plan, i really would like to see some action taken to extend forever, may be not the $300 stipend to, but certainly free passes. because right now, the way we are trying to get off the vehicles, let's punish these people in treasure island. i'm really concerned about the people living in the affordable units. rather than do that, can we reverse our thinking a little bit in terms of what is the incentive we could give them? and to get them off the vehicles for some people. i think the incentive would be to give them free passes in terms of transportation. they can make a choice. they could either take public transportation for free with a low income, or if they really

need to take their cars, they could take their cars. that is my suggestion. if we were to accept this policy at some point, that they should really extend this policy to provide free services for low income residents on treasure island. >> thank you so much. director chang? >> i wanted to appreciate your guidance and feedback, chair kim i think that these are all really important questions. there's a lot of uncertainty still to go. i did want to acknowledge that it is important for us to adhere to the principle that the board embraced early on. his said we want occupancy to correspond with tolling. it will be important for new residents to know what they are signing up for when they choose to purchase or locate on the island. i believe the schedule is 2021.

we have a federal grant to implement a tolling system. while it is not urgent that we do it now, it is important for us to be timely and have an orderly progression towards implementation. the transit planning work has been excellent. i think that weakness is the munimobile part which is not part of our charge, because as part of the development agreement, munimobile service was considered i can do any other neighborhood. to be treated like any other neighborhood and service levels, even today, they really want additional investment for the 25 line. we will continue to coordinate and do what we can but i do like the idea of exploring. this is the kind of direction with diversifying the revenue base and looking at the general fund. there is munimobile contributions even beyond the 25 line to add a second line in the plan. however, we do anticipate meeting that. i would not want to cannibalize

that. needs to be an expansion. perhaps a budgetary provision for the unique circumstances here. but i do believe that the original plan started as one thing. we have put it to the place where it is the best we can be. we are trying to be sensitive to the affordability needs of the community idea and combining the stipends with a midday toll and even commissioner yee's idea of the free munimobile for low income residents beyond the five years. as are all things we can workshop over the next week or two if you would like us to do, or we could come back at another time to work on this, perhaps with the next board. >> so my other hesitation is that we do have a new board that is starting on january 8th. they will really be overseeing the actual implementation of the total policy. it just continues to feel early

for me for us to adopt a policy today. especially when there are a number of unknowns around the budget, and also around, again, just the general mobility. when do residents go on and off the island? windy visitors come come on and off the island? what do our small businesses depend on? i have a lot less concerned about the weekend tolling, for example. i do get we have a lot of athletic teams and a lot of tourists. i have less questions there. i just really want to understand the monday through friday management, and again, what is the expected expense. what are the sources of revenue, where does this tolling program fit into that. is very helpful to hear that munimobile will continue to be subsidized in the same way that we subsidize other neighborhoods , and this is again , as was stated earlier, to help fund a.c. transit ferry and

the on island shuttle service that is a helpful distinction, actually. it is true, we do not provide other neighborhoods with that type of service. that gives me a little bit more comfort. i really do want to understand the free meaning for youth and against the discount program for our households where $75 feels like a lot. for example, for folks from paycheck to paycheck and may not be able to afford -- >> i don't mean to interrupt. >> the idea is to pioneering the idea of the accumulator pass, which you've also her discussion of it. >> the idea is not to require anyone have the upfront pass costs on the first day and purchase it over time with each ride, up to the cost of the pass itself. so that way we can spread out that cost. >> that would be great.

>> i am going to defer this decision to the president who represents treasure island. whether we weighed to make a decision, but i have to complement the staff on this. because as much as we don't -- there are some unknowns, i am complaining on the other end for my district. where is the transit coming? this can be built. let's not wait for the 25,000 more people and make a decision. in that regard, there some room for me to defer the decision to the rep to that district.

