>> san francisco entertainmentce commission president due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect the entertainment commission members, city, employees and the book meeting rooms are closed however members and employees this precaution and the vary us local state and federal orders declarations and directives and commission members, public comment will be available on each agenda item. both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming across the screen and each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available during the zoom platform using the meeting i.d.

number. or call 46699006833 and if using zoom platform to seek select raised hand option when it's time for public comment. if calling in by phone dial star 9 to be added to the speaker line when your item of interest comes up and you will be unmuted when it is your time to speak. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or rooalternatively, you may submia written public comment through that chat function on zoom and thank you sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we'll start with our roll call. >> clerk: [roll call]

the first order of business is public comment. these are for not listed on tonight's agenda and i'll ask senior annalist rice if we have anyone. >> good evening, president and commissioners. i'm checking the queue and there's no one calling in or their hand raised and there are no chats or comments either. >> all right. excellent. all right. the next agenda item is number two which is approval of our minutes for the december 15th, 2020 meeting and i'll ask if we have a motion to approve the minutes. >> so moved. >> second. >> is there any public comments on our meeting minutes. >> there's no one with their hand raised and no chat comments. >> we can have a vote.

>> clerk: [roll call vote] >> all right. the meeting minutes have been approved. the next agenda is number three which is a report from executive director. >> good to see you all, happy new year and you are all looking refreshed and ready to tackle this new year. so, when you all took action to send a letter to mayor breed and the board of supervisors

indicating recommendations for the economic recovery of the night life and entertainment industry in san francisco. so, that letter was finalized and sent to all of our policymakers. i did receive some we were invite today speak at the hearing on small business that supervisor haney had called the tuesday prior to the christmas holiday and to essentially share all of your recommendations with them. so, got in a little bit more detail and went through them all pretty quickly and it was very interesting and good to get that before the public prior to the

year-end so you should all be very proud of the work that you did in push tag forward and i'll keep you a surprise of any of your recommendations that get traction or that can be further engage with the commission. i'm not going to go into more details on the federal stimulus and update as it relates to stages in our independent venues because they will get into that during the presentation shortly. i'll just flag in the last couple of moments i did add his papowerpoint to follow on zoom r your own computer screen which should be interesting and that will help us stay further engage and just a note to all of you, there's a new agenda item on the agenda tonight that allows for

you to add and if there are certain things you want to see, especially during quiet times like this, that we're more sheltered in place than the shelter in place essentially extended with no new end date in place as of now. we are still experiencing as you all know from reading the news and being an active participant in your communities that we are still surging here in san francisco and we have no new reopening announcements to make at this time.

further, i just want to give you an update on new year's eve. last week went creating this agenda, we were anticipating some potential new year's eve parties. we did some great work. our staff, along with certs, in first rounding up a lot of research on what was going on, potentially in san francisco, communicating with business owners that might be confused and we also had our folks out that evening so we had both of our inspectors. it wound up being a quiet night, which is great. one thing of note is that there was one party that was -- we received a tip about that was an illegal party so it won't have been anything that we would have permitted in regular times having at like a warehouse in the bayview. what was great is that sfpd was able to stop that party from happening so it didn't even

occur. which is fantastic. i think it would have been one of those covid spreaders. so glad that did not happen. that is all that i have for you all this evening. and happy new year. let me know if you have any questions. >> anybody have any questions here? i'm trying to put in gallery review. there we are. >> not seeing any. why have any questions. thank you for everything you guys are doing. what a strange time we're in right now. we'll just keep at it and keep us informed and i just do want to mention it's a really good idea to have this extra agenda item on our stand ago again da and i applaud your efforts to put it on there and to all the commissioners, we have a chance to actually state things that we would like to have a future meetings and action items so

this is a chance to consider that. >> is there any public comment on this agenda item. >> there are no hands raised and no comments in the chatbox. >> you want to just pull up the powerpoint in between each item to make sure? >> absolutely. i assume we still have none. >> there's no change. >> all right. >> we'll close public comment then and we'll move honed. on. the next agenda item is an update on night life -- i'm sorry. it's number four, which is an update of the night life business assistance in response to covid-19 and i believe we'll

have business development manager with oewd also known as the beard ben van howton presenting. >> there he is. >> thank you, president and nice to be with you again. as director had mentioned -- i think the idea of having a stand in place holder for updates on all the various things that are going on makes a lot of sense. there's always new information to share with the industry on new programs, new developments, and even just earlier today i saw an article about new state-level programs and small business relief that the governor is going to be rolling out so things are always changing in this environment and it's really helpful to be able to have the opportunity to share information with all of you and with the industry.

i have a short powerpoint that i'm going to run through today. just to highlight some existing and new -- and then i'm happy to answer any questions. let me share this. here we go. is that showing on the -- wonderful. ok. the first program i wanted to highlight, i'm highlighting it first because of the upcoming deadline coming up. the california small business -- state level grant up to $25,000 for small businesses impacted by

covid-19. businesses with less than $2.5 million in gross revenue and there's a sliding scale of grant amounts and the maximum is $25,000. it is a grant application window is open right now and the first round closes on january 8th at 11:59:00 p.m. so we're encouraging businesses to apply for that grant right now. my understanding is it's not a first come first serve program so there's no appliance -- supplying it now won't make a difference but we're encouraging business to apply for that relief before the close of that application. i'm running through and the best place to get up to date information on all at oewd.org/covid-19 where we're

updating with new information. in the recent federal relief bill, we were very excited to see the inclusion of what was known as the save our stages legislation. this is ultimately a 15 billion-dollar funding program of grants to support live entertainment, theatrical, businesses, museums, movie theaters, and live entertainment promoters as well. these grants are going to be made available through the small business administration and again unlike a lot of other sba programs these are not loans but they're grants tied too gross revenue these businesses earned during 2019. really just i can't over sate the -- i can't emphasize enough the advocacy of our venue community, of venues across the -- to make live

entertainment a center piece of that federal relief legislation. the eligibility requirements that they're on the powerpoint, you have to demonstrate loss of 25% gross receipts and the program is specifically excluding large operators which is defined in the number of ways you see there and also, a business can't take a p.p.p. loan in the new round of p.p.p. and also get a save our stages grant. there's a lot in terms of the details. they're still being figured out on save our stages. the s.b.a. is currently developing rulemaking and guidance around the program and so there's not an application live yet. i think it's our hope the s.b.a. will announce more or providing more guidance in the next few weeks about this and i know there's a lot of interest from the industry and making sure that all of our music venues are at the front of the line in receiving these funds and getting their applications in and there's actually a really

important time clock to the program that really makes it important for folks to get in early. the days of the program, the grants are only going to be awarded to business that's have experienced a 90% decline in revenues compared 2020 to 2019 and the second 14 days of the program, grants will be awarded to business that's have experienced at least a 740% 70% decline in revenue. over the first 60 days of the program there are $2 billion of relief that is allocated specifically for smaller businesses, so businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees so really there's the emphasis will be the venues and other business that's have been most impacted by the pandemic and we knee it won't be challenging it's just the grim reality of it and so we want to make sure our folks are applying

