commission president and if you remember, the public and you want to speak there are speaker forms you can fill out which are at the front table or step to the microphone when i call you to public comment. we ask that everybody turns off their cell phone including commissioner's and staff. i want to thank sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public and we'll start with a roll call. [roll call] full house. general public comments and this is for any comment not on the agenda. seeing none. general public comment is closed. the next agenda item is number 2

which is approval of our minutes for january 21st, 2020. and i will ask that we have a motion to improve the minutes of january 21st, 2020. >> i move to approve. >> second. >> is there any public comment on the approval of our minutes. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> the minutes have been approved. the next agenda item is a report from our executive director. >> thank you, president and good evening commissioners. we have a pretty brief agenda including my director's report, which is just a reminder to awful you that you are invited to an event that the entertainment commission is co-hosting next week with the department of environment and 24 is an effort from senior annalist rice to put together this event so this is also for everyone watching and listening

and it starts at 5:30 and goes until 8:00 p.m. and there's going to be happy hour involved in this event and the presentation begins at 5:45 and it's a workshop where you are going to learn about recycling requirements for holding events in san francisco and new rules in 2020 for reusable beverage cups and food ware which is really important information for a lot of our folks out there and creative and cost effective strategies for holding green events from event professionals. so, again, this is just a fabulous networking opportunity and we're hoping that you can

all make it out and if you attend it's an opportunity to fulfill department of environment zero waste training requirement for event producers. so, come on out. have a drink with us and learn something new. any questions? >> thank you, very much. any public comment on the executive director's report? seeing none. public comment is closed. next agenda item is a report from our deputy director. >> thank you, president, good evening, commissioners. enforcement report here, i'll just take you through the highlighted sections per usual. jumping to page three i've highlighted eltrabui. it has highlight limited from us and we have been receiving complaints from one neighbour in

the area about this venue. they had a broken front door that was hanging off of hinges for a decent amount of time so they were able to open it and force it closed. and so, not closing it during entertainment and they have recently fixed that as of yesterday so just wanted to bring that to your attention and they also paid their latest citation so we are working with them regular meet and page four i've highlighted club 26 mix and regularly on our enforcement reports and inspector respond to the 311 complaints regularly and i will send my name. we sat down with the venue owner and manager and mission station

permit officer last thursday and we had a very productive conversation. we shared with them some recent findings that we had we're hopeful we will see progress in their behaviour. and the interim, one thing i did do for the neighbour who has been making the most complaints is i got phone numbers for the on site managers that is not something we had before so now if there's a complaint she can contact the on site manager in real time and there were no complaints for this venue this past weekend that we received. maybe there has been -- they've turned a new leaf. taking you to page seven, underground sf, i just highlighted this because we did

issue a notice of violation. inspector responded to a sound complaint last saturday and upon arrival the front and back doors were open and they were operating pretty significantly over there sound limit and we discovered they do not have a limit so we will do a sound test to have them a a and a c. skipping to page 12, i highlighted slow vein yan hall. they sent you a letter in the mail and an e-mail. the letter that you receive and i learned was about the slovanian hall and a neighbour said they didn't have an on site manager during events so the inspector responded that following weekend. what the operations are looking like right now is that it's a

rental hall and so they rent the space out and they basically the keys over and keep a security guard on site but there isn't management there so we are working with the point of contact and the hall manager about not bringing them into compliance to follow their security conditions and they may be coming into hearing to revise one of their permit conditions. i think just opening up the lines of conversation and letting them know what their responsibilities are per the good neighbour policy, we'll see a change here. i'm also highlighting spin. we did respond to a sound complaint made last weekend about spin upon arrival both at the inspectors responded, they were both in the area and they found the outdoor speakers were playing loud. spin has a poe permit and they were granted before outdoor speakers and sound were under

our purview so they're not in compliance and so where bringing them into compliance so you see them at a upcoming future hearing. that is all that i've highlighted but i am happy to answer any questions that you have may have about the report. >> can you explain the complaints for 4370 mission street? >> yes. >> 4730 mission street, can you remind me what page that's on. five and singh all of them. >> there's about seven or eight complaints. yes. they were made, some of them were made close together on going and the inspector went out this weekend and it is a nutrition shop and they were apparently having private events in there and he went on friday they were closed and he went on saturday it was a birthday party

going on in the nutrition shop. he explained that is entertainment that requires a permit if they wanted to do this they would have to come through our office to be brought in compliance and that's where we left that. >> so in terms of the action that followed the complaints, was it sometime after 2-1 or during the -- there's a whole series of complaints from like january 27th or january -- >> so the complaints started last monday and he -- they came in everyday of the week last week and sew went on friday for the first time and they were closed that friday sew went back the next night 2-1 when action was taken. >> ok. got it. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> just to continue on that same topic, so, what was our observations when we went there? >> alcohol being served?

