>> the commission meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. my name is ben bleiman and i'm the president. there are speaker forms to fill out on the tables and you can hand them to staff or you can come up to the microphone when i call for public comment. we ask that everybody turns off their cell phones including commissioners and staff. i want to thank sf gov tv for sharing this meeting with the public. we can start with a roll call. [roll call] >> the first orer of business is general public comment for any item not listed on the agenda today.

does anybody have anything to say? seeing none, general public comment is closed. the next agenda item is number two, approval of the minutes for december 17, 2019. we will need a motion to approve. >> i move to approve >> second. >> any public comment on the minutes from december 17, 2019? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner perez -- [roll call] all right. the meeting minutes have been approved. the next agenda item is a report from our executive director. >> thank you. good evening, commissioners. it's been since november since i've seen you all in this setting. so this is fun to be back. happy new year. and i wanted to take a moment

and thank senior analyst rice, dylan, just for being commission secretary tonight while crystal is on a well-deserved vacation. my only update for you all this evening is relative to new year's eve. this is one of our biggest evenings of the year that we prepare for and we provide information to all of the other city agencies for situational awareness about the events that are going on across the city that evening as well as on new year's day. i believe i shared that with all of you as well so i hope you found that helpful. i wanted to thank our enforcement team for working diligently also along with senior analyst rice to put together the list of events for this year. our inspectors were really important in this role as well because they went out in advance of new year's eve and

distributed 350 posters that we partnered with the department of emergency management to produce. and those are letting all of san franciscans know they can sign up for alert sf and it's an evergreen code that they can use essentially nyesf and receive alerts about incidents that may be occurring, areas to avoid and hopefully we will never have to deal with anything major. this year went out without a hitch. those 350 posters were distributed to 85 venues across the city that we had identified within our list of events. we got really positive feedback from our stakeholders, the permit holders, managers. venue were really positive. a few said the text alert program was really helpful and they were excited to have that service during their parties so we'll continue to work with

d.e.m. to come up with those short codes for pride and for halloween and these future big weekends that san francisco has historically a lot of events. on new year's eve itself, the inspectors went out and conducted site inspections of events at 20 venues into the morning of the new year, they worked until about 4:00 a.m. and everybody was in compliance. and we found that everybody was being responsible and just having a great time. so a good night all in all. and we had very little complaints that evening, this is great, and we'll get into our enforcement report in a moment. we only had four complaints in total. one complaint was received via 311 around 2:00 a.m. gnu year's morning regarding an intersection where there were no permitted venue, and another about the space cowboys block party on the afternoon of new

year's day and this is an annual one-time event so we are communicating with the event producer about that. and that's about it. do you have any questions for me? >> i have a question. on the text alert, how does that work if i sign up for it and i happen to be out and about and there's something going on near where i'm at, it will tell me to stay away from that area? >> yeah. so i encourage everybody to sign up for it just using the regular short code. i can send that information to you. because i receive alerts all the time, essentially, just if you sign up with 88877, i believe it is, i receive alerts for anything in the outer sunset when there's an incident occurring where i live and they let me know avoid whatever intersection there's police activity, sometimes it's more detailed.

and so with the new year's eve one, it was anybody who signed up for new year's eve-related text. if there was anything to avoid or have concern about. >> so they have to know based on my gps coordinates where i am that there's something going on around where i am >> exactly. pretty smart technology. even when i'm at work it will let me know when there's something going on around civic center. >> is it activated heavily during new year's eve? >> was what activated? >> this system. were there a lot of incidents that happened? >> no, there weren't. it wasn't a significant evening for incidents. i believe people just received texts like wear warm layers and get home safe and ride muni because it's free. it was a good night. >> all right. awesome. thank you. >> no questions from me. thank you very much.

