00:00:05 AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:09 WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 5TH 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE LAND USE
00:00:13 AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:00:16 SUPERVISORS. >> I AM SUPERVISOR MARIN I'M
00:00:19 ELK OUR CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:21 CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY THE COMMITTEE CLERK
00:00:24 TODAY IS JOHN CARROLL AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:00:31 JEANETTE AND GOLIATH AT T V FOR STOPPING US DURING THIS
00:00:35 MEETING. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:36 ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
00:00:37 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU'VE
00:00:40 SILENCED YOUR CELL PHONE AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES
00:00:41 YOU'VE BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
00:00:43 IF YOU HAVE NEW DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY OF
00:00:46 TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY TO ME.
00:00:48 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA
00:00:51 WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS
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00:01:14 THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS IN ROOM 244 AND OUR ADDRESS CITY HALL
00:01:18 IS ONE DR. CARLTON B GOOD PLACE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102
00:01:25 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING I'LL AFFORD YOUR
00:01:28 COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR
00:01:30 COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE
00:01:32 COMMENTING ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON
00:01:36 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF OCTOBER 20TH 2026 UNLESS
00:01:40 OTHERWISE STATED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLERK.
00:01:44 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN
00:01:48 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR LANDMARK NUMBER
00:01:52 307 THE TURK AND TAYLOR STREETS INTERSECTION TOGETHER WITH
00:01:55 DEFINED PORTIONS OF ONE ON ONE TAYLOR STREET KNOWN AS THE SITE
00:01:56 OF COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT UNDER ARTICLE TEN OF THE
00:02:00 PLANNING CODE TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BUILDING AT 1011 21
00:02:03 TAYLOR STREET AND TO EXPAND THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE
00:02:07 AFFIRMING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S SECRET
00:02:09 DETERMINATION AND MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AS APPROPRIATE.
00:02:12 THIS ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT
00:02:16 AND IT MAY BE SENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF
00:02:18 SUPERVISORS ON THEIR AGENDA. OCTOBER 6TH, 2026 THANK YOU MR.
00:02:22 CLERK. >> WE ARE NOW JOINED BY
00:02:26 DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD.
00:02:29 >> THE SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM SUPERVISOR REMOVED THE FIRST
00:02:33 THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. I'LL GO BY NOW I IMAGINE ALL OF
00:02:34 US ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT
00:02:40 THE LOCATION OF JEAN COMPTON'S CAFETERIA AT THE CORNER OF TURK
00:02:41 AND TAYLOR WAS A SIGNIFICANT THIRD SPACE FOR THE TRANSGENDER
00:02:45 COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE 1960S.
00:02:48 >> AT THE TIME CROSS-DRESSING WAS ILLEGAL AND TRANS WOMEN
00:02:52 IN PARTICULAR WERE TARGETED BY STAFF AT THE CAFETERIA AND THE
00:02:56 POLICE DEPARTMENT. THESE TENSIONS CAME TO A HEAD
00:02:59 ONE NIGHT IN AUGUST 1966 WHEN AFTER A POLICE OFFICER
00:03:02 ATTEMPTED TO ARREST A TRANS WOMAN SHE FOUGHT BACK
00:03:05 GALVANIZING THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND THEIR ALLIES AGAINST THE
00:03:10 POLICE. >> THE VIOLENT CLASH IS
00:03:11 RECOGNIZED AS THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSGENDER ACTIVISM
00:03:14 MOVEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND A PRECEDENT THE STONEWALL RIOT
00:03:17 THREE YEARS LATER IN NEW YORK CITY.
00:03:20 >> IT'S BECOME INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL SYMBOL FOR THE
00:03:22 COMMUNITY. IT WAS CENTRAL TO THE CREATION
00:03:25 OF THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT AND AS THE SETTING OF A PLAY
00:03:28 IN 2022 THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
00:03:32 AND THIS BOARD APPROVED A LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE
00:03:33 SITE OF THE RIOT BUT LIMITED IT TO JUST THE FACADE AND THE
00:03:36 SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND NOT THE WHOLE
00:03:39 BUILDING ITSELF. >> IT WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
00:03:42 DIRECTION BUT UNDERSOLD THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
00:03:44 WHOLE BUILDING. >> THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS
00:03:47 ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER FOR HISTORIC PLACES ON
00:03:51 THE UPPER FLOORS AND INTERIOR SPACES ALSO CARRIES
00:03:54 SIGNIFICANCE TO THE HISTORY OF THE TRANS RIGHTS MOVEMENT
00:03:55 AND TRANS LIFE IN MID-CENTURY SAN FRANCISCO ADVOCATES LED BY
00:04:02 COMPTON COMPTON'S X COALITION CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR MORE
00:04:03 RECOGNITION. >> THEY WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE
00:04:06 BUILDING BECOME A LANDMARK INSIDE AND OUT AND INITIATED
00:04:10 THE APPLICATION FOR THE LANDMARK MODIFICATION.
00:04:13 >> THE URGENCY OF THIS LANDMARKING IS DRIVEN IN PART
00:04:14 BY THE BUILDING'S CURRENT USE THE BUILDING THAT HOLDS THE
00:04:18 COMPTON SITE 111 TAYLOR IS OWNED BY GEO GROUP.
00:04:22 >> THEY ARE A NOTORIOUS ICE CONTRACTOR WHO RUNS PRIVATE
00:04:26 DETENTION FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:04:29 >> THE FACILITY AT 111 TAYLOR IS A HALFWAY HOUSE WITH STATE
00:04:33 AND FEDERAL CONTRACTS WHERE FORMER INMATES GO TO BEGIN
00:04:34 THEIR REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.
00:04:38 THE OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY, HOWEVER MUST BE RECOGNIZED HAS
00:04:41 BEEN HEAVILY CRITICIZED BY CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
00:04:46 WE HOLD A HEARING INTO THE DEATH OF MELVIN BULLEN IN THE
00:04:48 GEO GROUP CUSTODY LAST YEAR AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM
00:04:51 FAMILY MEMBERS OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING THEIR HEALTH
00:04:54 AND THEIR SAFETY AT THIS SITE I WOULD NOTE THE GEO GROUP DOES
00:04:58 NOT OPPOSE THE LANDMARKING OF THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF THE
00:05:01 BUILDING WHICH IS THE SCOPE OF THE ITEM BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
00:05:02 >> HOWEVER GEO GROUP HAS REFUSED ENTRY INTO THE FACILITY
00:05:06 TO ADVOCATES AND TO THE CITY EVEN AFTER A REQUEST FROM OUR
00:05:10 OFFICE WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OR PHOTOGRAPHIC
00:05:13 EVIDENCE OF HOW WELL THE INTERIOR IS PRESERVED.
00:05:16 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO MAKE A
00:05:20 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE INTERIOR SPACES BE INCLUDED AS
00:05:21 CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE LANDMARK.
00:05:24 >> MY OFFICE AND I HAVE RETIRED THIS WOOD STAFF TO PURSUE EVERY
00:05:29 AVENUE POSSIBLE PRESERVING THE CAFETERIA SPACE AND THE OTHER
00:05:33 SPACES THAT NOT ONLY DEFINE THIS MOMENT IN TRANS HISTORY
00:05:36 BUT AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL SPACE UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF
00:05:40 TRANS SAN FRANCISCO DESPITE THE IN-DEPTH ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FROM
00:05:44 THE COMPTON SEX COALITION WHICH WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE, IT'S OUR
00:05:48 UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE THE LEGAL APPROVAL TO
00:05:49 INTRODUCE AMENDMENTS THAT MEET THE NECESSARY STANDARDS FOR
00:05:52 PROTECTING THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
00:05:55 >> I WANT TO NOTE THAT I SINCERELY HOPE THIS IS NOT THE
00:05:57 END OF THAT STORY AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TIME THAT WE
00:05:59 CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION WHOSE
00:06:02 SCOPE IS BEFITTING THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SITE.
00:06:06 BUT AT THIS POINT THE BEST NEXT STEP FOR THE COMMUNITY IS TO
00:06:08 MOVE FORWARD. WE FEEL WITH THE PROTECTION OF
00:06:11 THE WHOLE BUILDING EXTERIOR WE WANT TO MAKE SOME MOTIONS TODAY
00:06:14 THAT ALLOW US FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT
00:06:15 CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE. SO TODAY I ASKED THE COMMITTEE
00:06:19 A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE MAKE A MINOR CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO THE
00:06:22 FILE THEN DUPLICATE THIS FILE, SEND THE ORIGINAL AMENDED FILE
00:06:29 OUT AS A COMMITTEE REPORT WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:06:32 AND THEN AMEND THE DUPLICATED FILE TO ADD OUR INTENTION TO
00:06:33 BRING THIS ITEM BACK. ONCE ADVOCATES ARE ABLE TO
00:06:37 ESTABLISH SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE
00:06:40 INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING TO THE FINDINGS SPECIFICALLY THE
00:06:44 AMENDMENT AMENDED CLERICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MAIN FILE ARE
00:06:46 ON PAGE FOUR LINE TEN CHANGES THE SIX TO AN EIGHT TO CORRECT
00:06:50 THE ORIGINAL ORDINAL NUMBER AND THEN PAGE EIGHT LINE SIX
00:06:54 REMOVING 12 A.M. TO REFLECT CITY ATTORNEY'S DRAFTING
00:06:57 PROTOCOLS AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE DUPLICATED FILE IS ADDING A
00:07:03 NINTH FINDING CLAUSE STARTING ON PAGE FOUR LINE 15 THAT READS
00:07:05 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY URGES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
00:07:09 AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER THE
00:07:10 SCOPE OF THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION IF NEW EVIDENCE OF
00:07:13 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES BECOMES AVAILABLE.
00:07:17 I WANT TO THANK CHANDRA LABORDE CASEY RIOS, ASH CABAL DUFFY
00:07:21 AND MYRA AND THE REST OF THE COMPTON SEX COALITION AS WELL
00:07:24 AS THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT FOR THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY FOR
00:07:27 PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE SITE.
00:07:29 >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK PETER A MILLION EACH AND BRAD RUSTY
00:07:32 FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PILAR LAVALLE AND RICH
00:07:36 SEAGRAVE FROM THE PLANNING PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR
00:07:40 ASSISTING ON THIS ITEM THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
00:07:41 AND ANSWERING OUR COUNTLESS QUESTIONS AND HOW WE CAN PUSH
00:07:44 THE ENVELOPE ON LANDMARK DESIGNATION WHEN I ALSO THANK
00:07:47 SUPERVISORS CHEN MANDOLIN AND DORSEY FOR THEIR
00:07:48 CO-SPONSORSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION.
00:07:51 AND I'LL NEXT FIRST TURN IT OVER TO PAULA LAVALLE FROM
00:07:55 PLANNING TO GO OVER THEIR PROCESS AND THEN TO CHANDRA
00:07:58 LABORDE FROM THE CONTENT SEX COALITION FOR A BRIEF
00:07:59 PRESENTATION HOLLAND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD AND SUPERVISOR CHEN.
00:08:08 >> THANK YOU CHAIR MARGOT I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
00:08:12 YOU TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR ADVANCING THIS LEGISLATION FOR
00:08:16 THE BUILDING AT 101 TAYLOR STREET AND THE ADJACENT
00:08:18 INTERACT INTERSECTIONS ARE RICH WITH HISTORY THAT SAN FRANCISCO
00:08:21 CAN BE VERY PROUD OF. >> THIS BUILDING IS WHERE
00:08:25 TRANSGENDER WOMAN DRAG QUEENS STREET YOUTH AND THEIR ALLIES
00:08:28 IN THE TENDERLOIN BRAVELY STOOD UP TO DENNIS PAULA SEE HER
00:08:36 POLICE HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION RIGHT THAT
00:08:39 INTERSECTION THEIR COURAGE GOING INTO AN UPRISING THAT
00:08:43 BECAME ONE OF THE EARLIEST COLLECTIVE ACTS OF RESISTANCE
00:08:46 BY GENDER MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:08:50 I'M VERY THRILLED TO SEE THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND THE
00:08:54 ADDITION OF THE ONE ON ONE TAYLOR STREET BUILDINGS
00:08:57 AND THIS LEGISLATION WILL HELP TO SAFEGUARD SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:08:59 VIBRANT AND DIVERSE CULTURAL LEGACY AND TO TENDERIZE A VITAL
00:09:03 ROLE IN THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR DIGNITY, GENDER EXPRESSION
00:09:09 AND EQUITY. AND I'M PROUD TO BE A
00:09:10 CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU.
00:09:13 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN WELCOME MISS
00:09:15 LOW ALLEY THANK YOU SUPERVISORS PILAR LAVALLE PLANNING STAFF
00:09:23 AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES AS YOU'VE HEARD THE ITEM
00:09:38 BEFORE YOU IS AMENDMENT OF EXISTING LANDMARK NUMBER 3O7
00:09:42 WHICH IS THE SITE OF THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT
00:09:48 LANDMARK NUMBER 3O7 WHICH INCLUDED THE SMALL PORTION OF
00:09:55 THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AT 101
00:09:59 TO 121 TAYLOR STREET AS WELL AS THE SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC RIGHT
00:10:03 OF WAY IN THAT IMMEDIATE VICINITY AS SHOWN ON THIS MAP
00:10:07 HERE AND THE SLIDE WAS DESIGNATED IN LATE 2020 TO
00:10:13 AFTER BEING INITIATED BY THE BOARD AND RECOMMENDED FOR
00:10:17 UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE HISTORIC
00:10:18 PRESERVATION COMMISSION. AS YOU'VE HEARD, THE SITE IS
00:10:22 SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE FIRST LARGE SCALE
00:10:25 COLLECTIVE DIRECT ACTION ON THE PART OF PEOPLE MARGINALIZED BY
00:10:29 SEXUALITY AND GENDER THAT RESULTED IN LASTING
00:10:33 INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE OR STARTED THAT PROCESS ANYWAY.
00:10:40 IN DECEMBER 2025 COMPTON'S X COALITION SUBMITTED A LANDMARK
00:10:41 DESIGNATION APPLICATION TO AMEND LANDMARK NUMBER 3O7.
00:10:46 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD WOULD AMEND THE LANDMARK
00:10:50 BOUNDARY TO ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE PARCEL AT 101 TO 121
00:10:54 TAYLOR STREET INCLUDING THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND THE
00:10:57 ENTIRE FOUR STORIES OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE
00:11:01 SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ON
00:11:02 TURK AND TAYLOR STREETS ON JANUARY 20TH FIRST, 2026 AT A
00:11:07 PUBLIC HEARING, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HEARD
00:11:11 APPROXIMATELY 20 COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING THIS
00:11:14 LANDMARK DESIGNATION INCLUDING FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
00:11:16 TRANSGENDER CULTURAL DISTRICT AND THE OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER
00:11:20 INITIATIVES, THE TRANSGENDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
00:11:23 >> AT THIS HEARING THE COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION
00:11:27 NUMBER 1529 TO INITIATE AMENDMENT OF LANDMARK NUMBER 3
00:11:31 OR 7 TO SPECIFICALLY EXPAND THE LANDMARK BOUNDARIES AND EXTEND
00:11:35 THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE AND BETTER ALIGN LOCAL
00:11:39 DESIGNATION WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING WHICH YOU'VE
00:11:43 HEARD ABOUT TODAY ON APRIL 1ST, 2026 AT A PUBLIC HEARING THE
00:11:50 COMMISSION THEN HEARD 16 COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING
00:11:51 THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION WITH MANY OF THESE COMMENTS ALSO
00:11:54 SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTING INCLUDING INTERIOR FEATURES OF
00:11:58 THE DESIGNATION IN THE DESIGNATION SORRY AT THIS
00:12:02 HEARING THE COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 1551 TO
00:12:05 RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AMENDING LANDMARK NUMBER 307 TO INCREASE
00:12:08 THE BOUNDARIES, EXTEND THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE
00:12:12 AND EXPAND THE HISTORIC CONTEXT THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE
00:12:15 HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THE RIOT IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION WHILE
00:12:19 THERE WAS BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE OVERALL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
00:12:23 BUILDING, THE HPC TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PORTION
00:12:28 INCLUDED ONLY EXTERIOR FEATURES IN THEIR DRAFT ORDINANCE NOTING
00:12:32 THAT INCLUSION OF INTERIOR SPACES AND FEATURES COULD BE
00:12:35 THE SUBJECT OF A FUTURE DESIGNATION AND AMENDMENT BUT
00:12:39 THAT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF CURRENT
00:12:45 INTEGRITY AND CONDITION. >> THE APPLICANT COMPTON'S X
00:12:50 COALITION WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THAT OF THE COMMISSION'S
00:12:54 EXCLUSION OF THE BUILDING INTERIOR AT THAT TIME PLANNING
00:13:01 HAS TRANSMITTED THE PRESERVATION COMMISSION'S
00:13:02 RECOMMENDATION RESOLUTION AND DRAFT ORDINANCE WHICH ARE
00:13:05 NOW BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AND I'M HERE IF
00:13:09 YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:13:10 THANK YOU MS. LAVALLEY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE
00:13:14 ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
00:13:17 I'M ON MY COLLEAGUES. LET'S GO ON TO CHANDRA LA
00:13:20 BORDEN. WELCOME.
00:13:39 OKAY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:13:43 MY NAME IS SANDRA LABORDE. I AM AN ARCHITECT AND HAVE A
00:13:47 PH.D. IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY THEORY AND SOCIETY FROM UC
00:13:50 BERKELEY AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COMPTON SIX COALITION.
00:13:53 >> I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU AND ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR
00:13:57 MAHMOOD AND STAFF FOR INTRODUCING THIS LANDMARK
00:14:00 AND FOR BEING HERE IN SUPPORT TODAY THE COALITION STARTED
00:14:04 WORKING ON THIS COMMUNITY INITIATED LANDMARK LAST
00:14:05 NOVEMBER WITH THE GOAL OF PROTECTING THE ENTIRE BUILDING
00:14:09 ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HISTORY. >> ORIGINALLY AS GLORIA
00:14:12 EXPLAINED, ONLY THE INTERSECTION WAS LANDMARK SO WE
00:14:16 REQUESTED FOR THE EXPANSION TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BUILDING AS
00:14:20 A BROADER AND A BROADER PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE.
00:14:24 >> SO WE PRESENTED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CAFETERIA NOT
00:14:28 ONLY DURING THE RAID BUT THE YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER THE
00:14:31 EVENT AS A SPACE OF IMPORTANT AND TRANSIENT SOCIALITY IN THE
00:14:35 TENDERLOIN WE ALSO PRESENTED HISTORICAL RESEARCH EXPLAINING
00:14:39 HOW THE HIGHLAND HOTEL WAS A QUEENS HOTEL WHERE TRANS WOMEN
00:14:43 OTHERWISE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY
00:14:46 COULD RESIDE. AND WE ALSO SHOWED IMAGES OF
00:14:50 THE 1973 PROTESTS AGAINST THE EVICTION OF 33 QUEENS ORGANIZED
00:14:52 IN PART BY REVEREND BROCHURES WHO WAS ALSO THE FIRST PERSON
00:14:56 TO WRITE ABOUT THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT AND HE APPEARS
00:15:00 IN THE PICTURES DURING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
00:15:01 COMMISSION HEARINGS IN JANUARY GEO GROUP, THE OWNER OF THE
00:15:05 BUILDING AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE LARGEST PRIVATE PRISON
00:15:10 CORPORATION IN THE COUNTRY AND MAJOR CONTRACTOR WITH ICE
00:15:13 OPERATING THEIR DETENTION CENTERS HAD THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL
00:15:17 SUBMIT A LETTER REQUESTING THE EXCLUSION OF THE INTERIOR
00:15:20 FEATURES FROM THE DESIGNATION. >> SO AFTER THAT THE INTERIOR
00:15:25 FEATURES WERE LEFT OUT OF THE DESIGNATION ON THE GROUNDS THAT
00:15:29 THEY COULD NOT BE VERIFIED BECAUSE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING
00:15:33 WAS UNAVAILABLE DURING THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION ALTHOUGH
00:15:36 THEY DIDN'T REQUEST A SITE VISIT.
00:15:39 >> THE COALITION THEN PRESENTED AN EVIDENCE REPORT WHERE WE
00:15:43 GATHERED ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BUILDING PERMITS
00:15:47 SHOWING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO
00:15:48 THIS SPACE OTHER THAN THE ADDITION OF NON LOAD BEARING
00:15:51 WALLS ON THE GROUND FLOOR THAT CAN BE REMOVED.
00:15:54 >> WE ALSO PRESENTED IMAGES OF THE FACILITIES INTERIOR FROM A
00:15:58 DOCUMENTARY FILMED IN 2020 DURING THE COVID OUTBREAK THAT
00:16:02 EXPLAINS HOW PEOPLE WILL MISTREATED DURING THAT TIME
00:16:06 WHERE WE CAN ALSO SEE HOW THE SRO LAYOUT STAIRS
00:16:09 AND CIRCULATION HALLWAYS ARE SEEN MODIFIED AND ALSO AS
00:16:13 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD EXPLAINED THE FIVE ARE REQUESTED A SITE
00:16:17 VISIT FROM GEO GROUP AND THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS.
00:16:21 >> WE THEN SUBMITTED A SKETCH COMPARING THE 1951 ORIGINAL
00:16:24 COMPTON'S PLAN LAYOUT TO THE CURRENT GEO FACILITY'S FLOOR
00:16:28 PLAN BASED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS PUBLICLY
00:16:32 AVAILABLE PROPERTY PLANS AND THESE PLANS ALIGNED WITH
00:16:39 THE 1968 SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAP.
00:16:42 BUT ALL THIS EVIDENCE HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT.
00:16:46 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN AND PRESERVATIONIST SHANE
00:16:47 WATSON SUBMITTED A LETTER EXPLAINING THE ARGUMENTS SHE
00:16:51 COAUTHORED IN THE CITYWIDE HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT FOR
00:16:54 LGBTQ HISTORY IN SAN FRANCISCO IN WHICH SHE EXPLAINS THAT
00:16:58 COMPTON'S IS NOT SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERION C SO
00:17:02 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BUT UNDER CRITERION FOR EVENTS
00:17:05 AND ASSOCIATED HISTORY THE REPEATED FOCUS ON TANGIBLE
00:17:09 ARCHITECTURAL FABRIC FAILS TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE
00:17:11 HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SPACES VOLUMES, CIRCULATION PATTERNS
00:17:14 AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS STILL CONVEY THE EVENTS
00:17:18 AND COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION THAT GIVE THIS PROPERTY ITS
00:17:22 SOCIALLY HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE .
00:17:25 >> THIS DISTINCTION IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR TRANS
00:17:29 AND HIS HISTORIC SITE THE CITY ADOPTED THE CONTEXT IT MEANT
00:17:33 AND IT RECOGNIZES THAT MANY LGBTQ SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES
00:17:36 HAVE UNDERGONE SUBSTANTIAL PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS.
00:17:37 >> THESE HISTORIES WERE OFTEN MADE IN SPACES THAT AND TRANS
00:17:41 COMMUNITIES DID NOT OWN OR CONTROL AND WHOSE HISTORICAL
00:17:45 SIGNIFICANCE WENT ON RECOGNIZED FOR DECADES.
00:17:48 SO AS A RESULT, MANY OF THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN ALTERED OR
00:17:52 ERASED BEFORE THEIR HISTORIES WERE EVER FORMALLY
00:17:55 ACKNOWLEDGED. >> THE INTERIOR OF THE MOST
00:17:56 IMPORTANT TRANSGENDER SITE OF RESISTANCE IS BEING UNPROTECTED
00:18:00 BECAUSE OF A PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATIONS OWN INTERESTS.
00:18:04 THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE DISTURBING THE SAME KINDS OF
00:18:08 CARCERAL POWER THAT HISTORICALLY ABUSED TRANS LIVED
00:18:11 IN THE TENDERLOIN ARE STILL SHAPING WHAT CAN BE MATERIALLY
00:18:15 PRESERVED AT THE SITE AT A TIME WHERE TRANS PEOPLE ARE BEING
00:18:17 POLITICALLY TARGETED. THE CITY SHOULD NOT ALLOW A
00:18:20 PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATION TO DETERMINE THE BOUNDARIES OF
00:18:24 TRANSGENDER HISTORIC PRESERVATION WHICH ULTIMATELY
00:18:27 WILL ONLY ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE DESTROYING THIS SPACE.
00:18:29 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:18:34 SO I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY
00:18:38 COLLEAGUES AT MR. CLERK. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SOME
00:18:42 ADA ACCOMMODATIONS FOR COMMENTS SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:18:46 AND GO TO THOSE FIRST. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:18:49 LADIES AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOT HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED
00:18:52 TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE THERE ARE TWO CALLERS WAITING TO GIVE
00:18:55 PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF WE COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE FIRST OF
00:18:57 THOSE THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON FROM
00:19:00 THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE. IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR YOUR TIME
00:19:03 TO SPEAK YOU CAN LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WALL AND AFTER
00:19:06 WE'VE HEARD FROM THE TELEPHONIC COMMENTERS WE'LL HAVE THOSE
00:19:08 COMMENTERS FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE .
00:19:14 HELLO COMMISSIONERS COMMITTEE MEMBERS THIS IS DOLPHIN MYRA
00:19:19 BRODIE WITH COMPTON'S SEX COALITION.
00:19:22 I AM CALLING TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECOMMEND THIS
00:19:25 THIS AFFILIATION TO LANDMARK THE EXTERIOR AND THE
00:19:32 SURROUNDING AREAS OF ONE TWO 1 TO 121 TAYLOR STREET.
00:19:40 NOT ONLY WAS THIS BUILDING THE SITE OF THE 1966 COMPTON'S
00:19:44 CAFETERIA RIOT FOR WHICH WE RECENTLY COMMEMORATED THE 60TH
00:19:50 ANNIVERSARY AND THAT RESISTANCE CONTINUES TODAY IN THE FACE OF
00:19:54 ONGOING POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:19:58 BUT ALSO THE CAFETERIA SERVED AS A VITAL PLACE FOR TRANS AND
00:20:03 GATHERING AND SURVIVAL BEFORE THE RIOT SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
00:20:06 POINTS OUT THE HIGHLANDS HOTEL ABOVE IT WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT
00:20:10 BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AT THIS TIME THE INTERIOR OF THE
00:20:17 BUILDING IS NOT ON THE TABLE FOR LANDMARKING JUST YET DUE TO
00:20:22 LEGAL ISSUES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE RESOLVED IN THE
00:20:26 FUTURE. WE WILL NOT RELENT UNTIL UNTIL
00:20:29 THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS PROPERLY LANDMARKED BUT THIS IS A GOOD
00:20:34 START. LGBTQ SITES SHOULD BE
00:20:37 CONSIDERED IMPORTANT FOR THEIR SOCIAL HISTORY SINCE THE
00:20:41 ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ARE OFTEN NOT CONSERVED AS CHANDRA
00:20:45 POINTS OUT AND THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IS UP TO HONOR,
00:20:52 PROTECT AND UPLIFT TRANS RIGHTS AT THIS BUILDING IS IS OF
00:20:56 INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE TRAVEL TO SAN
00:21:00 FRANCISCO FROM AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OF THE CITY BEING A
00:21:04 BEACON FOR TRANS RIGHTS AND TRANS JUSTICE THE THREATS
00:21:11 OR OR RISKS IF THE SITE ISN'T PROTECTED ARE THE PERMANENT
00:21:15 LOSS OF A LEGACY TO SPEAKERS TIME HAS CONCLUDED.
