lyft rides to get there for the services. >> is that universally known to the population? is it specializes between a provider and the patient only and not broadcast? >> it's not broadcast. we've done it over the last 2 1/2 months. >> thank you. >> any other questions? if not, i think you will have ms. patil explain the revise resolution. >> so the revised resolution 18-5 that you have before you, the title reads, "determining the impact of the change in management of five outpatient departments from california pacific medical center to sutter pacific medical foundation." the other edits are on -- begin on the 3rd page of the

resolution and it reads, second to last further resolved, that the change in management will have a detrimental impact on healthcare services unless spmf takes the following actions. secure contract with hill physicians or continue to execute l.o.a.s so no affected patients experience a disruption of services. proactively ensure adequate staff training to prevent disruption of services. and provide culturally, linguistically appropriate services for patients with nongestational diabetes. be it fully resolved that the health commission encourages spmf to develop l.o.a.s when needed and update the commission to patients needing care at the

clinics and departments. >> thank you. and you retained the first resolve to strongly encourage the changes in staffing models or a mix, is that right? >> yes. >> to those are the three resolves. thank you very much. commissioners, questions to ms. patil or a motion in regards to the resolutions? hopefully we can start with the revised resolution. is there a motion for placing it on the -- >> place it on the agenda the revised. >> is there a second? >> second. >> and there's a second. so further discussion of the

resolution? >> i was going to ask if dr. barnes could have a comment seeing that he put in all the years out there. if that's available through the chair. >> in regards to the resolution or -- >> the issues of -- >> can you step up to the microphone? >> sure. dr. barnes would like to add his interpretation of the numbers of the f.t.e.s. welcome. >> there were 1.6 f.t.e.s within the last year, year and a half. i remember talking to dr. browner in the hallway after one of the hearings and he said they were hiring two full-time

bilingual educators. and they happened to be filipinos. and so that was where the 3.6 came from. i don't have any idea where the filipinos went, but that's what -- where that 3.6 figure comes from. i just want to clarify. >> sure. thank you. and we wish you well in your retirement. commissioner guillermo? >> i wanted to make sure that -- and just for the record, i wanted to voice support for dr. sanchez's comments about really trying to have creativity put in place and in consideration of just the rapid changes in neighborhoods that are happening in san francisco and in the generations of

reliance that people have had. i know that delivery systems will change, but it doesn't necessarily have to be so object objective a process. it will be a situation of the history of san francisco, its communities, and how it gets impacted for the future, while still accommodating the future, really becomes part of a principled process of decision making. and then, too, the community in little haiti outside of miami could use your advocacy. if you are not aware, and i'm sure you probably are, find your self there. >> commissioners, further

discussion of the proposed resolution, which has been placed for us. >> i have one more comment. no matter how much gentrification is done and people are forced out of san francisco, particularly people of color, some folks who are needy will always be here and the commitment needs to be to address those needy populations. if you're not doing that, i have difficulty with your organization. so i need to make it clear and support dr. sanchez and there will be us here and y'all need to respond to us. >> also note, the final resolve action point is what was discussed earlier, by moving hospitals, the commission loses oversight on the types of services that were within the

hospital and we really are not only encouraging the help, but that you would take it as good faith, to say that you would give us an update as you bring all your educators, you can be assured that as we are continuing the development hearings on an annual basis that it would come up at that point that i would encourage that you voluntarily present to us a report probably within six months of suggestion as to how well the transition is going. and whether or not the community feels that -- and it gives the community a chance to work with you. i thank you for some good suggestions in which we're trying to encourage that the community and the foundation would start a new relationship and feel that they are being

served and you feel satisfied and that you are serving them as you articulated to us already. if that -- are we prepared for the vote? let's have a vote. all those in favor of the revised amendment -- well, proposed resolution, please say aye. opposed? resolution has been passed. thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioners. >> clerk: item 9, sfdph compliance training. it's the same presentation in your packets and there are some notes that i gave you on the right of your desk.

>> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm maggie rykowski, department of affairs and chief integrity officer and i'm here to give you an overview of our compliance program. we're here to ensure that our governing body is aware of the compliance program. so i will briefly give you an overview. so these are the topics that i will go over. i will start with our mission. we strive to support a culture of compliance and our program is in accordance with all federal and state standards and regulations and we do follow the office of inspector general's

seven elements for compliance program. so -- >> that's the federal -- >> yes, the federal guidelines. the office of the inspector general has guidelines of what elements need to be incorporated into an effective compliance program. there are seven elements and we follow all of those. and i will -- so i will go over each element and let you know how we meet those requirements. so the first element, have to designate a compliance officer. i'm the chief compliance officer for the department. and i have one at sfg. as well as laguna honda. and behavioral health. and i will be adding a compliance officer for population health. we also have compliance

committees. each has their own committee and we have a d.p.h. compliance committee as well. our policies and procedures, we do have comprehensive policies and procedures that are reviewed and updated as needed. and we also have a very comprehensive code of conduct, which i will be speaking to in a little bit. for providing education and training, we do provide a lot of education and training. in january, we are actually going to be providing a robust training module for compliance. we're going to combine our compliance and data security training into one module and it will be interactive and we're excited. we've worked the entire year on putting this together with a vendor. that will be rolled out in

january. we also do other training. we'll do trainings, for example, if we notice there are providers having issues with documentation. we'll do specific training for them. we also are going to be rolling out a compliance newsletter that will be dealing with compliance topics that we feel need to be paid attention to. we'll outline them in our compliance newsletter. for element four, lines of communication, we have an 800 number, a hotline, where anyone can actually call with any issues, problems, concerns, anything they want to bring to our attention. we also have a confidential email where they can email us and this is monitored throughout the day. for element five, our internal

audit, we do a tremendous amount of internal auditing and monitoring. at the beginning of the year, we do a comprehensive assessment, risk assessment, to outline what risks we could have for the year and have a developed work plan and this is done for each area for zfg, laguna honda and behaviorial health. and we do robust auditing. throughout the year, we will do proactive auditing open our charts to ensure they meet compliance standards. for element six, our disciplinary guidelines, we work closely with the department of human resources to ensure when there is an employee who is involved in a compliance issue and discipline is warranted, that that discipline is done correctly and uniform throughout

the department. and element seven, response to offenses action plan. when something is brought to our attention, we investigate it immediately. we will look, if needed. we will take action to correct the problem. and we do develop corrective action plan and training for the staff to ensure it does not happen again. 5 want to touch on our code of conduct. so our code of conduct is a framework. and we recently expanded our code of conduct to make sure it meets all the elements that are required. our code of conduct was a few pages. our new code of conduct is 20. and we also have a summary form that will summarize the key

points for staff. so the elements of the code of conduct are as seen on the slide. we will basically, you know, bill for services that are provided. we don't want to bill for things that we did not provide services for. we don't want to overbill. access to care. we're fully committed to providing our clients and patients access to quality and medically necessary healthcare services. business -- we conduct our business ethically and we want to ensure that we're honest in our communication and we maintain confidentiality of all patient-related information. and for workplace conduct, we strive to provide a productive, healthy, safe work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. and conflict of interest, which

involves any circumstance where an employee has a personal, financial interest that may improperly influence the performance of their duties and we make sure that we work hard to make sure that our employees realize the conflict of interest and what they need to do to ensure that there is no conflict of interest in their business practices. as our governing body, there are -- the federal government believes the governing body is ultimately responsible for compliance of the organization with rules, regulations and laws. and i know the health commission, you are involved in our operations at d.p.h. this is through the j.c.c., your committee meetings. i do come annually to give you information on our compliance activities for the year. and so i feel that that we are meeting the standard.

so there are three really key laws that we need to follow. the false claims act, a federal statute that sets out criminal pep alts for falsely billing the government. the medicare reduction act. and we're required to have written policies applicable to employees that address fraud, waste and abuse and we do have those policies. and the fraud enforcement and recovery act. and that is an act that expanded enforcement provisions for the false claims act. so i'll touch very briefly on our reporting compliance concerns. it's a duty for standards, to

understand our program, scope of practice, and to understand what they can do under their licen licensee. it may have a conflict of interest, actively participate, and it includes annual mandatory compliance training. build and maintain a culture of compliance. and this is something that we really strive for. prevent, detect and respond to problems, so it's everybody's responsibility and prevent retaliation. we have a very active whistle-blower program and one that we have people bringing concerns to us and ensure there is no retaliation. and the d.p.h. employees, our contractors, affiliates, anyone that does business with d.p.h., they have a beauty and responsibility to report

