is important we remember our history and the elders who came before us. at the same time, we must also support our trends and lgbtq youth who are the leadership of tomorrow. today i'm honored to introduce two important community leaders. donna persona is a legendary community advocate and cocreator of the compton cafeteria hit play and performer at aunt charlie got shot lounge in san francisco. or story has been featured around the world including in the out magazine article, tenderloin is the night and in the short film beautiful by night. jojo tie is the youth commissioner representing district eight and a health worker. jojo is a clear, trans and filipino born and raised in san francisco and based in the castro. from their own life experiences of navigating personal and institutional challenges, they are committing to supporting lg deep -- lgbtq youth through luth -- youth empowerment and leadership. please welcome donna and jojo.

[applause] >> good afternoon. i'm donna persona and i would like to talk a little bit about the honor i've had in cowriting the play. when i was on the fence, coming from san jose, i wanted to find people that i felt were more like me. so i don't know how i came to this decision that san francisco would be the place to come, but i got on a greyhound bus and i came to san francisco. i couldn't get into bars, i didn't know where they were anyway. i landed on a place, compton's

cafeteria. an all-night diner. i would say that is where i first -- i saw these beautiful women and i later learned that they were born as male. but i became friends with them and i learned about their lives. they had decided to match there outside with their insides. they had what i call a courageous nests. by deciding to live the way that they know that they are, they were started by being abandoned by their families. they had no family, and they came to san francisco, and their lives became completely criminalized.

they couldn't get jobs. they couldn't go to school. they couldn't get any kind of healthcare. so this play will tell the story of their lives. when you see this play and hear these stories and learn about them, you will understand what informs their choices in life. i will say that these women were sex workers and they ended up in prison, sometimes. in one case, in many cases, they found themselves in prison because they were impersonating a woman. they were wearing women's clothes. they went to jail for that, served time, and you come out of jail, and you can't go to

college, you can't get a job. so it spirals down from that. so they did what they had to do. but i knew them, and i'm saying that they were wonderful human beings, and they created a family together, themselves. so this story and this play will let people know why they made the choices they made and the bravery. their bravery. this happened 52 years ago. i would like to say that i think they put in place the foundation of liberation. [applause] through their personal needs,

this comes with a foundation. they sought out healthcare and transitions. by transitioning those days, they had what they called hormone parties. there was nothing illegal. there was no place safe to do any of this. so i hope you can imagine how traumatic that is. it is hearsay. you come to this place and you can get injections for this or that. today, i know one woman who is suffering from the procedure she had back then. imagine this. when somebody -- when one of them ran into trouble with one of their procedures, who do they go to? i can imagine somebody saying, you didn't like what you got, go to the police.

that is impossible. by laying down the things that they need, housing, education, healthcare, and just being permitted to feel normal, that's all they wanted was to feel normal. today, we are benefiting from what they laid down. the needs that transgendered people need. and with this play, this is something i say from time to time. these ladies that i knew, they were born, they lived a while, and then they died. most of them died. they couldn't survive. so they didn't get anyone saying to them, everything you are

doing and who you are is wonderful and right. they did not get to hear that. we get to hear that now and we get support. they did not get that. so what is most meaningful for me is to know that their lives are engendering good things now. so their life is not in vain. it wasn't in vain. and i want to believe -- i am honouring them and i hope you will honor them. and somehow their life was not a waste. i wasn't brave enough to do that and do what they did. but they came before us and they are our modules. we heard about it already tonight and today. there is a push back. there is forces that want to take away what we've gained.

so i'm going to say, now, more than ever, we have to get out there and do something. i am going to say, sometimes in the past, other transgendered people or people under the clear spectrum, i tell them, just by presenting in the streets, you are doing part of the job. people see you and they say, they exist, they belong here. but we need to do more of that now. i will ask -- [applause] >> i will ask each and every one of you whether you are transgender or not, to do something. don't stay home. you have to do something to keep thriving. [applause] >> thank you. >> i would also like to say, we have transgender day of remembrance. please remember this group.