00:21:19 >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
00:21:21 LET'S HAVE THE NEXT TELEPHONIC COMMENTER.
00:21:26 >> >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS CASEY RIOS AS VERY A
00:21:30 LONG TIME WORKER ENVIRONMENTAL WORKER IN THE TENDERLOIN
00:21:34 NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW THIS BUILDING VERY WELL
00:21:40 SOME 20 PLUS YEARS OF WORKING AROUND IT.
00:21:43 AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERLINE MISS BRODY'S STATEMENT THAT
00:21:51 THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL SITE. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ASSERT
00:21:55 THAT THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL SITE OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION
00:22:03 THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:22:07 AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE STOOD UP TO POLICE VIOLENCE STOOD UP
00:22:14 FOR EACH OTHER AND OVER TIME NOT JUST ON ONE DAY BUT OVER
00:22:22 MANY YEARS ASSERTED AND AFFIRMED COMMUNITY WHEN IT
00:22:30 WAS NOT ONLY DIFFICULT BUT LIFE THREATENING TO DO SO.
00:22:38 WE NEED TO AS A COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AFFIRM THIS
00:22:45 MOVEMENT OF STANDING UP FOR EACH OTHER AND TAKE TO HEART
00:22:49 THE PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY THAT PRESERVING THIS SITE OFFERS OUR
00:22:57 CITY BECAUSE WE CAN OFFER OURSELVES AS A BEACON TO THE
00:23:02 REST OF THE WORLD. SO AS YOU CAN SEE I SUPPORT
00:23:08 THIS EXPANSION OF THE LANDMARK PRESERVATION.
00:23:12 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:23:13 THANK YOU TO BOTH OPERATIONS AND ITS STAFF FOR SETTING UP
00:23:17 THE ADA ACCOMMODATIONS. WE CAN NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:23:22 FROM FOLKS HERE IN THE ROOM. PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE
00:23:23 LECTERN. HELLO MY NAME IS AT COBOL.
00:23:29 I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS. I'M BUTCH TRANS ARAB AND I'VE
00:23:34 WORKED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TURK AND TAYLOR STREETS FOR
00:23:36 OVER FIVE YEARS. >> I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT
00:23:37 FOR LANDMARK EXPANSION FOR THE SITE OF COMPTON'S CAFETERIA
00:23:41 RIOT TO EXPRESS THE NEED TO LANDMARK THE EXTERIOR OF THE
00:23:44 BUILDING WHILE ALSO EXPRESSING THE NEED TO EVENTUALLY LANDMARK
00:23:45 THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. >> I CAME TO KNOW COMPTON'S
00:23:49 CAFETERIA EARLY ON IN MY MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND HAVE
00:23:51 STUDIED IT AND SPOKEN ABOUT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
00:23:53 >> THE STORY OF THE RIOT ON THAT FATEFUL AUGUST NIGHT
00:23:56 INSPIRES ME DAILY TO TAKE ACTION IN MY COMMUNITY AND TO
00:23:59 DEMAND A JUST AND SAFE WORLD. >> THE TRANS COMMUNITY OF THE
00:24:03 TENDERLOIN IN 1960 SIX WHICH INCLUDED THE UNHOUSED SEX
00:24:07 WORKERS, HOMOSEXUALS AND ALL PEOPLES CRIMINALIZED BY THE
00:24:08 STATE CAME TOGETHER ON THIS NIGHT BECAUSE THIS WAS THEIR
00:24:12 HOME. THERE WAS NO PLAN, NO SIGNED
00:24:14 CONTRACT, JUST AN UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL THEY HAD WAS EACH
00:24:16 OTHER AND THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD PROTECT ONE
00:24:19 ANOTHER. THIS UNDERSTANDING CAME FROM
00:24:22 THE FACT THAT COMPTON'S WAS OPEN LATE AND THE HIGHLAND
00:24:23 HOTEL WAS SITUATED ABOVE IT. IT WAS A SOCIAL SPACE, A
00:24:26 COMMUNAL LIVING ROOM, A POLITICAL BREEDING GROUND, A
00:24:29 LANDING SPOT TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT YOU HAD NOT BEEN
00:24:33 KILLED AND THEY HAD SURVIVED ANOTHER DAY.
00:24:34 THE PRIDE I FEEL WALKING BY THE BUILDING LOOKING AT EXTERIOR
00:24:37 AND REMEMBERING ITS REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY ONE THAT
00:24:40 MARKS THE VERY SPIRIT OF SAN FRANCISCO IS OVERSHADOWED BY
00:24:42 THE HAUNTING PRESENCE OF GEO GROUP.
00:24:45 I AM DISGUSTED AND HORRIFIED THAT THEY HAVE NOT PERMITTED
00:24:48 ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IN THIS PROCESS.
00:24:49 THE LANDMARKED EXTERIOR HIDES THE GROSS BREACHES OF THE VERY
00:24:53 HISTORY PROTECTED BY THE LANDMARKING.
00:24:54 >> WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS HISTORY MATTERS AND THE
00:24:57 BUILDING STEWARDS SHOULD FEEL PROUD OF THIS HISTORY.
00:25:00 >> STANDING IN THE WAY OF ITS PROTECTION IS A SHAMEFUL BREACH
00:25:02 OF GEO GROUP THOUGH THAT IS EXPECTED OF A GROUP FAMOUS FOR
00:25:05 THEIR BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DISREGARD FOR HUMAN
00:25:08 DIGNITY. GEO GROUP HAS NO PLACE IN SAN
00:25:09 FRANCISCO AND THEY MOST ESPECIALLY HAVE NO PLACE IN THE
00:25:13 TENDERLOIN. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY
00:25:14 THAT THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING A121211 TAYLOR IS FREE
00:25:17 OF GEO GROUP AND STANDS AS AN OFFERING TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
00:25:21 TENDERLOIN AND THE MOST MARGINALIZED AMONG US.
00:25:24 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:25:25 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI THERE AND THANK YOU FOR
00:25:31 GIVING US THIS TIME. MY NAME IS BRIGITTE BERTRAND.
00:25:33 I'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES WITH COMPTON'S COALITION TO LET
00:25:36 YOU KNOW I'M A THERAPIST. I WORK IN THE FLOOD BUILDING SO
00:25:39 EACH TIME I WALK OVER HERE I WALK BY COMPTON'S AND TAKE SOME
00:25:41 TIME TO STAND WITH MY COMMUNITY, WITH MY AND TRANS
00:25:47 ANCESTORS. MY SON IS TRANS MY PARTNER IS
00:25:50 TRANS, MY CLIENTS ARE TRANS AND IF WE DON'T PROTECT THIS
00:25:55 WHOLE BUILDING AND KNOWING THE TIME THAT WE'RE END I REALLY
00:25:58 FEAR THAT WE WON'T HAVE A PLACE AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
00:26:00 SAID TO GATHER TO HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND WHO DIED
00:26:05 AND ADDITIONALLY THE GREAT GROUP PEACE THE PEACE THAT THEY
00:26:09 HAVEN'T LET US INSIDE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
00:26:11 DO THAT YOU CAN REALLY PERHAPS IT DOESN'T EVEN SOUND LIKE STEP
00:26:14 OUT OF THE BOUNDS JUST REALLY ALIGNED WITH THIS OTHER
00:26:17 DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THIS CULTURAL SPACE.
00:26:21 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
00:26:22 THANKS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
00:26:25 OF THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE.
00:26:31 >> UH, HELLO. MY NAME IS BODELL LAFLEUR.
00:26:36 >> I AM THE EAST BAY CITIZEN AND I'M ALSO PART OF OUR I'M
00:26:42 I'M PART OF COMPTON'S COALITION AS WELL AND I'M HAS SO MANY
00:26:51 THOUGHTS THROUGH MY HEAD. >> I, I TAKE VERY DEEP PERSONAL
00:26:59 INTEREST IN LIKE PRESERVING AND TRANS ANCESTRAL HISTORY
00:27:03 ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO'S A COMMUNITY ANCESTRAL WORKER
00:27:10 AND AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AND JUST
00:27:14 WITHIN THIS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
00:27:22 SPACES TO GO TO WHERE WE CAN CONJUGATE AND SHARE OUR STORY,
00:27:26 SHARE OUR MEMORIES AND PRESERVE THESE MEMORIES OVER TIME FOR
00:27:31 THAT TO BE SHARED FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
00:27:35 YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE STILL EXIST AND WE'VE ALWAYS
00:27:39 EXISTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN HISTORY.
00:27:43 YOU KNOW AND AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY MUCH A BEGINNING
00:27:50 OF THAT AND A CONTINUATION OF HOW WE CAN PRESERVE TRANSGENDER
00:27:54 HISTORY MOVING FORWARD. SO I SUPPORT ANY FORM OF
00:27:58 EXPANSION OF THE FOR THE LANDMARK PRESERVATION OF THE
00:28:02 CAMPUS CAFETERIA. >> SO THANK YOU.
00:28:06 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
00:28:13 >> I'M HERE IN MY OWN CAPACITY. I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:28:17 ADVOCATING FOR PROPER LANDMARKING OF THIS HISTORICAL
00:28:21 TRANS SITE. HOWEVER, I'M VERY CONFUSED
00:28:25 AND APPALLED BY OUR SUPPOSED ALLIES LIKE OUR FIVE SUPERVISOR
00:28:32 WHO WOULD ALSO PLATFORM A TRANSPHOBIC, ANTI-BLACK RACIST
00:28:40 BIGOT NAMED CHRIS RUFO WHO HAD HIS OWN OPINIONS ON 111 TAYLOR
00:28:44 RECENTLY THAT YOU SHARED AND ADDED ON TO YOU LEGITIMIZED
00:28:48 HIM. YOU AMPLIFIED HIM.
00:28:54 >> HE IS THE ARCHITECT OF THE ANTI-BLACK RACIST ANTI CRT
00:28:59 MOVEMENT WHO THEN TOOK THAT WHOLE THING AND APPLIED IT TO
00:29:03 US TO TRANS PEOPLE. >> WHY CAN'T WE GET PROPER
00:29:09 ALLIES WHO DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS POLITICALLY OR WHATEVER
00:29:13 WITH HORRIBLE DANGEROUS PEOPLE LIKE THAT?
00:29:22 I WOULD THINK YOU'RE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF SOMEWHERE IN THERE I
00:29:26 WOULD THINK THAT A PERSON WHO WOULD DO THAT IS ASHAMED OF
00:29:30 THEMSELVES. >> YES, BUT PLEASE ADDRESS THE
00:29:33 COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR.
00:29:34 >> I KNOW I'M A HUMAN. >> YOU CAN'T PROGRAM ME TO
00:29:38 FOLLOW YOUR RULES ALL THE TIME .
00:29:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:29:50 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS DAVID BLACKWELL ON BEHALF OF
00:29:54 THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS
00:29:56 WE DO SUPPORT HPC RESOLUTION 1551 WHICH EXPANDS THE LANDMARK
00:30:04 DESIGNATION TO THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND WE
00:30:08 ALSO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BOARD OF SUPERVISOR ORDINANCES BEFORE
00:30:09 YOU AND THE COMMITTEE REPORT THAT GOES BEFORE THE BOARD OF
00:30:12 SUPERVISORS TOMORROW. SO WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S
00:30:17 EFFORTS AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONCERN AND WE DO
00:30:20 UNDERSTAND THAT SUPERVISOR MAHMUD HAS SOME CLERICAL EDITS
00:30:24 TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WHICH I DIDN'T HEAR THEM ALL BUT THEY
00:30:28 SOUNDED CLERICAL IN NATURE. SO WE'RE FINE WITH THAT AS
00:30:31 WELL. >> SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:30:32 TIME ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:30:34 >> SO THE NEXT PICK UP PLEASE WHO MY NAME'S MALIK WASHINGTON.
00:30:42 I'M A JOURNALIST. I'M AN ADVOCATE.
00:30:46 I'M AN ACTIVIST. I'M PROBABLY ONLY PERSON
00:30:50 IN THIS ROOM THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN HOUSED AT 111.
00:30:54 TAYLOR MIGHT BE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN I
00:30:57 WAS THERE I WAS ATTACKED BY GEO GROUP BECAUSE I WAS EXERCISING
00:31:02 MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I EXPOSED THE COVID A COVID
00:31:05 OUTBREAK THERE THIS IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC FOR ME TO TALK
00:31:10 ABOUT. I'M ASSISTANT OR MALE.
00:31:14 I'M A MUSLIM JUST LIKE MALAWI'S AND I SUPPORT BILAL.
00:31:18 HE'S NOT PERFECT BUT HE'S TRYING AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE
00:31:21 THAT WERE FIGHTING THE POLICE AT THAT RIOT LOOK LIKE ME.
00:31:28 WE NEED MORE WOMEN OF COLOR, TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR TO COME UP
00:31:33 TO THIS PODIUM AND TALK BECAUSE IT WAS BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN
00:31:37 THAT STARTED THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT.
00:31:40 OKAY, I'M SPEAKING FACTS. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE IT BUT
00:31:44 ALMOST I'M TWEAK THE FACTS. THERE'S A BLACK ISSUE HERE TOO.
00:31:46 OKAY? AND IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, BEING
00:31:48 A MUSLIM IN A GENDER MALE TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THIS.
00:31:52 BUT I SUPPORT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:31:55 I LOVE THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT I DON'T
00:31:59 KNOW IF THEY ALWAYS LOVE ME AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT
00:32:03 CONVERSATION BUT WE NEED TO GET GEO GROUP OUT OF 111 TAYLOR
00:32:07 THEY HAVE HURT TOO MANY HUMAN BEINGS NATIONALLY FOR US TO
00:32:10 LEAVE THEM IN THIS CITY. WE GOT TO FIGHT THEM.
00:32:15 WE GOT TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE.
00:32:16 MY NAME'S MALIK WASHINGTON AND I'M STANDING ON THIS GET
00:32:18 GEO GROUP OUT OF 111. >> TAYLOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:32:21 COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT DO WE HAVE
00:32:22 ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
00:32:25 ONE MADAM CHAIR OKAY. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
00:32:29 CLOSED. SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
00:32:33 CHAIR MELGAR I AM APPRECIATIVE TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR HIS
00:32:37 LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND I WILL JUST SAY AS A CO-SPONSOR OF
00:32:42 THIS AND A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY I REALLY THINK
00:32:46 THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICA ENCE TO
00:32:50 THE TRANS COMMUNITY BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE
00:32:55 TRANS COMMUNITY WAS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE LGBTQ
00:32:58 PLUS EQUALITY MOVEMENT. >> IT'S IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
00:33:03 INTERESTING TO ME AND I REMEMBER AS A YOUNG GAY MAN
00:33:06 LEARNING ABOUT THIS REALLY COMING TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS
00:33:09 THE TRANS COMMUNITY THAT UPLIFTED THE ENTIRE GAY
00:33:13 COMMUNITY WHEN IT WAS WHEN THERE WERE CLOSET CASES WHO
00:33:17 WEREN'T DOING MUCH LIFTING A FINGER AND IT WAS THERE WAS A
00:33:21 LOT OF BRAVERY THAT WAS DONE AT COMPTON'S AND STONEWALL
00:33:22 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
00:33:25 THAT WE HONOR AND REMEMBER THIS AND I'M PROUD TO BE A
00:33:28 CO-SPONSOR AND TO SUPPORT THIS .
00:33:31 THANK YOU. AT SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I JUST
00:33:34 WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME OUT
00:33:36 TODAY AND SPOKE. THIS IS A VERY A BUILDING WITH
00:33:40 A LOT OF STORY TO HISTORY AND DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, A
00:33:43 LOT OF TRAUMA. >> AND I WANT TO REITERATE TO
00:33:47 THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS JUST A FIRST STEP.
00:33:49 >> THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO. WE'RE STARTING WITH IT'S BEEN
00:33:53 AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. >> THIS IS ONE NEXT STEP OF THE
00:33:55 LANDMARKING PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:33:58 FIGHT WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT PHASE AS WELL
00:34:00 AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND WE'RE
00:34:01 GOING TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
00:34:05 >> SO I THINK YOU ALL GET OUT AND EXPOSE ONE.
00:34:08 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. DID I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT?
00:34:12 >> YES. OKAY.
00:34:13 SO LET'S DO OUR SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD REQUEST IT PLEASE, MR.
00:34:16 CLERK AND DUPLICATE THE FILE AND PLEASE BEFORE YOU DUPLICATE
00:34:20 I HAVE ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND LET'S DUPLICATE THE FILE
00:34:27 IN THIS POST WITH THAT FIRST. SO I'D LIKE TO TO MAKE A MOTION
00:34:32 THAT WE AMEND THE DUPLICATED FILE.
00:34:35 >> I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I HEARD FROM SUPERVISOR MAHMUD WAS A
00:34:39 PLAN TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL FILE THEN DUPLICATE IT AND THEN
00:34:43 AMEND THE DUPLICATE AN ADDITIONAL TIME.
00:34:47 >> OH YES. SO THERE WAS TWO CLERICAL EDITS
00:34:50 THAT I READ IN FOR THE ORIGINAL THERE ARE VERY MINOR.
00:34:53 IT WAS JUST A CHANGE TO THE CORRECT NUMBERING AND THEN THE
00:34:58 TIME OF THE COMPONENT AND THEN DUPLICATE THAT AND THEN WE
00:35:04 AMEND THE DUPLICATE WITH A NEW FINDINGS CLAUSE OR WITH A NEW
00:35:09 OKAY GOT IT. SO LET'S DO THAT.
00:35:15 >> SO FIRST TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT WITH THE CLERICAL
00:35:17 ERRORS AS PRESENTED BY SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD YES THE
00:35:20 ORIGINAL FILE MOVED BY CHAIR MELGAR AND ON THAT MOTION VICE
00:35:24 CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER DORSEY I DON'T SEE IT YOUR
00:35:28 MUGGER I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THE
00:35:32 AMENDMENTS THE CLERICAL AMENDMENTS OKAY NOW WE
00:35:35 DUPLICATE IT AND I'D LIKE TO THEN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADD
00:35:40 THAT FINDINGS CLASS TO THE DUPLICATED FILE AND THEN
00:35:44 CONTINUE IT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR ON TWO MOTIONS EACH OF
00:35:48 THEM FOR THE DUPLICATE FILE THE FIRST THAT THE DUPLICATE FILE
00:35:51 BE AMENDED A SECOND TIME TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AND THE
00:35:54 SECOND THAT THAT AMENDED FILE BE CONTINUED TO THE CALL OF THE
00:35:57 CHAIR ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS. FIRST CHAIR CHIN CHIN I
00:36:01 REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I'M SURE THERE
00:36:06 ARE THREE EYES ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS.
00:36:07 >> OKAY THANK YOU. NOW TO THE ORIGINAL AMENDED
00:36:11 FILE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SENT THAT OUT
00:36:14 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE
00:36:18 FULL BOARD ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THE
00:36:22 ORIGINAL FILE BE RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT
00:36:24 VICE CHAIR CHAIR CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR
00:36:27 GA I MELGAR I REMEMBER EACH OTHER THREE EYES OKAY THANK
00:36:31 YOU. >> THAT MOTION PASSES.
00:36:33 CONGRATULATIONS. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD OKAY LET'S
00:36:36 GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO PLACE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN
00:36:40 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO PROVIDE
00:36:41 THAT A LANDLORD MAY NOT EVICT A RESIDENTIAL TENANT FOR UNPAID
00:36:45 RENT BELOW THE LOCAL STANDARD FOR FAIR MARKET RENT FOR AN
00:36:48 EQUIVALENT SIZED RENTAL UNIT AS SET BY THE UNITED STATES
00:36:52 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
00:36:53 IT ALSO DELETES VARIOUS OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.
00:36:55 >> THANK YOU. THIS COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO
00:36:58 WELCOME DISTRICT NINE SUPERVISOR JACKIE FIELDER WHO
00:37:02 IS A SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM. WELCOME.
00:37:03 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN GA
00:37:07 AND COLLEAGUES FOR HEARING THIS ITEM TODAY.
00:37:10 AS WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE WE ARE IN A RENT EMERGENCY.
00:37:14 EVICTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO RECENTLY HIT A TEN YEAR HIGH
00:37:16 AND WE ARE ON PACE FOR AN EVEN HIGHER NUMBER THIS YEAR.
00:37:20 NONPAYMENT OF RENT IS THE REASON BEHIND OVER HALF OF
00:37:24 RECENT EVICTION PROCEEDINGS AND THE TRUE NUMBER IS LIKELY
00:37:25 HIGHER AS LANDLORDS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT NONPAYMENT
00:37:29 EVICTION NOTICES TO THE RENT BOARD.
00:37:32 >> EVICTION DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ATTRIBUTE THE RISE IN EVICTIONS
00:37:33 TO AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:37:36 RENTS ARE INCREASING AT RECORD HIGH NUMBERS WHILE A SLOW
00:37:41 AND CHALLENGING JOB MARKET FOR WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS MEAN
00:37:44 THAT MANY TENANTS ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK WITH
00:37:46 SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
00:37:49 >> TODAY IN SAN FRANCISCO, LANDLORDS CAN EVICT TENANTS FOR
00:37:52 BEING SHORT ANY AMOUNT IN RENT .
00:37:56 >> LANDLORDS WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A LUCRATIVE RENTAL
00:37:58 MARKET LIKE SAN FRANCISCO'S CAN PURSUE EVICTION AGAINST LONG
00:38:01 TIME RENT CONTROLLED TENANTS WHO HAVE MINUSCULE ONE TIME OR
00:38:07 ACCIDENTAL RENT SHORTAGES. >> OFTEN TENANTS DO NOT EVEN
00:38:11 KNOW THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING RENT OWED DUE TO A NUMBER OF REASONS
00:38:15 INCLUDING THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED HIDDEN FEES OR HIGHLY
00:38:18 VARIABLE UTILITY BILLS WITHOUT WARNING.
00:38:19 >> THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL PREVENT LANDLORDS
00:38:23 FROM EVICTING TENANTS WHO FALL BEHIND IN RENT UNLESS THE
00:38:27 TENANT OWES THEM A PORTION OF THE RENT AN AMOUNT HIGHER THAN
00:38:30 THE FAIR MARKET RENT THE FAIR MARKET RENT DEPENDS ON THE
00:38:34 BEDROOM SIZE OF THE RENTAL UNIT AND IS SET ANNUALLY BY THE
00:38:37 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
00:38:38 THIS IS THE SAME STANDARD THAT IS ARE UTILIZED IN CITIES LIKE
00:38:41 LOS ANGELES, OAKLAND AND BERKELEY.
00:38:44 IN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF NONPAYMENT EVICTIONS IN SAN
00:38:48 FRANCISCO LAST YEAR AROUND 25% PERCENT HEDGE OF TENANTS WERE
00:38:54 EVICTED FOR LESS THAN ONE MONTH OF THE FAIR MARKET RENT FOR
00:38:56 THEIR UNIT. >> IF THIS ORDINANCE PASSES,
00:38:59 SAN FRANCISCO WILL FINALLY HAVE A STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO
00:39:02 PREVENT THESE EVICTIONS. >> THIS IS A SIMPLE BUT VERY
00:39:07 MEANINGFUL CHANGE TO A RENT ORDINANCE THAT WILL HELP CURB
00:39:10 SO MANY OF THE EVICTIONS WE ARE ALREADY SEEING TODAY.
00:39:11 I WANT TO THANK THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT COALITION
00:39:15 INCLUDING THE EVENTS EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE FOR YOUR
00:39:18 WORK WITH US ON THIS AS WELL AS DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY MONU
00:39:22 PRADHAN AND MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND A HERO FOR WORKING ON THIS.
00:39:26 I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISORS MELGAR MAHMOOD CHAN
00:39:29 AND SEVERAL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP.
00:39:33 >> AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS SUPPORT.
00:39:35 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS ITEM
00:39:38 FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:39:40 TODAY. THANK YOU.
00:39:41 GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.
00:39:45 SUPERVISOR FIELDER. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD IS ONE OF THE
00:39:51 SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND I'D BE HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR THIS
00:39:54 ORDINANCE AS WELL AS AS SOON AS A FIELDER MENTIONED RIGHT NOW
00:39:59 IN SAN FRANCISCO YOU CAN BE EVICTED FOR OWING ALMOST ANY
00:40:00 AMOUNT OF RENT AND A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS AFTER A ROUGH
00:40:03 MONTH CAN COST SOMEONE THEIR HOME.
00:40:06 >> MOST PEOPLE WHO FALL BEHIND AREN'T REFUSING TO PAY THEIR
00:40:10 HOURS GOT CUT. >> A MEDICAL BILL CAME IN OR A
00:40:11 PAYCHECK WAS LATE. I KNOW FOR A LOT OF MONOLINGUAL
00:40:14 SPEAKERS THAT I REPRESENT IN MY DISTRICT THIS COMES UP AS WELL.
00:40:18 >> AND THOSE ARE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN RECOVER FROM IF YOU'RE
00:40:22 STILL HOUSED AND MUCH HARDER TO COME BACK FROM THOUGH IF YOU
00:40:23 ARE NOT. SO WHEN SOMEONE IS EVICTED OVER
00:40:26 A SMALL BALANCE THE DAMAGE LASTS FAR LONGER THAN THE DEBT.
00:40:29 KIDS CAN CHANGE SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
00:40:33 >> PEOPLE LOSE JOBS THEY CAN GET TO FROM HOME AN EVICTION
00:40:34 RECORD FOLLOWS A FAMILY FOR YEARS AND MAKES THE NEXT
00:40:38 APARTMENT HARDER TO FIND. FOR SOME IT'S THE FIRST STEP
00:40:41 TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS AND THAT'S A LOT OF HARM OVER JUST A FEW
00:40:44 HUNDRED DOLLARS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PAID BACK.