is there any public comment on our deputy director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. the next item is number four, which is a report from deputy director azevedo. >> thank you, president bleiman. good evening, commissioners. i want to go through the highlighted notes here from our enforcement report. starting on page one, you'll see i've highlighted 26 and i've highlighted this venue again because we are still receiving complaints. we are actively working with sfpd mission station and director bleiman and i are arranging a meeting with the owner. and sfpd as well. so we will be going to meeting with them in person to discuss how we can resolve the ongoing issues. i want to note our enforcement team is out there every weekend. and we are observing that they are clearing the sidewalks and folks are loitering, so we want

to get to the root of this problem. taking you to page three, i've highlighted revolution cafe. we are still seeing complaints come in about this premises and this friday inspector -- senior inspector roberts will be going out to revolution cafe to have a meeting on-site with the coner to discuss possible sound abatement solutions and do a new sound test. so we are hoping that we can give them a more realistic sound limit. i also did have a sit-down with the owner to discuss their programming. so we are taking steps hopefully in the right direction with this venue. i have highlighted the space cowboys block party which director touched on. we did receive complaints about that and #in contact with the event managers. the last highlight i have for you is on page ten, regarding

eltribl. it was the llp we permitted last hearing. just letting you know their first night of entertainment they did go past their llp time. so we did issue a citation for that. this is their third citation since july. and i have spoken with the owner. and i hopefully made it very, very clear the entertainment needs to end at 10:00. i'm happy to answer any questions that you have. >> i had a question or two. i saw may's pop up back leer. i feel like long ago they had had some issues and then they've kind of melted away for a bit. is there any insight on that?

>> you are very correct in that statement. they have been off our radar for quite some time. they popped back up for two complaints pretty -- i mean, as you can see, they are five minutes apart on that one night. so the inspector did respond to those complaints in realtime. he went earlier in the evening when initially spoke with the manager and then went back later and spoke with an owner and watched their closing time procedures. and so the plan of action here is i do intend to have a conversation with the owner just regarding their closing time procedures with the folks outside. >> i also think that this time of year is strange because the streets are so quiet and if you have one venue that has a lot of activity going on in it, it it can cause a different outcome

than normally. questions? >> no. >> all right. thank you very much for the report. is there any public comment on deputy director azevedo's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. the next agenda item is number five, which is hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. i would like deputy director azevedo to please introduce the consent agenda for the evening. >> thank you. so we have two permits on the consent agenda. both are use permits. there was no opposition from anybody for either of the permits. and their permit officers had no permit conditions that were out of the normal regular conditions offered. and so that's why they are on consent. i'm happy to answer any questions you have about these

locations. >> so, this space is really kind of a special event space. so it's not all the time? >> which one are you referring to? >> how many are there? there's only one, right? am i looking at the right one? consent cal ripken, jr. darr. the little creatures -- the consent calendar. >> it is a bruiery restaurant. >> it's interesting how they put 10b officers in there. >> their standards conditions from southern station, we get them every time. >> yeah. well, i mean usually 10b is, like, major. >> it's an alternate. so sufficient security or 10b. >> how dig is the place? >> i can tell you their

capacity. give me one second. 250. >> okay. i never see 10b on there, but -- >> yeah, that's a standard southern station condition. we actually worked our deputy director azevedo worked with commissioner falzon and p.d. to pair down. it used to be a dozen conditions and now it's just a few. >> the approval of the consent calendar. >> i'll second. >> before we vote, is there any public comment on the consent calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. [roll call] congratulations, if you are here, the consent calendar has

been approved. please follow up with our deputy director at your earliest convenience. thank you. all right. and moving on. we are going to introduce the regular agenda. if deputy director can do that as well. >> the only permit on the regular agenda is for a place of entertainment permit at bow bow cocktail lounge at 1155 grant avenue. the applicant is coming in to compliance by applying for this permit to continue hosting karaoke inside the bar. the owner candy has been in business for 30 years. included is a letter submitted by the neighbors. there was no opposition. they did submit signatures of support. they have been included in your file for review. i want to give you background about the recommendation from central station. so this is submitted to me today.

