>> good morning, let's get this press conference started. hi, everyone, i'm mary of the city and county and san francisco, and also resident. welcome to the lower hate, everybody. i am here with sorrow who is the owner of café international, which is really an important legacy business that really holds this community together, and your supervisor, vallie brown. [applause] >> you know, this café is one of the small businesses around our city that are more than just a small business. they are spaces for our neighbors together across close-knit communities, they are where young people get their first job opportunities, and they are an important part of our workforce.

as i said, they are where zahra, the owner of were of café international, and in immigrant who can create new opportunities for themselves and countless employees. well we know that small businesses in san francisco employ more than 350,000 people, and make up 95% of our businesses, and generates millions of dollars for our economy, what i love most about our small businesses is the opportunities that they create for the people. the opportunity to grow a community, grow our skills, and grow our people -- our future. from here in my home district of the western addition, lower hate neighborhood, out to the

excelsior. we have hosted roundtable meetings with small business forms to provide faces -- spaces were businesses can talk about their concerns and their challenges. today, i am so excited to announce that we are working to make it easier for small businesses to not only survive in san francisco, but to thrive in san francisco. that is what today's announcement is all about. is not just for people to open and run their businesses, but for people to find employment at small businesses and for small business owners and employees to have a seat at the table where we are having -- making the decisions about our budget investments. first, let's take a step back and think about what it means to start a small business in san francisco. i hear from people all the time what a great idea and new innovation they want to do. then they are confronted with

bureaucracy at city hall. it is such an incredible challenge. san francisco has loan programs in place that help people through our office of economic and workforce development. we have issued more than 20 million dollars with 90 4% repayment rate, which is incredible. these loans have estimated to create 1300 jobs. this includes our revolving loan fund, the fund provides low interest loans with flexible terms and support for small businesses that help to keep them stable and to help them grow. with my proposed budget, we are adding an additional $1 million to this incredible program. this funding will support city sponsored small business loans that will help more small businesses to get out and run and create more job opportunities. finally a small businesses grow

and thrive, sometimes they need key improvements. one like we were able to do right here at café international , which is now a.d.a. accessible, and i'm so excited about that. even though people have always found a way to get in there and get their coffee and their snacks regardless of the barriers that existed, but heck, why not make it easier. so part of our investment will include new things like awnings and doors and windows, and upgrades to interiors, new equipment, or improvements to me businesses a.d.a. compliant so that people with disabilities can access those businesses easily. through our invest in neighborhoods and the s.f. sign program, we have business -- we help businesses cover some of the costs to make these upgrades because when our businesses shine, our communities shine. that is why i am committed to providing an additional and this year's budget $2 million this is

with specific focus is in the excelsior, the bayview, the lower fillmore, and right here on the street. we know that when we make the small business investments that our community succeeds. let's say, you open a business and you go through the registration process and many of your small business owners have told me of these experiences and only to have the doors shut in your face because of what you did or didn't have, and you're told you will have to pay hundreds of dollars for a permit or a fee that you didn't even know existed if you are a small business owner, right -- raise your hand if you have encountered that. exactly. if those registers -- for a permit for the fire department, for who knows what else and i

want to be clear that these fees that the city charges is not intended to make doing business in san francisco harder, but we know that that is something that we need to address, so i was really determined with what i heard from small businesses to eliminate all city fees, but my staff wouldn't let me do it. so instead, until we can basically do the report, do some more investigation, determine what is needed, in the meantime, i'm allocating in this year's budget, $2 million in funding for relief for small businesses for refunds for some of those fees that we know are challenging for people to do business. with our proposal, we estimate that more than 8,000 businesses,

almost 9,000 businesses will qualify from some sort of reimbursement for certain fees that have really impacted our small businesses, and it may seem like a small amount, but it will make a difference in our ability to allow small businesses to have the kind of support that they truly deserve, until we can eliminate the fees. when i think back, growing up in san francisco, i remember the small businesses. i still go to the same drycleaners that i have been going to since i could even afford a dry cleaner, i am still going to the same nail shop and the person who does my hair, my same dentist since i have had teeth. and when i think about san francisco, what i want to protect is what makes us a special and diverse city. it is our neighborhood. it is our small businesses, it is like knowing you can go to zara and she can basically give you advice on how to take care

