>> call the meeting to orders welcome to the tuesday, august 16th, 2022 hybrid in person and virtual meeting of the entertainment commission i'm ben bleiman the commission president. >> this meeting is in hybrid format in city hall room 416 broadcasts on sfgov.org and can call in 669-900-6833 id: 812 2315 5123. before we begin we would like to reminds all present in attending the meeting in person today that all health and safety protocols adhered to at all time it is we appreciate your cooperation with the rules and requirements in the interest of everyone's

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calling 669-900-6833 and use the meeting id. if using zoom select the raised hand raise. when you are asked to speak you are unmuting yourself by calling star 6. call prosecute a quiet location. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. if you are viewing the meeting on sfgovtv mute before speak. we recommend you use zoom or phone for comment, you may submit a win comment through chat on zoom. note that commissioners and staff are not allowed to respond to questions or commentses and thank the sfgovtv and media services for share thanksgiving meeting with the public. >> thank you very much. >> president bleiman.

>> here. >> vice president caminong. >> here yoochl commissioner perez is a little late. we will let everyone know when he appear. commissioner thomas. >> here. >> commissioner wang. >> here. >> commissioner falzon is excused. >> thank you very much the first order is consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution making findings to allow teleconference under code section 54953e. do we have a motion to adapt this resolution? >> so moved. >> is there a second? >> second. >> all right is there public comment on this item? >> there are no public comments. >> all right. public comment is closed we can have a vote. president bleiman >> aye >> vice president cam among >> aye

>> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> commissioner wang. >> aye. >> resolution has been approved the next is number 2 general public comment and this is any member of the public whoments to speak on items not on today's agenda. do we have general public comment? >> there are no public comments for this item. >> all right. we will close that agenda item number 3, approval of minuteses for the july 19th, 2022 commission meeting do we have a motion to approve from july nine 19th. >> i move. >> is there a second? >> second. >> is there public comment on the approval of the minutes? >> there are no public comments. >> we will close public comment and vote. president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president caminong. >> aye. >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> and commissioner wang. >> aye. >> the meeting minutes have been approved the next item is 4,

report from our acting executive director today azevedo. >> good evening. happy to report director wayland is on vacation much need and deserved. i will upper you on the latest out reach for the monkeypox emergency. on until 28 the mayor declared a local emergency in response to the rising cases of monkeypox. this is an action that mobilizes resources and coordination allows for reimburse ams. senior analyst managing the out reach and promoting the city's online hub the key place to access guidance and resource. goals to educate the industry on how monkeypox is spread and simple toms. how to protect yourself approximate what businesses can do to get the word out, using the city's tool kits for sharing

communication. >> we knts sent out upon e blast on august second. well is a copy in your folder. the e blast we have 55% open rate there is a heightened interest monkeypox is spread through skinning to skinning context like sex and kissing and breathe nothing close range and sharing bedding and clothing. focussed on promoting the vaccine to high risk communities in limited supply and covering exposed skin in crowds and talking to sex partners about health. we will update you as it evolves the other is to reminds you our first september hearing 6 cancelled. in light of the labor day holiday the next will be schedule for september 20th. >> thank you very much. any questions?

>> this is will you evera, thank you for sending the monkeypox information. it is needed and i know a lot in the night life are concerned about temperature they should be san francisco supply of vaccine is getting better. and lines have been shorter. so folks eligible and want to be vaccinated, the drop in clinic of san francisco general hospital is the best places to go. >> thank you. >> is there public comment on acting director azevedo's report >> there are no public comments. >> we'll close public comment. next item is 5, which is a report from senior analyst rice. >> good evening commissioners i will get my presentation going here.

