advocate. i live in san francisco over 37 years. my familiar plea do ha my family do have roots in the mission as my family lives at 37th and mission. they have brn a strong member of the -- been a strong member of the filipino community. it's so important that you recognize outstanding small business owners earlier today, because i believe that this is also a model minority small business owners. i believe they are exactly the type of business that this neighborhood would want. evan and his partners came from very humble beginnings, and have won best of san francisco food truck for seven years. they have been operating in the

same location for three years. they serve delicious food at very affordable prices. this was the only business oflg filipino -- offering filipino cuisine in the entire mission. even the planning commission staff supported this project initially because it's consistent with the general plan of the planning code for mission 2020. they are desirable for the surrounding neighborhood and meets all applicable requirements of the planning code. thank you for supporting this appeal. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> this is just another example of the most vulnerable people who are working hard and paying taxes and doing the best they can to survive in the city and county of san francisco. we already know that you've got high sky high rents.

they're working together as a team to support the sales and their families, and now here you come, want to disturb them. they're paying taxes, just like you. we've got multimillion dollar corporations, and i demonstrated several times, twitter, it used to be five, but now it's nine, companies have gotten a minimum of $217 billion worth of free, tax free money. not paying payroll taxes, and each and every one of you board of supervisors, all you city employees, the district attorney's office, the district attorney itself are paying payroll taxes, and they're paying payroll taxes too, in order to live in san francisco. now you want to disturb their living, and what you going to do? make them homeless and increase the population? you always doing tail end backwards production and treating people that's born and raised in san francisco. it's disgusting. how come you don't charge twitter payroll taxes? they're paying taxes here, and

they're not doing nothing that's against the law. they're supporting themselves and their family, and you want to mess with them. you ought to be ashamed of yourself. you're unconscionable. you oversupervise. you're supposed to be taking care of the most vulnerable people in the city. that's what the board of supervisors used to be about before all you guys got here before, but not now. so price fixing, price gouging, and picking up on the people that can't defend themselves. >> thank you, mr. wright, for your comments. next speaker, please. [inaudible] >> hello. my name is mary, and i'm a

resident and homeowner in the neighborhood and i support the appeal. as the mother of a two-year-old toddler, i often find that family friendly food venues are scarce in the neighborhood. therefore i would welcome food venues with outdoor seating that i and my family and other families could enjoy. i pass by that location every day and it would be a great location in the neighborhood to put this spot to use as a space where the local community can gather, exchange and enjoying an outdoors see meal in our sunny mission neighborhood. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is adrian burns, and i'm a homeowner in the neighborhood. i just want to support this project, and support the youth and adding more family friendly space in the neighborhood as well as a more environmental use of this parking lot. i support this appeal. thank you so much.

>> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi there. my name's carlos buena. not only do i live a few blocks from this site, i also own soma street food park and spark social sf, two thriving food trucks in san francisco. and not only that, my family has owned and operated restaurants along the valencia corridor for 35 years. it's sad to be here on a day where we're supporting and highlighting small businesses in san francisco and now we're here, not allowing this respectable small business to setup shop here on valencia. i've shown improvement firsthand that a project like this could really positively effect, have a positive impact on neighborhoods, not only in mission bay where spark social is located, but also south way where south of soma is located. just like to say i fully

support this project. thanks. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is tyler mcniven. i own and operate west of pecos, which is on valencia, just a couple of blocks from 701 valencia. i'm also on the member of the valencia merchants association. we initially supported it. during the day, we don't have as many lunch food options, so if we can create a better harmony with lunch food options and retail, valencia will thrive more during the day. i fully support what's going on here, and this is a beloved food truck. many of my merchant associates and friends really depend on it for a good meal during the week. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> ladies and gentlemen of the board, my name is robert pildau. bay area native and san francisco resident. i'm not here to try to pull at the heart strings. i'm here to present this case how i see it through what i feel is a pretty logical lenses. we have this food truck here that brings a massive amount of food traffic through the neighborhood that i have to imagine not only positively affects this business, but also has a trickle down effect to the surrounding businesses of the area, and it's a positive change, right, in a city which some of us touched on before where we have drastic change that a lot of us seem to view as negative, right? big businesses coming in, rents are sky high, native san franciscans are getting pushed out of their homes. my question is why are we making an example out of two small business owners that are

