>> additionally, there is a sign in seat at the front table. s.f. dev t.v., please so don't show the office of small business sign pick welcome everyone. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission with a reminder of the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business here in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online, or in person here at city hall. best of all, all of our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policy that affects the economy --dash economic vitality of small businesses in san

francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. >> item one is called to order and roll call. [♪] >> mr president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. next item, please. >> it allows members of the public to comment gingerly on the matters that are within the jurisdiction of the small business commission, but not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items for the commission 's consider -- future consideration. >> are there any members of the public would like to make comment on any item that is not on today's agenda caught seeing then, public comment is closed. >> item three is recognition of katy tang. member at board of supervisors district four. discussion item.

[laughter] >> firstly, i am very sad you are leaving. >> they want you to speak into the microphone. >> okay. all right. on this monday, december 10th, 2018, the small business commission would like to recognize supervisor katy tang to the contributions of the vitality of the san francisco small businesses. katy tang has worked as a city representative for over a decade and served as district four supervisor since 2013. covering the sunset parkside area. during her tenure on the board of supervisors, her collaborative and pragmatic

approach to advocating policy goals benefiting small businesses that not only serve the sunset parkside area, but citywide kick the right -- for leadership introduces incentives for affordable and friendly housing through a home s.f., flexible retail to allow businesses and share spaces across business activities. streamlined permitting for new businesses, and the accessible business entrance program to curb drive-by lawsuits and increased access for individuals with disability. what we forgot is when you worked with carmen to, you did, every may, the free waving of the overhead banners for businesses and i know you are part of that because you spoke in our commission about that. further supervisor tang's activity, active engagement of

her promotion and small businesses exemplifies her passion and dedication. it is for these reasons that the small business commission is proud to recognize supervisor katy tang for her contributions as a dedicated city representative for the people of san francisco and its small businesses. thank you. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> i will give you this and this >> thank you so much. >> it is all up to you now. >> thank you. >> do you want to say anything? >> thank you so much. i didn't know you did honouring here at the commission, but i want to say i am so appreciative if money were never a concern of mine, people ask me what i would do, i would say, i wish i could run a little stationary store selling cards or whatnot. i'm a very risk-averse person. i know it takes so much guts for people to actually open their own small business, and that's why i have a lot of respect for

all of you and what you do. whether you have your own small business or you are helping other people to be able to live their dreams. it is not easy in san francisco. i wish it were a smooth process. working as an aide is what opens me i guess my eyes to how difficult it was. people would call our office usually when they were really at the maximum level of frustration and couldn't figure out how to navigate the systems or interact with some of the city staff, or departments. so over the years, i collected all that feedback and as i am leaving, and people ask what i feel most proud of, one of them is absolutely my work in -- and legislation and helping small businesses and pushing the envelope on certain things the city has always done. but why do we do it that way? why do we need to add more time and heartache and financial strain on businesses that are trying to open? it is very interesting that you

are giving this recognition today. i think mayor breed recognizes it as well. it is building upon the office work citywide. i'm excited to hear that and hope it will continue. thank you for all that you do inventing legislation as well in terms of small business impact, and i'm really grateful and i have enjoyed working with all of you over the years. thank you so much for this recognition. [applause] >> i also want to congratulate jim lazarus. the next honouree. [laughter] >> really quick, before,, we will take pictures behind here when we are done with both of our honourees. any members -- we have to do this. any members of the public who would like say anything? seeing then, public comment is closed. would any of the commissioners like to make any comments? >> thank you for four year

tenure on the boards. you are definitely a hands-on legislator. whenever i was representing constituents concerns that i came to your office, he would meet with us one on one. he would ask us questions and to really interrogate the problem and to understand. i appreciate that so much. it is actually an anomaly among legislators to really want to hear the details of a case started endorsed case study of a particular business or particular sector. i respect that so much. i hope that may be we can stay in touch and i can pick your brain further even though you are off the board. thank you. >> hello. i also want to thank you for your service to the city. i know that everybody in the sunset district loves you. they are very sad to see you go. i hope you keep in touch and good luck to whatever you will do next. >> we all have to say its. we will miss you so much, and

