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
Administrator of the food and drug administration. Also new yk Health Commissioner serving under both mayor deacon and mayor giuliani. Its such an honor to welcome congressman clyburn. Hes the majority whip, the third ranking democrat from the United States house of representatives of currently serving also as the chairman of the House Select Committee on the coronavirus, and also the democratic working group. He came to congress in 1993 and representing South Carolina sixths Congressional District, straiting his skills. He feels elected president of his freshman class, rose through the ranks and elected chairman to have congressional black caucus. Vice chairman and later chairman of the Democratic House caulk is. He previously chaired as minority whip and assistant democratic leader. But i understand he gran his service as age 1 when he was elected president of his naacp youth chapter so he has longstanding skills in elected ffice. He also comes from Humble Beginnings and clearly his
He is also the chairman of the Rural Broadband task force and democratic working group. He came to congress in 1993 representing South Carolinas sixth Congressional District and rapidly demonstrated his leadership skills in the first year he was elected both president of his freshman class and quickly rose through the. Leadership rank he was subsequently elected chairman of the black caucus and later chairman of the House Democratic caucus. He previously served as minority , andfrom 2007 to 2011 served as assistant democratic leader from 2011 to 2019. Hisderstand that he Began Service in elected office at age 12 when he was elected as president of his naacp youth chapter. He has longstanding skills in elected office. He comes from very humble beginnings. Is from sumter, South Carolina the oldest son of an activist, minister and an independent, strong and civic minded his family taught him many important values that he draws on now, the importance of family ,nd community, faith, integri
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We do as a city, as you all know, have an obligation for affirmatively fair housing. This developers have bottom lines to deliver for investors. They can be pressured to provide affordable minutes to make concessions regarding labor practices. At the end of the day it is this balance and this discussion that is at the heart of whether we are furthering fair housing or not. When we are having the neighborhood around 80 of the units unaffordable to working class units disproportionatesly available to white folks. We are taking steps backwards. I appreciate your work on this. We are in a point of urgency on so many fronts. Thank you for your time put into this. I appreciate it. This is one of the most robust discussions i have had and i want to thank Planning Department staff for signaling a new direction. Thank you, miriam and your colleagues. I want to say a couple things. One of them is a policy desire. I think it is low hanging fruit. I mentioned it earlier. Historically when we wante