that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this

ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪ - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot

by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood

that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind

of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things

are made and produced in san >> working with kids, they keep you young. they keep you on your tones -- on your toes. >> teaching them, at the same time, us learning from them, everything is fulfilling. >> ready? go. [♪] >> we really wanted to find a way to support women entrepreneurs in particular in san francisco. it was very important for the mayor, as well as the safety support the dreams that people want to realize, and provide them with an opportunity to receive funding to support

improvements for their business so they could grow and thrive in their neighborhoods and in their industry. >> three, two, one! >> because i am one of the consultants for two nonprofits here for entrepreneurship, i knew about the grand through the renaissance entrepreneur center, and through the small business development center. i thought they were going to be perfect candidate because of their strong values in the community. they really give back to the neighborhood. they are from this neighborhood, and they care about the kids in the community here. >> when molly -- molly first told us about the grant because she works with small businesses. she has been a tremendous help for us here. she brought us to the attention of the grand just because a lot of things here were outdated, and need to be up-to-date and redone totally. >> hands in front. recite the creed.

>> my oldest is jt, he is seven, and my youngest is ryan, he is almost six. it instills discipline and the boys, but they show a lot of care. we think it is great. the moves are fantastic. the women both are great teachers. >> what is the next one? >> my son goes to fd k. he has been attending for about two years now. they also have a summer program, and last summer was our first year participating in it. they took the kids everywhere around san francisco. this year, owner talking about placing them in summer camps, all he wanted to do was spend the entire summer with them. >> he has strong women in his life, so he really appreciates it. i think that carries through and i appreciate the fact that there are more strong women in the world like that.

>> i met d'andrea 25 years ago, and we met through our interest in karate. our professor started on cortland years ago, so we grew up here at this location, we out -- he outgrew the space and he moved ten years later. he decided to reopen this location after he moved. initially, i came back to say, hey, because it might have been 15 years since i even put on a uniform. my business partner was here basically by herself, and the person she was supposed to run the studio with said great, you are here, i started new -- nursing school so you can take over. and she said wait, that is not what i am here for i was by myself before -- for a month before she came through. she was technically here as a secretary, but we insisted, just put on the uniform, and help her teach. i was struggling a little bit. and she has been here. one thing led to another and now

we are co-owners. you think a lot more about safety after having children and i wanted to not live in fear so much, and so i just took advantage of the opportunity, and i found it very powerful to hit something, to get some relief, but also having the knowledge one you might be in a situation of how to take care of yourself. >> the self-defence class is a new thing that we are doing. we started with a group of women last year as a trial run to see how it felt. there's a difference between self-defence and doing a karate class. we didn't want them to do an actual karate class. we wanted to learn the fundamentals of how to defend yourself versus, you know, going through all the forms and techniques that we teaching a karate class and how to break that down. then i was approached by my old high school. one -- once a semester, the kids

get to pick an extra curricular activity to take outside of the school walls. my old biology teacher is now the principle. she approached us into doing a self-defence class. the girls have been really proactive and really sweet. they step out of of the comfort zone, but they have been willing to step out and that hasn't been any pushback. it is really great. >> it is respect. you have to learn it. when we first came in, they knew us as those girls. they didn't know who we were. finally, we came enough for them to realize, okay, they are in the business now. it took a while for us to gain that respect from our peers, our male peers. >> since receiving the grant, it has ignited us even more, and put a fire underneath our butts even more. >> we were doing our summer camp and we are in a movie theatre, and we just finished watching a film and she stepped out to receive a phone call. she came in and she screamed,

hey, we got the grant. and i said what? >> martial arts is a passion for us. it is passion driven. there are days where we are dead tired and the kids come and they have the biggest smiles on their faces and it is contagious. >> we have been operating this program for a little over a year all women entrepreneurs. it is an extraordinary benefit for us. we have had the mayor's office investing in our program so we can continue doing this work. it has been so impactful across a diversity of communities throughout the city. >> we hope that we are making some type of impact in these kids' lives outside of just learning karate. having self-confidence, having discipline, learning to know when it's okay to stand up for yourself versus you just being a bully in school. these are the values we want the kids to take away from this. not just, i learned how to kick and i learned how to punch. we want the kids to have more

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[gavel]. >> chair fewer: good afternoon. the meeting will come to order. this is may 17, 2019, regular meeting of the local agency formation commission. i am sandra lee fewer, chair of the local agency formation commission. i am joined by commissioners cynthia pollock, matt haney, and gordon mar. our clerk is miss alisa somera. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk, will you please

read item number two. >> clerk: item 2 is the approval of the lafco meeting from the meeting of april 19, 2019. >> chair fewer: any comments or question prosecut questions from my colleagues? let's open this up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: i make a motion to approve this item. seconded. okay. can you please call item number three. >> clerk: item number three is a community agregation activities report. >> chair fewer: i'd like to make a motion to continue this item to the next meeting of the lafco. >> clerk: after public comment? >> chair fewer: after public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: i'd like to move this item to the next meeting of the lafco. can i have a second, please?