00:40:48 >> PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I HOPE OUR
00:40:49 COLLEAGUES WILL AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
00:40:54 SUPERVISOR CHEN. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
00:40:56 I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO SUPERVISOR FUTA
00:40:59 FOR ADVANCING THIS LEGISLATION AND I'M ALSO SO PROUD TO
00:41:02 CO-SPONSOR EVICTING A TENANT OVER JUST A FRACTION OF A
00:41:10 MONTH'S RENT. IT'S AN EXTREME ACTION THAT
00:41:11 CARRIES IMMENSE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS.
00:41:14 IT DESTABILIZED FAMILIES, DISRUPTS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONS
00:41:18 AND PLACES A HEAVY FINANCIAL BURDEN ON OUR EMERGENCY PUBLIC
00:41:22 SERVICES AND SHELTER SYSTEM. THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT
00:41:26 EXCUSE NONPAYMENT NOR DOES IT START LANDLORDS OF THEIR RIGHTS
00:41:32 IF A TENANT FALLS SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND IN FAILING TO PAY RENT.
00:41:37 THE LEGAL REMEDIES FOR LANDLORDS REMAIN FULLY INTACT.
00:41:41 >> WHAT THIS POLICY DOES DO IS CREATE A CRUCIAL BUFFER.
00:41:45 IT PREVENTS IMMEDIATE DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES WHO
00:41:49 ARE EXPERIENCING TEMPORARY SHORT TERM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
00:41:53 GIVING THEM A NARROW BUT NECESSARY WINDOW TO CATCH UP
00:41:57 ACCESS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR SECURE
00:42:00 ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. THIS LEGISLATION ALSO
00:42:04 ENCOURAGES COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIATION INSTEAD OF
00:42:06 DEFERRING TO LEGAL ACTIONS. IT INCENTIVIZED LANDLORDS
00:42:09 AND TENANTS TO WORK OUT PAYMENT PLANS FOR MINOR GAPS WHICH
00:42:13 ULTIMATELY SAVES LANDLORDS THE HIGH COSTS AND LEGAL FEES
00:42:17 ASSOCIATED WHAT EVICTION PROCESS?
00:42:20 >> I BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION IS FAIR AND BALANCED TO HELP
00:42:24 ENSURE THAT EVICTION IS USED AS A LAST RESORT AND SO THAT WE
00:42:28 CAN KEEP MORE OF OUR FAMILY'S HOUSE AND OUR COMMUNITIES
00:42:32 STRONGER. >> THANK YOU.
00:42:35 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE
00:42:41 ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
00:42:42 COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:42:45 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:42:48 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
00:42:49 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. RELATED TO EVICTIONS FOR
00:42:51 NONPAYMENT OF RENT IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM
00:42:53 PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN.
00:42:55 WE SEE SOMEONE THERE. I'LL START YOUR TIME WHEN YOU
00:42:58 BEGIN. >> AWESOME.
00:42:59 THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:43:02 I'M MEG HEISLER. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAN
00:43:04 FRANCISCO ANTI DISPLACEMENT COALITION AND STRAIGHT FROM A
00:43:07 RALLY WHERE WE HEARD FROM TENANTS ACROSS THE CITY WHO
00:43:10 WHOSE LANDLORDS ARE USING A MULTITUDE OF STRATEGIES THEIR
00:43:14 CORPORATE LANDLORDS TO FORCE THEM OUT INCLUDING ISSUING
00:43:15 EVICTION NOTICES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT RIGHT NOW AS SUPERVISOR
00:43:19 FIELDER MENTIONED AND OTHERS LANDLORDS CAN MOVE TO EVICT A
00:43:22 TENANT FOR OWING AS LITTLE AS $1 AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO
00:43:25 BELIEVE THEY WON'T DO THAT MORE AND MORE AS THE INCENTIVES TO
00:43:29 DO SO AND TO GET RID OF THEIR TENANTS INCREASE.
00:43:33 >> THESE CASES ARE OFTEN FAST TRACKED THROUGH THE COURTS
00:43:37 GIVEN THE ONGOING AFFORDABILITY AND RENT CRISES IT SHOULD COME
00:43:40 AS NO SURPRISE THAT NONPAYMENT EVICTIONS MAKE UP THE VAST
00:43:42 MAJORITY OF CASES THAT THE TENANT RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM
00:43:45 SEES. >> AND SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL
00:43:46 TO SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND HER CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING
00:43:49 FORWARD THIS LEGISLATION AND PROVIDING TENANTS A LITTLE
00:43:52 BIT OF RELIEF IN THIS MOMENT. >> THANK YOU.
00:43:53 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:43:58 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ANNE AND I AM HERE
00:44:02 TODAY AS A TENANT COUNSELOR FROM SAM KHAN WHO WORKS
00:44:06 DIRECTLY WITH SAN FRANCISCO TENANTS FACING EVICTION FOR
00:44:09 NONPAYMENT OF RENT. I WANT TO ASK YOU TO LOOK AT
00:44:10 THIS ORDINANCE NOT JUST AS A POLICY BUT THROUGH THE EYES OF
00:44:14 THE FAMILIES DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS.
00:44:17 WHAT I SEE EVERYDAY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING PAYING WHAT
00:44:20 THEY CAN AND TRYING DESPERATELY TO STAY HOUSED.
00:44:22 THESE ARE FAMILIES LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK WHEN RENT
00:44:25 TAKES SUCH A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR INCOME ONE UNEXPECTED
00:44:29 EXPENSE IT COULD BE A MEDICAL BILL REDUCED HOURS COULD BE A
00:44:33 CAR REPAIR, A FAMILY EMERGENCY. IT CAN PUT THEM BEHIND.
00:44:37 WE HAVE CLIENTS WHO HAVE LIVED AT THE MALL AND HALL AT
00:44:41 DISTRICT SIX FOR DECADES A PLACE THAT WAS RECENTLY
00:44:43 DESIGNATED A SAN FRANCISCO LANDMARK.
00:44:46 AND YET TODAY SOME OF THESE LONGTIME RESIDENTS ARE LIVING
00:44:50 WITH THE FEAR THAT ONE PERIOD OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP COULD
00:44:53 MEAN LOSING THE HOME THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR DECADES.
00:44:54 >> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, COUNSELOR, I SEE THAT FEAR
00:44:58 EVERY DAY. >> THESE TENANTS ARE ARE NOT
00:45:01 ASKING FOR A FREE RIDE. THEY ARE ASKING FOR TIME
00:45:04 AND BREATHING ROOM WHICH MEANS TIME TO FIND RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
00:45:06 FIND RESOURCES, BORROW MONEY FROM FAMILY, PICK UP ADDITIONAL
00:45:10 WORK OR TO FIND A WAY TO CATCH UP BEFORE AN EVICTION DESTROYS
00:45:14 THEIR HOUSING STABILITY. MANY OF THESE FAMILIES ARE
00:45:17 ALREADY STRUGGLING JUST TO STAY AFLOAT AND ONE MISSED RENT
00:45:21 PAYMENT CAN PUT THEIR ENTIRE HOUSING STABILITY AT RISK.
00:45:25 THIS ORDINANCE CAN GIVE FAMILIES THAT BREATHING ROOM.
00:45:29 I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE AND GIVE STRUGGLING SAN
00:45:32 FRANCISCO TENANTS A CHANCE TO STABILIZE, FIND A WAY TO PAY
00:45:34 WHAT THEY OWE AND REMAIN HOUSED.
00:45:37 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:45:38 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:45:44 MY NAME IS REMEMBER IF SAY I'M ALSO A TENANT COUNSELOR WITH
00:45:49 STOWMARKET COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK OR SOME CAMP FOR SHORT.
00:45:52 I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE THROUGH OUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY WE
00:45:55 ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO STAY HOUSE.
00:45:59 WE ARE SEEING LONG TIME RESIDENTS FACING EVICTIONS,
00:46:02 FAMILIES BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE
00:46:07 WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE ENDS MEET BUT ARE
00:46:11 NOT BUT ARE ONE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR
00:46:15 HOME. THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY
00:46:19 IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR FILTERS LEGISLATION FOR THE
00:46:20 COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT A POLICY
00:46:23 CHANGE IT'S ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM WHEN
00:46:27 UNEXPECTED TEMPORARY FINANCIAL SETBACK TODAY A TENANT CAN FACE
00:46:30 EVICTIONS FOR OWING EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE RENT.
00:46:34 NONPAYMENT OF RENT IS BEHIND MORE THAN HALF OF RECENT
00:46:38 EVICTIONS PROCESSING AND SAN FRANCISCO'S EVICTIONS REACHED
00:46:41 TEN YEARS HIGH IN 2025 FOR SIX WHERE SO I'M KIND OF SEEING SO
00:46:46 MUCH DISPLACEMENT. THIS IS VERY REAL AN URGENT
00:46:49 ISSUE WORKING FAMILIES, SENIORS AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS CAN
00:46:53 EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN WORK HOURS, DELAYED PAYMENTS
00:46:56 OR UNEXPECTED DECISIONS THAT LEAVES THEM TEMPORARILY SHORT
00:47:00 ON RENT A SMALL FINANCIAL SETBACK SHOULD NOT
00:47:04 AUTOMATICALLY BECOME PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT.
00:47:07 THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT ERASE A TENANT THAT OR ALLOW ANYONE
00:47:11 TO LIVE RENT FREE. IT'S SIMPLY STABLISH A FAIR
00:47:15 MARKET RENT THRESHOLD BEFORE AN EVICTIONS CAN BE INITIATED
00:47:19 GIVING TENANTS FACING A SHORT TERM EMERGENCY AN OPPORTUNITY
00:47:23 TO RECOVER WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY LOSING THEIR HOME.
00:47:26 I ALSO WANT TO ASK OUR DISTRICT DIRECTOR DIRECT DIRECTLY ASKED
00:47:30 OUR DISTRICT SIX SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY.
00:47:31 SUPERVISOR DORSEY, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
00:47:35 LEGISLATION AND TO CONSIDER BECOMING A CO-SPONSORS AS A
00:47:38 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS
00:47:42 AND DISTRICTS WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROTECTIONS IS NEEDED
00:47:43 IN OUR DISTRICT. >> WE ARE SEEING THE
00:47:47 CONSEQUENCES OF DISPLACEMENT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
00:47:48 COMMENTS. THE COMMITTEE LET'S HAVE THE
00:47:50 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:47:58 >> MY NAME IS GERRY BECAUSE IN URBAN AND I'M WITH SOME GUN
00:48:01 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS LAW HELPS LOTS OF PEOPLE
00:48:04 ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME PEOPLE. WITHOUT THIS LAW MANY PEOPLE
00:48:06 WILL BECOME HOMELESS. WE AND WE FEEL THE DISTRESS
00:48:10 EVERY DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN ANOTHER PERSON IS THE PLACE WE
00:48:13 SEE THESE FEARS WITH OUR CLIENTS ASKING WHERE ARE WE
00:48:18 GOING? WE WORK HERE.
00:48:21 OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL HERE, OUR LIFE IS HERE.
00:48:24 HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? WE OURSELVES ARE ALSO HURT.
00:48:28 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
00:48:31 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:48:33 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE HI I'M THERESA DE LA LA THE
00:48:39 RESIDENT AND TENANT OF SOMA PILIPINAS.
00:48:43 I'M HERE TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND IMPLORING YOU PLEASE
00:48:47 SUPPORT AND SIGN ON TO THIS ORDINANCE.
00:48:48 I HAVE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE SEEN
00:48:51 NEIGHBORS LOSE THEIR HOMES. I HAVE SEEN THE FEAR, THE
00:48:55 UNCERTAINTY AND THE PAIN THAT EVICTION LEAVES BEHIND.
00:48:58 >> BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
00:49:02 WHAT HAPPENS TO A PERSON WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR HOME?
00:49:06 >> THEY DON'T JUST LOSE FOR WALLS, YOU KNOW, IN A ROOF THEY
00:49:10 CAN LOSE THEIR STABILITY. >> THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR SENSE
00:49:14 OF SAFETY, THEIR HEALTH. SOMETIMES THEY LOSE THE VERY
00:49:17 FOUNDATION THAT HAS HELD THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER FOR GENERATIONS
00:49:21 THEIR DIGNITY. AND WHEN ONE PERSON IS EVICTED
00:49:25 ,THE PAIN DOES NOT STOP AT THEIR FRONT DOOR.
00:49:26 >> FOR MANY VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT, EVICTION IS
00:49:30 NOT SIMPLY A HOUSING ISSUE. IT CAN BE LIFE THREATENING.
00:49:33 PLEASE REMEMBER BEHIND EVERY EVICTION NOTICE IS A HUMAN
00:49:37 BEING BEHIND EVERY DOOR IS A LIFE BEHIND EVERY HOME IS A
00:49:43 STORY. AND PLEASE TELL MY SUPERVISOR
00:49:48 IN DISTRICT SIX I AM ASKING YOU DIRECTLY.
00:49:49 WE NEED YOUR CONSCIENCE. WE NEED YOU RIGHT NOW.
00:49:53 WHERE ARE YOU WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS NEED YOU?
00:49:56 WE NEED ALL OF YOU TO STAND WITH US.
00:50:00 WE NEED YOU TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO STILL CALL SAN
00:50:03 FRANCISCO HOME. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
00:50:04 MARAMI SALAMA. >> THANK YOU.
00:50:08 JUST A GENTLE REMINDER PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE AS A
00:50:12 WHOLE AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR.
00:50:13 THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
00:50:17 >> MADAM CHAIR MULDER AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:50:23 MY NAME IS JUSTIN GOODMAN. I AM AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LEGAL
00:50:27 LAW GROUP AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE COALITION FOR
00:50:30 BETTER HOUSING. >> CBH BELIEVES THAT THIS
00:50:31 LEGISLATION WOULD INTERFERE WITH AN IMPORTANT
00:50:35 AND PREEMPTIVE STATE LAW RIGHT. THE ABILITY TO USE THE UNLAWFUL
00:50:38 DETAINER PROCEDURES WHEN A TENANT IS IN RENT DEFAULT.
00:50:42 WHEN MUNICIPALITIES REGULATE IN THIS SPACE THE LAWS ARE
00:50:45 IN CONFLICT WITH THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE.
00:50:46 AND IN FACT THIS WAS THE BASIS OF THE RECENT SUCCESSFUL
00:50:49 CHALLENGE TO FORMER SUPERVISOR PRESTON'S TEN DAY CURE NOTICE
00:50:52 REQUIREMENT. HAVING SAID THAT, CBH
00:50:56 APPRECIATES THAT SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND THE CITY
00:50:57 ATTORNEY MAY REGARD THIS AS A SUBSTANTIVE REGULATION OF THE
00:51:00 GROUNDS FOR EVICTION AN AREA WHERE THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES
00:51:03 HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGULATE. AND IN FACT THAT DISPUTE WAS
00:51:05 THE BASIS FOR A CHALLENGE BY THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF
00:51:08 THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA WHEN LOS ANGELES ENACTED A
00:51:11 SIMILAR EVICTION THRESHOLD LAW. THAT CHALLENGE IS NOW BEING
00:51:15 REVIEWED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA.
00:51:16 THE SUPREME COURT OFFERS THIS DISCRETIONARY REVIEW WHEN IT
00:51:19 SEEKS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES AMONG THE VARIOUS APPELLATE DISTRICTS
00:51:23 AND SETTLE THE INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION THROUGHOUT THE
00:51:26 STATE. FOR THAT REASON CBH ASKS THAT
00:51:27 THIS COMMITTEE ADOPT THIS LEGISLATION BUT AMENDED TO
00:51:30 INCLUDE A TRIGGER LAW FEATURE. IT SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL
00:51:33 THERE IS A RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT IN THE AGLER
00:51:35 CHALLENGE. AND IF THE OPINION TO TERMINATE
00:51:38 DETERMINES THAT THE LOS ANGELES REGULATION IS UNLAWFUL THEN THE
00:51:41 ORDINANCE ON ITS OWN TERMS SHALL BE OF NO EFFECT.
00:51:44 IF THE ORDINANCE IS NOT ADOPTED IN THIS WAY, THE SITTING CITY'S
00:51:46 HOUSING PROVIDERS WILL NEED TO CHALLENGE IT AND THIS CHALLENGE
00:51:50 WILL COST THE TAXPAYERS MONEY AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY IS
00:51:51 TRYING TO PUT FUNDS TO MORE PRODUCTIVE USES LIKE FUNDING
00:51:54 EVICTION DEFENSE IF ADOPTED AS A TRIGGER LAW.
00:51:57 >> HOWEVER, THE INDUSTRY WILL NOT NEED TO CHALLENGE THE
00:51:58 ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL
00:52:01 LAWS OF THE STATE. THE INDUSTRY WILL SUPPORT THIS
00:52:04 PRUDENT EXERCISE OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY IF ADOPTED THAT WAY.
00:52:09 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:52:10 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI THERE.
00:52:13 MY NAME IS TUESDAY ROSE THORNTON AND I'M AN ATTORNEY AT
00:52:16 THE EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE.
00:52:17 WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT ON THIS LEGISLATION.
00:52:20 NOT ONE MORE DAY ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF
00:52:23 EVICTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:52:24 >> THIS LEGISLATION I CAN THINK OF SO MANY CLIENTS THAT WOULD
00:52:28 HAVE HELPED FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAMILY OF THREE THAT HAD TO
00:52:31 PROVIDE ROUND THE CLOCK CARE TO THEIR ADULT DISABLED SON.
00:52:34 THEY WERE GIVEN A RENT BOARD DETERMINATION THAT THEY SHOULD
00:52:36 GET A $300 RENT CREDIT AND THEIR RENT WAS ONLY AROUND
00:52:38 $1,000. AT SOME POINT THEIR LANDLORD
00:52:41 THEIR LANDLORD SOLD THEIR BUILDING AND THE NEW OWNERS
00:52:44 DECIDED THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO APPLY THE RENT CREDIT
00:52:46 ANYMORE. >> AND HISTORICALLY THE ADVICE
00:52:48 TO TENANTS HAVE JUST BEEN PAY IT AND THEN TRY TO GET IT
00:52:52 REIMBURSED THROUGH THE RENT BOARD.
00:52:53 >> AND THIS LEGISLATION MAKES IT SO THAT TENANTS DON'T HAVE
00:52:57 TO PAY ON LAWFUL RENT INCREASES IN THE MEANTIME WHILE THEY'RE
00:52:59 WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THE RENT INCREASE WAS ILLEGAL.
00:53:03 I ALSO THINK OF MY CLIENT THAT GOT AN ILLEGAL CASTRO HAWKINS
00:53:07 RENT INCREASE AND AGAIN THE ADVICE IS JUST TO PAY IT SO YOU
00:53:11 DON'T END UP IN AN EVICTION LAWSUIT THAT TAKES A LOT OF
00:53:13 YOUR TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING
00:53:15 PEOPLE THAT CAN'T TAKE WORK OFF TO TO GO TO COURT AND FIGHT
00:53:18 THESE EVICTIONS. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CITY
00:53:20 RESOURCES THAT ARE GOING INTO DEFENDING THESE EVICTIONS.
00:53:22 I AM SO PLEASED THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS BEING
00:53:26 INTRODUCED. I ACTUALLY RAN INTO A FORMER
00:53:27 CLIENT OF MINE WHO'S HERE FOR ANOTHER MATTER WHO WAS EVICTED
00:53:32 FOR $650 JUST THIS YEAR. >> I REPRESENTED HIM AND THAT
00:53:36 WAS BECAUSE HIS RENT CHECK WAS APPLIED TO UTILITIES FIRST THAT
00:53:39 SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IT LEFT
00:53:40 HIM WITH WITH A $650 RENT BALANCE THAT WAS THE BASIS OF
00:53:43 HIS EVICTION. SO THIS LEGISLATION WILL MAKE
00:53:47 SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN A TIME WHERE IT'S NEEDED SO
00:53:50 SORELY. >> THANK YOU.
00:53:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:53:54 GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR VICE CHAIR CHEN AND MEMBER
00:53:59 DORSEY MY NAME IS SCOTT FEENEY. I AM A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT
00:54:03 AND AS A MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
00:54:05 AMERICA SAN FRANCISCO I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR FIELDER FOR
00:54:10 WRITING THIS MUCH NEEDED LEGISLATION.
00:54:11 WE SOCIALISTS BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT TO THE CITY AND A
00:54:17 COLLECTIVE THE COLLECTIVE RIGHT TO THE CITY AND HOUSING IS A
00:54:21 HUMAN RIGHT WHEN THAT IS NOT THE CASE WE SEE PEOPLE GETTING
00:54:25 EVICTED. WE SEE THE AP PRICING PEOPLE
00:54:28 OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WE SEE WHAT IS A PARTICULARLY
00:54:32 GROTESQUE EXAMPLE OF THIS THE PEOPLE BEING EVICTED FOR OWING
00:54:35 AS LITTLE AS $1. THAT'S NOT RIGHT AND THIS
00:54:39 LEGISLATION IS CORRECTING THAT SITUATION BY ADDING A THRESHOLD
00:54:45 . AND I ALSO THINK I ALSO THINK
00:54:50 SUPERVISORS MELGAR CHAN AND MAHMUD AMONG OTHERS FOR
00:54:53 SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION. I BELIEVE EVERY MEMBER OF THE
00:54:54 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHOULD SUPPORT THIS AND I ASK YOU TO
00:54:57 ADVANCE IT WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:55:01 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:55:02 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR MY
00:55:05 NAME IS PETER UNIO AND I'M WITH SAM KEN.
00:55:09 I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR PHIL THERE'S
00:55:12 LEGISLATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE RENTERS SOME MUCH NEEDED
00:55:15 BREATHING ROOM IN THE MIDST OF UNPRECEDENTED AFFORDABLE CITY
00:55:20 AND HOUSING CRISIS FAMILIES, SENIORS AND WORKING CLASS
00:55:23 RESIDENTS WHO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK MAY FACE FINANCIAL
00:55:24 EMERGENCIES WHERE THEIR WORK HOURS ARE SUDDENLY CUT SHORT OR
00:55:28 THEIR MEDICARE PAYMENTS ARE DELAYED OR THEY ARE SHORT OF
00:55:32 THEIR RENT WHICH WE ARE SEEING EVERYDAY WORKING CLASS SAN
00:55:36 FRANCISCAN GO THROUGH TODAY. THEREFORE MY THRESHOLD PROTECTS
00:55:40 TENANTS FACING SHORT TERM FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES FROM
00:55:43 HOMELESSNESS OR DISPLACEMENT. WE NEED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE
00:55:47 THAT MAKE THIS CITY WORK. THANK YOU AGAIN TO SUPERVISOR
00:55:51 FIELDER FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS LEGISLATION TO SUPERVISOR
00:55:52 MELGAR. WALTON CHAN CHEN MAHMOOD
00:55:56 AND SADR FOR THEIR CO-SPONSORSHIP.
00:55:59 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:56:00 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
00:56:07 GENTLE IN WITH THE RECENT AND EQUITY PLANNING COALITION
00:56:08 HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S
00:56:11 LEGISLATION AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY COMMENTS OUR
00:56:14 COMMUNITIES ARE FACING INTENSE PRESSURES AS WE ALL NAVIGATE
00:56:15 OUR CURRENT AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING CRISES.
00:56:19 >> RENTS ARE INCREASING AT RECORD HIGH NUMBERS WHILE
00:56:22 WORKING CLASS FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING WITH A CHALLENGING
00:56:24 JOB MARKET AS WELL AS THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
00:56:26 >> THAT MEANS THAT SO MANY SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS
00:56:28 AND FAMILIES ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND WHEN
00:56:31 FACED WITH TOUGH CHOICES, WHEN FACED WITH FINANCIAL
00:56:34 EMERGENCIES THAT RESULT IN BEING SHORT ON RENT, THEY'RE
00:56:36 AT RISK OF EVICTION AND LOSING THEIR HOUSING, OF LOSING
00:56:38 STABILITY AND SAFETY. >> THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
00:56:42 PROVIDE RENTERS A BUFFER AND PROTECT TENANTS FACING
00:56:45 SHORT TERM EMERGENCIES FROM DISPLACEMENT OR HOMELESSNESS.
00:56:46 >> MANY CITIES HAVE PASSED THE SAME LAW AND WE SHOULD
00:56:50 ABSOLUTELY DO THE SAME TO PROVIDE THIS MUCH NEEDED
00:56:53 PROTECTION. >> THANK YOU AGAIN SUPERVISOR
00:56:54 FIELDER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND ALL
00:56:58 OF THE CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
00:56:59 >> THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:57:01 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME'S MARION HARRIS
00:57:05 AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY EVER SINCE THE
00:57:09 DAY I WAS BORN. AND I MUST SAY THIS THAT THIS
00:57:13 IS A GOOD THIS IS GOOD. I'M ADDRESSING THE WHOLE BODY.
00:57:14 WHAT I'M SAYING IS DON'T DROP THE BALL AND NOT ALL THE
00:57:17 INGREDIENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
00:57:20 WE HAVE PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED AND BEING BECOMING HOMELESS ALL
00:57:24 OVER THE CITY INCLUDING SENIORS AND IT'S NOT OKAY.
00:57:25 I ALSO WANT TO CHALLENGE SAN FRANCISCO TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
00:57:31 CURRENT BMR ACT HAS CREATED A UNIT AN AFFORDABILITY AS IT'S
00:57:35 SOLD TO US THE AFFORDABILITY UNITS TO NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW
00:57:40 THAT THERE IS A TAX TAX CODE DID EXIST AND IN THAT TAX CODE
00:57:44 CODE THEY'RE ABLE TO INCREASE YOUR RENT BY 4% EVERY YEAR
00:57:47 WITHOUT QUESTION BESIDES ADDING ADDING LITTLE LITTLE FEES HERE
00:57:52 ON HERE IN THERE WHY? BECAUSE I'VE PERSONALLY
00:57:56 EXPERIENCED THIS AND I KNOW THAT EXISTS BECAUSE I ASKED THE
00:57:59 RIGHT QUESTIONS. SO IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO
00:58:00 PRICE PEOPLE OUT. NOBODY CAN CAN REMAIN ON A
00:58:03 HAMSTER WHEEL FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
00:58:06 THAT MEANS IN MY COMMUNITY WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO JOBS TO THE
00:58:09 HUSTLE TO EVEN BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY IN AFFORDABLE
00:58:13 HOUSING AND I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
00:58:18 LOOK AT THAT. THAT IS A CHALLENGE.
00:58:19 BUT FOR RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO INTERRUPT WHAT'S HAPPENING
00:58:22 DRASTICALLY IN IN REALLY RAPIDLY THROUGH THE CITY.
