july 1st. >> we are assuming the annual allocation of 1 million a year. the allocation was 250,000 previously. the added carry forward and the year of release brought the budget above 1 million. >> the next section is the tableization grant. it continues on to the second page. as you know, the grants awards annual grants to landlords that provides to a legacy business for a term of 10 years or extends the terms. we see the grant for each year on the new lease. for example, for the existing 5-year lease, that is extended to 20 years.

the landlord would be entitled to 15 years of grants. the grants pay up to 4.50 per square foot to a maximum of 5,000 square feet. since february, 2017, the average number of applications received per year have been 17. we received 9 so far this fiscal year. for the budget, we are assuming, a, the applications this year and 17 new applications each of the coming fiscal year. the average square footage has been 2873 square feet. we gave that number as an assumption for all the applications.

and the consumer price index adjustment, it was 1% for the fiscal years '17 through '19. and for the budget, we are assuming it will be 3% for the next biannual adjustments. to date, there have been 28 grants for the 151 businesses. one out of five legacy businesses benefiting from long-term lease and secure term. an effective strategy to stabilize the businesses in san francisco. the motion was recommended. the commotion directs businesses to prioritize funding to qualify for other grants paid through the legacy preservation fund.

i am suggesting this motion, if we follow the policy recommendation, the bottom line here, it would be the estimated available for other grants. you can see that by fiscal year '21, '22, it is expected to be the funds from the stabilization grants. for the section 2a, 243, specific procedures are in place for handling grants shortfalls. essentially grants from prior years are given a priority and are decreased proportionally. they would pay less than 4.50 per square foot. the grants shall not exceed available funds. moving on, the next section, the run stabilization accessibility grant. this fiscal year, it will be a

one-time of $150,000 available through the reserve release. to help pay for disability access and reports and improvements. that brings us to the assist grant, number two on the agenda for this protectiere presentati. it is $500 per year. the fiscal year, we have 3 million thousand dollars in grant applications and '17, '18, we have $625,321 in grant applications. we were able to pay a full $500 for the two years. the spreadsheet shows that the front amounts were paid in the entirety each fiscal year.

that was not the case. some payments were made the following fiscal year. that actually changed and cas carried to the next fiscal year. the true carry forward were slightly different than the spreadsheet. we did this on the spreadsheet for simplification, the long-term projections came out the same. for the fiscal year, '18, '19, we received 105 business assistant grant applications approximately. using the average of 8,685 per grant, the grant request for '18, '19 are expected to $911,925. we are projecting the available funds to be 550,000. we will pay less than $500 per fge. the amount available to the business assistance grant would decrease over the next two fiscal years and assuming we continue receiving $1 million.

we would not have enough funds to pay the business assistant grant starting fiscal year '21, '22. that brings us to the final agenda item, policy recommendations for the future consideration. january and february, 2019, we will come before you with a policy recommendation regarding the business assistant grant and in may, 2019, we will have a policy recommendation regarding the stabilization grant. i will close the presentation today. any questions? commissioner? >> thank you very much for the presentation. what this says is that when you come to year 2021, you have run out of money. effectively with the amount of grants and subsequently doubles with your assumption of grants

per year. is there a magic to the 17 number? >> that is what we have seen so far. we had 28 grants from 2017. taking an average. >> all right. so the remaining 17 for this period. >> that's correct. all right. so i guess, the decision comes at the end of 2020, 2021, and do we either stop giving new grants or keep giving grants and then start decreasing the amount that we are granting. they would be paid first and then decrease. it would be less than 4.50 per square foot and then, we would bring on new people next year that apply. the prior years grantees, it is

increasing. >> the prior year, you have the option to reduce their benefits of the grantees. you can either stop giving grants and continue to give them the benefit, or if you keep giving grants, and then have some decrease in the amount given to the prior grantees. >> unless we got additional funds from the city. there is some lobbying. >> and i think, you know, what we are -- for this year, definitely, we don't have enough to fund both programs. we definitely need the approval of the direction of the staff in recommending. as rick said in january of 2019, we will come forward with some set of recommendations and so, it could be, you know, you might -- it could be your

decision is to direct staff in the future years to -- when it comes time to discuss the budget with additional dollars. >> so the current period, with assistance grants. >> we received applications. we told the applicants it could take quite a few months to go through and we have to go through all of them before we pay the grantees. the recommendation of paying less than 500... >> there is that suggestion you have approval of 550,000 and change available. >> available for them, that's correct. >> if you chose to roll that over, you risk not getting more funds. it sounds like the city is giving money -- with the $1 million over head. so the you want to make those

