the consent agenda? >> i would like to make a motion to approve. >> second. [roll call] >> all right. the billiards permit has been approved. congratulations, if you are here >> i wanted to bring your attention to the memo that is included in your binder following tab five, six and the reason is because the next memo here, the next two applicants, it is very long in there is a lot of follow along with. there with me, but here we go. the first permit on the regular agenda is for a limited life perform it permit -- performance permit for a zeitgeist. the applicants have held a b.p. permit in 2001, and regularly

apply for one time after entertainment event permits. they have decided to apply for a permit to continue hosting their annual outdoor events and give them flexibility to host other indoor and outdoor events year round. due to residential units located above the bar at the direction of director weiland, the senior inspector conducted outdoor sound measurements before tonight's hearing to provide recommendations to you. based on their findings, staff is recommending we categorize entertainment events at zeitgeist is nonspecial events and special events to clearly distinguish the permit conditions for each. for nonspecial events, the senior inspector recommends overwriting the standard m.p.c. and set the sound limit at 88 d.b. measured 15 feet from the nearest loudspeaker because they are sensitive receptors to residential units, closer than 250 feet to the outdoor performance area. the sound limit will be for all nonspecial events.

samples include but are not limited to movie screenings, and dj's and can happen any day of the year between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. for standard regulations about sounds for l.l.p. his. for special events, senior inspector roberts recommend setting another sound limit to keep them in compliance. special events will include all events that may exceed the non special event sound limits. examples of special events are including live bands and musicians. the special events sound limit has not yet been determined but inspectors will schedule a sound test to be taken at the onset of the live performance in accordance with this. furthermore, the entertainment commission staff recommends number of special events be limited to 306 per calendar year and can occur between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. for standard regulation of outdoor sound for l.l.p. please note the location of the performance area for special events can help inside with the doors to the patio open, or

outside on the patio. staff recommends the permit holder notified entertainment commission and the residents living above the venue prior to hosting special events. please note, this information has been shared with the permit applicant and they are in agreement with these conditions. in your file, are seven letters of support from current tenants who live erectly above and two letters of support for staff from the tattoo parlor, and 30 letters of support from patrons who live within the city, many of whom are mission district residents. seven station approves this permit with the following conditions listed below. here to tell you more as the manager. >> good evening. thank you for letting me speak before the commission today. my name is lara and i am a.g.m. i am here recommending the owner for applications. it is a 42-year-old business in

san francisco. we are a bar with a large beer garden and kitchen. zeitgeist is a historic legacy business within san francisco within the registry. over the past 30 years, we have had a long history of posting performance events from live music to film screening dj's and other m.c. events during the 80s and nineties. it was a popular place like monks the punk scene during that time. moving forward we have hosted a number of live music events. most recently, we hosted the official tamale lady day celebration on june 23rd, celebrating virginia ramos' life bands played during a saturday afternoon and it culminated with a screening of a documentary about her life. each time we hosted events we have been diligent in obtaining the proper permits from the entertainment commission, staffing events to make sure the safety of our clientele is maintained and informing all neighbors with adequate notice and manager contact information and having managers present to handle issues during the event.

with the limited live performance permit, we intend to continue these practices fully complying with the good neighbor policy. our intention is to host a variety of cultural events and occasional live music. we maintain an excellent relationship with our neighbors, especially the tenants of the hotel above it. [please stand by]

>> 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] you. >> when i first moved here people come to san francisco to be the person you want to be can be anyone you want. >> the community is so rich and diverse that i'm learning every

single day san francisco is an amazing photoy town historically been base on evolution and that applies to every single professional field including philanthropic arts today what i do is photo based art manifests traditional forest and some colonel lodge and other frames of digital forest is a meeting that has been changing like super rapid and the quality is not extended by the medium if you took forest in school or you get a job in a newspaper they'll give give you a list of how to create a philanthropic story my goal to break down that model and from a to b that is unique and allows the ability to incorporate different types of i believey about propels someone

through the rise and a fall of their own experiences one of the main things i'm trying to contribute it unconditional narrative form the narrative art of photograph the in between of photos how does a group of photos come together as how to use the space between photos to alight emotional responses from the audience and bring innovation and create bodies of work that narratively function the way that photos do san francisco as the commission came out and you visited me and one of their prerestricts was to find an art with enough work to fill a large says that a quad down the hallway downstairs and we hung that quad to feel like a

train station that constant sensation from all different directions some of the major characteristic of the landscape festivities the blur of the train their 70 miles per hour and they're not perfect as opposed to to what landscape will look like it creates a dichotomy for people insides the train not just the story of the subject it is not just the visual design the composition juxtapositioning, etc. not just all autobiography boo-hoo it creates pictures with meaning within them and then some of the portraits feel awkward some of them feel welcoming and the person that

