she still has pushed policies. part of it is one of the days when that person leaves, without that person, can that policy be implemented or not. and she has the strength of creating some policies, but following up, she also has the energy to be very immersed into implementation of it. so, there is always that danger if you were on the policy level whether you should be doing a lot of that or not. and maybe asking the staff to be doing that. and, so, today i come in and i listen to the testimony and i really don't -- i didn't come in -- i mean, i wasn't counting how many people were saying what. what i was listening for was the quality of what they were saying. it's one thing for -- when i speak to a candidate and they tell me they've done this,

they've done that and whatever, and then i wonder what the impact is. if i don't hear it from the people that these things benefit from. and today what i heard were people that came in to speak about some of these policies, how it benefited them, and that she had made a difference in that direction. so, the quality of the testimony today really swayed me, not the numbers. again, victor, you know, to me is another person that should be on this commission. but i'm looking at an incumbent versus somebody that's applying for it. then it become very different for me. if they were coming in at the same time, my decision might be different. but i am going to be supporting angela today. supervisor tang? >> thank you. thank you, supervisor campos

and yee, and i really want to thank all the public commenters who showed up today. all of your input is really incredibly important. and i think as one of my constituents said, it's great that we have such strong candidates beforuous. that is a good thing for the community that we have here such a difficult decision to make today. ~ before us i had a chance to sit down with both candidates and really appreciate a lot of the work that our current commissioner chan has done for the commission and for our great city. so many good ideas have come out of that. for me, i really liked candidate victor hwang and the reason why is that, again, not because not only does he bring both the prosecution and defense side in term of experience and expertise, he he really has shown and demonstrated that he is -- he works in the community and has done so for many, many, many years. and i think that that broad perspective is really incredibly important.

i asked the questions of all candidates really how well it is you work across all different departments, the police, [speaker not understood], that's important for me. actions speak louder than words. for me today, i would like to see victor hwang be appointed to this commission. and i want to speak also to the fact that several people as well as some of the supervisors have mentioned that the mayor has an appointee -- [speaker not understood] he can appoint. we cannot make that decision here today as to who he is going to select for that vacancy. so, i think it's very unfair. if we were in his position, we would be offended if we were trying to tell him what to do. if someone were trying to tell us what to do. i don't think we should say, well, let's give one position up and try to make that decision here today. i mean, we do have an application process and terms for certain amounts of time for a reason. so, with that, i mean, i would

like to move victor hwang out to the full board if possible or both names if that is the case here that we have two supervisors supporting one. >> so, there's two suggestions. >> if i may. i'll leave it up to chair. i just want to say that i came in here, especially after hearing all the testimony with the perspective sort of where i have been is that i was not going to, based on everything that i heard, i was not going to vote against any other candidates because i think that any one of them would do a great job. and, so, if my motion would have been rejected and the other motion would have been made, i would have voted the other way as well. so, again, for me, the reason that i'm supporting angela is because of that commitment that

she has made, having been a member of the commission. in term of how you want to proceed, i'd leave it up to the chair, but i do -- i don't think that we are -- and i certainly will not be pretentious to say to the mayor do x, y and z, but i do believe like just a it is with the case of the board itself, that when you look at a commission, you look at sort of what the vacancies are. and to the extent that you have more than one person to fill a vacancy that is qualified and there is a vacancy on the other side, i do think it is appropriate for the board to consider mayoral appointment and likewise for the mayor. so, i do think that both of these individuals should be on the commission. >> so, for me it's not -- i'm not even discussing the mayoral seat at all. today we're going to make a decision on whether we're going

to have a positive recommendation for one person or to have both persons. i already made my statement that i would support angela. so, i will second david campos' motion. roll call, please. >> i would just like to make one last request that we send out both candidates. i think both are just so incredibly qualified and, you know, it is unfortunate that it's one incumbent against a new appointee and i know that's a challenge. again, i just -- based on the experience and the work that has been shown already in the community, i just feel very strongly, would like to recommend that we make a recommendation to put forward both names to the full board. >> supervisor? >> deputy city attorney jon givner. because one mayoral seat is available, the rules committee

can only nominate one name, send one name to the full board. so, just wanted to -- that may impact your decision. >> is there a way if we choose to, to have no recommendation? >> the motion to appoint originates in the rules committee. so, you -- the committee, if you want, any name to move forward must adopt a motion with that individual's name and send it to the full board. >> thank you. so, the motion that we will be voting on would be to send angela chan's name with a positive recommendation to the full board. okay? so, could i have roll call, please. >> on the motion, supervisor campos? >> yee.

