my head. no one funded the pand and -- expansion that was called for in the mission direct or in the massive development there. we had a really rawkrous discussion for years by the m mta and the planning commission and prop 13 passed we started to lose money for transit, and one of the things that came out of that was a transportation impact development fee, and fees were put on downtown development. i am not as sang quinn as others that the eastern developments solved the problem. the eastern developments process kicked the can down the road. do we have a solution for folsom street? no. was it a priority for everyone in the process eastern and western soma? yes. then 14 is

an abomination down mission street. nothing moved. mission street doesn't have decent service. additionally the one thing missing from every transportation seen that i have ever seen is a map of the hills of san francisco. until you grasp the fact they're limited ways to get around the city because the mountains are in the way and the east is bay fill you have a transit system and mind set that everything is flat and everything is walkable and bikable and it's not true and the transit system needs to be adjusted for that. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there any additional public comment on item two? yes, please come forward. >> hi thank you very much. i am alice rogers, a resident in

south park, and i want to thank you so much for holding this hearing. it's long over due, and all of the salient points have been made. i just want to support the need and the rincon south beach mission bay south park central corridor neighborhoods, the need, the absolute need to solve these problems. so far it seems like our neighborhoods have been looked at revenue stream and density bonus and not considered as people. we really need this. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there any additional public comment on item number two? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues thank you for participating in today's hearing and to all members of the public who came forward and the departments that presented.

this is an ongoing conversation about the future of transportation in san francisco, and how we're going to insure that our transportation system meets the needs of our growing city so with that supervisor kim i would like to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> i will make that motion to continue the item to the call of the chair. >> okay. we can take that without objection. thank you. madam clerk can you please call item three. >> item three is amending the mission alcoholic beverage special use district and transfer of liquor licenses and cell alcohol for off sight consumption and grocery stores and certain uses in the valencia street controls and restrict conversion of ground floor retail to restaurants. >> thank you. supervisor campos and i are the co-authors of item three so i would like to turn it over to supervisor camp campos

for additional remarks. >> great. thank you very much mr. chairman. first let me thank you and your staff and andre powers and my legislative aide nathan and we have been working on this for quite some time and i appreciate the very collaborative nature of this under taking. as some folks maybe aware the mission currently has the oldest special use district, specifically a special use district the mission called special use district which was originally established back in the early 1990's to address the issue of proliferation and clustering of businesses serving alcohol throughout the mission. the special use district that was created was in response to community efforts to address that problem and calls by the

community that we in city government do something. the special use district that has been in place this whole time covers all of the mission as well as the neighborhoods of lawinga and it has been for the last 17 years unchanged, and in the last few years -- in fact since i was elected to my office and supervisor wiener since you have been elected as well, we have heard from a number of community folks, not only businesses, residents, for us to look -- to take a look back at what the special use district is and whether or not there is a need to tweak it. let me actually note that it's only fitting that supervisor zane jane is also in committee because for a time when she was -- when her district, district 6, include the north mission, this is an issue that we also

talked to her about from both offices, so a while back my office working with supervisor wiener developed a year long community and stakeholders process that basically brought people together from the entire neighborhood and got community input whether or not changes should be made, and i think that it's fair to say there was a wide range of opinions from people who feel and felt that special use districts should remain as is to people that believe that special use district should be eliminated and what we have here in this piece of legislation is an ordinance that strikes a balance between the different comments we received. it doesn't eliminate the special use district but it does update it in such a way it allows new community based entrepreneurship while at the same time continuing to regulate alcohol

because we know that the issue of proliferation of alcohol remains an issue in the mission. without going into the specifics of the legislation some of the points that are included that it allows for neighborhood grocery stores to sell limited amounts of beer and wine. it improves the ability of current business owners to make repairs, renovations and become ada compliant. it allows transfers within the special use district so those are some of the changes this makes and i think that this is another example of how it is appropriate from time to time to revisit some of the changes -- some of the laws that are passed and see whether or not changes are needed. we believe this piece of legislation strikes the right balance based on the different feedback that we received. i am very proud of the legislation. i want to