>> thank you so much. >> i agree. i also want to complement commissioner kim. i have been sitting with you for the two years that i have been on the board of supervisors and your thoughtfulness and your engagement on behalf of the residence that you represent is really impressive. and your care for them and your advocacy for them is something i just wanted to commend you on. thank you for that. and of course, i will defer to what you think is best. but i also want to appreciate this dialogue. i think that the place -- every time you present on this topic, which is very complicated and a really hard new program to implement when is the first of its kind, and not happening anywhere else in san francisco. it feels like you move closer to something that everybody can

live with and having finally taken my first trip to treasure island, thanks to the t.a. staff , and having a dutch arrived on ferry and seeing how quick that can happen, if done right, it really is a very exciting new transportation option for the island. i believe once it is implemented , it will be widely used and very -- in a very efficient way of getting to and from the mainland. but i just really think this is the best of government when you have a highly competent staff that is really thoughtful about the way you've been working on this project, and a very engaged and effective advocate on behalf of the constituents. i have been a spectator watching it go back and forth but i want to complement you all on this process. >> i should thank you for being

a part of this committee. it is not -- it is a micro- topic within our overall transportation system. thank you for spending a lot of time. i do have to say, when i was reading through all the material last night, i did think, it must be so much fun to work for the transportation authority. as much as i am being critical of the program, it is a lot of fun to imagine a different way of moving around the city and to develop new islands that will have 20,000 residents, and to think about what mobility looks like into the future. so as much as i brought up a lot of these concerns, i do think that it's a lot of -- i hate to use a word fun, but it is very adventurous to brainstorm and be creative about ways of ensuring that people are able to move on and off the island and raise the revenue to pay for those systems it is incredibly exciting. i'm glad that this has been an incubator space for us to

explore these different ideas. i know treasure island will pilot many of these concepts, and it can spread across san francisco and to other parts of the country. that is all incredibly exciting. thank you, again, commissioner ghee and commissioner ronen. i do want to open up for public comment so we can take that opportunity to hear from the public first before we continue this conversation. i do have two speaker cards. base on the case, and ariel fletcher. any member of the public would like to speak on this item, please approach the microphone now. >> thank you, supervisors. this is my first time coming before this commission. it probably will not be the last my primary objective today and in going forward, i would like to commend them. i'm also concerned about five years, my presentation will be about this period you're talking about 20,000 residents.

i am also going to talk to the commissioner and i respect you for all that. her and i are black. you can't change that. we go to sleep, we wake up, we are black. i am talking about the situation of the population of the city by the bay. we will not be nowhere around. we as black individuals are not african-american. i'm black american. i didn't try to emigrate into this country. we were brought here on slave ships and broke up with families all over this country. my last name is washington. i do believe george washington is my great grandfather and shall not tell a lie. from here on out, the city by the bay, we are in a state of emergency. my children, my grandchildren, and my great-grandchildren are in a state of emergency. all these plans always billions

of dollars that you are planning for the city by the bay, we will not be involved. commissioner, i expect -- i respect what you are doing, what you know as well as i know, and the mayor knows, she was on that committee of migration. i am so happy now because i elected governor -- i elected governor newsome. i am the only one in the city, the media that has every meeting they had. by the way, i don't have time to talk right now, me you go ahead and do what you want to do. i want numbers from everybody. we are in a state of emergency. the black folks, brown folks, and everyone who is indigenous in the city by the bay. all these plans. >> good morning. my name is ariel and i am a transportation policy associate. we support the toll for treasure island pick really appreciate the issues and concerns about the rollout and the impacts of

current residents that were discussed today. we think it's important to commit to solving these so development can go forward. tolling will be essential to ensuring people don't sit in traffic, contributing to economic loss for the region and in the climate. the proposed tolling and driving over taking transit, putting us in the wrong direction in terms of meeting the goals for the program. we encourage you to implement dynamic pricing. we appreciate that the total hours match those of the bay bridge. this is important for legibility

but why adopt the policies of the past, tolling rates at inflexible time thresholds. this is an opportunity to look forward. we agree there must be measures in place to ensure that access to and from the island remains affordable for existing residents and buildings and businesses. while there are good reasons to provide a stipend, we need a resolution that is more transit focused. they are derived from transportation see. we think it should contribute to the island share goals and current just encourage transit use. we should subsidize the behavior we are trying to support. we think it will be more advantageous to provide a transit pass for free in a chopped or smaller cash subsidy. transit holders are more likely to use transit for all kinds of trips. a pass is a really important achievement to support the neighborhoods. we thank you for the opportunity to comment, and we appreciate all the hard work that has gone into developing the program to date. >> thank you.

