>> september 20, 2022 hybrid in person and virtual meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. i'm ben brieman the commission. >> this meeting is held in hybrid format broadcast on s fv gov (inaudible) using meeting id89941099530. before we begin i like to remind individuals present and attending the meeting in person all health and safety protocols and rules must adhere at all times. we appreciate the rules and are requirements in the interest of health and safety. handsonatizer stations are available throughout the building and each elevator and masks available at any of the city hall

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line. with you are asked to speak unmute yourself by hitting star 6. please call from a quite location. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. if you are also viewing the meeting of sfgovtv before to mute before speaking. while we recommend you use zoom audio or telephone for public comment, you may submit written public comment through the chat function on zoom. please note the commissioners and staff are not allowed to respond to comments or questions. thank you to sfgovtv and media service for sharing the meeting with the public. >> commission secretary liang, let's do the roll call. [roll call] >> alright. we are here. the first order of business is the consideration and possible action to adopt resolution making findings to allow teleconference

meetings under california government code section 54953e. do we have a motion to adopt the resolution? >> can we vote no for that? >> you are allowed to yes. we will have to immediately turn off all the zoom. >> that is my motivation. >> then you won't have a quorum. >> i'll raise the motion. >> good question. >> is there any public comment on this agenda item? >> there are no public comments for this item. >> alright, we can vote. [roll call] >> i didn't realize we would lose two commissioners. >> it is over and we are go home. good move. it has been approved. the next item is number 2, which is general public comment. this is for any members of the public who wish to speak on a item not listed on the agenda.

anybody like to speak on something not on the agenda? >> there appears to be no public comment. >> alright. we'll close public comment. the next item is number 3, approval of the minutes for august 16, 2022 commission meeting and i'll ask if we have a motion to approve the august 16, 2022 commission meeting minutes. any motion? >> i move to approve. >> second. >> is there any public comment on the meeting minutes from that date? >> there are no public comments. >> okay. then we can vote. [roll call]. >> alright. the meeting minutes have been approved. the next agenda item is 4, which is report from executive director wiland. >> thank you president bleiman and good

evening commissioners, bothprint in present in person and on zoom. we are all happy to see you in which ever form. i have several updates this evening. the first of which is just calling attention to an e-mail i sent to all you last week outlining all of our commission goals and priorities for this fiscal year. these were compiled in response to our in-person retreat this year that we found very productive and they were to be finalized along with ben van houten and oewd and my supervisor in the city administrator's office and so, those are now actually sent all the way up to the mayor's office as our goals for this year and our priorities and so you'll see in attachment of those outlined for all of you, but i rather have you differ to the e-mail that i sent last week because that outlines each of your roles in that process

and your roles in moving some of these priorities forward in the next year within your working groups. so, the biggest take away for all of you is that you should have received an e-mail from may just this afternoon about scheduling ongoing working group meetings for those that are chairing, so vice president camini has a standing meeting so did not receive the e-mail however president bleiman and commissioner (inaudible) need to work with me to figure the best days to work with them and we'll work with the teams to make sure other members of the teams are available and get scheduled and moving. if you have any questions about those goals and priorities, please do let me know, but i'm feeling pretty excited about them and it is great seeing them in one place. the next item i wanted to bring up for all of you i'm going to differ to dylan who is on zoom right now, but this is a update

around our annual survey. dylan, you want to take it away? >> sure. can you hear me? >> yes. >> quick update as we repair to send out another survey to entertainment that (inaudible) this is a follow-up to last two surveys that went out in 2021 and 2020. a copy of the survey draft is in your folder. as you know, the economic and social landscape has changed. the purpose of the survey is gather feedback from local businesses to understand the continued impact of the pandemic on the industry. the latest needs and challenges, priorities for recovery. the plan is to use the data to inform strategies for full recovery of the industry. thank you to president bleiman and vice president

camino and director weiland and ben val houten helping us design the content for this year's iteration of the survey. the survey is translated to spanish and chinese and go out the beginning of the week. >> third update, i included a copy of the job posting in my director's folder, but just wanted to call attention. you may have seen in the news letter we are actively recruiting right now for a part time junior sound inspector to join our compliance team so woe have one full time full inspector and two part time found inspectors in the field supporting and regulating all of our night life establishments. in a moment you will hear deputy director

azevedo around compliance. she manages the team. as all are aware they do the great work insuring all our businesses are supported in the field and that we are able to respond to complaints in real time. when possible. if you have anyone you want to send this job posting to, we strongly encourage it. it is also a great way to get your foot in the door and city government and we are a enthusiastic department to work for i say. we are very small and we like to have fun and get things done and obviously a prerequisite is you enjoy entertainment and want to support thriving entertainment that is responsible in san francisco. that is that position. again, it will be posted online through friday september 30. it goes down at 5 p.m. last update this evening is compliance

update. let me pull up the information here. so, since our last hearing on september 8, 2022, we met with the manager who is also the son of the owner of stratus night club on ocean avenue near san jose avenue. you would have seen this permit application come as a change of ownership in the last few years. it has been very very quite for many years and i think that coming back into covid there have been a lot more programming, so suffice to say we met with cesar mont eseno due to aggravated assault with a gun that occurred on the sidewalk in front of the premises of stratus september 4 at 1:40 a.m. we met with the business owner, again on september 8 and it was kaitlyn and i along with someone from the city attorney's office and ingle side police station captain,

derrick lieu. we discussed the incident, what occurred that evening and our concerns with conditions regarding the security plan, so in response we did two swift actions. one was that we issued a directored order for revised security plan with several specific added security conditions and since then kaitlyn has been working hand in hand with the permit holder to insure the business comes into compliance within the period of time they are required to, which actually will be this thursday september 22, so we are going to be revisiting the business this weekday to check on compliance with that security plan. we also issued a 72 hour suspension for public safety that went into effect the entire weekday following the incident. the business owner at that time decided to close completely instead of just shuttering the entertainment for the weekday which we thought was a responsible action and

this past weekday sfpd visited the location and they let us know the business was actually under occupancy. they had roped off the gas station down the block that is problematic for gathering. they had blind control and they had cooperative and present management so those are good updates we'll keep you apprised and again go out this weekday to check on compliance. my final note on that is that we have also been briefing and updating supervisor sufia office because there have been neighbor concerns the office has been managing around this business. do you have any questions around this or any of our other updates? okay. >> alright. i do not have questions. any public comment on executive director weilands report? >> there are no public comments. >> okay. in that case

we will close that agenda item and move on. the next agenda item is 5, which is report from deputy director azevedo. >> thanks president bleiman, good evening commissioners. one thing i want to call out is in the google spreadsheet there are two sheets for the enforcement and they are sheet 2 that i'll be referring to so if you want to follow along. i have a large update. we received 146 complaints since the last hearing, which is about a month ago, and so i'll run through this. happy to answer questions. >> kaitlyn can i ask you, what is the difference between 1 and 2? >> there is a more updated version on 2. >> okay. thanks. >> we'll be applicable to this report. >> thank you. >> it was a error on my behalf. one shouldn't be there. >> i should have paid attention. >> the first update i have is about club luzemea at 543 deviz. you will see this

