something i was working on when i was at collaborative that was necessary innovative is not an act worthy ever continuation we must find ways to insure that people are supported you must be willing to reexamine the regulations that in times of crisis protects the vulnerable that legislation not only protects the housing stock but sending a message to those who seek to personally gain the jig is up the mission stands behind those changes and considering you have at me as a cory think things will change thank you. >> thank you next, i have tim. >> (clapping.) >> hi, everyone thank you for being here and thank you to supervisor peskin office for leading this charge of it and i just want to say especially in these times in san francisco is committing ourselves to be a /* skaurng city if you make laws you have to update them we are going to keep the laws as is for example, if you believe in the alternative that those hotels will build more units if they rent them out you can look at the hearing what will happen verse 6 hotel unit in the central city that hurts because the knew that was pretty much bs the rooms are not confront you need to update those laws to have the facts rather than looking at paper so you know this in addition to the fact that you know if you don't get the hotel owners to you know have the buildings inspected by dbi you know if you don't have peace things will not get better thank you. >> for the record that was 2 more the >> next speaker, please. >> all right. (calling names) >> thank you good morning supervisors i'm gil dbi commissioner and here to let you, you know on behalf of the commission we thank supervisor peskin office and supervisors that co-sponsors this back in the spring at the commission we were walked through the conversion process we recognized that many of the clauses and rules in chapter four 1 were antiquated and for today's housing market needs to be updated i sent a letter we appreciate the inclusive way that supervisor peskin and supervisor kim's office went about crafting this legislation and many of the secrets cd i crafted to enforce the laws and help the community we involved sro owners who many of them want to do the right thing and have a shadow cast on in bad operators with a profit and here to say we support support this legislation and thank you on behalf of the commission thank you. >> all right. >> next speaker. >> is tommy oh, please come on up if you want to come that's fine. >> (speaking spanish.) >> good afternoon. i work for 17 years with families that live in residential hotels. >> (speaking spanish.) >> and this is a kwofrt moment our families having lived in residential hotels. >> (speaking spanish.) >> first, because the rents have been raised x abundantly families used to pay 3 to 5 hundred now 15 hundreds for a one-room hotel. >> (speaking spanish.) >> it's to painful to see that families are suffering so much. >> suffering against great discrimination. >> (speaking spanish.) >> discrimination by the rich and powerful because they're not thinking about the wellness the children only about they're on benefits. >> (speaking spanish.) >> and i remember 17 years ago in the beginning of any work the conditions were very bad and work togethered with dbi and made a strong effort to make sure those conditions change. >> (speaking spanish.) >> because people with report what is going wrong and dbi can send someone that can help them. >> (speaking spanish.) >> and now that is conditions in the hotels are better that they are cleaner the rich and powerful do come to take the places of our families. >> (speaking spanish.) >> that's why ladies and gentlemen, of the board of supervisors we ask to come together with you to make changes for the most eventual families. >> (speaking spanish.) >> thank you. we believing in you and want to continue to believe in you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> >> hi tommy from the human rights committee we're 100 percent in for the support of this legislation and grateful to supervisor peskin for bringing this this is long overdue we've noticed in the clinic as we see tenants come in from sros and reporting what is happening and the fact they can't afford the sros anymore i won't repeat what other people said i'm in agreement with the speakers before this mike i want to add something that is not pointed out yet that is the divorce hotels have always been a place where lgbt folks find a room if you go back not 70 during harvey milk times the sros were for the working-class and especially young people that were they came here and the sros were their residences before they got an apartment not the case no more unfortunately, because other speakers said the cost of the hotel rooms are high and 40 percent of homeless youth in the city that are lgbt and homeless can't afford a hotel room with the converting of those rooms to hire price is making it more difficult for those folks to get a hotel room i know that everyone is in support and hope it gets quickly we are certainly need it. >> thank you randy shaw. >> thank you supervisor cohen and other co-sponsors and for me who was here in 1980 with a brawl and battle to net e get any water down version of this ordinance passed and spent every year in the 1980s to get any ordinance passed and wasn't until 1990 they closed the major loopholes that was a process in august of 89, 6 hearings and didn't become law until later this is a change of eludes and people not coming down in opposition if he's a great time for the city of san francisco it is a loanly battle to save the sros looked at people didn't know what sros were every time someone joined the board of supervisors we need to explain you have a no the private kitchen not a private bacterium and you spend that much money and now you guys get it alice griffith the internet made that forum necessary when we passed the 7 day rental you can't with the internet trying to move ♪ 3 days and everyone else is moving out it is a scam we have to see the change and thank you all and supervisor peskin thank you for your support >> randy part of that process of evolution that has to do with with our team educating people 0 thank you pursue all right. i have have (calling names). >> hello, welcome. >> hello >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good morning supervisors i'm with the association. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> today, we have tussle over 50 members to attend to close the loophole on the usage of sro and all the members standing upright behind us. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we are very much against divorce owner that tries to use many opportunities to convert those residential unit into tourist hotel. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and i was very much disgusted the owner tried to cover up the so-called displacement units that are compatible. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and deliberately leaving vacant and not renting them to residents making it even harder for immigrants and low income families to find affordable housing. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> to many low income families and in any immigrants and seniors living choosing to live in an sro is not a free choice. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> it is often the only choice for low income families and they have not other choice we don't want tenderloin and the mission turning into areas welcome for tourists the acts of those owners are purely profit and disrespect for residents. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the very purpose of those lose that were originally to be protect the families and now people using the loophole therefore i ask city hall to look at this problem seriously and approve this amendment and measure thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> thank you good afternoon just for the record davies i live in the sro but i support h across o this is our town not company town i come as a person that lives in a sro that is located with the district but the majority of units including mine have private bathroom believe it or not that means i could be kicked out in a wet street as a transgender woman i need that more than a tourist that goes out for the golden gate bridge and scarf out double double i saying as a segregated transwoman i'm worried about deputy superintendant will do i shouldn't have to worry about dying on the street and mini tourism i want to say i'm glad supervisors are supporting this coming together to support this i want to say in conclusion don't be trump like please keep marginalized people in their homes. >> (clapping.) >> thank you. >> okay ladies and gentlemen, i hate to rain on our parade we have to no applause rule there we go if you like what you hear give a wave it looks really good if you don't like what you hear thumps down we appreciate you for that. >> next speaker. >> welcome thank you. >> it's yours. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> hi supervisors good afternoon i'm one of the sro families. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm in full support of the legislation i'm a single apartment in the family i can't afford expenses when - >> (speaking foreign language.) >> for us without sro unit we become homeless so it is very important we could keep the sro unit and pass this legislation. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> at the same time like all sro families we are seeking better housing for our kids so we hope that we all work together to push for better housing for all for our children. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> okay hi, everyone hi supervisors i'm one of the sro families in chinatown i'm in full support of amendment i came to the u.s. in 2005, 2015 a couple of years ago at the time the rent is around one thousand over one thousand dollars for a small room we couldn't find any place it was hard looking for sro unit we have no way of squeezing in our in laws tina sro like matchbox size no room to live no room to sleep however, this is the situation we're facing. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> okay we have been - i have a lot of friends looking for sros they couldn't get any no room available we're not renting to families with children and then owners are converting some of the sros into tourist rooms making fewer and fewer opportunities for us to look for even sro housing. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> okay because of the divorce housing even making us the families and people in sros worry about being evicted becoming homeless, even affordable housing out of our reach we have seen 6 hundred 70 size room is about $2,000,000 that's not affordable for the lower-income people it is out a lot of luck - >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now that - supervisor peskin had come up with that amendment we hope sloan we can pass it and keep our affordable housing thank you. >> (calling names) that's me. >> okay come on down. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm raymond i work for the market action network some cam bans in the in with sdmaimz district so thank you supervisor peskin for bringing forward this legislation and the rest of the supervisors support in legislation we're also part of sro collaborative i want to talk about the families we serve on the side of south of market the sro conversion is one of the costs and one of the reasons that families are pushed out into the street and that's why families are leaving the city the main reason of gentrification in our neighborhood now you you know we say homeless we're not you know not with an person but families who be homeless we have families you know we've been trying to help people apply more affordable housing that is a long process it it takes time and years ; right? that's why that is important we protect and preserve our sro housing sro housing is not ideal but over our heads you know it's a good stepping stone families with waiting to get into affordable housing i of the you to thank you for supporting this legislation let's work together and keep our families in that city thank you. >> all right. thank you next speakers i'll have (calling names). >> thank you supervisors thank you. i'm with the local 2 you know the hotel market we've watched over the last few years its record high as property value that is a growing incentive for owners to convert to tourist hotels doing that would be a tragedy not just for the city but our city hotel industry many live in sro hotels with dozen at cluster of 6 hotels that most recently convert to tourist to push people out of the housing means pushing the workers that keep our economy vibrant and this further exacerbating in crisis that working people have in the town and making our economy at least to function the way and hotel workers desire to live in the city and residential housing we need to do more to protection this this is common sense and vote this into law. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i'll judah south of market activist as an organizer i help the families apply more affordable housing but because of the high cost of living in the city and the affordable housing for families we end up applying for housing in an sro this is the only source of housing our families can afford so we urge your supervisors to please save our sro hotels and the metrics to prevent owners from converting and on behalf of the families we stand in support of supervisor peskin legislation thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon committee members i'm kevin i'm a pedestrian safety organizer with the sro alcoholic and in support of hotel conversion i've lived in sros for almost 15 years not glamorous and not socially acceptable housing it is still housing and afford and a lot better than or else on the streets or in a shelter i have nothing against the hotel tourist industry but for the sros unit their threatened to be re7bd out from people not wanting to live in turn and with the homeless in san francisco how can we do that in people will not get into a place to live i want to thank supervisor peskin thank you for all your hard work and urge you all to support those amendments and save our sro units and stop renting them out to tourists thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good afternoon, board of supervisors my name is a al had an i'm a immigrant and here with the mission collaboraticollabo e collaborative. >> i'm asking for no more evictions of people so the units are converted for tourists use. >> (speaking spanish.) >> so i've been without a home important a period of time i've been hopeless and thinks how hard it is thankfully i was able to move out of that situation and find a place in a hotel but i have been kicked out of my hotel room twice and i'm here so that didn't continue to happen in the mission. >> (speaking spanish.) >> so i've been living many a hotel room for two years in the tenderloin but i fear with those rising prices and values of rooms i might lose any housing it will be difficult to find oath place with those high prices. >> (speaking spanish.) >> thank you and hopefully, you can support this amendment we're fighting for, thank you. >> thank you tony rob else after tony a few more cards (calling names). >> supervisors thank you for introducing this piece of legislation my name is tony i work for seniors and date action seniors have been very hard hit by the affordability and they've shoulder much of the burden of this crisis for many seniors the sro hotels are the only housing they can get and to put that in danger is to put seniors in danger of being homeless i've seen that scenario happen we know when seniors and people with disabilities become hopeless their lives are very much in danger this legislation and the amendment is very much an issue of common sense a its been a long time coming and it desensitize the illegal conversion and the ramon and other schemes that sro owners and operator have used on their tenants for many, many years and gives dbi the enforcing powers to monitor the sro heretofore and again seniors have and people with disabilities are a hard enough time justice navigating day to day living issues and having the stress of that they shouldn't have thank you very much. >> thank you teresa. >> good afternoon teresa and i'm today representing north beach tenants committee because the past year and a half people are afraid their lose their sros rooms the new owners or management is not no longer renting to permanent residents or san franciscans rather to tourist they're very worried when they ask about maybe having a senior friend who is looking for a place to live they're told no. we're not doing any more renting but rooms are remaining vacant i want you to know because the communities the sros i'm familiar with in my neighborhood one in particular was - was sold was bought and attempted to evacuee people and so create a tourist hotel out of this this is where 82 yearly person working as a fisherman his entire life but one person came to his rescue and so i'm glad that supervisors are again coming to the rescue we need to preserve those communities they are community people depend on each other the fisherman and the longshoremen and the sros i'm fume with i know there are families i know there are elderly in other sros also in the neighborhood i'm so glad you're doing something about that remember those are people in the community so let's keep their homes affordable i also found an ad for the same place where that is actually advertised as a tourist home and $1,500. >> welcome. >> yeah. >> thank you. next speaker. >> ma'am, your glasses. >> teresa your glasses were left up here. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon my name is a dining at manager of the sro collaborative a program of delores street services wire enthusiastically in support of the hotel conversion ordinance amendment we particularly support the new definition of residential rooms from 7 to 3 two days that will close the loophole that allows tourists to book for 7 days and check out early this is a common practice that sro and landlords use to get around the fact that they have to report all the tourists staying where they are you will probably get environmentalist from any sros and landlord their renting it out to families and i encourage you to visit those sros and met their so-called tenants you'll find what we find a hotel full of tourist and site approaches and no accurate reporting landlord will pay sro tenants they would make them ought to be bad people that don't pay rent landlord have protections against people that violate their lease and sro tenants need protection that's a fact we work with sro tenants and visit those sros everyday and found that the tenants are thoughtful and working hard families students, children, mothers and arts and people with disabilities they're smart and their politically engaged so we love the amendment to the hbo and thank those who are sponsoring and co-sponsor and will work tirelessly to help our live changing work thank you. >> thank you, thank you. >> brenda washington. >> brenda. >> sorry i got brenda washington up next okay. >> hi good afternoon, supervisors thank you for hearing us today my name is linda washington i'm with the divorcing collaborative and work with the disabled action also i'm a senior and lived here my whole life a resident of sros that i've been living in permanently for the last seven years and i was around back in the day when randy talked about how they used to shut off us like cattle go to this hotel and that hotel everybody was pushing a cart with their belongings and going back and forth and been on the committee to catch 40e89 people that would renting their room overnight i heard it with my ears and seen it they are trying to get us out it all about money i appreciate me and and companions we get to the bottom of this we need our sros really, really bad thank you. >> thank you brenda. >> i love brenda. >> all right. >> next speaker. >> come on down. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good afternoon. my name is merri merriam. >> (speaking spanish.) >> >> it's more much more attractive to lease rooms. >> (speaking spanish.) >> to lease rooms on a short term basis to tourists and students from families that have a lot of money. >> (speaking spanish.) >> one of the things as someone that works in the soma looking at the critical conditions our families are living under. >> (speaking spanish.) >> where families have the beds and a little bit of clothes maybe a tv and something to eat a refrigerator to eat on top of. >> (speaking spanish.) >> they don't have their basic necessities not a bathroom not a kitchen. >> (speaking spanish.) >> and i really wonder where those families will that have so little resources to be able to pay a high rent here in san francisco. >> (speaking spanish.) >> and i ask you since you have this in our hands to consider the reality we are living in in san francisco and across the country. >> thank you. >> okay. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. supervisors noimdz a gail and i'm a tenant organizer with the sro collaborative i'm here in support of the divorce hotel conversion like brenda i was on that committee that made phone calls and walked in to the sros that were not supposed to be rent to tourist and they were we have quite a while it is important for the community and those of us in the sros and those that need to be in sros that we just want 24 law and thank you supervisor peskin. >> thank you, gail. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> cabinet members /* /- good afternoon. welcome i'm sorry a proud member of a sro collaborative a project of the community services i'm here to support supervisor peskin changes and owners of the hotels they need to be held responsible for the h co violations to change this proposal will give the dbi the authority to do just that. >> i'm sorry my notes are kind of. >> that's okay. >> finances should be increased to insure compliance and measures put in place so the charter services serves the people it is meant to serve with the state of emergency on housing here in the city the city please don't let the residents of san francisco go down supervisor peskin thank you for thank you for all your hard work and hope you guys continue to serve our city well. >> thank you. >> good evening supervisors and listening supervisors i'm asia ac e i have big, big problems with those bogus vendors that are managing those sros i only recovering from surgery general hospitals so all the policymakers's know i'm getting housing when i get the application it stops because of the sro and over 15 one of the owner is standing up there acting like he didn't know who i'm talking about randy shaw with 13 or feinstein buildings one of the biggest reciprocates of this funding and most are landlord and landlord now the thing i was at rowland was one of the boater ones managers and people got stabbed i told randy i'll not pay another damn dime until they pay for mine and people are evicted and ax ace was going to pay but randy said i refuse to pay the money for ace so i am so sick and tired of all the developers and the city and county funding people hundreds of misdemeanors for people they don't give a damn i'm speaking for the residents and mine and randy shaw i don't know why you funded them i'll further any investigation to show the investigation of the sros thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon land use and transportation i'm randy a community organizer and a sro collaborative to support the amendment and actually give any time to michael. >> thank you, roy appreciate that. >> my name is a michael harrington work with the san francisco collaborative those on church street i'm also one of the people that were making phone calls to try to catch the 40e89 owners renting to tourist i live in an sro and blessed to see one i don't want to go back on the street we need to update the rules and regulations. >> thank you fernando is the last card anyone else that wants to speak please do so quickly come up to the podium and last call for (calling names). >> good afternoon corey smith on behalf of the housing coalition. we're supportive of the legislation thank you. >> next speaker >> good afternoon, supervisors and thank you for prorng in legislation i'll fernando with the community counseling organization and want to point out that the definitions for the comparable units with the housing developers is important as we saw in the hotel conversion attempt in the beginning of the end of last year that when potential conversion units are presented they actually become low income unit that are defined in the amendment that are represented to you for example, that proposal that came before the planning commission was proposing as the conversion a project that was presented on their website as a project that would before ma illegal units here at the pretty much for the 21st century urban user group folks that live in the tenderloin in south of market in the mission and sros we need to create housing that serves those folks thank you. >> thank you very much please last speaker come on up. >> good afternoon. i'm raul hernandez i'm here representing the divorcing uniteed collaborative thank you, supervisor kim and others for in legislation and we are facing an unprecedented housing crisis in the city that is not nudes we have more than 3 thousand plus homeless children in san francisco unified school district the sros are a last resource now it is there becoming a hot commodity because the gentrification of profits the city is facing we are here to provide our only conditional support and thank the department of building inspection for the support of our sros thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, public comment is closed. at this time supervisor peskin thank you supervisor sheehy and for all the moving testimony and testifiers thank you one and all i have one tina technical minor amendment on page 6 at line 21st and would like to make a motion that we strike the last 4 letters on that line so that that ends at permanent resident and perspective permanent