Good morning, everyone.

This meeting will come to order.

Welcome to the regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee

of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for Thursday, January 22, 2026.

I'm Supervisor Matt Dorsey, Chair of this committee, and I'm joined today by Vice Chair

of Lal Mokland and Supervisor Alan Wong.

Our always capable clerk today is Ms. Monique Creighton, whom we thank so much for staffing

us today. And together we'd like to express our gratitude to Kalina Mendoza and the entire team

at SFGovTV for facilitating and broadcasting today's meeting. Madam Clerk, do you have any

announcements? Yes. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices.

Documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Public comment

will be taken on each item on this agenda. When your item of interest comes up and public comment

is called, please line up to speak on your right. Alternatively, you may submit public comment in

writing in either of the following ways. First, you may email them to myself, the Public Safety

and Neighborhood Services Committee clerk at monique.crayton at sfgov.org. Or you may send

your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office in City Hall. Number one, Dr. Carlton

B. Goodlett Place, room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102.

If you submit public comment in writing, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also

included as part of the official file on which you are commenting.

Finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' Agenda

of February 3rd, 2026, unless otherwise stated.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Will 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 a mall's market located at 1416 H Street.

District 5 will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

I would like to welcome up Officer Brandon Erickson from the San Francisco Police Department's

Liaison Unit to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, or ABC.

Officer Erickson, the floor is yours.

Thank you.

Good morning.

You have before you a PCN report for Amal's Market, Doing Business as Amal's Market.

They have applied for a Type 21 license, and if approved, this will allow them to operate an off-sale general convenience market at 1416 H Street.

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

They are located in Plot 652, which is considered a low-crime area.

They are in census tract 0166.01, which is considered a high concentration area.

Park station has no opposition.

ALU recommendation approval with the following conditions.

Condition 1.

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 premise as depicted on the ABC Form 257.

Condition number two, the petitioner shall be responsible for maintaining free of litter

the area adjacent to the premise over which they have control, as depicted on ABC Form 257.

Thank you, Officer Erickson.

I know this is on an iconic stretch of Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury

and represented by Vice Chair Mockwood.

Do you have a few words?

Yes.

Thank you, Chair Dorsey.

I just want to acknowledge Amal's market, and Amal herself, is a beloved community institution on Haight Street in my district.

We've worked with her after they dealt with a vehicle crashing into their storefront,

and on a later occasion when the store was unfortunately going through some vandalism issues as well.

But despite all of this, Amal has continued to show resilience and commitment to the community,

and we've seen firsthand how much support the neighborhood has for her and her business.

If you haven't been there already, she has a mean tri-tip sandwich.

Make sure to check it out.

And she has a lot of Dubai chocolates as well.

So get them while they're hot.

But, you know, she came to us by saying she wants to continue to expand and serve her neighborhood.

And so this liquor license transfer will support the store and deli to help keep Amal and her business on the corridor for the next several years to come.

So in that context, I'm happy to support the liquor license transfer and hope my colleagues will as well.

Great.

Thank you Supervisor Mahmood.

Customarily, we will sometimes invite people who, if there's a representative from the applicant here,

I understand from the, Madam Clerk, do we know if there is any?

I don't think there's a representative.

That's fine. It's not necessary.

So, Madam Clerk, why don't 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.

Mr. Chair it appears we have no public comment. Thank you Madam Clerk public comment on this item is now closed

Vice-chair mock moves like to make the motion

Yes, I would like to move that the clerk prepare resolution making a determination that the issuance of a type 21 off sale

general public premises beer wine and distilled spirits liquor license the applicant would serve the public convenience or a necessity

No, we're going to roll call on that motion. Yes and on the motion directing the clerk to prepare a resolution

In forwarding that resolution to the full board with the positive recommendation

member Wong member Wong I vice chairman mood vice chairman mood I chair Dorsey I chair Dorsey. I have three eyes

Thank you madam clerk the motion passes

Congratulations to the applicant and thank you. So vice-chair Mokko

Madam Clerk, will we call the next item?

Yes, item number two is an ordinance amending the police code to expand the current tenderloin retail hours restriction pilot program

under which retail food and tobacco establishments in the restricted area are prohibited from being open to the public

from 12 o'clock a.m. to 5 o'clock a.m. or from 2 o'clock a.m. to 5 o'clock a.m.

