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and talk would advoicate squz residence concerned about what is hahappening. what i do not see today is a path that is going to achieve what they want. i thought long and hard about this 45 day moratorium and up until this morning my plan was to support it not because i thought it would solve the problem at hand, but because i believe these people dissever recognition that we hear they are concerned and that we know something must be done about it, but what we need is a plan that will build on the lots already set aside in the mission for affordable housing mpt we need a plan that will require more lands for affordable housing. we need a plan to fund all this sknr a way to pay for these things. none of those plans exist in this #340ratorium. my concern
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is this moratorium is like a farming spreading pest sides across the ranch and hoping the right crop come up, so i respect >> members of the public can you please show respect to supervisor christensen and let her finish comments. i want to open this up to public comment as soon as possibly to give you a tuntd to speak, but i have to allow my colleagues the sfloor and a opportunity to speak >> i'll stop shortly. i don't want anyone in the room to think that i do not care about what is happening to you. i care about you and care about the people in my own district, but what i believe you dissever is a answer to the problems that face you and i don't think any of us confronted with a storm or illness or danger would dhooz sit back and do nothing. i think what we have to do is
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move forward and i believe that there is nothing that is stopping us now from doing the thingz we need to do. from building on land, buying more land, finding different ways to fund things, we can start on that today, yesterday, tomorrow. we can do that whether we ban all building in the mission or not, we can move forward and i have found ways in my own district to do that in small ways mptd i'm looking for bigger ways and i want my own constituents to know that we, everyone och us understand this is a issue and that something needs to be done and understand that you dissever to be heard and wree listening to you, but i'm looking for a plan that will actually change things for all of us and just haven't seen that plan today >> thank you, supervisor kim >> thank you. to go back to the plan, there isn't going be
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a plan if we don't hit the pause button and institute the moratorium so we can study and write a plan and we'll talk about plans, we are wucking with the planning department now in a multiyear process for central south of market where we intend to build 33 percent afford able housing. you daent do that in 45 days >> i can't hear you. can you speak into had microphone dectly >> i am. i don't know how to speak any louder. >> i can't hear so if i can't hear-i want to hear what you are saying. it's not your fault, but i-members of the public don't want to resess the meeting and want to be able tahere. if i'm hard of hearing and can't hear i'm sure there are others that can't hear and want to continue the meeting
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but can't hear. i ask for the sake of the ability to continue to meeting and if eye can speak in into the microphone. the noise from the outside is havingyfect on your ability to do that. i apologize >> i'll do the best i can. i don't know if i put the mic closer to my mouth. if we'll talk about 45 days i think aerfb wn in the room we won't come windup a plan in 45 days. we are limited by process in the first [inaudible] we will need at least i a year to put the plan out and think the reason why the moratorium is important that we can't do a kudy without a moratorium is because the mission only has 13 sites left to develop on and that is very important to note. the second thing, the legislation isn't just about protecting land for affordable housing t is aults about
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protecting land for industrial jobs. the eastern neighborhood rezoning that the board passed at the end of 2008 was designed to do 2 things, one, increase thumouchbts of affordable house which we frailed and preserve production distribution and repair space [inaudible] it is not just about building affordable housing, it is fwt protecting jobs to the residence can afford to live in the housing we build. the pdr spaces provide squlaubs and are critical to the arts communityment in the mission like the south of market many artist work in the pdr spaces.
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planning tells us while 24 loss of pdr in the sit a is 2.2 percent the rate of loss in the mission is 12.3 percent and that just takes into account permitted conversion not illegal conversions which we know are ram utthroughout the city. last year i introduced pdr conversion supported by the board twice. the first for 45 days and the second extend today a eryoo. we also identified a need to pause the rapid conversion rate in the south of market of the pdr spaces to lexerary housing and office. the issue of arts, cultural performance space being displaced sularming. nob nub stodeio 17, south space, dance mission theater are evicted or under threat of eviction. we need a plan to
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retain and support the institution and insure we create a environment where the arts can continue to thrive and expand. we need a plan with tools and resource squz funding to do that. i think everyone in the board agrees with that, i think where we disgrie is how to make it happen. if there were large sites available i would say move forward with development while we study this, but there isn't that much valuable land in place. i also want to talk about supply side economics something that has come up a couple times on the board. unchecked luxury housing doesn't build affordable housing only building affordable housing produces affordsable housing. we vasister city in texas and austin that experiences unprecedented growth similar to san francisco and has very little planning regulations.
