>> clerk: welcome to the san francisco planning commission special hearing for thursday, february 7, 2019. before i take roll, i would like to thank prince guthart and mission high school for allowing us to hold this hearing in the auditorium to accommodate the community's request to hold this hearing in the neighborhood. we would also like to thank sfgovtv, the san francisco police department and the sheriff's department for helping us out today. in addition, i would like to thank our communication staff for coordinating the communication, interpretation services, and closed captioning. we would like to remind members of the public that the same rules applied in city hall will apply here. the commission does not tolerate any out bursts of any

kind. please silence any cell phones during the proceedings, and when speaking to the commission, if you care to, please state your name for the record. finally, we would like to conduct public comment in an an ordinarily fashion. we request proponents lineup in the aisle to my right, opponents against the project lineup in the aisle to my left, and anyone with disability or in need of translation services will lineup in the center aisle. we will be alternating between the three aisles. this event has a hard stop at 8:00 p.m. in an attempt to allow everyone to speak, we are allowing the project

jonas eye owe an jonas ionis. so demolition of the existing buildings on the site and commercial parking lots, and new construction of a residential development consisting of three residential buildings over one level of below grade parking and retail. the project would construct

291,000 gross square feet of residential use, 34,000 square feet of retail use, 35,000 gross square feet of parking and loading area. in total, the project would construct a total of 331 dwelling units, 163 off-street parking spaces, including four car share parking spaces, three loading spaces and about 162 class one bicycle parking spaces and 30 class two bicycle parking spaces. in addition, the project would create 3,000 square feet of public open space and 3800 of private and common open space. the baseline affordable housing requirement for this project is about 18% for the total number of units for on-site rental. the project sponsor had submitted a proposal that reads

as such. the requirement of the affordable housing component would be met by entering into an agreement. 46 units would be dedicated to the city and made available for s.r.o. family -- [inaudible] >> -- each year in rental income for the dedicated 46 units, which the rental income would be used to subsidize rent for low-income households. mission district non -- mission. >> commissioner hillis: closer.

>> a mission district -- a mission district nonprofit would oversee leasing of the united. in total, this would provide rental assistance to approximately 205 households. to put this number in comparison by the existing affordable housing properties in the area, the project would create or preserve affordability for a number of households approximately equivalent to those residing in crown hotel, the all-star hotel, and the royale hotel combined, for every 25 market rate rental units proposed, the project would create proposed affordable housing for 18 units. this concludes the staff's presentation, and i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you, mr. sucre. we will now hear from the project sponsor.

>> hello? how's that? no? hello? yeah. hello? hello? hello? all right. good evening, commissioners, and my felly san franciscans who are here today. my name is rogelio. over the past -- and i am -- sorry, a project manager with max muss. over the past few years, we've heard the concerns from the community about this placement and the project for the community. while one project can't solve the process facing the mission

today, as we go through this presentation, you'll see how this proposes to meet some of the demand. 1979 mission will be a benefit to the community and to the city and we're here today to ask for the commission and the public's support. maximum was founded and is based in san francisco. we have nearly 5,000 rental apartment homes exclusively in the bay area. we're long-term owner operators, and with a strong commitment to our development projects and the communities that we serve. as evidenced through our good samaritan leases. at 2005, since parker said, we supported 231 displaced families, including those dismissed from the mission due to unforeseen circumstances like fires.

we're the only landlord to do so in san francisco. we also hold 333 section eight leases, the largest of any landlord in the city, and we have nearly 7,000 homes in the development pipeline, including at parkmerced where we'll be providing impacted residents a brand-new apartment at the same rent controlled rate. 1979 is located at the intersection of 15th and mission street at one of the most important transit hubs, and with the growth of mission bay and chase arena, this is a front door and grate way to the city. 1979 mission today is an underused parcel where no rental apartment exists today. it's anchored by walgreens, and then you have a parking lot along capp street, which actually has a deep restriction attached to it requiring 24 hour security due to the

activities taking there for the past several decades, just steps away from marshall elementary school's playgrounds. no rental resident would be displaced from the site. 1979 mission is the result of our 50 years of san francisco planning process. before b.a.r.t. was completed in the 1970's, a portion of the mission was upzoned to 175 feet. in the 1990's, it upzoned a portion of mission street 105 feet, as well. the project is code compliant -- >> could you slow down because we missed that part that this is a transit hub.

