i'll let you take it from here. >> thanks director weiland and president bleiman and commissioners. i know that i'm speaking little bit to the choir here. as you all know, the music and entertainment industry has been impacted by this pandemic. entertainment establishments were among the first to close and will most definitely among the last to reopen. many of them have not been open at all, have had no reprieve during shelter-in-place orders during march. we know that this is a huge issue. san francisco venues have been ringing their alarm about this for a long time. many are worried they will not survive in a post-pandemic world. which is still months away even with the beginning of the distribution of the vaccine. according to a survey in may of 2020, nearly half of the entertainment and nightlife businesses, including bars, music venues and night clubs were highly concerned that their businesses would need to close permanently. at the time more than half of these establishments reported having lost between 75% and 100% of their business income. it has been half a year since that

change and we desperately need to change behavior for children for women for weiland a to end violence that and this work that was done during the pandemic was badly needed given that young people suddenly had to step out of school it was hard for anyone to explain to them there was a fear psychosis is that was created as the world closed down suddenly it young people in india and all over the world suffered silently the most and very few people catered to them so it's really exciting that comics is the game and help young people in india. you know it should just getting big yeah i just wanted to. cry that speaks to me because i remember when we were inundated with information from all sides you know the politicians talking we had economists talking b.s. financial nears the end you know maybe not enough from health care officials but there wasn't enough to address a demographic an important demographic of young adults or younger kids and that's why i feel that we as maps presently did that so many people because we talked about children who. were not being addressed was was feelings ar

i'll let you take it from here. >> thanks director weiland and president bleiman and commissioners. i know that i'm speaking little bit to the choir here. as you all know, the music and entertainment industry has been impacted by this pandemic. entertainment establishments were among the first to close and will most definitely among the last to reopen. many of them have not been open at all, have had no reprieve during shelter-in-place orders during march. we know that this is a huge issue. san francisco venues have been ringing their alarm about this for a long time. many are worried they will not survive in a post-pandemic world. which is still months away even with the beginning of the distribution of the vaccine. according to a survey in may of 2020, nearly half of the entertainment and nightlife businesses, including bars, music venues and night clubs were highly concerned that their businesses would need to close permanently. at the time more than half of these establishments reported having lost between 75% and 100% of their business income. it has been half a year since that

my name is maggie weiland, and i'm the director of the entertainment commission, which is an office in the entertainment commissioner's office. commissioners hold seats representing the entertainment industry, our neighborhoods, law enforcement, health, and urban planning. i want to thank my commissioners in advance for their leadership in advancing policy priorities to all of you today for the local night life and entertainment industry. i also want to thank supervisor haney for inviting me to speak with all of you today, and thank you for having me, members of the board, to speak to you. many of our businesses were already vulnerable prior to covid were among the first that had to close. you can understand why our community brings folks close together, which is not something that's ordinary as the virus spreads. given the key role that entertainment and night life serve as local economic drivers, generating an estimated $7 billion annually in economic impact, this industry will be a critical part of our economic recovery, but only if it avoids complete collapse. so during our last th

. >> thank you, director weiland, and thank you, everybody, for an opportunity to present on behalf of small businesses, and very happy to answer any questions that you or your colleagues may have. >> president yee: supervisor haney, are you -- >> supervisor haney: yes. president yee, if it's okay if we could open it up for comments and questions from our colleagues? >> president yee: okay. i don't see -- so you want to have any comments or comments, please put your name on the roster so we can recognize you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, thanks for all of the presentations. i just had a couple of questions. one in terms of p.p.p. and how we were able to help small businesses access that last time around, and now that there's additional funding on the horizon, if there's anything that we learned last time around that we're going to do differently this time around to make sure that more of us, our small businesses, get access to these funds? and then related to that, has anyone studied the businesses in san francisco that received p.p.e.? some of these multibillion dollar