for the rent stabilization grant enabling the office of small business to better manage this complex grant program. the small business commission extends its sincerest gratitude to marco bruno and the san francisco small business community. and to kisti tung, the small business commission is proud to acknowledge kristi tung. she assisted with a lightning interface in the sales foerts. finding solutions to reduce data entry -- finding solutions to reduce data entry and enhancing the user experience so the counselors could focus on supporting existing businesses during these challenging times. kristi imported thousands of interactions with and also made upgrades and improvements. for the office of small business assistance center. so we extend our sincere gratitude to kisti for her efforts and service to the san francisco small business community. and, for yongwen wang. on this day, the small business commission is proud to acknowledge your contribution that you've made to the san francisco small business community. yongwen made major enhancements which enabled the small business office to launch a new website for the legacy busi

the san francisco small business commission and office of small business staff acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their tradition, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibility as the caretakers of this land. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by establishing their sovereign rights as first people. please call item 2. >> clerk: item 2, board of supervisors ordinance, file 21808, planning code, requirements for laundromats and on-site laundry services. this is a discussion and potential action item. the commission will discuss and may vote on possible recommendations regarding ordinance file 210808 [indiscernible] and to prohibit accessory dwelling units that reduce on-site laundry services unless replaced, affirming the planning department's determination under ceqa, and making findings of consis

the san francisco small business commission and office of small business staff acknowledges that we aree unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their tradition, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibility as the caretakers of this land. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by establishing their sovereign rights as first people. please call item 2. >> clerk: item 2, board of supervisors ordinance, file 21808, planning code, requirements for laundromats and on-site laundry services. this is a discussion and potential action item. the commission will discuss and may vote on possible recommendations regarding ordinance file 210808 [indiscernible] and to prohibit accessory dwelling units that reduce on-site laundry services unless replaced, affirming the planning department's determination under ceqa, and making findings of consistency

coalition of economic equity and members of the small business community and i want to note this is a package also supported by the small business commission prior to coming to this committee. i wanted to make sure we shared an overview with you what is changing. jennifer johnson will put up the presentation. it will be a few quick slides to share the key elements that are changing. >> just as a quick introduction. the 14b program is local business enterprise l.b.e. it was put into place after prop 209 passed that took away minority and women owned business program. what the l.b.e. program provides is bid preference for certified local businesses. as many of you know contract monitoring division is within the city administrator's office headed by the administrator. the ordinance was last amended by the board of supervisors in 2015 and made a number of changes including increases to threshold but not for all categories. i will get into that in a little bit. in terms of some of the major changes i will get into more detail today with you on. a few things. one, i think as president walton presented it increases threshold for certification for

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissiona musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professionally, as well as a small

as well as the planning commission for their recommendation of the legislation with the small business commission because landromats are small businesses. and what this addresss is the precipitous decline in the number of landromats here in the city and county of san francisco. and i will delve into some of the numbers, but indeed over less than a decade, 1/3 of them have atrophied and with the interns that looked into this before the pandemic and like everything else, it got put on the shelf and is a matter of survival. this came as a landromat in a topographically challenged portion of the hill and tons of bubbles and face closure as the building's owner and the building owner and sought to convert the ground floor of the commercial space into another laudable use and accessory dwelling unit. the office received tons of emails from patrons of the landromat, testimony from seniors and long-term renters and people with disability who is can't go far distances about the importance of this particular landromat. and the lack of nearby alternatives if it were to close down. ultimately that fight was

difference where the office of small business and the small business community wasn't consulted in drafting legislation, and -- and therefore, you know, the role of the commission in dealing with legislation at the time and having -- there was a lot more nuancing and recommendations for amendments, and fortunately, we're sort of more in a place of office staff having more involvement in advising on drafting of legislation. and so, you know, to give some consider for what's -- what are some additional -- besides making some legislation and recommendations, what else can the commission do? so the commission can take a look at policy or different procedures. we did this -- we took some initial steps in this -- in taking a look at it, getting presentations from departments. it may be multiple presentations from multiple departments over different meetings than to coalesce a recommendation. this was similar to what was done with the commission working group, so i just sort of laid that out there in terms of you might want to think about moving forward in terms of taking on two or three policy items that you want to take a look on, do some is deep dives, and then hav

