>> for safety this provides a limited guidance on how to make it visible to vehicles especially with our visions. page 42 to lines c20 under section 94a 9. complaints from the public. add language regarding minimum information listed on shared spaces sign adjust so i say public works shall be required to post on shared spaces in filipino, spanish, and chinese which directs numbers of the public on how to file complaints with san francisco

311 along with any relevant information to retaining relevant information. in this amendment, to address concerns on shared spaces to provide sufficient information to members of the public on how to file complaints and the minimum sidewalk access requirement as they are different from the aba and other existing lots. so then on page when a complaint is filed with 311 it should provide updates on the status of the complaint and how the issue was abated and why complaint was closed by the responsive agency if that was the case. there's a larger conversation we need to have about 311, you

know, i'd like to make that specific here add language requiring minimum time line for regular inspection. so it would say throughout the year on a minimum bi-monthly basis, each quarterly basis shall conduct to check for compliance and take necessary actions on their findings. the audit should focus on shared spaces located in commercial corridors. there's a concern that without a robust regular inspection system that compliance will not be guaranteed. i'd like to achieve a goal of

having every shared space inspected. there is a high wind advisory. you can hear it outside our windows at city hall and i am actually concerned about a couple of the shared spaces in my district. so that is it for my amendment. colleagues. supervisor peskin, to address your amendments, i have some concerns about moving the program to d.p.w. from planning precisely for some of the reasons that supervisor preston brought up in that i think that we are negotiating change. it's not just change from the pandemic. but really how do we use our

street. and so i, you know, of course, i'm bias as i'm an urban planner and the coordinating aspect of having the different the agency that has the best in terms of the district data and being able to have all of that information in one place is where i would put it. for now, we can't change it in the future as supervisor preston well stated is a response in the pandemic and the second thing, i was going to -- i don't understand i'm just being honest and i wanted

you to explain some more. i heard what you said but then i read the amendment on page 22 and i worry about a couple things. so one, you said, you know, that the public space, we should treat it as public space. i think the difference here is that, you know, we have asked a business to invest in improvements on the public space and i worry about the maintenance of that public space should the property that a business has invested in. and then i didn't quite understand if you could explain

it. permit tables and chairs and shared space. do we then pull the permits for, you know, are you saying that we revoke that permission to put tables and chairs out on the sidewalk. so i didn't quite understand that from my reading. just maybe i didn't understand that. >> that's page -- i got -- i understand your comments about page 22, what your last comment is about page where?

>>. >> supervisor melgar: photograph three. >> supervisor peskin: that's with regard to separate space. it's two separate issues. one is regards to what happens if people can't board up their space and exclude people from the public realm. and the second one, i didn't understand the second one. >> supervisor melgar: so if a business already has permits to put out tables and chairs. so they already but it's. >> supervisor peskin: it's administered by public works, not planning. >> supervisor melgar: so my

question is that your intention. so just on a practical note, if the business already has a permit to put out tables and chairs and they want or already have a permit for a shared space of places for people, do we then pull that permit unless they affix the tables and chairs to the sidewalk? >> supervisor peskin: yeah. so this is part of the rationalization of different schemes in different agencies, but the bottom line is that, with five lock and table permits were on existing sidewalks and, yes, we should have one system in my opinion.

there are boxes that we are building and they have their tables on the sidewalk. we don't want them to have a d.p.w. permit so all of those things should be consolidated. whether or not this legislation deals with that correctly, we can continue to discuss. as to the fundamental, i think you may have other issues where we part company. look public space is public space. people can party between cars and they do come to my neighborhood at 11:00 at night or midnight on a saturday night and you'll see it. but the reality is that this is

a fundamental concept that is about the public comments. the notion of the public commons is one of the great things actually in jurisprudence. the notion that the california coastal commission holds dear which is anybody can access the beaches that are owned by the people doing inappropriate things that piss off neighbors nearby. of course it does, but that notion is profoundly important. it does come with complications. it does come with requirements for oversight and enforcement. but i don't think that we take a piece of publicly owned property and privatize it and

not allow people to use it. look, if i was being dr. naer, i would say that during business hours, passers by should be able to sit there at any of these tables, but i'm trying to forge a compromise. so the compromise i'm proposing is that when it is not being used by the business, you can go sit there. so that is that part of the notion. as to planning madam chair, and i realize that you're the president of the planning commission and i respect that, if they've got a better database, they should share their data over shared spaces and public works. the department of public works has governed the public realm

whether it's except for park lites that during the pandemic earlier at this meeting and thank mr. ibad and mr. power. but it to my opinion does not in any way belong in planning except for the parts of the planning code where it makes sense. article, what was it? i'm going to screw this up, robin, 5 or 6 as it relates to general advertising and sign adjust. but the planning has no role in

coordinating this. it doesn't make any sense whatsoever and as i said earlier, they've got a huge backlog of the stuff that's their bread and butter and they're not proposing any additional staff with this. it makes no sense whatsoever other than the fact not so respectfully mr. power created the organization and wants planning but doesn't belong there. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor peskin. i fear you and i are just talking different definitions of things. so i think we will agree to disagree. on the second point i understand and see your point. if we were defining it as sort of transactional, the individual permits where i'm looking at it as a program as a whole. that may change in relationship to the other things that we do on our streets to how we use

public space, how do we use, you know space for cars versus people. so it's a whole host of things. i'll leave it at that for that. as to the other issue, i think it's also, you're looking at it if i can just finish, please. you're looking at it philosophically and i think we're asking businesses to provide you know, it's still public space, but we have invested it in a different way and so, you know, i think that i understand what you're saying. i think on the practical level, i just don't see how it could be workable in terms of making

sure that businesses did get something out of it and not have the property destroyed beyond their control when there are no eyes on the street. so it is. i actually like the idea of making it accessible to the public during the day when it's being used and there are eyes on this space. and i thought that that was a more workable solution. you know, i understand what you're saying and thank you for the clarification. supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair melgar. so i looked through the amendments you sent and the ones you circulated, chair

melgar, and i appreciate your work with disability rights community and sda to reflect some of the things they were asking for in the legislation. i also am supportive of supervisor peskin amendments and, you know, on this comment on the public aspect, you know, it's really central to a lot of concerns and i want to say it's one that, you know, it's hard, right. and i think that folks in good faith have been sort of grappling with and i share supervisor peskin's concern with how some of this was framed and i think it's unnecessarily divisive way following our last hearing, and i also will say that was the exception, not the rule. most business leaders and other stake holders. how do you allow private use. i will say that like there is a

model of doing this where you have public access all the time and i just want to echo the point that supervisor peskin made on what he is proposing as a compromise. there is an absolutely viable model here where the public can use this space. it's effectively the same thing we're talking about with the big difference being don't let the business reserve tables. and, if it is extra seating at which anyone can sit, we know 90% of the people who use it are going to be patrons of that restaurant. but if you and i are walking by and want to sit down. we can do that too. so that is a model where you have true public access all the time. it is absolutely a path one could take forward. in my conversations with business leaders and a lot of

small business owners in my district, they went exactly where supervisor peskin's taking these amendments and i just want to identify this really con influence of talking to my district saying exactly what your amendment is. which is they were wide open to expanding the public access and actually making it a place when they're not in their business hours that it's improved for the public realm. but that during business hours, they want and feel they need the ability to control their staffing, their food ordering and have the reliability that they can reserve those tables. for some businesses, bigger than others. for a cafe, it's less of an issue. and so that is the compromise path, but it's one that i think a lot of folks are coming to from different directions, and so i was pleased to see that in

your amendments and i think it's one that, you know, all this is a work in progress, but i support it. you know, i think it's -- i mean, i would support even more public access. but i think at least for the up coming year, two years as we're getting this going, it strikes that balance where it will be an asset to the public we'll have more control for the businesses. i do want to raise one other issue and potentially depending on the reception and comments, maybe a friendly amendment and this is around fees. so let me just start on the fees by saying that i think we have a huge disconnect. i think inconsistency in our city policy right now. when it comes to benefits and waiver of fees for individuals

and when it comes to businesses. and nobody seems to bat an eye when we were talking about a year or two years of waiver fees to small businesses or to businesses regardless of size or regardless of the economic health. regardless if they're a massive formula retail chain and whether it's free muni for months. we're told we can only do it after very poor people. when the mayor announces grants for artist. one can argue every artist in this city. those are only grants for very low income arts. it's like we means test and limit our relief for individuals as a city. it's a common theme and i think

it's a problem. i think, as a class, small businesses need the relief. i wish we were doing this on the individual side too. but i do wonder for the really big folks extending the waiver out, is there a cut off that you or chair melgar might be comfortable with. it could be something like we did in the small business eviction protection and the definition there which go to gross revenue for the year. it could be based on employees. i don't have the right, a specific standard and i'm not interested in means testing this with like one little restaurant versus another. but there's got to be some

threshold and the clearest would be to exclude formula retail. i don't see why the city of san francisco should be waiving fees for your shared space. so i wanted to put that out there and through the chair and to supervisor peskin as it relates to your proposed amendment just whether there may be a friendly amendment there to exclude certain very large businesses from a fee waiver. >> supervisor peskin: so, through the chair to supervisor preston if i may, madam chair. >> chairman: of course. >> supervisor peskin: yeah. so data. i think at this point, it's too early and what i've tried to put in the amendments is information back at six months and a year. so as this evolves and as we tweak it and as we recover, we

can figure out what the appropriate fee structures are: i think right now, everybody regardless of typology deserves a little bit of a holiday and i'm not proposing, a five year or ten year holiday. i'm proposing a little bit of room for data and for them an opportunity for us whether it's pursuant to a b.l.a. report or a controller's report to really set a fee regimen that makes sense. and if they're benefitting whether they are former retail or mom and pop businesses, inso far as this is land of the people, the city should get its fair share as well. i'm sorry to use the phrase and i just made it up. i think free until '23 makes sense.