bow bow has been operating for over 30 years without the need of a security guard. they have 49 people. there has never been issues regarding security. central station did recommend they bring on one security guard. and i wrote back to officer that that might be a bit of a challenge because it's not a normal practice for their business programming right now. and we came to the revision of having one security on friday and saturday nights from 9:00 p.m. to 2 a.m. and so i'm just putting this, the ball is going to be in your court as a decision to be made, it might be a challenge for the permit applicant to accommodate the security recommendation. and so now i will also turn it over to the owner candy and her associate rickey. >> hi.

good evening, commissioners. my name is rickey. i'm a member of the bow bow cocktail for three years. candy is the owner of the bow bow for almost 33 years. her husband opened up with her. unfortunately her husband passed away two years ago and i try to help candy to do all the paperwork. so we are hoping -- bow bow has been serving and entertaining chinatown which is one of the landmark of the city of san francisco for over 30 years. and we have no trouble at all in the past 30 years whatsoever. so tonight i'm here and hoping the commission to approve the p.o.e. permit so we can continue to enhance our business in san francisco. thank you so much.

>> should be easy, right? welcome. kind of different now, huh? 30 years ago. >> 33 >> 33 years ago, chinatown. for the police to actually recommend a security, i mean in the three years you've been manager, have you had any? i kind of know that part of town, and i know broadway can be a challenge, but i really never hear any incidents from your bar. i'm just curious, would there be some idea that maybe just being overcautious? >> well, we do have one on-site manager on friday night, saturday night when it is so crowded, so we can have him to kind of watch out. >> does he check i.d.s?

>> well, most of the customers been coming to the parlor for the last 30 years. >> sure, i know. >> i don't see any underage people to go in. >> but obviously if you see -- >> i mean -- >> tourists want to come in and -- >> the bartender always asks for i.d. anyway. they do that all the time. >> your bartender has been there many years? >> over 30 years. same thing. >> if the manager, if things get loud, he can shut the door. >> this permit says when you are running entertainment you have to shut the doors. >> yeah, we do. we play the karaoke just shut the door and shut the window. >> right. okay. i mean, that's -- i don't -- i mean, well i guess we can talk about but but i don't see a

security guard needed. this manager has no security training at all, right? >> right >> how long has he been there? >> five years >> five years? >> yeah. >> okay. that's all i have. thank you. >> hi. i've never been able to go to your karaoke lounge but i've heard so much about it from my friends. >> okay. thank you. >> so i know that you guys are one of the best kept secrets in chinatown in so many ways. so i understand you have your home grown crowd, and you also have tourists that kind of just pop in. >> yes. >> with that said, i just wanted to kind of get an understanding around what are some of your barriers around why would it be hard for you to supplement having security on fridays and saturdays? so just to be clear, say on the

record what are those barriers? is it financial or -- >> well, i would say the customers maybe not get used to it if you have a security guard outside kind of like they've been having karaoke for some time. i don't think some customers feel comfortable with that. >> the purpose of the security is to create an environment of safety. >> i understand. >> so i just want to understand why -- we are the ones making the recommendation for this permit, so a condition around your clientele not feeling safe, i mean that's just an opinion, that's not necessarily factual but do you have real barriers? is it a financial issue? >> it's not a financial issue. >> okay.

>> the question you are asking me why i don't want to have a security guard out there, because with any kind of reason, is that all you were asking me? >> well, we want to have a better understanding of why, like, because the police are making recommendations for a requirement. and so we have the opportunity to discuss it here and determine if it's something that makes sense, moving forward. i understand for the past 30 years there hasn't been any kind of documentation of any police incidents at your establishment. i understand that. but the recommendation that's coming from the police is essentially a safety issue. and so i want to have an understanding, like a full 360 of why you would want us not to

