i think a lot of times we look a community and we say, there is this one and this one, and we all have our own agenda, when our agenda is to create great work. if you're interested in that, you are part of our community. >> it is a pleasure to have you here tonight. >> we are trying to figure out a way to create a space where

theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of, the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons from presenting dance, producing theater, presenting music, having a full scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works can go. we have been blessed to have that were produced in new york, go unto festivals, go on to the warsaw theater festival. to me, those are great things, when you see artists who think there is no or else of someone

being interested in me being a woman of color telling her story and getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. artists becoming better artists. what is great about surely coming back to brava, we have this established, amazing writer who has won a slew of awards and now she gets an opportunity to direct her work. even though she is an amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is also being nurtured as a director, being given space to create. >> and the play is described as ceremony and theater meet. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is that the completion of an epic. the purpose of this ceremony is

to celebrate. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. they have given me carte blanche to do this. it is nice for me in the sense of coming back 25 years later, and seeing my own evolution as an artist and a thinker. the whole effort even to put the indigenous woman's experience center stage is very radical. because of the state of fear, it is a hard road to hold up an institution. it really is a hard road. i am looking at where we're 25 years later in the bay area and looking at how hard it is for us to struggle, to keep our theaters going.

i would like to think that i am not struggling quite as hard personally. what i mean by that is that in tension, that commitment. what i see is that we're here to really produce works of not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture and women of color artists. i think that that is something that has not shifted for me in 25 years, and it is good to see that brava is still committed to that kind of work. you know? ♪ >> happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ >> windy will talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go with what we have on our staff. south asian managing director. african-american artistic director. latino outreach person. to us, aside from the staff,

aside from the artists that we work with him being a reflection of oz, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that, just that sense of a trend. i tried to make about the work that shows the eclecticism of the mission district, as well as serving the mission. that is what i feel brava is about. ♪ president goh: good evening and

welcome to the january 18, 2012 meeting of the board of appeals. the presiding officer is president can no go. joining her is vice-president garcia, commissioner fong, and commissioner wind. i won a seat on the board is vacant. the board may hold a meeting where there is a vacancy. in such instances, the board may overrule the action of a department by a vote of three members. we are joined tonight by deputy city attorney barnes, who will provide the board with any needed legal advice. we are also joined by representatives from some of the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. scott sanchez is here. also represented the planning department and planning commission. the senior building inspector is here.

a representative from the bureau of urban forestry and a representative of the public works division of st. use and mapping is also here. at this time, if you could go over the board's meeting guidelines. >> the board requests that you turn off all phones or pagers so they will not disturb the procedures. carry on conversations in the hallway. the board's rules of presentation are as follows, appellants, permit holders, and department representatives have three minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments in these periods. members or not affiliated have up to 3 minutes to address the board with no rebuttal. to assist the board in the actor preparation of minutes, members of the public who wish to speak on an item are asked, but not required, to submit a speaker or business card when you come to

the podium. speaker cards and hence are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments and suggestions. there are customer satisfaction or on the left side of the podium as well. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing, please speak to staff during the break. or call the office tomorrow morning. the office is located at 1650 mission street. this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government in television, cable channel 78, and a dvd of this meeting is available for purchase directly from asset dtb. had you for your attention. at this point in time, we will conduct our swearing in processing. if you intend to testify in any of our hearings, he's stand, raise your right hand, and say "i do have" after you have been

sworn in or offered. any member of the public may speed without taking this both pursuant to the sunshine ordinance in the administrative code. thank you. if you intend to speak, please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear and affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> thank you. president goh and commissioners, we have one housekeeping item. item number 10, the parties have requested a rescheduling to february 8 and i believe that the attorney for the permit holder would like to address the board briefly. president goh: sure. >> members of the board, my

client reluctantly agreed to a two-week continuance. essentially, the dispute has nothing to do with this board. the process of wheat -- we are in the process of negotiating a construction access agreement and we have been told that if we do not agree to the continuance, they will seek negotiations. my client has agreed to it. it is only going to be for two weeks. we will not agree to any further continuance. president goh: ok. thank you. vice president garcia: do we meet in two weeks? president goh: the next board meeting is february 8. vice president garcia: so that would be three weeks? >> three weeks, yes. president goh: is there any

public comment on this item? seeing none, commissioners, if you are inclined, we need a motion. >> so moved. president goh: call the roll please. >> we have a motion to rescheduled to february 8. on that motion -- commissioner fung: aye. vice president garcia: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. >> this matter is rescheduled to february 8. president goh: we will move now to item number one, general public comment. is there anyone who would like to speak on an item that is not on our calendar? seeing none -- oh, please step forward. >> good evening.

