new business request for future agenda items. anybody? >> i want to ask you to have, vaj, you go to these meetings with the permit officers and do you talk to them about our conditions? we get these silly conditions that have to do with something we have no jurisdiction over and all this other stuff? >> you have to remember that often the conditions that are handed in by permit officers do not come from the officers but from their captains and lieutenants and sometimes from 850 itself. they are the messenger, not the creator. >> gotcha. >> good point. >> how are you doing? i -- a little public comment. i wanted to make you aware of an unpermitted new nightclub venue in miami -- want to be aware of. this new nightclub entertainment venue happens to me in a very beautiful high-rise mission district location. 22nd mission. you are shaking your head. >> i live around the corner. i wondered what was going on. >> i have been an eight-year tenant in the u.s. bank building on the fifth floor. previously on the seventh floor. i am going to make th

businesses of 100 to 500 employees. that's not main street. main street is where all the newobs will be born. >> leonard, you are main street and you don't have any employees in this business, and do you feel like anybody is addressing you when they say small business? >> no. i am probably almost counter culture to small business, you know. again, it comes back to return on your investment. so i am trying to maximize that. i am actually with the model that we are running now, we have zero employees, and i have higher gross revenues and sales and higher margins. i can do that without employees. that's a model that is extremely appealing to me. >> one thing you are affected by is the higher gas prices, is that right? >> yes. >> what are you doing about that? how do you deal with that? are any of the republican candidates or is the administration talking to you when they talk about gas prices? >> no, not at all. what i buy is natural gas, you know, five years ago it really did peak, and it has come back down and the supply has increased and unlike a gas station, i can't go aroun

. >> item 10, new business. president whoo ho: any new business? public comment? any public comment? move to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor? aye. president chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting -- meeting of it tuesday, march 13. could you please call the roll? >> [roll-call] mr. president, there is a quorum. president chiu: thank you. ladies and gentleman, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. colleagues, we need to approve our recent meeting minutes. we have meeting minutes from january 31 and february 2 board meetings. but i have a motion to approve it those minutes? without objection, those minutes are approved. are there any communications? >> i have no communications. >> if you could read our to o'clock special order. >> the first item of business is the formal policy discussions between the mayor and representatives of the od

he will be creating a new 70 million pound development fund to attract new business and new jobs. and the mayor has persuaded me of the docs, if we offer enhanced capital how answers there, so we will. mr. deputy speaker, 24 enterprisers are going ahead across england. chinese investment is expanding. i want parts of the united kingdom to benefit from these policies. the chief secretary can confirm today we will offer enhanced capital allowances for businesses starting out in the new scottish enterprise areas in dundee, and we look forward to the first enterprise zone in northern ireland. i also want to see investment in our world leading energy sector, including renewables. we launched the green investment bank open for business next month. we introduced the tax system to encourage investment and set the rate today. combined heat and power plants will not be liable to carbon foot rates. renewable energy will play a crucial part in britain's energy mix. i will be alert to the costs we're asking families and businesses to bear. environmentally sustainable has to be fiscally sustain

>> item 10, new business. president woo ho: any new business? there is one thing i would like to comment on. that is the comments on port contrasting and the fact that we're supposed to give quarterly updates on the contracting activities. i do not think we have had one this quarter. there is not one listed. and i think it is something we need to do it so that we can lead the public know how well we're doing with the contracting activities. that would be great. any other new business? to go item 11, public comment. -- >> item 11, public comment. president woo ho: dan guzulo. >> good afternoon. in 1995 i signed a lease with the port on pier 45 to open up a fish distribution company. my lease expired in 2005. there were arguments going on about mezzanines and aprons. i was not involved in it. i signed my new lease and continue to pay rent. in february 20132012 i got a letter from the port saying i had not signed a new lease and that i had -- basically letting you know on a month-to-month basis that i owe them more money. also, they wanted my secur

. >> reporter: the sign says walk-s in are welcome at this hair salon but patrons of the new business across the street may be -- >> all right. we'll try this go back to jeff hager's story. we also talked to the clinic by phone. they refused comment to discuss security plans they might have in place but we'll rerack that story. >>> the baltimore county school board is going to gather in about 28 minutes to vote on whether to build a new elementary school in timonium. the plan is to build a school in east chapel park. it's a 20-acre park just off padonia road. people showed up to protest. others were from overcrowded schools that this school would help. we'll have a full report on abc2 news at 11:00. >>> today we want to take a look at a live look at the beltway at harford road. the traffic is coming at you at the inner harbor. it was dreary, but the sun came out. it's been nice and warm. let's check in with lynette charles who will tell us how the rest of the night and week will play out. lynette? >> you hit the nail on the head when you said it started out dreary for the first day of

opportunity to solve some of the world's most wicked problems with not just new technologies but new business models and new ways of doing things. >> we are witnessing this big change, we have seen it in the music industry here in the music industry, and in the film business. it is very disruptive for many businesses trying to find new business models. >> absolutely. what motivated me to write this book is that not only are we at a time or opportunity is there and the pores are benefiting but many in the middle classes in britain and america are being left behind. -- and the poorest are benefiting, but many in the middle classes in britain and america are being left behind. the middle class might have worked their entire lives into the to the jobs and they don't have the access to the skills of the new 21st century economy. >> we go back in some ways to where we started which is that you give people the tools to sort of innovate, to create, but that does not necessarily create the big industries we have seen so far. for example, general motors, general electric. when you look at the new compa

. >> item 10, new business. president whoo ho: any new business? public comment? any public comment? move to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor? aye. >> so the regular meaning of the unified school district for march 13th, 2012 is now called to order. roll call? >> miss fewer? miss maufas? ms. mendoza? dr. murase? mr. yee? >> present. >> ms. chong. >> here. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the plag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible with justice for all. >> some day! >> we're going to go with the approval of the board minutes for february 28th, 2012. it will take place at the next meeting. so we're not going to have any approval. item b, presentation of the superintendent's report. superintendent garcia. >> thank you. first of all, good evening and i want to welcome everybody for being here this evening. i wanted to report back to the board on a meeting that we had on february 29th with the governor. we thought it was going to be a one-hour meeting. we actu

scott sanchez: they would not be able to change coffee to a new business line. -- copy to a new business line. would it be easier if we -- president fong: would it be easier if we went through this by topic? otherwise, we are going to ping pong back and forth. commissioner moore: i think it is easier. i fully agree with you. sings -- signs, what is missing are some visual examples. our visual landmarks are partially tied into designs, including the palace, a hotel, where we work downtown. signs help us know where we are. to understand what we really mean, in terms of signs nc-3, it would be great to have a visual catalog of what is affected by your ordinance and what is not. it would help determine whether or not heights are permitted by 160 or 40 feet. that would address two points i wrote down relative to signs. i wrote down questions, because in this particular section of your legislation, i have a few on the rc signs. i was a little confused as you were saying in your summary that we trend to the legislation -- did i miss something here? you were saying currently regulated signs in n

the growing places fund, he will be creating a new 70 million pound development fund to attract new business and new jobs. and the mayor has persuaded me of the opportunities the new royal docks enterprise zone offers our largest city if we offer enhanced capital allowances there, so we will. mr. deputy speaker, 24 enterprise ends are now going ahead across england. chinese investment is pouring into the zone in liverpool. the zone in the west midlands is already expanding. i want other parts of the united kingdom to benefit from these policies and the chief secretary can confirm today that we will offer enhanced capital allowances for businesses starting up in the new scottish enterprise areas and there will be a new welsh enterprise so did while we look forward to the first enterprise zone in northern ireland. i also want to see investment in our world leading energy sector, including renewables. we've launched the green investment bank, open for business next month. we have introduced the carbon price into our tax system to encourage investment and set the rate today. combined heat and po

. >> item 10, new business. president whoo ho: any new business? public comment? any public comment? move to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor? aye.

. >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none, i move to adjourn. >> thank you. >> public comment? >> anybody? >> nobody? >> we will adjourn in african nation -- recognition of robert ryan today. >> item 1, a hearing to consider the type 48 on sale general public sales liquor license from 1525 mission street to 1525 mission street for expansion of public occupancy into adjacent portion of the building. doing business as sloane square, willful -- will serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. >> do you have a report for us? >> the applicant is seeking a promised expansion, type 48 for public promise license, located between 11th street. hours of operation are daily 5:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. and this was a licensed as a type 48. the owner has expanded his business to the rear. the purpose of the hearing is to determine if the expanded portion of the premise will be licensed as part of the type 48. letters of protest for, letters of support, no record. please call f

. >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none, i move to adjourn. >> thank you. >> public comment? >> anybody? >> nobody? >> we will adjourn in african nation -- recognition of robert ryan today. >> [roll call] >> just as a reminder, we would ask that you turn off all the electronic sounding devices that may go off during the proceedings. if you are having any secondary conversations, we would ask that you take those outside so we can proceed as efficiently as possible. if you want to speak on an item palace filled out a blue card. anyone speaking will have three minutes on each item unless announced otherwise by the president of the commission. please address your comments to the items being heard. if it is general public comment you wish to speak on, that is item four, and then continued on item 11. please address your comments to the commission during public comment on items in order to allow equal time for the commission or staff to respond. with that, commissioner. >> i will agree -- be brief in my president's r

. >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none, i move to adjourn. >> thank you. >> public comment? >> anybody? >> nobody? >> we will adjourn in african nation -- recognition of robert ryan today. >> roll call. item two, approval of minutes for february 28, and march 2, 2012 meeting. >> moved. >> second. >> the motion to move to executive session? any public comment on executive session? if>> reconvene in open session. move that we do not discuss those things discussed in executive session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> ok, please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and similar electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal of any person responsible for use of a cellphone, pagers, or other similar electronic device. please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comment on each agenda item unless the agenda adopts a shorter amount on any item. >> good afternoon, commissioners and members of

and this is a new business type and the cost of setting up a new business online is relatively low. and compared with that if you want to set up a physical shop in the center of a city then it will be impossible, unimaginable for someone who is fresh out of school. it calls for better credit rating and that is something we are trying to focus our efforts on. our e-business operators will have a good credit history and rating. thank you for your questions. and next question? in the middle. sixth row, the gentleman. brag speaking foreign language ] >> translator: thank you. me question is about china's fta strategiment we know china, japan and korea agreed to officially launch the negotiations on the tri-party fta in may this year. however, china and korea are now ready to start the relevant preparation work for the china career bilateral fta. so do you see the possibility that we'll see a china-korea bilateral fta before the china, japan, korea tri-party fta? my second question is about china's position and the ttp initiative. do you foresee the possibility that china will some day j

. >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none, i move to adjourn. >> thank you. >> public comment? >> anybody? >> nobody? >> we will adjourn in african nation -- recognition of robert ryan today. gosh of like to call the meeting of the public utilities commission to order. can you please call their role? [roll call] >> vice president torres is expected and commissioner vietor has an excused absence. >> the meeting in front of you, do you have comments? >> moved and seconded. >> the item passes, any public comment? >> we have to speaker cards for general public comment. >> let's move to that item then. >> anyone that wants to talk to the commission about items that are not on the agenda, this is the time. introduce yourself. >> i continue to have an interest in the west side base. i have been before you several times in the past couple of years. i hope that this charter shall be made available on your web site and have corresponding rainfall to go on with the chart. we can see the lake level and the corresponding rain

we welcome new businesses, we welcome a new supermarket that will bring healthy food but not at the expense of our families and our use. i hope that you make the right decision for the mission district. thank you. >> thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? commissioner miguel: a lot of issues on this one. the term startup does not apply here. recently entering this market would perhaps be the right way to put it. i am pleased with the possibility of mission neighborhood centers and had start programs getting together with them, the use of the other 5000 plus square feet. they are in negotiations on it -- the fact there in negotiations on it is good. this is -- i have certainly known for years, working with the murals and parking lot, working with the greening of the building. it is a dilapidated pre-1950's site. it does not enhance that never it whatsoever. you have a situation where you have very large grocery retailers. it has gone bankrupt. ralph's, one of the largest in the country, the fact that tesco is coming in under their local name of fresh and easy is somewhat

we can have new business models and entirely ways of doing things. >> we are seeing a big change. we have seen it in the movie industry. we're seeing how mobile phones can be used. it is disruptive for many businesses try to find new business models. >> what motivated me to write the book is not only are we at a time when there is great opportunity for the bottom billion, but for many in the middle class is in britain and america they are being left behind. i talk about how we can extend the benefits by giving the new tools and rules of innovation not just to those at the bottom or the leak but for the middle class who have worked their entire lives and jobs but do not have the new skills of the new economy. the central political challenge is and how we deal with the new economy. >> you give people the tools to innovate and create. that does not create the kind of big industries we see in general motors, general electric. facebook created 2000 jobs but not on the scale we have seen in the industrial age. >> i would challenge that assumption. a number of technologies are rising exp

. >> item 10, new business. president whoo ho: any new business? public comment? any publimm

. >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none, i move to adjourn. >> thank you. >> public comment? >> anybody? >> nobody? >> we will adjourn in african nation -- recognition of robert ryan today. >> i came out to san francisco about seven years ago. i was trained as a carpenter. i got sick of the cold weather and the hot weather. i wanted to pursue art. i thought i really be here for about three years. here i am, 7 years later. ♪ i have problems sleepwalking at night. i wanted to create a show about sleep. a mostly due painting kind of story telling. these are isolated subject matters, smaller studies for the larger paintings. i fell in love with it and wanted to create more of them. it is all charcoal on mylar. it is plastic. i was experimenting and discovered the charcoal moves smoothly. it is like painting, building up layers of charcoal. it is very unforgiving. you have to be very precise with the mark-making. a mark dents the paper and leaves the material embedded. you have to go slowly. the drawings are really

. >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none, i move to adjourn. >> thank you. >> public comment? >> anybody? >> nobody? >> we will adjourn in african nation -- recognition of robert ryan today. >> good morning, everybody. i am the manager -- we will kick it off first with a message from our cities librarian. the director of the san francisco library system. [applause] >> thank you. this is fantastic. good morning to everybody. i am a little jealous. i said, this is not my house. it is your house. welcome to all of you. this is indeed your house. i am a little jealous because i did those of green t-shirts. -- dig those green t-shirt. we are proud to be part of youth advocacy day. that is where it begins. congratulations to each and every one of you for being here. i cannot say enough about our great librarians. we need your feedback. today is going to be one of those great opportunities to tell us all about what you need and what makes this city a great. have a fantastic day. it is my pleasure to be hosting you. [ap

one, a one-stop shop to register a new business. lots of entrepreneurs, they're not policy wonks, you talk to these people, they do not like paperwork, they don't like getting troubled with how to register, how long it takes, where to go, who to talk to, it's a different type of person that's starting up a company, and streamlining this process with an online website or trying to make it a lot easier for people is something that governors and leaders across states could all be getting together to do. i'd like to think it like the turbo tax. if we can have turbo tax, and everyone can do their own taxes now, why is it so hard to register a business? it really doesn't need to be that hard. try to get the back office solution to the states. let's make this a website where people can come and very, very quickly figure out how to register, not only for some of the business things, but it can have add on legal services or patenting services. we should be trying to make this as easy as possible. example here is portugal. portugal does have

