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Corporation, and that again, was a mixed use, recreation project and had too much retail and did not achieve the kind of public consensus needed to get through the public process and so on that basis, we see that there are really still some work to do, with our relations with the community, and that will come forth and our recommendations for fostering those further conversations. And in the Ferry Building area, i think that this building reflects all of the accomplishments and the success of ho...

Where there is planning Going Forward, we need to invite bcdc and the state lands to participate in the process. Much in the way that we are seeing with the bcdc port working group. Given our recommendation that we do the subarea planning and the discreet areas of the water front, rather than the whole water front as was the case with the adoption of the water front land use, and there is a lot of efforts in the projects that are under way and those projects need to continue while the planning d...

Development staff, we are going to switch gears a little bit and talk about the water taxi, something that is relatively new to us all here in San Francisco. The one on the left that you have not seen is the boat belonging to the San Francisco water taxi and you know, you could see it in action there, and in that the other one on the right is or belongs to our other, and our second operator, and tide line marine group and you can see it there, and docked at pier 1 and a half here in the fair bui...

Hi, my name is malia cohen and im the current elected representative of the San Francisco board of supervisors representing district 10. Im one of five girls raised by my parents in the southeastern neighborhoods of San Francisco. And i know the history of the difficult challenges that the southeast has faced as my family has faced them, too. However, what i see is what many residents see. Neighborhoods that are unlike any other. Contradict 10 is comprised of communities where people are familia...

Weve achieved a series of agreements to move forward with one mileanhour as opposed to two and the areas where interests differences were combined westbound one common ordinance moving forward and as a primary sponsor of the board of supervisors measure ill be moving that ive become the sponsor and we incorporate the following all the times only 3 since were changing the threshold of the establishment needed to be from 19 to 11 keeping it at 11 and number 2 remove the business and professional s...

Legislation has 9 major components ill walk us through and although, my colleagues to make comments before the planning staff gives their explanation the 9 components of the legislation the legislation expansive definition of formula retail to apply for businesses with 11 or more outlets worldwide sooepz only in the u. S. The chain stores are more global it will include the japantown based business to count the stores out outside of the u. S. And number 2 our legislation includes the railway use...

Conditional use process for formula retail to the community so they can weigh in i know in my district weve had quite a few instances where formula retail in the castro upper market neighborhood its shown its worked formula retail proposals that have begun if with almost no opposition because theres properly outreach and people in the community thought when it was lee i didnt see on castro street or the old turn over records massive location people thought were going to stay vacant had a lot of ...

Lee i didnt see on castro street or the old turn over records massive location people thought were going to stay vacant had a lot of support but then we had robust conversation about starbuck and it was denied so my one of the proposals the process works the Community Weighs in and the Planning Commission makes a decision a number im supportive of the proposals today and the amendments outlined by supervisor mar it will provide a Even Stronger and Better Process whats challenging is that a lot o...

A way of life in San Francisco. When the next major quake hits, the city hopes a new law requiring seismic upgrades to five story buildings will help keep more residents safe and sound. Tell me a little about the soft Story Program. What is it . Its a program the mayor signed into law about a year and a half ago and the whole idea behind it was to help homeowners strengthen buildings so that they would not collapse. Did you the soft Story Program apply to all buildings or building that were buil...

Total answer even if it gets passed, but its an important first step. There is so much we have to do. These crises have ripped the blinders right off the systemic racism that exists in america. The American People now can see clearly. Black, latino, native americans nearly three times more likely to die from covid and more likely to get covid to begin with. Black and latino unemployment rates too large, too high. Communities of color are left to ask whether theyll ever be able to break the cycle...