african american health initiative have a specific effort to reduce the disparity and harm from alcohol to black and african american men. here are some statiics i thought i could bring and this is a survey in san francisco and the national numbers. 61% of residents reported past month alcohol use. 25% reported past month binge alcohol use. that's -- falls into that category of binge drinking. that raises that a lot in our society consider that normal drinking. it takes an intervening and health discussion with conversation for people to realize they are at risk for many health related issues from drinking heavily.

alcohol was the primary drug for youth treatment admissions reported by latino and asians and second among whites and third among african americans. it was determined to be a causal agent in approximately 250 deaths annually since 2005. >> supervisor campos? >>supervisor david campos: thank you, doctor. i was wondering if you have any numbers in terms of how alcohol impacts the lgbtq community? i can tell you as a gay man in terms of marketing and culture, the impact of what it has especially wondering if it has an

impact on the transgender community. i'm wondering if the numbers exist? >> i'm not sure if the numbers exist, but we have the several efforts in areas where there is gay socializing, for example the castro 1.5 times stronger than other places because it's a big part of the social life to draw meetings and congregations of people there partying. we also have a specific intervention bar outreach in the castro to men who have sex with men and transgender women to do a conversation about alcohol an it's been pretty successful and we've funded on going efforts with that. that was a samsa grant that we have taken over the funding. i don't have specific numbers over the impact. perhaps dr. schmidt might.

>> thank you. >> treatment alone from what i said, i think i already emphasized this. treatment alone, we've done a lot of treatment. it has to be more than treatment as to affect alcohol. it has to be information to the public and for those at risk at drinking. for those that do not serve alcohol, we are concerned there is exposure of alcohol to young people in places where they work, meet and study and also as another feature of this, coffee shops are typically a safe place for people in recovery to meet. so harms to health from alcohol should be taken into account and considered in policy and regulations related to categories of alcohol outlets. in public health we use health

impact assessments to evaluate proposed policy and regulations and this evidence based approach could better inform our alcohol policy options. the department of public health has been in collaboration with researchers and professors at uc sf at colleagues that document this and study environmental issues and there is no one better than dr. laura schmidt who will share the information. thank you again for taking time to think about our concerns. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you, dr. martin. i see no other questions. let's call up dr. schmidt. presenter: hi. it's a pleasure to be here iechl -- i want to thank you all especially in your leadership for healthy retail in san francisco. i have been so

gratified to see the sugary beverage reduction effort and keeping the -- those things out of the reach of children and especially for the trauma center that there is an unhealthy piece in the agenda and that is alcohol and i want to speak to you about it today specifically the research on alcohol and what we have come up with. i am going to show some maps and your absolutely sophisticated questions around measuring density. i can spend a couple hours lecturing on the topic. we have had a wonderful epidemiology working in san francisco because san francisco represents a challenging place to study density. you have about a million people

come into this city everyday. so most density members depend on the census data which are the denominator which are the residents who do not drink. we have though way of capturing all the drunk driving incidents that may happen outside of the city limits but while drinking in san francisco. we have a full range of density measurements. please know we are very sensitive to this issue and will probably be publishing a paper on this topic. i want to share some of our research. the first is a map showing you the density of alcohol outlets by california counties. here i'm showing you data on the type 41 licenses that are non-traditional retailers are requesting. this

map, the green areas is the lowest density. counties where you have less than one type 40 license per square mile and we are using the geographic measure. as you go ahead more red, you will see very high density parts of the state. what you can see here is that not on is san francisco over populated, we are the red spot, the only one in the state not only are we over populated with type 40 licenses but truly an outlier, an extreme outlier. so san francisco has 35 outlets just with the type 41 license per square mile. the next county is orange

county with two outlets per square mile. and they are again, an urban area densely populated which are critical industries. they have two per square mile. we have 35. this really raises questions around granting new licenses to a whole new class of non-traditional retailers. now, here you are getting familiar with our pictures here. here is the current situation in san francisco mr. fazone gave you a similar picture. here is a second picture at a provides you with a view if all of taco bells in san francisco were granted type

41 licenses. let me give this to you again. before and after. before, after. okay. now, i want to share with you this question of opening the flood gates, right? you've only got three request from starbucks for licenses right now. and i want to give you an example of the only other city that was the testing ground for starbucks in this new strategy. this is an article from -- in 2012 starbucks decided to test this strategy in chicago in 2012. what i can tell you, it did start with a couple of licenses. 3 years later, 28 of the 50 starbucks stores in chicago have liquor licenses. we have 81 starbucks outlets in

this city. within a few years, they went from a few licenses to 28. i think the chicago experience is an obvious lesson in this case. i want to help you understand why this issue of alcohol density is so important to us in a medical community. for decades we have a mounting scientific literature that shows consistent positive associations between the geographic density of outlets and the rick -- risk of violent and non-violent crimes and intentional and unintentional injuries. we have a preponderance of research shows that within city localities that support more alcohol licenses you will see subsequent increases in alcohol related injuries and violence

metrics. this is numerous studies at this point. we've been on this issue for about 30 years in the alcohol literature. let me bring this home to you by sharing some of the data from san francisco. over the past 3 years, we've been studying alcohol in san francisco we've gotten more and more concerned particularly with the trauma centers. it's a level one trauma center, a world class institution have become more and more concerned because the alcohol related injuries is really taking a toll on the trauma center. they took the step a year ago, more than a year ago to routinely take a blood alcohol test on every single person who comes through the doors of the trauma center. you can imagine the cost and commitment it takes to do something like that in the healthcare system. it's not inexpensive and hard to rule

out this kind of thing, but they did it because of alcohol related injuries is significant there. we have studied the cases real bl level on trauma cases and i want to share with you the first real data out of this research. this drawing here shows the first 300 cases where we got the blood alcohol levels and what we are showing you through emt reports where the person had a traumatic event. what we are looking at here. the surges -- surgeons at the trauma center serve the most severe people. they are not just any drunk driving incident. it has to be a car rollover. they are treating people with gunshot wounds to

the chest and some of these where people have fallen out of high windows. 24 of the 300 cases represented on this map died at the trauma center from the severity of their injuries. a whopping 59% of the people experiencing these traumas had a positive blood alcohol level. the study further found that people with a positive blood alcohol level experienced more severe trauma therefore putting them at greater risk for death. the highest risk occurred in our high alcohol density census tract. you can see it on this map. again you are looking at the reds are the high density tracks and you have clustering of these traumatic events in those high density areas. >> did you say 59% or 59?

