City and County of San Francisco

Entertainment Commission

MINUTES

Meeting was held remotely

 

 Tuesday, February 1^st, 2022

5:30 P.M.

Regular Meeting

 

                               

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Ben Bleiman (President), Steven Lee, Al Perez, Dave Falzon, Cyn Wang

 

COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Dori Caminong (Vice President) (excused absence), Laura Thomas (excused absence)
 

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Executive Director Maggie Weiland; Deputy Director Kaitlyn Azevedo; Senior Analyst Dylan Rice; Senior Inspector Antonio Savino

 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT BLEIMAN AT 5:30 PM

 

SPEAKER KEY:     

 

+ indicates a speaker in support of an item;

-  indicates a speaker in opposition of an item; and

= indicates a neutral speaker or a speaker who did not indicate support or opposition

 

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL       

 

1. General Public Comment 

 

Members of the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. With respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the Commission for up to three minutes at the time such item is called. 

 

Public Comment: none
 

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes.  Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the January 18, 2022 Commission meeting. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

MOTION: Commissioner Perez motioned to approve the meeting minutes; Commissioner Falzon seconded the motion.

ACTION: The Commission approved the January 18, 2022 meeting minutes.

AYES: President Bleiman, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Wang

NAYS: None

Public Comment: None

3. Report from Executive Director: Legislative/Policy Update: Update on Health Order changes; Staff and Office Update: none; Update on Board of Appeals Actions: none; Corrective Actions: Director's Suspension for Public Safety from 1/28/22-1/31/22 - Place of Entertainment permit #EC-1034 dba 26 Mix located at 3024 Mission St. [Discussion Item]

Public Comment: None

4. Report from Deputy Director: Deputy Director Kaitlyn Azevedo reports on recent enforcement activities. [Discussion Item]

Public Comment: None

5. Updates on Nightlife Business Assistance in Response to COVID-19: Ben Van Houten, Business Development Manager, Nightlife and Entertainment Sector with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, provides an update on nightlife business assistance in response to COVID-19. [Discussion Item]

Public Comment: None

6. Discussion and possible action to amend the permit conditions of Limited Live Performance permit #EC-1601, dba Gestalt located at 3159 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, regarding ongoing enforcement actions at the business. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

Discussion only; no action taken.

Public Comment: None

7. Discussion of Just Add Music permit #JAM-125, dba The Midway located at 900 Marin St, San Francisco, CA 94124, regarding business’s compliance plan. [Discussion]

Public Comment: None

8. Commissioner Comments & Questions; New Business Request for Future Agenda Items: This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce agenda items for future consideration, and to make announcements. [Action item and Announcements]

Public Comment: None

ADJOURNMENT at 7:05PM