>> president melgar: okay, ma'am, let him continue. >> thank you, president. we recognize that the b.a.r.t. plaza is an important social hub for the community and so we're -- we're proposing no modifications to the plaza itself. rather, we're enlarging it by 40% to make it even more accessible to the people who use it today. we have a number of public realm improvements that we're proposing that we looked at, the cities that have streets planned for. specifically, along capp street, we'll be widening the sidewalk, installing trees and street lighting. additionally, we'll be installing pedestrian bulb outs at 16th and mission as well as

capp and adair. the idea that these improvements will help increase pedestrian advisability, shorten crossing distances and provide a visual cue for vehicles to slow down, providing a safe route to marshall elementary. the ground floor of the project consists of 32,500 square feet of community service retail. when we went to the community, we heard loud and clear the importance of having a pharmacy in site, so we've earmarked 13,000 square feet that'll be for dedicated use as a farmly. with the remaining 24,000 square feet will have a mercado of vendors installed and this'll be operated by a mission nonprofit. a portion of the mercado will be available at deeply subsidized rent or free for mission microbusinesses. once established, they can move onto more traditional spaces in the mercado or a traditional

brick and mortar space. 1979 mission is broken-down into three buildings. the massing of each building has been analyzed and we've modified the building massing appropriately to reduce shadows on marshall elementary school. when we submitted additional plans to planning, we anticipated that the design would evolve based on public feedback. we stepped down the building as it approached marshall elementary school to reduce shadow, and we've also introduced front door stoops so residents will have direct access from their unit onto the street and leaving behind the dead zone and blank walls that are there today. through the feedback that we've received from the community, the mission project has a lot

more warmth and depth. along the massing, we've stepped back the massing from the street level, and that continues around the north edge of the parcel to address shadows on marshall. balconies will rise before the street that will be draped in bougainvillea and be a backdrop for b.a.r.t. we've introduced brick so that the ground -- it grounds itself to 16th street and aligns with the height of the red stone building at 65 feet. our community benefits package includes this community serving retail and existing smeshl tenants will be provided with retail assistance. we'll have the pharmacy and mercado spaces for free or deeply subsidized rent. we'll also be -- maximum will be providing continued support

for mission for all through and after entitlements to further support and serve the mission, and the project will be constructed with 100% union labor with opportunities for local hires so mission district residents can have a job in the mission. over the years, we have proposed several concrete above base code options for housing. our project was proposed by the mayor's office of housing and community development. it provided unprecedented support for people of the mission who the city doesn't otherwise have resources for, specifically those living in s.r.o.s. this proposal would have created 331 total new apartments where none exist today at 1979, 46 which would be affordable and move-in ready the same day as the rest of the building. income generated from those 46 units were estimate today be about $1.15 million which we

would have reinvested into the mission district to provide rent subsidies to stablize another 159 s.r.o.s in perpetuity or through the life of the project. there was proposed through supervisor ronen, but it was rejected. our current proposal is a land dedication. as part of this proposal, 331 total new apartments would still be created at 1979, additionally, we would purchase and dedicate 2675 folsom and 291 mission. our proposal would transform these two sites into 100% affordable homes, and so we would be converting a market rate development into 100% affordable. that would equate to 192 units

of affordable homes, and we would be providing 58% affordable. we also estimate with the city's density bonus an additional 114 units could be provided on-site or at these two additional sites for a total of 306 100% affordable homes. in a few moments, you're going to hear from our opposition, and we want to shed some light on what we understand about the marvel. the first is that the land isn't for sale. the second is no funds have been identified -- >> president melgar: your time is up. >> clerk: excuse me, folks, we don't need any outburst during the hearing. >> president melgar: i can assure that we will give you time. thank you. so we will now hear from organized opposition to this

project. [applause] >> president melgar: folks? folks? hey, hey, hey. i appreciate your enthusiasm. [applause] >> president melgar: folks, please quiet down. i appreciate the enthusiasm in this community, but we can't have this. and if it happens again, we're going to have to take a five-minute break. if that happens again, we're going to have to stop the meeting. we only have four hours for everybody to speak, so if we have to be quieting people down, it's just not going to work. so i beg you to please just keep it down, and we can have the exuberance after the meeting. thank you.

>> clerk: for those persons who just entered the room, i would like to remind we're going to lineup supporters of the project on the right, opponents on the left, and then those in need of tran lation or support services in the middle aisle, and we'll be alternating between the three for public comment. >> president melgar: ready?

