like director regina dick-endrizzi said, there's a lot of projects out there right now. jorge, i have to give you a shout-out. i know for a fact that some of these projects were already going. and when you stepped in there, you know, you really took care of it, especially on on west portal, rebuilding the tracks. you were down there and you really took a brunt of the battle with m.t.a. you were down there, you rolled up your sleeves and you worked with -- you worked with the merchants over there. so, you know, hats off to you and jada. this is a thankless job. it really is. and you're out there battling for small businesses. and i just -- from the bottom of my heart, i can't thank you both enough. and, jada, you know, you rock. and you have a job out there, like with these projects coming up, you know, van ness is like -- they call it van mess. and we almost think it should have been done a year ago. it's still going on and you still have to deal with that. now we have geary boulevard starting at full strength. but i'm confident now that we have this program in place tha

thank you, director regina dick-endrizzi. next item, please. >> commissioner's report. allow president, vice president, and commissioners to report on recent small businesses activities and make announcements that are of interest to the small business community. >> i don't have any past stuff to talk about. i would like to invite all of the small business commissioners and director regina dick-endrizzi and anybody else from the office of small business, that we'll be doing a holiday tree-lighting ceremony at castro and 18th street on monday, december 2nd at 6:00 p.m. everybody is welcome. commissioner dooley. >> i have two things to report that should be of interest to our audience. and to the commission. after posting i think it was about 38 vacancies last year in north beach. i'm happy to announce that we now have 22 new businesses. >> that's great. >> open or will be open or in the process of opening. four of them are restaurants and 18 are shops and services. and i wanted to run down just to give an example to other neighborhoods how this came out. we still have 28

misses, i want to say your guidance, your leadership and togetherrer with your director regina dick-endrizzi, benefits that work in the months ahead. as we continue to deepen our efforts to strengthen and uplift this industry that's a vital piece of our economy and culture. so today you'll be hearing hearm a few members of our team. the results of the small business roundtable, when we first came together with mayor breed during small business week last year. and what the outcomes of what those principles have led us to. the resulting $9 million and where we are in terms of providing those dollars to benefit our neighborhoods and small businesses directly. some of the recent and upcoming administrative reforms that are already in place. the small business streamlining legislation that we recently signed with mayor breed, together with supervisor vallie brown and later in a separate presentation, our construction mitigation efforts. i know you'll be hearing later on. these are all collectively a result of very impassioned, dedicated people who want for make sure that they're listening to you