Be turned around within 72 hours but were seeing back ups especially with our provider labs and some of our own labs within the city. We are backing up seven days, ten days at this point. Thats something were seeing across the state and across the country. thank you director. Thank you madam mayor and dr. C olfax for your time. Any followup questions or questions after this meeting can be directed to dem press at sf dot org. Thank you for your time and that concludes todays press conference. Concludes todays press good afternoon welcome to the land use and Transportation CommitteeSan Francisco board of supervisors for today monday july 20th. Im the chair of the Committee Supervisor aaron peskin joined by supervisor ahsha safai and dean preston and joined by colleague supervisor Hillary Ronen. Do you have any announcements . Due to the covid19 emergency to protect board members, City Employees and public, board of supervisors legislative chamber remain closed. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming live. [indiscernible] supervisor peskin , we lost you. Are you there . Erica . One moment, were checking with her right now. Ill go ahead and finish her announcements. Number scrolling across the screen for Public Comment call in is 4156550001. When your item of interest come up, please press star 3 to be added to the queue. I believe those were end of the comments for today. Thank you. Supervisor peskin thank you. If ms. Major is still present, please read the first item. [agenda item read]. I want to thank supervisor ronen for being here for the first three items. She has been doing dozens upon dozens of hours in the rules committee. The floor is yours. Supervisor ronen thank you members. I appreciate that very kind scheduling. This legislation seeks to establish a new temporary use permit that will make it ease for nonprofit agencies providing arts, cultural, philanthropic social services. Provide to covid19 Public Health pandemic, San Francisco was reeling from affordability crises that was destabilizing our city business and nonprofit. The Global Economic crises we find ourself in has exacerbated our condition. Anywhere you go in the city you see dozens of empty storefronts lining our most commercial corridors and these will only be expected to grow in number. We begin the challenging process of restoring our economy, the blight these Vacant Properties create will undermine the healthy and vitality of the neighborhoods. This legislation seeks to create an efficient solution by establishing a new use permit, option that will allow nonprofit agencies providing arts and social services to operate in unused vacant storefront throughout the city for a period up to two years. This new temporary use permit would offer faster and lower cost way of activating Vacant Store Front properties with uses that support the health and well willing of the surrounding community. This legislation will help provide access to spaces which operate on either short or midterm basis that can assist during periods of transition and minimize construction to critical programs and services. For Property Owners, this permit option not only offers an official way of activating storefronts it will help avoid costly fees associated with light violation or registering as a vacant storefront as required under the citys vacant and abandon commercial storefront program. As we roll out this initiative, we will be partnering with the department of building inspection so that Property Owners can receive notices for vacant storefront are informed about this new temporary use permit as a ways to supporting local nonprofit agency. We will also be partnering with the office of Economic Workforce Development to develop supports that will connect nonprofit agencies that are risk to displacement between facilities to Property Owners who are willing to bring them in their storefront. We consulted with Planning Department staff to find bays to broaden scope of this legislation to be more responsive to needs. As such, we proposed amendments that define covid19 such as food distribution, Financial Assistance and popup testing facilities. As uses that will be eligible for this new temporary use permit and would also be exempted from an application processing fee. That Way Service Providers can use this new temporary use permit as a tool to quickly and easily set up Critical Social Services in our vacant storefront to assist our most vulnerable residents. We believe that by creating streamline process for bringing nonprofit activities into Vacant Properties, this new low barrier temporary use will help mitigate the presence of neighborhood blight, promote activities and bolster recovery throughout the city. I wanted to give a special thank you to paul and my office whos been working hard on this since february as well as ben blineman who sits on our Entertainment Commission has been advocating on many interventions to help Small Businesses throughout the city and came to us with this idea. I have distributed the amendments to you in advance that introduce the additional covid19 relief and recovery use. Im happy to answer any questions. I know planning staff here. Supervisor peskin do you have any questions for supervisor ronen . I dont. I have a comment. Is that okay mr. Chair . Supervisor peskin yes, sir. I appreciate all the hard work, supervisor ronen has done on this. We went through a very similar