00:00:08 IN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:00:09 WELCOME TO THE APRIL 7TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN
00:00:12 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. >> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
00:00:15 CALL THE ROLL? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:00:16 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN NOT
00:00:23 PRESENT SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:27 FIELDER FIELDER NOT PRESENT SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
00:00:34 PRESENT SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN PRESIDENT MANDOLIN PRESENCE
00:00:39 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MILK OUR PRESENT SUPERVISOR SARDAR
00:00:42 SAUTER PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL PRESENT
00:00:47 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON PRESENT SUPERVISOR WANG WANG
00:00:51 PRESENT MR. PRESIDENT YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
00:00:55 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:00:59 SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE ON THE UNSEATED
00:01:02 ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE RAHMATULLAH SALONI WHO ARE THE
00:01:04 ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AS THE
00:01:07 INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:01:10 THEIR TRADITIONS THEIR ARMY TO SALONI HAVE NEVER CEDED LOSS
00:01:14 NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE
00:01:15 CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
00:01:18 RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS GUESTS WE
00:01:21 RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR
00:01:23 TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY
00:01:27 ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE
00:01:30 RAMA SOCIAL ONLY COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR
00:01:32 SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES.
00:01:34 COLLEAGUES WILL YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
00:01:37 ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:01:41 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
00:01:45 IT STANDS ONE UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY
00:01:50 AND JUSTICE. >> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD I
00:01:58 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF AT S.F. GOV TV TODAY THAT IS
00:02:02 PARTICULARLY SUZE ENOS. THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR
00:02:06 MEETINGS AND MAKE THE TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE TO THE
00:02:07 PUBLIC ONLINE AND. >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:02:11 COMMUNICATIONS? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:02:14 THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD IS IN RECEIPT OF A MEMO
00:02:16 DATED APRIL 7TH, 2026 FROM SUPERVISOR FIELDER REQUESTING
00:02:22 TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:02:25 AND THE GOVERNMENT AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS WELL
00:02:29 AS THE LIFE CO MEETINGS BETWEEN APRIL 7TH AND JUNE 30TH.
00:02:33 AND FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES A MOTION WILL NEED TO BE MADE
00:02:37 IN ORDER FOR HER TO EXCUSE HER FROM TODAY'S MEETING AS WELL AS
00:02:41 FOR FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND THE GAO.
00:02:44 >> ADDITIONALLY, THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:02:49 WELCOMES YOU ALL TO BE PRESENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER.
00:02:52 HERE WE ARE IN ROOM 250 ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL
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00:03:19 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THE NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON B
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00:03:36 GOV.ORG IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A
00:03:40 FUTURE MEETING. UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH
00:03:41 DISABILITIES ACT OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PLEASE
00:03:45 CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS
00:03:49 IN ADVANCE BY CALLING (415) 554-5184.
00:03:52 THANK YOU MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:03:56 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES, COULD I HAVE A
00:04:00 MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR FIELDER FROM TODAY'S MEETING
00:04:04 MADE BY SUPERVISOR MAHMUD. SECONDED BY WALTON.
00:04:10 AND I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:04:12 WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUPERVISOR FIELDER IS EXCUSED.
00:04:17 >> MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO APPROVAL OF OUR MEETING
00:04:18 MINUTES. YES.
00:04:21 APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026 AND MARCH 3RD 2026 BOARD
00:04:25 MEETING MINUTES. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE
00:04:29 THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED MOVED BY CHEN SECONDED BY CHERYL.
00:04:33 MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MINUTES AS
00:04:37 PRESENTED? >> SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN I
00:04:40 MANDAL MEN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER SADR
00:04:43 I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
00:04:51 SUPERVISOR WANG WANG I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN I
00:04:55 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:04:59 AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT
00:05:07 OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
00:05:08 AS PRESENTED AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WERE
00:05:15 JOINED HERE IN THE CHAMBER BY A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
00:05:17 SUPERVISORS BEVIN DUFTY. WELCOME TO SUPERVISOR DUFTY ALL
00:05:23 RIGHT MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE CALL
00:05:24 ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE TOGETHER ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE.
00:05:29 THESE ITEMS ARE ON CONSENT AND CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE.
00:05:33 IF A MEMBER OBJECTS AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED
00:05:37 SEPARATELY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MADAM CLERK ON ITEMS ONE
00:05:41 THROUGH NINE SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN I MADELEINE I
00:05:42 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUDER SORTER I
00:05:49 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
00:05:55 SUPERVISOR ONE WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
00:05:59 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:06:03 AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EITHER ARE CHINESE WITHOUT
00:06:07 OBJECTION THESE ORDINANCES ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING AND THE
00:06:11 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO UNFINISHED
00:06:15 BUSINESS PLEASE CALL ITEM TEN. >> ITEM TEN THIS IS AN
00:06:20 ORDINANCE THAT AMENDS THE HEALTH BUSINESS AND TAX
00:06:23 REGULATION AS THE PUBLIC WORKS CODE REGARDING COMPACT MOBILE
00:06:30 FOOD OPERATION DEFINITION AND FEES.
00:06:33 COLLEAGUES I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
00:06:38 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:06:41 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 11 ITEM 11 THIS IS AN
00:06:45 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE APPROXIMATELY 34.36 MILLION
00:06:49 FROM PERMANENT PREMIUM AND COMP TIME SALARIES AND TO
00:06:54 APPROPRIATE APPROXIMATELY THAT SAME SET AMOUNT TO OVERTIME
00:06:57 SALARIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE
00:07:01 DEPARTMENT'S PROJECTED INCREASES IN OVERTIME AS
00:07:02 REQUIRED PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 3.17 AND FISCAL
00:07:07 YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026. >> AND LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM
00:07:10 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE
00:07:14 IS FINALLY PASSED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:07:18 NUMBER 12 ITEM 12 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
00:07:21 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
00:07:23 TO PERFORM EVALUATIONS AND REPORT PERIODICALLY ON
00:07:25 MECHANICAL STREET SWEEPING OPERATIONS TO INCLUDE SUBMITTAL
00:07:30 OF WRITTEN PERFORMANCE REPORTS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:07:34 AND THE MAYOR AND TO AMEND THE HEALTH CODE TO REVISE
00:07:37 AND CLARIFY OUTDATED TERMS CONCERNING REFUSE RECEPTACLE
00:07:41 REQUIREMENTS AND TO AFFIRM THE SECOND DETERMINATION AND AGAIN
00:07:44 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
00:07:48 FINALLY PASSED. MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:07:52 NUMBER 13 ITEM 13 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE POLICE
00:07:56 SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY POLICY FOR ELECTRONIC LOCATION
00:07:59 TRACKING DEVICES AND TO MAKE THE REQUISITE FINDINGS PLEASE
00:08:03 CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 13 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI
00:08:08 RANDLEMAN I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SAUTER
00:08:11 SAUTER I SUPERVISORS CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:08:18 WILSON NO SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
00:08:22 SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:08:30 AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I THERE ARE NINE EYES AND ONE
00:08:33 NO WITH SUPERVISOR WALTON VOTING NO THE ORDINANCE IS
00:08:37 FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO NEW BUSINESS PLEASE
00:08:41 CALL ITEM NUMBER 14 ITEM 14 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE
00:08:45 THE THIRD NOT MODIFICATION AND TO A CONTRACT WITH HALLMARK
00:08:49 AVIATION SERVICES LP FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION AND GUEST
00:08:52 ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO EXTEND THE TERM FOR ONE YEAR FOR A
00:08:56 TOTAL TERM OF JULY 1ST 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 AND TO
00:09:01 INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY 10.4 MILLION FOR A NEW CONTRACT
00:09:07 AMOUNT OF 30.4 MILLION PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 14
00:09:11 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN ALL RIGHT. >> MANDEL MAN I SUPERVISOR
00:09:14 MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SUTTER SAUTER I SUPERVISOR
00:09:18 CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG
00:09:26 WONG I SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I
00:09:33 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
00:09:38 I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS
00:09:42 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 15 AND 16 TOGETHER ITEMS
00:09:48 15 AND 16 ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT APPROVE AGREEMENTS
00:09:51 AGREEMENT AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
00:09:56 ITEM 15 APPROVES THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT
00:09:57 BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY AND THE SAN FRANCISCO AIDS
00:10:00 FOUNDATION TO OPERATE A HEALTH ACCESS POINT AND PROVIDE
00:10:04 CAPACITY BUILDING SERVICES A FOUR YEAR TERM EXTENSION NOW
00:10:08 THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2030 AND TO
00:10:13 INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY 11.9 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL OF 21.8
00:10:19 MILLION AND ITEM 16 THIS APPROVES THE SECOND AMENDMENT
00:10:24 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE RAFIKI COALITION FOR HEALTH
00:10:28 AND WELLNESS TO PROVIDE HEALTH ACCESS POINT SERVICES A THREE
00:10:32 YEAR TERM EXTENSION NOW JANUARY 21ST JANUARY FIRST, 2023
00:10:39 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2030 AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY
00:10:42 APPROXIMATELY 10.6 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT OF 20
00:10:46 MILLION. >> I THINK WE CAN TAKE THESE
00:10:47 ITEMS SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:10:51 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:10:54 17 ITEM 17 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF THE
00:10:58 ASSESSOR RECORDER TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO A
00:11:02 CONTRACT WITH SAPIENT CORPORATION FOR THE
00:11:06 IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
00:11:09 SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY
00:11:15 6.7 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT OF 33.9 MILLION AND TO
00:11:18 EXTEND THE CONTRACT DURATION FROM NINE YEARS AND TWO MONTHS
00:11:21 TO 13 YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS FOR A TOTAL TERM THROUGH JUNE
00:11:27 30TH 2032. >> CHAIR JAN, THANK YOU PRESENT
00:11:31 AMENDMENT COLLEAGUES AND THIS ITEM CAME OUT OF THE BUDGET
00:11:34 WITH A RECOMMENDATION EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT ITSELF BY
00:11:38 ITS IMPLEMENTATION HAS ALMOST A FIVE YEARS DELIGHT.
00:11:45 THE REASON BEING THAT WE END UP VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS
00:11:49 AND MOVING OUT TO FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY IS BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR
00:11:52 HAS YIELDED AROUND ABOUT $15 MILLION WORTH OF STAFFING
00:12:00 SPENDING AND TO TO REIMBURSE TO THE CITY WHAT WE REALLY ASKED
00:12:08 FOR DURING THE COMMITTEE THOUGH IS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE
00:12:09 SPECIFIC AND DETAILS OF THAT $15 MILLION OF STAFFING WORK,
00:12:15 WHETHER THAT WE CAN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THAT
00:12:17 DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT RESULTED IN THE TYPE OF STAFFING WE HAVE
00:12:23 YET TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.
00:12:24 I THINK THAT THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
00:12:27 THE ASSESSOR RECORDER HAS AGREED FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH
00:12:29 THIS FOR A WEEK. IT WILL NOT IMPACT THEIR
00:12:32 CONTRACT AMENDMENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO
00:12:36 CONTINUE TO DO FOR US TO VOTE ON THIS TO NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN
00:12:40 HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE CAST OUR VOTE.
00:12:44 >> THANK THANK YOU CHAIR JAN FOR YOUR MOTION AND YOUR WORK
00:12:48 ON THIS SECONDED BY WALTON COLLEAGUES I THINK WE CAN TAKE
00:12:54 THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION MR. PRESIDENT.
00:12:55 >> THAT WOULD BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 14TH.
00:12:58 >> GREAT. AND WE CAN TAKE THAT WITHOUT
00:13:02 OBJECTION. >> THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
00:13:05 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL 18 ITEM 18 HIGH TO MAINTAIN IS A
00:13:09 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
00:13:13 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY AND THE DEPARTMENT
00:13:17 OF PUBLIC HEALTH WITH INSTITUTO FAMILIA DE LA RAZA INC TO
00:13:21 OPERATE A HEALTH ACCESS POINT SERVICE TO EXTEND THE TERM BY
00:13:25 THREE YEARS FROM JUNE 30TH 2027 FOR A NEW TERM OF JANUARY 1ST
00:13:30 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2030 AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY
00:13:33 APPROXIMATELY 9.2 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL OF 17 MILLION.
00:13:38 >> AND LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:13:41 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:13:42 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 19.
00:13:45 >> ITEM 19. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO
00:13:46 RETROACTIVELY APPROVE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY
00:13:50 AND COUNTY AND THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD BANK FOR
00:13:54 THE PROVISION OF THE CAL FRESH STOP GAP EMERGENCY GIFT CARD
00:14:00 INITIATIVE FOR A TWO MONTH TERM OCTOBER 30TH 2025 THROUGH
00:14:06 DECEMBER 31ST 2025 AND THEN NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 9.1 MILLION
00:14:07 AND TO RETROACTIVE APPROVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT ADDING
00:14:11 REPAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL AS REVISED REPAYMENT
00:14:14 AND REPORTING EFFECTIVE JANUARY 30TH 2026 AND WILL TAKE THIS
00:14:21 ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:14:22 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS
00:14:25 20 AND 21 TOGETHER. >> ITEMS 20 AND 21 ARE TO
00:14:30 RESOLUTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO THE WISTERIA LANE AFFORDABLE
00:14:33 HOUSING PROJECT ITEM 20 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE
00:14:37 AND AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF PROPERTY AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:14:41 OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO A
00:14:44 GROUND LEASE FOR REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY AND LOCATED
00:14:48 AT 105 WISTERIA LANE KNOWN AS THE BALBOA RESERVOIR BUILDING A
00:14:54 WITH BALBOA GATEWAY LP FOR A 75 YEAR TERM FOR THE LEASE AND 124
00:15:00 YEAR OPTION TO EXTEND WITH AN ANNUAL BASE RENT OF 15,000
00:15:05 IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A 100% AFFORDABLE 158 UNIT MULTI
00:15:10 FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AFFORDABLE TO VERY
00:15:13 LOW AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS PLUS ONE MANAGER'S UNIT TO
00:15:18 APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE AS AN AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN
00:15:22 AGREEMENT FOR 29.3 MILLION FOR A MINIMUM LOAN TERM OF 57 YEARS
00:15:27 TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT
00:15:31 AND TO ADOPT THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS AND AGAIN SAME HOUSE,
00:15:35 SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:15:40 >> MR. RESOLUTIONS MR. PRESIDENT AND I WILL JUST 21
00:15:43 YES, MY APOLOGIES MEMBERS ITEM 21 THIS RESOLUTION IS TO
00:15:47 APPROVE FOR PURPOSES OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986
00:15:51 AS AMENDED AND AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A
00:15:56 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTE IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
00:15:59 AMOUNT OF 112 MILLION TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
00:16:05 105 WISTERIA LANE AND NOW WE CAN TAKE THESE TO RESOLUTIONS
00:16:09 TOGETHER SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:16:10 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:16:14 22. ITEM 22 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE
00:16:17 THAT APPROVES THE AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY POLICY
00:16:20 GOVERNING THE USE OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
00:16:24 VIRTUAL QUEUE TECHNOLOGY THE SAME HOUSE SAME CALL.
00:16:28 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST
00:16:29 READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 23 ITEM 23 THIS IS A
00:16:36 RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR AND THE DEPUTY
00:16:39 DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VICTIMS RIGHTS TO SOLICIT
00:16:43 DONATIONS TO BENEFIT SURVIVORS VICTIMS OF CRIME FROM
00:16:44 INDIVIDUALS, NONPROFITS, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
00:16:47 AND FOUNDATIONS FOR SIX MONTHS NOTWITHSTANDING THE BE HOSTED
00:16:51 PAYMENT ORDINANCE SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
00:16:54 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:16:57 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 24 ITEM 24 A
00:17:01 RESOLUTION TO URGE THE MAYOR TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE TO
00:17:05 ESTABLISH A CITYWIDE WOMEN'S ADVANCED MENT AND GENDER EQUITY
00:17:08 ACTION PLAN LED AND COORDINATED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT
00:17:13 ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN WITH FULL CROSS DEPARTMENTS, FULL
00:17:17 PARTICIPATION AND DEDICATED BUDGETARY SUPPORT TO ENSURE
00:17:20 EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION. >> SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:17:24 OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
00:17:25 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 25 ITEM 25 RESOLUTION TO
00:17:31 AUTHORIZE ADOPTION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:17:34 SERVICES ACT ANNUAL UPDATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026.
00:17:41 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:17:42 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:17:45 ITEM NUMBER 26. >> ITEM 26 THIS IS A MOTION TO
00:17:49 APPROVE THE MAYORAL REAPPOINTMENT OF ANNA VAN DIGNA
00:17:53 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR TERM
00:17:57 ENDING JANUARY 24TH, 2030 AND WILL TAKE THIS SAME HOUSE
00:18:00 SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
00:18:03 IS APPROVED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEMS
00:18:06 27 AND 28 TOGETHER. >> ITEMS 27 AND 28 ARE TWO
00:18:10 MOTIONS THAT APPROVE THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE
00:18:13 APPOINTMENT TO THE TREASURE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
00:18:14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM 27 APPROVES ERIC DOES
00:18:20 MULKEY TERM ENDING FEBRUARY 26TH 2030 AND ITEM 28 APPROVES
00:18:24 TIMOTHY KOJO MINTA TERM ENDING APRIL 28TH 2030.
00:18:31 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTIONS
00:18:32 ARE APPROVED MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 29 AND 30
00:18:36 TOGETHER ITEMS 29 AND 30 ARE TWO MOTIONS THAT APPROVE THE
00:18:40 MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT TO THE MUNICIPAL
00:18:43 TRANSPORTATION AGENCY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
00:18:47 ITEM 29 APPROVES DOMINICA HENDERSON AND ITEM 30 APPROVE
00:18:51 STEPHANIE HINA FOR A TERM ENDING MARCH 1ST 2030.
00:18:58 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTIONS
00:19:02 ARE APPROVED. >> AND THEN MADAM CLERK, I
00:19:03 THINK WE HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
00:19:06 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 30 FIVE.
00:19:09 >> ITEM 35 WAS CONSIDERED BY THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:19:13 COMMITTEE AT A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY APRIL 6TH.
00:19:16 IT WAS RECOMMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
00:19:19 ITEM 35 IS AN ORDINANCE THAT AMENDS THE ENVIRONMENT CODE TO
00:19:23 UPDATE THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION GOALS AND PLANNING
00:19:24 PROCESS AND TO UPDATE CITY DEPARTMENTS ROLES
00:19:27 AND RESPONSIBILITIES PERTAINING TO THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION
00:19:31 GOALS AND TO AFFIRM THE SEQUEL DETERMINATION.
00:19:34 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:19:36 ORDINANCES PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:19:40 AT NUMBER 36. >> ITEM 36 WAS CONSIDERED BY
00:19:44 THE RULES COMMITTEE AT A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY APRIL
00:19:49 6TH, 2026 AND WAS RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED WITH A NEW TITLE TO
00:19:53 APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT ITEM 36.
00:19:56 IT NOW READS THE WORD REJECTING WAS STRUCK AND CURRENTLY READS.
00:20:00 >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
00:20:04 SUPERVISORS RAFAEL MANDEL MEANS NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT
00:20:08 OF LILY WONG TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS FOR A TERM ENDING JULY
00:20:11 1ST, 2028. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
00:20:14 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
00:20:17 >> AND MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS.
00:20:22 >> FIRST UP TO INTRODUCE NEW BUSINESS MR. PRESIDENT IS YOU.
00:20:28 THANK YOU. I HAVE AN ITEM OF LEGISLATION
00:20:32 ONE AND TWO IN MEMORIAM. SO FIRST I'M INTRODUCING
00:20:36 LEGISLATION TO CLARIFY AND DEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES
00:20:37 ELECTRICAL WORK UNDER THE SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING CODE AND TO
00:20:40 SPECIFY THAT THIS WORK MUST BE PERFORMED BY PROPERLY CERTIFIED
00:20:44 CONTRACTORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE.
00:20:47 THIS CLARITY IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS SAN FRANCISCO
00:20:48 CONTINUES TO ADVANCE POLICIES AROUND BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION
00:20:51 AND MODERNIZATION AS WE TRANSITION MORE BUILDINGS
00:20:55 AND SYSTEMS TO ELECTRIC POWER, THE VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF
00:20:58 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS WILL INCREASE AND HAVING A CLEAR
00:21:00 ENFORCEABLE DEFINITION OF ELECTRICAL WORK WILL BE
00:21:03 HELPFUL. THIS LEGISLATION ALIGNS OUR
00:21:04 DEFINITION OF ELECTRICAL WORK WITH THE REALITIES OF MODERN
00:21:07 CONSTRUCTION. SUPPORTS OUR ELECTRIFICATION
00:21:10 GOALS AND PROVIDES CLARITY FOR CONTRACTORS AND PROPERTY
00:21:11 OWNERS. I WANT TO THANK OUR DEPUTY CITY
00:21:15 ATTORNEY ROB COPPOLA FOR HIS WORK ON THE LEGISLATION.
00:21:18 >> I WANT TO THANK JOHN DOHERTY FROM IBEW LOCAL SIX FOR HIS
00:21:22 INPUT. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FROM THE
00:21:23 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT BUILDING
00:21:26 INSPECTION FOR THEIR FEEDBACK. AND I WANT TO THANK MY CHIEF OF
00:21:29 STAFF SOPHIE MARIE FOR ALL HER WORK ON THE ORDINANCE.
00:21:32 >> SECONDLY, COLLEAGUES, I AM ASKING THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S
00:21:36 MEETING IN MEMORY OF ANDREA SHORTER WHO DIED FAR TOO SOON.
00:21:40 ON MARCH 19TH, 2026 SHE WAS A TRUE FORCE AND A FRIEND.
00:21:47 SHE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 14TH, 1965 IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
00:21:50 AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AS A TEENAGER GRADUATING FROM PARIS
00:21:54 UNION HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE EARNING HER DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY
00:21:58 FROM WHITTIER COLLEGE. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER
00:21:59 IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY WORKING ON A SUCCESSFUL STATE ASSEMBLY
00:22:03 CAMPAIGN. >> THEREAFTER SHE MOVED TO SAN
00:22:05 FRANCISCO IN 1991. OVER THE NEXT DECADES, ANDREA
00:22:09 WOULD CARVE A ROLE FOR HERSELF AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
00:22:13 POLITICAL STRATEGISTS AND PUBLIC POLICY VOICES IN THE
00:22:14 CITY. HER AREAS OF ADVOCACY INCLUDED
00:22:17 CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, VOTING RIGHTS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:22:21 PREVENTION AND MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN LEADERSHIP ROLES
00:22:25 WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS EQUALITY CALIFORNIA OUT AN
00:22:26 EQUAL WORKPLACE ADVOCATES THE NAMES PROJECT AIDS MEMORIAL
00:22:32 QUILT AND THE CENTER ON JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
00:22:33 SHE HELPED DRIVE SYSTEMIC REFORMS WHILE ALWAYS CENTERING
00:22:37 THOSE MOST IMPACTED. >> ANDREA SERVED ON A NUMBER OF
00:22:43 CITY AND NONPROFIT COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS INCLUDING CITY
00:22:47 COLLEGE'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND 20 YEARS ON THE COMMISSION
00:22:51 ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN WHERE SHE SERVED MULTIPLE TERMS AS
00:22:52 PRESIDENT. IN 2009 SHE WAS HONORED AS
00:22:55 GRAND MARSHAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE.
00:22:58 SHE WAS A TRUSTED POLIS, A TRUSTED ADVISOR AND STRATEGIST
00:23:02 TO MANY OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SAN FRANCISCO POLITICAL LEADERS
00:23:06 INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, MAYORS WILLIE BROWN
00:23:09 AND LONDON BREED. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM.
00:23:10 SPEAKER EMERITA NANCY PELOSI AND CONGRESSWOMAN LATIFA SIMON
00:23:16 A CO-FOUNDER OF THE BAYARD RUSTIN LGBT COALITION.
00:23:18 ANDREA WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE
00:23:21 LGBTQ AND BLACK COMMUNITIES, BELIEVING THAT PROGRESS DEPENDS
00:23:24 ON COALITION BUILDING AND SHARED PURPOSE ACROSS
00:23:28 IDENTITIES. BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL
00:23:29 ACCOMPLISHED MOMENTS, ANDREA BROUGHT JOY, CREATIVITY
00:23:36 AND WARMTH TO THOSE AROUND HER. SHE LOVED MUSIC AND PLAYED
00:23:40 GUITAR EACH EVENING OFTEN WRITING SONGS TO SHARE WITH
00:23:41 FAMILY. SHE HAD STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT
00:23:43 POP CULTURE AS WELL AS POLITICS WHICH SHE SHARED FREELY OVER
00:23:47 MEALS WITH FRIENDS. SHE'S SURVIVED BY HER PARTNER
00:23:52 LUBOV SMITH, HER MOTHER KAREN BROTHERS LAWRENCE AND AARON,
00:23:55 HER NEPHEWS KHALEEL AND LUCAS AND A WIDE CIRCLE OF FAMILY
00:23:57 FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY AND ALL OF
00:24:00 WHOM WILL MISS HER VERY, VERY MUCH REST IN PEACE AND POWER.
00:24:04 ANDREA SHORTER. MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A BLESSING.
00:24:10 SECONDLY, I'M ALSO ASKING THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING
00:24:14 IN MEMORY OF BRIXTON. A GOLDEN RETRIEVER AND THERAPY
00:24:15 DOG WHO SERVED THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR MORE THAN 12
00:24:19 YEARS. BRIXTON WAS ADOPTED BY LINDA
00:24:21 GORDON WHO I THINK IS HERE ALSO.
00:24:25 AT SIX MONTHS OLD AND BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A THERAPY DOG JUST
00:24:28 TWO MONTHS LATER. HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE
00:24:29 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS WAG BRIGADE FROM ITS
00:24:32 LAUNCH IN 2013 GREETING TRAVELERS AND EASING PREFLIGHT
00:24:35 ANXIETY. OVER THE YEARS BRIXTON SPREAD
00:24:36 SMILES ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. HE WORKED IN SCHOOLS FROM
00:24:40 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH COLLEGE AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY,
00:24:44 UC SAN FRANCISCO, LOWELL AND GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH
00:24:47 SCHOOLS AMONG MANY OTHERS. HE FOSTERED A LOVE OF READING
00:24:49 IN YOUNG YOUNG SAN FRANCISCANS THROUGH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S
00:24:52 PUPPY DOG TALES PROGRAM. HE BROUGHT COMFORT TO MEDICAL
00:24:55 STAFF AT ZUCKERBERG GENERAL INTO ILL CHILDREN AND THEIR
00:24:56 FAMILIES AT FAMILY HOUSE. BRIXTON WAS A PROUD ALLY OF SAN
00:25:00 FRANCISCO'S LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND COULD OFTEN BE
00:25:03 FOUND IN HIS SIGNATURE SUNGLASSES AND COLORFUL
00:25:06 OUTFITS. AT EVENTS INCLUDING PRIDE
00:25:09 OUTSIDE LAND'S HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS, BLUEGRASS AND THE
00:25:11 GIANTS OPENING DAYS, BRIXTON DIED PEACEFULLY ON CRISSY FIELD
00:25:14 SURROUNDED BY THOSE HE LOVED. LINDA GORDON DESCRIBED WHAT SHE
00:25:18 LEARNED FROM HER YEARS WITH BRIXTON HOW TO NOT TAKE LIFE SO
00:25:22 SERIOUSLY AND HOW LOVE CAN BE SHARED SO EASILY.
00:25:25 WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO LINDA
00:25:26 AND BRAXTON'S MANY FANS. HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGH
00:25:30 THE COUNTLESS COUNTLESS SAN FRANCISCO'S WHOSE SAN
00:25:33 FRANCISCANS WHOSE LIVED LIVES HE IMPROVED.
00:25:34 REST IN PEACE, BRIXTON. >> MAY YOUR MEMORY BE A
00:25:38 BLESSING. THE REST I SUBMIT.
00:25:40 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
00:25:44 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES TODAY I INTRODUCING
00:25:48 LEGISLATION TO CLOSE A LOOPHOLE THAT HAS LONG BEEN IN OUR
00:25:53 CITY'S HEALTH CODE REGARDING SMOKING IN OUTDOOR SPACES OF
00:25:56 BARS AND RESTAURANTS. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. SURGEON
00:26:00 GENERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND THE
00:26:03 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SECONDHAND SMOKE HAS NO LEVEL
00:26:07 OF SAFE EXPOSURE. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
00:26:11 RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO NO MORE
00:26:12 THAN 15 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER OF FINE PARTICULATE
00:26:15 MATTER. AVERAGE OVER 24 HOURS.
00:26:19 SHIFT WORKERS, WAITERS. SERVICE PERSONNEL EVEN
00:26:22 IN OUTDOOR SPACES ARE STILL EXPOSED TO THE DAILY
00:26:26 ACCUMULATION OF SECONDHAND SMOKE.
00:26:29 IN 2022, AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS TAKEN BY U.S. SRF
00:26:33 RESEARCHERS IN SAN FRANCISCO'S BAR PATIOS DETERMINED THAT SIX
00:26:37 OF THE NINE PATIOS VISITED HAD PEAK READINGS IN THE EPA
00:26:41 UNHEALTHY AIR RANGE. ONE PATIO WAS FOUND TO BE
00:26:44 IN THE HAZARDOUS RANGE WHERE PEOPLE WERE SMOKING CIGARS.
00:26:47 SAN FRANCISCO HAS LONG BEEN A LEADER IN PUBLIC HEALTH BY
00:26:51 PASSING STRONG PROTECTIONS FOR SMOKE FREE PLACES AND FIGHTING
00:26:55 AGAINST THE VAPING AND TOBACCO INDUSTRIES THAT PREYS HEAVILY
00:26:59 ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
00:27:02 OVER TIME OUR CODE HAS BECOME OUTDATED AND EVEN THE STATE HAS
00:27:06 PASSED STRONGER REGULATIONS. THIS LEGISLATION WILL ALIGN US
00:27:10 WITH AT LEAST 400 CITIES AND COUNTIES NATIONWIDE
00:27:13 INCLUDING SAN JOSE, OAKLAND AND MORE THAN 50 BAY AREA
00:27:19 CITIES THAT HAVE ORDINANCES PROHIBITING SMOKING IN BAR
00:27:23 AND RESTAURANT PATIOS. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSOR
00:27:27 SUPERVISOR SAUTER, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S
00:27:28 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM FOR THEIR COLLABORATION THE CITY
00:27:31 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN MEDICAL SOCIETY
00:27:35 LGBTQ YOUTH MINUS TOBACCO AND OTHER PASSIONATE ADVOCATES
00:27:40 FOR THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO CLOSE THIS LOOPHOLE.
00:27:44 I AM ALSO INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION ALONG WITH
00:27:48 SUPERVISORS CHEN WALTON AND SÖDER IN SUPPORT OF SENATE
00:27:51 BILL 1091, WHICH WAS AUTHORED BY CALIFORNIA SENATOR ANNA
00:27:55 CABALLERO. >> THIS BILL WOULD ESTABLISH A
00:27:56 STATE COMMUNITY ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND PRESERVATION
00:28:00 PROGRAM WHICH SEEKS TO TACKLE THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
00:28:03 AND HOUSING SHORTAGE CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA.
00:28:07 THIS CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST URGENT AND PRESSING ISSUES
00:28:11 ESPECIALLY HERE IN OUR CITY AND IN THE BAY AREA.
00:28:14 THE BAY AREA AND CALIFORNIA ARE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE
00:28:15 PLACES TO LIVE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
00:28:19 RENTING STAYING AT LONG TERM RESIDENCE RESIDENCES AND THE
00:28:23 POSSIBILITY OF OWNING A HOME ARE OUT OF REACH FOR SO MANY
00:28:27 PEOPLE. >> HOWEVER, THIS ISSUE IS
00:28:28 DISPARATE, FORTUNATELY AFFECTING LOW INCOME
00:28:31 AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK THAT OF
00:28:35 DISPLACEMENT MORE THAN EVER. LAST YEAR TENANTS IN SAN
00:28:39 FRANCISCO EXPERIENCED MORE THAN 3740 EVICTIONS OVER A YEAR LONG
00:28:45 PERIOD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.
00:28:46 THE COMMUNITY ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM
00:28:50 CREATES A STATE FUND THAT WOULD FINANCE THE ACQUISITION
00:28:53 AND REHABILITATION OF EXISTING UNSUBSIDIZED RENTAL HOUSING.
00:28:58 THE ACQUIRED HOUSING WOULD THEN BE CONVERTED INTO LONG TERM
00:29:02 DEED RESTRICTED AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WITH DISPLACEMENT
00:29:05 PROTECTION FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS.
00:29:06 THIS WOULD CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM HOUSING UNITS
00:29:09 ALREADY AVAILABLE LIMIT COSTS AND BARRIERS THAT ACCOMPANY
00:29:13 CONSTRUCTION AND ENSURE THAT LONG TERM TENANTS DON'T GET
00:29:15 KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS BILL WOULD
00:29:18 REQUIRE THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AGENCY TO
00:29:21 GRANT PRESCRIBED FUNDS TO THE PROGRAM MANAGER TO SUPPORT THE
00:29:26 EXECUTION OF THIS PROGRAM. THE FUNDS WOULD ALSO ALLOW
00:29:29 PROJECT MANAGERS TO ISSUE GRANTS AND LOANS TO ELIGIBLE
00:29:33 BORROWERS INCLUDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION GRANTS, MISSION
00:29:37 DRIVEN HOUSING PROVIDERS AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
00:29:38 CALIFORNIA IS IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE ARE
00:29:42 HOPEFUL THAT THE COMMUNITY ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND PRESERVATION
00:29:45 PROGRAM WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE WORK AND THRIVE REGARDLESS
00:29:49 OF INCOME. I HOPE TO COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT
00:29:53 FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND THAT THE STATE WILL PASS THIS BILL.
00:29:54 THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
00:29:57 MR. PRESIDENT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO OUR 230 SPECIAL
00:30:02 ORDER. >> YES, THIS IS FOR THE
00:30:03 RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE
00:30:06 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:30:08 >> AND FIRST UP DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR WONG, CAN YOU HOLD
00:30:23 ON FOR A MINUTE UNTIL THEY COME ON UP?
00:30:26 LIKE MOLLY BURKE HAS MANY FRIENDS.
00:30:30 >> >> OKAY, YOU CAN COME CLOSER .
00:30:34 OKAY. COLLEAGUES, I'M HONORED TO
00:30:35 RECOGNIZE MOLLY MURPHY BURKE FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF
00:30:39 SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITIES AND TO MILLIONS OF RIDERS WHO
00:30:43 LIE ON BART EVERY DAY. MOLLY HAS BEEN A CONSTANT
00:30:47 AND TRUSTED PARTNER TO THIS BOARD AND TO NEIGHBORHOODS
00:30:50 ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. FOR MANY OF US SHE HAS BEEN THE
00:30:54 PERSON WE CALL WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO GET DONE OR WHEN OUR
00:30:57 COMMUNITIES NEED TO BE HEARD. SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN UP
00:31:01 WITH CLARITY, RESPONSIVENESS AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF
00:31:05 BOTH THE SYSTEM AND THE PEOPLE IT SERVES THROUGH ARC OR HER
00:31:08 CAREER. >> MOLLY HAS HELPED LEAD
00:31:11 OUTREACH FOR MAJOR SYSTEM EXPANSIONS AND GUIDED PARTS
00:31:16 ENGAGEMENT THROUGH DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS AND MOMENTS OF
00:31:17 CHANGE. SHE HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN SOME
00:31:20 OF THE SYSTEM'S MOST SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES BUT WHAT
00:31:24 TRULY DEFINES HER WORK IS HOW SHE HAS DONE IT.
00:31:26 MOLLY APPROACHES PUBLIC SERVICE WITH A STRONG SENSE OF
00:31:29 RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY .
00:31:32 SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT BEHIND EVERY PROJECT, EVERY STATION
00:31:33 AND EVERY DECISION ARE REAL PEOPLE WHETHER SUPPORTING
00:31:37 RESIDENTS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS OR WORKING WITH SMALL
00:31:41 BUSINESSES OR ENSURING CLEAR COMMUNICATION.
00:31:42 SHE HAS BUILT TRUST THROUGH CONSISTENCY AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
00:31:45 SHE ALSO BRINGS SOMETHING INVALUABLE TO HER ROLE AS LONG
00:31:49 TIME DAILY WRITER. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE SYSTEM FROM
00:31:53 THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON IT.
00:31:56 THAT PERSPECTIVE HAS SHAPED HER WORK AND HER AND STRENGTHENED
00:32:00 HER ABILITY TO CONNECT POLICY WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE HERE
00:32:01 IN THE SUNSET AND ACROSS THE WEST SIDE.
00:32:05 WE HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT OF HER PARTNERSHIP.
00:32:07 SHE KNOWS OUR COMMUNITIES. SHE LISTENS CAREFULLY AND SHE
00:32:09 WORKS TO MAKE SURE WE STAY INFORMED AND CONNECTED.
00:32:12 BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL ROLE, MOLLY AND HER HUSBAND MARK HAVE
00:32:16 CONTRIBUTED MEANINGFULLY TO COMMUNITY LIFE HELPING BRING
00:32:19 PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SUPPORT SPACES THAT INCLUDE
00:32:20 STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS ESPECIALLY DURING
00:32:23 CHALLENGING TIMES. MOLLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:32:28 LEADERSHIP, YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS
00:32:31 TO SAN FRANCISCO AND BEYOND. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
00:32:32 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL EARNED RETIREMENT.
00:32:35 WE WISH YOU CONTINUED JOY GOOD HEALTH AND MANY NEW ADVENTURES
00:32:39 AHEAD. THANK YOU.
00:32:40 SUPERVISOR WONG FOR YEAH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:32:47 BEFORE MOLLY JUST BEFORE YOU SPEAK I JUST WANT TO THANK
00:32:50 SUPERVISOR WONG FOR DOING THIS IN MEMORIAM.
00:32:54 WE LOVE YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN IN ME BECAUSE I
00:32:57 FEEL MORE KNOW STILL THERE. I'M NOT GOING AWAY.
00:33:05 THIS IS SPECIAL COMMENDATION. >> WE BART HAS BEEN THROUGH A
00:33:12 ROUGH NUMBER OF YEARS. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A GREAT FACE
00:33:16 AND VOICE FOR THAT FOR BART PARTICULARLY I THINK IN THE
00:33:20 TOUGH TIMES. AND SO I'M IF IF SUPERVISOR
00:33:24 HUANG WAS NOT GOING TO DO THIS, I WAS GOING TO DO IT.
00:33:27 BUT I'M GLAD THAT HE DID SO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:33:30 >> THANK YOU. OH, THIS IS JUST AN AMAZING
00:33:32 MOMENT FOR ME. I'VE BEEN IN THESE CHAMBERS
00:33:34 HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND LISTEN TO YOU AND BE YOU KNOW, REALLY
00:33:38 BEFORE I BEGIN I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BUT
00:33:42 MOSTLY ALL OF YOUR AIDES WHO HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS.
00:33:49 THEY HAVE GOTTEN ME THROUGH MY JOB.
00:33:50 THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE OVER DECADES.
00:33:53 I MEAN SO MANY THAT I'VE KNOWN .
00:33:56 SO WITH THAT I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU.
00:33:58 THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON TO HONORABLE
00:34:04 MAYOR LURIE WHO MAY NOT BE IN THE ROOM BUT WHEREVER YOU
00:34:05 ARE I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE. PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN, MY FRIEND
00:34:12 AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:34:15 SUPERVISORS I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A SPECIAL THANK YOU
00:34:20 TO DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR ALAN HUANG FOR INVITING ME HERE
00:34:23 TODAY AND FOR THIS WONDERFUL HONOR AND THANK YOU TO TIFF LEE
00:34:30 FOR YOUR COORDINATION IN YOUR KINDNESS TIFF.
00:34:34 YOU'RE AMAZING AND YOU MAKE THIS OFFICE HAPPEN.
00:34:38 I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZED TODAY FOR MY 35
00:34:41 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE BART DISTRICT AND FOR DECADES IN BAY
00:34:45 AREA TRANSPORTATION A ATTENDING WITH ME TODAY IS MY FAN CLUB
00:34:52 ATTENDING OUR MEMBERS OF MY OWN FAMILY ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF MY
00:34:57 FAMILY, MY SISTERS CARRIE AND PEGGY ARE HERE THEY WHERE
00:35:02 ARE THEY? >> AND MY BROTHER UNFORTUNATELY
00:35:05 IS NOT HERE TODAY. HE IS SERVING THE CITY.
00:35:08 HE IS WORKING HARD FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
00:35:12 SO WE'LL MISS YOU, MIKE. ALSO WITH ME IS MY BROTHER
00:35:16 IN LAW FRANK KAGAN, MARRIED TO CARRIE AND MY COUSIN PAUL
00:35:19 MCCANN WHO REPRESENTS ALL OF MY COUSINS THROUGHOUT SAN
00:35:23 FRANCISCO AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS.
00:35:26 >> I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO YOU ALREADY KNOW.