misconduct. we thoroughly investigate every issue brought to our attention. what it is completed, we'll look to see if it's valid. we'll take corrective action. and it could have an employment, could be corrective discipline with an employee if there is deemed it's misconduct. and some potential consequences of violation, you know, lots of eligibility, which would be detrimental to the department. reduction in reimbursement rate rates. and in closing, this is our poster that we have posted

throughout the organization that we really encourage staff to call our number. they can call the 800 number. they can email us if they suspect any misconduct, if they have any compliance, question whatsoever. we're available to assist them because we want it ensure that we have a tight and robust compliance program. >> thank you. thank you very much. could you remind us when you normal normally would compile -- would it be calendar year or fiscal year? >> i believe we've done calendar year. >> and you are recommending that you tip to do that?

>> yes, absolutely, yes. yes. i think it's really important that you can see compliance issues, concerns. anything that has to do with compliance, i believe it would be beneficial for the health commission to be aware of that. >> we do have that calendared as a regular report? >> yes. >> as you're discussing the compliance officers that you have in different areas, what about other areas such as within primary care or the jails? >> primary care is handles by dsfg as well as the jails. they cover the other areas of the health department. other areas of the health department are covered. and then i will -- as i said, i will be bringing on another compliance officer for

population health. currently, i have my other compliance officers that will cover population health. i'm bringing on a compliance officer, who will focus on population health and then we'll look at other areas of the department that some of the duties can be assigned to that person as well. >> okay. and what about within contracts? central offices? >> if there are any issues brought to our attention, if it is the contract office it, would come to me and i would be working with craig wagner and be sure that we'll look into it. >> commissioner guillermo? >> thank you. i was just wondering how the

compliance training gets received or throughout the department. oftentimes people don't really pay as much attention to the training or they don't take it as seriously or it's not as -- it's not something that people understand the connection of and just wondering what the orientation is. >> our current -- what the training we've had previously, it was a power point slide. and, you know, we identified -- we didn't feel that staff would take it very seriously. they would click through the slides quickly. what we did was, we were able to work with the controller's office -- we got some funding, so we could develop a more robust, comprehensive training module that is going to be very interactive. it will be much more engaging.

you will not be able to click through it quickly. you will actually have to participate in the training. and this will all be -- it will all be on our e.l.m. education platform. we'll be able to closely monitor who has taken the training, who needs to take the training. so i really believe in january when we roll out this new training module it will be -- our training will be much enhanced. >> if i could add to that, commissioner, we've been thinking about that question quite a bit. so in addition to the improved training module, as we roll that out in addition to that, we're going to be doing additional program of communication about the role of that training in our operations and the importance of it from the perspective of the individuals. so that will be going through our management teams.

we'll have an additional refurring bulletin that goes out. they have one on privacy. we'll be adding additional message on compliance, where we can highlight. so in addition, we're trying to work on improving the organization organizational culture with attention to compliance and privacy. >> given the concerns about cyber security, is that a separate consideration? >> we do have in our module some data security. there is data security, yeah. there is data security, and then i believe that there is going to

be for a more comprehensive -- >> yeah. so as we roll out the e.h.r. starting this spring, everybody who touches that e.h.r. will have to go through a separate training program related to the e.h.r. so that will be in addition to and complementary of the compliance training. so as part of that, we'll have defined roles and responsibilities. it will be tailored to each individual section. and so, obviously, privacy and protection of data is a huge component of it. and it's one of our hard rules, that nobody will have access toss that e.h.r. until they have completed the training. >> so what i'm suggesting, because some new programs will be rolled out and programs that

you've been describing, that along with the annual report, a progress report on where we are, because many of these are in process. and let us know how it's going. and i'm wondering -- there are training modules that the hospitals have had and in training units. are we going to make use of those as part of the program or are these special compliance lectures that are more in person? >> in addition to our training module, which is -- you sit down on a computer and you do it -- and you can -- you don't have to be all in one sitting. you can do part of it because it's over an hour long. it's very comprehensive.

