i was wanting to be here as a small member -- as a former member of the small business commission.here have been people appointed to the committee who have not been working with san francisco small business as required for nomination to the commission. and they have not had as much experience as the commission deserves. i was wanting to have a conversation with you. in the definition, there are a specific number of seats. can you tell us about what he will nominate to be filling up? >this is part of the economic development organization or expert in small business finance? where do you consider yourself? >> can you repeat this? >> category number seven, the members of the commission either need to be owners or officers of san francisco small business. i'll not believe that this time in that category. what if you are the officer of a neighborhood organization. do you consider yourself an expert in small business finance? >> i understand what all of this is about. >> you talk about how you have worked closely with small business, but it was not clear that you have worked in the small

they have four small subcontracts. they are doing 71% of the work themselves, which is per their normal track record of previous jobs. this is a well-qualified contractor, and i would recommend authorizing webcor/obayashi to enter into contract. any questions? >> seeing none, is there a motion to approve this? >> numbers of the public have indicated they wish to address you on this. next item, authorizing the executive director's for the services to federal grants, for him, and other matters of thomson coburn. >> this has to do with federal grants and a gimmick, and they have worked with us before. is there any question about this item? >> i have one question. the million-dollar deposit is set to be applied on the account. >> we pay them for actual hours worked, but we do not pay on a retainer basis. >> no members of the public have indicated they wished to address you on this item? 4 ayes and item 10 is approved. >> i guess now, we recess for special meeting for closed session. >> we have not received any indication t

shop small, small business saturday. >> thank you. ken nancy is the eo of the score organization. hi there, good to see you. >> j.j., always good to be with you. >> small business saturday, such a great name, right? >> it is a perfect name and it's a perfect time for something like this. as we talk through small businesses through our mentors around the country, we find that not only access to capital and debt, but they need customers and they need sales and they need the resulting cash flow in order to survive and thrive and grow and to add jobs and be a positive part of their community. so this opportunity through small business saturday on november 27th is to encourage individuals, consumers, to shop local and shop small business as they prepare for the holidays. and it's important for those communities. it does create vibrancy, it great good economic health and it's the right thing to do to support these businesses that are so critical to our economy. >> and i'm going to bring up, again, something you just said, which is we hear this all the time, too, which is i don't need a

the entire function was working with small business. we were consultants to them, he was consulting them. how to run this business and make it better. and how to get financing, how we can help them get through the difficult parts of this business. and there is a lot of diversity. we work for all the different backgrounds, and he has been involved the whole time. he was a sales manager to help them grow their business. the one thing about him, if he gets the job, he will learn this and he will understand this, and he will be adding to this. he is a great part of this community. that is what i have to say about bob patterson. >> and other any other members of the public who wish to speak? please come forward if you would like to speak on this item. >> i am the commission secretary of the small business commission. we did provide a letter to you in electronic form. i provided some hard copies. the director has met with mr. paterson on number of occasions along with the staff, and the director was impressed with his knowledge of small busin

small business jobs act passed and this is the most important piece of legislation for small business in over 10 years. we helped over 17,000 women-owned businesses get access to capital which as you know in the recession was just frozen particularly for small businesses. now we're back and able to help them with lending. >> the 10 million plus women-owned businesses employ 19 million people and generate some $3 trillion in sales. >> women have one of the highest growth rates in opening businesses. back when i went to business school, there weren't a lot of women entrepreneurs but now women entrepreneurs are growing four times faster than men. and at the sba we have special women-owned business centers that help women start a business, plan for a business and open a business. >> mills says more women entrepreneurs are venturing into non-traditional fields: >> we have a lot of women-owned construction businesses and technology businesses that the sba has supported. the sba is three to five times more likely to support a women-owned business or a minority-owned business than a conventio

regulation for small business? >> i am not certain about this. >> how did you end up the coming to this appointment? >> i was at the -- the mayor asked me to be part of the small business -- commission, the commission for the small -- i'm sorry, i'm not going through this part right. so, it is something i wanted to do and help within what's going on in the city government and everything happening here. >> have you been a part of any small business association? >> i have not. >> i would be involved in part of it. >> do you have any experiences involving the issues facing small business? >> i'd like to get into this. that is what i was wanting to do, getting involved in being in the small business sector and these projects. >> thank you. supervisor mar: i just wanted to say, i know that this is intimidating and this is difficult to be here in front of a room full of people. i just wanted to give you another chance to convince me that you are qualified for this position. tell me about your main qualifications for this