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionby mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me profe

the san francisco small business commission and office of small business staff acknowledges that we arene who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their tradition, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibility as the caretakers of this land. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by establishing their sovereign rights as first people. please call item 2. >> clerk: item 2, board of supervisors ordinance, file 21808, planning code, requirements for laundromats and on-site laundry services. this is a discussion and potential action item. the commission will discuss and may vote on possible recommendations regarding ordinance file 210808 [indiscernible] and to prohibit accessory dwelling units that reduce on-site laundry services unless replaced, affirming the planning department's determination under ceqa, and making findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority poli

as well as the planning commission for their recommendation of the legislation with the small business commission because landromats are small businesses. and what this addresss is the precipitous decline in the number of landromats here in the city and county of san francisco. and i will delve into some of the numbers, but indeed over less than a decade, 1/3 of them have atrophied and with the interns that looked into this before the pandemic and like everything else, it got put on the shelf and is a matter of survival. this came as a landromat in a topographically challenged portion of the hill and tons of bubbles and face closure as the building's owner and the building owner and sought to convert the ground floor of the commercial space into another laudable use and accessory dwelling unit. the office received tons of emails from patrons of the landromat, testimony from seniors and long-term renters and people with disability who is can't go far distances about the importance of this particular landromat. and the lack of nearby alternatives if it were to close down. ultimately that fight was

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionpointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit

as well as the planning commission for their recommendation of the legislation with the small business commission because landromats are small businesses. and what this addresss is the precipitous decline in the number of landromats here in the city and county of san francisco. and i will delve into some of the numbers, but indeed over less than a decade, 1/3 of them have atrophied and with the interns that looked into this before the pandemic and like everything else, it got put on the shelf and is a matter of survival. this came as a landromat in a topographically challenged portion of the hill and tons of bubbles and face closure as the building's owner and the building owner and sought to convert the ground floor of the commercial space into another laudable use and accessory dwelling unit. the office received tons of emails from patrons of the landromat, testimony from seniors and long-term renters and people with disability who is can't go far distances about the importance of this particular landromat. and the lack of nearby alternatives if it were to close down. ultimately that fight was

i'm calling in my personal capacity but however i also sit on the small business commission and i'm callingor stefani's legislation. this is exactly the type of code cleanup that our supervisors of small-business constituents and our small businesscommission have been trying to address . ever since before covid when we realized we had aslew of broken window air policies . still other books do in fact affect businesses that serve low income communities and family-owned businesses , single-story brick-and-mortar's that small property owners own. and this is exactly the type of low hanging fruit that will be a win for our politicians and our smallbusinesses . this has nothing to do with urban blight and in fact the fact that we still have anti- bloating laws and codes like this show that we have not amended hour, we haven't improved our equity in terms of code cleanup. thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm calling from the local commission on behalf of the supervisors presentation. i couldn't agree more. i do not see signage as any type of disturbance and i believe it's essential for businesses espe

the small business commission heard this matter on monday and is recommending that the board of supervisors approve this ordinance and i want to thank the budget and legislative analysts for their recommendation of approval. and with that, i will take questions. >> great. thank you. i appreciate your creative approach to making sure we can provide the support and i want to thank supervisor chan's office also for her leadership and this is a priority to fund during the budget process. supervisor ma?r, >> thank you, chair haney. yeah. thank you so much, director andruzzi. i had questions about the -- well, i think this makes sense. this proposal to sort of address the problems with the existing guidelines for the business assistance grants and create a new program and get around the -- yeah, the charter provisions. but i had questions around the overall program and the amount. so, there will be some significant changes to the amount for some of the categories, particularly large nonprofits and -- yeah, and looks like the land lords for large for-profit businesses, a reduction. and then it is

small business owner. i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commissionnted by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me

coalition of economic equity and members of the small business community and i want to note this is a package also supported by the small business commission prior to coming to this committee. i wanted to make sure we shared an overview with you what is changing. jennifer johnson will put up the presentation. it will be a few quick slides to share the key elements that are changing. >> just as a quick introduction. the 14b program is local business enterprise l.b.e. it was put into place after prop 209 passed that took away minority and women owned business program. what the l.b.e. program provides is bid preference for certified local businesses. as many of you know contract monitoring division is within the city administrator's office headed by the administrator. the ordinance was last amended by the board of supervisors in 2015 and made a number of changes including increases to threshold but not for all categories. i will get into that in a little bit. in terms of some of the major changes i will get into more detail today with you on. a few things. one, i think as president walton presented it increases threshold for certification for

