tuesday, august 20th, 2024 hybrid in-person and virtual meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. ■ name is ben lyman. i am the commission president and we will start with announcements. we would like to start the meeting with a land acknowledgment. we, the sanrancnt commission, acknowledge that we homef the ramaytushancestral ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco ewards of this land, in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretaker of thisn 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 theiré@tr to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders r the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. this meeting is being held in format hybrid

format, with the meeting occurring in person in city hall, roo6 brdc■ast live on sfgovtv and available to view on zoom or listen to by. calling we welcome theng meeting id. public's participation during publicha comment periods. there will be an opportunity for general public comment at the beginning of the meeting, and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion on item on the agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes for those attending remotely. the commission will hear up to 20 minut public comment total for each agenda item. because of the■ 20 minute time limit, it is possible that not every perso■nn opportunity to provide remote public comment. remote public comment from people who have received an accommodation due to disability will not count

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audio or a telephone for public comment, you may submit a wrten publicomment through the chat function on zoom. please note that commissioners and staff ar respond to comments or questions during public comment.ces for sharing this meeting with the public. all right. president bleiman here. commissioner dav. here. commissioner poggio. here. commissioner qalandar. here. commissioner. thomas. here. vice president. wang. commissioner perez are excused. all right. thank you. next, we're going to do general public comment, whicr items that are not on the agenda. does anybody want to not on tonight's agenda? no. no public comment for this item. all right. we'll close public comment and move on to number three, which is approval of meeting minutes for august 6th, 2024. do we have a motion approve the meeting minutes. motion. second. is there any

public comment on the meeting? minute no puom this item. all right. we can vo i, commissioner davis, i commissioner poggio i commissioner slander i commissioner thomas i. all right. next four which is a rept from our acting much power. good evening, president bleiman.i.cou all tonight. there was an item on i don't have an update for you. so next time that's the that's the report. thanks. okay. so many questions. any public comment? o public comment. allight. we'll we'll close public comment. we'll move onnumb is a report fr senior inspector. thank you. president bln. goo evening. commissioners. we have received 34 311 complaints since on augut

6th. i have one quick update below. please let me know if you have any questions. my only update tonht÷s at 1754 polk sto holds an llp with our office on friday, august 9th. i amelie at 11:20 p.m. in response to a soundpl arrival, he observed a dj playing inside and a sound measurement sho 93 3 dbc, while the current approved sound limit is 87 dba 94 dbc. inspector young rice spoke with the manager on duty a advised him to have the dj end their set and switch to prerecorded music, which he did. he also reminded him of their llp permit conditions and reited must end 1 p.m. inspectorou re then sound t

of the prerecorded music, which showed compliance with the approved sound limit. amelie was issued a $100 citation for violating their llp permit by hosting entertainment after 11 p.m, with the door open and exceeding their allowable sound limit. that's the only update i have tonight. thank you. questions■d i know that outside lands is not uer on the parks, t was there how did how was sound related to outside lands this year? do we have any sense? we received many outside lands complaints. yes i think between outside lands and then the following event at goldene , the deftones system of a down show we received, i'd say about 200. yeah roughly 200, ri t to us. so i don't know if others went.r hotline. they have a hotline?

yeah yeah.o as usual, we'll be able to compile that information and share it with parks, through just the ec 12 report summaries. but yeah, it was quite an influx. it was pretty fun to be out in the sifting through them all. not our problem, yeah, yeah. i mean, i have to say, i mean, aelings t complaints about the noise from outside lands, from people who know i'm on the entertainment commission, d have to explain to them that it's not actually under our purview because it's in golden gate park, which is under parks and rec. but yeah, i'm just always interested. and in interests of larger sort of vee relations, if there are ways to lessons that we can learn from outside lands or ways■ that we can assist parks and rec with mitigating the impact on the neighbors■v. yeah, it'says

good for us to see, honestly, it's really, really eye opening, th really do at this point is just share that information w directly as possible. and they're usually very responsive to it. youi=■d■w what they do with that information? i can't say, maybe caitlin could help fill in. i was just going to note that right now, theomers can only submit a complaint of generally think that that's why complaints come to us. so i do have an email out to the 311 team asking if th■ey■g st between sound coming

