radius of the property from 35-point 4% to 37-point 2%. that is above the recommendation of section three '03 subsection zero, and when you review that in addition to the planning code , the other food establishments in the neighborhood, it just doesn't make sense, and when you look at the new menu, i guess that they just filed yesterday afternoon, it is questionable what they are really going to be putting in here. it is an ink and accurate representation of what they are proposing to put here. i would really like to see what they will be putting in here, and i don't know how the commission could approve this application today without knowing for sure what kind of establishment is going in there. we would like more information on that. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

with that, public comment is now closed. commissioners? commissioner hillis. >> thank you all. we are approving the broad use here as a limited restaurant, not necessarily a juice bar or bagels, or whatever it is, we can approve something and tomorrow they could change the menu or they could come in with a juice bar and change the menu. not that they will want to, they have to figure out the lay of the land from a business standpoint in west portal, but we are the planning commission, not necessarily figuring out economically what works on west portal. i think a restaurant use is good i like the venue you have proposed. hopefully that is what you stick with and it works, but i am supportive of a restaurant here and would move to approve. >> second. >> one question for the project sponsor. could you come to the podium,

please? >> so you occupy the space and there was a fire? >> i owned a hair salon. >> i don't want to ask you -- hair salon to restaurant is kind of a real different business to run. why not just go back and be a hair salon person? >> because in that neighborhood, there are so many hair salons, and when we were neighbors of the hair salon, we kept saying to each other, there's all these people who work in the neighborhood, and they're all pretty expensive, there's nowhere to go, where do we go? there's a submarine place and a burger place and we don't want to eat it every day. >> that's what my customers kept saying. i wish there is a place i could

grab a bagel and get on my way. >> right, thank you. >> and is also my second love of food. [laughter]. >> i think there is a motion. >> there is indeed. >> i like that summary -- that place where they toast the bread >> it is old-school, it is delicious. >> if there is nothing further, there is a motion that has been seconded to approve this item with conditions. [roll call]. >> so moved. that motion passes unanimously 6 -0. placing us on item 11. 1345 underwood avenue. this is a conditional use authorization. >> it afternoon, commissioners. planning department staff.

before you is the request for conditional use authorization for the property of 1345 underwood avenue to allow the establishment of an industrial agricultural use to prevent the cultivation of cannabis within an existing one-story warehouse space. the subject property is within the p.d.r. two, p.d.r. core zoning district in the bayview neighborhood. the facility is an existing facility has temporary authorization from the office of cannabis to continue to operate while they legalize and obtain all of the required permits to establish their use. the site has been occupied by the tenants since the year 2013, not with required permits, which is why they are now obtaining this conditional use authorization. two weeks ago, the commission heard one other cannabis

cultivation site and expressed some reservation of potential conversion of p.d.r. and potential rents that are paid, so we worked with the project sponsor for this project to get additional information. the project sponsor reported that the property was last used by the property owner for his personal business which ended operation when they went into the site, and their rental rate is fairly typical for p.d.r. use planning code section 202.2 does not set a buffer between the industrial agriculture and other nonstorefront tendencies, and looking at the site, there are a number of institutional uses and immediate areas where there is a couple of churches and a park on the other side. but they are buffered by few other properties. as i said, the planning code does not set a buffer for that

because it is a nonstorefront use. so far, the planning department has received two e-mails in support of the application from the general public, and we also received a formal endorsement from the bayview citizen's advisory committee on january 16 th 2019. as the project complies with the planning code and is on balance consistent with the purpose of the zoning district and the objectives and policies of the general plan, the department recommends approval of the application. >> thank you. we will now hear from the project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners can you hear me okay? my name is esther, i am the sponsor. the operators are all here in case you had any questions for the operation. we are requesting approval of a conditional use authorization. we started off this process

thinking we would just comply with the department of building inspection requirements to get this place up to code and compliant and realize very quickly that there are many other steps, so, you know, this is a cannabis cultivation facility. we need the conditional use authorization for this new use in the zone. this is an existing building. i want to really emphasize that this is an existing business. the operator is not displacing or taking away opportunities for this neighborhood, and the operators and the landlord have a long-standing relationship. it is a very stable business model, and they have been there for five years, and just want to comply and make things right, legitimize the business. it is a very exciting time in