>> 59% of the serious traumas when we took blood alcohol levels had a positive read. that's how big a burden this is on the trauma center. these are expensive healthcare events. you can imagine what it took researchers and emt folks on these cases. the hot zones, definitely there is a clustering. without getting too technical, what our study is showing is that more than half of the variance, the explanation for a severe trauma is accounted for are if you are in an outlet dense part of the city. so in closing, i want to once again go back to this issue of healthy retail. you have done a fantastic job as a leader at the state level in

this effort. but i do feel that alcohol is an unfinished piece of that agenda for this board. no matter what the promises are at this point, these national chains operate on a business model that is simply not conducive to alcohol sales. people quickly come in and get their drink and leave. companies profits depend on a high volume of customers constantly turning through. it not in their business model to change. whether or not they are saying they are going to change, it won't be profitable if they do. on the other hand, many of those with alcohol licenses in san francisco are longstanding small business people with strong ties to the community. many are well equipped and experienced in responsible sales. the police department tell us they work closely and many of these businesses have a long track record of selling

alcohol and are responsible and participating in the health retail efforts. i want to share with you that in contrast to many california counties, san francisco currently does not take public health into account in consideration of granting alcohol licenses. so that's something that i think really needs to be thought through here. there is no consideration of the health harms that i just showed you when you were thinking about whether or not or when you are thinking about granting these licenses. i do believe that healthy retails should be responsible retail. >>supervisor eric mar: dr. schmidt, can i just ask, dr. martin says there is an impact assessment tool they use does

that determine the number of alcohol licenses in the city. >> my sense is that -- one of you noted, a very complex issue with a lot of moving parts to it. probably what's really needed is, we are only at the beginning of studying this issue in san francisco. probably there needs to be a lot more in consideration and current situation as to how the traditional and non-retailers will impact both health and economics in the small business community as well. it's going to take some time to figure out what is the right comprehensive alcohol strategy and i would strongly based on the research that i have been participating in, i would strongly encourage you to consider legal strategies that

would take it into account when you consider granting these licenses given the density is such a strong predictor of very bad and heavily populated areas. >> thank you. >>supervisor julie christensen: i love statistics and i think you are absolutely right about the consequences of taking care of people because they are falling out of windows because they are drunk. >> do you have a map of this? >> they include both geographic and population density. because i would think and they don't look all that different. >> i was going say, the map of

california if graphed by population would look like yours? >> pretty close. >> looking at the map of san francisco, your density of alcohol sales very much mirrors the population density, where those areas that have the extreme dense alcohol sales but don't have the alcohol density to support it and why that occurs and why that impact is. >> it is so important to remember you have 1 million everyday coming into this city and many of them especially on weekends i would think are purchasing alcohol here. it's actually a very tough issue. it's gotten our team very excited about studying san francisco as a way of informing the ways that we develop metrics for measuring density. >> very much a planning issue.

the other thing is it's some incredible accident of taking place near the home. that's where most people go. if they are getting in an accident, they are going to be 5 miles within their home. so correlating that with the density of alcohol sales gets a lot more complicated. >> it's a very complicated area of science. we've got the best scientist around. two national alcohol nih centers around us. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you very much. >> just to clarify something. all the work that is done is populated. taco bell, has a population of

9083 people. under statute ab operates 8. we have 31. similar the king street location shares the same census tract, same number. the beach street location, a city population of 4100. it's authorized for 14 and the active is 19. meaning we have 19 licenses. just i want you to know we are taking into account the population. i know the map. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you very much. we have over 20 speakers. let me just ask our director ms. cane,

do you want to make remarks. presenter: good afternoon. i'm going to be really quick. i don't necessarily agree with the word over saturated as a reasonable description of our nightlife industry which is worth billions of dollars as you know and 60,000 plus jobs and all levels of education. we are in agreement that this new interest of alcohol by chain stores and fast food is very concerning. i haven't taken this properly to the commission. we've been discussing with small business about maybe doing something together. but again i think that what you have heard while there are small businesses that are very responsible and the entertainment commission is always regulating responsible hospitality we are very interested and very concerned about it. if this is a pilot program and

there are 81 starbucks as a starter, that means there is a lot of opportunity for things that we aren't sure about. so we are happy to stay involved in this very complicated and nuance conversation. we would really like to be engaged in this. thank you very much for doing this. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you, i don't see regina. i will move on to public comment. we are going to limit it to 2 minutes per person. if you can be quicker than that, we would appreciate that as well. i have been asked to place at the top a couple of people. david soriano from the hospital council and san francisco prevention coalition. public speaker: thank you for hosting this hearing. we appreciate it. david soriano from the hospital council, the trade association

that represent the collective interest of the ten hospitals in san francisco. it's an honor to be here to the and stand with the community leaders on this very important issue. what is the hospital's stake in this in we see it on the front lines and ourer departments and what goes into treating the alcohol issue in our department. we have seen that number increase over time and working with the san francisco health improvement partnership which is a collective effort of the county and hospitals we want to bring that number down. granting these kinds of licenses to these types of businesses is going to make that incredibly harder. thank you very much. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you. next speaker. if people can come up as i call you, it doesn't have to be in this

order. public speaker: i'm in eighth grade from den man middle school. taco bell and starbucks should not have the alcohol licenses. it's going to come up to rise. >> can you speak closer to the microphone. >> there are a lot of people getting killed because of dui's and drunk driving. the cops have to work to get the people stop drinking and dui's. so having starbucks and taco