resident. >> without objection that legislation passes and like to send the item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation for hearing next tuesday, january 31st, 2015. >> all right. without objection we accept that motion thank you. >> thank you supervisor peskin. >> (clapping.) >> congratulations for all the hard work. >> all right. mr. peskin madam clerk bring item one. >> ordinance for the subdivisions code to require the subdivisions for the map parcel map with the communication services building for each parcel. >> thank you, madam chair. >> after a brief side chat with john gibner, deputy city attorney. i have not had a chance to speak with the office of maker i'll i'd like to suggest we insert some language that says as those 3 public utilities commission code sections maybe amend from time to time er words at that effect if mr. gibner will incorporate into the matter i'll make that a motion for item number one. >> motion accepted and that motion carries unanimously thank you all right. madam clerk >> item 3. >> no ma'am, minute recess thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone we are going to come back into session thank you mr. clerk i think the last item of business item one i think we introduced the amendment and we accepted the payment but doesn't vote on the item as amended that's correct. >> could we get another motion and take a vote. >> madam chair as far as i made the amendment i'd like to move the amendment to the full board with a positive recommendation that item passes thank you all right. madam clerk item 3. >> amending the planning code for a transportation demand management to require the development projects with the design features for the port of sustainable forms of transportation. >> i'm the author this is the third consultant of sustainability program that is aimed to improve the transportation program as the city will accommodate for new growth the planning department and mta have been working on this program for two years what we have is the result of a robust outreach progress by the planning department and mta staff with the public and transportation advocates developers and stakeholders so colleagues supervisor peskin you may recall supervisor sheehy we heard this item we continued this item brown from december since then the planning department and mta and my office have been working to resolves the outstanding issues i'll be introducing a number of false imprisonments amendments resulting in light conversations but first want to acknowledge the team of the planning department and we want to recognition mta staff who have been working on this program and done an incredible job thank you very much and now want to bring up our director of the planning department director rahaim he gave me a frown i don't know maybe he's not illustre after director rahaim we'll hear from sinking from the mta board and commissioner were you sheryl and now wade. >> with craft from the planning department that will be making the presentation wade we'll call you up last. >> thank you. i'm john rahaim with the planning department and thank you for working with us i would like to thank our partners at the mta and the ta both of whom have been involved in the process and thank you for a lot of work this is how we address the transportation impacts from the new development as you pointed out the 3 part strategy that included the changes to the fee structure and second changes how we analyze the impacts and this is the 3rd of a way of addressing the demand for transportation that is created by new development so as you pointed out we've had a lot of outreach over the weeks to address some of the final concerns from many members of the community we're at the point the stakeholders are in general agreement and further discussion the legislation before you sets out the policy and regulatory framework for the tdm, if you will, the memo of items that the developers may choose from it maybe amended overtime they did on thursday fact of the matter made changes to the program they approved a few months ago we believe those amendments will alleviate the concerns from a small subset of projects that are small projects and large projects that were coming out i caught in the program as we defined it so we do think that it - we're at the point we'll urge you to move forward given the transportation challenges that we face and the growing number of promotions that are coming online we hope to get this online to address did transportation amendments from those projects and move forward so with this i want to introdch brinkman from the mta. >> thank you supervisor cohen and supervisor peskin and supervisor sheehy i'm cheryl brinkman i'm now the chair of the program there's been a lot of changes to the program since you last heard from us in november or december that addresses the concerns again say what sets this program apart a few things the flexibility this ordinance calls on point the fact of the matter for the flexibility of how they're met to respond to the specific projects concerns and it is responsiveness the ordinance is built to be responsive to the city's landscape it changes a lot of everyday we'll make the - we're committed to incorporating new information and keeping this program up to date like many of the programs and policies and projects at the sfmta that will be a living program and make changes as we go it has a commitment to monitoring with the developers moved to be held accountable for the demonstration of ongoing compliance but the city with the enforcement to make sure the projects follow through on the commitments and the transparency never before has the public the neighbors and others and the concerned individuals have as much sight into this and a new interactive online tool will help to do that and morning aside from reducing the trail miles reduces the green house gas emissions and promotes active months of transportation and with the vision zero by reducing the number of vehicles on road i ask we move forward as quickly as possible the sooner we can see the benefits on the transportation system and keep up with the growing city thank you for your time thank you, thank you. >> well, wade wait craft oh. >> no problem. >> hi, thank you chair cohen and supervisors cooperate for the transportation authority and wanted to add our voices to with the executive director tilly chang sends her apologizes she can't be here she's in negotiation with caltrans torso we're proud to be here with the colleagues if a breeder strong interagency team that develops this ordinance and programs we greatly appreciate the work we've been able to do with the mta and folks with the city attorney's office and making sure that all of the dot all the i's and cross the t's this is really a program san francisco, california be proud of both because that is already stronger in and of itself and because it has several ways to make sure that it keeps improving over time i'd like to add two main points to one director rahaim and director brinkman made first is cost effectiveness we oversee the sales tax we pay attention to the cost effective of the public investments and we know that people who have transit passes will use muni more and people with the bike lanes are those so to people that live and work are going to make your transportation system work better and reducing the impact of the growth from both traffic and a carbon stand point the second on monitoring and elevation evaluation as a county km a the transportation authority will support the implementation of the tdm through the monitoring and evaluation like in the design of the program we're committed to bring a focus in a performance based approach we are confident those will continue with the investments and the transportation services emerge so finally join any colleagues and ask you to implement that as soon as possible thank you. >> jeff i've got one the question if i may madam chair. >> absolutely. >> let me start by saying we are i think all pleased to see a collaboration between 3 agencies that are truly independent of one another obviously the mta which has its own independent charter and the transportation authority that is actually, the other hat that the board of supervisors wears as commissioners that actually is a subdivisions of the state of california and not part of the city and county of san francisco and uses separate legal counsel what have you and i'm not trying to be knit picky i don't think we wearing our board of supervisors hats can actually as a matter of planning code law commit to separate sate agencies to anything that says shall we can encourage i think - i realize the deputy city attorney represents the board of supervisors not that transportation authority commission but i think the language on page 13 i don't think that i'm not a lawyer trying to play one on tv i don't think that is legal the ta can do it in the absolute authority but at the top of page 13 that the city and county of san francisco can bind the transportation authority in fact, of policy that's we don't want to break that precedent either attorney. through the chair. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney. got a couple of different versions so page 13 it says every 4 years following the report of ta. >> uh-huh. >> the planning department shall prepare a report containing the same information so the board can direct the planning department to take actions throw by ordinance and could make those conditional on the ta actions but as you said the board can't direct the ta. >> your read is the shall applies to planning but not to the county transportation authority. >> is that correct? >> okay. perfect. >> thank you for that classification john gibner, deputy city attorney. >> wade come on up and begin the presentation thank you. i think you provided a copy for us; is that correct. >> good afternoon wade planning department staff and as you heard i'm once again here with a great interagency team has been discussed i'm not going to go over this at length this element this component of the overall transportation sustainability program is the last to be adopted of this program we had two hearing and seeing none, hearings and i was asked to look at this we've heard and building we have done that. >> just a reimbursed this shifts from sro trips to the option this occurs through the lovely acronym transportation demand management or tdm and/or onsite amenity and programs for new development this program reduces the amount and distance of the vehicular travel for new development and therefore the goal to reduce vehicle miles traveled the program has received unanimous support from the planning commission both in august originally and then with amendments look various other boards and commissions as well other advocacy grasps as director brinkman referred to the initial goal to reduce the miles traveled but other additional benefits like the vision zero goals because every mile we rows if driving is less traffic exposure particularly for our month vulnerable citizens and those walking and bike i'll go over the 3 program basics as we've gone over this before but the program will basically have 3 basics and those basics will live in what's called the tdm standard that is referenced in the ordinance which the planning commission has the authority to adopt and easement over time the first basic component a point that every project needs to achieve that is unique to each project the points the fact of the matter will be achieved through project sponsors selecting transportation transportation demand management measures with a memo of options and so through the reflection of those measures will create a tdm plan for their projects the memo has 66 options for importance to have flexibility how they create the tdm plan and etch option is assigned a point value that is point driven not policy driven based on how effective those measures reduces the vehicle miles they reduce the vehicle miles to an extent some more so than other the few look at the bottom of the slide thing on the low range that reduces and points with commercial development to the more memoranda and to provide for bicycle beyond what the code required and then on the high-end one of the most effective tdm measures to reduce the parking supply and the third component of the program and maybe the most important is the implementations strategy so there are two parts this is the first is that we would evaluate and update the program over time based on research that we do so we want transportation demand management a come a time field we want to be nimble and update reflect that the second part you've heard the program standards will have a pro-active monitoring and reporting this occurs through a preoccupycy site and reporting and once every 3 year site audit this consists of an ordinance that sets the policy that director rahaim talked about the box for the program the regulationsism will live in the tdm standards i mentioned earlier the ordinance just references the creation of those standards the tdm program standards are living documents and they are created and amended by the planning commission they are not subject to the boards approval today but they implement the policy that will be and so forth in the ordinance which is before you. >> and they include those 3 basic components the point, to death the memo of opposition and the implementation strategy this document as mentioned was adopted by the planning commission in august and then we had some amendments that were adopted last week and again, this document is a living document and can be amended over time by the planning commission and the reign we want the document to be updated over time to reflect new research and to address the significant comments to make sure the program works and that's exactly what occurred last thursday these - this slide summarizes the amendments made at the planning commission last thursday we transmitted this morning or afternoon the resolution and staff report from that commission hearing i'm not going over those but to point out something future that director rahaim pointed out that the program prior to last thursday worked for the vast majority of projects and the amendment we're making were dealing with the projects at the margin and some amendments to individual measures. >> in terms of next steps staff plans on posting those amendments tdm online and those maximums will be incorporated into a web-based version of the tool we realized released for the decision makings to see how the program works the toll is a some version we plan an incorporating those from last week into that in terms of the legislative process obviously you're aware we hope to go to the full board after the committee hearing and then when the ordinance is effective really we all consider the fun will begin we'll hire staff that has been approved in prior years budgets and do initial evaluations to make sure the program works and we would evaluate and amend the program standards over time with the planning commission this is again, a living document that insures the program works with that, that concludes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions thank you, thank you colleagues in any questions. >> why don't we open up for public comment ladies and gentlemen, come forward and public comment in some amendments i'll take into the record after comments. >> how do i switch to the overhead awesome i'm jonas from the hayes valley association we cautiously enforce the transportation demand management program before you but reject that the two amendments that went through the planning commission last week, we don't think that was in the right direction we on the tdm ordinances was too generous on parking parking is the strongest tool in transportation demand management so we were appointed to those those go through the commission as a living document an ordinance that will be revisited that i urge the city to look at the baseline for the parking right now it is 13 points for the first 20 parishes and go up one point i'm going to get into the weeds this is market octavia you've got thousands of new parking spaces coming in here and i don't on the planning department if you look at the eir for example, for one oak understand this generates car trips to the 101 ramp to the south bay the methods right now are not picking up they're old methods used in transportation analysis that really underestimating the impact of this parking space so i think instead of one point for each additional 10 parking spaces it should be 5 and doing everything we can to discourage excess parking and also ask questions what were the 3 projects that would have gotten through with the warriors eastern i know there was another 1 16th stre 1 16th street potraro. >> i've been here several times talking about the transportation demand management last meeting we spent a lot of time with the planning and talking about this to family-friendly housing thank you, supervisors for encouraging staff to continue to work on the plan and thank you to the staff and recent activities in the legislation we're pleased to enforce the amendment before you with the ultimate tdm plan thanks so much. >> all right. >> next speaker. >> thank you, supervisors thank you for the opportunity to speak my name is megan i'm the director of the program on health and equity with the department of health i'm happy to be here to support the transportation demand management ordinance and program standards for the