november 26th and that the local housing trust fund will operate 5 years after the h cd awards the grant i can certainly provide for information or perhaps we'll come back if awarded the grant >> thank you, ms. hay word if no comments or questions any public comment on item 2. i think i heard someone say

something in the crowd there >> item 2 any public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues could i have it forwarded to the full board. okay we'll take that without objection.. madam clerk, can you call item 3 >> it's a hearing with the transportation entities to discuss the late night transportation plan. >> thank you. i requested this hearing today on late ethnic transportation which is a very important i think topic for the city to discuss this. the purpose of today is hearing is talk about the current state

of late night transportation or the logic therefore and what we can do to improve it. san francisco doesn't shut down at rush hour and sometimes, it seems like portion of our transportation system seems like it does there's a belief that no one needs to get around once the daytime working day comes to a close. at today's hearing e hearing we'llenter hear from transportation providers and businesses and workers and people who enjoy the night life to hear what we do right and what we can do better. in 2011 one of my first acts in agree the city economist be

reported on the economic impact on the night life in san francisco. the city economists reported that the night time economy known as the other 9 to 5 triths $9.4 billion just in san francisco not the bay area. the report determined this economic sector applies approximately 48 thousand people and in includes many young people. those are largely middle-class and working class jobs. this generates $55 million in payroll taxation and sales tax to the city and county of san francisco. the night life industry supports our local economy by purposing

$1.6 million from businesses ranging from foods and beverages to other needs. 80 percent of san francisco's night life is conveyed in business areas in the eastern part of the city. and 57 percent of patrons were viefrtsz and the others residents of our city. these bay area patrons that come into the city spend $120 a night and san franciscans spend $70 a night. 48 thousand jobs in san francisco are part of the night life industry. i mentioned those are largely middle-class working jobs they require people to work into

midnight and 1, 2, 3 clock and later and start early in the morning. a restaurant workers bar, club workers and including late night workers folks in hotels and bakeries and so forth. we know that san francisco is not a citadel we're connected in our region and there are many people who live in the east bay and convert into san francisco for night life. it's an expensive city for housing we know that very well and there are many workers in our night time economy who work in the city but can't afford to little here. we make it really hard for those workers and also for patrons coming in san francisco or

getting around san francisco either to enjoy our night life or enjoy a living. we are very limited in late night and morning options. particularly when you talk about people getting to and from work people shouldn't have to take a cab. a lot of people can't afford a car or earner a car yet we're forcing them to own a car because we're not giving them late night options. yesterday, i didn't request this but i'll read it from admission pie they posted this on facebook there's something on your minds it's hard to get to and from work when you work in the east

bay it's more affordable to have a - it's a show stopper bart didn't run earlier enough to get to work and face it whether a bar person or people who work in sf if you are young and want to stay out later you can now thanks to supervisor wiener it's on the land use committee and so forth. this isn't a monolithic situation there are many people who rely on night life transportation. i want to my aid adam is here to put up photos on the gene.

i actually on saturday night i take the subway a lot including on weekends and even when the subway is open friday and saturday night services are spotty this is 9 o'clock on a saturday night. this is the service in the system not a single out bound train maybe a couple coming in. and next one. that was what in terms of the train this is 9 o'clock on a saturday night. so even though this is rather extreme it's not uncommon on a friday a or saturday night in the height of our night life to see gallops in service. it seems like is comparison between day and night is

dramatic. so colleagues today we are going to hear from - thank you atom. from our city departments and transit providers and folks in the business community who have late night businesses and then from the community. so first, i want to start with our entertainment commission to talk about the needs >> good afternoon supervisors. first i want to thank supervisor wiener for his advocacy for this. his linkness to lead not to talk about the hard choices we face in san francisco is brave and worth noting.

