i do not know if it is meeting right yet -- meteorite yet. but it is a dinosaur. and i found this great book. that brings me to my public comment. the bells of san francisco. i did not know what was sunshine week. what should we say? ♪ let the sunshine let the city sunshine and the sunshine in ♪ and with this book -- ♪ you can ring my city bell ring my bell dangling -- ding a ling you can make it swell. bring me said witches and food as well. -- sandwiches and food as well

you can take me to mel's you can make it swell you can ring my city bell ding a ling i hope your house you do not have to in cities here sell i hope you do not have to sell ding ding i know we sold our own for $25,000 we did sell, way back when i would like to win that old bell today ♪ you -- yo man. it is on the new york times if you want to look it up. dance party. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is kathryn hill and i

have a song to share. ♪ it's not just a bar closing down this kind of thing has been happening all over this town a family business closing its doors so our landlord can make a bit more leasing out space to a big box name making this neighborhood look the same i am going to put up a fight so i can say i tried to hang onto what is mine 47 years, i have been working here counting my dollars earning the blue-collar now i'm supposed to go without any say for these 47 years when i was a boy i came to this land i worked very hard

i worked with my hands i did what i had to do loving my wife i build a better life i came for hope all those years ago before the spirit broke 47 years i've been working here counting dollars burning the blue and white collar now i'm supposed to go without any say for these 47 years sitting in the bar tonight looking at is crystal lights i think of how built this place all the time it takes saving pennies counting dollars burning the blue in my collar --

earning the blue in my collar ♪ [laughter] --[applause] >> i have a public document i would like to put up. it is going to be a coincidence that 9/11 this year will be 911 days into the sabbatical cycle. another coincidence is that it will be 30 months plus 11 days from the 11th anniversary. the dictionary of a coincidence is a dictionary definition is occurring at the same time, taking up the same position in space at the same time, in effect agreement, identical. his hobby is coincidence with his vocation. i think of an incident that happened on palm sunday. people started yelling and screaming really loudly in this incident known as palm sunday. the pharisees were not really

happy about that. they told jesus to keep it down. as this incident happened, there was another incident i forgot to mention. jesus rhoden on a document -- on a donkey. they had the second incident of him riding on a donkey. i forgot the third incident that happened on palm sunday. it is recorded in some 118 -- psalm 118. this is the day the lord has made. i beseech thee, oh lord. send now prosperity. blessed be he that cometh in the name of the lord. jesus wept over jerusalem. he said if you had known of this

divine day -- he was referring to the data had rejected the chief cornerstone. daniel said when this event would happen, the precise year this would take place. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i would just like to say that i want the citizens to stand up for what is culturally important for the city, to stand up for what is historically important to them, stand up for what is important to them culturally. we have an opportunity right now with the gold dust lounge which is getting a lot of press. where the dust settles, no one really knows. but this is not a turning --

this is an opportunity to save part of san francisco city. if it is going to lost, -- going to be lost, it will be lost forever. it is a topic that could change the way things are this -- arkin -- are conducted down in union square. i want the people who live here to take the stand. -- a stand. president chiu: any other members of the public want to speak in public comment? if not, public comment is closed. madam clerk -- colleagues, what i would like to do is to go to our closed session at the end of today's agenda. so if we can go to our adoption without committee reference. >> items 25 through 29 are being considered for unanimous adoption without committee reference, but a single roll

call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever one of these items? i believe items 25 and 29 need to be severed. unless there is anything else, madam clerk, could you please call the roll on items 26 through 28? supervisor weiner: i severed item 25. president chiu: will call. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. item 25, opposing assembly bill

1678, regarding restrictions on food trucks' parks and in the two schools. -- in proximity to schools. supervisor weiner: i want to thank all of you for the significant support that you have all expressed over time for the opposition to this bill. fortunately, the opposition that has been able to organize in san francisco has sent a loud and clear message, and the author of the legislation, assemblywoman bonnie from carmel, who is a thoughtful and responsible legislator, has significantly amended the bill in a number of ways, including grandfathering in the local regulations that exist as of next january, which would include hours, and

statewide reducing the required distance of school trucks from 1,500 feet to 500 feet, and making it apply only to public schools, in addition to some other changes. although there are still some changes to be worked out, this is a pretty dramatic change to the legislation. as a result, i move to table item 25. president chiu: colleagues, any further discussion? i am sorry, supervisor weiner, but i did not touch the last of what he said. supervisor weiner: i moved to table. president chiu: seconded by supervisor campos. without objection, that shall be the case. >> item 29 is a motion authorizing corporation of britain proponent and opponent ballot arguments and rebuttals ballot arguments for submittal to the voters at the june 5,