report listed a number of times. this is a long standing establishment that held a poe permit over 2 decades and historically hosted jazz musicians like billy holiday on a small stage in the back dated in the 40s. despite the rich history and live music scene the entertainment for the past several years is minimal and contain the front and middle premises closer to the deviz dareo. during the time we havet noreceive complaints about the business however as reopening after covid restrictions lifted the business had more entertainment more frequently utilizing the stage in the back of it business. the folks who submitted a complaint have been neighbors to the business for over 15 years and have a relationship with them and with the recent up take in the entertainment programming the neighbors are impacted by sound so reached out to our office for guidance. in response to the neighbor complaint inspector (inaudible) visited the business on a

second visit during a dj performance was invited into the neighbor home to listen to the volume and observed excessive bass levels. the neighbor is separated from the business by a 5 foot alley way so not adjoining buildings but very close to the stage area in the back of the business. inspector (inaudible) visited the business a number of times now and the owners have been receptive to the situation. our first recourse was setting a sound limit because the permit didn't have one. we also since learned they do not have their own sound system but rather the dj bring in their own speakers. this makes it challenging to set a limit and makes it challenging for the owners to take accurate measurement s from a sound meter app. the past week the inspector responded to 311 complaint and sound measurement was slightly above the

measure: worked to bring the volume down and went to the neighbors home to listen and could hear prominent bass even within compliance. inspector observed patrons were unhappy with the compliant volumes once the dj turned it down so believe the business would benefit from sound proofing in the back room to operate at a desired volume while not causing compatibility issues with neighbors. lastly, i learned mark reny is assisting the business moving forward and i also reached out to supervisor preston's office to breach the stach because staff because this is a legacy business. the next update is about the ramp located at 855 terry francois boulevard. hold a permit for outdoor entertainment. i shared we issued a citation for operating above the sound limit because they were only monitoring the (inaudible) when we visited again august 21 inspector encountered the same issue where a different manager monitored the sound

limit. it is the c weight that cause the complaint. inspector eare educated the manager how to monitor the levels correctly and we did issue another citation for this acurns and i also followed up with support about these two citations. the next business update you on is (inaudible) i think it is french and probably not saying it correctly, but located at 1787 union street. this is previously the brick yard but the premises has never held a entertainment permit from our office. i just want to flag this for you because it came on my radar when the owner contacted me about obtaining a entertainment permit knowing they have a license that says they cant nohave a dj. let them know they have to have the liquor license condition removed. fast forward about a month ago when i heard from the northern station officer about the business causing problems fwr the

neighbors including entertainment. visited the location and nobody was dj he observed full dj equipment. the manager assured him they don't have entertainment but hire mauzic music managers using their equipment and while they control the volume they don't mix the music or use a microphone. (inaudible) consider this entertainment and since the visit they have gone back but they were closed so we are not receiving complaint about having entertainment but i'm in contact with officer wallish northern station and flagging it in case it comes up in the future. the next is abobe books. they hold a llp permit. in the last several months been in touch with the permit holder. the cause of the concern is primary the door open during entertainment. both inspector (inaudible) educated their staff on site about this and also told the permit

holder they have to have the door closed during entertainment per the good neighbor policy so the visit september 2 in response to 311 complaint the door opened during performance and the staff were not aware it needed to b closed so issued a nob. three more. vicko cuvone located at 4248 18 street. holds a jam permit. we visited a couple times in response to neighbor compliant and senior inspector went on september 4, he observed them in violation of the jam permit. the outdoor dj oberate excess of apruchbed sond limit and tables and chairs blocking the sidewalk to not allow clear path of travel. issued a nov for the acurance and revisit on september 8 observed in compliance with the outdoor sound level. oracle park you are likely aware there were two large concerts two weeks ago

on wednesday september 7 deaf leopard and motley crew plays and sep 8 lady gaga. we received 30, 311 complaints, e-mail and voice mail. i shared the complaints with oracle park and asked to send a message i can provide to the 17 complaints. included a e-mail address for a staff person at oracle the neighbors can contact if they have questions or concerns along with the hotline active during concerts and confirmed this hot line is the same number for all shows so it isn't a rotating hot line number. the last update i have for you is about jolene's 2700 16 street. inspector responded to 311 complaint september 17. he could hear the music outside the building even with doors closed. took a sound

measurement which showed operating at hundred ddc and allowable is the hundred so 18 decibels bchb. no management or employees aware of the sound limit was able to get the dj to turn the volume down. we issued nov and in conversation with it owner about setting the sound limit. happy to answer questions if you have them. >> i do have a question about (inaudible) it looks like they were on this list about 12 times. >> uh-huh. >> and so, is a lot of these complaints coming from the same neighbor or is it coming from multiple neighbors in the area? >> we identified coming from 3 complainant and in conversation with 2. i had a 45 minute call thursday to address their concerns. you notice many complaints are clustered so they come in groups all around the same exact time sort of repeating themselves and we have

been responsive. the latest visit was september 10 and weresponded within 2 and a half hours of the last complaint coming in and did take a sound measurement which demonstrated operating within compliance of the sound limit so there is much ongoing conversation between myself, director weiland and neighbors and we insure capital gardens is adhering to all permit conditions. >> thank you. >> i did want to just point out hal seon because they popped up twice but occasions they were closed. that is worthy noting. >> the owner was able to provide time stamp images of the security camera but demonstrated completely closed of the complaint. >> which was a intelgent added condition you put on their permit. >> read my mind. >> (inaudible)

>> i never recovered from world class entertainment. >> right. >> one of the commissioners on line, did you have comment to make? >> yeah, that was me. about oracle park concert. i was also-a, i could hear lady gaga in my living room. not loud enough to be a actual concert, just loud enough to be annoying and (inaudible) friends and neighbors saying are you supposed to be doing something about this. i told them all to call 311. i knew there was supposed to be a hot line number, but it wasn't-i couldn't locate it like anywhere online through orical park or the giants. is

this number more easily accessible somewhere else or is there another way to get that hot line number out? also, i imagine people who did have the hot line number were calling it, but that didn't seem to have impact, especially the second night after people were complaining the first night. aside from having an e-mail and hot line, like what more can we do and did the folks at oracle have more of a explanation for why the sound was so loud two nights in a row? >> i can speak to the question about the hot line. so, i did encourage them to publish that more widely. i know they are doing next door posting and they have an adrisery that goes out to the list serve and encourage them to include the hot line moving forward especially that it remains-not changing. i think it was

