>> and i don't have an issue with the design and initially i did have an issue with massing. and this is an element of the context. and for it to go two floors above many of the other and three floors in some instances above many of the other buildings and initially created some thought of my mind that perhaps the massing was too great. the fact that it's floor to floor heights are lesser than probably than the older building adjacent to it and allows it to hide its height a little bit. and upon second thought, prepared to support the project.

>> clerk: commissioners, if there is no further deliberation, there is a motion to approve. >> [roll call vote] >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes with 4-2 with commissioners imperial and moore voting against. that will place us on final item on today's agenda for number 19, from 459 clipper street, the ways 2019-001627cua. >> the item before you is a request for conditional use

authorization for residential demolition at 459 clipper street. the project site is 3,400 square foot upsloping lot on the south side of clipper street between castro and diamond within the noee valley neighborhood. it has a width of 30 feet and a depth of 114 feet and the property is developed with a vacant two story, one bedroom single family residence and a detached garage. the prujt building has received an exemption by ceqa with the proposal for the demolition of the existing two-story residence. the 6,424 bedroom and with a

four-bedroom and square foot garage with storage, two vehicle parking spaces and two class one parking spaces. with the 15-foot setback and the rear yard adjacent to the areas around july 82015. and over the years since the pre-application meeting, the project sponsor has performed substantial outreach to the adjacent neighbors in the proximity to massing and scale in relation to the budget block and the mid block open space and throughout this time the neighbors have been providing their concerns and comments to

the department. through emails and phone calls and neb meetings. the project is modified since the initial submittal which at that time was proposed for the new construction of the five bedroom, single family home and working with the department, the project has been revised in scope with two equitable size and reduced by several feet and the facade to the clipper street district and treating garage with sloped areas. from the building front and reflects correspondence received since the noticing of the project's public hearing. the with support of the project.

with the additional correspondences in your areas. and the adjacent neighbor to the east of the project provided to the commission an email and emails with the massing and scale of the project and the materials that were provided to depict the requested mapping and the shadow study prepared at 469 clipper street. the department finds that the project is on balance consistent with the objective and policies of the general event and the project includes the demolition of the residential unit and will maximize the use of the undevelopmented lot and provide one additional dwelling unit that are sized to serve families with the density come patable with the rht zoning district

with the size and height. >> you have five minutes. >> bring up the slide show. >> good afternoon. project sponsor and look to nohe valley in 2003 and from this

area since 2005 and bought 459 clipper street in 2012 and -- sorry? oh, when i bought 459 clipper street in 2012, and the house to build a single family home. however, following my elder brother's liver cancer diagnosis in 2016, i changed the plan to a two-unit building and one of the units with my mother. with the design review team and will be consistent with the neighboring property. and both individually and in groups and numerous locations that were possible.

several neighbors and satisfied with the plan to build the unit. and thank you, commissioners. the project proposes the construction with the next slide. with the with the whole and otherwise consistent block base and will have two four-bedroom and next slide, please. the height of the building and two adjacent neighbors.

shorter than both neighbors and the front of the buildings 15 street that is a full 30 areas. next slide please? the unique condition of the rears that occupied most of the lot death and the project responded by from this the privacy issues. and further a 5-foot setback provided for the new building that extends beyond the rear of the downhill neighbor. only one small window downhill.

next slide please. next slide. and more than two dozen project have been committed with the outreach and the upper nohe neighbors group and a structure that provides two family dwelling units and does so with a design consistent with the build character of the street to respectfully request. >> that concludes project sponsor's presentation. this is the with two minutes at

449 clipper street. i come from several generations to be in and around san francisco. to be part of the history and community. i took that history to respect the historic architecture and area here from the homes. this is not approach the only attention the property has been seen is stripping the plastic and electrical with the redwood framing and the old school construction solid and with the replacement structure in the historical block and the

neighboring victorian and with the limits and loopholes of the aspect koez to respect the neighboring historic homes and limiting the impact and mid block of the century old buildings and keep it consistent with historic homes. and i emailed you the light to air study and remove the setback and with the consistent storage block from 449. to reduce rear depth and to historic homes to reduce the height to meet the average block. light air and privacy. not huge requests to see them fulfilled.

and instruction and will be converted from the large single units. and thank you. >> caller: hello. can you hear me? >> we can. hello, commissioners. my name is andy levine. i live near the subject property and lived in nohe valley and worked with the architecture in san francisco for over 40 years. and neighborhood residents and working professional argument tech to voice mee support for the proposed developer at 459 clipper street. the project will replace a

vacant building and i understand that the current development as is consistent with the planning code and add new rental units to the market. as a long-term resident of nohe valley and neighborhood dynamics and for many years. and olga is an inspiring force in our neighborhood working tirelessly to promote the positive sense of the community. and i understand that olga has made many comprises to accommodate the request of her adjacent neighbors and to develop a new home for a multigenerational family. i request you approve the current design proposal for

housing and in the community and live in the block of clipper street with the spirit. >> caller: hello, can you hear me? and my name is nellie and i am calling to support the project. olga has always been very accommodating to me. to support community and the neighbors as a great parent and this project does need to be approved. thank you.

