is the slide showing, dominica. >> yes. we start with a reminder the small business commission -- we close with the reminder that the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your. s anconcerns about the economicn san francisco and that the office of small businesses is the best place to get answer about doing business in san francisco during local emergency. if you need assistance, particularly at this time, find us online or via telephone. as always, our services are free of charge and i don't have the language in closing. but do we have a motion to ajourn? >> motion to ajourn. >> second. >> role call vote. pai.(role call). >> the meeting is >> chair peskin: good afternoon and welcome to the land use and transportation meeting for june 8, 2020. i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin, joined by vice chair ahsha safai and dean preston. our clerk is miss erica major. miss major, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. because of the covid-19 pandemic, the board of supervisors and legislati

sorry, dominica. >> okay. sfgov tv, we are ready to start the meeting now. this is a special meeting of the small business commission. the meeting is being called to order at 11:05 a.m. small business commission thanks media services and sfgov tv and the department of technology for televising this meeting, which can be viewed on sfgov tv 2, live streamed at sfgovtv.org. members of the public, who will be phoning in, the number is (888)363-4735. and the access code is 413-4030. when prompted, dial 10 in order to be added to the speaker line. the auto prompts will look at caller's entry. the question-and-answer time. but this is the public comment period. if you call in before public comment is called, you'll be added to the queue. when you are called for public comment, please mute your device that you are listening to the meeting on, when it is your time to speak, you'll be prompted to do so. public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker, unless otherwise established by the presiding officer of the meeting. speakers are requested

i know that dominica has been doing a lot of that work and others. i really just wanted to continue to note the level of the staff commitment there that has really, really driven home how important this work is at this time. and then also for our workers to make sure that they know that they're protected, that they have resources available to them during this time as well. we're an ecosystem and we all rise and fall together. and we need to constantly remind ourselves of that as we balance this very, very difficult time during this process of covid-19 and reopening. but with that i'm very, very happy to answer as many questions as i can. and i think that i took that out. okay, great. and thank you for having me. >> thank you, director torres. and on behalf of the commission we'd like to thank you for all of your work. i know that it's non-stop. and a hearty congratulations to the birth of his daughter. commissioner adams? >> commissioner adams: congratulations, angel, that's awesome. and you and your team have been incredible throughout this whole pr

thank you. >> dominica, the -- can you just verbally say what the instructions are for calling in?i'm still getting feedback from members of the public that aren't able to access the public comment line. i know it's scrolling across the screen, but maybe just verbally say it, as well. >> commissioner laguana, while we're waiting for that, can i just ask one more quick question? >> absolutely, please. >> director hillis, you've heard some of my fellow commissioners talk about this, again, not displaying pro or con against the ballot mesasur, but obviously, we want to make sure that certain communities are being focused on it, and at the same time, if we come up with a solution and carve out the corridors that people want for services in, it reduces the efficacy of some stuff. how many neighborhoods are left? >> director hillis: well, again, we have 52 neighborhood commercial districts. the only ones that are carved out are mission street, the 24 street n.c.t., and the solano n.c.t. those can be changed by ordinance, as well. if we want to fine-tune them by city ordinance, those not

thank you. >> dominica, the -- can you just verbally say what the instructions are for calling in?i'm still getting feedback from members of the public that aren't able to access the public comment line. i know it's scrolling across the screen, but maybe just verbally say it, as well. >> commissioner laguana, while we're waiting for that, can i just ask one more quick question? >> absolutely, please. >> director hillis, you've heard some of my fellow commissioners talk about this, again, not displaying pro or con against the ballot mesasur, but obviously, we want to make sure that certain communities are being focused on it, and at the same time, if we come up with a solution and carve out the corridors that people want for services in, it reduces the efficacy of some stuff. how many neighborhoods are left? >> director hillis: well, again, we have 52 neighborhood commercial districts. the only ones that are carved out are mission street, the 24 street n.c.t., and the solano n.c.t. those can be changed by ordinance, as well. if we want to fine-tune them by city ordinance, those not

. >> dominica. >> i'm trying to think about how to frame that motion because we haven't actually done that in the past because we don't have the amendment drafted. so you can't really take a motion on something that doesn't exist. >> could we say the amendment as presented today by representatives from supervisor mar? >> you're taking a motion on a presentation and not the actual piece of legislation. so i think that the conversation can be summarized in the memo to the clerk, but the motion as it was first established by commissioner adams. >> so commissioners, the per -- what dominica, you have to take the motion and then the commission can provide clarifying comments. comments, u want to ensure are in the final letter to the board of supervisors as it relates to the amendment. >> ok to proceed our do you need further clarification? >> i'm fine to proceed. >> first motion by commissioner adams. >> rolrole call, please. pai(role call). >> motion passes 6-1. >> next item. >> item 3, continue discussion on small business recovery. >> before we continue, edward, thank you for taking you

