because they incur costs and keep the space public and don't inhibit the public use and maintain it and keep it clean they'd like to have more of a conversation with the relevant agencies maybe how certain restaurants or cafes could maybe have a more updated amendment to these codes to be more of a seamless effort with the public spaces. i know after we met with the supervisor we thought the next best thing would be to inquire with the small business commission since you're the subject matter experts to see what you think and what we do going forward and i would love a follow-up discussion with stakeholders and community members interested and supervisor and merchants to see if it's a good time to discuss amendments that are good for the small businesses and members of the public. that's all i'd have to say and i'd like to see the conversation move forward.

thank you so much and thank you for the presentation. >> commissioner: thank you very much. any other members of this public. seeing none, public comment is closed. i'd like to thank the members of the public and there say restaurant in the castro -- is a restaurant in the castro i won't name the restaurant on 16th street and they string the lights up and were told not to serve and yet they serve and i don't have a problem with that bit know the -- with that but i know the owners want to work with the city in legalizing that. maybe that's one thick the commission can do -- thing the commission can do going forward continuing the conversation and especially with a lot of the smaller restaurant owners who want to engage. that would be great idea. commissioner dwight. >> i had one comment to your question and i wanted to say it's always a good time to ask

questions how to improve situations for small businesses in san francisco to the extent the merchant associations and merchant and restaurants are interested in having that dialing -- dialogue first to the cdma and they can inquire with their memberships what merchant associations would like to finish the conversation. always look for ways to make life in san francisco better and easier for businesses. >> commissioner laguana. >> i'd like to echo what commissioner adams and dwight. i was listening earlier and thinking why can't they? it's essentially serving that purpose anyways. it seems like an arbitrary distinction that is lost on me. it's a great conversation to

have. i can't speak for my fellow commissioners but i'm strongly in support of having that conversation. i'm sure there's a reason for it. i can't imagine what it was. if there's a reason let's have a conversation about what reasonable exception to that reason might be. >> commissioner: thank you. any other comments? thank you very much for your presentation. this was a very good presentation this evening. thank you very much and for coming tonight. >> thank you. >> commissioner: next item, please. >> clerk: approval of the minutes action item. >> commissioner: any comments on the minutes? >> nope. >> commissioner: do members of the public would like to comment on item number 5 the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to approve

the draft minutes for october 28? >> move to prove the minutes as present. >> second. >> commissioner: all in favor of voice vote. any opposed? okay. next item. >> clerk: item 6 director's report and announcements from the mayor and regarding small business activities, discussion item. >> commissioners, just passed the director's report so just wanted to make sure each were able to get a copy. so just want to make sure i'm doing a reminder about the implicit bias training. i realize there's been complications for some commissioners in being able to log on. we're both gone the week of the

23 through the 27 and she's gone the week afterwards. since it does need to be completed by the end of the year, to resolve the issues i'm requesting you try to test out logging in to get the issues resolved so you're able to complete the training in time. and i think it's hard to know whether it's the user number or the password so feel free to call me with issues so i can help figure this all out four. -- for you. then the next thing is there is and i pu put this under city initiative and programs because it's legislation that is going to be requiring departments have a hearing on the budget twice when the mayor introduces the

budget. that does mean this is at to the board of supervisors tomorrow for the first reading. i anticipate it's going to pass. this will mean we'll need to schedule in two hearings for our budget is -- so the timing will be probably in february but i'll know more by the end of the month in terms of the mayor's budget timing for submittal. it could be from the last meeting in january to the last in march we're scheduling a presentation. i wanted to provide an update for active space. december 6 was the final day for the submission to the planning department around for those businesses that need to get

legitimized in establishing the youth for that space because the majority of the active space the uses were never officially established. the property owner is taking responsibility for that. and so did get the submittals in. and did inform us they will be assisting those businesses that are office space. the legacy program so we're in our final stage of selecting so we'll have a decision done by the end of week and be able to inform you on that for the plaques. then we're in the new position for the legacy business program is making its way through the approval process through h.r. and the budget office.

