Good evening. We have a loan fund for Small Business owners facing ada compliance issues. Opportunity fund is a Nonprofit Organization sponsored by [inaudible] to help Small Businesses that could not obtain a loan from their banks. We created a loan program for Small Businesses who are trying to become compliant. Under this loan program, we can provide financing for Small Businesses up to 100,000. Those are the Small Businesses who have been sued, and there are Small Businesses trying to preempt of a protect themselves against these issues. I will talk about the Second Rocket first. For the Small Businesses out there that have been hearing about compliance issues and what to protect themselves and make the improvement and have inspections done, we are willing to work with you and willing to look at the plans that you have any inspections you have to enable you to have tenant improvement to become compliant. For those folks, we would recommend that you go and get a task report done and
I dont believe she is. She is so posed to be showing up. The academy of arts has people who clean up around the neighborhood. The academy of arts will be receiving an award. Accepting it on their behalf is me. On the next one. applause clearchannel outdoor, amazing, donated bill board, 30 bus shelters to advertise this conference. Total views by this bill board in advertising, 5 million views. applause and only one of them got tagged. [laughter] l janna lord couldnt be here today to accept it. She had a family crisis. But this is for clearchannel outdoor for helping the conference. By the way, when those ads went up we were averaging 1300 hits a day on the website. applause another person who couldnt attend the award today, monica rose is our graphic artist who does a lot of work for us and she won the contest for designing the logo for the conference. Pretty nice design, i think. So, monica rose will be receiving an award for the designing of the logo. She designed the programs and sh
Even if you dont know what some of the graffiti is and you start typing it, you can figure out one of the letters if this computer goes. Back in that search area when it gets back there, they say you see that [speaker not understood] right there. Thats merc. If you see merc right there and you dont know what it said but you can see the first two letters, m. E. , you can go up here in the search area and just start typing. Me and try to figure out, oh, you can look at some of these pictures. Theres theres a mercs, too, mers. Sometimes people get that confused with a k or an s. You can look at the pictures or try to match them up to the graffiti you have currently. The other thing about this, its not just taggers, its also gangses. We have gangs over here. We have like whats a big gang member, smily. Theres always going to be a smily, right . The great thing is when you do do it, it pulls up. If i pull up like merc, i see that merc tags with five different other people. So, how can i get
Oh, my food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in San Francisco. Were at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. This is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much Delicious Food here. And i cant wait to share it with all of you. Lets go. Armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. Today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. This is our 55th year and in San Francisco were the largest armenian Food Festival and widely recognized as one of the best Food Festivals in the area. We have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. We really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and thats really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. We are behind the scenes n
Unless its on someones property and they dont want it there. Judge kids with silver paint expressing their ego needs doesnt belong on our property. Graffiti is when you dont have permission to write anything on their property. Eighth street is part of your regular rout . Yes. Everyday. Eighth street. Divisidero street. Irving street. Every block they going through they paint 3 or 4 streets in the block the poles the utility boxes, mailbox. Thank you. Okay. Put the drop cloth. Come on around. There you go. Force for we have to remember we are not painters we abate graffiti. We are abaters not painters. Get that out of the way and keep moving. How many of these do you do a day . How many poles we do a day . Yeah. Depends on the location. May be 20. Do you like working with the team . Yes because im a people person. I like being outside and interacting with the public and i like the response we get especially from the good job we do in the community. Goodbye. I introduce jennifer nelson,