>> seize that low er level and e inaudible at 250 feet per code. since they have residential units in that 250 feet, we only thought it was fair to try to cap that number at something that is reasonable. >> so that is at about three

times per month approximately? once a week almost. i guess my next question is for you. on the recommendation to notify the entertainment commission about your events, how far in advance do you normally book your events? >> for special events about three months in advance. we have agreed to inform on a quarterly basis of anything in that quarter and notify as changes happen. >> i was just wondering how soon -- if you can put that in a time and what's the latest that an applicant with notify us. is it within three days or two days that they need to notify? i just want to put something in there so we have a standard. >> if you look at staff recommendation e, it is quantified. >> okay. great opinion i did not read that far down. thank you. >> so the events you have there,

do they bring in their own sound system or you have an in-house sound system? >> we do have an in-house sound system. so they have the option to use our sound system. we have found that often bands pefer to use their own equipment due to their familiarity. so sometimes they will bring that you are own amps. >> how do you control that if once the inspector sets a limit, how are you going to communicate that to your guest bands? >> so i actually -- in applying for this spot i bought a sound tester. so my intention is the next time we throw our next event that i will do a sound check with the bands testing that limit. >> so you will be there every time? >> it is a condition of the -- >> or another manager? >> yes. a manager will be present to

perform a sound -- >> how often does that happen when they bring in their own? >> i would say probably 75%, 80% of the time. >> so i guess it's very important to calibrate the two together because that's where you get in trouble. okay. thank you. >> i have no questions. thank you very much. you can take a seat. there any public comment on this agenda item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i'm prepared to make a motion, if you'd like to entertain it, sir. >> i would recommend that staff did a thorough job. i would recommend that we go with their alphabetized conditions, as well as condition 1, hire security staff or offduty staff to facilitate events and number 6, permit officer shall be responsible for the management of outside

promoters and for payment of patrons outside and on the perimeter of the venue. with those conditions, i would recommend approval. >> i second that. >> commissioner perez -- >> it's follow up with the deputy director at your earliest convenience. >> good luck. >> the deputy director will now introduce the next item. >> thank you, president. the final permit application is for a place of entertainment change in ownership permit for arena sf located at 2565 mission street. previously this establishment held a poe permit and mission streets sports bar.

the management team that recently came in and changed the operation is now taking ownership of the business. arena sf operations will remain the same since this management team came in. since changing to arena sf there have been some complaints, but management have been proactive in resolving the problem. we have not received complaints in three now four weeks since they stopped using speakers by the front doors. there is no opposition to this application and you will see the letter distributed to 14 businesses in the surrounding area as well as neighbors and patrons. they held a happy hour to meet their neighbors and answer any questions. there was a recommendation to keep the conditions from the existing permit and here to tell you more -- is david ho, represented by attorney mark renney. >> mr. president, commissioners, again, mark renney here for

qualia entertainment inc., doing business as arena sf. this is the stock ownership went from richard ensilin who has mission sports bar to the arena nightlife group, which is mr. david ho and jackson chang, who unfortunately is stuck in traffic somewhere between here and the east bay. this is kind of a successful story. i've represented jackson for approximately 20 years. he was, along with j. chang and john park, the most successful proximitier into an asian-american clientele. the clientele here remains predominantly asian-american college students and young professionals. mr. chang has thrown large events and a lot of 18-and-over

events at many different establishment establishments. mr. chang is here. no longer stuck in traffic. the -- they've moved into l.a. and mr. chang has been doing a lot of parties down in los angeles. i was lucky to be at the opening of arena k town, korea town, in los angeles in the spring of 2018. that particular venue took off like a rocket ship and is extremely successful and very non-problematic. jackson bought the shares -- or entered into an agreement to start promoting parties at the mission sports bar, and eventually we are now at the a.b.c. with a stock transfer

application. but the biggest problem we've had with this particular venue is the first night they opened on a thursday night, 550 people were in line by about 9:00. they have a very large social media presence. they created a media buzz and they do a really good job. if i could have, crystal, the overhead projector for a second. this is a -- i'm going to show you some before and afters. this is -- let's see here -- why don't we do it on there. the outside was -- that's the former mission sports bar. this is now arena sf. the interior was also revamped. if we could get some interior shots. this is -- this is a fairly large venue.

