katie tang's office carrie for their support in seeing this vision come to reality. thank you for the role you all play in our city. we would love to invite all of you to visitation valley walk the crosstown trail with us and see the future of our city. >> we're all better together. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> my name is wilbur moy. i am business co-owner of greenway learning and on behalf of the leland merchants circle our 20 plus operating merchants. we want to express our thanks again to katie tang in the office of small business but especially to supervisor walton district ten natalie and carrie also of working with our merchants circle ncd team including creative ideas cafe and the good chocolate to move this forward. ncd land use has been existing in san francisco for 30 years and so we're grateful for the to this land use committee. committee chair nygaard supervisor chen would your recommendation to the entire board of supervisors through this process? we are grateful for the city showing up regularly to participate in the re-energ

i want to thank office of small business director katie tang and amanda freed from the treasurer and tax collector and call them to the podium to provide a quick presentation and engage in this critical discussion with us today. >> we really owe the success of this program to you and to your teams. thank you very much for being here today. >> good morning. thank you so much for having us. my name is amanda freed, chief of policy and communications from the treasurer's office and i'm joined here by katie tang, the director of the office of small business. and before we dive into the meat of these slides, i really just want to acknowledge that first year free is truly a multi departmental labor of love. >> there are folks in departments across the city in customer service teams and accounting teams and city attorney's office who really every day are working to make this program a success and we could not do it without all of their help. >> so since the program began in november of 2021 we've seen 9400 businesses enroll all in first year free and we've waived nearly $5 million since the

tang and commissioners, thank you for making some time for us to speak with you.this presentation is coming out of a briefing that i offered to director tang and some of the staff about some of the particular challenges we face at muni. >> and so i just wanted to bring you all up to speed as our partnership with the small business community is so important to the sfm, mta. >> my name is amanda egan. i represent the office of the chief of staff and i'm just before i start i did want to just take a moment to recognize and thank all of you for your public service. >> it is a testament to how much you care about this city and that you care about the small businesses that really make our city so vibrant and dynamic that you volunteer your time to serve on this commission. so thank you for believing in good government and being a part of it and for taking care of our small businesses. >> we really appreciate it. >> okay. so the agenda i wanted to share today it was a couple of things. one is we have a new leader at the mta so i just wanted to tell you a little bit about

it's a sentiment shared by clovis is something member david tang he was on the assembly insurance committee as its vice chair. but after expressing concerns about the state of california is insurance market. now he's off the committee altogether. if this was happening at the federal government. >> and art art majority party was moving the minority party. a plane right now that this is dismantling of democracy, that this is an attack on a direct assault on their voice to be heard. i think it should be thought about same exact in this statement, a spokesperson for speaker eva said the speaker routinely addresses committee need throughout the year and his goal is always to ensure members are an optimal rules to collaborate effectively and deliver for californians. meantime, the official assembly democrats, social media account writing this, quote, he told crusie works. voters elected democrats to lead the legislature adopted hr one to empower the speaker to choose committee membership and leadership. and these changes will allow the assembly to best conduct the people's business. but republica

it's a sentiment shared by clovis is something member david tang he was on the assembly insurance committeevice chair. but after expressing concerns about the state of california is insurance market. now he's off the committee altogether. if this was happening at the federal government. >> and art art majority party was moving the minority party. a plane right now that this is dismantling of democracy, that this is an attack in a direct assault on their voice to be heard. i think it should be thought about same exact in this statement, a spokesperson for speaker eva said the speaker routinely addresses committee need throughout the year and his goal is always to ensure members are an optimal rules to collaborate effectively and deliver for californians. meantime, the official assembly democrats, social media account writing this, quote, he told crusie works. voters elected democrats to lead the legislature adopted hr one to empower the speaker to choose committee membership and leadership. and these changes will allow the assembly to best conduct the people's business. but republicans who w

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katy tang of the office of small business is part of the permit sf reform team. >> we want to be ableve that kind of a process for anyone who's applying for any type of permit to be able to see that journey, the status and also have timelines. >> but this is another reason why the process is so complicated. this is the planning code. three binders with 2500 pages. these are layers and layers and layers of codes added through the years, mainly by san francisco supervisors. so let's take someone currently going through the permitting process just to get a license to serve wine at the store, where bottles of wine are already sold. how could that be complicated? >> it's not a nuclear waste site, it's a wine bar. so we're thinking about subdividing, about right here, moving the retail items towards the front of the store, maybe moving some of the wine back here. and what you see is being occupied by various things would basically become a little bistro. >> bastian schell owns the spanish table. he thought it would be an easy process because of proposition h, which is meant to streamline th

