community to merge and come to a basic understanding they're here. what can we do to help them and what can they do to help us and the main issues have been erased and the main issue is noise and i am proud of what i have done with that so that's where a lot of my experience is from. >> okay. supervisor cohen. >> thank you. so similar question to what i would ask and the other applicants can answer it as well. >> slim. >> slim. >> why slim? >> i grew up going there. i told katie this story and i went and saw gary huey playing surf guitar and goes out stage and out the door continuing to play, goes across the street and buys a sandwich and comes back and

playing the same song and that's night life. you get something like that and magical and something great and ties you to that venue and tied me to slims forever. >> have you attended commission meetings before? >> yes, i have and for paras well. >> fair enough. can you tell me given the make up the body what are you bringing that doesn't exist? >> i bring the neighborhood voice. being the vp of one of the largest neighborhood associations in the city i am the neighbors -- >> that's tough. what does that mean? >> i can say i have always listened and included neighbors and included everyone in the conversation. the deal is especially with the major concerts people didn't feel they had a voice. we had to come

one time to have a major hearing -- i think you remember that john. >> [inaudible] >> no. i don't and the large venues in golden gate park and that was an eye opener and i decided to bring the neighbors and the events get together so i coalesced all of them together in a meeting in july and you're all welcome to come. it's a great meeting that has everybody talking and everybody communicating about what the problems are and how to get them fixed. it's been great. >> so this differs from how from the folks on the body? >> i'm not sure if they did stuff like that. with a large event that comes in for three days there are problems from garbage to noise and overwhelming traffic issues to everything. >> so tell me what is your philosophy on whether restaurant promoters and ve

venue owners should be hiring private security? >> i always think more security is better and you're securing the neighborhood. >> who should bear the cost? >> it depends on the venue and the issue. if it's to secure the restaurant then it should be mostly on the restaurant. if it's a promoter coming into do something it should be on the promoter and the restaurant. >> thank you. >> thank you. we can go on to the next person but before the next person comes on i actually have to take that two minute break early and we will take a two minute recess and i apologize but nature is calling. (recess).

>> okay. thank you we are back from recess and i believe up next is mr. wells and he was going to come up and speak. and i believe mr. walenberg is not in the room either so mr. wells welcome. >> [inaudible] for the opportunity supervisor avalos cohen and tang. as a long time resident of potrero hill for

three years i have worked with many neighborhood associations and part of the potrero hill starking open space board of directors. i have also served on the -- well, currently on market street railway and their board of directors also san francisco beautiful and muni advisory group when it came to graffiti. i am a long time advocate of not just living in a city, but the quality of life in the city. i have been really pleased to be part of this process, and have my candidacy among four really good candidates for the neighborhood representative, and i feel that i best qualify for that because of my experience long-term in the broadcast and media industry where i am very familiar with

and worked closely with a lot of venues in san francisco and in the surrounding areas. i want to address a couple of things they bring to the table in terms of that and that is the ability to communicate with large groups of people, in front of people, and to consensus build. my first job in california was working in a night club in pal pal where -- palo alto and i was the chef and the first person you saw when you walked in and i worked with neighbors about the trash and so forth that happens. i would like to cocreate with the neighborhood groups they will represent a two pronged method and advocate an education of patrons, both on site and

through social media that they respect the neighborhoods they're in both when they park in a neighborhood so as i observed first hand dumping trush out of the cars onto the street and also when they return do not disturb the neighborhood for being loud before they leave. we have a lot of tech workers in san francisco. even if they don't live or work in san francisco certainly want to enjoy the night life in san francisco, and i have worked closely with many venues in the city as a matter of fact these venues have challenges when it comes to new neighbors moving in to an area that already has night clubs and i was greatly pleased to see supervisor breed's legislation in that

direction. i would like to do the education of patrons in terms of their conduct and respect for surrounding neighborhoods with cocreating a program through the neighborhood groups and presenting it to the venue owners and the people that into events, the entertainment professionals, that we would create educational material, disseminate it through the venue itself, also through -- if they have a dj or a band or an announcer that they would speak to the neighborhood concerns for the patrons of the location, and then through the email and social media that the venues or concert promoters have. then the second part is mitigating noise concerns. i would like to initiate a program through the city of san francisco as a commissioner on the entertainment commission where

we would create a program for low cost interest, low interest loans for venues to mitigate the sound to spend money on sound isolation, and baffling of the noise to mitigate the noise from their venue into the neighborhood and having worked in studio settings and most of my life i am familiar with the acoustic material and the cost and a way to move forward and looking into the future so what i am proposing as a neighborhood representative is to have an eye on building ways going forward to mitigate all the influx of people and tech workers that want to enjoy san francisco night life keeping it vibrant, keeping venues available for local musicians as well that

