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>> acknowledging ancestors elders of the ramaytush ohlone community and by aif he wering rights as first peoples. >> please. [inaudible]. item 2 approval of legacy business reasonablingistry application and resolutions a discussion and action item. commission will discuss and take action to approve rej tree

applications. presenting today patricia legacy program manager with office of small buildings. welcome. >> good afternoon. vice president and commissioners. city staff and the public. i'm richard revving legacy business program manager like on acknowledge michelle my clothe who provides assistance to the legacy business program. sfgovtv i have a power point presentation. >> before you today are 6 applications for your consideration for legacy business registry. each application includes a staff report. draft resolution, application itself. and documents from the planning department. 2 applications were submitted to planning on october 9 and heard by historic preservation on november 6. >> 4 applications submitted to machining on november 6 and heard by h pc on december 4.

item two a ace mailing. the business a full service direct marketing company taxicabed in 1977 and locate instead the mission district. ace mailing offers printing, graphic design, e mail and postsal mail services list acquisition, did thea base creation, management and maintenance. creative services fulfillment and warehousing. clointss include small businesses, large firms, nonprofits and government entities. at ace mailing you receive reliability, service and knowledge you can trust. the core tradition the business must maintain on registry is marketing and communication services. item 2b is applicant american

shakespeare company. the nonprofit found in the 1994 and incorporate in the 95. african-american shakespeare company opens classic theatre and provide an opportunity and place for actors of color to hone skills and mastering the greatest classical roles. they do this producing work from the classical theatre including shakespeare and great american and world play rights that is lively, entertaining and relevant. core tradition the business maintain is theatre. item 2c is geary print shop. business is print shop establish in the 78 and located in laurel heights makered it. provides reproduction services and printing. copying, graphic design and promotional productless. they are an experienced group of printers strive for quality and

efficiency in their production■ methods. >> tailor services to meet deadlines and budgeting needs. core feature tradition business must maintain is printing. upon item 2d is jay's laundry. the business is a wash and dry in the mission providing services since 1986. jay's lawn rew coin operator manslaughter for clothes, blankets and towel and wills folding tables load. giant wash are minutes are the finest washers to best serve their loyal customerers. the core feature tradition the business maintain to remain on the registry is laundry services. 2e german supports a store dedicated to german gos

valley and established in 1974. features a selection of traditional unique and seasonal products including imported groceries and confections and beverages cosmetics and magazines. offer a variety of festive items for easter. oktoberfest and christmas. they have something for sxefrn look forward to welcome you and sharing the joy of german excellence. core feature tradition the business maintain is grocery store featuring german goods. item 2f is walter adams framing a custom art framing company in 1978 with 3 locations low are pacific heights. presidio and westportal. walter framing specialized in conversation framing. shadow bok. custom frame mirror acrylic

boxes and photo frames. understand the impact of art can be dramatically affect the by the quality of the frip and high quality framing is unmatched. whether vauth oil or photo of a loved 1, walter adams has the expertise to give you the perfect tasteful touch the core tradition business maintain is picture frame store. businesses met the 3 criteria required for the registry all received i positive recommend algsz from historic preservation commission. legacy business program staff recommends adding them and drafted a resolution for each business for your consideration. a motion support of the buildings should be framed a motion in favor of resolutions. >> thank you. >> this conclusd my presentation i am happy to answer question and

representatives who wish to speak on applications during public comment. >> thank you, rich afterward. commissioners any questions or comments before we go to the public? >> all right. we will open for public comment. and please, don't be shy we love to hear fru. come on up. >> people want to form a line to my left and your right. or feel free to come up. >> i'm at an age i need reading glasses. thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. for offering the tune and for the recognizing role of legacy business in shaping the februaryric of san francisco. we are deeply honored to payment in this process. the african manner shakespeare company more then and there a theatre it has been an historic pill are in our community. a space where stories are told. voice amplifyd and lives are

trans forms. for dkdz decades we brought the classics to life. wave with a lens that reflects diversity of audience. through partnerships we had the privilege of positively impacting lives of individuals from aspiring students to a love of the arts in audiences of all ages. we are doing sindz irrelevanta starting december 20. so, be my guest. san francisco has always been our home. it is more then and there our location it is a heart beat this drives our work. we are committed to a boekon for the arts and underrepresents voices and source of inspiration for generation its come. our dedication to the city is unwaivering we know art is essential to the life and heritage of any community.

