san francisco because i work with their numbers and i m concerned about the businesses on 24th. i think we all want this area to thrive. we want it to be an area that is inclusive and has a lot of neat things happening. in my experience, with the rents going up, that sucks for small businesss and i m concerned if we create too many measures that create growth in the corridor, those small businesses won t be able to keep up. that we ll be eliminating the foot traffic that will enable them to be there and provide really neat and helpful things for the area. i am also really excited to be here. i think it s great this was brought up this many people to have this conversation and i love the work that a lot of folks have been doing. whether or not we agree, i am excited to support this area. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. hi. my name is carolina and i own a small print shop in the mission bernal heights district neighborhood. my business has been there since 1982.
observation over and over again: how important the living culture of this neighborhood was. i went to some of the first gatherings of artists during one of these open meetings, and these are artists by all color, all nationalities, very inclusive and they talked about how the culture of calle 24th lives in casa lukas and lives in all the little stores and family-owned and family-run businesses that we are so lucky to have, that people from all over the world visit us to just feel what that sense of community feels like. the thing about conditional use, i just want to bring up one thing about conditional use. it s not an easy process to navigate and people with month-to-month, their livelihood may be gone and it may be very well beyond them, when there haven t real defined measures put into place. so how can we work together to make sure that there is a way that they can feel safe in their leases? thank you. my name is tom, anative san franciscan and live in the mission dist
bernal heights chapter. we re a group of low and moderate-income neighborhoods. we do a lot of work on housing, but it all comes down to people feeling like they are losing their community. and that the changes around them mean that they are losing the culture all around them, the diverse community of the mission. part of that is the businesses that they go to, affordable businesses that serve the community. what we are hearing is that people feel like they have already lost valencia; right? and what does it mean when you merge retail spaces or get a more upscale business? it means that a lot of times the businesses that are there in their place are not only not affordable, but don t provide services that long time residents need. it also means rents go up all over. if you have more upscale businesss it means you attract higher rents in housing and in retail. and so these are just commonsense, temporary measures, and so i m here to support calle 24th. thanks. hi. iris i h
gatherings of artists during one of these open meetings, and these are artists by all color, all nationalities, very inclusive and they talked about how the culture of calle 24th lives in casa lukas and lives in all the little stores and family-owned and family-run businesses that we are so lucky to have, that people from all over the world visit us to just feel what that sense of community feels like. the thing about conditional use, i just want to bring up one thing about conditional use. it s not an easy process to navigate and people with month-to-month, their livelihood may be gone and it may be very well beyond them, when there haven t real defined measures put into place. so how can we work together to make sure that there is a way that they can feel safe in their leases? thank you. my name is tom, anative san franciscan and live in the mission district and member of mission bernal ace. last year the san francisco board of supervisors approved a resolution to designa