for brick-and-mortar -- -- $350, for brick-and-mortar they must ensure that there location is allowed as a massage use under the plan code. where general info practitioner massage establishments may operate is regulated through the planning code, as you can see. out of approximately 224 commercial zoning districts, massage is allowed in 91 of them, or about 40%. only 62 of those 91 on the first story only. that makes it extremely difficult to find a commercial base for you can legally operate massage, but also for sole practitioners, where most of the areas where you can operate are only on the first worry. that is also extremely limiting where you can operate area where first for a ground floor is much more expensive than the higher floors.

practitioner massage establishment are principally permitted, except that they have to go through neighborhood notification processes, and all general massage establishment again have to go through this process. any questions? issues and considerations. it's really important to understand who massage practitioners are, and also who owners typically are of these establishments. we are talking about the legitimate one. 88% of most massage practitioners are women, and that is from the american massage therapy association and that is using federal data to determine that. they are likely to be sole practitioners.

in san francisco they are about 180 permit to operate, either general establishment, or a sole practitioner establishment. only 28 of them are so practitioners. which is significant if the data tells us that most practitioners are supposed to be sole practitioners had -- practitioners. flexibility is really important to them, and their success is dependent upon repeat clients. if you can't find a stable brick-and-mortar space to operate out of, which is what we keep hearing from the community here in san francisco, it is pretty hard to rely on repeat clients if you're moving constantly. their median income is about $43,000, which in san francisco is far below living wage. according to the bureau of labor statistics there are about 2,116

massage practitioners in the local area. we estimate that about 1900 of them are probably in san francisco. the bureau of labor statistics also projects that the industry is growing faster than others, through 2026 it will increase by about 26%. we want to make sure that our city regulations are providing those individuals with a pathway to establish legitimate businesses, if the data is telling us that the industry is going to grow as such. issues and considerations that have arisen from feedback from the community, feedback from you in prior years, feedback from my own research is that massage is not regulated like other health services we had planned controls are too restrictive and zoning structure and permit fee

structure is a significant barrier. policy options, with regard to that. this topic paper, suggesting that massage service fee included in the definition of health service we had in this regard it would open up in the planning code where massage can be practiced across francisco. this is important because a lot of where it's often in buildings that cater better to being client -- like -- a physician like room. particularly for so practitioners, who are looking for affordable ways that is not on the ground floor commercial. i'm also suggesting that the health will be amended to

establish a healthy massage program. it would primarily focus on public education outreach around massage, and its relation to the medical community, and the health benefits of massage, it would also have a component where it would emphasize the health and safety of massage practitioners, would also educate again human trafficking and sex trafficking. that's an issue we have seen in massage businesses, but one that is also in other areas as well. there's also a suggestion to reassess the fee structure, as we have heard the application process is very onerous in the fee structure is a significant barrier for prospective massage business owners. one small, but very important suggest, to remove massage

parlor from respective city code and to encourage city employees, and city appointees from using massage parlor interchangeably with massage establishment. massage parlor is associated with nefarious activities, and we really want to distinguish the bad actors from legitimate massage establishment. with that all being said, any questions? >> any commissioner question? do we have any members of the public that would like to comment on item number six in the dozen tatian? seeing on. public comment is closed. very good presentation. very informative. thank you.

>> next. give her a minute. >> good job. next item, please get. >> item seven, approval of draft meeting minutes. action item. >> any question on the minutes? do we have any members of the public that would like to make comments on the minute? item number seven. seeing none. public comment is closed. we have a motion? >> moved to approve the minutes as amended. >> second. >> all in favor? motion passes. >> i promise by october 28 it will be appropriate item eight, directors report update and report of the office of small business on the small business

assistance center, department program, policy and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor, and announced once regarding small business activities. discussion item. >> i do not have a written report for you today, it is a verbal report. he highlight is -- key highlights, on september 11 the mayor signed the legislation, i think you heard it back december of 2018, i did submit to you a copy of a one page summary through the e-mail. if you did not receive it, let me know. some of the highlights are focusing on food and entertainment establishments, a good portion of the streamlining was reducing repetitive fees, duplicative referral fees. one important thing for a cafés or businesses that just take out business, the department of

public health how adopted a code specific to san francisco that required a restroom. an accessible restroom. this, of course, those kinds of businesses operate in very small places read the state code does not require restaurants so we took away that requirement. an administrative outcome that wasn't in the legislation but was developed to this asset was that a business that has to go through a change of use, which is a neighborhood notification, once the neighborhood notification is complete there is no complaint. the business is able to take their permit application and walk it around and get sign offs. over sign off after that. before the process was it state internal. it got routed through the different agencies.

that has taken off about them to-3 month worth of time for these businesses that have to go through a change of use. so, there are a few other things in their, but i will not go into everything .-dot the legislation accomplished, just to refresh your memory. the department of building inspections for the accessible building entrance program mailed out 9,000 letters a couple of weeks ago to property owners who have yet to submit their checklist. in this letter it did state that there will be a notice of violation issued if the property owner did not get their check list in by december. so, just in case you do here from businesses, it was sent to the property owner. property owners who are also businesses will have received it.

that has definitely garnished the attention. we have noticed there was definitely, as we kept sending notices, you know, this is your compliance deadline, over the last two years there has been a slow uptick. since december is the final deadline for tear 4 entryways to have their checklist submitted, we just said that that is it for all property owners area and then -- as presented to you, we are working with supervisor brown's office on developing legislation to have regulation for massage, and then we will be starting the tobacco mitigation in october.

and then -- with your binder is a project timeline of some of the key projects that are before the commission. we are working through the backlog for the request of presentations. if i sent an e-mail to you asking some questions just to ensure that the presentation that we are requesting from the department is the presentation that you want. if you would be on the lookout for those e-mails and then try to respond as quickly as possible, so we can get the scheduled. i would like to try to get presentations with a community benefit districts on the 28th

so i will be getting some e-mails out by wednesday. if you could respond right away, then we could get the department here to present. unless you would like to need to go through this in detail, you have it here and if there is any question you have, you now -- now or at a future time i will be happy to answer. >> thank you. any questions for the director? let's open it up for public comment. any members of the public that would like to comment on the directors'? seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item nine, commissioners reports. allows a president, vice president commissioners to report on recent small business activities and make announcements that are of interest to small business community. discussion item. >> i want to report that i did sign the mayor's small business streamline legislation on 9/11,

and i also attended the renaissance entrepreneurial center fundraiser -- when was that? two weeks ago. the 13th. no, the 12th. on september 12th. that is what i have two report. commissioner riley? >> i was on vacation from september 1-11, prior to that i attended the press conference for the moon festival in chinatown. a lot of things happening in chinatown. they do everything they can to bring in more visitors and more business to chinatown. >> great ragged any other commission report -- -- great. any other commissioners report?

any members of the public like to comment on item number nine? seeing none. public comment is closed. >> item ten. new business. allows commissioners to andersoa items for future consideration by the commission. >> any commissioners that have new business? any public comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. >> item 11. >> it is our mission to begin and end with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco, and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online, or in person here at city hall. best of all, all of our services are free of charge. the small business commission is

the official public forum to voice your opinions, and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in in san francisco. if you need assistant with small business matters, start here with the office of business. of a small business. >> item 11, adjournment. >> do i have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> the meeting is adjourned at 3:18 p.m.

>> evening everyone. welcome to the commission meeting. anthony, roll call. >> this is the meeting of the tran04 tran02. it is tuesday, september 24, 2019 and the time is 5:01 p.m. a note and the ringing and use of cell phone and electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. plea -- please be advised that any person may be removed for the ringing of any electronic

device. a note to the public, there is a public comment on every item on the agenda, as well as an opportunity for general public, for items that are not on the agenda. also an opportunity for general public,, that is during item five. we ask that you fill out a speaker card and handed to me and i'll hand them to you also have a right to speak anonymously. after we call all the speaker card, i will call up folks if they want to speak anonymously. i one, call to order and. [roll call] there is a quorum. item 2, presidents welcome and items for discussion. >> good evening everyone, and thank you for being here tonight

on this very warm evening. we at least two appear to have some air conditioning. we have a very full agenda, and we will looking at an issue that is key to our environmental success. electrification. we will consider two resolutions from the policy committee. how the city is going to electrify its buildings and transportation systems? as we consider electrification initiatives, efficiency must always be the guiding force that moves us forward tonight we will hear recommendations from the energy efficiency coordinating committee report. additionally we will consider this year's reduced risk list. finally, they are also looking forward to hearing about the work of our city department partners. one of our most important roles, as commissioners on the

environment, is to help other city departments realize their environmental goals. we also have some staff recognition before we move forward. we want to recognize the new staff from the environment now team. please come up until tell us your name, and what you are most passionate about in your new roles. as you come forward to introduce yourselves, these are our boots on the ground, our ambassadors as they are in the community. please step forward. who wants to start? >> hello everyone. my name is wendy. i'm on the environment now team. what i most passionate about is going door to door outreach with

the residents and businesses. the most interesting is how to educate people, and how to use. [inaudible] that is the most interesting for me so far. thank you. >> i am most excited about mostly getting into the community and talking to everyday people about the ways they can reduce their waste, and best practices for zero waste. thank you. >> hi. my name is kalin. the most passionate thing -- or the thing i most passionate about is getting people to be more aware about the consumption , and like really creating that environment for

them. you know, getting them in touch with the nature around them and everything. thank you. >> hi everyone. my name is ken,. [inaudible] i can educate residents how to use, reduce, to keep our environment sustainable. now i am looking at several projects such as residential impact. [inaudible]

>> i am on the team of environment now. my passion is to be one of the first to implement the messages from the department on the new ordinance. also, do the best practice messages to businesses and residents. thank you. >> my name is allison, i'm working with the policy on public affairs. i am passionate about working on legislation that makes sustainability equitable for everyone. >> anyone else?

some applause for our ambassadors and our boots on the ground. [applause] before we move into tonight's business, i thought it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge last week's global climate strikes that was organized and led by young people. young courageous people, and of course most notably greta. on behalf of the commission on the environment, i'm going to give a short statement of our supported solidarity with the youth. as commissioners committed to address other global climate crisis, we know that young people are inheriting a world that is racing towards climate catastrophe. last week we watched as young people, from around the world, stepped up with a massive coordinated school strike to protect government and business

and action on climate change. to protest rather. millions of students from over 120 countries took to the streets for what some are calling the largest environmental protest was on the history. the truth is, young people have the largest reshaped by climate change. the worst consequences of unchecked climate change falls to future generations. that is why strikers are demanding that the policy response the climate crisis centers on the issue of justice. it is the people who contribute the least to the problem who stand to suffer the most. we agree with the calls for immediate and accelerated action to stop burning fossil fuels, and to ensure a rapid transition to a clean energy economy that prioritizes equity and justice. the commission on the environment stands in solidarity

with the millions of young people, around the world, who are raising their voices organized in their communities, and calling to make addressing the climate crisis a top priority. before i ask for public comment, i want to ask if any of my fellow commissioners would like to add to this message? commissioners? commissioners stephenson? >> thank you for that, that was wonderful. i spent last week watching the tv and crying my way through outs, being elated, and overwhelmed and slightly embarrassed to be perfectly honest that it takes a bunch of kids to get out there and protest to get people to stand up and take note. but it also made me incredibly proud to be in san francisco

specifically. this city consistently leads on this issue, and i think for those of you that don't know, one of the reasons i set up here , years ago i started a company that published a little tip every single day and told people how to be more environmentally friendly. things they could do in choices they could make that would be different. i think as time goes on it has become more and more obvious to all of us that while the small changes that people make will add up, they are not going to add up fast enough. the things that we have to do are going to be policies by both cities and countries around the world, and it is going to be technologies that are going to help lead us forward into the future. for both of those reasons i am proud to be where i sit, not only appear on the commission, but also in this area where we support both technologies and bold visions. it was a very strange thing to be embarrassed and elated at the

same time. that is what i was. i wholeheartedly support the students who were striking. >> thank you. anyone else? if not, do we have public comment on the presidential welcome? okay. public comment after every item. if there aren't any, we can go onto the next item. >> the next item is item three, approval of minutes on the may 208th meeting,. >> do i hear a motion to approve the draft minutes for may 28, 2019? moved by commissioner ambrose.

