A letter from Angel Cruz, owner of Club Six in San Francisco.
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by Angel Cruz/Owner, Club Six I would like to thank all the patrons, promoters, Djs, artists, and employees of Club Six for an amazing six and a half years. We have owned and operated Club Six trouble free for all of these years; there have been no Ods, no stabbings, no shootings, no underage drinking. Now we have been summoned by the Entertainment Comission of San Francisco for a hearing to suspend our Place of Entertainment permit and our After Hours Permit. This would mean no Djs, no performers, and no dancing for one month. This would put us our of business. The complaint states that Club Six violated the noise ordinance anywhere from three to nine decibels above our limitations. Over the last few years we have invested over $200,000 in soundproofing. We continue to do more sound work to improve our situation. Regardless of the outcome of the hearing, I am committed to meeting the guidelines the city has set forth. I have twenty years left on my lease at Club Six and I intend to continue to bring quality entertainment to the community and set of San Francisco. My goal when I bought Club Six was to unite all types of people, music and cultures together in one place where everyone from all walks of life would be treated equally. It was to create one of the city’s top venues in what was and considered to be one of the city’s most blighted and destroyed neighborhoods: Sixth Street. Do you remember Sixth Street two and a half years ago? Friends and business associates told me it couldn’t be done. Now, Club Six is the largest minority-owned business and employer on Sixth Street. People from all over the Bay, the country and the world stop off there. Club Six is the anchor of Sixth Street and in many ways the glue that keeps it together. It has been instrumental in helping bring more business to the neighborhood and I am very proud to say that I can see my vision of successful co-existence between all types of people being fulfilled everyday. Club Six is Sixth Street! For now we will continue to do our business as usual. Please come down and listen to some incredible music, dance and enjoy Club Six. We are open! Please send us an email in support at clubsix@comcast.net and cc the community leaders listed below. Thank you again for allowing me this wonderful opportunity to won and operate Club Six. Angel Cruz Bob Davis bob.davis@sfgov.org |