is it like, eye for an eye with jonathan van ness?) i was in all black, i was in the backyard. i was ready to snap these-- i was ready to line up this chipmunk family-- ( laughter ) and, because, i don't know what it is about gardening that brings out-- you know, because, you know, i'm non-binary. you know, so, all i feel-- some non-binary people are, like, i feel between, or neither. i always felt a little bit neither. but if i had to identify a piece of, like, my rural indiana primal, like, man rage.... >> stephen: yes, and there's plenty of that there. >> there's 3% or something, it titrates as very small-- but when i garden, i feel it. ( laughter ) i do! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: the indiana farmer comes out! the crops must come in for the winter! >> i'm hungry! >> stephen: good luck with the veggies. >> thanks for having me so much. >> stephen: lovely to see you again. >> and watch "getting curious," streaming on netlix january 28. >> stephen: "getting curious with jonathan van ness" premieres this friday. jonathan van

policeation and evaluation and as number of new together with the with the latest update to the van ness project and the outreach campaign being developed with the boarding islands and pedestrian and driver awareness with the relocation of the bus stops. staff shared the planned use of video and social media messaging in different languages to educate the public. and the cac member suggested additional muny ambassadors and crossing guards when the line first goes into operate for additional safety awareness and staff acknowledged that was a good idea. a representative from the office of employment and work force development presented on oewd's business outreach experience along the van ness corridor. cac members were appreciate ift of the comprehensive presentation but questioned whether the $5,000 to $10,000 impact grants available to help businesses may not have been enough to make a difference and responded that there were challenges to get businesses to apply for assistance and the impact of the pandemic may have complicated what businesses chose to do that the that is information is

. >>> the overhaul of van ness avenue is drawing to a close, planning started in 2004, the project wasin 2013, the route from mission to bay street promises to speed of service for critical muni routes but the job was bumpy the plan for completion was 2019 stretching into 2020. the roadwork was not so much the problem as were the underground utilities. for muni riders the good news is that designated bus lanes should cut commute times by 30%. >> it gets bottlenecked pretty bad. >> you drive down van ness it looks amazing. >> still no official date set for the opening but muni hopes to have buses running in april. >>> next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, ditching masks indoors, the count down to the end of the mandate and what it means for the bay area. >>> membering an memoal for joh >>> join us after this newscast on cbs news bay area live with the latest local news headlines and your first alert weather. yo >>> good monday morning, justin andrews from san francisco you can get your mask in most bay area counties starting this week. good news for a lot of people but that

i used the van ness service quite a bit in my day. the mobile van, i'm looking forward to that. i wish we done that sooner. we should use that a lot. we want to spread the message of muni to the masses and make it easier for people to get their fares. i want to use that not as a platform to take money -- and to be ambassadors to help people to be em-- empowered with the program. teach a person to fish and you feed them for life. i think that's the way it went. as far as staffing and service, that's very important. i think we have to look very hard as to those who are coming up positive for covid. what their vaccination status is. we have to find out how are people getting covid? are people wearing their masks as they should be doing? i wear masks all the time and definitely on buses and trains. we have to dig done to find out why people are getting covid and whether it's happening on the job or not, thank you. [ please stand by ] >> thank you any additional comments ? >> no thank you for your comments. moderator, or their additional calls on the line ?>> you have 2 questions rem

. >>> this morning van ness avenue is finally drawing to a close official planning starting at 2004,d in 2013 the route from mission to bay street promising to speed up service for several critical muni routes but the job was a bumpy ride, planned for completion in 2019 stretching into 2020, sf mta says the roadwork was not the problem as were the underground utilities, for riders the designated bus lanes should cut commute times by 30%. >> it will probably help getting the bottleneck here pretty bad. you drive down van ness and it looks amazing. >> still no official date set for the opening but muni is opening to have buses running in april. >>> hills berg may be on its way to legalizing commercial cannabis. the city has been hesitant to adopt legalization and has taken a watch and wait approach, according to the press democrat city council put out a survey and received 500 responses. the council says it is open to legalization but wants to look to the community first. >>> bad news for drivers pain at the pump is getting worse with the average price per gallon of regular gas jumping