recommend that? >> well, actually the people come to the bar have karaoke just to kind of like at home. a big screen, a big party. so most of these customers, regular customers. they come there all the time. so -- and the owner, candy, she doesn't feel comfortable with a security guard outside at all. >> okay. so what if your on-site manager, would you be willing for your on-site manager to get some guard training so that they will have -- >> i have to ask him. >> okay. but he's your employee. so as a business, you guys can actually -- >> it's okay. >> she says we required to have

it, she will have it >> it's a commitment around the safety for your establishment, for you as employees and also for your customers. and so i'm just trying to get an understanding like what are some of the issues. >> okay. >> okay. >> we can get one on friday night and saturday night then. that's the most busiest day that we have. >> a security guard or the guard training for your manager? >> we just going to hire a security guard on friday night and saturday night >> but you also have the opportunity for your on-site manager to get the guard training so that person can provide that support. >> i don't know if she wants to do that or not. >> you have the option of both. >> no, i understand that. but i don't think -- i don't know he wants it. >> it's an online training. >> oh, online training? >> it's a certification. it just saying somebody in your

establishment -- >> okay. i thought he had to go to a class and get the training. just everything online to get the license? okay. thank you. >> all right. >> can i -- real quick. so to be clear, do you feel like you really feel unsafe or do you feel your customers are -- i mean there are some times public safety is an issue. we have a lot of challenges right now coming in and robberies. you never know. >> i know. i understand. okay. >> it's being proactive. security guards can also be finally challenged because you don't charge cover charge and you are just charged revenue from the bar. so i guess is she trying to ask you are there barriers preventing you like maybe it's the cost? but if you feel that you agree

with the police and you don't mind having a security, i mean, we all prefer everybody to be safe. so it's kind of up to you. and we can discuss that. but i think that's what commissioner caminong was doing, okay? right? anybody else? >> i think for me we work really closely with the officer and he's one of the best permitting officers in the city, but as with all police, they always try to be very safe. >> i understand. >> obviously you've been operating for decades without problems but when they have an opportunity for you to become official, they always say we want a security guard. now, for my personal, because i own bars and restaurants in san francisco, personally i don't want to just add employees that are not necessary, because they are financially difficult

sometimes. you have to pay every hour to an employee for something who may not be necessary for the business but also for the commission, to make sure we are safe and that you don't have any incidents now, but what happens if an incident does happen, has somebody been trained on how to confront it? so i would be very open to that idea as long as -- if we were to condition that, then you wouldn't need to hire a security person. you would just have to have somebody go through the training and maybe sure that person is there, not outside. so that's where we are coming from or at least where i'm coming from. >> okay. thank you. >> anymore questions? you can have a seat. thank you very much. >> okay. >> is there public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. we can discuss. put a motion forward and then discuss, whatever we feel like doing. >> it sounds like a motion to

approve with the condition that there be a staff person with a guard card on the friday and saturday he was just. >> all right. so no security. but guard card training for your personnel and no actual security. >> so what i'm hearing is we want a motion to approve with the staff recommendation except no security officer required, instead we want to have a staff member with a guard card training on staff on friday and saturday night? >> yes. >> at least. >> yeah, minimum. >> who is trained, yes. if more staff can be trained. >> just a question for you all. the officer was specific with time. he said 9:00 p.m. to 2 a.m. do you want to incorporate that? >> thank you. >> wait. you made the motion. >> i'll second.

>> sorry. >> public comment? >> we did. >> all right. [roll call] congratulations, it's been approved. please follow up with deputy director at your earliest convenience and thank you for coming in. i hope for another 33 years. all right. that was a wam bam meeting. all right. we only have one agenda item left, i believe, number six, which is commissioners comment and questions. happy new year, everyone. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> should we all say what we did on new year's? >> so embarrassing. [laughter]

>> okay, well -- >> detective -- [indiscernible] >> they have lowered maximum rate parking. if you get a validation at one of the many restaurants you get a $5 discount. so you literally can stay in chinatown for ten hours for $3. so instead of worrying about your car being accosted or whatever, broken in, you can go into a fairly safe garage and you can shop, dine -- >> go to bow bow. >> go to bow bow.