>> welcome to the mission district. i'm the executive director of mission housing. >> buenas tardes. i'm the associate director at the housing rights of san francisco and we are the plaza 16 coalition, a grassroots alliance supported by over 100 agencies, including delores street actions, meta, the women's building, as well as

our stated organizations, we build the community of power most affected by the gentrification process in the mission and support planning processes that support grassroots decision making and the right of people to demand urban policies and practices which support their own security and existence in the neighborhood. we are here to set the record as to why the only suitable development for 1979 mission is 100% deeply affordable housing. >> president melgar: okay. no clapping, people, folks. >> before we speak about the monster in the marvel, let's recognize the current housing situation for what it is. since the year 2000, the mission has lost over 8,000 latin x members of the community, yet the number of people making over 200% of

a.m.i., over $150,000 has more than doubled. working class people of color overwhelmingly are being replaced by very high income earners in this neighborhood. since 2008, 87% of all units built in the mission have been unaffordable. let me repeat that. since 2008, 87% of all units built in the mission have been unaffordable. in 2017, over 87 households applied for 1200 affordable units of housing made available through the mayor's lottery system. a federal report showed last year that even with the significant increase in the housing stock, the city will not experience a meaningful reduction in rental burdens. for the mission, the simulation shows for every 1300 new units built in the neighborhood, the average rent for one-bedroom

apartment would fall by less than $20. plaintiff said continuing to irresponsibly build market rate units will not solve the housing crisis. we must do more as a city to build affordable housing and we must demand from our private developers who have come here seeking riches through land exploitati exploitation. that brings us directly to maximum real estate partners and the monster in the mission. >> maximum, previously known for forced eviction of -- can i get the slide projector, please. maximum, previously known for forced eviction of block and brown families in harlem, new york, and the eviction of section eight tenants and firing are seiu union janitors,

maintenance workers and security guard's here in san francisco have brought us this monster. this monster proposes to build only 14% affordable housing on the project, making this project an 86% ten-story luxury housing development. it includes 161 parking spaces at a major transit hub, adding to congestion, muting any potential transit-oriented benefits, and it moves against san francisco's vision zero initiative. this monster will,ine wi even set backs, cast a shadow for marshall elementary, in the mission district, where for many children, the only outside they get is their playground.

the monster has already been used as a selling point when the grand southern s.r.o. had it in their real estate ad. their project for 1979 mission street doesn't even fit within the parameters of the city mandate due to the 2016 passing of proposition c, which says conclusionary housing rates of 20%, and the beast on bryant, which after community pressure amounted to what is about 40% on-site inclusionary housing. their proposal from november somehow boasted 62%. if you are not built 48 more, equating to 158 more affordable units on-site they cannot claim that math works. that is how deception works. rental subsidies are not the same nor as effective as affordable housing units in response to their other

unsubmitted idea. they can't offer what they don't have. they don't own the access land nor tillman's laundromat. if you want credit for the affordable units, they should build those units. the birth is not useful fore us, and at the end of the day, their monster remains an inadequate and inefficient project. this idea is just another delay and distraction tactic and a coward's threat to take it to the ballot. we cannot and will not accept a future with maximum and their monster. they and corporations like them were the architects and prof profiteers with the project to begin with. this development is out of touch with the needs of the neighborhood. the numbers, policy record and community demand all point to one option: 100% affordable

housing with support services for 1979 mission street which finally brings us to our alternative proposal, the marvel in the mission. >> our commitment to community needs at the 16th street plaza don't end at this monster. our long-term plan is to bring the deeply needed services and housing to the plaza. that is why over a period of nine months we held community meetings and work sessions to truly get at what front line communities impacted by gentrification wanted in their neighborhood. it was overwhelmingly clear, they wanted 100% affordable housing with support services on the ground floor. true to the values espoused by both the planning department and the community alike, we modelled a strong example of how and why a community development developed planning

process is both necessary and functional. this truly democratic process on the foundations of grassroots organizing led us to create the marvel in the mission, an alternate tiff proposal fully envisioned and designed by the communities most impacted by this crisis. here, you can see the proposal. a 100% affordable housing project that would be 100% local hire and union built with support services on-site. a community center, an open space leading toward the marshall elementary school as o opposed to a monster, literally blocking out the sun. this is the housing that can actually be lived in by the workers who built it. recently, we began preliminary discussions with an awarded architecture firm that has experienced building affordable

housing with open green space and experienced building on top of a b.a.r.t. study. we are working through a massing study what a plan buildout would cost as well as planning for the second phase of our community planning process. any development of this magnitude of course will need a funding plan. often these questions are those of political will, especially in a city as full of wealth as san francisco. nonetheless, at this point, we have several opportunities -- options. there are $320 million in the city's housing bond, last week, a pledge for $500 million for housing was nounced. statewide, there are government subsidies and additional government funding we can

