00:00:13 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:00:17 THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:18 WELCOME TO THE APRIL 20TH 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANDS
00:00:22 AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:00:24 SUPERVISORS. I AM SUPERVISOR MIRANDA MELGAR,
00:00:28 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:29 CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD.
00:00:33 THE COMMITTEE CLERK TODAY IS MR. JOHN CARROLL.
00:00:36 >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A CHAIR VERY
00:00:40 AGGRESSIVE GOV TV FOR STAFFING THIS MEETING.
00:00:43 >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:44 YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:00:45 PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER
00:00:48 ELECTRONIC DEVICES YOU'VE BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO THE
00:00:49 CHAMBER TODAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE
00:00:51 INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY OF TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT
00:00:54 THEM DIRECTLY TO ME. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:55 EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA. WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST
00:00:58 COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK
00:01:02 ALONG YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS ROOM.
00:01:03 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING
00:01:06 IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
00:01:08 FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AT G O H
00:01:12 AND PERIOD C R R O L L AT S F G OF YOUR G OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR
00:01:17 WRITTEN COMMENTS ABOUT U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE
00:01:19 IN CITY HALL. THE ADDRESS IS ONE DR. CARLTON
00:01:23 B GOOD PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 IF
00:01:27 YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING I WILL FORD YOUR
00:01:31 COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR
00:01:32 COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE
00:01:34 COMMENTING ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY I EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON
00:01:39 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF APRIL 28TH 2026 UNLESS
00:01:42 OTHERWISE STATED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AT MR.
00:01:46 CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15 TOGETHER.
00:01:48 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 15 ARE 15 RESOLUTIONS
00:01:52 INITIATING LANDMARK DESIGNATION UNDER ARTICLE TEN OF A PLANNING
00:01:56 CODE FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES.
00:01:58 FIRST THE CALIFORNIA MASONIC MEMORIAL TEMPLE LOCATED AT 1111
00:02:04 TO 1171 CALIFORNIA THE CHINESE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING
00:02:06 LOCATED AT 743 WASHINGTON. FOR NOKIA'S LOCATED AT 500 258
00:02:12 BROADWAY THE FUGAZI BUILDING LOCATED AT 678 GREEN THE GEORGE
00:02:20 PERRIN HOUSE LOCATED AT 535 POWELL THE GREAT CHINA THEATER
00:02:24 LOCATED AT 626 TO 638 JACKSON. ITALIAN AMERICAN EXCUSE ME
00:02:28 ITALIAN ATHLETIC CLUB LOCATED AT 1630 STOCKTON THE MAYBACH
00:02:32 BUILDING LOCATED AT 1736 STOCKTON MONA'S CANDLE LIGHTS
00:02:39 LOCATED AT 640 326. SORRY LOCATED AT 463 TO 473
00:02:45 BROADWAY NAMCO SCHOOL LOCATED AT 755 BROADWAY IS.
00:02:48 >> EXCUSE ME I'M JUST TRIPPING ALL OVER IT.
00:02:51 LOCATED AT 755 SACRAMENTO OLD FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
00:02:55 LOCATED AT 1751 SACRAMENTO SINGH CHONG BUILDING LOCATED AT
00:03:01 615 TO 625 GRANT. THE TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID
00:03:05 LOCATED AT 600 MONTGOMERY THE UNIVERSITY CLUB LOCATED AT 800
00:03:09 POWELL AND FINALLY VESUVIO CAFE BUILDING LOCATED AT 253
00:03:13 COLUMBUS. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:03:16 THIS COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME DISTRICT THREE
00:03:20 SUPERVISOR DANNY SAUDER. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:03:21 OKAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
00:03:24 AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR WELCOMING ME TO YOUR COMMITTEE
00:03:25 TODAY FOR. THESE ITEMS AND THEN ONE MORE
00:03:28 PIECE OF BUSINESS BEFORE YOU YOU HAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN
00:03:32 RESOLUTIONS TO CREATE NEW HISTORIC LANDMARKS IN DISTRICT
00:03:36 THREE ACROSS CHINATOWN NORTH BEACH, HILL AND UNION SQUARE.
00:03:40 I HOPE YOU WILL EARN YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
00:03:43 THEY MAKE UP THE FIRST ROUND OF OUR FAMILY ZONING PLAN
00:03:44 LANDMARKING EFFORT WHICH I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN GO FORWARD IN OTHER
00:03:49 DISTRICTS AND WHERE YOU'RE EXCITED FOR A MOMENT AS WELL.
00:03:52 THESE NEW ARTICLE TEN LANDMARKS WILL BRING WELL-DESERVED
00:03:55 RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION TO ICONIC BUILDINGS INCLUDING THE
00:03:58 CALIFORNIA MASONIC MEMORIAL TEMPLE, VESUVIO CAFE, GREAT
00:04:03 CHINA THEATER AND TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID.
00:04:06 THROUGH THESE LANDMARKS WE WILL CELEBRATE LGBTQ PLUS
00:04:09 ENTERTAINMENT SPACES IMPORTANT ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE
00:04:11 SPACES AND ICONIC CHINATOWN BUILDINGS.
00:04:14 MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE THE SORT OF BUILDINGS THAT YOU LOOK
00:04:19 AT AND YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF ALREADY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
00:04:21 BEEN LANDMARKED. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
00:04:22 WHAT'S IN THIS PACKAGE. THEY TELL A STORY OF INTEGRITY
00:04:25 OF THE BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE OF COURSE, BUT
00:04:29 ALSO THE STORIES INSIDE THOSE WALLS THAT HAVE HELPED SHAPE
00:04:32 SAN FRANCISCO'S HISTORY. AND THIS IS PART OF OUR EFFORTS
00:04:37 IN DISTRICT THREE TO SHOW THAT WE CAN BOTH CELEBRATE
00:04:38 AND PROTECT HISTORY AND EMBRACE THE PRESSING NEEDS TODAY OF
00:04:41 HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
00:04:45 AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS LIST, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I'LL BE
00:04:49 ASKING THAT WE CONTINUE ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER 12 TO THE
00:04:53 CALL THE CHAIR I'LL ASK YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT WE NEED A
00:04:57 LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS TO ENGAGE WITH
00:05:01 THE BUILDING OWNERS. THAT'S AGAIN ITEMS TWO AND 12
00:05:04 BUT I'M EXCITED TO TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO
00:05:08 LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN OUR DISTRICT
00:05:11 THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE ALSO HAVE SHANNON FERGUSON
00:05:13 FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HERE TODAY TO SPEAK A BIT MORE
00:05:16 ABOUT THIS ROUND OF NOMINATIONS, BUT I HOPE TO HAVE
00:05:19 YOUR SUPPORT ON THESE RESOLUTIONS.
00:05:22 >> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. CHRIS THANK YOU.
00:05:23 SUPERVISOR SAUTER, WELCOME MS. FERGUSON THANK YOU.
00:05:36 >> SUPERVISOR. HELLO, MY NAME IS SHANNON
00:05:40 FERGUSON, SENIOR PRESERVATION PLANNER AND PROJECT MANAGER OF
00:05:43 THE DISTRICT THREE FAMILY ZONING PLAN LANDMARKING.
00:05:46 CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS 320 INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS AND 14
00:05:53 ARTICLE TEN LANDMARK DISTRICTS WITH MANY MORE INDIVIDUAL
00:05:55 LANDMARKS AND SEVERAL NEW DISTRICTS IN PROCESS.
00:05:57 DISTRICT THREE HAS 77 EXISTING INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS.
00:06:01 A FEW EXAMPLES ARE INDICATED ON THIS SLIDE AND THEY RANGE FROM
00:06:04 THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE'S BEAUTIFUL
00:06:07 MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE AND THE CROWN
00:06:09 ZELLERBACH BUILDING'S INTERNATIONAL STYLE
00:06:12 ARCHITECTURE TO IMPORTANT NEIGHBORHOOD SPACES LIKE
00:06:15 CHURCHES AND LIBRARIES. PHASE ONE OF THE FAMILY ZONING
00:06:20 PLAN LANDMARKING FOCUSES ON EXISTING CATEGORY EIGHT
00:06:23 PROPERTIES THAT ARE NON RESIDENTIAL OR ARE SINGLE
00:06:27 FAMILY RESIDENCES OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC AND RH ZONING DISTRICTS
00:06:30 . PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AS
00:06:31 POTENTIAL LANDMARKS WITHIN OUR CULTURAL HISTORIC CONTEXT
00:06:35 STATEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED FOR PHASE TWO WILL
00:06:38 REVIEW CATEGORY A PROPERTIES WITHIN THE RH ZONING DISTRICTS
00:06:42 WITH THE HIGHEST SIGNIFICANCE AND INTEGRITY.
00:06:46 PHASE THREE WILL CONSIST OF PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR
00:06:47 LANDMARK DESIGNATION THROUGH F SURVEY AS WELL AS FUTURE
00:06:51 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CULTURAL HISTORIC CONTACT STATEMENTS AS
00:06:54 THEY'RE COMPLETED. DEEP SEA.
00:07:01 >> AND FINALLY PHASE FOUR WILL LOOK AT THE REMAINING SURVEY
00:07:04 FINDINGS OF PROPERTIES RECOMMENDED FOR A LANDMARK
00:07:08 DESIGNATION. ALL THE PROPOSED LANDMARKS WILL
00:07:11 GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR
00:07:12 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE THAT PATIENT HELD IN BOTH THE
00:07:16 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF
00:07:19 SUPERVISORS. FINAL APPROVAL OF A LANDMARK
00:07:23 REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE
00:07:24 MAYOR. THIS EFFORT IS UNPRECEDENTED
00:07:27 APPROACH TO EXPEDITE LAND MARKETING FOR PROPERTIES WHICH
00:07:31 WE ALREADY KNOW HAVE CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL
00:07:32 SIGNIFICANCE. THESE PROPERTIES MERIT THE
00:07:36 HIGHEST LEVEL OF CITY PROTECTION AND WE'VE WORKED
00:07:39 WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP ABBREVIATED
00:07:43 NOMINATION FORMS WITH THE NECESSARY CONTENT.
