>> commission meeting of the san francisco entertainment admission. i am ben bleiman, commission president. if you are a member of the public, there are speaker cards. you can hand them to the staff or come to the microphone for public comment. we ask you to turn off cell phones or put them on silence. thank you to sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we start with a roll call. (roll call). >> president bleiman: the next item.

any public comment for items not listed on the agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed. the next item on the agenda is item two, approval of minutes from may 21, 2019. do we have a motion on the approval of those minutes? >> motion to approve. >> second. >> okay. commissioner perez we need to have public comment on the approval of minutes. comment is closed. (roll call). >> the minutes have been and proved. next item report from executive director. >> good evening, president blieman, hello, commissioners.

i had a place holder on my agenda item for the streamlining legislation the office of economic and work force development has been working diligently on for quite some time. you have heard about it at commission several times at this point. unfortunately it was not heard at land use yesterday. it will be heard on monday, the 17th. we are very hopeful i it will pass-through land use this time around. it seems as the person managing this project worked well alongside with the land use committee to address any of their concerns and advances the committee hearing. that is all that i have to report on this evening. i am hopeful to have an update for you all on the 18th, which is our next hearing, to address

or give you an update on our new hire. i can't give you anything public on that at this time. i'm sorry about that. >> thank you very much for the report. any public comment? seeing none public comment is closed. next is item 4. which is a report from deputy director azavedo. >> in the enforcement report this evening i have a couple of highlighted yellow squares to bring to your attention. i am happy to answer further questions. i want to let you know about the bar that has been on the enforcement team's radar due to complaints through 311. it is not permitted by us nor

are they stoned for a place of entertainment. they don't have an active health permit. they are operating out of compliance. we are keeping them on the radar. i have spoken with the manager. the owner is out of the country. i informed him of the zoning restrictions and that they are required to have a permit to operate. we did receive three complaints. i did want to bring that to your attention. on on page 5, oracle park there was another fireworks show on a monday evening. we got the complaints -- no, it was on tuesday. just letting you know that we did receive a handful of complaints. they were in compliance with the new ordinance that they created for themselves about fireworks ending times. i did forward it to our contact. there was one complainant who

was not anonymous. i forwarded the fireworks policy to them directly, and i did not hear back. next is page 9 of the report. they had their first weekend 2:00 a.m. event which they are allowed to do friday and saturday unlimited. our inspector was out in the field. he did stop by not because of the complaint but because he was in the field and wanted to check it out. they had been given a sound limit. he was stopping by. i did hear from the owner they had three residents from the heartland hotel and made comments about the sound. it should be noted that k un gfu laundry was operating.

it was hard to tell the loitering people who they were patrons of. it looks like a hotspot to hang out, and that he did say they were in compliance with security and they only had about 35 people in the show. i have been in contact with the owner. i do intend to go to one of the future mediation meetings toasted down and talk with the owners and the hotel residents. those are the only highlighted items i have. i am happy to answer any questions for you. >> hello. quick question. on page 6, there is the midnight sun. there was a term sea weighted

limit on page 13. >> when the sound inspectors take a sound reading to establish a limit. the a waiting is for volume and c is for base. it is the frequencies. a lot of permits that were created a long a long time agot have c limits. we hear the bass is too loud so we are reissuing. >> rx4109, do they have a doorman outside to keep people in control? >> yes, they did have a security guard out front, and they were doing their best to keep the

kung fu laundry away from the venue. the owners went to kung fu laundry and said can you please control what is going on in front of your bar? there was not much resolved from those conversations. >> kung fu laundry don't have a poe. >> no live entertainment. >> just gathering. okay. hotel san francisco. they haven't finished the building inspection is that why they didn't get the permit yet? >> correct. we are waiting to hear from health and fire. they have gotten a couple of one-time events. they were also operating without a permit, yes. >> thank you. >> hi. i am curious about revolution cafe and makeout room.