bay area natives? it makes no sense to me at all. i support this appeal. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is rad reyes, a san francisco resident and a member of the filipino community. we've heard the phrase support small business community a lot, and what has happened here is extremely unjust. he serves filipino food, and there's nothing similar to that in this neighborhood. he wasn't operating illegally, he paid taxes, he had all his required permits. he's the epitome of a small business. if we don't protect people like him, we're sending a really bad message. i have four children, and i've

always encouraged them to find something that they love to do and work for themselves, start -- start their own business, but after seeing what's happened here, i'm a little bit hesitant. so i'm hoping you'll reconsider. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi, everyone. my name's chafey zhou. i'm an immigrant from china. i live in the neighborhood for almost 20 years. i do multiple jobs. one of my jobs is working -- [inaudible] >> -- while the food truck is there. what i want to say is the fact that the two -- those two mexican restaurants claiming that -- that their business was threatened by the food truck business is not true. when i was there, i've seen

their -- their business lines very long all the time, and they didn't even provide enough sitting for their customers. so i -- i feel like many customers -- their customers sitting in our lot in the food truck place. so -- and now, the food trucks got terminate, and i lost my job, so yeah, that's all i want to say, thanks so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am an employee of 701 valencia. i'm going to be reading on behalf of sharon's appliances due to they couldn't be here. i'm writing on behalf of sharon's appliances, a mission district business that has been family owned since the 1800's. i'm writing for this full support of project sponsor. the relationship between the project sponsor and sharon's

goes back for over a decade, and all of our dealings, i can say without a doubt that he's a model tenant, and not only has ryan paid rent on 250i78, he has always dealt with any and all issues that have arisen on our property with swift and careful attention. as one can imagine, having a property on the corner of 18 and valencia has its pluses and minuses, and we believe both should be acknowledged. its fantastic location allows a great opportunity to do something positive such as allowing a great business to operate as only filipino food and the entire valencia street corridor. there are also a handful of vibrant possibilities which can happen on a great corner. the downside is that without a man's presence, the space is open to vandenberg willism, loitering, public indecency,

drug use, and other activity. firearm ammunition was recently cleaned up at the site. it should be noted that in the past couple of years, $20,000 in damages of vandenberg willism has occurred in the space when it's unmanned. we under that gentrification is a sensitive topic on valencia street, but we understand that not everyone is as open to change, but we do hope that this business is allowed to operate at 701 valencia street under the condition that's no food condition be -- >> thank you. thank you for your comments.

sis . >> but, of course, he told me about the rejected proposal, which i was pretty deciismayed hear about with all the plans that he had. further beyond that, ryan, you know, from just -- from even outside of his proposal, he always has -- whichever -- or any community he's involved in, he always has their best interests in mind. i have no doubt that any issue that would arise would be addressed by ryan, and also, you know, hate to see that senor sisig was rejected on the proposal. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is stephen satterfield. i am a feed reviewer and multimedia manager. i had an opportunity to work

directly with ryan as a collaborator at some of our food media work. as many people have presented before me, ryan has proven represented represented -- repeatedly over the course of a decade to be a model citizen and a community first advocate at each opportunity. i find myself personally dismayed that we have three bay area natives, two small businesses, who have tried to do nothing but create a sense of community around an otherwise under utilized space, only to be turned away from what i can only hope was something that was mistaken. san francisco takes a huge amount of pride and also capital from its hospitality and tourism sector, most of which is predicated on our reputation as one of the canninary capitals of the world.

i'm sure you know this is a reputation that's under siege when we have restaurants that are having a hard timekeeping their doors open and operating. contrary to popular belief, it is time-consuming and energy and capital consuming to run a food truck. that being said, it is still a much lower barrier to entry than a brick and mortar restaurant, and the idea of san francisco natives, especially people of color who i advocate for as entrepreneurs in this space as others is really disheartening, and i hope will be reconsidered. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. that's me, again. i'm a taxi driver, san francisco. i've been driving 22 years in the city of san francisco. we bought -- i bought a medallion for 200 -- >> sir, i'm going to pause your time. this item is about an appeal of 701 valencia street. there will be an opportunity for public comment later in the meet. >> no problem.

