whatsoever. we are looking at how we would build fire walls between those units so the market rate developers are contributing not to the entire cost to the subsidy of the project could augment what would be subsidizing to get the stocks sooner. we are looking how to utilize the housing market rate developers in that way. it's not currently permitted in the inclusionary ordinance and we have to do some modifications in the da to do that. that will -- that is what we are looking at to stretch our funds and more affordable housing 100 percent stand-alone side too. >> thank you, mr. lee. i want to be able to call for public comments at this point. i don't know if there is any public comment. i know you have been waiting very patiently if you want to make

a comment. so just lineup and give your name and you have two minutes.2 minutes. >> good evening. thank you for holding this very important meeting. from the san francisco housing action coalition. i would say as san francisco, as a city we are failing in our rate. there is no disagreement on that. i want to say that we strongly support the testimony and eloquent ideas you heard from olson lee and dennis phyllis ips. they speak the truth. we want to see more affordability where we say the common ground is where is the money. no one a disagrees that we need it but where is the funding coming from. the shortcoming

i see from the housing balance measure is it an appears to us on a premise that if we in accrues -- increase the restrictions on housing we increase the subsidized housing. it doesn't make sense how that works. instead a better outcome to sit down and get the stakeholders and sit down and look at ways to raise more money to subsidize the housing. you saw some slides and i don't know if you noticed the production level of affordable housing. in 1 year, the past many years that did exceed 300 units in a year. do you understand what a dread fully inadequate number it is relative to the challenges we are facing. we are not talking about anything here that is talking about what is going to significantly change this. we need inclusionary things. there are other things we need to do, but the idea of opera --

somehow restricting the production. i'm not sure it makes sense. better let's sit down at the table and look for ways to increase funding for better affordability. >> supervisors, mayor's office of housing, david elliot louis. long time resident, activist. let's speak truth to power. what this ordinance is about build housing now is about opposed jane kim's and avalos ordinance. it's rhetoric about changing policy to build mow housing with no real teeth; no means to do it. it's about preventing this new criteria of affordability of changing the planning code to

add this whole dimension of what does the property do for affordability. it's really a bunch of the rhetoric wrapped around sort of like a snake in the grass. rhetoric to stop this housing balance ordinance. that's what it's really about. why don't we just speak truth to power about that. when soopz supervisor kim asked about other criteria, why don't we limit the bulk of the criteria, the mayor didn't answer that question. it was a great question. if we are going to prohibit by statute some criteria, why not just prohibit them all like height and bulk. c'mon, bottom line is please don't support this. please support item 11 and

not 12. please support housing balance. let's speak the power on this. thank you for your questions. i really appreciate them. >> i will keep it quick because it's my second time up here today. i think the question of whether affordable housing deserves another layer of review because height or other issues have a layer of review, i sat there and i listened to that question and i thought it's a great question. but if we add another layer of review that doesn't necessarily ensure that we increase production and that's still my biggest concern that while i think we have the greatest intent to get to that percent of the numbers over that, adding that extra layer i don't thinken insures us to getting there

and taking certain action to build housing. just again, i do appreciate the comment from the mayor's office and support the goal of building more housing and the focus of finding funding for affordable and middle income housing. thank you. >> good evening supervisors. my name is sue and with the harvey milk lgbt democratic club. for one thing i really resent being characterized as standing in the way of a project. standing in the way is safety for people who use the commodity, utilities that the commodity does what it says it's going to do and speed over all to me seems

irresponsible the reason we have a balance now is that certain segments when housing is built. i feel very strongly when the need for housing in san francisco. it's the only way we are going to grow as a city but also the only way we are going to be ecologically sound. high density housing is absolutely necessary for an efficient and clean society. however, unless you prioritize who's going into that housing who is going to stay in san francisco and who is going to enjoy and be part of this city is going to be another big issue. the job issue, well, yeah, the jobs are actually down the peninsula for the most part. so i would caution you very strongly to heed the

concerns about housing now and listen to the concerns about balance in san francisco. thank you very much. >> sue hesser. i operate. here is a couple facts. late 90s three units 3 units in the city, there was one affordable housing unit. they avoided paying a penny for affordable housing. the merchandise mart is 1.2 million square feet. against my real opposition, they were given an xems exemption from paying housing fees and transit fees. who are the tennants of the

merchandise mart? tech industry. they moved into 1.2 million square feet and did they pay for housing transit or anything else. you can change the entire use of a fablt # factory to office and you will not be assessed even though the difference between factory and office rent is $10-50 a square foot. there is no reassessment happening on buildings that cheat the hell out of city of money. they avoid the assessment, housing fees and transit fees. next fact. if you go into gieb and do an improvement to a commercial building and no one looks at you a second time and you don't pay affordable housing fees, you don't pay

transit fees. the area plans have created a situation where there are exceptions to everything. no project gets through without exceptions. exceptions are the conditional uses in an area plan. and the other thing that happens once you do an area plan is you stop environmental review and you stop advanced notice of projects. >> thank you. any other public comments on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i just want to recognize that chair yee has a daughter that is getting married. i don't want to keep you here forever. i want to ask more questions but i won't. i will

