will be different, we will live in a different place, everything will change for us. resources for this neighborhood and our communities not something that we want, it is something that we need, and we all know the difference between a want and they need. i wanted means that you can live without it, but we actually need it. typically when people look at low income neighborhoods they think of people who are lazy or caught up in extreme illegal activity, however, this is not always true. i look and i see a family, my family, i see a mother who works , a mother who has a college graduate, a mother who has another daughter in school and in college, and i see a mother who has a junior in high school, who has managed to maintain a four-point oh, g.p.a. while working for her community.

i look at my neighborhood and i see plenty of entrepreneurs who are growing their businesses out of their homes, and yet, they are expecting to grow their families and get them out of their. today, i do want to thank mayor breed for consistently -- i want to thank her for consistently supporting neighborhoods such as mine, and not letting as always fall through the cracks, because our communities do need this housing bond now more than ever. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> all right. you know why we need it, you know what must be done. the board of supervisors, we are counting on you to get this bond through. the voters of san francisco are counting -- we are counting on you to turn out and to vote for this bond. it is so important.

and as president yee said, this is one of the largest bonds, but it also needs to be a consistent track of bonds that come behind it so that we can do that or around building more affordable housing for people in our city. i'm committed to it, all the folks behind me are committed to it, and i really appreciate you all being here today. thank you so much for your time, and i just can't wait to see the smiles on the people's faces as we break ground, as we cut the ribbons, as we move people in, as we load up their furniture, just like what happened here at willie b. kennedy apartments. we can make magic happen for so many people around san francisco we are going to make magic happen because of each and every one of you. thank you so much for being here today. [applause]

[♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have

had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do

a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to

do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams.

they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they

are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported.

. >> good morning. the meeting will come to order welcome to the may 9th meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services. i am the chair of the committee. we expect to be joined. our clerk is john carol. i want to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> please silence cell phones. your completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items today will appear on the may 21st supervisor's agenda. >> please call the first a tem. >> a hearing to consider the

premise-to-premise transfer of a type-21 off-sale general beer, wine and distilled spirits liquor license to dalda's inc. doing business as dalda's market. >> i am from the san francisco police department. they applied for a type-21 license. if approved they would be allowed to sell the beer, wine and distilled spirits. they are located in 176 which is a high crime area. 125.01, a high saturation area. tenderloin station has no opposition. they approve one sales service and consumption of the alcoholic beverages between 8:00 a.m. and

12 a each day of the week. the petitioner shall be ponce ie responsible for obtaining the area of litter adjacent to the premises. petitioner shall actively monitor the area under their control to prevent loitering as depicted on abc 253 form. no noise permitted or audible at any nearby residence. i would like to note the applicant may first the applicant has not agreed to the above listed recommended conditions. >> thank you. could we hear from the applica applicant. >> mr. chair, supervisors. i am here today with my client who owns dalda's market at 200 eddy street.

he is in the tenderloin neighborhood development committee building which is being rehabbed soon. there is a brand-new building across taylor street on the other corner, and through two or three year process, and it is in your pocket, i think i handed out the letter. it goes through the whole process. there were many, many public meetings. he is a community leader. when the north market cbd business district was formed in 2008 he was treasure until 2012. he got a certificate of honor in 2011 in recognition of volunteering in that tenderloin community. he is a fixture. his store is well loved.

it is never a problem. tndc put him through rigorous screening. what the neighborhood wanted was a larger healthier community market. you will hear from a couple of persons who will testify today but we will talk about his standing in the community and his commitment to build a larger community market with healthier food for the neighborhood. dalda's itself at 200 is well managed without problems since 2007. he was a manager at a local seven 11 store. he knows how to operate a store. i have a client across the street b be piano. i said i am working on daldas.

i love that guy. he loans people on the last of the month because they don't have money to the last day. what we are asks is that the full board make a determination under california business professions code 239.58 that public need and convenience of the citizens of san francisco would be served by allowing transfer of the liquor license to the new location at 168-186 eddy street. we thank you for your consideration of this request. if you have any questions my client is here and i would love to answer anything you have got. >> i don't see any comments or questions from colleagues. i am trying to wrap my head around the conditions that were recommended but not accepted. >> it is funny. i went to the abc. have you heard from planning?