[inaudible] >> chair fewer: thank you very much. now could i then, madam clerk, could you please read item five. >> clerk: item five is a survey of a on demand workers with jobs with justice. we've already had a presentation, and we need need discussion and item, is that correct, director goebel? >> commissioner goebel: that's correct.

i just want to let you know that the estimated costs for this survey is $300,000. lafco has allocated $50,000. we are still seeking funding for the second and third parts of the survey, but i have reached out and several organizations are interested in covering some or all of the gap. we hope to have some or all of that funding in place by september. >> chair fewer: okay. first, let's take public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: okay. i believe commissioner mar needs to excuse himself.

i'll make a motion for commissioner mar to excuse himself. seconded by commissioner haney. can i have a motion to approve the item? >> chair fewer: thank you, and seconded? and item six? global global madam clerk, before you is the proposed budget for 202 final budget for 2020. every year, the city and county of san francisco is required to fund the lafco from the general fund, in addition we have an m.o.u. from the san francisco public utilities commission which funds our work as the oversight authority for cleanpowersf. i'm happy to report that the m.o.u. which was scheduled to expire at the end of june, an extension was approved at this

week's p.u.c. commission meeting. it now does require approval by the board of supervisors, so it will head there next. this first slide shows our history of our work order balance with the sfpuc. we spent about $5,000 this year. most of it was my time with the cleanpowersf but also to pay a stipend. we set aside of a reserve of about $45,000 or about 15% of the annual budget. you'll see in the far right column at the bottom, that leaves us with about a $23,000 carryover into next year's budget. these are our expenditures to

date. everything is right except for one item, which was legal services. we've been asking our legal team to do more work, and we on boarded a legal team member. finally, your final budget for 19-20, i've lowered my salary estimate for the coming year. travel and training mostly to attend cal lafco events and community choice energy conferences. the rest is pretty cut and dried, and i would recommend your approval. thank you very much. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, any comments or questions on the budget? if not, let's open it up to public comment. any member of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, do i have a motion? >> commissioner pollock: if i could just take a moment, thank

you for your presentation on the budget. this is the first of your two presentations -- the second. it's pretty straightforward. i'd like to make a motion to approve the budget of 2019-2020. >> chair fewer: i second that. we can take that without objection. thank you very much. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: would someone like to make a motion to approve this item as presented? by commissioner haney, seconded by commissioner pollock? thank you very much. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: okay. let's move on to item four. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. mr. goebel? >> commissioner goebel: thank you, madam chair. at your suggestion earlier this year, the lafco partnered with the urban affairs program at

the university of san francisco to assist with our study in emerging items. today, the professor and the students -- at least about half of the class is here today to present their findings, and i would like to thank all of them for their hard work on this report. i also want to let you know that i will continue to work with them and also do further research based on their findings. there work is already proving valuable and helpful to our survey team and to the overall study. with that, i would like to introduce professor diana

nigrin. >> thank you so much for having us? i'm not going to say too much but introduce these lovely students. they worked in four teams to research a different series of aspects. the students are going to layout the methodology and some of their findings, but you will be able to see the detail in the report that we prepared, which you all have. we'd be happy to answer any questions and continue the partnerships, and thank you, sandy lee fewer for having us

out. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is sergio martinez. >> and i'm ben peterson. >> we are proud to present to you the gig industry and its potential effects on labor in san francisco. the research we will present was conducted by students at the university of san francisco and over the past three months we've prepared our research focus, compiled or data and prepared a report. the research was separated into four smaller focus areas which were the labor political economy, lobbying, geography, and best practices. although our research was limited in scope, the findings are indicative of the larger picture and the research lafco

has to follow. we are going to begin by talking about the population of drivers and their positions in the complicated relationships as drivers in the labor-political economy ground. the findings around this revolve around the question what role does this group play in the gig in san francisco. demographic questions collect data on driver habits. the next section is 21 sliding scale questions that relate to the subcategory of work life balance, expenses, career, health and safety, and externalities. we distributed this survey

