That were dealing with. Because its affecting us as a whole. And also for those in the audit, we Pay Attention to those in the community. Theres still people dying right now thats approach to approach you guys. They feel the situation is not going to be resolved. Personally trying my best to be as optimistic as i can towards this opportunity for us to be able to do Better Business, to bring Better Business to the community. Also to show the market that it can be done. If were going to start, we want to start right here in San Francisco at the grass root level and with you guys. Very appreciative of what youve done. Were talking about red lining. We understand it takes time to go for any conditional use, but time is money. Most of us aint got that money or time. Some people dying every day. So just keep that in consideration. I appreciate it. Thank you very much for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is angela white. And i am here i work with success centers. We serve the marginalized communities. And we are actually doing the work. I am so happy to hear about this equity report card. I work in placing people in jobs, often who is overlooked are those who have gone to college. And we do have a demographic in our community of folks who have gone to college and have been overlooked for jobs and positions. And so i just wanted to say thank you for this work. And im looking forward to placing some of those folks and finding out, you know, what this report card is. Im anxious to hear it. Because i see it and i know what it is. Because im on the ground floor doing the work. But i just want to say thank you very much. Thank you, miss white. Next Public Comment, please. Commissioners, first of all, i want to thank you for and thank the Planning Department staff for taking the time to look back and to reflect on what they do, how they do their work and who they are and who is represented within the staff of this commission and how it looks like or does not look like our city. On page 25 of the report, it was interesting to look at where the people of color are within the department. Clerical staff is 90 people of color. As you move up, professional staff, other analysts, 30 or so are white. The rest are people of color. And when you get to the Senior Management, you are looking at only 10 of Senior Management being people of color. What does and then when you ask the questions, that are in the report, and you look at how different people respond to those questions, you see that senior staff dont see as much racial tensions or racial issues happening within the department, as do others. So i think this is a first maybe moment or glimpse to Start Talking about how that can change, both in how people look at whats happening in the department, but also how the department is composed. Who is allowed to move up. Who is getting from the very top level, from director, but on down to your planner fives, your planner fours. Who is getting those positions and how does that reflect our city and how does that get reflected when planner goes out and do planning work within the neighborhoods. So again thank you. I know that this isnt always easy, that this is hard work that needs to be done. Its a good time to start it. Thank you, mr. Marty. Any other Public Comment on this item . Okay. Public comment is now closed. Commissioner johnson. Thank you. First, i just want to express my deepest gratitude to planning staff, and in particular claudia for your love, your passion and dedication to seeing and shepherding this work. It is some of the hardest work that we, in particular the people of color, are called to do. It has potential to be the most transformational. Im so grateful that this is happening. Just to talk a little bit about our training and just how thinking about this as a commissioner. You know, i think when assuming the position of commissioner, it was not lost on me that commissions, preservation, planning and all of the spheres in which we touch were meant to represent the public and be part of a public process. And for most of their existence didnt do so. They were explicitly and implicitly exclusionary. And not only that, but they were used as tools for oppression and exclusion. So as people who have taken on the awesome responsibility to be part of these systems, it is our awesome responsibility and a requirement to step into our role and not only being an ally, not only thinking its a good idea, but actually being held accountable to turning the tide and making sure that were advancing Racial Justice and equity. I think achieving racial equity, which, you know, i love the definition, a condition where ones racial identity has no influence on how one fares in society, should be every single one of our personal goals in the world and our spheres of influence, because its going to take all of us. Its not just a nice thing. Its actually required to be relevant in the 21st century, to have competency in, to practice. And it is a lifelong practice. And its how we honor the positions that we hold as planners, as preservationists, as community leaders, by doing that work. And so im really this report was incredibly thoughtful. I think the first step in that work is looking at the numbers, understanding where youre starting at. And then making an actionable, accountable plan for how were going to turn the tide. How we analyze, how we hire, how were using our spheres of influence to advance this work. And i just you know, want to underline that we have all kind of taken up the task of doing the personal work, the work as a body, as a commission. The work as a department to join our other folks in the city family, to do this work, so that we can, as a city, become a leader for Racial Justice and equity. And this is a community conversation. We cant actually do that work alone. Actually this is an invitation to members of the public, who come to these hearings