couple things i wanted to bring to your attention is that the sfmta is going through a whole new look and potential revision to the curb color management. i wanted to bring that to your presentation. if you'd like a presentation we'll work to schedule that. there's a congestion pricing advisory committee meet from external stakeholders and internal. so for the external stakeholders the sfcdma mario magonom is on that committee but i do think it's probably advisable we ask for updates to be presented to the commission as well. so if you would like that, let me know. and we can start scheduling those updates and providing you

with materials to read. >> i wanted to ask a question on the congestion pricing. definitely would like a presentation and from previous things put out congestion pricing would tend to impact some neighborhoods much much much more than other neighborhoods. is there going to be a time those areas could speak? >> that's a good question. i don't know. we'll ask for the sfcta to provide a presentation for you. >> so taxi hailing is not a

congestion tax? >> no. >> the people who use city streets for the purpose of running a business or using a public right-of-way as their primary source of revenue which makes it harder for small businesses they need to consider different tiers based on usage. >> we can write them here. >> and impacts residents. >> okay. >> so great. i just wanted to put it on your radar since they've had a meeting. i will be taking information from their committee meetings and forwarding documents so those interested you can do

nighttime reading. then moving on to legislation, supervisor peskin has initiated a request to the city attorney's office to draft a definition of small business based on number of store fronts, employees, actual or anticipated annual gross receipts. i think he's looking at creating some sort of definition to apply for fee mitigation and we have reached out to supervisor's peskin's office to make sure our office is involved. right now we use the state definition of 100 employees or less. i think that's important. that's for employee regulations and the fact is the majority of our businesses that ploy employ one or more is 10% or 80 or more

employees. i'd want to caution any specific d definition being the definitive definition dealing with small entities. >> i think they should call it something in and of itself like micro business. we're not harmonized as it is with the state and the federal government. we need a category where everyone can agree. we're not talking about small businesses in the broader scope but what we in san francisco regard as micro business. >> first that's well said and a great suggestion but one challenge is going to be the

political messaging because you'll want to say you did something for small business so we may be wrapped around the axle nonetheless. i agree. >> i think the nuancing of creating a definition to be utilized to help do some incentives can be addressed in the broader scope of small business. i know that the state while we looked at the definition of small business in a revenue level but the state mostly refer to it in a numerical number which is 100 employees. which is where the commission when it started adopt the

definition. >> continue. >> and then the accessible business entrance program while dbi did send out a notice not long ago affordable housiinform thigh needed to extend the time period for some of the other filings that need to be completed just and they feel they need more time with property owners to get things done. you'll hear that at the first meeting in january just so you

know and i provided updates on other items. the vacant commercial storefront tax pasd -- passed the board of s and submitted november 21. you heard supervisor mandelman extending the waiver and refund of investigation fees and the time period for medical cannabis dispensary permits to make its way through the permitting process. he had to amend it and separate it out. initially the legislation you heard was an extension of one year both for the fee waiver and then through the permitting process. so he's extended the waiver the refund to two years and getting through the permitting process to three years.

so just so you have an update on that. and then the environmental for the code the promotion of the reusable food service ware you heard for the 25 cents for cups for coffee and requiring businesses that use disposable items for cafes or restaurants to use disposable items to transition and charge for disposable items hit me. here with the park let if we end up passing any legislation that requires restaurants or cafes to use reusable items then right now it's like those going out to

the parklet -- >> there's going to be a lot of dishes in the parklets. >> anyway just to bring attention to and sitting with supervisor peskin and working on the massage regulation, it looks like supervisor ronan will be taking as the primary sponsor for supervisor brown and the planning code revisions are being drafted and may soon be submitted.

i have the additional new business items we need to work our way through on here. i forgot to check in on the target time for doing the tablets. next month. i didn't write it down. >> next year you mean. >> so that concludes my report unless there's any questions. >> commissioner: do any members of the public would like to comment on director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. any other questions? next item, please. >> clerk: item 7 commissioner's report allows president and vice president and president to report on small business

activities and make announcement of interest to the small business community. discussion items. >> commissioner: i participated november 27 the shop and dine in the 49 with directors and commissioner and we had a good turnout for a rainy day. it was a rainy weekend but all in all and i participated in the small business saturday kickoff at harvey milk plaza with american express and oewd. that's what i've got going. commissioner ortiz. >> i want to let everybody know december 11 at the commission economic development agency we're re-opening our market. we had several businesses and we'll have cafes, restaurants