have live music or have djs. this is a city that is a destination and an enjoyable one, and it's my city of choice. i grew up in new york city. i grew up in a very diverse neighborhood. i know that i have a great ability to speak to all people to form consensus and i think that's very needed between the venues of the entertainment professionals, the neighborhood groups, and the enforcement people, so that everybody can basically enjoy what we have as a great asset in san francisco and i appreciate your time. >> thank you. supervisor cohen -- actually i think it's best you ask your question. >> thank you very much. really simple. good to see you mr. wells. could you tell me what your favorite venue is and why? >> great american music hall because of the classic san

francisco atmosphere. the frescoes on the ceiling. the architecture the interior. i expect to see jeannette mcdonald and clark gable and start singing and it has that feel to it. >> can you tell me what you bring to the commission? >> a wealth of experience both with working with community groups, being on boards working well with a large board. i pride myself in taking the responsibilities that i have very seriously showing up, being part of the board and being active and involved in creating our programs creating what we do, advocating for the things we need to do that and the market

street railway and expanding the e line and transportation and getting the f line to run later at night and other parts that are vital to the city. >> in your opening remarks you kind of touched on something. i don't know if i picked it up wrong but i sense a little frustration with some of the tech workers or the tech industry and how it's been manifesting itself in san francisco. was i incorrect in that? >> it's not frustration with the tech workers and i don't want to single out the tech workers but they really enjoy the night life in san francisco, and like i said even if they work down at the peninsula they have to come to san francisco but i don't think that -- it's the same atmosphere and when i went to school civics was part

of education. we had campaigns that talked about -- character -- fill the basket and taking the trash and depositing it in the right place. don't cross the street in the middle of the block things that were part of civics and i think there's a little disconnect that where the people that -- could be under the category of tech workers don't understand or have never felt that responsibility for a neighborhood or for an area that they visit. >> thank you. >> so where do you see -- what role do you see the commission plays in helping to promote entertainment in san francisco? >> well one is facilitating the existence of the night clubs, of the venues, of the special events. it's all part

of our wonderful broad culture in san francisco. making sure and part of the mission of the entertainment commission is facilitating the permit process with them, having them understand what they need to do, and how they need to do it, and i also wanted to create something new that gives them an opportunity to meet with the neighborhood groups and the neighborhood concerns in terms of their noise abatement and having more of an and being able to do that. >> >> >> great. thank you. any other questions from the panel? i see none. thank you for your presentation and your interest in the commission and we will go on to our next applicant. >> thank you. >> hi. good afternoon members of the committee. my name is jeremy wallenberg and i've

never really advocated on myself too much before for something like this although i spent my career fighting for diverse communities in san francisco and across the country really and working to bring people together. that's been pretty much the work that i've done my entire life. i come to you as a fifth generation san franciscan. my family goes back to the gold rush days in the city and promoting culture and the arts and development in san francisco whether it's from the awken back foundation and legion of honor to the boys and girls club in the bay view which used to carry my great grandfather's name and now the willie mays club which is fantastic and the hungry eye and a establishment way back when. i have worked in the entertainment industry myself as

a concert stage hand at different venues across the city. i have helped since then worked on pop up art galleries promoting younger new and up and coming artists. things like poetry readings. i have worked teaching after school creative writing and coaching athletics at schools in most of the districts in the city as well and i come to you with a deep sense of responsibility to the city of san francisco and the people of the city. i have worked in legislative office making decisions on a myriad of different issues that affect millions of people's lives instantly and very proud of the work there and since then working to bridge communities, bringing people together in the same room to work on partnerships that really help strengthen the city whether it's around seniors and aging

issues, adults with disabilities, poverty and homelessness, affordability, eviction, working with youth internships and access to opportunity in san francisco, and essentially that's been my life's work since then. i really do see the industry as a touch stone for every neighborhood in san francisco. i see it as not only an economic engine for the city but an anchor to keep culture and sustained culture in san francisco neighborhood by neighborhood, and i also see it as a place of opportunity for activating communities, activating spaces, bringing diverse groups together as a real meeting place to do that. i am very proud of a lot of the work we have done in community advocacy. i also am pleasantly

surprised at supervisor breed's legislation looking around the issues on entertainment and development on the front end as well as i was glad to be part of helping with supervisor wiener's late night early morning transit working group and an important step protecting workers and also taking a regional approach to bringing visitors and patrons into san francisco. i do see -- again the entertainment commission as a place for opportunity and really to maintain the core values of our city around self expression around cultural integrity, around inclusivity and i think that again by virtue of the work that i do now along with the perspective i have growing up in san francisco i do believe that

