i operate my art gallery that i have for 12 years on geary and larkin at 886 geary street and so i am on that block and i know it very well. and i also live in an apartment above the gallery that i own. i own the property. and i have been struggling as a small business owner for 12 years to try and help make that neighborhood better, and specifically that block better. so, when i finally have the chance to meet miss lipton a few months ago and she is pleasant and wonderful and found out what she was planning on doing and i was excited to find out that someone was going to open up a wine and cheese bar which i will be attending and spending a lot of my money there and enjoying with a lot of my friends and to address the issue of police calls and i live on the block and i have a picturesque window that overlooks the block and it is probably one of the safer, mellower, blocks in the neighborhood, and we rarely, rarely ever get police calls there. and i look forward to help to curate the shows and i know that her business is going to bring me more business, thank you very much. >> thank y

don't we now hear from santos and the police department. >> thank you. >> lipton on behalf of 854 geary doing business as tender has filed an application with the california department of alcoholic beverage control seeking a type 42 license for 854 geary street. tender plans on the promotion, and sales of the fine high value lines and locally crafted beer and she although, not required to do so, plans the sale of small plate foods. and for the purpose of this hearing, the california department of alcoholic beverage control seeks a determination from the board of supervisors, as to the approval or the denial of this license. in respect to the police calls for service, from february of 2013, to february of 2014, there have been zero police calls. as the storefront has been vacant for an extended period to this business. in respect to the police report, there have been zero reports. the plot has 217 police reports

. >> hi, i own a small business on geary street. and the pet supplies and i got to tell a quick story as everyone knows there are sistering going on all over the city and we are right on geary street and it is going right on geary street and which blocked off the entire parking lot and the businesses on geary street, all of a sudden, their customers had nowhere to park and we had 7 parking meters right in front of the businesses, and so, i contacted a small business administration kathleen, and commissioner who then contacted director, and who then contacted and then i told him the problem, and thanks to the director riskin's department, everybody got together, and was able to put 50-minute parking right in front of our store, for all of the businesses there. or so our customer cans come in, can come out, and because they have nowhere else to park and our business would have been in deep, deep trouble. and so, thanks to the sfmta director, and his staff and the small business commission and this is a perfect example of the sfmta who

primarily resident but shopping district in laurel village along sacramento street coordinate and geary billboard and clement street also a larger recreational area the golden gate park and the golden gate recreation area. so quick facts about the district at the 5.7 square miles it's one of the largest district it's skinny there's one hundred and one thousand people give or take it makes us one of the more pop laced plays in the city we have the significant chinese and russian speaking community pretty diverse income spread is from very well-off people to people in public housing. most of the district is lower independent residential single families and so apartments and condos there or 25 schools we serve 3 supervisory supervisor mar district one is the majority of the district and supervisor farrell has kind of a long skinny portion later than the north edge and out to the extreme east is supervisor breed. we work very closely with each of the supervisors and we have a great working relationship i talk to them and their staff all the time. so the district is a diverted into 5 car see

and post so he misrepresented where they're related to it's between geary and post which say, i think it's maybe instills in the union shore i don't know the borders but talking to a board member or something recommended to the square bid didn't mean they've talked to the whole organization and they didn't come to my community groups like in district 6. i hope the business the best of for lack of a better term luck i'm worried about the fact they want to be openve

look at how loud does that maple their better businesses this action should be between the streets of geary and post so he misrepresented where they're related to it's between geary and post which say, i think it's maybe instills in the union shore i don't know the borders but talking to a board member or something recommended to the square bid didn't mean they've talked to the whole organization and they didn't come to my community groups like in district 6. i hope the business the best of for lack of a better term luck i'm worried about the fact they want to be open everyday at 4 o'clock i'm not sure that's the best way to go initially i don't think they're open everyday but the website didn't mention hours that's a question to staff what's their current hours of operation before they were not in guidance were they open everyday until 4. anyway again, i'm neutral on the item but i think they i know that other businesses on the block when they are going to try to get the after-hour permit they were looked at how we had complaining residents across the street from the condos that to be insp

