now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. ey

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

will go into more detail about the work they are doing as well as other leaders of that committee, rodney fong with the chamber, rudy with the labor council and our treasure jose and my partner in this effort, president of the board of supervisors norman yee, amazing people and talented people working hand in hand to not only provide the guidance for re-opening san francisco for our business community, but economic recovery and what that might look like, what the new normal with guidelines in providing that to our businesses who are wondering, when i open what am i required to do? we want to continue to make sure we are getting you prepared for what we know is to come. just to talk a little bit about the next phase. i want to go over the fact that the state, and there is also some confusion as to the state guidelines that are different from the city guidelines. i want to clarify. the fact is the state has issued guidance for the entire state. now the numbers in san francisco are not the same numbers in napa county. everyone has a different scenario and different guide because they are facing d

i did see, too, in one of our meetings where rodney fong mentioned there were 114 different line item or different fees. and so that leads me to believe the chamber does have a lot more data that maybe we aren't tapping into. instead of duplicating work, i would like access to the merchant corridor and all of the data. maybe if we need data, we can put a call out to different organizations to be able to kind of support us so that we're not doing all of the legwork over again. that's been a huge work i've. wonderini'vebeen wondering, ands entirely possible. i think those are my key things. >> excellent suggestions. thank you. the challenge with data, particularly with data gathered by business associations is that the associations representative one slice, one particular constituency. in my experience, they're very happy to share what they have and you have to be cautious about interpreting it because in businesses than can afford to join tend to be more successful than a cross-section of small business city-wide. and so you run the risk of leaving out important voices which is why in

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquinay hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going to be looking at a significan

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going t

will go into more detail about the work they are doing as well as other leaders of that committee, rodney fong with the chamber, rudy with the labor council and our treasure jose and my partner in this effort, president of the board of supervisors norman yee, amazing people and talented people working hand in hand to not only provide the guidance for re-opening san francisco for our business community, but economic recovery and what that might look like, what the new normal with guidelines in providing that to our businesses who are wondering, when i open what am i required to do? we want to continue to make sure we are getting you prepared for what we know is to come. just to talk a little bit about the next phase. i want to go over the fact that the state, and there is also some confusion as to the state guidelines that are different from the city guidelines. i want to clarify. the fact is the state has issued guidance for the entire state. now the numbers in san francisco are not the same numbers in napa county. everyone has a different scenario and different guide because they are facing d

course a popular tourist destination packed with restaurants and shops this morning we talked to rodney fong he is the president of san francisco chamber of commerce he acknowledges the fire at the warehouse does mean significant losses for several ferry boat companies and for crab fisherman. >>but says overall fisherman's wharf is fine and ready for business. >>museum echenique is just fine a pier 39 is just fine. the cannery to anchorage just find your early square is just fine and often we see these types of pictures we think it's so devastating to the whole area. a fisherman's wharf is actually finding an overture business all of those old classic restaurants. i don't number 9 eliot is number 8. asadullah tories are all open and they were getting ready and gearing up for on a curbside delivery a potentially even some street activations there's we have been reopened nothing people want to get outside. i'll tell you a fisherman's wharf, you know is for the most part in outdoor location outdoor destination. and as we begin to think about staycations fisherman's wharf is in history has been

we appreciate you very much, thank your patients, you bet now is rodney fong with the staff to chamber of commerce we brought a tesla there in that conversation, yeah, and today is the day that this factory in fremont gets up to speed now yeah i guess reached a deal. >>with the alameda officials who weren't happy with reopening and figure out a way to do it from was will tran. >>is live in fremont with the story. >>the jury a lot of people talking on social media after i posted and said it helps when your name is ilan mosque and not ilan smith saw a lot of people are cynical that tesla got preferential treatment even though governor gavin newsome said they did not get preferential treatment from alameda county to fully reopen this morning you could see just how busy it is it is all speed ahead for their workers 11,000 workers at the plant. >>last week you might recall yuan must tweeted out and deaf fight. alameda county shelter in place by telling his employees to head back to work and if arrests were made that he should be the one arrested that force them to get back to the bargaining

i did see, too, in one of our meetings where rodney fong mentioned there were 114 different line item or different fees. and so that leads me to believe the chamber does have a lot more data that maybe we aren't tapping into. instead of duplicating work, i would like access to the merchant corridor and all of the data. maybe if we need data, we can put a call out to different organizations to be able to kind of support us so that we're not doing all of the legwork over again. that's been a huge work i've. wonderini'vebeen wondering, ands entirely possible. i think those are my key things. >> excellent suggestions. thank you. the challenge with data, particularly with data gathered by business associations is that the associations representative one slice, one particular constituency. in my experience, they're very happy to share what they have and you have to be cautious about interpreting it because in businesses than can afford to join tend to be more successful than a cross-section of small business city-wide. and so you run the risk of leaving out important voices which is why in

i did see, too, in one of our meetings where rodney fong mentioned there were 114 different line item or different fees. and so that leads me to believe the chamber does have a lot more data that maybe we aren't tapping into. instead of duplicating work, i would like access to the merchant corridor and all of the data. maybe if we need data, we can put a call out to different organizations to be able to kind of support us so that we're not doing all of the legwork over again. that's been a huge work i've. wonderini'vebeen wondering, ands entirely possible. i think those are my key things. >> excellent suggestions. thank you. the challenge with data, particularly with data gathered by business associations is that the associations representative one slice, one particular constituency. in my experience, they're very happy to share what they have and you have to be cautious about interpreting it because in businesses than can afford to join tend to be more successful than a cross-section of small business city-wide. and so you run the risk of leaving out important voices which is why in

