what other businesses are going to lose next? how can the city protect our existing small businesses from rising rent while maintaining neighborhood character and protecting jobs? how can we help them stay competitive with many of our larger stores? mayor lee: thank you, supervisor, for that question. always concerning when we learn a small family-owned businesses closing. there are many reasons why a business closes and sometimes it has nothing to do with rent. for instance, when the original joe's burned down in 2007, as you well know, whether or not it would be reopened was a question for a younger generation's interest in continuing the business and viability of taylor street for a large format restaurant. the family actually owns the business there -- the building there. as part of the efforts to build business in the tenderloin, we worked with the family to help reposition the business in the tenderloin if they wished or help them police their space for another restaurant or art use. ultimately, the family decided to sign a lease with a sma

businesses. we need the commission to help the city realize that it needs to stop doing more things to small businesses in this city and particularly to get back to basics and take care and cleaning the streets and and being garbage cans and removing street chief and clearing the path for local associations to be in power to make something happen. one other thing i want to say, and the only reservation i have is that we will lose her sole focus on the fillmore. we will share her with you, share her with the greater city, but i ask you to keep your eye on the ball but she has been so effective at focusing on. let's not lose the progress we have made so far. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. reynolds. >> supervisors, and a structural engineer [inaudible] a lot of people have spoken about the passion and commitment of henry karnilowicz. i cannot think of anyone more qualified to assist small business engineers, architects, project sponsors navigate through the extremely accomplished process. he is someone can deal with issues such as ada compliance, seismic upgrades, to more complex issues such as

that is almost 85% of all businesses in the city. because she is from here, she really understands what small businesses are about, and she articulates your needs in washington, d.c. in may 2008, san francisco opened the office of small business, under the leadership of gavin newsom, under the urging of our small business leaders. the mayor heard there was a need for the community to have a small office to help the needs of our small businesses in san francisco, help them understand and navigate the complex structure in getting a business opened within the city and county of san francisco. initially, primarily, we were going to be about helping you understand licensing and permitting requirements, but, really, shortly after we open our doors, we understood that we were also, as a government entity, a place for people to come when they want to know about loans, about writing a business plan. where to go to do that, where to go to get assistance. we are also a resourced. when we do see people in our office, many of them are a year or tw

small business should be able to get a parking tied that they pay a fee to the city and they can park in front of their business. that is one thing. also with fees and so forth. i want to see minorities get access to this, to reach out to them. that is why go to the mission bay merchants association. the bayview merchants association meeting. everyone -- i am pleased people are coming up to speak on my behalf. i thank them all for being here. we're out there working to make ends meet. we're not the folks like twitter, and they're moving in. they have their own restaurants and their own place. they create a factory. they do not help small businesses accept once people got side, it will look at other places down the road. small business will benefit from that also. i think that small business needs to know what is going on. what they -- doering getting permits? what can they do about getting parking passes? supervisor kim: thank you. are there any other questions? thank you for being here. an e-mail was submitted in airport -- support. i know there is quite a number of people here who w

we commend supervise -- supervisor avalos for making sure that when thinking about the business of the cityiness relationship is more than money. it is also how transpires and affects communities. one of the things we're looking forward to similar to what kevin mentioned, we do think this rfp should be replicated and extended to major companies doing business with san francisco. essentially again, not to repeat previous comments. the presence of financial institutions to create great value and opportunity if done responsibly. we're looking forward to see how this transpires and affect communities within san francisco. we have been part of the process with community reinvestment coalition, acce and other partners to create this framework for assessing financial institutions. i look forward to developments moving forward. thank you for having us. and for doing this great work. supervisor kim: thank you. prentixx i am in district 11. i recently opened a credit union account and i was asked where i had heard of the credit union. i explained supervisor avalos had attended an acce demonstration a

