to always enforce the policy consistently. and so i guess what i am asking is, you know, do you have any recommendations? or will you bring any recommendations -- do you think it's an issue? do you think it's a public safety issue? and what would you bring to the table in order to address those kinds of issues, because ultimately from my perspective as someone who has a number of nightclubs in her district and someone who has challenges around security and i want to ultimately keep people safe and everyone is following the rules and what can we do in the city through the entertainment commission to make that happen? >> i don't have an answer for you right now; to be quite honest, and i am eager and up to the challenge of finding an answer to that. in fact, two

of the clubs that are in your district are my favorites, the filmore and yoshis and they probably don't have that problem. i can see where that is a problem, and probably particularly in the broadway area. >> and increasingly in the polk street area, it's rapidly becoming a bit of a challenge. >> that is very vibrant. you are right, polk street is very vibrant right now. but i look forward to working and solving that problem. >> thank you. >> so i think i have a follow-up question. you are aware of what the situation that supervisor breed is describing? >> i believe so. i believe that you are saying that there are some clubs that

don't have adequate security, or that are hiring security that are not well-informed. >> let me give you a real-life example. i am on the southeastern side and club kokomo will have a promoter that promotes and people come to the club and it's right in the residential area and several cars have been broken in and shootings in the area, one that resulted in a homicide several years prior. and there is a discrepancy between the neighbors being frustrated between the type of the security, the quality. so the party promoter and the people that own the property feel they should not have to pay to hire an sfpd officer who is off-duty, because they are

very expensive. but if you go through a private security firm, there are varying degrees of skillset that these security firms have. and questionable level of security that they are extending. so i'm not sure if this is what supervisor breed is necessarily trying to hone in, but you may be a user of nightlife, but from a security perspective, that which you built your career on, how do we begin to rectify that? how do we bring an elegant solution to a frustrating situation, where neighbors are living near or in some cases across the street or next door from businesses that are partying? this is something that is happening in the south of market and it happens in parts of the north beach area and this is a universal challenge

coming to security and nightlife. so we're looking to get some of our ideas and we're here to consider you as a candidate, because you are new and you are vibrant and you have a fresh set of eyes. so walk us through some of the things that you think -- even if it's just a gut-level, you know? >> right. i know that the station officers have asked the club owners to apprise them when there are promoters coming in, to rent out the clubs, particularly club kokomo and other venues. so that they can

remind them of security on-hand and there is a clear dialogue between them and also they can notify the neighborhood there is an event coming and be prepared. good neighbor policy requires are lighting and cameras to address some of the issues and other than that, i don't know what else to offer at this moment. >> okay, i know you are nervous, i can tell. because in our 101 in the office you were alive and vibrant and i understand how nerves can get a hold of someone, particularly when they really want something. so i have no further questions, mr. chair. thank you. >> sure.

and if you move further into this commission and get appointed, and if this issue of cafe kokomo, you can talk to me directly. i know that club very well. >> oh, do you? >> this is an avid salsa dancer right here. for members of the public that don't know, this man can cut a rug. >> thank you. >> i have a follow-up. i appreciate supervisor cohen going even further with examples and i still am a little concerned because i'm not necessarily getting a sense that there is a clear understanding of what i am looking for in your understanding of the role of the entertainment commission as it relates to permitting and as

it relates to public safety and i'm not looking at the entertainment commission in terms of being required to enforce whatever laws or regulations are implemented. i just want to make sure that there is a connection or a desire to make sure there is accountability in that connection. so the entertainment commission is giving out entertainment permits to a number of venues that provide nightlife all over san francisco. what is not happening is necessarily in many instances the enforcement side for security as it relates in the venue and outside the venue. so my biggest concern is public safety in that regard. and how it may not necessarily be responsible to continuously issue permits and not have a way to hold nightlife accountable to the requirements of those permits. so just what

i am looking for for this particular seat is someone with a vision for a plan that could help with that link, that could help lead towards policy, that would make what the entertainment commission does in terms of requirements more effective when they are issuing these to night life. when permits are issued to nightlife, how are we going to enforce those to keep both the participants of nightlife, as well as those who live around nightlife venues safe? so i'm just looking for that in this particular seat and just wondering if you could give some feedback to that? >> i have a very good relationship with the alcohol liaison unit, inspector darcy keller, and i have spoken with eight of the ten permit officers of the city.

and i have a good relationship and dialogue with deputy chief john lochtus. so i feel that given my openness and relationship are the police department, i will be able to bring those ideas to the entertainment commission. and steadfastly homicide them to that. >> thank you. >> thank you for the opportunity >> are there any public comments? and state whether or not you are in support of the

application. >> i am support of the appointment of barbara campagnoli and i think you will be very pleased th her on the commission and she is a quick study. she has a tremendous work ethic and if any of you know my work ethic, same model. and i think you will very, very pleased with this appointment and i think your offices will be very pleased with the working relationship she will develop with your staff. thank you very much. >> thank you my name is david heller, the president of the geary boulevard business improvement district and i had the opportunity to work with barbara for over 20 years, when she was the permit officer in our station. i think she has got a lot to bring to the table. i have never seen her in 20 years so nervous as she was here today. [ laughter ]

i guess, supervisor breed, your questions would have made me nervous too, you know? but honestly, if you look at her record, not only was she permit officer, but domestic violence and all sorts of issue that relate to this field and i really feel she will do an incredible job and i hope you guys will put her in, because we would use somebody like barbara on the commissioner. thank you so much and thank you for the opportunity. >> >> good afternoon. my name is janet leto, friend of barbara and i also in supervisor cohen's district and supervisor breed's district. >> what about my district?

>> you can't live everywhere although i probably did at one point. barbara is a good, honest woman and really cares about the people of this town, as you can tell. having known her over 20 years, our daughters went to school together and we had our 8th grade play party at cafe kokomo. the fact is that since barbara knows a lot of people in this town, everywhere i go with her, she knows somebody. so she can get the job done so well, because she is so well connected to this town. new year's eve we spent time together and many times she had to go as a police officer to help with security down at the

embarcadero. so she has actually had to put on extra gear to keep people safe. so she really wants safety of the city in place. i know there is a lot of stuff going on in this town, this summer especially, and i don't know when this would all come into effect. but you know, she wants to make sure that this city pulls it off well. i'm not sure exactly what else i can add to her credentials, but she is a fabulous person and you will not regret it. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ] colleagues, i want to thank barbara for reaching out to my office and for myself to have

an opportunity to have a discussion with her about this commission. and supervisor breed and supervisor cohen, thank you for your questions of her in regards to safety and so forth. to me, the question supervisor breed that you have brought up really is an issue that has not been solved. and that the ethics commission as a whole needs to be addressing this, and i appreciate barbara that although you didn't have an answer for those questions that you were honest about your willingness or you were honest that you didn't have the answers at this point. but the feeling i had when i spoke to you, that you were, as you stated, you were very open to things, and willing to look

at finding solutions so i will be supporting you to be nominated on this commission. any other thoughts, supervisors? >> thank you. so i am happy to move this nomination for consideration at the full board. i do believe she answered my question to my satisfaction in terms of offering to work with law enforcement and use her relationships in law enforcement in order to work on solutions with the entertainment commission, which is exactly what i was looking for and i think that is really important, especially in this seat. because we all want to enjoy san francisco's nightlife, but we also need a commission that implements polices that protect people and also an entertainment commission that has a good working relationship

with law enforcement to implement some of those regulations. so as nervous as he know she was coming up before us today, i could definitely see through that to know she would be a great fit for the entertainment commission and i truly appreciate former northern station captain castedo for stopping by today and lending his support and also submitting a letter to us in advance and happy to move this nomination forward to the full board. >> thank you, is there a second? >> second. >> without objection, the motion is passed. [ gavel ] congratulations. so item no. 4. >> item no. 4, motion confirming the mayor's re-appointment of kimberly brandon to the port commission for a term ending may 1, 2017.

