week. this has caused dune trampling and destruction of the snowy plover habitat, and it's caused a traffic nightmare throughout the west side. then it was the sunset triple lot merger. special use district approved by this body, which compounds up zoning without zoning. and now this or cutting a deal or work out, as you may call it, to circumvent it speaks pending appeal of a coastal zone permit, preventing it from reaching the coastal commission. this is for a six story entertainment center project in the coastal zone, plus, effectively preventing an appeal of the 2700 slope project. originally 50 stories from reaching the coastal commission. once the zoning has changed, more zoning people in the sunset park side are perhaps the most independent in the city, and they're fed up with officials imposing their will on the neighborhood without the

community having a seat at the table. look, i knew and eileen knew that people were upset, but i don't think any of us could have predicted the nearly 1200 pages of written public comment in opposition and, you know, justifying this by saying the coastal commission staff made us do it, or the boogeyman. scott wiener forced us to do it, simply doesn't hold water. if you want to amend the local coastal program, the evolved way to do it is in a comprehensive of well publicized, community driven process, not piecemeal in the wiener manner. this proposed ordinance is both bad policy and bad politics, and we urge you to table this. thank you for sharing your comments. let's have the next speaker. please. good afternoon. my name is jean

connolly. i live on inverness drive, which is at 27th and sloat, i've lived there for 30 years. i'm here on behalf of the irish cultural center, we have respectfully followed all the guidelines and adhered to every request. and we believe that there's no further reason for delay of the project, please move forward with the project. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. so the next speaker, please. afternoon. my name is stephanie o'sullivan. i'm a long time member of the united irish cultural center. i have four children, and each of my kids participate in the music , the dance and the annual irish camp. we at the irish center have diligently adhered to the newly introduced language and followed the prescribed processes with the utmost respect and commitment. we believe that all necessary protocols have been met and there should be no further delays. we kindly request that the project be advanced without additional postponements. thank you for your understanding.

thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. thank you. supervisors. john kevlin here with ruben. jason rose, on behalf of the irish center. we're happy to be back here again today. excited to see this moving forward. just as a reminder, this project has really broad support from the very beginning. over 260 supporters on file a number of community organizations, unanimous support at the rec and park commission, the planning commission. and we also enjoyed that at the board of supervisors last fall. so thank you all. we've been deferential to this process and appreciate that it's taken a little time to get here. but we really appreciate the, the board acting now, it's getting close to a year from when we're at the planning commission. we're hoping to be at a different stage at this point, but looking forward to continuing this process after today. so thank you. supervisors thank you. could we have the next speaker, please? good afternoon. my name is liam reidy. i'm the president of the united irish cultural center. and i'm here today to talk about our wonderful cultural

institution that has been at the corner of 45th and mona since 1975, in that time, we have served as an important meeting space act activity space for many of the local nonprofits in the community. not only our 10,000 members, but all those groups and clubs and societies that come to meet at the irish center. i'm here again on behalf of the irish american community and all those people that use the irish center on a weekly basis. and throughout the year, i when we when i talk about community members, i talk about the chinese culture, chinese american ballroom dancing team, the local branches, church, several■g of the temples that he temples nearby come and use it as an event space during the year, and it fills an important role all throughout the year because there is such a dearth of these types of meeting spaces and event spaces on the west side. so again, i implore you to support the movement ahead of this project and so we can look

forward to the day when we'll be welcoming even more people to the irish center. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. can we have the next speaker, please? good evening, commissioners. i mean commissioners. good, good good day. supervisors. excuse me, at our center has been there since 1975. it's there a long time. we had multiple meetings, 12 hearings, all kinds of community meetings. some of the people that are here today never put their foot in the door, put their foot inside the door of the irish center. we really appreciate to move this project. we respect the process. it's been a long process for three years and we appreciate, all the input and we look forward to moving it forward. thank you very much. thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. good afternoon again, supervisors, this is an issue that i feel very strongly about. i came to san francisco in 1984. in october and november 84th was

