i received no notice of oversight board meetings. the other key point is, this is really crucial, the project area committees and the citizens' advisory committees are nowhere near adequate public involvement. we need to put community members sent by the community as advisory members of the oversight board. we need to have the community vote for those people so that we are getting the public fully engaged in this process. we need this to we need this to get out of the echo chamber of the community branch so people can get involved. supervisor chu: thank you. i want to read a few more names. [reading names] >> we have been around for 30 years, and we train young adults

to enter the construction trade. as current contract is under the redevelopment agency program we provide great construction and solar installation training to 20 trainees a year, and replaced 80% of these graduates in a construction job. our graduates have opportunities to get placements on construction projects in solar and other employment. we understand that the mayor's plan for the city includes many references to jobs. our workforce program trains san franciscans for these jobs. with a system through the barriers that can hinder or prevent them from getting or seeking a job such as lack of a ged, driver's license, substance abuse. the impact of the closure of the redevelopment agency close the remaining half of this year's funding. this is 20 graduates who might not have any other opportunity to get a job in this area or trade. we ask that you consider reinstating the landing necessary to complete the

contract so we can continue to train individuals and overcome barriers. i would like to introduce one of our current students who can tell you what chain -- changes and opportunities our training has provided. again, i want thank you for your time. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am and attending student at asian neighborhood design. asian neighborhood design has been one of the biggest impact in my life. i am learning skills that will provide a pathway of success for my future. not only is it about building and framing homes, but ideas about building and framing the mine. through this employment training center, they are sharpening my craftsmanship techniques, making me more diligent and aware of my short-term, mid term, and long-

term goals. in all, becoming more reputable in this competitive job industry. i could be in numerous other places making decisions that would impact my family and my life, places like a king neighborhood design and other resource centers are a crucial added it in our community to provide directions for those who've lost sight. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the executive director of positive resource center. i live in district 6, a positive resource center located in district 6. part of district 6 is the northwest corridor. i did want to say, with all due respect to the presentation, it was a little stunning to see that jri was not mentioned in more detail and the impact it would have with the dissolution of the redevelopment agency. it is important to note that the

services that are being provided are barrier removal and, for positive resource center, the barrier's disability. while san francisco maintains and 8.1% to 8.2% unemployment rate, for those who are disabled, it is much higher. the services provided our community-based. the whole project over 18 months was a little over $1.7 million. we are looking for, if you continue that 18-month contract, until december of 2012, we would need another $617,000 approximately. if you annualize that on our city fiscal year budget, it would be $1.2 million worth of an investment, which has an incredible return on its investment. you cannot have economic empowerment and development without work force development. i will tell you this -- i see

cannot recreate history, and when we have welfare, it would take us 55 years before we have welfare reform, which led to welfare work. we should not take 55 years to figure out that when you want economic development, you have to have work force development that is tied to it. thank you for your consideration. >> good afternoon, supervisors. san francisco resident, executive director of young community developers inc. i definitely want to commend the director and her team for being able to continue a lot of the development with the dissolution of the redevelopment agency, but also ask questions and stated there is a big piece that was not part of the discussion in terms of the job rate initiative service providers from july 1 until the end of the year and actually for the entire complete fiscal year. we do not have six months to

wait on the state. we will need restoration funding starting july 1 within this new current budget, and that is just the reality of this. we are hoping that the possibility of finance from the general fund is a possibility. we have had conversations with directors at oewd, human services agency, and even though they do have to book its services, with the elimination of redevelopment, that creates a service debt. i do believe in efficiency. i understand that it would be great for another government entity to pick up the funding, but that is not the case. there are no more dollars that are dedicated to restoring the funding. i cannot begin to tell you how many organizations, with their participants to receive assistance in mitigation funding for driver's license issues, reentry restitution, union

dues, that the participants as well can be connected, and our jobs are not just in connection with construction jobs. there is going to be a huge gap. services will be eliminated as of june 30 in terms of the funding we receive from this. we're talking about $1.2 million of loss of human capital. just for the record, in 2011, organizations like young community developers place over 50% of participants, so this is critical funding to making drug connections, so thank you. >> thank you. -- supervisor chu: thank you. >> i am the director of operations at young community developers inc. i want to echo what my colleagues are saying. we have hit it over the head when it comes the finances, but

being on the program side, what i worry about most is there's no real transition or exit plan for the participants currently in the program. we have folks that still need help with these barriers to overcome in order for them to gain meaningful of climate, but there's no real strategy for these participants, so i definitely want to make sure that when we are having these conversations, we're keeping in mind. it is not just about the dollars, but the participants we are working with that we are really talking about here. not only that, but we are also talking about key staff. i know key staff that are on this redevelopment project that we have, and we definitely need to make sure we keep that in mind when we're talking about this. i want thank you for your time. >> good afternoon. i am a longtime worker from the