this is indirectly related to an item on the agenda tonight. president goh: we should wait and speak during the item. thank you. any public comment under item number one? we will move to item number two. that is the election of officers. the rules state that the president and vice president shall be elected at the first regular meeting of the board held after the 15th day of january each year. tonight is the board's first meeting after january 15 for it as such, the election of officers is on our calendar. before we proceed, i want to take the opportunity to thank president goh and vice president garcia for your service. you have been helpful and supportive to me and the department. i truly appreciate it. president goh: thank you grid i did have a couple of, or make a nomination.

i announce that tonight is my last hearing. i have accepted a job in beijing, china. i am moving next week. i wanted to thank the board of supervisors for my appointment. and say that i have found the four years i have been up here to be quite interesting and hopefully productive. i was involved with commissioner fung and vice president garcia in this election and hiring of our director gold skin. -- goldstein. i think that is my greatest accomplishment in my time here. i hope that the parties and especially the parties who are not represented, the neighbors and the people who maybe could not afford to hire an attorney or expensive experts, i hope that those people have felt heard and respected and understand and see how much this

commission values due process and fairness. i also want to say in that since we do here quite a lot of land use cases, it is the vast majority of the cases we year, that i have so much respect for the people who practice in that field and. that is the construction and design of our built in varmint. -- our built environment. i live in a house was built in 1900. when you look at the 100-year- old beams that one of my house, i think of the people who actually put them in place and hammered the old nails into the walls. those people are long dead, but

this house is still standing. hopefully it will still be span -- still be standing long after i am dead. those of us to push paper around, we cannot say that about our work. i'm just going to throw that out there. with that, i would like to nominate commissioner wang -- hwang to be vice president of the commission. she is also an attorney, always prepared, a very level-headed and thoughtful. >> commissioner hwang to accept that nomination? commissioner hwang: i accept with great privilege and honor. >> is there any other nomination? vice president garcia: no.

when president goh says she is level-headed, that is not a physical description. i hope that he passes his nomination with flying colors, which i suspect she will. >> is there any public comment on the nomination for the office of vice president? seeing none, please call the roll on that. >> we have a motion from president goh to elevate commissioner hwang to the vice presidency of the board. on that motion -- commissioner fung: aye. vice president garcia: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. >> commissioner hwang is elevated to vice president of the board. >> moving on to the office of president, are there any nominations for the office? commissioner fung: i would like to nominate commissioner garcia

to a role that he has had before. i hope that he will accept it. vice president garcia: i do accept and thank you commissioner fong. >> are there any other nominations for this office? seeing none, is their public comment. seeing no public comment, please call the roll. >> we have a motion from commissioner fong to elevate michael garcia to the presidency of the border. on that motion -- vice president garcia: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. president goh: aye. >> the boat -- the vote is 4-0 and michael garcia is the new president of the border. -- of the board. vice president garcia: i want to call the meeting off.

[laughter] >> item #3 is comments and questions. commissioner fung: i have a comment and question for people in the audience. i would like to congratulate commissioner goh for taking an exciting set in her life. when she told me he was going to do this, i related to her a story of doing -- wanting to do something similar but was not able to take advantage of the opportunity. throughout the year she has been here she and i talked about the changing world and the place that china has formed within the school will circle. the fact that both her child and my child are studying chinese on an emerging basis. we have had a lot of very common

thoughts related to it. i congratulate her on taking this step in her life. she and i have not always agree with our roles, but she has always been very articulate and very consistent in her roles. this course is always good on this particular commission. congratulations. president goh: thank you. i'm going to be brief, but i also want to congratulate you. i have been in all of your decision to serve on this board, giving your other obligations and commitments that you have already had. i have also found you to be extremely well-prepared, extremely thoughtful, and i've learned a lot from the way that you analyze the matters that have come before us. i will miss you.

>> thank you carry it -- thank you. vice president garcia: commissioner goh, i want to wish you great luck on your new adventure in china. may you live in interesting times. maybe we will say now you not live in interesting times i would echo the comments that other people have made great you are conscientious, scrupulous, you pay great attention to detail, whether it is the language, the brief, the designs and plans that come before us. i will always admire that. you could talk about the fact that it is not just people who have come before us.

we spend all our time concerned with the codes and those kinds of things these are real situations that we wisely deal with. i think you always wisely dealt with it. good luck to you. president goh: thank you so much. >> is there any public comment on item number three? seeing none, we will move to item number four. that is the adoption of minutes before you for your consideration. these are the minutes for the january 11, 2012 meeting. president garcia: i would adopt that we move these as written. >> could you please call the roll? >> we have a motion from president garcia to adopt the

january 11, 2012 minutes. on that motion, commissioner fung: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. president goh: aye. >> those minutes are adopted. >> before the meeting started, i have been informed that item #9 has reached an agreement. i am wondering if you like us to call that item next? president garcia: please do a. >> the subject property is 1400- 14 02 kansas street. it is the appealing the imposition of penalty on october 26, two dozen 11 for construction work done without a permit. if there would like to step forward to confirm to the board with the agreement is, we can ask them to take action.