00:35:30 >> HE IS MY FAVORITE BART DIRECTOR DIRECTOR BEVAN DUFTY
00:35:34 FORMER DIRECTOR AND MY MANAGER AT BART WHO IS BRADLEY DUNN IS
00:35:41 A GREAT MANAGER AND I DO MISS HIM AND ALONG WITH MARK
00:35:45 NICHOLAS MY COLLEAGUE WHO TOOK OVER MY WORK WHEN I LEFT
00:35:49 IN FEBRUARY. >> AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I
00:35:52 LOVE HER WITH ALL MY HEART. SHE IS MY COWORKER AND FRIEND
00:35:57 AND HAD DUCKWORTH SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON AND MOST
00:36:01 ESPECIALLY THANK MY HUSBAND MY HUSBAND HERE HE IS A HE HE
00:36:10 AND OUR TWO DAUGHTERS WHO LIVE IN CHICAGO AND CAN'T BE HERE
00:36:11 TODAY. THEIR NAMES ARE MAGGIE
00:36:15 AND MAUREEN BURKE. THEY HAVE BEEN A CONSTANT
00:36:18 SUPPORT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY MOM
00:36:22 AS WELL WHO IS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, MAMA.
00:36:25 >> YOU WERE MY STRENGTH IN MY WISDOM OVER ALL THESE YEARS AS
00:36:30 A WORKING MOM AND YOU ALWAYS REMINDED ME THAT I WAS SETTING
00:36:34 A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OUR DAUGHTERS.
00:36:35 >> IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT BART
00:36:38 IN BOTH SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN MATEO COUNTIES THROUGHOUT MY
00:36:42 CAREER. BUT WORKING IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:36:45 HAS ALWAYS HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART BECAUSE THIS IS
00:36:49 WHERE MY STORY BEGAN. I PROUDLY COME FROM THE SUNSET
00:36:53 DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO FROM A LARGE IRISH-AMERICAN FAMILY
00:36:57 WITH DEEP ROOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
00:37:01 STANDING IN THIS CHAMBER TODAY IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME.
00:37:05 >> MY GREAT GRANDFATHER DANIEL CORNELIUS MURPHY IF YOU HAVEN'T
00:37:12 HEARD IT BEFORE, SERVED AS THE SHERIFF OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR
00:37:16 MANY YEARS I HAVE FELT HIS PRESENCE IN THESE HALLS OVER
00:37:20 TIME IT HAS MADE ME INCREDIBLY PROUD OF MY FAMILY HERITAGE
00:37:24 AND LEGACY IN THIS CITY. MY FATHER MICHAEL ANDREW MURPHY
00:37:31 ,WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2023, WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD TO SEE ME
00:37:35 STANDING HERE TODAY. SO I THANK YOU.
00:37:36 SUPERVISOR WANG AND ALSO MY UNCLE DAN WHO CARRIES THE NAME
00:37:43 DANIEL CORNELIUS MURPHY STILL TODAY IS LIVE LIVES IN NO
00:37:47 VALLEY AND IS THE PATRIARCH OF THE MURPHY FAMILY.
00:37:51 >> HE IS 90. MY CAREER IN TRANSPORTATION
00:37:55 BEGAN IN 1986 WHEN I TOOK A JOB IN SAN JOSE WORKING IN THE
00:37:59 EARLY DAYS FOR THE SOUTH SOUTH BAY LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM FOLLOWED
00:38:04 BY A STINT AT CALTRANS ON THE SIX 8024 INTERCHANGE.
00:38:09 THOSE EXPERIENCES ULTIMATELY LEE LED ME TO BART WHERE I
00:38:14 SPENT 35 INCREDIBLE YEARS. >> I AM PROUD OF THE WORK I
00:38:19 HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE BAY
00:38:21 AREA BUT NOTHING MEANS MORE TO ME THAN THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED
00:38:25 IN SAN FRANCISCO. FROM DOWNTOWN STATIONS WHERE I
00:38:29 LED OUTREACH ON BOTH BART CANOPY AND ESCALATOR PROJECTS
00:38:33 AT OUR FOUR DOWNTOWN STATIONS TO MY WORK IN THE MISSION
00:38:37 DISTRICT AT 16TH AND 24TH STREET STATIONS TO THE EAST
00:38:40 SIDE WALKWAY THE WALKWAY LEADING FROM OCEAN AVENUE TO
00:38:45 THE BART STATION ALLOWING STUDENTS TO GET TO AND FROM
00:38:48 CLASS. AND RECENTLY THE HOUSING
00:38:52 DEVELOPMENT AT BALBOA PARK AS WELL THE ONGOING NEIGHBORHOOD
00:38:56 OUTREACH IN GLEN PARK AND DALY CITY AND THE LIST GOES ON.
00:39:00 MY WORK IS NOT ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
00:39:01 IT WAS ABOUT LISTENING BECAUSE WHEN YOU LISTEN YOU LEARN
00:39:08 AND WHEN YOU LEARN YOU CAN BETTER SERVE.
00:39:12 >> I AM PROUD OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED THE MANY
00:39:16 COMMUNITIES THAT BART HAS TOUCHED AND EVEN THOSE
00:39:17 COMMUNITIES WHERE WE DO NOT DIRECTLY SERVE WE STILL IMPACT
00:39:23 . >> BART WAS NOT JUST A JOB FOR
00:39:24 ME IT WAS A TRUE PASSION A PASSION THAT BEGAN ON MAY 1ST,
00:39:30 1990 AND WILL COME TO A CLOSE NOW.
00:39:34 OVER THESE YEARS IT HAS TRULY BEEN A PLEASURE TO INFORM
00:39:38 AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON BART'S EXPANSIONS,
00:39:42 MODERNIZATIONS, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AND OUR CHALLENGING
00:39:46 PANDEMIC. >> IT WAS AN HONOR TO SUPPORT
00:39:50 SIX BART GENERAL MANAGERS WORK UNDER EIGHT SAN FRANCISCO
00:39:53 MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE BART
00:40:00 ANNIVERSARIES FROM OUR 20TH TO OUR 50TH.
00:40:02 EVEN THOUGH I LOOKED 28, I'LL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF THE EARLY
00:40:07 MISSION PLAZA RENOVATIONS WITH BEAVAN.
00:40:10 I HELPED IMPLEMENT THOSE AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MISSION
00:40:15 STREET GREAT PROJECT WHERE I WALKED BLOCK TO BLOCK TO BLOCK
00:40:18 KEEPING BUSINESSES INFORMED. >> MY MIND WILL RECALL THE
00:40:22 THOUSANDS OF TRACTION POWER UPGRADE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS
00:40:26 WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNDERNEATH MARKET STREET AND THE PROJECT
00:40:30 ACROSS 50 BART STATIONS WHERE WE REPLACED NEW FARE GATES
00:40:34 COMPLETE IT IN RECORD TIME AND PRIORITIZING THE RIDER
00:40:38 EXPERIENCE AND MY FEET WILL NOT SOON FORGET THE HUNDREDS OF
00:40:45 FAIRS AND FESTIVALS THAT I WORKED ACROSS THE BAY AREA
00:40:48 SHARING THE BART STORY THANKING LOYAL RIDERS AND ENCOURAGING
00:40:52 NEW ONES TO PLEASE COME ON BOARD.
00:40:56 I'M ALMOST THERE. >> BART HAS BEEN MY SECOND HOME
00:41:00 AND IT WILL REMAIN IN MY HEART FOREVER.
00:41:03 THIS IS WHERE I GET A LITTLE TEARY SO HOLD ON.
00:41:07 I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
00:41:11 OF SAN FRANCISCO AND TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE SO MANY OF YOU
00:41:15 TO IMPROVE TRANSIT RESOLVE ISSUES AND SUPPORT MAJOR
00:41:19 MOMENTS IN THIS CITY AND ACROSS THE BAY AREA.
00:41:23 >> AS I MOVED TO RETIREMENT I LOOK FORWARD TO TRAVELING WITH
00:41:28 MY HUSBAND SPENDING MORE TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND STAYING
00:41:32 ACTIVE IN OUR IRISH COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC, CULTURE
00:41:35 AND SERVICE. I LEAVE BART PROUD TO HAVE
00:41:39 LASTED LONGER THAN THE FLEET OF A, B AND C CARS.
00:41:47 >> I LASTED LONGER THAN THE BLUE CARPET YOU MIGHT REMEMBER.
00:41:51 I LASTED LONGER THAN THE FABRIC SEATS AND THE VINYL SEATS AND I
00:41:55 PLANNED LASTED LONGER THAN THE PAPER TICKET.
00:41:59 >> WOO HOO! SO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WONG
00:42:02 THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANN DOLMAN .
00:42:06 YOU BOTH ARE IN MY HEARTS. AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
00:42:07 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MY FRIEND UP THERE, ANGELA
00:42:11 CALVILLO. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS.
00:42:14 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
00:42:18 OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT EACH OF YOU
00:42:22 AND YOUR STAFF HAVE MEANT TO ME.
00:42:26 >> THANK YOU. A FEW ALSO COME AROUND HERE
00:42:50 FROM THREE. ONE MORE.
00:43:11 ONE MORE. OH, YOU GOT ONE, PLEASE.
00:43:16 >> OH YEAH. OH, THESE ARE MY BOOKS.
00:43:19 >>
00:43:55 ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP DISTRICT SEVEN SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
00:44:03 >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AT LUCERO.
00:44:04 IF YOU COULD COME UP, PLEASE. >> COLLEAGUES AT TODAY I AM
00:44:11 THRILLED TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LA CASA DE LAS MADRES ON THEIR
00:44:17 50TH ANNIVERSARY WHICH IS TRULY AN AMAZING MILESTONE.
00:44:21 YELLOW SAID WHOEVER IF YOU PUT MONEY ON YOUR BOARD WANTS TO
00:44:23 COME UP WITH YOU OR YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU.
00:44:29 THIS IS TRULY AN AMAZING MILESTONE THAT WE'RE
00:44:30 CELEBRATING HERE TODAY. LA CASA DE LAS MADRES BEGAN
00:44:36 IN 1974 WHEN A GROUP OF PASSIONATE WOMEN WERE
00:44:37 DETERMINED TO CREATE A PLACE OF SAFETY FOR SURVIVORS OF
00:44:41 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. >> THESE WOMEN TIRELESSLY
00:44:45 RESEARCHED HOW INSTITUTIONS HANDLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:44:49 INTERVIEWED LIVE FORESMAN OFFICIALS AND COLLECTED ALL THE
00:44:53 INFORMATION THEY COULD ON THE THEN CURRENT DATA AND SUPPORT
00:45:00 AVAILABLE TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
00:45:04 >> THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS AN INSUFFICIENT AND WHOLLY
00:45:08 INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS AND THEIR KIDS.
00:45:13 THIS ENCOURAGED THESE PASSIONATE WOMEN TO DEVELOP
00:45:16 FUNDING PROPOSALS TO TESTIFY AT LOCAL HEARINGS ON MARITAL
00:45:20 VIOLENCE TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE ISSUE.
00:45:24 >> IN 1976 LA CASA DE LAS MATTRESS WAS OFFICIALLY FOUNDED
00:45:28 AS AN ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION. THEY THEY BEGAN PROVIDING FOR
00:45:32 CORE SERVICES WHICH INCLUDED A 24 SEVEN CRISIS HOTLINE
00:45:40 EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN COMMUNITY SUPPORT
00:45:44 GROUPS AND PREVENTION EDUCATION EFFORTS.
00:45:45 >> OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS LA CASA DE LAS MADRES HAS SERVED
00:45:50 OVER 14,000 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS.
00:45:53 >> THEY HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN NOT ONLY THEIR REACH ACROSS
00:45:57 THE COMMUNITY AND CAPACITY TO SERVE BUT THE CRITICAL SERVICES
00:46:01 THEY PROVIDE PEOPLE. >> LIKE I SAID, THE LAS MADRES
00:46:05 HAS ALSO PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN REFORMING THE LEGAL SYSTEM
00:46:09 ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO AND REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE
00:46:13 THAT THERE IS TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:46:19 IN THAT CASA FOLKS ALSO WORK TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO SUPPORT FOR
00:46:24 SURVIVORS FACING FINANCIAL INSECURITY, IMMIGRATION STATUS
00:46:27 AND OTHER BARRIERS TO SUCCESS. >> LIKE I SAID, THE LAST MADRES
00:46:31 IS NOT ONLY AN ESSENTIAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCE FOR
00:46:35 COMMUNITY IN PROVIDING SHELTER AND HELP TO SURVIVORS, THEY
00:46:39 ALSO ARE ACTIVELY BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:46:43 IS ABOLISHED, WHERE SOME SURVIVORS ARE BELIEVED, WHERE
00:46:47 THEY ARE SUPPORTED AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE NORM.
00:46:50 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO LA CASA DE LAS MADRASAHS IMPACT AND SAN
00:46:55 FRANCISCO THEIR INFLUENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
00:46:58 AND CONTINUED DEDICATION TO ADVOCATING FOR SURVIVORS OF
00:47:02 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY FOUNDERS
00:47:06 STAFF VOLUNTEERS, SUPPORTERS AND SURVIVORS.
00:47:10 I AM SO HONORED TO COMMEND THE CASA DE LAS MATTRESS TODAY AT
00:47:14 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
00:47:17 LATER ON IN OUR AGENDA WE WILL OFFICIALLY PROCLAIM TODAY APRIL
00:47:22 7TH, 2026 AS LA CASA DE LAS MOTHERS DAY IN THE CITY
00:47:26 AND COUNTY SAN FRANCISCO. AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
00:47:29 LUCERO TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:47:38 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
00:47:41 THANK YOU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
00:47:42 MY NAME IS LAZARO ARIAS AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS
00:47:46 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LIKE AS WELL AS MY ADDRESS STANDING
00:47:49 WITH ME TODAY. OUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS OUR
00:47:53 FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER SONIA MERCADO THIS YEAR MARKS
00:47:56 ACTUALLY TODAY APRIL SEVENTH MARKS 50 YEARS OF LA CASA DE
00:48:01 LAS MATTRESS. 50 YEARS AGO A GROUP OF WOMEN
00:48:03 IN SAN FRANCISCO CAME TOGETHER WITH A SIMPLE BUT URGENT BELIEF
00:48:09 THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STAYING
00:48:10 IN VIOLENCE OR HAVING NOWHERE TO GO.
00:48:14 FROM THAT BELIEF, LA CASA LAST MATTRESS WAS BORN.
00:48:17 >> SINCE THEN THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN
00:48:21 HAVE COME TO LA CASA AND SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS
00:48:22 OF THEIR LIVES SEEKING SAFETY, SUPPORT AND A CHANCE TO BEGIN
00:48:25 AGAIN. AND WHAT THEY FIND IS NOT JUST
00:48:29 SHELTER. THEY FIND SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS
00:48:30 THE PHONE SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN THEM, SOMEONE WHO WALKS
00:48:33 ALONGSIDE THEM AS THEY REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
00:48:37 THIS RECOGNITION IS NOT JUST ABOUT LA CASA.
00:48:38 IT REFLECTS THE CITY'S LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO
00:48:41 SURVIVORS AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT MAKE THIS WORK POSSIBLE
00:48:45 EVERY DAY. EARLIER TODAY WE GATHERED ON
00:48:49 THE STEPS OF CITY HALL TO MARK THIS MILESTONE NOT JUST TO
00:48:52 CELEBRATE BUT TO REAFFIRM OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO SURVIVORS
00:48:54 AND THE WORK AHEAD BECAUSE EVEN AS WE CELEBRATE, WE KNOW THAT
00:48:57 THE WORK IS FAR FROM OVER. TOO MANY SURVIVORS STILL FACE
00:49:00 BARRIERS TO SAFETY WHETHER IN HOUSING, ECONOMIC STABILITY
00:49:04 OR ACCESS TO CARE. AND IT IS OUR SHARED
00:49:08 RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE RESPONSIVE,
00:49:11 COORDINATED AND CENTERED ON DIGNITY AND HEALING.
00:49:15 SO TODAY WE ACCEPT THIS COMMENDATION NOT ONLY WITH
00:49:16 GRATITUDE BUT WITH RENEWED COMMITMENT TO PREVENTION TO
00:49:19 EQUITY AND TO ENSURING THAT EVERY SURVIVOR IN OUR CITY HAS
00:49:23 ACCESS TO SAFETY AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR
00:49:26 AND FOR STANDING WITH LIKE OURSELVES MOTHERS AND THE
00:49:28 COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE
00:50:11 . >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK,
00:50:12 LET'S GO BACK TO ROLL CALL. NEXT UP, SUPERVISOR SAUTER TO
00:50:16 INTRODUCE NEW BUSINESS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK
00:50:19 AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I HAVE ONE
00:50:23 RESOLUTION. IT'S A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF
00:50:27 H.R. 2410 WHICH IS THE REVITALIZING DOWNTOWNS AND MAIN
00:50:31 STREETS ACT. >> THIS BIPARTISAN BILL
00:50:32 AUTHORED BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVES MIKE CASEY
00:50:36 AND JIMMY GOMEZ WOULD PROVIDE A FEDERAL TAX CREDIT TO
00:50:39 FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF OFFICE AND OTHER COMMERCIAL
00:50:43 BUILDINGS INTO HOUSING. IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE'VE BEEN
00:50:44 FOCUSED ON THIS WORK HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:50:47 BE IT THE 2024 PASSAGE OF PROP C OR A RECENT ESTABLISHMENT OF
00:50:51 THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION FINANCING DISTRICT.
00:50:54 >> BUT WE WELCOME ALL SUPPORT FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS
00:50:58 AND THIS NEW FEDERAL TAX INCENTIVE MODELED AFTER THE
00:51:02 HISTORIC HISTORICAL PRESERVATION TAX CREDIT WOULD
00:51:06 HELP OFFSET PROHIBITIVE COSTS. SO THESE PROJECTS CAN
00:51:09 CONTRIBUTE TO EASING THE HOUSING SHORTAGE HERE IN SAN
00:51:13 FRANCISCO AND THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:51:14 LAST MONTH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ALONGSIDE SUPERVISOR MELGAR, WE
00:51:17 HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVE GOMEZ'S TEAM
00:51:21 ABOUT THIS BILL AND GIVE FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE ITS IMPACT
00:51:24 FOR SAN FRANCISCANS. SO I WANT TO SUPPORT.
00:51:27 I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR HER CO-SPONSORSHIP
00:51:29 OF THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL. I APPRECIATE REPRESENTATIVE
00:51:32 GOMES STEADFAST WORK IN HOUSING .
00:51:35 IN 2023 HE LAUNCHED THE CONGRESSIONAL RENTERS CAUCUS
00:51:39 THE FIRST TIME SUCH A BODY HAD EXISTED TO GIVE VOICE TO
00:51:43 RENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
00:51:44 GOVERNMENT. >> IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE CAN
00:51:47 SUPPORT THIS BILL TO SHOW THAT SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS AS MANY
00:51:51 TOOLS AS POSSIBLE TO CREATE NEW HOUSING AND WE EMBRACE IDEAS
00:51:55 FROM ALL PARTNERS TO DO SO. AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
00:51:58 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SAUTER SUPERVISOR
00:52:00 CHERYL SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
00:52:03 SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:52:06 COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION
00:52:10 AFFIRMING SAN FRANCISCO'S COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY,
00:52:14 DIGNITY AND BELONGING OF PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES
00:52:18 AND CONDEMNING THE HATE VIOLENCE AND TARGETED THREATS
00:52:22 THEY HAVE FACED. PACIFIC ISLANDERS HAVE ALWAYS
00:52:23 BEEN A PART OF THIS CITY. THEIR HISTORY HERE IS ROOTED
00:52:27 IN RESILIENCE, CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION, LABOR
00:52:31 AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AND YET THEIR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
00:52:35 SUBJECTED TO A PATTERN OF TARGETED THREATS AND FALSE
00:52:38 NARRATIVES DESIGNED TO DIMINISH THEIR PRESENCE AND UNDERMINE
00:52:42 THE LEGITIMACY OF THEIR INSTITUTE ACTIONS HERE IN SAN
00:52:47 FRANCISCO. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
00:52:50 NO COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHT TO EXIST
00:52:51 AND THEIR OWN CITY. THIS AFTERNOON THE PACIFIC
00:52:58 ISLANDER COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM COMMUNITY
00:53:02 MARCHED TO THE STEPS OF CITY HALL AND HOSTED A RALLY AT
00:53:06 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA TO SAY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THEY WILL NOT BE
00:53:10 ERASED. THIS RESOLUTION IS THE BOARD'S
00:53:14 ANSWER TO THAT CALL AND WE STAND WITH SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:53:18 PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS
00:53:22 SUPERVISORS CHIN CHEN DORSEY AND WONG.
00:53:29 >> I'M ALSO INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION ALONG WITH MY
00:53:33 CO-SPONSOR SUPERVISOR MELGAR AS WELL AS SUPERVISORS CHIN CHEN
00:53:37 DORSEY AND WONG. A RESOLUTION DECLARING APRIL
00:53:44 11TH THROUGH APRIL 17TH AS BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK HERE
00:53:48 IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 10TH
00:53:51 ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLACK MAMAS MATTER ALLIANCE.
00:53:54 AND THIS WEEK MATTERS MORE THAN EVER.
00:53:55 THE DATA WE ARE PRESENTED WITH IS NOT IMPROVING FAST ENOUGH.
00:54:01 BLACK BIRTHING MOTHERS MAKING UP JUST 4% OF BIRTHS IN SAN
00:54:05 FRANCISCO BUT ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF PREGNANCY RELATED DEATHS.
00:54:08 RATES OF VERY PREMATURE BIRTHS AMONG BLACK BABIES.
00:54:14 THOSE BORN AT 32 WEEKS EARLIER INCREASED BY 71% BETWEEN 2016
00:54:23 AND 2024, RISING FROM 2.1% TO 3.6% OF BIRTHS.
00:54:27 THAT IS THEY CONTINUE CRISIS WHILE OUTCOMES FOR BLACK
00:54:31 BIRTHING PARENTS AND THEIR BABIES HAVE BEEN DECLINING.
00:54:35 AND THAT'S THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT SAN FRANCISCO HAS
00:54:38 UNDERSPENT ITS BUDGET TO ADDRESS MATERNAL INEQUITIES BY
00:54:43 AT LEAST $8 MILLION SINCE 2021, RETURNING THE HIGHEST PORTION
00:54:49 OF ITS PRENATAL EQUITY INITIATIVE FUNDS BACK TO THE
00:54:50 STATE. WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT COMMITMENT
00:54:53 WHILE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE.
00:54:57 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATED TO REDUCING BLACK
00:55:00 PREGNANCY RELATED DEATHS NATIONALLY.
00:55:03 WHILE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES HAVE DECLINED FOR WHITE,
00:55:07 HISPANIC AND ASIAN WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN'S RATES HAVE HELD STEADY
00:55:12 OR WORSENED WITH BLACK WOMEN DYING AT MORE THAN THREE TIMES
00:55:16 THE RATE OF WHITE WOMEN. THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
00:55:20 CONFIRMED THAT THE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE DECREASE FOR
00:55:24 EVERY RACIAL GROUP EXCEPT BLACK WOMEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:55:27 WE ARE IN FACT ONE OF THE WORST EXAMPLES.
00:55:34 THESE DISPARITIES ARE ROOTED IN SYSTEMIC RACISM.
00:55:35 THEY ARE ALSO ROOTED IN DISINVESTMENT.
00:55:39 FEDERAL RESTRUCTURING UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS
00:55:43 HALTED COMMUNITY BASED MATERNAL HEALTH GRANTS.
00:55:46 ELIMINATING THE WHITE HOUSE BLUEPRINT FOR ADDRESSING THE
00:55:48 MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS AND LAID OFF MOST STAFF IN THE CDC'S
00:55:52 DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
00:55:55 THAT MEANS THE PRESSURE ON CITIES LIKE OURS TO STEP UP IS
00:55:59 EVEN GREATER. >> THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT
00:56:03 SOLUTIONS EXIST RIGHT HERE AND WE JUST NEED TO INVEST
00:56:06 IN THEM SO THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS
00:56:10 THIS PROBLEM. OUR RESOLUTION AFFIRMS SAN
00:56:13 FRANCISCO'S COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH SAFETY AND JOY OF BLACK
00:56:18 BIRTHING MOTHERS. EVERY PERSON IN THIS CITY
00:56:21 DESERVES A JOYFUL, HEALTHY PREGNANCY.
00:56:25 AND COLLEAGUES, MY LAST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY IS AN
00:56:30 IN MEMORIAM FOR ANDERSON J.B. WILLIAMS.
00:56:36 JB WAS A NATIVE SON BORN IN HUNTERS POINT IN 1958,
00:56:41 PASSED AWAY SUNDAY NIGHT. HE GRADUATED FROM MISSION HIGH
00:56:45 SCHOOL, SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE ARMY, CAME HOME, STARTED
00:56:49 A FAMILY AND BUILT A LIFE ROOTED IN THIS CITY.
00:56:55 FOR 40 YEARS J.B. WAS A BARBER AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
00:56:59 A GREAT BARBER, YOU KNOW IT IS NEVER JUST ABOUT THE HAIRCUT.
00:57:03 FOR THREE DECADES AFTER OPENING THE SHOP ON LELAND AVENUE, J.B.
00:57:08 GAVE FREE HAIRCUTS TO STUDENTS WHO EARNED A 3.0 GPA WHO SHOWED
00:57:11 PROGRESS ON THEIR REPORT CARDS, WHO WALKED ACROSS A GRADUATION
00:57:16 STAGE, WHO SHOWED UP TO PROM. HE BELIEVED IN YOUNG PEOPLE
00:57:22 BEFORE THEY BELIEVED IN THEMSELVES.
00:57:23 >> J.B. USED TO SAY THAT BEING A BARBER MEANT HELPING TURN
00:57:27 BOYS INTO MEN. TEACHING HYGIENE, SELF-RESPECT
00:57:33 ,PRIDE AND DIGNITY. >> HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT TAKES
00:57:37 A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD AND HE WAS HONORED TO BE A PART
00:57:39 OF THAT VILLAGE. WE WERE THE ONES WHO WERE
00:57:42 HONORED RECENTLY MY LEGISLATIVE A CHIEF OF STAFF PERCY BIRCH
00:57:52 AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HONORING HIM AT THE VETERANS
00:57:56 HOSPITAL. WE HAD ALWAYS PLANNED TO HONOR
00:57:57 HIM HERE IN THE CHAMBER BUT WE GOT NEWS THAT HIS TIME WOULD BE
00:58:05 SHORT SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO DO
00:58:08 THAT WITH COMMUNITY AND SO WE BROUGHT THE HONOR AND COMMUNITY
00:58:12 TO HIM. HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
00:58:16 CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF BUSINESS WITH THE BLOCK PARTY
00:58:20 ONLY ONE AVENUE AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
00:58:24 HAPPENS. >> THIS THE LEAST WE CAN DO FOR
00:58:27 A MAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH OF HIMSELF TO SO MANY IN SAN
00:58:30 FRANCISCO. RAISING AND MENTORING OUR YOUNG
00:58:35 PEOPLE AND BEING A BARBER SLASH PSYCHOLOGIST TO SO MANY.
00:58:42 REST IN POWER J.B. SAN FRANCISCO WOULD NOT FORGET YOU.
00:58:46 >> THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
00:58:47 SUPERVISOR WALTON. SUPERVISOR WONG.
00:58:50 SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
00:58:53 SUPERVISOR CHIN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:58:57 COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M INTRODUCING AND MEMORIAM FOR
00:59:01 JOHN ALBERT LING. JOHN ALBERT KING PASSED AWAY
00:59:05 LAST WEEK AT 79 AFTER DECADES OF ADVOCACY AS ONE OF THE MOST
00:59:10 PASSIONATE AND INFLUENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:59:14 AND COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:59:15 >> YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS A FORCE OF NATURE IN A CITY WHEN EVEN
00:59:22 HIS FOLLOWERS DIDN'T WAIT TO ANNOUNCE HIS PASSING ON LINE.
00:59:26 MANY KNOW JOHN BURLING AS THE PRESIDENT OF TENANTS AND OWNERS
00:59:29 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ALSO KNOWN AS TOM COLE.
00:59:33 HE JOINED THE GROUP IN 1978 WHEN HE AND I STARTED
00:59:40 CONSTRUCTION ON ONE OF ITS FIRST SENIOR HOUSING BUILDINGS
00:59:44 . >> TODAY TACO OWNS ABOUT 1000
00:59:47 UNITS OF LOW INCOME HOUSING IN THE SOUTH TO MARKET WHERE
00:59:51 JOHN DEDICATED HIS LEGACY ENSURING THAT THERE IS A PLACE
00:59:55 FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, SENIORS AND ARTISTS TO THRIVE
00:59:59 AS THEY CONTINUE TO FACE GENTRIFICATION AND REAL ESTATE
01:00:03 SPECULATION. AFTER JOINING TACO AL BURLING
01:00:07 WORKED ON THE 1980S PROP M PROPOSITION AD CAMPAIGN THAT
01:00:11 FOUGHT EXCESSIVE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT IS SHAPED SAN
01:00:14 FRANCISCO'S SKYLINE TODAY SLOWED DOWN THE LOSS OF OUR LOW
01:00:19 INCOME HOUSING STOCK AND AIMED TO PROTECT THE CITY'S CHARACTER
01:00:25 AGAINST UNCONTROLLED REDEVELOPMENT.
01:00:26 JOHN SAW VALUE AND THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ART SPACES,
01:00:32 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION
01:00:36 INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOT PROPOSITION X TO PASS WHICH
01:00:40 PROTECTED THOSE SPACES REQUIRING DEVELOPERS TO FIND
01:00:44 NEW SPACE AND PAY FOR RELOCATION ESPECIALLY WITHIN
01:00:48 THE CENTRAL SOMA PLAN. JOHN IS AN ELDER EARLY ADOPTER
01:00:52 OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT PUTS COMMUNITY TENANTS
01:00:56 AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
01:01:00 >> IF IT WERE NOT FOR JOHN YOUR BOY NOT GARDENS AS THAT WE SEE
01:01:05 TODAY WOULD BE A PRIVATIZED ASSETS AND THE EASTERN
01:01:09 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
01:01:12 COMMUNITY BENEFITS REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPERS LIKE PARKS,
01:01:15 HEALTH CLINICS, LIBRARIES AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PLANS.
01:01:19 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE WHAT MAYOR OUR OPPONENTS
01:01:24 WROTE ABOUT JOHN FROM THEIR TIME WORKING TOGETHER TO
01:01:27 COMPLETE MOSCONE CENTER. THIS IS FROM MAYOR ART AT
01:01:31 KNOLLS. JOHN ALBERT LANE WILL BE
01:01:35 REMEMBERED AS A FIERCE, BRILLIANT CHAMPION FOR THE POOR
01:01:38 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN THE SOUDER MARKET IN PARTICULAR.
01:01:42 HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ADVOCATES I MET WHEN I CAME TO
01:01:46 SAN FRANCISCO IN 1966 FOR A JOB AS A SOCIAL WORKER AS SAN
01:01:53 FRANCISCO PUBLIC HOUSING. HE BLEW ME AWAY WITH HIS ONE OF
01:01:56 A KIND BLEND OF ORGANIZING STRATEGY FINANCIAL ACUMEN
01:02:00 AND OF COURSE BAD LANGUAGE RESERVED FOR POWERFUL PEOPLE.
01:02:06 IN 1988 THE MOSCONE CONVENTION CENTER WAS PERIODICALLY
01:02:08 REFERRED TO AS THE LONGEST STALLED URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT
01:02:15 IN AMERICA. JOHN ALBERT KING WAS AN
01:02:18 IMPORTANT PART OF A CITYWIDE GROUP OF ADVOCATES LED BY
01:02:22 LEADERS LIKE SUSIE BERRYMAN, SUE HESTER, CALVIN WALSH, DOUG
01:02:27 INMAN AND OTHERS WHO ACCEPTED MY INVITATION TO FINALLY
01:02:31 COMPLETE THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE
01:02:35 FOR OUR CITY. YOUNG UP AND COMING IDEA
01:02:41 IDEALISTIC AND AGGRESSIVE JOHN ALWAYS INSISTED THAT EVERY PART
01:02:46 OF THE COMMUNITY THE ELDERLY CHILDREN, FAMILIES BE
01:02:49 CONSIDERED IN ALL SORT OF MARKET PLANNING.
01:02:53 AND HE AND THE COMMITTEE WERE RIGHT HENCE IN ADDITION TO THE
01:02:57 CUSTOMARY CONVENTION FACILITIES ,MOSCONE CENTER IS THE ONLY
01:03:01 CONVENTION CENTER IN AMERICA THAT INCLUDES A WONDERFUL MERRY
01:03:05 GO AROUND FOR CHILDREN, A SUPERB INDOOR ICE SKATING
01:03:09 FACILITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH AND ADULTS.
01:03:13 AS JOHN CONTINUED TO GROW INTO A TOP TIER LOW INCOME
01:03:16 AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER, HE INVENTED NEW
01:03:20 STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT TACKLE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES.
01:03:25 JOHN CONVINCED US DISTRICT STREET'S REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
01:03:29 REFLECTED THE POWER OF COMMUNITY VISION FOR OUR CITY
01:03:32 AND THE SOUND MARKET IN PARTICULAR.
01:03:36 AND HE WAS RIGHT. THE PROJECT HAS REVERSE THE
01:03:37 HISTORICAL DISPLACEMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT AND PROVED TO BE
01:03:43 ONE OF THE BEST IN OUR CITY WITH ATTRACTIVE AFFORDABLE
01:03:46 HOUSING, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PARKS AND A SCHOOL.
01:03:51 JOHN WAS NEVER AFRAID TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO POWER AND THIS IS
01:03:55 WHAT I SAY AS A SUPERVISOR AND WHO HAS WORKED WITH HIM AS
01:04:02 A LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND ALSO THEN AGAIN AS SUPERVISOR.
01:04:03 I SAY THAT JOHN WAS NEVER AFRAID TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER
01:04:09 AND THE CRITICS THAT CALL HIM A POWER BROKER KINGMAKER OR
01:04:13 OBSTRUCTIONIST REMINDS ME THE SAME WAY THAT PEOPLE COULD
01:04:18 CRITICIZE ROSE PAC SAME JOHN AL BURLING.
01:04:25 EVERYTHING THAT HE DID WAS TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY.
01:04:29 HE BELIEVE IN A CITY THAT IS SUPPORTED BY EVERYDAY WORKING
01:04:33 CLASS PEOPLE. HE DID NOT LIVE IN A LIFE OF
01:04:37 LUXURY AND CHOSE TO REINVEST EVERY PENNY INTO COMMUNITY FUND
01:04:41 WAYS TO UPLIFT TENANTS VOICES AND TO COMPETE WITH AND REFUTE
01:04:46 MORE TIME MILLION DOLLAR SPECIAL INTEREST POLITICAL
01:04:50 MESSAGING. AND SO FOR THAT I SAY JOHN
01:04:53 ALBERT KING REST IN POWER. >> THE REST I SUBMIT THANK YOU
01:04:57 SUPERVISOR CHAN. >> SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU,
01:05:01 MADAM CLERK. I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP
01:05:05 CONDOLENCES FOR THE PASSING OF JOHN KING.
01:05:08 I DIDN'T KNOW JOHN PERSONALLY BUT I DO KNOW THAT HIS
01:05:13 CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:05:16 AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT WAR IN SAN FRANCISCO IS
01:05:19 CONSIDERABLE. MANY PROJECTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:05:21 HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED IT FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE OF HIS ADVOCACY
01:05:26 . SAN FRANCISCO TAKES PRIDE
01:05:27 IN THE LEGACY OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENTS AND THIS
01:05:31 WEEK WE LOST A COMMUNITY WARRIOR.
01:05:35 NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE TWO HEARINGS COLLEAGUE.
01:05:40 >> LAST MONTH I HELD A HEARING ON THE CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN
01:05:43 IN CUSTODY OF SAN FRANCISCO JAILS.
01:05:47 THE COMMUNITY TEST TESTIMONY WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL BUT
01:05:51 ALSO VERY HARD TO STOMACH. >> COUNTLESS FORMERLY
01:05:55 INCARCERATED WOMEN RECOUNTED THE ELEVATED EXPERIENCES IN THE
01:05:58 JAILS. THEY DETAILED MEMORIES OF
01:06:02 TRAUMA AND ABUSE. MANY WOMEN IN PARTICULAR I SAID
01:06:06 THAT THEY WERE RELEASED FROM THE JOUST AT HOURS AFTER
01:06:10 EVENING SOMETIMES AS EARLY AS 2 A.M. WITHOUT CLOTHING
01:06:13 CONNECTIONS TO A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP OR ACCESS TO A WRAP
01:06:17 AROUND SERVICES NEEDED TO KEEP THEM STABILIZED IN THEIR
01:06:21 TRANSITIONS. FOR MANY THIS MEANS BEING
01:06:24 RELEASED BACK TO AN ABUSER'S. WE ALSO HEARD STORIES OF WOMEN
01:06:29 BEING RELEASED FROM HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES WITHOUT
01:06:32 CONNECTION TO SAFE TO A SAFE SHELTER.
01:06:36 THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. SAN FRANCISCANS DESERVE PUBLIC
01:06:40 SAFETY AND SYSTEM THAT ADHESIVE TO MINIMUM STANDARDS OF HUMANE
01:06:44 CARE. I'M CALLING FOR A HEARING ON
01:06:47 THE SYSTEMS AND CASE MANAGEMENT THAT OUR CITY PROVIDES TO
01:06:51 AND HOW STATE HOUSING INSECURE WOMEN.
01:06:55 I'M GRATEFUL THAT MAYOR HAS SIGNED ON TO THEM.
01:06:58 THE WOMAN'S AGENDA BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
01:06:59 WHEN WE KNOW THAT WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE ABUSE
01:07:03 ESPECIALLY WHEN UNHOUSED IT WOMEN CARRY THEIR OWN COMPLEX
01:07:08 NEEDS AROUND SAFETY, MENTAL, BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
01:07:14 AND MORE AND WOMAN EXPERIENCES AN ARRAY OF TRAUMA AT DIFFERENT
01:07:19 LEVELS OF A CITY AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ANALYZE IF
01:07:23 THE SYSTEMS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE ARE FLEXIBLE
01:07:27 AND ROBUST ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THE DIGNITY, SERVICES
01:07:30 AND SAFETY REQUIRED. >> WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE
01:07:34 SHELTER SYSTEM AND THE POLICIES THAT ARE THAT ARE SET IN PLACE
01:07:41 BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT RELEASE OR TRANSITION WOMEN FROM CITY
01:07:45 HOLDS. WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE
01:07:48 SHELTER SYSTEM AS A WHOLE WHERE THERE ARE CHALLENGES, WHERE WE
01:07:53 ARE SUCCEEDING TO CONNECT WOMEN TO SAFE SPACES AND WE AND WHERE
01:07:57 WE NEED TO EXPEND. >> NEXT I'M ALSO INTRODUCING A
01:08:01 HEARING ON FAMILY AFFORDABILITY .
01:08:04 WE ARE FACING A MASSIVE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT
01:08:08 AND DIFFICULT DECISION NEEDED TO BE MADE.
01:08:09 AT THE SAME TIME FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT
01:08:13 HOW UNSUSTAINABLE THEIR FAMILY BUDGETING DECISIONS HAVE BEEN
01:08:17 BECOME. FOR ME OUR VALUES ARE BEST
01:08:20 REPRESENTED BY THE BUDGET COMMITMENTS WE MAKE
01:08:24 AND SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE WORKING FAMILY AND ABOUT
01:08:28 AND VOLUNTEER WHOLE POPULATION THAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO RUN
01:08:31 AND ENDURE INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP TO SURVIVE IN OUR CITY.
01:08:35 THIS HEARING WILL ADJUST TWO THINGS FIRST, WE WILL ANALYZE
01:08:39 THE IMPACT OF PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF
01:08:43 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON VULNERABLE
01:08:44 COMMUNITIES INCLUDING LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS
01:08:47 AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. SIX.
01:08:50 SECOND, IT WILL CONSIDER THE ROLE THAT COMMUNITY BASED
01:08:51 ORGANIZATION HAVE PLAYED IN MAINTAINING HOUSING
01:08:55 STABILITY. WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION
01:08:59 AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
01:09:00 I RECOGNIZE THIS PROPOSAL CUTS AND SET IN STONE BUT WHAT
01:09:04 KURNIA ON THE TABLE WILL ESSENTIALLY LONG-LASTING
01:09:08 ORGANIZE ASIAN WHO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL WORK TO FIGHT AGAINST
01:09:12 IT. THAT THIS PLACEMENT OF
01:09:15 COMMUNITY OF COLOR AND WORKING FAMILY CBOS OUR COURT TO OUR
01:09:19 SOCIAL SAFETY NET THE CASE MANAGEMENT AND CONNECTION TO
01:09:23 SERVICES HAS PROTECTED COUNTIES, FAMILY
01:09:26 AND COMMUNITIES FROM BEING PUSHED INTO HOMELESSNESS OR
01:09:30 FORCED OUT OF OUR CITY. AND EACH BUDGET YEAR WE ASK
01:09:34 CBOS TO DO MORE WORK FOR LESS MONEY.
01:09:38 NOW WE ARE CUTTING THEIR BUDGETS AT A TIME WHEN WORKING
01:09:41 FAMILIES RELY ON THE MOST AT A TIME WHEN WORKING FAMILIES RELY
01:09:45 ON THEM MOST. AND THIS WILL FORCE MULTIPLE
01:09:49 CBO CLOSURES AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE FACING UNRELIABLE STATE
01:09:53 AND FEDERAL SUPPORT. DISCUSSION THIS DISCUSSION WILL
01:09:56 BE DIFFICULT BUT IT IS NECESSARY.
01:10:00 AND THE REST I WILL SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
01:10:02 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN SUPERVISOR
01:10:05 MAHMOOD. >> COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM
01:10:14 INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT THE SALE AND DELIVERY
01:10:17 OF UNCERTIFIED LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND POWERED MOBILITY
01:10:21 DEVICES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:10:22 >> THIS MEASURE IS INTENDED TO PREVENT DANGEROUS AND FAST
01:10:26 MOVING FIRES BEFORE THEY START PARTICULARLY IN DENSE
01:10:29 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WHERE A SINGLE BATTERY FAILURE CAN
01:10:33 THREATEN DOZENS OF RESIDENTS. >> WE HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE
01:10:37 CONSEQUENCES OF THESE INCIDENTS.
01:10:39 THE RECENT FIRE AT 50 GOLDEN GATE DISPLACED MORE THAN 130
01:10:43 RESIDENTS AND REQUIRED A LARGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
01:10:47 FIRES LIKE THIS SPREAD QUICKLY PRODUCE INTENSE HEAT AND ARE
01:10:51 EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH.
01:10:52 >> BUT THESE INCIDENTS ARE NOT ISOLATED.
01:10:55 >> LITHIUM ION BATTERY FIRES ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE CITY
01:10:59 WHERE THERE WERE OVER 120 BUILDING FIRES IN THE LAST FIVE
01:11:02 YEARS CAUSED BY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND WITH A
01:11:05 SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATION IN DISTRICT FIVE IN THE
01:11:09 TENDERLOIN WHERE RESIDENTS OFTEN LIVE IN MULTI-UNIT
01:11:12 HOUSING WITH LIMITED FIRE SEPARATION.
01:11:13 >> ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MANY OF THESE FIRES
01:11:17 ORIGINATE FROM UNCERTIFIED REPLACEMENT BATTERIES USED
01:11:20 IN E-BIKES SCOOTERS AND OTHER POWERED MOBILITY DEVICES OFTEN
01:11:24 PURCHASED ONLINE AND STORED OR CHARGED INSIDE SMALL LIVING
01:11:28 SPACES. THIS ORDINANCE TAKES A
01:11:31 PREVENTATIVE APPROACH. IT PROHIBITS THE SALE OFFER OR
01:11:35 DELIVERY OF POWER MOBILITY DEVICES AND REPLACEMENT LITHIUM
01:11:38 ION BATTERIES THAT ARE NOT CERTIFIED TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL
01:11:40 SAFETY STANDARDS. OUR CODE SHOULD KEEP UP WITH
01:11:43 THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY. ANYONE IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:11:47 SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT PURCHASING UNSAFE
01:11:50 BATTERIES OR BEING DISPLACED BY A FIRE DUE TO A NEIGHBOR
01:11:54 CHARGING ONE OF THESE. THEY SHOULD TRUST THAT THEY ARE
01:11:55 PURCHASING SAFE AND CERTIFIED BATTERIES.
01:11:58 IT ALSO GIVES THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT CLEAR AUTHORITY
01:12:01 TO ENFORCE THIS LAW AND INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO
01:12:05 ISSUE CITATIONS AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ENSURING
01:12:09 ACCOUNTABILITY. IT ALSO GIVES THAT AUTHORITY TO
01:12:10 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GO AFTER BAD ACTORS THAT MAY BE
01:12:14 VIOLATING THE SAME LAW AS WELL BY ENSURING ONLY CERTIFIED
01:12:17 BATTERIES ARE SOLD IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE CAN SIGNIFICANTLY
01:12:21 REDUCE THE RISK OF CATASTROPHIC FIRES AND PROTECT TENANTS,
01:12:24 FIRST RESPONDERS AND SURROUNDING BUILDINGS.
01:12:27 >> I WANT TO THANK OUR DRAFTING OF CITY ATTORNEYS HUGO HERRERA
01:12:31 AND SARAH FABIAN FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION AND I
01:12:35 WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
01:12:37 DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE INCLUDING CHIEF
01:12:40 DAN CRISPIN, FIRE MARSHAL LAW ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL GOWER
01:12:44 AND ADRIAN SIMS. THEIR INSIGHT INTO HOW THESE
01:12:47 FIRES START, HOW THEY SPREAD AND HOW THEY IMPACT RESIDENTS
01:12:51 AND FIREFIGHTERS WAS CRITICAL IN SHAPING A POLICY THAT IS
01:12:54 BOTH PRACTICAL AND ENFORCEABLE .
01:12:58 I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CHIEF OF STAFF SAM LOGAN FOR HER
01:12:59 DILIGENCE ON THIS ISSUE AND FOR HELPING SHAPE THIS LEGISLATION.
01:13:02 >> THIS PROPOSAL WILL HELP PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, PROTECT
01:13:06 RESIDENTS AND ADDRESS A GROWING FIRE SAFETY RISK BEFORE ANOTHER
01:13:10 BUILDING IS IMPACTED. I WANT TO THANK THE WORDS OF
01:13:13 CHERYL FOR HIS EARLY CO-SPONSORSHIP AND RESPECTFULLY
01:13:14 SUBMIT THIS ORDINANCE AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
01:13:17 >> THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
01:13:18 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY.
01:13:22 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES, I AM TODAY
01:13:25 SUBMITTING A HEARING REQUEST TO ADDRESS ONGOING POLICE STAFFING
01:13:29 CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT.
01:13:30 SIMPLY STATED SOUTHERN IS NOT STAFFED AT LEVELS THAT REFLECT
01:13:34 ITS WORKLOAD OR ITS COMPLEXITY WHEN SCRUTINIZING POLICE CALL
01:13:38 VOLUME RESPONSE TIMES POPULATION DENSITY AND THE
01:13:41 CONCENTRATION OF COMMERCIAL AND NIGHTLIFE ACTIVITIES.
01:13:45 AS MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS ROUTINELY, ROUTINELY, ROUTINELY
01:13:49 DO. IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT THAT
01:13:50 SOUTHERN IS STRETCHED FAR TOO THIN.
01:13:53 FAR TOO OFTEN EVEN AS SFPD IS CITYWIDE RECOMMENDED STAFFING
01:13:57 LEVELS SOAR SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THIS LAST YEAR.
01:14:01 SOUTHERN IS FAILING TO KEEP PACE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS THAT
01:14:04 FACE SIMILAR AND IN MANY CASES LESSER DEMANDS.
01:14:06 ACCORDING TO THE 2025 S.F. P.D. STAFFING ANALYSIS, SOUTHERN
01:14:10 PATROL OFFICERS RESPOND TO 390 CALLS PER OFFICER THE SECOND
01:14:16 HIGHEST WORKLOAD IN THE CITY AND ITS SECTOR PATROL IS
01:14:17 CURRENTLY STAFFED AT ONLY 78% OF ITS RECOMMENDED LEVEL.
01:14:20 WHILE OTHER DISTRICTS MEET OR EVEN EXCEED THEIR RECOMMENDED
01:14:24 NUMBER, THIS IMBALANCE HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES.
01:14:28 IT MEANS LONGER RESPONSE TIMES ,FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR
01:14:31 PROACTIVE POLICING INCREASED STRAIN ON THE OFFICERS WHO ARE
01:14:35 ASSIGNED THERE KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY IMPERATIVE WHETHER IT'S
01:14:39 POLICE POLICING, DRUG MARKETS RESPONDING TO VIOLENT CRIME OR
01:14:43 ENFORCING TRAFFIC LAWS IS WELL-SERVED BY AN UNDERSTAFFED
01:14:47 STATION. IT ALSO MAKES MORE DIFFICULT TO
01:14:49 BUILD THE KIND OF CONSISTENT COMMUNITY BASED PRESENCE THAT
01:14:51 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT SIX EXPECT
01:14:54 AND DESERVE. MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE
01:14:58 VOICING SERIOUS CONCERNS TOO THAT THE EXISTING CHALLENGES
01:15:02 WILL BE EXACERBATED LATER THIS YEAR WHEN SOUTHERN POLICE
01:15:06 DISTRICT EXPANDS TO TAKE ON EVEN MORE TERRITORY THAT
01:15:09 INCLUDES MARKET STREET. DURING THE POLICE REDISTRICTING
01:15:12 PROCESS I WAS CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY AND DEPARTMENT HAVE
01:15:16 EXPECTATIONS THAT INCREASED CALL VOLUMES WILL COME WITH
01:15:18 COMMENSURATE INCREASE IN ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.
01:15:24 DISTRICT SIX STAKEHOLDERS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT S.F.
01:15:25 PD'S PLAN TO NOT ONLY INCREASE STAFFING TO MEET THE NEW
01:15:29 WORKLOAD BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC UNDERSTAFFING THAT HAS
01:15:32 PLAGUED THIS DISTRICT BEFORE ITS BOUNDARIES WERE EXPANDED TO
01:15:36 INCLUDE THE MARKET STREET CORRIDOR.
01:15:37 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES A LEVEL OF POLICE SERVICE THAT
01:15:40 MATCHES ITS NEEDS AND I YIELD TO NO ONE IN THE WORK THAT I
01:15:44 HAVE DONE MUCH OF IT UNSUCCESSFUL TO INCREASE POLICE
01:15:47 STAFFING CITYWIDE. BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T BELIEVE
01:15:51 SOUTHERN IS GETTING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE COMMENSURATE WITH
01:15:53 ITS NEEDS. I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
01:15:55 THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY THAT CLOSES
01:15:58 THAT GAP IN A MEANINGFUL AND LASTING WAY.
01:16:00 MY CONSTITUENTS DESERVE NOTHING LESS.
01:16:02 SECOND, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO PRESIDENT
01:16:06 MANDELL FOR HIS BEAUTIFUL IN MEMORIAM FOR ANDRE SHORTER.
01:16:10 THERE ARE SO MANY LGBTQ PLUS SIBLINGS I RECALL FONDLY
01:16:14 THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE NINE YEAR
01:16:18 LEGAL BATTLE FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
01:16:20 THAT WAS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE THAT BEGAN IN 2004 WITH
01:16:24 MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM'S ISSUANCE OF MARRIAGE LICENSES TO SAME
01:16:28 SEX COUPLES. IT INCLUDED MANY WINS
01:16:31 AND LOSSES INCLUDING WINNING MARRIAGE EQUALITY RIGHTS TO
01:16:32 THEMSELVES ONLY TO LOSE IT JUST MONTHS LATER WITH PROPOSITION
01:16:36 EIGHT AND THEN YEARS LATER TO FINALLY STRIKE DOWN PROP EIGHT
01:16:40 AND SET THE STAGE FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE.
01:16:43 THESE ARE BATTLES THAT WERE PARTICULARLY EMOTIONALLY
01:16:46 FRAUGHT FOR THOSE OF US WHOSE OWN RIGHTS WERE AT STAKE
01:16:50 IN THESE CASES. AND THROUGH IT ALL I WILL NEVER
01:16:51 FORGET THAT WE SUPPORTED AND SUSTAINED ONE ANOTHER
01:16:54 AND I'LL NEVER FORGET ANDREA SHORTER.
01:16:57 MY CONDOLENCES TO HER AND HER HER FAMILY AND LOVED ONES
01:16:59 AND FRIENDS AND I WOULD ASK TO BE INCLUDED AMONG THOSE
01:17:02 MEMORIALIZING HER. AND THIRD AND FINALLY, I WOULD
01:17:05 ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO SUPERVISOR CHAN
01:17:09 FOR HER LOVELY MEMORIAL FOR JOHN ALBERT KING.
01:17:12 ALTHOUGH OTHERS KNEW HIM BETTER THAN I DID, I WOULD BE REMISS
01:17:14 AS THE DISTRICT SIX SUPERVISOR NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTSIZED
01:17:18 ROLE JOHN OBERLIN PLAYED IN SHAPING NEIGHBORHOODS I
01:17:21 REPRESENT AND FAR MORE IMPORTANTLY SERVING RESIDENTS
01:17:24 AND FAMILIES. I REPRESENT COUNTLESS HUNDREDS
01:17:29 OF HOMES LIKELY WOULD NOT BE MY CONSTITUENTS TODAY BUT FOR THE
01:17:32 PASSIONATE ADVOCACY THAT WAS JOHN ALBERT LING'S LIFE WORK AS
01:17:36 A DISTRICT SIX SUPERVISOR I HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE TODD
01:17:38 COE FOR BEING WELL-MANAGED AND FORGING COOPERATIVE
01:17:41 RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH ITS NEIGHBORS.
01:17:44 I HAVE ALSO COME TO KNOW MANY TODD COE RESIDENTS AS FRIENDS,
01:17:48 NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW PARISHIONERS AT ST PATRICK'S
01:17:49 CHURCH. I THINK OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE
01:17:53 AARON PESKIN SAID IT BEST WHEN HE CALLED JOHN THE CONSCIENCE
01:17:56 OF YERBA BUENA AND ON THE OCCASIONS I HAD TO TALK WITH
01:17:57 HIM I TOO VALUED HIS COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND TO
01:18:01 ENSURING THAT HIS RESIDENTS WERE ALWAYS WELL SERVED.
01:18:05 IN HIS UNMATCHED INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO, ITS
01:18:09 POLITICS NOT JUST YERBA BUENO BY THE WAY, BUT ALSO TREASURE
01:18:12 ISLAND. SO MY CONDOLENCES TO JOHN
01:18:13 ALBERT LING'S FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOVED ONES AND I WOULD ASK
01:18:16 TO BE INCLUDED AMONG THOSE MEMORIALIZING HIM AS WELL.
01:18:20 >> AND THE REST I SUBMIT NOTED. THANK YOU.
01:18:21 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR DORSEY MR. PRESIDENT SAYING NO NAMES
01:18:24 ON THE ROSTER THAT CONCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW
01:18:27 BUSINESS. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND I
01:18:28 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THAT JOHN L BURLING AND NOTED
01:18:31 THANK YOU WAS A IDEA FACTORY RELENTLESS IN HIS EFFORT TO
01:18:35 FIND SOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO PUSH THE CITY TO
01:18:42 PRODUCE HOUSING FOR FOUR FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SO THANK
01:18:49 YOU MADAM CLERK. LET'S GO TO OUR 3 P.M. SPECIAL
01:18:53 ORDER THE 3 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER ITEMS 31 THROUGH 34 COMPRISE
01:18:59 THE PUBLIC HEARING OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE DE FACTO
01:19:03 DENIAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PROPOSED
01:19:06 PROJECT AT 524 THROUGH 526 VALLEJO STREET AND FOUR DASH
01:19:11 FOR A SAN ANTONIO PLACE TO LEGALIZE THE MERGER OF THREE
01:19:15 DWELLING UNITS ON SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS INTO ONE
01:19:18 DWELLING UNIT AND TO REINSTATE ONE DWELLING UNIT ON THE GROUND
01:19:22 FLOOR WITHIN AN EXISTING FOUR UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
01:19:25 LOCATED WITHIN RM-1 ZONING DISTRICT TELEGRAPH HILL NORTH
01:19:29 BEACH RESIDENTIAL AS SEWARD'S SPECIAL USE DISTRICT THE
01:19:33 PRIORITY EQUITY GEOGRAPHICS AS SUCH AND 40 X HEIGHT AND BULK
01:19:37 DISTRICT ITEM 32 THAT IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING
01:19:44 COMMISSION'S DECISION TO DE FACTO DENY THE CONDITIONAL USE
01:19:48 AUTHORIZATION. ITEM 33 IS THE MOTION TO
01:19:51 DISAPPROVE THE COMMISSION'S DECISION THAT WOULD BE TO A TO
01:19:55 MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
01:20:00 ITEM 34 WHICH IS THE MOTION TO DIRECT THE PREPARATION OF
01:20:05 FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD'S DECISION CONCERNING THE
01:20:08 SIU AUTHORIZATION. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
01:20:13 AS YOU DESCRIBED WE HAVE BEFORE US A HEARING ON THE APPEAL THE
01:20:16 DE FACTO DENIAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION
01:20:20 FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AT 524 TO 526 VALLEJO STREET AND 4-442
01:20:26 FOR A SAN ANTONIO PLACE. AFTER THE HEARING THE BOARD
01:20:30 WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE PLANNING
01:20:32 COMMISSION'S DE FACTO DENIAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE
01:20:35 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
01:20:38 SINCE THE APPELLANT IS ALSO THE PROJECT SPONSOR, WE WILL HEAR
01:20:42 FROM THE APPELLANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING
01:20:45 AND UNLESS THERE ARE OBJECTIONS WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED AS
01:20:49 FOLLOWS. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE UP TO TEN
01:20:52 MINUTES TO THE APPELLANT FOR THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEN
01:20:57 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO TWO MINUTES PER
01:21:00 SPEAKER IN SUPPORT OF THE APPEAL.
01:21:01 THEN WE WILL GIVE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT UP TO TEN MINUTES
01:21:06 FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. THEN WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC
01:21:10 COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPEAL AGAIN UP TO TWO MINUTES
01:21:13 PER SPEAKER. THEN FINALLY WE'LL GO BACK TO
01:21:14 THE APPELLANTS FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES OF REBUTTAL UNLESS
01:21:20 THEIR OBJECTIONS SUPERVISOR SLATER'S IN THE QUEUE BUT I
01:21:24 DON'T THINK HE'S OBJECTING TO THAT METHOD.
01:21:28 >> MAY IT MATTER OF PROCEEDING SO SINCE THERE ARE NO
01:21:29 OBJECTIONS THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL PROCEED AS INDICATED
01:21:32 AND IS NOW OPEN. >> AND SUPERVISOR SAUDER, THANK
01:21:39 YOU PRESIDENT VANDEMAN YOU KNOW THIS PROPERTY SITS ATOP
01:21:41 TELEGRAPH HILL IN MY DISTRICT AND IT IS A COMPLEX ONE AS I
01:21:47 THINK WE'LL FIND OUT. SO BEFORE WE BEGIN THE
01:21:48 PROCEEDINGS I WANTED TO BRIEFLY SHARE SOME BACKGROUND AND LAY
01:21:50 OUT SOME FACTS. I FIRST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHY
01:21:54 THIS IS BEFORE US. IT IS BECAUSE THE PLANNING
01:21:57 COMMISSION WRESTLED IMMENSELY WITH THIS PROJECT.
01:22:01 IT WAS A TIE VOTE 3 TO 3 WHICH MEANS IT IS DE FACTO DENIED.
01:22:05 AND WHY IT IS BEFORE US TODAY FOUR DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS
01:22:08 IN THAT MEETING USED THE EXACT SAME WORD TRAGIC TO DESCRIBE
01:22:12 THE SITUATION TO THE FAMILY BEFORE US TODAY.
01:22:15 >> THEY SAID THE SITUATION WAS QUOTE NOT FAIR AND THAT THEY
01:22:19 ARE THE VICTIM TWICE REMOVED AND THAT THEY ARE NOT AT FAULT
01:22:23 HERE. ONE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT THE
01:22:24 CASE HAD THEM PARTICULARLY SICK .
01:22:27 ONE COMMISSIONER EVEN SUGGESTED THIS CASE HAD HER RECONSIDERING
01:22:31 HER SERVICE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITSELF.
01:22:32 SHE SAID QUOTE I CANNOT CONTINUE TO SIT HERE
01:22:35 AND REFLECT ON OTHER PEOPLE'S DESTINY, DISAPPOINTMENT
01:22:38 AND DESTRUCTION OF DREAMS WHEN WE NEED TO PUT THE BRAKES ON
01:22:43 EARLIER. I'M EXHAUSTED.
01:22:44 I AM HURT. I AM DISAPPOINTED.
01:22:47 AND THAT SAME COMMISSIONER SAID THAT QUOTE THIS ISSUE SHOULD
01:22:48 NOT BE CONSIDERED BY US AND POINTED FINGERS ELSEWHERE.
01:22:51 COMMISSIONERS EXPRESSED THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR TIME
01:22:55 GOING AGAINST THE DEVELOPER THE REAL BAD ACTOR HERE.
01:22:59 TWO OWNERS AGO WHO GOT EVERYONE INTO THIS MESS.
01:23:02 ONE SAID AT BEST QUOTE OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
01:23:05 HERE'S WHAT ALL OF THAT MEANS. IT MEANS THAT THE PLANNING
01:23:07 COMMISSION WAS DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO
01:23:10 MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION HERE. AND THAT IS NOW THE OPPORTUNITY
01:23:14 THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD. IT IS OUR JOB AS SUPERVISORS TO
01:23:18 NOT ONLY CONSIDER THE CODE BUT ALSO CONSIDER OUR CONSTITUENTS
01:23:22 AND HOW THEY ARE IMPACTED BY THE CODE.
01:23:23 WHEN THE CODE DOES NOT WORK THE WAY WE HOPE AND EXPECT IT WILL
01:23:29 SOME BRIEF FACTS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE PREPARE TO HEAR
01:23:31 FROM THE APPELLANTS AND PLANNING TODAY.
01:23:33 WE'RE NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF ANY ACTIVATIONS, NOT BECAUSE OF
01:23:37 ANY DANGER, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY BUILDING VIOLATION FROM THESE
01:23:39 OWNERS. WE ARE HERE TODAY SOLELY
01:23:41 BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO AN ANONYMOUS NEIGHBOR MADE A
01:23:43 COMPLAINT ABOUT ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
01:23:46 SOMEONE WHO OWNED THIS HOME IN 2010.
01:23:48 >> THAT SOMEONE IS NOT HERE. THEY'RE OFF THE HOOK.
01:23:51 AND YET WE'RE ALL HERE TO TRY AND CLEAN UP THE MESS.
01:23:55 SOME BASIC FACTS ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND PROPERTY THE
01:23:59 STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1909 AS A TWO UNIT HOME.
01:24:01 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT FOUR UNITS TODAY.
01:24:03 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE FOUR UNITS DO NOT EXIST TODAY.
01:24:06 AND IT'S UNCLEAR IF FOR CODE COMPLIANT UNITS HAVE EVER TRULY
01:24:10 EXISTED HERE. AND AS FOR THE FAMILY, THERE
01:24:13 HAVE NEVER BEEN FOUR UNITS THREE UNITS OR TWO UNITS UNDER
01:24:17 THIS FAMILY'S OWNERSHIP. >> THE MERGER FROM TWO OWNERS
01:24:20 AGO INCLUDED TWO UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNITS OR YOU TWO USE.
01:24:23 IT'S UNCLEAR FOR CODE COMPLIANT UNITS HAVE EVER ACTUALLY
01:24:27 PHYSICALLY EXISTED IN THIS BUILDING OVER ITS 119 YEARS
01:24:30 STANDING. THE TWO YOU TWO USE REFERENCED
01:24:34 IN 2010 LISTING WERE REFERENCED IN A 2010 LISTING SAYING THAT
01:24:37 TOILETS FOR THOSE UNITS WERE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNIT IN A
01:24:40 BACKYARD SHED. THEY SHARED A KITCHEN AND THAT
01:24:41 THERE WERE NO WRITTEN LEASES. THE MERGER IN QUESTION HAPPENED
01:24:45 UNDER A PREVIOUS OWNER IN THE EARLY 20 TENS.
01:24:47 THAT PREVIOUS OWNER IS A SERIAL VICTOR AND IS FLOUTED THE RULES
01:24:51 FOR DECADES. HE IS THE TRUE BAD ACTOR HERE
01:24:52 AND I WISH WE WOULD PUT OUR RESOURCES TOWARDS HOLDING HIM
01:24:55 RESPONSIBLE. A FAMILY BEFORE US HAS NO
01:24:58 CONNECTION TO THAT DEVELOPMENT, TO THAT DEVELOPER OR THE MERGER
01:25:02 . THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO
01:25:02 SOMEONE ELSE BEFORE THE FAMILY FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND THEN
01:25:06 IT WAS SOLD TO THIS FAMILY. SO TO SUMMARIZE WHAT'S BEFORE
01:25:09 US TODAY IS A FAMILY OF FOUR ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO ADD A
01:25:13 NEW UNIT OF HOUSING. THEY'RE NOT ASKING TO CONVERT A
01:25:14 HOME. THAT ACTION WAS TAKEN TO OWNERS
01:25:16 AGO. THEY'RE NOT ASKING TO GET OFF
01:25:17 WITHOUT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY.
01:25:21 SO ANYTHING WE WEIGH TODAY COMES WITH IMMENSE WORK AND A
01:25:22 PRICE TAG IN THE MILLION DOLLAR PLUS RANGE.
01:25:25 THEY'RE ASKING TO RETURN THEIR HOME TO WHAT IT WAS FOR THE
01:25:29 VAST MAJORITY OF ITS ENTIRE HISTORY.
01:25:30 A TWO UNIT HOME. AND I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT THERE
01:25:33 FOR NOW AND LET THE PROCEEDINGS BEGIN.
01:25:36 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SAUTER.
01:25:40 OH, LET'S HEAR FROM THE APPELLANTS FOR UP TO TEN
01:25:44 MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.
01:25:55 >> MY NAME IS CAITLIN HOLLOWAY AND THAT'S MY HUSBAND BEN
01:25:58 RAMIREZ. WE ARE THE HOMEOWNERS AT 524
01:25:59 VALLEJO STREET. BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE WANT TO
01:26:03 THANK THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AND YOUR STAFF FOR WHO HAVE
01:26:05 TAKEN THE TIME TO MEET WITH US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
01:26:07 DETAILS OF THIS CASE. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:26:09 PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THEY
01:26:11 PUT INTO THIS PROCESS. I WANT TO START BY SAYING
01:26:14 SOMETHING THAT I FEAR ISN'T OBVIOUS.
01:26:15 WE ARE NOT HERE IN OPPOSITION OF THE CITY TO HOUSING POLICY
01:26:19 OR TO THE GOALS THAT MANY OF YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS.
01:26:20 BEN AND I SHARE IN THESE GOALS. WE HAVE SUPPORTED THEM AS
01:26:23 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AND WE COME HERE
01:26:26 TODAY AS PARTNERS IN THIS CONVERSATION NOT AS ADVERSARIES
01:26:29 . WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THE
01:26:30 SITUATION COULD NOT BE FULLY RESOLVED THROUGH A STANDARD
01:26:31 PROCESS. A 3 TO 3 TIE VOTE AT THE
01:26:34 PLANNING COMMISSION LED TO A DE FACTO DENIAL.
01:26:36 DEMONSTRATING THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS CASE A LARGE PART OF THE
01:26:37 CONTENTION HERE IS BECAUSE THIS CASE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A
01:26:41 DECISION ON MERGING UNITS. THAT FRAMING IS INCOMPLETE
01:26:44 AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE READ THE FACTS LEADS TO A VERY
01:26:48 CONFLICTED POSITION DRIVE BLINDLY FOR A CITY MANDATE THAT
01:26:51 I SUPPORT OR DO I VOTE WITH THE FACTS A SET OF FACTS OF
01:26:53 INDIVIDUAL CASE THAT MAY NOT LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION I WANT.
01:26:56 >> I BELIEVE A MORE NUANCED FRAMING OF THAT DECISION TODAY
01:27:00 WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER ASSESS THE APPROPRIATE PATH FORWARD.
01:27:03 THIS IS NOT A CASE ABOUT REMOVING HOUSING.
01:27:04 THIS IS A CASE ABOUT A FOUR UNIT DESIGNATION THAT WAS NEVER
01:27:07 LAWFULLY GRANTED WAS NEVER PHYSICALLY BUILT AND CANNOT BE
01:27:10 FEASIBLY CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE CURRENT CODE.
01:27:11 THIS IS ALSO A CASE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
01:27:15 WHETHER THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THAT DESIGNATION AT
01:27:17 THE EXPENSE OF A FAMILY OR FIND A PROPORTIONAL PATH FORWARD.
01:27:21 >> OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY
01:27:22 THROUGH THIS PROCESS TRANSPARENTLY IN GOOD FAITH
01:27:25 AND THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS WHEN FRAMED STRICTLY AS A
01:27:29 POLICY ISSUE IT PUTS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM ON THE DEFENSE BUT
01:27:30 FRAMED AS A CONVERSATION ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
01:27:33 WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATE DIALOG ABOUT REMEDY
01:27:36 . AND SO THROUGH THESE YEARS WHAT
01:27:37 WE'VE ULTIMATELY UNCOVERED IS THIS THE FOUR UNIT PERMIT AT
01:27:41 THE CENTER OF THIS CASE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ISSUED AS THE
01:27:44 UNITS IT AUTHORIZED WERE PHYSICALLY NEVER CONSTRUCTED.
01:27:45 WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS A RESOLUTION THAT REFLECTS THE
01:27:49 REALITY OF WHAT EXISTS ACKNOWLEDGES HOW WE GOT HERE
01:27:52 AND DOES NOT RESULT IN THE PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT OF OUR
01:27:53 FAMILY. WITH THAT AS CONTEXT, HERE'S
01:27:56 WHAT THE RECORD ACTUALLY SHOWS. BUILT IN 1907, THIS BUILDING
01:27:59 FUNCTIONED AS A TWO UNIT PROPERTY FOR NEARLY 80 YEARS.
01:28:02 IN THE MID 1980S TWO UNAUTHORIZED UNITS WERE ADDED
01:28:03 AT THE REAR OF THE HOME. IN 2010 DEVELOPER PETER
01:28:06 ISKANDER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY .
01:28:09 IN 2012, DUBAI'S OWN RECORD MANAGEMENT DIVISION REVIEWED IT
01:28:10 AND ISSUED A WRITTEN DETERMINATION LEGALLY TWO UNIT
01:28:13 BUILDING. THAT SAME YEAR A ZONING REVIEW
01:28:16 NOTED NO CHANGE TO UNIT COUNT. ODDLY, EIGHT WEEKS LATER WITH
01:28:20 NO NEW APPLICATION, NO PUBLIC HEARING TO EXPAND THE UNIT
01:28:24 COUNT, GBI ISSUED A PERMIT FOR A FOUR UNIT BUILDING AT THE
01:28:26 REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER. THIS FOUR UNIT APPROVAL SITS AT
01:28:28 THE VERY CENTER OF THIS ENTIRE CASE.
01:28:31 THE ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE ALONG
01:28:33 WITH THE CITY'S OWN PERMIT RECORDS OVERWHELMINGLY SHOWS
01:28:35 THAT THE FOUR UNIT LAYOUT IN THOSE APPROVED PLANS WERE
01:28:38 NEVER ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED. DESPITE THE PAPER DESIGNATION
01:28:41 OF FOUR UNITS, THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED WITH ONE KITCHEN
01:28:43 AND A CONTIGUOUS LAYOUT. AND HAS FUNCTIONED AS A SINGLE
01:28:46 FAMILY HOME FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.
01:28:47 DESPITE THIS FACT DEBATE ISSUED IN 2016 THE CERTIFICATE OF
01:28:50 FINAL COMPLETION IN ACCEPTING THE BUILDING IN IS AS BUILT
01:28:54 CONDITION NOT IN ITS APPROVED ON PAPER CONDITION IN ITS AS
01:28:57 BUILT CONDITION AND THAT CONDITION DID NOT REFLECT A
01:29:01 FOUR UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING A GAPING HOLE CONNECTING TWO
01:29:04 UNITS WITH AN OPEN FLOATING STAIRS A SHOWER BUILT IN PLACE
01:29:06 OF AN ELEVATOR SHAFT, A STAIRWELL BUILT IN REVERSE
01:29:09 CONFIGURATION AND YET NO VIOLATIONS AND NO DEVIATION FOR
01:29:12 PLAN WERE NOTED. AT THIS POINT THE HOME WAS
01:29:13 AND LISTED FOR SALE BY THE DEVELOPER ACROSS SEVERAL MLS
01:29:16 REAL ESTATE LISTING PAGES AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
01:29:19 THE MISALIGNED STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS CLEARLY PHOTOGRAPHED
01:29:21 AND DOCUMENTED AND THEN ALMOST A FULL YEAR AFTER THE PUBLIC
01:29:24 LISTINGS WERE PUBLISHED ADVANCED PACHTER CONDUCTED FIVE
01:29:28 FINAL INSPECTIONS ON THE PROPERTY TOP TO BOTTOM.
01:29:29 SAME CONDITION, SAME CONTIGUOUS LAYOUT.
01:29:32 THIS WAS ONE MONTH BEFORE THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO THE NEXT
01:29:36 OWNERS FOR A NEARLY $4 MILLION PROFIT TO THE DEVELOPER.
01:29:39 THE NEXT TWO OWNERS LIVED IN THE HOME FOR FOUR YEARS AS A
01:29:41 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. WE PURCHASED THE HOME IN 21
01:29:44 INHERITING EXACTLY THE SAME LAYOUT AFTER NEARLY A DECADE
01:29:47 FROM THE DEVELOPER'S REMODEL. SHORTLY AFTER MOVING IN WE WERE
01:29:49 TOLD WE HAD TO REINSTATE FOUR UNITS.
01:29:52 THE CITY'S CURRENT ENFORCEMENT POSITION THAT A FOUR UNIT
01:29:56 BUILDING EXISTS WAS UNLAWFULLY REMOVED IS DIRECTLY
01:29:59 CONTRADICTED BY THE CITY'S OWN RECORDS AT EVERY STAGE OF THIS
01:30:00 PROPERTY'S HISTORY. IT IS ALSO BUILT ON A
01:30:03 FOUNDATION THAT WAS NEVER LEGALLY ESTABLISHED.
01:30:05 THE 2013 PERMIT THAT CREATED THE FOUR UNIT DESIGNATION WAS
01:30:07 ISSUED WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION
01:30:10 OR NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION. THAT SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING
01:30:12 CODE REQUIRES FOR CHANGES TO A BUILDING UNIT COUNT THE
01:30:15 DESIGNATION THE CITY ENFORCING TODAY WAS NEVER SUBJECTED TO
01:30:17 THE PUBLIC PROCESS. THE CITY NOW DEMANDS FOR US
01:30:19 RESOLVE. >> GIVEN THOSE FACTS, HERE'S
01:30:22 THE PROBLEM. WHEN THIS ISSUE SURFACED WE DID
01:30:26 EXACTLY AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUGGESTED.
01:30:27 WE HIRED EXPERIENCED ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO REINSTATE THE
01:30:29 FOUR UNITS. HOWEVER, AFTER YEARS OF GOOD
01:30:33 FAITH EFFORT WE LEARNED THAT IT CANNOT BE DONE IN COMPLIANCE
01:30:34 WITH IN THE POLICIES AT PLAY. THE PENDING PLANNING
01:30:37 DEPARTMENT'S OWN STAFF REPORT CONFIRMS THAT OUR LOT IS
01:30:40 UNDERSIZED FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS UNDER PLANNING CODE
01:30:43 SECTION 209.2 THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DENSITY FOR THIS LOT
01:30:44 IN THE ROOM ONE DISTRICT IS 2.4 UNITS NOT FOR 2.4.
01:30:50 A FOUR UNIT DESIGNATION THAT THE CITY IS NOW ENFORCING
01:30:52 EXCEEDS WHAT THE PLANNING CODE ALLOWS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
01:30:55 IT IS BY THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN FINDING LEGAL NONCONFORMING
01:30:59 AND THIS IS THE CODE TODAY AND MORE NOTABLY THIS WAS THE
01:31:02 CODE IN 2013 WHEN THE DEVELOPER'S PERMITTED WAS
01:31:04 ISSUED WHICH MEANS THE FOUR UNIT PERMIT AT THE CENTER OF
01:31:07 THIS ENTIRE CASE WAS NOT JUST IMPROPERLY PROCESSED, IT WAS
01:31:10 FUNDAMENTALLY PROHIBITED BY THE ZONING CODE IN EFFECT AT THE
01:31:14 TIME IT WAS GRANTED A FOUR UNIT APPROVAL ON THE SLOT SHOULD
01:31:15 HAVE NEVER BEEN ISSUED. IT COULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED
01:31:18 PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS THAT WAS SKIPPED BECAUSE THE DENSITY
01:31:21 MAPS WOULD HAVE REJECTED IT OUTRIGHT.
01:31:22 THE ENTIRE ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTION THE
01:31:25 VIOLATION THE C A REQUIREMENT THE HEARING WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW
01:31:26 ALL RESTS ON A PERMIT THAT WAS UNLAWFUL FROM THE DAY IT WAS
01:31:30 CREATED. >> IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE
01:31:33 APPLIED TO BUILD FOUR UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY TODAY WE WOULD BE
01:31:34 DENIED AND IN 2013 WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED THEN TWO
01:31:38 AND YET UNDER SECTION 317 WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT WE CANNOT
01:31:41 REDUCE THE UNIT COUNT. BUT YOU CANNOT LOSE SOMETHING
01:31:44 THAT WAS NEVER BUILT AND WAS NEVER LAWFULLY PERMITTED TO BE
01:31:46 BUILT. FORCING 1.6 ADDITIONAL UNITS
01:31:49 INTO A BUILDING THAT CANNOT SUPPORT THEM DOES NOT PRODUCE
01:31:52 HOUSING. IT PRODUCES SUBSTANDARD, UNSAFE
01:31:53 LIVING CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NOT MEET THE CITY'S SOUND
01:31:56 QUALITY STANDARDS AND WE BELIEVE THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHY
01:31:58 PLANNING DIRECTED US TO PURSUE THE SEA RAY THESE UNITS THAT
01:32:03 ISKANDER PROMISED TO BUILD HAVE NEVER EXISTED.
01:32:05 >> NO ONE HAS EVER LIVED IN THEM.
01:32:07 NO ONE IS BEING DISPLACED BY THEIR REMOVAL FROM A
01:32:08 SPREADSHEET. THE ONLY PEOPLE POTENTIALLY AT
01:32:10 RISK OF BEING DISPLACED HERE ARE US THE FAMILY BEING TOLD TO
01:32:13 CONSTRUCT THEM. WHEN WE ASKED WHETHER WE COULD
01:32:14 EXPAND THE BUILDING ENVELOPE TO MAKE FOUR UNITS VIABLE
01:32:17 AND COMPLIANT, THAT FLEXIBILITY WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
01:32:20 WE DID NOT CREATE THIS CONTRADICTION.
01:32:21 IT WAS CREATED WHEN A FOUR UNIT PERMIT WAS ISSUED ON A LOT THAT
01:32:25 COULD NEVER LAWFULLY SUPPORT FOUR UNITS NOT UNDER TODAY'S
01:32:27 CODE AND NOT UNDER THE CODE IN EFFECT WHEN THE PERMIT WAS
01:32:30 GRANTED. WE ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE WE
01:32:31 DISAGREE WITH THE POLICY. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THE POLICY
01:32:34 APPLIED TO THE REALITY OF THIS PROPERTY PRODUCES AN INHERENT
01:32:35 GRIDLOCK AND WE ARE ASKING THIS BOARD TO SIMPLY HELP US FIND A
01:32:39 WAY THROUGH. I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
01:32:42 ACCOUNTABILITY TODAY AND I WANT TO OPENLY OWN OUR PORTION OF
01:32:45 IT. WE PURCHASED THIS HOME KNOWING
01:32:46 IT CARRIED A MULTI UNIT DESIGNATION ON PAPER THAT DID
01:32:49 NOT MATCH THE REALITY OF WHAT WE ARE MOVING INTO.
01:32:50 THAT WAS OUR DECISION. WE MADE IT WITH POOR ADVICE
01:32:53 LIMITED UNDERSTANDING, CONFLICTING CITY RECORDS
01:32:56 AND THE KIND OF OPTIMISM THAT MANY FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS
01:32:57 IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE TO SOME DEGREE GUILTY OF.
01:33:01 WE UNDERSTAND NOW THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT CHOICE.
01:33:02 WE OWN THAT FULLY AND WE ARE READY TO ACCEPT OUR FAIR SHARE
01:33:06 OF THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT DECISION AND YET WE ARE THE
01:33:09 ONLY PARTY IN THIS ENTIRE CHAIN THAT HAS BEEN ASKED TO OWN
01:33:10 ANYTHING AT ALL. THE DEVELOPER WHO BOUGHT OUT
01:33:13 TENANTS OBTAINED FOUR UNIT APPROVAL THAT VIOLATED THE
01:33:16 ZONING CODE AT THE TIME WAS ISSUED AND THEN BUILT SOMETHING
01:33:18 ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MADE $4 MILLION IN PROFIT AND THEN
01:33:19 WALKED AWAY. HE HAS FACED NO CONSEQUENCE
01:33:23 FROM ANY CITY AGENCY FOR WHAT WAS BUILT OR RATHER WHAT WAS
01:33:26 NOT BUILT AT THIS ADDRESS OR ANY OF HIS OTHER PROPERTIES.
01:33:29 GBI, THE AGENCY THAT CONDUCTED 21 FIELD INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED
01:33:31 A CFC FOR A BUILDING THAT DID NOT MATCH THE APPROVED PLANS
01:33:35 HAS GIVEN NO EXPLANATION FACE NO CONSEQUENCE IN CONNECTION
01:33:38 WITH THIS PROPERTY. THE PRIOR OWNERS LIVED IN THE
01:33:41 HOME FOR FOUR YEARS AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND THEY SOLD
01:33:42 IT AT A PROFIT AND MOVED ON. EVERYONE UPSTREAM EITHER
01:33:45 PROFITED OR FACED NO CONSEQUENCES.
01:33:48 THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE SITUATION HAS LANDED ON THE
01:33:50 ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME FORWARD ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS
01:33:52 AND TRIED TO MAKE IT RIGHT. WE WANT THE RECORD TO BE CLEAR
01:33:54 ABOUT WHAT A VOTE AGAINST US PRODUCES TODAY BECAUSE IT DOES
01:33:57 NOT PRODUCE WHAT THE FRAMING SUGGESTS.
01:33:59 A VOTE AGAINST US DOES NOT PRODUCE REAL HOUSING BECAUSE IT
01:34:01 CANNOT SUSTAINABLY HAVE FOUR COMPLIANT UNITS ON THE PROPERTY
01:34:04 AND IT DOES NOT HOLD BAD ACTORS ACCOUNTABLE.
01:34:07 THE DEVELOPER IS NOT HERE BEFORE YOU.
01:34:10 HE IS NOT HERE BEFORE YOU. THE ONLY PEOPLE BEFORE YOU ARE
01:34:12 THE ONES WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE RULES.
01:34:15 A VOTE AGAINST US PRODUCES AN OUTCOME THAT EVERYONE
01:34:16 IN OPPOSITION REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
01:34:19 THE PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT OF OUR FAMILY AT A SIGNIFICANT
01:34:20 AND DEVASTATING FINANCIAL LOSS. OUR TWO BOYS AGED EIGHT AND 11
01:34:25 LEAVE THE NUMBER NEIGHBORHOOD THEY'VE GROWN UP IN.
01:34:27 THEY LEAVE GARFIELD ELEMENTARY ,A PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT HAS SEEN
01:34:32 ENROLLMENT DROP NEARLY 10% FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IN A
01:34:34 DISTRICT THAT IS ALREADY LOSING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT AN
01:34:37 ALARMING RATE DUE TO THE LACK OF FAMILY SIZED HOMES IN OUR
01:34:40 NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS WHAT THIS VOTE DECIDES
01:34:41 NOT A HOUSING POLICY IN THE ABSTRACT NOT UNIT COUNTS IN A
01:34:45 SPREADSHEET. IT DECIDES WHETHER A FAMILY
01:34:48 THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 23 YEARS HAS
01:34:51 SUPPORTED ITS SCHOOLS AND ITS NEIGHBORS AND ITS SMALL
01:34:53 BUSINESSES GETS TO STAY. WE ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO BE
01:34:55 EXCUSED FROM RESPONSIBILITY. WE'VE TAKEN MORE RESPONSIBILITY
01:35:00 FOR THIS SITUATION THAN ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED.
01:35:02 WE ARE ASKING THAT RESPONSIBILITY BE SHARED
01:35:04 PROPORTIONATELY AMONG EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO IT RATHER
01:35:07 THAN BE PLACED ENTIRELY ON THE PEOPLE VERSUS REMOVED FROM ITS
01:35:08 CREATION. AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT WE
01:35:12 ARE HUMBLY ASKING FOR PARTNERSHIP IN FINDING A
01:35:13 SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY AND FOR OUR FAMILY.
01:35:19 WE ARE ASKING THIS BOARD TO LEGALIZE A CONDITION THAT HAS
01:35:21 DOMINANTLY IN THE STUDENTS PROPERTY FOR OVER A CENTURY
01:35:23 REMEDY A DESIGNATION THAT WAS UNLAWFULLY GRANTED IN 2013
01:35:25 AND RETURN IT TO TWO UNITS. IF THIS BOARD BELIEVES A
01:35:27 DIFFERENT BETTER A BETTER PATH THAT SERVES THE CITY SCHOOLS,
01:35:31 WE'RE OPEN TO THAT CONVERSATION.
01:35:31 WE ARE HERE TO COLLABORATE AND WE HOPE THIS BOARD WILL
01:35:35 GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
01:35:36 WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF
01:35:37 US. >> THANK YOU.
01:35:44 I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES SO WE WILL OPEN UP
01:35:48 PUBLIC COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
01:35:53 SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE APPEAL. MADAM CLERK, YOU WANT TO CALL
01:35:56 FOR THE FIRST SPEAKER? WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU IF
01:36:00 YOU'RE HERE IN THE CHAMBER AND YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE
01:36:01 APPELLANT PLEASE COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.
01:36:04 >> THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN A MOMENT FURTHER ON
01:36:07 DOWN THE HEARING THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
01:36:12 IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. >> WELCOME.
01:36:16 WE'RE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
01:36:20 >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:36:20 MY NAME IS MOLLY JONES. I AM A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT
01:36:26 AS WELL AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER
01:36:30 HALF OF MY LIFE BEFORE SAN FRANCISCO I ACTUALLY GREW UP
01:36:34 IN STOCKTON WITH CAITLIN AND BEN WHO I HAVE KNOWN FOR
01:36:38 OVER 40 YEARS. >> ONCE WE ALL KIND OF FINISHED
01:36:42 SCHOOL WE SET OUR SIGHTS ON SAN FRANCISCO.
01:36:45 IT WAS OUR DREAM TO ALL LIVE HERE.
01:36:47 WE DID SO RIGHT AFTER MULTIPLE MULTIPLE JOBS BETWEEN ALL OF US
01:36:53 AS THIS CITY IS EXPENSIVE BUT IN OUR 20S WE WORKED HARD TO BE
01:36:57 ABLE TO LIVE THE DREAM OF BEING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:37:01 CAITLIN AND BEN PICKED NORTH BEACH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
01:37:04 THEY LOVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THE
01:37:08 RETAILERS THERE THROUGHOUT THEIR 20 PLUS YEARS OF LIVING
01:37:12 HERE. THEY ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS
01:37:16 THERE. >> YOU KNOW SAN FRANCISCO, A
01:37:17 LOT OF THE AREAS HERE IS FULL OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUT WITH
01:37:23 CAITLIN AND BEN THIS HAS BEEN 30 PLUS YEARS OF SAVINGS
01:37:27 AND PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO OWN THEIR VERY FIRST HOME IN THEIR
01:37:32 NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTH BEACH THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
01:37:35 I UNDERSTAND WHILE YOU GUYS ARE REVIEWING ALL OF THIS, YOU'RE
01:37:37 REALLY LOOKING AT POLICIES. BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE
01:37:40 YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AS WELL TOO.
01:37:44 I'M LOOKING AT TWO LITTLE BOYS WHO GET TO GO TO THEIR
01:37:47 NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WHO GET TO LIVE BY THEIR BEST FRIENDS, A
01:37:54 HOME THAT IS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, OPEN THEIR DOORS AND HOLD
01:37:58 NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS AND TO REALLY ALWAYS HAVE THEIR DOOR
01:38:02 OPEN. BUT IF THIS FAILS, ALL OF THAT
01:38:03 IS GOING TO BE GONE. >> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
01:38:06 MOVE OUT DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
01:38:10 ABLE TO LIVE IN A CORNER OF THIS HOUSE WHEN THEY MOVE BACK
01:38:14 IN. >> THEY HAVE TWO PARENTS THAT
01:38:15 WORK FROM HOME CHILDREN AND THEY ALSO HAVE ELDERLY
01:38:18 PARENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
01:38:21 >> THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT'S UNFAIR.
01:38:25 >> IT'S REALLY INHUMANE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:38:29 LET'S HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER WHO IS IN SUPPORT OF
01:38:30 THE APPEAL. WELCOME.
01:38:33 GOOD AFTERNOON. I GO HOME.
01:38:37 MY NAME IS YAN SY. I'M A FIFTH GENERATION SAN
01:38:40 FRANCISCAN. A FATHER OF FOUR AND A NEIGHBOR
01:38:43 AND FRIEND TO THE HOLLOWAY RAMIREZ FAMILY IN NORTH BEACH.
01:38:46 I'M HERE TO CALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONDITIONAL USE
01:38:51 AUTHORIZATION. I'VE KNOWN CAITLIN AND BEN FOR
01:38:54 TEN YEARS. WE STARTED OUR FAMILIES
01:38:55 TOGETHER. WE GREW OUR CAREERS TOGETHER
01:38:58 AND OVER THAT TEN YEARS AS WE'VE SEEN COUNTLESS FAMILIES
01:39:02 FLEE SAN FRANCISCO. I'VE SEEN KATELYN BEN GO THE
01:39:04 OTHER WAY PUTTING DOWN THOSE ROOTS NOT JUST THAT ACTUALLY
01:39:07 MAKING THEM REALLY FLOURISH. THEY HAVE BECOME LINCHPINS TO
01:39:11 OUR COMMUNITY MAKING COUNTLESS INVESTMENTS TO REVITALIZE THE
01:39:17 NEIGHBORHOOD, BECOMING COMMUNITY LEADERS AND MOST
01:39:19 IMPORTANTLY RAISING TWO AMAZING CHILDREN WHO I SHOULD MENTION
01:39:22 AS THE PARENT MENTIONED HAVE BEEN AN ASSET FOR US EVERY STEP
01:39:27 OF THE WAY RAISING THEM TO BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF
01:39:30 CIVIC MINDED, ENGAGED SAN FRANCISCANS AND IT'S THEIR
01:39:34 FAMILY AND FAMILIES LIKE MINE THAT THE FUTURE OF SAN
01:39:38 FRANCISCO RELIES. >> BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT
01:39:41 EASY TO RAISE A FAMILY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:39:42 WE HAVE NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT THAT .
01:39:45 BUT WHEN THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT ARE PUT FORTH BY THE CITY
01:39:47 IN THE FORM OF ANTIQUATED REGULATIONS AND CODES AND AN
01:39:52 INABILITY TO MODERNIZE IN VIEW OF THESE SITUATIONS THAT MAKES
01:39:56 IT EVER MORE DIFFICULT TO KEEP THOSE ROOTS HERE.
01:39:59 THE PARENTS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO
01:40:03 RECTIFY A SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE NOT ORIGINALLY A PARTY TO
01:40:07 AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE FAMILY THAT WE SEE SITTING HERE ARE
01:40:11 THE SORT OF FAMILIES THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IF THEY
01:40:15 WERE TO LOSE AND HAVE FAMILIES LIKE THEIRS HAVE TO LOSE
01:40:18 BECAUSE OF SITUATIONS LIKE THESE WILL BE A SELF-INFLICTED
01:40:20 INJURY THAT THE CITY CANNOT AFFORD.
01:40:23 I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION.
01:40:26 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF
01:40:31 THE PUBLIC? PLEASE COME ON UP IN SUPPORT OF
01:40:32 THE APPEAL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES
01:40:37 MANDELMAN. MY NAME IS JENNIFER AND I'M A
01:40:41 SMALL BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:40:43 AND MY HUSBAND AND I BECAME FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS SIX YEARS
01:40:45 AGO. >> I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR
01:40:49 12 YEARS AND I'VE CHOSEN TO STAY AND INVEST HERE BECAUSE I
01:40:54 BELIEVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE
01:40:57 TODAY BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THIS FAMILY ISN'T JUST
01:41:01 COMPLICATED. >> IT'S WRONG.
01:41:04 A DEVELOPER GOT APPROVAL TO BUILD ONE THING, BUILT
01:41:06 SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND WALKED AWAY WITH A
01:41:09 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROFIT. >> DB SIGNED OFF ON IT.
01:41:16 AND NOW BOTH ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
01:41:17 >> AND SOMEHOW THE ONLY PEOPLE PAYING THE PRICE ARE THESE
01:41:21 HOMEOWNERS WHO BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN GOOD FAITH AND HAVE
01:41:25 SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT
01:41:28 THEY DID NOT CREATE. THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY.
01:41:35 THAT'S PUNISHING THE WRONG PEOPLE.
01:41:38 I FOLLOW THE RULES. >> I PAY MY TAXES.
01:41:39 I RUN A BUSINESS IN THIS CITY. AND I'M STANDING HERE ASKING IF
01:41:46 THIS IS HOW SAN FRANCISCO TREATS PEOPLE WHO DO EVERYTHING
01:41:50 RIGHT. THEN WHO IS THIS SYSTEM
01:41:51 ACTUALLY WORKING FOR? >> BECAUSE THIS FAMILY HAD
01:41:55 OPTIONS. >> THEY COULD HAVE FOUGHT YOU.
01:41:59 THEY COULD HAVE DRAGGED THIS OUT IN COURT.
01:42:02 THEY COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY. AND THEY DIDN'T.
01:42:06 THEY CHOSE TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
01:42:07 THEY CHOSE TO TRY TO FIX IT THE RIGHT WAY.
01:42:10 >> AND RIGHT NOW IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BEING PUNISHED FOR
01:42:14 THAT. THEIR PROPOSAL IS REASONABLE.
01:42:17 IT ADDS A RENT CONTROLLED UNIT. IT AVOIDS DISPLACEMENT.
01:42:22 IT ACTUALLY MOVES THIS SITUATION TOWARDS A REAL
01:42:25 SOLUTION. >> DENYING THIS APPEAL DOESN'T
01:42:26 FIX ANYTHING. IT JUST FORCES THIS FAMILY OUT
01:42:30 OF THEIR HOME AND LETS THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAUSED THIS
01:42:33 WALK AWAY ON TOUCHED. >> SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.
01:42:37 IF DOING THE RIGHT THING LEADS TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:42:41 THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D
01:42:45 LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT FOR
01:42:47 THE FILE. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS
01:42:49 WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT?
01:42:53 >> ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT.
01:42:54 PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE APPEAL IS NOW CLOSED.
01:42:57 >> AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
01:43:01 PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR UP TO TEN MINUTES.
01:43:31 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.
01:43:36 MY NAME IS SENIOR AND OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNERS FOR
01:43:39 SUPERVISOR DISTRICT THREE. SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
01:43:43 PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ACCOMPANIED TODAY BY COUNTY
01:43:47 ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGERS VERONICA FLORES, ACTING
01:43:50 LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS MANAGER AND MATT GREANEY, DEPUTY
01:43:54 DIRECTOR, INSPECTION SERVICES FOR TBI.
01:43:59 >> ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCT TO
01:44:03 CONSIDER THE A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR THIS
01:44:07 PROPERTY. THE PROJECT PROPOSED TO
01:44:10 LEGALIZE THE MERGER OF THREE DWELLING UNITS ON THE SECOND
01:44:15 AND THIRD FLOORS INTO ONE UNIT AND TO REINSTATE 1 TO 2 UNITS
01:44:19 ON THE GROUND FLOOR. WE THINK WHAT'S LEGALLY AN
01:44:22 EXISTING FOUR UNIT BUILDING. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDED A
01:44:27 SMALL HORIZONTAL ADDITION AT THE PENTHOUSE LEVEL TO
01:44:30 ACCOMMODATE AN ELEVATOR. DURING THE HEARING A MOTION WAS
01:44:34 MADE TO DENY THE PROJECT. THE VOTE RESULTED IN A THREE
01:44:38 THREE TIE MEANING THE COMMISSION FAILED TO ACT UNDER
01:44:42 THE PLANNING CODE. FAILURE TO ACT CONSTITUTES A DE
01:44:45 FACTO DENIAL. MOVING ON TO THE APPEAL THE
01:44:49 APPELLANT PRESENTED SEVERAL CLAIMS AND THEY ARE CORE
01:44:51 ARGUMENT IS THAT THE BUILDING HAS LONG FUNCTIONED AS A SINGLE
01:44:55 FAMILY HOME AND THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT THE
01:44:58 BUILDING WAS EVER FOR LEGALLY FOR LEGALLY BUILT UNITS.
01:45:02 >> THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DISAGREES WITH THAT ASSERTION.
01:45:08 >> THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL
01:45:13 CONSISTENT EVIDENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY AGENCIES
01:45:17 AND DOCUMENTS SHOWING THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LEGALLY A
01:45:21 FOUR UNIT BUILDING. KEY EVIDENCE INCLUDES APPROVED
01:45:25 AND ISSUED BUILDING PERMIT PLANS SHOWING FOUR UNITS A 30
01:45:29 DAY NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION UNIT WAS COMPLETED BETWEEN
01:45:33 SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2011 TO OCTOBER 8TH, 20 11.
01:45:39 MULTIPLE INSPECTORS FROM THE FBI AND FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT
01:45:43 JUST ONE CONDUCTED SITE VISITS THROUGHOUT THE RENOVATION
01:45:46 PERIOD. >> TWO OFFICIAL THREE HOUR
01:45:53 REPORTS ISSUED IN 2017 AND 2020 BEFORE EACH SALE OF THE
01:45:57 PROPERTY AND LISTING FOR FAMILY TRAINING AS THE LEGAL UNIT
01:46:07 AND IN CLOSE THE STAIRWELL AND SECOND MEANS OF EGRESS
01:46:10 IN THE BUILDING WHICH TYPICALLY FOUND ONLY A MULTI FAMILY
01:46:13 BUILDING. >> ASSESSOR RECORDER DATA WHICH
01:46:17 IDENTIFIES AND ASSESSED THE PROPERTY AS A FOUR UNIT
01:46:21 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. >> AND LASTLY TWO FORMER LONG
01:46:28 TERM TENANTS. WRITTEN STATEMENTS CONFIRMING
01:46:32 THE BUILDING OPERATED AS A FOUR UNIT RANK CONTROLLED PROPERTY
01:46:36 FOR OVER 30 YEARS INCLUDING INTO THE EARLY 20 TENS.
01:46:40 >> WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BUILDING APPEARS TO HAVE
01:46:44 FUNCTIONED AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN MORE RECENT YEARS, THE
01:46:48 LEGAL STATUS NOT ITS CURRENT OCCUPANCY GOVERNS OUR
01:46:51 EVALUATIONS OF MERGERS THUS AUTHORIZING THE PROPOSED
01:46:56 PROJECT WOULD LEGALIZE AN UNAUTHORIZED MERGER RESULTING A
01:47:03 NET LOSS OF TWO RENT CONTROL UNITS THAT CONFLICT WITH THE
01:47:05 HOUSING ELEMENT AND LONGSTANDING CITY POLICY
01:47:07 DISCOURAGING THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING HOUSING.
01:47:12 >> SET A PRECEDENT. ENCOURAGE AND SIMILAR AFTER THE
01:47:15 FACT REQUEST. >> THEREFORE THE PLANNING
01:47:19 DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THE BOARD UPHOLD THE COMMISSION'S DE
01:47:20 FACTO DENIAL AND DENY THE APPEAL.
01:47:24 THIS CONCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION AND STAFF IS
01:47:28 AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
01:47:31 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU SO
01:47:37 MUCH PRESIDENT. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
01:47:41 OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:47:44 SO DURING THE APPELLANT'S PRESENTATION THERE WAS A COUPLE
01:47:48 THINGS THAT WERE PUT OUT THAT WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I
01:47:52 READ IN THE VOLUMINOUS MATERIALS THAT RECEIVED ON THIS
01:47:57 APPEAL. >> AT THE FIRST ONE WAS THAT
01:48:00 TWO OF THE UNITS WERE UNPERMITTED.
01:48:03 >> AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, TELL US IF YOU
01:48:08 HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU KNOW, COULD MAYBE LEAD US TO
01:48:14 THINK THAT TWO OF THE UNITS WERE UNPERMITTED BECAUSE WHEN I
01:48:17 READ THE THREE HOUR REPORTS AND ALL OF THE OTHER
01:48:19 DOCUMENTATION IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE THEY WERE BOTH PERMITTED
01:48:21 IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING CODE AND THE BUILDING UP.
01:48:25 >> SURE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT
01:48:28 QUESTIONS SO THAT TO YOU THESE ISSUES WERE INITIALLY FOUND
01:48:33 IN THE ENFORCEMENT CASE BACK IN 20 TENS AND SUBSEQUENTLY
01:48:39 THERE IS A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO
01:48:44 LEGALIZE THOSE TWO UNIT USE. >> AND THROUGH THAT BUILDING
01:48:48 PERMIT APPLICATIONS THOSE TWO UNITS BECOME LEGAL TO ONLY
01:48:51 UNITS. AND THUS FAR THERE IS WE
01:48:55 BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR TOTAL 20 UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY.
01:48:59 >> AND SO WHEN WAS THAT LEGALIZATION?
01:49:00 WHAT DID THAT TAKE PLACE? >> THE D THE BUILDING PERMIT
01:49:11 APPLICATION WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED IN 2011 AND IT WAS
01:49:15 FINALIZED. THE CERTIFICATE OF NO
01:49:19 COMPLETION WAS ISSUING MAY ON MAY 9TH, 2016.
01:49:23 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:49:26 >> AND THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT THE APPELLANT
01:49:30 MADE IN THEIR PRESENTATION WAS THAT TODAY IT WOULD BE
01:49:34 IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD FOUR CODE COMPLIANT UNITS.
01:49:37 AND SO IN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I REVIEWED WITH THIS
01:49:41 APPEAL IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME
01:49:46 ON THIS PROPERTY OF 3780FT2 DIVIDED BY FOUR.
01:49:54 THAT'S 945FT2 PER UNIT WHICH IS PRETTY GENEROUS.
01:49:56 THAT'S YOU KNOW, MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH AS IS LEGALLY
01:49:59 REQUIRED. >> SO CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
01:50:02 BIT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE DEPARTMENT THINKS THAT IT IS
01:50:07 POSSIBLE TO BUILD FOUR CODE COMPLIANT UNITS IN THIS
01:50:10 STRUCTURE WITHOUT ADDING BULK AND HEIGHT TO THE ENVELOPE?
01:50:14 >> I'M SO IN YOUR PACKET IN THE LAST TWO PAGES IS ACTUALLY
01:50:22 THERE IS PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED INTO I BELIEVE THAT'S
01:50:27 20/20 THREE BY THE APPELLANT PAGE TWO SHOWS HOW THE PLOT THE
01:50:35 PROPERTY CAN POTENTIALLY BE CONVERTED BACK TO FOUR UNITS.
01:50:39 >> UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THOSE PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO SB 1214
01:50:44 THE PROTECTED PLANS I WON'T BE ABLE TO SHARE IT OVER THE
01:50:48 PROJECTORS BUT IT DOES SHOWS THE POSSIBILITIES THAT HOW
01:50:51 THOSE UNITS CAN BE CONVERTED BACK TO FOUR UNITS.
01:50:54 >> AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID APPROVED THE THE PLANS AT
01:50:59 THAT TIME THE PLANS JUST NEVER BEING ISSUED.
01:51:03 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:51:04 I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ONE LAST QUESTION.
01:51:07 YOU KNOW THIS MAY BE TOO MUCH FOR US AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, I
01:51:15 WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I
01:51:18 REMEMBER SEEING CASES VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE OVER
01:51:21 AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS A POLICY ISSUE
01:51:25 AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ISSUE. I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL
01:51:28 US JUST BALLPARK HOW MANY OF THESE CASES DO WE SEE?
01:51:32 VERONICA FLORES PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF?
01:51:37 I DON'T HAVE A PERFECT NUMBER FOR YOU BUT WE DO SEE A HANDFUL
01:51:44 OF THESE AND THEY ARE ALWAYS AS YOU KNOW, VERY TOUGH HEARINGS
01:51:47 AND VERY INVOLVED DISCUSSIONS. I CAN CONFER WITH COLLEAGUES TO
01:51:52 SEE IF WE HAVE A BETTER ESTIMATE BUT WE WE SEE A
01:51:55 HANDFUL TO A DOZEN EVERY YEAR AND THAT'S IS THAT JUST BECAUSE
01:52:00 THAT'S WHEN THEIR THEIR COMPLAINT DRIVEN THESE ARE OUR
01:52:03 WORK AS YOU KNOW IS COMPLAINT DRIVEN SO AS IN THE CASE HERE
01:52:07 WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY THROUGH A
01:52:11 SITE VISIT FROM AN ENFORCEMENT CASE.
01:52:16 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:52:17 SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MERRIMAN.
01:52:21 I HEARD SOMEONE SAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SOMETHING ABOUT
01:52:24 AN INVESTIGATION AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IS BEING
01:52:27 INVESTIGATED. I WASN'T QUITE CLEAR ON THAT.
01:52:31 SOMEBODY IN PUBLIC COME AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT AN
01:52:34 INVESTIGATION THAT MAY BE HAPPENING.
01:52:38 >> SORRY. I'M MATT GREEN, THE DEPARTMENT
01:52:39 OF BUILDING INSPECTION. I DO KNOW WE'VE WRITTEN A
01:52:42 NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND WE ARE DOING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION
01:52:46 AS TO HOW WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED AT THE CFC.
01:52:49 AND WE'RE ALSO DISCUSSING WHETHER THIS IS EGREGIOUS
01:52:53 ENOUGH TO ADD THE DEVELOPER TO OUR EXPANDED COMPLIANCE CONTROL
01:52:56 LIST. >> AND WHEN DOES THAT DECISION
01:53:00 GET MADE? >> I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH
01:53:01 OUR COMPLIANCE OFFICER BUT IT IS AFTER THIS HEARING LIKE I'M
01:53:05 NOT GOING TO. >> OH YES.
01:53:06 SORRY, JASON. AND I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
01:53:08 RIGHT HERE, CORRECT? YES.
01:53:09 BUT THIS WOULD BE ON THE DEVELOPER BACK IN 20 THAT THE
01:53:14 2016 SIGN OFF. >> THANK.
01:53:16 >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
01:53:21 I WANT TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM DBA IF I MAY.
01:53:29 >> I GUESS YOU KNOW THIS THIS MAYBE MY FIRST QUESTION MIGHT
01:53:33 BE FOR DBA OR FOR PLANNING BUT I DO SEE CONFLICT HERE BETWEEN
01:53:37 THE INFORMATION YOU SHARED WITH THE ASSESSOR NOTING FOR UNITS
01:53:41 BUT THEN IN PARTICULAR THIS FOURTH UNIT OF FOR SAN ANTONIO
01:53:45 PLACE NOT EXISTING IN A MASTER ADDRESS REGISTRY NOT IN ANY
01:53:52 PERMIT RECORDS, NOT IN ANY PROPERTY TAX RULES, NO VOTER
01:53:54 REGISTRATION FILES RELATED TO THE PROPERTY NOT RELATED TO ANY
01:53:58 CENSUS OR POSTAL DATABASE. >> CAN YOU HELP SQUARE THAT UP
01:54:04 ? >> I'M SORRY.
01:54:05 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? SUPERVISORS ARE I THINK MY
01:54:09 QUESTION IS IS THIS FOURTH UNIT?
01:54:15 FOR ME THERE'S PRETTY GOOD EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE I MEAN
01:54:21 THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE TWO UNITS HERE THAT WERE
01:54:23 AUTHORIZED AND THEN THERE'S TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS WHICH WERE
01:54:25 IN THE BACK WHICH WERE UNAUTHORIZED FOR A NUMBER OF
01:54:29 YEARS IN A STORAGE SHED. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT
01:54:30 STORAGE SHED HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED.
01:54:33 SO THIS CURRENT PROPERTY THAT STILL STANDS TODAY HAS NEVER
01:54:38 HAD FOUR UNITS. I THINK THAT'S A FACT.
01:54:40 THIS FOURTH UNIT FEELS LIKE IT'S ITS EXISTENCE
01:54:47 AND HABITATION IS RESTS ON PRETTY THIN ICE.
01:54:51 AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT SAYS FOUR UNITS
01:54:55 IN THE ASSESSOR ROLE BUT THE FOUR SAN ANTONIO PLACE DOESN'T
01:54:58 EXIST IN ANY OF THESE OTHER DATABASES THAT WE LOOK AT THAT
01:55:02 I MENTIONED. I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE
01:55:06 MORE TO SQUARE UP THAT DISCREPANCY AND THAT CAN GO TO
01:55:07 TBI OR TO PLANNING? >> WELL, I WOULD DISAGREE THAT
01:55:12 THERE'S NEVER FOUR UNITS THERE. WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:55:13 INSPECTED THE PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2016 FOR THE
01:55:17 SPRINKLER SYSTEM. THEY CONFIRMED THERE WAS FOUR
01:55:20 UNITS A SEPARATE FIRE INSPECTOR WAS BACK OUT THERE IN APRIL OF
01:55:23 2016, CONFIRMED THE FOUR UNITS AND THEN OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR
01:55:27 WAS THERE IN MAY OF 2016 CONFIRMED FOUR UNITS AS TO THE
01:55:29 ADDRESS THE PERMIT IN QUESTION HERE WAS THE BUILDING WAS
01:55:34 ORIGINALLY A LEGAL TWO UNIT BUILDING AND THAT THE PERMIT
01:55:39 IN QUESTION FROM 2011 WAS TO LEGALIZE THE EXISTING THE TWO
01:55:43 ILLEGAL THE EXISTING TWO THE TWO EXISTING ILLEGAL UNITS FOR
01:55:47 A TOTAL OF FOUR UNITS. >> THE ADDRESS THAT I THINK
01:55:53 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A THREE HOUR REPORT WAS FOR SAN ANTONIO
01:55:56 PLACE AND FIVE FOR TWO SIX MY WHOLE STREET HAS TWO ADDRESSES
01:55:57 ON IT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE JUST. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
01:56:00 YES. YES.
01:56:06 I YOU KNOW I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT ABOUT THE SAN
01:56:11 ANTONIO. >> I DID TRY TO FIND DIG THAT
01:56:12 ADDRESS UP MYSELF. I COULDN'T FIND AND I THINK
01:56:14 THAT'S COMPLETELY FAIR BECAUSE IT'S IT APPEARS TO BE A MYSTERY
01:56:18 TO ME AS WELL. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU PLEASE.
01:56:22 >> YEAH. COULD I COULD I ALSO SPEAK TO
01:56:25 KELLY WONG, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER AT THE PLANNING
01:56:26 DEPARTMENT? >> SO IN THE 2011 PERMIT SET
01:56:29 YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBER FOUR AND FOUR A WHICH I BELIEVE IS
01:56:33 REFERENCING THE ONES THE FOUR A SAN ANTONIO PLACE IN THE
01:56:39 DRAWINGS YOU WILL SEE THAT THE UNIT FOUR AND A UNIT FOR A ARE
01:56:43 OUTLINED IN ADDITION TO 524 AND 526 VALLEJO STREET.
01:56:46 >> THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THE 2011 IS THAT
01:56:49 RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT.
01:56:54 2011 02049686. >> THANK YOU.
01:56:55 THANK YOU. AND THEN THE I THINK ANOTHER
01:56:58 YOU KNOW CRITICAL PIECE HERE IS THE THE 2016 ACTION WHICH IS
01:57:04 TVI SIGNING A CERTIFICATE OF FINAL COMPLETION IN 2016.
01:57:09 BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THAT
01:57:13 CERTIFICATE BEING SIGNED AND THE HOME IS LISTED FOR SALE
01:57:17 AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT
01:57:21 SORT OF WORK WITHIN A MONTH CONVERTING A FOUR UNIT HOME
01:57:25 INTO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN A MONTH.
01:57:29 AND I'M JUST LEFT WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TIMELINE
01:57:32 AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR ANY GUIDANCE OR THOUGHTS OF HOW
01:57:36 SUCH A SERIES OF EVENTS COULD HAPPEN BECAUSE IT STRIKES ME AS
01:57:41 THAT IS AT THE HEART OF THIS IS DID THAT WORK ACTUALLY HAPPEN
01:57:47 AND THE VALIDITY OF THAT CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
01:57:50 IN 2016 AND THAT'S A THOUGHT AND A QUESTION I SHARE YOUR
01:57:58 CONCERN AS WELL. >> THAT DOES SEEM LIKE A QUITE
01:57:59 QUICK TURNAROUND LET'S SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT IS A QUICK
01:58:02 TURNAROUND. I WILL SAY THERE IS THREE
01:58:06 SEPARATE INSPECTORS THERE WITHIN A TWO MONTH PERIOD, TWO
01:58:08 FIRE INSPECTORS AND ONE BUILDING INSPECTOR WHO
01:58:10 CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A FOUR UNIT BUILDING AT THE TIME.
01:58:14 OKAY. SO KELLY WONG, I JUST WANT TO
01:58:19 ALSO ADD TO THE RECORD THAT DURING OUR SITE VISITS AND OUR
01:58:22 CODE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS WE OFTEN DO FIND WE RECEIVE
01:58:26 COMPLAINTS FOR A MERGER BECAUSE OF REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
01:58:31 AND SOMETIMES THE LISTINGS ARE NOT ACCURATE.
01:58:35 SO WE HAVE INVESTIGATED MERGER COMPLAINTS AND ACTUALLY
01:58:39 CONFIRMED THAT THE MERGERS DID NOT OCCUR.
01:58:43 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:58:44 AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. >> CAN YOU GIVE A SENSE TO WITH
01:58:51 THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE OF ANY
01:58:55 INVESTIGATION AT THE MOMENT OR WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED YOU
01:58:58 KNOW, HOW MANY OTHER PROPERTIES THEY APPEAR TO HAVE WORKED ON
01:59:02 ANY VIOLATIONS, ANYTHING TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THAT?
01:59:08 I KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER PROPERTY WHO ARE CURRENTLY
01:59:12 TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS TO IT FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
01:59:13 >> THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR CHAN I JUST WANT
01:59:23 A CLARIFICATION TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PHOTO THAT
01:59:27 IN YOUR PRESENTATION INDICATED THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATE
01:59:31 ELECTRICAL METERS AND THAT'S FROM YOUR VISIT IN 2020 TO WHY
01:59:37 IS THAT IMPORTANT? >> LIKE WHAT DOES THAT WHAT
01:59:41 DOES THAT PHOTO ACTUALLY INDICATE IT AND WHAT DOES THAT
01:59:44 MEAN? COULD YOU ELABORATE?
01:59:48 >> I BELIEVE IT IS FOUR SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METERS, ONE
01:59:51 FOR EACH UNIT AND THEN YOU SEE A FIFTH METER THERE FOR THE THE
01:59:55 HOUSE METER WHICH WOULD BE THE COMMON LIGHTS AND SUCH.
01:59:58 >> SORRY SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
01:59:58 IT WAS NOT CLEAR. >> I'M SORRY.
02:00:02 SO YOU SEE THERE'S FOUR UNITS IN THE VERTICAL LINE THERE.
02:00:05 THOSE ARE FOUR UNITS FOR EACH ONE FOR EACH SPECIFIC UNIT.
02:00:08 AND THEN OFF TO THE RIGHT THERE'S ANOTHER METER THERE
02:00:10 THAT WOULD BE CALLED THE HOUSE METER FOR COMMON LIGHTS
02:00:13 AND STUFF LIKE THAT. >> BUT BUT WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
02:00:16 TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METERS?
02:00:20 BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THERE'S FOUR SEPARATE
02:00:25 UNITS. >> I SEE.
02:00:28 AND AND THIS WAS AND THAT SORRY.
02:00:31 AND THEN I'M TRYING TO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT THE TIMELINE
02:00:35 IN THAT IT WAS INDICATED IN YOUR VISIT FOR 2022 AND THAT
02:00:38 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THIS WORK THAT IS SHOWS THAT THERE
02:00:46 ARE FOUR IS THIS AFTER THE NEW OWNER OCCUPIED THIS SPACE OR IS
02:00:50 IT BEFORE I'M TRYING TO I'M KIND OF I'M SORRY I'M TRYING TO
02:00:55 UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT WHY THIS IS CRITICAL TO INCLUDE AS FOR
02:01:01 SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METERS AND BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO
02:01:02 UNDERSTAND THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEBATE HERE THAT WHETHER THE
02:01:06 CURRENTLY THE OWNER KNOWS OR KNOWINGLY OR NOT KNOWINGLY THAT
02:01:11 THERE WERE FOUR UNITS AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BOTH
02:01:14 IN THE TIMELINE AND IN YOUR PRESENTATION HERE IT SEEMS TO
02:01:18 ME AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND I MISUNDERSTAND THE
02:01:22 CRITICAL PHOTO OF THIS OR INCLUDED THIS.
02:01:26 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PRESENT TO US IS THAT IT SEEMS
02:01:32 LIKE IT WAS CLEAR TO ANYONE INCLUDING THE OWNERS ARE
02:01:36 CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THE SPACE THAT THERE WERE FORMERLY FOUR
02:01:40 UNITS BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR IT TO ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR IT'S IT'S
02:01:45 BECAUSE THAT THAT IS WHY YOU WOULD REQUIRED TO HAVE FOUR
02:01:49 SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE FOUR
02:01:52 INDEPENDENT UNITS RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THAT ONE SPACE.
02:01:56 >> IS THAT CORRECT? A CORRECT.
02:01:59 THANK YOU. SO SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE
02:02:01 IS THAT YOU'RE SHOWING TO US AS AN EVIDENCE THAT BOTH BE AT THE
02:02:05 DEVELOPER OR INCLUSIVE OF THE PERSON THAT THE THE THE OWNERS
02:02:12 ARE OCCUPYING THIS I'M SORRY I'M JUST PARAPHRASING BECAUSE I
02:02:15 WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM ASKING.
02:02:20 BUT WHAT I AM SEEING HERE IS ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING
02:02:23 DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT AFTER
02:02:27 YOUR INSPECTION AND VISIT OR AFTER PLANNING DEPARTMENT VISIT
02:02:31 HERE IS THAT IT'S THERE'S A CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE CURRENT
02:02:35 OCCUPANT KNOWS THAT THERE WERE FOUR SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL UNITS
02:02:39 BECAUSE BASED ON THE SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METERS THIS IS KELLY
02:02:43 WONG PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I MY ANSWER IS YES FROM THE 2013
02:02:50 SPRINKLER PERMIT AND THEN ANOTHER 1 IN 2015 FOR THE
02:02:53 SPRINKLER MONITORING SYSTEM WHICH WAS INSPECTED BY THE FIRE
02:02:57 DEPARTMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ACTUALLY ON THEIR PERMITS THEY
02:03:01 SHOW THAT THERE ARE FOUR UNITS THANK YOU.
02:03:04 >> AND THAT THERE IF IF WERE THERE ANY RECORDS BECAUSE IF
02:03:08 YOU REQUIRE FOUR SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METERS IT DOES
02:03:12 INDICATE AND YOU WOULD HAVE PREVIOUS UTILITY BILLS INDICATE
02:03:19 FOR INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS OCCUPYING THAT SPACE CORRECT?
02:03:23 I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THERE WAS EVER EVEN SUCH
02:03:27 EVIDENCE. NONE NONE WERE SUBMITTED TO THE
02:03:31 PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU.
02:03:32 I SEE. SO AND SO THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T
02:03:35 NECESSARY IT HAS TO BE A RESIDENTIAL UNITS IT COULD AS
02:03:39 INDICATED BY SUPERVISOR SOUDER ASSEMBLY A STORAGE UNIT WOULD
02:03:42 IT BE THEN REQUIRED TO HAVE A ELECTRICAL METER?
02:03:49 NO. A COMMON STORAGE UNIT WOULD BE
02:03:52 ON ONE OF THE UNITS METERS AND GET A SEPARATE METER LIKE
02:03:56 IF IF THE STORAGE SO SORRY LET ME BACK UP.
02:04:00 IF THE STORAGE UNIT WAS ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE UNITS IT
02:04:03 WOULD BE ON THAT UNIT'S METER. BUT IF IT WAS SORT OF A COMMON
02:04:05 USE STORAGE ROOM IT WOULD BE ON THAT COMMON HOUSE METER THAT
02:04:10 THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR CHERYL THANK YOU
02:04:17 PRESENT GENTLEMAN I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THE 2016 SIGN
02:04:24 OFF AND THE TIMING WITH THE FOUR OR WITH BASICALLY DB BEING
02:04:27 IN THERE AROUND THE TIME WHERE IT IS BEING MARKETED AS A
02:04:31 SINGLE FAMILY HOME I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
02:04:34 IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WERE INSPECTIONS AFTER 2016 AND 217
02:04:37 IS AS WELL. WE'RE BASICALLY SUGGEST LIKE
02:04:41 ARE WE SAYING THAT THE LISTINGS MAYBE WERE JUST A LIE?
02:04:45 >> I'M JUST CONFUSED AS TO WHY DBA WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE
02:04:49 MULTIPLE TIMES SIGNING OFF ON PERMITS IF THE PERMITS WERE FOR
02:04:55 FOUR UNITS AND THE HOUSE WAS NOT WELL FOR THE 20 2011 PERMIT
02:05:00 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE WAS MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS
02:05:03 THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WELL I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 2016 RIGHT.
02:05:05 >> YOU SAID IN 2016 THE FOUR UNITS WERE LEGALIZED.
02:05:08 >> RIGHT. THAT WAS UNDER THE 2011 PERMIT.
02:05:11 >> THAT WORK WAS COMPLETED IN MAY OF 2016.
02:05:12 SO SO YOU WOULD SIGN OFF ON A PERMIT IN 2016 WITHOUT
02:05:15 INSPECTING THE BUILDING IN 2016?
02:05:19 NO, NO, I SAID THEY INSPECTED THE BUILDING.
02:05:22 >> WELL, THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU.
02:05:24 RIGHT. LIKE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
02:05:26 IN 2016 AND THEN I THINK THERE WERE OTHER PERMITS THAT WERE
02:05:30 INSPECTED IN 2017 AND I JUST I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY THIS
02:05:35 WASN'T CAUGHT BACK THEN THAT SIMILARLY THAT'S WHEN THE THE
02:05:41 SHIFT FROM FOUR UNITS TO ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME HAPPENED.
02:05:45 >> AND I'M JUST I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WE MISSED
02:05:49 THAT OR IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE LOOKED FOR
02:05:51 THERE'S KIND OF DON'T GET HOW THIS GOT PASSED 2017 I GUESS SO
02:06:00 THERE WAS A COMPLAINT ABOUT WORK BEYOND THE PERMIT.