is it the same complainant? they are next to each other. >> they are always anonymous. >> that is too bad. >> it is too bad. we have been working in that area to try to solve the problem, makeout rooms did just get a new sound limit. we have been really checking up on when complaints come in, he checks both because they are so close. >> is it a higher sound limit? >> it was. they didn't have a c waited limit, too. >> is that neighbor, if you are watching make yourself not anonymous so we can help you. it is tricky when we can't figure out what they are hearing. >> the owner told the inspector the owner of revolution cafe there is an alley nearby and

they are loitering there but they are not patrons of the revolution cafe. they are pinned for loitering. maybe when he is out there he can see if that is the case, but we want them to close the doors and windows. >> do they have security that is actively trying to encourage people to leave their zone? >> they have recently during the inspections when the inspector has gone out they had a staff person at the door. that is something. >> i mean i guess we could double up encouragement. they might not be patrons of the venue they are in the vicinity and they should move those folks along, too. thank you. >> i don't have any questions. thank you very much. any public comment on the deputy

director's report? seeing none public comment is closed. next is item 5 police department comments and questions. i don't see any police officers here. this etim is closed as well. next agenda item is 6. hear everything and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. we will begin with the consent calendar to be acted on by a single vote unless there are comments. there will be no time for discussion. please introduce the item tonight. >> thank you. the applicant this evening is is applying to amount the existing to include outdoor entertainment. the applicant held an llp since may 2014 and no noise complaints are on record. they are host entertainment

inside the premises. if granted amendment there will be bands and djs on the patio. they mailed letters in english and spanish. they received no opposition from the public and received one letter of support from a neighboring business. they must comply with the outdoor sound regulation. with no added conditions they recommend revising one of the existing permit conditions on the current llp permit. you can see that on the back of the memo here. that is the explanation of tonight's consent agenda. i am happy to answer any questions. >> i move to approve the consent agenda. >> second. >> any public comment on this agenda item? seeing none, public comment is

closed. a vote. (roll call). >> congratulations the amendment is approved please follow up for the next steps. thank you for coming in. >> that was ai a quick one. item 7. i will go first. i want to make sure you saw the news where after telling them they would allow them to continue to operate toward the end of the year, the busiest time and makes up a substantial part of the revenues. the landlord reneged on the

offer. we have been in touch with supervisor heavsupervise haney'. we may hear more in the near future. we have spoken with his office on creative ways to try to stem the destruction to the nightlife we are seeing in the city right now, and from that office they seem open to exploring possibilities hopefully with no unintended consequences. it is important to point out the city is wrecking havoc on nightlife. we need to work very hard to make sure we are not losing cultural institutions and becoming the city that the "new york times" seems to think we are every time they public an article about us. that is what i want to say. >> any other comments or

questions? >> it is june. happy gay pride month. it is also philippine independence day month. looking forward to celebrating diversity tha here in san franco and the bay area. >> this is how i find out who watching the entertainment commission meetings. i want people to know i am in the process of changing jobs. i will be leaves on june 14th to start position every deduction policy at the aids foundation on july 1st. my harm reduction and public health agenda at the entertainment will continue. you can look forward to hearing more from me as we move forward. >> congratulations. >> any public comment on the commissioner's questions and

comments. public comment is closed. we set a new record. we are adjourning tonight's meeting at 5:48 p.m. thank you.

>> when i open up the paper every day, i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about what planet i want to leave for my children and other generations, i think about what kind of contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment.

>> it was really easy to sign up for the program. i just went online to cleanpowersf.org, i signed up and then started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going switch over and poof it happened. now when i want to pay my bill, i go to pg&e and i don't see any difference in paying now. if you're a family on the budget, if you sign up for the regular green program, it's not going to change your bill at all. you can sign up online or call. you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. >> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to

save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪ ♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your

words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the

office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush

days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job.

>> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place.

trust if you want to do good in >> i had a team of four people including myself responsible for the technical side of the business. anything having to do with the tabling in the workstation -- cabling in the workstation. victor is the team lead for the enterprise applications and architecture group. they do vice the strategy. they take on special projects and implementation of the technology. victor and his team are on the cutting edge. >> they deal within from structure. they make everything work. i am fortunate to have the guys there dedicated and have my back. if it weren't for this group of guys, a lot of things would not

be as reliable as they are. >> we surrounded victor with a team, and he is mentoring these folks and giving them the benefit of his sploshes, the way he approach -- of his process and challenging them to force them to go in their skill set. what we are trying to do in a couple years time we will have four victors. >> it is important to teach the younger generation if you are going to learn a technology today it is more important to learn to adapt. >> victor brings technical excellence, commitment to quality. he has all of the things you need to be successful. >> he is so committed to building relationships within the team in terms of his

organizing the annual barbecue and the work going into that is not well understood, weeks and weeks of planning and buying food and cooking. he is an anchor for the rest of the team. >> we have a responsibility to the city for being effective and making sure we are as efficient as we can be. that is important. >> victor deserves the golden pride award for dedication and commitment and the quality of work that he does every day. it is important we acknowledge that and recognize it publicly. >> i am the principal information systems engineer....

