, it is not like food. a few indian spices does not make it indian food. we are in the and and they are middle eastern. -- we are indian and they are middle eastern. there are very many soup and salad places. there is a plaque -- there is a practical reason for this. lack of much needed diversity. it is difficult to find a small enough space to rent with a full cooking hood where you can sell a niche product like ours. we have looked at many spaces so we know this to be true. if the california and 61 beale are ideal blocks for a food truck. the restaurants in the radius are a whole block away, on the other side of a huge building. the same is true for 61 beale st. it is a great plot for a truck. a massive sidewalk, limited food options, and zero culturally diverse food available. this whole process is ultimately about san francisco. by upholding these permits, and you will enable us to bring affordable indian food to consumers in the financial district, create jobs, and increase tax revenue for the city. the

it is a great place to get quick food. i have approximately 600 square feet with the majority go into a full-service kitchen and a city in mandated bathroom. with 200 square feet of street frontage, i have no room for receding. i am protesting the industry's food truck because it will have a negative impact on my restaurant kitchen and opened 12 years ago. we are a healthy, quick service restaurants. my menu consists of the to-go vegetarian selections and many meat and vegetable plates. it is important of that mediterranean and indian food use many of the same spices and share the same flavor profiles. while many of the foods have different things, the components are the same. they plan to sell chicken wraps, like our rolls. their veggie plate looks like our mediterranean play. -- plate. >> so nervous. other way? still? as you can see, these are wraps. what they have chosen to sell will directly target my customer base. it is like food verses like food. if we are to follow the guidelines of the city ordinance, in states tha

and found a lot of pictures like this, mobile food vendors in chinatown, pictures were credited by children. this one i found particularly interesting on the 1600 block, the oyster loaf. you can of that script. these are a couple of street food vendors. years later, we see the same on the restaurant. it is the brick and mortar that accrue from this. this is not a new idea, but change is constant in the restaurant world. right now, 35 at the corner is replaced by, i believe, a 12- story building. that is good, with the overhead we can go back. this legislation was not put in place to support one launcher option over another. it was to create a viable and exciting environment overall. like any ecosystem, a diverse environment is a stable environment. it is a strong environment and an attractive environment. diversity is a good thing here, and it will encourage dining out and restaurants. these trucks are not going to be at these locations every day of the week. some of the locations are for two days a week or three days a week. the truc

was always described as an ethnic food type rather than a service place. it was never discussed in the legislative process about service type. that was not the intent of the like food conversation going through the legislative process, as well as density, location, and financial district. the composition was there was always a limitation for any neighborhood other than the restrictions and zoning as well as restrictions around schools. to add to the context of how the legislation was created, i would say that it was always known that food trucks would be permitted in the financial district, soma, other highly dense areas. other people involved in the process, from the board of supervisors all the way down, understood that when they enacted the legislation. thank you. >> any other public comment? seeing none, we will start rebuttal and we will start with the first appellant. >> on behalf of 50 california, we have heard a lot of discussion in the last few minutes about legislative intent. we all have lawyers and people interested in policy and

bag of food, we have a long way to go. we thank giant food for having us here and thank the chantilly high school touch of class. last year's national award winner from parade magazine. that is fantastic. they're wonderful. now, wisdom martin is standing by out at hyattsville station. wisdom, how are things going out there? are you filling up the boxes? >> reporter: well, sue, the weather is nice. i guess we can thank you for that, for the nice prediction on the weather. thank you, sue. >> you're welcome. >> and they're busy, busy out here. right now, we have two crates full, takes about eight or nine to fill up the truck. again, we know what this is about. this is about getting food to the people who need it in this region. we had the workers and volunteers here putting all of the food inside of the crates, getting ready to load them up on the truck to get to the people who are in need. they also take donations, we take non-perishable items. we want to encourage you to come out and donate to the worthy cause. the weather i