>> campos aye. supervisor tang? >> >> aye. >> tang aye. mr. chair? >> aye. >> we have three ayes. >> motion passes. [gavel] >> victor, this is tough for all of us up here. i hope you keep wanting to be on the commission. i know we have one more item. as soon as the crowd moves out, we'll call the item.

okay, let's call the last item, i believe. item number -- >> item number 4 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 28, 2016, to the pedestrian safety advisory committee. there is one seat and two applicants. >> okay. where are we? okay, thank you for your patience. zach mark, if you can come up if you're here. okay, he's not here? todd henry? >> good afternoon, supervisors.

thank you for the opportunity to present myself to you today for consideration for seat 10 of pedestrian safety advisory committee. i think this is a really exciting time to be talking about pedestrian safety in our city. a lot of people who might not otherwise be asking the questions about why so many pedestrian accidents are occurring are talking about them. my interest in pedestrian issues is both personal and professional. i have been [speaker not understood] experience the city as i'm walking. i am also a practicing transportation planner. port past year and a half i have been a transportation planner for u.c. berkeley. in that role i work on a number of projects to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety along the [speaker not understood] at the campus. this involve working across a wide variety of stakeholders both in the city of berkeley government, the u.c. bureaucracy itself, faculty,

staff, students, several people. ~ on the periphery 5-1/2 years before that i was a consultant in san francisco, transportation planning and engineering firm. while there i worked on several projects to improve street safety in san francisco including streetscape plans for turk and golden gate, traffic calming at fifth and [speaker not understood]. other pedestrian safety [speaker not understood] so on and so forth. i think this is a really exciting committee to be a part of. i think that my approach to it would be [speaker not understood] with the sfmta, with the board of supervisors, with other stakeholder -- neighborhood stakeholder groups to under what the concerns are at the neighborhood level, how we can address them through engineering, education, and so on and so forth. and i think my background, i actually designed and implemented some of these things, would really help -- allow me to ask good questions

to the staff of sfmta. with that, i am welcome to take any questions. >> any questions? ~ open to take any questions i guess, you know, thank you for meeting with me prior to this meeting, i guess several weeks ago. what do you think -- what do you think the pedestrian safety advisory committee does? how could you really strengthen it? >> i think that the role of the advisory committee is twofold. i think on one side it's to advocate for pedestrian improvements that we hear at the neighborhood level and to ask really hard questions to why, why certain transportation plans and projects are moving forward that may or may not address concern.

and hopefully by providing feedback to decision-makers, we're developing plans and policies that really address community issues and, you know, with an unlimited funding environment we can get thing done. >> any other questions? seeing none, thank you very much. any public comments on this item? come on up. kevin, kevin. hello, my name is kevin stall and i'm a member of the pedestrian safety advisory committee representing seat 16 and also district 6. since zach is not here, i'm actually recommending him as seat 10 for the pedestrian safety committee. i've only been on the committee for three months, though, but in those three months i have had a really good working relationship with mr. marks and his professionalism and hard work -- he's hard working and

he's a really good candidate for the committee and he is really committed to pedestrian safety in the city. and i would hope that even though he's not here to talk about his credentials, but i am here to represent his work on the committee. so, thank you and please recommend zachery mark for seat 10. thank you. ~ zachary >> thank you. any other public commentses on this matter? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> colleague? supervisor tang? >> sure. i would actually -- i had a chance to meet with mr. henry and was actually really impressed with his background. i think as we talk about pedestrian safety, we also need to keep in mind the engineering aspect of things and infrastructure and how they've got, you know, aside from enforcement and making sure that people are very cautious about what they're doing, whether you're a pedestrian, a cyclist or a driver, that you

also have really good infrastructure improvements in place to ensure that everyone is safe no matt what her mode of transportation. and, so, i really liked mr. henry's background and what he brings to the table. so, but i'm open to hearing from colleagues. >> supervisor -- i agree with you, supervisor tang. when i met with mr. henry, i thought that his answers were really thoughtful. he's really sincere. his background [speaker not understood] well in term of the committee, the professionalism, professional background he adds on these issues. so, any other comments, any other motion? >> make -- in light of the comments of my colleagues, and i do want to thank zachary marks for his service. but i do think that todd henry would do a great job. so, i make a motion to move todd henry's name forward with

a positive recommendation. >> no objection, then the motion passes. [gavel] >> congratulations. madam clerk? any other item? >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. meeting adjourned. [gavel] >> good afternoon. welcome to the board of supervisors san francisco land use & economic development committee. i'm supervisor wiener the chair of the committee to my cleft is

smoen and we'll be joined by supervisor jane kim. we're also joined by supervisor london breed who has an item on our agenda. our clerk is andrea and i want to thank sfgovtv and jessie and bill. madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices speaker cards can be completed as part of the file and the items acted on today will be on the next agenda. >> madam clerk, call item 1. >> to occupy the public right-of-way on front street. >> mr. quan is here from the

department of public works. good afternoon. i'm john the department received a request from the property owners, llc for 4 one grove for an encroachment permit to stall environmental bulb outs. those planned were referred from the planning department and the planning department provided us with a referral mischievous. those plans will sent to the serious staff committee that satisfied a technical requirement and the public hearing was heard on this encroachment to establishing talk about the encroachment it was concerned that even though encroachment satisfied the plan and it's in front of the of the board for his utilities rectify

determination >> thank you very much if there's no initial questions or comments we'll open this up for public comment any public comment on item one seeing none, public comment is closed. oh, their moving chairs. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues could i have a motion to forward item one to the full board with positive recommendation? >> so moved. >> madam clerk, call item 5. >> this is the subdivision codes to rejected the appeals of condominiums conversion. >> and supervisor london breed is the author of item 5.