and ours prud low represents remarkable spirit of san francisco. we hope our legacy resonates with you deeply as with you we carry responsibility of preserving and cultural history in our city and grateful for opportunity to expand this work. thank you so much for your time. >> good afternoon director and our commission members. supervisor mandelman's office on d8 team. i'm here to speak in support of germ an specialities. we jumped at the opportunity to get it started when she is doinz is inspiring. invigorated the area of church and 28. you may know, laurels announce

the closure after 48 years of operating in november of 2022. and hannah in the audience was a loyal customer and an x pam of germany and worked on a business transition plan and to the joy of the neighborhood reopen in the november and has since been an anchor for this part of community and upper no and he we could not be more proud of humana and her team and business and we are grateful they are in d 8. thank you for the opportunity. >> hello, rick that was a great presentation of all the legacy businesses. hope everyone gets it. shakespeare is great i like shakespeare that is awesome and want to start by saying thank

you i'm the manager of jay's laundry. my grandfather -- sorry. it is emotional for me. but he was running a grocery store next across the street from the jay's laundry it was not laundry at the time had an idea of building the laundry mat and got the permits, proved and -- he passed away during construction. my father, john had to step in and take over the business and he -- got the business up and going and approved and has been a great landry mat since 1986. i have been work there since i was 10.

went to college and graduated and came back and work 7 days a week for many years throughout the business. one great story i had was it is interacting of customers and talking about our lives and i just goal is to keep the laundry over the past 3-5 years the business has gone down but our goal we are committed to keeping the laundry going strong for generations to come. i want to say by saying the program is really the spirit of america. and the blood line of san francisco. entrepreneurship. everyone is a legend to someone in this world. it is difficult to be famous but it is truly other people that tell your story and i think this program does a great job. thank you. and i appreciate the time and consideration.

>> thanked. >> thank you. i'm gwen caplin with my mourth foundedis mailing in 1977 and our grand jury in north beach. special from there we moved out of this garage we were there a year. and in we moved to fortmason where we were support service to the nonprofit groups. in building a at the same time as green's restaurant and an was off there until 93. and in 83, we moved the mission. at 720 york and in 1986 bought our warehouse on folsom and harrison and been there ever since. we -- i am proud to be here not

only by representing myself and my mother and my husband who was also a great help with his brains and braun and opening a business that was still is -- tollly mail dominated. however i'm prud to see my two sons here who are the third generation now our business is male dominated also. they are fifth generation san franciscans through my husband's sifted family. they not everweapon to school up the hill at sacred heart. we are delighted and proud to be here and appreciate the recognition and at this time, when we are all emphasizing resilience. we are emphasizing relil

resilience, thank you very much. >> good afternoon i'm lloyd i'm a reds dent and business owner in san francisco. representing waler framing about two years ago my partner keith and i received i felony call from the then owners of walt are adams saying we want to retire. we know this this business had been around for since 1978. and we saw it as an opportunity because if they retired the business would close. and this is a long standing respected business and felt the town for growth for us also would extend and prosecute longing the business and not. losing another potentially important business over the come had 3 full-time employees we now have 9. we are on a growth plan. first part of the spln the business that legacy business

status this we are honored to be here today. we see walter as nextingly important in as a diverse employer and servicer for our communities not only in the local districts of our shops but all overnight bay area. so, we had great applications that we heard from today. we hope on everybody's behalf you have a yes vote for everybody and move forward, thank you very much. >> i'm hannah wong. i'm from [inaudible]. my father started the business in 1978. and finished college he got i job in united way. so pass it to me in 1984. you can imagine mag how many years the business i have been

in. i'm mainly the [inaudible] and the [inaudible] area. and it is a tough business. not easy to survive. there are upon 7 print shops during the past 35 years that were in the neighborhood. now, we're the only one. and it is in the easy because everything is expensive. the paper price went up twice sense pandemic. labor gone up. used to be young people willing to in in and try out in this trade. now they it is hard to find. so, the only attraction i want to be in legacy business is because. [inaudible]. you know my father started 1978, the rent is only 425 dollars.