any discussions or any changes commissioners? public comment on this item the approval of the minutes of? all in favor of approving the minutes? motion passes. next item. >> item four, approval of minutes on the august 5, 2019 commission on the environmental meeting. this item is for discussion and action. >> this was a special meeting which took place at aaron's head park echo center. may have a motion to approve the minutes of the august 5, 2019 commission on the environmental meeting? moved by commissioner sullivan and seconded by commissioner stephenson.

any public comment on this item? hearing none. all of those in favor signal by saying i. any opposed? motion carries. next item. >> item five, general public comment. embers of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. >> you have a public comment? >> my name is connie cobbs. i showcased in tri- valley come and ran trying to get municipalities with my business model. my business model is reusable bags and it has been and will be

for a long time. i wanted to try to offset like unfunded liabilities, just as we do our lottery system. i wanted to enhance the lottery. i don't want to take away from the lottery. they started as lotto bags and lotto bag tags that can scan the bags. competitions where you might have one city try to have more bag return done another city. try to buy bags in support of causes. for instance, our cabdrivers. maybe cancer. maybe charitable organizations. i have pitched this to tran04 back in 2,006. the mayor should be on board with it, newsome should know

about it. i forget her name, but anyhow, i am very interested in getting this off of the ground, and i want to get back to the corporations and the major stores and organizations that i spoke with before. i don't know who i would present to, because it is. i know -- i don't want it too upset too much. i wanted to enhance the friendly competition. i think it will happen. i left my business cards in the car, my number is 925-449-1658. there should also be some paperwork with my name on it from a past meeting that i have been to down at the board of supervisors as well as, you know the communications i have. i will be in touch with you shortly, if you have any brainstorms on how to make this

right, again i don't want to upset other interests, i want to enhance and i want to make money as well. call me. 925-449-1658. use a bag, a lotto bags. thank you so much. >> anyone else? >> the next item is item six, presentation of a commission on the environment -- environmental service award to the san francisco international airport. >> commissioner chu has a great privilege of presenting our awards today. environmental service award to the san francisco international airport. commissioner chu wrote a great piece on greater public and private partnerships when it comes to transportation solutions. thank you for doing that. >> thank you. today it is my great honor to present the commission on the environmental -- environment --

environmental service award to san francisco international airport where i was just at 45 minutes ago. [laughter] here to accept the award is aaron cook. excellent. our partner of the chief administration policy office department, excellent. even better. among the major international airports come of the world has established itself as a climate pioneer in the their accomplishments include; sourcing greenhouse gas free electricity, long before most of their per competitors were thinking about this contributing to the airport's greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 39% this past year. reducing water usage for passengers 20% below 2013 levels. becoming the first airport to ban single use plastic water bottles in august of 2019, and plastic food where and accessories in march.

16 leed certified projects on their campus with ten more registered to be certified under its current 7.4 billion ascent program. being one of the first users of blue planet concrete in the world during terminal one construction, which uses carbon aggregates to significantly reduce embodied carbons. the list goes on and on. among city departments and facilities, it is unique and that it is the first place the city can make a great environmental first impression on visitors. visitors that are just transiting, and the only chance to make an environmental impression. that makes s.f.o. the ideal pace to demonstrate our stewardship to all corners of the world. whether it is seeing solar panels from the air train, or buying aluminum water bottle for reuse instead of single use plastic water bottles. those policies can drive awareness, and behavior change and shift cultural paradigm. because they are a travel hub,

cultural diffusion in the most modern sense. people expands on there and here they can take flight to the routine travel that happens every day at san francisco international airport. without i am pleased to join my colleagues and resenting you with the commission on the environment environmental service award. [applause] on behalf of our airport director we are honored to receive this award. we love working as part of our city and county family. thank you. it is a really great honor. we are thrilled to be here amongst other awardees. thank you for the recognition. >> commissioners, are there any comments? questions? we are going to do a group photo i'm sorry. yes.

