problem, but when those classes -- when two of the classes that i have taken at city college as a student were cut for the spring, the teachers got the continuing -- >> you're not allowed to speak on that subject matter. that's already been heard in committee. >> what subject? >> city college. >> i'm saying what happened. what happened was there were continuing ed classes provided that people could take if they paid. so a bunch of people paid in a sculpture and drawing class in conjunction with the instructors and the continuing ed department, they were all set to go and then they were cancelled. >> president yee: before the next speaker comes up, you know, we've been a little patient generally we come to the meetings, you know that. when something has been heard already, that we don't talk about that particular item. if you want to talk about issues

that are in general, maybe related and sort of toe the line like that. otherwise, we're going to have to stop it. we're just saying this over and over. if you're not going to listen, we'll just ask you to let the next speaker speak. come on up. >> my name is mary. i would like to remind the supervisors governor newsom's executive order n1419. i want to just reiterate some of the things in the section, the first whereas, whereas the state of california values older californians and is committed to building an age friendly state so that all californians can age

with dignity and independence. whereas, number two, california, over 65 population is projected to grow to 8.6 million by 2030, an increase of 4 million older californians. it is hereby ordered that the health and well-being of older californians be a priority of the state of california. the master plan for aging is to be developed by october 1, 2020. it's our hope that ccff's program for older adults, should be supported by the entire board of supervisors. not only as a demonstration of compliance with -- [bell ringing] -- within 1419, but moreover as a model of how this program greatly contributes to the health and well-being of

older adults. perhaps your support of city colleges reinstatement of classes could be viewed not only as good sense and respect for this population, but as "plan on the other side". thank you. >> president yee: next speaker, please. thank you for letting me speak today. so i wish to tell you part of the story of city college. san francisco junior college began in 1935, it's a division of the school district. it became city college in 1948. the legislature in the 1960s mandated that all combined, college and high school districts be separated. so the new independent college district was born on july 1,

1970. soon thereafter, the school district transferred to the college the responsibility for adult education. so this is addressed in california education code, section 8500. besides access to post-secondary education and giving adults the opportunity to i acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to participate effectively in today's economy and society, in section 8500c, it states that all adults in california are entitled to quality publicly supported continuing education opportunity. including participation in other courses designed to meet the particular needs of the local community. the older adults department at city college was established in the early 1990s. to continue just such -- [bell ringing] -- community needs.

so i've come here today in my 20th year of teaching the older adults department which is virtually destroyed by action of the administration in last november. besides being obvious case of age discrimination, this harsh and unprincipled decision undermines the obligation of the college to provide adult education to san francisco residents. besides the 350 -- [bell ringing] >> president yee: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, president yee and supervisors. i have graphics here for the sfgovtv. it's a historic day in san francisco and i kind of remember it a little bit. when the beatles were at candlestick park, that was august 29, 1966, the last

concert they gave and she went to this concert. and in the corner, you can't see it, but the price is $6.50 and then paul mccartney closed candlestick park. this is the last on their tour. the price of this ticket is $99.50. so that was a historic day. it was kya. dr. donald d. rose, sam rakell, stuff like that. it's a great station. long gone. so i just wanted to say that. and i wanted to sing a song. ♪ yeah, are you got that something ♪ ♪ i think you'll understand ♪ when i feel that something ♪ i want to hold your hand ♪ i want to hold your hand

♪ i want to hold your hand ♪ i want to hold your hand thank you. >> president yee: next speaker. >> linda chapman. before i say anything, i wonder if i may be courted a favor of the minute to continue the subject i was cut off last time because of misunderstanding it was thought i was speaking about something that had already been through hearings and in fact, it had to do with the neighborhood by any other name be a could i finish that on. >> president yee: you have two minutes, total. >> okay. well, i am astonished about this corruption issue with nuru. what did i just write you?

about the whole lower polk neighbor thing. the most corrupt thing. calling itself a neighborhood association, part of which began with the association with mohammed nuru. who knew this was going to come up today? and now i'm hearing we have a group representing us all. the city just put money after money after money in the hands of these people who are trickster trickster, embezzlers and we have a proponent of child abuse. when i discovered there is supposed to be unanimous, all the community leaders are unanimously backing plan -- [bell ringing] -- which i think is poorly conceived. we could do better in our neighborhood when it comes to

assisting young adults without warehousing them when we have residential hotels, et cetera. i just started talking today with don polk again about a project that we had, that we were planning, which i hope to begin again. and about this subject, too. why would you put [bell ringing]. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is julie, i'm from san francisco emergency department. we wanted to say thank you for those of you who have signed on to our resolution that was put forth. for those of you who haven't yet, thank you, future thank you. right now, there is a joint commission, conference commission, part of the health

commission meeting where people on the leadership team of the hospital are telling the commission a bunch of misinformation about how we work. also, there is a lot of other misinformation, but we did get an article that was published recently about what is going on. and honestly, it's a liability. i don't know if this will work. but, this is a coworker of mine -- sorry. that's a black eye she just got last week getting punched while working. here's another bruise from a nurse from a psyche unit helping her coworker from being strangled. many of us haven't been trained

in violence and how to de-escalate and it's getting more intense. it's a huge liability and it's traumatic. and the day i see one of my coworkers and have to resuscitate them as a trauma patient, i don't know what i'll do. hopefully, we'll be thanking more of you for signing on for the resolution and looking to help d.p.h. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> mr. president, north of market. i respect your scholarship on the issue and i certainly am wrong about many, many things, but i will say as my memory of things was that terrance's first campaign was actually in the first district elections. and he was defeated like some of

our dearest members. didn't make it the first time by harvey milk. you can't overstate the importance of the family on the progressive side of politics in this city. it reminds me of the character randall patrick mcmurphy. you can't speak about him without mentioning the word, which was another election he wound up losing which was the end of his political career. it's a heck of a way to start the new year, mr. president. think of the bigger death that seems to have gone to everyone's head is kobe bryant. and you know, just a web of connections that man had. and what it makes people think about john kennedy, junior, who died in a similar situation. going back to the kennedys and

martin luther king, jr. how do we maintain those things most important to us? you can look at flying at a helicopter to go to a high school basketball game and that is the mark of someone dedicated to things, on the other hand, 20 times the fossil fuel consumption of taking the service route. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> i'm a native san franciscan and live in supervisor mandelman's district. i'm here to speak on item number 58, which is the schools and community first, which i believe you're about to have the first vote on shortly. and i just want to emphasize how important this is. this is a revision of proposition 13 from 41 years ago which would unfreeze only

commercial property values. it would protect all residences and small businesses that have property value of $3 million or less. it would give us back all the money we lost since 1978 for community services the state of california used to give to cities and counties. it would give us back the money we lost for k-12. we have horrible schools now because we lost all that money. i want to emphasize to people in general to publicize to everyone you know how important a lot of the problems that we have and we talk about every week at the supervisor's meeting, public health, schools, all kinds of community services, would be addressed by passing this initiative if we get it on the ballot in november -- which it looks like we have a good

chance -- and if we pass it in november. we don't have to -- won't have to fight over a lot of the things we've been fighting over today and in previous weeks and years. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madame clerk, let's call for the adoption without committee reference agenda items. 58 through 60. >> items 58 through 60 were introduced for adoption and unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading. any supervisor may request a resolution to go to committee. >> president yee: anyone that wanted to sever any items? >> supervisor peskin: 58, please. >> president yee: madame clerk, can we call item 59 and 60? >> clerk: do you want to take those -- the balance of the calendar?

on 59, items 59 and 60, supervisor safai >> aarti:. -- aye. can you take it same house, same call? >> president yee: okay. both of these -- what are they -- resolution are approved. and adopted. okay. let's go call 58. >> item 58 is a resolution to support the proposed california state ballot measure, schools and local communities funding act of 2020 that may bring revenue to the city of san francisco unified school district and city college. >> president yee: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: please add me as a cosponsor? >> president yee: okay. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: for 58, add me. i wanted to make sure for the

record we were on as sponsor. >> president yee: seeing nobody else -- sorry, supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: yes, i can added. >> president yee: okay, well, can we take this same house, same call? i guess we could. so this resolution is adopted unanimously. colleagues, where are we -- colleagues, that brings us to the end of agenda. madame clerk, any further business before us today? >> clerk: would you like to read the in memoriam. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in behalf of the beloved, dr. oscar jackson, mrs. hong, and on behalf of president yee and the entire board, for the late mr. terrance.

and we have on behalf of supervisor peskin for the late mr. arthur chang. >> president yee: now that brings us to the end of the agenda. madame clerk, any further business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president yee: thank you. we are adjourned. >> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future.

>> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively. the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we

do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't

think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place

where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had

a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go

wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all

sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful.

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 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 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 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. you can see the banners in the streets around town. it is great. anything that can showcase and legitimize small businesses is a wonderful thing.