changeing for all the concerts and now it is one line cht i also suggested they expanded the advertising footprint because there was things happening in between peak jz throughout the city hearing the sound so those two things we know are going to happen and happy to share the e-mail on behalf of oracle park commissioner thomas if that is of 234 interest to you to read that. >> i would also just say that a part of that response oracle park puts out says they will take into account collecting information around complaints and sound issues so it is within your purview of commissioners to invite them for update if you like. i think the we thought about this in the past-it has been a long time since there is oloud concert

there. >> the beonce concert. they had concerts since beonce but this is the first audible here and i'm on the other side of potrero hills, so i really shouldn't be hearing that. >> interesting the people that live closer to the ball park were not hearing it. it is just such- >> headquarters is a couple blocks away i thoroughly enjoyed both concerts. you couldn't see it. i didn't get (inaudible) but i recognized each song. >> maybe we want to request a update. i think that it tends to be like one to two shows a year that cause this disturbance. >> i think commissioner thomas raise said good points. a thought i did have, would it be possible for us to give that number or

e-mail address to 311 since we know- >> good point. >> at least it gives them a tool because i know they get stressed out. >> we can easily do that. good idea. >> the other thing i was curious since we opened the topic is so if you call oracle what are they saying? are they just humoring people or just-curious what their response would be. call and said hey, you are blowing up my living room, do we have a idea what they say? >> i think we might need to call ourselves next time and figure that out. >> probably should have. >> yeah. >> i live on potrero hill on next door and i couldn't find anything that the giants had posted on next door about this. just a lot of people complaining about the noise. >> i did see the next

door post. >> okay. >> i do think there are a lot of good suggestions here and also making sure that phone number is more widely available. >> but i guess appreciating lieutenant question. what happens when people call that hot line, do they just say sorry it is loud or do they actually take some action to turn down the sound or otherwise mitigate it and then, i know that the conversation after that beonce some was the weather and way the cloud were, but the weather was very different for these two nights. is it a weather issue or a sound design and amp lifiication and ball park issue that could be mitigated somehow? >> i quite frankly

dont know how it could be mitigated, but we can discuss more and try to get creative because of the fact that some of these very very large performers they have like lady gaga sign riders with them that they want to be at certain db levels that are essentially supposed to be compliant with the entertainment permit but when in true operation it is sounding like it is getting to places where it shouldn't be and so, then being aible to actually lower the sound while a performer like lady gaga is performing would put them out of compliance with their contract and it is not something that any large operating stadium that does outdoor concerts in america can do. those are just things to bear in mind. it is really a challenging one for us to mitigate. >> i don't want to

belabor but just add and think commissioner thomas is saying, i do think there is a opportunity for them to evaluate, i assume the speaker configuration varies. i know there was a time we were getting calls from east bay and that doesn't seem to happen anymore. this event was san francisco calls it appears. >> yes, the speaker configuration greatry varies depending on the artist. >> i am thinking the stadium itself could start developing best practices where speakers work best if they start studying the complaint ratio to the speaker because i have a feeling they can find a sweet spot that could be better. never going to be perfect, we know that. these are epic events that the city elected to take on. >> it is quite some time since we had discussion about sound with them. >> two years of covid, hasn't been much going on out there. >> happy to. we can

circle with roscoand check in. >> i wonder are they tracking speaker locations for each event? anyway, i don't want to belabor it but think there is good opportunities here. >> alright. further questions? is there any public comment on this agenda item? >> there are no public comments for this item. >> we'll close this agenda item. the next item is number 6. i went with my daughter yesterday to green apple books. i went to get my daughter a book and we ended up getting a book called bfg the big friendly giant a giant that wanders the streets at night and blow dreams in your ears. we have the (inaudible) here to blow dreams in our ears. thank you mr. ben van houten.

>> thank you commissioners. thank you president bleiman. i wasn't-real nervous when you started out on that but it ended up okay. good evening. ben van houten with workforce development with a short update for you all. we have been talking a lot about state legislation during the updates and finally at the end of the state or approaching the end of the state legislative year. the governor until the end of the month to sign or veto legislation. there are at this point two bills that we are closely following on his desks, sb793, which would create a music venue type liquor license and are then also sb1116, which i have not discussed previously at the commission hearings. it arrived on may radar later but create a new grant program for both non profit performing arts

organizations and fiscally sponsored organizations. grants tied to their payroll expenses. if that is signed that is something to monitor and see how members of our entertainment community can access that fund. there is a laundry list of items that did not move forward or stopped during the process either due to failing in a vote on the assembly floor like the (inaudible) legislation did or other items were stalled in committee or amended out of legislation and committee. a number of different ideas related tonight life, related to economic recovery. left on the cutting room floor at this point. couple abc updates. relevant to the sector. friday afternoon abc released the draft regulations on alcohol service in non contiguous areas, so the idea is that

currently businesses with parklets,ic parking lots not connected to the venue are using temporary pandemic permits to sever alcohol. what abc has done is proposed regulations to serve as a template acknowledging how many businesses are likely to apply across the state to extend their premises permanently into these areas. released the framework. there is a public comment period that is open right now. there will be a hearing on november 1. still digging into those proposed regulations and how they would align or maybe in some cases not totally align with our shared spaces program so i think more to come on that but really encourage anybody in the industry, anybody with a parklet or outdoor shared space to look at those regulations and really unpack whether to what extent the proposal around

alcohol service-for example, there is a part of the proposal is alcohol service into a parklet could only be done by a member of the business. you couldn't traverse inside the business to the parklet as a patron with a alcoholic beverage. it requires service into the parklet. things like that are really important to consider during this regulatory review period. then also, the last time on this slide. responsible service certification. the rbs training program businesses-alcohol service managers were supposed to all be trained and certified by the end of august and so that is a deadline past but still encourage everyone if you haven't gotten rbs trained or new applicant or employees into the industry have to be trained within the first 60 days of employment. couple local updates. there

was a chronicle article a little while back on exploring whether san francisco needs a nightmare and in response to that discussion, supervisor dorsey called for a hearing around how to better support the night life sector and whether a night mayor style model which is really i think more european style model would make since in san francisco. we dont have a specific timeline when that hearing will happen but certainly when it does happen looking forward to working with entertainment commission and then other city stakeholders on the work we do, the opportunities to support that work and this sector further moving forward. >> ben, not familiar with the term. what does it mean, nightmare? >> it originated in amsterdam where there is a member of the public is actually elected by a-it is a

quasi-business improvement district but there is also a public facing vote. the club industry votes to create a position that works with city government as a liaison on night life but is not a city official in different cities there really-including how we interface with the sector in san francisco there is i think over 40 different variations, some in government, some out of government, so that is where that kind of concept originates from. i dont think that that term night mayor is popularly buzzy but don't find it effective what the work does. >> thank you. >> the other item on here, supervisor dorsey is sponsoring legislation that is part planning code reorganization but would also do a lot to support entertainment and other small

