Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240714

SFGTV Government Access Programming July 14, 2024

First there were no items closed for continuance, however we have received a request from the project sponsor for item 10 case 1016300399 conditional use authorization is proposed for continuance through july 11th, 2019. I have no other items for continuance or speaker cards. Does anyone want to comment about the continuance request . Good afternoon, john here on behalf of the project sponsor. We have a sensitive neighborhood here. Fortunately were making good progress. President melgar, we have dtna on board with the project. A couple of the neighbors are asking for a continuance so we can have additional meetings before we come here and so were hoping to be back here july 11to go. Thank you for your consideration. President melgar thank you. Any other Public Comment . Dade troop with the Triangle Neighborhood Association just want to echo mr. Kevlynns fronts but theres issues being worked out with the neighborhood. So were appreciative of the willingness to accept a continuance so hopefully we can have that rare thing of everybody being in support of the project. Thank you for your consideration. President melgar thank you. Any other Public Comment . With that, Public Comment is now closed. Commissioner col notel koppel. I motion to move it to the date specified. Thank you continuing to july 11th. Commissioner fung. Aye. Hillis. Aye. Johnson. Aye. Moore. Aye. Koppel. Aye. And president melgar. Aye. That motion passes 60. That will place us on commission matters item 1, commissioner comments and questions. President melgar so i just had a question for staff and that was about the organizing that neighbors are doing to get green benefit district around the park and its fairly large and encompasses valencia street up to Market Street and so its not a commission use issue but it has land use issue. It would be great if we can have an informational and have discussion about it. Thank you. Seeing nothing further. We can move on to department matters. Item 2, directors announcements. W. Only one announcement. Last week we had the honor of the department had the honor of getting a couple of awards from the Northern California chapter of the american planning association. We received an award for the central soma plan and we received an award for the recent policy change to eliminate parking requirements city wide, which you all supported and the board supported. And thirdly, one of our planners, Veronica Flores received award as a new emerging young planner for the city so we were proud of her and all the awardees in the department so we wanted to make that announcement and congratulate everyone. Congratulations to you director. Great achievement, thank you. Item 3 review of events at the board of supervisors. Theres no board of appeals or Historic Preservation commission report. Good afternoon, aaron star, management of legislative affairs. A quick report. There were no items at the Land Use Committee that Planning Department presented on. At the full board, the mills act applications requirement changes in the administrative code passed its second read. The landmark designation for the paper doll passed the first read. And the changes to the regional commercial district and the full passed and that concludes my report. Thank you. If there are no questions, commissioners, we can move on to general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public. Within the subject matter except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, it will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. I have several speaker cards. I just wanted to remind folks not to stand in front of the door. Its a hazard. Find a seat, that would be great. You do need to find a seat to remain in the room. I have georgia, Richard Frisbee and mark bran on but if anyone else wants to come up you can lineup on the left wall. Thank you. Good afternoon. I just want to highlight you 48 hills on the 11th. I dont know if you read the 48 hills. There were two good articles, one article about the jobshousing linkage and one from the lawyer from los angeles about the state laws. If i can have the overhead, please. I would appreciate it. Thank you. This is from this is across here you approved. I forgot t forgot to look it up. It wasnt a demolition. It was a remodel and there were two units. One on sanchez and one on die. I was standing will looking at it and a woman came by and said its big i hate the fact it doesnt have more units in it but i said it was a demolition even though they said it wasnt. Thats what they do all the time. I was taken back because she accepted that fact that thats what goes on all the time. So it is big and just to remind you, if i may, here are the demo calcs for it and theyre hard to see. This is one set and its over one number and its almost over the other number so in that group it almost made it and you know, the other numbers were somewhat more legitimate. Just to further the discussion on the demo calcs, i was looking on the internet for stuff and i found and im going to give this to you for the record. I found this memo from ruben and this is from 2013 and its interesting because the number for the rh1 at the time was 1. 3 million and within six months it went up to 1. 