The monday, january 14, 2013 meeting of the land use committee. Our clerk is mr. Derek evans. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. All documents included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will be acted upon in the january 29, 2013 board of supervisors meeting unless otherwise stated. We only have two items on this agenda. Item 1 is an ordinance amending the San Francisco Business Code to permit permit expirations and extensions and to modify various fees. We have from the department of building inspection Pamela Levitt good afternoon, pamela levin, Deputy Director administrative services, department of building inspection. The legislation before you is designed it achieve the following objectives. The first is to continue to encourage the growth in the economy by extending the life for review and approval for permit applications for large projects from 360 to 720 days, clarifying the time limitations for permit p
The finance Committee Meets this morning to discuss how this hearing comes at a time when americans are getting clobbered by climbing rent and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data released last week shows rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is getting more expensive. Many people that have modest incomes for big Student Loan Debt feel like the dream of homeownership has slipped out of the reach. The root causes the United States isnt building enough housing. The shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland the skyrocketing rent and of low supplies is also an issue in the central oregon, Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon where they cant build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. I would be willing to bet we would be talking about a number of issues this morning and i would just like to raise a relatively new issue that deserves scrutiny and that is private equity firms with sophisti
I know residents of the areas around the plants want immediate improvements but i know these are 20 year processes for Community Improvements but hopefully theres a good process so that people feel they have been heard as they develop priorities in each of these different areas. Thank you for all your hard work. We do try to have a mix of funds going, Major Projects as well as smaller projects that can be implemented near term or matching funds that are existing so its not all pushed up into the future. But youre right, it is a 20 year time hoer rise enso its not all going to be built right now. So i see no other questions. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Is there anyone from the public that would like to speak . I see no Public Comment. Public comment is closed. Colleagues, can we continue this to the call of the chair without objection . Thank you. And mr. Evans, is there any other business before us . That concludes todays business, mr. Chair. Great. Meeting adjourned. Thank y
This agenda. Item 1 is an ordinance amending the San Francisco Business Code to permit permit expirations and extensions and to modify various fees. We have from the department of building inspection Pamela Levitt good afternoon, pamela levin, Deputy Director administrative services, department of building inspection. The legislation before you is designed it achieve the following objectives. The first is to continue to encourage the growth in the economy by extending the life for review and approval for permit applications for large projects from 360 to 720 days, clarifying the time limitations for permit processing so that it begins when the permit is provided to dbi for review and the clock stops when it is returned to planning for a Design Change that is required by the building department. Extending the period of time for dbi to notify a project sponsor before a permit is canceled, and extending the time for completing all the work authorized by a building permit. The second objec
The finance Committee Meets this morning to discuss how this hearing comes at a time when americans are getting clobbered by climbing rent and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data released last week shows rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is getting more expensive. Many people that have modest incomes for big Student Loan Debt feel like the dream of homeownership has slipped out of the reach. The root causes the United States isnt building enough housing. The shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland the skyrocketing rent and of low supplies is also an issue in the central oregon, Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon where they cant build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. I would be willing to bet we would be talking about a number of issues this morning and i would just like to raise a relatively new issue that deserves scrutiny and that is private equity firms with sophisti