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item 2 presentation on shared space this is is a discussion item. and the commission will receive an update on the shared spaces programs. time lines and grant applications zee robin from the planning department. >> good afternoon. commissioners. director tang. with the san francisco planning department director of shared space program. we are joined here in the building physically as well as virtually by our team here in chambers with us is assistant fire marshall chad law. virtual, deputy program manager monica the nta. jeremy at the department of public works. nicole bond. disability and also by vanhotten with the office of economic and

workforce development. i have slides that i prepared on the laptop. wonderful. >> great. so a brief stet of presentation slides. most recently the board voted on a shared space amendment to extend the pandemic program. il talk what the impoccasions are for small business constituents that reloyal on this program. >> and also present a bit about our current grant's program. both the shared spaces as well as other grant opportunity at office of economic and workforce development to many of the same small buildingses that have shared paces. >> as a quick reminder shared

space system a program this seeks to safely activate many parts of the out doors in the public realm this it is work that we had been doing in san francisco for many years and adapted to meet demands of the covid era moving commercial out doors. under the shared spabss ordinance, which the board of supervisors passed in july 2021 and amended this month. we have a program that dpraeszs commercial and noncommercial and the parts of public realm. in the board of supervisors ordinance that was pass third degree month introduced by supervisor peskin and then [inaudible] the pandemic version

of the program which had formerly set to sunset on june 30, 2022 has been extended to march 30, 2023. >> that is about 9 extra monthses that allows and directs the city departments to prit the pandemic program. >> what does this mean for many of the constituents who you represent and interests that you -- think about here at this commission? it means that permits for shared space operating permits will be fee free until march 2023. when permit fees orranual license fees assessed would be starting in spring of 2023. it also means that shared spaces operators and current permittees in good standing don't neat to pursue a permit application ump

don't need to go through an intake process wooz we have done the last couple cycles for shared spaces in good standing. administer we are renewing the permits through the end of march 2023. that small business ordinance and restaurants and retailers and other folks focus on keeping their businesses running. serving their communities and not worry about an onerous permit application process. >> another thing that the board did as part of their legislation is emphasize the need for the city to address some long standing design issues with person for access for importance with disabilities as well as for safety for example. the ability of paramedics and firefighters to responded.

building on nair fire a medical merge in the belling, et cetera. we have seen a proliferation of shared spaceos streets and sidewalks, i think, more parks the city ever participated and aggregate all of the cites together on a block has changed the operational qualities of our commercial corridors. this means that you know there are more challenges to our first responders able to do jobs safely and efficiently. part behalf the board did is say, until march 2023. we'll suspend and continue to suspend the codified rowel and regulations. and except for those that have to do with again, access for persons with disabilities and access for first responders. >> i should note looking at the supplied a major deadline that

we are beginning to communicate and grateful for your assistance in communicating to experience the formal permit application for post pandemic will be due to november first, 2022. if you want a shared space starting political one, 2023, after the pandemic program concludes; we ask that folks have submitted their permit application by november first. this gives us time to get everyone through the pipeline. folks may get preapproved permit issued early if than i get in early are than november 1. quick remindsers about other types of rowels that don't go in affect now but will once the pan dem being conclusd. some have to do with public access requirements.

perform parklets before covid there were 60 around the city of san francisco. at the time publicing policy and our city codes mandated they were all publicly accessible. in other words, commercial and revenue generating activities or private revenue generation was prohibited. during covid, we rethought this model and typology it was the baeft way to get people outside and peep dining safely and accessing retail safely. so, that prohibition was lifted. moving forward. we will have all of the above. so you can there will be 3 tiers of types of parklets as shown in this slide. tier one like what we had before covid. community group or a church group or community institution

or a restaurant or cafe owner opt to create a parklet publicly accessible and not for an exclusive dining use. >> and the 2 other parklets which are focused more on primarily dining but commercial activity. >> this chart shows how the tiers are intended to work. tier one parklet is open to all at all times. tier 2 and tier 3 commercial parklets are available for commercial activities, as we have seen work so well and critical during covid. slight change moving oust pandemic, each of the types will need to have i publicly available seating facility. a bench. part of the footprint of the parklet should be available to a grant parent who might have picked up their upon grand child

from school special walking home. they should sit down without engage nothing a financial transaction. purchasing something from the experiencing parklet experience. jot rest the installation is for the commercial use. >> this is reflected in the fee schedule this . it is not a fee schedule that will go in affect or begin assessment until after the pandemic program. you see that the tiers do are sort of calibrated to the degree of privatization tht sponsor will use it for. permit it note in the fee waiver, there is or in the fee structure, there is a half waiver. this is part of the program's equity strategy expresses itself in many different ways throughout how the program's designed. one way we wanted make sure we were draegsz it was having a

sliding scale for businesses that gross under a certain amount to pay less and high end businesses pay more for permit and licenses. >> all of the various ruleers available in the shared space manual. shared-spaces-manual at sf. gov. there are wonderful photographics and imagery in there prepared by mariah and gary at planning explaining the concepts how to build a safe and accessible parklet. before grants, i will go through what the top 3 kind of important and critical parklet design considerations are. things the board emphasize in the their public discourse leading up to the ordinance that was passed this month. we are focussed on what it means to have a site that is safe in terms of the fire department's

response. in terms of access ability for persons disabled as well as site lines related to safety. so, here are the things that moving forward our city teams and enforcement -- folks and public education folks department of public works, mta, mayor's office of disability and the fire department are looking for. shown many times here at the commission and other public presentliations to give a sense of the things that make a safe and accessible parklet. >> one very easy to fix but critical need is for the sidewalk to remain clear. you know it is current city revving ligz that you need at least 6 feet. if not 9 feet.

wide of clear path travel down the sidewalks obviously folk in wheel chairs with [inaudible]. the wonderful hustle and bustle we are seeing out on our streets >> another visual example of you know, how it is not quite working. there are things like poles and other fixtures that are in the sidewalk and these are things we have to consider to make sure that our streets and sidewalks remain ad a accessible while support being, thriving small businesses. >> there are seemingly simple requirements. a lot involve building a deck in the parking space. and having a level threshold with the sidewalks important for someone with a wheel share to get on and off.

here are great example from thes mission district of mission district you know cafe owner. having wornldzful, colorful tables and chairs on the sidewalk. deploying them in a manner that does not impede access for persons with disabilities. >> i mentioned how before covid san francisco had 60 parklets throughout the entire city now we have over 1200. so, that means that in some of our most thriving lively commercial corridors, you get a number of parklets lined up next to each other. on the one hand this contributes to the incredible actifrt and vitality and eyes on the streets and business development and -- small business success this we are focused on; it had impacts on the way our fire department and paramedics how quickly they

are able to responded. how quickly they get off a rig on to a sidewalk or off a rig with a ladder or axes or equipment and material on to the sidewalk. so, as the pandemic rollod and we saw more parklets on the streets. may be a year or year and a half now, we instituted what is the 3 foot gap rule. idea is that for every 20 feet of parklet that it is a length of a parking stall, we need a passage way from the street to the sidewalk and vice versa that is 3 feet wide and clear and open to the sky this is critical from a safety response and emergency response point of view. >> here are examples and conditions that illustrate you know thing this is we -- conscience we like to see and conscience other conditions that make it very difficult for the

people in our city who's job it is to save lives in order to do their work that 3 foot gap open to the sky. often times long parklets are not a problem, than i need to be broken up with 3 foot gaps. sometimes span multiple building frontages and multiple parcels with the fire escapes and so forth. >> another really important design consideration are site lines. it is really important again for -- first respondeders to see through our parklets on the sidewalk. so the firefighters standing out in the street. we want this first respond and firefighter and paramedic to see through unimpeded where the building entrances are and exits are. windows are, where there might

be a fire. san francisco can be a windy and sometimes cold city. there has been a lot of creative design approaches to building parklets, a let of times it involved blocking that visual the area of the parklet that should be transparent. we will work with folks to adjust parklet structures to meet that visibility requirement. it seems also -- somewhat obvious hawhen we have open flame like space heaters they are known as liquid propane gas mushroom heaters. they probably should not next to you or under a comp bustable surface. this involved moving a fixture to a different part of a site this . is a condition we have noticed out in the field and it is irrelevant important to be

preventative as well. . by not putting the if i can urs next to combustible materials. >> the last item i will talk about that we are seek to start fixing through the rest the pandemic version of the program is a visibility consideration pertaining to safety that is visibility at intersections. the city does have a vision zero plan. intention is for us to eliminate traffic related injuries and fatal irs from crashes from vehicles. one of the -- most important and effective means that we have seen in san francisco and cities all around the country and word to arc hopeful this safety is make sure that intersections have visibility. motorists, folks operating vehicles can see the crosswalk

all the way down. see the corners where people are waiting in order to across the street. or focus was getting as many out doors as much as possible inform a minority of cases that ment blocking visibility of crosswalks and stop signs and stop lights. the mta begun work to address this issue. tell money that some folks, again not a major but a small minority of share spaces operators will need to resize, relocate or remove the parklet to ensure intersections remain safe. >> part of the communications we will under take is issuing when we're calling a singlebive health to all parklet operators. the singlebive health lays out

the different potential issues that are city teams the fire department, public works, mta, mayor's office of disability; anything they noticed that should be fixed make sure it is safe and accessible this . is a single bill of health, you imagine going to your health care provide are you have a number of specialists. mta specialist and dpw specialist this is where you look to see how well you are doing. this is really important piece of communication because what it will do is tell you what things are urgent and need to be fixed in the short term. versus thing this is can wait long are until the end of the pandemic program. all right. i will wrap up with grants. this is the fun part of the presentation. there are a number of different assistant opportunity on going that are available to small

businesses to help address like making sure your store front is accessible for design services and construction. the san francisco shines sf shines program operated out of economic workforce development has several sources available for constituents to apply to. there is the shared spaces specific grants. all of the issues that i talked about in the previous segment. sort of fixing your site for ad a or fire safety. we know will require capital response and labor to reconfigure sites to make them safe and accessible. there are grantses reimbursable available to help us address the specific, the applications have been open since september of

