Thank you. Next speaker, please. That is right, not rice. Good afternoon, stephen courier. Twentysix resident for amazon a district 11. He sent a little letter in support of this and i neglected to send one to you clerk, so if you want for your file. My story is a little different, because it is out of the special use district. I am fully in support of this ordinance. Primarily because in our district we do have a lot of people who move in and remodel their houses. For instance next door to me last year, a house sold for 1. 4 million and the day after it closed, memorial day, day after memorial day of 2018 the person who was taking care of my house when i was in paris emailed me and told me what was going on. With the bathroom and kitchen permit he gutted the whole house after nine over the counter permits later he was fined 750,000. He reapplied for his Building Permit and in september of 2018, we sued them, he being represented by an attorney, i represented the neighbor, and we settled out of court. Moving nine bedrooms to five bedrooms and six plus bathrooms down to four without paving over the front yard or the backyard, or the side yard and keeping the house in the shape that it is. We cannot have that in our district. Its not feasible, it is not safe. I agree with supervisor safai it doesnt make sense to have 1416 people live it in the house. I fully support this. My next goal after this has passed the board of supervisors is to move it districtwide. If this is just a special use, it doesnt value us, but if we can put it through thank you sir. Next speaker, please. My name is mark romero, im a resident of the 400 block of ralston street. We have a home that the supervisor safai spoke about which was planned to replace bungalow. First it was going to cover the entire plot which planning to, but then it was a. After some negotiation in talking through planning and with the owner, they said they would scale it down and have included a two car garage, one kitchen. Right now they just applied they have for kitchens in that unit. They have three living units and one Business Unit in there. Our block are rowhouses. If they have four bedrooms, that is a big house. Most of them are two bedroom, one bath. A lot of them have apartments that nobody is complaining about that, as far as student and Affordable Housing. We have no enforcement. I am very confused at how planning could approve this and this was in 20152016 when they were asking residents to cut back on their water use and to okay on 11 bath home parking that wasnt an issue. Now it is an issue. This is my opportunity to support this change in the ordinance. It is not going to help us with those kinds of problems but it is going to help our neighborhood, and the quality of our life and also our Property Values and also still dealing with Affordable Housing for students. This is not about in law apartment set all. And the other members of the cup public for this comment . Seeing him. We will close these comments. We just had a typo. I forgot where my notes were. It was part of the fa are ratios highlighted actually, hold on one second. If you could let me see your copy for a second. I have no highlight. Tran28 is right here on page three, on line 18 it should say 1. 51. That was it. Wasnt highlighted in yellow but it was incorrectly listed. 1. 15 . Yes. We will take that that is the adu. Understood. We will take that amendment without objection and we will send the item as amended to the full board with recommendation and we will see how the experiment of bringing ratios to Residential Development in San Francisco works. This is a first. That is right. Madame clerk and you read the next item. Item number 4, 190689 resolution imposing an interim zoning control for an 18month period requiring conditional use authorization for a change in use from nighttime entertainment to any other use allowed in the area south of Market Street bounded by the southwest side of 12th street to the southwest side of 5th street and the south side of Market Street to the south side of harrison street; affirming the planning supervisor haney. This resolution is about protecting and supporting an industry that makes San Francisco what it is. An industry that has such a special and essential place in our citys culture. It is what makes our city vibrant. It is known across the world for its art and culture. That is our nightlife industry. San francisco must be a place where we not only can live and work we can also play. We can also be ourselves and we can find others who want to build community with us. 80 of San Franciscos Nightlife Economy is concentrated in the northeastern corner of the city and the south of market the area that will be impacted by this resolution is especially important. Some of our citys most unique, popular, innovative and historic nightlife venues are in south market. Venues ranging from a dna lounge, the eagle to the stud. Mezzanine and monarch have shaped San Franciscos culture for decades. In many ways, it seems to have been made for nightlife. Easy access to public transportation, freeway, as an Industrial Area with larger parcels and business making it western selma and particular. Have also played an incredible Important Role for the lgbt community. Unfortunately, soma is now grounded zero two losing Important Community spaces to development. Commercial rents keep going up and buildings are sold, and converted from bars and clubs, cultural centers, momandpop shops, Community Spaces often and office space. One of the most recent examples of a venue that is in danger of being displaced is mezzanine, place that has had an incredibly Important Role as mediumsized independent locally owned music venue in the heart of soma. It is vital we protect these nightlife venues and corridors. They also play a significant role in our local economy. Entertainment