at the beginning of this and they're eligible and that think getting that relief money and there's the possibility at some point of supplemental if there's money leftover after the initial allocations so a lot of the details are still being worked out and the lincoln this i have this slide is to the information about the save our stages act that is helpful of what the legislation does and i know they and others have been involved in pushing forward the rulemaking process. and just to add to that, the director and i are talk on an ongoing basis about outreach and how we can make sure that all of our venues and promoters know about this program and a lot of details that still need to be worked out in terms of implementation but we want and

and know the details about who can apply and when they can apply. >> the federal legislation did not include the restaurants act, which would have been a grant program for restaurants and bars that a number of advocates supported and i know that was something that we had supported when it was part of the heroes act and the moye how's side of s earlier in the year. instead of grants through the restaurants act, the federal relief bill includes more forgivable loans through the paycheck protection program and i fully appreciate that p.p.p. is not a solution for everyone. just to recap, p.p.p., these are

forgivable loans as long as 60% of the loan is spent on payroll so the federal bill, added $284 billion to p.p.p. it also does a number of adjustments to the p.p.p. process with the goal of making it easier for smaller businesses to apply and also to make loan forgiveness easier. in terms of restaurants, bars, night life, businesses and the notable thing about the recent p.p.p. extension is while most business types take a loan at about 2.5 times their pre covid monthly bay roll that the business that's have the industry classification and accommodations and good service by includes restaurants, bars and other hospitality night life businesses they can borrow up to 3.5 times the pre covid monthly payroll. as with the save our stages, the

application are not open and the p.p.p. has stuff to figure out there in terms of some of the implementation guidance and rules around access to second p.p.p. loans and with respect to p.p.p. and the eidl loans that i'll talk about in just a second, it's important to note that president-elect joe biden described this relief package that passed at the end of december is a down payment and there's a need for further federal relief because we know that had this is just continuing not to be enough for businesses that are continuing to be challenged by this incredible pandemic. and just briefly on the idle loans, which have been open on a first come first serve basis, it's extended through the end of

2021 pending available funds and there's also a replenishing of the idle at advance grant funding which was advance of o $10,000 for business and idle loans and this is been one of the constant throughout the federal resources from the so i'm not going to spend too much time on it. final note, here that i just wanted to highlight is the local fee and tax waivers that were announced by the mayor and treasury in late october. i received a fee increases from businesses about how to get refunds for already paid fees and i wanted share information about that and the legislation to adopt these fee and tax waivers to make these accessible and that legislation was just approved by the board earlier

today and on first reeding which means there's another reading next week and that legislation will be off to the mayor for her signature and so out of that legislation the tax collectors office will develop a form in order for businesses to receive refunds so it's possible this is february and earlier for businesses to be able to receive those refunds on those local fee and tax waivers but it's an important piece of local support for our night life and entertainment industry. request that, happy to answer any questions again for really for all of the current or up-to-date information. our website is the place to go. there's a lot happening and a lot changing all the time and we're not challenging businesses especially businesses that have to stay closed and many of whom

have not been able to operate since march. i think that the save our stages legislation it's really a sign for some optimism for businesses to can access these funds. i'll close there and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> i had a question that i just through in the chat but i'll ask you it. do we have a sense of how many venues in san francisco are eligible for the sos federal funding? >> that's a really good question. i think part of it -- part of the answer to that question will depend on how the sba flushes out the guidelines around the definitions and that there are some particulars to what a live entertainment venues is and potentially, i think the focus

really is on businesses that offer ticketed performances and announced at least 60 days in advance that have a clear live music employee, they're employees who are focused on live music related tasks like sound or bookings or security and so i think it stands to reason that there's probably going to be some question around the margins in terms of businesses that offer some entertainment and they're not just purely live entertainment venues. whether they will qualify or what extent, i also think that in terms of in addition to venues, live entertainment promoters, it's one of the other businesses and they can qualify under s.o.s. and i think getting more var tee from the s.b.a. on what promoters have to show in the terms they're qualified to receive access to those funds and so i think it's tough to

know, it's tough to know at this point exactly how many businesses. we want to make sure they're who can qualify knows and starts those conversations with local technical assistance providers when there's clarity. >> yeah, i'm wondering is there any advocacy that the sit and county could be doing with in terms of trying to ensure as many of our permit holders as pos would be he will age able for the -- i mean, it's not it's not a total overlap between who we permit and who would be eligible for the but trying to get as many eligible would be great. >> absolutely. that's a really good question

and i think we should discuss that a little bit more. i know that our venues some of our venues, through the local members championship in the national alliance have been involved in advocating and even working with s.b.a. to a certain extent to try and make that process as sim pom as possible but in terms of being expensive it's a point well taken. >> yes, so, for example, if s.b.a. would say, if you know, if a locality has a system such as san francisco to permit entertainment venues that should be accepted as proof that they are an entertainment venue and they should be eligible for this or something like that and i wouldn't want to be excluding anyone anywhere else but certainly just trying to maximize how much relief we can get for our venues here. >> absolutely. >> >> thank you.

>> sure. >> i have a comment. >> thinking about lawrence statement, and you know, going back to restaurants and things, who have been applying for these sba loans, ok, i explain about transparency and it seems like or a neutral third party who actually knows that this is -- what's the difference between a live music venue or ticketed, you know, there are so many variables. rather than giving it to someone that maybe have no clue on how to distribute these loans or even approve them, because we're going to go through this just in the restaurant stages that you know, it's going to take forever

to figure this out and s.b.a. it will take a while and these guys can barely make it every month. i'm hoping there's going to be a clearing house that is -- they know how to screen these applications. and i like to have your -- can you e-mail me your power points so i can post it? >> absolutely. >> we're looking for this. there's so much material right now. yours is so focused on what we need, it will help us save a lot of time. so if you can send it to me, i would appreciate that. >> if i could interject, it's in your google folder so you can grab it from out of there. just a note for you, we're doing a -- we're planning to do our due diligence in communicating as often and as thoroughly as possible to our permit holders about this opportunity. [please stand by]

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>> it's tied to the early implementation of the ppe of last year. we don't want especially given the early windows of time where the first 14 days, it's people who have been 90% impacted or more. billions allocated for small businesses. we want to make sure those opportunities don't pass us by. making sure that everybody is as informed as possible including our small business development center and all of our technical

assistance providers a providerg the commission as a place to amplify, and filler back if things aren't working. we want to hear from businesses, if things are broken in the early stages of this, we want to know as soon as possible. >> the problem by the time they find found and they -- the reason i brought it up is the news media is telling everybody the loans are extended. there's confusion between the federal and state. they are saying you have to get it in by the eighth. we only have four more days to apply for these particular

loans. we want to get the information out now. >> just to be clear the state program rk the deadlines on the state program, apologize -- it's been extended. >> it's what i'm talking about. i'm not blaming you. >> that's great. good news everyone. per an update from commissioner lee. january 13th. that was current as i want to tell you less than 48 hours ago. >> it gives us more time to apply. perfect. thank you. >> i have a question. happy new year. thanks for being here. i have a clarification question.

as long as a venue is qualified, they are guaranteed to give us another layer. >> as long as the money is available, if a venue checks all the boxes and meets all the qualifies of live entertainment venue. it's not disqualified by any prohibited factors. the goal is to get these loans out as grants to all the businesses that check the boxes. >> they are able to get the flat amount. >> it's linked to your revenues from the previous year. it's up to 45% of gross revenue

earned capped at -- there's supplemental grants. if there's enough money left over starting in april, the fda can start issuing a second round of grants. 50% of the initial grants that ten million dollar cap overall. maybe that's getting ahead of ourselves. if that's possible, we're talking about an unpes dente und level of federal aid for live entertainment. for all and every grant that's available. if they qualify are they able to get multiple grants or are they going to be told okay, you already got that grant.