san francisco, looking at new opportunities, especially in this area, which from what we have learned at the bayview citizen's advisory committee hearing, was a very good thing for them. we are really excited and in your packet there is a list of community outreach efforts that the operator has committed to. they have been doing everything to reach out and make sure that they are going to be contributing members of this community and we learned as much as possible to revitalize the space and stimulate business in the area. again, we are just here to ask for your approval so we can move forward and comply and do the right thing as the law allows. thank you. if you have any questions for the operators and the facility,

it is -- we have seven grow rooms inside, everything is enclosed. the only changes we are doing to this building is adding a screen wall outside for mechanical equipment, but everything is going to be contained behind the envelope. so we don't anticipate any disruption to the neighborhood in terms of impacts. thank you. >> thank you. >> we will now take public comment on this item. >> hello, my name is jim and i make cannabis micro business owner in the neighborhood and we are moving through the same process. i have spent time with lisa and her other partners and we feel

they are doing the right thing. i want to speak in support of these businesses to come through as far as i can tell, they're into supporting the community as they grow and becoming part of that community and i think that is the only issue that is of concern with bringing this income into the neighborhood, so i give them a thumbs up, the people i have met. thank you. >> thank you, sir. any other public comment on this item? public comment is closed. commission moore? >> since many of the establishments occur in district ten, i reached out to the supervisor and asked him for his thoughts on it, and he, staff communicated to me an idea about an equity program, which i had hoped somebody from this office would talk about today, and are you aware of that particular

program? and if so, if somebody is here, i would like to hear about it. i think we need to be a little bit more informed about some of these background policies, because this is new to us and i would like to have as much information so we can make an informative decision. >> i'm here from the office of cannabis to answer your question . >> good afternoon, commissioners . we want to just briefly provide context these projects before you and also the next project of this item in late september of 2017. the city combined what we termed a legislation process for existing retail and operators to come forward and make themselves and their activities known to the city. this process -- they're

previously unregulated activities for cultivation, manufacturing, and delivering. it allowed us to move many of these operations into a legal marketplace as part of this process. the safety inspection was conducted at each location. this legislation process was meant to serve as an process for lease operators, and at the time , the board of supervisors passed the legislation which was made clear as a policy decision to prioritize all three to -- operators. we wanted to move them into a regulated marketplace. does at this time the only time to make an illegal marketplace work. and it is in the best interest interests of public and safety to do this.

they all require to get their conditional use authorization from this commission at this moment in time. those projects are all grandfathered. in other words, they are operating under their permit. and it is a condition of the permit and the only to comply on all of these things in their action plan, which is a document from all department agencies who inspect the site at this moment in time. they include d.b.h., fire, and d.b.i. those items, a lease under the department of building inspections, some of the items will need to get a conditional use authorization in order for them to correct that. if they are not able to get the conditional use authorization, in other words, they would not be able to comply with our office to let them continue to operate under this, and -- as of

now, there are permits from -- for all dispensaries, including cultivation, distribution, testing, and delivery. in that group, we have 45 cultivators in the city, and as article 16 police code requires, the office of cannabis no longer will be able to issue a permit after december 31st of 2018. this group is stable. this permit would be easier after december 31st of last year. one piece of data was requested. so the condition can consider the impact of that use. as of now, the office of cannabis doesn't have that data. just because the square footage of the canopy won't be captured until part two of the permit application which is under

development now. although, the square footage is not available this moment in time, it is important to look at the size of this population. as i mentioned, we have 45 -- this group of operators also submitted the permit applications, but the applications will be processed until the process and applications from equity applicants first. according to article 16 -- with that set, we anticipate there will be only a limited number of people pursuing cultivations in the city, with all the applications we received from the applicant, which is 160, only 19 of them apply for a division permit. if you combine those two groups, the cooperation of cultivators will be 63 in the pipeline.