of your kids, how to discipline your kids, how to take care of your mom and give you a cup of coffee at the same time. this is what this is about and protecting businesses are so important we are also going to invest an additional $4 million in grants for small businesses. grants to provide additional support for small business and nonprofit that want to relocate in places where we have a number of vacant storefronts. because we know that is another challenge that exists in our communities where you know that there are vacant storefronts and there is difficulty in accessing those storefronts. we have to do more, as i said, to make the kinds of investment that not only provide, you know, the support and get rid of the layers of bureaucracy, but we also have to provide the financial investments that are going to help businesses get

into business, but also stay in business. these are some of the largest investments ever made in this city to support our small business community, and we still know that there's more work that we can do to better improve what is happening in san francisco, especially when we make decisions, when we make policy decisions, and unfortunately sometimes, we lose a small business because of his bad policy decisions. as we work through the bureaucracy, as we work through making the kinds of changes that are going to make things better for small businesses, this is a first step towards demonstrating that we are committed to supporting our small business community, and we are here to receive feedback in other ways in which these programs are working and making a difference in your communities, and of course, there is still more that we know we need to do, but this is the beginning of what i think is a bright and prosperous

future for our small businesses in san francisco, and i want to thank all of you for being here today. and someone who has been an incredible small business champion on the board of supervisors, who is working on legislation around vacancy controls, who is working on making sure that we have opportunities to have more legacy businesses, and funding for those legacy businesses, which is equally important, is a committed former resident, but now living in another part of d5 , but you all remember her, because she used to pick up trash in front of your businesses, that is why we know, and we love vallie brown because of her commitment to the residents of district five. ladies and gentlemen, your supervisor, vallie brown. [applause]. >> thank you. i really appreciate everything you were doing, giving the funding forward so we can actually address these issues. i guess you i will have to

legislate things to get that done, but i really feel that in these times when small businesses are struggling, the city needs to step up and do better. we need to make sure that streamlining, when people get in , trying to open their businesses, it doesn't take them a year and a half to pay rent and open a business if they want to have a couple of businesses able to go into one bigger space , that should be easy for them. we need to make it easy. in these times are we have amazon and all the other home deliveries, we need to make it easy for businesses to not only survive, but to prosper. this was personal for me because i lived in the lower hate for 20 years. it is my heart. i have to join you -- tell you,

at café international, over 15 years ago, and the patio, that is where we started the first neighborhood association. we also started the first merchant's association. we argued about how many trees should we plant, and how many bar crawls should we have to get those money -- the money to plant the trees. all of this, the merchants were there, the merchants came forward with the residents, and said, your priorities are our priorities. the whole foods across the street, that is the original whole foods, everybody. there we are. yes, mike's barbershop has been there since the sixties, zara and café international, 27 years , has she been serving coffee to the neighbors, giving them advice, and also listening to their issues, and ricky records, two jacks, from 20 years plus.

i mean this is the kind of businesses that we want and that we crave. when i say to my friend, let's meet for coffee or dinner, i don't say, come to my house, i say let's meet in the corridors. they are the extension of our living room. they are an extension of our home. when we go out, i want to be somewhere when i feel like i am at home. where i can talk to mike at the barbershop or others. i can't imagine not being able to go out my front door and go to a store that i love, or a café that i love and then i can meet my friends, so i am here today to say, all of a sudden, we weave ourselves in the fabrics of these neighborhoods, and we need to be -- we need to support our merchant corridors because they are part of our home. i know you are nervous, but i

told her, just pretend she is behind the counter, giving advice, and speak from the heart i want to thank everyone here today, and i, as your supervisor , will be working on creative ways, legislating them, to make it easier for merchants, and to make sure our corridor thrives. thank you. i will introduce her. because she has given me advice many times. and even though i moved, i still come in here, and after a busy day, i sit there and say, tell me what is real. i will have few tell her what is real right now, and your beautiful café, after the renovation, it is amazing. i want you to come up and tell it from the heart. thank you.

