data. i was saying clarify as an annual number. that is all. >> i'm okay with that. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to comment on item five? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion? economying commissioner laguana. >> quick question. the attorney in me in here is wondering, should is an optional request. it is like -- so i am getting down to the part further resolved, economic mitigation measures should be developed in partnership with merchants, osb, oewd, and sbfc, controller's office, city attorney's office, board of supervisors. are we -- >> i would say, commissioner, good catch because generally

"shall" means it's mandated. so should and shall. >> so is that your recommendation is that it -- >> maybe turn it down a notch. and not instruct all of those agencies that they have to all work together. maybe some of them want to participate and some do not. maybe it's appropriate for some of them. >> our reasoning for recommendation is because each provides some level of information and knowledge and expertise that i think it was out that entire package working together of departments that i think will get the best results with that entire package of departments working together. >> i don't disagree. is should the right word? >> do you want it to be stronger or weaker?

>> i think a little more encouraging, less mandating, directing. does that make sense? weaker, i guess, would be the vote. >> are you thinking it should be stronger? >> shall would say these are the departments that need to be at the table. should is -- should is the weaker version. i was thinking you were going in the weaker direction -- >> shall means mandating. should is recommending. >> right. >> okay. >> that was the attorney in me and which i am not an attorney, and revealed. >> we'll keep it as should then. are we? >> i am good with should. i thought should and shall were synonymous.

>> thank you for your work on this, dominica. and updating it to include our recommendations from last time. >> did we -- i'm sorry, did we call for public comment? >> we did call for public comment. do we have a motion? do we have the motion out there? >> i move to adopt this resolution. >> with the changes. >> with the amendment of putting per year. >> i second. >> roll call vote please. >> yes. motion by commissioner zouzounis to adopt the resolution as written with changes as direct bid commissioner dwight, seconded by commissioner yee-riley. roll call vote.

commissioner adams. >> yes. >> commissioner -- >> is it too late to interject? >> while we are doing -- we are already doing the vote. >> fine. >> a commissioner dwight? >> yes. >> a commissioner laguaan a? >> yes. >> a commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner riley. >> commissioner zouzounis? >> motion passes 6-0 with one absent. item six, approval of draft meeting minutes, action item. >> has everybody read over the minutes from june 10 meeting? do we have any comments? if not, does any member of the public like to make a comment on the june 10 meeting? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we want to have a voice vote. everybody approve of the commission minutes? say aye. >> we need a motion. >> i move to approve the minutes

from june 10. >> i have to abstain. i wasn't there. >> we have a second? >> so before we take the motion, then, if commissioner laguana is needing to -- is not abstained, but recused. you need to ask for recusal from the vote. first. >> who do i ask? >> do you want to recuse -- you don't need to. if you don't miss -- >> if i don't need to recuse, we won't bother. >> okay. i made my motion. >> do we have a second? >> an i'll second. >> all in favor? aye. any no's? motion passes. >> item 7, director's report. update and report on office of small business and small business assistance center, department programs, policy and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor, and announcements regarding small business activities.

discussion item. >> so commissioners, i just want to bring to your attention for the accessible entrance program, we are now in the category three deadline so these are entryways with one step. submission for the checklist was due on june 1, 2019. and any building permits that are going to be filed need to be done by september 1, 2019. as always, this is regulatory item that we are encouraging clines, so even if property owners are missing the deadline, we're encouraging them still to submit their checklist and start their remediations. so d.b.i. just did send a letter to property owners that combined both the vacancy and update on

that vacancy ordinance and a reminder of the category three deadline that was sent out in may. the california redemption value, the c.r.v., we were very close in getting $3 million in funding at the state level to start the mobile recycling. unfortunately, during the budget process, though our local elected officials advocated for this, we as a city, the mayor, advocated for this, and it did not get through committee. other members thought it was too much money going specific to san francisco, so we -- the department of environment, we will be convening in july and trying to figure out what to do with the next step. and there may be -- might revisit again or take a

different look to get different funding at the local level and work through that through the next budget cycle. >> this would have been funding from the state? >> right. >> to do and if you recall, senator passed legislation or a bill that was supported at the state that allows five mus any mallties to start -- to allow five municipalities to start a pilot program. so we're hoping that we could get that additional funding from the state to be able to initiate the pilot program. so we are getting nothing -- >> a we are not getting the additional $3 million that our local area was asking for from the state budget to be able to initiate this program.

