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2023 meeting of lands use and transportation of San Francisco board of supervisors im supervisor melgar chair joined by supervisor dean preston. And board of supervisor president supervisor peskin the clerk is john carroll. I would like to acknowledge the folks at sfgovtv for staffing the meeting. Do you have announcements . The board and committees are convening hybrid meetings and providing Remote Access and comment via phone. Board recognizes that access is essential and taking it as follows. Public comment on each item on todays agenda. Those in person will speak first and then comment from those waiting on the phone line. The Public Comment call in number fer today is 4156550001, access code 2662 402 6907. When your item come up and Public Comment is called those in person line up to speak. And those on the phone should dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Remember to turn down your television and listening devices you may be using to access the proceedings. You may submit Public Comment in writing. Send your Public Comment via e mail to myself john. Carroll sfgov. Org orus post to city hall 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place room San Francisco, california. Items acted upon today will appear on the agenda of october 24th 2023. Unless otherwise stated. Thank you very much. Mr. Clerk. Before i ask to you call item 1 i want to say if you are here for item 7 the planning code zoning map Housing Productionil limited comment to a minute per speaker. Since we heard that item multiple times before. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Call item one. Resolution adding the street name lc tonelli between santa rosa in recognition of her distribution to San Francisco. Thank you very much. I like to welcome supervisor safai from d11 to the Land Use Committee meeting and turn is over. The floor is yours. Thank you. Clothes. Todays resolution will add a street maim to the Mission Street between santa rosa after the late tonelli. The business woman who owned and operated Central Drug Store for over 73 years. 73 years. Mrs. Tonelli got her job as a soda clerk where she would meet her husband dino after e loaming and a large family she bought Central Drug Store and owned it for 73 years. She pass third degree year january 17th at 96 and our honor to recognize her. She was at the time of her death survived by 6 children. 18 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Wow. We consider ways to recognize this tremendous lead whore gave so much to the community and our city. And one way we thought of to look at the statistic how women are recognize the only 7 percent of the 6 upon00 street in San Francisco are named after individuals are named after womenful only 7 . With her history the woman long time philanthropist. And expand the number streets we name after women in our city. We are thrilled see this remaiming move forward. Thank you for scheduleing and are happy to be here with the tonelli family who joined us and i know i few will say a few words. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor safai. Any comments or questions, colleagues . With that, go to Public Comment. Mr. Clerk. Do we have anyone who has comment on item one. Come forward. You can line up along the wall. If you are remote press star 3. Speaker . Thank you. Im paul tonelli one of the tonelli children here today. And supervisors thank you for presenting and appreciate it. Just a little history. You begin a great thumb nail history of my mom and what she has meant to the district. Central drug store is the oldest operating accidents in all of San Francisco. A continualy operating drug store under the name since as far as we go back to 1910. Upon 113 years. Our family is the third ownership of this business. And supervisor safai said that for the last 73 years my mom started work thering and 1942. And met my father there and spent huge part everpart of our family there. Dedicated her life to the district. Born and raised 3 children there on theresa street and moved to daly city and maintained her presence in the neighborhood. Operating the business looking after the customers prosecute voiding services for the entire excelsior. Appreciate your consideration. Considering the history and importance not only to the district but to our family and the commemoration of my mother. Thank you very much. Thank you are next speaker, please. Im one of the upon 7 tonelli clan. And i wanted to thank you for giving us the opportunity to speak on this resolution. Because it is important to us. The drug store has been the focal point of our entire life. My mom was a teen when she followed her dads advice and answered ament add in the stores window. To take a job and she was quickly hired. Show became the life of that store. With my dad after returning from world war ii and finishing Pharmacy School at Uc Medical School he basement doctor of the neighborhood. And she was in the front with making the overnight counter purchase, beauty products, cards. Gifts, candy and jewelry. She connected with so many people in the entire neighborhood. She always told us how many male customers would some in Christmas Eve and birth days of wives and girlfriends to find a present and knew what the ladies instead neighborhood would love. And sheave not only helped them pick it out but personal low gift wrapped it. She i have something else. When the dynamics of that mom and pop drug store and businesses started to change, she had her big box of furthermoracy was going to be coming in and she. Thank you. Time has concluded. We have to move on to the next speaker. Thank you. Sorry. Thats okay. Next speaker, please. Hi im ej jones. Im here in support of the commencementtive name change. We heard from the family previously this , is the longest standing businesses in excelsior and it is important to honestor 73 years of service to our neighbors and our community. So again. In support of the name change and the family im here to support the name change. Im david one of elsies 5 soninlaws and im im here to support this effort we think the family think its is an absolutely worndzful way to commemorate elsies perform. I would 50 years ago i worked at the drug store as a delivery by and remember elsie through the years the way she took care of her patients and customers if a customer needed to come to the drug store if she did not have transportation she would pick them up. If they needed to go to the doctor she would go and bring them to the doctor and back home i challenge to you get this level of service anywhere now. Anywhere. She was a true pioneer. She had a dedication to her customers and a dedication to that store that was unparalleled. She would go to work every day even up until her mid90s and walk up that huge flight of stairs and walk down and loved hear job. She loved hear patients and the excelsior and the city of San Francisco. I thank you guys for considering this. I think this ask one of the most appropriate ways to remember elsies legacy. Thank you very much. Thank you for sharing your comments next speaker, please. Im edryan im the oldest by sxaj length of major soninlaw of elsie tonelli. Im here to atest to the fact that this is a great nomination. She is deserved. I knew elsie she was in my life for 53 years. Her devotion to the people in the eccellsior for their medical, and pharmaceutical needs and also the as you understandary needs she always kept the men looking for late night gifts. She had the sunday thing down to a, t. Had great vitality and she was like a great credit to the ems cellsior exit think naming something after her is a great idea and thank you very much. Thank you for sharing your comments. Next speaker, please. Im edbobber. Im the third soninlaw. So. If you have 3 soninlaws to tell you she was the best mother in law ever. You gotta think about that. She truly was one in a million. I can say good word busy her forever. I could find hundreds of people who echo what i say. But she represented more than the excelsior reported San Francisco the way you wanted it represented. Character charm, love, generosity the 9 yards. So again, i thank you for your consideration. More then and there words can say. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your comments. Next speaker, please. Am im the last one. Im elsie tonellis grand daughter the first born grand daughter and im Bridgette Peterson i wanted add that most of us grew up working at one time or another in the drug store. I think we made 10 cents an hour and that was a long time ago and she absolutely loved that neighborhood and everybody loved her back sxichl remember many stores growing up like sortentos and fairas and the do nut shop and everybody knew her. She and my nanaadded so much to the neighborhood. We knew customers by nameen i did. That is a huge testament to her love of the store of the neighborhood and even as it changed she changed with it. And she made the front windows look beautiful. She loved being well and was froud everproud of this and i think it added so much and brought people together. So i thank you is a wonderful way to commencementerate her and it it is an honor. Thank you very much. Thank you for sharing your comments. Comments on item one come forward. Mike at patrellis im speak nothing favor of honoring elsie tonelli. I hope i pronounced her name correctly. I really wish you found a way to give this item and every speaker at least 3 minutes. The woman in tan who was speaking a few minutes ago to the left here i think that she really deserved more than 120 seconds. It is shameful the way people come here to city hall to speak about elsie tonelli and other items and many times spent an few hours getting here and unfortunately. Supervisors will limit your time to 60 seconds or for this item just 120 seconds. The legacy of this woman who should be honored with this street change that you know she really deserved to be honored with 3 minutes of Public Comment. It is important that when people come here. That um they are begin courtesy. I think this one of your duties as supervisors is to listen to the public. That takes the time and the middle of the day to come here. And to speak in favor of honoring woman. She sounds terrific and i hope that you will vote in favor and this tell pass unanimously at the board of supervisors. Thank you. Of 2 callers. First caller caller if you heard your line has been unmuted it is your opportunity to comment on agenda item one. We may have upon found an unattended line. Hi. Ful im tony riafternoon and the oldest grandson of elsie tonelli. This was my sister bridgeit speaking earlier my parents diane and ed speaking earlier and i want to say thank you for this consideration to honor my grand mothers our grand mothers legacy and my sister mentioned i work in the the drug store as well. And it is just what i loved about that drug store and the conditions. Pharmacy treated by family. Just the way they were brought in our family and it was very important to my nanathat everybody felt like family this that pharmacy and cant think of a better way to honor elsie by elsie tonelli street. And especially era of stores taking over to honor the mom and pop business such as Central Drug Store. Thank you. This item passes. Thank you. Lets go to mr. Clerk to items 24 if you can call them together. 2, low and 4 are 3 resolutions the placement of Cultural Heritage plaques on the sidewalks at various historic location markers on the sixthistry corridor one the lodging house. Another the soma fill pina heritage and a third for transgender district and in facting the process in public works code 798. To provide a program for and installation of plaques went district. Thank you we have irene who works at public works who will make a presentation. How does this show . Cool. Im with public works and today i am requesting the approval of the installation of plaques on sixth street corridor. Between market and howard in San Francisco. This will be installed part of the sickth street Pedestrian Safety project. General information about the project is on sixth street between market and howard in d6. Original contract cost is north of 10 million dollars. Project started in january of 22. Expected to complete in may of 24. And as we approach the end we are expecting the plaque scope to initiate in 2024 following approval. Sponsors are sfmta, and public work and find more on our project website. The project is a street scape project. In addition to the politicals it includes all of the essential elements of Infrastructure Project upgraded sue and sidewalk and Street Lighting Traffic Signals decorative crosswalks and everything complete streets projects include i have examples here of completed work this summer. The confident lights across the customer dover. New paving and the example here 6 and mission as well as walk ekz tensions in the corridor and sixth and market. Prokt is in 3 district the they are large than the limits butt project fall in 3 districts over lay of the project bound easier to top of each district the first the lodging house on the left. And the transgender district in the middle and fill pina on the right. Scope will honor all 3 districts. Our goal is to put 18 plaques on the project. There are 6 block each block will have 3 politicals within each group of 3 we will have one plaque honoring each of the 3 districts. Resolution include the details of each plaque. I have a location 3 highlighted. Soma p on the left. A world war ii vet randling and treatment equal to other westerlied war 2 veteran there is is lodging house a grouch locationos 6 and market. That houses seasoned workers. Last group of Residential Hotels built after the 1906 earthquake and a transgender man and gospel singer. Finally the scope itself is slight low an xuchl on the left is a street perspective the 3 plaques about the group in the furnishing zone out of the path of travel adjacent to trees or street lights in banded concrow to highlight that location. The plaques themselves will be 2 by 2 bronze and slip resistance applied if pedestrians walk up and visit it it might be rain and he wet the plaque will act like a sidewalk. Safe to walk on if necessary. That concludes my presentation. Thank you very much. Do we have questions or comments. Okay. Supervisor preston. Thanks no questions and irrelevantmented to thank all the add have indicates behind the items and supervisor dorsey worked on this and i would like to be added as a cosponsor and acknowledge and reference my interest in benching the more troubling asspekts of last years redistricting process and the what i call a run away Redistricting Task force was the splitting of the Filipino Community the transdistrict on market street. A problem and one thing that i have discussed with supervisor dorse sedespite those political lines drawn there. And that we continued to greatest extent to be working together to support the communities and i see the items part of this effort. To supervisor dorse y. Agenda item 3 and 4. Lect urn for 2 minutes. First speaker. Im carlo and coexecutive director of the district. Founded by 3 transgender black women in 2070. And the first legal low recognized transgender district in the world. Named after the calf tear why riots of 66 urban environment that noters the rich history, culture and legacy empower am of transgender people in rots in the southeastern neighborhood of the tenderloin. This is where many transgender folks and our organization aims to stabilize and empower Transgender Community in San Francisco. I want to thank the cosponsors of this resolution. And for your vote today. Authorize and hicks and around are son and mary jones the plaques will be install in the sidewalks along the sixth street corridor and vital for community to know and celebrate the trail blazers. This will make San Francisco the few places in the world where this recognitions are. Thank you. Of good afternoon issue the filipino heritage district in San Francisco employment it thank the supervisors for hearing and supervisor dorsey for sponsoring for us this is if in coming working on this for 5 years and thank the sfmta for w with our community. Helping to push back on the city when the city asked us to ensurety politics and so we appreciate the partnership and how we are trying to figure out how to do things in the more Community Centered way. This look for the this is the first plaques. We have del housing on 6 and howard. Named after the late and great bill flurryo who was a housing activist and organizer at hotel and also my mentor and who mentor a generation of filipino activists fighting for housing rights in the city. We were excited have the have been thank you. You have 30 seconds. I want to share we are working on a new mural on sickth on stop of the hotels by alison human. We are excited that will be completed this month. Part of Filipino American history month. And also looking forward to working with supervisor dorse and he committee for more cultural markers permanent markers. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your comments. Next speaker, please. Hi. Im audrey daves executive Program Associate at the transgender district. I wanted say thank you for honoring the triblazers here with the politics. This solidifies we are improving and still empowering transpokes and people coming to San Francisco. And this is another location for us to make sure that people are recognized by us. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello im brianna im also mic up to you. Can you hear me. Im brianna im with transgender district here in support of the plaques for the area. A win for the transgender folk system a win for everyone. Our history is everyones history and should be cell brit third degree is i great way to do it thank you for your support in this. Thank you for sharing your comments. Anyone who else has Public Comment on 2, 3 and 4 together. Come forward. Michael patrellis i want to spoke in favor of each these items i think that the markers are necessary. Instead of giving we the people. Public comment time for item 2. 