. >> a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san franciscod the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your start first stop when you have questions when you have -- about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all of our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your apparent -- opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. first item. >> call to order at roll call. [roll call] area. [roll call] mr. president, you have acquired. item 2, general public comment. allows members of the public to comment generally on matters that are within the small business commission's jurisdiction but not on today's calendar, and suggest new agenda items for the commission's future consideration. discussion item. >> do we

has been part of the history of san francisco, one of the proudest of our business, the bay area has always been a city of ironworkers. the san francisco shipyard, we are daily working in the naval shipyard as one of the last remaining steel companies of san francisco, we are honored to be considered a san francisco legacy business. we have the privilege of working [inaudible] anco iron & construction, inc. has loved the city and takes pride in building in our community. i would like to thank you for the consideration. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is richard, i am a board member of kinmon gakuen. since children of japanese descent were discriminated from attending japanese schools, kinmon gakuen was founded in 1910. it was interrupted by war i due to racial hysteria, the u.s. government sees the school and use it as an assembly center. during the incarceration. , the school was entrusted to the booker t. washington community center, and after the war, it was returned to kinmon gakuen and there was grace, from the japanese royal families

the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the small business commission is the unofficial public form to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in in san francisco. if you need assistance with a small business, start here at the office of small business. i'm going to turn it over to commissioner zouzounis. >> i would like to request that the commission close our meeting today in memorial for kitchen manager at the old clam house on bayshore. their daughter was kayla salazar , who was a 13-year-old, that was killed at the gilroy garlic festival. in honor of kayla. >> i second. item 8, adjournment. closing the meeting in honor of kayla salazar. [roll call] meeting is adjourned at 6:49 p.m.. >> shop and dine the 49 challenges residents to do they're shopping with the 49ers of san francisco by supporting the services within the feigned we help san francisco remain unique and successful and rib rant where will you shop the shop and dine the 49 i'm e jonl i provide sweet

san francisco small business commission is the official public forum to voice your pigeon -- opinions and concerns about the policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. thank you. >> item one, called to order and roll call. [roll call] mr. president, you have a quorum. >> next item, please. >> item number two, general public comment. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to make comment on any items not on today's agenda? public comment is closed. >> item three, approval of legacy business registry applications on resolutions. @ discussion and action item. applications are laying antique and state jewelry, lucca's foods, deli and a san francisco and scoma's restaurant incorporated. the presenter is richard kurylo. >> great. thank you. richard? >> good afternoon. richard kurylo, legacy business program manager. sf gov tv i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are for applications for your consideration for the legacy business

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san francisco. cost of running a business in san francisco is very high. the internet killed a lot of small businesses and we happen to be one of them. >> reporter: the store is among a slew of independent music shops that have shuttered in the recent years, many blaming the tech economy for pricing out artists and musicians. >> people come to haight street and play in the band and play music. if you come here, you can't afford an apartment or a guitar. >> reporter: the only thing harder than watching his instruments go is saying good-bye to employees and customers. >> come and see me and -- it is a sad day. >> reporter: the store will have a blow-out sale starting this thursday. and then become just another memory of haight street's musical past. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >> a lot of store fronts like that. but there are certain ones that really just kind of -- >> with rock music and everything else. let's check your weather with kari. >> it is starting out nice and temperatures are cooler today. we've seen the car skies inland and we are going to

the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the small business commission is the unofficial public form to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in in san francisco. if you need assistance with a small business, start here at the office of small business. i'm going to turn it over to commissioner zouzounis. >> i would like to request that the commission close our meeting today in memorial for kitchen manager at the old clam house on bayshore. their daughter was kayla salazar , who was a 13-year-old, that was killed at the gilroy garlic festival. in honor of kayla. >> i second. item 8, adjournment. closing the meeting in honor of kayla salazar. [roll call] meeting is adjourned at 6:49 p.m. >> everything is done in-house. i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union st