so and if we had the $3 million, it would have been easy for the department of environment to purchase the vehicles and really start to have a program rolled out by the end of the year. so this --. >> are you saying that they think $3 million is too much. so is that and we're not getting any from the state this coming budget cycle. >> oh, that is too bad. >> yes. so i just want to provide you with that update because we worked -- our office and department of environment had with the mayor's a u.s. had close conversations and worked hard on trying to get the funding. the active space legislation which you heard on june 10, that will be heard in committee in

july after the city's budget cycle supervisor brown and mayor breed on legislation on the business streamlining. it was introduced in december of 2018, heard for the third time in committee today and we'll all know the result to pass on to you whether it moved out. there was definite pressure to really make some significant amendments, and i do know some amendments were being and probably postponing some amendments but not wanting to water it down too much. be able to pass that on after today. provide you wan update. the cash acceptance, the mandated acceptance of ka, for brick and mortar, the implementation date is around august 23. we ole get the specifics on

that, but and which the mayor signed it. >> the amazons downtown all take cash now. >> a great. >> and then restricting the commercial tobacco activity activities for both on the port and and restricting the sales of e-and brick and mortar and online. both passed on the first reading last tuesday. again, as stated earlier with the resolution, there is effort -- there was discussion around creating the and supervisor walton's office did reach out to set up a meeting on mitigation strategist. not clear if it is the same thing as the working group, but we'll probably have a meeting in

july once the budget cycle is done with. and i do think that we will fro federal lowed based upon the economic analysis that they have done. and with the flavored tobacco cigarettes, why they chose not to do an economic analysis with the and dominica's ability to do the basic analysis and that it's a larger economic hit and the criteria of which that is used when economic analysis should be done, that legislation met the threshold from our understanding. and so we would like to know why the choice was not to do why the

and teddy is on vacation and he is the one to respond to that. we should soon, but not in time for today's meeting. and then i am very happy to report that supervisor peskin has introduced legislation that and the department of public health has been wanting to change the health scores from a numerical health score to the green, yellow, and red scoring, which most counties use and then this will also etlim and that many businesses have had about yelp posting the health scores and that's economically and the department of health has been wanting to do this for a little while, but they needed

confirmation with a new director coming in and has given them -- has said, yes, let's move forward with it. so i know that this is something that the and i know this is something that the restaurant and food communities have wanted. it won't change the metrics of which businesses are evaluated, but it will -- it will no longer be something that yelp can use and -- which is important for our businesses. and request for two hearings that i thought would be important notes for you to know about that were asked for last week at the board of supervisors was a hearing on the niche tifr ordinance for the business and tax regulations rative which is

proportionate with the pay. and also a hearing on the status of worker rights in the california gig economy. and so i know that and i know there is discussion about the other impacts of the businesses who operate the gig economy and its impact on small businesses. and so there may be an opportunity to expand on to expand on that, but just wanted to let you know that is there. and don't know when that is going to be scheduled yet. and then in regards to state legislation ab161, the solid waste and when the commission heard it on may 29, there hasn't been any updates. it's sitting in the state senate and it has yet to be scheduled for any hearing yet.

>> that's a good thing. >> yes. and then one last thing that the office is going to be moving this thursday, friday, over to the other side of the tax and treasurer's office. still be in the tax and treasurer's office. >> you are not available? >> going to ask for your help. but just to note to we and we will be moving to get relocated. and rick is very happy because now he'll be able to be sitting with us and we'll be sitting together and all together. the last thing that i would thought -- we don't need to have a conversation, but something to think about in relationship to the discussion with the bags is that -- this was a concern of mine with the requirement for

and requiring businesses and buildings. and with sort of the environmental impacts of our sort of gig economy and the delivery economy and whether should the business pay for it all? or should -- where are we -- where is a friend who managed an apartment building and she took me down to the garbage area and there was absolutely no care or effort to breaking down boxes and caring about how the individual, most of the individuals in that apartment worked in the tech environment, just care about their disposables and how they are

