Thursday, march 5, 2020. I would like to remind members of the public to silence your mobile devices that may sound off. When speaking before the commission, state your name for the record. I would like to take roll call at this time. [roll call] commission richards has first under your, on your agenda, is consideration of ims proposed for continuance. Item 1, case 2019001455cua, 1750 wawona street, conditional use authorization proposed for continuance. Item 2, 2019003900drp, 1526 masonic avenue proposed for continuance. Item 3, 2019017837prj proposed for indefinite continuance, and item 4, 20154109, 33 12th street has been withdrawn. Item 12, the Hazardous Materials Management Procedures informational presentation is proposed for continuance to march 19, 2020. Items 13a and b for case numbers 201913cuavar proposed for continuance to april 30, 2020. Under your discretionary review calendar, items 15a and b, case numbers 2825drp at 780 kansas street has been withdrawn. And the variance component of that project is being proposed for continuance to march 25 to the Zoning Administrators variance hearing agenda. I have no other items proposed for continuance. I did have one speaker card from mr. Dr atler on item 13a if he wishes no, he does not wish to speak to the continuance. So that is all i have. Would anyone else like to publicly comment on the items proposed for continuance . Come on up. Ryan patterson representing the project sponsor for items 13a and b. This is a cu for section 317. We are, its a section 317cu trying to preserve an existing unit that was reconfigured with permits about 15 years ago. This unit is tenantoccupied, and while we have recently received concerns from planning, we would like to work with planning staff to try to resolve those and to support a continuance, request a continuance to april 30 to do that. Thank you very much. Commissioner moore. Im sorry, so one more time. Anyone else for Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. Move to continue items as indicated in addition with item 12, 13, 15, with dates in the record. Second. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to continue items as proposed then. [roll call vote] so moved, that motion passes unanimously 60. If the Zoning Administrator could opine on items 13b and 15b. Sure. Item 13b, variance will be continued to april 30, joint hearing of Planning Commission, and item 15b will be continued to the regular variance hearing on march 25. Thank you. Commissioners, that will place us under your consent calendar. All matters listed here under constitute a consent calendar are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless a member of the commission the public or staff so requests in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. 49 missouri street and item 6, case 022530cua, 4 west portal avenue, conditional use authorization. I have no speaker cards. Would any members of the public like to comment on the consent calendar . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner johnson. Move to approve items 5 and 6 with conditions. Second. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to approve items 5 and 6 under your consent calendar, [roll call vote] so moved, that motion passes unanimously 60 placing us under commission matters, item 7, consideration of Adoption Draft minutes for february 20, 2020. I have no speaker cards. Would anyone from the public like to comment on the draft minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner diamond. Second. On that motion to adopt the minutes for february 20, [roll call vote] so moved, commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 60. Item 8, commission comments and questions. Seeing none, commissioners, department matters. Commissioner moore. I would like to thank commissioner richards for his service. And i will miss him as a colleague and an effective person being on this commission with us. Thank you, commissioner richards. If there are no other comments, we can move onto department matters, item 9, directors announcements. Commissioners, good afternoon. With the Department Staff here in a unique week as we bid farewell to director ram and await director hilli say. Director hillis. Item 10, review of past events at the board of supervisors, board of appeals and Historic Preservation commission did not meet yesterday this weeks Land Use Committee heard the in length occupancy. The ilo ordinance proposes to regulate occupancies and dwelling units between 30 and 365 days. You heard this item twice, back on january 30 when you voted to recommend approval with modifications. Those modifications include enacting interim controls on new i. L. O. S, collecting data on the scale and clarifying admin amendments for nonprofit organizations. Monday was the second time the ordinance was heard at the Land Use Committee. This week at the beginning of the hearing, supervisor peskin announced another continuance to give him time to meet with representatives and advocates. He invited planning staff to co. Staff expressed concerns over the Unanswered Questions in the ordinance. Supervisor peskin moved to continue the hearing to march 9. The ordinance that would amenity bay windows and horizontal projections passed its first read. The appeal for the environmental termination of 1581 Howard Street was continued to april 14. Thats all i have for you today. Thanks. Seeing no question, we can move onto general Public Comment. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. I have two speaker cards. [calling names] i have three minutes, please, sir . Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. I second Vice President moores comments about commissioner richards, and i totally agree with them. Anyway, i looked on your website for roof deck policy and you cant find it there on the website. And so i think the official roof deck policy installed since 2018. So something last spring that was tried but i dont think that went ahead. And i have a handout but i cant find that on the website. So i think that roof decks should be defined as the following open space on the uppermost area of a structure requiring a stair penthouse or hatch for access. I think the plans often conflate this type of roof deck with the access required at the top with a roof deck that is off living space, created by setbacks that reduce the mass, particularly setbacks overlooking rear yards, and i told these should be called terraces because that matches the definition in the dictionary. Roof decks that require stair penthouses or a hatch should not be permitted on smaller projects if the open space requirement can be met through preservation of natural carboncapturing rear yards. Here are the negative issues as i see them with roof decks that require a stair penthouse or a hatch. They add hundreds of thousands of dollars to Construction Cost and sales price of one to threeunit buildings and that decreases relative affordability. They increase the mass. I mean even if you have the glass, when you see them, its mass, and people put couches from Restoration Hardware up there, and that makes mass. I think theyre also used for the marketing of the projects by capturing views and my favorite mantra is no one entitled to a view. I dont think they should be up there for that reason. And finally, theyre really not viable in a windy, foggy city like San Francisco. So thats my comment on that. And heres the 150 words for the minutes. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Can i get the overhead, please . Great. Commissioners, my name is joe butler. Im an architect here any city. Im here about 526 lombard street which is on your agenda for next week. Only recently hired by aquaintances of 20 years who live near the project but were traveling during the period of 311 notice. Several things are missing. And several things are incorrect in the application that was submitted by the project sponsor and their architect, second architect on the job. First on the permit application, you can see that the new construction, and im talking about the rear building which will be wholly new construction on a required year yard for which variances will be sought, you can see that a site survey done by a Civil Engineer as required, we dont have a site survey. Second, it fronts on two streets or more precisely, a street and an ally, at the back of the property is fielding street. The back of the property is fielding street, at the front is lombard street and if one reads the code carefully you have to use the street to measure. So in the back, they are reducing the required rear yard by adding a new building where theres currently lawn. And its at least 34 feet high from grade. But thats not where we measured. We measured from the top of the curb, at the midpoint of the two on the up and the low ends of the lot, on its main frontage. Also when we reduce the rear yard, the last 30 feet, the last 10 feet of the building is supposed to be reduced to 30 feet in height. So that we dont have a big, shady yard. In this case, there is no such setback, but we think two things. One that 261 should apply, and the sun point should be observed. You can see what happens to the third floor. There we go. If, however, the project sponsor were to drop that to 30 feet above grade or the midpoint of the top of the curb, maybe four or five feet as ive shown here, the sun plane wouldnt interfere with the 30 height thats required for the last 10 feet of averaging. You go down a longer list. Heres the Planning Department submittal guidelines which call for the site survey. Heres the fee schedule. This one is rich. The first architect put 300,000 for a 3800 square foot new house. Its really over a million. That means that the Planning Department has lost down on about 12,000 in fees. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, president koppel and members of the Planning Commission. My name is kathleen cortney. Russian Hill Community association. Two years ago, the russian Hill Community association sent a letter of support for the reappointment of rich hillis as a commissioner sitting on the Planning Commission at that time we noted that there were a couple of things that we disagreed with the commissioner about, but we appreciated his comments. Now, you more than anyone else knows that theres a difference between the skill set required of a Planning Commissioner and a skill set required of a planning director. Youre also well aware of the concerns Many Community members have expressed about the appointment. But more than this, youre complicit in the decision of the reappointment or the appointment of rich hillis as Planning Commissioner, because you are the commission that recommended reviewed applicants, that gutted them, that looked at the minimum requirements and recommended the recommended names to the mayor. So i call to your attention, and i urge you, and i really request that you be aware of your responsibility, because starting now, your responsibility extends beyond the idea of simply looking at what comes before you at the Planning Commission. Your responsibility also is to the Planning Department. It is up to you now to make sure that the qualifications, the protocols, the mentoring, the education of our planners is really disciplined and professional, because if we dont have a professional architect or urban planner in charge of the Planning Department, may i respectfully request that that responsibility now falls to you. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi, everyone. My name is anna and im a resident and artist at 221 11 street, also known as the dovetail community. At dovetail we house artists and their workspaces at affordable rates. We are being threatened with eviction despite working with the landlord in good faith to legalize our space. We need the Planning Department to accept our application for conditional use of our space under the act. We are one of the last communities in San Francisco of offering space for movement arts, visual arts, live workspaces at below market rate. As a dancer and Movement Artist personally dovetail represents to me a haven. The availability of affordable indoor practice spaces and the possibility of hosting Creative Community gatherings are rarities in San Francisco. Spaces like dovetail make it possible for me and many others like me to pursue the arts and foster Strong Communities around the arts. We want to be in good graces with the neighbors and landlord. We support the success of the restaurant downstairs from us in many ways like encouraging the patronization, being conscious of noise, especially during their Business Hours, and offering other forms of assistance throughout the years. Sadly, the landlord has blocked two times our notarized permit request and trying to evict us on the platform that we are not doing the work. City ordinance requires this to proceed and obligated to provide codecompliant housing. Planning allowed the withdrawal of conditional use application by the property owner. The legislation which you read into the last meeting is clear, the owner should not have a discussion to withdraw legally filed conditional use application. Instead they are required to bring the building into compliance with residential code and legalize the space. Please help protect dovetail and the artists of San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is brittney, and im also a tenant at 221 first street. Im a Mental Health counselor. We work with people struggling with housing and im also a student in the urban studies and Planning Program at s. F. State with a focus on homelessness and Affordable Housing. The dovetail Community Means a lot to me as it provides a space for me to live affordbly as im working and going to school. It is also a place for hosting activism events around topics like Affordable Housing and encouraging people to participant politically such as voting parties to inform people about ballot measures. It is critical to me to maintain currentlyexisting Affordable Housing in the city so students and social workers like myself and avarices can live, work and study in a home that offers secure and Affordable Housing and encourages participation in the greater community. This is our home, and it would mean a tremendous amount if you would support the Planning Department to accept our conditional use permit as it is required by the act and your applications that we can move forward in the legalization process to become residents. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else . Come on up. Good afternoon, president koppel, fellow commissioners. With no neighborhood counsel and San Francisco coalition. Im here to echo what ms. Cortney brought to your attention and our basically total surprise from the outcome of who you recommended as part of the roster for the planning director. We have brought up issues in terms of mr. Hillis qualifications, thats not new. But one thing we have not talked enough about is his outlook on what neighborhoods are supposed to be transformed in light of all this push for denseification. We really look to you to make sure that something that is going to come out of the Planning Department that most likely is going to reflect that is going to be equitable and just. As an example, i know that director hillis used to often time bring up the residential expansion threshold and would oftentimes bring up that maybe we should bring it back. As some of the speakers here mentioned, that program was kneecapped, guilty as charged, i was one of those people that worked very hard to make sure it was kneecapped. The reason it was kneecapped was because it was unjust. You cannot go and up zone well, up zone in a sense, of the Square Footage of the entire city of San Francisco to come up with a Floor Area Ratio that is virtually covering maybe 5 of San Francisco would live up to that. So thats an example that we are looking to you to look into these programs that are going to be coming out of the Planning Department and look into you to make sure we are not going to have back door up zoning. Weve already had front door up zoning thanks to Assemblymember Phil ting and his two adus per lot. We would appreciate it if you look into the programs and side with us, the residents of the city of San Francisco, who need to have a just program, fair planning. Thats what were asking you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Anyone else for general Public Comment . Seeing none, general Public Comment is closed. There are no questions, we can move onto your regular calendar for item 11, 49 south van ness avenue, permit Center Project informational presentation. Hi. My name is Melissa White how is. Im the permit Center Director in the city administrates office, and im excited to address the commission today. Im probably going to present for somewhere between ten and 15 minutes and im hoping theres time for questions at the end. Before i ive in, i wanted to say thank you to all the Planning Department, in particular, i really would like to thank every individual there but in the sake of time i want to thank liz watty and the whole core pick team for how wonderful theyve been since ive been in this job for a little over a year. I want to thank jonas and this commission for helping us have Christine Silva to support electronic plan review. Im going to talk about how integral she has been to this process. I hope while you are hearing my presentation, you are taking pride because we could not be doing this without your support of having christine support us and your whole department being so open to change, which has been really great. So i also am joined by samuel who is a project manager at public works for all of 39 south van ness and then Jeff Hamilton who is a Communications Director for the project as well. So im going to give you an overview of the 49 south van ness project and the permit center which is the driving force for this building. Im going to talk about how we are preparing through pilots at your existing locations and lastly im going to talk about electronic plan review. So this building, im sure you are very familiar with it. When i took this job, we spent four months where i went in depth observing. I sat with the team, i got to know them, i sat at the mission. I had a lot to learn when i took this job. I came from the Mayors Office where i was used to improvements and being cheerful and pushy, but i had never worked in the perming world, so i really got a crash course from the employees in my first few months, and we did strategic planning. And this is the mission and vision statement that came out of that process, ultimately signed off on by the mayor. John ram and many others were involved in that. What i love about this is we are going to be a one stop shop is what we are trying to say, and we are going to be friendly, streamlined and efficient. So i think about that quite frequently. What does it mean to be friendly, streamlined and efficient . So, well, we are going to be moving into a new 16story building, 430,000 square feet. We sold three buildings to finance this project as a city. The whole second floor, which is the main Public Policy push for this, is to improve our service to the public. Its going to be a onestop permit shop, about 40,000 square feet. We are going to have up to 500 transactions a day, up to 16 different departments interacting on the floor, and we are really using this move as a function for change. We are going to keep things that are working well, and we are going to change things that need to be improved. And by the way, we are moving, starting to move in less than three months. So heres the picture of the building. You probably notice as you walk by. Its looking similar to this now. This picture has been here since before it was up at all. You can see theres going to be beautiful trees, balconies, light, planning will obviously be on floors 13 through 15. Its going to be so beautiful up there. Beautiful views. Yesterday i was there at the end of the day when the sun was setting. Beautiful sunset. You can actually see future tower over the twin peaks. Its going to be very bright, everything new. New furniture, really wonderful. These are renderings of the permit center floor. Another thing as i mentioned, we are going to colocate. We are going from 13 locations that we send customers to right now, and even just like at 1660, we send customers across six different floors of one of these 13 locations to one floor of one building as much as humanly possible. So a really big change for the staff. And after we move, we are down to the orange dot on the page, we are going to be leaving port out on the port because its more efficient for the port tenants. They already operate as a onestop shop on the port but everyone else is coming in. So we are moving, we are colocating, does that mean we are immediately efficient, friendly and streamlined . Not necessarily. We still have to be super thoughtful about how we organize. And when i was doing the discovery period, what i saw, which i was really pleased by, is i saw just huge i wasnt pleased by this but didnt find it surprising. Theres a lot of bureaucracy. Department staff want to do a good job. They are working super hard, but they have subpar technology and subpar space, and theres not a lot of everyones nervous to tell anyone else what to do. So as a result, we kind of see a lot of silos. So really the benefit of this building is breaking that down, starting to Work Together, we are going to all be together. So i feel like its not any individual departments fault that things are the way they are, and im sure you all can appreciate that. But its just really this bureaucracy. So how are we organizing the permit center . We have eight departments that we are calling regular station departments. They are going to be staffing our hopefully regular standard hours of operation, 7 30 a. M. To 4 30 p. M. As of a week ago, thank you again to the Planning Department, you have expanded your Historic Preservation hours, which is amazing. Customers are so excited about that. And we had ten different sets of hours of operation across these eight regular station departments when i did our initial analysis. And we are pushing everyone to the same hours of operation every day. So when youre a customer coming in, you know who you are going to be able to encounter when you come in. And then theres another group of departments that dont need to be sitting there all day, but they are going to have access to the floor. Maybe they are sitting in an upper floor, and well call them down to the next floor to meet with a customer. Heres the floor plan. This is the second floor. Another big thank you to planning. So instead of all planning staff being together, planning is going to have one business in one in the business area. We did this intentionally. A lot of thought went into how we structured the floor plan. We are trying to organize it around customer goals, instead of department. We are trying to think about this as what is a customer trying to do and how can we organize the whole floor to help them accomplish that. So the permit Services Area is the equivalent of the department of Building Inspections i. P. R. And c. P. B. Today which are permit techs who take your plans and help route you. The construction area is the equivalent of planners and engineers, people doing the technical review, and special events and business are not related to construction permitting as much although there can be overlap. And so what are the changes that we are implementing . Huge change is coming. We are going to be colocating in the space. We are going to have a print shop, a onestop print shop on the floor so that planners in the middle of the day, when someone rips down the signs all around someones building and a planner three or four is like being called from city hall to go and print the signs again can seemlessly send the customer to the print shop on the floor where the job will be saved, and they can get them reprinted. That was on a idea that came from planning and public works. We are going to have valuized cashiering cashiering centralized cashiering. We have people who will smile and greet you when you you arrive. We have such a wide range of customers. We have customers that come every day, and we have customers that come once and every return. The customers who come once were wandering around lost and confused, getting in the wrong line and sometimes crying. We cannot have that. Last week we had a team of model molded after your 311 classifications. Their job is to help the customer and route them appropriately. This should hopefully take workload off of your permit Department Staff who are just working so hard to issue thousands of permits a year as well. So its a benefit for both customers and staff. And then technology, we also implemented we started in august, thank you again to planning, to try out our new electronic cueing system. We just went live last week across the fifth floor of mission. It was a big deal, and it went fine. No one freaked out. Its going well. People are seemlessly moving around the floor. It was a massive change. I was very nervous. But im really happy. I think we showed proof of can september. When we move into the new building, instead of everyone having their own sign in, theres one location where everyone gets in the cue for all the departments. When i finish with planning, planning recused me into the building queue. If you havent been by 1660, you should check it out. Your team was supportive. The last one is electronic planner view. This is showing you, so how are we preparing for the change without overwhelming your employees . The answer is piloting. We started a pilot with planning and fire in august. Then we implemented at public works in january. Last week as i mentioned, we took a huge change live to test out all these concepts at our existing space, and thats what we are trying to do is slowly ramp up over time. And really so that we can get feedback before we move. So heres the fifth floor map. So you can see you come off the elevator. Theres a giant start here sign. And then you go to one location on the floor where the team greets you and helps to get in the line. We took a new routing step. The new Customer Service team, pictured now, lovely folks. A new system, a new Customer Service team. We implemented a new routing slip with no acronyms. That is a paper sheet that helps you understand your whole journey. And where you are going. We implemented signage changes. There was signs everywhere with arrows and all that got taken down. It was really fun. Late at night one night. And now theres clear signage across the floor. And i should also note planning moved from the first floor to the fifth floor in january to fill at a time this change. We flipped your staff. They were so patient. So lovely, moving four months before another move. So im just really appreciative of how wonderful planning is. And that is it on the physical space changes. I now wanted to talk to you about Digital Space changes. So its really exciting the changes we are making in the physical space but if we want to have a huge impact on the customer experience, especially with intake permits, we really need better digital tools. So these are photos of actual cubicles full of plans and we are really going to try to go paperless. The permit center team is taking on the implementation of electronic planner view. We have huge support having christine on board to move this forward. And why are we doing this . It seems like it would be obvious but just to be clear, process improvements, no lost plans, efficiency, time saving, paper saving, environmental savings, cost savings, many, many reasons why we want to move away from paper plans and into the product weve selected. So we procured blue beam. Its being used frequently in the private sector right now. S. F. O. , the airport has been using it for their projects for two years. We have up to 15 city departments involved right now. We also brought, in addition to having christine who is so amazing and has so much experience with the Planning Department, we also brought on ae, they have implemented blue beam in other jurisdictions that went to no paper as well, and its been really helpful having them on board. And this is not a big bang implementation. We are not saying starting tomorrow we are paperless. Instead, what we have done is we have done three pilot projects, three 100 affordable projects. One teacher housing project, one 71units for formerly house and one set of affordable units. And we are just piloting. Our first project got completed entirely electronic review, 966 oak, that just finished last week. Every department, what this means is, the plans live in the cloud. Every department got invited in by christine. They marked up their comments, and we yesterday invited the applicant in to review the comments. And this also date and time stamps everything that everyone does. So its very clear who is doing what, who is saying what, really, really excellent tool. And really though, a big change. So its did take us a little bit to ramp up in scale. We are in the middle of a massive move, as i mentioned, so we dont want to overwhelm people, which is why we are going to learn from this pilot and scale up over time. And ive also been told i talk very fast. So i am happy to answer any questions. I just wanted to be really respectful of your time today. And thats it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Any more presentations or Public Comment . Public comment. Just the one speaker card from georgia. Thank you. We may have questions for you later that was really great. I need three minutes, please, i guess. A couple things occur to me. The thing that im looking forward to is that d. B. I. And planning will be together. And theres two things that come to mind as to why its good they are together. One is the flat policy. So if somebody comes in, and they have a pair of flats, and they want to do something, its caught if they are not doing something they should be doing. One thing that puzzled me are over the counter permits going to be with permit services. If you are just going to redo the flatlies would that be with construction . That information could be lost. So theres a lot of problems as youve seen with over the counter permits coming on. The other thing is reviewing plans that are extreme alterations for the demo calculations. Sometimes what happens is the plans are submitted, they go to the planner, and then six months or longer later, the planner has to write an n. O. P. D. R. Saying i need the demo calcs. So thats when the project sponsor comes in with the plans, those demo calcs should be on there. I hope that with d. B. I. And planning together at that, the construction section, they can check on that. Because right now, i dont know that thats always happening. And i know that d. B. I. Looks at vertical expansions over 350,000 as demos. I assume theyll continue to do that unless something happens with 317. So thats what im hoping, and it sounds like that will be the case. The other thing i have the question about, the paperless. Right now, if you want to, as a member of the public, you can buy, for 5 a sheet, and its pretty cheap, i know, a fullsized set of plans each sheet. And sometimes its very helpful to people. So does that mean if you are going paperless that you wont be able to buy that anymore when you get it all ramped up . Its just a question. The other question i have is when the public comes in to see plans, if theres not, like i laughed at that scene but ive experienced that with all those plans. Will you be able to see them on a full screen when you come in as a member of the public to review the plans . Or will you have to look at a little screen . Theres a big difference between a little screen and big screen. Thats why the fullsized plans are sometimes important to look at at. Thats basically it. But i worry about the over the counter permit things and things getting missed. If over the counter is going to permit. The surgery between d. B. I. And planning is the most important thing you are going to get from this. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else for Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Commissioner fung. Question for the presenter. I understand theres a Software System that is going to be able to cross the departments. I understand thats a Software System thats going to be able to cross between the departments. Is that Software System very expensive system finally in place . Are you talking about so bluebeam is the system where im not talking about bluebeam. You are talking about d. B. I. s p. T. S. System versus what planning is using or planning will be going into that. They are using the software for their Case Management and a lot of times p. T. S. Is being used as well. By planners. So they are going onto p. T. S. , which is the department of Building Inspections system. And they are signing off there and the other one. I understand theres going to be a common system. Isnt that correct . I cant hear you i understand its going to be a common system. Is that not correct . You know, it would be better to have d. B. I. Come and present. Im not involved in that project. But im aware it is on hold at the moment. Okay. Commissioner imperial. I just want to address one of the Public Comment. Is there going to be an option for paper for the plans . Yes. And i will be happy to give anyone my card that wants to meet with me so we can walk through the details. We are committed to meeting the customers where they are at. So for some customers, they love bluebeam, they are using it, and they are going to make comments back and forth with the city staff in bluebeam, but for some customers, they dont want to do that, so we are thinking through the need for different work flows, and we have the case where some people are not interested in using a computer, and we have a beautiful new brand new permit center where we would love to accept them and help them. And we can scan in their plans after they have submitted them for them. Commissioner johnson. Thanks. I just want to thank you for this presentation and to all of the staff and our wonderful planning staff who has been flexible through all this change. Love the idea of having a crossdepartment collaboration in this space. We know that space is the only thing that fill dates collaboration between departments facilitates collaboration. I think she is an expert in the use so im glad you switched information, and i hope you will talk. And a special thanks to ms. Silva. Ive heard from many people about your expertise and support in this process, that its been really helpful and excellent. So thank you all so much. Thank you. Mr. Snyder. Not to pylon too much but i want to acknowledge and thank this particularly dynamic group, samuel and jeff and particularly melissa. The impact and benefit to all ability to serve the public is going to be tremendous. And work that you and your team have done, herding the various cats involved is herk hercul. Thank you. Im sorry i couldnt hear well before. Thank you. Item 12 has been continued as have items 13a and b, places us on item 14 for case number 201012576cua at 1769 bombard street. This is a conditional use authorization. Good afternoon, commissioners. David, planning Department Staff. The case before you is a request for conditional use authorization pursuant to planning code sections 303, 145. 2 and 71220 authorize an Outdoor Activity area in conjunction with a previously authorized kennel use at 1769 lombard street, as well as a required oneyear review of the approved kennel use. Condition number 13 of motion number 20355 approved on december 13, 2018, requires a oneyear review of the establishment and its adherence to the conditions. The establishment has adhered to a number of conditions but failed to adhere to others. I will summarize them here. Condition number ten required interagency consultation between planning Department Staff and staff of other agencies of the city. Since the Previous Commission hearing, staff maintained continual correspondence with staff at the department of Public Health, and the report includes a list of requirements that will be placed upon all animal care facilities by d. P. H. It will be subject to these conditions once the Health Permit is approved. That Health Permit is currently on hold at the Planning Department pending approval of this c. U. A. And a corresponding Building Permit. Condition number 12 is a required staff to conduct unannounced inspections of the facility, three held on may 24, july 23 and december 12 of 2019. During each inspection, staff was welcomed to view the interior of the establishment but prohibited by employees from walking through the establishment to the rear yard. Condition number 11 required a neighborhood meeting to be held that included the attendance of Department Staff, to date this meeting has not yet been held. Conditions number 14, 17 and 19 are operational conditions relating to minimizing nuisances on the adjacent properties. They have adhered to the conditions including assuring that employees use low voices, practice zero tolerance for animal cruelty. The establishment also has begun to drain all waste from the rear yard toward a sewer and away from adjacent properties. They have begun use of a bioenzymeenzyme product to contl odor. They have not replaced artificial turf with concrete for one of the conditions, nor have they consulted a sound engineer, but they plan to do so upon approval of this c. U. A. As well as a corresponding Building Permit. Condition 20 restricting use of the rear yard to 7 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. However because the area was never authorized, use of the rear yard is currently prohibited. The sponsor claims the rear yard is not in use, although this claim has been contested by some neighbors. The project sponsor also has volunteered a condition that no more than eight dogs be in the rear yard at any time and that all dogs in the year yard be supervised at all times. This has been reflected in an update to proposed condition number 15. Prior to the 2018 hearing, authorizing the kennel use, staff received 23 letters of support as well as a support petition with 127 signatures. We also received one phone call and three letters of opposition to the request. However, since that hearing, and up until today, staff received 38 letters of support and 22 letters of opposition, all of which are included. Staff recognizes that there are significant concerns with this facility and nuisances on adjacent properties. However, on balance, the Department Finds the project to be compatible with the general plan and recommends approval with the recommended conditions. This recommendation is based upon Community Support, Previous Commission approval at a hearing in which the rear yard was extensively discussed, and continual monitoring per the conditions of the commission of this pending motion as well as the department of Public Health. Thank you. And im available for any questions you may have. Thank you. Project sponsor. Five minutes. Can we have ten because its a c. U. , and we would like to have them explain it . Well, seven. Seven. Okay. I have a handout too. Representing the project sponsor. So ill speak very briefly about the c. U. That was approved a year ago, and this current c. U. Does not change the physical size or capacity in any way. Although the most, a year ago, most of the discussion we had here was about the year yard and the use of the rear yard, they determined after the hearing that the rear yard is categorized as an Outdoor Activity area and does require a separate c. U. That the prior hearing was not noticed for, and thats why we are here today. A typical n. C. District includes a bistre and retailoriented street with zoning at the same block at the year. That is the case here as well. If you look at overhead, on the overhead, i have a current image of lombard street in front of the business. Not only is lombard street lined up a busy street with three lanes in each direction, you have businesss on both side of the street including a gas station. Theres significant amount of construction going on and with respect to dogs, we also do have neighbors in our rear who also own dogs. The purpose of n. C. Districts is to provide for a wide variety of commercial youings, including neighborhood uses, including neighborhoodserving uses. In a city that has more dogs than kids, kennels provide an extremely necessary service. You had in the record a number of support letters and signatures. What i just handed out to you are additional 32 letters in support that were written since last friday. Including three letters from the residential neighbors who live above the space who would be the most impacted. In terms of the conditions for the use of the rear yard, those were already laid out in the c. U. A year ago. And while that c. U. Did not address the rear yard as an Outdoor Activity area, it absolutely addressed and conditioned the use of the rear yard. So given that, we are going to focus some of our points today on really on the oneyear activity and kind of bring you up to speed as to what has been done and then what has not been done and why. So in your packets and on the overhead, you have this chart. You have this chart that summarizes the conditions of approval. And then it gives an explanation as to what has been implemented and what are the few items that are yet to be done. As was mentioned by staff, we have not yet consulted a noise consultant, and we thought it would be better to do that once the concrete is in place in the rear yard, since thats where i think the noise complaints are coming from. We did not change the turf to concrete, because in order to actually use the rear yard, we need this c. U. For the Outdoor Activity area. The last item is the neighborhood meeting. There have been meetings and discussions with michelle who has been the unofficial representative for some of the concerned neighbors. Theres a meeting with her in early april. Another meeting was scheduled by her late april. It got canceled. But theres been other communication with her. So im going to turn it over to the general manager and the owner of the project to talk a little bit more. Thanks for hearing our case today. My name is earnie, and im the general manager and owner at the grateful dog. All we want to do at the grateful dog is to provide a muchneeded service for our community, taking care of dogs and live harmoniously with our neighbors, residential, commercial, all our neighbors. A lot has happened in the last couple years and it has been very draining on this company and all involved, physically and financially. To summarize our progress in the last year, we have done a lot to address the operational aspects. We want to continue to be Good Neighbors, and we will do what is necessary to accommodate any concerns that may come up from time to time. We have implemented many of the Operational Plan requirements even though our backyard usage has changed. As much as we have done, the reality is there were neighbors who want us gone. Some of the neighbors are here today and want us gone. Thats not going to change. I want to emphasize we have been operating here since 2009. We chose this location because it had an outdoor space. No one opposed us then. All the opposition and complaints started a can you remember years ago when we were forced to apply for a c. U. As if we were a new business. There is a clear pattern of these complaints, an effort to paint the grateful dog in the most negative light. Please keep in mind that we run a dog care business, and just because we have implemented the Operational Action plan steps doesnt mean a neighbor would never hear a dog barking. Most of our immediate neighbors have dogs, and they bark during the day, and guess who gets blamed for their barking. After every complaint that is reported, that i hear about, i always respond, investigate and go over with my staff. We want a peaceful relationship with our neighbors. We want to work with them, and we will do whatever it takes to address and mitigate any issues. What we do and have done is to implement a number of operational steps that minimize any noise and odor concerns. We run a business that is dependent on our customers trusting their dogs in our care. We have been around for over ten years, and we plan on being around for many more. We ask that you approve the rear yard subject to the conditions that were listed in a prior c. U. And accept our oneyear report. Thank you. Hi. Thank you. Im car do. Im the founder of the grateful dog back in 2009. This business means the world to me. And our neighbors have made it really difficult. And i feel like its maybe because we didnt hear from them in 2009, and some of those neighbors resided there then. And so here we are ten years later, and it seems like theres an opportunity to try to get us shut down. Despite everything that earnie has said, i dont think theres a lot that we can do when thats somebodys ultimate objective is to shut down a Small Business. I dont know how much we can do to try to satisfy or appease them. And yes, we can always get better and we are working to get better. Thanks so much. Your time is up. We may have questions for you later. Okay. Seeing the project sponsor is done, Public Comment. Is anyone here to publicly comment on this item . Come on up. My name is dr. Stewart kaplan. Im new to San Francisco. I moved from the east coast, north carolina, about a year ago. I have a dog who is a relatively large lab mix, probably has some pit bull in him, and looks like it. When i walk him down the street, people are nervous seeing him. When he is exercised and well wellrested, he is as quiet and sweet as can be. When hes not, although, i dont think he would be aggressive, he can sound it. He can growl and be scary. He was in doggy day care every day that i had him for five years in north carolina. I never had an issue. When i moved here, i couldnt find a place that he would go to. Well, when i used to drive up to the place in north carolina, he would run out of the car, he would get excited, and he would not want to go home. I tried four other facilities in the city, and he was scared to go the second day. So i crated him at home, because that felt better, and his energy got up and got up and got up. So it was a Public Service to the city. Now that i have found a place that he runs back into, he is again a quiet, peaceful dog that is completely nonthreatening to everybody who sees him. I cant speak to whatever the neighbors have to say, but i know in the short time ive been with them, they have been responsible, they have been good Small Business owners. And i think provide a Huge Community service thats needed in this city. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else for Public Comment . Ive lived in San Francisco for 25 years. Speak into the microphone. My name is dory craig. Ive lived in San Francisco for 25 years. I have had a dog for a year. And when looking for a day care provider and border, it was nearly impossible to find anyone that was affordable and close. I dont have a car. Im a true San Francisco resident. So it made it very challenging. When i found the grateful dog, they were affordable, they were close to my home, and they treat my dog like with all the respect and care. I feel safe with her there. And like this previous gentleman said, sometimes she doesnt want to come home. It really wounds my ego, but she does enjoy being there. I can understand where people would have issue with barking dogs. But that whole neighborhood owns dogs. And there are more dogs in San Francisco than children. If you live next to a school, you dont ask the school to shut down because they are too loud during recess. In addition to that, its a Small Business. Its successful and providing a huge service to people of San Francisco. And i just think it would be a shame to push them out when theyre doing such a huge service for residents. And finally, for the ive heard that people are concerned that their Property Values are going down because of the doggy day care, and i would say that they should look at the sidewalks and know that my dogs not sleeping on them. My dog is not defecating on their front porch either. So thank you. Anyone else for Public Comment . Come on up. Hello. My name is elaina and im here on behalf of the grateful dog. The last three years ive lived directly above them in my apartment with my husband. And im happy to share that weve actually been pleasantly surprised on how great its been living above them as well as our other residents in the apartment building. They have lived there for nine years. And im speaking on behalf of them also. We moved here for work. Before we even chose that neighborhood to live in, we sought out to find whats the best place for a dog, whats the best day care, we are going to be gone so many hours a day. And after speaking with some residents and some research, it became abundantly clear how wellrespected in the community they are. And in the district especially there are dogs everywhere. Almost every friend i have in the marina have a dog. Its a very dogfriendly and active community. And as you have recently heard, you are hearing how important this business is. This neighborhood needs this business. It is not only just a doggy day care, but its a great one. They provide so much care and love, when we drop off my dog when we have family troubles or a late day at work, i dont have to worry about it, and it is such a relief. I want to discuss concerns about the location and noise. So regarding the disturbance, theres a few things we questioned before moving in, would it be too loud when we are at home spending time, would this be bothersome, would it smell. And we were pleasantly surprised at the outcome. I see them constantly cleaning and performing maintenance on this place. Im in there every day. I can see them doing. We have become friends with them. They are our neighbors, you know . And as well, we dont really smell anything. Theres no wet dog smell or any issue. And we live directly above, and we have the same address and everything our mail goes to there. And also we dont have a problem with noise, even so much so that when people come over, they cant believe we have a doggy today care below. We tell them every time. Further like they were saying before, we live in a city that has construction on lombard. You can hear cars driving and motorcycles driving. Its a busy area. But it comes with the turf. And although i do understand the concerns, even if its not those dogs barking, its aa dog five doors down. So i really consider to be lucky to have them as neighbors. And they have held quite a reputation in the marina, and it takes time to do that where people can have such great things to say and be so trusting. Thank you. Anyone else for Public Comment on this item . Yes, im with the Southeast Asian community center. And we are a Small Business Assistance Center in San Francisco. We have been doing this for over 20 years actually. The grateful dog and carla has been our client now for over ten years. And we did help them get started in the beginning. Weve been working with them for over a tenyear period. And seeing how successful they have become over the years, they offer an Excellent Service in the area and a veryneeded service. And as you know and many people have said here, there are so many dogs in this city. And there is a need for these kinds of services, especially in their particular area. So i want to voice my support for the grateful dog and car do and hopefully the carla, and hopefully the committee will approve. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else for Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner fung. Question for the applicant. The beginning of your presentation, your attorney indicated that you are going to discuss why some of these conditions were not maintained. I didnt hear any explanation. Maybe i could briefly recap. So one of the conditions was to change the artificial turf thats currently in the rear yard into concrete and install a concrete barrier at the edge. We did not do that one yet, because that is in the rear yard. Lets deal with the two issues that are the most prevalent from the opposition. One is noise. One is sanitation. Lets deal with the noise. Why wasnt the sound study done . So because we have not yet changed the turf into concrete. Because i think the noise concerns were not coming from the building. So the windows to the building, the doors to the building are kept shut, so noise is not a concern coming from the building. Its the noise from the rear yard. And i think once we have the concrete in place, i think that is, we felt, the more appropriate time for the noise consultant to opine on the additional things that should be done. Im not sure what i heard from the opposition that the noise is also coming from within the building. Some of the mitigation measures we had last year was to make sure that the windows are shut, the doors are shut during the Business Hours so the noise is confined, and that has been implemented. All right. Then the question is do you folks dispute that theres noise supposedly affecting some of your neighbors . I dont think theres a lot of noise coming out of our facility, because the back door is usually always closed except for when we are going out thats not my question. My question is do you dispute that the neighbors who have complained about noise is hearing the noise from the building . I dispute a lot of their claims, yes. Commissioner diamond. Question for counsel. Why didnt your client allow for the backyard to be inspected . And the fact that they said that theres a liability issue is not really a satisfactory answer, because it was a condition. So i need to know why you didnt figure out a way to solve that. So the visits that were done by staff were unannounced so we dont know about them ahead of time. There is, and i think carla can speak to it more, but there is a liability of letting people into the main area inside where the dogs are free. They are not in cages. They are free in the floor. So theres a liability. But what we can do is if they decide to visit the rear yard, we can provide access through the upstairs neighbor so the person doesnt have to go through the main floor. But thats my understanding. Can you speak into the microphone . We have to give them notification. As a matter of fact elena, she is the one who i would have to get in touch with, and she would go downstairs and unlock the door. Its always locked for security reasons. Before i ask a question on that issue to staff, i would like to know why you didnt hold the neighborhood meeting . We did. We had one meeting in april, and we had another one scheduled. And michelle wool canceled it. She said there was nothing to cover. And then we had a liaison, bruce bedroomen, who was in charge of that, and bruce berman, who was in charge of that, he tried to rally up another meeting, and they didnt have any interest on that. Can i ask two questions to staff . I can clarify too a little bit. It wasnt a noticed neighborhood meeting as i think the Planning Department typically expects. So we can certainly do that. It was a meeting with michelle wool who was the main representative for some of the concerned neighbors. Okay. Thank you. Staff, i have questions for you. When the conditions were put in place last year, was it your expectation there would be unannounced visits to the rear yard . Mine . Yeah, staff. Well, its written that way in the motion. It says, so if i announced them i would not be adhering to the motion. And says here that they didnt meet the condition about a neighborhood meeting. They are saying they had one. Yeah. Any meetings that happened, i dont know about them. The meeting that was put in place by the condition said that staff should attend. I dont think it says anything about notification so meetings may have occurred but a meeting specifically that satisfies that condition that says attended by staff was not held. Another followup question, which is what is the enforcement right of the Planning Department, assuming we go forward, if we go forward, does the Planning Department and also the department of Public Health have the right to go back and do inspections