2021 and the application cycle close nothing april the end of april. we are hoping and encouraging folk who is think they may need extra help to fix cites for safety and accessibility will arc veil them of the grant application. >> that the share the spaces grants cover costs like the cost tables and chairs. enclosures and planters or reconfigure barriers and other site furnishings. application is available in multiple languages at the city website sf. gov/shared-spacesequity. so i will talk about some of the money we granted so far. the compliance grants are per of round 2 compliance grants. later this spring we will be

releasing an announcement to apply for activation grants arts and culture performance grants and technical assistance grants. we can come back to the commission later to get in the details of those. to date, san francisco shared spaces equity grants program disbursed 3 quarter of a million in assistant funding and to small business owners. of >> we're trying to be transparent about how selections are awards are made. we recognize there is huge need out there. bottomless need and you know resources are limited. we the city can't fund everyone for all of the changes that they need to make tochlt that end, we like to when we talk about the opportunity to apply for a grant, clarify that we are

looking at specific geographies in the city to cans trait funding and so these are geographies that have been hardest hit by covid-19 through like you know infection rates or fatalities. we are using an index established by department of public health. areas of vulnerability index the highest concentrations like isolated households, youth, seniors, people of color. we are also looking at established cultural district and you know legacy businesses. and we are looking at applicants that gross below a certain threshold. we recognize you might be in an area of vulnerability but a high grossing business and intention is it irrelevant support businesses that are serving their local communities and have

brought, local reach. >> a quick visual what that looks like as we map areas of concentration. our goal is to award grant in all parts of the city in all zip codes and intrierz districts and neighborhood and to focus the support in the areas that have been most vulnerable and then most very well inable as a consequence of covid-19. with that, my formal presentation is over. i'm joined by colleagues from the mts, public works, public works mayor's office of sdieblt and economic development. should you have questions we can call on them to elaborate. >> great. thank you.

robin who does your graphics they do a really good job. >> thank you. shout out to gar and he mil mariah. >> president sharky laguana: clear illustrations make it easy to understands what is happening. commissioners, this is the discussion item. do you have questions for the director? vice president. >> vice president miriam zouzounis: thank you, we always learn when you come before us. thanks for bring the whole team, this is really helpful. question, can you reminds me the time line of the grants, are there some not open yet or are they all open? >> currently the compliance grants, these are the 2500 grants for ad a and fire safety

related issues are opened. those grant applications close on april 30, 2022. the slide did show a number of other grant opportunities by economic and workforce development. this slide is up on the laptop. there are a number of opportunity and have stag eshd due dates. >> vice president miriam zouzounis: they are all currently open? >> correct. were you >> vice president miriam zouzounis: can you reminds me of the procedure or if you had examples of a property owner that sets up a parklet without consulting with the leasee or business. i was in the upon tenderloin yesterday and businesses this happened to be in a long stretch of the tndc building on turk, were not consulted now they

can't get deliveries because of the giant parklet. why i'm sorry to hear about that vice president. one of the features of the program legislated a consent requirement it is a rigorous one. they were somewhat suspended during covid. i can say that if these delivery and operational issues arc rise, we are hear to help with the smta and figure out if there are alternatives -- curb regulations and ways. managing how traffic and loading needs are happening on the block to make sure that is optimized in the small businesses rely on loading capacity in their commercial core dorse have that capacity. i'm not familiar with the example that you are bringing up

but that it is to say that we all need to work together to make sure the parklets are working for the businesses or the communities group that experience them but not unduly impacting loading and other commercial prescriptions. this will be an on going balance and will be a lot of on going troubleshoot nothing all of our neighborhoods as we move out of the pandemic. >> vice president miriam zouzounis: next, i think that if you are a business, a tenant, you have to ask your landlord permission for the parklet. my question is does it got other way. can the property owner set up a parklet without talking to their tenant? >> during the current version you are supposed to get permission. you are supposed to work with anyone who you might be fronting or may be in front of. >> vice president miriam

zouzounis: right >> that goes in both directions i'm not familiar with the case except the one you brought up it was the property owner rather than retail tenants. >> vice president miriam zouzounis: thank you. >> commissioner huie? you gotta turn or mic on. hum... >> commissioner cynthia huie: can you hear me now? yes. >> commissioner cynthia huie: thank you, robin, for your presentation it was clear and answered my questions. i was checking them off. my question pretty similar to commissioners in addition to the overwhelming positive responses, some businesses are concerned about the process in terms of who stays and who goes.

once the program is permanent there have been business this is made temp refer concessions. found compromises. and they are like anxious in terms of what will happen when it is permanent. one example i have in our neighborhood is there is like a retail stow this is wedged between 2 restaurants. and so there are like no gap any long in front of their store front. during the day the shared space is primarily empty they are night time businesses. so you know i think that has changed the way the look and feel of this street is you in for that business owner and they are getting -- you know like increaseingly concern body how. of i say does this business owner have what that street will

look like on going and if this is permanent they have to make decisions for themselves. >> absolutely. and i think that as we were framing up the post pandemic or the permanent version of the program, that the codified version of the program; you know it was evidence this the public posting and neighbor concent protocols we had in place before covid we need to renewt those. they were suspended temp rarely during covid. during the emergency. the public health and economic emergency. but it is not a sustainable sort of, you know, long range way to assure success of the program. optimal use of the curb or harmony between neighbors. those requirements will come become online.

i will say that -- there were the 3 types of parklets tiers i showed earlier. the second commercial parklet is movable. it it is an set up that is deployed during business hour and otherwise, taken away you have been put away outside of business hours freeing that curb area up for loading. short term parking or another neighboring business to use as a pop up space. we have seen some these are minority examples. i think they are good to look to we should encourage. we seen multiple buildingses cooperate or joint low operate one parklet together. 2 neighbors one i think. was a bar and like a pet food store. so -- you know -- they ran puppy

play during the afternoon and the evening the bar took over the parklet. there is a lot to explore for cooperation. folks are sharing maintenance liabilities and the capital expenses and there are many reasons why cooperating a parklet being be a good model. >> commissioner cynthia huie: as these cases start to crop up because, i think they are great examples. i took my pickup tow this puppy play parklet. and -- you know would you have it on the website to like highlight the creative uses and that way people have a tool kit to be able to draw from? i can imagine that like this particular situation, i don't know what to tell this business owner. it it is not up to us. or me, necessary low, to fix it. i think what most people want is

to be able to find solutions and be heard. but -- you know -- that -- it it is understood that may be it is not the most i deal now. i wonder is there a mechanism. there will be public notice and all the things reinstituted. the things that are already existing, will there be a round of public notice to reconfirm they are have you been additions neighborhood. >> that's correct. as we approach the sunset of the pandemic program in march 2023, anyone currently operating a pandemic parklet need to seek and acquire a post pandemic parklet permit to acquire that, there is a submittal, public noticing. if triggered you need to require consent from folks you might be prit nothing front of. so -- all of those

applicationers due earlier in the presentation this november. so -- we are starting to look at a world where -- folks are having to cooperate more. i'm hoping it will -- mean that phobes are deciding to cooperate. and we will take your advice to publicicize that more. with our marketing and drive people to exploring that solution. >> commissioner cynthia huie: that leads to my next question in terms of out reach. out reach for people to understand like what the time line looks like and what the elements are. and also then the second piece is like the out reach for the grant programs. >> yes, absolutely, so, as the board legislated we neighborhood a communication strategy. part of that is coming to you today.

commissioners, so we will be giving similar informationals that other city commissions. we are also going to be offering to give similar informationals at community benefit district. improvement district. merchant association standing meeting and town hall web nares virtually to help reach folks who not getting the information through their cbd. there it is an electronic communication's component to this as well. so everyone who is a concern permittee is automatically signed up to get bullet tins and important notices about this. we work with the economic and workforce development to do in neighborhood and in language targeted out reach to demographics english as a second language constituents. we will hand out material and

popping up at out reach events in order to help folks understand how we move from this pandemic to the permanent program. >> commissioner cynthia huie: also, this is a separate question i suppose. the parklets that are like current parklets not shared spaces. are they able to apply for grants? for the shared space they will be roll in the the same program or how does this work? >> a great question . parklets are part of shared spaces they are one type of shared space. grant opportunity are tarred at shared space operators. >> commissioner cynthia huie: i wanted commend you on your single bill of healing. that is something i think will help clarify things for business owners and shared space

operators. the grant programs and i'm sure they all have different applications. it would be wonderful if there could be more universality so people don't have to keep reapplying, necessary low. i wonder, do they node an already understanding of the cost through a contractor? or are they -- able to apply for those without knowing yet. or and also are like reimburse ams the nitty-gritty of this. why these are all great nuts and bolts economies. for shared space compliance grant this is is the cycle open now and concludes on april 30th. we ask applicants to estimate the capital and labor costs what do you think tell cost to you

make the safety fixes and these accessibility fixes. it does not need to be produced by a contractor. it is reimbursement based grants. if selected, [inaudible] the invoices for the work this was conducted and you the city will reimburse you up to 2500 dollars toward those costs. >> commissioner cynthia huie: i believe those were -- [inaudible] >> commissioner carter? >> commissioner tiffany carter: thank you for the presentation. it was great. this is the san francisco -- my question is how much parklets is a restaurant or commercial space able to have and how close to the business does the parklet have to be?

