. >> commissioners, today we have -i like to invite katie shurping. katie is the small business accelerator program manager and if you recall the mayor approved in the budget to a position to help restaurants accelerate the process through the licensing and permitting process that came out of the work of jane gong and business portal team. katie is in her third week and wanted to make sure you had a chance to meet her. >> good afternoon commissioners. thank you so much for having me today. my name is katie shurping, the new small business acceleration team program manager. i'm very excited to get the program going today. by way of introduction, i come from a urban planning backfwround and have a master in urban planning and focused on design and development. i have career work in public sector economic development world but spent the last few years as planning and development consultant for developers helping go through the permitting process primarily in the east bay. mainly from a planning lens, but included a number of small businesses including res

. >> commissioners, today we have -i like to invite katie shurping. katie is the small business accelerator program manager and if you recall the mayor approved in the budget to a position to help restaurants accelerate the process through the licensing and permitting process that came out of the work of jane gong and business portal team. katie is in her third week and wanted to make sure you had a chance to meet her. >> good afternoon commissioners. thank you so much for having me today. my name is katie shurping, the new small business acceleration team program manager. i'm very excited to get the program going today. by way of introduction, i come from a urban planning backfwround and have a master in urban planning and focused on design and development. i have career work in public sector economic development world but spent the last few years as planning and development consultant for developers helping go through the permitting process primarily in the east bay. mainly from a planning lens, but included a number of small businesses including res