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like this gentleman said, jobs in san francisco are down from the average in california. i urge you to make building housing in san francisco affordable by passing this measure. thank you for listening. president fong: the commission appreciated everyones comments. because we have been sitting here for three and a half hours, we are going to take a little break, and resume in 15 minutes or so. >> you were in the midst of public comment for item number 14, threshold for application of i...

as the socio-economic impacts of the five to nine unit legislation. the five to nine unit builders are perhaps best categorized as comparable to small, traditional, mom-and-pop neighborhood businesses. unlike most of their large-scale counterparts, they employed locally, pickaxes locally, support local supply companies and higher local tradesmen. they spend their money in local restaurants and grocery stores and send their children to local schools. they are part of the fabric of the c...

projects, it has not provided one single on-site bmr unit. we have repeatedly requested a list of the 16 projects in the pipeline proposed to build the 107 units, and as of today, we have not received any information. staff did confirm that the only project proposed in the category were those in the mayors office of housing register. i will now address what we see as the socio-economic impacts of the five to nine unit legislation. the five to nine unit builders are perhaps best categor...

program was expanded. we concluded that only one project would comply. it would appear that since the program was expanded in 2006 to include the five to nine new projects, it has not provided one single on-site bmr unit. we have repeatedly requested a list of the 16 projects in the pipeline proposed to build the 107 units, and as of today, we have not received any information. staff did confirm that the only project proposed in the category were those in the mayors office of housing r...

in san francisco are down from the average in california. i urge you to make building housing in san francisco affordable by passing this measure. thank you for listening. president fong: the commission appreciated everyones comments. because we have been sitting here for three and a half hours, we are going to take a little break, and resume in 15 minutes or so. >> you were in the midst of public comment for item number 14, threshold for application of inclusion mary -- inclusionary a...

the average in california. i urge you to make building housing in san francisco affordable by passing this measure. thank you for listening. president fong: the commission appreciated everyones comments. because we have been sitting here for three and a half hours, we are going to take a little break, and resume in 15 minutes or so. >> you were in the midst of public comment for item number 14, threshold for application of inclusion mary -- inclusionary affordable housing program. i wi...

employed in the same project. like this gentleman said, jobs in san francisco are down from the average in california. i urge you to make building housing in san francisco affordable by passing this measure. thank you for listening. president fong: the commission appreciated everyones comments. because we have been sitting here for three and a half hours, we are going to take a little break, and resume in 15 minutes or so. >> you were in the midst of public comment for item number 14, ...

because we have been sitting here for three and a half hours, we are going to take a little break, and resume in 15 minutes or so. >> you were in the midst of public comment for item number 14, threshold for application of inclusion mary -- inclusionary affordable housing program. i will ask the gentleman in front of the door to move to the other side of the room or find a seat. you create a fire hazard. thank you. president fong: i have one additional announcement before i call speake...

i urge you to pass this ordinance. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is leo cassidy. again, i am going to reiterate some of the same words that were already said a little bit. it will be short and sweet. we were here in 2006. we knew it was a bad idea then. this is about putting people back to work. it is very simple. it is what we need to do. i believe this was designed in 2006 for downtown developers to get a free ride, because there were so many units in the pipelin...

them, and subcontractors employed in the same project. like this gentleman said, jobs in san francisco are down from the average in california. i urge you to make building housing in san francisco affordable by passing this measure. thank you for listening. president fong: the commission appreciated everyones comments. because we have been sitting here for three and a half hours, we are going to take a little break, and resume in 15 minutes or so. >> you were in the midst of public com...