>> are you representing kimberly? >> good afternoon, supervisor yee and supervisor breed and supervisor cohen. my name is carl williams and i am president of a san francisco african-american democratic club and i am here to support the re-appointment-- >> excuse me, kimberly, are you here? you are here, right? i'm sorry, i would like to have her speak first. you will get a chance. [ laughter ] >> that is fine. >> we're going to let kimberly speak first. thanks. >> we'll take public comment after i speak. >> oh, you are going to speak first? >> yes. >> okay. >> thank you. [ laughter ] >> for a second there, i thought you were nervous kimberly and you wanted him to speak in your place. >> and i am nervous. [ laughter ] but not that nervous. >> you have your whole family

here. >> supervisors yee, breed and cohen, thank you for allowing me to present today and i am here to ask that you support mayor lee's nomination. a lot of people including most of you have asked why do you want to continue on the port commission and my response remains the same, i have a passion for this city. i was born and raised here. i am a product of the public school system, including san francisco state university. i have worked, lived or gone to school in every district in this city and so i feel it's my obligation to give back to the city that has given me so much. over the past 16 years, i have had the opportunity to participate in so many incredible, incredible waterfront projects. if i listed them, we would be here all afternoon. i have seen the northern waterfront transformed into a destination point. bringing people from across the

world, but most importantly, locally, to work, live and enjoy the port from aquatic park to at&t park. now it's time to continue the transformation of the southern water front from china basin to indian basin and to make it equally accessible and enjoyable. we have an extraordinary opportunity to put thousands of people to work and to create new communities. i would love to remain and be a part of that and so many other legacis that are being established on the waterfront. i wish i could take all of the credit for the renovation of the waterfront myself, but i i have been so blessed to have worked with three mayors, you and your colleagues, great fellow commissioners, an amazing staff led by director

monique moyer and all of her wonderful cacs. with that, i am here to answer any questions >> colleagues, any questions? supervisor breed? >> yes. thank you. thank you for being here today, miss brandon. my question is around the proposed development of is it pier 70? the warrior city? >> no, that is 30-32. >> you yourself are actively engaged in a lot of community programs including on the board of directors of the ywca, which you are hosting a fundraiser tonight to raise money for that organization. >> thank you. >> and i know that you are a port commissioner and i know you vote on a lot of these major land deals, but what do you believe the obligation of many of the organizations like the warriors? what do you believe their responsibility is to san francisco outside of just construction and long-term

employment opportunities? >> that is a great question. and when the warriors deal first came to us and we were debating on the support, the terms, everything, shortly into the conversation, we as a port commission had to just step back and say wait a minute. we are not doing our job together. we are not talking to the community and taking the community concerns and interests and making sure that we are a part of all communities, not just south beach harbor. it's important for whatever project is done anywhere on the waterfront to be all-inclusive for the citizens of the city and county of san francisco. personally, as you said, the warriors have a representative that has joined the board of the bayview ywca and they have

joined the board of the embarcadero ywca. i have asked them to meet with ventures. there are so many great organizations, youth organizations that can use support that the warriors have to give. so i think that -- and i use the giants as an example all the time, because they are great corporate neighbors. the giants try to participate in various community activities. they hire from our communities. they hire residents from all over the city. and i use them as an example, in commission meetings whenever the warriors do a presentation and talk about what a great partnership that is. did i answer your question? >> yes. one more question. one of the challenges that we are going to be facing as a city in general is the issues around america's cup, and the fact that many believe that the city could potentially be on the hook for millions of dollars and i was wondering if you had any insight or

suggestions on how we can somehow hold america's cup's feet to the fire or what could we do different from a city perspective to make sure we are not on the hook completely for the financial responsibilities of this event that is coming up? >> yes, the america's cup has taken many forms since the beginning, and it's not going to be the project that we all hoped and thought it would be from the beginning. but saying that, i think as it has scaled down, so have the costs. and once again, we have a phenomenal staff at the port and director moyer is here. they have done an amazing job of trying to keep up with the changes along with making sure that the port is not responsible for whatever is not -- you know, covered somewhere else and making sure that the various committees that are responsible for