mime making the picture is really comfortable and other ones feel awkward and weigh i didn't and tense that sensation is counter to what we feel like makes a successful portrait that sensation makes that work it is hard to be an artist in a city is 100 percent focused an business the cost of living is expensive and to value your success not scribble on financial return creates a conflict between the paramount egos in san francisco today. >> you see a lot of artists leaving for that reason because you need space to make work

my ultimate goal to make work that firms people firms this gift and just the experience of life and of their worst and of the amazement the wonderment of everything around us >> good morning, everyone. i'm tom mcguire and i have the privilege of acting as the san francisco m.c.a. we're here to celebrate the opening of this beautiful train platform. this is going to be the best way to get to the chase center arena. we're exciting to be cutting the ribbon on that platform today.

this arena will be the most sustainable, transit-friendly and most successful arena in the nba. to celebrate this opening, i would like to welcome mayor london breed. >> mayor breed: thank you, tom. there are a lot of folks here today to celebrate this platform, and i just want to start by thanking each and every one of you for being here and helping us to get the word out, but i especially want to thank the warriors. not only have they committed to making sure that this is the most transit friendly chase center anywhere, but they can put their money where their mouth is by making investments in our transportation system here in san francisco. this platform is just one of their many commitments to supporting transportation to chase arena for the over 220 events that they plan to host every single year.

we announced a few weeks ago that any event that you attend at chase center, you can basically show your ticket as proof of payment to get on muni and pull up right to the almost front door and walk over and enjoy a good time. and then when you're ready to go, you can hop right back on muni to get back home or wherever you're trying to get to. a year ago we formed a committee to talk about how we were going to be the most transit friendly location when chase center opened, and the warriors have been at the table, ucff has been at the table. the legislators have been at the table. i really want to thank ucsf for being here today and an incredible partner to make sure that people are able to get in

and out this community, whether they're going to the hospital at ucsf or going to class or coming back from mission bay or going to chase center, this neighborhood which basically used to be a railway and empty space has now become a real part of san francisco as an incredible, thriving community, with people, restaurants, places to go and things to do. i've got to tell you, chase center is like the icing on the cake because this is where entertainment is going to happen, this is where the championship warriors nba champions will play right here in san francisco starting this fall for the -- well, actually coming home for the second time in our great city. i'm so excited about what's to come when we open this new center. but today is about really

promoting our transportation plans and how we need to get people around this area safely, securely, efficiently. the thing that people ask about the most, first of all, san francisco has a lot of congestion, but now that we're adding another 18,000 people who are going to visit this area over the course of 220 events, what are we doing? well, we got bike share, we got plans with muni, we have so many incredible opportunities for people to choose the ferry service and transit options first. our goal is to get the word out and to hopefully when we open this amazing place we'll see tons of people getting right off at this platform to attend the first concert here and attend one of the first games happening here for the golden state warriors. i'm excited about this. thank you to the neighborhood for your patience and all the

people that have had a tremendous role. i'd also like to add my real appreciation for the warriors and the four additional trains that we're going to be getting in addition to the platform and some of the other infrastructure improvements as their commitment to doing all they can to provide transit options for the visitors to chase arena. they've been an incredible partner in this city. at this time, i'd like to introduce another incredible partner, someone who's helped on the legislative side and continues to advocate for not only resources for san francisco, but continues to push the envelope around the kinds of transit options that we need to make san francisco and the bay area a more transit friendly, a more efficient place to move people around, that's assembly member david chu. >> thank you, madam mayor. san francisco, are we ready for basketball? are we ready for the warriors?

so i was trying to think of something pithy to say that would be appropriate for this day. this is what i'll say in four words: this is the station for dub nation. all right. this is ride, this journey, has been long in coming. i was just talking to rick wells about how it was eight years ago when i was serving as president of the san francisco board of supervisors, i got a call about the possibility that the warriors might move to our great city. a lot as happened over that time. i remember asking him the question: how are we going to move 18,000 people in and out games this many times a year? today we announced we unveiled part of the solution to that blue-and-gold question. i want to also along with the mayor thank so many folks that were responsible for the day, starting with the mayor and her team at muni, along with our contractors and our engineers,