that is part of remembrance. they deserve it. and the youth, i want the history and the older people like me, i'm 72 years old, to come together and fight together we will hand over the torch to the young people. i will stay busy myself. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for sharing your story. today, i am here because i believe that transgender and youth are the leaders of tomorrow. i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the work of my transgender sisters and leaders of the past. the screaming queens who righted over 50 years ago in the tenderloin. at dream of the future, where transgendered youth art, empowered and celebrated for who they are, of a future that lets me on a pep -- be

unapologetically meat without having to need or explain who i am. today, the transgender nonconforming youth of san francisco face many barriers. a resilience helps us overcome prejudice, discrimination and violence. our wisdom and knowledge guides us as we navigate the multiple institutions that were not created for us. we are more than numbers and statistics. we are contributors and leaders in our communities. we are a community that is here to be up for one another and support and uplift each other to heal and grow. we will not be quiet and back down until we are included in the conversation and decision making process with full equity. what trends use leadership needs to meet -- means to me as having visibility. it looks like taking a step forward in the right direction towards positive social exchange it sounds like our voices and reclaiming our rights. it feels like freedom and

liberation. it ignites others to take action with us. as we gather here today to kick off transgender awareness week, i want to challenge all of you to envision a future where transit -- transgender nonconforming youth are thriving in a more inclusive environment. it takes each of us to build awareness, speak up and be linked to bad policies that support safety and leadership for trans people. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> i want to thank you all for coming out today and thank you to mayor breed. supervisors and our t.a.c. we can do this work together. don't give up and stay hopeful. join us for a little reception. thank you. [♪]

>> good morning everyone. i'm the director of the department of homelessness and supportive housing. it is so wonderful to see everyone here at the grand opening of this family access points. let me start the program by introducing the director of catholic charities in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you all. thank you, jeff, for your presents an introduction and thank you, mayor breed to, for your presence and endorsement of our program. i am honored to be here with you today and be present at this very special occasion. catholic -- catholic charities, although we have been serving the population in the bay area for 100 years, this is one of the third programs, one of three

programs in the mission. we have 35 programs. this is just one of three. we have been very, very blessed. we have funding now to open this site. the mission access point is really what it is. it involves immigration services , as well as homelessness prevention. if it were not for the city of san francisco who gave us the money to start this program, we would not be here. i am very grateful to the city of san francisco. our sustainable plan is to see more funding so this program can grow, providing homelessness prevention services to the greater community has been such a big need to. as you know, we are seeing the numbers of homelessness increase our brothers and sisters are suffering every day on the streets. there are many who are not even counted. there are families living in their home, up to 20 people in a small space and they are often

not counted. i would suggest to you that we have to work together, along with the city, and other nonprofits in our community, and our business community. those private-sector communities , to come together and solve the problem. none of us can do it alone. i am grateful to the mayor because i know she is committed to helping us solve this critical problem. bless you all for being here. we serve everyone. i want to make sure everyone knows that. we do not discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation , or faith or anything else. the catholic charities are here for everyone. it is a safe space. we will always be a safe space. 116 years in san francisco and in the greater area, 153. we expect to be here for another 150 years plus. again, i'm grateful for your presence, your endorsement, your support, and mayor breed,,

please honor us with your words. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i want to start by thanking catholic charities for their 150 years of work and services in the community, but more importantly, their willingness to step up and manage this incredible center that is going to be an incredible resource for , not only, sadly, some of our homeless families were struggling on our streets, but also our immigrant community. with the services that will be provided. as we sadly know, we have a president, who every single day, is attacking our immigrant community and here in san francisco, despite the attacks and despite the threats that come our way, we will continue to stand strong and provide resources and support to our immigrant community, for our people who are san franciscans, because sadly, we are under attack as a city and we will

continue to do what's necessary to move the city forward which will include all san franciscans part of doing that is having a coordinated entry system in order to help our families grow and thrive. here at catholic charities, this is one of five locations that provides a place that people who are experiencing homelessness, can come in order to be entered into a system so that we can help people get into shelter or get into permanent housing. already, and i think jeff kaczynski who is running this department of homelessness for the city, can talk to you about the numbers and how amazing this coordinated entry system has been in terms of identifying individuals, tracking individuals and transitioning people into permanent housing. i'm excited about what we've been able to do. because i know that you hear a lot about the numbers and what's going on, and why isn't san