i want to thank the sfmta you'll hear positive information to analyze where changed it needed. we're hoping that other transit agencies are willing to work towards solution. this is more important you spoke it that it's vital to the height and safety not only in an city worthy more 40 thousand and 50 thousand workers and it is vital to the residents of the city whether or not they're near night life to travel to and from hospitals and other businesses is meaning fell to reduce possible conflict between patrons waiting near residential homes and the minimum wage

industry employees that don't earner enough to live near their work. it's not - it takes data to know whether w where resources are felt. the entertainment commission and the mayor's office worked on a survey in november 2013, the results are interesting but they indicate the night liquify includes the taxis and personable vehicles that will require places to park and will have a major implication for all levels. we ask a late night transportation plan that is strategic in its mindset to

provide safe traffic for patrons and employees that work late hours. one mode didn't fit all situations it should be flexible. this means one size won't fit all whether in the castro or the inner it includes shuttle buses and transbay traffic and we'll have the ultimate goal of bart twenty-four hours service. the san francisco population was near 8 hundred thousand and will be increasing to over 1 million so the thousands off people that commute to the city with the tourist populations of one

hundred and 33 thousand and one dense and growing 49 skrierlz. the residents are young and go out to bars and restaurants mull mississippi multiple times a week and the new generation that have moved back are enjoying the benefits in the city. but regardless of age and income level they'll need to get home after enjoying themselves. the transit industries should consider between the late and early hours like a giant special giants game or other events and plan the option according. we know this can be done and the transportation plan will benefit everyone. the mayors 2030 plan that maybe

on the ballot in november it should include this transportation priorities and additionally we'll this hearing be one of many. i want to give the rest of my time to one of our entertainment commissioners to talk about her experience in the commission >> hello i'd like to reiterate the executive directors comment and thanking supervisor wiener to aid the late night transportation it's vitally important to our city i'm the rep on the entertainment commission i represent their employees as well. it's been state in the controllers economic impact report the figure of 48 thousand

employees i suggest between two-thirds of those employees work at night. if you factor in they get paid $11 per hour and is average shift is 6 hours that employee is guaranteed $66 with before taxation so is the outer mission is about $18. then that employee has worked one and three-quarters hours to get home after work. when my club was operating any check person got off added 4:00 a.m. and had to take a taxi home no other employee lived near her, her average tip was $15 it was a hardship.

the work of night life employees is not sedentary but physical they're either attending bars or waiting tables or busing the tackles and so on. at the end of the night their achieved with no cost-effective way to get home. then the employees that come in as employees leave the employees that show up at the 4:00 a.m. the janitor or others that do the maintenance they have in cost-effective way to get to work if they can carpool it would be great but either they have to drive or take a technique pursue so transportation it paramount. it says their safety in numbers and riding populated safe

transportation would be a big help financially. lastly i'd like to bring up party buses. those buses come from the east bay and transport people to and from san francisco they create unsafe conditions by unloading passengers in front of night clubs and leaving those clubs to process those folks all at once. if he were reliable transbay transportation many of the young people would be on bart and the party buses would decrease in you numbers. please know that the operators of night life industry appreciate the taxi for providing service to their patrons. i look forward to many great

ideas that i know will come from our transportation experts and the late night transportation plan >> thank you, ms. joseph. i'll note at the conclusion of this hearing or in the next week or so will be getting a resolution to the board of supervisors to convene a working group to come up with a transmission plan. so next, i want to call up the person from the office of workforce development to really take into account the economic benefits of night life for you our economy arrest i'm ben i'm the project manager in the office which workforce development i work to support the night life that's been noted an over $4 billion industry in

san francisco. but despite this city's significance we face changes and the limited night transportation is one of the challenges. the need for improvement is not about just adding convenience it's about supporting 50 thousand people across the country and for the tourism in san francisco. the ability to effectively travel to and from businesses is critical and the survivalist of the night life patrons and even though health of the neighborhoods where the establishments are located. our transportation system does noted adequately meet the niece of the employees or patrons. i'm encouraged by this how to improve trait late at night.

i want to thank sfgovtv for a survey on polk street. that survey admittedly one night on polk street provides a window that the changes that the patrons face. so on friday september 20, 2013, the survey was done at several establishments and they interviewed one hundred people plus and asked how they left that evening. sfo percent of the people that responded to the survey this is only patrons. less than 10 percent of the responders said they arrived or planned to use muni. over a 3rd of respondents were unaware of overnight muni and bus services an additional 20

percent were not aware of what where they ran. and what we can could to improve it the respondents said increase the frequencies of buses or include bart. first, it is under scoring one the nodes we have we need data how people are using existing services and understand the ridership noerd in order to develop more policy. as we gather the information we know they're not taking advantage of those services it does not mean the services are not there but people may not know about them. we should look at a system how

people traffic at night. another piece of information many late night patrons don't know the services and the differences between daytime and the night time routes. as we move forward we want to make sure the information is distributed and we'll work with the night life community to educate people will late night option. there are many ideas we can look at just last month the massachusetts transbay authority includes extend late night services and seattle and sidney have late night taxis. and vancouver and seattle allows the patrons to pay for parking

meters. no solution will address you'll see san francisco late night transportation needs we need to gather the information. so psyching will be a win-win for the neighborhoods in which the businesses are located. and look forward to working with you supervisor wiener and the board and with our transit providers as we moved >> has there been any thoughts given to the mta to do surveys in another come up of areas great in lower polk but maybe in the marina and castro. >> that's certainly feedback in talking about it with the night life bus owners i think that's certainly worth exploring.

we're fortunate to have mta team to do the survey and got out on polk street on a late friday night >> and then i also and i'll be asking the gentleman from mta in terms of making sure we better inform people will be the late night services does exist and how overnight service there is not a centralized place to find the service and seems like mta can do basic changes on website or some of the apps that have muni information and make it easier for people. i agree the industry can play a part in disseminating the information >> some of the transit websites it gets buried in a woo it's

easy to understand why people are not aware. >> next i'd like to call of john the director of the mta operations thank you. >> thank you. i want to just highlight a few things about the existing service. and will submit it gave us a good foundation to build off number one but some of the comments the speakers that preceded me have will i think we're a little bit prove terrific we have two routes the 90 and 91 which are customized out service that go around the service as well as identified

another group of routes that are major car routes. those routes this has been the same service pattern since 2008 and 2009. what's interesting the ridership on a typical week day is 55 trips that's across the lines. the bigger one is 13 hundred trips. in 2013 it was a system wide ridership survey and one of the questions asked outside of the ridership data collection one of the questions was including what's the purpose of your trip. and 87 percent said employment. and of the 87 percent said they

use the service 5 times a week. in looking at the income distributions it's higher with low income people then the rest of the system. that's what we learned in the initial survivor in 2013. another couple of points. you can see the other point that needs to be made citywide and i'll go to the map. i'm sorry for the blurness of this but citywide outside of market street you'll see a thirty minute headway a vehicle every thirty minutes and two of the routes the 90 and 91 which mirror some of the rail lines the 91 has angle 86 minute scheduled one way trip it lilt tries to cover a board as area

as possible. i think you've heard from your comments and others speakers talk about the need to let people know hates out there that's critical we can do better with the services running. and we do have good ridership information as to ridership by line and as i said the mission is representing the biggest bulk of the overnight service. our ridership information shows a spike especially on friday and saturday nights on 2:00 a.m. in terms of the existing service. again, i think it's a good system wide it feeds into other carriers in the region and a good practices to start we

looked at what to effectively build on the demand and who's going where. the first option describes what i talked about the existing service profile only with more of a focus on making sure that people understand what we're doing and what the service is and how they feed into the others network. option 2 is to focus on a feeder bus service on market street we'll go from west portal down to the ferry building to embarcadero to the service in the core of the city and then the third option is to do similar to adding the bus service but have the f line run from fisherman's wharf to the terminal at castro. so those are some of the options

we would consider and they are things that we could do under the right set of circumstances and once we learn more. the next step we would be thrilled to be part of the discussion and w work with you and making sure we take a look at gathering the information and data and thinks what the ridership ridership is and where people are going and work with everyone on educating the overall market and looking at the impacts that we have to manage. the regional connectivity we have a different set of issues and the riders with the east bay and downtown throughout the neighborhoods.