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

and rodney fong, president and c.e.o. of san francisco chamber of commerce. >> okay. today we have invited a number of business leaders and community service providers to provide us with their perspective on the economic response to the local emergency. as we head into the second month of sheltering in place, it's imperative that we hear from these groups and businesses themselves and put in perspectives to inform recommendations of the recovery effort. we know that there's not going to be a quick fix for turning the economy around. that's the unfortunate reality. but we do know that the economy will come back and that any effort to support our small businesseses should be developed with their voices and diverse experiences in mind. for that reason, we've invited everyone. we want to hear what you have to say. we're particularly encouraging members of the public to call in and provide their input and voices. we received a number of emails. so with that i'd like to introduce carlos solorzano, north region chair for hispanic chamber of commerce of san francisco to kick

and the mayor and the cochairs for the task force are carmen chu, the recorder and the treasurer, rodney fong from the chamber and rudy gonzalez from the labor council and supervisor peskin and i are representing the board and folks representing different sectors of san francisco from big business, small business, labor, nonprofit community and lots of folks and then with abled staffing from the city administrator and workforce develop, the office of resilience and capital planning, the human right's commission, the treasure tax collector and melissa white housmelissa whitee staffperson and i believe carmen reached out for feedback. we had a meeting on april 4th, a just getting started meeting and the staff then convened, i think nine different smaller groups to discuss what folks are hearing and what they would like to see prioritized. and those smaller subgroup meetings, i believe have now been finished, and the meeting of the larger group is this thursday, may 14th. based on those initial conversations, i think as recorder chu an and thinking abt going forward in three buckets of areas. fi

will go into more detail about the work they are doing as well as other leaders of that committee, rodney fongthe chamber, rudy with the labor council and our treasure jose and my partner in this effort, president of the board of supervisors norman yee, amazing people and talented people working hand in hand to not only provide the guidance for re-opening san francisco for our business community, but economic recovery and what that might look like, what the new normal with guidelines in providing that to our businesses who are wondering, when i open what am i required to do? we want to continue to make sure we are getting you prepared for what we know is to come. just to talk a little bit about the next phase. i want to go over the fact that the state, and there is also some confusion as to the state guidelines that are different from the city guidelines. i want to clarify. the fact is the state has issued guidance for the entire state. now the numbers in san francisco are not the same numbers in napa county. everyone has a different scenario and different guide because they are facing differe

will go into more detail about the work they are doing as well as other leaders of that committee, rodney fongchamber, rudy with the labor council and our treasure jose and my partner in this effort, president of the board of supervisors norman yee, amazing people and talented people working hand in hand to not only provide the guidance for re-opening san francisco for our business community, but economic recovery and what that might look like, what the new normal with guidelines in providing that to our businesses who are wondering, when i open what am i required to do? we want to continue to make sure we are getting you prepared for what we know is to come. just to talk a little bit about the next phase. i want to go over the fact that the state, and there is also some confusion as to the state guidelines that are different from the city guidelines. i want to clarify. the fact is the state has issued guidance for the entire state. now the numbers in san francisco are not the same numbers in napa county. everyone has a different scenario and different guide because they are facing different.

speaking of businesses down there we're joined now via skype with rodney fong from the san franciscofong who also by the way owns the wax museum there fisherman's wharf see of intimate knowledge. >>of the business area down there there's got to be devastating for a lot of the fishermen who had equipment stored there in that warehouse. >>yeah, this is not because we want to wake up to us. saturday morning. but we're so lucky that there are no casualties, no life lesson. our fire department did a great job extinguishing what they could there and you're right that this should see which was the most portion. helps a lot of this is for a some very good companies as well as some of the crab fisherman who stored their pots there. so i've been in phone conversations with them and their data trying to figure out how to best move on. these spectacular pictures here. again are devastating fisherman's wharf fisherman's wharf is a very large area and we're can still open for business there are 62 businesses open. providing curbside delivery. as we speak so i hopefully this is impactful to fisherm

and rodney fong, president and c.e.o. of san francisco chamber of commerce. >> okay.oday we have invited a number of business leaders and community service providers to provide us with their perspective on the economic response to the local emergency. as we head into the second month of sheltering in place, it's imperative that we hear from these groups and businesses themselves and put in perspectives to inform recommendations of the recovery effort. we know that there's not going to be a quick fix for turning the economy around. that's the unfortunate reality. but we do know that the economy will come back and that any effort to support our small businesseses should be developed with their voices and diverse experiences in mind. for that reason, we've invited everyone. we want to hear what you have to say. we're particularly encouraging members of the public to call in and provide their input and voices. we received a number of emails. so with that i'd like to introduce carlos solorzano, north region chair for hispanic chamber of commerce of san francisco to kick of

and the mayor and the cochairs for the task force are carmen chu, the recorder and the treasurer, rodney fong from the chamber and rudy gonzalez from the labor council and supervisor peskin and i are representing the board and folks representing different sectors of san francisco from big business, small business, labor, nonprofit community and lots of folks and then with abled staffing from the city administrator and workforce develop, the office of resilience and capital planning, the human right's commission, the treasure tax collector and melissa white housmelissa whitee staffperson and i believe carmen reached out for feedback. we had a meeting on april 4th, a just getting started meeting and the staff then convened, i think nine different smaller groups to discuss what folks are hearing and what they would like to see prioritized. and those smaller subgroup meetings, i believe have now been finished, and the meeting of the larger group is this thursday, may 14th. based on those initial conversations, i think as recorder chu an and thinking abt going forward in three buckets of areas. fi