san francisco skyline staple may soon be up for full sale for the first time ever according to the san francisco business times. it reports the building's current owner sought an investor to take partial station in the building. now, two years later, they are open to a full sale. eris at le contingency. transamerica wants to retain naming and branding lights. the listing would include two buildings on sampson street as well. the deal would bring in 600 to $625 million. >>> president trump setting his sights on buying the world's biggest island. >>> a nascar legend and his family lucky to be alive. new details about the fiery crash prompting a federal investigation. >>> right now, authorities outside denver, colorado searching for two juveniles who may have started a 25-acre wild fire yesterday. more than 300 homes near the deerpark canyon fire were forced to evacuate. witnesses said they heard explosions in the area of the fire. and, two boys were seen running away. and the winds are working in the fire crews' favor. and the blaze is now 50% contained. >>> president trump is reportedly eyeing a new and u

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coach. >> long befor confessed college admissions rick singer, he was running a legitimate business in san francisco. but she sensed something was wrong. >> his main pitch was i can get you into college x and i was appalled because noal eth counselor can ever say that. >> she start her own business, competing with singer for a time. he moved to, southern california rigging exams and f creatingake profiles for hundreds of students. rich parents were so desperate, they paid $25 million to rig the system. getting into college c be as stressful for the parent as it is for the student, but there are ways to channel that energy cotructively and you don have to be rich or famous. first, consider what's available for free,l the sch guidance counselor. >> the ones i've dealt with, they are amazing. >> if you want to hire help, look for a certifiedon educa planner. they're not cheap, a full package starting aroundr jun year will cost upwards of $5,000, but a far cry from the hundreds of thousands rick singerd. char a good planner will motivate the student to do the work. >> i want the kids to be engaged they'

this is all according to the san francisco business times.is reporting that the owner is considering a full sale of the skyscraper with one condition. transamerica wants to retain naming and branding rights. >>> imagine buying a car's sight unseen online and having it pop up on it eight story tall vending machine. they are doing just that. they are doing away with the days at the dealership. the companies cofounder says it is as simple as dropping a coin in a slot. >> you enter the coin into the machine. it is fully automated. a brings your car all the way down. it puts it into a bay. at that point the doors open you walk around and you see your new car. you get the keys and your seven day return policy begins. >> i would go for the ranger. >> the company now has 20 of these vehicle vending machines around the u.s. >> that is amazing. >>> speaking of cars, some of the coolest and most expensive ones in the world are making their way to monterey. ♪ e rld's pensiv ardring around monterey tonight. >> they are all here for the annual car week. it

after 40 years, he has decided to close. >> demographic has changed in san francisco, cost of running a businesssan francisco is very high. the rise of internet killed a lot of small businesses. we happen to be one of them. >> the store is among a slew of independent music shops that have shuttered in the city in recent years. many blame the tech economy for pricing out artists and musicians. >> peotree to play in a band. you come to haight, you can't afford an apartment. >> the only thing harder than watching his instruments go is saying good-bye to employees and customers. >> come and see me, it -- it's a sad day. >> store will have a blowout sale starting this thursday. then become just another memory of haight street's musical past. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >>> up next here at 6:00, how a coast guard team nabs smugglers and captured more than 2,000 pounds of drugs. here's your buick sir. actually, that's my buick. your buick doesn't have a roof rack! this is my buick. how are we gonna fit in your mom's buick? easy. i like that new buick. -me too. i was actually talking about that b

in the area with the sword and stolen items and they say that's where they arrested him as san francisco business owner says his 13 year-old son saved him from an attack. >>by a homeless man, the owner of exo extra falls on columbus street says that the man walked into a store and started harassing customers when he forced the man out of the shop the attacker. he says began choking him, his 13 year-old son then grabbed a bat and threatened to hit them and the attacker took off. but later returned to the shop and that's when he was arrested by police the man faces charges of assault, making threats and false imprisonment. police in santa cruz are looking for a man who they say assaulted a 13 year-old girl, this is a sketch of the suspect it happened yesterday afternoon as the girl was walking home from san lorenzo middle school. police say the girl was walking down a dirt trail tora mom's house when a man approached her they say he grabbed her arm and backpack, but that little girl was able to for fight him off and run away. police believe the man might be homeless. he was last seen running toward