If subject to regulation by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

to encompass a high crime area across the Tenderloin and south of Market neighborhoods

and to extend the duration of the pilot program currently set to expire in July 2026

to instead expire 18 months from the effective date of this ordinance.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, I want to begin by thanking everyone who is here today,

including members of the public, city staff, and our partners across departments.

The item before you today builds on an existing pilot program that the board adopted back in 2024 to address persistent late-night challenges driven by drug activity, violence, and street disorder in the Tenderloin.

It was a practical response to a real problem, and it produced measurable results, limiting late-night retail hours in a targeted area to help reduce serious crime, improve street conditions, and make the neighborhood safer for residents, workers, and visitors.

Beyond the police department's findings and community observations that attested to its success, it was interesting to me that there was an independent report released in November by researchers from the University of Sassari in Italy,

which offered academic validation for the initial pilot program.

The study found a clear reduction in late-night drug-related incidents

within the boundaries of the initial pilot program in the Tenderloin

with no evidence that the activity was pushed into nearby neighborhoods

or shifted to other hours.

This confirms that the pilot delivered real localized public safety benefits.

This ordinance does two things.

It extends this approach to a larger area of the Tenderloin

in a defined area of south of market where late night conditions remain a concern and

it resets the pilot's timeline to allow for a full 18 month evaluation once the expansion

begins.

Before we begin, before we move however, I want to be very clear.

The overwhelming majority of businesses in these neighborhoods are law abiding, locally

owned and deeply invested in their communities.

They operate under incredibly challenging conditions and often bear the brunt of our city's failure

to control illegal activity in the public realm.

This ordinance is not about blaming them.

This policy is narrowly focused on disrupting late-night conditions that concentrate serious

crime and disorder.

Those conditions are driven by a small number of bad actors and open-air drug markets that

use late-night retail as a magnet at the expense of neighborhood safety and legitimate businesses.

The consequences of doing nothing fall most heavily on residents, seniors, families with children, and the businesses that are trying to do the right thing.

This is why this is a targeted, time-limited pilot, not a blanket shutdown and not a permanent one.

It's also why my office will continue to work with the Office of Workforce and Economic Development and other partners to explore mitigation strategies for impacted businesses, particularly those with no history of violations and a demonstrated record of compliance.

My office has been clear from the beginning that enforcement must be fair and focused and that mitigation matters.

We must pair accountability with support.

This is not a magic wand and this is not a standalone solution.

It is one tool used alongside coordinated enforcement efforts to address late night conditions that have gone on for far too long.

In a moment, Captain Ahern, James Ahern, will give a brief presentation on this item.

We're also joined today by Jennifer Calowart of the Department of Public Health and Alessandra Lozano from the Office of Workforce and Economic Development, who can speak to outreach, business support, implementation, and enforcement.

I also want to express my gratitude to my wingman on this, Vice Chair Mahmoud, who carried the initial legislation that proved so successful.

And I think this, I just appreciate the work that you have done before this process and in partnership on this.

So with that, I'd like to, if I may, invite up Captain Ahern.

Good morning, supervisors, members of the public.

As you said, I'm Captain Ahern.

I'm the captain of the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center.

And I think you succinctly went through my presentation.

But I will add a little bit more facts to it, right?

So the problem statement, as you said, Tentanoin, south of market, open-air drug market,

has contributed to deteriorating street conditions, drug sales, public drug use,

drug intoxication, excessive trash, discarded drug paraphernalia,

unsanitary conditions on our city sidewalks.

It's contributed to retail theft and a robust illegal vending market.

The environment is unsafe and unhealthy for nearby residents and it causes economic loss.

And obviously the question is why this policy?

Late night drug markets cluster around the open stores and tobacco retailers between

12 and 5 a.m.

Open stores provide a lighted gathering point for drug users to congregate.

Statistics show similar areas outside of the Tenderloin Soma show fewer serious crimes.

The ordinance overview, which you went through, prohibits certain food tobacco retail from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. or 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. for ABC-regulated establishments.

There is administrative fines for up to $1,000 per violation, and obviously this is an expansion of the pilot program.

It will expand north to Geary, east to Powell, west to Polk, and south to Folsom into the Soma area.

