>> thank you. before our next speaker, i wanted to call up more speakers. melissa carl son, trish wilson. and cesar vargas. >> good afternoon, i'm with the south of market community action network. one of the things that we do in our neighborhood is really to address the issue of gentrification. a lot of people don't want to say it but gentrification has been going on for a long time, not just in the 50s, 60s. it's still happening right now and we need to address it. not just in the short-term, but the long-term because we are in a not just housing crisis but in a crisis of who is going to be living in san francisco. in the overhead as

you can see here. this is from the housing dashboard. basically the housing dashboard captures how many units that we have been building in san francisco from condominiums to affordable housing to 2014. finally it gives us a sense of what we are building in san francisco. for years some were talking about we are building too many condominiums, now we have a tool from the city, from the planning department to capture what we are sealing. -- seeing. it's no longer ideology. it's actual data. there is over 32,000 units built in san francisco. out of those 32,000 units we have

built 211 percent condominiums. but yet we only have 27 percent moderator: income. who are we building housing for. we have to recognize the different national income for the whole city. developers will always make money building housing in the city. it will ensure we build the right way for the majority of our residents. therefore, we are in support of the housing battle.

ballot. now that the city is having the housing crisis, it made sense the whole city actually has recaptured the loss of units. i think what's great about the housing balance too is it's also capturing the loss of units due to ellis act evictions. we need to make sure that's included because a lot of people are being evicted and we need to address how are we going to build for the existing residents. again i hope you support the housing balance. thank you.>> hi. i'm

a resident of soma. i'm going to talk about not having enough housing affects the entire city including the low, middle and high income strata. first of all san francisco as we all know is the tourist industry is very important to us. but people come to san francisco not just to see the cable cars and golden bridge, but bands play and the kind of things that aren't going to be here if artist have to move out because they can't afford to live here. another thing, everybody depends on people who can't live here because their jobs at a barista

aren't enough to live on. if a company that's running a place like this has to keep firing and retraining new workers because they can't afford to live and they have to leave, that's going to make lines longer and everyone grumpier and grouchier. >> good afternoon. i'm trish a wilson. i live in south of market on mission. i have been there about eight 8 years and i have been trying to move out of the sro there. a couple years ago i did have a section 8 voucher. i went here and there and my income was too

low or a lot of places you have to have twice the income. and as has been stated by other people that have spoken, a lot of our people have been putting out in the streets and are homeless, mental health. i am on disability for my mental health issues. this sort of thing. it's just impossible. i don't want to live the rest of my life in an sro. yes i'm grateful that i have a bed. yes. that's not the issue. the issue is that a lot of places that are going up. there are waiting list. i'm with the transgender project and so we work with a lot of inpatient

people. i'm very very for the portable and reasonable housing for us because it's just outrageous. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. this is lourdes. i want to echo what was said earlier. again, thank you for taking the time. the conditional use process that would only ensure accountability butten insures a dialogue the dialogue between the community and developers. it asks developers to come and explain to the

public why they are not committing to the affordability. it's bringing forth what's right building in our city in a way that needs to be built for all of us. the city is small and only so much language. once a building is built, it is built. it is there. a building will never revert to affordable housing. let's get it right and build for our community. thank you. >> hi. my name is teresa from housing program of the equity center and i'm also a board member of manila town heritage foundation. as a case manager at the program we deal with a lot of housing application assistance and below market

rate programs for housing. this housing balance actually i think will compliment the inclusionary housing of moh itself. there shouldn't be any threat against whether it's a measure or compromise. this needs to be an urgent action because a lot of development is going on in south of market and we see a lot of displacement eviction. since the ellis act, that will also help in creating more inclusionary housing. i don't see why the mayor itself is against this. but for us we see that it will only compromise the housing and really create a balance. the 30 percent is very moderate when it should be more than that. thank you very much.