we are going to do a group photo, but i think there comments first. okay. great. we will do a photo, we would just do it probably after the second award. then we will all come down at the same time. >> s.f.o. aaron, you personally, i just have to say are such an amazing contributor to the city family. we scored so big when you decided to leave your previous job and lead the sustainability efforts of s.f.o. she is a force to be reckoned with, she leaves the best meeting i think i've ever been in. she could lead any meeting that i have to go to. they are so productive, and she does such hard work to be prepared so that everyone get something out of it. you're just amazing.

she is lucky, too, because she works in an organization that is a small city. ed has made a decision to leave the world truly in realizing what the potential is for an airport to do. there is no green airport on the planet, and i am so grateful for everything you do. as commissioner. >> five said, you are a test bed for things, sometimes they work well, sometimes it not work well but the airport is going to try. to share what you learn so that everyone can follow in your footsteps. s.f.o. >> any comments? any public comment on this item? we can do a quick photo.

>> the next item, anthony. >> item seven, presentation of a commission on the environment -- environmental service award to the severance go department of. >> this will be presented by commission -- commissioner wan. >> this is a long list of accomplishments, please be prepared. it is my great honor to present the san francisco department of human resources unaware. mickey callahan, the director -- the initiatives are what we need. specifically we need to generate and create less waste. indeed, this was one of our goals. to reduce waste by 15%.

it's only been a year since the summit, city agencies like the human resources department are already stepping up. here's a list of what they are doing. $35 million in employee benefit payments, 80% will be converted from paper checks to electronic fund transfers resulting in the elimination of 26,000 paper checks to employees. an estimated 4400 checks will be eliminated. the final phase, of this project, will be in 2021 creating a system interface tempe medical providers electronically which will replace approximately 33388 checks annually. that is less waste generation, reducing consumption also reducing carbon emissions. this particular instance we are saving trees.

many around the country, the world, san francisco city departments are the cities best environmental ambassadors. we hear, at commission on the environment, are proud cooperating with sustainability into aspects of your operation that most people think about from a sustainable perspective. you are, and that shows dedication. the commission, we are often talking about about what needs to be done that are leading the way. [inaudible] i want to express my thanks for agreeing to send our transportation survey to all city employees so we can find out which modes of transportation city employees are using on a daily basis. therefore, how we can best assist them in moving to more sustainable modes. with that, i am pleased to also join my colleagues in presenting you with the commission on the environment -- environmental

service award. [applause] >> it is a great honor to be here. i want to highlight, this really follow something we did a couple of years ago which was to move all city employees to direct deposit. it was a lot more complex due to workers compensation because of regulatory environment it -- sending checks. prior to this initiative we had been sending a file to chicago, where they would print checks and mail them to all of our recipients, as payments. this has been a huge initiative the last several years. i want to call out peggy sugarman, our contractor, stanley who made it all happen he is our assistant manager for worker's comp. also the office of the treasurer, as well. it is interesting, as far as we can tell we have the first large employer -- the only large employer that is actually doing this. it is such a tough regulatory

environment. the information how to process to do this, in a confidential manner, is really hard to do. where there is a will, there is a way. our team pulled it off. stay tuned for the next phase which is to all of the vendors, the medical providers who provide services will be paid electronically, as well. we are excited about that. it is a great honor. thank you. >> any comments? >> mickey, director callahan, i just want to say this is such a great honor for us to thank you. you don't have the word sustainability or environment, in your title, or any of the people's titles that you mentioned. yet they have it in their blood, and you have it in your core. you decided as the leader of this department to persevere, and when mickey first told me about this she was so excited, and honestly i didn't understand the big deal. i'm thinking, don't we all do

electronic text by now? she said "no, this is really hard". when she said this regulatory environment, it sounds like such a benign phrase. it was obviously such a challenge to pull this off, and then to show people, and i am assuming this is all around the country, everybody has the same challenge you do. showing what is possible, doing it because it is the right thing to do. commissioner stevenson, when you were talking about your reaction to the climate strike, and this place of pride, knowing that san francisco leads by example. it is so deep within the organization of our city departments. it makes me so proud and grateful. dinky so much, director, for your leadership throughout the department of human resources on all of the work you do. thank you for taking lead on this. >> thank you very much.

