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, everyone!

how are you all? so, welcome. i'm with the hotel council and i want to welcome you all to our first love our city. it's the second love our city event but it's the first one that is a tourism and hospitality industry have helped organize. so today we have over 700 people here in also waiting out in the neighborhood. [applause] i'm joined by our chair of our board, mr. james lamb who is here with us today. [applause] and this event is hosted by the hotel council of sf travel but it really came together because of a lot of different people working on the event and i want to thank mayor breed and the city of san francisco and her team for partnering with us on this love our city event. so please give a big hand to them! [applause] we also couldn't have done it

without our partnership with the public works department and larry stringer and darlene prom, fromand i want to thank all of m fork working with us. raichal gordan as well. their team has been incredible to work with. we also have, you can see the signs out here today, i'm going to call off and make sure we recognize the groups as well. each of our groups cbd. [applause] our tenderloin cbd. our fisherman warf cbe and our embarcadero and financial district group. and last but not least our soma groups. [applause] we know that you all clean up all you're long and daily around your hotels and businesses. and it really is a 24/7 job. we want to thank you for everything that you are doing. we also want to thank

wreckology. they sponsored our t-shirts so thank you for working with us. [applause] >> a special thank you as we look out on the hyatt region see for sponsoring us with breakfast as well. thank you very much. if that was designed to bring us to work together and partner with the city and our mayor has announced in the last, since she took office, an incredible amount of programs, new funding and new resources all to help clean this city and help make this city safer. so i want to thank the mayor from our hospitality and tourism industries for making sure she's doing everything that she is doing. let's give her a big round of applause. [applause] and last but not least our partners at sf travel who have come together to work with us on this event as well. it's my pleasure to introduce

our mayor, london breed. >> thank you! good morning, everybody! now, i will troy to be short because i would love for you all to get out there and do what you came here to do and clean up san francisco! let me just start by saying thank you. we know that we have a lot of challenges in san francisco. we have far too many people living on our streets. we have far too many challenges with housing and housing affordability. i know our small businesses are struggling. the city is finally making the kinds of investments that i hope will make a difference in your everyday lives as you work in this great city. i was born and raised here and i grew up in public housing. you know, my grandmother, when we were kids, she would make us go out and clean up. she would always say clean it up. ike like mama, why, would want to clean up. you know how kids are. we would should i look, it's our responsibility to keep our community clean. now here, take this bucket and

put water and soap and clean up. you know, at the time as a kid you are like i don't want to do this but then, as you get older, it's just a part of who you are. i find myself doing it in my community, doing it where i used to work at the african american culture complex and really feeling good about the investment that i've made and also the example that i've set for other young people to be better stewards of san francisco. so what you all are out there are doing is not just picking up trash and erasing graffiti and painting, you all are stewards for san francisco. you are taking care of the city. you all are showing how much you love san francisco and other people when they see you doing what you are doing, they're less likely to drop that trash on the ground and actually take it to the trash can. it does make a difference. so i want to thank all of you

and all the community business districts and the people who are out there every single day. i especially want to thank the department of public works and the many thousands of employees because they are out on the streets everyday. downtown street teams and so many other folks trying to keep san francisco clean, green and beautiful. i love our city. i know you all love this city. thank you for showing your love by taking care of san francisco today for this amazing event. have a wonderful time out there! >> thank you so much, mayor. i'd like to introduce from district 6 our supervisor matt haney who will be working with the groups as well. please help me welcome supervisor matt haney. >> thank you, thank you. how is everybody doing this morning! make some noise if you love our city! [applause] >> make noise if you are ready to pick up a broom and do some

cleaning today! who would have thought we could call this a cold day in san francisco. we're glad the temperature came down a little bit but it's still a beautiful day to demonstrate to everyone in our city we care and we're going to do some cleaning up. i'm the supervisor of district 6 and i want to give a special shout out to the different communities and cbds of district 6. the tenderloin where i live, soma, union square, everyone who is here, we really appreciate how much you do everyday. i see folks here from the hotel. make some noise if you are representing the hotels in our city. this is a city that is still a world-class destination. people come here from all over the world. we want to make sure that when they come here, they understand that they're going to have an incredible experience and they're going to see clean and safe streets and they're going to see the people of san francisco care about our community. that's what you are demonstrating today.