the first time i stepped inside the door of the iris center. it was built back then for what was needed and did so much for our community. but now it's time, as you can see, to bring it into the 21st century and build it for the next 50 to 100 years. i would like to thank you for this legislation, and i hope everybody gets behind it to support what we want to achieve out there. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. so the next speaker and if there's anyone else who has public comment on agenda item numbers three and four, please line up to speak along that wall. next speaker, please. this ordinance would block the appeal for the six story entertainment center on 45th and wawona from reaching the coastal commission. this ordinance is secretively trying to put into action, trying to be put into action so that the community near the center attainment center has no say about it. the newsletter is spitting out joy and happiness in district four. never make any mention of the ordinances written by the supervisor of

district four. a small piece of paper on a door at 45th and wawona is absolutely not public, not acceptable public notice for any ordinance. the fake sod placed into district four has no mandate for having the should that having any of the housing the sud was created for. i am bringing this up so that the greedy developers be exposed for their manipulation of ordinances. in san francisco, i believe this is. because they do not want any public knowledge and opposition. basically, i believe that the rezoning of the irish cultural center is to build something totally different because there are at least three insurances that they're going to need to build that center, and the chances of them getting it and there's no funding been mentioned. this is for rezoning. this has nothing

to do with with an entertainment center. thank you for your comments. can we have the next speaker, please? i'll wait until i have the floor. i see, president peskin and the city attorney. it's talking, so i'll wait till i have everyone's attention. your timer is going. this really isn't about the irish cultural center. this is about rezoning the coastal commission. it's about packaging it like it's for the irish cultural center. and you've got these people up here saying, oh, about the irish culture center. the irish cultural center is closed. most of the time. there really isn't anything much going on there. you can go by there every night of the week, and there's not much going on with this ordinance is really about. it's about changing the coastal zone for other development. as supervisor engardio said, it's

about redevelopment. yes, it's about redevelopment. guy and it's put in a disguise of the irish cultural center. and unfortunately, this is something that we really should step back and say, let's not rush into anything. we have a beautiful coastline and it's been preserved for a long time for everyone to enjoy. but this is opening the doors for the developers to come in and just start tearing things down. you've already changed the zoning to knock down houses and merge lots and build up out zoning and up zoning and if this is really your intention, you should really say that and not try to disguise it by saying it's for the irish cultural center, because it's not. it

really isn't. and the people of district four are very upset, and they're looking very closely at the election and reelection of everyone on, you know, this committee because because people want their neighborhoods to stay intact. and next speaker, please , can we have the next speaker and is there anyone else who has public comment on agenda item numbers three and four? it's me again, celine o'driscoll. i just want to say i support the new irish center. i think it's time to get ready for the next generation and have a new irish center for many years to come. any further comments on agenda item numbers three and four? madam chair, thank you so much, mr. clerk. public comment on this item is now closed, so i would like to say, as the immediate neighbor to the south of the irish cultural center,

first of all, thank you, supervisor engardio, for your work on this legislation. and thank you, president peskin, for adding your brain power in your knowledge of the coastal commission's requirements and inner workings to get us this far, i unequivocally support the irish cultural center. i hope that, this, comes to fruition and that this legislation helps move the project along a little bit, i do think, you know, in all cities, things change. neighbors needs change. the needs of the community change, i think this will be a very positive thing for the west side. it will bring people from really all over california. and it will support the community, in its needs for, cultural programing, for entertainment.

yes. i think that that's a need of the community. in a space for subsequent generations to be able to learn about irish culture, music, dance, for the community, to have gatherings for people to come. and i know the irish cultural center has tons of stuff going on at the center that are not purely irish, that, you know, they open their doors to all kinds of programing for the, you know, larger community. and i very much appreciate that. so, i will be supporting this legislation and again saying thank you to my colleagues for their work on it, anyone else want to chime in that president peskin, did you want to make a motion or should i? i'm happy to make a motion. i would, send the item as presented to the full board with a positive recommendation. and, item three as a committee report