through the sf-uber-lyft's driver facebook page and participated in events at gas stations around san francisco and received 36 total respondents. our second tool was in-person interviews with drivers where we elaborated on the questions, and there were six interviews total. so the first subcategory we have is work life balance which was used to determine how much the gig economy structure impedes on the life of drivers? we found that a majority of drivers drive for both uber and lyft. almost all uber drivers are driving more than 41 hours of week, and most lyft drivers are driving more than 41 hours per week. in addition, they said their schedule is more flexible since

they've begun driving but simultaneously answered that they have less time for hobbies and families. one driver described driving as a trap. the driver began working for their uber -- began driving for uber-lyft after they were injured, and they couldn't perform their former job. two thirds of drivers indicated that driving was not their long-term goal. not surprising, two thirds of drivers were either working another job or looking for another job. this could mean that drivers are using transportation network companies as supplemental income. many families need to 41.5 to four minimum wage jobs in order

to afford a one-bedroom apartment. this provides insight as to why people turn to gig work. of those who answered favorably, the respondents did not rely on the income. the income/expenses subcategory was used to determine if driving for t.n.c.s is economically profitable. three-quarters of respondents believe that the rate of pay for uber-lyft met rick -- metrics are unfair. the quote on the screen shows one driver who initially answered positively about the income questions but when probed about the expenses didn't seem to know how much

they were putting into driving. this was revealing as it shows some drivers do not keep track of their expenses so it could mean that the uber driver company split is actually more unfair than we think. so >> so in the health and safety subcategory we sought some insight into drivers' physical and mental well-being. we received overwhelmingly negative responses when asking about driver's' physical health. lozar three-quarters of drivers feel this has negatively impacted their physical health. when asked about safety on the job, we had 26% of respondents reported feeling safe while driving while 42% felt unsafe while driving.

a majority of public concern in t.n.c.s own safety measures have been focused on the safety of passengers rather than those of drivers. and while we believe that passenger safety should be held to the utmost priority, we believe that drivers should feel safe, as well. the picture that you see on the slide depicts a severely unfortunate treatment at the hands of a passenger. this driver has largely avoided reporting abuses due to insufficient reporting measures and a lack of communication line between the driver and his t.n.c. relationships between drivers, between drivers and their t.n.c.s, and their community at large in which they work. surveyed respondents were

overall displeased with the relationship of -- nature of their relationship with their t.n.c., with the majority feeling like they were under values at work. we had many drivers claiming that they had a lot of issues expressing problems they were having with aspects of their work from their car to their driver app to issues with passengers to their rate of pay, any issues that can come up during the duration of one's shift. a particular fear is driver's fear of deactivation that typically comes due to passengers negative feedback or driving times fall below a particular threshold.

this unsavory aspect is similar to the one given here as many drivers feel that t.n.c.'s are not shouldering the burden that they should. in terms of income and expenses, we'd like to learn a little bit more about the role of debt finances, as well as the ways in which drivers calculate their incomes and expenses and track them on their own. in terms of drivers' careers, we'd like to learn a little bit

more about the average tenure of working with a t.n.c., how long drivers typically stay with one company as we think it would reveal just how temporary and supplementary this income really is or whether drivers are depending more and more on this income as time goes on. we'd like to learn a little bit more how drivers access health care as their status with independent contractors with t.n.c.s denies them from accessing these types of benefits. finally, we'd like to delve into communications and ineffective drivers in corporate entities. thank you, and that's all the time that we have, and we're going to pass things over to the geography group. >> hi. good afternoon.

i am justin pearson, and i am representing the geography group, and our work in the san francisco bay area was to better understand how the unique layout of the bay area affects t.n.c. workers. so the general inquiries that we have for this -- for our section was what are the reasons t.n.c. workers come to san francisco? why are they not working in their own cities? how long are they driving, and we did this through in-person interviews as well as surveys and plotted some of our data using the application mapline. the interviews were conducted with t.n.c. drivers while waiting for or actually on a ride with them. drivers tended to be more amenable to speaking while in a ride while after having being

paid for a ride whereas the surveys that would have been conducted by the labor group. okay. so here's our first map. this is a little bit wider out, but besides externality that we see with los angeles, there are a few drivers who took part in this survey that lived outside of the bay area. we see sacramento, stockton, modesto, so you can get an idea that were this to be done in a wider scale, a similar result would come out. then, we go to -- closer into the bay area, and we see that a lot of the interviewees came out of san francisco. we spoke with one interviewee who came from antioch. because -- she lived there because it was cheaper, and she had the caveat that even though

