commissioner laguana? >> commissioner zouzounis? >> present. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> present. >> will you do the ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgment, please? >> it would be my honor. the san francisco business commission and office of small business acknowledges we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants. in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone who have never ceded nor lost their caretakers as well as for people who reside in the traditional territories, as guests we recognize we benefit from living and working on the traditional homeland. we wish to pay respects by acknowledging the ancestors, relatives and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> wonderful. thank you. please call item number two please. >> clerk: item two is presentation, status of reopening the san francisco economy. san francisco chief economist will review the current status of san francisco's economy. this is a discussion item. and presenting to you tonight is te

you are a muted, director. >> thank you president laguana. sfgov tv, please show the small business slide. >> we will begin, we're ending. there we go. we will end with a reminder the small business commission is the official public more for him to put your opinions about policies that affect the economic vitality of businesses in san francisco and the office of small business is the best place to get answers about doing this during a local emergency. if youneed assistance with small business matters continue to reach out to the office of small business . >> we will now move on to item number eight. this is the adjournment and an action item, is there a motion to adjourn ? >> i'll make the motion to adjourn. >> we have commissioner adams motion to adjourn, seconded by commissioner dooley . [roll call vote] that motion passes 6 to zero with one absent. the meeting is adjourned at 6:40 4 pm. >>president: goodbye everyone . >>> what a pleasure. what a great thing for us to be together in person to celebrate the start of construction of affordabl

. [♪♪♪] >> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner. a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely sh

>> yes. >> commissioner laguana. >> yes. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena? commissioner ortiz-cartagena? we'll come back to him. commissioner zouzounis? >> yes. >> i see that you are signed in, but you might be having issues. with that, the motion passes 6-0 with one absent. and the meeting is adjourning at 7:46 p.m. >> great. thank you so much. >> thank you. take care of yourself. bye. >> clerk: also present is deputy city attorney brad russi who will provide any needed legal assistance. i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by steven keller, san francisco public works board of urban forestry. the rules of presentations are as follows. the appellants and department are given seven minutes for presentation and three minutes for rebuttal. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have three minutes to address the board. four votes are needed to grant an appeal or modify an order or determination. to enable public participation, sfgov is streaming this hearing live, and we will have the opportunity to p

sharky laguana, thank you for your work and advocacy. thank you. and we have a couple of other folks joining us. i think ben blyman is going to say a few words representing the bar owners here today. you know, it was not -- asia sf is somewhat like a bar. it's a bar, performance, food, they have it all. so it's like the perfect bar space where you get everything. anyway, ben is here to talk a little bit about that. mary ellen carol is here from the department of emergency management to answer any questions. and, i think um, who else is here? like i said, it was a long night. and, right now, i'm going to call up dr. grant cofax to talk a little bit about the specifics of our health order, what the plans are and just thank you all so much for being here and thank you all for continuing to do your very best to comply with these very complicated sometimes numerous health orders, but they will keep us safe and they will save lives. thank you so much. >>> well, good morning everyone. and thank you, mayor breed, for your steadfast leadership. as we contin

exciting day in laguana bill. with that, commissioner adams, we should check in on public comment on commissioner reports. >> there's currently no one in the queue. >> with that, public comment is closed. next item, please. you are muted, director. >> thank you. please show the office of small business slide. >> we will end that the small business is the official public forum to connect about the economic vitality of small businesses and is the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco during the local emergency. if you need assistance with small business and commissioner adams has asked to make a motion for adjourn. this evening. >> thank you, president laguana. i like to motion today's adjournment in honor of the husband of gwenn kaplan, owner of ace mailing in the mission. and gwenn kaplan was on this commission as a commissioner who is involved in small business and has been at her side. their sons miles and matthew, steven has always been there. i can't imagine a being without him. i mot

exciting day in laguana bill. with that, commissioner adams, we should check in on public comment on commissioner reports. >> there's currently no one in the queue. >> with that, public comment is closed. next item, please. you are muted, director. >> thank you. please show the office of small business slide. >> we will end that the small business is the official public forum to connect about the economic vitality of small businesses and is the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco during the local emergency. if you need assistance with small business and commissioner adams has asked to make a motion for adjourn. this evening. >> thank you, president laguana. i like to motion today's adjournment in honor of the husband of gwenn kaplan, owner of ace mailing in the mission. and gwenn kaplan was on this commission as a commissioner who is involved in small business and has been at her side. their sons miles and matthew, steven has always been there. i can't imagine a being without him. i mot

