so i look forward to hearing our thoughts and i hope you'll find this proposal worthy of your support. commissioner joseph has a question >> as you know this is the entertainment commission and each one of us up here represents a different constituency. i.e., represent the industry and i'm very concerned about this legislation. i think it's a slippery slope i think supervisor chiu had a moratorium. it says under existing law the restrictions are existing to preserve the character of different neighborhoods isn't the characters of broadway isn't that one of the draws that brings people into san francisco to inhibit the growth of that to allow liquor licenses to be

transferred out of the area and not back in is a major problem for the city and tourism. there's been lots of improvements on broadway the violence is down on broadway and a broadway has a diversity of establishment like restaurants and clubs which have liquor licenses and bars that have liquor licenses and one or two strip journalist. that's the difference of entertainment. some people go to dine or go to the clubs but recycling it this way you're taking out the diversity of entertainment along the broadway corridor which is an important part of the city. i hear from officer every time he comes here violence is adopt

in the area. and again, i think that keep moratoriums left and right over the city is not a good thing. are our population is growing not getting smaller we need more places and our population is younger and we need more places for people to go especially in the barkingy coast. if you take all this stuff taking into consideration and the broadway is a commercial corridor what have we done to lose the violate and diversity along that corridor what does your group come up with >> the broadway district was a major issue and the idea behind the cv d is to increase the vitality of the district.

>> okay. >> commissioners commissioner hyde. things for coming out. i'm going to disagree with commissioner joseph about the diversity. i think we're seeing a hometion. there's a few clubs on broadway and a lot of these strip clubs. i i know one of the reasons that broadway was having problems there wasn't a exist of entertainment. i don't feel that limiting them while there's a abundance of wound type of daerment is necessarily going towards diversity. and also i don't think this does anything to the 19 and there establishments. many times at commission we've heard how those establishments

areococcus problem with these the young people coming and standing on the street and acting in inappropriate means and hanging out in areas where they have to move on. also i was wondering if you looked into a cabstand this was something when i talked to the - where are they that send people to parts of the hotel >> connoisseurs. they don't send people there because there's no cab service so thank you. i'm glad you appreciate that. and then also there are many, many other ideas such as, you know, having the hours open

later so people can sober up inside the clubs and stuff like that and i haven't seen any of the more progressive ideas moving forward and i pope hope there's more conversation. finally, you i've been going to cab reports and when you look at the cab reports i said to say all businesses have equal museums of complaints. so again that goes back to the diversity so the streets so find ways to give and talk to the san francisco recording academy to get some of the smaller groups to come there and diversity the street >> commissioner lee. >> my only comment is the

moratorium of 2 years is pretty short but you have a lot of empty store fronts on broadway. there's been deals killed of not knowing what's going to be happening with the moratorium now they're forced to have a 47. there's a lot of if i believe. it's requestingable whether there's financial interests people are skeptical if we want to invest people. if they're pushing this two year moratorium ways the plan to, you know, is there a tax incentive. how are you going to get renter into those empty building you've got the crowbar and randy across the street.

there's a lot of different store front and now the cv b has been formed i want 0 hear about that >> correct me if i am wrong wasn't there a piece of legislation passed when a liquor license is not been re-established that in 3 years joe's lip weren't we worried about crowbar if the liquor license was activated in that space. >> i'm not sure what you're talking about you could be talking about the zoning. the entertainment of conditional use in that area right currently there are might have have been an issue of abandonment

>> i think there was something before the board and i don't remember. >> there was that in west selma i i know. >> i know it was there but the first time it came around was for the broadway corridor. >> any, any constrictions have questions or comments. one thing i think we didn't make an official stance on what happened on the moratorium. we not in favor of the moratorium we are willing for creativity thinkers to come in. one of the things within here that's concerting for me if they abandon the use within a year they lose the ability to run a club. i think 2 years for more to your memory for a club can work by putting other roadblocks becomes

a challenge. there's fascinates you know that are able to run a club but if they abandon for a year you're changing the character of what people are trying to do. i would around at this time but broadway used to work and it it doesn't work today but it's not as a result of the liquor licenses. that's the question that needs to be asked this is putting the blame on them >> any other commissioners. >> i think you're totally right there's not enough live venues there. there's no exist in comedy clubs and stuff like that. i'm also i forget to mention i'm concerned about the band time of use. if you took a place that was used as a club what are you

going to pit in there. i know that people were talking about cleaners and shoe repairs are not floek to broadway. i think that it's really important that listen there's a lot of big buildings going up in those towns we need to keep the san francisco buildings character within that character and i agree i think this liquor license thing is not the way to do it. the liquor licenses are not the cause of the changes in the neighborhood. it's throwing the baby out with the bathwater >> any other commissioners questions or comments thank you for preparing to us. i'm going to take any public comment on this issue. i have quite a few here.