in regards to the -- as a matter of fact, comparing to cannabis retail and cannabis businesses, generally less lucrative than many people can see. in fact, 11 permits are returned to our office last year, and reasons a very, including the high cost of rent, or the high cost of bringing their facility up to code after our inspection. i would say it is fair to say that those cannabis businesses share the same challenge as any other business in san francisco about the very competitive market in san francisco. they are not the main contributing factor in this issue, and with that i will be

happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> thank you very much. commissioner richards? >> it was incredibly informative i appreciate it. i had it backwards in terms of the way the industry is going in with the profit margins and these businesses have the same challenges as other businesses. i maybe had licenses returned, so i would move to approve. >> second. >> commission moore? >> i would like to restate my question about the equity program that the supervisor's office mentioned. are you aware of it? can you give us any background on it. >> typically cannabis businesses are equity requirements part of the licensing by the office of cannabis and i'm assuming that this is what the supervisor is referencing, any new cannabis business is required to meet

those equity requirements where half the permits have to be issued to an equity applicant or in equity improve -- instigated before new permit can be issued and currently there are number of existing operators, and we are not able to even accept applications. >> thank you. for existing cannabis businesses , including article 33 , we always call them m.c.d. is, in permit holders will eventually all need to be contributing to the equity program by the report, they will need to submit as a condition of the permit moving forward. but they won't reach a point before they receive the end permit. at the time, they will need to

submit to our office report describing how they would support the equity program, by either employing certain people who are eligible for this program, or providing any support to this group. for example, to host anything that teach people how to run a small business, stuff like that. eventually they will all contribute to the equity program but right now, i think what we are focusing today is to bring this group from the illegal marketplace to legal marketplace in which they all vote on that legislation in 2017. so right now, you will see not only today, but i think moving forward in the next couple months, from the same group of people. >> thank you. >> maybe it would help, and

maybe don't have the data, but there is a specific definition of one qualifies to be in the equity program with the office of cannabis several months ago. and as michael said, there are limits on the number of nonequity applications we can accept without providing equity applications and there is a fairly specific definition of what defines that, and i think maybe if not today, we can give the commission a little bit more detail about what that means and how we define what an equity applicant is. >> i was not prepared for this question but i can try. there are six conditions under this program. anyone who wants to be eligible will need to meet these six conditions. one, you need to be low income, be -- below 80% of a.m.i. in the city of san francisco the last fiscal year. to you will need to study and a school that is under sfusd for a total of five years from 1971 to

2016, if i'm not mistaken. the third one is you have criminal justice enrolment associated with cannabis before. the fourth one would be your child, or parent has a criminal justice involvement associated with cannabis before, and the fourth one would be you experience housing insecurity and the fifth one would be you live in areas in which you are affected at the federal level. and the last one would be -- i am blanking out.

>> in order to us to extend the permit, and let

them operate under the temporary permit in the meantime. >> chairwoman: thank you. >> if there is nothing further, commissioners, there is a motion to approve this motion. [roll call] >> so moved, the commissioners, it is 6-0, placing us on item 12, 1332, 155 1555 yosemite avenue. >> the item before you also a request for conditional use authorization to establish an industrial agricultural use in the pdr core zoning descrirkts andistrict, and an ac use. it is part of a large

industrial condominium complex, and it's a full block, approximately 75,000 square feet. the subject tenant space is 1,343 square feet, so a relatively small operation. the applicant is pursuing a micro-business licence. so typically different canvas activities, you need to get a different license for each of the activities. the micro-business license allows a small business that is conducting multiple activities to conduct all of those activities within the same premises, without needing to get separate permits or construct walls. cannabis cultivation is one of the proposed uses, along with wholesales, light manufacturing, and partial delivery service, so conducting sales to other businesses, conducting sales by delivery directly to

costumers, and light manufacturing is any light manufacturing without the use of organic compounds. again, given our discussion two weeks ago, the department requested additional information from the sponsor on the previous tendency of the space and the rental rate. the space was previously occupied by the owner of the unit, who is a family member of one of the operators. and the price per square foot is relatively low for a pdr. in terms of conversion of pdr space, the department is still working with the office of cannabis to track the amount of space being converted to agriculture. when it comes to the state licensing and when we get that information, it will