3 and 4. You compressed them into one. That is a shame. San francisco are right now in this city hall is chipping away at Public Comment. We taxpayers are denied every opportunity to petition our gentleman. Now, of course, many of you are busy on your cell phones or you are looking at e bay. You are not paying attention to what the public has to sill. Regardless of your disinterests in when we have to say. Every item should be given Public Comment. And not only should each item have Public Comment we should get 3 full minutes. Many of us have taken an hour to 2 hours to get here. We will take another hour to 2 to get home. We deserve 180 seconds of Public Comment on every item. Time concluded. Thank you for sharing your comments. Anyone connected remotely who has comment on items 24 called together . We have one can we be connected in i say i support the plaques. We can barely hear you there is a lot of background noise like wind or something. Im quick. Yes, clerk. Good to hear you. Im sad the remote comment. Endorse and support 24 exit think you should sends the [inaudible] for a street plaque to honor the hero [inaudible]. And as well. The list guess on. And again i dont want to take away from the winners of 24. [inaudible] humanor the heros who stood up for democracy and inclusion. I want to thank you [inaudible] thank you. Move it on. Thank you. We have no further callers Public Comment on this item is closed. I like to make a motion we send these items over to the full board with positive recommendation. On a motion offered by chair melgar the items sent to the board of supervisors with recommendation of land use and transportation, preston. Aye. Member supervisor peskin. Aye. Chair melgar. Aye. There is no opposition. Great. Lets go to item 5. Agenda item 5, a resolution intention establishing a street plaza eagle plaza 383, 12th under chapter 94 and urging public ws to initiate the press to solicit a plaza steward at this location. Thank you, we have brian here from supervisor dorseys office. Thank you. Im brian daul. Im here on behalf of supervisor dorse tow urge public works to establish eagle plaza a street plaza and identify a plaza steward for the space. Eagle mraz is an a public space next to the eagle bar in south of market. The space open in the 2020 and served the soma best and leather and lbgtq . Most recently a leather provide festival in the plaza and during the out break friends of eagle plaza and dph partnered open a pop up vaccine well. Under code 94 city established the Plaza Program over seen by public works the program intent to identify public event and activities. Maintain the upkeep of the space. After 3 years of open eagle plaza not a formal street plaza no steward assigned carry out the duties mentioned. The district 6 office and the communities see this a missed opportunity over the past months we heard from one nonprofit expressed an interest i hope you will support d6 office and move forward with the resolution. Available to e will beerate on the Plaza Program and answer questions. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Daul. Do we have comments or questions, colleagues. I do have a couple questions. And perhaps more for mr. Schneider. There used to be a Plaza Program at dpw and you know this is an interesting to me we do have several spaces around town. As we have seen decrease in parking. Several space around town the community has started gardens or what not. We know longer have a Plaza Program and this is like way to address one. And i wish we had like a standard way to do it around town and have policies and procedures and protocols and standard mou because i think that this is just the way we should conduct business. I am worning, mr. Schneider, if this will be a one off or if we are thinking of bringing back the Plaza Program. I think he is on. Hello. Im on team usa. Thank you. Appreciate the question. The way the program was set up was the partnership with real estate and public work and plazas require stewards to be part of the program thats written in the legislation. And natural low, to become a steward we need dedicated funding and rfp process. We are open to where Plaza Programs stewardship with can be activated and location in d 7 help to review that. Im sorry. To answer me question, the Plaza Program is still active . This is i dont believe there are any plazas stewarded as part of the program there is street plaza is in the same spirit of the program. And that is liveable city. Okay thank you. That looks to be it for comment questions lets go to Public Comment. This is a resolution intention establishing a street plaza at eagle plaza come forward if you have comment on item 5. Good afternoon. Mittee. Wonderful to have you here upon lib to this. Possibility of stewardship. Im lex and im the owner and operator of San Francisco eagle bar im also the funders of the proposal for having eagle plaza in to life. And we steward that program for 5 years in cooperation with a developer and my business the partner passed away mike lowon and we had a great support and going to the process for 5 dwreers get the plaza finally reconstructed and the city participated in this. Im here to do is propose the the plaza a fwlaup is condition formed with different nonprofits like well is [inaudible]. Be able to the plaza to have the stewardship. Thank you very much. Next speaker, police please. Executive director of folsom street the organizations that was mentioned. We have the ditchys of maintaining connection and the plaza was a part of that. I think that illustrate bide other items we have a tendsance tow march history more than current and future needs. Our history is rich and important in the leather district current and future needs are dire. Having space to garth that is specific low not connected to a business as wonderful as they are, but space this is open and free to the community is crucial and we have been be able to activate it. And really person and interesting ways that support the art and culture and history of the districtism would love to see all the Plaza Programs come back in the meantime im here to peek in favor of eagle plaza being served. Street plaza and eagle plaza begin your time. Hello michael patrellis again. I want to thank the alejandro and others at the eagle bar for maintaining plaza and everything around their property. Um, however, um, raise the question about if this is a public plaza i want the public to have a say in what goes on the flag pole. As we have seen overnight decades with the public plaza at harvey milk and the energy pole it is public property but controlled by a private organization. This organization refouzed lower the flag to honor diane feinstein. I would like a policy where at the eagle plaza there is um00 flexibility about what goos that flag pole. There was the bearson street fair. I would like it have seen bear pride flag, flying at eagle plaza for a week when transgender day of visibility or transgender i would like to seat transgender energy. Flag poles and when gos them has to do with the First Amendment and free speech. Now it is my understanding and alejandro can correct meet bar control what is goos this energy foal is a Public Energy pole im glad it is maintained by the bar i think there should be flex at in flying other flags there. And also lowering the flag on appropriate days of commemoration i hope you raise these issues. Thank you very much the we have one caller remote. I believe you provided comment previously we have to move on to get the next speaker, please. Remote, please. Etch thank you, lex. Im proud to be a cosponsor. I like to make a motion we sthendz with a positive recommendation to the full board. On the motion offered by chair melgar be forwarded to the board of supervisors with recommendation of land use and transportation. Preston. Aye member supervisor peskin. Aye chair melgar. Aye no opposition. Where thank you. Mr. Clerk call item 6. Agenda item 6 is an ordinance amending the planning code to change zones control in castro street neighborhood district allow night time intament with cu on the seconded floor and affirming planning determination under the environment act and consistency with the general plan. Priority policies planning code section within 1 opinion 1 and public necessity and welfare urn Planning Section 302. Thank you very much. Supervisor mandelman who is a sponsor of this legislation has joined us and i will turn it over to him now. Thank you. Madam chair i will be brief and allow audrey to entertain what is going on with this ordinance. Kick around for awhile. We introduce today in june of last were. Went District Entertainment is allowed with a cu on the first floor of the building but not the second floor or botch this legislation allow night Time Entertainment with a c u on the second floor. Which would make it consistent with the rest of the area. And including upper market ncd. So im and then as this came