>> all right. hello, sunny day. [cheers.] so, so excited to be here with each and every one of you. i am sorry for those we don't have chairs for. we didn't expect a big crowd, but when you talk about the city budget, i guess everyone shows up. i am so glad to see the residents here. thank you to everyone who joined us on the tours earlier of the unit. today we, of course, through the tours saw the challenging conditions that people are living right in this neighborhood, just a few miles from our thriving downtown, and yet a world apart. as someone who grew up in public housing, i have lived these conditions. i know these conditions.

i don't expect everyone to understand the challenges of public housing the way that i do or the way the residents of sunny dale do, but i do expect everyone to put in the time to understand. i wanted department heading and elected officials to come see for yourselves the hard work that we have to do. thank you to everyone who joined me today, especially the members of the board of supervisors and we have the president with us, norman yee, thank you so much. [applause.] thank you for being with us. supervissupervisor per visor gor and earlier we had supervisor safai, and he had to take off. why aren't you in your seat?

you know, today is not just about the investments we are making in our up coming budget, it is about the commitment behind those investments. commitments to communities like s un nydale for those who have been left behind. san francisco is a city with a heart but we also have to be a city with a memory. a memory not only for the commitments we have kept but also the ones we have failed to keep. for too long our public housing communities were one of those failed commitments. we are changing that with our programs where we have rehabilitated over 2500 public housing units. [applause.] and through hope sf, which is revitalizing and france forming communities in hunters view and

right here in sunny dale and with the reconstruction of the long overdue transformation of the san francisco housing authority. we are building and rehabbing housing, creating stronger and healthier communities and investing in the people who live there. we owe it to them to keep our commitment and make a difference for this community and those across the city. with every decision we make, i want to make sure that equity and accountability are at the forefront of our minds. we have to be focused on people in all neighborhoods, like the people who live here, who for too long have been living with broken pipes, mold, infestations, dilapidated conditions. people like breanna, a third generation resident.

she and her three sisters have lived through the conditions you saw today. despite these challenges, breanna is a leader in her community, and she is fighting for the next generation. she has not given up on this community and we will not give up on you. we have to be accountable to the thousands of residents across the city living in public housing and our low income communities. our budget would be accountable to them both by continuing our work to improve the conditions here and our continued commitment to provide funding to keep thousands of housing authority residents secure in their homes. yes, joyce armstrong and happy birthday.

also by recognizing that we need to do more to keep people in these neighborhoods safe and supported. for too long this was not a safe community. families were torn apart by violence, gunfire, crime, tragedy, frustration. this community has lived with that. that is why i wanted to come here to acknowledge the past, yes, but also to make a commitment to a better and brighter future. to make communities like this safer. it is not just about enforcing the laws to make sure we have more officers on the streets. it is about giving people opportunities and investing in changing peoples' lives. [applause.] it is about interrupting the cycle of violence and despair. that starts with doing more for

our young people and so that the next generation can transform their futures. offering stipends to teachers who commit to teach in public schools facing those challenges. and fully funding free city college so that everyone has a path to higher education. [applause.] we are expanding public health recreation and nutrition programs for kids, including mental health services to provide support for kids experiencing trauma so that he can build up their lives and thrive. all of our young people, no matter where they live should have access to the amazing opportunities that this city has to offer.

(applause). and as we work to support the next generation, we also must do more to help those who sadly are living on our streets. in this budget, we are following through on our commitment to add 1,000 new shelter beds by 2020. we are also using our funding to create 820 new units of permanently supported housing over the next two years. however, reducing homelessness means more than just creating places for people to go. we need to do more to prevent homelessness and keep people housed. that is why we are adding $5 million to increase homelessness prevention and diversion efforts. we are fully funding our tenants' right to counsel so

they have a right to legal defense when they are threatened with eviction. we are providing housing for transgender who are 18 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general population. we are creating a new five year pilot program to provide rental subsidies -- subsidies for seniors to keep them secure in housing so that rising rents don't force them out of their home in the first place. with these commitments, we can keep people stable, keep them housed and prevent homeless necessary for ever becoming a part of their live. we are helping those with mental illness and substance use

