study, which -- that nexus study then can possibly include the nonalcohol-related cost impacts , to increase the fee. and/or make the adjustment, you know, yonled the consumer price index. or as what was referred to in the nexus study, i think there was a medical consumer price index at 3%. so, i think those varebles, if i've heard the commission correctly, shows varebles are also a concern in termless of down the road and to your point, commissioner, that though this legislation would not -- a fee legislation would not necessarily have the program, but what's not being presented, with the understanding to the business sectors that are going to be impacted by this is a plan in place to mitigate the costs. commissioner o'brien: i have a concern about -- i would like to know more about the breakdown of the costs that's the basis of this report. you know, we have this information that we've been given, this is what we're paying every year for a problem that's been brought on by alcohol abuse. i would like some more information with a breakdown of an explanation of that figure, that dol

the nexus study in measuring the cost of the city is based on looking at the state of california and the drinking that occurs in the state of california. people across the state drink a certain amount, but because of san francisco, the nightlife and tourist industry, as well as density, we have a much higher rate of drinking per capita, for residents, and we are actually lowering of the with the new amendment by 25%. there will be an impact that we can discuss later today in the meeting. ted eck in from the comptroller's office of economic impact has done a study about what the impact of this legislation would be on our economy and jobs created. i think that people will see an impact where there has been a great deal of concern about loss of jobs and that this could be a burden to our tourist industry. which is, as a matter of fact, having a negligible impact according to mr. egan. from the department of public health we of dr. mitch cats. yesterday the health commission unanimously supported this legislation. i would say that there is no other commission that has seen the deteriorat

with commonly accepted principles that community benefits must be measurable and have appropriate nexus to sfpuc services and activities. our draft definition, and we have provided you, the commission, with the draft definition that appears on the website. this presentation short of truncates it a little bit. we have also made some copies of the draft definition available for the community. as i said, it is also on the website. we are seeking the feedback of the community on this definition, as well as stakeholder feedback, which we hope to gather through the website and through the survey that is online where anyone in the community can look at the definition, look at what we put on the website, and give us input into what we are proposing. the draft definition reads -- " community benefits are those community impacts resulting from operation of its water, wastewater, and community services, and this is on page 13 of your hand out on the powerpoint. "the sfpuc seeks to be a good neighbor and promote stability by trouble bottom line, which balances economic, environmental, and social eq

. >> the original estimate came from a nexus study. call my understanding is that the authors wanted to rely on credible, why be accepted, widely used data for of all use. i would agree that there seem to be far more alcohol licenses in san francisco than a difficult city our size. if someone was to show me hard data that says look, on a residential bases there is a lot more of all consumption, i would not be surprised about that. on the other hand, i cannot as an economist second-guess the reliance of credible third-party data sources. i felt that in doing our independent review it was important to consider our large tourism industry. and it's much larger restaurant and bar industry that you see statewide the needs to be accounted for at some time. i do take your point. we do not have a clear sense of what the alcohol consumption is. the i think that the additional level of review that we provided, if you like a more cautious estimate, we would proceed on that basis. >> what about an unintended consequence between mom-and-pop against

we are disappointed in the nexus study. i would be curious if the city would ask the nexus study what the average blood alcohol at general hospital was. restaurants have liability civilly and criminally not to allow customers to get past a point. my guess is a lot of people going to the general hospital are higher. these are not coming from us. we teach training with the abc. we worked for responsible drinking as best we can, but restaurants are criminally liable if we let them get that way, so you're asking us to absorb a fee-for-service is that we do not directly cause. i think, therefore, it becomes a tax. thank you very much. -- m zorba a fee for services -- absorbed a fee -- absorb a fee for services that we do not directly cause. chair avalos: thank you. [reading names] >> i think the way the fee is structured is not the way you fund the programs. i can say that deftly if our costs go up, we will have to lay off some employees. there are some additional costs that will have to be passed on to consumers. there are thos

there are some limitations, but when you read the definition, there are clear ways to make a nexus, to the mission of the agency, and some commissions boards have been more aggressive in that way, and others have not. yes, they are facing similar restrictions. commissioner crowley: questions? ok, thank you very much for a big report. thank you very much. any public comments? ms. jackson. >> i want to thank you very much, and i would like we did consider what has been presented to you. i have been in several meetings with the young ladies in our area. i would like to point out page 13 because that was part of my input. [laughter] so i want to thank you very much. commissioner crowley: any other public comments? mr. brian, welcome. >> i think that the commission has come a long way, spent many years -- 25 years or so, doing business in different direct and indirect ways, and i have to tell you that this is a proud moment for me to look out at this commission and have this commission recognized the need of we are setting the standard not only for san francisco but for the country. this, m