before the 2 committees with the Planning Commission and the Historic Preservation well was a change requested that i will will let her talk more about. Welcome, thank you very much. Ad everaudrey maloney planning staff. Ordinance would amend planning code to permit night time uses on the second story within the castro street neighborhood commercial district. I want to note that in the castro street ncd nonresidential use permitted up to 1, 999 square feet required cu between 2,000 and 3, 999 square feet and are not permitted for use says 4,000 square feet and above. To provide context it is tieed search other proves at the castro theatre property requires to move forward with the sponsors proposal to renovate historic features. Interior changes and expand if movie theatre and night Time Entertainment and bar use required a c u authorization to prit that entertainment and bar use that cu authorization was guaranteed by planning on youn 15th of this year. Required certificate of appropriateness and what was for the renovations on the interior of the building what certificate of presentness was granted by Historic Preservation and on june 15 xu may remember the project required an amendment to article 10 landmark. The board supervisors initiate third degree amendment in may of last year. And Historic Preservation Commission Row in the february of this year to approve that dez i guessination. Than i had one recommendation, to include the upper balcony if i canned seats a character feature. And then the amendment came to on may 8 of 2023 you rowed 21 to recommend the alteration with the designation that the Historic Preservation commission recommended. Additional low including the grounds floor fixed seats. The board of supervisors vote not to take the committees amendments and passed landmark designation with h pc this modification again was only to include the upper balcony fixed seats as a character defining feature. Coming back before you today. On june 15th of this year the Preservation Commission and planning conducted a schedule joint hear to consider the ordinance. At that hearing the Historic Preservation Commission Approval with modifications and planning recommended approval with modifications. That one recommended modification to remove the nonresidential use size limitation for article 10 land america in the cast restreet ncd and supervisor mandelman will speak more to that later. Im available and my colleague who is here via teams if you have questions about this ordinance or the several other aspects surrounding this project. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions or comments, colleagues . Lets go to Public Comment, please. We will take public ment on item 6 related night time castro street district if you have comments in forward. For 2 minute fist you are connected remote dial star 3. You may beginful good afternoon thank you for Holding Hearing and considering this issue. Im andrea and im the executive director for the Castro Community benefit district. And im here to express the support of the board of directors for this ordinance and urge you to support this ordinance. This will allow the castro to be used to the full potential showing phils or interim in the theatre and allow for increased vibrance net castro ncd and all businesses will benefit. Before takeing row, before our board took this vote, i went around and talked about the other night time businesses the baros castro to ask had they thought about this. And not one of them opposed this change. This zoning change for the castro ncd and several that would this really they didnt even see this as a change because prepandemic the folks rung the castro theatre would get often get catering permits to bring in entertainment or alcohol serving activities on the second floor. They felt saw this as formalizing a practice that was done throughout a cumbersome permitting press this was temp refer one night thing. So there was no opposition from the bars and the with that understanding, the cbd board voted support and recommend to you to upon support this ordinance change in zoning change. Thank you for sharing we have the next speaker, please. Hi im mike murray a gay resident of the cast re. Im cochair of neighbors for restore castro theatre a grouch queer castro commune members that supports the plans to restore the castro theatre. After months of drape project and legislation enabling the practical endorsed by Planning Commission. The Historic Preservation and the board of supervisors. Of the majority of ment and letters submitted also endorse the project demonstrating broad lbgtq and cast recommunity support. Ape project faced delays during which time theatre deteriorates negative low impacting the neighborhood and businesses allowing entertainment on the second floor will remove the last barrier to the project moving forward please approve this amendment. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your comments. Next speaker, please. Im raffle i live in the cost row, im board member and treasure of the castro cbd. We request land use to approve the planning code to allow night Time Entertainment with c u authorization on second floor. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Supervisors. Clerk. Here we are again. Thank you so much for your time. For your attention, advocacy and your hard work of this other subjects im Andrew Bennett with local 16 the stage and entertainment worker for San Francisco and represent our colleagueos sfgov. Shout out to them im in support of the change it is a baffling condition to exist and the fact it existed only in one neighborhood made me wonder if it was originally to single out a grouch people in the castro. I become aware of how this policy came into being, it does seem it a policy in name only. ■s castro not castro the hole city. Since the present is so bad and the future uncertain, until tomorrow i will giveut good news. You should dont touch anything instead remember how it was before originally for the castro theatre and it was built it was beautiful. Dont touch anything you den know had you are doing. Nobodiness you wait for the thing and think twice and we do something good for castro, of course. Butt whole city other theatres as well. Just hold on. Thats all. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. Supervisors and Committee Members im america rocket im speak nothing opposition to the zoning change. Cu for 180 days of operation and mandated 90 days of to open to the general public. If this legislation guess through it is the theatre account be closed for 275 days of the year which is unacceptable and the folks in such support of how bringing back the theatre through this corporate entity really misinformed tell be closed more than open. Lack of communication for the community to understand the impact is a problem the noise level will increase. The threat to Affordable Housing, which is as it existod second store venues is threatened by this. So. We hope for support from the supervisor and it is city. Thank you very much will were wait a mobile home i gotta take my mask off. Michael patrellis i want to have a mobile home of silence for the death of the castro theatre. The castro was never maintained by nassar family they did minimal maintenance allowed the theatre to deteriorate. Nassar family never held a meeting in the castro. Our supervisor in the district never held a town hall about the castro theatre. Until the end of january it is 150 dark nights. There is nothing stopping another planet for showing films now but they choose not to do this. I want to thank the supervisors who have stood up desfiet opposition for supporting saving the castro theatres interior integrity. Thank you supervisor peskin, mr. Preston for recognizing the importance of the interior integrity. It is a hail we lost the castro theatre as a movie palace and i hope this one day tell be returns to the glory as a movie palace. Thank you very much. Anyone else with Public Comment on item 6 . Im kevin a gay resident of castro i am adding my voice to the many strong low supporting ape efforts to restore castro. Including the measure observe committee today. Facilitate the next phase by supporting amendment. Thank you. Upon [inaudible] the home behind the castro. You will recognize my name i signed the all right with 4 dozen other neighbors and attend each hearing and regret im not able to join in person but urge to you take my comment in consideration. Most us on heartford lived here for decades. We are known for organizationing joint street cleaning days and puttingure money and hosting happy hours in our front stoops. [inaudible]. [inaudible] 2 [inaudible] break ins. And meet with sfpd due to setting fire to the bushes outside my front door. [inaudible]. A pos to saving our neighborhood and everything we moved here for. [inaudible] the people in opposition dont live in the castro. How we neighbors feel supporting the castro i like to inright to you come to hartford and speak with those of us who have bedroom windows that share lot lines with the theatre. Lets Work Together to change the complaus bring it back to the neighborhood. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello im an executive cochair for the castro cultural district. We are not objecting to the code we have concern about the lack of social wragz with resident and businesses. To ensure they understand the changes. Were asking for clarification for the skoecht changes and adding safe guards for consideration asking for plan to conduct studies that the give assurances the change will be of i benefit to the neighborhood. Ask about the Housing Units and impact of the change on hougz. We request noise studies tort change on the surrounding areas and limit on hours of operations. Thank you. Hi. Im tina and im cultural district director for the castro lbgtq cultural district. We request authorization that supervisor mandelman. [inaudible] like planning be utilizeed consider the impact for this legislation. And concerned about businesses. Purchased for a venue and impact attentives living around. Thank you for your time of that was the last speaker. Public comment is closed. Supervisor mandelman did you have Closing Remarks . I dont think so, thanks to folk who is have been turning and up whoefrn cares very much about the future of the castro theatre. I think that you have an amendment that was recommended by Planning Commission. And i would encourage the committee to make that amendment and then this has to sit for i week i dont think you can forward this. Okay. I high school to make a motion that we adopt that amendment. In the legislation. On the motion offered by chair melgar the ordinance amended rice chair preston. Aye. Member supervisor peskin. Aye chair melgar. Aye. There are 3 ayes. I like to make a motion we send the amended legislation on to the full board with. Im sorry. To next week. Im sorry. Continue it amended to the next land use meeting. On this motion by chair melgar, vice chair preston. Aye. Member supervisor peskin. Aye. Chair melgar. Why aye well is no opposition. Thank you. Of congratulations, supervisor machine man. Lets go to item 7, please. Agenda item 7. Is an ordinance amending the planning code encourage Housing Production by exempting under certain conscience housing projects from the notice and review procedures of 311 and the cu requirements of section 317. Areas outside of priority equity geographies in the Housing Element areas or neighborhoods with high vulnerable pop ligsz. Outside residential house districts in the Family Housing opportunity special use district. Rimoving the c u requirement for several types of hougz projects Housing Developments and large lots and areas outside the geography special use district. Projects to build to the allowable height limit and build additional unit in low are density zoning and Senior Housing seek to obtain double dihns density century exception in Family Housing special use district. Amending third, rear yard front set badge lot front an and open space requirement in districts. Subject to exception in rh and the Family Housing special use. Allowing uses on the grounds floor. Home and wills Group Housing and residential districts and administrative review of acomdagsz. Expanding the eligibility for housing opportunity mean equity home sf program and density exceptions. 6, exempting certain Affordable Housing projects from development fees. Authorizing the planning director to approve density bonus projects. And eighth making amendments to other sections of the planning code the geography special use district. Amending subdivision code for condo requirements using residentialing density exemption in rh districts and affirming the planning ceqa findings public necessity voens and welfare urined code 302 and consistency with the yes or no plan in the 8 priority policies. Thank you. That was a mouthful. And mouthful because this is a very complicated piece of legislation. And so i would like to update folks of what is going on with this legislation and what i suggest that we do today. Last time we met i introduced a bunch of the amendments that were at designed to preserve the special use district on the west side that we all passed unanimously. That stroll line the conduction of 4 plex in our sud. Begin legislation, there is a bunch. Technical discrepancy about stuff that really dont much to do with the intent of both legislations. So this is stuff around you know the 317 criteria. Setbacks, percentage of open pace. The configuration of that open space. And the lot area width. Front setback. And Group Housing well is technical intreps and agree Going Forward we want as much clarity in the code as possible. In order to do that clean up and just make sure that the definitions are consistent across the city. In this we intend to do the things. I am going to propose that we continue this item until october 30. To give Planning Department staff and the Mayors Office and other offices that are also considering amendments in time to work on the language to make sure that you know this discrepancies are addressd and standard definition catharsis simple and clear what is intent of this legislation. And the legislation this we passed a few weeks ago. So, you know i just want to assure everybody we are diligent low working through it and working together in that you know hopeful low by the time this gets back to us on the 30th. In the amendments will be approved as to form and also we will catch all the Little Things that need to be addressed. With that i also understand that supervisor mandelman is thinking about some things he would like to see. I will turn it over to him. I think i telegraphed but demolition of rent controlled house suggest basically existing multifamily you know rent controlled buildings we want to ensure. So and i think you know some of the protections built in your sud making sure that even if neighbors may not have a full 311 process and 317 hearing they would have the opportunity to learn and bring discrepancies to staff. Is a thing that is good enough for your sud this is good enough for the cit employmented appropriate peoples expectations i expect planning will do everything they can to get this review. The others need time we need to contemplate for this reason. Thats what i have and we do have amendments we could have introduced bull be red in 2 weeks as well thank you. Supervisor preston thank you, chair melgar and look forward to continuing the conversation and appreciate supervisor mandelmans comments on the being cautious and looking at the issue of rent controlled homes not just in special use but citywide. I did on this issue, i adopt to we talked last time how some of the amendment work that we are doing here00 feels like we are doing the Administration Job for them like why is not coming to us . On the rent control point i see our direct hillous is here and throughout chair like to ask on this rent control issue. To mr. Hillous. Just i appreciate supervisor mandelmans willingness to w on the amendments im troubled why staff why staff is recommending approval of stroll lining demolition of rent krelled homes that seems to contradict the hougz element that is. Commanding we dont do this im trying toned why this is on the table. Why would you stream line and remove these levels of revoy for demolition of rent controlled homes. Were willing to make that change. And be consistent with supervisor megoverns legislation you cant demo year need a c toushgs get this approval. Well only aluthis stream lining consistent with what supervisor melgar has in her legislation the Single Family you increase denity not historic no tenants. We agree. Im pleased hear that and guess i would just this will not be our left look at the prosecute visions and i justment to urge that00 autoproposals that come that not require the board. The board will. One thing we seen the board will we in. I hope to protect rent controlled homes and levels of review. So i would encourage and i appreciate the wellingness to support the amendments but hope in the 40 we are not seeing. Like i said supervisor preston we rarely if ever on my terma a commissioner and direct recommended the demolition of rent control in rare cases. A similar piece of Public Policy is subject to open heart surge row taking an amount of time if done right in the beginning would not be this show im continuing to sit through and pisses me off. Thats all i have to say. And not for im not saying that at director hillous. Director hillous understood that this was a bridge too far at the beginning. Im saying that to00 autooffice of the mayor. Thank you. President supervisor peskin. I think this is part of the legislative process but okay lets go to public so i will make a motion that we continue this until october 30 because it is agendized take Public Comment and we will deal with that after and if i may, i say this in a priest meeting had one of our clothes brought something half baked here we would have laughed him out of the room because this00 automayor is