i came down to this school over the weekend and i parked on the outside of geary and when i went to cross the street i waited for the light to turn. and i was crossing from the south to the north. and first, i crossed actually from the west to the east. no problem green light cross over the street wait on the other corner the light changes and the hand goes up well, apparently that intersection if you don't press the bottom you never get a walk the hand goes up. and i bring this up because i wasn't claiming will this intersection in the past i was complaining about the intersection on park presidio. and most of the intersections except the one at park presidio and fulton that goes to a walk then the count down all of them if you don't press the bottom even if you get there as the light is changing you hit the bottom it doesn't change to a walk. i've had numerous difficulty trying to find out what the problem is why it didn't go to an automatic walk light and the number count down it goes available to to a hand you don't know how much time you have to cross the street. you can staples ther

we've sound tested two new permit holders at hawthorne is that 45 the geary >> yep that's what it is called. >> a beautiful sound system. and that about wrap up any questions or comments >> on one hand well revolution cafe has a permit. >> they do. >> and super tiny. >> small. >> i reminding remember they came down to get a permit for a celo. >> i think they're generally speaking they have small 3 piece acoustic. >> their literally no room in the place if at the close the door. >> correct if they have a abandon it's a tough environment to have egress it's a tough environment to control from a security preserve to the basic construction it's hard to police with open containers so it's a tough spot. >> yeah. that's what i thought okay. thank you. >> any other questions or comments to us. is there is there any public comment? on the directors or inspectors report. i don't see any we'll move on. item 4 is our elections for president and vice president so my term and commissioner hydes term is up at the end of the month and here's an opportunity to nominate whoever you want to nominate. a

that the issuance of a type 42 on-sale beer and wine public premises license to miriam lipton for 854 geary, llc, dba tender, located at 854 geary street (district 6), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. >> if we could hear from the applicant, and from this, miss lipton. >> good morning. >> good morning. my name is mary lipton and i am opening a wine bar called tender and i have applied with the local alcoholic beverage control for a type 42, beer and while public premise license, it will be a small wine and food, serving small batch wine and craft beer on tap and feature local cheese and plates and desserts and local chocolate. it will operate, 6 days a week from 3:00 to 12 a.m., sunday to wednesday and 3:00 p.m. to 1 p.m. on thursday friday and saturday and i expect that 70 percent of revenue will come from wine and beer sales and 30 percent from food and special event fees and art sales, i am well suited to operating a small business in the city of san francisco and experience of machining and training a staff and ordering product and m

shoppers stepped over hoses basements of the high-end stores on geary street. 2-feet of water floodede even neiman marcus was impacted. lacoste remained closed monday because of the damage. leaving shoppers in a lurch. thursday because there is no power bvlgari..was also closed.. sacramento with her friends to buy her favorite perfume from watermain. and water poured out sot john riker / arthur beren on so every person is vital so needless to say it was tough su justine waldman crews cleaning believe they will be here until the end of the stories... if kick hell 8 year old will data hundred people to come here and play in the we have the proposal to break up the california between six states the off the day's hearing as a >>: people are loving this at rebecca 1989 the bowl nose at that's another far from the wolf. far a more than 400 people showed up. rescue workers in moscow who is recovering people. a tanker truck crash shuts down a marin county road for nearly a have an update for you on the israel accepts a ceasefire deal. but rockets attacks continue on latest on the mideast cris

on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and

you have the geary project this continues with the circulation of our administrative draft and we're prepping to circulate that to the mta and to the public in the october formulate and finally on the management administration side i want to thank our finance and administrative staff for helping to prepare primarily assessment for the low and behold entrepreneurs and others you participation at the transportation authority for our professional services and contract on, on average we're meeting the goals we've set for the expenditures and continue to track those closely reporting out to supervisor cohen through the finance committee and continuing to insure we're inclusive in our operations of the meeting the cities goals for this area with that, that concludes my report. happy to take questions >> thank you very much ms. chang open this open this up for public comment any public comment on item four. >> i'm francis i does not come for those meetings i've come after a along the time of the 8 sfrifrz who are here 50 percent are having sidebar talks and i'm watching the deliberation whi

december 28, 1912, san francisco mayor stared into a sea of 60,000 of constituents that gathered at gearylicly owned transit system in the city, the san francisco municipal railway. >> good afternoon. and welcome to san fra*rns planning commission regular

