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>> all right. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the, september 12, '13 -- 12, thank you, regular meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. i'm supervisor rafael mandelman,

to my right is supervisor ronen, supervisor peskin is not here this morning, and john carroll, and also -- like to thank you tom loftess for staffing this meeting with sf govtv. >> completed copies to be part of the file submitted to the clerk. items acted on today will appear on the september 18, 2018, agenda unless otherwise stated and communication from supervisor peskin, he is representing the central north coast on the coastal commission. >> thank you. make a motion to excuse member peskin, take that without objection. excused. mr. clerk, first item.

>> clerk: hearing to consider the issuance of extension on premise of a type-48 on sale general public premises liquor license to 98 bottles of beer, doing business as bigg. >> good morning, supervisors, sergeant george from the alcohol liaison unit from the san francisco police department. you have a report for bigg. they have applied to extend their current type-48 license at 98 turk street to include 94 turk street. if approved, allow them to sell off sale beer, wine and distilled spirits. one letter of support -- i mean one letter of protest, 0 letters of support. they are located in plot 176, which is considered a high crime area. census track 125.01, considered

a high saturation area. tenderloin station has no opposition. approve with the following recommended conditions. number one, sales of alcohol beverages for consumption off the premise is prohibited. number two, petitioner shall actively monitor the area under their control in effort to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premise as depicted on the most recent certified abc5257. number three, petitioner responsible for maintaining free of litter the area adjacent to the premise over with i they control as depicted on the most recent certified abc257. number four, no noise shall be audible at any nearby resident and the six consideration points. number five, any graffiti

painted or marked upon the premise or any adjacent area under the control of the licensee removed or painted over within 72 hours of being applied. applicant has agreed to all the above listed conditions. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. public comment? >> clerk: i believe the applicant is also present. >> supervisor mandelman: would the applicant like to -- >> good morning, supervisors, my name is pete glikstern. we have been at our location on turk and taylor for i think coming up on two years. it was a little bit of a slow rollout for us, but the bar is reasonably busy, and we are actually renting basically the entire ground floor of the hotel

there. and so we have three different retail spaces. we are not applying to expand the premises to all three, but just next door on turk street. the space on 114 taylor is going to be a second salon for glamorama, valencia street mission institution, really great folks, and sort of a good fit because they are going to be activating a corner during the day into the evening and then we pick up around 4, 5, and go into the night. i think we have done a pretty good job in our small part trying to help things on that corner. we wash the sidewalks, pick up the trash and generate a good little bit of foot traffic. so -- one of the tougher corners in the city still, but we are definitely making a go of it. so --

>> supervisor ronen: i want to say you picked the perfect two supervisors because we share valencia street, and love glamorama. >> they are great folks. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. ok. thanks. so now i will call for any members of the public who want to address us, and i believe mr. nolte, are you speaking on this item? >> hello, mark nolte. can i have the overhead projector? so, i, first i wanted to point out when the applicant originally applied for a liquor license, one of the things they have to do is post the date of posting, and this picture was taken. you can see it's blank, which

means that, well, when somebody walks by, don't know when the 30 days are up to protest or at least send in a letter of support or something. the next issue is i know rafael is new to the, being the chair and on the committee, but i've had to kind of encourage all new members over the years that there is a thing that you have to, applicants need to do, similar to what the -- what the entertainment commission does, it's in your packet i handed you is do meaningful outreach when there is an alcohol license of some kind coming in. adopting a similar kind of roles because the fact that we have many community groups in the tenderloin and in district 6 and we have five different police districts and because of that,

that means we have half of the police districts in our boundaries. and so makes it very hard to oversee how many liquor licenses and entertainment permits and stuff that come into our community and we like to see them all on the same playing field. so, we are not against this license, we are just prying to educate the decision makers how to best be suitable for our community. thank you very much. >> jordan linger, i'm partners with pete. very excited, thank you for hearing our presenttation today. we took over the bar like pete said about two years ago. it was a 21 club before that for a very, very, very long time. part of the reason we took it over was in working with tenderloin police department, that was notified or designated

as a pretty hot block, for better lack of terms and wanted to have someone in there that was a good operator. we operate different spaces around the city and want to take the space next to us to be able to activate it in another more professional, better way. so, i appreciate the gentleman up before us. we did do a significant amount of outreach when we first bought the bar. let the neighborhood know, did community outreach, but when we did the expansion we did not do as much, we got pretty good overwhelming positive impact or positive feedback when we first bought the bar. so, thank you again. >> supervisor ronen: assuming the date was just an oversight. >> my guess is it got fixed -- abc is pretty on top of that stuff. so i remember, a number of these things that we post, so i remember abc saying hey, guys, you forgot to put the date on so took it down and our 30 days

