Recorded survey. How can we possibly build a building on a lot that wasnt surveyed. The ask is simple. Do not approve this project. Please take d. R. Wait for the survey to come back and reduce the scale dramatically. Thank you. Project sponsor . Thank you, commissioners. On behalf of the project sponsor , the project before you was modernized and modernizing of an existing home and constructing musical family home i will get into what folks have been talking about for the last 20 minutes. Lets stick with a project for a second. Two homes right next to each other. This is 25, this is 27. The two adjacent properties, one is the deep lot, one is this much shallower line. When were looking at the project itself and in working with staff, the developer developed a plan that is complete the appropriate for this neighborhood. It helps complete the block and provides an appropriate mapping transition between the neighbors this is the front of the project both buildings or shorter then the adjacent buildings, both buildings are set back. It is at the same depth as the adjacent neighbor to the north. The new building at 27 is sit back further then the average of the two. That is typically the planning guideline when putting a new home in this situation. And both stories have setbacks on fourth floors just like the neighbors. At the rear, which i think speaks most importantly to this project, you will see that this is a pretty carefully designed transition from a much deeper, northern neighbor to a much shallower southern neighbor. You will see the northern neighbors, actually the wall along the north Property Line goes all the way up four stories along the Property Line. The ground floors have been brought out the same depth and then you will see theres a number of rear and side setbacks to transition from the deeper north buildings north buildings and the shallower South Buildings. There are two decks on the podium level, and then theres one deck, you know, modest sized deck on one of the upper floors adjacent to some of the living space in the upper floor. That is the extent of the rear deck. As the South Building faces the shallower neighbor to the south, you can see a significant it significantly pulls off the Property Line. The deck is pulled off. Both decks, in fact. Exactly the kind of treatment you would expect in a situation like this as were transitioning between those two building. The project sponsor has worked with staff throughout this process. They have accepted every modification request stuff including the ones requested by staff today. Some youre asking you to take d. R. And incorporate those further changes. What youre seeing on the screen right now already incorporates those changes. Just know youre looking at these projects as amended with staffs recommendations. The project sponsors have been working there adjacent neighbors and the north neighbor is supportive of the project. They have done a number of things, reduce the size of one of the front decks, they minimize the elevator penthouse. They have added sound dampening measures along the Property Lines, removed fire pits on the back deck, and as i said, as a result, the north neighbor is in support of the project. They did reach out and work with the south neighbor. She is obviously not on board, that said, the project is currently designed smaller then a current massing diagram that they have provided earlier on in the process. There is that, and in addition to that, or Property Line window is not being covered by the project. It is being sent back 5 feet at the bottom. I cant even remember how much the contact is at the top, but it is not covering the Property Line window. A couple of things i want to say , the existing building on site today is 5,000 square feet. It is proposed to go up to 5500 square feet. The proposed new building to the south is 5,000 square feet. I just want to get that clear and make sure everyone is aware. To speak to this certificate, one last thing, a little bit minor in the context, there is a singlestory we are garage being removed from the development lots which will, in essence, open up that midblock area and actually be through open midblock space as is intended by the planning code. A couple of things, the certificate of compliance process with d. P. W. This is not an action taken. This is not a lot line adjustment, this is not a lodge merger, this is not a subdivision. Certificate of compliance process is under the state subdivision act, and in essence, is a process by which if theres some question as to where your Property Lines are, you file an application with the county county surveyor and the county surveyor does the research, takes all the evidence in, and makes a determination as to what the lots or today. There is no change, it is an acknowledgement and a confirmation of what the lots or today. You will see in your packet there is a letter from the director, very explicit expressly stating that they have looked into this. There are two existing lots, in and that letter has also been developed with the City Attorney s office. This issue is not at issue anymore. It is not something we can do anything about. That is the first thing. The demolition, i know this is a sensitive issue and theres nothing to defend here. It was three years ago. I know in the context of the last year, it seems like people are still doing this, it was three years ago. Take that into account. I also just want to distinguish the character of demolitions you have seen and this demolition. This is not a demolition of a small home to make way and build a monster home. This is the demolition of