makes us do her work and it is not cool. Thank you president supervisor peskin. Lets go to Public Comment. Why Public Comment and agenda item 7 as indicated earlier in todays meeting, the chair limiting dmoent a minute per speaker. Come forward if you have comments on item 7. Generally speak for the city of San Francisco it is not in the best interest. We are in support of contrain legislation. Understands a lot of amendments. And wanted to say that the Advocacy Community in the housing space we are focussed on Housing Element compliance because of the stake of the consequence. Law and funding lost. Litigation for the city. And as amendments considered we urge supervisors to be dill gent in conversations with planning. Thank you for sharing your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Speak up. Good afternoon supervisors. Im elizabeth and im a resident in San Francisco. My parents and i living in the same unit rent control for 30 years. They depends on their rent control unit to stay in the city my mom is disabled i am able to help her. They dont want to go to Senior Housing if this is an option. They would like it stay living where they know and relate to neighbors. Being on the city i have been able to do things here to stay here. Volunteering and sf pc a and after school teacher. I want to stay here in rent control to contribute in the city and urge you to not remove rent control. Thank you for sharing your comments. Next speaker, please. Familiar we have anyone else here who has comment on item 7 lineup. Along the side of the room. Translator, please . Hello im marissa monroe. Im here to actual i continuing it is a great error to remove a law. Begant fight in 70s and 80s. Many renters earn minimum wage. Would have worse panic in their lives. When the lefthand side lord raises rent and nobody tells the tenants. They it is important the luremains. Many tenants know that we are protected under the cost law approve in the 1975 am am the law 1482 this does some thing and gets [inaudible]. Thank you for sharing your comments. Anyone else comment for item 7. Connect today the first caller remote. Jake process with Housing Action coalition. I would like to echo the comments made earlier. And just continue to appreciate the thoughtful discussions and want to urge elected officials just ensuring that the amendments are would keep us in compliance with the Housing Element that were adopted earlier this year. Looking forward to conversations. And looking forward to passing a compliance legislation. Thank you. Hello from the mission. I gotta say you look who is supporting bill and excited the architects the developers and the people with wind and he fake support groups like the Housing Action coalition a toll low fake nonprogressive group this Franken Stein of a bill is not ready for primetime. We have many empty buildings in the staechl work on those we need this number up there is a compliance thing we need. We can take care of that. And all of the rent control units and disabled. Our low income earners and awful them who live in the city. Thank you supervisor preston comments and supervisor peskin this looks like a slow circulation of rent control which is already too weak in many receives to protect folks. Etch im sorry to say the 472 word in the agenda item dont have one about rent or rent control. And the legislative 5 of 467 page has many pages not searchable. And basically incomp henceable nulls try to figure it out. Dont weaken rent control further. Next speaker, please. This is steve. Im a resident in engle side and aville tear with inldy action. We have a Housing Element that we need to stay in compliance and there arically pieces and i agree with supervisor supervisor peskin in that. All the pack and fourth is not looking good and we have a lot of big things. We are losing all Affordable Housing funding and potentially land use third degree. Huge consequence keep your ice focused get all the required piece passed that includes the consent reduction and try not to water it down. Next speaker, please. Im mike chen a d2 resident volunteer and on the sfmta council. If we fate Housing Leadership we would lose millions. Hope we get had right. Next speaker, please. Can you hear me . Im jessica full are a Real Estate Agent in d6. I want you to support this legislation we have to keep in compliance with the Housing Element. The Housing Element is not in compliance. Support it to stay in compliance. Thank you. This is an taineria from San Francisco tenants union. And as supervisor peskin said left week this legislation does not have the character to produce the housing we need. Supervisor megoverns amendment does not go far enough. And rent control is the most precious dont water down the measure. Thank you. Im Robert Sutton with San Francisco [inaudible]. I like other commenters i urge the city to not pull back to not renege on its programs in the us hog lately i heard director hillous express willingness to renege to impelement 8. 4. 9. A constraint reduction. Sounds the city is ready to give up on the key programs that hcd required for the improust hougz element. I urge the city to not take actions cause it to come out of compliance. Thank you for sharing your comments. Next speaker, please. Yes. Thank you. I got it. Im joel. A residents who would like to move to San Francisco but the high rent for market rate make that impovenl i encourage to you remove contranlts that make it difficult to build any housing. Dead line for inspection on the Housing Element is coming up. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next peeshg. Hello. Can you hear me . Yes. Well, this quasi legislative fiasco this senator wiener and london breed are trying to put you guys cross harris of, is very disash pointing, loveable and a disgrace to the probability of the process. The mayor has not the slightest interest in solving the housing crisis. Holding up money for Affordable Housing anybody who talks about that is ignorring the fact that wiener in breed have one goal only, which is to get everybody who does not make 100,000 a year or more oust city. Next speaker, please. Hello [inaudible] i urge to you undotted amendments [inaudible]. Police, move it forward because demolition changes rather then and there protect [inaudible]. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your comments. And i understand there are no further callers. Where Public Comment is now closed. Supervisor preston. Along the same lines of my questions to the planning direct, for all the group who is have supported the legislation as draftd and the majors office. I encourage folks before the next hear to clarify their positions. What im hearing i dont want it put worried in folks mouths by not manying the mayor is sending the message they are okay with stream lining the demolition of rent controlled homes. Period leading up to introducing and the hearings we had no maam to e lim nit that the represent from the majors office that came to the Second Office stop short of saying what the position was of demo of rent controlled home fist you support this legislation without those changes that supervisor mandelman and melgar and everybody is talking about, this to answer, supporting the stream lining of the demolition of reason controlled homes when i hear a public ment from spur saying they support legislation before us. And not asking for the amendments. What i hear is support for demolition of rent control homes when i hear this from sf and hack and whatever the groups are, i just i raise this to say you continue is possible to resunrise your positions and make clear you support the stream lining but with the amendments that supervisor mandelman will be working on. But ab7 that statement, i want to be clear all the folks supporting the legislation as drafted are supporting asking the board to support stream line demolition of rent control homes someone i hope no one on the board supports. Thank you. Supervisor preston. I will add that it is all in our Housing Element we approved unanimously the protection of rent controlled units. With that i like to make a motion we continue this item until october 30. Motion by chair melgar this item continues to the october 30 meeting on that motion vice chair preston. Aye member supervisor peskin. Aye. Chair melgar. Aye y. No opposition. Do we have anything else mr. Clerk . No. We are adjourned. Thank you. We celebrate 45 years of promoting culture in the latino community. On this 45th anniversary, we are celebrating the mild stone which is being declared a landmark. This building and organization was founded in 1977 by Community Activist and artist who are seeking equity. There was no place where people of color could exhibit their art work. And there was a need to create a cultural space where latino artist could promote and show their work. So this is what came out of that effort. We have a historical landmark theater, a historic gallery and we have the Historic Mission graphica, a print shop where much of our history has been documented