00:07:46 >> THESE ARE THE LANDMARKS IN DISTRICT THREE THAT ARE
00:07:50 BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PHASE ONE OF THE FAMILY ZONING
00:07:52 PLAN LANDMARKING THE COMMITTEE. THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO
00:07:55 ENSURING THAT GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH AMBITIOUS AMBITIOUS
00:07:59 HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS IS ALIGNED WITH SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:08:02 LONG STANDING DEDICATION TO PRESERVING HISTORIC PLACES.
00:08:06 ALL THE PROPOSED LANDMARKS IN DISTRICT THREE ARE EXISTING
00:08:10 CATEGORY EIGHT BUILDINGS MEANING THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN
00:08:11 IDENTIFIED AS HISTORIC THROUGH PAST SURVEYS.
00:08:14 ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF RH DISTRICTS
00:08:21 . WE INITIALLY IDENTIFIED 19
00:08:22 PROPERTIES AS HAVING THE HIGHEST HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
00:08:25 AND INTEGRITY. FOUR OF THOSE PROPERTIES
00:08:26 REQUESTED THAT THEY BE REMOVED FROM THEIR PROPOSED LIST
00:08:32 AND THIS LEAVES US WITH 14 LANDMARKS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
00:08:35 50 BEFORE YOU TODAY. IN SUMMARY, THIS EFFORT IS A
00:08:37 CONCERTED APPROACH TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF SAN
00:08:40 FRANCISCO'S MOST PRECIOUS HISTORICAL RESOURCES
00:08:43 UNDERSCORING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO HISTORIC
00:08:45 PRESERVATION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
00:08:48 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
00:08:49 THANK YOU. >> OKAY.
00:08:55 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS FERGUSON.
00:08:59 >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PLEASE.
00:09:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:09:04 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS
00:09:06 ONE THROUGH 15 CALLED TOGETHER INITIATING LANDMARK
00:09:09 DESIGNATIONS. >> IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:09:10 FOR THESE ITEMS PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN NOW.
00:09:13 AND MADAM CHAIR, IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
00:09:17 >> OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:09:18 NOW CLOSED. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
00:09:22 THAT WE CONTINUE ITEMS TWO AND 12 TO CALL UP THE CHAIR ON
00:09:29 THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS TWO
00:09:35 AND 12 BE CONTINUED TO THE CALL THE CHAIR VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN
00:09:37 I MEMBER MARCHMAN MAHMUD I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM
00:09:42 CHAIR THOSE TWO ITEMS MAY CONTINUE TO THE CULTURE.
00:09:44 >> GREAT SO NOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE
00:09:49 ITEMS 134567 EIGHT NINE 1011 1314 AND 15 TO THE FULL BOARD
00:09:56 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO RECOMMEND THE BALANCE OF THE
00:10:00 ITEMS ON THE ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR TO
00:10:04 RECOMMEND THE BALANCE OF THE ITEMS TO THE BOARD OF
00:10:05 SUPERVISORS. VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I MEMBER
00:10:08 MOHAMMED MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE
00:10:14 ARE THREE EYES GREAT I MOTION PASSES.
00:10:15 >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 16 PLEASE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 IS
00:10:21 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY BILL
00:10:24 2276 INTRODUCED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER ESMERALDA SORIA WHICH
00:10:28 WILL ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRING THE
00:10:33 INSTALLATION OF ACTIVE INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE
00:10:34 DEVICES FOR DRIVERS CONVICTED OF SEVERE SPEEDING RELATED
00:10:38 OFFENSES. >> THANK YOU AGAIN SUPERVISOR
00:10:41 SAUTER THANK YOU CHAIR. >> AMONG OUR COLLEAGUES NEXT
00:10:45 I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF
00:10:47 AB 2276 ALSO KNOWN AS THE STOP SUPER SPEEDERS ACT.
00:10:51 THIS IS A BILL FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER SORIA WHICH WOULD
00:10:53 ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRING CERTAIN RECKLESS
00:10:56 SPEEDERS TO INSTALL ACTIVE INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE
00:11:00 DEVICES IN THEIR CARS BEFORE RETURNING TO THE ROAD.
00:11:04 THESE ARE DEVICES THAT ACTIVELY PREVENT A VEHICLE SPEED FROM
00:11:08 EXCEEDING THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT .
00:11:11 A RECENT PILOT OF A SIMILAR PROGRAM IN NEW YORK CITY IS
00:11:14 SHOWING US THE PROMISE OF THIS WITH A 64% REDUCTION IN TOTAL
00:11:17 TIME SPENT SPEEDING. NOW UNDER THIS BILL,
00:11:22 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE OFFENSES INCLUDING RECKLESS DRIVING,
00:11:25 ENGAGING IN SPEED CONTESTS OR DRIVING MORE THAN 100MPH COULD
00:11:29 BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL SUCH DEVICES IN THEIR VEHICLE FOR A
00:11:34 SET PERIOD OF TIME IF THEY WISH TO DRIVE AGAIN AFTER BEING
00:11:38 CONVICTED. THIS BILL ALSO INCLUDES
00:11:40 PROVISIONS TO PROTECT LOW-INCOME DRIVERS BY
00:11:42 ESTABLISHING AN INCOME BASED FEE STRUCTURE FOR THE COSTS
00:11:45 ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALLING AN AC DEVICE.
00:11:49 THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY SEEN EIGHT PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES ON
00:11:52 OUR STREETS IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND IT
00:11:56 UNDERSCORES THE URGENCY IN WHICH WE MUST ACT FOR SAFER
00:12:00 STREETS. LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WALK A
00:12:01 SAFE AND FAMILY FOR STREETS FAMILY FOR SAFE STREETS HAVE
00:12:04 BEEN ADVOCATING HARD FOR THIS BILL BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT WILL
00:12:08 MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. I DO HAVE AMENDMENTS TODAY
00:12:12 WHICH I AM PRESENTING AND I'LL ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON WHICH
00:12:13 WOULD REFLECT SMALL CHANGES IN THE BILL AS IT HAS MOVED
00:12:19 THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY. IN PARTICULAR THE ORIGINAL
00:12:20 LANGUAGE WHEN WE FIRST PUT FORWARD THE RESOLUTION HAD THIS
00:12:24 AS A STATEWIDE PILOT PROGRAM. THAT HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO
00:12:27 INCLUDE ONLY SEVEN COUNTIES. SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT CURRENTLY
00:12:33 ONE OF THE SEVEN LISTED IN THE BILL BUT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM
00:12:36 THE BILL'S AUTHOR THAT THEY INTEND TO ADD SAN FRANCISCO TO
00:12:40 THE LIST IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE PROCESS.
00:12:42 AND I THINK THIS RESOLUTION WOULD SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE
00:12:48 AND THE DESIRE FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO BE ON THE LIST.
00:12:50 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER HAYNIE AND HE
00:12:53 HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT AS HAS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
00:12:56 SO IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT AND TO REFLECT THE CHANGES THAT
00:12:58 HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO
00:13:01 ENSURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS NOT OUTDATED.
00:13:04 BY THE TIME IT READS THE LEGISLATURE AND COPIES OF THOSE
00:13:08 AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED WITH THEIR OFFICES.
00:13:09 I WANT TO THANK THIS COMMITTEE FOR YOUR TIME TO HEAR THIS
00:13:12 AND ALSO TO SUPERVISORS MAHMUD DORSEY AND RANDLEMAN FOR THEIR
00:13:14 CO-SPONSOR AUTHORSHIP. >> THANK YOU.
00:13:16 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.
00:13:20 ADD MY NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL PLEASE.
00:13:23 >> AND GOOD JOB LOBBYING TO HAVE SAN FRANCISCO INCLUDED.
00:13:28 YOU MAY REMEMBER COLLEAGUES THAT WHILE WE WERE MEETING AT
00:13:29 THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WE DISCUSSED THIS BILL AND AGREED
00:13:35 TO RECOMMEND IT IF AMEND IT TO INCLUDE SAN FRANCISCO.
00:13:37 >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT.
00:13:40 >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE ROSTER WITH COMMENTS OR
00:13:43 QUESTIONS SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE MR.
00:13:45 CLERK. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:13:47 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:13:49 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 AND STATEMENT TO POSITION
00:13:51 IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2276 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:13:54 THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME
00:13:58 AND MADAM CHAIR TO PRESENT NO SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
00:14:02 >> OKAY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS IS NOW CLOSED.
00:14:03 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD FAILED TO MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE YES ON
00:14:09 THE AMENDMENTS AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY SUPERVISOR SAUTER
00:14:13 AND THEN TO VOTE TO SEND THE ITEM AS AMENDED TO THE FULL
00:14:15 BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:14:19 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MR. CLERK.
00:14:23 TWO MOTIONS BOTH OFFERED BY MEMBER WITH THE FIRST TO AMEND
00:14:25 THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED BY SUPERVISOR SAUTER AND THE
00:14:27 SECOND TO RECOMMEND AS AMENDED ON THOSE MOTIONS.
00:14:31 >> VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I AM MOHAMMED MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR
00:14:36 I MELGAR I MET A MATURE THERE ARE THREE EYES AND THOSE TWO
00:14:39 MOTIONS THE MOTION PASSES THANK YOU.
00:14:40 >> LET'S GO TO ITEM 17 PLEASE GENDA ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN
00:14:44 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO
00:14:46 AUTHORIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
00:14:49 TO ESTABLISH A CURBSIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
00:14:53 STATION PERMIT PROGRAM FOR THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF
00:14:56 CURBSIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ON CITY
00:15:00 SIDEWALKS AND PROVIDE THAT PERMITTEES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
00:15:04 OBTAIN A SIDEWALK ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:15:06 PUBLIC WORKS. ALSO AMENDING THE PUBLIC WORKS
00:15:08 CODE TO REFLECT THE AUTHORITY OF THE MTA TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR
00:15:12 THE CURBSIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION PROGRAM
00:15:15 AND ALSO AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION CODE TO
00:15:16 AUTHORIZE THE MTA TO IMPOSE ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR
00:15:20 VIOLATIONS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION PERMITS.