restarted after that, so, we have been kind of in this process now for a few months. thank you. >> supervisor mandelman: any other members of the public who want to address this item? if not -- comments are closed. >> supervisor ronen: i did check in with supervisor kim who is the supervisor of the district and she is supportive of this license, so i would like to make a motion to send this item for, with positive recommendation. >> drafted as a resolution recommending the public convenience necessity will be served. >> supervisor ronen: exactly. >> supervisor mandelman: that would be great and take that without objection. thank you. >> clerk: hearing to consider the premise to premise transfer of a type-21 off sale general beer, wine and distilled liquor

license to giovanni specialties llc, doing business as gy have a n italian specialties. >> sergeant george again. report for giovanni italian specialties. if approved, type-21 would allow to sell off sale beer, wine and distilled. 0 letters of support, and 0 letters of opposition. considered in a high saturation area. central station has no opposition. approve with the following recommended conditions. number one, sales of alcohol beverages permitted between the hours of 10 and 8:00 p.m. daily. number two, no distilled spirits shall be sold in bottles or containers of less than 600 m.l.s.

and number three, petitioner shall actively monitor the area under their control and an effort to prevent loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premise as depicted in the most recent certified abc257. it should be noted the applicant has agreed with the above listed recommended conditions. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. applicant here? >> how are you? i own several restaurants in san francisco, tony's pizza, cappo's, slice houses and employ about 150 employees in san francisco currently. i have a small retail shop i just opened call giovanni's, and a small area is dedicated to

beer, wine and liquor. the store itself is only open 'til 7:00, but allowed 8:00 when i spoke to law law enforcement. this is really important to me having this license, as you know, a lot of businesses in san francisco have been hurting, especially in north beach, and this is a small part of my business but it's a very important part. so, hopefully you can accept this today. thank you. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. any members of the public who want to address this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. and the matter is before us. >> supervisor ronen: happy to make a motion to prepare resolution to affirm that this license meets the public necessity and convenience. >> supervisor mandelman: great. is that what you need? excellent. very good. then we'll take that without objection. thank you. congratulations.

and mr. clerk. please call our third item. >> clerk: agenda item three, hearing to consider the issue as of type-42 on sale beer and wine public premises license to lay brothers, llc, doing business as fig and thistle. located at 69-14th street. >> officer patrick maki, and you have a p.c.n. report for fig and thistle bottle shop. a applied for a type-42 license, and it would allow on sale beer and wine. 0 letters of protest, one letter of support. they are in a low crime area, census 203, high saturation area. northern station has no opposition to the license, and a.l.u. approves with the following recommended conditions. number one, signs shall be

posted at a conspicuous space at the entrances or exits of the premises on the form, dated 5-31-18, state the following. no alcoholic beverages beyond this point. said sign no less than seven inches by 11 inches in size and contain lettering no less than one inch in height, and also noted the applicant has agreed with the above listed recommended conditions. >> supervisor mandelman: applicant is here. >> good morning, supervisors. introduce myself, newy lay, my partner, angel davis and i obviously are here for this reason, and want to just tell a little about ourselves. the space we are opening in was my grandmother and my aunt's deli for 40 years, been there a long time. she still lives upstairs and

actually angel lives next to her. we opened fig and thistle about five years ago here in hays valley and would like to open another one. thank you very much for your time, appreciate it. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. are there any members of the public who would like to address this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i will say that i have met with the applicant. but based on presentation from the department and what we have heard today i do believe this would be a positive addition, an area that desperately needs more active uses on the ground floor. i know the applicants have been through quite a lot with the city and i am eager to see them move forward. i would entertain a motion to find that this is, that this application meets public and is

in the public, is for the public convenience and necessity. >> supervisor ronen: agreed. without objection. >> supervisor mandelman: take it as a motion from supervisor and vice chair ronen, and then we'll take that without objection and congratulations. good luck. open soon. >> supervisor mandelman: mr. clerk. >> clerk: ordinance amending the police code to require law enforcement officials to provide either a verbal warning or a written warning rather than having to provide a written warning prior to issuing a dispersal order to ensure access to reproductive health care facility. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. thank you so much, i just wanted to give a little history about this legislation, since it's something that i've been working on for about eight years now as

