want to create as much housing as possible and get as many folks into it as we can, and we're concerned that this is going to be a wasteful measure. thank you. >> hello, supervisors. paul monkay from san francisco housing services. last year, mayor breed said in response to proposition c, the city needs to you haudit the $ million that we're spending on homeless services and that san franciscan deserve accountability for the money that we've already paid. mayor breed recognized that the existing oversight structures are not sufficient, that there still needs work to be done on that end. this statement by the mayor is

a call to action, and this proposal is a direct response to that call for action. we've heard concerns that having a commission in place could slow down services, and believe me, we are the last people that want to see delays in contracting because it affects our ability to keep lights on and provide services, but in our community, there is a strong support for the commission because we believe there will identify delays in contracting and help us campaign for the most critical issues facing our city now. >> good morning, supervisors, but thank you so much for the opportunity. my name is malia chavez, and

i'm speaking in behalf of my role as director of hespa, the emergency providers association. i wanted to point out that this was an opportunity for us to really figure out what the budgetary process it for -- is for the department? there are a number of budgets that contribute to the overall budget of the department and it's unclear what that separate set of budgets look like. and without going through a sunshine request or without asking for more details, the response from the department was that it's a separate budget that doesn't actually appear through the board of supervisors process or the mayor's budget? and so just again, one more better opportunity to under where all these resources are going? and so i know one of the requests here was around process and transparency and costs that might be able to go

to service providers. it would be really great just to better understand what we currently have and be able to have oversight as well as an opportunity to provide feedback around prioritization or requests from a community standpoint, so thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. any other members of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i am happy, if my colleagues have no other comments, to make a motion to forward this to the full board as a committee report. can i take that without objection? without objection, that motion passes. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: thank you, supervisor haney. mr. clerk, can you please read item 3? >> clerk: item 3 is a hearing appointing one member, term ending november 20, 2019 to the entertainment advisory committee. >> okay. first, we'll hear from mr.

wells. good morning. hello. >> good morning, chairwoman ronen, supervisor walton, supervisor mar. very pleased to be here today to be reappointed by my supervisor to be the d-10 rep for the bicycle advisory committee. i've served for a couple of years. i'm serving as the vice chair now, and in terms of what we're working on, i'm very proud to say that the sfbac has become more of an active committee for the board. we're working more on being a watchdog on various issues for the city. each of us are appointed by our supervisors for our districts to combine the needs in every district in terms of not just bicycle transportation but safety in regards to vision 2020 and how these pieces all work together.

bayview is underserved in a lot of ways and we're looking for ways to take bicycle lanes that are suddenly disappeared, going nowhere and make a network of them so that it's an easier trail. plus the growth of tech companies down in silicon valley and down the peninsula has meant that there's now a shift of caltrain passengers, and a lot of them come from the potrero hill and mission bay area that get on the caltrain and head to their jobs, so there's a much bigger need for better bike lanes. one of the things that we have done is we're fully staffed for representatives for each districts. we come up with resolutions, we recently came up with a resolution that i'm quite happy

with, autonomous vehicle and bike population. there was a push by a republican law maker from a state that doesn't have a high population, a push for auto nomous vehicles, so we made a push to have our own safety regulations. we are coming into a phase now where there are motorized vehicles and scooters, and we need to control that. and then, in the safety issues, in terms of what we have as a mission, the four parts of vision zero, education, engineering, enforcement, and evaluation. and evaluation is how are the things we're doing working?

how are they not working is just as important to know. are we falling down or a plan that maybe engineering has to take another look and know that this right turn here or this left turn here is creating a dangerous situation. i'm glad that we're moving forward with protects bike lanes at a higher clip, and then also education needs to be stepped up for bicyclists as well as motorists as well as uber-lyft drivers who need to feel the enforcement of the bike lanes so that they don't look at it as a passenger drop off and pickup lane, which often does. i was very happy to participate in bike to workday. i came off my bicycle at brannan and 9th and tore my rotator cuff, so i know how

hard our streets can be. i've been a resident of potrero hill since the 80's. i've been a director of the san francisco beautiful board of directors. i'm on the vintage street cars, and i'm also on our events and outreach committee, so i'm very tied in with transportation in san francisco with the health and future of the city, and in mobility permit harmonization, and i'm looking for ways we can continue to serve the city and bridge the gaps between different agencies and different committees, so thank you very much. >> chair ronen: supervisor walton, do you have any comments? okay. now for public comment. thank you very much. thank you very much for your willingness to serve and your knowledge on the issue. we're going to open this up for public comment now. >> okay. >> chair ronen: if any member of the public would like to