francisco doing enough to address this issue, and the fact is, san francisco is doing a lot to help house people and help get them on the right path. and one of the statistics that you may not hear often enough is we housed about 50 people a week and right behind those 50 people there are another 65 people to take their place. there is a problem around the entire state of california about homelessness. about 24% of the homeless population that exists in the united states is here in the state of california. i'm excited about working on regional solutions for the purpose of addressing this problem. san francisco can't do it alone. but we are lucky that we have incredible partners who are willing to step up to the plate and they are still hiring for this location and looking for great and dedicated people to help facilitate this process and serve the community. in fact, thank you for your

service in working with one of the clients who is here and who is actually working with the homeless population and is housed herself. michelle, in fact was a client and was working with the homeless population and is now housed herself. so this is what is -- what success looks like. it is having a coordinated system and working together, providing the right resources, providing shelters, providing housing, getting rid of the bureaucratic red tape that prevents us from building housing in the first place. i am looking forward to collaborations with all the 90 -- nine d. bay counties to address this challenge. access points cannot only just exist in san francisco, but also throughout the bay area.

we have to build those partnerships so we can help make sure that people are housed, but especially, especially families. people with the children. that is going to be extremely important to move the city forward. i'm happy to be at mission access point, where we will be open and available and working with the community. i want to thank jeff kaczynski and catholic charities and all the people who are actively engaged in helping us and making this place a success for the homeless families, as well as immigrant populations. thank you all so much for being here today. at this time, i would like to introduce the supervisor who represents this district, henry ronen. [applause] -- hillary ronen. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is a very exciting day in the mission district. as you all know the mission district is one of the neighborhoods in the city where

there are more homeless people living on the streets and in their cars in this neighborhood than anywhere else. it is one of the hard-hit neighborhoods. and to finally have an access point right here in the heart of the mission is so incredibly meaningful and it is going to make a big difference in the lives of so many people. i also want to say that catholic charities being the organization housing this important program is also, you know, i don't know if it is luck, it is hard to say luck when there's so much hard work involved. but this is an organization that the mission of community trusts. the mission of community trust this organization because catholic charities have been doing the hard work and neighborhoods for decades. it is known as a safe place to come where the services will be linguistically and culturally sensitive, where they understand

the intersection between several challenges, whether it's someone who is homeless and might be undocumented and might not be in the english dutch and english language speaker, catholic charities knows how to work with a population and make them feel heard, invested, involved, and left. that is why i am particularly excited today. thank you. thank you so much for doing this important work and to all of the staff, thank you so much. i also just want to say that thank you to both the mayor and to jeff kaczynski for creating this coordinated system, finally , in san francisco, we are not reinventing the -- the wheel every single time interact with an individual. that is going to make the services that we provide so much more effective and meaningful because we will know what has been tried before and what did work, what didn't work, and be able to engage. finally, at the home, to one

navigation center and one that has very close -- is very close by, to the shelters in santa maria and santa marta are, and to a new overnight program, the first of its kind that is starting at one avista horace mann school for the students themselves that are experiencing housing and security or homelessness, knowing that they will be able to work in conjunction with the school, with the principal, with the social workers at the school and those families, and get them housed as quickly as possible, because we know it's criminal for over 2,000 students in our public school system to be homeless. we have to fix that yesterday. can we know that this coordination between the overnight program and catholic charities running the access point in the mission, that we will be able to do that. congratulations and thank you so much. [applause]

>> okay. thank you, mayor breed and thank you supervisor ronen. i was going to do introductions of both of our speakers so i will do this backwards and thank mayor breed for her leadership on supporting coordinated entry, which is really revolutionizing the way that we address homelessness in san francisco. will be able to help more people more effectively and eliminate waiting lists and really direct people towards services and resources that will help them move beyond homelessness or prevent them from becoming homeless and the first place. mayor breed has been a really incredible champion of this and we are very grateful to her leadership, and i also wanted to acknowledge that supervisor ronen has been very instrumental in bringing resources to the entire city, but especially into the mission district, helping raise $10 million at the state level to open up two new navigation centres. and more importantly than that, saying yes to navigation centres

in her district and working with her constituents to help them support bringing services like the access point or navigation centres into her district. thank you very much for your leadership. and of course, to everybody at catholic charities to do such amazing work every day. now he is my pleasure to introduce another part of the catholic charities family. ellen, who has a few words for us. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you everyone. good morning. i am the senior division director for catholic charities. it's my pleasure to welcome everyone and open this site. it has been a work of beauty and pleasure to finally have us open i do want to thank our c.e.o. and all the staff who i work with day in and day out to our dedicated to serve our clients