business uses in south of market zoning districts. this is something originally introduced by then supervisor haney before he left the board and supervisor dorsey is now championing. that legislation should be coming to the planning commission in the next few weeks or month and looking forward to continuing to share information about it with all you. i think it's-makes a lot of positive steps forward in terms of planning code and entertainment south of market. a plug for the shared spaces program. the pandemic program ends march 31 next year and applications for the legislative program are due november 1. the shared spaces team is constantly putting out new information. there is another training i believe thursday for architects and contractors around how to build compliant shared spaces. there are lists of people who have taken the training before on the website. there are psa have videos and

webinars so a lot of outreach done to help folks prepare and come into compliance and apply for the legislative program for shared spaces. and then just highlight a couple grant opportunities that have come up since we last spoke. first of all, sf shines program has two components, two different grant components, one of which is design service grant which provides free drawings and design service from architect or service from a graphic designer. especially for the people who need professionally drawn plans. having access to an architect is free of charge is really invaluable so encourage folks to look at that. and then there is the complementary construction funds grant for up to $5 thousand to complete construction projects and purchase new equipment. the shared spaces equity grants have also reopened for another cycle. that is up to $2500 to support bringing the

shared space into compliance and the office of small business has a great resource page collecting all the different grant opportunities available. final lee, a couple data points i don't want to focus too much but they popped up in doing review of statistics for the annual report that the commission is doing. this is the number of night life businesses in san francisco, again restaurant bars music venues art galleries mapped from 2010 to 2021. obviously a drop in 2020 and a more significant drop in 2021 after years of steady growth for the 10 years prior to that. the drop-off is more notable obviously when it comes to employment within the industry. just a really sharp drop in 2020 which is not a

surprise, and then into 2021, a slight increase there. those are annualized numbers from bureau labor statistics. there are other data sources that are more current but each data source has its own challenges but we would be happy to continue to provide data points or if you all have ideas of specific data points or specific ways to benchmark the industry health, i'm more then happy to talk about those, dig into what would be helpful for this commission moving forward. and that wraps up my presentation, but happy to answer any questions. >> i got one thought. i think you already know this, but i think very easy way to look at the pattern is bundling the liquor licenses because the data is readily available on the site. go year by clear and

slide the licenses we are interested in and that it is very contemporary. that might be the most accurate snapshot. not everyone has liquor but it would give a powerful trend. we could always talk off-line about that but dont think you need my help. >> that sounds great commissioner. thank you. >> any further questions? >> commissioner wang has her hand up. >> hi. i just wanted to quickly inquire about the night life mayor point. i thought the article that flagged the possible need for a night life mayor in our city was misinformed and lacking in understanding about the scope and scale of what we do in the city and i'm-while i applaud supervisor dorsey interest in advocating for night life, i'm curious to what kind of outreach

we are doing to help (inaudible) the role we played in this space. >> yeah. that's a great question. happy to differ to director weiland, but i think as this-it has been great to work with his office on the zoma zoning legislation and positive steps happening there. when this hearing gets scheduled it will provide more a roadmap to really drill into what would be most effective in terms of sharing that kind of information. i also think the work on the annual report and is a really-sorry maggie. >> we did speak with supervisor dorsey office and legislative aid immediately after the article and are did a lot of information sharing about the existing departments doing this work and i know ben would never want to be called night mayor, but he is considered a

night mayor among friends. just kidding. [laughter] among our colleagues across the nation who do this work and so it is just a different way of thinking about it, and we are preparing as ben said making sure we have a annual report but we are not calling it that because it will be a three year report covering this whole covid time period and so we are hopeful that will help illicit a lot of what we do when this hearing is scheduled which we are told just this week likely not till after november. >> one comment, i would applaud supervisor dorsey in that he's creating dialogue around entertainment and regardless where you stand on it, any time we get flagged there is silver lining there and it's getting the very important topic that is a huge part of the economy talked about so i think that is a good thing.

>> great. i look forward to discussing some of these in our working group. the recovery working group which is finally getting off its feet now thanks to the new commission secretary that is holding my feet to the fire. any public comment on ben's presentation? >> there are no public comments for this item. >> alright. we'll close this agenda item. thank you very much mr. van houten. the next item is 7, which is hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission and deputy director azevedo will introduce consent item first. >> i want to share a update with you. that amore sf needs to continue the application to the next hearing to have a chance to conduct neighborhood outreach because it was not completed in advance of tonight hearing so you need to vote to

approve the continuation of their permit to the next hearing october 4. >> raise the motion. >> second. >> we do need to take-is this part of the consent agenda? >> it was and agendized, but- >> got it. is there public comment on moving that item to further date, later date? >> no public comments. >> alright, we can vote. [roll call] >> alright. now we can do consent agenda as it stands. >> we have two limited live perfomance permits. there was no opposition for the application there was a letter from a neighbor submitted for ora in the file. there are two added conditions for permits on the consent agenda. the first is for ora

because it is located within the poke street ncdo indoor entertainment must end by 10 p.m. the other is for the vault, which was submitted by sfpd central station permit officer permitting from having dj as a form of entertain. the permit applicant spoke with both officers saying and myself about this and they are totally fine with that condition because it isn't part of their programming model. so, the staff recommendation for the commission is to vote to approve the consent agenda with the good neighbor policy and the added conditions as applicable. >> (inaudible) >> there was a motion. >> second it. >> okay. is there any public comment on either items on the consent agenda? it looks like we have a commenter. speak clearly and state your name. you have three minutes to comment. >> thank you. commission president and members, my name is dave doring, i live in the effected

neighborhood and- >> can you explain which neighborhood? >> the poke street neighborhood and speaking specifically to ora. you have a letter from me in your file. before i start, commissioner falzon, congratulations on tomorrow. i had the occasion to visit (inaudible) having said that, i am not opposing ora application but believe there are background (inaudible) this was a candy store prior to becoming the bar. there is a small space as a neighbor who walks by it on a regular basis during renovation and did not see instillation of a new ventilation system or instillation of sound proofing and there resident directly upstairs. i can see it a great venue for acoustic perfomancesism . i work in a venue which present live performance and supportive of live

entertainment. i like to encourage the commission to possibly inquiry the status of the ventilation because as someone has works in the entertainment industry and walks at night, every night i walked since the place open the front door is open, i dont see any other evidence of any other ventilation for the space and so if they start presenting live entertainment i find it hard to believe the door will remain closed on routine bases and may get close to 3 minutes and don't want to run out of time. i understand the good policy is incorporated by reference and permits and glad to know the 10 p.m. closing on music will be a specific permit condition. i think i should stop there and if you have any questions for me i can try and respond if i have the information but i do dmot know if they installed instillation or sound proofing but it seems those are relevant

considerations. thank you. >> is there further comment public comment on either item on the consent agenda? this is public comment for the consent agenda. the commissioners might decide to pull you off of consent agenda in which case you will come up and speak. we will ask that you come up and speak. first we have to have discussion. anybody have comments? >> permit applicant. >> i do have a couple comments. we dont respond to public comment but i want to reference that as far asventilation, that doesn't fall under our purview. >> no, but he's referencing the health order, which had essentially encouraged businesses to provide

proper ventilation due to covid and so through a hvac system or through personal purifiers and so that is what have been educating because the first thing they recommend is keeping windows and doors open which is in direct conflict-yeah. yeah. so, that's where that comes from. >> the first question is do we want to pull off consent and put it on the regular agenda? i think it probably bears- >> yeah. there is a motion to pull. >> been a while since i did this. do we have to have a vote to do it or just do it? >> vote. >> can we have a motion to take off this consent? is there a second? >> seconded. >> alright. do i have to have separate public comment from a procedure standpoint? i dont think we did. okay. we can vote.

