apec was a great event. it put us on the world stage and did help recovery and reputation for san francisco. i don't want to deemphasize that. that is very important. covid was tough and san francisco has a bad wrapped undeserved in my opinion sitting on it ground, but it helped so the city was clean and energyed and safe. the residents in the community and businesses benefited from beautification and safety measures but it required patience resulting from limited access, transit change, protest. we want to be fair to that. our businesses in the community we have diverse ecosystem of businesses. it was feast or famine. some did well and some did not. a ying and yang occurred during this event. our help as the cbd and i think feel we are trying to stay neutral. there is positive and negative with every situation and there are very positive impacts and solutions that are beginning to be formed. we want to find a way to have the solutions last well beyond apec and that's what we are headed for. i'll leave with

also, thank the full team working on apec. i also wanted to do a very brief shout out to enrique aguilar, who put together that great video that captured so many of the different types of staff contributions. if anybody hasn't seen it, i encourage you to take a look. i think that told the story really nicely of the full team effort that apec involved. so thank you all again and thank you, julie and jeff for the making. these moments, for recognition of staff. all right. thank you so much. before we move on to the next director's report, items, i do want to comment on both of these teams because we've been talking a lot about culture change within the agency over the last year. and these are two teams that exemplify some of the most successful efforts. i give so much credit to louis guzzo in terms of changing the performance and attitudes of our entire maintenance team. last month, his team, um, hosted a luncheon out at the giant woods garage. they cleared out all the busses and hundreds of people from every maintenance divisio

i am like what is apec? got it. we have approximately 28 independent contractors that rely on coaching ice skating, professional instructors and trainers. they lost all they money , they will not get that back. we tried to have the staff work and clean the building and do maintenance inwe are--the night before they said no, one is allowed in the building so we couldn't keep the kids employed and food on the table and help pay rent. we believe in the yerba buena gardens. thank you for trying to help us. thank you. >> thank you much paige scott. next speaker, please. >> good morning. david co hen, owner of oren hummus. my corner was most impacted from the demonstrations you heard about and hopefully see the images of during the apec conference. i like to thank you and make it really clear that while the city benefited financially and reputationally unquestionable from this event, businesses, me personally a member of your community a constituents did not. i lost $50 thousand in revenue at the grove that doesn't includ

i was in the tenderloin today, and it looked like it was pre-apec. what's the response from city leaders? >> reporter: we get a mixed response, right? i talked with the supervisor in that district, supervisor dean preston. he says he doesn't agree with some of the strategies that the mayor's office is taking in trying to do that. he did not agree with the idea of arresting people for small-time -- what he calls small-time drug offenses. he's also a proponent of the safe injection sites, which is something that the state rejected as a possibility, and so the city of san francisco has also since moved on from that strategy. the mayor's office says that they are trying an array of different resources, that they have been doing before. the street teams are still out there. as you heard from the head of the tenderloin business owners association, they actually see these street teams out there, and they see they're making an outreach to the people in the streets. the frustrating thing is that a lot of times, the people just turn down those resources. since

as i said, this pre-dates apec but apec is a forcing function and that is a positive thing. any time there is a positive event it focuses the minds, keeps everybody's on the same agenda. the goal here is it isn't a situational commitment. this is long-term strategy beginning in july 2021 and momentumally and directionally we want to continue to see these projects up and down the state. with that, here to answer any questions. jrkss >> thank you governor. a it question about downtown revitalization. what can the state do for downtown san francisco so many officers are vacant and shuttered businesses. some called for the state to offer incentives to convert office building to residential? >> we have a work group we got a task force of sorts that is looking at downtown revitalization and best practices. not just throughout the state of california but working in partnership with experts from richard florida who has written a lot about downtown around the rest of the world, best practices across the globe not just the united states. this isn't a unique funomnm to san francisco. s