likely be reported of total canopy, which doesn't correspondent to square footage, because if you have racks stacked above each other, it would not be the square footage of the ground. so we're still working to get that information for you. planning code section 2 sew 2. 2 202.2, state law allows the city to make the distinction and exempt sites from that requirement. however, we do still look at what types of sensitive uses may be in the area. just around the corner, there is a recreation facility and public pool on third street. and that was brought up in public comment, where the only public comment which we did receive, which was

after the publication of this packet, was a comment expressing concern about the proximity to those uses. and we also did receive a formal letter. it was not addressed in there, but the site was also reviewed by the bay view hunter's point citizens advisory committee, which voted to endorse the project at -- on february 7th, and that letter was included in your packet. the department finds that the project is on balance, consistent with the pdr 2 zoning districts and the objectives and policies of the general plan. it allows for the cultivation of existing space, and promotes other activities at the site, including manufacturing. and they find that the project is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. with this, the department recommends approval of the project with the conditions of approval. >> chairwoman: sounds good. thank you. we will now hear from the project's sponsor.

>> hello. thank you, commissioners, for your time today. my name is melvin simmons, and i'm the owner of the business that is currently at 155 1555 yosemite. i'm also an equity applicant, and previousl previos operator of this business. i've been there since 2013, sharing space, and now the owner of the space is retiring, and i'm moving into the rest of the space. i've been there, a good tenant, and i know my neighbors very well. we've been very low profile up until legalization has changed a lot of those things. and we're looking forward to being good neighbors and bringing our business,

to being good neighbors the equity portion of what san francisco has deemed a part of legalization process. we have -- i've done outreach with the local community organizations that were there, as far as to get job placements for new and -- for new existing businesses of cannabis to open up to job placement for entry level positions, which we desperately need in the bay view. and i have been working with ycd, which is young community developers, to bring this process along. i have a representative from ycd here with me today, as well as a lot of very other nice folks who

came out to support my project as well. if you have any question questions -- i'd say thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you. we will now take public comment on this item. >> good afternoon, commissioners, my name is george trush. i'm the owner of unit number 8 of the yosemite business owners association. that association was somewhere around the mid-'80s when it started. i purchased my place in '91. i've been on the board of supervisors ever since. as you can tell, there are a lot of comments and opinions about this type of business, now that it has become legal. we just recently had a board meeting, and people hesitated. they're naturally kilometers per houconcerned witt

security issues. that prompted them to get advice from our lawyers, verding and wild. and the recommendation was that this is a legal business, and the only -- well, not a complaint, but if a business creates a nuisance of some sort, they can either mitigate that nuisance or somehow comply with what is needed. the board has not objected to this project. as melvin is my son-in-law, and my daughter, of course, has a vested interest. i'm requiring from contracting. they have been sharing the space, have been good neighbors. and other neighbors have only approved of the posters that were set up. and everybody knows about the proposed project. i haven't heard any negative comments.

i hope that you will approve this project. and that's about all of the history i can give you about the association. there are 60-some-odd owners. some own several units. they're small units, and they're very well kept up. we spent a lot of money on new roofs, painting, landscaping. it is in everybody's interest to keep it a professional area. i would say that based on my work with my son-in-law over the last six years, he has every right and good character to continue in this vain. thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is lisa shin. i was with the previous operator at 1345 underwood. you know, we welcome other

small businesses in the neighborhood -- cannabis businesses into bay view. we think it is a good opportunity to, i think -- i think you're going to find that in this newly legal regulated cannabis market, us as operators are going to be some of the best corporate citizens that you're going to see. there is an incredible amount of regulation, an incredible amount of scrutiny, and i think when it comes to job creation, working with the neighborhoods, doing outreach and community development, you know, i think we're all keenly interested in doing that. and we're hoping that the bay view, which is one of the in other words that has been historically the most impact by the war on drugs, takes this opportunity and recreate it into something good and prosperous for the neighborhood. so we support the business. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commissioners, i'm