i want to thank mayor breed for the investments shows made in making our streets cleaner. if you look out there, there's things we can do. we need more trash cans on our streets, we need more bathrooms that are open for longer hours, and we need more street cleaning and deep cleaning and so what you are doing today is not just demonstrating to your residents that you care, you are demonstrating to us, the city, that you care and we need to do more as well. let's get out there today. i'm going to be in the tenderloin and pick up a broom and i just want to say thank you all so much. have fun. let's love our city. [applause] >> thank you supervisor haney. next i'd like to introduce our partner from sf travel. we have the share and the board of sf travel with us, mr. peter gamez. [applause] >> wow! good morning, everyone. this is a great day for us.

as many of you know i'm the board chair and this is one of the issues we've all rallied for all year. this is a special day for all of us. thank you everyone for coming out and joining the hospitality and tourism industry to love our city. together, here today, we are showing the strength of our industry and the collective passion and commitment we share for san francisco. i want to thank firstly our awesome mayor breed, i'm also a native san francisco an and i completely relate to you how we took pride in all of our neighborhoods and the importance of cleaning our streets. your leadership and commitment for cleaning our streets and keeping us safe and we're very thankful. we're proud to partner with the department of public works. the total council of san francisco and many of our community partners to do tour part to keep san francisco clean, safe, and welcoming to all. together, we are a gene that gives back to the city we love and we can not be more excited

to work side by side to make san francisco the most wonderful destination in the world. thank you. >> last i'd like to introduce the director of public works and his team is a group we've been partnering with on this. [applause] all right! are we ready to go to work! all right! let me begin by joining all the speakers here to thank all of you for coming out to help keep our city clean. love our city everyday, right! everyday! the public works department and many city agencies do this everyday but i can tell you, your coming out means a lot to us. you are giving us the extra hands and the extra help that it needs to continue to make our city be the destination where people come and enjoy and people clean up and make our city the most beautiful city in the

world, right. san francisco! i'll be really short. today we have over 45 different sites. some people are going to be painting poles, weeding, cleaning, some are going to be sweeping. all that is going to make a difference. the number one thing that when you leave here is, when you are out there, please, be safe. safety is a high priority. we've been having these events for over 20 years and we have not had a single incident. how do you be safe? all of you in different work teams and every work team has got someone who will be wearing a vest like me who will be showing you what to do. if you see something that you are in doubt of whether it's glass or needle or something in your mind is doubtful, just ask that person and they will deal with it appropriately and they will work with you. other than that, enjoy yourselves. it's a nice day. again, i'm very appreciative for

everyone coming up. let's have fun! love our city everyday! [applause] >> thank you. thank you, very much. before we close out, we're going to do a group picture. stay where you are. no one move. just stay still for a minute and we'll take a group photo.

you. >> well to the epic center are you ready for the next earthquake did you know if you're a renter you can get earthquake shushes we'll take to the earthquake authorities hi welcome to another episode i'm the chief resilience officer for san francisco i'm joined by my good friends for the earthquake authority we're at the el cap center for the city and county of san francisco started in 2013 to get the community and talk about the risk we think about earthquake if usual great city you'll see one of the demonstrates we've built the model home and i

encourage other episodes we'll be retroactively retrofitting and showing you as property owners to employ you work for the california earthquake authority talk about your role and earthquake shirnls up think the viewers want to know if you're a renter or property owner how the insurance issues. >> i'm the chief mitigation officer or c e a a property line funded pubically managed entity that provides earthquake shiners for one to four units and mobile owners to come down and renters throughout the state of california. >> what make the c e a deft. >> we work with 19 participates the insurer that sells you, your homeowner policy you're not obligated to buy it but you can buy a policy.

