As you may know we are a coalition of over 25 Community Members and cbos and the Community Working collaboratively to ensure sustainable and affordable and healthy food is available to the residents in bay view Hunters Point. We have developed a Pilot Program for sustainable retail in the bay view Hunters Point neighborhood and in addition to the food guard guardians and Health Promotion throughout the country and influenced other efforts in other under served neighborhoods in the city and it has had recognition nationally as well as regionally. Promoting healthy food retailing promotes Good Nutrition and provide economic benefits such as supplying living wage job and the work is critical. The this is about addressing disparities and Economic Development and about jobs and entrepreneurship and revitalizing our commercial districts which these stores play a critical role. We need to keep our food dollars in the neighborhood and not leaking out and this goes a long way to that point. As
Supervisor kim and i started tag teaming on one off exemptions to the mission alcohol special use district because while this isnt just my view that this special use district served an important purpose when it was first enacted 20 years ago in terms of combating alcohol blight in the mission. Over time in my view out lived its usefulness, and we saw a few years ago at the Bowling Alley that went on at 17th and south van ness that project was going to fall apart because they werent going to be able to serve beer so did did a one off exemption for movie theaters. When the roxy theater which is a treasure of Community Institution wanted to serve wine and beer to help survive such a unique San Francisco Mission Institution they were prohibited and we did another exemption for that and each time i gave the standard speech while its great to do the one off exemptions its not good policy and we need to fundamentally address of the problems that were caused and that valencia whole foods cant
Cups of alcohol at 9 00 oclock in the morning for 25cents but we couldnt get them to sell Healthy Foods and this new proposition is a game changeer and as you mentioned supervisor mar there is evidence based. There is evidence in philadelphia and more importantly the evidence in bay view Hunters Point and i have seen the various groups working there with the city in that neighborhood. I know it can happen in the tenderloin and that in turn will set a precedent for the city and the state and the country. Thank you very much. Thank you doctor. Next speaker. Great to see you. I am dave sieler and representing t and dc and on the board of directors for the tenderloin corporation and i met you at the meeting for Healthy Corner stores and i have met jane and good to meet you scott. I support the healthy retain Incentive Program for what everybody said about t i know somebody mentioned about the Life Expectancy within the tenderloin or that area they also live in. I was looking on my computer
To have some real positive changes for the mission. Shortly after i took Office Supervisor kim and i started tag teaming on one off exemptions to the mission alcohol special use district because while this isnt just my view that this special use district served an important purpose when it was first enacted 20 years ago in terms of combating alcohol blight in the mission. Over time in my view out lived its usefulness, and we saw a few years ago at the Bowling Alley that went on at 17th and south van ness that project was going to fall apart because they werent going to be able to serve beer so did did a one off exemption for movie theaters. When the roxy theater which is a treasure of Community Institution wanted to serve wine and beer to help survive such a unique San Francisco Mission Institution they were prohibited and we did another exemption for that and each time i gave the standard speech while its great to do the one off exemptions its not good policy and we need to fundamenta
The farmers markets once in a while but we couldnt do much. We got stores to stop selling dixie cups of alcohol at 9 00 oclock in the morning for 25cents but we couldnt get them to sell Healthy Foods and this new proposition is a game changeer and as you mentioned supervisor mar there is evidence based. There is evidence in philadelphia and more importantly the evidence in bay view Hunters Point and i have seen the various groups working there with the city in that neighborhood. I know it can happen in the tenderloin and that in turn will set a precedent for the city and the state and the country. Thank you very much. Thank you doctor. Next speaker. Great to see you. I am dave sieler and representing t and dc and on the board of directors for the tenderloin corporation and i met you at the meeting for Healthy Corner stores and i have met jane and good to meet you scott. I support the healthy retain Incentive Program for what everybody said about t i know somebody mentioned about the Li