by for the san francisco small business commission meeting of march 13, 2023. >> welcome to the small business commission meeting march 13, 20 23. the meeting is called to order in person in city hall in room 408 and broadcast on sf gov tv. viewed on sfgovtv 2 or sf tv.org. there will be a opportunity for general public comment at the end of the meeting and a opportunity for comment on each discussion or action on the agenda. for each item will take public comment in person first and then remotely. the number is

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policies that effect economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. the office of small business is the best place to get answers about doing business during the local emergency if you need assistance with small business matters particularly at this time, you can find us online or telephone and always service are free of charge. before item 1 is called, i like to start by thanking media service and sfgovtv for coordinating the virtual hearing and helping run the meeting. please call item 1. >> item 1, roll call. commissioner carter, absent. commissioner dickerson. >> present. >> commissioner herbert. >>print. >> commissioner ortiz cartagena is absent. you have a quorum. >> thank you. now, i will read the land acknowledgment. we

acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. please call item 2. >> item 22 approval of legacy business applications and resolution. this is discussion and action and today

presenter is richard kurylo office of small business. >> thank you richard. welcome. >> good afternoon vice president zouzounis, commissioners, city staff, members of the public. i'm richard kurylo legacy business program manager. i would like to acknowledge michele reynolds with the office of small business. sfgovtv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are 7 applications for your consideration for the legacy business registry. each application includes a staff report, draft resolution, application itself, and documents from the planning department. the applications submitted to planning january 18 and heard by the historic preservation commission february 15. item 2a

is the blue light. the business is neighborhood food music and sports bar founded in 1978 by legendary rock star bob scags. the blue light is a inviting place for people to gather in san francisco cal hollow neighborhood. popular union street mereyard of shop said cafes and restaurants attract visitors from all over the world. you leave cheerful and happier after eaton good food, enjoy a beer or cocktail, listen to great live music, caught up with old friends and met new people. a real san francisco experience. featured business must maintain remain on the legacy business registry as bar. item 2b is design media. the business is local

digital communication agency founded in 1978 that develops custom tailored programs for public and private sector organizations. fonded in oakland, moved to san francisco in 1985 and located thin mission district. the integrated solutions and emerseive experience captivate and engage audiences and exceed business goals. they are passionate helping clients throughout creative story telling and intelligent platforms rblsh integrated eco systems that are cutting age. brings agility whit and professionalism to the table every day. if you can imagine it, they can build it. the quore feature business must maintain marketing and communication services. item 2c is dragon seed bridle and photography. the business is a special event and

custom shop in schinea town founded by tommy and henry (indiscernible) still the owners today. dragon seed bridle and photography specialize in qipao which is a long figure fitting one piece garment with a standing collar developed in the 1920 and developed in shape and design over the year. also a one stop shop for weddings, ceremonies and beauty pageant which includes service for paragraphy, decorations and mc services. the custom dress shop is one of the last of its kind in san francisco helping retain chinese culture and customs. the feature tradition business must maintain is clothing store featuring special occasion attire. item

2d is hing lung company. the business located in china town was established in 1977. hing lung company aka go duck yourself is one of the oldest and most (indiscernible) the chinese characters of hing lung translate to prosterity in english. the core customers are local china town and north beach communities but bbq loveers foodies and blaurgs come all over to try the new generation of cantonese bbq. the two head chefs mastered cantonese bbq and at the top of their game with peer recognitions world wide. many to san francisco make it the first and last desination. must maintain is restaurant featuring asian cuisine. item 2e is love on haight. the

business is iconic tie die clothing store fonded in 1992 and located at masonic and haight street. always positively haight street. people think of san francisco they think of pier 39, the golden gate bridge and hippy on the corner of haight and ashbury. offers expensive selection of rainbow clothes and larjest selection of produced tie die in the world with over half the products cut and swone in san francisco. also double as artist collective and community resource supporting 175 artist and leading several non profit initiatives for homeless youth, food drives, community art education classes and reentry opportunities for

formally incarcerated people. love on haight is a cornerstone the haight street community, pillar of care and creativity and perfect example of the awesomeness of san francisco. feature tradition must maintain is clothing store featuring tie die. item 2f is mr. bing's cocktail lounge. a bar fonded in 1967 on china town north beach and financial district. mr. bing's cocktail lounge named at its original ouner and founder henry grant who ran the bar in 1967 until retirement in 2017. mr. bing was henry's nickname. the spirit of mr. bing's remains true to origins. the bar remained

involved in the local community through support of north beach festival (indiscernible) local artist during the covid-19 pandemic. the business must tain is bar. maintain is bar. item 2g is playmates cooperative preeschool, a safe community to foster creative social physical emotional and cognitive development of their children. fonded in 1950, a non profit organization that is open to diverse community of families from different socio economic levels. with the support of parents and caregivers playmats offers a supportive and creative learning environment and provide a enriching experience for all the children in their care. play mats children and parents alike dig

in the dirt, play in the water, plant the seeds, make playdough, touch bugs and dance the mood. the business must main tain is school for precool age children. all 7 businesses met the 7 criteria required for listing legacy business registry and all 7 received positive recommendation from historic preservation commission. legacy business program staff recommend adding business to the registry and drafted 7 resolutions for your consideration. a motion and support of the businesses should be framed as a motion in favor of the resolutions. for the record, design media is the 350 business added to the legacy business registry since the initial group of businesses was first added to the registry august 2016. we have added

average of 5.2 applications per month since august 2016. congratulations to design media and all the applicants today. thank you. this concludes our presentation and happy to answer questions. there are business representtivals in the room and possibly online who would like to speak on behalf of the applications during public comment. >> great. thank you for the presentations. commissioners any questions before we open for comments? we will open public comment. anybody in the room who would like to speak? thank you for being here. feel free to line up. welcome. >> hello commissioners. my name is pamela may i'm the owner of design media, and i'm excited to say we have been 38 years in the mission of the 45 years we have been in

business. i know you are a mission district business owner. good to meet you today. i like to thank rick and michele being so helpful getting us this opportunity. we are thrilled, we are honored and the cohort we are a part of we are very very happy to be with. everyone who is here. i like to thank kevin on my staff and my sister who is down from seattle, jony to visit. thank you everyone. thank you commissioners and katie, thank you too. >> thank you. anyone else interested in speaking today? great. welcome. >> hello. i'm johnny the owner of the blue light and i'm honored to be here in front of all of you. thank you for listening to our wonderful presentation on our business. that was great. all

these businesses behind me, i have known all most all for as long as i have been around and congratulations to all of them. this is phenomenal being associated with all them. we are all know how hard it to run a business. to last 30 years is amazing for everybody behind me as well and especially making it through a pandemic, so double exciting. i was part of the group that bought the blow blue light early 90's grom bob scag and fresh out of college barteneder and we maxed our credit cards and things are going great. still going strong and love to have you come out. invite you to come any time and thank you again. very excited. >> my name is (indiscernible) representing mr. bing's. thank you for the opportunity. i like to thank rich and

michele for their hard work preparing the application. supervisor peskin and staff recommend the legacy business and thank you all again very much. it is a honor. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm summer-executive director of play mate playmates cooperative. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all his hard work. >> hi. sunshine powers from love on haight polk positively haight street. thank you for having us and the nomination. thank you to all the nominees and the wonderful legacy committee helping us through this process. it is a

honor to be representative of the haight ashbury district here in san francisco. as a native san franciscans i first walked into pause tivly haight street in 1992 and got my first tye die shirt. met by first boyfriend and did other things outside the shop with the pay phones and got my first grateful dead cassette tape which was a big deal. the haight ashbury is on the forefront of change in the city and country and it is a honor to be part of keeping that movement going. i hope you all come get rainbows and sparkles and we should definitely all have a party. thank you. [laughter]

>> any other commenters in the room? there are no commenters on the line. >> move to-we will-there is no commenters online. public comment is closed. if any commissioners would like to speak. commissioner ortiz cartagena. >> thank you. again, this is our favorite part of being on this commission. rick, thank you for all you do. small businesses, thank you for your time because real business owners know, it isn't easy getting away from the business at 4:30 p.m. so appreciate it. love on haight, i can't have a family member visit frisco without going there.