thank also the members of the community who have been involved in this process throughout the neighborhood including the valencia corridor, 24th street, the mission corridor, people from all over the neighborhood have commented, and lastly once again thank nadal from my office and supervisor wiener and your staff for your work. >> thank you supervisor campos and also i had a few remarks. i'm actually very excited that we're here today with this legislation. it has been years over due, and i think i'm going to have some real positive changes for the mission. shortly after i took office supervisor kim and i started tag teaming on one off exemptions to the mission alcohol special use district because while -- this isn't just my view -- that this

special use district served an important purpose when it was first enacted 20 years ago in terms of combating alcohol blight in the mission. over time in my view out lived its usefulness, and we saw a few years ago at the bowling alley that went on at 17th and south van ness that project was going to fall apart because they weren't going to be able to serve beer so did did a one off exemption for movie theaters. when the roxy theater which is a treasure of community institution wanted to serve wine and beer to help survive such a unique san francisco mission institution they were prohibited and we did another exemption for that and each time i gave the standard speech while it's great to do the one off exemptions it's not good policy and we

need to fundamentally address of the problems that were caused and that valencia whole foods can't get a license but a large store can and a lounge has trouble becoming ada compliant and if they do so they're going to lose the license and a store may close down and not reopen again because the special use district would cause the liquor license to be forfeited so over time the district was starting to stifle positive change and innovation in the neighborhood and it was time to take action, and i really want to thank supervisor campos because for me i have always been -- i have clear and public view about this district. supervisor i know this is a real challenging for you and there are a lot of in

the neighborhood and i am appreciate of the subtle and thoughtful approach that you took to this, and it a pleasure to collaborate together on it. i think this is going to be a very positive thing. i want to note that we do have a few amendments today, and i just want to briefly describe them. i understand none of them would require a continue scpans we could act today. there are three sets of amendments. one is clerical and organization amendments suggested by planning department staff contained in the planning commission motion. one is a clarification of what was intended from the beginning and specifically that the controls of the district only apply within the district and not did you ever zone surrounding the. >> >> district and also a clarification that came up during the process to ensure that we don't inadvertently

change the existing controls for large grocery stores so i do have those amendments and we will ask they're adopted after we take public comment, and finally i want to note that we -- one additional aspect of this is relating to valencia street and specifically there has been a wonderful increase in very interesting and great restaurantos valencia street and we want to foster that and we want valencia street to be a cutting edge food destination. we also want to ensure that we don't ruse retail spaces through conversion of retail spaces to restaurants without there being additional scrutiny through the conditional use process so that is an additional aspect of the legislation so with that if there are no additional comments colleagues we will go to the planning department. sophie hayward from the department. >> good afternoon chair wiener

and members of the committee. planning staff. i will note that the planning commission considering the amendments last week thursday at the regularly scheduled hearing. they passed the resolution in support of the proposal and the vote was 6-0. the commission did as you noted make a association of proposed modifications and those were intended to clarify implementation for planning. the overall proposal was supported by the commission and i am available for questions if you have any. >> thank you ms. hayward. seeing no questions we will open it up to public comment. is there any public comment on item number three? yes please come forward. >> i am not seeing resistance on this, just to support it. i am herman [inaudible] and own the elixir and owned the property

for 10 years and the property and a commercial condominium and i own both of those so i have not been able to expand my bar to complete. meanwhile this law allowed all the new restaurants to open in the mission with full liquor licenses and have cocktail bars and steal business from the other bars in the neighborhood. "steal" maybe rough. the business is vibrant and we get lots of attention for that which is great and it's fun but the pie is spread thinner and in order to compete with that this will help to expand into that space as well as allow me to make ada adjustments for the property and give me an ada entrance, build an ada bar, and other improvements that will keep me from being shaken down like i have been from so-called

aba based complaints and my bar is historic and i don't want to make the changes to the bar and ruin that aspect in order to do that and if you for putting this together. it's been a long time coming and i appreciate it. >> thank you very much. is there any commercial public comment on item number three? seeing none public comment is closed. well, that was a -- i think a year ago we would have three hours of public comment. it shows what a good process we had leading up to the legislation. supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just wanted to acknowledge the immense work of the co-sponsors and supervisor wiener and campos on this and it shows when there are things that are applicability there is the ability to revisit t my office

