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Commission president wolfram. President wolfram here. Commission Vice President hyland . Commissioner hyland here. At this time. Members of the public may address the commission on items of the interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. I have no speaker cards. Yes, i do. Please come to the microphone. My name is arnold cohen, and i spoke to you two weeks ago about 3620 buchanan, 2016010079 coa. Last week, i spoke to you about the 1973 city resolution declaring the entire area of block 459, lot three, as historical landmark 58. This area includes 3620, 3646, and 3640 buchanan, and 5890 north point. This time, i want to quote to you several passages from resolution 88. Quote, the resolution and boundaries of the landmarked site, being lot three in assessors block 459, which known as 4640 buchanan, end quote, and again, all the addresses i said, those 30, 36 and 40 buchanan are all the same thing. The second quote, the hand some landscaped and spacious areas were used by the refugees in the 1906 earthquake, end quote. This is refer to the guard area, and that area is part of the area proposed for the new construction, and third quote is quote, in 1958, the owners added an equally impressive garden shop, unquote. This area is also site for the proposed construction. The above quotes from resolution 88 covered the guard and garden shop areas, and again, these are the areas where they want to do this new construction. But resolution 88 in its official recording, both the resolution and its official recording state the entire block 459, lot 3, if a historical landmark area. This means that the guard and guaand garden and garden shop area is a historical landmark area, so when you get this item on injure agenda, i dont see how you can approve it, and i just you have 30 seconds. Oh, i have sent you all and i will send you again copies of these documents that i quoted from so that youll know that im not making this up out of thin area. The original documents are in your file at 1640 mission street, which you helped me get. Thank you very much. Thank you. Does any other members of the public speak to wish a nonagendaized item . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Looks like the director is not here, so i think clerk very good, review of items at the Planning Commission staff report in announcements. Sorry. Im not im not used to that cue. Pilar lovali for tim frye. The only announcement that i have is the land use and Transportation Committee for the landmark designation for 2731 to 2735 folsom street, to the full board of supervisors with a positive recommendation, and that supervisor peskin signed onto cosponsor that designation that was originally sponsored by ronen. Thank you. Thank you. If theres nothing further commissioners, we can move onto items 3, commissioners report and announcements. No items today. Item 4, commission comments and questions. Any questions . I have one disclosure on item number 6, under the consent calendar, that that the owner of that project is a client of my firms, but were not involved in that project, so the attorney advised that i disclose that. Commissioner hyland . Commissioner hyland yeah, i just wanted to bring the advance calendar for the Cultural Heritage committees assessment to the commissions attention. The end of march, we have topics, so if theres any questions or additional topics that we think would be appropriate for us to add to the agenda, let us know or. All right. Thank you. Clerk if theres nothing further commissioners, we can move onto item 5, the proposed 2018 hearing schedule. Commissioners in your packets, you should have received a draft 2018 hearing schedule. This Commission Meets on the first and third wednesdays of every month. Only july 4th fell on an actual holiday, and so we are proposing that it be cancelled. However, traditionally, given the length of time between january 1st and your first hearing, you have also cancelled the first week in january , which this falls fairly close, on the 3rd. Yeah, and also, typically, thats tricky for us to get packaged by staff because they would have to get sent out between christmas and new years. Secretary ionin not impossible, but. Do we have anything scheduled for that hearing. Clerk no. So should we go ahead and cancel the meeting on the 3rd. Clerk we should adopt the 2018 schedule formally. Anything else from the commissioners . I guess it goes into 2019, but thats next years calendar. Secretary ionin well, thats for january 2nd, you could also choose to cancel the hearing of january 2nd, 2019 now. Well do that now. Clerk we should accept Public Comment. Does any member of the public wish to comment on the advance hearing schedule for 2018 or 2019 . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Do i have a motion to adopt the hearing schedule with the modifications made . I so move with the modifications we just discussed, cancellation of those january hearings. Second. Secretary ionin thank you commissioners, so theres a motion and second thats been made to adopt your 2018 hearing schedule, cancelling january 3rd, july 4th, and january 2nd, 2019. [ roll call. ] secretary ionin so moved commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 6 60. This matter listed under here is a consent calendar. Its considered as a routine item. There will be no separate discussion of th discussion of this. I see youve stood you would like this removed from the consent calendar. Very good. Then well hear it as the first or the last item on the regular calendar. We can hear it as the first. Secretary ionin very good commissioners. Commissioners, thisll place it on your regular calendar, and its been pulled off of consend calendar. At 920 north point street. This is a certificate of appropriateness. Good afternoon, commissioners, pilar lovali. North point street and polk street. The proposed work is located at the chocolate building and the coagulating room at Ghirardelli Square. Through a new