00:15:24 THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CYCLE
00:15:28 DETERMINATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:15:30 COLLEAGUES. >> WE HEARD THIS LAST WEEK
00:15:31 AND WE CONTINUE TO BECAUSE THERE WERE SUBSTANTIVE
00:15:35 AMENDMENTS WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY.
00:15:39 WE DO HAVE MR. JOEL RAMOS HERE FROM THE MTA TO ANSWER ANY
00:15:43 QUESTIONS SHOULD THEY ARISE. >> BUT I DON'T SEE ANY ONE WITH
00:15:48 QUESTIONS. SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:15:53 ON THIS ITEM PLACEMATS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:15:54 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO
00:15:56 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CURBSIDE CHARGING.
00:16:00 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD
00:16:02 NOW. >> AND MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO
00:16:04 SPEAKERS. OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
00:16:08 MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL
00:16:09 BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:16:12 >> OH PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY
00:16:19 THE CHAIR THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF
00:16:20 SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
00:16:26 I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE
00:16:30 EYES THAT MOTION PASSES THANK YOU.
00:16:33 >> ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 18 PLEASE.
00:16:37 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18 IS AN ORDINANCE FIRST TEMPORARILY
00:16:38 EXCLUDING CERTAIN SITES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA
00:16:42 SENATE BILL NUMBER 79 SB 79 THAT REQUIRE LOCAL
00:16:45 JURISDICTIONS TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES AT VARIOUS
00:16:49 DENSITIES HEIGHTS AND FLOOR AREA RATIOS ON SITES WITHIN ONE
00:16:53 HALF MILE OF A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STOP SECOND
00:16:57 PERMANENTLY EXCLUDING FROM THOSE PROVISIONS OF SB 79 SITES
00:17:01 LOCATED IN INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HUBS INCLUDING
00:17:04 CERTAIN SITES ZONED M S L I PD R WMU OH AND P AND SITES
00:17:13 WITHOUT WALKING PATH OF MORE WITH WALKING PATH OF MORE THAN
00:17:17 ONE MILE TO THE CLOSEST TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT STOP THIRD AMENDING
00:17:20 THE PLANNING CODE TO PERMIT ADDITIONAL DENSITY AND HEIGHT
00:17:24 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ON CERTAIN PARCELS WITHIN ONE HALF
00:17:27 MILE OF A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STOP.
00:17:30 FOURTH ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO SB 79 INCLUDING MAKING
00:17:33 FINDINGS THAT THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN PROVIDES EQUIVALENT
00:17:36 DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY. FIFTH MAKING FINDINGS THAT
00:17:40 THESE EXEMPTIONS AND THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY MEET THE
00:17:43 REQUIREMENTS OF SB 79 AND SIXTH DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE
00:17:47 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
00:17:50 ORDINANCE TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
00:17:51 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AFFIRMING THE PLANNING
00:17:54 DEPARTMENT SECRET DETERMINATION AS WELL AS MAKING FINDINGS OF
00:17:58 CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE EIGHT PRIORITY
00:17:59 POLICIES OF PLANNING CODE SECTION ONE A 1.1 AND PUBLIC
00:18:02 NECESSITY CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE FINDINGS UNDER
00:18:05 PLANNING CODE SECTION 302. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:18:09 WE CONTINUED THIS ITEM FROM LAST WEEK BECAUSE IT HAD
00:18:13 SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS. WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY DISTRICT
00:18:19 SIX SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY. >> BEFORE I GO TO YOU
00:18:23 SUPERVISOR OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I
00:18:27 DO WANT TO INVITE UP SOMEBODY I GUESS JOSH THE WHISKEY FROM THE
00:18:31 PLANNING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE MINOR NON SUBSTANTIVE
00:18:35 AMENDMENTS THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE TODAY.
00:18:38 >> WELCOME, MR. SAWICKI. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:18:42 >> THERE IS ONE MINOR AMENDMENT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
00:18:46 HAS RECOMMENDED TO ADD A SMALL PROVISION IN THE ALTERNATIVE
00:18:50 PLAN SECTION OF THE I BELIEVE IN THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN SECTION
00:18:54 OF THE ORDINANCE THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE AUTHORIZES THE
00:18:58 DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE THE TABLES AS NECESSARY AFTER ADOPTION TO
00:19:05 MAKE ANY REFINEMENTS BASED ON ON YOU KNOW, ONGOING
00:19:08 REFINEMENTS THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH EACH CITY PROVIDED THAT
00:19:13 THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN IS NOT IS NOT
00:19:16 CHANGED IT WOULD REMAIN A CITYWIDE ALTERNATIVE PLAN.
00:19:20 THERE ARE SOME MINOR DATA REFINEMENTS THAT WILL BE NEEDED
00:19:24 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS .
00:19:27 THE MTA HAS JUST PUBLISHED THEIR PRELIMINARY DRAFT MAP OF
00:19:32 THE STATION LOCATIONS. SO STATION LOCATIONS WILL SLIDE
00:19:36 A FEW FEET HERE AND THERE AND SOME MINOR CHANGES.
00:19:39 NO NEW STATIONS WILL BE ADDED ACTUALLY STATIONS WILL PROBABLY
00:19:43 BE COMING OFF THE MAP AS A RESULT OF MTC'S DETERMINATION
00:19:46 THAT SOME OF THE STATIONS WE DID INCLUDE ARE NOT ACTUALLY
00:19:47 ELIGIBLE. SO OUR MAP WAS OVERLY
00:19:50 CONSERVATIVE SO WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE THOSE REFINEMENTS AS WE
00:19:55 SEND THE FINAL TABLE TO EACH CITY FOR THEIR FINAL REVIEW.
00:19:59 >> SO JUST IN PRACTICAL TERMS YEAR SO IS KEY.
00:20:03 THAT MEANS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE GOD FORBID BUT IF SAY THE PARCEL
00:20:06 TAX OR THE REGIONAL SALES TAX DOESN'T PASS AND WE HAVE TO CUT
00:20:10 BACK SERVICE AND ELIMINATE STOPS THEN LIKE IT WOULD CHANGE
00:20:17 THE MATTER THAT THAT'S A CIRCUMSTANCE YEAH WE HAVEN'T
00:20:19 YOU DON'T WANT TO OPINE ABOUT OPINE ABOUT THAT BUT THIS IS
00:20:22 MORE ABOUT STATIONS EXISTING STATIONS THAT WE THERE ARE SOME
00:20:29 INTERPRETIVE QUESTIONS AROUND WHICH STATIONS QUALIFY
00:20:32 PARTICULARLY BUS STATIONS BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE TRANSIT
00:20:37 LANES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
00:20:38 AND WE CONSERVATIVELY ASSUMED MORE STATIONS ACTUALLY
00:20:41 QUALIFIED THAN MTC HAS DETERMINED ACTUALLY QUALIFY.
00:20:45 >> AND SO SOME OF THOSE STATIONS WILL COME OFF ALSO IF
00:20:49 YOU RECALL ON OUR MAP THAT WE SHOWED WE HAD INCLUDED SOME
00:20:52 PLAN STATIONS PARTICULARLY IN THE BAYVIEW FOR SERVICES
00:20:57 THAT ARE IN A PRELIMINARY PLANNING PROCESSES INCLUDING
00:21:04 POTENTIAL BRT ON GENEVA AVENUE AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL CALTRAIN
00:21:08 STATION IN THE BAYVIEW AT OAKDALE MTC HAS ACTUALLY
00:21:15 DETERMINED THOSE ARE NOT ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE.
00:21:16 DID NOT THEY DO NOT MEET THE STANDARD TO BE CONSIDERED
00:21:19 PLANNED TRANSIT STATIONS UNDER SB 79 SO THOSE WILL BE COMING
00:21:22 OFF THE MAP OFF THE MAP THEY WERE INCLUDED ON OUR MAP
00:21:26 CONSERVATIVELY THEY WILL NOT BE ON THE FINAL MAP.
00:21:28 SO IT DOES REDUCE SOME OF THE AREA SUBJECT TO SB 79 AND SOME
00:21:32 OF OUR CALCULATIONS. >> OKAY.
00:21:32 THANK YOU, MR. SAWICKI SUPERVISOR DORSEY, WELCOME.
00:21:36 >> THANK YOU. CHAIR MELGAR, I WANT TO THANK
00:21:40 YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY TO JUST SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
00:21:44 ITEM. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT
00:21:45 I AM GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH THIS PLAN.
00:21:48 I KNOW THAT MAYOR LURIE'S OFFICE WORKED CLOSELY
00:21:51 AND THOUGHTFULLY WITH SENATOR WEINER'S OFFICE TO CRAFT
00:21:54 LEGISLATION THAT ACCOMPLISHES OUR SHARED GOALS OF PRODUCING
00:21:58 MORE HOUSING AND THIS ALTERNATIVE PLAN HAS BEEN PUT
00:22:02 FORWARD TO PUT US IN CONTROL OF HOW WE ACCOMPLISH THAT.
00:22:03 >> I DO THINK HOWEVER, THAT THERE ARE SOME REASONABLE WAYS
00:22:07 TO IMPROVE THE PLAN. SB 79 DOES ALLOW CITIES TO
00:22:11 EXCLUDE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HUBS.
00:22:15 HOWEVER I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE POSITION THAT THESE AREAS
00:22:18 SHOULD NEVER HAVE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
00:22:22 WE ARE A TRANSIT FIRST CITY AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE BE ALL BE
00:22:26 PROUD OF THAT. I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN TRANSIT
00:22:27 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. I LIVE IN ONE OF THEM IN FACT
00:22:30 AND I DO WANT TO SEE SAN FRANCISCO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON
00:22:34 PRODUCING MORE HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT DECADES AGO MORE PARTS
00:22:38 OF MY DISTRICT COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL
00:22:42 EMPLOYMENT HUBS BUT ARE NOW THRIVING.