[roll call] >> that is moved to regular agenda but first we have the remaining item on consent and have had a motion and second on that and we have had public comment so we can vote another vote on approving the consent agenda as now it stands. [roll call] >> congratulations to the vault for having live music but you are forbidden having dj i believe. now we can move on to regular agenda and we'll start with ora because that is only fair. i would like to offer sabrina a chance to up and tell us about what your plan is for the

space and what you're trying to do. >> so, i'm sabrina. >> you have more then 3 minutes by the way. >> okay. just to come back here, if you are in the neighborhood the door is always open and dont understand why you would have never come in to present yourself and your concerns. >> (inaudible) >> this is not a opportunity for back and forth. what we want to hear from you now sabrina is about your plan for the space and what you hope to do. >> like i said door is always open, i'm there at night. i am a very small space. i know this place used to be a legacy in san francisco as sees candy. that is probably one reason why i took that space because i am a native and i love the little piece of history. i am a very small space. i am a wine bar. i

am not trying to bring 10dj and not trying to bring 3 band members to my space. i do have a door that is my only exit being 49 i was granted capacity 49, which doesn't require other building ventilation. i do have the air purifiers in the back. i am installing a fan. yeah, i'm not here to rage any parties, i just like to have some sort of entertainment for my guests. >> i guess the question is, are you going-you are required to close your doors and windows while entertainment is happening and that is something you are prepared to do? >> i'm aware of the guidelines for that. i have been in the industry 10 years. my husband and i also own a restaurant. ora is in the making a long time and understand

the guidelines i have to follow. yeah, i just think it would be a good addition to poke. not trying to have anything too crazy. not what i'm into either, but just some form of entertainment also to support our artists. yeah. that's it. >> further questions for the applicant? anybody online? commissioners? alright. thank you very much you can have a seat. alright. now that we heard that do we have discussion, anybody want to bring up before we entertain motions? >> i have a couple comments i think. this is coming from a person that was a resident a very long time. i lived on larken and bush away from the poke street corridor. poke street

is a very i would say delicate balance and it can-when it is not occupied when we don't have a lot of occupancy on poke it can be very problematic and what i learned over the years especially when i did all the liquor licenses is in the longrun, occupancy really helps a neighborhood and it keeps it vibrant and keeps economically feasible, but i also want to recognize that we do take feedback very serious and i think my suggestion in the future is it is always better to engage the license up front if the opportunity exists. it may have in this case, i think it might have. it is also important to reach out to the commission early on and district police station because then we have more information in front of us in advance. what i also learned over the decades is sometimes it just

miscommunication of the true business model in fact people panic because they see entertainment or see a liquor license and think the worst. when in fact , quite frequently speaking from experience, it ends up working out quite well and quite successfully. i'm not going anywhere with this, other then i think we are-speaking for myself at least, i do want to be sensitive to the community but i think we also always want to seek the economic vitality of the overall neighborhood because that keeps it safe. boarded up buildings are very dangerous. those are my comments. >> i want to reiterate due to rezoning entertain is restricted in the neighborhood after 10 p.m., so there is a extra hour of silence compared to other llp. >> i have one more comment. sorry, real quick. the other part is, there are resident

above and i often always try to differ to those people most effected and in this case from all appearances they remain silent. thank you. >> any other comments or questions from commissioners? alright. do we want to entertain motions? >> i move to approve. >> is there a second? >> second. >> alright, we have moved this to the regular agenda. does that mean we have to have another public comment procedurally? >> i think so. >> probably should just to be safe. i like to open up for public comment on this agenda item. you are welcome to come back up because it is now a separate agenda item. >> i don't think i need to further points other then saying thank you for

taking the time to discuss this and hear from the applicant. the only live music in that area now is live jazz at (inaudible) one-night a week from 7-9. i wish your wine bar well. i did not stop in because the first two weeks it was open, there were two nights were (inaudible) across the street had to get come down and come across the street for the amplified music so that was the concern why i'm addressing the business now. thank you. >> alright. we have a motion. is there further public comment? >> there are no more public comments for the item. >> we'll close the public comment and we can vote. [roll call]

>> congratulations. i recommend you connect with the neighbors. if you don't i know the property manager very well. if there is help in that let me know. he is a friend of mine. moving along we can get to the actual regular regular agenda so i'll turn things over to senior analyst rice to introduce this first application. >> thank you president bleiman. for the next permit on the agenda, we are going to hear from noise pop regarding their jam permit application for the 20 street block party at the new location on valencia street on saturday october 15. now in the 9th year noise pop is presenting the block party to benefit missiondistricate based organizations, 826 (inaudible) the black party was previous held at (inaudible) this year they are moving the

event to the vulens lustreet from 18 street to 21 street and incorporate 19 and 20street to lexington. the street festival showcase independent and emerging artist, local restaurants and small businesses and artsons selling their (inaudible) expected attendance is 2,000 plus people. staff is recommended bringing this event to a commission hearing due the event new location, the receptors at the location and density of the jam permitted businesses in the area. if approved the jam permit would allow noise pop to host extended hours of outdoor entertainment and amplified sound from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. plus sound check before hand and allow them to exceed standard 6 hour maximum per day. our inspector will be working with the applicant during the sound check to determine appropriate sound level for the event based on police

code article 15.1 section 1060.16. festival staff will also be checking sound limits throughout the entire event. you will see the jam permit application, the event summary and overview. the proof of neighborhood outreach to effected neighbors, copy of the site plan. there was no opposition to this permit and we did not receive any recommendation from mission station within the response window and we assume they have no issues with the amendment or the permit rather. here to speak tonight is julie zulinski from noise pop. i'll bring her in to present. and you will see the staff recommendations in the memo for this permit. julie, if you can hear me, please unmute yourself. >> there you go. hieverybody. sorry i