a food truck takes one or two people. eight-hour shifts plus health care. there would be no regulation of health care for these people. where are their bathrooms? they make you have a man's and woman's ada bathroom in the brick and mortar restaurants. you have to service them and clean them. you have to provide a number of things for the public. they do not provide anything for the public. san francisco downtown has a bad reputation for being dirty on the streets. i will give dpw credit. in our area, they have tried to beef it up. a lot of trash in the area and this will just cause more trash. and it will hurt business. there was a one-day trial just one block away. on that day, i think they had six or eight food trucks. not one business on the street did any business at all. everybody was dead. that proves it right there. that proves it and it kills the business. do you want to kill the brick and mortar restaurants? do you want to have employees, young people try to get a start in the city? do you want to have them thrown out of their jobs? do you want to h

the bathroom needs to be within 200 feet of a mobile food facility. it is helpful for an applicant to receive a certificate. if that is not satisfactory, the health department will notify the department and the department will suspend any proof met -- permits. it is established by the department of health. if the department received notification from the san francisco fire department, if it is invalid, it will suspend the mobile food facilities and will not be allowed to operate. the department would then continue into the various agencies -- and given some reasonable time, they will revoke the permit at that point. there is a question as it relates to the enforcement of the health code. the health code and administrative codes beyond the jurisdiction of the department, in the beginning of the mobile food program, parking and traffic, receiving confirmation stating that they would continue for a second time and received a response. our understanding is that traffic regulations will be enforced. the permit provides a time frame. it doesn't mean the publ

i mean, this is an ongoing effort. >> food banks are very important because it gives us a variety of food. we may get a large donation of one item from this manufacturer, another large donation of another item. food drives you see the variety that we get and really terrific for people to go to our pantries and be able to get items like ins this has changed in the last couple of years. no doubt the numbers are up. have you been there in a situation now where you go there and kind of cupboards are a bare? >> we don't usually have that problemcap and the big reason is california agriculture. we were able to bring in so much fresh product and that is sort of helped by having dry product and frozen items that we are able to pirouette fresh produce. >> we should say the cw and cbs5 will partnering with whole foods market. is one drive going to be enough or do you foresee needing another one in about six months? >> one of the things we are hoping is people will participate and they will write a check because that helps ceem the fresh produce and other things coming in. we can't do the level

a general petition. against permitting food trucks in the financial districts. these many signatures were collected in a matter of six days with only six restaurant owners participating in the exercise. i am confident that, if necessary, we will collect enough signatures to put this matter on the ballot for the next election. the impact of this entire exercise is so huge on our livelihood. neither the applicant nor any city official can stand here and state that a mobil facility such as this will not impact any existing business. they cannot say that. i stand here and caution the rationale behind permitting mobile facilities in already populated areas, such as this one. and in an ailing economy. thank you very much. >> there is five minutes left. >> hello there. i am the owner of the restaurant -- i am the owner of the portico restaurant. i am speaking on behalf of our restaurant and four other restaurants on the street. there are five other restaurants on one block. we are asking the board of appeals to rescind the dpw approval of permit number 11mff027 for 61 b

i want to give a little context to what is called the mobile food facilities ordinance. >> i think that is a subject matter that is being taken up this evening. >> but it is not relevant to any particular appeal tonight. >> when this was good to the other one year ago -- >> i think it makes sense for you to speak during the hearing of the case. hold off and we will hear you then. >> ok. >> i just want to say happy holidays and ♪ and goodlatte board of appeals and all of your city deals in a city -- in a city made of steel, the board of appeals is made of stone. make that happen in your home make it fast make it last make a good deal you can have it all her and in your city life, make it happen, make your appeals happen make it happen you will make it all your life. what a city feeling keep appealin' make it real and make it happen what a city feeling and good luck appealing ♪ thanks. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public who like to speak? seeing none, we will move to item two, commissioner comments and questions. >> i do not want to make a big speech. actually, i do. i