not that we have created a new small school, just that we have schools that are small. to figure out what the specific costs of that may be. vice president mendoza: ok, thank you. cobbing scum interested on voting on this contingent upon your review, .-- colleagues, interested on voting on this contingent upon your review, so roll call, please. secretary: [reading roll] that is five ayes. vice president mendoza: k-12. right, so this is -- since you pulled it, i do have a comment. i do not want to see retroactive resolutions, and the explanation for this once again is funny not available before the date of service. if we do not have the funding, we cannot have the school. i want to be very, very clear about retroactive resolutions, so if there are any other comments on that? >> thank you, commissioners. we have actually revise the way we proceed, and i apologize for that. reviewing all of the budgets -- vice president mendoza: excuse me, could you identify yourself? >> i am sorry. i am -- the contract was written for a 29 -- 2009-2010 was not right. that more money be co

now small business saturday. how east bay retailers are rating the national promotion. >>> hand guns, toys and nation's ham purringers. today, what brought all three together in one bay area city >>> and where are all the fans? the lack lust center attendance in the football game could impact the winning team's bowl hope. >> good evening, everyone. i'm heather holmes. >> and mike mibach in for kent wayne. the pressure is on to put you into your neighborhood shops. while big box stores are bringing in millions of dollars, small businesses are heavily banking on your buck. tonight, are the consumers showing up? patty lee has the story tonight. >> reporter: you can blame it on the weather but the small shops here did not get a lot of foot traffic earlier today, picking up now. but that led to mixed reviews from retailers about small business saturday. >> the fact that it was business as usual at walnut creek disappointed buyer erica bollwig. it's been slow. i don't think that small business saturday picked up as muc

jobs, it's small business-- if small business doesn't get the tax credits they're not going to hire. we've heard people saying i am neat going to hire. i'm not hiring two until i need five. >> is that how that's going to go down? >> exactly. a couple of facts here, liz. the obama administration likes to paint this as tax cuts for the rich, but we know that in that rich, that over, you know, 200,000 or so, 50% of thosere small businesses, we also know that small businesses create all the net job growth in the can't and yet, small businesses, the job growth they're creating now is the lowest since the last recession, the lowest in the last 18 years or so, at least second lowest. so by increasing taxes on those rich. if they just substituted small businesses, there would be an uproar like you've never heard. as it is, the uproar is big now and i think the obama administration is sticking it to the small businesses and that's why you're seeing job growth, net job growth we just talked about dieing on the vine right now. >> and gina, the president said he's sticking up for small businesse

small businesses.one hates billionaires i get it. let they them pay. the reality is half of the people who are going to see the tax, 1/2 of those people, those groups, those filers are small businesses, and those are the people creating jobs. if you raise taxes on them, you will stop unemployment-- you will stop employment, you'll keep unemployment, who knows, elevated 10%. you can't do it right now. you can point your fenger at this the 5 or 10 billionaires that may experience higher rates. who cares, great. fantastic. small businesses will get hurt by this. >> small businesses are the ones who need the investments. 98% of small businesses owners would not be receiving these tax cuts that we are talking about. so, at theened of the day, i think voters, overwhelmingly said we've got to fix the economy, we've got to address this deficit and we cannot afford 700 billion dollars to give $100,000 tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. >> can we afford not to. >> just using the math. say they took in th

i believe in small business. rather than huge shopping centers. >> reporter: business owners say they hope this becomes a holiday tradition. >> not only you're supporting a business, you're supporting friends and neighbors, too. the people we hire are local people. so we're providing help to the economy. >> reporter: according to the the small business administration, for every $100 a shopper spends at a local business, $68 goes right back to the community. that's compared with $43 at the average chain store. while the owners are forced to compete with the big box retailers, the customer service and unique offerings that set them apart and keeps customers loyal. >> but it's more advantageous. they get more service. i have customers that come in once, and i get to know what they like, whatooooks gd on them, and then i help them out, and they'll come back. >> that was kim terry reporting. holiday shopping aside, it is the kind of weekend that makes you want to stay inside, isn't it? rain and cold conspireing to mak

and i reached out to small business administration. they were very supportive of me. in fact, there is a -- within the s.p.a. washington, d.c., office there is a liaison i can call on at any time, billy jenkins, he's a veteran himself so he understands my issues, he's support of the whole veteran community. >> if you are a veteran and watching this, you don't remember all the details, where is one place you can go to find out what resources are out there for you? >> the one thing i would say, go to our website, www.sba.gov but i would also say a veteran would be smart to call kevin knight and learn from his experience. he's a perfect experience of how you can take the sba's tools, put them together and lead to your business success. i applaud him for doing that. >> thank you. >> i'm assuming you are not going to put your phone number out on national television, but we appreciate getting to hear your story and learning by example. thank you so much, both of you. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. >>> when we come back -- the best new tablet pcs for small businesses. how