>> good evening, commissioners. i was involved in the old stages of the project and i remember visiting the house and traces of squatters that is quickly mixed to propose the much needed project and two large family units in a good public school area. she's done that with a 40-foot building height less than 30 foot under the maximum above

grade. if the minimizing the impact and 40% of the building is below grade and two and half stories might be above and less than that might be above grade. she's respecting all front and rear setbacks. and she has gone over and beyond what is required of her. i urge you to support this project and grant the conditional use. thank you very much. have a good evening. >> thank you, commissioners, for giving me the opportunity to speak in support and i live on the corner and i strongly

support this project that is spending more than three years with the neighbors in the planning department and with the other design illnesses and fits into the neighborhood context. also as san francisco is in need of greater housing and significant density from what is there to add two family units for rental. and as others have aid, olga is the pillar in our community. she has been for a long time involved with -- with the upper

nohe neighbors and doesn't take away like others and spent the time to work really hard to make everyone align and be satisfied and happy with this development. so i strongly urge you to approve this and it is my privilege to work with numerous community aspects that i am aware of how olga has proceeded

with these projects and the developments with the communities and precisely the type of project we need. converting an understood sized vacant and distressed property. plans aligned with the neighborhood and character. in addition, we have confidence that the developer has steadily demonstrated proficiency for success and devotion to neighborhood through civic leadership and example. please approve this project. thank you.

this particular project at cliper is not a project. this is going to be her home for her extended family and a project that is turning this into a much-needed home for two familys is something we need to applaud and even for the other people who will be buying it rather than for herself really speaks to her character with the work she has done in the neighborhood. i strongly suggest approval of this project.

>> good evening, commissioners. my nan is dawn and i live a block away on 25th street between astro and diamond. i am a licensed energy and owner of the a local design firm. i have worked with the planning and building code my entire career. this meets all the required rear setback and side setback and are quite considerate to be demolish and rebuilt and with the contributor to the clipper street historic district. and this is mentioned for anyone who is arguing the building. the project has gone on for seven years and a handful of my

clients and fellow san franciscans from high school and college. the senior parents have outgrown the design they started seven years ago. this is not the right direction to achieve equitably housing option. the project is 100% code compliant with the housing in the neighborhood if owner comes to the neighborhood with neighbors an neighborhood groups despite massive my interpretation and calling olga a developer and the unfounded assumption that thisser going to merge the units later on. seven years have past. enough is enough. change is scary for some people, but that is what cities do. and you have to power to achieve housing housing equity and

protocols set fot by the city and it should be enough for everyone to achieve their hard earned dreams. thank you. >> my name is steven and i do not know olga, but she sounds like a lovely person. i live right down the block. i live on 377 clipper. i am a life long san franciscan. i lived in nohe for a long time. i have no connection to the project but we need more housing and duplexes and this exact kind of project. so i can not more enthusiastically support a project like this. and the family and myself and two kids and lucky enough to be a single family homeowner and hope that the commission approved the project and this is

the exact project and this building is a run down building and obsolete and systems and substandard construction is currently not utilizing the opportunity that the proposed project provide. the new residents will be an asset to the community. and much the same way as the project and i applaud the sponsor who has been put through the wringer. and i think she is absolutely amazing to put up and has great perseverance. please support this project.