506 million. I just wanted to point it out because its hard to find numbers prior to march 2014 of what the value was for the rh1. One more thing interesting to me, which ive never seen before sbefore, is there were values fr twofamily homes and a threefamily home and i assume its in the rh1. I wanted to point out those. I commend those articles, especially mr. Elbowings article. Thank you, next speaker, please. Hi, good afternoon. Mark brennan. I am here to talk today again about the endless projects that are going on on everyson street. Its a culdesac. The closest cross street is beacon. Right now the neighbors have had to undergo about three and a half, four and a half years of constant construction. There are three projects in particular. Im going to get the overhead as well. Its not the best map that came from the map here in the city. So, you have 21 everson. And 2 everson. Between 2 everson and 21 everson. The same owner of number two owns 43. He is a wellknown venture capitalist. A billionaire. He bought two everson in 2011 and its been under remodel and rebuilt about throw times since 2005. He started remodeling in 2012. He has another permit right now and he is doing extensive work. 43 everson came a year ago on discretionary review. This was a 4,000foot sixbedroom home with two entrances and theres an illegal unit and the venture capitalist turned it into a 6,000 square foot, onebedroom home with a Basketball Court and swimming pool. 3 everson is more or less undergoing a demolition. Theyve taken out tons of rock and poured multiple slabs and id like to show you what the construction looks like on this street. You literally cannot park on this street. They have big trucks. Theres thro three projects. This one here and two everson down here. 2 everson i brought that up to this commission about six months ago, that was a 3,000 square foot home that had a remodel permit. It was clearly a demolition. The house is now 10,000 square feet. You can see it there. When i brought this up to the planner she said no, 50 of the walls were kept its not true. It was a facade really with the t11 siding was laying against the wall and moved from time to time. Brand new foundation. Again, 10,700 square feet. Even if its not a demolition or even if it is a demolition it appraises out. This commission should have some standards. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners, corey smith on behalf of the San Francisco action housing coalition. It was mentioned about a proposal for memo park that would put a moratorium on office and commercial space. Were still trying to figure out what exactly that is going to develop into but talking with our allies at the Housing Leadership council and reading the resolution i got to push forward. Also attempt to go put a moratorium on any projects that are 100 units or larger and a 100 affordable mid pen project and its 150 units that is now a giant question mark. I dont think we should be applauding for what theyre doing. The other thing theyre looking to ban is mixed use. So there will be no opportunities to build Residential Properties above ground floor retail as we understand it if this is passed as proposed today. I think were going to start seeing this more often from smaller cities around the bay area. I just want to make sure were not supporting or advocating for stopping building housing in the cities with train stations. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Ill need the overhead. Good afternoon, president melgar and commissioners. Im dick frisbee. At 3333 california will be coming before you later this summer. I thought it would be beneficial to take some time and provide some background information. Hopefully i can dispel some of the myths about the communitys position regarding the projects. As the Planning Department has chosen to ignore any input from the community or to conduct a City Wide Community planning process to decide whether this 10. 2acre site should actually be rezoned. Also, the developer and ucsf con sell and the eir process was begun, the community had the property listed on the california register of historic resources. We have been faced with a developer who demanded rezoning of the site from the outset despite not providing us with all the available information. Even though he acquired the site for far less than a fair market value. So let me show you and you have these on the packet i gave you. Can i have the overhead. You have got it there. I just wanted, these are some of the myths that are being presented to us today. And theyre all false. One is the community opposes a development. We dont oppose a development. We support Development Housing for this project for three years and were on the Public Record in the supervisors office. We oppose retail, commercial, and the wholesale destruction of a historically listed site. The second one is that we propose the same number of units as the developer but the difference is we propose it in three years on the basis of San Francisco action has a housing crisis and the developer has requested a seven to 15 year entitlement period so if we have a housing crisis, a seven to 15 year entitlement period is ludicrous. The third one is its laid at the Laurel Heights Improvement Association is the problem here. Its not true. We have over 800 signatures on a petition opposing the developer schemes. There are less than 200 residents. Not members but residents. To to make the argument that this is one small group is doing it is wrong. Lastly, let me show you the 15year period. Thats what is coming from the california bay. The first one is just arent building fast enough. Anyone who wants seven to 15 years its immoral requirement in a period where we need housing. We want housing and we want it now. The developer wants housing when he can roll out the site and develop in a different way. Thank you, very much. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners. Im here to bring up to your attention the projects that were here last week 135 hyde street. There was no one from the public who Public Comment on it and the fact a developer requested to go back and fee out instead of building these units. Were talking about somoslily units out of a project for 69 units in the tenderloin. How on earth are we supposed to fix the affordability crisis in this city . Will the developer show up next year and asking for feeling ou. We will not get Affordable Housing in this city at this rate. Think about that particular neighborhood, tenderloin. This developer is going to be building 69 market rate luxury units complete with a roof deck. These are luxury units that are going to be fetching market rate prices and all we were asking for 10 units. We were settling for 10 units. 400 square feet for a one bedroom. Which to most of the homes that are being built in my neighborhood, that would be a walkin closet. We were settling for that for low income person. And they werent content with that. We are getting no Value Capture for the low income folks who currently live in the tenderloin. So i just wanted to bring this up to your attention because i think its it wasnt ok to let the developer off the hook and its too bad that there was no one here from the public to do Public Comment. On a lighter note, i am happy to report for once, im in agreement with mr. Corey smith. Yes, i dont think the parking k should be taken off the hook and the entire silicon valley, they dont build any Affordable Housing. Never at market rate where they kick and scream and theyre not going to introduce anything. With Affordable Housing their record is even worse than their market race houses so yes, i agree with mr. Smith, lets not let them off the hook. Next speaker, please. Commissioners, john. Once again, addressing the prop m allocation process, especially for the central soma projects. Last week, i presented to you a protection of how it is likely the staff recommended allocation process that would workout over the next 10 years or so and what projects could go when. Here is a slight update of that but on the other side, its a projection of how and instead the allocations might work if the phase 1 for the huge flower mart project were reduced if the mark stays in central soma. Of course the first question is why hasnt your staff not given you protections . I heard that the Mayors Office says oh, eastbounder lings numbers are wrong. What is yours . Where is theirs . Where are any numbers from anybody but me . And of course, the second question is not having any protection in front of you that comes from your own team, how can you make a decision to how to handle out 6 billion worth of Development Rights . How can you do that blindly . Now i can summarize the the pact of the two alternatives. At least one project, the boston project is first stage was delayed two years. When theres uncertainty we dont know exactly how fast the pier 70 project and the mission rock will drop down their Office Allocation so depending on what they have, because they take space off the top, were not sure how much will be left for everybody else. The boston project is set up for two years. If you push the kill roy project up first, completion of four certainlessential projects is pd back four years. At least. Now, our position is straight forward. We want to see them all get built so that their Public Benefits of them all can be realized. They have Good Community elements of one kind or another. That is what we believe would be the right thing for you to do. What no one can understand is why you said one developer is getting a sweet heart deal. The difference between the flower mart is worth 800 million. So why does one get an 800 milliondollar goodie and everybody else gets pushed back . I cant explain it. The press asks me. They two. I cant explain it to the press. The members of the board are majority members ask me. I cant explain it to them. You explain it. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Public education. I think from the speakers we just seen, theres a problem here. The problem is corruption. Systemic corruption of this planning commissioner and the Planning Department. Well hear about it later as far as privatization in San Francisco. What is going on is a great fraud on the people of San Francisco. Public lands being privatized for developer who are building condos for millionaires. So the hell with the working class, the poor people in San Francisco, let them stay in tents and harass them by the police. You are improving more millionaire condos for whom . The billionaires. The profiterses. Thats why you lie, you lie, you lie about the development in San Francisco. Its not for working people, its not to help the people. Its to help the developer profits. There should be no privatization of public land in San Francisco. No privatization. If any housing is built, it should be workingclass housing. There should be a halt on development of condos these Million Dollar condos. If we need housing in San Francisco its for working people and poor people yet you continue to heed the developer, who put the mayor in office and thats the previous mayor in office. The developers run San Francisco and other cities. What are they doing . Theyre making San Francisco an impossible place to live. Theres total gridlock. Theres not Mass Transportation, free Mass Transportation and you say you throw up your hands and what can we do about it . You are responsible for it. Because you are improving these billion dollar operations. You are approving them regardless of the people of San Francisco. [ please stand by ] Public Comment is now closed. I would like to take the opportunity to rind folks standing in front of the doors that you need to find a seat at the very least move

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