. a motion has been offered by member peskin. that agenda item number three be recommended as a committee report. and that agenda item number four be recommended to the board of supervisors on those two motions. vice chair preston preston, i, member peskin i, peskin i chair melgar i. melgar i madam chair there are three eyes okay. that motion passes. thank you so much. thank you. congratulations supervisor engardio, are there any other items on our agenda? mr. clerk, there is no further business. okay that our, meeting is adjourned. thank you.

you are watching san francisco rising with chris manor. today's special guest is sarah phillips. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you are watching san francisco rising the show about restarting rebuilding and eare imagineing the city. the guest today is sarah phillips the executive director of economic workforce development. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. let's talk about the city economic plan and specifically the city's road map to san francisco future. can you give a brief overview and update on progress?

>> absolute e. in february 2023 mayor breed released the roadmap comprised to 9 strategies to move the city forward understanding there was structural and lang lasting changing by the covid impact. 134 were shorter term impacts how people using transit downtown and coming out and are using small businesses, some of them remember long-term structural impacts. the way we work. how often we are in an office and how much office space companies who had headquartered in san francisco need. some of those were structural impacts how we stop. there has been a long-term change as online shopping takes up a greater share how we performs and covid-19 took a shift that would probably take 10 to 15 years happen and collapse what happened ofern the timeframe to 2 years so saw

structural impacts how people shop. we have seen a lot of progress rchlt we are 9 months in and significant things we have seen is efforts creating permitinant services and homes for people experiencing homelessness is dramatic. we increased the number of shelter beds dramatically and take-up of the beds dramatically, and there is more work to do. on the safety side there are exciting things that happened. we increased our police pay among the highest in the bay area which is a important thing for recruitment. police recruitment across the country is down so recruiting the best we can means we need to give a high pay set. august the highsh return in graduates. we see 75 decrease in retail

theft and 50 percent reduction in car break ins which is quality of life crime san francisco experienced so there is real progresses we are seeing on clean and safe sides. one thing important in the mayor roadmap we are not trying to get back to 2020 vision. i think covid showed having a downtown with people sitting at offices isn't the best downtown it can be. i think it is a opportunity to bring 24 hour life use downtown. >> music and concerts is a great way to bring people to a specific location. golden gate park we had lots of events in plazas throughout the city. can you talk about those and if there is upcoming events too? >> i think you touched on something key to the mayor road

map. for san francisco and particularly san francisco downtown to move forward and be successful as a great american city, it is about bringing people together because they want to be together not because they center to be together and music is a strong part that. the planet concert sear ries coming up and happening throughout the city not just golden gate park but downtown locations are a great example. there are smaller examples as well. the landing at--is a new plaza we constructed in the mayor roadmap where two streets come together akwraisant to a couple restaurants closed to cars in daytime, chairs and seating and throughout the week they have lunch time and evening music to bring people together after work. they participate in that. something we are working on setting up for next year which is really exciting is our sf live program and that will

bring a full 2024 concert series where we match local venues bringing their work and partnership to useian square, music center plaza and embark cadero. we will be able to announce concert series through the sf- >> you mentioned vacant to vibrant, that program has a lot of attention lately. can you talk generally what exactly that program is? >> yeah. so, we opened a program where we put out a call for landlords willing to offer groundfloor space for free for 3 to 6 month jz small business or storefront operators who had a proposal what they would do for 3 to 6 months. it is pilot. we had a incredible amount of

interest. we had--i'm forgetting the number of landlords, but more then we expected because we are in a place where commercial real estate understands they need to come to the table to help make our groundfloor lively and resulting in a transition where the groundfloor is seen less as a money making operation, but more as a leader to lease upper floors. if you have a active ground floor yields better on the other 80 percent of the building you are trying to lease. that was great, a lot of cooperation scr over 700 small business or operators responded to that call. it is pop up. there is no intention this would result in forever small businesses, but there is certainly a hope and i think what we are hearing, i don't have the final data, but there are 17 activators in 9 different spaces, some are colocated, which is why the difference, and out of those 9 spaces that are being leased