in addition to that, we do on-site training. if we identify there's an issue, for example, say, in document asian. that we notice that there is the document asian not supporting the billing codes being used, we will go and do on-site documentation training. we do that now for privacy. everyone does the privacy training and we do in-person training that's tailored to meet the needs of the department. so it will go to a unit, like, say, one of the outpatient clinics, for example, or an in-patient area at the hospital and do training that is specific for them. so everyone takes the general training and then we do specific training that are more tailored

to the work area. >> so recently, there's been a lot of discussion about the conflict of interest issue. is there a special training in regards to what that really means, very complicated area? >> yes. >> so we definitely cover conflict of interest in the compliance training. so that's one of the elements of it. in addition to that, it's part of what i was describing in response to commissioner guillermo's question, in that part of our compliance program, we'll be doing a series of trainings on conflict of interest in particular. so we're working between compliance and privacy affairs office, myself, h.r. and city attorney's office to do an additional training to targeted groups and we will also use this compliance bulletin, this recurring communication that we sent out to highlight issues of conflict, to make sure that

people know what the rules are, but more importantly, who to ask if they have any questions or if they see anything that they want advice on. >> commissioner sanchez? >> i think this really defines an area that is -- will be addressed and will continue to be pertaining to our due diligence. the question i'm not clear of yet. in the past, many of the commissions were assigned, including ours, attorneys that came from the city attorney's office. and we were billed on that. now we have a multitude of attorneys assigned to the health department, joint conference committees, etc., and i know other commissioners are saying, we're getting more attorneys, etc. so what i'm trying to think of, you know, as we proceed with our own department of public health

due diligence model, is there some point in the future, or maybe there's an existing now, where there is some ongoing communication protocols between, let's say, the city attorney's office or the state attorney's office or, as you said, we have the feds and all of these other areas, everything from employees, contractors, volunteers, you name it. we cover the waterfront, because this is our area of responsibility. i wanted to -- as we think about the next report, maybe we can share a little bit more about how all these interact with this. you will have four or five different monitors and surveyors, one coming here and one coming here. if it's a federal grant, or d.o.d., ncis, j.a.g. i could just see all the staff

being overwhelmed by the questions and reviewers saying, this department and that department. again, this upgrades our responsibility, as you point out to the health commission and body, but i think we need to monitor and chart it, so we can see in the future how we'll handle some of these issues. just food for thought. >> i think that that can be wrapped into the annual report and have it so we can see the progress that's going on. commissioner, do you have another question? no. okay. thank you. any further questions? if not, i want to thank you for bringing the outline. >> clerk: there was no public comment.

number 10, other business. the next meeting is at laguna honda, annual meeting for them and you will have that meeting and there will be no meeting on january 1 because it's the holiday. so your first meeting in the new year will be, i believe, on the 15th. i don't have the calendar in front of me. i believe it's the 15th. >> since we deferred finance, new contracts, we would encourage our finance colleagues to join that committee, so they could also weigh in on the contracts. >> i will remind everyone of that a week ahead of time. >> any further questions on this particular item? if not, we'll go on to the next item. >> clerk: item 11, report back from november 27, 2018, zsfg-jcc

meeting. >> this is the november 27, zsfg joint conference committee. we met to discuss the reports, regulatory affairs, human resources, medical staff report. also in closed session, no action was taken, reported out. in open session, approved the rules and procedures and we closed at that point. i was going to ask if there is any comment -- she's not here. >> i think you are the sole presenter today. [laughter] thank you. >> it was very productive meeting and, again, we were impressed by the quality of the programs that are being provided. >> thank you. proceed on to the next. >> clerk: item 12, consideration

for closed session. >> commissioners, vote for a closed session? is there a motion? a second. all those in favor, say aye. we will then move into closed session. thank you. >> adjourning to room 302. >> commissioners, we've come out of closed session and now we're 1 open session. a motion whether to disclose or not disclose our discussions. >> motion not to disclose our discussion. >> second. >> all those in favor of not disclosing discussion, please say aye. opposed? motion for adjournment is now in order. >> so moved. >> all in favor of adjournment, please say aye. this meeting is now adjourned.

>> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess

fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the

survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure

that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community

what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or

not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store

they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more

[applause] >> thank you so much for being here in support of our small business community, in particular of the mayor breed judge up by local campaign of shop and dine in the 49. a thank you to the italian homemade company for hosting us here today. your staff has been so accommodating and so amazing. [applause] >> we are excited to have mayor breed here herself, along with supervisor catherine stefani, -- [cheering] >> good afternoon, good afternoon. end as well as chief scott he will give us some tips on staying safe for enjoying the holidays. and a quick little bit about shop and dine in the 49. small businesses are critical to the vitality of our city. making sure they are supported in employing hundreds of thousands of san francisco people is an extraordinary opportunity for us during this time to share our love with them and pay our respects to the hard

work that they have put in. more importantly, are independent places are essential to the fabric of san francisco culture. with that, i want to say thank you for being here and invite our mayor to celebrate and open us up. >> thank you. [applause] thank you. first of all, thank you to the italian homemade company for allowing us to host this event here today. i know that this is supervisor stefani's favorite space to come and eat and i am used to seeing the past that in the window, but you must have cleaned it up for us. thank you so much for having us here today. i am also excited that we are here with jim lazarus with the san francisco chamber of commerce and henry with the council of district merchants -- merchants. two incredible supporters of small business in the city. thank you for being here with us today. as well as northern police station captain who is keeping

the neighborhood safe as well. thank you all so much. this is exciting. joaquin, you didn't do it justice. we are supposed to get people excited. shop and dine in the 49. shop and dine. and, you know, san francisco has some of the most incredible small businesses. people come here from everywhere to eat some amazing food. to find unique items and a lot of the boutique stores that exist in neighborhoods throughout san francisco. including the fillmore and west portal, and the richmond, and right here on union street. it is like one of my favorite places to hang out. there is chestnut street with a lot of shops and places. small businesses usually owned by one individual who is probably working the business themselves.

and today, we are here to talk specifically about the holiday season and how important it is to make sure that we are supporting the businesses writing san francisco. right in our neighborhood character and part of that, is on saturday, when a lot of us are hanging out with our family and friends and we decides that we want to go shopping, while you don't have to go to the crazy mall and deal with all the parking drama. you can probably walk outside your door to one of the small businesses right in your neighborhood. i want san franciscans and people who come here from all over to make a commitment to support our small businesses throughout san francisco. so small business saturday is an opportunity for us to really support our small businesses and invest in our communities so we can make sure that san francisco is thriving all over the city. as we enjoy a 2.3% unemployment right mac, let's remember a few

statistics that i have here because i can't remember them all. but more than 95,000 businesses in total existing san francisco. 53,000 of those businesses are small business that employ 325,000 people. 7900 restaurants, cafés and food stories and beverage establishments actually employ over 100,000 people. we are not only talking about the business itself and the owners. we are talking about the people who are actually employed in our small business community as well today we have an amazing opportunity to not only support small business saturday, but we have some folks here from bayview hunter's point community and this saturday, this saturday we are going to be hosting the bayview makers mark up --

bayview baker's mash up market. that is a tongue twister. but it is where makers and folks from all over the bayview community who actually make and manufacture their own products in the bayview hunter's point community, will come together for a pop up on saturday to sell their items. what a great opportunity to support the makers and folks at the bayview hunter's point community. we want to thank you for coming to the other side of town to support this particular event. san francisco is an amazing place. we know that if we continue to support our small businesses, we will be an even more amazing city. we also know that there are some times that there will be challenges. that is why we have our police chief here to deal with some of the challenges that exist as people are enjoying the holidays we want the entire experience to be incredible. we want you to come and park and take munimobile, we want you to

walk, but we also want you to be safe and make sure we are protecting your property. without further ado, i want to introduce our police chief, bill scott, to talk about the plans for the police department during the holiday season. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, i will start with where the mayor left off. shop and dine in the 49. it is christmas on the holiday season. it is my favorite time of year. people get out. it is all about togetherness. it is all about community and we want everyone to be safe in doing so. i have a few simple tips, basic tips but if you listen and pay attention to what i will say, it will keep you safe during the holiday season. first of all, we have these placards. you see these around the city on bus benches and you see them on the back of our munimobile buses

park smart. what this means is that for everybody to take a little bit of time to think about your own personal safety. parks marked. do not leave valuables in your car visible for anyone to see and take from you. if you have to leave them in your car, lock them up in your trunk but preferably if you can take them with you, take them with you. one of the things the city has done really well with the business community and the community members on the police department and the mayor's office as we have come together and we had a very serious spike of car break-ins. we came together and we reduce that. part of the reason we reduced it is because we got the message out that we don't want to become easy prey for people to take advantage of us. parks might. a couple of other tips. we all have cell phones. i have taught all of them and we all are in our cell phones. pay attention to your surroundings. calls are important and techs are important to, especially when i get one from the mayor,