you have been such an asset to small business. i know you will continue to wear your rickshaw for specs with pride and i know it will be moving from your office to your home, what you've been a great advocate on behalf of small business. so thank you. >> hello, supervisor. i have only been here for a little while, but i've heard nothing but good things about you. and the little i have seen has been wonderful. good luck in your venture. >> i just want to say its been really wonderful to work with you from our office. really soliciting input. i think the list was too long for us to put on the certificate in terms of all your accomplishments, but one example of what really stood out for me is the lactation policy, and really wanting to champion some needed -- a needed policy in our

workplace, but really taking the time to bring in all the stakeholders and figuring out how can we implement this so that we can achieve our goal and make sure that it is doable for all size businesses and creating a policy that is not a one-size-fits-all. and i think as other commissioners have said, it is your process, and how you have worked with the business community and implementing legislation is going to be missed because it was very well-thought-out and very inclusive, and much appreciated. >> okay. next item. but don't go anywhere. >> item four his recognition of jim lazarus. senior vice president of public policy, san francisco chamber of commerce. discussion item. >> okay. i may start crying during this one. [laughter] >> before i read it, jim has

been like a mentor to me. ever since i got on this commission, and he was at city hall, he knows if i see him on the street or something, i would pick his brain and say what do i do here clot you are going back to diane. i want to personally say thank you for all your advice that you have given me over many years. i feel like i'm a better person for it. hopefully i can get through this now. okay. jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. on this monday, december 10th, 2018, the small business commission is honored to recognize jim lazarus for his contributions to the vitality of san francisco small businesses. jim has served as senior vice president of public public policy at the san francisco chamber of commerce for a total of 15 years. this position, he brought a wealth of experience and business, and civil service that made him a formidable force when helping the san francisco

legislator balances progressive policy goals, yet ensure it remained an environment in which small businesses can thrive, and all businesses. he is a legislative historian and fourth-generation san franciscan. his passion and commitment to the city our one-of-a-kind, and his impact will be ingrained into the fabric of san francisco for years to come. it is for these reasons and more that the san francisco small business commission would like to thank jim lazarus for a fruitful partnership over the years, and is proud to recognize him for all of his contributions for the people of the city and county of san francisco, and small businesses. with that, i would like to give you that. thank you. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> here is a little parting gift >> thank you. [laughter] >> don't start the three minutes , that may be i will cut it down to one. thank you very much. it has been great to work with all of you end with virginia and

this commission and their predecessors to the commissioners here today. back to the chamber, i had been there many years ago between my time in the feinstein and jordan administrations, i knew there was only certain things we can accomplish, and i said my motto should be we delay the inevitable. i think you've been partners with us in delaying the inevitable many times, but also educating members of the board of supervisors of the balancing act as he mentions there to the needs of the community and the needs of workers and the needs of business and the needs of micro business, small business, larger business. we have tried to do our best to educate the board and to come to some successes on balancing those needs and how legislation affects a micro business versus a large business. so we tried to bring everyone to the table in my years at the chamber, and i appreciate

working with this commission, your staff, with our partner organizations. large and small. merchant groups out in the neighborhoods capped a downtown partner organizations to try and make this as good as we can make it as a place to make a living, to succeed, to employ people, and i have appreciated the work and the time i have spent working with all of you, and the time you have given me as i have been up here with my few minutes on issues of importance to our community. thank you very much and i appreciate it. i look forward to helping you out if you have problems with any federal agency, you can go to the feinstein office come january 2nd, and we will make sure we have staff working to solve those problems. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> don't leave yet. >> mark dwight. jim, we are going to miss you. my career here in san francisco and in small business advocacy starved at the chambers of commerce years ago. you were there and you have been

a role model to me since i first met you. the city loses one of the most clear thinking and levelheaded legislative experts that we have here and we will miss you as we face a challenge after challenge as we always do, and you have been a tremendous asset in a tremendous role model for me. thank you very much. >> commissioner riley? >> jim, we will miss you. we are going to miss you. [laughter] >> i don't know what to say. it's been a pleasure working with you, and you certainly have been an asset, and you've helped us a lot to make some difficult decisions, so thanks. >> i want to say thank you as well. same, i started as a scrappy representative trying to advocate for our sidelined corner stores in san francisco. and you really help tone a tone

