in the program. >> i'll talk to daniel on that but i want to say i've noticed since this is come about especially friday and saturday after thanksgiving in the castro everybody went dentist shopping and you were there when the castro was promoting that this brought people into the neighborhood to shop or after they were downey done shopping downtown they stopped this the neighborhood and the merchant were happy and everybody in the neighborhood waits until 2 weeks before christmas so some place small with american express this makes it two weeks earlier. >> we like hearing the message that is one the things we've heard over the course of the

program it raises the awareness of small businesses and people are thinking more and more burglary the fact i have a choice where i spend my money and i can choose small businesses. >> those stores are not open on thanksgiving. >> thank you for highlighting san francisco i know in the commercials you guys are highlighting san francisco and to be in the same league as new york with the activation that's millions of people we're only a city of 8 hundred thousand that's incredible. >> there's a couple programs we're still trying to get but couldn't be more existed. >> commissioner dwight. >> thank you for all our hard work i want to ask about my merchant association dog patch association and the outreach. >> the outreach was done through a number of different sources so sf travel and sf

chamber but 70 coincidental merchant i'm going if potrero hill and dog patch signed up the neighborhood champion program you can sign up as a business but they may have signed up maybe a local business that signed up. >> i have a meeting tomorrow morning i'll ask. >> if they haven't. >> my business is there so we like that. >> excellent. >> any other questions. >> commissioner riley. >> i'm wondering is there outreach to the chinese merchant association. >> we have done some outreach there it is an area we could definitely improve upon is an introduction by you would be

helpful we've tried to get a foot hold and it's not the easy. >> 3 different association in chinatown. >> i would love introductions. >> i need to work on our chinese. >> i'll also check if with the investment team came open this this year as an active paternity so i'll see what francis was able to do and maybe work on that. >> okay. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena i'm sorry. >> commissioner. >> you first. >> i'd like to thank you myself you've already got no such with my neighborhood in the hate

valley the main street make over is the main street what is the main street explain that to me (laughter) is that golf course o golf street. >> it's hayes street. >> and the 5 hundred block of hayes street. >> 5 hundred is the corner. >> octavia to laguna. >> where the shops are going to be decorated. >> any other comments. >> director. >> i want to extend my great pretext to jason for leading the efforts it's been an honor for our office to work with jason and american express and it's exciting to see you know all the participating we have developed

over the years and because of it american express is also excited about you know doing more here in the city that helps to helps our small businesses i know am pleased to keep the banners up year around to enforce that megamessage we want to make sure happens but don't have the budget so having get to budget and the evidence will then show those resources is a great benefit to us so i'm excited and it's you know been it's been really great working - i know that jason has had to do a lot but it's been exciting and i can't wait for 2015 and what we're going to have. >> is your entire wardrobe

imply (laughter). >> so whip is women's small business advocacy group i have a lot of red, white, and blue a the playoffs in the series this year were challenging for any wardrobe interests not a whole love of black and orange. >> that's correct. >> next item please and item 8 is the director's report i'm going to provide just a couple of things so on wednesday is two things are happening the buzz tax advisory committee will be rexhoejd a program for the business sectors so, now we'll have move forward beyond become informed it's now wanting to do

the outreach around it's now times you know to file our taxes how do you do it so greg you'll be receiving a presentation if not next meeting thereon the following meetings afterwards they've developed their online forums and how walking and businesses through you know the essential he means of how to fill it out working to get the message out and time to start pga our takes and you know what the 5 year transition period so that's happening on wednesday and then also that afternoon is this small business leaders meeting with the mayor two topics that are be discussed working on developing the city

had a with the state so any lbe business will be recognized with the state and perhaps steven might be speaking before this in public comment but having conversations about the kinetic impact of the key big projects so those are the two key discussion points the folks will bring up with the mayor and i know i'll just leave it at that for today. >> thank you next item. >> is the president's error. >> well, i the first one i want to discuss this is a community activity so today across the street as we all finish the meeting we'll go and join them

