>> good evening this meeting will come to order welcome to the january 30 regular meeting of lands use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors i'm prierz melgar chair. joined by vice chair dean preston and president aaron peskin. the clerk is erica major and i would like to acknowledge matthew at sfgovtv for staffing the meeting. >> the board of supervisors and committeeers convening hybrid

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otherwise stated. madam chair? >> thank you, call item one. >> item one is an ordinance amending the planning code allow night time entertainment as permitted use on properties fronting foalsom 7th and division street. in the folsom street commercial transit district the regional commercial and western so ma general district. and approving findsings. member who is wish to comment call 415-554-0001 access code: 2480 676 2073 ## thank you very

much clothes we continued this item. it sat for a bit we have madison here from supervisor dorsey's office. and if we don't we should take public comment on this. thank you. are there members when would like to speak on item one. approach the podium and we have 2 minutes those online if you have not, press star 3. welcome. >> thank you. i'm [inaudible] the executive director of the lbgtq+ cultural district and urge to you pass this legislation. the night life venn use are the life blood of our district and they represented the safe space for our community for historically and today.

our community was one point located on embarcadero and through police raids and development pushed to so ma. the folsom street fair was founded. zoning does not allow for any new night life venn use. essentially in most of so ma. and this legislation would amend that is allow our businesses to flourish and open in the neighborhood. and i urge you to pass the legislation. thank you. public comment on this item is closed. >> i would make a motion we

approve this with a positive recommendation and sends to the full board >> on that motion supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> you have 3 aye's >> that motion passes. call item 2. >> item 2 ordinance waiving specified requirement in the code to allow food space on a sidewalk bulb out on valencia curb side shared space subject to requirements and affirming promote findings. members who wish to provide comment on item 2 should call 415-554-0001, access code: 2480 676 2073 ##. and if you have in the done so and would like to speak press star 3. >> thank you, madam clerk. we have [inaudible] from supervisor ronen's office.

we also have robin a bad -- on the line as well as john from the city attorney who are available online to answer questions. so. thank you. >> thank you chair melgar and good afternoon supervisors preston and peskin. the item before you concerns 2 shared space parklet in district 9 operated by 2 loved establishments the [inaudible] restaurant at 546 valencia and blondies bar at 540 valencia. the neighboring parklets are located 16th and 7 on the volunteer street corridor on the western side. the straupt operated by the mexican american family for over 50 years. blondies on valencia for over 30. both women lead small businesses have operatored before much of the gentification and changes to

the valencia corridor and like many, bear low got by during the pandemic. did, with thankings to the city's shared spitz parklet program. issue it address system both businesses parklets are not on the curb side parking zone like their neighbors and are on a mid block sidewalk bulb out. this has been allowed during the temp refer pandemic program, this is in the permitted under the permanent shared spaces program. that is why this legislation is needed permit the parklet use on the sidewalks moving forward. the bulb out was nonoperational before the pandemic. the bulb out is not in an intersection and the city never activate today for mid block crossing or other traffic or pedestrian designed to make it functional. on the other hand the parklets aif i canned to the bulb out are

fully operational. and both of the establishments applyed be part of the permanent legislated shared space parklet program. thank you to robin and planning and public work for supports this and thank you for considering this item. i'm here for any questions. >> thank you. out of curiosity. what is happening on the other side of the street of the bulb out? >> it is in the has regular sidewalk businesses. >> thank you. >> any questions, colleagues. go to public comment on this item. >> thank you, madam chair b are there member who is would like to speak on item 2? you have 2 minutes. >> and those online you can press star 3 if you have not

done so already. hello. thank you supervisors and everyone for supports our businesses. here on have 11sia. i'm [inaudible] i'm leave my family with [inaudible] our family business for 50 years. my dad start today more than 50 years ago with us and taken it over and are operating now and hopeful low will sends it down to our third generation family members. we had to shut down for many years and the year in business we never encountered anything like that and that was new to us. we did not know huwield open or how to shut down and how to open up again. we were able to figure that out. and make all the adjustments that were required by the city

including inside you know the space program terse we had to get a pos system, which made us lose tables inside. when everything opened up and allowed serve outside, that was a blessing. another blessing and in our direction. and so it made a huge difference. our instruct with others along valencia and -- to have this shared space there, we have been around everaround for 50 years and provide jobs for community members and family member and people in the community over 5 years we have been there and appreciate everything this everyone has done to support us and to grant us this that will help us our business here in the city with our community. thank you. that was the bell. >> thank you. >> good to see you.

