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supervisor scott weiner the chairman the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim and i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing especially jennifer lowe moichldz. >> yes. please turn off all electronic devices completed speaker cards shall be on the - >> thank you very much. the author is supervisor kim. thank you chair wiener i want to make sure that the introduce comments here today, you know, today we're talking about pedestrian safety is important.

the closer of shaw alley was part of the center district plan and shaw valley represents a entity for the transit center to market mission and which of our market buildings it is in keeping with the downtown transit hub centered around the new terminal the scombrd idea with shaw alley is to connect the cities cultural and retail designations in the areas it's a new office within mission street win first and second. the developer has genocide to develop the plazas and this ordinance allows for the

ordinance of the gift to the city it creates a spatial part of the city and it has the futile it and smallest park we have dpw here to introduce and this is for the fees $16,080 a month i know there's a few memos in the document we're allowing a waiver order to january 15th is when the construction of the plaza coincides also with the construction of the building as well i know we have dpw >> good afternoon john with the

department of public works this is being proposed by developers this was wart part of the conditions of the entitle they'll be closing shaw alley a vertigo traffic for the mall. they'll be installing improvements along the street and will be seeking to give back to the city. the developer boston properties will maintain those facilities has part of the gift. as stated this would be they're seeking a fee waiver until their complete with the project which is projected several years from today. there are currently no additional comments that the department can add as previously stated if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you just to clarify i

think you meant several months. >> it's been ongoing for several years. >> but the plazas is projected to be completed in december or january. >> that's correct. >> we're awaiting those fees during the six or seven months. >> that will be the call of the board for the fee waivers. >> is this something we've done before when there's been rehabilitation work of the public realm and by a developer or private entity? we would wave the fees. >> there's been various requests inform the board and it was left as a policy of the board to determine. >> where they what happened to that. >> in some cases a fee waiver was provide.

>> okay. thank you. >> okay. thank you very much. we'll open o open this up for public comment any public comment on item 1. >> how are you i'm doug washington i'm one of the 3 owners which salt restaurants that's awe butt that property. your front door is off mission but i want to point out two points we're incredibly in favor of that. all the people who leave the building go out shaw alley. and we recently started telling people go out the front door because people are close to getting hit in the front alley.

so when they shut down the alley we were tlifld even though it's not the month beautiful alley with the construction we were told it was closed. we're amazed no one has been killed people hit a pretty good clip down there. on the other side in terms of beautification we fully support this it's not because we have an alter motivate it's a beautiful idea so the idea of making assess between mission and vienna is something that's perfect. anything we can do to support it we'll do >> thank you very much. >> sure. >> any public comment on this item? >> the project sponsor is here

as well to speak if it they want to. >> i'm michael the executive director for the the terms creativity museum. it's located in the hearts of the yerba buena gardens we draw many thousands of visitors. as a culture of attraction we're especially sensitive to how we have our audience and i want to thank supervisor jane kim. i'm here to speak in favor of our market community and to enhance the neighborhoods through the shaw ordinance. boston properties has been an active support of the museum and continues to invest significantly in our community and we're happy to have in this

the transbay tower. our partner involves the prong for the life of the neighborhood and it's a demonstration of such a commitment will not only increase public safety. we hope the construction in our neighborhood we'll have similar attention paid to those issues. long-term the transbay center will be an important hub for the downtown area that will help to create access to this neighborhood and i know that boston properties will help benefit that >> thank you very much is there any additional public comment on item 1. please come down >> i'm with the boston properties i wanted to show you a couple of reverend of the

alley the projector screen please turn it on. while the image doesn't do it justice that's a dramatic improvement we are going to install concrete pavements and make it pedestrian friendly. engaging the public throughout the alley down towards the new transit center. here's another one. if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask >> any additional comments seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim >> i'm really excited about the pedestrian plaza we need more space for pedestrians and recreation than for cars driving

through i so i appreciate how dangerous that alley can be. i'd like to make a motion to proof this what a positive recommendation >> i'm very supportive and i think this is going to be a huge improvement. we've seen in other parts of selma and downtown those that kinds of pedestrian alley that no longer have traffic and are really add enormously to the vibrancy of the neighborhood and good for the city so i'm glad to move this forward madam clerk item 2 >> the ordinance of the environmental code to restrict the sale of water and a plastic

bottles for 20 ounces or less. >> commissioner wu is the author he is unable to be here but we made the amendments and continued the item one week it's before us again, today. given we did have a full presentation last week we'll not be having that again but if anyone has a question supervisor chiu's office is responsible and we'll open this up to public comment any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. so colleagues could i have a motion to forward item 2 to the full board 110 north what a recommendation >> so moved.

that's the motion and i just want to again like i did last week thank president chiu for the work to get this to a point it's got broadway board sport and will reduce the number of unnecessary plastic bottles in our city that will be 1 o'clock. madam clerk, is there any other business >> there's no further business. >> then we are adjourned. thank