we saw the nexus between healthy foods and quality of life, so -- and water. >> so this whole integrative approach is really rich and really exciting. that is pretty much all i have. the criteria and guidelines piece you mention -- we have been talking around that a little bit as well. we do not know quite how to get there, but it would be great to keep that conversation moving along as part of this conversation as well. >> thank you very much for your comments and input. we appreciate it. commissioner moran: thank you for all of this. a lot of your recommendations -- most of them appear to be generally applicable to varying communities. not community specific. i'm curious, in your outreach, how you saw difference in expression of interest in the issues raised throughout our service area. it looks like you interviewed outside san francisco. as you look into the peninsula, and i do not know how far out of country you went, but what kind of issues did you see outside of san francisco that or perhaps different than what you saw inside? >> outside of san francisco, it is more land use issues

this was outlined in the nexus study. so next in your binders, you do have the commission's statement and we supplied to the board of supervisors after the legislation and policy hearing on the 26. a correction on that. the legislation policy committee hearing heard this on august 2. so what we have before us, commissioners, today, the board of supervisors budget and finance committee heard the matter, and i am quite pleased. we had probably close to 50 businesses to come out and speak. we're pleased to have that many businesses. the key message from these businesses was bottom-line costs and what this would mean in relationship. the budget analyst -- the comptroller has provided an updated report. this report was finalized this morning to reflect the changes in the different calculations. >> commissioners, that report is located in the back of your binder. so, perhaps maybe then taking the time to go through this in great detail, i know that many of you have had time to review this. do you have any particular questions o

index increase and removing the five-year nexus study. if prop 26 does pass, we can't do another nexus study in five years. so they are making those changes to ensure they have an implemented means of doing regular increases from here on out should prop 26 pass. >> just for clarification for the public, it is the opinion of the city attorney that these are not substantive amendments? >> i have been informed, yes, these are not substantive amendments and so can be introduced and voted on by the board tomorrow. >> and because they are not substantive -- sorry, i don't pronounce that very often -- because they are not, will public comment be allowed or not? on the amendments? >> i will have to clarify that for you. >> thank you. >> at this point that concludes my report. >> thank you. next item, please. >> commissioners, item number 16, legislative and policy committee report. >> we have covered most of what we covered in our committee meeting, but i did want to make a brief comment that we had a presentation by someone from the community ju

go down persidio if they're going to the geary street corridor so i think that's probably where the nexus is. we have a letter of support from the san francisco spca. they have support from pets are wonderful support, paws, pets unlimited which is right around the corner from the poa, because of the work they've done with the canine unit. we have, from different surveys, pet camp on sacramento street is in favor of it. cheers community center is in favor of the project. we have a letter of support from dave burnett who is the owner of molly stone's market. molly stone's market is probably going to be pet food express' biggest competitor. it is the closest and largest grocery market to this particular location. and we also have letter of support from a mr. barry leonard who was one of pet food express' original competitors who started a business called critters, fritters, pet food and supplies. his letter is very interesting. i liked the comment about, you know, about competition that was made here. and it's the exact same argument that mr. leonard makes, is that you might not always like

many fees, unless there is a tight nexus to the benefit and impact, would also require that vote. at the local level, the measure addresses the same types of fees and requires approval for fees that violate. so that is very interesting, and i think it is part and parcel of why the research underway is so important to understand where you will end up if you move forward on that measure. one last comment -- no, i think that is all i have. supervisor mar: any other questions? if prop 23 passes it is out of state companies? >> it defers to the fourth quarter economic growth, the implementation of regulations under ab-32. there has been talk of cap and trade within ab 32, and there has been talk of sharing net revenues, but it is hard to say that there will be a direct connection between the delay and revenue sharing. >> is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. any objections? approved by the committee. mr. chairman, are there any other items? >> item number 5, introduction of new items. this is an information item. supervisor mar

methodically and nexis, i was not able to -- nexus -- i also took the opportunity to give them an updateds. the permit on folsom predates the entertainment commission, so it was clear to me that none of them had a good sense of all of the changes that could be made. we also had a meeting in the office for broadway, which is sutra, and there was a large fight involving numerous patrons at the venue, so we, again, requested a meeting with the owner and manager of sutra, and that happened last friday, the 20th. mostly, this was to determine the status of the management agreement that is on file in the future of the club at the location, as it came to our attention that there are term ending in august, 31, so we gathered information in shared everything we had with central station, including the use of the promoters and the security staffing for last weekend and this weekend, and as i said, it is our understanding that the least they hold is up, -- the lease. staff is not aware of any problems at that location last weekend. officer mathias can tell me if i am right or wrong. and lastly, there

