2018 regular meeting of the neighborhood safety and Public Services committee. I am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. To my right is supervisor sheehy, and to my left is supervisor fewer. The clerk is john carroll, and i would like to thank nona from sfgovtv for attending. Can you please call item number one. Agenda item number is to consider the type of a type 48 general item on sale to la ciudad club, doing business as the city club will serve the necessity and convenience of the city and county. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Good morning, supervisors. You have before you a pca for city club. They have applied for a type 48 license transfer, and if approved, this would allow him to sell onsite beer, liquor and spirits. There are zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. They are located in plot 414, which is considered a high crime area. Mission station has no opposition. Aou approved with the following recommended conditions. Salesservice of alcoholic beverages shall be considered only between the hours of 12 00 p. M. To 2 00 a. M. All days of the week. No noise shall be audible at any nearby residence. Number four, petitioners shall actively monitor the area and control in an effect to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premise as depicted on abc 253. It should be noted the applicant has agreed with all the above recommended conditions. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Any questions . No. Okay. Thank you, sergeant george. And i understand that the applicant, janice belen, is here. Good morning, and im not used to speaking in front of people like this, but thank you for the opportunity to present myself. Ive been at 2150 for 31 years, and my main concern as a mother and grandmother is always for safety, you know, and im very inconvenienced by the move because ive been displaced by big developers. And at first, i was pretty upset, but then, when i started to think about it, its a move in the right direction, simply for the fact that its going to cleanup the area more because when i was younger, i got out there, and i fought tooth and nail. I got beat up, my car was vandenbe vandalized and everything. My school was right behind there, and that was a safe haven for the children. I had a sign on the door. I dont know if youre familiar when Ethel Newland held the meetings, to let them know if they were being bullied to they could come in. My doors are always open, because sometimes you can see crime across the street from my videos. I will continue for the safety. You know, and im hoping that this gentrification. In fact im sure it will. Itll take a while for them to grasp it, but thank you for hearing. Its a business for me, its not a lifestyle. Supervisor ronen thank you. Id like to open this up for Public Comment. If any member of the public would like to speak, nows your chance. Seeing no one, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, do you have any objection . Seeing none, this item moves forward with full recommendation to the board. Thank you. Supervisor ronen mr. Carroll, number two. We have for you a puc report for city beer store. They already have a type 42 license, and they are also transferring to another location, and if approved, this will allow them to sell on and offsale beer and wine. There are zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. They are located in plot 208, which is considered a high crime area. They are in census track 176. 01, which is considered a high saturation area. Mission station has no opposition. Lou approved with the following recommended conditions. Number one, Sales Service of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted between the hours 10 00 a. M. To 12 00 a. M. Sunday through wednesday and 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 a. M. Thursday through saturday. Number two, no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence. Number three, petitioners shall aptly monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premises as depicted on the most recent certified abc 253. Number four, Sales Service and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted in or on the patio area only between the hours of 10 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. Each day of the week. Number five, sales and service of alcoholic beverages on said patio area shall be restricted to waiterwaitress service and only to patrons seated at tables. Number six, when the said patio area premise is being utilized for service, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages, a premise employee shall be in attendance and maintain continuous supervision at all times of the said area. It should be noted that the applicant has agreed with the above listed conditions. Supervisor ronen thank you very much. Seeing no questions, i understand that the applicant, craig leisen, is here. Hello. Supervisor ronen hi. So is my wife, as well, beth. Just briefly, i have our letter of intent to abc. Still kind of explains a little bit more of who we are, if you have any questions. We have been in south of market for ten years and operating as we intend to in the new space. Were also kind of a we were very happy to be where we were on folsom street, but our rent went up went substantially. So the great news about it is were able to stay in the city, but in the neighborhood. Were moving two blocks away. I think our track record speaks for itself. Also the space is exciting. Has been vacant for at least two years, and theres a couple restaurants, if its not too far away from here, that unfortunately didnt work out, so well be able to occupy a space that has been vacant for quite a while in south of market on mission street. We also have some support we have support of the neighbors, coworkers, and even some people in the industry. Youre more than welcome to talk if you guys have questions, at the same time, but if you just want to expedite the day, i think theyre content to show their support. I thank them for being here. If you have any specific questions for the community, theyre here, as well. Supervisor ronen thank you. Do you have any questions. I do see some people waving in the audience. I do want to open this up for Public Comment. If youd like to comment forward, anyone and speak on this item, now is your chance. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you very much. Supervisor ronen thank you very much and would you like to make a motion . Supervisor sure. I move to forward this to the board with positive recommendation. Supervisor ronen without objection, this item moves forward to the board with full recommendation. Clerk number three is an item on antilgbtq hate crimes. Supervisor ronen thank you. And i want to apologize to everyone here. We had to continue this from the last meeting that went long, so i want to thank supervisor sheehy for everyone involved in that. Supervisor sheehy . Good morning, colleagues. I have called a meeting to discuss antilgbtq hate crimes here in the city. We recently learned that hate crimes in california have jumped 11. 2 . In the bay area specifically, there were 60 more hate crimes in 2016 as compared to 2015. San francisco was among the bay area cities with the highest reported numbers. Hate crime victims include victims, businesses, government entities, and religious organizations. Although we know that hate crimes are often motivated by the victims race or religion, they are also motivated bisexu by Sexual Orientation and gender. President trump has blatantly attacked the lgbtq community. Hes attempted to ban Transgender Military Service members. Remove all mention of the lgbtq people from their website and include august lgbtq people from bathrooms. Building a wall between us and mexico and the elimination of gender identity from the census. His administration does not value inclusiveness or diversity. Sadly this has allowed people to commit acts of violence against members of our community, especially or lgbtq community. I want to thank the departments that are here on this item, especially cheryl davis the executor director of the Human Rights Commission, Claire Farley who the mayor has just appointed mayor lee had just appointed Senior Advisor on transit issue, and District Attorney gascons chief of staff, christine dubarry. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for. Thank you for the opportunity, thank you, supervisor sheehy for calling for this hearing. Its one of the things that weve been discussing a lot is the idea of underreporting, right . So the other thing that really concerns us is this idea that people arent aware that they can make a report or theyre afraid to, and so this for us, one of the big things will be after its all said and done, the idea, and hopefully, the possibility to think about the outreach and awareness campaigns that we can do and know your rights. So ill just quickly go through some things. Im not going to take up much of your time because i do adjust want to say again, the report we have is from 2015, and one of the things we should also think about is Data Collection and analysis and how we can be intentional about funding that, and again, the idea that we know that a lot of people dont feel comfortable coming forward. That report was something that people spent time to go out and meet directly with folks and get feedback and not wait for them to come in and report. So for us to be a little bit more vigilant about what were doing around the front end and what were doing about awareness and education, so i just want to make sure we highlight the work that the hrc is doing, the areas of focus and the work that happens. The Discrimination Division is where we have investigators who, when people come in and make complaints, they follow up and do the investigation and mediation if need be. But again, one of the problems that im seeing is we arent having enough people come in to actually file complaints, so we want to be much more proactive to make sure that people know that that is something they can do. Another is around policy. We have different ordinances that have been done in the past. We have some things with dph, but we want to make sure that were working on policy and making sure that its relevant to Community Needs. And then, the advisory committees that we have, the lgbt advisory committee, and just our Community Empowerment work that weve been doing. So the discrimination complaints, as i mentioned, thats happening, and were very happy to have join our policy unit, but also will be helping us with some of the Discrimination Division, aria sayeel, whos going to be working with know your rights opportunities, to make sure that people know that they can come in and well help them through that process. Were doing professional developments and workshops. We have some of the against hate campaign, and some of the partnerships around funding, and in that respect and love toolkit, highlights some of the work that weve had in that regard. And i will be saying weve been doing many for School Visits and presentations in different places. You actually have before you one of the curriculum guides that we worked on with university of San Francisco and other places, and i highlighted the princess boy book that weve been using. And were also working with our Family Coalition to do more intentional curriculum that can be used in schools, as well as after school programs, and helping identify more books and resources that folks can have to do more on the front end, versus waiting for people to file complaints. So the vice Prevention Needs assessment was done, as i mentioned, in 2015, and the assessment looked at the things that are identified on the slides that you have. I wont read through them. But again, that was done in 2015. We would really like to see us being more consistent with that and to be able to do more that more often, so thats just something to think about, so