. >> caller: my name is william hanna, i served as commissioner for office of small-business and on the commission i serve on the subcommission for equity but today i'm calling as a private citizen. mission native and a small business owner. i am in full support of this legislation . this legislation brings a little burden to equity. it would bring a lot of my businesses in the mission into compliance so for those who don't understand, people of color always affected either san francisco bureaucracy because we do not speak english. we are not successive and we do not have the resources to hire. so i approve this legislation, thank you for your consideration. >> caller: good afternoon again commissioners, myname is diane wesley smith . i fully support the supervisors amendment. you know, i am calling on behalf of my business bayview real estate community services but more importantly bayview . the community engagement divisionwhich is a new real estate community services. it's time to get . i asked a native san franciscan 59 years old i was case all over the city when i was trying to poke time. i d

the small business commission heard this matter on monday and is recommending that the board of supervisors approve this ordinance and i want to thank the budget and legislative analysts for their recommendation of approval. and with that, i will take questions. >> great. thank you. i appreciate your creative approach to making sure we can provide the support and i want to thank supervisor chan's office also for her leadership and this is a priority to fund during the budget process. supervisor ma?r, >> thank you, chair haney. yeah. thank you so much, director andruzzi. i had questions about the -- well, i think this makes sense. this proposal to sort of address the problems with the existing guidelines for the business assistance grants and create a new program and get around the -- yeah, the charter provisions. but i had questions around the overall program and the amount. so, there will be some significant changes to the amount for some of the categories, particularly large nonprofits and -- yeah, and looks like the land lords for large for-profit businesses, a reduction. and then it is

needs of property owners an small businesses with the need of being able to enforce so our citizens can access goods and services. they are supported by the small business commission and the mayor's office. >> thank you. before i turn it over to my colleagues for questions. could you give us a little background on the numbers of building owners who have submitted their compliance check list or at least an average per year up to now. >> i don't have the average per year up to now. i do think that our goal is to hit 80% compliance. we want to make sure we have a strong marketing campaign around those dates and deadlines. in terms of specific numbers in the past, i don't have those presently. but we can follow-up with your office with that information. >> thank you. any other staff? >> thank you chair. i had a similar question around the numbers. it's hard to evaluate where we are in terms of those 11,000 addresses. i don't know how that compare it what's been done. that would be good information to get. the other thing i was wondering, through the chair, i'm trying to understand how this local program overlaps with the federal and state obligations. when i was revie

needs of property owners an small businesses with the need of being able to enforce so our citizens can access goods and services. they are supported by the small business commission and the mayor's office. >> thank you. before i turn it over to my colleagues for questions. could you give us a little background on the numbers of building owners who have submitted their compliance check list or at least an average per year up to now. >> i don't have the average per year up to now. i do think that our goal is to hit 80% compliance. we want to make sure we have a strong marketing campaign around those dates and deadlines. in terms of specific numbers in the past, i don't have those presently. but we can follow-up with your office with that information. >> thank you. any other staff? >> thank you chair. i had a similar question around the numbers. it's hard to evaluate where we are in terms of those 11,000 addresses. i don't know how that compare it what's been done. that would be good information to get. the other thing i was wondering, through the chair, i'm trying to understand how this local program overlaps with the federal and state obligations. when i was revie

the small business commission heard this matter on monday and is recommending that the board of supervisors approve this ordinance and i want to thank the budget and legislative analysts for their recommendation of approval. and with that, i will take questions. >> great. thank you. i appreciate your creative approach to making sure we can provide the support and i want to thank supervisor chan's office also for her leadership and this is a priority to fund during the budget process. supervisor ma?r, >> thank you, chair haney. yeah. thank you so much, director andruzzi. i had questions about the -- well, i think this makes sense. this proposal to sort of address the problems with the existing guidelines for the business assistance grants and create a new program and get around the -- yeah, the charter provisions. but i had questions around the overall program and the amount. so, there will be some significant changes to the amount for some of the categories, particularly large nonprofits and -- yeah, and looks like the land lords for large for-profit businesses, a reduction. and then it is

as well as the planning commission for their recommendation of the legislation with the small business commissionats are small businesses. and what this addresss is the precipitous decline in the number of landromats here in the city and county of san francisco. and i will delve into some of the numbers, but indeed over less than a decade, 1/3 of them have atrophied and with the interns that looked into this before the pandemic and like everything else, it got put on the shelf and is a matter of survival. this came as a landromat in a topographically challenged portion of the hill and tons of bubbles and face closure as the building's owner and the building owner and sought to convert the ground floor of the commercial space into another laudable use and accessory dwelling unit. the office received tons of emails from patrons of the landromat, testimony from seniors and long-term renters and people with disability who is can't go far distances about the importance of this particular landromat. and the lack of nearby alternatives if it were to close down. ultimately that fight was won on a 4-3 spl

