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in the the $207,000 in california it is more than twice that amount and the laura u bay area is higher it's more than doubled the states so while more than half of the americans can afford the medium fewer in california and quarter in the bayer and now fewer than a 6th of san franciscans can afford it so why it housing in san francisco so go cheven condition tharz the obviously a high demand to live here the city is known for cultural diversities that attacks new residents and the credible opportunity our city diverse and will daytime committee grows jobs as a result we estimate the number of jobs is at ann an all-time 0 hive of
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6 hundred thousand in the 80 the population was 6 hundred and 75 thousand now, it's grown steadily and quickly the recent estimate is 8 hundred and 40 thousand the highest in the city's history and it's not only san francisco it is greek the bay area has $2 million for residents and jobs then in the 80 and the growth is expected to continue by the year 20403.9 million people unfortunately, our housing supply does not keep up with the demand i might not realize the majority of construction is housing that's been suspended for years due to the 2008 recession while population is increasing the housing is only increasing that
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i 9 percent if we don't pursues housing the cost of housing about only increase how do we plan the regional allocation identifies the total number of housing unit by affordable level to support the new residents san francisco incorporates it into the housing elements that guides the housing policies the arena data places it in the investment plans for the growth throughout san francisco those plans developed by years of community planning laid the ground work for the construction so the city he e sets the goals in broad terms the private sectors builds market rate housing and non-built affordability housing that majority of housing in san francisco as well as throughout
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the country market rate houses built by private developers within guidelines of the city some below market rate you howls paid pie public and private dollars and prized to be variable to certain population housing is considered affordable if it costs less than 1/3rd the medium income for a 2 percent householder is $70,000 this householder will have to pay no more than $7,150 to be affordable san francisco has see long applied federal, state and local money often built and nonprofit tint for individual families the news cities in california what the inclusive program requires that 10 or ottawa more units to certain
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blow income levels or contribute to the fund that supports the blow market rate unit almost 25 thousand have been supported by city funds and more than 6 nous thousand of the unit were built between 2000 and 2012 what you can't afford a million will home you're not alone in response san francisco mayor ed lee has set a goal of creating thirty thousand now e-mails homes by the year 2020 most will be in outreach of the san franciscan with federal and state funds drying up the san francisco ethics commission is, taking an iv i of actually roll is providing housing across all levels we're working diligently for everyone to live here and mr. chair protect the
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housing semiand strengthen goals against evictions we're commented for housing needs for all san franciscans to learn more visit highway week. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the san francisco. the reporter: has many opportunities to get out and placing play a 4 thousand acres of play rec and park has a place win the high sincerely the place to remove user from the upper life and transform into one of mother nachdz place go into the rec and park camp mather
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located one hundred and 80 square miles from the bay bridge past the oakland bridge and on and on camp mather the city owned sierra nevada camping facility is outings outside the gate of yosemite park it dates back before the area became is a popular vacation it i sites it was home to indians who made the camp where the coral now stands up and artifacts are found sometimes arrest this was the tree that the native people calm for the ac accordions that had a high food value the acorns were fatally off the trees in september but they would come up prosecute the foothills and were recipe the same as the people
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that came to camp camp is celebrating it's 90th year and the indians were up here for 4 thousand we see every day of them in the grinding rocks around the camp we have about 15 grinding sites in came so it was a major summer report area for the 92 hawks. >> through there are signs that prosperity were in the area it was not until the early part of the century with the 76 began the construction of damn in helpfully a say mill was billed open the left hand of the math for the construction by which lake was used to float logs
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needed for the project at the same time the yosemite park and company used the other side of the camp to house tourists interesting in seeing the national park and the constructions of damn when the u son damn was completed many of the facilities were not needed then the city of san francisco donated the property it was named camp mather the first director it was named after him tuesday morning away amongst the pine the giant sequoia is the giants inventories first name if our title is camp means there's going to be dirt and bugs and so long as you can get past that part this place it pretty awesome
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i see i see . >> with a little taste of freedom from the city life you can soak up the country life with swimming and volley ball and swimming and horseback riding there you go buddy. >> we do offer and really good amount of programming and give a sample p of san francisco rec and park department has to offer hopefully we've been here 90 years
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my camp name is falcon i'm a recession he leader i've been leading the bill clinton and anarchy and have had sometimes arts and crafts a lot of our guests have been coming for many years and have almost glutin up, up here he activity or children activity or parent activity here at camp mather you are experiencing as a family without having to get into a car and drive somewhere fill your day with with what can to back fun at the majestic life
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the essence of camp mather one thing a that's been interesting i think as it evolves there's no representation here oh, there's no representation so all the adults are engine i you know disconnected so there's more connection the adults and parents are really friendly but i think in our modern culture i you know everyone's is used to be on their phones and people are eager to engagement and talk
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they don't have their social media so here they are at camp mather how are i doing. >> how are you doing it has over one hundred hundred cabins those rustic structures gives camp mather the old atmosphere that enhances the total wilderness experience and old woolen dressers and poaches and rug i do lay out people want to decorate the front of thaifr their cabins and front poefrnz their living room is outside in this awesome environment they're not inviting their guests inside
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where the berms are people get creative with the latin-american and the bull frogs start the trees grow and camp mather is seen in a different light we're approaching dinner time in the construction of the hetch hetchy damn the yosemite park built jackson diane hauling hall to serve the guests it does was it dbe does best service s serve the food. >> i'm the executive chef i served over 15 hundred meals a day for the camp mather folks breakfasts are pancakes and french toast and skranld eggs and hash brown's our meal formulate is we have
