>> commissioner bleiman: yes. >> president tan: is there a second? >> i second. >> president tan: would you willic to say anything on behalf of your own candidacy? >> commissioner bleiman: yes. first of all, it's an honor to be thought of for this position and something that i relish to do. i truly believe that nightlife is the main economic and cultural driver in san francisco. i think also the city is changing so quickly recently and it's the all the more important right now that nightlife has a seat at the table. if i had my way, would probably be the only seat at the table, but in this changing city, we make sure that nightlife is not left behind, but it's a major, major part of a new san francisco that we're seeing before us. and then also, i realize that my presidency doesn't do anything in terms of -- to advance the causes of diversity in leadership in san francisco and beyond. but i do vow to bring in as many diverse voices and listen to as many diverse leaders as i can to help make sure that everyone has

moving on for staff and office update, thank you for the kudos, president bleiman. i'm really excited that this is my first official regularly scheduled meeting as executive director i'm super excited about serving this community and really proud of my staff and my commission and just looking forward to all the great work that i know that we're going to do. moving on, we have, as you all know, hired a second part-time sound inspector. he's occcurrently in training a doing really well. we're going to be taking him out again this friday and i will be joining inspector burke in that training. so i will keep you all on notice of how he's doing. he hopes to actually attend our next meeting on october 2, so you can get a little more face time with him as well. so just under corrective actions, i did want to update all of you. i know i spoke with everybody individually about this when it happened, but i did have a suspension for public safety for harlot, ec-858 and ec-904. it's been quite a while since we met. that actually occurred over a month ago from august 10-13. it w

good afternoon, president bleiman, commissioners. my name is bruce agin. i'm a president of the south mission bay neighborhood association, and although our association has already submitted a letter of support, i also wanted to speak today on behalf of myself as a nine year resident of mission bay and a community leader who has closely worked with representatives of the warriors on a variety of quality of life and transportation issues related to the chase center. i'd like to announce my support for this. the warriors shared with me and my colleagues their proposal as well as the noise control plan. this provided us with the opportunity to ask a variety of questions and express potential concerns. as always, the warriors representatives took the time to explain the study and their stakeholder outreach in detail. they also documented any concerns or questions presented. in many cases, the warriors had already identified the concern and met with the appropriate people. i believe this balances the needs of the neighborhood from a quality of life perspective

[laughter] >> commissioner bleiman: i have two comments. the first is, i think we would be remiss not to thank commissioner thomas for her work as vice president of the commission. i was very -- i think i speak for everybody, that i have this level of confidence that when president tan wasn't here, we had a steady, wise hand on the gavel and was eminently competent and we were in great hands for that. it was amazing. and, secondly, i didn't bring this up before, but the next meeting, i have a family vacation planned, so i'm letting you all know that i won't be able to be at my first presidency. but i promise i will do everything to go to every single meeting from that point on. [laughter] >> president tan: dori, are you ready? >> commissioner caminong: i'm ready. >> president tan: all right. i guess i'll say something. it has -- thanks, commissioner thomas, for that really sweet -- the sweet words. i can't even count. i think it's been close to five years as being president of the commission. we had to change the rules of our bylaws so i co

my name's benjamin bleiman and i'm currently president of the entertainment commission in san francisco but i'm here today as a private citizen and a business owner to speak on behalf of lieutenant falzon. i had the pleasure of brokering a liquor license conditions deal with lieutenant falzon about nine years ago, and i found him to be extraordinarily fair and extraordinarily receptive but also focused on public safety. i don't think there's anybody in the entire city who has a better handle of the rules and regulations around night life establishments and police -- and how the police affect them and need to -- and the thing that comes to mind to me is if you -- if you ask a number of night life owners in san francisco who the most fair but tough police officer or lieutenant has been, it's always falzon, and he has a huge breath of respect both from the night life community and also from the -- from the powers that be on the police. so i literally don't think there's anybody better for this seat, and i very much encourage you to approve him. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. ne

i'm ben bleiman, commission president, and it's my first time as acting president, so excuse my stumbles the first full meeting for our official executive director, but she's been acting director for almost an eternity at this point. so we have full faith in her abilities. if you are a member of the public and would like to speak, you can fill out the public speaking cards and can hand it

. >> i just want to congratulate president bleiman on i think presiding over the longest meeting that i've ever sat through here on this commission. >> yeah, good job. >> what a way to start. >> you're welcome. >> bring aspirins next time. >> all right. the meeting is now adjourned. >> good morning. i'm president of speak, with you is sunset action project action committee. we are active in a wide range of issues. neighborhood issues. speak is excited to be a cosponsor of this event much i'm also the -- i'm also the vie president of the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. another cosponsor of this event, speak is a charter member of the coalition. the coalition has been active in citywide issues for over 40 years. on behalf of the coalition's president, welcome to the district four candidate forum. in 2002, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. in 1920, as women won the right to vote, the league of women voters was founded by terry chapman capp. on behalf of speak a

. >> president bleiman, commissioners, and now executive director weiland, i'm here tonight with alicia jolene linsangan and ashley wilson and shannon amatan. they are the partners and are currently building this space out. as maggie noted, this is a new queer bar and restaurant. it's located in the northeast section of the mission, sort of close to -- close to the spca over there and the portrero center. right on the bus line. a million buses go back and forth and stop right in front of the building. the -- i'll just touch on, excuse me, this neighborhood is a former heavy industrial area, now zoned production description and repair. not a whole lot of neighbors in terms of residences, but there is one sort of condo unit sort of catty corner. other than that, dandelion chocolate and sort of big spaces, outreach, always important. we've reached out to all the neighbors and businesses in the area, but last night we held a -- if i could get a little -- we held a community meeting and about ten people showed up. this will give you an idea what the space looks like. it's going to be nice. h

i'm ben bleiman, commission president, and it's my first time as acting president, so excuse my stumbles it's the first full meeting for our official executive

. >> i just want to congratulate president bleiman on i think presiding over the longest meeting that i've ever sat through here on this commission. >> yeah, good job. >> what a way to start. >> you're welcome. >> bring aspirins next time. >> all right. the meeting is now adjourned. >> it is september 20th, 2018. this is a san francisco recreation and parks commission. will the secretary call the roll call? >> yes. [roll call] >> and both commissioners have excused absences. just a quick reminder to everyone, if you could please turn off any sound producing devices that may go off during the meeting and we would ask you take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on an item today, please complete a blue card. you are not required but we do request that you complete one, unless, otherwise announced by the president,, each person will have three minutes. >> correct. >> three minutes on each item of public comment. if there is an item of interest that is not on the agenda and is under the subject matt