a nonoriginal, without a foundation, threestory bay that reduces the size of the property to 5,000 square feet. I am not defending it, just distinguishing the character of it. And again, this is not necessary to build some the on the second lot. The second lot is a lot. And the unfortunate thing coming into this late is seeing that the demo combined with a certificate of and compliance is simply a process by which the surveyor acknowledges their two lots here and a second home can be built on a second lot. It has obviously fostered an environment early on of not is not helpful towards communications, and i think the fact that, you know, the northern neighbor is on board, i think its a positive sign. Weve got some other folks from the neighborhood who also or supportive of the project, so, again, the demolition that took place is not necessary to build the building on this lot, which is different than your previous project. I asked the commission, when talking about the new unit and took think taking a look at the massing that we worked very closely with stephan and accepted every single recommendation modification they requested. This is an appropriate project for this location, and i will leave it at that for now. Thank you. Where are we . We are on speakers in support of the project. Okay. Do we have anyone in support of the project sponsor who wants to provide a comment . Come on up. Anybody else who wants to provide a comment in support of the project sponsor, please line up on the left. Good evening. My name is scott. My family and i live two blocks away on 16th avenue. We have been there for 16 years. I am a homeowner in the community with kids, and obviously want whats best for the community. I have reviewed the renderings and the plans as well as the lot the two subject properties are fully within the scale, scope, and character of the neighborhood, and more specifically, the block in which they are located. Additionally, in reviewing the materials, it does not appear that the sponsor is requesting a variance or conditional use for either of these projects. Furthermore, San Francisco is obviously in a bit of a housing crisis. No big surprise. The crisis consumes an entire segment of the whole market from affordable to entrylevel, and obviously higher and luxury properties. The two homes will allow two families to join the neighborhood and allow for them to join the neighborhood. San francisco needs more families for kids and these two homes will allow that to happen. Enclosing, my family and i fully support these two projects and hope youll consider you will consider their completion as soon as possible. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening, commissioners. Thank you for your time and attention on this matter. I live on the 100 block of 17 th avenue, just about a block away from this site. My concern about this project is simply that it has been stalled for so many years. Knowing that the project sponsor has been working with the department, they would like i like to put my have completed its process. It has been an eyesore for some time now. That site seems like something that needs to be really resolved i put my support behind it and hope it moves forward. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. My name is jeffrey stevenson. Thank you for letting me be here today. I am a Real Estate Broker and a property manager with very happy tenants in San Francisco. I have been in the industry for over seven years. I was very fortunate to start as an apprentice under a group of top producing brokers in San Francisco. As long as i can remember, tim brown was one of the names that was exemplified in me as my mentors. As a respected broker in San Francisco. Through his countless efforts, he has truly transformed real estate in San Francisco for the better. He can drive by many of these developments and find out how he has improved the curb appeal of the subject properties as well as assist us statistical value of the neighboring properties. Im passionate about real estate but also have hobbies, too. I enjoy playing golf and im a member of the presidio golf and concordia club. This is where i met john a few years ago. Also a very respected and honourable person, as he and myself and the 250 members of my club. John is a loving family man and has gotten to know me well over the years and saw me growing my career. He knew he would be able to help me get to the next level by introducing me to tim as a candidate to join his team. I have been working with tim brown now for over two months i can testify what an incredibly ethical and straightforward businessman he is. I was raised on strong ethics and principles, and after working along him every day and seeing him in action, i say they align. His wealth of knowledge has helped me to be better, better my value to my clients, family, and friends. Tim loves what he does and he loves helping people. It is a bit shocking shocking to see someone trying to challenge their integrity. Yes, he is a developer, they obviously want to make a profit, but importantly, i truly believe they want to make a difference and make San Francisco a better place to live. We are all neighbors in San Francisco and i think we look back we will look back when this project is complete and thank both of them for their honest and professional efforts in improving this location and building a new sickle family home. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening. Thank you for having me tonight. I am kevin martin, a neighbor in the community and also a friend of johns. Like the former speaker, i also know john from being a member of the presidio and concordia club. I am the president of the club and speaking specifically to the ethics and integrity of john, i have never met a more stand a person that i have known. He has specifically worked on renovation projects at our club, he has provided guidance to plenty of others that have been doing renovations and have had other projects, and he is someone who i know has wanted to work with his neighbors and has accommodated many changes to the original plan, and has been stalled because of complaints and problems over the past few years. I truly think this project should be approved. I do think the homes look absolutely beautiful as they have been shown on the screen tonight, regardless of the objections. I think they fit well into the community. I think some of the concessions made on the size really do allow these Little Things to fit well, and i fully support the approval of this project. The site hasnt been able to be developed for three years. We need all the housing we can get. Whatever size can be built. And when tim actually showed me the plans on a show i saw how he cut them down so theyd fit they would fit with the neighborhood, i realize that people who had been there for longer than i have would object because it is a change, but if we are going to house the people in our city and continue to grow and do well, we have to accept this change, so i urge you to approve this project. Thank you. Thank you. Any other Public Comment in support of the project sponsor . Okay, Public Comment is closed. Is a twominute rebuttal . Okay. Each of you have a twominute rebuttal. Thank you. This project is characterized by false documents and full statements. Here we are today, and they are so claiming the project is 5500 square feet, when i have had a forensic architect look at it. If you would like the reports from the forensic architect, i would be happy to give it to you , but i have given you too much paperwork in the first place. Plans for the driver brought permit that failed to show the existing threestory area and some of the misinformation. In 100,000 dollar abatement permit that was raised by d. B. I. To 200,000, statements like the Planning Department said it would be a waste of resources to replace the bay, after the Planning Department issued in an oe. Submitting a map, the sponsors claim that the survey has not been approved by d. P. W. The sponsor and its associates will say anything and do anything to get their project approved, including falsely claiming two lots exist when there was really one lot. I recognize a significant a certificate of compliance issue its outside the scope of the Planning Commission, however, the bad acts of the project sponsor indicate the Planning Commission should proceed with caution and require a formal, written, legal opinion from the City Attorney that lots 25 and 26. That lots 25 and 26 were legally created. If the project sponsor is confident they have done the right thing, they should not oppose it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Hello. Thank you. At 5589 square feet, the proposed expansion of existing home, which is directly behind my home, will be 50 7 larger than my home and i believe that my home is above average for the block. Both of these proposed homes are just simply way too big. In addition, the number of rear decks or being proposed by the project sponsor leave the impression that a couple of cruise ship to being currently parked behind my home. The three rear decks that they propose or clearly excessive and unprecedented on the block. The project sponsor simple he cannot be trusted to build in our fair city. Please send the message that dishonest Developers Need not apply to build in San Francisco and demonstrate that integrity is a priority in the planning and building processing process in our city. Im aware that he is currently recommending modifications to result in only two rear decks on each home. The two were decks on each home is one too many. One rear deck should provide adequate where yard access and maintain rear yard privacy and would be consistent with virtually all of the other homes on our block. Under no circumstances should the fourth floor rear sky deck on 25 or the third floor rear deck on 27 be allowed. These gratuitous decks simply serve to invade the rear yard privacy of all the neighbors. I urge you to do the right thing demonstrate respect for the rule of law, protect integrity of our neighborhood, and i implore you not to reward the dishonest and illegal behavior of the project sponsor. Require the Planning Department to withdraw its support for approval of these projects as currently proposed. In light of the undisputed facts regarding dishonesty into legal work performed by the project sponsors, this is the only honourable position for the Planning Commission to take. If you insist on allowing the project to proceed, the modifications that will be proposed to the projects will bring both projects in alignment with your time is up. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Okay, commissioner project sponsor. Sorry. Thank you, commissioners. I recognize that the Planning Commission is tasked with fulfilling the planning code and the goals of the planning code. They also recognize that it is test to do appropriate, Equitable Development in the city of San Francisco. This project is adding another unit of housing to another unit of housing in the housing crisis. For a moment, could i get San Francisco government t. V. . This building, is the building smaller . Yes, but the building is not this is not extraordinary for this block or this neighborhood. This neighborhood had larger homes in it and it is r. H. One so you can only get one home per lot. The demolition, no one is standing up here defending a demolition, but we do i think it is important to know to distinguish between this type of demolition and the demolition you guys have been seeing over the last couple of years. These guys have been punished. This happened three years ago and for a Single Family home and a home remodel, they are here three years later. It is not like they have not been punished, and it is not like this commission hasnt been putting project sponsors on notice. Lets be clear about that. No one needs to feel bad about this project sponsor, but this is not a process that someone would like to go through. The last thing i will say is that, as you can tell from the very beginning, this process kicked off on the wrong foot with the demo and the certificate of compliance. I would urge the commission, if you think the buildings are not appropriate in this location, if you think that there needs to be some modifications made, do it tonight. Dont send this project sponsor back out to the neighborhood because this is not going to lead to any sort of further useful conversation. I would really put it on the Planning Commission to make the decision you guys need to tonight to make the appropriate development for this location. Thank you. Your time is up. Okay. Commissioner richards . I am going to be a little bit crowd because we have been here since 11 00 a. M. Seeing this every week is starting to get old, to be honest with you. It seems like every week we have some type of shenanigans that go on. We have illegal demos, we have evicting tenants through rent evictions, admitted by the developer, stuff that was submitted, demos that were done without approval, permits werent that obtained, by a project sponsor who, actually, i really respected when he did the project on franklin street, who i think should really have known better. I truly believe that this commission is one of the last bastions of public trust. The citizens of San Francisco can come here and feel like theyve actually really been heard and we process what they say. We may not always agree with them, but we come down on the right side of things, and i think this is no different from what we did on 214 and 60 65 alvarado. You see the list is getting longer and longer and longer. In terms of where i am at with this, you know, we have a series of violations, no permits succeeding the scope of work, you know, comparing demo types to it is like murder and murder. It is the same thing. It really is. I am going to move to take d. R. And have the project put back the way it was before. Im happy to entertain a new project on the other lot should there be another lot coming forth. I think that we need to be consistent in our application when we find this type of behavior, and it is nothing personal, it is just being consistent anything it upholds the project public trust in the process and in ourselves. I moved to take d. R. Second. Commissioner fong . Second. I will take a slightly different position. The cases that my fellow commissioner brought forward, you know, involves garages that werent there, extensive demolition wait in excess of this one. The reason i think it is a little bit different is because if this had been two different owners, each owning one of the lots, then that they was illegal , and so the question is, whether the not filing for a permit to demolish that they, and demolish a surface pipe deck , which i dont quite consider to be the same in terms of severity of the bay, is the one where i would struggle with in terms of further punitive efforts against the property owner. They have now they have proven, as far as the city is concerned that it is two lots. They submitted a code compliant project, and i am prepared to support it. Commissioner richards . I understand on june 16th, 2016, just to rebut your point, fell commissioner fong, the engineer his applied for and received an overthecounter Planning Department permit with the scope of work was like kind repair, southwold drive wrought. When the engineer supported the building permit, he submitted building plans to show the existing threestory bay. This isnt just exceeding scope of work, this is submitting fraudulent building plans. This is clearly in line with our decisions that we had before. When people exceed the scope of work, i think we generally cut them a break. I think that is generally our position. I think nearly something has been turned in for the city to get an approval on, where it has been misrepresented or factually inaccurate. That is where i draw the line and i believe that this project crossed that line. Commissioner his, there is a motion that has been seconded. If i understand the motion correctly, it is take d. R. And require that the property we reverted back to its previous condition. Exactly. Im sorry, you said entertain a new plan submitted for the other lot . Yeah, fine if they bring up project four on the other lot, that is great, lets reconstruct the building, make sure that the new project adheres to the existing site conditions that they need to get a demolition permit, or adjust the lot line, whatever they need to do. Im sorry, so can we not approve the building on the other lot today . That already has been submitted. It has to be a new i would like to see a new project because it doesnt take into consideration the threestory bay. I dont believe you can approve the project on the other lot today. Building the threestory bay would encroach over that lot and physically change