representing ycd. i'm from san francisco, specifically district 10. i feel like this is a great opportunity to invest back into a low income area with jobs and just another opportunity for people who work in that area to give back and be working and the community in knowing what they're doing with this industry and this business. so i approve of it. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> commissioners, i want to thank you for hearing this proposal today. my name is nathiel ranki. i'm currently a resident of san francisco, 1373 clay street. i have known melvin simmons and helen simmons forgoing on 20 years now -- 22 years, in fact. i want to speak to their personal character. these are exactly the type of applicants that you want running a business of this sort. highly ethical, they run

their business above board. i only have great things to say about them. melvin simmons is the epitome of what this ordinance is set up to do. he has pulled himself up by his boot straps and is trying to do everything in the manner in which it is set forth. i hope the commission finds in his favor. and thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i introduced myself already, but i'm a local operator and i've been going to a lot of the local meetings, and working my own company through this process. i was at their presentation before the citizens advisory committee in the bay view, and they sound like they're doing it right, too. i've been meeting a lot of operators, and there are people trying to take advantage of the situation and moving in, and there are people who have been around here a long time and doing this already. i think getting all of us pre-existing operators who know the game and want to play well, and introduce everybody else to the game is really important. i hope you'll give

consideration to us pre-existing operators, and this group in particular. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman. members of the commission, my name is amos brown. i am president of the national association for the advancement of colored people, of the san francisco branch. and more apparently, i've been pastor of the historic baptist church for now 43 years. i rise to the podium to say that mr. simmons is a quintessential human being, a man of integrity, a man of great business sense, and he will be responsible as he takes advantage of, hopefully, an economic opportunity,

that has far too long been denied african-americans. this will give us another opportunity to play catchup, and i assure you that you won't go wrong when you support him in his request. thank you very much. >> chairwoman: thank you. any other public comment? okay, with that, public comment is now closed. commissioner moore? >> the public support is very evident. it was not as clear in the first application. i'm delighted to hear the public come out, and thank everybody for standing and supporting this project. i move to approve. >> second. >> there is nothing further, commissioners, there is a motion that has been seconded to approve this matter with conditions. [roll call] >> so moved, commissioners, that passes

unanimously 6-0. [applause] >> chairwoman: we're adjourned.

>> good morning. thank you so much for joining us today. as you can tell for a monday morning, we have quite a crowd. as i was just talking to both jim and greg, who have the pleasure of the challenge of living here. this is nothing compared to what you might see on a warm summer day where there is in the height of tourist season. i am proud to be working with our san francisco county transportation and introducing ab1605. this is one of the most famous streets in the country. we get 2 million visitors a year. people will be here for 10 hours just to get the opportunity to drive down, take a few minutes to drive down this very famous street.

we are so proud that people come from all over the world to visit our city, but we also have to be acutely aware of how it impacts our residents. that really is the idea behind ab1605 that they have been working on and studying this, and, finally, after the study has come out we have come to the conclusion it is time to really start to pursue a reservation system similar to muur woods. it is the idea to give people the system so you don't have a long line and traffic constantly blocked. it also allows this neighborhood not to feel the intense pressure of what it feels often time on a daily and hourly basis. this is the very beginning of

our legislative process. the authority would be given to the city and county of san francisco, at which point we would turn it over to supervisor stephanie and the board to come up with their own plan of exactly how they want to implement it. we give them a lot of latitude what that is and how it would look to the public input. we are excited to work with everybody. the time has come to implement a reservation system to tourist can enjoy and so residents can get their life back. this is supervisor stephanie. it is an honor to work with you on this issue. >> supervisor stefani: thank you for being here. i want to thank everyone who helped get us to this morning. assembly member tank. and the head of our

transportation authority and andrew for actually dedicating so many hours to studying this issue here and coming forward with a resolution. they have been incredible partners to me. first as legislative aid and now as district two supervisor. i want to thank greg the president of the lombard hill association and the other community members who have been actually tire less advocates for this neighborhood. i am thrilled to stand at the bottom of the iconic street in san francisco to talk about solutions to an issue we tried to address for years. we all know there are so many tourists. san francisco is one of the most beautiful places to visit. the crooked street is one of the top tourist destinations 2 million visitors each year.