>> any other comments? if not, do we have any public comment on this item? if not, we are going to take a photo with our two recipients this evening. [please stand by] [please stand by]

>> thank you.

>> okay. remembered with for our next item. >> a presentation on the findings of the san francisco energy efficiency coordinating committee. the sponsor is deborah and the chair is the energy efficiency committee and antonio diaz, a member of the energy efficiency committee. the item is for discussion. >> president, may i introduce? >> yes, please. thank you. >> thank you. in 2017, then supervisor eric mar recognized the importance of the intersection between energy efficiency and equity. the health of our small businesses, of our disadvantaged communities across san

francisco. and he wanted to make sure that the department of the environment and the public utilities public utilities commission were hearing from if the right people as we designed our own programs. frankly we were thrilled by this challenge to us, to engage with community in a meaningful way about energy efficiency programming. and so what better leaders for us to have than the two people who are standing before us tonight, who have stepped up in a significant way to lead this discussion and then bring all of that information together in a report and then meet with us about the report, as well as p.u.c. to think about, given all of the recommendations, how do we start to prioritize and think about the first things we need to do differently. and i can say it's already impacted the work that we do here in our energy efficiency programming and it's also set some priorities for the future that i'm excited for you to hear

about tonight. so thank you both for your leadership and. would you introduce yourself, as well as who you work with, just as a context. that would be wonderful. >> go ahead. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is antonio diaz. i'm with the economic rights. i'm the organization's director. >> and my name is avni jamdar. we're a local non-profit working in several markets across, but very importantly on green issues with community, labor and workforce. >> and director raphael will set the context. we'll have an energy efficiency coordinating committee came about. i was closely involved with supervisor mar, eric mar at the time, in terms of supporting the legislation. the committee brought together a cross sector of stakeholders,

representing workforce training, the small business sector, non-profit, affordable housing, green jobs and environmental justice. we met throughout 2016 and into 2017 to come up with the report and recommendations that avni will be speaking about in a moment. i shut mention the work of the committee was supported by staffing from the department of the environment. i want to commend anthony to his hard work in supporting our efforts. and also by staff at the san francisco public utilities commission. and i must also mention that our work was greatly supported by the leadership, vision, and just commitment to this work that cal had exhibited throughout all of this proprocess. definitely want to mention that. the report is actually dedicated to cal. the -- one thing in closing, the context of this, that i also

wanted to mention, is that for us the focus in terms of looking at energy efficiency in san francisco, as stated in the legislation, was definitely to do this from a perspective of equity. so, for example, in the language from the legislation, it's talks about how our recommendations should be shaped by, for example, how the city should give priority in connection with energy efficiency spending, to low-income communities and communities that are disproportionately impacted by localized health and economic threats of toxic pollution. that the city should maintain and monitor the effectiveness of policies that ensure jobs and other economic benefits and energy efficiency. and green sector industries, specifically benefit low-income san francisco residents and target the environmental justice communities, et cetera. so just to mention that our proceedings definitely took this to heart in terms of having an equity focus to the work, that we conducted for over -- over a

year. i want to turn it over to avni, who chaired our committee. >> thank you so much, antonio. so i'm not going to get too detailed. but take you a little bit into the weeds. we're going to turn -- >> sfgov. there we go. >> are we going to have the recommendations up on the screen? they are now. thank you. so quite dense. but i'm going to walk you through it. the committee really recommends overall that the energy efficiency and distributed energy resources dollars. so money as well as programs are better synthesized and. and clients, especially those that are burdened by, you know, other factors like low-income residents of san francisco find if harder to access some of these programs. so i'll quickly kind of go over

our methodology. we basically started with mapping every single program around energy efficiency, that is offered either by the city or by third parties. so we looked at -- and we started with looking at all sectors. we looked at the large commercial sector, single family housing and municipal buildings. and i would refer you to appendix a, which is in your report, where we basically list each of those programs by the amount that was spent annually in the year 2016, which is when our committee was active. and the city currently spends about $12 million ballpark in energy efficiency programs per year. so that's pretty significant amount. and, you know, it's impressive. and it's kind of expected of the city that takes leadership around -- on environment issues.