it was actually ms. brown's, probably lieutenant falzon remembers ms. brown about 35 years ago. it's been various places, seven galaxies and most recent mission sports bar. these guys have done a really good job rehabilitates it. they are presently working on rebuilding the back wall on the second floor because there is a bit of a sound fleed there. we're also looking for ways to dampen the sound as youbleed th. we're also looking for ways to dampen the sound as you open the door because there is a very large condo complex across the street. you should have in your backet a copy of the flyer that was passed out in the neighborhood.

i thought it was kind of interesting, these guys, they're pretty thorough but they went around to everybody in the neighborhood and they shot -- if i could have that overhead, crystal. they basically handed out the flyer to everybody in the neighborhood and shot pictures for their facebook. i love it. trying to be a good neighbor, trying to get people to come to their -- and they put it on all the doorsteps in the neighborhood. gave it out to the cooks. you get the picture. these guys are -- they're really good neighbors. they're trying to be better neighbors and part of the neighborhood. i feel they're doing a great job at it. they host three parties a week, thursday which is an 18 and up. friday and saturday which is 21 and up. it is a bona fide eating place

with a type 47 license. they do serve food during the hours of operation. their security is one person per 45 patrons. they've hired j.g. events services, which is bonded and licensed guard service in california. again, i think they're doing a good job so far. there's always room for improvement. my clients would love to answer any questions you might have. but what we're requesting tonight is a conditional grant of approval for this place of entertainment. >> who wants to go first? >> okay. so, mr. jackson, we've known each other before you were married, correct, and you are a

promoter of 18 and over events. i have to say that when you become a promoter to step up to be a club owner, that says a lot that you're very serious about the business. so i kind of commend you for taking on another spot that's probably another entertainment spot that's dying. maybe the location was a little bit -- they're not used to all the people. i notice there's going to be a building next door. is that going to be an office space or a housing development? >> from what i heard, i think it's going to be a gym, like a gymnasium. >> so you're not -- since you're doing work, are you preparing yourself for any kind of sound proofing on that wall, you know, to -- for the future? i'm just curious.

>> well, on our left side there's actually a building that's already occupied. i think the way our stereo system is set up is kind of like a surround sound, where there's not too much bass that would leak to our front side. i think david would be better to answer our sound issues. >> when we designed this sound system, we took into mind our neighbors, in the sense where we didn't do a central sound system that most clubs have. where you have two speakers that have to amplify to get to the back of the club. we have 12 speakers in every crevice. we can turn the speakers a little bit lower so we don't need it blasted so loudly. >> i truly believe in surround sound systems. so it sounds to me that you're pretty well -- well, i mean,

you've been well trained. >> that's right. i had a pretty good mentor. >> i don't know where to start other than we did have a series of complaints earlier. it seems like you solved those issues already. i think for me, i mean i don't know what else to say until you mess up or something. but i think you're already on the right track. you have surround sound. i think you are conscious about your neighbors. if you have to do any sound proofing, i'm sure you will. so i really have nothing else on my side. >> hello, gentlemen. thank you for coming in. my question is about your neighborhood outreach. so i liked the flyer that you guys created, it's very friendly and approachable. thank you for doing that. i was just wondering, what was the result of the event on the 19th? how many people showed up? >> yesterday -- our manager

actually handled the event because i was out of town, but i believe we had -- it was a small amount. it was about a dozens people. >> are these residents or merchants? >> a small combination of both. we actually got in contact with our -- the property manager from across the street, the condo, she came out maybe the second week we opened. do you want to explain that? >> a lot of the complaints came from the residents across the street. obviously we want to be in good relations with them. we met with the property manager. the second week we opened, she was very friendly. i gave her a tour of the venue as well as my personal cellphone number, the business number, as well as my e-mail. i'm in touch with two or three people at her residence in that apartment complex. they text me any time, hey, the