and housed a small comic book store. it's awesome. culturally inclusive. it's a small comic book shop in the world. we did it and we'll have a lot of small businesses there and i've been meaning to do this. i wanted to give a shout out to someone in the department of technology, robin earl and they've reported stuff in the portal and she's always amazing. always helpful and i wanted to give a shout out to her. >> that's awesome. >> that's it for me. >> commissioner laguana. >> one, i wanted to thank my fellow commissioners for their fellowship over the last month. it was an interesting month for

me. learned a lot about city politics and na was exciting. i have been working as a result of that there's been a few silver linings. i've been working with supervisor haney on publ public/private/partnership and i've reached out to the chamber and sf travel is enthusiastic as well. hopefully something comes out of this i can come back to you guys for support on but i think there's also an opportunity i think in the exchanges we have with policy makers to emphasize that we're citizens and we're

interested in being active participants and making things better and want to help them be the best they can be so good stuff. >> good. >> thank you. commissioner dooley. >> i wanted to thank the commission and particularly our staff for setting a date on the 20th to hear the legacy application for cafe sopora in the middle of an ugly eviction process. as a member of the community i want to thank everyone for that because it's an important place. it's the community space and any help we can give them will be appreciated. >> commissioner laguana. >> -- commissioner zouzounis.

>> i met with the new tenderloin tenant's association which i'm excited because they need representation as a whole with that and a lot of immigrant businesses there that are facing compounded issues and i think it's a particular spot where minority businesses can play a larger role in the advocacy for small businesses. and i also went to the youth commission holiday party in which one of the commissioners was like i want to start a business and i was so impressed with the youth commission and the other youth that were there and a just think that's maybe an area small businesses can think about we can get more creative in how we partner with youth. i know some conversations around flexible use and how to activate spaces in between leases or window space changes. i think there's a lot of room for potential partnerships with

youth and i think definitely leadership development is a huge thing i think about because a lot of people like me grew up in small businesses so youth are constantly around small businesses and they become more savvy that way and we need to develop a new generation of advocates. >> thank you. any other commissioner comments? do any members of the public that would like to comments on commissioner report? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> clerk: item 8 new business allow new agenda items for the future discussion. >> commissioner ortiz? >> i want to follow-up on the cloud kitchen. there's a second location that opened up in the mission. with half a billion they're not here to compete but annihilate.

>> it's on my agenda for next year. >> their prospectus is to be like uber to small and businesses. >> they there's a pop-up on 15th street. they're not ran by uber but it's a restaurant. >> same founder. >> they're in negotiation with the third largest parking company to try to acquire several parking facilities in the city to propagate their hubs of distribution. it's all without permits. we cannot allow them to say sorry. >> we need put that on the agenda. thanks. >> i'm concerned with what are equity applicants for the cannabis permitting. i want to see if true 100%

equity applicants can get prior -- prioritized and get expediting in planning and it's costing small businesses in that industry where they're closing down or selling their shares of the company. >> would you like for me to invite the person in charge of small business cannabis for a presentation? >> yes. >> irene.

>> commissioner riley. >> in addition to the congestion pricing i also want to know more about the curb color management. i want to know how it affects businesses. >> you see the green zones. >> new business for me, i would like to request the sfpd small business working group present to us. >> that's an interesting one. >> i don't know what it was before. it's predominantly with the merchant's association. >> they got mario. >> it's mostly with the

merchant's association. i haven't attended any of the meeting. i don't have the bandwidth to do that. it started around safety issues around homelessness and they've continued to meet and when there was no action happening at the d.a.s office for petty crimes but no one was getting arrested. they're back on the street which is still a problem. >> i'd be interested to hear if sfpd has a list of their concerns too we're strong enforce this and it's not useful. >> you didn't hear from them to hear what happens on the back

end. >> i know in our potrero dog patch meetings we have regular attendance by our local chiefs and officers. they're willing upon request. >> the station has never missed any of ours. >> north beach, central station. they're always at our meetings. >> they'd be happy to come here. >> any other news business? is there any members of the public that would like to comment on news business? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: sf gov tv show the small business slide. >> 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 have you a question about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all 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 san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters start here at the office of small business. >> clerk: item 9 adjournment. >> i move to adjourn. >> all in favor. aye. [gavel] >> meeting adjourned at 7:31.

>> president cook: peace, peace, and glad you're here. this is the meeting of the san francisco unified school district on december 10, 2019. the meeting is now called to order. roll call, miss casco. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. >> president cook: thank you. tonight, i'd like to open this

meeting in honor of flo kennedy who said don't agonize, organize. section 1, general information, accessibility for the public. number 2 is teleconference information. there is none tonight. section b, opening items. number 1, approval of board meeting minutes of november 21, 2019. may i have a motion, please? >> motion. >> second. >> president cook: okay. discussion? seeing none, roll call, miss casco. [roll call] >> clerk: seven ayes. >> president cook: thank you. speaker cards for the regular agenda and for closed session are necessary if you wish to address the board of education.

members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. miss casco, members of the public will have two minutes to address the board and/or time is set by the president. importantly, according to board rules and procedures, the board will not accept a speaker card for items already in front of the board. number 2, director's report. superintendent matthews? >> thank you. -- what proved to be a fantastic weekend for high school sports in san francisco. congratulations to lowe. after a thrilling nor-cal final victory over sacred heart prep in which they lost the first two sets before pulling off a come back for the ages, the cardinals, facing south pasadena, who had a record of

37 wins and 8 losses, and they were the number two seed from southern california, lowell won the next two contested sets and took the finale, 25-23, so congratulations to the lowell cardinals for becoming the first aaa program to win a state volleyball championship. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] >> this week, thousands of san francisco unified school district students are celebrating computer science education week by demystifying code and giving it a try. computer science is increasingly important in today's world and it's just one day we're redefining san francisco, preparing students for a rapidly changing world. the san francisco unified school district is the first large urban school district in

the united states to develop and implement a comprehensive pre-k to 12 computer science curriculum. the number of students participating in a computer science curriculum has dramatically increased since 13-14, currently reaching about half of our students in the district. i'm excited to attend the upcoming fourth annual qtea innovation awards space night. ten kids have spent the fall going through a libertory design process and will pitch the ideas for how they plan to tackle challenges using the qtea innovation awards funding so they will develop the idea.

the evening will include a gallery walk, followed by ten-minute pitches to the qtea review committee members, along with the san francisco unified school district community. it promises to be an inspiring evening, along with a delicious light dinner for those present. we hope to see you there. the san francisco unified school district and our nonprofit partner, spark, announced a new partnership to help teachers tap into a network of $4 million to support classroom projects and more seamlessly align with district strategies and operations. by giving teachers the ability to design and promote their own initiatives, donors choose helps san francisco teachers improve their students' experiences directly. to date, our teachers have raised over 7.8 million and

completed over 120 projects. these projects range from purchasing chrome books to spanish immersion lessons to healthy snacks to funding learning centers to expand learning outside of the classroom. i'm also excited to join access san francisco unified school district students and other guests at the 11th annual holiday sing-along on december 16. sfusd has hosted the holiday sing along for the past decade to spread cheer as part of learning in inclusive holiday settings. there will be special performances by access balix-class, the access sfusd minute men performing their feature -- their formance was

featured at hamilton and the dance debut for change makers award. finally, all of our district schools will be closed from december 23 through january 3 for the winter break, and the district offices will be closed on wednesday, december 25 and wednesday, january 1. offices and schools resume operations december 6, 2020. and that -- what did i -- january 6, 2020. that -- yeah, did you just say, we're not closing for the whole year. so we will resume operations january 6, 2020, and that concludes my announcements, president cook. >> president cook: thank you. thank you, dr. matthews. number 3, our student delegates report. >> good evening. fellow student heart shares update.

