>> commissioner zouzounis? >> present. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> present. >> will you do the ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgment, please? >> it would be my honor. the san francisco business commission and office of small business acknowledges we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants. in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone who have never ceded nor lost their caretakers as well as for people who reside in the traditional territories, as guests we recognize we benefit from living and working on the traditional homeland. we wish to pay respects by acknowledging the ancestors, relatives and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> wonderful. thank you. please call item number two please. >> clerk: item two is presentation, status of reopening the san francisco economy. san francisco chief economist will review the current status of san francisco's economy. this is a discussion item. and presenting to you tonight is te

. >> chair: vice president zouzounis. >> hi, i'm miriam. we're excited to have you. your background is going to fit right in. e.b.t. is an up and coming issue and relating it to the merchant and social impact space is really important. so i'm looking forward to making that connection and giving you whatever lay of the land you need from us. please feel free to reach out one on one if you want to do check-ins. i think we're all available to you for that within the guidelines, of course. thank you for being here. my background is also in small business. my family comes from a small business background. i also work in the import sector and with the small business administration. so you'll be meeting some of my colleagues on the next agenda item. >> chair: i am sharky laguana. i'm currently a washed-up professional musician and a small business owner. i used to rent vans to the music industry when there was a music industry. now i help i guess people go on vacation is what it seems like we're doing. i also serve in addition to this as president of the american car rental

commissioner -- vice president zouzounis. >> commissioner: thank you. thank you, director, for the in-depth presentation. i know you have a lot of knowledge here because of how long it's been going on. i have one suggestion, a comment, but first, my question is, what are the next steps in working with the district attorney's office around this? since i know that they addressed it directly. >> director: the district attorney's office has not reached out to our office. i've let them know that our programs and work that we have been doing, but they have not reached out to our office. so at this point, any work together on this is not taking place together at this time. >> commissioner: okay. and i know it's so prevalent that there may not be a trend one way or another which types of businesses are experiencing the lawsuits in particular, but if there is data on that or at least maybe through just who you can subtract from who's filling out the inspections, i would like to know if it's coordinated with other types of licenses. i know that a lot of regulator

commissioner zouzounis? >> yes. >> i see that you are signed in, but you might be having issues. with that, the motion passes 6-0 with one absent. and the meeting is adjourning at 7:46 p.m. >> great. thank you so much. >> thank you. take care of yourself. bye. >> clerk: also present is deputy city attorney brad russi who will provide any needed legal assistance. i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by steven keller, san francisco public works board of urban forestry. the rules of presentations are as follows. the appellants and department are given seven minutes for presentation and three minutes for rebuttal. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have three minutes to address the board. four votes are needed to grant an appeal or modify an order or determination. to enable public participation, sfgov is streaming this hearing live, and we will have the opportunity to provide public comment for each item on the agenda. please note that this hearing will be rebroadcast on fridays at 4:00 p.m. on channel 26. a link to t

. >> director: a motion to adjourn by commissioner ortiz-cartagena, seconded by vice president zouzounis. commissioner adams is absent, [roll call] that motion passes four to zero with three absent and the meeting is adjourned at 6:18 p.m. thank you, commissioners. >> vice president zouzounis: thanks everyone. >> president laguana: bye you guys. >> have a good night. >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco public utilities commission meeting. i am president sophie maxwell. madam secretary, take the roll please. [roll call] commissioner paulsen is excused from the meeting. and given the health and mayor breed have lifted the restrictions and this meeting is sell vised by sfgov tv. and for those watching on live stream b aware there is a brief lag between the livestream and to extend the sfgov staff for their assistance during the meeting. to make public comment, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146 434 0611 pound, pound. and limit your topics to the agenda item and to be with the public comment made in a civil and respectful manner to refrain from the use of the manner and not t

commissioner zouzounis? >> yes. >> i see that you are signed in, but you might be having issues. with that, the motion passes 6-0 with one absent. and the meeting is adjourning at 7:46 p.m. >> great. thank you so much. >> thank you. take care of yourself. bye. >>> good morning phil. good morning san francisco. i am san francisco mayor london breed and i am so excited to be here with each and every one of you because san francisco although we're dealing with some challenges with this delta virus, we're still coming alive again, we're still re-opening, we're still wearing our masks. and what's most important, what's most important we are enjoying our city and we are making these cable cars available to the public, to san franciscans, for the month of august at no charge. so what does that mean? well, you know what happens when someone gives you something free. that means you have to be patient because during the month of august, typically what will be happening is these operators that are with me today would normally be testing the equipment, making sure things are running smoothly