. >> item 10, new business. president whoo ho: any new business? public comment? any public comment? move to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor? aye. commissioner buell: here roja commissioner harrison: here commissioner bonilla: commissioner martin: here. commissioner lee and levitan are on their way. ok? ever so quickly, reminding everyone to please turn off any electronic sounding devices that may go off during the proceedings. and we would ask that you please take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. commissioner, how many minutes a day on public comment? commissioner buell: let's get a raise of hands of how many people think there will testify. not too many. three minutes is fine. how many will say nice things? [laughter] never mind. >> that is not fair. >> ok, three minutes. each person will have three today. please address your comments to the item that is being heard. if you want to speak on general public comment, that is item four and continued down on item 13. last, please address your comm

the really successful new businesses that are going to be created are coming down the pipeline. those of us that are older with more mature or established businesses are really having difficulty dealing with all of these shifts in everything. at some times during the great recession, it really felt like we were on a roller coaster ride. to some extent, it still feels that way. things are beginning to stabilize but not enough to give entrepreneurs the real confidence they need to move forward. >> both of you guys, thank you so much. thank you for being a voice for microbusinesses, which sometimes gets the shaft when people talk about small businesses. >> thanks so much. >>> video is a great resource to utilize for your online marketing, and there's no need to be an expert filmmaker to take advantage of it. here now are five videos you can easily make for the web courtesy of the new york enterprise report. one, product demonstration. a video showing how to use your product can be informingal and a great selling tool. two, answer frequently asked questions on camera. this is a fun w

remember, that the new business starts are still pretty flat, jim, and i know that concerns you.pretty flat but we have made up for it by finding other channels that will pick up, including against our competition, cpa referrals, you know, we have been able to make up for the new businesses being flat. >> do you think that cpa referral business which was mentioned several times, is that working only during fax time? or can that be for your business? >> that's a full year for us. it's very important from the beginning of paychecks. we made a good relationship with our cpas, with our sales folks. we get referrales from the cpss and they close very well. we close those at a very high rate and we make sure we take care of the cpss client. >> morgan stanley does not like their stock. i want it quote, first sentence here. following another inline quarter, this suggests recent underperformances will continue. and they add without material improvement interest rates or business formation, we see few catalyst moving higher as third quarter result were largely inline with consensus. i thin

businesses. and the results are very, very visible. so 60,000 new portuguese companies have registered in less than two years. this thing has been working. it's something to think about. it's something that hopefully wouldn't be that hard to stand up. a web mentor matching program. entrepreneurs are really on their own. entrepreneurs, many of them in their small teams, are trying to figure out how to make things happen. having somebody to call, having an experienced person who has seen these things before, done these things before, or that can just bounce ideas with you back and forth and try to improve your thinking before you go out and invest your own money or someone else's money, the m mentorship system is important, and having an online mentor system would really help your state. you could have someone on line at one end of the state with someone on the other end of the state. you don't have to live locally right next to somebody to be their mentor. so i think essentially this would be online value. you don't want to waste anybody's time, righ

. >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none, i move to adjourn. >> thank you. >> public comment? >> anybody? >> nobody? >> we will adjourn in african nation -- recognition of robert ryan today. we're waiting for sfgtv. all right, we're ready to go. good afternoon. welcome to the rules committee. i apologize for the late start because i was on the public safety committee. we have just ended. it also joined by supervisor farrell and supervisor campos. our clerk is linda wong. i would like to the knowledge the staff at sfgtv, nona and derrick, a record our meetings. >> please turn a cell phones to silent and electronic devices. please turn in the documents to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march 13 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor kim: thank you. >> a month on a hearing to consider appointing one member, term 3 determine, to the citizens advisory committee for the central market street and tenderloin area. one seat, four applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i beli

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we have had a lot of small victories, new businesses, new small businesses signing leases on market street, larger employers signing leases for office space so we think these numbers are lower now and we're actually in the process of updating these figures. but still, there is a lot of work to be done. there is a lot of good news, a lot of work needs to be done still. many of the buildings on market street are not leaseable right now. they're old historic resources, beautiful buildings and many of them need -- require significant seismic upgrades, electric upgrades, plumbing, and begin the low leasing rates in central market compared to the adjacent neighborhoods, in many cases, it's just a math problem and the property owners are not even able to get a bank loan to finance those upgrades because the projected returns on the rents are not high enough. that is why intervention is required in order to address the rampant vacancies and blight in the neighborhood. there are plenty of arts and cultural assets not neighborhood including, i don't know if you heard the news, but a.c.t. just purcha