. >> the historic harris's steakhouse on van ness avenue in san francisco. just peak in the window. and you can see what you're in store for. >> prime dry aged beef. >> but back in the kitchen by the chef each and every night ready to hit the ground. >> 3 to 4 weeks old. wow, it's prime a midwestern carpet beef and we're really proud to serve agent and house and cut chef and owner mike high's year. he's been here since the beginning in 1984. when it was opened by in lee harris, her husband, jack harris from harris ranch. >> the menu, as you might imagine, is meet intensive with all the sauteed mushrooms, fresh spinach, salad potatoes are grad there are other items like this delicious sauteed scallops of course you don't have to be a meat lover to enjoy fine meal here in harris's steakhouse. >> but it i like are here, says our drive new york. so one of our specialties on the menu. so it's definitely my favorite. harris is a family operation. mike son, books, diners, who he says really like the old school clubby ambiance. complete with fireplace and a portrayed of jack harris. people

we don't know what fell maker van van ness tramped off when he was young, but he started taking photos, age, sex, and remains passionate about photography to this day. taking pictures once required loops with machinery, big cameras, photo booths, labs and the results were all analog. film directive in vendors started telling his great stories with little photos with polaroids instant prince that had 1st just functioned as quick sketches ah, mature daughter, you'd hunt for locations, amanda, and once you'd found one, you shot there. come on and if you had several, you'd want to be able to compare the lies and shoe others all. and it wasn't really photography open for dorothy. it was no taking long notice. and you could also affix them to the stream playing a pin, them on the wall at night. arms on the pillow pitting the camera fascinated vendors so much that he gave us a roll in his film. ah . the photos in the movie act like words in a story in a window into the world. beyond is frederick images were often blurry and a bit. i shall focus a little side because the exposure time was real

near the amc theater, uc van ness to the left. next. this shows agreat transportation area .he new bart about to open up on a van ness and there's a bus redline on o'farrell and a nice semi protected bike lane on polk street. next. this shows the building in the area. 140 foot building with 50 unit . next. this shows the ground level. it goes between o'farrell and olives and there's about a story difference sothat's what that cutline is about. this is the ground level on 2 different floors . next. this shows the retail space next. this is the common area. the lobby and circulation, . this shows thevertical circulation . next. and the service areas, the fire control areas, things likethat . next. above there's 4 units per floor. one of the nice things is you are no limited bedrooms and they are, all the living rooms face the two streets. then there's bedrooms off the white court in the middle. next area this shows the top floor. we took a two units on the top floor at those two units have their own private deck and then there's a nice shared roof deck, shared with therest of t

so i wanted to say, years ago, it seems like a long time ago, on the van ness subject, an lazarus was really crucial for me. i was ready to give up. i was really feeling really depressed, and she made a couple of comments to me in a diplomatic way that no one ever has. >> clerk: okay. thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, this matter is before you for possible adoption and discussion. [indiscernible]. >> president swig: i will be glad to make that motion. >> clerk: okay. we have a motion from president swig to adopt the minutes. is there is there any public comment on that motion? okay. i don't see any public comment, so on that motio -- [roll call] >> clerk: and that motion carries, 5-0, and the minutes are adopted. so we are now moving on item number 5, which is appeal 21-112, corinna lee versus the planning commission, appealing the issuance on october 21, 2021, to paramount estate, l.l.c., of a section 328 home s.f. project. adopting findings relating to a home s.f. project authorization pursuant to planning code sections 206.3 and 328 to allow zoning modifica

policeation and evaluation and as number of new together with the with the latest update to the van nessject and the outreach campaign being developed with the boarding islands and pedestrian and driver awareness with the relocation of the bus stops. staff shared the planned use of video and social media messaging in different languages to educate the public. and the cac member suggested additional muny ambassadors and crossing guards when the line first goes into operate for additional safety awareness and staff acknowledged that was a good idea. a representative from the office of employment and work force development presented on oewd's business outreach experience along the van ness corridor. cac members were appreciate ift of the comprehensive presentation but questioned whether the $5,000 to $10,000 impact grants available to help businesses may not have been enough to make a difference and responded that there were challenges to get businesses to apply for assistance and the impact of the pandemic may have complicated what businesses chose to do that the that is information is rep