>> thank you, mayor breed and supervisor brown for the introduction and for coming to café international for this very important announcement. through the mayor and supervisor vallie brown in the office of economic and workforce development, café international, we have received a lot of money. our beautiful interior and exterior, with has a san francisco shine. café international is not only a community hub. with the health and support in the city and the mayor, we continue to serve our community and keep it healthy and vibrant. mayor breed, thank you. supervisor vallie brown, thank you for all your support.

these two people saved the café. thank you. and thank you everybody, and come and get coffee. [applause] >> now we will have comments from mario who is the president of the district council of merchants. >> good afternoon, everybody. mayor breed, thank you very much for having me speak here, and supervisor vallie brown, thank you for all you have done for this neighborhood. this is kind of my stomping grounds when i was younger, and i'm proud to say that as president of the council of district merchants, it is a member of the council as well as upper. the council stands to represent those who are underrepresented, as the mayor has said earlier, small businesses have been struggling. that doesn't mean we're down and out. we are not looking for a handout , but we do need to help

out. when times are tough, community -- communities need to get together. i commend the mayor for having that roundtable that you had a few weeks ago. she gathered many of us businesspeople together and she hurried as speak, not only did she hear us, but she listened. not only did she give our complaints and concerns, bed we told her what things we contributed to the community as a small business merchants. it is a symbiotic relationship. small businesses would not be there without the neighbors and the customers. we pretty much defined the neighborhood. most of us adopt our names based on our commercial corridor. it is something that is precious to us, it is unique to us, and if it is anything else other than that, then we become a suburb. then we are no longer a unique city called san francisco, which is one of the most desirable cities in the world. i would also like to say that i commend the mayor for not just

listening to our needs, but responding to them. when it comes to the shine program, when it comes to the revolving funds, and also the assistance with fees, sincerely, mayor brown, i thank you, because we were heard. it was a gesture. i hope it was just a start, and i hope if you need any help with that legislation, i've got your back on that, too, but the fact that we were heard, the fact that someone acknowledged that there is a problem, maybe we need a little bit of help, it goes a long way. i am one of those people that said, it is necessary, but also after that dialogue, we need some action, and we need follow-up. it is, it is a symbiotic relationship. we all grow together, we all sleep together, but it is important that we are heard and now we look forward to working together, not one-sided versus the other, but as one team holding hands and walking

through this process together because it does take a village. on that note, i laughed when i heard of her story because i too am an immigrant. i beat her here by about 25 years, and i've acclimated quite well, but i walked up and i started chatting with her, and she started chatting with me in arabic. or arabic was much better than mine, but what got to me is when the mayor mentioned that you came over there and she started to give advice, because 35 years ago, that was my mom and her little corner grocery store. should be sitting there giving these guys advice on how to run their marriages, their households, and a couple of them were esteemed attorneys and appointed judges on the federal court circuit, so it was kind of funny to see where some of our leaders know where to get the best advice. on that note, thank you very much. thank you for having me, and a look i look forward to working with you. thank you. >> thank you for being here. i also want to take the

opportunity to acknowledge the new head of the san francisco chamber of commerce, rodney phone, thank you for joining us here today, because it has to be about protecting and supporting our small business communities so we are all working together to do that. now that we are wrapping this up , a couple of things, get your food and your coffee from café international before you go back to work. if you need a haircut, mike will take care of you across the street. if you need groceries, you can go to whole foods, which is a local grocery owned place, and you will take care of their needs. everything you need before you go back to work, or you go home, it's right here in this neighborhood, at these incredible small businesses, usually staffed by the people who actually owned them and work day in and day out to take care of the people of this community. again, that is why we have to take care of them and make the right investment in our small businesses all over the city and county of san francisco so they cannot only survive, they can

thrive, and we can be the city that we truly know how to be. thank you also much for being here today. >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban

center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is that potentially 25% of san francisco's building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people can't stay in their homes after an earthquake. they may have to go to shelters or leave

entirely and we don't want that to happen. >> we want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage them to stay and not relocate to other locations and shelters. >> that's right so that means the housing needs to be safe enough to stay and we have been focused in trying to define what that means and you as a former building official knows better than anybody the code says if an earthquake happens it won't kill you but doesn't necessarily say that can you stay in your home and we set out to define what that might mean and you know because you built this house we're in now and this shows what it's like to be in a place safe enough to stay. it's not going to be perfect. there maybe cracks in the walls and not