>> am i covered with homeowners insurance. >> no california homeowners understand their homeowners insurance doesn't cover earthquake they need a separate policy if you're an shiners you can get the earthquake insurance policy. >> so explain why it is for the c e a is deft if a traditional insurance agency. >> irreverent so in the 80s the state of california passed a law that requires any company that writes the policies to over earthquake insurance the homeowners are not required by commissioner cranshaw can bye there was so much loss they were going to stop writing the insurance policies for earthquakes they wanted to stop a serious insurance policy. >> we're talking about the homeownership's buying the

earthquake shiners but 70 percent are renters what's my opposite. >> the option for renter the earthquake be insurance company is affordable i think people don't realize just exactly what it covers it covers damaged property but loss of use if you have to be under a building they have a quarter main that was broken as well as emergency repair if interests glass breaks in the carpet you need to be in our unit that's whether earthquake is important. >> you're title you're the excessive mitigation officer for the state of california when i think of insurance i don't think about mitigation. >> so as part of public safety mission the c e a started to put aside mitigation loss fund 5 percent of invested income and when i joined the company 34 years ago we had $45 million to

make a difference for moving and incentivizing and mitigation for california homeowners to structure engineering a unique opportunity to cervical homeowners to help them to mitigate the equivalent. >> whether an owner or renter i want to find more information about earthquake insurance where should i go. >> earthquake authority.com not only information about insurance but a calculated figures and as of january lots of deductible and 25 percent if a homeowner mitigate their hope up to 20 percent off their premium as an incentive for the work. >> what does mitigate the home mean. >> strengthen, renovate, retrofit through a home particularly older to earlier

codes and you put in adding streamlining maybe collar bolts to tie to the foundation or to the wall so it is braced to earthquake can be very, very affordable and really makes a difference. >> thank you very much for being with us i encourage the viewers not only to checkout the earthquake authority but we'll talk about >> 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 this world, that >> this is the regular meeting of the small business commission and the meeting is being called to order at 2:03 p.m. the small business commission and media services and sf gov tv which can be viewed on channel

2, 78 or live streamed online. members of the public, take this opportunity to silence your phones and other devices. public comment is limited to three minutes unless otherwise established. speakers are requested but not required to state their names, completion of a speaker card will help ensure speaker names in the written record of the meeting. please place the cards in the basket to the right of the lectern. they will be called in the orreder in which they were placed in the basket. this is a sign-in sheet. sfgov tv, please show the office of small business slide. >> welcome, everybody. it is the custom to begin and end each with a reminder that the office of the small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business

should be the first stop when off question about what to do next. find us online or in person at city hall and best of all, our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your presumption of innocence and concerns about policies that effect the economic tialty of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. first item. >> item one, call to order and roll call. commissioner adams. >> here. >> commissioner dooley is absent. >> a commissioner dwight. >> here. >> a commissioner laguana. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. commissioner riley is absent. commissioner zouzounis is running late. >> mr. president, you have a quorum. >> item two. >> u a general public comment allows members of the public to comment on matters within the small business commission's jurisdiction but not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items for the commission's

future considerations. discussion item. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to comment on any item not on today's agenda? okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 3, approval of legacy business ap rications and resolutions. discussion and action item. the presenter is richard kuyylo, legacy business program manager, office of small business. >> u a welcome. >> good afternoon, president adams, commissioner, office of small business staff. richard kurylo, legacy business program manager. sfgov tv, i have a power point presentation. for your today are six applications for legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed to me, submitted to planning department and heard by the historic preservation commission on june 19.

for each applicant, the s.b.c. has been provided a staff report, draft resolution t application, case report from planning department staff and a resolution from the h.p.c. there are copies for the public in the two public binders. item 3a is anchor brewing company. the business is a brewery founded in 1896 by a german brewer and his son-in-law otto shinkle jr. when they bought an existing brewery and named it anchor. the steamed beer derives from the 19th century when steam was a nickname for beer brewed on the west coast of american under conditions without ice. anchor brewing as a company survived tragedy with the owners, the 1906 earthquake and fire, prohibition, and changing tastes regarding beer in the 1950s and 60s. in 1965, fritz maytag took over

the business and anchor began producing new, distinctive beers. though the terms micro brewing and craft brewing had yet to be coined, they were leading a brewing revolution in san francisco that would eventually spread across the country. after 45 years, he sold the business to keith and tony and in 2017, anchor brewing company was purchased by spaporo. on march 13 of this year, workers voted to unionize. with all legacy business applications, any news woreshy items from the path, present, and foreseeable feature are addressed in the application. we included an article from the "san francisco chronicle" about the unionizing effort and a statement from anchor brewing company which reads as follows. our employees vote and march 13 to unionize, marking a major milestone for our brewery.