can you see that. >> senior analyst for entertainment commission. i want to update you on the entertainment commission's efforts to improve our digital services for customers. i will share an over view of the ec migration from the old sfgov.org platform to the new sf. gov platform. >> okay. so, background and goal this move to sf. gov in the works before the pandemic to improve city service making digital

content findable, sk assess believe and understandable. the migration is spearheaded by sf digital services by the city add administrator and they are providing us with page templets based on what user is trying to do. is the person getting a permit or find a rule or policy. are they attending a hearing. 2, guidance on developing user friendly content, best practices and trainings on the different tools as well as best practices. and -- we begin piloting the new sf. gov page in 2019. transferred certain pages including our home pagech the jam permits. and sounds track permits. we were the early arc adopters of the sf. gov and working

cleatsly with dig at that time serviceos lessons learnd and how to enhance and improve it. >> what has changed? we are fully migrated as of july 26 to the new platform. i hope you take a look at it and play around with it. and in terms of breaking down improvements, we reorganized the content to improve the clarity and efficiency for the user. now our core services and used pages are placed at the top of the landing page of each has a simple title that gives a description of what the page is about and makes it more findsable and more navigatable. used to have long paragraphs with caveat language it has been

simplifieded and pop down for special case. we cut down on the leth and text and click throughs over all. some of our text heavy and multilayered pages like permit types scaled back and simplified. done our best to convert the language to fifth grade reading level this is best practice for user experience and access to a wider group from different backgrounds. reduced the number of pdf's and removed grids. i loved grids but they are not accessible. for example, you know you have to be aware of people visually impair when they use screen readers it is not easy for them to go through a grid, which i did not know. which is interesting. and now we automatically translate the page in spanish, chinese and filipino. you can convert the page to the

languages. all of the old sfgov redirected now to the sf. gov pages the public can view them on the old archive pages by a link on the landing page. i will do a quick before and after. you can see -- this is the old entertainment commission home page. and you see -- small font, a lot of stacked paragraphs. only in english. we can go to the permit upon types page. very text heavy. gotta keep on scrolling and scrolling people don't want to scroll that much .

what were else is an example of before and after. you can see our rdr pages. you know we had 4 pages that talked about the different rules and processes for develop and entertainment ordinance. quite dense and a bit of information. >> the goal is to simplify and be as economical and to the point as possible. i will switch to an over view of the new pages. this is the new entertainment commission home page. we now have the most common popular links at the top. and we break it down to services by permits for events, permits

for businesses, if neighbors want to file a complaint. paying for permits, rdr. the latest news. this is the latest monkeypox resource information. and other news announcements. it is clean and well organized. you navigate -- i'm going to jump into -- the permit page the most common permits. so -- the way it is organized it is a high level summary what you need to do, what is the permit. and then there is a step by step process that works with the deputy director azevedo on this content. thank you, kaitlyn. and -- then i'm going to point out something that is currently going to be changing, for now

all of the commission public body information, meetings, our commissioner bios they are all on a public body page. that will be morph in the our department page in the fall. for now to find it you can go to our commission meetings at the top or go to about us at the bottom. we are unique department and both a department and public body. and this is where -- my colleague young has been putting all of the meeting notices and agendas with minutes. and here are all of you. and -- staff. and then we have things like postings for applications. meeting calendar. things like that and then,

finally i will give you an over view of the new rdr pages. and if i done mention, i'm sorry. we will migrating the public body's page to our department page this fall. and going to wrap this up here. so -- we have -- developers are looking for a place to start. the process of having us review the housing project. we created a carefully laid out step by step process that walks through. from you know feasibility to planning. all the way to sounds study to hearing. to disclosure to potential tenants. and we improve the process to submit file fist you are a

permit holder there is a resource page for you that is located, know your rights. it is tells what our rules are. engage with the experience and with planning. so, that is just a very quick, speedy review of what has been done. but i wanted to walk through the high level things with you. back to the presentation. the public can't see it on sfgovtv

>> thank you, so -- wrapping this up. next steps. diligently with the services to new digital brick and mortar permit notification. one combined venture application for all 6 brick and mortar permits replace the word applications we have currently. and the eta for this new digital combined application will be the fall of this -- we will survey our stake holders for feedback, are they aware of the new website and the pages and the experience using the page fist they are aware will include the question in this fall industry survey around 3 survey for our industry. we will assess the feedback and

address priority changes. and continue to monitor user experience and refine. do we keep getting the same questions from customers or applicants making the same mistakes. i think that is our responsibility to to -- improve as we go along. that is my presentation. if you have questions, let me know. >> any questions. i'm looking forward to this had this process is done on tic toc. thank you for moving in that direction. slowly and surely. marching there. is there public comment on dylan's presentation and thank you for your work. it is tedious but helpful. >> hopefully it will help.