in the best way possible. we are an accredited organization. our standard of care follows best practices and we are truly blessed with being able to provide the best services and the highest quality care for our clients. i also want to say, thanks to all the staff. this focuses us on hope and the tangible ways we can actively hope -- help our vulnerable neighbors thrive with dignity and self-determination. with the city and all of our other collaborative partners, we are focused on problem-solving. solving the problem of homelessness, and ending cycles of homelessness forever. that is our goal at catholic charities. we use problem-solving in our coordinated entry systems in order to end homelessness. we engage everyone in an

equitable and community-based, solution oriented practice. where we acknowledge and give people opportunity to stand up and walk on their own to be empowered to us use our tools so they can sign -- find their way in their lives and support their own children to thrive. i am honored today to introduce a client who we have served through our bayview access point site and our s.f. home homelessness prevention program. our sister program in the bayview has been open for a year now, which is really exciting, and hopefully we will have a birthday celebration there sometime soon. it does the same work. we do outreach in the communities, so we go out teen vans and find families that need our help and bring them into do the problem-solving and the coordinated entry care.

his of the client is here today. i think you've already seen her. michelle english. she is a catholic charities client who, with the guidance of our staff and the services at the bayview access point and s.f. home programs, was able to prevent homelessness, find stability, rebuild her life, and remained with her beloved 8 -year-old daughter, samara. did i get that right? so maia. i knew i would do that. with the stability of a home and a job now, she plans to become a sign language interpreter and pay it forward. please congratulate her and welcome her. [applause] >> how is everybody. first and foremost, i want to say thank you. everybody and jesus, i love you guys so much because without the

consistency of it all, i don't feel like i would have accomplished everything. access point and bayview, people get discouraged in the neighborhood and it is not what it is kept up just cracked up to be. the people inside a very welcoming and loving, like you feel welcome and from the time that i've been there and the time that lady has been assigned to my case has been nothing just greatness. when i feel like giving up and finding somewhere to live, they continue to keep pushing. i did some footwork but i owe them everything. they do the majority of the footwork. i don't really know what else to say, but it is a blessing and if we can keep utilizing the things that are out there. just know that you can reach out

for help. i am big on pride i was allergic -- working at a homeless shelter the whole time i was home. i don't want to step out on myself and go ask for help but i asked for help and i received it so the lesson now is i am able to walk into my home with my baby and she's so happy and i'm just thankful. [applause] >> thank you all very much for joining us today. i believe there's refreshments in the room over here. thank you again.

>> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the land use and transportation committee meeting. i am katey tang, the chair, and i am joined by supervisor sandra fewer and ahsha safai. madam clerk, are there any announcements?

>>clerk: yes. [agenda item read] >> supervisor tang: thank you. can you please call item one? >>clerk: yes. item one is receiving from or conferring with or receiving advice from the city attorney under codes regarding anticipated litigation in which the city would be a defendant. >> supervisor tang: all right. and at this time, i'd like to see if there's any members of the public who would like to speak for public comment on item one. okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor tang: colleagues, can we get a motion to convene in closed session? >>

>>clerk: we're now back in open session. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. so i just want to let the public know that this committee took no action during your closed session. can we get a motion to not disclose what occurred during closed session? >> supervisor fewer: move to not disclose.

>> supervisor tang: we'll do that without objection. okay. madam clerk, next item, please. >>clerk: is there a motion to file the hearing? >> supervisor tang: yes, a motion to file the hearing. >>clerk: yes. >> supervisor tang: okay. we'll do that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor tang: next item, please. [agenda item read] >> supervisor tang: thank you very much, and we do apologize our closed session took longer than expected. i do think there should be someone from supervisor brown's office, and she is right outside, and we will give her a minute to join us.