>> the current guideline is 2 parking space per permit or business. during the pandemic we have seen operators have more than that. some operate only one. moving forward, especially post pandemic we want to move about a 2 parking space rule. some neighborhoods don't have are very dense have a lot of restaurants and retail. some don't have that many. to a degree, it will be case by case specific. could mick sense top let someone for mta make the decision someone could have 3 parking space or you can't have any because the loading needs for ad a and short term parking needs don't allow for a parklet installation. the second per of your question, commissioner carter, how a proximate you have to be to your own brick and mortar. it it is ideal for operational

purposes to, across the sidewalk. there is mow strict popping up somewhere else. for example, if you are a start front in front of a bus stop. you can ask to operate to pop up in a parking space that might be off set from your stow front may be close by but not directly in front of you if it meets all the technical crip tear na. 2 space. not occupying a yellow zone. can be operated safe. >> commissioner tiffany carter: the reason i asked that, my community someone put up a parklet in front of another business that was opposed to it. how are you dealing with those issues? >> those are beginning to sort themselves out as we transition

from the temporary to the permanent. no one after april first, 2023 will be able to operate without satisfied the public notice in the concent >> reporter: from your neighbor. so that means that folks operating a parklet now will not be able to the same as during the pandemic. that's when we are looking the sunset of the pandemic program and the full set of rules to come in affect. >> commissioner tiffany carter: thank you y. commissioner dick areson. >> commissioner lawanda dickerson: hi, robin. thank you for your presentation it was easy to follow. i appreciate that and thank you to the fellow commissioners that asked all the other questions i had. one logic question.

you talked in regards to need to have clear vision in the store. if such you know -- firefighters needed to come in -- so forth. how do you this is come up a couple times for mow in the community. how do you -- i mean -- when it says clear i then and there is -- is it the plexiglass? is it, i mean, what is how would you describe it, what does this look like for this to say. okay this is blocking the view. how would you describe that? >> yes, so the operator can use a transparent material. something like a plexi. or other clear plastic. it is irrelevant up to the fire department and public works to be out on site and determine if

the material the experience's chosen is in the transparent enough. i think the safe rule of thumb is to have nothing 42 inches above grade and 108. come from building code. but for that to be open. you know no glass or plexiglass, nothing. no trellises. it is case by case. commissioner dickerson, we refrain from making a specific material. saying you need to use this material or that material. there are many creative ways to solve a design problem and make surety site meets the performance criteria. we articulate performance rather than a specific tomorrow. folks have used somewhat clear materials. it is not cutting the cheese. the fire department personnel and first responders are not

able to see 32 through it due to glare. teams will work with parklet experiences overnight coming months assess. >> commissioner lawanda dickerson: i know we use like to go out and sit in the parklets there are mick and break decision fist it it is cold and no blockage of the air, unfortunately i would have to move. i was trying to think of -- you know -- there is no, nothing that -- you say, nothing. can block that area what so ever. >> there are materials that would can and do work. it is just up to the teams at the fire department and public works to determine if the choice made at the site is see through enough. i think it can be enclosed. as long as it meets the

transparency assessment by staff. >> commissioner lawanda dickerson: that would be great if there was a clear divoid or guidelines as to what would be okay or what would not be okay. i know that would be a game changer for many restaurants that are trying to continue to -- increase volume with customers. so. thank you. >> you are welcome. commissioner, i don't know if assistant fire chief law has anything to say about the transparency assessment or requirement? yea. >> hi issue commissioners, chad law assistant fire marshall. i don't have anything specific but want to be here to explain why we need it if anyone has questions. we respond to emergencies and a

lots of times the commanders across the street and firefighters coming from the side. some of these are walled off to 10 feet. so, it is i judgment call. if anything can be as clear as possible. it really is we are going in dangerous situations. we don't know what is behind door a, b and come in through this opening and don't know what will happen. that's the idea. i'm here to answer questions to that, i don't know. obviously don't have expert opinions on that is transparent or visual but we do site to site some are opaque but the clearer the better it is is for us for safety wes whether police or ambulance personnel going through there. we have 100 firefighters if there is a fire and it is like a football game out there. when we were blocked it is very difficult. i wanted ad that for the understanding for the visibility

above frool inches. if you have questions on this? >> chad, i'd say -- and commissioner dickerson. >> commissioner lawanda dickerson: no, please. >> um -- i don't think there is any concern on our end about the need for visibility. i think we are all on board with that. i don't want to speak for my other commissioners that's might have strong suspicion. we are how i intercepted what commissioner dickerson was saying less about the need for it and more perhaps of a request that i understand what you were saying robin, not wanting to mandate material choices and other design solutions to prop this problem. i have seen lattice work and

honey comb stuff. and everything you can imagine. i think most businesses are not irrelevant in the design business. and if we could say, rather than have you to use these materials, if you could say these materials have been preapproved as being okay. you know -- as long as you make it transparents we are good. but if you don't want to guess as to what our standardses are here are preapproved materials or design solutions that will stop some of the wind and rain. while sill allowing the visibility our emergency service providers need. i think that especially during the winter months when it it is rainy, that irrelevant is critical to the viability of the parklets as a commercial proposal. in terms of getting people to

come in and sit there and eat. if there is a way that -- planning could -- help with some preapproved suggestions or plans that would be a huge assistance. vehicle, chaz. >> thank you president for this suggestion and for commissioner dickerson for that we can do that. right? amazing. >> president sharky laguana: director. >> thank you rob and i know team. i want to clarify you mention third degree if a business had a parklet or shared space during the pandemic in order to condition they apply by november first. what about the business this is did not have a shared space during the pandemic or perhaps they are new the over all program problem and is it a

rolling application or get one in boy a certain period of time? >> thank you, director tang, anyone is available any time to apply for a pandemic shared spaces permit. we are operating under that directive within 72 hours of receiving a permit application we turn around a decision. it minot be always a yes, that is absolutely still an opportunity open to anyone a pandemic shared space permit until march 2023. folks can also simultaneous low with that same submittal say that you know i have indicate they have interest a shared space after the first. we can preapprove before april

first, 2023 if we have the information we need for the analysis. joo okay. a rolling application -- on going for anyone who is newly creating a shared space or parklet. >> that's correct. >> is the city thinking of a cap on the number of shared spaces? you mentioned the jump in the numbers is there any restrictions. carrying capacity of our neighborhood corridors is key it is critical moving out of the heist pandemic and in a different pair dime we are beens. and opt myselfing the way our corridors are functioning and able to function effectively in the ways than i node to. commercial loading. passenger loading. goods movement.

transit. all of the different modes of transis. nonmotorized modes impacted boy the way we readopted our streets during covid. commissioner carter asked about a cap on the number of space this is goes in the rebalancing equation. mta is also surveyed all of the commercial corridors did this work left summer and started to identify you know -- where for example commercial loading your were taken up by shared spaces. may be we never it yellow loading zone. so -- they are looking at things like that. establishing again or implementing the 2 parking space maximum we need do this in order to make sure or commercial core dorse are opening up.