raising their various pots of money, that they are actually doing that. and that the port will not be responsible. as far as the city goes, i am not -- i have no jurisdiction over that. so at least i am not concerned about the port's finances in this deal. >> and also, this is my final question, so the port has a lot of property. and you enter into a number of leases with large companies that could potentially afford what market-rate is, as well as smaller entitis that don't always have the ability to afford market-rate. what are your opinions on balancing and making sure that everyone who needs access to the properties that exist throughout the port, how do you balance the equity of it all? for example, i don't know the name of the group, but they are the ones that make all the floats, often times for many of

the parades and they are not able to maybe afford what? >> and they still get discounted rates. even though they had to move because of america's cup, the location they moved to they are still getting discounted rents and so many different locations like delancy street and last week we had an informational presentation on our leasing polices. and there are a list of groups, who have discounted rates, because they can't afford to pay the market-rate and like now, our vacancy rate is so low that whether they are a large corporation with lots of money, like an auto or a small non-profit, we have limited space to lease right now. we do have non-profits and others who need lower rates.

>> you believe in those polices and believe we should maintain them? >> i believe that the polices are there, and the staff due to my request a couple of weeks are going through those with a fine-toothed comb to make sure those policies are good. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen. >> could you talk to me about your vision for the southern waterfront >> well, i have had so many visions for the southern waterfront, but i think with the build-out of mission bay and with the development of seawall lot 337 and with the development of pier 70, the southern waterfront is going to be truly transformed. i think that still we have to be able to focus on the

maritime industry and have the industry and residential together on the southern waterfront. the decision to move all heavy industrial uses to the southern waterfront was before me. but i know there are other cities that residential, commercial, and maritime all co-exist together and do it in a good way. so to continue to have those heavy industrial uses and make sure that they are using -- that the truck trips are down. that there is not a lot of dust and the whole thing, because we will have residential communitis in the southern waterfront. so my vision is to see the expansion of the redevelopment, but be able to have the heavy industry co-exist with the new transformation. >> one of the things that i have heard from neighbors that live over in the ramp, you

know, the port, and has put in parking meters along -- >> that is us and what is it? >> mta. >> mta. >> yes, you guys have the meters. so i know it's you [ [ laughter ] >> i know mta has a larger percentage of the streets, but go ahead. >> today it's port's day. we talked about pier 70, major, major development that is happening, that is transforming the dog patch and the southern waterfront and connecting bayview hunters point and the base yard to the waterfront and you have the people who will be living in these buildings and developments and then you have parking meters and explain to me, how we're going to recruit -- how many about this?

let me be a little fairer. walk me through the port's thought process >> well, i haven't really talked to the staff about what their thought process is for these parking meters, but i do know what sfmta came to the commission to discuss these new parking meters being implemented, we asked them to go back to the drawing board, because actually they had absolutely not do enough community outreach and taken the community's concerns into consideration. so far they haven't been back to the commission. so i'm not quite sure where they are now and if they have deleted some of the meters that they thought they were going to put or if they have had community input. so they haven't come back. so right now i don't know where they are, but i would definitely support -- and i always support and ask, you know, what does the community feel about this? are there any concerns? >> i understand.

actually, it neutralizes my next question because i was going ask your thought process as you heard as a commissioner voting on this, what were you thinking, but you haven't voted on it. >> i would say you have to go back to the community. >> and the next question is about the transit effectiveness program and how mta is looking to expand the 22 bus line into the port, into pier 70 specifically. it's a few years down the line, nonetheless, but maybe you could talk to me a little bit about your knowledge. >> hasn't come before the commission. >> hasn't come yet. i apologize for jumping. >> you know more than i do. >> these are things to certainly think about and i have to say you have been a really great partner in the past several years, not only as a role-model to many young women in the