2012 consolidated general municipal election. president chiu: our court had solicited suggestions for this motion. no one has volunteered to right arguments for either the garbage collection disposal measure or the coit tower measure. supervisor weiner has agreed to provide arguments with regard to the garbage collection measure and supervisor elsbernd coit tower. are there other suggestions? if not, i would like to entertain a motion to that effect. motion by supervisor elsbernd, seconded by supervisor farrell. we would strike the words with regards to support for language and the opponent measure.

supervisors elsbernd and weiner will do that. can we amend without objection? and then on the underlying case as amended? we did the last item with a unanimous vote. can we take the motion as amended to be approved, house, called? -- same call? as we have approved going into the closed session of item 27, can i have a motion without objection? >> item 24, the motion of the board of supervisors convene in closed session on march 13, 2012, with the mayor's office and the department of human resources regarding negotiations with labor unions representing city employees. president chiu: can we go into closed session without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. if we can ask members of

president chiu: . ladies and gentlemen, we are out of our closed session on item 24. could i entertain a motion to not disclose the deliberations we had in closed sessions. motion by supervisor farrell, seconded by supervisor avalos. with that, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor campos for the

late dorra shin amonte and for the late jake wilson, bulldog mayor of haight street. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? clerk: that concludes the business for today, mr. president chiu chiu president chiu: . cleex, we are adjourned.

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor mar: the meeting will come to order. good impact afternoon, everyone. it is monday, march 5, this is the land use and economic development committee. our clerk is of the similar period >> please make sure to silence all sell pounds and electronic devices. biodiesel minute to the clerk. these items will appear on the board of supervisors agenda must otherwise stated.

supervisor mar: please call item no. 2. >> item number two. ordinance amending the san francisco planning code section 429 to provide that developers currently required to spend 1% of construction costs for public artwork on any new development. supervisor chiu: i wanted to ask the deputy city attorney when we should appropriately notice this. >> thank you. this is a fee that is being imposed. it needs to have 14 days. when the legislation went from 75 down to the trigger, that aspect of it has not been noted. i recommend that this be continued and that an additional motives be issued for the lower

trigger. given that there are a number of different districts spelled out in this legislation, my suggestion would be to cast a broad notice to say that the potential fee would be imposed to all projects that are greater than 25,000 square feet. simplified relief for the clerk -- for the clue -- for the clerk. if you at some later time needed to add it in, and i understand it does not apply citywide, but if there was a specific district that he wanted to include, he would not have to make another notice. supervisor chiu: that makes sense. please notice it appropriately. you have a date when we might be of a comeback? >> march 26.

supervisor mar: we need to open this up to public comment. seeing no one, public comment is closed. can we please continue this until monday, march 26? thank you. please call item no. 1. >> hearing to receive an economic impact study of nightlife and entertainment in san francisco; requesting that the controller, with support from the entertainment commission. supervisor wiener: shortly after i took office i requested that the city do something we had never done before as a city. specifically to measure the economic impact of my life in san francisco. a frequent topic of discussion

frequently, we focus on the negatives and we give very focused on that. we are focusing on these sporadic,-events. we have not put together the positive economic solutions. the cultural importance of lite light in terms of defining the community and attracting the people of all ages to this city, having diversity in the city, in the lgbt community, the importance of my life to building community when people come out of the closet and thereafter. i requested that the city economist conducted this study and they will be presenting this study shortly.