>> we have acknowledged earlier, parklet experience sponsor have more than 2 spaces that takes a space for another retailer in the neighborhood. that is another reason we want a maximum so there are equal tune for folks to leverage commercial operations and community purposes. so, it is in the i strict number like we will have, x, number of parklets it is how it is functioning if every block face has what is nodes to serve the businesses and residence denos this block face. >> thank you. last question. i believe that some of the [inaudible] what about those this don't have the -- most

press being -- violations but need to address it by april 2023 when they will see the inspection notices? i say between now and the end of the calendar year. we are focusing on cites that are the most complex and have the most problems or issues to solve or frank low the most dangerous or pose the most hazzard that is where our teams are focusing on to start. but there is a lot of work to do out there. to make the hole population safe and accessible. it it is possible folks minot formally hear point of view a written notice for months from now. we are trying to inform everyone

about all of the, and hoping that folks will be proactive and fix the urgent issues. for the met per that's when we found in our public education and compliance works. all of the small buildingsesment to be good neighbors and community member and operators. there has been responsiveness to the times we have gone out and started to work with folks to fix their fire and ad a issues. >> okay. now and the end of december businesses should receive manage if they have an issue to address. i was afraid of a situation where a business did not know what issue they had and did not know to fix it april 2023 rolled around and received a notice violation. it sounds like they will be put on notice >> that it is our goal. i think we -- you know we want to notice and educate as many

folks as possible. and also in the long-term, we want to reiterate it is your responsibility to be aware of what the safety rules are and accessibility rowels are. you know it irrelevant is a partnership of everyone trying to be aware and prosecute active as well. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner huie? >> commissioner cynthia huie: i have 2 more. one was in in orders to -- so whf it becomes permanent my knowing that the -- operators that have like 4-5 spaces or whatever over 2, they node to shrink back down or case by case y. likely in the invest majority we ask everyone to go down to the 2 parking space guideline. but also it is case by case

depending on land use and density of commercial activity in that per of that commercial corridor. some districts have tons of stuff and some have fewer. tell be a case by case in some instances. >> commissioner cynthia huie: is there in your application currently like a question about how businesses plan to off set their loading. and like loading space or because now i mean the same businesses that have the shared space they like a restaurant. they still have loading and needs, right. and so on that block, much of this loading is nowef just -- not -- able to be done off the center of the thing. we are see nothing the neighborhoods a lot of double parking and congestion this perhaps we did not have before.

is like where is this addressed? >> this is an excellent question. and absolutely is addressed in the surveys that i had mentioned the mta began conducting in the past summer. so -- we surveyed the commercial corridord and active believeses and loading demand, as we implement the curb management strategy, which was adopted before covid, i believe; we will do that work to make sure that each corridor and block have the adequate facilities they node for loading, parking and pick up and the other curb uses and types that are out there. we don't ask for hain the intake but it it is part of the corridor wide and block wide

analysis mta does before making a determination before a parklet is feasible. jot 1 in operation already or currently, after an analysis like this, does mta then like if they assess that, yes, this block could use 2 more loading zones do they do that o behalf of the neighborhood? or how does this process work? >> that's correct. you know the mta will advise you know where the how large the loading zone could and should be. where it should be located. and you know consequential that will impact parklet operators the size and location. this is a corridor and block by block implementation. >> commissioner cynthia huie: hopefully where there is congestion should see relief,

perhaps in the coming mont month sns >> that is the long-term goal of the shared space program to be part of the mix it is a complex balance. that 2 parking space maximum the guide line does not kick in until after the pandemic program sun sets. we expect it to start impelementing that in july and the board extended the sunset of the pandemic program. we will see the current conditions for arc while longer and i think that -- the considerations where what we need to do to in order to ensure that the small businesses tloif during a vulnerable stage. putting off the requirements for

a bit longer. >> thank you, so much. >> great. >> um -- robin, you know something -- just absolutely love like just really great work is the singlebive health. easy to see and understand. have -- you guys considered socializing that elsewhere. one imagine all of our permits should be able to be condensed in i clear fashion. as well as our billing. you know when we go for our business licenses, it would be noise to see what permits are still outstanding or issue outstanding. has there been are you aware of discussions like this

internally? >> not with regard to inter~ agency enforcement. you know the license bill is -- it is a platform for aggregating the different financial licenses. i understand this there have been great strides with that and that departments consolidate in the unified license bill. shared space permit and license fees will be part of the unified license bills. you know as a permittee you are not paying fees to one department and the and other dpw for this it it is all in one accomplice and at the same time. the single bill of health was necessary fwauz is complex. so many department and jurisdictions by city law and code are mandated to ensure

certain conscience. safety and accessibility are met. so -- i think it has been also great for the teams to be able to have visibility to each other's concerns. may be it is a model for -- how we conduct interagency enforce am in the future. >> and will there be an online version of that bill? something i might get via e mail or -- >> president are you referring to enforce am or unified license bill? >> enforcement. >> we have not thought of put thanksgiving online, but it is something we could explore. the bill itself will be transmitted to the sponsor electronically and in person. they will receive the official electronic and a task force of inneragency inspectors enforce am team go out and hand it over.

we can. >> yea. i was going to suggest. the electronic version, first the liout is perfect. absolutely beautiful. the code sections that are listed a violation you can have a hyper link. i clicked there and see what is the specific violations that i need to rectify and be able to seat information then and there. for the people that have a parklet now would they see thisbive health before the -- dead line to apply for the new parklet? >> this statute goal. that is our goal. the site that departments

noticed the most hazardous and dangerous. there are up -- over 1200 parklets out there. everyone has something they should fix to make it safe and accessible. we are strife to notice everyone electronically and in writing about anything they might need to fix. why great. >> i think that it is it. from me. we should -- i don't see other questions from other commissioners. is there public commenters on the line? >> we have no commenters on line or in person. why seeing no public comment, it is closed. robin and team chad, monica -- everybody that has worked on this. thank you so much for all the work that you do. i love this we are now in this accomplice we are really getting in the nitty-gritty of the details it was not clear we would be here a year ago.

it was inevitable we would have to wrestle with the challenges, i appreciate the work that all of you -- have put in this and helping make this program a success. it is critical for our city in terms of attracting visitors back and getting small businesses back in a healthy place. and converting the vacant store fronts back to lively corridors again temperature is a critical program. and you guys have justice done a phenomenonal job and thank you and thank you for considering all our suggestions and questions. >> thank you. >> next item, please >> item 3 presentation on be connectsf, sf transportation plan and leadership this is is a discussion item. commission will hear the transportation element of the general plan and san francisco transportation plan. both projects are part of connectsf which statute long range transportation plan.

bee have pam tran with the sf planning and alyssa paws with sf county transportation authority presenting today. >> great. welcome. >> good evening. president. vice president, commissioners. i'm tammy tran with the san francisco planning upon department of i'm with my colleague arc lisa pots from the transportation authority and we are eager to talk about the city's long range transportation plan. a shift from before in terms of the w this robin has been doing

something more future looking. specifically, the slides? please. >> yea. >> can you go back to the first slide? the specific low want to talk about the transportation element of the san francisco general plan and the san francisco transportation funding plan. before we get there, i want to talk about the connectsf program encompasses both of them. >> what is important for the city to consider and make people's transportation needs today, it is also the node to plan for the future. so connectsf is an inner agency program to do this. pulls together the city's long range transportation planning efforts into one coordinated, unified effort. had is a factor in land use in how we plan for transportation they are relate exclude

interupon dependent. it is lead by the planning, mta and mayor's office. >> next slide. why we begin in 2018 to collaborate with the commune to develop goals for our work. as well as the vision what san francisco should look and feel like in 50 years. vision and the goalos the slide guide our work. you see that our goals involve training environment and the transportation infrastructure for small businesses to succeed. creating streets and sidewalks and spaces to make it easy to access small businesses and neighborhoods and other parts of the city. >> we are looking at infrastructure to make the trips safe and comfortable upon we put

together a statement of needs where we are now for transportation and what things we node to do to address the gaps that exist in our transportation system this prevents us from getting to our goal. in other words, what is happening today with transportation, what are of the things we mead to dot programs, concepts and policies we need to implement to get us to the vision we develop with the community? that was the second niz develop the concepts i want to talk to about the third phase. this is the policy ground work and funding that goes to implementing the plans and policies. >> so, automatic the transportation on that is the

plan we pulling in the components develop in the the earlier phases of connectsf. the transportation element laid down the policy foundation for how to impelement the policy and get them in play and turn the san francisco transportation plan will identify funding needed to build a transportation system that will help us meet our connectsf goals. -- so -- first i will share more about the transportation element and how it informs transportation related decisions in san francisco. and after arc lisa will talk about the funding plan. >> i will step become and talk about the general plan first, because it it is element is part of the over all general plan. the how tell grow and

gentlemanment. provides direction on decisionsed whiching how we go about our daily lives where we live and work and play and move around the city and quality and character of the city. planning department is responsible for updating the general plan. there are many components. you see in the slide. and they are elements. the transportation element is one of these instead general plan. you see others include housing, air quality, environmental protection and others. next slide. now the planning department is working on updates to the transportation element. housing element, safety and incorporating environmental justice in the elements that are being updated. >> the competition is a forward looking document. when i say that what i mean that it is considering policies to

address what we -- looks experiencing today and applicable 10 on 15 years in the future. what should transportation in san francisco look like? the policies project prove in terms whether new development is consistent with what is consistent in the transportation element. our decision makers responsible for arc. the planning commission approved the transportation element and goes to the board of supervisors to adopt a city policy. >> current transportation element was adopted in 1995. a lot has happened since then. many change and new issues come up from the last 2 dkdzs and the last 2 years. our cities have grown. how do we meet the demand and plan for the future? questions of how we make our streets and right-of-ways are something we need to address for

the businesses and commerce. there issue new technology and ways of getting around this did not exist 20 or 10 years ago. and many issues that the transportation element has to grapple with to make our city more liveable open to others and equal as well. >> that covers a lot the competition element cannot cover everything. when it does include are policies that, line with our values as a city. lays out transportation networks that groups node to refer to and facility when putting projects in place. issues including climate change. environmental justice and housing. but again, does in the cover everything. it does in the cover day-to-day operations of running transportation. tell not sitting the lines or

the meeting budget. >> what it does cover is the ways that you, family and customers get around. think about all the modes you use. walking, transit, scooters, car pooling the transportation element will cover all of these wayys of getting around. more importantly, the transportation element is centered on people. the end of the day as much as i love transportation. transportation is a means to an end. it is not in itself. how we get around to our jobs and access opportunity and get the services and go to restaurants. to puppy play. that's the most important thing about transportation element. look how people get around and facilitate their safe and reliable movement for people and goods. for my last slide.