and shut them down if they are not in compliance with the conditions . Well, i can speak only to Planning Departments enforcement requirements, basically any condition of any motion must be enforced. But are you required you had a oneyear inspection rule. Are you suggesting additional inspections be carried out on a regular basis . Im suggesting nothing other than the conditions that are proposed here. And they dont require that at the moment, is that correct . No ongoing inspections by the Planning Department to ensure thats not whats before you. Correct. If you have other conditions that you would like to place upon it, thats your prerogative, is my understanding. Going back to your original question, basically our Enforcement Team handles not just Building Permit issues, building beyond the scope but also conditions of approval. If any of those conditions are not met, then enforcement staff will helicopter to work on that. Theres an enforcement planner who has been assigned to this case for quite a while, and we have been in constant communication so make sure they are working towards adhering to all conditions. One of those conditions would be getting the Outdoor Activity area certified, which they are seeking to do today. Thank you. Ill say to the other commissioners, i wasnt here a year ago when this was approved. I believe there is a need for more dog facilities in the city. I own a dog and probably a number of us own dogs and want to be able to accommodate dogs. But im really troubled by the fact that they didnt comply with two conditions that exist already. And i personal at the moment would be in favor of continuing this until they comply with the exact language of those conditions. Assuming they do that and staff comes back and tells us, maybe that would change the nature of staffs conditions if they actually held the neighborhood meeting that staff attended and actually saw the backyard. And i dont feel at the moment, prepared to make a decision until theres full compliance with those conditions. And on top of that, assuming we get there, i would like to see a condition that has periodic inspections at least for a while afterwards so we can make sure that they can, once the noise is taken care of, and the concrete is in place, to see actually whether or not its working. But thats just what im thinking at the moment, but i would love to hear from the rest of you in terms of where your views are. Commissioner fung. Another question for staff. It was similar to the question i asked the applicant. But when i read the condition about the sound testing, it was to the premises, not related to the yard. Sorry. Yeah. Is mine on . Yeah. When i read the condition for the sound test, and it applied to the building, i believe. As part of the original conditional use. And so the applicant is saying that they are going to do the sound test after the turf is in the rear yard is changed. Well, that has nothing to do with the sound prevention from the building. Is that not correct . Ill refer specifically to the language of the motion. So that would be condition number 19, which reads, let me see, the project sponsor shall consult a licensed sound jeer to determine best practice of noise abatement concerns and shall implement any methods recommended by the sound engineer. The premises, so i guess maybe your definition of premises. The premises shall be adequately insulated for noise so the noise shall not be audible beyond the premises. I dont think its my interpretation of the word premises. Its your condition. As far as you know, then, they had the one meeting but no mitigations were discussed between the project sponsor and the neighbors . If meetings occurred outside my knowledge, i cant speak to it you are not aware of any . Correct. Ive heard what the sponsors told me today which is that they met and tried to discuss issues and whatever the outcomes of those were was the outcome. Just to conclude my comments, im also not supportive at this point. Based upon the fact that if there is noise in a facility and its bothersome to some potentially, the generator of that noise in their Business Needs to take care of that within their own facility. Commissioner moore. Were you the planner last year on this project say that once more. Were you the planner last year of this project . Ive been the planner since the beginning of the project, yeah. For those commissioners who were not around last year, it was an extremely contentious meeting as you will recall. The opposing party is not here, but that does not make me not remember how controversial the meeting was. One of the reasons why its controversial is this commission very much supports Small Business, and particularly the lombard corridor. However, the adjoining residential neighborhood, as you move up towards the south, is all residential. Its high on residential, they live pretty much right on top of this small open yard which is in question. The noise issue is a matter of personal sensitivity. And even one dog barking too many hours in an apartment during the day can be of great annoyance to one person. In this particular case, we had an entire Representative Group of adjoining neighbors coming and saying they just could not really envision having multiple dogs barking out there, and dogs not necessarily bark but they do. And when we speak about Outdoor Activity areas, for example, an outdoor sitting area for restaurant or bar, we always are very, very careful in order to find appropriate noise attenuation members or not permit it at all depending how close residential is nearby. Im on the fence on this one. I was not really supporting outdoor at that time either. I support the operation as an indoor facility with the proper noise provisions. But just as my fellow commissioners here to my right, at this moment, i am not in support of this being permitted for an extra outdoor area. Particularly i believe that the concrete surface for this particular rear yard is not the appropriate measure adjoining to other outdoor open spaces for residential use. Seeing as that there is very high demand for these businesses in this location, i would be supportive of denial. Im leaping toward supporting but would be okay with the continuance. Commissioner imperial. Incidence i was not here and opposition are not here. But i am support this Small Businesses as well. But i would like to see as well as like a plan for more consistent inspection and to have Community Meeting, it would be great to have a planner to be in that Community Meeting so that you can also give us that kind of feedback when you return as to what has inspired. So i would support in continuing this item as well. A motion . Commissioner johnson i will make a motion. I agree with my fellow commissioners. I think not having met many of the conditions gives us pause. I think the benefit of meeting with the holding a Community Meeting as well is that i think some of us are on the fence about whether or not this Outdoor Activity is actually a good use in this space. So understanding what mitigations you might be willing to put in place with Community Members or other things you might do to operate outside with your dogs is important to us in helping us make a determination. So with that, i will move to continue this item. Second. Do you have a clarification before you do that. Does your motion also for continuance, can it be amended to include the unannounced inspection of the backyard . Absolutely. That was the original condition, so i would like to see them do that. I dont know if commissioner im in agreement with commissioner fungs condition about the study on the premises that currently exist. Thank you for helping me be more specific. I think what were looking for is a Community Meeting held. A sound engineer around the interior of the building. And also an inspection which will be unannounced by nature of the inspection. Of the outside area. The outside area as well. Thank you. Then i second that. Or there already was. I seconded it. Is that amendable . You mentioned there were restrictions on allowing that inspection, correct . Can you elaborate on that . Yeah. I think you need to work with the Insurance Company to figure out. Well, i can probably make that happen. I can probably it is for the safety of the inspector, with dogs. I would get a key from one of our neighbors upstairs and always have it there accessible so any time an inspector came in, i could take them straight upstairs, and he wouldnt have to walk through the pit area and be exposed to the dogs. Right. No problem. Can i clarify on what the motion is . Is the motion to approve the c. U. Subsequent to the continuing . No. So heres my question. Are you requiring them to do the rear yard improvements without the right to use the rear yard . Clarify on that. Yeah. Come on up, staff. From my understanding, im not there every day. To my understanding, they are not permitted to use the rear yard now. From what we have been told, they are not using the rear yard. I will adhere to any motion that requires inspection, but i think what they are trying to say, and i maybe need to clarify, is i mean, i can inspect the rear yard, but my understanding is there wont be any dogs there, which is fine, im happy to do that nonetheless. I just wanted to clarify what that is from my understanding. Unannounced inspection, it maybe to confirm that there are no dogs in the rear yard. Also id like planning staff to see the rear yard, because it may be that once they are there, and they see where the windows are that they may come up with additional suggestions for conditions. So i still think its beneficial. Did you have a time frame for the continuance, commissioner . Seems like they have a lot of work to do ahead of them. Do you have a suggestion . As soon as they can excuse me. As soon as they can do it. I dont want to continue this on some arbitrary number. They are anxious to get going, so how fast do you think you can satisfy the conditions . Come on up. Im at the point where its difficult for us to stay open in San Francisco. We have been serving thousands of clients for the better part of the decade, and this cost us hundreds and thousands of dollars. We are at the point of bankrupting the business. We are doing the best we can. Theres a need for the business. We are losing clients and we are losing staff because we are getting harassed by neighbors. The corridor is really loud. So we could bring an acoustical engineer. Ive worked for one of those companies before. We are happy to have someone come out but we are not the only noise in the neighborhood. Its commercial lombard corridor. Its highway one. We are getting beat up because of the noise but nobody is thinking about the fact that theres a lot of noise, and we are not the only dog. Im so tired of how much work weve done on this and how hard it was for us to open in 2009, and we keep getting put through the ringer, and im sorry, but i just cant stay in San Francisco anymore if this is going to continue to happen to us. We need use of the rear yard. Weve lost so much on this already so the neighbors can be happy about that because they want us shut down ultimately. Having a meeting with them, i dont know how much thats going to help. Because they want us shut down. Theres nothing we can do to appease them. Okay. Thank you. I believe in experience, acoustical engineer can judge on the levels of noise, depending on use, not on this very specifics of the facility. I do think that commissioner fungs request to also reflect on the noise coming from the interior is equally important, but that cant be done without the rear yard being fully built out. So i personally would suggest we give this four to sixweeks if you can do it earlier, that would be fine but having also meeting is obviously something you need to prepare for. Given the nature of the meeting, i think actually giving them a couple of months just with schedules and things like that would feel a little bit better. But again agreed that dont want to drag this out longer. The urgency. April 23rd. Yeah. Do you have a comment . April 23rd was the continuance. I mean, i think what are we now . March i think we can probably do it a little bit sooner. Clarification that we need to be done again. I think just from being here, they want just another, like, outline of what needs to be done. Then they would have a better idea. The commission in their motion made it explicit. Compliance and adherence to the original conditions of approval. They have attended noticed Community Meeting. That was part of the original conditions of approval. Correct. Im explaining. Things that have not been done to date commissioner diamond. So we have two times when we are not meeting between now and april 23. So i want to make sure that theres room on the agenda, to do it before april 23. There really isnt unless we do march 19 which i dont believe theres enough time. April 23 then. Very good, commissioners on that motion to continue this matter to april 23 with direction for the project sponsor so adhere to the original conditions of approval, [roll call vote] so moved, that motion passes unanimously 60. Commissioners that will place us under your discretionary review calendar, item 15a was withdrawn and 15b was continued places us on item 16 for case number 201913012drp02 at 621 11th avenue. Good afternoon, commissioners. David winslow, staff architect. The item is a public initiated request for a discretionary review of Building Permit application 20190613. 3354 to construct a second story horizontal rear addition of 12. side setback to the north and of side setback to the south along with a first floor horizontal rear addition that extends 8 10s beyond the first floor and the 4 side setback to the north of 621 11th ann. There are two d. R. Requesters. Kevin wong, the adjacent neighbor to the south and chao of 619 11th avenue, neighbor to the north. They are concerned the proposed project violates the residential Design Guidelines related to neighborhood character, light, air, privacy and scale and access to the midblock open space. The proposed alternatives are to reduce the extension of the second floor by three to five feet, stagger the windows facing their properties and make the sidewalls to the deck transparent. To date, department has received no letters in support or in opposition to the project. Because the extent configuration of the proposed rear addition including the four foot and six foot side set backs, echoes the pattern of massing found on the two adjacent properties that preserves access to the midblock open space, light, air and privacy, staffs recommendation is to not take d. R. And as the project does not present any exceptional or extraordinary conditions. This concludes my presentation. And im happy to answer questions. Thanks. Thank you, mr. Winslow. So we have two d. R. Requesters. We are going to hear from d. R. Requester number one first. Come on up. Is that on . Sf gov, can you go to the overhead, please . Good afternoon, commissioners. I hope you are well. My name is kevin wong and my wife and two sons, 11 and nine, live at 625 11th avenue. We are the south neighbor to the proposed project. We have lived there since june of 2011. Before i begin, i would like to acknowledge that we have enjoyed being the neighbors. They are good people. But the past years, we have been their neighbors and we hope they dont take this process personally. We understand that regardless of the outcome, our hope is they see us in the same vain as we see them. We truly value being Good Neighbors. We believe in being considerate, conscientious and communicative in building Good Relationships. We wish we did not have to take your time in this matter. But despite this sponsors good character, their actions have shown zero consideration and next to nothing in regards to communication while drafting this project. I say extremely disappointing that the sponsor and their architect refuse to discuss the project with us. I have seen this department and commission prohibit projects from moving forward for approval until the owner tries to at least listen or work with their neighbors. In this case, we are attempting to sit down with the sponsors to voice concerns about the project. And each time the sponsors and their team have either denied the request or ignored them. When we first saw the plans, we were concerned that the plans may not have been accurate. Submittal did not show windows on the north side of our property. We requested the adjacent building be shown accurately so we can understand the impact of this project. We have asked the owners to provide three renderings of the light and shadow studies so the impact can be better understood. I have seen many projects from this commission provide this information to neighbors when requested. In fact when we did our remodel, a light and shadow study was provided, reflecting our attempt to be considerate to those around us. Despite the refusal of any discussion about this project with us, we believe there are exceptional circumstances that would deem this condition to take d. R. The residential Design Guidelines and planning code require that light is maintained to adjacent propertys and consider the impact an expansion has on light and privacy for structures. The volume of the project shall reduce our light and privacy and specifically will box in the rear of our second floor where our family and i spend most of our time. This is the main gathering space for us and contains our desk which my wife and i use daily since we work from home. In addition, our sons in the afternoon spend most their time in this room, basking in the westerly day light, reading books and doing homework. The decks will look straight into the windows of the properties on either side, reducing privacy. We are not trying to stop them from building and developing their home. Their current proposal creating a large Family Structure with nearly 4,300 square feet. Given this amount of Square Footage, we believe this is an opportunity to make minor changes that will help minimize impact to our light and privacy. The sponsor refused to talk to us. We would have the commission to have the extension match ours. This would reduce their current extension by three feet which is a 75 square feet reduction to their proposed project. We would also like the sidewalls of the deck to be cable railing or glass to further preserve our light. We would like to request the windows on the south side on the second floor be staggered to preserve privacy. As you can see from the exhibit, it creates a visual highway into each others homes. This element of design is a lack of thoughtfulness while taking away our privacy. We feel these three items are minor alterations and had they been willing to show an ounce of consideration, a little bit of Community Spirit and openness to dialogue as Good Neighbors do, we felt we could have reached a compromise to satisfy all parties involved and avoid taking your time. However, since we cannot force the owner to speak to us about what we believe are reasonable concerns and requests, we respectfully ask this commission to take d. R. And include these minor modifications. Thank you. Thank you. Now we are going to hear from d. R. Requester number two. Come on up. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is chao. I have been living at 11th avenue since 1992 with my wife and daughter. This is my first time here. So please excuse my accent. When we were first notified about this project where there was no date or time for the required preapp meeting, we have been able to obtain, but it was giving little detail of the project and promised by the architect to follow up which never occurred. We had a time, numerous time to walk with the owner and architect only to be ignored. We had a time to relayout comes about inaccurate plans as we know that most of the work done to this home in the past was done without a permit, without waiting for the permit for plans. We are concerned about the order Property Line windows. We are also impressed with plannings effort to have us meet to reach a compromise and given mr. David winslow open gate for the meeting. Once again, the project sponsor refused. So, commissioners, we have left with no choice but to file d. R. We are simply asking for the following items. One, accurate showing of all windows on the property. We believe this will provide a better understanding of the impact that this extension has to our light. Two, new windows on this project should be staggered so that it does not look into our windows, thereby affecting our privacy and light. Three, any vertical part of the deck should be either rail or glass to further minimize any impact to our light. Four, scale back this proposed secondfloor extension by five feet to minimize the impact to our light so we can see in this photo. We have little light. Which would be totally lost in this living room. We are supportive of the project sponsor renovating their home. We are also concerned with the impact to our daughter, my 36yearold daughter is autistic the and living with us. She spends most her time in the living room which would be most affected by this project. She does not allow she loves the sunshine. She not only love the sunshine in the living room but also her Disability Access to light is necessary to her health. We are surprised that the Planning Department and this commission would approve a project where the project sponsor refused to discuss the project with adjacent neighbors. Any application to accommodate to serious concern to light and privacy. We ourselves made numerous changes to our home renovated to accommodate mr. Mcclaire by eliminating our deck and decrease the size of window because he wants to see the open space of our backyard. The owner was a without any consideration to adjacent neighbors. There were other San Francisco property to minimize impact to the adjacent neighbors light and privacy. Commissioners, the proposed project does not even attempt to minimize impact on light and privacy to adjacent properties. The project sponsor is seeking to build a large singlefamily home nearly 4,300 square feet. We have heard about numerous projects that would not only makeling minor modification or accommodate neighbor concern but also including an a. D. U. , other changes to ensure that the project is consistent with the citys housing policy. And all direction to work with others neighbors. We respectfully request that the commission take a discretionary review and incorporate the minor modifications which will still result in a home over 4,200 square feet. Thank you very much for the attention. Thank you very much. Now we will take any Public Comment in support of the d. R. Requesters opposed to the project. Okay. Seeing none, project sponsor, your turn. Good afternoon, commissioners and mr. Winslow. I am jim mccare and my wife mary and i are the owners of 621 11th avenue. We have lived there for 37 years. We have always had a Good Relationship with our neighbors, including the chens to the north and wongs to the south. These are the two neighbors that are requesting the d. R. Application. These two neighbors have extended their houses in a way that is very close to what we are proposing. When the chens added on years ago we were not happy with the amount of light and view we lost but at that time we thought this is what the city is allowing, the planning and we will just have to get used to it. We also thought at some point that we might do a similar project. A few years ago, kevin wong at 625 did a similar addition and resulted in the same situation, blocked light and view to our house. And again, we did not interfere with this project. Now it is time for us to add onto our house. Our daughter and soninlaw and grandchild live with us. They work in the city, and Everybody Knows what housing in the city is like. For this reason, we want to maximize our allowable space at our house. We were very surprised when these two neighbors objected to our plans since we felt they already did what we planned to do, and we felt our plans were reasonable. The size of our second floor additions extends a little further than the wongs addition but less than the chens addition and is narrower than both. Our setback is four on the north which is less than their setbacks to our house. We feel our plans are very reasonable, and thats what i we did not want to change them, and we felt like what is there for them to do should be fair for us to do. So i would like to show a few pictures. So this is the relationship between the three houses. You are going to have to pull that microphone over and speak into it. Their houses are outlined in red. As you can see, the 619 is about three feet from our Property Line, we would be four feet from theirs. And kevin wongs is four feet, while we would be six feet. Ours is outlined in the green. Its a little further out than him but not nearly as far out as theirs. If we cut back five feet, we would be nine feet back from where they are right now. As far as the Square Footage they mentioned our house is about 2500 now and we are going to be putting on around 700 so thats not 4,000 feet like what they were saying. This picture is actually from the chens application, and it shows the relationship of the three houses where they state our house is out of character with the neighborhood. I would say that the picture of our house in the middle fits in quite well with the houses on either side of it. This right here is a picture from my roof looking down at the chens addition on the righthand side over here. Our addition is going to mirror our deck right here. So you can see the difference in size and what we are adding on to the second floor. This is another picture of the chens house next to us and our deck, the size that we are going to add on. As you can see, this is the size of our addition again, same thing. We are going to add on the size of our deck right here. Theres a lot of room between our house and the wongs house to the south. Theres at least ten feet right there. This is the wongs addition. Its a beautiful addition. And our lower floor will be the very similar to his, sticking out below the fence line. And our second floor will be the same height as theirs. We will be narrower because we couldnt go all the way to the Property Line on that side. This is a view of the wongs house looking out of our dining room window. You can see the addition comes right to here that they added on. It does block some of our light and view from that side. And this is what we look at every day out of our kitchen window is the the chens side. The windows they are worried about are back in here so partly are blocked by their stairway. So we know they want us to change the size of our building, but i feel like our plans are very reasonable, and i actually talked to kevin wong about that before, and if you remember seeing my response, i address the thing about the window. I said we would put fogged or ribbed glass in so we wouldnt be looking into his house. We really dont want to do that anyway. So we just, we feel like it was fair for them to do, should be fair for us to do. Thats why, you know, we knew they wanted us to knock a lot of space off, but we felt like we wanted to pursue the plans the way they were drawn up and approved. So thats it. Thank you. So you have four minutes left. If theres someone that lives in the same house as you, now would be their same time to speak. Otherwise theyll be called up as Public Comment later. I think weve said it all. You know, not meeting with them is just because they knew what we wanted to do, and they knew we felt like it was fair so why would we want to chop five feet off when theyre already almost four feet past us. And talking about how much Square Footage, thats not even true. And we will have you back up here for a twominute rebuttal if you want too. If theres anyone from the public in support of the project sponsor in favor of the project, now is your time to speak. Okay. Seeing none, the d. R. Requesters, you each have a twominute rebuttal. Thank you, commissioners. So some of the ideas, on the plans themselves, to say that will house will be 4,287 square feet. So theres the discrepancy, its not being reflected in the plans that should be accurately drawn. Second of all, in terms of the character, youll see that on the foes he presented photos he presented, desid i did have cable railing as well as the i did have cable railing as well as the neighbors twodoors down have cable railing. He mentioned having ribbed glass but those are temporary solutions. Those are areas where the windows could be easily replaced to be clear from another owner, so we aring for something more we are looking for something more permanent to preeve our privacy. The preserve our privacy. The other thing is theres no objection to the building of the property. We just want to ask for modifications. The fact that we couldnt sit down, as you can see, they felt they had the right to do whatever they wanted to do. We felt thats not very communityspirited as well as not consistent with the Planning Commissions guidelines for building. And again, we havent seen if there were going to be ribbed glass or fogged glass, there werent any modifications shown in the submitted plans that were provided. So that is all. Thank you for your time. D. R. Requester number two, you have a twominute rebuttal. Thank you, commissioners. I dont think because he say on the application that you can see the 4,000 feet. You look there. The extension the building to where the current deck is, in addition to extension of those severely impact my light and the entire rail portion, my building. Okay, you can see that from this. And the extension here, this is the extension to the house. Almost equal to my house. In addition to what they say. You can look at the back. Because they are sitting on the top of the hill. Five feet above us. So you can see the back of this, the extension here, totally out of my house. So blocking our light completely. So the neighbor deck transparent or glass. Theres no deck that can close a solid wall. You can see the deck is enclosed. Looks like a building out front. So totally no light goes through. So i dont think hes talking about is correct description if you look at it, their plan. Okay. Thats all my, the end of concern about this. Thank you. Thank you. Project sponsor, you now have a twominute rebuttal as well. I still dont get where they are getting the 4,000 feet. But anyway. The walls we would like to put on the deck, on the side of the deck, would be similar to this, obviously. The microphone on the end, we were planning to have, it shows in our plans having a wire thing. But on the sides we feel like we would like to have the walls with the siding that matches our house to keep some privacy between their deck and our deck. I mean, their deck has the wire on the side. If we are sitting on our deck. So that kind of keeps things separate as far as we are concerned. I dont think thats a major thing because where his windows are would be looking over the deck. And the deck is at the ground level. Its not up at the second level where the addition is going to be. So anyway. Like i say, they extended out way past us. We have had to get used to that gigantic addition where they put their stairs out to the side. Weve lived with that for 12 years. And we just had to get used to it. Thats just what we figured in life. So we dont feel like our plans are unreasonable at all. We would like to pursue them the way they are. So thats about it. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes the Public Comment portion of this item. Ill just start off by saying im in favor of staffs recommendations and really think that this addition is smaller than the two on either sides of you. Commissioner diamond. Im also in favor of staffs recommendation. I didnt hear any description of exceptional or extraordinary circumstances that in my opinion would justify taking d. R. Commissioner moore. I believe that the applicant is showing the modulation that is very much reflective of whats to the left and to the right, to the north and south, and i could not see anything exceptional or extraordinary myself either. I make a motion to approve. Second. Seeing nothing further theres a motion that has been seconded to not take d. R. And approve the project as proposed. On that motion[roll call vote] so moved. That motion passes unanimously 60. Places on us item 17 for case number 20177931drp02, 2630 divisadero street. Discretionary review. Good afternoon. David winslow, staff architect. The item is a public request for discretionary review of Building Permit 20190613. 3554 to demolish a threestory Single Family dwelling and construct a new threestory, 7700 square foot singlefamily dwelling. The proposed new building will be three feet shorter than the new building as it will have a flat roof, above which 720square foot roof deck is proposed. There are two d. R. Requesters. Laura and raphael of 2673 broad way and cindy of 2682 broad way. Both parties are adjacent neighbors to the south. She is concerned the proposed additional is not articulated to reduce impacts to privacy and light. The rear is not compatible with the scale at the midblock open space. The roof deck impacts privacy and violates an existing view and that the noise from the roof equipment will be excessive. The proposed alternatives are to confine the project to the footprint, and to eliminate the proposed roof deck. She is concerned about noise due to mechanical roof equipment as well, nighttime litem nateing from the skylight and privacy light emanating from the skylight and privacy. Her proposed alternatives are to reduce the size of the roof deck and limit the usable area to the east of the skylight, reduce and provide coverage of the skylight, relocate rooftop mechanical equipment and reduce the massing at the southeast corner. To date, the department has received no letters in support nor letters in opposition. Staffs recommendation is to take the d. R. And approve the project with the following modification to reduce the massing at the southeast corner, at the third floor, the original line of the rear wall, the bay projections, provide an adequate notch that allows for midblock open space and light to ms. Yus property in particular. This concludes my presentation. Im happy to take questions. We will hear from d. R. Requester number one. I have some documents. [please stand by] cindy was fair and you would expect a Good Neighbor to be. They have asked for mitigation of mechanical noise and line of sight and mitigation of personal mitigation of the skylight and they, as well as the solar panels and low profile brackets for which we thank them, they have been inflection able with respect to the rear yard massing and roof deck. The mass of skylight is a pollution concern but with respect to the roof deck, the proposal is massive. Its a thousand square feet and it covers almost the entire roof, the deck would be close to lauren and rafaels home and the window into the main living area would be 15 or less feet away. It would have a negative impact on their privacy as the deck would have direct line of sight into their main living area and would create significant Light Pollution and rooftop clutter. Further, this deck, which exhibits many features such as cooking and storage facilities, is meant to be a party deck with an intensity of use out of charter with the neighborhood. It presents noise concerns and an unreasonable imposition on neighbors in general. Therefore, we ask the roof deck be denied in full and the rear yard massing be consistent within a used position and confined at the second and thirdstorey of the project southeast corner to the current building envelope. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Lets hear from d. R. Requester number 2. Sf gov will go to it when you start speaking. Ok. Hi, good afternoon commissioners, david, and hello everybody. My name is cindy yu and i live at 2682 broadway and my house is directly perpendicular to the project sponsors house. Im showing you a diagram of hoe looking down on their house and its kind of exactly like how you are looking at this, my hitech demonstration right here. I built this myself yesterday because i thought it would best and most efficiently explain my concerns. So, the viewpoint where you are sitting is where my house is. This is the project sponsors house as it currently is. With its current footprint. The new proposal that they plan to have is to build out a rear extension such as this. So, in essence, this is what im going to be looking at. The lines you see here from this loin to this line is the current width of my house. My house right set up above to this and my direct line of sight. I do understand that planning has suggested and made a recommendation that you will approve this house with the modification. Modification being that this part is removed and this part is going to be the new proposed plan according to modification recommended by planning. To me, this doesnt serve the purpose. I know you are all vested with why this discretionary power to deny and grant permits. Im not asking you to deny it. Im asking you for a chance to look at this from my point of view and i also fall under the am bid of your power to protect my power with my access to mid block open space. Thats what im asking. So for me, the best scenario is they can maintain the current footprint leaving their existing open balcony on the third floor open but extend first, second flor floor, in the back on the lower floors. To me, i feel this is effective because it essentially protects and up holds this section which is my only access to mid block open space. My building is odd because im sandwiches between two houses on both sides with non confirming, which are no non conforming structures. I dont have open space on this side at all because lauras building is right here. This is my only slit for air light. This is my only access to mid block open space. By just enclosing this and cutting this notch out, it doesnt really relief the light her tailment and i want to bring to you the attention of what the Planning Commission did about 20 years ago. My house is my whole block went through demolition and construction. I went through remodeling adjacent to my house, we went through demolition and remodeling. So planning has ruled that my neighbor here, oops, my neighbor here, they wanted to push the back rear to this line. Planning has ruled, because of the exceptional and extraordinary circumstances of restricted space in the back. Leaving me with only this mass of open space, for light and air, that they had asked them to move the line back to be flush with my building. I ask you to uphold the ruling that you did 20 years ago and protect that little con constrid space in the back. Thank you. Well take Public Comment from members of the public in support of the d. R. Requesters in support of the project. Seeing none, the project sponsor. You are up. Good afternoon, commissioners, jody knight. On behalf of project sponsors tella and thomas. Were here today on a project that we think is compatible with the surrounding buildings and reasonable for the site. As you hear when you hear about the design, although, theres Square Footage being added only 469 feet is above grade because every effort has been made to minimize any impacts. Weve had many discussions with the project and we had followup conversations and unfortunately were here today. A few issues that were working with the dr requesters regardless of any other outcome in terms of the sky light issues related to the mechanic als and solar panels and were working with the dr requesters on that and theyre just goodneighbor issues and well continue to work on that. The house is designed to be built below that easement. The dr request that people on the roof violates its an object on the roof that violatesment. We did think theres legal merit to that but it may be a question for a judge for another day. Its not a question for the commissioners here. I will now pass this off to jim westover who will present the design and we have questions and thank you for your time today. Good afternoon, this is Dustin Foster and im jim. This first image we will start with is an areaal view to give you context. Our clients house is outlined in red and. The main takeaway is the two houses are up the hill from us and theyre top two levels and theyre roof deck do look directly over our project so i dont think theres an issue with light and air. Also theres no blocking of direct sunlight just ambient sunlight and well go into more detail on that. The next i am age is a front elevation in relation to the u residents. The blue dash line is showing the existing profile. And i think were showing here is were expanding the profile in this view and were adding throw feet at the side and its occurring next to the other house on the corner and it was not one of the dr requesters. Were increasing, were not increasing the roof height but we have a railing that increases the over all height by 14 inches. The other thing we want to know is the u residents does have a 25foot rear yard so if i look at this theres access to light air and mid block open space. The next exhibit one other thing i also want to. This is looking at the back of our clients house in relation to the residents. The blue dash line is the existing profile and weve stepped it back to address concerns and this dark line is showing the rear wall and a hatched section and that setback five foot eight and theres another line that you will see. Its at the front of the house so that doesnt occur adjacent to the dr requestors. Since the residents abuts our rear yard its important to note were not blocking any light or access to midblock open space. The concern there is really just privacy. So well talk about that in a second. This is the south elevation so this is what the d. R. Requesters are looking at. The big takeaway is most of the area being added is a new basement. The existing first floor shown in green on the side facing the dr is below grade and below the fence. Were looking at the green and blue area where were adding 46. The next one is the third there were plan which is the top floor plan on this project. The original in blue and the original design was in red so that complied with the planning code but there were concerns from the neighbors and rdat about the visual connection to mid block open space. Since that meeting, with the neighbors and at the rtat we have setback the notch at the top two levels throw feet. There was a concern about no light coming in and if we look at the corner house on this image, which is 2690 broadway its a one story gorge so theres afternoon light coming in that yard. On our roof plan, we do have a small backyard in shade. We have proposed a roof deck to get access to sunlight and enjoy the same views that are enjoyed by the dr requesters. The area is about 750 square feet. Its set away from the dr requestors and its setback 16. 2 from the bay window and 39foot four from the yu residents. Again, the massing is setback at the corner so theres still some visual connection from the yu residents. As recommended by david winslow, we also offered to move this rear wall back that setback 58. They were offering to move it all the way back to its existing location at the third floor but that was rejected by the neighbors. We also understand that the current staff report is recommending making this same change at the second and third floors and if we are required to make that change, we would request that it be at the third floor. The reason for that is if we switch to the next exhibit, what you will see is that the second flor, which we like to keep as proposed is at the basement level of yu level. So at the first floor where the bedrooms are and all the floors above that theyre not going to be effected by that. The other things we want to note here is the relative height difference and ms. Yu favorite us photographs we used from our home so we did before and after exhibits when we met with her. And i think these are instructed what were seeing on the left is the before image with the house in pink. You can see the view, access to open space or to public mid block open space and a view of alcatraz. If the proposed version, we still have light and air. Weve reduced the view to mid block open space but it still occurs to the right of that post and theres also still a view of alcatraz. Private views arent protected and it was mentioned by the neighbors when we met with them so we wanted to show we were trying to preserve that. This next one is going up one flor in the yu residents. This is her living room. You see our clients house in pink and then to the right, you are seeing the new project and this demonstrates theres essentially no difference in view, light or air from this level. And at the mess inine level theyre up one there were. This is where theres a privacy issue the thing to note is theres an existing balcony that i would think already presents what they might consider a privacy issue in the new scheme, the roof deck is actually going to be setback a little bit so i think any privacy concerns are really no change from exiting to proposed and again in terms of light, air and that kind of thing theres no impact whatsoever. How are we doing on time . I think that concludes our presentation. Are there any questions . If theres any members of the public that want to testify in support of the project sponsor, now is the time. Seeing none. The dr requestors you each get a twominute rebuttal. Laura will give the rebuttal we are happy to answer questions afterwards. Hi, thank you all for listening today. I just want to keep it chick. Privacy is a really big issue for us because we do live in that non confirming house. One of them that cindy mentioned they were nice to rearrange it to be slightly further away so we appreciate that. But theres such a closeness there that we are really concerned about the privacy on our main living space. The houses were designed. All of the houses on that block were designed with contractual agreements that impact the way the house was designed and the way it was lived in and when we rebuilt, basically the kitchen and the living space are on a floor to take advantage of light and views absolutely but its also just that main living area and theres an expectation that you have that privacy that came with those deeds and. I just want to get those out. Time is up many of. You are welcome. And dr requester number 2, you have two minutes. Ok. Thank you for listening to me. Id like to show you a little drawing that i it again. I am only concerned about the third there were of the project sponsors hes building. Because this number one, is my building and my bedroom. I am not concerned about anything about views. I know that the planning code does not. 99 of the design i approve and im happy theyre going to build it. A small change for them is a huge impact on me. And that is why im here today to ask for your consideration. And to put it in light, this is the section wore talking about in terms of the mass this is very little its just the end of the top third there were o floow building. I hope you will take this into consideration and help with the modifications that is needed before you approve the permit for them. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Thank you, very much. That closes the public side of the hearing. Ill just start off by saying im in support of the proposed project minus half of the roof deck. I would be ok keeping the front side of the roof deck. Id like to also speak about the roof deck. The question to the architect, i see mechanical equipment, could you please come up . Thank you. I see mechanical equipment indicated could you specify what it is . It is airconditioned or heat pump . Wore trying to get planning approval so we havent engineered anything and i dont know if well do airconditioning but its heat pumps at the place holder for equipment but we have a section and a diagram. Its going to be below the level of i believe of the para pit and well to whatever best practices for noise. Just anecdotally, the house on the corner has rooftop equipment on top of their garage adjacent and we to have any noise issues. Im asking you questions and thats i do. We would very much like to know as to whether or not you are doing aircondition. Im sure a house of that kind of large set up, you know that already. The rules will change and i will ask mr. Winslow to help us with that. If its airconditioned were in a different ball game in comparison to heat condensers . Im not a mechanic allen guinear its well beyond my knowledge between the two and their sound. Maybe you can can show that section again. There we go. So i think what this is showing is we have a wall which will block visual access and the other thing we would be happy to do if theres any criteria for sound transmission like they have in atherton if we need sound a ten youation on the wall or with partial cover, were happy to do that. That aside for a moment, the size of the roof deck, given that this commission has discussed roof decks for quite a few years and were working with the department to establish policy, the roof deck is larger than a Single Family home in some cases in the city. I am concerned that this type of a roof deck given the neighborhood is creating more problems than anticipated. That is noise and visual interference with people who live slightly above ann an a jog streets. The commission has basically generically spoken about that onethird of the roof area is recommended in roof deck. Onethird was proposal i believe that never went further than that but when we are what wove done in the meantime, is weve adopted commonsense approach to looking at the roof deck in terms of size and locations. So, when we see large roof decks, its naturally we assume there are large gatherings of people and nuisances from time to time and so we do troy and tend towards reducing that to the thing of a third or 500 square feet per that original roof deck policy. The non authorized roof deck policy. In this particular case, could you guide the commission a little bit your thoughts on which part of the building that would be best accommodated . Given the key lot conditions of the adjacent properties and the proximity outlined by the dr requestors it could be more appropriately located towards the front of the building without detriment to the users and nuisance to the dr requestors. I would agree with you and that would be for me, one of the conditions. Im still trying to fully understand the concerns about dr requestor number two, speaking about being blocked and relative to the strange location of the key lot. Is that anything you as a rd talked about . So in our rereview and subsequent negotiations i think we identified the recommendation in front of you which is incorrectly revised which was the third floor notching the third floor to the existing building until a point where the existing Buildings Bay protrudes out. That allies with misused basement level if you will. It was a reduction to the roof deck would be the minimum i would suggest if we are taking dr so id like to make a motion we take dr. Reduce the roof deck as outlined together with the notch on the third floor that you are already discussing with the applicant. Id like the architect to respond to what the appropriate line would be assuming we were in favor of reducing the roof deck, could you tell us . Its a good question. Just to clarify a few things. These are two foot by two foot squares if we can get the roof plan up so just its closer to 250 square feet which is probably a little more than a third of the area so, one proposal is to move the rear portion of the roof deck towards the front until we get to onethird. We would be happy to cut it in half and knock it back another 12 feet that means anybody on that roof deck could be further away from the bay window then they currently are on the balcony at the third floor. Could i make an observation as well. Typically the roof deck policy has a 5 for th 5foot setback. Im not sure it makes sense to maintain that 5 for the setback as well as on the Northern Edge at the front. Theres also a side setback separating you from the downhill neighbor. That might be a way of having, you know, having more area available to you and reducing the deck from the year. I think if i can can chime in. If im not mistaken, its very specifically for the firefighters being able to access the roof. Not to my knowledge. I only know about the one we imposed from our continued deliberations on roof decks. I would be supportive of maintaining that 5foot and i thought onethird was too big for this roofdeck. I would support the commissioner moores position to notch the they had floothird flor at the d and we accept the reduction of the deck by the eastern portion of that from the stair be cut in half. Just to clarify. When you say cut in half, are you talking about the line wove drawn on the image here . Yes. Thank you. So there is a motion and i did not hear a second. I did hear an alternate suggestion. I dont know if the motion clarified ex lo exactly what too with the roof deck. Reduce it by they ha third t. Mr. Winslow, could you just mr. Winslow indicated is onethird or 500 square feet maximum or Something Like that but this is a little different. Were doing all the math. Pull it forward here. Please, mr. Winslow. I will use the overhead. This is the outline proposed by commissioner moore as the roof deck. Are you proposing that the front of it could move forward . Yes, i would agree with mr. Winslow it could move forward by two feet. That is Still Holding behin givt more area. Chair m. Marquez is everybody ok with that . Is that part of your motion, commissioner moore. Yes, it is. Second. Did that also encloud your comments. Roughly. Theres a motion that has been seconddegree. On the motion, reduce the roof deck allowing a two foot extension forward and on the third floor. Mr. Winslow, a question, is the motion in words explicit enough to the degree of reduction on the right side of the deck . I heard two feet but not the dough lynthedelineating commentt side. There was a diagram submitted into the record by mr. Winslow that i believe he will use to address that. That would suffice otherwise the wordings does not express what were saying. Thank you. So moved, that passion passes 6 will have 0. Thank you. Were adjourned. President yee good afternoon, and welcome to the march 3, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, colina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make them available to the public online. Today, i would like to start off maybe saying a little bit, but not much, just to make sure that people understand what this is. This is a hand sanitizer, and which is very easy to use. If you either use this or soap, either, its healthy, and you can keep your loved ones healthy. If you want to find out more information and find out how the city is responding, you can go to the website, sf72. Org. Sf72. Org. So now that im all sanitized, we can begin. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. Colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the january 21, 2020 special Board Meeting and the january 28, 2020 regular meeting. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Made by supervisor preston and seconded by supervisor mandelman. And then without objection, then, those minutes will be approved after Public Comment as presented. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call the Consent Agenda. Clerk items 1 through 11 are on consent, and these items are considered to be on routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. President yee okay. Colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items from the Consent Agenda . Seeing none, madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk on items 1 through 11 [roll call] clerk there are ten ayes. President yee without objection, the ordinances are passed, and the resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, lets go to our regular agenda. Item 12. Clerk item 12 is an item to authorize the director of the department of Public Health to authorize a cannabis dispenser permittee to operate at a new location under that permit and to affirm the ceqa determination. President yee madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] clerk there are eight ayes and two noes, with supervisors stefani and yee in the dissent. President yee okay. This ordinance is finally passed by an 82 vote. Miss clerk, lets go to new business. Please call item 13. Item 13 is a resolution taking 13 million and placing it on controllers reserve, subject to the funding of the close of one or more transactions for fiscal year 1920. President yee madam clerk, please call the roll on that item. Clerk on item 13 [roll call] clerk there are ten ayes. President yee okay. Then without objection, this ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please call the next item. Clerk item 14 is a resolution authorize the director of homelessness and Community Housing to lease property for one year. President yee supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yes. I want to urge my colleagues to support this, and thank Abigail Stewart from the Mayors Office, and the neighboring community for participating in the Community Process and providing thoughtful, productive feedback. Clearly, we have a huge need to build additional Navigation Centers and additional Navigation Center beds, and this areas surrounding 33 gough, which is in district 6, but borders district 5, district 8, and district 9, as well, in need of additional services. The old City Building has been an eyesore and has sat vacant for sometime. I also want to thank the Budget Committee for adopting a commitment to outreach and resources in the neighborhood. I believe this Navigation Center, with its size and location, presents a unique opportunity to collaborate with local service providers. Many of you may have seen some of the recent changes that the department of homelessness and hsoc have been discussing, and now saying in some cases publicly about moving away from a complaint driven system that has used police as First Responders to homelessness and has unfortunately struggled to get people into stable housing and services. Instead, what i believe we need is a more intentional model which is led by social workers and trained outreach workers to prioritize people in need. I look forward to continuing to partner with the department of homelessness, the Mayors Office to make sure this center succeeds, and of course to approving more centers all over the city in the near future. Thank you. President yee okay. Colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, please go to the next item. Clerk this is a licenses and Service Agreement between the city and Airport Services foundation to extend the Services Term for Services Transportation ground fee Collection Services through march 2023 for an aggregate amount not to exceed 1. 7 million and to provide for one twoyear renewal option to extend. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee mad abclerk, call item 19. Clerk item 19 is [inaudible] president yee madam clerk, please call the next item item item ititem next item. Clerk item 20, a resolution approving the Controllers Office of Public Finance debt policy in accordance with california government code, section 8855, and determining other matters in connection therewith. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, the item is passed. [gavel]. President yee without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, call item 22. Clerk id 22 is resolution authorizing Tax Collector to sell at public auction certain parcels of tax dwauted Real Property as defined here in. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without adoption, the item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, call item 23. Clerk item 23 is resolution authorizing and approving a lease with n. P. U. , ink, a california corporation, for the United States old mint at 88 fifth street, at the Monthly Base Rent of 22,000. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, the item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, can you call the next item. Clerk item 25, resolution to authorize and approve the acceptance of certain Real Property assets from the office of Community Investment and infrastructure to the city and placing parcels under the jurisdiction of public works, placing other parcels under the Mayors Office of housing and community development, and playsing property commonly known as the adam rogers parka addition under the jurisdiction of the recreation and Park Department and adopting other findings. President yee colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, this item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, call item 26. Supervisor peskin mr. President , if i could make the motion to rescind the vote on item number 25. President yee motion to rescind and seconded by supervisor ronen. Without any objection, then, the vote is rescinded. [gavel]. President yee supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee. Colleagues, last week, as you know, we had this item come before us, and we were concerned that some of these assets that are scheduled to come to the city and county of San Francisco to the successor agency, the Redevelopment Agency, would come at a potential cost. It was my understanding that the department of public works and the City Administrators Office were going to propose, although it is not in my possession, long where in we would language where in we would sever out a number of streets and sidewalks that would come with liability to the city and county of San Francisco and send those back to committee pending a financial workout, and that we would accept the rec and park property alice rogers and mohcd properties including but not limited to the foodco in district 10. I am not in receipt of that legislation, although it was promised to me yesterday by mr. Spitz of public works. So i would like to make a motion to continue this item to later in the hearing today, and if we receive it, then i would like to introduce those amendments. And if we do not, i would like to make a motion later in todays meeting to continue it to next week. So i would like to make a motion to continue this until later in the meeting, mr. President. President yee okay. You dont have to make a motion. Ill just take it out. Supervisor peskin thank you. President yee madam clerk, item 26. Clerk item 26 is a motion appointing kenneth kim to the streetlevel Drug Dealing Task force for an indefinite term. President yee okay. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, the item is approved unanimously. [gavel]. President yee item 27. Clerk 27 is a motion appointing douglas boullard, term ending january 31, 2023, and william barnickel, courtney miller, and hanley chan, terms ending january 31, 2024, to the Veterans Affairs commission. President yee okay. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, the item is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. President yee okay. Madam clerk, please call the next item. Clerk item 28 is a motion appointing john elberling, misha olivas, raquel redondies, alan manalo, and adam mesnic, terms ending december 1, 2023, to the Soma Community Stabilization Fund Community Advisory committee. President yee okay. Colleagues, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, the item is adopted unanimously [gavel]. President yee madam clerk, can we go to roll call. Clerk supervisor haney . Supervisor haney Overdose Deaths increased dramatically from 259 in 2018 to over 330 Overdose Deaths in 2019. When you break that number down, thats nearly one person a day, which is a massive increase from 2018. That increase is absolutely devastating. Each one of these people are had futures that were unnecessarily and needlessly cut short. Loved ones, family, and friends, and we know that lives could have been saved if there were Overdose Prevention sites that were open. The permitting process that weve created with this legislation is a necessary next step in combatting the opioid crisis. The legislation will allow the city and the department of Public Health to establish a permitting process for third party nonprofit providers who will be medical professionals to operate a safe injection site as part of the Overdose Prevention program. What were proposing is not a radical, new idea. 100 Overdose Prevention sites operate in cities around the world. None has experienced an overdose death, and thousands have gained access to services and therapy. In 2017, mayor breed and the department of Public Health created a task force on addressing the opioid epidemic. The task forces overarching recommendation was to support the safe Operation Services in San Francisco and recommended that the city should open a site. The board of supervisors unanimously passed a resolution that i authored declaring a Public Health crisis on Drug Overdoses and drug use. In that resolution, the board directs the department of public directed the department of Public Health to form a plan on that crisis. That plan included the need to open an Overdose Prevention site, which would be a critical part of a larger strategy to address overdoses in our city. We also need to stream line funding and state support for rapid crisis intervention for people who are in psychosis or at risk of overdose, deploy massive street outreach to help the most vulnerable and coordinate a local, regional, and statewide movement with law enforcement. There was a huge victory in philadelphia that found that Overdose Prevention sites would not violate criminal law. We also desperately need leadership and support from the state. This is not a time for us to move slowly or delay action. It is going to take all of us using everything we have to address this most deadly crisis and for all of us to Work Together to save lives. I want to thank mayor breed and her office, all of our Community Partners that have committed to this work from the safer inside coalition, including Lindsey Lasalle from the drug policy alliance, laura thomas from the sf aids foundation, by st. Anthonys, the drug users coalition. They save thousands of lives every year, and they should be supported and commended by all of us, and we should listen to them when they tell us that Drug Overdose sites are the next way to respond to prevent overdoses. Im also proposing legislation that no tenant in city housing pays more than 30 of their income to rent. Permanent Supportive Housing is a critical piece of San Franciscos homelessness response system. We hows house approximately 10,000 formerly homeless residents every overnight, and theyre all paying no more than 30 of their income to rent. This has been an intentional and critical policy to ensure that tenants who are working towards more independent living can dedicate some of their income each month to things that they need to get by. The problem is we currently have an inequitable and inconsistent policy for setting rent in permanent Supportive Housing. Nearly a third of our Supportive Housing tenants, approximately 3,000 of the most vulnerable tenants of the city, are right hand burdened, paying significantly more of had not already lowincomes to rent. This is a burden that is not imposed by landlords, but imposed by the city and county of San Francisco. The buildings for rents are highest not only represent buildings with the most capital needs, they also tend to represent those that house tenants with the highest acuity and most vulnerable. Sometimes these tenants are paying as much as 70 or 80 of their s. S. I. Or general assistance to rents, leaving them with barely anything to get through the month. I hear from many of these tenants in my district who are struggling to afford basic needs. The city should not be taking hundreds of dollars a month out of their pockets which makes it more difficult to afford Public Transportation and food costs and makes it more likely that they will be back out on the streets. 18 of households in Supportive Housing received notices of evicts for nonpayment of rent. Unfortunately, funds have not yet been allocated as the Mayors Office and department of homelessness have expressed concern that we can maintain services to these clients over time. What has been clear in this process is that we need a single standard. Without such a standard for all units, we will continue to leave thousands of tenants rent burdened by our city, putting them in a position where they cannot afford food, and likely that they will end back in a street. This legislation will set a single level, which we know is the right thing to do, but as of now, we have no plan to actually accomplish it. I want to thank the chair of the Budget Committee, sandra fewer, for her commitment to ensuring that we spend the 1 million that had been allocated, as well as president norman yee, who has been a leader to ensure we provide subsidies for seniors and to ensure we keep that rent burden at the 30 level. This is something we will look to in terms of a timeline, and im looking forward to working with the mayor and the department of homelessness and all of you to make sure we do this in a fiscally responsible way. This was recommended by the citys s. R. O. Task force, and there was a number of members, including jordan davis and other Supportive Housing tenants who have been fighting for this proposal. Its the common sense thing to do. Its the right thing to do. Our city should not be creating rent burden for some of the most lowincome and rent burdened tenants in our city. Thank you. Clerk thank you, supervisor haney. President yee so if i talk for ten more seconds, our madam clerk will announce our 2 30, then it will become 2 30, and its going to become official. Madam clerk, can you announce it. Clerk its now time for valiant women of the vote and to support womens History Month 2020. President yee okay. Okay. Welcome, everyone, to the chamber for the womens History Month celebration. I am excited to be part of this celebration for womens History Month and to recognize the efforts of women in our great city. Womens History Month is a time to appreciate the contributions of women in our communities who are courageous leaders working to improve the quality of life for san franciscans. Since 1996, the San Francisco commission and department on the status of women have recognized the vital work and contributions of women in our local communities through a womens History Month program, and i am proud to be part of this celebration. So right now, i would like to Welcome Department of the status of women director, emily merase to the podium to say a few words about the history of the event. Commissioner murase good afternoon, president yee and board of supervisors. Happy womens History Month. [applause] commissioner murase its my great pleasure to welcome you to the annual womens History Month celebration. This year, we celebrate the valiant women of the vote. Its very fitting that we celebrate this day on election day in california. I do want to recognize clerk of the board angela calvillo, and my associate director for their very hard work on todays events. I also want to recognize the friends on the commission on status of women represented by Linda Calhoun and verna lisa cava, on the only department of womens status in the country. Immediately following the board presentation, the friends are hosting a reception for all honorees. We hope you can join us just down the haul in the mayors Conference Room 201. As we mark 100 years since the passage of the 19th amendment, its important to remember that california was the sixth state to ratify the 19th amendment, so weve had a significant role in the narrative of the National Womens suffrage movement. Sf treasurer carmen chiu put on a presentation indicating that San Francisco was the site of the first ever suffrage march in 1908. We must not forget the suffr e suffragette who over 100 years ago, picketed the white house, went to jail, and endured intense suffering in order to secure the vote. We know that voting matters, its critically important that this year, 2020, we Pay Attention to Voting Rights and voting access, and remind those who can vote to vote. The women being recognized today are dedicated to their neighborhoods, their fields, their communities, to the overall betterment of society through their daily actions, and most importantly, through the power of the vote and encouraging others to exercise their right to vote. Today, supervisors, youll be highlighting some of the finest individuals working right here in San Francisco. Before i conclude, i do want to note that this will be my last womens History Month awards ceremony as director of the department on the status of women, as ill be leaving my position at the end of the month after 15 years of service. Ive had the honor to serve former mayor, now governor gavin newsom, mayor ed lee, and now mayor london breed. Now i turn the proceedings back to president yee and to the board so that you may introduce your womens History Month honorees. Thank you. [applause] president yee starting off womens History Month, we will be honoring our women supervisors, and then starting off in district order. So first up, one of our fierce leaders, supervisor sandra lee fewer, please present your commendation. Supervisor fewer thank you, present yee. Colleagues, my honoree is someone who ive gotten to know in her wearing many hats not only in the Richmond District but others. May i have wendy aragon please come up to the podium. Thank you, supervisor. [applause] supervisor fewer she has been a San Francisco resident since 1996, living in the district since 2008. She became an eligible voter when she turned 18 in 1992, and she has never missed casting a ballot in a political election. At eight years old, she wrote a letter to president reagan, asking why American Factory workers like her father, a Union Auto Worker at the General Motors auto plant in fremont, asking why they were losing their jobs. The white house responded by sending her an activity book by fun facts for kids. That is when she knew she was probably meant to be a democrat. Wendy continues to make waves and continued to make her voice heard as a scholar activist. When she was a teen, she went before the school board to protest cancellation of classes. She befriended a late california senator, who she credits for shaping her progressive values and activism. She walked the halls of the capitol with him to fight for the education system. She worked to overturn proposition 8 and dont ask, dont tell, passed Affordable Care act, fight for the dream act and daca, and ensured that democrats were elected to every congressional seat in 2010. Wendy has always put her heart in electing candidates from the bottom of the ballot to the top. She is the tireless volunteer whos willing to knock on doors, make phone calls, and talk to voters at farmers markets. She invested her heart and soul into her candidates. She goes on all in. Since 2009, wendy has been committed to building electoral power in the Richmond District, something i am fond of. Between 2013 and 2016, she served as the president of the Richmond District democratic club, where she ushered in a new generation of members and leaders. She will be returning to that role again this year because she knows that the stakes are too high not to fight for the heart and soul of our city, our district, and our nation. Wendy is also a one richmond hero. As i have spoken about many times when we have initiatives in the Richmond District, in the richmond, we are ininclusivinclusive, in the richmond, we take care of each other, in the richmond, we shop and eat local. I am proud to call wendy not only my constituent, but my friend, and i am honored today to recognize her in womens History Month. [applause] thank you, supervisor fewer. Im humbled to receive this award. I was to acknowledge the value went i want to acknowledge the valiant women who put their lives on the line so that i can vote. Suffra i am the proud Mexican American granddaughter of both mexican immigrants and of mexican nationals living on mexican and indigenous land in new mexico long before it became a u. S. State or territory. However, despite being unborn and naturalized in this country, my great grandmothers and grandmothers were subjected to things such as literacy tests, language barriers, poll taxes, proving their citizenship and white supremacist ballot. Every time i knock on a door, every time i cast my right to vote, i have a great privilege knowing that the women who came before me in my family did not always have. I also want to give a shoutout to one of my heros, jovi jovita nadar. She was one of the first people who organized a militant democratic socialist movement. I stand on these amazing womens shoulders every day, and i wont forget that. [speaking spanish language] [applause] clerk mr. President , while they are taking their camera shot, ill just remind to the future honorees in chambers this afternoon, we really want to hear your statement about how valiant the vote has been over the years, but if you could section any electioneering in the chamber from your statement because it is election day, that would be great. Thank you kindly. President yee okay. Next up is our other fierce warrior from the board of supervisors, supervisor hillary ronen. Supervisor ronen i am so excited about this. Nicolle jermaine, where are you . Come on up. [applause] supervisor ronen it is my pleasure and my excitement to be honoring today nicolle tremini jermaine, the mother of the Portola Library for womens history. Nicolle grew up in new jersey surrounded by books and thanks her mother for cultivating a love of reading. Not allowed to watch any t. V. , nicolle spent hours as a child visiting the library and hosting story time for anyone who would listen, including her stuffed animals. At 16, nicolle decided to spread her wings and move to california to live with her dad and santa cruz became her home. In 1993, while in college, she became a page at the s. F. Main library, and she never looked back. She knew it was her destiny. Quoted in the dewey decimal in an article in 2002, nicolle called herself a new librarian of the 21 century, explaining that the role of librarian needed to shift dramatically in todays world of information to being an information specialist. In 2003, after ten years working as a library page, nicolle became the Portola Branchs childrens librarian. Nicolle believes that everythi in order to encourage kids to love libraries, nicolle believes in a restoreative justice policy, working with kids so they always feel welcome. When a bilingual third grader told her i love this library, and i never want to leave, she knew she found her calling. She is a Founding Member of the portola green and steering committee, Whose Mission is to promote portolas district identity by building a more green and sustainable future, she helped build the first garden in 2014. Not only does the seed library teach kids about the history of the Garden District identity, but it also teaches them about nutrition and Food Security and makes the library more of a community space. When shes not devoting her time to her adopted family in the Portola Library, and her own family, she advocates for her employees on the bargaining team, believing that happy employees are valuable employees. From all of us in district 9 and especially the portola community, congratulations for being by far the coolest librarian in town. We love you. [applause] thank you so much, hillary. Thank you to you and your team. And hello to everyone here today. Thank you for being here. I think hillary said it all, and yes, i feel so lucky to be honored for doing something i absolutely love doing. I do put my heart and soul into everything i do he Portola Branch library for the youth and everyone of other ages, too, but i do focus on youth. Its true. I do see libraries in these dark times, i think we need a lot more light, and i see libraries and each of us being the light to guide us to doing whatever we need help with. You name it, weve got it all at the library. I have done it nearly 30 years. I have committed myself, i have been dedicated to the people of San Francisco and anyone else who may wander into the branch, and i will continue to do so for as long as i am able. And again, i feel also, theres a lot of gratitude. Gratitude is always the attitude, right . I am quite grateful that i have the opportunity to serve people every day in this way. I have this opportunity every day to help people make their lives better, you know, to help youth understand that theyre you know, everything is not happening on the screen. Theres real life out there, theres books. And thats right, i am a selfproclaimed book pusher and screen diverter, because i think we need to bring up a society of humans rather than drones, right . So i will continue to try humanizing the world as much as possible. As we always say, all are welcome, all are welcome. The light is always on at every single library. I treat you all like youre my houseguests, and welcome. Come to my house. [applause] president yee okay. Our next supervisor to present will be supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani thank you, president yee. Can i please have andrea ducele come to the podium. Colleagues, in honor of womens History Month, i am absolutely thrilled to honor someone whos voice has been heard for more than a decade now, my friend, andrea ducele. Women dive into policy, we collaborate with others, and we are forceful advocates for our community and of course for our children. For too long, however, womens voices have been absolutely underrepresented in politics and governments and, of course, Corporate Board rooms and a whole bunch of other places, but that gap is closing thanks to women like andrea. According to the reflective democracy campaign, for example, in 2015, only 17 of elected prosecutors were women, while 83 were men. And as of last year, 24 of elected prosecutors were women while 76 were men. So this matters not only because of womens vast underrepresentation in shaping our criminal Justice System but because of how emerge started. In 2002, a friend of andreas told her he hthey had decided run for the District Attorney of San Francisco. Andrea sat her friend down, made her type up a biography and navigate the information into a database, all part of emerge. She realized if this incredible woman was having a hard time on finding information on how to run for office, then im quite sure other women were also facing similar challenges that kept them from running in the first place. So that year, in 2002, andrea and a group of friends started emerge california to recruit and train Democratic Women in the bay area to run for office. In 2005, andrea created emerge america to replicate emerge californias successes across the country, and 15 years later, emerge has Training Programs in 29 states. During this time, 4,000 women have trained to run for office, and over 1,000 have won their elections, and over 500, including myself, mayor london breed, and former supervisor and board of equalisation chair currently serve thanks to emerge california. In a testament to andreas mentorship, her friend, who decided to run for District Attorney in 2002, is now the second black woman ever to serve in the United States senate. I think we all know who im talking about, senator kamala harris. As andrea has said, this isnt a pink wave that will crash and die, its a powerful movement, one that weve been building and nurturing for more than 15 years. And i say this, its going to continue to grow because i see it in women all the time. Today for our celebration of womens History Month, i could not imagine another honoree than andrea dusteel. Thank you, andrea, for your commitment, your work, and your friendship. [applause] first, i want to say thank you, supervisor, for the honor to be here today. My fellow honorees, i want to congratulate my friend emily merase for her amazing service. Emily is also an emerge graduate, and just thank you so much for all you do. I want to say in addition to being inspired by my friend who wanted to run for District Attorney, i also was unspired in 2002 when i was inspired in 2002 when i sat at my computer and pulled up my board of supervisors and saw