by having those venues it is not only an important piece of culture landscape around san francisco but the nation thank you for sponsoring this legislation. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> hi, i'm robby an advisors to the board of the chapter i run an artist management come here inform san francisco i want to say i'm in full support of this and it's a way to deal with the impending processing problems that the night life is experience with the growth of residents in the city i think that is an important part of san francisco the reason we come here because the cultural live music in san francisco needs to be protected i feel this legislation is fair and justice

offering transparent to a new residents as well as the business owners that run the night life in the city and i thank you guys for your sponsoring and endorsement of this. >> next speaker is ben and tom and followed by ace. >> hi, i'm benny am my business partner and i are the co-chairs of the cultural association we own 7 bars in san francisco and employ over one hundred and 50 people reason that we love this legislation so much is it really kind of puts in into the code the matter of fairness this is businesses have been there operating and they're in danger of bog o being stepped up to the plate i want to talk about what i love it codifies communication

and having 7 bars in san francisco we know we have constantly having to manage situations with our neighbors and the best way to manage it is a constant stream of conversation that requires the conversation that on facilitates a working relationship not going to solve all the problems from the can he max is is an inner formal group if a c mac stand up we dotting don't want to support outline night life but responsible in cod fizzing the robot thank you very much for exploring it. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm tom murphy the co-chair of

the advocate committee for the committee we've heard about the any economic impacts benefits of night life in the city i won't go into that thank you, again supervisor wiener for paving the way a few years ago i come here on behalf of the thousand business owners that record their music in san francisco just as you've established programs to nurture and courage music and night life in 9 city creative professionals need a place to create and audience inform experience their art this year 11 attended artists were nominated to get award from new age to rhythm and blues to technical achievement in the last 3 years alone our san francisco charter celebrated

many awards and many have gotten the grammy last month san francisco very own ticketing platform company released a list of top event going city's in the country cleth information san francisco ranked second in the nation in music's ticket sales and over you'll see second event city in the u.s. thank you for supporting this legislation. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commissioners and viewing audience i'm ace washington ace on the case i am here not in support of this legislation. i'm here clearly in basically trying to what can the city up on the issue this is a particularly issue about teamster folks we ain't got no

where to go i wish we had the same authentic legislation i see everyone else is talking about night time we have no life i'm speaking in behalf of a race down to anymore appearance in this city i'm here speaking off people that have been listen this is a particularly situation i'm not spoechtd to be up here i'm in semi retirement but damn it is bubbling up over me, i'm here to tell the issue if we're going to do this politician right not politics let's do the thing on the right. i left my office supervisors i want to talk about but yet i talk about this legislation for those bars

and treatment up and down fillmore and in the bayview we have no places of established to damn it there needs to be legislation we're involved if this 71 let's have some equality here i can't sleep at night to see all the discrepancy and inequality my name is is ace i've been on the causation but you know what? i can come out of retirement and sue this government now i'm sick and tired let's do the right thing do it for us good without us saying >> thank you very muchi'm not sure sir, you can only spoke one time if there's any other members of the public that want to speak on item 3 supervisor kim. >> no members of the public

that want to speak on item 3 seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor kim please. i didn't want to wait until after public comment i apologize. i missed the legislation i've looked it carefully and i support it i know that many of the venue owners are here they have places of entertainment and, of course a lot of new construction and buildings that are converting to imperial because of the high value of that use in san francisco and having mediated between the folks and the venues it is an important policy in place i'm happy to support this and add my name a co-sponsor and want to recognize supervisor breed and her office this legislation has a ton of details and work that was clearly put into place to make this happen i want to appreciate with the

planning and entertainment commission and senator edwards office. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. >> thank you, thank you to the members of the public that came out and for really succinctly to make the case why this is important there is one public commenter that talks about the technology and there's the termination we see it a little bit too much in the city in my opinion linking all the problems to have must be because of technology people coming here i think this is a little bit more complicated than that putting aside we'll have the technology in san francisco since the dawn of time and they continue to come here as deafer workers and others when you look at whose living in our housing i live in

a 1965 building and people are lived there 50 years and people moving in months ago i know that people that have lived in san francisco forever and want to sell their place and live in a high-rise for whatever reason i think that is a little bit more complicated than sometimes is it may seem i'll also say that a lot of people in all fields including technology like to enjoy themselves another night and in terms of youngest people moving to san francisco it is incredible to see how many young people in san francisco that addresses to the energy of the city whether or not in they're in technology they're the next generation of people that are going to be keep our live music voundz and our dance clubs and bars alive so night life is for

all san franciscans and every sector of all age groups for those who don't go out as much as we used to this is an exciting day it matters. >> thank you supervisor wiener and supervisor breed. >> thank you. i just want to thank you all for your support the folks that came out and taken time out of their busy schedules you usually don't start until latter at night hopefully you'll not be adjoining u yawning but i want to reiterate as someone that is a native san franciscan that grew up going into those sneaky mean going into those clubs (laughter) someone who appreciates the value i'm excited we're finally doing something that will make a difference not only four new development but so for people that moved into san francisco so

they can understand those venues and be a part of community and not try to shut down those venues using other means with that colleagues, i appreciate my co-sponsors looking forward to passing this out of the full board it is existed to be able to bring this legislation 24 the table and protect a lot of stashtsdz if you you know are part of my history in san francisco so again, thank you all and everyone that works o worked on this legislation. >> okay. thank you very much supervisor breed and all the folks it came to testify is there a motion. >> so moved with recommendation. >> moved by supervisor jane kim and seconded by scott wiener move we send it to the full board with a positive recommendation (clapping.) okay madam clerk call item 5.

>> item number 5. >> 5 is an ordinance designating 2178 market street also known as a landmark. >> that was put before us before supervisor wiener. >> any madam chair maybe we'll wait for the hall to clear. >> okay. >> okay supervisor wiener. >> thank you very much madam chair today before us is a landmark ordinance very exciting one one of the most historic buildings in san francisco the

swedish american hall on market street near sanchez and i'm trial we're moving this forward as an article 10 landmark this landmarking was recommended by the historic preservation commission and it is supported by the building owner who will be represented here today colleagues i'm sure you're aware of landmarking has a high-level of protection requiring that a invest certificate of appropriation for any significant modification currently there are more 2 hundred and 60 location throughout san francisco built in 1907 the swedish american hall is significant in the history of the castro upper market having served as a social hall for the swishing and scanning in an communities 3 is reflect in a large scanning in

an community and the turn of the 20th century for decades it has been homes for the swedish community including cafe la in regard after the building was constructed and today counts amongst the old restaurant the architecture finishes of the building a usually fine and decorative and demonstrates a aspire level of craftsmanship including in keeping with the meeting halls i want to say i'm excited about the future of this building not only the landmark the landmark buildings it is great their landmarking and protecting the building but, of course the building is only as guarantee great and worthy as what is happening in that building we want to preserve our architecture but want that aeshlt to be alive and part of

the community there some existing things happening in the swedish-american hall in terms of new businesses and activities making sure that the live music that is speaking of live music that is always for many years been a part of this building continued and it will in addition to people being able to go out to eat and drink and also for the community to continue to be able to use this space and this new investment in the building as a result of this new business activities has allowed physical changes to occur within the building like the installation of an elevator getting to the top floor i'm thrilled to be sponsoring this landmarking and colleagues i ask for your support if there are no other comments we have theology

from the planning department. >> thank you, supervisor wiener and good afternoon, supervisors you already discussed the formation of the hall so i'll wing 2 in 1907 the swedish-american hall is a fabulous building for san francisco over one hundred years it served as the home for swishing people founded in 1875 by the swedish organization in the coast this is architecturally responsible and it was the worker of the swishing architect that was the supervisor architect for the swedish building in the panama infection celebrating in the city today all to talk about the interior rooms at the

swedish-american hall if you'll not been there the hall is one of the finest parts of the crafts aesthetics in all of san francisco the planning department is extremely supportive of that landmark and the historic preservation commission unanimously passed resolution 745 relenting the board designate the building as a landmark 1004 of the planning code currently no known public opposition to the landmark of the swedish-american hall the department has received letters from the swedish american society and here to spoke to their support that concludes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you very much i want to invite up ted olsen from the swedish society the owner of the building. >> thank you, supervisor wiener

and supervisor kim and supervisor cohen simon's is a ted olsen skeet of the swishing society on behalf of society we know tim frye and jonathan eave heard from and the historic preservation commission for initiating the landmarking we patrolling thank my friend and supervisor wiener for sheriff's deputy arrested this the scandinavians were scattered after that devastation church and neighborhoods i neighborhoods became the object the society was planning for a hall to host all scandinavians and the hall was designated and open we had one person grate

here a master architect with more than 3 hundreds buildings to his name the hall is his masterpiece the landmark and arts and crafts was with scandinavian the city thinks or carbons it among the best in the west weighing been encouraged to seek international landmark i have a profoundly personable interest in 2, 3, 4 matter my grandfather the succeeded of the society my father managed it and the society built the hall and continuing cupped it and preserved it for more than a century now with the help of upper market vikings you'll hear from we've renovated the hall

pertinent to our earlier discussion swedish-american hall has and a dining bar area entertainment venue for more than a century and it now hosts as a inessential new restaurant and the cafe denor we thank you and mayor and others for your support in landmarking our building. >> madam chair that concludes my presentation. so if we may opium. >> okay. and i'll be a co-sponsor. >> okay you must speak to the item. >> no problem. >> to the landmarking designation. >> lark embarcadero fillmore

ucsf and i mean yeah. cu sf richmond district sunset okay. and the tenderloin hate ashbury and ocean beach and jeans tea gasped everyone in san francisco i was a san franciscan a long time ago and next door to the beach and even if the japantown center and most things from embarcadero are the professional concentrate career up in that area see i have been there all the time and my visioning vision in focus of chinatown a part and central district.

