bring to our city a whole month of activities. we have plenty of events because we have celebrations, partners such as the asian art museum, san francisco public library, and the country's largest asian american themed festival. with all of these organizations, i think we have a healthy calendar. but back to today, we are happy to be here, celebrating lunar new year. we are very lucky to be in a city that we have cultural offerings with the different cultural offerings. so some of you -- some of you may not have met mayor breed. mayor breed is a native of san francisco. she grew up in the western addition in the public housing, graduated from schools -- from

schools in san francisco, from galileo, as i remember, and without taking the time to read the mayor's long bio, many people have asked me how is it working with mayor breed? and i just have to say, i am not jewish, but if i were jewish, our mayor has a lot of chutzpah. no matter what issue she is addressing, housing, transportation, public education, every time i hear the mayor talk about this, she's open-minded. she's willing to look at other solutions of the city that have been -- of problems of the city that have been around for years and decades. so we're very proud to have mayor breed with us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, claudine. you know, when i first started on the board of supervisors, i attended this event, and it was

always in room 201, in the mayor's conference room. and i would always say, claudine, we're growing. we need more space. and finally, she took me up on my word, and she decided we were going to move this incredible celebration to here, the north light court. this is our great celebration of our a.p.i. heritage month kind of kickoff. even though it's not in the month of may, it is during the lunar new year which is of course fitting that we celebrate such a time honored tradition here in our city. i want to thank so many people who are joining here -- joining us here today, including so many folks from the leadership, many of our sister cities, folks from manila, from osaka -- yes, you can clap -- from seoul, taipei, ho chi mint

cities, places that we share more than our brotherly and sisterly loves, but relationships of community, of business, and a number of other things that are so important and vital to the success of not just san francisco but the entire world. i also want to take this time to recognize that we have a number of council generals who are with us here today. starting with the council general of the philippines, who is -- i hope i don't butcher your name council general. i apologize from the philippines, and his wife. thank you so much for being here. council general for the republic of korea is here, as well. and council general from japan. thank you so much for joining

us. we have really an incredible relationship with so many of our sister cities as well as the council generals from all over the world, and san francisco, as you know, has been the gateway to the pacific, and we truly value our relationships which promote trade and cultural and educational exchanges. we -- we know sadly we're living in a time our immigrant population and our cultural diversity are sometimes not welcomed in other cities across the united states, but i want you to know that here in san francisco, it's not only welcomed, it's celebrated. it is celebrated in a way that really honors our rich history and our traditions. and we have many celebrations throughout the year, including during the month. we just kicked off black history month here in the rotunda in city hall, chinese

lunar new year, which is amazing, along with an amazing parade and a number of festivities, and we will kick off asia-pacific heritage month, which we started celebrating in 2005. when i served on the board with supervisor -- well, actually, only supervisor president yee was on the board when we passed that resolution, making it official in san francisco. and here he is now, the president of the board of supervisors, along with his colleagues, and they'll be talking in just a minute. so i am just here to say thank you to so many of you, especially because as we know, it takes a lot of resources to put together so many amazing community activities that promote our diversity and our culture, and i just want to thank the a.p.i. heritage committee for their continued work and fund raising and bringing people together. and claudine, at this time, i'd like to honor you and the members of the committee with a

certificate thanking you for your service and the work you continue to do every year, not only asking for support, but twisting our arm and making us all participate and help us to understand how important this is to so many of our asian communities around the city. thank you for being a real advocate for the a.p.i. community in san francisco.

[applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone. [speaking chinese language] >> so understand board president norman yee's here with all his colleagues, and from the dinner we have in chinatown recently, i was shocked to hear that every single one of the board members of supervisors speak beautiful chinese, japanese, all kinds of languages. so in the interest of time, because i understand that mayor breed might have to leave, so i'm going to ask you to maybe just say two lines of greetings in your own language, whatever you prefer. and try not to repeat what the -- what the preceding speaker have said, okay? but maybe we should start with president yee. >> president yee: thank you, claudine.