but when they raise the rents and want to [inaudible]. raise it to 3 thousand to move location. this is same thing. after years the landlord remember raise the price temperature is hard to survive in this business. i need the support from the city in when i heard about this program, it is important. because -- the last print shop [inaudible] luckily i have a very nice landlord. the problem is he is trying to sell his business. building. because the apparently with today's economy, i'm afraid that

if he did sell his business i'm going through the cycle of increasing rents. so the thing is obviously i'm happy to be part of the program i can get lots. support from the city. and then my with all the years of experience i [inaudible] the communy. like right now there are lots of activities going on they need support. i support all the small business. over there. and [inaudible]. than i can continue to [inaudible]. i support the city. [inaudible]. print stuff for the city. thank you.

>> thank you to everyone who spoke. if that's it for the audience then public comment is closed. and commissioners any thoughts or motions on the floor. commissioner william i appreciate everyone here i say it all the time you make san francisco in the neighborhood outside of the scope of being a business ltowner. you are always add vo say kate for example other small businesses. jays i knew your grand pai remember the store i am from the mission. all this area. you know i mean to see generational growth like that i love it. the african-american shakespeare you give san francisco flavor only in san francisco you know.

things like this can flourish and nourish and i love what you are doing in the communities. you bring something this culture and that known for in the city. i know you can be working on your business in your business there are other things theciate coming out and i'm honored, thank you. >> commissioner? >> hello. working? okay. i want to thank everybody for coming through and love hearing the stories my favorite parts of the meeting. i want to congratulate you all on the success and the longevity you credited and established here in san francisco. like chris saidure the heart beat of the city. there are things i relate to especially it jay's laundry. knowing that dollar is multigenerationalism own a small business and have a 10 year old

she is 9. hangs out at the shop when she is board she is at the nail salon. i ask her when she does and tells people po come to the store. i love seeing that stays within the family as best it can you continue on the legacy. the other thing you want to talk about that struck me was it is african-american shakespeare company last night with the kennedy center honors. that was going on one thing this stuck with me, the power the arts redeem in the nation. keep doing what you are doing. and lastly. want to leave it i'm a man of quotes. one thing i stuck out like we had two stores the end we don't build stores we build stories. that's what everybody does. people when come through. you see first dates and books and pictures things like this.

and people come become. you have stories to tell, keep doing what you are doing and thank you. >> commissioner dick arer dickerson thank you for being here this is the highlights when we do as a commission and i always like to reminds you all as well that off the commissioners herure small business owners. so every time you all are getting up and telling your stories trust me t is relatable he were. and we wanted say, i will put it this way. we celebrate you thank you for resilience and when you have begin to the city we would not sit here had not been for the true legacy status of you all with your perseverance and love for you.

yes, challenges are there. yes, it can be difficult. and yes, it can make you question when you do but it is buzz of your endurance and push through we are grateful you are here and so i want to celebrate everyone of you and i say every meeting trust me you don't see me i will check you all out. congratulations and thank you for all you have done. >> thank you. i will say a couple things before we enengage in a motion as well. thank you all for coming and for being in the audience tonight and coming and up speaking and representing your businesses. i love this we get some nonprofit in here as well. and the arts are something that intersect with small businesses. we love to feel see that. shout tout ethnic inspect grocery stores and mull eye generational family businesses.

working with your parents and grand parents is not easy sometimes. coming from a family business but the most rewarding work and -- of course, thank you for being here you are already before this vote a legacy. as a woman in small business community you supported me and many other small business representatives. so, thank you. yea. brit? thanks for putting together an amazing presentation and for those of the you businesses that are struggling and need extra marketing support this program offers so much. please issue don't hesitate to roach out to us and all the materials that the legacy business program presents are very useful. and i hope it can support you all watch that, do we have any

motions on the floor. for the adoption of the small buildings i megz for the adoption of each legacy business today. >> anybody have a second. >> second that motion. >> right. motion to approve legacy business application. i will read the roll. >> [inaudible]. >> commissioner dickerson. >> here >> commissioner cart hanea. >> yes >> motion pass congratulations. [applause]. congratulations, thank you.