our priority was to ensure that all our employees were given the opportunity to vote in a secret ballot election. we fully respect the results of the vote and are committed to negotiating in good faith with the newly formed union. we look forward to strengthening our collective future with all of our employees. through the legacy application process, office of small business staff has determined that anchor brewing company does meet all three business eligibility criteria to qualify for listing on the legacy business registry. item 3b is comeix experience which is a business and comics store opened in 1989 on divisaredo street. it has the same location and same owner. brian is a major figure in the comic book industry writing a monthly column on thement cocomics industry and business ethics, sitting on the board of

directors for the comic book legal defense fund, and co-founding comics pro, the industry's retailer trade group. the store features author events as well as two graphic novel of the month clubs, one for young readers and one for adults. in 2014, hibbs bought comics outpost and renamed it comeix experience outpost. both stores would be listed on the legacy business registry. item 3c is crusin' the castro walking tours. the business is a tour company established in 1989 by local historian trevor haley who arrived in the bay area in the n1972 as dorothy evelyn fonderea. a proud lesbian, she found herself submersed in the lesbian and gay people in the 1970s and 1980s. being a history buff, she received her master's degree in

recreation and leisure and specialized in san francisco history and tourism. in 1989, she changed her name to trevor haley because she wanted an androgenous game and created a walking tour. upon trevor's retirement in 2005, travel industry professional and local resident kathy amandola purchased the business and continues to educate on the history of lgbtq people and the castro. this includes and encouraging others to embrace human rights. item 3d is el toreador fonda mexicana restaurant. the business is a mexican restaurant established in 1957 by a family on west portal avenue. in 1964, the leppy family sold the restaurant to mr. garcia who ran the business until 1980 when

he sold it to epreanda and lawrence mayhem. they reinvigorated the then dark, plain restaurant. while esperanza took charge of the cooking, lawrence took over the environment with the vision to create a fun, eclectic atmosphere that would attract young and old. since lawrence's passing in 2011, esperanza has been running the restaurant with her two son who is carry on the tradition of warm, mexican hospitality. chef maria silva has been with the restaurant for 32 years. item 3e is hockey haven. the business is a neighborhood sports bar established in the outer richmond district in 1949 by renee trudeau. renault was a french canadian who played pro hockey for the new york rangers. when his professional hockey

career came toen an end, he moved to san francisco and opened hockey haven. renee ran the bar until he became disabled in a car accident after which his wife took over the bar. in october 1989, a woman named josephine burns bought the bar and married a man hired as a bartender who ran the bar with her from the early 1990s. present bar owner erin massey started working for josephine and john in 2001 and became the manager and she shared the same passion regarding the business. 2018 the findlay's offered massey the opportunity to buy the bar and she accepted. she is only the third owner in the 70-year existence and the third woman to own this thriving neighborhood bar. item 3f is joe goode performance group which is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986 by choreographer joe goode with the mission of promoting, understanding, compassion and

tolerance o f people through the innovative use of dance and theater. joe goode performance group is on alabama street in the project arto building, an arts complex in the mission district. the organization has performed an annual home season in various san francisco venues acquiring a local following and offer dance and movement classes. they found a permanent home in 2011. from the beginning, joe's public stance as an out gay artist making work that sought to identify the commonalty of all people helped to destigmatize issues of sexuality and gender identity and use the arts a as a healing tool in the face of the aids epidemic. the project evolved into an affordable rental venue for san francisco's large and deeply underserved network of performing arts groups and independent performers that have no home venue. all six businesses received a positive recommendation from the

historic preservation commission. after reviewing the applications and recommendation from the h.p.c., staff finds the businesses have met the three criteria to qualify for listing on the legacy business registry. there are -- sorry, that should say six draft resolutions for consideration by the small business commission. one for each of the applicants. your support of the businesses should be as a motion in favor of the resolutions. in the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical features or traditions that define the business. once approved by the s.b.c., the business must maintain the physical features and traditions in order to remain on the legacy business registry. for anchor brewing company, it is brewery. for comeix experience, it is comics bookstore. for the castro walking tours, and lgbtq castro history. for el tore a, dor, restaurant