penetration on the north public facing wall of the chocolate building, modifications to a vestibule at the polk street facade of the chocolate building to provide a new entrance, illumination of a modified blade sign, and installation of lights along the polk street side of the chocolate building. The proposed work would cause minimal changes to the form of the buildings without removing any character defining features or materials. Although the proposed project involves the insertion of a visible duct along coagulating room polk street facade, this cannot be placed any any other location on the site due to a variety of existing conditions. The duct will be painted to match the surrounding brick and will be located at a recessed portion of the coagulating room. The proposed entrance modifications are simple yet contemporary in their design to differentiate from the Historic Building fabric and conform to the Design Guidelines. They will not alter any feature or spaces that characterize the chocolate building. Staffs preliminary recommendation of this project is for approval with conditions. Staff recommends one condition of approval to require that any historic removed from the north facade of the chocolate building to accommodate the new duct and vent shall be salvaged and retained onsite for any future necessary repairs to the buildings exterior facade. On november 13th, we received letters of opposition, and theyre primarily directed toward the proposed illuminated blade signs, particularly its size and illumination, but just to note the sign is eligible for staff level approval, and has been determined by staff to be compliant with article 6 of the planning code as well as the Ghirardelli Square Design Guidelines as well as the secretary standards that i noted before. No other Public Comments have been received since packets were submitted. This concludes my presentation unless there are any additional questions, and the project supervisor is here to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you. Does anybody have any comments for staff . At this time, well take Public Comments. Anybody from the public wishing to speak, please come forward. Hi. My name is claire downing. I have some additional letters or emails that id like to submit. The corporations objection is to the the lights itself on the sign. We have residential units on that side of the building, and were concerned about the impact that those lights will have shining into those units, including impact to the value of the properties. We dont have an objection to the vents, the mechanical duct, or the vestibule itself or to even the size of the sign. Its predominantly the lights, so thank you very much. Thank you. If there are any other members of the public wishing to speak to this item, if so, please come forward. Seeing none, well close Public Comment. I just have a question about that. Are there hours that limit the amount of time that the sign can be illuminated . Does it have to go off at a certain time, 10 00 or 11 00 im asking staff, sorry. You know, could that be a condition, or i dont know if the sponsor here could speak to it. The project sponsor is also here. Okay. If the project sponsor knows more about that. I dont actually know that there is a requirement under the under the planning code for lighting of signs to go off at a certain time. The limitation on lighting for signs under the planning code is just that they be fixed and not, you know, flashing or changing color or any other movement. Yeah. It looks like the project sponsor is here, so. Hi, everybody. Im dave hardy. I dont believe there are any conditions on the hours of operation for the sign, however as the owner of the square, we would be open to satisfy our neighbors to put a limit on it and, you know, certainly, wed the square was open till 2 00 a. M. We would like to have the sign on until 2 00 a. M. And then turn it off after, but we can discuss that later. Id also like to discuss the brightness of the sign. A street lamp ordinarily puts out about 1,000 candle power. This sign will have approximately 100 candle power. There are three street lamps at the corner of north point and polk street alone, so the relative light throw given off of this sign is going to be minimal compared to the ambient light in the area. Thank you. Thank you. Thats thank you for that information. Thats very helpful. Thank you. Commissioner hyland. Commissioner hyland so the question that i have are the units are immediately across the street or no, fontana highlands are immediately down the street. I make a motion to accept the proposal as designed. Second. Secretary ionin so moved, that motion passed unanimously, 60. Commissioners, thatll we are already under the regular calendar, for item 7a and b, case numbers 201600625 coa and vor, 951 through 961 the project before you is a request for a certificate of appropriateness for the property at 959 through 961 valencia street. The properties occupied by a two story over basement two story residential building designed on a slanted bay constructed in 1976 by the real estate associates. The proposed project entails the rear condition of the existing building and expansion into the existing side yard. The project also includes the restoration of the front facade based on physical evidence and similar buildings from the same period of construction. This restoration will include replacement of nonhistoric windows with wood double hung windows, replacement of the front steps and railing and restoration of the architectural trim and decorative elements. In addition, the project also includes the enlargement of the existing garage opening, addition of a 4 foot tall fence at the front of the building, and replacement of the existing sidewall. The proposed wood cotting and wood windows to be compatible with the building and surrounding district. The addition will occupy a similar footprint to the existing while decreasing the nonconformity with current bvr requirements of the planning code. Each of these