>> hi. representing senior disability action and manila heritage foundation. i'm in support of the housing balance measure that's been introduced by supervisor kim. majority of san franciscans now are overwhelmingly rent burdened. 43 percent of all san francisco house hoeltdz -- households are rent burdened. individuals are paying more than their income on rent. not to mention the burden on elders, the impending fear of evictions that have plagued our city while at the same time you have developers and you have speculators that are

totally oblivious to this crisis and we are shouldering as working people the majority of this tremendous burden. i think 30 percent as previous speakers said is moderate. we definitely need more. contrary to popular belief by some folks, building market rate housing is not going to bring down the rate for housing. we need to bring accountability in this process. there are elements in this city. they are acting with complete impunity and lack of regard. quite frankly the real estate industry, is completely immoral and causing much pain and much damage to a community. i speak as a fifth

generation san franciscans. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. a nice long meeting today. exciting immediate. my name is connie ford. i just want to say three things quickly. one thing about the idea of affordable housing and housing plan for the whole city, this begins to address that. it takes care of families up to 120 percent ami. 120 percent ami is two teachers and a child. it's many of our union members who would qualify for that. so if there are supervisors who would like that am i to go higher, i don't know why you

wouldn't address that in the future because i would support it as well. this is the first step in the process we are trying to address here. the sending point about the diversity of our city and the importance of that, it's not only the racial diversity, the gender diversity, the economic diversity. we have all lived here for decades. this is a place where it's just for the rich and poor. this is a measure that will begin to address it. it doesn't solve all the problems but begins to address this. we have to act now. this david binder, this poll, to pass it out. this is a great poll. it reminds me of the minimum wage poll that happened last january and created this whole movement where we were this afternoon with the minimum wage. this is a good poll. san francisco

likes this idea. i think we should go forward. thank you. >> hello, my name is harvey lang. i work for san francisco housing. i'm a laborer and with housing for 25 years. this has to do with asking for a meeting with the district attorney on fraud. this is what i would like a meeting on and related to other things. >> this item is on the housing balance measure. >> it has to do with building as well. >> okay. we ask the comment is limited to housing balance, the legislation before us.

>> i'm make mac tosh. we are talking about labor and talking about corporate fraud. it's time for a change-up in here. everyone counts. as many people have said it. we are calling for a meeting. it is very important that we get meeting. if we don't we have to do legally what we have to do. >> thank you supervisor kim for introducing this. i campaigned for you a long

time ago when you were running. i'm glad to see these kind of measures being brought up. i guess we all know i have seen a lot of propaganda from oil companies and how people can be swayed the wrong-way. i have seen it here with the gmo thing that happened in california. i was surprised that didn't pass. i want to make sure this measure passes. when i go to other cities, i see more of the diversities that i'm comfortable with. i

want the art community, the non-profits, the activist, i want to see them stick around. a lot of them move to oakland. when my friends say they want to move here, i say don't. it's not what it used to be. it's changing. it's losing it's flavor. i'm glad these measures are brought up and i want to support it anyway i can. thank you >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm here to talk about the housing balance. we need more affordable housing for families, seniors, disabled. we don't need condominiums. we need real housing for families

and disabled and seniors because where are they going to be? they are going to be in the street. we need affordable housing. no more condominiums, okay. >> thank you. before our next speaker, i want to call five more cards. >> i'm here to support what you have done today in terms of minimum wage and 30 percent balancing. i'm hoping that they both pass. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is stephanie with the after school program. the kids behind me are the youth that attend the program. they also

live in the south of market. i stand behind them and behind the faces behind me. i think this is a very pressing issue and it needs to be resolved for the kids who live in this city who want to continue to live in this city. if we could not revolve it now, how can we revolve it for the youth. i'm representing michael who wanted to speak about affordable housing. >> my name is michael ruiz and i go to west bay in soma. i'm here to support the act for affordable housing. everyone has a personal story. everyone knows someone who capital afford to creator maintain a life here. we need a long

term commitment to improve urban planning that doesn't just make money, but built to create sustainable communities in my neighborhood. >> good afternoon supervisors. thank you for having us. district 9 resident. i'm here today to add my support in favor of the housing balance measure. i think it's very important. it goes hand in hand with the $15 minimum wage. we are facing inequity problem and even personally myself, i haven't lived in this city without a roommate. right now i'm living with three people and that's the lowest amount of people i have