02:06:07 THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WHO INSPECTED THAT IT WAS REFERRED
02:06:12 FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND WE BASED ON THE E MAILS
02:06:15 FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WE THOUGHT THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS
02:06:19 ABOUT THE ROOF DECK AND THE INSPECTOR THE RAILING ON THE
02:06:23 ROOF SPECIFICALLY AND THEN THE INSPECTOR DID VERIFY FROM THE
02:06:27 STREET THAT IT MATCHED THE APPROVED PLANS FOR THE ROOF
02:06:29 RAILING AND THERE WEREN'T INSPECTIONS IN 2017 ABOUT A
02:06:32 FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT I ASSUME
02:06:35 WOULD REQUIRE SOMEONE TO GO INSIDE THE BUILDING.
02:06:41 >> OH, THE 27 THE FIRE PERMIT. SO UNFORTUNATELY THE FIRE
02:06:45 DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTER SYSTEM IS A LITTLE SLACK.
02:06:48 IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER FOR THE PERMITS TO BE ACTUALLY
02:06:50 COMPLETED. I HAVE THE INSPECTION HISTORY
02:06:53 WHEN THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE THEY DID THE INSPECTION
02:06:56 ON TO 18 2016 FIRE FIRE SPRINKLER FINAL PENDING WATER
02:07:03 FLOW AND THEN A 4 OR 516 WATER AND TAMPER SWITCHES TESTED
02:07:07 AND THEN THE SUPERVISE THE FIRE SPRINKLER FLOW AND SUPERVISOR
02:07:11 SYSTEM WAS FINAL. >> SO BASICALLY WHAT WHAT I'M
02:07:14 HEARING IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEVELOPER WHEN THEY FIRST
02:07:17 MARKETED THIS PROPERTY AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WAS
02:07:21 ESSENTIALLY LYING IN THE MARKETING MATERIALS.
02:07:24 >> YES. SO ALSO THERE'S A THREE HOUR
02:07:25 REPORT THE HOUSING CODE REQUIRES THAT THE SELLER
02:07:30 PROVIDES A THREE HOUR REPORT REPORT OF RESIDENTIAL RECORD
02:07:33 WHICH LISTS THE YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL USE OF THE PROPERTY
02:07:37 AND THE ENTIRE PERMIT HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY.
02:07:39 >> SO THEN WHY ARE WE GOING AFTER THIS BAD ACTOR HERE?
02:07:41 LIKE IF WE HAVE A DOZEN OF THESE EVERY YEAR HOW MANY
02:07:45 PEOPLE GET DINGED FOR BEING TOTAL?
02:07:48 >> I'LL DEFER TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE QUESTION.
02:07:51 WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS BUT WE DO FIND SOMETIMES THAT
02:07:59 CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ABIDING VIOLATIONS BY PRIOR
02:08:02 PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT THAT BECOMES ALSO A PRIVATE
02:08:06 MATTER BECAUSE IT'S A BUSINESS TRANSACTION OF PURCHASING A
02:08:10 PROPERTY AND PERHAPS THE PRIOR OWNER DID NOT DISCLOSE ACCURATE
02:08:14 INFORMATION TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER BUT WE WOULD
02:08:16 ALSO NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT PRIVATE AGREEMENT WOULD BE.
02:08:19 >> BUT IF IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT A PREVIOUS OWNER DID A
02:08:22 PREVIOUS OWNER DID UNPERMITTED WORK AND THEN PROFITED ON IT,
02:08:26 IS THAT IS THAT A CIVIL LEGAL MATTER FOR COMMITTING FRAUD ON
02:08:29 THE DISCLOSURES? IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL
02:08:30 MATTER FOR DEFRAUDING THE CITY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A CIVIL
02:08:37 MATTERS IF IT'S LIKE FALSE DISCLOSURES OF DOCUMENTATIONS
02:08:41 AND I PLEASE SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.
02:08:45 >> THANK YOU. IT WILL BE A CIVIL MATTERS LIKE
02:08:48 FAILURE TO DISCLOSE TO TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT
02:08:52 ALL THE DOCUMENTATIONS THAT IT IS A FOUR UNIT BUILDING.
02:08:58 ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH US NOT
02:09:02 GOING AFTER THESE CLEAR BAD ACTORS HERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 15
02:09:06 YEARS AGO. >> BUT THANK YOU.
02:09:09 >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU. I WANT TO RETURN TO THE
02:09:13 QUESTION OF THE 2016 PERMIT THAT WAS SIGNED OFF ON BY IDBI
02:09:20 . >> CAN YOU SHARE THE INSPECTOR
02:09:21 WHO WORKED ON THAT PERMIT ARE THEY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
02:09:25 ANY OTHER PERMITS THAT THEY SIGNED OFF ON OR OTHER WORK
02:09:27 THAT THEY DID? >> NO, NONE OF THEM NOT AT THIS
02:09:32 TIME, NO. >> HAVE THEY BEEN UNDER
02:09:35 INVESTIGATION IN THE PAST? YES.
02:09:38 >> YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT OF YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT I CAN
02:09:42 THAT IT'S AN INTERNAL IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE THE
02:09:46 INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGNED OFF ON THIS PERMIT IN 2016 HAS BEEN
02:09:50 UNDER INVESTIGATION AND SO THIS CONTINUES TO MAKE THIS 2016
02:09:56 SIGN OFF WHICH IS THE CRUX OF SO MUCH OF THIS IS REALLY,
02:09:59 REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONSIDER.
02:10:00 >> WE MAY HAVE WE MAY HAVE MALINTENT FROM THE DEVELOPER OR
02:10:07 WE MAY HAVE MALINTENT FROM SOMEONE WHO SIGNED OFF ON THE
02:10:11 THE PERMITS HERE. >> BUT A LOT OF THIS BEFORE US
02:10:12 HINGES ON THIS 2016 CERTIFICATION WHICH I'M NOT
02:10:18 COMFORTABLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND THERE'S A
02:10:22 LOT THAT IS UNCLEAR HERE. I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO PROCEED
02:10:27 HERE. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY RUN DOWN
02:10:31 ONE MORE LINE OF QUESTIONING IF I MAY.
02:10:33 I WANT TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IF WE WERE TO REJECT THIS
02:10:37 . I THINK THE UNDERSTANDING IS
02:10:38 THAT THIS THEN PUTS THE FAMILY BACK ON A PATH HERE TO TO
02:10:45 REQUIRE THAT THEY DO FOR UNITS AT THIS SITE.
02:10:52 >> CAN WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD
02:10:53 ENTAIL? WOULD THOSE FOUR UNITS BE RENT
02:10:57 CONTROLLED? WOULD THEY BE OCCUPIED BY
02:11:00 SOMEONE ELSE? WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF WE
02:11:04 WERE TO REJECT THIS AND GO DOWN THE PATH OF FOUR UNITS THEY
02:11:07 WILL NEED TO THE BUILDING WILL NEED TO BE CONVERTED BACK TO
02:11:11 FOUR UNITS. >> WE CANNOT DEFINITE SAY THOSE
02:11:15 UNITS ARE RENT CONTROLLED BUT BASED ON THE RECORDS WE HAVE WE
02:11:19 CAN IT'S THOSE UNITS ARE LIKELY RENT CONTROLLED AND WOULD THEY
02:11:26 BE REQUIRED TO BE OCCUPIED BY SOMEONE ELSE NOW WE DO NOT
02:11:31 CONTROL WHO WOULD LIVE THERE. THE THE PLANNING CODES ARE
02:11:37 REGULATED PER PROPERTY NOT INDIVIDUALS.
02:11:38 THE TENANTS OR THE OWNERS WHO LIVE THERE.
02:11:42 >> AND I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION OF IF THESE CAN JUST
02:11:46 PHYSICALLY BE CONSTRUCTED OR IF THEY CAN BE APPROVED AND I
02:11:53 THINK MAYBE THAT'S CHANGED THEIR TIME.
02:11:54 BUT I MEAN AT THIS POINT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO APPROVE FOUR
02:11:57 UNITS ON THIS SITE OR WOULD THAT NECESSITATE AN ADDITIONAL
02:12:04 STRUCTURE? RIGHT.
02:12:04 WE THERE'S THIS THIS UNIT IN THE BACK THAT HAS KIND OF
02:12:06 BEEN A QUASI STORAGE UNIT WHERE THESE UDAS MAY HAVE EXISTED.
02:12:12 WOULD IT BE AN AUXILIARY CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED?
02:12:16 >> DO WE KNOW YET? THERE IS A BUILDING PERMIT
02:12:17 APPLICATION CURRENTLY SUBMITTED?
02:12:20 IT'S UNDER OUR 2023 RECORD AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS
02:12:23 ALREADY APPROVED TO REVERT THE BUILDING BACK TO FOUR UNITS
02:12:27 AND I THINK MAYBE LATER WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE FROM THE
02:12:32 OWNERS JUST TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE PLANS AS WELL BECAUSE I KNOW
02:12:36 THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T SHARE.
02:12:37 >> THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. THANK YOU.
02:12:41 ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT IS IT FROM
02:12:44 COLLEAGUES. SO WE WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF
02:12:49 THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPEAL TO
02:12:50 LINE UP. THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.
02:12:53 EACH WILL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES.
02:12:54 MADAM CLERK, DO YOU WANT CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST
02:12:57 SPEAKER? >> WELCOME.
02:12:59 COME ON UP TO THE FIRST FOR SPEAKER.
02:13:01 WELCOME. WE'RE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO
02:13:04 MINUTES. >> WELCOME.
02:13:04 GOOD AFTERNOON. STEPHEN TORRES FROM THE SAN
02:13:08 FRANCISCO TENANTS UNION. THE SAN FRANCISCO TENANTS UNION
02:13:11 STANDS WITH THIS COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS TO EMPHASIZE OUR
02:13:13 STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE C I C U A AT 524 OR 526 VALLEJO
02:13:19 STREET AND FOR FOR A SAN ANTONIO PLACE WE URGE THE BOARD
02:13:22 TO DENY THE APPELLANT'S PROPOSAL TO ALLOW THE CONTINUED
02:13:26 USE OF THE PROPERTY AS A 3713 SQUARE FOOT LUXURY HOME.
02:13:30 >> THERE IS A LOT OF INTRICATELY WOVEN
02:13:31 MISCHARACTERIZE ATIONS BEING PRESENTED BY THE APPELLANTS BUT
02:13:34 LET'S BE CLEAR THAT THESE ARE ATTEMPTS TO OBFUSCATE WHAT IS
02:13:39 FACT. THIS WAS AN ILLEGAL DEMOLITION
02:13:40 OF RENT CONTROLLED HOUSING AND NOW THE OWNERS OF THIS
02:13:43 PROPERTY WANT TO BE TOLD THEY CAN KEEP IT AS A LUXURY SINGLE
02:13:46 FAMILY HOME AND MAYBE AN ANCILLARY CLOSET OR TWO TO TICK
02:13:50 THE BOX. >> THIS PORTENDS A DANGEROUS
02:13:53 PRECEDENT IN LEGITIMIZING ILLEGAL DEMOLITIONS OF THIS
02:13:54 KIND AS ALREADY HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY.
02:13:57 THIS BODY SHOULD PERHAPS BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO STRENGTHEN
02:14:00 THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE AGAINST THESE INSTEAD OF SPENDING ANY
02:14:02 TIME DEBATING WHAT IS BEFORE YOU.
02:14:05 I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THIS BODY THAT MANY OF YOU
02:14:08 VEHEMENTLY VOWED THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE RAMPANT
02:14:09 DEMOLITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN AND HAVE
02:14:12 PLEDGED YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING DESPERATELY NEEDED
02:14:14 RENT CONTROLLED HOUSING. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
02:14:17 YOUR REPUTATION WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
02:14:21 NO ILLEGAL DEMOLITIONS CONVERSIONS OR WHATEVER YOU
02:14:24 WANT TO CALL IT WILL STAND. >> MANY HAVE CITED FLEXIBILITY
02:14:28 AS THE WORD OF THE DAY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING.
02:14:29 BUT WHO IS THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE WORKING CLASS AND MOST
02:14:33 VULNERABLE OF SAN FRANCISCO OR THE WEALTHY AND BEST CONNECTED?
02:14:36 WILL YOU JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUE IN UPLIFTING DEMOLITIONS?
02:14:40 OR LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING WHOLE
02:14:43 AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE? >> THANK YOU.
02:14:44 THANK YOU, STEPHEN TORRES FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:14:47 >> WELCOME. >> FRED SHERMAN ZIMMER FROM
02:14:51 HOUSING RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:14:54 I WOULD HOPE THAT TENANTS MATTER TO THOUSANDS OF TENANTS
02:14:58 IN THE CITY, LIVE IN UNITS THAT ARE OR WERE ILLEGAL AND LOTS OF
02:15:03 LANDLORDS DO UNPERMITTED WORK. AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY LOTS OF
02:15:06 REALTORS LIE. >> THE LANDLORD WHO PUSHED OUT
02:15:10 THE LAST SET OF BUILDINGS LAST YEAR OF TENANTS LIVING IN THIS
02:15:14 BUILDING ESCANABA WAS A SERIAL VICTOR.
02:15:15 >> HE LIKE MANY OTHERS, KNEW HE COULD MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
02:15:19 WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE WHETHER IT'S TAXES OR SHORT TERM
02:15:22 RENTALS. IF WE REWARD LANDLORDS
02:15:26 AND INVESTORS AND REALTORS IF YOU TELL THEM THEY CAN MAKE
02:15:33 MILLIONS YOU ENCOURAGE THE ELLIS ACT.
02:15:36 YOU ENCOURAGE THE HARASSMENT OF TENANTS.
02:15:37 >> IF I BUY A STOLEN CAR EVEN UNKNOWINGLY I STILL HAVE TO
02:15:44 GIVE IT BACK. >> WE RUN A CLINIC THAT OVER
02:15:50 5000 PEOPLE COME TO 5000 TENANTS COME IN DESPERATE
02:15:54 STATES YEAR AFTER YEAR WE HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE HARASSED
02:15:58 AND EVICTED. WE WATCH THOSE WE LOVE PUSHED
02:16:01 OUT BY LANDLORDS OR REALTORS WHO ENCOURAGE THESE EVICTIONS.
02:16:09 >> DON'T TENANTS MATTER? DON'T WE PAY TAXES?
02:16:12 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CHOICE TO STAY TOO.
02:16:14 AND IF YOU REWARD PEOPLE AND LET THEM MAKE MONEY YES
02:16:20 MAYBE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE BUYING AND MAYBE THEY SHOULD
02:16:24 SUE THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT IT. >> BUT THESE TENANTS MATTERED
02:16:26 TO. >> THANK YOU, SHERIFF SHERBURN
02:16:28 FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME MAGIC.
02:16:31 THANK YOU. YES.
02:16:35 IN OUR CURRENT ECONOMY SYSTEM, THE MORE MONEY YOU HAVE, THE
02:16:40 LESS YOU FEEL OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE LAND.
02:16:44 >> THESE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ARE SOCIAL CONTRACTS THAT WE
02:16:48 THE PEOPLE HAVE ENACTED TO PROTECT THE PLACES, PEOPLE
02:16:52 AND LIFESTYLE WE VALUE. >> ALL STUDIES AND EXPERTS
02:16:58 AGREE THAT THE HOUSING THAT IS NEEDED IS FOR OUR TEACHERS
02:17:00 MEDICAL WORKERS, ARTISTS, SERVICE WORKERS AND SO MANY
02:17:03 MORE WHO MAKE THIS GREAT CITY WHAT IT IS.
02:17:07 >> AND YET MARKET RATE HOUSING KEEPS BEING PROPOSED.
02:17:10 >> THIS COUPLE ALREADY KNOWS THAT THEY ARE VIOLATING
02:17:14 COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE THAT
02:17:17 CLEAR. >> I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE
02:17:18 APPEALING BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY A LAWYER WHO
02:17:22 KNOWS HOW TO ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT THE LAW TO MAKE THIS
02:17:23 CASE. THE BUILDING INSPECTOR MATT
02:17:27 GREEN HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE'S MORE INSPECTING
02:17:30 AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED.
02:17:31 FROM MY UNDERSTAND ING UNLESS SOME POLITICIANS INTERFERE
02:17:35 HOPING TO GARNER SOME GOODWILL THAT LOOKS LIKE POWER AND MONEY
02:17:39 DOWN THE ROAD. THERE REALLY IS NO CASE HERE.
02:17:42 UPHOLD AND RESPECT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION SUPERVISORS DO YOUR
02:17:46 JOB, UPHOLD THE LAW AND HAVE THEM DO THE WORK NEEDED TO
02:17:53 RETURN THIS TO A FOUR UNIT BUILDING TO RESTORE ABOLISH THE
02:17:58 KIND OF HOUSING THAT WE NEED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:18:02 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAGIC FOR YOUR
02:18:03 COMMENTS. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
02:18:09 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERVISORS TRAYS OF
02:18:10 FLOUNDERING NORTH BEACH TENANTS COMMITTEE.
02:18:13 I ECHO WHAT MAGIC JUST SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:18:17 AGAIN IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT JOE PADILLA WILL NOT BE HERE.
02:18:21 HE IS THE FORMER TENANT AT FOUR B THE OFFICIAL THE OFFICIAL
02:18:31 POST OFFICE ADDRESS WAS FOR BE SAN ANTONIO PLACE.
02:18:36 >> HE WAS ONE OF THE TWO TENANTS IN THE REAR AND THERE
02:18:39 HAVE BEEN TWO LETTERS ALREADY THREE LETTERS SUBMITTED.
02:18:42 BUT A MAN BEHIND ME WILL BE READING JOE PADILLA'S LETTER
02:18:46 BECAUSE HE HAD TO LEAVE THE CITY LAST NIGHT BECAUSE HIS MOM
02:18:49 HAS HAD A STROKE SO DOWN IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
02:18:53 >> SO HE WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY UNFORTUNATELY HE DID TRY TO
02:18:57 COME FOR THE LAST TWO SCHEDULED HEARINGS BUT SINCE THEY WERE
02:19:01 CONTINUED I WAS ABLE TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE RAN OUT THE DOOR.
02:19:06 SO SO YOU WILL HEAR FROM THIS NEXT PERSON WHO WILL RECITE FOR
02:19:13 JOE AGAIN THIS THIS WAS A SITE OF FOUR FOR FOUR HOUSEHOLDS.
02:19:19 NOW IT IS FOR ONE HOUSEHOLD. THIS IS A POLICY ISSUE.
02:19:23 THIS IS THIS IS THE HISTORY OF THESE KIND OF ILLEGAL MERGERS
02:19:27 BEING DONE. THE OWNERS MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN
02:19:30 NOT HAVE DONE THAT. >> HOWEVER, THE CURRENT OWNERS
02:19:34 DID KNOW CONTRARY TO WHAT THEY STATED IN THE PLANNING
02:19:38 COMMISSION HEARING DECEMBER 4TH WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN YOU HEAR
02:19:44 LATER WELL, ACTUALLY THEY DID KNOW THERE WAS CLEARLY A
02:19:47 DECLARATION OF IT BEING A FOUR UNIT OR A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING
02:19:49 SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR THIS MISREPRESENTATION BUT WE
02:19:56 WANT TO BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THERE WERE FOUR UNITS THERE
02:19:59 AND WE ARE SO AFRAID OF IF THIS PASSES IT SETS A HORRIBLE
02:20:03 PRECEDENT. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE FIVE
02:20:06 BUILDING OWNERS RIGHT NOW HOPING THAT THIS THAT YOU WILL
02:20:10 PASS THIS THAT YOU WILL THAT YOU WILL NOT DENY THE APPEAL
02:20:14 BUT YOU MUST YOU MUST NOT BE COMPLICIT IN ALLOWING THE
02:20:18 REMOVAL THE PERMANENT RENT CONTROLLED HOUSING THAT WE
02:20:22 HAVE. YOU CANNOT ALLOW THAT.
02:20:26 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:20:29 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:20:37 MY NAME IS LANCE CARNES AND I'M HERE TO READ THE STATEMENT BY
02:20:41 JOSEPH PADILLA WHO WAS CALLED OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE OF A
02:20:44 MEDICAL EMERGENCY. HE WRITES I LIVED IT FOR A SAN
02:20:51 ANTONIO PLACE STARTING IN 1990 WHEN I BECAME AWARE THAT THE
02:20:55 BUILDING WOULDN'T THAT THAT WOULD BE PLACED ON THE MARKET.
02:21:00 I MADE THE DECISION TO TRANSITION MY CURRENT ADDRESS
02:21:03 IN NO WAY VALLEY IN 2009. >> I CAN ATTEST THAT THERE WERE
02:21:09 FOUR INDIVIDUAL RENTAL UNITS AT 524 VALLEJO STREET TO FULL
02:21:13 FLATS IN THE FRONT AT AND FOUR A AND FOUR B SAN ANTONIO PLACE
02:21:20 WHICH WERE TWO FULLY FUNCTIONING AND LIVABLE STUDIO
02:21:23 APARTMENTS ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
02:21:26 I LIVED IN ONE OF THE TWO IDENTICAL STUDIOS EACH OF WHICH
02:21:28 WAS COMPRISED OF TWO ROOMS A LIVING AREA BEDROOM AND A
02:21:35 SEPARATE FULL SIZE KITCHEN DINING AREA AND A BATHROOM.
02:21:38 EACH STUDIO WAS LARGER THAN THE 100FT2 REFERENCED IN THE
02:21:42 APPELLANT'S BRIEF THE STUDIOS INCLUDED FULL FUNCTIONING
02:21:45 METERED UTILITY SO WERE INTENDED AS DWELLING UNITS.
02:21:49 WHEN I MOVED OUT MY UNIT WAS IN A HABITABLE CONDITION AFTER
02:21:56 I LEFT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STUDIO WAS NEVER
02:21:59 REOCCUPIED AND I WAS USED AS A AND IT WAS USED AS A STORAGE BY
02:22:04 THE DEVELOPER IN ADDITION THERE WAS A SMALL LAUNDRY ROOM ON THE
02:22:09 ROOF AS WELL AS A TWO CAR GARAGE AND BASEMENT STORAGE.
02:22:13 I HOPE THAT MY ACCOUNT PROVIDES YOU WITH SOME FIRSTHAND
02:22:17 PERSPECTIVE AND ENCOURAGES STRONG STRONGER SCRUTINY OF
02:22:20 FUTURE HOUSING PROPOSALS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
02:22:24 AND CONSIDERATION. >> JOHN JOSEPH G.
02:22:29 PADILLA THANK YOU LANCE AHRENS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:22:37 WELCOME. THANK YOU.
02:22:38 MY NAME IS JERRY DE RATTLER. THE PROPERTY OWNERS APPEAL IS
02:22:43 BASED ON TWO FALSE CLAIMS. THE PROPERTY OWNERS CLAIM THAT
02:22:46 YOU KNOW IT'S FOR AND FOR A SAN ANTONIO PLACE ARE PHANTOM UNITS
02:22:50 THAT WERE NEVER CONSTRUCTED AS A FALSE CLAIM THAT IS REFUTED
02:22:54 BY A LETTER FROM JOHN GRANT WHICH IS IN THE BOARD PACKAGE.
02:22:58 MR. GRANT LIVED IN A UNIT FOR A RENT CONTROLLED UNIT FOR 17
02:23:04 YEARS. THE PROPERTY OWNERS SECOND
02:23:07 INITIAL CLAIM THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE THEY PURCHASED A FOUR
02:23:11 UNIT BUILDING WITH A SINGLE FAMILY FLOOR PLAN IS ALSO
02:23:14 FALSE. THE PROPERTY OWNERS RECENTLY
02:23:15 ACKNOWLEDGED THEY KNEW THE HOUSE WAS A MULTI UNIT BUILDING
02:23:19 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DENIED THE
02:23:22 PROPERTY OWNERS Q APPLICATION FOR A VALID REASONS THE
02:23:29 CRITERIA FOR THE BOARD TO OVERTURN THE PLANNING
02:23:30 COMMISSION DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MET.
02:23:35 THERE WERE NO ERRORS IN INTERPRETING THE PLANNING
02:23:38 CODE AND THE ABUSE OF DISCRETION BY THE PLANNING
02:23:39 COMMISSION DID NOT OCCUR. IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR THE BOARD
02:23:43 OF SUPERVISORS TO LEGALIZE THE UNPERMITTED UNIT CONVERSIONS
02:23:49 IN A HOUSING CRISIS. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN THE
02:23:51 PUBLIC WOULD VIEW THE BOARD'S ACTION TO BE AMNESTY ON
02:23:55 UNPERMITTED READ UNIT MERGERS AND THERE WOULD BE HUNDREDS OF
02:23:59 PROPERTY OWNERS ASKING FOR THE SAME RELIEF.
02:24:02 IN SUMMARY TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT THANK YOU.
02:24:11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:24:16 >> HI. I'M A LIFELONG NORTH BEACH
02:24:17 RESIDENT. MY PARENTS MET IN NORTH BEACH
02:24:20 AND ALL OF MY SIBLINGS GREW UP THERE.
02:24:22 IN THE LAST SIX YEARS EVERYBODY'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH
02:24:24 PRICED OUT OF NORTH BEACH 13 EVICTIONS BETWEEN MY SISTERS,
02:24:27 MY PARENTS AND MYSELF BETWEEN VERITAS DEVELOPERS, PREDATORY
02:24:31 LANDLORDS, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS.
02:24:35 THERE'S JUST SINCE 2013 THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF ILLEGAL
02:24:37 EVICTIONS. I MEAN THE NUMBER OF SERVICE
02:24:40 PEOPLE THAT ARE PUSHED OUT OF NORTH BEACH ON A DAILY BASIS
02:24:43 OVER 200 PEOPLE I WANTED TO INVITE TODAY TO THIS EVENT HAVE
02:24:45 BEEN PUSHED OUT THERE CAREER SERVICE WORKERS THAT WORK
02:24:48 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE WELL, I FEEL BAD FOR THE BUYER
02:24:52 AND I GET THAT THIS REALLY FOR YOU BUT IT SETS AN EXAMPLE THAT
02:24:56 OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
02:24:59 AND RIGHT NOW WE CONTINUOUSLY HAVE BULLDOZERS CIRCLING
02:25:00 WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. WE HAVE THE THE VERY DAY
02:25:03 BUILDING WHICH WE'RE BATTLING EVERY DAY TO BE ABLE TO
02:25:07 PRESERVE. IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT OUR
02:25:08 REPRESENTATIVE ISN'T FIGHTING FOR US AND NORTH BEACH DOESN'T
02:25:11 RUN WITHOUT HOUSING FOR SERVICE WORKERS AND MAKE IT RIGHT NOW
02:25:14 MUDDYING THE WATER AND MAKING THIS LIKE INTENTIONAL RATHER
02:25:17 THAN SUPPORTING THE CONSTITUENTS THAT FEEL SO
02:25:18 STRONGLY THAT RENT CONTROLLED UNITS NEED TO BE SAVED
02:25:22 AND TAKING ANY UNITS AT ALL OFF THE MARKET SETS A VERY
02:25:25 DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. >> THANK YOU.
02:25:29 THANKS FOR COMING. SO THE NEXT WEEK A PLACE GOOD
02:25:33 AFTERNOON GEORGIA SHOOT ISH. THE ISSUES WITH THIS APPEAL ARE
02:25:38 VERY CLEAR. >> 524 526 FOR LEO STREET
02:25:42 AND FOR A FOR FOR SAN ANTONIO PLACE ARE IS ILLEGAL FOR UNIT
02:25:48 BUILDING. THE BOARD MUST DENY THIS APPEAL
02:25:50 AND HERE'S WHY. >> FIRST THE PLANNING
02:25:53 DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE SEAWAY AS A DECEMBER
02:25:56 4TH, 2025 HEARING CLEARLY STATES THAT THIS PROJECT
02:26:01 PROPOSED BY THE APPELLANTS WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH THE
02:26:05 HOUSING ELEMENT. SECOND, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
02:26:08 CLEARLY RESPONDS TO THE FIVE ISSUES IN THEIR MEMO TO THE
02:26:12 BOARD DATED JANUARY 28TH 2026 ON PAGES FOUR THROUGH SIX THE
02:26:17 FIVE RESPONSES ARE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD THAT THIS
02:26:23 BUILDING IS A FOUR UNIT BUILDING INCLUDING THE WRITTEN
02:26:24 TESTIMONY FROM FORMER TENANTS. >> THE DENIAL AT THE COMMISSION
02:26:28 HEARING FOR THE CIA WAS BASED ON THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
02:26:32 OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT. >> THE THREE YOUR REPORT
02:26:35 UNEQUIVOCALLY STATES THAT THE BUILDING IS FOUR UNITS
02:26:40 AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE DISCLOSURE MEASURES AT THE TIME
02:26:44 OF SALE TO THE APPELLANTS. THE APPELLANTS PURCHASED A
02:26:48 LEGAL FOUR UNIT BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY MERGED.
02:26:51 EVEN IF IT APPEARED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THE
02:26:57 PROPOSAL PUT FORTH BY THE APPELLANTS WOULD ONLY REPLACE
02:27:01 ONE OF THE THREE LEGAL UNITS THAT WERE REMOVED.
02:27:05 >> SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:27:09 THINK FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:27:13 >> GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
02:27:14 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON TILE OUR ENTIRE WITH THE RECENT
02:27:18 EQUITY IN ALL PLANNING COALITION WE ARE STRONGLY
02:27:21 OPPOSED TO THE SEAWAY APPEAL AND URGE THIS BOARD TO DENY THE
02:27:25 PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THIS ILLEGAL CONVERSION.
02:27:26 >> WE SHARE THE DEEP CONCERNS THAT THE S.F. ANTI DISPLACEMENT
02:27:29 COALITION HAS SUBMITTED IN THEIR LETTER AND I ALSO WANT
02:27:32 TO STRONGLY EMPHASIZE THAT APPROVING THIS APPEAL
02:27:36 UNDERMINES THE CITY'S OWN POLICIES AND VIOLATES THE
02:27:37 HOUSING ELEMENT AND ITS STATED GOALS.
02:27:40 >> AS A STAFF REPORT LAYS OUT IN GREAT DETAIL THE PLANNING
02:27:43 DEPARTMENT'S OPPOSITION TO THE APPEAL IS BASED ON THE
02:27:44 OBJECTIVES POLICIES OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
02:27:48 >> GIVEN ANYTHING SHORT OF RESTORING THE THREE LOST UNITS
02:27:51 WOULD RESULT IN A NET LOSS OF DWELLING UNITS AND CONCERTED
02:27:54 NEGATIVE PRECEDENT WHERE DEVELOPERS MAY MERGE DWELLING
02:27:57 UNITS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION KNOWING THAT A MERGER IS LIKELY
02:27:59 TO BE APPROVED AND LEGALIZED AFTER THE FACT OF THIS PROCESS.
02:28:02 >> I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION
02:28:06 PROGRAM TO SPECIFICALLY THE IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS SECTION
02:28:10 2.4 PRESERVING RENTAL UNIT AVAILABILITY.
02:28:13 >> APPROVING THE CTA WOULD CLEARLY BE A DIRECT VIOLATION
02:28:17 OF THE SET OF ACTIONS AS THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISCUSSED
02:28:21 AT GREAT LENGTH JUST IN THE PAST YEAR ESPECIALLY
02:28:22 IN DELIBERATION OVER THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN AND THE TENANT
02:28:25 PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE. WE SHOULD BE DOING AS MUCH AS
02:28:28 POSSIBLE TO PRESERVE OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK
02:28:32 AND PROTECT HOMES AND TENANTS AND ACTIVELY CHALLENGE EFFORTS
02:28:33 SUCH AS THIS REQUEST THAT UNDERMINE THESE CRITICAL
02:28:36 POLICIES. >> WE URGE YOU ALL TO DENY THE
02:28:40 APPELLANT'S PROPOSAL THAT BOTH VIOLATES AND UNDERCUTS OUR OWN
02:28:43 CRITICAL HOUSING POLICIES AS WELL AS PREVENT SETTING A
02:28:44 DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT THREATENS TO DIMINISH OUR
02:28:48 HOUSING STOCK AND PUT TENANTS IN INCREASED RISK.
02:28:52 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:28:53 NEXT WEEK A PLACE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
02:28:59 PETER STEVENS BUILD AFFORDABLE FASTER CALIFORNIA.
02:29:03 I THINK ONE THING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON IS THAT ISKANDER IS A
02:29:06 . >> COULDN'T PUT IT BETTER
02:29:07 MYSELF. BUT THE QUESTION BEFORE US
02:29:08 TODAY IS VERY VERY SIMPLE. >> WILL YOU THE BOARD CREATE A
02:29:14 PRECEDENCE OF PERFORMATIVE NEGLIGENCE IN OUR CITIES LAND
02:29:18 USE DOCTRINE? THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE
02:29:19 TODAY IS THE ASSERTION THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS BLIND, DEAF
02:29:25 AND DUMB TO THE OBVIOUS ISSUES AND DISCLOSURES BUT MAGICALLY
02:29:29 SIGNED ON ALL THE PROPER DOTTED LINES IS A VALID DEFENSE
02:29:33 AGAINST OUR CITY CODES. IF SO, THEN WHAT ARE THE USE OF
02:29:37 CITY CODES? I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU
02:29:40 UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS AT STAKE AND YOU HAVE IT IN YOU TO DO
02:29:44 THE RIGHT THING. >> THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A
02:29:45 GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:29:47 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:29:55 I AM MEG HEISLER. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAN
02:29:56 FRANCISCO ANTI DISPLACEMENT COALITION TO VOICE OUR STRONG
02:30:00 OPPOSITION TO THE APPEAL BEFORE YOU TODAY.
02:30:03 >> NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE BUT PUBLIC RECORDS PROVIDE
02:30:07 UNEQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE THAT THE LAWFUL AND PERMITTED USE OF
02:30:10 THIS BUILDING WAS AND IS AS A FOUR UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING.
02:30:11 WE KNOW TENANTS LIVED IN THESE UNITS AND THAT FOUR RENT
02:30:15 CONTROLLED UNITS WERE ILLEGALLY DEMOLISHED.
02:30:18 >> THIS IS NOT CONJECTURE. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.
02:30:19 SO WHAT YOU'RE WEIGHING IS WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT AN
02:30:22 EXCEPTION TO THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS AND APPROVE THE LOSS OF
02:30:23 RENT CONTROLLED HOUSING. WHILE NO DOUBT THERE ARE
02:30:26 DEVELOPERS SIZING UP TENANT OCCUPIED BUILDINGS IN EACH OF
02:30:29 YOUR DISTRICTS AND FANTASIZING ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN GET AWAY
02:30:33 WITH. >> THIS IS A POLICY DECISION.
02:30:34 THE STAKES IN THIS CASE EXTEND WELL BEYOND ONE FAMILY.
02:30:38 IF THE BOARD OVERRIDES THE FINDINGS OF PLANNING STAFF
02:30:41 AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IT WOULD BE CREATING A SIGNIFICANT
02:30:44 NEW LOOPHOLE TO OUR EXISTING LAWS THAT PROTECT RENT
02:30:46 CONTROLLED UNITS. THE TENANTS WHO LIVE IN THEM
02:30:49 NOW AND THOSE WHO WILL NEED THEM THAT HOUSING IN THE FUTURE
02:30:52 AS THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE MARKET FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
02:30:56 HEATS UP. THERE IS SIMPLY NO WAY FOR
02:30:57 TENANTS TO COMPETE AGAINST AN INDUSTRY OF DEVELOPERS
02:31:00 AND REALTORS THAT PROFIT OFF OF THEIR DISPLACEMENT CANNIBALIZE
02:31:04 RENTAL UNITS AND REPURPOSE THEM A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO BE
02:31:08 SOLD FOR MILLIONS. >> IN THIS CASE THERE ARE NO
02:31:09 COMPROMISES THAT WILL NOT SERVE TO UNDERMINE EXISTING
02:31:13 PROTECTIONS OF RENT CONTROLLED HOUSING AND EMBOLDEN
02:31:16 SPECULATORS. THIS BOARD MUST SEND AN
02:31:19 EMPHATIC MESSAGE THAT YOU WILL NOT SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF
02:31:21 RENT CONTROLLED UNITS. >> THANK YOU.
02:31:24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS NEXT WEEK.
02:31:25 PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SPEAKERS.
02:31:27 I'M SUPERVISORS. I'M MITCHELL.
02:31:31 I'M DIRECTOR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE AND WE WORK
02:31:34 WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO ANTI DISPLACEMENT COALITION.
02:31:38 AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A POLICY QUESTION BUT I ALSO
02:31:42 WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
02:31:43 >> THERE WERE FLASHING YELLOW WAIT, NO FLASHING RED LIGHTS.
02:31:47 OKAY. THIS WAS CLEARLY LEGALLY A FOUR
02:31:55 UNIT RATE CONTROLLED BUILDING FOR STARTERS AND IT HAS FOUR
02:32:00 SEPARATE STREET ADDRESSES THEN WE'RE LEARNING TODAY IT
02:32:04 APPARENTLY HAD FOUR SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METERS.
02:32:09 THE THREE ARE REPORT WHICH IS YOUR DISCLOSURE WHEN YOU BUY
02:32:10 PROPERTY THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT DISCLOSE THAT IT WAS A FOUR
02:32:16 UNIT BUILDING THE PROPERTY TAX RECORD AND THE PROPERTY TAX
02:32:20 BILL SAY THAT IT'S FOUR UNITS AND THEN EVEN TODAY YOU KNOW
02:32:28 WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IF THEY WERE A LITTLE MORE
02:32:30 CONTRITE. BUT EVEN TODAY WE'RE KIND OF
02:32:32 HEARING THAT MAYBE THERE WERE NEVER REALLY ANY TENANTS THERE
02:32:36 BUT TENANTS FROM ALL FOUR UNITS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE
02:32:43 NORTH BEACH TENANTS COMMITTEE AND THREE OF THEM HAVE BEEN
02:32:46 CONTACTED AND NOW WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO ERASE THAT THEY EVER
02:32:49 EXISTED. >> PLEASE VOTE TO UPHOLD THE
02:32:54 PLANNING COMMISSION'S REJECTION OF MERGING FOUR OR RENT CONTROL
02:32:58 UNITS INTO A MEGA-MANSION THANK YOU.
02:33:02 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:33:08 >> HI. THANK YOU.
02:33:08 BOARD MY NAME IS RAMONA SCHMALTZ AND I'VE BEEN IN NORTH
02:33:14 BEACH ABOUT 20 YEARS AS A RENTER.
02:33:15 THIS CASE IS EMOTIONAL BECAUSE IT INVOLVES US TENANTS LOSING
02:33:18 MORE PRECIOUS AND INFINITE AND FINITE RENT CONTROLLED
02:33:22 HOUSING AND A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE
02:33:26 WHAT THEY HAVE. BUT TO SPEAK PLAINLY THIS
02:33:30 COUPLE KNOWINGLY BOUGHT STOLEN GOODS GOODS STOLEN FROM THE
02:33:33 RENTERS OF THE CITY. >> THE MAJORITY OF SAN
02:33:35 FRANCISCANS AND YOUR CONCERN AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS WERE THE
02:33:38 RENTERS. >> THIS COUPLE IS CRYING
02:33:42 AND ACTING LIKE THEY'RE BEING EVICTED FROM NORTH BEACH.
02:33:45 >> THEY'RE NOT EITHER. AND HOW ARE THE BULK OF THE
02:33:47 REMAIN IS ANOTHER MATTER. THEY CAN BUY A DIFFERENT HOUSE
02:33:50 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEIR KIDS CAN STILL ATTEND THE SAME
02:33:53 SCHOOLS. THEY JUST CAN'T KEEP THEIR
02:33:54 STOLEN GOODS. >> WE NEED LEADERS WHO DO RIGHT
02:33:58 BY RENTERS AND BY THE LAW. >> I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO PUNISH
02:34:02 THIS FAMILY FOR KNOWINGLY BUYING AN ILLEGAL MANSION.
02:34:06 >> THIS FAMILY WILL BE FINE. >> I'M REMINDING YOU THAT WE
02:34:10 HAVE TENANTS WHO ARE ON THE RECORD AS HAVING LIVED THERE
02:34:13 AND WERE SQUEEZED OUT BY WHATEVER WHAT OUR SUPERVISOR
02:34:16 CALLED THE REAL BAD ACTORS. >> BUT WE TENANTS OF NORTH
02:34:20 BEACH STRONGLY AGREE THAT KNOWINGLY BUYING ILLEGAL GOODS
02:34:24 MAKES YOU A BAD ACTOR. >> I'VE RENTED IN NORTH BEACH
02:34:28 FOR 20 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN THE SHADY WORK ALL TOO MUCH.
02:34:31 IT'S LIKE SUDDENLY FOUR METERS BECOMES TWO METERS AND I MEAN
02:34:35 I'VE SEEN A LOT. >> THERE'S YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE
02:34:41 JUST ONE BLOCK UP BELOW FROM WHERE WE ARE.
02:34:42 >> IF I WENT FROM WHERE THEY ARE MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY
02:34:46 IN NORTH BEACH THOUSANDS OF RENTERS ARE WATCHING TODAY
02:34:49 AND DOZENS OF THEM HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED UTTER DISBELIEF THAT
02:34:53 THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS BOARD IS SIDING WITH A COUPLE
02:34:56 OVER ALL OF US EVEN WHEN THEY ARE IN THE WRONG.
02:34:58 >> WE YOU CANNOT SEND A MESSAGE THAT THIS IS OKAY.
02:35:01 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:35:06 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:35:12 ONE OF THESE STATEMENT STATEMENTS IS TRUE.
