my name is ben bleiman, and full disclosure, i'm president of the san francisco entertainment commission, but today, i'm speaking in my capacity as the chair of the california trade and music organization, which is a trade that represents musicians in san francisco, including performers and venues. today i'm speaking in support of this change, and i just want to say some comments. real crisis points are existing right now, and i'm not sure everybody realizes it. artists, performers, musicians, they're leaving the city faster than they're coming, and we're at significant risk of losing the most cherished cultural aspects of the city that we have. we can't ignore the influence that this body and the planning department has on this issue. specifically, we are using a planning code that was designed at a time when we could consider entertainment a luxury -- or we had the opportunity of taking entertainment as a luxury in the city. that is no longer the case. we are at a real crisis, and we need to take immediate measures to preserve and promote real opportunities for performers and artists t

. >> thank you, president bleiman. so for our next agenda item, we actually have a request by the applicant to continue the application to the april 16 hearing? there is mediation that we have begun as of today, and we would like a little bit more time to continue with that mediation. so is there a motion to approve the request to continue? >> yes. is there a -- should we do public comment on that first? i think we have to do it on every item, am i correct? is there any public comment on the request to continue this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. so we're entertaining motion to continue it. >> i'll raise a motion to continue. >> second. [roll call] >> it has been continued. okay. the next agenda item is number eight, discussion and possible action to adopt written comments and/or recommendations to be submitted to the executive director to the planning department and/or department of building inspection regarding noise issues for proposed residential and/or hotel/motel projects per chapter 116 of the admi

. >> president bleiman, i need to recuse myself from this next item. >> okay. all right. next item. >> item ten. >> ten? oh, thank you. that's very helpful. item number ten, review and possible action to change the conditions on the place of entertainment permit, d.b.a. hue located at 447 broadway, specifically reviewing the below listed condition that was amended on sept 18, 2018 at the request of permittee, hours the entertainment limited to 12:00 a.m. on sundays through tuesdays, and 1:00 a.m. on penc wednesdays through sundays. >> i just want to give you a little bit of background. the last time we had hue on calendar was september 18, 2018. and at that time, you requested a six-month look back. that was originally supposed to be on march 19, but that meeting was cancelled, so here we are this evening. i wanted to call your attention to the enforcement timeline. this really goes back the last two years, and at the very bottom, that's what's most important here is that no complaints have been reported to the entertainment commission regarding hue since our last hearing