south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission i

i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in

south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue.. >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doin

south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. >>> i'm going to get started. thanks for your patience this morning. i want to start off by welcoming you to the yerba buena neighborhood and to -- ye

south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. >> chair melgar: good afternoon. this meeting will come to order. i am supervisor myrna melgar, chair of the committee, joined by supervisor dean pres

i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in

van ness avenue. >> hi everybody. i'm san francisco mayor london breed and it's great to see all of you here today and miguel even dressed up for me

and pack to that left panel and the civilian drove his van up underneath the window. and climbed on top of the van, pulled the ladder up there and rescued the individual. he really saved this person's life and saved him from serious injury. and he was pretty shy and didn't like all the attention he was getting from the chiefs and the firefighters. remarkable really. we had our rains and flood and dozens of families in that area. and led to high surf boarding and public information officer was busy and with the civil grand jury to several of the facilities station 39, 45, and looks good and working with the partners in pg&e to produce training videos for them, collaborative effort. this is a drill. october was cancer awareness month and we're all wearing our pink shirts. lead week was the only live fleet week in the nation held in san francisco in 2021. and it was great and i hope that everybody got a chance to participate in some way or another. we found and took advantage of many opportunities for community outreach. and we may have found with ambassador's replacemen

i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in

i own a company called vandigo van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in

just follow-up from jen's comment, my recollection from ten years ago was that streets like van ness and 19th avenue which have a median strip or center island. in some cases these median strips have their own ink which may -- census block blocks. that's why the boundaries can be described as the east side, west side or the center. depending on where that line is cut and how that became relevant when as i recall, the state independent citizen redistricting commission used van ness for part of the boundary for one of the districts. then bart used the other side of van ness for their boundary and you ended up with a ballot type that was created that had zero population. aligning the boundaries that go down streets like that be one side or the other and be consistent probably using whoever gets there first, i think would avoid some of those problems. i'm sure this makes sense karin. >> caller: thank you so much for the great presentation. it's mapped to my question. is there any better granularity census block on racial opposition? more detail like chinese, vietnamese, filipino, is it j

just follow-up from jen's comment, my recollection from ten years ago was that streets like van ness and 19th avenue which have a median strip or center island. in some cases these median strips have their own ink which may -- census block blocks. that's why the boundaries can be described as the east side, west side or the center. depending on where that line is cut and how that became relevant when as i recall, the state independent citizen redistricting commission used van ness for part of the boundary for one of the districts. then bart used the other side of van ness for their boundary and you ended up with a ballot type that was created that had zero population. aligning the boundaries that go down streets like that be one side or the other and be consistent probably using whoever gets there first, i think would avoid some of those problems. i'm sure this makes sense karin. >> caller: thank you so much for the great presentation. it's mapped to my question. is there any better granularity census block on racial opposition? more detail like chinese, vietnamese, filipino, is it j