02:35:13 WHEN THIS PLAN CAME THROUGH EITHER SOMEONE IN THE PLANNING
02:35:17 DEPARTMENT WAS ASLEEP OR THEY WERE PAID OFF WITH THE HOPE
02:35:20 THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD SLIDE UNDER THE RADAR.
02:35:22 EITHER WAY, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS WHO
02:35:25 ALLOWED THIS EGREGIOUS MALFEASANCE TO GO THROUGH DO
02:35:28 NOT DESERVE THEIR PLACE IN OFFICE.
02:35:29 THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT IS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED IS
02:35:32 INEXCUSABLE. THE OTHER TRUTH IS THAT OUR
02:35:35 SUPERVISOR IS A FESTERING SORE ACTIVELY WOUND IN NORTH BEACH
02:35:39 AND THE WOUNDS HE IS INFLICTING WILL HAVE A LEGACY OF
02:35:40 DESTRUCTION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
02:35:43 OUR SUPERVISOR DOESN'T CARE ABOUT NORTH BEACH.
02:35:46 HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HOUSING. HE ONLY CARES ABOUT REAL ESTATE
02:35:50 . BITING AT THE COATTAILS OF
02:35:51 WIENER AND LINING HIS POCKETS IN THE POCKETS OF HIS DEVELOPER
02:35:54 BUDDIES. IF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THESE
02:35:55 WEALTHY, UNSCRUPULOUS AND CONSCIOUS AFFORDABLE HOME
02:35:59 DESTROYING ARROGANCE IS APPROVED AND ALLOWED TO PROCEED
02:36:03 FOR ANY REASON EVEN THE MOST RIDICULOUS LIE OF OVERSIGHT OR
02:36:07 WORSE WE DON'T KNOW WE COULD DO THAT.
02:36:10 YOU ARE SETTING A VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AND IT
02:36:13 WOULD GIVE OUR SUPERVISOR EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS TO TEAR
02:36:15 DOWN ALL RESTRICTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN S.F. BECAUSE
02:36:18 THAT'S HIS GOAL. THAT'S THE END GAME FOR THIS
02:36:22 DEVELOPER, HIS DEVELOPER FRIENDS AND THAT'S WHAT
02:36:23 WEINER'S GREEDY POCKETS ALSO WANT HIM TO DO.
02:36:26 AND JUST TO REMIND YOU, WE ALL KNOW WHAT SIDE YOU WILL SIT ON
02:36:31 IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND IF YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT YOU WILL
02:36:35 BE A LARGE CAUSE OF THE RUIN OF OUR BELOVED SAN FRANCISCO.
02:36:38 >> AND SHAME WILL BE YOUR MIDDLE NAMES.
02:36:41 >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:36:45 >> WELL OKAY. MY NAME IS KEN FUJIOKA.
02:36:48 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CHINATOWN COMMUNITY CENTER AND I WANT TO
02:36:55 ADDRESS OR EMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT THE PLANNING STAFF RAISED
02:37:00 THAT APPROVING THIS TO YOU IS GOING TO CREATE A VERY DAMAGING
02:37:07 PRECEDENT AND WE'RE OUR ORGANIZATION COUNSELS TENANTS
02:37:12 ALL THE TIME THREATENED WITH BUYOUTS OF THREATENED
02:37:15 DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE
02:37:18 KNOW THE OWNERS ARE PLANNING TO MERGE THE UNITS AND THE OWNERS
02:37:21 ARE GOING TO ELICIT AND THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO TRY
02:37:23 TO JAM IT THROUGH AND AND IN APPROVING THIS IT'S GOING TO
02:37:26 GIVE A SIGNAL THAT YOU CAN GO FORWARD AND DOING SUCH BEHAVIOR
02:37:33 AND GET AWAY AND SELL THE PROPERTY OFF AND LET SOMEONE
02:37:36 ELSE PAY A PRICE FOR SURE. AND I WANT TO GET TO THE OWNERS
02:37:39 SITUATION TOO. I, I FEEL FOR THEM BUT BUT WE
02:37:41 HAVE WE WE THE CONTACT WE ME THE THE CONSEQUENCE ISN'T JUST
02:37:48 THIS FAMILY AS SOMEONE ELSE SAID BEFORE BUT IT IS THERE ARE
02:37:51 600 BUYOUTS LAST YEAR A THREATENED BUYOUT MORE THAN
02:37:55 HALF OF THEM WENT THROUGH AND MOST OF THE TENANTS HAVE NO
02:37:57 BARGAINING POSITION BECAUSE THEY GET EVICTED, THEY GET LOST
02:38:00 AND THEY GO NOWHERE OR THEY LEAVE AS IN THIS CASE TWO OF
02:38:06 THE HOUSEHOLDS LEFT THE CITY AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
02:38:10 I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY TROUBLED BY THE ACTIONS
02:38:14 ATION BASED ON NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
02:38:17 MALFEASANCE ON THE PART OF STAFF IN THIS CASE WHETHER
02:38:22 STEVIE I OR PLANNING STAFF I MEAN WE HAVE FIRE PARTMENT
02:38:23 OTHERS FOLKS ALL WITNESSING THREE LET'S BLAME THE DEVELOPER
02:38:26 YES BUT WE ALSO NEED TO UPHOLD THE RULE THAT IF YOU BUY A FOUR
02:38:33 UNIT BUILDING THAT SAYS IT'S A LEGAL PERFORMING UNIT YOU THAT
02:38:37 THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD STAY AND WE HAVE TO KEEP RENT
02:38:40 CONTROL HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE
02:38:44 FOLKS WHO ARE LOSING OUT WHO ARE NOT BEING SPOKEN ABOUT
02:38:48 IN THE NARRATIVE OF THE OWNERS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
02:38:51 . ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS
02:38:52 WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING IN OPPOSITION TO
02:38:55 THE APPEAL? ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT.
02:39:00 >> ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO
02:39:01 THE APPEAL IS NOW CLOSED. AND LASTLY, WE'LL HAVE THE
02:39:07 APPELLANT COME OUT TO PRESENT A REBUTTAL ARGUMENT OF UP TO
02:39:10 THREE MINUTES. >> FIRST, THANK YOU TO THE
02:39:21 PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
02:39:22 WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ARDUOUS PROCESS AND IT'S BEEN
02:39:25 FOR YEARS AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
02:39:26 PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE SORRY THAT THIS HAS LANDED ON ALL OF
02:39:29 OUR PLATES. BUT COLLECTIVELY WE KNOW YOU'VE
02:39:30 SPENT A LOT OF TIME SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE
02:39:36 SUPERVISORS FOR CONSIDERING THE FACTS OF THIS CASE NO MATTER
02:39:38 THE OUTCOME. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
02:39:41 TIME. I WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW POINTS
02:39:44 FOR THE RECORD BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO STEPHEN TO OUR
02:39:46 ARCHITECT. THE FIRST IS THE ROOM ONE
02:39:49 DESIGNATION ALLOWS FOR 2.4 UNITS BASED ON A 1920 FOOT
02:39:53 SQUARE FOOT LOT. THIS IS BASED ON THE PLANNING
02:39:54 DEPARTMENT'S OWN STAFF REPORT, NOT OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE
02:39:57 REPORT. SO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 2017
02:40:01 INSPECTION INCLUDED BY DVI INCLUDED FIVE SIGN FINAL SIGN
02:40:05 OFFS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. THE NOTION THAT THIS INSPECTOR
02:40:09 ONLY VIEWED THE ROOF IS TROUBLING BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR
02:40:12 DOES NOT GO UP TO THE ROOF. THE INSPECTOR WOULD HAVE TO
02:40:13 COME THROUGH THE HOME AND WOULD HAVE DIRECTLY FACED BEEN
02:40:16 DIRECTLY FACED WITH THE MOST EGREGIOUS VIOLATION.
02:40:19 AS FOR THE 2022 DBI INSPECTION THAT INSPECTION NEVER OCCURRED
02:40:24 . THAT IS INCREDIBLY TROUBLING
02:40:24 FOR US AS THE HOMEOWNERS AS WE WERE LIVING AT THE PROPERTY AT
02:40:27 THE TIME. THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME DBA HAS
02:40:28 STEPPED FOOT INTO OUR HOME AFTER OUR PURCHASE WAS JUST A
02:40:32 FEW WEEKS AGO. ON PRECEDENT WE VERY MUCH
02:40:36 UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS
02:40:39 OF EVERYONE WHO SPOKE. HOUSING IS ABSOLUTELY A CRISIS
02:40:43 IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE POSITION HOWEVER, ONLY
02:40:47 WORKS IF THE SITUATION IS REPUTED REPEATABLE.
02:40:48 >> THIS IS NOT A PLAYBOOK OR A REPEATABLE FACT PATTERN AS
02:40:52 DEMONSTRATED BY ALL OF THE ERRORS FORCED ALONG THE WAY.
02:40:55 THIS IS A SOPHISTICATED DEVELOPER WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW
02:40:58 TO GAME AND OPERATE WITHIN THE SYSTEM INCLUDING INSTALLING
02:41:02 METERS AND OTHER THINGS THAT GIVE THE ILLUSION OF FOUR
02:41:05 COMPLETE UNITS. I'D LIKE FOR OUR ARCHITECT
02:41:08 STEPHEN TO TRY TO PLEASE GIVE A BIT MORE COLOR.
02:41:10 BUT IN THE MEANTIME THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
02:41:12 >> YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND 10S LEFT.
02:41:13 OKAY. THANK YOU.
02:41:14 HELLO. MY NAME IS STEPHEN SUTRO.
02:41:16 I'M THE ARCHITECT. I AM AN ARCHITECT HERE IN SAN
02:41:19 FRANCISCO AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
02:41:20 I WAS HIRED BY CAITLIN AND BEN WHEN THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF THE
02:41:23 PLANNING VIOLATION. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
02:41:24 THE LISTING PHOTOS THAT WERE PART OF THE PACKET MATCHED
02:41:27 EXACTLY WHAT IS THERE TODAY. NO CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED
02:41:31 BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THOSE REALTOR PHOTOS WERE GENERATED
02:41:34 AND TODAY THE DEVELOPER GOT FOUR UNITS APPROVED AND THEN
02:41:35 ONLY BUILT ONE. THERE ARE MANY PHYSICAL
02:41:38 ELEMENTS IN THE BUILDING THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
02:41:42 THAN HIS APPROVED PLANS. THE MAIN STAIRCASE IS DESIGNED
02:41:43 TO SERVE MULTIPLE UNITS AS AN EXIT CORRIDOR.
02:41:46 IT HAS TO HAVE FIRE RATED WALLS AROUND IT.
02:41:49 INSTEAD IT'S BUILT AS A FLOATING STAIRCASE AND THAT
02:41:51 FLOATING STAIRCASE IS IN REALTOR PHOTOS THAT WERE
02:41:53 GENERATED AT THE TIME ONE MONTH AFTER INSPECTION.
02:41:56 THAT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S JUST SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE.
02:42:00 I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT PHYSICALLY COULD NOT HAVE
02:42:01 BEEN TRANSFORMED IN THAT QUICK OF A TIME FRAME.
02:42:04 SO THERE'S JUST A BIG DISCREPANCY HERE FROM WHAT WAS
02:42:06 APPROVED BY THE DEVELOPER AND WHAT WHAT WAS PURCHASED BY
02:42:09 THE OWNER JUST BEFORE CAITLIN AND BEN.
02:42:12 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:42:15 ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
02:42:23 >> THANK YOU. I THINK THE THING THAT I AM
02:42:26 MOST KIND OF CONFUSED AND CONCERNED ABOUT IS THIS
02:42:29 2016 SIGN OFF THAT LEGALIZED THE CHANGE FROM TWO UNITS TO
02:42:34 FOUR UNITS. >> AND YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE
02:42:37 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE APARTMENT WITH A FLOATING STAIRCASE WHICH
02:42:41 I CANNOT IMAGINE A DBA INSPECTOR WOULD HAVE SIGNED OFF
02:42:46 ON AS A STANDARD MEANS OF EGRESS NOR CAN I IMAGINE THAT
02:42:47 IT WOULD TAKE ONE MONTH OR 45 DAYS TO DEMOLISH A CENTRAL
02:42:52 EGRESS WITH FIRE RATED DOORS AND INSTALL A FLOATING
02:42:56 STAIRCASE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONTRACTOR
02:42:59 CAN GET THAT DONE ON TIME BUT PROBABLY NOT ONE AND AND THEN
02:43:02 ALSO THE FACT THAT THIS INSPECTOR WAS ALSO UNDER
02:43:05 INVESTIGATION AT TBI. HOW HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SQUARE
02:43:09 ALL THOSE CIRCLES BEFORE ME? I DON'T KNOW.
02:43:16 I GUESS. YEAH.
02:43:17 YEAH. >> SURE.
02:43:20 YEAH. WELL, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY
02:43:25 THAT INSPECTOR WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
02:43:26 >> HE WAS AN INVESTIGATOR FOR COMPLETELY UNRELATED MATTER.
02:43:31 >> SO HE WAS THOUGH. I'M SORRY.
02:43:35 HE WAS THOUGH MAYBE. YES, BUT.
02:43:38 >> BUT HE WAS. YES.
02:43:39 ALL RIGHT. >> YEAH.
02:43:43 LIKE I SAID, WE READ THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
02:43:46 WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE ISKANDER AND JUSTIN
02:43:47 PARKER WAS ANOTHER DEVELOPER INVOLVED TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY
02:43:51 HAPPENED HERE. I I IT DOES SOUND INCREDULOUS.
02:43:54 THIS HAPPENED IN 45 DAYS. I AGREE.
02:43:57 >> I'M TRYING TO LOOK BACK TEN YEARS AND IT SOUNDS INCREDULOUS
02:44:01 THAT THE PERMIT LEGALIZING THE FOUR UNIT MIX WAS ISSUED
02:44:05 PROPERLY. AND THAT'S I THINK THE CRUX OF
02:44:09 WHERE I'M STRUGGLING. YOUR EYES MAKE IT SEEM AS IF
02:44:13 MAYBE MY ANALYSIS WAS OFF WHEN YOU SAY THAT.
02:44:14 >> NO, NO. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I'M
02:44:17 MISUNDERSTANDING. SHOULD I?
02:44:18 YOU'RE YOU SAY IT'S INCREDULOUS THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED.
02:44:21 RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S ONE STAGE OF THE
02:44:23 PROBLEM IS ISSUED. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TALKING
02:44:24 ABOUT THE END FIVE YEARS LATER WHEN THE THE JARVIS SIGNED OFF
02:44:27 IT WAS NOT SIGNED. >> THE ACCUSATIONS ARE THAT IT
02:44:31 WAS NOT BUILT ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED PLANS.
02:44:34 >> I I'M JUST I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE THE IT SEEMS TO ME
02:44:38 LIKE THE PERMIT FOR A FOUR UNIT LEGALIZATION WAS SIGNED OFF
02:44:45 IN 2016, RIGHT? CORRECT.
02:44:46 AND SO MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING HERE.
02:44:49 IS IT SUCH THAT THE WORK DID NOT WAS.
02:44:50 DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE WORK FOR A FOR YOU IN A BUILDING HAD
02:44:53 TO BE COMPLETED THEN OR IT COULD BE STARTED THEN
02:44:56 AND COMPLETED LATER? >> THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
02:45:00 >> THAT WAS WHEN THE WORK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED.
02:45:02 THE PERMIT WAS INITIALLY RIGHT .
02:45:03 AND SO IF THE WORK WAS COMPLETED THEN AND THEN 45 DAYS
02:45:05 LATER WE'VE GOT A FLOATING STAIRCASE THAT IS MAGICALLY
02:45:08 REPLACED. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
02:45:09 THAT'S THE CRUX OF WHERE I CANNOT I AM INCREDULOUS THAT
02:45:12 THAT 2016 LEGALIZATION WAS SIGNED OFF ON CORRECTLY.
02:45:19 THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH.
02:45:26 WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
02:45:27 I MEAN SO THERE'S ASSUMING THAT DBA INSPECTORS ARE DOING THEIR
02:45:34 JOB AND THAT THE FIRE INSPECTORS ARE DOING THEIR JOB,
02:45:38 THEY'RE LOOKING IN 2016 AND MULTIPLE TIMES THEY'RE
02:45:41 SAYING THERE'S FOUR UNITS THERE MLS.
02:45:45 >> I MEAN WHEN THIS THING IS LISTED REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
02:45:49 SAYS THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
02:45:53 A FEW MONTHS, A COUPLE A MONTH AND A HALF LATER.
02:45:56 IS THAT IS THAT KIND OF WHAT WE THINK HAS HAPPENED HERE?
02:46:03 >> I GUESS I GUESS MY POINT IS LIKE YOU ALL CITY STAFF HAVE
02:46:07 NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT A PRIVATE TRANSACTION WHAT PEOPLE
02:46:11 ARE SAYING IS THERE. WE KNOW THERE'S ESSENTIALLY A
02:46:15 SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE NOW IN 2026.
02:46:18 WE THINK IF WE TRUST MULTIPLE INSPECTORS FROM DIFFERENT CITY
02:46:22 DEPARTMENTS GOING OUT IN 2016 THERE WERE FOUR UNITS BUT
02:46:27 THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY I MEAN MAYBE SOMEONE DIDN'T SEEN AN
02:46:32 INSANE AMOUNT OF UNAUTHORIZED WORK IN A MONTH AND A HALF TO
02:46:36 GET THIS THING CLOSER TO BEING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND THE
02:46:39 PRIOR OWNER BOUGHT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WASN'T DIDN'T FEEL
02:46:43 EXACTLY LIKE FOUR UNITS OR MAYBE DIDN'T FEEL EXACTLY LIKE
02:46:46 ONE UNIT EITHER. >> AND THEN THERE'S MORE
02:46:49 UNAUTHORIZED WORK THAT HAPPENS SORT OF WHILE THAT PRIOR
02:46:50 PROPERTY OWNER OWNS. I MEAN YOU CAN COME UP WITH
02:46:54 NARRATIVES ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE THAT DON'T
02:46:58 REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, SOME HUGE MISTAKE BY CITY STAFF IN 2016.
02:47:02 RIGHT. MY THERE'S SOME NODDING GOING
02:47:06 ON OVER THERE. >> ALL RIGHT.
02:47:07 SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
02:47:10 >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW POINTS.
02:47:17 >> IT IS WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION AND NEVERTHELESS
02:47:22 THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME.
02:47:26 I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY AREA OF THE CODE WHERE
02:47:31 SOMEBODY WHO PURCHASES A PROPERTY IS THEN RESPONSIBLE
02:47:38 FOR THE COMPLIANCE. WE WHEN WHEN YOU PURCHASE THE
02:47:43 PROPERTY YOU USUALLY ALTHOUGH IN A HOT REAL ESTATE MARKET YOU
02:47:48 SKIP THAT STEP. >> THERE IS AN INSPECTION
02:47:51 AND YOU PURCHASE THE ELECTRICAL THE PLUMBING, THE SEWER,
02:47:55 EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW IS TOUCHED BY OUR BUILDING
02:48:00 AND PLANNING CODES THAT THEN BECOMES YOUR LEGAL
02:48:03 RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IS WHY UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW IT IS
02:48:07 REQUIRED BEFORE A BROKER SIGNS OFF ON THE TRANSFER OF THE DEED
02:48:11 THAT THERE BE A THREE HOUR REPORT PULLED WHICH THERE WAS
02:48:18 IN THIS CASE. SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE
02:48:19 LISTING SAID THAT OR THE OTHER THAT THROUGH YOUR REPORT THAT
02:48:23 SAYS FOUR UNITS WAS INCLUDED IN THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY
02:48:27 AND THE BROKER WHO OVERSAW AND STAMPED THIS TRANSACTION
02:48:33 HAD TO VOUCH THAT THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A TRANSFER OF
02:48:37 TITLE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW WERE MET AND THAT INCLUDED THE THREE
02:48:42 HOUR REPORT THAT SAID IT IS A FOUR UNIT PROPERTY.
02:48:45 SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
02:48:48 LAST YEAR AT THIS BOARD PASSED LEGISLATION THAT I AUTHORED
02:48:53 DEALING WITH YOU TO USE WITH THE LEGALIZATION OF YOU TO USE
02:49:00 . WE CLARIFIED BECAUSE UNDER OUR
02:49:04 RENT CONTROL LAWS YOU TO USE OUR WRITTEN CONTROLLED AND WE
02:49:08 TREAT THEM AS UNITS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR UNPERMITTED
02:49:12 ARE PERMITTED. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THESE
02:49:13 UNITS WERE PERMITTED BUT EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T BECAUSE THERE'S
02:49:16 BEEN THIS YOU KNOW, OVER YOU KNOW, WRITING CONJECTURE EVEN
02:49:22 IF THEY WEREN'T. WE HAVE LEGISLATION THAT DEALS
02:49:27 WITH HOW WE TREAT THESE THINGS AND WE TREAT THEM AS UNITS.
02:49:29 YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH THEM A CERTAIN WAY.
02:49:33 TWO YEARS AGO WE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS CURRENT BOARD
02:49:37 BUT WE ALSO PASSED LEGISLATION THAT I ALSO AUTHORED DEALING
02:49:41 WITH UNPERMITTED UNITS AND THE A PATH FORWARD FOR FOLKS WHO
02:49:45 DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE UNPERMITTED WHEN THEY, YOU
02:49:47 KNOW, PURCHASED THEM AND ALLOWED A PATH FOR
02:49:50 INCORPORATED THEM INCORPORATING THOSE UNITS INTO THAT PRINCIPAL
02:49:53 HOME. >> SO THERE IS A PATH FOR DOING
02:49:58 THAT. BUT THAT WAS NOT THAT THAT'S
02:49:59 NOT WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY.
02:50:01 WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS OVERTURNING THE PLANNING
02:50:05 COMMISSION'S DETERMINATION IN THAT HAS A STANDARD WHICH I
02:50:10 THINK THAT THE CURRENT APPELLANT HAS NOT MET AS FAR AS
02:50:14 I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE I'VE HEARD
02:50:18 QUESTIONS I'VE HEARD YOU KNOW, SOME CONJECTURE ABOUT, YOU
02:50:21 KNOW, CITY STAFF ACTING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
02:50:25 >> THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THERE WAS A BAD ACTOR
02:50:29 HERE, A DEVELOPER WHO MARCHED FOUR UNITS ILLEGALLY AND TURNED
02:50:33 IT INTO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT A
02:50:39 FAMILY WANTS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN NORTH BEACH.
02:50:43 I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION UNDER THIS
02:50:47 STATE LAW NOW TO DELIVER 84,000 UNITS OF HOUSING AND OVER THE
02:50:52 NEXT EIGHT YEARS AND THIS POLICY DECISION WILL HAVE AN
02:50:59 EFFECT ON THAT AND IT'S NOT ONE THAT I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN.
02:51:03 I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ZONING FOR A
02:51:10 REASON. SO TWO THIRDS OF OUR HOUSING
02:51:13 STOCK IN SAN FRANCISCO ACTUALLY IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND IT
02:51:18 IS NOT NORTH BEACH AND YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEBODY
02:51:23 WOULD WANT TO HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN NORTH BEACH
02:51:26 WHICH IS A VERY DENSE AREA. THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, HOW WE
02:51:29 HAVE MADE THESE DECISIONS AND WE JUST FAMOUSLY WENT
02:51:33 THROUGH A VERY ARDUOUS PROCESS TO REVISIT THOSE ISSUES.
02:51:37 BUT IT WAS DONE DELIBERATELY AND WITH LOTS OF STUDY
02:51:40 AND INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC.
02:51:41 I AM NOT READY TO CHANGE THE POLICY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
02:51:48 OF FRANCISCO WHEN IT COMES TO CODE COMPLIANCE ON THESE ISSUES
02:51:51 ON ILLEGAL MERGERS OF UNITS NOTWITHSTANDING THE HARDSHIP
02:51:56 FOR THIS FAMILY. I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHERE
02:52:00 THEY'RE COMING FROM AND I, I DO WISH THAT PEOPLE HAD BETTER
02:52:04 TRAINING WHEN THEY ARE PURCHASING, YOU KNOW, THEIR
02:52:05 LARGEST ASSETS. I DID SPEND A BUNCH OF MY
02:52:09 CAREER DOING THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP TRAINING AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
02:52:12 YOU HAVE TO READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU SIGN IT.
02:52:16 IT IS A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU'RE TAKING WHEN THAT
02:52:17 HAPPENS. NEVERTHELESS, THIS IS STILL A
02:52:20 VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY. I, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD KEEP
02:52:23 TO THE POLICY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD AND I WILL BE VOTING TO
02:52:30 UPHOLD THIS DECISION. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR
02:52:35 MELGAR. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR
02:52:35 DELIBERATIONS BUT THE CLERK HAS POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THERE'S
02:52:38 A LITTLE I PROBABLY WE SHOULD SAY AT THIS POINT THAT THE
02:52:43 PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD AND IS NOW FILED.
02:52:46 >> SUPERVISOR WALTON, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT MENEM.
02:52:50 >> AND THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT I ALWAYS THINK IS THE WORST PART
02:52:57 OF OUR JOB TO HAVE FACILITIES DISPUTES.
02:53:00 I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT READING THE FINE PRINT PROBABLY
02:53:05 ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW WE ACTUALLY WERE GOING TO HAVE
02:53:06 TO DO SERVING ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
02:53:09 BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE WE ARE PUT IN THIS
02:53:13 PREDICAMENT TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND SO I HAVE TO LOOK
02:53:17 AT THE FACTS THAT ARE PRESENTED.
02:53:18 >> I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME FROM ALL SIDES
02:53:24 AND I THINK A FEW THINGS THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH HERE IS I
02:53:28 DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO WHEN THE CITY ASSESSOR DEFINES AS
02:53:36 FOUR UNITS WHEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DEFINES AS FOUR
02:53:42 UNITS, WHEN THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT DEFINES AS FOUR
02:53:49 UNITS AND THEN WHEN I SEE THAT WE WOULD LOSE NOT JUST A NET
02:53:56 LOSS OF TWO UNITS BUT VERY, VERY DEAR AND IMPORTANT FOR
02:53:57 WHAT I SEE IS ALSO A NET LOSS OF TWO RENT CONTROL UNITS.
02:54:03 THAT'S A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW TO TO NOT HAVE TO GO WITH THE
02:54:11 DECISION OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT PUTS IN FRONT OF US AND THEN
02:54:18 AND IT'S YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I DEFINITELY SYMPATHIZE WITH
02:54:23 ANYONE WHO IS PUT IN A POSITION TO MAKE A PURCHASE OF THIS SIZE
02:54:26 AND HAVE TO NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THE THINGS
02:54:31 THAT THEY WANT TO DO. >> BUT MOST CERTAINLY WHEN I
02:54:37 HEAR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT THE ONE THING THEY DID
02:54:41 KNOW IS THAT THIS WAS LISTED AS A MULTI UNIT HOME AT THE TIME
02:54:48 OF PURCHASE. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT
02:54:52 ALIGNS WITH EVERYTHING THEY'RE PLANNING AS PRESENTED BEFORE US
02:54:56 ALONG WITH OTHER BODIES THAT MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE
02:54:59 DESIGNATE SOMETHING AS TO BE IN IN THIS CASE TO BE FOR UNITS
02:55:07 . I DO SHARE ISSUES WITH
02:55:11 SUPERVISOR CHERYL IN TERMS OF GOING AFTER VIOLATORS AND BAD
02:55:16 ACTORS. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION
02:55:19 ABOUT WHAT INVESTIGATION IS GOING ON AND WHAT IS HAPPENING
02:55:23 IN THAT CASE. BUT LIKE SUPERVISOR MELGAR, I
02:55:27 CAN'T SEE WHY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT WHAT PLANNING IS PUT
02:55:34 BEFORE US PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT A MATTER OF WE
02:55:42 RELY ON THESE FOLKS TO MAKE THESE ASSESSMENTS FOR SO MANY
02:55:45 DIFFERENT REASONS AND NOT JUST THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE
02:55:48 CITY ASSESSOR, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ME THERE THERE'S
02:55:52 NO WAY WITH WAS PRESENTED IN FRONT OF ME.
02:55:56 >> I CAN I CAN GO AGAINST THAT DECISION I THINK SUPERVISORS
02:56:00 WANT. >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER IS THIS
02:56:03 YOUR YOUR WRAP UP BECAUSE I DO HAVE QUESTIONS AND OKAY SO OKAY
02:56:11 I DO HAVE I GUESS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE APPELLANTS IF
02:56:16 THEY COULD COME BACK UP AND I DON'T ASK THIS TO BE MEAN I
02:56:29 MEAN I HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR YOUR PREDICAMENT AND I FEEL
02:56:33 BAD FOR YOU SO I WANT TO START BY THAT.
02:56:36 I THINK PEOPLE ARE SAYING UNKIND THINGS ABOUT YOU ARE NOT
02:56:38 DOING THEIR CAUSE ANY GREAT SERVICE BUT AND NOT TO ASSUME
02:56:44 TOO MUCH SOPHISTICATION FROM YOU AS BUYERS BUT YOU WHAT DID
02:56:51 YOU THINK WHEN YOU WERE BUYING THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS
02:56:55 DESCRIBED BY ADDRESSES FOR DIFFERENT ADDRESSES IN YOUR
02:57:01 TITLE REPORT WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW WOULD HAVE SHOWN THAT
02:57:05 THROUGH YOUR REPORT WOULD HAVE SHOWN THAT AND PRESUMABLY YOUR
02:57:07 REALTOR HAD SOME KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT
02:57:10 THIS LIKE AND MAYBE IT'S HARD TO TAKE YOURSELF BACK TO 2021
02:57:14 WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THIS DECISION BUT WHAT DID YOU THINK
02:57:17 WAS GOING ON HERE? >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S A FAIR
02:57:20 QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE THE RESPECTFUL OPENING.
02:57:24 >> I THINK THE REALITY OF THIS CASE IS THAT WE DID SO WHICH IS
02:57:28 WHY I OWNED IT OPENLY. I ALSO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF NOW
02:57:32 BEING ON THE RECORD WITH THE CHRONICLE IS CALLING MYSELF A
02:57:35 NUMBER WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE FOR ME.
02:57:38 I OWN IT BECAUSE I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS AND WE
02:57:43 ARE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS AS SOMEONE POINTED OUT, WE'RE NOT
02:57:47 FROM GENERATIONAL WEALTH THAT DOES NOT EXCLUDE US THOUGH FROM
02:57:51 PARTICIPATING IN LAWFUL BEHAVIOR AND ABIDING BY RULES
02:57:55 WHICH IS WHY WE'VE PROPOSED A SOLUTION THAT WE THINK IS
02:57:59 FEASIBLE AND PROPORTIONAL WHICH IS NOT TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE
02:58:03 FAMILY HOME NOWHERE NOT ONCE HAVE WE EVER ASKED FOR THAT.
02:58:06 WHAT WENT THROUGH OUR MINDS WHEN WE FOUND THIS HOME WAS THE
02:58:10 HOME THAT WE THOUGHT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
02:58:14 >> IT TURNS OUT THAT'S RIGHT. WE WE DIDN'T I TO SAY WE DIDN'T
02:58:18 KNOW I BELIEVE IS DOING A DISSERVICE TO YOUR QUESTION
02:58:22 AND THAT IS IT WAS POINTED OUT TO US WE DID GET THE THREE HOUR
02:58:28 REPORT AND WHAT IT SAID AT THE BOTTOM WAS THE ZONING OR
02:58:31 SOMETHING MAY HAVE CHANGED. PLEASE CALL THE PLANNING
02:58:34 DEPARTMENT OR LOOK INTO CITY RECORDS WHICH IS WHAT OUR REAL
02:58:36 ESTATE AGENT DID. >> AND WHEN THOSE RECORDS WERE
02:58:39 PULLED THEY WERE VERY CONFLICTING AND SO THE REASON I
02:58:42 USE THE WORDS WE KNOW IT WAS A MULTI UNIT PROPERTY NOT WE KNOW
02:58:46 IT WAS A FOUR UNIT PROPERTY IS BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR BASED
02:58:48 ON CITY RECORDS THEMSELVES AND SO WE DID KNOW AND THAT'S
02:58:53 WHAT I'M TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR.
02:58:54 >> AND YOU THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS LIVED IN THIS
02:58:57 ABSOLUTELY NOT BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THEM.
02:59:01 >> AND TO BE FAIR, THOSE TWO FORMER OWNERS WERE BOTH AT THE
02:59:05 TIME GENERAL COUNSEL AT TWITTER AND GOOGLE AND I AM NOT THAT
02:59:09 SOPHISTICATED TO YOUR POINT. >> I AM AND I'M NOT.
02:59:12 >> OKAY. SO THEN IF WE COULD TALK A
02:59:13 LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE PUT
02:59:16 FORWARD IS SORT OF THE THE PATH TO TO LEGALIZATION AND AGAIN
02:59:20 I'M NOT ASKING THIS TO BE MEAN BUT WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE
02:59:25 OF YOU OF YOUR HOME THAT YOU'RE LIVING IN NOW?
02:59:28 >> I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY NOTES UP WITH ME BUT IT IS
02:59:31 NORTH OF 3000FT2 AND THE LOT SIZE IS SOUTH OF 2000FT2
02:59:34 AND THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A NEW APPROXIMATELY 440 SQUARE FOOT
02:59:42 STUDIO DWELLING. >> AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE
02:59:43 SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PRIOR UNITS WAS?
02:59:46 >> I ROUGHLY KNOW THAT THEY WERE ONE WAS FROM THE PROPOSAL
02:59:54 SORRY EXCUSE ME THE PROPOSAL FROM PETER ISKANDER THAT THE
02:59:58 PLANS ON FOR 20 16 WHAT WAS I'M ASSUMING THOSE ARE LIKE
02:59:59 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT A KIND OF UNITS ONE WAS SOME THAT'S THE
03:00:06 JUMP ONE WAS SUB 400 I BELIEVE IT WAS 350 ISH ONE WAS THE 440
03:00:09 WHICH IS WHY WE WERE PROPOSING TO REINSTATE THAT UNIT AS THE
03:00:12 PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE FOR OUR FAMILY.
03:00:13 >> I DON'T RECALL THE SIZES OF THE OTHER BUT I THINK THAT THEY
03:00:17 WERE APPROXIMATELY SIZE OF DUPLEX STYLE I BELIEVE AND AND
03:00:23 SO WHEN WE WERE WE'RE GOING TO PLAN AND PART OF OUR OUR NEW
03:00:28 KNOWLEDGE NOW IS HOW THE SYSTEM AND THE PROCESS WORKS.
03:00:32 AT NO POINT AFTER FILING THIS THE C WAY ON REQUEST OF THE
03:00:36 PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AMEND
03:00:40 THE PLAN WHICH IS WHY I TRIED TO SHARE TODAY THAT WE'RE VERY
03:00:43 OPEN TO A REASONABLE PROPORTIONAL SOLUTION.
03:00:47 >> I WE OUR BIGGEST GOAL HERE IS TO REMAIN IN OUR HOME AND WE
03:00:51 ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REINSTATE A UNIT.
03:00:58 >> WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT SIDE LIKE
03:00:59 EXPLORING WHAT SIZE THAT UNIT IS WE'RE EXPLORING.
03:01:03 >> WE'RE OPEN TO EXPLORING MORE THEN THAN ONE ADDITIONAL UNIT.
03:01:07 BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCE IS ARE THAT A FOUR UNIT REINSTATEMENT
03:01:11 EVEN THOUGH THE UNITS THAT WERE UNAUTHORIZED PREVIOUSLY THOSE
03:01:17 TO WHICH TO BE ON THE RECORD I'M NOT DENYING THE EXISTENCE
03:01:21 OF THE HUMANS THAT LIVED IN THAT BUILDING AND WE'VE
03:01:23 TALKED WITH SOME OF THEM ONE OF WHICH IS VERY WHO IS STILL OUR
03:01:26 NEIGHBOR AND SHE'S INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF US
03:01:29 AND UNDERSTANDS THE SITUATION. BUT THOSE UNITS WERE INCREDIBLY
03:01:32 UNDERSIZED ACCORDING TO TODAY'S STANDARDS FOR WHAT IS
03:01:33 ACCEPTABLE WITHIN A HOME WHICH IS WHY I CONTINUE TO REPORT 2.2
03:01:39 THE THREE DENSITY FOR THE LOT SIZE WHICH AGAIN IS IS UNDER
03:01:43 THREE UNITS AT THIS POINT. >> SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE
03:01:47 EXPLORING ANYTHING. >> THANK YOU.
03:01:48 THANK YOU. >> I WILL RELIEVE YOU.
03:01:52 YOU CAN SIT BACK DOWN SO YOU KNOW AND I DO I THINK THESE
03:01:58 HOMEOWNERS ARE OUR SYMPATHETIC. I THINK IT WAS NOT A GREAT
03:02:03 DECISION TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY THAT YOU KNOW AND I THINK IT IS
03:02:12 IMPORTANT PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO STICK BY THE
03:02:19 PRECEDENT THAT IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
03:02:20 BUYERS IN SAN FRANCISCO TO BE PURCHASING PROPERTIES THAT
03:02:24 PURPORT TO BE FEWER UNITS THAN WHAT IS REPRESENTED IN THE
03:02:31 DOCUMENTATION FOR THOSE YOU KNOW FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
03:02:35 IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE OUR OUR RENT CONTROLLED UNIT PROTECTION
03:02:39 LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED OVER YOU KNOW, VARIOUS
03:02:46 PERIODS BUT BUT INCLUDING IN THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, YOU
03:02:47 KNOW, AROUND FAMILY ZONING LIKE THAT'S GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF
03:02:50 ITS EFFECTIVENESS IF IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THE CITY IS WILLING
03:02:55 TO LEGALIZE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WAIT TEN YEARS
03:02:59 THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE SORT OF A NONSTARTER FOR WELL, IT'S
03:03:04 GOING TO BE A BIG STARTER FOR THE LOSS OF FOR THE THE I GUESS
03:03:10 ACCELERATED LOSS OF RENT CONTROLLED UNITS AND THE FACT
03:03:11 THAT YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS AND REALTORS NOT ALL OF THEM
03:03:14 BUT THAT SOME OF THEM LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MONEY
03:03:21 AND THAT ONE WAY TO MAKE MONEY IS TO SORT OF DO THINGS THAT
03:03:25 ARE NOT PLAINLY ALLOWED OR QUITE DISALLOWED BY THE LAW BUT
03:03:29 YOU KNOW, COUNT ON THE CITY NOT CATCHING IT AND THE MAGIC OF
03:03:32 CAPITALISM TO ENSURE THAT THAT EVERYBODY EXCEPT THE PEOPLE
03:03:36 WHO'VE BEEN EVICTED PROSPER FROM THESE TRANSACTIONS LIKE
03:03:41 THERE'S INCREDIBLE POWER IN THAT SORT OF ECONOMIC
03:03:44 INCENTIVE TO DO THINGS THAT ARE NOT LEGAL.
03:03:49 AND SO THAT PUTS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING
03:03:53 DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD OF APPEALS AND US AND STAFF ALL
03:04:00 IN THIS UNPLEASANT POSITION OF HAVING TO DO UNKIND THINGS TO
03:04:05 INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD
03:04:09 BACK TO THE EXTENT WE CAN A FLOOD OF MORE EVICTIONS THAN
03:04:16 WE'VE SEEN AND MORE DISPLACEMENT THAN WE'VE SEEN.
03:04:17 AND AS YOU KNOW AS I THINK SYMPATHETIC AS THIS FAMILY IS,
03:04:25 I THINK IF WE LINED UP YOU KNOW, ALL THE ALL THE FAMILIES
03:04:29 AND HOUSEHOLDS NOT JUST IN NORTH BEACH BUT IN MY
03:04:32 DISTRICT CERTAINLY AND YOU KNOW, OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE
03:04:36 SEEN THEIR HOMES LOST THROUGH ILLEGAL MERGERS AND VARIOUS YOU
03:04:43 KNOW, MEANS THAT EITHER SKIRT THE LAW OR VIOLATE THE LAW,
03:04:47 THOSE WOULD BE PRETTY COMPELLING STORIES AS WELL.
03:04:51 SO I ALSO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT SOLUTION HERE
03:04:55 AND BALANCING OF THE EQUITIES I DON'T THINK THIS PROPOSAL COMES
03:05:02 CLOSE TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PRESERVE THE IDEA THAT YOU
03:05:07 CAN'T JUST GET RID OF RENT CONTROLLED UNITS AND THEN SOLVE
03:05:12 IT, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WITH YOU KNOW,
03:05:15 ADDITION OF A SMALL UNIT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GET RENTED OUT
03:05:18 ANY TIME SOON. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE
03:05:22 SOMETHING MORE SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I'M YOU KNOW, ANOTHER
03:05:25 VOTE FOR APPROVING THE DENIAL WITH THAT SUPERVISOR SAUTER YOU
03:05:33 PRESENT AMENDMENT I DID HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE
03:05:34 APPELLANTS AND PROBABLY THE ARCHITECT IF THEY WANT TO COME
03:05:37 BACK UP. >> SO THE THE CONDITIONAL USE
03:05:44 THAT IS BEFORE US IS ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO ADD ONE NEW UNIT
03:05:51 OF HOUSING TAKES IT TO TO AUTHORIZE UNITS OF HOUSING
03:05:56 WHICH IS THE MOST IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF AUTHORIZED UNITS OF
03:05:59 HOUSING THIS SITE HAS HAD BUT THE REJECTION AGAIN KIND OF
03:06:06 SENDS US DOWN THIS PATH PRESUMABLY WHERE YOU'RE
03:06:07 REQUIRED TO TAKE IT TO FOUR UNITS OF HOUSING.
03:06:14 CAN YOU TELL US YOU KNOW BOTH MAYBE FROM THE APPELLANT
03:06:18 FINANCIAL FAMILY PERSPECTIVE AND THEN THE PHYSICAL
03:06:22 ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE IS THAT POSSIBLE?
03:06:23 COULD YOU DO FOR ANY UNITS OF HOUSING HERE?
03:06:26 >> IT IS POSSIBLE AND WE ILLUSTRATED PLANS THAT SHOW
03:06:32 FOUR UNITS AND THEY MATCH FAIRLY CLOSELY THE ORIGINAL
03:06:33 DEVELOPER'S APPROVED PLANS AND SO EACH IS ABOUT OR THREE
03:06:39 OF THEM ARE ABOUT 400FT2 440 WE COULD LOOK AT THE NUMBERS BUT
03:06:42 THEY'RE STUDIOS AND THEN IT WOULD BE A FOURTH THAT IS A
03:06:46 LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT LARGER .
03:06:49 IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE BUILDING IS PHYSICALLY BECAUSE
03:06:51 OF THE THE TWO MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIRED FOR A BUILDING WITH
03:06:54 THREE UNITS OR MORE. SO WE'D HAVE TO DO A FIRE RATED
03:06:57 CORRIDOR AND STAIRCASES AND THE ONE STAIRCASE IN THE REAR DOES
03:07:01 NOT MEET CODE FROM A HEIGHT PERSPECTIVE AND THE STEPS ARE
03:07:05 UNEVEN AND SO FORTH. SO THAT ONE WOULD NEED TO BE
03:07:08 REBUILT. THE ONE AT THE FRONT IS
03:07:09 COMPLETELY OPEN TO THE UPPER THREE STORIES AND SO THAT WOULD
03:07:14 HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED.
03:07:17 SO IT'S A IT'S A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE BUILDING PHYSICALLY
03:07:19 WOULD REQUIRE LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS BE UPGRADED.
03:07:22 THE WIRING IS NOT SUCCINCT. >> IT DOES NOT GO TO INDIVIDUAL
03:07:27 UNITS AS AS LAID OUT BY THE DEVELOPER.
03:07:28 SO IT'S A WHOLE OVERHAUL OF THE BUILDING MECHANICAL,
03:07:31 ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, STAIRCASES, WALLS AND THINGS
03:07:33 LIKE THIS AS WELL AS FOR KITCHENS HOW MUCH THAT COST IS
03:07:37 SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF MAYBE $800 PER SQUARE FOOT OR
03:07:40 SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT'S PROBABLY 2 MILLION BUCKS OR
03:07:43 SOMETHING LIKE THIS MAYBE MORE .
03:07:46 THERE'S ANOTHER PATH OF THREE UNITS THAT IS IS PROBABLY LESS
03:07:49 INVASIVE AND MIGHT YIELD SOMETHING WHERE A FAMILY OF
03:07:53 THEIR SIZE COULD STAY I DON'T KNOW.
03:07:56 >> BUT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR DO YOU HAVE THANK
03:08:00 YOU MAYBE FOR THE APPELLANT WHAT IS GOING DOWN A PATH OF
03:08:05 FOUR UNITS MEAN FOR YOU AND THEN HOW WOULD THAT COMPARE
03:08:08 TO NOT NOT TWO WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR BUT MAYBE A
03:08:12 COMPROMISE AT THREE? >> THANK YOU STEPHEN.
03:08:15 I. >> FOUR UNITS MEANS A FORCED
03:08:19 DISPLACEMENT OF OUR FAMILY AGAIN POINTING TO THE THE M ONE
03:08:25 DENSITY THE UNITS THAT WOULD BE PRODUCED WITH A FOUR UNIT
03:08:28 LAYOUT WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO HOUSE OUR FAMILY.
03:08:32 >> I RECOGNIZE THAT THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF THIS IS NOT
03:08:36 A WELL-RECEIVED ARGUMENT AND SO I WON'T MAKE THAT IT IS
03:08:41 MEANINGFUL TO MY FAMILY BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST
03:08:45 MEANINGFUL IMPACT TO OUR FAMILY IS IF WE RETURN TO THE FOUR
03:08:48 UNIT CONFIGURATION EITHER THAT WERE APPROVED BY THESE 2013
03:08:52 PLANS OR SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION THAT WE HAVE
03:08:56 WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO TO MAKE SIMPLY WILL NOT HOUSE A
03:09:01 FAMILY OF FOUR. MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH WORK FROM
03:09:03 HOME. WE HAVE TWO YOUNG GROWING
03:09:05 CHILDREN AND WE HAVE VERY IMMINENTLY AN ELDERLY DISABLED
03:09:08 PARENT THAT WILL BE MOVING IN WITH US AND SO NONE OF THE
03:09:12 UNITS PRODUCED IN A FOUR UNIT PLAN WOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR
03:09:15 FAMILY TO STAY. THANK YOU.
03:09:19 THANK YOU. I WANT TO ORGANIZE MY THOUGHTS
03:09:22 AND THEN MAYBE MAKE A MOTION FOR FOR FOLKS TO CONSIDER AND I
03:09:26 DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AROUND
03:09:31 SETTING A PRECEDENT. WE DON'T WANT ILLEGAL MERGERS
03:09:34 LIKE THIS TO BE FORGIVEN OR INCENTIVIZED AND WE DON'T WANT
03:09:38 TO SET A PRECEDENT. BUT I WOULD ARGUE THE TIME TO
03:09:42 SET A PRECEDENT AGAINST THIS IS 15 YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS A
03:09:46 KNOWN BAD ACTOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WAS THE OWNER.
03:09:49 >> AS WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
03:09:52 INSPECTION HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY THAT ALLOWED THE
03:09:56 ILLEGAL MERGER TO STEP TO SLIP THROUGH THE CITY'S HANDS FOR
03:10:00 THE PAST TEN PLUS YEARS UNTIL IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION
03:10:01 BY AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT FROM A NEIGHBOR.
03:10:05 AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF SITUATION WHERE
03:10:11 WITHIN 45 DAYS IN 2016 WE WENT FROM A BUY SIGNING OF A
03:10:15 CERTIFICATE OF FINAL COMPLETION FOR A SUPPOSE IT FOR YOU AND IT
03:10:19 REMODEL TO THE HOUSE BEING LISTED FOR SALE AS A SINGLE
03:10:20 FAMILY HOME. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S PHYSICALLY
03:10:23 POSSIBLE TO CONVERT A FOUR UNIT BUILDING IN THE MATTER OF 45
03:10:28 DAYS EITHER THE DEVELOPER FOUND A LOOPHOLE IN THE PERMITTING
03:10:30 PROCESS THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE CLOSED OR THE INSPECTIONS
03:10:34 WERE NOT CONDUCTED IN THE MANNER THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
03:10:37 BE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE WERE
03:10:38 FOLLOW UP PERMITS ISSUED BY THE RBI WHILE THE HOME WAS LISTED
03:10:41 AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN 2017 AND I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
03:10:46 AND I WOULD RATHER SEE US FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON FIXING THOSE
03:10:48 GAPS IN THE CITY'S PROCESSES. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
03:10:54 THAT I AM NOT SUGGESTING I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE SUGGESTING
03:10:58 THAT THE APPELLANT BEAR NO RESPONSIBILITY.
03:11:01 WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY IS PERMISSION FOR THEM TO BE
03:11:03 REQUIRED ADD NEW HOUSING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
03:11:06 CONSUMED YEARS OF THEIR TIME TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL COSTS
03:11:09 IN REGARDLESS IF YOU THINK THIS IS ENTIRELY FAIR OR IT IS TOO
03:11:15 BURDENSOME NO ONE CAN LOOK AT THIS SITUATION AND THINK THAT
03:11:16 WE ARE LETTING FOLKS OFF WITHOUT INTENSE SCRUTINY
03:11:19 AND COSTS OR THAT WE ARE INCENTIVIZING OR SETTING A
03:11:23 PRECEDENT HERE. WE CAN'T STOP ILLEGAL MERGERS
03:11:24 THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED BUT WE CAN PREVENT THEM FROM
03:11:27 HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS BOARD IS
03:11:30 DOING THAT THROUGH THE TENANTS PROTECTION ORDINANCE DEBACLE
03:11:34 OPTION AND REFORMS THROUGH PERMANENT SFR CHANGES WHICH
03:11:36 WILL CONNECT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS TO INSPECTION RECORDS WHICH WE
03:11:39 DON'T HAVE AT THE MOMENT. AND I'M ALSO IN CONVERSATIONS
03:11:42 WITH TBE CITY ATTORNEY AND RENT BOARD TO LOOK INTO MORE OPTIONS
03:11:46 TO HOLD DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE WHO DO MERGERS LIKE THIS.
03:11:50 >> THE IRONY IS THAT BY HOPING FOR HYPOTHETICAL FUTURE TENANTS
03:11:54 WE ARE LIKELY DISPLACING THE FAMILY AND LIVING THERE RIGHT
03:11:58 NOW A FAMILY OF FOUR AND I BELIEVE THAT A DENIAL WILL
03:12:02 RESULT IN THIS PROPERTY BEING STUCK IN LIMBO FOR YEARS TO
03:12:03 COME. SOMEDAY MAYBE FOUR STUDIO
03:12:05 APARTMENTS MIGHT BE BUILT FOR PEOPLE MIGHT LIVE THERE.
03:12:12 AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE LEARNED TODAY THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT
03:12:14 FOR THOSE FOUR UNITS TO BE RENTED OUT AND THERE'S NO
03:12:17 REQUIREMENT AROUND WHO LIVES IN THOSE FOUR UNITS.
03:12:19 I THINK AS DISCUSSED TODAY, IT IS VERY FAIR THAT THE
03:12:23 APPELLANTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL.
03:12:24 THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE DUE DILIGENCE.
03:12:27 I BELIEVE THEY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
03:12:30 BUT DO I BELIEVE THAT A LACK OF EXPERTISE IN REAL ESTATE SHOULD
03:12:32 SUBJECT A FAMILY TO BEING PERMANENTLY DISPLACED FROM
03:12:35 THEIR HOME AND FINANCIALLY DRAINED BECAUSE WE THINK THEY
03:12:38 CAN AFFORD IT? I DON'T I DO THINK THE FAMILY
03:12:41 AND THE APPELLANTS BEFORE US ARE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
03:12:45 AGAIN. THEY'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION
03:12:46 TO ADD MORE HOUSING. THEY COULD HAVE COME TO US WITH
03:12:50 A C APPLICATION TO KEEP THEIR HOME AT AS IS IT'S NOT ADD
03:12:51 ADDITIONAL UNITS BUT THEY CHOSE THIS PATH INSTEAD AND I THINK
03:12:55 THAT THE CITY SHOULD BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL FOR NOT
03:12:58 REVIEWING THE MERGER A DECADE AGO NOT TAKING THIS BAD ACTOR
03:13:02 SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. SO I AM INTERESTED IN A OUTCOME
03:13:06 HERE THAT KEEPS THIS FAMILY IN THEIR HOME ADDS ADDITIONAL
03:13:12 HOUSING AND LETS US MOVE PAST THIS AND DIRECT OUR RESOURCES
03:13:14 TOWARDS IMPROVING THE BUILDING INSPECTION PROCESS AND THE
03:13:17 COMPLIANCE PROCESS FOR BAD DEVELOPERS.
03:13:20 SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS REJECTING TODAY'S APPEAL.
03:13:24 THAT'S THE APPEAL THAT WOULD ADD ONE NEW HOUSING UNIT AND TO
03:13:28 INSTEAD URGE THE RECOMMENDATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL NEW UNITS.
03:13:34 THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS WOULD BRING THE PROPERTY TO
03:13:37 THREE AUTHORIZED UNITS. THREE AUTHORIZED UNITS IS A
03:13:42 RESULT OF ONE NET NEW AUTHORIZED UNIT OF HOUSING HERE
03:13:46 AND I THINK THIS BELIEVE THIS MEANS THAT THE FAMILY CAN STAY
03:13:50 IN THEIR CURRENT HOME AS WELL. SO THAT IS MY PROPOSAL
03:13:54 AND SQUARING THAT UP THAT MEANS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM
03:13:57 32 APPROVING THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION DE FACTO
03:14:01 DENYING THE CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION.
03:14:02 I'D LIKE TO MOVE ALSO MOVE ITEM 34 TO DIRECT THE CLERK OF THE
03:14:06 BOARD TO PREPARE FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF THIS DECISION.
03:14:10 I WOULD LIKE THOSE FINDINGS TO INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT A
03:14:13 THREE UNIT PROJECT MAY BE DESIRABLE AT THE SITE IF
03:14:14 FEASIBLE AND PROPERLY DESIGNED AND URGE THE PLANNING
03:14:18 DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW A FUTURE
03:14:21 APPLICATION FOR SUCH A PROJECT IF ONE IS SUBMITTED.
03:14:24 FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 33.
03:14:28 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR JOSH SAUTER HAS MADE
03:14:33 A MOTION. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
03:14:36 IT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CHERYL.
03:14:39 >> SUPERVISOR CHAN MY APOLOGIES I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION OF
03:14:43 THE MOTION PLEASE. IS THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD
03:14:49 WITH APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 32 TABLING 33 AND ALSO MOVE
03:14:54 FORWARD AND APPROVING 34 AT THE THE THE MOTION WOULD APPROVE
03:15:02 THE DENIAL THAT IS 32 I BELIEVE IT WOULD TABLE ITEM 33 AND IT
03:15:11 WOULD DIRECT AT THE PREPARATION OF FINDINGS WHERE ARE IN THE
03:15:20 BOARD WOULD EXPRESS OPENNESS TO A THREE UNIT SOLUTION RATHER
03:15:27 THAN A FOUR AS MY STATING THAT CORRECTLY SUPERVISOR SLAUGHTER
03:15:30 THAT APPEARS THAT APPEARS TO BE THE MOTION AND IN THAT EVENT IF
03:15:37 I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY BECAUSE THE CONDITIONAL USE
03:15:41 AUTHORIZATION AND PLEASE LION DEPARTMENT CORRECT ME IF I'M
03:15:44 WRONG IS THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION AT THE MOMENT
03:15:48 IS A DE FACTO DENIAL OF THE IT AND THEREFORE BY MOVING FORWARD
03:15:57 AND APPROVING THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECISIONS OF THE
03:16:01 PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHICH IS A DE FACTO DENIAL, YOU ARE
03:16:08 BASICALLY DENYING THE APPELLANT OKAY.
03:16:12 >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. >> IS IT IS GO AHEAD.
03:16:17 YES. YES.
03:16:17 THANK YOU. SPEAK UP STAFF VERONICA FLORES,
03:16:20 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF SUPERVISOR CHAN THAT IS
03:16:24 CORRECT. IF IF THIS BODY DOES NOT
03:16:28 APPROVE THE SEE YOU THEN WE STILL HAVE THE VIOLATION ON
03:16:32 HAND AND THEN THE APPELLANT HAS THE TWO PATHS TO MOVE FORWARD
03:16:35 EITHER LEGALIZE AS IS THIS IS THE APPLICATION THAT'S IN FRONT
03:16:38 OF YOU RIGHT NOW TO THEY CAN ABATE THE VIOLATION BY
03:16:42 LEGALIZING THE FOUR UNITS. WE DO HAVE A PERMIT ON FILE FOR
03:16:46 SUCH PROPOSAL BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY PATHS BUT A
03:16:53 SUPERVISOR SARDAR MENTIONED PERHAPS THERE'S ANOTHER PATH ON
03:16:54 HAND OF ADDING HAVING A TOTAL OF THREE UNITS ON THE PROPERTY
03:17:01 INSTEAD OF THE FOUR LEGAL UNITS HERE.
03:17:02 SO IF YOU DO NOT GRANT THE SEE YOU TODAY THE APPELLANT STILL
03:17:08 NEEDS TO ABATE THE VIOLATION IN THEIR THE PATH THAT THEY
03:17:12 CHOOSE AND TO ADD THAT IF THEY WERE WANT TO ADD FOR A TOTAL OF
03:17:16 THREE UNITS THEY STILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION
03:17:19 FOR APPROVAL OF THE MERGER OF TWO UNITS.
03:17:25 SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY SHALL WE SUPPORT SUPERVISOR
03:17:29 SOUDERS MOTION TODAY WHAT IT LEAVES TO FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF
03:17:37 THIS SPACE AND FOR THE APPELLANT IS THEN TO GO BACK TO
03:17:41 THE DRAWING BOARD WITH THREE SOUNDS LIKE THREE DIFFERENT
03:17:44 OPTIONS SEE YOU TO TO SEE TO APPLY IN OTHER SEE YOU AND THAT
03:17:49 WITHIN THAT SEE YOU HAS THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ONE IS TO
03:17:52 APPLY FOR A C USE THAT IT REMAINS AS ONE SINGLE FAMILY
03:17:56 HOME UNITS AS IT CURRENTLY IS OR A SEE YOU FOR POTENTIALLY A
03:18:02 THREE UNITS WHICH IS THEN THEY CONVERT THE EXISTING SINGLE
03:18:05 FAMILY HOME INTO TWO UNITS PLUS A 450 SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A A ADU
03:18:10 OR THAT THE THIRD C YOU WILL BE THEM FOR THEM TO CONVERT BACK
03:18:14 TO THE FOUR UNITS THEY WOULDN'T NEED A SEE YOU IF TO CONVERT
03:18:22 BACK TO FOUR UNITS THAT WOULD JUST TO ABATE THE COMPLAINTS
03:18:25 BUT IF THEY WANT TO CONVERT THAT TO THREE UNITS THEN THEY
03:18:30 WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS.
03:18:33 >> UNDERSTOOD. WELL IN THAT CASE THEN THANK
03:18:37 YOU. SO VIKAS, I MEAN THE WRINKLE OF
03:18:40 SUPERVISOR SLAUGHTER'S PROPOSAL IS JUST THE THIS BOARD I MEAN
03:18:46 WHETHER I DON'T THINK THERE ARE THE VOTES ON THE BOARD TO
03:18:55 DISAPPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION.
03:18:59 SO THE QUESTION FOR THIS BOARD IS DO WE SIMPLY AFFIRM THE
03:19:07 PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION IN WHICH CASE THE APPLICANT THE
03:19:11 APPELLANT NEEDS TO GO BACK EITHER NEEDS TO ABATE ABATE THE
03:19:16 VIOLATION BY RECREATING FOUR UNITS OR START EXPLORING OTHER
03:19:18 OPTIONS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THE PLANNING
03:19:22 COMMISSION THE SLIGHT VARIATION IN SUPERVISOR SLATER'S MOTION
03:19:28 IS TO HAVE US SAYING THAT PERHAPS THREE UNITS WOULD BE
03:19:34 ENOUGH TO TO ABATE THE VIOLATION NOT TELLING ANYBODY
03:19:38 WHAT TO DO BECAUSE WE CAN'T I DON'T THINK BUT SUGGESTING THAT
03:19:42 FOR EXAMPLE IF A APPEAL OF A SEE YOU FOR A THREE UNITS WERE
03:19:48 TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD THIS BOARD MIGHT BE INCLINED TO
03:19:53 SUPPORT THE THREE UNITS SOLUTION OR ANSWER SUPERVISOR
03:19:58 MELGAR THANK YOU. THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO
03:20:04 CLARIFY ON A PROCEDURAL ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS ONE MOTION TO
03:20:12 DENY THE CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION AND THEN TO
03:20:16 DIRECT THE STAFF TO AMEND THE FINDINGS AND I'M NOT SURE I
03:20:24 MEAN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THESE OTHER FINDINGS ARE
03:20:28 SUPPORTABLE BECAUSE WE ARE IN FACT CONTRADICTING I THINK
03:20:32 THE GENERAL PLAN BUT PROCEDURALLY IF WE DID NOT
03:20:36 AGREE WITH THAT SECOND PART OF THE MOTION WOULD WE THEN HAVE
03:20:44 TO MAKE A NEW MOTION OR CAN THOSE TWO ITEMS BE VOTED ON
03:20:47 SEPARATELY? >> TYPICALLY SUPERVISOR MELGAR
03:20:51 THROUGH THE PRESIDENT THIS ITEM IS VOTED ON AS A PACKAGE.
03:20:55 HOWEVER A SUPERVISOR COULD ASK TO HAVE THE ELEMENTS SEPARATE
03:21:03 SO FOR THE QUESTION AND VOTE ON THE MATTER SEPARATELY.
03:21:06 ALTERNATIVELY I WOULD ASK THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY IF A
03:21:13 SEPARATE VOTE OUTCOME ON EITHER MOTION BECOMES PROBLEMATIC FOR
03:21:20 THE WHOLE I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE SO DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
03:21:24 BRAD RUSTY I WOULD I EXPECT BOTH OF THESE MOTIONS REQUIRE
03:21:30 SIX VOTES TO BE APPROVED IF IT WERE SEPARATED AND THESE THE
03:21:35 MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINDINGS WERE DID NOT OBTAIN SIX VOTES
03:21:39 THEN I THINK SOMEONE ELSE WE NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION
03:21:43 THAT'S DIFFERENT BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE FINDINGS IN THIS
03:21:46 CASE. >> NORMALLY WHEN THE PLANNING
03:21:47 COMMISSION'S DECISION IS APPROVED IT'S NOT OVERTURNED BY
03:21:51 THE BOARD. WE DON'T NEED FINDINGS BUT
03:21:54 IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THERE ARE NO FINDINGS FROM THE
03:21:55 PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE A DE FACTO APPROVAL OR DE FACTO
03:21:59 DENIAL THE BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE FINDINGS SO THAT IF THIS MATTER
03:22:02 WERE LITIGATED THERE'S A DECISION WITH ACTUAL FINDINGS
03:22:08 BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS BOARD I MEAN WE COULD HAVE A55,
03:22:15 RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT.
03:22:15 TODAY YOU COULD HAVE A55 VOTE. >> AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT
03:22:21 THE FINDINGS DOCUMENT WHEN IT COMES BACK THE FINAL DOCUMENT
03:22:24 HAS TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND AT THAT POINT
03:22:28 THE BOARD COULD AMEND IT TO REMOVE LANGUAGE THAT IT DOESN'T
03:22:31 LIKE AT THAT TIME. AND MR. PRESIDENT, JUST TO
03:22:36 THROW ANOTHER WRENCH IN THIS ITEM THREE IT REQUIRES AN EIGHT
03:22:38 VOTE THRESHOLD FOR 32 AND 34 OUR SIX VOTE THRESHOLD RIGHT.
03:22:48 SO THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THIS COULD MOVE FORWARD.
03:22:56 SOMEONE COULD VOTE TO SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO COULD
03:22:59 ASK DIVIDE THE QUESTION AND HAVE US VOTING SEPARATELY
03:23:01 ON THESE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WHERE WE
03:23:04 LAND ON THAT THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF IF SUPERVISOR
03:23:10 SADR'S MOTION DOES NOT PASS SOMEONE ELSE COULD MAKE ANOTHER
03:23:15 MOTION TO DENY THE FOR EXAMPLE TO DENY THE APPEAL WITHOUT THE
03:23:22 CHANGE, WITHOUT THE SPECIFIC DIRECTION AROUND FINDINGS OTHER
03:23:26 THAN TO PREPARE FINDINGS WHICH ALSO MIGHT NOT HAVE A MAJORITY.
03:23:32 >> SO ANYWAY SUPERVISOR WALTON SO JUST REAL QUICK TYPICALLY
03:23:40 THREE WOULD ACCOMPANY 34 RIGHT? >> WE WOULDN'T TYPICALLY
03:23:44 APPROVING IN HALF AND NORMALLY YOU WOULDN'T TYPICALLY SUPPORT
03:23:48 PLANNING AND THEN HAVE FINDINGS.
03:23:49 >> YEAH AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION SUPPORTING HIS CURRENT
03:23:55 SUPERVISOR SUTTER'S CURRENT MOTION COULD POSSIBLY ALLOW FOR
03:23:59 THE REMOVAL OF AT LEAST ONE UNIT.
03:24:03 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT.
03:24:04 YEAH, IT ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE TO.
03:24:07 >> YES. IF IF I MEAN WE'RE NOT
03:24:10 DIRECTING IT AND THE SUPERVISORS SADR'S MOTION
03:24:11 DOESN'T DIRECT ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING BUT DOES SAY THAT THIS
03:24:14 BOARD IS KIND OF OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY WE WOULD BE MAYBE
03:24:18 SAYING WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. >> YEAH THAT IS WHAT WOULD BE
03:24:22 HAPPENING. >> SUPERVISOR JAN YEAH I'M
03:24:26 RIGHT I WANT TO AGAIN ONCE CLARIFY IS THAT BY APPROVING
03:24:36 ITEM 32 TABLING 33 WHICH THE 33 REQUIRES TO EIGHT VOTE TO TABLE
03:24:42 AND WHAT SUPERVISOR SOUDER AND I NEED CLARIFY ACTION ON
03:24:47 THIS IS AND ON ITEM 34 WHICH IS THE PREPARATION OF FINDING IS
03:24:50 NOW INCLUSIVE OF LANGUAGE DIRECTING OR URGING THE
03:24:57 PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY EARLY OR APPROPRIATE LIKE
03:25:02 AUTHORIZING THE POTENTIAL APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE
03:25:06 AUTHORIZATION FOR A THREE UNIT THAT IS WHICH I AM
03:25:14 IN DISAGREEMENT WITH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE
03:25:18 RECORD AND TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHERE I AM TODAY I AM PREPARE
03:25:25 TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 32 WHICH AFFIRM THE DE FACTO
03:25:32 DENIAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
03:25:35 I AM ALSO READY TO VOTE TABLING ITEM 33 WHICH THEN WILL BE
03:25:44 TABLING IN THE REJECTION OF THE DE FACTO DENIAL.
03:25:48 I WILL NOT BE IN SUPPORTIVE OF ITEM 34 WITH THE AMENDMENTS
03:25:54 PROPOSED BY SOME OF SPIERS SUPERVISOR SOUDER.
03:25:58 >> HOWEVER I AM PREPARED TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 34 AS
03:26:04 IT CURRENTLY STANDS BECAUSE IT'S JUST SIMPLY LIKE
03:26:12 PREPARATION OF FILE AND I ACTUALLY HAVE INDICATE
03:26:15 SPECIFICALLY HOW WE WANT TO FOR I RELATED TO SEE YOU BUT MAYBE
03:26:20 I'M INCORRECT AND THIS IS WHY I TRYING TO FIND CLARIFICATION
03:26:24 ABOUT ITEM 34 I AM ALSO CONFUSED BECAUSE MY LITTLE
03:26:28 SCRIPT HERE SAYS THAT THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE DE FACTO DENIAL
03:26:34 OF THE SIU IS A COTTON TELLS YOU HOW TO APPROVE IT TELLS YOU
03:26:38 HOW TO DO THIS I MEAN NOTHING I DO UP HERE IS DONE WITHOUT
03:26:41 HEAVY SCRIPTING SO YOU KNOW I NEED THAT BUT THAT THE THE THE
03:26:45 FORMULA FOR APPROVAL OF THE DEFECT DE FACTO DENIAL OF THE
03:26:50 SEE YOU HERE AS PROVIDED IN MY SCRIPT IS TO APPROVE ITEM
03:26:56 NUMBER 32 AND TABLE ITEMS 33 AND 34 WHAT I'M HEARING IN REAL
03:27:00 TIME IN THE CITY ATTORNEY GETS TO DO THIS TO ME BECAUSE YOU
03:27:04 KNOW THAT'S FINE BUT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD BE
03:27:07 RECOMMENDING THE PREPARATION OF FINDINGS IN ANY EVENT DEPUTY
03:27:11 CITY ATTORNEY BRAD RESSA YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
03:27:16 >> I DID NOT REVIEW YOUR SCRIPT.
03:27:17 SO DID NOT I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT BUT I WOULD NOT
03:27:19 EXPECT YOU TO WOULD NOT BE A GOOD USE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S
03:27:22 TIME. >> SO YES, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO
03:27:23 FINDINGS FROM BELOW THE BOARD IS GOING TO UPHOLD THE DENIAL
03:27:27 IT SHOULD ADOPT FINDINGS. >> YEAH I WOULD SAY IF THERE IS
03:27:31 A TIE VOTE ON SUPER SUPERVISOR SANDERS MOTION IF IT IS IT
03:27:36 FEELS LIKE WE MIGHT BE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
03:27:37 I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND I THINK FINDINGS ARE NECESSARY
03:27:41 HERE SO THE BOARD NEEDS TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON SOME FORM
03:27:48 OF DIRECTION TO THE CLERK TO PROVIDE FINDINGS SO THAT WHY
03:27:52 NOT BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE A BASIS FOR THIS DECISION IN CASE
03:27:56 IT'S EVER CHALLENGED IN THE FUTURE SO THAT THERE'S A RECORD
03:28:00 TO RELY ON RECORD OF THE PLANNING STAFF'S PRESENTATIONS
03:28:07 TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD NOT BE THAT I MEAN THAT
03:28:09 COULD BE PART OF THE RECORD IN THE END BUT IT BUT THE IT
03:28:14 WOULD BE BETTER I THINK ADVISABLE FOR THE BODY TO HAVE
03:28:18 ITS OWN FACTS AND LAW SUPPORTING ITS DECISION.
03:28:21 >> BUT IF THE BUT IF THIS BODY CAN'T REACH A DECISION BECAUSE
03:28:25 WE'RE DEADLOCKED THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
03:28:29 >> SO YOU HAVE TO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT.
03:28:30 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
03:28:32 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR, JUST PROCEDURALLY SINCE GIVEN WHAT
03:28:40 THE ADVICE HAS BEEN BY OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, COULD WE
03:28:47 POSSIBLY SEPARATE THE QUESTION AND VOTE ON THE MOTION AS HAS
03:28:51 BEEN POSED BY SUPERVISOR SAUDER FOR 34 FIRST BECAUSE IT NEEDS A
03:28:58 60 VOTE THRESHOLD AND IF THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THEN WE MOVE
03:29:03 ON TO YOUR SCRIPT WHICH HAS 32 AND 34 BEING VOTED ON TOGETHER
03:29:11 AND TABLING 33 IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD THROUGH THE
03:29:15 PRESIDENT TO TAKE THE VOTE IN THAT ORDER IT COULD BE DONE.
03:29:20 THAT COULD BE A SOLUTION. >> I'M HAPPY TO DO IT THAT WAY
03:29:24 UNLESS SOMEBODY REALLY HATES IT.
03:29:27 >> SUPERVISOR WALTON, THANK YOU TO DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY RAMSEY.
03:29:31 SO AS TO MY QUESTION DIFFERENTLY IF WE ACCEPT 32 WE
03:29:37 DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE FINDINGS FOR 34 CORRECT.
03:29:41 SO SO IF WE IF WE AFFIRM IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO BUT WE
03:29:50 DON'T WE DO WOULDN'T BUT WHEN HAVE WE DONE THAT IN THE LAST
03:29:52 EIGHT YEARS WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE FIRM PLANNING AND THEN
03:29:57 CAME UP WITH FINDINGS WHEN HAVE WE DONE THAT?
03:30:00 I DON'T KNOW. >> WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE
03:30:04 DECISIONS COMING UP TO US ON THREE THREE SPLIT SO RIGHT.
03:30:07 OR ARE YOU SAYING WE DO WHAT'S GOING ON?
03:30:11 VERONICA FLORES PLANNING DEPARTMENTS DEF IT IS RARE THAT
03:30:15 WE HAVE A DE FACTO DENIAL THAT IS ELEVATED TO THIS BOARD SO
03:30:18 THAT THAT IS THE INSTANCE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ADVISING
03:30:23 TO THAT WE HAVE THESE FINDINGS ON RECORD NOW.
03:30:26 >> SO IT IS AN UNUSUAL PROCEEDING SUPERVISOR WALTON
03:30:30 THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL VOTING PATTERN.
03:30:34 >> THANK YOU. YEAH.
03:30:37 >> SO ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU TO
03:30:41 MY COLLEAGUES FOR NAVIGATING THIS WITH US.
03:30:44 I THINK IT SPEAKS TO HOW UNUSUAL THIS IS.
03:30:49 IT IS IT WAS A33 TIE AT PLANNING.
03:30:50 THAT IS WHY WE ARE IN THIS UNUSUAL CASE WHERE WE HAVE THIS
03:30:53 WRINKLE. I THINK IT IS FURTHER EVIDENCE
03:30:59 THAT THIS COMPROMISE OF SORTS THAT I'M SUGGESTING MAKES ALL
03:31:04 THE SENSE IN THE WORLD GIVEN THE SITUATION OF THIS APPEAL
03:31:07 IN MY DISTRICT. IF WE ARE TO GO DOWN THE PATH
03:31:11 OF SEPARATING THESE ITEMS JUST FOR THE RECORD TO REMIND
03:31:17 EVERYONE OF MY MOTION ON ITEM 34 WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS IT IS TO
03:31:21 DIRECT THE CLERK OF THE BOARD TO PREPARE FINDINGS IN SUPPORT
03:31:24 OF THIS DECISION INCLUDING FINDINGS TO INCLUDE A STATEMENT
03:31:30 THAT A THREE UNIT PROJECT MAY BE DESIRABLE AT THE SITE IF
03:31:31 FEASIBLE AND PROPERLY DESIGNED AND URGE THE PLANNING
03:31:34 DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW A FUTURE
03:31:38 APPLICATION FOR SUCH A PROJECT IF ONE IS SUBMITTED.
03:31:41 THERE IS NO SUCH APPLICATION AT THE MOMENT.
03:31:43 THIS IS SAYING THAT THAT IS A PATH WE MIGHT SUGGEST AGAIN I
03:31:48 THINK GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE THAT IS A WISE PATH.
03:31:52 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
03:31:55 SUPERVISOR SAUTER THERE'S NO ONE IN THE QUEUE SO I GUESS I
03:32:00 WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND SAY THAT I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE
03:32:06 RIGHT ANSWER ON BALANCING THE EQUITIES HERE IS AND THE YOU
03:32:14 KNOW THE SORT OF THE THE FACT THE FACT THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY
03:32:19 A FAMILY LIVING IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR
03:32:22 KIDS AND THEIR DESIRE TO STAY THERE AGAINST THE POLICY
03:32:29 IMPERATIVE THAT I THINK A NUMBER OF US FEEL TO HAVE OUR
03:32:37 RENT CONTROLLED UNIT PROTECTIONS HAVE ACTUAL HEFT
03:32:41 AND FORCE IN THE WORLD. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT IF AN
03:32:46 APPEAL CAME TO THIS BOARD OF A THREE UNIT SOLUTION THAT AT
03:32:50 THAT POINT I OR MY SUCCESSOR MIGHT BE OPEN TO THAT.
03:32:56 IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD TO ME TO BE MAKING THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW
03:33:01 WHEN I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER A ONE UNIT 440 SQUARE
03:33:10 FOOT SOLUTION AND I GUESS I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR
03:33:17 DESIRE SUPERVISOR SAUTER TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS AND SORT OF
03:33:21 SHOW A CLEAR PATH. I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
03:33:25 RIGHT NOW THAT I THAT I KNOW THAT THAT IS THE RIGHT PATH.
03:33:29 I'M NOT SURE IT ISN'T I'D LOVE TO FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
03:33:31 TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WORKS AND ADDS UNITS AND DOES
03:33:36 IDEALLY GET TO FOUR AND IF NOT GETS TO THREE BUT IN A WAY THAT
03:33:40 YOU KNOW WILL STRONGLY DISINCENTIVIZE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
03:33:44 ENGAGING IN PRACTICES THAT RESULT IN THE LOSS OF RENT
03:33:49 CONTROLLED UNITS. BUT I, I DON'T THINK I'M IN A
03:33:53 POSITION RIGHT NOW TO SUPPORT A FINDING THAT PREDETERMINE IS
03:34:00 THAT AND SAYS THREE IS FINE. IT MAY BE FINE BUT I'M NOT
03:34:04 COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW SO I'M PROBABLY A VOTE
03:34:06 AGAINST. OH NO YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE
03:34:09 QUEUE AND I'M NOT THE LAST SPEAKER SO I FEEL BAD.
03:34:12 >> SUPERVISOR CHAN GO AHEAD. I, I THINK BEFORE WE CAST A
03:34:16 VOTE TO CLARIFY ARE WE DOING SO IT'S IT SOUNDS TO ME IF I
03:34:24 UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY WHAT SUPERVISOR MELGAR HAS PROPOSED
03:34:27 IS TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION AND ALLOW US TO MORE TO CAST A
03:34:31 VOTE ON ITEM 34. YEAH AND THEN WE WILL THEN GO
03:34:34 TO THE MOTION TO CAST THE VOTES FOR APPROVING ITEM 32 TABLING
03:34:46 3332 REQUIRE SIX VOTES 33 REQUIRES EIGHT VOTES TO TABLE
03:34:52 UH 30 THREE IS EIGHT VOTES TO APPROVE IT RIGHT?
03:35:00 RIGHT I AM THE SIX VOTES WOULD ACCOMPLISH RIGHT I AM I'M READY
03:35:03 TO CAST MY VOTES TO VOTE TO VOTE AGAINST THE ITEM 34 AS IT
03:35:11 CURRENTLY PROPOSED BY SUPERVISOR SOUDER AND BE
03:35:14 IN SUPPORT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH ITEM 32 AND TABLING ITEM
03:35:17 33 AS A MELGAR JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION I'M SORRY
03:35:24 PRESIDENT AND MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND MOTION
03:35:28 TO DO APPROVE ITEM 32 A TABLE ITEM 33 AND APPROVE ITEM 34 AS
03:35:37 IT'S NOT AMENDED BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS DIFFERENT
03:35:42 CURRENTLY THE SUPERVISOR SADR'S MOTION IS ON THE TABLE BUT THE
03:35:47 ONLY PIECE OF THAT HAS BEEN DIVIDED.
03:35:50 >> THE ONLY DIFFERENCES IS YOU ARE ASKING FOR A SEPARATE VOTE
03:35:53 ON ITEM 34. FIRST, IF IN FACT YOU'VE MADE
03:35:57 THAT OKAY PERFECT. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:36:01 SO ON ITEM 34 AS AMENDED BY SUPERVISOR AS PROPOSED FOR
03:36:12 AMENDMENT BY SUPERVISOR SAUTER MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:36:16 CALL THE ROLL? >> YES.
03:36:16 ON ITEM 34 AS PROPOSED BY SUPERVISORS SAUTER SUPERVISOR
03:36:20 MENDELSON NO. MANDEL MAN NO SUPERVISOR MELGAR
03:36:24 MELGAR NO. SUPERVISOR SADR SADR EYES
03:36:28 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON WILSON NO.
03:36:32 SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN NO.
03:36:39 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN NO. SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EYES
03:36:43 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I THERE ARE FIVE EYES AND FIVE
03:36:50 NOS SO THE MOTION SO THAT PIECE OF THE MOTION FAILS AND THEN ON
03:37:01 ITEMS ON THE REST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE MOTION
03:37:06 APPROVING ITEM 32 AND TABLING ITEM 33 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL
03:37:09 THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE APPROVE ITEM 32
03:37:15 AND TABLE ITEM 33 SUPERVISOR GENTLEMAN ALL RIGHT.
03:37:17 MANDEL MEN EYES SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR
03:37:20 SAUDER SORTER EYES SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR
03:37:27 WALTON WALTON EYES SUPERVISOR WONG WONG EYES SUPERVISOR CHAN
03:37:34 CHIN I SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
03:37:39 AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I THERE ARE TEN EYES SO THAT
03:37:43 PART OF THE MOTION PASSES MISTER CITY ATTORNEY DO YOU
03:37:50 WANT US TO TRY TO VOTE ON PREPARING JUST 34 DIRECTING YOU
03:37:57 TO PREPARE FINDINGS DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY BRAD ROSSI AS I SAID
03:38:05 BEFORE IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE IF THERE WERE FINDINGS TO
03:38:06 SUPPORT THIS DECISION SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO
03:38:11 DISAPPROVE. >> ITEM 34 MR. PRESIDENT.
03:38:13 ITEM 34 HAS BEEN OH SO WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON YOU'D HAVE TO
03:38:15 RESCIND THE VOTE FIRST. >> OKAY.
03:38:18 ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO WE SHOULD WE TRY TO DO
03:38:26 LET'S GO. >> OKAY, WE'RE DONE.
03:38:29 WE'RE DONE. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE DONE.
03:38:30 OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK LET'S GO
03:38:40 TO WHERE ARE WE PUBLIC COMMENTS .
03:38:43 YES, MR. PRESIDENT. LET'S GO TO WE BECAUSE WE
03:38:48 FINISHED ROLL CALL. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
03:38:49 AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AS
03:38:52 ALL OTHER MATTERS ON THE AGENDA HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPOSED OF.
03:38:59 >> PLEASE LINE UP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER ALONG
03:39:00 THE CURTAINS YOU ARE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MINUTES AS
03:39:03 PRESENTED ITEMS 39 THROUGH 47 THESE ARE THE ITEMS ON THE
03:39:08 ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE CALENDAR OTHER
03:39:11 GENERAL MATTERS AS WELL ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE THE SUBJECT OF
03:39:19 YOUR COMMENTARY. HOWEVER THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT
03:39:20 WE JUST HELD ON THE ITEMS I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT ITEMS 31
03:39:29 THROUGH 34 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
03:39:30 WE'RE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
03:39:34 >> WELCOME MAGIC. THANK YOU.