couldn't be there in real life. i have my colleague isa who is present there today. yeah, so basically dylan did all my homework and said (inaudible) i are was reciting before this happened. as he said, we have done this in the past on 20and bryant and our office moved over to valencia. we share a office with mc sweeny so decided to bring it over there. we have reached out to neighbors, planning on having a db person on site day of. we have been posting fliers, visiting with all the businesses. we pretty have positive reinforcement and will have a ambassador on site dealing with neighborhood

complaint. we also have had hot line added and so far all our calls have been like how do we get involved in this, which is great. and yeah, the mission is basically to bring some community to the neighborhood and support local businesses and a lot of one of the stages is hundred percent local bands, so we have been doing this for years and i think that's all i have to say along with dylan. anyone have any questions? >> commissioners, just for the record i will read the three recommendations from staff. we recommend approving with good neighbor policy. recommend the permit holder shall adhere to the sound limit set by the ec sound inspector in advance of the event in accordance with article 15.1 section (inaudible)

and we recommending they coordinate with other jam permitted businesses in the event footprint to mitigate sound impact on neighbors as well as respective program. thank you. >> alright. comments from commissioners? >> how many stages are there going to be? sorry if i missed that. >> i dont think i did say that. it is 3 stages so we are doing a main stage between 20 and 21 and there is a small stage between 18 and 19 and then (inaudible) records which the studio lives on 19 and lexington we will do a outdoor dj stage that they are going to curate. >> great. thank you. i have been in the past when it was on 20and bryant and loved it so i'm look ing

forward to see what it looks like in the new location. >> thank you. >> alright. thank you for presenting. doesn't sound like there is more questions. sticking with the process we have been doing, entertain motions first. any motions? >> i move to approve. >> is there a second? >> second. >> alright. now i like to open up for public comment. any public comment on this agenda item? >> there are no public comments on this item. >> alright. we can vote. [roll call] >> alright. congratulations, noise pop. sound really exciting. the next agenda item is one i have to recuse myself for. the next permit because it is business i own so i will step into the back and turn things over to

-(inaudible) vice prezderant camino. >> thank you. president bleiman. so, let's see--we are go back to the deputy director. >> i'll read this. the next permit on the agenda is llp permit for california jacks located at 1548 california street. california jacks previously known as (inaudible) recently changed dba name and now also a bottle shop selling craft beer to take home. the business plans to bring in live musicians including dj and cowboys with guitars singing prairie tunes. the end time for entertainment is restricted to 10 p.m. the business dist ribted 83 letters to surunding business and commercial neighbors. in the file they received one letter of sport and another letter that request standard conditions be applied to the permit

such as doors and windows remaining closed during entertainment and end by 10 p.m. the reason the permit is on the agenda is there were a few 311 complaints about the indoor trivia night which isn't indoor entertainment. we have not received anymore complaints about the trivia. august 28 we received 311 complaint about the music being too loud but they were not hosting at the time so (inaudible) northern station did not have added conditions and here to speak with you this evening is their manager brook lloyd. >> hi, everyone. thanks so much for your time. that was a great summary, but i'm going to probably repeat a few things so apologize for that. i'll get right to it. brook lloyd the general manager for

california jack's as mentioned. this is previously (inaudible) before we chairchged the overall bar concept and vibe. we are asking for limited live music permit for our space and for a couple main reasons. one is, we love local musicians and local artists and we would love to pay them to have gigs in our space. second is, we believe that live music will help us bring in new customers from the neighborhood. we are still at about 60 percent of sales of pre-covid sales, so trying to get back up to where we were before. as for our plan, so we plan on having just ambiant music customers can sit around and talk to each other. this is neighborhood bar so we want it to be a social space even if there is live music. there is dj spinning, blue grass artists, that

type of ambiant think. for some reason ben bleiman is obsessed having a sad coboy sing lonesome prairie songs. cup ouple things to note we will always have our on pa system and never let the artist control the music volume. that is something we will always have and always have a manager present or ben or myself robby the other manager will be there hundred percent of the time overseeing this. we will also have the windows and doors shut. we know that there was a complaint about trivia and we'll always have those shut. also worth noting is that live music does have to stop at 10 p.m. in the neighborhood, so we won't have live music after 10 p.m. we reached out to hundreds of neighbors via e-mail and text and we talked to

neighbors either in passing and walking to the neighborhood or come in as patrons to the bar and we have spoken with the manager of the sro that is above us and everyone is enthuseic support of this and really excited to have new things and fresh things in the neighborhood. and lastly, if we do encounter any question we will have our cell phones ready and available. the phone for the bar is actually forwarded to the owner and so we will be quick to respond to anything that we hear from the neighbors and reach out to them to make sure they are happy. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> are thank you brook. okay. commissioners, does anyone have any questions? >> i want to-lis is laura, i want to know more about the cowboy

and lonesome prairie but can i direct those questions to ben? >> i think it will fall under trivia night. i don't think that is entertainment; >> it is to harsh to (inaudible) >> agreed. >> ben can take (inaudible) >> thank you. [laughter] okay, we will follow the new protocol. let's entertain a motion. >> motion to approve. >> do i have a second? >> second. >> okay. do we have public comment? >> there are no public comments for this item. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. can we have a vote? >> vice president camino- >> yes.

[roll call] >> excellent. okay. president bleiman, are you coming back? we are just curious. why the obsession with lonesome cowboy song, singer? >> we are no longer on this agenda item so i'm not allowed to discuss that matter. we can take that offline. i'm into it. i think we have one two more permits and we'll keep things moving along. deputy director. >> the next permit on the agenda is poe permit for dahlia lounge, 1799 mission street. this was previously the armory club and held a permit from the office. the new business is cocktail lounge and applying for a permit to host comedy night live brands and dj and open 5 days a week but hope to be open 7

days. the business hand delivered some letters. we'll speak more to that when they come up and it is over here if you like to take a look at the letter since it didn't make it into the file. senior inspector set a sound limit which you see in the staff recommendations. theres no opposition for this permit and mission station had no added conditions so here to speak with you this evening is the general manager nick callahan. >> good evening everyone. thank you for hearing us this evening. little about myself, i have been in the city since 96. food and wine industry since i was 15. most recently i opened park chalet beach (inaudible) just during the pandemic. mostly because i was bored. recently i came on as general manager to redesign the bar. did that solo until a month ago. i brought on

anataseia our assistant gm bar manager whatever you want to call her. i'm always on premise. if i'm not there she is there. formally i was at beat box about 6 years. that was a fun venue, we did not have noise complaints i'm aware of in the six years i was there. i bring up the previous places so you hopefully see it under good hands. we had one complaint from a neighbor. i don't know who it was. i informed when they came to check the sound levels. the armory club ret row fitted the place with sound proofing. when the inspector came to set the sound limits went out and windows and doors were closed and had to lean up against the window to hear any noise at all, so props to the armory club for that. and i turned it up louder then i heard in there. we are looking forward to having live comedy nights trivia nights, anything we can do to entertain

