test. >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco budget & finance sub-committee i'm supervisor wiener to my right is supervisor kim the committee vice chair and supervisor cohen will not be able to join us

today, our clerk is awning debris awe bigger and thank you to commissioner honda jennifer lowe and other. madam clerk, any announcements? phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. implemented speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk and the. >> can i have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. >> madam clerk one item. this is for the business sign in the planning code >> thank you. i'm the author of item one my co-sponsor is supervisor chiu. day today those zoning controls amend did business sign intended

to identify signage to the business in which it's connected and the products in the business those serve to dish a particular business between a general sign sloops as a billboard this is hat notice been updated since 1965 since then the practices are challenge we have seen links like loopholes that have been identified businesses turn business signs in effect the billboards that will close the loophole the voters have over and over again voted in large majorities stating they don't

want billboards in san francisco this is inconsistent with the preferences dedicated by the voters at the election time. so those controls will close that loophole to make sure the business sign is connected to the products being sold in the business as opposed to a billboard. so we have dan here from the planning department and mr. cannabis dispensary i want to give you the opportunities to make racks >> he's here to respond to questions. >> supervisor kim has a question. >> thank you, mr. cider good to see you i want to say i'm completely in support of the interim controls before us today and glad we're going to look at cleaning up the lack around

business signs it's been over thirty years since. >> 50. >> 50? 62 in his. i had some questions around even kind of the origin i'm looking at this from a narrow precipitation but in the tenderloin i think one aspect it's a been critically frustrating is the amount of tobacco and liquor advisement on stores that face into the neighborhoods some of out inclines but secondly, it make me think about why do we put this into place why allow the

advertising for a loophole >> at least a number of the members of the board we all postdate 1965 when the definition was crafted our working assumes thas has been that everyday when we walk by a store in the tenderloin and see dan's liquor store and a or whatever and ofrnlts see a somewhat sign for coca-cola our understanding the amenity has been induced and helping the business afford business opportunities and the branding it might not otherwise get supervisor wiener suggested there are shifts but in our estimation we allow a by sign to

allow the business to present itself to its business and gain the attraction and support the business. >> in the time that sorry i realize it's confusing us with the ordinance sign it's much older than that. in the interim period can we talk about the business signage we want to allow if it's true it snbz are getting a benefit you you know, i want to be able to consider the impact it has on the neighborhood and the advertising for tobacco and liquor and things we're trying to curtail i feel like it impacts the health a neighborhood in the tinder

tenderloin we have 72 liquor store i ask that not for the interim controls i'm in support of that but insert that >> we'll welcome it conversation. >> and the second piece this conversation i've not had the planning department we'll have advocates in the tenderloin what is the capacity for enforcement on signage. >> i'll go to scott sanchez he runs the enforcement. >> thank you, mr. considered. >> thank you scott sanchez planning department. so code enforcement has been historically been understaffed it is the lowest staffing one of the staff members is here doing the work in the tenderloins

looking the transparency requirement because many of the issues are not the signage issues but what the store front appears can you see inside or boarded you up because of the machines or registers blocking windows looking more beyond the signage but transparency requirements for the code we've been pro-active in the tenderloin >> i've noticed a difference in the stores walking by they've increased the number of signages on their windows but in terms of you have 7 full time code enforcement officers. >> what's the plan. >> more than 13 hundred codes and packages of regulations from thought clubs and massage enforcement and affordable housing we deal with the general

building requirements working with the legal construction activities things that may or may not included like the affordable housing that is just some things. >> i see it's complaint driven. >> correct we have placement driven enforcement you'll see the work from john and working on the store front efforts he headed up the citywide survey with the removal of signs and we're doing practice enforcement incorporation with supervisor chiu's office so we're trying to do pro-active enforcement with you we get seven hundred plus complaints a year and right now,

we're in closing out more seven hundred and making what you think our backlog but try to publicize how to make complaints on our website or, of course, 311 make a complaint we've got to it. >> you have seven hundred complaints today is that a rough average per year and it's increasing people that have complaints they can direct them and making people aware of the planning code violations it has counted for the amount of complaints. >> on per staff member they manage a hundred complaints over the course of a year. >> yes. and straightforward the step back praying and more complex like affordable housing.

some cases a litigation over the years. >> it seems like not have had staffing but thank you for your service in the tenderloin i notice a difference i want to continue this conversation how we can support the resources of the code enforcement team. >> thank you supervisor kim fair to say that the passage of codes enforcement they're all needing their heads we'll fix that sometime soon with that, open this up for public comment. i have that public comment cards

(calling names) >> thank you. good afternoon committee members i'm tom. attorney with the law firm of roads we represent the promotion i want to present this letter to the committee and make it a part of the records >> we'll receive that by e-mail. we oppose is sign controls bra the committee today. for the simple reason the controls circuit a settlement agreement between contest pro tem's and it was approved by the full board of supervisors on july 8th. under the agreement the city in contest accomodation will agree

to settle their differences they were required to meet in an existing lawsuit but those sign controls were to prevent the city and the state requirements to proceed under the agreement we oppose is signage controls. i'm valuable for questions or additional questions thank you for your consideration >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> kirston executive director with san francisco beautiful thank you, supervisor wiener and supervisor kim. on behalf of our board and members i'd like to and staff like to thank you, supervisor wiener and last h also supervisor chiu for introducing this legislation it begins a new

process for business participation and space with regards to signage. it has not been updated since san francisco beautiful was introduced opportunities to regulate that and continually san francisco voters have voiced their opinions about billboards and public spaces and somehow corporate interests you've heard from find a way to interpret that code to their favor and in stark craft the code was written. so in the last year i had conversations with the mayor's office about their interest in signs from president chiu and our own interests in preventing the preponderance of the legal signs thank you for the controls

that gives us a definition moving forward and an opportunity to work with the planning department and to reshape those and if the language in the policies conforms to the guidelines >> thank you very much. next speaker. . hello supervisor i'm here to voice my support for the in kind controls it is for the conflict of the controls that closes a will that that's been bus by the billboard operators far too long and in addition to preventing the appearance of san francisco in general it helps to safeguard and helps to protect public investment and the integrity of public buildings and provides the development