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celebrating today because all of us were part of fighting for folsom to be part of the city affordable housing. i want to thank our funders. san francisco mayor's office of housing and community development. u.s. bank for believing in us in construction financing and equity investment, california tax credit allocation committee and strategic growth counsel. we're using cap and trade dollars that will fund this development and bearing for permanent fitnessing. i like to introduce mayor breeder for her continued support for affordable housing. >> mayor breed: thank you. i'm really excited to be here today. this is a long time coming. i know that the mission
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community has tried to push for more affordable housing and it's taken years to get to a point where we're going to build 127 units on this site and we know that there are six affordable housing projects in the pipeline. today, in my state of the city address, i talked about taking a charter amendment to the ballot. sonjso we can do projects liking this faster. it shouldn't take years to gets a project that is 100% affordable housing done anywhere in the city. people need housing now and this will give us an opportunity to make sure that it doesn't take years reverend fong. i know you're ready to build it. i they're ready to be incredible community partners so that we have more housing in this particular community. more importantly, when we buildabuilding a housing, 40% be
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of the work we did years ago to pass neighborhood preference legislation. 40% of the units built in any affordable housing built in this community will go to the residents of this community first. that is significant. now supervisor ronan won't get all those compliments from her residents about folks who may not have access. we're going to make sure that the resources are provided so that the residents are submitting applications for the affordable housing that's built in your community. i'm so indicated. i'm always excited when there's an opportunity to break ground on a new project, especially because incredible partnerships that exist. we know there's more work to be done. not just with building new housing but preserving the
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existing affordable housing stock. we will continue to invest in our small size acquisition program so that we can acquire building and keep people housed and keep those buildings permanently affordable. we will continue to do all we can to coordinate with this community, to obtain more site and to make sure that we're investing in more affordable housing. the city is not done the best job of building housing period. we can do better. we are do better. we are do a better job of nation thesinmaking these right invest. working together, i know there's nothing we won't be able to do in our city. some of you may also have heard about the $300 million affordable housing bond that we are going to bring to the ballot soon. the goal is to make sure that when we need support for projects like this, they don't have to wait years.
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they don't have to wait too long. we are going to get some things done in san francisco and this project, as we all know, which is taken long time, it's going to be completed and going to be an incredible addition to this community, we want to make sure that we continue in this direction and same spirit and that the housing that's built in the mission is for the residents of the mission. thank you all so much for having me here today. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. when meta to take affordable housing crises in the mission we needed to partner with an expert in the field. teaming up with chinatown cdc was a right choice. i like to invite executive director reverend norman fong to the podium.
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>> i'm supposed to thank everybody, she already did it. i'm supposed to introduce the mayor, she already did it. we're going to do it together now. people blessing, just repeat after me. we want to bless this project. you can yell, all right. peace! wall ping! justice! love, peace, justice and love. it's an honor from chinatown to the mission, working together like this and there's so much love and advocacy that put us together. i love it.
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we're going to do the shovel thing now. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! >> give me something here. >> i want to say congratulations. this is amazing. we are so excited. >> thank you supervisor ronan. i'm going to hand it over to preston. >> we're going to continue on with the program folks. preston here again with chinatown. it's an honor and so grateful to
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be standing in front of you guys today representing this wonderful partnership. i joined the project last fall. i've been getting more and more excited about the work we're doing here. we're not only building a construction, 127 units of new affordable housing, we're also able to permanently preserve three nonprofit tenants here in the mission. good samaritan family resource centre and mission graduates. i like to introduce marilyn to the stage. >> please come up to support me.
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to thank the ancestors for taking care of this land and the creek below us. this particular victory is an example of the power of organizing, conviction and the success of demanding for more affordable housing. landlords won't stop evicting outrageously raising prices because greed knows no bound. it tiptoes quietly in the background while the rest of us are left to fight for crumbs to live in tha this city. take a moment to think of of loved one, neighbor, friend, acquaintance that have been displaced or lived in fear on a daily base.
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gentrification kills. there's stories into the spirit of this space about two men targeted by gentrification. the market is not here to build community, it's it destroys and breaks spirit. my friend was killed because of gentrification by the tools that makes gentrification possible and police brutality. they should be here today. when i see their names, [indiscernible] [speaking foreign language] this lot was won by organizing by creativity, by vision, by
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love and community. when we hear that affordable housing is not possible, here's what we show the nonbelievers, that it is possible here. 2060 folsom. that doesn't include the mission. our demand don't stop here. we are well aware there's more gentrification coming and not enough affordable housing to resist it. laws that aren't strong enough to the protect us. we have people power, abundance of hope and history of winning and this abundance goes on for generations, moving hearts and minds along the way.
