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forward. the other thing is we have a creative financing tool because of the state. we have been able to invest over 265 mission on a front end in order to make sure that treasure i land continues. the and tressel power station project continues. those projects had not been for our financing tool would not be continued than i would be a stand still. itg. you know the state it is semi like vide money that we will ha to pay for like the utility and infrastructure and under grounding. we usually you know in the development agreements the costs are a per of the projects in the city usually has i responsibility and the developer as well. so, reevaluating the agreements. providing financing on the front end and reducing responsibility from the development agreements
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to some case you know we had layers of impact fees for transportation. jobs and we you know will maintain prevailing wage in the jobs there are other investments than i have to give to other organizations and things we need to look at whether or not the types of investments should be provided in the projects because we want them to move forward. and the big are projects there will be discussions with community we can't there was commitments med to communities and now we will reevaluate those made in order to do you want housing or property it stay vacant for 10-20 years. those other discussions happening now with major preshths under way we are trying to move them forward. >> is there anyone else this has a question. >> senator. the similar things earlier
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[inaudible]. >> so what happened is we through a law that i authored 6 years ago, changed how we set housing goals for california. and in the past, every 8 years every city gets their husbanding goal for market rate and low income and than i were absurd low low. most famous locality city of beverly hills a housing goal for 3 homes. and other cities got very, usually wealthier cities got lower numbers. and san francisco our number of twhend this is over 8 years we are a large city.
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that was low. what we did we did not set up for failure we looked at the reality of the situation. how much husbanding do we need? the goals were set by looking at the facts instead of the political process where we make up numbers out of thin air. it is recognizing reality. is this reality a hill this needs to climbed? absolutely because for 50 years we made it impublic to build enough new homes. we use build thousand ammeds of home in the 60s. 70 and 80 down zone and made it hard to get approved and built and that hundreds of thousands turned to 70-80,000. it is we will have to climb out of this hole and we are working heard to do this. but we need a can do attitude, let's solve the problem and do
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what it takes and stop you know ringing our hands. which is when we have done too often. >> am these two and this will be it. question for planning. [inaudible]. planning staff milook different do you have plans [inaudible]. >> like i said, you know things like the rezoning and looking at major portion of the city that has not seen a lot of development and focus on efforts around rezoning, sea level rise. you know we are going through a large press with the army course to do a flood study and the future of water fran. transportation planning got short within the department and downtown come that future of retail looks like in the city. a host of your this is we look
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at in addition to planning for additional housing that we're equip exclude focused on. it is a comment we get from commissioners who sit on planning that we spends too much time on dr or project refereeing instead of the learning are issues. final question. >> public housing. the residents in bernal heights neighborhood center. throughout the city what does housing mean for them. i think it means security.
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you knownualy prior to covid our organization puts on annual congress and it is for community members to in in and share what their concerns are. i will never forget in the housing round table one of the singers said shoes living on the couch of i friend in her clothe in i treasure bag and asked me. would this housing i want my basic needs. it means dignity elders work in the the city and criminalitied in a variety of ways and all of the housing merits for me i have a hearted for older adults making sure this is in the i problem than i inher exit we can be part of the solution with the creative housing solutions likes sb423. thank you, everyone. [applause].
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>> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell
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which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city.
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you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪♪♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that
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had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around■v life issu. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming
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to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪♪♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class.
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>> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪♪♪]
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[♪♪♪] >> at san francisco animal care and control, we care for all animals, any species. we get about 10,000 a year. they can be injured, lost, victims of abuse or violence, and we take them all in and we care for them. >> i felt really passionate about getting the spca a new building. i had personally seen first hand when my family was searching for our first rescue dog what conditions a lot of the animals and the staff from a.c.c. where working in. >> we were really excited to be moving into this new shelter. our current physical plant is in terrible shape. i like to describe it as the building is working against us rather than for us. this shelter was put together in six months, 30 years ago, in a building that is now 80 years old. our staff and our volunteers are
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amazing and wonderful, and they are warm, but the space makes it difficult for people to connect with the pets because we have families coming into adopt, we have families surrendering their animals, people looking for their lost dogs, and they are all crammed together in a very small, emotionally fraught space our heating and ventilation system is very poor. right now, our shelter is not capable of good ventilation to prevent the spread of disease. we have no security features. our veterinary suite is cramped into one room. we can only perform one procedure at a time. >> one of the main lessons learned from hurricane katrina is people were reluctant to evacuate. if they were fearing that their pets were going to be left behind and not cared for. >> in the event of an earthquake , we need to be off the grid for 72 hours. it is unlikely that we would be
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able to fulfil our mission to take in domestic pets that need to be temporary looked at while parents are out of their home. in a new building, we will be able to meet those earthquake standards. [♪♪♪] >> we are standing at the site of the future animal care and control facility. that is the beautiful brick building you see in the background behind me. this building is part of the showplace square historic district which is a collection of brick warehouses and factories that was built in the late 19th century. this was built in 1893 as the original coal-fired power plant for the first street car in san francisco and has been owned and operated by munimobile ever since. >> we chose this building for the project for a number of reasons. one is we are not far from the existing animal care and control facility, san francisco spca is nearby, and it is a nice nexus to have in the center of the city. [♪♪♪]
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>> what we are doing is we are going seismic upgrading the building. it is un- -- and unreinforced masonry building. we are going to be installing floor prate -- floor plates across the space to put in all of the animal housing. >> we will be able to get our -- give our animals adequate space. we will also be separating our small animals into different rooms. right now we have reptiles and bunnies and birds, everyone all crammed in together. >> the tricky part of it is to find open space in this existing urban environment. we did that by inserting an open air courtyard, and also using the roof deck for another dog in small animal run. [♪♪♪] >> three, two, one! [cheering] [cheers and applause] >> when the new a.c.c. opens and two years, it will be incredible and we will finally have the world-class facility that our animal shelter needs in the cit
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