vice president caminong. >> commissioner caminong: i would like to nominate ben bleiman. i believe in commissioner bleiman's leadership. he's been thoughtful and compassionate and a lot of his comments throughout the commission during his time and he brings a very unique perspective and very entertaining one and i would really enjoy serving with him. >> president tan: great. do you accept the nomination? >> 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, ma

. >> commissioner caminong: here. >> clerk: commissioner lee is running late and commissioner perez isxcused. >> president tan: first item of business, public comment. this is for anything pertaining to the entertainment commission that is not on the agenda. any general public comment? please go ahead and introduce your name and you have 2 minutes. >> hi, my name is -- >> president tan: wait for your mike to turn on. >> i'm barry toronto. hi, crystal. i've been here since jocelyn left. i'm an advocate, activist with the taxi industry. as a cab driver for over 18 years and i used to come to the meetings all the time and advocate for being able to provide cab service and also supporting clubs. i've been meaning to come here and i took one of your commissioners here. so i decided that i would come and do public comment finally because i have some issues with some of the clubs and what's going on. first, i want to say, you heard that a guy acting like a driver was soliciting or picking up at clubs and ended up doing unfortunate things to women. it's unfortunate. one of them was temple. if