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unchecked production of housing in austin should be building affordable housing based on the theories we hear in san francisco yet austin is displacing low income working class luteenee community alt the same rate we are in san francisco. we need a plan, tools, regulation in place. yes, we should have done it years ago and thatd isn't a exkoos to not do it today. i want foobrink up a final point. 2 colleagues that oppose the moratorium today blot up building more housing. let's not put a moratorium in their districts as well. [inaudible] 341 cor bet was property slated to build housing for formally homeless people as written by supervisor [inaudible] and passed by the board. that land is preserved asopeb space,
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essentially moratorium. fran cyst co reservoir, 4 acres of public lay owned space will not see housing biltd on the site market rate or affordable preserved as open space so if that is what will work on the board then rezeen the 13 parcels as p and make them open space >> thank you supervisor kim. supervisor avalos >> thank you. i will be very very brief. i just want to make sure there is a few things said. the effort to build the type of housing in the mission we are calling for now has been in existence for decades. it started in the scith's i know it goes back that far, but i'll go back 15 years when the work that was done in the mission district created a pause on work loft developments not just in the mission but all over the city and helped to transform
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what happens at the board of supervisors for about a decades because quhauf of run away development unsan francisco. we actually have not worked hard noof create the tools to build affordable housing. we actually passed in 2012 the housing trust fund. tfs not as sthraung strong as it could be. we passed along with a [inaudible] tax didn't raise enough money to make the housing trust fund as robust as it could be. we lowered the inclusionary rate from 15 to 12 percent on site. shame on us for doing that because now we use this small amounts of funds based on market rate in san francisco is a global market and not a local market for the mission in san francisco to base what we build inclusionary housing on falling behind always because we build luxury housing as a much faster rate
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than we build affordable housing. now we are coming forward with a 250 million dollar housing bond that is insignificant. i have a competing measure. [inaudible] 250 million housing bond what the mayor proposed and look at the pipeline in place there are few sites if any in am mission and no sites proposed in the excelier and dist rcktd 11 and fewer in sunset. there are parts in san francisco where you can build affordable housing but the will to do that is very small compared to the demand in terms of political wail to make something bigger hapb. until we have that political will we don't force market rate luxury housing in san francisco to build a very small amount of inclusionary and actually listen to the
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mission dist rnth community that wants the development that make as difference to what we can live in in the sit a and fully support that. i want to hear from the public now and apologize for jumping in at the end, bit it is time to hear from the community who are outside in very very large numbers >> at this time i'm going to open up to public comment. i would like to recognize members who are part of the senior and disabled community first to speak. reverend brown, if you and other members in the row that you are in would thrike come forwards, please come forward at this time. reverend brown and any other members of the senior and disabled community, if you would like to come and speak first and if there is anyone in the overflow room come up with the cameber
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chamber at this time in terms of seniors and disabled community. >> madam chair, members of the office body, i stand before you this afternoon as one who sat in your seats one day. i have had the experience of witness 4 years of legislative activity in this chamber and as i gather this afternoon and
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hear the pro and con's and truth does come on 2 feet, it does take 2 birds, 2 wings for a bird to fly and 2 wings for a air plane to stay air born. the first wing i want to address is i find it to be most unfortunate and quite sad that when black folks in this town were being dislocated there were not the friends that come and stand with us as sons and daughters of africa. we must get rid of this diconmississippi thinking of us against thome, them against us and massive at one pronoun, we. we the people to perform, to establish a more perfect union. i want to say to you today any
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measure that does not include the african american community is discriminatory. we did not hear unfortunately from the sponsors of [inaudible] why couldn't we just work as a team? [inaudible] look out for the safety and security of everybody. my teacher doctor martin luther king said one day, injustice anywhere effects all of us everywhere. now pitch is on the mission, but when 40 years ago black people were being pushed out of this town and [inaudible] the
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planning commission were all complisters in that move. their hands were dirty and [inaudible] i end by saying, i hope, i pray, i yearn san francisco will really become the city of saint francis. a place where we are worthy of saying come and brinin san francisco. as long as you keep black folks down at the bottom of the barrel you can never come to the summit and the height of being the celestial city you claim to be. >> reverend brown can you police wrap please wrap it up? >> i wrapped it up. when we do that we can justify the
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city. until then when you are concerned fwht 4.6 percent of the black folks left in the town, who said anything to had housing director about it? nobody on this board. who said anything to [inaudible] discrim nutor practice that are about to destroy these non profit developments developed by black churches 40 years ago and now all of a sudden they are telling black churches you got to get out of the way of the blood sweat and tears you established t. is wrong and unjust and if you are concerned about the mission be concerned about black folks too >> there was a member of the public waiting and then you can speak after him >> i'm next >> this gentlemen here with the walker is next and then you can speak after him
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>> i won't speak long. i will say it directly. i have been before this body a number of years talking about the same issue. no solution has gotten us there. no proposed change has worked. now more seniors and disabled people are also being pushed out of this city. affordable housing is a terrible term. fixed income is what we are. we can't go into affordable housing because 900 dollars is the lowest amount of rent they will charge and who is doing that development? the luxury focused developers.
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everything is working to push us out, not keep us here. i ask you for once to put all your heads together and spend extra time in this chamber to come up with a solution to keep us here! this is the first time i have seen a moratorium. maybe it isn't a bad idea to make you do your job >> thank you >> look at it that way >> thank you very much. next speaker, please >> i am speaking for this boferd supervisors for few months about the same. unit state is the most fascist cuntsry in the world. >> for member thofz public so
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we can give a opportunity for everyone to maximize the use of time if you can refrain from clapping or making nysso each individual member gets a opportunity to speak and use their entire time. thank you >> no other country in the world has a million people on the street. this is concentration camp. people who are living on the street don't have medicine, don't have food, don't have a roof. it is terrible. the men who talk [inaudible] you have experience 250 years with black slivery. you have 150 years experience with killing nation. million people, indians. you killed them, you took their land now you have homeless. i'm 85
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years old, hol cost survivor and you are-this board of supervirezs didn't do anything. you are like gustopa fascist. with mayor lee [inaudible] from english language exist toward eviction. you will have problem with houses, affordable houses, with everything. eviction biggest problem in united states. what i can say? i came fraa terrible country, russia, but we don't have eviction. eviction is your problem. until you have [inaudible] in english language in the united states it will be
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everything what is this. you again i say if you can evict 85 >> thank you sir. are there members from the senior or disabled community, if you can please come forward? >> from the [inaudible] we also have problems finding housing for independent like me. you know how much rent is, 1400 a month. that is too much and we have to stop the construction, the real estate [inaudible] corporations and brokers. they are talking advantage of the latinos of 24th and barrio. we want a moratorium and [inaudible] also the mission wants it. we want moratorium. stop corporation they are crooks and frauds. [inaudible] >> thank you, next speaker,
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please >> thank you board of supersupervisors and supervisor campos thank you for authoring ledgeilation that will at some point hopefully deal with the issues of non affordable housing in san francisco. there has been billions of dollars spent on development of tax commitment dollars in the city with the promise of affordsable. the law requires 33413 and you can check it is a [inaudible] is affordability cuv nns required for the housing developed for people in very low and extraemly low income dat gores. the problem isn't the moratorium or the
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adequate funding, the problem is the lack of oversight and people who hold authority to make sure the law and legislation and declaration and public policy is functioning as the way it is authored throathe legislation and law. that sh it problem. if you look at sb 2113, we no longer have sb 2113, that means over 5 thousand of housing will not be developed in san francisco because of the [inaudible] approach and aggressiveness of the oci and redevelopment agency. not one of those housing for dee developed. they say they want them developed u about the intent is passify the deep pockets coming to the san francisco that want to bring the level of ami out of the reach of common people
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who live in the city. i have been in the city all my life. i live in bay view [inaudible] the area that >> thank you sir. next speaker please >> sir, think. next speak,er please >> tom gill girty. it is trully economic sunomy from silicon valee. 200 thousand dollar people getting incomes. eeben people in the avenues can't afford this. ocean avenue there is a break water to prevent the high storms but have no break water here. i'm in favor of a moratorium. i'm in favor of changing the raish
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yoi. we expect 1/3 affordable housing below market housing. i say 2/3 housing design for the people living in the city of san francisco, 1/3 market rate so we have influx of the people come in and and bringing vibeerance to the city. it isn't rocket sciness, it can be done. this mayors election is if you are going to favor and allow the real estate industry to have free play and create huge fortunes and profits affording the lexerary housing or are we going to build house frg healthy neighborhoods for people libing in homes? it is 2 sleesh 3 of the people living in san francisco. i would love to see people on the [inaudible] out lived their margin of life style and right to move into the satey into an
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apartment or capdo they can afford. we can design this for them, it can be done, same in other parts of the sit a. what happens is that creates movement. the silicon valley people can interspurs in the apartments and condos we give up >> next speaker. mam, did you want to speak? >> did you want to speak? >> my name is [inaudible] all i want to do is say this, it
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was once said that the moral tebsest test of government is how that government treats those [inaudible] the children. those are in the trilite of life, the elderly and those in the shadowch life, the sick, needy and handy cap and want to add those that cannot live in the city. do something about it and stop taking the money. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i would thrike make a couple points, first i object to the term that is used without defining it of affordable housing because there was a meeting a few months ago at the proposed development at south van ness and 26th street where we asked the developer what you mean by affordable and he dodged the question and said it means 70 percent of a 200 thousand
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dollar house hold income. that is not affordsable in any real persons mind so you have to get that straight what you are talking about and this is what developers mean when they say it. the other thing i want to say is that several ofia specifically supervisor farrell and wiener really dodged the logical issue of the moratorium. the moratorium was not the solution, the moratorium is to give time to plan a #12c3450 solution and the fact supervisor christensen that nothing has been done until now is just a sad characterization of the mayor we had and the board of sproovisors we had because this problem has existed but because nothing has been done doesn't mean don't do something now. give us time to get a hold of the property before dwept gets them. it isn't just a matter
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of compassion, it is also a question for those of you who will be welty enough to stay here needing the servicess of people who will not be here. teachers clerks and med techs. when i moved here there was a perpondiance of people that can't work. now my dream is supervisor farrell and wiener will go to the doctor one day and have to wait 3 months for a x-ray because there are no x-ray techs >> thank you, next speakers. thank you madam president and board supervisors and thank you dauv udfor your hard work. via lurosa. [inaudible] the mis