from parks and plazas and versus, youw, otherwise outdoor sound related to events. and hopefully rpd directly so te more real time. yeah. thank you. i live three blocks from the system of the down concert in my living room on saturday. it was awesome. all right. i have#1 questions. let's open this to public■0 on the senior inspectos report? no public comment for this item. okay, we'll close public comment and move now to number six, we welcome now to the piu one of what was

recently described as san francisco's, quote, nightmare, end quote, at a hearing isan diego. also, the. lead singer and guitarist in the number one counting crows cover band, in northern california, ben van houten. thank you. thank you, thank you. i guessident and comn van houten from the office of economic and workforce nightlife business assistance update. got some slides. awesome the state legislative session is moving toward its conclusion. i believe bills need to be outf e legislature by the end of this month, and then acted on by thet

month. so we'll have a lot more clarity on the pending nightlife bis ve the three bills longest time, two of which arehe sponsored by e ty, 969 and eight, ab 2359, those two bills andl assembly member haney's cannabis cafe legislation are all continuing to move■= forward, and, with, se good positive, positive momentum on those, the drink spiking legislation, the, the, the set of■9 drink spiking related bills that have been moving of these t time■ we talked, but but all three of them are continuing to move forward. and i have it on lide here. but requiring bars to provide drink lids for at leastn of glasses upon request. and also to post, signage relatedo that, establishing reporting 48s

that when a bar notified of a suspected drink spiking and■u they're obligatedo contact law enforcement and then follow related instructions lawd then finally incorporating drink spiking education into the responsible beverage service trai of alcohol servers. so several bills in the drink spiking field continuing to move forward as well. some good uplly on entertainment zones. i don't think i've done a presti group since. since may. since then, our local legislation implement entertainment zones and designate the front street entertainmzone was signed in july, we are currently working with a management plan to guide operation of the the implg legislation designated the

office of economic andlopment ta management plan as an additionat closure, liquor licensing, other permits., ande in dialog with sfpd and mta and other■- stakeholders around the best way to coordinate and align that management plan with all t [v permits and requirements. and hopefully, this process that we are undertaking now■ will alo set a template for management plans for future of work to gett one off theunom city process perspective. but i think we're we're learning a lot about how to do it more nimbly in the future, because there's certainly interest in we launched anzones elsewhere, entertainment zones web page for stakeholders citywide that are interested ileni■xore at r÷. a few updates on the local legislative front. the mayor's legislation to waive fees associated with outdoor

communit street closures was adopted and following the adoption of that legislation, sfmta boa ac month adopted a companionion or motion on theirarto wve sfmta fees, so really excited about this, this, this program for outdoor community events under the legislationis leading implementation. and once a waiver is available this program, an event will have to seek a waiver before submitting an escape permit.o i know we've had a couple of questions from people saying, when is the waiver sure there's going to be more information about that soon, but, andto seee forward. additionally, the legislationeate an annual permit for food vendors that participate in special events was adopted really positive development for ou operators, who often participate in dozens of

even eve yhean get an annual permit instead of having to pay for a event that y participate in over the course e here around around permit orhere mayor recently announced new legislation tremove the requirement for architectural plans for certain chaesf use. so this is a little bit technical, but have a significant impact in the nightlife and entertainment space, when a goes to change a use, even if thn[ involves no, modification of the space construction on the space, that change of use architectural drawings, which can cost thousands or, you know, $10,000, even if a business is just adding a beer and wine license and doing nothing else adding a place of entertainment permit and doing nothing elseo so strg

to remove the requirement for co be really impactful forin, people can get their their first year fees waived. but this is another this is another way of continuing to support our small businesses, next up was, we wer d to recently announce the awardees of the downtown■x enery grants. that's our new grant program toport downtown arts, culture, and entertainment activities during evenings existing businesses and organizations that aoi neighborhoods to help those neighborhoods thrive.■v 14 grantees across downtown for a total of $500,000 in awards with a goal of in addition to every, everye is going to be doing new entertainment programing as part their work. but what's really exciting to me,awardees here is that,

additionallyere's work to or the grantees are going to be working to build their own long term capacity collaboration between businesses, investing in new equipment, developing new marketing campaigns and new festivals across multiple businesses, really an exciting f collaboration that i think we're ally we're really pleased to support. more information about all of the grantees on sf new deal's website. and then finally, a quick update. justt3 another plug for our sf live concert series, which is san frd entertainment venues. there was a great concert that thereat american music hall put on on saturday at china basin park, the. i was pleased to deliver a proclamation from the mayor naming it american music hall day in support of our venu s, moreendent live mus information about all of the upcoming concerts. tre's still