grants. can we pull more people into the stabilization pool? >> that is up to your discretion to give us direction to say, we think we get more than 17 grants. we want to ensure that we are able to award those grants. so we would like for you to keep an additional, you know, we want to make sure we have the availability to have 20 grants. then we will just adjust that budget. adjust the budget. we over estimate funding available for those rents stabilizations. we sort that particular -- >> do you have enough

allocations to administer the $550,000. >> i am thinking since -- to go through all the applications, that we would come to within an exact number. we do have to allocate an exact number to the grant until we have to. and we would have more knowledge of how the rent stabilization grants are doing. >> i would recommend you stay the course on this. you have signalled that is available. >> and i think, from the experience that we have been observing through this grant program, that the rent stabilization grants have a higher value and meets closer to the mission of what the legacy business program is. which is why in our recommendation, that we ensure that we are able to fully fund them. more so than the business

assistance grant. >> yes, i see the logic in that, for sure. >> so that we are obligated to -- because we did issue the grant, we are obligated to -- a grant obligation to the business assistance grant this year. whether it -- even if it is not the full amount of the full 500. >> i am encouraging you as much as i can. >> any questions? >> we would like to get a motion just to approve the direction of fully funding the rent stabilization grant, since we don't have enough to fully fund both. >> i make that explosion. -- motion.

>> members of the public, we would like item number 7. >> the policy direction as presented today. to prioritize the rent stabilization grant program. >> okay, we have a motion by the commissioner, seconded by the commission duly. commissioner adams? motion passed. next item. item 8. updated report of the small

business assistance centre. policy and matters. the announcements from there. announcement regarding small business activity for discussion. >> commissioner, i have a written report for you. so i will verbally go through it. first, i want to say we had a great weekend with small business. and the district 2 last week. and then good activity with merchants associations on small business saturday. and with the merchants there. and i want to extends my appreciation to attend that and being at the right place at the right time when media was there. we are directing media to some of our other small businesses

that promote our -- that promote our manufacturing. you can elaborate on that. and i want to extend happy birthday to the president of our commission as well. and the business assistance grant, the business -- the successful business program, the checklists are coming in a little slower than i think -- although the agencies are wanting -- they are coming in. we do have 19 business -- company owners that filed for unreasonable hardship. those have yet to be heard at the access appeals commission. i did present to them, and have a discussion with the commission a week before last on things to give consideration for in

granting, consideration for regarding a hardship particularly when the property owner is requiring the business tenant to act as his agent. so they are still finalizing some of the criteria that they want to ask, and -- but we have lent our assistance in helping if they need support in helping to do some financial review. we have lended our support and given some suggestions to follow a grant guidelines that we will be using and we will be presenting to you at the december 10th meeting for the grant program under the business program. and we are developing a grant program through the funds that we are directed through the business registrations and so we

have $332,700 that was collected through the business registration through the disability access fund that we are able to use. we have $100,000 left over from the $1 fee that was collected. so we are first looking at helping the businesses that are required by the property owner to comply. we are helping them first and then we will be working with the two, three and four property owners. and then, there is an outreach event this next monday, the inner agency. it is not a full presentation, but all agencies will be present to be able to answer questions. and then, for the legacy business program, thank you for allocating the funds for the

grants. i have decided in discussion instead of quarterly reports, we will move them to every six months. you are mostly updated on what we have been doing. so the primary thing that you are not is the business technical that is provided to the businesses. so i think once every 6 months is a good update. and the legislation of policy. i worked with the supervisor's office to make a specific modification to the catering permit. restaurants are going to have to -- retrofit. if they have a food truck or grant to get a food truck, that they are able to operate their

food truck and their existing business during the time that the business is closed to the retrofit and for the same days and hours. doing that ki i wanted to extend appreciation for helping us figure out and the willingness to turn this around quickly. we businesses in january, they will have to close their business. this is an option that they really wanted to have to be able to retain to having some income, but mostly retaining employees and keeping them employed. so that -- we were not able to bring that before the commission. it is on a fast time line. the land use committee before the meeting approved it. moving forward next week for the board of supervisors.

