the mayor clearly believes in the big tent. this is probably the size of the first working group meeting. we will look and receive all sorts of ideas because i think we really, truly want to take this opportunity because it is going to be a permanent source. it is not just a one or two-year program. this is a permanent program, and we are going to do it, and we are going to do it right. again, i want to thank the mayor for this opportunity to lead this effort. [applause] >> ok, this one is for mayor lee. it is more of a chart, but it is an illustration as well. "time" magazine said 2011 was the year of the protester, right? i want 2012 to be the year of collaboration and getting it done. this is new. this is different. we are talking about the super bowl of life. we are in the playoffs already.

we need offense, defense, protesters, advocates, a business community, religious leaders. you know, we cannot just pray about it. we have to put some of our money where our mouth is. we need san francisco to pull together to deal with the super bowl of life issue, which is housing. why were people protesting last year? there is no housing. we have to do something. the state let us behind. the feds did, too, but san francisco was going to find a way. i want to give a big hand to the coach, the quarterback. we are calling the play now, right? san francisco, we want to score for affordable and moderate rate housing. thank you. this is a beautiful illustration of that. the one and only rev. dr. mcrae. a brother, an advocate.

he can do better than i could. >> the mayor used the word promise. for many in the religious community, we live with the promise. the promise is that the cities will be repaired and that the former devastation will be reversed. the mayor said we come together because of a promise. i stand with brother roger's. his mother five years and years in this community for the promise -- this project took many years, many iterations, did it not? it took the whole community working together because we believed in the promise that san francisco will be repaired. san francisco will go into the future, and san francisco will

remain a model city for all of these united states. mayor lee, thank you. because you gave us a promise last sunday afternoon that this was going to be an item. before i could almost get home, the item is coming to fruition. because we are taking the first step. thank you. as i say all of the time, maybe lord bless you and keep you. maybe lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. maybe lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, reverend. i know we are on the verge of a very memorable and promise- filled weekend. martin luther king weekend as well where we renew those promises all the time, but in san francisco, it is also about delivering on those promises.

i know we have been delivering on a lot of stuff, not only for investors, but also things that have been working with everybody to produce housing. oz, come on up. >> thanks. sunday, the mayor talked about the really important things in san francisco. he said jobs, jobs, jobs. it is great to read in the paper about salesforce leasing 300,000 square feet. it is great to hear them leasing 300 million square feet. 400,000 square feet translates into 1000 units of needed campus -- needed housing. 2 million square feet is 5000 units of housing. we have an incredibly difficult problem supplying housing. we need 20,000 units of housing over the next 10 years. at a minimum.

more like 30,000 with the growth in jobs if the mayor has his way. this is a very urgent, needed process. i am very optimistic that we will all be able to work together and come up with a program that will deliver housing and affordable housing for san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: let me be it -- let me reiterate by closing that there is no prescribed solution going into this process. we have to be open to everybody's input. i make that commitment that we are going to open ourselves up. there's nothing to say that any idea coming forward cannot be a good one but also be integrated with everybody else's idea. i want to signal that to everyone that is going to participate and watch as this effort continues, but at the end of the day, we have to act, and we have to get an agreement, and we have to produce housing that

is affordable to all in comes in san francisco. we must do that, and we must honor an opportunity that i think the voters are giving all of us, that we have to come up with solutions and come up with them quickly in a timely fashion. with that, i charge everybody here today -- put your best effort forward. be honest. be delivered of. the collaborative -- be deliberative. be collaborative. let's get it done. thank you very much. [applause] >> i have been a cable car grip

for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do

when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem

with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product.

>> the california line is mostly locals. the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't have as tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they

became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go

supervisor mar: the meeting will come to order. at the chinese new year, year of the dragon, everyone. welcome to the land use committee meeting, i am the chair of the committee of today is monday, january 23, 2012. to my left this supervisor wiener and to my right

supervisor chiu replacing supervisor cohen. >> be sure to turn off cellular phones and electronic devices. items acted upon will appear on the supervisor agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: i announced earlier that the overflow room is to 30, if somebody sign the card, will be let back into the room. i wanted to first announced that the second item for the india base and industrial park, that item will be continued into the next meeting. listen to public comment, but only after we have heard the first item. the sponsor is supervisor wiener.

supervisor wiener: i want to thank everyone, whatever your view is, you support, oppose, or otherwise, for coming today. and the the people that expressed interest in this legislation, i think it shows the importance of this public space in the castro neighborhood. today, we are considering the basic and common-sense legislation to put some limited in needed rules in place in the two most important spaces. the castro has very little public space, and while there are great parks, the castro lacks a significant public space. it is largely closed to the adult public because it is a baseball field.

as a result, the plaza's live very significant role in the community. there where we go to hang out, meet people, enjoy music, have a cup of coffee, to protest injustice is, and to assemble as the neighborhood. they are not large, they are rather small, particularly given the population and number of visitors to the neighborhood. it is critical that everyone be able to use the elisas, that they be available to the entire neighborhood and that no activity monopolizes the plaza at to make it difficult for others to use them. most public spaces are freely available and also have rules. we have an entire pirko the governing the parks system.

there are many rules in place for sidewalks. of them under my and freedoms of the community for results in over the top flames about what will happen if the current legislation is adopted. through a quirk in the law, they are not covered by many of the rules that we typically applied to public spaces. of the it is has created a significant number of new public spaces throughout our terrific program. we have taken parking spaces, and this program has been expanding. we will have dozens of new spaces in the coming months in years. it is time to make sure that these new spaces have basic rules in place.

the legislation is very basic and quite limited. contrary to some of the dramatic claims of some of the opponents, the legislation is not draconian, it does not exclude anyone, and it doesn't even remotely affect the right to assemble. that is what the legislation has received such broad support. it has been endorsed by the valley neighborhood association, the triangle never association, the castro upper market community benefit district, the castro committee on patrol, her head of the merchants of death for castro. it provides specifically that the plazas will be open 24 hours

a day. it prohibits camping and sleeping because those activities are inconsistent with the vibrant public space usable by everyone. it requires the people selling merchandise obtain a permit, which is the rule and other public spaces. printed material is excluded and by expanding the exemption in response to concerns from the aclu. the legislation limits performance of work, particularly around landscaping. it does of an enormous amount of work in both houses to keep them clean and usable. the legislation prohibits smoking similar to other public spaces. it for him with large conveyances like shopping carts that take up significant space

in and undermine others use of the plaza. it removes the removable tables and chairs that night. it is not a change. it reflects the reality that they need to bring them in at night so that they are not stolen. here is what the legislation does not do. i am talking about the unfortunate misinformation campaign. the legislation does not close the plaza. the will continue to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. the legislation does not prohibit sitting on the benches, the benches will continue to be available for sitting. the legislation does not impose a requirement. the police department asked me

to include such a provision that the decline because of leave it would be inconsistent with the purpose of the parks program. i am surprised to see a letter from the harvey milk organization saying that cooper had been sitting is not just ironic, in this respect of the community's legacy. that is north of the fund and the legislation. of the one to briefly address the the information sheet of leave the coalition on the homeless this is unwilling asserts that this legislation is already covered by other laws. that is not the case. in the penal code already prohibits sleeping encamping. he read that section, it is a stretch at