commissioner sarkissian? >> hi. i just want to ask you about the sunset provision. what was the logic behind having this sunset provision. unless the board of supervisors extends the term, then the last day of the month which the inaugural meeting of the committee is held, this committee is dissolved? >> yes. commissioner. this you for that. the idea is there is a specific project at hand. we want to get this information simplify it and communicate it. the belief is rather than having this indefinite committee do it 12 months so they do they work efficiently and then we can go back to the board of supervisors to ask for it. the idea was to get the target date and get the work done so it doesn't go so long. >> initial efficiency savings wouldn't this committee be helpful in being a permitting committee? >> i think there is tremendous value in that. maybe that would be after the committee makes it's recommendations in how we can better communicate this and align the programs. maybe we reauthorize it with a slightly different purpose with an on going role. we wanted to

. >> commissioner avmd adams, dooley, commissioner dwight, reilly, commissioner sarkissian, commissioner white. aye. >> and that passes unanimously with 6-0. >> great. thank you very much. >> we appreciate it very much. next item, please. >> item no. 6. a pregnancy and discussion on research regarding disability access and readily achievable. commissioners, i want to introduce to you ronald rodriguez who is a usf law student who approached us to do volunteer work this summer. we took him up on the opportunity and to build on the work that cushion was do ing around disability access and what is readily achievable. he's here to discuss the work he's done. >> you are live on sf governor tv. >> i'm ron rodriguez, a research analyst for small division. today i'm discussing disability access and the in nature of readily achievable and how it's defined. i was tasked with -- i'm sorry. >> they put it up on the slide. >> i was tasked to inquire about what the nature of readily achievable is and the intent was. we've kind of and more specifically i was trying to determine whether permit fees and o

commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> i have a question. you mentioned prior to the meeting you noticed a lot of retails, retail stores did not know about the registration. in fact, you're surprised that many of them did not register and they were -- they were fined for not registering? >> there is a fine. if you look on the legislation online, it lists all the fines. i believe it's either 50 or $100 an infraction. if it's intentional, i believe that to be a misdemeanor. but it what most of the people working at the counters didn't really know about it, like i think safeway within the last couple years was one of the big businesses that got in trouble for charging -- overcharging for a lot of item in their store and now they offer a -- if they overcharge for one item that's over $5, or under $5, they give you that item for free. and if they overcharge an item that's over $5, they give you a $5 gift card. so, it's just like -- these people working the cash registers, looking into that, people are going to the store and know about that, they

and commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> here. >> madam president, we have a quorum. >> perfect. >> item number 2, general public comment, allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the commission's purview, and suggest new agenda items for the commission's future consideration. >> do we have any members of the public that would like to make a general comment that is not on the agenda today? seeing none, next item. >> item number 3, presentation and discussion of the city economist's economic analysis of a potential san francisco minimum wage increase. today you have a presentation by ted eagan, the office of economic analysis and chief economist. and in your packet is a printed out -- is the printed out version of what is on the controller's website. >> thank you, ted. welcome. which one would you like? >> thank you very much, and good afternoon, commissioners. ted eagan with the controller's office of economic analysis. on july 17th our office issued an he can no, ma'am ~ impact report on the legislation introduced by supervisor kim in june. and i will walk thr

commissioner monetta white, here, commissioner paul tour sarkissian, and

commissioner monetta white, here, commissioner paul tour sarkissian, and commissioner reilly will be a moment. mr. president, we have a quorum. >> thank you. next item, please. >> next item is item no. 2, general public comment. this allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the commission's purview and suggest new agenda items for the commission for future consideration. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to make any general public comment on items that are not on today's agenda? welcome. >> good afternoon, scott houkey from insurance and volunteers in medicine. an announcement. we've just decided to open up our clinic. we are currently in four zip codes, excelsior and portola and we'll take all residents of san francisco. it's a free clinic. they have to be making less than 250 percent of the federal

. >> so, like commissioner tour-sarkissian said, pacifica's gain is our loss. i want to read a certificate. small business commission city and county of san francisco, christian murdock, this monday, june 23rd, 13, the small business commission is pleased to recognition -- 2014, we have a typo here. >> i'll redo it. >> we will redo it for you. >> [speaker not understood] for a year. [laughter] >> thank you, commissioner white. the small business commission is pleased to recognize the contribution of christian murdock as an acting commission secretary, senior policy analyst, and business counselor, has made the office of small business san francisco and the san francisco small business commission. christian started with the office of small business in september 2012 as a policy analyst. christian assisted and counseled over 2000 businesses. had i expertise is urban and regional planning matters not only to the benefit of the clients he serve, but to his fellow business counselorses. it led to groundbreaking analysis on local state and government improvements tha

. >> commissioner sarkissian? >> thank you for this presentation. i have a question to ask you about your findings. you've stated that economics is not the only thing that the court takes into account. and considers also the impact on the business, for example. could you explain that to us and tell us what your findings have been and what the courts have held in that regard? >> sure. the impact for example on operations. if you have to make an alteration and it results in a loss of revenue, a significant amount of revenue or if you are losing money. if it impacts the operation in anyway, then that's not readily achievable. it's too much cost. the expenses are too much. like for instance i saw a case where there was an argument of rearrangement of the racks. that should be readily achievable but it cost the company several thousands and the court found it was not readily achievable because of the impact on the revenue. >> thank you. commissioner dooley? >> would this in theory kick in the whole consideration at only after a business has been sued for

and to commissioner tour-sarkissian's point, some of them don't even know. is that being caught on a personal and secure taxes as far as the equipment? is that completely separate or is that, again, another tax? or registration fee, do we know? >> so, the department of public health under the weights and measures is the one that licenses the pos system. it doesn't impact them. >> so, when the commission first heard this, and i think -- and i think commissioner dwight -- commissioner dooley was on the commission at the time. when we first heard it, the idea was i think they're first going to roll it out to the larger businesses and then start rolling it out to the smaller business he. and, so, i'm not sure if i'm answering your question. if i'm not fully answering it, let me know. >> if you have a retail license, that's going to be a trigger and if you're a restaurant that's going to be a trigger because they know eureffect i havely a food -- >> and i think -- and they're getting information. so, if you purchase a pos system or maybe inventory system then tho

commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> thank you, mr. eagan. i have a question about the remi simulation. i'm referring to your slide number 19, which you report that an estimation of 1500 -- 15,270 private sector jobs will be lost by 2019. first, i would like you to explain to me what the remi simulation is and whether it takes into account -- into account all the increases in cost of operation in the city, benefits, sick leave, that may not have been in place in 2004 that are in 2014 or 2014 to 2019. curious to find out whether that was included as well, could have further increased the loss or simulation loss of jobs. >> so, the remi model is basically a system of economic equations, several hundred economic equations that are set up in which some of the variables in these equations are policy variableses. they're things that our government might want to change, or the things that a government might want to change would affect these things. labor costs, the average compensation rate for industries, are the policy -- are among the policy variables. in the remi model, those are the ones