across the street why wouldn't it be okay on this lot. i'm supportive of the project and i'm supportive of lifting up the family zoning. you have my commitment. i don't think it's a zero-sum game. we can benefit the community as a whole and i'm committed to do that. i'm supportive of the project as well >> commissioner wu. >> i want to thank the people who came out today. i think it's important that folks living in the neighborhood and on the ground get to say what they see. i think my comments are to staff and departments. i don't think it was necessarily highlighted that the youth and

family zone was an important part of where this hotel was or was to be located i understand there's very little codes. there's affordable housing bonus requirements but it's clear there the neighborhoods process that was really important to folks and it should you have been clear to reach out to the people who had proposed and advocated the zone in the first place. we encourage a board reach out. on the youth and family zone i would also ask staff to work with all the folks who came out today to make it real.

there's this great preamble in this but it's not manifest in the code. there's a lot of things we've learned from plans about restricting certain uses and restricting bedroom sizes. and i think that as the central corridor process is coming up we want to make sure we talk about corridor. this project needs the code requirements as they were laid out. on the commission i think it's our job to apply that code and those recollections to the projects as they come before us. i'll leave it there for now

>> yes. i'm sorry. just to follow up commissioner wu i think the coordinated takes in the eastern boundary of the youth and family zone so certainly we'll have to take into consideration seriously in terms of commissioner comments from board and also commissioner wu with respect to reexamine the special district. i was reading the special use district legislation on my phone here and i was kind of surprised it's a sparse or as - i don't want to use the term useless but it doesn't provided much leverage for the commission to take action within our judicial powers to do the kinds of things

the preamble and the at the present time, was supposed to do. even in the staff report if you read it says the site is also within the family youth and zone. but it doesn't preclude hotels and offices. it's also intended to protect the yoeth and families by adopting policies of lower expansion of housing opportunities like restaurants and bars. but in a lot of ways the mechanisms that are priority in the code don't allow this kind of thing to be fully implemented. so i think the other two commissioners are right unfortunately we're faced with a situation here within the

context of - well, the only choice we could have is to deny it then where are we? the property is not within one of the lower density areas. i would imagine this location of the property it's going to be extremely expensive. if we deny this particular developer doesn't move forward on this project and pits the property up for sale i would think it would be very expensive for some housing - affordable housing developer to come in and try to develop this particular

parcel. it's extremely difficult for me on the other hand, maybe it's not completely desirable but if you deny it there's going to be a vacant property there and it will be difficult. on the other hand, as we heard testimony from local two the operator has committed themselves to opening themselves up to unionization. i'm very close to that because my case worker in my office works for the 2. i know all about the hotel.

i other people inclined to vote for it and put the community on notice there is a planning process underway that will involve the planning zone >> so thank you for this item. you know, obviously every thursday we're here talking about the need for affordable housing and family housing. i think generally we'll made good decisions to allow the city to provide more familiar housing clearly it's not enough but i don't think we're faced with the approve the hotel and there's other needs but i think that the

hotel will generate fees for the city to be used for city services in housing. i agree with what's been said but i'm supportive of the project >> i pick up the tune of the board and say it's time that we become pro-active and put more specific meat on the bone. when this particular zone was created it was a place holder for action pending. the youth and family home was acknowledged all the time but no where does the rubber hit the

road like here. and so if we based on those tools which we have and which we ask to approve the hotel then all i will say is that asking the department and asking the mayor's office for housing and for the workforce development to create the right tools as we move into the next action. i think we need to get real and really stick to what i believe is a true social commitment to those people who have been before us many times. i know i have talked at length with supervisor kim is equally

as frustrated as i am but those tools need to be now. i'm supportive of the labor consultant and continues to be a big issue also in other parts of the uniontion. different type of labor but the same issues so i'm in support of the project but i put the burden on us to move this into a different direction >> i'll over a couple of comments. i agree with all the decisions but i think the ball is in our court to pit some meat on a this district. from the hotel side it's going to create hotel tax which goes into the general fund and it

goes into the aortas commission as well. it will be good for the city and the possible expansion of the moscone center and the more hotels we have the rates will be equal. >> if this is not approved it could be smashed up for something less desirable. and so this is a very good job creator a very good job creator for everyone concerned. this will be to melt together the family center with some of

the family and youth zone and fit them together in a good sense. i think i want to move both together. the determination combines with the wind currencies and the other things the tour bus loading and, of course, the court instructs the jury use for the hotel and also for the restaurants restaurants >> yes. i was going to mention to the members of the community. there has been - as you know as part of the western summoning ma plan. one is the society heritage district and a separate lgb parts of plan.