>>the historic harris's steakhouse on van ness avenue in san francisco. >>just peak in the window and you can say which are in store for prime dry aged beef. >>back in the kitchen by the chef each and every night ready to hit the ground. >>told 3 to 4 weeks old. it's prime a midwestern corporate beef and we're really proud to serve agent and house and cut chef and owner mike lee high's year. he's been here since the beginning in 1984. when it was opened by and leave parents, her husband, jack harris from harris ranch. >>the menu, as you might imagine, is meet intensive with all the side sauteed mushrooms, fresh spinach, salad potatoes are right there are other items like this delicious sauteed scallops daschle. of course you don't have to be a meat lover to enjoy fine meal here in harris's steakhouse. >>but it helps i like or harris is our drive new york. so one of our specialties on the menu. so it's definitely my favorite. harris is a family operation. mike son, books, diners, who he says really like the old school clubby ambiance. complete with firepla

. >> the historic harris's steakhouse on van ness avenue in san francisco. >> just peak in the window and you can say which are in store for prime dry aged >> but back in the kitchen by the chef each and every night ready to hit the ground. >> 3 to 4 weeks old. wow, it's prime midwestern carpet beef and we're very proud to serve agent and house and cut chef and owner mike lee high's year. he's been here since the beginning in 1984. when it was opened by in lee harris, her husband, jack harris from harris ranch. >> the menu, as you might imagine, is meet intensive with all the sides. sauteed mushrooms, fresh spinach, salad potatoes are grad there are other items like this delicious sauteed scallops daschle. of course you don't have to be a meat lover to enjoy fine meal here in harris's steakhouse. >> but it helps i like or harris is our drive new york. so one of our specialties on the menu. so it's it's definitely my favorite. harris is a family operation. mike son, books, diners, who he says really like the old school clubby ambiance. complete with fireplace and a portrayed of jack ha

questions that i have is how much more is being in the new operation or new location at 49 south van ness, how much more is it than when you were in the mission street location than in 2019? thank you. >> are there other callers? >> two more callers. >> good afternoon, commissioners. land use coalition and i am calling in to raise serious questions about the proposed d.b.i. budget. there are numerous issues that cannot be summed up in my few minutes of public comment, but i am hoping that these issues that i am bringing up to your attention grab your attention. d.b.i.'s operating reserves are down to about $40 million. how can the management forecast a reduction in revenue without reducing expenses? what happens when there are no operating reserves left? the d.b.i. current expense and staffing levels of 270 full-time employees are not sustainable. forecasted total revenue of $52 million does not cover the forecasted $52 million of salaries and benefit expenses. this is the question is, are these grants relevant to d.b.i. mission and operation? should the grants be charged to the general f

ah, we don't know what fell make her van then ness jumped up when he was young, but he started taking photos, age, sex, and remains passionate about photography to this day. taking pictures once required a lot of machinery, big cameras, photo booths, labs and the results were all analog film director den vendor started telling his great stories with little photos with polaroids instant prints that at 1st just functioned as quick sketches. ah, men's water, you'd hunt for locations in wonder, and once you'd found one, you shot there, come on there, and if you had several, you'd want to be able to compare the lies and shoe others under. it wasn't really photography. okay. yeah, it was note taking notice and you could also affix them to the stream playing or pin them on the wall at night. arms and the pillow pitting the camera fascinated vendors so much that he gave us a role in his film. ah . the photos in the movie act like words in his story. in a window into the world beyond this patricia images were often blurry and a bit. i shall focus a little side because the exposure time was rea

i have never been to his home, but he was living on, i believe, market and van ness in an apartment. as some point he worked for the city. i don't know what's been happening since the pandemic, but this was an individual who also volunteered at soup kitchens, who fed disabled friend of ours food. whenever we had gatherings. he took the initiative to do all the feeding. this was an individual and i had no idea he had the mental break and needed it until his friends and family -- if one of us had been contacted somehow, i believe the situation would have turned out differently. i do want the community to know that this was an syringe who was loved by many and he was not well described as is just a transient passing through the city. he's been an sf resident for many years and went galileo high school as well. that is my public commentary. to humanize him and that he was a member of the community who had a mental break and none of us knew what had transpired apparently with nelson. and we're really devastated by this loss. that is all i have to say. i don't have a question at this time.