alterations and additions will be minimally visible or not visible from the public right of way and will not detract from the character of the district. To date, the department has received one Public Inquiry into the proposed project requesting a copy of the plan. Department staff recommends approval with conditions and finds the project to be compatible and consistent with the character of the building, the surrounding landmark district and the requirements of article 10 of the planning code. To ensure that the proposed work is undertaken in conformance with the certificate of appropriateness, staff recommends the following conditions as part of the Building Permit, the project sponsor shall provide a markup fore the new exterior facade ornament, and it shall be based on similar nearby properties. As part of the Building Permit, the project sponsor shall provide fair details showing the rail has turned elements. The project sponsor is available and has prepared a short presentation. I am available for any questions, and this concludes my presentation. Thank you. Will five minutes be adequate . Thank you. Okay. Hello my name is leoragrone, and im the architect of this project. The project, the new owners are trying to restore this once beautiful victorian to its former glory. This first slide is just to show what it looks like today, and to the left, theres a house that was built at the same time or within a year of that of that house. And this is a view down the street showing that there are a number of these houses that were all built in a similar style around the same time. This is the existing side entrance. You can see some of the disrepair. This leads to the back yard and will also lead to the back yard in the revised version, although were moving that entrance back, and were proposing new planting areas in the front so that this will look a lot more attractive. Theres the existing garage doors, showing exposed meters, which we will be putting inside, and the garage door was added since the 60s. I have a picture from the 1960s that show the different one, and that we will replace that with something that is more in keeping with the style of the building. Here is a picture of the lower bay windows that have these some damage, as you can see, and singlepane, double hung windows, and this is the entrance. Were proposing to replace the stair which was put in probably in the 1950s, and replace the doors to have glass in them so that theres more light in the rooms behind. This is actually a photo from 1906 of two of the buildings down the street, so you can see what they were originally designed to look like. That was very soon after they were built. This is those two on the left in this picture are the two in that original photograph, and you can see some of the details that they have, like, columns in between the windows. Some of them have dentals above the bay windows that have been removed from the current house. This is the current house. It is a 1959 to 1961 valencia in 1967. As you can see, somebody thought it was a good idea to remove all the details and put up asbestos shingles, and then, later, it was restored to some of its former characters. And this is a picture showing what were going to add. Heres a view of the south side of the property where were going to move some of those pipes inside the walls and replace all the windows with wood double hung windows. And then, as far as the variance, this is the picture of the overhang at the second floor that were proposing to remove. It currently reduces the already nonconforming rear yard setback, so we are going to propose to remove that, and you can see it here, as well. Thats the addition and the overhang that were going to remove. And this is the current rear yard, and as you can see, its very much reduced by that overhang. And this is the proposed rendering of what were going to do. Both the units have their independent outside space, and then, thats bigger because weve removed that rear view, and im available for questions if anyone has any. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any questions for the sponsor . At this time well take Public Comment. Are there any members of the public wishing to comment on this . Seeing no one, well close Public Comment. Does this need a variance even though theyre still removing nonconforming space, its still in the rear yard set back . Thats correct. Even though they are extending the requirement encroachment into the back yard, it triggers the need for the variance. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Well, i think it looks great what theyre doing, what youre doing, and if appropriate, i would move approval of our of staff recommendation. Second. Or certificate of appropriateness. Sorry. Thats okay. Second. Make a motion and a second oonvery good. Then commissioners on that certificate to approve appropriateness, with that. [ roll call. ] secretary ionin so moved commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 60. Close the public hearing and proposed variance. There is a substantial front step set back to the building, which is historic as noted here and theyre maintaining the two rent controlled units on the property. Its also a shorter lot about 90 feet to the city standard of 100. Secretary ionin commissioner, thatll place us on items 8a and b, at 3 0 lexington street. You are consider a certificate of appropriateness and the zoning before you is a request for a certificate of appropriateness for exterior alterations to 370 lexington street located on the west side of lexington street between 20th and 21st street. The property is located within the liberty hill district and was constructed in 1876. And the construction of a larger one story wood framed addition extending to the rear lot line in the place of the demolished addition. The project also includes the installation of a terrace wood deck in the remainor of the rear yard area. Staff finds that the proposed work will be in compliance with article 10, and although the