>> i'm nikki and my nom and eye opened blondie in 1991 it has been beneficial for our business and irrelevant hard to do business if you are a mall business owner in san francisco. it is incredible low hard. having the extra space outside helps out i bit and irrelevant makes a difference and we hope that you will agree to pass the legislation. thanks. >> thank you. >> thank you for your comments we will move to the remote call in line. it looks like we have one listener. with no callers. again if you are listen and like to speak press star 3 that will indicate that to us. and -- it does in the electric like the listener wants to speak

>> public comment is closed. i any questions or comments, colleagues? i'd like to propose we send this as a committee -- with positive recommendation to the full board. >> and on that motion supervisor peskin? >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> you have 3 aye's >> that motion passes. >> madam clerk do we have anything else >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> we are adjourned. thank you.

>> >> >> >> >> my name is bal. born and raised in san francisco. cable car equipment, technically i'm a transit operator of 135 and work at the cable car (indiscernible) and been here for 22 years now.

i grew up around here when i was a little can i. my mom used to hang in china town with her friends and i would get bored and they would shove me out of the door, go play and find something to do. i ended up wandering down here when i was a kid and found these things. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> fascinated by them and i wanted to be a cable car equipment from the time i was a little kid. i started with the emergency at the end of 1988 and drove a bus for a year and a half and i got lucky with my timing and got here at cable car and at that time, it really took about an average five to maybe seven years on a bus before you could build up your seniority to come over here. basically, this

is the 1890s verse ever a bus. this is your basic public transportation and at the time at its height, 1893, there were 20 different routes ask this powerhouse, there -- and this powerhouse, there were 15 of them through out the entire city. >> i work at the cable car division and bunch with muni for 25 years and working with cable cars for 23 years. this is called the bar because these things are horses and work hard so they have to have a place to sleep at night. joking. this is called a barn because everything takes place here and the powerhouse is -- that's downstairs so that's the heart and soul of the system and this is where the cable cars sleep or sleep at night so you can put a title there saying the barn. since 1873 and back in the day it was driven by a team and now it's electric but it has a good function as being called the

barn. yeah. >> i am the superintendent of cable car vehicle maintenance. and we are on the first and a half floor of the cable car barn where you can see the cables are moving at nine and a half miles an hour and that's causing the little extra noise we're hearing now. we have 28 power cars and 12 california cars for a total of 40 revenue cars. then with have two in storage. there's four gear boxes. it's gears of the motor. they weigh close to 20 tons and they had to do a special system to get them out of here because when they put them in here, the barn was opened up. we did the whole barn that year so it's difficult for a first of time project, we changed it one at a time and now they are all brand-new. engineer's room have the four monitors that play the speed and

she monitors them and in case of an emergency, she can shutdown all four cars if she needs to. that sound you heard there, that's a gentleman building, rebuilding a cable. the cable weighs four hundred pounds each and they lost three days before we have to rebuild them. the cable car grips, the bottom point is underground with the cable. it's a giant buy strip and closes around the kab and they pull it back. the cable car weighs 2,500 people without people so it's heavy, emergency pulling it offer the hill. if it comes offer the hill, it could be one wire but if it unravels, it turns into a ball and they cannot let go of it because it opens that wide and it's a billion pushing the grip which is pushing the whole cable car and there's no way to let go so they have to have the code 900 to shutdown in emergencies and

the wood brakes last two days and wear out. a lot of maintenance. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> rail was considered to be the old thing. rubber tires, cars, buses, that's new. there were definitely faster and cheaper, there's no question about that.

here at san francisco, we went through the same thing. the mayor decided we don't need cable cars (indiscernible), blah, blah. we can replace them with buses. they are faster and cheaper and more economical and he was right if you look at the dollars and cents part. he was right. >> back in 1947 when they voted that, i'm surprised base of the technology and the chronicle paper says cable cars out. that was the headline. that was the demise of the cable cars. >> (indiscernible) came along and said, stop. no. no, no, no. she was the first one to say we're going to fight city hall. she got her friends together and they started from a group called the save the cable car community, 1947 and managed to get it on the ballot. are we going to keep the cable cars or not? head turned nationwide and worldwide and city hall was completely unprepared for the amount of backlash they got. this is just a bunch -- the city