was familiar with it representing a portion of the area and mission bowling alley was interested in opening and a part of the mission that would welcome this type of small business but was unfortunately restricted in obtaining a liquor license and reading the legislation i mentioned to supervisor wiener it's amazing how carefully crafted this is and taking the concerns. the mission is incredibly diverse. we have the valencia corridor and has the stores and organic beer and wine sales but liquor stores persist in other parts of the mission and a concern for the youth and families that want to live in a safe and healthy neighborhood and i appreciate this and the good neighborhood requirements established for new and expanding liquor stores. i think this is all going to be a positive change for this area

so i want to thank both the co-sponsors. >> thank you supervisor. supervisor campos. >> thank you mr. chair. i wanted to echo the comments that when we started the process we would be here and in the mission with as diverse as it is and gjd people are and there is some consensus. one thing that became clear the more people spoke and talked to each other they realized there was more common ground. that was one of the things that became clear in the many community meetings we had and i want to acknowledge supervisor wiener's willingness to also have an open mind having indicated a desire perhaps to consider limiting the sud, your willingness to really engage my constituents, your constituents how we found that common ground. i ulc want to acknowledge the planning department and they

came to many of the meetings and i think it's again a testament to the fact that the community was willing to listen to each other and i am very proud of that. >> great. thank you supervisor campos. if there are no additional comments colleagues the amendments that i described before could we have a motion to adopt those amendments? >> so moved. >> okay. and can we take that without objection? okay. those amendments are adopted and could we have a motion to forward item three with a positive recommendation to the full board as a committee report? >> so moved. >> okay. and can we take that without objection? that will be the order. thank you colleagues. madam clerk can we take -- we're going to do item five and then item four so can you please call item five. >> item five is an ordinance changing theode for a healthy

food retailer incentive program. >> and supervisor mar is the author of item five. >> thank you supervisor wiener. i know that people have been waiting for a long time in this marathon land use committee meeting that we're less than halfway through so i will get through this as quickly as possible but still paying great respect to the grass-roots leaders with us and the coalition that come together to promote the healthy food retailer program. i want to say first my co-sponsors supervisor zane jane and malia cohen and our president david chiu have seened on as co-sponsors so the speakers we will have in the formal part of this supervisor co-sponsor supervisor zane jane are the office of economic and workforce development jorge reebace and one of the experts

with [inaudible] associates larry rusha, also the co-chair for the southeast work group which houses the food guardians and other great programs and mike janice who is the wholesale produce manager or the manager for the whole access produce market. also three grass-roots leaders kenneth hill from the food guardians. jessica estrada from dy dc and ryan thier and both coordinating the great work of the tenderloin coalition and there is a number of youth and other leaders that are speaking in public comment. i wanted to say first off that this process to develop this legislation has taken several years looking at best practice in efforts in the bay view hunter's point area and philadelphia and new york and

brooklyn and east bay for models of communities struggling to transform themselves from the corner stores that sell cigarettes and alcohol to neighborhoods that have much more businesses that sell healthy affordable and fresh produce. i also wanted to say that many of the food justice and access leaders that i have had the honor of working with helped me understand that food access and the struggle for healthy food in neighborhoods is a civil rights issue for many of the lowest income neighborhoods and on a city wide level as well, so this legislation sets up a pilot program that is city wide that draws from the amazing work from the bay view and the tenderloin neighborhoods and other neighborhoods as well. i also wanted to say too it's a coalition of not only the food access groups and grass root organizations but small businesses and their associations. jobs with justice played a key role and i am

grateful we have people here from jobs with justice and also the grass-roots coalition in the bay view and the tenderloin and the support is significant and also spur, our city planning association, plus many other community based groups and alliances. also this piece of legislation will increase healthy food in many areas of our cities. i think some call them food deserts, food swamps is a term i learned today but we are addressing the inequality in many neighborhoods and access to food. many of the small businesses, the so call mom and pop stores need support to transition to healthier stores and this will help them three year period to sustain themselves as well so this will

