>> president bleiman: yeah. i think it's shocking when you realize we've had this entertainment commission going on for 17 years now, and the city of new york, they have one director with a couple people, and they're going on one year, and in d.c., it's even less than that. >> new york is two years, and d.c. is one year. >> president bleiman: and we have an insurmountable comparison to theirs. it's amazing to see. >> director weiland: and although we're a baby department compared to other offices in san francisco, we're far ahead of where we're at, so we should be proud of that just because we -- we've had so much time to evolve. and so much of the thanks goes to the folks who built out our groundwork and our founding commission and our founding director, and jocelyn cain, who came after him. so we need to just keep evolving our work into the future. so do you have any questions on that? okay. >> president bleiman: yeah, i did say that our one job on that panel was to make all the other cities jealous, and i thi

>> president bleiman: yeah.nk it's shocking when you realize we've had this entertainment commission going on for 17 years now, and the city of new york, they have one director with a couple people, and they're going on one year, and in d.c., it's even less than that. >> new york is two years, and d.c. is one year. >> president bleiman: and we have an insurmountable comparison to theirs. it's amazing to see. >> director weiland: and although we're a baby department compared to other offices in san francisco, we're far ahead of where we're at, so we should be proud of that just because we -- we've had so much time to evolve. and so much of the thanks goes to the folks who built out our groundwork and our founding commission and our founding director, and jocelyn cain, who came after him. so we need to just keep evolving our work into the future. so do you have any questions on that? okay. >> president bleiman: yeah, i did say that our one job on that panel was to make all the other cities jealous, and i think we

>> president bleiman: yeah. i think it's shocking when you realize we've had this entertainment commission going on for 17 years now, and the city of new york, they have one director with a couple people, and they're going on one year, and in d.c., it's even less than that. >> new york is two years, and d.c. is one year. >> president bleiman: and we have an insurmountable comparison to theirs. it's amazing to see. >> director weiland: and although we're a baby department compared to other offices in san francisco, we're far ahead of where we're at, so we should be proud of that just because we -- we've had so much time to evolve. and so much of the thanks goes to the folks who built out our groundwork and our founding commission and our founding director, and jocelyn cain, who came after him. so we need to just keep evolving our work into the future. so do you have any questions on that? okay. >> president bleiman: yeah, i did say that our one job on that panel was to make all the other cities jealous, and i thi

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my name is ben bleiman, and i am the president of the commission.

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