>> clerk: last call for public comment. seeing no additional comment, public comment is closed. commissioners t item is before you. >> commissioner: i am in support of the cua today. >> commissioner: i am also supportive of the conditional use and pending other comments that i would be prepared to grant the conditional use. >> a second. >> commissioner moore? >> commissioner: i would like to ask the architect a question if

i may. is he around? >> unfortunately, our architect is not in the room with us, but we can send a message and -- >> commissioner: you may be able to answer the question. in nohe valley, we have repeated public comment and that the ground floor unit creating a pit to operate as open space or required open space. and which is more of an architectural move than a landscape move. can you comment on that as i need to understand it? and the challenge that nohe with the drawing and elevations of

proing this challenging grade on site. the grade increases quickly and the lowest level very quickly is an underground level for the almost the entirely depth of the lot. this is hr2 zoning and a lot that can handle two units easily. but the grade provides that and access to the open space. and with the challenging grade and that is what you are seeing with the design. >> second question for you while you are there. if i am reading this staff report carefully, i understand

the pre-op meeting for this code occurred in 2014. that is quite a few years ago, almost like a generation if you take them in seven-year increments. can you comment on that? >> thank you, commissioner moore. and just checking in here with olga. and initially a number of redesigned on the plans. as you can tell, it might not have been clear by the public comment with a lot of conversations and olga has gone through a handful of difficult family challenges since 2014. and so you will see the case number and 2019 is the current

case and took to 2019 to get the current project on file. >> those are all my questions, thank you. >> there is a motion that has been seconded to approve this mat we are conditions. on that motion. [roll call] commissioner moore? >> commissioner: i said yes. >> clerk: commission president koppel? >> aye. that motion passes 5-1 with commissioner imperial voting against. and that concludes your hearing

for today. and i will remind you that you have a break next week. and so i will see you in two. >> thank you. good afternoon and thank you all so much for joining us.

i want to begin by thanking our attorney general rob bonta for coming here to the visitation valley community. it's really great to have you here in san francisco, but especially in this particular community and thank you for cohosting this round table discussion that was so important to talk about the challenges that exist around hate crimes in this city and in this state. especially as we have seen an uptick in violent hate crimes against so many of our communities in san francisco and the bay area and across the state and nation. in just a few short months on the job, he's already taken action on a number of initiatives related to criminal justice reform and racial justice which are issues that we all care about deeply in san francisco. thanks to the commitment of the community leaders that are joining us here today, so many folks who have been really on

the ground addressing these issues for decades, our police chief bill scott who is with us as well. we just had a very productive discussion on how we can continue to combat hate crimes by working together. we know that there's no short cut to this work and finding the root cause and solutions will require a continuous work in these and continuous conversations of sharing of ideas not just when something happens, but also proactively when something isn't happening. to address hate crimes at their core, we need buy-in from local community support from law enforcement and a commitment from all levels of government here in san francisco. we're steadfast in ensuring that every community is heard and protected. whether it is work around violence, prevention, and

racial justice, our partners have experience and have worked tirelessly and collaboratively with 1 another to combat these issues. today, as i said, we are in visitation valley because we remember when grandma wang as she was brutally attacked almost two years just a block away from here at the visitation valley playground. grandma wang was doing her morning exercise when that tragic incident happened and sadly, she struggled for a year before passing away earlier this year. none of this should of happened and we want to send a clear message, an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. we will continue to stand in solidarity and here in san francisco, we will do everything we can to bring perpetrators of crimes of this

nature to justice. leaders here are taking action and banning together and partnering and we're doing so because we know how important this is. an example of this work can be found in our expansion of the street violence intervention program with community youth center and self-help for the elderly and members of the street violence intervention program and i want to thank sarah wang for really taking aggressive action and working with the community to make sure that people know that we're going to have eyes and ears on the streets, but we're also going to make sure that we support and look out for our seniors. part of this expansion, includes patrolling neighborhoods in the city and responding to hate crimes against our asian community. another part of the program provides seniors with escorts to go with them while buying groceries and seeing doctors so they can feel safe when running their errands. our goals with these two

programs are to build the trust of these diverse communities and increase public safety for everyone in san francisco. just over a month ago, i was tagging along with sarah wang and the members of the street violence prevention program as they were engaging with merchants and customers along this commercial corridor or leeland avenue. a lot of times merchants feel left out right here, but often times i had a chance to talk with merchants from the restaurants and coffee shops, they felt hopeful to see this effort and this partnership and they asked that we stay consistent, especially the community engagement from c.y.c. and svip. it's offered the support to those members to use the restroom or have a place to relax and i'm sure many of these great places to eat along leeland avenue have been some

of their favorites. it takes a village and we know how to do this in san francisco. this really gives me hope because we're making a difference and residents and merchants are feeling the difference. we're committed to addressing xenophobia and we're here to support the visitation valley community and all of our partners in san francisco. and, i look forward to continuing this great work with attorney general bonnta who knows how critical these issues are in san francisco. before i bring the attorney general up, i just want to recognize him and his efforts in listening to communities across the state. as leaders, it's easy for us to sit in the offices and go about our work and the fact that attorney general bonta is committed to not only doing the round table here in san

francisco, but throughout the state in all of the major cities is so key to turning things around and keeping people safe. he's not waiting for the attacks to occur, he is being here, being proactive so that we can make a difference. he's here to listen and to take action and we will be working together hand in hand on policy changes, on investments and on whatever needs to be done so no one has to be a victim of a crime in any part of our city or our state. and, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome attorney general rob bonta. >> well, thank you all for being here today and thank you mayor breed for your very kind remarks. thank you for your leadership, for seeing and valuing and fighting for all of the beautifully diverse communities right here in san francisco as

we talked about inside. san francisco has been a leader, a model, has often and so consistently demonstrated policies and approaches that lift people up and make our community stronger and has often been a place where the state of california has scaled up those policies that have started right here in san francisco. so i'm thankful and proudtor here in san francisco today with mayor breed, chief scott, and all of the great community leaders that you'll hear from today, that you'll hear from momentarily. and to talk about how we move forward and i was very inspired and i'm leaving very hopeful and optimistic about our shared future, our common future and our common commitment to addressing the epidemic of hate crimes. that spike in hate incidents that have impacted so many communities. no community is immune as we

know. we certainly are well aware of the huge increases in anti-api violence. our black community, our sikh community, our lgbtq community, our disability community have all suffered and our conversation today was a good reminder that we're all in this together, that we're going to move forward together or not at all and we can move forward when we have conversation when we listen, when we communicate as we just did. today's very important because this is the launch of thir teen of these round tables i'll be doing across the state where we sit in community, where we join a common circle and talk about our challenges and how to move

forward and it was very appropriate that we started in san francisco today. given san francisco's historical and consistent leadership. and how it has always demonstrated that we celebrate our diversity and our diversity is our strength and so i appreciate the opportunity to be here and over the next few weeks, i'll be in different places all over the state having similar conversations to uplift best practices to highlight and illuminate our solutions so that we can prevent and heal as we address this epidemic of hate throughout our state and throughout our nation. as california's attorney general, i see myself as being the people's attorney and it's important for me to see and value and protect every community and for so many of our communities, for too many of our communities right now we are in a full on state of crisis. a full state of emergency when it comes to hate and, you know,

the statistics are alarming and they're shocking. we know that across california, hate crime events increased 31% across the board last year. anti-asian hate crimes in particular increased an alarming 107% and right here in san francisco, home to the lgbtq rights movement, anti-gay hate crimes accounted for over 25% of all hate crimes in the last decade. and, of course, statistics can illuminate and they tell a story but they don't tell the full story and so i was very thankful and grateful for the opportunity to hear directly from community members and impact from community members who shared their own stories. personal stories, painful stories about themselves. about the communities they fight for and they're trying to uplift and i appreciated that conversation today and, you know, it's going to take all of

us to do this work. and, there's no you know there's no cure all, but there are many ways to make progress and we heard about many of those ways today being victim centered cross racial healing circles. the list went on and on for how we can make progress and when we can make progress, we should. when we can take a step forward together, we must and so we identify many pathways to improve our work going forward. and in a few weeks, i'll be in my fifth month in office and since the day i swore in i've been addressing the epidemic of hate recognizing that too many of us for too long in this state have felt the sting of

hate. tomb communities, you know, myself included. this is personal work for me as well. we got to work on day one taking on the forces of hate and that's why i've established the racial justice bureau to help tackle the rise of hate that's why i've issued new guidance to better understand hate crimes in california. it's why we've launched the office of community awareness and response to directly engage with and respond to the needs of communities and it's why i've pledged to keep working to do more, to lean in, and to continue this fight and doing that working with our local communities like right here in san francisco. because we know that we must protect those hurt by the forces of hate and hold accountable those who perpetrate hate violence against our neighbors. and, you know, it didn't always

seem like this, but it's like this now. for many of us, everyday life has come with an additional worry. whether it's going to the grocery store, picking up your children from school, riding a bus going for a morning walk. in these moments, too many of us right now are asking ourselves, could i be next? and the stakes are too high to sit back as mentioned by the mayor, we're only blocks away from where an 89-year-old grandmother was senselessly assaulted and left to die. and, hate and prejudice cannot and will not be tolerated, plain and simple. as your attorney general with the full weight of the law and the california constitution behind me, let me say this, there is no place for hate in california or anywhere, any time period. full stop, end of story. ancr