what about conditions. i haven't gotten the conditions from the police. i said i will put it on the record my client is fine with the conditions. typically the way it works as you know, it is the abc that sets the conditions. they will, i think is alu will send it up to the alcohol beverage control and she will hand them to us. we will sign, they will go in the file along with the pcn requirement needed. there are certain thinks needed. one is pcn and signed conditions. we are fine with the conditions. we just the first time i ever saw them was the other day when i got an e-mail from john carol and i went down to talk to the investigator at abc. >> i want to add a couple

things. thank you, supervisors. we have been working in the neighborhood community for almost 12 years, and we got an opportunity to set up the store which is staff is here, and this is our third year in helping with the produce and some having healthier options, but right now we have larger scale, more convenient for the local residents which is more option of produce and healthier need to have, and adding alcohol which is we want to have one stop shopping for the convenience of the customers. then in the jurisdictions, i was asking mr. hark. at 8:00. we open at 7:00. we have been working with the

pilot program started two years ago through cbd to sell alcohol before 7:00 and close at midnight which is already in place so if you guys can help us to start at 7:00 a.m. to midnight, we would appreciate it for the convenience of the customers when they stop. they have one stop shopping for everything. thank you. >> if i could add. i believe this market was the first market to join the coalition of healthy markets. their current conditionsal them to sell alcohol until 2:00 a.m. every day. they voluntary relinquished that back to 12:00 a.m. now they start at 7-m. they can sell airline bottles. they don't want to sell airline bottles because that is purchased by alcoholics and trashes the streets.

my client has shown good faith that he really does want to build a healthier environment in the tenderloin. he is the perfect person to open this market. >> thank you. the pd would like to come up and clarify. >> thank you for letting me come back up. aou doesn't set the conditions. they are set by abc. we make the recommendations based on our investigation into the premise. i faxed these on march 13th of this year. they have had the conditions since march 13th. i don't know what the hold up is getting those signed or agreed upon. when they send that over they say 7:00 a.m. or 1:00 a.m. we go from there. it is a negotiation. we figure out wha what makes see

and is best for the city. i haven't her correspondence from them and that is why we are here with no signed conditions. >> it appears there is a disagreement. >> it sounds like there is. it would have been nice to know we could have hashed this out before we came here today. >> it is unusual for us to have an application where the conditions have not been approved. i understand we have been pushing to get these before the committee within the 90 day requirement that my colleagues on the board want us to deal with them. this is unusual. clerk carol. >> one quickky t quick question. your first condition indicates the hours 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. was that 12:00 a.m.? >> my apologies. yes. >> i will correct that. >> thank you both.

supervisor walton. >> you asked my questions in my follow-up. i wanted clarification. it seems like the discrepancy of the start time to sell alcohol. >> supervisor stephanie. >> do we know if district 6 supervisor's position on this? >> we were aware, my office was aware of this sort of weirdness around not having agreed upon conditions and we did mention it to the district 6 supervisor this might need continued to get this worked out. >> one more thing. when you mention the word that the airline bottles or whatever are purchased by alcoholics. we talk about words matter. there are a lot of alcoholics in recovery. more appropriate is those suffering from addiction. it has a negative connotation. we are trying to de stigmatize

mental illness and substance abuse disorders. the word alcoholic has a negative connotation when there are a lot of alcoholics recovering. it is important that words matter when we are talking about these things that are so sensitive to what is happening in the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you. now, we will go to public comment. are there any members of the public to testify? i have four cards. i will call people. michael, alexander and john and anybody else who wants to speak on your right side of the room. speakers have two minutes. state your first and last name and speak direct three t to leoo directly to the microphone.

no applause is permitted. in the interest of time speakers are to avoid repetition of previous statements. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. i am shelly dire. i am the program supervisor with the neighborhood development corporation and i am to speak in support of dalda's moving to the new market space. they have been a healthy corner store since 2015 and have been successful in the program. some of the big successes over the past few years. they are not selling any alcohol on credit. they reduced the selling area of alcohol by 20% since they have been in the program. they are a true staple in the community. they are participating in community engagement such as every first friday a better

lower eddy street campaign event. the staff and bill is very supportive of the event supporting us in taste tests or community engagement. they are a staple. many residents wanted to see dalda's moving to the new space. we are excited about them move goes to that space. they have a lot of healthy signage to promote the healthy items available in the corner store. they are an outstanding participant and have two phases every design. this have a refrigeration case selling produce. they are distributing 1600 units of produce every month and we would love to see them continue to contribute in that capacity. >> next speaker.

