i'm here to speak in support for the permit of impala. mr. castro, i'm very excited about the type of problem they're trying to bring contrary to the "new york times," i'm not a clubber. i like to go to art events and they are planning to support a number of creative events to this place that will enable a unique environment that our community desperately needs. they have shown themselves to be responsible operators. i hope you will give them a chance to continue proving that. so thank you. commissioner joseph: thank you very much. please state your name. you have three minutes. >> hi, my name is blake tally. i recently about six months ago met art and alfonso. we've been working together on helping me start my business. in this economy you would think that many people would be going way above and beyond. these are the few people that have followed through and done what they said. so thank you very much. commissioner joseph: thank you very much. state your name. >> my name is mike gaines. sorry about that. i am -- i'm both a promoter and prod

commissioner joseph: good luck, impala, you have a permit. [applause] commissioner joseph: ok. moving right along. item number eight police comments in question. officer mathiases. -- mathias. feels kind of like an empty room all of a sudden. full house to an empty room. >> good evening, again. steve mathias central station. just going over kind of a recap of the last couple of week, we just had an event on sunday, all shook up. it was kind of similar to the old north jazz festival, different name and different people. but it's the same type of idea that went real well. we're extremely happy with it. i was out there along with some other officers and we made sure that the club complied, which they definitely did. but actually went out to each club on the hour and just checked in with them, see how they were doing. we said our big concerns was overcrowding. what we didn't want is people drinking all day and having it overcrowded and getting fights started. we checked in every single hour and they really did a fantastic job. misking was doing the job of the entertain -- miss king

. >> reporter: the new owner of the impala nightclub on broadway says he has spent thousands of dollars beefing up security including the hiring of a dozen security guards. he says it's in his business interest for his patrons to be safe. >> i have to do this for the safety of the community. >> reporter: the broadway strip has struggled for years with violent street crime outside of its nightclubs. in the tough economic times, a san francisco police officer reported this week that increased police patrols in north beach and other entertainment areas are costing the city about $10,000 a week or more than half a million a year. now new proposed legislation is before the supervisors to give the city more teeth in dealing with the nightclubs. in february, gunshots rang out at club suede. one person died four wounded. in the aftermatt city realized it had very little authority against a nightclub. in club suede's case the entertainment commission could only recommend a music license be pulled for 30 days. within months the power to suspend licenses for up to 90 days. now they could end up re

. >> reporter: alfonso castro, the new owner of the impala nightclub on broadway, said he has spent thousands of dollars beefing up security including the hiring of a dozen security guards. he said it's in his business interest for his patrons to be safe. >> i have to do this for the safety of the community. >> reporter: the broadway strip struggled for years with violent street crime outside of its nightclubs. in these tough economic times the san francisco police commander reported this week that increased police patrols in north beach and other entertainment areas are costing the city about $10,000 a week or more than half a million a year. now a new proposed legislation is before the board of supervisors to give the city more teeth in its dealings with nightclubs. in february gunshots rang out at club suede. one person died, four wounded. in the aftermath the city realized it had very little authority against the nightclub. in that case the entertainment commission could only recommend a music license be pulled for 30 days. within months the commission got the power to suspend licenses fo

>> i think it is a beginning during his last couple years and secretary and impala connor. in speech after speech -- secretary napolitano.3 pushed the fact that homeland security is really home town security. that has become the increasing reality as the field of terrorism has shifted from the international external thheat, whereas al qaeda has been kept underground and has lost its ability to put together an attack of that significance. the home grown threat has become much more important, as evidence over the last several years, and acceleration has become more significant. that is why there is a growing appreciation that at the local level, it is quite likely that a potential threat might be detected by local security or local personnel before the fbi or any other federal agencces would get into it. >> i want to explore that net more langs, but we get bulletin's periodically from the department -- i want to explore that in more detail, but we get bulletins periodically from the department. are they so generic? >> we do not get them as often. often common -- the problem t