>> next item, please. >> item 1, call to order and roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president adams: great. next item, please. >> clerk: general public comment. items allow public to comment on items not before the commission and to address future items. >> president adams: do we have any member of the public that would like to address the commission? seeing none, public item is

called. next item, please. [agenda item read]. >> good evening, president adams, commission, small business staff. richard kurylo, office of small business manager. sfgovtv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are three applications for the small business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted by department staff on december 18 and heard by the his torque preservation commission on january 13. there are copies on the table in the public binders. item 3-a is dianda's italian american pastry company. the business is a bakery established in 1962 in the

mission district when spouses bought the italian american pastry company. note that dianda's extends back to before 1962, however, we do not presently have information about the original italian american pastry company. the family was from luca, italy, with the hopes of opening his own bakery. t in 1979, dianda's constructed a new building in its present location so the bakery could meet the growing demand for its

cookies, pastries, and cakes. the new building continues to demonstrate loyalty, integrity, and an unending passion for commitment and quality to detail. item b is new delhi restaurant. it is located in the former hotel ramona, built in 1914, two blocks from union square. the owner started his career in the food business at age 14 at calcutta's park hotel as a vegetable cutter. after high school, he worked in calcutta, new delhi, and hong kong before settling in the

united states and opening new delhi restaurant. it is a hub of the bay area indian community. named one of the finest indian restaurants in the united states by the new york times and featured on the galwill lo gourmet television show, the business continues to thrive. the last is pearl market, established in 1982. it stocks a wide range of products. pearl market has provided continual market services to most of the community's low-income residents, specifically low-income people of color, serving as a community focal point and anchor bringing together all races and income groups. many long-term low-income and senior residents rely on credit from pearl market to subsidize

their monthly shortfall and purchase basic food supplies. the current owners emigrated from syria. it recently underwent improvement, including new registration units, with new fresh food items, and gourmet lunch items were introduced. all three businesses received a positive recommendation from the historic preservation commission. after reviewing the applications and the recommendation from h.p.c., staff finds the businesses have met the three criteria to qualify for listing on the legacy business registerly. there are three draft resolutions for considerations by the small business commission, one for each of the

applicants. your support of the businesses should be a motion in favor of the resolutions. in the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical features or atritions that define the business. the businesses must maintain these features to remain in the registry. this concludes my presentation, and i'm happy to answer any questions, and there are business representatives in attendance who would like to speak on behalf of the applications. >> president adams: okay. do we have any questions before we go into public comment? okay. we are going to go into public comment. anybody want to make public comment on any legacy businesses? come on up.

>> dottu, we're still very proud of you and your accomplishments, and we love you very much, and we hope that we can be the next generation to continue your business. tell you you love him. >> i love you, dottu. >> president adams: next speaker.

mayor agnes, come on up. >> is it my turn? i like this commission. >> president adams: we like you. >> well, good evening and thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you in a very timely fashion. let me start a little personal. i'm 82 years old. people ask me now, what are you doing with yourself? what are you doing since you left the mayor's office, and my answer is a very respectful one. it is anything that i want to because i'm not running for anything, i'm not looking for anything, and so when i come to an event at 5:30 in city hall, and i've just left my five-year-old grandson, it must mean something, and this application is an important one for our city, and that's why i came. because on november 3, 1988, i cut the ribbon for the new delhi restaurant, and frankly, i wondered, how is he going to

do it? he took this old, kind of beat up place, and turned it into a magnificent facility, aesthetically speaking, and the food was outstanding. and he started to reach out to the community right away. in fact, sara, who's here with those little children that are hers, she was, like, that age when i cut the ribbon on this facility. so i go back a long time, and every five years, they come to invite me to celebrate another milestone. so here we are today, seeking another important milestone for the future of this business. the food is great, they have turned this facility into an iconic space to go to, and the only argument i've ever had with them is over who pays the bill. he always wants to pay, and i refuse to do that because i want to pay my way for this

facility, which is so outstanding in this city. but the most importantly thing that brings me here is not what he has done with the decor and the presentation of this magnificent facility or the great food, it's what he's done with the community, especially the compassionate chefs program, where he works with poor kids in india and poor kids in the tenderloin and works with them so they can begin to develop a world citizenship. i think whatever else you're hearing that is more timely than perhaps i am is worthy of your legacy preservation. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you very much. any other public comment, and any other businesses? >> thank you. if you have been involved in the restaurant business as long

as i've been, time comes in your life when you wonder, man, is it really worth it? today, at this moment, is one such milestone which says yes. it is rare for the restaurant to honored to become a part of the historical legacy of an iconic city like san francisco. i'm humbled that all the trials and tribulations has been worth it. i'm looking to embrace the chaos that's coming towards me in the morning and being okay with it. the success story comes with many unseen sacrifices,

especially from my wife, codi, and my daughters, sarah and kaitlyn. they are the ones who went without many important things in their lives so the restaurant could come first. it was with a lot of sadness that i had to make that decision so this recognition is shared by all of us in the family and all of us that worked in the extended family in new delhi restaurant for over 20 years. since our opening day, we have been honored and blessed to meet and form lasting connections with amazing personalities like former mayor, art agnos, who cut the ribbon on the 5th, tenth, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th

anniversary. what began as an indian restaurant focused on serving incredible indian cuisine with a san francisco twist quickly turned into an irreplaceable stitch in the fabric of the community. we continue to serve incredible recipes while serving as a bridge to the wider san francisco bay area. we are humbled to be considered for the honor of the only indian restaurant and the only indian business receiving legacy business status in the whole history of san francisco. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you. any other members of the public? >> good evening. i'm the owner of pearl market. thank you for bestowing pearl

market with this great honor. as i stated before, we thank the city of san francisco and their support of small enterprises in the fabric of building a great city. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you very much. any other members of the public? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: new delhi, years ago, i worked in the area, and you were always in the oasis of what could be a ru rough patch in the neighborhood. us in the industry, we can work

some crazy hours, and you were always there for us. dianda's, i'm from the mission. you're a staple. every time a communion, baptism, wedding, you're there, so i'm really proud that dianda's is getting the recognition today. >> president adams: thank you. commission commission commissioner zouzounis? >> commissioner zouzounis: dianda's, you're there at everything. i'm proud to see three generations on the registry. it's great to see a corner store on the registry.

>> president adams: commission commissioner? >> i'm very happy to see dianda's being honored today. d >> president adams: any other comments? i just wanted to say thank you, everyone, for being a legacy business. each and every one of you, as one of our speakers said, is part of the fabric of this city. it's such an honor -- this is one of the funnest things that we get to do up here is hear about all these businesses. today, we have three distinct businesses, and each one of them plays a very important part in the one each one of them are at. so with that, do we have a motion to approve our three legacy businesses?

>> i'll move. >> i'll second. >> president adams: who wants to second? >> i'll second. >> clerk: motion by commissioner dooley to approve all three businesses as legacy businesses, seconded by commissioner zouzounis. [roll call] >> clerk: motion passes, 7-0. >> president adams: great. congratulations. [applause] >> president adams: we're going to do a quick picture in the corner, then we need to resume our meeting.

>> president adams: okay. so we are going to switch item number 4 and item number 5, so we're going to hear item number 5 first, and then item number 4 fifth. so with that, please call the next item. >> clerk: presentation, san francisco police department small business advisory forum. presenters are deputy chief david lazar with the sfpd. >> good evening, commission. as mentioned, i'm david lazar, chief deputy with the san francisco police department. one of my duties is to be the

chair of the small business advisory forum. just to take you back briefly, in 2016, department of justice collaborative review with the san francisco police department. if you remember in 2016, there was a complete department review, and the department of justice had 272 recommendations for us, and one of the recommendations was recommendations 48, which stated that the sfpd needs to develop a robust, broad based community forum for policing across all communities. essentially, we needed to meet with different parts of the community, and we needed to have a sit down, dialogue, a conversation, so that we could receive input as a police department from the community as to what our strategies should be, how we can help others, etc. well, a lot of the forums were built, but this forum was finally built in the summer of 2019. and the chief is essentially

the chair, but because he can't chair 12 selected meetings, he's picked us to serve as his designee. henry corneliowicz, is a chair, and another president of the council of district merchants association. we meet every -- once a month, on the first friday of the lunch. -- month. it used to be a lunch, sponsored by the department, but now, it's a breakfast. we invite a captain or foot beat officer or some sort of designee. our goal is to provide a voice to the small business community. we receive input regarding policing goals and strategies, and we develop crime prevention

measures. and really, our goal as a police agency, as the sfpd, is to work to keep our small business community safe. and we remain safe, we believe, by having the ongoing conversation about safety. we also develop projects because we think crime prevention's important, one of the strategies that we can agree on. and one of the strategies that was agreed on was when to call police. modelled after japantown, and the work that goes on in japantown with grace and the community advisory -- community benefit district, i believe, in japantown, we've taken that model and we're building something out for the small business community. the other thing that we're doing is the small business program, a decal in your

window, so if you need some help, you've got that, too. the other thing we want to do is participate in ride alongs, so we can have our small business owners ride along with a police officer for a day just so that he can see a day in the life -- so that they can see a day in the life of a police officer, attend a day of our police academy so they can see what we put our police officers through. but really, the go al is to hae a diverse group of business owners -- we want the same group to meet on a monthly basis to stay consistent and to really continue having the conversation. so in conclusion, our advisory forum is still new. we've met during the summer, so we meet once a month, and we're just continuing to explore ways to make our community better, our small business safer.

i know the topic comes up quite often about theft and shoplifting and consequences how we can deal with that. in 2020, i think we're going to link with the district attorney's office to figure out a way that there can be some accountability for individuals who continue to shoplift and steal from the various businesses. i think the other thing we need to do is to figure out how to stream line reporting of crime. many people like they don't want to wait a long time for the police, but how can we use our on-line tools like cop logic or 311 to really get a feel of what's happening in a community in terms of theft or crime? so that's what we can do, and we're excited to have that conversation, and as time goes on, we feel we're going to make a big impact partnering with the community. >> president adams: thank you. commissioner comments? commissioner laguana.

>> commissioner laguana: chief, it's great to have you here. just a quick question. how can the small business commission help you and the small business advisory forum? how can we make this grow? is there anything we can bring to the table or contribute here? >> yeah, there's a couple of ways. one, if you feel there are individuals that should be on this advisory, i really well come your suggestion on what should participate. we have a really good group of individuals now, but as you know, sometimes people will move on, and there will be vacancy. and secondly, i think it's important that we're looping you in, letting you know what we're working on. and then, the two-way is to have this commission share what your concerns are in regards to safety and crime prevention and

let us work on something together so we can come up with new and innovative ideas to deal with some of the issues that come up in our city. i think this is something new in the police department that we're kicked off. >> president adams: commissioner dooley? >> commissioner dooley: yeah. thank you for coming and presenting. i think it's a great idea. you've got a good group working and on board with all the different communities, so kudos for you. thank you. >> thank you. >> president adams: commissioner huie? >> yeah. i just wanted to say thank you for coming and presenting to the commission. i think it's exciting this is happening, and it's great to here about some of the projects listed so far, and i think it'll be exciting to see how

more dialogue building can help more of our neighborhoods. as a retail shop owner, i've dealt with some shoplifting and things like that. as a merchants association president, i've heard of a lot more in the neighborhoods around me and at other businesses in different -- you know, varying degrees, and you know, we've always kind of struggled with that, i think, in terms of how to -- how to make it a priority for somebody, knowing that it is a -- you know, it's a property crime, right? and it might not be ranking on the highest of somebody's attention, but it really does hurt the community. it creates a real sense of insecurity, and i think it really jeopardizes how much people want to be in the neighborhood. and as a business owner, you do feel very violated. and so i think this is a

wonderful step towards really talking about it together and seeing if we can find some solutions to some very tangible issues that i think many business owners are dealing with. >> i thank you for your comments, commissioner, because it seems like every meeting, that item comes up with shoplifting, how do we deal with theft, how do we deal with the recidivism? how do we deal with the prosecution? what should be the punishment, and what other creative things can we do to prevent shoplifting from happening to begin with? and tonight confirms that i think that should be a project we work on in 2020, is to come up with some good ideas, so that -- yeah, thank you. >> president adams: commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: deputy chief lazar, thank you for your time. they sent us a blessing because we know you are very innovative, and i know you have an open mind.

i'm excited because i know things are going to get done. this is not a show and pony. you're a smart man, and i know henry and the guys over there, so i'm excited. >> this is an honor to be a part of this. thank you very much for your kind words. [inaudible] >> -- to the meeting. i'm also still trying to figure out the mic. my business is on 16th street, at the corner of 16th and valencia, and one of the things we did early on was develop a relationship with the beat officers that work our part of the mission. and it's been illuminating to really hear from them and also speak to them, specifically, brandon rock, officer paul rhodes, the folks that work 16th and valencia and mission street every day. you know, a lot of the citizens

complain about what's going on in this city, and it's the small business owners that are exposed to the suffering on our streets every day, especially those with brick and mortar businesses like mine on 16th street. so i'm heartened to see that the police department is working with businesses to develop an eyes and ears relationship. beat officers can only be so many places at so many times. also, for many of us, we are developing relationships on the street with the same people that officers develop a relationship with. i think this could be a very important partnership with finding out who is having a bad day, and who is intentionally trying to do harm. a strong working relationship between the police and the

small businesses can assist with that somewhat, and i'm heartened to know this is happening. i just want to say i've been very impressed by the folks who work the valencia street corridor. i only hope that this grows and gets stronger, and that there can be a real honest dialogue between the small business community and the police. >> i want to thank you very much for your comment because you hit the nail on the head in several of your comments. the relationships between the small business owners and the community and police is essential. i don't want the small business owners to feel deflated, i want them to feel encouraged because we're working together. the other thing i want to say, especially for those watching

tonight, is if you're a small business owner, you need to get to know your local beat officers. you need to meet your police captain. you need to attend the monthly meeting that the captain hosts, and you need to continue to form a relationship so that we can form trust to build a relationship and work on problems and solve problems together, and that really is the key. when we're isolated, we're less safe, so thank you very much. >> president adams: commissioner zouzounis. >> commissioner zouzounis: thank you, chief lazar, for your comments. first of all, i've been looking forward to this presentation for a while, and i'm excited that you're here. the commission has been hearing small businesses complain about their quality of life issues because they are at the street

level, so i do like the idea saying that small businesses can be a sanctuary, as well, because we do play that role, and i think we need to do everything we can to not continue to pin different vulnerable communities against each other. so the main questions i want to get into, in the spirit of fee mitigation, and we've had a lot of presentations around fees facing small businesses, where sfpd is connected in some way, you know, whether it's on a regulatory license-holding business or whatnot. so i'm curious, what are the most fees that -- or kind of intersections that sfpd has with department of public health or other agencies in which they're regulating small businesses and administering fees or violations? if any of those have come up as

a theme in conversations with businesses. if there's off-the-top-of-our-head ones that we can get rid of, maybe graffiti violations or something like that. >> yeah. i'm glad you mentioned that. besides the police department, small business has their role with department of public health, and graffiti, if the owner doesn't take the graffiti off their businesses within a certain amount of time. i'd have to get back to you with the department and what the fee was. definitely, that's something i can get back to you. my mind is more on how can we address quality of life, how can we address shoplifting and petty crimes and vandalism, and how can we make our small business folks safe? but on the permitting sense,

i'd have to get back to you on that. if you pose some specific questions to me, i'd be happy to circle back. >> commissioner zouzounis: okay. >> president adams: commissioner patel. >> it was mentioned in the hearing that the board of supervisors had around small business issues, and there's actually a fee -- the fee that's cost my small business the most money, almost $2700 in fees this year, which is the fa false alarm fee? so we have a progressive fee structure in san francisco, where if you have a false alarm, it's $150, and then, it

increases, so if you have two or three, then it goes up to $200, and i think if you have three or more, it goes up to $250. and some of you watching may think, well, what's so big about a false alarm? especially for new businesses, trying to figure out their new vendors, trying to figure out their alarm systems in my case, it could provide some great relief for small businesses if we were given some waiver period, maybe in the first year or two, or in my case, not get thousands of dollars of false alarm bills. >> you know, not to deflect from the san francisco police department on this particular issue, but what comes to mind, and folks that may be watching will call me in about ten

minutes and say i was wrong on this, but i think the department of emergency management may be point on that program, which is the 911 center and the non-emergency police and all that. so i should look into that and really personally circle back with you and let you know where that is, and maybe you could have a conversation about restructuring first time, second time, if you're a new business owner, been there six months. i'm sure you know why that's in place. it's two police officers responding to a call for service on a false alarm, diverting from other services, but i understand clearly what you're saying, and it makes a lot of sense to me. >> absolutely. my idea would just be to give folks a grace period for the first six months or nine months while they figure out the vendors and the hours and all those things.

after that period, it should cost you possibly, but i think there should be a grace period to help folks learn their systems. >> yeah. i'd love to talk with you more about that. thank you. >> president adams: okay. any other commissioner comments? okay. i just want to say this is a great program. i think it's great that you're teaming up with council of district merchants because they are connected with every single district in the city. i know for a fact that you just had a meeting out in the sunset in december, and a lot of my staff at the bank participated, and they got a lot out of it, and i believe we're one of the new safe spaces out there on 26th and irving street. the one thing that i'd like to focus on, and i know that's always made a difference, is the beat officers. i know when i was really

involved with the castro merchants, you know, three officers come to mind. lynn reilly, lisa frazier, and chuck limberg. back in the 90s, they were the fabric of that community. they were just so much part of our community. everybody had their personal cell phone numbers so if there was a problem -- and you don't have that anymore. when we get into the meetings in the neighborhoods and stuff, more of the beat officers and personal interactions with the merchants in the neighborhood, you know, i know officers move around a lot, but we had these officers, like, for ten years in our neighborhood, and it really, truly made a difference. but i think it's great, what you're doing. i'm really happy that the sfpd has partnered with the council of district merchants. it couldn't be a better fit, so

thank you. >> thank you very much. >> president adams: okay. we're going to open this up for public comment. do we have any members of the public that would like to make comment on item number four? >> hi, commissioners. first of all, i'd like to congratulate the new commissioners. i'm the cochair of this forum. we're really thrilled when we were asked to join this forum and to be part of the police involvement of what happens in small business. there's no doubt that this is a partnership between then and us. without the police, we wouldn't be able to even stay in business, and they've been really great responding to us. we just -- as president adams

said, the beat cops are the big thing. but the great thing we're doing about these meetings is we're having them in different places each time. we've had them in the sunset, we've had them in the bayview, and they bring the police and everybody else in there, so we get to know these folks. so when you get there, you can say officer, what's going to go on? the other thing, we have presentations, like jorge rivas from oewd, who was talking about security cameras, and i said hey, guys, we can do this. we can put this up. deputy chief lazar, thank you for coming to this. he's still a busy guy, and he

finds time to come to our meetings. so thank you, and thank you, commissioners for being around to help small businesses. thank you. >> president adams: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commissioners. welcome to the new commissioners. glad to see you all here, and good luck to your election i think a little bit later on today. i'm sure what you all do, you'll do it for the best of the city. when i was first here, being on the council of district merchants, we're part of the problem. we can't just go say, well, we need theis, you didn't do this. we're just as much the solution, asking the city, and we're part of the problem just by being this way.

we're supporting our police, supporting our commission, asking the hard questions. so i wanted to come here in support of chief lazar and henry, who's my ever lasting and contact of the council. so the council knows that, and that's why we want to be part of the solution and not just being there to ask for solutions. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you. any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. any other commissioner questions? seeing none, this is a presentation. thank you all very much for coming this evening. it was excellent, and we want you to come back here very shortly and let us know what's going on. thank you. next item, please. >> clerk: board of supervisors file 190282, police code. existing exemption to paid

parental leave code. discussion and action item. the presenters are daniel herzstein with supervisor catherine stefani's office. >> earlier this year, the state of california passed sb 83 which will extend the state's family paid leave program from six weeks to eight weeks. as you know, san francisco has our own parental paid leave program, and the state law has a conflict with our law, so the legislation before you today helps us close a small loophole that opened with the passage of

the state law. just as some context, our currently policy only applies to businesses with 20 or more employees, so it applies to some small businesses, but not all of them. and currently in the law, there's an exemption that says if you provide equal family leave or more generous family san francis leave, our san francisco doesn't apply to you. it defines paid family leave as six weeks, and with the state law that extended family leave to eight weeks, it would allow us to do less than what the state asks. so the legislation before you today is just a small update to the family leave exemption from six weeks to eight weeks. i know that the office of labor standards and enforcement is doing a generous amount of outreach to work with small businesses. they have a meeting later this

week, but for now, i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> president adams: any commissioner questions? it's pretty straightforward. commissioner huie? sorry. >> i -- just one question. do i have any idea how many businesses are going to be affected by this? is. >> so i'm not sure. so the businesses affected by this particular piece of legislation are businesses that currently have more generous paid family leave than is required. so a business that might feel like a hardship from it wouldn't be applying for this exemption. it only comes across for someone -- a company -- could potentially be a large businessli business, like facebook or a tech company that gives more generous family leave than we do under our laws. >> president adams: okay. any other comment? do we have any members of the

public that would like to comment on item 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. this is an action item. do we have any support for this item? >> i move. >> i second. >> move to support this change to police code to make it more compliant with the state. >> harmonize with the state law. >> and so we -- okay. you got it. [inaudible] >> clerk: commissioner, dooley, motion to support the legislation as written. [roll call] >> clerk: motion passes, 7-0.

>> president adams: great. thank you. >> thank you. >> president adams: okay. let's go on, then, to item number 9 -- >> i think he's walking in now. >> president adams: never mind. >> clerk: item 6, presentation on community benefit district by the office of economic and workforce development. presentation, the presenter is chris corgas, senior development manager with the office of workforce development.

[inaudible] >> good evening, commissioners, apologies. we were in communication. my name is chris corgas, i'm a senior development manager with the office of workforce development. thank you for the opportunity to present tonight on the program. thank you for that. i also have hard copies of the presentation for you, as well.

so community benefit districts are private public partnerships between local government and property owners and business entities. the public private partnership functions as so the city and county of san francisco and collects fees, disburses funds to the nonprofit owners association tasked with the management of the district, oversees the annual reporting process, and provides technical assistance to established and forming community benefit districts in the city. the c.b.d.s implement the management under the owners association, provide day-to-dayfuls articulated in

that management plan, provide oewd assessment roles every june for submission to the controller's office. these are formed by property owners. property owners come together -- sometimes these are led by merchants associations, but typically, successful c.b.d.s are led by business owners who are seeking to raise certain fees on themselves for certain benefits for themselves. important to note, these are supplemental to the services that are provided by the city and county of san francisco. also important to note that sidewalk cleaning is the responsibility of the affronting property owner or tenant, which is part of the state streets and highways code 5610 as well as our local public works code section 174. another important distinction

for c.b.d.s is everyone within a community benefit district pays the special assessment so there's no removal of you from the district if you're within the district bounds, and these are managed by volunteers, typically existing business owners. an important distinction to make tonight, and i'd like to articulate is the difference between a special assessment and a tax. c.b.d. special assessments are not taxes, and this is really important to make that distinguishment. taxes are levees that are charged by the government and facilities that provide certain benefits. there does not need to be a nexus between the tax benefit and the tax paid. an additional form of revenue are fees which cannot exceed the cost of providing those

services, and then, there are special assessments which provided for community benefit districts. they cannot be based on property value based off proposition 13. instead, in san francisco and state of california, property characteristics, including classification are typically used. they can only apply to special assessments to properties within the special assessment district, and the amount of the assessment must reflect the special benefit to the property that results from the improvements. so a little c.b.d. history. the first district was actually created in 1969 in toronto, ontario, canada, and they came to the united states in 1974 with the first business improvement district as they're called elsewhere, forming in new orleans, louisiana. and they came to the united

states as a response to neglected urban centers and commercial corridors. in 1989, california statute allowed for the formation of c.b.d.s, and in 1994, the california legislature passed the property and business improvements districts law of 1994, which we call the 1994 law, to address some of those short comings. this coincided with mayor newsom established a program at oewd to help mixed-use neighborhoods form and maintain c.b.d.s. this led to an increase in community benefit districts in san francisco. other cities include new york, los angeles, san diego, washington, d.c., and boston. over 1,000 cities in the nation

have this program. so the first main law when we're talking about c.b.d.s is the 1994 act, which is the california streets and highways code section 3600. this allows cities to fund business related activities, improvements by the assessment of levees that benefit that business. article 15 of the san francisco business tax regulation code reduces the percent -- it'll use san francisco status as a charter city to address the particularities of san francisco's commercial districts and particularly mixed-use neighborhoods with the 1994 law. it reduces the percentage required for petitioning from

owners to initiate formation. it allows the district to -- to encompass a particular property. it allows for the recovery of assessments for costs incurred for formation. it allows for the establishment of a district on a vote of a super majority of the board of supervisors for any reason, and so the c.b.d. formation process is threefold. this is a very good overview of it. the first is feasibility and planning where there's a determining of what a potential services are for a potential

corridor and mixed-use neighborhood, what the potential service area should be, determining whether or whether or not property owners and in the case of business districts merchants in the area want a c.b.d. and determining potential factors for an assessment formula. once that's all determined, it allows for the drafting of the legal documents and essentially petitioning. and within that, you'll see the finalization of the service area, engineer's report, petition package, and then, the eventual petitioning of potential rate payers to formulate a c.b.d. formation. you need 30% of the businesses to come together to authorize a special election. and once that special election is authorized, the board of supervisors has the ability to introduce an authorization of intention, which once that goes through the legislature process, it starts a special

election period which must last no shorter than 45 days. at that point, on the 45th or 46th day, typically in san francisco due to tuesday board meetings, the election is closed and there's a hearing to determine what the outcome is, and the board of supervisors has the ability to form the district if there is no majority protest. oewds role through all of this is a to provide assistance to potential community benefit districts, and we walk them through feasibility formation and the post formation assistance. we provide technical assistance to current c.b.d.s which includes the assessment of the special assessment roles, ensuring they receive all funds due to them from the city controller's office and the city assessor.

we oversee reporting, midyear reporting, and compliance. in 2012, a study was conducted with the university of california at berkeley to look into the effectiveness of these districts and what they found was after implementation, c.b.d.s outperform citywide trends on the ma erto of indicatoof -- majority of citywide services implemented. after implementing services, crime levels decreased in c.b.d. bid regions 68% of the time. during the 2007 to 2009 recession, c.b.d.s zones retained more value in their properties, saw less significant reduction in sales

tax revenue and maintained lower commercial vacancy rates. in fiscal year 17-18 on average, 27% of a district's assessment revenue was raised through nonassessment sources such as grants, fund raising, and donations. they leverage signature community leadership to perform their work via their government volunteering board and communities, and finally, it's correlated with the level of improvement. namely put, if the special assessment investments don't equate to what the improvements are aiming to be, then that level of improvement is not going to take place. in fiscal year 17-18, we've finished the annual reporting period, so these are accurate numbers. we -- the c.b.d.s as a whole collected over 2,100,000 pounds

of litter and debris from the streets, picked up over 400,000 needles and syringes that were on the streets or gutter. biohazard removal, i'm going to get you use your imagination what that is, but they cleaned up over 21,000 instances of that on the sidewalk, removed over 75,000 instances of graffiti. they addressed over 9400 overflowing public trash cans, and they collected over 7,000 bulky and illegally dumped items over their c.b.d. zones. this is a map of the current community benefit districts. it's important to note in fiscal year 17-18, not all of these were not active at this time. most notably, soma west formed.

thank you, commissioner zouzounis, with your hope on that. castro upper market c.b.d., upper polk, fisherman's wharf, downtown, the east cut, lower polk, north of market, tenderloin, and yerba buena all were providing services in 17-18. i'd also like to note there were two business improvement districts which are sector based. one is the tourist improvement district, which is an additional assessment on hotel rooms booked in san francisco and that goes to fund programming via sf travel. there's also another hotel based travel, the moscone expansion district which went to fund improvements and

expansion at the moscone center. so with our current c.b.d. portfolio, each c.b.d. has a director who is accountable to their governing board. and i provided you in the slide show what their fiscal year 19-20 -- so the current fiscal year, what their assessment role submission was to the city and county of san francisco. as you can see, our c.b.d.s bids have budgets that vary from the low six figures to the $6 million figure mark, and those -- that variation reflects differences in geography as well as where the district is located and services that are provided. so there are many different reasons to establish a c.b.d., but typically, communities, property owners, and merchants establish one because a c.b.d.

can be a unifying tool for merchants in the neighborhood. a c.b.d. can support businesses in the area through commercial recruitment, retention, and promotion, and a c.b.d. creates a strong unified voice to represent stakeholder interest to local agencies, and they provide other services other than cleaning, safety, such as holiday decorations, public activations, and everything. i'm now available for commissioner questions. >> president adams: commissioner comments? commissioner zouzounis. >> commissioner zouzounis: thank you so much for your presentation. couple of questions. does the c.b.d. -- city use any of these statistics that are collected from the c.b.d.s?

because i know that they're doing their own studies, whether it's the demographic of trash they pick up -- for any policy purposes? >> so thank you very much for the question, commissioner zouzounis. within oewd, we do use this data. it helps us to figure out systemic operations of the c.b.d.s. we also work with mayor's department of public works, the fix-it team, and other details upon request. i think one way we use city data interchangeably is with the trash pilot programs. typically, we use in partnership with the mayor's fix-it teams and public works, we look at 311 for overflowing trash cans, damaged trash cans,

as well as hot spots based on 311 requests, and we look at that to determine where those okay. >> commissioner zouzounis: okay. okay. second question i have -- well, two part. correct me if i am wrong, but was there a measure several that took the responsibility of a tree -- tree -- if there was a tree in front of a business, away from the property owner back to the city? >> that's correct. >> commissioner zouzounis: so i'm curious. i am starting to see c.b.d.s play that role of increasing our urban forestry where there is none. so is there an instance where you can say that the city is tracking, making sure that they're not kind of letting the c.b.d.s take a responsibility that is in fact the city's? >> there was a presentation a few months ago between the public works department, specifically their street tree

maintenance bureau and the community benefit districts to address this. they walked us through what the baseline level of tree maintenance is for the public works department. what c.b.d.s do, if they do have green or landscaping services in their plans, it's on top of what they do. they do not have to address that. >> commissioner zouzounis: okay. so public works code 174, i know that's a hot button issue that most people don't even realize is the case, so is it safe to say that when we see power hoses on sidewalks, that those are all belonging to c.b.d.s, that the city is only cleaning the streets? >> that's an incorrect statement, and here's why. there's two different types of service as has been explained to me and articulated via public works. there's baseline city services and supplemental city services.

baseline, as it's been explained to me, is something you can get in any neighborhood in san francisco. for example, the street cleaning trucks, that's one of them. recology going around to pick up trash from the public trash bins, that's another one, and street trees. that's another baseline city measure. public works does have folks that are pressure washing and doing this, but that is considered a supplemental service of theirs. >> commissioner zouzounis: okay. so when you see street cleaning trucks administered by the city, it's literally just the street? >> typically, the city is the curb to curb, where the cars are, and the sidewalk is technically the responsibility of the property owner. >> commissioner zouzounis: and supplemental city services. >> that means that the city might be doing something through public works -- >> commissioner zouzounis: what would trigger that? >> that would be a public works

question, but they do operate in some areas of c.b.d. c.b.d.s are typically very well branded, so if you see something with a c.b.d. on it, t.l.c.b.d., something with bri bright colors, that would typically with a c.b.d. volunteer. >> commissioner zouzounis: okay. thank you. >> president adams: commission commissioner ortiz? >> commissione >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: i'm just wondering how you can disestablish a disic ways. first, if the city ord malfeasf

any kind, they can disestablish the c.b.d. there's also a period of one month where the businesses can present paperwork representing 50% of the businesses, and they can start the disestablishing process. and the third way is through a disestablishment vote. the top of broadway chair came to us, and so at the worked with them to -- so we worked with them to disestablish a district. they have to collect 50% of what their property owner assessments are, saying they want to disestablish a district. at that point, we would work with the supervisor's office, in that case, supervisor

peskin, to introduce a resolution to disestablish a district per the super majority of the board based on the majority of business owners and property owners on the board seeking to disestablish the district. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: okay. thank you for that answer. i still have questions. i was wondering, is there any thoughts on consolidating citywide as, like, all the c.b.d.s, like, power washing vendors? do we go, like, through the city process bids and what's the l.b.e. process? >> l.b.e.? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: local business enterprise. >> so e.d.s are part of the process to select a service provider for a community benefit district, but they don't actually do the final selection. the selection of the contract is actually the responsibility of the governing board.

so let's say three bids come in, they'll come in, they'll be reviewed typically by a committee of that governing board, and then, they'll go to the full board with a recommendation, and then, they'll ask the executive director their thoughts, and then, the governing board is the final vote on who the service provider is. i would have to take a look at their management agreement with the city and county of san francisco. they are subject to many ordinances in the city. it's a 40-page document. i'll go through that and get back to you. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: if they aren't, i would suggest there would be some good faith efforts to include l.b.e.s as part of the vendor process. and then, one last thing, specifically as it relates to the mission district, i know there's been some issues on a potential new c.b.d. coming up, and i know through the vetting process or the initial process, i know that merchants are part

of the process, but i was wondering about other stakeholders, like nonprofits in the neighborhoods. >> thank you for that question. back in 2016 is when we had the supervisorial election in the mission. oewd was provided an add back from supervisor campos for exploring an additional c.b.d. in the mission district. those dollars were awarded out to a nonprofit in the area. i believe it was the farmer's market. they started going through a feasibility process. there was efforts to reach out to folks. unfortunately, they realized they quickly that it was not feasible to move on with the process, so that effort is in fact no longer moving forward. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> president adams: commissioner huie?

>> thank you very much for your presentation. i am just very lightly knowledgeable about c.d.b.s and how they work. like, i know japantown, but generally on average, i guess, how much does it cost a property owner or somebody to be a part of a c.b.d.? >> that's a great question, and unfortunately, there's not a great single answer i can provide you there, and the reason for it is due to proposition 218 and before proposition 13, we can't do an ad valorem tax in san francisco in addition to what the tax already is. so this is based off property characteristics and each formula for each c.b.d. are based on what the services are for that total c.b.d., what parcel characteristics are being utilized, and that's all

put into a formula developed by an engineer certified by the state of california to determine everybody's assessment cost. so i can't give you a fair answer to that. i can do a much better job of giving you, like, a median or a mean for each c.b.d., but if you have a property with a lot of condos, that may go down. >> and how are you looking for this program to expand or grow or what do you have in plans for this program? >> so i'm solo right now. we're going through a hiring process, so hopefully not expand too much. we have one c.b.d. -- we have two c.b.d.s in renewal right now.

noe valley is going through the renewal process for 15 years right now. another is the castro community benefit district. they're currently undergoing review with the city attorney. then they would have to go through petitioning. you would probably see an election for that in june and july. you also see the fisherman's wharf c.b.d. undergoing renewal. that's unique because on the land side of the district where san francisco city streets are, it's a typical district like noe valley, castro, union square. on the port side of the district, it's typically owned by the state of california, and we can't assess the state of california as a local entity -- or you can, but it's very difficult because it's the state. so there's a district that's

geographically confined, but instead of focused on property characteristics, you're looking at the business and what they bring in in revenue. so that's a different type model of district, and we don't get those too often, so the city attorney and i are having some fun going through the process on that. we also have one going through process right now, potential c.b.d., in the excelsior. >> commissioner patel? >> thank you very much. so a couple things. one -- thank you, domenica, for sending this. i found thiss enthralling to read it. but this was done eight years ago. san francisco was very

different eight years ago, especially as this was done right after the recovery of the recession had begun in full swing, and a lot has happened since then. my question is, is there a plan to do another study like this in detail in the future? >> absolutely. we are in discussions with the auditor to develop a program to analyze this. >> what's the status of that? >> i would have to get back to you on that. >> you don't have a ballpark on that? sooner rather than later? by the end of the year? >> i would hope by the end of the year. >> another question, do the boards have complete autonomy where the money is spent? >> no. so in each district, there's a -- you might if i use easy numbers? so let's say the total

assessment budget is $1 million for a district, and they decide that 50% is going to be used on cleaning, 20% on marketing, 20% on admin, and 5% on some kind of safety, and it does not mean extra patrols, it could mean something like a safety category. they have to aim to do that in their fiscal year budgeting and fiscal year actuals. however, things happen. cities change, communities change, and the code acknowledges that, and the management code with the city and county of san francisco acknowledges that. so each year, they're allowed ten percentage variance points that can be moved around. so let's say 50% for cleaning, but maybe the streets are really clean, so you want to put more money towards marketing.

well, you can lower the money used towards cleaning no more than 10% and use it elsewhere. >> okay. i have a small question and a more broad question, and i have no more questions. so at the end of this thing in the extra dates -- charts and data, there was one particular statistic that gave me pause, the selected data and charts. and that was in the castro c.b.d., when the study was done, it showed a 26% increase in aggravated assault and, so i'm wonderi i'm -- and a 26% increase in graffiti,

vandalism, so i'm wondering if they're working on those figures? >> yes. they're working on a patrol special officer and other issues. we also work with them on other funding sources. >> great. another reason why this study is so helpful because it shows this is working. the broad question is how you think the c.b.d.s are going to be working with these new cultural districts, leather, the mission cultural district, the castro lgbt cultural district. so how is oewd thinking about what is going to be the interplay between the c.b.d.s and the cultural districts? >> thank you for that question. that's a great question. the first c.b.d. that we really had over reach in a cultural district was in japantown, and the collaboration and cooperation between both the japantown task force, other stakeholders, and the c.b.d. has been fantastic. eaismodel.