a contractor broke a water main near stockton and geary.ombard street is reopened to cars after another weekend road closure. yesterday was the final day of closing the crooked street from noon to 6:00 in an effort to reduce peak traffic during tourism season. >>> a study warns that giving your kids a spoonful of medicine may be dangerous. according to a study in the journal of pediatric, parents who measure with wooden spoons with 50% more likely to get the wrong dosage. incorrect dosages can lead to life-threatening side effects or untreated illnesses. doctors recommend using droppers or syringes. >> milliliters. yes. >>> unexplained rash? check your ipad. it turns out the popular computer may contain nickel which causes a common allergy. nickel allergies from a variety of personal electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones, but it was an ipad that caused an itchy rash in an 11-year-old boy. he used his ipad every day. most cases are treated with antibiotics and steroids. >> one more reason to limit screen time. >> and stay awa

richmond i'm maple happy to say i live in the sunset but i've spent many years of my youth on the 38 geary is it's gastrogreat to hear how we can every you guys i'm from the city moouns are raising our kids no out in the sunset we're trying to respond to the chronic vocabulary as a health risk for kids that exposes us to violence it causes poor outcomes in life i spent time as a prosecutor in san francisco so i'll exist to hear about the public safety issues please take our time and we value your input. >> thank you before i introduce commissioner fong supervisor mar is here thank you for coming to the meeting. commissioner fong >> i apologize for being late i was doing kid pickup activities i'm sure you're aware of i've been a inspires and attorney spending time as a public defender and working with the nonprofit sector for non-violence work i spent 6 years with the city attorney's office prosecuting hate crimes and human trafficking conditions. i'm tom anyway, zucchini i've raised my children in the richmond addict and my mom buildings here i was american people assistant district attorn

retail businesses filed long-standing needs of the neighborhood but then opposition from starbucks and geary on fourth avenue and other efforts another times there ever some opposition and other times accepted to the process is flexible and depends on on the community wants and needs. lastly page 8 of the report says that by creating disincentives for the formula retails to lock here the formula retail lower costs for independent retailers that's again, the issue of the rising represents that impacts by making neighborhood commercial place the formula retail help lower rents and reducing the costs for independent railways. in conclusion the strategic economy report gives decide makers the reason to have a dialog that reaches a reasonable outcome for residents and businesses. i think there's no storage of formula retail if san francisco there's 12 hundred and 50 formula retail stores in the city that's 25 percent of our formula retail but compared to the national it's 1/3rd is formula retail it shows what's special about san francisco we have some chain stores but we value the exit of the sma

department got the call at 10:00 this morning a construction crew hit an eight-inch water main near geary and stockton. six to eight stores had several feet of water in their basement. since crews had to stand in the water to pump it out the power had to be shut off. the fire department believes the damage was minimal. >> there's not too much merchandize ruined. mostly just storeroom, stockroom, cardboard boxes, some office furniture. so not a high dollar damage at this point. >> the cleanup is still underway. some sidewalks had to be closed to pedestrians. >>> now to developing news overseas in the middle east. israel has intensified air strikes on gaza. the fifth straight day of bombardment between israel and the palestinians. >> an explosion, a column of smoke marking the target of an israely air strike in gaza. the cycle of violence continuing in the middle east. for a fifth distraught day israeli missiles rained down, retaliation for some 700 rockets and more mortars that militants fired into israel. israel is vowing to not stop until hamas halts the rocket fire. the palestinian deat

out and the community policy partnering in the richmond district at our richmond district on 6 and geary we'll be having the crime dog and the sf safe the firefighters will be there with their barbecueing and we urge you to coming up come out the parks station last a wonderful night out on page street from 5 to 9:00 p.m. we urge you to join us in into police station we have a music concert with musicians coming to golden gate park on august 8th through the tenant incredible line up there are another entertainment has organized raising $14 million since it's inception in 2007 and continues to support of the rec and park department programs throughout our city but especially in golden gate park. there's a community hotline anyone was call if you have a complaint or and that's phone call 4153902737 and the hotline number opens up on the festival days from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. from august 8th through sunday's august 10th and the mta and other city agencies have convenient phone calls to call if someone blocks our derivative there's several toe trucks that driver around the park and will

i'm pleased to be here and my report is on our desk as well as the geary brt projects as supervisor avalos mentioned we saw some action on the local and state levels at the federal level we're hoping that the congress and the president will come together with sustained funding for the high trust fund to be completed by august. we've seen proposals from the house to perhaps redirect influenced the postal service to look at offshore profits from corporations, however, the most pro tem solution that is the battalion proposal from the senate see to raise the tax by $0.12 for transportation and we're hoping that carries forward with other additional support from the administration and congress to avoid the last minute crisis we may face this summer in the highway trust fund is not replenished we've seen meetings we thank the board for hosting the revenue proposals meetings and the general obligation program supervisor avalos spoke about the robust discussions from the citizens and the stakeholder and community members and if those proceeds made it with board approval this fall. the active trans