she drives into the city to get better -- to get better wages, etc., to get better rides, to get more rides, the problem was that she would have nothing going back. she would have to be using her own gas basically to be going back because usually, you don't end up getting riders the other way, so that's another thing that ends up being an issue for these people living further out. here -- through mapline, we were able to get some of the information of just the general -- the general demographics for the areas, and through that, we were able to get an idea of the income inequality that takes place in

the bay area counties. alameda, contra costa, had the largest amount of drivers driving into san francisco. there was a large amount of miles driven per day for the sample -- as we mentioned, it was not a representative sample, but it gives you an idea. as a limit, we had drivers driving about 100 miles a day, but it went to 250-plus miles, to give you an idea that the bay area is not just a collection of cities, but it does in a lot of ways act like a super city. through this data, what are we finding? it's important to find out why san francisco is an important

destination for so many drivers. this may stem from the city's growth in jobs. it may be from the greater prospect of jobs in the tech district. this must also be compared to the high rent in san francisco which allows it to exist as a super city. as a result, many people that work in san francisco must commute from outside the city. because of income disparity, many people are having to work multiple jobs in order to afford the cost of living in the bay area. in t.n.c., they are accommodated by higher income levels in the city while lower in the out skirts. the economy fills the gap. some of this information might

have existed in other areas, not just in t.n.c.s, but it's something that's indicative -- it needs to be looked at on a wider conceal. and with that, i'll give it up to the next group. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is -- [inaudible] >> my name is lydia cho. >> and we are the group for politics and lobbying? i want to lead off with the questions that we came up with. how will city leaders factor in transportation companies when introducing policy and legislation. the second question is what are merchant groups and elected officials impressions on the t.n.c.s lobbying efforts, and the last is what can san francisco do to mitigate the

impacts of t.n.c.s on the city? so we were able to interview three legislative aides who gave us a lot of information on the side of the city and the city officials. so some of the key findings from the legislative aides talk a lot about the constraints on being able to regulate t.n.c.s especially because the california public utilities commission are the ones that help us statewide sort of say how they can be regulated? but some of the findings came from the constituents and most of their complaints in areas like labor, especially taxi drivers, the environment, just in general, the congestion and emission that has been increasing, and also the safety when it comes to being a pedestrian or a person that rides bikes or just a person inside the car, the passenger

and the driver? and also something new that came up was vehicular housing, and something -- people outside of the city, you know, traveling into the city, a lot of neighbors start to notice more people living in their cars, and -- >> so the second round of findings that the politics team would like to emphasize is the emerging information. we came across this chart? it's from bloomberg research on various issues that uber specifically lobbied for since 2013? and as you can see, they started off with some of the more obvious issues like transportation and tech industry? and they further expended into larger social issues such as labor, health, and even crime

as the company's grown? and by 2016, uber and lyft alone outnumbered a number of lobbyists compared to other companies like amazon, microsoft, and walmart combined? so among some of the more standard issues, we decided to dig a little deeper into how small businesses fit into the picture and how uber and lyft have advocated for their public support in san francisco. and in the time and capacity we had, we were able to get ahold of two groups of merchants? one was volunteer quarter merchants and the other wished to stay anonymous even though they agreed to have the data reflected in the research. both uber and lyft tried to make connections and have sponsored these organizations for various causes? and for example, in 2018, lyft partnered with valencia

corridor merchants and they funded the production of this map that highlights unique storefronts on valencia street in exchange for having their logo printed on the map, as well. so -- and the feedback from the merchants was really great, and they were actually impressed with the level of communication that lyft had provided throughout the process? and merchants also believed that the map helped revitalizing the neighborhoods and the businesses and they had an opportunity to talk about pedestrians and riders in the neighborhood. and for the -- another merchants associations that the name we will not say today, we were informed that the organization has given -- they were given grants from both uber and lyft, and lyft and uber have donated money and sponsored activities such as local business mixers to

promote and protect small businesses on their corridors? and we were also told that there was an agreement established between them as long as their interests were aligned. however this organization doesn't necessarily agree on the issues regarding these ride share companies especially on the broad spectrum of the gig economy. just to sum up, uber and lyft filled the gap that city officials weren't able to do so in the past and by doing that, they have effectively leveraged the public into gaining support. >> to end this, we have some noteworthy stakeholder and recommendations for the research to continue on, and that includes going more into the small businesses and associations, organizations, and coalitions such as restaurants, associations, bike associations, and other merchant associations where there could be more different types of lobbying efforts than