>> public comment? >> there are no public comments for this item and just to add we got our call from commissioner perez who will not be able to make it to the meeting we have a quorum so it is okay. >> we will close comment and move to the next item report from our deputy director actual deputy director >> thank you. a quick enforcement update. we received 40 complaints since the last hearing i don't have specific updates for you as to complaints have been mitigated through education. the businesses are coming in to complain for a permit or unsubstantiated. happy to answer questions. otherwise, that's it. yep. >> all right. any opinion comment on deputy director's report? >> there are no public comments for this item. >> we will close this agenda

item and move on to number 7, hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. i will ask our deputy director to walk us through this. >> we have 4 limited live performance and one billiard on can cent. there is no opposition to any applications. only add condition from sf is the old clam house standard bay view station recommendation of monthly calendar of events staff recommendation is to approve the policy and one police recommendation. >> all right. comments from commissioners? >> okay. is there public comment on consent agenda? i'm not seeing anyone in the room. is there public comment. there is. please, step forward if you

would like to comment and let us know your name and which of these per mitts you would like to discuss. yea. thank you. hello. thank you. for the opportunity to make ape comment. i wanted to comment on the ec1648 the stable cafe. is that on the consent. >> we are not there yet. >> no worries. you can comment when that time come. >> public comment on consent agenda. there does not appear to be any public comment. >> we'll close public comment for consent and we are entertaining motions. does anybody have a motion to approve? >> i move to approve the consent agenda with the out lined staff

recommendations. >> is there a second. >> second. >> all right now vote. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president caminong. >> aye. >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> and commissioner wang. >> aye. >> all right. everyone on consent has been approved. follow up if you are listening with our staff at earliest voens to find next steps. congratulationses. i will turn it back to deputy director to get to the regular agenda. >> great. the first permit on the regular agenda is for poi lyon and swan at 124 to 140 columbus. the new business owner is turning the space to an is up are club and seek the permit to host live entertainment while dining. there will not be bar seating it is a sit down experience of the plan is to be open up to 7 days

a week for public din and are private upon events. conduct out reach in the neighborhood sending 138 out reach letters to residential and commercial neighbor it is. they received 2 letters of support all of which provided. is there was no opposition and central station approved with a standard condition of e mailing the entertainment commission and central station a monthly calendar of private evans. here to speak to you is rob. >> thank you. good evening am i'm rob izo the ce shgs on o of echo terreno. we are echo terreno wine and vineyard a wine country in the alexander valley and opening a tasting room and restaurant in the jackson square, alcohol have live entertainment and food. we are an lbgtq + ownd and

operated company. our building has a handled year history of being a place of entertainment. it started as the jup terclub. then monas the giver drag club. and the purple onion was a famous variety and comedy club the smothers brothers and [inaudible] and it was dog rickets in comedy. we plan to offer with regular o thursday-monday with opportunity for tuesday and wednesday special upon events. we have ampified sound but not so loud as to interrupt the dining responsibles. in addition to the 2 letters from the jacques square association. we received a third from north beach citizen i can send it to

you. the neighborhood considerations that we have taken. our restaurant is in a basement space. 22 inches of concrete to prevent noise. engaged a sounds midgation firm to help with sounds in the space and as needed we have pat rons wait indoors highly they wait to be seat. happy to take questions or comments. >> any questions from commissioner thomas? before? >> can you tell us about the sound equipment you will have in there. yea. let us know >> we got mics for intruments and vocalists through a mixing board. put in speakers throughout or will install throughout the space to level sound across so