development, and i'm delighted to welcome you here as we announced the recapitalization of the city's small business revolving loan fund. we are recapitalizing this bond with $1.5 million, thanks to a partnership between the city and wells fargo, and working with working solutions as our community lender. without further ado, will introduce the merit to describe these resources available for small businesses. >> thank you, jennifer. thank you for all your hard work. welcome to brenda's. i want to thank and knowledge board president and district supervisor david chiu for joining us this morning. scott wiener, of course, as well. for some time now, as mayor of the city, interim and elected, these two supervisors have been talking to me about the support we need to give to our small businesses. i know much of my leadership so far has been around our technology companies, and that is great. as you know, we were down even further on the unemployment rate, due in large part, to the hiring that our technology companies are giving us. we are at 7.6% unemployment, and that is fantastic, but we have always ma

we commend supervise -- supervisor avalos for making sure that when thinking about the business of the cityiness relationship is more than money. it is also how transpires and affects communities. one of the things we're looking forward to similar to what kevin mentioned, we do think this rfp should be replicated and extended to major companies doing business with san francisco. essentially again, not to repeat previous comments. the presence of financial institutions to create great value and opportunity if done responsibly. we're looking forward to see how this transpires and affect communities within san francisco. we have been part of the process with community reinvestment coalition, acce and

but also, we began to see that the city business, the city government was changing and the role of the city government was changing. the constituents in the city and county are very savvy, savvy computer users. san francisco is a gateway to silicon valley. for the constituents within the city and kept -- so the constituents demand more change, more availability, more accessibility. so while the public sector is renowned for being slow and moving slow, slow to adopt the change and slow to implement change, the constituents of the city and county of san francisco demanded more. we had to be able to deliver services in a speedier manner and more cost effective manner, while still embracing many of the legacy systems and staff and processes throughout the city. san francisco is a very unique city in terms of we embrace history. we embrace legacy. we embrace our cable cars. we embrace our wonderful victorians that we have here, our history is very important to us, that legacy. but we also do a complete 180. we have awareness of technology. so many technological advantages started here. we h

we commend supervise -- supervisor avalos for making sure that when thinking about the business of the cityiness relationship is more than money. it is also how transpires and affects communities. one of the things we're looking forward to similar to what kevin mentioned, we do think this rfp should be replicated and extended to major companies doing business with san francisco. essentially

and businesses in those cities do not. i think we have, in san francisco, the benefit of a lot of good resources here, some of which are here because of federal funds, some of which because folks in this room have been an advocate for small business. we are hoping the impact of tight budgets all levels still allows us to have the tools we have been able to use for small business. it is an important piece. >> [inaudible] >> there have been a cut in the budget. he wanted to know how that would cut the sba program. >> now we are getting into arcane budget discussions. the 2012 budget does slate a couple of sba programs for cutting. it also talks about cuts comparing next year to prior years, when we were the beneficiaries of stimulus funds, jobs act funds. one time-type things are being set as benchmarks. a cut from those one time- funding pieces that were not expected to be continued. in some ways, we do not see it as big as a cut. speaker pelosi was important to us in the jobs act in getting a lot of money put into the sba

businesses. it is important to the city makes easier and not harder for these businesses to thrive. >> i've lived and owned property just off 11th street since 1968. whoever's plan must advocate a certain style of clubs, legally. they must be osha compliance workplaces. this impact of federal funding hall going in the san francisco. he may not propose any plan that produces so much noise out of love that the neighbors become disturbed. this is the only problem that causes them a disturbance to residents. they would bother almost no one. at that is, it is disturbing people a block away. you people are not allowed to advocate any plan that allows noncompliant workplaces. this is federal law, this is state law. federal funding depends on this. it is good for the employees, it won't hurt anybody, and it will calm the problems with the neighbors. >> i have met several of you last wednesday and i feel like this is going to be a lopsided decision. i feel like families and the entertainment commission wants to expand, but take a look at the family and the needs of the neighborhood. we have a school that