the committee looked at both demand said and supply side programs. so we reviewed, you know, rebate incentive programs, but also the workforce training programs that are offered around energy efficiency. among the programs that we looked at was the s.f. energy watch program, which is a partnership with pg&e. we looked at multi-family program, which is also implemented by s.f. environment. we invited several multi-family owners like chinatown, cdc and affordable housing advocates like california housing partnership to offer their expertise and inputs on energy efficiency in multi-family affordable. we looked at the esap program, which is focused on low-income residents. and sfpuc provided an overview

of their programs. we also invited on the supply side oewd to talk about how they train around energy efficiency. we invited a staff to present on c.c.a.s, on the c.c.a. and what its current priorities are in building out, you know, their energy efficiency offerings. at the time they were more -- really now is the time where we're starting to think about how they're going to be shaped. we invited clean energy and other c.c.a. to learn from their experience how they build built out the energy efficiency offerings. so with that i will turn to the recommendations themselves. i'm sorry you cannot read those. but i'll walk you through them. so there was six broad areas of recommendations that we prioritized. these are based on the case studies and various sections in the report, that provide more

detailed and insight into each of them. the first area is to expand programs for low-income residents. i'm just going to walk you through the recommendations and not going to the implementation strategy. that's something that we can discuss maybe in a more detailed discussion. so 1.1 recommendation is that the cpuc allows local governments to lower the threshold for the esap program. right now it's set at $9,000 a household, which is at federal poverty levels. so a lot of local san francisco residents don't qualify for the esap program, because that threshold is too low. so they don't qualify and, therefore, don't get those incentives. so that's one of our recommendations. the second is that the city establish a comprehensive d.e.r. program for low-income residents, that is citywide and has the potential to create better service, oversight and equitable distribution of

dollars from potential funding sources, including and not limited to cap and trade. 1.3 is supporting altering program, cost effectiveness evaluations at the cpuc, to include nonenergy savings benefits. this is very important because a lot of low-income residents don't think of greenhouse gas emissions as a priority in their life, you know. but health impacts. it's huge priority for most families. so if you're, you know, going to have low incidences of asthma or other health-related impacts of indoor air quality, you know, those should be included in the evaluation themselves, of these programs. so i'm going to move on into the next performance area, which is bolster workforce development opportunities. so the first one here is to support contractor training for small minority contractors to increase the capacity and access to financing to bid on green and

public sector projects. so this is really a business development and capacity building kind of recommendation. the second is focused on workforce, which is the training programs in san francisco, related to construction, should consider including an upscaling confidence around d.e.r. so just adding more deals around that. 2.3 is to improve coordination among local organizations, providing workforce development trainings and comprehensive d.e.r. programs. so they're all related. but really we feel like the supply side programs could really use a boost, especially we have the contractors' assistance center in the e.p.a. -- bay view. that's the ideal location to have some of these upscaling programs and, you know, especially the contractor training modules. moving on into the next performance area. this is increased the financing for small businesses. now some of these have happened. like the first one which is the

expand the s.f. environment microloan program for projects below $5,000. i believe that has been done. so hooray. the next one is that we support s.f. environment environments to implement the multi-family bay model into commercial properties. we hill recommend that. i believe that has happened as well. and the third is we support pay for performance program, developed through programs offered by s.f.e. and the sfpump c. and the next one that we consider a model in which businesses of a similar type be aggregated and energy measures are done on those to reduce cost and complexity. an example is the pilot project that was done for refrigeration across all small stores and small businesses. and that was a huge success. kind of taking one measure and going across the sector is often

an effective way of, you know, having a big impact. the next performance area is to prioritize multi-family housing. thank you. here we say that san francisco offers customer friendly, comprehensive programs for distributed energy resources. this recommendation goes across our -- all of our recommendations, is to have a one-stop hub for residents to access. because often these programs are siloed and don't stack well together, especially the multi-family sector. and especially the multi-family affordable sector, because they have multiple barriers to doing these efficiency projects. and having, for example, a payment mechanism that owners can put the cost of upgrades and repay them through their