explore. the shifts in electoral results which locally resulted in the passage of proposition c, c-1, and 2, all of which prioritized deeply affordable housing. >> president melgar: thank you. [applause] >> president melgar: okay, folks. you can do the wave. please, no clapping. thank you. we will now take public comment from folks. we will start with the middle aisle, and then, we will move counterclockwise. okay. thank you. the first public commenter, please come up. >> clerk: so that would be with the middle aisle needing translation services or support

services. proponents to my right, opponents to my left. >> president melgar: okay. if there's no one in the middle who needs translation or has mobility issues -- [inaudible] >> president melgar: so please, folks, middle aisle is for folks who have mobility issues or who need translation. folks on the left are opponents of the project, folks on the right are proponents of the project. so we will start with the middle aisle. anybody who wants to come up for public comment, who needs translation service or has mobility issues, please come up. >> clerk: so come on up.

come on up. >> president melgar: okay. for the rest of the folks, can you please keep it down so we can hear the interpreter. thank you. [speaking spanish language] >> my name is magaly magalu. i am a volunteer at the mission community center. my son goes to school there.

it's one of the reason why i'm against the monster, and i'm here for la maravilla. and basically, we need the services, we want community services here. we want accessible housing, affordable housing, and again, i say i'm against the monster and i'm here for the -- i vote fo for the maravilla. >> president melgar: thank you very much, maria, so we will now take something from this aisle, and then next. >> commissioners, my name is tim paulsen. i'm a 35-year resident of the mission district. i've been evicted twice over the years and made the good or bad decision of purchasing a house close to 30 years ago even though i didn't want to. today, i'm here because i'm the

second treasurer now of the san francisco building and construction trades council, and we have hundreds of members that live in not just this neighborhood but in this community. housing is -- i think we can all admit -- the biggest crisis next to health care in san francisco and this country. and because of the democratic process that you commissioners are working on right now, we have the opportunity to fight and to talk about affordable housing and to make sure that developers are going to treat workers well and are going to be successful looking at the community and trying to put pieces together. >> president melgar: okay. thank you very much, mr. paulsen. [inaudible] >> president melgar: thank you, mr. paulsen. [inaudible] >> president melgar: thank you. we will now take the next public commenter. >> hi. greetings, commissioners. the reverend monique ortiz and

mission clergy. i'm not sure you know our brother, assad. at the plaza for nine years, we would talk, pray, sing, get to know one another, hundreds of people. it became assad's sanctuary as with hundreds more, and it is a moral fiber of humanity. it's not one religion or one face tradition to take care of those who need us the most. i believe the soul of this city is at stake if we do not do so. as we all know, housing and affordable housing makes a difference between life and death as it did for assad as he was awaiting public housing. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you very much. next speaker from the middle aisle, please.

folks, remember that we only have one minute for public comment on this one. please come on up. [speaking spanish language]

>> hello. thank you for listening to us. my name is araceli lara, and i thank you for your attention. i've actually lived in the area for 20 years, and now i've been displaced. i've been displaced, like the speaker said outside, we're

getting deported from the mission and we've actually lived in the mission and work for the mission, and we belong here, and we've been here for our whole lives, and we need your attention. and we'd like your help, and we believe in you. we want you to help us, the people who are poor, instead of the rich people that are just lining their pockets, and they're coming in the area to do that. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you very much. next speaker from the right side, please. >> see if i can hear. okay, commissioners, so i'll make this quick. my name is tony rodriguez. i represent the fire sprinkler union. i live here, i raised three daughters -- four actually, and they can't afford to buy a house in the city, so they're

staying with us. i'll say one thing. if you think about the staff and really, people here should know this. for every ten people that are coming here, we're building one unit. this unit doesn't displace anybody. they keep talking about change. it's been in the works for how long, and in the meantime, the shortage of housing has gotten worse. so i would ask you to help this project go forward because the shortage of housing can't going to go away, and people talk about financing. i think if the financing was there, this would have happened a while ago. and the last thing i'll say is, like i said, i've been in san francisco by whole life. i used to play down by 16th street. >> president melgar: okay. thank you, mr. rodriguez. >> thank you. >> president melgar: next speaker from the left side. >> hello. i'm katey, and i'm here to

conclude the project from project 16. we understand that market forces are not within the full control of city government but how you respond to them is. we can build affordable housing here. the future is ours to decide. mass displacement is not inevitable, it is a place that people in positions of power choose for our community. we ask that you join with our community in choosing to build a better future. you can choose to build housing in the mission that causes evictions, stress, displacement and stress on an elementary housing or a project that uplifts the community. the marvel represents the future of the housing community, the future of san francisco. make this a reality and help us build it. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you very much. we will now take a speaker from the middle aisle, please.