, out of the state going to do this is going to bid on business city is going to be a larger company, said they will have scale, so it to% difference from a local preference, i think 10%, and they are 8% is not that much. and you also mentioned that there is like a 10% or 15% difference in in play cost. i think that depends on the business. in my business, you obtain a payroll tax. i am paying health benefits. to compete with somebody outside of san francisco who bids in san francisco who does not pay any of those things. it is a big difference. also, minimum-wage. that is a lot more than 10% or 15%. so when you do this, the gap has got to be bigger. >> thank you. any other for public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. president o'brien? president o'brien: i think i am just heard a very important point in the last part of what the speaker said, in the last sentence. i think they should definitely have that credited to the local company or debited to the benefit of the outside company to negate that, because that is an immediate not apples

resolutions that promise nothing in terms of economic developments in 2013 to neighborhoods and small businesses city-wide. there are no hard numbers for city economic benefits in the port resolutions before you. there is nothing to stand behind. they are right to do it. it is based on many things that are not true. there was a defender series. there were nine challengers. the challengers were supposed to be building and in residence here. there are three of them. they are building in new zealand. we know about the local spectators experience in san diego, another strong tourist town. san diego is a strong natural backdrop. relying on our natural charm and existing tourism industry is not going to deliver the benefits promised as part of this program. we need to bring people to the waterfront. those people need to stay here and come to our neighborhoods. we have been talking in the arts community for the past year about how we can partner to deliver those benefits in economic development the way the arts have done for generations. but today there is nothing in this agreement or in any america's cup p

is doing in terms of helping our businesses and dealing with capital needs is as a city, sometimes, we implement regulations, and you would think that might require some substantial capital for small businesses to do an understanding that a lot of our very small businesses may not have the capital means to be able to implement those regulations. a new one that has just been implemented is there is the fats, oils, and greece requirements that restaurants are going to need to have for their restaurants, and many businesses may have to install new equipment -- fats, oils, and grease. we parted with opportunity loan fund to help provide a specific program for this new regulation for businesses, and we have also had many businesses experience some drive-by lawsuits, and understanding some of the financial needs in dealing with the losses, making the 88 improvements. again, we partnered with opportunity loan funds to help businesses comply and to deal with their legal needs and with these losses. also, we held businesses understand, if you want to do business with the city and

and then also as a commissioner, your commitment to attending the small business meetings throughout the city. and to the broader community. he showed the example of how business persons can contribute to the overall vitality of san francisco. we want to express the great appreciation on behalf of staff and you are welcome to add any comments. [applause] >> it has been an honor serving with you for the last year and is appropriate, the first to my spoke with you we talked about loans and revolving loan funds and tonight we voted on a revolving loan fund. it is so appropriate on your last night. i want to say it has been an honor and privilege to serve with you. it has been fun. i have appreciated your thoughts and feedback on this commission and i want to thank you. >> thank you. >> i would also like to thank you for being out there as my companion many times and all the outreach to small business. every banquet, where there. i appreciate your leadership in that. i would have rather stayed home many a time and give me that nudge. you contributed in getting out there into the community and let

controversial law was land use development primarily serving the needs of existing residents and businesses. city-wide and regional needs are subordinate to the existing local needs. that is what the entertainment and zoning recommendations -- [chime] it goes on to make things better. thank you. >>commissioners, i would like to thank you for an amazing effort because it was a lot of work. i think it is a pretty great plan considering that i do think it is not too late to look at a few elements that are not in this plan that would hopefully make it a much better plan. i would like to address the fact that entertainment and news are important, an important element in the fabric of our city. they are important for the tourism industry and for youth. they are generators of tax revenues and they are also great generators of entry-level jobs. i first moved to south ofarket in 1974. i lived on the corner of eighth and howard from 1974 to 1990. right across the street from a sort of a disco and an interesting car on the corner of eighth and howard. a lot of these places are problematic today because they

[applause] >> so with this certificate of honor, the small business commission of the city and county of san francisco recognizes sergeant chuck limbert of the san francisco police department on this monday, february 13, 2012, the small business commission is proud to acknowledge the contributions that sergeant chuck limbert of the san francisco police department has made to the san francisco small business community. as event coordinator admission station, sergeant limbert works closely with her chants in all of the mission, the mission, lower 24th street, castro, and other neighborhoods served by the station. community members are united in commemorating limbert for going above the call of duty and coming in on his days off to make sure that high profile events go off without a hitch. as sergeant limbert of the captain's staff, he sets new standards on community policing by working with local merchants on issues such as checking credit card fraud, fake currencyy and other pertinent issues. the commission commends sergeant limbert for his work and thanks him for serving as an example