one, is the exclusion of soma and western soma and some of the eastern neighborhoods in soma, being excludedrom this. we had another speaker, scott had alluded to the tragedy and i was around when it happened. in the late 1980's, mid 1980's they were going to put an entertainment zone on folsom street, ninth street and 11th street and also down toward the first 300 blocks of townsend street. at the last moment the entertainment folks were running their businesses and a bunch of people who lived in the housing came and screamed and carried on and they basically downzoned the entire soma. big problem and mistake that the time. we've seen how tragic that mistake was. the second one was limiting this legislation only to live music. now, i understand why it is, but my office is downtown next to macy's. what i notice is macy's all the time has d.j.'s, diesel store has d.j.'s, my little neighborhood dry cleaner on seventh has d.j.'s for their kids. this is part of the youth culture. and why don't we tax them? why don't we get some money from macy's that sn they're not going to pay $1,500 but they'l

i have been on the western soma task force for more than four years. the man has the combination of empathy and pragmatism that i think would continue to serve him well on the entertainment committee -- the entertainment commission. that is what i want to say. i appreciate your time and attention. >> supervisor campos: thank you. -- >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> i am here today to urge you to reappoint jim meco. i have lived south of market for a decade and a party there for over three decades. one of my proudest possessions as the certificate of appreciation i was given for my contribution for the first folsom street fair. i speak as a resident and a patron of the gay bars and entertainment venues in the neighborhood. i have known jim for a decade as a neighbor and in his capacity as a local activist. he has probably done more than any other single individual to preserve the diversity south of market. he is exceptionally knowledgeable and he is a dedicated public servant. above all he has demonstrated his abilities as a mediator between the sometim

we've obviously spoken regarding the western soma zoning district. so i understand your recommendations with regard to neighborhood commercial corridors and i think it's very short sighted on the part of the planning department to create neighborhood commercial corridors and then not do anything to make them work. and that's what we have in the case of 6th street. it's just a label. it doesn't mean anything because as part of the eastern neighborhood process, they just didn't want to touch the whole subject of entertainment. in fact, as dan cider told me, they were afraid that if they got into all the wrangling that goes along with changing the status of entertainment, that it would probably bring the entire eastern neighborhood's plan down. so understandably they left everything just the way it was. but i think it's a real shame that 6th street has the hope of becoming a vibrant, interesting proactive neighborhood that would benefit the community as well as the small businesses. with regard to western somea, which i have a small interest in , the ar

oriented, so we are asking them to work very closely with the low-income residents and workers of soma to provide, specifically are around the citybuild academy, to do the recruitment, to do case management throughout the entire duration of the training, which lasts for a semester through city college, and after that, what we are also adding on is to do the retention and follow-up services after they are done. supervisor kim: could you talk about how that differs a little bit from the grant they got to provide the service city-wide? >> i may just ask steve, who is here, to talk. he is more -- he can talk better about the contract than i can. supervisor kim: actually, more than describing the contract, be specific about how the grant is different. explain why this is $75,000 just to serve one neighborhood instead of serving the city for $50,000. just the explanation for that grand amount. >> our oewd contract is city- wide, but it is vocational training. it is part of our regular 14- week cycle of training programs throughout the year. the differential here -- those services are vocatio

two small restaurants in soma. i have been there since 1998, and i have seen a lot of progress and a lot of changes, and my neighbors have really beautiful restaurants now, but unfortunately, they cannot have entertainment there. i do have a full blown poe license. i spend my money and time getting it. this legislation is great for them, and having it shut down at 10:00 is also good because it is a fair deal for the people that do have the poe. but i also want my neighbors to do well. we have many really nice small restaurants that might want to have a couple of musicians or even possibly a deejay that does analog or digital music, but we cannot have that. soon, the fourth street corridor will have a light rail go right down the middle of it. it is kind of a chain that -- a shame that soma is left out. but i think the legislation is good for building business city- wide. because of facebook, there's a lot of after work happy hour networking parties. you do not have to pay cover charge. you can just go in and get ec

to really immersed myself in that, i went to the western soma citizen task force. i had been following them to recreation. when i see i am lacking in something, instead of saying i would make up for it some other time, i like to meet those challenges head-on. hopefully by the end of this year, i will be far more versed in neighborhood planning. i hope to work for the closely with the planning commission. i think we can work a little harm reduction around planning and nightlife with the right out of reach. thank you very much. i hope you let me connu

to really immersed myself in that, i went to the western soma citizen task force. i had been following them to recreation. when i see i am lacking in something, instead of saying i would make up for it some other time, i like to meet those challenges head-on. hopefully by the end of this year, i will be far more versed in neighborhood planning. i hope to work for the closely with the planning commission. i think we can work a little harm reduction around planning and nightlife with the right out of reach. thank you very much. i hope you let me continue my community service in a broader spectrum. for me to the full board. thank you very much. [applause] any questions? chairperson kim: i have a couple of questions, similar to the ones i asked the applicant prior. as the neighborhood's seat and someone that will be representing neighborhoods and constituents around entertainment issues, what do you view as concerns you have in terms of what perhaps the commission has not addressed thus far, or ideas of ways of addressing the tension? >> i think one of the things i rea

