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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 we'll
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consider the housing balance goal of 32 percent of housing constructed that is affordable housing and annual data will be recorded at various income levels from zero to thirty percent thirty to 50 and 50 to and to one hundred and 20 percent as well as one hundred to one hundred 50 percent bmi we know that the affordable units is important to the mayor the planning department must monitor the cities progress push information on the planning department website and report to the board of supervisors about the calculation and other city land use emgsdz e regulations board of supervisors has held a hearing to achieving 33 percent and other officials and departments are to report to the
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board of supervisors relative to the balance hearing we want to thank our stakeholders including the council of housing and todco and the tenderloin development and south of market community action north e network there are over 40 individuals that attended the hearing the commission unanimously approved this legislation thank you sierra club and the anti displacement coalition and ace that endorsed that finally thank you to eastbound dennis and aaron and others for their work on this legislation and the ongoing work to insure that the decision makers like the planning commission and the board and mayor's office that make policy decisions based on realtime dictated the data that is part of the balance is provided by the
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information and with the addition of the 10 year balance we've able to analysis our initiatives that is seeming like a simple legislation there are a lot of issues to make sure we had one did 2k3i7bd definition of affordability this is important we insure we're building at 1/3rd of affordable housing in the city planning department and our office have add r agreed to the mandated presentation to the relative bodies so i do have a couple of amendments we worked on with the city attorney's office i'm happy to read into the record after public comment i see our city attorney marilyn a burns may have additional
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comments. >> deputy city attorney marilyn thank you through the chair i have one question about one of the edits i don't care if you want to read into the record first and i'll add my question or jump in now but a clarification. >> i'll read into the record before the public comment those are the amendments we're making one we wanted to change within thirty days of the effective date on page 8 lines 12 i have left copies to the members of the committee by june 1st, this is for the first report for the two quarters citywide by supervisorial district and neighborhood we have left the planning area out that is incredibly important under prop k one of the agreements that was
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made by our offers and the mayor's office 33 percent of new construction as new area plans like the central selma that is coming before the board at the end of this year or next year we changed when the reports are after and the reports thereafter on august 1st and march first so as recommended by the planning department we also wanted to change we originally said that any relative body with the planned area will automatically get a report with you we've changed that upon request by the planning department staff and finally we the last amendment that the annual report by the brardz needs to be accepted by resolution by the boards those are the amendments i'm proposing today. >> deputy city attorney marilyn
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a burns one was the last amendment the board of supervisors needing to accept the report by resolution i know that language you know is fine i might recommended the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the report that way whatever action the board wants to take they may wish to not hold an action or reject the report. >> in the original resolution it was just a hearing that was a hearing to add the resolution point i know we want to keep that piece in there that's our preference. >> i'll change to needs to be accepted to shall be accepted. >> we'll change that thank you so i see the planning department is here to make some comments so through the chair if we can
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allow the planning department to present. >> please. >> good afternoon from the planning department i would like to thank supervisor kim for working with the department for drafting this legislation and moving forward supervisor kim provided a great summary of legislation i won't go into that the commission unanimously supported the amendment to help to track affordable housing production and to proactively plan to maintain the city affordable goals for the balance for the new market rate and affordable housing and this balance will be calculated based on a metric the ratio of affordable housing and all housing development bans the 10 year period and also the bio manual report
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the breakdown of the affordable housing and the income and thank supervisor kim for accepting the planning commission recommendations for modification and first was the change of dates by which the reports will be published which is march to september 1st, i noticed you mentioned august 1st, you modesty want to maintain the six months september either one will work and the second to modify the requirement for visitation of the report to all geographic bodies all that have geographic per data the recommendation will work if adding upon request and the modification plan areas as
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the geography to report the housing balance thank you i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> do you have any other. >> no, i don't have questions for the comments any comments from the committee members. >> seeing none why not go to public comment and we'll accept the legislation. >> i'd like to open up for public comment we moved quickly for the 12 members of the public to come by 2:00 p.m. i want to make other comments thank you director ram from the planning department for his personal commitment to shift the responsibilities they were able to have the first housing report by march first, i want to appreciate your ability to and the commission to direct resources to this area this is important we have this data on the affordable housing bond that is set to come. to