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this richness, this profound energy of community will win us more affordable housing without compromise. everyday people can and have shaped our neighborhoods, that the mission. it is happening. you have to hear us and let us lead. we build by community design. we will defeat the monster and the mission and we will build 100% affordable housing on 16th and mission. we are fuel it with people power without compromise and led by our community. thank you. >> thank you so much. thank you for that heart felt
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speech. next up, i like to introduce mario from good samaritan family resource centre. >> thank you. that's a hard act to follow. i'm going to follow your lead. i would like to ask staff to join me please. please come up. good afternoon everyone i'm the executive director of good samaritan family resource centre. this is a beautiful day. i was speaking to reverend fong earlier, he was praying we wouldn't be sitting in the rain now. i grew up in the city in this neighborhood. we know that in the mission, we need the sun, we get it. the sun always shines on the mission.
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first i want to convey our sincerist thanks to the great meta team and the city and county of san francisco for county of san francisco for inviting us to be part ofa project. we know that for low income families in san francisco, there are two greatest challenges are cost of housing and theç cost d access for affordable early care and education. good samaritan is excited we'll be able to open new child development at this site. we're so honored to be por partf this mission. i want to thank our district supervisor and the mayor who had to leave, i know you share our hope that san francisco can be a city where all children and families can live and thrive. not just the fortunate few. that's what we're fighting for.
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we stand with you and i know together we'll achieve that vision. this is the first step to achieving vision. last and most importantly, i want to thank our community. the hard working parents who struggle each and everyday just to survive to stay in the city. we know what your sacrifices are. they are here. they are the ones who inspire us, all of us to achieve a city can truly be prosperous for all. all i can say is, thank you for your struggle and this project is for you. thank you again. [applause] >> thank you mario. last but not least, we have mission graduates. i like to introduce eddie
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coffman. >> all right. hello everyone. i'm eddy coffman i'm executive director of mission graduates. we as an organization are dedicated to ensuring that more student from the mission are prepared for and complete a college education each year. i want to thank hillary ronan and mayor breed and ccdc and the mayor's office of housing and community development for committing to the mission and to the nonprofits that worked daily to support the lives of mission students and families. we believe that higher education is the strongest tool we have to level the playing field for latino youth and families. mission graduates focuses on the whole family through our pipeline of services from kindergarten through college. casa will be a permanent home here in the mission that will allow us to continue to grow and
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serve more youth and students each year. joining me today are students from our elementary school, middle school and high school college access program as well as some of our parent leaders from our parent engagement program. we're all here to celebrate our new home. tonight, we're taking the first step to ensure that mission graduates continues to serve the mission district for the next 50 years. as a partner if this innovative housing development, mission graduates will be able to expand our programming, to ensure that more students not only graduate from college but find meaningful careers that will allow them to remain here in the mission. we're excited about this partnership aknow that together we can emphasize college as a means for economic equity and strengthen the fabric of our community. together, we look it make college the expectation, not the exception for mission youth and their families. thank you.
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>> can we get another round of applause? good samaritan family resource centre and mission grads? now we heard from some of the community partners, none of thus gets built without money pipelike to as.i like to ask liz come up to speak on behalf of u.s. bank. >> thank you reverend. hello i'm lisa gutierrez from u.s. bank. we are very excited to be here to celebrate the groundbreaking of casa, u.s. bank is proud to partner with economic agency and chinatown cdc to provide housing and services to vibrant
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neighborhood in the mission district. as a financing partner, u.s. bank provided commitment of $51 million in construction financing and $39 million in low income housing tax credit equity. as you can see by the agenda, financing partners, it takes a village to close a transaction of this magnitude. hats off to the team. this one was a feat at the end of the year. with that, i like to thank a few of my u.s. bank teammates in the audience here who play a role in this project. u.s. bank, we believe in community possible, which is the foundation for how we provide time and resources in the communities that we serve. community possible focuses on u.s. bank community investments in three pillars, which is home, work and play. the building blocks of all
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thriving communities where all things are possible. but the foundation is home and without a safe affordable place to rest your head, it feels impossible to move forward. casa embodies all u.s. bank three pillars with affordable housing and rent burden cities, education enrichment programs with good samaritan, and access to this beautiful park where children can play and families with gather. on behalf of u.s. bank, we are honored to be a partner ton this project and can't wait for move-in day which is one of my favorites to celebrate with newest residents. thank you all. >> thank you lisa. i would like to thank everybody for being here today, today is a historic day for the mission and for san francisco. you're invited to stay around
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and enjoy the beautiful park it's right next door to us. we will like to let you know that we look forward to having you coming back in late 2020 when the building built. it will be 127 homes for families as well as transitional age youth. thank you very much for being here and enjoy. thank you. >> okay. we want to especially knowledge preston and elaine for being the housing project team and also, i think we forgot to mention larkin street are help us too. anyone else? anyone else? >> i believe that shannon dodge, you're here as well in the back.
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it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪] [♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of
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chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle.
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and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the
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culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that
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is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people.
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>> good afternoon. welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for february 4, 2019 i'm aaron peskin joined by council member safai and matthew haney and joined for the first item by supervisor fewerer and -- fewer, do you have announcements? >> clerk: silence electronic devices an items acted upon today will appear on the february 12th, february 4th agenda unless other wise stated. >> read the first item? >> clerk: item one is for annual registration fees at the time of
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registration require annual inspections and affirming appropriate findings. >> commissioner: thank you. we are also joined by supervisor walton. welcome back to the city and county of san francisco. as to the first item i note every board member is a co-sponsor. supervisor fewer, the floor is yours. >> commissioner: thank you. colleagues i'm proud to be moving forward with the legislation to address our problem with vacant storefronts. when i held a hearing last year, i was told by the department of building inspection there were no vacant storefronts registered to my district. you don't have to spend more than five minutes walking down clement corridor to see four or five vacant storefronts on the block and it's worse in other parts of the city. shortly after the hearing my office worked with the residents to identify vacancies and they
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were able to count 156 have a -- vacant storefronts after identifying vacancies my office began to explore legislation to fix this problem. as part of a broader strategy to reduce the number of vacant storefronts city wide, the purpose of the legislation is to increase the accuracy and effectiveness of the existing vacant storefronts and making sure they're promptly identified, registered and monitored to remain safe and avoid hazards and nuisances resulting from being vacant or abandoned. this ordinance will accomplish these goals by doing the following. ensuring all vacant storefronts are promptly identified and registered regardless if the property is available for lease or sale and requiring an annual
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registration fee at the time of registration. clarifying the enforcement process and penalties for failing to register and requiring annual inspections of vacant storefronts to ensure they remain safe and do not pose a hazard. i'd like to thank the commissions for their positive recommendation on the ordinance and all 10 of my colleagues for unanimously co-sponsoring the ordinance. i'll announcing two administrative amendments which came from the recommendations from the code advisory committee they're highlighted on page 4 and drafted for you. the first clarifies the owner of a vacant storefront who rents their storefront prior to the renewal date will be refunded up to half of the registration fee as oppose to a prorated amount. the second change is to allow a third-party licensed professional rather than d.b.i. to conduct the annual inspections and require the
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owner to provide a report to comply with the maintenance of the storefront interior and exterior yo -- to reduce the administrative burden known department. i want to thank d.b.i. for working closely with my staff and on the details to ensure this is sound public policy that would give them the tools they ned to enforce our vacancy ordinance. bill straun is here and available to answer any questions. thank you all and i look forward to having your support on these amendments today. >> commissioner: thank you. there was a third recommendation by the depend of building and inspections by the commission with regard to shutting off utilities that you did not make amounts to.
