small business slide. >> we will begin, we're ending. there we go. we will end with a reminder the small business commission is the official public more for him to put your opinions about policies that affect the economic vitality of businesses in san francisco and the office of small business is the best place to get answers about doing this during a local emergency. if youneed assistance with small business matters continue to reach out to the office of small business . >> we will now move on to item number eight. this is the adjournment and an action item, is there a motion to adjourn ? >> i'll make the motion to adjourn. >> we have commissioner adams motion to adjourn, seconded by commissioner dooley . [roll call vote] that motion passes 6 to zero with one absent. the meeting is adjourned at 6:40 4 pm. >>president: goodbye everyone .

sfgov tv, please show the office of small business slide. >> today we'll begin with a reminder that the small business commission is the official public forum to raise your questions about the policies that affect economic vitality. the office of small business is the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco during the emergency. find us online or via telephone. as always, the services are free of charge. before item number one is called, i would like to start by thanking media services and sfgov tv for coordinating the virtual hearing and the live stream and a special thanks to matthew for assisting with the public comment line. please call item number one. >> item one is roll call and call to order. commissioner adams is absent. commissioner dickerson? >> here. >> commissioner dooley? i think so she is having issues. commissioner huie is absent. commissioner laguana? >> commissioner zouzounis? >> present. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> present. >> will you do the ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgment, please? >> it would be my honor. the san francisco business commission and office o

this past monday, september 13 the small business commission heard this item. nd during its deliberation the commission identified that rent and debt are the top issues that businesses are facing at this time. and with the commercial election moratorium, expiring in just 15 days, this is an important item to be given consideration. the commission also identified that every tool that we had provided to assist businesses in dealing with their rent and debt is important. you should have received the official notice of the commissions recommendation yesterday. which is as supervisor safai they voted unanimously in support 5 to 0 for recusal. therefore i am affirming the small business commission recommend the board of supervisors approved the commercial rent relief on legislation to establish the framework for this fund program. thank you and i'm happy to take any questions if you have them . >> chair: thank you for underscoring that we have 15 days until this moratorium and and we're not hopeful that it will be extended . it was before but we are not hopeful given

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professio

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionpointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit

this past monday, september 13 the small business commission heard this item. identified that rent and debt are the top issues that businesses are facing at this time. and with the commercial election moratorium, expiring in just 15 days, this is an important item to be given consideration. the commission also identified that every tool that we had provided to assist businesses in dealing with their rent and debt is important. you should have received the official notice of the commissions recommendation yesterday. which is as supervisor safai they voted unanimously in support 5 to 0 for recusal. therefore i am affirming the small business commission recommend the board of supervisors approved the commercial rent relief on legislation to establish the framework for this fund program. thank you and i'm happy to take any questions if you have them . >> chair: thank you for underscoring that we have 15 days until this moratorium and and we're not hopeful that it will be extended . it was before but we are not hopeful given the fact that tenant protections were not

sfgov tv, please show the office of small business slide. >> today we will begin with a reminder that the small business commission commission is to voice your concern about the economic vitality. the office of small business is the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco during the local emergency. if you need assistance with small business matters particularly at this time, you can find us online or via telephone and as always, our services are free of charge. before item number one is called, i'd like to start by thanking media services and sfgov tv for coordinating the virtual hearing and the life stream and special thanks to matthew for assisting with the public comment line. item number one. >> clerk: item number one is roll call. [roll call] mr. president, you have a kor. >> president laguana: >> commissioner dickerson: will you read the ramaytush ohlone acknowledgement. >> commissioner dickerson: the small business staff acknowledges that we are on the unceded an zest tal homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigen

sfgov tv, please show the office of small business slide. >> today we will begin with a reminder that the small business commissionssion is to voice your concern about the economic vitality. the office of small business is the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco during the local emergency. if you need assistance with small business matters particularly at this time, you can find us online or via telephone and as always, our services are free of charge. before item number one is called, i'd like to start by thanking media services and sfgov tv for coordinating the virtual hearing and the life stream and special thanks to matthew for assisting with the public comment line. item number one. >> clerk: item number one is roll call. [roll call] mr. president, you have a kor. >> president laguana: >> commissioner dickerson: will you read the ramaytush ohlone acknowledgement. >> commissioner dickerson: the small business staff acknowledges that we are on the unceded an zest tal homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous st

small business. that is needed now more than ever. we are moving more quickly in that direction than we have in a long time. it's because of your leadership, the mayor's leadership and the small business commissionitted to this. the first year free will be helpful and as we come out of the pandemic we want to make sure folks can open small businesses and reduce the barriers. it's great to see the progress on that that we've seen so far. we have a long way to go. thank you colleagues and all the city staff here for your hard work. i want to make a motion to file this hearing. >> great. mr. clerk can you please call the roll. >> (roll call) mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you everyone for a very informative hearing. mr. clerk. can you please call item number five. >> an ordinance amending to the health code to lower the threshold to 250,000 square feet of floor area. alternate water sources for non portable uses. exempt certain affordable housing projects from that requirement. certain agents of new buildings use non portable water for specific purposes. modify certain administrative review fees. require the payment of excess use charges and penalties to failure an maintain alternate wat

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionpointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionin 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professionally, as w

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionr breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professional

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionby mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me profe

small business. that is needed now more than ever. we are moving more quickly in that direction than we have in a long time. it's because of your leadership, the mayor's leadership and the small business commission and others committed to this. the first year free will be helpful and as we come out of the pandemic we want to make sure folks can open small businesses and reduce the barriers. it's great to see the progress on that that we've seen so far. we have a long way to go. thank you colleagues and all the city staff here for your hard work. i want to make a motion to file this hearing. >> great. mr. clerk can you please call the roll. >> (roll call) mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you everyone for a very informative hearing. mr. clerk. can you please call item number five. >> an ordinance amending to the health code to lower the threshold to 250,000 square feet of floor area. alternate water sources for non portable uses. exempt certain affordable housing projects from that requirement. certain agents of new buildings use non portable water for specific purposes. modify certain administrative review fees. require the payment of excess use charges and penalties to failure an mainta