existing addition proposed to be removed is more than 100 years old and is within the commissions range of historical significance, the proposed new addition and rear yard deck would be located at the rear of the property and would not be visible from the public right of way. The proposed project retains the italian front of the current property. It will incorporate windows, doors, and other exterior materials that are compatible withst historic condition of the building. By using woodsiding and trim that is slightly differentiated from the historic woodsiding. Since the proposed addition would extend to the rear lot line of the property, the project sponsor is requesting a variance from the Zoning Administrator from the rear yard requirements of the planning code. Staffs preliminary recommendation for this project is approval. On november 11th, staff received one comment from a member of the public. The comment was not in opposition to the proposed work, but asked that the Planning Department review work that was allegedly done without a Building Permit at the front facade of the subject property. Staff will investigate this comment and a copy of the comment is also available for your review. No other Public Comments have been received since packets were submitted. This concludes my presentation unless there are any questions, and the project sponsor is also available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions . No at this time. Well take Public Comment on this item. If theres any memoriers of the public that wishes to speak, please come forward. Good afternoon. Ernie seaver. Im the architect on the project. I had no allegation that amy was saying. I would also note that we had a cna and variance for the project next door to this that was actually a significantly larger project than this one, so im hoping that president will cross the Property Line a little bit for us today. If you have any questions, just let us know. Thank you. Does any other member of the public wish to speak . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. I have a similar question here. You know, heres a condition thats already in the rear yard set back, and theyre expanding it, and i thought that was about allowed when you had a nonconforming condition that you couldnt expand a nonconforming condition, so im wondering why this would have been considered. They can through the variance process, so what is required, and which they are seeking here is a variance from the rear yard requirement to expand the existing structure. There are certain elements of noncompliant buildings that cant be expanded. Something that is above the height limit, you cant add stories to it because there is no variance on height, but in this case, they can request a variance, which they have done so here. So when we get to your part of this project i dont know if youre going to approve this or not, but if you are going to approve that, could you explain why that variance would be agreeable. Sure. Certainly. You know, i appreciate the the project sponsor stated that there was a larger project next door. Variance are be precedent setting. The fact that there is a variance granted here does not immediately justify this variance, but for me, a couple factors here. The building, as we know is historic, which can generally, as you know, restrict or direct development on the lot. There is a pretty large front set back of about 10 feet. This is a much shorter lot than normal, about 75 feet deep. Just if seeing this project without context, my response was negative, that, you know, just encroaching all the way to the rear Property Line, but looking in the context here, and i think it is what in my mind is unprecedented as the Development Pattern on this block, and the number of buildings that are developed in this manner, including extensions that go to the rear Property Line, so that, to me, allows me to support a variance that they are seeking here. I think a code compliant alternative would probably be more harmful to the pattern here, which i think has some unique character to this block, so for those reasons, i could be supportive of the variance theyre seeking here. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions here . So do we have a motion. I move that we approve it. Second. Secretary ionin thank you, commissioners. If theres nothing further, theres been a motion to approve that with a second. [ roll call. ] secretary ionin so moved. That motion passes unanimously. Close public hearing and grant the public variance for the reasons noted in my public testimony. Secretary ionin thank you. Commissioners, thatll place us on item 9 for at 56 mason street. This is a minor permit to alter. Good afternoon, commissioners. Alexander kirbi with department staff. The item before you is a request to alter for window replacement and storefront additions. The subject building was oenchly constructoenc originally constructed in 1908 as the Bristol Hotel and is located as a contributing building under article 11 of the planning code as well as a contributor to the uptown tenderloin Historic District on the National Register of historic places. Of building is a four story masonry Apartment Hotel typical of the surrounding neighborhood. The proposed scope of work is for the restoration of 75 existing windows on the upper three floors of the two primary facades along mason and eddy streets and a replacement of the nonhistoric storefront along eddy street. Based upon information provided there are 68 window sashes that appear to be sound enough to be repaired and rehabilitated, and only seven that require either that require total replacement. Seven new windows, the seven new windows will match the original windows in size, material, configuration and profile. The project additionally proposes to introduce a new storefront design that will create a more cohesive ground story and simplify the mason street facade. The new storefront window system will consist of powder coat the aluminum frames with a tr transom to match