i'm shut up with the insults dominica do defend a victim you have had enough of feeling like a victim or largely multiple support of the i want the problem to be solved the problem so i'd like. police brutality against people of color is no isolated phenomenon in france says sociologist matthew plea goosed. because the color of a person's skin or the racial identity either opens doors or shuts them in all areas of society. whether it's looking for housing or a job dealing with the police in health care. at school or on the street. on every level the racial question is a structural problem in france so people from the former french colonies are dealt a worse hand than those whose ancestors come from france that's why the police respect them less than white citizens i'm all says her organisation has developed an app to help witnesses film incidents of police brutality the images are uploaded directly to a server so even if police confiscate the phone they can't delete the recording. this won't really record them succeed often it's too few to report this people don't talk about it and te

is the slide showing, dominica. >> yes. we start with a reminder the small business commission -- we close with the reminder that the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your. s anconcerns about the economicn san francisco and that the office of small businesses is the best place to get answer about doing business in san francisco during local emergency. if you need assistance, particularly at this time, find us online or via telephone. as always, our services are free of charge and i don't have the language in closing. but do we have a motion to ajourn? >> motion to ajourn. >> second. >> role call vote. pai.(role call). >> the meeting is >> ♪e meeting is ♪ we are definitely pioneers in airport concession world a world of nationally if not entirely or internationally >> everybody is cop us right now. >> the people that were in charge of the retail this is where that began. >> i didn't think we would have a location at the airport. >> we've set the bar higher with the customer commerce. >> telling

the founding members of the insurers lloyd's of london was paid 400000 pounds for a plantation in dominica both firms have since apologized and have promised payments that will benefit britain's with minority ethnic backgrounds it is inexcusable without one of our founders property from slavery and argued against abolition in the 1800s we don't have all the answers so that is why we have taken time to listen and learn from all the voices including our team members and charity partners as we strengthen our diversity and inclusion work there are some aspects of our history that we are not proud of in particular we are sorry for her role played by the lloyd's market in the 18th and 19th century slave trade this was an appalling and shameful period of english history as well as our own and we condemn the indefensible wrongdoing that occurred during this period. campaigners are calling on the bank of england to return venezuelan gold stored in its faults last month venezuela filed a lawsuit against the bank of england in a bid to force the bank to release gold worth about a $1000000000.00 the v

. >> dominica. >> i'm trying to think about how to frame that motion because we haven't actually done that in the past because we don't have the amendment drafted. so you can't really take a motion on something that doesn't exist. >> could we say the amendment as presented today by representatives from supervisor mar? >> you're taking a motion on a presentation and not the actual piece of legislation. so i think that the conversation can be summarized in the memo to the clerk, but the motion as it was first established by commissioner adams. >> so commissioners, the per -- what dominica, you have to take the motion and then the commission can provide clarifying comments. comments, u want to ensure are in the final letter to the board of supervisors as it relates to the amendment. >> ok to proceed our do you need further clarification? >> i'm fine to proceed. >> first motion by commissioner adams. >> rolrole call, please. pai(role call). >> motion passes 6-1. >> next item. >> item 3, continue discussion on small business recovery. >> before we continue, edward, thank you for taking you

the founding members of the insurance lloyd's of london was paid 400000 pounds for a plantation in dominicaboth firms have since apologized and have promised payments that will benefit britain's with mine with minority ethnic backgrounds it is inexcusable without one of our founders property from slavery and argued against abolition in the 1800s we don't have all the answers so that is why we have taken time to listen and learn from all the voices including our team members and charity partners as we strengthen our diversity and inclusion work there are some aspects of our history that we are not proud of in particular we are sorry for her role played by the lloyd's market in the 18th and 19th century slave trade this was an appalling and shameful period of english history as well as our own and we condemn the indefensible wrongdoing that occurred during this period. a campaign group claims u.k. police forces are more likely to find people from black an ethnic minority backgrounds during the coronavirus lot done. research indicates that 17 police forces in england and wales were more likely

. >> yes, i think that is a workable plan and i'm seeing notes here from dominica. and feel free to make it on the channel if you have notes. >> i am sending a reminder to everyone to keep their -- to activate their voices on the meeting. >> ok. just to be clear, my proposal is that sharkky dominica and reggia take what has been said and come up with a draft of proposals that we can spend the next commission meeting, week of may 11th. if you would be willing, i would love to have your involvement in collating that document and as vice president, i think she should have the ability to weigh in on whether she wants to participate in that document and if she chooses not to, then i would -- we can't restaff, ask if one of the other commissioners would like to participate and make a decision from there on the best way to move forward. >> i'm happy to do that. >> ok. well, then, is that a workable plan for generating a collated draft for us to review in the next meeting? >> this is regina, yes. >> good. and we have a good plan, then. >> i confirm with my commissionecommis