From sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting mr. Clerk, any announcements . Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the september 16th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Call item one. For the approval of an determine storefront mergers on one and 99 gross square feet in the special use district 3 includes all lots from potrero hill and slaeflz and communitybased sides of 24th street as well as other additional lots for 12 months. Thank you today, we have diana from oewd and Diego Sanchez from the Planning Department to present youll start the floor is yours thank you. Excuse me all right. Good afternoon supervisors my name is diana from the office of Economic Workforce Development im here to present on the generally prosecution on the commercial the expectation for the latino cultural District First ill provide a quick overview of how the discern prohibition came about so the quatro the latino is part of a marries initiative of 25 commercial coordinators arson the city the vision of this initiative to create thriving sustainable and economic commercial corridors around the city heres the boundary of best of your knowledge in the be commercial corridor around that that came to be the quatro latino cultural district. So our process of working with the must not and developing the Service Centers and identifying the needs this process was in 2013 those were some of the concerns that the community brought to our attention and around the corridor around the needs we build a Programming Services and work with the community from the ground up to develop and program so some of these included services for Spanish Speaking businesses around the corridor had a concern about the expiring short term leases with the increasing rent that created risk for some of the businesses potential to be pushed out of the corridor so the property 88 lawsuits and Little Market was changing thats a constant concern that and the institutions we have very significant Cultural Institutions along the corridor and facing some are expiring in short term leases in addition for the funding and programming so along those lines while we engaged in about developing and creating services and programs to meet the needs of corridor the intent of creating or introducing a tear commercial control meanwhile it provides for the progression to engage with the residents for the businesses and develop some long term special use district with Zoning District so some of the intent of this temporary prohibition is will result in preventing the storefront mergers of seven hundred and 99 square feet and larger from meeting those beyond that size will prevent that and preserve an estimated storefronts that the character and the corridor it would allow for those smaller storefronts be more informational for entrylevel businesses and the controls have been active from august 2347d to august 1st, 2016, and extends to august 2017 this is the tuff boundary the commercial corridor along 24th street and others 1k5r9d sites around and it will exclude Mission Street this is an example of what beer talking about some of the storefronts are in one building that potentially allows for the merger of those storefronts and right now small storefronts in different types of businesses and those a be merged and can be impact the diversity of the block this is another example it is just kind of the worst that is happening civilians 2013 i mentioned the services in the Cultural Institutions there was 8 latino resolution that established the district that passed in 2014 and engaged in a Community Process to discuss had the cultural distinct 9 prohibition concerns and etc. The interim controls were introduced to allow for further development and think with other controls that can urban design implemented to protect the corridor and the district and also initiated a retail study to help to for the potential special use district which will then replaces what the interim controls are now and anticipate that within the next 6 months we will introduce hopefully pass a special use district so right now we are anticipating Community Meeting on october 2016 to present what will be the end of the special use district those are some of the examples within the two years of some of the services and now have a fulltime corridor manager and increased the culture activity and we worked with strengthening special businesses along the corridor priority are the businesses how we can involve and improve their storefronts and others to improve their business hours, etc. This one storefront that drastically changed the way the block looks youll see the change this is the Cultural Institution that contains anyone else programming and that to the public both in the daytime and the evening and thats it. Any questions. No questions so for thank you for your presentation thank you. Is that it anymore presentation colleagues, any discussion if not open up for Public Comment ladies and gentlemen, now it the time for Public Comment on item one to minutes to speak a soft time with 30 seconds before our time expires anyone that wants to speak and talk on item number one seeing none okay. Please come on. So you have here a presentation that should benefit the corridor in the Mission District and none of supervisors asked since this process has been going on since 2013 none of you asked for some data to see what process o progress has been made we know and im surprised no one is here from the Mission District we know that the businesses in the Mission District are subject so my question is simple for the people at home as supervisors they dont care what is happening in the Mission District so far as i know businesses are suffering in the Mission District not only the businesses themselves but also the transportation the muni buses, creating all kinds of havoc in the Mission District thank you very much. Anyone wants to speak on this item okay Public Comment is closed. At this time colleagues the matter is in our hands any last minute discussions. Madam chair this is consist with a number of approvals by the board i suggest we send this to the full board with representation as a Committee Report. Well accept the motion to send to the full board as a Committee Report unanimously thank you all right. Mr. Clerk, call item 2. Item 2 hearing on how best to observe the lgbt night life space and on the status of creation of lgbt cultural district and the oewd to report. Thank you, supervisor wiener is the sponsor and will lead the discussion and well have speakers from oewd and the Entertainment Commission as well as represent in the Planning Commission supervisor wiener. Thank you very much madam chair for claefrnd this important item colleagues the item hearing today is to talk about the critically important lgbt night life venues cultural spaces in our community that are under increasing pressure and a number of them at risk of what to do to protect and support them and also to talk about the status of the long delayed western soma lgbt cultural district which was meant by this board almost 4 years and a not not happened this topic is important to the Lgbt Community and ill say it is to me personally as a member of the Lgbt Community as lgbt night life venues are not simply bars and night clubs people go out to have fun their that but much more those are communicated spaces those are safe spaces venues for many, many, many years decades and decades members of the lubricate community you whether out of the closet or out of the closet or older or younger or whether confront with the status as lgbt or uncomfortable whether they feel safe at home or not those are places where members of the community can go and find community and make often lifetime friendships and meet lovers and have found and build community in a safe and welcoming space our phone call as a anotheryearold as a guy man the first time he snuck into an lgbt night club and in duringing North Carolina nothing like i experienced for the first time felt i was in a community with people that are like me and i felt safe and it helped me on my journey coming out and being a full development gay man and generations of lgbt people have had the same experience and if these spaces go away we can have four of them that makes it harder for members of the community to find community particularly young people we have to protect them and support them we know many there are a lot of pressure on too much off our lgbt night life venues particularly in the south of market from the Development Pressure and other pressures most recently, we learned the stud was and remained at serious risk even if closing at the Current Location and other are these hole in the wall that moved to a new space and others that likely will be under pressure and at risk of closure when their lease comes up or other aspects of their situation changes this is as ongoing issue we know the the western selma was adopted by 24 broad 4 years ago i voted against i believe the lgbt night life it is designed to reduce the number of night life venues in south of market and push them south of harrison street even though the bulk of the lgbt night life venues are north of harrison street we have high seconds i was honored to work with and support and help the Business Partners in reopenly oasis and creating a wonderful and vibrate night life space that is successful and honored to work and support what i could to the owners the eagle it was saved and the owners and their supporters were numerous they deserve credit as good and even ways better than in the past doing great but it shows we can succeed we can support and help and protect and save those venues if not have had the opportunity for them to close we have to work hard and be proactive and cant wait for the crisis to happen we need to be there a few years ago i wasable in the budget with the mayor to create a new focus exclusively on night life and oewd has a role to play here we also wonderful Entertainment Commission and we need to move forward the lgbt cultural District South of market has evolved and needs to move forward and local leadership that is lacking to move forward and i hope that hearing helps to push that processed forward i also would like to enclosure the possibility through legislation of creating a cac a Community Advisory committee to formalize a structure to advise our city departments and representatives of the community how we can move the cultural the lgbt cultural district forward and how to take proactive steps to support the lgbt night life in soma and others ways i look forward to this critically important issue we have as the chair mentions a few brief presentations and then terrific comments from the community here i first want to call up conveniently from the Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development who was hired to fill the roll we create on the service and night life he has done a spectacular job and jocelyn kane from the Entertainment Commission and tim frye from the Planning Department that will talk about the status of cultural district. Thank you very much. Great thank you supervisor wiener and thank you members of the public benefiting from the office of Economic Workforce Development as street tree mentioned im the Business Manager for the night life and San Francisco is known as a worldclass dedication and due to the lgbt night life offering that San Francisco the night life spaces are vital and art and political spaces and theyre also a key component on the night life economy as supervisor wiener well knows after commissioning in Economic Impact study it was updated night life is an economic chiropractor 6 billion in spending for the night life and night life employees over 60 thousand people citywide and night life pay 80 million in tax and a key draw if the bay area and beyond to San Francisco again not to sdmish the other vital roles of arts and cultural that the night life has but about the displacement of the businesses were talking about the displacement of Small Businesses and thats two our workforce there are real challenges by the night life businesses with the number of lgbt and other night Life Entertainment businesses and night life sites are targeted for new development and some increased rents or landlord that reduce refuse to entertain long term leases and recognizing the importance the office of Economic Workforce Development lodged the initiative roughly 3 years a mixture of oneonone policy businesses to target the existing needs and find growth for night life in San Francisco some of the key xhoept of this work number one connecting San Francisco night life and businesses to city resources i think that in the past the best came back with the government was no contact at all and want to focus on the Business Services and other resources we can provide to the night life industry oakland we support legislative and policy issues that advance the policy im happy to work with supervisor breed to protect the venues facing not venues and recognizing for the night life spades in you existing spaces this is key as businesses face the displacement we want to help those businesses succeed in the long term but as the city grows we wanted to see the growth of night life and seeing that jocelyn kane will talk about the central soma and one of the things to try to create new night life and the question how to help businesses for longterm solutions that are appropriate for night Life Entertainment. There are a number of Business Services through our office and through the partners that help the lgbt night life businesses Opening Statement we talk about displacement the immediate question is what the length of the lease and what business will physically locate but priorities an opportunity to look at the businesses realistically and a variety of ways to secure the Business Financial footing and its future for the long term first of all, as mention night life Sector Initiative im serving as a point of contact we offer a variety of services from sfgovtv. Org and a variety of the strategies to help the businesses on terms of one on one the office of Economic Workforce Development working closely with the businesses and the Small BusinessDevelopment Service provides no cost to Small Businesses including workshops and on topics of budgeting and marketing a variety of tops want to help the businesses succeed in the long term and Small Business loans to help with the loans if 5 thousand dollars to a Million Dollar that is a Long Term Strategy and then oh, my god partners with a number of Technical Service providers if you need legals assistance if they need eyed assessment this is the sort of services we offer citywide a Pilot Program in the excelsior on business relocation that will be extended citywide and finally the Legacy Businesses Program cant be under state it is important for the long standing night life businesses to get on the registry for the grants for Business Owners and Property Owners to enable them but as a part of registry to help them with the critical roles they play in San Francisco. Just in sum lgbt night life are a critical part of San Franciscos if you have been and the economy to the city and such a significant workforce and component to our economy and ill encourage any night life businesses facing uncertainty if you dont know about the programs please reach out to me and thank you for calling this hearing on an important topic. And sir, if i, ask so i know that we have various resources that ar