crowd is a little too loud. most of the complaints are not the music, it's the people waiting in line or leaving the club at 2 a.m. so we've fixed all those complaints right away. >> also, our number on yelp actually goes to four of our phone numbers. we have it set up on google voice. so just on this last weekend some of the tenants texted. these guys are busy and that's why multiple people have access to the line. one of the neighbors did complain and said your outside crowd noise was a little bit too loud. immediately i notified all the management and said, hey, we're going to stop the smoking section tonight. so i'm just -- that's an example of us handling complaints instantly, rather than having to go through a third party to come to us. you know, we do invite them to

contact us directly so it doesn't have to get past all these steps. so just another evidence of what we're trying to do that has these neighbors call us directly. there's no point of waiting for someone to take action, just call us up because we take noise complaints very serious. >> thank you very much. >> good evening, folks. just a couple of questions. actually, everything looks very thorough. mr. renney is used to doing this. i thought mr. renney said 45 security per one guard and your package says 25. so i'm just curious what it is. >> that was changed. the first i think two months we -- >> they're both very tight. you're well under the mandated requirement. i'm just curious which it is. >> yeah, so one of the reasons it expanded is because our capacity expanded. i think when we did one per 25,

we were under the impression our capacity was 196. so recently it was notified that we were at 396. when we did have the security guards, it was like more than enough. so we just kind of kept it as is. because right now we're at about 12 guards. we're still at a little bit under 45, just to help maintain the line. we have a couple of extra security guards outside to keep the crowd noise down. >> so you're at one per 45? >> approximately. >> you answered my next question. i couldn't find it, but i thought i was overlooking it. the occupancy is 400? >> 396. when we submitted the pack in the beginning, we were under the impression it was 196 from the previous owner. >> how many exits do you guys have? >> we have two and a -- >> fire exit out the back -- >> and then we've got a long fire corridor. if you're looking at the front of the building, there's a main

door in the middle. to the very far right of the property is a fire wall that exits. it's all the way to the back of the premises with fire doors. so it's a legal fire corridor. >> thank you. i guess just more of a comment. i think your security plan is quite robust and i complement you guys. especially i think the rebranding and everything really elevates the place to the kind of places that i think hopefully you'll get clientele that will match that level of quality and it will be a fun, safe place. so good luck. >> thank you. >> thanks for coming in, guys. i don't have any real questions. i remember hearing about some issues on our radar a few months ago right when you just opened, and i do agree with mr. renney that you were extremely busy at first so they're easily explained in that situation, especially for that exact block which i don't think mission sports bar was drawing 500

people when they were open at any given time. all i can say is i've spoken with our director and deputy director and they've said that you actually have a great working relationship right now and i really applaud you for that. i want to encourage you to continue to use us as a resource. i don't want to say we can be your worst enemy, but the places that are doing really well and that see us as a partner to help tend to last really long. if there's resistance to what we do here, then things just get really difficult. it doesn't sound like that's an issue. thank you very much. you guys can have a seat. great job. >> you guys are good with the proposed conditions by staff, mr. renney? >> i have not seen the conditions. >> essentially being in compliance with the previous permit holder's conditions, but -- >> the one that's catching my eye is you guys are capable of keeping video data for 30 days?

>> 30 days, yeah, we're fine with that [ indiscernible ] -- >> i like condition 10. security must deny entry to intoxicated patrons [ indiscernible ] -- okay. >> thank you. >> thanks, guys, you can have a seat. so is there any public comment on this agenda item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> is this item 1 on staff recommendations on their old permit? >> yeah. >> have we taken a new reading? >> this is their new reading. >> okay. >> we would potentially do another sound reading when the wall gets finished, but this is

currently accurate. >> and they're currently running at this rate at this point? >> yes. >> do we hear a motion? >> could i have one second -- or if somebody wants to make one, i may comment on it. >> well, i motion to approve the permit on the staff recommendations. you want to leave item 10 in there? smart serve kind of obvious. >> there's a few i would like to do a friendly amendment to strike. >> why don't we start with commissioner lee's recommendation and maybe we can add -- do we need to have a second first and an amendment? >> i will second the motion so we can have discussion.