>> good morning, thank you for the opportunity to speak. i am gabriel. i live and work and study here for 20 years. i am a business own bener and part of the healthy program and lead consultant. in 2015 we developed the criteria for stores in the program. one of the criteria i remember was reputation of the store and business owner in the community. since then he has contributed to make it bigger and better for the store owners. i really support that his license is approved. the news when the store in the new space i understand the stays he gave to alcohol sales will be 10% less the space will be bigger for healthy food and affordable prices. with low margins we need to

understand the store to be sustainable and profitable. thank you. >> next speaker. >> hello. i am john mccormick. i work with healthy corner store coalition. i want to speak on behalf of bill. as you all know, the tenderloin does not have a full access grocery store. there isn't an abundance of healthy food in the neighborhood. the corner store coalition seeks to change that. we have five corner stores in the coalition that are in the tenderloin, and dalda's is one of the corner stores that is the best community serving, one of the best in terms of keeping the produce fresh, and, you know, i am not just saying that. i go in there a couple times

each week. i see how bill interacts with the community. i see how his staff interact with the community. it is positive and warm. him and his staff are sort of like in the community and having this legal license transfer across the street would continue to add more of that healthy produce and more of that great access to vegetables and fruits that we strive to get to the neighborhood. that much stronger so we are hoping that this application gets approved to increase the health of the neighborhood. thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i am alexander goldman. planning and policy manager at neighborhood development. the healthy corner store is part

of the space that they are moving from. tnc is for a while hoping to expand access to healthy food in the tenderloin. that is why we are working with the coalition. as part of building the new building at eddy and taylor where dalda's is moving we talked to over 200 residents in the community, did interactive surveys. it was a great example of community planning. what the community said they wanted a place to buy healthy affordable food. we had a town hall kind of to summarize and get more feedback. at the town hall a bunch of community members started chanting bill, bill, bill. it was just like a remarkable example what the best of community planning can be and the best of community development can be.

it is a testament to dalda's presence in the neighborhood. we have looked at the financial agreements and agree that the store would not be financially viable without the sale of alcohol. we want to limit the amount of substances in the community, however, this is part of doing business. we are really happy to support the transfer. the liquor license i am excited to get more healthy produce in the community. >> next speaker. >> i am dan williams. i am across the street and down a bit on taylor from bill and dalda's. i spend a lot of time there. it feels like 24 hours a day at times. a lot of my time there is in the evening to the night. i can definitely speak to those tough operations around the

alcohol sales. bill is not only a model entrepreneur, a model corner store operator, a model employer, but he is a great steward of his space and i think we all know on eddy and placings in the tenderloin the sidewalk space is challenging. the way bill managed not only the inside of the store but the street around if store is helpful as my patrons go in and out. from one entrepreneur to another, this man needs raised up and held as a model. just one neighbor to another, he is a fantastic person to have. i am absolutely in support of this. >> next speaker. >> i also have the overhead.

the corner store analysis was done in 2007, and i was part of the 33 person advisory committee. i am michael nolty the executive director for district 6. the site is in the north to market special use district, which is the planning code, which governs is alcohol licenses that are off sale alcohol licenses. there was mentioned that the eddy and taylor development retail space there was 40% of

the people that were surveyed wanted to have this store there when they were surveyed, what would go in that location. again, we are talking about the eddy and taylor street project. back in 2008, gavin newsome created the ordinance and i want to point out the owner was recognized by the mayor for being an outstanding citizen and community - community partner. they are recognized for the north to market community benefit district.

>> thank you. any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item? >> i just wanted to say we passed a thing that outlawed menthol in cigarettes. it is used to open up people's throats, vicks for a long time is used to open up kids' lungs when they have trouble breathing. at the moment that is not a product we can access when we were a kid. that is why these stores are more important to be open when we need alcohol around for things like, you know, finding alternatives to that. there are other things that can be used. things like menthol have done a lot to keep people healthy with

asthma and other things aggravated by smog. iit is a a problem in the commuy people not being able to get vicks vaporub. this is an alternative to get this in the area that needs it. >> any other members of the public to speak on this item? >> 50% of me wants to approve it and 50% of me does not want to. people are addicted to alcohol. it is perpetuated excesses drinks in the neighborhood. by the same response, with the services that every department in the city wants to provide you can't provide to the people who

need help because the homeless are out in the street. that is why i am striving to build the apartment houses instead of navigation centers. you can only stay there 60 days. then you are right back on the street. after you experience that transaction several times you realize you are wasting your time and you don't want to go there. by building those two towers like i said where you house 1926 people who you are trying to help, they are building the apartments where you can give them services nowhere to see them because they are housed. you don't have to run around like a chick wenwith his head cut off trying to find them. the other 50% of me he has a constitutional right to have a

license to sell liquor like in the areas that are predominantly white that don't have this problem. the neighborhood has that question before you today. it is a decision where you have to weigh both ends of the scale, the intoxication of the most alcohol people, 99cents thinking they are getting a good deal or his constitutional right to have a liquor license to sell. >> any other members of the public to speak on the item before i close public comment. public comment is now closed. soon per visor walton. >> i want to ask the police department and store owner if we can get a guarantee these conditions will be worked out

prior to the alcohol sales. >> we absolutely agree this is the only thing my client was requesting was an hour earlier time. i will commit to the alu and inspector we can work it out. we have no problems with the other things. we have shown good faith. we have backed off what is allowed under the current license to take it back two hours. we will work it out, and i would say in support of the abc, i have worked there 30, 40 years down there and i have never seen it busier. this town is crazy with churning of alcohol licenses, they are

swapped. i met with gertie today. they are probably sitting somewhere. i will commit right now to living with whatever the two of us agree to. hopefully we can agree to it this week. >> we will be able to agree on something this week. we will get it taken care of and get it signed. as long as abc is in the office and allows the transaction to happen. we will come to an agreement on the hours. >> colleagues. it is unusual not to have agreed upon conditions by this point as we are considering this. i think we have a few options. we could continue this for two weeks until the 23rd.

i am not seeing colleagues having any desire not to make findings of public convenience a necessity. i am hung up on the paperwork. we can continue to the 23rd and by that time it sounds like people think it would be worked out with agreed upon conditions and we could make the finding. we could, i suppose, forward without recommendation to the full board and assuming that in fact these issues have been worked out, the full board could pass the resolution finding the means of necessity. do those seem reasonable to the own? all right. i don't know, i would probably continue to the 23rd would be my inclination.

it is not strong. i am happy to be persuaded. >> to the applicant would a two week continuance be a burden in any way? >> again, it might be a burden more to the persons moving to the store because they get a 20% discount on products. i think the tndc hopes to get this. the people are moving in, trying to get the ground floor done. a two week delay would be $4,000 worth of benefit to that building they wouldn't have in two weeks. if we could, send it up unrecommended with a notice if it is not -- if the conditions aren't signed prior to the 2 21t

when it goes to the full board take it off th the calendar. we will work it out this way. >> i want to mention one thing. the hours we are recommending are only limiting the sales of alcohol. they could open at 6:00 a.m. and sell the produce and milk and cheese. we are just limiting the alcohol from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. we are not preventing them from operating. >> i tend to think that is reasonable and this should be worked out before it gets to us. i think we should continue this for a couple weeks. >> i am going to make a motion we continue this item until the may 23rd regular meeting. can we take that without objection? >> all right. we have done that. thank you. mr. clerk, are there any more

items before us today? >> clerk: no further business. >> all right. then we are adjourned. thank you. >> i'm rebecca and i'm a violinist and violin teacher. i was born here in san francisco to a family of cellists,

professional cellists, so i grew up surrounded by a bunch of musical rehearsals an lessons. all types of activities happened in my house. i began playing piano when i was 4. i really enjoyed musical activities in general. so when i was 10, i began studying violin in san francisco. and from there, i pretty much never stopped and went on to study in college as well. that's the only thing i've ever known is to have music playing all the time, whether it is someone actually playing next to you or someone listening to a recording. i think that i actually originally wanted to play flute and we didn't have a flute. it's always been a way of life. i didn't know that it could be any other way. >> could you give me an e over here.

great. when you teach and you're seeing a student who has a problem, you have to think on your feet to solve that problem. and that same kind of of thinking that you do to fix it applies to your own practice as well. so if i'm teaching a student and they are having a hard time getting a certain note, they can't find the right note. and i have to think of a digestible way to explain it to them. ee, d, d, e. >> yes. then, when i go on to do my own practice for a performance, those words are echoing back in my head. okay. why am i missing this? i just told somebody that they needed to do this. maybe i should try the same thing. i feel a lot of pressure when i'm teaching young kids. you might think that there is less pressure if they are going on to

study music or in college that it is more relaxing. i actually find that the opposite is true. if i know i'm sending a high school student to some great music program, they're going to get so much more instruction. what i have told them is only the beginning. if i am teaching a student who i know is going to completely change gears when they go to college and they never will pick up a violin again there is so much that i need to tell them. in plain violin, it is so difficult. there is so much more information to give. every day i think, oh, my gosh. i haven't gotten to this technique or we haven't studies they meese and they have so much more to do. we only have 45 minutes a week. i have taught a few students in some capacity who has gone on to study music. that feels anaysing. >> it is incredible to watch how they grow. somebody can make amazing project from you know, age 15 to

17 if they put their mind to it. >> i think i have 18 students now. these more than i've had in the past. i'm hoping to build up more of a studio. there will be a pee ono, lots of bookshelves and lots of great music. the students will come to my house and take their lessons there. my schedule changes a lot on a day-to-day basis and that kind of keeps it exciting. think that music is just my favorite thing that there is, whether it's listening to it or playing it or teaching it. all that really matters to me is that i'm surrounded by the sounds, so i'm going top keep doing what i'm doing to keep my life in that direction.

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