go to mr. ju's, wherever you want to go, and only pay $3 for the validation. so hopefully that helps small businesses. hopefully businesses will take the same leadership. this car break-in stuff can get fixed. i think it's a good way of trying to make people who still want to come out feel safe and have their properties protected. it's not 100 percent, but it's the least, i would say 99 percent, pretty sure. so it's great. >> we will go ahead and post that on social media too, because more people should know about that. >> seven days a week, yeah, seven days a week from 5:00 p.m. to 2 a.m but don't be late, because as soon as it hits 2:01 it goes back to regular rate.

don't come to me and say what happened? you have to leave early and get your last call at 1:30 and run to the parking lot. >> although it's not agendized, i don't think it really matters, i did want to follow up with commissioner thomas who had a suggestion for these slower meet when we have less permit applications. i e-mailed all of you, commissioner lee, thank you so much for sending your ideas. they were great. but if anyone else has ideas for departments that they would want to hear from, presenting on their programs or anything relative to our world that other folks are doing or having staff presentations on certain projects that we are working on, we are happy to accommodate starting february. i would like to get some more programming. so please let me know what you want to all hear about. sorry for the stutter. >> just one of the things i know

we raised this during our planning retreat, but identifying ways to work with the department cultural district. i've had conversation with a number of people. there's now this new cultural district and just the overlap between entertainment and our many fantastic cultural districts around the city to just identify what are ways for us to partner with them around promoting entertainment as part of the culture in those districts and just maybe identifying a couple of cultural districts to start with and start figuring out what that kind of partnership could look like or should look like before we roll it out to other cultural districts. i've had people from the castro and from the other cultural districts respond really enthusiastically to that idea. >> maybe that's where we will start then. >> that's great.

>> great job, commissioner lee on the parking. i know it seems like it's a small thing, but it's actually meaningful addressing a problem in your community and taking it on. so kudos to you for that. thank you. i want to congratulate the staff on a successful new year's eve and new year's day. that was smooth. i know we got kudos from some people in city hall for all the cool stuff you did. so congratulations on that. it seems like business as usual but i think if you flashback 10, 15 years, you would see how exceptional this is you are doing. so thank you so much for that. that's all b all i have. all right. is there any comments on our -- waxing poetic here? comments are closed and we will adjourn this meeting at 6:11

p.m. -. >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be e

me. >> i just get excited and my nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's and fosz and aesthetic. >> i think part of the what i did i could have put on my poa he focus on a lot of different musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as

ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people (singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i

did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray was then and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc we ended up getting a months residencey other than an island and he came to our show and

started writing a script based on our troop of 6 american burr elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here and because of film was not released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say

the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are coming into the wars these days people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really nurture it like having a potted plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant

(laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music and perform and express myself if i make. >> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in general with my voice together i feel really powerful and strong

>> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music.

-- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live

specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see

them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from

anywhere. ♪ ♪ >> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends.

calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. >> the new friday farmer his market is in the u.n. plaza. it features the best of san francisco. grab fresh foods and veggies from the heart of the farmers' market. shop from marker -- local vendors. engage in free diy craft sessions and grab lunch representing cuisine from around the world. [♪] >> we offer 60 varieties of organic fruit and 30 varieties of conventional. one of our best sellers so sellers is our manager in. it is super sweet. we sell 600 pounds a week. one of the things they like about the market as i get to see

my regulars on a weekly basis. i get to meet their families and kids and it is really good to be here. san francisco won my heart. >> one of our vegetables that is very popular is kale. a lot of people go for dino kale our mission is to make sure we have access for everybody to get organic foods, no matter your financial status. >> we make greeting cards, invitations, enamel pins, and we do workshops. i am participating in this market because it is a great opportunity for local makers to sell to a really diverse community of people in san francisco. >> they partnered with the market here and invited us to come out and reach out to the public. we are going to do a full event of workshops where you get to arrange your own bouquet. we will teach you all the tricks and techniques and you will be able to take home a bouquet of your own. you. [♪]