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up andlic comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've bee

in may, securities and exchange commission small business capitol formation advisory committee made twoecific recommendations to use not simply to semitic capitol for small businesses make it easier for women and minority and raise capitol for entrepreneurial. the advisory committee the advisory committee noted that traditional institutional investors are known for pattern matching or making investment decisions, but unfortunately, this often blocks out women and minorities who are -- [inaudible] recommended by the advisory committee were, number one, increasing the cap on the aggregate amount of capital from $10 million to $150 million and, number two, increasing the allowable number of investors from a 250 to 600 for qualifying venture capital funds. i introduced the improving capital allocation for newcomers act for 2021 which would codify these the recommendations. especially so for small businesses. so,ys would you support codifyig these recommendations, increasing the aggregate amount and increasing the allowable number ofe investors from 250 to 600 for qualified venture capital f

in may, securities and exchange commission small business capitol formation advisory committee made twopecific recommendations to use not simply to semitic capitol for small businesses make it easier for women and minority and raise capitol for entrepreneurial. the advisory committee note institutional investors are known for making investment decisions to replicate patterns for successful entrepreneur in the past. unfortunately, this box out minorities were traditionally successful. the advisory committee increasing amounts of capitol contributions pretend millions of dollars and creasing allowable numbers of investors 250 to 600 prequalifying capitol funds. i introduced approving allocations for newcomers in 2021 and what has he struck relations, we know capitol is the lifeblood of office especially so personal physicist. would you support codifying fees for accommodations and increase number of investors from 250 to 600 for qualified capitol funds? >> i want to look at your legislation try to work with you on it. as a balancing act in august how we ensure investors have appropriate d

remember what happened when they had their six hour blackout the number of small businesses that were, you know, out of commission that much -- for that amount of time was in the hundreds of thousands. so clearly, millions and millions -- in fact, ten million plus small businesses worldwide rely on facebook to really exist, to acquire customers in a cost sufficient manner and i think again to the extent that advertising is a relative industry or very fluid environment where advertisers effectively move back and forth to channels where they get the better ry and to the extent that facebook remains even, you know, aslightly better than the next guy, they'll get -- they'll continue to get the -- you know, the add dollars but more importantly their scale really separates them from everybody else with the exception of google and google dominates search i think advertisers don't want to rely on google considering that 40 to 50% of their ad dollars are already spent on their platform so we think they're doing the right thing by being introspective. i would put facebook among the best companies, ironically, in terms of p

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up andublic comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've b

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up andcomment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've been ve

businesses including hairdressing. they have pledged $250 million to help small margins. we have seen efforts coming separately from the korea fair trade commissionorder to go after these big tech giants including protecting consumers and merchants with existing laws, also trying to enact new regulations. interestingly, the chair was talking to bloomberg saying we're only going to see minimum regulations. take a listen. >> our top priority in our enforcement is to increase competition, and also increase activity in the market. i would say to market players and investors, trust us, we are here to help you. shery: she took the helm in 2019, pledging to form a digital, fair economy. emily: we will keep following what is happening across the tech landscape. thank you so much. coming up, the maker of electric cars backed by amazon and ford has filed for an ipo, but this a $1 billion net loss in the process. we take a look at what the ceo had to say. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back to "bloomberg technology". i and emily chang in san francisco. bloomberg reported in august the company this evening and $80 billion valuation and now with a look under th

small businesses alone? dir. chopra: let me share some detail on that. my experience with many federal agencies, including the federal trade commission, is that rather than actually going through the process of appropriate enforcement that is subject to court review, what they do is they strong-arm small businesses into settlements, no litigated decisions, to create a sort of hidden con law. i think that is very inappropriate. i think we have to focus on the biggest players with national harm, and that we are doing so because they also have the know-how, ability, and resources to defend us. most of these large firms have compliance departments way bigger than the cfpb. it is much more fair when we are focusing on widespread harm rather than doing what the ftc does come which is beat up on small businesses without -- sen. daines: a lot of small businesses don't have a compliance department. dir. chopra: exactly. that being said, in some cases, senator, when we are given a large number of complaints about a small entity, i'm not saying that small businesses have a free pass from the law, but that is not going to be my focus. sen. daines: i know senator til

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up andlic comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've bee

the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've been very fortunate here. we've had t

small business recovery act. the legislation was adopted by the board of supervisors and sewn into law and we're working closely with the director and the commission staff to make sure that all those reforms are clear to business owners and, you know, i'm sure we'll have more to circle back with the commission about outreach and other activities there as well. and i think that concludes it. >> president: questions? hey ben, any news on -- i know that the budget committee last week, we all kind of spoke about the fund i guess for people that have been struggling paying the rent for the commercial. any news on it getting funded because i know that they approved it, they just need to get the money in the account; right? >> that's a really good question, commissioner. i would defer to the mayor's office and also to supervisor safai's office on the latest there. yeah, i know there's been discussion on the creation of the fund, but i agree it's -- i don't have an update for you on the allocation of any money there, but certainly can circle back with the people who would feel better about where that conversation is. >> commissioner: i think they're still

small businesses is a wonderful thing. >> clerk: and the time is 5:01. this meeting is being held by webex pursuant to the mayor's and governor's declaring of a local emergency. during the covid emergency, the fire commission'sular meeting room is closed, and meetings of the fire commission will be held remotely. to enter public cot