speak on this item, please come forward now. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: thank you so much, chair ronen, and thank you for coming in, mr. wells. i know it took a moment to make the nomination. i want my colleagues to know your excitement about the issues. you have a passion for safe biking across the city and you have a plethora of ideas making sure that bicyclists are safe while we have to deal with all forms of transportation here in san francisco. and the last thing i'll say is definitely appreciate your excitement for serving on the b.a.c., and someone who is persistent in your vision and your goals for what we can do to envision a safer -- safer opportunity for people who want to cycle through our city. and so thank you so much for

your dedication and commitment, and i was excited to make this nomination. yes. and i would like to move item 3 for seat 10 for the bicycle advisory committee, i move the nomination of mr. paul wells forward with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: without objection, that motion passes unanimously. thank you, mr. wells. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, can you please read item 4. >> clerk: item 4 is a motion approving or rejecting the mayor's nomination of the reappointment of ben bleiman to the entertainment commission for a term ending november 21, 2023. >> chair ronen: thank you. mr. bleiman, welcome. >> president bleiman: thank you very much for having me. i'll try to make my comments brief here. my name is ben bleiman. i've lived in san francisco for almost 16 years now, and i've been a bar owner, a father to a

toddler now in the outer richmond, and a passionate organizer around nightlife for at least the last ten years, if not more. i am currently the chairman of the california music and culture association, which is the trade association that represents night clubs and bars and music festivals and music concerts. and as i said, i've spent years advocating for night life. but before joining the entertainment commission, but joining the entertainment commission has truly been one of the most rewarding experiences i've had. i'm now the president of the commission, which allows me kind of some extra input into the direction that the office goes and what we do. and i can't say how pleasurable

it is and how rewarding it is to work with the commission staff. they're extraordinary competent and care deeply about san francisco night life as i do. i think my root of love for night life is night life is for everyone and shouldn't just be for the wealthy. in some cases, it seems that's the case, and i don't think that should be the case here. my philosophy around the entertainment commission is we want to push inclusive options for night live so that everyone in san francisco can feel represented in our night time world, our nighttime economy, etc. i did show you some of my accomplishments during my tenure there, and i wanted to highlight some of the things i'm specifically excited for going forward. these may be a little geeky, but i'm truly excited about

them. the first is we're digitizing all of our permitting processes, but putting it on-line and allowing access to it, not only improves our office's ability to enforce it, but it also ensures access for people especially who don't have incredible amounts of wealth to handle the bureaucracy that we have. and then, we're about to move the office of 49 south vanness and be a part of the first permitting center maybe on the west coast? it's exciting and increases access of the ability of the little business owner, the person doing a smaller cultural event to very easily get their permit rather than have to run around at great cost, relative cost to themselves. there is a special event steering committee that's just been announced by the mayor.

this is another thing that i'm very passionate about. this kind of goes into the permitting side, but if we can make special events easier to permit and less hassle, we're going to have more cultural events, which i'm very excited about. and last, i'm always thinking of ways to promote, promote, promote, promote night life in san francisco. last thing, we need to find ways to pay gigs for musicians and performers in san francisco. they're leaving the city in mass numbers, and it's really terrifying and sad, and we need to find ways as a government to get them paying gigs. and this is associated with that, strengthening small and large venues in town who actually pay the performers. and it may seem robust right now, but venues are an endangered species right now. i keep sounding the alarm, but

it's a very scary time, and we need to figure out how we can best support venues to promote night life in san francisco. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions that you have, and happy to be up here and very honored and respectful. thank you. >> chair ronen: any questions? no questions. okay. we'll now open this up for public comment. any member of the public who would like to speak, please feel free to come forward. >> good morning. my name is dracori donaldson. i've been a resident of san francisco for over 12 years now. i met ben at big brothers big sisters.