community from the view hunters point. many years ago, i was a housing development specialist under alioto when he was the mayor of san francisco. the program was 833 units that were built. what we're looking at is the community is in dire need of work. i am not just talking about shovel and paperwork. i am talking about the kind for families to send their kids to college. those opportunities are not getting to the community. when you advertise for your work or for your project or contracts, it never reaches the

community, the newspaper, and they only find out when someone calls them or lets them know that something is getting ready to go down. they are not in the loop, and that the quickest way to suppress a community. when i first got to san francisco in 1972, there were 37,000 people that live in bayview hunter's point. over 80% of those were black. you would be lucky if you find 10,000 black people there. it is tantamount to -- i hate to say this, but ethnic cleansing. we need to do something to help the community because there's other people out there other than people who have fixed and

shovels. there's other people who have other things on the agenda that they can do, and i hope you pay attention to that. pleased with the oversight board in plain view for everyone to see what they are doing and policies that they are setting. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> ♪ well, i think it is time we went up the redevelopment ladder to the roof you can see the revenue we can be closer to budget have been we can see we can see better than ever you can see all the money you endeavor you can see budget money and better forever

oh, would you like to ride in my pitiful budget redevelopment balloon away up in the air in my beautiful budget and blew the lead we can follow along the money starts to get there, you and died for we can fly we can fly up, up and away my beautiful budget balloone has suspended all of the city and city is down below us keep the money and we will ride it up up and away in the redevelopment way up, but, and away today

♪ thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. if there are other speakers who would like to comment but have not heard the name scott, please line up in the center aisle. otherwise, this will be the final speaker. >> you had given me two minutes, but let me tell you something, you are not going to get the full truth of how all of this came about. when i saw in the report that the third street corridor is left out -- let me tell you one thing -- when redevelopment came back into my community, i was the vice-chair for the southeast community development corporation to bring redevelopment back into my community, and that was prior to the committee being set up. we have the first saying what

did we want redevelopment to do on the fourth try? we came up with the third street corridor, and now, i'm seeing it is no longer there, and that was before the shipyard. that was before anything else came about. my time is going to be almost up, but let me say this to you all -- you know, i am sitting there listening to these young people talking about their projects being cut. fact is, the programs that they were responsible for, they just celebrated 39 years. part of the component was taken out and put here at city hall. workforce and citybuild. then, the funding started coming from oewd. you know, it is a sad situation how my community has been done by the redevelopment agency

since 1968. and then you are going to sit there and say everything is ok. no, no, no, no, everything is not ok. we have not received the promises that was gave to us in 1968. my church is still in a whole -- hole that it was not taken out of, but they can do something about it. thank you but no thank you. i listened to reports being made, people talking about stuff that don't have nothing to do with what is really going on. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. are there other speakers who wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any other questions? given that there are no questions at this time, i know this is going to be an item that will continue to be before us, whether through another hearing or through the budget, and there's a lot of things to be ironed out still. so if we could continue this

item to the call of the chair. we will continue this item that objection. are there other items before us? >> that completes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. hey, mark. hey, mark. hey. where've you been? i lost my cat. aw. that's not right. yeah. so i made this cat magnet to try and get him back. cool. does it work? kinda. [meow] nice. yeah. but that's not my cat. i gotta keep working on it. see ya see ya. see ya. announcer: anything's possible, keep thinking.

get started on your own inventions or just play some games at... >> welcome to the tuesday, april 10 meeting. hopefully, if appropriate, everybody has paid their property taxes. you have until midnight. if you're going to run out and do that, i recommend you do that. if not, welcome to the tuesday evening meeting of the entertainment commission. city and county of san francisco. ms. kane, would you please call the roll? director kane: [calling roll] we have a quorum. i don't know. we were expecting commissioner tan. i have no information on commissioner cavellini.

>> where are we at coming here? -- at, here? item number 1. public comment. members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public better with in the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes at the time such items are called. in other words, this is your time to talk to the commission about commission items that are not on the commission calendar. is there anybody who would like to address the commission in that vein? we will move right along to item two. review and approval of the minutes of march 27. let's see what we have got here. i believe we have a quorum. we can vote on the minutes. this is an exceptional moment.