>> thank you. i am one of the businesses on treasure island. i am the owner and founder of treasure island winds. i started at 11 and 12 years ago briefly, i want to characterize the feedback we have given to the s.f. c.t.a. and the board that happened recently. from the business community that we are categorically against this for a couple of reasons. one is i have already had feedback from customers and my employees saying if there is a toll, they will not work on treasure island. specifically, vendors are already pushing back and i'm getting questions already about is the toll already there, i'm already getting impacted just from the press reports. i think to your port does your point, a great point. i can speak for a lot of the businesses out there that the toll is a regressive tax on the existing residents and businesses for services that are

there only to mitigate a problem that won't be for 5-10 years. we would more than happily pay something and contribute to the transportation cost. we want to make sure that those transportations are at cost and that we will be getting the service that promotes our businesses, helps the residence, and also builds a the businesses going forward. the proposed toll, right now as i see it, and looking forward for your development plans for the mixed use of the commercial use of treasure island, would be very difficult. i can't see a lot of businesses that will be going out to treasure island if they have a specific toll that will prevent customers, vendors, and employees from being -- from coming out there peerk we want to be part of the solution, with the question is, there seems to be a quick rush to make this proposal before we actually

really have a significant input into it. a final note, the first couple meetings that we had with over 60 people, businesses, we had four days notice before that meeting happened. four days notice. i want to thank you for the opportunity to speak. i would love supervisor can for you to come out and talk to mark the businesses out there directly. thank you. >> a quick question to you back when do most of your customers come visit? >> i have two different sets of customers. i'm a production winery. we have customers that come out -- customers that are production commercial customers and they come up during the week primarily off peak because they are trying to avoid the traffic just like i do. i timeshift when i work out on treasure island. by retail customers however are primarily 10-5:00 pm on the weekends picked by the way, i want to make a point. my customer base is 95% local.

east bay, north bay, san francisco, i have a few tourists bet the tourists are just beginning to come out there and getting to know that. having that burden on tourists itself is great. i understand we need to get the revenue from but primarily, when i'm getting feedback from a lot of customers, and i have one club customers that are regular customers, they are primarily from east bay. if there is a toll, i will probably lose a good proportion of those customers because it is an added expense. they like the convenience. they like what we are doing out there, but the reality is i could see the same thing goes for the restaurants and other customer facing businesses that are on treasure island today. >> thank you. either any other members of the public would like to speak at this time? director, you are welcome to speak at any time. >> good morning, supervisors. i would be remiss if i don't

come up here today just to pass some comments. so one of the directors so far, treasure island, let me tell you here that in addition to all of the public comments and meetings that sfcta have engaged in, you should know that for the last two years, the board has embarked on a very comprehensive meetings they the public are raising all the questions that you have been raising today. at issue here, we need to have a take away from all of the discussion is that in 2008 is one the state legislature enacted what we are now discussing here and you are taking all this time to put these together. as you know, you managed to pass all the milestones of the

development for treasure island. they are planning -- that could take decades. we have gone to court and now we are beginning the infrastructure in order for us to develop this massive project. we have to start from the infrastructure. back to the cult told. one of the reasons that we cannot weight until we have 25,000 people there, is that this is the only project and the only neighborhood in san francisco for the first time. it will be served by ferry. we are actually subsidizing that we are also subsidizing m.c. transit and munimobile. i hope i can have some more time here. i think the board of questions that we need to really concentrate on here, and it is what supervisor he was alluding to, so wet after the five years? what i'm proposing, and i think we need to begin a very comprehensive -- we are actually doing original transportation. in the region, all the decades,

they have talked about regional transportation. it has never been enacted. sfcta, we are really proud of them. you have an agency and a leadership position for us to begin a very comprehensive transportation of discussion for the region. this is what the treasure island project represents. everything should be subsidized with major transportation in munimobile. i know supervisor kim will be leaving soon. you need to begin now. how do we deal with this? let's look at additional sources of funding. after 2021, where do we start? we have made it clear that i am concerned about the low income, i am concerned about the disabled, i'm concerned about youth and i'm concerned about small businesses.