>> and we welcome your comment at that time. thank you. >> hello. i want to also speak about the taxi, but we'll talk later. >> we welcome your comments. >> just want to comment a little bit on the 701. >> okay. i'll set the timer for you. >> it's -- i see it like those people who have spent so much many on the restaurant to build a restaurant and to get through so many different inspections and to cleaning everything, and these food trucks, it seems like the way that uber and lyft is sneaking into the taxi industry, same way they are trying to destroy the industry. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi.

my name is tomi. i'm an artist that helped run with the design of the community lot area. i work with ryan on many projects, and i can say that he is a very hard working man, and he's a very trustworthy person. he's working very hard to create a space that the entire community can enjoy together. i also worked many years ago as a valet at this specific lot, so i spent a lot of time there in the community, eating at the mexican restaurant next door, and i really enjoy the space, but i always knew that it was -- there was a lot of potential there. kind of just -- it's just a lot, but if you really put your head together, you can turn it into something really special. and when i saw the plans ryan had for it, it reminded me of home. i'm originally from nigeria. there, it's very common to have open community spaces, and the community comes together and

you eat really delicious ethnic foods. you enjoy the sunset, you see your neighbors, and i feel like that's something we could really use in san francisco. i just wanted to say, i think it would be a big shame if san francisco lost this opportunity. it's kind of -- it just feels really fresh. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello to you all. my name is natalie cash. i'm a resident in bernal heights. born and raised in the bay area. i just want to say i've grownup eating lots of different cultural foods in the mission district, and i can't really think of another filipino food option that i'd want to eat. i know this parking lot well. i've lived down the block from it for a while, and i just have to say when that parking lot is empty, it's just a bit of a sad site, and it does collect trash, and human feces and things like that. it's just a really dirty part of the city, and it's -- if

people and community can come together and change that, i think that's amazing. all these people here in this room today are here to better the area, and i support this. sorry. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. i'm here to support senor sisig because it's an amazing food truck. i don't know if you remember in september of 2014, the turf war they had with the mission playground where the up and coming tech was kind of bullying the neighborhood kids and pushing them out. it was pity, it was petty, it was sad, it wasn't right. it kind of reminds me of the situation we have today. we're tired of seeing our

neighborhood gyms scuffed out and having to give way to boutiques and high end restaurants that don't really cater to moi. you know, it's -- it's different. so senor sisig seemed to cater to all. they've always been a very personable experience, and i've always enjoyed it. there was no negative element, they don't sell alcohol. you don't have, say, like, a rowdy crowd in there or anything. it was nice. yeah, i think it's a great addition to the neighborhood, and i'd just be really sad to see them bullied off the field, and yeah, they work hard, so if we could keep them around, it would mean a lot to us. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is damian cash. i'm an sf resident for over ten years, and i just wanted to reinforce an observation today in this meeting. i noticed earlier there was

congratulations and you know great welcomage for small local businesses that have been a -- remain a staple here for a while. i found it was rather ironic that we're doing quite the opposite now. and i'd like to have that sink in for a second, and think about it. >> appreciate your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm a first generation filipino immigrant. just thought i'd offer a couple of thoughts based on what i've heard so far. i've also heard the opposition of those opposed to the project. first of all, this is not competition for the local merchants. the food that senor sisig offers might sound the same but it's completely different. you heard the folks say it is unique, and that, i agree with.

second, i am he aa frequent visitor to the area, and i can assure you if one of us stops to do something on that corner, we're off doing something else with many other vendors on that street, and they're not all food vendors. third, i heard the original concerns that people raised, and i see now that in terms of mitigation, ryan's stepping up to the plate, like he always has with all issued raised. thank you very much for your consideration. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is joe a. >> commissioner veronese: -- joanne boston. i have a vast network from around the country, and whenever they come to san francisco, one of their first stops is senor sisig.

