Would any member of the public wish to address the commission on items not on our agenda . Close Public Comment. Clerk very good. General matters. Item one, directors announcements. Thank you. Commissioners, simply want to wish you a happy holidays in advance. Part of our holiday experience will be preparing our budget which well be discussing soon. We have received mayor budget instructions from the mayor and her office which include that no new positions are expected to be added through this years process, so i wanted to let you know about that in advance. Clerk seeing no questions, item 2, review of past events at the Planning Commission and staff announcements. Commissioners, items that may be of interest to you from the Planning Commission, december 5, they adopted the retained topic and special guidelines, and heard a presentation on the special japantown guidelines which will be coming to you in the new year. And jonas. Clerk yeah. At the board, wanted to let you know that the b
Us. My name is patricia. I did not finish college because i couldnt pass public speaking. But im standing here right now in city hall, speaking, because this is so important to me. As an older adult, i have been taking classes at the senior center. And ive learned a little bit of public speaking and also computers. And that is how i found out about it last night, googling and hearing the news. So this is very important to me that these classes stay. Ive been shocked and awed the last few years with whats been going on. I thought i was numb to a lot of the everymorning upsets. But today, i was mad. And i decided to do something about it. And thats why im speaking today. Please vote with your heart and not with your pocketbook. I thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi. My name is candice fault. Im a resident of our fine city of San Francisco. And im also one of the coleaders of the San Francisco chapter of citizens climate lobby. I would like to thank all of you for the tim
Retailers, local and big box and just about everybody and nobody could make it work. Even using the global reach of our company, we couldnt make it happen. Nowhere in this country is there a shopping sent we are as many floors as westfield San Francisco center. Not in chicago, not in new york. The retail is why they succeed which is why the body amended the planning code to eliminate the need for a cup for the seventh and eighth floors and above. So we believe this investment is good for San Francisco center and mixed use buildings are inherently complementary with the office use supporting the retail and retail an amenity for the office. And we are going to do a full renovation and that includes improved lighting at the street level and the largest nordstrom in the portfolio and will remain one of the largest in the country. Letters of support including one from nordstrom and they couldnt make it br are supportive of this project. We believe they must continue to be the Retail Destina
The number of smaller pubs in the uk has halved. This week, the government pledged more than a Million Pounds to Community Action groups working to rescue or reopen their local pub. Claire marshall reports. Theres no cosy christmas cheer at the rising sun, just a ghost of a pub. It closed nine years ago, the last wisp of the Community Soul of the village of woodcroft, which had already lost its post office and shop. Jerry, in his 80s, has lived here for over a0 years. Most evenings he used to be found in the sun, but now. Most of my evenings are spent alone, up here. People call in, which is very nice, but theyre not here in the evenings late, so you spend quite a lot of time on your own, where you could be spending it down the pub having a game of crib or darts or something. He joined the Community Group trying to save it. Remember coming up over the hill and people sitting there . You couldnt wait to park yourcarup and just walk in and have a chat. A decade on, and theyre still battl
The second is the use are w the surrounding context and the concern over the proximity to the use of the San Francisco city academy and the adjacent religious institution at 4 450 ofarrell. And located more than 600 and project site verified and the school is an intermittent activity and does not provide k12 and is likely used while children are accompanied by guardians to the site. Additionally, the current plans for reconduction would place the sunday school on the third floor of the site raised away from the subject application. The third principle concern raised is of the tenderloin is lacking access to daily needs retail uses such as Corner Markets and that the proposed use would displace an existing market at the site while other large format markets such as trader joes and whole foods are establishing in the larger area, the loss of the Corner Market is impactful on the local population. However t project sponsor is a member of the family which has owned and operated the market