with mexican cuisine. hockey haven, bar. and for joe goode performance group, it is dance/theater. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions and there are business representatives in attendance who would like to speak on bhaft of the applications. >> great. thank you, richard. do you want to go right into public comment? >> okay. and we have supervisor fewer here today. so we're going to let her lead this off today. public comment. >> and i first want to say before you speak that how much i appreciate what you have done for this program. i mean, it's awesome because we never heard from the richmond district. and now we're hearing about all these great businesses coming out of the richmond district. and you come and you present. and i just think that's great and wonderful and i want to publicly thank you for everything you have done with this program especially out in your district.

>> likewise. i wish we had the same enthusiasm and response from other supervisors. >> thank you very much. >> i will say that every legacy business that you have anointed as to be part of the this program is so deeply appreciative, but they also feel a deep sense of gratitude and recognition having this. i have lived in the richmond district since i was two years old. and so i know many of the businesses personally and they are the backbone of my neighborhood and while i am supervisor, it is something you will see me in front of you many more times because there are many more small businesses that deserve recognition, but today i am so pleased to present to you the favorite little watering hole in the outer richmond, the hockey haven. for over 70 years this, small little bar in this sleepy area of the richmond district has

been gathering community with people drowning their sorrows, toasting celebrations, holding memorials, and just building community over sometimes beer and sometimes something a little stronger. i want to say this small business, you might drive by it on balboa, but those people lived in the richmond district see it as their place. it is not fancy. it is not surveying $15 crushed or whatever they call it, mushed, whatever, cocktails. it is a place where friends gather and everyone is welcome. i know personally my husband was raised on first avenue and on christmas eve after the big family gathering of aunlt aunts and uncles and grandparents and children, that the guys, the six brother, would go down -- or five brothers would go down to the hockey haven for a drink and

to say, glad that one is over. i think the hockey haven represents what my district is. we are a little down home and we are not fancy, but we are honest people out there and go in ant get an honest drink and have a conversation with a friend or meet a new friend. which is privately owned with a woman owner and i think that that is what i would love to replicate in my neighborhood. i how about so honored again this small watering hole on outer balboa, the hockey haven, the gem of my neighborhood. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker please. >> derek ramsey from supervisor brown's office. >> wow, hard to follow that.

this is the favorite part of my job coming nor commission and talking about legacy businesses. my credentials are in history, and i have a great love of the history of the city. and today i am here to speak about comix experience which is in particular important to me and is a project that i really worked hard with supervisor brown to nominate. comix experience opened five months before i moved to what is today called no pa. and back then it was the western edition. and now we have new neighborhoods like divisedaro heights and it is exciting to see an organization that ironically opened on april fool's day in 1989. 30 years lawsuiter, still be around. serving the city and comix books has books for adults and

children in the store and also book clubs when sfufd schools and are working to further literacy and make reading fun again. wait, never mind. we don't want to use again on anything. so today, 30 years later, brian and his family are running really fantastic neighborhood business that everyone in the neighborhood whether they are comic book fans or not, they still go in there and check it out. and some will find they rediscover comic books from when they were kids. and rediscover there is all kinds of new comics that we never thought of when we were reading archie or casper. so i really hope that you consider this and push through the legacy status for comix experience. they are a true community partner and supervisor brown is honored and proud to nominate them. >> thank you. >> percy bertch from supervisor walton's office. >> welcome.

>> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. the district 10 office did not support this application for anchor brewing company. we have a protocol in place that we wish that all legacy businesses would respect, and we request that all legacy businesses in district 10 applicants go through our process. thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. i have rick bellamy from hockey haven followed by bill powers, followed by massoud. >> hi there. >> welcome. >> i am a union station agent with the local 16 and in town and i wanted to talk about the hockey haven and how much to me it's a family business. i have noticed that it's been a

family business i guess the whole time. one family or another. and they have taken me as part of their family. i wanted to come up here and talk a little bit about how much it means to me. i am going to read an article dated wednesday, october 16, 1985. a hurricane article and is titled three dot journalism is out, but i am going to the second paragraph. as i jam and the brakes to avoid hitting a jaywalker on sixth street who was at least seven months pregnant, there is someone who could use a baby on board sticker. this being pedestrian, i must add that this was a woman. lots of angry male, dot, dot, dot, from mothers barking at me about -- and about me for needling those baby on board signs. consensus, it's too keep all the tailgaters away. i am all for that. let's all get those stickers do, dot, dot, dot.