and then an update on the separation compliance that you heard at the last meeting. so supervisors in response to hearing about the data changed the criteria for a large generator from 30 cubic yards to 40 cubic yards. that involved many restaurants and some non-profits. and especially our neighbourhood, grocery stores. a meeting with the department of environment, there is a three year implementation plan for the auditing, and so because these are -- these types of businesses are already really working hard to properly sort their refuge, they will be sort of the latter ones to be audited and the

supervisor when i explained the programming and the education that the businesses have, he felt that they would actually meet -- still to be affirmed by the department of environment. that likely they will meet the needs of having the waste facilitator currently on staff. it is not a mandatory full-time job. they can be part-time. the supervisor affirmed that there is a discretion that the department of environment has there. so i do know in talking to some of the small neighbourhood grocers, that they actually want to improve their profits as we mentioned, one of them has -- as part of the corp., to achieve certification, they need to meet the waste goals. we wanted to meet with the department of environment to figure out the best solutions to

be able to pass the audits because of the challenge of having the refuge exposed to the public when it is being picked up. so this will help meet both those goals. and so anyway, i think we have come to a good solution here. so really i want to thank you for your direction that you provided the department of environment, the supervisor's office. and then the committee this week will be the cannabis regulations you heard last time. the hiring of apprentices. that will be heard. i have not seen an updated amended piece of legislation.

your response, is conditional to the amendments being made. and then, i will provide a detailed -- analysis. that you heard the supervisor flexible retail. it has legislation, you approved it for district 4. it has now evolved to temporary retail and activity uses. and so district 1, the supervisor, and district 5, district 10, the supervisor and district 11 with the supervisor have signed on to the legislation. i will provide the legislation

in writing. the districts have now signed on. it is not limited. those districts are allowing the flexible retail in addition to what was amended in adding temporary pop-up retail and activities. >> it has expanded from one district. >> in the time since you heard it, and then moving on from legislation, so the next meet we will have the new commission, policy commission secretary. so i wanted to thank the staffing for the meetings. he will jointly staff with dominica on december 10th. and then, i do -- i am hoping to

be able to schedule super tang as an acknowledgment for her service. and also i just recently learned that jim lazarus is leaving the chamber after 15 years and he is moving over to the senator's office. we will reach out to him and see if we can get him scheduled. if not the 10th, then in january to acknowledge him for the service and all the support he provided for us and the policy. and lastly, i will be sending over to you, the schedule for our 2019 meeting schedule. we will not have to -- there will be some adjustments. small business week is the first week of may. we will not need to change the first meeting of the month.

but we will be needing to make a change to the second meeting of the month of may because of memorial day. so i have already prescheduled meeting times. i will need to affirm with you as to whether these adjusted times will work with your schedule. because of the indigenous peoples day in october. and november, because of veterans' day, i have reserved veterans' day is monday, november 11th. so i have reserved november 12th, which is a tuesday, 2 p.m. just so that i have room on the book. because these rooms book up quickly. ((please stand by)

>> even later in the afternoon, there was a good crowd therapeutic it was a great event hopefully the beginning of many of those. a couple of shout outs for upcoming holiday fares picked the dogpatch holiday fare is this saturday, december 1st coming up. s.f. made has a city hall pop up coming up next tuesday, on december 4th at city hall. and the s.f. made holiday fare at california college of the arts is on saturday, december 15 th. all kinds of opportunities to buy local and support the local maker community and small business community. that set. >> i love it. commissioner riley quach. >> i was invited by the committee to their goodwill mission in china, they are very

interested in the office of small business. the small business commission, as well as the assistant centre. we met with the assembly and parliament and some of the department his. anyway. we talk about the office of small business and talk about the business portal as well as some of the programs we have. they seem to be very interested and they seem to be very strong interest of the vietnamese people to come do business with the u.s. it was a very busy.

i just got back. >> welcome. thank you. commissioner dooley law specter. >> i spent several hours with the small business saturday with the xc maker fair at pier 35. it was an amazing success. it was so crowded there with shoppers. it was hard to walk down the aisles. which was very exciting. i got to meet it with lots of wonderful makers, designers, and i'm happy to see such a good turnout. the other thing i wanted to mention is that after many, many months of negotiation with city agencies, north beach merchants association has worked out a settlement for when they shut down and do an enormous amount of construction in washington square park. we actually have gotten to the point where we have signed a contract with them, holding

various various city departments ' feet to the fire we are hoping it will be a change to the positive for big construction jobs that do effect our small businesses that shows we are those that we can and should have some say in how that will affect all of the businesses surrounding such a place. >> great. thank you. any other comments quach seen none, public comment is closed. are there any comments on item number 9 quach. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item ten is new business big allows commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. >> commissioner riley. >> this meeting and the last meeting, and we have quite a few people who came and talked about cannabis and how they don't like

it and how it's bad for the community, bad for this and that i wondered if we need to do something on the outreach to let people know that to the voter already voted for this to be legal. for them to come and protest and tell us to stop them, may be there is lack of understanding and it is already being approved by the voters. may be that is something we need to think about. >> i would like to add to that period when we hear people talking, even though i'm not in the room, the massive amount of misinformation that we are hearing from folks. it would be nice if there is some way to point out the actual truth about many of these things and reminds them they can't compare finding needles on the

ground to a cannabis dispensary that is so highly regulated. it makes a liquor store look like you could just -- a 5 -year-old could walk in compared to the type of steps that are being taken to safeguard these communities. and we need to get that out there. >> especially today. i noticed one of the reporters here from the world journals sitting in the back. i don't know what we would take out of this whole public comment i don't want them to think that we don't care and we don't hear what they say. on the other hand, is already being approved by the voter. it is legal. there is nothing we can do other than may be they can work with their district supervisor to come up with something rather than -- i don't think they are wasting time. but i think they need to be

informed. >> and they can't continue to protest based on misinformation. >> right. >> that is not serving anyone. >> and you said something very important with working with district supervisor his. they did work with supervisor peskin with chinatown and not opening up any new dispensaries in chinatown. >> that's why i suggested it. >> and that is what should be done. there is a lot of misinformation entering public comments today, she was making comments about needles and cannabis. neither one has anything to do with the other. i agree. it should be a general information that is put out there. is it sr is at the office of cannabis? who actually does that? >> since they came to us to protest, me beat we need to think of something. >> they also go to the planning

commission to too. >> right. >> those individuals and the board of supervisors, there is a fine line in allowing people to voice their opinion and then there's, you know, i will still reach out to director elliott and the department of public health to ensure that suggestions of the distinction between those issues between needles and/or the fact that it's not legal to smoke on the sidewalk. people do. but just because we have legalized cannabis, does not mean -- just because we have legalized cannabis. does not legalize smoking on the public right-of-way. i think, perhaps there is

opportunity to be able to make sure that some of those standards are very clear. but to note that we are not the only commission that those individuals show up to, that anytime cannabis is on the agenda, they are there. no matter what body is hearing it. >> we are going to talk to elliott. >> i will talk to the city attorney and see what we will utilize for us as a commission. >> whenever they have public comment, we are not supposed to engage in the conversation. it is almost like a one way. >> you can respond in general.

i thank you spoke pretty clearly i thank you can continue to reiterate if the commission wants to send a message that yes , you have the right to be able to voice your opinion, but this commission, we have approved the adult use of cannabis if there are

suggestions that you have and want to submit them. we can agenda dies it when the commission is ready to affirm that position. >> thank you. >> that was it. >> any other new business? are there any members of the public would like to make any comments on new business here at the commission? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> san francisco government television, please so -- showed show the office of small business like. >> it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only business to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get questions to your answers about doing

business in san francisco. 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 business in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, it starts here at the office of small business. >> item 11 is adjournment. action item. >> do we have a motion? >> moved to adjourn. >> second. meeting adjourned. >> motion passes 5-0, total absent. it. >> shop & dine in the 49

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many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food.

so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success.

in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over the place. we really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. a lot of organizations i think

which say we're going to teach cooking or we're going to teach gardening, or we're going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. we say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really community oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. we want to build community and we're using food as a means to that end. >> we have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. coming into 18 reasons which even more community focused is such a treat. we have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. people come in in groups, meet friends that they didn't even know they had before. our whole set up is focused on communal table. you can sit across from someone and start a conversation. we're excited about that. >> i never worked in catering or food service before. it's been really fun learning

about where things are coming from, where things are served from. >> it is getting really popular. she's a wonderful teacher and i think it is a perfect match for us. it is not about home cooking. it's really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. >> i have always loved eating food. for me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. it always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, we're offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for

wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. it's so natural for me to come here. >> we want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. >> are you inspired? maybe you want to learn how to

have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients . or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons.org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market.com. and don't forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites.com. until next time, may the fork be with you. ♪ ♪ >> so chocolaty. mm. ♪ >> oh, this is awesome. oh, sorry. i thought we were done rolling. ♪

>> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively. the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are

fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say.

my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united

states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do.

one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in

government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i

like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being

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