we have even distribution of sound. designed to be turned to a level you hear what is going on on the stage but not so much you can't hear the person next to you talking. done by professional sound company base in the san francisco. >> great. >> and i think am commissioner perez is not here i think he would love for me to ask if you get a complaint what your process will be like for hajjing complaints or issues that come in? >> first thing is communication. we want to talk with the person we want to be good neighbors we have been planning this project for 5 years. spent a lot of time talking with neighbors immediately. next to us who are around. . local businesses, community organizations and nonprofits we reached out to them and invited them in the space on tuesday and wednesday. one reason we are closeed

partner with the nonprofits and neighborhood associations to have them to come in and host upon events. our goal is to be good communities number that would be the first step talk if you have concerns we want to arc bide by the rules well and be good neighbors from whatever happens from there we are happy to work when we need to. >> cool. jury room we will have discussion here. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> so before i do public comment open for public comment now before the motions to keep it consistent. >> good evening it is great to be back in person. you know. i want to tell you i was walk up i will speak to support this project. i'm not representing them but i want to tell you i was walk up

columbus avenue on my way to an appointment and looked saw the doors open and greeted with a warm, inviting come on in and look at the space. i'm familiar with the space from the purple onion days. i was amazed that every attention to detail the people have put together. it is going to be a true supper club. i remember the days of julie rains heart and soul and is up are club. they are san francisco. and some of our entertainment is through dining butt music there. and good taste is going to that's what made north beach special. we talk about our history. without additions of accidents like this you could fade in what you used to be. having accidents like this in the neighborhood are going to set tone for the next 10 and 20

years what north beach is their now and where it is head. i applaud the people they will be great staurds. we are fortunate they chose to come to north beach. thank you. >> any more public comment on this item? >> all right. we will close comment and we can entertain motions. >> i move to approve with the good neighbor policy and the police recommendation for monthly calendar. >> second. >> all right. we are ready to vote >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president caminong. >> aye >> commissioner thomas. >> aye >> and commissioner wang. >> aye. >> congratulations. you have been approved follow up with staff at your earliest convenience for next steps thank you. >> moving along. the final permit on the regular agenda is llp which includes out

door entertainment for stable cafe serving food and drink in the day and night and events event space. they are seek the llp to host live entertainment dj and bands during private events they have interior space, out door courtiard and gallery doors can be closed or opened in the court yard. gallery and courtyard where most efbltss are held and where performers will be sounds inspectors set a limit, and their interior and exterior near the staff recommendations says exsterrior limit is low they have sensitive receptors taken in consideration had setting the sounds limit. owner distributed 37 all rights to neighbors.

publisheses and tloop the residents in the area. they spoke with a number of neighbors in person. there was no submitted opposition to the permit and mission station had no added commissions here is the owner of minah. >> hi. >> microphone is -- >> hi. i'm minah i'm the new owner of stable inc. cafe. as kaitlyn mentioned, i had applied get the llp to host weddings, private dinners like baby showers, birthdays, mostly would do events on friday and saturday evenings. however we do have some that would like to do during the weekdays. our events are 4 to 11 p.m. music is off by 10.

we. typically have just dj's which they bring their own speakers. since we have gotten the transition we have i tried very hard to do everything i'm supposed to by reaching out to neighbors and checking, downloading decibel x measuring the music. as it is important for me to be respectful to neighbors and if there are issues or concerns i would love to they have my e mail or also my phone number to contact me so we can resolve it. the most important thing is to be a good neighbor. >> thank you. >> questions. >> hey. great i like the concept of what you have planned for the space.

and just you said dj and different performers bringing in their own sound system, what plan to you have to regulate volume? >> we i introduced -- i'm sorry. >> i introduced myself to the vendors with every event and my event manage well is a manage and 2 members of staff that are there to over see everything. also to keep an eye -- on the hear what the music and make sure they are at the appropriate levels i reached out to kaitlyn to make sure we are below the mack and minimum is. for the music level but i have staff members there who will regulate and talk to the dj if it is too loud. yea. >> okay.

>> and to reminds you this is a limited live permit. >> that's correct. >> out doors only for until 10 p.m. indoor 11:00. >> okay. >> i don't have specific questions i encourage you to keep an eye on the people that you bring in. there is nothing like a dj with his or her own sound upon equipment to get you in trouble. >> perpetual issue we face here. i have a strict discussion with dj's before they come in my establishments the volume is mine not yours. >> and i make them tell me that's okay. and that way when the upon event is happening you are like, no this is my volume not yours it makes a huge difference. that's the only comment i have. so you can have a seat and we will have a discussion. start with public comment and i know somebody is here to speak on this.

start with her. you have 3 minutes >> thank you. >> i'm sorry for my gap early 30 is my first time doing this thank you. upon minah, nice to meet you big fan of the stable cafe. we are maces and literally we share a back wall. our living room shares a back wall to the venue. i'm tonya i live at one of the homes that is on shot welthe street behind. and i'm speaking on behalf of my brother who owns the residentses and had a few comments to read from him and alma my neighbor to the left. facing the street. so -- quickly i know time is limited. basically you know we are big fans of the stable cafe.

attended baby showers and coffees and lunches there ourselves. the challenge is that the previous owners did have events there and had a permit to do and the volume gets loud. the back wall shares their backspace shares a wall with our living room. well is a pizza oven on the edge of the lot line that has nothing to do with sound but something to address. but most importantly the block is residential. it is -- lots of families with kids who go to school and parentses who have work. if it is friday or saturday i understand if you can keep it to the timing. that it is specified in the good neighbor policy and but it is just more so if there is a way to have emathy especially on week nights. you know because it is like live nothing a wedding.

my brother said it was prior weddings 2 loud to do anything in the living room. private wedding crew every weekend we would make fun of the song list. sounds like you will not have that problem with multiple dj's. have the management and staff mraj mag where they live excludate and slept shared a wall with a wedding hall that's what our home is like. from alma she said i wanted make sure there are sure the noise will end the time they say and if there is a way to notify us in advanced when the parties will take place. whether an e mail distribution list. simple web page or a twitter you know something like that where interested neighbors understands when the things are taking place in addition to all the volume regulation you plan to do.

>> all right. thank you. is there any more public comment. why there are no more for this item. we'll close public comment. what are we thinking? somebody else start. of the it sounds like concerns from your neighbors are wable. it is something you can get together to sit down and discuss. and i think also setting up a process for complaints when you receive them and how you will resolve them would be helpful. that's my advice. i don't know if my colleagues have other thoughts here. >> i would hate to live in a wedding every weekend. >> you know i echo -- from the

statements i think it seems like there is good will on both sides here. you know i want to remind you this space is permitted for people who live near this is permit in the our city zoning the job of the entertainment commission to make sure people are operating within the limits which are laws for them. and will so -- you know i would i'm very supportive of this, this permit. i want to make sure that it is limited live we are thankful don't want to go much later and be tricky here. i would encourage that the i'm sorry i'm blanking minah t. is like the gallery. i would encourage to you go above and beyond and reach outer to neighbors and my experience owned many place in town, i have been able to have a good rep

with neighbors even ones disturbed by our activities in the spaces we have. the way is a lot of times turn over first of all going above and beyond to address occurrence. if you share a wall. there might be a way to put a speaker not on that wall. or another thing weep found is a speaker high up travels a long way to hear it but smaller speakers closer you don't have to turn music up that loud. little things like that. they bring a subbase or whatever you don't have it up adjacent to the wall. that makes a difference. my experience giving my neighbors the ability to text in role time and let me when things are too loud or may be help has really taken all of the conflict and pressure off of us and over time they realize we are both

