supervisor wiener: thank you. next i want to invite up jocelyn from the entertainment of it -- jocelyn, from the entertainment commission. we have three entertainment commissioners here. commissioner anaconda -- yes? you are here? as well as speaker lee and brian. >> commissioner perez. supervisor wiener: i did not see you back there. thank you for coming. >> good afternoon, supervisors. what mr. elliott said, that was music to my years. we are thrilled and want to thank supervisor we're -- supervisor wiener, obviously, for bringing to light these numbers that are so important. the business of night life is hard and everyone knows it. my part in that, the entertainment commission's part in that, makes it easier at times, but we feel important about that. i want to say that besides thinking supervisor wiener and, of course, the controller, i want to thank the industry itself. they have worked really hard, as they know, to professionalize themselves, to minimize the incidents that have occurred, making my job easier

supervisor wiener: thank you. i think that the mayor's office will be touching on this, but one area that i do not even know how you would begin to measure is when you look at the draw of having a vibrant nightlife for workers, young workers who want to be here, in industries following that -- for example, a gambler type workers that want to be here, it makes them -- makes this a more attractive place. i do not know how you would go about measuring this, but do you have any thoughts? >> it would be difficult to measure in the would need a different survey, but the statistics of what we know to be true suggest that something like that is going on. when you see the number of young people that basically are coming to san francisco frequently for night life, in the think about, as you alluded to earlier, the importance in my life at framing your sense of community, i would find it easy to believe that the critical mass of night life in san francisco is a critical draw for the people living here. we know, for example,

supervisor wiener: thank you. any questions? great. is chris here? from the office of small business. >> good afternoon, supervisors. regina apologizes that she was not able to be here. i have a brief statement on her behalf. the office of small business and small business commission have been supporters of nightlife economy and we're pleased to hear the results of this economic study. just as we hear about innovation in this traditional economy, we need to remind ourselves that the the other nine-five economies are equally debated. after today we find out it is overall important to the economy here. we remain committed to working with the entertainment commission, to promote, advocate, and support this sector. as permitting is under the purview of this sector, there are a number of areas where the office place a supporting role about employer mandates, permitting, planning and other areas of city in the street. recently, we worked with the entertainment commission are pleased to hear that businesses are taking ad

supervisor wiener: thank you. >> we estimated that might like businesses contributed a minimum of $55 million per year in tax revenue to the general fund. they were readily able to come up with these estimates by looking at the sales table, but there is an additional amount that comes from things we could not quantify it, like property tax payments and fees paid to the city. this is a map that indicates where light by businesses are located in san francisco at the zip code level. these are heavily concentrated in what we might call of the court of the city. but north-south fisherman's wharf, union square, chinatown, tenderloin, etc. as we look at the sales tax they that and how much of the sales, the city's sales come from night by the establishment in the area, it is about 80%, with 36% coming from that upper northeast quadrant, and another 14% from the marina, 14% from selma, 8% from the castro area, and another 6% from the japan town area. as i mentioned with our consultants, resurveyed over 300 patrons at my l

supervisor wiener: next speaker. if there are any other members of the public who wish to speak, for me lying here, otherwise this will be the final speaker. >> we represent the university of san francisco and i am here on behalf of the university to express support for the amendments proposed and we thank you for that. back thank you. -- supervisor wiener: any additional members of the public which to make a comment? supervisor cohen: public comment is closed. a couple of notes about the student housing and students not leaving. could you speak to that specific concern? about students not staying in the program. are there any stipulations the program that is not happening? >> at this point in time, with nothing in the planning code, housing, individual units are rented to students and technically there is no differentiation between students and in the other residents. depending on the building for rent control laws would still be in place. supervisor cohen: it sounds like there is an opportunity to send it back to c

supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: i appreciate the comments. the intent is we have an automatic formula that keeps depositing over and over. we get to the same result. we placed a cap on so we are no longer over funding the fund in the extreme. we wanted to put a base line in there so we do not have to constantly go through supplemental appropriations. it is a pretty modest baseline based on what we know we need to spend in these accounts. it applies in the years when we will actually need to spend in supervisory and merrill. even if there is no public financing that will occur in that year. this is an effort to have an alternate system that is more in line with actual practice. i do respect their marks. -- of the remarks. president chiu: any further discussion? i would like to ask our deputy city attorney given that this legislation would need a palm -- approval by the ethics committee. we can make these amendments here but we send back to the rules committee after which it would be sent to the ethics committee. >> the board can be -- make the

