President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to the september 1, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and join with me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, who record each of our meetings and make them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The record will reflect that during this covid19 emergency, members of the board of supervisors will participate to the same extent as if they were present in their legislative chamber. The board recognizes the pandemic has made the need for communication more acute and that those communities, with and without the internet, have the opportunity to participate, written
And have recognized the densities and that the adjoining counties to north and south with a lot of work to do. I think it would be also good to focus this conversation regionally through the terms and lower communities of color and we should have that in an apples to apples way. I was part of the movement to when supervisor kim threatened to annex a nearby city that was unwilling to increase the housing density on vacant land, so lets expand that conversation. So supervisor mar, and i really appreciate everything that you have, and please any closing comments for you, supervisor mar. And what is your will . Thank you so much, chair peskin and supervisor preston for your comments and engagement in this really important discussion. There is a number of very important items to get to so i will keep the closing comments very short. I did want to summarize that my goal today was emphasize the importance of data and who is the housing for and are we prioritizing and addressing the Housing Ne
In the city and county department will also embrace this. So thankfully the balboa reservoir project heard us loud and clear from the Community Members and will be a reflection of the desire to retain, attract and nurture the next generation of san franciscans. The project will have two and three bedroom units and other amenities including open space play areas a child care facility and indoor and outdoor common areas for events. Overall i believe the project is thoughtful and includes many of the elements and that the community is able to see if two acre park that will be central to the project and pedestrian walkways and bike lanes connecting the neighborhoods to ocean avenue corridor. Complimentary design to reflect the existing neighborhoods and to promote existing businesses and with the commercial district and we are work on fine details of the neighborhood and Community Stakeholders to improve the project further and to have clarity. And the Transportation Management plans and m
Its your decision now. Its up to you to right the wrong of previous supervisors and maybe hood busy bodies who have said no. Its beyond time to say yes to more housing. And just jumping back to the commenter before last. Im so tired of housing secure People Living in Million Dollar homes. She cited black lives matter as a reason to say no. Ive never been so offended by a Public Comment in my life. Dont just give us thoughts and prayers. Imif ugive us housing. Thank you. thank you. And thank you for your patience. Next speaker please. Looks like we have three in queue. it should be a slam dunk. I hope you vote to a approve this housing. Thank you again. thank you. Next speaker, please. good evening. Thank you. Let me get rid of my Television Screen here. Ive been waiting for a long time. I am a former five year planning commissioner and have dealt with these issues of Affordable Housing that is just sohas been so important all these years. My Home Owners Association was a park associati
Balboa reservoir project. If we look at what the current status quo is swr have a massive parking lot across from a mini mart. Be spent years coming up with a proposed solution that would have over a thousand homes, half of which will affordable and subsidized. If you look at where these people may be currently living some of them may be crouc may cd make a life here. I strongly support this project. The only possible thing that could be improved is to have even more housing here and future similar projects. Thank you. thank you for your comment. Can we have the next speaker, please. hi. Im the chair of the balboa reservoir committee. Good evening supervis superviso. Theres been a lot of community out reach and workshops. Its led to a lot o of community benefits. The project is a well balanced project. Its providing badly needed homes in San Francisco for families. Tha lot of people have been sayg that its private land, the Development Team consistents of four developers. Private land