to see an increase in calls from small businesses who are also the owners of their property, so just feeling a little more comfortable talking to our office to really kind of understand sort of how they need to navigate this regulation and what supports are out there for them. so we've been having conversations with them. and then, we are also getting calls from businesses who the property owner is saying you need to do this, you need to deal with it. and i would say 95% of these businesses are on month to month -- they're month to month. so they feel -- they're very concerned if they give any push back then they may lose the opportunity to stay in their space. so we're working on that. we're working with those businesses. and then, sb 1397 in 2017 increased that we used to

collect $1 fee to apply to disability and disability access fund. it now increased it to $4. 90% of that $4 now stays within the local municipality. before it was only 75%. so we are first required to make sure that the funding goes to city departments who need to have employees go through training and certification for becoming a certified access specialist. and so we have started working with the mayor's office on disability, public works, the mayor's office of housing and historic preservation is interested having a couple staff go through the training but not the certification. d.b.i. has declined using the funds, saying that they have enough funds to cover their certification and training. so then, the next step is for rhea and i are now beginning to work on how we will

programatically utilize those funds. we anticipate we will see, we will know exactly how much funds were collected at the end of august, maybe a little bit sooner from the controller's office because the vast majority of the business registration collection and the collection of this funding happens at the end of may, right? business registration's due at the end of may. so we'll know that probably beginning of august. we anticipate somewhere around $250,000 for us to work with. so there is still interest -- funding for the subsidized cast, we'll be looking at how much of this will be utilized to continue the c.a.s.

inspection, and how much will be used for businesses who are put in the position where the owner does not want to be put in the position of upgrading the entryway to help those businesses. legacy business, tomorrow is our meeting with the osaki creative group, and hopefully, we will be finalizing our logo for the legacy business program. and we are accepting applications for the business assistance grant through september 30 of this year. legislatively, i want to provide some updates. so there were some cannabis ordinances that were put through because of the nature of the timing and needing to get them through, and the timing of our meetings, we were not able to hear them, but i just wanted to make sure that you were aware of them. so there was an ordinance that allowed a waiver and refund of investigation fees imposed by the building code for

persons -- or businesses or persons that were registered with the office of cannabis. this waiver fund does expire at the end of this year. also, there was an ordinance with the -- we know about the labor peace agreements. we had discussed that, and that passed by the board of supervisors. and then, there was an ordinance amending the health code to allow the director of the public health, excuse me, to extend, and the director, office of cannabis, to extend the 90-day period to allow a 90-day extension because they were having problems ensuring that inspections were happening in a period of time. and so not to penalize the business, it offered the health department and the office of cannabis just to do a 90-day extension on the permit application.

and then, there was a charter amendment that was introduced, again, to create a cannabis commission. this was heard at the ruled committee on 6-20, and it's being continued to the call of the chair, which means at this point that that particular thing is not going to be moving forward whatsoever. i do want -- and that was introduced by supervisor fewer's office. so we will see if she decides to move forward anything. again, this is her second time for introducing legislation to create a cannabis commission. and then, still, to be scheduled is the cannabis retail and medical cannabis dispensaries in chinatown, basically, to ban those in chinatown. as this week at the budget and finance committee, there's several initiative ordinances that, again, timing wise, have to get through the process if

they are going to be on the november 6 ballot. so there's a -- one hotel tax allocations allowing for a portion of the hotel tax revenue for arts and cultural purposes and to remove obsolete provisions. and then, there's a second initiative ordinance with the business and tax regulation, so it's a gross receipt tax on transportation network company services. so creating a specific classification, private transit vehicle services and autonomous vehicle passenger services, so creating a specific classification for that. and then, another initiative ordinance, adding a gross receipts tax on cannabis. so again, a specific classification for gross receipts for those entities. at the next meeting, we'll have

a presentation from the sfmta on the geary b.r.t. they're wrapping up their outreach, so -- and are planning to start that project soon. and then, tentative, supervisor safai has introduced legislation to deal with the large apartment buildings and refuge where apparent -- i mean, i know this from a friend of mine who was an apartment manager. the challenges that they are having in that the garbage is not being sorted well between the black, blue, and green bins, things are getting mixed up, and so it's actually costing recology a great deal of many to -- it's -- money to -- it's either contaminates

garbage, the compost is contaminated or recycling, so it's li it's legislation that's going to address that. and then i wanted to make sure we had a new list of the business itemed that have come up at the commission, but i haven't had a chance to really work on them. so an update on the equity program for cannabis businesses, where are we on that and the permitting process? we've already talked about the construction mitigation, so i'm working with jorge rivas to prepare a presentation for the commission. commercial ownership for o.s.b. to develop a program informing businesses of commercial ownership and emphasis on storefronts. this is actually on our to-do, for the legacy business for this calendar year, and there's