have gas or electricity within a while but can you essentially camp out within your unit. what's it going to take to get the housing stock up to this standard? we spent time talking about this and one of the building types we talk about was soft story buildings and the ground floor is vulnerable because there are openings for garages or windows and during the earthquake we saw in the marina they went right over and those are -- >> very vulnerable buildings. >> very and there are a lot of apartment buildings in san that that are like that. >> and time to. >> >> retrofit the buildings so people can stay in them after the earthquake. >> what do they need? do they

need information? do they need incentives? mandates? >> that's a good question. i think it starts with information. people think that new buildings are earthquake proof and don't understand the performance the building will have so we want a transparent of letting people know is my building going to be safe in it after an earthquake? is my building so dangers i should be afraid of being injured? so developing a ranking system for buildings would be very important and i think for some of the larger apartment buildings that are soft story we need a mandatory program to fix the buildings, not over night and not without financial help or incentive, but a phased program over time that is reasonable so we can fix those buildings, and for the smaller soft story buildings and

especially in san francisco and the houses over garages we need information and incentives and coaxing the people along and each of the owners want their house to be safe enough. >> we want the system and not just mandate everybody. >> that's right. >> i hear about people talking about this concept of resiliency. as you're fixing your knowledge you're adding to the city wide resiliency. >> >> what does that mean? >> that's a great question. what spur has done is look at that in terms of recovery and in new orleans with katrina and lost many of the people, hasn't recovered the building stock. it's not a good situation. i think we can agree and in san we want to rebuild well and quickly after a major disaster so we

have defined what that means for our life lines. how do we need the gasolines to perform and water perform after an earthquake and the building stock as well, so we have the goal of 95% of our homes to be ready for shelter in place after a major earthquake, and that way people can stay within the city. we don't lose our work force. we don't lose the people that make san francisco so special. we keep everybody here and that allow us to recover our economy, and everything because it's so interdependent. >> so that is a difficult goal but i think we can achieve it over the long time so thank you very much for hosting us and hosting this great exhibit, and thank you very much for joining [♪]

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>> good afternoon, welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, june 3rd, 2019. i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by committee members supervisor matt haney to my left and shortly by vice-chair supervisor safai. >> thank you, mr. chair. silence your cellphones and completed speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted on the clerk.

june 11th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, could you please read the first item. >> agenda item number 1 ordinance the planning code to designate 524 union as a landmark under article 10 of the planning code. confirming the planning department under ceqa and making other relevant findings. >> supervisor haney: on behalf of the san francisco planning department and the historic preservation commission. >> good afternoon, supervisors. shannon first thing so fergusso. i'm here for a recommendation regarding landmark designation of the former paper doll bar at 524 union street in north beach. this say community sponsor landmark designation that was submitted by the property owner. the final draft of the landmark des i guess natiodesignation wae

department in august of 2018. commissioners conducted a site visit september 252,018th did the spuc recommended landmark designation. the paper doll is significant as one of the article'es lesbian bd helps with the development of lgbt in san francisco. and the association for the owner of the paper doll, he became one of the people on the frontlines in the fight for the lgbtq civil rights in san francisco in the late 1950s. in addition to exterior character defining features there are interior as well as the long back bar fireplace, the bar, heavy timber support posts, these were historically publicly accessible. the designation also meets three of the historic preservation

including designation of under represented landmark property types, designation of buildings located in geographically under represented areas and designation of properties with strong cultural associations. the property owner is very supportive of landmark designation and researches and wrote the landmark designation report. they received support letters for designation as well. on behalf of the commission, the department recommend landmark designation to the board of supervisors. this concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer questions. also the property owners are here today to say a few words.

>> supervisor peskin: thank you, ms. fergusson. if the property owner is here, please, come forward. >> my name is -- i'm a third generation san francisco an here representing 524 union street. in a way i'm also here to honor the memory of a family member and a family friend who contemporary with the paper doll were lost under mysterous circumstances because at they were queer at a time that's just what life could have been for lgbtqpeople. we owned the late property since the late '70s and i've helped manage the property since i was five. we knew the lgbtq and we new details and we were -- the magnitude of it and what a cross roads it was. it was knew t new to us from the planning department city wide context statement. so now when we talk about losing san francisco cultural

institutions and notable queer spaces, maybe we can get one back or something in that same spirit. the space currently has a vacancy and we would love to see a new paper doll go in or something in that spirit honoring it. a lot of people thought to keep this a restaurant and bar. we thank you for helping us preserve this space. we actually preserved the pre earthquake single historical use had it over the last 115 years. we're offering fair rent, we're not speculators, we've had it leased and it's built with the same historical configuration as a restaurant-bar. it would be a benefit to the city. we hope that we find a good match and believe that there's good support for that soon. so i'm here to urge you to remember the paper doll.