And then instead of expiring this June, it will expand from 18 months from the date the ordinance takes effect.

And this does not apply to restaurants, bars, or non-retail.

You might ask why expand the public safety zone?

Persistent late-night drug activity documented in the SOMA, Lower Knob Hill, Polk Corridor, Powell Street,

particularly around late-night food and tobacco retailers is a persistent problem.

SFPD analysis shows a serious crime rate between 12 to 5 a.m. in the expansion areas versus

comparable neighborhoods.

And you mentioned the independent study of this indicates similar benefits if applied

to adjacent high-risk areas.

And this is a map of the expanded proposed expansion.

As you can see, south to Folsom, north to Geary.

and the ordinance affects both sides of the street of those blocks.

I'll give you a little statistics here.

We compared pre-pilot January 2024 through July of 2024,

and then the pilot went into effect 27th of July 2024 to January 2025.

During the pilot program, we saw a 14% reduction in violent crime and narcotics incidents in the public safety area.

We saw a 17.9% reduction in total calls for service during curfew hours.

We saw a 43.6% reduction in on-view calls for service during curfew hours.

And you mentioned the independent peer review in the journal.

their results was a longer period of time analysis

about six and a half years before the pilot program

and it showed a 56% reduction in drug-related incidents

during curfew hours.

Here's some photos.

It may be difficult for the community to see here

but this is pre-pilot for these locations,

149 Hyde Street and then after the pilot program.

I'll go to the next slide.

and then this is 77 mcallister once again you can see the large crowds

pre-pilot program and then after march 2025 that's 77 mcallister

same at 200 block eleven worth pre-ordinance after ordinance and then current conditions in the

proposed expanded area these are some of the persistent issues we have 1010 market street

1073 market 35 6th street the shots are far but there are you can tell by the middle picture

obviously that there's a large crowd in that group so that's current conditions in october 2025

crime data in the proposed expanded public safety area march through august of 2025 showed up 211

distinct late night incidents that's 12 a.m to 5 a.m some of these are overlapping incidents so

So there's 148 assaults, 47 robberies, 73 narcotics-related incidents, 7 shootings.

Anticipating impacts of this proposed expanded public safety area will be to improve late-night conditions supporting neighborhood safety,

reduce late-night violent and property crimes and calls for service, less debris and unsanitary conditions.

And I'm happy to take any questions.

Thank you so much.

Vice Chair Mockwood.

I just want to thank you again for the presentation and for the initiative on this innovative strategy.

And just say a couple words before we get a public comment.

I'm proud to co-sponsor this legislation with Supervisor Dorsey

because it will extend a pilot on additional 18 months

and bring the benefits we have seen in the tenderloin to the rest of the neighborhood along the south of Market as well.

It's a proven tool, as we've seen from the presentation just now,

to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods at the heart of our city.

And as the police department noted, this pilot resulted in a noticeable reduction in crime

and calls for service during the curfew.

Furthermore, we saw the independent peer-reviewed study found that drug-related incidents are down

56% during the curfew period.

Loitering around late-night retail establishments isn't just an issue of optics.

It's part of a larger and a very real persistent problem of unsafe drug markets taking hold in our neighborhoods.

This curfew helps disrupt those markets and makes our streets safer for residents, workers, and visitors alike.

As noted, it is a temporary measure to assist the city's response to the crisis on our streets over its 18 months.

And we'll continue to monitor its effectiveness and ensure that this policy is crafted to benefit the Tenderloin and SOMA.

I'll also continue working with Supervisor Dorsey and with community stakeholders to identify ways we can uplift and support the small businesses that have been strong partners to the city throughout this effort and share our goal of creating a neighborhood that can be both safe and vibrant.

The curfew is an important step to tackling drug dealing and violent crime in our streets.

And again, I want to thank Chair Dorsey for your leadership on this topic.

Great. Thank you, Vice Chair Mahmood.

Supervisor Wong.

Thank you to Supervisor Dorsey and Mahmood for moving this forward.

It's clear to me from the presentation and the information that's been offered

that this pilot has had a significant impact on public safety

and reducing drug activity in the neighborhood.

And one of the things that I stated when I first started being in this office

was to support the reduction of open-air drug markets

and reduce drug activity.

And public safety in the South Marque area

benefits the entire city's public safety

because it makes San Francisco a more desirable place to be,

to visit, to live in.

And I'm very happy that this is getting moved forward

and I fully support it.

And I would like to be able to be added as a co-sponsor as well

so that I can fully support it and have my name on it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Supervisor Wong.

The only thing I would like to just ask you to elaborate a little bit more on, Captain,

is one of the things that came up when I was socializing this with some of the local businesses.

One thing that I said was I really want them to know that this isn't something,

even though we're asking many businesses to make a sacrifice by reducing their hours between 12 and 5 a.m.,

This wasn't intended as something that was directed at them, but I was acknowledging that this was a temporary step to give this neighborhood the ability to catch its breath while we do some other things as a city.

I'd like to think that we are making progress on police staffing and that in a year or 18 months we're going to be at a better place there.

I am extremely encouraged that the mayor has announced the reset pilot for drug enforcement in South of Market.

I think that's going to be a promising model.

I think the mayor announced today a Bridges Home program for people who find themselves here.

We'll have a better way of getting back to their loved ones and places where they came from.

As the person who is the A commanding officer at DMACC, what would you tell a business about, well, where are we going to be in a year or 18 months?

What cause for optimism do you have?

You mentioned the increase in staffing.

that's a priority for this command staff new chief Lou was just sworn in here

the other day in this building and he knows that's a priority for that area

especially with the reset Center opening it's innovative new pilot program in

itself I think these small changes consistent enforcement in the area this

ordinance the reset center increased number and policing I mean I already see

a difference on Market Street consistent partnership with DPW cleaning vending

all those things that we deal with every day at DMACC it just takes consistent

effort and this ordinance will get us a chance to get a foothold in this area

which we were on our back foot due to COVID and other issues political issues

right so this is just together get us a foothold in this area okay great thank

you so much for your presentation I really appreciate it and to OEWD and DPH

I appreciate I know there's a lot of work developing the findings for this and I

appreciate everyone

Madam Clerk, 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.

You can begin.

Good morning, Supervisors.

Madam Clerk, thank you so much.

My name is Fernando Pujols, Executive Director with the Mid-Market Business Association,

businesses along the mid-market corridor between 5th and Van Ness. I'm here to

speak in support of the expansion. We really appreciate the pilot. We share in

the sentiments about rewarding and recognizing good actor businesses and

hope that over the next 18 months we continue to support, even in a tough

budget year, the type of activities and resources that create the positive

conditions that we all want to see in our central city neighborhoods. The issues

that we're trying to address with this pilot are overnight issues, but they absolutely did not

happen overnight. We really commend all the progress that's happened through the DMACC and

all the city agencies that are working together to address these issues around the drug markets,

fencing, public drug use, and they're still very much a long way to go. So we have to walk and

chew gum at the same time while we address the negative issues, really put the energy into

spurring the positive issues. So thank you all so much, District 5 and District 6, for working on

this and your staff coming together to work on it and all those that have done the outreach to the

businesses to socialize this. So thank you. We are very much in support of the pilot.

Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please.

Randy Shaw, Director of Tindall and Housing Clinic. I want to thank supervisors,

both the District 5 and 6 supervisors have been great on not only this issue, but many issues.

And I think you all know, and thank you for the support, Supervisor Wong, that we have to do, we have an extreme crisis that has not seen the response to, we call it an emergency, but it's not being treated like an emergency.

That's why we've got to have David Kennedy here, and I know he's coming here this week or next week.

we have to pass this and we have to continue the crackdown on those evening five in the morning

drug markets that the police have recently been arresting people which is really helpful but

it's really hurt mid-market and the tenderloin because as you see the photos of all those people

dealers out in front of golden gate theater the whole public sees that people outside the

tenderloin see that and say i don't want to go to the golden gate theater look what they might see

there. So we really have to be more aggressive in every possible way. And I know the Reset Center,

which hopefully opened in March or April, will make a big difference. And I know that, you know,

two of you, and probably now you'll join them as you go on this committee, but

have been very aggressive in doing it. And the mayor hopefully needs, we have to do more things

before we can declare it, because we are still far, far, far away where we were in 2019.

I'll leave you with that.

