this is one of the most difficult commissions to be out there, the entertainment commission, that steven lee has been very dedicated to make it work. it is that sort of industry, you get all sorts of people in there, and things happen. but at least he's out there and making sure he's going out there and making sure these businesses operate by the law. lastly, i want to mention we had an event in the summer of love, and we're trying to find a band to play some 50's music -- i'm sorry, the beatles music, and i will tell you, they're great. they were fabulous. thank you, steven. you're awesome for all that you do. i urge you to reappointment him to that position. thank you, supervisors. >> clerk: next speaker. >> hello. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today. my name is ray bobbit. i am part of the south of marketen tainment commission. we work with kmiecommissioner on several issues. we've worked on cell phone theft, we've worked on a multitude of issues. but most importantly we've worked on the ability of nightclubs with capacities of over 400 people to accommodate and evo

to the small business commission. both applicants you have been provided a staff report, a draft resolution, the application, a case report from planning department staff, and a resolution from the historic preservation commission. there are copies on the table for the public. item 3-a is balance owe acafe. the business is a restaurant -- balboa cafe. the business is a restaurant that opened in 1913 despite a sign above the door that says 193. originally a working man's saloon with a saw defendant floor serving sandwiches in the corner. it's been operating continuously for 105 years in the cow hollow neighborhood. the business has become more sophisticated over the years. in 1980, famous chef dangjerem tower came on for years helping to establish a proper bar menu. in 1986, gavin newsom's group being required the calf eye. the menuwas overhauled but still features the balboa burger. behind the mahogany bar, the bartenders still mix the featured like manhattans and martinis but still feature classic cocktails. the seco

i'm kevin ortiz, latino democratic club the planning commission is one of the most important commissions in the city. commissioners richards and moore have fought to have the commission be balanced and fair. the integrity is unquestionable and the dedication to projects with hours of research they put in on their own time to make sure that design is taken into account as well as how the design affects the neighborhood. we've seen a lot of people from different backgrounds come together. commissioner moore is a world-reef found architect whose vast knowledge is unrivalled and commissioner richards has been a fierce advocate for community input with each developer. they've made our city better and it would be in our best interests to keep them on the commission. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. historically, commissioners who have held these two seats have been able to take the simple way out and just vote no. commissioner moore and richards take a different approach. they do their home work. they read the entire package and they come

the commission. i take great joy in rolling up my sleeves and doing homework, proactively engaging city staff, planning staff, project sponsors and community members and working hard to come to the most thoughtful and balanced determinations. i have been committed to being an open and accessible commissioner because i believe that the solutions to our most challenging problems lie at the intersection of these different stakeholder groups, and i'm committed to developing housing for people of all income levels, focus on expanding our affordable housing stock, and where needed working to build bridges between project support ors, community groups and city agencies to strengthen our collective work and the fabric of our community. it is ultimately my mission to work alongside you and all of our colleagues to do everything we can to create the conditions in which people of all backgrounds and income levels have the opportunities to live, work, and thrive in our beautiful city. and so i humbly ask for you

i'm bryant tan, commission president. we have a very small quorum for the time being, but before we do a roll call, a few housekeeping items. one, if you are a member of the public and would like to speak when i call for public comment, please fill out a public comment card or come up during that item. second, if you have a cell phone or something that makes a lot of noise, please turn it on vibrate or silent. and, three, thank you to sfgov tv and media services for airing this meeting every time we meet. let go ahead and start with roll call. >> commissioner bleiman: here. >> vice president thomas: here. >> commissioner caminong: here. >> clerk: commissioner lee is running late and commissioner perez is excused. >> 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'd love to see more parents on commissions.when milicent speaks, i feel that everything that i'm thinking comes out in her mouth, and it's so beautiful when she says it. when i say it, it gets all screwed up. she does a great job of talking about the core values of equity, of making sure that we're building well located housing in all levels of affordable throughout the city, and that we have, you know, people have access to really great housing at all neighborhoods at all levels of affordability, and i really commend that she's taken that message and is driving it home in her short time on the commission, so thanks. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment on this item, please come forward? seeing none, public comment's closed? [ gavel ]. >> supervisor safai: any additional comments from colleagues? seeing none, can i entertain a motion? oh, sorry. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: yeah. just want to add, very supportive of commissioner fong who i've known a very long time, and c

we also came up with a commission policy.fordable housing being lost because two identical flats are being changed. one made into a tiny unit. one made into a large unit. and then being sold as a single-family house. we have discussions around that. and commissioner hillis and i pushed for that and i'm happy to say that we're in place. the other big one i have under my hat is the demolition of definition and reform. we have a lot of smaller units that have been lost. we don't have a standard definition between d.b.i. and planning on demolitions resulting in a mismatch. we consider something a demo. d.b.i. doesn't consider it a demo. we tried to come up with a solution to that called the residential expansion threshold. it didn't work, but now supervisor peskin is coming up with legislation to harmonize the legislations, and it will go a long way for the development community and neighborhoods in the city on attaining affordable housing. i served on the rule subcommittee, updating the commission rules. i advocated in the budge

