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Good morning. Today is september 9, 2015. Welcome to the rules committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. My name is john avalos, chair of the committee and to my right is katy tang and to my left is president london breed who is here in place of supervisor cohen. Our clerk today is alisa somera and the meeting is brought by sfgtv. Madam clerk do we have any announcements . S yes, please silent all cell phones and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items will be on the septemb...

Good morning. I welcome everyone to this very very important hearing. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in the past. I want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. If people stand up and block the view of those behind them, or speak out of turn, its not fair or considerate to others. So officers would then remove those individuals. I...

With us on washington journal tomorrow. Now president obamas pick to be the next attorney general Loretta Lynch testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary committee from earlier today. [indiscernible] good morning. I welcome everyone to this very, very important hearing. Very important hearing. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in t...

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Housing stock and replacing it with nonrerld Housing Stock this doesnt set well with me. Supervisor kim. Thank you actually supervisor wiener touched on some of the points i was going to make i wanted to ask questions of the Planning Department i think there are a number of positive things as mentioned by staff the creation of 6, 3 bedroom unit is extraordinary and having looked at a lot of Massive Development in the district i represent it is still nice to see the developers made the commitment...

Something to consider because if you can replace two rent controls units with 6 rerld units this is something i think we need to think about i know im milking this is a little bit more challenging to do that there the developments i will be interested in thinking about because the idea of demolishing sound rent control Housing Stock and replacing it with nonrerld Housing Stock this doesnt set well with me. Supervisor kim. Thank you actually supervisor wiener touched on some of the points i was g...

Housing so all of the things being equal having of unites on site instead of 4 consistent with the neighborhood oriented can be a good thing i also know in giving the housing in this city to be sustainable losing rent control unit you cant get them back when we approved the park merced we were able to replace the units with new rerld unit the city defended that i guess my question this may be for that the City Attorney this isnt a Development Argument could there be a condition placed in the cu ...

Supervisor kim. Thank you actually supervisor wiener touched on some of the points i was going to make i wanted to ask questions of the Planning Department i think there are a number of positive things as mentioned by staff the creation of 6, 3 bedroom unit is extraordinary and having looked at a lot of Massive Development in the district i represent it is still nice to see the developers made the commitment so we see its largely studios and bedrooms a struggling of 2 bedroom units we have a nee...

Bedrooms awe piece and those number 2 the appellant does not meet the criteria for dont guess it must be considered but up to you how to weigh them and the commission felt in this case, the project meets 13 of 17 criteria and therefore they may be finding in their approval the net gain of 18 bedrooms and that the scale of the project is consistent with the neighborhood there would be no Significant Impact to either of the streets or muni and to replace those building would be consistent with the...