. >> this is the regular meeting of the small business commission held on july 26, 2021. ng is being called to order at 4:32 p.m. the small business commission thanks media services and sfgov tv for televising the meeting which can be viewed on sfgov tv 2 or live streamed at sfgov.org. members of the public who will be calling in, the number is 415-655-0001,. the access code is 146 399 4657. press pound and then pound again to be

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissioncian and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professionally, as well as a small busin

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you know, the mayor's office of disability and nicole bond was an outstanding partner, the small business commission, which i believe that we have regina dick-andrezi here, the executive director. and it was sponsored by mayor breed. so we're happy to have this discussion with you. and then i just want to put a plug in that we are available in the future for any issues that you wanted to discuss here. i'm happy to comment and to discuss those with you. so i'm going to share my screen so give me a moment as i do that. could i get rights to share? >> co-chair madrid: one moment, jeff. i am fixing that issue. one moment. i have fixed it, jeff. >> is it working? >> co-chair madrid: yes. >> excellent. all right, so i'm here to talk about changes to the accessible business entrance program. last tuesday at the board of supervisors, the mayor introduced legislation that provides a two-year extension of the accessible business entrance program. before we talk about the legislation, i just wanted to walk you through some of the basics about the accessible business entrance program. so the accessible business

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have engaged with the various merchants' associations and the bar owners alliance and the small business commission, the san francisco council of district merchants and the golden gate merchant association, and the chinese chamber of commerce and african-american chamber of commerce, san francisco bay area hispanic chamber, and latino task force and every district supervisor's office has weighed in and relayed stories to us to gather more feedback on how this would help. at the end as you heard me say today that the budget legislative analyst building on supervisor ronen's request back in the spring, updated their report to say somewhere over 600 million -- $637 million they estimate in back rent today. we've done things, thank you, supervisor peskin, as i said last week, we have extended the moratorium based on the size of the employees and we worked with as the supervisor ronen noted to help new businesses start up, or those that would retain their space and access their space through the bureaucratic process. that we want to avoid this impending cliff that these small businesses will fall off on

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> w

small businesses. we certainly do not want to put additional barriers to small businesses by requiring additional certifications, so to the extent that the commission was adopted back in 2015, we abide by the charters for the city and county of san francisco for certainly micro and also small local business enterprises. we look at ownership and control, licensing that's required, as accepted by the city, and then, three-year averages. what's shown on the table is a three-year average [inaudible] it's $20 million aggregated over three years. we would accept the state of california micro small business, their definition that's been defined by the commission. there's also talk about legislative changes to 14-b. when that's approved, we'll certainly report back with recommendations. so first and foremost, i'm very happy to report that we -- that we did extremely well in terms of s.b.e. participation. this current aspect of this, of course, is covid-19. the level of awards this past year, i have to note, is significantly less than in prior years. back in june 2020 in our report, that was about 100 million that was reported as being contracted out so thi

business model. there may be some small commission on selling textbooks or school uniforms but those fees cover all the teachers salaries and all of the cost of the entrepreneur who supports our familyep in that way. that's really important. someone might be thinking this is describing something wonderful. it's not. >> that's what makes it -- millions of people can make a go of it. >> and who is doing this? bearman must be an entrepreneur somewhere and that's exactly actually the same phenomenon iny india and nigeria uganda in liberia. there must have been a continuous eruption in each of these countries. >> scientists say look for patterns of order and use those patterns. >> there must have been some people and i saw three models emerging. the first one was physically a mother created a nursery because she has three or four kids herself andnd other mothers want to go out of work or whatever so she said leave your kids here and i will charge you a little bit and inhe kindergarten they e ready to go on and the mother say to our the kids are happy with you. we trust you with them so school is grown and i

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business model and it's very simple. parents pay their fees, there may be a small commission for selling textbooks for school uniforms predominately pay the fee and the fees cover just salaries and spoke buildings and all the costs and leave a little bit for the entrepreneur who supports his or her family that way. so a lot of our listeners and viewers might be thinking this is describing something wonderful, it's not. >> that's what makes it scale because that's millions of people who can actually make a go of it. >> there must be an entrepreneur summer but because i've seen exactly the same phenomena india and nigeria and, and uganda iberia, there must be a spontaneous eruption in these countries which is fascinating. >> scientists say look for patterns of order and go to those patterns. >> there must have been some people doing one of two people and i saw probably three so these are ideal types. the first one was typically a woman, a mother created our nursery because she has kids herself and sees she's good with kids and other mothers want to go so she says bring your kids here and we can create something in kindergarten age g

ready to be in school and then i started looking at the business model it is very, very simple parents pay their fees and there may be a small commission on textbooks or school uniforms but predominantly there are fees and they cover all the teacher salaries in the school building has rented and all the cost and the little bit of surface for an entrepreneur that supports his or her family in that way. that is really important. a lot of our lessons and the viewers might be thinking this is describing something wonderfully, it is not. >> that's what makes it scale that's when millions of people can actually make a go of this. >> you are seeing doing this, there must've been entrepreneur somewhere but because i've seen exactly the same phenomenon in india and nigeria and then gonna and kenya and uganda, they must've been in eruption of this in each of these countries which is fascinating. >> scientists look for patterns of order and reduced from those patterns. >> they must've been one of two people and i saw three models emerging and luscious go through them. the first one was a mother created a nursery because she's got three or four ki

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> w

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've been very fortunate here. w

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up andcomment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've been ve