i know there's a lot of hours on the planning commission. also, i just wanted to let you both know that i heard from many of my constituents, and you have many fans. so -- and i also went to the home of one of my constituents who is here today and to discuss commissioner moore's qualifications and their desire to see her reappointed, and it was a great meeting with my n constituents. and it was a great meeting, and i do thank them for having them in my home. i did have ha meeting with commissioner richards th-- moo, and i look forward to the opportunity of sitting down with commissioner richards. i like the opportunity of sitting down with both sides. it's something i value and try to do in my jobs, as well. supervisor yee touched on a lot of questions i have. obviously, we see the pull of wanting to build more housing because we are in a housing crisis, and the complaints that are driven by neighborhood input and neighborhoods blocking housing and things like that. so my questions for both of you are how do we balance that? we know we have

the commission of inquiry is expected to hold public hearings until november this year and the commission could continue its work for another two years so this is just it's early days in terms of what south africans may find out in terms of these allegations of corruption that reached the highest level former president jacob zuma and just how far he might have been involved in these allegations the role he played with regard to an influential family here in south africa. who are alleged to have used their political connections to benefit themselves both politically and financially we are expecting to see quite important witnesses come forward during the week ranging from the former deputy finance minister of south africa who alleges that he was offered a bribe of up to forty million dollars by the good family to take up the position of finance minister which ultimately might have bited benefited some of their dealings with government and also former m.p.'s member of parliament of from coming from the african national congress of great concern at this point is the political group this may

roll call vote of the commission. there will be no public comment on this item unless a member of the preservation commission requests, in which case, it will be placed on a future calendar. item 8, 2684 mcallister street. >> president wolfram: does any member of the public wish to recovery room this item from the consent calendar? any commissioners? do i have a motion to approve the consent calendar? >> move to approve. >> second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. on that motion to adopt a recommendation for approval -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners, that motion is pas us unanimously 6-0, and placed us on your regular calendar for item nine, at 1001 tennessee street. this is a certificate of appropriateness. >> good afternoon, commissioners, jonathan memmer, department staff. matter before you is a request for appropriateness. origin originally constructed for an industrial use, a number of changes have been made to the exterior. as proposed, the project would replace this t-111 only at the south lo

commission to the san francisco development agency. august 21, 2018. welcome to members of the public. mr. secretary, please call the first item. >> clerk: thank you, invites chair. the first item is item one, roll call. commissioners, please respond when i call your name. [roll call] >> clerk: the next order is business is item 2, announcements. the next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on september 4, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. at city hall, room 416. the announcement of proceed hibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pager's and other similar sound prousing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please know that the chair may order the removal of anyone from the meeting for use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing device. please be advised that my member of the public has three minutes to make a comment to the commission. it is strongly recommended that members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speak

first about the commission. i wanted, i feel much more emboldened to speak about the importance of the commission not as its executive director. i think there is some self-interest when i talk about it as a staff member that slowed me down. but as someone viewing it from the outside, i wanted to emphasize how important it is to public diplomacy and national security stakeholders throughout this town, as an institution that has existed for 70 years, advocating on behalf of public diplomacy and international broadcasting since 1948. it is unique, in that it is the only commission of the state department, first of all, the oldest commission at the state department, and second, the only commission governed by a board of senate confirmed commission members, which seeks to the -- speaks to the importance congress and the white house give the commission, and the influence it has within the building and throughout town. it is the go-to stakeholder for congress when they want to discuss legislation relating to the state

everyone knows why the planning commission is here, everyone knows why the ethics commission is here, but not everyone knows why the small business commission is here, so that could be something we could look into. >> through the vice president, so i -- in reading this, and this has also been an issue with the round table, as well, or something that was discussed and -- it's -- it's under, i think, item number nine in the first section, insufficient resources for technology needs for small businesses to develop efficient interactions with city agencies. so this could be a commitment that this office can commit to or say that it will take a specific action on and what the time frame period is, but we have had some discussion around working with the tax and treasurer's office to identify alternate e-mails. so -- and this could be something that we work out with the tax and treasurer's office when a business registers so when that business registers, both the office of small business could send an introductory e-mail because i think a lot of times with the permitting and opening issues i

this is just our annual election of officers for the commission. we'll start off by taking nominations. i've spoken to some people about this already. so i think there are ideas out there. is there any motions at this time for nominations at this time for vice chair? >> i would like to nominate dori caminong. >> president tan: great. any add usual ones? there's one nomination. would you like to say anything about your nomination and why you are nominating her? >> well, i'm -- i've been very happy to have served as the vice president. i'm glad i was able to step up and take it on. and i really appreciate this commission and have enjoyed being the vice president. that said, i'm excited that dori wants to step up and be the vice president and i'm enthusiastically supporting her for the position and think she will be great and then ready to continue to support the commission however i can and in particular support dori. >> president tan: great. dori, would you -- do you accept the nomination? >> commissioner caminong: i accept the nomination. >> presid

her work has been invaluable to the commission, members of the public, police commission. you were a good friend to our former president, julius turman through tough times. you took good care of him, and i want to thank you for that. you've been an awesome assistant, we really don't want you to go, so feel free to change your mind. i want to thank you, and there'll be more later, but i want to turn this over to the other commissioners. commissioner elias. >> yes. i'm very sad to see miss rania leave. i hope it wasn't because john and i scared her away. so if you do change your mind, please stay. >> commissioner dejesus? >> right. people don't know we have wonderful, wonderful people behind us who do all the hard work, including the city attorney. rania tackles a lot of these -- the use of force, a lot of policy. she's worked on a lot of policy. she's worked on the d.o.j. reforms, she's rounded all of us up, which is hard to do, and assigned us all different tasks. she's been great, and she has a way of taking really complicated material and reducing it so they're edible bi