>> i think it really depends on the options that they are looking at. as i mentioned before, you can't get a stages grant and apply for a new round of ppe or apply for this new round of ppe and get a save our stages grant. i would say that people should definitely aggressively pursue as many options as possible while looking at all the conditions. looking at small business development center. this stuff is complicated. it changes in very realtime. we don't want people to feel trapped by this. our role is supposed to support getting resources out to people. we don't want people to feel trapped or have a lack of information here.

>> overwhelmed. >> yeah. >> okay. thank you so much. >> thank you. are there other questions? >> i just want to recap. i know commissioner lee touched on this. in your humble opinion, what steps or options or advocacy can be done by this specific group here to help either on the sos stuff. are there anythings you can imagine that you would do that would concretely help or potentially help. >> yes. i think that the -- in terms of the save our stages, you know, once we get a little bit

more clarity on when applications are going to open and what steps there are for people to qualify. i think the commissions role for amplifying that information, sharing that information, fielding questions about that information to get -- we want people to be as clear as possible before the clock starts running on applications. all of those are really critical. and continuing to hear feedback from the state -- from the entertainment stake holiers hols about how is this working. there is concern. it's great the money is out there but how long will it take to arrive. that's a fair concern that many business owners have. beyond that, i think continuing to do the work of identifying, save our stages seems like a very promising encouraging

financial package for folks to qualify. there are going to be constituents and permit ees that do not qualify. while it is a rea really importt step to support the night life ecosystem, we certainly need additional steps to support the ecosystem. that initial federal package was a down payment. to continue to advocate for strategy it deepen that support and relief i think are really valuable as well. >> thank you. anymore questions? >> one more question. is there a website where we can track who received or qualified and received grants and versus who did not? is that public?

>> you know. i know that at some point, the paycheck protection program recipients became public information, i would assume that the save our stages grants would similarly ultimately become public information. i don't know that there will be realtime tracking. the ppe recipients that information on a granular level and aggregate level, looking at ppe by industry. a lot of that data ultimately became available. i don't know what plans there are to share that in any capacity. i would expect that information to become public. thinking about if your question is leading in terms of how to look at that data in terms of effectiveness and who it reached

and didn't reach, those seem like very important considerations to look back on this program with some good data. >> all right. i don't think there's anymore questions. thank you very much for coming. i'm going to open this for public comment. do we have any public comment. it would be on the phone, i think. i'm going to flash the information on the screen to be sure people see it again. at this moment there's nobody waiting to speak. in the chat as well as in the participant's list. >> all right. a remarkably uncontroversial presentation. that's great.

let's move onto the next agenda item. thanks, ben. i look forward to hearing from you shortly about this. thanks for everything you do. thank you. >> thank you. >> the next agenda item is number five which is a report from our deputy director. >> good evening. hi, commissioners. happy new year. this report is exactly the same as at our last hearing. we haven't received a single complaint. it's a true testament of the times right now. there's no entertainment happening in san francisco. i'm happy to answer any questions about the enforcement

report. i want to echo what was said about new years eve. to further elaborate on that a little bit. we received three complaints on new years eve none of which were sound related rather people congrecongregating. they were not able to validate any of the complaints. there was no activity they were able to see. it came in through certificate and not our e c q. nothing major to report out but happy to answer any questions if you have any. >> any questions? none? there's no questions.

literally no sound compliance. >> amazing. >> end of times. with that. i'm going to open everything up to public comment. >> i'm going to flash it on the screen again as a courtesy. checking and there is nobody in the queue waiting to speak. >> all right. we'll close public comment. thank you very much deputy director. happy new year. the next agenda item is number six which is new business requests for future agenda items. this is the newest standing agenda we have where we have a place for commissioner comments and questions but a specific place to flag or note things

that we would like the staff to work on and come up with future meetings. i know this is surprise to many of you but i want to open up the floor here and see if anybody has any thoughts or wants to add anything they think should be on future agenda items. >> not right now but i wanted to say i appreciate having this as an agenda item. now that i know i'll come back with some things for the docket. thank you for having this space. >> all right. any public comment on this? >> i can show off my cat if you want.

>> it would have to be for a future agenda item. >> he can wait. he just left the room. >> there's nobody waiting to speak. >> close public comment again. i think this is great. it's a relic of the past that our team uncovered and padded back in. it's really great. i think we should put our thoughts in what we can do for the future. we are at the final agenda item if i'm not incorrect. it's commissioner comments and questions. i don't want to be the first to say happy new year. i'm going to. happy new year, everybody.

anyone else, comments and questions? >> are we due for an election for our commission, chair, and vice chair? oh, goodness, i think you might be right. let me check into it, commissioner. we may have to add it for january 19th. >> thank you. >> commissioner, we couldn't hear you when you were just talking. >> i was just saying that she introduced her cat. i would like to introduce our family. the agenda was riveting.

he is a lab mix. you can spot us in the park on a daily basis. >> happy new year, everybody. >> the only last thing i want to say is right before the christmas holiday there was a board meeting that was called after when they should have left for recess to specifically focus on the effects that the outdoor dining ban had on restaurants and bars in san francisco. it was a very significant board meeting, i think. over two hundred small business

owners participated and there was hours and hours of public comment. i think there was my personal opinion is there was an awakening in the small business community that the taking for granted that things would work out for the community. those days have passed and the small business community needs to organize and advocate for themselves and do everything that all the other groups do. make sure they are not an af thought foafterthought for the n the city. i think we're going to see more and more of this going forward. i just want to flag it for everybody. small business issues are night life issues overwhelming. unless you're talking about at&t park. almost all of our entertainment

venue rz ons are one form of sml business. i'm hoping to see momentum build and change that will help the small business and entertainment community going forward. i'll get off my soap box now. i'm weirdly excited for the future even though we know how horrible it's going to be in the short term. any public comment on this agenda item? >> there's nobody waiting in the queue to speak. there's no chat. >> all right. we'll close public comment and adjourn this meeting at 6:20 p.m. thank you everybody for attending and we'll see you in two weeks. >> thank you. >> happy new year, everybody. -

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the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the

people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the

neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is

it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san cy investment and infrastructure for tuesday, december 15, 2020. i would like to welcome the members of the public listening live and the staff presenting today. following the guidelines set forth by local and state firms during this health emergency, the members of the commission are meeting remotely to ensure the safety of everyone, including members of the public. thank you all for joining us, please call the first item.