>> so i would suggest we strike condition number 6 because it's inconsistent with the good neighbor policy and the good neighbor policy would kind of supersede that. condition number 8, security to identify sf if an incident occurs inside the vicinity of the venue. my only problem with that it's overarching. i don't know what an incident is. >> it's in good neighbor policy. >> i would say strike that if we're good with it. number 8. i don't really understand number 9, security is to never allow two parties involved in an altercation inside the venue to leave the venue at the same time. that's just kind of a common good practice for security. >> that should be in a security plan. >> and actually they have a robust one, so i would encourage striking number 9.

condition number 10 i would recommend striking which is about the intoxicated patrons. >> take a look at 14. it says they have an 18 and over night. are you serving food all night to 1:30, 1:45? >> condition 13 is actually covered by our policies, if we want to strike 13. it's talking about a written security plan. i'm just trying to clean this thing up for long term. >> thank you. >> mr. falzon may i ask you about your recommendation. is it the entirety of the condition? >> thank you for catching that. i don't mind -- i would say we can keep that if my fellow commissioners like that. i am indifferent. that is a standard practice, but if we think it should be

memorialized, thank you. if we want to leave that portion in there -- >> i would rather leave it in -- >> sure. >> -- because they do get quite a bit a crowd and it is a lot of people walking at night. >> i want to make sure my fellow commissioners understand condition 14. i want to make sure you're prepared to take that position that patrons under 21 years of age -- >> i feel like that's an a.d.c. condition if anything. >> it's not. >> no? >> absolutely not. >> i don't like that condition. >> to me, that's kind of beyond the scope of what we're doing. it's not an a.b.c. condition or it's not a.b.c. statute to be more specific. >> i completely agree. i think both it's outside of our jurisdiction and hampers creative ways of doing business. >> and then 15 -- okay. i'm ready to repeat this one more time. if i could make a friendly

amendment to commissioner lee's condition 6, strike the first portion about the 50 feet. and then the standings, et cetera, could remain. and then strike conditions 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, and 15. and if that's acceptable -- >> i agree. >> i agree. [vot [vote]. >> you have been approved. congratulations. please follow up with the deputy director as soon as you can. thank you. >> good luck. >> all right. the final agenda item tonight is number 7, commissioner comments and questions. does anyone have something interesting to enlighten us with?

>> congratulations on pistahan, sir. very good. sunday streets in chinatown is doing well. i hope dylan comes out and sees what's going on. this week they're doing fashion and i think one of the restaurants are going to do a happy hour fashion show. so just generating business i guess on a sunday afternoon. >> i just wanted to send some positive good wishes to commissioner kamini doing good work in the philippines. >> i did want to note a reminder to you all and i'll remind the full commission that our september 3 date is not happening, so don't come. >> i just want to -- i live out

by outside lands, and as i lay in my bed on the saturday night listening to childish cambino as if he were in my room, i think it's a testament to outside lands and to the neighbors that we only got seven complaints this year. that's pretty remarkable. and i -- living in that neighborhood, it just makes me so proud to live in san francisco when i see the billions of people walking by my door after outside lands and carrying out. i want to give a shout out to that. it's a good time of year. >> any public comment on our comments or questions? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will adjourn this meeting at 6:29 p.m. [adjournment]

sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy.

it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to the bill.. >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be e me. >> i just get excited and my

nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's and fosz and aesthetic. >> i think part of the what i did i could have put on my poa he focus on a lot of different musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people

(singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money

than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray was then and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc we ended up getting a months residencey other than an island and he came to our show and started writing a script based on our troop of 6 american burr elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very

exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here and because of film was not released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely

didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are coming into the wars these days people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really nurture it like having a potted plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant (laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i

love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music and perform and express myself if i make. >> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in general with my voice together i feel really powerful and strong >> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the

incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area. >> everyone is here for the music and the experience. this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death. >> there is a legacy that started and it's cool and he's

done something wonderful for the city and we're all grateful. hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and years to come. [♪] >> i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world, you shouldn't just be something in museums, and i love that the people can just go there and it is there for everyone. [♪]

