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We ask that you use the microphone located at the center of the room for homeviewing audiences so hay can hear your questions. Before we begin todays program we ask that you silence your cell phones and turn off your camera. Please welcome our introducer Elizabeth Taylor. Literary editor at the Chicago Tribune. [applause] can you hear me . Is that all right . Im Elizabeth Taylor and im so excited about this book. I got this book seems like nine months ago and read it so quickly and found it it is the story of the 70s. It was amazing social history. So just in short, its blood in the water, i read this book and then we had the book for the Chicago Tribune row lit fest and how much we looked, Pulitzer Prize ....
Not in variance department whether building or fire or whatever they dont go off the deep end searching for stuff and impacting how our industry operates for the most part 98 percent of our operators and maybe 99 percent of greatest operator do all the right things i dont want people businesses to be impacted people are afraid going out and doing that i dont know that that people realize when you shut down a place during the day there are small margins in this industry and you negatively effect their income in a way they lay people off years ago we found out that the Entertainment Industry appraise for people per square feet than retail or any other business and to keep people working and keep the entertainment going and music and art and everything about it is really, really important so you know not to be beating the drum lets get everybody for the most part we have operators. Yeah. Their point just closing venues down d ....
Looking forward to doing and so i encourage everyone out there in tv land and the public to really support our commission but also the work in continuing the underground community of artist and musicians here in the bay area and San Francisco with that, well start roll call and go ahead with our meeting. Want to do a couple of announcements. Oh, yeah, he forgot before a roll call a few announcements please turn off cell phones and keep them on silent not to disturb the preceding and secondly, if youre a member of the public and want to make Public Comment do so when i call you and Public Comment speaker cards to fill out beforehand and to the staff and finally thank you to sfgovtv and media serves for airing this meeting live to the public every time we meet now go ahead with the roll call. Commissioner perez commissioner ....
5 53 p. M. I want to start off by acknowledging the tragedy in oakland ghost ship fire at the Entertainment Commission we were fortunate to have a body like us to protect and safeguard all over the place look after the folks coming into San Francisco to enjoy the art life anyway want to acknowledge and accepted our love and respect to the families and victims of this fire i know there is a lot work were leaders in open about night life and how to keep it assessable and how to keep a thriving underground, too, and so thats work i think well be looking forward to doing and so i encourage everyone out there in tv land and the public to really support our commission but also the work in continuing the underground community of artist and musicians here in the bay area and San Francisco with that, well start roll call ....
5 53 p. M. I want to start off by acknowledging the tragedy in oakland ghost ship fire at the Entertainment Commission we were fortunate to have a body like us to protect and safeguard all over the place look after the folks coming into San Francisco to enjoy the art life anyway want to acknowledge and accepted our love and respect to the families and victims of this fire i know there is a lot work were leaders in open about night life and how to keep it assessable and how to keep a thriving underground, too, and so thats work i think well be looking forward to doing and so i encourage everyone out there in tv land and the public to really support our commission but also the work in continuing the underground community of artist and musicians here in the bay area and San Francisco with that, well start roll call ....