00:58:25 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAT IN THIS SPACE AND SEEN
00:58:29 SENIORS BEING DISPLACED. THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING OVER
00:58:33 AND ALEX GREW UP WITH THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MISSION
00:58:34 DISTRICT. WE NEED AN EMERGENCY
00:58:37 INTERRUPTION AND WE NEED IT NOW.
00:58:38 SO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BILL AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF
00:58:41 YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
00:58:44 >> I KNOW THAT YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING.
00:58:45 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:58:51 >> WELL, I THINK YOU HEARD IT ALL RIGHT THERE.
00:58:55 >> IT'S A SHAME AND A SIN ON THE BACKS OF SO MANY NATIVE SAN
00:59:02 FRANCISCANS. YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF HOW
00:59:06 AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PARTICULARLY HAVE BEEN
00:59:09 TREATED IN THIS COUNTRY. WE CAN GO BACK TO THE BIG FIVE.
00:59:13 WE CAN GO BACK TO PRIOR TO EVEN THE GOLD RUSH.
00:59:16 WE CAN GO BACK TO THE WRITINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO'S DIVESTMENT
00:59:20 FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.
00:59:23 SO THIS YOU KNOW EVERYONE THAT'S FEELING THE HEAT OF IT
00:59:27 BUT I AM STANDING HERE A CHILD OF THAT CIRCUMSTANCE OF
00:59:32 GENTRIFICATION PUSHING FAMILIES OUT FOR LACK OF FUNDS OR LACK
00:59:36 OF THE ABILITY TO EVEN GET A JOB IN THE CITY AND I THINK
00:59:40 IT'S ON YOUR CONSCIENCE TO FIGURE OUT METHODS THAT WE CAN
00:59:44 KEEP ESPECIALLY OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES
00:59:48 AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE IN THIS CITY THEIR ENTIRE LIVES
00:59:51 TO LIVE THEIR LIVES OUT IN THE CITY THEY WISH TO LIVE IN THE
00:59:55 CITY THAT THEY WERE BORN AND RAISED.
00:59:56 BUT THE ISSUE IS EVEN MORE SO WE'RE PROTECTING FOLKS WHO ARE
01:00:02 PROTECTING BILLIONAIRES WHO MAY NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR LONG
01:00:07 PERIODS OF TIME BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MONEY AND THEY
01:00:08 HAVE THE CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW THEY CAN BE PROTECTED FOR MANY
01:00:13 TIMES OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE NOT PROTECTED AND THEY DON'T
01:00:17 HAVE THE VOICE AND THEY CAN'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE
01:00:22 THEY HAVE TO BE OUT OF JOB OR THEY HAVE TO BE AT THE CHILD'S
01:00:25 CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL.
01:00:26 I SAY TO YOU THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
01:00:30 SAN FRANCISCO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:00:33 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
01:00:36 HELLO. I'M JACKIE PASTERNAK AND I WANT
01:00:40 TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S
01:00:44 LEGISLATION. I AM PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY
01:00:47 THIS. I'M A SENIOR LIVING LONG TERM
01:00:51 INTERVENTION CHILD UNIT. MY LANDLORD BOUGHT MY BUILDING
01:00:58 FIVE YEARS AGO. LANDLORDS ALL DAY CHURN
01:01:02 AND TRUONG LOU IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR INVESTMENT THEY
01:01:05 HAVE TRIED TO FORCE ME OUT BY FABRICATING A UNDERPAYMENTS.
01:01:14 EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO UNDERPAYMENTS I'VE RECEIVED
01:01:17 THREATENING, INTIMIDATING AND HARASSING LETTERS FROM THEM
01:01:22 ALWAYS THREATENING ME WITH ADDICTION.
01:01:26 >> BUT THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT THE RENTS ARE TOO HIGH AND I
01:01:33 AND THAT THIS BODY THE SUPERVISORS CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS
01:01:36 TO THE RENT ORDINANCE PARTICULARLY AROUND JUST CAUSE.
01:01:41 AND I URGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY
01:01:48 TO MAKE THESE THESE VERY VITAL VERY VITAL CHANGES IN JUST
01:01:53 CAUSE EVICTIONS FURTHER THE VACANCY DECONTROL IS THE GOAL
01:02:00 OF TENANTS IN THIS CITY. >> WE NEED TO FORM WE ARE
01:02:04 FORMING TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIONS SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT
01:02:08 FOR OUR RIGHTS TO VACANCY TO DECONTROL SO THAT LANDLORDS ARE
01:02:12 NOT INCENTIVIZED BY RAISING RENTS WHEN UNITS BECOME VACANT.
01:02:23 SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE SUPPORT THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO
01:02:28 SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S PROPOSAL.
01:02:32 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:02:38 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS PATRICK AND I'M A RESIDENT OF
01:02:43 DISTRICT EIGHT AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:02:46 CHAPTER OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA.
01:02:49 I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS SIMPLE AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE
01:02:52 PROPOSED BY SUPERVISOR FELDER FIELDER.
01:02:53 AS WE ALL KNOW, THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND RENT
01:02:57 IS OUT OF CONTROL HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IT IS THE CITY'S
01:03:01 DUTY TO WORK FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND THEIR TIME OF NEED.
01:03:05 I URGE THE SUPERVISORS TO NOT ONLY PASS THIS AMENDMENT BUT TO
01:03:08 CONTINUE FINDING WAYS TO BRING ADDITIONAL RENT RELIEF,
01:03:12 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ANY OTHER WAYS TO HELP ITS WORKING
01:03:13 CLASS CITIZENS. THANK YOU.
01:03:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:03:19 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS PETER AND I SPEAK
01:03:23 IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY.
01:03:26 I'M STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH RENT.
01:03:27 I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND WORK THAT CAN PAY MY BILLS AND I
01:03:31 KNOW I'M NOT ALONE. >> THIS COMMONSENSE LEGISLATION
01:03:35 WOULD ENABLE ALL OF US TO SURVIVE TO FIND WORK, TO
01:03:36 REBUILD. PLEASE HELP KEEP RENTERS LIKE
01:03:39 ME HOUSED. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FIELDER
01:03:40 AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERING THIS.
01:03:43 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:03:46 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERVISOR ZACK EISENBERGER
01:03:50 WITH YOUNG COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS.
01:03:50 I'M HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S
01:03:54 LEGISLATION TO PREVENT EVICTIONS WHEN A TENANT OWES
01:03:55 LESS THAN ONE MONTH'S RENT. OUR CITY IS IN A HOUSING
01:03:58 AFFORDABILITY AND DISPLACEMENT CRISIS.
01:03:59 RENTS HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 25% OVER THE PAST YEAR.
01:04:02 EVICTION NOTICES ARE UP 44% AND THE MAYOR HAS DECLARED A
01:04:05 RENT EMERGENCY. WHEN RENTS RISE THIS
01:04:08 DRAMATICALLY LOW INCOME BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE
01:04:10 DISPROPORTIONATELY VULNERABLE TO BEING PRICED OUT
01:04:12 AND DISPLACED FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:04:13 WE NEED TO BE USING EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO KEEP PEOPLE
01:04:16 HOUSED. THIS LEGISLATION IS A
01:04:17 STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMONSENSE WAY TO DO THAT.
01:04:19 TODAY A TENANT CAN FACE EVICTION FOR BEING SHORT BY ANY
01:04:21 AMOUNT OF RENT. LOSING YOUR HOME IS AN
01:04:24 EXTRAORDINARILY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE AND SOMEONE SHOULD
01:04:25 NOT FACE EVICTION OVER A RELATIVELY SMALL RENT DEBT.
01:04:28 WE ALSO KNOW THIS COULD PREVENT A MEANINGFUL NUMBER OF
01:04:30 EVICTIONS. THE EVICTION DEFENSE
01:04:31 COLLABORATIVE FOUND THAT ROUGHLY ONE QUARTER OF THE
01:04:34 EVICTION CASES IT REVIEWED INVOLVED RENT OWED BELOW THE
01:04:36 PROPOSED THRESHOLD. WE CANNOT TELL SAN FRANCISCANS
01:04:39 THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED WHILE
01:04:41 ALLOWING SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR HOME OVER A RELATIVELY SMALL
01:04:43 RENT DEBT. WE NEED TO INTERVENE BEFORE
01:04:45 DISPLACEMENT HAPPENS, NOT AFTER.
01:04:46 AT A TIME WHEN RENTS ARE SKY HIGH AND DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES
01:04:49 ARE INTENSIFYING, WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
01:04:51 PREVENT PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES IN THE FIRST PLACE.
01:04:53 THIS IS A PRACTICAL, TARGETED, COMMONSENSE PROTECTION.
01:04:56 >> WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S
01:04:58 LEGISLATION. THANK YOU.
01:04:58 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:05:03 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. LAND USE TRANSPORTATION
01:05:04 COMMITTEE GRIFFIN LEE HERE REPRESENTING CONNECT S.F..
01:05:07 WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS LEGISLATION AND WE HATE TO SEE
01:05:11 PEOPLE GET EVICTED BUT THERE'S A MORAL RESPONSIBLE ON THE
01:05:15 TENANT JUST AS MUCH AS THERE IS ON THE LANDLORD TO BE HELD
01:05:19 RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE. >> A ONE BEDROOM FAIR MARKET
01:05:23 RENT IS THIS YEAR UNDER HARDEST 2977 A ONE BEDROOM.
01:05:27 >> SOMEONE A TENANT COULD BE PAYING LESS THAN THAT.
01:05:31 SAY $1,000. >> THAT WOULD LEAVE THE
01:05:35 LANDLORD THREE MONTH WITHOUT RENT.
01:05:38 >> LANDLORDS HAVE BILLS TO PAY AS WELL.
01:05:42 >> WE'RE ALREADY IN THIS PACKAGE.
01:05:46 >> SOME ARE PROVIDING $27 MILLION IN SUBSIDIES.
01:05:49 >> THIS LEGISLATION IS JUST MORE CONFUSING AND ONE SIDED.
01:05:54 AGAIN, WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE EVICTIONS BUT THERE IS
01:05:58 ACCOUNTABILITY ON BOTH ENDS. >> WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS
01:06:01 LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:06:02 THANK YOU FOR COMING. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:06:08 >> THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
01:06:09 OPPOSITION. MY NAME IS D.J. PROCTOR AND I
01:06:13 AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TEN. AND AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE
01:06:17 SAN FRANCISCO COALITION ON ANTI DISPLACEMENT, WE KNOW THAT
01:06:21 WE'RE IN MORE THAN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN SAN
01:06:24 FRANCISCO AND ACROSS OUR NATION.
01:06:25 WE'RE FACING AN OVERALL COST OF LIVING CRISIS.
01:06:28 AND SO THAT'S WHY TODAY I'M HERE TO SAY I URGE YOU ALL TO
01:06:32 SUPPORT STRONGLY. SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S
01:06:35 LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:35 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO
01:06:39 HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO?
01:06:42 ARE YOU COMING FORWARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
01:06:49 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CHARLIE GOSS WITH
01:06:51 THE SAN FRANCISCO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
01:06:54 WE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF OBJECTION ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO
01:06:58 TO YOU ALL WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT CITIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO
01:07:01 MAKE SUBSTANTIVE DEFENSES TO EVICTION.
01:07:05 IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU IS A
01:07:09 PROCEDURAL REGULATION ON THE PROCESS OF EVICTION WHICH IS
01:07:12 GOVERNED BY THE STATE LEVEL AND THUS PREEMPTED BY THE STATE
01:07:16 . THIS EXACT ISSUE IS UNDER
01:07:17 CONSIDERATION BY THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT.
01:07:21 AND SO WHILE IT'S OUR OPINION THAT THIS INTERVENES IN THE
01:07:24 PROCEDURE OF EVICTIONS, WE WILL KNOW SOON THE CALIFORNIA
01:07:28 SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE THAT. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO HOLD
01:07:32 OFF ON SCHEDULING A VOTE UNTIL WE GET A DETERMINATION FROM THE
01:07:35 CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT LANDLORDS
01:07:39 AND TENANTS EACH DO BETTER WHEN THERE IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
01:07:44 ABOUT WHAT THE LAWS ARE AND WHAT THE RULES ARE
01:07:47 AND THERE'S CLARITY ABOUT WHAT THOSE LAWS AND RULES ARE.
01:07:48 AND WHEN THE CITY PASSES LAWS THAT LATER GET OVERTURNED, IT
01:07:51 CREATES CONFUSION. AND WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
01:07:55 PRUDENT TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT WEIGHS
01:07:58 IN. THANK YOU.
01:07:58 THANK YOU FOR COMING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
01:08:00 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO?
01:08:02 MADAM CHAIR. OKAY.
01:08:06 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
01:08:13 CHAIR MILLER. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS
01:08:17 LEGISLATION AND I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S LEADERSHIP
01:08:18 IN BRINGING IT FORWARD. ONE THING THAT I HAVE SEEN OVER
01:08:22 THE YEARS WHENEVER OUR SUPPLY CONSTRAINED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL
01:08:25 MARKET EXPERIENCES A DEMAND SHOCK FROM DISPROPORTIONATELY
01:08:32 WELL-PAID MARKET SECTORS IS THAT IT CREATES A POWERFUL
01:08:33 INCENTIVE FOR LESS THAN ETHICAL LANDLORDS TO EXPLOIT ANY
01:08:40 OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN TO DISPOSSESS TENANTS OF THEIR
01:08:41 RENT CONTROLLED UNITS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW
01:08:46 DURING THE.COM BOOM IN 1999 AND INTO TWO THOUSAND.
01:08:50 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SAW DURING THE SECOND TECH BOOM
01:08:51 BEGINNING IN 2010 AND 2011. WE WERE WE WILL LIKELY SEE IT
01:08:57 AGAIN AS WE HAVE A COMPANIES AND IPOS COMING.
01:09:01 DURING THE YEARS THAT I WORKED IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
01:09:03 WE ACTUALLY SAW MANY OF THESE KINDS OF INSTANCES IN 2011 CITY
01:09:09 APARTMENTS WHICH WAS THEN ONE OF THE LARGEST LANDLORDS IN THE
01:09:13 CITY ALONG WITH SKYLINE REALTY AND OTHER LMB CONTROLLED
01:09:16 ENTITIES ENGAGED IN UNLAWFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES TO FOR
01:09:20 AND TENANT HARASSMENT TO DISPOSSESS PEOPLE FROM THEIR
01:09:23 RENT CONTROLLED UNITS. I THINK WE GOT A $10 MILLION
01:09:27 SETTLEMENT FROM THAT. MORE RECENTLY I THINK IT WAS
01:09:30 2017 THE NOKIA AG CASE WAS ANOTHER MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
01:09:34 SETTLEMENT AND ALL THE ALTHOUGH THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE CONSUMER
01:09:35 PROTECTION CASES WAS WAS FAVORABLE.
01:09:38 >> THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE RESIDENTS COULDN'T BE UNDONE.
01:09:43 >> AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE
01:09:46 SERIOUSLY WHAT MARKET PRESSURE WILL DO.
01:09:51 I KNOW THAT THIS LEGISLATION WOULDN'T ONLY APPLY TO RENT
01:09:54 CONTROLLED TENANCIES BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE
01:09:55 THAT RENT CONTROLLED TENANTS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
01:09:59 ANY EXCUSE TO EVICT AND DISPOSSESSED TENANTS OF
01:10:01 THEIR HOMES. SO I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE
01:10:03 STEP IN THIS LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP TO STABILIZE THE
01:10:06 RESIDENTIAL RENTAL MARKETPLACE FROM WHAT IS GOING ON AND MORE
01:10:10 SERIOUSLY WHAT'S LIKELY TO COME IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.
01:10:14 SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS AND HAPPY TO BE ADDED AS A
01:10:17 CO-SPONSOR. >> THANK YOU.
01:10:20 SUPERVISOR. WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
01:10:24 A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD
01:10:32 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE
01:10:33 CHAIR THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF
01:10:36 SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I
01:10:39 CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES
01:10:44 THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSOR
01:10:45 FIELDER LET'S PLEASE GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
01:10:51 THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO
01:10:52 REQUIRE THAT ONLINE LISTINGS AND LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR
01:10:56 RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS CLEARLY DISCLOSE THE TOTAL
01:10:59 ESTIMATED MONTHLY COST OF THE RENT INCLUSIVE OF RENT AND ANY
01:11:03 REQUIRED FEES AND CHARGES AUTHORIZE TENANTS TO TERMINATE
01:11:07 THEIR LEASES EARLY AND WITHOUT PENALTY IF THEY HAVE NOT
01:11:08 RECEIVED ADEQUATE DISCLOSURES OF SUCH FEES AND CHARGES
01:11:11 RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF LANDLORDS TO EVICT OR IMPOSE
01:11:14 LATE PENALTIES ON TENANTS FOR THE NONPAYMENT OF FEES OR
01:11:16 CHARGES THAT WERE NOT ADEQUATELY DISCLOSED AND DELETE
01:11:19 VARIOUS OBSOLETE PROVISIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR
01:11:23 MOMENT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN LUGAR
01:11:27 AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR HEARING THIS ITEM AS WELL TODAY
01:11:30 AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE IN AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
01:11:34 AND RENT IS THE BIGGEST BILL MOST SAN FRANCISCANS PAY
01:11:37 AND PEOPLE ARE STRETCHING EVERY DOLLAR TO STAY IN THE CITY THAT
01:11:39 THEY LOVE. >> YET WHEN SOMEONE GOES
01:11:42 LOOKING FOR A HOME THE PRICE THEY OFTEN SEE IS NOT THE PRICE
01:11:46 THAT THEY WILL PAY. >> PICTURE SOMEONE GOING TO AN
01:11:47 APARTMENT OR APARTMENT TO APARTMENT ON A SATURDAY
01:11:50 AFTERNOON COMPARING LISTINGS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
01:11:54 THEY CAN AFFORD. >> ONE UNIT IS LISTED AT 2800.
01:11:57 ANOTHER AT 2950. THEY PICK THE CHEAPER ONE
01:12:02 AND THEY SIGNED THE LEASE AND THEN A MONTH GOES BY
01:12:06 AND THE FEES SHOW UP AN AMENITY FEE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE UTILITY
01:12:10 BILLING MY FAVORITE THE TRASH CONCIERGE FEE.
01:12:14 >> I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BUT BY THE TIME THEY SEE THE
01:12:17 FULL COST THEY'VE ALREADY APPLIED PAID APPLICATION FEES
01:12:21 AND COMMITTED AND THAT CHEAPER APARTMENT TURNED OUT TO COST
01:12:25 MORE. >> THESE CHARGES CAN ADD 10 TO
01:12:29 30% ON TOP OF THE ADVERTISED RENT THAT'S HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
01:12:32 A MONTH THAT NEVER APPEARED IN THE ORIGINAL LISTING.
01:12:33 >> THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY TRYING TO
01:12:37 BUDGET FOR A TWO BEDROOM GETS CAUGHT BY IT.
01:12:41 SO TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS THE SENIORS ON FIXED
01:12:45 INCOMES AND THE WORKERS LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK FOR WHOM
01:12:47 AN EXTRA $200 A MONTH DECIDES WHETHER THEY CAN STAY HOUSED.
01:12:51 >> THE EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE TOLD US ABOUT
01:12:53 TENANTS FACING EVICTION OVER FEES THEY NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHEN
01:12:56 THEY SIGNED THEIR LEASE. IN SOME CASES THOSE CHARGES ARE
01:12:59 BEING WEAPONIZED, TACKED ON, LEFT UNPAID AND THEN USED AS
01:13:03 GROUNDS TO PUSH PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
01:13:07 NOBODY ACCEPTS THIS ANYWHERE ELSE.
01:13:10 WHEN YOU BUY A PLANE TICKET OR A CONCERT TICKET, YOU EXPECT TO
01:13:14 SEE THE FULL PRICE BEFORE YOU PAY.
01:13:15 AND CALIFORNIA LAW NOW LARGELY REQUIRES IT.
01:13:18 RENTING A HOME IS THE BIGGEST PURCHASE MOST PEOPLE MAKE EVERY
01:13:22 MONTH. IT DESERVES AT LEAST THE SAME
01:13:25 HONESTY. >> SO OUR GOAL WITH THIS
01:13:26 ORDINANCE IS SIMPLE. ONE NUMBER UPFRONT THE NO
01:13:30 HIDDEN RENT CREATES A NEW FIGURE CALLED THE TOTAL
01:13:34 ESTIMATED COST COVERS THE RENT PLUS ALL RECURRING FEES
01:13:37 AND CHARGES IN ONE NUMBER. >> THAT NUMBER HAS TO APPEAR
01:13:41 GOING FORWARD ON EVERY ONLINE AD AND EVERY LEASE AGREEMENT SO
01:13:45 RENTERS CAN COMPARE APARTMENTS ACCURATELY AND KNOW WHAT
01:13:48 THEY'LL PAY BEFORE THEY APPLY BEFORE THEY SIGN OR BEFORE THEY
01:13:52 MOVE IN. >> IT ALSO PROTECTS TENANTS
01:13:53 FROM BEING EVICTED OVER CHARGES THAT WEREN'T PROPERLY
01:13:57 DISCLOSED. >> SO FEES CAN'T BE USED AS A
01:14:00 BACKDOOR TO EVICTION. >> TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, SAN
01:14:01 FRANCISCO WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN CALIFORNIA TO REQUIRE
01:14:04 AN ALL OR AN ESTIMATED PRICE FOR RENTAL HOUSING.
01:14:08 THIS WON'T SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS ON ITS OWN.
01:14:11 WE HAVE TO ADMIT THE BUILDING NEW HOUSING TAKES YEARS AND WE
01:14:14 ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE RENTING FAIRER.
01:14:16 >> AND RIGHT NOW RENTERS CAN PLAN THEIR LIVES AROUND A
01:14:19 NUMBER THAT THEY CAN TRUST. >> SINCE INTRODUCTION, OUR
01:14:23 OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WITH
01:14:26 STAKEHOLDERS ON ALL SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.
01:14:27 GOOD POLICY REQUIRES US TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW IT AS
01:14:30 WELL AS THE PEOPLE IT PROTECTS .
01:14:33 >> BUILDING CONSENSUS IS HOW WE MAKE SURE LEGISLATION IS CLEAR
01:14:35 ENFORCEABLE AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED ON THE GROUND.
01:14:39 I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID ON THIS WITH ALL SIDES ON
01:14:42 THE ISSUE. >> THAT COLLABORATION IS
01:14:43 REFLECTED IN A SMALL SET OF CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS THAT I'M
01:14:47 OFFERING TODAY. THEY ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE.
01:14:50 THEY TIGHTEN THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE THE INTENT CLEARER.
01:14:51 AND NONE OF THEM CHANGE HOW THE ORDINANCE OPERATES.
01:14:54 >> READING THE AMENDMENTS INTO THE RECORD ON PAGE FOUR LINES
01:15:00 17 TO 18 DELETE THE SENTENCE. IN SOME CASES THESE FEES MAY
01:15:01 EVEN VIOLATE THE RENT ORDINANCE.
01:15:04 >> THIS TIGHTENS THE PURPOSE STATEMENT AND HAS NO OPERATIVE
01:15:07 EFFECT. >> PAGE FIVE LINES THREE TO
01:15:10 FOUR AFTER IF OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AND QUOTE
01:15:13 AND AGREED TO IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
01:15:17 THIS CLARIFIES THE ORDINANCES INTENT.
01:15:20 PAGE FIVE LINES SIX THROUGH SEVEN AFTER REQUIRE THE TENANT
01:15:22 TO PAY AD TO OR ON BEHALF OF THE LANDLORD.
01:15:25 >> THIS CLARIFIES INTENT AND AGAIN ALIGNS THE DEFINITION
01:15:29 WITH THE WORDING ALREADY USED IN THE PURPOSE SECTION.
01:15:32 >> LASTLY PAGE FIVE LINES 17 AFTER SHALL HAVE THE OPTION AD
01:15:39 DURING THE TERM OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
01:15:40 >> THIS MAKES CLEAR WHEN A TENANT MAY EXERCISE THEIR EARLY
01:15:44 TERMINATION. >> RIGHT.
01:15:44 I WANT TO THANK THE ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELPED
01:15:47 SHAPE THIS LEGISLATION WITH ALL OF THEIR INPUT.
01:15:49 >> GAIL GILMAN OR APPROACH OF NICK AND THE EVICTION DEFENSE
01:15:52 COLLABORATIVE. OLGA MIRANDA AND SEIU LOCAL 87
01:15:55 PRETTY MUCH TECHIE IN THE TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC.
01:15:59 THE SAN FRANCISCO ANTI DISPLACEMENT COALITION JINAN
01:16:00 NEW AND CHARLIE GRASS GAS FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
01:16:04 AND THANK YOU TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF SAM LOGAN FOR CARRYING
01:16:07 THIS LEGISLATION ARE DRAFTING CITY ATTORNEY MONROE PRADHAN
01:16:10 FOR WORKING THROUGHOUT THIS TOPIC WITH US AND TWO
01:16:13 SUPERVISOR SAUTER MELGAR AND CHEN FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP
01:16:15 AND CO-SPONSORSHIP. TENANTS DESERVE CLARITY
01:16:18 AND THEY DESERVE TO PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE WITHOUT HIDDEN
01:16:21 COSTS WAITING AROUND THE CORNER.
01:16:22 >> COLLEAGUES I HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
01:16:25 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I DON'T SEE
01:16:29 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ROSTER.
01:16:33 SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE.
01:16:37 >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
01:16:38 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
01:16:41 THREE DISCLOSURE OF COSTS TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS IF YOU HAVE
01:16:44 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG
01:16:46 THAT WESTERN WALL THAT I'M POINTING OUT WITH MY LEFT HAND
01:16:48 AND THE FIRST SPEAKER CAN COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN.
01:16:50 >> NOW AND JUST IN GOODMAN WITH THE WIGGLE LAW GROUP HERE ON
01:16:59 BEHALF OF THE COALITION FOR BETTER HOUSING, THE COALITION
01:17:02 FOR BETTER HOUSING IS GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF CONSUMER PROTECTION
01:17:04 ORDINANCES LIKE THIS. CBH MERELY ASKS THAT THE LAW BE
01:17:08 REVISED TO CLARIFY THAT A TENANT RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE
01:17:11 TENANCY TO QUOTE TERMINATE THE TENANCY AT ANY TIME BE APPLIED
01:17:15 TO THE INITIAL TERM LEASE A TENANT ALREADY HAS THE RIGHT TO
01:17:18 TERMINATE A TENANCY WHEN IT BECOMES MONTH TO MONTH AT THE
01:17:21 STATE LEVEL. THE CONCERN HERE IS THAT A
01:17:22 LANDLORD MAY IN GOOD FAITH JUST NOT BE AWARE OF THE LAW OR
01:17:25 PERHAPS PROVIDE MISTAKEN INFORMATION BUT BECAUSE THE
01:17:29 DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT CANNOT BE COURSE CORRECTED DURING THE
01:17:30 TENANCY A TENANT COULD PURPORT TO TERMINATE THEIR TENANCY ON
01:17:33 THAT BASIS MAY BE MANY YEARS DOWN THE LINE AND TREAT THIS AS
01:17:37 A SPECIES OF WRONGFUL EVICTION WHEN REALLY IT COULD JUST BE A
01:17:40 SIMPLE MISUNDERSTANDING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:17:43 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:17:47 >> BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MY NAME'S MIKE NOR THE THING THAT
01:17:51 CAME UP FOR ME WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THIS IS WE ALSO
01:17:55 DON'T WANT TO SET UP A SITUATION THAT ENDS UP MAKING
01:17:59 RENT HIGHER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE WHAT THIS IS DOING
01:18:03 IN LISTENING TO IT IS YOU'RE EXPECTING WHOEVER THE LANDLORD
01:18:07 IS. I'M NOT ONE BUT FOR A LANDLORD
01:18:10 TO PRE ESTIMATE HOW MUCH WATER IS GOING TO GO UP ELECTRICITY
01:18:14 WITH ALL THESE NEW BUILDINGS THEY'RE BUILDING THAT ARE GOING
01:18:18 TO UP LOTS OF ENERGY AND RACK UP RATES.
01:18:19 I MEAN I'VE ALREADY SEEN ALL MY GAS POWER ALL MY STUFF GO UP
01:18:25 ENORMOUSLY. >> SO IN DOING IT THIS WAY YOU
01:18:29 NEED TO HAVE SOME STIPULATION IN THERE ABOUT ADJUSTING FOR
01:18:33 NORMAL GAS ELECTRIC POWER TRASH THINGS THAT WILL GO UP BECAUSE
01:18:37 OTHERWISE YOU CAN HAVE PROBLEM .
01:18:41 I'VE LIVED IN RENT CONTROL BEFORE AND IT WAS HORRIBLE.
01:18:42 I HAD PEOPLE PASSED OUT IN THE HALLWAY CAUSING ALL SORTS OF
01:18:45 PROBLEMS AND THE LANDLORDS WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP US
01:18:49 BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE WE'RE NOT MAKING OFF THAT BUILDING SO
01:18:52 WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU OUT AS A RENTER.
01:18:54 >> SO I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO HOW DO
01:19:00 YOU DO THIS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE RENTER OR THE
01:19:01 LANDLORDS TACK ON AN EXTRA 500 BUCKS ON THE FRONT END BECAUSE
01:19:04 THEY'RE LIKE WELL I KNOW OVER TIME IT'S GOING TO EAT AWAY AT
01:19:08 WHAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE.
01:19:09 SO JUST A CONSIDERATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:19:11 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:19:22 >> MY NAME IS PETER. I'M WITH INDIVISIBLE S F FIRST
01:19:25 YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ADD THESE FEES ON THEY CAN
01:19:27 THEY CAN JUST NOT DO THAT. >> BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE HERE
01:19:30 IN SUPPORT OF THE NO HIDDEN RENT ACT.
01:19:33 WE WE BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD GET A FAIR DEAL AND A FAIR DEAL
01:19:35 STARTS WITH DISCLOSING THE FULL PRICE TO BE PAID UPFRONT.
01:19:38 TOO OFTEN WE GET PROMISED ONE PRICE AND THEN NICKEL AND DIMED
01:19:41 WITH SNEAKY FEES THAT MAKE THE TRUE COST ALTOGETHER HIGHER.
01:19:45 >> THAT'S NOT A FAIR DEAL. AND WHEN IT'S RENT FOR AN
01:19:48 APARTMENT THAT'S PEOPLE'S HOUSING AT RISK.
01:19:50 WE ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO GO EVEN FARTHER AND LOOK INTO
01:19:53 WHETHER THESE FEES ARE BEING USED TO CIRCUMVENT RENT CONTROL
01:19:56 LAWS AND WHETHER THE CITY CAN AND SHOULD ELIMINATE THESE
01:19:59 SNEAKY FEES ALTOGETHER. >> WE'RE GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR
01:20:01 MAHMOOD FOR LEADING ON THIS AND REQUIRING THIS TRANSPARENCY
01:20:05 AND TO SUPERVISORS SAUTER, MELGAR AND CHEN FOR THEIR
01:20:08 SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU.
01:20:08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO
01:20:12 HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE MADAM CHAIR
01:20:14 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU
01:20:18 CHAIR MALKA AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO
01:20:23 THIS LEGISLATION. THE LEGISLATION IS REALLY
01:20:27 STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMON SENSE MEASURE THAT BRINGS
01:20:30 TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY TO OUR LOCAL RENTAL MARKET.
01:20:34 TENANTS IN SAN FRANCISCO CAN EXPERIENCE CASCADES OF
01:20:38 MANDATORY AND DISCLOSE THEIR FEES.
01:20:42 THESE HIDDEN JUNK FEEDS CAN QUIETLY A HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
01:20:45 TO A TENANTS MONTHLY EXPENSES. THIS LEGISLATION ENSURES THAT
01:20:49 WHAT YOU SEE IT'S WHAT YOU PAY. IT ISN'T ABOUT OVERBURDENING
01:20:53 LANDLORDS IT IT'S ABOUT ESTABLISHING BASIC CONSUMER
01:20:57 PROTECTIONS SO THAT RENTERS CAN BUDGET WITH CONFIDENCE FOR THE
01:21:01 MOST SIGNIFICANT MONTHLY EXPENSES THEY HAVE.
01:21:02 SO AGAIN I WANT TO THINK THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FOR ADVANCING
01:21:06 THIS ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU.
01:21:09 THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THANK YOU FOR THE
01:21:13 INTRODUCTION AND THE WORK. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I WOULD LIKE
01:21:17 TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED BY
01:21:24 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD AND THEN TO SEND OUT THE AMENDED
01:21:31 LEGISLATION OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A FULL BOARD WITH A
01:21:36 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> MOTIONS OFFERED BY THE CHAIR
01:21:37 ARE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND THEN RECOMMEND THE
01:21:40 ORDINANCE AS AMENDED ON THOSE MOTIONS FOR SITUATION CHAN I
01:21:44 REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR.
01:21:47 >> MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES THAT MOTION PASSES THANK
01:21:51 YOU CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR MATTHEW LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER
01:21:55 FOUR PLEASE. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS
01:21:57 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO REVISE THE
01:21:59 SIZE THRESHOLD FOR WHEN A MEZZANINE IS CONSIDERED A
01:22:02 SEPARATE STORY TO INCLUDE LARGER MEZZANINE PERMITTED BY
01:22:05 THE BUILDING CODE AFFIRMING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S SECRET
01:22:07 DETERMINATION AND MAKING OTHER VARIOUS FINDINGS THROUGHOUT THE
01:22:11 ORDINANCE. >> GREAT.
01:22:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THE FLOOR IS
01:22:14 YOURS. >> THANK YOU CHAIR I THINK
01:22:15 AGAIN COLLEAGUES, JUST AS A REMINDER THIS ORDINANCE WILL
01:22:18 ALIGN THE PLANNING CODES DEFINITION OF WHAT A MEZZANINE
01:22:21 IS WITH A MORE EXPANSIVE DEFINITION FOUND IN THE
01:22:24 BUILDING CODE. >> IT WAS AMENDED LAST WEEK
01:22:26 AND THAT AMENDMENT REQUIRED A CONTINUANCE.
01:22:28 >> SO I'M JUST HERE ONCE AGAIN TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR
01:22:30 THIS ITEM TO MOVE IT TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:22:32 RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU.
01:22:33 OKAY, IT SOUNDS GOOD. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
01:22:36 ON THIS ITEM PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:22:39 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
01:22:40 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR STORY COUNT AND MEZZANINE.
01:22:43 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD
01:22:45 NOW. >> MADAM CHAIR, I PRESUME THE
01:22:49 SPEAKER'S PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
01:22:52 I WILL EXPRESS GREAT APPRECIATION SUPERVISE OUR
01:22:57 MAHMUD FOR THIS. >> WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE ONE
01:23:00 IN RECENT MEMORY IN MY DISTRICT THAT COULD HAVE REALLY USED
01:23:05 THIS SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT STRAIGHT FORWARD I REALLY
01:23:09 APPRECIATE IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS
01:23:13 ITEM OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:23:16 RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE
01:23:17 RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
01:23:21 VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I
01:23:25 MELGAR I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES.
01:23:27 >> OKAY THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR OKAY
01:23:31 SO NOW LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE PLACE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
01:23:38 FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSING CODE TO REDUCE THE
01:23:39 MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT FOR HABITABLE ROOMS TO SEVEN FEET
01:23:43 AND OTHER ROOMS TO SIX FEET EIGHT INCHES.
01:23:46 THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SEEKS
01:23:49 DETERMINATION. >> OKAY.
01:23:49 THANK YOU. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE
01:23:52 JOINED BY SUPERVISOR ALAN WONG BUT I DON'T SEE HIM HERE SO I'M
01:23:57 GOING TO ASK MR. HANNA TO COME UP AND PRESENT THANK YOU.
01:24:01 >> THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR AND COMMITTEE TO HAND PLANNING
01:24:04 DEPARTMENT STAFF THIS ITEM WAS REVIEWED BY THE BUILDING
01:24:08 INSPECTION COMMISSION ON JULY 15TH 2026.
01:24:09 THERE WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FOR THE ITEM AFTER A ROBUST
01:24:12 DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE CEILING HEIGHT CHANGE.
01:24:16 I'M HAPPY TO DIVE INTO ANY PORTIONS OF THIS THAT THE
01:24:19 COMMITTEE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ON.
01:24:20 THE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CHANGE AND ONE NOTE THAT
01:24:24 I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE STATE CODE NOW WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN
01:24:27 WITH IS ACTUALLY MORE LENIENT THAN THIS.
01:24:28 SO THE SUPERVISOR HAS PUT FORTH A SORT OF MIDDLE GROUND
01:24:31 AMENDMENT STATE CODE ALLOWS HOW TO ATTICS AND BASEMENTS OR
01:24:35 EXISTING HABITABLE EXCUSE ME EXISTING ATTICS OR BASEMENTS TO
01:24:39 BE CONVERTED TO HABITABLE SPACE AT A CEILING HEIGHT OF SIX FOOT
01:24:42 EIGHT. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD KEEP IT AT
01:24:45 SEVEN FEET RATHER THAN SEVEN FOOT SIX WHICH IS CURRENT
01:24:48 EXISTING ONE AND I WILL TAKE A BREATH IN AND OUT.
01:24:49 >> SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR WANG YOU'RE ACROSS THE HALL.
01:24:54 IT'S OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS FROM IF
01:24:59 YOU COULD COME BACK UP I DO HAVE A QUESTION IS WHAT WHY
01:25:02 WASN'T THIS RECOMMENDED BEFORE BY THE DEPARTMENT I, I CAN'T
01:25:07 SPEAK FOR THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE MY TIME.
01:25:10 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD REVIEWED RELATIVELY
01:25:13 CONSISTENTLY. IT'S A DIFFICULT ITEM BECAUSE
01:25:15 THERE IS A MISALIGNMENT EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL BETWEEN THE
01:25:18 EXISTING BUILDING CODE OR I SHOULD SAY THE RESIDENTIAL CODE
01:25:21 WHICH WE DON'T ADOPT HERE AND THE BUILDING CODE.
01:25:23 SO ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION IS STILL GOING TO BE AT THAT SEVEN
01:25:26 FOOT SIX STANDARD. AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW PERHAPS
01:25:28 THERE WAS ENOUGH REVIEW OR THERE WAS A POLICY DECISION
01:25:30 THAT THAT ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S PRIORITIES FOR EXISTING
01:25:33 BUILDINGS AS WELL. BUT AS WE SEE THE NEED FOR
01:25:37 HOUSING CONTINUE TO PRESS AS WE SEE CONSTITUENTS THROUGH ROGER
01:25:38 WONG'S AND OTHERS THAT HAVE THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH
01:25:41 THERE IS A SPACE THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONVERT IT TO HABITABLE
01:25:44 BUT IT DOESN'T QUITE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
01:25:45 EXCAVATION IS REALLY THE ONLY OPTION TO GET SAY A SEVEN FOOT
01:25:51 ROOM TO A SEVEN FOOT SIX ROOM. THAT EXCAVATION CAN BE
01:25:52 EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT AND SO THIS
01:25:55 OFFERS A DIFFERENT PATHWAY TO GET THAT SPACE AND LEGALIZATION
01:25:58 TO A POTENTIAL DWELLING UNIT. >> OKAY.
01:25:59 THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WELCOME SUPERVISOR WONG WE
01:26:06 HAD A LITTLE PRESENTATION BY MR. HANNA SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS
01:26:09 . OKAY.
01:26:10 THANK YOU FOR GOING FIRST. THANK YOU.
01:26:13 CHAIR LET ME OPEN UP MY REMARKS.
01:26:16 I JUST ACCIDENTLY LOGGED OUT. LET'S DID YOU HAVE SOME OKAY,
01:26:20 WHY DON'T I GO TO SUPERVISOR CHEN?
01:26:23 >> I GOT IT. OKAY.
01:26:24 OKAY. OKAY.
01:26:26 >> COLLEAGUES, THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSES A FAIRLY SIMPLE
01:26:27 PROBLEM IN OUR HOUSING CODE. SAN FRANCISCO CURRENTLY
01:26:31 REQUIRES GREATER CEILING HEIGHTS IN EXISTING BUILDINGS
01:26:34 THAN THE STANDARD ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
01:26:38 RESIDENTIAL CODE UNDER THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US THE
01:26:42 MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT FOR HABITABLE ROOMS IN EXISTING
01:26:43 BUILDINGS WOULD BE REDUCED TO SEVEN FEET.
01:26:46 THE MINIMUM FOR OTHER ROOMS WOULD BE REDUCED TO SIX FEET
01:26:50 EIGHT INCHES. THIS IS A MODEST CHANGE BUT IT
01:26:54 CAN BE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. SAN FRANCISCO HAS THOUSANDS OF
01:26:57 OLDER HOMES WHOSE GROUND FLOORS, BASEMENTS, GARAGES
01:27:01 AND OTHER EXISTING SPACES WERE BUILT TWO DIMENSIONS THAT DO
01:27:03 NOT NECESSARILY MEET OUR CURRENT LOCAL CEILING HEIGHT
01:27:06 REQUIREMENT IN SOME CASES A MATTER OF INCHES CAN DETERMINE
01:27:10 WHETHER AN OTHERWISE USABLE SPACE CAN LEGALLY BECOME
01:27:13 HOUSING AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE ASKING HOMEOWNERS TO CREATE
01:27:18 ADUS CONVERT UNDERUSED SPACE AND MAKE BETTER USE OF THE
01:27:22 BUILDINGS WE ALREADY HAVE, OUR CODES SHOULD SUPPORT THOSE
01:27:25 EFFORTS. LET'S LEGISLATION DOES NOT
01:27:26 ELIMINATE BASIC HABITABILITY STANDARDS.
01:27:29 IT BRINGS SAN FRANCISCO'S HOUSING CODE INTO ALIGNMENT
01:27:32 WITH THE STATE RESIDENTIAL STANDARD WHICH PROVIDES FOR
01:27:34 SEVEN FOOT CEILINGS IN HABITABLE ROOMS AND SIX FOOT
01:27:39 EIGHT INCH CEILINGS IN CERTAIN OTHER ROOMS.
01:27:40 THE LEGISLATION EXPRESSLY FINDS THAT THIS CHANGE RESOLVES THE
01:27:44 INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE TWO
01:27:48 STANDARDS AND IMPORTANTLY THIS IS ABOUT MAKING IT EASIER TO
01:27:52 LEGALIZE AND MAKE PRODUCTIVE USE OF SPACE THAT ALREADY
01:27:55 EXISTS. >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS AN OLDER
01:27:58 HOUSING STOCK AND PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD HAVE REASONABLE
01:28:00 FLEXIBILITY TO ADOPT THE ADAPT THOSE SPACES WITHOUT
01:28:03 UNDERTAKING COSTLY STRUCTURAL WORK SIMPLY TO GAIN A FEW
01:28:07 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF CEILING HEIGHT.
01:28:10 >> AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A LONG RUNNING CHRONICLE STORY THAT
01:28:14 MENTIONED ONE HOMEOWNER THAT HAS BEEN SPEAKING DURING OUR
01:28:20 ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS LEGISLATION ABOUT HOW IT'S
01:28:22 NEGATIVELY AFFECTED HER AND HOW IT WOULD POTENTIALLY COST TENS
01:28:25 OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL CEILING HEIGHT
01:28:29 BY DIGGING IN. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE
01:28:32 AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MAKE TODAY.
01:28:36 >> I WANT TO THANK THE CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE
01:28:37 BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSION FOR THE REVIEW
01:28:40 AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE AMENDMENTS I'M PROPOSING
01:28:41 CLARIFY THAT THE NEW SEVEN FOOT CEILING HEIGHT STANDARD FOR
01:28:44 HABITABLE ROOMS APPLIES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS.
01:28:48 THEY ALSO MAKE A CORRESPONDING CHANGE TO THE TITLE OF THE
01:28:52 ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THAT SCOPE.
01:28:53 THESE CHANGES PROVIDE GREATER CLARITY ABOUT WHERE THE NEW
01:28:56 STANDARD APPLIES WHILE PRESERVING THE FUNDAMENTAL
01:29:00 PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION, MAKING IT EASIER TO LEGALIZE
01:29:01 AND PUT EXISTING SPACE TO USE. SO TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK
01:29:04 THAT THE COMMITTEE ADOPT THESE AMENDMENTS AND FORWARD THE
01:29:08 LEGISLATION AS AMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:29:11 RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU TO TAKE FROM IDBI FOR
01:29:15 JOINING US AND ALSO HELPING US SUPPORT ANSWERING SOME OF THE
01:29:17 QUESTIONS ALREADY AND HE'S WELL FOR ANY MORE TECHNICAL
01:29:20 QUESTIONS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
01:29:23 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WANG SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU CHAIR
01:29:26 MAO GA. >> THIS ORDINANCE IT'S A
01:29:27 PRACTICAL COMMON SENSE ADJUSTMENT TO OUR HOUSING CALL.
01:29:31 >> WE KNOW THAT MANY EXISTING 80 U AND GROUND FLOOR SPACES
01:29:34 HAVE CEILING HEIGHTS JUST SHY OF CURRENT RESIDENTIAL
01:29:37 STANDARDS. >> THIS MINOR LEGAL ADJUSTMENT
01:29:41 SAVES PROPERTY OWNERS FROM HAVING TO PERFORM COST
01:29:45 PROHIBITIVE STRUCTURAL EXCAVATIONS OR ROOF LIFTS
01:29:49 MAKING HUNDREDS OF EXISTING SPACES INSTANTLY ELIGIBLE FOR
01:29:53 LEGALIZATION. SO THIS LEGISLATION WILL LOWER
01:29:57 THE FINANCIAL BARRIER FOR EVERYDAY HOMEOWNERS TO LEGALIZE
01:30:01 AID, USE OR BUILD NEW ONES WITHOUT SACRIFICING LIVABILITY
01:30:05 . SO I'M HAPPY THAT THIS
01:30:06 LEGISLATION IS MOVING FORWARD. AND MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
01:30:10 ALSO ME AS A CO-SPONSOR? THANK YOU.
01:30:13 OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU
01:30:17 SUPERVISOR WONG FOR TACKLING THIS.
01:30:20 THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL FOR OUR DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTHWEST
01:30:24 AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. IT IS GOING TO REALLY HELP A
01:30:28 LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:30:31 >> I'M ALREADY A CO-SPONSOR SO LET'S MR. CLARK UH, I WOULD
01:30:36 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT GO AHEAD.
01:30:42 >> WE'RE YET TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS.
01:30:44 I'M SORRY FOR GOING TOO FAST. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
01:30:47 ON THE SIDE OF ME. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:30:50 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
01:30:51 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE CHANGE TO THE HOUSING CODE
01:30:54 RELATED TO CEILING HEIGHTS. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
01:30:55 THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME.
01:31:00 >> MYRNA I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
01:31:04 >> I HAD ADDRESSED THAT COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE AND THE
01:31:09 WHOLE COMMITTEE THE WHOLE COMMITTEE.
01:31:11 >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
01:31:12 THAT WHOLE COMMITTEE PART OF WHY I FOUND THIS TO BE REALLY
01:31:16 IMPORTANT I ACTUALLY HOSTED AND MONITORED OVER AFFORDABLE
01:31:23 HOUSING MEETINGS IN THE CITY. I'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
01:31:24 ATTEND. I'VE HAD SUPERVISORS, USERS
01:31:27 AND SENATORS SHOW UP AT THEM AND REALLY KIND OF GET INTO THE
01:31:28 THE CONVERSATION OF THIS AND THE THE UNITS THAT ARE OUT
01:31:34 FOR INSTANCE THE SUNSET THE IN-LAW UNITS THERE MOST OF THEM
01:31:39 ARE LIKE AROUND SIX FOOT FIVE OR YES SIX FOOT FIVE OR
01:31:42 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND SEVEN FOOT
01:31:45 JUST SHORT OF THE SEVEN FIVE LIMIT AND JUST MY NEIGHBORHOOD
01:31:50 HAS OVER 30,000 UNITS EVERY BLOCK HAS ABOUT 48 HOUSING
01:31:54 UNITS. >> SO THERE'S LITERALLY IN THE
01:31:58 CITY HUNDREDS OF PROBABLY 200,000 POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE
01:32:01 HOUSING UNITS. MOST OF THEM OUT THERE RENT FOR
01:32:04 UNDER $2,000 A MONTH THAT IS ACTUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:32:07 ESPECIALLY WHEN MOST OF THEM ARE ONE BEDROOMS.
01:32:09 I HAD FIXED MINE UP OVER THE YEARS HOPING THAT WHEN I WOULD
01:32:13 RETIRE I'M 64 HOPING THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO RENT IT OUT SO
01:32:17 I COULD PAY FOR MY PROPERTY TAXES.
01:32:20 MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE HAVE A CRISIS COMING UPON US
01:32:24 THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOMES
01:32:27 IN THEIR RETIREMENT BECAUSE WITH PROP 30 OR 1913 WHAT
01:32:31 HAPPENS IS YOUR TAXES DOUBLE EVERY 30 YEARS.
01:32:35 MINE ARE 17 RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE GOING TO BE 34 WHEN I'M
01:32:39 MY DAD'S AGE THAT'LL BE 100 GRAND EVERY THREE YEARS.
01:32:41 VERY FEW OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ANY IDEA THAT THIS AVALANCHE IS
01:32:45 COMING TAX WISE ON THEM AND THAT MANY OF THEM WILL BE
01:32:48 PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOUSES SO FREEING THIS UP SO PEOPLE CAN
01:32:52 FIX UP THEIR UNITS, RENT THEM OUT.
01:32:53 IT'S GOING TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE CITY BUT IT'S
01:32:57 ALSO GOING TO KEEP A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSES
01:33:02 IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. >> SO THANK YOU.
01:33:04 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE GRIFFIN
01:33:09 LEAVE CONNECT TO THAT STUFF THANK SUPERVISOR LONG FOR
01:33:14 LEADING THE EFFORT HERE THIS FEELS LIKE COMMON SENSE TO
01:33:17 REFORM LEGISLATION THAT COULD POTENTIALLY UNLOCK HUNDREDS IF
01:33:21 NOT THOUSANDS OF UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING EMPTY.
01:33:24 THESE ARE THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE STAFF IS
01:33:28 VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IN TERMS OF REFORM TO UNLOCK HOUSING.
01:33:32 SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PROVIDER AND YOUR EFFORTS AND LOOK
01:33:36 FORWARD TO SUPPORTING MORE OF THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
01:33:40 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:33:41 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:33:47 MY NAME IS PAUL RAY. I'M HERE FOR A STRONG SUPPORT
01:33:51 OF THE PROPOSED WILL TO LOWER THE CEILING HEIGHT LIMIT.
01:33:55 I THINK THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF 76 GOES AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:34:02 DESIRE TO HAVE MORE HOUSING IN IN THE MAIN REASON THAT
01:34:07 THERE ISN'T MORE HOUSING IS BECAUSE OF THAT 76 LIMIT.
01:34:13 ONE REASON ALONE IS IF YOU HAVE ANY SMALL UNIT AND YOU WANT TO
01:34:17 LEGALIZE IT, IT COST AT LEAST $90,000 TO DO THE EXCAVATION.
01:34:24 SO IF THAT WAS LOWERED TO SEVEN FEET AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID,
01:34:28 WE'D HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF UNITS, I THINK IT WOULD BE A
01:34:32 WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. FOR HOMEOWNERS THEY BE ABLE TO
01:34:36 RENT THEIR UNITS FOR TENANTS. IT'S SUPPLY AND DEMAND IF
01:34:40 THERE'S MORE HOUSING UNITS THE RENTS ARE GOING TO GO DOWN.
01:34:44 WHO CAN ESPECIALLY WITH THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAD BEFORE
01:34:51 THIS ONE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE RENTS GOING UP THIS IS A
01:34:56 WAY THAT RENTS WILL BE BETTER. I CAN'T SEE HOW ANYBODY WOULD
01:35:01 GO AGAINST IT. AND THE OTHER THING IS YOU WANT
01:35:06 TO BUILD BUILDINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I READ THESE
01:35:10 ARTICLES OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BUILD A BUILDING.
01:35:13 HERE'S 200,000 UNITS THAT COULD BE BUILT WITHOUT THESE
01:35:17 DRACONIAN GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING
01:35:21 UNITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS I HOPE
01:35:25 THAT YOU GO WITH THIS. THANK YOU.
01:35:28 THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:35:31 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS WITH TURNER ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING
01:35:36 ACTION COALITION A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS ADVOCATES, RESIDENTS I
01:35:40 MEAN I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY EMAILS WE GET FROM PEOPLE BOTH
01:35:43 MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS WHO SAY HEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE
01:35:44 COST FOR ME. >> HOW DO I NAVIGATE THIS?