bell, having those licenses is not really a good thing for that at all. then there is youth. the youth go to taco bell all the time. they like fast food places. if they go to fast food places, they see alcohol. they will say, hey, i want some alcohol. [ laughter ] . they will influence the use. that can be the older addiction. they will go downhill from there. so yeah. i'm done. [ laughter ] >> great job. thank you. [ applause ] next speaker? public speaker: hi, thank you for hearing us. i work closely with

the small businesses in the neighborhood. we don't feel that businesses that have never sold alcohol should not sell alcohol. this is not a part of their business model. we are looking across san francisco to increase and shift business model for so many businesses to increase these business strategies and minimize our local communities. they are not absentee corporations that don't know their neighborhood. they work closely with neighborhood residents to provide a service to them. we don't believe these absentee corporate business owners would be responsible. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker? public speaker: hi. my name is

crystal wong. we are working to build a better community. alcohol outlets have been affecting people of color and youth. what happens is these groups of people become desensitized to all. this is a problem. we don't want non-traditional retailers to begin to sell alcohol. this will increase the alcohol density in san francisco and will affect the people of color and youth who are the most vulnerable who are at risk to alcohol. for the non-traditional retailers cooperating in san francisco can affect the community as a whole. >> thank you very much. i'm going to call a few more

names. greg moore from sf living room. kimably . public speaker: thank you supervisors for having me here tonight. my name is steven ten as from the tenderloin store coalition. i'm a san francisco resident, native actually and i have lived in the tenderloin for 20 years. i'm recovering alcoholic and i was involved in a car accident and it almost took my life. we are starting to get the message out to the store owners that we deal with that they can make a profit without having to sell cigarettes and alcohol. they can make a profit by

selling healthier foods and fruits and vegetables and it's starting to take it's effect. this really up sets me that two businesses, two corporations that have nothing to do with alcohol can come in. what really boths me is the process that enabled us to be here today this needs to change where we can hear about this where it's not to where it is now. that doesn't seem right. thank you very much. public speaker: hello, my name is michael, i'm an alcoholic. i

know by a shadow of a doubt i'm one drink away from getting drunk. i'm also an activist for my community. i work for the church and secretary of the committee. i was just amazed at these energy drinks that they have here. this is one that is shot through. some look so beautiful with orientation and stuff like this and then i start to realize these are beginning to play. just like my friend steven just mentioned now they are coming up with taco bell and the coffee place. i take my granddaughter. she likes to go to the fast food places. to think i'm going to sit next

to someone who is trying to get their buzz on, it's not cool. i live in the tenderloin and a lot of statistics you saw up there are people i know. people that have killed themselves with suicide. that have been there in car accidents. i see children down the street and they are fearful because they are afraid. we have to start looking out for these younger ones. the thing is we have sat there and found that eating healthier is more profitable and people will live longer. you hear statistics and like the lady showing the hospitals. thank you. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you for organizing the community as well.

thanks to alcohol justice for years and years and decades of work as well. public speaker: hi, supervisors, bruce jenkins. i would like to give to you the fact sheet for alcohol outlet density. the harm associated with alcohol outlet density is just tremendous. so, and the evidence is very strong. but i just want to focus on another way to approach it which is, this is a beer. all the kids in the room know what this is. this is 12% alcohol by volume. the equivalent of 4.7 shots of tequila in one can. every standard drink, a shot of tequila standard drink or 4.7 standard drinks in this can, each standard

drink cost the government $1. this can for $2.59 cost $4.70 in government harm. this would be served with a beer and wine eating place with a license. to say this would proliferate in venues like starbucks, taco bell. it should not happen. we have gone down this road to make alcohol available everywhere in san francisco and everywhere in california. let's put a stop to it. let's delay it. thank you. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you. i'm going to call a few more names. scott ramen. abdul benduk.

public speaker: hi. i'm from nap san francisco and asians for public affairs. i sit on the board for the beacon homeowners association. we represent 1200 of the voters, residents. we are the community that is impacted by taco bell. when they first said they wanted to open, we told them we didn't want them to open. i'm surprised that taco bell can just open like that. because of the development area, all the permits were over the counter. we didn't have any say on it. they never had any experience opening above a high rise building.

they haven't had experience like serving alcohol as well. so, we didn't want to be the experiment. unfortunately we are the experiment. they are open already because of that loophole. but we don't want to add insult to injury. so historically when abc gets these things, they get maybe a couple of protest. we had 200 protest on it. so, i would urge the supervisors if they can to kind of stop this in anyway they can. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker? [ applause ] public speaker: good afternoon, supervisors, thank you for this opportunity, my name is greg warren, a senior operator in the tenderloin serving low income and homeless. personally it's wonderful to see all the young people here today supporting our effort to convince you to

take a stand on this issue. professionally i approach it from the other end of the age spectrum with our older adults. the two ends of that spectrum represent some of the most vulnerable at risk individuals. the youth who have their whole life ahead of them growing up in an atmosphere where alcohol is exalted for lack of a better word. at the other end our seniors, our older adults who are physically vulnerable and at risk dealing such as in the tenderloin with challenging environments physically mentally and spiritually. the testimony today has been great and excellent. and i could only pose the question if we don't take a stand now then when do we. thank you very much. >> thank you.

next speaker? public speaker: good afternoon board of supervisors, my name is oscar and this is sebastian. i work for a grass roots organization called san francisco youth coalition. i currently work with youth in the mission, bayview and excelsior district. i'm dumbfounded by the organizations allowed to sell alcohol in these establishments. don't these corporations have enough money already than to tap into the other businesses for profit. there are already many restaurants and bars that sell alcohol. i see many prohibits and unintended consequences for this proposition. my main concern is the youth and their future.

there are health concerns, disparities, addiction and crime that will definitely be impacted by a decision like this. i just hope the board will hear our concerns and listen to community's staff of opposition. this is not health for san francisco. he had something to say. >> i have been living in tenderloin for 15 years. just being there you see a lot of drunk people and to provide more alcohol, there is more access to alcohol. i have it in my book right now but i'm not going to say it. we should stop advertising alcohol. when you go in the store, the first thing you walk in is four local hennessy and there is no fruit or apple and oranges.