the plan of that building on 27 17th avenue. On that motion to take d. R. And revert the property back to its previous condition. On that motion. [roll call] so moved. That motion passes 50 51. Commissioners, we tabled item 16 at 2075 mission street. A conditional use authorization. I understand that there is a need to continue the matter. Yes. We will be continuing that item. For how long . Whenever there is an opening. I think august 22nd was open, no . Theyre all full, but we could squeeze it in on the 29 th. On the 29th of august . Yeah, thats do that. Were going to continue it, we are not going to hear it. Everybody has gone home. Im so sorry. The project is not ready to be heard. Just a second, sir. If i could get a motion . So i wanted to ask you something. Unfortunately the planners not here anymore, and i would like to see that the Planning Department has some more guidance because the Planning Department had voted against onsite consumption and vaporizing because it is not being fully elaborated by the department were consulted by the department of cannabis, so we are going to be sitting here again. Yeah, so maybe farther then the 29th. The go farther then the 29 th, commissioners, we should push it until october. Okay. Lets do that. October 17th . And we should open up Public Comment on the matter. Okay. , sir, did you want to have a Public Comment on the matter of the continuance . No, the actual application. That will have to be in october. Thank you. Can i have a motion . Second. Make a motion to continue the item to october his 16th seventeenth. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to continue item 16 to october 17th,. [roll call] so moved. That motion passes unanimously 6 0. We are now adjourned. The hon. London breed almost. Good morning, everyone. Im london breed, mayor of San Francisco, and im so excited to be here today with so many amazing people to talk about something thats so important. Just this past week, we had a big event celebrating a 600 million Affordable Housing bond that will go on the ballot this november. [applause] the hon. London breed and i want to thank the board of supervisors for passing that unanimously, and i want to say that theres something in there for everyone, for our lowincome families and seniors, to our middleincome residents, to our teachers. We know that Housing Affordability is critical to the success of our city, and im grateful to the board of supervisors for passing that ballot measure, and i am hopeful with fingers crossed that the voters will support that, and we are putting forward that housing bond without raising property taxes again, so i just want to say that over and over and over again. [applause] the hon. London breed so today, we have another opportunity. Today, we are signing the legislation to put a 628 million bond on the ballot to help with our emergency facilities all over San Francisco, and we are also doing that without raising property taxes. [applause] the hon. London breed the goal is to put this on the march ballot, and so were going to have to work hard to get voters to approve this one, as well. I just want to start by that i thinking naomi kelly, and the work of the Capital Planning committee. Because of the work of the Capital Planning committee over the years, weve been able to have a very wellthoughtout plan for investing dollars in facilities that the city owns, especially our Public Safety facilities. And in 2010 and in 2014, voters passed these bonds without raising property taxes but with almost 80 of the vote to support rehabilitating facilities all over San Francisco. And just this year, i was really excited about cutting the ribbon on station 5, which is my home station, where i used to get my toys as a firefighter. Our firefighters and our police officers, fixing our buildings and making sure that they can sustain an earthquake is so critical to protecting the lives of our citizens. In fact we are all reminded from last week, the major earthquake that happened in Southern California and the devastating impact it had on that community, we are reminded that we have to be prepared. Its not about if, its about when a disaster strikes. So what are we going to do to make sure that our Public Safety personnel can focus on the work that they need to do to save lives and not necessarily the challenge that exist with the buildings that house them and what could happen to people that we need to shelter in a disaster. Kezar pavilion is not seismically safe. It is one of the facilities that could qualify for additional revenues so that if necessary, we can use that as a shelter facility in case a disaster hits. We have to be thinking ahead in not only repairing the buildings that we know need to be repaired, like park station, which is currently undergoing some renovations like police and fire stations and Public Safety buildings, and 911 buildings where we send our dispatchers, all of these places matter, so when a disaster hits, their only focus is on saving lives of the citizens of San Francisco and not worrying about the condition of their buildings and whether or not theyre in a bad place themselves. So today, we are announcing a 628 million Public Safety beyond for earthquake safety and Emergency Response for the march ballot, as i said. And i am just so excited and so proud of the work that we did collaborating with the board, collaborating with the Capital Planning committee to do this in such an incredibly responsible way. And i just want to thank all of you for being here, joining us, because this is exciting for the future of San Francisco. We know that there are