Mayor breed how is everybody doing today . How is everybody doing today . All right. I am ex vitted t excited to be h president norman yee and supervisor fewer and. Supervisor mandelman delman and the supervisor walton. Thank you all. Mayor breed this is exciting. The new office of emerging technology. [applause] here is the thing. You would think that we would have an office of emerging technology or some level of Technology Something lie now especially as you look at the Tech Industry in San Francisco and we see that it is one of the number one growing industries in our city. What we find is that we are reacting to what they do rather than being proactive about creating the kinds of policies that would allow for these technologies to not only thrive in San Francisco or be meaningful for the residents. This is a new direction for the city. We dont see a bunch of scooters all over the city and them they have to pick them up and take them to figure out what to do with them, then the sup
Have an office of emerging technology or some level of Technology Something lie now especially as you look at the Tech Industry in San Francisco and we see that it is one of the number one growing industries in our city. What we find is that we are reacting to what they do rather than being proactive about creating the kinds of policies that would allow for these technologies to not only thrive in San Francisco or be meaningful for the residents. This is a new direction for the city. We dont see a bunch of scooters all over the city and them they have to pick them up and take them to figure out what to do with them, then the supervisors have to introduce legislation on a rapid pace and we are trying to catch up with technology and implement policies so that we we can have a system in place. Not just about regulation. It is about safety. It is about access. It is about developing a system that works so that when people come here with new ideas, which i think are incredible ideas, great
We have a quorum. Next item is president s announcement. Welcome to the Building Inspection Commission for december 18, 2019. Happy holidays. I am Vice President filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. I spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. I would like to thank the Department Staff who have been and still are attending the California Building officials Training Classes this week. Every year our Staff Members almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance Technical Skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. Everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. Our opportunities that we on this commission enthusias
Happy holidays. I am Vice President filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. I spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. I would like to thank the Department Staff who have been and still are attending the California Building officials Training Classes this week. Every year our Staff Members almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance Technical Skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. Everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. Our opportunities that we on this commission enthusiastically support and encourage. It is important to stay up to speed because so many changes happen on a daily basis here in thi
Fantastic signature buildings. The community was concerned about traffic and congestion and impacts on quality of life. By marrying their values and a smart g. D. M. Strategy to whatever Development Proposal we get and putting it up very up front and transparent, we would eliminate a lot of the uncomfortable guesswork and get to serious players coming up and talking to us. Also, would it be something that say, it wouldnt intimidate the giants. It wouldnt intimidate the warriors or Fishermans Warf, something the public could go, i can get behind Something Like this. Or im just throwing it out a scenario, right, if she was something that say similar to Fishermans Warf would they feel theres a competition there or where its funny, sometimes were competitors too. Warriors example is great. What works so well with the project at mission bay was they lifted then tier community. Were now talking about the mission bay ferry landing. Its something that will help mission bay residents and even d