provide incentives that will be explained later to make businesses healthy businesses in our neighborhoods. the legislation also is supported i think importantly by the arab america's grocer's association and discussions with many of the owners in small businesses have been critical in developing this legislation. in many parts of the city there is lack of quality full service markets that offer fresh produce, whole grains and lean protein sources, but also an over abundance of coconvenience stores that tend to tell alcohol, junk food and high in 1589, if. >> >> >> fat and sugar and gives effective tools to offer the communities better products. i'm going to briefly say that the program will work in the following way. stores that voluntarily choose to participate in the program will

be assessed by the program and then matched with appropriate incentives and would agree to specific healthy food and other charges in their am stores and housed in the office of office of economic development and with community partners. groups will work together and experienced store makeover consultants and will create a centralized resource center or one stop shop for owners to access the array of services and support resources. an advisory group comprised of industry experts and staff will meet to prioritize this technical assistance and guidance as the plan develops. to participate in the program retailers must agree to deliverables meeting the healthy retearer definition which is three characteristics. one the store must devote at

least 35% of selling area to fresh produce, whole grains, lean proteins and low dairy fat products to participate in the program. number two, in addition the retailer must have no more 20% to tobacco and alcohol so less than a fifth of the store is dedicated to alcohol and tobacco and the last characteristic is the retailer must satisfy the minimum age requirements for employees set forth in san francisco's administrative code. the primary vehicle for providing these incentives are in the invest neighborhood programs and active in the neighborhoods that are targeted and i am proud to have this legislation that is gross r grass roots and. >> >> and i would like to invite supervisor zane jane who is a co-sponsor to say a few words. >> and i want to thank

supervisor mar's office and taking the load and recognize supervisor malia cohen as well. this is an equity issue and identified really grass roots in our neighborhood and one that i represent, the tenderloin, and i want to acknowledge many of the leaders and organizers who have been actively involved to formulate this legislation but also in initialing efforts within the neighborhood as well outside of city hall and i want to recognize jessica estrada, ryan bayer from tenderloin development corporation, steve tennis and clifford gilmore from the sro collaborative who are part of and form the tenderloin healthy store campaign and a collaboration among the youth and residents and working with the businesses to make them healthy corner stores for the

neighborhood and i think this is important because for years we have struggled as a neighborhood to attract a full service grocery store to the tenderloin and viewed as the answer to this issue, but what has been great over the last year residents are realizing instead of waiting for the full grocery store to come in let's turn around the businesses in our neighborhood to serve healthier products to our residents. we have 70 stores /liquor stores in the neighborhood and a high concentration but we have learned through outreach through residents or our office that many of the small businesses are interested in changing the way they do business but would like guidance and tools as was mentioned and this incentive program is a great way to

incentivize the change and profit that is good for economic development for themselves so this legislation is literally about transformation, both physical transformation and also behavioral and health transformation in a neighborhood that has a lower life expectancy than others, and also something folks should check out a report that was released by the tenderloin healthy store campaign and surveyed all 73 liquor /corner stores in the neighborhood and through the survey they were able to rate each store, one to four stars, depending on the type of food, the quality of the foods that they sold. meaning they were selling at least 60% healthy foods and the lean meats and the vegetables and the whole milk mill and eggs and the advertising on

the stores and whether they accept ebt and wik and one of the residents said this earlier. it's" not just about fresh and access food but food that is available to our residents" and i encourage our folks to shop at stores with three stores and we have one store that has four stars and good for the neighborhood and we can spread and role model this type of business to the rest of our grocery corner stores in the neighborhood. i also want to thank the arab grocery association and they are part of the neighborhood and they can be part of the solution but they need the education in order to turn businesses around and i want to thank the supervisors

for leading this. i am really excited about the changes we're going to see in the tenderloin neighborhood and appreciative of the residents for the work they have done and our office looking forward to supporting more in the tenderloin. >> thank you and another supervisor is supervisor david. >> thank you and i want to thank you for your work on this issue and i sponsored legislation around urban garnenning and there is an aspect to that and allowing for home grown foods and supervisor mar co-sponsored that and i am happy to add myself to sponsor this legislation. i think in the city we are leading the way with healthy foods but with dense neighborhoods in the country and supervisor kim's district and mine i hear from residents that they want moss