frappuccinos and caffeine is already a drug. i think we should stop that. >> thank you. [ applause ] i'm going to call a few more names from the a lynna from the youth coalition. thank you. public speaker: thank you, supervisor. hi, my name is miriam suzina with the american grocer coalition. i'm here to support the youth in our neighborhood and to continue this work in the spirit of engagement and not singular measures to the community as they become accustomed to. keep in mind

these regulatory bodies -- i can say with tht tactics are used as a precedent to criminalize for other things often national security concerns. just keep that in mind that a lot of corner stores do have the same wants of replacing this corporate messaging labeling and the single coolers. they are also using them in a shared cropping way which they are least cheaply put in a position by these companies and providing alternatives and access to the you the most important. it is safe to say they are targeting the youth. who are often the victims of that same strategy. corporate franchises in the

form of retailer and city version are literally pushing small businesses out of the city. they are leveraging distributors. i'm happy to facilitate conversation with tobacco license and hope this mental -- message will change the city. thank you. public speaker: hello supervisors, my name is scott romion. i'm recovering from alcohol addiction. this is an important part of my recovery whether to meet with sponsors to discuss the meeting or make new friends. traditionally we do fellowship at cafes and starbucks is a place where we meet with our fellow recoverers

because there is no alcohol at this location. if this changes, starbucks will among the be a recovery for me and my friends. thank you. a public speaker: thank you. i want to thank the committee for allowing people to talk about these issues. in this conversations i couldn't help thinking weight would be like me when i had my first kid go to mcdonald while i have some drinks. i wouldn't # would have done that -- when i was a parent. i can't imagine alcohol being served that is a known place to be family-friendly. not that i'm promoting fast

food and starbucks but i have had some very important meetings with child protective service with starbucks with parents from my school. alcohol doesn't belong in those places. we need those places in san francisco where families feel safe to talk about some of these places. the other thing that comes to mind, have we thought about the jobs that are impacted because we have people who will no longer be able to work at these places. my first job at kentucky fried chicken, it helped me

>> public speaker: i'm a student in high school. we are working on bettering the community. we want you to know that san francisco is already saturated with alcohol. we don't want places that have never sold alcohol like starbucks and taco bell.

we need to reduce the rate of alcohol consumption in the neighborhoods. everyone can share a safe and healthy community. [ applause ] >>supervisor eric mar: thank you. next speaker, please come forward. public speaker: hello. i'm the general manager for the beacon homeowners association. this is the location where taco bell is currently in and we have the starbucks applied for a liquor license. that is two licenses in a half square block. i'm here on behalf of 245 residents. i had 245 residents submit abc

form 510a's only 100 were deem valid. but because of the fact that we had 241 people submit this form, means there is a large portion of the community for the public safety for places that serve alcohol. we also have beacon babyville. the demographics from our community have young adults to young families. i see more toddlers running around our community than before. if we have starbucks and taco bell selling alcohol, i don't think it's a safe area for these families to go. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you very much. i think i have called all the names. if anybody else would like to speak, please come forward. we are doing our best to finish up this hearing, but if

people came out and you want to speak, please come forward. public speaker: hi. i'm probably not going to be the most popular in the room because i support this. i actually helped develop it. one thing i think we need to differentiate is that it's a completely different concept than taco bell. it's run by a local 86-unit franchisee that is very e equipped with operational issues and talks about how responsible it will be with serving within the space that will be out on the floor monitoring who is actually taking beverages in and would only have craft beer. it's the offering really that we are trying to keep up with our customers

wants and desires. there is a lot of millennials. there is a lot of baby boomers who would like to have a craft beer or two with their meal. it's not cheap. we are talking about $5 or $6 for a beer. the service is not a high turnover. there is a video wall in the space to sit down and enjoy. we are trying to provide a service with different food offerings and different beer and wine offerings compared to something you are familiar in the past. there was about 189 protest valid by the abc. we sent out 313 noticed designed to sign a form letter. we have 2,000 signatures as to when they would come about and when they would have a firestone walk 305

with some of the new food services. i would like you to at least consider the differentiation and that definitely it's not what's happening. it's this new concept which is very cosmopolitan. you are getting a higher end experience from something that you may have traditionally had in the past. >> you can get a $5 or $6 beer with your burrito supreme, but it's the relatively lower cost. >> the menu has evolved and there is higher price point items. it also has one of the things that you will find supervisor mar is that taco bell is a very customizable

menu where you can alter your menu to your health diet. you can order a burrito without a tortilla and get it in a bowl if you are on a high protein diet. all of this comes from the price that you would typically pay. i think taco bell as a brand helps the movement and better options. but here at the cantina, i would invite you to come down and experience it because i think you will find it to be a different restaurant experience operated by a very strong and capable franchisee. >> thank you. next speaker? if anyone else would like to come forward, please come up to speak. public speaker: good evening. my name is eva johnson.

we need to keep it safe and taco bell and communities that are always keeping our children safe and safety matters in -- organizations that we have more that maybe we need to go -- that might help. and the world is change and the weather and certainly that there are things that we need to be aware of that we need to you know always keep the amount

[inaudible] we need to be sure that everyone is safe. make sure they are licensedment make sure they are right to awareness in management. always making sure they understand what we are talking about. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you. next speaker. >> we are going to close public comment in a moment. public speaker: hello.