to remember donte for openly saying yes, i serve gays and hire them. remember also his staff and customers of the paper doll who then empowered themselves to say being gay is not a crime and use the paper doll as a launch pad to open their own business becoming spark plugs for what came next. to remember bob rob from the bay area reporter for the 524 where he acted as president of the tavern bill. every summit of lgbt he brought there and the intermingling that happened solidifying a community and a political civic-leadership minded one. and really, this was the grandmother of them all. i thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. it there any additional public comment on item number 1? shane watson.

author of the lgbt historic context statement. >> that's all i was going to say. good afternoon, i'm shane watt ton, architectal preservation planner. the co-chair of the city wide lgbtq heritage strategy committee on arts and culture and as supervisor peskin mentions that co author with donna gray of the city wide historic context statement for lgbtq history in san francisco. out of the 300 or more properties that we documented in the historic context the paper doll is 120 we identified for potential landmark status. the paper doll is significant as what many historians believe to be the first queer restaurant in the city. it afforded sexual minority

communities a place to live somewhat openly and love somewhat openly in a place that was relatively safe for these people during a time when it was illegal to just be themselves. so, with that said, i hope up join me and supporting and championing this landmark nomination and preserving what is hopefully will be an exciting future for the paper doll. thank you. >> next speaker please. >> i am here but as a number of the g.o.p. t. sis hor i canal spy and working group. i had the privilege of visiting the paper doll and i heard shane and stories of the icons and the queer community who is work and time spent there was formational to the queer place and political

organizationing for social justice. i heard stories from less known patrons who came to the paper doll just to live authentically. to eat, drink, socialize and come back with police raids and the risks to their lives and livelihoods. sitting in the paper doll and it's all part of some things larger than myself. landmark designation and a status and a declaration of who we are as a city and as rising prices push queer and marginalized people out of san francisco it's imperative we remember where we came from and fight to keep these communities and institutions here. is the paper doll if sil indicating li dialogue. which hope we can support their conditional use permit to

operate as i restaurant today so the new generation can learn from this history and make change. >> >> supervisor peskin: public comment is closed. the reason i was walking back and fourth speaking to the city attorney, is because i own real property within 500 feet of the paper doll and i have just been informed by council that under the law i have to recuse myself even though i will not influence it, i can see this is the attorney and we all appear and know the law. so, without saying anything more, i will recuse myself and hand the gavel over to vice-chair safai. thank you for that advice. >> thank you, chair peskin.

do you need to make a motion? >> make a motion to recuse supervisor peskin on this item. so moved. >> superivsor safai: do we need to make a motion to send this before a full board with positive recommendation or there are amendments on the floor? >> i haven't seen any amendments. a motion would be in order. make a motion to approve this item with positive recommendations and a full board without objection. so moved. thank you. and we'll note that supervisor peskin was excused from that vote. recused. >> sure. >> next item please. >> clerk: an ordinance amending the administrative code to revice the control concerning the safe overnight parking pilot program and amending the police code to create an exception for participants in the safe overnight makin parking pilot pm

for using for human -- >> superivsor safai: supervisor brown has joined us relative to the legislation that we previously passed. >> thank you chair peskin and i want to thank my co sponsor supervisor safai and haney. i created a san francisco first very first vehicle triage center and overnight safe parking program passed board unanimously. i appreciate my colleagues' support to come up with this creative solution to addressing homelessness and meet people where they are. i am here today to follow-up welcome back proposed amendment to the duplicated file of this legislation. currently, vehicle habitation is prohibited in san francisco under the police code and my office has worked collaboratively with h.s.h. and the san francisco police department to create a simple

carveout. our triage center and overnight safe parking program can operate and safely and securely. program participants who have to resort to live in their vehicles while receiving services on site, will be protected by this amendment. again, we know that not everyone is going to get out of their vehicle immediately. it takes time to help people transition. this pilot will provide people a safe and secure place to sleep and with access to case management and hygienic facilities. last week, we learned through the 2019 point and time count, san francisco's homeless population increased by 17%. much of that increase was driven by individuals and families living in cars and r.v.s. i want to draw your attention to the following amendments. on page 2, section 1, line 1-10,