[speaking spanish language] [through the interpreter]

>> clerk: thank you. your time is up, ma'am. >> good afternoon. my name is maria aviles. i thank you for your attention today, and i want you to know that we're facing a very deep crisis of displacement in the neighborhood in the mission, and especially there are no buildings that benefit the community directly. personally, i don't think i have access to any of the arrangements you present so beautifully in your presentation. the building is beautiful, it's going to look good, and the 80%

is also, but for me, it's not good. >> president melgar: thank you very much. we will take a speaker from the right side. >> hi. my name is bill blackwell. i'm a representative of local 38, plumbers and pipe fitters of san francisco. i don't know that i've ever seen a developer reach out to the public, change its design over and over again to meet the public's need as this developer has. it's been five years in the making. they've done everything they can to outreach to the community and jump through the hoops that everybody has asked them to do, and yet we still keep putting out more. we need more housing in san francisco. i hope you support the building of this project, and thank you very much. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please, from the left side. >> good afternoon. my name's sam moss. i'm the executive director of mission housing development corporation. you know, i was -- i wrote a speech down, i was going to

talk about how, you know, as a developer myself, it's easy for me to say how this is actually fairly horrible in-fill parking, housing, above a b.a.r.t. station, it doesn't sound like transit-oriented development to me, but who knows? but it was actually max muss's slide that said this is the result of 50 years of planning, and they said that in a good way that has caused me to want to point out, that's the result of 50 years of red linings, of racist history that has pitted exclusive single white family homes on the backs of people of color, and this is nothing different. so you know, if you're going to vote for that, you're voting for that history. and i ask you to think about that before you cast, so thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker from the middle aisle, please. [speaking spanish language]

[through the interpreter] >> hello. my name is brenda cordoba. i'll be brief. i want you to know that

people -- latin people in the community need affordable housing, and i beseech you not to build this monster and to build the wonder, and that's all i have. thanks. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker from the right side aisle, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. tim allen on behalf of the 400 members of the san francisco mission commission. we've long supported this as an example of well designed, well positioned housing, but the specifics of the project are not why we're here today. i think we're here to begin to answer the question, can this commission and the elected leaders of san francisco say yes to a project that delivers something looking like 60% affordablity, or conversely as our friends who are opposing this project are saying it's much better for the city of san

francisco to turn down 190-something units of below market rate housing rather than allow one single unit of market rate housing to be built. this type of process makes this become the poster child of the efforts in sacramento to take jurisdiction away from cities that can't meet their housing obligations in the face of the housing crisis. this should go forward. >> president melgar: thank you. thank you, mr. allen. okay. thank you. >> first of all, i would like all the commissioners present here today to allow us to have a hearing here in our community and for allowing all of our voices to be heard, the voices of the community that they're expressing their wishes and the way they want to live here in their neighborhood. particularly the voices of the families and individuals that have been affected by

displacement and for the lack of affordable housing. as a deputy executive director for mission housing development corporation, i work very closely with many families in our communities and also very closely with partners, so we ourselves are very involved with working with many individuals, and it's hard to hear the sad stories about families that are struggling that are being displaced that are soon to become homeless due to the lack of affordable housing. we need to think of housing that will benefit our communities, not to harm them. casting a shadow or in this case, as presented, reducing the shadow does not allow us -- [chanting] >> president melgar: her time is not up yet. you will hear a faint sound first and then a louder sound. please come on up. [speaking spanish language] [through the interpreter]

>> president melgar: thank you. the translator, please. >> hello. my name is violeta. i run the break at san antonia church, and also, i'm very aware of all the problems the

families in the community are facing, and it seems to me inconceivable that a city that's a sanctuary city is deporting people from their neighborhoods. [end of translation] >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker from the right aisle, please. >> for the last couple of years there have been projects being built around the city of san francisco not to mention or mission. gentrification is a ward people have used and thrown around, but how many of us really truly have felt that. i have organized, advocated, marched and protests against many causes that impact my community. i have learned from the best of my community and elder leaders of the mission. this project has come a long way by the hard work of our san

francisco native young adults working and advocating from the inside out. i have fought against a lot of developers, shutdo down meetin, and that doesn't fit with what we want in this meeting. i heard this was the most corrupt developer, yet we the people -- sorry. i heard this was the most corrupt developer, yet here in the mission, when we fought against sonar, we also shook hands for 33% of community benefits that never reached the community. >> president melgar: thank you. >> i would just like to say i'm a native from here. >> clerk: ma'am, your time is up. ma'am, your time is up. >> president melgar: thank you. [inaudible] >> president melgar: yes. thank you. next speaker from -- okay. >> good evening. my name is velma ortiz, and i'm with the women's building of san francisco.

our executive director, teresa mejia wanted to be here to voice her strong opposition to what amounts to a luxury development but unfortunately she was unable to be here. on behalf of teresa, our building staff, and the community members who walk-through the doors of our building every day, we are here to demand that the san francisco planning commission not allow maximum to build the luxury tower also known as the monster in the mission. as an organization that serves low-income working class immigrants in the commission, we have had a front row seat to the housing crisis in this city and especially in our neighborhood. we have been here for more than 40 years, and through personal testimonies of our clients, we and the other nonprofit organizations housed in our building have seen the ongoing struggle for women in their families to find an affordable place to live and be safe.

we stand by the plaza's -- [inaudible] >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker from the middle aisle, please. [speaking spanish language] [through the interpreter] >> president melgar: thank you.

>> hello. my name is efrain. i'm here to oppose the monster of the mission, and i'm here to support the school. this is my alma mater. and i'm here to defend the community and the families that live there and in this city. thank you. good afternoon. [end of translation] >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker from the right side, please. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is nicole and i'm a san francisco resident. i understand people want 100% affordable housing, and we have the chance to have two more buildings if the city would hear out the developer. the unit needs to be spread out, not just bunched in one unit in the mission. we need housing for all, not just one class. expanding and buttefying the plaza is not only badly needed but it will be beneficial for

people who use the area. the mercado will bring more foot traffic into the you wa community, and also cinderella laundromat and the bakery have been going through the same things. this project is setting high expectations for future developments. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. before the next speaker, i have to ask guys, please, no hissing while speakers are talking. you know, i think we expect the same respect from both sides. [speaking spanish language] >> good afternoon. my name is luis granados with the mission economic agency. i'm here to strongly oppose the monster. the monster is the worst

project by far that has been proposed in my 20-plus years of working in the mission. the mixed use is only suitable for middle aged adults and not families with children. this project would create a permanent shadow on marshall elementary. that is -- those kids would not see the sun while at school. again, this is a terrible project that does not belong in the mission district. there's also the developer's behavior that has shown unqualified lack of respect for the commission community. this has included creating a sham organization -- nonprofit organization that makes fun and mocks the culture of service of -- by nonprofits in the mission. impersonating a planning commissioner, calling an emergency at this school to prevent this hearing from happening, putting sham legislation -- putting sham mitigation measures that -- [inaudible] >> president melgar: thank you.

>> -- let's kill the monster. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker from the middle aisle, please. [speaking spanish language] [through the interpreter]

>> good afternoon. my name is maria, and i'm here to ask you to stop the monster. opposed to it. i want to let you know that the owner has been harassing me for years and that if you build it, i'm going to get a rent increase which is why i'm asking to stop the monster and think about building affordable housing for the community. build the wonder instead. thank you. [end of translation] >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. good evening, commissioners. my name is atli cunningham, and i'm a san francisco native, and i'm here to support the 1979 mission project. commissioners, it's time we set the population goal for our community and plan for it as soon as possible, and i believe the maximum project best fits

this need and it's time we build it for the community. with the newly constructed community above a major transit hub, it will not only have a major impact on the region but an impact for all the area. with the upcoming developments at chase center such as the ucsf campus, we need to prepare for pedestrian, auto, and bus traffic that will increase rapidly. the project is slated for six years -- [inaudible] >> -- and changing housing requirements. this project has been on the pipeline for almost five years now, and it's time it is a part of it for our community. thank you very much. >> president melgar: thank you very much. next speaker, please.

>> good evening. my name is laura compoy, and i'm 30 years resident of san francisco in the mission district. and i oppose to the maximum. i have seen the big changes in the mission district. and not only we need beautification through gentrification, we have impact with each condominium new made in the mission. it has great impact on the economy and the whole levels in the blue collar neighbors. so please stop this project. it's not benefiting to the real people that we belong here. no beautification through gentrification. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker from the middle aisle, please. [speaking