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the voters in november and that we have one shared foundation of what the count is so for and how we're proceeding towards the dowel and want to state my commenting commitment to advocate for additional staffing for the mayor's office and also for our board the city has really made a clear mandate that the mayor and the planning commission addressed the affordable housing while their many initiatives at the table having the ability to prioritize the resources is primarily necessary and want to thank the public's to speak in support and at this time open up for public comment. >> first two cards
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(calling names). >> please okay. thank you arrest i'm the program manager for the coalition at the lawyers straight community services i'm here in support of initiatives we see more and more tenants in sro's but in primary unit being evicted and a 13re9 needs to address the affordable housing in san francisco we think it will help restraining order the planning department and other city agencies to participate more in you know think more about affordable housing and the new development planning and take this information to the tenants and the community to help them understand they should get for engaged in the planning process in san francisco you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker,
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please. >> hi thank you i'm the outreach and campaign coordinator at the mission born and raised and still living in the tenderloin of san francisco yeah. some of us still do exist very few of us left first of all, i'm in support of city's monitoring and reporting agenda stem and thanks to supervisor kim for leading the effort the basic issue is pure transparent all we're asking for the data the public deserves to know the levels of affordable housing being built seemingly like to the number of unaffordable housing that's market rate housing this is an important issue to sro tenants in the city and a lot of low income working
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my family and i were working immigrants and any additional unnecessary density to the argument that the city is moving targets the philanthropy of issues regarding the how's crisis is secondly,y i'd like to speak in support of this to monitoring that report is virtually data we can use to try to make sure the city is affordable for everyone and not only if you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors as a missionary i've been to sal reiterate and used to live in the tenderloin and golf street near the center as a missionary i have to get along with the headquarters felt people
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chinatown, and city hall and i go to insure my missionary action targeted objective in good use so overwhelmingly from the missionary action i entered into the destiny of such a possibly most likely the true destiny of greater so in chinatown to come to my fire chief girlfriends wife and to create the point i know they're trying to make fun of me to draw me away from that location while i date my girlfriend as a missionary i end up talking the action from a longer and the
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police have encountered me on different occasion like i went to the hospital one time okay. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervises peter cowen i'm happy to see this ordinance moving forward and thank you, supervisor kim for your leadership on this n and really thanks to the planning staff this is counsel into the weeds ordinance and the staff did a good job with thinking this through to make sure it's a workable tool it is in excellent shape to support the amendment and the timing in the context that is out of the prop k policy resolution means called for a need for a regular
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and better reporting on how we're doing with the production streams and affordable market and rehab of new construction, etc. this is very useful full to help us with all our policy discussion and build on the housing element i know that supervisors you've adapted the housing element for and against in the first reading or second reading this is a main document for the city this provides a regular process report on how we're achieving our goals and lastly has wide support i know that today people have a lot on their plates and supervisor it is earlier than accepted we saw a showing for the planning commission to show how useful this will be in the various
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neighborhood in the western edition or south of market different neighborhood struggling it is clear whether you're looking for middle-income or whatever it is important so thank you very much. >> thank you very much are there any other members please step forward. >> hi, i'm erica i've lived in the admission for 40 years as a renter and retired nurse and i'm old i've seen a lot of things change in the city and in the mission we fought against genocide indication but i've not seen anything has devastating as new i support the housing balance and send it forward to the full board i'll support a
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moratorium on evictions numbers are staggering i'm sure you're aware 70 percent of the mission is affordable that was in the chronicle last month the latino population has dropped by over 8 thousand people and the african-american has dropped household are making less than $75,000 a year dropped by 3 thousand and households making more than one hundred thousand increased over 6 thousand so i'm afraid that the diversity that san francisco has always preside i did on it reaped disappointing we know that driving awhile black and brown and disabled one telling thing that is very bad
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was the fire on 22nd street were lost their homes as we know and couldn't which had housing in the mission this city found housing after a month on tdr in mrashd so people are away from their community and away from their health care and schools and their jobs the fact it the house next door the perimeter next door the lead is an upscale perimeter right next door - >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm with the community participating i urge you to approve the housing balance ordinance that was unanimously adapted 23 we want to see a balanced how's lard we need to see the tool in the pipeline past, present, and future i urge you to past that as urged by the
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commission thank you. >> is there another speaker. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm a tenant at the antics by community housing partnering and work for them as a organizer what i would like to see supervisor kim and supervisor cohen i'd like to see like more affordable housing maybe that will keep our streets clean we have people on the street it makes our neighborhoods bad address make that safer for our children and we also need affordable housing families all our families are moving out of the neighborhood we need to keep our families here and keep our streets safer thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi afternoon panel i'm mike i'm a veteran and with ace i'm
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here to speak on my behavior as a human being being in the mission of the greater bay area and how affordable housing has not exist ami i've been in an sro while in alameda california and dpoitd to evan and struggled to find hours ami i've been here since 1989 since the loma prieta earthquake and as we struggle electro those hard times i live in an sro in the mission i noticed there's a lack of understanding of the laws that are passed or held to show that a person like myself of color like a veteran that served the country over 9 years i understand there is luxury and affordability is not for those who don't have an education
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there should be something to change people's minds and has the right to help people lib myself that have sacrificed and i've been displaced due to this economic backlash of this recession or the president downsizing people in the military i hope you guys find it in your has the right to the panel of what's going on thank you thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please >> p. >> hello, i'm neil i'm from supervisor cohen's district district 10 and a member of alliance of community apartments we need a balance for the housing situation right now ray charles is blind and dead and saw that inform is a hard place for low income people to live we
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need to do something now. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm sfgovtv.org an organizer with ace in san francisco we have worked for a number of years with folks facing foreclosure in the bay area and have a mission chapter that is primarily tenants and can tell you will be floosh there are 3 thousand people with including with the p l s loans that can't be modified because of the kind loan there are a danger of losing what was affordable housing in the bay area at the same time in the mission we know that there is a crisis right now for tenant we know that only 7 percent of the housing that's been built has
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been affordable and you know you've heard from mike here we have other people that are here you know facing the potential eviction that have no where to go because of the lack of affordable housing in san francisco so we've seen the crisis taking many forms from flooshz to housing that is only coming in for the rich we need to know how bad the problem is the city of san francisco to be accountable that's why this bill is so important and needs strong action that retains in market rate and supports affordable development. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello good afternoon my name is fanning a leader with san francisco we're a
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organization from teachers to seniors with the senior disability action with youth in the mission all of those groups and we've been working on many things funds for workable bill of rights but this year we've come together to decide the housing is our number one permits some of the people are moving to oakland and antioch i know one worker that commutes from mann tuck and less and less folks can live in san francisco and when this happens they can't participate in their union as well as and the community groups and in fact, can't participate in the political facet as much the fact that to deteriorate the quality of our life and
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participation in our public conversations and so that's one reason we're here to urge you to pass 24 ordinance it is the beginning the first step we hope you can make that happen thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, i'm amy the founder of vera did care we urge you to accept this ordinance has passed through the planning commission as is and in my neighborhood of divisadero i know that supervisor breed is centered in making that into a transit corridor or changing the zoning i'm not sure about the impacts as yet i'll still looking at that with my neighbors we're interested in making sure we have the data and put some conversation in the housing
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assessments for the affordable housing to be soon development if we're going to be making fillmore and embarcadero and increasing the density we need to make sure we're supporting all neighbors and not pushing opposing people out in the process we can come up with some initiative ways to work with the developers to bump up the numbers from feigning to thirty percent to 50 percent i'm looking forward to talking request people in the room and thank you for your work on that supervisor kim. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello, i'm bill a second generation san francisco native and i hate it end with me i have two kids the only way they can afford to live in the city to not buy a house but inherit it i
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was a truck drivers 40 years ago you could buy a house in san francisco with a truck driver wage today you can't you know they're talking bad about people making a decent living they don't want you to i was not a veteran vet by my younger brother was we should take care of our veterans that served the country you know that are working hard for us please make it an affordable city i don't know what you, do it sound impossible i hate to see that ended with me both my 2k3wr5er79s immigrants my dad bought our house in 144 for $250
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what is that house worth today it maintenance to sell the house and go somewhere else. >> thanks. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm chris from the equality center supervisor kim i urge you to support in legislation i think that so bill housing program we provide access to housing citywide for low income and middle-income residents our growing population is actually it is very diverse in terms of the different types of persons not only the people are qualify at the ami it is different restrictions e.r. restrictions
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and the types of resources in terms of finding assisted living as well as having caregivers notify in with them we need more data it is fair to assess for different reasons and for access to hours for us we would like to be part of the hope when people come to our doors to provide ways to show them what's happening over time and what happens in the future so they have at least some assurances they're part of - they couldn't lose hopeful e hope essentially it is important to have data something you and your offices can bring to the table when people come to your doors where's the planning housing for me breaking down that is very complex for