26, 78 or 99 as well as sfgov-tv.org and are streaming the number across the stream. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. and it's an opportunity to speak during the comment public by calling the number 1-(415)-655-0001. again, 1-(415)-655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 146 331 8244. again, that is 146 331 8244. then press pound and pound again after entering the meeting i.d. when connected you will hear the meeting discussions and you'll be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. alternatively you may submit public comment in either of the following ways email the clerk at erisca... and if you submit

public comment via email it's forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the special file. written comments sent to u.s. postal service to city hall, 1 doctor carleton b goodlet place, san francisco, california, 94012. and items acted upon today are expected to appear on the agenda of december 1st unless otherwise stated. mr. chair. >> commissioner peskin: thank you, can you please read the first and the only item. >> clerk: yes, an ordinance to amend the administrative code to temporary restrict landlords from evicting commercial tenants for non-payment of rent that was not paid due to the covid-19 pandemic. those who wish to call should call 1-(415)-655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 146 331

8244. after entering the meeting i.d., press pound and pound again. mr. chair? >> commissioner peskin: thank you, miss major and colleagues. as you both know this item was continued from last week's meeting when we duplicated the file following substantive amendment that was made to clarify that the termination provision for tenants, those with 10 or fewer employees applies notwithstanding any other contract terms. i want to be very clear about our intent here with respect to the termination provision for those tier one tenants because questions have been raised about language in past versions. mainly that if you are tier one commercial tenant and elect to terminate your contract, that the intent of this legislation is that you would not b are cond

terminated without future liability. finally, before we vote on this, i would like to make one non-substantive amendment to the top of page 5, where we define each tier of small business based on the number of full-time equivalent employees. we got a very good comment from the member of the public that spurred this non-substantive amendment. the current legislation states that the number of full-time equivalent employees is determined as of the effective date of the legislation. and this non-substantive amendment on page 5, lines 1-8, that you are both in receipt of, would clarify that the termination of the number of employees is dated to november 1st of 2020. and with that, are there any questions or comments from committee members? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair.

we have james from tech checking to see if we have any callers in queue. james, can you queue up the first caller. there are no callers -- there is one caller. can you unmute the first caller. >> caller: hi. thank you for taking my public comment. my name is calvid ramadan, and we own a small family-run business that has been serving san francisco since 1984. pre-pandemic we had two locations, one in the sunset district and one downtown. unfortunately, as with many in our community, the pandemic has taken a significant toll on our business. we're forced to close our downtown location in march. we assume that the closure would be temporary, but, you know,

here we are eight months later out of that location and in a significant amount of debt. we tried repeatedly to come to any sort of compromise with our landlord at that location that would allow us to survive and to continue after this, but we were unsuccessful. unfortunately, now we find ourselves left with -- we had found ourselves with no other options than to vacate the premises and to terminate our lease there. we lost that downtown location and we find ourselves now in a legal bind. on a personal level this has been a huge emotional loss for my family and my parents are in their 60s and i hoped they could retire in the next coming years. now it seems like a far-fetched dream. this business is our lifeline. we poured our sweat and tears into building it. we don't know what our future will look like after this

pandemic, but we hope that this audience will help the many san francisco small businesses that find themselves in our situation. we thank the board for all of their hard work in being such advocates for the small business community of san francisco. we are fortunate to work in such a great city. thank you. >> commissioner peskin: thank you, mr. ramadan, and we are sorry for what you are experiencing. any other members of the public for item number 1? >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. i have james saying that there are no other callers on the line. >> commissioner peskin: okay, then public comment is closed and i would like to make a motion to move the non-substantive amendment that we previously discussed. can we have a roll call on that motion. >> clerk: on the motion as stated [roll call vote]

you have three ayes. >> commissioner peskin: and then i would like to make a motion to send the item as amended as a committee report for a hearing at the full board of supervisors tomorrow, november 17th. >> clerk: on the motion as stated [roll call vote] you have three ayes. >> commissioner peskin: and that concludes our business and we're adjourned for today. >> thank you. thank you.