trying to make this work and say, ben, too loud can you turn it down. no problem and they feel like they have control and not trap in the a wedding every night. nothing specific. i would not want to codify this in our permit but encourage you and to go above and beyond it will make a huge difference. once trust is built in my experience it solves the issues. and if for the neighbor who was not here but you spoke on behalf of it is our job to make sure -- their job to make sure they don't go past the time line if they are going beyond that that's what our inspectors do. they inspect and a series of penalties for people breaking the rules and starts with a warning and goes to a fine and goes to a larger fine and then we bring prepare back in front of us and done it all the time

in order to sometimes recondition and set them for different hours. sometimes suspend in extreme cases and take away be ability to have live entertainment. that's when we do as a commission we have inspectors. you don't call the police you can talk to our staff after if there are questions. not meant to be a q and a here but talk to staff they'll tell you the process it is in the involving the police it is through 311 and goes to our office and happens a lot quick are than calling the police. kaitlyn and dylan -- they can help to answer those for you and teach you about the process for taking care that is where my head's. do we have motions. move to approve with the good neighbor policy and the sound

abatement internal and ecturn limits recommended by staff. >> is there a second. >> i second. >> we can vote >> president bleiman >> aye >> vice president caminong >> aye >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> and commissioner wang. >> aye. >> all right. investigation congratulations. thank you and follow through with the staff and especially with staff and staff will go out of their way to connect with both of you now or after the hearing. thank you. >> moving along we have number

8. on our agenda. from >> that's meechlt going to read the item. >> sorry. that's me. >> next is 8 discussion and possible action to amend the hours of entertainment permit places per 1373 riptide. tervalstreet at the question of the permittee. they came in july after a press with planning department it allow night entertainment. the planning approved with added restrictions to hours of entertainment stating they operate until 12. . 30 sunday through withstand and 2 a.m. thursday-is the the officer at the time recommending more ref strictive hours of entertainment and the planning motion suggest end time 11 p.m. sunday-witness stand. commission approved the recommendation with the caveat the permit holder request a removal after compliant operations last week we had a complaint from a neighbor. when we responded we operated riptide in full compliance including security plan. our visit brought to light the permit conscience the applicant

is now seek to amend to be arc lined with the planning commission's original recommendation of hours of entertainment. we did not receive opposition. staff have no concern with this change to permit conditions and recommending the commission to approve an amendment to hours to match the planning motion sunday-wednesday until 12. . 30. thursday, saturday and new years and halloween until 2 a.m. >> this is an amendment, i don't think we need to hear from the >> discussion with possible action. >> but i will first thing i want to do is open it up to public comment and see if there is comment and that might necessitate questions. is there public comment here or online? there are no public comments for this item. we'll close public comment. any discussion the planning

approved for this and gave a period with fewer hours because permitting officer requested that at an earlier date >> previous entertainment commissioners? >> yes. >> >> okay. >> i have no questions about this. no. as a sunset resident i welcome it we don't have enough accomplices of entertainment >> a motion? i move to approve this. second. >> >> all right. have a vote. >> president bleiman >> aye. >> vice president caminong >> aye. >> commissioner thomas. >> aye >> and commissioner wong. >> aye. >> all right. we are permit amendd and can move on to the next agenda item commissioner number 9, commissioner comments and

questions. >> comments, questions? >> want to congratulate commissioneral perez for another stellar out door event overnight weekend. we miss youal, congratulations to you and the crew. >> looked like a great event. >> and to all of the promoters putting on shows, thank you for keeping us busy in the bay area. >> the thing i say anybody here in possession of nuclear secrets don't look them up in your pool house keep them on your national archives or you could get in big trouble.

any public comment on this agenda item? >> there are no comments for this item. >> close comment and adjourn this meeting at 6:19 p.m.