what we see in the city in city hall or in sacramento. thank you. >> all right. good afternoon commissioners. i'm winston parsons. >> and i'm wes gilmore. >> and the policy team put together proposals for individuals such as yourselves based on the political climate and your ability to regulate locally. we're going to put forward six regulations for you to consider. so our first is congestion pricing which most of you are likely aware of, which is simply a charge to enter a designated zone of the city with the proceeds available to potentially fund transportation improvements. now while ride hail can play a useful role in our

transportation toolkit, it has many effects. cities have seen significantly and positive impacts on reducing traffic, pollution, greenhouse gases all while raising funds for investment in other modes that alleviate traffic. importantly, its rollout must be paired with major investment locally and in transsit. likely increasing other modes as well will not be enough to combat uber and lyft. there's concerns if rollout is not conducted thoughtfully, it can hurt. there are some measures to mitigate these issues and given our constrained time today, we'll refer to our report so you can see those further. we also think it's worth noting that uber and lyft have come

out as procongestion pricing in new york and seattle, and we feel if the sfcta reexplores congestion pricing for san francisco it would be wise to consult with t.n.c. drivers themselves to ensure that their concerns are taken into account. it will be met with public opposition with more of the public receiving better transit service, and ultimately, it could be one of the best tools we have in our toolkit today to respond to t.n.c.s and potentially autonomous vehicles, and we feel the city should consider freezing, reducing or eliminating muni fares. our next policy recommendation is for the city to develop a comprehensive curb management street gee to help mitigate illegal parking and traffic 234r0e issues. another impact is felt at the curb, and in addition to t.n.c.s, we've seen commercial

impact growing, and that should encourage how we redirect curb space. at the moment, our system for allocated curb space is antiquated. it places the burden on businesses and organizations to apply for a loading zone. an individual has to potentially take on some pretty significant costs in order to get a loading zone in front of their business. and while yellow and blue zones have no charges, this inburden is typically on an individual to apply for them. instead what the city ought to be doing is allocating curb space to meet a variety of needs. that way or streets can be more organized and safer, and this image illustrates some of the other curb uses and potential benefits.

other cities have developed or piloted other strategies for curb management, and this is something san francisco could consider, too. the city has done this on a project-by-project basis but thus there's been no comprehensive corridor by corridor needs. what's more, there could be large benefits from t.n.c.s themselves, with loading zones sparing them from unnecessary tickets. i'm going to turn it over to preston to talk about some other issues. >> thank you, commissioners. so currently existing regulation by the cpuc focus on drivers and regulation. t.n.c.'s offer very little public data? however we can find some data that sheds some light on the safety data on osha and the

bureau of labor statistics? taxi drivers are over 20 times more likely to be murdered on the job than other workers? and 32% of taxi drivers were murdered on the job in 2014. another example of the safety risk that exists can be found here. so as you guys can see, can imagine, the data is very comparable from t.n.c.s and taxi drivers, and that's what we're trying to highlight. another example of the safety that exists is the image on the right. this poses a safety risk for drivers that are attempting to identify or report passenger rideshare incident. next up, we have food delivery. third party food delivery

companies are not regulated at the federal, state or local level. in san francisco, the city's department of public health issues permits to a variety of retail food operations, including farmers markets, caterers and mobile food vendors but does not appear to regulate the mobile food delivery companies? we found that the cpuc definition of network companies does not define these companies which means there's a unique opportunity for the department of public health to regulate them and require companies to take on the burden of regulations rather than simply passing it on to their operators. clark county, las vegas, requires drivers who work as independent contractors requires drivers that transport goods to obtain a lejs license. in addition, a few states require restaurant affiliated

driver's -- a few of these companies or a few of these states require that drivers have food safety certificates in their cars, and once again, we recommend that a lot of these companies -- a -- align with these wide ranging policies, that the companies bear the burden, not the operators? i'll turn it back to winston really quickly to finish up. >> all right. so the last indication is easiest to implement. one assembly woman has authored a resolution called ab-5 that would codify the abc test into state labor law, thus enshrining a relatively simple way to determine whether a worker is an employee or contractor. legislators should also be aware that there is some

disagreement amongst t.n.c. operators about whether they want to be employees. that he had is, the worker contractor status is currently being abused, and we think the city should support worker protections as soon as possible. no municipality in california has thus far filed support for ab-5. passing a resolution at the board of supervisors would show san francisco supports it. this is an opportunity for officials like yourselves in the public eye to exercise your bully pulpit power and enhance recognition of these issues. i'm going to skip this in the interest of time, and we're going to wrap it up with some final thoughts? so that so many individuals are driving with t.n.c.s and on demand work poses some serious