>> thank you. the first order of business is item one roll call. commission members plea respond. commissioner brackett. >> here. >> commissioner scott. >> here. >> commissioner rosales. >> here. >> chair bustos. >> here. >> all members are present. next is item 12. announcements. next regularly scheduled meeting will be held remotely january 5, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comments unless the commission adopts a shorter period. viewers are instructed to dial 415-655-0001 and enter access code 146 996-6099.

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and the public meetings tab. next order of beings is item 3. report on actions taken at previous closed session meeting. there are no reportable actions. next is item 4. matters of unfinished business. approving the second of two five year extensions of residential a and c certificates as authorized under the property owner and occupant preference program. the certificate of preference program, discussion and action. this has a substitution resolution recommended under the regular agenda. mr. chair. >> thank you so much. as mentioned by the secretary, there is a resolution to be recommended by staff under the regular agenda and commission will consider at this time. i will ask the secretary to ask the next item. please keep yourselves on moot until it is your time to speak.

next item. >> thank you. 5. matters of new business. consent agenda and regular agenda. first concept agenda. approval of regular meeting november 17, 2020. mr. chair. >> anyone from the public to speak or comment on this item. >> at this time members who wish to comment on this item call 415-655-0001. enter access code (146)996-6099. followed by pound pound. please press pound sign twice to get on the call. when prompted press star three to be placed in the queue. if you are listening by phone and would like to comment on the minutes, please press star 3 from your touch tone phone.

we will give them a moment. if you wish to comment on just the minutes you can press star three if you would like to withdraw your request if it is not the item to comment on, press star three. we have a few callers here. i will unmute them. >> hi, caller. hello. next one. hi. >> hello. i am oscar james. i am happy to be part of this meeting today. i would like to support b and a,

a and b. >> this is to approve the minutes. >> i am sorry. >> call back. >> okay. >> next caller. if you would like to withdraw your request to speak for the minutes you can press star three and it will withdraw your request. next caller. >> did you want to comment on the minutes? >> not me. >> at this time it does not look like there are members of the public to comment on the minutes. >> no further request i will

close public comment for the minutes. may i get a motion for this item. >> yes, mr. chair, i move that the minutes be accepted with any necessary corrections. >> thank you, commissioner scott. >> second. >> i will second. vice chair rosales. >> please take role. >> commission members, commissioner brackett. >> aye. >> commissioner scott. >> aye. >> vice chair rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> four ayes. >> motion carries,. >> next item. >> next is regular agenda. 5b and c related to the certificate of preference program will be presented together but acted on separately. amending the property owner and occupant preference programsertive cal of preference

program to extend duration of residential certificates until the successor agency completes affordable housing obligation. discussion and action resolution 40-2020. 5c. authorizing the commission president to appoint a committee consisting of no more than two commission members and additional public members to review and recommend changes to the certificate of preference program. discussion and action resolution 41-2020. >> thank you, madam secretary. commissioners, as you recall at the december 1st meeting we continued the item to provide the last of two five year extensions to the residential certificate. at this time staff prepared a substitute resolution to extend until the affordable housing obligation is completed. we will present on 5b ab5c.

pam. >> thank you. good afternoon, chair and commissioners. i am from the housing division. i am to present on items 5b and produce 5 -- introduce 5c. the certificate of preference for the cop program was to provide affordable housing for low and moderate income households displaced due to agency action in western division and hunters point. this preference provides qualified copd priority for renting or purchasing ocii housing unit. 301 of the active 894 holders have used their certificates once. that is a subset of 1832 number

of cop holders housed to date. at the commission december 1 meeting, staff requested your approval to extend the cop program for additional five years to december 31, 2025. this request followed up on the commission's 2015 action which was approved for an initial five year extension of the cop program to december 31, 2020. again, they have continued the e administration of the cop program. responding to the commission concerns staff recommend the program be extended until ocii completed and transferred all agency assisted housing units to the city and county of san francisco. a genesee assisted housing units

affordable housing and below market rate affordable units in developer funded projects. the number of agency assisted housing units totals 4290. of these over 3,000 units will be developed in the candlestick point, hunters point shipyard phase two project. we don't have a development timeline but it is likely the majority of the units will be delivered after 2025, which would have been after the expiration date that was previously proposed. by extending the program until all of the agency assisted units transferred it allows interested certificate holders to take advantage of the affordable housing opportunities through the end of the extension period.

finally, under 5c the commission will consider a resolution to form a committee to pursue certificate of preference program changes including potential expansion. ocii and ocd will work to support this work. the program coordinator and i are happy to answer any questions you may have. thank you. >> madam secretary, thank you very much,pam. anyone from the public to comment. >> members of the public to comment on this item call 415-655-0001. access code (146)996-6099. press pound twice and then press star three to enter your

request. if you are on the phone with us, press star three to submit your request to speak. we have our first caller. i will unmute. >> hello. i am oscar james. resident of bayview hunters point i support extending the certificate of preference holder and would like to ask the commission to support it because a lot of people in our community have certificates and throughout the city or bay area, they are not aware of the certificates so there is work to be done to reach out to them also. thank you very much.

>> thank you. next caller. >> hello. this is ed donaldson. i want to thank the commission for the opportunity to speak today and for all of the positive work that has gone into the work around the certificate of preference program. i want to point out one area of concern which is the language around the completion of the project area versus completion of the affordable housing obligation. i think those are two different things. because we are looking at the project area, we are also looking at the market rate opportunities as well as the business certificate opportunities. i just wanted to point that out because it may be an area where

there is a need for an amendment, and i want to thank the commission once again for all constructive and positive work and everything that has gone into keeping this program alive. thank you. >> next caller, please. >> hi, this item on the certificate of preference program? >> yes. >> thank you. you know, there was an article in the sunday examiner in regards to this program. it does not mention anything about the japanese american community or japan town. japan town was decimated not only during urban renewal but incarceration of japanese americans during the war.