(calling names) >> good evening. i'm did owner of club monroe located on broadway i've been there 3 years. i can't tell you everybody in 3 minutes. i remember when i came to broadway our smoking patio was there when the fights happened. there was a lot of fights and a lot of gang activities and a lot of problems. the police report is the assume way. one of the reasons it's stopped because two clubs are not operating. only monroe and atmosphere is

operating cosmo is not doing anything nor horizon. they dropped because the operators are not there anywhere. the reason we asked for this 48 legislation is this is a crucial time right now we could change the block by having a liquor license we're not saying no to liquor sales but we are going trying to have control if the operator comes in and has the liquor license and miss back of these we're trying to prevent an experienced operator coming in and trying to do the best they have the best intentions they cannot do it so they turn to bad promoters >> they turn to the promotes

and the promoters bring anyone they have to investment in the block or business and once things are bad they leave. so that way they misbehave. if they have a 47 how come they're not doing the right thing >> now we have (calling names). >> good evening commissioners aim president of the north beach association. we want to lend our support to our fellow businesses on broadway. many of the members are also members of our organization. we think this is a very small narrow scoped piece of legislation. frankly we feel that having

1748s on two blocks is sufficient for the moment. we can review this in two years. ; right we're in no means anti business or entertainment. we're excited about seeing more entertainment that's not strictly alcohol based. we want to see music and all the things that have been driven out because university drunken hoards that come to drink. we want them to eat and be entertained where we're asking for a little bit of time to settle down. there are plenty of people that will come in and take the empty spaces when they know there's another type of crowd. i know myself i wouldn't go down

there on the we understand. i would like to go out and eat dinner and see live entertainment it's difficult 0 right now >> thank you. (calling names) >> i'm jordan. my name is my family has owned the building for one hundred and 50 years. we've lived in san francisco for over 2 hundred years. what the cv d is doing is anti business and will economically kill the neighborhood and devastating for my family. we've had restaurants and bars in it. and for 2 1/2 years i've been trying to open a lounge on the

first floor to try to bring it up. the people who introduced this legislation are not business friendly they're from the dwellers who have been opposed to liquor licenses for 20 or 25 years. in their opinion what's going on it's interrupting our constitutional right to it due process. my 88-year-old grandmother owns this building she is selling her homes since we can't do business in our own building she's selling her home. i'm disappointed and i feel like property owners are being you pushed. >> i have a point of information. can you tell me how it is your

shut down from remodeling >> we come into the neighborhood my partners are sports people. we didn't acquit understand the amount of outreach and admittedly we didn't talk to enough people at the beginning. once we realized your mistakes we prepared a number of information. we have a business plan that includes economic projects and from day won those people said they don't support any new bars >> who's those people. the telephone graph dwellers and the north beach association >> thank you. next, i have

(calling names) >> good evening. i'm mike. i've been a resident of the area almost thirty years and i agree with commissioner hyde there for the past several years broadway has been strip clubs and night clubs not much diversity and it attracts a specific crowd and has been a dangerous crowd. i've been working with those various groups trying to make progress. we need a little bit of a breather to attract different types of businesses. this idea that people in the neighborhoods are anti entertainment and we're definitely not into entertainment we're - i actively remember broadway when there was more live entertainment.