a whole bunch more. and, inly busy for sf live, so that is that is everything. yg more. do you know whenhe escort waiver fees will be available, you know, i will). i will work o find out. i know that there's some implementation process that mta has to do, but i'm happy to follow up with them and report back. there's also that piece o a leio that is making its way through for the cbd to downtown would waive some of the permitting and things. that's to keep a it's ng along. that's right. it a little bit too recent in this deck. but yes, president peskin introduced legislation to streamline perg for the downtown cbds and with some entertainment well. yep any furr questions? i want to apologize

to. i didn't mention the name of accidentally in love. and anybody out there who wants to check find them on myspace. thank you. that's true. none of that's tru. is there any public comment on mr. van houten'sse? thank you, mr. van houten. i appreciate it. thank you. no public comment f will close public comment and we can move on to number seven,. as for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainmcoon., acting executie director willt agenda. thanks, president bleiman. the only permit on our consent agenda tonight is for an lp permit amendment function located at 1414 market street, which you mayso before r hearing in july. you've already approved this this lp■8 permifo

indoor entertainment. however, i did make an administrative error and i failed to include their outdoor amplified sound on that permit memo. so tonight, this consent agend amplified sound at the front of the business, which they'vrequested to have daily between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m, not vanc of the last hearing. the applicant correctly notified their neighbors the full scope , which includes both indoor entertainment and outdoor amplified sound, and there was no opposition from neighbors nor added conditions from sfpd. tenderloin station. so the staff recommendation is to approve the consent calendar with. all righs there any public comment on the consent agenda? public comment on this item. close public comment. do we havaé motion a motion to approve. second. all right. we can votenr davis i commissioner poggio i commissioner slander i and commissioner we can move along e

first permit on our regular agenda is for located at 2243 mission street, big baobab currently holds a po permit with our officeand now the owner is applying for the ahp permit. so they may host entertainment andc"ave fo service until 4 a.m. friday through sunday mornings, along wihe before the 11 holidays. federal holidaysmmendr outreach. the owners distributed a letter toz their surrounding neighbors about the ahp permit application, and there was no opposition. sfpd mission station had no added conditions and here to speak withou t i marco, and he's represented by kevin, who is joining us virtually on zoom tonight■r. hey, kevin, i'm going to bring you in hello. good afternoon everybody.

i'm marco, the owner of baobab on mission street. andnitely i'r friday and saturday for my extension of permit too 4 a.m. to keep entertainment and serving food. if you have any questions for me, i'd be happy to answer. i think we have someon coming from the neighbors who just come who's coming rightto raise some concern. i believe. we'll do that during public comment. okay. can you hear me real quick, commissionersn, we can h. thank you so much. and i apologiz to be with you in person, i've had a little bit of famo. but i wani wanted to be here with you all vi from marco. we're excited to really be coming forwa t present an extended hours permit, you know, i think commonerery, you

know, familiar with the things that came up a couple of years ago, particularly with the sound issues that were coming forrdert commission around the location of baobab moving from 19th to, you know, closer to 18th on mission street. and we're pleased to say that, you know, even with all of the issues that have then gone forward with that, that, you know, we've really been able to work with the neighbors to hal■sxqly healy working relationship that, you know, has■ks for the last two years, not resulted in any sound complaints since we came■é bcome are also now a recognized legacy business as well too. anj] so what we're looking to do is really help continue to revitalizeng at doing that by having extended hours to have basically food service as well as, late night parties going till 4 a.m. only on the weekends from friday and saturday, but then additionally as well to, you know, looking at using food service just late night. so that way when people

come to baobab, you know, they're able to go dance, have e able to have some of the food indoors as well too. so that way they're able to sober up, this will be one ofhe particularly within the mission. and so we think this is going to be a really good addition for the neighborhood. and, you know, and we're excit know, at this time, you know, not having any opposition coming in, but then also athe you know, lie friendly relationships with tentional works. and there's that marco and myself have done to reallyu know, we're excited to come here really with good news and, you know, and great intentions. but we're also available for any questions as well to■o■. no, nof questions. sounds greats a sense of what what what kind of entertainment you're hoping to do till for just a

continuation of what you're doing currently absolutely. so the entertainment that baobab h international musc venue. so everything from we're looking ata to afrobeats continuing to do all of that. but i think for the weekends, majority of the time it will be really afrobeats and francophone with somefé salsa parties goingn on the weekend as well, too, for theajhat that being said, we're going to be open and flexible for, yo81 people want to have a friday night karaoke session that goesate night. we're not opposed to that. all right. i don't■d have any further questions. let's open you can have a seat and we'll maybe call you back up if some stuff comes up. thanks, mark. thank you, let's open for public comment. any no, no

public comment on this item. all right. we'll close public comment. do we have any motions? i would like to move approval with staff recommendations. i second. okayan i, commissioner davis i commissioner poggio i mmissioner slander i commissioner thomas. hi. all right. it's been■a■z approved. k you for coming in and we can move on to. the next permit on r regular agenda is for a jam to bam f pass permit for lokma located at 1801lement street. lokma is an authentic turkish and mediterranean restaurant that held a jam permit from november 2022 until the program ended in they and then they obtained an extended duration one time in the interim, as they awaited their legislated shared spaces it that their parklets are finalized, they are applying fon continue to host outdoor

amplified sound for their outdoor the reason they are on the regular agenda versus the consent agenda tonight is to expand their programing hours. this permit application requests the ability to p music at the front of the business for their sidewalk. diners for their parklet diners. monday through wednesday, 4 p. to 10 p.m. and thursday through sunday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m, not to exceed owner conducted neighborhood outreach by notifying their surrounding residential and commcighbors of their f pass permit application. and in your file tonight are fivetter e of the letters is from their neighborinmmrgarita, and the otr four letters of support are from residential neighborsestaurant n close proximity. additionally, in your fi are two letters of opposition from neighbors who believe the permit should not be lacma's prerecorded music disturbing. i would like to note that we have not received any 311 sound complaints specifically about lokma this calendar year. we have rve a couple of general complaints

about sound in their vicinity, but wth inspectors have responded, they found lokma and their neighboring business who holds affice to be compliant with permit conditions. there were no added station. and here to speak with you tonight is the owner. emery. emery. emery pardon me. bless you. hi. my nameemeer of lokma t l right. okay make it work for you. yeah, yeah. my name is mta. i'm the owner of local restaurant, and i would like to introduce, my restaurant a little bit. we are a mediterranean focused restauran. we've been open since 2018, and then we've been offering, turkish■%■ focused mediterranean

cuisine in our warm and bright space. as an owner, i sure my, s having a good experience as well as i am keeping good relations with my neighbors to,rmit ambiew sound music, just to keep-oatmor outdoor dining atmosphere. a little bit, other than were events or live events or we are not planning to get we will, keo our neighbs, and then i personally dropped the letters to neighbors, and then, as caitlin mentioned, we got some supportive letters from our neighbors, and then we wlday.

supportive to supportive from our neighbors. and i would like to alsopg show you our, outdoor setup. we are avenue and clemene corner. and on the first picture, you see our setup clemd one is on the 19th avenue side.n the third one. and then this is our, sidewalk seating area for the left one 19th avenue side, and the right one i■c couple pictures from the nighttime■d. d thank you for your time and concentration. i'm happy to answer a que have. questions how has the communication gone with the neighbors that have been that have opposed theermit? have you had ongoing conversations with themor how has that gone,

yes. so oe first got the permits, they complained about the music and noise coming from neighbors. so we put some letters. i actually, you know, you can on the right side and the lefte,ou see notese put some trying to keep the noise down. and also, even though we have a permit, we don't actually play any micn t side for, for almost five days. four days. if you don have anstomersy music outside. so i try to be respectful thank you. yeah. i't havany further questions so you can have a seat and we will open this up for ic comment. and we may call you back up to if there's some more questions come up. public comment. is there anybody. we'll start with.