it consisted of 36 blocks before the war. after the war it was reduced to 24 blocks. now after redevelopment we are down to what we have today, six blocks. you know, japan town was decimated during this time, and redevelopment when they came in promised we can redeem the certificates of preference for reduced market housing, but it took redevelopment 20 plus years to build anything in japan town. even when they did build something, it was just too small for families. i just commend commissioner brackett for mentioning indefinite extension and also being allowed to hand down these certificates to our children and

grandchildren because 20 years when redevelopment did build something, it was too late. we had already purchased homes of our own. it just makes sense to me to provide an indefinite extension or extend it permanently as another person has stated in the article. thank you very much. >> thank you. one more caller. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am lauren and i am speaking on behalf of bay area legal aid and the clients that we serve. our housing practices enforcing low income tenants rights to remain in homes and communities. their race issues are at the forefront of our work. accordingly we support agenda items 5b and c, fixed on the

certificate of preference until they complete the affordable housing obligation and to appoint a committee to review and recommend changes to the program. as you are aware, federally funded urban renewal programs causedir reparable harms to black and communities of color in san francisco. extending the certificate of preference program and considering expanding eligibility are an important start to making amends to the black families and communities of color that were forcibly removed from homes and neighborhoods. we appreciate your commitment to honor the promises made to these families with this program. thank you. >> thank you. mr. chair, at this time there are no more members of the public to speak on this item. >> okay. hearing no more requests to

speak on this item i will close publicment. i will turn to fellow commissioners for comments or questions. starting with commissioner sto scott. >> thank you. thank you, pam, for your presentation. we are looking at the gratitude that we have come to this point is what i see. i am so grateful for commissioner brackett. i am so grateful for her personal hard work she put in comprehensively to bring us to a clear point, and i am thankful to hear from the public. mr. donaldson and the others as well. especially as well from japan town, which really helps us to

see how much we need to do the right thing. we do need to do the right thing, make sure that this extension is without a period on it, and no ending at a certain point. i am for this extension. i thank you for bringing it this far and look for other things to make it even better. thank you. >> thank you. vice chair rosales, questions or comments? >> i don't have any questions. i absolutely support the revision to substitute the resolution. i think it is commendable. it gives us not just a direction of where we are headed but with the committee that will be

formed i recommend the committee be formed as quickly as possible so we can get to the bottom of the issues as narrowly as we can identify them to move forward on an action plan and this extension will be fruitful and impactful for the copd holders. i commend the work of staff and commissioner brackett. >> commissioner brackett. >> i would like to say it is an honor to serve with my fellow commissioners. commissioners bustos and rosales and doctor caroline scott. you have provided wisdom and mentor ship in this past year. i just really appreciate you guying being supportive when i ask questions or when i bring certain topics.

i really want to thank you guys for your support. i want to thank the support of the staff who has been working over time to make revisions to meet with the members to figure out the best path forward including this working group that we are going to we having. i had two quick questions brought up by the different callers recently because i want to be mindful that we are always putting community first when we do this. we want to listen to the voices of those most harmed by redevelopment policies. i have a quick question for sally. he brought up an issue around japan town and certificate of preferences and maybe, pam, you can answer that as well. how many people within the japan town area were issued

certificates or was that not done in the past? >> to the chair. the certificates issued to the extent they were located in the western addiction to redevelopment project area which included japan town, that is possible. i don' don't have the exact cou. we would get back to you with that data. the program that references hunters point area and the western addition redevelopment project areas. >> okay. my last question. i know there was language around affordable housing and the other caller brought up the market rate housing is not included in that language. i was wondering if we should go for approving this would that tamper us from dealing with those two other issues as we work through the working group? those are more market.

they refer to the project area. they are market rate, not affordable housing. >> the matter is to extend the residential certificates eligible for the below market rates in the ocii projects that is the item to extend those until the affordable housing obligations are complete. this does not address those other items. those would be program changes or expansions that would have to be discussedded in the future. >> so we willed that to one of the working group things we work on later. i am happy to move forward with this agenda item. those are all my questions. thank you. >> i want to first of all, thank the public and the community. you have been with us in trying to refine what it means to do the right thing, and that is

invaluable. a long time ago. the city made a promise that it didn't keep. you know, when i got on the commission when it was redevelopment, we tried to move this ball forward. i am so, so grateful for commissioner brackett that now it has taken us to another level in doing the right thing. one, i want to thank the public and the community. i want to thank my fellow commissioners, you know. we all see ourselves as memberss of the community and try to make things right. at the same time we work with the staff. this staff is phenomenal. rosales, pam, sally, everyone has been wonderful.

for the public to know that this is a commission and this is an agency where the staff tan community works together. i am really proud of that. i just want to say thank you to everybody. this is an example of where we are undoing the wrongs. we still have a lot more to go, but it is an example where we are all trying to do the right thing and be on the same page. i was really proud. thank you, commissioner brackett. commissioner scott for being leaders in the community and vice chair rosales with a wonderful legal mind to how do we work this out? for the public, you should be very proud, i would think, of what is going to happen now. with that if i could assume, commissioner brackett, is this something you would like to

move? >> yes. i would like to make a motion to approve the amendment as it is codified right now. >> thank you so much. >> we are doing it separately. first part then the seconded one was commissioner scott. >> yes. >> so we have a first and second. madam secretary, please call the roll on this particular item 5b. >> commissioner brackett. >> yes. >> commissioner scott. >> yes. >> commissioner rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> the vote for 5b is four ayes. >> motion carries. now we are going to set up the

committee. it is going to be exciting. commissioner brackett is this something you would also like to move? >> yes, it is. i also before i may being the motion would like to extend to the larger community if they are interested in being part of the working group they can contact the oci department and submit a letter of intent or letter of interest, and we will review it. just because we want it to be open and the working group community voices have a place on the working group. i wanted to say that. i do want to move forward, yes, i would like to move to approve 5c. >> second. >> we have a first by commissioner brackett and second

by commissioner scott. madam secretary, please take roll for 5c. >> commission members note your vote for 5c. commissioner brackett. >> yes. >> commissioner scott. >> yes. >> vice chair rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> the vote for 5c is four ayes. >> thank you. motion carries. thank you for members of the public who spoke. madam, secretary, please call next item. >> next item is 5d. authorizing a second amendment to the option agreement with f4 transbay partners llc, a delawear limited liability company for the purchase of transbay block 4 and redevelopment project area. this is resolution 42-2020.

>> thank you, madam secretary. commissioners before usa request to extend the option for the transbif4 project. we have made significant progress on the terms related to the disposition and development agreement as well as the proposed schematic design. however, additional time is needed to complete those detai details. the development specialist will present on item 5d. members of the development team are here to answer any questions should you have them. thank you. page. >> thank you. i am page and i am the development specialist on the real estate development team at ocii. the item before you today is

item 5d seeking authorization for the ocii executive director to enter into the option agreement with the f4 transbay partners llc to extend the outside option agreement from january 1, 2021 to march 31, 2021. it gives the executive director to further extend to june 30, 2021 if more time is needed. a little history of the option agreement. in 2016, ocii entered the agreement and gave the developers an option to purchase transbay block four from ocii and required ocii to negotiate the development agreement. in 2018, the commission approved first amendment to the option agreement which adopted a

nonbinding project and extended the time period for negotiations by one year. in 2019, ocii executive director granted 12 month extension of the outside option exercise date as allowed to june 30, 2020 for negotiation. this past june, ocii executive director postponed the outside option exercise date to six months due to covid-19. this pushed outside option exercise date to january 1, 2021. ocii and developers have made significant progress. currently the project scope is 669 residential units including