the window frames in the existing photographs and will blend with the neighborhood. A vent at the far south end of the storefront will be coated with a minute maximum powder coat coated minimum powder coated grill. As the proposed work will not damage or destroy original distinguishing qualities or characters of the original building. Staff finds the original character of the building will be retained and not removed. Staff recommends approval with the following conditions that prior to the issuance of the site permit, submitted plans including a bulkhead section, material sample of the proposed grill and transom details shall require Department Planning and staff approval, and that prior to issuance of the site permit, an onsite mock up of the storefront transom and grill shall be required by Planning Department preservation staff. The project was submitted to the commission as a minor permit to alter for review on august 27, 2017 however a request for public hearing was requested on august 28, 2017. The hearing for this item was requested due to concerns surrounding the use of the hotel in its single room occupancy or sro units. The subject permit does not propose to amend the use of the exiting units, nor do any prior Building Permits. Further, the use of the subject building is not under purview of the hpc, but rather the department of Building Inspections Housing Inspection Division which makes annual inspections of all properties for compliance. The subject building has 41 legal sro units and 16 legal Tourist Hotel rooms. These unit counts are not under consideration under this permit. Both a Court Statement of decision dated january 4th, 2017 and a receivership order dated january 12, 2017 provide further information concerning this history and this displaced sro tenants of the property and these are included in your pactets. Please note that minor revisions have been made to the draft motion including a new section within the preamble on page 2 describing a request for hearing and a condition to read that all conditions shall be pursuant to the architectural site permit. Staff has been in contact with the tenderloin Building Commission and no Public Comment has been received to the proposed scope of work. Im available if you have any questions. Thank you. Commissioner pearlman. Miss kirby, i do have a question. Im looking at the date of march 4th, 2014, which is more than four years ago, and im wondering why it has taken so long . So this case was inherited by me just in 2016 so im not entirely clear on the early history of the case; however, its my understanding that they initially came in for wholesale window replacement, and there was a lot of back and forth, and the time frame for getting the conditions assessment for such a long building kind of added up. Additionally there were a number of other site permits for the interior of the building, and i think this may have gotten kind of lost in the fray for some time, so weve been treating it almost as an enforcement issue and kind of moving forward with it for a few more deadlines. Its shocking to see 4. 5 years for a window repair and replacement project. Yeah, but i wouldnt given what i know. Given all the other issues yeah, yeah, no, i guess that. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure that it wasnt because it was stuck in planning for 4. 5 years. Okay. At this time well take Public Comment does the sponsor want to make a statement . Yeah. Hi. Weve been working since 2013 on this project, so i would submit before we submitted as window replacement, and we were communicating with the another planner, and we were it was a little difficult to get through the whole process until we have alexandra to came and help us out really good, and then, she suggests the surveyor of the windows, and that report saying that we have to restore the windows, so we had to provide all the information to alexandra, and we have everything and oh, before that, we had a do you want to know the Bristol Hotel, they had to replace, just for front of the next door facade, which is same building, so we provide all the information, too, so were ready. Were just waiting for the addendum to get the approvals from planning and fire department. Okay. Thank you. I have the elevations here. I guess you guys have it, too. Yes, we do. Thank you. At this time well take Public Comment on this item. Does any member of the public wish to speak on this item . If so, please come forward. Sue hesser. Im the one that forced a hearing. It became clear to me, from your comments, that one has seen the court decision. It outlines the outrageous behavior of the developer by attempting to evict the tenants, convert to a Tourist Hotel, all kinds of repeated things, so your staff has the decision called and its in the superior court of california. The decision was dated january of 2017. I am asking that this be put into the file. Its in your the case record for the Department Already because the outrageous behavior of the developer has caused this whole mess. He evicted tenants, they became homeless, they were entitled under San Francisco law to go back. He evicted them for enormous repairs, and he didnt have anan any i dont want to say intenti intention. He didnt show he was taking it seriously. He emptied out the building, caused all kinds of grief. I was hoping that mr. Sanchez was still here because you dont have jurisdiction to dale with a building that is being transformed in violation of the administrative code and the planning code, and the Planning Commission should hear this case. We want, really a lot to have the developer do the work that allows the tenants to come back. At the same time, were in a catch 22, where theres no ability to have the Planning Commission, which has the power to say more than you do effectively saying this is not a Tourist Hotel. Signage has gone up illegal signage has gone up, marketing this as a Tourist Hotel on the building in the past month. The wifi all kinds of things that Tourist Hotels have. This