>> i would say i am a multidimensional artist. i came out of painting, but have also really enjoyed tactile properties of artwork and tile work. i always have an interest in public art. i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world. you shouldn't just be something in museums. i love that people can just go there, and it is there for everyone. public art is art with a job to do. it is a place where the architecture meets the public. where the artist takes the meaning of the site, and gives a voice to its. we commission culture, murals, mosaics, black pieces, cut to

mental, different types of material. it is not just downtown, or the big sculptures you see, we are in the neighborhood. those are some of the most beloved kinds of projects that really give our libraries and recreation centers a sense of uniqueness, and being specific to that neighborhood. colette test on a number of those projects for its. one of my favorites is the oceanview library, as well as several parks, and the steps. >> mosaics are created with tile that is either broken or cut in some way, and rearranged to make a pattern. you need to use a tool, nippers,

as they are called, to actually shape the tiles of it so you can get them to fit incorrectly. i glued them to mash, and then they are taken, now usually installed by someone who is not to me, and they put cement on the wall, and they pick up the mash with the tiles attached to it, and they stick it to the wall, and then they groped it afterwards. [♪] >> we had never really seen artwork done on a stairway of the kinds that we were thinking of because our idea was very just barely pictorial, and to have a picture broken up like that, we were not sure if it would visually work. so we just took paper that size and drew what our idea was, and cut it into strips, and took it down there and taped it to the steps, and stepped back and looked around, and walked up and down and figured out how it

would really work visually. [♪] >> my theme was chinese heights because i find them very beautiful. and also because mosaic is such a heavy, dens, static medium, and i always like to try and incorporate movement into its, and i work with the theme of water a lot, with wind, with clouds, just because i like movements and lightness, so i liked the contrast of making kites out of very heavy, hard material. so one side is a dragon kite, and then there are several different kites in the sky with the clouds, and a little girl below flying it. [♪]

>> there are pieces that are particularly meaningful to me. during the time that we were working on it, my son was a disaffected, unhappy high school student. there was a day where i was on the way to take them to school, and he was looking glum, as usual, and so halfway to school, i turned around and said, how about if i tell the school you are sick and you come make tiles with us, so there is a tile that he made to. it is a little bird. the relationship with a work of art is something that develops over time, and if you have memories connected with a place from when you are a child, and you come back and you see it again with the eyes of an adult, it is a different thing, and is

just part of what makes the city an exciting place. [♪] >> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk

about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do? both structural and maybe even important non-structural things. >> you hear about how to prepare an earthquake kit and brace your book shelves and water tank and that is important. what you have to be careful is make sure that you are not going the easy things to make yourself feel better. if you have a bad structure, a bad building, then you need to be looking at that and everything that you do to keep your collectables in place is small and compared. if you have taken care of your structure, then there is a lot of stuff that you can do in your house that is non-structural and your chimney and water tank. >> let's talk about what the structural things might be. >> and he is exactly right. you don't want to make the deck chairs safe on the titanic, it is going down, you are going down, you have to make sure

that your house is safe. there are basic things that you need to do including bracing the water heater, not just because of fire hazard but because of the water source and the damage, but basic things are installing anchor bolts, and adding plywood and strapping your beams to column and posts to footings and foundations are really easy things to do and most contractors can do the building department is set up to approve this work, and these are things that every home owner should do, and it is a little harder because you have to get a building permit and hire a contractor. but you want to be able to after a big earthquake to climb in bed that night and pull the covers up and say i don't have to worry about going to a government shelter. >> that is the main focus that it is great to have an earthquake kit to be able to bug out for 72 hours. here is a better idea, stay in your own home and in order to do that you have to be make sure that your structure is okay. if you have a house, the easy