the 40th anniversary of the golden gate lgbtq challenging in the united states fined here in san francisco in 1944 today their celebrating i want to say prior to the meeting today, i was at the reception and acknowledged the commission alongside the golden gate business association and all their advocacy work they do they're a big part of small business week and it's basically how i got connected with castro merchants and a lot of other organizations i wouldn't be sitting up here today without that organization i want to congratulate the lgbt on they're in between. >> shall i wait to bring up

something else that's new. >> wait. >> item 10 i should acknowledge i made an error in the agenda i left outnumber 6 we went from 5 to 7 for the public record so item 10 is the vice presidents report it is absent show a i move on to item 11. >> item 11. >> the commissioners report that allows the commissioner to report on small businesses. >> commissioner riley. >> i was at the event i missed the mayor's office of economic development for san francisco i was writing about our business portfolio i wanted to take a look at it wherever it's ready please let me know i'll send you the link. >> it's rebranded for the south

(laughter). >> any other commissioner comments seeing none. >> next item is public comment. >> any members of the public on future meetings. >> you want to talk about anything at any futuristic meeting and here comes attributable. >> item 6 that's what i'm waiting on (laughter) as director regina said earlier they're trying to cinnamon the purposing thing with the state and city it's a like one seamless thing that's never in san francisco but in the state there is consideration for small businesses when it comes to purchasing goods they're talking about setting aside an amount for contracts building and

services thank you if we can do it for goods reasonable things that will help. >> great, thank you. >> any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed new bizarre i have one new item does anyone else >> okay. the item i'd like to bring up is consideration and it's something we need you would like to discuss and possibly talk with an supervisor is businesses that are effected by large projects whether it be a street renovation or whether we have to close down streets we need to think about small businesses that are impacted by some of the big capital projects like central subway and castro and even delores park renovations

and when projects run over there's something that the city can do for the small businesses like maybe for a year they don't have to pay certain fees or taxes in my neighborhood we had the castro street widening project that didn't run over but now we're seeing businesses closed and restore trying to revitalizes the neighborhood i'm talking to people along fourth street where we have those big infrastructure projects that are i'm not saying we shouldn't have them but small businesses are effected so what can we do talk to the mayor's office to talk to

someone when the businesses are taking it on the chin so i'd like to propose that for a future meeting. >> very good and commissioner. >> would you like to make a comment on that. >> if you recall steven at the last meetings on the edge of this i'm glad our bringing it up there's no economic report required from the mta i think in a lot of cases on the public works so you're right in line what i thought the last time i know it will come up in the mayors meetings on wednesday even the major prongs i have a huge effect. >> in this commission this is a awe our purview to open that up. >> and commissioners just to

remind i when the commission had the joint hearing with the sfmta board that was one of the items that of brought up this might be also a good item to pull together. >> with dpw as well. the court: right. >> you have the mta projects but their redoing the sidewalks with the ramps so there's concern neighborhoods in valencia street and 23rd two of the four corners big things blocking that and something on the corner i said how are you doing and he said i'm louis. >> this might be a good project to pull together since we no longer have our subcommittee so

to pull together an ad hoc committee to help staff to figure out how best a formulate a presentation and direction for the commission. >> okay great, thank you any other new business? seeing none, next item, please. >> item 14 is adjournment and okay adjournment. >> all in favor, say i. and meeting adjourned. >> 715

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different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small

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leaders. >> hi everyone i'm patrick the director of earthquake safety forever for the stoifbl and we have the ryan white fair to teach people about the made sure soft story ordinance and connect them with the services they need you can save thousands of lives and if those buildings are rooiftd people will be allowed to sleep in their own beds while the city is recovering.

>> we're here at the earthquake ryan white center for people to comply with the ryan white or do a ryan white on their property to connect with the resources they need. i came here wondering what to do as a owner of an apartment building moderate to comply with the must rules that went into effect last year >> we don't want to go to 10 different events people said so we advise people of the event. so we try to be incentive not everyone is going to be able to come 0 so this fans the afternoon and the einstein

>> i've decided to be here it's amazing to see all those people's here it's critical to be prepared and to recover from disasters as finishing as possible. >> i've been to a lot of shows and this one was a trufk turnout a. >> since the structure the building represents the super structure the lower part of this particle on the buildings on the corner they shack quite a bit. >> so for the floors above as shaking that top floor is fog go-go have no more mass and we saw in 1984 more structure