my name is ben bleiman, and full disclosure, i am president of the entertainment commission, but today, i am speaking as a citizen and a small business owner, myself. small business is in a serious crisis as we speak. businesses are shuttering left and right. entire blocks are lying vacant with no hope in sight, and a lot of this is possibly well meaning but unintended consequences of actions taken in this very building by our city leaders. we need city leaders that recognize our situation right now and see it as the crisis that it is and take immediate action to help us. this is why it was such a relief to us for the past recent history to see a reinvigorated small business commission that really seemed to be asking tough questions of our city leaders, tough but respectful and really holding them to account on the effects that some of their proposed actions would hold on our businesses. when you did that, we cheered. my point is not to call out people or to shame, but it's to beg and ask our city leaders to work with you in doing the job that you have been given, and -- and to thank y

i am ben bleiman and i am the commission's president. if you are a member of the public and want to speak, there are speaker forms which you can fill out which are located on the front table or you can just line up for public comment. we do ask that everybody turns off the cell phones or puts them on silent including commissioners and staff. i want to thank sfgov tv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we can start with a row call. >> commissioner perez. >> here. >> a president bleiman. >> here. >> commissioner lee. >> here. >> a commissioner falzon. >> here. >> we have a quorum and before we do the first order of business, i want to acknowledge that today or this week is deputy director acevedo's one-year anniversary with the entertainment commission. >> already? >> first of all, i can't believe it's been one year. i would have said it's been like five months because it is so

i am ben bleiman and i am the commission's president. if you are a member of the public and want to speak, there are speaker forms which you can fill out which are located on the front table or you can just line up for public comment. we do ask that everybody turns off the cell phones or puts them on silent including commissioners and staff. i want to thank sfgov tv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we can start with a row call. >> commissioner perez. >> here.

my name is ben bleiman, i'm the member president. if you would like to speak, there are speaker forms on the tables and you can hand them to staff or you can just come to the microphone when i call public comment. that is fine too. we ask that everyone turns off their cell phones, including staff and commissioners. i want to thank sf gov tv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we will start with a roll call. >> commissioner perez is en route. [roll call] commissioner thomas is an excused absence. >> thank you very much. the first order of business is general public comment. this is for any item that is not currently on the agenda for this evening. do we have anybody speaking on that? seeing none, public comment is closed. regular agenda. all right. the next agenda item is number 2 the approval of our minutes from october 1, 2019. do we have a motion to approve the minutes? >> i move to approve. >> second. >> is there any public comment on the approval of the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> v