there were only two board of supervisors. Im actually a native floridian, and i thought wow, i moved here, and i thought this was a progressive place. Today, we have three women, and i want to tell you we always have to keep fighting. We work really hard, and our numbers go up, and then our numbers go down. Its very much like civil rights. Its just a constant fight we have to wage, and we have to encourage people to have a gender lens when voting. I dont know about you, but i think we need to have at least 50 50 if were talking about a city like San Francisco. And im very passionate about that, and i know the subject is also on voting. And i just cant help by think about my mother today. She was an immigrant with a fourthgrade education. And i remember asking her at one point about voting. You know, how you never ask your family members anything until youre older. And i said well, do you vote . I mean, do you vote in elections . She said she only voted once in her life. It was for john f. Kennedy. Just a reminder, a lot of people dont vote because they dont think their vote matters or the system is relevant to them. Im so lucky that i can participate in the political process not just in voting but in trying to build a more reflective democracy for us all. So thank you so much for inviting me here, and i hope youll join me in continuing this fight to have a more beautiful, reflective democracy. Thank you. [applause] president yee okay. That will be the end of our women presentations, and sadly, theres only three of them out of 11. Hopefully in the future well see those numbers go back up or will be on equal footing with my male colleagues on the board of supervisors. So next up is supervisor safai. Supervisor safai colleagues, i am so happy to be here when we gather for women and get out the vote. Today, id like to celebrate the work and Bright Future of hang mei peng. [applause] supervisor safai all right. Hong mei was born in singapore and migrated to the United States with her family when she was in her teens. Her employer was a fraudulent employer who left them without immigration papers when they settled here. Poverty, language barriers and cultural barriers, she was able to form meaningful relationships with her participation in forensic debate. There, she honed her public speaking skills, increased her confidence, and her ability to connect with an audience. She was elected by her peers to serve on the Baltimore City Student Commission as a commissioner before graduating from high school and became and becoming the first in her family to attend college at the new school in new york city. At new school, hang mei cultivated her passion for social justice through the urban studies program. After graduation, she continued to mentor and Coach High School students in competitive forensics debate, grassroots activism, and policy advocacy. Hang mei got her start in politics in new york city where she cofounded in organizing raise which stands for raising asian immigrant stories on the east coast. The program kick started after daca was announced and provided undocumented a. P. I. Youth a safe space to build community and advocate for Immigration Reform. Hang mei was able to benefit from the obama era daca program and was finally able to adjust her immigration status. She led base building efforts to connect other undocumented a. P. I. S to raise membership, and lobbied congress for humane, comprehensive Immigration Reform as recently as 2013. Hang mei moved to San Francisco shortly after that in 2014 due to its history of social movement and opportunity to mobilize and organize among the a. P. I. Community here in San Francisco and its long history of activism. She worked at Asian Americans advocating justice, a. P. I. , where she spear headed the first undocumented a. P. I. Program in the country. She base built, mentored, and led freedom campaigns for a. P. I. Women who survived domestic violence, unjust incarcerations and those subject to immigration deportation. Hang mei is during the director at a Civil Rights Community organization committed to defending civil rights of Asian Americans and Chinese Americans and advance multiracial democracy. She joined the Immigration Rights program in 2016, and in her current role, she has worked with Public Private media and Community Stakeholders to advance an inclusive civil rights agenda in San Francisco. Some of her most recent projects include partnering with immigrant Rights Coalition to improve San Franciscos 247 network for immigrants who are targets of trumps immigrant policies. Protecting equal access to services for legal and nonlegal immigrants in partnership with San Francisco Language Access network, and also advocating for a more inclusive citywide project Labor Agreement that is accessible to communities of color and immigrants to secure Economic Opportunities for all the workers in San Francisco. Shes made many positive changes in such a short amount of time here in San Francisco, and weve all truly benefited from her advocacy and hard work. Hang mei, when i thought about who to honor today, i couldnt think of anyone better that i wanted to highlight. I work with you personally on the citywide p. L. A. You never were flustered, you knew how to push the information forward. Whenever i had questions on immigration and i am reform, youre one of the people i think of. So today, all the work that youve done and your dedication, im truly honored to honor you as one of the valiant women of the vote. [applause] thank you, supervisor safai. Good afternoon to you and happy super tuesday. I really appreciate the supervisors commendation and for your support on all of the key initiatives that we have been working on in the last few years. I am so humbled to be recognized today alongside such a powerful cohort of women, and it has been an absolute privilege to serve the community here in San Francisco and to have been able to work with all of you on the board. I just wanted to take this opportunity to express my thanks to president yee, supervisors fewer, ronen, mandelman, and yee for champ n championing immigrants rights access. I want to thank supervisor mar and yee for working with us, for supervisor haney to ensure that good jobs are available to all in San Francisco, and supervisor fewer, for your decades of service to those in the San Francisco chinese community. Justice requires structural systemic and institutional efforts. Justice requires personal courage and our collective political imaginations. In addition to my work at c. A. A. , i long to transform the status quo in a world where we uphold the virtues of the ohlone people whose land we stand on so no one knows the fear and anxiety of being displaced, a world where women, nongender and nonbinary people feel safe of walk being the streets, where cages are not a part of our lexicon, and where young people do not question whether our bodies are our own. It is unlikely that a world like that will happen overnight, but im hopeful that we can build this together by addressing the needs of those most directly impacted by our public policies. I want to express my personal gratitude to my mom, whos her today, for her gift of magic that is life. I want to thank bethany lee, who brought me into this work back in new york city, and for teaching me never to settle for what is less than whole, and to the c. A. A. Family who is here today for their trust and guidance and for allowing me to shepherd the organizations Progressive Agenda here in San Francisco, to annette wong and all of the c. A. A. Staff for their camaraderie and who serve the most vulnerable in our communities day in and day out. For all the women who lead and inspire change every day and for the valiant warriors in our community who teach us to be brave, resilient, and continue the fight each day. Thank you to you, supervisor safai, and i look forward to continuing the fight onward and upward. [applause] president yee thank you. Next up will be supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you, president yee. Good afternoon, everyone in the chambers. At this time, i rise to honor a long Time Community activist, community leader, and someone who i have had the opportunity to look up to for several years, miss carol tatum. [applause] supervisor walton miss carol tatum has been in the forefront of advocacy for the bayviewhunters Point Community for more than 50 years, although you cannot tell by looking at her. Miss tatum came to San Francisco in 1955 from mobile, alabama, attended dames dinman middle school, city college of San Francisco, and San Francisco state university. In the 60s, she began a long career in advocacy, working at wapac, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency as it changed the fillmore district to what it is today, the western addition. As the administrator at wapac, carol helped residents to decipher the rapid and disdeserting changes that displace far too many residences and businesses. Miss tatum also worked with the bayviewhunters Point Foundation where she cofounded and became the director of an outpatient Alcoholism Prevention Program Treatment Program designed to specifically address issues of alcohol use for African Americans and their families. The agency did pioneering works in breaking barriers, dispelling myths. Additionally, the excessive number of Liquor Stores on third street and their aggressive advertising practices led miss tatum to form the third street alcohol and tobacco task force to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco and alcohol. The task force addressed disproportionate alcohol and tobacco advertising and Business Practices that targeted children, youth, and women, and led to loitering. Miss tatum also became a proud member of the coalition whose organizing efforts resulted in the 1995 ordinance that prohibits smoking in Public Places in San Francisco, a practice that spread across the nation in airplanes, buses, trains, etc. As a consultant, she developed programs designed to teach women the problems that alcohol and tobacco use can bring. In the 90s, as executive director of Young Community developers, she continued her passion of service by planning, developing, implementing Employment Training for young people. At the recreation and Park Department, it was miss carol tatum who coordinated the Community Decision to build a new Martin Luther king swimming pool. Her spirit of volunteerism and Public Service has led her to serve on a variety of councils, including the National Black alcoholism council, american heart association, heart in the black community, the bayview uniters point roundtable, citywide leadership forum, black women organized for action, served as executive Committee Member of the National Advancement of colored people, naacp here in San Francisco, and a trustee of Providence Baptist church. Retired from employment since 2000, she is active as a volunteer. She has strived throughout her life to improve the quality of life for others and believes that has contributed to her own quality of life. We are privileged to honor miss carol tatum here in the board of supervisors chamber. Miss tatum . [applause] i want to say good afternoon to everyone, mr. President , board members, friends, family, colleagues, city and county of San Francisco and beyond, and to mr. Walton supervisor walton. I guess when youve been around as long as i have, you have the pleasure and the opportunity of seeing people grow up. And so before us today is supervisor walton. And i want to tell you, i was quite humbled when he told me i was going to be honored, and i stand here with tremendous humility and gratitude. And so people ask me frequently, well, how old are you . And so i say, i am closer to 80 than i am 70. Now you figure it out. But as mr. Walton said supervisor walton said, i came here from mobile, alabama in 1955. I remember when i was about eight, and i had lived in an insulated and nurtured African American environment. We went to segregated schools, we had our own transportation, and i believe the only thing we brought from the store was maybe some flour because we had our own farm, and we produced just about everything. And that was in the country. And then, i went back to mobile, and my aunt was taking me somewhere with her. We got on the bus, and i jumped up and sat in the first seat that i saw, and everything stopped and stood still. I remember my aunts hand being suspended with the fear. I remember seeing the black people standstill. I remember white people be still, and the bus driver, who was quite a big guy, got up, came over to me, and said, with the nword, go to the back of the bus. So i didnt know what to do, i didnt know what i had done. And my aunt said, come on, carol, lets get off this bus because i dont want to have to kill this man. And she had a knife. And so we got off the bus. But i felt bad because we had to walk, and it was quite a long walk, but i remember that very vividly. And then, we got to San Francisco. And you hear about california, and you think palm trees, and you think sunshine, and you think lemon groves, and the like. Well, we got to San Francisco, and it was very, very hot in alabama. But when we got here, it was cold. It was july, and my father loved San Francisco. I knew we werent going back. But we lived off monterey boulevard, and it was referred to as the nhill where we lived in San Francisco. At some point, we moved to hunters point, and i had grownup a little bit, and i had gotten a job, and i came home, and there were tanks all up and down third street because some riots had broken up in another part of the country, and another young man had been shot and killed. And so the young men were protesting. I guess they thought the protests were going to get out of hand, so they sent tanks. I remember thinking to myself, how am i going to get home . How am i going to get from third street to up on the hill . So those are some of my earliest memories. But when i went to work for wapac in the western addition, and i saw what was urban renewal, but what was really African American removal from this city, thats when it began. But in 55, there had been the protes protests on venice avenue. So those were a few of the experiences in my city. And then, when i went to work, as i said, little old people would come in, and theyd have pieces of paper, and they would be shaking, and it was something that they had been given that was supposedly a certificate that would bring them back into the stow. Wel city. Well, you know we know that that did not happen. So then, i went to work on the other side of the city, and it was a time of hope and planning and model cities. Thats what we thought would happen. Well, out of that, there was someone in this room who was a part of that, mr. Claude everhart. Did he leave . Mr. Claude everhart was a part of all that activity. And i worked with the likes of miss mary rogers, miss miss eloise kennedy, eileen hernandez, and i could go on and on. But i had the privilege and the great honor of working with and learning from those women. And so i could stand here, and you can say, i could go on and i will stop. I will say this, that reparations yes. We need reparations in San Francisco. 80 of the 3 of African Americans who live in this city live in Public Housing. So that tells you something about the health, it tells you about economics, employment, and so on. 80 of African Americans in the city. I watched this percentage of African Americans in the city decrease from 18 to 3 . That was a that is a void. I dont believe that we are going to bring people back. Im going to say that, and i am an eternal optimist. I know that character builds hope, and hope springs eternal. I support mayor london breed. I had the privilege of watching her grow up. When i met her, she was just out of college we know that as a people, by working together with other people, we can make some accomplishments, we can make some times, we can have some successes. But you are in a position of power. You are the policy makers in this city, and i ask you, when you would like decisions, you would put yourself in my place, that you would put yourself in the position of 80 of African Americans who are in low and subsidized housing and think about their quality of life. Thank you thank you thank you. President yee so if we could quietly leave the room, if youre going to leave the room. I want to bring up my next supervisor from district 8, supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman thank you, president yee. Happy womens herstory month, everyone. Hello, theresa kolish. As we acknowledge and celebrate this 100th anniversary year of the 19th amendment, i will say that as a gay man, i am profoundly grateful for that 100 years of women dreaming big and fighting hard, electioneering at the ballot box, city halls, in neighborhoods, and maybe soon at the white house. Friends and colleagues, im so honored to honor theresa kolish. She has lived around the corner from glen canyon for ten years, where she lives with her husband and has raised her two kids. Theresa and more than 2,000 volunteers in sister district San Francisco get out the message. Nationally, sister district project volunteers have raised 1. 1 million, mailed 313,000 postcards, made 242,000 phone calls, and knocked on 78,000 doors. Theresa is also the cofounder of vote like a woman, launched in commemoration of the 19 amendment which gets women to vote in swing states that are critical to winning the electoral college. Theresa, im proud to call you my constituent and my friend. Thank you for all you do to keep the history of the sufficie suffra suffragettes 100 years later, and for turning states from red to blue. Thank you, raphael. Its so great to be here. Sister districts, it is an Amazing Group of people who have come together. I am so proud to be raising my family in San Francisco, and in particular, district 8 of course. Why im so proud to be here, when we look down our ballots, were basically choosing different shades of blue. Our goal at the sister district project which was started here in San Francisco in that lovely bar in the mission called keiths, and then, in 2016, and then, the sister district San Francisco chapter launched in the early months of 2016. We are trying to make sure that our friends and family in those states have their voices heard again. So as raphael said, we are supporting strategic campaigns and flipping seats, and our efforts contributed greatly to virginia now being a blue trifecta as of 2019. [applause] we hope that 2010 will continue to be a banner year, and also, as raphael mentioned, to ensure we have more voter participation, myself and a group of like minded women here in San Francisco have launched well, its actually launching on sunday, interNational Womens day, the vote like a woman campaign, which is designed to get women registered and pledging to vote one person at a time in these strategic states. And our goal is to make sure that the 20 the 100th anniversary of the 19 amendment in august 2020 is celebrated appropriately with all those women turning out in November November to take back our country. So if youre interested, look for votelikeawoman. Com and the sister district project. Thank you so much. [applause] president yee okay. Thank you. So my honoree is christine ribold, and thanks for being here, and come up to the podium. Christine . [applause] president yee this years theme for womens History Month is valiant women of the vote. Today, were hard at work at our businesses and with our families. Christine is someone who has embodied what it means to become a community and neighborhood leader and advocate. What started as a vision zero Pedestrian Safety grant through my Participatory Budgeting Program in 2017 as manifest has manifested into her becoming a neighborhood leader in sunnyside. Christines budgeting proposal received more than 650 votes from district 7 residents, and when the project is complete, it will result in speed cushions, Continental Cross ways and a. D. A. Circular ramps on jetson and genessee. Christine designed a postcard to name all the proposals. The apolofollowing year, chris took engauging with her community to a new level. She worked with her neighbors and Community Involvement going door to door with friends of the havalock bridge group. This was far more complicated than even the city had anticipated. Multiple departments have overlapping jurisdiction, including pacific public works, m. T. A. , p. U. C. , caltrans, b. A. R. T. , city college, rec and park, and even sfpd. Thus, the complication of a single bridge. In speaking with departments that have worked with her, they say that christine is very adept to working with a massive diversity of stakeholders in her neighborhood to solve problems. Public works share that she is one of the most creative problem solvers that they have ever worked with because she understands that collaboration is key in problem solving. S kristina applies her love for her neighborhood, community organizing, and Graphic Design skills in a persistent way that allows here h her to navigat complex bureaucratic communities with ease. In her professional life, she has been she has amazing talent as a grachk designer who works with a variety of media, including digital, painting, and print making. Her work tends to focus on business with a cause, including San Francisco casa, casa standing for court appoint appointed special advocates, and also the people wine revolution of sasoon valley. I am honored to recognize christine, not only a true leader in my district, sunnyside, but also throughout San Francisco. This is my honoree of San Francisco womens History Month, christine. [applause] i feel truly honored to have my small contribution to my tiny corner of the city recognized tha recognized. Thank you to all of you. [inaudible] spans i280 between city college and menlo park. So it connects neighborhoods, parks, transits and schools in an area with [please stand by]. As someone who works in public spaces, i have had firsthand experience navigating the concerns of residents around the issue of all right president yee all right. Next up will be our supervisor from district 6, supervisor haney. Supervisor haney thank you, president yee, and i first want to congratulate all of the honorees for all of your work and to also thank my former colleague, director emily mer asee and t merase and all their work, as well. Today, i have the honor of nominating an amazing powerful educator and leader in our community, wendy click. [cheers and applause] supervisor haney thats wendys face on there. One thing youll know about wendy is she always rolls with a crew. So i want to welcome wendys crew here, as well, and all the folks from hospitality house. Wendy is someone who has dedicated her life to educating and empowering others, to restorative justice, and to empowering disenfranchised voters and communities. Everyone who lives or works in the tenderloin knows wendy. It seems like half of them are here today. She wears many hats and runs in many circles, but one thing we know about wendy is when there is a fight for justice in our community, shes there. Wendy has dedicated her life to serving San Franciscos tenderloin, midmarket, and sixth street communities. She has fought against prison privatization, she has fought for tenant rights, and she currently serves as the Deputy Director of initiatives for hospitality house where she is responsible for supporting the companys Leadership Team and leading system change efforts, especially in the Justice System. But wendy actually has a very long history of justice work, some of which ive learned about in preparation for today. She served as the Program Coordina coordinator for the California Coalition of justice reforms that challenges the institutional violence imposed on the women, transgender people, and communities of color by the prison industrial complex. She also helped organize the freedom rally to end the california womens prison crisis in 2012. Wendy was formerly incarcerated herself and has worked inside prison walls to help inspire hope and the possibility of a better future. Upon her release from valley state prison for women, wendy joined thousands of formerly incarcerated people and their families to end the prison and jail expansion that has devastated california communities. As hospitality house, wendy has worked tirelessly to end the criminalization of californias working class communities, extend parole for sick and elderly people, and implement alternative justices instead of imprisonment. A more recent project of wendy has been the walk with wendy mobilization that happens on every single election day or around election time, and i was actually able to participate in the walk with wendy during the the first walk and the first walk where you were able to vote for the first time. [applause] supervisor haney and it was absolutely one of the most inspiring things that ive been able to witness. Hundreds of people from our Community Coming together, you know, six different languages being spoken, people from all over the place all coming to join you in solidarity and carrying their ballots to city hall. This was absolutely i think reflective of your leadership and the example that youve set. I also want to note on election day that there are still close to 50,000 people in our state who are unable to vote because they are currently on parole, and this is an absolute injustice, and i know its one that youve brought attention to, and youve fought against. And not just for people who were formerly incarcerated, but for all of the folks in our community who often feel like they dont have a voice, who may be unsure whether they should show up and vote at all. Youve been a model and a leader and a shining light for us, all of us, and i see that every day, and i certainly when i thought about who to honor on election day, you were absolutely the first person who came to behind, so thank you, wendy. Thank you. Supervisor haney im so happy to honor you. Thank you for all that you do. Thank you. [cheers and applause] i just want to say i am truly honored, and thank you, supervisor haney, for honoring me. As you can tell, some of of the folks in the room have walk with wendy shirts. This is giving education to folks who want to vote but they dont know how to vote. Just come on down to 290 turk, and ill help you out, i promise. [applause] as you were speaking, i was thinking about the struggle. Who in the world would have thought that a person from a small town in oklahoma, population 400, would be here today, being honored in San Francisco. [applause] i came to california because you know the beverly hillbillies said it was the place to be . I served 18 years of a life sentence. Every day in that institution, i said, when i get out, i am going to empower somebody, not just to get out, when you want your dream job or dream anything. Look at me. Im here to say i spent 18 years in prison, and i am in the tenderloin every single day trying to bring empowerment to people, not just to vote, but to be themselves. And those folks, the women that are on the streets, unhoused. Come on down to turk street, and weve got some fresh water with lemon and cucumbers, and you can just hangout. I have to say, matt, when you called me last week, i thought it was to tell me you missed walk with wendy. I didnt know it was something better. Thank you so much, matt. [cheers and applause] president yee okay. Thank you. Next up will be supervisor with district 5, supervisor preston. Thank you, president yee and colleagues, and congratulations to all the folks who came down today to show your support for these amazing leaders. In honor of womens History Month, i am very pleased today to honor one of our most Incredible Community leaders in district 5, Kristin Evans. [applause] supervisor preston kristin was born in washington, and i believe both her parents may be here today. Her father went onto work at an Aluminum Company that he continues to work for to this day. Because of that, kristin moved around the country and the globe. Kristin studied Political Science at vassar in new york. After college, in the midst of a recession, submitted over 100 resumes to various companies before landing a job at an h. R. Consulting firm where she was tasked with analyzing executive pay, and im guessing that that led to her later focus on income inequality issues. In 2001, she received her m. B. A. From the university of michigan and landed a job at a Management Consulting firm, where she worked with numerous tech clients, and there, she met her husband, praveen, and a few years later, they both decided they wanted a change from their careers where they had both been successful at. They came back to the bay area, settling in the haightashbury. In 2008, they took over the book smith at a time when amazon had already taken over onethird of book sales. And yet, they remained determined to maintain a Successful Community cancered book store in the internet era, and theyve Community Centered book store in the internet era, and in the years since, theyve done just that. Together with her dog, the famous joey pistachio, who is with us here today, christine has earned the title of mayor of haight. Kristin is incredibly human minded when it comes to the role she plays a a Business Owner. In order to educate Business Owners, she held a talk at the book smith about the causes and potential solutions for homelessness. She also has a policy in her store that any of her employees can get a pay advance as an interest free loan of up to 20 of their annual wages for unexpected expenses. She has tirelessly advocated for merchants in the haight and beyond at a time when businesses across the district and San Francisco are struggling. Shes served on the board of the haightashbury Business Association since 2011, when it was founded, and shes served as the president of the foundation since 2017. Shes also been on the board of the haightashbury Neighborhood Council since 2014. In 2018, christine was asked by the coalition on homelessness to be an official proponent of proposition c, the visionary tax on the highest earning companies in San Francisco to Fund Solutions to homelessness. As a Business Owner, kristin quickly became one of the faces mo identified with the measure, speaking out on the challenges facing our citys homeless population. She rallied her neighborhood into action, bringing together the haightashbury neighborhood association, the haightashbury Merchant Association and neighbors to collect signatures to qualify for the ballot. What began as a Grassroots Organization was transformed between kristin and salesforce c. E. O. Mark bennioff. Benioff was compelled to give the small amount of 7 million to the Organization Due to kristins advocacy. In honor of womens History Month, we recognize Kristin Evans for her passion, her tireless commitment, her sheer brilliance, and her ability to embrace transformative change and register voters. On behalf of the entire board of supervisors, its my pleasure to give you this award today. President yee so before you speak, supervisor peskin would like to say a few words. Supervisor peskin thank you, president yee. Im so sorry to elongate this presentation, but i wanted to join with supervisor preston. Im not advocating on march the 3 for anything that may be on the ballot work, but the policy work that miss evans be has done in and around of advancing the issues of vacancy in neighborhood districts has been profoundly important, and i just want to thank you for that. [applause] thank you very much. Because were here for womens History Month, i asked my mom to come with me because im a relatively newcomer to politics in a sense. Yes, ive been involved in my community as a Business Owner and as a representative in the Merchants Association and the Neighborhood Council, but really, its more recent that i have been activated to become more involved in politics. That is due to my mom, who, when i was growing up, she would tell me she felt she had limited Career Options when she came out of career choices when she came out of college, what her options were. She encouraged me not necessarily to cook for myself, so i didnt get that skill set until later. But through her strong sense of womens equality, she really instilled in me my need to be my own person. I remember coming back from dinner conversations with my dads work colleagues, saying i really skewered them over that. It was when our current president was elected that our whole family became much more engaged in politics. My mom and my sister and i all participated in the womens march, and my mom volunteered for Hillary Clintons campaign. And i guess i can say were making some progress because today, we voted for two different women for president. So maybe, you know, mom said shed love to have a woman president before she dies. I hope thats going to happen. It may not happen this november, but i do hope that we will continue to see strides and representation in our political office. Thank you. I did want to recognize, also, just other women who have influenced me, including my grandmothers who are no longer with us. My grandmother, frances evans, was a teacher and taught journalism and kri journalism and civics. My other grandmother never had the chance to go to college, but she was a strong woman leader and was a pilot at one point. Through my advocacy here in the city, when jennifer 23rd friedenbach asked me to come work with her for the homeless and their problems. I more recently have had the opportunity to work with hope williams and gloria berry and these are the women that i feel are the next generation that will become the next tier of leaders, Women Leaders that i hope will be taking all the seats in this room. Thank you very much. [applause] president yee thank you. So our next person is our supervisor from district 4, supervisor mar. Supervisor mar thank you, president yee. Continuing this wonderful super tuesday celebration of womens History Month and our theme of valiant women of the vote, im so excited to have the opportunity of honoring another amazing women who embodies that idea, susan pheifer. A lot of people here know her already, i want to tell you a little bit about her. She retired in 2013 from cal performances at u. C. Berkeley. After retirement, she noticed a need in her neighborhood to have a space in community for discussing issues of importance, and as susan often does, she founded the outer sunset park side resident association. A lifelong democrat, she has been a delegate to the Democratic Convention since 2008, as well as an elected delegate to the 20010, 2012, and 2016 Democratic Convention. 2018, with our first opportunity to go back to the ballot and defend our democracy since trump took off, susan stepped up and managed a team of volunteers in making hundreds of thousands of calls and texts to voters in swing districts across the country. With susans leadership, red to blue s. F. Helped sin 16 out 19 win 16 out of the 19 districts in her party, helping to make nancy pelosi once again speaker of the house. As we choose a nominee to take back the white house, susan is working with pelosi and the democratic San Francisco party to take back the senate, keep the house blue in 2020. With y but every month, she leads a group of volunteers in the naturalization ceremonies, registering a group of 350 to 400 citizens to vote. They leave as citizens, newly registered voters, and newly empowered to express their voice and their vote. Thank you, susan, for all you do for the sunset district and democracy. From organizing in approximate our neighborhoods to organizing in neighborhoods across the country. Were so grateful for your work ethic, vision, and leadership. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Thank you, gordon. Actually, gordon, i think has benefited from something we did with ospra. In 2018, i retired, and i discover discovered nextdoor. Com. I discovered that parkside was a next door neighborhood, and i discovered there were issues with car break ins and burglaries and etc. , so i made up the outer sunset association, and created a name that you could announce. In 2018, when i was running the red to blue office, we had the first open supervisor race in district 4 in a long time, and there were, i think, seven people that signed up. I decided there needed to be forums where people could hear all of them together, so i stupidly scheduled three forums while i was running the red to blue office and somehow was able to do it, and we had several hundred people turn out to hear those, and we thought it was productive, so i was proud to do that. I was running my locket. This was my mothers baby locket that she gave to me shortly before she passed away, and i never take it off. She was my mentor. She had a high school education, but knowledge stopped her, and she loved politics. And i used to go with her to vote when i was a kid when they had the machines with the levers that youd pull. That instilled in me the love to vote as a person, which i still do. A few years ago, i inherited a project many of you may remember richard and shirley hansen. They were members of the richmond democratic club. They started doing the naturalization ceremonies when they were at the masonic auditorium. The masonic had a dispute with a concert promoter that came in and said they couldnt do that during the day, so they got moved to the Paramount Theater in oakland. Right after i retired in 2013, the first time i did was go register people to vote at the paramount with them, including the man who was the executive director at cal performances at the time who became naturalized a month after i started doing. They retired, and i took it on and built it out to where we have six ironing boards, three on each side. In 2016, the volunteer board really grew, and i want to thank theresa and sister district and the people of swing list who recruit volunteers for me every month. We get 30 to 40 people who come over every month for each swearing in ceremony. I have a hardandfast rule. We do not influence what party they register for. Were in the free speech area. Hard fast rule, i want people to vote the way 24e79 they want, awan want way they want, and when they came out, youll hear me shout. Finish the job. Once you become a citizen, you register to vote. I love to see the excitement when we empower them to do what weve been waiting for, so i want to thank you for giving me this honor. I really appreciate it. [applause] [please stand by] the earlier comment supervisor waltons honoree talked about with Unamerican Committee and all the things you saw ms. Williams family was a part of and she has associations around the world in south africa, india, and indonesia and shes been a fighter for justice starting in high school with solidarity movements particularly through the neat nam vietnam war and start the year before i was born. I will not tell you the year. She has been quoted in the New York Times around she wrote for the paper and earned her degree in journalism. Though her focus now is on the middle east because of the wars our country has been provoking and fighting there she continues to work on vete flam and for veterans that she always reminds me on the street in emails along with the rest of the neighborhood. One of her biggest accomplishments was helping raise more than and this is a huge amount of money even for those of us who run for office, 300,000 for vietnamese victims of the war there who still suffer effects of agent orange and serves the San Francisco veterans for peace. In recent years nadia has been a tireless supporter of political causes which is not why i have her here today but phone banks local issues and im not advocating anything but including the tax on the ballot and in addition to Community Efforts shes raised her family, i know her family and she has three kids, six grandchildren and her kids are Union Organizers and her daughters are active in Environmental Issues in northern california. Nadia, you deserve this. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Goodness, the first time i spoke in this chamber was as a 19yearold against redevelopment and was African American removal. Now we have gentrification. There are many rewards for fighting the good fight not the least of which is working with people like aaron and nancy and our north beach posse. Its made easier by the skrchs sacrifice and determination of progressive candidates. Fighting greeddriven profits and militarism for people and planet has been rewarding. From the veterans of the International Brigade in the spanish civil war, the good fight, to the american men and women of the vietnam war one of whom is here today who overcame guilt and remorse to work actively for reparation. I commend our young veterans for peace as well. Please be sure to walk across the street to the veterans gallery from march 17 to april 22 to see the waging peace exhibit which highlights our military heroes in the resistance to the american war in vietnam. Many of whom still live here today in this great city in San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I want to thank everyone for this Amazing Group of honorees and i also want to thank the friends of the department and their director. And verna lizakaba. Theres a reception in room 201 for all their honorees and their guests. Thank you, friends, for support and all you do to advance the rights of women and girls everywhere. Dr. Morasi can we have you come up again . So this will be your last womens History Month celebration you will be leading in this capacity and on behalf of the board id like to recognize dr. Emily morasi for her service to the city of San Francisco. Shell be leaving her role as the director of the department of status of women in a few weeks. I want to make sure to recognize her as part of our womens History Month celebration today. Emily has dedicated her career to advancing the rights of women and girls and for the past 15 years she has served as the director of the San Francisco department of status of women. Under her direction the department has made contributions to ending violence against women stopping Human Trafficking, building gender equity in workplace and advancing womens human rights at the local, national and global level. Emily also oversaw the creation of San Francisco collaborative against Human Trafficking in 2010 and Mayors Task Force on antiHuman Trafficking in 2013 and led the launch of the National Campaign to advance womens human rights called cities for cedalw with 50 cities and counties and Salt Lake City and miamidade county. Emily, thank you for your hard work and dedicated work to the city and county of San Francisco. Your work has changed the lives of countless women and girls in San Francisco and beyond and so ill be offering you this. [applause] i just have one thing to say this is more than a quarter of my life and spent it with many of you in the room and women continue to hold up the sky and will continue to hold up the sky. Thank you very much. That concludes our special accommodations for today and happy womens History Month and make sure to get out and vote. Still have time. Madame clerk lets go to our 3 00 p. M. Special order call items 29 and 30 together. Clerk [reading item] colleagues, we will now be convening as a committee of the whole. Does the district 6 supervisor wish to make any remarks . No. Supervisor peskin do you want to Say Something about the item . With regard to item 25 i do not need to speak to the item. Id like to have Department Staff come up to make a few brief remarks. Good afternoon. Im javi rivera from public works. This is concerning the 301 Mission Building located south of mission between fremont and beale. The department of building inspection has reviewed a proposed design to structurally upgrade grade the 301 Mission Street tower. It was determined that part of the structural upgrade will be placed infrastructure in what is currently public rightofway. This piece of legislation is more of a legal exercise than a standard street vacation. When streets typically are vacated the vacation area is removed from the public rightofway and becomes a cityowned parcel. It can be retained by the city or can be conveyed to a third party. When the city retains the parcel, the city has the ability to grant a lease or easement over all or a portion of the vacated area. In this case the legislation we are going to use covers three phases. First, portions of Mission Street and fremont street will be vacate from the sidewalk level down to a depth of 300 feet. This will split off cityowned parcels below grade while keeping the above street level grade as public rightofway. Next, an easement will be granted to the owners of 301 Mission Street over portions of the belowgrade streets. This is shown on file on pages 2 and 3. Finally, after the easement is recorded the vacated property will be restored to public rightofway subject to the easements that were recorded. The street vacation was processed as required by local and state law. On february 13, postings were placed on fremont and Mission Street as required by california streets and highways code. No objections were receive from city agencies, private Utility Companies or fronting property owners. Its important to note this is a conditional street vacation and it will not become effective until the board of supervisors approves three item. First the vacation area. Currently its subject to the public trust doctrine. The public trust exchange legislation must be approved and effective. Second, the settlement ordinance related to the 301 Mission Street litigation must be finalized and effective. And finally the board of supervisors must approve the easement for structural elements in the vacated area. If you have any questions concerns the street vacation process im glad to answer. Seeing nobody on the roster, thank you very much for your presentation. Okay. Are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this particular item . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Colleagues, if there are no other comments, this hearing has been heard and filed. We are now reconvening as the board of supervisors on item 30. Can we take this i dont know if we need to take roll call or not . Shamanns not here. We should take a roll call. [roll call] there are nine ayes. A 90 vote. This ordinance is passed on First Reading unanimously. Madame clerk lets go to the 3 00 p. M. Special meeting order 31 through 34. Clerk items 31 through 34. [reading items] okay. Supervisor haney. Yes, id like to move for items 31 through 34 to be continued to april 14 both appellant and the project sponsor have requested a continuance with continuing to april 14th theyre using the time to reach the resolution agreeable to all parties involved. With the understanding this hearing will be continued, we will now take Public Comment. D are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the continuance of 31 through 34. Seeing none Public Comment is now closed. Theres a motion by supervisor heaney to continue the item to april 14, 2020 . Seconded by supervisor ronin. Could we have roll call. Clerk roll call on the continuance or without objection . Without objection. Clerk i see youre looking for a roll call. [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. Okay. The motion passes. The items will be continued. Madame clerk lets go back to item 25. Im sorry, theres somebody on the roster. Supervisor stefani. Id like to move to rescind the vote on 30. I wasnt here neither was supervisor walton. Motion to rescind seconded by supervisor peskin without objection we rescind the vote on item 30. [gavel] okay. Should we just take roll call then . Roll call, please on item 30. Clerk [roll call] there are 11 ayes. Okay. It passes unanimously. Item 25, please. Clerk item 25 a controversy of redevelopment property. This came to the land kuse use and Transportation Committee coming to the board pending information from public works which information has been forthcoming. This is the proposed transference of parcels under redevelopment and then faced out off the administration of under thengovernor jerry brown. There was an interim period where ocii had the properties and they are charged with disopposing of the properties disposing of the properties. Some are proposed for transference to the Mayors Office Housing Development and up with to rec and mark and several to public works. In committee it became clear a number of the parcels which are sidewalks and streets that were proposed for transference to public works would actually require the city to shell out money from our general fund to bring them up to acceptable standards. We forwarded the item of the full board pending information from public works as to what it would cost. There are current estimate albeit back of the envelope estimate is 61,000. What i asked public works and the City Administrators Office and ocii to do was to prepare legislation to sever the three pieces of sidewalks and streets, burk avenue, cargo way, zelle. The legislation not prepared and would like to continue the item one week. Seconded by supervisor ronin for our meeting march 10. If theres no objection then motion carries. [gavel] i think were back to roll call. Clerk [roll call] i have one item a resolution urging Governor Newsom to pardon two individuals facing exportation at the hands of the trump administration. [listing names] they have both experienced extraordinarily challenging childhoods. One was born in wartorn laos and separated from siblings and lived at a refugee camp before arriving in california. Danny has never lived in laos and was born in a refugee camp in thailand after his family fled the war where they later resettled in stockton. Both boys grew up in a time when tough on crime policies criminalized communities of color resulting in mass incarceration and children serving life sentence. Poverty, violence and lack of opportunities especially among Refugee Families shaped their experiences. As youth, they got caught up in a system that led to more violence and tragedy. At 22 one was incarcerated for seconddegree murder and sentenced to 30 years. At 17, following the murder of his brother, danny was incarcerated for the death of a man and injury of two others. Rehabilitation and justice is possible. They pent spent their decades behind bars finding education, Community Support and redemption and parole and release for their positive behavior. Both became Community Advocates with the asian prisoner support community. One earned an associate degrees while incarcerated and encouraged other prisoners to join the College Program increasing the participants from 4 to 300 and now lives in San Francisco working as a housing manager and cleaning streets in oakland china town and connecting Homeless Individuals with resources and spearheading a campaign to move 38 individuals from the streets into the oak Street Community cabins. Danny, while incarcerated, explored trauma through selfhelp work shops to understand the root causes of violence and found therapy, healing, transformation and accountability through spiritual practice. He became a member of a juvenile life youth offender group called kid creating awareness together at san quinton and help advocate for the passing of californias sb260 and 261 fair sentencing for youth which afforded many youth impact californias justi Justice System. After two decade of in cart incarceration he was trafrs transferred to i. C. E. And sat in jail two months. Fortunately he was released because there was no formal repatriation agreement between his home country and the u. S. Hes currently a campaigner nor Reinvestment Coalition of alameda county. Many Community Members continue to live in fear and criminalization harms Public Safety for all. The United States is the only home they know. It would be unjust to deport them tearing families a part. We must continue to stand up to trump and fight for justice where a persons value is not deemed by their immigration status or whether they have been incarcerated. I urge you to support my resolution in requesting pardon. The rest i submit. Clerk supervisor peskin. Thank you, madame clerk. I will rise to only one thing and the rest ill submit, as i think we all the saw and were informed of this weekend on sunday, one of our vehicles of public works vehicle struck and hit and killed a 67yearold woman from my district. At the southern ends of my district while she was crossing the street at geary and taylor. She was a Health Care Worker who lives in china town with her husband and son and on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco i want to extend our deepest condolences and apologies to her son and husband during what must be the most horrible point in their lives. She is the second pedestrian killed since the beginning calendar year and her death continues to highlight the need for us all to take vision zero seriously and implement reforms as quickly as possible and the city has convened a large Vehicle Working Group through the sfmta and i think its clear the trainings need to continue on a regular basis and we joined with walk sf and urging the sfmta the lefthand turn calming project as well as no righthand turns on red and the association has led to many new scramble signals in china town over the last 20 years but moving forward with that same policy three rest of the city and through the rest of the city and county of San Francisco has been difficult we need to step that up. We also know our Police Department needs to step up cracking down on focus on the 5 and hoping the advent of new technologies particularly and let me say it, once again and again automated Speed Enforcement all 11 of us and the mayor would be remarkable thank you president yee for your leadership around that and to my successor and predecessor, Assembly Member chu who has been trying to move that forward at the state level because we require state authorization and i hereby respectfully urge, beg and plead the Officers Association embrace automatic enforcement and it happened sunday and my condolences to the family and the rest ill submit. Clerk supervisor peskin. Submit. Clerk supervisor safai. Thank you. Supervisor stefani. Thank you, madame clerk. Id like to close in memory of jack fung who passed peacefully january 24 at the age of 83 and survived by his wife and grandchildren and his many loving friends, family and neighbors. Jack lived a life of extreme joy with an infectiously positive spirit until the end. He was 6 years old when his family moved to San Francisco. Hea he graduated and continued his education in college. After his time in school he spent 12 years developing his carpentry skills and contributing to the construction of the Buddhist Church and the largest Buddhist Church in the United States. Jack credited his time at the church for teaching him the importance of spending each day in service to his community and helping others. His contributions to this church will continue to be appreciated for generation to come. As my neighbor for as long as i can remember, jack was known in the community as the mayor of greenwich street. I can tell you there was not a day jack wasnt ringing a neighbors door bell reminding them to move their car before street cleaning or simply waving good morning and ask how youre doing and he served to the golden gate direct and retired as bridge captain after 34 years of service. As bridge captain he was tasked with the responsibility of ensuring the safety and protection of the public at the world famous bridge including sadly those attempting to take their own lives. Wiz told of i was told of one evening where jack came to the scene with a man was about to take his own life and he talked to the man for three hours and talked about baseball and after the man came down they decided to grab a drink. I dont know another story of a show of compassion and depth of humanity and willingness to serve. His compassion and friendly smile will be missed. His family, friends and neighbors will all remember his dedication to serving others and infectious spirit the mayor of greenwich street will be missed. Clerk mr. Walton. I want to honor two extraordinary women with a memoriam. Im honoring brenda daye catrel. She spent time teaching and nurturing and giving her all. She was a longtime member of the Randolph Institute and sergeantatarms and help with conferences, recruitment for cohorts and community outreach. She worked tirelessly to connect her community with resources and get out the vote. She was also one of the members of the help sf project. She was not only a Community Advocate and activist but a very loving and caring mother and grandmother. A mother to many in a community but also a mother to seven children of her own. Brenda will be remembered by her contagious smile, strength, wisdom and out spokenness and ability to brighten up the room. If brenda wanted anything, shed want you to remember that everyone deserves love and forgiveness and everyone deserves a chance to never give up on yourself or your community no matter what. I have known brenda several years. This loss is personal to me as she has been a staple in the proterro hill. She will not see her new housing but her children and her grandchildren will. We will miss your advocacy. Next id like to honor stephanie oguin. She served as an executive assistant in the department of technology for 21 years. She was considered the soul of the department and was helpful to everyone and proactively supported bt leadership. Stephanie cared deeply about her family and her community. She sacrificed much of her time in making sure her son, nieces and nephews all made it to college. Stephanie dedicated every saturday strictly for her family. In fact, many of stephanies friends say she never really had a free saturday because she always focussed on caring for her family. Stephanie was the life of the party and loved to dance, cook and have a great time with everyone. She was a caring, loving person to her friends and the community. Stephanie lived in bay view and loved the 49ers. She always wore a new red and gold outfit to represent the niners at tailgate parties. Today we honor her commitment and sacrifices for her family and community and her compassion and most importantly her life. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor yee. Submit. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Seeing no other names on the roster the concludes the introductions. My apologies. Yes, i have two introductions today. Thank you very much. Colleagues, today im int introducing several hearings for the Spring Budget cycles and on specific budgets we want to understand and mls policy issues on nonprofits and the issues of homelessness and criminal justice and Workforce Development for vulnerable populations. Departmental hearings will focus on the department of Public Health, Police Department and public works and the Mayors Office of housing and community development. Well be updating the calendar and up on the website by tomorrow morning. Im also introducing an ordinance my office has been working on more than two years to adopt a good Food Purchasing policy San Francisco hospitals and jails. Its a model developed in 2012 to incentivize Public Institutions to improve purchasing standards. Theyve been adopted by institutions in los angeles, chicago, oakland, boston and and washington, d. C. And San Francisco unified school direct. The good Food Purchasing program establishes supply chain transparency from farm to fork and evaluate how current practices align with a set of standards and assist with goal setting and measured progress and some institutional successes in shifting towards a valuebased purchasing model. At its core it guides how public dollars are spent on food procurement and whether the funds are spend on vendors that share our values for a valued workforce and a focus on local economy and sustainability and Animal Welfare and nutrition. Im proud today after years of coordination, meetings and hearings and after both sheriff departments and department of Public Health have analyzed our count food vinders. Were ready to announce adoption of the good Food Purchasing policy and setting the goals in the next few years to transform the way our jails and hospitals purchase food. Thank you to the department of Public Health and the Sheriffs Department as well as Community Advocates for their diligence and hard work to advance this policy to make sure we put our money where our mouths are when we purchase food to serve in San Francisco hospitals and jails. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Mr. President , that concludes the introduction of new business. That will bring us to i believe Committee Reference. Clerk Public Comment. At this time the public may address the entire board up to two minutes on jurisdiction over the board to include the minutes on the agenda, the items 37 through 43 on the adoption without reference to Committee Items and direct your remarks to the board as a whole and not individual members. Those seeking interpretation assistance will be allotted twice the amount of time. If youd like to display a document on the overhead projector use the device. Good afternoon. In 2002, 2009 and 2016 i are received horrible news when my sisters told me my nephews were all shot in the head several times. All of them. Of the three, two were intended targets. Two were not intended targets, excuse me. Of the three, two died. Of the three no one has been apprehended. I do not blame congress, the nra or even hollywood for the loss of my nephews. Quite frankly, i could have been a better uncle. But last april i came and also sent emails to this board calling for the city and county of San Francisco to ban the Film Industry from any scene that involved guns. Now what had happened was i received a response from three legislative aides. They said to me they loved the idea. But when they told me they would get back to me after speaking to the supervisors, crickets. I think we can do this and show the world theres more than one way to get the attention of those involved in promoting gun violence. Thank you. Next speaker. Well, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls listening here clerk into the microphone. Sorry, its been a while since ive been by a mic. I know last month was black History Month and many things have gone on since going baltimore and got away from one crooked city and theres corruption all over yall. I used to say this is the most racist and corrupt city in the world but going to baltimore and seeing the comparison i was glad to come back to the city by the bay particularly because the politics going on here the young some of you young supervisors are new here. Now, im 65, 66, thank god. Ive been around a long time but i only got a minute so ill go fast. Ive been around you 30 years at city hall i call silly hall. You progressives and moderates got to get together and solve it. What is that . Black population going down. Hats off to district 10 for doing reparations. Habits hats off to district 1 for putting together the office of racial equality i come from the old School Without migration and other things. Im the czar of that and ill be handling everything and videotaping everything and were going to make this thing happen in the city by the bay. My name is ace and im on the case. I dont have too much time here but people were talking about waypac. Im the last director of that the project committee and my new supervisor welcome to the city. Well sit down and talk and ill give you the history and i have all the history. Can you show this on the screen here . Sf gov tv. Im here defending. My name is ace. Im up here defending the queen b. I know next week well have public hearings. I wasnt around when i all the corruption thing was going on but i want yall to know at city hall take your time on your investigations. [audio cut] thank you mr. Washington. Clerk thank you, mr. Washington. Linda chapman. Im here for the statute that requires sops for the investigation of elder abuse and disabled abuse. I came here before a number of months ago about what occurred at the jewish home. The terrible threat to the Public Safety up there and since then the corruption and special victims unit, which i think i mentioned before and where its been confirmed the entire fourmonth investigation every piece of evidence just disappeared. Just disappeared into space. Where kaiser proceeded to cover up saying we were very concerned and we looked into it but its all a secret and where the Police Commission was very responsive. They directed the chief of police months ago to reopen the investigation of the jewish home and investigate the detectives but none of thats happened yet and i got a call from an investigator from the city in the process of investigating and kara in the process of arranging with the Police Commission staff to meet with them about procedures and get tfrs implemented but hundreds of people are at risk from something so much worse than the laguna honda which i came to in the first place. I cannot say ive ever single seen where we havent seen supervisors humane and concerned with Public Welfare and yet complete silence on this matter. I just dont know how to understand it. At the Police Commission there was a report on 18 months of findings by the accountability unit which raised several subjects which caused the Police Commission concerns related to this. I think you might want to ask me questions about this or whatever. You have that data matter. [audio cut] thank you very much. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is abdala amega. Ive been a taxi driver and bought the medallion and paid 50,000. During my term and up to today i paid 80,000 and owe the bank 170,000. Im a father of five kids. Still begging you for money back. I cannot even take my kids to innout burger. I cannot afford for real. You know, i am the same as you. Woe have lives. We need to exist. Yesterday i called 311 complaining. Im driving for nothing from afternoon to today until right now i didnt make 55. Im behind. I didnt even pay my [indiscernible] last month and this month and i have a payment this week. What should i do . I should go and rob a bank . Were not okay. We have faith in you. We always say we have faith in you. What we should do . I cant even bye socks. I cant bye nothing. Im really behind. Really behind. Please, we need to hear from you. Theres no communication. I dont know. Stop the greed in the city. Please do that for my kids retirement. Please give them not for me, give my kids the 80,000 what i paid. Im pleading you. 25 years i didnt get a ticket. Two speeding tickets. Thank you very much. Next speaker. Hello, my name is mia. And this is one of the things that ive been working on as far as making history in peace. Prior to school i was [indiscernible] so i got tired at federal court in washington, d. C. And [indiscernible] its a disaster with our Police Department. The Police Department [indiscernible] when i was here before. Because of some representative in 1984. [indiscernible] making sure the Police Department is better off in understanding why these things are under policy and its a coincidence. Climate change is one of the things. [audio cut] thank you. Next speaker. Supervisors, my name is donald belase. Im the owneroperator cab driver. You guys had the power to make the decision. Please find out how to return the money back. Let me announce we have nine more infrastructures this foreclosures this month. I dont want to be there. Nine more families. I beg you, do something for us. Find out how the city can return our money. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello. Im going to put a slide in real quick. The reason im here is because i was born and raised in the city. When i look around my city, i see a node for more positive need for more positive public announcements in the city. A public announcement is made for the good of the public. What is the problem . The problem is there is uninformed communities, and theres not enough positive educational announcements i can see. I dont know of any Single Organization that deals with messages in the city. I see inappropriate uninformed advertisement or advertisements up and never taken down. I wish i could show you the pictures i have here but theres one that triggered me and it was hookups equals squirt on a t line to third street. I dont know if you can see it but i thought why would we have that on the side of our bus when we can have more positive things . Also this with london breed and that brings more hatred to the city so i dont know why that hasnt been taken down but has anyone seen whats being put up and monitoring it . Then i would love to see something that says education is a more powerful weapon and we can use it around the city or does anyone know when World Environmental day is when is june 5 or maybe in the tenderloin. [audio cut] thank you. Next speaker. The former supervisor recently performed the District Attorney has been performing the District Attorneys. When it comes to Ethics Commission i do not wish to reward failure by redirecting 1. 7 million towards an office that already enjoyed an 8 budget increase. The Ethics Commission remains shortstaffed and i request you solicit candidate nominations, recommendations or suggestions as proposed by the u. S. Attorneys office ninth district court. The vacant appointment will expire february 2023. Im hoping we can see a vastly more will dedicated towards cleaning up the city however, it would be a birt investment at present by several singlefamily homes and apartments and to serve as public toilets than to serve a single public portable toilet and the hydrant has been part of the citys waste problem. The last subject is the story regarding the positive identification of the homicide victim was carried on 65 Media Outlets across the state and toronto, canada to sydney, australia. Tom gilberte. Over half a year ago a group of young women were and were asking for help. They were renters. Plore recently in october Mission Activists were here and upset at what was happening at 344 14th street. As they were leaving the chamber one gent million remarks off microphone near the door the policy needs changing. Years ago they brought up the subject of a mythological asian family who saved their money and bought a duplex and the grandmother got sick and they had to sell the property in response to protesting a law that said if you sold your newlybought property before a certain amount of time you were penalized and he was against that as was the mayor. I remarked at this firing phone at that time what about the 6,000 or 7,000 people that had been evicted from their american dream. Just a few months ago in august the District Attorney has a whole to play in protecting tenants. There were 40,000 people evicted in the city from 6,000 or 7,000 to 40,000 theres negligence here at city hall about asking people to vote for them and allowing them to be evicted. Another article we work here but we cant live here. Thats on the drawing board. This is a time we can do change john rayham is leaving the city. The Planning Department could use focus. We could have the whole board here a 3 00 special. [audio cut] thank you. Why not . Any other speakers . Come on up, please. That will be our last Public Comment coming up. I just want to start with hilary. You told me to come by your office. Ive been by your office, please. Clerk please address the board as a whole. Let the whole board know that hilary asked me to come to her office. I came by to speak with her regarding issues in the community and her staff have been too busy. It seems like theyve been busy on the phone. I dont get it. Why am i being blocked out. I guess the picture im going to show is a violation of the standards of care and in the midst of a resource core owe na virus and core corona virus and peskin walks out. Remember were in election time. While were in crisis. The only parallels im making to these pictures are nazi concentration camps. You put people in these rooms improperly ventilation and expect them to be healthy with tuberculosis and coronavirus and did you see the report of 95 of homeless being put back on the street. If we were playing basketball it would be a failure. [audio cut] if i can get to page 10 here. 9 95. 2 return to the street. Why is there no outrage . Thank you. [audio cut] so Public Comment is now closed. [gavel] madame clerk lets call for adoption of Committee Reference agenda. Clerk items 37 through 43 were introduced and unanimous vote is required for resolutions on First Reading alternatively any member may require a resolution to go to committee. Would anyone like to sever any items. Supervisor peskin . 38. On the remainder colleagues can we take them same house, same call . Okay. Without objection, the resolutions are adopted and motions are approved unanimously. Madame clerk lets go to item 38. Clerk resolution to urge public works and the office of the City Attorney to take immediate steps to cancel the city and county of San Franciscos revenue agreement including ceasing implement of the grant of advertising rights. Supervisor peskin. Thank you. I want to thank the chair of the Oversight Committee and chairman mar for accommodating a hearing request tomorrow morning as it relates to the unfolding revelations at public works. I think that item 38 should be referred to government audit and Oversight Committee for further investigation rather than passing the resolution today. Id like to make a motion to send it to the Oversight Committee. Seconded by supervisor walton objection the motion passes. Without objection the motion passes. Madame clerk please read the memoriam. Clerk todays meeting adjourned on behalf of the following individual on behalf of mr. Peskin and behalf of mr. Stefani and on behalf of supervisor walton for ms. Brenda faye katrel and ms. Stephanie oguin. Colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. Madame clerk is there any other further business . Clerk that concludes our business for today. Commissioner were adjourned. Go out and vote. It is a little warm for the mayor. Welcome, please come closer, my friends. I know we are going to get this started. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Friends, colleagues, stakeholders, summer has started. It is always summer in in in th. This is a historic signing ceremony. Welcome to the signing for the right to return legislation authored by our leader and i present to you mayor london breed. [applause] thank you. It is so great to be here. I am so really excited about this legislation. I was happy to partner with supervisor walton on trying to put forth the policy we know was desperately needed, not just now but 20, 30 years ago because i cant help but think about my own experience and my mother lived here with my sister as at 1829 35th street. I used to spend a lot of time here. My experience in living with plaza east and the challenges that happened when people who were born and raised in oc and in potrero hill, the challenges that occur when you want to come home. Promises made, meetings. Community input. All of a sudden the Housing Authority is looking at maybe your back rent or your grandisonian his criminal history or some other things where they put up roadblocks and bear yours to allow barriers. It is a new day in San Francisco where we dont just try to tell the community what we are going to do and do what we want to do anyway. We are working with the community to ensure we support and keep the community intact. That is what this right to return legislation is all about. When we think about even the decline of the africanamerican population in San Francisco, there were a lot of africanamerican families living in Public Housing. My grandmother came from texas, my grandfather worked in the shipyard. Access to housing came through Public Housing. Public housing was my community. They are the people that raised me when we didnt have daycares. When we didnt have places to play. We had the kids in the community. Something has changed. People that used to be here are no longer here. It is time to change that. It is time as we move forward with rehabilitation of Public Housing that as we develop new properties that we are not doing it for the people who we anticipate are coming here, that we are doing it for the people who are already here andy serve to live in better conditions. Today is a glorious day. I dont want to go over. Some of the challenges of the conditions that exist i am excited the city is doing what it should have done a long time ago. It could have prevented a lot of things from happening in the first place. Here we are signing legislation that provides the security that people need to know that when we come into a community and say we are going to work with you and then you have a new unit and trust us, well, now here is the legislation to ensure that no matter who is the elected official, no matter who is running the particular department this legislation is about ensuring the safety of the residents and their rights to be part of the communities that they are born and raised in. I am really excited to be here today where we know it is always sunny and the views are always nice, but it is time that we do a lot more to bring attention and resources and support to this community. This legislation is just a small piece i think of hope to ensure the safety of this community and others including sunnydale, hunters point, places we are starting to revamp. We want to make sure we dont make the same mistake we did with plaza east and fillmore. We cant do things the same way and expect different results. If i could pass legislation that would allow everybody displaced out of San Francisco to come back from the past, that is something i want to work on. It has been tough. That is something i would love to be able to do. In the meantime this along with neighborhood preference and some of the other things in place they are going to be meaningful and now it is up to the community to make sure that we are doing everything we can to communicate to other people the laws that are going to help ensure access to opportunity for a community that traditionally has not been supported the way it should have in San Francisco. I thank you for being here for the signing ceremony. The legislation is intact. It is important to be here for the ceremonial signing in so people are aware this is important to us and it is going to lead to some incredible results for the future of residents of Public Housing all over San Francisco. Thank you all so much. [applause] thank you, madam mayor. Smartest woman in the building. Getting in the shade. As mayor breed mentioned this could not have happened without our fearless leader. I bring you our supervisor walton. Good afternoon. It is always a pleasure to be home. This is just a wonderful feeling today as i had a chance to walk into this and i used to attends here illegally. My aunt was director at the time. We named the infant child center after her. When my mom needed a place for me to go when i was removed from school for some reason or whatever the case may be, i would be here at cleo wallace along with other folks here in ph. Iit is good to see so many residents not from just from here but from other sites. This is important. We make sure we make our populations whole and communities whole, having the ability to bring people that used to live here that have been displaced is an important piece to make that happen. I want be to appreciate our then. Thensupervisor breed and cohen for passing the legislation to make it possible for higher percentages of our folks to win in the lot terry system that is detrimental to opportunity for housing for black people. I want to make sure that everyone knows and understands that we are going to continuously do everything that we can to make sure that folks have an opportunity to come back home. This is very personal to me. I used to live on 25th street with my aunt and cousins. My first job. I use to run the Family Resource center up the hill on top of the williams center. When we started having those conversations about hope sf and what we reenvision here in our community and i went to dcyf the work continues. We have the first building and continue to build more. Nothing is going to make that more complete without providing the opportunity for some of our families to return. I was excited to partner with the mayor on this legislation to make sure we do just that and bring the families back to San Francisco. I dont want be to belabor that amazing point. The mayor took my statements how beautiful it is and district 10. I make sure we highlight that. People need to know how beautiful our district is. People need to know why so many people are pushing us out and trying to come over to live in our places because of the beauty of district 10. Thank you all for coming out. This is historic legislation. Now we have to do our Due Diligence to get an opportunity to return back to these communities they help would build so many years ago. Thank you. [please stand by] just to say a brief word as to where we are. We are at the site of cross cultural, which is a facility that supports many of our people on potrero hill. Hope sf stood for a simple promise, that we would undo the harm on 2200 families, and this is a little bit about fulfilling that promise. This legislation is for that grandmother in hunters view. But not just that grandmother, but that grandson who goes to s. F. State university, so he can get good grades and come back to support his family. Its for that transitional age youth, that young person, whos at dillard university, working away, and he wants to come back to double rock, but theres no way for him to come back to his community. This is about real hope, real families, and hope sf. My name is theo miller, and i have the greatest honor to serve our mayor, london breed, in this partnership. When you think about who this package first in the nation, first in the nation. We are. Once again, leading this nation. It is as strong as this to prioritize, not just the sons and daughters and sons and daughters of the sons and daughters who used to live here. As we close in transition, i want to bring up one of those brilliant, brilliant, brilliant young mind who, as mayor breed and supervisor walton drafted this legislation, they had people like sealus in mind. I want to bring you up to the mic so you can share your story. Shaylas. Hello, everyone. I am a former resident when i used to stay in potrero hill. When i think of potrero hill, i think of barbecues, family time, and a Great Community family style living. Why would i want to move back to potrero hill . The view. The structure of the building making it more of a familystyle living. A new home is a new beginning for everyone. How this program can help others. Giving residents a new location and environment, letting people know its not where you live, its how you live, and last but not least, letting every resident know that there is hope and a Second Chance of new beginnings with the newhouse ho new household. My aunt valerie says they gave her a new place, a place thats safe for the kids, no mold, great views, and communitystyle living, as i mentioned before. Why is it important for me to live in this city . I feel its important for me and my child to live in this city, reasons being, great neighborhood, great programs, the housing programs are awesome, and not to mention the minimum wage is way more than a lot of cities that we know of. I want to say thank you so much for allowing me to speak today. I currently live at john burden housing, in a studio. I would love to have a chance to come back to my community, a chance to be a leader to other youth, a chance to show them that we have a chance to come back and be great leaders in our community. Thank you so much for having me today. [applause] thank you so much, shaylas. Were now going to move to that incredib incredible moment. If i could have mayor breed to come to the table, supervisor walton, other people who want to be involved in the photo op. Any residents in the building please come forward. Eddie cotrell is in the house. I want to thank supervisor cohen, former supervisor cohen, linda adams, daniel eelie, our City Attorney, who drafted this thing, hope sf policy leader, jason lu, our Property Managers and service providers, thank you so much. And ill turn it to our distinguished leaders. The hon. London breed all right. Here we