City and County of San Francisco

Entertainment Commission

 

MINUTES

Meeting was held remotely

 

 Tuesday, December 7^th, 2021

5:30 P.M.

Regular Meeting

 

                               

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

 

COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Al Perez (excused absence), Cyn Wang (excused absence)
 

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

 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT BLEIMAN AT 5:33 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 November 16, 2021 Commission meetings. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

Public Comment: None

MOTION: Vice President Caminong motioned to approve the meeting minutes; Commissioner Lee seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: The Commission approved the November 16, 2021 meeting minutes.  

 

AYES: President Bleiman, Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, and Commissioner Thomas.

 

NAYS: None

3. Report from Executive Director: Hold for any announcements. Legislative/Policy Update: none; Staff and Office Update: none; Update on Board of Appeals Actions: none; Corrective Actions: none. [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. Review and possible action to amend Just Add Music permit #JAM-125, dba The Midway located at 900 Marin St, San Francisco, CA 94124, for extended hours of outdoor entertainment and amplified sound for one time events on 12/31/2021, 01/01/2022, and 01/02/2022. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

Public Comment: None

MOTION: Vice President Caminong motioned to approve the JAM amendment; Commissioner Falzon seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: The Commission approved conditional grant of JAM amendment with the Good Neighbor Policy.  

 

AYES: President Bleiman, Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, and Commissioner Thomas.

NAYS: None

6. Review and possible action to amend Just Add Music permit #JAM-113, dba Jaxson located at 3231 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94123, for extended hours of outdoor entertainment and amplified sound for one time events on 12/11/2021, 12/18/2021, and 12/31/2021. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

Public Comment: None

MOTION: Vice President Caminong motioned to approve the JAM amendment; Commissioner Thomas seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: The Commission approved the JAM amendment with the Good Neighbor Policy.  

 

AYES: President Bleiman, Vice President Caminong, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, and Commissioner Thomas.

NAYS: None

7. Discussion and possible action to amend the permit conditions of Just Add Music permit #JAM-086, dba The Blue Light located at 1979 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, regarding ongoing enforcement actions at the business. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

Public Comment: None

ACTION: none

8. Discussion and possible action to formally adopt Commission versus Administrative Review criteria for making a determination on One Time Event permit applications with outdoor amplified sound and/or outdoor entertainment and requesting extended duration per Article 15.1 of the Police Code (BOS File No. 210285). [Discussion and Possible Action Item]
 

Public Comment: None

 

MOTION: Commissioner Lee motioned to formally adopt the Commission criteria; Commissioner Thomas seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: The Commission approved to formally adopt the Commission criteria.  

 

AYES: President Bleiman, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Lee, and Commissioner Thomas.

 

NAYS: None

 

ABSENT: Vice President Caminong had to leave the meeting early and was not able to participate in this vote.
 

9. 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]

 

Public Comment: None

ADJOURNMENT at 6:31PM