potential impact on health in san francisco many years you've program works to productive the air quality and safety and active dpw health plan i'm chief executive officer reducing the fees is essentially, we building the tdm program will be an important part and housing jobs estimated more than 6 hundred thousand cars will be added to the streets if we remain status quo this the congestion and a significant reduction of quality of life more people will be killed more on the public transportation will decline it is essential to reduce the cars with support in helping with the walking and biking the tdm is a smart approach by providing great credit for intervention and reducing parking and shuttle services we appreciate the flexibility of the program construction that will allow for judgements and standards on best practices we pleased to see built in monitoring as the tdm lacks oversight we understand the policies are important to insure those health benefits to the resident are reflected in the next generation in conclusion we believe the policies consistent are key to meeting the air quality and transportation we support the tdm ordinance and program and look forward to ongoing collaboration with the planning department and other agencies to advance those who work and live in the city thank you for your k. >> thank you. i'm with the san francisco human services and in appreciation with the nonprofits we had been expressing some concerns about this ordinance for about a year particularly it's impact on city's funded providers that serve the disadvantaged resident and thankful for the opportunity to work with the supervisor cohen and commissioner peskin and sfmta and planning department and hope the amendment to address the largest of those concerns for public understanding those developments are different from other developments they generate far fewer vehicle miles traveled we work with community-based organizations serving the low income populations that walk and take transit and not increase the costs are barriers to developments that will address the crisis of nonprofits displacement we have been faced over the last several years and especially concerned about parking spaces that are department of the emergency management for city funded services like shuttles for seniors and people with disabilities those doesn't matter what incentives they're still not any reduction in vehicle miles traveled doesn't make sense it will there the cost to the developers we will asked for a few exemption for the nonprofit and exemption for those parking spaces we hope overseeing amendments will be accepted today and by the full board and again, thank you for working with us on this issue. >> next speaker, please. >> calvin wench a steering committee member and with the hours organizations i'd like to associate myself with the racks of ms. learner and ask you to adopt waving the fee for city funded health and service nonprofits i'd like to also address and thank first of all, commissioner cowen's and others for supporting the exemption of permanently 100 percent affordable housing developments from the traffic math plan i believe there is a consistency if that exemption the exemption language defined affordable housing up to one and 50 percent of medium no other jurisdictions in the area independence affordability a lot of one and 20 percent above medium this seems like to be an oversight clearly i'll hope that b-1 section 169.3 on page 8 percent would be amended to see one and 20 percent of medium which will be consistent with the findings of within the document that is found on page of 169.1 which defines affordable housing as welder and 20 percent of medium and studies that shows quote household earning more than one and 20 percent of medium drive more than twice as many miles and own more than twice as many vehicles as extremely low income household as thirty percent of medium is seems odd to find in a transit reduction program affordability at a level in which you are giving household that drive cars more heavily than otherwise i urge you to amend the ordinance thank you. >> thank you in depth. >> game-changer chair cohen and commissioners i'm nicole the executive director of walk sf on behalf of the walk sf and members we want to share our support for the tdm ordinance and urge to move forward with approval by the board last friday marked the inauguration of the most powerful person in the country that believes is climatic change is a hoax and will dismantle the process on public health department i along with you marched an saturday to demonstrate we'll not stand for going backwards and everyday for the next 4 years we are going to need to work at the local level to move climb friendly policies forward this ordinance does that by macro sustainable healthy the choice as you know walk is the most sustainable way to get around and the easiest on ways to experience with equipment it is also a critical pathway to taking trips every transit trips begins and ended with a walk we'll be working with the planning department to strengthen the tdm program and working to incorporate complimentary legislation into this policy and with that, we will urge again, our support of this policy as it stands and hope that it move forward thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors corey smith on behalf of the housing coalition. here to support the transportation demand management proposal in front of you today asking the other departments and organizations in terms of the ordinances that were introduced with the ma'am, parking this is trick because we believe that less cars are better, more transportation is a better idea and more walking at the same time our members prefer parking for their projects so it is a tricky balance i know that folks are trying to figure out the other aspect i want to encourage based on any comments - by the previous speaker to work on ways to implement this into the ordinance and appreciate that they are looking to find solutions that will appease owl stakeholder i support this bill today. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm with the community of housing organization first of all, i want to thank you for moving forward i think this is high time we began to really emphasis the direction of folks out of cars and using transportation affordable housing developers that is what our tenants do they ride transit first, i want to support the words of deb r yes many of the tenants are clients of the organizations with h s n they don't drive to supportive services they take transit so i think that is certain to main that exemption for the fee organizations and we find ways of exempting the city organizations from this requirement the second thing i want to say i appreciate the work that the planning department has done with us to address the concerns around affordable housing as calvin mentioned it is interesting to see awhile finding is pointing out the critical need and the critical difference between housing that is affordable to folks under one hundred and 20 percent under medium and i want to share a table done by jeff hopkins transform that shows that vehicle miles traveled by different income levels on the blue that you see there you see very low income and extremely low income and low income moderate that is folks up to one hundred and 80 percent area medium income and jumps to more one hundred and 80 percent area medium income so as you cancer the standards consider all the income levels under one hundred and 80 percent of area medium income in providing housing. >> thank you fernando >> next speaker. >> sue hester i've been vrd the eirs and commenting on them for a long time that colors any testimony the planning department like eir and have enormous amounts of parking are portionly high dense cords speaking have been reading the eirs if you give a lot of parking at the initial time when you consider the project that will drive forever and we have to face a couple realities one we are developing a lot of housing in the corridor market and van ness and mission van ness as has a lot of park and two things have happened one is that we have a commute that is enormous and as the planning department goes through rezoning central soma as they go to 15 hundred mission and 1 hundred market that is the same thing as 1 oak street they're making decisions they can't undo by policies like this if at the give the market-rate that will be a lot of people from san mateo county their commuters in reality you'll not be able to out change the project by doing a project process tdm we've had area plans adopted specifically from central soma and the eastern neighborhoods called for a new muni line they were never implemented so we do grant printing calling for additional