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katie tang of the office of small business is part of the permit sf reform team. >> we want to be ablehave that kind of a process for anyone who's applying for any type of permit to be able to see that journey, the status and also have timelines. >> but this is another reason why the process is so complicated. this is the planning code. three binders with 2500 pages. these are layers and layers and layerf codes added through the years, mainly by san francisco supervisors. so let's take someone currently going through the permitting process just to get a license to serve wine at the store where bottles of wine are already sold. how could that be complicated? >> it's not a nuclear waste site, it's a wine bar. so we're thinking about subdividing about right here, moving the retail items towards the front of the store, maybe moving some of the wine back here. and what you see is being occupied by various things would basically become a little bistro. >> bastian schell owns the spanish table. he thought it would be an easy process because of proposition h, which is meant to streamline the a

it's a sentiment shared by clovis is something member david tang he was on the assembly insurance committee as its vice chair. but after expressing concerns about the state of california is insurance market. now he's off the committee altogether. if this was happening at the federal government. >> and art art majority party was moving the minority party. they right now that this is dismantling of democracy, that this is an attack in a direct assault on their voice to be heard. i think it should be thought about same exact in this statement. a spokesperson for speaker eva said the speaker routinely addresses committee need throughout the year and his goal is always to ensure members are an optimal rules to collaborate effectively and deliver for californians. >> meantime, the official assembly democrats, social media account writing this, quote, hugh, tell democracy works. voters elected democrats to lead the legislature adopted hr want to empower the speaker to choose committee membership and leadership. and these changes will allow the assembly to best conduct the people's business. but re

katie tang of the office of small business is part of the permit s.f.want to be able to have that kind of a process for anyone who's applying for any type of permit to be able to see that journey, the status, and also have timelines. >> but this is another reason why the process is so complicated. this is the planning code. three binders with 2500 pages. these are layers and layers and layers of codes added through the years, mainly by san francisco supervisors. so let's take someone currently going through the permitting process just to get a license to serve wine at the store, where bottles of wine are already sold. how could that be complicated? >> it's not a nuclear waste site, it's a wine bar. so we're thinking about subdividing, about right here, moving the retail items towards the front of the store, maybe moving some of the wine back here. and what you see is being occupied by various things would basically become a little bistro. >> bastian schell owns the spanish table. he thought it would be an easy process because of proposition h, which is

they tang me too much. honestly, i wouldn't have any money if it wasn't for writers. yeah. >> jimmy: "the price of right" 10,000th episode i mentioned is on wednesday. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you've hosted -- >> 3,317. >> jimmy: what's that? >> 3,317 i was told. [ applause ] >> jimmy: bob barker hosted 6,731. >> yeah, i got a ways to go, man. >> jimmy: you're almost halfway there. you only have to do 18 more years and then you'll be tied with bob. [ laughter ] >> i've been on the show 18 years which is a long time. >> jimmy: yeah. >> but lebron has been in the nba like 22 years. >> jimmy: yes. and his job is more physically demanding, wouldn't you say? [ laughter ] >> way more. way more respect for him than i do for me. >> jimmy: how are you in the production of the show? do you have anything to do with the prizes on the show? >> no, no. >> jimmy: you never have this would be nice to give away? >> i send them suggestions if i see something on the internet or something. >> jimmy: you do? >> yeah. at first i would show up and hope i didn't screw up the place. >> jimmy: were

it's a sentiment shared by clovis is something member david tang he was on the assembly insurance committeeafter expressing concerns about the state of california is insurance market. >> now he's off the committee altogether. if this was happening at the federal government. >> and art art majority party was removing the minority party a plane right now that this is dismantling of democracy, that this is an attack on a direct assault on their voice to be heard. i think it should be thought about same exact in this statement, a spokesperson for speaker eva said the speaker routinely addresses committee need throughout the year and his goal is always to ensure members are an optimal rules to collaborate effectively and deliver for californians. meantime, the official assembly democrats, social media account writing this, quote, he told crusie works. voters elected democrats to lead the legislature adopted hr one to empower the speaker to choose committee membership and leadership. and these changes will allow the assembly to best conduct the people's business. but republicans who were kicked o

it's a sentiment shared by clovis is something member david tang he was on the assembly insurance committee as its vice chair. but after expressing concerns about the state of california is insurance market. now he's off the committee altogether. if this was happening at the federal government. >> and art art majority party was moving the minority party. % a plane right now that this is dismantling of democracy, that this is an attack in a direct assault on their voice to be heard. i think it should be thought about same exact in this statement, a spokesperson for speaker eva said the speaker routinely addresses committee need throughout the year and his goal is always to ensure members are an optimal rules to collaborate effectively and deliver for californians. meantime, the official assembly democrats, social media account writing this, quote, he told crusie works. voters elected democrats to lead the legislature adopted hr one to empower the speaker to choose committee membership and leadership. and these changes will allow the assembly to best conduct the people's business. but republi

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni

parks public works judah st merchants the la play a part council and district four supervisors katy tanggordon ma and joel and gaudio. and was conceived by a community led initiative to improve the quality of public space along the outer judah corridor. >> the work is installed in two locations in the city's outer sunset neighborhood. one group of seven sculptures is located near the northwest corner of judah street at 43rd avenue bordering the far out west community garden which hosts free quarterly outdoor film free quarterly outdoor film series and a second grouping of three sculptures is located at judah and the lower great highway across from the end judah train terminus and fronting the art deco restrooms and pathways to ocean beach. project artist jesse schlesinger is a multidisciplinary visual artist working in sculpture site specific installation drawing and photography. his work is fundamentally concerned with place and how the natural environment, architectural context and historical precedent contribute to experience and understanding. labor and craft are key elements of his

[music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportuni