Superior fewer. Mr. Clerk, do you have announcements . Clerk please turnoff all cell phones. Items be will appear on the january 9th board of agenda unless otherwise stated. I forgot to say thank you john Carroll Carol for staffing the meeting and mayor and jim smith. Can you call item one. Clerk motion verifying a careless match, llc doing business under the dark horse. The issuance of type 87 general Liquor Licence. I dont see is there anyone from the Police Department that is going to present on this item . No. We have someone from oawd . Please feel free to come forward, yes. Well here from superior safai. I wanted to be here for this licence because its the first time in our citys history were issuing this type of licence, it was created in the past year, this is called a type 87 licence, its very similar, you have heard me at the board of superiors talk about the maximum of five right now, one is pretty accessible and real because people are able to go out to dinner and have full alcohol and wine. The type 47 licences, its a restaurant that has the ability to have a full alcohol menu. And in a lot of businesses, particularly restaurants, it is a life saver to have that ability. It helps with the margins and with the success and often is an indicator of a strong restaurant. Many of the economically depressed parts of San Francisco are not served by type 47 licences and often what happens, type 47 are a commodity and sold on the often market for 3 or 400,000. As a starting Small Business restaurant owner, its usually a barrier to access that. And even if they are located in an area they can move and theyre mobile. If you look at a map of San Francisco, the vast majority of type 47 licences are located in the downtown area or closer to hotels, more of the tourist locations in the city. But when you go to the commercial quarters like the Excelsior Outer Mission or ocean avenue, areas with less restaurants, you see less of these if any at all. This program was developed to be an economic generator and they have to remain in the commercial corridors theyre designated for. Over the next six years there will be five transferrable type 87 licences that will be sold for only 13,000. So think 400,000 to 13,000 for an existing restaurant or someone trying to get into the business, its like hitting the lottery. So today im proud to say one of our restaurants out in the Excelsior Outer Mission, the dark horse is going to be accepting this licence. We have been encouraging them and supporting them and were really excited about the opportunity. So we ask for your full support of this and we have a neighbor to come talk about this from the office of work force development. Thank you. Good afternoon chair ronen and members of the committee. Thank you superior safai for really fully listing the policy goals behind the program. Im going to talk briefly about the specific structure of the state resolution in front of you. Under the state law before an applicant can submit a full application for a type 87 neighborhood restricted Liquor Licence, they have to do preapplication community outreach. That is unique to this licence and all the stakeholders thought it was important since they are for neighborhood serving businesses, they though have the extra touch with the neighborhood itself. Prior to submitting a full application to the abc, the applicant needs to sign off on an additional form that they have done the outreach. They have to hold at least one Community Meeting at their premises or within a mile of the premises, 14 days before, they have to send out a mailer to all residents within 500 feet of the establishment and neighborhood groups on the Department List and Police Department as well. Following the completion of the outreach it has to be certified by the board of supervisors, thats whats in front of you. If this resolution moves forward, the dark horse will sign off and submit their full application. Thats all i have unless there are technical questions. What department is in charge of the permits for that, is it planning . Is it cph . All Liquor Licence regulation is done by the California Department of alcoholic beverage control. Should this move forward, it would get referred to planning and through the regular process. But liquor licencing is done at the state level, that is one of the challenges in adopting reforms, needing to go to the state to make it happen. So the type 87 licence, is it a licence that has to be renewed annually, every five years. Tell me a little about that. Sure. Theres an annual fee. Its not like theres an annual renewal, formal renewal process. But the idea of the licences being non transferrable, part of that means should a business go out of business with the licence, it will get cancelled but then abc can issue a new one that qualifies under the existing program. Thats the renewable part of the program. Thank you. Chair, i want to add one more thing, im really excited about not just the business itself but the proprietors, they have been active in the Community Since opening the business, this is an enhancement to the business, they have formed the excelsior outer Merchants Association and our movie night that we funded last year. Widely successful. They have engaged in fundraisers supporting our schools and our local free clinic. Theyre active members of the community. I couldnt think of a better group or business to be one of the first recipients of this. Theyre available in your district, supervisor yee in yours. Sorry it doesnt say gary. Well have to talk to okay. Thank you. And would you