that's always a stop. design media, never been in there but i used to go to a kid dentist around the block and the building always stood out and always wondered what it was when i was a kid so it caught my imagination as a kid. blue light (indiscernible) i will not say, but that was a spot and mr. bing's, you are a satellight mission bar. i dont know what us mission cats were ending up there but we would always go to mr. bing's. i remember the 90 somewhat. so honored and appreciate what you do for the city. you make frisco frisco. without you all, we would be cookie cut so appreciate you all. >> commissioner dickerson. >> yes, yes, yes. wow, what a honor to be here

before many of you. my husband has talked about mr. bing's, talked about-i have been in love on haight many times. i wasn't with you when you were doing the thing but probably right next to you. anyway, there are so many businesses here, which it is just a representation of the historic landmarks that you all are creating, the memories in many of your businesses and how inflelsh influential you have been. everyone on the small business commission board are small business owners as well, and so we understand the work. we understand the-all that it took. i was really impressed with design media, for you to have been for so long and how transformative information and technology has transformed over all these years it says a lot about you, and your leadership, so i hats off to you. but allf

of these places i always make a point if i haven't been there i'm coming, so just look for me. but i just want to say congratulations to you all. this is our favorite part of our work as small business commission and thank you so much and rick, you are all that and a bag of chips, man. appreciate your work. >> please commissioner herbert. >> i just want to echo what fellow commissioners said. you guys are all so diverse and so unique. i remember design media from the 90's. i dabbles in film stuff, and blue light, i love that you did it with a credit card with all your buddies, you know. it takes gets, it takes grit,

and i just want to say thank you for representing san francisco, because we need more long-term businesses. we need more legacy businesses and thank you for being the example for the newcomers. more power to you. thank you. >> i'll just say a couple things. i think this line-up in particular is very special, because all you also support us and i have seen you at our mixers and even at our commission had meetings when you are not on the agenda so i really want to thank our legacy business applicants today for supporting small businesses and office of small business and our commission and creating a mutually beneficial environment for small businesses in san francisco. with that said, we will move and take a motion if we have one on the

floor. >> i motion. yes. >> i second. >> motion by commissioner dickerson, seconded by commissioner herbert. commissioner carter is absent. commissioner dickerson. >> yes. >> commissioner herbert. >> yes. >> president huey is absent. president ortiz cartagena. >> yes. >> commissioner zouzounis. >> yes. >> motion passes. >> thank you. [applause] >> you will hang out with richard outside. thank you again for joining us. thank you. and we will slowly move to item 3, please.

>> item 3 board of supervisors file 230212 planning building code small business month fee wavers including for awning and instillation. >> thank you for joining us. >>-good afternoon commissioners. this is a little tall for me. i am legislative aid for supervisor engardio sponsoring this legislation. this is a proposed ordinance relating to the small business and building safety month program. this was a program started in 2014, and as part of this program, small business owners were eligible to have certain permit fees waived in connection with replacing their storefront awnings, the signs on the replacement awnings

and pedestrian level lighting. the proposed ordinance touches on the planning code and the building code and seeks to do two things. first, we are extending the fee waver to not just replacement awnings but new awning instillations. and second, we are clarifying that these planning and building department fees are keyed to the time the applications are submitted as opposed to the time permits are issued by these departments. there may potentially be amendment language that our office will seek to introduce to insure fire department plan check fees are also waived. if you look on-the intention of this program was to wave all fees related to those activities by small business owners and so i are believe on the sfgov

website there is a listing of impacted fees and fire department and dpw fees are meant to be waived as well so looking into whether anything needs to be legislatively to insure there is authority for that. but in the mean time, this ordinance touches on the planning code and the building code and i'm sure you heard the conversation in recent news about a lot of small businesses being cited with notices of violation relating to their awnings and so we are hoping that this will be one way that we can help small business owners come into compliance for those who need to apply for a permit to install new awnings or replace awnings. if they do it in the month of may they should be able to benefit from the fee wavers. and we also are aware that it is middle of march, and so the likelihood of the ordinance passed by may 1

is not high and so anticipating there is a ret row activity clause in the proposed ordinance that allow small business owners to benefit from this if they apply this may. we are leaving it up to the respective departments to come up with a protocol for tracking the applications that do come in and tracking how the payments will be handled. and if there are any questions, i'm happy to answer them. >> commissioners, any questions? i have a quick question. since this is a contradicted time period, how do we-this comes back to our office, but maybe if the supervisor has a particular plan or planning itself has a plan to notify

businesses about this amendment? >> well, we will-we are planning to work with the office of small business to notify small business owners that the existing-awning fee waver month benefit will be extended to new instillations. but, yes--we'll notify-not sure-there have been meetings i believe that director tang has conducted with some of the impacted small business owners that have been cited to assure them that things are in the works to help bring relief, so i don't know if this new-this proposed ordinance is mentioned as something that is coming down the pike, but that's the intention behind it. >> great. thank you. >> you're welcome. any other questions? comments? >> i think it is pretty straight forward. >> thank you very

much. >> we will open up-sorry, go ahead. public comment. anybody in the room would like to comment on item number 3? seeing none, there are no callers on the line. >> great. commissioners, any comments? public comment is closed. any comments from commissioners before we take a vote? okay. any motions on the floor for this item? >> i move. >> i'll second it. >> motion to recommend this by commissioner ortiz cartagena, seconded by commissioner dickerson. i will read the roll. commissioner carter is absent. commissioner dickerson, yes. commissioner herbert yes. president ortiz cartagena, yes. vice president zouzounis, yes.