>> thank you all for joining us we're going to get going i know a few people are on their way i want to introduce a couple of folks we have an affordable housing crisis in san francisco and i'll be sharing with you the approach to address the crisis. we have mayor ed lee who is

co- sponsoring our bill and pleased to recognize commissioner wu and supervisor campos and supervisor wiener and assemblyman phil king is on his way and from tom's office is here as well. we're pleased to welcome founder sf dot city and we're expect others. i also want to thank dean from tenants together and from the tenderloin housing clinic and a couple of tenants who will speak an evicted tenant. also with us folks from the chinatown area and executive director vincent and caramel who's with sales force and with

that we'll get started. so with this affordable housing crisis we need to not only continue to invest in the creation of new affordable units but really must protect our xoif housing stoke our rent control units that will close a loophole in the ellis act who are currently not loorntdz it authorizes legislation to let san francisco decide whether or not to require a 5 year ownership of the property before a landlord can use the ellis act. it was created as a result of a states supreme court decision in the 45 that says landlords don't

have the right to evict all folks the cowered said you could sell your building the legislature respond to create a statutory right to leave the business of affordable housing. but it's been abuseed but those who are not landlord and don't intend to be landlords. we've seen american people increased of the ellis act in the past year and 3 hundred units of affordable housing have been lost. and many more, of course, have left their homes as a result of treat of the use of the ellis act. as a result entire neighborhoods and community are commanding

forever and as well as the families impacted. so i have a copy of the ellis act right here and if you read it carefully you'll notice no where in it is spectacular what's the difference the business of the landlord a hundred percentage occupancy the business of a speech last year a hundred percent vacancy that's the difference in the business motto. and what our bill side is to restore the original intent of the ellis act. and that is for landlords not speak larts those half of last year were properties owned in

lass less than a half years time and fewer than 6 months. this is an idea who's time is come. it's not the first time we've tried to amend the ellis act it's been amended in 2003 i was pleased to work with the tenderloin clinic to exempt single room occupancies. this is a time a that's come it's the very first time that this bill has been co- sponsored by the mayor of san francisco. with the support of major business leaders in san francisco joining lash leaders. this is a very different time and a very different coalition of folks who recognize that san francisco is changing and at

risk of being changed further if we don't differentiate between the practices from aspect larts who don't have any intention of working with their tenants as we do so. i'm going to close by quoting mark ceo of sales force who was interviewed in the wall street journal he said the following with regard to the question of intrackable problems facing and challenging san francisco. he said the first time you can't be throwing throwing all those folks out of their homes they're using the ellis act during this boom time to toss folks out of their home it's unfair and has

to challenge quote/unquote. it's my job in the coming months to meet one-on-one with my colleagues in the states loufrg to explain to them the unique situation we're facing and to make the fact the ellis act didn't serve the entire state it does ♪ baker's field one size does not fit all. i'm going to ask them to address it as i would work with them to address a unique problem in in your district with that, i want to again not only introduce but sincerely thank mayor ed lee for stepping up to the plate and recognizing that this ooshlt crisis is a top priority for his administration go working to get

this bill in print and to say that his support and assistance i believe will make the difference in getting this bill to jerry brown desk but signed by jerry brown that i mayor ed lee thank you (clapping.) >> thank you senator but thank you for championship so many of our issues. good morning everyone and thanks for coming for the steep slope indicts going to get worse. we've been patient but we understand now that the abuses that have occurred ended up over 3 hundred evictions and half of those have been developers that are flipping property they're not interested in being landlords as the senator

explained. we're toward on i think a very narrow corporate interest in the property we're standing in front of of once more 2 units have that think r been occupied by seniors and sdabtd and this is the kind of residence that we've also wanted to protect not only from rent control but the loopholes we've seen particularly when times are good. when real estate it hot in this city clearly we supported the beau and selling of property but when you buy to or it to flip the property that's the wrong message and not where the ellis act was critiqued r create for. so i. so glad to see our supervisors come together with

me along with state leg last year's including senator assemblyman who has a representative here but also your business community ron from sf city citizens extension innovation along with mr. benny hoff are here to support our effort to reform the ellis act we're not eliminating it but reforming it it will allow us to have additional protections for omits. the city should be for the one hundred percent i believe as many others the character city is represented by everybody being valued and everybody who wants to live here stay here.

had i see the new economy i'm excited we're about creating jobs in the city but there are excess thatnesss that occur we want to take care of long term residents. i used to be an attorney representing residents of this area and fought for the international hotel that represented citizens and we lost the battle but we got people who were beginning to create our crazy whether in business or nonprofits or end up being members of the board of supervisors or the mayor that we would also try to take care of everybody and this reform is an effort to do that. yes, we have to go to the state

my i'm really glad our former supervisor and a board president but someone who has remained all the promises that they can help us to reform the ellis act. it's a coalition of businesses and a coalition of government officials of nonprofits like randy shaw and dean and others and it's going to be a large coalition of longer resident in the city that come together and say we need to be here and part of the success of the city. having said that, i'm also got an aggressive agenda to build thirty thousand opts of housing it's an aggressive agenda i know we've accomplish this with the same people who is we can build as well as protect our housing.

while we build our housing and get jobs for more people we ought to make sure we're protecting those who are less fortunate to make sure they have a place in san francisco. i'm glad we join with labor they have helped me build the housing and helped to create jobs and are going to be here to protect the residents as well. we're forming a strong coalition and strong indication it's not one voicing voice but many voices to unit around keeping san francisco affordable. thank you (clapping.) thank you, mr. mayor. you're not my so secret weapon when we are joined by supervisor yee.

thank you, supervisor tang and fold by damon's and is a kill. assemblyman >> well, thank you senator it's an honor to be here joined by yourself and the mayor and salmon people in the city. we're here today to close a giant loophole in the ellis act. it was never meant to be used for people to throw families on the street to make a few more bucks. we're saying here today, we want to make sure we're doing everything we can to preserve your protection and neighborhoods that people have the right to continue to stay here. what we see here, no chinatown i