[speaking native language] >> president yee: happy new year to every one of you. this is a great celebration that happens every year. i want to thank the a.p.a. heritage foundation to sponsor this every year because it really means a lot to our community. yes, mayor breed, it's true. in san francisco, we embrace our diversity. in san francisco, and probably the only city, the public school actually gets a day off for lunar new year. probably the only district -- we should give them a big hand. [applause] >> president yee: and that was made possible because of the leadership of supervisor fewer and myself and a few other a.p.i. school board members that were able to provide to

say you know, it makes a difference to 50% of your students, and they made it happen. now another thing, every year, we get to look at the new stamp. by the way, claudine, i still have the original one, 1993, when you unveiled that, that was such a happening. this is something that took a little while to get the federal government, the post office to actually engage and make this happen for us because they didn't -- there was a little rip resistance there, but after a while, they said wow, this is pretty good. to all of you, to all of my colleagues here, we are here to celebrate, and we are here to honor the a.p.a. heritage foundation. so on behalf of the full board of supervisors, we'd like to give you this certificate. claudi

claudine scott, would you come up and accept it? [applause] >> president yee: so come on up. just say happy new year. >> supervisor fewer: [speaking native language] [applause] >> good evening, everyone. my name is matt haney. i'm supervisor from district six.

congratulations and thank you for all your work to the a.p.a. heritage foundation. i have to say i've been to a few celebrations around the year of the pig, but this is the first one that i've seen where there's a whole pig to eat. happy to celebration with you. >> supervisor brown: hi. i'm vallie brown, the proud supervisor of japantown. unfortunately, can you please tell me how to say happy new year in japanese? [inaudible] [applause] >> supervisor safai: good evening. my name is supervisor ahsha safai. happy new year. very happy to be here for the third or fourth year. congratulations to claudine and all the leadership for a.p.a. this is a wonderful celebration. i actually am also an asian

supervisor from western asia, from the -- from the country of iran, so i'm going to say happy new year in farsi. [speaking native language] >> supervisor safai: thank you. [applause] >> thank you. ve we want to acknowledge d.b.i., the head, tom, and mohamed nuru from the department of public works. we have captain link from central station, and commander lozar. so the highlight of today's program is unveiling of the lunar new year stamp. as board of supervisors president yee mepgsed, inntion

u.u u.s. post office issued the first series of stamps in 1993. this is the last year of the series of stamps. we are not sure if we're going to get the new ones. so there is a pgs for all of you to sign after the program because we want to make sure the united states postal service unders we in san francisco, just like many people around the country, we love our stamp that celebrate our cultural heritage. i would like to invite post master abraham cooper. >> good afternoon. or i should say good evening. you know, it's an honor to unveil the 12th and very last

stamps and celebrating the lunar new year. as the post master of san francisco, i'm proud to present such a beautiful and meaningful stamp. it represents a lot of significance not only to the community but also to the people that we serve in san francisco, but our employees, as well as we celebrate, and they also celebrate lunar new year. the lunar new year stamp is currently available for sale at the local postal service and also independently also as booklets. the board believes to represent luck and good fortune but also symbolized hard work and generosity as trust and also sincerity. i'd also like to think that the postal service fits that description well as the relationships between the san francisco district community and the leaders that's in the room today. and without further adieu, i'd like to bring up the mayor as

well as norman yee and claudine chan for the unveelg of tilinge chan for the unveiling of the stamp. [applause] [inaudible] [applause]

>> i am so excited to be here to stand in this waiting room of this beautiful new urgent care center that will serve thousands of patients here at s.f. general. as our population continues to grow, it is more important now, more than ever to make sure our public health facilities are now up-to-date in the latest in technology and programming, but also, resilient and strong, and in the event of a major earthquake, or any other disaster that may come our way. that is why i'm grateful to the voters who passed the 2016 public health and safety bond that funded not only the expansion of the urgent care facility act which served more than 20,000 people in 2018, but

also the funding for the seismically -- for seismically retrofitting this entire building that we are standing in today. one of the key things we are doing with retrofitting this entire building is bringing everyone back under one roof. by recentralizing services into this building, we can improve services and coordination by our staff. this is key to better deliver healthcare to the people of san francisco, we have to be -- we have to do more coordination and be more efficient in that process. it is a major reason why i created the position of director of mental health reform so that we have one person whose job it is to bring everyone together to help coordinate all of the efforts around mental health in the city. when we coordinate, we centralize services, we get better outcomes for the people that we are here to serve.

san francisco general has long been a hub for our safety's disaster response. it has been a real leader, and i have spent days, particularly in this location in the emergency room for those who unfortunately have fell victim in some way to -- somewhere in our city. whether it is during the 1906 earthquake when the hospital serve not only as a place where people could seek treatment for injuries, but also as a place for refuge and shelter or a 1983 when the hospital led the nation by those impacted by the aids epidemic or throughout the years as san francisco general, and the staff, and the incredible people who work here have always been at the forefront of groundbreaking research and cutting edge innovation and in the medical industry.