>> motion passes. >> thank you. sorry director, didn't give you a minute to comment, but if there is any other context we love to hear from you in your report. okay. alright. item number 4. >> item 4 approval of draft meeting minutes. discussion and action. the commission will discuss and possibly take action to approve the draft february 27, 2023 meeting minutes. >> any questions on the minutes? any public comment on this item? number 4, meeting minutes. >> not in the room and none online. >> public comment is closed. anybody want to make a motion on the draft meeting minutes? >> motion to approve.

>> second. >> motion by commissioner herbert, seconded by commissioner dickerson. >> (indiscernible) >> commissioner carter is absent. commissioner dickerson, yes. commissioner herbert, yes. president huey is absent. commissioner ortiz cartagena, yes. vice president zouzounis, yes. motion passes. >> okay. item number 5 please. is there anyone in the room for general public comment? any items not on today's agenda? okay. any commenters online? >> there are no commenters online or in the room. >> great. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item 6, director's report. this is a discussion

item. >> thank you director. >> alright. good evening commissioners. for the first update i just wanted to remind folks in case you missed the announcement that happened in february, which is that the mayor has introduced legislation to pause the increase on gross receipts tax, and so this delay or if the ordinance passes, then the gross receipts tax increases would be delayed two years. just a bit of background, when voters approved the switch from payroll tax to gross receipts tax the ballot measure allowed for delay in tax increases for some industries including retail, food services arts maintenance manufacturing and entertain and recreation until 2023 so in 2023 and gone through really difficult times so the legislation aims to

support these industries especially those hardest hit by covid-19 so wanted to make sure everyone caught that announcement. secondly, you may have seen that supervisor stefani introduced a resolution regarding employee retention tax edcrt that would be heard at the board of supervisors tomorrow, march 14 and it urges our office to initiate a public education campaign and to raise awareness on availability of the employee retention tax credit. you probably heard our previous commission president sharky laguna talk about this so this is a effort the office will continue to be working on so we are crafting some additional outreach and educational efforts and welcome ideas you have. any of the commissioners how else or if you want to share personal experiences trying to apply for the ertc we love to hear it. but we will try to

encourage people to not leave money on the table so i will be channeling our former commission president. next, i know we heard about awnings and so wanted to provide a update that we are continuing to work with the different permitting agencies to find out the most efficient way for businesses that have been hit with complaints and or notice of violations recently so over 200 of them that were sparked by complaints from private individual or individuals, so we just letting you know we'll continue working on that but meanwhile, if permits need to be pulled then at least there is the awning fee waver program that exist every may. and then also wanted to let you know there is the second annual hospitality small business job fair happening wednesday april 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the san francisco ferry building in the front plaza. april 12, wednesday 10

a.m. to 1 p.m. at the ferry building. we had conversations even here where some businesses are having trouble hiring workers and so wanted to make sure you are aware of this opportunity so this is hosted in conjunction with our colleagues at the workforce division at oewd, office of economic workforce development and for employers trying to recruit 5 or more employees, you can participate in this job fair and sign up ahead of time on the workforce link page to register as a business that is looking to hire workers. also, if you are a job seeker you are welcome to come. you can potentially get some interviews done on the spot, and the rsvp link is

link.oewd.org/hiringfai r. in case anyone is interested. lastly, sharing that the shared spaces program just wanted to note that to date 3015 applications have been submitted. of those, 2276 were for sidewalks or parking lane so the traditional shared space structures we are thinking about, and then also of that 3015, 589 of those were roadway applications so meaning the slow streets programs, street closure types, and then 146 were for private lots, so some examples of those might be back patios. quite a few businesses are still applying to keep the shared spaces for example dining, eating and drinking you traditionally think of. those are my updates for today and happy to answer any questions that you all have.