like to present from the business . Good afternoon. Im one of the owners of the dark horse inn. 942 geneva avenue. We did complete the required steps of sending out the letter. It was sent out november 9th. Excuse me. The meeting was held november 24th. Attendance, which is unfortunately typical for the neighborhood was small, but fully supportive of our plan. We had a subsequent meeting with sfpd, i believe it was inspector i just have forgotten her name. The permitting department and they were supportive as well once we presented our plan. We plan to continue running our business the way we have run it for the past six years. We serve largely locally sourced food, all housemade. Our beer is local craft beer, our wines are Small Vineyards from california and a few from france and we plan to do the same with the liquor. We plan to start with a small selection and cocktails that are kind of geared toward pairing with our foods. Price points will remain the same for the neighborhood. Accessible but not so low that it inspires any kind of abuse. Meaning pretty much we dont want 3 shots of cheap liquor. We have a family environment and we want to keep it that way. So basically this is just to serve as an extension of our Current Business plan. There would be no major changes as far as that. And thus far everybody has been incredibly supportive and we dont have any negative feedback to date. Knock on wood. We ask for your support in this as well. Thank you. Is there any public item on this Public Comment on this item . If there is, now is the time. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. If theres no more comment, i wanted to thank those work ing with the business to take advantage of the opportunity, its a very unique one. I know its not easy to get all the items in on time. I want to say congratulations for getting the application on time. I know were going to have a meeting first thing in january to consider the other businesses that are going to take advantage of the unique opportunity. I know you have been advocating for this for quite some time. I wanted to say congratulations for seeing it through and i believe it will really help with revitalization of some of the corridors that need a little help. Im excited about it. And colleagues, i wanted to ask if we can entertain a motion to refer this item to the full board as a Committee Report for the january 12th meeting if thats okay december 12th . Yes. I have one question chair if you dont mind. Normally when we see the Liquor Licence come before the committee, we have a report from the Police Department and i think we asked for Sergeant George today, with this type of licence, will that not be necessary anymore . This is a preapplication process today. I think youre referring to the public convenience necessity process, which for restaurant licences, for type 47 licences, those dont come to the board, theyre handled by abc. Similar to that, the process would be addressed by the abc. The public needs for necessity is a type 48 before the board, the 21 liquor stores, bars, other things. Yeah, so the answer is you wouldnt hear the public convenience necessity for this licence consistent with the other licences but theres more process after this to make sure sfpd and everybody is involved. Yeah. Okay. Great. So ill make the motion to refer this to the full board for consideration on december 12, 2017. I second that. Without objection that motion passes. Can i receive a motion to send this item with a positive recommendation. I make the motion. Without objection that motion passes. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, can you call item two . Clerk a hearing to consider the state of institutional housing, particularly assisted living with small beds for seniors in the city and county of San Francisco. Supervisor would you like to make some opening comments. Thank you for joining me today in this important topic affecting our citys seniors. The critical shortage of board and care homes, that is not meaning the housing deeds of our increasing population of San Francisco. As we are all familiar, the issue of housing in general and specifically Affordable Housing is a hot button topic in San Francisco in the bay area. However, the topic of housing for seniors is often side lined. I just want to give you some basic stats and what i have seen and why this issue is such a crucial issue. According to a 2016 report, city wide seniors comprise 20 of our population and over 40 of those seniors live alone. As of june 2017 when compared to neighboring counties, San Francisco had the lowest ratio of what we call residential chair facilities, beds for seniors. For every thousand people over the age of 65 in San Francisco we only have 29 beds of this sort. The counties with the highest ratios for every thousand seniors over 65, they have 48 beds in their counties. Its not quite double but it certainly is getting close to that. The lack of longterm care facilities for seniors is not just a San Francisco issue. Its regional and statewide issue. To demonstrate the gap between the average available income of seniors compared to cost of longterm care, according to a 2016 data, 16 are over 25,000 of our city seniors live below the poverty line. An income of less than 981 per month. About half of San Francisco seniors live on less than 2943 per month, about 300 of federal poverty level. Yet the average cost of what we call the rcfes, is about 45,000 per month. The Social Security reimbursement rate has not kept up with rising costs of longterm care. Unfortunately the Social Security income special benefits rate as of january 1st, 2017, is only 1,158 for an individual and in 2017, ssi facility rate is 1026 for an individual. You can see that what people are getting is way short of whats needed to house them in these rcfes. So, the unfortunately for so many people today, especially what we call the Sandwich Generation. Which i used to be part of and now im probably one of the breads on the end. Do you know what i mean by a Sandwich Generation . Youre basically in care of not only your babies and children, but youre caring for elder parents or other members of your family. Those its a hardship and i found that out 15 years ago personally. Like childcare, Senior Services are at the top of my personal priorities. Last year i cosponsored supervisor cohens proposition i, the dignity fund that passed with two thirds vote, increased funding for Senior Services. This march i held a hearing on the needs of the gaps in Senior Services city wide and how the dignity funds would be administered. Despite the steps to increased and enhanced services, San Francisco is still falling way behind when it comes to senior Residential Care. Housing is a healthcare issue. Our seniors have contributed so much to our citys rich political cultural and economic development. We cant forget our seniors when it comes to discussing housing needs. We are standing on the shoulders of our elders and their contributions and they deserve our respect and attention. I want to thank my colleague supervisor safai and ronen for their hearing last week and their continued advocacy on behalf of the families and workers in light of the closing of saint lukes subacute units. The closing of those and the alzheimers center are stark examples of how each point in the whole continuum of care affects each other. The longterm care crisis is further because of the cost of living and fixed incomes of seniors. So while we may not be able to discuss each of the issues at length today, given my conversations with many experts, stakeholders and community members, there are Feasible Solutions we can take action on. As written in the hospital counsels post acute Care Collaborative 2017 draft report, obtaining and expanding Residential Care facilities for the elderly, also known as board and home cares or assisted living is identified as one of three major recommended solutions. These are often familyrun businesses, six bed facilities that provide assistance for tasks such as dressing, bathing and eating. Rcfes are a type of institutional housing in the community. In the past two years, nine of these facilities have already closed. And unless we find ways to help retain and incentive these facilities to operate, the shortage will continue to get worse. Due to the shortage of facilities and beds, too many seniors are being sent out of the counties. I dont know if you know this, its one of the things i have personally felt it, 20 years ago when my mother couldnt live in the home again in her home and needed more assistance, i was able to find something in the city. She was on ssi and then about 10 years ago, this is only a 10year gap. I was taking care of my aunt which was the same issue, trying to take care of her as long as we could in the home which is the best thing for seniors but you realize you cant do it at some point. When we tried to find something for her, there was nothing in the city for her. She had to go out of the county. She was fortunate that people like myself and my other family members are mobile enough or have cars and transportation and could get to her and make sure we kept on supporting her, whereas a lot of these individuals, their family members might not be around for one thing. If they are, they may not have resources. Most of their support network are people who are generally other seniors in the neighborhood and theyre not going to be able to go out of town to give her the right support. So this is such an important topic. Im so glad that the what is it the Hospital Foundation started thinking about this many years ago and have come up with the draft report. It was timely for me, for someone who didnt understand the system, i read the report, it was very educational. If you havent seen the report, when it gets into the final report, i hope everyone gets a chance to read it. All of us in the Community Need to really join hands and find solutions for this population. So i wants to theres going to be a few presenters in this, in the report and they will be Senior HealthProgram Planner from the department of Public Health and sydney cofman, department of aging. And Current CouncilVice President of hospitals. Would you like to come up . Good afternoon supervisors, with the department of Public Health. As supervisor yee mentioned, ill share this presentation with department of aging and hospital counsel of northern and Southern California. So, Residential Care facilities for the elderly provide an important level of care in between adults who can live safely at home and adults who need 24 7 medical care. We know that the as people age, the majority of people want to remain in homes, in their homes which is referred to as aging in place. As adults age, they may require a range of services and supports called longterm care. So Residential Care facilities provide longterm care for people who can no longer live safely at home and for patients or persons who need 24 7 supervision but dont require 24 7 medical care. I want to take a second to define terms we commonly use when talking about longterm care. So longterm care is defin