we also have an existing contract through the soma stabilization fund as well, but because of the linkage and the fact that citybuild is administered and managed out of, we thought it best to work through that contract. in the case of what we are asking of the veterans equity center, there really are not any existing contracts or work being done like that out of our office and the system we work out of, so we knew it would be necessary to issue to issuerfp -- issue a separate rfp in the case. supervisor chu: aside from the work already being done, i suppose the rationale would be because there might be other organizations who could do the work and make a pitch for why they could do it better. was there something unique about this case where we knew that was not the case? >> i think that we considered the concept of doing a separate rfp. we realize that because oewd had done such an extensive rfp, we reviewed the language and determine whether or not the elements in it would have reasonably allowed anyone who had wanted to offer this combination of vocational training and case management s

your requested that the ordinance be amended to extend this opportunity to the soma, west portal, and pacific avenue district. at last week's hearing, supervisor mirkarimi indicated he would incorporate all of your modifications except for one. on the request of supervisor kim, he amended the ordinance that it allows entertainment in all these additional and districts, including soma, except for the ones which are also in the western selma citizens planning process. this week about the land use hearing the full board, there was interest in expanding the ordinance of might also permit dj's. in the end, the full board continued it without a vote to august 2. so they will pick it up again next week. they also considered the inner/outer clement and geary neighborhood permit commercial controls but your emerges from supervisor mar on july 14 to your credit approval with modifications. supervisor mar also amended the ordinance to incorporate all your modifications but-41. first, your recommended that we should be able to permit additional restaurants in the inner claimant. one at the right.

. >> authorizing the mayor's office of housing to expend soma community stabilization fund. >> president chiu: same house, same call? this motion is approved. >> a motion approving and exercising the final option set forth in the agreement for professional budget and legislative analyst services between the city and harvey rose. >> president chiu: same house, same call? this motion is approved. >>>> supervisor avalos: the boad had passed last year this right to know ordinance. designating that merchants at the point of sale would have to provide information about the specific absorption rate for cell phone for each make and model of self funds. since that time new information about the new absorption rate, looking at radiofrequency. there are a couple of cell phone communications systems that have varying radio emissions and to one of them is not pegged to sar. we want to make sure we have an ordinance that met with the reality is out there for radio emissions. we are amending this ordinance that would instead of having a rating per make and model of cell phone a point of sale, we would

i am already on the board of united place, and at risk used -- use organization in the soma. i had also just joined the board of the harvey milk club as up rich coordinator. i said, "i am not sure how much commitment i can offer. let me see what it is like a puzzle i help them produce their help the kids been go fund- raiser. -- what it is like." i helped them produce their help the kids -- healthy kids bingo fundraiser. they want me on the board. we will see how it goes. my special understanding of outreach and communication brings to the table and something i am very proud of, they just put out a youth- produce seed the -- used produced -- youth-produced cd. i am working on getting combination training for these organizations. i really enjoy my work. i am not a parent. but i see and am anxious to work with the youth commission around some of the issues in my life. i believe the new generations to have a clear vision of what is coming and how to make things better, often. i am just going to say a bit about the milk club. i am their outreach coordinator and got them to join t

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some modifications for south of market around the nc area, and definitely areas around the west of soma area. but that is still being formulated. this item has not been scheduled yet in committee. i think it is probably due to waiting for those amendments to come forward. very pleased that all three commissions have the same recommendation. that is good. the others i will let you read. i want to provide some updates on their ada. i did a presentation with urban solutions on survival tips for small business. my topic was on doing ada improvements and the topics one could use to bring a business to compliance and prevent a lawsuit. on june 30, working solutions, the micro lender who manages the loan fund, it did a presentation for their loan recipients. i really want to express my appreciation for the leadership and the fourth thought for the micro lender -- forethought for the micro lender. we are educating businesses that have staff to work with loan recipients before receiving their loans around if they are going into a brick and mortar if there are any liabilities. it helps to insure

. >> it is in right now thw, the only area that is not included is the western soma. >> any of the questions? we will open up to public. any public want to respond to the director's report? seeing none, i think we have a quorum for the minutes. if i am not mistaken. no. still not ok. we will continue to continue that item. item #5. applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. >> there are two applicants. we are recommending conditional approval. this applicant wants to operate an upscale bar. we will have a security plan and description of operation and recommended conditions. >> is the applicant here? >> did you say an upscale bar? we are short of dives in the marina. >> i would like to vote for the bowling alley. i am paul owens and i'm the managing member wishes operating a high end of scale lounge in the marina. essentially a couple months back there was a tragedy in this bar. it was called gravity. i am sure you have seen this over and over. i can assure you that we plan on making every precaution. i am not confusing effort with results. i do not want

he died as a result of a deadly concoction of soma, xanax and oxycontin with reasonable degree of alcohol as well. he came home after the party. he woke at about noon to have a brief conversation with a friend. went to sleep and never woke up. >> i can't even imagine the heartache that caused your family. >> it's something that can be not easily described. >> reporter: it never goes away and you are doing something about this. it's a growing problem among kids. >> absolutely. >> reporter: what are some of the common results of drug abuse. obviously extreme is when something happens like your brother but there are other issues, too. >> one of the biggest misconceptions that exist because people believe that a doctor has present described this medication, it's safe. we know it is not. in fact oxycontin is derivative of o'yachts, it's a opiate that is highly addictive. it changes the chemical makeup of the brain and taken with other medications in general can cause everything from heart failure to respiratory failure or in general folks just stay addicted and it's not an easy thing to get of