but we want you to pay attention to your surroundings. know what is in front of you and behind you as you go out and shop and enjoy the city. because a little bit of influence can go a long way in your personal safety. the next thing, if you see something reported. if you see something, say something. we see suspicious activity and we see things that just don't look right. we will come and check it out for you. we want people to be safe. please, if you see something that looks out of place, call us we don't mind coming at all. the next thing, is make sure that when you go out and you shop, that you have really thought about and planned your trip. i know when i go out, particularly for holiday shopping. you have bags and bags of bags and you have a lot of merchandise. people sometimes, if they want to take advantage of you they will watch you put things in your car.

pay attention to your surroundings and if you plan your trip, you don't want to put things in your car then go back in shopping when someone might be watching you. if you do that, you might want to move your car to another location or weight and plan and make sure you have a plan in terms of how you will do your shopping. so you think about it so you will be victimized. and last thing that i have for you all today is make sure if you are shopping with small kids , particularly with small kids, have a reunification plan. we have quite a few situations where kids get lost and they don't know what to do when they get lost. have a reunification plan. at least make sure that they know who to call and they know to look for someone in authority and in a uniform. and what to do if they do get separated from you. have a reunification plan if you are shopping with your family.

i will end this as i started. whatever you do, do it in san francisco and shop and dine in the 49. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. we want you to have fun but we also want you to be safe. i also would like to acknowledge the president of the small business commission who is here. thank you so much for joining us today. [applause] with that, i'm excited to welcome to the podium your supervisor for district two, catherine stefani. [applause] >> thank you. i want to welcome everyone to district two and union street. one of my favorite streets in district two and of course, here in one of my favorite restaurants. the other day someone was asking me, how do you do it all, you have two kids and cooking. >> i don't cook. i used to but i'm really good at ordering take-out from the

italian homemade. we do it two or three times a week. i recommend this restaurant and i want to say a huge thank you for that hosting us today and for being a staple of our union street community. san francisco is lucky and the number of diverse units --dash neighborhoods within the 49 square miles and i have the privilege and honor of being the district two supervisor and working with our amazing corridor is like union street. the strength of our commercial district is built on our local businesses. in san francisco, i think the mayor already said this so i don't need to repeat it, we have over 95,000 businesses and of that, 53 are small businesses. supporting them is important. in its fifth year, shop and dine in the 49 promotes amazing small businesses and challenges us all to spend locally. the statistic i thought was very interesting. if we increase local spending by one% it could generate $100 million of economic activity in our city. it is so important.

when you are shopping, it is so important to know you need to park smart. i am so proud to have been able to launch this campaign in district two with commander lazar and the caption. we did so much work on the park smart campaign. as a result, car break-ins are down by 21% in northern station which is most of district two. i just really want to thank everyone for their attention in the police department. it has been working and we have a lot of work to do. again, i want to thank the mayor , director torres, chief scott, and others. i really want to thank our small business owners, most importantly. thank you very much to mateja and alice for hosting us this afternoon. thank you to the union street merchants association. i've been working with you for 12 years and you keep this street driving and we are so grateful to you. remember, strop local, park

smart and have a very happy thanksgiving. [applause] >> thank you so much. we have a lot of cards. our success in these programs are focused on our small business community and making sure that you are thriving. you take such good care of us and make our neighborhood special. really do take it and. i wanted to invite you up to say a few words on behalf of the importance of shopping small and small business saturday. >> thank you, mayor and thank you captain. thank you. thank you for picking our restaurant for this initiative. i think it's really important for san francisco and for local businesses to keep the bids doors business industry. it will avoid the city to lose this character a neighborhood character, that is more

important. thank you everybody. [applause] >> i also want to thank nate from public glass in the bayview for coordinating the makers smash up market on saturday. that is where it will be located , right? thank you so much again for being here today. thank you to everyone. we have some amazing places to enjoy in san francisco. let's get to it. shop and dine in the 49. have a wonderful day. [applause]

>> 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 assista