Thank you for the support.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning.

My name is Kathy Vaughn.

I am a resident of the Tenderloin for going on 10 years.

I am also part of the safety committee for Central City Collaborative, along with everyone here.

And we have a petition that we'd like to submit that people signed in favor of the extension.

I'm not sure who to give it to.

You can just leave it at the podium.

We'll pick it up for you.

Okay.

First off, I'd like to say I want to thank you for passing the original store legislation, store our legislation.

Back in July of 2024, there has been much improvement since this time.

I am here today to ask that the legislation be continued for another 18 months

and that our neighbors in Soma be able to have the store legislation

so that they can work on recovering their neighborhood.

We need your help.

to continue to do the good work in revitalizing our neighborhoods.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Good morning, supervisors and committee members.

My name is Marlo Sandler and I'm the Program Director

for the Civic Center Community Benefit District.

I'm here today to express my support for the expanded boundaries and additional 18 months on regulations for convenience store hours.

In our district, the impact of this pilot has been made abundantly clear in the instance of 77 McAllister.

Two years ago, 77 McAllister was a classic example of the unsafe conditions that this legislation aims to address.

Large groups congregating in the late night and early morning hours, using and selling drugs, buying and selling stolen goods, and gambling.

In July of 2024, at the time legislation was being proposed, there was even a shooting inside this convenience store.

Today, conditions outside 77 McAllister have done a complete 180, proving this legislation works and should be expanded.

Within our district, we have been working closely with the city and community stakeholders to maintain and sustain the tremendous turnaround of UN Plaza,

which is now home to a wide array of daily free recreational programming.

Expanding the boundaries of these convenience store regulations will go a

long way in protecting a wider swath of the Civic Center community and

preserving the safety of our public spaces. Thank you very much supervisors

for co-sponsoring this legislation and we are hopeful that conditions will

continue to improve for our community as a result. Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker. Good morning Honorable Supervisors. My name is Reanne

I'm Ann and Baylord and I'm the Chief Operating Officer at UC Law San Francisco and I am here

in support of the expansion and extension of the store hours legislation.

When this administration started, one of the questions that we asked was please give a

sign to the Tenderloin, please give a sign to the mid-market neighborhoods.

Working with many of these individuals and organizations for years and years, I personally

have been working in the Tenerloin for eight years. One of those signs that we received was

this store hours legislation. We have also received other signs, the state's commitment with the

fencing legislation, the addition of the number of officers, the commitment to DMACC, and of course

the pending reset center. And the ask was, if something works, let's continue to commit to it.

And the data speaks for itself. We see how this has been working. And so we are grateful

for the ongoing commitment to the Tenderloin and to mid-market.

We speak from the perspective of seeing that this has worked for our community,

so we ask for it to continue and for it to expand

so that it can benefit other neighborhoods as well.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Good morning, supervisors.

I'm Ellen Sotou with a mid-market community benefit district.

I am here in support of convenience store closing between midnight and 5 a.m. in the mid-market area.

Thank you very much to Supervisor Mahmood and Dorsey for co-sponsoring this much-needed legislation,

as well as Supervisor Wong.

Thank you for adding your name.

Expanding the boundaries to include the mid-market and SOMA.

Pre-pandemic, mid-market and 6th Street had great businesses like Huckleberry Bicycle, Show Dogs, Pentacle Coffee, City Smokehouse, Doddy's Cafe, and Frena, among many others.

Post-pandemic, these locations have all become convenience stores that stay open 24-7 and are feeding off and supporting the open-air drug markets.

At night, these stores attract large crowds that block the sidewalks, disrupt neighbors, leave behind hazardous drug paraphernalia.

These unsafe and unsanitary conditions are well documented and have had disastrous consequences for the community, which is why we are here today.

We urge you to approve this item.

And we urge also property owners, brokers, and the city to stop allowing the bad operators into our community.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Thank you, supervisors.

My name is Alex Ludlum.

I'm with the Selma West Community Benefit District.

My community is very eager to see these curfew hours expanded down into our neighborhood.

We've seen that it works.

We've seen that, I mean, the way I think of this legislation is attempting to prevent anchors of drug use from forming.

And in my day-to-day, we're addressing these concentrated, difficult areas.