process when i came into office. We did the planning process. We took a really strong look at a lot of the zoning and things that needed to be changed. One of the things that in our planning table that was not allowed, it was just not permitted at all. That was actually one of the first things we changed to allow for art uses to be used in commercial spaces. Its been like that for a long time. It was a barrier for lot of organizations and nonprofits. We did put some additional controls in. Weve already checked with planning that this compliments what weve done. I want to appreciate what you done and thank you for your work and i want to highlight arts activities. Its something that was not unique to our district. I know that supervisor chang when she was in office had to do the same thing for her corridor. My question to planning is, is the Mission Corridor mission 24th street area, is this temporary use something that will be continued . Do they have the same issues that we had Outer Mission where art uses was not committed . Is this temporary fix or is this something thats made more supervisor peskin ms. Flores actually, im from the Planning Department. Before i answer supervisor safais question, i want to give the Commission Report if thats all right. The Planning Commission had this item june 25th and vote to approve it with the modifications that i believe supervisor ronen has proposed to you all today. Supervisor peskin two modifications right . Correct. The finding covid1 covid19 y also additionally propose to extend the initial approval period from one year to two years. To also extend the optional extension at the discretion of the planning director for additional two years. The total permit time should not exceed four years. To supervisor safais question, yes, this has been an issue. The planning Code Organization from several years back, unfortunately made art activity uses unpermitted in neighborhood commercial district. This legislation will not be a permanent fix for the disillusion of art activity. Supervisor safai i brought it up to highlight it in case its something they wanted to do. Thank you. Audrey, my apologies. Im working off the script that i have. My apologies. I dont have questions. I want to thank supervisor ronen for her leadership on this and also for something that was good policy prepandemic. I think with everything that is going to be driving increasing vacancies, it could not be more relevant. I think that the amendment in particular really well taken in terms of broadening out who can use this as well as making sure that when this is utilized were not up against a tight time line. I want to thank you and also move the amendment. Supervisor peskin before we vote on that motion, supervisor ronen, if you have no additional comments. Why dont we open up to Public Comment. Ms. Major, do we have anything in the queue . Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment call the number 4156550001. Press pound and pound again. Press star 3 to line up to spe speak. Any callers in the queue . Yes, i have two callers in the queue. Hello caller, you may speak. Yes, this is not the item. Sorry. Supervisor peskin if you get back in the queue, well call on you when your item comes up. This is item number one Public Comment. Next caller please. I cant unmute. Hello caller, you may speak for item number one. Next speaker please. Am i unmuted . Yes, maam. Okay. Thanks. Sorry. My name is sophia green, im a practicing visual artist in San Francisco. The first studio i rented was on the third floor of the building in San FranciscoMission District. The building was not protected from conversion but at the time, there wasnt any pressure for office space in the building was still with art and studio. After being there in the studio for about four years, the artist on the third floor no got notico vacate. I got another studio in the building on the second floor. However, the experience and disruption of being displaced caused me to start looking for studio face in th space buildind from conversion. It only matter of time the artist in the building will be kicked out. Luckily, you was and to i was able to find a sublet that has a lively Artist Community and is protected from conversion to office space. Ive been there for two years and currently, this building has a wait list to get in thats very long and the building is very high demand. Its pretty clear you can get higher rent from office space than from artist space. If a building is unprotected, many building owners optimize income by converting their buildings to office space with continued artists displacement being the result. Im asking please support this ordinance amending the planning code so we can stop displacement. Were on item number one. Supervisor peskin your comments have been noted for item number three. Thank you very much. Sorry. Supervisor peskin are there any other members of the public who like to speak to this item number one . Which relates to philanthropic and arts activities as temporary uses for period not to exceed four years. For the callers in queue, this is item number one. If you did press star 3, please press star 3 again to get out of the queue. Members of the public who wish to speak on item number one, should press star 3 to line up to speak. If youre no line for item number one, please star 3 to get out of line. Next speaker please. That completes the queue. Supervisor peskin Public Comment is closed. We have a [indiscernible] supervisor peskin and supervisor ronens amendment. On that item, roll call please. [roll call] you have three ayes. Supervisor peskin ms. Ronen that is your first. You have to forward it. Supervisor peskin youre right. On the item as amended, a roll call please. [roll call if i may, i like to supervisor deans amendment is substantive and requires continuance. Supervisor peskin thank you. I was not aware of that. Why arent those amendments substantive . They dont require report back because they were discussed at the Planning Commission. They propose to amend the planning code to allow new uses since the covid19 related uses. Supervisor peskin okay. I would like to make a motion to continue the item as amended to our next meeting on 27th of july one week from today. On that motion, madam clerk a roll call please. [roll call] you have three ayes. Supervisor peskin lets move to a nonconforming parking lot. Read the next item please. [agenda item read] members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment call the number 4156550001. If you have not done so already, press star 3 to line up to speak. Supervisor peskin supervisor ronen. Supervisor ronen the legislation before you today addresses a situation specific to one landmark site. By allowing a parking lot that has been serving this neighborhood commercial corridor to continue to operate for a period. At 2351 Mission Street is extraordinary landmark property in the heart of the San FranciscoMission District. While the interior has been damaged, its stunning failure to addresfacaderemains in tact. In addition to small storefronts and operating hotel in the two upper floors, the interior is gone. Theres a much used parking lot that has been operating most recently as nonconforming temporary use. This legislation would extend temporary use period. Right now in the midst of the pandemic, theres no viable redevelopment of this site. With all the neighborhood commercial corridors struggling, it would be a disaster to blight this area where unused vacant lot. We cannot afford to stress our struggling Small Businesses right now by removing existing parking. This legislation will allow additional time to allow Viable Development plan for the site that celebrates and preserves the historic significance of a magnificent landmark property. This legislation has been heard by the Historic Preservation commission and Planning Commission and received unanimous support from both. I want to thank planning staff for their work. Today, i ask for your support. Supervisor peskin thank you supervisor. Are there any questions or comments from Committee Members . I dont see any on the roster. If not, why dont we go to the Planning Department. I believe the Planning Commission approved this unanimously. Im going to say to mr. Sanchez, anybody from the department t of city planning who like to comment . Now we got ms. Flores. Go ahead. Thank you chair peskin. I want to reiterate that this item appeared into the Historic Preservation and Planning Commission last week. Both commission did unanimously recommend approval of than ordinance. Im available for any questions. Supervisor peskin thank you. My apologies. Why dont we open up to Public Comment. Any members of the public who like to comment on this item number two . Were checking to see if theres anyone in the queue. There are no callers in the queue. Supervisor peskin seeing none, i would like to make a motion t forward this item to te full board with recommendation. Is there any comment on that . Public comment is closed. On that item, roll call please. [roll call] you have three ayes. Supervisor peskin thank you. That item is approved. Next item please. [agenda item read] supervisor peskin i think were all very familiar with this item. Its been before us in april and two times in may. Weve been waiting for suggestions from supervisor ronen. The floor is yours. Supervisor ronen thank you chair peskin and to all members of this committee for being so patient with us on this legislation. The covid crises has kind of thrown it into a difficult situation. Weve been trying to figure out how to navigate it. You all have been so kind to hear this so many times. What this legislation is intended to do is to promote new housing and protect arts inside of these office instead of office uses. The eastern neighborhood planning was approved in 2009. Among other zoning and policy changes, it converted Industrial Zone parcels to mixed use residential or what was then a new re defined urban mix use. It was intended to encourage Transitional Development pattern between commercial and residential districts in order to buffer potentially incompatible land uses. One stated goal was to protect the wide variety of art and Light Manufacturing spaces in these areas while opening potential for new housing. However, u. M. U. Permitted upper floors subject to controls. Years later we now know that the u. M. U. Designation is not working as envisioned. Office does not serve the purpose of a buffer nor does it encourage residential development. That was not foreseen when the initial rezoning was done was that the Real Estate Market would make it impossible for other users to compete with high rent offices. Weve seen studios and workshops displaced. New development opting for office over other potential uses including housing. My legislation pr