after 40 years, he has decided to close. >> the demographic has changed in san francisco, and the cost of running a business in san francisco is very high. you know, the rise of the internet killed a lot of the small businesses, and we happen to be one of them. >> reporter: the store is among a slew of the independent music shops that have shuttered in the city, and many are blaming the tech for pricing out the local musicians. >> people would come to the haight to play music, but if you come now, you can't afford an apartment. >> reporter: and the hardest thing is to say good-bye to the employees and the customers. >> they come to see me, and you know, it is a sad day. >> reporter: the store is going to have a blowout sale starting this thursday and then become just another memory of haight street's musical pass. joe risotto jr., bay area news. >>> sign of the times there. and now, we have a loter po comi comicom -- lot more coming up. and we will tell you how a quick-thinking teenager jumped into action. >>> where are they going? one school is dealing with a disappearing student body. it is a nbc bay area

san francisco business times reporting the building's owner is looking for a buyer. there is at least one contingency. transamerica wants to retain the name. the deal could be worth up to $625 million. >>> in the meantime google has reportedly hit a major milestone in its efforts to develop a transit village in downtown san jose. the mercury news is reporting google has swept up 56 properties near the train station. it has sunk over $386 million in the parcels. google has snatched a building that housed a union hall a carwash and supply hardware among other properties. >>> los gatos police release video of an officer confrontation. >>> what investigators concluded about the incident and what we know about the officers past problems with use of force. >>> if it is exotic cars you want monterey is definitely the place to be this weekend. coming up the cars and the crowds of monterey car week. >>> a chance to take the controls on caltrans. the videogame that makes you a virtual engineer. >>> the bay area is leading the way in job growth. telephone is booming economy in

san francisco business owners say these transit only lanes will cost them customers. how they got the city to put on the brakes. >>> dozens of young people hospitalized with lung damage after vaping. the cases raising concerns about the short-term risk of e- cigarettes. >>> california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit >>> a bay area mother seeking justice for her son. he was murdered as he tried

well the san francisco business owner says his 13 year-old son saved him from an attack by a homeless man check out this video. the owner of xl acts truffles right along columbus street. he says that a man walked into a store he started harassing customers when he forced the man out of his shop via. he started attacking him and choking him. his 13 year-old son stepped in he grabbed a bat he threatened to hit the man. the attacker then took off but later tried to return into the shop and that's when he was arrested by police a man faces charges of assault making threats and also false imprisonment. police in san francisco looking for the gunman who shot a person in the tenderloin district. this happened at around 6 o'clock last night market in 6 street have since reopened police say the victim was not severely injured and is not cooperating with officers. well to the east right now berkeley police are looking for whoever assault a man early tuesday morning this happened just a few feet away from u c berkeley freshman dorms kron four's well below has the latest. >>the aware of your surr

[reading notes] >> i only have one item, i want to congratulate the director of the san francisco business had an excellent article on legacy businesses. green apple books was featured in that article, so was our director. i just wanted to say good it is this week's business times. >> i attended the july 16 monthly council district merchant meeting. also on june 20, i attended the ten year anniversary of sfa. an organization that i founded to support local manufacturers, and a program oewd has been very supportive of over the last ten years he and much appreciated. >> i just wanted to report back in that with some heavy-duty construction going on in north each. they close down washington square park for many months. the norge -- the business associations along with neighborhood groups are still holding their feet to the fire to make sure it is happening

that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. busines

according to a report from the cannabis industry group ark view market research. >>> eight san francisco businesses to the legacy business registry. that registry recognizes longtime community serving businesses as valuable cultural assets for the city. three of the businesses are in japantown. on sutter street for 45 years. the nichi bay foundation helps to preserve japanese culture. and the japanese american historical society, all of them nominated by city leaders, and approved by the small business commission. >>> there's a new open area marketplace. mayor london breed and city officials were on hand for the grand opening of the bistro which features a regular rotation of entrepreneurs who live and work in bay view hunters point. >> there are a lot of people working in this community. and there's a lot of people living in this community. and having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bay view hunters point community. erwedn friday. and 5:00 to month as part of a special community night. >>> in the na

