>> in person and virtual meeting of the san francisco entertain commission. my name is benn clee man and i'm the board president. we'll start with announcements. >> so we want to start the meeting with land acknowledgement. [land acknowledgement]

>> their meeting is held in hybrid format in room 416, broadcast live on sfgovtv and available to view on zoom or listen by call -- calling 69990068 about 3 and meeting id89369 it 38198. we welcome the public and there's an opportunity public comment at the beginning of the meeting and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes. public comment will be taken both in person and remotely by video or call-in. for each item, the commission will take public comment first

from people attending the meeting in person and then from people attending the meeting remotely. for those attending in person, please fill out a speaker card located at the side table or podium. come up to the podium during public comment, state your name and any affiliations and then your comments. you'll have three minutes. once finished, please hand your speaker card to myself, the senior analyst behind the podium. if using zoom podium, select raise hand option. calling by phone, dial star nine when your item of interest comes up. whether asked to speak, unmute yourself by hitting star six. speak slowly and up. if viewing on sfgovtv, unmute before speaking on public comment. while we recommend you use zoom audio or telephone for public comment, you may submit a written public comment through the chat function on zoom. please note that commissioners

and staff are not allowed to respond to comments or questions during public comment. thank you, sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. >> and now we'll begin with the roll call. >> president bleiman? >> here. >> commissioner thomas? >> here. >> commissioner torres? >> here. >> commissioner wong? >> here. >> i would like to note for the record, pardon me, we have three excused absences this evening for commissioners caminong and falzon and perez. >> the first order of business is consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution making findings to allow teleconferenced meeting under california government section 59453e which i'm told is only going to last another month. do we have a motion to adopt this resolution? >> so moved. >> seconded. >> is there any public comment

on this agenda item? >> there's none. >> all right. then we can vote. >> okay. [roll call] >> all right. it has been approved. the next agenda item is number two, which is general public comment. is there anybody who wants to comment on something that is not on agenda tonight? i don't think anybody in the gallery. >> president bleiman, one person on zoom would like to make a comment on zoom. their hand is raised and i'll unmute them shortly. >> mr. tarano, if you can hear us, unmute yourself and you have three minutes. >> this is (indiscernible) tarano, can you hear me? >> yes. i'm monitoring the mr. -- the mta board meeting and i

want to welcome commissioner torres as the new entertainment commission. it's great to have someone representing the castro area and (indiscernible). and i'm calling in to say that, you know, bond bar switched to mother bar, the same person who owns the park side and the problem is this -- the sky rock is still creating parking on illegal parking on rundale alley and people hanging out. i hope the new owner doesn't have to deal with the same issues that andrea had to deal with as bond bar, but i heard that the tax -- the sound engineer or investigator fell asleep in his car while watching it and i think -- i'm not saying that (indiscernible), but it is a

problem that you're not fully investigating sky lar. sorry to put it this way but it's dangerous for everybody else. the next thing is, some of the nightclubs are still taking up too much street space which interfering with bikes and droop drop-offs and parking. the audio and (indiscernible) are letting cars park in the bicycle lane and double parking and leaving the cars unoccupied especially next to the shared spaces so i don't know why you don't want to participate in making it safer street for everybody, but you're encouraging this type of egregious behavior by allowing these unauthorized vehicles to double park especially on 11th street and some of the other nightclubs are occupying especially great northern. they are taking up way too much street space with their poles and that's not appropriate,

considering they don't own the street. so, i'd appreciate it that you deal with this issue sooner than later. thank you very much and good luck to you. i know it's a short agenda. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> all right. is there any more general public comment? >> there's none. >> all right. we'll close that item and we'll move onto number three which is approval of the minutes for december 20, 2022. commission meeting, do i have a motion to approve the minutes? >> so moved. >> second. >> all right. we can open the public comment. >> there's none. >> all right. we can vote. >> president bleiman? >> aye. >> commissioner thomas? >> aye. >> commissioner torres? >> aye. >> commissioner wang. >> approved. number four, report

from executive director. >> good evening commissioners. i have a brief update this evening. i wanted to officially introduce you to our newest sound inspector, this is sid and we're very excited to have her. she's the first woman to serve in this role and we've been commissioned for 20 years now so that feels like a very big deal. she has been in training since new year's eve weekend. deputy director asavito went out with her and other inspectors at the start of the year on january 67th and i think she's already a great addition to the team, so i would just strongly encourage you to say hi after the hearing and we're just very happy to have a full team right now, so that's all i have. i'm happy to answer any questions you might have. >> oh, so sorry. sid, if you want to say anything, you can feel free to hello.