space to serve the san francisco genhospital to power a light and hand drier for muni praiseters on van ness avenue. the cost was $500,000. appropriate electrical equipment costs $5,000. in fairness. pg&e backed down on that project. it doesn't dispute the fact that is their position at least initially. pg&e is demanding the city construct equipment for high voltage power connections. we maintain secondary connections with lower voltage are appropriate connection types for these projects. that is used for these customers all over pg&e. we appeal to the dc circuit court which ruled in the city's favor. you may hear from pg&e this equipment for high voltage power is needed for safety. that is one argument they made to the court and the court reconvicted because it wasn't backed up by evidence. in fact, the court found the orders on the issue do not reference any specific risks to safety re rely ability with to the san francisco request. similarly, you may hear p.g.e. hear the high voltage standards are standard between utilities. the court also rejected that. san francisco connects to pg&e at

sleeping site, whether it's division circle navigation center, whether it's the shelter on south van ness, we have always welcomed the services. i always promised my neighbors that we would keep conditions around those resources extremely clean, extremely free, tent encampments free of illicit activity in the street. we haven't been keeping that promise in the mission. i honestly don't know what to do. i don't know what else to ask. sam dodge is another one. we find him on the street of the mission, personally cleaning up trash on the street and personally talking to people in mental health distress from 4:0. something got to give here folks. i'm a little at a loss what we supposed to do. we need more staff. we need more leadership. we need a plan that's comprehensive. we need to keep these promises to the neighbors that accept these services in their neighborhoods. we need many more of these services. we need them in every single one of your neighborhoods. i will continue to work on this day in and day out. we're at sort of the height of a crises like i've never seen it before. that's be

space to serve the san francisco genhospital to power a light and hand drier for muni praiseters on van ness avenue. the cost was $500,000. appropriate electrical equipment costs $5,000. in fairness. pg&e backed down on that project. it doesn't dispute the fact that is their position at least initially. pg&e is demanding the city construct equipment for high voltage power connections. we maintain secondary connections with lower voltage are appropriate connection types for these projects. that is used for these customers all over pg&e. we appeal to the dc circuit court which ruled in the city's favor. you may hear from pg&e this equipment for high voltage power is needed for safety. that is one argument they made to the court and the court reconvicted because it wasn't backed up by evidence. in fact, the court found the orders on the issue do not reference any specific risks to safety re rely ability with to the san francisco request. similarly, you may hear p.g.e. hear the high voltage standards are standard between utilities. the court also rejected that. san francisco connects to pg&e at

talk through the next slide, a big reason for increases has been our increased cost at 49 south van ness compared to our previous building. salaries and fringe where we spend our money, so it's us, the people, and we are looking at bringing that down a slight amount from 40 to 38, and so that is a significant part of the 2.5 reduction in the fees. this overhead number is set by the controllers office, it will not change until after you have hopefully approved our proposed budget. we don't know what that number will be, and they put it in our budget and then they take it out of our budget once next year starts. so that we don't have any control over. nonperson al services includes everything from software to leases on photocopiers, contracts, a whole variety in there, and the change here is related to both software and contracts. not a huge change if you look at the overall dollar figure. we are proposing that we will not change the budget, we are hoping to be in-person more and so bringing that down or picking it up is not something that we can predict right now, so leaving it as is is o

space to serve the san francisco genhospital to power a light and hand drier for muni praiseters on van ness avenue. the cost was $500,000. appropriate electrical equipment costs $5,000. in fairness. pg&e backed down on that project. it doesn't dispute the fact that is their position at least initially. pg&e is demanding the city construct equipment for high voltage power connections. we maintain secondary connections with lower voltage are appropriate connection types for these projects. that is used for these customers all over pg&e. we appeal to the dc circuit court which ruled in the city's favor. you may hear from pg&e this equipment for high voltage power is needed for safety. that is one argument they made to the court and the court reconvicted because it wasn't backed up by evidence. in fact, the court found the orders on the issue do not reference any specific risks to safety re rely ability with to the san francisco request. similarly, you may hear p.g.e. hear the high voltage standards are standard between utilities. the court also rejected that. san francisco connects to pg&e at