>>pam: union square in san francisco has seen a surge in new businesses. many storefronts are being snatched up. many of those bases are being leased by high and retailers. maureen kelly shows us who is moving in. >>maureen: a luxury brands that are expected to open this year are ones that you might be familiar with if you read a lot of the fashion magazines. jimmy chu--jimmy choo. yves saint not is planning to open a new story here as well. another french company is heading to this location. >>pam: decision to thousands wall and a super tuesday. voters in 10 states are deciding their choice for gop presidential candidate. the latest results as they come and and political analysis of why super tuesday could be turning point in the race for the white house. >>pam: how many convicted drivers [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? a

>> the good news is we see an emerging business model for media, and the bad news is it involves giving 30% of your revenue to apple. but i think there is a lot of potential, actually, for building a business on top of distribution through mobile. the other thing we have got going on is really profoundly exciting and far more exciting than five years ago, that the tools are so much better than they were five years ago. they are profoundly better. compared to the dark days of 2005, media are now -- everybody is online. facebook can launch a product, and really, overnight, build community on thousands of websites. there really are some exciting things going on. in the last five years, things have changed a lot. >> does that count -- does that excitement also extend to content? >> i do not think we are there yet. i do not think we have seen any digital native content that has produced really ground-breaking journalism. a couple of years ago, we were pretty excited about what was happening at a place like talking points memo, where they were doing some great stuff. we have seen a lot of eff

>> business news from the capital region. this is "washington business report" with abc7 nationalal corresespondent rebecca cooper. >> thank you foror joining us. we look at business and fifinance from the washington region. this week, wt is in your wallet? we talk about your pocketbook and the price of gas. plus h how this could impact businesses and individual investors. first,t, we will focus on a major player in our regional economy the home to 15,000 businesses and 14,000 workers. the unty has been hard h hit when it comes to foreclosure and the loss of jobs. but what is next? despite black guy from the criminal conviction of a county executive, business leaders want to attract new business with t the new economic developnt fund anand a proposal to bring in gambling. the county executive has been a major force for economic grorowth. rushern baker, spot to before joinining us -- thank you for joining us. u goa very good it right up. the ststarts with se ways you're trying to grow the economic health of the county. always b

nonvoters understand the connection between healthy and new businesses and job creation. if you talk about job creation, 61% to support a two-year payroll tax exemption for any new jobs created in san francisco, and 57% support a lower payroll tax if it creates new jobs. clearly voters get it, and i think we owe those folks are round of applause -- are round of applause. as you will hear, our focus for 2012 continues to be jobs. the same is working collaborative lead to improve the economic development through good government and a commitment to the future. for 2012 the chamber has an aggressive agenda for jobs. we advocate for creating a favorable business climate and regulatory climate in which all businesses can grow and prosper. here are the priorities. reform the business tax once and for all. reduce panhandling and improving the visitor experience. advanced solutions to create jobs. to continue to attract business to send francisco, our priorities are to invest in vital projects. the central subway and a new community benefit district to improve safety and commerce d

and i think what we're seeing out there is new business creation, new business formation is starting to pick up. there's other signs of that in the u.s. economy, in the payroll reports that we see from other kinds of businesses where newer businesses use payroll services. we're seeing small businesses account for 50% of the job gains and new business formation is really the backbone of a more sustainable recovery going forward. >> suarez: so diane, what are the areas of concern, then? >> the areas of concern are the persist dance of how many team are still unemployed and have been unemployed for more than six months. that percentage actually went up. it went from actually 5.5 million to 5.4 million. so the number went down but the percentage went up. still over 40% it was a high of 26% in the 1980s recession. so this persistence of long term unemployment, what we are seeing is people are quitting their jobs quicker and getting a new job. younger people are getting jobs more quickly, new entrants into the labor force but the people left behind by the recession continue to be left hand