opportunity to expand. how do we accomplish that? how do i take care of my family? how do i invest in this city, when i can t even invest in my own home. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. hi, i m jennifer fever with the san francisco tenants union. so the easiest way to protect tenants and affordable rents to keep them housed in the first place. it s been a very frustrating few years for us. we ve had a bunch of tenants come to us worried about losing their homes during extensive renovations. so we started experimenting with filing d.r.s and we ve learned a lot about the planning department and their process. most surprising to me the planning staff had no directive to consider how permits affect existing tenants. the planning code is written so narrowly, they can claim to have hamstrung rather than considering humans in their plans. tenants are 65% of the population. we should matter. i challenge the architects in this room to hold the public forum about their
baths on one level to have a more functional layout. they would like a more modern esthetics. the parents have expressed interest in relocating from vancouver to be with them to assist in the child-minding as she transitions back to work. in order for them to do this, they would like to build a master suite on the ground level behind the garage. they will need to negotiate the size and the scale of their expansion obviously with their neighbors, however, as i am sure you can appreciate, this is different than being exposed to the legal process of a conditional use. in closing, i respectfully request that the commission make a recommendation that allows meaningful expansions and demolitions as a permitted use and eliminates the restrictions to size or mapping. we all know how hard it is to achieve planning approval for these home additions. why are we making it harder for these families? the process is already way too difficult. we need an easier, more transparent process. t
[bell ringing] and so we re not given the opportunity to expand. how do we accomplish that? how do i take care of my family? how do i invest in this city, when i can t even invest in my own home. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. hi, i m jennifer fever with the san francisco tenants union. so the easiest way to protect tenants and affordable rents to keep them housed in the first place. it s been a very frustrating few years for us. we ve had a bunch of tenants come to us worried about losing their homes during extensive renovations. so we started experimenting with filing d.r.s and we ve learned a lot about the planning department and their process. most surprising to me the planning staff had no directive to consider how permits affect existing tenants. the planning code is written so narrowly, they can claim to have hamstrung rather than considering humans in their plans. tenants are 65% of the population. we should matter. i challenge the architects in this
jefferson street two years ago and when they bought the property, they had just one daughter. since time has passed with the pressure of a growing family, they now have a second daughter and they re expecting a third. with this, they ve informed me they would like to add a level and do a vertical expansion and put three bed rooms and two baths on one level to have a more functional layout. they would like a more modern esthetics. the parents have expressed interest in relocating from vancouver to be with them to assist in the child-minding as she transitions back to work. in order for them to do this, they would like to build a master suite on the ground level behind the garage. they will need to negotiate the size and the scale of their expansion obviously with their neighbors, however, as i am sure you can appreciate, this is different than being exposed to the legal process of a conditional use. in closing, i respectfully request that the commission make a recommendation t
hi, i m jennifer fever with the san francisco tenants union. so the easiest way to protect tenants and affordable rents to keep them housed in the first place. it s been a very frustrating few years for us. we ve had a bunch of tenants come to us worried about losing their homes during extensive renovations. so we started experimenting with filing d.r.s and we ve learned a lot about the planning department and their process. most surprising to me the planning staff had no directive to consider how permits affect existing tenants. the planning code is written so narrowly, they can claim to have hamstrung rather than considering humans in their plans. tenants are 65% of the population. we should matter. i challenge the architects in this room to hold the public forum about their role in our displacement. surely you can see how this system can be abused by speculators, looking for any way to get rid of rent-controlled tenants and avoid compensating them. i support the legisla