>> chairman: that's catchy, supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: it just came out of my brain just a second ago. >> supervisor preston: like i think that -- i think that formula retail in particular, if the idea is we want to incentivize more shared space and this will help incentivize folks to invest in it and maybe we do it. but if the idea is recovery and relief, i just don't think starbucks does not -- you know, and i don't know, maybe someone can quantify how much money we're talking about. i'm happy for the neighborhood distance. i'm even happy like you're suggesting to not qualify this in a way we might with some other things around big or small, but formula retail in particular, i don't know what

unless it's to incentivize to do it and we think they might not i mean, that might be an argument and if that's the rationale. otherwise, i would think carving formula retail out makes sense to me. >> supervisor peskin: through the chair, to supervisor preston, you would not be hurting my feelings if you proposed that friendly amendment. >> chairman: my feelings are not hurt either, supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: thank you. >> chairman: okay. so before we go to public comment, colleagues, i just want to go back to my first amendment because i just got it back from the city attorney that on page 35, lines 1-36. sidewalk shared space shall provide at least 8 feet of unimpeded access to provide. so i struck out this drive to

make it "shall provide." so, you know, with that, if there's no other -- >> supervisor peskin: madam chair, i am looking at page 35. help me out here. subsection 5, 6, smoking prohibited? where are you? >> page 35. >> supervisor peskin: you know what, i might be looking at my version. give me a section number. >> chairman: yeah. so it's section 94a.6. so it would be under --

>> supervisor peskin: operational requirements. >> chairman: additional operational requirements. so add section. sidewalk access travel for sidewalk spaces. so i'm proposing that we say on any sidewalk that's 12' or wider, sidewalk shared space shall provide at least 8' of unimpeded access unless it's not physically feasible. >> supervisor peskin: okay. i had and i'm looking because this is what happens when you've got a piece of legislation that you're supposed to deal with in one or two meetings. but i actually had similar language in what i proposed for sidewalks over and under 12' in width that is very similar to what you're opposing, madam

chair. differentiated between those two and i'm looking at all of my documents. >> chairman: why don't we take public comment. and while we do that, let's read through and see what we can do. >> supervisor peskin: perfect. >> chairman: all right. so if it's okay with you guys, madam clerk, let's go to public comment. >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. if you have not done so already, please press star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. you only need to press star 3 once. for those already on hold, you need to wait until the system indicated. so we have 57 listeners with 28 in queue. if you can unmute the first

caller, please. and we're going to one minute. >> chairman: yes, madam clerk because we've taken public comment on this before. so we will go to one minute if for public comment. >> clerk: okay. and staff has us at one minute and we will go through the queue. >> hello, this is lori thomas. i'm the owner of two restaurants in cal hallow that for years has paid the city if we're able to take advantage of park lites and i really appreciate everybody's work on this. it's very detail oriented. i just want to underscore we have for years have had a 6'

clear lane of passage in the rules and regulation and if this moves to 8', that will mean we cannot accommodate seating in many restaurants, and cafes and bars because 12 seats is not a very wide sidewalk and i'm happy to have discussions about this with anyone, but i urge everyone to think about utilizing existing table and chair permits and also continue to work through the details from an operational level that will work for our businesses. and we're employing a lot of employees. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. again, folks, we're at one minute. next speaker please. >> we have 57 listeners with 33 in queue. >> hi, this is ben blyman. i'm the chairman of the san francisco entertainment commission. today, i'm speaking on my own and on behalf of the san francisco bar owner alliance. we're suffering. we need shared spaces now. a lot of leaders talk about

supporting night life and restaurants but they seem to only do that when it's politically convenient. they'll go after landlords and businesses but they won't support us when there's an opposition and we understand there's a lot of opposition to this. so we understand how difficult this issue is and that's why we really appreciate the work that you've all done and especially lately, supervisor peskin, your office coming through with these amendments which we hope are a starting point with the conversation for the board. some of them are kind of killers, but we hope there's an ongoing conversation with it and we really appreciate how difficult it's been and how many different voices you all are hearing from and how hard this has been. thank you for finally supporting us and we hope we can move forward and find some compromise here. >> clerk: next speaker please. your line will notify you that you've been unmuted. >> hello.

i'm from the mission. i'm really glad i would just it seems like stationary elements might be inflexible because there would be less sidewalk space available. it might be better to monitor. and then focused on enforcement as needed. lastly, i just want to describe we should make sure the program is transparent so we can ensure it to working well. but i support monthly disclosure of how many applicants and how long it took to approve those permits. thanks, supervisor for your

support. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is lee pamly. i just want to reiterate the hardship that we've undergone over the last 14 months. you know, bar owners and restaurant owners, we're resilient. you can punch us down and we get back up, dust ourselves off and go again. but honest to god, the last year, we've been dropped in a well. you are offering a line of support with the platform staying permanent. i cannot possibly support the debt that i've incurred over the last 14 months without extra room, extra employees and extra income. we don't have to come up to

100%. we have to come up to 175% and it's not going to be a year. it's going to be a couple of years. please streamline this process and make it easier for all of us which san francisco depends on, we are the golden goose. please don't kill us. thank you. >> clerk: thank you so much for your comments. next speaker, please. you have one minute. hello, caller. you are on the line. okay. let's move back to this caller and take the next caller, please. >> i'm bob planthold. i support aaron pes kin's move to have d.p.w. move this.

d. p.w. has an access coordinator. you need to make clear you don't need to only go through 311 to complain. but leaving it with planning saying the disabled are going to be bypassed again and again as this has happened before. hair hthey're not reliable for us. that's dwr aaron pes kin's amendment is the better approach. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is ken zen kellen. we're very happy that you're working on this. we would like this program to continue. the city looks better, more alive. the neighborhoods that we're in

seem safer for our employees and customers as there are more eyes out there and i want to reiterate with someone else that most of the restaurants even still alive are limping and i want to address the 8' issue. over the 25 years, in our varying restaurants, we've had six different d.p.w. table and chairs permits. 6' is almost always the sidewalk is absolutely on market street or something what it takes in our outer edge to be able to sit people to the nearest parking meter. i really think the 8' would make it almost impossible d.p.w. tables and chairs. >> clerk: next speaker,

please. you'll have one minute. >> hi. i'm calling to voice our support for the goal of shared spaces for everyone. i want to talk about what supervisor peskin brought up. mission zero projects. action of the 24 transit lanesing with canceled. the official requirement to come up with a better process and provide that to the public and the board of supervisors before it gets voted on by the full board. we support shared spaces. we just want to make sure that works together instead of for

automobiles and competing with those things. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is emily horseman with city for everyone. we want to voice our support for the goal of the legislation. it's crucial that public space is not used for cars. we urge you to make four of the following changes. number one, a minimum with eight seats of sidewalk. two, full public access to park lites outside of business hours. three, ensure the bike lines are unimpeded and four, maintain the m.t.a.'s funding. use the general fund to reimburse the mta. economic development expenses and loss parking revenue. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments.

next speaker. hello, caller. you're on the line. >> hello, good afternoon supervisors. thank you for the opportunity to comment on the share spaces legislation before you. i'm a san francisco small business owner two of which are bars and restaurants. i call today in hope that is we're in agreement on things. restaurants and bars and cafes and hospitality businesses of all labels are important. why, there's a myriad of reasons which i won't list out now. i hope we're all in agreement on that point. we can agree on these things and in my estimation. we're talking a lot of semantics. change could happen.

one step at a time. the first step is commit the shared spaces program permanently as is. in which we can rebuild our businesses and we can't do so without the assurances on the extremely critical and progressive program for consideration today. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your call. next speaker. >> hello, my name is raul. i am calling in support of shared spaces, item number 3. i wasn't sure about shared bases, but after seeing great collaboration from ya'll and the consideration of ada and the consideration for that as a party nowadays is ever more proving that this is going to be effective going forward especially with improvements to things like that added to it.

and, lastly, i just want to say to cut it short, this approval of this item would be in spirit of last month's small business challenge, a fierce initiative not like as a challenge through implementation, but an achievement of rapid reiteration going forward for ya'll. i yield my time. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, my name is murray castenado. first off, i want to thank the city for throwing us a life. the shared space and park lit program during this time, my business lost over a million dollars in revenue as well as over $200,000 in debt and it's

something i need in order to survive the next few years at least. not only that, the revenue that the park lit generated to get me out of my debt. so this is a permit you will permanently i am fine with allowing anyone but we all know who's going to use them after midnight. they will further destroy my business. so i chose all park lites. and drug use for someone making it a home. thank you. >> clerk: we appreciate your comments. next speaker, please. we have 58 listeners with 31 in queue. >> hello, supervisors. this is jessica layman with senior disability action.

i want to thank all the supervisor's office. we need to think about this as universal design allowing space for seniors and people with disabilities. we strongly support an 8' rule to protect that clearance. we also are glad to hear about improved safety. we must have a clear schedule for inspections and a clear plan for businesses that don't follow the rules where the guidelines won't mean anything. we also are here to support the racial equity program. we know that we can work together to come up with spaces that truly work for everyone. thank you. >> clerk: thank you so much. next speaker please. >> good evening, supervisors. i first want to thank all of

you for your important engagement on this legislation. i appreciate many of the proposed amendments especially supervisor peskin's fee deferrells and detention to bike lanes and sidewalk widening. however, i agree with supervisor melgar's concerns taking process out of planning hands as planning seems to be the best agency to equip multi-guide agency approvalals. i think the proepdzal to require public seating outside of commercial hours is a good compromise but i think we should support to walk the park lites outside of business hours if they need to those will all of my thoughts. small businesses certainty on this program.