for free, now 7 of them are in discussions for long-term leases so the spaces continue. it is the program. we are hopeful to have a second and third traunch and hoping to pilot in other neighborhoods with other partners. it is not an inexpensive program because there is a lot of capital that goes into popping up for short amount of time but what we are seen is they visit the businesses, the businesses are successful and san francisco want to support this activation so hopeful to expand it. >> that's great. can you talk a bit about why piloting programs and testing things is so important? >> absolutely. you know, i would say not only the important generally but important in san francisco specifically. the benefit of pilot programs in the reasons they are really important here is, it allows us to try something and say, there may be consequence but let's understand those in real time

rather then waiting to start a strategy while we think about them on paper and if they are too great we can modify the program as we go. mta has absorbed the strategy whether a bike lane or other to figure how best to use the street? is this working? is it working for bikes and cars and buses? maybe not, let's switch it around and pilots have been important to oewd to our office particularly because we tend to have the ability and the mayor's support through the budget process to pilot things through request for proposals or rfp process where we can put out a small amount of funding, try activation and small public plaza, see if it works and i think the benefit there is, if it doesn't work we tried it and had the benefit of seeing real time and when it does work, we

are able to uplift that and move into a permanent strategy and that is where our agency turns over something we piloted to another agency because it is part of the city operating procedure. pilots also give people hope. when we have the short-term whether it is physical public plaza or activation that shows change is possible and allows them to vote for what they like. >> lastly, in lith light of the current ai boom, do you think there is a way to leverage those new changes to take a bunch of san francisco's status as a tech hub? >> i do, i think they work together. san francisco right now has a strong vacancy problem in our office space. and there is a back-story to that. our zoning downtown has not prevented other uses, in terms

of permitting uses of the multi-story building has been open including allowing residential but we put other barriers, cost and code barriers et cetera and what happened also during the height of our preevious boom is that, the amount that tech companies were willing to pay for office space bid everything out so we-without intentionally zoning a single use downtown, we de facto became a single use downtown and thereat is the opportunity you are pointing out. now because downtown was so convertible from work from home, particularly as tech based downtown was and how much companies put at the market in the office spaces we are seeing high vacancy now, all most 30 percent so there is lot of square feet but that presents a lot of opportunity. we have the ability to absorb expansion of the tech industry

we are so strong at. we have seen over 800 thousand square feet of ai space leased just in 2023 alone and there is still more demand out in the market, more ai companies looking for space so that is a growth spot absorbing some of the vac ancy. the opportunity too is prices for downtown lease s have also dropped and that opens up a breath of opportunity to a breath of companies that were priced out in 2018, 2019, 2020. san francisco has always been great at starting companies and allowing them to grow here. when our prices are too high it prevents that growth so now we are a super fertile ground for more start ups and invasion on the smaller end of the sector because they can come and enter our market and we have the space to offer. to talk about san francisco's assets and the leveraging that, we sit at the epicenter of really great university and

educational institutions. we are between uc berkeley and stanford. the graduates produced just from those institutions alone stay in the bay area and want to rise up and work here, provide a real opportunity for the start ups to build their companies and companies to grow here so we confident we will absorb a certain amount of office space with ai tech. with that, we are interested in increasing our human capital growing graduates. downtown university is something the mayor is open to pursuing and we are in conversations with uc berkeley we love to have as a partner in our downtown and then residential conversions are a great partner to that. as we build back the office space, people will want to live downtown again and we have a number buildings that can be converted to residential. the costs are high. mayor breed and her partners on the board made significant changes to reduce the costs.

we waived fees for change of uses in the downtown area. there are code changes that will make the conversions easier. there is a ballot measure on the march ballot that will attempt to reduce costs for those as well. it is ongoing process and none of those changes we talked about absent ai growth downtown, but institutional growth downtown, arts growth downtown and residential conversions downtown are long-term changes so one thing i want to say recollect i do think there is a opportunity per your question, but we also need to be patient because what we are talking about is is a real shift to the make-up of the downtown since from the growth it has been starting at since the turn of the century so that isn't a 2 year change, that is a 10 year change and we center to watch as it goes. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you spending the time here today and your creative vision and positivity, so thank you so much. >> thanks so much for having me and hope you all downtown and shop. >> that is it for this episode.