week after week, who actually exert influence in your own neighborhoods and communities here at the commission and city hall. If youre a project sponsor, if youre a community organization, do a Racial Justice and equity training. Read the color of law or how to be antiracist, because its not good enough to be antiracist. We need to work to advance these values, which i think are the values of our great city. The city of San Francisco. Thank you, commissioner. Commissioner richards. So im going to defer the inside the department stuff to stuff that we can control. I know that were going to get there. Its just going to take time. I want to focus on the external portion. I think all of the work were doing here is a carefully placed bet thats going to yield results ten times over. Im fully behind this effort. I didnt read the color i didnt read the other books that commissioner johnson referred to, but i read the real estate state. Actually when i saw how the federal inspectors came out and they took different blocks and different cities and rated them a through f. Italians got this rating, africanamericans got that rate, it was based on kind of like the rundowns in of the block, didnt matter if it was true or not, it matter who lived there. It fed into the whole redevelopment scheme a decade or two later. I think so im convinced, i mean, there was absolutely red lining. Theres absolute proof of it. Its time we do something about it. Now the devil is in the details. So the first thing i think that id like to see, after the Historic Preservation element, and the general plan, a racial and social equity element in our general plan. I have mentioned that in the training. I want to make sure that every project that we look at, actually has a racial and social equity lens. So what id like to understand is, when we have a development, i want to make sure that we understand what different classes of folks, based on the table on page 15, are able to afford those units that are being that are being either marketrate or b. M. R. Units, theyre either the a. D. U. S or the junior a. D. U. S. We have people from chinatown come here and say, oh, the skyscraper going up and 50 of b. M. I. Most people in chinatown arent at 50 . Im zoning without having some level of financing to get those people in the past discriminated against into those units to be inclusionary is key. Otherwise its just talk. [applause] thank you. I support what youre saying. I suggest the department do a lookback on the development that weve already had in the upzoned area and do a sampling to see who bought, who wented those unit who rented those units. We need to get back to having some real inclusion. So show me the data. Dont just tell me upzoning is going to make everything inclusionary, when i see that africanamericans on the median make 48,500. Theyre not going to afford a marketrate apartment or b. M. I. Unit. How are we actually going to rewrite that part of history that im actually ashamed of. We still have from redevelopment, certificates of preference still outstanding after what, 40 years of redevelopment. I mean, come on, folks. Our record sucks here. We need to start addressing the stuff that we should have addressed decades ago. In terms of income disparity, were on par with uganda in terms of the stratification of who makes what in this city. As a former c. E. O. Of a company that i worked at said freelance is San Francisco is a train wreck. The elephant in the room is state intervention. So when we talk about all of this stuff, that we squeeze it through the knot hole backwards with s. B. 50 and s. B. 3430 coming out of San Francisco, we knee to let senator chu and assemblyman king know we want to work with you on what youre doing. We want to understand how it actually benefits these people, that we want it to benefit. Not just create units for more white rich people to move in, who work in tech. Sorry, thats just whats going to happen. Im telling you. When i say each project needs to have an evaluation, i want to see this project has 26 units, 20 or marketrate, six are b. M. R. And take a look at the racial categories that we have here on page 15. And you show me how each in the racial category is going to afford those units. I think thats key. Stop telling me market rate is going to solve all of the problems of inclusion. Its bullshit. Thank you, commissioner. Missioner koppel. Thank you, chair. This item has been long overdue. Something that comes to mind was our recent mayors inauguration in front of this building at city hall. I remember there was sermons given by a rabbi, sermons given by a preacher. We had the San Francisco gay mens choir and chinese dragon dancers. I just sat there i was sitting next to commissioner johnson that day saying i love this city, these are the things i like to see where i live and spend my money. So just i want to thank the mayor and her leadership in just creating this office in the first place. Long overdue. I wanted to recognize sister ford, sister gomez and sister hernandez for coming by today with their valuable comments. And you may look up here and see what youre seeing right now. But i hope you can see past this guy and see the people i represent. The people that get up early in the morning, go to work, go to work sometimes lifethreatening jobs. And people like me have been in this position, out the job sites, in the office, advocating for the rights of our members. The first thing i did when i got in the office, i printed out our entire membership sheet, took a look at who lived in the city, the racial background and makeups of who we were employing. And again this is just a tiny sliver in whats going on citywide. But were doing what we can and at least our specific trade to advance disadvantaged neighborhoods. And make this as equitable as possible. Weve been paying men and women the same for 125 years. Everyone gets treated the same. Everyone gets