>> i would like to make a move to approve the minutes. >> second. director kane: yes. [calling roll] >> ok. item number 3, report from the executive director. director kane: good evening, commissioners. i have a couple of things to cover with you. the first when i wanted to mention was to update you on the parking lot legislation, otherwise known as file 111077, or the lack of progress, i should say. it was scheduled twice to public safety. this is a reminder the legislation that is authored by president chiu to require more

lighting within 1,000 feet of our permit holders. hopefully you all have the legislative died just behind this memo for clarity. the legislation still has to beat -- has yet to be heard at the board of public safety committee, but we are expecting commissioner lee, dummy if we are seeing it by the end of may? commissioner lee: april 19 is what i saw. april 19 is the plan. director kane: we will continue to keep the commission informed of the progress of that. wanted to let another was a meeting on broadway regarding -- i don't know what else to call it, broadway street improvement, on april 4, that i attended. it was a very well-attended meeting at a venue down there in

the middle of the two blocks of broadway that had been a problem for us to discuss a number of changes being made. some are still under discussion by the venue owners and the neighbors. so, i am happy to report that at this time, i believe the tow- away signs we have been struggling with have now been replaced with 10:00 p.m. the diners have two more hours to eat their food without being towed away. the discussion of taxis zones and possible street closures on friday and saturday nights to assist after the push-out at 2:00 a.m., and help the lawyer issues, was seriously discussed and support it. at this point, it is a welcome change. it was -- there was serious

discussion about pros and cons. there was no conclusion made. i think there was progress being made. commissioner lee, you were there. commissioner hyde, as well. i feel very positive. there are maybe some changes that will start happening. that is really important, as well as the discussion of community benefit districting forms. that is a long process. it was brought up. i think that has got some forward motion. we will continue to keep the commission informed. we will hear from commissioners later on this as well. staff attended as well as commissioner joseph a meeting in richmond on the 28th of march that was hosted by supervisor mar at the library to focus on the safety issues. there were probably over 50

people there. there was a decent amount of media. i was there. i did answer some questions regarding jack in the box and the rocket room. the police were there. i think it was a good start. it is not clear whether supervisor mar will have additional meetings, but we will see. we will continue to be there as we are asked to be there. i wanted to -- i think i said this last time, let you know again that the promoter registry is online. it is up on our website. the url is super easy. sfpromoter.sfgov.org.

we need to populate it with all the promoters you have ever heard of in your life. >> i will populate it. >director kane: over-populated. it is super easy. free. it is required, which is maybe the point. we now have to get promoters to get on there so that everyone who has a then you can start using registered promoters. the next thing i wanted to do is have -- sort of present -- i do this a lot. i send the bizarre ideas on facebook, or an idea about -- sometimes. this one is really interesting, i think. i am not asking you to do anything besides talk about it tonight. it is basically about using

mimes at night to assist with the dispersion of people and to communicate how important it is to silently go from a venue to your home or your vehicle. we have come as you know, issues of noise from people leaving venues. in paris, they are starting to use night mimes. it is a program using artists who were communicating without speaking that it is important to mind where you are. i wanted to show you a little video to give you the idea. >> should we dim the lights? director kane: i don't know. it is not working. it is working on the computer.

how do we do it? anyway, i will keep talking. maybe it will work. but, i attached to this memo some information as well about it. basically, i said, it is two or three artists. it is a mediator that will go out and engage people as they're coming out, obviously in a positive way, to communicate that, and hand out information, and communicate that. in fact, it is important to quietly leave your -- go to your destination. and so, in paris, i think there are 50 neighborhoods they have targeted. there are 60 artists they're using. there are 20 mediators. ideally, i know it sounds a

little crazy, but the idea is to get sponsors to be able to pay the artists, and then use may be a nonprofit organization to get this program started and have the city support it, not in monetary way. we really don't have anything to give them. but, with information, with assistance, with whatever we can. we can try something positive as opposed to a constantly negative reaction to a problem. so, i don't know -- >> they have to switch it over in the control room. director kane: i will not fuss about it. i would gladly hear feedback from the commission. >> i have just one question. did you note in any of the stuff you researched -- was there any negative to anything? did they pushed them out of the

way and say, leave me alone, this is stupid, or screaming really loud? did you hear any of that? >> it has been a little difficult because everything is in french. i translated some of these articles for you. you can read them. it started the very end of march. i don't have feedback yet. they have a blog. the finding someone fluent in french is really the -- i think i will get more information if i had that ability. plus, i am sure there is not enough information yet to know whether -- i am sure there is all kind of reaction. we would not want to create more noise. yay. hurry up. it is 47 seconds. can you start it over? it is fine. ♪

[upbeat melody] [laughter] director kane: there it is. >> that is great. director kane: i am happy to bring back to the commission as well as i dig in little more, and see if there is any downside. i don't know that there is. >> [inaudible] [laughter] i have been reading that it started in barcelona.