what we have is the sfcta staff as the finest of the country. residents are coming in. they need to be served by ferry. they need to have a.c. transit in place, and they also need to have the on island shuttle. yes, they are the first. we must provide for them even on the onset. i foresee that supervisor yee and supervisor ronen, that you will have a bond measure at some point to look at transportation for the longevity for treasure island.

it is a public private participation. they are putting in 30 million. the resident of treasure island is also a resident of san francisco. in order for us to help the small businesses, in order for us to make treasure island a destination, one of the finest projects in the country, we have to think outside the box, and we have to begin to rally the region and oakland. what about this? white to upload the traffic on the bay bridge? why can't we have ferry services bringing people from here and stopping at treasure island and going to alameda? from their -- there are many creative ways that we can help right now. and sfcta as the agency that can help us to lead there peerk we would depart to you, supervisors , and we are part of the discussion. we must start because 2021 is right at the corner.

we have the set of the residents coming in and we need to make sure that treasure island is welcome to them. in the interim, let's continue this conversation for the first time. looking at the comprehensive comic -- confrontation and making sure we have improved munimobile service. i think we all work together and we can head to the region and help m.t.c. we can help everyone for the first time in the history of this region, help to put in place a very comprehensive transportation system that will benefit all of the regions. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. is there any other members of the public that would like to speak what if not cacti --dash public comment is closed on this item. i just want to appreciate the conversation with commissioner staff and members of the public,

after thinking about it, i'm really happy we had a public discourse. i want to move forward with what i would feel comfortable with supporting today, understanding a lot more studies will happen and a lot more unknowns will get answered over the course of 2019 to refine the program. what i would feel comfortable moving forward as our program total policy is to move forward with the proposed additional toll policies which is the hours and the total amount. i would like to make off-peak zero dollars, but move forward with 350 at peak at two dollars -- and two dollars that weekend. with further studies, this may change. as a baseline, this is how i'd like to support the total program. to move forward with the affordability program recommendations, and maybe perhaps add in a note we will be studying the accumulator transit

pass to ensure that low-income residents have a way to pay for their pass over the course of the month. i feel comfortable with $300 stipend. i calculated it. if you go on and off the island every day, it is roughly $168 and 300 seems to be a comfortable subsidy to ensure mobility for current active leaseholders as of 2018 to receive this $300 stipend. under the transit pass program recommendations, i would just like to add in the free munimobile for youth, and a study on free ferry for low income youth as well. and so i would feel comfortable moving forward and approving this policy understanding again that over the course of the next two years, they there would be changes and refinements as we continue to understand revenue and what the expenses of the program are. i don't know if there's an idea to put this into the program

that we passed, but a study of a.c. transit and whether they were both -- there will be usage at an hour or a 60 minute headway. a survey of what both residents and tourists and visitors and clients who move on and off the island and further study with businesses. particularly for employees. i think that to the point that was made by members of the public, there will be a toll on the weekend. that is going to be in place. i know that visitors go to napa, they go to sonoma, we all pay tolls on a bridge to visit those places on the weekend. i am not as put off by that revenue generation at that point so that is what i would feel comfortable moving forward with. director chiang, you had stated that staff would draft a resolution asking the city to evaluate revenue options, and

budget contributions to transit and affordability programs for treasure island residents. if we can move forward with drafting that resolution, i would feel comfortable approving the policy as is. i don't know if you have anything to add, commissioners. commissioner yee? >> would you consider including staff to study an extension of the beyond five years? >> i'm so sorry. i meant to include that. commissioner yee suggested we study beyond five years. the transit pass options for existing 2018 leaseholders. i think that that is a comfortable base for us to move forward with studying the budget and spend the next supervisor on the board will really get to refine the program and make sure that it works. on a side parking lot, i really hope that we are able to move forward with the downtown congestion plan so that all of

our residents are helping to raise revenue to pay for other transit modes, and we really have to reduce -- and i strongly believe this is why i am moving forward with this today, we have to reduce vehicle miles travelled in our city and we have to get people out of their cars. all of this growth is going to work for our city. so that is the motion that i would like to make to the recommended approval of the transit pass total toll policy and affordability program. any questions from commissioners or staff? okay. can i make a motion to adopt the amended language into the program? and we can do that without objection. can be take a roll call on the approval of the program? >> on item three pack [roll call]

