i am here to speak on behalf of monetta white. i met her in 2006 when she was in the process of launching the 1300 on fillmore business. in 2007 during the most dramatic economic downturn, she opened the business with her partner, david. she was aware of the challenges she would face an nevertheless, she was prepared for the challenges she would face. from that time until now, she has eloquently manage the business. she has been responsible for the total marketing of the business, all the operations. she is one of the small business owners i have worked with since i have been with urban solutions who actually demonstrates she is able to manage your business using her financials. as a small-business owner, we understand what role financial play in helping you be successful. she is socially responsible. she has participated in many of the workshops we offer to low- income entrepreneurs and communities. she makes speeches and provides them with information she has used to manage business in the hope it would help them in opening and

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first, i do want to mention monetta white. you probably have unanimous support today. we do only have one woman on the commission with janet stepping down. she has been strongly on your behalf as well, and i think it is important we support women business owners and african- american business owners, but more than that, i am truly impressed by the work you do to engage young people that often do not have access to jobs in connection with small businesses and to employment. i think the work you were around that is incredibly important, and that is just impressed that you sit on boards of local community-based organizations. as someone who used to run the program, very appreciative of the additional effort you take on top of the in the small business owner in san francisco, which is hard enough to make those connections. i would love to see you bring that experience and expertise to the small business commission. we would love to create more of a clearing house so that our small business commissions could also higher amongst our youth community, in the way that large bus

motion appointing monetta white and william ortiz-cartagena, terms ending january 6, 2016, to the small business commission. supervisor cohen: i would like to extend this for one week to allow the supervisor -- to allow ms. white to contact my items -- my colleagues. president chiu: can be passed to continue without objection? this is continued until march 6. items three and four? >> items 3 and 4ordinance amending the san francisco planning code section 249.66 to: 1) create the chinatown transit station special use district at the southwest corner of stockton street and washington street (assessor block no. 211, lot no. 1); 2) permit the demolition of a mixed-use building in the chinatown residential neighborhood commercial district. president chiu: colleagues, can we do these items some house same call? items are passed. item five? >> item number 5. ordinance: 1) accepting the irrevocable offer of public infrastructure improvements associated with mission bay south blocks 2-7 and 13 phase i including acquisition facilities on portions of fourth street, mission rock street, china basin

president adams: i want to welcome monetta white and william ortiz-cartagena. welcome to your first small business commission and welcome to the commission and this is exciting. we have some really good people with mark dwight now on the commission so i'm looking forward to working with each and every one of you so thank you very much. and i want to apologize to regina -- and i'll get to this. but regina and i were in a meeting just now dealing with small business impact for the new -- not new but payroll versus gross receipts tax that's being floated around. so thank you all for accommodating us and scheduling this meeting an hour late. that's it. >> all right. >> president? can we ask the new commissioners to tell us something about themselves. president adams: absolutely. thank you, commissioner riley. commissioner bhite: i'm owner of 1300 on selmore. we've been in business four years, going on five years this october. we have approximate 35 employees, our spraunt -- restaurant is american cuisine with a southern influence. i am a native san franciscoian and

supervisor kim: next, monetta white. same format. again, your experience in terms of how it is relevant to the small business commission. also supervisor campos'question. >> good afternoon. i am a small minority-owned business owner. we have approximately 29 to 35 employees. we own a restaurant. i had all the operations of our business from h.r. -- head all the operations from a jar to marketing. 18% of our work force comes of code as well as a% san francisco residents. i have been in business for four years, going on 5 this year. our business has been able to survive in one of the worst financial meltdowns of our time. i believe i have learned how to do what it takes to run a business and survive. the reason for my interest for being appointed to small business is to help small business get the information they need that impacts their business. to improve our reach to the small business community. particularly where it relates to minority small business. to represent the diversity on the commission from the minority point of view, t