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are there questions from committee members? nis is your chance? >> thank you, supervisor. yes, as you alluded to the item is already covered in the building code and i think it would be superfluous to add it and the department was pleased to work with the supervisor and many supervisors have made comments about trying to address what is a complicated issue. we're enthusiastic in looking forward to the new version to see if it gets us closer to what we need. >> thank you, mr. straun. the building registry in combination way potential vacancy tax and i know supervisor haney is excited and may help do the trick. are there any members of the public? >> i'll do it after public comment. >> commissioner: are there any
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members of the public that would like to testify on item number one. please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is daniel bergerac and my part-time gig is representing 320 merchants in the castro upper market neighborhood. this appears to be no nonsense legislation and the laws of supply and demand work everywhere exempt for retail space in san francisco which doesn't seem to make sense to me and what also doesn't make sense to me is how nothing is better than something. we have landlords getting nothing for that property and you would think lowering that my only suggestion would be it should be based on linear square footage. and the mima should be playing
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more for their street front and than a small retail unit. thank you. >> commissioner: are there any other members of the public? >> teresa flandrik to support this. north beach is truly affected by a large number of vacancies and also here to ask we have a housing registry to say we need to know what is vacant and what exists and as we are trying to mail out information about tenant rights in terms of seismic retrofit, which say great program, a database does not exist so we cannot access the exact addresses of where people might be living in buildings. there's a list of buildings which is very good however, we have tried to reach out to various organizations,
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departments and the answer is there is not a database that actually has the unit numbers. there are 4,000 buildings that are to be completed by 2020. and the idea of us going out and standing in front of the building and counting off une uts and dropping off mailers is not going to work. so i urge not only a vacancy on special unit registry but also a housing registry please. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i'm here to speak in favor of the legislation. thank you, supervisors for putting it forward. thank you, sandra. really appreciate this. we counted 90 vacant storefronts in the tenderloin and it may be
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higher. that's just our be in the not d6. somehow or another d.b.i. only registered 25 vacant storefronts is what the article said in 2015 or 2016. i'm trying to remember the number but it's in that ballpark. one of my questions is in this legislation or as we move forward, is there a piece of this that's going to require a city wide survey this and see if the list matching? clearly there's a bigger problem than what the city shows say problem. i want to make sure we're
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getting good checks and balances on that and do strongly support moving forward on the vacancy tax as we go forward to really ensure we get better compliance and thank you for your time. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. steven cornell. this is a complicated issue. it's not that easy. i am in favor of trying to do something and i think the amount for the inspection doesn't need to be done and every commercial building needs to have their windows 60% clear up to four feet throughout the building. why this can't be enforced i
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don't understand. one of the largest landlords is not following this and because a building on third street way restaurant and the double the rent. the restaurant moved out and it took two and a half years to get it refilled and the building is the garage on third street owned by the city. there's a landlord that does the same thing and if they can't rent them they put another city agency in. on stores that look vacant, when i got off the streetcar today i went up vaness and there were
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windos blocked out. the city can't do it themselves, why make the rest of us do it? thank you. >> commissioner: good point, mr. cornell. next speaker, please. >> i'm felicia and a homeless advocate. i'm in support of this legislation because i'm one of the people who did the vasurvey poke street to mason street and counted more than 90 retail businesses empty. and if we have it filled there won't be as much as crime around because there'll be more people so we need to get it taken care of. >> commissioner: thank you. are there any other members of
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the public that would like to testify on this? please come forward. >> good afternoon, my name is mel batle. there are many seniors afraid to go through the tenderloin. this effort is going to correct a number of the problems that we faced. we don't have to be afraid of being assaulted. on the sidewalk the stores are empty and no one's doing anything about it. we are in support of this legislation and hope it gets acted on very fast.
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thank you. >> commissioner: seeing no other members of the public on this item we will close public comment. supervisor safai. >> thank you, chair and supervisor fewer for putting this legislation forward. part of the reason i'm in office is because many of people in my district were frustrate with the vacan vaccancies and empty storefronted. i'd like to echo the sentiment there should be a base amount based on storefrontage. if you're a normal 25 x 100 lot
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you should pay the base amount you proposed but if you occupy a larger amount of square footage on the storefront it should go up based on percentage. that's fair. supervisor peskin. >> commissioner: i don't think you can do that as a matter of law. that would be a tax as opposed to a fee which is only approvable by the voters. a fee is a function of how much it costs the city to operate, maintain and inspect. supervisor am i give bad advice. >> deputy city attorney, john gibner. the fee has to be tiefd to the city -- tide to the city's cost of the program. i don't know if there would be additional cost to the city in terms of inspecting larger properties with more vacant storefronts. that's something d.b.i. and the
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controller can look at. >> commissioner: i'd imagine the cost associated with administering the program wouldn't just be based on the actual number of places but there should be a cost associated with looking at the size of the property. i don't know if the sponsor was amenable maybe we can ask d.b.i. to look into that. that's one thing and this is something we heard on the land use and transportation committee for years but the issue of lighting, a lot of the storefron storefronts not only have they abandoned and unoccupied but don't have proper level of lighting. i wonder if there's a way we could look into having some of this fee be associated with or maybe a small percentage of it abated based on lighting if
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lighting were provided. if the storefront owner did provide lighting though the storefront was inactive and shown to be a significant amount maybe that could be abated those are my two comments otherwise it's important. first, i'd like to know the exact number of empty storefronts in my district and what steps have been taken and the fees would go into a fund. that would help the city. thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, chair peskin and supervisor fewer for your leadership and one we're concerned about since we have 10 co-sponsors.
