now so why don t we go to roll call to introductions. clerk: first with new business is supervisor brown. supervisor: thank you. today i m introducing a resolution in support of ab1076 which advances restorative justice practices for those who find themselves in paper prisons. after being arrested or convicted of a certain type of misdemeanors will provide relief to the 8 million californias who s convictions preclude them from securing housing or get into college. nearly 90% of employers, 80% of landlords and 60% of college screened applicants, criminal records often reject the applications of folks with criminal records. it will also provide relief to the 7 million more arrested but never convicted of a crime but still face the same obstacles as those convicted of crimes. ab1076 will require the california department of justice to automatically dismiss eligible arrests an conviction records of those who have complete the probation or county jail sentence and requires th
clerk: thank you, supervisor brown. supervisor: we re at 3:00 right now. before we get into our 3:00 special order i d like to join supervisor brown in that request of the d.a., if you don t mind. madam clerk, let s go to special order, items 30 through 33. clerk: a hearing of persons interested in the determination of exemption from environmental review under the environmental caught act issues as a categorical exemption for the proposed project at buchanon treat to demolish one of two existing structures on one shared parcel and to construct a new four-story eight-unit residential building with eight bicycle parking spaces and one accessible vehicle parking spate. item 31 is to affirm the determination the project is categorically exempt from further environmental review. item 32 is the motion to conditionally reverse that subject to the adoption of wr written findings and item 33 is the preparation of findings. supervisor: we have before us the determination of exe
department up to 10 minutes for the project s sponsor or representative and two minutes and two minutes for appellant or appellant s representative? is there objection to this plan? the public comment period is now open. supervisor stefani do you have opening remarks? i ll reserve my comments until after the hearing. supervisor: i ll ask the appellant to come forward and present your case. have you up to 10 minutes. hello, honorable mem percent members of the board of supervisors. i representative the home soccer for the development located next to the project. the project will demolish a garden house located on a historic landmark site in order to build a new four-story, eight-unit residential building. the board of supervisors must overturn the planning department s exemption because an exemption applies. we acknowledge the city has a housing crisis but the planning department cannot circumvent ceqa. first an exception applies because the project is located on a haz
the project plan, included in the packet. a certificate of appropriateness was approved by the historic preservation commission in november 2018 and project sponsor has addressed the two building material items that were conditions of approval. both the historic resource evaluation are included in the project packet. large lot development rares c.u.a. approval in order to promote, protect and maintain a scale of development which is appropriate to the district and compatible with adjacent buildings. the subject and opposite block phase contained mixed use and residential buildings ranging in size from two to four stories with two to 28 dwelling units. building of this size is completely appropriate for this site. the project sponsor has made numerous modifications as directed by the historic preservation commission. the department has received a letter in support of the project from s.f. heritage, two letters in opposition from representatives of the neighboring 159 1598 bay
from s.f. heritage, two letters in opposition from representatives of the neighboring 159 1598 bay condomm association. none the letters site objections to the c.u.a. for large lot development and concerns are mostly based on construction, lots of views and loss of light and air and preservation issues which has been addressed. these letters are included in your packet. after the commission packets were distributed, two additional letters were received. one letter is from business located directly across the street in support of the project. one letter in opposition from owners of a unit within 1598 bay street. these owners site loss of views and compliance with historic preservation, regulations as their concerns. staff recommending approval of this project as noted in the executive summary. the project are better utilize this large lot, received approval for the historic preservation commission and add eight dwelling units to the city housing stock. this concludes my presen