commission to fill out the term from february 2, 2021 to july 6, 2021. >> i would like to nominate ben bleiman to finish out term as president. >> second. >> i'm sorry i'm on the road. i want to say that serving as president of this commission has been a great joy and honor. especially during covid, there's a lot going on, kind of like the duck part where you see what's going on top of the water and under the water, incredible amount of action and movement. just working with staff and working where all of you and vice president, maggie and ben. it's been really good work. i love this job, i appreciate your confidence in me. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> there are no hands raised. there are no comments in the chat. >> sorry, any other nominations? [laughter] >> i don't think there are any other nominations. >> [roll call vote] >> thank you guys. great. congratulations. president bleiman. next item on the agenda is item 9. new business request for the future agenda items. is there any item you like to address? >> vice president caminong i had a thought. i like the eq

and yet our outdoor game in san francisco's always been ben bleiman owns tunick nightlife group that is also the founder of the san francisco bar owner alliance. he says. >>the recently proposed bar and restaurant and covering act would make the temporary state licenses that give restaurants flexibility on how and where they serve alcohol outdoors during the pandemic. >>permanent allows us to expand the areas that are businesses can use to parklets in this case jason parking sidewalks on to jason spaces to our so it's not just the shared spaces, but it's also private spaces that are or what can be offered to the public and it allows you to license those and a lot way under current state liquor laws. these things were not allowed special exceptions because of the pandemic. >>lyman says the bill would expand capacity for many bars and restaurants and allow some places for instance geared toward a nighttime setting to operate during earlier hours outside. >>senator scott wiener hu proposed this bill says the legislation would also expedite the approval process for liquor licenses by lim

and yet our outdoor game in temperatures was always been ben bleiman owns tunick nightlife group and is also the founder of the san francisco bar owner alliance. he says. >>the recently proposed bar and restaurant and covering act would make the temporary state licenses that give restaurants flexibility on how and where they serve alcohol outdoors during the pandemic. >>permanent allows us to expand the areas that are businesses can use to parklets in this case judge jason parking sidewalks to jason spaces to our so it's not just the shared spaces, but it's also private spaces that are or what can be offered to the public and it allows you to license those and a lot way under current state liquor laws. these things were not allowed into special exceptions because of the pandemic. >>lyman says the bill would expand capacity for many bars and restaurants and allow some places for instance geared toward a nighttime setting to operate during earlier hours outside. >>senator scott wiener hu proposed this bill says the legislation would also expedite the approval process for liquor license

>>even after the pandemic is over restaurant owner ben bleiman says this would be a change for the better we should have a much better outdoor game in san francisco because this she's beautiful and everybody says. >>they love the city because of the european charm and yet you can't sit outdoors and how can you be european if you can't sit outdoors in most places. >>it would all be possible under the proposed bar and restaurant recovery act which would continue shared spaces and make the temporary state liquor licenses that give restaurants flexibility on how and where they serve alcohol outdoors during the pandemic. >>permanent allows us to expand the areas that are businesses can use to parklets in this case jason parking sidewalks on to jason spaces to our so it's not just the shared spaces, but it's also private spaces that are or what can be offered to the public and it allows you to license those and a lot way lyman says the bill would expand capacity for many bars and restaurants and allow some places to open up for different opportunities, senator scott wiener to propose the bill s

commission to fill out the term from february 2, 2021 to july 6, 2021. >> i would like to nominate ben bleiman to finish out term as president. >> second. >> i'm sorry i'm on the road. i want to say that serving as president of this commission has been a great joy and honor. especially during covid, there's a lot going on, kind of like the duck part where you see what's going on top of the water and under the water, incredible amount of action and movement. just working with staff and working where all of you and vice president, maggie and ben. it's been really good work. i love this job, i appreciate your confidence in me. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> there are no hands raised. there are no comments in the chat. >> sorry, any other nominations? [laughter] >> i don't think there are any other nominations. >> [roll call vote] >> thank you guys. great. congratulations. president bleiman. next item on the agenda is item 9. new business request for the future agenda items. is there any item you like to address? >> vice president caminong i had a thought. i like the eq

i will say that, i believe one of your speakers was going to be entertainment commission chair ben bleiman. he texted me. he is unfortunately, having some connection issues. he's on the road. i'm also prepared to present on his behalf. he's submitted his notes. if you like me to do so, i can. >> supervisor haney: please, continue. >> okay. this would be the presentation that president bleiman from the entertainment commission, wanted to present. our permitted venues many who are vulnerable prior to covid were among the first businesses require to close this year. and remain at the end of reopening frameworks announced today. along with restaurants and hotels the entertainment sectors is experiencing one of the highest job lost jobs. the entertainment nightlife service generated $7 billion in economic impact annually. this industry will be critical part of our economic recovery but only -- i'll add a side here, for every dollar that is spent in a venue, $12 is spent in the surrounding community. it is a remarkable ratio there. in may of 2020, the entertainment commission conducted an entert

i will say that, i believe one of your speakers was going to be entertainment commission chair ben bleiman. he texted me. he is unfortunately, having some connection issues. he's on the road. i'm also prepared to present on his behalf. he's submitted his notes. if you like me to do so, i can. >> supervisor haney: please, continue. >> okay. this would be the presentation that president bleiman from the entertainment commission, wanted to present. our permitted venues many who are vulnerable prior to covid were among the first businesses require to close this year. and remain at the end of reopening frameworks announced today. along with restaurants and hotels the entertainment sectors is experiencing one of the highest job lost jobs. the entertainment nightlife service generated $7 billion in economic impact annually. this industry will be critical part of our economic recovery but only -- i'll add a side here, for every dollar that is spent in a venue, $12 is spent in the surrounding community. it is a remarkable ratio there. in may of 2020, the entertainment commission conducted an entert

commission to fill out the term from february 2, 2021 to july 6, 2021. >> i would like to nominate ben bleiman to finish out term as president. >> second. >> i'm sorry i'm on the road. i want to say that serving as president of this commission has been a great joy and honor. especially during covid, there's a lot going on, kind of like the duck part where you see what's going on top of the water and under the water, incredible amount of action and movement. just working with staff and working where all of you and vice president, maggie and ben. it's been really good work. i love this job, i appreciate your confidence in me. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> there are no hands raised. there are no comments in the chat. >> sorry, any other nominations? [laughter] >> i don't think there are any other nominations. >> [roll call vote] >> thank you guys. great. congratulations. president bleiman. next item on the agenda is item 9. new business request for the future agenda items. is there any item you like to address? >> vice president caminong i had a thought. i like the eq

i will say that, i believe one of your speakers was going to be entertainment commission chair ben bleiman. he texted me. he is unfortunately, having some connection issues. he's on the road. i'm also prepared to present on his behalf. he's submitted his notes. if you like me to do so, i can. >> supervisor haney: please, continue. >> okay. this would be the presentation that president bleiman from the entertainment commission, wanted to present. our permitted venues many who are vulnerable prior to covid were among the first businesses require to close this year. and remain at the end of reopening frameworks announced today. along with restaurants and hotels the entertainment sectors is experiencing one of the highest job lost jobs. the entertainment nightlife service generated $7 billion in economic impact annually. this industry will be critical part of our economic recovery but only -- i'll add a side here, for every dollar that is spent in a venue, $12 is spent in the surrounding community. it is a remarkable ratio there. in may of 2020, the entertainment commission conducted an entert