not only do they bring pride to san francisco, they bring people to frequent other businesses within their area. having to fight for this and having to do this during a time when we are celebrating asian americans and small businesses, it saddens me that we have to do that, especially since filipinos have a history of displacement here in the united states and san francisco. my family came here after world war ii. they were kicked out of their neighborhood in north beach. i live in daly beach, but i was born here in san francisco. having a place in this city is very important to our community, so i hope you support the small businesses and senor sisig. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> i speak today in full support for the condition of no food at 701 valencia so that

senor sisig can return to their business. i am a mission resident just living right down the street, and i work the lot. as i worked the lot i watched people frequent senor sisig as wells aall the other restaurants. and

regulations like everybody else but we're also subject to high rent costs. for example in the restaurant industry, the general rule of thumb that your total occupancy costs should not exceed 6 to 10% of your gross sales. well in 2017, our occupancy costs were over 10%. the second thing that i wanted to talk about was this idea that we can just pick up and move to a new spot, it's not that easy. that's not how it works in san francisco or anywhere in the u.s. when it comes to food trucks. lots of any locations such as the valencia location results in an immediate loss of jobs for us. permits are very hard to get, the process is very lengthy, and can take up to six to eight months, and we're never guaranteed a permit that we applied for. the main point that evan has

mentioned, we want to remind everybody that we were operating at this location since 2016, and we wanted to make sure that we're treated fairly just like every other business in san francisco, and we hope that you'll take this into consideration. and i want to make a quick note that ryan was required to provide an x amount of signatures for this appeal, and he was able to get all the required signatures, including 25% of those that were from nearby landowners. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'd like to thank the board for letting me speak here today. my name is joshua white. i'm a lifelong san francisco resident. i'm also the son of a small business mission owner called mission dental health. i remember when the valencia was a no-go zone when i was a kid. and now, in my opinion, it's

flu fluorishing because of its huge diversity of restaurants that do exist there, senor sisig being one of them. i also want to say that, you know, to add a little bit more context, i've known evan for my whole life, and i remember, you know, him, when he was in high school. i also remember when he was a student at san francisco state, studying business, and senor sisig was his dream. i just wanted to say -- voice my support for senor sisig on valencia street at 701. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. chair. >> thank you. so we'll move back to the regularly -- agenda. we'll move to, i think, supervisor ronen. no? sorry. we'll have ten minutes for planning department to present on this item. >> good afternoon, supervisors. rich sucre, manager of the

southeast department at the san francisco planning department. the decision for you is whether to overturn or uphold the planning department's approval to allow the temporary conversion of an accessory parking lot into a commercial parking lot at 701 valencia street. the planning commission granted the conditional use for the commercial parking lot with the condition of approval to prohibit restaurant and limited restaurants at the site. the appellant raises several issues in their written appeal with regard to this added condition of approval which would prohibit the restaurant and limited restaurant uses. the applicant contends that the project was thoroughly reviewed by planning staff who found that the project could be desirable for the neighborhood. the planning staff recommended approval of the project with standard conditions of approval. in addition, the appellant contends that the contrary to the concerns that the proposed use would be competing with traditional mexican restaurants in the area, filipino fusion

cuisine is different. further, the food served by the proposed operation would be afforded a commodity is that is less and less available in the valencia street neighborhood. during the hearing, the planning commission determined that the proposed temporary commercial parking lot use is desirable as a shared use of an existing facility as it will alleviate short-term demand for on street parking. the kmshl parking lot will provide supplemental parking, and the existing parking lot will not be enlarged or altered to accommodate this temporary one. although the planning department did recommend approval of the proposed use, it is up to the planning commission to grand conditional use applications by taking into consideration not only planning staff's recommendation but also public comment and other issues that may arise during the public hearing. the commission determined that a restaurant and/or a limited restaurant use at this location would not be necessary or desirable for the surrounding