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>> thank you all for being here with us today. and obviously a special thank you for wells fargo for hosting us here at 33 market street. good to be in downtown san francisco. i'm simon, the exective director of san francisco new deal a non profit launched at the start of the pandemic and our work strengthens neighborhoods city wide making it easier for small business owners under resourced small business owner ered to succeed and glad tb out in small business week and celebrating all the small businesses in san francisco. today we'll share many celebratory moments but proud to share one

for sf new deal. last week, sf new deal reached a major milestone. we supported 1200 small businesses in san francisco while deploying $45 million in direct financial support and revenue for businesses. [applause] in all 11 districts, city wide. and this is our team has been able to accomplish this in just four short years so we also celebrated our four year anniversary. we launched vacant vibrant a year ago and we have been inspired by the new energy and momentum it brought downtown. the economic health of downtown and san francisco as a quhole and all our neighborhoods are deeply interconnected and vacant to vibrant we are building a down of diverse and inclusive neighborhood and that will mean housing, that means a university, that will mean entertainment zones, that means arts and culture and

everything else laid out in the mayor's road map to downtown for san francisco future. but the key ingredient to building the new downtown is going to be small business. just like they are the key ingredient to the unique identity to all neighborhoods. ypt to acknowledge the small business, the cultural organizations, the artists and creatives opening the pop ups downtown, bringing the spirit to life. it is incredibly challenging to operate a small business in san francisco and these entrepreneurs are leading the way to create a new vision for downtown and our entire city. the first vacant to vibrant cohort launched last fall. we activated pop ups in 9 store fronts in the financial district and thrilled to share today that seven of signed long-term leases and are staying downtown. but there is more. today we are celebrating the expansion

of the program this summer. this morning we publicly announced the second cohort of vacant to vibrant who pop ups launch in june and we are bringing the program to south of market area. vacant to vibrant has been a collective effort. sf new deal partnered with mayor london breed, her office, the office of economic workforce development to get the idea, simple idea, bring small downtown to fill vacant storefronts. we had to work to actually work through the complexity that and all the challenges of real life and we worked in partnership together with the city to make that a success. but right from the jump, wells fargo was there with us. they stepped in to invest alongside the city and were the presenting sponsor of vacant to vibrant and we welcome additional support for vacant to vibrant from visa, jp morgan

chase, wamo, square and others. this is a real public private partnership and demonstrating what is possible when we all work together. in addition to the mayor and oewd i extend thanks to so many city agencies. they had to all say yes to make vacant to viberupt about. office of small business [indiscernible] department of public health and fire department working together it is showing the possibility of what city can do when we say yes to new ideas. very exciting and so finally, big thank you to anna for putting together the community market together. he is one of our vacant to vibrant graduates from the first cohort and working with us now to bring this wonderful market and also ordered this incredible weather. thank you to the new deal team who works across all programs to support small business in san francisco in every day and of course a giant

shout out to kate, she is the program manager for vacant to vibrant and deserves special recognition because her work has been tireless and non stop. now i introduce the-all the other speakers. we'll hear from darlene [applause] come up when you. wells fargo and also the president of wells fargo foundation and then hear from the honorable mayor london breed. [applause] the mayor of our city. and then mike griso, senior vice president at kill roy realty. two vacant to vibrant activators. recently signed a long-term lease downtown after opening her pop up last