tourists are vital to our city and economy. they present challenges. on a busy day 20,000 people visit this area by foot and in cars. for a decade i worked to manage the crowds by trying several different things. i started the lombard ambassador program to assist visitors. we added parking control. we have signs. we increased police enforcement and did a pilot program to shut street to traffic to see what that would do. each action has made an impact. they are unable to properly manage the crowds with the rapid growth of visitors. as i said in the last community meeting we have yet to nail this. this is something we must try to address the congestion that jams all of these streets and the surroundings areas.

the bumper to bumper traffic is an environmental problem and can make this experience miserable for tourists. rather than waiting in line for 45 minutes visitors will have a reservation and drive down the crooked street with no problem. i am excited this pilot program is coming together. one of the steps necessary is to get step approval. i want to thank you for agreeing to allow the implementation and pricing system. i look forward to the continuing work to try something that is going to make a difference in this area. now, i would like to introduce the president of lombard hill association and my friend. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here this morning. it iwe have worked for five or x

years with supervisor stephanie and her predecessor. it is a long hall. during tha whole period things didn't get better, traffic picked up. it was an increasing hurdle for us. supervisor stephanie mentioned andrew who has been tire less working on this project. i think he has what makes sense. it will free up the neighborhood, not just the street. our group that we represent, everyone lives on the street and on montclaire, the whole area is affected by the congestion in the summertime. it goes four blocks each way in terms of traffic jam. this will help. it is really the start. it is half of the hurdle that we

have. the other hurdle is to get control over the pedestrian traffic in the future. this is the first start. gosh, i am really excited we are at this point. as supervisor stephanie said. it is a pilot program. we want to see where it will go. we have unbelievable support. the paper said the support is mixed. at the town hall meeting two months ago it was over whole manying. two people spoke against it and one was a tour bus guide. the support is strong behind this. we are excited this day has come, and we look forward to seeing where this goes. thank you. >> thank you. you have heard some of the reasons why we are all working together to do this while we want to treasure to be seen from people around the world and

visitors, we also want to be able to make sure the neighborhood is liveable for the people who do live here. again, i want to thank the supervisors and stca for great work. are there questions? >> can you address the full aspect, where the money will go? >> the city and county need legislative authority from the state. it needs to go through legislative approval and signed by the governor. that process will go through its process. our timeframe is we have until mid-september to get our bills to the governor's desk. he has until mid-october to sign them. >> it is up to the board of supervisors. >> basically the fee will be

used to operate the system and for any safety measures in the area and for our ambassador program. >> we haven't decided but we are looking at around $5 for the price point. the board of supervisors are commissioners on the transportation authority. we would advance the proposal after we get state approval. >> do you know how much money that would generate? >> we are still studying the cost. it could generate a couple million dollars a year to cover the cost of the reservation system and supporting measures. the ambassador, perhaps even paid off-duty officers. >> would that go back to the city or to the neighborhood? >> i believe the idea is to fund the program. whoever the board or city would choose to implement the program would have that to add more the program -- to ad to administer e

program. >> we are not looking at a physical gate. we are looking at license plate readers as a form of being able to either read the license that is going down that has the reservation. we are not looking at putting any physical structure here. >> i noticed it is a pilot program. is there any evidence this will reduce traffic if traffic is the concern? >> absolutely. that is why we are doing it. muir woods is an example of that. we have been studying this for years. after not nailing this we have tried so many different things. asking questions for months. >> 20% reduction? define it? >> sure. right now we see a focus of 45 minute wait on any given day.

that spin of the congestion can go 10 hours on a weekday. that is to reduce that from three blocks to the first block before you head down the crooked street. not only in the woods we see it in a lot of different venues, museums, the anne frank house in europe. you see venues popular using this method to manage the dema demand. >> people that don't know there is a fee and end up turning and trying to find parking. >> we are already talking with sf travel and the various folks in the tourism industry to make sure folks would understand this is how you make the reservation. we would have paid staff in the

