Community, serving on many committees. In 2015, she began to volunteer as a hotline operator with trans lifetime. She launched and sold a dating site called honey jar. Kenya, you are driven and talented, and you will go far in life. Thank you for invaluable contributions and engaging inspiring black trans women. Kenya, we see you, and we stand with you. Im just going to tell you a little bit about felicia flames. Come to the podium, felicia. [ cheering ] [ applause ] now, felicia and i lived in the same neighborhood for over 20 years. I met her when i was knocking doors. When i said how come i dont know you . She says, how come i dont know you . She started talking to me and telling me her stories. Of course, i didnt knock on any more doors because i was completely enthralled with her stories. She won me as one of her biggest fans. Its one of the reasons i wanted to honor her today. I have to say let me tell you a little bit about felicia. In 1966, felicia was a significant figure in t
[ applause ] [ applause ] next up is our supervisor from district 2, katherine stephanie. Thank you, president yi. I want to start by being thankful for creating this amazing event so long overdue. Thank you to honey mahogany as well. I was so happy when we started thinking about who we would honor, i didnt know we would end up with an italian. I was very excited that we have leo patroni. Are you here today . Leo is a native san franciscan, born at Saint Marys Hospital and lives in pacific heights. Hes the child of an immigrant father. He spent former years working in his fathers restaurant, north beach restaurant. One of my favorites. Hes had a thriving career in real estate. Hes been making waves in the San Francisco real estate market. He started his career at a brokerage firm. In a Business Times article about leo entitled pioneers on the frontier of gender identity in the workplace, leo called his move to the climb part of the puzzle that was missing. Hes a trailblazer as historic
Statement overriding sequa findings and that was not unanimous. The omission of an analysis in sequa is an emission so the measure analysis is legal issue. Its was incorrect any use of the design guidelines. Is that it . Yes. Ok, i want to say these pub pubc hearings for 22, 26 and 30 have been held and closed. We are now reconvened as the board of supervisors. We will take up the items related to the exemption from Environmental Review first and that would be items 23, 24 and 25 and we will be making an analysis of the adequacy, act accuracy and completeness of the environmental report, certified by the Planning Commission for the project at 3333 california street. Again, this requires six votes of the board of supervisors. Do we have a motion on items 23, 24 and 25 . Supervisor stephanie . Thank you, president yi. First of all, i would like to start by thanking everyone who came out today to give Public Comment. I do take these appeals very seriously. Here at the board of supervisors
When weighed against the benefits of this project, namely the creation of muchneeded housing, and a more walkable streetscape, the mitigations were found to be sufficient by the planning commission. Furthermore, the appellant proposed alternatives that were similar to two alternatives studied in the eir. Packages of design changes to mitigate the Historic Resource were included in four preservation alternatives in the eir, which are not considerably different from the alternatives proposed by the amelants. Appel. They argue it should have been included in the chapter but similar alternatives were studied and sequa did not require that an eir consider every alternative or combination of alternatives. Based on evidence presented today, it is my belief the final eir complies with the sanfrancisco admin code, providing an adequate impact of the project and thus, will be making a motion to deny the ail peel and affirm the final eir certification. A motion made and is there a second . Second
Leave unhappy today and im sorry for that. I cannot please everyone and can only do what i think is right for this Community Based on all of the needs that we need to take care of. And i want to thank those who weighed in without the vitriolic anger. We dont need that level of discussion talking about projects and housing and childcare. Thank you all for your feedback and for coming to Public Comment today. I also want to thank our departments, oewd forrering that youve done on Development Agreement. Theres many of you, so thank you. And our City Attorneys Office who has been helpful. Its a complex project. For those willing to work with them when i pushed back to achieve what i think is the best project for our community. And also, i want to thank my staff. This is an undertaking mainly daniel herstein, who has been great and helpful in this project, so thank you. Colleagues, i want to wrap up by saying i have worked hours, days and years on this project as a legislative aid and now a