One more time.

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Okay, this meeting will come to order.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Thursday, July tenth, twenty twenty five regular meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

I'm Supervisor Matt Dorsey, Chair of this committee, and I'm joined today by Vice Chair of Lal Mockman and Supervisor Danny Sauter.

I think we have a relatively brief meeting today, but I would like to just start out by saying that we are grateful as always to Ms.

Monique Creighton, who is serving very capably as our clerk today.

Together we'd like to also express our thanks to James Kawana and the entire team at SFGov TV for s facilitating and broadcasting today's meeting.

Madam Clerk, do you have any announcements?

Yes.

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Finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors' agenda of July twenty-second, twenty twenty-five, unless otherwise stated.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Would you please call item number one?

Yes, item number one is a hearing to consider that the person to person, premise to premise, transfer of a type 21 off sale, general beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to Barbary Coast Merchants L L C doing business as Amador liquors and wines, located at five fifty Montgomery Street, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco.

Thank you, Madam Clerk, and I would now like to welcome Officer Natalie Via Torro Crane from the San Francisco Police Department's ABC liaison unit.

Uh thank you for being here today, officer.

The floor is yours.

Hi, good morning everyone.

Um it seems as though I actually do not have the right um the right report with me today.

Um, so I do not have all the notes with me.

Um, but I can confirm that there are actually zero letters of protest for this item and that there are zero letters of support.

Um, and uh the ALU recommendation is approval with the following um conditions.

One of them being uh petitioners shall actively 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 ABC-257.

Okay.

Uh thank you, Officer Via Toro Crane.

Can I just ask the city attorney, is there anything that needs to be read into the record or is that adequate as a.

Um the presentation, Deputy City Attorney Brad Russian.

The presentation sounded pretty similar to what the department you'll normally say in these situations, so I think it's fine.

Okay, great.

Um thank you.

Uh Officer, I see no issue with the liquor license transfer, and I know the business is located in the financial district, which is represented by Supervisor Sauter.

Supervisor Sauter, I'd invite you to say.

Yes, thank you, Chair Dorsey.

Um I will be supporting this.

This is a set in the financial district.

Just steps from uh all of the uh improvements that have been happening around Jackson Square and Trans-American Pyramid.

So I think it'll contribute to our downtown recovery.

Uh and and uh as the officer shared, I understand there's no letters of opposition, uh no opposition from Central Station.

Um so given that uh I would uh like to make a motion and I will move.

Please oh, yes, of course.

I'll do that.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you, supervisor.

Um, I it is my understanding through the clerk that we have uh we may have representatives of the applicant present.

There's no requirement to say anything, but you're certainly welcome to come up and okay.

Um, seeing no one on the roster with questions or comments then.

Uh Madam Clerk, may we invite up public comment on this item?

Yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up now along the side by the windows.

All speakers will have two minutes.

It appears we have no public comment.

Okay, thank you, Madam Clerk.

Public comment on this item is now closed.

And Supervisor Sauter, as this is your district, I will defer to you to make the motion.

Thank you.

I will now move to request that the clerk prepare a resolution reaching the determination that the issuance of type 21 off-sale general beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to the applicant would serve the public convenience or necessity, and then forward that resolution to the full board with our positive recommendation.

Okay, and may we have a roll call on that motion?

Yes, on the motion that the clerk prepare a resolution and that resolution be forwarded to the board with a positive recommendation.

Member Sauter.

I member Sauter, aye.

Vice Chair Mahmood, Vice Chair Mahmood, aye, Chair Dorsey, Chair Dorsey.

I have three ayes.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

The motion passes.

Congratulations to the applicant, and thank you, Supervisor Sauter.

Uh Madam Clerk, can we please call item number two?

Yes, item number two is a hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 90 on sale general general music venue, beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to International Art Museum of America, located at 1025 Market Street, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco.

Thank you, Madam Clerk, and I would welcome back Officer Natalie Vitoro Crane to the lectern.

Hi.

Apologies to everyone.

It seems like I was not provided with all of the reports.

And the same case applies to this as well.

Um I believe that there are zero letters of protest and zero letters of support.

Um the ALU recommendation would be approval with the following conditions.

Petitioners shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the license premises is depicted on ABC-257.

Great.

Thank you, Officer Via Toro Crane.

I know this is one that is in my district and I'm familiar with, and I have been to uh the International Art Museum of America is a cultural treasure in uh on Market Street, and um I'm proud to represent uh to support this to represent this organiz or this institution and to support this liquor license, which I think will enhance the uh museum's ability to host a vibrant community centered events.

Um I'm look looking forward, in fact, to to attending a uh an upcoming candlelight candlelight uh quartet concert.

I encourage others to uh discover this remarkable institution for themselves, and I know this is a neighborhood uh Supervisor Mahmoud and I share.

Um so hopefully you can be there as well.

So thank you, Madam Clerk.

I don't know.

I understand there are no app the uh representatives of the applicant present and seeing no one on the roster with further questions or comments.

Uh may we invite a public comment.

Excuse me, Deputy City Attorney Brad Russian Deputy City Attorney Brad Russian.

I was just taking a look at the department's file for this that is in the board file for this matter, and it does indicate that there are two letters of protest and zero letters of support, and it includes all the conditions that are being recommended.

So the board has that or the committee has that as part of the file.

So I think the record is complete, and so we should just make clear that the committee is adopting uh the conditions that are in the file for this matter.

Okay, okay.

Thank you.

Um Madam Clerk, can we open up public comment for item number two?

Yes.

Members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up now along the side by the windows.

All speakers will have two minutes.

It appears we have no public comment.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Public comment on this item is now closed.

And I would like to go ahead and make the motion to request that the clerk prepare a resolution to reach the determination that the issuance of a type 90 on sale general music venue beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to the applicant would serve the public convenience or necessity, and then send that to the full board with our positive recommendation.

Could we have a roll call on that motion?

Yes, I'm on that motion uh to direct the clerk to prepare a resolution and forward that resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation.

Member Sauter.

Chair Dorsey.

Aye.

Chair Dorsey, I have three ayes.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

The motion passes, and congratulations to the applicant.

Madam Clerk, would you please call item number three?

Yes, item number three is a hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 42 on-sale beer and wine liquor license to SBL Living Asset 2018 LLC.

Doing businesses, Blue Stream Gallery and Wines, located at 555 Grant Avenue, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco.

Thank you, Madam Clerk, and we welcome back uh Officer Viatoro Crane to the lectern.

Floor is yours.

Thank you.

You have before you a PCN report for SBL Living Assets 2018, LLC operating as Blue Stream Gallery and Gifts.

They have applied for a type 42 license, and if approved, this would allow them to operate an on-sale beer and wine for public premises at 555 Grant Avenue.

There are zero letters of protest and zero letters of support.

They are located in plot 160, which is considered a high crime area.

They are in census tract 117, which is considered a high concentration area.

Central station has no opposition, and the ALU recommendation is approval with the following conditions.

One petitioner shall actively monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent deloitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premises as depicted on ABC-257.

Thank you.

Thank you, officer.

I know this establishment sits in the heart of Chinatown and Supervisor Sauter's district.

And before I invite him to speak, I did just want to say that I know that this is an important part of the neighborhood's fabric.

I'm pleased to support this liquor license, which I believe uh will help the business continue to thrive while serving both longtime residents and the many visitors who uh get the opportunity to experience this uh very special community.

Supervisor Sauter.

It's my understanding that you would like to say a few words.

Absolutely.

Thank you, Chair Dorsey.

Uh, I will be supporting this as well.

This is uh sits in the heart of Chinatown.

Uh, in particular, I'm really excited um that this is uh coming to us from Stephen Lee, who's uh I think uh it's fair to say that he's been the pioneer in bringing entertainment and nightlife back to Chinatown and doing it in a really thoughtful uh careful measured way.

Um we're seeing that in his establishments, and I think we'll see it here as well.

I also um understand that the Chinatown Community Development Center uh is in support of this, and I think uh that speaks volumes to uh the the neighborhood support that this has.

Thank you, Supervisor.

Uh Madam, that's my understanding that there is a representative of the applicant present.

There's no requirement to go up, but we're certainly invited to say a few words.

Good morning, supervisors.

My name is Stefano Costellato.

I'm a registered lobbyist, and alongside me is Stephen Lee, the pioneer.

Um I just would like to maybe add this.

Uh currently that space has a 20 license, which is an off-premise beer-wine license, and an 86 license, which is uh wine tasting with restrictions.

By bringing in the 42.

If we could get the off-sale privilege added to the 42, we could surrender the 86 and the 20 and take both those licenses off out of circulation, so to speak.

But we'd be willing to do that.

If we don't get um approved for that, then we're gonna keep the 20 and the 42.

But that I wanted to express that to you.

Stephen Lee probably wants to say a few things too.

Okay.

Morning, supervisors.

Um, you know, when I opened uh Blue stream, uh, was just after COVID, California street.

We all thought chinatown started at california but it actually starts on pine or yeah and uh i'm sorry on bush street and the whole area was dead you know i mean it was empty so um the landlords gave us a really great deal on the rent to open this art gallery that i wanted to do a wine store in there and it worked out to an extent because we are promoting small businesses that are winemakers that are formerly tech workers that wanted to make wine and their small businesses but it was so hard to sell by the bottle and when the tourists came in they didn't want to carry the bottles back to the hotel so but they wanted that sample and with the 86 it was so restricted we had the bright wineries to come down to do the tastings and I couldn't get them to come down only maybe once a month so this um license really helps us to help our visitors taste the wines that are from Napa Valley and the West Coast help our Asian owners at the same time help me survive because I have to hire a retail expert who knows about these wines and where they they go to so this license is very important and as you know I run another club that's been bringing a lot of people to Chinatown and that's another different business here it's just strictly another event space just wine maybe beer and have another community hub because we've been doing mental health seminars and things but they can't drink and some people might drink a little bit but it just helps a lot I and I really appreciate your support on this and and thank you so much and thank you officer for supporting this concept.

Thank you Mr.

Lee and I really appreciate um I really appreciate all the small businesses that um put a lot of put a lot on the line to risk their dollars and you know their efforts um they believe in San Francisco so I'm I'm grateful to everything that you're doing.

Madam Clerk seeing no one else on the roster may we open this up to public comment yes members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up now along the side by the windows all speakers will have two minutes.

It appears we have no public comment thank you madam clerk public comment on this item is now closed and this is uh supervisor sauter's district so supervisor solder I'll turn it over to you to make your preferred motion absolutely I would move to request that the clerk prepare a resolution reaching the determination that the issuance of type forty two on sale beer and wine license liquor license to the applicant would serve the public convenience or necessity and to forward that full to forward that to the full board with our positive recommendation thank you supervisor solder madam clerk may we have a roll call on that motion yes and on the motion to direct the clerk to prepare a resolution and forward that resolution to the full board with the positive recommendation member solder aye member solder aye vice chair mahmood vice chairman aye chair dorsey aye chair dorsey I have three ayes thank you madam clerk congratulations to the applicant the motion passes madam clerk are there any more items before us today that completes our meeting agenda.

Great thank you to everyone for your participation today this meeting is now adjourned