>> that's a good question about alcohol. there was no note from our inspector about alcohol. he just said it was a family birthday party. i can't confirm that. >> often what happened with retail businesses is they think that they can change their use just by closing and then saying oh this is just a private event or a private party. it might be helpful -- i only say that because it might help us to engage our other resources like our district station or the abc because just like commissioner caminy noted it went on four five days straight so they didn't understand or accept what our inspectors was telling them. >> it happened prior to our inspector going out those five days of plates and jordan and i both looked online and there's no contact information about what exists in that space it's vacant storefront.

when you search the address it comes up on zillo like there's no nutrition shop listed so we did our internal investigation prior because we would have reached out could we have sooner and so that is why the soonest we had inspector in the field is when it was this past saturday when they were open. >> this could be an opportunity to bring in the city attorney code enforcement because they're quick a at identifying property owners. it could be an illegal venue and they're just -- there's not an actual business operating. >> i share the detail. >> were you there? >> no, i live in the neighbourhood. >> tell. >> it looks like it's a former bar. it does have a lot of healthy eating signs and multiple languages on the windows. so it was shocking to me that it seems like maybe there's an f.r.c. that is operating out of there. i don't know. it is definitely a former bar.

>> maybe they just signed a lease, you know. they're new. and there was a d.j. there, right? >> he did say there was music. i would need to speak with inspectors more about the actual type of -- it sounded like it was an elderly person's birthday party and they seemed to understand what was being said but i definitely hear that there's more action than we could take or resources we could use. it looks like a vacated bar from the picture we've seen online so i was surprised it was a nutrition shop. >> yeah. >> i think we'll go ahead and just share it with the city attorney code enforcement. thank you for that suggestion. >> i had one other -- going back to slovanian hall, sometimes the manager, because they're held accountable, isn't the best person to talk to. if you feel like you are not having success, find out who the president of their board of

directors is. they've been on and off over the decades and a lot of it stems from the level of commitment from their board of directors. >> the manager has been very responsive and met with one of the board members. i started speaking with her last week and so she met with one of the board members last week and she understands that they are the ones actually held responsible. she just his number i have. and so, she seems to be reeling that information but i certainly can escalate it if necessary. >> it's great. like i said, they just seem to go for a long time really well and then they seem to just kind of pass the plates off to a regular promoter and it goes sideways until it gets to a point one of our city agencies has to step in. >> ok. >> thank you. >> i note that hugh has changed their name to love. >> i think they are -- we actual low met with bennett last week in-person and i think he is

going to continue to use both d.b.a.s, just depending on the type of night audience. >> all right. thank you. >> hello. on page can you expand on st. joseph's art society. they have reached out about bringing them into compliance with a permit as they're having events. hopefully that will be agenizedded very soon. yes, there was definitely a big party going on. >> thank you.

>> can you share about the party? >> he did a lot of cruising around the city. he went to the neighbourhoods that were highlighted here and i guess just over all feel was just major disappointment and so, he didn't find anything that was out of the ordinary or out of compliance. there were no complaints. >> ok. thank you. >> it would have been a different story if they had one. >> you will never know that for sure. >> i had some questions about independence. independence has been there for years and didn't have any issues, ever. and so, what is going on now? is it a new person that moved in or is there something different than before? >> we have been -- >> one where there's a band across the street. >> same block. you are talking about the garage band? >> yeah. >> the last time there was a complaint about the independent it turned out to be a band.

>> it was confirmed. >> correct. not confirmed but there is a lot going on on that short half of the street right there from the auto shop with independent and emporium so we're seeing there's a new neighbour that has moved in within the last year and it is actually a couple that lives in one unit that made complaints so it appears that it's multiple tenants, right, but it's coming from one unit and it's important to note. so we have been going out in fact -- we've actually gone ex checked on independent -- we've done 11 visits since september and we found them in compliance all but one time and so the one time that they were out of compliance was back in september it was a rear door that was open and since then upon the other 10 visits they have been in compliance so we're just continuing to respond to the complaints as they come in. and taking readings, sound

readings. we're also checking for the garage band and emporium to see the source of noises. >> you've been in conversation with the neighbours or the landlords of the -- >> that would be me. >> yeah. >> are they aware that we have our code that we must follow and if they are in compliance? >> yes, eye mad i made that cle. it seems as though they want further solutions. >> ok. got it. >> so just trying to be responsive to that although, the venue has been there for a long time and they're in compliance with their sound limit. >> ok. >> thank you, very much. >> uh-huh. >> is there any public comment. seeing none. public comment is closed. the next agenda item is number 5. hearing and possible action regarding applications for

permits and i'll ask deputy director to introduce the idea on the regular agenda. >> thank you. >> the only permit tonight is for a place and permit at the mark hopkins inter continental local hotel at 999 california street. the applicants are coming no compliance applying for the p.o.e. permit. they host ban quits and lobby events and they have regular entertainment at the top of the mark. in your file are three letters of support. two are from neighboring hotels and one from the knob hill association. there was no opposition for this permit and central station a proves this permit with no added conditions. here to tell you more is the hotel's director of food and beverage. >> >> good afternoon commission. i am the director of food and beverage and we are here to a i produce are inforply for the pef

entertainment for the mark hopkins for entertainment is played on mainly thursday, friday and saturday and during events and wedding or anything from high school, prom, et cetera. it's pretty straight forward entertainment but includes live bands and piano, et cetera. and everything is enclosed and there's no open space area. thank you t. >> we seem to know the place well. [laughter] >> no questions. >> the are you the manager? >> food and average. >> and how much experience do you have overseeing entertainment in your life or at

the -- >> public comment is closed. discussion? >> i move approval with a good neighbour policy? >> second. >> commissioner perez.

aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> commissioner lee. >> aye. >> aye. >> congratulations, you have been approved. please follow-up with the deputy director. thank you. >> the next item is regular agenda discussion and possible action to adept written comments or recommendations to be submitted to the executive director to the planning department and the department of been illegal specifics regarding noise issues for and -- [please stand by]

>> as the design changes, the study shall be amended accordingly. if you wish to adopt that, you could likely just state adopting the staff recommendation. before we go further, i would like to have sarah clark come up from stanton architecture. >> good evening. we have a small presentation i'll put on the laptop.

>> we can set that one up, too. can everyone hear me now. good evening and thank you for having us. i'm withstandton architecture, the architectures for 43 mason street and we're here to give background. so as we can see, the project is on mason between garry and post, situated around a lot of union square hotels and close to union square within proximity to some of the places of inter entertait that maggie discussed. witting sewe have retail space e

ground floor with lobby and bars at the back of the site with publically accessible open space. some meeting rooms on the second level and the majority ofhe guest rooms will sit on levels three through 14. levels three through nine will have 20 guest rooms and it will reduce to 13 for the remainder of the floors. the project is being designed to situate within the historic correcter of the kerney district and we're using a lot of neutral colour tones and stone and stucco. things are going smoothly.

please let us know if you have any more questions for us and we'll be happy to answer any more questions. >> doesn't lack lik like like il have any parking. >> no, no parking. >> just ironic you're replacing the parking structure with no parking. >> true. >> thank you. >> just in terms of the noise, the recommendations around the window, ratings, are the ratings that are recommend in here of 39 to 42 of the guest rooms facing mason street and 32 on the other

ones and is that what you're planning to do? >> i should mention. of course. as we proceed with the design, we'll bring salter and associates back on as part of our project team to continue the acoustical envelope. but we intend to comply. >> thank you. >> hello. thanks for coming in. i think i have about two or three questions for you. will you have a banquet faciliy with entertainment? >> you know, we do have meeting rooms on the second floor and it won't be a full-service kitchen but it will serve the bar. so we do intend to have some functions. i don't think they'll be very large, given our spaciou space limitations. >> are you planning to have a

way to minimize the noise for the rest of the hotel guests upstairs? >> orswe'll have impact ratings within our floor assemblies and wall assemblies within the building itself. >> you mentioned you would have a bar on the first floor? >> yes, we do. >> and you're going to have some kind of noise cancellation, sound-proofing? >> yeah, we can include that into the design. >> and then, how are you guys planning to notify or alert your hotel guests that they'll be staying across the street from entertainment venues? >> i don't know if we've developed a plan for alerting potential guests. if the commission or the department has typical protocols, we would be happy to look into these. >> maybe just in your marketing to make sure it's clear it will be staying across the street from entertainment venues. >> well have to consider that,

that's a good point. >> ok, thank you. >> are you hiring a management company to run your hotel? that makes a difference. when you're the owner, sometimes you don't take as much appropriate action, but the management company that runs the food and beverage will start booking more events. so we want to make sure that it doesn't disrupt, obviously, your guests, but if the events that are in your building will impact other people. so that's what he's going after as far as this. we do have other hotel guests that maybe weren't apprized there's a club across the street and then they complain and i think it's standard practise that you do have to notify

people that there is an entertainment venue or place across the street, so these complaints don't come up. so i guess they have to review that, right, as part of this? >> yeah, it's very interesting because as far as our residential projects, it's a little bit more clear cut on the disclosure end of things because it's a lessee or buyer coming into the space. and at that point, the developer would have to ensure that proper disclosure has been met around these places of entertainment. so you're essentially signing, hey, i understand and i'm moving into this space that has a place of entertainment within 300 feet. for hotel/motel, we haven't crossed that bridge yet. as far as i know, none of the projects we've overseen have gone through entitlements. we're working on updating our list right now. senior inspector roberts is work on that project and so for this

kind of thing, it sounds to me it might be one disclosure. so whatever management team is coming in has to understand that, which would then equate to, you know, alerting your guests kind of every time. maybe it's like in small print, when they're checking in. just letting you know you're staying in an entertainment area. and i would hope that all of the stc ratings that you're using for your window and wall treatments would prevent against any issue anyway, but the fact of the matter is, there's a live music venue right across the street. and luckily, they're one that we never get complaints about and they hold sound very well. but you never know. >> i mean, we get 2:00 noise. , when peopl, when people are cd hotel guests tend to complain to management and management puts pressure on the club across the street. we want to make sure it's clear and things are tight.

i'm getting that the hotel is different. so do we have the outdoor lighting safety plan? >> absolutely, that's a condition on all of the -- the standards don't change. >> a lot of people are walking in front of that hotel at night and you want to make sure everybody is safe and whatever you can do. >> it's a part of the standard conditions, so we'll make that you get another copy of that. >> we do have lighting proposed as part of our facade lighting. >> great, thank you. >> i don't have any specific questions. i just think we always try to encourage developers to take the stc ratings very seriously, because it is more expensive to upgrade a bunch of windows but in this day and age of yelp and all sorts of review apps, trip

adviser, if your guests can't sleep, then there's big issues and there are some pretty noisy entertainment venues near you right now. >> that makes seps. sense. >> thank you very much. you can have a seat and appreciate your presentation. so we do a motion here to adopt or maybe we do, if someone wants to. >> you can add on or change it. >> i'll do a motion to approve with the staff-recommended conditions. >> second. >> is there any public comment on this agenda item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissione(role call). >> thank you for coming in and you can follow up with our staff if you have any questions going

forward. the final agenda item is number 7, comments and questions. >> this weekend is the annual lunar new year parade, celebration in san francisco and i want to wish everyone a happy new year and congratulate and wish good luck to the organizers of this ongoing and highly anticipated cultural celebration. so i hope to see everyone there. >> i don't have anything very specific but i was thinking this weekend that just in the last ten years how many incredible sport's moments we've had in this city, with or without a recent super bowl victory, but i think we've had three world series, three nba championships,

two attempted super bowl victories and then the sharks, yeah. what a time to be alive in san francisco, so -- is there any comments or questions on any of that? seeing none, public comment is closed and we will ajourn the meeting at 6:08 p.m. >> one more statement.

we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion. >> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪] [♪] [♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie

collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get

them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a.,

obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had

been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art

institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos

or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuffestuff from their grandpar, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future. >> thank you so much for joining us here today at 888 post, the site of a new transitional age use navigation center, right in the heart of your district, supervisor peskin, congratulations. i know you've had to endure a lot of challenging community meetings along with the teams from our group and others but thank you so much for your leadership and your work to make

this possible. many of you know that in october of 2018, i set an ambitious goal to build 1,000 new shelter beds by 2020, which was one of the most ambitious goals of building shelter beds in our city's history. this is the largest expansion of shelter beds since 1989. we know that we have a real challenge with homelessness. and along with building more housing, it's important that we have more places for people to go to get the services and the support that they need. and i got to tell you, i set this goal, and i didn't realize how challenging it would be to meet it. you know, we talk about what we want to see in san francisco. but i don't think sometimes we realize how much work goes into

making this possible. and i want to just take this opportunity to really express my gratitude to so many folks who are standing here behind me, because it really does take a village. as a result of the work of so many folks which i definitely want to highlight and mention today, we are going to not only meet our goal of 1,000 new shelter beds this year, we are going to exceed it, and we are expected to at least open 1,065 shelter beds this year, and we already have a number of those shelter beds underway. since i made this commitment, we've opened 566 new beds. we have 299 beds in the pipeline. the bayview, safe navigation center right here at 888 post

street. and today, i'm announcing a new opportunity which i'm super excited about. 33goff street where we will provide 200 new navigation center beds which will take us over our goal. this is absolutely incredible. [applause] and let me tell you, i would like to say we could wave a magic wand and this could happen, but it can't. it takes a village. the village of the people who are standing behind me today. there's work that goes into constructing these places. there's the people who have to manage the facilities 24/7. there are so many people to thank for helping us to not only maintain the shelters that we have but to also raise their hand and say we are with you, we

are here to help, we are here to do whatever it takes to support this effort, and they have stepped up. our amazing, amazing shelter partners, many of our community-based organizations, including five keys, the episcopal community services, st. vincent depaul society of san francisco, community housing partnership, p.r.c., the lower street community services, providence foundation, hospitality house, larken street youth services, hamilton families, homeless prenatal programs, dish, compass family services and catholic charities. all of these organizations do not only tremendous work of working with us on our shelter system but they also work with us on our wrap around supportive housing system here in the city. they do amazing work, and we are so grateful, because we couldn't do this work without them. so thank you to our nonprofit

providers. and also thank you to many departments in the city who work together to make this possible, including the department of homelessness and supportive services, the department of public health and dr. grant colfax is with us here today. the san francisco public works department, the real estate division, the san francisco police department, the human services agency and the port of san francisco. many of our department heads are here today. and we are grateful for their leadership and working with us to identify locations to negotiate the lease and the terms to staff, to provide assistance and especially the department of public works, because they oversee all of the buildout. as you can see, many of you are probably tired from that three-flight stairs that you

climbed to get here. did he tell you a commitment. i got my steps in so i'm excited about that. but part of their role is to put in the elevators necessary because standing on this space will be where people will reside. the second floor will provide the services and support the people need to wash their clothes and to eat and to come together as a community and to get the services and support that they need. so right now, you see an open, empty space, but it's going to be an incredible space for the people that we plan to serve. i want to thank the neighbors and advocates who have championed these navigation centers in various communities. i know it hasn't been easy, and oftentimes, there have been a number of challenges. everyone is into thed to into t- entitled to their opinion, and we understand there is a lot of uncertainty and people are concerned, but i'm hoping that we fulfill our promise to make

sure we provide the support that the folks who are homeless need while maintaining the safety and other issues that people were concerned about in the communities. i want to thank members of the board of supervisors who work with us to open navigation centers and more specifically, i want to thank our state partners. the legislation that state senator scott wiener helped to lead in sacramento is why we were able to open the navigation center on the embarcadero as quickly as we were able to open it. so it's give up us a tool that has just really made this goal a reality. so thanks to senator scott wiener, assemblymember david chiu and hill ting who has been necessary to providing the funding necessary. so it really is a village that has come together to make this

possible. so we are meeting the goal that we set. and we are hoping that we see a difference and we feel a difference. and ultimately shelters are helpful. but we also have to get more housing built in this city so that we can get folks into a safe, affordable place to call home. nothing is more important than ensuring that there is housing opportunities for all people, for all levels of income. that is really ultimately where i'd like to see our city go and what i will be striving to make happen. what are the next steps after meeting this goal? well, it doesn't stop because we met a goal. it's time to set a new goal. it's time to do more work. so i know the folks who have worked on this including power who really is my policy director but has led this effort and worked with his team and others

to make this a reality, i know a lot of them are saying oh, my god, mayor, what else can we do? we are working hard every single day to get this done. and we have more to do. people are counting on us to do more. and doing more means that we have a place for people to go. yesterday when i was out at the embarcadero and the hot team, they were out there talking to people, they were able to fortunately get three people to commit to a shelter bed at the embarcadero navigation center, but that was three people. there were a lot of other folks that refused service. and some of those people were having a number of challenges. and as a result, we needed, of course, to do more. and doing more means that we

meet people where they are, whether there is a mental health challenge, whether there is a substance use challenge, we need to make sure that we have a place for everyone to go when we're offering assistance. so part of my goal is to provide 2,000 additional placements. and when i say placements, i don't mean navigation center beds, i just mean placements. meth sobering centers, safe injection sites, places where people can go to get a hot meal or wash their clothes or take a shower. meeting people where they are. so for example the woman that we ran into who clearly was struggling, clearly needed help and support, was hungry, probably needed a shower, had a lot of things and refused to accept the service that we provide. what do you do for that person?

she said she was hungry but did not want to go to the navigation center. so having an alternative, having a place that meets people where they are is also important. so when we talk about the next steps, the next step is to provide 2,000 additional placements for people, whether that is navigation center beds or sobering centers or safe injection sites or mental health stabilization beds, whatever that is, we need to expand those opportunities so that we can really make sure that we make an impact of what you see on the street. drop-in shelters a number of other issues, and i want to make sure that we are prepared to make the investments to do just that. we are already looking at locations throughout san francisco that could hopefully

be, even if they are temporary pop-up locations like restaurants do pop-ups, so why not in this particular case, take something innovative and for the moment, provide an opportunity to support people in need and meeting them where they are. i'm really excited about the next step that we are going to take, because ultimately, along with these shelter beds, along with the investments that we are making, along with building more housing and opening up more places for people to live, we are going to see a difference. and, again, thanks to the support from members of the board of supervisors, we have identified locations, we have been able to open up more locations. but also we have been able to make investments in master leasing a number of buildings that have provided much-needed housing. last week we broke ground on the abigail over 60 units of wrap-around supportive house. you all know about the bristol

and others. we are talking about over 300 new units of supportive housing in our system that we did not have before, which means transitioning people out of shelters into permanently-supported housing. that is so key to the success of what we are trying to do here today with adding more shelter beds to our system. and so i want to, again, thank supervisor peskin for being here today and continuing to work with us and to be an advocate for supporting navigation centers, including the one right here in his district. and at this time, ladies and gentlemen, the supervisor for district 3, supervisor aaron peskin. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i think mayor breed has said just about everything, but i will add a few things. as somebody who has been on and off the board of supervisors for

20 years, i remember the battle days when san san francisco's government denied the fact that we did not have enough shelter beds. there has been a change in recent times under mayor lee followed by mayor breed, and i am dried to be a part of that solution. i also want to say to the folks who live in this neighborhood, that we will hold ourselves accountable, and you have to hold us accountable. i want to say to chief scott and to the folks from there that we make sure this is the best-run facility that does not adversely impact the folks who live here and call this home. we have done that in the case of other navigation centers, and we have to make that be true here. i also really want to thank a community that wants to be a part of the solution.

we have had a number of meetings here in the neighborhood, and i will be quite candid, they are not without controversy. people are concerned and rightfully so. and it is my job and the mayor's job and our department of homelessness' job and our police department's job to make sure that we do it right. i am committed to that. and we will make that come true. and i really want to thank the lower polk neighbors, lower polk community benefit district for their support and their trust in the city and county of san francisco. and now let's get this done, 75 beds here. we are going to have more community meetings including next week, and i want to hear from folks in this community. and like i said, we are going to get this thing right. thank you, mayor breed. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor peskin.

and jess could not be with us today because he is in school right now along with a number of other department heads who are working on ways to improve what we do in san francisco so that we can make sure that we are working together to produce the results that our city deserves. but whittle, the deputy director of the department of homelessness and supportive services is here today. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed and thank you supervisor peskin. i'm horned to be -- i'm honorede today. when the department of homelessness was born three years ago, we identified a gap in our city's housing and shelter system. we were able 1,000 beds short of the demand for emergency shelter. today thanks to the vision and leadership of mayor breed, the commitment of our hsh team and all of our city departments in

