to be in the government bureaucracy for 22 years to say, hey, let's just keep building government, adding here and there. i cannot do that. we cannot do that and meet the challenge of being the most sustainable and continue to be the most sustainable country -- city in the country. we have to innovate ourselves out into these solutions. that is what this relationship is so important. it is a relationship that i know many of you who work in the businesses throughout san francisco are going to see as a very positive way to work with your local government. because in that relationship i expect a drop out, as you're doing today, the best ideas there are. we're going to disrupt, in my opinion, the way i have been doing work in government. as you know, i have been head of human rights commission. i have been -- my best job was the purchaser of the city. at that time, i got to buy $1

billion worth of stuff every year. how great of a job is that? what i did learn during those years was i can buy green products. i can start innovating government with my cohorts in all of the 60 different departments as to what grain products are other and how we can introduce different things like what companies like met it are doing in these new cleaning apparatuses. how we can change our way of doing things so that we can be smarter and less wasteful. i can work with the garbage companies and helping your department of environment established a goal that we can really accomplish and get with it. all those things that learned under gay art -- under mayor newsom at the time, now i get to implement. i get to increase these new relationships like sf city and and they're up and do marathons in the city to share the best ideas. to me, i think that is the best way our city moves forward.

i am not going to just stand on the laurels of great accomplishments. i know we're one of the top five cities in the country that are great investments for clean tech, biotech. we have some 30 capital adventure -- capital venture companies in the city that have filled their portfolios with clan tech and biotech investments. that is great. we need to do more. we wanted to do more. we have to innovate our solutions. and that is why i have asked for sf city, through all of the companies that my good friend has been investing in and new companies, to encourage them to come into the city, established incubators, and its alert the city forward on better biotech, better glass that can keep warmth and still use energy in the right way, better lighting, even higher standards for our commercial

buildings. even though we have had a great run, this last year i sign a commercial building organism, and we have great companies like autodesk and others to really work with me and increase commercial buildings to use recycled materials, as well as energy savings. we need to do all of that. we need to an advance the relationship forward. that is why sf city and to me. that is why it is so a important for code for america. that is why we brought in the nation's first chief innovation officer. you are in the world of green business and green technology. we need your ideas. i want them. and i won business to know that they have a critical role in working with our government. we cannot have a separate government from business. that is not the way to do things anymore. and the smaller businesses, the new innovative businesses,

they're coming up with solutions. that is why what these things accelerated. we cannot be dependent upon government anymore. we have to create a new relationship. the challenges that are before us, if we're going to be a center for innovation before we take on the challenges that are suggested, we are going to also have to be a smarter city. we are going to have to be one that is less wasteful. we're going to have to also embrace innovation. that is what you're here for today. i want to welcome you here for the 2012 grain business form. please innovate. give us your best ideas. you will have a city that honors our tradition of moving forward on the greenest role possible and getting to all our goals. thank you very much for being here this morning. [applause]

>> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be

to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah.

♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky. i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen.

it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious.

all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy. >> i am here with a manager at the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out.

thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's

market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible. you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and w.

commissioner lee: here. commissioner hyde: here. commissioner joseph: here. commissioner tan i believe is on his way. >> item one is discussion and possible action to send recommendation to the planning commission and the board of supervisors regarding entertainment and community planning. before i call on commissioner hyde to address us, i want to make a couple of points. neither myself nor this commission is discrediting the process of the plan. we respect the process, we just know that it isn't finished yet.

we feel like it is fair to keep on talking about it. things have been referred to as an entertainment zone. we find that language to be inflammatory. factual.s no purpose and is not our input, by the way, is simply recommendations. it is for those bodies that actually make the final decision. no decision made here today reflects the plan, it is just our recommendation to them. land use is a very long-term decision when you make a land use decision, it goes out into the future. itrequires as much discussion as possible. we are taking it seriously and we feel that we can continue to

talk about it. there are issues that still need to be talked about. we realize it has taken a long time for this plan to be issues are different now, and there are folks that still want to have some input. after this presentation is made, it is to form a subcommittee to further discuss this issue i imagine any -- many of you out here are to speak on the subject and the request that everyone be civil and respectful during public comment. commissioner hyde: i wanted to thank everyone that came out tonight because it is this kind of input that i have been trying to open the doors for for

several months now. my idea was not to rush ahead without community input or concerns. i think it is very important to note that since june, i have been trying to open this for discussion for issues that were brought to me by members of the commission and concerns from the news as well as small business owners and people who work with these small businesses. the plan is very comprehensive, and we are proud that we have a community plan that takes a lot of the better parts of the plan, such as the stabilization policy or the idea of more bike lanes and being more like friendly, creating better transit, these are things that i

acknowledge are good for this plan there is a discussion around alternatives that they feel like they have not been heard. i am not saying that they are the only voices, i am not saying they are the only ones i have done out reached 2 or intent to do outreach to. i was glad to hear that we are moving this forward, because this discussion needs to be open and effective. the reason it was being pushed through, i was told how, as were other people on the plan, february is when the eir would come out.

that is the environmental review that would start implementing this plan. people were saying that all this time has come, we need to do something and we need to act fast. i was placed in the position of trying to come up with language as to what these would look like at trying to get someone to discuss them with me. that was a very difficult process to get someone to discuss them with me. i did the best that i could invoicing and common language what it would look like if we invested a little more and entertainment and took another look at how it fits into the western soma neighborhood of fabric. i intend to also do more outreach to the neighbors. if you want to talk to me, i am extremely available. i love meetings, i love getting coffee, please contact me. i mean yeah.