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sense of outrage just as food waste something of a paradox society defined both by wasteful consumption and an ongoing struggle to make ends meet i need to cut my expenses are first thing that goes food so the question is why pay for that which you can get for free marine upper nile r.t. new york. so marina's report is just a small example of a shocking reality in the u.s. it's a story we here at r.t. hear time and time again of a widening gap between the haves and the have nots so just to go over some of these statistics coming out of the u.s. these days take a look at this right now one in every two american lives in poverty that's half the country considered poor now to break these numbers down for you a little bit ninety seven point three million americans fall into the low income category meaning that they are barely getting by and might require some financial assistance and then forty nine point one million who fall below the poverty line and finally one in every four americans needs emergency food assistance or food stamps to talk more about this and

a good choice. >> what's number three? >> the next one is fat. we all know that fast food does have a lot of fat in it, especially saturated fat, and that's the unhealthy kind of fat. so watching out for how much fat you have at lunchtime, at any meal, and certainly fast food is one culprit. >> okay, what's next? >> number two is really fruits and vegetable, and it's the lack of fruits and vegetable. if you eat a meal at home with a family, you're most likely having a balanced meal. when you go to the fast-food restaurant, there aren't many fruits and vegetables offered. >> and public-enemy number one is? >> it's probably the portion, right? super-sizing -- everywhere you go, americans are being -- and teens included -- are being pressured, i think, to choose the value meal. for just a few dollars more you get a lot more food, but that's a lot more calories, a lot more fat, a lot more than you need. so the solution may be to share your portion with somebody else -- make your best friend save a dollar. >> look, no one is saying that you can never have fast food. eating it o

indecent proposal, how traders drive up the price of staple foods to make a profit. destructive sports when the olympic games and threatened the world national heritage. how development can change the perspective on the radical groups like the taliban. what do you think? is access to food a human right court are wheat and other -- or are wheat and other grains a commodity? the international market staple foods had no special status. investment traders, it makes no difference whether they speculate on rice. analysts see a growing population as a guarantee for good returns. every price rise makes it unlikely that the poorest of the poured -- poor can afford a meal. >> adverse side, you might think he is just another financial trader. one area they make a point of avoiding is speculation in the food commodities market. out of principle. >> it is hard to the mountain, but there are financial products being introduced -- it is hard to imagine, but there are financial products being introduced to the market that target the staples. people are starving because these products

of public works declined to go on camera but confirmed it started a two-person unit in october to address the increased presence of food trucks that violate parking regulations. >> there are cars parked in front of me with a meeter expired but they ticket us. >> reporter: josh targeted an officer writing his truck a ticket as he was getting ready to leave. >> she is going to skip everything else. >> reporter: in metro center station we caught the same officer writing tickets. >> the red truck, the black truck, the silver truck, they all got tickets every truck on this block. but check this out. this is an illegal parking space. this is our car. we didn't get a ticket. neither did the cars parked on the same block even though they had expired meters. dpw says the unit is charged with ticketing all vehicles not just food trucks and the other cars might have paid by cell phone. >> regulations need to be enforced. >> reporter: andrew klein with the city's restaurant association says that food trucks are taking spaces from customers who would visit traditional food establishments. >> right now the food trucks are operating

sense of outrage at the end just as food waste something of a paradox society defined both by wasteful consumption and an ongoing struggle to make ends meet i need to cut my expenses are first thing that goes food so the question is why pay for that which you can get for free. r.t. new york. and joining me now for more is max fred will senior analyst that green cross capital welcome x. so we just took a look at food ways here in america enormous amount of food wasted each year at the same time at the soup kitchen the lines are getting longer and longer what does this all have to say about the state of the united states today well i think it's a little bit of a poignant holiday reminder about some of the limitations and issues with a market economy you make food to make money and you want to sell it what people do with it after they purchased it is kind of a separate matter in an economy where growth is placed on a pedestal where there's a premium on growing you have to figure out a way to grow your profits grow your revenues by constantly selling more food but

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mentioned in your report it is there are limits on how much people can consume when it comes to food so there's a limitless need to sell more and grow your sales if you're in the food production or distribution business but there really are limits to what the population of the united states albeit a growing population can possibly consume and part of what happens with the overage of the excess is it ends up being an expensive problem that some people live off of in their dumpster diving but actually many restaurants and grocery stores pay a small fortune to have carted around and dumped in landfills so would you say that this is kind of a result of a capitalist society a negative impacts of that capitalist culture. sure it's a consumption ist as much as it's a catalyst so it's a kind of culture of consumption and over consumption as people tend to lose interest in what happens to any product after it's consume so if you're in the book business you don't really care if people are reading the books you care if they're buying the books if you're in the corn business or the wheat business or the meat