help us support our peers who are needed by supporting our fast campaign. all of our proceeds will go to our tran -- transitional students. can we please have a round of applause for all of our students and all of our -- [applause] we would like to thank all of our students who have dedicated their time and effort to help this campaign. please don't forget that tomorrow is your last day to purchase a share or make a donation. thank you. >> at our last s.a.c. meeting, we appointed two students from the s.a.c. who will represent student interests when discussing the implementation of ethnic studies at our school

on the equity studies task force. we appoint kathy correa from june jordan and her -- from june jordan. before i announce the next item, can i please get a drum roll from my partner? >> from me? i thought from everybody. >> from everybody. okay. on behalf of the s.h.d., we would like to announce our youth summit -- our annual youth summit, and this is our poster. everybody has one. this is our 17th -- so it's a long time, actually. our 17th annual youth summit, and our theme is united beyond our leadership, more than just a voice. our goal in these leadership summits is to encourage students to step up and become leaders. we are one of the students who

attended these, like, three years ago and they're super fun. food is provided. there will be workshops and inspirational speakers and entertainment. when and where? it will be friday, march 20 at the fort mason center. yeah, okay. >> lastly, can we have kevin truitt come up to the front of the room? we would like to give you a thank you. >> no crying. >> okay. i'm going to try my best not to cry. oh, my god. on behalf of s.a.c., we want to thank kevin truitt for dedicating 34 years to the youth in san francisco unified school district. without him, s.a.c. would not

be as successful as it is today. we are grateful for all you have done for students and all you have done for student advisory council. we would like to wish you the best in your retirement. please don't forget about us. we want you to know that -- we want you to know that you will always have a place in s.a.c.s heart. thank you. >> since this is your last year, and this is your last s.a.c. team you'll work with, we just got our jacket today, and we decided to get you one, as well. [applause] [applause]

>> president cook: you want to say a few words, mr. truitt? it is your last meeting, but i do mean a few. >> give me a mic and say a few words? how is that even possible? no, i just want to say, coming from the students, a thank you, that's the way i would want it. the students have been the center of everything that i've done here in the district, and i really thank them for enriching my life, teaching them more about myself than i thought i would ever know about myself. my students are the best part of my job, so i thank you. i thank the board, my colleagues, and everyone for a great career. thank you so much. [applause]

>> president cook: commissioner norton? >> commissioner norton: don't try to leave. you don't get to leave, sorry. it snuck up on me that this was your last meeting, kevin -- mr. truitt, excuse me, and i just want to thank you, truly, for your long service for the school district and to the students of the school district. it's really, truey bely been a incredible career, and you've made incredible contributions to the school district. i wish all the best to you. [applause] >> president cook: thanks. we'll be loving on kevin for the rest of the year, you know, and beyond. number 4, recognitions and

resolutions of commendation. there is none tonight. number 5 are recognizing all valuable employees, our rave awards. dr. matthews? >> so this evening, we have two awards. we'll start with the award coming from the mission education center. this is the rave distinguished service award. this is going to be awarded to adelina duncan. she is the family liaison at the mission ed center, and this is going to be presented by carla llewelyn vasquez. >> good evening, everyone. thank you so much. i want to thank all of you for being here and for being part of this celebration of adelina duncan who is our family

liaison. everyone who knows me knows i love to rave about mission education center, but tonight, i get to rave about adelina and all the amazing work she's done for this community. adelina is not just a liaison, but she is an integral part of our community and part of what makes mission special. she supports the families, teachers, and even the community outside of mission education center. she helps to bring services into the school to support our families as they transition into san francisco as new residents into san francisco. one of the focuses of mission education center is to really provide parent education and support parents in supporting their children. and like i said before, adelina is not just a regular parent

liaison, she is amazing. she is -- in the time that i have been there, she has got to get trained in a program for families to learn about supporting their children in literacy. she has gotten trained as a triple p, which is positive parenting -- i forget the other p, but a positive parenting workshop, and the parents come in, and they learn about different ways to parent their children here in the united states because it's different than in our country. she has also done -- which we started last year, a family latino literacy workshops, which is a series of ten workshops that our families come from, and they get books so they can start libraries with their students -- with their kids at home, and they learn about teaching their kids

reading at home and becoming -- and loving books. so it is my absolute pleasure to present this award to adelina. our community, we love you, and we just embrace you every day, and we'd just be lost without you, so thank you for all of your hard work. [applause] >> okay. thank you very much. it's an honor to receive this recognition. at the same time, i love to work for this school district. and i want to thank miss vasquez, our current principal, for trusting in my work, for giving me the opportunity to continue working in this

school, and for motivating me to do better. i also want to thank my first principal, who is here today. where is davi? he opened the door 11 years ago because before being employed by the district, i was a student with my daughter who is here. and i'm thankful for this opportunity also because i have grown not only personally but professionally. thank you for all my co-worker who are here today. thank you for supporting me. this is a team effort. i will not be half able to do it without your support and trust you place in me. thank you so much.