challenges in our city, and we have to make the right kind of investments, not only the issues that we face today but for the issues well face tomorrow. This is just taking one step further to doing just that, and so im really excited to be here with so many incredible people, including the supervisor who represents district 5 [applause] the hon. London breed many of you all know vallie brown. Shes been a Community Advocate in this district for so many years. Not only does she spend time cleaning it up, i mean, personally, literally in the morning, picking up track with her own picker, but she also spends a lot of time fighting for resources in this community. Whether its our Public Safety locations or our community locations, shes been a real advocate, and some of you know the work that was done here, also, the track that was repurposed. And commissioner buell, what was the location over here by the triangle . What is that called . Yeah, with public and private dollars, were transforming this area. And when i served as supervisor, the person who was really actively engaged in working with the community and helping to bring together public and private resources to get these projects done for this community was no other than your current supervisor for district 5, vallie brown. [applause] supervisor brown thank you, mayor breed. Im really happy to be standing here today and to be talking about this. Just a few months ago, we were at fire station 5, brandnew opened. Not only is it absolutely stateoftheart and beautiful, but it is going to be a hub if anything happens in this city. And when i think about we have so many other stations and buildings that we need to have this kind of bond money to be able to fix them up so if we do have earthquakes, if we have things that happen in this city, that were prepared. When we look at i know that mayor breed was talking about kezar and other places, but when we have a major earthquake, and if we think about the earthquake that just happened in Southern California, and how strong it was, but it was in the desert. But think about what if it was here, and what it could have done to our city. I think about that every day, and what i would do if my place was flattened in the city. I probably would be camping in the park unless i had someplace to go that was safe, right . I would. I know the notent rule, but i think they have a cot there for me. I asked them, can you put a cot . So i just feel that its so important that not only is this city ready for anything that could happen, unfortunately and we know it will someday, but we have to be ready individually. We have a responsibility. I actually just went to a fire in my district a few weeks ago. Everybody ran out of the building. There were, like, 12 people. The things they forgot when they ran out they forgot their i. D. , they forgot their medicine, all of those things, and it keeps going into my mind, am i ready . Am i ready for an earthquake . Am i ready for a fire or anything any other kind of emergency . So i went home, and i remembered an emergency kit that i had put together probably 12, 15 years ago, when i did nert, and nert was first starting. My water was expired, the batteries expired, the food expired. Im like, im not ready, and i didnt have the emergency little pack that youre supposed to have by your door to grab and run if something happens. I wasnt ready, and i think about that because i think about what about my neighbor thats elderly, and she has a hard time getting down the stairs . We should be going out, talking to our neighbors. We should be going out, training with nert. Please sign up. If youre not a member, its kind of fun. We need to start thinking about our neighbors and what we can do individually. Are you signed up for the alert, emergency alert, everyone on your phone . Your neighbor . This is the kind of thing that we need to do because it really takes us as an individual and our neighbors to really protect each other if this happens. And believe me if we have an earthquake, im heading down to cafe revelry, and if his coffee machine is working because these are the places were going to have to go to see, are they left behind . Do they need help . I say that because i appreciate all the work in this city that everyone does. Our police chief, fire chief, naomi kelly, and especially our mayor to say we need to look at this, we need to do this now, and being so creative for doing this. I want to thank everyone for coming to district 5. Its nice and foggy here, but cool you down a little bit before you go back to your job. So thank you, everyone. And the next speaker are you going to bring him up . All right. Thank you. [applause] the hon. London breed thank you, supervisor brown. And just a reminder, anyone can go to sf72. Org if you want to get prepared for any emergency situation in San Francisco. A lot of great information from emergency management. Sf72. Org. Now i want to introduce someone whos ae be whos been a 25year veteran of the San FranciscoFire Department and has a very thorough knowledge of how to deal with emergency situations and is why she is currently serving as the chief of the department. Please welcome jeanine nicholson. Good morning, everyone. I love our San Francisco summer weather. Speaking of nert, as supervisor brown just mentioned, i want to recognize, we do have some nert volunteers right here, and nert is going to be critical in the event [applaus [applause] in the event in the event of a disaster. We know its not if, its when. I want to recognize mohamed nuru. Hes been a great ally for us and working with us. In the event of a disaster, our Fire Department needs to respond immediately. Our firefighters and e. M. S. Workers work 247, 365, and we need to be able to respond immediately. And this bill will provide the funding that we need to invest in our Public Safety infrastructure so we can continue to bring the city and the citizens the best service that we possibly can, but especially during a disaster. So thank you all for being here today. Good day. [applause] the hon. London breed all right. Our last speaker for this program before we finally sign this legislation is the chief of the police department, bill scott. [applaus [applause] thank you, mayor. Ill be brief. I just want to reiterate what the mayor said. We have 13 San FranciscoPolice Departments and 14 other buildings. Many of our stations are over 25 years old. These stations, from the day that the doors open, they are open 247. They have always been in use, and many of them are in need of seismic improvements, significant seismic improvements. And we dont want in the time of an emergency, we dont want to have to worry about whether or not the station is going to be standing, even though we plan for that if it happens. Thats the last thing we want to worry about, so i, too, want to thank you all for being here. The vision of the mayor, city administrator kelly, and the vision of our city for looking forward so our city has the proper infrastructure to respond properly, so thank you for the leadership, and thank you, mayor. The hon. London breed thank you. And again, i want to thank all of you for being here. Again, this is only the beginning. The real work beginning when we have to begins when we have to campaign to get this ballot measure passed. We have been successful in 2010 and 2014 in getting almost 80 of the support of the voters for a previous eser bond, and i want to make sure that we top that, so im going to need your help. Its incredibly important that we shrine a light on the measure that will be going on the march 2020 ballot for voters to support. I appreciate you all being here, and also dont forget to vote for the housing bond on the ballot this november. All right. Lets get this signed. [applause] the hon. London breed 7, 11, 19, done. [applause] about two years ago now i had my first child. And i thought when i come back, you know, im going to get back in the swing of things and ill find a spot. And it wasnt really that way when i got back to work. Thats what really got me to think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work. When it comes to innovative ideas and policies, San Francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. And this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. Being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. I was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. She was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i dont know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her baby. Not all returning mothers have the same access, even though theres existing state laws on the issues. These moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they dont feel wellsupported at work. We started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. But this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. With the newcome accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. What are legislation . We wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be achievable by everyone. Do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. I would love to. Lets go. This is such an inviting space. What makes this a lactation room . As legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesnt have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. And we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. The things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. And the sink is in the room. Our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but its all right in here. You can wash your pump and put your milk away and you dont have to put it in a fridge that you share with coworkers. The new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in San Francisco. But are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city . I think Small Businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for Small Businesses that may have small footprints. For example, we dont mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. In city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. So the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. I think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and Breast Feeding mothers is necessary. What is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. Otherwise a lot of times moms dont feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. Really its hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, youre leaving your heart outside of your body. When you can provide your child food from your body and know youre connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. And businesses and employers can just provide a space. If they dont have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in San Francisco. If you want more information visit sfdph. Org breastfeedingatwork. Good afternoon and welcome to the mayors disability counsel. This is friday, july 19, 2019. In room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs, and other assistive mobility devices. Assisted listening devices are available and our meeting is open captioned and sign language interpreted. Our agendas are also available in large print. 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