this study required a lot of thinking outside the box and a lot of hard work. i want to thank mr. eagan for his very strong work around this study. in the future, it is my view that this study will provide us and others with a quick, actual data with which to make policy decisions. sometimes with nightlife entertainment, we make decisions based on assumptions and stereotypes without always looking at the actual facts as much as we should. this will provide us with not all of the facts, but many more facts than we had before. i also want to stress, and i believe that mr. eagan will stress this, this number is

quite conservative. first of all, the multiplier effect really does have a significant impact in terms of purchases from other businesses. it becomes a virtuous cycle of job creation in consumer spending. in terms of outdoor fairs and festivals, which are not always at night, but are sort of an adjunct to night life, they are very difficult to measure in terms of their economic contributions. some are easier than others. we know that folsom st., pride, a chinese new year, contribute as well. had we been able to get all of that data in this number, we would definitely be higher. i also just want to emphasize that in looking at night life of

venues, restaurants, bars, clubs, live performance venues, these are almost all businesses that are small. small businesses that struggle, just like every other small business struggles in terms of meeting a payroll and complying but city permitting and other requirements. they do provide health care in many cases. they contribute to the community. i know that the number of representatives in the castro, the key role that is played by night live venues, and members of the community working with the community can move the neighborhood forward. that said, i am going to invite -- first, colleagues, are there any introductory remarks? >> i really appreciate -- supervisor chiu: i really appreciate the leadership on

supporting the different small- business is that are a part of the late night entertainment, but also the various festivals we have a in the city. i know that we had a hearing a few meetings ago in which mentioned the tremendous economic benefits. i also think that in conversations with the hardly strictly bluegrass festival, the benefits and multiplier of facts or even much higher for that festival. i want to say that what brought me to the city was tremendous night life and cultural events in our neighborhood. from living around the corner to the clown in the stars, to all of the different places in the merchant quarters in my district as well. concerns to come up, like around the rocket room in other recent issues, so i am glad we are looking at this issue as we try to deal with other issues that come from my life in our neighborhoods. some of the entertainment commissioners are assisting me

in looking at bringing club owners and small businesses together with residents to address those issues. i see that the former entertainment commissioner is here, as well as stephen lee. i appreciate their being here. and thank you to supervisor wiener for the leadership on this issue. supervisor wiener: following up on but was just mentioned in terms of what you came here, it is challenging, sometimes, to be a young person in san francisco. it is expensive to live here and we do not produce as many jobs as we would like to, but i believe that my life is one of the things that draws in keeps young people here. not just because it makes for interesting city, but it provides a lot of jobs for young people. whether it is as waiters in restaurants or behind the bar, or at clubs, there are a lot of young people.

i want to stress that this report is not in any way a justification for my life venues who are not being responsible. everyone has to be responsible in the entertainment commission is working hard to hold everyone accountable. we can have a wonderful in supported night live and recognize that we have to play by the rules. that said, i would like to invite up our city economist, mr. eagan. after the presentation, we will hear from a few city departments and we will open it up to public comment. the yellow cards at the table in the front, if you wish to make public comment, please fill them out and we will call them at the appropriate time. >> good afternoon, supervisors. ted eagan, comptroller's office of economic analysis.

i would like to briefly go over the report on the economic impact of night life. thank you for your kind remarks on the report and would like to acknowledge the reports in the office, as well as the research development consultant on this project, who did really impressive work surveying the patients -- surveying the night life in the cold nights of december. essentially, the chief findings are two fold. first, night life is a major source of economic activity, jobs, and tax revenue for the city, but in terms of the net economic impact, it is an important driver. there are a lot of types of spending that represent large piles of money, because san francisco residents like to spend their money there, which is great, but there is an entirely different order for types of businesses that draw people into san francisco and

draw -- pump money into the economy that would not be there. that is where the multiplier effects really begin to kick in. in the scope of the study be thought it needed to revolve around businesses that would be open after 8:00 p.m. they were grouped into five categories. restaurants, including live entertainment it did not generally charge for the mission, bars that were like restaurants but did not serve food, then use and like clubs that were different in that they would charge for a mission and have live entertainment and deejays, what have you. there are also art galleries opened in the evening as well as other forms of performance art. we were looking for businesses that we could get statistics for, government economic statistics, but also in that category of being open after 8:00 p.m. as he said, and i want to

mention this, we were not able to incorporate outside festival in the events into that. by now we do mean to diminish -- mean to diminish their economic importance to the city, but each one of those events requires an economic impact report of their own. for example, of folsom street fair, 350 to 400,000 people, 40% coming from outside the bay area. a major driver, which has mentioned, generates over $60 billion for the city. -- $60 million for the city. our estimate is that there are 3200 businesses and industries of this sort in sentences go, employing nearly 48,000 people. this is the direct number of people employed in a restaurant, bars, night galleries, art galleries, in other venues. we ghi