and thank you so the people who nominate me. this is important to me because it shows that the work i do is appreciated. finally, to my husband and my daughter who are here today and who always supported me, thank you so much. [applause] [applause] >> our second rave special service is ward is from

thurgood marshall high school. he is a paraprofessional coach. this is mr. andre williams, who will be receiving this award, and this will be presented by the principal of thurgood marshall, mark herringer. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is very much my honor to talk about andre williams. andre williams, when i showed up as the principal at thurgood marshall -- this is my third year -- i showed up, and you get to kind of take a little bit of stock of who's there and who does what. and it became very apparent ho

our community in our school. so i'm very, very honored because i've learned a ton from him as a principal, and that is invaluable to me and everybody else. our p.t.o. president, we call her jam affectionately, miss magnone, brought this award to the table, and everybody said absolutely. this is something we knew he'd be honored for. so andre williams, congratulations. thank you very much. [applause] >> i don't have a long speech. i just want to say thank you

for the recognition. to see all these people out here, it's really warming. we do it for the kids. the people that are here, they know why we do this, so for me to stand here and just talk a lot, we do it for our babies. if you ain't doing it for them, then why you doing it? so thank you. [applause] >> president cook: let's

congratulate again our rave award winners. [applause] >> so i'm going to make a brief quick change to the agenda. i'm going to move up our parent pack presentation. if you are here, could you make your way to the dais? parent advisory council. >> hi. good evening, president cook, commissioners, superintendent matthews, the staff, the student delegates, and our community members here tonight. my name is naomi liguana, and i have a sixth grader that attends aptos middle school.

>> we just want to give some -- some updates. so the third annual advisory alignment summit will be held on saturday, february 8, 2020, from 9:00 until 1:00 at rosa parks school, and we want to thank the principal, darryl, for opening up the school site to this event, so i want to say that. the summit will bring together parents serving on a number of committees. the african american parent advisory council, the community advisory council for special education, the district english language learners advisory council -- committee, excuse me. the early education department, foster youth services, indian education and migrant education, pacific islander families, and the parent advisory council. the theme of the summit this year is sharing our stories.

next is the l-cap task force dashboard review. so on thursday, december 12, 2019, the l-cap task force will do a focus review on the latest data available for sfusd students from the california department of education schools dashboard. we will be joined by myong lee, deputy superintendent of policy and operations. this meeting will go from 3:30 until 5:30, and we encourage anyone who is interested to attend that meeting. sfusds assessment committee update. the assessment committee will be held -- will hold its first meeting on sunday, december 19 from 12:30 to 2:00 in the

irving g. breyer room, here in this building. we will be looking to see what will be prioritized for this school year. >> so the p.a.c. priorities for this year include several items, and we're still building that list. we have a new coordinator, michelle, so we are a new team this year. and we are doing student health and nutrition as a focus. in november, p.a.c. members attended two different tasting services provided by the nutrition services. we hope that a diverse array of students are also provided with the opportunity to sample more foods and give meaningful feedback. we are impressed with the comprehensiveness of thought and inclusion of previous outreach findings that we've gone into the student redesign process so far this year and

we're excited to have begun meeting with staff and sfusd staffs for early this coming year. the next p.a.c. meeting is tomorrow, wednesday, december 11 in the main conference room at 601 mcallister. p.a.c. meetings are open to the public and all are welcome. if you have questions or you're a parent in this room that would like to join the p.a.c. and would like additional information about the p.a.c., parent advisory council always looking for more parents, please contact michelle at pac@sfusd.edu. thanks. >> thank you for moving us up on the agenda. we appreciate it. >> president cook: you'r