handling their dispoisable and garbage and -- their disposable and garbage and waste. and the's of that, well, the ease of it, where is the consumers' responsibility and always paying for their ease of creating more garbage as opposed to putting it on the business. and so whether it is, you know, our restaurants who are being charged a great deal by these delivery services and is it -- are businesses that have to deal with that facilitating that, is it the consumer or is it the larger entity? and it's just something to sort of think about and good to maybe get some direction because as our office meeting with the department of environment to get sort of a first hit or with

supervisors kind of what is and so we can have dominica put this down under new business. we can have a discussion about it going forward when we have our weekly meetings. we can schedule it in. >> and maybe invite the department of environment to this discussion. >> so that's it. that concludes my report unless you have any questions for me. >> a commissioner zouzounis. >> i was told by the sponsor of the additional tax on businesses with disproportionate executive pay that part of the and is this a final allocation to mental health assess?

is that what this -- >> i think that there are a couple ordinances that are similar to dealing with salary compensation. so this particular initiative -- >> this is the one she is talking about. >> no. >> an it goes to mental health services. >> were you having a conversation with supervisor haney on this? >> are you saying there are multiple? >> i think there is one other one that's similar. >> no, this is the one. >> this is the one. >> u a this is definitely the one. this is the one here, the one that you are talking about and he had this -- >> an i talked to supervisor mar and he came and presented this so the council of district merchants legislative committee

and and part of it goes to small yet -- >> this is the one it is supposed to go into the small business stabilization. >> an it says here only mental health services. i am wondering if he said that because he was in front -- i have also heard him say the same thing. >> or it could be that it's -- well, we will take a look at it and get back to you. i have not had a chance to read the ordinance. >> that is the one -- and what you are talking about is that legislation and matt haney said that in or the neighborhood meeting that part of the funds is supposed to be small business stabilization grants. >> okay. so i will circle back around with you and yes. >> this one we have to be really choes on that before it get -- really close on that before it gets to the ballot that it is put on that. >> another thing we brought up

as merchants is and big tech companies that contract with small businesses go under, and the small businesses usually eat the default, so part of an ask and how to we collecting and thousand her partnering small with big and how will the ordinances effect the big ones. >> a do you want to bring that up under new business? >> a bring that up under new business. any other questions for the director before we go on to the open public comment? >> okay. public comment. would anybody like to -- any public comment on item number 7? seeing none, public comment is closed.

>> there was a motion made by the board of supervisors for business and backs legislations and that's separate from this. and the motion included that the additional tax would be some portion of it would be allocated towards small business stabilization. >> okay. so there is a separate. >> thank you. >> next item. >> item 8, commissioners' reports. allows president, vice president, commissioners to report on recent small business activities and make announcements that are of interest to the small business community. discussion item. >> okay. commissioner dwight. >> i attended the monthly cdma meeting and council district merchants last tuesday the 18th. as did our director and i just

rebehinded everyone of the $15.09 an hour. >> thank you. commissioner riley. >> yes. ai tended the war -- i attended the war journal 2019 small business and startup seminar in chinatown on saturday. mayor breed was there, and she shared $9 million budget investment for small business. >> thank you. commissioner laguana. >> wanted to give my fellow commissioners a heads up that i have been chatting with some folks at oewb about a possibility of a concert for jobs, which would benefit -- and i think that would be a cool project for us to get involved with if it comes to pass. >> great. that would be the mayor's

summertime work program. >> that is a good idea. >> the only thing that has to do with small business are my -- i am on the board of what is called the lazy beer fund. and we wound up delivering a check to for $33,000 to the guernville chamber of commerce through the -- and affected by the flood up in that area back in march. so with that said, it is pride week. happy pride, everybody. >> shop, eat, and drink in the castro. we need the business. >> any other commissioner reports? >> do we have public comment on item 8? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 9, new business. allows commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. discussion item. >> a commissioner ortiz.