01:35:48 AND I HAVE TO EMAIL AND SAY WELL OVER THE LAST COUPLE
01:35:49 MONTHS HOLD ON, JUST WAIT. WE'LL GET YOU HOPEFULLY A
01:35:52 SAVINGS ON THIS SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOME FORM OF
01:35:56 HOUSING ON THE MARKET AND THERE'S SO MANY SMALL
01:35:58 ISSUES LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT OUR CODE THAT PREVENT HOUSING FROM
01:36:02 COMING ONLINE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO JUST SELL THEM UP
01:36:04 ONE BY ONE SO THAT WE CAN SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ON
01:36:06 BUILDING COSTS AND ACTUALLY GET UNITS BUILT.
01:36:09 THE TRUTH IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS HOUSING SHORTAGE
01:36:13 WITH ONE BIG PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS MUCH AS I WISH
01:36:14 WE WOULD. WE FIND THE RULES THAT DON'T
01:36:17 MAKE SENSE LIKE SUPERVISOR WONG AND HIS TEAM HAVE AND CHANGE
01:36:20 THEM ONE AT A TIME. SO WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF
01:36:22 RECOMMENDATION AND THE AMENDMENT AND WE HOPE YOU'LL
01:36:25 SUPPORT THIS. >> THANK YOU.
01:36:26 THANK YOU FOR COME AT SIX PICK A PLACE.
01:36:30 >> HI SUPERVISORS. MY NAME'S KATHRYN ROBERTS AND I
01:36:35 AM THE PROUD WINNER OF SUPERVISOR FOR WONG'S
01:36:39 DUMBLEDORE'S CONTEST SO I'M VERY SADDENED BY THIS CAP PUT
01:36:43 IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND I COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED
01:36:47 ABOUT THAT AND MORE GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR WONG FOR DOING THIS.
01:36:51 IT IS SUCH IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
01:36:54 MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED A WHOLE
01:36:56 LOT SOONER? >> CAN I SHOW YOU IS THIS A WAY
01:37:02 OF TV? >> IF WE COULD DISPLAY THE
01:37:03 PROJECTOR. THANK YOU.
01:37:03 YEAH. THIS IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE
01:37:06 NOTICE IS A VIOLATION. >> PLEASE PULL THE MAKEUP CLOSE
01:37:10 TO YOUR FACE. THERE YOU ARE.
01:37:11 OH, IT'S ALL GOOD. KEEP IT.
01:37:14 OKAY. THIS IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE
01:37:15 NOTICES OF VIOLATION THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON MY EDWARDIAN
01:37:20 BUILDING IN COAL VALLEY SINCE 2004 WHICH IS LESS THAN A YEAR
01:37:29 AFTER I BOUGHT THE PLACE IN 2003.
01:37:31 >> SO I HAVE HAD THESE NOTICES VIOLATION HANGING OVER MY HEAD
01:37:35 FOR LITERALLY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
01:37:39 THEY DON'T GO AWAY. THERE IS NO THEY DON'T
01:37:43 GRANDFATHER THEY DON'T ARE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T SUNSET SO
01:37:51 AND I'VE HAD ARCHITECTS ESTIMATE THAT IT WOULD COST ME
01:37:54 $1 MILLION AT LEAST TO BRING MY TWO LOWER UNITS UP TO CODE
01:37:58 WHICH WERE BUILT BY A PREVIOUS OWNER.
01:38:01 >> HE CONVERTED THE GROUND FLOOR INTO TWO RENT CONTROLLED
01:38:05 UNITS WHICH I'VE LUCKILY BEEN ABLE TO RENT OUT EVER SINCE I
01:38:09 BOUGHT THE BUILDING BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE IN THAT
01:38:12 BUILDING WITHOUT THIS THEY HAVE SEVEN FOOT CEILINGS.
01:38:16 PLEASE FIX THIS INSTEAD OF BUILDING THESE HUGE BUILDINGS
01:38:20 ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE SO DISRUPTIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:38:23 INCLUDING THE ONE RIGHT IN BACK OF ME AT 730 STANTON WHICH HAS
01:38:27 DISRUPTED MY LIFE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AT THE SAME TIME AS
01:38:30 I'VE BEEN PERSECUTED FOR TRYING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE RENTAL
01:38:34 HOUSING A BLOCK AWAY FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT.
01:38:38 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE BECAUSE TIME HAS
01:38:39 CONCLUDED. LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER
01:38:40 PLEASE. >> HI SUPERVISORS.
01:38:48 MY NAME IS JINAN NEW PUT THERE. YEAH.
01:38:52 THERE YOU GO. WHO'S AND I'M VERY SHORT.
01:38:55 >> HI SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JANINE.
01:38:56 I'M WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
01:39:00 I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK SUPERVISOR WANG FOR HIS
01:39:02 LEADERSHIP ON GOING OUT AND FINDING CODES THAT NEED TO
01:39:06 BE FIXED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ADDING MORE RENTAL
01:39:09 HOUSING UNITS TO THE MARKET AND HELPING SMALL PROPERTY
01:39:12 OWNERS BETTER MANAGE THEIR PROPERTY.
01:39:16 >> SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION AND AND THANK YOU
01:39:21 SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:39:25 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE AS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM
01:39:28 NUMBER FIVE MADAM CHAIR OKAY. >> NOW I'D LIKE TO A QUICK
01:39:33 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. NOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
01:39:39 THAT WE AMEND THE LEGISLATION AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY
01:39:43 SUPERVISOR WONG AND SEND IT OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD
01:39:47 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED TWO MOTIONS BOTH
01:39:50 OFFERED BY THE CHAIR, THE FIRST TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS
01:39:56 PRESENTED AND THE SECOND THAT THE ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED AS
01:39:58 AMENDED ON THOSE MOTIONS. VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I MEMBER
01:40:03 DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE
01:40:06 THREE EYES ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS.
01:40:07 >> OKAY THE MOTION PASSES. >> CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR
01:40:10 ONE THANK YOU. OKAY NOW WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY
01:40:17 SUPERVISOR WALTON AND WE CAN GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX AGENDA ITEM
01:40:22 NUMBER SIX IS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERIM
01:40:25 ZONING MORATORIUM TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTERS AS DEFINED WITHIN
01:40:29 CITY EXCUSE ME CITYWIDE FOR 45 DAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
01:40:33 CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 658 58 IT AFFIRMS THAT
01:40:36 PLANNING DEPARTMENTS DETERMINATION UNDER SECTION
01:40:39 AND MAKES FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE EIGHT
01:40:42 PRIORITY POLICIES OF PLANNING CODE SECTION 11.1 THIS AGENDA
01:40:45 ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT MAY
01:40:49 BE SENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR CONSIDERATION
01:40:50 TOMORROW OCTOBER SIXTH, 2026 AT SUPERVISOR WALDEN THE FLOOR IS
01:40:58 YOURS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR
01:40:59 MCGUIRE AND THANK YOU TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.
01:41:01 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO GET THIS TO
01:41:05 COMMITTEE SO FAST. I JUST WANT TO REALLY JUST MAKE
01:41:09 A STATEMENT. WE ARE SEEING DATA CENTERS POP
01:41:12 UP NEAR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
01:41:16 AND WE HAVE SEEN IMPACTS FROM POLLUTING THE WATER SUPPLY TO
01:41:20 THE NOISE THESE FACILITIES BRING THE NEIGHBORHOODS CLOSEST
01:41:21 TO THEM. WE ARE AWARE OF THE TWO
01:41:24 PROPOSED COMING TO BAYVIEW AND OF ISRAELI BORDER AND THERE
01:41:28 ARE NO COMMUNITY AND THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY INPUT ON EITHER
01:41:32 ONE. THE NOVA DATA CENTER AT 400
01:41:35 PAUL AVENUE AND 200 PAUL AVENUE WENT THROUGH PLANNING BACK
01:41:40 IN 2016 LONG BEFORE MOST RESIDENTS EVEN KNEW IT WAS
01:41:44 HAPPENING AND THE PROPOSAL AT THE COW PALACE SITS IN DALY
01:41:48 CITY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ONE A DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL
01:41:51 ASSOCIATION A STATE BOARD APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
01:41:54 THESE TWO AND OTHER CENTERS RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR OUR
01:41:58 NEIGHBORHOODS. >> DISTRICT TEN HAS CARRIED
01:42:02 MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF INDUSTRIAL BURDEN FOR THIS
01:42:05 CITY. CONGRESS AND SEVERAL CITIES
01:42:06 NATIONWIDE ARE PUTTING IN MORATORIUMS, PROHIBITIONS
01:42:09 AND BANS ON DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
01:42:12 I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE
01:42:16 WITH THIS MORATORIUM. THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM IS AN
01:42:20 INTERIM MEASURE AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW THAT GIVES THE
01:42:25 CITY TIME TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF DATA CENTERS AND DEVELOP
01:42:28 UPDATED LONG TERM REGULATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD WE WILL BE
01:42:35 LOOKING AT ISSUES INCLUDING ENERGY, WATER, AIR QUALITY,
01:42:38 LAND USE AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS WHILE WORKING TOWARD STRONGER
01:42:43 PROTECTIONS AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL AS DATA
01:42:46 CENTER DEFINITION THAT IS CLEAR TO EVERYONE THIS LEGISLATION
01:42:54 WILL POWER CITY APPROVALS OF DATA CENTERS WHILE THE BOARD OF
01:42:57 SUPERVISORS AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STUDY THEIR IMPACTS
01:43:01 AND DEVELOP LONG TERM RULES AND IT DIRECTS PLANNING TO
01:43:02 REPORT BACK WITHIN 25 DAYS ON PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
01:43:09 THE MORATORIUM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT
01:43:12 CODE SECTION 65858 WHICH ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PAUSE
01:43:17 APPROVALS OF A USE WHILE THEY STUDY AND DEVELOP PERMANENT
01:43:21 ZONING CONTROLS IN RESPONSE TO A CURRENT AND IMMEDIATE THREAT
01:43:27 TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE.
01:43:31 >> CURRENTLY SAN FRANCISCO REGULATES DATA CENTERS UNDER
01:43:35 THE PLANNING CODE'S DEFINITION OF INTERNET SERVICE EXCHANGE
01:43:39 ADOPTED IN 2001 LONG BEFORE THE RISE OF GENERATIVE A.I. AND THE
01:43:46 SCALE OF COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE IT NOW REQUIRES
01:43:50 . >> UNDER THAT FRAMEWORK DATA
01:43:50 CENTERS ARE TYPICALLY APPROVED THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE
01:43:54 PROCESS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION A FEW DATA CENTERS
01:43:58 HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED UNDER THESE OUTDATED RULES
01:44:01 CONCENTRATED IN THE BAYVIEW AND SOUTH OF MARKET
01:44:05 NEIGHBORHOODS. AREAS OF THE CITY ALREADY
01:44:09 OVERBURDENED BY AIR POLLUTION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:44:13 CONCERNS. >> PASSING THIS LEGISLATION
01:44:16 MEANS THAT SAN FRANCISCO WILL JOIN A RAPIDLY EXPANDING LIST
01:44:20 OF CITIES, COUNTIES AND STATES THAT HAVE MOVED TO PAUSE OR
01:44:25 PERMANENTLY PROHIBIT NEW DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT.
01:44:31 IN 2026, NEW YORK ENACTED THE NATION'S FIRST STATEWIDE
01:44:34 MORATORIUM IN JULY FOLLOWING A WAVE OF LOCAL ACTION ACROSS THE
01:44:38 STATE. CALIFORNIA'S MONTEREY PARK
01:44:41 CONVERTED ITS OWN INTERIM MORATORIUM INTO A PERMANENT BAN
01:44:45 IN MAY AND SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AND COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA HAVE
01:44:50 BOTH ADOPTED OUTRIGHT CITY PROHIBITIONS AS THERE ARE
01:44:54 CURRENTLY HUNDREDS OF LOCAL AND STATE ACTIONS IN EFFECT OR
01:44:57 PENDING ACROSS DOZENS OF STATES A SCALE OF RESPONSE THAT HAS
01:45:02 QUADRUPLED SINCE LAST YEAR AS COMMUNITIES WORK TO GET AHEAD
01:45:06 OF THE INDUSTRY'S RAPID BUILDOUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
01:45:10 AND AIR DATA CENTER MORATORIUM ACT IS PENDING IN CONGRESS
01:45:13 AND CALIFORNIA ITSELF HAS ROUGHLY EIGHT BILLS CURRENTLY
01:45:17 UNDER CONSIDERATION ADDRESSING DATA CENTER REPORTING
01:45:20 REQUIREMENTS WATER USE, RATEPAYER PROTECTIONS
01:45:24 AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RESEARCH FROM THE NAACP, THE
01:45:31 WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE AND OTHER NATIONAL ORGANIZED
01:45:35 STATIONS HAS DOCUMENTED A CONSISTENT PATTERN DATA CENTERS
01:45:38 ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY CONCENTRATED IN LOW INCOME
01:45:42 NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
01:45:43 COMPOUNDING EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH
01:45:46 BURDENS NATIONAL REVIEWS HAVE FOUND THAT A LARGE SHARE OF
01:45:51 FACILITIES SIT IN CENSUS TRACTS ALREADY CARRYING ABOVE AVERAGE
01:45:55 POLLUTION, POVERTY AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND THEIR BLACK
01:46:02 AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS ALREADY BEAR THE HIGHEST
01:46:05 EXPOSURE TO THE FINE PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION.
01:46:06 ASSOCIATE AT IT WITH THE BACKUP POWER SYSTEMS.
01:46:10 THESE FACILITIES RELY ON LOCALLY THAT PATTERN MAPS ON A
01:46:17 SAN FRANCISCO'S OWN HISTORY OF REDLINING AND INDUSTRIAL SITING
01:46:21 AND BABY BONUS POINT A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK LATINO
01:46:24 AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY HOSTS DATA CENTER
01:46:28 FACILITIES WITHOUT UPDATED RULES.
01:46:32 THE NEXT WAVE OF AIR DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE
01:46:36 LANDING HARDEST IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE CARRIED
01:46:39 THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS FOR
01:46:43 GENERATIONS. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR THE
01:46:44 MORATORIUM IS NOT OPPOSITION TO TECHNOLOGY OR INNOVATION BUT A
01:46:48 CALL FOR BALANCE AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENTS
01:46:54 ACCELERATES, CITIES, STATES AND CONGRESS ARE INCREASINGLY
01:46:58 RECOGNIZING THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND AI NAMELY
01:47:02 THE DATA CENTERS THAT STORE AND PROCESS ITS DATA REQUIRES
01:47:06 THE SAME KIND OF PUBLIC OVERSIGHT APPLIED TO ANY OTHER
01:47:10 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL USE. TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WATER
01:47:13 AND ENERGY DEMANDS, ENFORCEABLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND A REAL
01:47:18 OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO WEIGH IN BEFORE PROJECTS ARE
01:47:22 APPROVED AND NOT AFTER. WITHOUT THAT OVERSIGHT,
01:47:26 ADVOCATES SAY THE COST OF THE AI BOOM HOW UTILITY BILLS
01:47:33 STRAIN WATER SYSTEMS ADDED AIR POLLUTION AND INDUSTRIAL LAND
01:47:37 USE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS FALL ON THE PUBLIC WHILE THE
01:47:40 BENEFITS ACCRUE TO A SMALL NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
01:47:44 WHEN THE MORATORIUM PASSES IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
01:47:49 UPON ENACTMENT AND REMAIN IN PLACE FOR 45 DAYS UNLESS
01:47:52 EXTENDED UNDER STATE LAW ARE REPLACED BY PERMANENT CONTROLS
01:47:59 WITHIN 25 DAYS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MUST REPORT TO THE
01:48:03 CLERK OF THE BOARD ON STEPS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
01:48:07 THAT PROMPTED THE MORATORIUM WITH THE HEARING ON THAT REPORT
01:48:08 TO FOLLOW NO LATER THAN 35 DAYS AFTER THE ORDINANCE TAKES
01:48:14 EFFECT. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS
01:48:18 SUPERVISORS CHEN FIELDER AND CHEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS
01:48:23 WELL AS MY LEGISLATIVE AIDES NATALIE PERCY AND LINDSEY FROM
01:48:27 MY OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS.
01:48:30 AND I'M ASKING THIS COMMITTEE TO SEND THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD
01:48:34 TO THE FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE
01:48:37 REPORT. >> THANK YOU.
01:48:38 CHAIR MEMBER THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON SUPERVISOR
01:48:42 DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR MILKER AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON
01:48:47 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR YOUR COLLABORATION WITH
01:48:50 MY OFFICE. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT
01:48:54 I UNDERSTAND AND VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE CORE INTENT OF THIS
01:48:57 LEGISLATION. LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS RAISE
01:48:58 REAL ISSUES ABOUT ENERGY, WATER NOISE, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS
01:49:04 AND OUR EXISTING CODE LANGUAGE MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO
01:49:07 REGULATE THEIR USE. >> I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS THAT AS
01:49:11 I UNDERSTAND IT, I THINK SUPERVISOR WALTON AND OTHERS
01:49:13 MAY SHARE THAT THE SB 88 SEVEN LANGUAGE IS TOO BROAD.
01:49:19 MANY OFFICES, HOSPITALS AND BANKS HAVE SERVER ROOMS
01:49:24 AND ONSITE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT THAT SUPPORTS THEIR DAY TO DAY
01:49:25 OPERATIONS AS AN ACCESSORY. USE THIS KIND OF ACCESSORY USE
01:49:32 IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM A LARGE FACILITY WHOSE BUSINESS
01:49:33 AND SOLE PURPOSE IS SELLING THEIR COMPUTE POWER TO OFFSITE
01:49:37 USERS AND WITHOUT TIGHTER LANGUAGE I WORRY THAT THESE
01:49:40 FACILITIES COULD BE UNINTENTIONALLY CAUGHT UP IN A
01:49:43 MORATORIUM THAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO REACH THEM.
01:49:47 >> SO I HAVE A SIMILAR CONCERN ABOUT EXISTING FACILITIES THAT
01:49:50 NEED ROUTINE PERMITS FOR WORK THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
01:49:52 EXPANDING DATA CAPACITY WHETHER IT'S LIFE SAFETY WORK OR
01:49:57 WAYFINDING WORK. SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER TWO
01:49:58 FRIENDLY CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS .
01:50:02 BOTH I'M INFORMED ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE TOGETHER WITH SOME
01:50:06 LANGUAGE TO THE FINDINGS THAT REFLECTS CONCERNS THAT I THINK
01:50:10 WE ALL SHARE. >> SO THE FIRST WOULD
01:50:11 EXPLICITLY STATE THAT DATA MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE
01:50:14 ACCESSORY TO ANOTHER PRINCIPALLY OR CONDITIONALLY
01:50:15 PERMITTED USE ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY THE MORATORIUM.
01:50:19 AND THEN SECOND TO MAKE CLEAR THAT PERMITS FOR REPAIR
01:50:21 AND MAINTENANCE THAT ARE NOT THAT THAT DO NOT INTENSIFY A
01:50:24 DATA CENTERS USE MAY STILL BE APPROVED AND I COULD WAIT UNTIL
01:50:28 AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT TO READ THE TWO TO READ THE AMENDMENTS
01:50:32 INTO THE RECORD. BUT I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF
01:50:36 THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING IT
01:50:40 FORWARD. >> SO PROFESSOR WALTON THANK
01:50:43 YOU. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY LET'S GO
01:50:44 TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >> MR. CLERK THANK YOU, MADAM
01:50:48 CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
01:50:50 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
01:50:52 SIX AN INTERIM ZONING MORATORIUM FOR DATA CENTERS.
01:50:55 PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN FOR THIS FIRST SPEAKER
01:50:57 AND IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YOU CAN
01:50:58 LAND TO LINE UP ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL.
01:51:01 >> CALVIN WELCH MEMBER BOARD HE DOES FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
01:51:08 THE HOUSING AND LAND USE MEMBER THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO THANK
01:51:12 THE SUPERVISOR FOR INTRODUCING THIS FAR REACHING
01:51:17 AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
01:51:21 >> IT SEEMS TO IN OUR READING OF THE ORDINANCE THE CONCERNS
01:51:25 RAISED BY THE SUPERVISOR FROM DISTRICT SIX CAN WILL BE
01:51:29 ADDRESSED DURING THE 40 DAY PERIOD WHICH HAS REQUIRED
01:51:33 HEARINGS AND FINDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
01:51:37 AND DEPARTMENT. I WOULD HOPE YOUR CONCERNS DO
01:51:41 NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF ADOPTING IMMEDIATELY THIS
01:51:47 MORATORIUM. >> DATA CENTERS CONSUME VAST
01:51:51 AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER TO PROPERTIES THAT
01:51:59 THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO IS IN SHORT SUPPLY
01:52:04 OF. >> WE ONLY GENERATE ABOUT 50%
01:52:07 OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT WE USE .
01:52:11 >> WE BORROW OR BUY THE REST OF IT FROM THE GRID.
01:52:15 >> WE'RE ON A LONG EXTENSION CORD BUT 60% OF THE ELECTRICAL
01:52:19 POWER WE GET IS FROM AN EXTENSION CORD ACROSS THE BAY.
01:52:27 WATER IS DEPENDED UPON TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN 200 MILES
01:52:31 AWAY. IT'S BROUGHT TO THE CITY BY A
01:52:34 SYSTEM VERY, VERY VULNERABLE TO MAJOR SEISMIC EVENTS IN SHORT,
01:52:42 WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE CAPACITY OF SAN FRANCISCO TO ENGAGE
01:52:47 IN ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE THE USE OF CRITICALLY SHORT
01:52:51 SUPPLIES OF RESOURCES. IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER FOR THE
01:52:55 CITY TO ALSO SPEND ITS TIME FIGURING OUT A WAY TO OVERCOME
01:53:02 THE P, G AND E PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE AND CREATE A GRID THAT WE
01:53:10 CAN CONTROL MUCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:53:12 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS IRENE HARRIS
01:53:17 AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MARY HARRISON COMMUNITY
01:53:21 FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
01:53:24 THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING FIGHT FOR GENERATIONS
01:53:25 AND DECADES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
01:53:28 FOR DISTRICT TEN IN PARTICULAR BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT LOOKING
01:53:32 BROADLY AT THE WHOLE CITY AS WELL.
01:53:33 NOW I WOULD SAY THAT I APPROVE THAT I APPROVE OF WHAT I WAS
01:53:40 TRYING TO DO AND RIGHT TRYING TO LET'S TRY TO PROPOSE TO YOU
01:53:44 GUYS. YOU GUYS NEED TO APPROVE THAT
01:53:45 BECAUSE WE NEED AN INTERRUPTION RIGHT NOW.
01:53:47 YOU KNOW ME IN A MILLION A MILLION RESIDENTS OF THIS
01:53:51 COMMUNITY WENT ALL THE WAY TO SACRAMENTO AND STOOD TEN TOES
01:53:54 DOWN ADVOCATING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR OUR
01:53:58 COMMUNITY AND FOR AND OUT OF THAT WE START WORKING ON A
01:53:59 CLEAN AIR PLAN. HOW CAN WE CONSTRUCTIVELY WORK
01:54:05 TOGETHER INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY TO COME UP
01:54:07 WITH THAT CLEAN AIR PLAN WHICH IS GETTING ACROSS THE BOARD
01:54:10 RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU'RE COINCIDING HERE, WHEN YOU'RE AT
01:54:14 TWO SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE SAME TIME GOING AGAINST THAT PLAN,
01:54:17 WE KNOW THAT THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF OUR DISTRICT ARE
01:54:21 ASTRONOMICAL. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF
01:54:22 RESPIRATORY LUNG DISEASE AND ASTHMA.
01:54:24 MOST OTHER ADULTS WE HAVE A 98% OUT IF MORTALITY RATE WHICH IS
01:54:30 ALMOST 100% WE HAVE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND WE
01:54:31 HAVE STATIONARY SOURCES OF POLLUTION WE NEED FOR THIS
01:54:35 COMMITTEE RIGHT HERE TO STAND ON BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO
01:54:38 THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF OUR DISTRICTS AND ALSO TO TAKE A
01:54:42 REAL CLOSE LOOK AND AN INTERRUPT THE OVERDOING OF
01:54:49 HAVING DATA CENTERS LIKE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHAT IS CALLED
01:54:52 A PROBLEM INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH THE USA THERE'S
01:54:54 CURRENTLY A OPEN CASE IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND A
01:54:57 PREDOMINANT BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WOULD I DON'T WANT TO GO
01:55:02 INTO DETAILS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT SUPPORT YOU GUYS BY
01:55:05 SHARING IT WITH YOU IS A PINPOINT OF WHAT YOU NEED TO BE
01:55:08 LOOKING FOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE DATA CENTERS THAT'S
01:55:10 INTERRUPTED THAT'S GET BACK ON TRACK TO BEING TO DO IT FOR OUR
01:55:13 CITY WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT AND THEN START
01:55:17 GUARDING THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS.
01:55:18 MY NAME IS ARIANA HARRISON AND WITH THAT I'M SIGNING OFF.
01:55:20 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
01:55:23 COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:55:25 HI MY NAME IS JULIETA HOLMES BOX AND FOR TODAY I AM A
01:55:32 RESIDENT BORN HERE IN 1957. ALWAYS BEEN HERE AND STILL LIVE
01:55:38 HERE AND AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A HOUSE HERE I'M GOING TO REMAIN
01:55:40 HERE SEVEN MILES BY SEVEN MILES IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
01:55:45 SO WHY DO WE HAVE 200 400, PAUL RIGHT CROSS FROM NEXT TO THE
01:55:53 CHURCH AND THEN RIGHT CROSS FROM BJ'S WHERE WE ALL GO
01:55:56 AND EAT AND THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSED ONE AND THE IN IN
01:56:04 DISTRICT TEN AND THEN WE HAVE 555 CALIFORNIA WE HAVE 185
01:56:10 BERRY AND WE HAVE 274 BRANNON NOW THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH IN MY
01:56:18 OPINION THAT'S CALLED A CLUSTER .
01:56:21 >> YOU HAVE SEVEN BY SEVEN SQUARE MILES.
01:56:23 WHY ARE YOU CLUSTERING THEM ALL RIGHT THERE?
01:56:26 >> BECAUSE EITHER WAY IT GOES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IMPACTS
01:56:29 FROM THAT. >> NOW I WANT EVERYONE AND I
01:56:30 THANK ALL OF THE SUPERVISOR FOR SUPPORTING BOY SHERMAN
01:56:38 AND LEGISLATION SAMBOY BECAUSE WHEN HE'S GONE WHO UNLESS HE
01:56:43 BECOMES MAYOR WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVASTATED.