>> thank you. next speaker. ash supervisors i'm the master tenant and the developer of the swedish hall i am here to talk about the past and its future we've had the good pleasure of working with the swedish society it's been a good experience to preserve and indeed expand the use of building we came in a year ago the cafe deno where was in danger of closing we worked with the former owners of the building and with the planning department i really want to congratulate tim frye and others for facilitating the building we added an ada escalator and i want to say we had a wonderful experience the swedish-american hall has indeed reopened and has

music in is that nights a weekly and a venue for the upper market neighborhood this week 57 people have jobs it sat dark for over 9 years so i want to thank the department and everyone that helped us get to this moment i hope you support in designation. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm ace washington i come here with a heavy-hearted situation neither supporting or dissupporting this i'm trying to find out if this is in the western edition particularly but it showed a issue which i've been thriving

for over 20 years and am going to continue see i'm not up here as an advocate i'm here as a conduit trying to rely messages to my peripheries and the city and county of a state of emergency you're talking about the others district and the historical value but they're not doing it in my community this city is responsible for no one wanted the responsibility we are suffering the impact of the development has done to our community but there's no public hearing there is no public type of a situations going on that has to stop this is a new era i'm looking out for my generations after me in a different way and i'm going to use every communications i can like the hypothetical of city hall as it relates to this it

shows a particularly right now, we're suffering the backlash we are blacks yet every report is a negative how can we turn that into a positive we open debate you need an agenda and people to make legislation so i'm showing this point to let the supervisors know time to move forward. >> thank you very much members of the public public comment is closed. seeing none, public is closed a motion for item 5 and okay supervisor wiener is making a motion. >> first of all i want to thank the people for coming out this is a good step forward for the neighborhood there are a lot of changes on upper market street and now it is really terrific mixing in with all the

very positive new things are happening in will upper market to have one of the oldest and historic things on upper market come back to life in so many ways this is a terrific thing and i'm thrilled to be working with this swishing society and the new business owners to make this happen so madam chair i'm move forward this i move we send it to the full board with a positive recommendation a committee report. >> motion made by supervisor wiener to the full board with a positive recommendation as a committee report and seconded by supervisor kim. >> supervisor i'm sorry. >> excuse me. supervisor kim i didn't see you. >> i'll be brief i want to say i'm happened to support in moving forward and personally i've had you know, i have a lot of affection for this building

in particular historically cafe deno where so i'm happy to see that move forward for the community and the city has it is great to hear we're going to have live music a lot of my friends are musicians when i came to san francisco cafe deno where were a place that people wanted to play at with a musical criteria i went to so many shows there i'm happy we're move forward i'm exist about the next stage for the swedish-american building thank you, everyone for making this happen. >> it is app pie in maintaining the night life in the city i think we are on the pathway to a very good beginning i'm happy to

now supervisor kim knows a lot of musicians this is the first place i went to cafe deno where i was an r and b singer i cover this fy for entertainment this new legislation with a multi bunch of talent here this has been accepted and been unanimous this motion passes thank you very much (clapping.) all right. my friends go back to item 4 the sponsor 90 for this piefgs legislation is supervisor breed. >> item 4 the ordinance speth it to golf street as a landmark. >> thank you supervisor breed. >> okay excuse me. thank you i'm here today in support of landmarking the reuben goldberg building on the street the also

known as the prizewinning car tornado was known for his crazy mousetrap he was born in san francisco in 1883 and survived the 1906 san francisco earthquake and monk his many accomplishment we built this l right direction e right direction goldberg building the testament that the city would rise again, after the earthquake with the bay windows and his name carved into the facade the two apartment one for minimum and another for drawing people with pinltz and an apartment and retail spaces one only sold whip cream the gun control bergs went to to have invention more now

than ever they were create it takes silicon valley and the press hardly a day goes by without goldberg being invoked it's aned verify in webts addiction his cartoons became an inspiration to scientists around the world and today interest there are two apartments one has the original interior and the ground level has a retail space on golf street represents the 10 kit of american people artist of san franciscans that wanted to make sure that future generations knew the history of our city and the innovative citizens that made it rise once again after the 1906 san