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country. and the ways that we are doing work together, so thank you. i would like to say that the san francisco transgender film festival was founded in 1997 by my friends christopher lee and alex austin, and we are the first and longest running transgender and gender nonconforming film festival in the world. founded at a time when other film festivals would not screen trans and gender nonconforming filmmakers. we are proud to still be part of ongoing movements, supporting expression and leadership of communities of color, immigrants, and all trans and queer people. especially now as we are fighting the negative impact of gentrification against all of our communities. i am very honored and humbled today to accept this commendation. thank you very much. [applause] president breed: congratulations, shauna, and thank you so much for being here today. our final commendation will be given by supervisor yee. supervisor yee: thank you once again. i m going to be switching ....
rights in san francisco for over two decades, she was the first transgender woman to serve on the board of directors of san francisco women against race, thank you, i love that organization so much. and the first transgender woman selected to be a san francisco pride grand marshal. her contribution as a community builder have led her to serve on the board of two prominent trans organization, the transgender gender variant justice project and the transgender law center. shauna is a trail blazer. always building visionary movements through bold initiative. during the 1990s, she co-founded the transgender film festival to create spaces for transgender spaces to explore their own legacy, experiences and gender self-determination. also the first of it s kind in the world. showcasing films by and for transgender people. shauna s contribution expands her anti-violence activism. co-founded transaction, an organizing project uniting trans voice, demanding police accountability a ....
because if you approved it for a larger scope of work that would not make sense because the variance would have been approved already for that limited scope of work. so essentially if the variance is upheld tonight a maximum extent is locked in. and if the variance is denied tonight, then we ll see them in another year when they come back they would have an option so the city charter allows, basically if you have a project disapproved, you can, one year later, basically apply for essentially the same project. or change the project, yeah. yeah, and right now, you d have to change it in a way that would be significantly different from the original project. you can t tweak the project and say it s a different project. it has to be a significantly different project. yeah. thank you. thank you. commissioners the matter s submitted. variance commentator. because i always comment? exactly. you have the greatest wisdom. you know as i was listening, it ....
overturn the denial of the building permit and approve them with a scope of work that was approved by the variance because if you approved it for a larger scope of work that would not make sense because the variance would have been approved already for that limited scope of work. so essentially if the variance is upheld tonight a maximum extent is locked in. and if the variance is denied tonight, then we ll see them in another year when they come back they would have an option so the city charter allows, basically if you have a project disapproved, you can, one year later, basically apply for essentially the same project. or change the project, yeah. yeah, and right now, you d have to change it in a way that would be significantly different from the original project. you can t tweak the project and say it s a different project. it has to be a significantly different project. yeah. thank you. thank you. commissioners the matter s submitted. variance c ....
it s currently amended by the planning domestic called the hub project to better reflect the needs of one of the most dense and transit-rich areas in the city. the hub project provides us an opportunity to better ensure that the area s growth supports the city s goal for housing, transportation, the public realm and the arts. recent ri there was a, ceqa appeal of a high-rise in the district. and a current iteration of the plan, developers can seek additional parking with additional use permit and through one oak was granted a c.u. for their parking. it brought to light an important part about parking and it relates to cumulative impacts along the hub. as long as our city grows, buildings get built and our neighborhoods get more dense, the more crowded our streets get and the more impacted our services become. all of these developments for all this new parking has a cumulative impact. we know it and we see it. yet the guidelines that we use to measure impact say there is ....