muni from potraro and to south of market and don't do these and putting too much market that's the context. >> thank you very much any other members that want to speak on item 3 seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you i wanted to give the planning department or probably the planning department is the most interesting department (laughter) i think to give feedback on some of the testimony from calvin's testimony from the ami level from one 50 to one hundred 20 so we're consistent >> with some of the other regions. >> the reason for the one hundred 50 that was used in the sustainability fee program there was a exception there are mobility a city program that will support the projects at that level the rest of the code the gentleman is right the program for the housing up to one hundred and 20 percent we'll be fine with lower than one hundred and 20 percent we were you using the numbers from allocate part of sustainability fee program. >> so beginning from the other parts of code but not going - >> to put it in jeopardy. >> okay. thank you very much. >> okay so a couple of things colleagues, i want to i have several amendments i'd like to read into the record first, i'd like to change the grandfathering and phase in those to apply with the mraktsz and instead of the development application second i'd like to remove the requirement to present a complete tdm plan to reapplication and third i'd like to make a requirement of a one year preemption analysis and report fourth i'd like to subject tdm standards to be in effect at the time of the application instead of the development project approval fifth suggest a change or amendment changing a clerical error are grupgs the electricity should be 10 benefits in the beds and exempting the building with 24 or less units from annual monitoring and enforcement fees and voluntarily update fees the 7 is exempting the nonprofit organizations to receive the funding from the city from paying development review ongoing monitoring fees and voluntary update fees and also want to recognize that the tenacious leadership of debbie letterman you heard during her public comment there is some concerns from the nonprofit providers particular those that receive the city funding to provide those serviced and the concern about air their ability specifically many of the parking spaces and the facilities provide the city funded services i'm thinking meals of whole and meal delivery or transportation of clients as much as seniors and people with disabilities i do think we should subject those to the program and introduce the amendment for the spaces from the tdm standard and will find that it will find those - these in a document circulated to you on page 6 line 19 and colleagues for clarity any other parking spaces with the nonprofits choose to implement in their facilities will be subject to tdm okay now the graham our police to any right pointed out another error i want to correct thank you supervisor peskin this is on page 6 that the legislation line 21 the full sentence reads start on line 19 as such comma the board of supervisors finds the spaces dedicated for the supervisors provided for human rights and service organizations should be included in the existence i'm going to change that from should be to shall, shall be excluded in the definition of parking space on the definition of standards any questions i can take them up inner i believe commissioner cowen's you have an amendment. >> i agree with the commissioner kim's raised by members of the public and director rahaim poke to relate to the one hundred and 50 versus the one hundred and 20 on page 8 as well as the change you read into with the human services should to a shall i think as far as you, you as is department will reside over the program standards unless we get cranky and legislate them to you should to show a is good let me say that is obviously evolving thing and we've now had a number of hearings thereon or there's been many cooks in the kitchen nobody so totally happy i agree with director brinkman this is flexible and will evolve this the dawn of this new pioneering system we'll continue to tweak it for all the staff that have tried to convince me this is the best thing sins spread i thank you for your adolescence and a consistent theme with those no disrespect for planning the enforcement quite frankly isn't one of your strong suits not a square foot this is a system that is prethd with the dedicate i mean this is an age-old thing you guys need more enforcement staff but this theoretically comes with a source of funding for those staff and you've analyzed how many projects that employs to and how many projects that will likely do pounce of the market in the future and how many people you can hire with that said, one of the amendments that supervisor cohen has just suggested which is and there is some rational for it we'll actually done it in other areas this is relative to 24 or less units any big question is kind of a question more for the controller but maybe you guys see in as far as a flat fee of one thousand bucks of property and exempting out the smaller properties what does this do for the resources for the ftes you'll not have enough funds to enforce it it falls flat on its face. >> thank you. do we have controller staff director rahaim take a stab. >> i totally understand the need i appreciate the question i know your concern i'll say that in the last 9 years we've tripled the staff so thanks to the support of this board i will say we're looking at it what we think is the number of projects in that size rank 24 units is a small percentage the total project subject to the ordinance that is doable within the actual fiscal analysis not uncommon for the other forebodes for the subsidies of smaller ones done throughout the planning code and remember that the way this program is structured when we do the analysis you start with a base fee in a project goes beyond that we're able to charge time and materials i think there is a number of ways to do it i'm committed to have full-time staff committed to this. >> director rahaim any only concern is that first, it seems counterintuitive you'll charge the same unanimous fee as a 15 unit project i think that staff did a pretty good job of explaining why that was counterintuitive but make sense i don't want this sorry mta you'll think i'm picking on you but i am for this to turn into a google bulb i bus at the beginning people say no, no, no cost recovery is a buck and myself went this don't make sense and after they sharply their pencils yeah, it is a lot higher this is a little bit different you have a captive audience of google or whatever and the kind of audience so i don't want to be in a position you come back in 6 months or year or even two years and say wow. now the 24 and under project has dropped out we have a wave the fee for the big projects to $2,800 a year i want to make sure you guys have crushed the numbers and the promise of real dedicated staff particularly this economy will not last forever and will be a down turn and pick between the things and this presumably has it's dedicated source of revenue you'll not have enough money - i - i mean i want to make sure that the people below the level of department at wade's level really building that if you exempt out the 24 from the annual fee you'll not be back here in a year to raise the fees or all the complaints and the person moving urban design group the improvement by the way, none of us are dump we saw a former department of inspection commissioner doing his own development project hello so - >> wade assures me buildings it. >> and specifically for the director rahaim referring to the sized project when we looked at two fiscal years of projects that were before the commission for approval one was less than 20 unit sort of a cut off looking at it the next fiscal year 5 or 6 projects that were combined six or seven projects that would have been at this size i think yes. i believe that. >> thank you wade. >> all right. let's make one more motion thank you director one more motion to change the i'm level that stated on page 8 from one 50 to one hundred 20 as area medium income and this i'll add an amendment i've made and a comment from supervisor sheehy. >> yes. through the chair i'd like to join as co-sponsor. >> great with the amended version and show the appreciation for all the work that is done over the years definitely need real transit as someone that gets my kids to school every morning the more cars we get off the streets the better. >> are you schlepping. >> i think people there - >> okay. >> about two hours on public transit. >> it's okay supervisor okay ladies and gentlemen, we've got a whole bunch of amendments thank you to mta, ta and the planning