things to do with the wood construction is feasible. if you have a renter or you live in a concrete building, you need to talk to the building own , and make sure they have done their due diligence and find out what the deficiencies are. >> when i have looked at damaged buildings,vy seen that a little bit of investment in time and money and structural work provides great dividends. >> especially if it is the wood frame, typical house that you can do the things that i was talking about, the anchor and the plywood in the first garage area, you know if you refinanced in the last three years, get some of that savings and it is a really good investment. and the other thing that i try to tell people, earthquake insurance is not the solution to the shelter in place, if there is a big earthquake and your building is damaged, you are not in your house, you may be somewhere else, if you work in the city, it is going to be really hard to commute from

sonoma, you want to do what is necessary so that your house is retrofitted and a couple of years of earthquake premium could get you to a level that you could be in the house after a significant earthquake and it may have damage and there is still a shelter in place where you are at home and you are not worried for the government taking care of you and you are living in a place where you can go to work and you want to have your wood frame house is really easy to get to that level. on top of the wood frame house, i mean every wood frame house in the west half of the city have a water tank and the water tank fall over because they are gas fired and start fires. and that is something that you could do for yourself, and for your neighbors and for the whole city is make sure that your water tank is braced. >> if you look at the studies that are predicting on fires, we are going to have a lot of fires and for every water tank that is braced there is a potential of one less fire that the fire department is going to have to fight and we don't want to have any more fires than we need to. so bracing the water heater is the first thing that you want to do. >> and so easy, and you go

on-line and you google, earthquake, water and heater and you google the sites where you can find the details and you can put them out there on the hardware store and you can hire a small contract tore do that for you. that is a couple of hundred bucks, the best investment. if you are in other types of building it is complicated. if you are in a high-rise building you just can't anchor your building down because there are no anchor bolts, but at that point, the tenant should be asking questions of the owner's and the managers about earthquake preparedness >> and don't take the easy answer, oh, our building is safe it was designed to code. that is not the right answer, ask the tough questions and see if you can get a report that has been given to you. >> what is the right question? will i be able to stay in my home after the expected earthquake? is that a good question to ask? >> yeah, you may be more specific if you talk to the owner, if it is not a recent building, if it is ten or 20

years old see if they had an inspection done and there you will have a written before that will tell you all about the structure. >> thanks, pat. >> thanks, harvey. and thanks david for joining us and thank you for joining us on >> hello, everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. [cheers and applause] i am san francisco mayor london breed, and i have to tell you, first of all, when it is hot in san francisco, it is hot in the bayview. [laughter] i mean, really hot. on a regular basis in the bayview, and potrero hill neighborhood and the mission, we know that those are the hotspots in san francisco. i just came from the sunset and it is hot in the sunset. i knew it was going to be even hotter in the bayview. i'm really excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food, and here is an incredible opportunity to really not only

enjoyed the delicious food provided by some amazing vendors , but this is also an opportunity for the community to come together. when i was growing up in san francisco, we had food houses. remember? we could go to somebody's house and buy some nachos or some chicken or some banana pudding, but times have changed. we don't have the grandmothers and the folks who are the ones that were taking care of the community the same way that we do now. things have changed. the community has changed a lot. we know the bayview hunter's point community has a thriving african-american population here , a community filled with love and excitement, and the need for us to come together for occasions like this. especially because we know that as there is a lot of work that is happening in the bayview hunter's point community, there are a lawsuit -- also a lot of

people working in this community , a lot of people living in this community. having amazing food options for and by the people of this communities critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview hunter's point community. i cited eight. [cheers and applause] >> if you're from hunter's point and you don't know harold, you are not from hunter's point. we have sold bowl... [cheers and applause] and we have yes, putting. with all things sweet. so today is really about making sure that we support them and we support what they are trying to do here for the community. there are a lot of folks who are going to be working on the

sewage plants and other projects we just broke ground on one of the public safety buildings that is not too far from here, so i was just thinking to myself, what was that building that we just broke ground on, the forensic building and some other something, the traffic company. thank you. anyway, we were breaking ground over there and i said i wonder where all these workers are going to eat. where are the restaurants? so we have café envy, we have other places here and we want to make sure that, you know, we know that there are places to go to to eat in the bayview hunter 's point, places to hang out in the community and our goal is to do everything we can to make the right investments so that this community continues to thrive. i want to thank all of you for being here today to support these incredible businesses and thank you to harland kelley kelly with the public utilities