in fact, the c.b.d. was one of the suggestions of the jchas, which was focused on maintaining the cultural visibility of japantown. obviously, the c.b.d. came after the formation of the cultural district, and now, we have cases where c.b.d.s come before the cultural district, or they come into being at the same time. the castro's currently undergoing renewal. they've been in existence since 2005, so i would expect a great deal of collaboration between the two, as well. >> are you worried about clashes between the cultural districts and c.b.d.s? >> i'm not.

i'm a big believer that discussion mediates many conflicts. since the cultural district programming is under the auspices of the same division of oewd that i'm under, i think we can address that. also, it's really just about

communicating. >> it's -- kind of to follow up a little bit on a question from my fellow commissioner, but it's relevant -- directly relevant, excuse me, to what you just said, which is you mentioned earlier that the funds have to be allocated according to the management plan, but periodically, groups can raise funds for outside the umbrella of ordinary annual

assessment. are these outside funds likewise -- what's the word i'm looking for? are they required to be spent according to the same management plan or can they raise outside funds for a particular purpose? say, they want more big bellies? >> so that's a great question. there's a few plans that i've been articulating to community benefit districts. keep your assessment books separate from your nonassessment dollar books so you can showcase to both oewd and the board of supervisors that those assessment dollars are being spent in accordance with the grant management plan. all dollars received from the city and county of san francisco are not subject to the same rules of the management plan, but they are subject to the same scope of

work for those development plans. they're also not subject to the various percentage points because it's outside. we're really focused on the assessment dollars. >> i think noe valley, off the top of my head, is a prime example of that. they are the fiscal sponsor of the town square over on 24 street, and they do have the grant there, but they have a small budget. they're about a $250,000 c.b.d. that budget is about $100,000, so that would completely mess with their grant formation, but

because it's an active dollar, they can do the formation without messing with their variance points. >> okay. >> president adams: any other questions? i'd like to chime in. first of all, i can't believe it's 15 years for both noe valley and castro c.b.d.s. as you know, i helped form both of those and made the phone calls, especially with the castro, with paul moffat and herb cohen and evan dufty, a supervisor, who led that up. i just can't believe it's already been 15 years, and it has made differences, i believe, in both neighborhoods now. the crime study came out, and it did show there was more crime in the castro, but i think a lot of that had to do with reallocation of police from the castro and into other parts of district 8. but then, you know, the city came right back in on that.

so thank you for your presentation. you are at the forefront -- i think you're one of the best city managers we've had on this in a long, long time because you are -- i know you are personally involved in each and every one of these and trying to get some new ones started right now, which is not easy. i know i've made those phone calls and getting ready to make phone calls for that castro renewal, which is not going to be as easy as it was the first time around, but it takes a community to get this all together, so i just want to say thank you for all you've done. this has been an excellent presentation, and just keep fighting like you do with these. i really appreciate everything that you've done, and i know the c.b.d. managers around the city all echo -- i know they say if they need something, they call you, and you're very responsive, so thanks. i know you've been a big help

with both noe valley and castro, and someone who's involved in both, it works. we have flower baskets on 24 street. it's awesome. >> we don't have that in soma yet. >> they're working on it. >> i would say noe valley -- everything came together with noe valley, i think, and it's really, really -- i think because of its size is why it works. castro is spread out, and it has its -- every district has its different challenges, as union square does, fishermans wharf, and we're trying to get that. when renewals come up, you can change some of the allocations, because that's been part of the problem with a lot of them. you know, 15 years, you know, it may not seem like a long time, but 15 years, when you

have certainly allocations, it does make a difference because neighborhoods scream, why don't you do more for that? why don't you do more for that, and you can't. and he knows the brunt of it, so thank you for taking that brunt. >> thank you. one correction, the mission is not making a renewal, it's the mission excelsior. >> president adams: mission excelsior. okay. public comment on item 6? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> president adams, i think we do have someone that wants to speak, but they don't know the process.

>> president adams: okay. i'm reopening public comment. >> i am a merchant from the excelsior, d-11. i've been working with chris now almost a year. we're still in the middle of creating the c.b.d., but i think it's very important for our district, our community. i just opened up a new business on the excelsior mission corridor. it's a gem. i want to say that there's a lot of potential for our neighborhood getting a lot of traction. we can learn from the mistakes of prior c.b.d.s -- not mistakes, but more so that are ahead of the curve than us. and we're the black sheep where now we're getting the attention, and now the community is growing. i think it's important for me as a merchant and resident of the 11 that we get some sort of funding or allocation towards

this goal of ours, you know, i'm just thinking because our corridor is still growing, you know, there's about a mile, i want to say, worth, big -- big things happening. and i am lucky to be a recipient of the oewd grant. it does work, it does help for me. very thankful for that. i opened a shop called excelsior coffee on grant amis. the grant went towards the sign on the storefront. chris allocated and fought for these funds to -- to -- to bring new energy and to bring new eyes to the neighborhood. if it weren't for that program, that grant, the storefront improvement and equipment grant, i think i would have tapped out of this project, me

being just a -- a new parent, a homeowner of the 11, and now a business owner. so i'm happy to say after the eight-month process -- actually, it was a two-year process, but now we've been operating for eight months, and i'm happy to be a part of the process. thank you, chris. i caught your presentation. i do want to attest it works for me, and a lot of attention and i'm advocating for the neighborhood to get this going, so thanks for your time. >> president adams: thank you. any other members of the public? now seeing none, public comment is closed. great. thank you, chris. next item. >> clerk: commissioners, before i read items 7 and 8, i am going to read for the public

record the procedures for the election of officers for the president and vice president positions. so the commission shall vote to elect a commission president and vice president under separate agenda items for tonight's meeting. they are items 7 and 8. for each office, the commission secretary shall call for nominations. nominations require a second to be considered. nominees will then be provided an opportunity to make a statement in the order in which they were nominated. after nominees' statements, commissioners will be provided a chance to comment. following that, public comment. once public comment has been closed, the clerk will conduct a public vote in order that each nomination was made. the first nominee to receive four votes for each receptive office shall be deemed elected.

if no nominee receives four votes, the process will be repeated. the president, after three rounds of voting, if no nominee receives four votes, continue the election to next meeting. item 7, election of president. an election of the president must occur at the regular meeting of the commission during the second meeting in january of each year. the president shall serve a term of one year and shall be elected on a vote of an action item. so is there a nominee for president? >> president adams: i'd like to nominate sharkey laguano for president. >> clerk: is there a second? >> i'll second.

>> clerk: okay. are there any other nominations? okay. roll call vote. [roll call] >> clerk: the ayes have five, the nays have two. commissioner laguana, you will now be president of the small business commission for 2020. >> president adams: congratulations. >> thank you. it's an honor to be nominated by you, president adams. it's an honor to work with you. we're all volunteers, we all work long hours trying to make i have a cold, so i'm going to

be uncharacteristically brief. i don't think i have to tell any of you guys that the small business community is in a crisis, and we need to take bold steps to make big improvements in how our city functions. our job is to help policy makers make good decisions. that requires building trust with them, and it requires for us to build trust with each other, to develop a sense of community amongst ourselves, a sense of consensus, do our best to move forward in a way that will help the city and help our businesses and help our constituents. i accept this with a great deal of humility. i know exactly how much work it's going to be. i think it's a great opportunity. we have a great mix of folks that have extraordinary amounts

of experience and knowledge that pale mine, no doubt about it. we also have extraordinary amounts of energy and new ideas, and i think when you harness those two ideas, there's an opportunity to really make a dent in how the city moves forward. so i'm honored to chair the committee for the next year. i hope to do my best. i'm here for all of you, whether you voted for me or not. and let's hope this next year is good. >> president adams: okay. thank you. and do we have any members of the public that would like to make comment on item number 7? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: item 8, election of officers. small business commission vice president. in accordance with the

commission's rules of order, article 2, section 3, an election of vice president must occur at a regular meeting of the commission during the second meeting in january of each year. the vice president shall serve a term of one year and shall be elected on a vote of the commission. commissioners, do you have a nominee? >> president adams: i'd like to nominate miriam zouzounis as vice president. >> second. okay.erk: is there a second >> she is asking for a second nominee. i second it, miriam. >> clerk: roll call vote -- >> president adams: we need to open it up for public comment. do we have any members of the public that would like to make comment on number 8 before we vote? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> clerk: roll call vote. [roll call]