the hospital's values reflect those of san francisco, inclusion, diversity, and most important, compassion. i know many of you here today are on the front lines of providing that compassionate care for residents, and i want to thank many of the people who work here at san francisco general, every single day, thank you so much for your hard work, and for your patience, and for your compassion in serving so many residents of san francisco. it really means a lot. especially to those who are experiencing homelessness or suffering from mental health or substance use disorder, i have seen firsthand the patient's that you provide in caring for those individuals, and it means a lot. your city supports you in these efforts, and the important work you do every single day, and i am committed to working with the department of public health, our health commissioners, and all of you to tackle the public health

issues that we face in our city, and to make it easier for you to do more. thank you so much to everyone that is here today for this new facility. i can't stop looking at the florist, because i don't know about you, but the walls are white, not yellow. the ceiling even, and the furniture, it is blowing me away , and i'm not always -- are not only happy for the patients that you are serving, i am excited for the people who are working in the facility every day. you deserve the kind of conditions that help you to better do your job, especially under the most challenging of circumstances. at this time, i would like to introduce mr roland pickens. >> thank you. [applause]

>> thank you very much, mayor breed for your ongoing support in making this project, and many others happen here. to the school of medicine, the c.e.o., acting director waggoner, thank you for your support in making this happen. he says change is the only constant in life. this statement highlights the need for all of us to always plan for and be ready for change in every aspect of our lives. i say that because having been a long tenured person here, i have seen the changes that urgent care over the years. when i first started 18 years ago, urgent care was on the sixth floor of the hospital, then it moved to the fourth floor of the hospital, that it moved across the street to building 80, and out is going back home to this one-stop coordinated care spot. so to the staff who have been part of the change over the last 18 years, congratulations, into

the patients who made that journey, they are to be commended. this urgent care center is a vital hub for our san francisco health network. if you are a patient at maxine hall in the western addition, or southeast health centre, when you can't get into your appointment, this is a place you can come for service. so to our medical director, we thank you for your years of service, and look forward to the great work that will go on in this new facility. thank you all. [applause] >> my boss just reminded me, i am going to introduce dr ron, our medical director. >> thank you, roland. hello, everyone, may agree -- mayor breed, distinguished guests, i am glad to welcome all of you to the new adult urgent

care center. we are very excited that starting next week, we can continue to provide quality healthcare now in this state-of-the-art facility where our clinic staff deserve to work , and where the citizens of san francisco deserve to receive the urgent medical care they need. we are grateful to the voters of san francisco who approved the bond measure that made this possible, and in doing so, recognize the value that our public health facilities provide our community. let me take a couple of minutes to share with you more about our clinic, who we are, and what we do, and what it means to move into this new space. the adult arts and care center started in january of 1999 as was mentioned upstairs on the sixth floor. wiring for rooms on the children's health center. last month marked our 20 year anniversary, and throughout these 20 years, the clinic has played a vital role in providing care for patients for urgent,

nonemergency medical needs. we offload our emergency department by caring for patients that don't require emergency level services. we provide urgent medical care for primary care services, and we care for other san franciscans who don't have primary care, don't have insurance, and don't have access to urgent care anywhere else. and for these patients especially, our clinic is a portal of entry into the san francisco health network, where they have access to a range of services to get them healthy, and keep them healthy. for thousands of patients over the last 20 years, the first step to getting primary care was a visit to the adult urgent care center where we met their immediate medical needs and help them get health coverage and establish care and a primary care medical home. it is our of ensuring that our patients get the right care in the right place at the right time. that is crucial to the success of any healthcare system, and that is why we are also taking

this opportunity to educate patients about urgent care, and how it differs from emergency care and primary care. that knowledge gives patients the power to navigate our healthcare system to their advantage so that when they have an urgent medical need, they know the right place to go for care. after the ribbon-cutting, i invite you to stay a bit and take a look around. our beautiful and newly renovated space is larger, has more rooms, it is more centrally located on the hospital campus. this will make the clinic more accessible, efficient, and patient-friendly, and result in a better care experience. finally, i am thankful that our new facility will enhance the hard work of our clinic staff, to every day provide quality urgent health care with a respectful caring attitude, and a compassionate heart. for the last 12 years, i've had the privilege of working side-by-side with these extraordinary colleagues, their perseverance and dedication to our patients continues to inspire me every day to do my

best as a physician and a medical director. in this grand opening celebration, it is a perfect opportunity to express our appreciation for our staff. unfortunately, most of them weren't able to make it because many of them are working right now across the campus. so in closing, i need your help. please join me in showing our appreciation for our staff and the outstanding care they provide our patients every day. let's all give them a big round of applause, so loud, so loud that they will be able to hear it all the way across the campus. [applause] >> all right. i think it is time to cut a ribbon. >> i need some company over here are we ready?