thank you. we're now joined by supervisor brown. again, thank you so much for your patience. >> supervisor brown: thank you very much, chair kim, and supervisor -- i mean, chair tang and supervisor kim and safai. last week, i introduced legislation for the divisadero and fillmore n.c.t.s, and it was

to figure out the affordability percentage of these projects. i have actually two projects. one's going to the board -- to the planning department november 8, and the other one is coming down the pipeline. this is the mayor's -- is extending the site plan for these two developments for 18 months and throughout the city, that i needed to set this affordable rate as soon as possible. so as i said, one is coming on thursday, and it is actually grandfathered in at 13.5%, and the other one is grandfathered in at 18. so today, what the legislation will do, the divise adoadero, t

are the ones that will be coming with 12% in the pipeline with 55% a.m.i., four 80% of a.m.i., and four, 120% a.m.i. it is really needed in my district. we don't have a lot of housing development west of divisadero -- or actually west of laguna, so i'm excited about this. the n.c.t., when it was rezoned, it let developments actually become denser without raising the height, so we're able to get more affordable units in these n.c.t.s. but one of the things i am doing is i am taking off the fillmore n.c.t. and one of the reasons is that the fillmore is only 50 feet, and because it's only 50 feet in

height, it's almost impossible for a developer to actually be able to put the density in there and make it work. so i'm actually going to go back out to the fillmore neighborhood and talk to them about actually going higher. divisadero neighborhood did not want to go over 65 feet. that is what they're zoned for, but i think the father-in-lillm neighborhood is much more open to it. there are some neighborhoods in the fillmore, and that is the western addition a-2 development that have 130 feet height. so i have taken off the fillmore n.c.t. portion of this and then just left the divisadero. so i'm asking this to go to the full board. i've had many community meetings throughout many different groups in the neighborhood and also the

fillmore, and i've also just had a meeting last thursday with the affordable divisadero, and i have also planning here -- jacob from planning here to -- to address any of the more technical questions that we may have, but i really appreciate your vote to -- to have this go through. i'm really excited that we're able to have this many affordable units in district five, and also, it was in the paper lining ul the fillmore heritage center with the san francisco -- lining up the fillmore heritage center with the san francisco leadership center and the housing development -- the housing development group will be doing affordable housing workshops to get the neighbors through that process. and we also have workforce academies going in for the neighborhood that they'll be doing that. and then, also, free city

college. so we're going to actually have a large community hub going on in the fillmore heritage, and i'm excited about that because that will get people ready for this development -- these developments coming through the western addition, that they can apply and actually get this affordable housing. if anyone has any questions, i'm ready to answer those. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. colleagues, questions, comments? all right. seeing none, would planning like to make another presentation? okay. let's go to public comment on item 2. any members of the public wishing to speak on item 2, please come on up. >> good afternoon, chair tang and members of the land use committee. my name is gus martinez -- first

of all, i just want to acknowledge that it was affordable diviz who initially requested this legislation, and we are very happy to see it moving forward. we did have concerns that we expressed last hearing, and i kind of want to summarize our concerns. so we request the following amendments to this legislation, please. number one, restore fillmore back into the legislation at the same time rate of affordable housing at divisadero. striking fillmore from this corrective housing legislation is fundamentally unfair. it gives developers increased density on fillmore without requiring anything back for the community. number two, we request that you include in this legislation the provisions from home-sf regarding unit mix, unit size, and unit price. number three, index required to appeared along with the citywide

baseline. as you know, every year, the city baseline goes up 18%, 19%, and the development leaves divisadero at 23%, eventually, it'll catch up. for current and future projects, require a minimum of 12% for the lowest income bracket affordable housing, 55% a.m.i. currently, it's 12% for the current projects but 10% for the future projects, and we believe there should be parity between both. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is robert. i live in lower haight. i just wanted to say that over the last two months, when i went

to supervisor brown's community meetings, i went dozens of people express support for increased affordable, express support for the development this would support. i want to stress that housing delayed is housing denied. right now, there are zero affordable units being developed right now. and i don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water if we squabble over a few units at a time. we need comprehensive affordablity reform. we need to build, we just need reliable rules for development to go forward. if we want affordable units, we need to set rules that will be predictable. we need predictable out comes. we just need a predictable process. haggling over individual

projects, individual percentages is generally a waste of everyone's time here, and the people that -- the -- there are thousands of people on the list of -- the waiting list waiting for affordable units, and the more we squabble over a few units at a time, there's still nothing being built, so thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisor tang, supervisor kim, supervisor brown, and supervisor -- well, i g guess ahsha is missing, but he'll be back. my name is lisa brown, and i live just a few blocks away from the proposed development. i'm here to speak in support of this but it will increase housing in the divisadero, and