the former legislative aide for former district 9 supervisor. in 2013, after continuous, really disturbing protests outside planned parenthood, which is is in district 9, then supervisor campos created legislation for a 25-foot buffer zone around the clinic where protestors were not allowed to enter. that legislation was very successful. it really struck the right balance between allowing the protestors to exercise their first amendment right to express their opinion, while allowing women to access essential health care without undue harassment and interference. it worked quite well until very unfortunately and very disturbingly in 2014 the supreme court ruled in the horrible

infamous case, mccullough, in massachusetts, the supreme court struck down that law and so we quickly met with the city attorney's office and had to amend our law, again unfortunately, which we had not had to do that. and what we did at that point is that instead of prohibiting any action within that 25-foot buffer zone, we prohibited harassing or following women or any patient within that 25-foot buffer zone, and that law passed at the very end of 2014, and has been in effect since. i will say it's not as effective as the original law, but at least it provides some freedom from harassment in that area.

fast forward to today, when the -- when d.p.w. did the valencia street streetscaping project in front of planned parenthood, they had resurfaced the street and erased the demarcation of the 25-foot buffer zone and somehow the signs came down. we started receiving again complaints from neighbors about it and quickly learned about that, that that factor, and decided you know, this is a good chance to re-meet to discuss how things are going, and figured out that tline was no longer present and the signs were down, and had an opportunity to talk with the police captain who let us know that unlike any other area of the police code, this law for unknown reasons required a written warning instead of just a verbal warning.

and so that's what we are doing today. we are revising the legislation to take out the requirement of a written warning and allow police officers to enforce the ordinance with only a verbal warning. i think this is -- it's really important because frankly what happens is the protestors almost play a cat and mouse game with the police and you know, enter the zone, harass women who police are not present, and then the minute they see the police, behave themselves and follow the law. we need the police to be nimble so the minute they witness a violation of the law, that they are able to enforce it and that extra step of requiring a written warning, not required in any other area of the police code does not make sense. i'm introducing a simple ordinance today and making a

little amendment to make it even clearer, that that makes it clear that the police need only make a verbal, not a written warning. i will say that this legislation is very timely, given president trump's hostility towards women and our ability to control our own reproductive health, and the increasingly hostile supreme court towards women's right to choose. protestors have become emboldened in san francisco and i will say that while we have always had protests in front of planned parenthood, they have become bigger, more aggressive. you know, we used to have the 40 days of prayer once a year, now we have it twice a year. there was even an abortion holocaust survivors conference held in san francisco, that was incredibly upsetting to many of

us, and aside from the usual violent images of bloody and mangled fetus and screaming lies like abortion causes cancer, which is absolutely scientifically not true, the protestors become more aggressive, grabbing on to the gate in back of planned parenthood and shaking it. you know, following women getting very close and screaming, and you know, i can't tell you how upsetting that is. most women go to planned parenthood not for abortion but to get reproductive health care, for cancer screenings, breast exams, get birth control, but sometimes women are at one of the most difficult times in their entire life when they choose to get an abortion, and to be subjected to that type of violent screaming and harassment is really traumatic.

so, you know, we are really happy to have the law on the books, and to make sure that the police can enforce it to the best of their ability, and hope that this will pass unanimously out of committee and at the board of supervisors. and before i open it up to public comment and ask if my colleague has any comments, i wanted to mention that sofia navaro and naima from planned parenthood are here, and we have another from the police to fill in if there are any questions. any questions or comments? >> supervisor mandelman: i don't have questions. we can hear from sophia. >> supervisor ronen: open up public comment. >> supervisor mandelman: let's open public comments.

>> you mentioned everything that i was going to mention. good morning. sophia, v.p. of government relations for planned parenthood in northern california. and here to say thank you, thank you supervisor ronen for all the work that you have done to push this forward. i mean, as you know and you have mentioned it in your speech right now, we currently have patients that come into our health centers and constantly get verbally harassed and we just feel it's unacceptable and we demand, we demand better for our community and our patients. they deserve a space they can come in, feel safe and get the care that they need and that they rightfully seek. so, i'll keep it brief, as mentioned. but thank you so much. we are in support of this proposed amendment and look forward to continuing to work with your office and captain hart, amazing as well. thank you. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. public comment?

then we will close public comments. and i will entertain a motion to recommend the item for approval. >> supervisor ronen: motion to amend the ordinance to delete the words written or, we have it there, on line six of page two. i make that motion. >> supervisor mandelman: take that without objection. >> supervisor ronen: and then i make a motion to send the amended ordinance forward with positive recommendation. >> supervisor mandelman: as well. great. thank you. thank you, vice chair ronen. any other items on the agenda? >> clerk: no further business. >> supervisor mandelman: fantastic. then we are adjourned. thank you.