that were not, again, waiting for people to come in and file complaints to decide what the needs are, but that we can be more intentional and do this, if not annually, at least biannual to get feedback from folks and get a better understanding thats not just based on the reports that were getting, but thats based on Real Community feedback. And it will give us something to measure and look at. If we can do something in this next year, itll allow us to look at whether theres been an increase or a decrease in some of the complaints. Supervisor ronen and is there anything preventing you from doing that automatically or is it a resource issue . Funding. Resource issue robe rope is that something youre looking for in your budget this up coming here. So we will seek to probably do that, but one of the issues is weve all been given charges to decrease our budget, and so its just something that well have to think about in terms of the scope of everything and hopefully during the budget process, we can find a way to identify funds from that. Supervisor sheehy yeah. We should look at that. Given the environment that were in, the trend isnt downward. Right. Supervisor ronen and this project, i remember, came out of an ad back, my former boss, supervisor campos, and so we need to make sure that thats baselined, and we keep it going. I think the actual should be kept going, and i think its very helpful because it lets us see that its not in any one neighborhood, but that its in every neighborhood, and it definitely goes underreported, or we seem to think its only happening in one community. But thisll give us a better snapshot of where its happening and we can do better preventative work. Supervisor fewer do you have any data from sfusc. We have a hearing coming up on the 25th, and the school district, the Fire Department and the das office have all been invited to come. One of the things is how do we collect data in a better way. Ive been working to try to get a better handle on data. We have a better anecdote wial. Were going to do some work with the counselors next week. Theres a twoday retreat, and well do a workshop with them. Supervisor fewer theres a Risk Assessment that they do every other year. It really talks about lgbtq students and what they are experiencing in our schools, around violence, also. And i know the numbers are pretty high. While i was there, i wrote a resolution, actually. We are recommitting to our commitment to our lgbt students lgbtq students, and so there is a now one fte person who deals with just lgbtqq students, so i think he or she could be a good source of information because they are the ones who hear stuff right on the ground thats happening. Theyre connected on the ground with our wellness centers, too. Well, i will definitely follow up, because weve been working how do we expand some of the curriculum and introduce audrey lord and other folks to try and think about how we talk about this work and linking it to some of the modern day artists, so thats very helpful to know. Supervisor fewer thank you. And so the next one is just the key findings. And again, for us, it would be really great to look at where we are now, compared to in 2015, and to think about how we can also evaluate the tools and strategies that weve been using to measure whether those have had any impact. That is going to be a big the equity measuring social impact is something that our office is really pushing across the board to have all the departments report out. The Controllers Office just did a survey to all the different departments for us to get a better understanding of how theyre measuring their impact on equity, and this is something wed like to be able to look at in the future, as well. And then, the key recommendations, and we have been grateful through the different supervisors offices and the different ad back processes. I will say the one thing that we fell prey to, which we are actually pushing all the departments to think about is when we talk about culturally competent, and we fund agencies, we dont always get to the folks who are actually doing the work or are on the ground, and we need to think about how we invest in Capacity Building for those organizations so that we dont continue to give money to the Larger Organizations that have the infrastructure to write great grants and that have the infrastructure to do really awesome reports, and then, we forget about the people on the ground that are actually doing the work and arent being compensated in a way that allows them to live in the city. So that is one of the big ways that as we think about the funding and as we think about moving this forward, what does it look like to do Capacity Building and what does it look like to invest that. Not just say that our Community Needs to be stronger, but to actually put money towards that. I think thats something we struggled with this year and we need to definitely do a better job. Supervisor sheehy can you talk a little bit deeper level. I kind of hear what youre saying, and i kind of have a sense of what youre saying. Theres traditionally well funded, well organized institutions, and ive seen that in my work. And a lot of time, people are doing the very innovative work, traditionally where people dont have access. They shouldnt have to ask those Larger Organizations to subcontract with them or to respect their ideas, and i think you alluded to it in your opening remarks, is that we see that its happening statewide, but when we mix the intersectionality of people of color with their Sexual Orientation or preference, then we see that they are even further marginalized, and they are not being supported to actually move the work. And that for me is a tragedy, and thats something that we really we made we made a hard decision this year, and we funded a Larger Organization at the expense of a smaller organization that was doing the work. And that organization now has to ask other enter at this times to recognize them as lead