for year, but this is a particularly strong case. if you re tearing down 62 70% of the construction that s there and your adding 90% more square footage and that s what this is, they re nearly doubling the same size of the building, is it really the same building? i couldn t find any demolition plans in the file. so if you look at exhibit four which i ve just put out here, this sort of gives you an idea of the demolition that s going on, although i did make a mistake. this entire floor is being removed through here as well. and that s theirs being remove. so if you read the notes in conjunction with the drawings, the entire foundation for the building is being removed. the removal of every single interior wall or partition on the second floor, every single one. the removal of both existing staircase and the columns that support them. the removal of the entire rear facade, every exterior and interior partition or wall, the removal of all fixture, finishes, etc. this is what
staircase and the columns that support them. the removal of the entire rear facade, every exterior and interior partition or wall, the removal of all fixture, finishes, etc. this is what s happening to small, affordable rent-controlled units. after this is completed this will no longer be a rent-controlled unit. the general plans demands this commission do something about. this is your bailey wink. the priority policies sets this as the highest appropriate policy preserving these kind of units or at least get a demolition application. make them go through the process that s through the code. don t tell us this isn t a demolition. make a statement, take a stand on this issue as well. it s a hard question. alteration/remodel, no. the direct impacts and there has been an effort to address the the direct impact of closing up so many windows. and if you look at my exhibit six, this is from the developer s plans. you ll see there s 15 windows being impacted. this is the neigh
rental housing, upper class housing, condominiums. the loss of these units from the market that san francisco is facing is negating the work that you re doing here. if you read the article, the new york times article that was attached to my brief, it s close to 5,000 units, 6,000 units that are being lost from the market. the couple of hundred that you approve every year is small compared to that. so this should be addressed. this should be artsdzed by the department. this should be addressed by this particular case. before moving the permit forward required disclosures of the full rental history with each website that occurs require assure assurances that they re being lux sureiated merely more rental. this is the issue is being ignored by the department. even though any one of us could get on the computer right now and see 1,000 illegal rentals in the city and i was able to go on i was surprised at the extent of this issue. i was able to go online and print out 32 uni
code. don t tell us this isn t a demolition. make a statement, take a stand on this issue as well. it s a hard question. alteration/remodel, no. the direct impacts and there has been an effort to address the the direct impact of closing up so many windows. and if you look at my exhibit six, this is from the developer s plans. you ll see there s 15 windows being impacted. this is the neighbor to the north, these blue windows right now are a great source of light to the middle of their house. it will be completely closed off. the lower neighbor who has lived there the longest mr. smith virtually no light will get down there now. this is the south side neighbor. these are historic windows. all these windows was built when the house was bilts. this is a nice glass stained window. it s a shame that more accommodation can t be made. we would request that a smaller addition with more setbacks but mostly i would love to see the policies be artsed. president olague: and mr. will
we welcome them into the neighborhood with open arms. and if they need to expand to further accommodate their family, we definitely welcome that. the concern that i have is that when the building is expanded, there is going to be additional traffic, additional environmental impact. not, not only that i they want to expand. what about the other houses in the neighborhood and on the street? i could count. there are five or six of them in the sitch situation. situation. sit fair to say that if this project is allowed to proceed then other people that the other properties should be allowed to do the same thing. and when you have five or six properties converting in this manner that will connect that will change the conversation and structure, the whole input. that is my concern. i really want to stress that the whole neighborhood right now is a wonderful neighborhood. our wife will not world will not move out of there. we are happy there. we want to continue. we want to