fall and also--who is from creamly. you might have samp led the ice cream who we announced is going to bring her ice cream to downtown pop up later this summer. so, now, please join me in welcoming darlene from wells fargo. [applause] >> hello san francisco! isn't this a beautiful day to be out here celebrating our small business community? thank you so much simon for the warm welcome and introduction. i'm thrilled to be here and wells fargo is honored to continue being the presenting sponsor of vacant to vibrant. we are all here today because we love san francisco. in fact, i came out to the san francisco bay area, hard to believe, 36 years ago for college and i loved it so much i decided to make it my home. san francisco is a vibrant,

innovative, resilient city and it is really essential to our local economy that we support the small business community. that's why wells fargo is committed to this project, helping our diverse small business community thrive, recover and flourish. we especially like to thank mayor breed, sf new deal and the office of economic and workforce development for making this project possible and for having a vision for a better future for downtown san francisco. we hope that what is happening today is really a showcase of the transformation that is possible when the non profit, the public and the private sector come together collectively to help revitalize neighborhoods and support small businesses. it really takes a true partnership to fuel growth and it takes all of us here to help keep that going, to

keep it alive and thriving. vacant to vibrant is a prime example of the invasion and can-do spirit of san franciscans working towards a common goal. by filling vacant store fronts with diverse small businesses, our downtown is being revitalized one small business at a time and that's going to have a ripple effect in our economy. as your partner, i'm thrilled to announce the wells fargo foundation is donating $1 million to expand the successful vacant to vibrant program. [applause] wells fargo funding is go to provide small businesses with access to technical assistance and guidance, access to an ecosystem of resources, as well as capital to help these pop ups become permanent locations.

so, thank you for coming today and for celebrating with us and congratulations to the second cohort of small businesses. [applause] >> okay. here we go. now, thank you for those remarks darlene and for the investment and are commitment and partnership from you and the team. it is privilege to work with wells fargo. i have the privilege introducing the mayor of our city, mayor london breed! [applause] >> thank you simon and thank you to new deal for all the amazing work that they have done and will continue to do to make sure that the downtown community of san francisco is vibrant like all other communities in our city. we are so happy to be here today,x and let me just say to darlene and the wells fargo family, which includes so many of the employees located

here today, thank you so much for being a real partner with san francisco and all that you do. and by the way darlene, one of my first jobs in the real world was at wells fargo bank. i was a teller at the branch on california and fillmore. [applause] so, why are we here? downtown isn't going to be what it was before the pandemic, but you know what? it is going to be something better! not only are we going to bring more people to live down here as resident, but we are really lighting up our night life community. in fact, how many of you were at first thursdays? [applause] well, the rest of you, you missed out, because you probably didn't come to work thursday. p let me tell you, that is what happens when you come to work 5 days a week, you see all the excitement, the activity, the food, the music,

the fun, the entertainment making downtown vibrant is so important to the future of this community of san francisco, because before the pandemic, downtown was 9 to 5 financial district. no offense wells fargo. and now, it needs to and has become a community where people live, work and play, and our vacant to vibrant program is just another opportunity to allow for so many small businesses that would never have the opportunity, nor the investors to open up a pop up to determine whether or not they can be successful in a community like downtown. well you know what? there were 9 in the first cohort and as simon said, 7 of those 9 have signed leases to continue! [applause] that is huge and it also gives me hope for the next cohort to be here

and to be a part of the fabric of what makes san francisco so special. our neighborhoods are thriving. in fact, the city provides the first year free where we wave all city fees for those who are starting new businesses. we are seeing thousands of new businesses pop up in communities. we were not having the same success downtown. vacant to vibrant has changed the game and not only has wells fargo made this investment, but in my upcoming budget, not prepared to announce it today, but there will be even more investments in vacant to vibrant because we want to provide opportunity for those incredible creatives, for those folks who have a new idea and want an opportunity to thrive in san francisco and in downtown. we want to make it possible so we will be investing more. but we also cant do this unless we have property owners who are willing to be real partners and provide space.