disorder by adding 10 new behavioral -- 100 new behavioral health beds including 50 at san francisco general for homeless residents with mental health challenges and 50 beds for those suffering both mental health and substance use disorder. [applause.] combined with the 100 beds we announced earlier this year, that means we are committing to 200 new beds for our most vulnerable residents. there is the most significant expansion of behavioral health beds in a generation. and, chief nicholson, we are expanding the emx emergency response crew helping those on

the streets suffering mental health and substance disorder issues. this will provide coverage 24/7 so the city can help people every day of every minute. these are some of the investments we are making to help our residents today. we have to be accountable to the next generation. we have to have vision and not lose sight of what is going to happen to san francisco 10 and 20 years down the line. we know the crisis on the street is not just about a place for indoors or mental healthcare. it is about housing. the costs of housing are too high. we know these challenges did not develop overnight. it won't be fixed overnight. it is going to take fundamental change. let's start increasing funding

for affordable housing. i am proud to be working with so many members of the board of supervisors to place a $6 million affordable housing bond on this year's -- $600 million affordable housing. thank you, president yee, for working with me on this. it will be on this year's ballot. this is the largest affordable housing bond in the city's history without raising property taxes. [applause.] we are providing support not just for low income households and seniors but also for middle income residents. we are increasing investments in the budget to add over

$140 million for the production and preservation of affordable housing so we can buy moreland, fully fund more projects and preserve our much greater rent control housing stock. [applause.] all land through this bond our current budget, our previous spending and other efforts over the first year since i have been in office, we have identified $1 billion in new funding to build, preserve and support affordable housing. [applause.] thank you for your help in building housing. this builds on top of the over $900 million that we already

have committed to build and support affordable housing throughout our city. however, our support for housing can't just be about funding. if we are ever going to make a difference on housing, we have to make changes to how we build housing. we can't fear solutions that make it easier and faster to build housing. if we say we support affordable housing, our actions have to follow our values. we have to cut the red tape to barriers not just for some affordable housing and not just for some homeless shelters but for all housing for everyone. [applause.] and was we build we must expandr transportation and

infrastructure to support outer neighborhood goes like here in the southwest. every neighborhood in our city needs better and more reliable access to public transit, and they need better and safer streets. this budget adds $30 million to fund transit operations, including speeding up the purchase of new light rail trains and modernizing the train control system so we see fewer delays in the subways and so that we know that we can get to where we need to more faster and more reliable. (applause). we have also added $2.5 million for vision zero improvement projects to make our streets safer. we have seen too many traffic related deaths on the streets. this funding will help double the pace of the protected bike

lane and make the streets safe are for pedestrians on the most dangerous corridors through the capital plan we will spend $130 million over the next two years to improve our roads. this will get you excited. that means fewer potholes. [applause.] and smoother rides for buses and bicycles and drivers. you are the one who have given us the potholes. we will invest in strengthening the support for cultural centers, libraries, health centers, public safety facilities and improving parks and open space. we will also continue to support improvements to making neighborhoods cleaner, safer and more vibrant. we are adding $12 million to our

existing cleaning budget to expand our street cleaning in the tenderloin and soma and chinatown. we are fund being 80 more big belly trash cans and adding new pit stops including expanding the hours so people can use the bathroom with dignity. this is on top of $74 million that we spend every year to keep our streets clean and not only are we going to invest money in keeping san francisco clean, we are all going to make sure people know we won't tolerate dirtying up our streets. we are supporting our plan to hire more police officers to get more officers out walking the beats in the neighborhoods and we are going to continue the work to reduce violent crime, property crime and auto

break-ins in the city. we are committed to $9 million to support small businesses and commercial corridors which builds on the work to streamline the bureaucracy that gets in the way of growing businesses. our small business owners should focus on serving customers not navigating the bureaucracy of city hall. these are just some of the priorities we are funding in this budget. i am proud of the investments we are making and proud of the city we are working to build. i really want to thank everyone who put time into helping with this budget including the budget team and budget option director kelly. thank you for your hard work and thank you to ben from the

controller's office and your work. thank you to harvey rose and the budget afternoon r analyst -- analyst team who is not going to touch the money i am proposing in the budget. you know, so many people have been working tirelessly day in and day out to get the budget done, and i am so excited about this. i want to end by talking about a young man named wallace pullet. we are so proud of wallace. you know, life hasn't been easy for him. he grew up with the violence i talked about earlier. he faced challenging times, including his own challenges with the law. unlike so many others, we lost to violence or the criminal justice system, wallace worked

