we have never, ever desired nor do we in the future to be a bar, even though i understand how the code is looking at us as a bar, we are very much a full-service restaurant and our hours and business only support people drinking at our bar while the restaurant is open. we stay open until 10:00 at night currently but we would like to be able to stay open until as late as midnight but not later than that. and that's strictly to serve our customers who are dining again. so we will never become a lounge. we have no interest in doing anything that would separate the full-service restaurant from the bar. we consistently score high on our health inspection. we currently have 100 points at our 995 valencia location, which is something we're proud of. we're responsible in how we manage our restaurant and would be as far as how we manage a full bar. we have approval signatures from all of the owners of businesses right next to 995 valencia. i went to each of the owners and within 20 minutes they all signed off an approval for us to have this license knowing that we simply want to sell spirits in our existing bar so

sustainable wine part is really to allow us again to have some clientele abilities and not really use it as a bar. we have already shown great success in our business. we continue to pare the wine bar part of it so that we continue to grow the business. am i making sense at all? supervisor avalos: it makes sense. i guess, again, i get the position where i want to consider what is the city's overall policy of around pudding wine bars in retail outlets? i know we do it in our galleries because we just approve one recently for an art gallery. i would say they your jewelry store is more on the art side. >> it is not a zales. it is not like a mass-produce store. [inaudible] supervisor avalos: i see it as distinct in that way from other places. but is that why it makes sense to put a wine bar there, compared to zales jewelry store or something like that? and will there be a zales jewelry store saying they want a wine bar now because it is happening somewhere else and is competitive that way? i understand your point of view, but the other point of view that i think allows the idea of we will have more w

. >> if you qualify as a trusted traveler it would show up as a bar code and you could breeze throughng. it met with mixed results today. >> to go back for my history of where i have travelled and why, that is just not something that i am interested in. >> i do not mind going through security.

use authorization to establish a small self-service restaurant known as broadway corner pocket at 401 broadway. the space is presently vacant was previously occupied by a bar known as a crowbar. the business would include a billiard academy which would include 12 pool tables and offer instructional services for pull players. this is categorized as other entertainment and is principally permitted with the broadway commercial district. the pool service would not be physically demise. there is a condition of approval limit the number of seats in a more than 49. this will allow the overall business to comply with the seating limitations of the small self-service restaurant category. at this time, the sponsor does not propose any alcohol sales on-site, but have indicated they may pursue this in the future. the additional call sales would not require conditional use authorization. policies within the general plan discourage the overconcentration of restaurant uses. staff estimates approximately 21% of the frontage was in the broadway occupied by eating and drinking units. the broadway corridor is more heavily occupied by adult entertainment uses. it would help t

a few minutes. and also stuart hanlon as well as the bar association of san francisco. so let's have a round of applause for our sponsors today . let's get down to it. so before we get started i want to introduce someone who's a wonderful leader in our community and that's the president of the bar association of san francisco. >> thank you. thank you, jeff, for inviting me on behalf of the bar association of san francisco. i'm priya sanger. i'm president of the bar association of san francisco. basf, as we note the bar association to be called, has had a long relationship with the public defenders office. it is crucially important for administration of justice. and so is san francisco conflicts panels where administration, which the bar association has provided in partnership with public defenders. so in san francisco when a public defender has a conflict of interest, criminal defendants and minors are represented by private attorneys from a panel administered by the bar association of san francisco. maintaining this independent body of attorneys is critically important

bars. that definition is awkward and we would like to work with you to find a way -- the direction you're going makes some sense. what we see as a fine eating establishments that provides mixed cocktails and a bar. and that is the definition we can work together on. thank you for the efforts. president olague: additional public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners. the oldest and one of the bigger associations in san francisco. on behalf of our association, of like to put in a couple of comments. we feel strongly that the fast food said district has really outlived its usefulness. second of all, fast food, taquerias, coffee shops are a huge part of the culture and the neighborhood. we like to see some of the shackles lifted and for things to be made a little bit easier. that is the long and short of it. i appreciate your time. president olague: public comment is closed. commissioner moore: i think we are at a good start. announcing other people to comment and interact, that is really where this is going. it is open for everybody to step in. i like to comment on the video that i think is totally wonderful. we ourselves hav

as a walk up facility. no entertainment uses are proposed for the bar. what upholstery corridor posts a number of projects, it would not be an overconcentration because the relocation would not result in increased in the number of bars and the area. the current property owner of the existing location has agreed to record a restriction on the property that would preclude the future establishment of a bar at that location should the expansion plans changed to not include that parcel. it should also be noted there are no bars currently operating in the 1400 block of polk street. the storefront is currently vacant and the project would not displace a current tenant. staff has received over five cover letters and petitions in support of the project. a sampling are included in the packet, and i am asked to include additional letters of support. supporters cite the reasonable -- i am sorry, the responsible management of the existing bar as well as community involvement of the business owners. the project has received written support as well as verbal support fro