01:56:46 JUST HAD TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT HOWEVER THIS LEGISLATION IS SO
01:56:50 IMPORTANT SO PEOPLE LIKE ME I'M O.G. 70 YEARS YOU UNDERSTAND SO
01:56:57 I IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU PASS THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE I HAVE
01:57:01 ASTHMA. I AM IMPACTED BY ALL THE
01:57:04 CONTAMINATION RADIATION SO MUCH STUFF SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION
01:57:08 THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL FACE AND UNDERSTAND
01:57:11 THAT IT'S LEGISLATION LIKE THIS THAT ALLOWS ME TO LIVE A NICE
01:57:16 LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO ALTHOUGH I HAD TO MOVE OUT OF DISTRICT
01:57:21 TEN BECAUSE IT'S TOO CONTAMINATED.
01:57:23 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:57:27 >> HI, MY NAME IS MARK OLSEN. I LIVE IN WEST PORTAL.
01:57:34 I'M HERE BECAUSE I SUPPORT SUPERVISOR WALTON'S PROPOSED
01:57:38 MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. I ALSO WANT A PERMANENT BAN ON
01:57:42 DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT IS BY NOW WELL KNOWN THAT
01:57:46 DATA CENTERS MAKE LIFE WORSE FOR THOSE LIVING NEARBY.
01:57:50 COOLING FANS CAUSED NOISY NOISE AND HEAT POLLUTION.
01:57:54 DIESEL POWERED BACKUP GENERATORS EMIT HARMFUL
01:57:58 PARTICULATES. THE INTENSE ELECTRICITY DEMAND
01:57:59 CAN LEAD TO HIGHER POWER BILLS FOR RATEPAYERS.
01:58:02 >> I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT DATA CENTERS ARE JUSTIFIABLE IF
01:58:09 LOCAL RESIDENTS BELIEVE THEY PROVIDE A PUBLIC GOOD.
01:58:12 EIA DATA CENTERS PROVIDE ALMOST NO BENEFIT TO SAN FRANCISCANS
01:58:16 EXCEPT THE VERY WEALTHY SHAREHOLDERS AS THEY AI
01:58:17 COMPANIES. I WOULD GO FURTHER AND SAY THAT
01:58:21 AIR IS CORROSIVE TO OUR SOCIETY .
01:58:24 PLEASE KEEP I DATA CENTERS OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:58:28 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:58:29 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME'S AVERY MCLEOD.
01:58:32 I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:58:36 I SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM. THIS IF THEY ALLOW THE DATA
01:58:41 CENTER TO GO THROUGH THIS WILL NEGATIVELY NEGATIVELY AFFECT
01:58:44 ALL OF US ESPECIALLY THOSE IN DISTRICT TEN AND BENEFIT A
01:58:47 TINY FEW GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH PRIVILEGE
01:58:51 AND DON'T NEED MORE. SO I SUPPORT THIS AND I HOPE TO
01:58:55 HEAR BACK SOON TO SUPPORT A PERMANENT BAN OF DATA CENTERS
01:58:58 IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU.
01:58:59 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:59:04 >> HI, I'M KATHERINE MILLER AND I DO NOT SUPPORT THE DATA
01:59:08 CENTERS AT ALL AND I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T EITHER.
01:59:12 IT ONLY BENEFITS A FEW PEOPLE AND REALLY JUST A HANDFUL OF
01:59:16 BILLIONAIRES AND WE DON'T NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR AGENDA.
01:59:24 >> I WANT TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT TEN I LIVE
01:59:28 IN DISTRICT NINE BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT DISTRICT TEN AND I ALSO
01:59:33 WANT TO SUPPORT THE PLANET. WHY DO WE NEED TO BRING AN
01:59:37 INDUSTRY IN HERE THAT HURTS THE PLANET WITH FOSSIL FUELS?
01:59:44 I MEAN IF THESE GUYS WERE SO SMART THEY WOULD FIGURE OUT A
01:59:46 WAY TO RUN THEIR LITTLE BUSINESS WITHOUT BURNING FOSSIL
01:59:49 FUELS. >> ANYWAY, THAT'S IT.
01:59:52 LET'S NOT DO IT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:59:56 TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE.
01:59:59 >> HI. MY NAME IS PETER AND I'M
02:00:03 SPEAKING IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY.
02:00:04 >> THERE IS A WAVE OF DATACENTRE CONSTRUCTION ACROSS
02:00:08 THE COUNTRY A LAND RUSH. MANY OF THESE DATACENTRES
02:00:11 CONSUME SUCH VAST QUANTITIES OF ELECTRICITY THAT THEIR BUILDERS
02:00:15 FIELDS OF POLLUTING METHANE POWER GENERATORS PROMISING TO
02:00:18 USE RENEWABLE POWER LATER. >> THERE'S AMPLE CONFUSION
02:00:21 AND OBFUSCATION ABOUT WATER USAGE AND DEPLETION FROM DIRECT
02:00:25 USAGE FOR COOLING TO INDIRECT USAGE IN GENERATING THE
02:00:27 ADDITIONAL POWER NEEDED. >> THERE'S THE AMOUNT OF HEAT
02:00:30 EMITTED BY THESE FACILITIES INTO AN ALREADY WARMING
02:00:34 CLIMATE. I SAY THAT AS IT'S 75 DEGREES
02:00:37 OUTSIDE ON THIS DAY IN OCTOBER. >> THERE'S THE QUESTION OF
02:00:38 WHETHER THE THIS IS THE BEST USE OF LARGE LOTS OF SCARCE
02:00:41 LAND WHEN AS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, WE ARE IN DESPERATE
02:00:45 NEED OF MORE HOUSING. >> THAT'S EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO
02:00:48 WHAT THESE DATA CENTERS ARE FOR WHICH TOO OFTEN IS TO BUILD
02:00:52 SO-CALLED A.I. SYSTEMS TO PUT EVEN MORE PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.
02:00:55 DEEPENING THE GROWING POVERTY CRISIS IN OUR CITY AND OUR
02:00:59 COUNTRY. LET'S NOT GET CAUGHT IN THIS
02:01:02 WAVE OF DESTRUCTIVE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTEAD USE
02:01:04 OUR CITY'S RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
02:01:07 THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
02:01:10 AND TO THE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERING IT.
02:01:11 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:01:15 >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:01:15 I'M VIRGINIA GRANDY WITH TODD CO.
02:01:19 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED 45
02:01:22 DAY ZONING MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTERS.
02:01:26 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO PAUSE TO
02:01:30 UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THIS RAPIDLY EVOLVING LAND USE
02:01:31 INCLUDING HOW THOSE IMPACTS MAY AFFECT COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY
02:01:35 CARRY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS AND DETERMINE WHETHER
02:01:39 DATA CENTERS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR SAN FRANCISCO AT ALL.
02:01:43 >> BEFORE MAKING ADDITIONAL LONG TERM LAND USE DECISIONS
02:01:47 ABOUT THEM, THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE BAYVIEW
02:01:50 HUNTERS POINT WHERE DATA CENTERS ALREADY EXIST DIRECTLY
02:01:52 ACROSS FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:01:55 THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS ALREADY CARRIED GENERATIONS OF
02:01:59 ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MEANS
02:02:03 LOOKING AT THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS NOT JUST ONE PROJECT AT
02:02:06 A TIME. DURING THIS 45 DAY PAUSE THE
02:02:10 CITY SHOULD EXAMINE ELECTRICITY AND WATER, USE BACKUP
02:02:14 GENERATORS, AIR QUALITY NOISE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, PERMANENT
02:02:18 JOBS AND THE IMPACTS ON COMMUNITIES ALREADY CARRYING
02:02:21 SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS.
02:02:24 IF DATA CENTERS ARE ULTIMATELY ALLOWED, SAN FRANCISCO'S SHOULD
02:02:28 ESTABLISH APPROPRIATE PLANNING CODE STANDARDS BEFORE APPROVING
02:02:32 MORE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS 45
02:02:33 DAY MORATORIUM AND USE IT TO DETERMINE WHETHER DATA CENTERS
02:02:38 ARE APPROPRIATE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:02:41 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:02:42 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME'S MARIE
02:02:47 SORENSON. I LIVE IN THE MISSION.
02:02:50 I DECIDED THIS MORNING TO GOOGLE WHY PEOPLE PUSH BACK
02:02:54 AGAINST DATA CENTERS. >> AND A NOTABLE GALLUP POLL
02:03:00 REVEALED THAT 70% OF AMERICANS OPPOSE LOCAL DATA CENTER
02:03:05 CONSTRUCTION. >> YET WE ALREADY HAVE TWO
02:03:07 SMALL ONES. >> ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THE
02:03:09 PEOPLE THAT LIVE BY THEM TAX MONEY REFUNDS FOR HAVING TO
02:03:16 LIVE NEXT TO WHAT PEOPLE DESCRIBE AS A 24 SEVEN LAWN
02:03:20 MOWER THAT'S OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES?
02:03:25 >> BESIDES THE FACT THAT AS SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY SAID
02:03:30 WE'LL HAVE HIGHER ELECTRIC BILLS, WE ALREADY HAVE HIGHER
02:03:34 ELECTRIC BILLS. >> YOU BLINK AND YOU NEED TWO
02:03:37 SIDES TO RAISE THE PRICES. >> WATER CONSUMPTION.
02:03:41 >> NOT THAT LONG AGO WE WERE ON WATER RATIONING.
02:03:43 WE STILL KIND OF OUR THE USUAL DOG WHISTLE IS JOBS.
02:03:51 >> ALL YOU SAY IS JOBS AND EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD.
02:03:53 WELL, CONSTRUCTION IS ONLY TEMPORARY WORK.
02:03:59 RUNNING A DATA CENTER IT REALLY PROVIDES LIKE ALMOST VERY,
02:04:02 VERY, VERY FEW JOBS. AND IN THE MEANTIME LOCAL
02:04:07 GOVERNMENTS FORGO MILLIONS IN TAX DOLLARS WHICH I'M
02:04:11 ASSUMING THAT WE WILL GIVE THEM TAX BREAKS.
02:04:19 >> AND IT'S WRONG. AND THEN EVERYBODY AROUND HAS
02:04:23 THE DECREASING PROPERTY VALUES IS 27 NOISE DIRTY BACKUP
02:04:28 GENERATORS. >> AND THEN THE WAY THE E-WASTE
02:04:34 I SUGGEST THAT IF WE REALLY WANT TO PUT A DATA CENTER LET'S
02:04:38 PUT IT AT THE MARINE SAFE WAY. >> AND THAT WAY THEY CAN BUILD
02:04:42 HOUSING ABOVE IT AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE UP THERE THAT ARE NOW
02:04:46 COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEIR VIEWS ARE GOING TO GO SPEAKERS MIGHT
02:04:50 GET TO EXPERIENCE COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:04:54 AND FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY PLEASE REFRAIN FROM YOUR
02:04:58 APPLAUSE. YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR SUPPORT
02:05:01 VISUALLY SOMEHOW BUT LET'S JUST KEEP THE LINE MOVING.
02:05:02 LET'S HAVE THE NEXT BIG POLICE .
02:05:05 >> HI. THANK YOU.
02:05:06 MY NAME IS COLLECTOR. I'M A LOCAL ORGANIZER WITH THE
02:05:09 PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION.
02:05:10 I'M MAKING MY COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE MORATORIUM
02:05:13 AND ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR A PERMANENT BAN ON AI CENTER DATA
02:05:17 CENTERS. >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'VE
02:05:21 SEEN HOW THESE DATA CENTERS HAVE HARMED WORKING CLASS
02:05:24 COMMUNITIES FROM SPIKING THEIR ENERGY CORES TO CONTAMINATING
02:05:28 WATER. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT OVER
02:05:31 70% OF ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA OPPOSE DATA CENTERS IN THEIR
02:05:35 COMMUNITIES AND SAFE IS NO DIFFERENT.
02:05:36 DANIEL LARRY TOOK BACKROOM MEETINGS WITH LOBBYISTS FOR
02:05:40 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER INDUSTRY PARK CAPITAL FOR AN IDENTITY
02:05:44 DATA CENTER THAT WILL ONLY HURT RESIDENTS OF THE DOGPATCH
02:05:50 AND PRIORITIZE THE INTERESTS OF TECH BILLIONAIRES AND REAL
02:05:51 ESTATE MOGULS WHO ARE ENGAGING IN SPECULATIVE A.I. PROJECTS
02:05:55 WITH NO BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
02:05:59 >> ON THE CONTRARY, WE'VE SEEN I USED TO THREATEN OUR JOBS
02:06:02 AND TECH WORKERS ARE ALREADY FEELING THOSE CONSEQUENCES
02:06:09 160,000FT2. THE PROPOSED SIZE OF THE DATA
02:06:10 CENTER IS A LOT OF PUBLIC LAND. WE SHOULD SEE THE SAME URGENCY
02:06:15 APPLIED TO THE MASSIVE BUILDOUT OF DATA CENTERS APPLIED TO
02:06:18 MEETING OUR BASIC NEEDS. THAT LAND COULD BE USED TO
02:06:22 BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EXAMPLE SOMETHING WE SORELY
02:06:26 NEED NOT FOR IT TECH COMPANIES RACE TO THE BOTTOM WITH WHO CAN
02:06:29 BUILD OUR AI INFRASTRUCTURE THE FASTEST.
02:06:33 I APPLAUD D-10 SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON FOR BRINGING
02:06:36 THIS PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD. >> AND I ENCOURAGE EVEN FURTHER
02:06:38 COMMITMENT TO BAN ALL FUTURE A.I. DATA CENTERS AND ALSO TO
02:06:45 REPAIR THE INDUSTRIAL DAMAGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE
02:06:46 IN BAYVIEW. HUNTERS POINT.
02:06:49 WORKING PEOPLE MUST DECIDE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND THE
02:06:53 FUTURE OF AIR USE NOT TECH AND REAL ESTATE BILLIONAIRES.
02:06:56 >> AND WE WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:06:58 HAPPENS. THANK YOU.
02:07:00 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:07:04 >> HELLO AGAIN SUPERVISORS ON TO LABOR IN TOW WITH THE RECENT
02:07:09 EQUITY AND ALL PLANNING COALITION HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT
02:07:11 FOR THE PROPOSED INTERIM MORATORIUM.
02:07:12 >> RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
02:07:16 INCREASINGLY VOCAL ABOUT CONCERNS WITH DATA CENTER
02:07:17 DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ELECTRICITY AND WATER USE,
02:07:21 POLLUTION, NOISE, LAND USE AND IMPACTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE.
02:07:25 >> DATA CENTER PROPOSALS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE LOCATED IN OR
02:07:28 NEAR PRIORITY EQUITY GEOGRAPHIES.
02:07:31 >> THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT CONNECTS THESE GEOGRAPHIES TO
02:07:32 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND EQUITABLE
02:07:37 INVESTMENT. >> THESE ARE COMMUNITIES WHERE
02:07:38 LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
02:07:41 ALREADY LIVE IN PROXIMITY TO MUCH OF THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL
02:07:44 ACTIVITY AND LEGACY POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION.
02:07:48 >> THE CITY SHOULD NOT EVALUATE A NEW INTENSIVE LAND USE
02:07:51 WITHOUT CONSIDERING EXISTING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
02:07:53 CONDITIONS CONTINUING TO PLACE HARMFUL USES IN AND AROUND THE
02:07:56 SAME NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE FAMILIES, SENIORS AND OTHER
02:07:59 VULNERABLE RESIDENTS LIVE IS HUGELY INEQUITABLE
02:08:03 AND COMPOUNDS DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM
02:08:04 AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. >> THE CITY SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR
02:08:07 THAT HISTORY AND THE CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RESIDENTS
02:08:11 ALREADY FACE. >> THE CITY SHOULD USE THIS
02:08:14 OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE INFRASTRUCTURE UTILITY,
02:08:16 ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, PUBLIC HEALTH AND CUMULATIVE COMMUNITY
02:08:20 IMPACTS OF THIS RAPIDLY EVOLVING USE PARTICULARLY
02:08:23 IN DISTRICT TEN AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ALREADY CARRYING
02:08:27 SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS AND ENSURE THAT FUTURE
02:08:31 LAND USE DECISIONS ACCOUNT FOR THE HEALTH, RACIAL AND ECONOMIC
02:08:33 CONDITIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE FACILITIES ARE
02:08:35 LOCATED OR PROPOSED. >> THANK YOU.
02:08:39 >> THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:08:42 >> COULD I. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR
02:08:47 HOURS. MY NAME IS JEANETTE AND I LIVE
02:08:48 IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
02:08:51 THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATA CENTER
02:08:55 IN THE DOGPATCH NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IN FACT, I BELIEVE THERE
02:08:59 SHOULD BE A TOTAL BAN ON DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION IN SAN
02:09:03 FRANCISCO. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A
02:09:07 DATA CENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE DEVASTATING.
02:09:08 >> IT WILL CONSUME MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF CLEAN WATER
02:09:14 FOR COOLING DRIVING UP ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR PITNEY
02:09:18 RATE PAYERS AND SPREAD AIRBORNE POLLUTION WHEN IT DIESEL FUEL
02:09:22 BACKUP GENERATORS ARE USED DURING POWER OUTAGES.
02:09:26 >> OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR WATER AND ELECTRICITY USE
02:09:31 RESTRICTED DURING PEAK TIMES IN FAVOR OF THEIR DATA CENTER.
02:09:35 WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:09:38 >> IT ALSO BOTHERS ME THAT THE THREE HUNDRED AND $50 MILLION
02:09:41 WILL BE SPENT ON THIS ONE PROJECT WHEN THERE ARE MORE
02:09:45 THAN IMPORTANT NEEDS IN OUR CITY INCLUDING PUBLIC
02:09:48 TRANSPORTATION EXPANSION INTO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC
02:09:52 HEALTH SYSTEM REINVESTMENT, REOPENING MORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
02:09:56 AND HIRING MORE TEACHERS AND HOUSING SUPPORT FOR LOWER
02:10:00 INCOME AND UNHOUSED PERSON. JUST TO NAME A FEW DATA CENTER
02:10:04 ONLY BENEFIT THE AIR COMPANY AND THEIR BILLIONAIRES OWNERS
02:10:09 NOT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND THEM.
02:10:13 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
02:10:17 TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
02:10:19 MY NAME IS NOAH. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE
02:10:23 TENDERLOIN AND AN ORGANIZER WITH THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM
02:10:27 AND LIBERATION AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
02:10:30 MORATORIUM AND ALSO PLEASE ALSO TO URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER A
02:10:35 COMPLETE BAN ON DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:10:38 I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE BEEN
02:10:42 SAYING TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE THE NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACTS
02:10:46 LIKE IN THE AIR POLLUTION AND THE WATER POLLUTION
02:10:49 AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR ALREADY HIGH ELECTRICITY BILLS
02:10:54 WILL BE SKYROCKETING EVEN FURTHER.
02:10:57 I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER IN THE
02:11:01 DOGPATCH SPECIFIC LEE THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF IS GOING TO
02:11:06 BE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS AND WAS A $350
02:11:11 MILLION DEAL YET DECIDED IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION BETWEEN
02:11:14 OUR MAYOR DANIEL LURIE AND NESTOR CAPITAL.
02:11:18 >> AND THESE THESE KINDS OF SUCH CONVERSATIONS ARE
02:11:22 COMPLETELY UNDEMOCRATIC AND IT'S LIKE DATA CENTERS HAVE
02:11:23 BEEN TOTALLY PROVEN TO BE COMPLETELY UNPOPULAR ACROSS
02:11:30 AMERICA. OVER 75 DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN
02:11:34 STOPPED IN THE LAST YEAR FROM BEING BUILT BECAUSE PEOPLE
02:11:38 DON'T WANT THEM. WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE
02:11:39 THAT BENEFIT FROM THESE DATA CENTERS ARE AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
02:11:42 SAYING, THE BILLIONAIRES. AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS
02:11:46 INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THINGS THAT WILL ACTUALLY
02:11:49 HELP US LIKE SUCH AS COMPLETE CLEANING OF THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS
02:11:53 POINT SHIPYARD FOR INSTANCE NOT ADDING MORE POLLUTION AND HARM
02:11:57 TO THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.
02:12:00 >> THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:12:04 >> HELLO. I'M A RESIDENT OF D SIX AND I
02:12:07 SECOND EVERYONE'S COMMENTS HERE AND I ESPECIALLY SUPPORT THE D
02:12:11 TEN COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO SAY AS FAR AS WHAT IS BEING DONE TO
02:12:15 THEIR COMMUNITY. >> I'M NOT AS WELL-INFORMED ON
02:12:18 DATA CENTERS AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT
02:12:22 A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY ABOUT IT. A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING
02:12:24 ABOUT DATA CENTERS IS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY BEING
02:12:27 NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY IT NOT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING
02:12:30 THE DEALS, THE COMPANIES THAT ARE BUILDING THEM, ETC. AND I
02:12:34 EXPERIENCED THIS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:12:35 >> I HEAR THAT THERE ARE TWO DATA CENTERS ALSO BEING PLANNED
02:12:42 OR BUILT IN D61 AT 907 STREETS AN AMAZON DATA CENTER AND ONE
02:12:46 AT 101 UTAH STREET. >> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
02:12:48 THAT. >> SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THERE
02:12:50 IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC TOWN HALL SUPPOSEDLY ABOUT THE
02:12:54 AMAZON DATA CENTER BUT I EMAIL MY SUPERVISOR THEY DON'T
02:12:58 RESPOND. I HAVE TO COME IN PERSON.
02:12:59 THEY'RE LIKE I THINK IT'S CANCELED.
02:13:02 >> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHECK A
02:13:04 CALENDAR. >> AND THEN I HEAR THAT OH IT
02:13:06 WAS A PRIVATE MEETING THIS TOWN HALL BUT THEN ONCE IT TURNED
02:13:10 PUBLIC THE SUPERVISOR PULLED OUT.
02:13:12 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IS GOING ON SO LET'S GET SECURE.
02:13:17 >> IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT, ISN'T IT?
02:13:20 LET'S GET SOME TRANSPARENCY AROUND ALL THOSE DATA CENTERS.
02:13:21 SHOULD WE DEFINITELY NEED A MORATORIUM?
02:13:25 >> WE PROBABLY NEED A BAN BECAUSE ALSO WHAT IS THIS LIKE
02:13:28 MEAN? WHAT IS LIKE BUILDING DATA
02:13:29 CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO MEAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT'S LIKE FOR
02:13:32 REAL LIVING IN SOMA AND THE MIDDLE MARKET AREA IT'S HOT
02:13:39 THERE WITH ALL OF THE SUN REFLECTING OFF THE SKYSCRAPERS
02:13:40 BURNING US LIKE ANTS THERE'S LIKE PAVEMENT ANYWHERE NO TREE
02:13:44 CANOPIES AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD DATA CENTERS AND IT'S LIKE
02:13:48 THE LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS FLICKERING.
02:13:49 NOW THERE'S ANY BLACKOUT. >> SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
02:13:53 BUILD DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW?
02:13:56 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:14:02 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS BRADLEY WANG.
02:14:06 I AM A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND DISTRICT TEN.
02:14:08 WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT DATA CENTERS ARE PROBABLY PROBABLY
02:14:16 GOING TO BE BUILT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT AND IN THAT IF
02:14:20 THAT WERE TO BE THE CASE AND IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN WHAT I
02:14:22 WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR IS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE
02:14:28 PUBLIC PUBLISHING OF THE FACILITY DATA SO THAT WE CAN
02:14:32 GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF KIND OF THE WATER USAGE AND THE
02:14:33 ELECTRICITY USAGE THAT THESE FACILITIES CONSUME BECAUSE I
02:14:36 FIND THAT ALL TOO OFTEN WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE DETAILS OF
02:14:40 WHAT THESE DATA CENTERS REQUIRE UNTIL THE PLANS ARE ALREADY
02:14:44 PUBLISHED AND THE CONSTRUCTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND BY THEN
02:14:50 IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE FOR COMMUNITIES TO KIND OF PUT
02:14:52 IN THEIR INPUT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
02:14:55 SUPERVISORS FOR IN THE CASE THAT YOU KNOW, THESE DATA
02:14:59 CENTERS DO OR ARE CREATED THAT THEY ALSO TAKE STEPS TO PUBLISH
02:15:05 THE DATA THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR RESIDENTS TO KIND OF
02:15:09 DETERMINE LIKE OH DO I NEED TO MAYBE TAKE SOME SORT OF LIKE
02:15:13 PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE THEIR OWN SAFETY?
02:15:17 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:15:18 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> WELL WELL MY NAME IS
02:15:24 MALICK'S ENOUGH ROOM WITH THE MARY HARRISON COMMUNITY
02:15:28 FOUNDATION AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:15:33 DATA CENTERS. >> HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS?
02:15:36 >> HOW ABOUT SCHOOLS? >> HOW ABOUT HUMAN CENTERS FOR
02:15:42 GOOD LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO? >> HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY
02:15:47 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP YOUTH GET THROUGH THEIR DAILY LIVES
02:15:51 STRUGGLING IN SAN FRANCISCO? WE TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS
02:15:55 AND WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THAT GOES INTO THOSE CENTERS.
02:15:59 >> BUT AT THE SAME BREATH WE SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
02:16:03 FOR SCHOOLS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR COMMUNITY
02:16:07 CENTERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
02:16:10 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE CHILDREN BOOKS.
02:16:14 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THIS AND THAT.
02:16:17 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE ARTS.
02:16:21 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND IT SEEMS LIKE SAN FRANCISCO
02:16:22 IS BECOMING MORE OF A BARBAROUS AREA RATHER THAN A CIVILIZATION
02:16:28 . SO I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK IF
02:16:30 WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO THIS DATA CENTER I'M NOT PUTTING
02:16:33 MONEY TOWARDS IT. BUT I'M SAYING THAT IF THERE'S
02:16:37 MONEY GOING TO THE DATA CENTERS ,WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR OUR
02:16:41 CHILDREN? >> WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR THE
02:16:42 FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN? >> AND AS I SAID, IT SEEMS LIKE
02:16:45 SAN FRANCISCO IS GROWING INCREASINGLY LESS FOR HUMANS
02:16:49 AND MORE FOR ROBOTS AND BILLIONAIRES.
02:16:53 >> I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHILE YOU DRINK YOUR
02:16:56 COFFEE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:17:00 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> OKAY.
02:17:03 GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS TRACY ROSENBERG.
02:17:07 I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MEDIA ALLIANCE, A NONPROFIT FOUNDED
02:17:15 IN SAN FRANCISCO 49 YEARS AGO AT FORT MASON CENTER AND I AM
02:17:19 SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM.
02:17:23 >> WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A BUSINESS MODEL THAT IS
02:17:27 EXTRACTIVE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ANYBODY'S SURPRISE TO ANYBODY
02:17:31 SURPRISED THAT THESE DATA CENTERS ARE SORT OF FINDING
02:17:35 THEMSELVES OR BRINGING THEMSELVES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS
02:17:38 IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXPLOITED.