03:39:35 I HOPE YOU FIND THIS UPLIFTING AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH
03:39:38 MEETING YOU HAVE STATED THAT WE ARE ON UNCEDED RAMA TO A LONELY
03:39:42 LAND. IT IS TIME TO GIVE WEIGHT TO
03:39:46 THOSE WORDS. >> THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALL
03:39:49 OVER THE WORLD HAVE ALWAYS LOVINGLY HELD MOTHER EARTH AS
03:39:53 THE SOURCE OF LIFE NOT AS PROPERTY.
03:39:56 AS SCIENTISTS NOW KNOW, THE EXTRACTION EXPLOITATION SYSTEM
03:40:00 WILL SOON MAKE OUR BELOVED EARTH UNLIVABLE FOR MANY
03:40:04 SPECIES ARE GOING EXTINCT AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE.
03:40:08 THERE IS A SOLUTION AND IT IS ALREADY IN MOTION.
03:40:12 IT'S CALLED THE RIGHTS OF NATURE.
03:40:16 THESE LAWS RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF ECOSYSTEMS TO EXIST AND TO
03:40:20 FLOURISH. >> TAMAQUA PENNSYLVANIA IS THE
03:40:21 VERY FIRST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF
03:40:25 NATURE AND CODIFY IT. PENNSYLVANIA WAS WHERE THIS
03:40:29 COLONIZER STATE STARTED. NOW WE START AGAIN AND HONOR
03:40:32 THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THIS LAND.
03:40:33 >> IT IS IN THE CONSTITUTION OF ECUADOR.
03:40:37 SINCE 2006 DOZENS OF COMMUNITIES IN TEN STATES
03:40:39 IN THE U.S. HAVE ENACTED RIGHTS OF NATURE LAWS.
03:40:43 >> OVER 40 COUNTRIES HAVE IMPOSED AROUND 500 RIGHTS OF
03:40:48 NATURE LAWS AT VARIOUS LEVELS. >> I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING
03:40:53 THESE RIGHTS INTO THE GENERAL PLAN OF SEBASTOPOL AND I'M
03:40:56 OFFERING A TUTORIAL TO PRESENT TO THIS BODY AS WE DID AT THE
03:41:00 PIONEERS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ENACTING THESE RIGHTS HERE
03:41:04 IN THE VISIONARY CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:41:05 >> FOR EXAMPLE, IF A BUSINESS WANTS TO DUMP TOXIC WASTE INTO
03:41:09 THE BAY WE CAN IMPLEMENT THESE LAWS.
03:41:12 IT IS NOT TOO LATE BUT WE MUST ACT NOW.
03:41:15 >> SAN FRANCISCO IS DESTINED TO LEAD THE WORLD AND IT IS TIME
03:41:19 TO TAKE THIS EVOLUTIONARY LEAP. >> ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL THE
03:41:23 MASK OF DEMOCRACY HAS FALLEN OFF THE FACE OF FASCISM.
03:41:26 IT IS NOT TOO LATE IN THE LOCAL LEVEL BUT WE MUST ACT NOW.
03:41:30 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO
03:41:34 THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
03:41:37 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS E.K. KEITH AND I'M
03:41:42 HERE TO SAY HAPPY POETRY MONTH. COMING UP ON FRIDAY APRIL 24TH
03:41:52 FROM 530 TO 8 IN THE NORTH LIKE COURT IS THE 21ST ANNUAL COMES
03:41:55 UNDER THE DOME WHICH BRINGS POETS FROM ALL OF YOUR
03:42:00 DISTRICTS HERE TO CITY HALL TO SHARE A POEM IN A UNIQUE OPEN
03:42:06 MIC. I STARTED THIS 21 YEARS AGO
03:42:13 WITH OUR ICONIC LATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DIAMOND DAVE WHITAKER
03:42:21 AND HE'S NOT WITH US BUT THE POETRY STAYS AND I INVITED ALL
03:42:29 OF YOU AND YOUR STAFFS THIS AFTERNOON I VISITED ALL YOUR
03:42:33 OFFICES AND I HOPE YOU WILL INVITE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO
03:42:36 COME DOWNSTAIRS AT 530 ON APRIL 24TH AND CELEBRATE POETRY
03:42:42 MONTH. IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THERE'S A
03:42:46 LOT GOING ON IN DISTRICT THREE RIGHT NOW BUT SOME OF WHAT
03:42:51 DISTRICT THREE IS FAMOUS FOR IS POETRY.
03:42:52 >> BUT WE HAVE POETS IN EVERY SUPERVISORY DISTRICT AND I'VE
03:42:59 BEEN GOING AROUND TO ALL OF OUR POETRY READINGS INVITING YOUR
03:43:02 CONSTITUENTS TO CITY HALL. SO THANK YOU ALSO FOR ALWAYS
03:43:06 SUPPORTING THIS EVENT. >> WE GOT IT STARTED BACK
03:43:12 IN 2006 WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
03:43:16 AND A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR.
03:43:17 THANK YOU ALL. HAPPY POETRY MONTH.
03:43:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
03:43:24 >> HI. MY NAME IS RICHARD JOHNSON.
03:43:28 I'M A CO-FOUNDER OF A GROUP CALLED HB SAFE.
03:43:32 ONCE AGAIN I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE HAYES STREET CLOSURE.
03:43:35 WHAT'S HAPPENING ON HAYES STREET WITH THE CLOSURE IS NO
03:43:39 LONGER JUST A PERMITTING ISSUE. IT'S A QUESTION OF GOVERNANCE
03:43:43 AND POLITICAL OVERREACH. THIS CLOSURE AS OPERATED UNDER
03:43:47 A TEMPORARY PERMIT. AND OVER TIME WE HAVE
03:43:48 DOCUMENTED LACK OF COMPLIANCE, LACK OF ENFORCEMENT AND REAL
03:43:54 IMPACTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.
03:43:58 INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES, SUPERVISOR MAHMUD IS
03:44:02 ADVANCING A STUDY TO JUSTIFY MAKING THIS CLOSURE PERMANENT.
03:44:06 WHILE THOSE PROBLEMS REMAIN UNRESOLVED.
03:44:07 THIS IS NOT A STUDY INFORMING POLICY.
03:44:10 IT IS POLICY BEING BACKFILLED BY A STUDY.
03:44:14 AT THE SAME TIME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE SUBJECTED TO A
03:44:18 CIVIL HARASSMENT PETITION SIMPLY FOR DOCUMENTING
03:44:21 CONDITIONS ON A PUBLIC STREET. THAT PETITION BOUGHT BY THE
03:44:25 PERMIT HOLDER COST OVER $50,000 AND WAS DENIED BY THE COURT.
03:44:32 THE COURT MADE CLEAR THIS IS PROTECTED CIVIC ACTIVITY NOT
03:44:36 HARASSMENT BECAUSE WHEN RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESS
03:44:39 BUSINESSES RAISE CONCERNS THEY ARE NOT ENGAGED.
03:44:40 THEY ARE SIDELINED. STAKEHOLDERS IN HAYES VALLEY
03:44:44 HAVE HAVE BEEN EFFECT EFFECTIVELY SHUT OUT OF THIS
03:44:48 PROCESS PROCESS. AND YET THIS CONTINUES TO MOVE
03:44:52 FORWARD AS IF THERE WAS CONSENSUS.
03:44:55 THERE IS NOT THIS APPROACH ADVANCING A PREDETERMINED
03:44:59 OUTCOME WHILE EXCLUDING LARGE PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
03:45:00 REFLECTS THAT FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP.
03:45:04 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT ALL
03:45:08 CONSTITUENTS NOT JUST A SELECT GROUP ALIGNED WITH A SINGLE
03:45:12 OUTCOME. RIGHT NOW THAT RESPONSIBILITY
03:45:15 IS BEING IGNORED. THANK YOU RICHARD YOU VERY
03:45:19 MUCH. >> THANK YOU, RICHARD JOHNSON
03:45:20 FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME.
03:45:26 >> SO A LOT THIS EARLY OF SAY COMES IN FUTURE WHO WAS ADAPT
03:45:33 TO GET MALADY PRETRIAL AMONG THE SCHWAB OBSCURE OF SO BUT
03:45:38 WERE SHE DUE DO THIS EURO AND ACTUALLY SEE IN PERMA
03:45:47 ALERTS FROM ADDRESS TO AT
03:47:08 ANY VIDEO YOU CAN SEEN SEE ONLINE THAT ARE SOME MUSIC
03:47:12 BEHIND ITS ITS A I MANIPULATION ARE SUBTITLES OR YOU KNOW
03:47:17 PROVOCATIVE TITLES IN CABINET DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WATCHING
03:47:21 THIS BECAUSE IS GOING TO BE FOR YOUR ON PROBLEMS COMING UP A
03:47:31 DUE MONSIEUR NO. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER THE
03:47:37 MAYOR AND OTHER BILLIONAIRES ARE ENACTING A CORPORATE COUP
03:47:41 OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS DIDN'T BEGIN WITH THE
03:47:43 MAYOR, BUT YOU SURE SPEEDING UP THE COUP WITH THE VIA THE
03:47:45 CHARTER REFORM WORKING GROUP AND THE COMMISSION STREAMLINING
03:47:46 TASK FORCE IN PARALLEL WITH HIM DEFENDING SOCIAL SERVICES LIKE
03:47:49 HOUSING VOUCHERS, THE SHUTTERING OF HOMELESS SHELTERS
03:47:52 WHILE ALSO CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS, REPLACING
03:47:53 GOVERNMENT WITH A.I. AND OBSCENELY FUNDING SFPD
03:47:56 AND HIS EXTENSIVE DRONE SURVEILLANCE COMMISSION
03:47:57 STREAMLINING SEEKS TO GLUE SHOTS IN THE MOUTHS OF THE
03:48:01 PEOPLE BY REDUCING COMMISSIONS THAT SERVE THE MARGINALIZED
03:48:03 AND OR STRIPPING THEM OF POWER. >> THE COMMISSION WENT SO FAR
03:48:05 AS TO RECOMMEND MOVING MUCH OF THE AUTHORITY OVER POLICE
03:48:09 DISCIPLINE FROM THE POLICE COMMISSION TO THE POLICE CHIEF.
03:48:11 >> THEY SAY IT'S TO BRING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LINE WITH
03:48:13 HOW OTHER DEPARTMENTS DISCIPLINE THEIR EMPLOYEES.
03:48:16 >> BUT DO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ASSAULT PEOPLE AS OFTEN AS SFPD
03:48:17 DOES? ARE THEIR EMPLOYEES MILITARIZED
03:48:19 WITH GUNS AND ARMOR? >> DO OTHER DEPARTMENTS DELAY
03:48:21 RAPE RAPE KIT TESTING LIKE CPD? YOU CANNOT TREAT SPD THE SAME
03:48:27 AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE SO MUCH MORE
03:48:28 PERSONAL, TRAUMATIZING AND DEADLY.
03:48:30 >> THE BILLIONAIRE COUP EXTENDS TO CHARTER REFORM WHERE
03:48:32 CORPORATE INTERESTS ARE VASTLY OVERREPRESENTED.
03:48:34 THE WORKING GROUP HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM
03:48:36 BILLIONAIRE MICHAEL MORITZ REAL ESTATE GROW SURFER BUNNY S.F.
03:48:39 AND ALSO ADVANCE S.F. WHICH REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF
03:48:42 CORPORATIONS LIKE OPENAI, GOOGLE GENIE, VISA GAP
03:48:43 AND WAYMO. THESE TWO PROJECTS WILL
03:48:47 CONSOLIDATE AND TRANSFER POWER POWER AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE
03:48:50 AND INTO THE HANDS OF BILLIONAIRES AND THE
03:48:51 CORPORATIONS. >> THEY DO NOT SEE US AS PEOPLE
03:48:54 . THEY SEE US AS HUMAN CAPITAL TO
03:48:55 BE EXPLOITED UNTIL DEATH WEDGING THEMSELVES BETWEEN US
03:48:57 AND OUR SURVIVAL NEEDS. THEY ARE SHARPENING THE KNIFE
03:48:59 THAT IS BEING PLUNGED INTO OUR BACKS AND OUR HEARTS.
03:49:01 ENGINEERING THE KNIFE SO AT THAT SO THAT LESS MANPOWER WILL
03:49:03 BE NEEDED TO BLOODLESS LEE THRUST THIS KNIFE INTO OUR POOR
03:49:06 TIRED SICK BODIES BLOODLESS LEE BECAUSE WHAT WILL KILL US ARE
03:49:10 THE POLICIES THAT FORCE PEOPLE INTO POVERTY MENTAL INSTABILITY
03:49:14 AND HOMELESSNESS WHILE DEFUNDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
03:49:15 AND PUBLIC HEALTH. >> JUST LIKE HOW THE MILITARY
03:49:17 CAN KILL MASSES OF PEOPLE FROM AFAR WITH A PUSH OF A STERILE
03:49:21 BUTTON, CITY HALL IS DOING THE SAME VIA POLICIES OF A FEW
03:49:23 SECONDS LEFT. SO WE SHOULD ALSO STOP THE WAR
03:49:26 IN IRAN FREE GAZA, STOP ALL THE GENOCIDE, STOP THE GENOCIDE OF
03:49:31 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE, BLACK PEOPLE HERE THE ONE AGAINST
03:49:36 TRANS PEOPLE THAT IS IN THE MIDST.
03:49:37 >> CAN WE JUST STOP KILLING PEOPLE AND START CARING FOR
03:49:40 THEM? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
03:49:46 . WELCOME.
03:49:46 HELLO SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS NADIR RAMON.
03:49:51 I AM A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF
03:49:54 THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CHAPTER OF CARE CALIFORNIA, THE
03:49:57 COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS TO GIVE COMMENT ON
03:50:02 THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AMERICAN MUSLIM APPRECIATION
03:50:06 AND AWARENESS MONTH CARE SFB WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
03:50:11 RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH AND AN EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO
03:50:14 SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION.
03:50:18 >> LAST YEAR WHEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS
03:50:22 OBSERVANCE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME I CAME HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC
03:50:26 COMMENT TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT HOW MUSLIM COMMUNITIES HAVE
03:50:30 FACED RECORD LEVELS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA AND DISCRIMINATION
03:50:33 RECORDED IN OUR CIVIL RIGHTS REPORT LAST YEAR AS THE HIGHEST
03:50:37 NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN THE ORGANIZATION'S THREE DECADE
03:50:42 LONG HISTORY. TODAY I RETURN TO YOU AS YOU
03:50:46 RECOGNIZE THIS OBSERVANCE FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH AN UPDATE
03:50:49 FROM CARES 2026 CIVIL RIGHTS REPORT WHICH DOCUMENTED 8683
03:50:55 TOTAL COMPLAINTS NATIONWIDE IN 2025.
03:51:00 >> UNFORTUNATELY SETTING A NEW RECORD WE KNOW WHAT IS DRIVING
03:51:07 THESE COMPLAINTS. >> WE HAVE A FEDERAL
03:51:08 ADMINISTRATION THAT IS OPENLY TARGETING IMMIGRANT AND MUSLIM
03:51:11 COMMUNITIES. >> WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS
03:51:15 ENGAGING IN HATEFUL ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC AND PROPAGANDA WITHOUT
03:51:19 CONSEQUENCE. AND JUST THIS MORNING THE
03:51:23 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARED HIS INTENT TO COMMIT
03:51:27 GENOCIDE AND USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST IRAN.
03:51:30 >> THIS ALL HAS VERY REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR MUSLIM
03:51:34 CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
03:51:38 ALL OF THESE THINGS DRIVE ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT AND HATE
03:51:42 RECOGNIZING AMERICAN MUSLIM APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS
03:51:46 MONTH IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. >> AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR
03:51:49 DOING SO. >> THANK YOU NOT EVEN YOU FOR
03:51:53 YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
03:51:58 GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
03:52:02 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. MEANING PEACE BE UPON YOU.
03:52:06 MY NAME IS SHAHIN SHEIKH. I'M HERE TODAY TO STRONG
03:52:10 SUPPORT OF RECOGNIZING APRIL 26TH ALSO MY BIRTHDAY MONTH AS
03:52:13 AN AMERICAN MUSLIM APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS MONTH.
03:52:19 I'M A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT. I BELIEVE IN SAN FRANCISCO
03:52:24 AND HENCE PROUDLY SERVED SAN FRANCISCO FOR PAST 30 YEARS AS
03:52:27 A PUBLIC SERVANT. >> I HAVE RAISED I STARTED MY
03:52:31 CAREER ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE IN THE BASEMENT OF A CITY HALL
03:52:34 AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS A
03:52:38 SECURITY OPERATION CENTER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR 70.
03:52:46 >> I'VE RAISED THREE BOYS PROUD TO RAISE ALL THREE OF THEM BORN
03:52:49 HERE AND RAISED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
03:52:52 >> AND OVERALL A PROUD AMERICAN MUSLIM.
03:52:57 >> FIRST I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
03:53:00 >> I SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET SITTING BEFORE ME TODAY AND A
03:53:04 REFLECTION OF DIVERSITY THAT MAKES OUR CITY ABSOLUTELY
03:53:08 VIBRANT. WHETHER IT'S RUNNING INTO OUR
03:53:11 MAYOR AT LARK OR NETA OR SEEING MY OWN DISTRICT SUPERVISOR CHIN
03:53:15 CHIN WEARING HER ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL RED DRESS
03:53:19 AND CELEBRATING WITH KIDS AT EASTER.
03:53:23 OR SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD BEING DUNKED BY AT EDEN FESTIVAL BY
03:53:27 OUR CHILDREN. >> THESE MOMENTS DEEPLY MATTER
03:53:34 . WE THANK SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR
03:53:35 HIS LEADERSHIP. >> BUT ALL OF YOU ARE THE
03:53:39 REASON THAT HE PUT THIS RESOLUTION ON THE TABLE TODAY.
03:53:42 AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL PASS IN FLYING COLORS.
03:53:43 AS A MOTHER AND LONGTIME TEACHER AT SAN FRANCISCO
03:53:47 ISLAMIC SCHOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL, THIS RECOGNITION IS DEEPLY
03:53:50 PERSONAL TO ME. I HAVE SEEN IT ALL FIRSTHAND.
03:53:54 IT SHOWS OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE SEEN, VALUED AND PROUD OF
03:53:57 WHO THEY ARE. >> IT TELLS EVERY YOUNG PERSON
03:54:01 IN SAN FRANCISCO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:54:05 MY APOLOGIES TO INTERRUPT ANYONE THOUGH BECAUSE EVERY TWO
03:54:09 MINUTES WE'RE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
03:54:11 THANK YOU. WELCOME.
03:54:16 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. HELLO, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
03:54:17 MY NAME IS MAHMUDIYAH HERE AS A RESIDENT CIVIL SERVANT LABOR
03:54:23 LEADER. I MISS SOMEONE ON THE SURE.
03:54:27 WE ALL MISS YOU, JACKIE. HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON
03:54:29 AND JOIN US. I ALSO GIVE SHOUT OUT THANK YOU
03:54:35 TO ALL THE D9 TEAM AND WE ALL ARE HERE SUPPORTING YOU.
03:54:38 THANK YOU FOR WORKING DAY AND DO NOT I'M HERE IN SUPPORT
03:54:42 OF THE RESOLUTION FOR AMERICA MUSLIM APPRECIATION
03:54:46 AND AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
03:54:50 FOR LEADING IT. IT MEANS A LOT FOR THE
03:54:54 COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE MARGINALIZED
03:54:57 COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE WE SERVE THE CITY.
03:55:01 WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS CITY DAY AND NIGHT ON
03:55:05 EVERY LEVEL. SO IT MEANS A LOT FOR THE
03:55:08 COMMUNITIES LIKE US. AND AT THE END I WANT TO REMIND
03:55:15 FOR SOME FOLKS WHO STILL HAVE DOUBT SAN FRANCISCO IS A
03:55:19 SANCTUARY CITY. SAN FRANCISCO IS A UNION TOWN.
03:55:23 TAX THE RICH VOTE YES AND PROBABLY.
03:55:24 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
03:55:27 AND JUST FOR NEXT TIME WHEN YOU COME TO THE CHAMBERS, SIR,
03:55:31 MAYBE JUST ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A
03:55:32 WHOLE. TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM
03:55:36 INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS TO MEMBERS. JUST TELL THE BOARD HOW GREAT
03:55:40 MAHMOOD IS. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
03:55:43 JUST LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT YOU APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR
03:55:47 MAHMOOD. THANK YOU.
03:55:48 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER
03:55:53 . >> HELLO TO ALL THE SUPERVISORS
03:55:57 . FIRST AND FOREMOST WE COME FROM
03:55:58 A SINCERE PLACE OF APPRECIATION FOR EVEN HAVING THIS RESOLUTION
03:56:01 BE TALKED ABOUT. FOR ME PERSONALLY WELL, MY NAME
03:56:05 IS BILL AND YOU KNOW I'M A RIVER TO ISLAM.
03:56:06 AND THIS RESOLUTION ALSO RESONATES WITH ME BECAUSE IT'S
03:56:09 VERY IMPORTANT THAT NOT ONLY FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT OUR OWN
03:56:12 RELIGION OURSELVES BUT ALSO TO HAVE THIS MONTH BE AWARE A
03:56:16 MONTH OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING FOR PEOPLE
03:56:17 WHO ARE NOT MUSLIM. ALSO LOOKING IN FOR THEM TO GET
03:56:21 AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO.
03:56:24 THE ROLES THAT WE PLAY IN SOCIETY AND THE WAY THAT WE
03:56:25 HOPE. ME PERSONALLY I WORK FOR THE
03:56:28 CDC AND THE TEAL CBD AND THE 2A1 FAMILY TUNNEL AND FAMILY
03:56:32 HOUSING AND ALSO FOR THE YOUTH SAFETY PILOT SAFETY PILOT
03:56:35 PROGRAM GOING ON. >> AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
03:56:39 NOT ONLY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT
03:56:40 IS THAT WE BELIEVE IN, WHAT IS THAT WE TALK ABOUT BUT ALSO TO
03:56:44 UNDERSTAND THAT ALL WE WANT TO DO IS BUILD BRIDGES TO EACH
03:56:46 OTHER. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT ONE
03:56:47 ANOTHER. WE'RE HERE TO ASSIMILATE INTO
03:56:49 EACH OTHER'S COMMUNITIES BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
03:56:54 THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO ENRICH OUR CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, OUR
03:56:55 BELOVED CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND IT ALSO GIVES AN
03:56:58 UNDERSTANDING FOR OTHER RIVERS AS WELL NOT ONLY FOR MUSLIMS,
03:57:02 FOR MAYBE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, DISTANCE
03:57:06 THEMSELVES FROM PEOPLE THAT COME TO ISLAM OR OTHER THINGS
03:57:07 OF THE SORT. SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
03:57:10 TAKING. FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TODAY.
03:57:11 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD FOR FOR
03:57:13 INITIATING THIS FOR INITIATING THIS RESOLUTION AND WE HOPE
03:57:17 THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION.
03:57:18 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:57:21 NICK SPEAKER, WELCOME TO SIT DOWN.
03:57:29 SIT DOWN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
03:57:32 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH US
03:57:33 TODAY. MY NAME IS IMRAN.
03:57:36 I AM A THIRD GENERATION SAN FRANCISCO MUSLIM AND A
03:57:38 COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AT A SABEEL MASJID NURUL ISLAM.
03:57:41 >> AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE SUPER ADVISER, OUR
03:57:44 SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
03:57:48 FOR TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE APRIL AS AMERICAN
03:57:51 MUSLIM APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS MONTH.
03:57:56 >> AMERICAN MUSLIMS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO SAN
03:57:59 FRANCISCO DURING RAMADAN. >> OUR MOSQUE ACROSS THE CITY
03:58:00 ARE FILLED EVERY NIGHT NOT ONLY WITH SEVEN MUSLIM FAMILIES BUT
03:58:06 WITH MUSLIM PUBLIC SERVANTS, EDUCATORS, DOCTORS, BUSINESS
03:58:11 OWNERS, ENGINEERS, STUDENTS PEOPLE WHO SERVE THE CITY EVERY
03:58:15 DAY. >> BUT BEYOND THAT OUR MOSQUES
03:58:18 HAVE ALSO BECOME A PLACE OF SERVICE ORGANIZING FOOD DRIVE,
03:58:19 SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN NEED AND OPENING OUR DOORS TO
03:58:23 NEIGHBORS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS .
03:58:26 >> AND FOR US AMERICAN MUSLIMS, THE SERVICE IS NOT SEPARATE
03:58:30 FROM OUR FAITH IN ISLAM SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND CITY AS PART
03:58:35 OF SERVING OUR GOD AND OUR RELIGION.
03:58:38 >> THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAS LONG BEEN A PART OF THIS FABRIC
03:58:41 OF SAN FRANCISCO CONTRIBUTING TO ITS GROWTH AND ITS DIVERSITY
03:58:42 AND ITS STRENGTH. >> AND MOMENTS LIKE THIS TRULY
03:58:46 MATTER BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT BUILD UNDERSTANDING BUT
03:58:49 CONNECTION AND A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR FUTURE
03:58:53 GENERATIONS GROWING UP IN THE CITY WE LOVE THIS CITY AND WE
03:58:56 ARE COMMITTED TO IT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
03:59:00 IT. AND WE APPRECIATE BEING SEEN,
03:59:01 RECOGNIZED, INCLUDED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:59:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
03:59:11 >> ASSALAMU ALAIKUM AND GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
03:59:15 MY NAME IS AL-JABARI AND I AM A YEMENI MUSLIM COMMUNITY MEMBER.
03:59:18 TOO OFTEN MUSLIMS ARE SPOKEN ABOUT RATHER THAN HEARD FROM
03:59:22 OUR IDENTITIES ARE REDUCED TO MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND TO
03:59:26 MISUNDERSTANDINGS INSTEAD OF BEING RECOGNIZED IN OUR FULL
03:59:30 HUMANITY. >> BUT WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS,
03:59:33 YOUR STUDENTS, YOUR COLLEAGUES. WE ARE PART OF THE EVERYDAY
03:59:37 LIFE OF THIS CITY. >> FOR MANY OF US BEING MUSLIM
03:59:41 IS NOT JUST A FAITH BUT A PART OF HOW WE SERVE.
03:59:44 GIVE AND SHOW UP IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
03:59:47 YET OUR STORIES ARE OFTEN ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
03:59:49 >> I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD FOR FOR
03:59:53 INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION WHICH RECOGNIZES THE
03:59:56 INVOLVEMENT AND PRESENCE OF MUSLIM-AMERICANS IN OUR CITY.
04:00:00 RECOGNIZING APRIL AS MUSLIM-AMERICAN AWARENESS MONTH
04:00:04 IS NOT JUST SYMBOLIC IT IS A STEP TOWARDS VISIBILITY,
04:00:07 UNDERSTANDING AND DIGNITY. IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE US NOT
04:00:11 AS STEREOTYPES BUT AS NEIGHBORS MEMBERS AND BUILDERS OF THE
04:00:16 CITY WHOSE PRESENCE MATTERS. >> I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS
04:00:19 COMMUNITY AND I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
04:00:22 RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
04:00:23 THANK YOU LA DUBAI FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
04:00:27 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. FELLOW SUPERVISORS ARE SILVEIRA
04:00:30 FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COMMISSION.
04:00:32 I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.
04:00:34 I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT
04:00:38 I THINK SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR THIS EFFORT I FEEL AS IF, YOU
04:00:42 KNOW, THESE CRITICAL TIMES THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS
04:00:46 TRYING TO DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN WAYS THEY
04:00:50 HAVE SUCCEEDED. AND YOU KNOW, TO REPEL THAT,
04:00:57 THE ANSWER IS SOLIDARITY. AND IN MY FAITH, SOLIDARITY IS
04:01:01 EVERYTHING. >> AND MY FAITH TEACHES THAT IF
04:01:04 THE ARM IS HURT, THE WHOLE BODY IS HURT, THAT IF THE LEG IS
04:01:08 HURT, THE WHOLE BODY IS HURT. AND WHEN ONE MEMBER OF OUR
04:01:11 COMMUNITY IS HURTING, THAT MEANS THAT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY
04:01:14 IS HURTING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I TAKE
04:01:15 HOME EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS
04:01:19 OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE OUR JEWISH BROTHERS
04:01:22 AND SISTERS, OUR CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
04:01:26 OUR HINDU BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF ALL FAITHS BECAUSE SAN
04:01:30 FRANCISCO IS A HOME FOR ALL. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD
04:01:37 . THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
04:01:38 FOR THIS EFFORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE IN THE
04:01:41 FUTURE. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ASEEL
04:01:45 FARAH FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. WELCOME SIR.
04:01:51 >> THOSE. >> MY NAME IS RICHARD SD
04:01:56 PETERSON. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO CAUTION
04:01:59 THE BOARD ABOUT IS TO SPEAK LOUDER.
04:02:03 IT SEEMS THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ON THE PODIUM HERE
04:02:10 ARE QUITE AUDIBLE. BUT SOME OF YOU SUPERVISORS
04:02:15 JUST SEEM TO MUMBLE. AND I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR SOME
04:02:19 OF THE THINGS LIKE WE ALL MISS ONE OF THEIR SUPER SUPERVISORS
04:02:23 FROM DISTRICT NINE. >> BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
04:02:27 WAS GRANTED. SOMETHING ABOUT UNTIL THE MAY
04:02:31 MEETING OR IN MAY TOTALLY TOTALLY BLEW ME BY BUT THAT WAS
04:02:38 A VERY IMPORTANT TYPE OF THING BECAUSE THE MISSING SUPERVISOR
04:02:42 FROM DISTRICT NINE COULD HAVE SAVED YOU A LOT OF TIME WHEN
04:02:44 YOU WERE DOING THAT DISCUSSION ON THE SALVAGE OF THE PROPERTY
04:02:50 DOWN IN NORTH BEACH. SHE OBVIOUSLY IS WOULD HAVE
04:02:58 VOTED WITH THE THE GROUP THAT WANTS TO KEEP THAT APARTMENT AT
04:03:05 LEAST ON THE PAPER AS A FOUR UNIT APARTMENT.
04:03:12 I KNOW THAT'S BEING REDUNDANT IT'S ALREADY HASHED OUT BUT
04:03:19 THINK OF THE TIME YOU COULD HAVE SAVED IF THERE THE
04:03:23 REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT NINE WAS HERE AND UNFORTUNATELY
04:03:28 SHE'S NOT HERE. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN SHE'S
04:03:29 GOING TO COME BACK. SO PLEASE SPEAK OUT A LITTLE
04:03:32 LOUDER. >> THANK YOU.
04:03:35 >> THANK YOU, RICHARD SD PEARSON FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
04:03:39 ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO
04:03:40 ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT?
04:03:43 ALL RIGHT. MR. PRESIDENT.
04:03:46 >> ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
04:03:54 AND MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO OUR FOR ADOPTION OF THAT
04:03:55 COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA PLEASE CALL ITEMS 39 THROUGH 47
04:03:59 ITEM 39 THROUGH 47 WERE INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
04:04:01 COMMITTEE REFERENCE. A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED
04:04:05 FOR ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TODAY.
04:04:08 ANY MEMBER MAY REQUIRE A RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING TO
04:04:12 GO TO COMMITTEE. >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD CAN BE
04:04:15 SEVER ITEM NUMBER 40 PLEASE AND I'M 40 WILL BE SEVERED.
04:04:19 >> SUPERVISOR WALTON I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO
04:04:24 ITEMS 40 AND 44 AND I'M SENDING 43 TO COMMITTEE.
04:04:29 >> OKAY. GOT THAT, MADAM CLERK AND A
04:04:42 SUPERVISOR WALTON. WHICH COMMITTEE DID YOU WANT TO
04:04:47 SEND TO COMMITTEE? WHICH ITEM TO COMMITTEE?
04:04:50 443. GOT IT TO COMMITTEE.
04:04:51 OKAY. BUT THEN I NEED TO SEVER IT
04:04:54 FROM THE FROM THE REST OF THEM WITHOUT REFERENCE CALENDAR.
04:04:57 NO, YOU CAN JUST SEND TO THE COMMITTEE.
04:04:59 YEAH. >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT.
04:05:01 OKAY. SUPERVISOR DORSEY 745.
04:05:07 >> OKAY. SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
04:05:08 I JUST WANTED TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO ITEM 40 AS WELL.
04:05:12 >> THANK YOU. NOTED.
04:05:15 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN.
04:05:16 SAME THING. >> AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR ITEM 40.
04:05:20 THANKS. >> GREAT.
04:05:23 DID I DELETE ANYBODY BY ACCIDENT?
04:05:27 WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT.
04:05:29 MADAM CLERK SO ON THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE ITEMS I GUESS
04:05:33 EXCLUDING 4045 AND 43 WHICH HAS BEEN SENT TO COMMITTEE.
04:05:41 >> SO THEN I'M GOING TO GO ITEM 39 4142.
04:05:50 YEP. AND 46 AND FOUR IS IN THERE.
04:05:55 >> AND 46 AND 47 IN ADDITION TO 40 SIX AND 47 PLEASE CALL THE
04:06:01 ROLL SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN. >> I RANDLEMAN I SUPERVISOR
04:06:05 MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SANDRA SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL
04:06:09 CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I SUPERVISOR WONG WONG I
04:06:16 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
04:06:20 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
04:06:28 I THERE ARE TEN EYES WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
04:06:32 ADOPTED AND THE MOTIONS ARE APPROVED.
04:06:33 >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 40 ITEM 40 THIS IS A RESOLUTION
04:06:37 TO RECOGNIZE AS THE MONTH OF APRIL 2026 AS AMERICAN-MUSLIM
04:06:41 APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
04:06:45 SAN FRANCISCO AND TO CELEBRATE THE MYRIAD CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE
04:06:48 AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY TO SAN FRANCISCO SUPERVISOR
04:06:52 MAHMOOD. THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
04:06:56 >> COLLEAGUES, AS A MUSLIM-AMERICAN, I WANT TO
04:06:57 SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
04:07:00 FRANCISCO RECOGNIZING APRIL 20TH, 26 AS AMERICAN MUSLIM
04:07:03 APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS MONTH ENRICHED BY THE
04:07:06 UNPARALLELED DIVERSITY OF ITS RESIDENTS, SAN FRANCISCO TAKES
04:07:10 GREAT PRIDE IN SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
04:07:14 AND IS STRENGTHENED BY THE MANY VERY RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL
04:07:15 AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS
04:07:18 DIVERSE POPULATIONS INCLUDING THOSE THE PRACTICE ISLAM.
04:07:22 CALIFORNIA ALONE IS HOME TO NEARLY 1 MILLION AMERICAN
04:07:26 MUSLIMS. TODAY MILLIONS OF AMERICAN
04:07:30 MUSLIMS BOTH IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE BORN REPRESENT A
04:07:31 WIDE RANGE OF ETHNICITIES, LANGUAGES AND BELIEFS UNITED BY
04:07:34 THEIR SHARED FAITH AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
04:07:37 >> OUR CITY IS HOME TO MUSLIM INSTITUTIONS THAT TEACH VALUES
04:07:42 OF COMPASSION, DIGNITY AND LOVE SUCH AS THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF
04:07:46 SAN FRANCISCO. MASJID ELTAHAWY, DAR ES OR
04:07:50 SABEEL MASJID NURUL AND THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSLIM COMMUNITY
04:07:54 CENTER WHICH ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SERVICES
04:07:58 PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND FOSTER PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY, JUSTICE
04:08:01 AND PEACE. >> WE KNOW THAT IN THIS CURRENT
04:08:05 CLIMATE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO FACE RISING LEVELS
04:08:09 OF HATE AND DISCRIMINATION. IN 2024 THE COUNCIL ON
04:08:12 AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS RECEIVED 8658 COMPLAINTS OF
04:08:18 ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS NATIONWIDE THE HIGHEST IN ITS 30 YEAR HISTORY.
04:08:22 >> AN INCREASE FROM THE YEAR PRIOR IS OUR DUTY AS ELECTED
04:08:26 OFFICIALS TO UPLIFT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, FIGHT AGAINST
04:08:29 DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND HATE AND CONTINUE TO SHOW
04:08:31 THAT WE WILL SUPPORT THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO PRACTICE
04:08:34 RELIGION FREELY. SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
04:08:38 HUB FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND A BEACON FOR DIVERSITY.
04:08:41 THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT TODAY TO
04:08:43 DEMONSTRATE THEIR SUPPORT BY SPEAKING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT
04:08:46 ON THIS IMPORTANT ITEM. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
04:08:49 FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CO-SPONSORSHIP AS WELL.
04:08:53 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MAHMUD. WITH THAT WE CAN TAKE ITEM 14.
04:08:56 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:08:57 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
04:09:03 ITEM 45. >> ITEM 45.
04:09:05 >> THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA STATE
04:09:09 ASSEMBLY BILL NUMBER 2344 INTRODUCED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
04:09:13 MATT HANEY WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH THE CALIFORNIA ANIMAL
04:09:14 ABUSE REGISTRY, STRENGTHEN ANIMAL WELFARE PROTECTIONS
04:09:18 AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
04:09:24 . >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
04:09:25 PRESIDENT MADAM AND COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY ASK YOU TO JOIN ME
04:09:29 IN SUPPORTING THE ASSEMBLY BILL 2344 AUTHORED BY ASSEMBLY
04:09:31 MEMBER MAT HANEY TO ESTABLISH CALIFORNIA'S FIRST STATEWIDE
04:09:35 ANIMAL ABUSE REGISTRY. THIS LEGISLATION WILL EQUIP
04:09:39 SHELTERS, RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH A
04:09:41 PRACTICAL TOOL TO IDENTIFY RISK, PREVENT REPEAT HARM
04:09:44 AND MAKE MORE INFORMED PLACEMENT DECISIONS.
04:09:47 THIS LEGISLATION RESPONDS TO A CLEAR AND TROUBLING PATTERN
04:09:51 ANIMAL CRUELTY IS RARELY ISOLATED.
04:09:52 WE SEE IT IN LOCALLY OCCURRING CASES OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE
04:09:55 AND TOO OFTEN WE LACK MECHANISMS TO MAKE
04:09:59 COMPASSIONATE INTERVENTIONS BEFORE HARMS ARE REPEATED.
04:10:02 THE REGISTRY CONTEMPLATED IN THIS LEGISLATION IS A
04:10:04 MEASURED COMMONSENSE APPROACH TO STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY
04:10:07 AND TO BETTER SUPPORT EARLY INTERVENTIONS IN WAYS THAT
04:10:11 PROTECT ANIMALS FROM NEEDLESS ABUSE.
04:10:14 AS SOMEONE WHOSE OWN FAMILY HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST YEAR TO NOW
04:10:17 INCLUDE TWO YOUNG DOGS BOTH RESCUES ONE A STRAY AND THE
04:10:18 OTHER ABANDONED AS A YOUNG PUPPY ON SIXTH STREET.
04:10:21 I REALLY VALUE THIS APPROACH AND I APPLAUD THIS LEGISLATION.
04:10:25 THE BOND THE PEOPLE HAVE WITH THEIR PETS IS GROUNDED IN LOVE
04:10:28 AND TRUST AND NOWHERE IS THAT BOND MORE NOBLY CELEBRATED THAN
04:10:30 HERE IN THE CITY OF SAINT FRANCIS.
04:10:33 AB 2344 WILL HELP TO ENSURE RESPONSIBLE GUARDIANSHIP BY
04:10:36 KEEPING ANIMALS OUT OF THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY
04:10:40 DEMONSTRATED A WILLINGNESS TO HARM THEM.
04:10:41 I PROUDLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. I'M GRATEFUL TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER
04:10:44 JAMIE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON IT AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
04:10:47 COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING IT.
04:10:50 THANK YOU SUPERVISED DORSEY. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM.
04:10:51 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:10:54 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY
04:10:58 IMPERATIVE AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE NO TO REPORT, MR.
04:11:01 PRESIDENT. THEN COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
04:11:05 IN MEMORIAM? >> YESTERDAY'S MEETING WILL BE
04:11:09 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUALS.
04:11:13 ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR PRESIDENT MANDOLIN
04:11:17 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR THE LATE ANDREA SHORTER.
04:11:21 AND ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN FOR THE LATE BRIXTON
04:11:25 AT LARGE THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER THERAPY DOG.
04:11:28 ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR THE LATE ANDERSON J.B.
04:11:32 WILLIAMS AND ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR CHAN.
04:11:35 SUPERVISORS CHEN DORSEY AND MANDEL ADELMAN FOR THE LATE
04:11:40 JOHN L BURLING. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
04:11:45 I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA DO WE HAVE
04:11:49 ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
04:11:50 >> MR. PRESIDENT, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I JUST
04:11:53 WANT TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBER THE ITEM NUMBER THAT SUPERVISOR
04:11:57 WALTON SENT TO COMMITTEE IS 43. OKAY.
04:12:03 I WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE BOARD
04:12:07 VOTE ON THAT ITEM. I DID NOT.
04:12:08 OKAY. VERY GOOD.
04:12:11 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WALTON. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
04:12:12 THANK YOU, MEMBERS THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR
04:12:15 TODAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
04:12:16 AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED