the bar two nights, depending -- mostly two nights a week, yeah. i come in when needed, but the bar is pretty small, so we usually have the man -- the bartender working that night. they have the -- you know, the ability to make decisions. >> so they're the on-staff manager, the bartender is the -- >> yeah. >> -- on-staff manager? >> yeah, i would say so. >> okay. and the groups you've had have been often rotating for the past 25 years or whatever? >> yeah. i think our longest residency is over 25 years. >> do you ever rent out your venue to a buyout situation? >> we do parties, mostly office parties. sometimes weddings. >> and no complaints? >> no, yeah. >> so it sounds like, you know,

it's a great bar, and i guess during public comment, i would love to hear from the neighbors exactly, you know, what is your secret because we have very similar places that are -- we're not getting the same kind of response. >> so i mean, i think it's just the people that come. it's just they -- they together collectively love the space so much, so i think that helps. >> and i think it's a family business, and your family has been there a long time. it does make a difference, i'm sure. >> i mean, some of the people have been coming well before my family has owned it, so their loyalty is really to the rite spot, the bar itself. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> i don't have any questions, but i just want to encourage, if we do vote in favor of this, just to see us as partners as well as the best relationships

we have with places like yours that have been operating a long time, if there is a situation in the future, if you see our offices as a helpful partner in promoting night life and not the principal in a school that's coming to get you. >> yeah. >> we have things work out really well. i just want to plant that seed in your mind. we regulate the night life and the sound, the other thing is we actually promote it. so we're looking for cultural venues and places that offer cultural experiences for the city, and we want to make sure that we continue on both those joint missions. [please stand by]

>> i've been going to the rite spot forever it seems. i used to go to the rite spot and people would ask you what kind of art do you do. it's right near project arteu, a lot of artists, i'm not an artist, but it's a great place to hear music. people complain about what music costs these days, rite spot you go and make a donation to the musicians and it's a place where people of all ages can afford to hear music. they have great food. it's just a great spot, the rite spot. they have art shows every month. so it's a very welcoming place. i love going there, i love the music, i love the people, and these owners have done a great job in the last 20 years, is it? 20 years. but i went there before that.

i met my friends there after the earthquake in '89. it's just a great community place to go. so thank you for your support. >> thank you. >> hi. i'm ginger murray, and i'm one of the bartenders there. so i work at the place. but what i wanted to say about that is it's not a place that generates a huge amount of money for anybody concerned. certainly the band doesn't get paid a lot. however, myself included, and many of the musicians who are really great musicians and get paid well in other places, love to come there, because it is this very special -- we feel like we can be who we are. we feel we can care for each other, we feel like we can be alive in the space. wonderful unique and fun way, and that's part of the secret sauce is that everybody feels cared for and respected and

welcomed there. and the people who come in there just really love it. and sometimes they keep it a secret from other friends of theirs they don't like so much, because they don't want it to be ruined. but that's the thing is i think it's so profound and powerful and has been for so many years that it can't really be ruined because the people who care for it really care for it as do i. and i love working there. >> thank you. all right. seeing no more public comment, public comment is closed. we can entertain a motion. >> i move to approve. >> i'll second. >> with the staff recommendation? >> yes, with the staff recommendation >> the motion is to approve with staff recommendations. >> [roll call vote]

>> congratulations, it's been approved. [applause] it's my understanding that because you took care of all your inspections and everything that you are okay to have entertainment tonight, so if you want to have a celebration, go for it. try not to be the first night you get that complaint. [laughter] and please follow up with deputy director at your earliest convenience. thank you for coming and congratulations. >> if you want to take a photo, our senior analyst can help with that. >> i don't know if i had anything extra in there.

i think they should take a photo. >> the final agenda item is number 7, commissioners' comments and questions. commissioners? comments? questions? >> thanks for the happy hour. that was great. commissioner. >> yeah, it was wonderful. i just want to make a comment about this last agenda item. i think it's really powerful to see how a small mom and pop business has been able to turn out over a hundred letters of support and just understand just the process. so kudos to this little photo shoot happening over here. [laughter] i think we are very popular this tuesday night. so, yeah, i just want to say

thank you everybody for coming out and for any of our viewers, come to our hearing. [laughter] let us know what's going on. >> i want to reiterate that. as hard as it is right now for a small business to get by in san francisco, it's groups like this that remind us why it's so important we cherish them and do everything we can to protect them in the city. i want to reiterate that. are there any public comments on commissioners' comments and questions? seeing none, public comment is closed, and i'll adjourn this meeting at 6:07 p.m. [please stand by] [please stand by]

>> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business,

you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hanhang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies.

some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful muellermixer ura alsomurals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪ ]

>> good evening, everybody. the chair has called the meeting to order.

please silence all electronic devices, and please rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> vice president would like to take roll call. president hirsch is excusessed. excusessed -- excuseed. [roll call] you