supervisor chu: supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: it would be great if you could start with the hiv programs. >> ok. supervisor wiener gave him an encapsulation of the big picture. as he said, we have two major issues that are confronting us for the coming year. the first is on the ryan white funding. as of earlier the sure, there is a piece of our funding that has been in danger on multiple occasions of being reduced. over the past several years, we have always, with the help of our benefactors, have been able to make it through without those reductions. we learned earlier this year that that was no longer going to be the case. our funding associated with a ryan white would be going away. we have a supplemental appropriations approved to get tested the end of this fiscal year. -- to get us through the end of this fiscal year. but we have $4.7 million gap. i will just make a note that there are still some adjustments that could come to that figure. we are waiting on some final information on some of our awards that

supervisor mar: supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. today on the agenda, we have legislation creating a definition of housing, where none existed before, and clarifying and creating some rules, so we are creating additional housing and converting it to student housing. i am going to be offering some amendments to this legislation. we were not able to get them reduced to writing by today, so i would like to continue to march 26. that would also give us some time to back into the discussions, because i know there are some folks in recent days that have expressed some views, so i've afford to hearing from people who would like to discuss the legislation. please feel free. colleagues, we do have several from the planning department here. barring that, i would move to continue this. >> let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, without objection. supervisor wiener: can i just ask if that date is any problem? supervisor mar: ok. super

supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i wanted to clarify some things.st of all, i want to make it clear that this ordinance is expanding the use of the 1% fee to not just public art, but the creation and installation of temporary and permanent artwork in the public realm, as well as restoration of public art, and also the distribution of funds to nonprofit organizations and artists to fund various projects. this is an expansion in the use of these funds that should be more supportive in the community than the current feet. with regards to the application city-wide, i want to make my perspective clear, as i hope it has been through the course of this discussion. obviously, this is the legislative process in different people have different perspectives. when this was initially proposed a number of what months back. -- number of months back, it was a 75,000 square foot requirement. by dropping it down for commercial, you wind up bringing about the same amount of money into the system, focusing rally on commercial development. the reason it was not was not

commisioner wiener: no, mr. chair. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. roll-call on item five. >> [roll call] the item passes. commissioner campos: please call item six. >> item 6. award a two-year consultant contract to fehr & peers, in an amount not to exceed $165,000, for planning services for the balboa park station area circulation study, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. > commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take that item same house, same call? the item passes. please call item seven. >> item 7. award a two-year consultant contract to arup north america limited, in an amount not to exceed $318,000, for planning services for the 19th avenue transit corridor investment study, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract t

supervisor wiener: thank you. for the record, commissioner david chiu will be joining us for the last item in commissioner mar is now present. >> good morning. i am a principal engineer in the capital group, with authority, and i am here to present to you item #4 of the agenda, which begins on page 13 of your packet, beginning with a memorandum of agreement on page 13. in the past, the authority and office of workforce development have collaborated to track local lock -- local opportunities within the city and county of san francisco. as a matter of fact, they were one of the main proponents of supporters of the city build program, which had been active and effective in reaching neighborhood groups through outreach in training programs, developing for what local residents located within upcoming construction prague -- projects. we will provide local outreach and develop skills for -- still for force for residents to become aware and qualified for construction jobs related to face and replacement of the dual drive.

supervisor wiener: you also mentions the been about tep? >> it is the countywide transportation plan, for which there is outreach in support as well. supervisor wiener: any other comments or questions? right. any public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. colleagues, is there a motion? >> so moved. supervisor wiener: without objection, that will be the order. we will now go to item no. 8. >> item #8. recommend adoption of the proposed fiscal year 2012/13 annual budget and work program. >> this item is the fiscal year 2012-2013 budget. as you may wrote -- remember, this was brought to the fore last month. we went through a full presentation. i have the presentation again, but for the sake of time i would like to point out some of the key items in the budget. remember, this is their second look when this item would be up for action. [feedback] >>

supervisor wiener, president. all members are present. president chiu: please join me in the pledge of a of -- of allegiance. "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." president chiu: are there any items? >> please read the items. could you please call roll on items one to seven. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor aye, aye -- supervisor: , aye. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mark, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos. aye. president chiu: item 8. ordinance amending the san francisco environment code and adding section 402. >>supervisor elsberndavalos: t. we had approved a plan for promoting cycling. we would have 20% of our troops to be by bicycle. the goals of this policy are clear around reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting transit. and on clogging our streets for their needs. we have many tools to help us get t

supervisor wiener: thank you. >> supervisors, my [unintelligible] name is -- a [unintelligible] name is -- much name is [unintelligible] i help applicants get those full entertainment per -- permits. i know some people came here for the summer of love and never went back. every great city in america, whether it is detroit, los angeles, san francisco has grown up with folk music evolving into rock and other reforms, like hip-hop, r&b, deejays, but it involves. as you get older, sometimes music tends to be noise year. but some of the steps being taken right now, the first is the surveillance cameras that are having an impact, where we are able to monitor activity. second of all, id leaders are much more dependable now. it is working. -- andid readers are a i -- id readers are much more dependable now. club owners are policing themselves. they know the value and the responsibility and do not want to 1% of the people causing problems dragging down the entire industry. many of the people in this room are club owners, a