venues provide an important Job Opportunities for a diverse array of workers. Not only do bars and clubs impact the people who own them, they also employee bartenders, promoters, entertainers, and many others. According to a report done by the city controller there were approximately 3500 nightlife establishments providing 60,000 jobs in bringing in over 6 billion in revenue to our city. It hasnt become obvious yet. We need our nightlife venues. Our cultural identity and a significant portion of our citys economy depends on it. This resolution provides for a simple but important protection for nightlife venues in soma. These controls will require anyone who wants to change a nightclub or bar, into other uses, to apply for a conditional use authorization. It will require us to look at each situation falls on a case by case basis. He will be able to weigh the impact on the Public Interest in safety and examine the effects of employment on the area especially the job impact. These interim zoning controls will last for up to 18 months and will allow us the time to look at any proposed displacement of the nightlife establishment. On a casebycase basis with the attention and consideration it deserves. It will also give us time to come up with a plan for more targeted and effective policies to protect nightlife more permanently in soma and beyond. I urge my colleagues on this committee to consider this interim control and move it forward to the board with a positive recommendation. Thank you. Why dont we open this up to Public Comment. If you would like to come forward and testify on this issue. The floor is yours. Good afternoon honorable supervisors. I have a handout to share with the supervisors if i could. My name is todd, im actually one of the owners of a security company. Im also one of the brothers that owns a building at 444 jesse street. I want to tell you about our company. We started it in 1965. We were at 590 howards rate. In 1978 my parents purchased the building at 444 jesse street. We have been there ever since. We ran our business on the first floor for 20 years, with rubber stamp die company and graphics in the basement of the building. In 1990, our security business went away, and the technology replaced it. We almost wound up bankrupt. 19901995, our father worked for free in hopes that his sons and our employees could have enough money to provide for their families. My father in 1995 had double pneumonia and had to retire. Dave and i took over the business. He was the cfo and i was ceo. We have been in the basement for many years. In 1999 our father signed a fiveyear lease to a person who also who is a tenant who has a subtenant was a. Com Company Called the gratitudes. Com. For5 years later became the mezzanine. They honored a 20 year lease, and it expires in october. Our hopes in october is to expand our business up to the first floor. Right now we have 25 employees, we have some employees that commute four hours a day from oakley, to livermore to san jose. Thank you, sir. We have your written testimony. Unfortunately i have to give all of the speakers the same amount of time. That is the law. I apologize. I will finish reading your statement. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is clarity. I own two pieces of commercial property in new york city, i own Residential Property in miami, and i am close to the mezzanine family. I am frankly and im sympathetic person and a in commercial real estate you follow one rule. You want to keep a tenant in your building. The way to do that is to make sure that your giving the city and which are building resides at what it needs now and what it needs in five years. If your current tenant meets the description you let them come to the negotiating table to negotiate an expansion. Whoever is advising the current landlords of mezzanine thats reconstructing a building and turning it into Office Spaces is going to give you maximum rent into infinity either doesnt care if your building is empty in five years or has no idea what theyre doing. The last thing so many San Francisco needs, ending urban place needs his Office Spaces. If you can rent to an office space for five years good luck, in five years you have an empty building and it will be the death of your investment and the death of the city. I would encourage landlords in soma and the landlords of mezzanine to think about your investment longterm. You want to keep mezzanine there , should they pay my rent . Of course. Should they be allowed to negotiate . Absolutely. And what you want to do is to capitalize your building and have an empty big space sitting there five years. Be smart, do the right thing, think about your money. Next speaker, please. Have been trying to tell you that all along. I am a housing case manager. [inaudible] our roots are in the soma. I started my work with bishop, im also a bartender and have been employed at several venues throughout the city during my ten years. One of the places i worked at was empire room which is located at golden gate avenue. The reason empire closed is because the building owners decided that they would have a nightclub there, or that they would rather have condom condominiums there instead of nightclubs. I know it is in the giant like twitter who swallowed mezzanine hall. Has a place of employment for its staff. It is experiencing, it is not happening. Mezzanines impending closure is happening amidst wealth and prosperity for the few at the expense of an enjoyable quality of life for the rest of us. San francisco nightlife is dying due to the same forces jacking up rent prices on our neighbors, nonprofits and ourselves. The perceived demand spurred by the influx of tech wealth and the interest to come along with it. [inaudible] i cant count how many bars and nightclubs i frequented throughout my adulthood that have shut due