02:17:42 >> THAT'S LOGICAL. THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO
02:17:46 HAPPEN AND IT'S HAPPENING AND WE'RE SEEING IT.
02:17:50 THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THESE THINGS IS
02:17:54 KIND OF NUTS. >> IT'S NOT A GOOD FIT.
02:17:55 IT'S NOT ALIGNED AND IT'S NOT GOING TO LET US MEASURE THE
02:17:58 IMPACTS OF WHAT IS GOING ON. >> SO IT IS REALLY, REALLY
02:18:02 IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS TIME BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE
02:18:05 NOT PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE IMPACTS OF THESE PROJECTS NOT
02:18:09 EVEN A BET. >> WE MAY NEVER BE BUT WE
02:18:13 ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO FIND OUT IF THAT IS
02:18:17 EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO SO IS TO BE COMPLETELY NON RESPONSIBLE
02:18:24 AND IT IS TO BE COMPLETELY CALLOUS ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON
02:18:29 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED QUITE ENOUGH TO I
02:18:32 GUESS COMPLETE SUPERVISOR WALTON'S COMMENTS THE ENTIRE
02:18:40 DATA CENTER DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY PACKAGE ON ON
02:18:44 THE GOVERNOR'S DESK WAS SIGNED ON ON THE STATE LEVEL AFTER
02:18:48 SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT STATEWIDE SO YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES
02:18:51 WITH THESE CONCERNS. >> THEY ARE BROAD.
02:18:53 THEY ARE ACROSS THE STATE. THEY ARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
02:18:56 AND YOU SHOULD TAKE ACTION. >> THANK YOU.
02:19:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:19:03 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JOHN PAULSON.
02:19:04 I LIVE IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT.
02:19:08 THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT ISSUE.
02:19:11 I THINK I'M GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO'S BEEN IN THE
02:19:15 DATA CENTER INDUSTRY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
02:19:18 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS AROUND
02:19:21 NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND APAC AND HONESTLY WE HAVEN'T DONE A
02:19:25 VERY GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING ,OF REGULATING OURSELVES
02:19:29 AND THIS IS ALL THE RESULT OF IT.
02:19:33 SO WITH THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO OFFER A FEW WORDS OF OPTIMISM
02:19:37 AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE INDUSTRY.
02:19:41 THE LAST PROJECT I HAVE THE MOST RECENT PROJECT I'M
02:19:45 INVOLVED WITH OF 30MW IS GOING TO BE USING 100% RENEWABLE
02:19:51 POWER. ANOTHER PROJECT INVOLVED WITH
02:19:56 WILL USE ABSOLUTELY ZERO WATER. ANOTHER PROJECT I'M INVOLVED
02:19:59 WITH WILL USE ZERO DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS.
02:20:02 SO I THINK I DID SEND EVERYBODY A LETTER THAT I HAVE HERE IF
02:20:10 YOU WANT ANOTHER COPY I HAVE IT AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A RESOURCE
02:20:13 DURING THIS MORATORIUM BECAUSE I THINK THE MORATORIUM IS
02:20:17 COMING REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS OR WHAT I
02:20:21 THINK. BUT I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO
02:20:24 MITIGATE ALL THIS. THE TAX REVENUE THAT IS
02:20:28 GENERATED BY FROM THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AND ON THE SERVERS
02:20:30 WILL BE IN THE MILLIONS IF NOT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
02:20:34 WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING AND BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS OF
02:20:37 ANY CITY THAT IS ABLE TO COLLECT THE TAX.
02:20:41 THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE WAIVING THESE FEES.
02:20:44 I DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT. THIS IS A REAL BOON FOR THE
02:20:48 CITY GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS COMMUNITY PROGRAM,
02:20:56 EVERYTHING ELSE. AS YOU KNOW, SAFETY SYSTEMS.
02:21:00 SO I THINK MY REQUEST IS TO BE FOR US ALL TO BE VERY, VERY
02:21:04 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE DATA CENTERS ARE HERE BECAUSE
02:21:07 TIME HAS CONCLUDED. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
02:21:08 COMMENTS AND AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE TO MOVE EVERYBODY
02:21:12 SMARTPHONES WON'T WORK WITHOUT THEM.
02:21:13 >> SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
02:21:16 I'LL RETRIEVE THAT LETTER FOR THE FILE AS WELL IN A MOMENT
02:21:17 WITH THE START OF THE TIME FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER YOU CAN JUST
02:21:20 LEAVE IT ON THE RAIL THERE. >> VERY GOOD.
02:21:23 THANK YOU. JUST JUST LEAVE IT ON THE RAIL
02:21:26 AND I'LL GRAB IT AND GO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:21:30 SUPERVISOR ZACK EISENBERGER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS.
02:21:33 I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR PUTTING FORTH THIS
02:21:34 TIMELY LEGISLATION AND URGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED
02:21:38 MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTERS. WE NEED TO SLOW THE PACE OF
02:21:41 THIS CONVERSATION TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND PROPERLY
02:21:44 EVALUATE AND REGULATE THESE NEW USES.
02:21:45 WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL DATA CENTER PROPOSALS EMERGE IN JUST THE
02:21:49 LAST FEW MONTHS AND WE'RE STILL RELYING ON AN OUTDATED
02:21:50 FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED IN 2001 THAT MATTERS PARTICULARLY FOR
02:21:53 THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND BABY HUNTERS POINT
02:21:56 AND THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TEN WHERE MUCH OF OUR INDUSTRIAL
02:22:00 LAND IS LOCATED AND WHERE DATA CENTER PROPOSALS ARE EMERGING.
02:22:01 THE BABY HUNTERS POINT IS CARRYING A DISPROPORTIONATE
02:22:04 SHARE OF ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS FOR GENERATIONS BURDENS THAT
02:22:07 HAVE IMPOSED REAL COSTS ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
02:22:08 OUR CITY HAS A LONG LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND BABY
02:22:11 HUNTERS POINT AND THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY WE
02:22:14 CANNOT CONTINUE ADDING NEW INTENSIVE OR POTENTIALLY
02:22:15 HARMFUL USES IN WAYS THAT PERPETUATE THAT HISTORY
02:22:18 AND COMPOUND EXISTING IMPACTS. WE CANNOT EVALUATE A PROPOSAL
02:22:22 IN ISOLATION. WE HAVE TO ASK WHAT
02:22:23 ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ALREADY EXIST.
02:22:26 WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING AND WHAT ADDING
02:22:27 ANOTHER INTENSIVE USE COULD MEAN CUMULATIVELY.
02:22:31 AND BAYVIEW DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXISTS
02:22:34 ALONGSIDE ALONGSIDE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AT 204 HUNDRED PL
02:22:37 AV RESIDENTS LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM DATA CENTER
02:22:40 FACILITIES THAT OPERATE DIESEL GENERATORS.
02:22:41 IF WE DO NOT ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE LAND USE RULES NOW
02:22:44 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY CARRIED
02:22:46 ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ASKED TO ABSORB THE
02:22:48 IMPACTS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTENSIVE USES.
02:22:51 THE CITY THE CITY SAID, SHOULD USE THESE 45 DAYS TO UNDERSTAND
02:22:55 THE CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC
02:22:58 HEALTH IMPACTS OF DATA CENTERS AND DETERMINE HOW TO ENSURE
02:22:59 THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES ARE NOT ASKED TO CARRY THOSE BURDENS
02:23:03 AGAIN. SAN FRANCISCO HAS AN
02:23:03 OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM ITS HISTORY RATHER THAN REPEAT IT.
02:23:06 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO
02:23:07 THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:23:13 MY NAME IS BOB TOOMEY. I'M A FIFTH GENERATION SAN
02:23:16 FRANCISCAN WHO SPENT A LITTLE WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE BUT
02:23:18 I DON'T REALLY KNOW MOST OF YOU BUT SUPERVISOR WALTON, THANK
02:23:21 YOU VERY MUCH FOR CAUSING THE PAUSE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS
02:23:24 NECESSARY. I'M FROM THE SUNSET AND MOST OF
02:23:28 YOU COULD SAY WELL THAT'S NOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT IT
02:23:31 ACTUALLY IS WASTE WATER. WE'VE GOT TWO BIG WASTEWATER
02:23:34 PLANTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER HERE
02:23:35 AND OUR WATER IS ACTUALLY A BIG COST TO THE CITY AND THAT
02:23:39 WASTEWATER IS PUSHED OUT INTO PLACES BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
02:23:42 PROCESSED AT A LEVEL THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE USED FOR DATA
02:23:46 CENTERS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S ONE
02:23:49 OF THE REQUIREMENT. >> SO I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO
02:23:52 BE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION DURING THIS PAUSE
02:23:54 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT NO ONE'S
02:23:57 REALLY TALKED MUCH ABOUT AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THOSE
02:24:01 SNEAKY LITTLE THINGS THAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES
02:24:04 IN SAN FRANCISCO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW
02:24:05 ME, I WAS AFTER AS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR A STATE LEGISLATOR
02:24:09 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR PROCESS
02:24:11 PROBABLY BETTER THAN YOU THINK AND I WANT YOU TO PLEASE TAKE A
02:24:13 LOOK AT THOSE THINGS VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE I THINK
02:24:17 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
02:24:19 I ALSO WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT GOOGLE AND THEIR INVESTMENT
02:24:23 IN MUNICIPAL WATER IN PLACES LIKE GEORGIA AND VIRGINIA
02:24:27 AND AMAZON AND THEIR INVESTMENT IN WATER IN PLACES LIKE
02:24:31 WASHINGTON BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT TO HAVE SMALLER
02:24:36 SYSTEMS BECAUSE NOW WITH THE OUTRAGE IN THESE BIG DATA
02:24:37 CENTERS THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW THEY DESIGN
02:24:40 THINGS BECAUSE AT ONE TIME OUR GYMNASIUMS WHERE OUR COMPUTERS
02:24:44 WERE NOW YOU CARRY AROUND IN YOUR POCKET AND I THINK
02:24:46 THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE THINGS COMING.
02:24:48 SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THAT PAUSE AND LOOK AT THINGS A
02:24:51 LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
02:24:54 WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE. THESE PEOPLE ARE SMART.
02:24:57 >> >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
02:25:00 >> PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:25:04 MY NAME IS J.R. KEPLER SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF THE INTERIM
02:25:09 ZONING MORATORIUM FOR DATA CENTERS.
02:25:12 >> THE PLANNING CODE IS JUST NOT SET UP TO REGULATE DATA
02:25:15 CENTERS. IT'S OUTDATED WHEN IT COMES TO
02:25:16 INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE AS A WHOLE.
02:25:20 THAT IS WHY LOCATIONS SUCH AS PAUL AVENUE HAD BEEN ABLE TO
02:25:22 INTENSIFY UNDERNEATH THE COVER WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE
02:25:24 IMPACTS THAT THAT INTENSIFICATION OF USE WILL
02:25:28 WILL CREATE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
02:25:31 TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY FOR INFORMATION
02:25:34 INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN IF WE DO NOT ALLOW THAT TYPE OF I AND I
02:25:38 DATA CENTERS THAT WE'RE AFRAID WILL MOVE INTO LOCATIONS SUCH
02:25:42 AS 1215 MICHIGAN IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WHAT
02:25:45 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE DOES NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY
02:25:48 FALL ON AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN BURDENED FOR TOO LONG.
02:25:52 >> DISTRICT TEN SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO BEAR A
02:25:53 DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF THE BURDEN OF DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
02:25:57 JUST AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY OTHER USES THAT ARE POLLUTING
02:26:00 AND CITIES SERVING ANY CITY WIDE POLICY MUST ADDRESS
02:26:04 GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS SO THAT
02:26:08 THE SOUTHEAST IS NOT ONCE AGAIN TREATED AS A DEFAULT LOCATION
02:26:09 FOR USES THAT THE REST OF THE CITY DEPENDS ON BUT DOESN'T
02:26:12 WANT IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS .
02:26:15 THIS IS ALSO FUELING A SPECULATIVE BUBBLE OF REAL
02:26:17 ESTATE PRICES IN OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS IT CAN DISPLACE SUCH AS
02:26:23 IT WOULD AT 1215 A PARCEL THAT PROVIDES AND HAS PROVIDED FOR A
02:26:27 LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME GOOD JOBS, BLUE COLLAR JOBS.
02:26:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE
02:26:33 INTERIM ZONING MORATORIUM. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
02:26:36 TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
02:26:43 CHAIR MELGAR MY NAME IS D.J. BROKE DOWN.
02:26:46 I'M HERE IN THE CAPACITY AS A DISTRICT TEN RESIDENT NONPROFIT
02:26:49 LEADER AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE IN SUPPORT OF THE 45 DAY
02:26:51 INTERIM ZONING. MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTERS.
02:26:54 I THINK AS WE'VE HEARD WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE PACE OF THE
02:26:58 CONVERSATION AS TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING FASTER THAN OUR ABILITY
02:27:01 TO REGULATE IT. >> WE'VE SEEN VARIOUS DATA
02:27:02 CENTER PROPOSALS EMERGE IN JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHILE SAN
02:27:05 FRANCISCO IS STILL RELYING ON A FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BACK
02:27:09 IN 2001. WE DON'T HAVE A MODERN WAY OF
02:27:10 APPROACHING AND MANAGING THESE FACILITIES AND THEIR IMPACTS
02:27:14 AND THAT MATTERS PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK COMMUNITY AND BABY
02:27:17 HUNTERS POINT AND THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TEN FOR DECADES
02:27:19 BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT HAS CARRIED A DISPROPORTIONATE
02:27:23 SHARE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS.
02:27:24 IT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, POLLUTION
02:27:27 CONTAMINATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS
02:27:30 IMPOSED REAL COSTS ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AS WE'VE
02:27:34 HEARD FROM. AND THAT HISTORY MATTERS WHEN
02:27:35 WE TALK ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND INTENSIVE LAND USES, WE
02:27:39 CANNOT LOOK AT A PROPOSED DATA CENTER AS THOUGH IT'S BEING
02:27:43 BUILT ON AN EMPTY PIECE OF LAND.
02:27:43 WE HAVE TO ASK WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ALREADY
02:27:47 EXIST, WHAT RESIDENTS ALREADY EXPERIENCE AND WHAT ADDING
02:27:51 ANOTHER INTENSIVE USE COULD MEAN CUMULATIVELY THE CONCERN
02:27:54 EXTENDS BEYOND DATA CENTERS. I THINK AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY
02:27:58 SHARED IF WE DO NOT ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE LAND USE LAND USE
02:28:02 RULES NOW COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY CARRIED
02:28:05 ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS WILL ONCE AGAIN ABSORB THE IMPACTS OF THE
02:28:06 NEXT GENERATION OF INTENSIVE USES THE CITY THE CITY SHOULD
02:28:12 USE THE NEXT 45 DAY PERIOD TO UNDERSTAND THE CUMULATIVE
02:28:13 ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF
02:28:16 DATA CENTERS AND ASK A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION HOW DO WE
02:28:20 MAKE SURE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY CARRIED THE
02:28:23 GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ARE NOT ONCE AGAIN FORCED TO
02:28:27 CARRY THE BURDENS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES?
02:28:31 SAN FRANCISCO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM ITS
02:28:33 HISTORY RATHER THAN TO REPEAT IT SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE
02:28:35 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS TO HEALTH RACIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL
02:28:39 CONDITIONS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE THE CENTRAL TO THE LONG
02:28:43 TERM LAND USE FRAMEWORK. >> SPEAKERS TO BE INCLUDED
02:28:45 THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
02:28:46 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM
02:28:49 NUMBER SIX MADAM CHAIR OKAY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
02:28:54 NOW CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU
02:28:58 CHAIR I AGAIN I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HIS
02:29:01 LEGISLATION, HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES.
02:29:05 >> THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES A POS IN DATA CENTERS SO THAT WE
02:29:09 CAN ASSESS THEIR LONG TERM ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC
02:29:13 IMPACT. WE KNOW THAT DATA STANDARDS
02:29:17 HELPS TESTING OUT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT.
02:29:18 >> WE ALSO KNOW THAT UNDER REGULATE IT DATA CENTER
02:29:21 EXPANSION CAN CAUSE HARM TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
02:29:28 COUNTRY. THE WEALTHIEST COMPANIES IN THE
02:29:29 WORLD BIG TECH CORPORATION, PRIVATE EQUITY FOSSIL FUEL
02:29:33 COMPANIES MONOPOLY UTILITY COMPANIES, DEVELOPERS.
02:29:40 CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING, MILITARY AND POLICE INDUSTRIES ARE ALL
02:29:45 DRIVING AND PROFITING FROM THIS EXPANSION.
02:29:48 DATA CENTER EXPANSION REVERSE OUTCOME MAKE PROGRESS AND CAN
02:29:52 DEVOTE RESOURCES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES RELY ON TO SURVIVE
02:29:57 STRAINING WATER AND ENERGY SUPPLY, SPIKING RESIDENTS
02:30:01 UTILITY BILLS OR GENERATING POLLUTION WITHOUT STRONGER
02:30:05 REGULATION. OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OUR
02:30:08 FUNDING DISCOURSES. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE
02:30:10 LEGISLATION AND ALLOWS FOR MUCH NEEDED PASS TO ENSURE THAT WE
02:30:14 CAN ESTABLISH PAPER GUARDRAILS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITIES CAN
02:30:20 DEVELOP SUSTAINABLY AND HEALTH AND HEALTHFULLY.
02:30:24 AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR
02:30:25 LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU.
02:30:28 THANK YOU. AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
02:30:31 CHAIR MELGAR AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR
02:30:36 HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND THANKS TO HIM AND HIS STAFF
02:30:37 FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE ON CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.
02:30:40 >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK MADISON TAM IN MY OFFICE FOR HER WORK
02:30:44 ON THIS. >> THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF
02:30:47 CLARITY ON THE LEGAL MEANING OF DATA CENTERS SO THIS SHOULD
02:30:50 GIVE DEPARTMENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS
02:30:54 AND BUSINESSES MORE CERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT IS AND ISN'T COVERED
02:30:57 . I SHOULD ALSO AVOID ANY
02:30:58 UNINTENDED PROBLEMS. SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD MOVE TO
02:31:01 AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE COPIES OF
02:31:05 THIS THIS OKAY ON PAGE SIX IN FINDINGS LINE 24 AND 25 Q
02:31:15 THE BOARD FINDS THAT COMPUTING FACILITIES THAT SERVE A
02:31:20 BUILDING'S OCCUPANTS SUCH AS SERVER ROOMS, NETWORK CLOSETS
02:31:23 AND ON PREMISES EQUIPMENT ROOMS DIFFER FROM LARGE SCALE.
02:31:27 TURNING THE PAGE TO PAGE SEVEN FROM LINES ONE THROUGH SEVEN
02:31:31 DATA CENTERS IN THEIR SIZE POWER DEMAND AND FUNCTION THEY
02:31:35 ARE INCIDENTAL TO THE PRIMARY USE OF THE OF THE BUILDING
02:31:38 RATHER THAN A SEPARATE LAND USE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO NOT
02:31:39 SUBJECT THEM TO THE SAME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AS A
02:31:43 FACILITY WHOSE FACILITIES WHOSE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE IS TO HOUSE
02:31:47 COMPUTING CAPACITY FOR OUTSIDE CUSTOMERS THEN IN LINE ARE THIS
02:31:54 MORATORIUM IS NOT INTENDED TO PRECLUDE A PRINCIPALLY OR
02:31:55 CONDITIONAL PERMITTED USE FROM HAVING ONSITE COMPUTING
02:31:59 FACILITIES SO LONG AS THEY ARE AN ACCESSORY USE AS DEFINED
02:32:03 IN THE PLANNING CODE. THEN MOVING ON TO LINE 24 OF
02:32:07 PAGE SEVEN THIS IS IN THE OPERATIVE PORTION OF THE
02:32:10 ORDINANCE NUMBER LIKE SUBSECTION C THIS PROHIBITION
02:32:17 DOES NOT APPLY TO TURNING TO PAGE EIGHT AND THIS IS LINES
02:32:23 ONE THROUGH FIVE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE ACCESSORY USES TO
02:32:27 OTHER PRINCIPALLY OR CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES OR
02:32:29 TO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WORK OF EXISTING DATA CENTERS THAT
02:32:32 DOES NOT INCREASE THE SIZE OR CAPACITY OF THOSE DATA CENTERS
02:32:36 AND THEN RE NOT RE SEQUENCING C2D SO IT AS MENTIONED EARLIER
02:32:44 THESE ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE. IT'S STILL A ENABLES THE
02:32:47 LEGISLATION TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY AS A COMMITTEE REPORT TO
02:32:48 GET THIS MORATORIA THEM INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
02:32:52 I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
02:32:55 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS. >> THANK YOU.
02:32:56 SUPERVISOR DORSEY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE
02:32:59 VOTED ON THE MOTION THE AMENDMENTS.
02:33:02 >> SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR WALTON
02:33:06 FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO THE COMMITTEE AND FOR TACKLING IT
02:33:10 FOR YOUR DISTRICT BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF SAN FRANCISCO
02:33:14 NOTWITHSTANDING THE ISSUES OF AI AND HOW TECHNOLOGY MOVES SO
02:33:22 MUCH FASTER THAN THE REGULATORY PROCESSES USUALLY DO.
02:33:27 >> TO ME THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD LAND USE ISSUE
02:33:31 LAND USE CONTROLS OF WHAT IS YOU KNOW WHICH IS OLD SCHOOL
02:33:35 HIGHEST AND BEST USE. I CAN SEE WHY THIS USE REALLY
02:33:41 ANY USE WOULD WANT TO BE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE CITY
02:33:45 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. WE HAVE AN EXISTING
02:33:48 INFRASTRUCTURE. >> WE HAVE POWER, SEWER, WATER
02:33:52 IN THE SEVEN BY SEVEN SQUARE MILES THAT OUR TAXPAYER HAVE
02:33:56 PAID FOR OVER THE LAST CENTURY AND A HALF THAT WE'VE BEEN A
02:34:01 CITY AND WE HAVE DONE IT FOR A REASON.
02:34:02 YOU KNOW, TO TO THRIVE AS A CITY TO BRING THE RESIDENTS
02:34:08 AND THE BUSINESSES THAT WE NEED THIS PARTICULAR USE AT RIGHT
02:34:12 NOW USES UP A LOT OF LAND AND A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE
02:34:16 HAVE NOT MADE THAT DECISION COLLECTIVELY WHETHER THAT'S
02:34:23 WHAT WE WANT IN THE TRADE OFFS IF THE RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF
02:34:27 ANY PARTICULAR USE WE HAVE NOT DECIDED THIS DO WE WANT ONE OF
02:34:33 THESE THINGS BY THE WAY THAT TECHNOLOGY DOES KEEP EVOLVING?
02:34:38 I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS FROM NOW IT
02:34:41 MAY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT JUST LIKE WHEN WE LOOK BACK AND WE
02:34:45 LOOK AT THE FIRST COMPUTERS THAT WERE YOU KNOW, THAT TOOK
02:34:46 UP AN ENTIRE ROOM AND NOW IT FITS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
02:34:50 PERHAPS BUT NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
02:34:53 THEY DO USE UP A LOT. THEY DO POLLUTE.
02:34:57 THEY DO USE GENERATORS AS BACKUP FOR ENERGY AND THAT
02:35:00 REALLY JUST BLOWS OUR CARBON EMISSION GOALS AS WE HAVE
02:35:05 STATED. SO I THINK A PAUSE IS
02:35:08 ABSOLUTELY ADEQUATE. I FULLY SUPPORT IT AND I WOULD
02:35:12 ENCOURAGE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DO SOME SERIOUS
02:35:16 WORK AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANT TO DEFINE THIS AND WHERE
02:35:24 WE WANT TO PUT IT AND IF WE EVEN WANT TO PUT IT BECAUSE YOU
02:35:27 KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING USES FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, A
02:35:31 LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY NEED NOT TO MENTION THAT THE
02:35:35 COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE IS LAND THAT WAS FORMERLY INDUSTRIAL
02:35:39 THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT AS BIG AS THIS
02:35:42 AS A FOOTPRINT ARE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST
02:35:46 UNDER INVESTED IN AND HAVE BORNE THE THE BULK OF POLLUTION
02:35:51 ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN OUR CITY.
02:35:55 >> SO WITH THAT I WILL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S CLARIFYING
02:35:59 AMENDMENT AND I WILL SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION AS AMENDED.
02:36:06 AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR WORK ON IT AND THANK
02:36:10 YOU TO THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME TO COMMENT.
02:36:13 SO OH I SEE SUPERVISOR WALTON WANTS TO CLOSE BEFORE WE VOTE.
02:36:18 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR MCGUIRE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
02:36:21 SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR HEARING
02:36:22 THIS THIS AFTERNOON AND I DO APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS
02:36:25 BECAUSE WE DO NEED THE CLARITY AND WE DON'T WANT BUSINESSES
02:36:29 THAT USE SERVERS OR HAVE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE TIED
02:36:36 IN TO THE MORATORIUM TO SUFFER. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT.
02:36:40 AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT
02:36:41 VOICING THEIR THEIR BELIEFS AND OPINIONS AND HOW THEY FEEL
02:36:45 ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND WHAT'S GOING ON QUITE FRANKLY IN SOME
02:36:49 OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:36:52 I KNOW THAT YOU COULD BE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SOME OF YOU
02:36:55 PROBABLY HAVE TAKEN OFF OF WORK TO BE HERE.
02:36:56 >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING THIS AFTERNOON
02:36:59 AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE FOR
02:37:00 HEARING THIS SO QUICKLY. >> THANK YOU.
02:37:06 OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE
02:37:07 FLOOR A MOTION OFFERED BY A MEMBER DORSEY THAT THE
02:37:11 ORDINANCE BE AMENDED AS PRESENTED ON THAT MOTION.
02:37:14 VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I
02:37:18 MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THE AMENDMENT DO
02:37:21 YOU WANT TO MAKE THE SECOND MOTION?
02:37:23 THANK YOU CHAIR MOTHER I WOULD AT THIS TIME I WOULD MOVE TO
02:37:27 FORWARD THIS AS AMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS A
02:37:31 COMMITTEE REPORT WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE
02:37:34 MOTION OFFERED BY MEMBER DORSEY THAT THE ORDINANCE BE
02:37:39 RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT VICE CHURCH
02:37:42 IN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR
02:37:46 I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE I'S THANK YOU CONGRATULATIONS
02:37:47 SUPERVISOR SIR, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA?
02:37:54 >> MR. CLERK THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
02:37:56 WE'RE ADJOURNED