there are several people that have worked with me in the audience tonight, i am very open and willing to listen to your needs and concerns. i am not going to promise that i agree with everything you say, you will probably not agree with everything i say, but it is only through open dialogue that we can come to the best decisions and make sure that it is not just here say that we are reacting to. as to why this was brought to me, i was on the western soma planning task force that started with the arch representative making comments to me that he was looking for help looking into entertainment ever since the former entertainment person have left the discussion. he felt that he was having trouble getting these points listened to.

so i help him pursue this, and at every turn, we were told that we did not understand about to have this conversation. this conversation could not continue. and when you start telling me know and the small businesses starting yes, we would like to continue this, i feel that it is my duty to continue on. and check out what people have asked me to check out. i am not doing this to get anyone or do anything other than open up a conversation. i am just going to say that one more time. i would like to move forward in a positive way where my back is not against the wall to come up with planning speak that i don't know. i am hoping that we have a full board at the entertainment commission, which could have a full and vetted discussion

about entertainment that is not in the purvey, unnecessarily, of the actual taskforce since i was unable to get that discussion there. that is really all i have to say except that i am really glad you came out. i am not looking to extend entertainment throughout all of soma under everyone's roof. it is about some of the entertainment uses that have looked as far as the zoning end the conversation would continue from there. please contact me because now as when the work starts. commissioner joseph: please note commissioenner tan is present. >> i will call for public

comment, but before doing so, i would like to form this subcommittee that will have no less than three meetings that will engage the public in dialogue on this issue. on the subcommittee, i appoint a commissioner tan, commissioner hyde and myself. a three-member sub-committee. you will all get a copy of that agenda, and we will see you then. i look forward to public comment on this issue. i have some speaker cards. forgive me if i mispronounce your name. >> i have lived within the western soma community plan area for over 10 years. i have a vested interest in the

betterment of my community. i am here to ask you to stop this attempt to overrule the western plan. please respect the community plan as it is, there have been 66 community meetings discussing entertainment with input from all interested stakeholders. please do not ignore our well thought out and well the plan. show my neighborhood some respect and leave the plan alone. i suggest you start your own plan. thank you. >> next speaker, jeremy pulled. -- paul. >> my name is jeremy paul, i am a permit consultant and diocese people with projects goingthrough the permit process. this plan has been very -- a lot

of hard work has gone into it. there is so much quality in this document. i don't want to see a this, the quality of the essential core element of this document be threatened by a weak entertainment element. it really falls upon the entertainment division and the community that created its to support entertainment uses in the western soma. i have worked there for about 60 years and spent most of my days there. i feel very strongly that this plan as it now stands is very weak in how it supports entertainment uses and how it enables a entertainment uses to thrive and continue. many elements of this plan are accepted in a defacto sort of way but the planning department

as it reviews upcoming projects and the district. there is a preemptory review of the upcoming projects under the draft plan, the i don't think you can waste any time at all in getting serious about presenting alternative proposals as far as the entertainment uses in this district. >> [reading names] and anybody else that wants to speak on this issue, please line up on that side of the room. >> i live in the south of market district. my partner lives in the western soma planning area so i feel affected by any decisions in that area.

i will ask that you stop trying to hijack and spoil a well thought out and well vetted community plan. if sfgovtv would please show was on the overhead? i guess i could read it. you're starting a subcommittee with three members. how many mailings to zero residents are you going to do? the planning task force held all 7000 residents and other affected parties three times. 21,000 pieces of mail. you have the budget to send out 7000 mailings at least once? twice? three times? i guess no. you're starting a process, and a totally different process here. so far this commission has had

one public meeting prior to tonight. between 2006 and present, they have discussed entertainment and how it fits in in a balanced way with the rest of the other stakeholders and interests in the community. how many times is the subcommittee going to meet? we say it is just eleventh street, but if you attack eleventh street, your attacking all south of market residents. finally, and there really was the overhead was working right now, the entertainment division, we are setting up the three- member subcommittee. there are six members of the entire commission. there are 26 members of the task force appointed by the board of supervisors.

i will read the different members to you. honda president representative, one recent representative, when entertainment activities rep. a nonprofit developer, a for- profit developer, the san francisco transportation authority, a planning department representative which is very important. if the subcommittee doesn't have a planning person, what are you doing talking about planning? please back off. thank you. >> the evening, commissioners.

the neighborhood contains some of the most important entertainment venues in the city. these small businesses contribute to the san francisco economy and the city of the vibrant culture. we all of knowledge that they often conflict with residential uses and we don't oppose housing entirely because there are already neighbors that lived adjacent to these venues. some of them moved into the neighborhood because of the thriving nightlife. encouraging more housing in this neighborhood is asking for trouble. we support reforms that will improve the relationship between the nightlife and the community. if new housing is built in the neighborhood, it should be designed to take into consideration what is already there. like new construction that will protect residents from allies.

we also favor making entertainment a permanent use. making entertainment a permanent use will help ensure the viability of the businesses for years to come. it is a delicate negotiation and it is important to hear from the stakeholders' involved and we thank you for undertaking this process. people move to san francisco because of the vibrant culture. the economy has been hard on entertainment businesses. it is important to the city makes easier and not harder for these businesses to thrive. >> i've lived and owned property just off 11th