provide space at another no cost or reduced cost and there is a lot of technicalities of insurance and everything else in between, so we have wells fargo as a partner and investment, but we also have killroy and mike griso from killroy is here to say a few words about the work that we are doing together to insure that not only is killroy a partner in providing space, but we want all other property owners who have buildings down here with empty vacant store fronts to work with the city to make sure that they are vibrant. we want to continue to do not only pop ups, but long-term businesses. there is ice crime, there is bakeries and coffee and vintage clothes and a radio station, kalw! depending what happens today, they might do a interview with you and make you famous.

we are hoping for all that and the above and so, let's welcome mike griso from killroy realty. [applause] >> thank you. i don't know how i will follow that. that is not fair. thank you mayor breed. thank you sf new deal. thank you wells fargo. what a gorgeous day. thank you everyone for being here. thank you to the media for being here and by the way, media, i want you all to report this is what san francisco downtown is like every day. [applause] perfect weather, huge crowd, live music. it isn't like that every day, but it could be like that every day and vacant to vibrant is helping to make it that like that every day. we are so happy to be participating in vacant to vibrant and like the mayor said, i want to encourage every single property owner downtown to participate. it is a lot of work, but at the end of the day it is worth it.

you are activating vacant retail space. i want to acknowledge our team, brooke and megan who are here who worked really hard on this. i thank all our partners, the mayor, sf new deal, office of economic workforce development, the east cust cbd, the chamber of commerce both here. this is how we are going to bring downtown san francisco back. one retail space at a time. we will get people in. we will get people into their offices and make san francisco great and we are going to continue to build on the progress we made so far, so again, thank you everyone for coming. thank you wells fargo for that great gift and let's keep this going. thanks everybody. [applause] >> and now we will hear from-- [applause] >> thank you so much everyone for coming. thank you very much for mayor

london breed and for everybody else that came before me. i dont know how i will be able to up this, but i will try. i am going to really try. you guys really did create a really nice beautiful path for me to be able to come in and speak about my experience. this was a great experience being part of the vacant to vibrant program. san francisco is a really beautiful city. we have been through a lot during the pandemic, but this isn't the endxer , so we should be able to work together as a community and work together to bring back our downtown. downtown san francisco is a place as i remember when i first move to the country, a place that allowed me to be able to think about the american dream in a different way. so, thank you everybody for being here. thank you everybody for allowing us to keep our businesses open. not shutting it down after long

period of having a pandemic. i am at the embarcadero. i was a business that was able to extend their lease and looking forward to creating beautiful nice environment for people to come and enjoy delicious food and healthy food and keep the downtown vibrant, healthy and beautiful. thank you so much everyone. [applause] >> has a beautiful-4 embarcadero center facing embarcadero plaza. [applause] >> hello everyone. hope you are having a wonderful afternoon. what a great day to be outside. my name is--my wife and i opened a ice creamery which makes indian inspired ice cream in san leandro.

when i came to this country, i fell in love with two men, ben and jerry. as i was hitting books hard and the pints i enjoyed the experience but i missed my home, family friends and the long walks we take in summer to go have street food, particularly my favorite, the indian ice cream. fast forward working downtown here as a engineer, project manager for bike lane on second street and projects, the highlight of the day is the lunch meal i go out with colleagues and friends in the evening to go try food from around the world, gush about it, build relationships and all that, and i'm very excitesed i'm going to be at the other side of the table and be able to provide a similar kind of space and joy for people in san francisco. started in 2018 as a small pop up, a small cart and fast forward

post pandemic, 2022 we started a store front in san leandro. 5 minutes from the oakland zoo and encourage everyone to come there at our new space. we are even though we are famous for layering deserts from my family respies into american classic flavors or tamarin -we make indian street food and we love to do desert takes on street food. --we make it a desert version. the only one in the world i've heard. so, you can find us on our website and our social media tags.