>> clerk: thank you for your comments, next speaker, please. local performance i'm calling to support making the shared spaces program permanent. as you know, the last few and now in the position of rebuilding our businesses, but our lives. that we have access to please make this program permanent and

thank you so much for your support. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hey there. my name is brian shulman. i'm a resident. i'm calling with the goals. it's an important move away and committing that space for people to actively move. i think it's a bit of a miss characterization like kind of effectively subsidizing private vehicle and oil. from a personal perspective, shared spaces has been really great at making us feel welcoming in the community. and i really hope we do not throw that away by burdening

the program that make it unusable or due to turf wars between planning and d.c.w.. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is david. i'm in district 8. i opened a restaurant in december and we opened our park lites 10 days ago. we saw a 25% increase in sales. it is an absolute lifesaver and shows true growth and i ask you to please make it permanent and address all these other, it sounds like smaller issues that can be worked through overtime so i can plan ahead for the year. if this rate goes, i can hire more people. it added an amazing benefit to the castro.

our street has a few of them. also. please don't bolt tables and chairs around. we need them based on the tables for two or three people. and finally, for me, it is a shared space because i've been open ten days. three times for homeless who've spent the night there. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm a 25 year resident of san francisco and i own and operate three small businesses here in san francisco. we kept three businesses open throughout this pandemic out of necessity. we had to lay out 40 employees when the shelter-in-place gets back. thanks to the gym.

we were able to get half of these employees back to work. i think many workers who have the ability to work at home have no idea what it's like to have your income and livelihood turned off for a year and a half with no income. the we really need these shared spaces to continue so we can continue to thrive. we've added vibrancy to the city and it's hard for us to move forward and invest in our businesses if this continues to be up in the air. i like supervisor peskin's amendments and i think that would be great and we'll move forward with it. >> thank you for your comment. folks, we're at one minutes for public comment.

next speaker please. your line will note that you have been unmuted and you may begin. >> hello. thank you for hearing my comments. i'm the chef and co-owner of kp development. this is really hard to get in one minute and to be honest with you it's impossible to get all the talking points in. all i would really like to say is that this city has unfortunately started a bad habit of making businesses beg for anything that's common sense just so we can survive. restaurants are the life blood of many of our neighborhoods and all we're asking for is some visibility and something that makes sense and we're sitting here, telling you guys exactly what works for us and what doesn't and we're sitting here begging to just be able to plan what the next five, ten years will look like. and all people try and say to us is, hey, maybe later.

we need clarity now. we need to know how to plan our futures. please make this permanent. please forget about the crazy amendments that don't allow us to move chairs around. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. this is gary toronto. i have to say there are some questions which i think this means that this issue needs to be studied and a lot of these questions and issues need to be resolved. i want to say that the presentations were excellent but raised a lot of issues and disability access and other types of access are important and the impact it has on the other businesses on certain

blocks. i want to say the 1200 block of polk street and the 2100 block of polk street, there's very little place to. and the question is are you trespassing if you're sitting at a table and you get put in jail for that and are fined. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is terry austin ben nit bennett. it is important that a legislation look at a balance. economic vitality cannot be

obtained there must be enough parking to make an area sustainable for all the businesses in an area not just the bars and restaurants. the bars and restaurants are only one facet of a business community. a well balanced community includes retail and services these sectors need a reasonable amount of parks and shopping centers with parking lots. the park lites that are allowed to continue must be necessary in the street at least half the current park lites are unused and unutilized. park spanning two spaces and has been closed for over six months. >> next speaker, please. folks, we're at one minute.

>> good evening. >> thank you supervisors. we're taking the time to work this out. we're discussing this with senior disability. i have read supervisor peskin's amendment. and i think it's important beside extending the existing programs to at least 2022 and no fines until 2023. the accessibility requirements as stated are great, but, shared spaces should be in the domain of the and now i'm trailing off because the public

works. just copy and paste the -- i'm done. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> hi. my name's marie sorenson. i'm calling to ask the land use committee to keep this temporary shared space program to our immigrant mom and pop business owners and to fix other issues. we do not need the privatization of public spaces that belong to the community. cultural events such as parades on mission street are crucial to the identity of our community which cannot be compromised by businesses. it's one thing to have shared spaces on grant avenue, it's a whole other to have one on

mission and 24th street that has many parades and lots of buses and many cars. one size does not fit all. please, make this temporary. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> hi, my name is matt. i'm a business owner in district 5. i want to thank the supervisors all for their hard work on this and pushing to get it permanent. it is an absolute must for our restaurant community which is so critical to san francisco. many, almost all of us have gone hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt over the course of this pandemic and even beforehand facing incredibly challenging business climate. shared spaces has absolutely helped us and we must have visibility into the future. it allows us to create greater

revenue for the city. hire more people. we must have greater clarity. i support the idea of the shared spaces being public during the day. we're happy to do that at night. i think it's incredibly important and we're able to protect our investment, but i agree during the day and nonoperational hours, it should be public space. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, sir. next speaker. again, we're at one minute, folks. >> hi, this is leslie williams, district 1 resident. i am not in the majority when i say i support the extension and the permanence of this park lit -- shared spaces. however, i am very appreciative of the thought that's going into it and i appreciate

supervisor melgar acknowledgement of the concerns in the neighborhood and given that i'm glad she's pushing to have things monitoring carefully and to have planning be in charge and at least clearly district 1 is different than somewhere like north beach where the effect of having these park lites changes the neighborhood quite adversely at least in my neighborhood. so i do appreciate that that would be a public process in hearing the different applications for that maybe for each community, it can be determined what would be best. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is noel and i own several bars and restaurants here in san francisco. thank you for your diligence on this matter.

being able to rehire staff who are laid off last year. we agree during the daytime, the space should be available to the public, however, we are concerned that type 48 liquor licenses and minors are not permitted on premise allowing the public to use the space all day would compromise our ability to serve alcohol like beverages in the park lit. during the business hours we need to control what's going on in the park lites as we are liable for the repercussions of serving alcohol responsibly. [please stand by]

>> we hope you will allow us to keep it and have some reasonable rules. we are happy to share it during the day. i love what they said about even park hours. thank you very much.

>> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i'm calling from blackford and the detour. it is urgent that we pass the shared spaces legislation without amendment. i guarantee you we will see a wave of additional business closures. not everyone would see the p.p.p. or the raf grants. for many, shared spaces of is about survival. the licenses do not allow areas into -- do not allow minors into areas where alcohol is served. if we make this open to the public, we would not be able to serve in them. hopefully with the shared spaces programme, operators will be more eager to upgrade and make them a.d.a. compliant. enclosure, there is always a learning curve to anything that is new. san francisco has always been viewed as a world-class city. give us a chance to prove that we can continue to contribute in

a thoughtful way to the culture and vibrancy that makes san francisco a top dining, nightlife, and tourist destination. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> hold on a second. >> hey, how are you doing? i am in district one. i just want to thank supervisor peskin and his team for great work and a quick turnaround. it is very impressive. also i am calling to support the shared spaces. i definitely have concerns about how this affects transportation with transit, bike lanes, and active transportation lanes. it's so hard to get paint on the ground in san francisco. let's learn -- let's have some takeaways from the fact that there was not to bureaucratic tetris marathons for our

restaurants and bars to get shared spaces during the pandemic. let's keep working with the business community because they are really the keystone of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> here we go. hello, i am a bar owner in san francisco for about 17 or 18 years. during this pandemic i lost one of my businesses. it has been pretty rough. if this was something that we had done before the pandemic, which is what we wanted then, but the rent being what they are, this gives us a little bit more space to actually use, which could go against the rent that we are paying already that are high. it's something that needs to be done. the tax dollars from the revenue would be beneficial all around. everyone needs to work together

on this and take the personal agenda out of it and think about the betterment of san francisco and what a beautiful place it is. it is a requirement here for us in san francisco to have outdoor dining. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. o'malley. we have 51 listeners and 20 in the queue. >> hi, my name is deanna. [indiscernible] thank you to all the supervisors for their hard work. participating in shared spaces has been -- [indiscernible] -- without this programme, we considered shutting down -- [indiscernible] it offers a small light at the end of a long and dark tunnel.

we have increased our revenue by 30%. it may not sound significant, but it is. [indiscernible] we are hedging our bets for recovery. [indiscernible] please don't further bog this down with difficult compliances and work directly with the operators. make this programme permanent. we know this will be worth it. [indiscernible] >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is peter from the san francisco disability business alliance. we are in full support of making shared spaces permanent. i'm speaking on behalf of small businesses owned and operated by

individuals with disabilities and who have been significantly impacted by the covid-19 economic fallout. and speaking with my constituents with disabilities, the response to the shared spaces, at the many establishments throughout the city, can provide an amazing opportunity for businesses to create better seating capacity, a unique experience sitting outside and additionally it minimizes the need for cars in and out of the city corridor in a positive and economic impact. with relation to the concerns expressed around accessibility for individuals with mobility disabilities, i've spoken to several businesses. they unanimously agreed that reasonable modifications can be easily made to accommodate customers in with mobility challenges. in my own experience, visiting several shared spaces. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> hello. my name is michelle. i am a resident of district eight and i own a gallery in district six. we are a desert in our area right now. we need everything we can to make our district inviting. thank you to use supervisors. extend the programme and make it permanent. we need to think about what is best for the city as a whole. it brings energy and vibrancy to the city and could save our district. let's keep small businesses alive. please vote yes on keeping it permanent. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, i am a resident in the mission. i also owned restaurants and bars throughout the city. i appreciate your work and thoughtfulness in this legislation. i'm calling in support for permanent legislation of the

shared space programme as soon as possible so we can plan better hiring and for investing. i also believe that a 6-foot clearance on sidewalks should remain and would otherwise penalize businesses and it would simply not make more sense. i am for the supervisors to consider an adjustment to the amendment to make it implementing the. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i am chair of the small business commission calling on my own behalf. and i am speaking on my own behalf as an individual. first, i wanted to thank all of you for working so hard on this. i have spoken to all of you or your staff. i have spent a long chunk on the phone with supervisor peskin the other day. thank you for that time. just a couple of quick technical points here. if a business -- a couple

businesses pointed this out. if a business has a type 48 license, it doesn't allow them to have miners in areas where they serve alcohol ever. so even if the business is closed, the can't have minors in there whatsoever. that is a complicating factor. and the other is that the 8 feet requirement, there's a lot of particularities to that, depending on the business and where they are located. there's all sorts of strange one off situations. i hope we can find some accommodation. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. we have 49 listeners with 16 in the queue. >> evening, supervisors. i am the owner of royale, it's a cocktail bar and a jazz venue in district three. i'm calling as a member of the

san francisco bar alliance to echo my support for the permanence of the shared spaces programme. this programme and the ability to build our park offers our beleaguered business a lifeline when we were at our hardest hit. we are only getting our clients out of the massive debt. we need any and all help we can get to continue to do business. they make our city more interesting, inclusive, walkable, creative, and desirable to visit. i can't stress enough how helpful it has been for the survival of our small business. please continue to give us a chance to recover and make it this shared spaces programme a permanent fixture. you so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i am the owner of elixir. the second oldest saloon in san francisco that has arrived.

[indiscernible] we need these park let's to go through this right now. we have incurred an amazing amount of debt. we have taken a lot of risks. i don't feel many people are in that position are in the understanding of. i would like to reiterate what sharkey just said about the type 48 licensees. and the way that that works legally is we cannot have underaged people in that area at all. we still need to be in protection of type 48 licenses, otherwise we will get left in the cold. just like we did with the food requirement. thank you all for all of your help and support of this. i apologize for the wind, as i am outside, working on my park right now. thank you.

>> thank you for your call. we have 49 listeners. if you have not done so already, please get added to the queue. you will only need to press star 312 line up. please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been on muted. next speaker, please. [indiscernible] >> hello, you are on the line. we will take the next caller. >> okay. >> i am a 20 year resident of district 10. listening to the destruction

about who should have access to spaces and when, it strikes me there aren't nearly enough spaces for people to sit down outside. [indiscernible] asking the businesses to clean, and maintain compelling seating for the public out of the goodness of their heart seems crazy. and then sharing the debate over asa versus -- eight versus 12 feet of sidewalk -- [indiscernible] -- 8 feet of asphalt between the sidewalks. [indiscernible] we need the city to provide space. we need to keep it safe for people. [indiscernible] let's help retail and other businesses find ways to renovate around this new away.

[indiscernible]. >> thank you for your call. next speaker, please. you will have one minute. >> hello. i am owner of several restaurants here in san francisco. i wanted to thank the shared spaces programme for saving my business from closing. simply put, without shared spaces i would not have survived and closed all of my restaurants. i support the continuation of the shared spaces programme. however, i want to give comments on the shared spaces open to the public. the example that supervisor peskin gave is not entirely relevant. the business has investing materials and build the structure on a beach. they need to be given more deeply. it will lead to safety -- safety issues, liability issues for businesses, homeless issues, graffiti issues, and not the

maintenance issues and electrical issues that actually give power to the space. i urge you to consider other options that include the most affected users of this programme which are table service restaurants and bars. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i am calling support for the general programme under amendment. and in particular, i would like to not repeat what some of the colors before me have said. there are a few additional points. people have mentioned that the shared spaces added extra space for the restaurants. it's wonderful because they can hire more people. that is outstanding. i would like to point out that it makes a lot more sense for residents. many of our restaurants and bars are really crowded and impossible to give space in much

of the time. this is an amazing moon. increases the vibrancy for the city. the other thing i would like to suggest is that the revenue and the value added -- [indiscernible] -- it is massively greater then needing spaces for one or two cars. thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is amanda michael. i own and operate for restaurants and cafés in san francisco. the shared spaces programme has definitely been a lifeline that we have utilized at all four locations. it has allowed us to hire back our staff. it also allows us to operate

safely for our working employees and it gives the neighborhoods, each neighborhood that we are in is very different and each shared space is very different. it activates the street. and makes for safer streets. we have seen crime go down in each neighborhood. we really appreciate the time spent on making this permanent. i support it completely. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. [indiscernible] >> hi, my name is jonathan. i am the owner and operator of super lounge in soma. i have taken out so many loans that it will take me years and years to pay them off. it is challenging to even -- even fathom how i will get my head above water. i'm urging you to move this legislation along to the board for a full vote. i can't make the necessary upgrades without being certain that the programme will be continued. i have been able to stay afloat because of shared spaces.

it has improved the neighborhood fatality and -- reduce crime. my clients are outdoor dining clients. i hope this will be around in a more permanent fashion. thank you for the hard work you have pushed -- put into this. i appreciate your time. >> hi, can you hear me? >> can you hear me? okay. sorry. thank you for all the hard work you have done. this is a very tall order to figure this out. i'm calling to voice my support and request that you keep shared spaces permanent. it makes for a safer city. it will be a long road to recovery post covid. we need all the help we can get. please do not do away with the 6 feet of space required and

make it into 8 feet. the 6 feet is working well. please vote tonight to make it permanent. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is regan. i own a couple of bars here in san francisco. the shared space programme has kept us afloat, kept us alive, just like it has with a long list of callers that have come on. i thank you should support this, approve it tonight. don't wait. there's no negative here. it is revitalizing the city. it has made our neighborhoods and vibrant, brought down crime,

it's a win win win. the only negative is trying to throw in all these amendments and stalling tactics to stop this from going through. just vote yes and move on. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. [indiscernible]. >> hello. my name is kimberley. i am the general manager of outplace restaurant in the mission district of san francisco. i'm calling today to voice my support to make the shared spaces programme permanent for the city. i can tell you from personal experience that i have terminated twice my entire team of employees in the last year. i have been able to over the last couple of months rehire 33 employees to date. this -- these are people with families, children, school debt

is our artists and performers that contribute to our city. that without these jobs, will not be able to stay. these are people who make up the fabric and the culture of san francisco as it is important to me and to all of us. please allow us to keep the shared spaces programme so that we have people -- tables and chairs outside for guests to enjoy. areas where people can work and provide money for their own support and the support of their families and their communities. >> so sorry to cut anyone off during their comments, but we are setting the clock at one minute. this is a continued item. next speaker, please. >> greetings, supervisors. i am with united to save the mission. i'm calling to ask you to

continue the temporary version of the shared spaces programme while we make changes to provide meaningful equity to our meaningful businesses. low income business owners who are being asked to tear down and rebuild their businesses needs to be reimbursed. or else only high end businesses will only be able to keep these outdoor structures. i do hope that they clearly allocate money for small businesses who are in need and will need to tear down their infrastructure. i just asked that the land use committee continue on the shared spaces programme as is so we can get more time to work through these issues. thank you for considering my concerns. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i am the managing partner at water bar and epic steak.

two restaurants in district six. i'm also a resident in district six. i would like to thank the supervisors for their hard work on the shared spaces programme. i understand it's complicated, but this programme is a necessity for small-business recovery in san francisco. our two restaurants alone lost over $1 million in 2020. we are now starting to recover. i will tell you, from my own perspective, outdoor dining is what the public wants. they want to eat outside. they want to enjoy the vitality of san francisco and the shared spaces programme has allowed me to hire back about 10 additional workers this year. it is an absolute necessity. i urge you to continue and i do support the shared spaces programme. thank you for letting me speak. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> you are on the line. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is john. i was born in san francisco. i have worked in our wonderful city for over 40 years and i have been a small business owner for over 40 years. i appreciate the hard work by our supervisors. i plead with you to make our park let's permanent. they lower the traffic in our city and decrease the drunk drivers leaving. they bring in beauty to our streets that are joined by our regular locals and tourists. they bring support to restaurants that were forced to close, as well as they bring jobs. they bring jobs that are

much-needed for employees that have been forced out of work for the last year. san francisco has a reputation of putting in place these legislations. this is a time for supervisors to shine, to come together, and bring support for small businesses, and especially for workers. they bring jobs, and now is the time for us to all come together and support our workers and our restaurants and our city. i appreciate it. thank you. >> next speaker, please. we have nine in the queue. >> hello. i wanted to make a couple points. my name is debbie horn and i'm calling on behalf of the lounge and market. we have a couple points to make. we need certainty in order to hire people. we need to plan before we send any more money. it is critical to know the future of these shared spaces. i want to reiterate the 48

license as well and how that is open to the public with the uses for the organ lounge because of the 48 license. that wouldn't work for us. we would have to go back inside. as for the privatization of public space, before he goes for a locked part -- private car, anyone can and does hang out. we adopted the street and we care for the entire block. we clean up for hours daily. many neighbors clean the streets with us. we all take pride in the outdoors together. they serve the public health needs of being outside. anyone is welcome. which means our block -- >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisors. i am the owner and operator of the bar.

i have spoken to a number of times on the issue of shared space. i am here again to urge you to make sure this space is permanent and to please do it now. my business has been eviscerated and i'm sitting under an -- an amount of debt. i will ask you to ask yourself this question. how will independent bars and restaurants be hurt more than any city in the country more than they have in san francisco through the pandemic? we want you to consider the extent to which the independent bars and restaurants contribute to the vivacity of the restaurant -- of the city. we have lost so much it was staggering. i'm not seeking to trivialize the issues that have been raised against it. by not acting decisively, i am led to believe do not grasp for the crisis at hand. thank you very much.

>> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i just want to thank everyone for helping us make this decision. we are looking forward to this. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hello? >> you are on the line. >> hi, harder -- how are you? i owned a phoenix owned valencia. i am calling to thank the supervisors for all the work and the long hours that we put in for this. i plead with you to make this permanent. i honestly believe it adds to the vibrancy of the city, protects jobs, and i plead that you vote on this immediately so

that we can plan for the future and put this pandemic behind us. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you back next speaker. >> hello? >> hello, you are on the line. >> hello. i am the owner of -- [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible]

we ask you to make it permanent, to make the city grow and the inhabitants of san francisco to grow as well. good luck for everybody and good luck for all the small businesses of san francisco. thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. my husband and i are longtime residents of district three and we own tony nix in north beach. i'm calling in support of the shared spaces programme because it has recently allowed us the opportunity to open -- reopen our bar with two thirds of our staff available to help us out. we took in mind, you know, neighborhood vibrancy, pedestrian safety, and a.d.a. accessibility. it is essential for us to move forward today get out of the debt we have incurred over the last year.

i hope you will support the programme. thank you. >> this is jonathan in district five. i feel like there is a gap and how much public support there is for the park and this whole conversation. there is an overwhelming of a portion in the public too. they are lovely, they are light. they bring a nice vibrancy to the city. it would be a shame to see them go. let's make it work. a permanent solution. thank you. by. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i am here for accessible san francisco.

some quick points on the amendments. first, public works. common sense. what does the department do? stewardship for the public right away. for the people of san francisco. this proposal makes perfect sense to put it under public works. we have a lot of expertise and a lot of expertise and history of defending the city's title to a.d.a. title two obligations. i support that. number two, the 8-foot minimum. i supported. if you have an -- feasibility exception, have a hard floor of 6 feet in there. don't have it be an unfettered in feasibility exception. thank you very much. i appreciate all your work on this. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i own a restaurant and bar in district five.