our fantastic community-based providers, we are closing that gap. [applause] whoo! the 1,000 bed initiative represents the largest shelter expansion over the last 30 years. the built upon the work to shelter 3,000 individuals every night. temporary shelter is a core component of the city's homelessness response system, but it is only one component. we recognize that housing is the solution to homelessness, and we must create more permanent exits from homelessness through all creative means possible. with that in mind, we begin 2020 having fully deployed coordinated entry, allowing us to match resources to the individual needs of our clients. we begin 2020 with the stronger

partnership across city departments to reach the hardest to serve individuals on our streets. we begin 2020 with new permanent supportive housing units opening up this year. and we begin 2020 by expanding problem-solving interventions that empower people to resolve their own homelessness. yet we recognize that our unsheltered neighbors are suffering on our streets and all of our residents, our businesses and our visitors demand more us. today marks the milestone in that direction. it is an honor to be here today with justin vazquez, who you will hear from shortly. [applause] and whose inspiring journey to exit homelessness. a special thanks to each and every one of you across our city who volunteered our time to serve food and bring dignity to your neighbors who operate and work in these valuable programs

who everyday advocate for bettes into your community like this one, who work tirelessly for the city and county of san francisco and to all of you who commit yourself to our shared vision of ending homelessness in san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. now someone who has been an amazing partner with working with our transitional population has been five keys and they are executive director steve goode, is here to provide remarks. steve. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. it's truly an honor to be able to be here to speak to everybody about the work we are doing at both the embarcadero navigation center and at 125 bayshore. our work at five keys and i'm

sure the work of the other providers is informed by the fact that homelessness, in fact everybody affects everybody in san francisco whether it's a child having to walk past a homeless encampment or myself having to work to my office and seeing a body and wondering if they are alive. most of us at one point in our life have been one paycheck away from being homeless. unfortunately for so many of -- and fortunately for so many of us we had a family member we could lean on. but when you face substance abuse, a woman escaping a violent partner, those options become fewer and far between. that's why five keys came truly applauds mayor breed and supervisor's efforts to get homeless as the number one priority in san francisco about 1,000 beds and now the initiative for 2,000 more places.

we strive at five keys to provide a safe and welcoming and dignified place where we can help stabilize guests with their work. we work with them to get them off the streets and address the core issues of homelessness. we are working with h.s.a. and our city partners to navigate through the complex matrix of city services to truly help our clients and guests get the services they need, the essential services, including housing, permanent housing and healthcare. this is accomplished by a coordinated system of city departments including the hot teams and shelter guests are assigned a care manager that works with each guest on their core issues that led hem them to homelessness, where we work to address the problems in their lyes, in particular, mental illness with our partner bayview foundation and their great work in dealing with mental health issues. the goal is to help our clients get the services they need, whether it be access to medical

care or needed medication. our number one goal of operates is to provide a safe and dignified community for the resident of san francisco that are without shelter, provide a respite from the streets for a place to live until housing becomes available. in our view, there is no greater urgency than getting people off the streets and providing a safe, stable place where they want to be as an alternative for living on the streets. this helps to restore dignity and helps those without shelter. if our guests do not feel safe with us, then we are not doing our jobs, and that's our number one priority. thank you. [applause] >> and now someone who can speak to their experience and how the navigation center and the bayview has supported and helped them, justin vazquez.

[applause] >> hi, what's up, everybody? so basically i was incarcerated for about nine months. in incarceration, just getting there, i had no sense of direction. not a very good attitude, you know? and immediately my head turned to education to do something different with my life to stop living paycheck to paycheck, to stop the inconsistent lifestyle and hurting those around me and myself. and as soon as i fully invested in five keys, everything changed. community, it's like a huge word right now, like what's happening with the people surrounded that want a change that want something different that isn't being homeless, isn't involved

in drugs or, you know, several of the issues that just cause a lot of problems. so upon getting released, captain was my case managers patrick in custody, helped me set up everything with the navigation center. and wanting to move forward, staying out of the streets, staying out of trouble and attending school and prioritizing. so with that, i was at the center for about six months. great, everybody's super extremely supportive, very positive, willing to help with whatever. and if you really want it, it's there for you. and i truly believe that five keys implements that to the people. yeah, so moving forward, i did get the support with school, got

my g.e.d., enrolled into city college. so currently attending that. and i live right up the street. got a place and staying out of trouble. it's great. [laughs] [applause] and i just want to verbally thank everybody that's on my support team, donna, patrick, aisha, meg, jeff from the navigation center and the department of homelessness and mayor london breed. the whole community that's putting this together. thank you. i really appreciate it. best of luck to everybody else too. [applause] >> justin, thank you so much. it's so great when you can