hockey haven t hockey pub has cut a teller's window into the streetside wall so bartender cans sell lottery tickets to passersby, especially, lol, little ladies, who do not wish to enter the gin joint. i just wanted to point out that if something was written by hurricane, put in the chronicle, is printed, i think that it was typically san francisco. i wanted to point that out there. say that he spent the time to actually write about it. also, for me this business is my living room. it's where i go after work and talking and networking with everybody in our little neck of

the woods after work. # it's an institution and it should stay that way. >> next speaker please. >> good afternoon, commissioner. i am bill powers. i live in the sunset and i commute over to the richmond to attend the hockey haven. hockey haven is a gem that is well run and committed to serving the neighborhood and out of town visitors. it is a well loved gathering place for locals at a time when there are fewer and fewer local establishments for neighbors and neighborhoods to enjoy.

there is pictures on the wall, black and whites, vetter rarns passed on -- veterans passed on, but the children can still go to hockey hafrn and see pictures of their parents on the wall. hockey haven maintains the identity of balboa company along with the alive business the theater across street. as a previous speaker said, it is the kind of place we go to commiserate and my wife has had cancer and stress and urban legend has it that joe dimaggio and marilyn monroe and dimaggio

and joe's brother had a restaurant on the corner and would tell his girlfriend at the time, i am going to see dom and go to the hockey haven and meet marilyn. whether it's true or not, who knows. urban legend, but i wholeheartedly endorse the designation of hockey haven as a legacy business. a haven for locals. very, very well run and that is my statement. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am massoud, the president of cass merchants. i am pleased to express the support of castro merchants for

cruisin' the castro walking tours. this is an outstanding experience for the patrons. by the tour's end they have visited major local spots of interest and most importantly learned about the castro's unique and iconic history and culture from the tour's owner and longtime member of the community, kathy. we are proud that cruisin' the castros and has more than 300 current members and that has been every year for over two decades since the days of founder trevor haley. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker please. anymore speakers? come on up.

>> hi. i am melissa lewis as a representative speaking on behalf of joe goode performance group. i am here not just as an employee, but an the company as a whole. office student of joe good ooeshgss when i moved here and since then i have attended many, many performances in the annex space, gone to classes and workshops in the the heat e and it all feels like a part of what my work there is currently. i think as a younger person, it does feel difficult sometimes to relate to an artist that's been making work far long time, but i really want to emphasize the work that the company is doing now to really be responsive and

engaged in collaboration with a lot of independent artists working in the nearby community. there are a lot of programs outside of the company's historic dance theater work that provide access and really reliable community space that's really vital to working artists in the mission and the greater bay area. every week there are many, many hours of rehearsals, workshops, and every weekend there's at least one show that's happening in the annex. and in addition to working with artists in that way, the company has extended its programming to be serving, for example, the resilience project and works with local veterans to translate

and hear stories and translate them into dance theater works that get performed. and there are other youth programs with high schools across the bay area that give younger people tools to express themselves. there are a f lot of different pieces and is a vital hub to a lot of great people in san francisco. >> anymore speakers? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner dwight? >> an i feel compelled to respond to mr. burch's comments from district 10. mayoral nominations are included in our process. there is nothing out of process by the mayor making a nomination outside of a district.

although the supervisor walton has publicly expressed support for small business, most recently in the actions to ban electronic cigarettes, sadly, district 10 has been unresponsive to multiple new requests that i have personally made to have businesses added to the registry and businesses like farley's who celebrated the 30th anniversary and is very involved in the local community. the former supervisor, malia cohen was really responsive and helped us out getting this program started. i would like it if the supervisor in my district where i live and own a business is supportive of a program. this is a flagship program in the city as well as the united states and one that is very well received