to circumstances similar to empires. With a disposable income that it cant afford 20 put plus to tip for craft cocktails. [inaudible] it is increasingly difficult to survive thank you. I have to give everybody the same amount of time. Hello. I am the president of the San Francisco education commission. I stand before you as a civilian a bar owner, an organizer around nightlife. Our most cherished nightlife institutions in our cultural institutions are facing credible pressures right now. Challenges theyve never faced before. Displacement specifically where spaces are sold off to the highest bidder, spoiler alert it is often Tech Office Space. Its rampant and a serious problem for us. Focus on in soma is debatably the most important area in San Francisco for some of our most cherished nightlife and institutions. One thing if businesses can up and move like mezzanine. Due to some pretty strict zoning laws around entertainment and also the unattainable costs related to moving the space, simply cannot in most cases. Nightlife is too important in an economic cultural driver for us to sit back and watch as our institutions are sold off to the highest bidder. I implore you to support today so we can do a better job of researching what can be done. I would just ask the landlord again to negotiate in good faith, and take advice from the people who are encouraging compromise. Thank you very much. Im chris sanders, i am the marketing director for mezzanine of today. I want to talk about my other role which is running a record label out of San Francisco. Many of our artists and event organizers that we work with work in the smaller venues in this proposed zoning area. Many of them are from marginalized communities. They build communities of fans and patrons and friends and eventually those communities turn into big events that do end up happening at mezzanine. These are really important spaces where people explore their creativity and calm rotary it without spaces like this, the city loses its character. Many people are going to come up here and talk about what it would mean to lose mezzanine. Its not just about our venue. Its about all of these spaces and all of the issues that they are facing. In is city where our city hall shares civic center with bill graham Civic Auditorium that is named after a pioneer of music event culture, in a lot of ways. I feel like we need protections for spaces that support and foster this kind of creativity, and community. That is all i have to say. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. I have been working for 13 years, i just want to echo the sentiments of support for supervisor haneys legislation to protect a vital resource that makes San Francisco so great, as chris was saying as well, these spaces are so much more then just bars or places to party. It is places people come together from all different backgrounds and different walks of life to find people to feel safe to express their art and build their careers. We have seen so much of our creative move away from the city, it is because they are being priced out its because of losing these spaces to perform their art. I think it is so important to preserve these spaces thats it. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is rob casanova, i am the manager of mezzanine but i also run an Art Collective in the tenderloin its about a year old. I stand before you as a citizen that moved to San Francisco about 11 years ago. I was born in the bay area. I would always escape to San Francisco because through and through i am an artist and San Francisco always have that. I remember walking through the streets and seeing how beautiful it is. You could feel it. You could feel the energy. Right now, it is no secret what is happening. I could echo it again. Mezzanine, and dna lounge, all of these venues help out artists specifically. Not only just use it come on talking about, artists, painters i am pretty stubborn and i plan on staying and being a San Francisco artist. These small independent venues host art shows that let people know that the art and San Francisco is actually still alive. artists are getting pushed out to San Francisco. Theyre going to oakland, getting pushed out of oakland. Pardon my french but i call bull ship. We are still here, we just need to make sure that there are places like mezzanine, all of these places that help us out, they are there so we can grow and thrive. Thats it. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is aaron met her, i am the tell a buyer for mezzanine come as so basically i negotiate and fine artist to come into the venue and perform where its music, art, or any of the types of events that mezzanine host. I want to put a personal spin. I think everyone here has covered how we all feel about the city and spaces being lost to corporate entities. I moved here from Southern California eight years ago to find my voice, because ive always known that San Francisco is beautiful and vibrant city, deeply involved in the arts. I knew it would probably be a place where i would fit in and find myself. I definitely did. Not only did that happen, but i found a family. This is is emotional for me because i dont want to lose this family that i have. I have an amazing young assistant who is vibrant, lovely , and she reminds me of me in my early 20s had i have an amazing boss who challenges me, inspires me, and honestly sometimes scares the shit mac out of me, but i love her. The fact that i get to work with such amazing women in foztwo two industry that is dominated by men is also such a pleasure. Im just hoping that, you know, we can all come to some sort of agreement to keep mezzanine, keep those families alive. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Mr. Chair, supervisors. I would like to discuss for a moment, if i could, urban ecology. When i was much younger