And there's no question that if you prevent the anchor from attracting activity,

that's a much easier thing than removing it once the congregants have arrived.

So we support this legislation.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Thank you.

My name is David Singer.

I'm a resident of Western Soma.

I appreciate and I support the local businesses, just as the supervisor says,

and their struggles.

I also appreciate and support the local residents who work nights or have other need for a convenience store at night.

We have one in our building.

Against the convenience, we have to balance that she felt compelled to move out because she could not come home safely at night.

That is not acceptable.

She found crowds on the sidewalk eating, drinking, doing alcohol, doing drugs, selling drugs, and otherwise causing a nuisance.

Now, not everybody is committing illegal acts, and certainly the convenience stores are not,

but they provide a crowd which hides the illegal behavior and makes the street conditions dangerous.

They also leave large amounts of litter on the streets,

which makes the neighborhood unattractive to those businesses, as does the reputation of the neighborhood.

I believe that by improving the trash and the reputation of the neighborhood,

we will do better for the businesses than the closure will harm them.

I also believe that the timing of this is excellent,

coinciding with the opening of the Reset Center,

that we can do a general cleanup here.

So I urge you to pass this.

I think it is well worth a try.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

My name is Nick Hill.

I am a resident of Soma as well, as my shirt clearly states.

I live on 8th and Howard, or just by 8th and Howard.

This is where Unimark is.

Myself and some neighbors who have spoken before me have been here at least twice now,

just on similar topics around Unimark.

We were here to oppose their liquor license recently.

And it all goes hand-in-hand with why we are here today,

and I support the legislation to have these convenience stores actually close between midnight and 5 a.m.

We don't need to speculate about the impacts.

You know, it's very clear.

You could just go on many of our forums where there are many pictures posted before and after,

specifically with Unimart, which was run by an Asian couple before.

They used to close around 7 or 8 p.m.

We had no issues.

They were very vigilant and active members of the community.

With the newer owners about a year ago, things have really deteriorated.

and frankly it also raises another serious concern a business operating at night in the area with

minimal legitimate foot traffic invites scrutiny if these operations are truly viable the city

should be confident enough to require investigation and enforcement because residents should not be

left wondering whether illegal activity is subsidizing what the permit process has allowed

This is not anti-business.

This is pro-community and pro-safety and pro-accountability.

We are simply asking the city to align permits with real-world outcomes.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Good morning, Supervisor.

My name is Henry Cornelowitz.

I'm the President of the South of Market Business Association.

And I want to start off to say, well, I fully support this.

But I also must say, when you have a bad apple, you don't chop down the whole tree.

But this situation has just gone so insanely bad for the neighbourhood.

Apparently it's working in a tent when it exists right now.

So I feel that by putting it into place in these other areas, it's going to improve the conditions.

At midnight, it is total insanity on sixth admission.

There's not only drug dealing, but there's even gambling.

And I'm pretty sure these folks that are out there are not from locals.

They're all from out of town.

This has got to stop. Enough is enough.

This is a pilot program, however.

So I'm hoping by 20, by the time the sun sets,

I hope that it will improve and that it will sunset

and we can go back to a normal life,

and a better one for all of us,

small businesses, residents, everybody,

and the city in a whole.

Because this area, 6th Street, is a mess.

I do appreciate what Mayor Lurie has been doing

along 6th Street and the streets off the side there.

We've had other conditions out on corner of 6th and Mission,

where we've had these folks taking food from the food banks

and then selling it.

Finally, all I do want to say is that we would like to see more plainclothes police out there on the street.

And I think that's another way to stop this.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Hi, my name is Robert Gambardella.

I'm a tenant at the Vincent Hotel on Turk.

I'm also with the CCSROC for the last three years.

You're doing a marvelous job, a remarkable job.

I've been here 20 years wondering when it would ever, ever become something other than what you see.

They just step all over you and do.

You are the SFPD.

There's not a store that can sell paraphernalia.

That is a crime.

I once got one here myself.

Why do you allow stores to sell this stuff and enable them to do what they do when stores are the problem?

And good morning, district supervisors.

I apologize, but I only have so long, and I'm just trying to get them to realize.

Look at that SMPD and listen to the people that are families and residents here.