00:22:43 HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS. MISSION BAY I THINK IS IS A
00:22:46 GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. PDR SPACE IS IMPORTANT TO OUR
00:22:50 ECONOMY OF COURSE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THE ONE
00:22:53 OR THE OTHER TRADEOFFS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN A MINDSET TO
00:22:57 MAKE IN YEARS PAST. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS
00:23:01 AND DETAIL THAT WENT INTO THIS PLAN AND I DO THINK IT HAS
00:23:05 RAISED LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE
00:23:06 OF OUR LAND NEAR TRANSIT STOPS. THIS IS A WORTHWHILE POLICY
00:23:12 DISCUSSION EVEN IF SB 79 WERE NOT THE LAW OF OUR STATE IN MY
00:23:16 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY
00:23:20 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE ARE PURSUING AN
00:23:23 ALTERNATIVE PLAN WE CAN'T ALLOW SB 79 TO APPLY TO SOME AREAS
00:23:27 AND NOT OTHERS. WE WOULD HAVE TO PRESENT A
00:23:30 PARCEL LEVEL PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH SIMILAR HEIGHTS AND DENSITIES.
00:23:33 WE ARE AS I UNDERSTAND IT NOW ON A TIGHT TIMELINE TO PASS
00:23:38 AND GET THIS TO KDHE FOR REVIEW .
00:23:41 SO OUR OPTIONS FOR THIS PLAN ARE LIMITED.
00:23:42 I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I CIRCULATED TO THIS COMMITTEE
00:23:46 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE THE
00:23:49 PERMANENT INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HUB EXEMPTION TO TEMPORARY
00:23:52 AND SUNSET THAT IN 2032 WHICH WOULD ALIGN WITH THE BEGINNING
00:23:56 OF THE SEVENTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT.
00:23:59 I HEARD FROM SOME ADVOCATES OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THERE IS
00:24:02 INTEREST IN MOVING THAT UP TO 2028 AND THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH
00:24:06 THE SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT MID-CYCLE CHECK IN.
00:24:11 I THINK THE BENEFIT OF THAT WOULD BE TO HOLD US MORE
00:24:15 AGGRESSIVELY ACCOUNTABLE TO HOUSING CAPACITY IN THOSE AREAS
00:24:19 AND I WOULD CERTAINLY BE AMENABLE TO THAT IN MY DISTRICT
00:24:22 REGARDLESS OF WHEN THIS SECTION WOULD SUNSET.
00:24:23 HOWEVER, AN AMENDMENT LIKE THIS I THINK WOULD GIVE US MAXIMUM
00:24:27 FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE. WE COULD DECIDE THAT THE BEST
00:24:31 POLICY IS TO PERMANENTLY EXEMPT THEM.
00:24:34 WE COULD MAKE CHANGES TO OUR UNDERLYING ZONING THAT WOULD
00:24:38 GIVE US EVEN MORE HOUSING CAPACITY THAN SB 79 ALLOWS.
00:24:40 WE COULD DECIDE SB 79 IS THE RIGHT VEHICLE TO INCREASE
00:24:44 HOUSING CAPACITY WHERE WE COULD PURSUE A MORE REFINED GRAIN
00:24:48 OPTION THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO HAVE OTHER EXEMPTIONS.
00:24:55 EVEN IF THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT.
00:24:56 WE STILL HAVE OTHER OPTIONS AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIMES
00:25:03 AND WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK ON THIS.
00:25:04 THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THE OBJECTIVES OF SB
00:25:07 79 SO I DO WANT TO COMMIT THAT I WILL BE WORKING TO IDENTIFY
00:25:11 POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD INCREASE HOUSING CAPACITY IN MY
00:25:14 DISTRICT PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST SOMA NEIGHBORHOOD
00:25:18 INDEPENDENT OF OUR SB 79 PLANS. I'D GLADLY SIGN UP TO BE HELD
00:25:23 ACCOUNTABLE TO A 2028 OR 2020 2032 CHECK IN.
00:25:28 I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS TO SAY ABOUT
00:25:32 THIS AMENDMENT AND I WOULD THINK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
00:25:33 FOR FOR THEIR WORK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, SENATOR WEINER'S OFFICE
00:25:37 AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY ATTORNEY'S
00:25:40 OFFICE FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS.
00:25:43 SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A GUEST START TODAY.
00:25:47 >> CHAIR MULDER THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERVISOR
00:25:50 DORSEY AND LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF THAT'S OKAY AND THEN
00:25:55 WE CAN DISCUSS THE AMENDMENTS AND THE LEGISLATION AFTER.
00:26:02 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. LADIES AND TRANSPORTATION ON
00:26:05 NOTE HERE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
00:26:07 18 TRANSIT ORIENTED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HOLD ON MR. HOLD.
00:26:10 >> BEFORE YOU START I SEE A STAFF PERSON FOR DISTRICT NINE
00:26:14 OFFICE ANA CONTRERAS IF I COULD HAVE HER COME UP FIRST I'D
00:26:19 APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN AND GA
00:26:25 FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
00:26:29 GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY.
00:26:33 I AM ANA HERRERA, LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR SUPERVISOR FIELDER
00:26:36 AND DISTRICT NINE. >> OUR OFFICE IS IN SUPPORT OF
00:26:40 THE LEGISLATION AS IS BEFORE YOU TODAY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO
00:26:44 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON
00:26:45 THIS PLAN. >> I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND MORE
00:26:49 THAN ONE OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS INCLUDING THOSE ATTENDED BY A
00:26:52 BROAD COALITION OF DISTRICT NINE COMMUNITY GROUPS.
00:26:55 A LARGE PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION FOR
00:26:59 THIS ALTERNATIVE PLAN HIGHLIGHTED THE PERMANENT
00:27:00 EXEMPTIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HUBS WHICH FOR
00:27:05 DISTRICT NINE MEANS THE EXCLUSION AND PRESERVATION OF
00:27:07 PDR SPACES. >> FOR OVER A DECADE THE
00:27:10 MISSION DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE
00:27:13 WORKED TO IMPLEMENT THE MISSION ACTION PLAN, A COMMUNITY LED
00:27:17 PLANNING EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE RETENTION OF LOW AND MODERATE
00:27:21 INCOME RESIDENTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES IN THE FACE OF
00:27:25 RISING DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION.
00:27:26 THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED THE MAP
00:27:29 2020 AND MAP 2030 PLANS A CORNERSTONE OF WHICH IS
00:27:33 PRESERVING PDR SPACES AS THEY ARE SOME OF THE LAST REMAINING
00:27:36 LOCATIONS FOR HIGH PAYING WORKING CLASS JOBS FOR LOW
00:27:39 INCOME COMMUNITIES HERE WE JUST LEARNED OUR OFFICE JUST LEARNED
00:27:44 ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE
00:27:47 PERMANENT EXCLUSIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HUBS
00:27:50 AND WE URGE THE COMMITTEE TO TO INSTEAD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF
00:27:54 THE LEGISLATION AS IS TODAY AS THIS WOULD UNDO DECADES LONG OF
00:28:02 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMMUNITY
00:28:03 ENGAGEMENT ON THESE THESE CHANGES.
00:28:06 OUR OFFICE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE
00:28:10 DISCUSSIONS WITH DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT TEN AND OTHER IMPACTED
00:28:13 COMMUNITIES AROUND ZONING CHANGES AROUND THE ZONING AS
00:28:17 PART OF A REGULAR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND WE WELCOME THAT
00:28:21 DIALOG. WE JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE
00:28:25 APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT. >> SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE ITEM
00:28:26 AS IS TODAY AS THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS PROPOSED TO
00:28:31 THE DISTRICT NINE COMMUNITY AND WAS ENGAGED WITH SO AND I'M
00:28:35 HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
00:28:36 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS
00:28:39 HERRERA. OKAY, WE'RE READY TO BEGIN
00:28:42 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC
00:28:44 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND WE HAVE A
00:28:46 SPEAKER WHO'S COMING UP TO LECTURE NOW I'LL START YOUR
00:28:48 TIME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:28:49 LAND USE COMMITTEE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
00:28:52 GRIFFIN LEE HERE REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO AND MORE
00:28:56 IMPORTANTLY CONNECT TO THAT SO STAFF AND MEMBERSHIP WE SUPPORT
00:29:00 SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE
00:29:04 PROVISION ON I THINK IT'S A LINE ITEM NUMBER TWO OF THE
00:29:08 LEGISLATION TO CHANGE FROM PERMANENT TO PERMANENT
00:29:15 EXEMPTION TO TEMPORARY EXEMPTION OF THE DIFFERENT
00:29:19 EMPLOYMENT HUBS IN THE BAYVIEW BAY SHORE WEST SUMMER MISSION.
00:29:24 AND SECONDLY, WE DO SUPPORT ADOPTING THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN
00:29:28 WHICH I THINK IS LINE ITEM NUMBER 4 OR 5 IN THE
00:29:32 LEGISLATION. SO THANKS SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR
00:29:35 MAKING THIS AMENDMENT OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND WE
00:29:39 APPRECIATE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE FORWARD SUPPORT IN THE
00:29:42 ALTERNATIVE PLAN. >> THANK YOU.
00:29:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:29:49 >> HELLO. I HAVE LIVED IN THE SOMA WEST
00:29:51 NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 17 YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO THE
00:29:53 URGENT NEED FOR PRO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY
00:29:58 WHICH THE SB 79 ALTERNATIVE PLAN BLOCKS.
00:29:59 >> OVER THE YEARS I HAVE WATCHED SOMA WEST FALL BEHIND
00:30:03 THE REST OF THE CITY DUE TO POORLY CONSIDERED POLICIES
00:30:06 AND EXEMPTIONS MADE BY THE CITY.
00:30:07 WHILE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SEEN GROWTH AND REVITALIZATION,
00:30:10 WE'VE EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC STAGNATION AND VISIBLE DECLINE
00:30:14 . >> THIS IS THE BASIS OF THE
00:30:15 COMPLAINT. SOMA WEST NEIGHBORHOOD
00:30:17 ASSOCIATION FILED TO THE STATE THAT THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:30:21 IS INTENTIONALLY AND CONSISTENTLY VIOLATING THE
00:30:22 AFFO LEGAL MANDATE. I URGE THIS COMMITTEE TO WALK
00:30:28 THESE SOLID ZONED AREAS YOU'RE PROTECTING AS I JUST DID THIS
00:30:29 THIS MORNING. >> WHAT YOU WILL SEE ARE DEAD
00:30:33 ZONES WITH NO WITH LITTLE TO NO PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY DOTTED WITH
00:30:37 VACANT AND NEGLECTED BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SAT UNUSED FOR YEARS
00:30:40 KILLING THE SB ALTERNATIVE PLAN WOULD ALLOW MORE HOUSING WHICH
00:30:44 BRINGS MUCH NEEDED FOOT TRAFFIC THAT SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES
00:30:48 ,IMPROVES SAFETY AND STRENGTHENS THE LOCAL
00:30:49 ECONOMY AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY .
00:30:52 RIGHT NOW THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN DENIES SOMA THIS OPPORTUNITY SO
00:30:55 THAT THE WEALTHIER HIGH RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE
00:30:57 ILLEGALLY PROTECTED THROUGH ZONING GERRYMANDERING.
00:30:59 SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND THE LAND USE COMMITTEE'S CONTINUED
00:31:03 DETERMINATION TO TREAT SOMA AS A CONTAINMENT ZONE UNWORTHY OF
00:31:06 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS NOT ONLY
00:31:10 REINFORCES THE HK COMPLAINT IT MAKES YOU COMPLICIT.
00:31:14 >> I URGE THIS COMMITTEE TO COMPLY WITH STATE HOUSING LAWS
00:31:18 AND REMOVE SOME EXEMPTIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRESS AND DELAY OR
00:31:22 PROLONG SUNSETTING. POLITICS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS
00:31:25 THIS EQUATES TO SIX PLUS MORE YEARS OF NO HOUSING
00:31:26 DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU.
00:31:28 >> THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:31:32 >> HELLO, I'M THERESA DE LA LA SUITES.
00:31:34 I'M KEN AND ON BEHALF OF SOMA PILIPINAS ALSO WE ASK THAT YOU
00:31:38 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PERMANENT EXEMPTION OF
00:31:41 INDUSTRIAL HUBS IN SB 79 AND ALTERNATIVE PLAN AND OPPOSE
00:31:45 ANY ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THEM. PDR PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE
00:31:49 IN PROVIDING HIGHER WAGE JOBS TO PEOPLE WITH LESS EDUCATIONAL
00:31:53 OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO SERVICE SECTOR
00:31:57 JOBS. PROTECTING PDR USES IT'S A
00:32:01 MATTER OF RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY ENSURING THAT THE CITY
00:32:05 IS INVESTING IN A VARIETY OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST TECH
00:32:09 AND RETAIL. THIS IS EMPHASIZE SINCE THE
00:32:12 CITY'S GENERAL PLAN UNDER INDUSTRY POLICY 4.5 WHICH READS
00:32:16 CONTROL ENCROACHMENT OF INCOME PORTABLE LAND USES ON VIABLE
00:32:20 INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION AND REPAIR AREAS
00:32:24 OFFER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS
00:32:29 ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF
00:32:32 COLOR. >> PDR BUSINESSES CAN PROVIDE
00:32:35 STABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, GOOD WAGES AND DIVERSITY IN TYPES OF
00:32:40 ACTIVITIES AND JOBS RESTRICT INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES SUCH AS
00:32:44 HOUSING AND OFFICE AND CONVERSION OF INDUSTRIAL
00:32:48 BUILDINGS TO OTHER BUILDING TYPES.
00:32:48 IN PDR DISTRICTS AND IN AREAS OF CONCENTRATED PDR
00:32:52 CONSTRUCTION OR UTILITY ACTIVITIES, CURRENT PDR ZONED
00:32:56 SITES IN SOMA ARE HOME TO A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES THAT
00:33:00 PROVIDE ECONOMIC DIVERSITY TO SOUTH OF MARKET.
00:33:04 THE SOUTH MARKET NEEDS A DIVERSITY OF USES.
00:33:08 WE SHOULD NOT JUST BECOME A BLANKET OF LUXURY MARKET RATE
00:33:09 HOUSING AND TECH OFFICE TOWERS. >> PROTECTIVE ZONING EXIST FOR
00:33:16 A REASON AND WE SHOULD NOT GIVE INTO FULL SCALE DEREGULATION
00:33:20 DEREGULATION BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY GENTRIFICATION AND THIS
00:33:24 IS OUR COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE. MARAMING SALAMAT.
00:33:29 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:33:32 >> HELLO MY NAME IS LEAH EDWARDS.
00:33:34 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX FOR MORE THAN A
00:33:36 DECADE AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONFUSION
00:33:40 AND DISAPPOINTMENT SPECIFICALLY OVER SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S
00:33:41 SUPPORT FOR THE SB 79 ALTERNATIVE PLAN.
00:33:44 YOU BUILT YOUR TENURE ON ENDING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING.
00:33:47 >> YOU SPONSORED THE HOUSING CONSTRAINTS LEGISLATION
00:33:48 SUPPORTED PROPOSITION DO YOU A CENTER WEINER VOTED FOR FAMILY
00:33:52 ZONING AND CHAMPIONED SB TEN IMPLEMENTATION SB SEVEN NINE
00:33:56 FOR YOUR DISTRICT AS THE NEXT STEP.
00:33:59 MINISTERIAL APPROVAL FOR MIXED INCOME HOUSING IN YOUR TRANSIT
00:34:02 IT IS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID YOU STAND FOR WHICH IS WHY IT
00:34:06 FEELS LIKE SUCH A BETRAYAL THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE
00:34:08 ALTERNATIVE PLAN. >> WHILE I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE
00:34:11 SHIFTED AWAY FROM A PERMANENT BAN IN FAVOR OF 2232 SUNSET
00:34:15 SOMEONE CANNOT BE FORCED TO WAIT SIX YEARS FOR ECONOMIC
00:34:18 REVITALIZATION SIMPLY TO SERVE AS A MATHEMATICAL DENOMINATOR
00:34:22 FOR AN ALTERNATE PLAN THAT PROTECTS OTHER MANDATE OTHER
00:34:25 DISTRICTS FROM STATE MANDATES. THE CLAIM THAT THERE IS NO
00:34:27 LEGISLATIVE POWER TO CARVE SOMA OUT IS A POLITICAL CHOICE THAT
00:34:31 SACRIFICES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS NOT A LEGAL REALITY.
00:34:35 SUPERVISOR DORSEY YOU WILL BE TERMED OUT WELL BEFORE 2032.
00:34:39 THIS ISN'T A COMMITMENT TO SOMA.
00:34:42 IT'S KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO YOUR SUCCESSOR.
00:34:46 SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SOMA
00:34:48 THAT LIVE HERE TODAY. I'M ASKING YOU TO VOCALLY
00:34:51 OPPOSE THE SB SEVEN NINE ALTERNATIVE PLAN AND WORK TO
00:34:53 IMPLEMENT THE DEFAULT PROVISIONS OF SB SEVEN NINE.
00:34:56 OUR TRANSIT RICH NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES BRIGHT HOUSING
00:34:59 PRODUCTION THAT YOU'VE SPENT YOUR CAREER ADVOCATING FOR NOT
00:35:03 A CARVE OUT THAT PRESERVES THE STATUS QUO.
00:35:04 >> 200 CONSTITUENTS HAVE SIGNED A PETITION SUPPORTING SOMA WEST
00:35:08 NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATION HQ COMPLAINT IN TWO WEEKS ENTIRELY
00:35:15 THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH. >> WE HAVE NOT PROMOTED IT
00:35:16 IN ANY WAY AND WE ARE HAVING MORE PEOPLE SIGN ON EVERY DAY.
00:35:19 THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING .
00:35:22 YOU CAMPAIGNED AS A PRO HOUSING SUPERVISOR FOR D6 NOT THE
00:35:25 SUPERVISOR WHO PROTECTS EXCLUSIONARY ZONING EVERYWHERE
00:35:27 WHILE SACRIFICE IN SOMA. >> IF YOU SUPPORT THIS PLAN YOU
00:35:31 ARE OWNING THE FACT THAT YOUR PRO AROUSING RECORD ENDS UP
00:35:35 SOMA SLAUGHTER CONCLUDED. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
00:35:38 COMMENTS. JUST A GENTLE REMINDER TO
00:35:39 PUBLIC COMMENTERS PLEASE REFRAIN FROM TARGETING YOUR
00:35:42 COMMENTS WITH SPECIFIC SUPERVISOR IN ADDRESS THE
00:35:47 COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU.
00:35:50 >> THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. MY NAME IS DAVID SINGH.
00:35:54 I'M A RESIDENT OF WESTERN SOMA. THIS LEGISLATION CONCERNS
00:35:55 HOUSING INCLUDING ZONING CODE SALI AND WHILE WESTERN SOMA
00:36:01 MIXED USE THE CITY AND STATE HAVE URGENT NEED OF HOUSING A
00:36:03 WESTERN SOMA HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF PROVIDING IT
00:36:06 AND IS WILLING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
00:36:09 YET QUARTER OF A CENTURY OLD ZONING AND THIS LEGISLATION
00:36:10 EXCLUDES LARGE TRACTS OF WESTERN SOMA FROM HOUSING
00:36:14 TRACTS WELL SERVED BY TRANSIT AND FREEWAYS UNDERUSED BY THE
00:36:18 OUTDATED ZONED USE WESTERN SOMA SUPPORTS THE CITIES AND STATE
00:36:22 STRATEGIC GOALS. WESTERN SOMA SUPPORTS A DIVERSE
00:36:25 MIX POPULATION AND MIXED USES INCLUDING ALL THE EXISTING
00:36:29 ONES. THE CYNICAL EXCLUSION IS
00:36:30 EXPLORED IN THE COMPLAINT. THE COMPLAINT WOULD BE GREATLY
00:36:34 STRENGTHENED BY PASSING THIS DO NOT PASS IT.
00:36:37 LEAVING THESE AREAS UNDERDEVELOPED IS IN THE
00:36:40 INTERESTS ONLY OF THOSE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT RESIST HOUSING
00:36:41 RESISTS SERVICES AND THE INTERESTS OF TREATING SOMA
00:36:45 AND ITS CITIZENS NOT AS EQUALS DESERVING RESPECT AND SUPPORT
00:36:48 BUT AS A CONTAINMENT ZONE. PASSING THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT
00:36:53 IN THE FISCAL INTEREST OF THE CITY SO WOULD CONTRIBUTE
00:36:56 GREATLY TO BOTH SALES AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
00:37:00 THIS ZONING DEPRESSES BOTH. PASSING THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
00:37:04 PENALIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS SUPPORTED THE CITY'S GOALS
00:37:05 AND REWARD NEIGHBORHOODS THAT RESIST THOSE GOALS.
00:37:08 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
00:37:12 >> WESTERN SOMA IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
00:37:15 PASSING THIS WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THIS IS NOT RECIPROCATED
00:37:19 . WE URGE YOU LISTEN TO THE
00:37:20 STATE. LISTEN TO YOUR OWN STRATEGIC
00:37:22 NEEDS. LISTEN TO YOUR WESTERN SOMA
00:37:23 NEIGHBORS WHO WANT WHAT YOU SAY YOU WANT.
00:37:26 BUILD HOUSING NOT OPPOSITION. >> VOTE NOW.
00:37:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:37:34 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS. DAVID WU AS SOMEWHAT PILIPINAS
00:37:38 THE FILIPINO CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT LOCATED IN THE SOUTH
00:37:41 MARKET. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THE
00:37:42 PERMANENT EXEMPTION OF INDUSTRIAL HUBS AND PDR SPACE
00:37:46 IN THE CITY'S SB 79 ALTERNATIVE PLAN.
00:37:49 >> THE REMAINING SERVE ITS ARTS AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PDR ZONING
00:37:53 IN THE SOUTH THE MARKET IS ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC
00:37:56 DIVERSITY AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
00:38:00 THE CITY THE CITY IS STILL REELING FROM THE ECONOMIC
00:38:03 EFFECTS OF THE BOTTOMING OUT OF THE OFFICE SECTOR DUE TO
00:38:07 OVERCONCENTRATION IN OFFICE AND TECH PDR PROVIDES ECONOMIC
00:38:11 DIVERSITY THAT HELPS TO WEATHER OUR ECONOMY AGAINST THE
00:38:15 INEVITABLE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE OFFICE SECTOR.
00:38:16 THE FAILURE OF THE CENTRAL SOMA PLAN IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF
00:38:20 THIS A PLAN WHICH TOOK A HATCHET TO PDR ZONING IN SOMA.
00:38:26 >> OPENING UP PDR TO MARKET RATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND UP
00:38:27 ZONING MEDIANS. THE REMOVAL OF PDR PROTECTING
00:38:31 PDR SPACE IS SMART PLANNING AND IS IT ALSO PROMOTES JOB
00:38:34 EQUITY. >> I WILL QUOTE THE PLANNING
00:38:38 DEPARTMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PDR QUOTE PDR IS ESSENTIAL FOR
00:38:42 THE CITY'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIVERSITY.
00:38:43 IT PROVIDES MIDDLE WAGE JOBS WITH GOOD PAY RELATIVE TO
00:38:46 EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH A DIVERSITY OF
00:38:50 SKILLS AND INTERESTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES SPACE FOR ARTS
00:38:54 AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES THAT CULTURALLY ENRICH OUR CITY
00:38:58 AND THE MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING PDR SPACE IN THE
00:39:02 SOUTH. THE MARKET IS LOCATED WITHIN
00:39:03 THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. BUT WE WERE NEVER CONSULTED OR
00:39:05 MADE AWARE OF THE PROPOSAL UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO REMOVE
00:39:07 PDR EXEMPTIONS. WE OPPOSE ANY REMOVAL OF
00:39:10 PROTECTED PDR ZONING IN THE SOUTH OF MARKET.
00:39:14 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:39:15 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR
00:39:18 ZACH WISEMAN BURGER WITH YOUNG COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS
00:39:22 IN BAYVIEW. WE ARE HERE AGAIN IN SUPPORT OF
00:39:25 THE ORIGINAL SB 79 IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE AND IN
00:39:26 STRONG OPPOSITION TO ANY AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD SUNSET
00:39:30 EXEMPTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONES .
00:39:33 PERMANENT PROTECTIONS FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL LAND ARE
00:39:34 NON-NEGOTIABLE. THESE AREAS ARE LOCATED
00:39:37 IN PRIORITY EQUITY GEOGRAPHIES AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF
00:39:39 COLOR. THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
00:39:41 ALREADY ABSORBED OVER 80% OF NEW HOUSING PRODUCTION IN THE
00:39:44 PAST TWO DECADES. WE CANNOT ALLOW SPACES THAT
00:39:47 SERVE WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS TO BE SPECULATED ON
00:39:48 AND REDEVELOPED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AFFLUENT.
00:39:51 ALLOWING THE CONVERSION OF INDUSTRIAL LAND TO HOUSING WILL
00:39:52 OVER TIME LEAD TO ITS FULL REPLACEMENT.
00:39:55 ONCE INDUSTRIAL LAND IS CONVERTED IT DOES NOT COME
00:39:58 BACK. THESE JOBS ARE AMONG THE LAST
00:39:59 STABLE MIDDLE INCOME PATHWAYS ACCESSIBLE ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT
00:40:02 COLLEGE DEGREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BAYVIEW.
00:40:06 PDR IS CENTRAL TO COMMUNITY STABILITY AND ECONOMIC
00:40:07 OPPORTUNITY AND THESE SPACES ARE DEEPLY VALUED BY RESIDENTS.
00:40:11 THIS AMENDMENT IS A DRASTIC SHIFT IN OUR ZONING THAT WOULD
00:40:14 ACCELERATE BOTH JOB LOSS AND DISPLACEMENT IN COMMUNITIES
00:40:15 THAT HAVE ALREADY BORNE THE BRUNT OF THE CITY'S GROWTH.
00:40:18 IF THESE PROTECTIONS SUNSET IT WILL INTENSIFY DISPLACEMENT
00:40:21 PRESSURES ON BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHILE FURTHER
00:40:23 NARROWING OUR ECONOMIC BASE AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY IS STILL
00:40:26 RECOVERING FROM OVERRELIANCE ON BOOM AND BUST INDUSTRIES LIKE
00:40:29 TECH. >> SB 79 IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE
00:40:30 VEHICLE TO DEBATE REZONING ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIAL LAND.
00:40:33 THERE HAS BEEN NO OUTREACH TO STAKEHOLDERS OR IMPACTED
00:40:37 COMMUNITIES AND NO ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS ON WORKING CLASS
00:40:38 JOBS OR NEIGHBORHOODS MAKING A DECISION OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
00:40:41 WITHOUT A THOROUGH PROCESS IS DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
00:40:45 >> AS SB 79 MOVED THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
00:40:48 WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE SPONSOR TO ENSURE CITIES
00:40:52 RETAINED THE ABILITY TO EXEMPT INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
00:40:53 >> THIS AMENDMENT UNDERMINES THAT WORK AND DISREGARDS THE
00:40:57 INTENT OF THOSE CHANGES. WE ARE ON A TIME CRUNCH TO
00:41:00 IMPLEMENT SB 79 AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS PUT
00:41:01 FORWARD A THOUGHTFUL PROPOSAL WITH CLEAR DURABLE GUARDRAILS.
00:41:04 FOR THESE REASONS WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS
00:41:08 AMENDMENT AND SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE CREATED BY
00:41:09 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU.
00:41:11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT WEEK SPEAKER PLACE GOOD
00:41:18 AFTERNOON. SUPERVISOR J.R. EPPLER
00:41:19 PRESIDENT OF THE PERTURBED VISITORS NEIGHBORHOOD
00:41:23 ASSOCIATION HERE IN FAVOR OF THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION
00:41:25 AND AGAINST THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED.
00:41:29 I THINK ALL THE SPEAKERS HERE SHOW THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH
00:41:31 THE TENSION BETWEEN TWO COMPETING LAND USE NEEDS.
00:41:35 ONE IS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING.
00:41:37 >> ONE IS THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSITY FOR THE CITY AND FOR
00:41:39 BLUE COLLAR JOBS THAT HELP SUPPORT OUR DWINDLING MIDDLE
00:41:45 CLASS. >> AND WHEN YOU HAVE THIS SORT
00:41:46 OF TENSION, A BLUNT FORCE TOOL IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO WORK
00:41:50 THROUGH THESE LAND USE ISSUES. AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY WHAT
00:41:53 THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE. I'VE ADVOCATED TO THE PLANNING
00:41:57 DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
00:41:59 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PORTFOLIO AND WE NEED TO PERHAPS CONSIDER
00:42:01 HOW IT WORKS IN TODAY'S TIME PERIOD.
00:42:05 BUT THAT'S MORE OF A COMMUNITY BASED PROCESS.
00:42:06 IT'S A PROCESS THAT LOOKS SPECIFICALLY AT ZONING AREAS
00:42:10 BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THESE ZONING AREAS ARE THE SAME.
00:42:13 THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT USES. THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT
00:42:15 STRUGGLES. THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS
00:42:16 AND THEY EACH NEED TO BE DRESSED UNIQUELY IF ADDRESSED
00:42:20 AT ALL. THIS ISN'T TO SAY THAT OUR
00:42:22 NEIGHBORS IN WEST SUMMER ARE INCORRECT AND WHAT THEY
00:42:25 IDENTIFIED THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE WHAT'S INCORRECT RIGHT NOW IS
00:42:28 THE MECHANISM OF USING SB 79 TO PUT A DATE ON WHEN THOSE NEEDS
00:42:32 AREN'T EVEN ADDRESSED SPECIFICALLY BUT ADDRESSED IN A
00:42:35 SORT OF BROADWAY THAT MAY ALLOW HOUSING IN AREAS INCOMPATIBLE
00:42:40 FOR IT AND CREATE ADDITIONAL ISSUES.
00:42:43 WE DID THAT ONCE IN THE CITY. IT WAS WHEN LIVE WORK STARTED
00:42:47 TO MOVE INTO THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND IN ORDER TO FIX IT WE
00:42:51 HAD TO GO THROUGH A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS THAT RESULTED
00:42:52 IN THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN A PLAN THAT HAS BEEN
00:42:55 EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL IN DEVELOPING PARTS OF THIS
00:42:59 CITY AND PRESERVING BLUE COLLAR JOBS.
00:43:03 I THINK THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND RIGHT SIZING
00:43:04 OUR INDUSTRIAL PORTFOLIO IS IMPORTANT AND I HOPE THAT YOU
00:43:07 WILL CONSIDER THAT INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
00:43:10 SUNSETTING THE PROTECTIONS ON OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
00:43:14 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:43:16 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MALAGA
00:43:22 SUPERVISORS PETER PAPADOPOULOS TODAY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
00:43:26 UNITED SAVE THE MISSION. >> FIRST OFF I WANT TO THANK
00:43:30 THE PLANNING STAFF FOR THEIR DILIGENCE IN THIS
00:43:31 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY
00:43:34 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THEY
00:43:38 ARE ACHIEVING THE MOST CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME POSSIBLE
00:43:39 UNDER THE LAW. >> AS SOMEONE WHO DID
00:43:42 PARTICIPATE AGAIN WITH THE SPONSORING AMENDMENTS ON THE
00:43:45 STATE LEVEL, WE THINK THESE CHANGES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
00:43:46 GIVEN THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AS WELL.
00:43:49 >> WE THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO LEAVE THE ORIGINAL VERSION AT
00:43:54 THIS TIME. IT APPEARS TO DO TWO THINGS WE
00:43:57 THINK TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY.
00:43:58 IT ENSURES WHERE MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THIS SB 79 BASED UP
00:44:04 ZONING PARTICULARLY IN OUR PRIORITY EQUITY GEOGRAPHIES
00:44:05 WHICH AS A WISE STATED HAVE ALREADY BUILT 80% OF THE
00:44:10 HOUSING IN THE CITY THAT ROUGHLY LARGE HANDFUL OF
00:44:13 COMMUNITIES. AND RECENT GRANULAR STUDIES DO
00:44:15 SHOW THAT NEW MARKET RATE HOUSING AMONG LOW INCOME
00:44:18 WORKERS INCREASES THE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT BY 11 TO 14%.
00:44:22 SECOND, IT'S THE PROTECTION OF THESE VITAL PDR JOBS,
00:44:27 PARTICULARLY FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, OUR BLACK AND BROWN
00:44:30 COMMUNITY OF THE EAST SIDE. THESE ARE THE BEST PAYING JOBS.
00:44:33 WE DON'T WANT A GOLD RUSH TO COME ON WITH THE ANTICIPATION
00:44:37 THAT EVERY LOW COST WAREHOUSE CAN NOW EVENTUALLY BE UPSCALE
00:44:41 HOUSING. >> IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A
00:44:42 CLEARING OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF GOOD PAYING
00:44:46 JOBS AND THOSE FOLKS WILL HAVE TO FALL BACK TO LOWER PAYING
00:44:48 RETAIL ETC. SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO SEE THAT.
00:44:51 >> SO I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CONVERSE STATION TO HAVE THERE
00:44:54 AND THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, WE THINK THIS IS SUPPORTED BECAUSE
00:44:57 IF YOU LOOK AT THE MISSION DATA IT'S EVEN PART OF THE MISSION
00:44:59 STATEMENT OF THE MISSION ACTION PLAN 2020 AND 2030 IT'S CALLED
00:45:02 OUT IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS CRITICAL TO STABILIZING THESE
00:45:06 COMMUNITIES AND THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS AS YOU JUST HEARD
00:45:09 FROM MR. EPPLER CALLS IT OUT AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
00:45:12 FRAMEWORK. SO WE HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT THE
00:45:13 ORIGINAL VERSION. THANK YOU.
00:45:15 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:45:20 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SHAWN AUCKLAND.
00:45:21 I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF SOME U.S. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
00:45:24 OUR SUPERVISOR PROUDLY CLAIMED THAT THERE IS NO DAYLIGHT
00:45:27 BETWEEN HIM AND SENATOR SCOTT WIENER ON HOUSING.
00:45:30 YET THIS PROPOSAL. >> I'M GOING TO STOP YOU AGAIN
00:45:32 BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE
00:45:36 REFRAIN FROM TARGETING YOUR COMMENTS TO A SPECIFIC
00:45:40 SUPERVISOR AND SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE.
00:45:41 >> SO WE'RE DISCUSSING POLICY FOR MY DISTRICT.
00:45:43 THERE'S NO WAY TO ADDRESS POLICY ISSUES WITHOUT SINGLING
00:45:46 OUT A SPECIFIC PERSON. >> JUST BE RESPECTFUL
00:45:50 AND FOLLOW THE RULES. >> THANK YOU.
00:45:51 OKAY. WE WILL LEAVE OFF CAMPAIGN
00:45:52 COMMITMENTS FROM TODAY'S COMMENT AND THANK YOU.
00:45:57 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT
00:46:01 COMMITMENT ON HIS SIGNATURE LEGISLATION.
00:46:02 IF YOU ALLOW ANY HOUSING BAN TODAY REGARDLESS OF THE SUNSET
00:46:06 DATE YOU WILL HAVE FAILED SOMA AGAIN.
00:46:09 LET US BE HONEST ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN.
00:46:10 SLIDE 11 FROM LAST WEEK SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD BY
00:46:16 OFFICIALLY EXEMPTING SOMA THE CITY ARTIFICIALLY LOWERS ITS
00:46:20 TOTAL HOUSING CAPACITY REQUIREMENT.
00:46:21 THIS WHOLE GROUP HERE IS PERFECTLY WILLING TO SACRIFICE
00:46:25 OUR DISTRICT AS DRAG OUT GEOGRAPHIC FILLER TO PROTECT
00:46:28 THE WEST SIDE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR WE ARE
00:46:32 HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO DISPLACEMENT AND CARE DEEPLY
00:46:35 ABOUT OUR THREE CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
00:46:36 I HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOLKS THAT FEEL
00:46:39 DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS AND I CARE ABOUT THEM.
00:46:40 BUT THE PARCELS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE NOT EXISTING
00:46:43 HOMES NOR ARE THEY EXISTING FILLED BUSINESSES.
00:46:47 THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE SPACES
00:46:50 THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR YEARS NEARLY BORDERING ON INELIGIBLE
00:46:56 BECAUSE OF THE SB 79 TEXT. >> TO SAVE THIS MAP YOUR OFFICE
00:47:00 IS NOW PROPOSING TO SHIFT TO A 2032 SUNSET THAT IS COMPLETELY
00:47:04 UNACCEPTABLE. WE THAT IS AS LISA SAID,
00:47:05 KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO YOUR SUCCESSOR AND PUSHING
00:47:09 SAMOA'S RECOVERY INTO THE NEXT DECADE.
00:47:12 AS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE RECENTLY SHOWN.
00:47:13 PUTTING POLITICAL CONVENIENCE OVER THE INTERESTS OF YOUR OWN
00:47:16 RESIDENTS HAS CONSEQUENCES. SOME ARE DESPERATELY NEEDS
00:47:20 ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AND BRIGHT HOUSING TODAY.
00:47:23 2028 SUNSET IS THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM COMPROMISE THAT THE
00:47:25 COALITION COULD POSSIBLY ACCEPT.
00:47:28 AND LET ME REITERATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER ASKED FOR
00:47:29 THIS BAN DOES NOT CONSENT TO IT.
00:47:32 WANTS AND NEEDS HOUSING. WE DEMAND THAT YOU STRIKE IT
00:47:36 FROM IT. WE EXPECT YOU ALL TO LEAD.
00:47:37 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS.
00:47:40 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM
00:47:42 NUMBER 18? >> OKAY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
00:47:46 ITEM IS NOW CLOSED. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD.
00:47:49 >> THANK YOU, SHARON. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR
00:47:54 COMING IN TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS AS WELL.
00:47:55 AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TODAY AND PUBLIC
00:47:58 COMMENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHOICE BEFORE US TODAY.
00:48:04 I WANT TO SPEAK QUICKLY IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING THE
00:48:08 LEGISLATION. AS A RESULT, DORSEY HAS
00:48:11 ILLUSTRATED ON SPECIFICALLY ON EXEMPTING UNTIL 2028 AS OPPOSED
00:48:15 TO THE PERMANENT EXEMPTION THAT IS IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATION.
00:48:19 WE HAVE A HARD DEADLINE WHERE THE HOUSING ELEMENT REQUIRES
00:48:26 FOR US TO HAVE ABOUT 29,000 UNITS AND A BUILDING PERMITS
00:48:30 APPROVING THOSE NUMBER OF UNITS BY AROUND 2028.
00:48:33 >> IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT APPROVED WE HAVE A CIRCUIT
00:48:38 BREAKER THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY GO OFF AND WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE
00:48:42 A HARD LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS TO FULLY COMPLEMENT THE OPTIONS OF
00:48:46 CREATING MORE HOMES. >> THE 2020 EIGHT DEADLINE AS
00:48:50 PROPOSED BY SUPERVISOR DORSEY AS A TEMPORARY EXEMPTION CAN
00:48:53 SERVE AS A FORCING FUNCTION FOR THE CITY TO FIND OTHER
00:48:57 SOLUTIONS THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY EXTENDING THE SB 79
00:49:04 EXEMPTION AND HOUSING WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE INDUSTRIAL HUBS
00:49:07 . >> I HAVE TALKED TO SENATOR
00:49:08 WEINER'S TEAM AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT WHEN THEY
00:49:11 AUTHORED SB 79 IT WAS NOT THEIR INTENTION TO OFFER A PERMANENT
00:49:15 EXEMPTION FOR PDR AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS THIS COMPROMISE THAT
00:49:22 SUPERVISOR DORSEY HAS PROPOSED IS NOT PERMANENTLY EXEMPTING
00:49:26 OBVIOUSLY THE ZONES BUT IT GIVES A COUPLE OF YEARS TO THE
00:49:29 RESPECTIVE SUPERVISORS OF DISTRICT SIX, NINE AND TEN TO
00:49:33 DO THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT PLAN
00:49:37 GOING FORWARD. AND SO TODAY IS NOT THE DAY
00:49:41 THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ZONING AND THE
00:49:44 INDUSTRIAL AREAS. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS AMENDMENT
00:49:45 DOES BUT IT MAKES CLEAR THAT WE WE DESIRE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE A
00:49:51 FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT ACCESS
00:49:55 AND PREEXISTING MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT LIKE SOMA.
00:49:58 AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS LEGISLATION COMBINED WITH THE
00:50:00 AMENDMENTS CAN ALLOW OURS TO ADD REALISM TO THE TRADEOFFS
00:50:03 THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
00:50:07 AND SO I WILL MOVE THAT THE AMENDMENTS AS I READ INTO THE
00:50:11 RECORD REST RESIDENCY WITH THE EFFECTUATE AT 2028 SUNSET DATE
00:50:13 FOR THE EXEMPTION BE MOVED AFTER WHEN WE START TO VOTE.
00:50:20 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I DON'T SEE
00:50:24 ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER SO I WILL PROVIDE MY COMMENTS AND I
00:50:29 WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT AND I WILL BE
00:50:33 SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATION AGAIN AS PRESENTED BY THE
00:50:37 PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MY REASONS ARE AS FOLLOWS THIS IS
00:50:43 PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO TO
00:50:47 COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE NEW STATE LAW THAT HAS COME DOWN
00:50:54 THE PIKE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AS STARTING WITH SB 330, SB 35
00:51:01 SB FOR 23, SB 2011 I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF LEGISLATION
00:51:05 THAT HAS HAPPENED AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE A NEW HOUSING
00:51:12 ELEMENT THAT IS MORE ROBUST THAN I'VE EVER SEEN IT AND WE
00:51:17 HAVE JUST A REASON TWO THIRDS OF THE LAND IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:51:20 WHICH IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE DONE DECADES AGO UNLIKE
00:51:24 SOME PUBLIC COMMENTERS STATED WE ARE NOT PROTECTING THE WEST
00:51:29 SIDE. IN FACT WE HAVE JUST ZONED AT
00:51:32 THE WEST SIDE AND THE NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO NOW.
00:51:35 SO MY MISSION AND BAYVIEW WENT THROUGH A ROBUST PLANNING
00:51:40 PROCESS THAT RESULTED IN THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN.
00:51:44 YOU KNOW 25 YEARS AGO AND 25 YEARS IS A LONG TIME AND THINKS
00:51:50 CHANGE THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIAL USES AS
00:51:55 FROM THE FIRST.COM BOOM TILL TODAY.
00:51:59 I DO GENERALLY THINK THAT HAVING PERMANENT PROHIBITIONS
00:52:02 ON THINGS IS NOT A GREAT PLANNING THING BECAUSE THE
00:52:06 WORLD CHANGES AND SO I AM OPEN TO ENGAGING IN A CONVERSATION
00:52:13 WITH ALL SUPERVISORS AS TO WHETHER THE DEFINITIONS AND THE
00:52:20 PROHIBITIONS ARE APPROPRIATE TODAY AND GOING FORWARD.
00:52:24 I'M OPEN TO THAT BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS A VEHICLE TO DO
00:52:27 IT. WE NEED TO PASS THIS IN ORDER
00:52:29 TO BE EXEMPTED FROM SB 79. >> THAT'S SOMETHING WE
00:52:33 CONSISTENTLY TOLD EVERYONE FOR THE PAST YEAR AS WE WERE
00:52:37 NEGOTIATING ADDING THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN.
00:52:41 WE TOLD COMMUNITY THIS. >> WE TOLD ALL COMMUNITIES THIS
00:52:45 I WANT TO THINK IN PARTICULAR MADISON AT SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S
00:52:52 DISTRICT AND ALSO USE SUPERVISOR DORSEY BECAUSE YOU
00:52:55 FOUGHT FOR YOUR DISTRICT MADE SURE THE HUB WAS INCLUDED
00:52:59 IN THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN AND HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT
00:53:03 IN SUPPORTING THE NEED FOR HOUSING.
00:53:04 >> DO I THINK WE HAVE IT RIGHT? YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT.
00:53:08 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOUSING ABOVE THE COSTCO FOR INSTANCE.
00:53:14 BUT IS IT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE IT ABOVE ALL INDUSTRIAL USES?
00:53:18 I DON'T THINK SO. I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS
00:53:20 NUANCE AND IT REQUIRES A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS THAT ABOVE
00:53:26 ALL INVOLVES ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED
00:53:30 IN THIS IDEA THAT JUST HASN'T BEEN VETTED BY ALL COMMUNITIES
00:53:34 . >> WE CAN SEE JUST FROM THE
00:53:35 PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY THAT THERE'S DISSENT AMONG FOLKS
00:53:39 ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHY WE
00:53:43 HAVE A ROBUST PLANNING PROCESS IS TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THE
00:53:46 CONVERSATIONS, THE HISTORY BUT ALSO THE HOPES AND DREAMS FOR
00:53:50 THE FUTURE AMONG A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITY.
00:53:54 >> SO THIS IS WHY I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE OUR TIME.
00:53:59 I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SUPERVISOR FIELDER BEING BACK
00:54:02 AND ENGAGING IN THIS CONVERSATION SINCE HER DISTRICT
00:54:05 IS VERY MUCH AFFECTED AND I DO ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING
00:54:14 WHAT THE DEFINITIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ARE IN SOLID
00:54:18 PDR AND ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS TO SEE IF THEY ARE APPROPRIATE
00:54:22 TODAY AND THEY WILL BE APPROPRIATE TOMORROW.
00:54:25 SO WITH THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATION AS
00:54:30 WRITTEN TODAY. >> OH OKAY.
00:54:31 SUPERVISOR SHANNON THANK YOU CHAIR AND I ECHO A LOT OF WHAT
00:54:34 YOU SHARE AND COLLEAGUE I ALSO WANT TO REPEAT MYSELF THAT MY
00:54:38 GOAL IS TIGHT. WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
00:54:41 INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS THAT CAN ABSORB IT
00:54:45 WITHOUT CAUSING HARMS SUCH AS AREA WITH LESS DISPLACEMENT
00:54:49 RISK THAT INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HUBS AREA OF THE CITY WHERE WE
00:54:53 HAVE HISTORICALLY INSTITUTED CONTROLS TO PROTECT PRODUCTION
00:54:57 DISTRIBUTION AND REPAIR USES AND I BELIEVE IT'S CONTINUE TO
00:55:01 BE CRITICAL AS OF TODAY TO RETAIN PROTECTION AND THAT
00:55:05 DON'T FURTHER INCENTIVIZE THE DISPLACEMENT OF PDR USE THAT'S
00:55:09 A SITTING OUT BLUE COLLAR WORKFORCE THAT'S WHY BECAUSE
00:55:13 THERE'S AN INTENSE COMPETITION FOR LAND AND WITH THAT
00:55:16 PROTECTION WE'LL LOSE OUT ON CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION OF OUR
00:55:18 PDR SECTOR TO HELP STABILIZE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND ALSO
00:55:24 HELP TO SUSTAIN THE ECONOMY, THE ECONOMY AND THE CULTURAL
00:55:25 DIVERSITY IN OUR CITY. AS MENTIONED, THIS AMENDMENT
00:55:29 WOULD IMPACT MANY AREAS NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT SIX BUT ALSO
00:55:34 IN DISTRICT 910 WHERE WE HAVE THIS GOAL TO PROTECT THE PDA
00:55:35 INDUSTRY SECTOR AND PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE GOOD PAYING JOB
00:55:39 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL BLUE COLLAR WORKFORCE.
00:55:43 IN CRAFTING THIS ORDINANCE I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE
00:55:48 TO UTILIZE THE FULL EXCLUSION AND EXEMPTION ALLOWABLE UNDER
00:55:52 THE LAW. SB 79 ALLOWS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
00:55:54 EMPLOYMENT HUBS TO BE PERMANENTLY EXCLUDED FOR GOOD
00:55:58 REASON AS THIS IS WHY TODAY I ALSO WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT
00:56:02 AMENDMENT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT LEGISLATION AS
00:56:06 WRITTEN. >> THANK YOU.
00:56:09 OKAY. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.
00:56:10 SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN
00:56:14 I WILL PROCEED WITH MORE MOTIONS.
00:56:18 >> THERE WAS A MOTION THAT'S BEEN OFFERED BY A MEMBER MAHMUD
00:56:20 THAT THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
00:56:22 AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED WITH AMENDMENTS FROM
00:56:26 SUPERVISOR DORSEY ON THAT MOTION TO AMEND VICE-CHAIR CHIN
00:56:30 CHIN NO MEMBER MAHMUD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR NO MELGAR NO.
00:56:37 MADAM CHAIR THERE IS ONE EYE AND TWO NOS WITH SUPERVISORS
00:56:38 CHIN AND MELGAR IN THE DISSENT. >> THANK YOU.
00:56:44 SORRY ABOUT THAT SUPERVISOR TRACY IN THE BRACE OR MAHMUD
00:56:47 AND I WILL NOW MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE LEGISLATION
00:56:52 AS PRESENTED TO INCORPORATE THE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED BY MR.
00:56:56 SAWICKI TO THE TABLES AND THAT WE RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATION AS
00:57:00 AMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TWO
00:57:08 MOTIONS BOTH OFFERED BY THE CHAIR, THE FIRST TO ACCEPT
00:57:09 AMENDMENTS PRESENTED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE
00:57:12 SECOND TO RECOMMEND AS AMENDED ON THOSE MOTIONS.
00:57:16 VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I MEMBER MUHAMMAD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR
00:57:20 I MELGAR. MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE
00:57:23 EYES OKAY THAT MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK DO WE
00:57:26 HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY?
00:57:30 >> THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THANK YOU.
00:57:31 WE'RE ADJOURNED