public hearing on this very important issue. my name is ann marie bratton. i live in merced. i have been in my garden apartment for 18 years. i am in phase one, and i will be one of the first people to move out. i don t want to particularly live in a high rise apartment. however, i think that each one of us, everyone, has a responsibility beyond our individual lives. i think the park merced plan speaks to that responsibility. san francisco needs housing. san francisco needs affordable housing especially on the west side of the city. san francisco needs, as well as the earth needs, environmental development. and this plan is a very sustainable plan. high density urban housing near transportation is becoming the best development for sustainable living. san francisco needs economic development. the jobs that will be provided, the construction jobs, the electrical jobs, the union jobs. i have talked to my neighbors as well. i have a neighborhood who was scared to death. they are
busy streets. it is highly con surf tiff of water. the project will provide over 68 akers of green acres and parks. they have guaranteed any person affected will be moved to a brand new unit with the current rent at the time of the move. park merced is beautiful. thus the reason i moved there, and many people i know. but it clearly can t survive unless we pass this. if it doesn t pass. i am scared to see what would happen. i can t imagine any future company would want it since it needs a lot of work and not economically sound. supervisor mar: thank you. hello, supervisors. thank you for holding another public hearing on this very important issue. my name is ann marie bratton. i live in merced. i have been in my garden apartment for 18 years. i am in phase one, and i will be one of the first people to move out. i don t want to particularly live in a high rise apartment. however, i think that each one of us, everyone, has a responsibility beyond our individual lives. i thin
my name is hall of fame javier floors. i am here to support the project. one of the things i want to minx, laborers are the lowest paid compared to any other trade. we do have members. we represent members that also live in the apartments. the reason i am bringing this up is because of the rent control. if our members can afford to leaves there, is a place to live. one other thing i want to mention, the management at park merced. i get all this from our members. they took compliments about park merced, which i think it is a good thing. i don t think there is a single unit that does not support this project. we all have something in common about this. we have an only gigse with our members and all that. i suggest we move the project forward. thank you. that s all i have to say. supervisor mar: thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. jeff rock a fifth generation person here. i have spoken on it. i don t know how many times i have talked with michael yarney, peter albert and
jeff rock a fifth generation person here. i have spoken on it. i don t know how many times i have talked with michael yarney, peter albert and the supervisors on what we have here. i think the project does come down to this is what we have if we don t approve the project. we have units that are dallas braden dated. we have cost pass-throughs. we have san francisco state i would pressure you not doing that thank you. we would have the threat of san francisco state purchasing these units piece by piece. they have doctor home run 600 of them. we have had the bad traffic that supervisor elsbernd s study and the board has commissioned to show that will continue. what we won t have if i understand in talking to peter albert is some infrastructure improvements like we are getting out at hunter s point. as someone who was born and raised in west san francisco, i ve got to ask you what is it about that that we don t want to do? why don t we want to improve these things for everybody
we are expecting fully that this land will be sold if and when these entitlements are given, and we are going to be dealing with a new landlord, who did not negotiate this, who is going to be looking for ways to make money, and it is likely we are going to see the rent control promise not carried through. we are going to see ellis convictions and developments. it is all too likely that people are going to lose their homes, and people are going to lose 1,500 units of rent controlled housing. thank you. manny florez. i wanted to comment on the report earlier today. it sounds to me that the city attorney s office really wants to put some teeth into this developer s agreement. what i am hearing is to protect these tenants. that is very important. that is what we want to hear because that seems to be a huge stopping block. but that s important, and i am glad to hear that. we look for your approval on this. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you. if there is nobody else