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a long way to go we're headed in the right direction we see businesses that have illegal cameras on the outside and blocked doors and planning code violations and often see people prohibited living within the establishments which is usually they're a sideline for people being trafficked and a lot of times we see restored practitioners really wouldn't be able under the conditions and unsanitary conditions not safe for people to be working or living there. >> so we looked at the different types of violation over 50 percent of the establishments in san francisco have at least one violation 14 percentage have more than 10 we've revoked 80 but
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unfortunately, because of the laws that have begun to change thirty percent of those have on and closed multiple times our estimates are thirty to 40 establishments are illegal and this is the next one is the process that shows all the violations and it shows all the ones there's been closer what we've done commissioner chan alluded we started with the assessment on sb 6731 years ago we are worked hard with the supervisors and the mayor's office to do protective reform with the package of sb 11 we went to amended the health codes for transparency we're here with the interim controls and in a month and a half we'll all be
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coming before you with amendments to amend the codification of sb 11 and the endorsement and also the health department is working to make it more fiscal effective and to incorporate the outreach workers around this legislation. >> and i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> no questions. >> thank you so much through the chair to dpw and, of course the planning department if anyone has questions for them but as cindy awe lutdz to we've got trailing legislation that will formalize what we're doing to make sure that we have additional tools for various departments gainful they're short on staff so with that then colleagues if there are no
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more questions i'll courage galileo's to get this out itch land use commission with a positive >> thank you supervisor president tang. >> any public comment on item 2? seeing none, public comment is closed supervisor kim. >> thank you. i will make that motion as requested by the author of the interim controls i want to recognize the work that dpw has done i went with commissioner president wu fought for this issue because of the growth in her neighborhood and the budget we put aside for the information and the data that's been collected it's sad but it is great we have this data before us it helps us to better address the issues i want to thank supervisor president tang and following up with the legislation to help us better enforce this issue so i'll make the motion.
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>> great so the motion to get this to the full board with with a positive recommendation as a committee report and we'll take that without objection. mrashd r that will be the order madam clerk item 3. >> stebd for an additional zoning controls for the conditional use for the financial services for the professional services. >> thank you. i'm the author this resolution extended the upper market by 6 months these controls are requiring conditional use for ground floor business and professional services and limited financial services having a commercial corridor with too many of those office like uses deadened the corridor
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it is important to have community oversight and with we're looking at retail galileo's space i'm looking at the development of upper market and the retail space coming online it's important we not just allow the property owners to default to the title companies and other authorizations when when we have too much it is a problem for the neighborhood we passed 240 those interim controls last year, we've introduced permanent legislation for upper market and the castro and the 24th street and that's moving forward but we need additional time f with that, no comments i'll open it up for public comment unless the planning department wants to say anything okay. great any public comment on item 3 seeing none, public comment is closed colleagues would i have a motion to forwarded item 3 to the full
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board with a positive recommendation as a committee report moved by supervisor cowen we'll take that without objection. madam clerk call item 4. >> item 4 an ordinance amending the mrapd with the commercial district. >> okay. i'm the author of item 4 colleagues, i know we've had quite a few of the arcade game regulations come 0 through the board this is the next supervisor breed and i are rationalizing the irrational approach in the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, planning code i guess what some people say is a nuisance back in the day and the legislation before us will principally allow the arcades within the transit district and the legislation was considered and supported unanimously by
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planning commission as you recall this follows previous prevention active efforts including the legislation from supervisor breed and myself to provide an exemption from the police code for the regulations for 10 arcades along upper market street and the laxative i sponsored with supervisor breed i know it was passed by this board and the legislation offered by supervisor breed updating the planning code with respect to the games and as recent legislation a history shows you the arresting cascade grams are regulated introduce a complicated and overlap and in both the planning code and the police code generated in 1980s during a different time the 80s they were seen as a distraction for kids and today every kid as
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an plantation and the pinballs are becoming a novelty and we've seen several bars on up that are centered around arcade games with the legislation the locations along upper market will no longer be regulated how many pinball machines and will have an entertainment permit that insure the arresting david's kinds are a positive impact to the community i am considering this citywide because frankly the planning code didn't have a lot to say around the arresting cascade games we're considerably that and stay tuned to colleagues, i ask for your support. >> on i know that planning staff is here.
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>> good afternoon, supervisors determining sanchez with the planning department i want to say on december 18th the commission heard the proposed legislation and it unanimously recommended approval for the land moefgsz to consider up to 4 mechanic all and another entertainment uses within the upper mount that concludes my presentation. if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them thank you. >> thank you very much any public comment on item number 4 seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues, i would you couldn't ask for a motion to forward item 4 to the full board with a positive recommendation we'll take that without objection. that will be the order madam clerk call item 5.
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>> amending the police code for establishment that are entered into the contracts to provide the contractors with copies of the police code. >> okay. and supervisor breed is the author of item 5 i believe that mr. johnson from her office will be joining us this is him now there he is. >> galileo's guys move so fast here it's a good nirng thing any office is close i'm the perspective aid there supervisor breed i think that is the most important legislation you'll see all year thank you for laughing it was a joke. >> this was probably a verbal amendment that supervisor breed would have done on the floor when the two legislation were
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going through but it was president chiu's last meeting she didn't want to delay it the jest of it is the two pieces of formula retail that passed if december exploded new requirements on the shutter contractor of formula retail when the lobby becomes operative on july 3rd of this year those contractors will be notified about the new contracts as negotiated, however, there is a collapse a small collapse of companies operating under existing contracts that under the current law will not be notified about the 94 new laws so all it does for the existing contractors the janitorial contractors operating under the contracts let's make sure that the formula retails disclose to
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the contractors and a hey, the board of supervisors just passes this and it impacts galileo's it is a notification provision nights in p there for contractors less back date that from the pedestrian or period of january 4th and july 3rd the operator active date i want to ask in the last minute conversation with the deputy city attorney josh white we noticed something that will be probably good to fix in the legislation before you today it uses the date of april the first that mr. white pegged on the noticeable understanding it will be probably more accurate to use january 4th now the effective date of the original pieces of legislation if we could i request if galileo's could introduce a motion to amend package 23 where it says
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april 1st to the current effective date january 24th and liquor store page four to change that to january 4th and for the second piece that will be page 10 line 12 it says april 1st change that to january you figure out and line 14 change that to january 4th we're capturing the universe of the contractors that may have existing contracts under did you current legislation wouldn't know it if that makes sense. >> it did. >> thank you. is there any questions. >> thank you okay. is there any public comment on item 5? seeing none, public comment is closed so colleagues could i have a motion to adapt the amendments
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as described and so moved and without objection those amendments are adapted and can i have a motion to forward item 5 as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation >> 70. >> we'll take that without objection. that will be the order i neglected to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting and madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> that concludes our business for today. >> then we are adjourned
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