that's you. thank you. yeah. thank you. to speak here. okay.o my c rebel. i have lived at 1811 clement for over above lacma, wh has occupied the downstairs business since february 2018. several neighbors have all lived in this neighborhood for decades. we have never had this marothey moved more than when ty had more than double their capacity from the parklets and increased sidewalk tables, causing increased noise amo other things. this has caused us all tremendous■5 stress and has negatively impacted our quality of life. la fema owners have demonstrated repeatedly that they only care about their bottom line and not neighbors

concerns. they don't take ownership for their actions, but instead blame the neighbors and me. when the city violation for being out of compliance, they should not be ised a fixed place amplified sound permit because during their jam permit music was played at various volumes from morning to nights. their carries and vibrates into my and the neighbor's homes, who live nearby. they continue to pl music even after their jam permit expired in september usic even after their parklets were closederm.e repeatedly asked their workers happens, nothing changes.this customers are already loud and, creating increased noise. when i told the owner, his answer was simply the music makes my customers happy and i keep my customers happy. signs to keep voices down are never enforced, and customers continue to talk at high vumesnd the■a

signs. by the way, we had to ask multiple times for those signs to be put up. these examples demonstrate that they do not follow the rules and regulations commission, due to their parklets and outdoor over capacity, noise has been layered upon noisee, upon noise. in addition to the points i mentioned above, working in built for 40 customers rather than 70 plusur metal on l noise, loud pounding, often starting at 7 a.m. to after 10 ysthis comes directly intonch my neighbors and my apartment. lacma's as neighbors are being too sensitive, and that to solve the issues, we should move somewhere quiet, not near a restaurant. l0 years. is that being a good nehb lived there previous restaurant owners have been more approachable and have effort to get to know the neighbors. not in

lacma'case. 25 neighbors have come to the neighbor and i to express a's negative impact on the neighborhood. i have a i have a list ofamesh addresses if you want them. they weren't able to come, but they have interacted and u this over several years. on behalf of these 25 neighbors, i urge you , amplified sound permit as this will4dotmpact their business and it will be a small contribution to our quality of fe. thank you. thank you. if you can please io e microphone either one is okay, but you can bend it. y c there you see i have a loud voice. it doesn't matter.

public record. i take out my mask so you can hear. npñ■ro mas fine. yeah, they just need to record it. so that it goes into therd. thank you. dear commissioners, my ne is y husband, daniel, and i own theperty at 303 19th avenue. for more for more than 20 years. both we are in our 70s and i'mhe primary caregiver for my husband, danie. he has serious health issues th, including major surgery and complicated medical problems. in the pt, we had no issue with the restaurant next to us. however since the landmark began operating and constructing the public during the pandemic, we have encountered a lot of problems

which are email sent to san francisco entertainment commissionnth. dor concerns, especially the noise issues such owd with their customers, loud noisesi, smoking from them while they are waiting for seatin especially one time they even their the car. the customer parked the car by our drive m husband has an emergency the car to emet cannot because they blocked our driveway. so i have to call 911 ambulance. he calls emergency. lucky saved his life and then the noisesrom their kitchen travel up to our bathroom window, which is in■ s

from the backyardns, which is located underneath one of and oy day, loud noises start from early in the morning to midnight. those noises impact my husband and me. our concern have led to health department, fedepg inspection as document. you knoi ll, i t in all my life. but the problem caused me under stress and health issue. i have included a family emphasizing to reducing the■m external noise that would be benefit my health. we recently received the from lama about the permi withnterint commission during the temporary

permit, the music played long the closing time. we are permit, it will only worsen our situation. lama has a history suggests they may not comply. the regulation. okay. thank you. thank you very much■. additiol.c comment for this item. okay. close public comment. i just want to say some things for the record here. so we're here tonight to decide whether or not laas a the ability to play ambient music from outdoor speakerse e of people speaking outdoors is proteedmene are not don't have a jurisdiction over■q the sounds f pots and pans and things that are sions. that's while i'm sure it's very disruptive or feels very disruptive to some of

the neighbors, it'sot our jurisdiction. so our jurisdiction is specifically whether or not they can play ambient music on their, outdoorl say, too, is that, no matter what hasñ happened in the past during covid and jam, during tht this and this is to the neighbors as well, if that does happen, that means that when there areple, let's say music ws playing after a certain time, you would have access directly to our inspectors who show up in the field often at as quickly as possible. and certainly,threal y come regularly and often afterwards. and think that's evidenced by our long track record of i think what happens here a lot is that people come in and they think, oh, if this business gets a permit, they're going to be actually the