You and the Department of Justice,

why do you allow these people to just run all over your PD

and not even see what you can't see

because of different reasons that you banned and they sell,

but you still don't see that because they're just a Newport Inn.

So if a store sells an illegal mental pack that is banned,

what are they banned, are they banned?

I don't know, but that's what I heard.

So if they are, what pack can you see them coming now?

Because you cleared up one pack, but here comes another.

Because you just don't see that port.

Because you can't see what they're doing back in a line of your time.

But if you knew that layer and if you knew your time, you can see what it means.

I thought when I saw those flags here 20 years ago, I thought this was the United Nations.

I thought that plaza was the most amazing thing I've ever saw.

And don't let them step all over you, please.

You're doing a great job.

But remember, that's felony.

There's stores that can't sell that stuff.

Who can in this nation?

So why do you just let them sell this?

That's all.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Good morning, everyone.

Supervisor Dorsey.

My name is Sunita.

I run a small business on 6th and Howard.

It's called Benny's Kitchen.

All Nepalese are worn.

My sister is a chef, and I look after the finance.

But we've been getting help with supervisor doses,

with the homeless, and open drugs.

But lately, the last three weeks, it's

been ridiculous.

Morning, we cannot open the restaurant.

First of January, I was doing a night market.

I couldn't open the entrance.

My staff are scared to come to work.

I don't know what to do.

Sometimes I lose hope, but I get back on my feet every day

and then try to come to work.

I mean, first January, I spent three hours

cleaning the human feces.

I should not be doing that.

So the help, I don't know.

We need more help.

We have called 311.

So what needs to be done?

I'm asking you all here, we need more help.

Hopefully this, we're looking forward

to the extension program.

So I'm disheartened here, right?

So let's see, we get more help.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning, my name's Isan Luper

and I'm representing the Tenderloin Community Benefit District

And we support the legislation before you because it works.

It's working in the TL and therefore should be expanded and expanded to SOMA.

Like the sponsors, we do not want to harm small business.

But a short-term sacrifice today leads to long-term prosperity tomorrow.

We support the DMACC and the coordinated approach to addressing open-air drug use, drug dealing, and illegal vending.

The strategy is working, but the job is not complete.

If you show me a drug market of 100-plus people, I will show you a store that is open, whether victim or opportunist.

you will see that they have those things in common, whether that's McAllister Street or 6th Street or now on the thousand block of Market.

Open air drug markets are incompatible with vibrant communities.

Please extend the pilot so our small businesses can continue to contribute to the comeback of San Francisco.

So our small businesses deserve it, our visitors deserve it, our residents deserve it.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Do we have any additional public commenters?

Mr. Chair, that completes public comment.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Public comment is now closed.

I would like to thank everyone who turned out for public comment today.

I especially want to reiterate my appreciation for the law-abiding businesses out there,

many of whom don't like the approach, but they are really willing to make the sacrifice

because they are also members of the neighborhood and they understand that this is what's needed.

I would ask all the neighborhood residents, those who spoke today and everybody who is listening,

to not just thank those small business owners,

but also to do everything we can to frequent them and to support them,

and we know who they are.

It is ultimately within our power as neighborhood consumers

to offset the sacrifices they're making overnight,

and maybe we can minimize and maybe even make it something

where they're making up for it completely in the daylight hours.

We can do that as neighborhood consumers.

So we as a city have a lot to do.

I will say that, and I appreciate the presentation from SFPD,

We have a lot of work to do, and this isn't the solution.

That's just part of a number of things that we need to do.

I am more optimistic today than I have been since I've come to City Hall that we're going to get to a better place.

And finally, thanks again to my co-sponsors on this, Vice Chair Mahmoud and Supervisor Wong.

And seeing no further questions or comments, unless I do, I'd like to make a motion to send this item to the full Board of Supervisors with our positive recommendation.

May we have a roll call on that motion?

Yes, and on that motion to forward this ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors with the positive recommendation

member Wong member Wong I vice chairman mood

Vice chairman mood I chair Dorsey I sure Dorsey I have three eyes. Thank you madam clerk the motion passes

Madam clerk do we have any

Madam clerk are there any more items on today's agenda mr. Chair that completes our meeting agenda. Thank you madam clerk

And thank you everyone the meeting is now adjourned

Thank you.