just to clarify, the nexus study measured costs related to alcohol and did not count substance abuse costs or substance-abuse issues. they were separate from alcohol. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is -- i am 42 years old. i have been living in the area since i was 6 years old. i am asking for the support of this the increase. this is essential for the continued services for those whose families and friends have fallen victim to alcoholism. this will provide education and support for those who are suffering from the illness. substance abuse and out of listen. this will help them to help themselves and to help them get their lives back and get back to their families, their parents, their friends, their spouses, and become that which they need so much to be happy. we will be able to make this different, -- this difference, a difference in their lives. thank you. chair avalos: thank you. [reading names] >> been a star is -- buenas tardes. [speaking spanish] [applause] chair avalos: gracias. next speaker, please. >> no, my name is -- i am not sure if my name was called. i am the

by measuring what the expense is with our nexus study and applying that fee to the cost of the city. it is all about the expense side. this mesh before us is not about anything else other than just doing that. we have had a whole bug process that lasted months looking at how we can effectively close out our deficit by a combination of things, including for the most part cuts of city services, layoffs, people who are retiring, not getting hired back, give-backs of labor. so there is a significant amount of work that is being done on the expense side of government. this is just one related item that is related to the expense item that we are trying to get cost recovery for. i hope that we can have a majority vote to support this measure. i do believe that when we are providing services that help people to get off the streets, get people into treatment, that has a benefit for the general population of san francisco. how much do we hear every day -- how many e-mails to each of us get a week that tell us we should be doing more to make sure our streets are saver, and cleaner, and people c

neighborhood groups and i do think as a lot of us know as supervisors, sometimes there's not always that nexus, sometimes our merchant occasions and groups don't always agree with the neighbors who live in the surrounding community in this particular instance, they do. and so for those reasons i will be supporting pet food express. i will be making a motion, i'd like to make the motion to approve 38 and table 39 and 40 and colleagues, i would like you to take the surrounding community into mind when you're making your decision and your vote. and i would like to remind you that the decision that we're making here is based on necessity and desirability and without question both of those two qualifications, i think, are met to a very high threshold on this particular project. president chiu: supervisor alioto-pier, it appears, made a motion to affirm the issuance of the conditional use with the approval of items 38 and tabling of items 39 and 40. is there a second or a motion? seconded by supervisor elsbernd. any discussion? supervisor. supervisor campos: campos thank you, mr. president. i thank

>> 01 san jose is the largest and most prestigious contemporary art festival in north america, the nexus of art, technology and digital culture. >> sounds fantastic, a culmination of a loft things coming together. can anyone attend these events happening, over 100 event? >> over 100 art installations, 46 commissioned projects, 12 public artworks. there's a little bit of everything for any person that wants to attend. it allows you access to major exhibitions throughout the city with one pass. >> the event tonight will be interesting, seafood key dee composing on screen, people are eating those inbreed yents, just one example of a lot of other things happening. where can people go to learn more about this real quick? >> the south hall of the san jose convention center, the signature exhibition taking place, out of the garage and into the world. >> thank you so much for joining us. let's look at the weather. the next 24 hours the fog off the coastline and the temperatures in the 50s for tonight. another cool night across the bay area. as we head throughout tomorrow, we are looking at a sys

there's a nexus to that, if that's our citywide objective, promoted by mayor newsom then the logic is we should be saving on our garbage costs, unless of course the garbage costs, the process is returned to the processing of the materials. i urge you to have a hearing on that relationship. >> it would be nice to see a saving there or reduction in the increases of the costs over time. the other question i have is the ban will phase out all elastic, including the exemptions by 20 -- would you repeat that? >> not clugget exemptions. the exemptions are fine night. >> the exemptions are fine night, wrapping the plastic. >> the specialized bags and dry-cleaners or at retail stores, we're in the touching those. >> okay. >> there's no bag alternatively that is used for that. when you go to the grocery store, in -- this goes to the earlier comment i made about the alternative bag industry is not being allowed to enter the markets because forces are suppressing that. the produce bag when you go to get your vegetables and fruit at the grocery store, you take the plastic bag off the roller, we ca

there's a nexus to that, if that's our citywide objective, promoted by mayor newsom then the logic is we should be saving

you got unilever with the nexus conditioner shampoos for nearly $4 billion in cash and paying it right now. another sign of confidence and southwest airlines putting in a bid for air tran. all that adds up to confidence. overall market, 100 of the 500 stocks in the s&p 500 at least at one-year highs and nine companies trying to debut this week here in the markets which is another sign of optimism. so, optimism rules when it comes to stocks. when it comes to education, just one question. how do we pay for it? public education with property tax sort of means people that live in rich neighborhoods get better gags than people in poor. you know, not necessarily equal and interesting thought, a conversation we'll have this week as we talk about the money side of education week. >> very good. and you're going to apologize to mark hanes for the comment off the top. >> it wasn't mark's wind i was talking about. >> thank you very much. there it is. thank you so much. international superstar erin burnett. >> don't forget to tune in tomorrow with the conversation on the nation's schools with colli