let's start with the numbers. >> the week of apec, our restaurants saw 94% drop in revenue. i'll say that again in 94% drop. our business was hit especially hard as the roadblocks prevented us from fulfilling corporate catering orders and delivery orders nearby. >> the grove also had to deal with the security measures keeping customers away, and if they did come to the grove, they were surrounded by protesters with disruptive bullhorns and witnesses for fistfights. >> these are facts. this is undisputable. they didn't have an enjoyable sunday breakfast. >> the community benefit district said that businesses in the neighborhood saw an average of 64% drop in their business. businesses also said they understood that apec may have raised the city's profile and they appreciate the cleaner and safer street conditions they've seen since the conference, but say they still need to be made whole. >> while the city benefited financially and reputationally, it's unquestionable from this event that businesses me, me personally, a member of your community, a constituent, did not. i lost $

as you know, we also had apec, apec, apec in november and our team really suited up and shoed up and i'm so appreciative and proud of all the work our members did. assistant deputy chief brown really just did an astonishing job at accordinating everything as did deputy chief tong. it took a village and great work by all. i know mayor breed came by station 49 yesterday to thank the members and station 49 and i know chief brown and chief tong were there yesterday so thank you for being there. we also the week of apec had the 132 graduation. thank you for all you that came to that, and we also had a h3 level 1 graduation on november 22. lots of new folks out in the field, good stuff. we had our monthly labor management meeting. all went well there. and thanksgiving along and did quite a few different events, including saint anthony giving thanks on golden gate. turkey carving versus the police department and yes, we won. not to brag, but strong work everyone. and thanksgiving day, i did-we did glide and self--help for the elderly and salvation army on powell street. it was a really good

to speak about apec. this is a boost in the arm for city and county of san francisco and i definitely want to thank lieutenant governor kounalakis, mayor breed and all those involved to brave the profile because a lot of people felt we had a image problem in and san francisco and i think people are seeing it is safe to come back to san francisco and anything will take time as we push the pause button and start, so thank you again and to the staff thank you. >> thank you. elaine, great report. so exciting apec is here and wonderful to see how much the port is benefiting from it being here and show it is showcasing and highlighting our waterfront along the way investing in the port economic recovery, so think it is wonderful and want to congratulate the staff and congratulate you getting all the compliments you do because i think we have the best staff in the city so they think guys. appreciate all the work because i know it has not been easy the past few weeks. everyone has worked overtime, so thank you. g

sara. >> now, the apec summit turn much of the south of market area into a high security zone. and that shut down streets to traffic and required credentials for pedestrians. and because of that, some businesses say they lost more than $50,000 worth of business. and many of them are speaking out today at the board of supervisors. budget meeting. >> a complete disruption of our revenue streams and ability to operate. >> manuel ramirez owns bon chon. a korean fried chicken restaurant located in tree on. he's one of 50 business owners who signed a petition saying they experience financial losses during the week of the apec summit. bunch on the tree on made only 20% a bit weekly average for 2023. david cohen is the ceo of the grove restaurant, a block away from the mosconi center that hosted much of the apec events. he says his business was disrupted by protests. i lost $50,000 in revenue at the grove prior to the summit. the board of supervisors urge the mayor's office to tap into a 10 million dollar fund to financially help businesses. now business owners are calling on the city

apec ceo summit. and i'm delighted to have dr. rice here to be able to have this conversation. you know, it's been a rather tumultuous couple of years. it has been. we've seen the return of great power politics. we've seen the emergence of a real multi element rivalry with china, military, political, economic. we've seen global challenges like climate change and the pandemics, the emergence of new technologies like ai and quantum computing. some would say this is the most complex international environment we've had to navigate in the last 75 years or so. what the heck happened? wasn't this supposed to be the end of history? the american century? well, certainly when i left office the first time around, from 1989 to 1991, the cold war had ended. we really thought that the era of great power competition was over . we had some agreement on a few principles that we wanted an open economy. we wanted to trade in freedom. we wanted, of course, to have no access to military power, certainly for territorial conquest of the kind of 19th, 20th century variety. and there was a disagreement