supervisor wiener: thank you. mr. paulson, we have very high expectations given the nature of the meeting. [laughter] >> ♪ cheer up sleepy city oh what can it mean to a nighttime dreams believer and a city please keep it green and so cheer up sleepy city oh what can that mean it to an entertainment believer and a city and make it mean and city land-use we have got some land use and we have got things to say land-use bring on the entertainment bring it here today city city you know that it is true we need entertainment whinnied in good from you i say city i say city i do not want to find that we do not have entertainment and are not even one dime i say city you know that it is true we need good entertainment and we needed from yeaou ♪ >> thanks. supervisor wiener: thank you. by the way, we have now gone through all the cards. >> hello, i am is small business owner, and we were mentioned earlier. we were trying to put up a nightclub at 43 sixth street. we keep hearing that there has been pushed back from the city. w

supervisor wiener: thank you. i have two more cards. linda chapman, tom murphy. >> first of all, thank you again for bringing this study forward. thank you for having this hearing. music, night life, and entertainment for an important ecosystem. night life itself is one aspect of an ecosystem, an industry of music and creative industries in san francisco. by studying this one element, we are touching the tip of the iceberg of an enormous amount of jobs and of revenue, and of money flowing into town, not to mention the cultural benefits received from my life, music, and culture. some of the things that you do not see are important to pay attention to, particularly the festival that san francisco has become known to. and then -- known for. we bring an enormous crowd to treasure island every year. virtually every festival that we have features a musical component. the music industry employs a great number of people that do not show up, a night life study that contributes to the night life economy. whether they are in

thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor olague: i'm going to go ahead and support the continuance on this. i do believe that when you look at this type of legislation, that would prohibit this use to 1500 feet from a school, we would be faced with similar issues that we are faced with the medical cannabis dispensaries. which is a clustering effect on this type of thing that would place an undue burden on those types of neighborhoods that do not have schools within 1,500 feet of this type of use. ultimately, we should continue the dialogue around nutrition and food in the schools. we may want to continue that discussion outside of this conversation. i just want to put it out there that i think this is but is not related. i think there are other venues that we can still have this discussioni'm open to continuint dialogue. >president chiu: any discussion? >> do we have a second? president chiu: supervisor mar has made a motion. is there any further discussion? can we do that without objection? this item is continued

supervisor wiener: i have a question for the city attorney. i am assuming that there is a signature approving the contract, but we have this issue raised and as a city attorney, i have an opinion as to whether this is legal, apart from the policy issues. >> i think that the planning department is in a better position to address the facts that have been explained. i would defer to that. supervisor wiener: if planning to explain, that would be great. >> chairman, supervisors, thank you for the opportunity. i think it is important to say, right off the bat, but confusion on the issue of sign regulation is understandable, to say the least. the regulation of design is extremely complex. that being sought -- that being said, this is a legal design. it is unique in that it has no structure where frames surrounding it, and by that we have come to make funny situation where copy is changed, as is often the case, and do the naked eye there is no sign. the code accounts for this type of situation. in article 1.7, three years have been established in whic

>> supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i have a few items that they related to food trucks.quation. additional choices for consumers for food, with a route to entrepreneurship for people wanting to start small businesses without the capital to go another route. we have a lot of immigrants that have food trucks in san francisco. they provide in terms of location' in food preferences. they also activates streets and public spaces. we should not be eliminating food trucks. it is about balance. balancing the needs of food trucks, brick and mortar restaurants schools, and consumers. i have been working with a number of different stakeholders on this issue and we are continuing to work. however, and mentioned these items today because of the recent developments in sacramento. i am introducing a resolution to put this on record opposing assembly bill 1678. 1678 is a piece of state legislation that would impose a requirement that no food trucks be permitted to be within 1,500 feet, three city blocks, of any high-school, middle school elementary school, public or private. while this

supervisor wiener: do you know -- i think it was mr. pearlstine who mentioned that there might have been a station that moved. that was a concern from a number of residents. is there a part of the plan that is going to move public safety institutions? is that being addressed? >> my understanding is that there is a substation right now, and it will remain until it is not needed or it will stay. i can remember when the bayview station used to be third and 20th, two blocks from my house. i have not noticed a degradation of police presence. supervisor mar: could staff provide a comment on that issue? >> good afternoon, supervisors. in the president of the neighborhood association on 23rd in kansas. i think that one thing that needs to be clear about this, from my perspective there has been a lot of marginal as asian in san francisco. it is generally the same thing as the density issues. i can touch on the police substation issue. there is no funding for what is there now. when we talk about branching out, you have to look at the octopus and