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on toxic sites i know euro not going to ask for a report of how many senior citizens have died on third street within two months 40 seniors pass on toxic sites the housing was built on toxic sites i hate to here people say you're all supporting the developers because you're in the pockets of the developers to build and do wherever they decide to do and eliminate the important people out of the san francisco i must say i've been a homeowner since 1968 and i'm not going no where and i'm from the hood he everyone knows the hood but i come and try to give everybody respect but you don't respect me or my community
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>> yes. darling. >> the 3 minutes are up. >> thank you very much and you all have a bless day i'll be coming and i know you'll be talking about something you, you don't know and i will or want to see things of my church in writing thank you. >> i don't have have a card and not here an, an activist. >> mr. washington are you going do address. >> okay can you hear me now my name is ace i've been on this case so of those people out there they've moved on in this place but it is no mystery just check my history oh i've been working on those cases
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involved in a lot of conspires oh what is the going down, down down in this town population is going down yeah when the benefits come we might not be no where around this 50 percent hiring is just a bunch of shut oh, when i can't afford this high dog gone rent let's try san francisco recipe but all you got to do look around and tell me where the black folks went when i'm standing here in city hall oh, get silly all what do did you is here in city hall sometimes, it
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get silly you all you call that still i but i call it silly hall because i'm going to tell i've been a tall in it you all at city hall do you want to know what's going in city hall do don't you want to know leakage i'm not an activist i'm an entrepreneur and i want to show you before i got 00 into this political game i was in church all my life got murder at 18. >> mr. washington. >> i would like you to address item. >> address the budget. >> the budget. >> i agree with if you don't
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take care of off your obligation in the fillmore i call it the feel no more look around the blacks are leaving this town thank you. >> madam secretary. >> i don't have any more cards our for on the budget the budget item. >> i mean my church. >> sir if you want to speak on the budget item? oh, okay. >> maybe i do or do not. >> just come in so where are we on this agenda specifically what is the. >> we're on item 5 c which is to approve the agencies budget for the period of july one, 2015
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to june 30th, 2016, to submit the budget to the mayor's office and ultimately to the board of supervisors. >> from a what i can understand i'm here to speak on our church the grace tabernacle we hope we'll be can you think on the church the budget amounts specifically i don't know exactly with what that amount will be, however, i'm asking that this committee approve what line item you might have already set aside if there is one. >> that's about all i know of at this point i hope to meet later on with
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director bohe to clarify things with her department and with the department of public works regarding this matter and very good thank you for your comment. >> okay. any other speaker cards. >> i don't have. >> public comment is closed. the matter before the commission commissioners have questions for staff? on the budget >> we've had two informational workshops and . >> i did. >> final moment. >> yes. commissioner bustos when we talk about the 6 rfps we've talked to make sure u make sure there are local folks that are able to apply for some of those things i wanted to or hope we taking into consideration as. >> could you please speak into
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the microphone. >> no one said i didn't speak loud enough we talk about the rfps for the affordable housing being built you know we've said many times about wanting to make sure that local minority owned and women owned biz businesses or businesses around or evictions have been around and had an opportunity i'm hoping that the rfps are being created one of the things i've asked for awhile back even boise on the first ones being selected that they you know have a good track record with us in the city but also their nonprofit organizations that are part of it so i'd like to ask we highlight that in and be great if the commission sees the rfps before they go out. >> absolutely the rfp drafts
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will be provided to the commission before published. >> the other question about the percentage of 83 versus 17 percent and 83 being rental and 17 being homeownership you know the prices of homes in san francisco are just going through the revolver and how can we do it so that more people are able to stay and more people are able to own their own homes 17 percent seems awful low because if we - i would hate for people to be renter when they have an opportunity to guy an affordable unit because an affordable unit now we know what the prices range do we have a sense in terms of buying homeownership.
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>> for purchasing it rangers from the 200 thousand to the upper $300,000 depending on the size of the unit and the income. >> as time going on in the higher - you know i'd like to see more homeownership opportunities for people especially, if we're trying to do outreach for people that are displaced to get them to come back to own part of the city how can we shift some of that to have more homeownership opportunity versus rental opportunities. >> that's an addressing problem that the policymakers are looking at one one of the things that goes along with the sales is higher construction that limits us because there are many more affordable housing financing tools on the rent
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liquor low income tax credits and tax exempt bond unfortunately on the homeownership it is a great burden to subsidies those construction to a much greater than stent it is difficult in today's employment to fund homeowner than rental it is an active topic of conversation to look at how to serve the moderate income abandon there is housing noticed at every income level we're looking at the questions. >> so can we i mean because i think francisco talked about housing being such a i mean in the mission it is ground zero for some of the stuff how can - i mean we have a lot of development happening we see cranes all over the city we know
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that a lot of the developers have put the in their pockets and for a long it seems like we need to have a meeting a public workshop with the mayor's office of housing because you know our commission forming redevelopment for investment & infrastructure you know we're building a lot of affordable housing and contributing to the number but maybe we need to talk about we hear the numbers and numbers and numbers go up like thirty thousand but north yet not going up not vertical we hear things in the pipeline might be we need to be creative and i think maybe we need topanga because what is supported to be working is not
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working and that's not i'm not blaming you guys but maybe we need to really sit down what the mayor's office of housing whether or not the planning commission who do we need to bring together and host a workshop that's open to the public i think the public deserves that we we're able to say what's happening and what needs to happen and part that is let's be creative you know because it is imsome of the agencies are in some cases are not doing what their supposed to i'll ask if there is something to push the dialog so one i know you guys are working hard and tiffany has been involved in a lot of discussions but at a commission level with planning or another body that works see with the mayor's office of
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housing that oversees it i huntington ask for sometime of that nature we're accused of not doing the right thing so maybe we can do something public health department public and you know what what can we do and not do that's one thing an honest discuss discussion and maybe think of creative ways to make it work i don't know you were going to say something tiffany. >> i agree commissioner bustos a citywide approach that commission efforts with the 3 thousand plus units are only one pious in terms of the production another piecing price from the thirty thousand unit through praushg there's a course
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stabilization this is affected the neighborhood by acquiring soft sites and a land use approach separate apart from a land use approach subtle in your because of the solution law only targeted in 3 specific areas those major areas, however the planning commission has the - this commission experiences in the hunters point shipyard and baseline affordability and the bonus law up to hundred and 20 percent of medium income to capture the middle-income band not extremely although, they don't qualify for families making 45 a year and who can't even, you know who report two teachers perhaps it's a
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cooperated citywide approach and stakeholder approach and other ideas that come 4th district forth how to solve the housing crisis. >> i know we're a small part of that thirty thousand but i think we had topanga many times and work with the developers and work with the community organizations to try to figure out how to work and we've done a damn good job to be honest with you but we hear about the land trusted but the problem when i walk down the street i don't see anything happen so there's some disconnect and you know as a community member you know when we go and meet the people a lot of times we were told no and see we're supposed to be in
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that together and i - the only thing i can is we need to come together because sometimes, we'll meet with some group or agency that says yes or no or moot with another let's come together and is let's put on the board what can make it happen i think this commission and the former redevelopment commission we can say hey have you tried looking at this or thought about upcoming multi-unit buildings that have 10 or less that helps the family in 20 years bow their unit unit- we help families buy their
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home something to leave their family and know their invested in their community so the question goes back to you know affordable for whom and who benefits from the great units going up that's my comment on that poise and hopefully, we'll do something by bring other city partners together to try to find solutions because you know i don't see a lot go on and people being kicked out of the city maybe there's bringing great minds together miracles i believe happens. >> i think we have an opportunity given that we have additional funding in the number two, new budget to accelerate we're on an affordable housing acceleration program but we haven't quite put the core tours
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so there's an opportunity for the commission to start with our own portfolio and start thinking in a public forum with feedback to adding on off the top of my mind we are shaping essentially the policies withhold to see on our own property first and then kind of lead by example. >> that's a great thought i know that you've been talk to community members and trying to take leadership roles i welcome our comments absolutely. >> i'm new to this and the affordable housing confusion generally when our new you ask questions and noted have preconceived ideas what things should local and the fact that toying back to the budget we
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have enough dollars in the budget to allow for certainly public moseying and new staffing too as we move forward we have new staffing in the budget. >> yeah. >> do i have my the comments commissioner mondejar on the budget? >> hang on. >> since we were talking about affordable units i wanted to ask this question you know 61 percent on rentals who made this decision that there would be more registration than homeownership did we do that dps? did our commission do that. >> a lot of the projects are existing projects underway like alice griffith and public
