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 cant even invest in my own home. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi, im 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. Its been a very frustrating few years for us. Weve 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 weve 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 disp
Miss clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all cell phones. Items acted upon today will appear on the july 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Chair peskin thank you, miss major, and i hope that everybody had a good extended july 4 holiday. Madam clerk, could you please read the first item. [agenda item read]. Chair peskin thank you. This item has been brought to us by supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman, the floor is uyourself. Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair peskin. I have a few amendments that i would like to offer, and i also understand the chair has some amendments, as well. The ordinance before the committee does two things. First, it extends controls that protected alleyways and narrow streets in transit oriented and neighborhood commercial districts to also protect alleyways and narrow streets in residential Zoning Districts rh1, d, s, 2, and rh3. The ordinance makes it easier to add accessory dwelling units as back ya
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 childminding 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 nex thank y
[bell ringing] and so were 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 cant even invest in my own home. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi, im 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. Its been a very frustrating few years for us. Weve 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 weve 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
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 theyre expecting a third. With this, theyve 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 childminding 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 me