>> i wanted to follow up on an email i sent to the president and director regarding the lack of regulation regarding car share and the amazons of the world. the purview obviously is to take care of small business, and we do a great job preventing legislation from the supervisors that are sometimes bell attended. think about the traffic. the biggest issue is the quality of life, but it is also affecting the small businesses because you don't go to certain neighborhoods and can't take public transit or uber or your vehicle to get across town during certain hours. that is having a large impact on small businesses like restaurant and the delivery services charge up to 30%. i grew up in the mission and street tax wasn't 30%. so this is getting crazy. and it's getting out of hand. and we don't regulate this.

amazon wants to apply for a liquor license. >> their formula retail via app is crazy. crazy that us as small businesses are not forcing the legislators to do something to regulate. key example today and they are the ones generating the most waste now in our city, but yet we have to pay? the consumers of small business. that's crazy. that is just crazy. nobody is regulating. all we look at is the legislation passing through. and we're not -- the big corporate culprit is the formula retailers with the gypsy apps. we got to do something. i propose we have an economic impact report and we got to make it happen fast. our small business -- i bet you they are declining. i bet you there was more small businesses 10 years ago. with all the crazy legislation

we nasz and amazon hugs, is that what we're doing? >> we're going to put this down. i want to make this a priority. thank you. >> and one last thing. what do i have to do seriously, and i am getting really upset about the paper thing. >> speaking of environmental waste. do i have to get a supervisor to legislate us to do it? or can't we do it ourselfs? >> there is some -- i will get back to you because there is some sort of criteria that it's not just as easy for us just to buy tablets. let me just put it that way. so we may have to legislate it. but we'll get back to you on that because and i have had some discussion with the finance section of the office. >> i think we should be the first commission in san francisco to ban paper from our meetings. >> an i love it. >> a commissioner zouzounis.

>> self-imposed. >> i want to echo what the fell hoe commissioner here said and also what -- fellow commissioner has said and commissioner dwight said we can't just fight the technology innovation that is happening, but we need to hold them accountable to better work with small businesses and with that said, i am curious if there is some types of legislative precedents that we can advocate for as a commission far lot of these cloud kitchen is a new one up in front of public safety and neighborhood services on friday asking for a type 20 and 21 off sale liquor license. and these are all companies that will be delivering to individuals, and that will really effect the small businesses especially the

officers and will be competing with delivering. ands a and buy from san francisco and independent businesses if they -- because i heard anl amazon's pitch to the committee, and they did not characterize and i know they met with dog patch and i am curious how they presented it to you all because it was very unclear the intentions when they presented to the board. >> commissioner laguana. >> i want to speak strongly in support of both of you. on both of the topics including the paper, but in particular the gig economy and a case winding through the courts now about it

seems they both try to have it both ways and can't establish a price together because that would be illegal. there is a move afoot to classify them as workers on a level playing field with small businesses. i wonneder if there is a small, minor role for us to play in terms of advocating for that and whether it's a resolution of some kind or you think inning some of the supervisor friends into doing something a little more substantial, but it does seem to me that it's not a level playing field.

and that they are taking advantage and the city suffers for the lack of it. >> okay. we can add that. any other new business. public comment. do we have any members of the public who like to add any business? >> public comment is closed. >> i have to give a shout out to my son because it is his birthday today. happy birthday. >> what is his name? >> alexander ortiz and his eighth birthday and we went to universal studios and best bud trip. >> happy birthday from the small business commission. >> seconded. >> all in favor? aye. next item. >> sfgov tv, please show the

small business slide. >> it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that effect the economic vitality. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here. next item. >> item 10, adjournment. >> i move toed a adjourn in honor. >> i will move no honor to adjourn to my son, al ander, eight years old. and happy bit birthday, son. i love you very much. >> all in favor? aye. meeting adjourned.

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>> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively. the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every

single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in

this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my

aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be

the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be

successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best

leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they

want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful.streets. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community.

>> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional

contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many things in the past two centuries

because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks) later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meani

meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those

who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give

>> hello now we can begin. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the june 28th, special meeting of the joint city school district school district and city college select committee. our clerk today is erica major. i would also like to thank san francisco government t.v. for staffing this meeting. madame clark, please call the role. >> the call of the role... [roll call] mr. chair, you have a quorum. >> i would like to acknowledge commissioner lopez who has joined us here as well.