commissioner newlin: [unintelligible] commissioner joseph: thank you, commissioner newlin. commissioner alan? commissioner alan: i have nothing but positive things to say about the potential. commissioner perez: i am excited about it. commissioner meko: i move that we give conditional grant to this venue for a place of entertainment as well as extended hours. commissioner joseph: we have a motion and a second. commissioner newlin: aye. commissioner meko: aye. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner alan: aye. commissioner joseph: aye. but luck, -- good luck, holly. [applause] >> we have a pause for everything. -- a pplause -- applause for everything. 7b, doing business as a place of entertainment. commissioner joseph: mr. castro, are you coming up? -- miss castro, are you coming up? >> hold your applause, people. i really want to or read this entire background again for purposes of review. this is an application for only a place of entertainment. there is a liquor license. i will just go to the update. the last time the applicants were before the commission was april 2010 and

commissioner newlin? commissioner newlin: you have them done by date right now, and i am wondering, arranging them by district stations, -- commissioner joseph: anybody else? >> just briefly regarding the notice of violation, i want to get a general sense. do these rise to the occasion of paying a visit to these venues? when they rise to the occasion if and when

commissioner newlin? commissioner newlin: you have them done by date right now, and i am wondering, arranging them by district stations, -- commissioner joseph: anybody else? >> just briefly regarding the notice of violation, i want to get a general sense. do these rise to the occasion of paying a visit to these venues? when they rise to the occasion if and when we receive a fraction ability, subject to an infraction. i am looking at something that staff sees. >> i understand. most is on a second visit. but often, we will find that we were there because of -- or we are in the area, and when we do that, there is some kind of verbal warning. if we go back and the situation has changed, then they're given a written notice of violation. sometimes, depending violation, that is not the case. it is serious enough that they should be given something right then and there. .acting director kane, most of what we feel is what would be a stepping stone or a milestone and if the situation is not changed, we go to somet

. >> commissioner newlin? >> here. >> commissioner joseph? >> here. >> commissioner alan? >> present. >> commissioner mecca? >> here -- commissioner meko? >> here. >> i believe neal cavellini is on his way and commissioner perez will not be here this evening. >> right. >> i'm here, too. >> excuse me? >> oh, sorry, president roja. >> number one, public comment, it's the part of the meeting where members o public can address the commission on items not on the agenda this evening. do we have any public comment? wow. seeing none, public comment is closed. item 2, review approval of the minutes of march 23, 2010 and april 27, 2010. we have a motion? >> so moved. >> do we have a second? >> second. >> do we have any public comment regarding the review and approval of the minutes of march 23 and april 27 of 2010? seeing none, public comment is closed. director king? >> commissioner alan? >> aye. >> commissioner meko? >> aye. >> president roja? >> aye. >> commissioner joseph? >> aye. >> commissioner newlin? >> aye. >> finally. >> ith 3, report from the deputy director, ms. king. >>

leslie, this memo, as well, regarding commissioner newlin's re-appointment. august 5, as a understand it, and then final adoption by the full board, and the term is for four years, so i attached the balance of the sheets as i receive them so you can all see what siege number you have -- what seat number you have, and, hopefully, we will not have any confusion going forward in that regard. any questions at, or we can go to commissioner cavellini. commissioner: -- commissioner meko: what is holding up the citation process? >> commissioner meko, that did not come up in front of the public safety committee. i talked to supervisor chiu's office about this. commissioner meko: they want us to use these new powers while making it impossible for us to use these new powers. i am and will unclear. -- i am a little unclear. is there a copy here? working you verbally highlight the additions -- or can you verbally highlight the additions? >> i did not bring it with me, but let me just say that we will go over the conditions tonight, and it is very similar to those, so we w

commissioner newlin: how does this a motion affect the district station? >> as best i can determine, we don't have a side-by-side comparison, the only thing that i can determine that is not part of my motion would be a scanner of the ids. the reason for not including that is because of the imperfect nature of that technology and the fact that we are a destination city where a variety of identifications are used in the can't all be scanned by the same devices. i think a video recording of people coming and going is going to be much more valuable than an imperfect record through a scanner. i am looking at this as you are. that is the only condition that i have not included, and for that reason. >> i would like to recommend that we add that based on the fact that it may not be perfect, and as he stated, a lot of things aren't perfect, but i think it would possibly aid in the eliminating or solving of future problems. i think that they're willing to accept all these conditions, so i think the police department in good faith has put that in there. i see no reas

it will be drawn by all of these -- newlines will be drawn.ill be based on who controls the senate, the state house, and the governorship. this will affect show congress operates for the next four years. host: as far as the way you look at this, what is happening on these state legislative races as far as the inkling you get from what will end up? guest: the democrats have done pretty well. they are at a relative high point. they control a majority of the state houses. they have done pretty well. there are a couple of factors going against democrats. historically, in terms of the midterm election, the party controls the white house, since 1900, they have gained seats only twice and lost five times. the second factor is that this year is a wave year for the gop. you see this in -- you see this in the senate and the u.s. house. in terms of presidential approval being down quite a bit in the past year-and-a-half. you also see it in the governors' races. there is a lot of answers out there. --angst out there. shortly after watergate, about 20 cham