department staff you guys i want to recognize any staff that have been equally tremendous and supervisor avalos put a lot of staff hours that is not easy and supervisor peskin said this a fluent document we'll take a time out for now and colleagues without objection colleagues okay without objection this passes as amended mr. clerk item 4. >> shall we i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> off it goes item 4 a hearing on the impasse of adult use of marijuana use. >> okay okay. and the sponsor of this item changes the house quickly thank you. >> thank you to the sponsors and stakeholders for item 4 we appreciate you sitting around all day we're grateful. >> i'm the sponsor of this item this is a very important item before you the california voters legalized the use position and retail sale of non-medical or adult marijuana use across the state of california 64 lagoons the regulatory prop 64 allows the locality to tailor the implementation of the law to the needs and preserves so in anticipation of this the board of supervisors created the cannabis state legalization task force to advise the board and mayor and the departments of potential legalization we can understand the policy questions that are specific to the cannabis industry no doubt that the board of supervisors and the city agencies will be faced with difficult policies discussions and post proposition 64 environment my hope to work alcoholic with the residents and stakeholders and you experts to develop policies that will allow this industry to thrive in our city, to become complaint with new existing laws and to also to compliment the neighborhood the neighborhood character and the environment that of what they're trying to blend in today we'll hear in the cannabis legalization task force for us to consider and bring up the task force staff who will kickoff this presentation want to recognize the task force staff and members thank you. the floor is yours welcome. >> thank you very much thank you for your time today my name is michelle i'm a member the san francisco cannabis legalization force team on on behalf of the task force i'll begin this one update and that the presentation that is prepared for the committee the task force is in two parts part one i'll provide a high-level and succinct overview the task force purposes and the theme of the recognitions that are designed by the task force in the 3 main categories public safety and land use and social you gentrification and city prima facie case for part two the task force were lined up will address the committee and highlight the specific represents one the 3 main categories that members feel are important for the supervisors consideration in the interest of moving the systematically through our presentation and the timeframe i'll requesting the questions be held. >> after the presentation. >> yelping. >> got it. >> so in november the voters passed the adult use of marijuana the act the key provision are legalize the adult use and possession and retail sale of number one medical adult cannabis across the state for 21 and older and creates a regulatory system for the cannabis industry and the bureau of marijuana controlled to oversee the process at the state level and have local control with left to right to their those to their needs and preferences the state is scheduled to begin listening in january 2018 the task force was in response to the legislation legalization efforts at the state level the board of supervisors created this in the ordinance of 2015 the task force was established as an advisory body on the legal social and land use and enforcement issues so the policymakers can address this process thank you. >> the 22 seat will task force will be active for two years that began in 2016 and the work of the task force is first year is presented to begin today in january of 2017 the goal of task force what as to make represents in the 3 main areas we discussed and the task force conducted in order to do that monthly public meetings to design the finalize 84 represents that are referred in the year one report so the first main area is public safety but the recommendations of all categories are the conformation of research and analysis, expert testimony and discussion that will be evident to the committee in the summary they are meant to all the universe of issues with the legalization of this and year two builds on the recommendations and makes specifically relate to the implementations at the local level in san francisco the could he topics under the public safety social environment category combined thirty recommendations to address the sub categories public safety, public con smupgs and tourism and hospitality the discussion during the task force of this area focuses on driving under the influence policy, neighborhood safety issues and social environment consideration the key recommendation that are addressed in this report include that public safety standards and protocol should be revised to insure the protection of the community. >> san francisco should provide public consumption options in the city and use exposure can be limited by the existing model for the research and san francisco should develop policies that include a variety of cannabis and hospitality options the second main category of land use is social justice has 3 recommendations count ii recommendations of category land use and social justice and workforce development the discussions of this topic focused on retail and non-retail adult use and business zones and approval process as well as the diversity within the cannabis industry office of economic workforce development and business opportunity the could he recommendations themes that are addressed in the report includes san francisco should provide for rail and non-rail cannabis locates to a effectively assess the adult zoning the land use businesses making process it in need of objective standards and san francisco should develop cannabis office of economic workforce development and pathways that reflect social justice principles in all aspects of the industry the third main category is the framework deputy 23 recommends to address the 3 sub categories licensing and taxation and revenues and agency oversight the topic in that area the regulation and framework included local licensing possibility local cannabis regulatory agency responsibilities and local taxation consideration the key themes that emerged include san francisco should have a local cannabis licensing that builds on the system and considers the local needs and san francisco local cannabis taxation theme should consider the impact on the allot market the tax revenue 19 could support the justice and cannabis regulation will require the oversight in collaboration across multiple city agencies that provide a high-level overview and the content i'll transition to the task force members that will present the public safety and social environment thank you. >> welcome. >> good evening my name is sarah i was a appointed to the cannabis legalization task force as the public policy i have fibromyalgia i was born and raised in san francisco i want to see good policy we're here to discuss the over consumption and driving under the influence we landlord from the state of colorado when they didn't have allowance for public consumption so for smoking the elbow use the eatable use causes the number of people that visit emergency rooms they're only treated for water it make sense a simple educational campaign like try 5 milligrams to side educational campaigns to show people we showed - people who are overly medicine indicated status on women and allow the public use of medical cannabis so how to have san francisco look at outdoor it should be consumed where abstract tobacco is and dispensaries shall have safe places to use onsite and the attorney to look at privatizing locations with the beer places swrs this we saw the state of mayor willie brown they treated people like criminals my concern if i'm driving any kid's to school and have not smoked in what week not credit card a criminal how with, support of chp how we can figure out the high toners versus low tolerance and vapor requires and being the lead in having education simple to the drunk campaign thank you for your time. >> just as a point of your information commissioner cowen's will be stepping out he is a 5 o'clock commitment but supervisor sheehy and i will remain. >> please. good afternoon. i'm sarah ic 12 on the task force and one of the vice chairs i'm coming to talk about education both for patients and into cult use for consumers and in the industry itself just because we are going to adult use didn't change the reaction in the body we need to empower consumers by having educational materials available