i have never been to his home, but he was living on, i believe, market and van ness in an apartment.een happening since the pandemic, but this was an individual who also volunteered at soup kitchens, who fed disabled friend of ours food. whenever we had gatherings. he took the initiative to do all the feeding. this was an individual and i had no idea he had the mental break and needed it until his friends and family -- if one of us had been contacted somehow, i believe the situation would have turned out differently. i do want the community to know that this was an syringe who was loved by many and he was not well described as is just a transient passing through the city. he's been an sf resident for many years and went galileo high school as well. that is my public commentary. to humanize him and that he was a member of the community who had a mental break and none of us knew what had transpired apparently with nelson. and we're really devastated by this loss. that is all i have to say. i don't have a question at this time. >> thank you, caller. and they have my condolences for the

sleeping site, whether it's division circle navigation center, whether it's the shelter on south van ness, we have always welcomed the services. i always promised my neighbors that we would keep conditions around those resources extremely clean, extremely free, tent encampments free of illicit activity in the street. we haven't been keeping that promise in the mission. i honestly don't know what to do. i don't know what else to ask. sam dodge is another one. we find him on the street of the mission, personally cleaning up trash on the street and personally talking to people in mental health distress from 4:0. something got to give here folks. i'm a little at a loss what we supposed to do. we need more staff. we need more leadership. we need a plan that's comprehensive. we need to keep these promises to the neighbors that accept these services in their neighborhoods. we need many more of these services. we need them in every single one of your neighborhoods. i will continue to work on this day in and day out. we're at sort of the height of a crises like i've never seen it before. that's be

space to serve the san francisco genhospital to power a light and hand drier for muni praiseters on van ness avenue. the cost was $500,000. appropriate electrical equipment costs $5,000. in fairness. pg&e backed down on that project. it doesn't dispute the fact that is their position at least initially. pg&e is demanding the city construct equipment for high voltage power connections. we maintain secondary connections with lower voltage are appropriate connection types for these projects. that is used for these customers all over pg&e. we appeal to the dc circuit court which ruled in the city's favor. you may hear from pg&e this equipment for high voltage power is needed for safety. that is one argument they made to the court and the court reconvicted because it wasn't backed up by evidence. in fact, the court found the orders on the issue do not reference any specific risks to safety re rely ability with to the san francisco request. similarly, you may hear p.g.e. hear the high voltage standards are standard between utilities. the court also rejected that. san francisco connects to pg&e at

. >> the historic harris's steakhouse on van ness avenue in san francisco. >> but back in the kitchen by the chef each and every night ready to hit the ground. >> 3 to 4 weeks old. wow, it's prime a midwestern carpet beef and we're really proud to serve agent and house and cut chef and owner mike lee high's year. he's been here since the beginning in 1984. when it was opened by in lee harris, her husband, jack harris from harris ranch. >> the menu, as you might imagine, is meet intensive with all the sauteed mushrooms, fresh spinach, salad potatoes are brought there are other items like this delicious sauteed scallops daschle. of course you don't have to be a meat lover to enjoy fine meal here in harris's steakhouse. >> but it helps i like are here, says our drive new york. so one of our specialties on the menu. so it's it's definitely my favorite. harris is a family operation. mike son, books, diners, who he says really like the old school clubby ambiance. complete with fireplace and a portrayed of jack harris. people are now looking for an experience in re

went to work seven days a week to raise their money or to provide a service, and it just -- it >> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. the city. >> if i could have your attent

i just recalled this recently, we were dealing with the challenges with the van ness project and all recommendations that came out of that issue and the m.o.u.s and the some of the implementation issues. i'm wondering if we are sort of taking some of those, i mean, all of those recommendations and making sure this time, we are doing it right and we are not going to be in the same situation five years, ten years from now. >> absolutely. in fact, we actually joined sfmta on what we call segment a. so this is segment b. we're actually completing the segment a work with sfmta. it's the same team. same construction management team. same design team and on a p.u.c., pretty much the same team on our side. and we actually got lucky. the same contractor became the low bidder. so segment a has been implemented successfully. the we understand there's a lot of press because there's a lot of issues. on a joint project. we're not getting as much press on it because it's going so well. so we plan to continue that for segment b. >> commissioner: perfect. thank you. and that's not an uncommon thing.