i wanted to call. i have not yet built my space yet because i'm waiting for an understanding of what we are able to do and i know that time is of the essence for us since the last hearing. for multiple restaurants and bars and shops that have closed. adding amendments will be very difficult because every business has its own brand, has its own style, and to set rules will be hard. we all want to make things accessible, make things beautiful. the more information on the quicker this happens, the faster we will be able to do them as owners. thank you so much. >> thank you, next speaker. >> i am a resident of district seven. i'm calling to support the

permanent implementation of shared spaces immediately without delay. i'm sensitive to the equity issues, but i suggest we let the planning department handle that through the rules and permitting process. one thing i hear in these hearings is people calling in and saying it's important it happens now. i hear conversations by the supervisors afterwards saying it's not important it happens now. listen to what people are saying. delaying is harmful. consider the equity ramifications and increased economic pressure on these small businesses. what are the issues with this? thanks. >> thank you. speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. thank you for putting in a very long day. thank you to everyone for your input. i am the president of the council of the district merchant's association. we are supportive of shared

spaces and supportive of making them permanent. in a few weeks the city will be opening up and they will be opening up in its entirety. it is prudent to continue the shared spaces programme from being permanent until we see how everything starts to function with a fully open city. we are looking forward to getting most of the kinks out of the way. it's impossible to get them all out of the way, but i believe holding back for a few more weeks or a month will be prudent to see how everything works out once the city fully opens. we are looking forward to a permanent solution that is equitable for everyone. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> thank you, supervisors. i am with senior and disability action. thank you very much for all the hard work you put into this because right now we are moving from a fad into a trend.

that is very important. i'm saying that because, for instance, we want to make sure that 20% of seniors with this abilities also participate. we do have money. and also, in the meantime, if it is crowded, we just walk around it. small businesses -- all those businesses won't get our money. second, this is an old idea. it came out over 15 years ago when we were talking about making howard street and folsom street two way streets and increasing the width of the sidewalk so we would have many parks on that. it has been a long time. it is a great idea for open space and everybody. and the way we have all these proposals. >> thank you for your comments. you will have one minute.

>> i am a district nine resident. i am a supporter of small businesses. it breaks my heart to listen to all the comments from the small business owners who called in sharing their strife. i want to see that shared spaces contribute to my survival and well-being during the dreaded pandemic and having this better use of a vehicle space will help our small businesses thrive and add to the vitality of our neighborhood. i am supporting my good friend in the mission. it has been a doozy. we should be rewarding the small businesses because they became front line hospitality workers in the midst of the pandemic. it is vital to their survival and recovery. i trust our small business owners to make small businesses wonderful for the community, give them more space and let the creativity do the work. they have to run their

businesses and you are adding more pressure to their day-to-day operation. make this programme permanent and let them run their businesses free of fees. thank you. >> thank you so much. next speaker, please. we have six in the queue. >> hello, supervisors. thank you very much for taking my comments. my name is evelyn. i am not a small business owner, but i am the daughter of a small business owner, or was, in my childhood. my heart is breaking for all the folks in the service industry that i have called in, and i hear the panic, i hear the terror, and you know what,

sadly, the pandemic is not gone yet. and i think we have yet to see people coming out into the open space and tourism coming back. i really think we need to slowly continue this conversation, keeping things going with the shared spaces as they are. it's convoluted with all these different agencies. >> thank you for your comment. our queue has jumped again. it is at six. next speaker, please. >> hello. am i on? >> yes, sir. please begin. >> this is paul miller. i am the owner of the royal kook organ lounge. my wife just called in.

i want to add that during this horrible time when we -- that we all share together, the parklet has been a joyous thing for us and for all the people that we have never even met before. new customers, people who wouldn't even think about walking into a business. they felt comfortable being outside. if you take this away from them, we will probably lose customers. these are not the type of people who want to go outside -- want to go inside. they like being outside. there is a community, and outdoor community, and indoor community. please keep the parklet. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is brian. i am one of the owners of danny coyle in district five. i am a 30 year resident of san francisco and a father of three. and the past 14 months has been

a real struggle. i am the only lifeline that we have had -- the only lifeline we have had is the parklet and the shared spaces. please keep this programme. and know that we are a type 48 license. we want to keep that into effect. thank you, supervisors, for your time and please vote yes on keeping the shared space programme. it is vital to our business. and to let you know, the past 14 months has been a really tough time. we are buried in debt. my partner and i have been working 12 hours a day before we have even rehired anyone. thank you again. please, please vote yes on keeping the shared space programme. thank you. >> thank you for your call. next speaker, please. we have four left in the queue. >> hello, i am calling in support of the shared spaces programme and all of our amazing

small businesses in san francisco. i am a parent of two young children in the city. we're lucky to live within walking distance of so many small businesses that have kept us safe. we love the city and we want to raise our children here. a major driver of what keeps us here is the diversity and vibrancy of small businesses and restaurants. both my children are so young that they are not eligible to receive the vaccine. it has allowed us to enjoy the city safely as a family. we live in an apartment without any access to open space and the parklet has kept us sane this past year. thank you to all of our small businesses who have made our community who we are. please listen to our small business community. we are asking for your support. thank you for all that you do for our city. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am district eight resident,

father of a 2-year-old, and one of the organizers and leaders of keeping kids safe s.f. in addition to the positive things that owners have talked about, as well as residents who have enjoyed shared spaces, i want to bring your attention to another fact. our streets are increasingly dangerous and the shared spaces help to calm traffic, to slow it down, to make drivers more aware that there are people out and to make our cities safer. in addition to that, obviously dedicating more public space to people, rather than the storage of vehicles, personal vehicles, is a better future for our city. i hope you listen to the business owners who have spoken tonight and approve this extension of this great programme that is one of the very few silver linings of the pandemic. thank you so much. i hope you all have a great night.

>> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is holly. our family owns the restaurant at the corner of the visit darrow and hays. i want to voice my strong support for the shared spaces programme, which has transformed san francisco. it brings energy and vibrancy to each neighborhood. we invested a lot of money. we put our hearts into building and maintaining a safe and accessible and beautiful outdoor dining space. and once it was built, we began to see hope and feel hope. we hired back our staff. we couldn't have done it without the shared spaces programme. it was a beautiful effort to get this space built. we are so proud of it. we are able to welcome diners who are not ready or able to eat indoors. they are great. they make our city better. we really appreciate if these

spaces could be permanent without amendment. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker, please. we have two left in the queue. >> hello, supervisors. i own the snug in pack heights and we are about to open another bar. there's a lot of uncertainty still ahead of us. that is pretty clear. the one thing we do know is we support so many of the progressive policies of san francisco. we have implement it a lot of which have created hardships on small businesses. please give us this one thing. this one thing that has created so much vibrancy for the city and gives a certainty that we can retain substantial amounts of our staff no matter what happens through the winter, no matter what happens with the variant, with no matter what happens for the next few years. we need this. pass it quickly and pass it without amendments that put hardship on small businesses. thanks.

>> thank you. next speaker. the new number is three for the queue. >> hello. i am an owner and operator of san francisco eagle bar. i want to share my support for the shared spaces programme. i cannot stress the need for the city to have small businesses thrive. this parklet and shared spaces are an integral part for businesses and restaurants and cafés and bars in order to survive and contribute their taxes to the city, and therefore, make a healthy san francisco overall. the shared spaces are in great need for us to cover where we have lost. also, it's good to point out how

the city is coming together. it looks great. we have had to work on maintaining it. again, my strong support to continue with the need for the small business to continue thriving and surviving. that's all. thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i live in district seven. i really love outdoor dining and calling in support of making this permanent immediately. during the pandemic, it has given a whole new energy to our city and community. i am also calling on behalf of -- [indiscernible] we have a petition of 344 signatures in favor of outdoor dining. we have been going around with different neighborhoods to speak with different business owners, many of which have called in today. it has been tough to hear about the struggles they have been

going through. they make the city great and a place i want to live and raise my kids. we need to do everything we want to support them. it will take them years to get back on their feet. i hope that you don't hesitate and make this permanent immediately. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am one of the partners at dickies club. we are a 1930s themed art deco cocktail lounge located in the lower nob hill district. we developed a parklet that we have as much -- with much expense because it was our only alternative to stay open and try and serve the public with food and cocktail service. it wasn't something that we wanted to do necessarily, but we felt we had to in order to survive. and now, many people prefer the parklet. definitely during the day when the weather is nice. it is at capacity for us which

will help to make up the lost revenue of 70-85% from last year during the pandemic. regarding keeping the space open to the public, the problem is, when it is open to the public, the people who end up using it are heroin users who don't clean up after themselves, leave needles and all kinds of waste for us to clean up. that is the one time that we have with leaving it open. we tried it and it didn't work out. >> thank you. >> it's a good idea. >> the queue is now at three. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is rachel ryan. i co- own and i am the g.m. of the stud bar in soma. i will show my support for making shared spaces permanent. we are trying to figure out how to reopen our business after covid shut us down a year ago.

this is already feeling like an incredibly challenging task after the year that we've had. we will need to maximize the sales in order to get back on our feet. having outdoor seating would be a total game changer for us. one of our multiple lines has been creating jobs for lgbt queue folks. i had to lay off every single employee last year and i'm determined to get their jobs back. thank you for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you for calling in. next speaker. >> good evening. i am a resident of district two. speaking in support of legislation. i am about to have dinner at a shared space area. i think the programme is great. i would appreciate making sure that we have flexibility. i think, you know, i hope we can take a look at it and try to see

if we can get flexibility around the fixed place seating outside and, you know, try things and see what works and be able to iterate and be open-minded about making changes if certain stuff doesn't work out. thank you so much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am from a high school in the city. i'm here to voice my support. they are a way to bring a lot of beauty to the city. they bring a lot of community spaces to the city. i have been going to coffee shops before school and i have met some of the nicest people outside of the coffee shop. just being able to say, i like your shirt or whatever. and being able to meet with new people i have never met before. it is a great way to meet with people. and i think by preserving them

in the city, not only are we preserving the city, but we will bring them closer together. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. we have confirmed that was the last caller in the queue. >> thank you so much. i appreciate that. thank you to everyone who came out to voice your concerns, your support of this really important issue. should we have more comments and questions, supervisors? or should we go ahead with voting on the amendment? >> madame chair, if i may, as we were all multitasking, i have used intervening minutes to review the words that you spoke to earlier as it relates to removing the words.