the last few years the city stance on issues ruing in commitments and goals that our transportation work needses to address. this includes vision [inaudible] aims torous all traffic dots and severe injuryos san francisco streets. 2021 climate action plans. housing, transportation and energy efficiency to reduce emissions. racial inequity address long standing desparity and each city department set goals how to incorporate in the work. we are aware of the efforts and mick surety transportation element speaks to these goals. now we are in the midst of conducting out reach. we had focus groups and making

presentations as this one. after we finish our [inaudible] all the information we gathered and [inaudible] the developmental policies we be making. enemy that [inaudible] working with the transportation authority. i will pass the mic to my colleague. >> hello, everyone. i will speak with built sftp or long range transportation mrin temperature is our long range transportation plan through 2050. it service the 30 year blueprint for transportation system development and investments and updated every 4 years with the region long range plan, plan bay area. like the transportation element it covers all modes. transit, beaking, car pooling

and all operators that serve san francisco. plan brings together the work and recommendations of connectsf, which tammy talked about and other transportation needs and complimentary strategic planning and policy initiatives. the plan identifies priority for state and federal funding. with 2 -- investment plans the first considers amounted revenues. and the second is a vision plan that considers future potential revenues. the newest plan for the sales tax and leveraging will help the sftp. the sftp will identify how much money we have can dpop have available for investment and vision plans. it will define transportation need and performance metrics to guide investment scenar >> s. and use information collected through this meeting and others this are happening now tom upon

understands more about community priorities. >> earlier phases develop a statement of needs. laid out a pass as [inaudible] achieving the transportation system and vision. of connectsf. the sftp using the statement of means as a guide for investment decisions. this slide as you see, showing that there are that we have different needs and how they all arc line with the connectsf goals. and in all the cases, without additional investments things are staying the same or risk after worsening over time and so -- additional investments throughout sftp will help mitigate the risks and ensure things get better over time. the sftp includes plan bay area,

regional planful community based plans. transportation plan and climate action plan. it is using the efforts as a foundation and building on them to identify our funding priorities, contrained by revenue estimates to advance our goals. so, the next few slides an over view of the recommendations out of connectsf and talking about how they shape the sftp. so -- for first thing state the repair. this is an area that we know we need to keep investing in. to keep our system working and address claimant change. includes replacing heavy used infrastructure and vehicles. addressing the backlog of maintenance and pavement quality and rehab aging freeways and road infrastructure.

it includes efforts to protect our coast line and transportation office. our as investments are made to rebuild our aging rail network investments will expand our critical infrastructure. this will make it public for run long are trains for municipal competence provide more reliable service. >> investments are made to -- sorry. . the sftp will sport fast transit networks to connect people cross the statecity and transit priority to make it easier to make trips.

tell include a series of express bus on freeways. and paired with managed lanes and yours where bus strug toll keep up with demand we can invest in new rail lines and stations to provide faster kicks within san francisco and throughout the bay area. will advance safer streets to create a comfortable network for wuk and bike and meet the needs of community. support investing in existing connections cross the freeway systems to mick it easy for people to travel across the freeways where freeways have created barriers to connect between neighborhoods and make connections throughout the city. >> tell extend the lane net w on the freeway to mick transit and occur pols soft and more

reliable. >> will advance comprehensive safety investments to improve and reduce speeds on our major roads with traffic calming improvements to freeway, ramps across the city and reimagine transportation infrastructure with land use investments to reconnect communities who have been harmed by am investments and major roads and freeways. >> there is also a series of -- strategic are initiatives. we will prioritize our existing program and advance policies that support recommendations and goals. these are on the screen. first is the timely and cost fortunate project delivery. making sure projects involve construction, you know hop in a timely and cost effective manner. second is to continue to invest

in transportation programs that property neighborhood travel patterns and low carbon commute trips as we continue to recover from covid. why shift to our victim plans, the sftp will have 2 plans investment based on our amounted ref mule and a vision plan our plan that considers potential new ref now in the future. and these twol be made up as different source. on the left side is the investment plan. and the sign in dark green are those that are committed to specific project it is or fund busy a narrow set of eligible uses they have less flexibility in how they are spent. why and above that discussionary funds the lie are green they have more flexibility in how

allocated and input can shape where the revenues g.iot vision plan on the right includes an added yellow bar that it is approximate terrible new revenues that need voter approval. >> so since covid began 2020 there has been reduced service in san francisco as we move toward recovery they convey thered is a deficit in able to restore the service to precovid levels this . it is in line with the revenue forecast, show thanksgiving new revenue sources needed to expand service long-term from what we will be -- operating this year. of our participated revenue for the investment plans the light blue on the slide, well is a small portion of that money we have flexibility to put toward

transit or maintenance or other priorities. and this brings us to the big questions of the sftp. asking in out reach. so -- the first question we are asking the public and seeking input on with the mall amount discretionary ref now we have say in how it is allocated, we want to hear how this money should be prioritized. we have 4 options. so the first is -- focusing that money more towards transit operations. and restoring service. second option focusing toward maintenance and transit maintenance. and then the third would be to -- invest in expanding transit -- with new and improved stations and stops. and the fourth is to take the

not focus on transit and invest across all modal priorities. transit, bicycling, walking mic make sure we put money toward all those priorities. second question we are -- asking is -- about our next generation investments. for the approximate terrible new revenues they help advance the large are projects. for our transportation. and again, there are 4 options. so the first is -- to take the potential new revenue and prioritize transit affordable against service and operations and maintenance. or put it toward different piece coming out of connectsf. high quality bike lanes. major freeway redesigns that improve neighborhood connections. the fourth option is new rail.

we are beginning out reach now and -- we are seek input from the community. doing a series of meetings with the transportation element and all of this will be used to shape our investment plans and bring those back to the public later on this year. with the draft plan expected the ends of this year. and do you want to talk about the transportation element schedule? you covered it. >> we have 2 survase active now one for each plan. we encourage people to take the surveys and share their thoughts. with this we will take questions. >> could you put that slide back up. >> yea.

>> thank you. >> thank you. commissioners formulate their questions of -- i guess -- ask a couple. -- go ahead. vice president. >> >> vice president miriam zouzounis: thank you so much for your presentation. thinking of our commission we appreciate that. i think for small businesses and corridors what our question is with big planning that goes 30 years back with projects we see is what can we expect with out reach prior to a project or something that is in a plan like this to be executed.

i -- think my family business in west soma we have seen a lot of bike lanes and -- streets turn into you know like the 2 way guess away on folsom and howard. and the merchantses think they come out of nowhere. right? and my question is, when do the -- do projects that have been in planning for, while when does that out reach. an alley way like the only acsnesz parts of west soma to market now completely closeed traffic. how do we know it it is part of a plan or mta's jurisdiction.

and where you know does the public input plan in the different executions? >>ir can start. jot san francisco transportation plan is the long range plan we're taking the big ideas out of connectsf and prioritizing them for advancement in the future for 30 years. each project would need to undergo their own planning processes to move forward. the planning process is dependent on each agency and each project and catered to the type of project it is. >> that's a good question. out reach is a critical part of everything we do for the city. and it is hard because there is so much noise we have to get to and a lot of people and

different types of organization consist reach out to. each project has its own out reach component. and they vary a bill i encourage you as a commission to reach out to agencies that are affecting your projects this might be have projects that affect your area because you know, you deserve to been these things as well as this is i long -- [inaudible]. help spread the word because we don't know always know how to reach people. we talk to each other and agencies to find out who is interested in the long range plans. [inaudible] told us talked to the small businesses and local business groups we take that in

consideration as part of our oust reachism don't have a good answer because each project is so different but important that -- each project does its best to reach out to the yours that affect them and because -- of whatever reasons we can use the help to figure out who we should be talking to. >> okay. >> i think that does lead in my big are picture question of i will give west soma as an example again. we have seen more bike lane and transportation. that's geared toward a certain demographic. i think west soma is blue collar industrial heavy. there is a lot of families and youth there. we are seeing a cultural shift as we see a planning shift. you know that is like a macro