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i want to thank the folks that came in from my community in the tenderloin and district 6 to speak out on this. as you haireard this has consequences for the city of san francisco and parts of district 6 and tenderloin and market it has a close relationship to public safety. when we have blocks that have numerous vaccancies it can create environments where there's more drug dealing and problems that come with that. i'm excited about what this can do for economic vitality of our city and commercial corridors and for the impact of public safety. i have a question which is something i've been exploring in my office and i wonder if it is in some way covered by this legislation at least in part. there's the issue of commercial
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storefronts. we through district 6 have a challenge of essentially vacant land. vacant parcels that are sitting there either under utilized or not used at all. in some cases we looked into a few where they've been that way for a long period of time and boarded up. there's particular uses for those parcels but they're not happening. for example, we have in the tenderloin designated for a parking lot but no cars ever park there. it's essentially a vacant commercial property in that way. i wonder if as part of that registry, we also are looking at other types of vacant or under utilized or abandoned lots that may not exactly be storefronts or is that something would not
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be covered by this and we would need some additional legislative solutions where we have a registry but not registered storefront. >> commissioner: supervisor fewer, would you like to respond? >> thank you. that is something we should look to that because it didn't allow the commercial corridors they're on to make their full potential. i'd like to quote from an e-mail we received from d.b.i. february 1. it called looking at our most recent quarterly update a total of 507 on the list with 64 registered and 3 of the 64 that did so as a self-registration.
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the overwhelming majority of vacant storefront owners still do not registered even when post with a notice of violation and only a tiny fraction of those registered did so without our current complaint-driven process. so i am thrilled my colleagues have signed on. i think it will make a difference. it's needed at this time. this complements the mayor's legislation introduced with supervisor brown as it helps with flexibility to rent out commercial spaces but also to have expedite some of the permitting processes. so this i guess we can sort of classify as the stick and the mayor is looking at incentives. thank you, colleagues. i look forward to your continued support. we also would like to have a hearing after this to make sure
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what the results are and whether or not more money needs to be allocated to d.b.i. after all these people are now registering their vacant storefront and maybe the fee would go up. thank you. >> commissioner: the definition here does not include a vacant lot only vacant or abandoned commercial storefront but i'd refer you to the blight ordinance on the books as well as to oakland's recent passage of a vacancy act aimed at incentivizing people to develop on vacant parcels. have that conversation with you offline. with that is there an amendment to move supervisor fewer's moves. >> so moved. >> commissioner: we can take
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that without objection. i assume they're substantial amendments given it's shifting it out of d.b.i. and to the property owner and would require a one-week continuance? >> the amendment substantive and believe they require more than a one-week continuance to allow the clerk to issue a new notice. >> commissioner: madame clerk major. >> clerk: are the fees being increased or new fees? >> the fee is being changed in a way that imposes a potentially higher fee on property owners because the automatic refund is being capped. >> clerk: okay. the earliest it can be heard is february 25th. >> commissioner: you need a 10-day fee notice? >> clerk: yes. >> commissioner: if did you that february 11, there's no meeting on the 18th. >> clerk: that's right.
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>> commissioner: that take us to february 25. is that what you just said? >> clerk: yes. >> commissioner: already. is there a motion to continue this item as amended to the land use committee meeting of february 25 made by supervisor safai and without objection. adam clerk. >> clerk: item 2 requires sellers or landlords of real property in san francisco to disclose to buyers or tenants the property is located within the flood risk zone delineated then san francisco public utility commission's storm map aamending the housing code that the report of residential building record include a disclosure statement and amengd appropriate findings. >> commissioner: this is the legislation of our colleague, supervisor yee. i see this from his office a representative. do you want to present the item before we turn it over to staff from the p.u.c.?
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>> good afternoon, supervisors. darlene choi. the legislation is particularly relevant given it is the rainy season and there's many neighborhoods city wide that experience serious flooding due to their topography. supervisor yeee has held many hearing and worked closely with the p.u.c. and there's district 8, 9, 11 and the purpose of this legislation before you today is really to protect consumers and inform them whether the property they are purchased is in a designated flood risk area. this legislation would require property owners to disclose to prospective buyers or tenants whether their property is located on the p.u.c.100 year
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storm flood risk map before the sale or lease of the property. the legislation would also require d.b.i. to include a statement that the property is located on the flood risk map. so we realized there may be some concerns from property owners that maybe considering selling their property in the future. and so sfpuc has done extensive outreach. some efforts were to hold a public hearing to adopt the 100-year flood risk map and s.f. p.u.c. sent mailings to the owners and asked them to review their parcel be listed on this map. en addition to the hearings supervisor yee has held with s.f.
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