>> clerk: by a unanimous vote, the "ay"s have it. >> clerk: congratulations, commissioner laguana and commissioner z commissioner zouzounis. >> commissioner zouzounis: do i get to say something? >> president adams: yes. >> commissioner zouzounis: thank you very much. i'm really excited for the next four years. i've learned so much from my mentors on this commission. and i'm excited to learn with you as we move forward. i'm excited to have not just consensus but debate, and

continue to poke the bear, as they say, and to stir things up in city hall because it's our duty because small businesses are in a crisis, and we know that firsthand, and we will continue to be that -- that face, and that conduit to the rest of the city, so thank you, everybody, and thank you to all the small businesses that support our commission, too -- and to our amazing staff. >> president adams: thank you. any other commissioners? and i've watched you grow in the last four years. i'm so proud of you. so with that, next item, please. >> clerk: item 9, approval of draft meeting minutes, action item. >> president adams: has everybody read over the minutes? do we have any members of the public who would like to make comment on our draft meeting minutes from our last meeting

on january 13? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion for the minutes? >> motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> president adams: all in favor? any opposed? motion passes. next item, please. >> clerk: director's report, discussion item. >> well, first, i want to say congratulations to commissioner sharkey on being the new president and commissioner s zouzounis being the vice president. i look forward to working with

you closely and all of us. and a big shout out to president adams, that you for many years have provided great leadership and stewardship and guidance to me. so i just want to express my appreciation that you took that on for many, many years, the majority of your time as a commissioner. i hope you enjoy your time as a regular commissioner. and i also want to congratulate commissioner ortiz cartagena on his reappointment. it passed through the full board, so happy about that. and commissioner zouzounis was passed out of the rules committee today and the board -- should be at the board next week, so any way -- so i

will say an early congratulations. >> commissioner zouzounis: thank you. >> few items i want to report on. i am very pleased, jeffrey tomlin, the new sfmta director reached out to the -- us and attended the last meeting. it's important that they think that small business success is very important to their success because they also rely on sales tax dollars, and so he very much really understands and

articulated well how some of the past behaviors and actions have not necessarily fared well for small business. and while he cannot go back and correct those, but really wants to work on improving things moving forward. so it was a really great conversation. he wants to explore things like large businesses are able to buy muni passes in bulk purchasing because they're doing purchasing for a large company, and how can a merchant group still be able to do bulk muni passes? so he's really -- i think he's got his thinking cap on, is really looking at exploring ideas that can help small businesses save some money. so i look forward to, you know, what's ahead. and -- and -- and he also has

met with the small business working group. so -- and he did say that he has not yet met with the vice -- or he may have by now, but as of the meeting with the sfcdma last week, he had not met with the biking commission, so he wanted to make sure that the small business commission was a high priority for him. i've provided you with -- we're getting into the legacy business -- and for the members of the public, if you want to review the report, it's here. our legacy business grants, so we'll be having further conversations in the next couple months about this grant program, but wanted to just show you that over the years, the grant program, the size of the number of grants that are applied for continue to grow and grow.

it's an arduous program administered. rick is doing it. the program has been funded and has been stuck in the approval pipeline, so we have not been able to hire that person to take that burden off of rick, so what we're doing is we will just be slowing down the applications because he can't manage both the grant processing and doing the applications. so we'll see a slow down of the number of applications coming before the commission for the registry over the next couple of months. and i think i mentioned this at the last meeting, but tomorrow is olfd with -- a couple of the state labor agencies are hosting a workshop to go through the law that affected the piece of legislation that you heard today. it'll go in greater detail.

the state family leave is mandated by any employer, though all leave is covered by the state. it's the city that adds on additional expense for parental leave. and if you have any questions, i'm happy to answer that. oewd is doing some budget outreach in different parts of the city. there was one last thursday. there is one tonight in the richmond area, and there will be another one on february 4 at the main library. i attended the one on thursday. it was very interesting. this was held in the bayview, and kind of one of the big sort of outcomes of what we heard both from small business services to workforce

development is that there needs to be more direct connection out into that area? so i think from that, we'll have -- i'll have conversations with joaquin about how we can, from time to time, maybe get our services out there so that people don't always have to trek to city hall. i will let the commissioners speak a little bit more on this because with the vacancy forum at manny's, i thought it was very interesting. it was attended both by brick and mortar and on-line-based businesses. what i thought was interesting was there was a lot of discussion around the planning

code, and -- a lot of discussion around the planning code and sort of the complexity around that and also a real interest in expanding the flex retail and really understanding what flex retail is and encouraging the expansion of that model citywide as a greater means of businesses to open and -- to open their business. but i'll let the two of you also elaborate during commissioner comments. i informed you, but i've just put a note here that commissioner -- i mean, excuse me, supervisor safai has also called for a hearing on on delivery companies to small businesses. it has some overlays with the hearing that we are working to schedule for you. we've outreached to the supervisor's office. we haven't had a chance to

connect on what are his objectives and what he would like our office to report on. i'm hoping that we'll be able to -- the timing of it, that we'll be able to have our hearing first to get the outcomes from -- and the commission's comments and some recommendations from this commission to be able to inform the board of supervisors meeting, but we'll see. i don't know yet what his timing is. we'll stay the course with our timing. >> what was our timing? >> our timing -- domenica's going to need to reach out to you because i do think we're going to need to schedule this aside from a regular meeting, and maybe the end of february, mid-march. >> can i say one thing? i feel really strongly that the supervisors should take our lead on that, so if there's anything we can do to support that ask, just let us know. >> presumably, you saw the new

delivery services basically sneaking up companies that never signed up. >> yes, there have been articles about this, and so, i mean, that's -- i'll also reach out to our city attorney's office to see if there's anything that the city can leverage in relationship to that, as well. but i think as more of this is coming to surface, this is more information that the commission can have in terms of developing your line of questioning for the different departments and agencies and how the city is addressing these types of situations. and then, i wanted to-gsh --

i've updated the overall timeline of projects because i don't think the new commissioners have received this, just what is on our list. i've included some of the new -- i included the new business items from the last couple of meetings in here, as well. they're divided out from hearings to special presentations -- there's construction mitigation. we did have a presentation, but at one point, i think the commission did express that they may want to have a follow-up hearing with departments, so let me know if there's any continued hearings that you would like to have around the construction mitigation? and then, just breaking it out by policy development,

resolutions, policy matters -- legislative and policy matters that have been on our docket. we have been working with active space, and tracking that with the businesses. right now, that's still with the zoning administrator, affirming the zoning controls and authorizing the use -- the established uses. and then, we're working on the massage regulations. amendments to the planning code are with the city attorney now, and we'll be working with the department of public health regulations. the economic mitigation working group is still in process. and some of the o.s.b. programs that are ongoing programs that we have that need to be done for this year. with that, if there's any questions, otherwise, that

concludes my report. >> president adams: okay. commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: i was wondering, since the item is cued up, if there's anything we can do to help? any delay in applying grants and registering new businesses? >> i will let you know if we need to have more help. i'm hoping to have a report back on the next stage this week, so if there isn't any movement, i'll let you know. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: okay. >> president adams: okay. any members of the public that would like to comment on the director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. any other questions for the director? seeing none, next item, please. >> clerk: item 11,

commissioner's reports, as well as president, vice president, and commissioners to report on recent small business communities and items of interest to the small business community. >> president adams: i don't have anything to report. commissioners? you don't want to report on yesterday? oh, commissioner dooley? >> commissioner dooley: i had the pleasure of attending a discussion last night at manny's spot. it was very interesting and productive. there were many different viewpoints going on, and i think that's a positive thing. supervisor peskin and joaquin from oewd were there to kind of give answers and listen to comments, and i thought it was a great thing, and thank you so much for having such great -- >> president adams: commissioner patel? >> thank you, commissioner dooley. it was great to see you in the

front row on my rust-colored velvet couch. it was a great group. it was probably 75 or 80 people on a sunday afternoon. there were folks from supervisor peskin's staff, and it seemed like there were a lot of district merchant leadership was there, as well, as well as i'd say a heavy majority of the room were small business owners. i asked -- i did a poll of the audience, and it seemed like almost everyone was a small business owner. it was supervisor peskin and joaquin torres. i took a couple notes. so the overall mood was -- i would say there was a lot of tension. it was a productive conversation, but there was a lot of emotions. a lot was expressed.

we had just had 100 people in the room for a book club, so i was exhausted trying to keep it all together, but supervisor peskin talked a lot about the vacancy tax, and it seemed like most people were supportive of it, but it quickly turned to a conversation of concerns, consternation, frustration with the difficulty of the planning code and how forward it seems to be if you have an idea to figure out exactly if your idea is allowed in a certain area and why it wouldn't be allowed. director torres and supervisor peskin both agreed that a comprehensive approach does need to be taken on issues affecting small businesses. we talked about the fact that there isn't a silver bullet, as we all know. there are a lot of issues affecting our community, and if we're going to make a meaningful change, we have to address it on all fronts.

there was a lot of conversation which, you know, we didn't obviously come to an agreement on, but how to get our fellow san franciscos to change their consumption habits to shop locally, to buck the trend of purchasing everything on-line. of course not just restaurant foods, but furniture stores. we had a couple retail businesses there, talking about how difficult it's been for them to navigate the move to on-line. and then, the move to get organized as a community. as a unified community, there was some feeling and i would add myself to that community, we need to do a better job of getting our voices heard. and we talked -- there was a really interesting conversation between some of the bar owners of the mission. the bar owners have immense emotional and symbolic power in the community. thousands of people come through -- and restaurants --

our doors every day, and if we had something that we could all work on together, it could have a huge effect. so we just talked about how we could be doing more to come together. and the last thing i'll say is, you know, the things that affect small businesses, it's kind of a death by 1,000 cuts. it's a little thing here, a little thing there. i had a conversation last night with my neighbor who owns a yoga studio, and i know this is controversial to put out there, but the city is install a complete new mechanical door, which is $10,e a.d.a. laws have changed since he opened, and $10,000 is a lot of money for a bottom line, and so that's just one thing. so there's no silver bullet, but if we're going to actually deal with all the things affecting small businesses, we have to have a multipronged approach to it, so that's what we all agreed on. and what's going to be the

individual -- and who's going to be the individual or set of individuals that addresses all the multicuts, i think we're going to have a bigger role, as well. is this where i bring up the mo moratorium? okay. but that was the event. any questions about the event? it was supposed to be about the vacancy tax, and that was the main heft of it, but it kind of mushroomed into that. okay. i did want to -- i e-mailed -- >> oh, that's new business. >> oh. >> and so commissioner, you can forward the business at the yoga studio. we have grant programs for small businesses that are required to go through the a.d.a. assessment, the a.d.a. entryway. >> o.s.b. or --

>> o.s.b. >> okay. great. he'll be happy to hear that. >> president adams: commissioner huie? >> so i wasn't able to go to your event. i really wanted to, because i've been asked by everybody, how do i feel about the vacancy tax, and i just wasn't -- i can't really talk about that, but i wasn't able to go because of chinese new year -- lunar new year. happy new year, everyone. i've been busy for three days eating. so i did meet subsequently with different merchants and different people in regards to that. and i think i also wanted to just emphasize that -- i don't know, there are many, many things to deal with, and this is kind of the opportunity that

we have right now to -- to talk about our businesses and talk about our communities, and -- and so i think -- i'm trying to figure out how i can talk about this, but -- >> well, i think it may be best, if there are sort of things -- because the whole vacancy tax thing is a little tricky because it's on the ballot. and so the discussion around it might be best taken offline -- >> but i do appreciate, you know, that you're providing space for it, and i'm excited to have learned more.

i look forward to talking about fee reduction and fee mitigation and stuff coming up. is that something that i can share right now. >> mm-hmm. that's the council of district merchants. >> yeah. i've been planning on attending that meeting. i think that's part of the issue, too, this sparks, then, what else? and i think this is a good opportunity to talk a little bit more about, you know, some of the fees and really looking at that on a larger scale, too. and i think that i had reached out to mario, and i think it's great that we all bring our own evidence and our own anecdotal evidence. i think -- i also wanted to reach out to -- i have several

b.p.a.s in my association and in my circle who specialize in small businesses of different scales, so looking at it in a more kind of, like, in a larger, you know, bird's eye kind of view, because i think we all have experience in businesses, but to look at it from different experiences and angles would be helpful, so that's something that i brought up, and hopefully, i'll be able to bring some evidence and i'm hoping to see some more data in terms of what's affecting, you know, a bunch of different businesses than just mine. >> i couldn't agree with you more. there is a distinct shortage of data with regards to small businesses. any of us that have spoken about it, i think we need to take steps to address that and try and get that data in our hands so we can at least establish a baseline and find

out whether things are getting better or worse. >> yeah. i'd like to see some trends, like, in terms of when things are happening, it would be help c . so that's my plan, attending the meeting. >> president adams: any other commissioner comments? commissioner yul >> i just met with -- i can't think of her. her name escapes me. >> lori thomas. >> and there was an advocate whose name also escapes me. you know, ggra is hearing the call of its many members. the restaurant industry is dealing with a lot right now. she wants to be much more

involved. i think you're going to see a lot more energy from the ggra. they elected more members what are really active, as well, and any efforts we can do to support them would be greatly appreciated. >> president adams: incoany ot commissioner comments? any member of the public that would like to comment on commissioner reports? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 12, please. >> clerk: item 12. new business. allows commissioners to introduce new items for future agendas. >> president adams: commissioner yucatel. >> hello again. we've said multiple times that our small businesses are in crisis, and we've talked about vacancies, and our small businesses, sometimes they have

lives of their own, and we create relationships with them. i thought it might be an interesting idea to adjourn this meeting and perhaps future meetings with kind of an in memoriam of closing in memory of them, to point out that we are seeing a lot of closures in our city. so with the -- if that's okay with my fellow commissioners, after any new business is done, i'd love to adjourn today's meeting with acknowledgement of amnesia, which has announced it's going to be closing. the clay theater has announced that it will likely be closing.

noe valley cantina, and savor. >> and cafe flor. >> and cafe flor. >> and legacy business body on castro. >> have i missed any small businesses that closed or planned to closed in the last two weeks? >> well, i think you have. >> well, when it comes time, i would like to adjourn in their memory. >> president adams: excellent idea. do we have any new business? do we have any public comment on new business? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> clerk: sfgovtv, please show

the office of small business slide. >> okay. welcome. it's our custom to begin and end each meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your small business in san francisco and the only place to get your answers about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us on-line or in person at city hall. best of all, our businesses are free of charge. small business commission is the official forum to voice your concerns about 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. >> you need to pass that script to the left. >> you'll get it next time.

>> president adams: item 13. >> clerk: adjournment, action item. >> president adams: i'm going to let you. >> i'd like to adjourn this meeting in honor of clay theater, noe valley cantina, and savor, which have closed or have announced plans for closure. >> president adams: and i second. okay. all in favor? >> clerk: meeting is adjourned, 7:47 p.m.

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 neighborhood. we help san francisco remain unique,ucl 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 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 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. you can see the banners in the streets around town. it is great. anything that can showcase and legitimize small businesses is a wonderful thing. is -- >> our united states constitution requires every ten

years that america counts every human being in the united states, which is incredibly important for many reasons. it's important for preliminary representation because if -- political representation because if we under count california, we get less representatives in congress. it's important for san francisco because if we don't have all of the people in our city, if we don't have all of the folks in california, california and san francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in funding. >> it's really important to the city of san francisco that the federal government gets the count right, so we've created count sf to motivate all -- sf count to motivate all citizens to participate in the census.

>> for the immigrant community, a lot of people aren't sure whether they should take part, whether this is something for u.s. citizens or whether it's something for anybody who's in the yunited states, and it is something for everybody. census counts the entire population. >> we've given out $2 million to over 30 community-based organizations to help people do the census in the communities where they live and work. we've also partnered with the public libraries here in the city and also the public schools to make sure there are informational materials to make sure the folks do the census at those sites, as well, and we've

initiated a campaign to motivate the citizens and make sure they participate in census 2020. because of the language issues that many chinese community and families experience, there is a lot of mistrust in the federal government and whether their private information will be kept private and confidential. >> so it's really important that communities like bayview-hunters point participate because in the past, they've been under counted, so what that means is that funding that should have gone to these communities, it wasn't enough. >> we're going to help educate people in the tenderloin, the multicultural residents of the

tenderloin. you know, any one of our given blocks, there's 35 different languages spoken, so we are the original u.n. of san francisco. so it's -- our job is to educate people and be able to familiarize themselves on doing this census. >> you go on-line and do the census. it's available in 13 languages, and you don't need anything. it's based on household. you put in your address and answer nine simple questions. how many people are in your household, do you rent, and your information. your name, your age, your race, your gender. >> everybody is $2,000 in funding for our child care, housing, food stamps, and medical care. >> all of the residents in the city and county of san francisco need to be counted in census 2020. if you're not counted, then your community is underrepresented and will be underserved.

>> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban

center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is that potentially 25% of san francisco's building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people can't stay in their homes after an earthquake. they may have to go to shelters or leave

entirely and we don't want that to happen. >> we want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage them to stay and not relocate to other locations and shelters. >> that's right so that means the housing needs to be safe enough to stay and we have been focused in trying to define what that means and you as a former building official knows better than anybody the code says if an earthquake happens it won't kill you but doesn't necessarily say that can you stay in your home and we set out to define what that might mean and you know because you built this house we're in now and this shows what it's like to be in a place safe enough to stay. it's not going to be perfect. there maybe cracks in the walls and not

have gas or electricity within a while but can you essentially camp out within your unit. what's it going to take to get the housing stock up to this standard? we spent time talking about this and one of the building types we talk about was soft story buildings and the ground floor is vulnerable because there are openings for garages or windows and during the earthquake we saw in the marina they went right over and those are -- >> very vulnerable buildings. >> very and there are a lot of apartment buildings in san that that are like that. >> and time to. >> >> retrofit the buildings so people can stay in them after the earthquake. >> what do they need? do they

need information? do they need incentives? mandates? >> that's a good question. i think it starts with information. people think that new buildings are earthquake proof and don't understand the performance the building will have so we want a transparent of letting people know is my building going to be safe in it after an earthquake? is my building so dangers i should be afraid of being injured? so developing a ranking system for buildings would be very important and i think for some of the larger apartment buildings that are soft story we need a mandatory program to fix the buildings, not over night and not without financial help or incentive, but a phased program over time that is reasonable so we can fix those buildings, and for the smaller

soft story buildings and especially in san francisco and the houses over garages we need information and incentives and coaxing the people along and each of the owners want their house to be safe enough. >> we want the system and not just mandate everybody. >> that's right. >> i hear about people talking about this concept of resiliency. as you're fixing your knowledge you're adding to the city wide resiliency. >> >> what does that mean? >> that's a great question. what spur has done is look at that in terms of recovery and in new orleans with katrina and lost many of the people, hasn't recovered the building stock. it's not a good situation. i think we can agree and in san we want to rebuild well and quickly

after a major disaster so we have defined what that means for our life lines. how do we need the gasolines to perform and water perform after an earthquake and the building stock as well, so we have the goal of 95% of our homes to be ready for shelter in place after a major earthquake, and that way people can stay within the city. we don't lose our work force. we don't lose the people that make san francisco so special. we keep everybody here and that allow us to recover our economy, and everything because it's so interdependent. >> so that is a difficult goal but i think we can achieve it over the long time so thank you very much for hosting us and hosting this great exhibit, and 9:30 a.m.very much for joining

roll call. (roll call). >> item two. opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the committee's jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. >> i have some hand outs. thank you.