my name is lily fong. from what i have seen starbucks and taco bell is a place for people to community and it's a safer environment. starbucks has been a place where people are able to complete their work, increase the use of technology and enjoy their products. since starbucks has been increasing, i don't think it's a safe idea for youth to experience that sort of environment. i think that more selling of alcohol leads to more drugs due to alcohol addiction which will affect people's health because of the you need of more healthcare and more drugs will lead to city crimes due to people's bad

behavior. i oppose the alcohol for the sake of the city's public safety. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you. next speaker? public speaker: high. i'm with the high school and part of the boys and girls club. if you watch arthur are the little place called sugar bowl. for me and my friends we meet at starbucks because it's affordable and it's adult free, usually. it's a safe place for us teens to be at. i like the drinks too. with alcohol there, i would feel really

violated in a way because a lot of us have bad personal experiences with alcohol. my dad is an alcoholic. i wouldn't feel safe around starbucks anymore. if alcohol is there, it would allow more adults to be there and possibly drunks. so instead of going into starbucks usually, i would be more apart from it than i ever was. so, like instead of cheating yourself to sweet drinks or usually caffeinate yourself for all nighters. i just want to go to starbucks to have fun. [ applause ] >>supervisor eric mar: thank you. everyone for your great comments and

keeping it as short as you could as well. colleagues, are there any comments? my grandfather was an alcoholic. it had horrible impacts on my family as well and places that normally do not have alcohol in these at -- atmospheres is dangerous. i want to say to residents around the cantina in taco bell and starbucks, i'm geography -- going to do my best to express our voice as a united coalition to do our best to protect the public health. i'm not sure in timing in how it operates, i will do my best to

make sure and victor lynn who helped me pull this together and our voice to make our voices heard. as people suggested from our speakers in the beginning and public comment, we will start a process to look at land use policies permitting, public health assessments and ways to have a much more comprehensive strategy in our city. i would like to continue this hearing to the call of the chair so we can work with many that are here with the grass roots coalition and the community agencies and residents as well. i think there is a lot of different strategies that combined together make our neighborhoods healthier. with that, i don't want to

extend this hearing any longer. i want to know if colleagues want to make comments before we close? supervisor campos. >>supervisor david campos: it's too bad that the taco bell presenter left. when you have this many concerns and to try to minimize it, it's really sad. just because he put a spanish name to it doesn't mean that and you try to make it fancy, a cantina. i mean alcohol is alcohol. there is nothing snobbish about it that if you have more money that you can get away with more things. i actually like taco bell and now considering whether or not i should actually continue to go there. thank you for being here. it's really commendable and i especially want to thank the

young people and to supervisor mar and his office for his leadership. thank you. >> supervisor christensen? >>supervisor julie christensen: i also want to thank supervisor mar. this was an interesting discussion. these hearings aren't always as productive. thank you for participating. city often lags behind. it takes empirical data, compelling information, the will of the community and it ends up at the legislative end to try to react to it. it seems to me this is a societal or cultural development that requires a holistic response. we have to decide as a city how we want to cope with this situation and take some meaningful steps to control it. i guess i'm on the side. i don't so much fault people for doing what they will do, but i think

we have to send a strong message as a city as to what we condone and with a we encourage in the city. this is certainly eye opening and an opportunity to take a look at the city and what will be better for it. thank you for everything. >>supervisor eric mar: aside from the grass roots, lieutenant fal zone has been important to work with and with passion that he can't express in different ways, but your heart is so big and your advocacy for health and safety in our community i appreciate it very much, lieutenant. thank you for being here. [ applause ]. colleagues, i have made a motion that we continue this to the call of the chair. >> so moved. >> we'll do that without objection. >> is there any other business

before us? >> there is no other business. >> so meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place

here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends.

there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real

scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire.

tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical

good morning, everyone. thank you very much for being here. san francisco is thrilled to be hosting super bowl 50. when we found out we were hosting super bowl 50 we were planning right away. we've been planning last spring with many exercises and pulling together our regional partners and local and federal partners to make sure that super bowl 50 is a safe, fun, experience for everyone who comes here. it's the golden anniversary of the super bowl. that's something to really celebrate and we are thrilled that san

francisco was chosen for this honor to be the super bowl 50 host. today, we have what we are calling a super bowl scrimmage. we have the second of three exercises that test our assumptions, refined our plans and actively engage our players in planning and response. each one of these we learn new things. we alter our plans and define them an deconflict them and as we move forward we are speaking with one voice and we know what other agencies are doing and what assumptions are in place. our goal is to work through all of these challenges together. so, again, super bowl 50 is a wonderful fun family event that's going to be 9 days long here in san francisco. we want people all over the region, all over the world to come and celebrate with us. we think that

unfortunately our own team will not be part of this. but, other than that, it's like it is the perfect event for san francisco and the bay area. we want to encourage efrj -- everyone in san francisco and sf to be alerted. it will be an important way to get messaged about with such information as what streets to avoid or what areas to avoid. so please encourage your residents neighbors to sign up for alert sf. i'm going to introduce my good friend. police chief suhr who is going to come up. there you are, chief.

he's going to give us a few words of wisdom. >> thank you, ann. i will preface my comments as a lifetime 9er faithful, i'm not ruling out that we are in the game. don't give up. anyway. we are so excited to be hosting the 50th anniversary of the super bowl. again, the planning has started in ernest pretty much as soon as we won the bid for our chance to show case san francisco and as police chief of what i believe is the finest police department in the country, we want it to be as safe as it can be. we've been to the new york fan fest where the super bowl played in new jersey, we've been down to arizona, where the super bowl was played in glendale and went to the phoenix police department to see what they do and it

got us that much more excited to be able to host this event over a 9-day period event in san francisco. one thing san francisco is good at is planning. it's what we do. no matter what eventuality that happens, our fire department and with the leadership with the mayor's office, we plan as if that event happens here. pretty much for every eventuality all the way up to and including typhoons and/or anyway, tidal waves. so, or tsunamis, which we hope never happens. that said, we'll be planning and it will be a great event where we plan and get to know each other. everybody has each other's cell phones and we work with our state and federal partners on what may come and i can't say enough how much preparation is going into this effort to make sure that it is safest. i know with

events going on overseas is leaving people right now anxious. again, it's just one more variable that we are training to. we are in regular contact with the fbi. again, there are no known threats to the united states, no known threats to san francisco and certainly no known threats to the super bowl. that communication will remain open regular and we will absolutely make sure that every precaution is taken to make sure the whole world can come to the super bowl in late january and february and have hopefully what is going to be the best super bowl and best fan fest ever here or nfl experience. i would just say as police chief here in san francisco, you are all invited. >> thank you, chief. now i would like to introduce our very own fire chief chief hayes white. >> good morning, everyone.