the community. the one noise complaint we did get i wrote up a letter, i posted on the apartment building above us and just so we hadn't been prurply introduced the staff and myself like to say hello, give 20 percent discount on beverages and alcohol. we understand living above tabar can get noisy so if you want us to turn it down happy to oblige. i put my personal cell phone and anataseia and the owner phone number. we haven't heard anything from them. i also have spoken to i think everyone in the building as they have come in and out. i'm in there all the time. i slept in there 9 times trying to get it open in time. additionally, i started a neighborhood appreciation nights on thursday evening from 6-9 happy hour. i posted a dozen on every building within one block on mission and 14th street reaching out and trying to get to know everybody and tell

everybody we are back. i know the armory club was a popular spot in the neighborhood and a island on 16. it is place people can go and enjoy a beverage, so we are looking to continue that neighborhood feel being a neighborhood bar for happy hour, we also want to entertain jazz and dj and things like that on the weekdays. and preparation for this meeting this hearing i put up a dozen notes i guess you call them is the hard copy i brought you. sorry i couldent get the pdf introducing ourselves and whautd we want to it do and posted on a one block a radius each way. that is it. an tas you you want to say anything? >> i think you covered it all. >> any questions for me? >> any questions from the commissioners online? alright. no

questions for me. sounds straight forward. you can have a seat. do we want to entertain motions? >> to approve. >> there is a motion to approve, is there a second? >> i second. >> alright. is there any public comment on this agenda item? >> there are no public comments . >> we will close public comment and we can vote. [roll call] >> congratulations it is approved. if you haven't yet check with the neighbors. the (inaudible) know very well. make sure they are on-board with your plans. >> (inaudible) >> yes. i'm sorry to hear that. alright. is that the final permit that we are working on? no, we

have one more. we have long one tonight cht deputy director azevedo. >> the final permit is poe permit for candle stick park. the bar and restaurant is located by oracle park and previously the polo grounds and o'neil irish clubism applying for the permit to host live band (inaudible) non game days. our senior inspector is scheduling their sound test and a limit will be applied to the permit. in your file you see outreach letter they distributed to 20neighboring commercial residential buildings. additionally they receivered 8 letters of support which are included in the file and are there were no opposition notes submitted. southern station approves the permit with the standard condition outlined below and here to speak this evening is barbara (inaudible) on behalf of the owner dave o'keeffe.

>> thank you. nice to be here accept not nice to be here. dave is not here because his mother passed away so he and the family had to go back to irland to berry their mother. (inaudible) i worked with dave for years now. i know what kind of businesses he runs. i know-i manage one of his businesses, the hotel via around the corner from the bar. this bar is-i have been working down there in south beach neighborhood for years now and we all the businesses, the residents, we all have this one thing we are trying to do down there, which is build a real neighborhood. it is just kind of there, there is stuff there, but there is no real neighborhood and are there are little pieces of things that are missing that might make it a real

neighborhood. retail is one of them, but i feel a bar like this on nashville because my neighbors have all signed letters of support, we feel a nashvile type bar with live music would be a real good addition to the neighborhood. it would give people somewhere to go right in the neighborhood. it would bring people there for things other then baseball and the idea is to do blues or jazz or country and even do like open mic nights so we can give the aspiring artists some place to go to have open mic nights and nothing crazy, nothing outrageous, but just a place where people can come and hang out and listen to music, live music while they are having a drink and eating some food. i believe something like this we

all believe down there something like this would be one of those little pieces in our continuing efforts in south beach to build a real neighborhood. the bar is mostly surrounded by commercial so wouldn't be bothersome to anybody. there are apartment buildings in various directions. dave o'keeffe owns one of the apartment buildings so he is not going to do anything that is going to disturb his tenants, and we have support-we have good support from all our neighbors. so, i think i can tell you this right now, dave o'keeffe has been down in that neighborhood for a long time and he's not going to let anything untoward go on over there, but it is going to be a real asset to add something nice like this like a nashville style music venue to the mix that

is down there. the manager of the bar is adam andrew, right over here. he is there all the time and also i could tell you that they use the same security that we use at the hotel that we have been using for a long time. we always have security. they always have security and our security people are some of the best in the city by the way. >> alright. any questions for the presenter, the applicant while she's here? you can have a seat and we'll discuss motions. any comments from commissioners? alright. do we have any motions to proceed? >> i move to approve. >> is there a second? >> second.

>> alright. is there any public comment on this agenda item? >> there are no public comments for this item. >> alright. we can vote. [roll call] >> alright. it has been approved. thank you very much. you can follow up awith our staff at your earliest convenience. doesn't need to be tonight. alright. that is the last item on our permit application agenda. >> you are correct. >> the last item is 8 commissioner comments or questions. what do we got? >> how we doing team? >> i'm tired. >> congratulations commissioner falzon on raising the flag.

>> yes. thank you. >> what is the occasion again? >> (inaudible) from england. >> who said multi-fall zon because that was a pun. it was like a headline, should be a chronicle. i don't have anything specific to say other then the draft regs the abc released for outdoor alcohol sales for shared spaces are a disaster and i just don't understand how there could be a body so detached not just from the day to day work that bars and restaurants have to do in the state but from the proposed agenda of their own desk it governor. >> i'm surprised the reform didn't get legs. >> it is shocking to me where they stand so will have our work cut out for us but unbelievable they will try to outlaw alcohol service that practically after- >> did i hear we

didn't roll over the off sale? >> it did roll over for restaurants. has to be accompanied for food so tried to get for bars as well. alright. any public comment on my ramblings? >> no more public comment. >> alright, we'll close this item and conqulud conclude this meeting at exactly 704 p.m. thank you very much everyone. >> night. >> thank you. >> good night. [meeting adjourned]

>> so, okay. hi everyone. i'm sharaoen and i'm executive director of san francisco department of homelessness and supportive housing. i want to welcome everyone today to this joyous occasion. so, this is one of the new buildings that the city is acquiring to add to our permanent supportive housing stock. we know that supportive supportive housing is a try and traoud intervention for people experiencing homelessness. once people go into supportive housing, they do really well. i think we have an 87% retention rate over two years which means people tend to stay ones they come into supportive housing.