we're affirming chapter 119 in ordinance number 082-19 has already been enacted and filed duplication. on page 2, section 2, line 17-22, we made a slight change to reporting. we are asking for h.s.h. to track and evaluate the pilot program every six months. on page three, section 2, lines 1-6, after one year, the controller will jointly submit a report with h.s.h. to the board of supervisors and make a recommendation on the continuance of this pilot program. and last one, on page three, section 3, lines 18-23, this is the police carve out. it reads, persons who have been given a license by the city to park and sleep in their vehicles

at a safe overnight parking lot or vehicle navigation triage center, and accordance with administrative code, chapter 119 shall not be subject to the penalties set fourth in section 98 of this article 1.1 while using our accompanying their vehicles for human habitation. provided that such use of an occupancy occurs on the premises of the safe overnight parking lot or the vehicle navigation triage center to which they have been given a license. in closing, i'm asking my colleagues to support these amendments so we can get a solid start on this program as soon as possible. this is a growing issue that needs the utmost attention and action. we will also need to find a site and get this up and going. and i'm committed to see this happen. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on

this item? >> i object to the efforts you are putting into call yourself taking care of homeless problems. when the truth of the matter is, not only this administration but the past well over several years of administration by the mayor's office and the board of supervisors and the mayor's office and housing is the reason why we're having a homeless problem. you sit up there and every housing opportunity that comes out of the mayor's office, you set the income requirement to be attended at each and every brand new god damn building that comes out of the mayor's office in-housing. the low income of the people who you fake news that you want to help. then you turn around and come up with these programs that does nothing but keep people homeless and on the streets. i came in here demonstrating that you could build 144-unit

apartment building complex for $56 million. that's the best develop from the developer in the bay area. i demonstrated you could make a 27-storey building and house well over 1,900 people and take a chunk out of the homeless problem. it's disgusting. then you turn around and you just give a salary increase of $1,500 more plus per month than you make now and the commissioner that gave you that type of salary increase claims that you need that money in order to pay rent and survive with the rising costs in the city. how about the bus drivers? you criticize them because they don't want to work overtime on the day of and you further compound the problem by claiming you give them a 99-cent raise. as if that's going to help them afford to live in the city. you are price fixing and you are price gouging and it's disgusting for you to sit up there and act like you are helping people. especially people with mental

disabilities. how are you going to help people with mental disabilities when you have 17 openings of psychiatrists in our own system. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hi, my name is sunny. i'm here to support this legislation. also i wish that the board of supervisors would go further. the idea of criminalizing someone who is living in their car is inhumane and shocking. people don't live in their cars on purpose. it doesn't really hurt anyone else. people do it because they want to live in the city and they can't afford it. they've been kicked out. so, in the interim while we're waiting for enough housing to be built for everybody who wants to live here, criminalizing people for living in their cars is

extremely antisocial. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public here for this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to move supervisor brown's previously described amendments made by supervisor haney and we will take that without object objectt to the full board without objection. thank you supervisor brown. >> supervisor peskin: mr. clerk, could you please call item number 3 and 4 together. >> clerk: agenda item 3 ordinance in the planning code and business and tax circulations code to authorization an accessory dwelling unit in the construction of a new single family home or built' family building clearing the approval process and creating a an ex pa dieded bother of appeal process in single-family homes meeting specific requirements. number 4 is a duplicate of the

previous ordinance that additionally has provision that would amend the requirements for the discretionary approval process where property owners must to the rent ordinance and they make the appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. so, the intent of supervisor safai's ordinance that we heard and to comply with recent state law changes that require approval of accessory dwelling units in single-family homes as well as new construction. but state law does not restrict our ability to require that property owners provide basic notice to the project of existing tenants. interestingly, the common and we heard about this at public comment, the common basis for appeal is not because of the impact on adjacent neighbors but tenants facing effective partial evictions because of the a.d.u.

and we actually received a resolution from the board of appeals requesting that we include notification for existing tenants. the notice amendments that i would like to propose to both files today would do just that. this obviously -- they won be subject to discretionary review but subject to notice. and there's nothing in these notice requirements that would cause any delay to the process, to a projector to the hearing today. and i want to thank the tenants' union for their suggestions and for their and for drafting the notice provisions that i have given to my colleagues. with that, i will turn the microphone over to supervisor

safai. >> superivsor safai: thank you. we talked about some of the amendments last time. they're reflected in the version that was just handed out. one was about 80 expanding from the existing envelope and the other one was about the historic preservation districts and clerical amendments about limits on parking and the last one is the table on page 20. we deleted that section for balance and we talked about that last time. i don't really have anything else to say other than this is a good work in progress. i think now with your notification which i'm fine with, i see it as a friendly amendments and letting tenants know this doesn't slow down the process in anyway it just notifies them of what type of work we're going to happen and if it's not new construction.

part of the main motivatio motis new construction of buildings allow a.d.u.s and it touches on and property and where you might ex fanned s expand. we want it to be a positive step and wore happy to have worked with your office on that. >> are there any members of the public who would like to comment on items 3 and 4? >> anything that's got to do with taxes and i see it i get triggered when you have anything to do with the subject matter pertaining to taxes. you have given multi millions and trillions of tax-free dollars to twitter and nine of the hi-tech companies. it's supposed to sunshine out on the 20th of this month and i'll believe it when i see it. my point is, those multi millions and trillions of dollars of tax free money that

this city and the administration has been given to those hi-tech companies, should be claud clawk in the same matter as the prosecutor clawed back the million of dollars undermining wells fargo bake. they should be used to build brand new housing for the people that you claim that you want to help. that's homeless out in the streets. the most we can get out of you is you building the dam shelter bed and the god damn navigation center and you claim it's supportive housing. it's not supportive housing. it's the kind of living conditions that when a person is arrested and put in custody and it has to be in jail at 850 bryant street. that is your shelter system and your navigation center. you call that supportive housing and a shelter bed. it's not a bed. it's a mattress on the concrete 10 inches away another homeless person laying down on another

mat. it's not housing. it's disgusting. i'm coming through tomorrow and make a demonstration that is going to clear up this homeless matter once and for all. if you don't do it it's going to demonstrate that next voting season that people in charge of this situation should not be voted in office. it's disgusting. it's a pain in the neck being the most intelligent person and the elephant in the room on both sides at that embar embarcaderor and people who -- >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> my name is dillon casey from the california renters advocacy fund. i just want to mention that these proposed changes would do a lot to allow for a.d.u. and san francisco single family

neighborhoods. allowing a new construction allows for new single-family homes to be designed with a.d.u.s in mind. a lot will take advantage of that provision. providing for a short process would also allow for homeowners who are seeking to add existing a.d.u.s to existing single-family homes. it would provide a process they can navigate and understand. i hope any amendments to the ministerial process would stick with the state mandated requirements that the process not involve any discretion on the part of the city and that the permitting process lasts no longer than 120 days. other than that, as long as the changes comply with those requirements, i'm supportive of the ordinance and hope it moves forward today. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> i'm from california leaders advocacy fund. thank you for proposing these amendments. they get our local a.d.u. law in compliance with state law. i hope they go forward when we pass laws. we pass them in compliance with state law the first time around. this body knew that the original version of this had the problem that we raids which is not allowing a.d.u.s in new single family home construction and there's really no reason that it couldn't have been passed like this the first time around. thank you. >> next speaker. >> my name is victoria pierce. i'm also with california renters legal advocacy and educational fund. i'm really excited the board of supervisors is considering passing these amendments today. i'm disappointed there are surprised amendments that would

seem to run counter to stay law which that's fine, we can keep our lawsuit hanging over your head that's great. as previous speaker said, it would be great if the city would pass laws legally the first time around so we're not wasting all it time because as a speaker said earlier, a lot of money is being spent on things that aren't really helping us get out of homelessness here. it is actual crisis. people are out here on the streets dying. and it's just really frustrating to have to -- only people who can have a lawsuit filed against the city of san francisco to enforce these laws and the city should enforce them. it's a bummer but i suppose it's better than having the state itself come in and do it which has a lot more reper discussions and a budget and ours is merely claims to be -- pass it and make sure it stays in compliance with state law. i would hate to come back here again. i love in oakland and the commute is a hassle. >> thank you. >> next speaker.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here from the california --[ please stand by ]