through all of those challenges. he is now focusing on doing what is right including raising his daughter right here in sunnyda sunnydale. now, just down the hill from here is a construction site. it is the first new building being constructed here at sunnydale as part of hope sf. it is a bright sign for the future of this incredible community. wallace is a member of this construction team. he is building up this beautiful new community with his hands and with his heart. he is being accountable to himself, his daughter and his community. he is being accountability to the next generation so they have a sunnydale to grow, live and thrive and building a better san

francisco. i am committed to this community. i am committed to this community because people likua like wallae committed. let us remember our job is to be accountable to everyone in the city, not just those who have time to show up and advocate at city hall. we have to be there for those who have hope, those who need hope, this budget is part of the commitment and represents is very best of our values in this city. by keeping those commitments, we can and we will build a stronger, more resilient san francisco, a city not just for some, but for all of those in san francisco. thank you all so much for being here today.

>> when i look at an old neon sign that's working or not working, i feel the family business that was in there. >> since 2009, citywide, sf

shines, has supported businesses and sites like the ones that receive new neon signs. >> you know, sf shines is doing an amazing job to bring back the lighting and the neon glow of san francisco. >> sf shines is such an amazing program, and i can't think of another program in another city that gives matching gunned funds to store owners, mom and pop owners, and if they've got a neon sign, they've really got a great way to advertise their business. >> this is a continuation of the sf shines program. >> focusing other neon signs is relatively new to us. of the seven neon signs, we've invested about $145,000. >> a good quality sign costs

more, but it lasts infinitily longer. as opposed to lasting five years, a good neon sign will last 15 to 20 years. >> in san francisco, the majority of neon signs are for mom-and-pop businesses. in order to be able to restore these signs, i think it gives back to your community. >> part of the project has to do with prioritizing certain signs in the neighborhood based on their aesthetics, based on their current signs, and base on the history. in the time that we've been here, we've seen a number of signs restored just on eddy street. >> there are a number of signs in the tenderloin and many more that are waiting or wanting to be restored. i have worked with randall and al, and we've mapped out every

single one of them and rated them as to how much work they would need to get restored. that information is passed onto sf shines, and they are going to rank it. so if they have x budget for a year, they can say all right, we're going to pick these five, and they're putting together clusters, so they build on top of what's already there. >> a cluster of neon signs is sort of, i guess, like a cluster of grapes. when you see them on a corner or on a block, it lights up the neighborhood and creates an ambient glow. if you havy got two of three of them, you've created an atmosphere that's almost like a movie set. >> some of the hotel, we've already invested in to get those neon signs for people to enjoy at night include the elk hotel, jefferson hotel, the verona, not to mention some we've done in chinatown, as

well as the city's portal neighborhood. >> we got the fund to restore it. it took five months, and the biggest challenge was it was completely infested with pigeons. once we got it clean, it came out beautiful. >> neon signs are often equated with film noir, and the noir genre as seen through the hollywood lens basically depicted despair and concentration. >> you would go downtown and see the most recent humphrey bogart film filled with neon in the background. and you'd see that on market street, and as market street got seedier and seedier and fewer people continued to go

down, that was what happened to all the neon strips of light. >> the film nori might start with the light filled with neon signs, and end with a scene with a single neon sign blinking and missing a few letters. >> one of my favorite scenes, orson welles is chasing ririt rita hayworth with neon signs in the background. >> i think what the office of economic and workforce development is very excited with is that we'll be able to see more neon signs in a concentrated way lit up at night for visitors and most

especially residents. the first coin laundry, the elm hotel, the western hotel are ones that we want to focus on in the year ahead. >> neon signs are so iconic to certain neighborhoods like the hara, like the nightcap. we want to save as many historic and legacy neon signs in san francisco, and so do they. we bring the expertise, and they bring the means to actually get the job done. >> people in tenderloin get really excited as they see the signs relit. as you're driving through the tenderloin or the city, it pretty much tells you something exciting is happening here. >> knee an was created to make the night more friendly and advertise businesses. it's a great way of supporting and helping local businesses. >> there's so many ways to improve public safety. the standard way is having more eyes on the street, but there's

other culturally significant ways to do that, and one those ways is lighting up the streets. but what better way and special way to do that is by having old, historic neon signs lighting up our streets at night and casting away our shadows. >> when i see things coming back to life, it's like remembering how things were. it's remembering the hotel or the market that went to work seven days a week to raise their money or to provide a service, and it just -- it just -- it just