equity issue that neighborhoods that are fighting for their transit lines like the bay view and tenderloin. i want to understand upon where the equity plan as it applies to this -- body is taking in accounts transportation shift this is may lead to cultural shifts of this neighborhood? >> for that -- san francisco transportation plan our long range plan equity is playing a big part. building on the work done boy the ta for the sales tax reauthorization. there is a big effort to understand the needs of equity priority, communities across the city that it is carried over in the sftp that allows us to understands where gap and occurrence are long-term and so

with the sftp when we look at the projects prioritized for funding, we can understand the package and how it will impacts the different needs or how it benefit and addresses the needs of equity priority communities around the city that it is a core component. of the sftp. slide with the strategic narcoticive was also notes that there is also a neighborhood planning >> went sftp that will be prioritized. that provides funding for smaller scale neighborhood studies with a focus on equity and he maintaining equity. >> i will add i don't like, one size fits all. not everyone fit in a project infrastructurure trying to create. with the bike lanes the cultural

shift. i think we are -- do understand this i wish my clothes was here that did a bay view transportation plan where people that said don't put a bike lanes help us make it safe for us to outside. then we can use the bike lanes that was specific to that community. we want people to bike we have to look and begin with where they are first. and imposing a cultural change is hard. i can't assume to know the soma community, that is part of the change the shift in that out reach figuring out where people are and bring in will social equity implications as well. there might not be a cultural inclination to roadway a bike or do what we are trying to change

for. thanks for bringing that up y. thank you. why thank you. >> commissioner huie? >> commissioner cynthia huie: thank you very much and good to see you. so -- a couple things i like that combachl you brought up in terms of the bike culture and the shift. i think about my own bike use i like to bike recreationally but don't always feel safe biking as a mode of transportation to get to one point to another. i think as we think about planning, it is like how do we get from that place where somebody minot be comfortable bike yet to then -- some to be able to bicycle as a reliable mode of transportation. that is only one segment of our population.

and you know i wonder, i guess, you know what would our transportation system look like if we centered the transportation not around the ideal situations but the situations in which people cannot access you know these types of independent eco sustainable you know wonderful i deal like modes of transportation. so that's more of a rumination not a question. in terms of my questions, when talking to small accidents the concern this is we have are the same like in terms of -- mitigation for construction projects. how are those dealt with. how do we build trust. we had major construction projects in our city in the past decade or so.

and -- i don't know. i feel like it is hard for a small business to trust that the street is only going to be affected for the next couple montes or couple of years. i think some of those things -- are extreme to center some of those questions would be important for us as small business ordinance. now with the opinion dem and i can with -- the way the city is recovering now, staffing has been an issue. and increaseingly so as transportation gets more challenging once you get in within the city limits and further in like the quadrants of the city. those other questions that i don't necessaily expect to be answered now how do you center the conversations with small businesses?

your middle east with small business owners, do we truly have a voice in this conversation when we talk about transportation and what we see as crucial for our economic vitality so our city can be economically viable for the future? >> that is a very long question i understand it went further than i anticipated but i'm wondering you know -- you are doing the out reach. how important is our voice in this out reach? >> that's an important and valid question. so -- for both projects, out reach is very important and we are really look for the community and you all and different groups across the city to give us input and shared

perspectives so we find ways to incorporate that to our planning process. the project deliver and he small business mitigations around construction, this is an area of the sftp that we -- are -- include nothing our strategic initiatives to ensure well is -- you know less lingering construction and that projects can be done on the schedule that -- is set out. so that is an area we know if there is input we are happy to hear it. >> i wanted address 2 things that you brought upful one was safety. and -- we can't change how people get around. can't the climate goals and ask people to take sustainable modes if things are not safe that

includes biking, walking and transit. we hear in out reach groups that people are afraid to get on bart. and afraid to -- and not covid but to personal safety in relation to others. this is something we need to address and gain public trust to get people back on whether biking or transit. i hear you this , it is a big concern for us in terms of addressing the safety issue for people of i don't don't want to you think we are not think burglar that. when will we were putting together or connectsf goals and talking to people and had 4 goals we came up one came up accountability and engagement. this makes us different from other plans in transportation.

we wanted a goal hasaid we will be accountable to the public and engage with you to tell what you we are doing and want your trust. and that's going to be a long road because all the transportation project this is have gone over budget or along the just [inaudible] affected. that is also a -- new way of thinking for us to do our out reach. one of the projects for the transit corridor study. we were looking at different capital investment. 2 things came up. displacement residential and business displace am. when we builted major rail expansion projects how will we address the 2? how will we get in front of

them. we are at the beginning of the project it is we are think burglar this in a way that makes sense for the community. meaningful for the community you feel your voice is heard. because if we builted great tree lines and people are not there to benefit. that is useless to us. i don't have an answer but it is something we're thinking about in terms of making sure that our projects have the least -- impact as possible on construction and operations. i appreciate that. and i think you are response are reassuring. i personal low like to be a partner to be able to help get as much input from businesses as i can. one of the, with the 2 questions

at the ends, is there a way, because i think like a business owner -- i guess. i don't know if that is i guess i should. and and i'm wondering with each it would be hard for me to answer i would be like i want everything improved. wonder is there a mechanism we not is impact before making a decision like understanding the roi like if -- we do this one it will impact, x, amount of people or this situation or whatever it is so we can see like -- may be i want it all but may be i want them in a certain order or whatever it is? >> that's a great question. we do have piece of this. but the investment plan looks at degrees of investments. so -- priorities so -- our work

is to hear at this early phase where priorities lie. right. and what priorities people have for the different options. and then take this feedback, to shape investment plan options that we can test to understand the different impacts they would play out to better define different option and it is trade offs between them. with that like also understanding impact i mentioned earlier the city wide metrics and our goal areas approximate equity priority communities and get that understanding in the testing. >> great. i think that's temperature thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioner carter? >> commissioner tiffany carter: hi, my my question is more about how are you assessing or

reassessing bike lanes downtown i see a lot of commercial loading zones converted to bike lanes with minimum use reassessing those like what is the process on this. >> plan ends the bike lanes -- my question builds off what commissioner carter asked and i have been on the other side where i total low understand have you to plan out years and decades ahead. the projects but then the change in circumstances that arc rise in between. securing funding the planning

implementation. the beginning of the process you reach out to a certain set of stake holders the time the project will be implemented you have a different set of stake holders and circumstances. -- you know how do you account and adjust and back to what commissioner carter said reevaluate things you might have planned 10 years ago no long are work or -- you know again something happened like may be now the pandemic we have more competition for use of the curb space or what not. we did not participate for. i do think it is one we encounter with small businesses. now -- all the sudden they are feeling the impacts in a negative way. >>

>> that's a very good question it applies to the work we do. we use the connectsf goals as our north star. so even situation change, people change. we these are the guide posts that we have including the vision with the community. changing people are changing that is part of the project teams w to keep up with changes. reaching out to folks and talking to -- talking to them. i think things projects get reassessed you read about a project in the process developed for a long time. and during that time, all of the hiccups that you will that

happened it. the team learn friday that. they took from lessons that vanessa is going through, they change their project. they had an approved environmental document. they reshifted and modulated to learn from the lessons that they saw the team was going through. i think that is something we have to do because we can't prit in a vacuum this it is my project. need to talk to the community and people like you. and we need to look around us and see what is happening. what needs to be changed and -- weep need to reassess when conditions call for it. >> one point for the sftp the questions you raised around funding conscience could change or things could change. we near i good example of that with covid.

it is updated every 4 years to allow for changes to acknowledge new conditions and new priorities. this question of our long range plan happens in cord nagdz with the planning efforts every 4 years, that is a big opportunity to,a count for the questions you asked about. . >> thank you. >> you know -- i want to build on what some of the commissioners hoar have been talking about. i had the pleasure of serving on the expenditure plan advisory committee and have role world experience with how do you wrap your head around. a massive budget 2 billion dollars. being spent over an extremely

long period of time. i think in that case we are looking at a 20 year horizon. um -- having completed this process, thoughts that observations that i had internal low i will use as an opportunity to share with you, which commissioner huie was really getting to the heart of this. one is that in budgets like this, many of the items have an interdependsancey you increase one you decrease another. one program might not exist without another under the supporting it. >> very difficult to get people up to speed on the upon interdependancey of the various items that are considered when you are looking at a budget of this scope and scape. why likewise, another thing that i noticed was a problem was

that -- budget have not every dollar is equal in a budget. so you might have 10 million dollars budgeted per something related the streets. perhaps 100,000 of that is 4 something that is not important and -- the next 200 thousand for something very important. someone may say we can take off 1 and a half percent. you are losing the nonimportant thing and you lose the really important thing you don't have a sense of which dollars within this budget are material or really important to the project moving forward. or for certain thresholds to be met it does not give visibility how much you should nkdz or reduce something to safely --

achieve certain project goelts. we -- people in the committee would be casually -- you had to, it was not a fault of anybody but you casual low saying, let's take 10 million off of that or a million and ad a million back here. and there was no ability for us as the participates to understand what that actually would irrelevant mean to commissioner huie's point. other per in transportation is the impact of matching funds from the federal government. i know when we were on the committee that there was one project in particular where every dollar this we spent would be matched by 1 dollar by the federal government. we are getting 2 for one. double our money. and -- i believe that there was a threshold for this as well. if you did not hit this you did

not ghet any matching funds at all. and so -- some understanding of the inflection points -- that if you do x you unlook mist row bucket or special bonus prize or new level or -- what have you. so -- you know it occurred we were going throughout process it would be helpful. i don't know if someone in it or your department has the technical skills. but it would be helpful if we can convert this to active slides or levers you pull to the right or left and stop when you run out of money. you gotta decrease something else as you turn it up and down you see what steps of the projecture looking or unlook. i don't know if i am clear. that's what i was hungering for

as i wrestled for 6 amongs with this thing i could not wrap my brain around until the last 2 meetings, i started to feel i had a clue. and frank low i felt unqualified be voting after six months i did not -- we added a million here, what did that do in i had no idea they are numbers on a page. anything you can do to -- make it feel less like numbers on a page would i think also give you more meaningful answers from the public in terms of out reach. there motorbike not enough time and this men a big project or something off the shelf this does this now. i wanted to this out there. that was my experience on the committee and may be it is helpful to you.

