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>> good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the december 16th, 2019, meeting of the rules committee. i am supervisor hilary ronen, chair of the committee. seated to my right as vice chair shamann walton and to my left is gordon marr. our clerk is victor young and i would like to thank my canoe -- michael and jim at san francisco government tv for staffing this meeting. are there any announcements? >> silence also phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk i didn't his acted upon today will appear on the january 7th , board of supervisors
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agenda unless otherwise noted. >> thank you. please call item number one. >> one is a hearing to consider appointing one member indefinite term to the close juvenile hall working group. >> thank you. did you have any comments before we hear from the applicant? >> i do. thank you so much. as we know this is our final appointment to our 15 member working group for the closed year of juvenile hall. we are excited to be at this point where we can point and other young person who will be serving. i am looking forward to the committee having the first meeting this wednesday and to finalize all the members of the working group. >> that is great news. so we have three applicants. i will call them all forward. charles peacock, danielle russ wurm and julia thompson. we don't have any of the applicants. do you have any thoughts about
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who you would like to see appointed, supervisor walton? >> i do. thank you so much. the first thing i want to say is i appreciate everyone who applied to serve on the working group, especially our young people who are committed to the success of the other young people. i would like to nominate for vacant seat three charles peacock who is young african-american male who lives in bayview who was formerly incarcerated as a juvenile who is now working in community and is also in college at this time. i just know that he would be instrumental in helping come up with a plan that will lead our young folks to success versus continuance -- continuous defeat in the prison pipeline. >> fantastic. is that a motion? >> that is a motion to appoint charles peacock two-seat number three.
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>> we can take that without objection. that motion passes. thank you. >> did you want to take public comment? >> oh, my goodness. that motion -- do i have to make a motion to -- can you undo the motion? >> i will rescind my motion. >> without objection, that motion is rescinded. is there anyone who would like to make public comment on this item? seeing non, public comment is closed. >> i would like to move the previous motion. >> without objection, that motion passes. thank you. sorry about that. i need to wake up. can you please read item number two. >> two is the hearing to consider appointing four members with terms ending october 19th , 2021 to the eastern neighborhood community advisory committee. there are several members have contacted me you're unable to attend today due to scheduling conflicts. >> thank you.
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are any of the applicants for the eastern neighborhood community advisory board here? please come up. good morning. >> good morning. i am very excited to stand before you today as a candidate for one of the positions on this community advisory group. i have served as president of the association for six years and have been involved in numerous activities in the potrero and dogpatch areas related to the increased open space and provision for better and more equitable transit and the increase in community serving facilities in our area. i know that there's change in the group with the removal of the south of market neighborhood so i look forward to having the opportunity to serve to ensure the impact fees for the development in our neighborhoods get the most bang for their buck and serving our existing and incoming populations. thank you very much for considering my candidacy.
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>> thank you so much. is there any questions? we will open this up for public comment. does any member of the public wish to speak? seeing then, public comment is closed. there are four seats and four applicants. i think all applicants are qualified. does anyone want to make a motion? supervisor walton? >> definitely want to make the motion in support of the nomination of all four candidates but i want to thank jr for coming in today and being willing to serve. this is a very important committee and as we continue to deal with affordable housing and make sure that we are responsible as we have growth in communities and voices on the intake are very important. i want to think everybody who is willing to serve ditto. thank you so much and thank you for being here today.
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you made a motion to move jr a blur for seat one, irma lewis for a seat two, jolene you for c3 and keith goldstein for seat four. without objection, that passes. please read item number three. >> three is a hearing to appoint one member term ending january 6 , 2024, to the small business commission. >> i see commissioner -- i see the commissioner here. would you like to come up and address the board? >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for the opportunity and your consideration. i was born and raised in san francisco in the mission district. i have a passion. i'm a small business owner myself and just knowing the intricacies of real small businesses, especially businesses of color, minorities, we have a moral -- we have a challenge especially if english is not your language of birth. we do not get the same
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opportunities. having an advocate the looks like the people we serve is very important, especially as it comes to the permitting process in san francisco. during my 10 year, i was part of digitizing the san francisco business registration process, which should be something in san francisco we should be leading the way, but it wasn't. through my 10 year, i have done that. i have spee-5 spares -- personally started an initiative which will get set in 2020 where we go paperless. no more stacks of paper when we or get all the pamphlets. i'm implementing tablets. those are the little things, but my countless work, you know, i know every single business in the bayview, in the mission, i don't know maybe as much as you, supervisor mar, but they know me when people have problems, they call my cell phone at whatever time. it takes years for commissioner to build up the relationship and understand the intricacies of how to open a business in san francisco. it has taken a very long time to get to this point where we are able to help the community
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navigate crazy business processes. little things like that matter in a city that they always say small business is our backbone, but people worked here because -- moved to because of the flavour of our city and our small businesses. i represent that. i am honoured for your consideration for another term as the office of small business commissioner. thank you. >> thank you so much. i wanted to thank you for all your work as the one who recruited you to move into this rollback in my legislative age days. it has been such a pleasure to watch you shine on this commission. you truly are a commissioner of the people and are so available, not only to supervisors when we
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have questions, but to business owners and helping them navigate what has become a byzantine process. we have a lot of work to do to write i think what i think we have done wrong in terms of making it virtually impossible to open a small business. as you said, many business owners go broke before they ever open. that is upsurge. we are happy to change that. it is certainly something that i am looking into and that i know many of you on the small business commission, together with been blame and who is an entertainment commissioner, but also a small business owner, are looking to all the small business owners to help small businesses and that is a phenomenal idea. i think it is way overdue and i wanted to express my gratitude to you for all of your hard work >> thank you. it means a lot. >> of course. any other comments? thank you. thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisors.
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>> is there any member of the public to speak -- who wishes to speak, now is your time. public comment is closed. i would be happy to do the honours of making a motion to reappoint william to seat three of the small business commission seeing no objection, that motion passes you nonthem as they -- that motion passes unanimously. >> item four is a resolution reparenting -- appointing harlan kelly junior for a four year term ending june 30th, 2023, as the director of san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> would anyone like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of
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the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within
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neighborhood. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. where will you shop and dine in the 49? san francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important. i have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. by shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they
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have a price point that is not imported. it is really good for everybody. >> shopping locally is crucial. without that support, small business can't survive, and if we lose small business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. >> it is important to dine and shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i think san francisco should shop local as much as they can. the retail marketplace is changes. we are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try
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things you have never had before. >> the fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. there are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. at the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. >> shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the business owners to thrive in the community. we see more small businesses going away. we need to shop locally to keep the small business alive in san francisco. >> shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative.
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you can see the banners in the streets around town. it is great. anything that can showcase and legitimize small businesses is a >> good afternoon and welcome to the land use and transportation committee for today, monday, december 16th, 2019. our last land use committee meeting of the 2019 calender year. i am aaron peskin, the chair of this committee joined to my left by committee member supervisor matt haney and our clerk is ms. erika major. we welcome, in her own rightor