paid the same. Everyone has the same benefits. Everyone works the same working conditions. Its pretty much the definition of equality, as much as it can be on our job sites, in our industry. And its something ive taken very seriously. Ive been showing up to city build, ive been talking to the classes. Ive been encouraging them to show up, get good grades. Dont miss one class. We want to see you make every class, we want to see you get an average of a b. And then we will let you bypass our test. We have directtointerview process agreement with city build, something im extremely proud of. A lot of times certain people couldnt pass our exam to get to the interview stages. If they can show up every day for 12 weeks and get a b average at city build, were going to interview them. Let me just say the numbers have gone through the roof, 94214 especially. We have more applicants than ever. We have more women applicants than ever. We have a womans club. We have a chinese cultural club, latino cultural club. Weve had a float in the gay pride parade for three years running, which im extremely proud of. Im doing as much as i can with my industry to do the right thing. Thank you, commissioner. I will just add that during our training, this training was specifically about racial and social equity. We did talk a lot about intersectionality. I was in a small group with a fellow commissioner from Historic Preservation. And we did talk quite a bit about gender issues in this space. So the numbers that will martine brought up when it comes to gender, in terms of the leadership of the department are also not great. So im actually confident that in building the framework, that is equitable, that advances folks and provides professional development and opportunity. The intersectionality of oppression will get addressed for folks who have been kept out across the board. So, you know, the concept that when you solve the issue for the folks who are at the bottom, you also solve for others is strong. And so im really glad that were doing this work. Im glad that everybody is super engaged and reading and evolving. And im also glad that we have so much support from the public. Thank you very much, miss flores and miss jones. Thank you, director ram, for support of this very important work. Thank you, madam president. I just want to take a moment to thank particularly claudia who has been passionate about this work for a very, very long time and thank all of you for your support. Its important work. I know theres a lot more to do. And i take your point about the leadership of the department very seriously. And i will make sure that in the coming months that my successor, im sure, will take that very seriously as well. Were asking for an action today and the direction to staff that claudia mentioned. We are hoping for an action today. Yes. I also want to know, i noted it this morning, that i believe this is the first time we have a majority female Planning Commission ever in San Francisco. If anybody wants to correct me, please do so. Since ive been here, since i have lived in San Francisco, which is a very long time. This is the first time. I think its really appropriate that were voting on this today. So thank you. Commissioner johnson. So i make a motion to adopt the resolution and enact phase one of the racial and social equity plan. Second. Thank you, commissioners. Theres a motion that has been seconded to adopt the adoption phase one plan. On that motion, commissioner . Aye. Commissioner johnson . Aye. Commissioner richards . Aye in commissioner president melgar . Aye. It passes 50. [applause] item 13. Case number 2019. 107662 pca for the Affordable Housing and educator housing streamlining program, planning code amendment. Good afternoon, commissioners. Audrey maloney, Planning Department staff. Im going to do a quick check to see if supervisor fewers staff is in the room yet. Yep. Ian is here to speak on the ordinance before staff presentation. Hello. Hello, president melgar. Good afternoon, commissioners. Ian fergosi with Sandra Lee Fewers office. Thank you so much for having me today. The legislation before you today is a small tweak to a much Larger Initiative cosponsored and passed recently by 76 of voters in the recent election. I first want to just talk a little bit about why we authored this critical initiative. And, you know, why its so important and were so happy that its been enthusiastically supported by san franciscans. We know the housing if the crisis, we need to create more Affordable Housing in every city. As you know, San Francisco is exceeding the arena goals for marketrate housing. Were falling fall short of our goals for low and moderateincome housing. In fact, as of last year, the city had already created 96 of our market housing needed to make the goals. Only produced 30 of the necessary affordable units to meet our goals for low, extremely low and moderateincome housing. So in order to close this gap weve been working to provide more funding for Affordable Housing and also make it easier and faster to build that Affordable Housing. The board of supervisors has been aggressively pursuing new Funding Sources for this Affordable Housing. This includes legislation that our office, that supervisor fewer recently authored and passed, which allows actually allocates 50 of excess erath funds, which the city receives back from the state for Affordable Housing. And this legislation actually added 70 million in additional funds for Affordable Housing, just in this years budget alone. Its going to continue to add tens of millions more every year. As you also know, the board recently passed legislation from supervisor haney, after receiving the support of this body to increase the jobs housing linkage fee and provide hundreds of millions of dollars of funding for Affordable Housing. As well this recent election, along with prop e the board of supervisors and the mayor