. >>> eight san francisco businesses were added to the legacy business registry which recognizes longime, community serving businesses as cultural assets for the city. three of the businesses are in japantown. the sweet shop on sutter street has been around for the 40 years. and the national japanese american historical society. all of them were nominated by city leaders and approved by the small business commission. >>> home sales in the bay area saw a decline in the past year. according to a red fin report, housing prices dropped in san jose and oakland. in san jose, down 3.3% with the median price at $1.1 million. and in oakland, 2.6%. the median price is now 650,000. sales have been weaker than expected considering the mortgage rates falling since early spring. >>> the food and drug administration proposing new packaging requirements for cigarettes. and it would use graphic photos to show the dangers of smoking. they feature 13 realistic images of the health risks of smoking. a written warning with the graphic images would cover after of the front of every package of cigarettes, r

. >>> san francisco-based timbuk2 may be moving to southern california. hate to hear this. the "san francisco business times" reports the bag maker has been sold to a custom furniture company based in orange county. timbuk2 has been rooted in the san francisco mission district since its founding in 1989. as of 2017 the company had 64 employees. i went there a few months ago to do the story. at that factory, they make custom bags, you can watch them do it and go on tours. i hope they stay here. >>> the bay area housing crisis is getting worse. we have new data showing you ne >>> cell phone theft, one of the biggest crimes in san francisco. a man decided he was not going to be the next victim. >> they don't recommend this. not one, but two of his cell phones were stolen. he went after that thief. mike huckman was in the city for business. yesterday morning he was grabbing a cup of coffee when someone snatched his phones and jetted off with him. he chased down the thief three blocks, yelling that the phones were locked, it's going to be useless to you. something must have registered. eventually the thief

. >>> cashless trend has come to an end in san francisco. businesses must allow cash despite store owners saying this puts safety at risk. elissa harrington is live in the financial district this morning with details on what is going on. >> reporter: when amazon go launched, it was about being cash free and checkout free. you can go in and shop and check out using your phone. stores like this that relay on phones or credit cards only have been forced to reverse course and allow cash. yesterday it became a law in san francisco. brick and mortar stores throughout the city, as well as restaurants, must accept cash. if they to not they can beboard the ordinance saying low income people may not have credit cards and refusingthe customers is discriminating against them. businesses however say the no cash rule is about safety of employees and customers a register full of cash can invite crime. cards or payments on customers phone eliminates the need to have cash. philadelphia, the entire state of new jersey have these cashless bans. other major cities includi

it is a 42-year-old business in san francisco. we are a bar with a large beer garden and kitchen. eitgeist is a historic legacy business within san francisco within the registry. over the past 30 years, we have had a long history of posting performance events from live music to film screening dj's and other m.c. events during the 80s and nineties. it was a popular place like monks the punk scene during that time. moving forward we have hosted a number of live music events. most recently, we hosted the official tamale lady day celebration on june 23rd, celebrating virginia ramos' life bands played during a saturday afternoon and it culminated with a screening of a documentary about her life. each time we hosted events we have been diligent in obtaining the proper permits from the entertainment commission, staffing events to make sure the safety of our clientele is maintained and informing all neighbors with adequate notice and manager contact information and having managers present to handle issues during the event. with the limited live performance permit, we intend to continue the

culture and industry are under assault with the same thing that every san franciscan faces: the cost of doing business in san franciscoprocesses and increase access to the permit process, we've gun digitizing the per -- we've begun digitizing the permit process. we've worked in partnership with mayor breed to create the formation of the special events committee. i'm proud of our efforts to create funding opportunities to create small businesses with technical assistance, and i'm also proud of our efforts to update the good neighborhood policy. i'm deeply committed to defining and designing safe inclusive and culturally forming spaces of night life and culture. last weekend, i attended the undiscovered creative night market and experienced a transformation of a market alley into a market of light. i was that little girl who watched and learned from their community as they claimed and created social spaces. today i continue this this tradition as a public servant, protecting, promoting our spaces that serve our community. >> supervisor walton: thank you, miss caminong. do you have any questions? thank you. i will now ca