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roost lion it's reflecting of the audience we have people love our meals and love the idea they can pick up a meal and do worry about doing the dishes can have a great time at camp mather after camp people indulge themselves everyone racks go in a place that's crisis that i air after the crackinging of a campfire a campfire. >> the evening is kept up with
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♪ ♪ ♪ admission to camp mather is through a lottery it includes meals and camp programs remember all applicant registration on line into a lottery and have a rec and park department family account to register registration typically begins the first week of january and ends the first week in february this hey sierra oasis is a great place to enjoy lifeiest outside of the hustle and bustle and kickback and enjoy and a half >> everything is so huge and beautiful. >> the children grew up her playing around and riding their bites e bicycles it's a great
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>> good afternoon. welcome 340b8gd this is the regular meeting of land use commission i'm supervisor cohen the chair of committee and to my right is supervisor scott wiener and to my left will be jane kim our clerk is andrea ashbury i'd like to recognize jessie larson and jonathan who will be toifgz today's meeting madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the april 14, 2015, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated excellent. thank you so colleagues, i building he have staff from the department of building inspection here to present on item number one. >> would you like me to call u
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call item one. >> i'm sorry yes. >> number one amending the building code for the determination of permit fees. >> seeing the staff is not here item 2. >> anticipated the planning code for the off-street parking and loading requirement and a presentation for item number 2 mr. johnson thank you. >> there you go i can hear myself good afternoon the item before you is a small set of planning code changes that supervisor breed is calling the parking flexibility the city h had strike parking spaces they were
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required to have new parking garages below and above ground as well as parking pads that are green spaces or yards and the first floor for vehicle parking in the past decade with the push for more gave them ground floors the city has greater flexibility the space methods like tandem lifts and minimum parking requirements in the transit dense neighborhoods are lax that is important to point out they don't limit the parking as they choose but give more options so businesses and homeownerships and others can park on their property this is the conversion of parking to active street
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units and conversion of the freed spaces for other uses and helps to restore first responders first, the g f a limits the space on land but out of rh3 parking doesn't count in terms of limits on the commercial are housing you can have but not on parking if you have exist parking spaces you don't need g f a may stop you from converting other city policies courage ground floor activity but g f a force people to use the parking there's a limit amount of spaces do we want to prioritize parking over how are you above ground access parking counts but
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underground park will remain intact and 245i8 use the first floor for retail and housing existing buildings convert unused marshes if they choose about giving people the opportunity to kwhuz and the parking will allow the off-street parking to be located within 6 hundred feet third, the legislation gives the zoning administrator the authority to microwavely remove an inner acceptable requirement in recent years the city eliminates parking rishth or added exemption in rfp so we shouldn't be holdings property and fourth it exempts buildings from the parking requirement if it's ones a designated e
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designated traffic lane it gives people the option not to convert it so houses in district 5 can turn their garage into housing variance it reduces the bicyclist time and lastly it allows minimum parking requirements if doing so limits the rear yard and yard requirement so many building owners pay to have off-street parking but if people wants to remove the spot they can restore character to the neighborhoods the legislation passes the planning commission unanimous on february 26th the newest is the substitute that incorporates 3 small changes by the planning
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commission as well as one other issue that came up i'll address that we've incorporated a grandfathering progression for existing in the van ness district d for projects in the pipeline i'm happy to go into it in detail the legislation has options we can activate the improvement of bicycle safety and restore the yards hopefully that was quick enough i'll be happy to answer any questions supervisors thank you for your time. >> thank you very much any questions if the colleagues seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? item 2 seeing none, public comment is closed is there a motion on that item colleagues. >> all right. motion made and supervisor kim with a positive recommendation seconded by supervisor wiener that motion passed unanimously
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thank you very much thank you very much madam clerk call item number one >> number one is the ordinance amending the classification of the data sources to use to determine fees. >> there you go. >> hello we have a presentation from the dbi welcome. >> thank you supervisor bill strong with the legislation affairs with the building inspection this provides clarification so everyone is clear that dbi in putting together its cost schedule to assist contractors was based on must not data sources i think that there would be something some confusion or thoughts this will help to clarify that's why we're introducing this. >> a that's it is that it. >> that's it. >> very short update colleagues
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questions or comments all right. moving to public comment any public comment on item one please come forward seeing none public comment is closed at this time is there a motion for this item? motion by supervisor kim and seconded by supervisor wiener unanimously passed by this body with a positive recommendation to the board madam clerk call item 3 >> an ordinance for the planning to monitor the city's housing balance and publish a bio annual report. >> by supervisor kim. >> thank you supervisor cohen and for your consideration of the legislation that legislation is part of housing balance discussion that began last summer those discussions were sparked by the need to insure while we continue to build and develop in the city we need to make sure we're building a city
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that is affordable and prioritize it public and private goals by the mayor in 2014 that at minimum a third of the thirty thousand new units by 20/20 b will be affordable by the residents this was affirmed by krauk in november and prop k announced that the city policymakers mandate a housing to make sure that the acquisition is affordable to san franciscans to that end i've been working with the mayor's office and the planning department and community stakeholders to stabilize lists the existing community for initiative for affordability in san francisco in the fall of last year the board of supervisors amazing approved interim issues for the central selma r50ig9 the conversion of
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pdr to office use or residential utilities pending the central selma plan the second piece of legislation coming out of the housing compose is the housing balance count legislation which is a implicit the to the voters of san francisco to make sure we have the tool as decision makers to see how we're doing relative to our goals it requires the planning department to provide a bio annual right away report to the planning commission and the board of supervisors which calculates housing affordable to mocking zero to one hundred 20 percent of the medium income within a 10 year timeframe this calculation is for affordable housing unit that may have been eliminates or the loss of rent control earl or sro unit
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