there are -- i am keenly aware of the real pressuring issues and challenges that san francisco face right now and i believe i would be an unique asset to the commission to be able to not only be a younger voice in the commission but bridge the divides in terms of making sure that we retain our neighborhoods essential character through entertainment establishments, cultural, athletics, you name it, but also being a bridge to work with the new residents and new growth that's happening in san francisco. i really appreciate your time today, and i would be happy to answer any questions that you have too. >> thank you. i think you touched upon a lot of things. i really appreciate your wide breath of your discussion of your qualifications of this and your interest. i want to drill down from there and this is the neighborhood seat and how do you

most see yourself representing the neighborhood seat? you can touch on the things you talked about but drill down deeper i would appreciate that. >> absolutely. i have been honored to work with many community providers in the city whether around education, youth access to jobs, to opportunity in san francisco, whether it's around poverty, evictions, around again aging adults issues and adults disabilities and really to have those relationships and leverage them in this sort of -- on a commission that i think has a lot of possibility in terms of the fact that the entertainment industry is sort of like a public trust for the city carrying again values and really place of equitable access for the city. yeah. thank you.

>> could you talk about what -- how you see the live performance legislation and how it impacted entertainment in san francisco and have you seen any in your -- the commission or how that's impacted neighborhoods? >> absolutely. and to go back just to round out your previous question too i really do see the role in this commission not only meeting in -- going over permits and working with departments and neighborhoods and being a real access point for the community but i see the role as being proactive on the ground mediator and listening to people and working with management and venues and also community leaders and i do think to the second question supervisor with i've noticed a lot of -- not so much in the professional capacity but definitely as a patron of the arts and volunteer

work. i have friends who are gallery owners in san francisco. i have been a part of the new companies and new growth in the city. also whether or not they were permitted or not yet having -- or working limited live shows like that and working to bring them on board to the process is important. i think it has been successful but again i think i would have to look at it more deeply probably case by case. i think -- again with the opportunities and issues going on in the city i think every neighborhood needs a different approach. there can't be a cookie cutter solution to any one issue. what works in the tenderloin is different from the sunset and the richmond district where i grew up and the community stabilization trust is one of the vote innovative approaches from supervisor kim's office and i would like to see that and bring diverse

communities together to really benefit the neighbors and promote the management and establishment owners of legacy businesses in san francisco. >> thank you. i'm going to ask a question that supervisor cohen has asked. do you have a favorite venue? >> yeah i think -- i know it's a simple question. the club coderee and used to be in north beach and saw punk shows when i was a kid. it's not there anymore and used to be one of my favorite venues and an issue that is important to me and had this commission can be a place of solution which is protecting legacy establishments in san francisco. i care deeply about that. i would say now to more recent i love bottom of the hill is one of my favorites and love club deluxe because quinn devoe plays secret shows there.

don't tell anyone. >> what was your most memorable punk show. >> ari before they were a sensation and played under "boys that destroyed the world" with rancid at bottom of the hill and great opportunity to be up close to them and i have played music semi-professionally throughout my childhood and from jazz to punk at different shows and i think my crowning achievement was making it to slims once. >> thank you. thank you for your presentation. >> thank you very much. we can open up this item seat for public comment and i do have a number of cards. there have been a lot of discourse and emails going back and forth and letters of support so i know there are folks interested in

commenting so i will call your name by card and please come as much as you can in the order you have been called. [calling speaker names] >> good afternoon board of supervisors. my name is is dale seymour and a member of the homeless coordinating board in san francisco. i am speaking on behalf of dory and known her for 10 year and at glide and i was a client then and i would go to her office and stop what she was doing and just handle it and i thought that was my manly charm but i found out later she does that for everybody and by the way my favorite venue is the work build in the tenderloin. >> thank you.

>> i work with her on many things. she hosts a warren buffet lunch every year. she sets up the christmas benefits for glide and sometimes at the ovrahouse, the hilton hotel or the theater. we had the sunday street venue with glide and ran that. she does a lot of things at glide and of course if glide was a human body she would be the heart because she handles her business. she would bring a great diversity to the board. i have heard a lot of good qualifications from the other people up here but she's a really down to earth person. the day she came to glide 10 years ago i saw the young girl coming to the tenderloin and excited she was going to do all these things for the tenderloin and i thought she would make it a few days. 10 years later she's still here so i had a script to speak on her today but i left it in the car because i

don't need a script to endorse that young lady. she's the bomb and i would like you to consider her. >> thank you mr. seymour. next commenter please. >> [inaudible] >> yeah, please come. >> hi everyone. i am amanda peters. and i am here for dory. there's a couple of things i want you to know who i am because i'm not a well known person around here. i'm a navy veteran, seven year navy veteran hospital corps man and recently discharged vet. came to the tenderloin and experienced some set backs and experienced some homelessness and i met dory