opposite has been true. in my experience business now is under our jurisdiction you havere subject to our rules somebody to call that's not the police, because the police often are very busy and don't have the bandwidth to respond to noise complaints. so i just wantthat , does anybody have any comments? do we want tcall the operator back up any any questions? i have a question. so, the staff write up said that we hadn't had any 311 complaints wdthisr. have we had 301 complaints since 2020? i looked at the queue today and i'm happy to pull it o it in real time, but i can com date, we have not received any also're immediatelyt lacma. i across the street from one another, and we'vetor checked on lokma as well because they're they're. yep, and so no

violations observed on either those 2023. i recall one complaint, and i don't think it was responded to in real time, but i'm happy to check back to 2022 right now. if you want to give me a moment, i can tell y if that. do you want, would you like? is that a yes, sure. we can go ahead■. i think you explained it best, ben, about what we do here.ink e neighbors understand that. and obviously, i feel for the neighbors, but again, i think it's a posive that we now can movi, i also i live inwith lacma that neighboood and i have gone to lacma a number of times and its busy, but it is certainly not a, a, wild scene in there. to take away fre

concerns that people have, but it's definitely not like a party scene by any means, at least when i've been there. it's just a restaurant that has some people in it. has there been an? when deciding the new proposed hours, has there been any been any sort of compromises made between thnd the ownership or i didn't. there was no back and forth between the neighbors and the meaning i didn't have a neighbor mediation conversation. lasema is asking for what they had during theder their jam permit monday through wednesday, and t expanding that by two hours thursday through suny. reiterate what those hours are for us monday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and thursday through sunday between 9 a.m.■ñt hours per day. so during the jam era, they were 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

daily. the six hour cap just says all jam permits were. and so this application is on seekig the ability to expand thursday through sundaystarti as early as 9 a.m. because they serve brunch a, you know, set hours so that they can modify based on their hours of operation, commissioner thomas, i have the information for you if y'r received 1311 sound complaint.s# and it came n on a night that we didn't have an inspector in the field. so we don't have real time responses from 2022. in 2023, we received one sound complaint that was actually sent fromtéso the compo dpw. but included a piece of, the sound. so we had an inspector go and, they d observe full compliance with the permit at that time of already spoke aboue

so20. so, you know, mying is the are not in our jurisdiction. ort they play ambient music on some speakersdoors, don't think really has much bearing on the sound of pots and pans and, and blocked driveways and, d,ng outd speaking. so, you know, i, voting in a positive way on this. just noting also that the neighbors, have an opportunity make sure that they have, you know, they know how to get in touch with us when they need to using three, one one or email us, etc. when concerns come up so that we can help to be there and mitigate issues that are under our jurisdiction as they are.ye thif

the issues that the neighbors played past 10 p.m. and that is our jurisdiction, and that is something that, one just to the, emery, to make sure that you are following that to the second, yd encourage you■h5 to work cooperatively with your neighbors.xñ■g be in the same buildings, in the same neighborhood, for a while. and so making sure that you aret again, the sound kitchen sounds and parking and red zones and so on is not something we can deal with here.■ but, you know, certainly if the sound is loer than,

than it is beingly if it is permitted here, you know what, if we approve this permit, then 311 is your recourse on that. if it is louder or outside of these timesand certainly we would we would strongly prer, that we not be getting 311 calls to have to come back, on any of this. and just to make sure that they haveeasy way of contacting you when these things come up, because that's the easiest way to resolve problems, is person to person. yeah. and i'll say so i've had 12 brick the city, andd and i have bars which are a lot re disruptive to, to neighbors.

and, 99 of 100 angry neighbors with mei've been able to, make a connection with and a direct connection where they can text me or my staff or myager and feel like they have, hey, the music is still on. it's 1005, t know, my staff can then act in real time issue. and when we've done that, i've actually developed friendships with people who really wereps pretty committed to putting m out of business when i first moved in. and so, you know, it's always up to the business owner to, to act professionally. it's not up to the neighbors, no matter whatcb■y they've done. iy case, it's my job to act professionally, not their job. c they want. that's their prerogative. but i have found that to be■0 very effective. and the more that i, have, listened and prioritized e issues have been in my life. so i just want to reiterate that. yeah, any more questions or