lived with in san francisco. i have had up to six roommates. you know, honestly, i'm lucky when i think about it. when i think about there are people 7 people living in a room at any given day. i think about that and i think that's really really sad. so supporting something like this would be quite helpful for our city. it's something to weigh on. this particular measure in question is to go for. i would stress the unanimous support. anyway, thank you again for your support. i want to say myself, supervisors daughter, i'm going to be married in a year and i would like to stay in san francisco with my wife and have an actual place to call home. that's something to think about too. there are a lot of people that really love this city and we would love

to stay here. thanks again. >> thank you and congratulations on your engagement. >> good afternoon, my name is kathy lip skon and i'm involved with senior disability and ace. it's very touching to see so many young people here. thank you supervisor who helped this get on the ballot and all the circumstances -- years of work you put into this. i'm glad you are mentioning this housing element. it says that 60 percent of all new development should be for very low and motion derate -- moderate income people. this is a motion dest one. it takes account affordability and

sunshine. i think this administration was very cavalier and careless and in sensitive to let the tech companies come in with a big tax break, maybe there is a big plus to that but not taking into account where the thousand of these workers were going to live. you can't say the workers and the tech industry did so much. but the speculators saw something very right for picking and they came after our rent control units where a lot of elderly and people of color were living. i look at this new housing affordability floor where the new minimum wage floor. this is something upon which we have to build and fight for. i think we will. thank you so much.

>> i'm charlie and a long time resident of the bayview. i have lived there for over 30 years. i'm here to support this affordable housing act. i see the damage that it's causing and i see how the bayview has changed, how the whole every san francisco is changing. my neighbor on the left she was a senior citizen and she was a foster care provider for special needs children. and my grandchildren and i watched the sheriff come over and get the locksmith and changed the locks and i haven't seen her since. that was two 2 weeks ago. my grandchildren ask, is that going to happen to us? my neighbor on the right, her landlord wants to raise the

rent $1,000. who can pay that extra because the landlord wants you to move and you don't want to move. that is just not right. i'm here to ask you to please pass this legislation so that everyone in san francisco that wants to be in san francisco can stay in san francisco. they have been talking and talking about the out migration of the african american from san francisco and talking about is good, but this legislation can do something about it. thank you. >> hello. my name is santiago lerma. i live in mission in the epicenter of all the new development and controversy.

as i was standing up there deciding what to talk about, it made me realize that everything i have worked for and what i have done in the city has been the work for the community and with people in san francisco. as i was standing there it made me reflect on my own situation. i have a law degree, i have a good job and i have a good future. but, that being said, i don't have a future in san francisco. because i don't know, my feet are not grounded on the ground because there is no where for me to go. i live in a rent controlled apartment. hopefully we are able to maintain that. what i really ask you to consider is that there are very many people in need but also people like me who want to work hard for the people in san francisco and want to work hard for a place in san francisco that is a destination all over the

world and a place that produces ideas and innovation and when we protect the intention of wealthy people, that takes away from people like me and others who want to fore go the big pay checks and really work for the community. when making the decisions for this committee, please consider the future of the people who are making this city grow and change. we all want to be here and we all deserve a place. thank you. >> thank you. before our next speaker, i want to call up five more speaker cards. >> good afternoon. my name is

pat valentino. i'm a district 6 resident. i strongly support building more affordable housing, more middle income housing. hopefully we can get more than 30 percent. i support the anti-speculation tax. i think it's an important move. i support all tax reform. my biggest concern is that we've got to focus on funding, the additional production of affordable housing. i agree with the goals of supervisor kim's balancing measure. i think it's a very thoughtful measure. i'm concerned that as a ballot measure, it gives hope but not a specific solution to funding the additional production. i would hope we can come back and support a legislative big 10 solution that identifies specific funding measures to create more affordable housing and more middle income

housing. there is this idea of the housing bond of this next election. i think that would be very important because it would take in funds from the additional market rate production and turn those around and provide a funding source for affordable housing. i do appreciate the effort and thoughtfulness and intent. i think we all want the same thing. let's go greater than 30 percent. >> good afternoon. >> we have seen firsthand the

effects of gentrification within our workforce about 10 years ago skwooif -- 65 percent of our workers people are commuting from sacramento and stockton and one of the most heartbreaking things that i have seen is that many of our workers, our lowest paid workers particularly who worked night shift in the hospitals would pull their resources together and they will rent a studio apartment and go there and sleep because they are too tired to go home after their shift. this is in humane when asking people to do this.