a contractor hit an eight inch water main yesterday morning near geary and stockton. firefighters say 100,000 gallons of water spilled on the sidewalks and basements of high-end stores. some of the stores are still closed. >> i think it's kind of bad. i think they lose a lot of business. >> i think so. i don't know but i think. a lot of lost traffic. >> the construction crew was working on the union square station for the central subway project. >>> the tourist traffic experiment involving san francisco's lombard street is nearly over. since june, only local traffic and taxis were allowed then to the crooked street on weekends from noon to 6:00 p.m. transportation officials say the findings from the pilot project will help them determine whether to issue temporary closures on a regular basis. residents say the buss and crowds make getting in and out of driveways a nightmare. >> santa clara county is seeing an increase of birds infected with west nile virus. there have been 286 affected birds recorded. three times the number in 2013. officials say the drought may be co

to get off on that station i said okay pick me up i'll take mini to my office we found a place on geary restraining order and we get between guerrero and valencia a packageer gets in our path of where we were walking and, you know, was asking for things and not moving he didn't move finally, i yelled at him and yelled forcefully enough and then a woman popped up in my face don't yell at my people we don't want you here that was disrupting i think their misguided and encourage the mission district to look at the community benefits to take some control of the streets i know your optional a block from mission station but the officers are busy with more serious offenses but i feel sorry for someone not from san francisco in some of our tourists and have that kind of thing happen they wouldn't come back and you read it all the time people are accosted by packageers and we lose our reputation and this kind of thing has to be controlled. >> snaring. >> yes. thank you. to start on the flower mart the commission went through a lot of hearings last time the flower mart was up for sale and being p

boarded a 38 geary bus plus police took him into custody as well as a second suspect. the van had been reported stolen. bad timing and wrong place, wrong time in a very tragic ending. live for now in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> stephanie, thank you. >>> meanwhile the former san francisco state professor accused of secretly taping students while they were going to the bathroom is scheduled to make his first appearances in court today. mark landis currently unemployed, but recently taught accounting at the university. he was arrested last week after a student reportedly found a camera hidden in a tissue box in the bathroom at landis's apartment. landis faces 156 misdemeanor accounts of invasion of privacy. >>> new affordable house complex opening today in san francisco south of market. the building at natomas has 60 units, rent's under $1600. the units in high demand as you would imagine. more than 2800 families applied for the new apartments. today's grand opening at 11:00 this morning. >>> bay area teenager with a dream of becoming an invest

>> reporter: yeah, mostly the stores here around the stockton geary area, chanel, lacoste. they usually open at 10:00 in the morning. we do see here through a generate we are cones running power into the building. not sure if this was always here, but we do know that power was shut off at two buildings over the weekend to prevent electrocution inside. the city says a contractor working on the central subway project hit at water main here at 4:00 saturday morning, water flooded the basements of several buildings. most of the damage is not visible from the streets. firefighters and the city's water department were on scene trying to help remove water. meantime shoppers who returned to union square yesterday said they were disappointed for a second day in a row. >> i don't know what happened, it was closed, all day. literally. wondering what time you can get in, what time you're going to get in, back and forth, you can get in all day yesterday. >> reporter: now the city was able to restore water service within a few hours. spokesperson for the san francisco municipal transport

this is a live look at some of the stores and businesses along geary that were flooded. some retailers had up to two feet of water in their basement. the financial impact of high-end stores is unknown. they lost part of their inventory and some stores had to close their doors for the day. >>> a race car from a brewer in the north bay stolen. and this evening, the brewing company hopes someone can hell them find it. the company is posting photos of the car on facebook and twitter hoping for leads. cloverdale police say it happened over the july 4th weekend at a manufacturing plant. surveillance video shows someone hooking up a motor home to a trailer that held the company's race car and then just driving away. the custom built 1972 chervil lay camaro has the red number 15 on it. tough to miss. on the tires, it says good beer instead of the typical good year label. >>> happening right now, one last game at the stick. in les than two hours, the final game at candlestick park kicks off. christie smith is there right now. this is a very emotional moment for a lot of people, c