is an sro, and because the law allows an sro for a couple months of the year to rent vacant units to tourists its in the administrative code they are using that to eliminate sro tenants. I didnt want to speak first, but i thought someone should frame the issues right now, and i would encourage the two people that are in attendance to standup here and talk. Thank you. Thank you. And youll have three minutes, and theres a warning buzzer 30 seconds before your time is up. Hello. My name is laura, landowners and city of San Francisco are forcing people of low income out of their homes. We demand that you keep the 56 mason building as housing for people of low income in the tenderloin. Do not convert this building to high income housing. The original tenants must return to their homes. Far too many people are forced out of their homes and have become homeless. Dont let this happen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is alexandra goldman. I work with the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development corporation. Just want to say that we acknowledge this is an imperfect venue for raising these issues, however, we have been concerned about the trend of taking Single Room Occupancy Hotels and turning them into a venue for other people. According to the general plan, changes like this are supposed to support the change of Affordable Housing in the city. We also just want to remind people about the Historical Context of the tenderloin as a neighborhood for low income people and the challenges of low income people to find housing elsewhere, and weve watched single occupancy places being turned into high income hotels, and we feel it compromises the significancy of the tenderloin. Weve watched this happen at other places, and in both situations, landowners removes tenants from their property by various means, and then proceeded to upgrade the building and market the building towards high income people, so we have a concern this is happening in this hotel, and weve seen this happen in other areas such as chinatown and the mission and south of market, and so we just want to raise the profile of this, of this particular issue and really express the concern that the supply of housing thats available and affordable for low income people in the city is rapidly doeteriorating a in the market. My name is joe wilson. Im with the hospitality house. I have a copy of our original request for a hearing on this matter, and in response to the commissioners question about why this took so long, you know, displacement of poor people is timeconsuming, and i think this is not only the incorrect venue, its the wrong one. The issue is gentrification and displacement of a low income neighborhood, a neighborhood that has the highest concentration of renter households in the city, and almost twice the number of Homeless People in our district as the other ten districts combined. This project is affecting both. Its either displacing low income renters or its entrapment of the existing renter households, and to allow a building to stay vacant in a community that has one of the highest concentrations of Homeless People is egregious on its face, and i think you must, in good conscience, put this matter where it belongs, with the Planning Commission. Its also a legal matter, as attorney hester pointed out. The court case that has been decided is an important issue here. This is not an issue of a minor renovation or a minor permit to alternate, this is an egregious example of circumventing the law or manipulating it to the advantage of a market rate developer. That is something that should concern you, and you should not, under any circumstances, approve this project to go forward without extensive public review of all of the issues that are at hand here, and if you look up you know, gentrification in the dictionary, it would say, see 56 mason, so we urge you to act in good conscience and deny this minor permit to alter. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is der he can marcou. I represent the tenderloin peoples congress. My problem with this and i should say our problem with this is this an intentional deliberate action to get rid of the low income tenants they have through delays and other illegal methods to where the people just finally just disappeared, and now hes going to turn it into a boutiqu boutiquey sro, which he can do, but its morally reprehensible, and thats all i have to say. Thank you. Thank you. Hello. My name is donnell boyd, and im with hospitality house. I just want to ask the question, when we all was little kids, and we went to sunday school, and they taught us about the good samaritan, what happened to all of those teachings that we got when we was a little kid . Because im looking at it as like we have got so caught up into money that were not paying attention to the poor. Its a lot of poor people out there on the streets, and they need houses more than the gentrified. The gentrified, they have lots of money. They can live anywhere. But the sro, theyre low income. They help people get off the streets. Help the people thats on Market Street and all over the places thats living in the tents and all that. We need to reach down and help them up and put them in those sros and start giving these over privileged people everything and neglecting the underprivileged, because theyre underprivileged. What we doing actually, this city is doing a robin hood thing in reverse, robbing the poor and passing it onto the rich, and we need to stop that, because a city cant survive passing everything to the superprivileged people. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is ryan, and im from the tenderloin peoples congress. I have an issue that i want to bring before you that might make sense to all of this. Man, you own your own homes for sure, and you have no problem. Youve been living there for years. You want to payoff your house notes and all the rest of that, but what is, like, the landlords, your realtors turn their clock back and say, well, we can get more money than what you guys are paying. Now, youve been paying a lot of money as you can see, and you dont need to pay no more, but what if they did that to you and take your home away . Would that put you on the street . Would they evict you illegally, made you homeless . What if you were in a position that you were poor and broke and had nothing . How would it be for you, sitting here, right here, doing your jobs, and your home, your landlords deciding against you. A lot of people on the streets right now are only there because people like city hall sorry, Planning Commissions, and all of the rest of you who are living well and good are doing a terrible job. Youre not giving no justice in any of this. The people that come into city hall with big pockets, you give them all the attention. Why do they deserve all the attention . Number one, they dont all live here. Number two, and they are not citizens here and paying taxes here, and three, youre giving them our homes. Youre taking away from us to give to them. The robin hood experience, even worse, because youre not caring about what youre doing. It seems good because the word legal comes into mind. When the city said Affordable Housing, i thought that meant people would get off the streets. It turns out, its not about affordablity for us, so that was a kick in our teeth in the first place. A law by you guys, cause you did nothing about it, nothing, if you was on this side, and you were sitting over there, youd want us to do the right thing, wouldnt you . So its time for you guys now to do the right thing. Youve got to stop this nonsense. You make extra amount of dollars, you feel good about yourself, youve got nice cars, wonderful, but if you got it at the expense of us, and we paying taxes just like you, then youre not doing any justice, youre not doing any good, so what is your point . My point is youve got to change the way you do things. Yeah, to see what makes money. Everybody wants to make money, but when you let people sleep on the streets and live on the streets and pee on the streets and poop on the streets and Everything Else on the streets, you are just kicking us in the head. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is jessie johnson. You know whats particularly painful about watching these sros, you know, the owners of the sros take a huge and suddenly decide to kick poor people out of the buildings and try to fix the buildings with some paint and faux marshal, whatever you want to do, it was we, the most poor and vulnerable who were willing to invest in the sros. I remember people were embarrassed if they lived in an sro, but we were willing to live there. You know, we were trying to make it look better. Youre the people that you called the ambulance or someones o. D. ed in the hallway, well pick them up until they get there. Weve invested in these hotels, and now to get kicked out, theres something unjust about that. One thing about the Bristol Hotel that i did find out is its full of ghosts. I heard at least three ghost stories, and a lot of people have died there, and in my mind, that means theres investments of lives in that building, and i think they should be acknowledged. You guys are up here because youre leaders of our community. Youve decided you care about the city, and its injure generation of leaders that is going to shape the future of this city, and its your generation of this city thats going to determine the fate of the tenderloin. So if youre not the right people to talk to, tell us who is, talk to your colleagues so we can get a hearing and talk about this issue. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I took everybody off guard by coming from the other direction. My name is dorian rhodes, and i live in the tenderloin district. I know that were here about windows primarily, and our concern should be about the historic value about the actual architecture in the building and you all are invested with maintaining the historic value in this neighborhood and the tenderloin is a special neighborhood to do that because it is a neighborhood that has retained so much of our historic value, and what brings to mind what that brings to mind for me is the simple idea that history goes beyond architecture, history goes beyond buildings. It goes within those buildings who resides in those buildings and what role those buildings played in our cultural history, and i think the tenderloin not only represents how much architectural history weve been able to maintain, its one of the least changed neighborhoods remaining in the city, and in that vein has managed to maintain as well so much of its rich cultural history. It does have the highest number of homelessness percapita but it does have the highest number of artists percapita of any neighborhood, and part of that is the cultural history, in the tenderloins own history, there has been an ongoing through vine of art and consulture and just struggling residents of this city, the type of people who created this city. When the gold rush that created this city, it was the artists and the entrepreneurs and the people that thought outside the box that created this city and turned into what it is today, ultimatel ultimately. So the tenderloin was the heart of that. The tenderloin was the heart of everything here because it was where the working class lived and the struggle class that we still have and the working class that still life there, like myself and my husband, rely on that, and rely on that historic history ha thats duplicative, but rely on that restorative trajectory. I was in an sro that was allowed to go downhill and downhill, and i was forced to move out and could not afford to live there. Now, where we now live, we pay 500, and every month, we worry if were going to lose our home, all because we were forced out. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My names alex burlein. I am an attorney at the hanson bridges law firm. Just to give some context where the project is now, my clients are excuse me,