came out and said basically, 3-1, if i'm not mistaken, we want our cars and phil and her group managed to save what we have. and literately if it wasn't for them, there would be no cable cars. people saw something back then that we see today that you can't get rid of a beautiful and it wasn't a historical monument at the time and now it is, and it was part of san francisco. yeah, we had freight back then. we don't have that anymore. this is the number one tourist attraction in san francisco. it's historic and the only national moving monument in the world. >> the city of san francisco did keep the cable car so it's a fascinating feel of having something that is so historic going up and down these hills of san francisco. and obviously, everyone knows san francisco is famous for their hills. [laughter] and who would know and who would guess that they were trying to get rid of it, which i guess was

a crazy idea at the time because they felt automobiles were taking the place of the cable cars and getting rid of the cable car was the best thing for the city and county of san francisco, but thank god it didn't. >> how soon has the city changed? the diverse of cable cars -- when i first came to cable car, sandy barn was the first cable car. we have three or four being a grip person. fwriping cable cars is the most toughest and challenging job in the entire city. >> i want to thank our women who operate our cable cars because they are a crucial space of the city to the world. we have wonderful women -- come on forward, yes. [cheers and applause] these ladies, these ladies, this is what it's about. continuing

to empower women. >> my name is willa johnson is and i've been at cable car for 13 years. i came to san francisco when i was five years old. and that is the first time i rode a cable car and i went to see a christmas tree and we rode the cable car with the christmas worker and that was the first time i rode the cable car and didn't ride again until i worked here. i was in the medical field for a while and i wanted a change. some people don't do that but i started with the mta of september of 1999 and came over to cable car in 2008. it was a general sign up and that's when you can go to different divisions and i signed up as a conductor and came over here and been here since. there were a

few ladies that were over at woods that wanted to come over here and we had decided we wanted to leave woods and come to a different division and cable car was it. i do know there has been only four women that work the cable car in the 150 years and i am the second person to represent the cable car and i also know that during the 19, i think 60s and women were not even allowed to ride on the side of a cable car so it's exciting to know you can go from not riding on the side board of a cable car to actually grip and driving the cable car and it opened the door for a lot of people to have the opportunity to do what they inspire to do. >> i have some people say i wouldn't make it as a conductor

at woods and i came and made it as i conductor and the best thing i did was to come to this division. it's a good division. and i like ripping cable cars. i do. >> i think she just tapped into the general feeling that san francisco tend to have of, this is ours, it's special, it's unique. economically and you know, a rationale sense, does it make sense? not really. but from here, if you think from here, no, we don't need this but if you think from here, yeah. and it turns out she was right. so.... and i'm grateful to her. very grateful. [laughter] >> three, two, one. [multiple voices] [cheers and applause]

>> did i -- i did that on purpose so i wouldn't. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's adjacent sidewalks, local business communities are more resilient and their neighborhood centers are more vibrant and mildly. sidewalks and parking lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, merchandising, and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible

for all. people with disabilities enjoy all types of spaces. please provide at least 8 feet of open uninterrupted sidewalk so everyone can get through. sidewalk diverter let those who have low vision navigate through dining and other activity areas on the sidewalk. these devices are rectangular planters or boxes that are placed on the sidewalk at the ends of each shared space and need to be at least 12 inches wide and 24 inches long and 30 inches tall. they can be on wheels to make it easy to bring in and out at the start and the end of each day. but during business hours, they should be stationary and secure. please provide at least one wheelchair accessible dining table in your shared space so the disability people can patronize your business. to ensure that wheelchair users can

get to the wheelchair accessible area in the park area, provide an adequate ramp or parklet ramps are even with the curb. nobody wants to trip or get stuck. cable covers or cable ramps can create tripping hazards and difficulties for wheelchair users so they are not permitted on sidewalks. instead, electrical cables should run overhead at least ten feet above sidewalk. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so that we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf.govt/shared spaces.

well, welcome. i'm doug shoemaker for mercy. housing. uh, california. i'm pleased to be here with our partners from episcopal community services and all the other partners in the room. um to start with like to begin the program by recognizing that we are gathered on ethno historic tribal territory, the indigenous aloni tribe. we recognize the importance of this land and welcome indeed, galvan , a member of the aloni indian tribe, to say a few words. thank you, andy. good morning. horse shay to he barakat. andrew galvin.