>> we don't raising taxes on small business is a good idea. you can't do what he's suggesting you might do without having a small business tax increase. small business is the biggest job generator in america. we can't negotiate it this morning. but our view is don't raise taxes on small business. we would rather not do it at any time. in fact, i've introduced the only bill that would make the current tax rates permanent. but certainly, you wouldn't want to do it in the middle of an economic slowdown. >> schieffer: from what he said, you'd at least be willing to start talking about it. >> we're willing to start talking about getting an extension of some kind so that taxes don't go up on anybody. >> schieffer: all right. let me move to something else. house republicans want to ban earmarks. this morning on television, on nbc, i think it was, your senate colleague jim demint, who is the champion of the tea party said he wants to ban on earmarks. the house republicans want to do that. you said in the past you don't think that's a good idea. >> wel

small business saturday. kim? >> reporter: that's right, garvin. i'm wedged right between black friday and cyber monday. small business saturday. it's a new push to get people to remember the little guys this holiday season. the movement was actually started by american express. customers that shop at small businesses the day after black friday. small business owners are excited about this concept, hoping it will draw in more customers. american express offered a $25 credit to their customers who patron small businesses. customers we talked to in the willow glen neighborhood say they know the value of shopping at mom and pop shops. they can count on getting great one on one customer service. >> when you walk into a small business, you're actually meeting the owner and there's nothing like a business owner to really know what is needed to retain and please the customer. and so they will do almost anything to go out of their way to make sure that you get what you want and the level of service that you want. >>

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you might think of it more as a small-scale nc-2 district. slightly larger scale retail and other services, the project proposes to include a fairly moderate size grocers or to meet the needs of the residents. this would be a transit oriented retail district. we'll talk about how the transit services would be realigned to help serve this district. as opposed to the current landscape which is essentially bifurcated, there are essentially three-story town houses throughout, or there are 140 foot towers. it is very landscape as you might see a typical neighborhood. that has evolved over time. of the western side of the site, the proposal includes a lower scale buildings lining some of the small alleys. with the general labour the fabric, it is four stories in would be the predominant scale. on the eastern half, the neighborhood scale would be about six stories. it would provide that sort of typical of san francisco neighborhood feel that you might be accustomed to. at key points throughout the neighborhood, it would be some slightly larger build

however, for many small businesses, every new piece of legislation, no matter how small, has a significantpact on the bottom line. will the prime minister introduce a scheme that allows us to road-test all new legislation and its impact on small businesses? >> my hon. friend makes an extremely good point, and this policy will be road-tested on the bigger companies that must introduce it first. however, we must accept that there is a problem with only 10% of very small businesses having pension provision, so 1.2 million people will have the chance to save. we will look very carefully at the reforms, and they will not be introduced for small businesses until at least 2014. my hon. friend will know that i have appointed lord young to look at all the impacts on small businesses. we also have the one-in, one- out rule under which every new regulation must mean that another regulation is scrapped. >> will the prime minister tell the house the total overall saving from reducing the overall number of elected mps by 50, and increasing the number of unelected lords by up to 100? >> let us start with

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for planning and for small business. i'm working on the agenda. as a matter of fact, i'm having a meeting on wednesday morning with a couple of members of the other commissions to strategize on an effective agenda for a meeting in december. for now, it looks like it will coincide with our regularly scheduled meeting, which minimizes the impact. but i'll report back later on how that goes but i want to give you a heads up about that and that concludes my report. commissioners, item 14 is the outreach committee report. i don't know if the commissioner -- pardon me, clyde is not here. i don't know if the director wants to add anything, but i do want to report that the committee did meet in october and considered a number of items that had been previously discussed. director dick-endrizzi: so, for the outreach committee and commissioner dooley, feel free to provide comment -- so, we did have a presentation from paul henderson from the district attorney's office to give us -- to provide the commission with a beginning understanding of the issue of infr

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for small business saturday. but it's still early in the season. and the big push for small shops comes in the weeks before christmas and hanukkah. in walnut creek, patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> well, those holiday shoppers who crowded stores on black friday spent a little more than they did last year. retail sales rose by less than 1% compared to the day after thanksgiving last year. total sales for the day topped $10 billion. research firm shopper track says big promotions prompted some shoppers to actually start purchasing earlier this month, spending for the first two weeks of november increased by 6.1% over last year. >> and the shopping surge continued online yesterday with black friday web sale revenues up 16%. the research company core metric says the average order rose to $199. that's a 12% increase from last year's figure of $170. while those online increases are encouraging for retailers, experts say web sales still only account for 10% of holiday purchases. >>> authorities have now identified t