like the two previous speakers, san francisco is very enthusiastic about hosting super bowl 50. although we won't be in shoulder pads and cleats. the people behind me gathered around the city are like a team. we are the team preparing, planning and communicating about what's going to happen end of january, beginning of february. we are very well prepared and that's what you see today with the men and women of san francisco county and state and regional partners. what i want to advocate to those visiting san francisco is we will do our utmost to keep everyone safe. we operate at a high level in san francisco. we know there will be additional challenges but we are up to the challenges and as a team we are practicing and per --

perfecting and we are going to assure everyone that we are going to respond to emergencies outside of the super bowl as well as those coming to the super bowl. chief suhr wanted me to pass along what he always talked about and not just from law enforcement but fire department perspective. if you see something, make sure you say something. it's important to utilize 911. if it's not an emergency you can use 311. if you have some ideas related to preparedness and transit, make a good plan and utilize all the city's resources many we want you to understand that from the san francisco fire department that we have 15 more paramedics that will be available. we have private providers as well. we anticipate we will have a high call volume during the period of time, but we are prepared and ready and look forward to hosting everyone here in san

francisco. thank you. >> thank you, chief. i'm going to call chief suhr back up real quickly. >> so my partner at the fire department shouldn't have to say what chief suhr said with chief suhr standing here. anyway, with all of our devices we are never going to be as safe as we can be with the millions of people in san francisco looking out for one another. whoever comes to the nfl experience during those 9 days. especially right now with everybody anxious in san francisco and around the country. please, if you see something, anything remotely out of the ordinary. please call. 911 is on alert to expedite calls. that will be the case in the nfl experience as with other major events with our three world series championships and runs with super bowls in the past and other major events in san francisco. we need to remain vigilant as a

city as a whole when it comes to taking care of one another and looking after one another. that's when we are going to be safest and you will get the most rapid response you can possibly get to checkout any possible potential concern.er on the side of the caution, if it's nothing, no problem. you would be remiss what i always call a predictable surprise where you saw something and didn't say anything and something went on. just call us. >> thank you, chief. now i would like to introduce our director of sf mta, ed reiskin. >> thank you, good morning, everyone. i would like to thank ann and the team for her leadership and what the team referenced. to put on a big event like this does take a lot of coordination and planning and is really preparing us for

anything that might happen and that planning is essential to making for a great event. it will be a great event as everybody else has said. i think this is a great opportunity for san francisco whether you like football or not, whether you are planning to participate in these activities or not. the super bowl being hosted here is going to bring a lot of people, a lot of excitement and a lot of goodwill to our city which is a good thing. from a transportation point of view, our task is really straight forward. we want to make sure that people can safely and readily access the event and from and to the event and everybody else in san francisco can go where they need to go whether it's work or school or just trying to make their way across town. we have been planning with the rest of the city planning but also with the rest of the regional transportation agencies and particularly law enforcement and homeland

security, particularly the transportation security administration to make sure we can have a safe and secure event and from secure transit agencies. we want to encourage everybody to take transit because of the transportation we have developed is very much reliant on people taking transit. but for people taking transit, we want people to report anything that looks suspicious or worry some. like the chief said, call 911 and let them do their job. to support emergency services in particular, part of our effort is mapping out the security routes, the emergency vehicle access routes to and from all of the various events in the area to make sure that without being impeded, they can do their work. and then in terms of the transportation service itself, we've been working with all the providers and particularly with muni which is going to do a lot

of the heavily lifting for this event to make sure that where we can work around and with the street closures to make sure that everybody who wants to take transit from and to the events can and everybody else who uses transit on a regular bases can get to where they need to be going. we've been able to figure out routes to the buses and figure out where the taxi stands will be and the emergency vehicle access will be. this is something we do for many large special events. we did it for america's cup and for other large parades and other large celebrations. we are very confident in our ability to ensure people get to where they want to go whether they are participating or not safely and efficiently. we will be encouraging folks to use transit and just to address an issue that's been out there. there has been a lot of talk about the impact that sites down at the foot of embarcadero on muni might have

overhead wires. we've been working hand in hand with the community over many months as they are refining their plans. the issue with the wires if you get close to the wires, that's not a safe situation and we need to move the wires. as we've been communicating with them, they have been able to redesign their structures for the village so it will not require the removal of overhead wires. the removal of overhead wires would have brought some cost but brought disruption because it would have made the removal period long. without the need to remove wires, that won't be an issue. we'll be able to keep that window closure as soon as possible and get folks to and from the event and around the event as well as possible and we'll continue to work with the other transportation providers to

make sure it's great for everybody whether they are participating or not. thanks. >> thank you, ed. it's now my pleasure to introduce keith bruce who is the ceo of the super bowl 50 host committee. keith? >> thank you, ann . good morning, everybody. regardless of who is playing in the super bowl, it is 80 days from today. and more importantly 70 days to the opening of the super bowl city and the official celebrations that will mark this great event coming to the bay area. safety and secures has been our no. 1 priority from the very first day that the host committee was formed. we have been working with the nfl, with city officials and with public agencies to ensure a safe and secure environment for super bowl 50. the nfl, the one beautiful thing about the super bowl is it's an annual event and you are able to learn from past super bowls around public safety and

security and apply those to future events and with this fantastic team behind me is truly a coalition, it's about a team coming together to provide a strong safe and secure environment for not just the super bowl itself but the activities and events happening around super bowl week in the area. with the exercises yesterday and yesterday with the fbi's efforts that we saw at levi stadium, we are clearly on a path to make sure all the safety protocols are in place that are required. in super bowl city, that is one of our crown jewel events for super bowl 50. it's a nine day9-day of events and for guest and around the world who will come to the bay area for super bowl 50 and it's our job to make sure they have