through each role, ben has led me by example, and if there's one characteristic that i have always admired, it was his passion. everything ben has done has been with a passion to succeed, inspire or get a net quality change. this makes ben a fit for a position such as the president of the entertainment commission. thanks. >> good morning, good morning. how you all doing? damian posey. might be all familiar with me. ben has been like a big brother to me, as well, even though i think i'm older than him. but all the night life stuff is cool and everything, but at the end of the day, man, ben is a great person. you know, i was blessed to be

the lead case manager for united players for five years, and i'm blessed to be over at y.c.d., but when i came home from prison and was getting my life together, man, he was one of the individuals who seen that i had made a change and took a chance to me and gave me opportunity for some employment so that i could help take care of my daughter. he took a risk on me, and i'm grateful to that, and i hope that, you know, i've proved his guessing right, 'cause i've been out of trouble, staying focused, and he's been there every step of the way. not only just with that, but helping me create a good relationship with my father and my community. and as i did more things in the community, he was always there, always volunteering. i have a workshop called uncommon youth that volunteers with the city. i bring it in so kids in the

community can see that all things are possible from all standpoints. each and every time i've asked him to contribute his time, money, resources to help the community, he's done it effortlessly, no charge, no -- i just did an application party at y.c.d. to get the kids ready for summer. you know, 'cause sometimes they be slacking. he donated 300 chicken wings. i know it's chicken wings, but he was like no problem, come get it. when do you want to pick it up? everything he's trying to do, i support. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. thank you. hi, manny. >> hi. i just wanted to voice my support for reappointing ben to the entertainment commission.

ben is on my advisory board for manny's, and he's been a friend and mentor throughout the process. i knew him before he had ever gotten to know what i was doing. he immediately wanted to get involved in the project because he liked the idea of combining food and a bar with social justice. i helped me through every stage of the process, from where i should put the gas lines to who my contractor should be. he spent his own time to make sure that a new small business owner had a setup that would be beneficial to what he was trying to do, so it really just shows what kind of person he is. he also walks the walk. he doesn't just talk the talk, and it is amazing to me that he can do so much, and he does it

with grace and authenticity, and a real love of san francisco. i had never really bar tended before, and so he put me in a catering event in fort mason and put me in his team so i can learn the ropes. i'm proud to be a member of his team and to know him, and i join damian and dracori in supporting him. >> chair ronen: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: i just want to say i support this nomination of ben bleiman. i've known ben for years, and his focus on hiring locally, his focus on really supporting other businesses and making sure they have night liech

success outside of his own, and you can see his -- night life success outside of his own. it's always good to see people excited about the roll that they have an opportunity to serve in. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. i couldn't agree more. this is one of those appointments where the mayor knocked it out of the park. ben, i just want to thank you for everything you do for the community. i mean, the -- you know, the people who spoke during public comment said it best, so i don't think i'm going to be able to express myself more beautifully than you all did. but my experience with you has been exactly the same as everyone else. you make yourself available, you're so generous with your time and your vast knowledge about the entertainment world, about scity laws related to entertainment. i remember when i was a

legislative aide, and i worked with you on a law, it was experience that i never had, where someone from the community came, asking for at the time supervisor campos to sponsor a law and was so prepared and just came with a broad knowledge. i think one of the hardest parts of the entertainment commission is simultaneously walking the line of being very supportive of small businesses and night life, and taking the concerns of the community seriously, and i think you do that with so much grace and thoughtfulness.

it's hard, and it's not easy, and i just want to express my own gratitude for that and say that i am so excited to be supporting you again today. so with that, no more comments. do you want to do the pleasure? >> supervisor walton: yes. i make a motion that we amend item number 4, and eliminate rejecting, and we want to approve the nomination of ben bleiman for entertainment commission. >> chair ronen: thank you very much for that nomination. that motion passes unanimously. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, do we have any other items? >> clerk: i just want to confirm that item number 4 has been amended to approve the reappointment of ben bleiman and is recommended as amended, and that completes the agenda for today. >> chair ronen: fantastic. the meeting is adjourned.

>> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love.

like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different

things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hanhang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful muellermixer ura alsomurals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well.

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garages around the city and state which is called plumbers tape innovate as strong and we need to brace the water heater if you find this you'll want to replace it with a streetscaping kit. >> we've put blocking so that way we streetscape the water heater a nice fit it is important and important probation officer mention you need to move our water heater to strap is it talk about to a license plumber they'll come out with a firm once we streetscape those obviously we want to follow the manufactures instructions. >> typically the instructions will require the strap one strap be installed to fit the top third of the water heater and the bottom on the bottom 1/3rd away from the controls if it is

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in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪ our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top,

candle, flower es, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps u.s us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. ♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do

something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it. >> i think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it. i think it goes back to asking people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us it's not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, it's really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead. >> people are very respectful. i can show you this year alone of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii

or asian or we are this. what should we wear? what do you recommend that we do? >> they say oh, you know, we want a four day of the dead and it's all hybrid in this country. what has happened are paper cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of tim times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like

that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric. families with their homemade visuals walking down the street

in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and son sofa millial. >> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue rescue it also. that's what makes it unique. >> youa