i have done this change in coordination with katy tang the director of the mall business office. and we are here to answer questions that you may have. >> thank you. colleagues, are there any? questions? >> okay. i thank you is pretty straightforward. mr. clerk. open this up to public comment. >> yes. if you don't mind we are double checking seems that our online sfgovtv streaming has an error. we want to be sure that is working before we proceed any further. sfgovtv stroll suggest down at the moment can you take a few minute recess? >> why don't we take a recess for 5 we are reconvening. we are reconvening. sorry for the delay we had a problem with our strolling service app and it is back up and running. we were take public comment for item one i will resume with that. >> members of the public who wish to speak on item one and joining in person lineup. for those listening we mote call 415-655-0001. access code: 2480 819 2523 ## then star 3 to enter the queue. you will need to press star 3 to enter the line of the for those in the queue wait until the system indicates you have be

i want to thank katy tang for her work with the mall business commission. [applause]. and i want to say to the assessor recorder joaquin torres don't reassess people and get more money. in taxes from our small businesses. let them have time to do well for a couple years before you go and ask them for more money. can you commit to that? [laughter] assessor recorder joaquin torres. the point of us here today is to celebrate the success this is we made in order to make adjustments to mech it easier to do small businesses. i also. to take a moment before i introduce our city add administrator carmen chu to just also mention the housing for all plan. because this is a center not just for mall businesses but i center people will come to get permits and the things than i need for so many things if you want a picnic and birthday party, you get this is one stop shop permitting. a festival, this is where you come. it is also the accomplice people come who are building housing or -- doing some stuff to their homes and all the different things. in san francisco we have a plan hous

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

today's special guest is katy tang. [♪♪♪] >> hi.e watching san francisco rising, the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and revitalizing our city. with us today is katy tang, and she's talk to -- talking to us about assistance and services provided to local businesses. can we talk about the role of the office of small business? many small businesses are struggling to help. how can you help? >> director tang: we are here as the city's central point of information for all things small businesses, so we can help people start, stay, and grow in the city. if you want to start a small business, we can pair you up with small business advisors, who can talk you through your business plan, help you develop it, whether it's regulatory requirements, business permits, and just help you understand the journey that was up ahead. and if you'd like to stay in san francisco and perhaps your business is facing challenges, we can also pair you with a business advisor who can assess your business needs and figure out whatside that would be

i have done this change in coordination with katy tang the director of the mall business office. and we are here to answer questions that you may have. >> thank you. colleagues, are there any? questions? >> okay. i thank you is pretty straightforward. mr. clerk. open this up to public comment. >> yes. if you don't mind we are double checking seems that our online sfgovtv streaming has an error. we want to be sure that is working before we proceed any further. sfgovtv stroll suggest down at the moment can you take a few minute recess? >> why don't we take a recess for 5 we are reconvening. we are reconvening. sorry for the delay we had a problem with our strolling service app and it is back up and running. we were take public comment for item one i will resume with that. >> members of the public who wish to speak on item one and joining in person lineup. for those listening we mote call 415-655-0001. access code: 2480 819 2523 ## then star 3 to enter the queue. you will need to press star 3 to enter the line of the for those in the queue wait until the system indicates you have be

today's special guest is katy tang. [♪♪♪] >> hi.g san francisco rising, the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and revitalizing our city. with us today is katy tang, and she's talk to -- talking to us about assistance and services provided to local businesses. can we talk about the role of the office of small business? many small businesses are struggling to help. how can you help? >> director tang: we are here as the city's central point of information for all things small businesses, so we can help people start, stay, and grow in the city. if you want to start a small business, we can pair you up with small business advisors, who can talk you through your business plan, help you develop it, whether it's regulatory requirements, business permits, and just help you understand the journey that was up ahead. and if you'd like to stay in san francisco and perhaps your business is facing challenges, we can also pair you with a business advisor who can assess your business needs and figure out whatside that would best help y

i want to thank katy tang for her work with the mall business commission. [applause]. and i want to say to the assessor recorder joaquin torres don't reassess people and get more money. in taxes from our small businesses. let them have time to do well for a couple years before you go and ask them for more money. can you commit to that? [laughter] assessor recorder joaquin torres. the point of us here today is to celebrate the success this is we made in order to make adjustments to mech it easier to do small businesses. i also. to take a moment before i introduce our city add administrator carmen chu to just also mention the housing for all plan. because this is a center not just for mall businesses but i center people will come to get permits and the things than i need for so many things if you want a picnic and birthday party, you get this is one stop shop permitting. a festival, this is where you come. it is also the accomplice people come who are building housing or -- doing some stuff to their homes and all the different things. in san francisco we have a plan hous

i want to thank katy tang for her work with the mall business commission. [applause]. i want to say to the assessor recorder joaquin torres don't reassess people and get more money. in taxes from our small businesses. let them have time to do well for a couple years before you go and ask them for more money. can you commit to that? [laughter] assessor recorder joaquin torres. the point of us here today is to celebrate the success this is we made in order to make adjustments to mech it easier to do small businesses. i also. to take a moment before i introduce our city add administrator carmen chu to just also mention the housing for all plan. because this is a center not just for mall businesses but i center people will come to get permits and the things than i need for so many things if you want a picnic and birthday party, you get this is one stop shop permitting. a festival, this is where you come. it is also the accomplice people come who are building housing or -- doing some stuff to their homes and all the different things. in san francisco we have a plan housing

