and so i want to thank joaquin torres and his office for working so hard. in bureaucratic years, this is really fast to happen. [laughter] supervisor, you know, to have checks ready to go. we are going to be presenting four checks today to osaki sushi. mr. wang, thank you so much. and they had to do work for this. they had to fill out a whole application and everything else. and sam from cafe mystique. met sam on the way in. thank you, sam. thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> and let me tell you, some of these businesses, you have been there since -- who has been there? there was a business that's been there, body oil or body since '89. and body. andrew. come on up. >> isaiah >> oh, who is andrew? [off mic] oh, well, body, since 1989 this business has been in the castro. and how amazing is that? so we are so happy that you were opening right away. so make sure you stop by and purchase some items. i'm so glad to have you. and last but not least, q bar, john? are you here from q bar? here you go. thank you, really. and let me just say how much more important it

i would like joaquin torres from the office of economic and workforce development and as of december 16th, jeffrey tumlynn from the sfmta, mohammed nuru, the president of this board of supervisors, the chair of this sfcta, our best staff to actually gain this out, far in advance, i'm not saying this -- knocking on doors and getting ready. >> thank you, commissioners. jonathan rurz with the m.t.a. so as a partner with the department of public works on this project, i do want to remind all of the commissioners that the city does have a construction mitigation program, christina did go through a lot of pre-construction elements that we would include, as part of that project. we now are at a point with design, where we do know where some of the construction impacts will occur. and chair peskin, you are exactly right. we should take the lessons learned from the larger projects and van ness and apply some of the tools we have put in place to prepare in advance on better market street. so as an example, we should execute our partnership with the office of economic and workforce development

the presenters are joaquin torres, director of workforce development. laurel arvanitidis, director of business development. jorge rivas. acting director of invest in neighborhoods. and bert -- >> correction, he's the director. >> clerk: director perform -- >> good afternoon, commissioners. as always, a big thank you to all of you for all that you do in support of our small business community. and our diverse communities of san francisco. we just wanted to take a few moments today to provide an update on the work that we've been doing. some of the policy direction that we've been taking. some of the legislation that we've been enacting, some of the investments that we've been making and how we want to continue to engage both with you and with the greater small business community in doing our work across san francisco. it's especially important for mayor breed in doing this work, for the continued success of our city. when you talk about building affordable housing, housing small business and neighborhood commercial corridors, creating career pathways to