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utilities some in the transbay rfps the developers were rfps at rentals and certainly developers proposed rentals so a lot of the portfolios is underway we have as madam chair rosales was mentioning 6 new rfps we want to do and certainly condominium conversion about shaping those by a lot of this is projects that were underway or concern restrictions for rentals versus the homeownership that goes to the right kind of mix the size of the building you can medium income in terms of creating a mixed use community there's a lot of factors so as we come before you as an rfp that's what we are saying he want to do so certainly opportunities as we get to the final publication to
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let you know where we are in the programming discussions but a lot of different xhflgz with the community and other city department and, of course, the commission. >> it is reflected on this chart for the data for the existing projects that we took over this commission took offer and it christmas day stuff we've been underway for a awhile and certain assumptions on the pipelines those could change but there are a number of projects where the discussions were previously made. >> those affordable do you have an idea probably jeff whites i don't know if he is here we interrogator thirty, 50, 60 up to i'm hundred percent of ami. >> the rental housing is typically 60 percent of
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middle-income and blow 50 percent for below the supportive housing targeted the extremely low income like thirty percent and the homeownership opportunities are to hundred medium income to certain restricts for that the project area but those are the ranges that serve those kinds of families. >> i have a couple of more questions the $45 million in bond this is what is in our budget this is what we've approved as far. >> those are proposed new bonds depending on the sate legislation to give us the ability to do so we'll go through a process to put that - those bonds together and come back to issue the bonds not approval to issue the bonds on anticipated plans should we have
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the few minutes ago ability. >> do you have an idea how much bonds we're approved as far. >> i don't have that number to day 1906 and $70 million in debt service we can get that question in terms of total outstanding. >> those are tax-free or tax-free bonds. >> our existing portfolio includes taxable and others those tends towards the taxable bonds like take into consideration credits but the non housing infrastructure and other bonds typically e typically are tax exempt. >> a couple of more questions. >> dalai my favorite did we approve funding for this software from the previous year. >> this is a new program so the
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workshops so this is the first time your you're hearing to contribute hundred and $40,000 it is not launched. >> we don't- >> i thought. >> very - (multiple voices. >> so we're pitting it in our budget correct. >> the answer is the mayor's office of housing is. >> has been moving forward. >> it's a their program our units will be - >> (multiple voices). >> it is definitely a long-standing project i know they're excited to launch it. >> they're launching that when. >> focusing on the homeownership this spring the balance is the rental and everyone else is it hopefully,
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this fall. >> this calendar year. >> includes the certificate of preferences those we have on file. >> yes. is agrees with the files. >> do we have in our budget i was told about 65 hundred that were issued in certificates of preference and only 6 do hundred and 50 are active do we have a budget on finding those remaining certificates of preference holders. >> our budget with with the staffing of the practice writing program we have the funding for the staffing no specific fund set aside through our office or by anything related to additional work. >> i seemed to recall a nonprofit organization and what they commented condominium to
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findings the certificate preference holders unites we're funding or helping with that i recall an organization that does that. >> there was outreach done a couple years ago when a big effort to relocate people that scope of work was done unfortunately, the persons if the mayor's office of housing can we table that conversation when we have our affordable units issues coming up next month they'll address that topic. >> let's see what else i have what happens with we budgeted- we're budgeting money for south beach and yerba buena gardens because they have not been
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transferred over to the mayor's office of housing so we're have all those funds what happens send e at the end of the fiscal year we turnover the assets what are we're going to do with the money budgeted for ocean properties. >> a couple of points of clarification not all mayor's office of housing affordable assets to the malice and depending on the assets so for instance south beach is moving as a port and the jessie square garage is going to o going to be transferred so yerba buena gardens is going to be talked about in terms of the port the jessie garage refers we're not sure when these particular assets come up to to the extents they're on our boxes and we collect the revenue we are no
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longer collecting the rent it moves off the boxes. >> thank you commissioners. >> i believe that commissioner bustos we have should a workshop and all the people interested in those kinds of things and secondly i want to know the salaries and benefits for the employees how many employees we have this time and . >> we're proposing 46 ftes a net increase ever 6 positions if the 40 certainly change between budget years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 there were staff that moved from ocii city employment they'll work on our projects like south beach harbor will be moving to the port this reflects who is working on our work some are ocii but 46 ftes working on
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our projects and programs. >> what kind of employees for the 6. >> the 6 includes a deputy general council with legal review an h.r. and admin services manager as you recall we have an agency person now we have two senior vermentd specialists and manager to help us staff all the projects we've wanted to work on so it helps us be able to respond to the demands of those accelerated timeframes. >> last year we have $8 million $400,000 and a budget for those employees and the next year $79 million. >> yeah. so the reduction is because of employees that moved
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off the boxes at south beach harbor moving to the port we're adding employees two employees moved to the mayor's office of housing that are not work on our programs there's a net reduction we're staffing up on the work the employees not working on the ocii projects are coming off the book. >> we're in saturdays - >> for the individual. >> for everybody. >> i believe there is a chart in the budget that lists the salaries an page 10 felt budget table 5 and it listed the clarifications with the salary ranges. >> and this salaries through the chair as you recall commissioners you adopte
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