Entertainment Commission    

City and County of San Francisco

MINUTES

Meeting was held in-person and remotely

Tuesday, March 15^th, 2022

5:30 P.M.

Regular Meeting

 

                     

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Ben Bleiman (President), Dori Caminong (Vice President), Dave Falzon, Steven Lee, Al Perez, Laura Thomas, Cyn Wang

COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Executive Director Maggie Weiland; Deputy Director Kaitlyn Azevedo; Senior Analyst Dylan Rice; Senior Inspector Antonio Savino; Commission Secretary May Liang; Sound Inspector Andrew Zverina

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY VICE PRESIDENT CAMINONG AT 5:35 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. Consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution making findings to allow teleconferenced meetings under California Government Code Section 54953(e). [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

Motion: Commissioner Thomas made a motion to adopt the resolution; Commissioner Wang seconded the motion.

Action: The Commission adopted the resolution.

Ayes: Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Wang

Nays: None

Public Comment: None

 

2. 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
 

3. Approval of Meeting Minutes.  Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the February 15, 2022 Commission meeting. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

MOTION: Commissioner Wang motioned to approve the meeting minutes; Commissioner Thomas seconded the motion.

ACTION: The Commission approved the February 15, 2022 meeting minutes.

AYES: Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Wang

NAYS: None

Public Comment: None
 

4. Report from Executive Director: Legislative/Policy Update: Return to office and in-person hearings update and update on any Health Order changes; Staff and Office Update: Update on staffing changes; Update on Board of Appeals Actions: none; Corrective Actions: none. [Discussion Item]

President Bleiman arrived at 5:48pm.

Public Comment: None

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

Public Comment: None

6. Hearing and Possible Action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the Entertainment Commission. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]  

Consent Calendar:

All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Entertainment Commission, and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Commission.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Commission, the public, or staff so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing.

Consent Agenda:

a) EC-1623 - Ben Bleiman, Drakari Donaldson, Duncan Ley, and Joseph Carouba of Gnarly Narwhal LLC, dba California Street Cannabis Co., 235 Clement St., Limited Live Performance permit

President Bleiman recused himself from this item. Vice President Caminong took over as chair for this item.

Motion: Commissioner Falzon made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda with staff recommendations; Commissioner Thomas seconded the motion.

Action: The Commission approved the Consent Agenda with staff recommendations.

Ayes: Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Wang

Nays: None

Public Comment: None

Regular Agenda:

a) EC-1624 – 5M Project Owners Association, dba 5M Project Owners Association, 430 Natoma St. San Francisco, CA 94103 – Entertainment will be held at Mary Court East (425 Minna St) and Mary Court West (44 Mary St), Outdoor LLP permit

Motion: Commissioner Wang made a motion to approve the permit with staff recommendations; Vice President Caminong seconded the motion.

Action: The Commission approved the permit with staff recommendations.

Ayes: President Bleiman, Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Wang

Nays: None

Public Comment:

- Jeff M. (virtual comment), neighbor in opposition of the permit application

b) EC-1620 – Brett Cline of Thelostchurch.org, INC, dba The Lost Church, 665 Chestnut St, Place of Entertainment permit

Motion: Vice President Caminong made a motion to approve the permit with staff recommendations; Commissioner Wang seconded the motion.

Action: The Commission approved the permit with staff recommendations.

Ayes: President Bleiman, Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Wang

Nays: None

Public Comment:

- Viva Tai (virtual comment), neighbor in opposition of the permit application

= Anonymous Neighbor (virtual comment), requested that any business activity such as queuing and loading take place on Columbus Ave. and that there be no bass leakage in the neighboring buildings.

= Jose (virtual comment), commenter requested that the permit applicant maintain reduced end time for sound in alignment with what they believe to be residential restrictions, and also requested that the barriers between the abutting buildings have no adverse effects after completion of construction.

7. 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 6:46PM