also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets, that is still going program, a new program, so people can always submit their applications for shared spaces regardless whether they started one during the pandemic or not. >> do you anticipate there being other shared spaces programs in the future and how do small businesses go about finding out about them? >> small businesses can find out about it by visiting our website, sfgov/osb or you can call 415-554-6134, and we can connect you with the planning department and other agencies that would be connected with the shared spaces programs. >> over the pandemic, businesses have been victimized by vandals and other crimes. how can you help them? >> the city offers a program called the vandalism relief fund, and this would allow businesses suffering from graffiti or broken windows to apply with the city through our neighborhood services division, and you could get up to 1,000 or 2,000 if you submit certain documentation, such as a photograph of the damage or a copy of the receipt or document showing th

also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets, that is still going program, a new program, so people can always submit their applications for shared spaces regardless whether they started one during the pandemic or not. >> do you anticipate there being other shared spaces programs in the future and how do small businesses go about finding out about them? >> small businesses can find out about it by visiting our website, sfgov/osb or you can call 415-554-6134, and we can connect you with the planning department and other agencies that would be connected with the shared spaces programs. >> over the pandemic, businesses have been victimized by vandals and other crimes. how can you help them? >> the city offers a program called the vandalism relief fund, and this would allow businesses suffering from graffiti or broken windows to apply with the city through our neighborhood services division, and you could get up to 1,000 or 2,000 if you submit certain documentation, such as a photograph of the damage or a copy of the receipt or document showing th

also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets, that is still going program, a new program, so people can always submit their applications for shared spaces regardless whether they started one during the pandemic or not. >> do you anticipate there being other shared spaces programs in the future and how do small businesses go about finding out about them? >> small businesses can find out about it by visiting our website, sfgov/osb or you can call 415-554-6134, and we can connect you with the planning department and other agencies that would be connected with the shared spaces programs. >> over the pandemic, businesses have been victimized by vandals and other crimes. how can you help them? >> the city offers a program called the vandalism relief fund, and this would allow businesses suffering from graffiti or broken windows to apply with the city through our neighborhood services division, and you could get up to 1,000 or 2,000 if you submit certain documentation, such as a photograph of the damage or a copy of the receipt or document showing th

. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're planting trees and flowers we have basketball courts there is so much to do here. >> there's a very full program that they simply joy that and meet the community and friends and about be about the lighter side of city people are more engaged not just the customers. >> with the help of community pavement to parks is reimagining th

in new york city which has far more protected bikeways then we do, the bulk of the parklets are happening in what we call the floating configuration. they had 4 years of design experience trying to figure out how and when to have the bikeway run between the parklet and the sidewalk, so those are key factors that changed that allowed us to think maybe we could actually go back to something like our original design, but staff said getting there requires extremely careful attention to myriad design details and working with every individual merchants that has a parklet to figure how to get that right. it also means we don'ts have to go floating with everything parklet. every merchant would have a choice, but the more parklets floating, the more opportunity there is to maintain that essential loading function. and thank you for that because that is the best explanation and heard as of yet of the sequence of events that put us where we are and essentially prevented us going backwards. we are going forward and it is some version of a side running lane that you want to look at? >> that's right. w

remove the aluminum parklets, which, according to the city, have reached the end of their useful lifespan. instead and replace them with what they describe as a simple, clean and elegant new and wider sidewalk that will bring more attention to the cable car. david irregular here is not on board with the idea. >> a lot of the things that they're talking about, it just don't make no no sense to me at all. you know why it takes something out that's supposed to beautify the city? the city will invest $4 million to begin improving just those three blocks on powell. >> between market and geary. think of it as a down payment. because a lot more money will be needed to revitalize the entire area. >> ultimately, it's going to be a, you know, many more millions of dollars to do the kind of capital improvements that that area deserves. >> and another $2 million was approved in order to lure and help businesses move into those empty storefronts. on those three blocks. except that, as abc seven news found out already $500,000 of that money has gone to another business owner outside of the corridor. >> the mayor chose to spend a half $1 million on two facilities in union square for cel

staff has received one additional inquiry from a member of the public since parklets were published, with concerns about the newtor, penthouse's impact on the light and views from neighboring residential properties. this concludes my presentation. unless there are any questions and the project sponsor also has a brief presentation of the project. thank you. project sponsor. you have five minutes. good morning. um, my name is andy sohn. i'm. let me get this up. good morning. my name is andy sohn. i'm an architect with san francisco public works. i'm the project lead for this, um, chinatown branch library. this is nancy goldberg from train. rachel she is our historic architect. um, the project that, uh, this project was one of three projects that was not renovated in the 2000 bond program that was called blip in san francisco. there's 27 branches. there's three that were not renovated because this had received a renovation in 1995. um it's a historic building, 1921 carnegie library, one of seven in san francisco, also g. albert landsberg building. he did north beach mission, sunset and presidio branches. uh, it w

remove the aluminum parklets, which, according to the city, have reached the end of their useful lifespan, can instead replace them with what they describe as a simple, clean and elegant new and wider sidewalk that will bring more attention to the cable car. david irregular here is not on board with the idea. >> a lot of the things that they're talking about, it just don't make no no sense to me at all. you know why it tastes something out that's supposed to beautify the city? >> the city will invest $4 million to begin improving just those three blocks on powell. between market and geary. think of it as a down payment, because a lot more money will be needed to revitalize the entire area. >> ultimately, it's going to be a, you know, many more millions of dollars to do the kind of capital improvements that that area deserves. another $2 million was approved in order to lure and help businesses move into those empty storefronts on those three blocks, except that, as abc seven news found out already. $500,000 of that money has gone to another business owner outside of the corridor. the mayor chose to spend a half $1 million on two facilities in union square for celebrity ch

news. i don't know, christian. >> i haven't been out in the city a lot lately. i mean, do you see a lot of people weekends, weekdays, actually using those those parklets? >> yeah. you know, mike, it's it ebbs and flows with the seasons. right. you know when we see those spring days, those summer days, we're going to see a lot more people out. i've talked to businesses in the neighborhood here in west portal, and they've said on the weekends, especially if they're covered ones like this one, like this parklet here behind me, they can get customers in them. there but really, when you start getting those longer days of summer, you get more people out looking to have a late dinner. that's when you see those parklets really getting packed. >> all right, christian captain, live in san francisco. christian. thank you. assembly member matt haney of san francisco has introduced legislation that would require first aid kits in all workplaces in california to contain naloxone, a nasal spray that medication can reverse a deadly opioid overdose. haney says for the first time in state history, drug overdoses have become deadlier than car accidents and homicides comb

successfully transitioning the shared spaces, parklet and roadway closure program to a permanent program, develop a new special event parking rate system. completed the deployment of more than 2400 pay stations, covering roughly 12,500 spaces across the city, hosted for over 300 special events and street closures in 2023. we're offering people more options and more ways for them to get around the city just secured $8 million in federal funding to make continuous improvements in the tenderloin. we launched our slow streets mural pilot program. we're continuing to expand bike share throughout the city into golden gate park, as well as deeper into the sunset. 34 more new stations that we've installed in 2023. with this fixed week in a ten day period, we actually do maybe about three months of work, and we did a lot of maintenance that we couldn't have done, and it helps a lot with the reliability. to. that was a big boost to the whole subway system. we actually had our very first muni safe day out to have real conversations with our customers about security on muni, some of the things that they experience