>> thank you and yea we will

call item 3. welcome, our oh , okay, great. director. thank you for being here. welcome. >> item 3 fiscal year 25/26 budget instructions. this is [inaudible]. instructions for the upcoming fiscal years presentlying today director sarah dennis phillips thank you for joining us. >> commissioners. thank you for having me today. >> hello. you are close to me i don't know fineed this. and i'm going to be less prepared than mirric who is our budget director will have a conflict and could not be here today. you know it is interesting where the wt left item in legacy businesses the changes many small businesses are having. in the same vairn that's when we

will talk about with the budget not great news. you know and some of you may have read in the paper busy the mayor's budget direction. i will may be walk you through you know what we learned so you have the same information. and we can flip through some of it. so the fitsal out look is in the good. many of us were expecting this. it puts color on it. we are expecting almost 900 million dollars two year ficit. over 253 million deficit in this pending fiscal year coming. combh another over sick 25 million in year two 26/27. the reason for this is our expenditures as a city based on labor and costs will far surpass or revenue growth that is projected to continue for about 5 years.

at least as far as we look forward. so, the big take away we gallon in details why, on going permanent spending reductions of 15% starting with the budget we are preparing for the city. the board of supervisors and the mayor elect this summer for the start of fy25/26. and you know, just to give youa i sense of where this is coming from. this is a chart of our revenues over expend tours shows how the deficit is projected to grow the next 5 years. and that's the context we are looking in. >> we this gives more color to on the business shifts we see partially because of the upon adoption of prop m. which the voters helped in november. but also other changes through

business tax businesses close and fy26. hotel tax receipts are down. fees will see loss in fees, part of the benefit for small businesses of prop m was reduction of dpw, dph and other fees for small business this is come at a cost. and that's a cost that will help add to deficit as well. we are not recession but very modest economic revenue growth. we are not projecting to see an next in major tax ref nows for a time. and again, noose not just due to prop m it is a small business support component that does not help on the ref now side. salaries and benefits are increasing. as well as a rate of return on pension investments. and -- we are seeing cpr growth

on nonpersonnel costs. contract and capital expenditures going up as well. >> but this is what changed. you know there are a couple factors since our last budget of july one 5 montes from that the revenue projections revised down for all the reasons we mentioned. the imflationary pressure on grant and materials and supplies we see that as inflation stabilized an upward trend. roar approved ballot beyond prop m in impact education. housing ret staffing cost mandate catharsis add to the burden. >> and -- previous budget this

past year fy24-25 did rely on one time sources to balance our budget we will not have those as a way to save ourselves. the loss of the one time services both covid funds post covid. disaster relief and general fund reserves used to budget previous years we cannot rely on those anymore. >> there are risks beyond the city that we are looking at there is a state budget short fall. that may impact services in san francisco. federalg trump presidency of concern and have unknown future impacts to not only the grants we receive if the federal government but changes to medicare and medicaid mean we have to step in. and provide

more as a federal government is not. that's the concern as well. assessment appeals are a concern as we look at the transition downtown and our office buildings are not worth as much as they were. the longer that situation persists the more weave have buildings coming in and requesting reassessment and more we have data where we can't refuse reassessments they request them the city does not reduce property tax but when member makes an appeal we look t at it we lose ref now this way as well. and business tax risks. there are pending tax appeals that threaten over 400 million in business tax revenue our hope that the implementation of prop m from the budget will lead to sethment or removal of those tax appeals and litigation. but we are not sure until it happen its is another risk we

need to look at. al rew and benefits if mayor and the city was important to support the city's workforce that does result in increase of over 900 million in staffing costs the next 5 fiscal years. baseline grows or 200 million can't be used to balance the rest of the budget and citywide operating costs are increasing as we notices and inflation on public healing operating costs and other program growth. shelter are costs and want to make sure to preserve our housing for house dpg homeless for formerly homeless. had is a graph nashoes saul row and benefit growth since 2018.

shoes the cost of our health and how of the bench marks move up. and you know remote work affects the property tax side of things and sales tax revenue holing accyst and convention activity we see happen downtown. we project they will stable ice in the recovery strategies take place and reambition town down to less office focused district. that's not tomorrow this is the next dkdz we see them stabilize. said rip revenue not done well post covid and holing industry is suffering in a big way. we have a number of hotels that

are pending bank loans taken back by lenders because of the lack of revenue from the hotel places. so, what is all that money it is for our budget? it means the mayor set forth she wants to maintain core city services and compleen streets. this we need to not let our foot off the gas on the progress we make in decreasing unsheltered homelessness and making sure we pair that with effective mental health treatment. and there is a priority to improve efficiency a goal i know we share how do we do when we need to do better and more cost effectively in delivering service and in reporting back to our decision makers about the affect of service we can do them. so key priorities but with the priorities we are being directed to reduce general fund upon spending by 15% for every department as we move forward

begin nothing fiscal 25-26. long with that, as we propose the budget we should be assessing all of our nonprofit grants out the door. to make sure they are achieve when we want them to and working efficient low and fund cbo's demonstrating out come. this is partly on our department to be clear that we have metrics we want to meet to help the cbo's meet them and show case to the board to you all on commissions we are meeting those moving forward. in terms of contractual services professional services we hire, there will be a lot of scrutiny. anything not performed by staff look at those we don't have a lot of those osb it is something this is citywide direction.

eliminate vacancies on staffing side don't add new ft e's the hiring we do are replacing positions vacant and everything stable and very hiring freezes no layoffs that is good. but it does mean we will have to work with when we have. basicly on a■j personnel basis. and there are pending directions and i'm sure we will get more. for now e eliminate redundancy so we make sure across department and it is city level that we are not doing the statement thing in different places. and then this is a not note that does in the mean a lot to the commission when we do nonprofit contracts every year we see cost of living or cost doing business

increase of 3 business acided to that. it increases costs to the contract without more service reduce that from 3 to 2.4% as a minor side of cost savings. don't book travel there is in the a lot of travel going on. we ever focussed on the city. it is city directive. and make sure that grants out the door have performance data. so the board and mir can make strong decisions what they fund. and budget transparency legislation requires 1-2 public meeting before february 14th this is one. with this, and here is just a og to on a department level be submitting our budgets. we should get an updated 6 among

controller's report in february. before we submit the budget inlet february we don't expect change. that will be one more check to make sure revenues and costs are moving as projected begin the directions. so, not done. what can i answer? . katie i see you director tang do you want to add anything. >> thank you. appreciate you giveing over view for everyone. and we are as you know, the new are commissioners here osb budget is part of oewd's budget i will work with sarah and team to identify the reductions that the mayor's office has requested. but our budget is roughly 3. 7 million dollars. a small piece of the pie here. so we don't have a lot of room

most of the funning we provide for people to provide director service its small business ordinance. tell be challenging but again luck low we are part of a birth department budget and make the conversations together. >> i note we don't expect understanding how the office of small business in the oewd any knowledge the very cost effective work they do with the small and mighty budget we want to preserve this. i think there are other areas we have cb oshg contracts we will see bigger reductions. commissioner. are you on staf >> good. okay. >> commissioner ortiz. all you >> thank you for this presentation.

2 things one how can we help as commissioners to advocate it is 50% but you pointed out and i want to go on the record is, this office really does punch up the waechlt roi for the 3 opinion 7 million the services and katie and her team does. i will nut with any department. anything's we can do to make that case. or whatever we want to like put it on the record that roi is big and data shows. straight upper. i think i would dare a most of the cities with agreement will but appreciate that offer. and we will work together to

move that forward the biggest lesson for osb or others that bunch above the weight and support a broad are sector like our small business is preserve that work and let's be restrained when we if there are areas like more legacy business we love to do that this it is a tough time we add more money. but we'll fight to retain it it is having an affect. if well is detail around -- some of state -- and federal funding related to oewd and -- you know the small business service side. i know that small business

development centers is come from federal and we have a lot of just workforce funding may be not this office but the other side i'm trying to understand like if some of this stuff we relied on is -- at risk >> you know. many of the upon grands osb is not rely on the forces outside of spdc i will let tammy speak to that. with workforce this come through fdz and state graf grants we okay for services and programs we initiated urngd the grands it is hard to build a budget that continues those moving forward there is uncertainty there. the other area that may affect small business and keeping an eye on funds about which funds

our community economic division and work in someplace our most person corridors. we have that funding and keeping an eye on it. we'll watch for that. is is that contracted out. >> yes. i know 400 million is larger do we talk about it. who are they the 400 million in business. >> the litigation. we don'ts because that is confidential at this time city attorney's basis on what litigation they received. assume it is large are not a cluster of small are business.