and the reasons i heard from people who have experienced is that they have a safe, clean and quiet space. that they can brown out noise of the street, that they can focus on the things that they need to move on forward in nr lives. so today i want to thank the mayor for her incredible leadership. we added so much to the housing stock, since she has been our mayor. i also want to thank catherine stephanie who is newly the supervisors of this particular over this particular building because the, because the lines of the supervisorial lines changed. that's great to see you supervisor. and i want to thank steve goode in five keys thoer their incredible work. both from the shelter side but also in permanent supportive housing. and they're the ones who are

responsible for managing this building .d this is a building for 114 adults. right now, it's got about over 90 people moved in. one of the reasons that we chose it is because of the location. one of the other reasons is because it's a building that was easily renovated and it had a low vacancy rate so there was only about 30 legacy tenants. so that gave us the ability to move a lot of people in. so today we're going to start by hearing from mayor reed, and then i will come back and introduce our next speakers. thank you. >> thank you, sharenne. let me start by saying it's so great to be here. we fortunately have acquired a number of these properties over the past two years, increasing

our permanent supportive housing portfolio to almost 3000 units which is one of the fastest increases in over 20 years. and these types of project don't get the fanfare support and recognition that they truly deserve. because because sadly we see too many people focused on the challenges of the streets but not necessarily on the people who were once part of the challenges of the streets. seems those people now turn their lives around, not just because they have a roof over their heads, but because they're going to have support from organizations like five keys where there will be case management and supportive services, 24-hour service from a team of people who actually really care about the success of their lives.

that's a big deal. and what i see constantly because many people say, what are we going to do about the homeless. and my push back is this, it's not a one size fits all. everyone you see on the streets is not necessarily homeless and has different challenges. so for us, to be as affective as we are in helping people and meeting them where they are, we have to get more creative and more importantly, we have to provide spaces like this. 114 units added to the portfolio with a team of people as i said from five keys. our goal is to make sure that the people that we are directly pulling off the streets and moving in this building never make it back out to the streets. never get back out there for any apparent reason.

it takes a lot of work and money and resources and it really takes a village. of course, sharene and the office of homelessness and housing play a key role in managing a lot of the properties that we have been able to acquire but we can't do it again. and having partners on properties like this and being actively engaged is going to really be a game changer for the city. this was not something that we focused on in the past. and in fact, by 2023, we'll

have about 14,000 units of permanent supportive housing in our portfolio. so that's going to be a big increase. and let's also talk about the data and work we've done and how we're finally seeing results. more than almost any other city not only in the bay area but the entire state of california. san francisco saw a 3.5% reduction in homelessness overall and a 15% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. so we have a lot to be proud of. we know something is working. we see the challenges every single day. but just because people are outside, hanging out whatever going on, does not always mean that they're homeless. and part of our foc sus making sure that we have support and a roof over folks head and the other part is services. the other part is assistance in various capacities. and five keys has been a tremendous partner in helping us in this work. so we appreciate the opportunity to open this space to make sure that we highlight the space.

this is one of the, bases that we were able to acquire fast, unlike most spaces we're able to purchase. wefrp approved in february and we started to move people in may. it was brought to mia tension late last time, that's rocket time in san francisco. but every delay, means a denial to safe affordable housing. i want to thank you for helping us make this building part of this reality and maintain this partnership and great opportunity for san franciscoians to have a safe affordable place to call home. and with that, i want to introduce the supervisor who represents this district. it threw me off, i used to be

supervisor of district 5 and after redistricting, supervisor stefani is the supervisor of this district which i think is great because she will give this building, this side of the community a lot of love and attention. but more importantly our city is changing. it's changing and we have to make some hard decisions redistricting. and in fact, we saw district 6 grow significantly. we saw district 10 grow. but we didn't see a lot of our other parts of our city grow because we were not building enough housing. we have to get aggressive in building housing all over our city. that's really important. but in the meantime this is a lucky building to have supervisor catherine stefani and without further ado, the supervisor of your district. [applause] >> thank you, for your

leadership, i was thrilled when you took lead of that department having worked with you for so long now. and i'm absolutely thrilled that this is part of district 2 and that we're going to add 1400 more units. it's important to do our share. the fact that we moved our lines moore way, certainly means a lot to me. mayor reed is right and i care deeply about the residents here, we have 94 here and 119 potential residents. they have a common room, they have a kitchen, they have a

room where they can watch football, 49ers of course. i noticed that there were no books. we're going to do that start today, we'll do a book drive. and i look forward to working with everyone. and sunny one of my she ros who is very involved with five keys. the fact that we brought over 2000 units is all attributable to mayor reed.

and we know that it's not just about providing a room. we put people in the room. this is what five keys does, so i thank you in advance and what you're going to do for those moving in. next we'll hear from steve goode who is executive director of five keys. >> thank you, i feel like everything i wanted to say has already been said. welcome to 385 church street. we call this the gothem while i'm not batman our staff are superheros.

that work that they do. what they do is nothing more than heroic, from reversing overdoses, treating somebody with dignity and respect deserving of every person. i want to say that i'm proud and happy to be part of the solution that mayor reed, board of supervisors, hsh has brought to the city to reverse the problem. and we'll continue to be here and i think we covered everything that i wanted to say.

i have the privilege to introduce one of our residents. david has been unsheltered for approximately 20 years. enter the system about 3 years ago. he's one of our residents right now. david? >> hello my name is david, david rogin and i'm a resident here. i'm a resident of san francisco born and raised 66 years ago. you know what, i'm lucky to be here. this is the first i can say this is my house. you know, i've got my own key. and now that i'm here my goal is to really get myself together.

i got a place where i can come in every night to eat and be safe. you know it's my room, it's my place. what is better is, the first thing i got into the building, staff made me nervous because they kept asking if i'm all right. i'm all right, they got me a place. i didn't move around like him. but he got it for me and i'm here, you know.

now that i'm here i can concentrate on my health. not only my health but my relationship with my sister. everybody else is gone. i can ask my sister to come over so i can cook her something to eat. i wish i did that with mom but, it's a little too late for that. i hung in there on this ride, i was living in sip, shelter in place. and first day, they said they would guarantee me housing and

years later, i'm here right here. that's what is going on right now in my life. who ever thought i would be doing something like this. it's the like the movies, the mayor is next to me and all of these people. makes me feel like i'm somebody today, you know. [applause] the numbers that are out there, it may be understand a whole lot about what is happening in san francisco with the homelessness and addictionness going on. yeah, it is a problem but my results is if you stick with it, you can get here in san francisco.

something must be happening, you know. i can walk through some of the old neighbors and show. it's different now. i don't know how much they had to clean up around here. this is a nice neighborhood, two blocks away from st. marie's church. one of the parks away, i used to play baseball. now it's about 50 years ago. but, i'm here now and i can look at the park every day and enjoy the sunshine. and just come back and kick it in my place, you know.

>> so i just want to thank everybody, thanks for coming and thanks for celebrating with us, have a great day everyit.

>> shop & dine in the 49

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pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important

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>> okay, this meeting is now being recorded. commissioner you may begin the special retirement board meeting of september 15, 2022. >> great. i'm going to be filling in as vice president for supervisor safai, until he's here. he got tied up in the last-minute deal. welcome to the retirement board meeting. this meeting is held in a hybrid format with the meeting occuring on live on sfgovtv, i would like to remind all individuals present and attending the meeting