that has encouraged the new document called the cultural heritage economical strategy. and if you let me know i'll send you copies. it's not completely the same sort of similar but there are things in there that might be of interest to you in terms of economical development sea how the communities is looking at providing assistance in terms of keeping the japanese heritage alive. if you let me know i'll send that to you for sure >> picking up on what was just said. i hope we help the youth and family donate to expand the criteria for us to consider which includes open space and

education not just space issues. we are hopefully able to address i think it's up to us to create some of the metics. and so following this commission discussion i'm going to support the hotel. but displacement is a real, real problem in this district even with the entitlements persia without some real attentions to this the family affordable units are not going to build themselves. maybe this time it is a market hotel but if there's no way to

put aside affordable housing it's noticing not going to happen >> commissioners there's a motion to approve with conditions. (calling names). so move commissioners that motion passed the zoning administrator would say. i'm saying we close the hearing subject to the conditions. commissioner that will place you under public comments i did not have any speaker cards >> any public comment? >> okay seeing number one, the meeting is

>> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights

is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't

for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work.

and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over the place. we really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. a lot of organizations i think which say we're going to teach cooking or we're going to teach gardening, or we're going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. we say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really community oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people.

we want to build community and we're using food as a means to that end. >> we have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. coming into 18 reasons which even more community focused is such a treat. we have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. people come in in groups, meet friends that they didn't even know they had before. our whole set up is focused on communal table. you can sit across from someone and start a conversation. we're excited about that. >> i never worked in catering or food service before. it's been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. >> it is getting really popular. she's a wonderful teacher and i think it is a perfect match for us. it is not about home cooking. it's really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. >> i have always loved eating food. for me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many

wonderful people. ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. it always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, we're offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. it's so natural for me to come here.

>> we want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. >> are you inspired? maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients . or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons.org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market.com. and don't forget to check out our blog for more info on many

of our episodes at sf quick bites.com. until next time, may the fork be with you. ♪ ♪ >> so chocolaty. mm. ♪ >> oh, this is awesome. oh, sorry. i thought we were done rolling. ♪ ♪c transit take stone ridge

88. we are at mount davidson and it has the highest point of elevation in san francisco hitting a whopping 928 feet. mt. davidson provides a peaceful 30-acre owe ace and great hiking trails. the spectacular views offers a perfect place to watch

the sunrise or suffer sun set with someone you louvre, wear sturdy shows to conquer the stone trails and denly inventory advantage gives you hikers the sensation of being in a rain forest it's quite a hike to the top here at mount davidson but the view >> bonnie banks. bonnie banks. my definition of noise is uncontrolled music. without format. pretty simple affair. pancakes, and you're -- people get up on sundays around noon, weekends or whatever.

should not be too hard to walk into place. have your audio alarm clock go off for two hours waking your up while you are eating breakfast with many interesting visuals once in a while. improvisation. listening or not to the person you're playing up against or people or machines. trying to get as many different people in as possible. different genres, experimental noise, electronics, dissonance some drums.a tiny bit of ambient -- the first noise pancake shows, 1999, the first waffle noise, 2001.

god-waffle noise, noise pancake came out of cubist art, place on mission street, brutallo, where the church -- opened up his house and saturday morning cartoons. a big space. you can have everybody set up and barely move equipment around; small room for an audience to move around, walkover and get pancakes without getting burned up in the kitchen. there's like people in their hard-core gabber; people into really fast death

metal; black metal. people who don't listen to music at all. guy like larnie bock (sounds like) set up huge, motor driven harp. i don't know how to explain it. 40 foot of motors that he had running over strings and wires. and then played each string individually with the mixer. there is a feeling of euphoria when somebody's really good at what they do. experiencing a buffer,

pushing your bowels out your rear. different. a lot of noise. you don't play clubs with a cleaning schedule, a guy coming in the morning emptying the beer bottles. you play the warehouse. if you travel around you will see the exact same kind of weirdos doing their own thing. it is like in the bay area it's even more absurd. there seems to be more people that in a place like new york or tokyo. we did a show in new york, i didn't think that anyone was at hardly, and people come up and said i saw the show. i wish they had some kind of breakfast noise going on over there. i think a lot of people were