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struggling to help. how can you help? >> director tang: we are here as the city's central point of information for all things small businesses, so we can help people start, stay, and grow in the city. if you want to start a small business, we can pair you up with small business advisors, who can talk you through your business plan, help you develop it, whether it's regulatory requirements, business permits, and just help you understand the journey that was up ahead. and if you'd like to stay in san francisco and perhaps your business is facing challenges, we can also pair you with a business advisor who can assess your business needs and figure out whatside that would best help you. so for example, perhaps you need more marketing assistance or you need to be connected to a loan, a low interest loan or

a grant program, if that's available. those are services we can provide to you, whether you're starting out or trying to stay in san francisco. and of course, if you want to expand and grow into a new space, we can help assist you with that and help prepare you for the journey ahead. we have a team dedicated to assist you you with all the small business needs, all the requirements needed to help you establish your small business in san francisco. >> do you have an e.s.l. program for people who want to start small businesses? >> director tang: we have staff that can speak spanish and mandarin and cantonese, and we understand if english is not your first language, it can be difficult, so we want to be as helpful as possible.

>> excellent. i know that s.f. shines was created to help with restoring and improvement. can you tell us more about that? >> yes. it's run out of a sister development and it's much needed in the small business community. if you are trying to improve your storefront, whether it's outside, perhaps you want to make some interior improvements, a lot of times, that involves a lot of cost and resources to be able to do so. for example, you may need to hire an architect to submit drawings so you can get your work done. currently, s.f. shines is offer a pairing of business sign services. you can be paired up with an architect to get your drawings done to help you start to do

the actual work. we hope that people will stay tuned, and you can find out more information on our website. that's sfgov.org/osb. >> let's talk about the shared spaces program. it's been a huge success, and outdoor dining spaces are very popular. >> the shared spaces program, especially during the pandemic, really helped spaces survive. to have an outdoor space where people could safely gather was critical, and the office of small business has been working with these shared spaces during the pandemic. some may or may not have been up to the city's code regulations, so department of

public works and other departments have been trying to figure out what violations are and help businesses come into compliance. the planning department and the city have decided that they'll give businesses until 2023 to come into compliance. also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets, that is still an on going program, a new program, so people can always submit their applications for shared spaces regardless whether they started one during the pandemic or not. >> do you anticipate there being other shared spaces programs in the future and how do small businesses go about finding out about them? >> small businesses can find

out about it by visiting our website, sfgov/osb or you can call 415-554-6134, and we can connect you with the planning department and other agencies that would be connected with the shared spaces programs. >> over the pandemic, businesses have been victimized by vandals and other crimes. how can you help them? >> the city offers a program called the vandalism relief fund, and this would allow businesses suffering from graffiti or broken windows to apply with the city through our neighborhood services division, and you could get up to 1,000 or 2,000 if you submit certain documentation, such as a

photograph of the damage or a copy of the receipt or document showing the amount you paid for to correct the incident. we are so excited that the city now has a centralized permit center, where people can come and get their business done, hopefully, in the same day where there are several different agencies, ranging from department of building inspection, planning department, public health, fire department, all here to help people, whether you're building a new business or even new construction, to be able to, again, fit all of your appointments in one day and get things done quickly. so starting in may, our office of small business has actually started working out of 49 south van ness at the permit center, and we have a team of two staff who are dedicated to helping small businesses through their

permitting journey. so we do encourage people, you can come to the permit center or you can e-mail us at sfosb@sfgov.org, and you can communicate with our staff dedicated to helping you with your permitting needs. we hope that people will consider consulting with us before you even sign a lease so that we can help you on the path to success and understanding the journey of setting up a small business in san francisco. >> well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, miss tang. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> director tang: thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this show. we'll be back shortly. you've been watching san francisco rising. for sfgovtv, i'm chris manners. thanks for watching.

>> small business commission meeting on august 22, 20 twoochl the meeting is called to order at 4:32 p.m. in person in city hall room 400 broadcast live on sfgovtv and available to view online or listen to by calling 415-855-0001 >> authorized by california code section twenty-four 953e and the mayor's supplement to the emergency proclamation it is possible some members of the small business commission may attends remote. those members will participate and vote by video. >> small business commission thanks modia services and