active interest for a couple of the supervisors to really have the department develop a program and a set of recommendations. so -- and then, the planning -- public works, the d.p.w. fee, soft stories on the tier four properties, and then, tobacco, the implementation of the ban on flavored tobacco, and then, a review of all regulations regarding tobacco. so that's what i have on the new business list for the department to do. i'll discuss it in more detail with the president and the vice president sort of in terms of prioritizing -- prioritizing this with the fact that there's just me at this particular point in time dealing with the policy stuff. that said, moving on in regards to it just being me, the

posting for the secretary position concluded on july 3, so the next step is for me to get a list of the applicants from the department of human resources. i'm hoping to get that this week, and then, from there, i'll be able to go through them and make a selection for whom to interview. i have the list of our ongoing workshops that martha does. and then, just providing you with a list of the back meeting minutes. so what my goal is for the commission meeting minutes that commissioner corby wasn't part of is to do them in one meeting so that he doesn't have to continue to ask for recusal one meeting at a time, so that's my goal on that. so that is my director's report, and if you -- i'm happy to take any questions. >> do you have any questions? >> i just wonder, where are we with the determination of we're

planning for for formula retail on-line? i think it's a very important thing to discuss because it's already stampeding forward of large companies. even amazon, people like this aren't opening brick and mortar, and we need to have a determination whether there will be, under the formula retail -- >> that's correct. so at this point, my -- the request, in terms of how it needs to be formulated is the draft -- i have not been able to submit it to the planning department just in terms of band width, just in terms of the amount of work that's been on my plate. so i am nearly done in completing the request. it's -- i want to make sure that i'm getting all elements addressed and in one letter so that there's not a lot of back and forth with it. >> great. thank you.

>> thank you. >> do we have any members of the public who'd like to make comment on the director's report. seeing none, public comment is closed. anymore questions for the director? seeing none, next item, please. >> clerk: item seven, commissioner's reports. allows president, vice president and commissioners to report on recent small business activities and make announcements that are of interest to the small business community. discussion item. >> yeah, the only thing i have to say is i'll be representing small business this saturday with the mayor's new transition team, so i'll -- anybody has any small business, i've already been in contact with scott and paul on items that they want me to bring up. if anybody else has any items, feel free to let me know before saturday. commissioner ortiz? >> just want to thank supervisor ronen. we met last week with several

businesses in the mission. we met at regalito restaurant, and it was a nice change because it was just introductions, and also to inform businesses that they have support, that they have a voice, especially for those that english is not their first language. so it was just a different kind of pace, hey, you have a small business commissioner here to help, you have an organization that can help, and you have a direct line to your supervisor. i want to thank the supervisor. >> great. thank you. commissioner dooley? >> we just recently worked together with all the neighborhood associations to update a north beach vacancy report which showed a pretty big uptick in vacancies, so that information will be an article in hoodline soon, because i do feel that many of the reasons for having

vacancies are going to be seen as citywide. >> yeah. >> so we just wanted to get it out there, put it down, and, you know, put it in a -- >> and put it citywide, too, with their -- >> they will. they will, because it's pretty interesting to see. there's just so many problems in all of our neighborhoods right now. you know, construction problems, digging up the streets. there's just so many reasons right now that -- retrofits. when you go through, and you see the list, you go well, of course. >> good. i'm glad they're doing that. any other commissioner comments? do we have any members of the public who would like to make comment on commissioner comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. new business. does anybody have any new business? >> i do. >> would you like me to read it? >> commissioner dooley? >> yeah.

i was just recently contacted by art agnos about an issue he was interested in seeing if we'd like to address, which was there was an article about how the owners of la taqueria had to pay $500,000 on labor fines, and if there is something on a yearly basis that we can do to remind these folks that don't always seem to be aware of these regulations, be it a seminar, be it a mailer, to do something to try to ward off this type of situation in the future. >> going to note that for future business. that's a good one. i saw that article. >> yep. >> okay. any other new business? any members of the public that would like to recommend new business? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> clerk: sfgovtv, please show

the office of small business slide. >> and again, it is our custom to begin and end each commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco, and the san francisco small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with your small business matters, start here at the office of small business. next item, please. >> clerk: item nine, adjournment, action item. >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor? we're adjourned. >> motion passes 6-0, with one absent. meeting is adjourned at 7:18 p.m.