>> we have first approval. >> could you please call the next item. >> internal accounting report for the three month ending september 30th, 2018. this is an information item. >> we have the deputy director of finance and administration presenting. >> thank you. this is the first report for the agency as of september 30th 2018. we have assets of approximately 1.2 million, liabilities of 257,000, revenues of 257,000, mainly coming from the several advanced transportation advantage and dish management technologies deployment grant and we have expenditures of $214,000. during first quarter, we have not initiated major engineering activities yet due to a revised project law and state in the last presentation, to july 20th

, 2021." anticipate starting these engineering costs in quarter three. we are definitely within budget at this point in time period do you have any questions, i am happy to answer them. >> we will now open up for public comment on item number 4. public comment is now closed. this item is an information item the committee does not need to take any action. mr clerk, can you call item five and six? >> introduction of new items. information item. item six is public comment. >> is her introduction of any new items costing none, we will move on to public comment for item number 5. and general public comment period are there any members of the public would like to speak? scene none, public comment is now closed on items five and six before we adjourned our meeting, i want to recognize and thank the staff. i want to say that a lot of thought and creativity went into this process and i'm very excited about what will come forward to. i want to recognize the entire

team at the treasure island mobility management agency, and also want to thank our commissioners for dedicating so much time to district six. it is incredibly appreciated. can you please call the seventh item? >> item seven is adjournment. >> item seven is adjournment. meeting is adjourned. [♪] shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and

challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a

great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience,

to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. >> i moved into my wonderful,. beautiful, affordable housing march 7th. i have lived in san francisco since i was two-years-old. i've lived in hunters view for 23 to 24 years now. my name is vlady. i use titus and i am the resident commissioner for the san francisco housing facility.

from the very beginning, this whole transition of public housing and affordable housing was a good idea. but many, many residents didn't think it would ever actually happen. it's been a life changing experience. and i'm truly grateful for the whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. they've done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. now they have quality housing. i was on a street where the living room and the kitchen and stairs. it wasn't large enough to accommodate. the children are grown. i had the accomplish of having a dishwasher in my home. i really like that.

[laughter] i really like not having to wash dishes by hand. we still do it from time to time. the mayor's office has been a real friend to us, a partner. we know that our city supports us. i love san francisco. just to be able to stay in my community and continue to help the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, it's been a real joy. it's been a real joy. >> one more. [♪]

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[cheers and applause] >> wow. ladies and gentlemen, you give it up for the high school band. [cheers and applause] >> do we know how to have a good time in san francisco or what? [cheering] >> i also want to say thank you to the san francisco group for working with us to have what you saw when we first walked in. a giant dugout right here. [cheers and applause] let me tell you, i have never seen anything like this thing. this looks better than the last location. this looks better than the old location. you really outdid yourself with

the artwork, with the seating, with the buffet style food. we try to feed as many people as we can. this will be a great place to watch the giants game. to watch the warriors game, and to watch the 40 niners. [laughter] >> but nick and everyone here, thank you all so much for being here. this is absolutely incredible. you have an amazing group of young men who are representing san francisco well. that was an incredible performance. you have to do it for us again. take a bow and have a good time. make sure you get some food and enjoy yourself today. make sure that you come back to not only eat, but to donate toys so we can get toys out to kids on a regular basis. thank you, everyone. happy thanksgiving. [cheers and applause]

>> on the mural over here, we will take a picture in her baseball uniform. >> oh, my god. >> do you guys want to go over there? [laughter] >> assembly member to, do you want to say a few words? >> very briefly, first of all, where is it? thank you for giving us all an excuse to start drinking at 115 in the afternoon. [cheers and applause] >> madame mayor, i'm looking forward to working with you and catherine stefani and others. we will get a lot of business done here in left field. is that right? i have brought the certificate of honor from the california state of assembly because we do not want this day to go unrecognized by our state. this has been an incredible institution for six years. remembering the legacy of

someone who was an amazing, not just baseball player, but a community service member. i will say for a cultural note, he was an ambassador of baseball to asia. when i was trying out, my dad said, will you grow up to play baseball? and i said no. but because of him, he has brought so many people together and i very much appreciate what you are doing here. on behalf of the city and behalf of the state, thank you for everything you are doing or the community. we want to thank you and declared today to be, from the california state of assembly, lefty oh, dual's ballpark baseball buffet and café. congratulations for the grand opening. [cheering] >> thank you i would like to accept this on behalf of my dad

who passed away and our mayor who passed away too. i would like to accept this on their honor and on the honor of our great city of san francisco. because this is the reason that it is all about. we live in one of the greatest cities in the world and i want to thank the mayor and thank our assembly men and thank all of you who came. i like to keep it on the tradition that we learn here in san francisco. i am just one part of a small edge. one small part of a larger san francisco city. i want to thank -- there so many people to think here today. i want to thank two more people. actually, michael, who helped me build this place. [cheering] and all of our staff. because without them, i couldn't have done this. without our great city, i wouldn't even have done this.

thank you to san francisco. thank you ed lee. thank you to my dad. [cheers and applause] >> we have one more if his representative is here. could you come forward? >> hello. i wanted to recognize the grand reopening. thank you again on behalf of the california -- thank you. >> i would like everyone to stay in place while the cameras proceed to a center for the picture with london in her baseball outfit, and then you can all come out. all right?

[♪] >> i am the supervisor of district one. i am sandra lee fewer. [♪] >> i moved to the richmond district in 1950 mine. i was two years old. i moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here.

[♪] >> when my mother decided to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. it seems so far away. for a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. the stress was storage of the birthplace of that. my father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now. it just started to grow very organically. it is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the richmond district. as russia started to move in, we saw more russian stores. so parts of the richmond is very concentrated with the russian community and immigrant russian community, and also a chinese immigrant community. [♪] >> i think as living here in the richmond, we really appreciate the fact that we are surrounded three natural barriers. they are beautiful barriers.

the presidio which gives us so many trails to walk through, ocean beach, for families to just go to the beach and be in the pacific ocean. we also also have a national park service. we boarded the golden gate national recreation area so there is a lot of activity to do in the summer time you see people with bonfires. but really families enjoying the beach and the pacific ocean during the rest of the time of year. [♪] >> and golden gate park where we have so many of our treasures here. we have the tea garden, the museum and the academy of sciences. not to mention the wonderful playgrounds that we have here in richmond. this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood

theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even

towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores offered here, it is very unique then of the -- any other part of san francisco. there is traditional irish music which you don't get hardly anywhere in san francisco. some places have this long legacy of serving ice cream and being a hangout for families to have a sunday afternoon ice cream. and then also, we see grocery stores. and also these restaurants that are just new here, but also thriving. [♪] >> we are seeing restaurants being switched over by hand, new owners, but what we are seeing is a vibrancy of clement street still being recaptured within new businesses that are coming in. that is a really great thing to see. i don't know when i started to

shop here, but it was probably a very, very long time ago. i like to cook a lot but i like to cook chinese food. the market is the place i like to come to once a year. once i like about the market as it is very affordable. it has fresh produce and fresh meat. also, seafood. but they also offer a large selection of condiments and sauces and noodles. a variety of rice that they have is tremendous. i don't thank you can find a variety like that anywhere else. >> hi. i am kevin wong. i am the manager. in 1989 we move from chinatown to richmond district. we have opened for a bit, over 29 years. we carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india.

we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for specific items.

the staff here is very helpful. i speak very little chinese here myself. thinks that i'm not sure about, i asked the clerk his and i say is this what i need? is this what i should be making? and they actually really helped me. they will bring me to the aisle and say this is battery. they are very knowledgeable. very friendly. i think they are here to serve not only the asian community but to serve all communities in the richmond district and in san francisco. [♪] >> what is wonderful about living here is that even though our july is a very foggy and overcast, best neighborhood, the sleepy part outside on the west side is so rich with history, but also with all the amenities that are offered. [♪]