there's no reason currently for anyone from the neighborhood to go to broadway. there's no reason. we want a little bit of a breather to try to attract different types of businesses. and we don't feel that full liquor is necessary for a diverse neighborhood we're not anti fun we only want responsible business owners to come in and create a difference >> how are you going to attract now businesses. >> if people see a change maybe the environment is different they maybe more prone to go in

there. the area has a reputation and i think other certain types of businesses and restaurants >> you have a change to the area. >> (calling names). >> good evening, commissioners we were laufrg we've been trying to get a cab on broadway as well. i appreciate our hands in support of this issue. i lived on broadway in the loose 16 years and walking the neighborhood and the street and living there day in and out as i walk the dog and so forth i've talked to a lot of businesses. we're sick of it. we're complaining in the mirror

how horrible it was how people shut themselves up every wednesday. we finally, woem woke up and said let's organize and with work the community leaders in this city to anyone who wishes to speak this a better place we got the sheriff and the da and supervisor chiu everybody tloi their hands in the most diverse area everyone can go to have you fun. we the short block two year window so we can go through the platoon to do outreach and do the rebrand ambassador right now you talk to any san franciscan and they're staying away from broadway. people have to be bused in to go to broadway and their wasted

when they show up. i'm looking forward to our support so we can celebrate this together >> that was a great presentation. >> next up (calling names). >> hello. good evening, commissioners. i'm a lawyer >> can you speak into the micro. >> i'm a lawyer, in fact, i've repealed mr. jordan ankle here. i have a short period of time i listened to the commissioner hyde and commissioner josephs comments. i'm going to cover a lot of

things. the first thing was the cad reports. that kiss through the bull and public delineation and cuts through the politics behind her. it cuts through the community business district which those members that are in the steering committee they represent almost 80 percent 1 one hundred and 47 pages of crime those individuals that are on the steering committee of david chow and he knows this because we delivered this to him 5 months ago and no one's done a single thing about it. we've been mr. angle has been

crucified. there's an empty business and a beautiful location frozen. this is a simple motivator that's going on here. there's issues taken because i'm a criminal defense lawyer. what you would consider the wrong side and i know what's going on in this community. it starts with certainty individuals that are calling the shots. the cv d >> your time is up sir, and we have the cv d as we have the head of the strip clubs. >> okay. your time is up. thank you >> thank you. (calling names)

>> anyone else who's interested please lineup. >> please gives that taxi stand we can't afford that. i'm stephanie greenberg. i'm here to support the ordinance. as you know broadway area stakeholders and agencies have been working together to have real change on broadway. the area has a well-known reputation for crime issues. this impacts not only the resident. the healthy - they've asked supervisor chiu to write this legislation. after much negotiation this was an important tool. clearly broadway is a high crime

area and has a saturation of liquor licenses there's a daycare center on those two blocks or within 2 hundred or 3 hundred blocks. it's a dense residential district and we want to coordinate and work together. obviously crime is a serious cost to the city and it negative gaits the area. there's very few businesses we don't want shoe repair businesses. we're keeping locals away it's been a magnet for danger. we've got fights and the impact is real in our community. we want to let our safety and other improvements to take how

old this is a limited scope moratorium it doesn't stop liquor licenses and it doesn't negate entertainment. with 17 liquor licenses >> your time is up and you, get our liquor if you want it. last i think i of (calling names) >> so, you know, we think this is really a special neighborhood. it's the original entertainment zone in san francisco; right? we want to keep it. we're not anti entertainment our preaching to the choir when you talk about more turmdz but broadway has to be a little bit more nuisance pr bureau ban just

signed a lease. he says i was approached before you it wasn't the right the time time but things on broadway have gotten better he's signed a lease. this is how we are going to attract more people. we're getting our arms around this thing the life and a safety issues on broadway. what would happen if this thing goes setting their going to try to kill that entertainment district. we're crowded with residentials we need to fix this thing we're not trying to kill the district but to nurture it.

>> i've got two questions. what happens if an operator can't or doesn't want to do food. does that prohibit them from going forward to do it. not everybody don't food >> for the next two years if you don't want to come in with a 47 then our on the sidelines. >> and if not. >> i'm supporting the moratorium for 2 reinforces. >> do you have a plan in place so the board of supervisors lobbies to extend this beyond 2 years. it doesn't century you know it's

repealed but they can not repeal it. do you guys have a plan for that >> no. >> have you thought about that. >> i assume we're going to vote think it tomorrow it will be for the 2 year period. i'm the most pro entertainment guy you're going to find >> i also have a point of information. how many venues do you own on those two blocks. >> welcome are you talking about businesses or properties. >> we'll go b with entertainment businesses. >> or businesses. >> 9. >> and how many of them sell alcohol? >>