put it out as a slam on amazon or slam on tech. supervisor brown attitude and she expressed this a few days ago when we met amazon who say they are not opposing this. we live in the tech capitals of the world. there's an opportunity here for the tech companies that surround

amazon is the one exception. clicks to bricks including amazon go is in san francisco in seven locations throughout the bay. now on 300 california. 2800 to 3,000 square feet. then most of the pop ups which is a trend for the clicks to bricks operators are in new york, la and san francisco. that is a way to text the market before they get to physical brick and mortar stores. there is grocery demand with the introduction ofence take cart and others that it is a one hour delivery service to your door. less frequent visits to the grocer in general. i think the take away is there is a consolidation to best-in-class and experience. grocers are impacted by the changes across the retail category. >> i wanted to talk a little bit about the design of the grocery space. when we first proposed on the project? early 2014, we had envisioned 25,000 square feet at transbay blockade. if you recall the original proposal included letter of intent from whole foods about amazon. based on feedback when we presented during the afp, fee

amazon said they will not open any stories in philadelphia. but city officials there said they're fine with that. they will not accept city sanctioned inequality, and neither should we. san francisco is a city of the first, but this time where second, that we will -- but we are going to do the right thing to ensure equitable access to our stores and restaurants for all san franciscans, the rest i submit. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisor brown. i would like to be added to your substitute legislation. thank you. >> supervisor fewer? >> submit. >> supervisor haney? >> thank you, madame clerk. thank you for your remarks and your introduction around vision zero and your leadership. i had a couple things i wanted to say about that. before i came into the chamber today, i paid a visit to the sfmta board of directors, and it was following a rally that we had on the steps of a couple hundred people. many of whom were friends, colleagues of tess rothstein who lost her life on howard street a few weeks ago. i want to thank supervisors brown, ronen,

with all the crazy legislation we nasz and amazon hugs, is that what we're doing? >> we're going to put this down. i want to make this a priority. thank you. >> and one last thing. what do i have to do seriously, and i am getting really upset about the paper thing. >> speaking of environmental waste. do i have to get a supervisor to legislate us to do it? or can't we do it ourselfs? >> there is some -- i will get back to you because there is some sort of criteria that it's not just as easy for us just to buy tablets. let me just put it that way. so we may have to legislate it. but we'll get back to you on that because and i have had some discussion with the finance section of the office. >> i think we should be the first commission in san francisco to ban paper from our meetings. >> an i love it. >> a commissioner zouzounis. >> self-imposed. >> i want to echo what the fell hoe commissioner here said and also what -- fellow commissioner has said and commissioner dwight said we can't just fight the technology innovation that is happening, but we need to hold them acc

put it out as a slam on amazon or slam on tech. supervisor brown attitude and she expressed this a few days ago when we met amazon who say they are not opposing this. we live in the tech capitals of the world. there's an opportunity here for the tech companies that surround us to be innovative and come up with ideas so that people can access their businesses like amazon go. amazon has pledged to the supervisor that they will remain in san francisco. they will open their third store and they asked for one accommodation. that we delay enactment of this for another 90 days so their business can accept cash. they are happy to offer that. we will be amending the legislation this week to reflect the 90-day. couple of other things we want to point out. we will be adding an amendment asking for the treasury to do another report and report back to the board of supervisors in five years telling the board of supervisors what level of san franciscans are unbanked five years from now. then one last amendment that will be added on thursday is we

many of you have read in the last couple days that amazon go will begin to accept cash in the stores after folks like me and others in the community correctly called out the discrimination and elite nature of the current business model which requires customers to have bank accounts and a smart phone to purchase any items. they are also looking at ways to accept snap benefits from customers. i was happy that amazon listened to communities and the city and other cities around the nation who called out the inequity around this and solved the problem. the division of weights and measures will enforce this ordinance and hear this in the same manner that it does management of oversight of point of sale systems in the city. they will ensure businesses are compliant when inspecting the point of sale systems and ensure folks are complying. make no mistake, the process for appeals is well established. the division is well equipped to handle appeals that come their way. over the last several weeks, i've worked with my colleagues on the work and representatives in the communities and representat

the company is owned by amazon, which is run by jeff bezos, who is the world's richest man. since the take over of whole foods by amazon, the issue surrounding worker's rights has only continued to disintegrate, unfortunately. after acquiring whole foods, amazon sent out a other than i don't know busting video to whole foods managers instructing management how to better spot and squat workers attempts at unionization. labor issues related to whole foods have also been apparent in their lack of commitment to direct hiring. one example here in san francisco of whole foods lack of direct hiring commitment comes from their ocean avenue location. the proposed whole foods that's in front of you now has similarly not made commitments regarding direct hiring. there are also issues with the size and scale of the building as it's very large for the area, and we are concerned also about the location and size of the alcohol sales section of the building. [please stand by] >> petitions or other concerted activity such as an appropriate -- and associate reporting to speak on behalf of his

i work with amazon and i've been the point of contact with the neighborhood. i appreciate you taking the time to hear from us today. i wanted to touch on our engagement with the neighborhood. we originally sat down with the group in january and since then, we have been communicating via e-mail daily. we truly appreciate their willingness to work with us and cultivate what will be a mutually beneficial partnership. we highlighted many opportunities to work with the neighbors and we made great progress to the buildings and surrounding areas. there are additional opportunities for the neighborhood beautification. we appreciate your willingness to let us continue these discussions, both with dna and the green benefit district and work oncoming to the board in the coming weeks to pass forward. >> thank you, i do not see any comments or questions from my colleagues. we still do not have the a.l.u. here. perhaps we will take public comment on this item. is there any public comment on this item? then come on up and i'll tell you about some things about public comments

before i listen -- i listen to ted egan's report on the amazon effect. it is important to explain one of the industries to be impacted by amazon, we have not seen sales decline since i assumed ownership in 2007. our sales are up even 20%. jessica many other retailers, we have made up the sale. internet has allowed us to increase our reaches and technology to increase our reach and seep employee our second week tap -- automated. the minimum wage and benefits have gone up over 60% and more to the point of this legislation , rent has increased over 80%. since i went through the process of renegotiating the rent, i looked at every vacancy on haight street and it is clear they are asking way above. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> given that they are approaching 80 pages of rent control regulations on the upper floor residential units, and nearly 200 permits required to open a mom-and-pop diner, if i heard that correctly, the market is already approaching death by 1,000 paper cuts, absent further impediments. main street has never q

[inaudible] amazon have both refused. salesforce, space tier in san francisco, that we are so proud of and their new salesforce center has been supporting i.c.e. how are we going to go and impact these businesses? you have to impact them at trade shows where they host their events and where they are having their public forums. make sure we have a say and people know about their involvement with i.c.e. thank you. [applause] >> we have a written testimony that has been handed to him. >> i apologize for not being able to stay for the entire hearing. i appreciate your service and thank you for bringing up this pressing issue for our communities. i am the director of a nonprofit organization serving maia immigrants in the bay area. we offer a range of ceremonial activities, including language classes, dance classes as well as community events featuring traditional music, food and dance. we offer social services including interpretation services in seven maia languages as well as group and information activities. we serve well

amazon will accept cash at the amazon go stores and looking at ways to accept snap benefits. others followed suit. park casual restaurant chain sweet green announced i will accept cash. it had consequences excluding those who can only pay with cash. the future may be cashless by denying th the ability to pay wh means excluding too many people and in the comin coming years, y office will work with the treasurer's office to promote bank of san francisco and to help more folks move away from being unbanked. i hope our work is fruitful, but until then, this legislation will go far in ensuring all sanf san francisco has access to the city's economy. >> supervisor stephanie. >> thank you, president. i want to thank supervisor brown for bringing this forward. i saw this, how this population is discriminated against in a way that you are now solving so thank you for that and i want to make note i did add my name as a cosponsor at the last committee hearing so my name should be on this and i don't see it this. i want to reiterate that i am cosponsoring this. so victim. >> supervisor w

on the one hand we have the amazon effect. san francisco is in an age of incredible prosperity, there is an interesting phenomenon in commercial corridors where landlords are holding out for higher rents even though small businesses cannot pay those rents and hence our vacancy problem. we all have our stories. i can tell you the story of fog hill market where the landlord increased the rent by 250% and, of course, the beloved corner market left, and it is a vacant space today. whether it is clusters of properties on columbus avenue or in the castro left off the market for as much as 10 years in some instances. this measure before us would directly address this problem which amounts to an incentive for bad actors to finally start acting. for properties in the two dozen neighborhood commercial transit districts deemed vacant. the city would be imposing a tax of $250 per lineal foot first year and $500 and $1,000 in year three and beyond. a property would be deemed vacant if it is unused for more than 182 days in a given tax year

video camera monitoring for shoppers' movements, and this was really specifically targeted towards the amazon go. so in my meeting with her, i asked her to give consideration to including manufacturers who are targeting their developing of their a.i. technology for a third party to if the city's going to pass any requirement of notifying customers, that they notify their business -- the individuals who they sell their products to. d dominica did a great job in identifying numerous technology companies that were specifically developing this own technology not for their own business -- amazon developed their own -- but to sell it to other businesses, and some small businesses have sa . so kind of using the example of our p.o.s. system, it's the business's requirement to purchase a compliant p.o.s. system. it's not the manufacturer's responsibility to develop a compliant p.o.s. system just to build in that the manufacturer has a responsibility of notifying the individuals they sell their product to of any sort of privacy notifications that the city's requiring, that businesses notify their consu

businesses are competing with amazon and increasingly, you know, we want to keep our commercial spaces vibrant, but when you don't have an internet connection because the wiring is old and the plumbing doesn't work, it affects the entire health of the commercial corridor, and so, you know, i think that having a project that will rebuild the commercial space and add housing units in an infill project that works, that is not displacing an existing business, that is what i want to see, you know, i want over time, to preserve the character of the neighborhood, but the physical space has to be workable for the businesses or they will go under. we are seeing that all over the city. i support having a retail space there, i support having a new retail space because i think that it will be better for the entire commercial commercial corridor, and, you know, i trust that mr. winslow can work with you to do this. >> commissioner moore? >> i still would like to ask for a continuance, and i would like to stress that i believe that this commission needs to see in black and white, in drawn form, what