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them and staff and see if we can get them in compliance. you'll notice quite a few inspections for both inspectors, and one reason for this is i've created a form that allows them to track what they're doing in the field a little bit easier. front, is t

closed, some of the basic good neighbor policy stuff they can sort of -- if they don't necessarily have time to stop by, get out of the car and do a full inspection inside, then they can sort of just pull up and do a quick one from across the street, from the car, sort of a visual spot check of a venue. so the majority of the inspections that you'll see on the sheet on my report are in regard to those quick inspections.

we've decided to have copies of each of the establishment's permits with us in the field so we can drop off one if they don't have one. you know the good neighbor policy was approved last hearing, so we've been talking to people about the new policies. one notice of violation from the rip tide. we got a great response from the rip tide. they took our -- our warning to heart and have spoken to the band and spoken directly to us, communicated to us what they had sent to the band and you are taking their -- and are taking their sound limits very

seriously moving forward. and just one update to the ongoing complaints section since last hearing. you'll see, under temple, in addition to sound curtains on order, temple has said to inspector fiorentino, they have a contractor coming to build sort of a sound barrier at the front door that's going to direct traffic one way or the other so that their front door can be closed more of the time. i don't have a schematic just yet, but it sounds like they're taking this complaint very seriously between curtains and a little bit of construction in the front there, so i'm going to try to get my hands on some plans and make sure to keep that complainant updated and make sure this thing's moving forward.

any questions? so this is the second complaint we've gotten about prestige. this is an anonymous complaint, so it's tough for us to be in direct contact with a complainant and know that they're disturbed. these come in after the fact, so it came in sunday morning in regard to saturday night. so we haven't seen them hosting entertainment, but we've been in touch with them, and they say that they're going to be reaching out once they need a permit, once they start hosting entertainment. so up until now, they have said they are not. they are just hosting

gatherings. >> sean, with regards to that site inspection check list that you showed us, what is sec out and sec in? is that security? >> yeah. because the way things operate in the field, i had to abbreviate some things accordingly. security in or security out just means how many members of security staff they find on the outside of the club and how many on the inside. >> okay. thank you. >> president bleiman: one suggestion on the sheet, you should put a time-day you were there. there's no time stamp here. >> so that's a great suggestion, and something that the form program automatically does, so any time they submit a form, it will date and time stamp the information into a

spreadsheet. >> if evening -- good evening, inspector. one very brief comment. one, i see our ongoing inspection list. it seems to be growing with no complaint across the board. lastly, and you covered it, but i did have to reference, i have seen rip tide popping up lately, and spending much of my fo formative years out at taraval and the highway, if it's rocking, it can really shake the place up, but it sounds like you had a good chat with them. >> yeah. i think a routine notice of violation, sort of our first step in the process -- a second step. sometimes we have a quick conversation with them and then follow up with the notice of

violation. one of the most thorough responses we've had to a notice of violation, so it sounds like they're on the right track. our inspector spoke to their sound person, and they got up to managers and owners, so i think we're good. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> president bleiman: all right. thank you very much. is there any public comment on chief inspector's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. all right. our next agenda item is number five, which is a report from senior analyst dylan rice. >> good evening, commissioners. dylan rice, senior analyst for community and cultural events giving you an update on after events. it's been a while. so a major development in the cannabis legislation development world. a few weeks ago, there was -- excuse me -- there was legislation proposed at the

board of supervisors that would give the office of cannabis the power to create a new regulatory framework, essentially creating a cannabis events permit. this is something that the state recently authorized with the passage of bill ab-2020, letting communities decide when and where they want to have cannabis events. the full legislation is proposed, and it's going to committee on february 27, if you're interested. i've been doing outreach, letting event producers know that it's happening, and if they want to share their thoughts at the hearing or with their local supervisor, they can do so. i'll just sort of give you a breakdown of what the legislation is proposing. it would basically give office of cannabis the local signoff before it goes to the state for

the final signoff. this is for both indoor and outdoor events with cannabis sales and/or consumption. cannab cannabis consumption is 21 and up, and medical, 18 and up with cannabis approval. the big thing to know if you are a sponsor, unlike alcohol, you actually cannot apply for the permit to procure and sell the cannabis. you have to hire a state licensed cannabis event organizers to operate sales and assumption, and then, the retailers who sell the product also have to be state licensed, so that's a big thing to know. there's already -- you have to get -- basically, it's, like, a

caterer, obviously, but it's not titled a caterer. basically, it says before office of cannabis gives their approval, other city departments have to sign off on it first. think of it like rec and park, or m.t.a. the rollout of this permit, assuming that it passes, would be a pilot program in the first year which could be renewed each year at the discretion of the director of the office of cannabis, but they're giving priority to events that sort of have three criteria, events that have been held on a regular basis, events that have received city permits in the past, and events that have had significant unregulated cannabis activity at the event. and the idea being that the permit would actually help reduce this unregulated activity or eliminate is. fees range -- it.