commission for having the foresight to know that it is not just about rebuilding and investing in our infrastructure and making sure that the communities part of these projects, it is also about investing in other things that play a critical role to support this amazing community. with that, another amazing supporter of the bayview hunter 's point community who used to be your supervisor and is now public utilities commission are, ladies and gentlemen, sophie maxwell. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. what a day. what an amazing day in san francisco. any time it is warm, i mean, i never get to wear sleeveless clothes. i'm always scared to death because i feel the wind will come up any minute. but i can relax. we can relax and be warm in this beautiful space. i'm really proud to be a commissioner. thank you so much. i thought it, but it is a great thing because the p.u.c. is

sponsoring this. these are the kinds of things that san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they're doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. it is a place where we can connect, where we can laugh, where we can talk about issues and politics, and 45 and kentucky and everything else. we can talk here and this is a good thing. we don't have any banks to wait in line anymore. you are in the bank used to talk to people about things, that is gone. walgreens, used to meet people at walgreens, well, that is gone , and so we have this and this is where we will connect. i want to thank all of you and i want to thank our partners. i want to think people who have a vision, you understand that, yes, while you are building in the programs, while you are building the sewage plant, there were other things. there are other places and

people around you, and that these people have come to the conclusion that is part of their responsibility to help us live and thrive in this community. i want to thank the p.u.c. and i want to thank all of those people who helped make this possible. and now i get introduced one of my most favorite people. one of my most favorite people, that is shamann walton because he will make sure that this continues and it will be bigger and better. shamann walton, supervisor shamann walton. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, supervisor maxwell good afternoon, everybody. welcome to bayview, and as our mayor said, and we always let everyone know, where the sun is always shining in bayview, california. this is an exciting time. is a look around and see a lot of our business owners up and down the third streetcar door, and one of our main focuses is to make sure we have a vibrant

corridor where businesses get to thrive, not only for folks in the community, because we want to make sure we have a place to go like supervisor maxwell explained, so we can talk, we can spend time with our families right here in our own community, but we also want to make bayview a destination place. we want folks to come from all over san francisco, from all over the bay area to enjoy the culture, to enjoy the businesses , to enjoy the food that we have right here in our own community. so as we look at our own businesses activating space outside and an atmosphere like this, that is an exciting thing for us. that is something that we should all be celebrating and be excited about. i want to thank everyone for coming over today and spending time to get to know our business owners who i will introduce in a minute, but i also want to talk about the public, private community partnership. as you know, the sewer system improvement program is coming. there's going to be lots of

construction, lots of change in our community, and community benefits were something that we fought hard to make sure happened for our community. working with the p.u.c., working with the joint venture partners, we got the resources to make sure that this space was activated, that our businesses were going to be able to thrive because of all of the opportunities that are on the way to this community, and we want to continue to be supportive of all of that. i want to thank our joint venture partners and thank the p.u.c., i want to thank the office of economic and workforce development, i want to thank larry mcquillan for his hard work on this corridor. [applause] we pushed larry very hard. i want to thank andrea baker consulting for all of her work on activating this space. [cheers and applause] she has been working hard to make sure that we have places like this in our community. if you look at -- this is really towards the front of the gateway into bayview, and if you continue up the corridor, we have another space like all good

pizza. all these places are right here that are community assets and we all have to remember to patronize. i don't want to just see you all here today as we have this opening ceremony, i want to see you supporting harold, supporting nema, supporting? asia on a daily basis, on a weekly basis consistently. that peace is important. we need you here every day and not just for a ribbon-cutting in the grand opening ceremonies. with that said, i do have the pleasure and the honor of introducing the stars of bayview bistro, first will hear from nema romney, a san francisco native. they have a food truck with a latin twist and then we will hear from harold big h. and then we will hear from mr. johnson, a san francisco native and owner of yes, putting