through art. Through the center, we have been able to develop and promote emerging artist that have become amazing established artist. So we have established traditional programming that the community can count on year after year such as the day of the dead, carnival and the solo mujeres show. During this 45th anniversary, were also faced with challenge, the city has requested that we have a temporary relocation due to seismic retrofit, that is going to be close to a million dollars. And thats a big challenge for us. The 45th is important not just because of the number of years but it reflects the continuity of the center. And it reflects the fact that we continue to exist and thrive and provide our programming to the community. The challenge Going Forward, is not only the relocation but it is the diversification of funding so that the center is no longer dependent on single sources of revenue. So Going Forward one of our efforts and the board particularly is going to concentrate on seek ising alternative funding for the center, so that we dont end up only having one exclusive source, which would be the art commission. What we are doing between now and june is having a series of event to raise money, right now, we are asking for the public to support us in our long term sustainability. We need to raise money to continue our legacy for another 50 years or more and in order for us to be here for our community and to continue and vessel and promote latino art, we need everyones support. Were going to have amazing shows by established artist. We are privileged in exhibiting the pa lo buy in collection and thats a huge gift for a community. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] we have quality art pieces and quality programming. And were going to have a few fundraisers under the end of the year and were asking for the publics support to come out and donate generously and support us in any way you can. We need everyones help because this is the communitys culture center, this is our historical legacy. This is our pride. This is, this is our sole. Soul and we need your help. [ ] i just dont know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. It is an experience that you cant have anywhere else in San Francisco. [ ] [ ] district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. We have four neighborhoods that i represent. St. Marys park has a completely unique architecture. Very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in San Francisco. The Bernal Heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of San Francisco. There is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. It is as if you are swinging over the entire city. There are two unique aspects. It is considered the fourth chinatown in San Francisco. Sixty of the residents are of chinese ancestry. The second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. There is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. Not only for San Francisco but for the region. And of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the citys second biggest park after golden gate. Many people dont know the neighborhood in the first place if they havent been there. We call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. Every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. Where we are right now is the Mission District. The Mission District is a very special part of our city. You smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. They have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. And then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafe. It is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. Twentyfourth street is the birthplace of the movement. We have over 620 murals. It is the largest outdoor Public Gallery in the country and possibly the world. You can find so much Political Engagement park next to so much incredible art. Its another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [ ] it was formed in 2014. We had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. We worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. Most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. So the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. In the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the Mission District have been displaced from their community. We all know that the rising cost of living in San Francisco has led to many people being displaced. Lower and middle income all over the city. Because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. Its a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. There is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. There are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesnt completely erase the communities. We try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more Equitable Development in the area. You need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. The people on the businesses that came before you. You need to dialogue and show respect. And then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [ ] i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. So we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and workingclass. Back in the day, we looked at Mission Street, and now it does not look and feel anything like Mission Street. This is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. We created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. That is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. We have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [ ] shared spaces have transformed San Franciscos streets and sidewalks. Local business communities are more resilient and our Neighborhood Centers are more vibrant and lively. Fire blocks and parking lanes can be for seating and merchandising and other community activities. Were counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. When pair mets, firefighters and other First Responders arrive at a scene, they need clear visual access to see the building entrances, exits and storefront windows from the street. That means parklets should be transfer in the areas above inches above the sidewalk level. Its best if these areas are totally unobstructed by transparent materials may be okay. You can check with fire Department Staff to make sure your site meets visibility requirements. Emergency response crews and their equipment need to be move easily between streets, sidewalks and buildings, especially when they are using medical gurneys, ladders and other Fire Fighting tools. That means that parklet structures need a three foot wide emergency feet every 20 feet and 3 feet from marked Parking Spaces and emergency access gaps need to be open to the sky, without obstructions, like canopies, roofs, or cables and should always be clear of tables, chairs, planters and other furnishings. Emergency responders need to use ladders to reach windows and roofs to buildings and the ladders need unobstructed overhead clearance and room to be placed at a 72degree angle against the building. Clearances needed around the ladders to move equipment and people safely up and down. So not all parklets can have roofs ask canopies depending on the width of the sidewalk in your area. Please make sure that your electric cables are hung so they are out of the way and indiscernible to the structure, they can be pulled down by firefighters. Cable connections need to be powered from an outdoor reciprocal in the building facade because hard wire connections are much more difficult to disconnect quickly. These updates to the shared Spaces Program will ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so we can all enjoy these public spaces. More information is available at sf dot gov slash shared spaces. I came here to San Francisco the day after september 11. I have been here since and homeless since when i met erika and claudia and them, my life changed. For the better. Why they got mow in the navigation center. Good morning hi. This is claudia and aircraftasm how are you. Hi. They are working doing out reach t. Is building trust. And finding out what their needs are. Everybody who i should be housed that is true. A lot of people dont know how to live indoors and how do we fix that . The Number One Service this we need to do that is the new vision of the team, is to be a familiar face that is consistent and reoccur nothing the community. Behavioral Health Starts with us and other coalitions that relate. Just building the friendships and the resource this is go with that. Once hi near i better place they will be able to help and support someone else. Peers and inspire someone based on the hard work. Like a lot of people around him in the castro. Yall saved my life getting me up off the streets. Thank you. If you see someone experiencing a Mental Health or Substance Use crisis on the streets call 911. For nonemergencies use 311. You can learn more about the street know San Francisco invest nothing resource sos care for people with Substance Use crisis on the