fees range from 1500, depending on the attendance. there's a lot of support from the supervisors. we have mandelman, brown, haney, walton, stefani, and fewer all sponsoring this legislation. so that's a major development that could have major cultural and development impacts on events in the city as well as the industry. so the other couple of items i have are pretty brief. as you know, i am now the project manager and maintainer for the citywide master calendar and events, so i've been doing these orientation meetings with stakeholders departments, and i've been getting some great responses and engagement. rec and park is now sending me

a weekly full calendar of events for me to cull from and add to the calendar. i'm getting periodic updates from the port and m.t.a. police, i'm working with them. they sent me an annual calendar of known events. a lot of the ones that i'm missing with, like, the first amendment events, and then i'm working with police districts to figure out if these first amendment events or parades are happening again. i'm still trying to reach out to the other departments. i've had good conversation with environments, transbay terminal, 311, city hall events office, as well as bill graham and parks alliance. there are still several more departments i'm trying to get meetings or information from. i'll keep you guys posted and then i'll do an evaluation or a

survey six months down the road, just to find out are they using it, is it useful to their needs, what can you done to improve it. then lastly looking ahead to the entertainment night life summit, there will be an outdoor event component, so i'm working on that, just brainstorming with maggie today about that. we think that this idea of the cannabis theme has a lot more traction and a lot more opportunity to be magnified. those are the major events that i have. do you have any questions? no? >> president bleiman: all right. thank you very much. is there any public comments on analyst rice's report?

seeing none, public comment is closed, and thank you very much for that. sorry. the next item is general -- please come up -- questions and comments. these are not -- general police comment -- questions and comments. the next item is regular agenda, discussion and possible action to adopt written comments and/or recommendations to be accepted by the executive director, planning department. >> all right. so this is for a residential development that is going in at 598 brannan street? and so before you this evening, you have the ability to make recommendations outside of the normal recommendations for this project as there are two places

of entertainment within 30 300 feet, including the grand hotel and the utah. i'd like to hear more from the project sponsor. >> i want to say one thing before they start is i'm the one that kind of started the grand back in the day but i'm no longer affiliated with them. i've sold my shares, so i'm no longer affiliated with the grand. >> we probably should have contacted you, too. my apologies. >> i'm sarah, here to speak to you about the project. the project was designed to meet the goals of the central soma plan which was adopted by the board of supervisors at the end of last year, 2018.

the project itself is actually made up of three commercial office buildings with ground supporting child care, industrial space and active retail, and it includes an affordable housing component. and i think probably pictures are worth 1,000 words, so if it's okay, i'd like to put a site plan up on the -- all right. so this captured most of it. i just think it's worth noting that the project itself, i mentioned the three office buildings. it's also going to construct and dedicate to the city a new

one-acre public park as well as intersections at fifth and bryant streets to connect the park to the neighborhood. what you see here, the blue building adjacent to the park on the right is intended to be an affordable housing building of 60 to 75 units, depending on, you know, what kind of units we have, bedroom count, who the intended population is. it's likely construction and housing will be built by the mayor's office of housing and community development. so i think that's generally about the project, and i have other pictures. if you have questions, you're welcome to ask me. in recent weeks i've reached out to folks at the hotel utah and the grand. we're excited to open up a line

of communication with them, not just now but as we move into the future so we can keep them updated about the future. then, we've engaged charles m. salter associates to prepare a sound study specific to the noise that could enter these residential units particularly when events are being hosted. i just wanted to make sure that you know that we're taking seriously the interaction between proposed residential units and places of entertainment. thank you. >> hello. jordan roberts with charles salter. just a little summary of our place of entertainment.

we did one long-term analysis of the project site near building four that she mentioned is the residential building, an ambient measurement along the nonresponsive property line, a measurement of hotel utah noise levels. that was between 11:40 and 11:50 p.m., and then, we measured grand night club, as well, from midnight to 12:10 a.m. and our findings were that we recommended ratings of 35 along the facades to the northeast and northwest, and f-2-c ratings