no. those are mostly that is related to certain learning taxpayers that -- believe they have found something this they think is les than legal in the way we impose business tax system or to be correct the way our previous prop m adoption business system was imposed. it was designed to take issues in account. fingers crosses. pay to make money in the city. thank you, other questions,

commissioners? we appreciates your time. >> thank you. working through all of that with us. i don't think we need to do anything with this item except comment. public comment is closed. >> item 4 approval of draft minute this is is a discussion and action item. the commission will discuss and take action it approve the october 28, 2024 draft meeting minutes. >> commissioners any -- questions or motions on our for our minutes or we'll take public comment and a motion? >> public comment? all right >> public comment closed.

do we have a motion to adopt the minutes? >> i motion to approve. >> i'll second. >> okay. great. >> seconded by commissioner dickerson. >> commissioner dickerson. >> yes. why commissioner >> commisioner william ortiz-cartagena:. >> yes >> vice president. >> yes. >> motion. next item. >> item 5 general public comment. no one appeared to request to speak. public comment is close said. item 6 director's report a discussion item. update and report on the office of small business department programs, policy and legislative matters and announcement from thes mayor and regarding small

business activities. >> thank you. director. you have the floor >> good evening. i will start first is we wing on legislation to wave impact fees for change. use projects going from production and distribution repair and then switch to nonresidential use. and -- had heard from the business this is we have been working with on permitting about the costs that they pay on top of fees. range from niendz to 100 thousand dollars. and some of types of businesses we worked with include you know may be a chok let make and impact childcare centers. we were not able to get this legislation over the finish line but will explore cost savings for businesses this are trying to start or expand in san francisco. we are going to look at things hol ~ically.

get this out of the way and thenmented to share on prdz and saturday we had the holiday pop ups that our office organizes and thank marian and customer and he michelle from office who helped out this year woeful did something different we have the hell day pop up features over 40 make are in city hall and employees local small ebbses with the trouble down tunnel weep want to experiments with an management mall we brought to the san francisco center. in the rotundza. and you know it was mixed reactions there is less foot traffic downtown■( it was the year to experiment. so that happened on friday and saturday. and we were thrilled see a lot of other neighborhood holiday markets pop up featuring small business makers as well. we had i think over 70

businesses this time participate which is great. and then -- also good news we wanted share that you may have deemed this which is this with the passage of prop m. which will be restructuring our business taxes in san francisco that there was legislation this went through the board of supervisors and that was adopted and passed by them. which is great tell wave 49 license fees benefit small businesses on going. annually if you are business paying fees to department of public health. you will will see either your bill be zero or something great lowg reduced that is irrelevant exciting. and with the adoption of that ordinance tell take affect 2026 this is when people will see of the bills reduced that of the

westernful and woeful want it everyone thatting the treasure exterior particular o'clockor. colleagues and the controller's office for this hard work. and lastly,ment to share something fun. our office was able to tour the new flower market at 16th and mississippi street. and so, about i think 20-30 flower vendors will move there the end of the month and so it is a unique market hope that once it opens in the new location if you want to tour let us know we love to connect i with the executive director there employment to see them thrive it has been challenging. times for them. both due to the pandemic and the development and so we are glad to see they will move very soon. with that happy it answer questions. >> what is the address? >> at the corner of 16th any

mississippi. >> our late commissioner will be proud. >> commissioners questions on the director's report? i would life to know more bottom what happened with the change of use legislation but if it is something to talk off line that is fine >> no , i money i can share here that you know i think some of community members are concerned that this legislation would remutual one of several incentives to replace pdr use. we heard at planing there is roughly 9% pdr vacancies in the city. and also we wanted share. what we want to points out is zoning controlling in place.