i did not have the opportunity to live and breathe the stuff 8 hours a day the way staff does. >> thank you for sharing that and your experience on the plan. that is a complicated tool we can look into that. >> yea. and then to commissioner carter's point, you know -- sometimes i think when we talk about you know she was talking about bike lanes that she was perceiving not to be used and could have had a high and better purpose. you know i will say -- it seems to me that we should retirize the creation of plans that are flexible. that can change and adapt. i don't know if internal low you have systems that optimize for

that level of flexibility. it seems that to be able to quickly adapt to changing uses and systemseen if it is a bit more expensive or -- decreases efficacy in other ways would be preferable an environment where it seeps like everything is changing under us at the speed of light? so that was not a question more of a comment but -- it does seem like we would benefit from flexibility. on the safety issue i would say that i have reallimented roadway my bake to work. not terribly far. and i -- you know now this we have the e bikes san francisco is now suddenly usable for going to work. arrive all sweat and he beat up.

biking thing is really more attractive than it used to be thanks to e bikes. i have seen the e bike sales are exploding. they are doubling in size in 2021. and looks like to bubl double again in 22 and the cost of fuel goes up it is easy to imagine that more people might see that has a viable transportation option. and i want to say for the benefit my commissioners, well is a chicken and egg problem with respect to safety and incentation. if it is not safe, i would like to roadway my bike to work but it does not feel safe to do that because -- the streets i have to go through look treacherous to me. but -- if it was safe it would

probably be a lot more attract and i have would already dog it now. but to commissioner carter's point, you don't want to see spaces that are not usable to the public that repurposed for something we are not ready for yet. that all is to underscore the degree to which we can bake in flexibility and our plans and options. i don't know thou vote for that. on the survey. but if we could bake that in. i think that would -- ultimate low -- put nus a better position forward with so much uncertainty. >> i don't disagree. all right. then. is there public comment?

there are no public comment. why all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you very much. thank you. and -- i appreciate your presentation. >> item 4 approval of draft meeting minute this is is an action item >> commissioners any comments on the minutes? do we have a motion to approve >> i make a motion. >> a second? i will second. >> seconded. motion to approve the minutes carter? yes. >> commissioner dickerson. >> yes. >> commissioner huie?

>> yes >> president? >> yes. commissioner is absent vice president. >> yes. motion approved. >> thank you. next item. oh. we are supposed to i think we skipped public comment. >> we did. >> any public commenters on the line for draft meeting minutes. >> no. >> public comment is closed. i think we have to remake the motion. >> i make the motion to approve the meeting minutes. draft meeting minutes. i will second. >> okay. >> moved and seconded. commissioner carter. >> yes. >> commissioner dickerson. >> yes >> commissioner huie? >> yes >> president. >> yes. >> vice president? >> yes. motion passed. all right.

sorry, everybody. >> next item. >> item 5 sdwrrnl public comment the members of the public comment on matters within the small business jurisdiction but not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items for the future considerations. >> are there members of the public withhold like to make comments items not on the agenda? there are not. >> okay. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> next item, please. >> director's report a presentation and discussion item. >> all right. good evening exciting announce ams today. last week on monday we had 2 new staff join our office of small business team of the dedicated to san francisco permit center at 49 south van ~ess. exciting now we have 2 dedicated staff to help small businesses

through the permitting journey to serve as the main point of contact to help advocate with other agencies and do follow up as well. and so -- over time, we will ad the functions for the individuals. we have a soft launch today so start thanksgiving week we will have a more formal announcement soon and keep you posted about that. for now please feel free to refer small business cases over there that have to do with permitting. the staff are morgan heller who previously served at the permit center, leading the team there. as well as rachael long who experience helping small buildingses with their permitting and licensing needs. long with that, myself, kerry or commissioner secretary and other

was forth coming, we have located ourselves also at 49 south van ~ess we are there as well to focus attention on our city's very complex permitting systems and hope to work with our new staff on some improvements maintain parch team in city hall in rom 140 to assist with clients who come in prior to or during their business registration process and so forth. so -- that's exciting. and also.ed share the grant programs that will come up to support small businesses. robin and his presentation on shared spaces had should sm on his slides one the sf shines grant to help business this is might need to hire an architect to help with drawingses to submit for permits for

compliance needs or just general improve ams. that application period is opening april first out of the invest in neighborhood's team. and the other grant program that will be run out of osb our office i think there was information wrong on the slide we will correct that. also april first is a grant program that our office will run for ad a inspections. past inspections and access program inspections. one businesses could apply for the grant to cover an inspection for the front entrance to comply with the sea's access program or if a business chooses to do an inspection for the entire store they can get a grant for a larger amount of money for that. that is april first to june 30. and -- in the summer time we would planning for another grant program to help with the

accessibility improvement installing ad a push button at your store front. look out for that. other grants coming up there is a microbusiness grant, designed to help street vendors. this is something from the state. and -- on behalf of san francisco there was another agency that applied for this, and they are partnering with other organizations in the city to give grants. up to roughly 2 thousand dollars for the microbusiness grants. and -- that will be launched some time in may. so will be share thanksgiving information with all of you as well. those other grant promise coming up immediately. and also lastly wanted to share that small business week is hatch happen nothing may and plan suggest under way.

we help small business every day but -- trying to highlight activities and resource for the small business community during that time. all right. with this happy to answer questions and thank you for your time. >> president sharky laguana: commissioner huie. >> commissioner cynthia huie: i wanted share during when the permit center just opened we got an opportunity to check it out that was a nice tour. i you know if anybody has not been on this to be able to see our -- meet our new staff members that would be cool. it was a good experience for us to know what businesses would be experiencing if we torch point them in that direction. i'm sorry i forgot to mention that over the course of roughly

a month we will transition to have the team take over the management of projects under small businesses. that under prop h voter initiative from left november. that all small or the business located in certain zoning and whether it is permitted -- those would get a 30-day review for the projects from start to finish. our team will track those that are small businesses the 100 or fewer employees. >> great. >> thank you. >> president sharky laguana: i don't see other questions, is there public comment? there is in public comment. >> president sharky laguana: public comment is closed next item? item 7 commissioner comment and question and new business a discussion item. >> commissioners there are

comments or requests or new business? vice president? >> vice president miriam zouzounis: thank you, president. i had a question following up from our public safety presentations. if now this we know that urban alchemy increased presence in neighborhoods to be a bridge and support small businesses in their exterior needs how does a small business request like support on their block or presence on their block? or you know like if there is encampment and dha want to direct the folks susstainable? what is the order of operations to get the resources available to them? >> thank you for the question. so, there are some things i need

to figure out begin new resources we aded the web page a prominent link to basic resources people can call on, for example, if may be an individual who is unhoused in front of your shop and you like to get them assistance there is a link there and we will ad to it when we find other resources. available as well. >> okay. >> i guess my question is -- is there like urban alchemy meant to be mobile or are they stationed on certain block and do small businesses have say like where they -- you know -- not that i'm aware of. i believe it was this predates my time i'm not up on the details but my understanding is they were contracted with the city to provide service and neighborhoods and blocks and so

i'm not aware of process where we request those ambassadors to go to other neighborhoods. >> not just neighborhoods like the tendser line a business asked the urban alchemy guys are every where, how do i get them >> we can look into this i'm not clear on that. logical place to start is talking to your supervisor. and every case would be supervisor haney. in terms of where they are deployed. reach out to his office and -- see what he has to say about it. i think we talked about having urban alchemy present to the commission. if this come to psz and we line that up. you would ask him that question directly, too. >> cool.