comments? and just to echo what laura had menoned, like 10:00 means 10:00. all right. am willing to motion make a motion to this permit with staff recommendations. second. president bleiman i commissioner commissioner. thomas. hi. all right. thank you very much. we can move on to the next i and f. if i'm correct, the final permit on our regular limited live pere permit for daca, located at 1085 sutter street, which includes indoor entertainment and outdoor amplified sound at the t. daca r owned, women owned eastern european restaurant that currently offers dinner and weekend brunch. the owners are djs, live music, comedy, karaoke

fashion shows, fashion shows and drag brunches. they are also hae outdoor amplified sound at the front of the business to drive fh friday, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. and saturday, and sunday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m, not to exceed six hours per day. the owners conducted an extensoutrch and notified all of their nearby neighbors, they included a friendly coupon in their outreach efforts as a way to invite their neighbors into the restaurant. there was no opposition for this $urmit, of today, just like moments before the hearing, there was one letter oppor sun your file, but i do have it, and sfpd central station included60 their standard calendaring condition. so here to speak with you tonight is owner suki sky.vp itt

know. what is it the presentation i sent, i have it on. i sent it back. yeah yesterday. yeah. do you have it ably be used? sorry, i don't know if i can't. i can pull it up if you want!c., myame is suki sky. my wife katya is here with me as well. we are from daca kitchen and bar. you heard a little bit abouts, couple of slides. just to fa owned business. this ise a our chef on the left, also named katya. she's katya, ch, is katya, boss. and i'm suki in the middle, we really are a communit oriented, neighborhood oriented space, our

hours are pretty simple. and, you know, healthy versions of eastern european foods and very bit french inspired our plans for events is really, again, community oriented, local music, local djs. we're not planning anything crazy, but we just want to have the flexibility to be able to, as caitlin mentioned, have a couple of drag shows, maybe some fashion shows and local djs and musicians, we did do a lot of outreach and got a lot of support. a lot of people sa wery curious and wanted to know what we were doing. and you know what the plans are. and very supportive of us. and that's all i h have any questions. questions yeah, that sounds great. so are you still on the bar tonic, which now i1s propagation? we sold it to heather feather. and i know that neighborhood really well, and, yeah, they're great, i just

think that location. i'm just so happy that life is coming back there because it's just rough there for a wh so i just think that's that's awesome. and it's such a cool area too, ifwii just think that's fantastic. any questions. oh can't wait to go. ent for this item. no public you comment forose public comment. do we have any motions? i movesr approval with staff recommendations. second president bleiman i, commissioner davis, i commissioner poggio i commonissioner thomas i been approved looking forward to that one. that's going to be are in commissioner comments and questions. what e, good job in san diego, yeah, i was going to talk about that. yeah. it, he

audience. and, ongoing august fantastic activities led by our dylan, remind me the name of the event. the event is called■5 cet of, bipoc queer, drag excellence. fantastic bow on aur some, drag queen led education on overdose awareness and nightlife settings, and support your local drag queens. nice yeah. so, commissioner qalandar and iraveled down to san diego for a, assembly select■= hearing

on downtown recovery held by assembly member matt haney was, wanted to highlight some of the efforts that san diego is making for improving their downtown. and i was asked to speak on behalf of cal night, which is a group was able to sneak in a couple times that i'm part of this commission, but i wasn't speaking on behalf of it, but it was ally great conversation we had with lawmakers and, some other people from the private sectorwntowns and the role that entertainmenay good press. and e got to go out in san diego and see how they do what they do. and i have some takeaways. namely, they are partying harder than we are right now. and we should be ashamed of ourselves,s very weak in san franciscos, everybody rolls out to hookah bars after the bars close and stays there all night, which wa. we had a good time and just0th e

zont in the state ofntertainmen? california on front street. we're having anktst. it's gonna be a lot of fun. we'll have german food, german music, and i am in talks right now to get accidentally in love. the, counting crows cover band to play. we'can accommodate their riders, but that could be really exciting. theyav in at least a year in northern california, so it'd be reallyntr questions week, every two months for work related. and, tn there i noticed is i just got back last week wathey it seems like a lot of plazas have, like, local musicians go out there on a daily basis or weekly basis and even a shopping nterit the equivalent of a safeway and a small thai the lie band going, just a■a few guitarists and, singers. and it

really does help attract the crowd. it's amazing. there's music everywhere down thereun al times. it's a law down there, any public comment on this? no public comment on this item. all right.eeing none, we'll close public comment. we'll adjourn this meeting at 6:33 p.m. thank you■d. recording sto, ú

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