>> thank you, chairman weiner for allowing me to speak one the legislation condominium conversion took so long it's extremely complex piece of legislation there are a number even if conversions doorknob the occupancy and the unit transfer, etc. the benefits of a few months of implementation we needed to come back with clean amendments that's exactly what i'm proposing today. specifically, i have 3 small changes the first is for the appealing of the condo conversion by a pass law it must be based on the impact of the development and the amount felt fee charged. we've having had several appeals from the board of supervisors that has nothing to do with that

so the clerk of the board can refuse it and any member of the board of supervisors can overturn that ruling and bring the item before the board. this is in keeping with the intent of the law and will be fair for everyone pardon the other changes are for affordable housing crisis in san francisco first those who are under or below the medium income the payment of the condominium conversion can be held off. this is short and didn't give the owner per the restrictions has not enough time to come up with $120,000 so this postpones

it so this way medium to low income owners can realizeless property values associated with conversion and the refinance based on the new value before paying the city the fee. this city will record the fee and meaning all owners only who defers the pavement will be responsible to pay the depth. i'm confident the city wouldn't lose any fees and san franciscans will be able to enjoy the benefits. and some of the appeals have been individuals who couldn't afford to pay the fee i hope this will help. and lastly to help folks with

foreclosures in their building for example, in antonio a 4 unit building one of the occupants couldn't find a buyer so they can try to modify the moshth of the unit but the back o bank holds the unit until someone billings buys is but under the current law all the families must wait to sell because of the owner occupancy even though it was owner occupied before the foreclosure and even though the bank held the unit off the market this building is being clued from the condo conversion building that other it's been

excluded from the process. my final condones in my amendment says that a foreclosure process up to one year wouldn't count as a gap in occupancy so in the month we've developed there was a board plan that it offers all the owners a right to convert and this is in line with the expert of the xheshgsz law to colleagues i'm for your support >> we have a offer flow in the board chamgz chambers to if you need to be there please fill out a comment card. i want to thank supervisor breed we had a few you awkward appeals

for the standards of the condo conversion appeal but they were sympathetic we had for example, a woman that was disabled on search-and-seizure d i she had no money and we learned this was no way for her to be able to wait in order to pay the fee that's the main issue being able to refines after the condominium conversion was complete in addition to the conversion issue. supervisor kim >> i think i'm going to ditto those comments this is actually good to see there's laser language around the appeal and some clear language on how

people ask for fee for all night be able to proceed. i know there was an issue with the foreclosure allowing for a longer pet for there to be no occupied owner in that unit. and i think largely that's going to impact a small amount of confirmations >> thank you at this point if there's there's no condominiums on comments on item 5. >> good afternoon. i'm elizabeth gordon i'm here on behalf of the co- owners thought of united building. with 3 owner occupiers. this building will be able to

apply for condominium conversion but for the three that one of the unit owners was foreclosed on in 2011 they had gone through a vos and a stressed housing market she tried to renegotiate without success it was lists for sale 89 months before the buyer bought the unit was in contract to buy the unit. this all resulted in a lapse of owner occupancy for six months. this exceeds the 3 month gap for owner occupancy in the case of a unit sale. no other party occupied this and the party that purchased the union became the occupier.

there were two transfers of ownership in the 6 months owner a to the bank and to b. it was a elongated process because of transferring the property from owner a to b. in the development of this you consider this cocktails >> thank you is there any additional public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues could i have a motion to forward this to the full board with positive recommendation. we'll take that without objection. >> thank you superstitions and item 2. >> item 2 is a resolution asking the mayor's office of housing to apply for a grant for the trust fund program up to $2 million.

okay. and the mayor is the author of item 2 ms. hayward will you be speaking for the mayor's office >> you switched okay. formerly of the mayor's office of housing >> good afternoon supervisors this item if propped will allow the mayor's office of housing to apply for a matching grant for the amount even if $2 million for the housing trust fund. the state h cd has asked for the trust fund program which is the matching grant program to provide fuvendz for eligible applicants on or after september 30th and this includes the city and county of san

francisco. the ballot was passed on november 26th and that the local housing trust fund will operate 5 years after the h cd awards the grant i can certainly provide for information or perhaps we'll come back if awarded the grant >> thank you, ms. hay word if no comments or questions any public comment on item