Whether we have such rare land available we have to think about what is what we want to prior tices and so its a Public Policy decision in that way. And we are concerned that, rather than addressing the current needs of our communities, as they stand now, we may actually be building housing that is enticing out of towners to come whereas, they would have lived in Silicon Valley perhaps or they are just getting their foot in the door with the tech industry, they are renting space in the San Francisco that others such as these families that you have heard of today cannot afford. Just want to quickly list off the groups that have signed onto this letter. China Town Community development corporation, San Francisco tenantsune. Senator disability action, that is not a comprehensive list and also the couselor of Community Housing organization which has about 20 members in itself as well and so there is a broad broad support in the community for this what i think is a good ken census model. Th
Could be learned from such a very small sample size which, is one of the citys housing stock. What conclusions would planning staff be able to reach by studying 375 units in a sample this small would they be able to determine whether or not its a successful Housing Project . How it compares to other housing types or what changes might be recommended its we dispute its a statistically valid sample size and do not believe that the conclusions based on a sample size this small could be relied on and have a my potential for error and second the cap sends a wrong message to market blooder and is that the city doesnt support this market and that investors should proceed at their own payroll and while this approach is common in San Francisco its distrust traiting to our members. First if the cap is adopted its not clear what the harm the city would be avoidings and second its another example of the contribution of the values weest spouse and policies we adopt while a city we claim to support
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Knowing about the potential impact and that is because browse we have all thought careful fully about what those impacts might be and we have come one a long array, including because these units are actually above market, now, we have heard all of the argument about why they are affordable and yes, cheaper impaired to larger studio apartments but by square footage, they are indeed higher rent and therefore, what would be the role in potentially escalating rents in the adjacent buildings and nabses that is one thing and the other thing that you have heard a lot about is the displacement of families because instead of Building Family housing, we are building housing for single and is whether we have such rare land available we have to think about what is what we want to prior tices and so its a Public Policy decision in that way. And we are concerned that, rather than addressing the current needs of our communities, as they stand now, we may actually be building housing that is enticing
The Building Code requires that efficiency dwelling units do have kitchens. That makes sense. They are individualized unit. Thank you very much and i will have other question and is comments at the end of this. Commissioner warden. Yeah, i have two questions about this in on the one hand i want to support the Community Process who have worked with supervisor wiener around this number of 375 but i definitely have some issues with the concept. First of all, i want to clarify because there are people who seem to think that these apply to Affordable Housings and student house and and they dont and so these smaller unit would be smaller market rate mouse housings and i think what often happens is we have had bad experiences of live work loft and other housing in a came to pass and being what we thought it was going to be and i can understand why people are concerned about a new classification and housing and people using this system i have seen one developer patrick ken copy and i have not