actually hear from someone who had the experience and to see all of the amazing people who are part of justin's village and what they did to support him and now it's really amazing. so i'm really happy for you. and we are looking for good things to come. so thank you so much for sharing your story. [applause] now at this time i would like a community member who is a general manager of music city s.f., peter jacobson, to say a few words. [applause] >> first i would like to say thank you to mayor breed, to supervisor peskin and really to everyone else who has been just so welcoming to us throughout this process. my name is peter jacobson, i'm the general manager of music city. we are located at bush and polk. we are committed to supporting

local developing musicians in san francisco. growing up, to me san was a place of creativity, of community and of empathy. our neighborhood here is rich in community and creativity but for an empathetic person, it can be a disspiritting place to be. homelessness is the defining issue that our city faces today. and in many areas like this one, it's one that's impossible to ignore. my heart is broken every day working here. the proposed navigation center in this building represents critical resources for 18 to 24 years old. these are young people who have already been failed by our system. the question i would like to ask is what happens to an 18-year-old who is experiencing homelessness who is denied the help that they need? denied possessions, hygiene, denied the guarantee of a safe place to sleep.

realistically, the best case scenario is a 30-year-old experiencing homelessness. we live in a city with a $12 billion annual budget. navigation centers like this one alone will not solve the problem, but they are a massive step in the right direction. i know there are hundreds of people who would like to have their opinions heard. our organization has been blessed with being in communication with supervisor peskin's office on this project for over a year. as a member of the board of lower polk neighbors, we have been doing everything to make sure the feedback reaches the right places. every department involved whether the mayor's office, the department of homeless, sfpd, every department is committed to making sure this project is a success. my plea is this, for all who involve themselves that we may

approach this crisis, not with appear apathy but with hope. the moment we accept the suffering of others is the moment it becomes inevitable. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, peter, for that perspective, especially just really calling out the importance of why this particular navigation center is important to young people who if provided this sort of opportunity, anything could be possible. and i don't take for granted that everyone is fortunate enough to have a network of people that they could rely on for support or to just get them over that hump. and we are grateful that we have opportunities like this and incredible service providers that work with young people every single day. and i'm excited about this navigation center and what it's

going to do. it not only will house transitional-age youth to help them transition to hopefully permanent housing opportunity with our uprising campaign, is that what it's called? rising up. thank you. our rising up campaign where we are on a mission to make sure that we raise enough money to provide support to transitional-age youth in this city so they can get permanently housed. and larken street has been really at the forefront of that particular program. and i'm excited about what that's going to do. i'm also excited about our partner in this effort, good will, who down stairs along with i think is it google? google and goodwill? anybody remember? no? oh, just goodwill. oh, sorry. they will probably be using the search engine of google to find jobs. [laughter]

but downstairs, good will who provides incredible services, provides opportunities for people to get a second chance at life, will provide a employment and training program for those young people. so the way this building is about to be used and what it's going to do to support young people to help them not only succeed but to thrive is going to be incredible. so i'm looking forward to it. we are going to work hard to get it open sooner rather than later. and in addition to the places that you all know, we are opening up as navigation centers, we also have supervisor safai who is here today who was instrumental in opening one of our first navigation centers for parking for people who were living in their vehicles. he worked really hard to get that location open in this community against fierce opposition. so we want to thank supervisor safai for joining us here today

in his work in his community as well. so a lot has been done but a lot more to do. so, again, thank you to all the department heads, the service providers, the people of this community, the lower polk merchant association and so many incredible folks who really support these efforts. i want to lastly say that as much as i wish we could wave a magic wand and make great things happen for the city and improve the quality of life and the condition of people's lives, there is no quick fix. there is no one thing that's going to solve one of the most significant challenges that we face as a city. but this, along with other efforts that we put forth together, are going to really improve the city for the better. and i'm looking forward to doing many more things like this throughout our city. and i want to thank all of you

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

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

actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service.

>> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work

closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if

they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of

people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. [♪]

>> good evening. welcome to the february 5, 2020 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. president ann lazarus will be the presiding officer, vice president honda, commissioners tanner and santacana. at the controls this is the board legal process clerk, and the board's intern. i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by represents from the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. scott sanchez, deputy administrator, representing the planning department. joseph duffy,