well, apec is is is generally seen as the most powerful and most direct component of what is referred to as the israel lobby. apec stands for american israel public affairs committee, and if you go to their website, you will see that they are very open about. saying that they exist basically to support israel uh in in its relationship with the united states, meaning they are there to make sure israel maximizes what it gets out of that relationship in terms of of weapons, in terms of money, and in the the thing that most people forget about, but is maybe the most important thing is political cover, the united states gives political cover to israel and... organizations like the united nations for example, so israel is never held accountable for anything, so that's basically the the apec people foreign agents, i mean they're lobbying for foreign government to the american government, if you or i became agents of the government of italy, we'd have to register with the justice department in order to do it, it's perfectly lawful. but you have to tell the feds that you've become a foreign ag

but it appears that these small businesses is affected by apec.hing several thousand dollars to cover their losses. they say this could have been avoided. many small businesses near moscone center believed apec would deliver substantial financial gains for them. we now know it had the opposite result as one by one, they spoke of the impact the event had on their businesses as san francisco supervisors listened. we lost close to $30,000 being closed for that time. >> manuel ramirez owns bonchon korean fried chicken for two middle days of the convention we made for the entire day. >> what we do in one peak hour of weekend operations in. >> here's what we know according to a report from the yerba buena community benefit district, all 13 hotels in that neighborhood did very well. >> apec instigated a lot of good opportunities, but the vast majority of the 113 restaurants and cafes had poor results because the number of visitors to that neighborhood was down by more than 33% on average, the revenue from small businesses was down by more than 64. >> tod

. >> that's how some restaurants describe apec. the week long event in november when san francisco hosted world leaders and 30,000 guests for discussions of international issues and economic importance. today the budget finance committee at city hall heard from some of those business owners with hard numbers in terms of losses, and they were eye opening. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here to talk about the possibility maybe leanne of compensating them. >> yeah you have to feel though for these small business owners, you know, because security was so tight, it was so hard for people to go in and out of there and they never reached these small. they were so excited and optimistic going into this. they really thought they were going to you know, it was benefit booming. yeah. they thought, well, you know, the mayor of san francisco will have the last word on that compensation. but it appears that these small business is affected by apec will get something right. several thousand dollars to cover their losses. but they say

the week of apec, our restaurants saw 94% drop in revenue. i'll say that again in 94.rop our business was hit especially hard as the roadblocks prevented us from fulfilling corporate catering orders and delivery orders nearby. >> the grove also had to deal with the security measures keeping customers away, and if they did come to the grove, they were surrounded by protesters with disruptive bullhorns and witnesses for fistfights. >> these are facts. this is undisputable. they didn't have an enjoyable sunday breakfast at the community benefit district, said that businesses in the neighborhood saw an average of 64% drop in their business. >> businesses also said they understood that apec may have raised the city's profile and they appreciate the cleaner and safer street conditions they've seen since the conference, but say they still need to be made whole. >> while the city benefited financially and reputationally, it's unquestionable from this event that businesses me personally, a member of your community, a constituent, did not. i lost $50,000 in revenue at the grove,

nearly one month after the apec summit san francisco. in some business owners, they want the city to reimburse them for all of the revenue that they lost because of all that high security for the event. kron 4 sarah stinson takes a look at that. >> the apec summit turn much of the south of market area into a high security zone. and because of that, some business owners are reporting a loss of $50,000 worth of business. a complete disruption of our revenue streams and ability to operate. manuel ramirez owns bon chon. a korean fried chicken restaurant located in tree on. he's one of 50 business owners who signed a petition saying they experience financial losses during the week of the apec summit. bunch on the tree on made only 20% a bit weak. the average for 2023. david cohen is the ceo of the grove restaurant, a block away from the mosconi center that hosted much of the apec events. he says his business was disrupted by protests. i lost $50,000 in revenue at the grove prior to the summit. the board of supervisors urge the mayor's office