my neighborhood, and more homes equals more residents and more business and revenue for our local merchants. my entire working life here in san francisco has been in developing local neighborhood economic development, and i very much believe that the more housing that we can build, the better off we're going to be. the housing shortage is hurting our community, and we desperately need new housing especially in transit rich areas like divisadero. so this legislation is a practical way to address the on-site affordability requirement while allowing these projects to remain economically feasible. i support this as much as i can with the highest number of subsidized housing affordable. so please support this. thank you so much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is martin munoz, and i live on oak street in the lower haight. i'm here to support the projects

before you today. i'm also here to remind the board that i've been to two well attended community meetings, and the last land use meeting where we discussed this item. so i was surprised in the last meeting when people was saying there was not adequate community outreach because i was there, and that's simply not true. in more general terms, i want to talk about this broken process that we're talking about today. beyond this process happening during working people are unable to take any time off of work to participate, i've read recently that the housing pipeline is experiencing a cooling off as of late. what will happen to our inclusionary when there's significantly less housing being built in we're spending time fighting with private developers who are offering more inclusionary units than required by law and quarrelling on a project by project basis that we are fully missing the big picture. next thing you know when we hit

another recession or the pipeline dries up, there will be no money leftover to build affordable housing. we need to step up as a city and get serious. i'd love to see the board of supervisors introduce a record breaking affordable housing initiative that includes an affordable zoning overlay across the entire city. we should be building buy right dense, 100% affordable housing across the city. i am sick and tired of central neighborhoods like the mission and soma experiencing extreme gentrification. we need social housing now, and we need it everywhere. what happened to the affordable senior housing in forest hill is unconscionable and shameful. in summary, i fully support these -- >> supervisor tang: thank you. next speaker, please.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is kathy draske, and i've lived over on broad rick street between page and oak for 14 years. i'm a photographer and aphy fil maker and one of my projects has been documenting the changes on divisadero. i've been taking videos there since 2004 and making films there since 2012. we've seen many changes in divisadero over the years, but one we have not seen is more housing. we need more housing, and i'm very excited about these new developments, especially if they're going to allow for more affordable and below market rate housing to keep some of our neighborhoods in the community because that is what makes our community so fantastic is the people. so i'd like you to consider adding more housing and going forward with these developments.

thank you. >> greetings, supervisors. my name is tamika. i am here again, i am here again in support of affordable housing. native, i'm a san francisco native and truly, true low honored to just everyone who actually spoke before me. thank you, and it just feels good to know that people think like you, care about you because i am actually that face, i am that person born and raised in a community that, like i said last time, would love to just basically continue to live and work here, and it is crucial, it is key that we definitely take the time out to understand everything that everyone said here today. affordable housing is a must. it is needed, and i thank supervisor brown so kindly for definitely going into the

trenches and actually doing the work, and as the gentleman said before me, definitely attending the meetings, the community members and making sure that community members are aware and moving forward, making sure that those that definitely need housing that are aware and are well informed of this affordable housing. so yes, thank you, and just -- just hope to have this move forward, you know? this is very key, it is crucial, and as i said again, as a san franciscan, wanting to see affordable housing and not having to beg and just kind of this dream, you know? just hoping my dream can come true, wanting to live here and do the community work that i've been doing for all of my life, all of my life. so very thankful. thank you all, and hopefully, you'll be making a wonderful decision in moving forward so that we can house people and

make sure that we get more affordable housing out. peace and blessing. [please stand by]

>> i believe this space here so i don't have to blow it. you will have to go to that buzzer to have the sheriff come at me. stay tuned. you will see the t.v. more than you expect. just like chump. he is rich and white. we are here at city hall but i call it silly hall. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm tessa welborn. i want to say that affordable has had community meetings over the past three years and that we feel our actions have helped bring the kind of community support that valley brown is able to build on and we appreciate that. we are getting closer to getting

these projects built. the five items that hernandez mentions about restoring the fillmore, i want to say, i appreciate that more work could be done in the fillmore but it is not just fillmore street. fillmore covers a block on either side of fillmore too. putting it back in now would be a good idea before we look at ways to tinker with it further. including the home s.f. provisions that supervisor tang worked so hard on with regard to unit mix and unit size. we know that affordable housing includes many different things and b.m.r. units only hit a certain kind of middle class income level. we appreciate that we need the other pieces as well and appreciate that you are working