the language that you proposed on page 22, actually, are almost identical. i have been in possession of those words for a number of days and certainly them earlier today, but your removal -- your amendments are fine. i think we have one policy disagreements over where i think they should be housed, witches at public works. i stated the reasons for that. i think we may or may not have some disagreements over the very thorny issue of public access, after hours, the compromise of which i spoke to earlier. i think those are the outstanding issues, but the amendments that you proposed are entirely acceptable to this

supervisor and his staff. i haven't made a motion, but i'm happy to try and melt all this together. >> why don't we then vote on all the stuff that we agree with and then maybe we can reserve the two things that are outstanding and see if we can come up with something that works. if not, we can vote on that separately. >> madame chair, i think the amendments that i offered and that you have slightly changed, which i believe has to do with sidewalk passage length, it is entirely acceptable to me. >> okay. in all of your amendments, which there are many, are -- they are acceptable to me, with the exception of the two that i had

spoken about earlier. again, just in terms of process, i'm suggesting that we vote on the stuff that we all agree on first. >> okay. so how about, how would you like to do this? i can move my amendments in total and you can remove some, or how would you like to proceed? >> i would like -- let's take your amendments. i would like to remove amendment on page 22, paragraph three. and then the other one, the one about moving everything from planning to d.p.w. is a little bit more difficult because it is really striking out planning throughout the entire legislation. and substituting it. i'm not sure how to do that. >> madame chair, in the interest of time, how about -- i mean,

let me see if i can find your amendments. we agree on sidewalk path of travel versus sidewalk open spaces, correct? >> yes. >> we agree on this? >> yes. >> that would -- we agree on the 311, we agree on page 43, lines through three on inspection, right? >> yes. >> all right. how about we move those? >> okay. let's move those. you just made a motion, supervisor peskin? >> madame clerk, can you call the role on those amendments? >> and -- on the motion as stated by supervisor peskin for

the listed items submitted by supervisor peskin... -- sorry, those items were submitted by me. >> correct. >> all the way up. >> for the record, i actually think that i made the suggestion, and i think the chair made a motion. >> okay. >> okay. on the motion as stated by supervisor melgar... [roll call] >> you have three yes. >> okay. so the rest of your amendment, supervisor peskin. >> yes. i would then, absent the places aforementioned, which would be what we just moved, where my

amendments and your amendments were virtually identical, i would like to move the rest of my amendments. is that clear? in other words, -- so, in other words, i am moving our disagreements over where it is housed in so far as i believe it should be housed at planning, at public works and not at planning, and i am moving the notion of a more inclusive public space. those were the rest of my amendments. that would be a motion. [please stand by]

>> i understand that they would benefit from some time to think about and if we made that change at a subsequent hearing would not be a subsequent amendment is my understanding. so we will return with that language. >> chairman: they are.

>> require another hearing. so i just wanted to flag that i don't intend to make that motion now. city attorney intervening time and get those right. >> chairman: i see. so, you know, that's great. this will then -- why don't we vote on this, on the 18th, which is the next committee meeting. i realize, supervisor peskin, that you have a conflict on that day, so maybe we can agendize this first so you can get out by 11:00. >> supervisor peskin: yeah. or i can not appear at the bay restoration authority as needed. >> supervisor preston: i just want the length of that hearing, that we have a special hearing. i know we're juggling special hearings. we have a special hearing of gao after that hearing.

i don't know what else is on your calendar and just given the language of some of the shared spaces be starting another committee at 2:00 in the afternoon. >> chairman: we thought we were going to have one of your items, but we want, supervisor preston. we'll hear it right after this. that's great. i think we'll have time. >> and then, madam chair, can i ask because i'm just looking, who is monica munowitz? >> chairman: she's m.t.a., she's still here. >> yes. still here. >> chairman: okay. so thank you. so that's it for this item, then. >> chair melgar? >> chairman: yes. >> may i ask one point of clarification. i understand that your

amendments concerning accessibility and ability whether we have both lines or we had landed with one version. >> supervisor peskin: we had landed with just one version as it relates to and i think i said this on the record on page 35 lines 1-6 section 948 sub c i took what i call the melgar language saying the 94a sub 6 appoint 6 sub 6 sub c curb side shared spaces. same with 94a ninea three 11.

>> okay. i was just trying to confirm of the language in your version. >> supervisor peskin: , which language would be replaced by the motion that supervisor melgar offered. >> supervisor peskin: correct. >> is it the entire photograph? >> supervisor peskin: well, let me just look through page 22. 77 pages. this very instant, i've got page 21 and i've got page 23. the question is what happened to page 22. >> chairman: i believe that page 22, paragraph 3 that you're talking about of city

attorney pearson is the one we took on the second motion. >> okay. my understanding is there's some language in here that might be duplicative and if it intends to. continue.ed to the 18th day of june, we can all look at duplicative language and take it out and that would not be substantive and we can do that friday next. >> sounds good. thanks very much. >> chairman: thank you very much. okay. madam clerk. >> clerk: madam chair, you'll need to take the remaining

balance of the item to continue it to the june 18th special. >> chairman: yes. i make a motion that we continue it to the 18th. >> clerk: on the motion as stated by supervisor melgar, [roll call] you have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. the motion passes. so now can we call item number 4. >> clerk: absolutely. item number 4 is an emergency ordinance to temporarily restrict landlords from evicting residential tenants for non-payment of rent due to covid-19 pandemic to prohibit landlords from imposing late fees, penalties, or similar charges on such tenants. members of the public wish to

provide public comment on this item, please call (415) 655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 1877145745. then press pound and pound again. >> chairman: supervisor preston, this is your item. i'm so glad that we are able to move this along today and will you please talk about your amendments. >> supervisor preston: yes. thank you, chair melgar, and thank you for making time on a busy agenda for this. so before us today is an emergency ordinance to prohibit non-payment of rent evictions for san francisco tenants facing a covid related hardship. this emergency ordinance is the first of a two-part legislative effort that speaks to effectively extended the

protections provided by the state under sb91 which is set to expire those protections on june 30th and there shall avoid potential and i think we would all agree devastating eviction cliffs that would otherwise occur without these protections. i want to emphasize that for more than a year, this board has worked collaboratively and really tirelessly to stop the eviction machine in this city in the midst of a pandemic. we were among the first of these to institute an eviction moratorium for tenants impacted by pandemic related hardships. then the state stepped in first with ab-388 later with ab-91 and sacramento instituted their own measures which required 25% of payment of rent in order to

avoid eviction. and, in the process, sacramento also pre-empted cities like san francisco from crafting our own nonpayment eviction protection. the state regime is set to expire on june 2nd. and we'll go from a public health crisis to a new public health crisis fuelled by displacement and resulting in explosion of homelessness across san francisco. so i am asking for your support today for the emergency ordinance to put in place local protections prior to the june 30th deadline and we'll soon be back in this committee seeking your support for a non-emergency regular ordinance to extend those protections until the end of the calendar

year and the temporary emergency ordinance. i want to emphasize our intention is to really mirror the protections provided and that folks have been having in recent months by sb-91 where tenants who paid 25% of the rent owed can't be evicted for non-payment of the rent. for the emergency ordinance, we're seeking to protect tenants during the period before the non-emergency ordinance takes effect. the nonemergency ordinance would require 25% of payment by the end of the year. the amendments seek to update the ordinance to reflect the most recent state legislation to regulate nonpayment eviction replacing all instances of ab-388 with sb-91. update the corresponding

deadline for expire ration. and information on the availability of rent relief, clarify the purpose of the emergency ordinance which provides interim relief while the non-emergency ordinance is pending and clarify that the emergency ordinance upon enactment of the emergency ordinance. i have been advised that these amendments are nonsubstantive and before i wrap up, i do want to thank my cosponsors. president walton, supervisor ronen, and supervisor chan. i would like to forward the item to the full board on the recommendation of the committee report. >> chairman: thank you, supervisor preston. i would like to be added as a cosponsor as well and i would

like to thank you for your commitment to tenants. i really appreciate you. so, if there's no other comments from any colleagues, let's go to public comment. >> supervisor peskin: i have a response, chair. >> chairman: thank you. let's go to public comment, madam clerk. >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. d.t.a. is checking to see the total number of callers in queue. if you have not done so already, please press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. d.t. has noted there is one listener with zero in queue. we haven aupdate again. we have twenty-five listeners with three in queue. javier, if you can unmute the first caller, please.

>> hello. hi, my name is danny. i am with justice san francisco and i'm here to speak on behalf of the coalition in support of the eviction moratorium. i have seen and experienced housing instability. when i first moved here to america, my sister and i had to share a tiny room in an attic. i remember asking my mom if this is what an american [inaudible] looked like. it is clear that people are struggling with housing and now they are in even more dyer conditions if the eviction moratorium does not extend. but they are so many that do not have the privilege to do so. it is crucial to extended eviction moratorium and not being displayed during the pandemic. san francisco needs stronger

protection. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, this is anastasia, a member of the san francisco tenant union. i want to thank supervisor preston for having tenants' backs not able to pay their rent during the pandemic. i'm thinking specifically of a friend up in twin peaks. she lost her job at the beginning of the pandemic, and hasn't had work. thank you so much for helping. bye. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you so much supervisor preston for this measure. it is so important to extend

this safety net. the only safety net that so many tenants have right now. i have heard from about ten people here in north beach in trying to help them apply for rental assistance and to assure them they will be okay and that there will be an extension of the moratorium coming and please hold on and i'm glad i will not -- i was not lying in saying that and i do hope that the entire board will vote in support. thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. d.t. has confirmed that was the last caller in queue. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. with that, public comment is now closed. so let's take. >> supervisor peskin: supervisor preston's amendments for roll call. >> clerk: on the motion -- on

the motion as stated, [roll call] you have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much. that motion passes unanimously. madam clerk, do we have any more business today? >> supervisor preston: we need a motion. >> supervisor preston: yeah i would like to move the item forwarded as amended. >> clerk: on the motion. >> supervisor peskin: i would like to second that. but we don't second these things in committee. >> clerk: we don't. on the motion as stated by supervisor preston it recommend as amended as the committee report, [roll call]

you have three ayes. and also i just wanted to note that i have supervisor melgar and supervisor peskin added as a cosponsor. >> chairman: thank you so much, madam clerk. that motion passes unanimously. do we have anymore business today? >> clerk: that completes the business for today, madam chir. >> chairman: thank you so much. we are adjourned.

>> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and

replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue.

>> there's a new holiday shopping tradition, and shop and dine in the 49 is inviting everyone to join and buy black friday. now more than ever, ever dollar that you spend locally supports small businesses and helps entrepreneurs and the community to thrive. this holiday season and year-round, make your dollar matter and buy black. >> my name is andrea, i work as

a coordinator for the city attorney's office in san francisco. a lot of it is working with the public and trying to address their public records request and trying to get the information for their office. i double majored in political science and always tried to combine both of those majors. i ended up doing a combination of doing a lot of communication for government. i thought it would connect both of my studies and what was i was interested in and show case some of the work that government is doing. >> i work for the transportation agency known as muni and i'm a senior work supervisor. >> i first started as a non-profit and came to san francisco and

started to work and i realized i needed to work with people. this opportunity came up by way of an executive fellowship. they had a program at mta to work in workforce development type project and i definitely jumped on that. i didn't know this was something that i wanted to do. all i knew is that i wanted to help people and i wanted to empower others. >> the environment that i grew up that a lot of women were just stay-at-home moms. it wasn't that they didn't have work, but it was cheaper to stay home and watch the kids instead of paying pricey day care centers. >> my mom came from el salvador during the civil war. she worked very hard. when she came here and limited

in english, she had to do a service job. when i was born and she had other kids, it was difficult for her to work because it was more expensive for her to be able to continue to work in a job that didn't pay well instead of staying at home and being able to take care of us. >> there isn't much support or advocacy for black women to come in and help them do their jobs. there also aren't very many role models and it can be very intimidating and sometimes you feel uncomfortable and unsure of yourself and those are the reasons exactly why you need to do it. when i first had the opportunity, i thought that's not for me. my previous role was a project manager for a biotech start up. i thought how do i go from technology to working in government. thinking i didn't know about my

skills, how am i going to fit in and doing that kind of work. thinking you have to know everything is not what people expect have you, but they expect you to ask questions when you don't know and that's important. >> my mom was diagnosed with cancer. that was really difficult. she encouraged me to go to school because in case anything happened i would be able to protect myself. i wanted to be in oncology. i thought going to school it would set me for the trajectory and prepare me for my life. >> we need the hardships to some of the things that are going to ultimately be your strength in the future. there is no way to map that out and no way to tell those things. you have to do things on your own and you have to

experience and figure out life. >> you don't have to know what you are going to do for the rest of your life when you are in college or high school because there are so many things to do. i would encourage you to try to do everything that you are remotely interested. it's the best time to do it. being a young woman with so many opportunities, just go for it and try everything. good morning, mayor. and welcome everyone. welcome to the self-help for the elderly jackie chan center. as you see all around the room, there's this famous action star jackie chan who in 1996 came to

san francisco and subsequently, he came over about six times to raise money for this jackie chan center building. he's really a humble person and one time he came here. i think it was mayor brown at the time of the ribbon cutting. one of our seniors just brought up a bowl of soup that she made at home and without thinking, jackie would just drink it and all his body got was a little bit worried. but it just brought up a bowl of soup. but that's jackie chan. he's just wonderful. your budget staff has always included the jackie chan adult health service center which serves about 125 seniors when they come here for their health care. so thank you for your support. and, today, we assembled all of

the executive directors of the a.p.i. counsel member organizations to welcome you to this press conference and talking to sarah and kelly earlier, we said that, mayor, this is one probably of the most excited and happy press conference for the a.p.i. council because last night i couldn't sleep thinking, you know, you've been wonderful at your budget announcement, your emphasis you put on public safety, holding our seniors safety and then protecting them as well as protecting them with programs and services. you're also protecting the homeless to try to lift up the homeless population. you definitely talk about food security and child care and recovery of chinatown as well as san francisco's small businesses. so all that a.p.i. counsel really have been working on for

the longest time. we've been around for about 10 years and we have over 50 some members. kelly will talk more about the a.p.i. counsel. but every one of the members standing up here have done a lot of work to really support our community during covid for the seniors, besides the senior funding program. we've also committed to doing over 5,000 delivery meals a day so seniors don't have to go out and look for food and when the vaccine roll-outs happened we know a lot about the english speaking community just would not be able to go get appointments on their own. so a lot of us here really worked hard to make sure that vaccines are available to the seniors now to the home bound and also the youth. so, mayor, on behalf of the asian pacific islander community, i want to thank you

and thank you for the vast support that you have given to our community. and, behind us, our senior escort staff headed by emily and alex, and four of them are here. there have already been 80, requests that came in for the escort services. and simple things like escorting them to the golden gate park for their daily walks because they missed that, they couldn't come out. or to take them to the dentist or took them back to see their own doctors. so all these personal appointments have really been a lot to our seniors. and on behalf of seniors, thank you, mayor. without further adieu. i want to introduce a mayor that needs no introduction. she's been coming to a lot of our community events and, today, she will share with us, i think is the best news, that the a.p.i. counsel has heard over many years. so let's give a big warm

welcome to mayor breed. >> thank you, annie. and, thank you everyone for being here. it's kind of strange being with you all in person because the last time i think we saw each other, it's definitely been over a year and, in fact, we've seen each other through zoom and meetings, but it's always nice to be in person. i just can't wait until we can get rid of these masks here. but in the meantime, it's still great to be here. and we know when this pandemic hit, it hit the a.p.i. community more than any other community in the city and from an economic standpoint, we saw chinatown completely abandoned. we saw xenophobia and there was

a real hit in the beginning. we went to chinatown, we provided some immediate relief for some of the small businesses, but we were not expecting to be in a pandemic for over a year. and, in fact, it has been very challenging for our city and our country as a whole. and the rhetoric around the a.p.i. community coming from the leader of this country i think made things even worse and it was important for us in the city to really buckle down to make sure in the beginning when i had to meet with so many of you in person to say, look, this has been hard, it's coming down. we expect covid to hit san francisco and part of the challenge we experienced was the density of chinatown in particular and that community and the need to make sure that

people were supported, that they had resources and food. so many seniors that are served. this is where they come to connect with one another and so part of what i wanted to make sure we did is listen to the community, maintain the funding and provide additional support that would provide some of the inequities in a dense community, but also in other communities that served larger populations of seniors in san francisco. it's been a real challenge. and, we've seen covid disproportionately impact minorities in san francisco which is why we have to take our testing apparatuses to communities and meet people where they. you know, the asian population as a whole represents a little over 30% of the population in san francisco, but sadly represented almost 40% of the deaths.

and so it was particular, this community was particularly hit hard in that regard and we have seen this significant rise. this is sadly not a new issue of the attacks that we have seen here in san francisco on our asian seniors in particular, but it has been heightened, it louisiana increased significantly like nothing any of us have ever experienced before and it is heart breaking. it is frustrating, but heart breaking that anyone would be the kind of person who would attack someone as vulnerable as a senior. the thing that i don't mess around with are our kids and our seniors. that has to be off limits. we have to have some boundaries. we have to have some understanding about the need for making sure that not only are people held accountable, but it never happens in the first place.

and so, today, we're here to talk about many of the investments that we need to make in the a.p.i. community in particular not just because of the challenges that exist as it relates to some of the more recent violence, but also many of the inequitable disparities that exist in this community. so what i did was listen to the community, to respond to the needs of the community because many of these organizations which represent over 60 organizations that serve the a.a.p.i. community in particular all over san francisco, they're on the ground. you all are on the ground. you know what is in the best interest of the people that you're serving every single day. so the requests that came in were not hard requests to meet because it's just really an expansion of what you are already doing based on the increased need that you see with the people that you serve. i remember a couple years ago

when i was supervisor and i went to komochi i'm glad john hamasaki is here today. in the front, there were some people who walked up, seniors who were turned away and i was with steve nakasio, john, and i asked him, "what's going on?" and he said we just don't have enough. i thought to myself how can you turn a senior away who's coming up and asking for food. and kamochi with tons of volunteers was doing three servings a day and we got increased funding that following year so that we can increase the amount of support because we should never have to turn anyone away. if someone is coming who is in need, we should never have to turn them away and say, "sorry, we don't have any room." can

you imagine already the challenges you're experiencing in life and then to be told, no, we can't feed you today and you have to figure it out on your own especially if you're a senior. so these investments which are absolutely incredible will be significant. in fact, to address the challenges around the uprising around what we see of the hate targeted at the a.p.i. community, we have also seen the uprising of this community of across cultural community coming together through ambassador programs, through escort programs, through cross cultural connections and so we're going to be investing about $6.5 million to support that effort which includes expanding the senior escort program providing around victim

wraparound services and development. and stopping the aapi hate campaign. which is targeted on education, building cross cultural relationships and this is very significant as we move san francisco forward. in addition to the challenges that we've seen related to those issues, we still are in the midst of our recovery. so there's still food that needs to be served. there's still people that need help. we want to continue our vaccinations and to support covid recovery, $14.3 million and community and testing. daily street cleaning in chinatown. i know we're not in chinatown, but the fact is a lot of folks in this community spend a lot of time there too. so we want to make sure in that

community, it's taken care of. daily street cleaning. small business support fund. grants for businesses to retain employees. and culturally competent outreach to support businesses and applying for state, local, and federal programs. i was on clement street and i ran into a business owner who said, i don't know how to apply for this money and he was the perfect candidate to get federal resources because he had less than 10 employees. and, so we have to make sure that all of the businesses that qualify get the support they need to apply and we're there to help them. we're also going to be investing in community and mental health. we know that has been a very significant challenge in our city as a whole, but especially