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributesn francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportunity cam

i want to call out our partner katie tang and staff at the office of small business have been excellent partners throughout the process, both helping engage with the community as well as serving as thought partners as we figure the right path forward as well as the mayor office and supervisor peskin's office. it is a collaborative effort and just want to take a moment to recognize that. the first thing we are doing is we will put the step by step website up once the ordinance is live. later today we will have an example of that dimension photo as well as outline of the process i just walked you through, so property owners who want to get a headstart and gather the information can start the work in advance of the ordinance reviewed discussed and passed hopefully by the board of supervisors. we will create online videos for you tube and we chat which is heavily used within the chinese american community so people see and get a description from somebody how to walk through and do this process. we will have a community meeting, similar to the one a month ago where we explain to people what

i have done this change in coordination with katy tang the director of the mall business office. and we are here to answer questions that you may have. >> thank you. colleagues, are there any? questions? >> okay. i thank you is pretty straightforward. mr. clerk. open this up to public comment. >> yes. if you don't mind we are double checking seems that our online sfgovtv streaming has an error. we want to be sure that is working before we proceed any further. sfgovtv stroll suggest down at the moment can you take a few minute recess? >> why don't we take a recess for 5 we are reconvening. we are reconvening. sorry for the delay we had a problem with our strolling service app and it is back up and running. we were take public comment for item one i will resume with that. >> members of the public who wish to speak on item one and joining in person lineup. for those listening we mote call 415-655-0001. access code: 2480 819 2523 ## then star 3 to enter the queue. you will need to press star 3 to enter the line of the for those in the queue wait until the system indicates you have be

i want to call out our partner katie tang and staff at the office of small business have been excellent partners throughout the process, both helping engage with the community as well as serving as thought partners as we figure the right path forward as well as the mayor office and supervisor peskin's office. it is a collaborative effort and just want to take a moment to recognize that. the first thing we are doing is we will put the step by step website up once the ordinance is live. later today we will have an example of that dimension photo as well as outline of the process i just walked you through, so property owners who want to get a headstart and gather the information can start the work in advance of the ordinance reviewed discussed and passed hopefully by the board of supervisors. we will create online videos for you tube and we chat which is heavily used within the chinese american community so people see and get a description from somebody how to walk through and do this process. we will have a community meeting, similar to the one a month ago where we explain to people what

executive director katie tang and staff. we wanted to talk about a proposal to eliminate the fees that are associated with shared spaces. one of the things you all know better than anybody because you're on the frontline and many of you have small businesses, businesses struggled over the last few years and many of them are still struggling and trying to hang on by a thread and so, we came with some proposals in the past. one was a rent relief program that we had put forward to the mayor. it was a request for over $25 million, so small businesses could pay their back rent. the mayor chose not to fund that initially and then finally, we were able to get $2.5 million. it literately, we have our director of small business, excuse me, director of of the office of economic and workforce development, when they put that out, it was gone like that. and there's that demand and need out there as you know. so, we came after talking with many small business and many restaurants and cafes and others, when we heard the program was going t

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

i want to thank katy tang for her work with the mall business commission. [applause]. the assessor recorder joaquin torres don't reassess people and get more money. in taxes from our small businesses. let them have time to do well for a couple years before you go and ask them for more money. can you commit to that? [laughter] assessor recorder joaquin torres. the point of us here today is to celebrate the success this is we made in order to make adjustments to mech it easier to do small businesses. i also. to take a moment before i introduce our city add administrator carmen chu to just also mention the housing for all plan. because this is a center not just for mall businesses but i center people will come to get permits and the things than i need for so many things if you want a picnic and birthday party, you get this is one stop shop permitting. a festival, this is where you come. it is also the accomplice people come who are building housing or -- doing some stuff to their homes and all the different things. in san francisco we have a plan housing for all and we ar

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

i want to thank katy tang for her work with the mall business commission. [applause]. want to say to the assessor recorder joaquin torres don't reassess people and get more money. in taxes from our small businesses. let them have time to do well for a couple years before you go and ask them for more money. can you commit to that? [laughter] assessor recorder joaquin torres. the point of us here today is to celebrate the success this is we made in order to make adjustments to mech it easier to do small businesses. i also. to take a moment before i introduce our city add administrator carmen chu to just also mention the housing for all plan. because this is a center not just for mall businesses but i center people will come to get permits and the things than i need for so many things if you want a picnic and birthday party, you get this is one stop shop permitting. a festival, this is where you come. it is also the accomplice people come who are building housing or -- doing some stuff to their homes and all the different things. in san francisco we have a plan housing fo

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributessan francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportunity c

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni