00:00:13 . >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE
00:00:14 AND WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY JULY 28TH 2026 RULES COMMITTEE
00:00:21 MEETING. I'M YOUR CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:22 SHERMAN WALTON. I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR STEVE
00:00:24 AND CHERYL AS WELL AS COMMITTEE MEMBER PRESIDENT RAFAEL
00:00:28 MANDOLIN. THIS MORNING'S CLERK IS VICTOR
00:00:31 YOUNG AND WE HAVE JAMIE ASHBY FROM S.F. GOV TV AND WE WANT TO
00:00:37 THANK JAMIE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS MEETING IS PUBLICIZED
00:00:41 AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
00:00:42 >> MR. CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING?
00:00:47 >> YES. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:48 EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC
00:00:50 COMMENT IS CALL PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR RIGHT
00:00:54 ALTERNATIVELY MISSPENT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING AND IN THE
00:00:57 FOLLOWING WAYS EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF.
00:01:01 THE RULES COMMITTEE CLERK AT VISY TALKS Y O U AND G AT S.F.
00:01:06 CARDBOARD. IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT BY
00:01:09 EMAIL IT WOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE.
00:01:12 YOU MAY ALSO SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS BY US MAIL TO OUR
00:01:13 OFFICE IN CITY HALL ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE ROOM TWO
00:01:19 FOUR FOR SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA NAMED FOR 1 OR 2
00:01:22 PLEASE MAKE SURE THE SILENT ALL CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC
00:01:26 DEVICES ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE
00:01:30 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF SEPTEMBER 1ST UNLESS OTHERWISE
00:01:33 STATED. >> THAT COMPLETES MY INITIAL
00:01:34 ANNOUNCEMENT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:01:37 WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE AND TWO TOGETHER?
00:01:40 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE MOTION
00:01:42 APPROVING REJECTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
00:01:43 SUPERVISORS FIRE MANAGEMENT NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT
00:01:47 OF JOEL KOPEL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TERM ENDING JULY
00:01:51 1ST, 2030. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A MOTION
00:01:56 APPROVING REJECTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
00:01:57 SUPERVISORS RAFAEL AMENDMENT NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT
00:02:00 OF LIZABETH MACDONALD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TERM ENDING
00:02:04 JULY 1ST, 2030. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:02:08 >> PRESIDENT MELAMED THANK YOU, CHAIR WALTON COLLEAGUES, I HAVE
00:02:14 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO TALK
00:02:19 TO AND ALONG WITH MY STAFF TO TALK TO DOZENS OF EXCELLENCE
00:02:22 CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
00:02:27 THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:02:30 AND AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS FOLKS WHO WERE
00:02:35 INTERESTED IN BEING APPLIED AND IN BEING NOMINATED AND AS I
00:02:38 REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE WHO CAME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MY FIRST
00:02:46 PRIORITY WAS NOT FINDING PEOPLE WHO NECESSARILY ARE GOING TO
00:02:47 AGREE WITH ME ON EVERY LAND USE ISSUE BUT FINDING PEOPLE WHO I
00:02:53 THOUGHT WOULD WELL REPRESENT THIS BODY WOULD ADD TO THE
00:02:56 MULTIPLICITY OF PERSPECTIVES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION
00:03:00 AND ABOVE ALL WERE WELL QUALIFIED AND I THINK THAT THE
00:03:04 PEOPLE WHO WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER TODAY AND I THINK AT
00:03:05 OUR NEXT MEETING ARE EXTRAORDINARILY WELL QUALIFIED
00:03:08 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AND HEARING FROM JOEL KOPPEL
00:03:13 AND ELIZABETH MACDONALD AND THEN I'VE ALSO NOMINATED
00:03:16 MELISSA CHAVEZ WHO WILL BE COMING TO US IN SEPTEMBER IF IF
00:03:23 THE CHAIR IS OPEN TO IT AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
00:03:27 ABOUT EACH OF THESE CANDIDATES AND THEN THEY CAN TALK FOR
00:03:31 THEMSELVES TOO. BUT JOEL KOPPEL BRINGS 24 YEARS
00:03:37 OF EXPERIENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S UNION ELECTRICAL
00:03:38 INDUSTRY. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS AN IBEW
00:03:42 LOCAL SIX ELECTRICIAN, CURRENTLY SERVES AS GOVERNMENT
00:03:45 AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO ELECTRICAL
00:03:48 CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 28
00:03:50 MULTIGENERATIONAL SAN FRANCISCO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS THAT
00:03:54 HAVE HELPED BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE CITY'S SKYLINE FOR MORE
00:03:56 THAN 100 YEARS. JOEL PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE
00:03:59 SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION FROM 2016 TO 2024
00:04:02 INCLUDING TWO YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT AND TWO YEARS AS
00:04:05 PRESIDENT. HE HAS A THOROUGH UNDERSTAND
00:04:08 ING OF THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS FROM
00:04:10 PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND LAND USE APPROVALS THROUGH
00:04:13 PERMITTING INSPECTIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND FINAL
00:04:16 OCCUPANCY. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER JOEL HAS
00:04:17 BUILT EXTENSIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE CITY,
00:04:20 COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZED LABOR, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS,
00:04:24 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY DEPARTMENTS
00:04:27 AND PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS. HE HAS LONGSTANDING TIES TO
00:04:28 ORGANIZATIONS THAT INCLUDE THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
00:04:31 TRADES TRADE TRADES COUNCIL, IBD LOCAL SIX FIREFIGHTERS
00:04:35 LOCAL 798 SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOMA, SAN FRANCISCO
00:04:39 AND THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALONG WITH
00:04:42 STAKEHOLDERS IN CHINATOWN, THE MISSION DISTRICT, BAYVIEW,
00:04:44 HUNTERS POINT AND THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AMONG OTHERS.
00:04:46 HE'S ALSO BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR WORKFORCE
00:04:50 DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITY BUILD
00:04:53 AND THE SAN FRANCISCO JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING CENTER
00:04:54 IN GLEN PARK WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN IBEW LOCAL
00:04:58 SIX AND S.E.A.. HE BRINGS EXPERIENCE WORKING
00:05:01 COLLABORATIVELY WITH DEVELOPERS CONTRACTORS, LABOR
00:05:05 ORGANIZATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS
00:05:07 AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. HE IS A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT
00:05:10 WHO GREW UP IN PARK, SAID HE IS A GRADUATE OF LOWELL HIGH
00:05:14 SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:05:18 HE IS SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH AND THROUGH AND HE'S GOING TO
00:05:21 BRING A PERSPECTIVE GROUNDED IN HIS PLANNING EXPERIENCE,
00:05:25 CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITH
00:05:28 A FOCUS ON THOUGHTFUL PLANNING THAT SUPPORTS DOWNTOWN
00:05:30 REVITALIZATION AND STRENGTHENS SAN FRANCISCO'S ECONOMY
00:05:33 AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL WORKERS
00:05:37 AND STATE AND ALL SAN FRANCISCANS.
00:05:38 I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE RECEIVED POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
00:05:44 JOEL KOPPELL FROM MANY DIFFERENT PLACES PARTICULARLY
00:05:52 IN THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY FROM FROM DEVELOPERS, FROM
00:05:55 LABOR. HE I THINK WILL BE HE HAS BEEN
00:06:00 AN EXCELLENT PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
00:06:01 THOSE WHO DESCRIBE HIS TIME HAVING BEEN ON THE PLANNING
00:06:05 COMMISSION DESCRIBED HIM AS BEING FAIR, STRONGLY PRO
00:06:08 HOUSING AND PRO DEVELOPMENT AND GENERALLY COLLABORATIVE
00:06:15 AND A GOOD GUY. >> MY SECOND NOMINATION IS FOR
00:06:19 ELIZABETH MCDONALD AND I THINK ELIZABETH MCDONALD IS A HUGE
00:06:26 GET FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
00:06:27 SHE RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER 22 YEARS AS A PROFESSOR IN UC
00:06:33 BERKELEY'S DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING WHERE SHE
00:06:35 TAUGHT PROFESSIONAL MASTER'S STUDENTS, UNDERGRADUATES
00:06:38 AND DOCTORAL STUDENTS ALWAYS WITH AN ORIENTATION TOWARD
00:06:41 PRACTICE. HER RESEARCH AND TEACHING
00:06:44 FOCUSED ON URBAN PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE DESIGN OF
00:06:46 THE PUBLIC REALM WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
00:06:49 LIVABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
00:06:53 SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF FIVE BOOKS INCLUDING THE BOULEVARD BOOK
00:06:57 AND URBAN WATERFRONT PROMENADES ALONG WITH NUMEROUS JOURNAL
00:07:00 ARTICLES ON URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN.
00:07:01 SHE TOOK ON SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP ROLES AT BERKELEY
00:07:05 SERVING AS ACTING CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL
00:07:08 PLANNING, CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE
00:07:09 ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ULTIMATELY AS
00:07:12 ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
00:07:16 BEFORE HER ACADEMIC CAREER, ELIZABETH PRACTICED
00:07:19 ARCHITECTURE WITH SMALL BAY AREA FIRMS AND THROUGHOUT HER
00:07:20 TIME IN ACADEMIA SHE MAINTAINED AN URBAN DESIGN DESIGN PRACTICE
00:07:25 FOCUSED ON STREET DESIGN HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:07:28 HER WORK INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MARKET OCTAVIA
00:07:31 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THE DESIGN OF OCTAVIA BOULEVARD THE TRANSBAY
00:07:35 REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE
00:07:36 BETTER STREETS PLAN. HER CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS EXTEND
00:07:39 IN DEEPLY INTO COMMUNITY ENGAGED PLANNING.
00:07:43 HER GRADUATE PLAN PREPARATION STUDIO PARTNERED STUDENTS EACH
00:07:46 YEAR WITH A DIFFERENT BAY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD OR CORRIDOR FACING
00:07:51 REAL PLANNING CHALLENGES WORKING DIRECTLY WITH
00:07:52 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ANNIE CASEY FOUNDATION IN OAKLAND'S
00:07:55 LOWER SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECT OAKLAND ON THE 880
00:07:59 AND I-90 CORRIDORS AND THE FRIENDS OF THE NAPA RIVER
00:08:03 IN DOWNTOWN NAPA. WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO HER
00:08:07 STUDENTS STUDIED THE CESAR CHAVEZ MASONIC AVENUE LOMBARDS
00:08:11 STREET AND CENTRAL FREEWAY CORRIDORS WORKING ALONGSIDE
00:08:12 PLANNING STAFF ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
00:08:15 AND PRODUCING ACCESSIBLE GRAPHIC MATERIALS MEANT TO
00:08:18 INFORM PUBLIC DIALOG. SHE'S CALLED SAN FRANCISCO HOME
00:08:22 FOR THREE DECADES AND BRINGS TO THIS APPOINTMENT BOTH TECHNICAL
00:08:23 EXPERTISE AND A RESIDENT'S DEEP LIVED APPRECIATION FOR THE
00:08:27 CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS, ITS PUBLIC REALM AND ITS PEOPLE.
00:08:31 SHE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPULSE TO PROTECT WHAT'S CHERISHED ABOUT
00:08:34 A NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT CHANGE
00:08:35 IN CITIES IS NECESSARY AND CAN BE A SOURCE OF REAL
00:08:38 OPPORTUNITY. SHE SEES THE PLANNING
00:08:39 COMMISSION'S WORK AS FINDING THOUGHTFUL CREATIVE BALANCE
00:08:42 BETWEEN ALL THOSE TENSIONS WHICH IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
00:08:46 NOW IN THIS MOMENT AMID HOUSING UNAFFORDABILITY, STATE HOUSING
00:08:50 MANDATES AND COMMERCIAL VACANCIES.
00:08:53 HER DECADES OF SCHOLARSHIP PRACTICE AND HANDS ON COMMUNITY
00:08:55 ENGAGEMENT MAKE HER EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SUITED TO
00:08:58 THIS ROLE AND I AM BEYOND PLEASED THAT SHE WAS WILLING
00:09:02 AFTER A LITTLE BEGGING AND CAJOLING TO AGREE TO BE
00:09:05 NOMINATED. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE TWO
00:09:09 FOLKS I HOPE YOU'LL BOTH BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM
00:09:12 AND FORWARD THEM TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE
00:09:13 RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
00:09:16 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRESIDENT AMENDMENT AND I WILL
00:09:17 CALL CANDIDATES UP IN ORDER OF THEIR ITEM AND SO FIRST WE LIKE
00:09:23 TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM JOE COUPLE MORE.
00:09:32 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR WALTON VICE CHAIR CHERYL PRESIDENT
00:09:33 MANDELL MAN IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE AGAIN.
00:09:40 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO HUMBLY SERVE THE
00:09:44 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:09:47 I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING APPOINTED BY MAYOR LEE.
00:09:51 HONORABLE MAYOR BREED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
00:09:55 MORE INVOLVED WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO OF TODAY LIKE YOU
00:10:02 MENTIONED BEFORE, I DO HAVE THE STRONG LABOR BACKGROUND.
00:10:06 I LITERALLY BUILT THIS CITY WITH MY HANDS AND STILL HAVE
00:10:08 THE SCARS TO PROVE IT. BUT SINCE MY LEAVING THE
00:10:14 COMMISSION BEFORE YOU'RE NOT JUST REAPPOINTING AN EX
00:10:17 COMMISSIONER THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROWTH, A LOT OF
00:10:18 CHANGE AND I TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY WITHIN MY
00:10:22 OWN INDUSTRY BUT WORK MY WAY UP WORKING TOWARDS WITH
00:10:28 MANAGEMENT. SO NOT ONLY IS THERE LABOR
00:10:29 IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THERE'S MANAGEMENT.
00:10:32 WE HAVE 28 SAN FRANCISCO LOCATED BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
00:10:36 BEEN HERE FOR SOME OVER A HUNDRED YEARS WERE DEEPLY
00:10:39 INVOLVED IN SAN FRANCISCO. I'VE JUST DONE MY BEST TO DO
00:10:43 WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE NEIGHBORS
00:10:47 SAY, WHAT THE DEVELOPERS SAY. I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A
00:10:51 LOT OF STATE MANDATES. THERE'S A NEWLY APPROVED FAMILY
00:10:54 ZONING PLAN AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF A
00:11:01 NEWLY REFINED COMMISSION HOPEFULLY WITH MY ADDITION.
00:11:04 AND JUST APPRECIATE THE THE NOMINATION IN THE FIRST PLACE
00:11:09 AND WON'T LET YOU GUYS DOWN. AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY
00:11:13 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:11:16 SUPERVISOR VICE CHAIR SURE. >> PRESIDENT AMENDMENT FIRST OF
00:11:23 ALL, THANK YOU FOR THESE THOUGHTFUL NOMINEES OR
00:11:26 APPOINTMENTS. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT WE
00:11:27 CALL THEM AT THIS POINT BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THIS
00:11:29 FOR A WHILE AND THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
00:11:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
00:11:34 I'VE JUST GOT A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
00:11:37 SO YOU PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE COMMISSION.
00:11:41 >> WHY IS IT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING AGAIN
00:11:45 AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TIME AROUND
00:11:48 THAT MAYBE YOU COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH LAST TIME?
00:11:50 YEAH, I'LL BE HONEST THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT FIRST APPOINTMENT
00:11:53 WAS A HUGE LEARNING CURVE. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE
00:11:57 OTHER SIDE OF THE MICROPHONE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
00:12:00 PUBLIC AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT GREW UP HERE GOT A
00:12:05 REALLY GOOD JOB WITH A CAREER PATH AND GOT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE
00:12:08 A GOOD WAGE AND HAD THE ABILITY TO BUY A HOUSE AND STAY IN THE
00:12:14 CITY I GREW UP IN. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS
00:12:16 PROUD TO ADVOCATE FOR. >> I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE
00:12:19 LOOKING AT BLUEPRINTS. I REALLY LIKE LOOKING AT JOB
00:12:23 ADDRESSES SPECIFICALLY EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WHERE ALL THE
00:12:26 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LOCATED THIS THIS CITY ISN'T JUST A
00:12:30 NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD CITY IT'S A BLOCK TWO BLOCK
00:12:31 CITY. SO SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GO
00:12:34 ACTUALLY TO THAT SPECIFIC ADDRESS AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT
00:12:37 THE CONTEXT OF THAT BLOCK ENTAILS.
00:12:38 YOU IT'S HARD TO JUST KNOW EVERYTHING FROM LOOKING AT A
00:12:42 SET OF BLUEPRINTS WHEN THERE'S A CONTEXT FOR EACH PROJECT WE
00:12:45 SEE. SO I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
00:12:49 IT WAS AN HONOR TO WHAT I FELT WAS EARNED THE RESPECT OF
00:12:53 ALWAYS BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUING TABLE YOU'RE ALWAYS
00:12:55 GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE HAPPY AND SOMEWHAT UPSET WITH YOUR
00:12:58 DECISION AT THESE HEARINGS RIGHT?
00:13:01 SO I TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND ALWAYS KNEW
00:13:02 LIKE I GOT TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND I ALWAYS VOTED MY
00:13:06 CONSCIENCE BUT ALWAYS MADE AN INFORMED DECISION.
00:13:08 THERE'S NEW COMMISSIONERS, THERE'S NEW SUPERVISORS,
00:13:10 THERE'S A NEW MAYOR. I'M JUST THRILLED WITH WHAT IS
00:13:13 GOING ON IN GENERAL WITH THIS CITY.
00:13:16 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN, GET THE
00:13:20 BUSINESSES BACK IN BUSINESS. I WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, LINES
00:13:24 AROUND THE CORNER FOR THE COFFEE SHOPS, THE RESTAURANTS,
00:13:25 THE BARS, THE HOTELS, THIS CONVENTION CENTERS AND THEN
00:13:28 ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE OUTLYING NEIGHBORHOODS TOO.
00:13:32 >> I WAS PROUD TO TAKE PART IN A LOT OF IMPORTANT EMERGING
00:13:39 THROUGH THE COMMISSION. WE WERE SITTING THERE WHEN THE
00:13:43 CANNABIS LEGALIZATION CAME ABOUT AND THAT WAS A VERY AT
00:13:46 FIRST CONTENTIOUS ISSUE AND WITH THE HELP OF NICOLE
00:13:50 ELLIOT AT THE TIME WHO WAS LEADING THINGS, WE HAD TO
00:13:54 FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS BEST FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, EACH
00:13:55 DISTRICT BALANCE THE MAYOR, THE SUPERVISORS AND STATE LAWS
00:13:58 AND COME TO THE BEST DECISION AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO
00:14:02 EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE THESE BUSINESSES EVENLY SO THEY
00:14:05 WEREN'T TARGETED IN ONE AREA BECAUSE THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF
00:14:08 LAND USE, RIGHT? IS PROPER STRATEGIC PLANNING TO
00:14:12 MAKE SURE THE CITY IS GOING TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
00:14:14 AND IT FELT GOOD KNOWING THAT I WAS PART OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
00:14:17 SO YOU KNOW, A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND BOTH
00:14:21 STATE LAWS AND THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN HAVE MADE A LOT
00:14:25 MORE OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE CONSIDERED IN THE
00:14:28 PAST FAIRLY MINISTERIAL. WHAT DO YOU SEE HOW HOW DO YOU
00:14:32 THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ROLE HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN?
00:14:36 WHAT DO YOU THINK ITS ROLE IS GOING FORWARD?
00:14:38 I THINK IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT .
00:14:40 I DO APPRECIATE THE LAWS THAT HAVE COME DOWN FROM SACRAMENTO.
00:14:42 I DO APPRECIATE THE FAMILIES OWNING PLAN.
00:14:44 I APPRECIATE THAT. LOOKS LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
00:14:48 ON BOARD TOGETHER SUPPORTING THIS PLAN BUT IT'S JUST GOING
00:14:51 TO WE HAVE CERTAIN OPPORTUNITY AREAS THAT SHOULDN'T BE HELD UP
00:14:54 . I MEAN TRANSIT ORIENTED
00:14:55 DEVELOPMENT IS IS SOMETHING THAT'S THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
00:14:59 ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED A LONG TIME AGO THERE SO THERE'S
00:15:03 CERTAIN THINGS I GOT ON THE COMMISSION THAT HEARINGS WERE 8
00:15:06 OR 10 HOURS YOU KNOW THE DISCRETIONARY REVIEWS TOOK A
00:15:10 LONG TIME AND I LIKE EVERYTHING SEEMS MORE EFFICIENT THESE DAYS
00:15:14 AND WE'RE GETTING RESULTS FASTER BETTER RESULTS FASTER
00:15:18 THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THE SUPERVISORS, THE PLANNING
00:15:22 DEPARTMENT I LIKE THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AT TBI AND SO
00:15:25 I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS TO GET
00:15:27 TO THE DESIRED RESULT FASTER. >> WOULD YOU SUPPORTED THE
00:15:31 FAMILY ZONING PLAN IF YOU'D BEEN IN THAT SEAT?
00:15:34 >> YES. YES.
00:15:34 ACTUALLY I LIVE IN THE SUNSET DISTRICT.
00:15:37 I ACTUALLY LIVE NEAR GOLDEN GATE PARK AND THE POLO FIELDS
00:15:38 AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT I HAVE TO WALK LIKE A FAR DISTANCE TO GET
00:15:42 TO ANYWHERE THAT I WOULD GO PATRONIZE.
00:15:45 AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE HOUSING THAT'S GOING TO
00:15:49 BRING MORE PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE MORE GROUND FOR RETAIL
00:15:52 BUSINESSES THAT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE THE CITY MORE LIVABLE.
00:15:56 SO LAST QUESTION FOR YOU FAMILY ZONING PLAN PROJECTS MEETS
00:16:00 OBJECTIVE STANDARDS BUT IT'S STILL HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION
00:16:03 NOT SO HYPOTHETICAL THAT THE LAST WEEK FAMILIES WON'T BE ON
00:16:05 PROJECT MEETS OBJECTIVE STANDARDS BUT THERE'S STILL
00:16:08 DISCRETION FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
00:16:09 SO STILL COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION LIKE MAYBE A
00:16:13 DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE MAYBE.
00:16:15 HOW DO YOU VIEW THAT PROJECT? I ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP THE
00:16:19 INTEGRITY OF THE COMMISSION INTACT.
00:16:22 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT
00:16:26 COMMISSIONS AND AGAIN I DON'T TAKE THIS NOMINATION AND SEAT
00:16:29 LIGHTLY. I LOVE THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE
00:16:31 BEEN GIVEN DOWN TO US BUT EVERY EVERY ITEM STILL GOING TO
00:16:34 DESERVE A HEARING AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL
00:16:38 THE FACTUAL INFORMATION IN OUR PACKET AND YOU KNOW, TAKE
00:16:42 EVERYONE'S INPUT INTO ACCOUNT. YOU KNOW, WE SHOW UP WITH NO
00:16:46 PRECONCEIVED NOTION BUT A LOT CAN HAPPEN AT A HEARING SOME
00:16:49 TIME AND WE WANT ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO BE HEARD BUT WE
00:16:52 ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BEST PROJECT TO PRODUCE IS THE BEST
00:16:57 RESULT THAT'S FEASIBLE IS EVENTUALLY ARRIVE TO THANK YOU.
00:17:01 >> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
00:17:02 I SURE. THANK YOU, JOE.
00:17:05 AND NEXT WE HAVE ELIZABETH MACDONALD.
00:17:14 HELLO. GOOD MORNING.
00:17:15 CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? OKAY.
00:17:18 SO THANK YOU ON BOARD PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR NOMINATING ME
00:17:21 AND ALL THOSE INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD.
00:17:25 >> COMMITTEE CHAIR WALTON AND VICE CHAIR CHERYL, IT'S I'M
00:17:29 PLEASED TO MEET YOU TODAY SO I FEEL HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT MY
00:17:33 QUALIFICATIONS. >> I WON'T REITERATE THAT
00:17:36 ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT AND EMPHASIZE THAT THE
00:17:38 RESEARCH THAT I HAVE DONE AS A PLANNING PROFESSOR HAS VERY
00:17:42 MUCH BEEN PRACTICED OR IN IT. >> I'M REALLY A LOT OF IT HAS
00:17:48 BEEN FOCUSED ON ISSUES RELATED TO WALKABLE STREETS
00:17:52 AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE DESIGN OF THE URBAN PUBLIC
00:17:57 REALM WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I ,I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
00:18:00 AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE THROUGH MY RESEARCH
00:18:05 AND MY PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO QUESTION ENTRENCHED STANDARDS
00:18:08 AND NORMS THAT HAVE WORKED AGAINST GOOD DESIGN IN VARIOUS
00:18:11 WAYS IN PRACTICE I PARTICULARLY BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT RELATED TO
00:18:18 STREET DESIGN I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN SOME OF MY
00:18:22 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE BEYOND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN SAN
00:18:23 FRANCISCO WHERE WE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME INNOVATIVE
00:18:27 THINGS I BELIEVE AT THE TIME AND AT MARKET OCTAVIA
00:18:30 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND ALSO WITH THE DESIGN OF OCTAVIA
00:18:33 BOULEVARD. BUT I'VE ALSO WORKED IN PLACES
00:18:37 LIKE VANCOUVER WHERE THERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL FORWARD LOOKING
00:18:41 PLANNING PUT IN PLACE THAT ENABLE BUILDING OF I THINK
00:18:45 REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALSO
00:18:49 PROVIDED DENSITY IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AND OTHER PLACES
00:18:53 WHERE IT WAS IMPORTANT AND PROVIDE IT.
00:18:55 IT REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO WALKABLE STREETS AND HOLD
00:18:59 NEIGHBORHOODS. >> SO WHY DO I WANT TO BE
00:19:03 PLANNING COMMISSIONER? THAT'S A HUGE QUESTION.
00:19:06 >> SO I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND FRANKLY BEING
00:19:10 PLANNING COMMISSIONER IS A WAY TO SERVE THE CITY.
00:19:15 IT'S A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY WITH MY PLANNING KNOWLEDGE
00:19:18 SO I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
00:19:22 I DO CARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO.
00:19:25 I CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE THINGS THAT
00:19:29 MAKE SAN FRANCISCO VERY SPECIAL ABOUT EQUITY.
00:19:33 THESE THINGS ARE ALL IMPORTANT AND I HOPE TO BRING THESE KIND
00:19:37 OF CONCERNS TO QUESTIONS THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE PLANNING
00:19:39 COMMISSION IN AN EVIDENCE BASED WAY.
00:19:42 >> IT WAS ON MY BACKGROUND AS A RESEARCHER.
00:19:48 >> WHO AM I? WHAT ARE MY VALUES?
00:19:50 I WANT TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT IT AND WHO I AM SO YOU
00:19:53 WOULD KNOW WHO YOU'RE GETTING? I WOULD BE A VOICE FOR GOOD
00:19:57 PLANNING THAT FOLLOWS BEST PRACTICES.
00:20:00 I SUPPORT ELIMINATING CUMBERSOME BUREAUCRACY
00:20:03 AND STREAMLINING PLANNING AND PERMITTING PROCESSES WHILE
00:20:07 ALSO ALLOWING COMMUNITY VOICES TO BE APPROPRIATE BE HEARD.
00:20:11 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THINGS IN THE BEST WAY WE POSSIBLY
00:20:15 CAN. I WOULD SEEK TO SUPPORT TRANSIT
00:20:19 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
00:20:20 NETWORKS AND WALKABLE STREETS. >> I BELIEVE EQUITABLE
00:20:23 ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
00:20:27 SAN FRANCISCO IS FACING EVERYWHERE IT'S FACING IT AND I
00:20:31 WOULD LIKE TO FIND WAYS TO HELP SAN FRANCISCO DO THIS.
00:20:35 THE HOUSING CRISIS IS HUGE AND SUPPLY MUST BE A PART OF
00:20:42 THE SOLUTION AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE
00:20:44 DENSITY AND ALL KINDS OF HOUSING AND STILL HAVE EQUITY
00:20:50 RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND CREATE LIVABLE STREETS
00:20:53 AND WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS. >> MY GENERAL APPROACH AS A
00:20:57 PLANNER IS TO THINK HOLISTICALLY AND TO WORK TO
00:20:58 FIND BALANCES BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMPETING INTERESTS
00:21:05 AND CONCERNS. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BRING TO
00:21:06 THE JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:21:09 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICE CHAIR A PRESENT AMENDMENT
00:21:16 THANK YOU MS. MACDONALD FOR YOUR AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
00:21:21 TO SERVE AND FOR FOR YOUR REMARKS THIS MORNING.
00:21:28 >> PLANNING COMMISSION DOES DIFFERENT THINGS PARTLY IT IS A
00:21:32 YOU KNOW IT IS A PLACE WHERE PROJECTS GO TO BE CONSIDERED
00:21:35 AND BE APPROVED OR VOTED DOWN AND SO THAT IS A UNQUESTIONABLY
00:21:39 AND I THINK PEOPLE TEND TO THINK OF THAT AS LIKE WHAT THE
00:21:44 PLANNING COMMISSION DOES. BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION
00:21:45 ALSO OVERSEES THE CITY'S PLANNING WHICH IS WHY I THINK
00:21:48 IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THIS BODY.
00:21:51 I THINK PLANNING IS IMPORTANT TO CITIES BUT I THINK THIS IS
00:21:56 AS A AS A LAWYER, AS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT AN ARCHITECT, NOT A
00:21:59 PLANNER BUT I HAVE THIS SENSE THAT PLANNING MATTERS AND I'M
00:22:03 WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT WHY PLANNING IS
00:22:07 IMPORTANT. >> SURE.
00:22:07 I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT PLANNING IS IMPORTANT AND I
00:22:11 THINK IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT IS THE PROCESS THAT
00:22:15 CAN HELP SHAPE THE CITY THAT WE WANT.
00:22:19 YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE GOING FORWARD IN THE
00:22:22 FUTURE AND IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS, YOU
00:22:26 KNOW, THE CHALLENGES AND AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
00:22:30 IN FRONT OF THE CITY LONG RANGE PLANNING THAT IS THOUGHTFUL
00:22:34 THAT REALLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY
00:22:38 AND BY THAT I MEAN THE THE GEOGRAPHY THE WAY THAT THE THE
00:22:42 THE CITY AND FRONTS THE BAY THE WAY THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE
00:22:46 THINGS THAT MAKE THE CITY SPECIAL IN SO MANY WAYS THE
00:22:50 CHANCE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT BUT ALSO THE
00:22:54 NEIGHBORHOODS THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS WHETHER THEY'RE
00:22:58 THERE THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN SO MANY WAYS AND HAVE THEIR
00:23:02 DIFFERENT CONCERNS AND ARE SEEKING DIFFERENT THINGS TO TO
00:23:06 DO LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR THE CITYWIDE BUT ALSO TO DO IT AT
00:23:09 THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TO HAVE THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS,
00:23:13 CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS HOPEFULLY REALLY EXCITING
00:23:16 CONVERSATIONS AND THEN COME UP WITH IDEAS THAT THAT WE BELIEVE
00:23:20 IN AND THAT WE'RE THAT WE FIND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH
00:23:24 ZONING AND VARIOUS OTHER MECHANISMS AND THEN WE GO
00:23:29 FORWARD AND WE MAKE THOSE VISIONS HAPPEN.
00:23:32 SURE WE HAVE TO REVISIT THEM EVERY SO OFTEN AND THAT'S PART
00:23:35 OF THE PROCESS AND THAT'S EXCITING TOO.
00:23:36 BUT YES, PLANNING CAN DO A LOT FOR THE CITY HAS IN THE PAST
00:23:40 AND IT CAN WILL IN THE FUTURE. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR MS.
00:23:46 MCDONALD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
00:23:50 I'D LOVE TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT
00:23:51 YOU'VE WRITTEN ESPECIALLY IN YOUR APPLICATION WHICH I
00:23:55 THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF
00:23:56 THEORETICAL ONES GOING OR HYPOTHETICAL ONES GOING
00:23:59 FORWARD. >> SO YOU WROTE THAT YOUR
00:24:02 OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE THAT ADDRESSES THE
00:24:05 EMERGING CONCERNS OF URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING PRACTICE
00:24:09 ETC. I LOVE THAT SENTENCE. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
00:24:10 INTERESTING. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT A
00:24:13 COUPLE OF THOSE EMERGING CONCERNS OF URBAN DESIGN
00:24:17 AND PLANNING THAT YOU REFERENCED MIGHT BE?
00:24:20 >> SURE. THERE ARE MANY EMERGING
00:24:24 CONCERNS. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IN SAN
00:24:28 FRANCISCO IN PARTICULAR THERE ARE BIG CONCERNS, APPROPRIATE
00:24:32 CONCERNS RELATED TO HOUSING. RIGHT.
00:24:36 WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS
00:24:39 THAT IN A IN A SMART AND RESPONSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE
00:24:43 AND COMPASSIONATE WAY BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE THIS
00:24:47 INCREDIBLE ENVIRONMENT AND THIS REALLY TREASURED CITY.
00:24:51 SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO BALANCE THESE INTERESTS?
00:24:54 RIGHT? SO I SEE AND IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:24:58 THAT THERE'S A BIG THINGS OTHER BIG CONCERNS AS I MENTIONED
00:25:02 CLIMATE CHANGE SAN FRANCISCO HAS TO DEAL WITH SEA LEVEL RISE
00:25:07 ADAPTATION. >> THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ISSUES
00:25:10 RELATED TO THAT ALONG THE WATERFRONT AND AND OTHER ISSUES
00:25:13 RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH OF COURSE REVOLVE AROUND HOW DO
00:25:17 WE ACTUALLY CREATE A CITY THAT IS IS A BETTER PLACE FOR PEOPLE
00:25:25 TO TAKE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE
00:25:29 MORE TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESS?
00:25:30 >> YEAH. AND YOU KIND OF MENTIONED THAT
00:25:33 AND WHEN YOU TALKED EARLIER ABOUT ENTRENCHED STANDARDS
00:25:34 AND NORMS THAT GET IN THE WAY OF GOOD DESIGN, COULD YOU GIVE
00:25:37 ME A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE SO I CAN KIND
00:25:40 OF REALLY VISUALIZE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT?
00:25:42 OKAY. >> SO I WILL THIS WILL BE
00:25:45 TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THE WARS AND FIGHTS THAT
00:25:47 GO WAY BACK WHEN. SO I'LL TALK ABOUT OCTAVIA
00:25:51 BOULEVARD IF I MAY. >> NOW ONCE THE CITIZENS OF SAN
00:25:55 FRANCISCO HAD DECIDED THAT THROUGH THE BALLOT PROCESS THAT
00:25:59 TAKING THE CITY TO TAKING THE CENTRAL FREEWAY DOWN WAS WHAT
00:26:03 THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO DO, WE I WE WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD TO
00:26:10 HELP CITY PLANNING STAFF FIGURE OUT HOW TO DESIGN WHAT WOULD BE
00:26:14 A GOOD SURFACE BOULEVARD THAT COULD HANDLE THE HIGH AMOUNTS
00:26:18 OF TRAFFIC THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO HANDLE AFTER THE CENTRAL
00:26:21 FREEWAY TOUCHED DOWN BUT STILL CREATE A STREET THAT IT WAS NOT
00:26:27 DEADENING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT COULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT YOU
00:26:31 KNOW STREET STREET FACING DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR
00:26:35 AND CONTRIBUTE TO RECONNECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.
00:26:39 SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO IN THAT FIGHT WAS WE HAD TO WORK WITH
00:26:43 TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TO TALK ABOUT REALLY BASIC THINGS LIKE LANE
00:26:48 WANT STANDARDS AND HOW IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE PERHAPS TO HAVE
00:26:52 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE STANDERS IN THE CENTER OF THAT STREET
00:26:56 THAN ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET SO THAT WE COULD CREATE
00:26:59 IN THOSE SIDE ROOMS OF THE BOULEVARD A MORE TRAFFIC CALMED
00:27:03 REALM WHERE VEHICLES MOVING ALONG IT WOULD MOVE SLOWLY
00:27:07 AND AND IT WOULD ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE BICYCLE LESS COULD
00:27:12 MOVE AND THE LIKE. SO IT SOUNDS SMALL BUT
00:27:15 SOMETHING LIKE LANE WANT STANDARDS IS ACTUALLY REALLY
00:27:16 BIG. WE ALSO DEALT WITH STREET TREE
00:27:20 PLANNING STANDARDS AND THE LIKE.
00:27:23 >> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ALSO WRITTEN ABOUT
00:27:27 CONTEXT SENSITIVE GROWTH WITH A FOCUS ON LIVABILITY
00:27:30 AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN YOUR
00:27:31 APPLICATION HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT LIVABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL
00:27:35 SUSTAINABILITY? YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:27:37 SEA LEVEL RISE BUT REALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDERING THE PROSPECTIVE
00:27:41 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
00:27:44 >> HOW DO I THINK ABOUT HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
00:27:48 LIVABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ESPECIALLY
00:27:50 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY MIGHT AFFECT HOUSING
00:27:53 DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY RIGHT.
00:27:56 >> WELL OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE
00:27:57 SOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS AND BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
00:28:01 DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE WE OUGHT TO BE REALLY
00:28:04 THINKING ABOUT THAT EDGE OF THE CITY AND WHAT IT MAKES SENSE TO
00:28:08 DEVELOP OR HOW IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO DEVELOP ALONG THAT
00:28:11 EDGE OF THE CITY. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, BUILDING
00:28:13 NEW HOUSING I THINK CONTRIBUTES TO BUILDING NEW HOUSING IN THE
00:28:19 RIGHT PLACES PARTICULARLY A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
00:28:24 CAN REALLY HELP ADDRESS THESE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES THAT
00:28:27 WE'RE ALL FACING. >> SO I WOULD I WOULD PUT THOSE
00:28:31 TWO THINGS TOGETHER IN THE IN THE IN THE THINKING THAT HAS
00:28:35 TO GO INTO WHERE IT WHERE IT GOES THEN DENSITY URBANISM
00:28:41 WONDERFUL IT CAN IT CAN ADDRESS A LOT OF THINGS NOT ONLY
00:28:45 CLIMATE CHANGE BUT IT CAN ALSO ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE'S
00:28:50 EVERYDAY LIVES. >> RIGHT?
00:28:51 YOU HAVE IMPLICIT WE ANSWERED A FEW MY QUESTIONS ARE ON TRANSIT
00:28:55 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ALSO ABOUT THE PLANNING
00:28:58 COMMISSION'S KIND OF CHANGING ROLE GOING FORWARD.
00:29:04 BUT I'LL ASK ANYWAY BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES OF STATE
00:29:06 LAW AND THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN MAKING MORE PROJECTS
00:29:09 MINISTERIAL, DO YOU SEE HOW DO YOU SEE THE PLANNING
00:29:12 COMMISSION'S ROLE GOING FORWARD VERSUS WHAT I THINK MY
00:29:16 COLLEAGUE TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PROJECT YES OR NO
00:29:17 VERSUS A BROADER RANGE OF PLANNING.
00:29:20 >> HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT CHANGED ROLE RIGHT.
00:29:23 WELL I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A POSITIVE CHANGING ROLE.
00:29:27 I AS I'VE AS YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN PLANNING AND SO I
00:29:31 THINK WHEN GOOD PLANNING HAS BEEN DONE AND DECISIONS HAVE
00:29:32 BEEN MADE AND THEN THINGS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO IMPLEMENT
00:29:35 THAT PLANNING SUCH AS ZONING, RIGHT?
00:29:38 WE OUGHT TO HAVE A CLEAR THOSE THINGS OUGHT TO BE CLEAR AND SO
00:29:47 PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND THEY KNOW WHAT THE CITY
00:29:51 HOPES TO SEE DEVELOPED AND THEN THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GO
00:29:55 FORWARD WITH THAT. SO I THINK THAT MOVING TO MORE
00:30:02 MINISTERIAL REVIEW FOR THINGS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN WELL
00:30:06 CONSIDERED AND IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THINGS LIKE ZONING IS
00:30:10 ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA. >> SO THAT'S A IT'S A GOOD
00:30:14 POINT YOU BRING UP THERE SO MOST OF THE FAMILY ZONING
00:30:18 PROJECTS AS I ASKED MR. KOPPEL EARLIER, ARE GOING TO BE
00:30:21 MINISTERIAL BUT THERE STILL ARE SOME DISCRETIONARY ONE CAME UP.
00:30:23 >> YEAH, OF COURSE. >> HOW DO YOU VIEW A PROJECT
00:30:26 LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF IT MEETS THE OBJECTIVE STANDARD OF THE
00:30:33 FAMILY ZONING PLAN. THERE IS A DISCRETIONARY
00:30:34 ELEMENT BECAUSE OF A DEMOLITION .
00:30:36 HOW DO YOU VIEW THAT PROJECT AND THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION
00:30:40 TOWARDS THAT PROJECT? RIGHT.
00:30:44 WELL I THINK THAT THE COMMISSION REALLY HAS TO THINK
00:30:48 ABOUT WHAT THE THINGS ARE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE
00:30:52 DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE
00:30:59 LOOKING AT THEM IN A CONSIDERED WAY BUT DOING IT IN A WAY THAT
00:31:04 ALSO KEEPS IN MIND, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL THINGS THAT ARE
00:31:11 TRYING TO BE BEING ACHIEVED BY THE PLANNING, BY THE
00:31:14 IMPLEMENTING ZONING AND THE LIKE.
00:31:19 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GETS AT YOUR QUESTION AND I YOU KNOW,
00:31:20 I'M NOT I MEAN I GUESS IF IF A PROJECT MEETS ALL THE OBJECTIVE
00:31:23 STANDARDS YET IS STILL COMING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION
00:31:27 HOW DO YOU VIEW THAT PROJECT YEAH I WOULD GENERALLY REVIEW
00:31:34 THAT PROJECT FAVORABLY IF THERE WERE I WILL SAY HONESTLY IF
00:31:35 THERE WERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO INSERT INTO THE RECORD
00:31:41 AND SAY APPROPRIATELY THINGS THAT WOULD SEEM IN MY MIND TO
00:31:46 FURTHER THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD
00:31:52 REALLY CONTRIBUTE WELL TO THESE THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW,
00:31:56 LIVABILITY AND A VIBRANT PUBLIC REALM AND ALL THAT.
00:31:57 >> I WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A COMMENT IN THOSE IN THAT REGARD
00:32:03 AND YOU KNOW, EXPRESS THOSE VALUES A A COMMENT OR A VOTE
00:32:10 BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE COMMENTS CAN LEAD TO COST INCREASES LEAD
00:32:14 TO IT COST INCREASES. >> RIGHT.
00:32:17 >> FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK THAT GOOD DESIGN HAS TO BE MORE
00:32:22 EXPENSIVE. >> I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT
00:32:23 RATHER STRONGLY. SO YOU KNOW, I'M AWARE THAT IT
00:32:30 COULD WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE FRIVOLOUS BUT
00:32:33 GREAT TO MY LAST QUESTION WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THE FAMILY
00:32:35 ZONING PLAN? YES, I UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS
00:32:40 PUT IN PLACE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS
00:32:41 GOOD PLANNING BEHIND IT AND IT'S A WAY THAT THE CITY
00:32:45 NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD IN A RATIONAL WAY THAT GIVES SOME
00:32:48 LOCAL CONTROL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:32:49 APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
00:32:52 >> SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:32:55 I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES SO
00:32:57 WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO AND WE WILL
00:33:00 ALLOW FOR ONE MINUTE IN ORDER TO KEEP WARM.
00:33:03 >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
00:33:10 SHALL AIM TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME JUST TO CLARIFY DID YOU SAY ONE
00:33:14 MINUTE CORRECT EACH SPEAKER BE ALLOWED ONE MINUTE ONE MINUTE
00:33:18 THERE WILL BE A SOFT CHAIRMAN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT AND A LOT OF
00:33:21 TIME WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED .
00:33:25 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PETER ROBERT.
00:33:27 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME HERE.
00:33:30 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ELIZABETH MACDONALD'S CANDIDACY IN THIS
00:33:33 ROLE I SPEAK AS SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED IN THE PLANNING
00:33:34 DEPARTMENT FOR OVER A DECADE AND SPENT 20 MORE YEARS WORKING
00:33:37 WITH THE REGIONAL AGENCIES TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
00:33:41 AND THEN I WORKED AFTER I RETIRED AS A PROFESSOR TAKING
00:33:45 OVER SOME OF ELIZABETH'S CLASSES WHEN SHE WENT TO THE
00:33:46 CHAIR OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DIVISION.
00:33:49 SO I GOT TO SEE HER CURRICULUM. I GOT TO SEE WHAT HER
00:33:51 PRIORITIES WERE IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE
00:33:54 THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST MINDS IN THE FUTURE.
00:33:56 THERE WAS EQUITY, THERE WAS SUSTAINABILITY.
00:33:58 THESE WERE THE VALUES I CARE ABOUT AND I AS A FORMER
00:34:01 PLANNING WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HER IN THE
00:34:05 COMMISSION. ONE LAST THING NOTICE NO
00:34:06 SMIDGEN OF ARROGANCE WHEN SHE TALKS.
00:34:08 SHE'S HUMBLE IS OPEN TO LEARNING ABOUT NEW THINGS
00:34:12 AND SHE THRIVES ON GOOD INPUT AND MAKING THE BEST POSSIBLE
00:34:16 PROJECT. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:34:26 MARK GLEASON THE OFFICERS OF TEAMSTERS JOINT COUNCIL SEVEN
00:34:30 WANT TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY ADD THEIR VOICE OF SUPPORT TO JOEL
00:34:34 KOPPEL'S APPOINTMENT NOMINATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
00:34:37 HIS INSIGHT HIS LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN VERY
00:34:42 APPRECIATED BY WORKING PEOPLE AND REALLY THE GREATER
00:34:45 COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL TERM FOR JOEL
00:34:49 KOPPEL ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE.
00:34:52 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:35:00 MARK BABSON, PRESIDENT OF EMERALD FUND.
00:35:01 WE'VE BUILT A FEW THOUSAND UNITS IN SAN FRANCISCO, ALSO
00:35:04 LIVED IN THE MISSION FOR 30 YEARS.
00:35:05 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT JOEL KOPPEL'S CANDIDACY OR
00:35:09 APPOINTMENT. >> I'M JOEL IS A PRODUCT OF SAN
00:35:13 FRANCISCO AS SUPERVISOR A MAN WHOM I MENTIONED I GREW UP AT
00:35:16 PALMER SAID WENT TO LAW, WENT TO US F I KNOW LIVES IN THE
00:35:19 SUNSET. HE WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR LEE,
00:35:23 SERVED TWO TERMS INCLUDING A COUPLE OF YEARS AS PRESIDENT A
00:35:25 COUPLE OF YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT.
00:35:27 HE'S ELECTRICIAN THROUGH AND THROUGH.
00:35:31 >> HE USED TO WORK IN THE FIELD.
00:35:32 NOW HE IS THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR OF I.B. IBEW
00:35:39 LOCAL SIX AND THE SGA OUR EQUITY PARTNER AND ONE OF
00:35:42 VENICE AND 150 VENICE IS A ELECTRICAL UNION PENSION FUND
00:35:45 THE BIGGEST IN THE COUNTRY. THEY'RE A STRONG SUPPORTER OF
00:35:47 JOEL AND HIS WORK ON THE COMMISSION.
00:35:49 HE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HE
00:35:53 WOULD BE ANOTHER STRONG VOICE ON THE COMMISSION.
00:35:57 THANK YOU. AND ELIZABETH MCDONALD I WAS I
00:35:58 WAS AT CAL CITY PLANNING AND SHE'S A LEGEND.
00:36:01 >> SUPPORT HER TOO. THANKS.
00:36:07 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME'S PETER BELDING AND I'M
00:36:09 THE POLITICAL CHAIR FOR THE SIERRA CLUB IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:36:11 I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN THAT THE PLANNING
00:36:15 COMMISSION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY FOR THE
00:36:16 ENVIRONMENT. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THESE FIRST
00:36:19 TWO NOMINEES THE SIERRA CLUB IS NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE
00:36:23 EITHER NOMINEE. WE WOULD LIKE TO BUT WE JUST
00:36:24 LEARNED ABOUT THEM VERY RECENTLY AND HAVEN'T HAD A
00:36:27 CHANCE TO MEET THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR RECORD AS A,
00:36:31 YOU KNOW, REALITY CHECK. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE 5000 MEMBERS
00:36:35 WERE VOLUNTEER RUN SO WE'VE TRIED TO USE THE LEGISLATURE TO
00:36:39 ALERT SYSTEM TO MEET SUPERVISORS BUT IT'S JUST
00:36:40 DIFFICULT WHEN THESE THINGS ARE ANNOUNCED LAST MINUTE.
00:36:43 SO WE WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH
00:36:47 THEM AND AND TO TAKE A POSITION.
00:36:48 THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:36:54 MY NAME IS JEREMIAH CARRIGAN. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SAN
00:36:58 FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 790 EIGHT I'M HERE TODAY ON
00:37:01 BEHALF OF MY MEMBERS TO SPEAK AND STRONG SUPPORT OF JOE
00:37:05 COPPELL FIREFIGHTERS. >> WE SEE THE REAL WORLD
00:37:09 CONSEQUENCES OF PLANNING DECISIONS EVERY DAY.
00:37:12 >> THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE JOEL ON THERE
00:37:17 WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO PERFORM
00:37:20 IN EMERGENCIES AS WE IN SAN FRANCISCO MOVE TOWARDS A
00:37:24 GREENER FUTURE, JOEL HAS SHOWN WE CAN MEET THOSE STANDARDS
00:37:28 WITHOUT COMPROMISING COMPROMISING FIRE AND LIFE
00:37:32 SAFETY AND HE CONSISTENTLY PUTS SAFETY FIRST FOR RESIDENTS FOR
00:37:39 WORKERS AND FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
00:37:40 SO SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
00:37:44 HIS APPOINTMENT. >> THANK YOU.
00:37:50 >> HELLO, I'M OZU FOR SFE AND B WE AGREE VERY MUCH WITH ALL THE
00:37:57 SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED ON IN THE COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT
00:38:00 THIS ROLE THESE SEATS ARE FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
00:38:04 THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING MORE HOUSING SUPPLY SO THAT WE CAN
00:38:11 REDUCE THE HOMES SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
00:38:15 >> UNFORTUNATELY PARTICULARLY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND
00:38:22 TOO MUCH INFORMATION PARTICULARLY FROM PROFESSOR
00:38:23 MCDONALD'S PUBLIC RECORD. AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
00:38:30 CONTINUATION FROM ON HER NOMINATION SO THAT WE CAN GET
00:38:31 TO KNOW HER BETTER AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HER VIEWS ON
00:38:35 HOUSING SUPPLY. I KNOW THAT SHE HAS WORKED
00:38:39 REALLY HARD ON A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION WORK WHICH FOR
00:38:43 DENSIFICATION AND IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION.
00:38:47 WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BUT HOUSING SUPPLY IS VERY
00:38:49 IMPORTANT TO US AS AS IS FOR EVERYONE AND SO WE'D LIKE TO
00:38:53 UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH MORE. >> THANK YOU.
00:38:57 >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:39:01 MY NAME IS JONATHAN BERMAN. I'M A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT
00:39:05 AND A LEADER WITH NORTHERN NEIGHBORS AND I SERVE AND BE A
00:39:09 SEAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ONE OF THE MOST
00:39:10 CONSEQUENTIAL APPOINTMENTS THE CITY MAKES FOR VOTES ON THIS
00:39:13 BODY. >> DECIDE WHAT HOMES OFTEN
00:39:16 DECIDE WHICH HOMES GET BUILT WITH FORMER COMMISSIONER
00:39:19 KOPPELL WE HAVE YEARS OF UNAMBIGUOUS PRO HOUSING RECORD
00:39:21 TO GO ON FOR EXAMPLE THE 469 STEVENSON VOTE AND WITH SOME OF
00:39:24 THE OTHER NOMINEES WE HAVE CLARITY BASED ON WHICH
00:39:28 ORGANIZATIONS THEY'RE AFFILIATED WITH THAT HELP US
00:39:31 UNDERSTAND THE VIEWS. >> WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET WITH
00:39:35 PROFESSOR MCDONALD AND MANY OF HERS.
00:39:36 I LEARNED ABOUT HER NOMINATION JUST RECENTLY AS THE PRIOR
00:39:39 SPEAKERS HAS SAID AND WE FOUND A REALLY A LOT OF EXCELLENT
00:39:43 WORK AROUND STREET DESIGN AND A COMPELLING URBANIST VISION BUT
00:39:46 JUST NOT MUCH DETAIL ON THE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
00:39:49 SO I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM.
00:39:51 THIS ISN'T OPPOSITION. WHAT WE HEARD TODAY FROM
00:39:54 PROFESSOR MCDONALD WAS CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING BUT THIS
00:39:57 HOUSING SHORTAGE IS SEVERE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR YOUNG
00:39:58 PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO RAISE A FAMILY IN THE CITY AND THAT
00:40:01 WE HAVE OUT OF REACH FOR EVERY YEAR.
00:40:04 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:40:05 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
00:40:11 MY NAME IS MAXINE ANDERSON AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE
00:40:15 AND PLANNING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE
00:40:19 MAKE UP THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:40:22 WE NEED HOUSING BUT THE PEOPLE SELL WITHIN PLANNING.
00:40:27 WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHETHER OR NOT WHICH
00:40:28 PEOPLE GET TO REMAIN HERE AND PLANNING DETERMINES THAT IT
00:40:34 DETERMINES THE MAKEUP OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:40:37 SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO HAVE A VISION THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE
00:40:42 PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, NOT JUST SOME.
00:40:46 >> AND SO I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE TWO NOMINEES THAT YOU
00:40:49 HAVE PUT FORWARD. I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO THEIR
00:40:51 BACKGROUNDS YET, BUT I WANT TO URGE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
00:40:57 VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT ALL OF US NEED TO
00:41:01 BE HERE. THE FILLMORE WAS DECIMATED
00:41:04 BECAUSE OF PLANNING DECISIONS AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT
00:41:08 SAME THING REOCCUR AGAIN AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITIES IN SAN
00:41:12 FRANCISCO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH .
00:41:15 GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:41:20 MY NAME IS CHARLES ANDREW SALMON.
00:41:21 I'M A D5 RESIDENT. I'M HERE WITH S.F. HAMBY AND I
00:41:24 WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXPRESS AND ARE BASICALLY NEED FOR MORE
00:41:31 INFORMATION ABOUT THE CANDIDATES THERE WERE ANNOUNCED
00:41:34 VERY RECENTLY AND GIVEN THE LACK OF PUBLIC POSITIONS FROM
00:41:38 PROFESSOR MCDONALD'S, WE I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR CONSIDERATION
00:41:42 OR NOMINATION SO THAT WE CAN GATHER MORE OPINIONS AND HOW
00:41:46 SHE WOULD VOTE ON THE ON THE BOARD OF THE ON THE PLANNING
00:41:50 COMMISSION GIVEN THE SEVERITY OF THEIR HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE
00:41:53 ARE IN RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:41:57 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THESE MATTERS?
00:42:01 THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.
00:42:05 THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
00:42:09 >> VICE-CHAIR SURE. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK
00:42:12 ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK
00:42:14 TODAY AND WHO HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME IN THIS PROCESS.
00:42:16 I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE TWO NOMINEES FOR PUTTING THEIR
00:42:20 NAMES FORWARD. I YOU KNOW, LOOK, I THINK THERE
00:42:24 IS A LOT OF FAIR COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
00:42:28 THE PUBLIC HAS HAD TO UNDERSTAND THESE THESE
00:42:32 NOMINEES. >> OBVIOUSLY JOEL KOPPEL'S
00:42:35 RECORD ON PAPER EXISTS MORE IN A TAKING VOTES MANNER
00:42:39 BECAUSE HE SERVED ON THE COMMISSION AND HIS VIEW TOWARDS
00:42:42 HOUSING PRODUCTION IS ONE THAT NOT ONLY FROM THAT RECORD BUT
00:42:47 ALSO FROM FROM PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS AND DIRECT
00:42:50 CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD MAKES ME VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HIM
00:42:53 GOING FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS. AND FURTHERMORE I THINK YOU
00:42:58 KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO PROFESSOR MCDONALD, I'VE HAD
00:43:01 MORE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER THAN OTHERS HAVE.
00:43:03 THAT'S A REALITY AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL
00:43:06 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION WITH EXISTING COMMISSIONERS
00:43:09 WITH THE MAYOR'S NOMINEE WHO ARE ABOUT TO TALK TO SHORTLY, I
00:43:16 THINK THE FOCUS ON HOUSING IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
00:43:19 DON'T GET ME WRONG ONE IOTA BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT PROFESSOR
00:43:24 MACDONALD'S RECORD ON TRANSIT AND STREETSCAPES, I THINK WE
00:43:28 HAVE TO LOOK BEYOND NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE THE
00:43:32 EXISTING CRISIS THAT WE HAVE TODAY BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
00:43:37 TO LOOK FORWARD AND SAY IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING THE
00:43:41 HOUSING THAT THE CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS WE WILL
00:43:44 PROBABLY BE MAKING A LOT MORE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN YOU KNOW, A
00:43:48 LOT MORE PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN THE CITY AND THAT WILL BIRTH
00:43:51 ITS OWN CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD AND WE NEED TO DO THE THING
00:43:56 THAT WE FAILED TO DO WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS WHICH IS GET
00:44:00 AHEAD OF IT. WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE
00:44:03 STREETSCAPE CRISIS THAT BY THE WAY IS ALREADY HERE.
00:44:04 I THINK WE ALL SEE THAT CONGESTION IS AN ALL TIME HIGH.
00:44:07 CARS IN THE STREETS ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.
00:44:10 WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT'S NOT TO GET BETTER.
00:44:12 AND SO MY COMFORT WITH PROFESSOR MACDONALD IS BASED ON
00:44:16 TWO THINGS ONE HER FOCUS IN OUR CONVERSATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE
00:44:21 OF THE UPFRONT PLANNING PROCESS.
00:44:22 BUT ONCE THE PLAN IS IN PLACE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD
00:44:26 AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK YOU MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE
00:44:27 TO ADDRESS AS MUCH IN QUESTIONS BUT I APPRECIATE OUR
00:44:29 CONVERSATION THERE. BUT ADDITIONALLY AS WE LOOK AT
00:44:32 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AS WE LOOK AT STREETSCAPES, AS
00:44:34 WE LOOK AT THE MAGIC THAT OCTAVIA HAS BECOME FROM WHAT
00:44:37 WAS PREVIOUSLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET AHEAD
00:44:41 OF IT. SO PRESENT IN THANK YOU FOR
00:44:43 BEING THOUGHTFUL WITH THESE NOMINEES.
00:44:47 I THINK WHAT I WOULD ASK FROM THESE TWO NOMINEES IF THEY MOVE
00:44:49 FORWARD IN THE PROCESS THEY REALLY DIG IN AND THINK ABOUT
00:44:51 NOT ONLY WHAT IS THE CRISIS TODAY BUT HOW DO WE BOTH
00:44:54 ADDRESS THIS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CRISES OF TOMORROW AS WELL
00:44:58 . AND I THINK IF WE FORGET
00:44:59 TRANSIT WE WILL BE FAILING. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
00:45:03 BOTH OF THESE NOMINEES. THANK YOU SO MUCH VICE YOUR
00:45:07 SHOW AND I WANT TO ONE THANK THE PUBLIC WHO CAME OUT TO MAKE
00:45:11 COMMENTS AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
00:45:12 I WANT TO THANK BOTH NOMINEES AND PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK
00:45:18 PRESIDENT MENEM AND FOR ACTUALLY PICKING TWO CANDIDATES
00:45:22 THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION THAT
00:45:25 THEY'RE BEING APPOINTED TO. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:45:29 HAVE THAT EXPERTISE AS WE LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN
00:45:33 HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY WITH THE ZONING PLAN AS WE LOOK AT
00:45:37 GOING TO MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED AND OF COURSE TRYING TO
00:45:41 MAINTAIN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND LISTEN TO THE
00:45:45 PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE PICKING
00:45:52 COMMISSIONERS AND PICKING PEOPLE TO SERVE SHOULD BE ABOUT
00:45:53 THEIR VALUES, THEIR MORALS, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR
00:45:57 EXPERTISE. IT SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT HOW WE
00:46:01 THINK OR HOW WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE.
00:46:04 IN FACT I THINK THAT'S BORDERLINE UNETHICAL.
00:46:07 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE MORE AND MORE WE VET CANDIDATES
00:46:11 THESE DAYS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO BE ABLE TO SAY
00:46:14 EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD DO IN A SPECIFIC SCENARIO.
00:46:18 AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE NUANCES AND MOST CERTAINLY
00:46:22 ISSUES THAT COME UP TO WHERE WE WE WANT TO KIND OF HAVE AN
00:46:26 UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE PEOPLE STAND.
00:46:27 BUT I THINK THERE ARE MORE MORALS THEIR VALUES, THEIR
00:46:30 EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE AND TRACK RECORD GIVES US INSIGHT INTO
00:46:33 HOW THEY WILL MOVE. AND SO I AM DEFINITELY OKAY
00:46:37 WITH SUPPORTING BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES MOVING FORWARD.
00:46:42 AND THEN AGAIN JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU PICKING TWO
00:46:45 CANDIDATES THAT HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE
00:46:50 AND EXPERTISE AND CARE ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO AND OF COURSE
00:46:54 PLANNING IN GENERAL. >> SO THANK YOU.
00:46:57 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ?
00:47:00 YEP. THANK YOU.
00:47:01 CHAIR WALTON. THANK YOU, PROFESSOR CHERYL I
00:47:05 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE STRIKE REJECTING FROM BOTH OF
00:47:12 THESE TWO MOTIONS AND FORWARD THE APPROVAL OF JOEL KOPPEL
00:47:16 AND ALSO ELIZABETH MACDONALD TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE
00:47:20 RECOMMENDATION AS COMMITTEE REPORTS ARE YES ON THAT MOTION
00:47:26 TO RECOMMEND AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
00:47:30 >> VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER I MET HIM IN I CHAIR
00:47:34 WALTON I WALTON I THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:47:37 >> THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES.
00:47:41 CONGRATULATIONS MR. CLERK. PLEASE CALL OUT ITEMS THREE
00:47:44 AND FOUR TOGETHER. >> I ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A
00:47:48 MOTION APPROVING REJECTING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE
00:47:50 APPOINTMENT OF MIKE CHEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A TERM
00:47:54 ENDING JUNE 30TH TWO, 2030. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A MOTION
00:47:58 APPROVING REJECTING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE REPORT
00:48:01 REAPPOINTMENT OF KATE STACY TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
00:48:05 TERM ENDING AUGUST 1ST, 2013. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLERK
00:48:09 AND I WILL CALL KIND OF CANDIDATES ABOUT HOW THEY
00:48:13 APPEAR AND FIRST WE HAVE MIKE CHEN.
00:48:20 >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:48:24 CHAIR WALTON VICE CHAIR CHERYL WATT PRESIDENT NADELMANN MY
00:48:27 NAME IS MIKE CHAN. I'M 36.
00:48:28 I'M A RENTER. I LIVE NEAR THE KAISER INQUIRY
00:48:32 INTO HIS ADERO IN DISTRICT TWO. I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR 12
00:48:35 YEARS. I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE SAN
00:48:40 FRANCISCO AND ALSO WITH THINGS THAT YOU LOVE.
00:48:41 YOU ALSO WANT TO KNOW YOU ALSO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT
00:48:44 YOU'RE THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE BETTER.
00:48:47 >> WHAT I THINK ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO IS HOPEFULLY MY
00:48:50 UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE IS THINKING ABOUT THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
00:48:54 CRISIS, THE HOUSING SUPPLY CRISIS AND BRINGING THE URGENCY
00:48:58 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS KILLING DREAMS AND HOPES FOR
00:48:59 PEOPLE WHETHER YOU ARE A NATIVE OR A NEWCOMER, WHETHER YOU ARE
00:49:03 YOUNG OR OLD, WHETHER YOU ARE WHETHER YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS OR
00:49:06 YOU HAVE THEM. I THINK THE HOUSING CRISIS IS
00:49:10 SOMETHING THAT REALLY WEIGHS ON ALL OF US.
00:49:13 IT'S THE REASON WHY WE CAN'T IT'S REALLY HARD TO HAVE LATE
00:49:15 NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING. IT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S A
00:49:18 REASON WHY IT'S REALLY HARD TO HAVE LIKE A VIBRANT ART SCENE
00:49:23 IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO BE AN ARTIST.
00:49:25 IT'S HARD TO BE AN ARTIST WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE WORKING MAYBE
00:49:29 ONE OR MULTIPLE JOBS IN THE CITY TO MAKE IT WORK.
00:49:32 WHAT I REALLY HOPE IS ALSO TO BE ABLE TO SET THE RIGHT
00:49:34 POLICIES, TO SET THE RIGHT SYSTEM OF LAWS AND INCENTIVES
00:49:38 SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE AFFORDABLE AND VIBRANT CITY
00:49:40 THAT WE WANT. >> MY EXPERIENCE I DO NOT HAVE
00:49:45 THE THE LUXURY OF BEING INTRODUCED BY BOARD PRESIDENT
00:49:48 MADELINE BUT A BRIEF EXPERIENCE THAT I HOPE WILL BE USEFUL FOR
00:49:52 THE COMMISSION IS MY IS MY PAST EXPERIENCE ALMOST TWO YEARS ON
00:49:58 THE MTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IN DATA
00:50:01 AND TECHNOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING AND MODIFYING
00:50:03 COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND MY YEARS OF ADVOCACY AT THE PLANNING
00:50:06 COMMISSION AND OTHER BODIES FOR A VIBRANT AFFORDABLE CITY FOR
00:50:10 HOUSING SHELTERS, FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING, FOR MARKET RATE
00:50:14 HOUSING FOR ALL THESE REASONS I'M VERY HONORED TO BE
00:50:17 NOMINATED BY MAYOR LAURIE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ASK
00:50:19 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU.
00:50:24 SIMILAR QUESTIONS ARE COMING FROM COLLEAGUES WHO CALL UP
00:50:27 KATE STACY. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR WALTON
00:50:38 VICE CHAIR CHERYL AND PRESIDENT MANDOLIN.
00:50:39 THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY REAPPOINTMENT TO THE SAN
00:50:42 FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND THANK YOU TO
00:50:46 MARY MAYOR LURIE FOR NOMINATING ME.
00:50:49 I'M INTERESTED IN CONTINUING MY WORK AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE
00:50:53 PUC FOR MANY REASONS FIRST AND MOST IMMEDIATELY I AM VERY
00:50:57 CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUING GOOD LEADERSHIP AT THE PUC WITH THE
00:51:02 RETIREMENT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER.
00:51:03 I WANT THE VAST IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PUC MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
00:51:09 TO CONTINUE WITH A LEADER WHO KNOWS HOW TO MANAGE EFFECTIVELY
00:51:13 TAKES A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ANTICIPATING CHANGES
00:51:14 INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT ON ALL THREE OF
00:51:18 THE PUC ENTERPRISE IS THE EXPANDED CROSS COLLABORATION
00:51:22 AMONG ALL THREE ENTERPRISES HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT
00:51:26 AND I HOPE TO FIND A LEADER WHO WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT BEST
00:51:30 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IS AS SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED FOR THE
00:51:34 CITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION NOW FOR
00:51:39 FOUR YEARS I HOPE AND I THINK I BRING GOOD PERSPECTIVE
00:51:43 AND EXPERIENCE TO THAT TASK. >> SECONDLY, I CONTINUE TO BE
00:51:47 INTERESTED IN PROTECTING OUR WATERSHEDS THIS ONGOING WORK IS
00:51:50 CRITICAL TO PROTECTING WATER SUPPLY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
00:51:55 >> THE TWO REALLY GO HAND IN HAND A FIRST TERM HIGHLIGHT
00:51:59 FOR ME WAS A KAYAK TRIP ON THE LOWER PTOLEMY RIVER WHERE I
00:52:03 COULD SEE THE ONGOING RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT THE
00:52:04 PUC ALONG WITH OUR IRRIGATION DISTRICT PARTNERS AND OUR
00:52:08 NONPROFIT PARTNERS BEGAN TO IMPLEMENT THE DOS RIOS STATE
00:52:12 PARK. THE STATE'S NEWEST STATE PARK
00:52:15 WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. >> THIRD, I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT
00:52:19 ACHIEVING RESILIENCE IN OUR WATER SUPPLY.
00:52:23 WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLIES AS THE PUC HAS
00:52:27 BEEN DOING EASING OUR DEPENDANCE ON THE WATER ME
00:52:31 RIVER ESPECIALLY DURING DRY YEARS AND SEEKING MORE
00:52:35 CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES.
00:52:38 >> FOURTH, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR WASTEWATER
00:52:43 SYSTEM UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS .
00:52:46 THE SOUTH EAST TREATMENT PLANT HAS COME TO LIFE DURING MY
00:52:47 TENURE ON THE COMMISSION AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE
00:52:51 IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF THE ART
00:52:55 TREATMENT FACILITIES. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND A TOUR FOR
00:52:58 ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN THE NEW SOUTHEAST TREATMENT PLANT YET.
00:53:02 THERE'S SO MUCH SCIENCE GOING ON THERE BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY,
00:53:06 PHYSICS JUST TO NAME A FEW AND IT'S REALLY FASCINATING.
00:53:09 >> WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIVE ALL THROUGH OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM
00:53:14 FOR CARING FOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND MANAGING OUR DISCHARGES
00:53:17 TO PROTECT THE BAY. >> FIFTH, I WANT TO MAINTAIN
00:53:21 SUPPORT FOR THE PARK'S PURSUIT OF CLEAN ENERGY AND CONTINUE TO
00:53:28 DEVELOP OUR CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO.
00:53:29 WE ARE MAKING CONTACT IN PROGRESS AND IT IS UTTERLY
00:53:33 ESSENTIAL FOR OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE OUR COLLECTIVE CARBON
00:53:37 FOOTPRINT. >> FINALLY, NONE OF THIS GOOD
00:53:41 WORK IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR RATEPAYERS.
00:53:45 EVERYTHING WE DO AT THE PUC IS SUPPORTED BY OUR RATEPAYERS
00:53:49 AND WE NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY
00:53:53 AND EFFICIENCY. THE PUC ESTABLISHED A RATE AN
00:53:56 AFFORDABILITY METRIC TARGET THAT THE PUC REALLY STRIVES TO
00:54:01 ADHERE TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAMS WORK HARD
00:54:05 EVERY DAY AND WITH ALL THREE ENTERPRISES TO STAY WITHIN THAT
00:54:08 AFFORDABILITY TARGET. I REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO
00:54:11 SUPPORT THAT WORK. THE CITY HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY
00:54:16 FROM TAKING A LEADERSHIP POSITION ON IMPORTANT ISSUES.
00:54:19 THE PUC HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF IT.
00:54:23 I'D BE HONORED TO REMAIN A PART OF THIS EFFORT.
00:54:27 THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY NOMINATION.
00:54:30 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> VICE CHAIR CHERYL.
00:54:36 TO BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR RAISING YOUR HANDS FOR YOUR
00:54:37 WILLINGNESS TO SERVE HERE. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF
00:54:41 QUESTIONS. ONE KIND OF MACRO ABOUT THE
00:54:43 COMMISSION AND AFFORDABILITY IN ONE KIND OF A MICRO
00:54:45 NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL CONCERN. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYTHING
00:54:51 YOU TALKED ABOUT MAKES AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF SENSE.
00:54:52 BUT YOU KNOW, THE THE THING THAT IS HIGH ON MY MIND IS THE
00:54:59 EXPENSE OF LIVING IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
00:55:03 WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH HOUSING EARLIER BUT BUT THE PUC BILLS
00:55:07 PLAY A ROLE IN THAT. >> WHAT IS THE PIECES
00:55:11 RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS ERA OF BUDGET TIGHTENING TO KEEP ITS
00:55:15 OWN BUDGETS AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AS THAT MAY
00:55:19 AFFECT WATER RATES OR OTHER RATES?
00:55:23 >> I THINK THE PUC ABSOLUTE HAS TO FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY.
00:55:27 I THINK THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT QUITE A BIT IN THE FOUR YEARS
00:55:31 THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION AND PROBABLY BEFORE
00:55:34 THAT THE COSTS OF UTILITIES, ENERGY, WASTEWATER, WATER ARE
00:55:38 ALL FACTORS THAT WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVERY MONTH WITH OUR
00:55:43 FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS. I THINK THAT OUR SHORT TERM OUR
00:55:49 TWO YEAR CAPITAL PLAN AND OUR TEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN ARE VERY
00:55:53 STRICTLY INFORMED BY THIS AFFORDABILITY METRIC THAT THE
00:55:57 PUC HAS ESTABLISHED. AND I THINK WE WE NEED TO
00:56:01 REALLY, REALLY WORK HARD TO STAY WITHIN THAT AFFORDABILITY
00:56:04 METRIC BECAUSE I THINK IT ABSOLUTELY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
00:56:09 PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO STAY IN THE CITY.
00:56:12 >> I AGREE WITH THAT AND I WOULD URGE AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY
00:56:13 AROUND THAT AS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
00:56:17 BUDGET TIMING. THERE IS FOR WRITER FOR WRONG A
00:56:21 BIT OF A VIEW OUT THERE THAT SOME OF THE ENTERPRISE AGENCIES
00:56:24 MAY BE BECOME A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO HAVE CUSHY JOBS.
00:56:29 NO I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY TRUE BUT I THINK WE
00:56:31 NEED TO BE AWARE OF THOSE PERSPECTIVES AND BE VERY
00:56:33 TRANSPARENT. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
00:56:37 MY SECOND QUESTION. I REPRESENT THE MARINA.
00:56:39 MARINA BOULEVARD HAS SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS AND RESIDENTS
00:56:43 DON'T FEEL AS IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
00:56:46 DIRECTLY HOW DO YOU VIEW THE PUC IS RESPONSIBLE TO BE
00:56:51 RESPONSIVE TO NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL CONCERNS ON A BLOCK BY
00:56:54 BLOCK BASIS? >> I THINK THAT THE PUC IS
00:56:57 UNDERTAKING IMPROVEMENT WORK ALONG MARINA BOULEVARD IN THE
00:57:01 LONG THAT WATERFRONT. I THINK THERE ARE AREAS OF THE
00:57:03 CITY FOLSOM IS ANOTHER ONE THE ALIMONY AREA AND THE MARINA
00:57:09 BOULEVARD ARE ALL AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PRONE TO FLOODING
00:57:10 WITH THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM WORK THAT IS ONGOING.
00:57:14 THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THE
00:57:22 CONTAINMENT PIPELINES BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM
00:57:25 AND STORMWATER SYSTEM. IT CAN GET OVERWHELMED WITH
00:57:30 THESE EPIC STORMS WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
00:57:33 AND SO I THINK THAT THE PUC HAS BEEN AND MUST CONTINUE TO FOCUS
00:57:37 ON THOSE PROBLEM AREAS WHERE THE FLOODING TAKES PLACE AND I
00:57:42 THINK THE IMPROVEMENTS HOPEFULLY WILL AND HAVE
00:57:45 AND WILL CONTINUE TO REALLY AMELIORATE THOSE PROBLEM AREAS
00:57:53 AT LEAST IN THE MARINA THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS PROBABLY
00:57:54 WON'T AND I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY AND I DON'T SAY THAT TO
00:57:57 PUSH BACK ON YOU. BUT BUT BUT I THINK MY MY
00:58:01 LARGER QUESTION WOULD BE RIGHT NOW THE PUC AIMS TO HAVE THE
00:58:02 SEWAGE SYSTEM ADDRESS A FIVE YEAR STORM COMFORTABLY BUT
00:58:07 WE'RE SEEING FIVE YEAR STORMS HAPPEN MORE OFTEN THAN FIVE
00:58:09 YEARS. >> DOES THE PUC NEED TO
00:58:11 REEVALUATE ITS THRESHOLD FOR WHAT THE SYSTEM SHOULD OR
00:58:13 SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE? >> I THINK CLIMATE CHANGE IS
00:58:16 AFFECTING EVERYTHING THE PUC DOES.
00:58:20 I, I I'M SORRY I CAN'T RECALL IMMEDIATELY WHETHER WE ARE
00:58:27 LOOKING AT MORE THAN A FIVE YEAR STORM BUT I THINK WE ARE
00:58:31 SEEING MUCH BIGGER STORMS, MORE INTENSE WEATHER PATTERNS THAT
00:58:35 WE ABSOLUTELY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
00:58:39 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:58:42 VICE-CHAIR SO JUST ONE QUESTION.
00:58:45 COMMISSIONER, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A GENERAL
00:58:49 MANAGER RETIRING. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST
00:58:52 WAY TO GO ABOUT SELECTING A NEW LEADER?
00:58:55 >> I WANT THIS PROCESS TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AND AS TRANSPARENT AS
00:59:04 POSSIBLE. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
00:59:07 RESOURCES HAS WORKED MOST RECENTLY WITH THE PORT AND THE
00:59:08 RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT TO LOOK FOR NEW DIRECTORS.
00:59:12 I THINK WE HAVE TO CAST OUR NET WIDE.
00:59:16 I THINK WE NEED TO SEEK OUT A DIVERSE APPLICANT POOL AND I.
00:59:21 I WANT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND AS MANY STAKEHOLDERS AS WE
00:59:27 CAN TO REALLY INFORM THE PROCESS.
00:59:28 I, I REALLY FEEL SO STRONGLY THAT GOOD MANAGEMENT IS SO
00:59:36 IMPORTANT FOR AFFORDABILITY FOR THE WAY THAT WE IMPLEMENT OUR
00:59:39 CONTRACTS, THE WAY THAT THE PUC WORKS MORE EFFICIENTLY.
00:59:44 IT ALL COMES DOWN TO COSTS AND BUDGET FOR OUR RATEPAYERS.
00:59:48 SO I'M I'M REALLY EAGER TO SEE A BIG POOL OF DIVERSE
00:59:54 APPLICANTS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO REALLY EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT AT
01:00:00 THE PUC AND THIS IS A STATEMENT OUT OF QUESTION BECAUSE YOU DID
01:00:03 MENTION BOTH PROCESSES FOR THE PORT AND OUR PD AND THEY BOTH
01:00:07 ENDED UP LANDING ON INTERNAL CANDIDATES WHICH BY ALL MEANS I
01:00:10 AM DEFINITELY NOT SAYING I HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THOSE
01:00:14 CANDIDATES BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT
01:00:18 CASTING A WIDE NET AND TRYING TO SEE WHO THE BEST FIT MAY BE,
01:00:22 IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN ENDING UP HAVING GOOD INTERNAL
01:00:26 CANDIDATES AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A GOOD OR BAD THING.
01:00:30 I'M JUST SAYING IT SEEMS HOW THE PROCESS HAS GONE THE LAST
01:00:33 COUPLE OF TIMES. WITH THAT SAID, I DON'T SEE ANY
01:00:37 COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS BY COLLEAGUES SO WE WILL GO TO
01:00:39 PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
01:00:42 >> THANK YOU. YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
01:00:46 WISH TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS SHOULD LINE UP SPEAK AT THIS
01:00:47 TIME. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED
01:00:48 ONE MINUTE. >> HELLO MISSOU FOR SFE AND B
01:00:56 WE ARE VERY THRILLED AND PROUD TO SUPPORT MIKE CHEN FOR
01:00:59 PLANNING COMMISSION. HE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME
01:01:03 ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVING HOUSING SUPPLY AND IMPROVING THE CRISIS
01:01:07 THAT WE HAVE THE SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HOMES SO WE ARE
01:01:11 EXTREMELY PROUD AND THRILLED THAT HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
01:01:14 >> THANK YOU. >> HI, MY NAME IS ALI ZANG
01:01:22 AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. >> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MIKE
01:01:25 CHEN'S NOMINATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION HOUSING
01:01:29 AND SAFE. IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE AND WE NEED
01:01:30 TO BUILD MORE HOMES. HE SPENT YEARS ADVOCATING FOR
01:01:33 INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY AND TRANSIT AND I THINK HE'LL
01:01:37 BRING THAT EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO THE
01:01:38 COMMISSION. >> AS A YOUNG PERSON WHO HOPES
01:01:41 TO BUILD A LIFE AND MAYBE RAISE A FAMILY IN THE CITY ONE DAY,
01:01:43 I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY HERE
01:01:46 LONG TERM. >> AND I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY
01:01:47 PERSON WHO FEELS THAT WAY. WE NEED LEADERS WHO ARE SERIOUS
01:01:51 ABOUT ADDRESSING THE HOUSING SHORTAGE AND I BELIEVE MIKE IS
01:01:54 ONE OF THEM. >> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
01:01:55 AND CONSIDERATION. >> HELLO.
01:02:02 I'M PETER BELDEN, POLITICAL CHAIR FOR THE SIERRA CLUB
01:02:05 SPEAKING IN STRONG SUPPORT OF MIKE CHEN FOR THE COMMISSION
01:02:06 HOPEFULLY SUPERVISORS RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT WE SENT IN IN
01:02:10 SUPPORT OF HIM. I THINK IN ADDITION TO HIS
01:02:14 RECORD OF BEING A GREAT ADVOCATE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
01:02:15 OBSERVE MIKE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS ON THE MTA BOARD AND IN
01:02:18 PARTICULAR JUST HOW THOUGHTFUL HE IS IN CONSIDERING THINGS.
01:02:21 SO WE ARE VERY STRONG SUPPORT FOR MIKE CHEN HELLO JONATHAN
01:02:29 BITTERMAN AGAIN WITH SFE AND BE AT NORTHERN NEIGHBORS A SUPER
01:02:33 STRONG SUPPORT FOR MIKE CHEN HONESTLY I THINK MIKE CHEN IS
01:02:36 THE REASON I AM STANDING HERE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A LEADER
01:02:37 IN THE HOUSING MOVEMENT FOR A LONG TIME AND HAS REALLY GROWN
01:02:41 LIKE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THIS HAS BEEN
01:02:45 A MENTOR TO ME HAS BEEN A MENTOR I THINK TO MANY OTHERS
01:02:49 IN THE IN THE MOVEMENT AND I THINK HIS HIS SERVICE FIRST AS
01:02:52 AT THE ICAC AND THAT ON THE S.F. MTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
01:02:56 JUST SHOWS HOW HOW MUCH HE CARES ABOUT THOUGHTFUL PUBLIC
01:03:00 SERVICE SO STRONG SUPPORT FOR MIKE HI FOLKS BOB ESFANDIARI
01:03:10 HERE WEARING MY UNITED DEMOCRATIC CLUB HAT TODAY YOU
01:03:13 SHOULD HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT LILY
01:03:17 WHO COULDN'T REMAIN. BUT WE'RE HERE IN STRONG
01:03:18 SUPPORT OF MIKE CHEN WHO NOT ONLY VOLUNTEERS WITH US OF ME
01:03:24 AND SERVES ON THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC CLUB BOARD
01:03:25 AND SERVES ON THE MTA BOARD AND VOLUNTEERS IN HIS LOCAL
01:03:28 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. BUT HE'S A THOUGHTFUL, CARING
01:03:32 PERSON WHO I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING AS A FRIEND
01:03:33 FOR OVER A DECADE NOW AND HE LIKES TO PROBLEM SOLVE THINGS
01:03:39 AND SOMETIMES PLANNING REQUIRES TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH
01:03:41 A LOT OF OPINIONS AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY
01:03:44 HAPPY. BUT MIKE MORE THAN ANYTHING
01:03:47 ELSE IS SOMEONE WHO LOVES TO DIG IN, WHO LOVES TO LISTEN TO
01:03:49 PEOPLE AND WHO DOES LIKE TO TRY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS WHERE HE
01:03:52 CAN. AND I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF
01:03:55 MENTALITY IS SOMETHING WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IN CITY
01:03:56 GOVERNMENT, NOT LESS. I ENTHUSIASTICALLY PERSONALLY
01:04:00 ADORE MIKE CHEN AND I THINK THAT HE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES THE
01:04:03 SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF
01:04:04 SUPERVISORS. >> THANK YOU.
01:04:09 >> GOOD MORNING GIRLS COMMITTEE.
01:04:10 MY NAME IS ALYSSIA BALL AND I AM A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT
01:04:14 AND I ALSO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.
01:04:17 SO I BELIEVE WITH WHAT I HOW I'VE SEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS
01:04:21 HOW HOUSING CRISIS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASING.
01:04:25 I KNOW THAT MIKE CHEN HAS BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE FAMILY
01:04:26 ZONING PLAN. HE'S SHOWN HIS SUPPORT OF
01:04:30 REALLY JUST HIS ADVOCACY AND WHAT HE STANDS UP FOR BEING
01:04:34 A HUGE URBAN PART OF YIMBY AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED
01:04:38 YOUNG LEADERS RIGHT NOW TODAY THAT ARE REALLY WANTING TO PUSH
01:04:41 THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN FORWARD AND BUILD MORE HOUSING TODAY
01:04:45 LIKE I LIVE IN A RENT CONTROLLED APARTMENT.
01:04:49 I MOVED HERE A FEW YEARS AGO BUT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
01:04:52 AFFORD TO MOVE HERE TODAY AND I KNOW THAT MIKE CHEN REALLY
01:04:54 WANTS TO REPRESENT PEOPLE TO COME AND MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO
01:04:57 AND HE'S SHOWN HIS ADVOCACY AND HIS VALUES WITHIN THE YEARS
01:05:01 AND I STRONGLY URGE HIS CONFIRMATION TO THE BOARD.
01:05:05 >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:05:12 >> MY NAME IS JULES ESTELLE DEFI RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO
01:05:15 EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR MIKE CHEN.
01:05:16 I THINK HE'S BEEN A RELENTLESS ADVOCATE FOR THE HOUSING CRISIS
01:05:20 AND HOW TO SOLVE IT. AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING
01:05:23 FORWARD TO HIS PERSPECTIVE, OPINION AND LIFE EXPERIENCE
01:05:24 BEING REPRESENTED ON THIS BOARD.
01:05:27 >> AS A RENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN HERE FOR TEN YEARS, I
01:05:31 THINK THAT HAVING SOMEONE WHO CAN RELATE TO MY EXPERIENCE
01:05:33 WILL BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
01:05:36 SO THANK YOU. >> HELLO.
01:05:42 MY NAME IS. HELLO.
01:05:45 MY NAME IS MAXINE ANDERSON. GOOD MORNING.
01:05:48 >> I'M FROM DISTRICT FIVE. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP
01:05:52 AN ISSUE THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT EACH OF THE CANDIDATES FOR BOTH
01:05:56 FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND FROM PLANNING
01:06:00 TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THERE ARE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE PLANNED
01:06:03 FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:06:04 DATA CENTERS USE A LOT OF WATER.
01:06:08 IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH HOW PUC PLANS AND I HOPE
01:06:11 THAT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY ANYBODY WHO'S BEING THOUGHT OF
01:06:18 FOR THOSE POSITIONS. >> ALSO AS FAR AS PLANNING IS
01:06:20 CONCERNED, NORMALLY PLANNING NORMALLY DATA CENTERS ARE
01:06:24 SITUATED IN POOR AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
01:06:28 DO THEY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE
01:06:31 BEING DECIMATED AS HUNTERS POINT WAS BY THE NAVAL
01:06:38 SHIPYARDS FOR THE SICKNESS AND INJURY THAT OCCURRED
01:06:42 IN THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED MARGINALIZED.
01:06:46 >> AND THE FINAL THING SPEAKER TIME HAS ELAPSED.
01:06:47 THANK YOU. >> REMEMBER PUBLIC HOUSING?
01:06:51 IT'S NOT A DIRTY WORD. >> MY NAME IS ROB ROUNTREE.
01:06:57 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY
01:07:01 STRONG SUPPORT FOR MIKE CHEN FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
01:07:05 I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE HIS FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY
01:07:09 AND SUPPLY IN HOUSING WHICH I CONSIDER THE MOST PRESSING
01:07:13 ISSUE RELATED TO THE WIRE WORK OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
01:07:19 >> THANK YOU. >> GREETINGS MY FELLOW
01:07:28 SERVANTS. I DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS
01:07:29 GOING TO BE SO APPROPRIATE BUT IT ABSOLUTELY IS THE DATA
01:07:32 CENTERS THING. I SUPPORT MIKE CHEN.
01:07:35 I'M SORRY I WROTE SOMETHING. IS IT OKAY IF I JUST READ IT?
01:07:39 OKAY. BECAUSE IT IS ABSOLUTE
01:07:42 ESSENTIAL. I LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
01:07:43 OKAY. I WRITE THIS NOT OUT OF FEAR
01:07:46 BUT BY NECESSITY TWO THINGS JUDGES AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
01:07:49 KNOW AND COMMON PEOPLE LOVE TO PLAY WORD GAMES THEY DO NOT
01:07:51 UNDERSTAND. AND LIARS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
01:07:54 TRUTH IS. WHEN EDWARD SNOWDEN CAME
01:07:57 FORWARD ABOUT THE XKEYSCORE PROGRAM I WAS FRIENDS WITH MIKE
01:07:58 OVER CONOCIDO KNOWS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
01:08:02 BUT I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND HIS BIRTHDAY.
01:08:05 THOSE DATA CENTERS WORK WITH PFIZER TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND
01:08:08 PEOPLE LIKE ME. YOU'RE ALL SPEAKING IN FRONT OF
01:08:10 THE FISA COURT ALL THE TIME. YEAH, WE NEED THOSE ANYWAY.
01:08:18 GOD BLESS YOU. HEY, FELICIA.
01:08:19 REMEMBER REMEMBER I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU.
01:08:24 >> MARRY ME. >> HI.
01:08:33 >> MY NAME IS DANIEL. I'M A VOLUNTEER LEAD WITH SFE.
01:08:34 ME AND COAL VALLEY RESIDENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
01:08:40 MIKE CHEN FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
01:08:41 HE HAS A GREAT VIEW ON HOUSING AND GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF THE
01:08:46 CRISIS BUT TO ME ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THAT I'VE ONLY BEEN
01:08:50 IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND IN GETTING TO
01:08:53 KNOW MIKE CHEN DURING THAT TIME HE'S JUST BEEN AN ABSOLUTE
01:08:56 GREAT GUY WHO REALLY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT EVEN NEW FRIENDS
01:09:00 AND PEOPLE HE DOESN'T SUPER KNOW VERY WELL LIKE ME.
01:09:03 HE HAS DONE A LOT OF STUFF WITH TRANSIT AND I THINK EARLY ON
01:09:06 ONE TIME I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD MY BUS THE 22 IT'S MISERABLE
01:09:10 AND LIKE EVERY SINGLE TIME EVEN WHEN I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING A
01:09:13 LITTLE ANNOYING HE'S LIKE NO, TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR BUS
01:09:15 LIKE YOU'RE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS LIKE I WANT TO TALK TO
01:09:18 YOU ABOUT THEM AND I THINK HE CAN CARRY THAT KIND OF ENERGY
01:09:21 AND DISPOSITION INTO PLANNING WHICH I THINK WILL BE VERY GOOD
01:09:22 FOR THAT COMMISSION. >> THANK YOU.
01:09:27 >> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THESE ITEMS?
01:09:31 THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.
01:09:34 THANK YOU. >> SENIOR SPEAKERS PUBLIC
01:09:35 COMMENT IS CLOSED. PRESENT GENTLEMEN.
01:09:42 I WANT TO THANK MIKE CHEN FOR TAKING THE CALL.
01:09:44 VALLEY RESIDENTS TRANSIT CONCERN SERIOUSLY.
01:09:46 HAPPY TO SUPPORT HIM. >> I ALSO WANT TO VOICE MY
01:09:54 STRONG SUPPORT FOR MIKE CHEN MIKE IS I THINK HE'S A VERY,
01:10:01 VERY LEVELHEADED AND VERY THOUGHTFUL PERSON AND I THINK
01:10:04 THAT PLUS HIS KINDNESS DO NOT GO RECOGNIZED QUITE AS MUCH.
01:10:08 I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE PRETTY AWARE OF HIS ADVOCACY IN MOVING
01:10:12 THE CITY FORWARD WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
01:10:13 BUT I THINK THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACH PROBLEMS IS VERY
01:10:16 UNIQUE AND IS INCREDIBLY VALUED BY MANY NOT OF LEAST WHICH IS
01:10:20 ME. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
01:10:23 FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE YOU. >> YOU CLEARLY HAVE NO REGARD
01:10:31 FOR YOUR OWN ANXIETY AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON FIRST
01:10:34 THE MTA BOARD AND NOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
01:10:35 >> BUT OTHER THAN THAT BUT SERIOUSLY THANK YOU AND MISS
01:10:41 STACY, THANK YOU ALSO FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE.
01:10:44 >> WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO A TO AMEND ON ITEM
01:10:53 NUMBER THREE. >> I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND
01:10:56 THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE WORD REJECTING AND MOVE FORWARD A
01:11:00 MOTION APPROVING MIKE CHEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TERM
01:11:04 ENDING JUNE 30TH 2030 AND FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR A MOVE TO
01:11:11 AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE WORD REJECTING AND MOVE FORWARD
01:11:16 A MOTION APPROVING KATE STACY TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
01:11:20 COMMISSION. YES ON THE MOTION FOR ITEM
01:11:27 NUMBER THREE IS TO AMEND THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE AIRPORT
01:11:31 SO I'M SORRY AS COMMITTEE REPORTS THANK YOU.
01:11:32 >> PRESENT AMENDMENT YES AS COMMITTEE REPORTS.
01:11:35 YES. ITEM THREE IS TO AMEND TO
01:11:38 DELETE OR REJECTING TO RECOMMEND MIKE CHEN TO THE
01:11:42 PLANNING COMMISSION AND FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD WITH
01:11:43 RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT ON ITEM FOUR IS TO AMEND
01:11:48 THE MOTION TO DELETE REJECTING AND TO RECOMMEND THE
01:11:52 APPOINTMENT OF KATE STACY TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
01:11:56 AND RECOMMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD AS A COMMITTEE REPORT ON
01:12:04 THOSE MOTIONS. >> VICE CHAIR CHERYL SHAW I
01:12:07 REMEMBER I MET HIM AND I CHAIR WALTON WALTON ABSENT THAT
01:12:11 MOTION PASSES I WITHOUT OBJECTION WITH CHAIR WALTON
01:12:19 BEING ABSENT FROM MR. CLERK ARE THERE ANY MORE ITEMS BEFORE US
01:12:26 TODAY THAT COMPLETES THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
01:12:30 >> MEETING IS ADJOURNED BECAUSE OF TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT
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