a lots of thoughts and teamed up with some legislation and some ideas that really, although we didn't succeed in that particular endeavour, i really appreciate all your advising. thank you. >> commissioner corby? >> i really enjoy seeing your face out there for the short amount of time i've been here. i love seeing a familiar face and you have been here quite a few times. i've enjoyed seeing your face out there and that's about all i can say. >> i will come back in public comment. >> yes, please do. [laughter] >> through the president, jim, i also want to extend my great appreciation for your mentorship , and it's always been fascinating for me to hear the story, the history, especially with legislation that was created before i started working with the office of small

business, but then gets revisited, and to really be able to speak to you about that and give the context to understand why revision is happening, and who the players are, and how best to proceed moving forward. while it is great you will not go too far, but that ability just to pick up the phone and be able to talk to you has been immensely invaluable to me. so thank you. >> i remember the number from before. [laughter] >> you can get me there. >> since this is an unofficial item, do we have any members of the public would like to say anything? seeing none, public comment is close. i want to make sure all my bases are covered. >> we will go do some pictures appear with them.

>> commissioners, if you could move your microphones down. [indiscernible] >> thank you. get in here. are we close enough here? >> where do you want me to move? closer. >> which camera do we look at? left or right. [laughter] >> okay.

>> three, two, one. >> great. >> all right. what i would like to do is -- >> to mayor's office there. [laughter] >> i would like to do one with supervisor tang and commissioner lazarus. [laughter] >> that is a proud picture. >> one more.

[laughter] >> all right. thanks a lot. >> one, two, three. >> that's great. okay. [laughter] >> perfect. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you. we will miss you. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations. >> i'll still be around. [laughter] >> all right, thank you. >> you can run but you can't hide. [laughter] >> next item, please.

>> item five. presentation an update on the accessible business entrance program and grant program. discussion item. presenters from the office of small business. >> commissioners, you do have a powerpoint. >> we do indeed. >> all right. good evening, commissioners. i am the cystic project manager and business case manager for the office of small business. i am here to present an update on the acceptable business entrance program. i will go over a snapshot of compliance and outreach. osb's involvement and the small business support services that we offer. i manage the efforts at our office through the direction of the director. all right. the accessible business entrance program, which is very timely,

because supervisor tang authored it, it went into effect may 22 nd, 2016, the ordinance number 51-16, requires property owners of buildings that have places of public accommodation to make all primary entrances accessible to people with disabilities. the program applies to places of public accommodation per title iii of the americans americans with disabilities act or the a.d.a. this includes restaurants, bars, retail stores, laundromats, pretty much any business that welcomes bit workers into the public into their place of business is considered a place of public accommodation. the program only applies to the primary entrance. on the slide here, the photo that you see here within the building, there are multiple tenant spaces inside the building where the subject --

the program is only looking at the primary entrance. so that main entrance that goes into the public way. the ordinance assigns responsibility to the property owner, though later in the presentation, i will talk about the impact to small business -- small business tenants. as the building code addition, the program is administered by the department of building inspection and an interagency collaborative group is working together on implementation. this includes planning department on the guidelines for historic buildings. public works on public right-of-way, and sidewalk modifications, the access appeals commission for technical and feasibility and unreasonable hardship requests, osb, as a small business resource, and the mayor's office on disability for their expertise on a.d.a. title

two, and also experience in serving the disabled community. our office is very active in the inner agency group. i would say we have a very close working relationship with the building department. we have supported them in their efforts through coordinating outreach efforts, helping to create materials and resources, and we are also very active in helping them work through nuances of implementation. i will go through the slide fairly quickly. these are the steps for compliance for the ordinance. the first step is to review the program requirements which are on d.b.i.'s accessible business website webpage. and determine which form to submit the eye there are three forms that i want to mention here. the first is the prescreening form is also known as exemption form, the buildings that are not

subject to the ordinance for four reasons. one is that the building is not a place of public accommodation. it is purely a residential building so does not have commercial spaces. those buildings we would submit the prescreening form. there is a waiver form that documents that your entryway was brought into accessibility through previous construction projects. so the waiver form is the form he would fill out, and on that form, you would note the building that construction work had been done. and the third form, which most of the businesses subject to the ordinance have to go through the three, for, and five steps here, is called the category compliance, form.

step three, for those buildings that do not fill out the prescreening, or the waiver form , they would have to hire a designed -- a licensed design professional or a certified access specialist to survey the entryway, fill out the compliance checklist form and submit to d.b.i. either category compliance checklist deadline, that form. for categories two, three, and four, i will go over those categories in the next i'd. the licensed design professional will propose the remediation that will bring the building into compliance. after the checklist is submitted and based on that proposed remediation, steps four and five to round out compliance is to further erode the building permit by the category deadline, and obtained a building permit,

and then complete the permitted work. this is a schedule of the compliance deadline. the compliance deadlines per building is based on the building's category. that category is determined by the license design professional or the certified access specialist when they survey the entryway. category one buildings are buildings that are in compliance category two buildings have minor barriers and no steps to the entryway. examples of minor barriers include door handles that require twisting or turning of the wrist, a slope to the entrance, slopes leading up to the entrance on the sidewalk, or narrow or heavy doorways. category three is buildings that

have one step to the entryway. category four has two or more steps and other major barriers. as you can see, we are less than three weeks away from the first compliance deadline for the ordinance. for categories one and two cow compliance deadlines are january 1st, 2019. shown here, the ordinance does allow for a request for a six-month extension for reasonable delay. extensions will be granted by d.b.i. on a case by case basis. reasonable delay could include the inability to secure a design professional or a cast before the category's compliance deadline. it could also include financial hardship or scheduling issues. property owners that are seeking an extension will have to fill out a request for extension form

, and submit the form before the category deadline. okay. moving onto outreach, i will give a quick update on outreach in compliance to date. d.b.i. estimates 24,000 storefronts are subject to the program. the number of storefronts is associated with 11,255 property owners. as of today, december 10th, 2,850 forms were submitted to, which means 2,850 storefronts so far have complied with the ordinance, and this number is tied to 934 property owners. 934 property owners have complied with the ordinance. there have been four mailers sent out to property owners from d.b.i. most recently, early november

they sent out a 60 day notice. we have seen at our office, an uptick in halls about the ordinance. d.b.i. confirmed they have also seen an uptick in checklist submittals as well and over the last year, we have been very involved in the outreach interagency groups through workshops, workshops held at d.b.i., we also have reached out to merchants and business groups the director did a joint merchant walk in different districts with a director from d.b.i. and we intend to continue this outreach through the compliance, the compliance deadline date. okay. moving on to the impacts to small businesses, as a building code addition, as a mention to,

the ordinance assigned compliance to the property owner however, some property owners will choose, and have chosen to allocate the responsibility to their small business tenants. what we are observing as there are common scenarios which of these pass-through his are happening, and we are ramping up with the support services to make sure the vulnerable small business tenants that are having to search of navigate this ordinance, having to comply with the ordinance, are appropriately supported. this is a more vulnerable situation. they are at greater risk of displacement and they are those who are on a month-to-month arrangement. they currently do not have a lease with their landlord or their -- they are on short-term lease. there are also situations where property owners are passing the responsibility through code compliance and accessibility provisions in their lease

agreement. also the ordinance, the overlay of the ordinance with the federal a.d.a. is an added layer of complexity that we are having to navigate. historically, a landlord -- landlords have passed the a.d.a. requirements and accessibility requirements onto their tenants, and much of this is done because there is a lack of understanding under the federal a.d.a. that it is a shared responsibility between the property owner and the landlord. so our office has been very active in providing that education through the resources offered at our office, and helping property owners and tenants both understand that if a law suit is brought to the business, it is not only brought to the business itself but it

can be to the property owner and the tenant. we are trying to provide that education that as a property owner, at times, the cost for upfront compliance, bringing your entryway into accessibility is cheaper than the back end of having to figure out -- being sued, basically. all rights. also, we are helping businesses that are navigating the ordinance. some of them may assume responsibility for the ordinance based on not knowing that there are property owner obligations. and also some small business tenants may assume responsibility because they own their buildings. okay. here is a list of the small business support services that we are offering to businesses. at this point, we have to assess

each business' situation on a case by case business -- case-by-case basis. i am managing this as the case manager and also understanding the nuances of this ordinance. we are finding that each situation -- there is no one-size-fits-all solution. some of them are having to navigate contractual lease complexities and other businesses that are on the month-to-month are trying to figure out what their rights are , what sort of approach they should have been talking to their landlords. other businesses are unsure whether or not they can have that conversation with their landlord as to whether or not they will share the responsibility or the cost. so based on this, we really are taking that one-on-one approach in our counselling with these businesses to do an intake

assessment of what the business needs. we will ask questions like do you own your property quiet do you have a lease quote what is the relationship with your landlord quiet and trying to understand also the business' financial capability to pay for remediation should it involve major construction or major work based on that intake and assessment, we will guide them through the appropriate channels the resources, the programs that our office offers, as well as resources through nonprofits that we are working with that provide legal assistance, and one-on-one business coaching. okay. i do want to present three quick cases to give you an idea of the types of questions, the types of businesses that we are serving

thus far. all rights. case number 1, i will keep these businesses anonymous, case number 1 is the business is a latino owned hair salon. she has rented the space for five years on a month-to-month arrangement with her landlord and she currently has no lease. her tenant space is angled at the corner of the building, and it is a historic building. in front of the entryway there is a poll that supports the upper floors. in this case, your landlord has required her to comply with the ordinance. what we have done at this point is that we have had a couple of conversations with the tenant, trying to understand what position she is in to speak with her landlord. english is her second language, so i have worked with our office to communicate what her

requirements are as a tenant and what her rates are as a tenant, and what will likely happen for this particular case is walking her through applying for a technical and feasibility through the ordinance, or an unreasonable hardship. we are working -- we are working with d.b.i. to understand what the criteria is for applying for an unreasonable hardship and for this specific business, since there is that pole in the middle , you could qualify for a technical and feasibility period but given her situation because she is on a month-to-month and because there is a proposed remediation of creating a brand-new entryway, not at an angle, would serve to be -- would cause severe financial hardship for that business, if not displace her as a business tenant. the second case, a community center is currently going

through lease negotiation and the landlord is using the responsibility for compliance with the ordinance as a condition of the lease renewal. this space has a major slope in the sidewalk to the entryway. under the ordinance, that would be considered one step. the business of the category three. in this case, after consultation with the organization, we connected them with a pro bono legal service organization. they are currently helping them figure out what their rights are , and going through one-on-one the lease negotiation , making sure that if the business takes on the obligations of compliance for the ordinance, that they are --

that they are in the right in being able to do so and that they are -- their financial capability and their needs are being met through the lease negotiation. and then case number 3 capped a small flower shop as a tenant who has a seven year lease ending in 2020. their landlord did have an inspection done to inspect the entryway and the landlord already paid for filling out the checklist. the proposed remediation is to install a power door operator, which the landlord is now passing that responsibility onto the tenant to arrange and to pay for. they reached out to determine two things. one, if the door operator is required, the particular business, they keep their door open during all hours of operation, and they believe that

the power door operator is not necessary since they keep the door popped open. and the second question they had is as a small operation, they are unsure whether or not they can afford a power door operator , since it can cost upwards of 7-$10,000 to install up and they are looking for financial assistance and financial resources in being able to cover the cost. so for this particular situation , we want the business -- we walked to the business through what that power door operator -- what that power operator means, which basically is an alternative solution under accessibility laws. for businesses that cannot bring their entryway fully into compliance, the power door operator is an alternative solution to be able to do so. that question of whether or not propping the door open would

serve as an accessible option, we had to inform that business that there are going to be times when that door has to close. for example, if it is raining, or if it is smoky out. the door does have to close. which then which make it inaccessible as an entryway. and then in terms of the financial assistance, that particular business may be eligible for funding under the new grant program, which i will go over. operate. i do also want to note, on the slide here, there is, through the ordinance, there is an unreasonable hardship were technical in feasibility, which i mentioned. this photo on the right side is a category from front building. the entryway here may qualify for unreasonable hardship. as you look at the photo, there

is limited space for compliance. there is no room for a chairlift , and there is also nonconforming steps moving down. this is the type of business that would be eligible for applying for the unreasonable hardship, which would then have to be ratified before the abscess appeals commission. operate. -- all right. okay. this is an example of an equivalent facilitation here on the right. i mentioned the power door operator. the front entry lift power door operator that is installed is considered an equivalent facilitation. the department of building inspection has the authority under the ordinance to improve equivalent facilitation his without going forth with the access appeals commission.

all right. so this is a couple of screenshots here, keeping to the theme of our support services that we offered to small businesses. the a.d.a. resources webpage has a whole host of resources for helping businesses navigate their requirements under the ordinance. resources that are available to them such as a.d.a. tax credits, a database of certified access specialists that serve san francisco, questions to ask as you are shopping for a certified access to inspectors access specialists, and the various laws, aside from the accessible business entrance program, the laws, disability access laws at the state and federal level as well. okay. all right. lastly, i would like to inform

you about a grant program we created to help support vulnerable small businesses in those cases where the property owner passes compliance to them. this grant is designed to be just one option. mainly the last resort option and it is intended for those who are very vulnerable and are unable to afford compliance on their own. in your binder, you have a copy of the grant application, and the scoring criteria under tab five. the process that we go through to determine whether or not a business is going to be eligible for this grant program is through the intake process when we are considering the business' particular situation, we will consider other programs and resources that are available to them such as a.d.a. tax credits, microloans, any other support programs that are available to them to be able to facilitate

compliance with the ordinance. this option will be presented to the business as an internal referral to them. it is important to note that with this grant program, we are communicating it to our partner agencies, and to our invest in the neighborhood team through the office of economic and workforce development. we have also presented it to the inner agency departments through the abe as one option as part of our whole host of support services. all of these departments no that when they are working with businesses that are impacted by the accessible business entrance program, to refer them directly to the office of small business, and at that point, we will walk them through the intake process, and that is where they will find out about this grant program as a possible option for them.

okay. the funds that are used to support this program is currently collected through the state's disability access and education fund. the fund was created by sb 1186 that took us back in 2013, and demanded by ab 1379 in 20 -- in 2018. through the sb 1186 a. one dollar fee was added to local business registrations, and 70% of that fee was retained at the city level to be used to increase certified access specialists in the city, and also to facilitate better compliance with disability access laws. through ab 1379, which went into effect in 2018, the fee was raised to four dollars and 90% was retained at the city level. the office of small business is

the administrator of this disability access and education fund at the local level and helping to facilitate compliance with the accessible business entrance program falls within the intended use of those funds. this year we have 174,000 unspent from previous years that we will use towards fulfilling the first two areas of this grant program. it focuses on connecting small businesses with a design professional to survey the entryway, and complete their checklist, and also provide reimbursement for businesses that have already paid for their checklist services, and went through a financial hardship in doing so. we are providing reimbursement for those businesses that are eligible for the grant program.

under category three and four, which are the businesses that have -- that are in need of more remediation because they have steps, we are building up the program beginning mid next year, and next year we have 324,000 that will be used to build up the support services around category three and four. okay. this grant program is designed to mitigate displacement and leverage for more favourable lease terms for small businesses on the grant program application , you will see that we do have income verification. we are looking at first the businesses household income as a prequalifier for the grant, and the prequalification criteria is

for those businesses that are extremely low income, low income , or moderate income under the housing and urban development income guidelines. for those businesses that are above moderate income, we do request to see the business' financial statement. at that point, we will weigh in on whether or not they are qualified by assessing the business information. all right. and then lastly, i do quickly want to note that we have a right -- rent stabilization accessibility grant for legacy businesses. this is a one-time grant available to legacy businesses that we are using as a rent stabilization mechanism. we have 135,000 dollars for this grant funds and we are hand selecting smaller businesses

that are in need of complying with the accessible business entrance program or that are also in need of broader a.d.a. accessibility issues at their business. the intention of the legacy business accessibility grant is to leverage this grant for more favourable lease terms to ensure the longer term sustainability and tenure in existing legacy business tenant spaces. with that, we will give you ongoing reports of our progress on the grant program and our expanded efforts on categories three and four later in 2019 as we start to focus on the businesses with one or more steps. >> commissioner dwight? >> thank you for your presentation. this is great. i have a question.

is this only for businesses that are public serving? or is this for all businesses? >> this is for businesses that are public serving. >> if you are an office, then you don't have -- if you're not a retail or a restaurant business like that, then this would not apply to you. >> if you are a professional office -- >> it could be professional services that are public serving , but if you are a manufacturing business,. >> manufacturers, technically, they are not title iii, but if you have a retail component to it where you do have the public coming in, then yes. so that portion of it. if it is strictly manufacturing because you are not opening your doors for the public to come in. if you do tours, things of that sort, you have to give consideration because you are inviting the public in. >> right okay.

>> commissioner riley class. >> great presentation. i just want to note, these forms , these application forms, are they available online class. >> these are not. the grant application and the scoring criteria are not available on our website. does, as i mentioned, we are trying to be very careful in how we are communicating the grant program throughout the city. one, our intention here by not posting it on the website is that we don't want to see the grant -- we don't want the grant program to be communicated as an out for property owners. we want to make sure that the small businesses, that the grant applicants that are able -- that this program is for smaller businesses and we have been able to vet them and know that they

are unable to afford compliance on their own. at this point, we are not posting it on the website. >> last resort. >> last resort. >> we will provide it to them whenever it is necessary. >> correct. >> as she noted, with our partners who are identifying those businesses, both our department or a.b.e. department partners have identified if you businesses and they have invested in a couple of neighborhoods pick what we do have on our website is we do highlight that we have the resources to support businesses who are required to go through this process. and to contact our office. so we are advertising that we do have support for them, and then we do want them to reach out to us. and as she said, if there is a language need to, we do have

martha and carol are we have the access line to help with communication. thanks. >> any other questions? >> i have one thing. this is an incredible justice is incredibly thorough. this is a big project to manage. thank you for being responsible and for answering questions. i can send them your way and you are so responsive. so thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. do we have any members of the public would like to make comment on item number 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you. it was a great presentation. any other commissioner comments? >> it is great. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next item police. >> item six a semiannual report for the legacy business program for april through september, 2018. discussion item.

the presenters are from the office of small business. >> this guy again. [laughter] >> he is a happy man. >> thank you. >> good evening, president adams and commissioners. i am with the legacy business program manager. s.f. gov t.v., i have a powerpoint presentation. today i'm presenting the semiannual report for the legacy business program for april through september, 2018, including major accomplishments, business assistance services, the legacy business historic preservation fund, marketing, and promotions, and major upcoming activities. there are copies of the report in your binders and there are

copies on the table for members of the audience. please note we are shifting from quarterly reports, to a semiannual report back and since the annual report includes data through march 31st, the semiannual report will be for the period of april to september and note that we just did a quarterly report that was april through june. there is a little bit of overlap with this report. major accomplishments from april through september included adding 19 businesses to the legacy business registry, finalized rules and regulations for the legacy business reg is just registry, translated the legacy business program resources handbook into chinese, spanish and tag log cabin and posted it on the website to be a created becoming employee owned in partnership with the democracy of work institute, a small business toolkit to introduce legacy businesses to

the succession strategy of transitioning to employee ownership. conducted outreach to city departments, commissions, committees and task forces to encourage them to patronize legacy businesses to the greatest extent possible. issued the business assistance grant for fiscal year 18-19, in english, chinese and other languages. received 103 business assistance grant applications for fiscal year 18, 19, created an annual reapplication process for the rent stabilization grant, processed 14 rent stabilization grant applications, issued a legacy business program annual report for fiscal year 17-18, finalize the legacy business program logo with the contractor , issued nine press releases about new legacy businesses, as well as small business week, and tweeted 13 tweets on twitter and posted

nine entries on facebook about legacy businesses and legacy business programs. it is a tongue twister. not too bad for a person typing as i speak. in april through september, the semiannual column in this chart in the middle, we received 26 legacy nominations, 25 applications, and $1,250 and application fees, which are $50 per applicant. the historic preservation commission reviewed 18 applications, and the small business commission reviewed 19 applications and listed all 19 businesses on the registry. [please stand by]

5% were for businesses and 2. the legacy businesss listed on

the registry as of september 20th, 81.8% of them were for profit businesses and 18.2% were non-profit organizations. the establishments of profit businesses. for the services, the program has provided technical assistance. and 255.2 hours of consulting. since march, there are 95 unique clients. the committees and taskforces, as i mentioned to encourage

them. to do business with the city, legacy businesses must be suppliers with the city in the county of san francisco. they have access to one-on-one consulting. assistance with the registry applications. technical assistance. and workshops offered around the san francisco small business development sector at no cost. the topics are marketing, manage, books, training, access to capital and technology. providing assistance to legacy businesses impacted by the construction project. from april to september, the semi-annual period.