a fantastic time and to know what bay area is known for. chief suhr and chief white, the department of homeland security and the federal agencies involved in supporting our efforts, it's a fantastic coalition of support that we enjoy as a host committee. it's our job to make sure they have the resources and information that they need to be able to do their jobs as effectively as they can so everyone enjoys this spectacular event. i would like to thank the mayor's office and tony and martha for being so supportive of our efforts and mayor lee of our entire process of this game. we have 80 days to go to the game and 70 days to the opening of our events and we are going to be working very hard on that effort. i would like to reiterate to our partners of the mta and to partners over the past several months in safe and reliable transportation and solutions for not only the

guest of super bowl 50, but for the residents and the bay area commuters who work here and live here. we are conscious of all of that as a host committee. as we are looking at plans for super bowl city and finalizing that final foot print and working hard with mta to come up with a plan, a reconfigured plan to work with the city that all of our stakeholders are expecting but still not have an impact on the muni wires and keep them in place. we will not be removing those overhead wires at any point in time during the super bowl celebration. it's important that we recognize that this event will be a great event for everybody involved, not just those who are visiting but for the bay area residents as well. we'll continue to finalize our plans for super bowl city and we'll be announcing more details on that in the coming weeks and we

want to thank our partners at the mta and all the public safety officials who are here to support a great super bowl 50. thank you very much. >> thank you, keith. before i conclude, i wanted to just acknowledge some of our other partners who did not speak today. we have the mayor's office, martha cohen here who has been doing special events for a number of mayors. but we are very lucky to have her as part of our team. we also have jody travisero, from oef, whoo-hoo. kad em king from department of homeland security. and from dod , and john from

-- thank you for sticking around. we'll do one on one for anyone interested in that. thank you for coming. [ applause ] >> >>

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super bowl 50 is a safe, fun, experience for everyone who comes here. it's the golden anniversary of the super bowl. that's something to really celebrate and we are thrilled that san francisco was chosen for this honor to be the super bowl 50 host. today, we have what we are calling a super bowl scrimmage. we have the second of three exercises that test our assumptions, refined our plans and actively engage our players in planning and response. each one of these we learn new things. we alter our plans and define them an deconflict them and as we move forward we are speaking with one voice and we know what other agencies are doing and what assumptions are in place. our goal is to work through all of these challenges together. so, again, super bowl 50 is a wonderful

fun family event that's going to be 9 days long here in san francisco. we want people all over the region, all over the world to come and celebrate with us. we think that unfortunately our own team will not be part of this. but, other than that, it's like it is the perfect event for san francisco and the bay area. we want to encourage efrj -- everyone in san francisco and sf to be alerted. it will be an important way to get messaged about with such information as what streets to avoid or what areas to avoid. so please encourage your

residents neighbors to sign up for alert sf. i'm going to introduce my good friend. police chief suhr who is going to come up. there you are, chief. he's going to give us a few words of wisdom. >> thank you, ann. i will preface my comments as a lifetime 9er faithful, i'm not ruling out that we are in the game. don't give up. anyway. we are so excited to be hosting the 50th anniversary of the super bowl. again, the planning has started in ernest pretty much as soon as we won the bid for our chance to show case san francisco and as police chief of what i believe is the finest police department in the country, we want it to be as safe as it can be. we've been to the new york fan fest where the super bowl played in

new jersey, we've been down to arizona, where the super bowl was played in glendale and went to the phoenix police department to see what they do and it got us that much more excited to be able to host this event over a 9-day period event in san francisco. one thing san francisco is good at is planning. it's what we do. no matter what eventuality that happens, our fire department and with the leadership with the mayor's office, we plan as if that event happens here. pretty much for every eventuality all the way up to and including typhoons and/or anyway, tidal waves. so, or tsunamis, which we hope never happens. that said, we'll be planning and it will be a great event where we plan and get to know each other. everybody has each other's cell phones and we work with our state and

federal partners on what may come and i can't say enough how much preparation is going into this effort to make sure that it is safest. i know with events going on overseas is leaving people right now anxious. again, it's just one more variable that we are training to. we are in regular contact with the fbi. again, there are no known threats to the united states, no known threats to san francisco and certainly no known threats to the super bowl. that communication will remain open regular and we will absolutely make sure that every precaution is taken to make sure the whole world can come to the super bowl in late january and february and have hopefully what is going to be the best super bowl and best fan fest ever here or nfl experience. i would just say as police chief here in san francisco, you are all invited.

>> thank you, chief. now i would like to introduce our very own fire chief chief hayes white. >> good morning, everyone. like the two previous speakers, san francisco is very enthusiastic about hosting super bowl 50. although we won't be in shoulder pads and cleats. the people behind me gathered around the city are like a team. we are the team preparing, planning and communicating about what's going to happen end of january, beginning of february. we are very well prepared and that's what you see today with the men and women of san francisco county and state and regional partners. what i want to advocate to those visiting san francisco is we will do our utmost to keep everyone safe. we operate at a high level in san francisco. we know there will be additional

challenges but we are up to the challenges and as a team we are practicing and per -- perfecting and we are going to assure everyone that we are going to respond to emergencies outside of the super bowl as well as those coming to the super bowl. chief suhr wanted me to pass along what he always talked about and not just from law enforcement but fire department perspective. if you see something, make sure you say something. it's important to utilize 911. if it's not an emergency you can use 311. if you have some ideas related to preparedness and transit, make a good plan and utilize all the city's resources many we want you to understand that from the san francisco fire department that we have 15 more paramedics that will be available. we have private providers as well.