>> thank you to maggie and dylan and it's an honor to join the entertainment commission. hope to see you soon. >> questions. >> all right. i have no questions myself. is there any public comment on this agenda item? >> there's none. >> all right. then we can move on to number five which is report from deputy director azevedo. >> thank you, president bleiman and good evening, commissioners. we have received 32 311 complaints since december 20th. i have a small update for you this evening but i wanted to share we received two complaints on new year's eve this year which is great. and as always, please feel free to ask questions after my reports. i want to update you on white rabbit on fillmore street. they hold a permit from us and on december 31st inspector infurero

responded to loud music and when he spoke to the manager, the manager said the door was opened the night before because the patriots requested fresh air. he responded to another complaint on january 7th. at 1:15 a.m. and when he arrived the front door was propped open and he heard a base presence. they were operating above their sound limit to he worked with the manager to bring them into compliance. there was a notice of violation for exceeding their sound limit. that's the only update i have to share with you. let me know if you have questions. >> commissioners? >> impressive new year's eve. >> it was pouring rain. >> it was pouring rain. >> i'll take it. it did stop that night and a good time was

had by some; i will say. [laughter] >> is there any public comment on this agenda item? >> there's none. >> all right. we'll close public comment and we'll move onto the next item which is report from ben van houten and you can come up, ben. i'm mentioning this because there's a man, i won't say hero because what's a hero but sometimes there's a man and i'm talking about the beard here. sometimes there's a man, he's a man for his time and place. he fits in there and that's the beard in san francisco and even if he's a hard working man and the beard was certainly that, quite possibly, the most hard working in all of san francisco county which places him at high running for the most hard working worldwide but sometimes they're a man, sometimes there's a man. i lost my train of thought here, but -- >> that's okay. >> i've introduced him enough.

mr. ben van houten. >> thank you, president bleiman. and what a wonderful introduction. it has been a few months, so a lot to catch up on including -- i have to get used to the intros again. i'm with night life business assistance update. wonderful. i have some updates on some state and local policies and programs, some of which carry over from last year, but it's still ongoing too. first off, just to highlight some of the 2022 legislation at the state level that was signed into law, we were pleased that the governor signed sb793 which was senator wiener's bill to create a new type of liquor license for live music venues, again, i'm sure you know, but given the cap on full liquor licenses in san francisco, there's a high cost to acquire a full liquor license on secondary

market and it makes it challenges for music venues to get -- venue to get started and it has a food service requirement on all ages music venues and this license type is available from abc and avoiding the secondary market and no longer requires food service at venues provided that they are operating as a music venue. exciting to have that in law and now the abc is currently working on some emergency regulations to implement these licenses. i don't think they are accepting applications for licenses just yet. while that regulatory process is going and there's the possibility of permanent regulations on this site. it's a longer timeline but i've been working with the venue, the state venue association on some feedback on the emergency regulations, as well as we're thinking about industry outreach once these licenses are available to help educate everyone about the

opportunities. certainly, for new venue operators but also for some existing venue operators who may want to switch from a restaurant style, you know, 47 or a bar style 48 liquor license to music venue. some venues have had their licenses for decades so applying for a new license is a new endeavor for them. state bill signed into law last year, sb1116, which is a grant program for small nonprofit performing arts theaters and fiscal sponsored theater projects that's tied to the amount that they pay in payroll to staff, which is a really innovative and exciting program for those nonprofit theaters. in the governor's signing statement, he noted there was no funding attached to the program in the legislation, so that needed to be hashed out during the budget

process, which candidly i'm not sure what the stalt -- what the status is for that funding but something we'll be monitoring. with the start of the year, new legislation affront and late last year, senator maine announced ab24 requiring certain businesses including bars to acquire opioid antagonist kits and having the locks behind the bar. there are a couple of other different industry sectors, i think, gas stations and sro's are among the others but bars are callout as one of those categories so certainly something we're monitoring and then locally, we've been have having conversations with the department of public health and how to expand on the training work they are doing with individual businesses and thinking about how to build that more into industry, how to amplify that work across the sector. secondly, senator wiener introduced sb76 last week. that

bill would allow local governments to create entertainment zones which could be shared outdoor alcohol consumption areas which really would be i think in conjunction with street fare -- street fairs and restaurants to participate in the activity happening on the street as opposed to the festival operator getting their own separate alcohol vendor. really exciting opportunity for local businesses to participate in and engage in those sorts of activities and the bill makes a couple of technical attends with respect to the music venue licenses that's helpful too. additionally, late last year, the abc put out their draft regulations for alcohol service in non-contiguous areas. this is the idea of parklets and spaces separated from a business by public sidewalk. there were, i think, among industry

stakeholders, a number of concerns around the drafted regulations that abc issued including that all alcohol carried from inside the business into the parklet had to be carried by a server as well as some other post patrons and other concerns about requirements of site lines and other issues. the comment period for those draft regulations closed in november. there were significant feedback from local night life operators and i think we expect updated draft regulations or response to a lot of that public feedback to happen sometime early this year so something we are keeping an eye on. final state update on is the california state venues program. that's the statement venue of the shuttered venues grant program. the feds administered it, it's a program to impact -- for venues impacted by covid. i believe it was $150 million program, grant program.

there were some issues at the outset with the implementation of the program, so there's a second phase now open with some expanded eligibility for businesses that were not able to participate in it previously. the ability to participate was determined by a business's makes and district coding, so in the second round, there's expanded, an expanded set of businesses that can participate and businesses need to show a lesser degree of loss of financial impact from covid. so, businesses, if businesses have not applied, they should apply at the link but california arts have been doing good work to educate the industry about this and moving to the second phase is just another technical layer of requirements on top of it, so really direct people as well. on

the local front, supervisor dorsey's legislation that would do planning code, reorganization and also make a number of reforms to zoning in the south of market is continuing to move forward. it's currently pending in the land use committee after getting out of the planning commission late last year. in terms of entertainment zoning, the legislation was narrowed in planning commission to expand entertainment uses, nighttime entertainment issues along folsom street and 11th street and remove the buffers that made that challenges previously. there's additional work to do to look at continuing to expanding access to entertainment uses in the south of market, but a lot of good stuff in this legislation as it moves forward. secondly, supervisor dorsey's hearing that he called late last year on the nightmare concept on -- and i think more broadly on

how we can collectively and more effectively support the night life and entertainment sector, it's my impression it's something they are looking at in terms of identifying a date for that hearing. and then final update here is on the shares spaces program. the emergency program ends march 31st. applications for the legislative program were due january 15th, but if businesses have not submitted those applications, they really should do so as soon as possible. legislation was just recently introduced to extend the grace period after the march deadline to help departments in supporting the transition from the emergency program to the legislative program including just add music permits as needed and there's a variety of resources on the shared spaces page including some videos around design guidance and there's some upcoming design training

sessions including one on the 24th. and that's my update at this time. happy to take any questions, thank you. >> thank you. >> i had a question about the south of market legislation, is that -- are they waiting for the new land use committee to be set and then -- do we have any idea of the timeline on that? >> we don't, but that's a good yes. i'm happy to follow up with the supervisor's office. i know with the change in committee compositions, i'm not sure that any of the -- [multiple voices] yeah! >> yeah, because i'd like to partake in that hearing, if i can. any other questions? all right. is there any public comment for mr. van houten? >> there's none.

>> all right >> all right. we'll close public comment and we can move along to number seven which is hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits undered jurisdiction of the entertain commission and deputy director asvito will introduce this. >> i have one permit on the consent agenda -- agenda this evening. you rubbed off on me there. so, for conditions, i want to point out due to the zoning district of libreria which is our consent agenda, this would have to end by 10:00 p.m. rather than 11:00 and the permit officer include one standard calendar and condition for the permit. ec staff set an internal sound limit for the business which is list below so the staff recommendation for the commission is to vote to approve the consent agenda with the staff recommendations. >> got it. do we have any

questions before we open to public comment? all right. is there any public comment on the consent agenda? >> there is none. >> all right. we'll close public comment. and then we will entertain a motion. >> i move approval of the con -- consent agenda. >> second it. >> we can -- we can vote. [roll call] >> i actually thought i had done something wrong and you were saying president bleiman, can you -- i didn't realize i was voting, aye is what i meant. i said please go on. i wasn't trying to say, please get this over with. >> for the record, president bleiman gives his approval. >> please approve this, everybody. i was like, tell me what i did wrong, i thought you were going to say, president bleiman, you forgot this. congratulations, you have been approved and get with our staff for next steps. thank you. the

next and last agenda item is number eight which is comments and questions. what do we got? >> nothing. >> i just want to note that there was a chronicle article last week about state of night life and hospitality and going out and it's very dismal out there. it seems like the people haven't yet returned and everybody's kind of wondering is there ever going to return to previous numbers. something to keep everybody's ears and eyes on as we make rules about night life going forward. if there's many, many fewer companies, we need to adapt as a government to support the industry because of its economic impact. i want to mention that. any public comment on this agenda item? >> there's nothing. >> we'll close public comment and adjourn this lightning

meeting at this moment. it's 6:02 p.m. fantastic! thank you, everybody. >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi.

so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling

here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful murals.

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good afternoon and welcome to the january 10th, 2023 meeting. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you, mr. president.