and that -- actually disincentivize pdr more impactful in neighborhoods like the bayview if you are replacing production distribution repair santa fes you replace one for one ratio and some places more. may be other neighborhoods where you are not allowed to build things like housing or office if there was pd r use or c u authorization for something else. we felt strongly zoning controls were disincentive. we understand the communities occurrence this they don't want businesses move out of city. i will say that most of the projects this we have seen and worked on. so they were noted actually dispolicing anyone still trying

to be in operation. >> okay. thank you. >> any other questions, commissioners? okay. >> and seeing none. public comment is closed to had item. next item, >> 7. commissioner discussion and new business a discussion item allowing the president, voip and commissioners to report on recent mall business activities make announce ams of any to the community and inquiries new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. >> thank you. kate. commissioners anybody have update it is. please. commissioner. >> thank you. this saturday we went with office of oewd and we were

thrilled open a now business on 24th mission barber shop and highlight this is it is part of all the program this is oewd has regarding grants the real estate agent is culmination of the programs and the work we do. and continued to that to reduce the store front vacancies, thrilled it was a hard win we negotiated with the property owner to guest this in there. it is really, you know somebody from the neighborhood this kim back and opening his barber shop. another thing i did is i did a walk through with director from dpw the commercial district corridor and addressed the dumping issue this is neighborhood has like along the wipe get massive for a small combheshl corridor we get appliance waste and mat ~ess its

is ridiculous. i coordinated but got good stuff done it was cool. and lastly for the record. i will bring cfmo. so. you know mow i'm persistent you know how long it to being me to get reports? 7 years i have patience. >> commissioner dickerson. [laughter] >> yea. small business business. for the 21 say i'm really prud it say will be celebrating 5 years in business this year. very grill to say that in 2024.

entering 2025. and in this celebration i'm excited to, nouns then 45 lounge now owned by african-american, wonderful woman. well ton why on 50thly lee land. i will have my event at her space. i wanted, every time i saw her doing the work i thought, machine we have to flood this place when i went in and fwt to talking and it was such good energy and heart is so perfect for this community that space vacant for long. but -- well tonya at 1945 lounge has opened she opened for a month and already booked. i'm really excited make that announce am about that restaurant so, that's what

imented to prosecute mote. congratulations latonya. >> i love it. [laughter] >> any other shout outs f >> okay. i have two items i wanted potential low raise for new business or just pose for any feedback, back to the commission. one, i know this our staff and oewd staff has been helping small businesses with a planning code. regarding window coverage. so thank you to director and

staff who are -- helping small businesses navigate how to comply with that and particular i had conversations, too, with supervisor offices that and planning staff this may be think that this may be an opportunity to resunrise the legislation so we can avoid -- path ways of small businesses are forced take in -- accrue a lot of money like getting a variance or something. may be -- this is something this we have case study this is may be we can present become to the commission and invite interested staff or i don't know.

see if businesses are fitsinge planning code and if you think this it is manage this we motive want it bring to policy discussion? that was the first thing i want today bring up. and -- we can explain more to everybody when we are talking about if you are in the familiar with this planning code. for example. it is meant to address advertisements not covering windows but some are getting violations because of learning size refrigeration this is blocking windows and creating issues. this is something i wanted raise. the other swon i had a question about when warrants a department city department notifying of

businesses landlord? if there is a business violation? if are there times of violations that require a department to notify a lands lord? because i have seen a business be evicted because dph told them and i did in the know this was something than i could do. yea. this was a question i had as well. >> great. thank you. we can follow and up have a further discussion about the first item window transparency to answer the question. so for certain want dids like public health they notify the business first if than i don't get they might have in cases simultaneous low notify the land lord. i know this dph tries to w william business owner first if than i don't get a response to a notice or so forth they will

notify the property owner. what happens is this the departments don't have any leverage when the business this is don't responded. to violations. and as you all know, when you are renting a space and run your business or do improve ams you neat your property owner permission first. sometimes the notices dot threat of the lien. it is serious. but sometime this is is the only way that some of the city departments able to get a business or the property owner to spond. i do understand it is #but the city has no other tools then if someone is making a violation and in the the city that is the only mechanism. graffiti the report owners

received those from dpw. for building coat violations got on property owner. than i are the ones on the hook for building improve ams. so -- and even for ad a lawsuits both property owners and small business owners or commercial attentives are if than i have a place of public, commendation are on the hook. so, i don't know if in answers your question. of happy to discuss urth everfurther off line if you need. okay. commissioners. no near comments us any comments from the public? this item is closed as well. next item. >> item 8 adjourn am. sfgovtv shows office of small business slide.

okay thank you everybody. and we will end with reminder the small business commission is official public forum for voice opinions and occurrence about policies this affect the economic vitality of small business in san francisco. if you need assistance with matters continue to reach out to the office of small business. and meeting adjourned. thank you.