we anticipate we will have a high call volume during the period of time, but we are prepared and ready and look forward to hosting everyone here in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you, chief. i'm going to call chief suhr back up real quickly. >> so my partner at the fire department shouldn't have to say what chief suhr said with chief suhr standing here. anyway, with all of our devices we are never going to be as safe as we can be with the millions of people in san francisco looking out for one another. whoever comes to the nfl experience during those 9 days. especially right now with everybody anxious in san francisco and around the country. please, if you see something, anything remotely out of the ordinary. please call. 911 is on alert to expedite calls. that will be the case in the nfl experience as with other major events with

our three world series championships and runs with super bowls in the past and other major events in san francisco. we need to remain vigilant as a city as a whole when it comes to taking care of one another and looking after one another. that's when we are going to be safest and you will get the most rapid response you can possibly get to checkout any possible potential concern.er on the side of the caution, if it's nothing, no problem. you would be remiss what i always call a predictable surprise where you saw something and didn't say anything and something went on. just call us. >> thank you, chief. now i would like to introduce our director of sf mta, ed reiskin. >> thank you, good morning, everyone. i would like to thank ann and the team for her leadership and what the

team referenced. to put on a big event like this does take a lot of coordination and planning and is really preparing us for anything that might happen and that planning is essential to making for a great event. it will be a great event as everybody else has said. i think this is a great opportunity for san francisco whether you like football or not, whether you are planning to participate in these activities or not. the super bowl being hosted here is going to bring a lot of people, a lot of excitement and a lot of goodwill to our city which is a good thing. from a transportation point of view, our task is really straight forward. we want to make sure that people can safely and readily access the event and from and to the event and everybody else in san francisco can go where they need to go whether it's work or school or just trying to make their way across town. we have been planning

with the rest of the city planning but also with the rest of the regional transportation agencies and particularly law enforcement and homeland security, particularly the transportation security administration to make sure we can have a safe and secure event and from secure transit agencies. we want to encourage everybody to take transit because of the transportation we have developed is very much reliant on people taking transit. but for people taking transit, we want people to report anything that looks suspicious or worry some. like the chief said, call 911 and let them do their job. to support emergency services in particular, part of our effort is mapping out the security routes, the emergency vehicle access routes to and from all of the various events in the

area to make sure that without being impeded, they can do their work. and then in terms of the transportation service itself, we've been working with all the providers and particularly with muni which is going to do a lot of the heavily lifting for this event to make sure that where we can work around and with the street closures to make sure that everybody who wants to take transit from and to the events can and everybody else who uses transit on a regular bases can get to where they need to be going. we've been able to figure out routes to the buses and figure out where the taxi stands will be and the emergency vehicle access will be. this is something we do for many large special events. we did it for america's cup and for other large parades and other large celebrations. we are very confident in our ability to ensure people get to where they want to go whether they are participating or not safely and efficiently. we will be encouraging folks to use

transit and just to address an issue that's been out there. there has been a lot of talk about the impact that sites down at the foot of embarcadero on muni might have overhead wires. we've been working hand in hand with the community over many months as they are refining their plans. the issue with the wires if you get close to the wires, that's not a safe situation and we need to move the wires. as we've been communicating with them, they have been able to redesign their structures for the village so it will not require the removal of overhead wires. the removal of overhead wires would have brought some cost but brought disruption because it would have made the removal period long. without the need to remove wires, that won't be an issue. we'll be able to keep that window closure as soon as possible and

get folks to and from the event and around the event as well as possible and we'll continue to work with the other transportation providers to make sure it's great for everybody whether they are participating or not. thanks. >> thank you, ed. it's now my pleasure to introduce keith bruce who is the ceo of the super bowl 50 host committee. keith? >> thank you, ann . good morning, everybody. regardless of who is playing in the super bowl, it is 80 days from today. and more importantly 70 days to the opening of the super bowl city and the official celebrations that will mark this great event coming to the bay area. safety and secures has been our no. 1 priority from the very first day that the host committee was formed. we have been working with the nfl, with city officials and with public agencies to ensure a safe and secure environment for super bowl 50.

the nfl, the one beautiful thing about the super bowl is it's an annual event and you are able to learn from past super bowls around public safety and security and apply those to future events and with this fantastic team behind me is truly a coalition, it's about a team coming together to provide a strong safe and secure environment for not just the super bowl itself but the activities and events happening around super bowl week in the area. with the exercises yesterday and yesterday with the fbi's efforts that we saw at levi stadium, we are clearly on a path to make sure all the safety protocols are in place that are required. in super bowl city, that is one of our crown jewel events for super bowl 50. it's a nine day9-day of events

and for guest and around the world who will come to the bay area for super bowl 50 and it's our job to make sure they have a fantastic time and to know what bay area is known for. chief suhr and chief white, the department of homeland security and the federal agencies involved in supporting our efforts, it's a fantastic coalition of support that we enjoy as a host committee. it's our job to make sure they have the resources and information that they need to be able to do their jobs as effectively as they can so everyone enjoys this spectacular event. i would like to thank the mayor's office and tony and martha for being so supportive of our efforts and mayor lee of our entire process of this game. we have 80 days to go to the game and 70 days to the opening of our events and we are going to be working very hard on that effort.

i would like to reiterate to our partners of the mta and to partners over the past several months in safe and reliable transportation and solutions for not only the guest of super bowl 50, but for the residents and the bay area commuters who work here and live here. we are conscious of all of that as a host committee. as we are looking at plans for super bowl city and finalizing that final foot print and working hard with mta to come up with a plan, a reconfigured plan to work with the city that all of our stakeholders are expecting but still not have an impact on the muni wires and keep them in place. we will not be removing those overhead wires at any point in time during the super bowl celebration. it's important that we recognize that this event will be a great event for everybody involved, not just those who are visiting but for the bay area

residents as well. we'll continue to finalize our plans for super bowl city and we'll be announcing more details on that in the coming weeks and we want to thank our partners at the mta and all the public safety officials who are here to support a great super bowl 50. thank you very much. >> thank you, keith. before i conclude, i wanted to just acknowledge some of our other partners who did not speak today. we have the mayor's office, martha cohen here who has been doing special events for a number of mayors. but we are very lucky to have her as part of our team. we also have jody travisero, from oef, whoo-hoo. kad em king from department of

homeland security. and from dod , and john from -- thank you for sticking around. we'll do one on one for anyone interested in that. thank you for coming. [ applause ] >> >> (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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