you could have a sink in the room as a family room with a wet bar, maybe. the city starts getting funny about that kind of thing. it sounds like an illegal unit already. it is not always a bad thing. i would not say that in many instances, legalizing -- "legal" is a strong term. in our business and sales business, we try to avoid that term. it has many implications. to say something illegal is -- to say something is legal or illegal has a lot of implications. we cannot really say. we can say it does permit it or not permit it. what is or is not authorized is a different statement. we have to be mindful. one thing i wanted to say about jeremy pose a question was, there are quite a few very good people in san francisco to go to if you want to legalize something that had been done without a permit in the past, or you want to get a permit for every model that was done or a bathroom that was added downstairs without a permit, and you feel like your uncle maybe was -- may have done it properly. oftentimes, it is no big deal. it is a good thing to do. there are ma

and i really think the justice department is better than this and i think we have the latitude as a barred lawyer, someone who has a license, i'm certainly aware of ex parte contacts. i would be interested in having that opportunity. would you be able to let me work with individuals under your staff? >> we'll try to look at the requests you've made and get information back to you. >> i would appreciate it, particularly on the rabbi not having a bail. let me go to the atf situation. we had a report by the oig that ticketed that the greater guns, that long guns have a shorter time to crime than handguns in mexico. we know the atf has no permanent director, but i believe as the oig has said, atf needs to have reporting responsibility or be able to get data and have more enforcement responsibility of this ak-47s killing people on both sides of the border with these horrible drug cartels. what is your answer to that? >> we've certainly proposed that with regard to long guns along the border with regard to four states that there be a reporting requirement if somebody buys two long guns over the

they are used as a portable bars and are finished. they will be confiscated the immediately. >> james: we will see how that goes we will be there with their cameras on sunday at 8:00 a.m.. if you're in the racing you think you are in camera turned and that night if we will have our reach airing of that. hopefully a sober one. for 30 2:00 a.m. let's look at the weather. >> louisa: i hopyou can see it w clouds out there but clear conditions. 49 degrees rate fell a bit chilly as you head toward the afternoon upper 50s, your highs today 61 back into the fifties by 8:00 p.m. elsewhere in the '50s and oakland, hayward, mountainview and san jose. half moon bay 39 degrees low 40 for the napa valley and san rosa. 50s through the delta. afternoon highs '60s and '70s so we will stay in to the mid-60s and san rosa, novato, 71 for fairfield. tempters warming up in to about 74 los gatos, morgan hill. 73 in antioch. everybody wants to know about the bay to breakers forecast. sunday starting off with showers temperatures into the low 50s, chance of t

bills, but we see a huge need for social media training, for people to learn how to do things online, and that is becoming just as much of a needed skill as an ad posted on our side bar. we want to serve oakland specifically, and we have taken all of our skills collectively to see how we stay afloat doing that. >> we have a number of people wanting to ask you questions, so go ahead. >> in the 1800's, charles dickens wrote a novel about his trip to america called "martin chuzzelwit." he mentioned his exposure to newspapers. we know that the "new york times" is biased. we know that the "economist" is biased. "wall street journal" is now horribly bias. we kind of adjust our lenses here when you read online and you do not know the person is, it is difficult to know whether it is legitimate or not. newspapers eventually disappear and are no longer published in print, so they are just competing with everyone else. how do we establish -- how do we know -- how to newspapers establish credibility? i saw this news reporter who put a piece on youtube about gavin newsom just walking away. so how did these organizations establish credibility? how are people able to see the proble

and i really think the justice department is better than this and i think we have the latitude as a barred lawyer, someone who has a license, i'm certainly aware of ex parte contacts. i would be interested in having that opportunity. would you be able to let me work with individuals under your staff? >> we'll try to look at the requests you've made and get information back to you. >> i would appreciate it, particularly on the rabbi not having a bail. let me go to the atf situation. we had a report by the oig that ticketed that the greater guns, that long guns have a shorter time to crime than handguns in mexico. we know the atf has no permanent director, but i believe as the oig has said, atf needs to have reporting responsibility or be able to get da and have more enforcement responsibility of this ak-47s killing people on both sides of the border with these horrible drug cartels. what is your answer to that? >> we've certain proposed that with regard to long guns along the border with regard to four states that there be a reporting requirement if somebody buys two long guns over the spac