streets. Includes new program and successful pilots. What is the location of the emergency. A San Francisco 911 dispatcher. Jot train that this dispatchers receive for street crisis team and our new program is to triage calls for Mental Health as a medical call. We dont tree it as a Police Matter more a medical matter enthusiasm clint iings, paramedics emts and councilors are dispatched through 911. We dispatch teams trined identify the crisis. They sends an emt and medic. If you are upon experiencing an emergencior worry body machines safety on the street call 911 nonemergencies use 311. You can learn more about the street there is a lot of unique characteristics about visitation valley. It is a unique part of the city. We are off in a corner of the city against the San Francisco county line 101 on one side. Vis station valley is still one of the last blue color neighborhoods in San Francisco. A lot of working class families out here. It is unusual. Not a lot of apartment buildings. A lot of Single Family homes. Great business corridor. So much traffic coming through here and stopping off to grab coffee or sandwich or pick up food before going home. A lot of customers are from the neighborhood. They are painters or mechanics. They are like blue color workers, a lot of them. The community is lovely. Multiracial and hopefully we can look out for each other. There is a variety of businesses on the block. You think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. Library, bank of america with a parking lot. The market where you can grab anything. Amazing food choices, nail salons. Basically everything you need is here. A lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. People running them are family. When you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. Lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. It is very cool. Is Small Businesses make the neighborhood unique. New businesses coming. In mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. The corridor has changed and is continuing to change. We hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. This is what is needed. First, stay home. Unless it is absoluteliness scary. Social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. Cancel all nonessential gather everythings. When the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. A few nail salons couldnt operate. They shut down. Restaurants that had to adapt to more of a take out model. They havent totally brought back indoor seating. It is heartbreaking to see the businesses that have closed down and shut because of the pandemic. When the pandemic first hit it got really slow. We had to change our hours. We never had to close, which is a blessing. Thank god. We stayed open the whole time. We were kind of nervous and anxious to see what was going to come next hoping we will not have to close down. During covid we would go outside and look on both sides of the street. It looked like old western town. Nobody on the street. No cars. It was a hard eight or nine months. When they opened up half the people couldnt afford a haircut. During that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. People would come to make sure they were okay. We checked on each other and patronized each other. I would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. This is a generous and kind community. People would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy behind me and some days it went on and on. It was amazing to watch. We saw a perfect picture of community. We are all in this together. Since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge stronger. We will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. When we opened up august 1st. I will not say it was all good. We are still struggling due to covid. It affected a lot of people. We are still in the pandemic right now. Things are opening up a little bit. It is great to have space to come together. I did a three painting series of visitation valley and the businesses on leland. It felt good to drop off the paintings and hung them. My business is picking up. The city is opening up. We have mask requirements. I check temperatures. I ask for vaccination card and or recent test. The older folks they want to feel safe here. I feel like there is a sense of unity happening. What got us through the pandemic was our customers. Their dogs needed groomed, we have to cut their nails so they dont over grow. This is only going to push us forward. I sense a spirit of community and just belief in one another. We are trying to see if we can help all Small Businesses around here. There is a Cannabis Club lounge next to the dog parlor to bring foot traffic. My business is not going to work if the business across the street is not getting help. In hit us hard. I see a Bright Future to get the storefronts full. Once people come here i think they really like it. If you are from San Francisco visit visitation valley to see how this side of the city is the same but different. [ ] i just dont know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. It is an experience that you cant have anywhere else in San Francisco. [ ] [ ] district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. We have four neighborhoods that i represent. St. Marys park has a completely unique architecture. Very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in San Francisco. The Bernal Heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of San Francisco. There is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. It is as if you are swinging over the entire city. There are two unique aspects. It is considered the fourth chinatown in San Francisco. Sixty of the residents are of chinese ancestry. The second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. There is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. Not only for San Francisco but for the region. And of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the citys second biggest park after golden gate. Many people dont know the neighborhood in the first place if they havent been there. We call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. Every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. Where we are right now is the Mission District. The Mission District is a very special part of our city. You smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. They have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. And then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafe. It is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. Twentyfourth street is the birthplace of the movement. We have over 620 murals. It is the largest outdoor Public Gallery in the country and possibly the world. You can find so much Political Engagement park next to so much incredible art. Its another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [ ] it was formed in 2014. We had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. We worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. Most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. So the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. In the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the Mission District have been displaced from their community. We all know that the rising cost of living in San Francisco has led to many people being displaced. Lower and middle income all over the city. Because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. Its a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. There is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. There are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesnt completely erase the communities. We try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more Equitable Development in the area. You need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. The people on the businesses that came before you. You need to dialogue and show respect. And then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [ ] i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. So we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and workingclass. Back in the day, we looked at Mission Street, and now it does not look and feel anything like Mission Street. This is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. We created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. That is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. We have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [ ] all right. Well, thank you all so much for being here. Im San Francisco mayor, london breed. And today im joined by trent rohrer, who is the executive director of Human Service agency. Matt dorsey, a supervisor from district six. And cedric akbar, the cofounder of positive directions, along with a number of other members from project positive direction. Positive direction is one of our really amazing programs. It focuses on abstinence based, provide housing and wraparound support for people who have suffered from Substance Use disorder. Theyve been very