community due to the overabundance of nearby eating and drinks establishments within the vicinity of the project. it is within the purview to place conditions on the permit to ensure that the proposed use will be comparable with the surrounding neighborhood. further, the permit is on the conditional use, not on the restaurant, menu, and price points. the commission carefully reviewed the proposed project and came to the unanimous conclusion that on balance, the proposed project met the criteria and the planning code. further at the hearing, the commission gave staff and the applicant clear direction regarding the added condition of approval. for these reasons, the commission approved the project and now staff will leave the questions in the hands of this board. this concludes my presentation and i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> president breed: thank you. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: yes, mr. sucre, i'm just trying to get a

sense of the hours that senor sisig were operating when they were operating at this site. i don't know if you know the answer to that question. if not, if i could bring forward adam to answer that question. do you know the answer to that question? >> sure. so you remain, senor sisig is operating under a mobile food facility temporary use authorization. they obtained a temporary use authorization in january of 2017. under this, we don't actually have specific hours that are assigned to a temporary use. they're either allowed to operate six days for 12 hours max or for three days as a 24 hours. so this is something that's specific to mobile food facilities, basically, someplace on a private lot, not within a building, for example. >> supervisor ronen: could i -- is it proper, madam chair, to ask the -- adam the hours that he was -- >> president breed: yeah, this is the time. fine. >> supervisor ronen: okay. if you could come forward.

>> yeah. as he mentioned, we had the permit for six days, 12 hours max. we -- every weekend we were there, and we were inconsistently there throughout the week, and we were trying to get staffed to get to be able to be there six days, 12 hours. >> supervisor ronen: six days, 12 hours. okay. thank you. that's all. >> president breed: okay. all right. so let's open it up to public comment for those who are in opposition to the appeal, this is your time to talk. you will have up to two minutes. >> thank you for your time in listening. my name is sasha hamilton. i was raised in san francisco, and i've lived across the street from 701 valencia for 22 years. my mother is the landlord, and we support long-term tenants and rent control. i worked all my life with children, families in san francisco including mission

graduates, and as a public schoolteacher in vis valley and the richmond. i now work in special education in the bayview. i also currently serve on the board of mission kids, a cooperative preschool on south vanness. throughout my career i've been committed to working with under served populations. my initial concerns regarding this proposal was a mother and a neighbor, and the related noise and congestion in an already heavily trafficked area. families and residents tolerate a lot, and to add a large outdoor eating area open for long hours all week felt like too much. children and working people have a right to sleep and thrive. the proposed hours, alcohol use and increased numbers of days did not seem necessary or desirable for a place already saturated with restaurants. as a neighbor, i was okay with the prior restaurant, two days a week, 11:00 to 5:00, no ko

congregate seating. current food truck legislation requires a food truck to be at least 75 feet from another restaurant. while sharon's is a private lot, i hope you will appreciate the spirit and intent of the legislation. according to the golden gate restaurant legislation, restaurants can see a daily loss of 35 to 40% when trucks park outside their businesses. i -- this proposal sets a bad precedent. what are the implications for other commercial streets? will whoever's the most popular food truck get access to -- [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you for your comments. >> my name is kriss blochris b i'm the owner of the building that would form the backdrop

for the food truck proposal. when my husband and i, thomas pena and i bought the building and put everything we had into it, i never thought i would be the bad guy in this equation. we ran regularito for ten years. we're definitely part of the solution, not part of the problem at 18th at valencia. when we went to the planning commission, we were talking about three food trucks, seven days a week, with alcohol. that's what we were discussing a month ago. and now, the proposal has changed significantly. now, we're talking about one food truck, we're talking about going back to where we were before, right? i grew up in a small business. we ran a small business for a number of years. i don't want to see senior sisg leave, either. nor do i want to see three food trucks until 11 clock at night

with alcohol which was the proposal in front of the planning commission. so if indeed today what we're talking about is protecting senor sisig from 11:00 to 5:00 saturdays and sundays, right, with no congreggate seating because it's almost impossible to mitigate that in an outdoor seating area. when we put in our patio, the city required us to spend $100,000 to mitigate the impact for surrounding neighborhoods, but if again we're talking about saving senor sisig from 11:00 to 5:00 on saturdays, let's do that. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. [speaking spanish language ] >> good afternoon. my name is eduardo. i am the owner of regalito.