. [♪♪♪] >> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner.alled vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. ther

sharky laguana, thank you for your work and advocacy. thank you. other folks joining us. i think ben blyman is going to say a few words representing the bar owners here today. you know, it was not -- asia sf is somewhat like a bar. it's a bar, performance, food, they have it all. so it's like the perfect bar space where you get everything. anyway, ben is here to talk a little bit about that. mary ellen carol is here from the department of emergency management to answer any questions. and, i think um, who else is here? like i said, it was a long night. and, right now, i'm going to call up dr. grant cofax to talk a little bit about the specifics of our health order, what the plans are and just thank you all so much for being here and thank you all for continuing to do your very best to comply with these very complicated sometimes numerous health orders, but they will keep us safe and they will save lives. thank you so much. >>> well, good morning everyone. and thank you, mayor breed, for your steadfast leadership. as we continue to navigate covid-19

sharky laguana, thank you for your work and advocacy. thank you. and we have a couple of other folks joining us. i think ben blyman is going to say a few words representing the bar owners here today. you know, it was not -- asia sf is somewhat like a bar. it's a bar, performance, food, they have it all. so it's like the perfect bar space where you get everything. anyway, ben is here to talk a little bit about that. mary ellen carol is here from the department of emergency management to answer any questions. and, i think um, who else is here? like i said, it was a long night. and, right now, i'm going to call up dr. grant cofax to talk a little bit about the specifics of our health order, what the plans are and just thank you all so much for being here and thank you all for continuing to do your very best to comply with these very complicated sometimes numerous health orders, but they will keep us safe and they will save lives. thank you so much. >>> well, good morning everyone. and thank you, mayor breed, for your steadfast leadership. as we contin

. >> president laguana: bye you guys. >> have a good night. >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco public utilities commission meeting. i am president sophie maxwell. madam secretary, take the roll please. [roll call] commissioner paulsen is excused from the meeting. and given the health and mayor breed have lifted the restrictions and this meeting is sell vised by sfgov tv. and for those watching on live stream b aware there is a brief lag between the livestream and to extend the sfgov staff for their assistance during the meeting. to make public comment, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146 434 0611 pound, pound. and limit your topics to the agenda item and to be with the public comment made in a civil and respectful manner to refrain from the use of the manner and not to individual commissioners or staff. >> thank you. before going on, we talked earlier this year about acknowledging the first people and today is going to to be one of the acknowledgments we might have different ones at times, but that is something that we will do. so i am going to start. the san francisc

. [♪♪♪] >> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner. a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely sh

. [♪♪♪] >> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner.rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for t

sharky laguana, thank you for your work and advocacy. thank you.e have a couple of other folks joining us. i think ben blyman is going to say a few words representing the bar owners here today. you know, it was not -- asia sf is somewhat like a bar. it's a bar, performance, food, they have it all. so it's like the perfect bar space where you get everything. anyway, ben is here to talk a little bit about that. mary ellen carol is here from the department of emergency management to answer any questions. and, i think um, who else is here? like i said, it was a long night. and, right now, i'm going to call up dr. grant cofax to talk a little bit about the specifics of our health order, what the plans are and just thank you all so much for being here and thank you all for continuing to do your very best to comply with these very complicated sometimes numerous health orders, but they will keep us safe and they will save lives. thank you so much. >>> well, good morning everyone. and thank you, mayor breed, for your steadfast leadership. as we continue to

. [♪♪♪] >> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner.ents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open f