. >> and it's been several weeks since the apec conference wrapped up in san francisco. and now some smaller businesses say they're still struggling with their demands to city leaders and here's a check of your evening commute at the bay bridge toll plaza is slow. >> you can see moving very, very slowly. if you are heading on into the city. always better if you're a carpool. all right. you're watching ktvu news at end of the year before his term ends. he made the announcement in a wall street journal editorial writing, quote, no matter the odds or personal cost, we did the right thing, end quote. mccarthy's career saw him rise from the state assembly to the us house. he was elected speaker in january, but was then forced out by the gop's far right lawmakers. saint mary's university professor stephen wolpert said mccarthy's resignation was not a big surprise. >> as once you've been at the top of the leadership being a rank and file member of the house is no fun. particularly this house. so i think he just felt like he was, you know, idle and not making the best use of his

it has been nearly 2 months in san francisco hosted the apec summit. but many business owners say that they're still feeling its impact. they're demanding that the city reimburse them for lost revenue they experienced during the weeklong high security event. kron 4 sarah stinson joins us live here in the studio with more. sara? >> yeah, they pick summit turned much of the south of market area into a high security zone. shutting down streets to traffic in requiring credentials for pedestrians. and because of that, some business owners say they lost more than $50,000 worth of business. many of them spoke out today at the board of supervisors, budget meeting. >> san francisco's hosting of a pick was exactly what we said. it would for small business, a complete disruption of our revenue streams and ability to operate. >> manuel ramirez owns bon chon. a korean fried chicken restaurant located in tree on. he's one of 50 business owners who signed a petition saying they experience financial losses during the week of the apec summit from november 13 through 19

. >> nearly one month after the apec summit, business owners in san francisco are demanding the city reimburse them and they say they lost a lot of money because all the security during that week long event. kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >> the apec summit turn much of the south of market area into a high security zone. and because of that, some business owners are reporting a loss of $50,000 worth of business. a complete disruption of our revenue streams and ability to operate. manuel ramirez owns bon chon. a korean fried chicken restaurant located in tree on. he's one of 50 business owners who signed a petition saying they experience financial losses during the week of the apec summit. bunch on the tree on made only 20% week. the average for 2023. david cohen is the ceo of the grove restaurant, a block away from the mosconi center that hosted much of the apec events. he says his business was disrupted by protests. i lost $50,000 in revenue at the grove prior to the summit. the board of supervisors urge the mayor's office to tap into a 10 million dollar fund to financially hel

so it will be mostly about apec and what's what's next. so um, so succession planning and so my three deputies and mark corso and myself, we just had our second sort of retreat, if you will, for a five hour meeting on sort of off campus. and we talked about succession planning. the first time we really talked about priorities and sort of did a swot analysis. es strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. and this last week we talked about succession planning and what we do in these meetings is we come up with sort of our challenges, what we need to see happen, what the sort of obstacles are to them. and then we come out with a list of action items. so so we're holding a meeting once a month, and this month it was on succession planning. so really good stuff. and i appreciate all of them for their hard work and their input as we know, our budget and structures instruction are coming. i believe next next month. but and having some real conversations with others in city government and the budget conversations. i think are going to be re

the week of apec, our restaurants saw 94% drop in revenue. i'll say that again in 94% drop.ur business was hit especially hard as the roadblocks prevented us from fulfilling corporate catering orders and delivery orders nearby. >> the grove also had to deal with the security measures keeping customers away. >> and if they did come to the grove, they were surrounded by protest cars with disruptive bullhorns and witnesses for fistfights. these are facts. this is undisputable. they didn't have an enjoyable sunday breakfast at the community benefit district, said that businesses in the neighborhood saw an average of 64% drop in their business. >> business. ces also said they understood that apec may have raised the city's profile and they appreciate the cleaner and safer street conditions they've seen since the conference, but say they still need to be made whole while the city benefited financially and reputationally. >> it's unquestionable from this event that businesses me personally. a member of your community, a constituent, did not. i lost $50,000 in revenue at the grove,

apec is one of the more significant and has to play dynamic role. there have been negative perceptions but i still believe apec is like the rock of gubraulter, it has to succeed and this is one that we have the [indiscernible] engage effectively. i'm pleased last night when president biden make reference looking forward to this engagement with president. very important to take a different view. [indiscernible] business leaders must view this like the [indiscernible] many political leaders, therefore to my mind, we in the asian pacific look forward to this engagement because it is immense benefit to the region and to the world. >> as we speak, the meeting i guess is taking place right now somewhere near san francisco, so what do you hope exact hope i just put it this way, this meeting bring to the discussions we are having right now? >> we talk about inclusivity, we talk about globalization. we accept that the global situation geo politics changed and we do acknowledge that. china has a role and has to be engaged effectively and there must be great e

last month we chatted at apec. you told me point-blank once apec is over, the feds are going to leave town, and that extra money for security is going to run dry. we're seeing many of the tents and drug users back in the tenderloin and south of market. what's your plan here in the short term? >> well, i haven't deviated from our homeless recovery plan. and just to put it into perspective, since 2018, we've helped over 13,000 people exit homelessness. we've increased our shelter capacity by 50%. we've increased our permanent supportive housing units by over 60% to help address the challenges around homelessness. and we've never seen any of our point-in-time counts reach a number of this magnitude. in fact, we saw a reduction in unsheltered homelessness by 3.5% overall. we're going to continue full speed ahead with the work we have been doing. in fact, we made an announcement about some of the work that our encampment resolution teams are out there doing every single day. they are offering help and support, over 3,60

apec was a great event. it put us on the world stage and did help recovery and reputation for san francisco. i don't want to deemphasize that. that is very important. covid was tough and san francisco has a bad wrapped undeserved in my opinion sitting on it ground, but it helped so the city was clean and energyed and safe. the residents in the community and businesses benefited from beautification and safety measures but it required patience resulting from limited access, transit change, protest. we want to be fair to that. our businesses in the community we have diverse ecosystem of businesses. it was feast or famine. some did well and some did not. a ying and yang occurred during this event. our help as the cbd and i think feel we are trying to stay neutral. there is positive and negative with every situation and there are very positive impacts and solutions that are beginning to be formed. we want to find a way to have the solutions last well beyond apec and that's what we are headed for. i'll leave with

so and i think apec went pretty well.w, i think the city was there was moments when it was sparkling. i was sending people pictures like, look at how great powell looks. so yeah, it was it was really nice to have the city super clean. yeah. so we were pretty happy with our improvements and, and clear channels. we're working on some new shelter prototypes which would ease our problem with some of our unhoused residents to make it a little more passenger friendly. and so those prototypes, when are they going to come before us or. yeah, we'll share them once we've got them figured out. yeah, i'm excited for that. but honestly, just congratulations on the work. thank you very much. incredibly impressed. and this was an ask from i don't know how many months ago. i don't think it's been a year that we asked to see some changes there on the transit shelters. and we're at this this this spot now because of the work that you've done. so a lot of credit goes to clear channel, too. so. oh, and i also want to say track and overhead l

then, you know, we're here at apec. if we start to get a handle on some of those challenges with some of the suggestions that you have mentioned, is the upshot of this more global trade? i would hope so, but global because global trade, global trade with rules is rules based, global trade, open free, fair, free and fair trade that's governed by rules, rules regarding the environment, regarding human, human rights, as well as the protection of jobs. you and i had a similar experience coming in here today where there there protesters outside who believed that this type of a conference is detrimental to livelihoods in countries around the globe. i would say it doesn't need to be that way that we can we must have a global trading system that supports ports where food grows and where food needs, where imports are required. but that system must be based upon rules. it must be open when in 2007 to 9, when i first became us ambassador, we had a high food price crisis because of trade embargoes in in some of the apec economies t

. >> the apec summit turn much of the south of market area into a high security zone. and because of that, some business owners are reporting a loss of $50,000 worth of business. a complete disruption of our revenue streams and ability to operate. manuel ramirez owns bon chon. a korean fried chicken restaurant located in tree on. he's one of 50 business owners who signed a petition saying they experience financial losses during the week of the apec summit. bunch on the tree on made only 20% week the average for 2023. david cohen is the ceo of the grove restaurant, a block away from the mosconi center that hosted much of the apec events. he says his business was disrupted by protests. i lost $50,000 in revenue at the grove prior to the summit. the board of supervisors urge the mayor's office to tap into a 10 million dollar fund to financially help businesses. now business owners are calling on the city to use that money to give them a damage pinned within 100 days. many explained they feel city leaders lied to them. one saying the apec summit would bring influx of busin