on those too. i also want to remind people that there are a lot of housing, even in our district five, that has been approved and isn't being built. i encourage our supervisor to look into seeing what needs to be done to get those kick started. but for many people, the affordable housing is going to have to be the subsidized housing. b.m.r. will not be at their income level. i am fortunate enough to be where i am as a homeowner. i want to keep my neighbors and my friends in the community too. thank you. >> thank you, very much. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor brown, do you have any other remarks? >> i want to thank everyone for coming out today and i am sorry we have meetings in the middle of the day. i am sorry. i know. i know it is easier to come out

after work. but i feel this is really important and i appreciate everyone that has been working on this. everyone that has been putting volunteer hours in coming to the meetings. a mean so much to me. i cannot do this alone. i need the community to guide me through what is best for the community. also with these developments, we get to use neighborhood preference which is huge. people from the neighborhood will be able to apply for this and 40% of affordable housing will go to people from the neighborhood. that makes it much more special for me. i want to say thank you and thank you to my colleagues for considering this. >> thank you, supervisor, supervisor brown. supervisor kim? >> i just want to thank supervisor brown. it is clear that you did a lot of work in the community to bring this forward to us and i know that this ordinance has

been pending for quite a period of time at the board of supervisors. it is great that it is finally coming to completion. i want to commend you for the high level of affordability that are included in this plan. i understand that while there may be a little less low income, that often supervisors will press for a little bit more middle income housing. i am supportive of that. i want to note that you vastly increase -- increase the site fees and off site units and even her projects of ten and above. that is a significant increase that is currently in 415. i hope you will continue to work on the fillmore and i echo some of the concerns that were made here today. i think we should talk about increased density along the fillmore so we can build not just more housing but more affordable housing as well. >> thank you. >> i want to thank supervisor brown. i know she has put a lot of work into this. i think that sometimes there is

a false narrative. that false narrative is people get a number in their head and they believe that number is the number that should be applied everywhere across the city. the reality is some projects are at different phases in their life in terms of development process and if you have done tremendous scrutiny, you have pushed the numbers to the point where you can push them and you have asked everyone to show their books. i know you have. at the end of the day, the question becomes do you fundamentally want to see development? do you want to see more affordable housing? or do you want to zero? i think that, it is not always that clear. at some point, projects can't move forward if you ask them to do too much. this body has, in the past, worked on and extracted community benefits and/or higher levels of inclusionary housing from developments that we know

will never get built this is just increased dramatically over the last five years. they are continuing to go up. at some point, we will not see any development and i know that some people would prefer that i know that this housing crisis in this city is real and the choice between a significant amount of affordable housing at different levels, which i think, i'm fundamentally in support of and we worked long and hard to increase that. and also, let's not forget that these projects were grandfathered and. by right they had much lower levels of affordability. you push that to a higher level. i commend you for that and i am in support of this today. >> thank you, very much. do we have a motion on item two? >> i will make the motion to move this forward recommendation to the full board. >> ok.

item three, please. >> it is an ordinance amending the planning code and the zoning map to establish the special use district and affirming appropriate findings. >> thank you. i don't know if someone is here from supervisor fewer's office at the moment. >> he was just in the well. >> are you going to come and speak? >> i thought may be he thought -- >> i can speak. sorry. my apologies. i will make supervisor fewer's points today. supervisor fewer introduces legislation to create the special use district at the request of st. peter's episcopal church who wanted to renovate the building and the rear yard of their lot and lease the space to the community survey nonprofits. supervisor fewer felt it would be much better for the structure to be revitalized and used to

serve the community rather than allow a derelict building to fall into disrepair. she also agreed to a proposal on the condition that they would do outreach to the neighbors in regards to the plan and mitigate any concerns that they may have. supervisor fewer is sensitive to concerns that this could potentially have parking and trapping dust traffic impacts on the residential neighborhoods which is why she wants to ensure that it is a special use district and would be exclusively for administrative offset -- office use with no direct services provided on site limiting this project will prevent the influx of traffic that would result if people were visiting the site throughout the day to receive services. as such, supervisor fewer asked me to introduce an amendment to make it clear that no on site services will be allowed and the amendment is on page 3, line five stating that the use of permitted by subsection d. one shall not provide services or sales directly to the general public in the 43029