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here i'm young. he was putting art, music and drinking together upon today have a nonpretentious pretentious spitz that the community can enjoy each other and the time off we get in this world. [music] >> spends energy elevating artists and credit a safe place. a place to have a community. >> it is i great neighborhood the art district because we have the contemp refer museum of sf. yerba buena for the arts all of the operators and businesses here we get together and xhoukt and support each other this is a very cool neighborhood to be a part of. [music] paint on canvas is

primary low when we do. this is guilty pleasures an all female artist show. it is going to be great. fun we have interactive elements. >> we love having this gem. you know people come in and discover it and get to feel at home. this is like home san francisco >> never be afraid it anybodying on our door. [laughter]. if the hours are post and you had want to seat art we are here 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock most days. [music] >> my name is kristen cline the owner of two vintage stores in san francisco.

vacation is a leave 11 years old. started in the tenderloin. it is vintage shop we buy from the public and keep in the store for avenue wn. it is an electic store. we moved from the tenderloin to north beach in 2022 in december we opened up our sister store 4 doors down. this is vacation and that is called work. we pay attention to the quality of things. we do everything from antique clothes from 1800s up to modern. i try to buy things that are relevant and wearable for all typeoffs people. we have customers that are in there 70 and we got customers 17. everything is affordable as possible, but specialize in a lot of things that are expensive. you see a lot of shirts on the walls. those are super collectible and we have a big collection of those.

we do vintage denim and 1930 and 40 clothe. we are saving from being gone forever. my second shop is with business partner sam and that is a a collective, 10 different sellers all under the one roof. it is fun watching people come into the shop, because you hear a lot of oo and a h or my mom had this or this looks like grandmas and i had thish in the 70 or this is what i wore in high school. the kids are trying it on. we have shoppers that know the but the random foot traffic is always cool to see them discovering something that maybe they haven't seen before. i love san francisco and i feel i would never want to do this anywhere

else. >> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to stu motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the

community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to

save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san franc department of environment is the only agency

that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and

students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next

clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that >> here is great wall hardware, 3500 square feet of retail space. we carry about 22 thousand items in here and countingfelt it never stops because i have a thing. when a customer saírys, do you have this and i don't have it, it bothers me. i won't have it. so, it is just one of those things owning a hardware store, people expect you to have everything and you try to if full thill fulfill that need. native san franciscan. born in chinatown, same as bruce lee, chinatown hospital. my family moved to the sunset in the

late 70's, so my mom and dad thought, we are already doing construction, why don't we open a hardware store? it is nice dove tail to each other, so that is how that got started. we started this store in 1983, and we have been going every since, so now it is 40 years. i like serving my neighborhood. i fealt a hardware store is different from other businesses. most businesses you want to buy this or that and eat this or that. a hardware store is different. people come in and usually have a problem and need a solution and looking for you to navigate them through that problem and offer them products that help them get to where they need to go. the people are great. i love this neighborhood. there is different etnisties and cultures here. we all intermingle and mix together and get along fine and i like that about this neighborhood t. is nice place to be. it is near the beach and beautiful and near the zoom and park and

stern grove. great schools and parks. what's twl not to like? i am always looks around the corner the next thing to and crank it up more and make it safer and more enjoyable. bringing in new businesses. support them. great wall hardware, open 7 days a week, monday-friday 8 to 6, saturday is 10 to 6 and sunday is 10 to 3. [music] san francisco emergency home program is a safety net for sustableable c if you bike, walk, take public transit or shares mobility you are eligible for a free and safe roadway home the city will

reimburse you up to $1 d in an event of an emergency. to learn more how to submit a reimbursement visit sferh. whew. >> look at that. well, i'll wait to the cameras. come back up. okay. well, happy new year, everyone and welcome. and good morning. i called the san francisco department of disability and aging services commission meeting of wednesday, january 8th to order. i am the dos commission president janet spears. this commission meeting is being conducted pursuant to the provisions of the brown act. >> as