>> we really are wanting to bring opportunities to the community to introduce these local makers to a larger audience. >> this is my own pakistani recipe. it goes with rice, chicken, lamb we have a very delicious drink. we have a lots of variety of foods. [♪] >> we do lots of different curries. we do three different types of wontons. >> spring rolls, too. that's right. >> it is really great they are bringing out local artists from around the city to participate and really help us making our business more successful. it. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san

francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art

we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm.

>> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all [♪] >> i am the supervisor of district one. i am sandra lee fewer. [♪] >> i moved to the richmond district in 1950 mine. i was two years old.

i moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here. [♪] >> when my mother decided to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. it seems so far away. for a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. the stress was storage of the birthplace of that. my father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now. it just started to grow very organically. it is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the richmond district. as russia started to move in, we saw more russian stores. so parts of the richmond is very concentrated with the russian community and immigrant russian

community, and also a chinese immigrant community. [♪] >> i think as living here in the richmond, we really appreciate the fact that we are surrounded three natural barriers. they are beautiful barriers. the presidio which gives us so many trails to walk through, ocean beach, for families to just go to the beach and be in the pacific ocean. we also also have a national park service. we boarded the golden gate national recreation area so there is a lot of activity to do in the summer time you see people with bonfires. but really families enjoying the beach and the pacific ocean during the rest of the time of year. [♪] >> and golden gate park where we have so many of our treasures here. we have the tea garden, the museum and the academy of

sciences. not to mention the wonderful playgrounds that we have here in richmond. this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here

it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores offered here, it is very unique then of the -- any other part of san francisco. there is traditional irish music which you don't get hardly anywhere in san francisco. some places have this long legacy of serving ice cream and being a hangout for families to have a sunday afternoon ice cream. and then also, we see grocery stores. and also these restaurants that are just new here, but also thriving.

[♪] >> we are seeing restaurants being switched over by hand, new owners, but what we are seeing is a vibrancy of clement street still being recaptured within new businesses that are coming in. that is a really great thing to see. i don't know when i started to shop here, but it was probably a very, very long time ago. i like to cook a lot but i like to cook chinese food. the market is the place i like to come to once a year. once i like about the market as it is very affordable. it has fresh produce and fresh meat. also, seafood. but they also offer a large selection of condiments and sauces and noodles. a variety of rice that they have is tremendous. i don't thank you can find a variety like that anywhere else. >> hi. i am kevin wong. i am the manager. in 1989 we move from chinatown

to richmond district. we have opened for a bit, over 29 years. we carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and

many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for specific items. the staff here is very helpful. i speak very little chinese here myself. thinks that i'm not sure about, i asked the clerk his and i say is this what i need? is this what i should be making? and they actually really helped me. they will bring me to the aisle and say this is battery. they are very knowledgeable. very friendly. i think they are here to serve not only the asian community but to serve all communities in the richmond district and in san francisco. [♪] >> what is wonderful about living here is that even though our july is a very foggy and overcast, best neighborhood, the sleepy part outside on the west side is so rich with history, but also with all the amenities

that are offered. [♪]

[♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together.

[♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it.

>> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait

in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful

event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as

the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website.

we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciou

deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist.

i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas continuas my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in

businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be

unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid.

you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. >> all right.

>> her administration has been so welcoming, so open can so accessible and on the ball and i am proud to call you my mayor. everybody, london breed. [applause]. >> thank you. first of all, thank you also much for being here. let's give brian and the q. foundation another hand. [applause] rhys isabel brought brian and other service providers who serve people living with h.i.v. in san francisco and wanted to make sure that i knew what people needed because i didn't want to spend another dollar without clearly understanding where the deficiencies were, and it all went back to housing. it all went back to the need for