our builders. of course to the warriors for your vision of what an amazing venue could be about. ucsf, thank you for not only your science but also partnership. i want to thank a moment to thank the neighborhoods, the neighbors, our transit advocates for bringing us to where we are today. i want to take a moment to thank the legislature and the bay area voters who last year passed regional measure 3, which is over $4 billion of transit and congestion funding to help ensure that we are building the best transit system in the world here in san francisco. let me also mention today is a ribbon cutting, but this is not going to be the last transit stop ribbon cutting. as i mentioned when we were moving forward with regional measure 3 it was suggested to me and my colleagues that we also invest in a ferry system that includes a future mission bay ferry stop. if all goes well, in 2021, we

will hopefully do a ribbon cutting there as well with the temporary option, as mayor breed just reminded me. let me just close by saying that we all know that the greatest 21st century cities have great transit. we know we have more work to do in san francisco, but this is one of the major stops to ensuring that we have great transit here in san francisco and here in the bay. go dubes. with that, it's my honor to introduce someone who needs no introduction. someone who has overseen three championships over the last five years, the the of the golden state warriors. >> thank you. another great day. we have been on this journey for about seven years now. i know it's a distant memory, but we had some press conference on pier 3032 about seven years

ago accepting the mayor's invitation to bring the warriors back to san francisco. obviously a lot has happened since then. two people up here -- actually, all of them, but two in particular at that point in time were critical to this project david chu in his former role at the board of supervisors was one of the first advocates for this project. it seems really easy now that it's all done. at the time he took some arrows for us and there were some times when it wasn't the easiest position to be taking. david, we owe you a great debt of gratitude and the support you gave us then in guiding us to our new home at mission bay. i'm going to introduce this guy in a moment, but i want to say something about him before i do. chancellor hagad has been an amazing partner in getting this project done. through the time that i have known him, which initiated with this project, i've come to

respect what an incredible steward you are for this amazing institution. he's a really good negotiator too. i will tell you that. he was -- you know, we had a common vision, but we had to figure out how to get there. the getting there was the part that chancellor hagood was so instrumental in making happen. mayor breed before she was mayor was a supporter. she even came with us to china a few years ago to see the warriors play there. she has -- since the time she has been in office has been an inbelievable advocate in focusing in on what it's going to take to make this project successful for the city. i think her encouragement is what resulted in our muni program. remember that, your ticket to any event at j center is our ticket on muni. free transportation on muni the day of the event.

that's an incredible opportunity. i think it's not only going to be great for getting people familiar with muni on muni. i think it's going to bring a lot of people to muni that have never tried it before because of the guests from outside the bay area and outside of san francisco who now will have an experience with muni that hopefully they'll repeat over and over again. i think, mayor, you've assured us that tom has made sure with all this demand that we're creating, that the service is going to match that demand, right? isn't that what you told me? thanks to each and every one of you. you deserve to be up here. we're less than a month away from cutting a ribbon and welcoming our first event, metallica and the san francisco symphony. what else would you do in san francisco on september 6. thanks to all of you. i'm going to turn this over to

chancellor sam hagood. >> thank you, rick. let me welcome you all here the medical center and university here. we're delighted to be welcoming the equally world class warriors to be our partners. it has been a journey as rick mentioned, but i am confident that everything is in place to make this a spectacular success not just for mission bay, but san francisco. at ucsf we strongly believe in the mayor's transit policies. we run our electric shuttle services to keep our patients, staff, students out of cars. we promote the use of transit whenever we can. that includes allowing city employees to access our transit to zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. i would like to especially thank

the mayor, who from day one has made a commitment to the opening of the chase center and the operations of the chase center the great success that i know it will be. with the cooperation of the m.t.a. for their terrific work on this new pavilion. my office is just here. i can actually see this transit center and see the chase center from my office. i believe i'll be looking directly into rick's office. we'll be able to monitor very carefully how this all works, but we're very excited about welcoming the warriors to our neighborhood. i thank the members of the ucsf community, but the broader community who have tolerated a lot of construction including our own construction and the warriors and the transit. it will all be over soon and we'll be able to enjoy the fruits of everyone's labor. thank you for being here. it's a very, very exciting day. tom. >> thank you, chancellor.

thank you again for your patience and for all the neighbors here in mission bay and all the neighborhoods who have been so patient with the amount of construction that has taken place and that has been required for a great station and a great arena to take shape here in mission bay. thank you also to our elected officials for their leadership encouraging us to put transit first. of course to the warriors for funding infrastructure investments. making your warriors ticket count for your muni ticket. i'm looking forward to seeing what our peer cities and other teams in san francisco, thank you, madam mayor. also joined by our board member who has been terrific. thank you to all the m.t.a. members who have been working so hard for the last few months to make sure that this station opened before the arena so we've got a great facility for all the fans who are going to show up in

one month. with that, let's go across the street and cut a ribbon. >> ready? five, four, three, two, one. yay. we're open. [♪]