and check in on conditions, the traffic and the weather traffic stacked up here heading into san francisco. busys usual from the maze busy across the upper deck and you can see all the cloud cover but it's going to be a nice day we'll have specifics fo >>rajan texas this morning after an arrest of a man goes viral and now the police in galveston are apologizing. we have john lawrence explaining what happened. >>the galveston police department under attack for x% the method used after the arrest of donald, neely this is. >>not 17 night thing as so we have to send the message that we won't staff with this america that doesn't matter in the white house. we treat service says equally. >>nearly was arrested saturday on a criminal trespass charge police said the line was attached to the cuffs and the officers walked the 43 year-old to a staging area a few blocks away how appalled i believe that the way they handled things discussed in. police chief vernon hale issued a statement apologizing to me li calling the treatment and unnecessary embarrassment. hale did say it is a trained technique and best pr

pyramid, take a look at that this morning, the san francisco skyline mesa be up for full sale for the first time ever, that is according to the san francisco business times, reports that the building current owner sought an investor to take partial steak of the building but now, two years lait open to a full sale. there is at least one contingency, transamerica wants to have naming and branding rights including two things on sansom street as well, the business times reports the deal could bring up to $625 million. >>> the time this morning, israel granted permission for congresswoman rashida tlaib to enter the country, the israeli government banned the democrats and ilhan omar for mentoring, both women supported a boycott of israel for what they say is ongoing abuse of palestinian rights. tonight they received permission to enter on humanitarian grounds saying she wants to visit family. her parents immigrated to the u.s. from the west bank. >> i grandmother is in her 90s. her granddaughter is a united states congressman, she should be able to see me and touch me and hug me, i will continue to fight back. >> the israel interior minister says to leav

. >>> a live look at our roof,, the san francisco transamerica pyramid may soon have a for sale sign up front, san francisco business times reports the buildings owners looking for a buyer. when contingency, transamerica wants to retain the name and the deal could be up to 625 to 62 $5 million. and meanwhile google has hit a major milestone's efforts to develop a major campus in downtown san jose, google has swept up 56 properties near the dirt on train station and has sunk more than $400 million into buying up properties in the area, they've bought up buildings that had a hardware store and a carwash among other properties. >>> this teachers union settled a four-day strike, the 16 teachers agreed to a new three- year deal which includes a 5% increase for the first two years and a 3% raise in the third year and this was the first multi-day teacher strike in sonoma county since 1980. our special back to school coverage will continue monday with a look at a makeover at a historic alameda high school, monday morning starting at 4:30 am.>> are kpix5 original report, the booming bay area beauty brand that built it long b

san francisco. >>looks okay little busy across the golden gate.ve the typical crowd leaving nevado you know out is brake lights from highway 37 out of the votto continuing south to sandra fell and then at after sandra fell a good trip to san francisco. we're checking 92 and it's packed its impact for the last couple of hours. slow from the nimitz to the high rise but just under 30 minutes off to one o one and the richmond sandra fell bridge. this traffic goes to harbor harbor to the toll plaza is or slow down there. the hot spots but a lot of heavy traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza, you're stacked up from the oakland maze pretty crowded on all connector ramps leading over to 80 darya james, thanks a lot of 07:31am in the east say it is back to school for students in the new haven unified school district that's right don't forget was the district, the head. >>a week's long teacher strike that impact a student's right before they went to summer bring worry is whether or not. >>they take their finals are graduate was a pain arie older kids and for

forward this resolution to let everyone know we are serious about supporting our small businesses here in san francisco. i have said before that small businesses are the backbone of a lot of our communities here in the city. we want our small businesses to thrive and we need to put policies in place that will help small businesses succeed here in san francisco. we sat down with the small business commission and several small business advocates to work on this resolution to convene a small business economic mitigation working group. the goal is to mitigate negative impacts on our small businesses due to recent legislation, but also to legislation that could be harmful to small businesses in general. so this resolution will support the small business commission convening that committee to work together on strategies and policies that will help small businesses thrive even due to certain legislation. >> chair ronen: fantastic. no other opening comments? if there's any member of the public who would wish to speak on this item, please come forward. >> good morning, chair ronen, vice-chair walton, supervisor