>> i think that was i guess -- i know we have like a standing new business list. that carried over from prekerry i would love to see that as a prompt for racial equity committee getting next steps we want to bring to the full commission. yea. that was my comment. thank you. >> yea. >> commissioner huie? >> commissioner cynthia huie: i guess prior -- prior meetings ago i think we spoke about having a retreat. i guess i'm wondering do we have that on the calendar? i would love to put that in. through chair. commissioner, i was waiting for our last of seat to be filled before we did that i would like the compliment of the commission to be there and not leave anyone

out we have not had an appointment whchlt they are on board i will get that on the calendar. >> thank you. >> yea. i think the -- other part of that is the strategic plan. so -- but feels weird to do that without a full commission especially like somebody is coming in. hopeful low soon. >> i like to keep reminding. >> president sharky laguana: we are all reminding. okay other comments or questions? okay. public comment? >> well is not >> public comment is closed. item 8 adjournment an action item. sfgov tv show the small office

slide. i'm waiting for the slide. we will end with the reminder the small business commission is the public forum to voice opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small business in san francisco the office of small business is the best accomplice to get answers doing business during a local emergency if you need help reach out to the office of small buildings. all right. that's it. >> i think you can announce the meeting is adjourned. >> i forgot. meeting adjourned. streets.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of

chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band

lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1

happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many

things in the past two centuries because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks) later than you think new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru

is traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very,

very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give

>> in november of 2016, california voters passed proposition 64. the adult use of marijuana act. san franciscans overwhelmingly approved it by nearly 75%. and the law went into effect in january of 2018. [♪♪♪] >> under california's new law, adults age 21 and over can legally possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis and grow up to six plants at home. adults in california can legally give up to 1 ounce to other adults. >> in the state of california, we passed a law that said adult consumption is legal. if you are an adult and in possession of certain amounts, you will no longer be tried. you will not be arrested or prosecuted for that. that is changing the landscape dramatically. [♪♪♪] >> to legalization of cannabis

could bring tremendous economic and social benefits to cities like san francisco. >> this industry is projected to reach $22 billion by the year 2020. and that is just a few years away. >> it can be a huge legal industry in california. i think very shortly, the actual growing of marijuana may become the biggest cash crop in the state and so you want that to be a legal tax paying cash crop, all the way down the line to a sales tax on the retail level. >> the california medical industry is a 3 billion-dollar industry last year. anticipating that multiplier as 20, 30, 50 times in the consumer marketplace once adult use is really in place, you could go ahead and apply that multiplier to revenue. it will be huge.

>> when that underground economy becomes part of the regular tax paying employment economy of the bay area, it not only has a direct impact, that money has a ripple impact through the economy as well. >> it is not just about retail. it is not just about the sensor. is about manufacturing pick a lot of innovative manufacturing is happening here in san francisco in addition to other parts of the state as well as the cultivation. we should be encouraging that. >> there is a vast array of jobs that are going to be available in the newly regulated cannabis industry. you can start at the top tier which a scientist working in testing labs. scientists working at extraction companies. and you work towards agricultural jobs. you have ones that will require less education and you look towards cannabis retail and see traditional retail jobs and you see general management jobs. those things that are similar to working at a bar restaurant or working at a retail store.

>> we are offering, essentially, high paid manufacturing jobs. typical starting wage of 18-$20 an hour, almost no barrier to entry, you do not need an education. >> that means that people who do not have college educations, working-class people, will have an opportunity to have a job at cultivating cannabis plants. there's a whole wide array of job opportunities from the seedling to the sale of the cannabis. [♪♪♪] >> last year, they said 26 million people came to san francisco. >> the tourism industry continues to be very robust here and the city and county of san francisco is about a billion-dollar industry. >> if we use a conservative cannabis user adoption rate to 15% that means 4 million tourists want that means 4 million tourists want to purchase cannabis. and we need to be ready for them. >> in 2015, as adult use legalization efforts gained

momentum in california, the supervisors created the san francisco cannabis state legalization task force. this task force offered to research and advice to the supervisors, the mayor and other city departments. >> we knew that adult use legalization was coming to the ballot and stat that would bring with it a number of decisions that the city would have to make about zoning and regulation and so forth. and i decided at that time, at a know it was a great, that rather than have a fire drill after the ballot measure passes, as suspected it would, we should plan an event. so i authored a task force to spend a year studying it and we made it a broad-based task force. >> we prepared ourselves by developing a health impact assessment and partnered that with key stakeholder discussions with washington, oregon, colorado, to really learn

lessons from their experience rolling out both adult and medicinal cannabis. >> within days of the passing of the proposition, ed lee called on agencies to act decisively. >> he issued an executive order asking the department of public health, along with planning and other city departments to think through an internal working group around what we needed to do to consider writing this law. >> we collectively, i would say that was representatives from g.s.a., as well as the mayor's office, met with a lot of departments to talk through what prop 64 and the implementation of prop 64 it meant to them. >> the mayor proposed an office of cannabis, a one-stop shop for permits allowing operators to grow and sell cannabis. >> he wanted a smart structure. he wanted a regulatory structure that ensured that kids didn't have access and community's were

safe and that consumers were safe. and he wanted to ensure, more importantly, it was a regulatory structure that encouraged diversity and inclusivity. >> this is an office that will be solely charged with a duty of wanting not only the policies that we create, implementing and enforcing them, but also executing the licenses that are needed. we're talking about 20 different licenses that will put us into compliance with what is happening on the state level. >> this is a highly, highly regulated industry now, at this point. we have anywhere from 7-10 departments that will be working with these industry participants as they go through the permitting process. that is a lot of work at a loss of coordination. we are creating a permitting process that is smart and is digital. it is much easier for the user and for community input, and is less mired in bureaucracy. >> for the first time ever in

san francisco history, standalone licenses are available for all aspects of the nonretail side of the cannabis industry. now, a cultivator can go in to the department of building inspection and to the department of health and say, with this first registered and temporary license, and then what will eventually be a permanent license, this is the project, this is what i am going to do. >> very rarely in city government do we interact with industries that are asking to be regulated. these guys want to be regulated. they want to be compliant. they want to work with the city. that is rare. >> san francisco has created a temporary licensing process so that the pre-existing operators here in san francisco can apply for a temporary state licensed. >> we have taken teams of up to 12 inspectors to inspect the facility twice a day.

we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. and the fire department. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale

and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, being the state of california, people are looking to us. >> we hope that cannabis does become more of an accepted part of society in the same way that alcohol is, the same way coffee is. >> it is a very innovative fear, particularly around manufacturing. san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪♪♪]

>> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market

rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing lottery. [♪♪♪] >> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this.

where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries. at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free. you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you apply online, it will take five minutes. you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about

265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a

first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying

in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease. all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery. every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what

preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where they play movies during the weekends, they have another master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big

portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number of rerentals and resales of units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience. >> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier. [♪♪♪]

>> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and

any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪♪♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco.

we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the

first time we have had our own equipment.

watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf

oh, san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the

landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are the ones creating the partnerships with the rail kwloth stores putting an in store collection box near the checks stand so customers can bring their used clothes to the store and deposit off. >> textile will be accessible in buildings thought the city and we have goodwill a grant for them to design a textile box especially for families. >> goodwill the well-known store has been making great

strides. >> we grateful to give the items to goodwill it comes from us selling those items in our stores with you that process helps to divert things it from local landfills if the san francisco area. >> and the textile box will take it one step further helping 1230 get to zero waste. >> it brings the donation opportunity to the donor making that as convenient as possible it is one of the solutions to make sure we're capturing all the value in the textiles. >> with the help of good will and other businesses san francisco will eliminate 39 millions tons of landfill next year and 70 is confident our acts can and will make a great

difference. >> we believe that government matters and cities matter what we side in san francisco, california serve as a model phenomenal in our the rest of the country by the world. >> whether you do not to goodwill those unwanted text told us or are sufficient value and the greater community will benefit. >> thanks to sf environment san francisco has over one hundred drop off locations visit recycle damn and thanks for watching join us learned and expand it across the city. [♪♪] the tenderloin is home to families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers, and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home.

the tenderloin emergency initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services, and increase investments in the neighborhood. >> the department of homelessness and supportive housing is responsible for providing resources to people living on the streets. we can do assessments on the streets to see what people are eligible for as far as permanent housing. we also link people with shelter that's available. it could be congregate shelter, the navigation center, the homeless outreach team links those people with those resources and the tenderloin needs that more than anywhere else in the city. >> they're staffing a variety of our street teams, our street crisis response team, our street overdose response team, and our newly launched wellness response team. we have received feedback from community members, from residents, community organizations that we need an extra level and an extra level of impact and more impactful care to serve this community's

needs and that's what the fire department and the community's paramedics are bringing today to this issue. >> the staff at san francisco community health center has really taken up the initiative of providing a community-based outreach for the neighborhood. so we're out there at this point monday through saturday letting residents know this is a service they can access really just describing the service, you know, the shower, the laundry, the food, all the different resources and referrals that can be made and really just providing the neighborhood with a face, this is something that we've seen work and something you can trust. >> together, city and community-based teams work daily to connect people to services,

>> chair peskin: welcome to the meeting. i am the vice chair. mr. clerk, can you please call the roll? >> roll call. please indicate that you are present. [ roll call ] we have eight members present. >> thank you very much. can you please call roll call? and moved to agenda item number 1.