regalito is behind the parking lot of sharon's. [speaking spanish language ] >> i've been working there for ten years. i work for chris pena for six years. [speaking spanish language ] >> i had the opportunity to buy the restaurant from them as an effort to -- on behalf of my family. [speaking spanish language ] >> lately, when senor sisig was operating, i saw a decrease in my sales. [speaking spanish language ] >> i believe in fair competition, and that we all deserve the right to grow. [speaking spanish language ] >> with ybut we can't compare

amount that is invested in our restaurant to the amount that it takes to run a food truck. [speaking spanish language ] >> i believe this all of the restaurants on the valencia corridor have a multiplied tremendously. i do support mr. sisig, but perhaps in a different area where there are less restaurants. [speaking spanish language ] >> and i would also like for them to support us as a small

business. [speaking spanish language ] >> unfortunately we don't have wheels to move from one place to another. [speaking spanish language ] >> and unfortunately, also, don't have that many friends that can come here and speak on my behalf to attest to all of the hard work that i put to run my business. [speaking spanish language ] >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. [speaking spanish language ] >> good afternoon, members of the board. my name is miguel echevarria. [speaking spanish language ] >> i am the owner of the

taqueria on valencia and 18th. [speaking spanish language ] >> i'm here to ask you to support the planning commission's decision to oppose the -- the appeal. i'm very proud that for the last 20 years my family and i have been able to pull forward our business based on hard work. [speaking spanish language ] >> after having provided my family and my employees stable work through all this time. [speaking spanish language ]

>> i ask you to mitigate these negative impacts and if you plan to help senor sisig, i also ask you to consider us and help us. [speaking spanish language ] >> with the competition of food trucks, it could be a -- a -- an unfair competition for me to be able to make the same means that i make now. [speaking spanish language ] [inaudible] [speaking spanish language ] >> in order to keep my business

running, and my staff -- sorry. [inaudible] >> now that the restaurant is only a few steps away from where senor sisig is. [speaking spanish language ] >> i think that it's unfair that mr. sisig as the appellant has created a large base of support through his media presence. [speaking spanish language ] >> he's very popular, and his following goes wherever he goes.

he does have more than one truck. [speaking spanish language ] >> and the noise level that he creates can also annoy the neighbors and possibly my clients by creating a high level of stress. [speaking spanish language ] [please stand by for captioner

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>> some of its negatives effects are the level of noise that it creates and the congestion, the number of people and the traffic that it creates making it much more difficult to find parking in the area. [speaking spanish] our business is one of the few that affordable prices in the community. it signifyings a serious threat because they don't pay the high level of taxes and overhead we pay. [speaking spanish]

>> translator: besides we have kept our business running with a lot of effort for the past 20 years. [speaking spanish] >> translator: which serves not just the acknowledgment from the community, but also its protection. >> [speaking spanish] >> translator: it would be very unfair to see us be endangered by a business that can run so inexpensively. >> [speaking spanish] >> translator: this is why we

ask you to support the -- to reject the appeal and respect the decision of the planning commission. >> [speaking spanish] >> translator: we want senor sisig to have the opportunity to be in a mission or some other place. if you decide for them to stay in valencia, with the same schedule before, and also of saturday and sunday. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> thank you, board of

supervisors, my name is darren fox. the valencia corridor is saturated with restaurants. this was the main factor that contributed to the planning department's unanimous decision. 20 eating establishments within one block, 71 within two blocks and that is including vacancies due to profitability factors. also the planning commission's unanimous decision had nothing to do with the type of food being served. this was a false narrative used to drum up signatures and create internet noise. raising a family in the mission across the street from the sharon lot we were opposed to the multiple food trucks and alcohol service well past midnight. in fact that sprung us as neighbors into action. as neighbors we had no problem with the weekend arrangement senor sisig had, but that consists of him at the corner

