Gulf of mexico welcome to our Rule Committee meeting for thursday, march 20th, 2014. I am supervisor nor nan man yee and i will be chairing this meeting. I am joined by supervisor david campos and supervisor katy tang and also supervisor wiener will be joining the committee today. The clerk today is alisa miller. The committee would also like to acknowledge the staff sfgtv, jesse larson and john ross who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the april 1st board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay. Thank you. So, madam clerk, i would like to call an item out of order. Can you please call item number 7 . Item number 7 is a resolution referring the Initiati
Families. Its injuries as well and as people continue to live with injuries from what theyve experienced in the street has a longterm impact on their health and economic wellbeing as well. So, we know how important that is. And, so, i do want to thank sfmta, s. F. P. D. , the district attorneys office, and [speaker not understood] for their strong commitment of vision zero. We can make this a reality. Its going to take many more discussions, but its great to know headway is being made today because we cant wait for months or for years to make this happen. And we know that weve already had more fatalities than weve already wanted in the past two months. And, so, i want to hand it over to supervisor yee and mar if they want to make any closing comments. Supervisor yee. So, im also delighted that the departments and the City Government are not waiting around for us to pass this resolution this legislation. And youre taking this step forward to actually make this a reality. And because of
Of market rate housing in San Francisco and doesnt match the need for Affordable Housing. So, i think the argument that somehow or another b will impact Affordable Housing while we allow people to developers to exceed the height limits at will that have already been approved by planning suggests, in fact, that this is really about the ability to develop those continue to develop luxury housing. And i think we really need to focus on stuff thats affordable to working class and middle class people in San Francisco. Thank you. Okay, any other Public Comments on this matter . This is item 7. Youre up. Thank you. Sorry. [inaudible]. Speak into the since you just walked into the room, the author had withdrawn the proposal. Good afternoon, supervisor. My name is toby levine and im a resident of mission bay. And im very concerned about the fact that questions have been asked about this particular proposition and the ramifications of what will happen. So, ive written and i should say im also ve
Campos and supervisor katy tang and also supervisor wiener will be joining the committee today. The clerk today is alisa miller. The committee would also like to acknowledge the staff sfgtv, jesse larson and john ross who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the april 1st board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay. Thank you. So, madam clerk, i would like to call an item out of order. Can you please call item number 7 . Item number 7 is a resolution referring the Initiative Measure known as the waterfront height limit initiative. [speaker not understood] potential impacts if passed. Okay. So, we have supervisor wiener here today and hes the author of thi
And also supervisor wiener will be joining the committee today. The clerk today is alisa miller. The committee would also like to acknowledge the staff sfgtv, jesse larson and john ross who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the april 1st board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay. Thank you. So, madam clerk, i would like to call an item out of order. Can you please call item number 7 . Item number 7 is a resolution referring the Initiative Measure known as the waterfront height limit initiative. [speaker not understood] potential impacts if passed. Okay. So, we have supervisor wiener here today and hes the author of this resolution. I would like to tu