327 units making 49% affordable. approximately 8,000 square feet of retail. approximately 16,500 square feet of open space. space for 224 vehicles. 556 bicycles. construction of the street south of block four. once they are final ocii will negotiate a purchase price for block 4. the developers hired a third-party appraisal with appraisal underway. the project's schematic design is women underway. the approval will allow the option to be extended by three months to march 31, 2021 giving ocii staff and developer more time to finalize the dba. the executive director would be authorized to extend to june 30,

2021. next steps for block four. ocii will come before commission concerning redevelopment plan variation and affordable housing fee related to transbay. we will finalize negotiation with the purchase price. dba will be brought before the commission for approval. the commission approves the dba and plan amendment to be brought before the board of supervisors for approval. that concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. specifically addressing questions. from the development team we have representatives from f4 and mercy housing for the partner. thank you. >> thank you, page.

madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on this item? >> at this time members of the public who wish to comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. enter access code (146)996-6099. followed by the pound sign and pound sign again. press star three to enter your request to speak. if you are on the phone and would like to comment on item 5d press star three at this time. it does not like like we have any members of the public wishing to comment on this item, mr. chair. >> okay. hearing no further requests to speak on this item, i will close public comment and turn to fellow commissioners for comments or questions. commissioner scott.

>> thank you, page, for your presentation. right now, mr. chair, i have no questions. >> commissioner brackett. >> i have a quick question. maybe for sally and page. i know that in the item before us right now there is a three month timeline that we are looking at with additional three month extension. just because we are currently in stage purple of covid right now, can you give us explanation if you guys may need longer than six months how would that impact the appraisal period? >> commissioner, we are very hopeful we can conclude our negotiations within the proposed timeframe. the previous extension which was

related to the covid-19 situation came at a time when we were figuring out how to work remotely. i am proud of the ocii staff for mastering multiple technological platforms and we have our feet down in that regard and now we are focused on finalizing these terms. we are again hopeful that we can complete all of the required steps in the proposed timeframe. >> thank you for that. i was asking. i just wanted to make sure we are giving you ample time to make the best negotiations as possible with the new rising covid cases that is not going to hamper or impact negatively impact your ability to negotiate. thank you for that. >> excellent question. thank you, commissioner

brackett. vice chair rosales, questions or comments? >> no questions. >> commissioners there are no questions or comments from myself as well. may we have a motion for item 5d? >> i move. >> chair rosales thank you. commissioner brackett will second it. >> please take roll. >> commissioner brackett. >> yes. >> commissioner scott. >> yes. >> vice chair rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> four ayes. >> motion carries. madam secretary next item. >> number 5e. workshop on the ocii racial equity action plan. initial update on status of implementation. discussion.

madam interim director. >> thank you, madam secretary. this is the first workshop on on the exciting effort to create racial equity action plan. ocii human services manager will precept phase one of -- will present phase one of this exciting effort. >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure today to introduce a over view and status of implementation of ocii racial equity plan. for a bit background, the office of racial equity was established by the board of supervisors in july 2019. it mandates but is not included to development of a city-wide

racial equity framework and plan for city departments. while ocii is not a city department, we as agency are committed fully to achieve goals of the able equity ordinance. >> it is a guided document on addressing implicit bias, addressing individual institutional structural racism and advo indicating more inclusive policies and breaktises to reduce racial disparities and promote racial equity. it is important for us as we can do this to define racial equity as defined by the office of racial equity. racial equity is a set of social justice practices rooted in solid understanding analysis of historical and present day oppression toward the goal of

fairness for all, achieving racial equity would mean living in a world where race is no longer a factor in the distribution of opportunity. this is why in this time and in this history this is why the work is so vital. next slide, please. the racial equity framework for phase one is focused on internal programs and policies, particularly around what? hr we call the life cycle of an employee from hiring, recruitment, retention. discipline or performance management, diverse and equity leadership, professional development, culture of inclusion and belonging and our partners. one thing on hiring and recruitment is that studies have shown that hiring you tend to to hire who you look like. it is important that we have in

our hiring practices that we deal with implicit biases in hiring. that is what this program or plan will address. also when it comes to retention and promotion, particularly for public agency as ourselves, upward mobility has been limited given the long tenure of public staff. it is incumbent upon us in this work to develop opportunities for our staff for continual learning and development. that will be a focus. when it comes to performance management, it is going to be important that managers and leadership understand how implicit biases in form discipline and management, particularly black and brown people have a certain bias toward the work that we do.

once again, this work is there to elevate and expose and educate so we address those racial disparities in performance management. also, just original culture of inclusion and belonging. it is important that we our work environment creates a base where people address these issues with open dialogue around any issues around race, oppression, things like that. our organization is and our agency in partnership is committed to creating a shared dialogue how to talk about those things. our staff feel welcomed and supported and addressing concerns that they have. lastly, as it speaks to the commission on items we discussed today, i am very happy our

commission is geared and supported to doing work equitable to the staff and community that we serve. there are steps. first was equity lead and teams. in my role i am the racial equity lead. our team consists of maria, our contract compliance specialist, george bridges, compliance specialist and aaron, deputy general counsel and acting development manager. it was put together because we each have attended a year of training through the local and regional governmental line on racial equity. this focused on systematic analysis to improve outcomes of government institutions.

there is not to be limited to this team. it is agency wide effort. it will look to collaborate with the team and agency on this work. part of addressing racial equity in our agency is coming to term was the work that historically our agency and redevelopment agencies in general have done. >> we have negativic packet on community in color. particularly you can understand we have witnessed and seen how in past redevelopment have created significant out-migration of

african-american community in particular. ocii is committed to work towards understanding how we can be part of the impact of the history. we will chief this with rigorous analysis of past policies, impact on current communities we serve and how to address the unintended consequences of our work. the next step was to take a look at our work force demographics. as you see there we are currently staffed at 50. majority of staff is white. next staff is black. our next step is to disaggregate this data to understand where our staff is in relation to leadership, management, professional staff. one thing to understand and deal

with is if we have what they call occupational segregation, meaning black and indigenous people of color or margin analyzed community are agated in administrative and not leadership. our step is to break down the demographics in the different areas to understand and address that fully. >> next and very vital key is to understanding where our staff is in this work. our team lead maria was vital in creating a survey that we are now doing with our staff for us to understand how our staff understanding what racial equity is and get a sense of failings of safety at ocii. have they experienced institutional racism?

have they had access to training? these series of questions help form a baseline for training and curriculum to build out our plan. the outcomes from the survey will inform our draft of the racial equity plan. next steps here are to analyze the findings of the survey. wwe are the deadline to complete the phase of the plan is the end of the month. we will be reporting back o baco we will deliver a draft plan of phase one at the end of the year. they will be reviewing and providing feedback of our racial equity plan for phase one in january and february of next year. currently the next phase that

the office of racial equity will be doing is called phase two and that is in the development with our partnership with city-wide community partners. that work will focus on external client facing projects like the certificate of occupancy program and other community facing programs. that is the end of my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. thank you for this opportunity to share where we are on this work. >> thank you for your hard work and leadership on this. it is deeply appreciated. madam secretary, anyone from the public to speak or comment on this item? >> at this time members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001. access code (146)996-6099.

press pound twice to enter call and press star three to submit request to speak. if you are on the phone to comment on this item 5e, please press star three on your phone now. we have one speaker. >> this is 5e, correct? >> correct. >> i just attended one of those racial equity last year. i am african-american male. one problem with those racial

equities that were actually implemented by different defendants. what i noticed african-american male in one of those classes. it is difficult to get people to talk at times with these type of subject matters. the person who was facilitating the racial equity last year when we had black folks asking questions because everyone else was not scared but uncomfortable, and what we noticed who is giving the racial equity. if i am african-american male and i am asking questions and no one else is. it is not too comfortable when you have the facilitator to let someone else raise hands but no one wants to participate. whoever is running the programs in these different city departments, i hope they will be a little more open because when

you have everybody in there, white, black, korean, doesn't matter. folks don't want to say something. if i am african-american male and i put my hand up. let somebody else ask the question. that is ridiculous. that is my experience dealing with racial equity at city departments. hopefully there will be a lot whoever is the facilitator will be conscious of that. that is what i would like to mention. thank you. >> at this time it did not look like we have other members of the public to comment on this item. >> okay. no further comments, i will close public comment. we will turn to fellow commissioners for comments or questions. commissioner scott. >> thank you, mr. chair.

ocii, sally and your team, i just need to commend you as well as coming behind the caller that just spoke. i was so grateful, monaco, to hear your person that understands fully what it is like in the situations that are difficult in the workplace, not feel being accepted and included, being part of the leverage that helps the company to live and thrive. i want to thank you for being so clear about why and how and the steps with implementing this and the reasons for doing so. thank you so much for your presentation. i have no questions for you.

>> thank you. commissioner brackett. any questions or comments? >> i have a little both. i wanted to thank monaco for the presentation. i appreciate you tied in racial equity to employees. that is huge. a lot of times when we have discussions around diversity it becomes basically about what are we doing to hire? we are not talking about internal promotion activities, not talking about how that disproportionately discipline activities that leads to that. i appreciate you bringing fort the idea of implicit bias. there is a lot going on in that area as well especially within the tech section where they look at how do they gauge and quantify to get that into a data pool to be able to identify how that works in original

capacities. thank you for that. i have a couple questions in terms of hiring and retention. i know the city program over the years there have been a lot of complaints by people of color that the filtering process to be considered as a candidate is disproportionately impacting african-americans and people from other marginalized backgrounds as well. do you have any thoughts about that or give us any updates how your department is going to leverage resources to change that? >> thank you commissioner brackett. that is true for the case with highering in the city. there are certain barriers to the application and recruitment process they have encountered. one thing that is the benefit as oci agency.

our recruiting process is similar to have an application and case study. we are -- our hands are not bound by certain civil processes the state has. we are definitely more flexible and we are able to streamline and be more creative in recrewment. one of th the things i would spk to that we follow state practices. we also blank out certain identifying factors, implicit bias about the prestigious institution doesn't hinder someone from being considered for interviews, etc. one thing the team has talked about is also expanding our internship program. so we can begin building a

better pipeline and engaging community partners to get skills they need to be competitive in the future. while we do a lot of things well, there are definitely things we can build on to do better and expose our community to the skill set they need to work with us or anywhere. just personally i have a background in training and recruitment in the welfare to workdays. our program was focused not on just getting the job but a career. i want to bring that energy and background to our hiring and recruitment. we do a lot of things well. i commend staff. there are always ways to improve on that process. >> my last question. i saw -- and it is interesting. boards and commissions. as you look at boards and commissions are you looking at

representation? there were some concerns in the community and groups meeting like mega black where they identified some commissions or boards where people are occupying several different seats. one person on several different boards and stuff like that. how are you guys addressing equity in that sense? is that going to change? are you going to have a better relationship with how those seats are filled in the future? >> i can't speak to how the commissions or boards understand. it is appointment. i think to look into that to understand how we can build that relationship. i have to kind of go into that more to consider the bylaws and the mayor's appointments are

handled. we can look at the weighs in to which the agency can partner in that par sessor build relationships to get them invested. clearly this board is invested in equity. to make sure that continues and that it is a real partnership between the board, commission and agency and community partners in doing this work. hopefully that addressed your question. >> it did. thank you for your time and hard work. thank you to the entire staff for being part of this process and leading the way again in terms knowing how you are going to break this down. step one, two. we will follow closely. we want to thank you guys for a wonderful 2020 as well. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. vice chair rosales. >> i am going to join fellow

commissioners to thank the staff for the presentation. just state for the record this is an area that is close to my heart. both my personal and professional heart. i have been in this field of racial equity and civil rights my entire career. it has predominantly been in the business area as people know. i am venturing in as professional on the work force and internal organizational view for clients. i think it is critically important work. i want us to be intentional in what we do, which i am sure as a result of this process we will not just get a report analysis but we will have recommendations, we will have concrete ways of, if you will, addressing issues. we are nimble.

monaco you mentioned it. i am happy to be part of a nimble organization. we don't need an act of congress or board of supervisors to do what we need to do. that is very hopeful. i am excited about being involved in this process. i have a couple questions. i want to understand how the work product is going to unfold. on i think it is the slide 6 it says establish department mental background. this to me is a bullet point of the background historic policy, how is that going to be documented? is that through an external study by somebody, by a consultant? is the staff preparing that? how is that, if you will, deliverable work product going to be managed and produced, that

historic background part? >> i think the work product itself is in the racial equity plan template. they have a section where we identify our department's history and contribution to racial equity. that history right now is being developed internally. we have great resources internally to speak to the use ouseof eminent do main analysisn neighborhoods of color. there is history that we can identify the specific practices and policies that have done in the past that can inform our back ground and the unfortunate contribution to racial inequity in our city. hopefully i am answering your question it is going to be part of the working document and that

we will pull on the history and the great knowledge that our agency has internally into building what that background is. i have gained a lot of history today that can inform part of the history or the background of the agency. hopefully that answers your question. >> yes because the historical backdrop is important just to to get the backward lens. you have got to look prior to today to understand where we are, to understand where we need to go and the path that got us where we are which created this systematic approaches, right? we are not able to address these issues if we don't understand the history as to why things happen the way they did. i am very interested in the historic part. it helps inform me as

commissioner in terms of policy going forward and for the public. we are going to see it as concise as possible. that is history or work product in the department background to inform the other item, certificate of preference program in moving forward there. [please stand by]

