News in recent years, i imagine that you, like me, have found it difficult to ignore the topic of refugees. This is an image of a refugees experience fleeing communist vietnam in 1975. But in many ways, it reminds us of images that we might see on the news today. It is hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing it see. Refugees are suffocating in meat trucks. They are crowding onto leaky boats. They are drowning. The bodies of those who are unable to cross to safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. And refugees have been in the news for the past few years. Particularly related to the crisis in syria. But refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. Were not just talking about refugees coming from syria, but from other war torn regions. Especially in the past couple of years, it has also been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. And Refugee Resettlement, like so many other topics today, has become a polarizing topic. On one hand,
Good evening, and welcome to the january 9th, 2019 meeting of the San Francisco board of appeals. The president , frank fung will be the presiding officer tonight we expect commissioner anna lazarus after the first appeal is heard. Walking up the walkway as deputy City Attorney, brad rossi who will provide any legal advice this evening. At the controls, is the legal assistance. Im the board his executive director. Will be joined by representatives of the city departments who have cases before the board this evening. We expect Scott Sanchez kept the deputy Zoning Administrator representing the Planning Department and planning commission, mr duffy, chris pratt, urban forester of San Francisco San Francisco public works, joanne gillett, transportation coordinator representing San Francisco public works youth and mapping. The Board Meeting guidelines are as follows. The board request to turn off or silence all phones, and other Electronic Devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. P
We have a coram. Thank you. We will skip over the chairs report and go directly to the executive directors report. Ms. Miss tang . Good morning, commissioners pick today i would like to start with an update on the cost of a compact. This is the committee to house the bay area at all levels, and their effort of the regional level to increase housing production, preserve existing affordable housing, and protect vulnerable populations. There has been a whole series of policy workshops and meetings with all of our representatives at the table as well. We have heard there is a strong interest in the part of our legislators in sacramento to help pass legislation consistent with the cost at compact ids. There are about ten strategies that could be impacted. All matter of strategy. Some of them are quite significant. We would like to come back to you next month with an information item pending the outcome of the workshops this month so we can really dive into the content of the strategy and pr
Closed. Do i have a motion to go into closed session class. So moved. Motioned by commissioner everything is done inhouse. I think it is done. I have always been passionate about gelato. Every single slaver has its own recipe. We have our own we move on from there. So you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. Union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. The people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. It is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. This is the move we are happy to provide to the people. I always love union street because its not like another commercial street where you have big chains. Here you have the neighbors. There is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. People have they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. I love this street itself. We created a move of an area
i apologize. we have so many different versions here. that is what i have. there are a lot of versions with different edits on the website. but i believe what the amendment was to strike section six in its entirety. and that section is on page 237 lines six through 20. it is on page 236. you allergic originally said section six, right? on my document it is 11325. the document you have printed out in front of you may include amendments that were circulated today which is why it is off. it is basically section six. the unquantified section at the end of the ordinance. in the public late notice document on 237. you made a motion to strike section section six. page 236 or page 237. 237 on the public document. do we need a roll call or can we do that without objection? we will do that without objection. through the chair, can i ask another question? on the points with the flower mart, i wanted to hear what you had to say one more time. we need to continue dis