>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods

and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping

them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop

more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for

people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room,

i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with

to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the

opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that >> i lived in the mission neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city and county of san francisco. i am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that

showcases work that relate to the latino community and i have been in this building for seven years and some of my neighbors have been here 30 year. we were notified from the landlord he was going to sell the building. when we realized it was happening it was no longer a thought for the landlord and i sort of had a moment of panic. i heard about the small sites program through my work with the mission economic agency and at met with folks from the mayor's housing program because they wanted to utilize the program. we are dealing with families with different needs and capacities. conversations were had early in the morning because that is the only time that all the tenants were in the building and finally when we realized that meda did

have the resources to buy the building we went on a letter writing campaign to the landlord and said to him we understand you want to sell your building, we understand what you are asking for and you are entitled to it, it's your land, but please work with us. what i love about ber nell height it represents the diversity that made me fall in love with san francisco. we have a lot of mom and pop shops and you can get all your resources within walking distance. my favorite air area of my homes my little small patio where i can start my morning and have my coffee an is a sweet spot for me

and i in this san francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. and they're working in roughly 400,000 square feet. we were especially pleased that cleanpowersf offers the super green 100% clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with the switch over to cleanpowersf.

this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's good for the community.

>> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a

special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do? both structural and maybe even important non-structural things. >> you hear about how to prepare an earthquake kit and brace your book shelves and water tank and that is important.

what you have to be careful is make sure that you are not going the easy things to make yourself feel better. if you have a bad structure, a bad building, then you need to be looking at that and everything that you do to keep your collectables in place is small and compared. if you have taken care of your structure, then there is a lot of stuff that you can do in your house that is non-structural and your chimney and water tank. >> let's talk about what the structural things might be. >> and he is exactly right. you don't want to make the deck chairs safe on the titanic, it is going down, you are going down, you have to make sure that your house is safe. there are basic things that you need to do including bracing the water heater, not just because of fire hazard but because of the water source and the damage, but basic things are installing anchor bolts, and adding plywood and strapping your beams to column and posts to footings and foundations are really easy things to do and most

contractors can do the building department is set up to approve this work, and these are things that every home owner should do, and it is a little harder because you have to get a building permit and hire a contractor. but you want to be able to after a big earthquake to climb in bed that night and pull the covers up and say i don't have to worry about going to a government shelter. >> that is the main focus that it is great to have an earthquake kit to be able to bug out for 72 hours. here is a better idea, stay in your own home and in order to do that you have to be make sure that your structure is okay. if you have a house, the easy things to do with the wood construction is feasible. if you have a renter or you live in a concrete building, you need to talk to the building own , and make sure they have done their due diligence and find out what the deficiencies are. >> when i have looked at damaged buildings,vy seen that a little bit of investment in time and money and structural

work provides great dividends. >> especially if it is the wood frame, typical house that you can do the things that i was talking about, the anchor and the plywood in the first garage area, you know if you refinanced in the last three years, get some of that savings and it is a really good investment. and the other thing that i try to tell people, earthquake insurance is not the solution to the shelter in place, if there is a big earthquake and your building is damaged, you are not in your house, you may be somewhere else, if you work in the city, it is going to be really hard to commute from sonoma, you want to do what is necessary so that your house is retrofitted and a couple of years of earthquake premium could get you to a level that you could be in the house after a significant earthquake and it may have damage and there is still a shelter in place where you are at home and you are not worried for the government taking care of you and you are living in a place where you can go to work and you want to have your wood frame house is really easy to get to that level.

on top of the wood frame house, i mean every wood frame house in the west half of the city have a water tank and the water tank fall over because they are gas fired and start fires. and that is something that you could do for yourself, and for your neighbors and for the whole city is make sure that your water tank is braced. >> if you look at the studies that are predicting on fires, we are going to have a lot of fires and for every water tank that is braced there is a potential of one less fire that the fire department is going to have to fight and we don't want to have any more fires than we need to. so bracing the water heater is the first thing that you want to do. >> and so easy, and you go on-line and you google, earthquake, water and heater and you google the sites where you can find the details and you can put them out there on the hardware store and you can hire a small contract tore do that for you. that is a couple of hundred bucks, the best investment. if you are in other types of building it is complicated. if you are in a high-rise building you just can't anchor

your building down because there are no anchor bolts, but at that point, the tenant should be asking questions of the owner's and the managers about earthquake preparedness >> and don't take the easy answer, oh, our building is safe it was designed to code. that is not the right answer, ask the tough questions and see if you can get a report that has been given to you. >> what is the right question? will i be able to stay in my home after the expected earthquake? is that a good question to ask? >> yeah, you may be more specific if you talk to the owner, if it is not a recent building, if it is ten or 20 years old see if they had an inspection done and there you will have a written before that will tell you all about the structure. >> thanks, pat. >> thanks, harvey. and thanks david for joining us and thank you for joining us on >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love

affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge?

>> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah. ♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky. i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and

get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our

fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious. all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy. >> i am here with a manager at the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and

it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you

$35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible. you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the

budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we