say a couple things about housing balance because this resolution doesn't relegate anything on the redevelopment area plan. that is this: if we go out of balance and a fee goes in place, a developer has certainty that they won't get a cu if they decide on 80 projects or they agree to a development agreement that has 30 percent affordable on that site. i really will argue that our legislation encourages and incentivizes for more affordable housing. it's not easy. affordable housing is expensive. that's why in the findings with more affordable housing while this contributes to the city. if the planning commission finds that it does, they can approve that project. so, i will argue that our

legislation actually incentivizes the developers that want to build more affordable housing to develop on those cites and the developers that don't want to build affordable housing won't be buying those properties on the cites. there will always be developers that want to build in san francisco. i think if speed is the issue in slowing down the i am coming impact fees is the issue, slowing down market rate housing is the issue, then we need to rethink all of the variances and conditional use. we can call it whatever we want. but those are all additional layers in the planning process. for me, i think, it's really stead fast. we have zoning in place because we want to have balance, balance of height, balance of beauty, shadow, all of these things. we have planning code in place because people think the skyline is

important. they think shadow is important. they don't want san francisco to be ugly. all of these things are constantly talked about in the planning commission. all we are saying is we want affordability to be part of that discussion. it can happen through impact fees but we also think that a conditional use authorization will force the conversation more, will place that as a value in the planning code and actually incentivize the development of more affordable housing and bring us to the table more often to generate that revenue so we never go out of balance. i do want to appreciate, i do believe that everyone in this room cares about affordable housing. there is no doubt in my mind that nobody believes that. i want to appreciate that. i feel really fortunate to be able to work with olson lee and buckly who come from the affordable housing wormd and have done so much with mayor

lee to build affordable housing and i believe that our legislation is really part of that package. it doesn't fight that and it's really another tool that we can have in the handbook to continue the pathway that we are on and the vision we would all like to see. i think we are lucky to have a smart and vigorous and debate and discussions so we can have more. i think we should appreciate that despite the fact that we have some dueling concepts for how that happens. thank you chair yee for being here. i know your family is waiting for you. >> i want to thank everybody for being here. it's true and i also believe that there is nobody in this room that would really not fight for affordable housing. it's one of these things where can we get to a couple --

commitmently -- come complimentary type of solutions. i'm hoping as we move into future as we are talking about this time around or next year or the year after that we continue to have this dialogue because anymore we can solve in the united states is the issue of affordable housing i think we can do this in san francisco. we have the will and the brains. thank you very much. madam clerk. i guess i would like to have a motion to file this. >> so moved. >> no objection. this passes. madam clerk is there anything else? >> did you want to make a motion to excuse supervisor tang? >> i will make that motion to

excuse supervisor tang? >> anything else? >> meeting adjourned. thank you very much. >> >> food in san francisco isn't just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their

food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to

green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden community. >> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share

with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the department many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who need them. >> i'm here with nang wong hello nang. >> hello. >> i need to understand house this gleaning work. >> we come and harvest like for example, we'll come over here this is the lemon and plug it like this. >> (laughter). >> made that good, good and

ease. >> the trick is how not to hurt the branches. >> like the thing. >> i'm so excited about this. the people are so passionate about where the food goes to the private property owners give us the food they're happy that no of a t is going to waste >> oh. thank you. thank you. again job aura natural >> (laughter). >> from backyards to back lots let's take a look at the food and community bonding at the free farm. >> my idea was to start growing food and giving it away.

and getting my neighbors to who had space and having a kind of event that brings people together not to run our food program this time around but to share the wealth of the abundance of our welfare. we were all divorce and as part of our philosophy of working together and working together. >> what's the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for the free farm stand. >> well, we could is a generalic satisfaction but something about giving food away it's giving something i brought that in and sort it and gave it to you it's primitive to be able to give something some basically

to someone else. >> now serving number to 49 come on down. >> we have the capability of producing this food and in san francisco you can grow food all year round so the idea we're capable of prougdz food in our own backyards we're here to demonstrate an bans of food and i think that giving it away for free we show individuals it in have to be a comedy. >> we build time together and it's the strength of any ideas of the connections we'll turn that connection and the more connections you make no mistake about it the more you can have a stronger power and not have to

rely on money that's the people power. >> in this episode we've seen the urban farms and gardens provide more in fruits and vegetation people can have the special produce available it can be a place to give back by donating food to others and teach our children the connection to the earth and environment it's truly >> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse.

we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why don't we capture that to support the mission youths going to college that's for the food for thought. we didn't have a signature font for our orientation that's a 40-year-old organization. mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual they've helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life >> their core above emission and goal is in line with our

values. the ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand >> they were on top of that it's a no-brainer for us. >> we're in and fifth year and be able to expand out and tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought. food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks >> we're giving a prude of our to give people the opportunity to get an education. people come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food.

all the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in >> what's the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought higher education is the tool to move young people. >> i'm also a college student i go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college that's 40 percent hire than the afternoon. >> i'm politically to clemdz and ucla. >> just knowing we're giving back to the community. >> especially the spanish speaking population it hits home. >> people get hungry why not eat and give

happy new year, everybody. i love the fact that we are doing a tournament here at the center. when i was in eighth grade i played on a basketball teechl. team. i have to admit i wasn't very good at it. i always aspired to be an nba player. regardless of playing in

college or nba, i expect many of you have be leading us because of the leadership skills you are learning on goo today is tuesday, july 1, 2014, this is the san francisco community investment & infrastructure commission i'd like to call