>> administrative staff particularly are women and they happen to be latina or black. they don't move beyond that category. we need to aggregate that so we know exactly where our staff is. another thing is the leadership

and supervis supervisor supervi- >> you mentioned internship which is obviously very important. do we have a mentorship program which is different than an

internship program. you mentioned your own background which was fascinat fascinating. >> talk about consequences. >> it's great to know where people start from. you have someone that's part of our to team. the mentorship whether it's in business mentorship or certainly employee career paths within our own staff. that's a very important skill. if we don't have a mentorship program-let me ask. do we have a mentorship program for staff? >> not in the formal sense. but i think it is something we should do. it is something very organic. we have subject matter experti expertise. if you need-if someone was an expert in something and you knew

how to identify and build relationships with that person to get that skill set you needed to know. that's something we should do whether it be affinity groups or subject matter expertise meant mentorships. i would not to talk down that. talk to our staff about what type of mentorship they want and how we can partner in getting them that. how we can have public partnership have a relationship around mentorship. that's something we should build upon and be explicit about. >> yes. it builds careers. thank you. >> all right. first of all. thank you. so so much for your leadership. and your passion and the gifts

that you bring to this particular effort. it's really important. i think, once again. it's leading the way. thank you for your leadership on this. thank you sally for making sure this is something that becomes a priority for the agency. >> i'm in the a person of one. i want to thank the team as well. >> yes. thank you all. what you do now is actually going to set the standard for future. this is part of your legacy. thank you so much. >> okay. this is a workshop. we don't have to take any action on it. madam secretary, next order of business. >> public comment. >> do we have any speakers who wish to speak on this item?

members of the public already on the phone, please press star three. it looks like we have a couple of callers. here is the first one. >> hello. >> hello. >> i just want to give you guys praises for what you have done today. this certificate of preference. i would like to give a little knowledge on the certificate of preference that came into existence in 1969. they were also developing-i

think you should look into that. as well as you were talking about japan town. a lot of the people prior to 69. some moved and what have you and never received a certificate of preference. maybe persons who had certificate of preference know someone who were living in those areas to let them know that they do have a certificate of preference. and if not, why not? thank you for your work. i thought the agency was going to fall when i retired from there. i see you guys are doing a good job. i commend you for stepping out and reaching out to people in the community to inform us on that. i also want to say to the staff, your secretary for thanking her for reaching out to me and showing me how to get into these

meetings. i want to thank each and every one of you personally. continue to keep up your good work. god bless you all. >> thank you, mr. james. >> we have one more caller. thank you mr. james. >> hello. >> hello. >> yes. i just want to follow-up on the first item can you hear me? >> can we get your name for the record. >> my name is mr. williams. my public comment is regarding that at the beginning of your presentation as far as you amending the time i get for the preference of the certificate. i don't know exactly what you

amended. i'm just calling basically to say the 1969 thing you're saying folks including grand children who may have been living in that particular dwelling at the particular time and never received any certificates. i went on the site myself and i did see that some of the after dresses, this is one unit, one dwelling. it's not on there. those are some of the thing that's we've been running as african americans when trying to access this information we qualify for a certificate of preference. i'm following up on that myself. i just want to get some information from your presentation today because it's my first time listening in on your presentation via the site. that's all i wanted to say. hopefully you can really look

into that. i know one time it was connected to the grant children. things that were actually displaced by the movement in the 1960s. we actually lived in that area. they were moving all the african americans out of that particular area. >> would you mind-[indiscernible]. talking to the working group. >> sure. no problem at all. >> thank you. >> who would you leave the e-mail to or text it to. >> if you have access to the website, you can get our information there. my e-mail address is commission secretary o c i at sf dot org.

>> thank you very much. i definitely will refer. >> thank you. at this time it does not look like we have any other members of the public wishing to comment on this particular item. >> okay. i'll close public comment. madam secretary please call the next item. item seven. report of the chair. >> i have no report. i'll make comments at the end. >> next item of business is item eight madam interim director. >> thank you. i have no report either other than just to express my appreciation and support to this commission through a very challenging year and to a better 2021. >> thank you. >> the next order of business is

item nine commission questions or matters of concern. >> seeing none. all right. i just want to say to the commission as well as to the contingency that 2020 has been a rough year. last year during this time did we think we'd be going into a new year that would be so challenging. but i want to thank the staff who were able to pivot. jamie your hard work and keeping us together and going is so appreciated. and the rest of the staff, i can't help but-on behalf of the entire commission thank you for making us work and not skipping a beat.

you all kept doing it. i want to thank my fellow commissioners. all of you have been such a joy to work with and bring so much heart and brains to this work that it makes chairing this commission so much easier. it's so much more of a blessing to be among you and see your passion and dedication to the people of this city. just thank you. thank you. thank you. i look at the end of this year and i look back on what we've done. community, staff, commissioners. i know that goodness exists in the world. i need you all to know that. we're commissioned, we're an agency. we're people when we come together great things can happen. i think this year has been proof of that. i want to wish everyone a happy

holiday. a wonderful new year. there's hope on the horizon with a vaccine and new administration. i know that we're going to be back meeting face-to-face soon. that gives me hope. what also gives me hope is all of you. i just want to say thank you so much for everything you do, all of you. community, everybody. thank you so much. fellow commissioners this is our final commission meeting for the year. i will need a motion to adjourn. >> item ten is closed session. but there are no closed session items. so this is adjournment. >> i would like to say something as we close on our last meeting this year.

following yourself and sally. i cannot thank you all enough. iron i believe sharpens iron. with our expected change. i want to thank again and appreciate sally for stepping up, stepping in, and glowing today. thank you so much. it wasn't a hard thing for you. we congratulate you sally because you're like family. we appreciate you. my ears are always wide open. the history and understanding and your hearts for just

everyone. the young woman who has joined us in coming in full force with her wisdom and knowledge and yet such a humble teachable spirit. jamie, i want to cry when i think how essential-that's our essential worker. you have been that to us. you have been the essential worker. i'm grateful for adolf. he comes with such personal character. i just really appreciate our community. getting you to step in at this last month of the year. with your experience and knowledge and wisdom it has been

for each of us we've had our challenges. you look absolutely stunning. gorgeous. it's been challenging. god bless you as well, sweet heart. i thank you hall fo all for shoe what it means together as we move through the challenges and to continue not just for ourselves to bring a brighter future and a deep hope for the community, the people that deserve it so much. if we don't have a voice for them, there's no voice for this city at all. we must and there's not a choice. thank you for being the brave commissioners, the brave soldiers that you are. i just send you christmas

blessings to o c ii. the successors. to the redevelopment department and carrying on with so many that were the team before you took over. taking over and moving forward and i can't close my words without saying the name nadia-i don't know if you're listening or will ever see this but i just thank god for her presence. all that was accomplished and all that is going to happen because of her presence here in this nation and in this city and for the state. thank you all so much. >> thank you commissioner scott. i assuming you're making the

motion to be adjourned. >> i think you said everything. and you guys. i'm just in awe. just thankful and honored to serve the community. >> i do move that the meeting be adjourned. >> i second it. >> thank you everyone. those listening, staff, everybody, commissioners. we are a adjourning this meeting at 2:25 p.m. 2020. everyone have a wonderful new year.

>> good morning, everyone. i'm joined by timon walton and rafael manldsleman. our clerk is ms. linda wong. i'd like to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. madame clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes. due to covid-19 health emergency, city employees and the public and the board of supervisor and legislative chamber are [inaudible], however members will