initial pilot for the customer service for a good experience. if you didn't have a reservation you would be advised where there is a reservation available and we would help you on the spot. >> a campaign to reach people from all different countries around the world? >> absolutely, sam. we had a similar situation where the north parking lot on the golden gate bridge. the golden gate bridge is probably the only thing more famous. that north parking lot is now closed for a number of weekends only open to to your buses. the bridge authority runs that and work with sf travel and do signage to make sure residents have known that. part was to relieve congestion. what happened is people would get to the north parking lot. it would create congestion all

the way through the park up 19th avenue. i live a block from 19th avenue. the cue would go all the way down there. that is how much congestion that would cause for people waiting for the parking lot on a summer day. it can work with proper outreach and information. with the internet it is easier to get information out to people coming. other questions? >> what opposition do you anticipate? >> we don't anticipate opposition. the discussion is trying to ensure the neighborhood and residents have a robust discussion to find exactly the right fee as well as the right thing to do for the

neighborhood. >> an issue regarding congestion and safety. is far for car break-ins? what are the safety issues you are looking at. >> first of all, pedestrian safety. you can look around you and see this is a situation that with cars and pedestrians that could, you know, could end up in a fatality or injury. we want to make sure we have the right amount of parking control officers and police to make sure everyone is taken care of. >> do you have examples of people hurt here? >> definitely. we can have greg speak to that. the car break in is why we have had police officers here to make sure that tourists are taken care of. they don't realize they can't leave things in cars. we are beefing up security. >> in terms of safety, i have lived here 22 years it is a good

record, to be honest. there are about four major accidents, cars flip over. there has been one little girl pinned between the wall and car, broke her leg and some other things. there has been no deaths that i know of. the crime situation has picked up dramatically. it is one of the worst part of the city because of car break-ins because of the tourists. what we are going to do here, i think, will help. >> thank you for coming. we appreciate it. ♪

>> my name is andrea, i work as a coordinator for the city attorney's office in san francisco. a lot of it is working with the public and trying to address their public records request and trying to get the information for their office. i double majored in political science and always tried to combine both of those majors. i ended up doing a combination of doing a lot of

communication for government. i thought it would connect both of my studies and what was i was interested in and show case some of the work that government is doing. >> i work for the transportation agency known as muni and i'm a senior work supervisor. >> i first started as a non-profit and came to san francisco and started to work and i realized i needed to work with people. this opportunity came up by way of an executive fellowship. they had a program at mta to work in workforce development type project and i definitely jumped on that. i didn't know this was something that i wanted to do. all i knew is that i wanted to help people and i wanted to empower others. >> the environment that i grew up that a lot of women were just

stay-at-home moms. it wasn't that they didn't have work, but it was cheaper to stay home and watch the kids instead of paying pricey day care centers. >> my mom came from el salvador during the civil war. she worked very hard. when she came here and limited in english, she had to do a service job. when i was born and she had other kids, it was difficult for her to work because it was more expensive for her to be able to continue to work in a job that didn't pay well instead of staying at home and being able to take care of us. >> there isn't much support or advocacy for black women to come in and help them do their jobs. there also aren't very many role models and it

can be very intimidating and sometimes you feel uncomfortable and unsure of yourself and those are the reasons exactly why you need to do it. when i first had the opportunity, i thought that's not for me. my previous role was a project manager for a biotech start up. i thought how do i go from technology to working in government. thinking i didn't know about my skills, how am i going to fit in and doing that kind of work. thinking you have to know everything is not what people expect have you, but they expect you to ask questions when you don't know and that's important. >> my mom was diagnosed with cancer. that was really difficult. she encouraged me to go to school because in case anything happened i would be able to protect myself. i wanted to be in oncology.

i thought going to school it would set me for the trajectory and prepare me for my life. >> we need the hardships to some of the things that are going to ultimately be your strength in the future. there is no way to map that out and no way to tell those things. you have to do things on your own and you have to experience and figure out life. >> you don't have to know what you are going to do for the rest of your life when you are in college or high school because there are so many things to do. i would encourage you to try to do everything that you are remotely interested. it's the best time to do it. being a young woman with so many opportunities, just go for it and try everything.

>> supervisor mar: the meeting will come to order. this is the april 18, 2018 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. i'm joined by supervisor vallie brown, and aaronk