i really excited for this opportunity and i want to thank mayor london breed, sf new deal, office of workforce economic development and wells fargo who are not just talking the talk but backing up with a action plan to make us thrive, not just me but so many entrepreneur small business part of the cohort and the previous one. it is very important to have i think marketing, logistics and financial backup to be able to be successful and i feel we have all that with this opportunity we have with new deal. so, very excited and very grateful. thank you for this opportunity and this opportunity to talk right here. have a great day. [applause] >> thank you so much. so, we reached the end of our program, but before i tell you what is coming next, i do want to spend-send a special shout out to urban alchemy and see louie. louie and i go way back. urban alchemy their ambassadors

keep tenderloin, midmarket area safe and transforming public spaces into spaces that people all people can enjoy. thank you urban alchemy. stay tuned as we gear up to announce the grand opening plans and as well as all the actual locations for the eight activators we announced today. coming in june. in the mean time, follow along for more news and announcement vacant to vibrant. enjoy the market and support the vendors. we will do a giant photo ceremony. as you are snacking on the food, take a glance up to the million check wells fargo will give us. please come up. anyone who wants to come up. please, mayor, join us.

francisco. >> my name is fwlend hope i would say on at large-scale what all passionate about is peace in the world.

>> it never outdoor 0 me that note everyone will think that is a good i know to be a paefrt. >> one man said i'll upsetting the order of universe i want to do since a good idea not the order of universe but his offered of the universe but the ministry sgan in the room chairing sha harry and grew to be 5 we wanted to preach and teach and act god's love 40 years later i retired having been in the tenderloin most of

that 7, 8, 9 some have god drew us into the someplace we became the network ministries for homeless women escaping prostitution if the months period before i performed memorial services store produced women that were murdered on the streets of san francisco so i went back to the board and said we say to do something the number one be a safe place for them to live while he worked on changing 4 months later we were given the building in january of 1998 we opened it as a safe house for women escaping prostitution i've seen those counselors women find their strength and their beauty and their wisdom and come to be able to affirmative as the daughters

of god and they accepted me and made me, be a part of the their lives. >> special things to the women that offered me a chance safe house will forever be a part of the who i've become and you made that possible life didn't get any better than that. >> who've would know this look of this girl grown up in atlanta will be working with produced women in san francisco part of the system that has abused and expedited and obtain identified and degraded women for century around the world and still do at the embody the spirits of women that just know they deserve respect and intend to get it.

>> i don't want to just so women younger women become a part of the the current system we need to change the system we don't need to go up the ladder we need to change the corporations we need more women like that and they're out there. >> we get have to get to help them. >> .

>> (music). >> my name is package scott i'm a general manager and vice president of the yerba buena ice skating and bowling center. >> we opened in 98, we are celebrating our 25 anniversary. the last ice relation at 48 avenue with the redevelopment agency started to reconstruct a yerba buena the city had suggested how about around ice skating we have a podium we run

from the tiny to the we have a whiff adult community of beginners and entering meats and so many people that only to san francisco and california for the east coast who grew up circulating and when they finding a pair they fall in love with that. >> my favorite ring it is a beautiful skyline and yeah. it is really nice (background noise.) our bowling center is adorable perfect for conference party and birthday party or have a good time and children's activity and wonderful playground and a great area to relax and enjoy the view it is 35 part of the city and a

lot of great places to go around and have lunch. skating is fun for the whole family we have an amazing program a huge adult population sea sorry about that in his skating and is or have a ton of programs it is walkable in their yerba buena community. we have everything you need. if i forgot our socks we have those and we charge a.d. mythics, inc., if you have no skates the general public typically e traditionally have public skating and open on the weekends and multiple sessions for everyone to

>> good morning this meeting will come to order, welcome to the june 6, 2024 regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee, i'm supervisor dean preston chair of the committee joined by catherine stefani and connie chan, committee clerk is monique and our thanks to colina in sf gov. tv for staffing this meeting. do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, public comment will be taken on each item of the agenda. please line up to the right, you may submit public comment in writing either in the following way, email to the oversight committee clerk.