>> well, i finally-not finally, i guess probably i started in january looking for someone to do my erc, but i have binge book keeping as my accountants and binge tax as my tax prepares and they could not tell me how to get my erc tax credit. i started looking outside of that and took so much time is why i was delayed in filing, because i couldn't find anyone who could do it. then when i did find someone, the first person said, i was like okay, this is great. he was so excited and i said okay, that's great. what do you charge? what is your percent-do you charge a percentage or flat

rate. he said 40 percent. so, i can't tell you what i said on the microphone. i know i'm being recorded but i politely backed out and said i need to try somebody else. so, then as i kept looking it kept getting lower, but the only place or the right now what i could find, right now i can't find anyone that do less then 20 percent. granted, but this was the part, it was-this is what is happening now, not sure if you filed or not or anyone is still interested, i'm more then happy-i found a guy who is very reasonable. there are quarters you are losing now that were in delay. now we lost a quarter, so if you are qualified you are now only qualified for 5 quarters as of i believe april. and

4 quarters and 3 quarters. if you haven't done it and need someone, i do have a guy. but i do have a guy if you are interested. i'm sure i'm not the only one who came across the dilemma for someone who can file it. it was a law firm for me that had to do it. i was unaware. now that i'm aware, i'm more then willing to help whom ever needs help, because this was-that was a journey. commissioner ortiz cartagena. >> commissioner dickeren s can i add? small business, be aware because some people getting commission, they set up the paperwork but make it seem like you are still filing so not putting their agency name

or their tax code so be careful because if you are paying a percentage, they should be putting their firm's name, not you personally. that is big. i have noticed that and yes the percentage has gone up, but it is money. i helped several businesses and they actually get a check. just-but, i was going to announce one of our sister cbo's in the mission has their second annual event. it is calle venta quatro. it is taking over the space, cleaning, activating the corridor in order for them to keep our cultural district clean and viable and vibrant and helping small businesses and storefronts so everybody is welcome to participate.

saturday march 18, 10 a.m. thank you. >> any other questions for our director before we continue with commissioner comments? any other commissioner comments? okay. >> no public comments. >> no public comment. no public comment on item number 6 or 7 and next item, please. >> item- >> item 6. >> any commissioner comments that haven't been made yet? we got mixed up. okay. >> you want mead me to read item 6? >> we closed item 6, correct? >> item 7. >> yes. >> item 7, commissioner discussion and new

business. this is discussion item. >> any further announcements from our commission? any public comment on item 7? >> there is none in the room and none online. >> item 7, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item 8, adjournment. sf tv. >> the small business commission official public forum is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that effect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco and the office of small business is the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco during the local emergency. if you need assistance with small business matters,

continue to reach out to the office of small business. meeting adjourned. [meeting adjourned]

>> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos.

so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh,

wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese.

>> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino

food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp

shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia. there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus.

it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve.

>> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to

bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create.

when you're positive and committed to using that energy

>> for us, we wish we had our queue and we created spaces that are active. >> food and drinks. there is a lot for a lot of folks and community. for us, it started back in 1966 and it was a diner and where our ancestors gathered to connect. i think coffee and food is the very fabric of our community as well as we take care of each other. to have a pop-up in the tenderloin gives it so much meaning. >> we are always creating

impactful meaning of the lives of the people, and once we create a space and focus on the most marginalized, you really include a space for everyone. coffee is so cultural for many communities and we have coffee of maria inspired by my grandmother from mexico. i have many many memories of sharing w so we carry that into everything we do. currently we are on a journey that is going to open up the first brick and mortar in san francisco specifically in the tenderloin. we want to stay true to our ancestors in the

tenderloin. so we are getting ready for that and getting ready for celebrating our anniversary. >> it has been well supported and well talked about in our community. that's why we are pushing it so much because that's how we started. very active community members. they give back to the community. support trends and give back and give a safe space for all. >> we also want to let folks know that if they want to be in a safe space, we have a pay it forward program that allows 20% to get some funds for someone in need can come and get a cup of coffee, pastry and feel welcomed in our community. to be among our community, you are always welcome here. you don't have to buy anything or get anything,

just be here and express yourself and be your authentic self and we will always take care of you. >> 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.

>> look at all of these beautiful people. before we get started, i just want to get a shout out to all our women. [cheers and applause]. women's history month, we've got to represent. hello i'm dr. llena miller. i'm a third generation san franciscan. and i am the ceo and cofounder along with the fabulous bayron wilson of urban alkamy. who is urban al chamy. we're 400 strong through here and portland. the time