>> hi, i'm with building san francisco. and we have a special program of stay safe today where we're going to talk about what you can do to your home after an earthquake to make it waterproof and to be more comfortable. we're here at spur in san francisco, this wonderful exhibit of safe enough to stay. and this is an example of what your home might be like after an earthquake. and we have today with us ben latimer from tvan. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we'll talk about things you can do you don't have to be a professional contractor to make your home more livable after an

earthquake. >> i want to talk about things a homeowner can do. we have comfort and we have things like a little bit of maybe safety if your front door is ajar and waterproofing if you have a leak in your roof, or if you have broken glass on the window. >> so unr, one of the most important fib use is keeping outside out and inside in. let's look at windows. >> let's assume this window is broken in the earthquake. we have wind and rain blowing in. one of the most important things you need to do as a homeowner is secure the plastic properly. if you just take staples or nails and put them into the plastic, we're going to get a strong wind and rip it right off. what i'm going to have somebody do is they're going to have -- this is an old piece of shingle. you might have -- everybody has a piece of wood in their basement. it doesn't have to be fancy. they take out this rusty screw begun, and hopefully you have one of these. >> there is one at the neighborhood support center. >> at the neighborhood support

center. you're going to wrap this plastic around this board, take your screw. and then screw that in. >> you need a permit for this? >> you do need a permit for this. and you can contact the former head building inspector to get that permit. that's it. now when the wind blows, it's tight and it's not going to pull through, having a single point of contact. >> great. what about this door? take a look at this door. what can you do? let's say it doesn't shut tight. what can you do? >> for the sake of argument, we're on the inside. i can't lock my door at night. i have a very similar, very similar idea. i'm going to take my 2 by 4. i can put it across the jamb in the door. one. two. maybe i want another one up

here, maybe another one down there. but i can go to sleep. and that quickly, i can get it off in the morning. >> terrific. what about the roof up here? we see people throw blue tarps over their roof after an earthquake. that seems reasonable. >> i think the blue tarp is reasonable. the things that people want to know that they need to know is if you have multiple tarps, how you overlap. starting from the bottom and moving up so that you're overlapping this way. so, rain running down doesn't slide under your tarp. >> right. >> and the same technique we did over here, as silly as it may sound, wrapping the end of that blue tarp with your board and then securing that if you can underneath, if you have to on top is fine. but making sure that you don't have an area where the wind is going to get under and bill owe that tarp. >> the wind can rip it right off. >> and then you're back up there again. >> let's go inside and check out what we can do inside. >> old fun. here we go. >> so, ben, i see you have nails, universal tool right here. >> man's best friend.

duct tape. let me show you a couple things we can use this for after an earthquake. this window right here, because it's off kilter, we have open seams all along. i have a lot of air coming through. i want to stay comfortable at night. i want to keep that air out. it's as simple as that, all the way around. >> excellent. >> now i don't have any air coming in. let's say this one is one that would annoy me. everything is a little off. my doors won't stay closed. i take a piece of my favorite duct tape here, close it up. and at least it will stay out of my way when i'm trying to live throughout my day. if we're not talking about pressurized water, we're talking about just the drain, sometimes they're going to get a crack here. >> right, sure. >> and you're going to get a leak. duct tape around that is going to help us get through until we can get a plumber out and get that fixed as well. let's say we only have electricity in one room, so we're running extension cords across the house. if i'm going to run an extension cord from one room to the other, i don't want kids tripping on it.

i don't want to trippon it. i take my trusty duct tape, tape it to the floor, and i don't have to worry about it getting kicked. >> great, great. look at this. let's look at the duct tape here because we see a big -- >> yes. in the event of an earthquake, i don't think we're going to have too many -- too much debris that's safe to put into a plastic bag, even as strong as it might be. these are called vice bags. this is what they use to put rice and things when they ship it. this is something where i take my glass, i can take broken pieces of wood, i can take anything sharp and fill it. and it's not going to puncture and come out. it's not going to fall all over the floor. i've not going to have it sticking out, maybe scratch myself, cut myself or anything like that. these are a great thing to have. >> you have a little go-to box for emergencies. that's great. thanks very much for joining us, ben. it's really been interesting. and i want to thank you all for joining us here at the spur urban center. and we'll see you again

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