with our children which we know in many cases are still not back in school. addressing the inequities, we're providing about $14.1 million. the $5.5 million will be to maintain social services and many of the safety nets that -- so that the programs that get existing funding that received one-time funding, that funding will continue. we'll continue to support the senior operating subsidies which is going to be really great for seniors so they can have more money in their pockets to pay for the ability to take care of themselves. about $3.6 million for child care needs specifically for this community although resources around child care will be available for low income and middle income families because you know there are those families that make just a little too much to

qualify for child care. in addition to jackie chan who is an american icon, not just an icon in the a.p.i. community, there's also another icon who of asian descent that comes from san francisco and that is bruce lee. i know garetti's back there clapping. the chinese cultural center is working on what i think is a very amazing exhibition. they've raised a significant amount of private funds to do an exhibit highlighting bruce lee, his history in san francisco which i think is so fitting at a time like this. you know, like i was a bruce lee fan. i thought i could do. you watch bruce lee on tv as a

kid, and everybody thought they were bruce lee in elementary school. and what was so cool is we knew he was from san francisco. so it was a connection there where this person was -- it was a big deal back then in the '70s and '80s to be on television. and he was on television kicking everybody's butt. it was great to see him on the big screen and this exhibit will receive support from the city and county of san francisco to make sure that this is a reality. so i'm very happy about the arts and culture and the support there. so many amazing projects, so many wonderful things. today is really just about highlighting what the city needs to do to invest in the a.p.i. community because it's important. it's important to make sure that we build an equitable city and that equity starts with

making sure that those who are serving folks throughout the city in our most vulnerable communities are lifted up and cared for and know that they matter and that we as a city care about investing in them because they deserve it. we owe it to them to take care of them. they took care of us and, lastly, i'll just say, you know, you always hear the stories about me and my grandmother and the reason why i bring up my grandmother so much is because i was a bit of a bad kid and i gave her such a hard time. i would ask so many questions. so many questions. why this? why that? and the fact is when i think about how challenging. so some of you who have kids. when i keep my niece or nephew after five minutes, i'm losing it. i call my sister like come get your kids, please. so when i think about what my grandmother as an elder person had to do to deal with me and

my brothers in particular, i feel like i wish she were around today so that i could really express how much i appreciate her now because i didn't understand as a kid, the value and so all that appreciation for ms. brown is now spilling on to my advocacy for the seniors of this city and my desire to make sure they are all taken care of. so, know this, i will continue to support the residents of this city, but we also need to make sure most importantly that all of our seniors in san francisco are supported, uplifted, and well cared for and that will continue to be a focus of this administration. thank you all so much for being here and for your advocacy and your work.

[applause] almost forgot, kelly. ladies and gentlemen, the executive director of the a.p.i. counsel who brings all of this together and continues to advocate for support and resources and be a leader to support the aapi community, cali wong. >> thank you, mayor breed, for that kind introduction and for your vision and leadership. we're here today for a really exciting reason. we are super excited to be prioritized in mayor breed's budget. again, my name is cali wong with a.p.i. counsel. we are coalition 57 direct service nonprofits in san francisco and many of whom are here today. i'm proud of the work that we have done together to serve over 350,000 low-income asian pacific islanders in san francisco. and work to ensure that our community is reflected in the

city's budget. today, i am proud to stand with you, with leaders of the a.a.p.i. community and our mayor to celebrate a tremendous victory. at its core, mayor breed's support of the recovery efforts aim to address the immense pressures phased by those on the margins. we are hopeful for the future, far too many in our community remain in critical need of assistance in continuous ways. the city's investment of $35 million in the a.a.p.i. community is the first of its kind in the history of san francisco and perhaps our nation. it represents a model for how local government can not only listen to the needs of a community in crisis, but also support its plan for recovery. a.p.i. counsel members here today have been the boots on the ground meeting the needs of vulnerable populations. before the pandemic, during the

pandemic, and most certainly after the pandemic. and we are clear on our path forward stopping asian hate, covid recovery and addressing inequity. these are the pillars that our communities healing are contingent. services include a city wide initiative for victim services, violence prevention, work force development, food insecurity assistance, housing assistance for low income families and maintaining the safety net services our community has fought so hard to sustain year after year. thank you to my members who are here today. every executive director present here represents a nonprofit service that the mayor has prioritized in her budget. our city's budget reflects its intent to build healthy communities and to serve the most vulnerable among us. a.p.i. counsel looks forward to

championing this work today and in the years to come. thank you, again, mayor breed, for your advocacy and coming out today. now i'd like to introduce our next speaker. the executive director of jcyc. john hasaki. >> hello everyone. i just want to say what a pleasure it is to see our mayor in person for, god, it seems like forever. and, i just wanted to share it is so nice for a member of the japantown community that we have a mayor who is from our western edition who knows the struggles that our japantown community and our black community fought against literally and figuratively were bulldozed over at one time in this city and, you know,

unfortunately, you know, the japantown community knows far too much about asian hate and how hateful rhetoric and political agendas and the need to blame somebody could lead to tragic injustices in this country. and, when my father after four years of being incarcerated during world war ii with $25 in his pocket made his way to san francisco. and our r, our family has been part of the japantown community ever since then. and, i am so pleased at the mayor's announcement today and the opportunity to lift up so many of the families not just in japantown, but in all the asian communities here in san francisco because as our mayor knows, not all of our families are successful. many of them are struggling. the covid-19 pandemic has

exacerbated many issues for our community and this is a huge step in addressing many of the needs in our a.p.i. communities and i just want to end by saying that, you know, it is so critical that we have a mayor in san francisco who really believes in the same things that we believe at jcyc and that is that we move forward together and i'm so grateful to have this opportunity. i just want to make this last point that san francisco, many people have forgotten was at one time ground zero for asian hate in this country. it was once the home of the exclusion league. we had a former mayor who advocated for the banning of asian immigration into this country and so for this mayor to come forward, make this commitment to the asian

community, i just want to say that it sets a model and a precedent for the rest of the country and it really elevates san francisco and shows what i think the rest of the country should be modelling in terms of support for the community and the needs that need to be addressed throughout all of our communities. thank you very much, madam mayor, for sharing this wonderful news and we look forward to working with you in the years to come. and, it's now my pleasure to introduce the executive director of jcyc. >> thank you. >> and mayor breed, thank you so much for your leadership in supporting the historic $45 million budget for the a.p.i. community in san francisco. with your support and collaboration we have been able to achieve the unprecedented feat for the community. and, i'll echo what cali said,

it's historic in history, beyond my 24 years. so since last year, cyc has joined our community partner. a culturally competent network who has the goal to develop an effective citywide plan to address the incidence of violence against asian americans. and, one of the strategies is creating a we really need to w

together providing language accessible services to the a.p.i. community and everyone. this alarming rate not only is about asian hate, but other

violence resulting from burglaries, theft, and a global pandemic have left many in our community grasping for hope. as we're starting our victim support services since february, we have already over 25 cases just solely in san francisco that we have reached out to. and it's proven that community based solutions works. i have seen it. we've all seen it. the mayor's budget will fund a citywide a.p.i. city initiative increasing community safety and allocating resources to support victims of violence. a victim fund and other neighborhood level safety initiatives such as gentleman fantown, tenderloin. we allow survivors of families to recover our elderly, they can heal and partake in outdoor activities. as the pandemic has amplified

social and economic disparities, the budget would support hard hit small businesses in cultural districts providing housing. and enhance work force development for the a.p.i. community. at c.y.c., we work with over 8,000 youth every year. this budget will allow us to assist our low-income, at-risk, and marginalized families with issues like homelessness, food security, mental health, violence, and child care. and, again, thank you, mayor breed, for championing our budget in had this effort. it's a marge step. thanks again for having me. and i'd like to invite cali back to the podium. >> we're going to bring the mayor back and then we'll open it up for questions and a

photo-op. >> all right. let's open it up for questions. >> reporter: you just mentioned there's a stop a.a.p.i. hate campaign. so i was wondering who will be leading this campaign for some other organizations? >> it will be a collaborative effort. but a lot of our members will also have to work on the program. intervention program and a lot of different community programs together and also the district attorney. >> and, to also add because and thank you, sarah, because, you know, for example, the escort program, self-help for the elderly is taking the lead in that and then the thing that i didn't mention was the street violence intervention program and working with sarah wan at c.y.c., they're going to

continue to monitor and be out in the specific neighborhoods. we consider them ambassadors. so everyone is pretty much taking the lead on this work in various ways. so it won't be a one-size-fits-all. there will be a lot of different things that we need to do to address this challenge. >> mayor, the $35 million is this for [inaudible] ? >> it's -- it's over the course of two fiscal years, but the bulk of it is for this up coming fiscal year. >> are you looking for long-term budget about the same time frame in the following year? >> i think it would depend on the need and also the revenues that the city has. i mean, here's the thing, the bigger picture here is the past two-year budget, we had to balance a budget with a $1.5 billion where we didn't lay off

any city employees. we didn't make any cuts to any of our nonprofits. and, this year, we anticipated a $650 million budget deficit. but because of the rescue plan from our president, which and the federal government, people like nancy pelosi, our speaker, and vice president kamala harris that pretty much helped with the deficit that was anticipated which made it comfortable along with increasing revenues made it possible to do this work. the city in general for transportation and a number of other things, that has been a game-changer for us and it has put us in a situation where we don't have to raid our reserves in order to make these sort of investments. so this is pretty remarkable, but we do have tough days ahead and this is why we're continuing to pay down debt, we're continuing to put more money in the reserve.

we want to be prepared for any situation and because we have had a sufficient amount of reserves for the city over the years, it put us in a position where we didn't have to make any layoffs or any major cuts. so continuing to be responsible and then investing in the places where the need is most significant is what we will continue to do. all right. thank you everyone for coming. thank you so much. [applause]

awe >> good afternoon. this meeting with come to order. welcome to the june 7, 2021 meeting. i am supervisor melgar, chair of the committee joined by vice chair preston and we are expecting supervisor peskin as well. >> i'm here is. >> welcome. the committee clerk is erica major and at sfgov tv for this mu vie and introduce you to a budget committee