9-10 hours a day, so now we represent the brick-and-mortar businesses that will be effected. it is a provable fact that one of the two restaurants within feet, suffered profit losses and that with us senor sisig only being there on the weekends. one cannot say with a straight face they support local brick-and-mortar restaurants in the mission and then proceed to place a food truck operation within feet of two existing restaurants and then allow added expansion of hours and communal seating. with the talk of jobs, what about the 25 plus jobs from the restaurant that are again, feet away from this? finally, the fact that the appellant would go to our neighbors and friends, the people we interact with and tell us we are only in opposition of this to benefit just ourselves

is hurtful -- [bell ringing] >> thank you for your comments. >> good afternoon, my name is julie, 20-year renter living directly across the street from the lot and the proposed project. i think many of you know me as a dedicated with all of my heart and soul to economic justice in this community. this was never about getting rid of senor sisig, i'm sorry that everyone feels that way. it was never about that, it was about creating a good relationship between food trucks, local businesses and neighbors. my personal issue is about the congregate seating because my window is right there. 75-100 people sitting for hours on end is loud. so we're coming here to ask you as neighbors, we're the surrounding immediate neighbors,

to help us work through the project and to welcome people and make this happen. and we also put much of our own blood, sweat and tears into helping them find permanent locations. we got authorization for senor sisig starting in july to be in the community market. we worked with the planning department to find another location across from the skate park. so we've been in it to help and i hope that everybody in this room knows that, so that if they're feeling an argument that's being heard by the planning commission or the powers that be, that's not what the neighborhood feels like and i hope that everybody knows that. thank you. i would support saturday, sunday, 11-5 like before. that would already be the longest single block of operation for senior sisig anywhere in the city.

>> i'm a neighbor and my biggest concern is the hours and aggregate seating. we live in older buildings, we can't move at this point, so it would be great if they could respect the original times and like the other businesses that have outdoor seating, they have tents around them, so it blocks the noise. and they have restrooms so if you do honor the appeal, i hope that you can also consider those aspects. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. before the next speaker, are there any other members of the public that would like to speak in opposition of the appeal? please come to the podium. >> hi, i live in the 700 block of valencia. to me, i feel it's one person's

attempt to call this a community space when in fact it's a profit for him as far as business. and like to point to the fact that he's been running his parking lot business and food truck business without a permit for months. i should say years. and i feel that food trucks, they are very fun and in certain places, like the soma eats food truck area, it's located right under a freeway. and it's a great spot for a bunch of food trucks. however, next to buildings where families live and legacy restaurants exist, it's not the best place. and not run by an owner who previously has not held proper

permits. so i would just like to encourage the board of supervisors to support all decisions made by the planning commission. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. madame president. >> president breed: are there any other speakers who would like to speak in opposition to the appeal? not yet general public comment. thank you. ok, public comment is now closed. and the aappellant has up to three minutes for rebuttal. we'll get there and we'll make sure you get call on. -- called on. >> first off, i'd like to say it makes my heart a little more warm hearing there is an open mind about welcoming back senor sisig. i want to point out the fact that we always had valid permits, i had a letter from the sspd to make that clear the

entire time we were operating and i can show you copies of permits, so that comment is wrong. >> thank you, i do want to thank all those in opposition for speaking, i understand their concerns. my father was an immigrant who came here, worked on valencia street for years, worked up to the point he could start his own restaurant on valencia and market in 1993, sushi, which is now sushi zone. and he passed away in 96 and we sold the business, valencia is close to my heart, i understand the concerns of the businesses. i understand neighbors' concerns of noise, so those concerns are valid. we have done a lot to mitigate the concerns and told them no generators, we're going to plug in, no amplified music or sound, no alcohol on the site. we will close at a time of 9

p.m.. on fridays and saturday we ask to be open until 10. we'll provide bathrooms for our customers on the site. and so, i feel like we're meeting a lot of the concerns. there are -- continues to be brought up we don't pay rent on the site. this is not a public parking lot where we get a permit or public space where we just pull up. we do pay rent on the lot like another restaurant would and all our permit fees and other things as well. you know, they're saying we were there 11-5 on sundays, we have a permit to be there six days a week, 12 hours a day. so we had the ability to do it. we were just trying to get staff and wait until the cu was approved. so we're asking to get the same ability that we had previously in this lot. another idea which sounds like