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this hearing alive and we will receive public comments for each item on today's agenda . comments are opportunities to the during the public comment period available by calling 415-655-0001 and entering access code 2483 394 2638. when we reach the item you're interested in commenting on, press star 3 to be added to the
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queue and when you hear your line has been unmute that is your indication to begin speaking. when you have 30 seconds remaining you will hear a china indicating your time is almost up .when your time isreached your time is up and take the next person in the queue to speak . that practice is to speak from a quiet location, speakslowly and clearly and unmute the volume on your television or computer. president matsuda .[rollcall] >> clerk: first on your agenda is general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items which are within the jurisdiction of the commission accept agenda items. your opportunity to address the commission will beaddressed . each member may address the
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commission forup to 3 minutes . members of the public if you care to make general public comment this is the time to press star 3 . seeing no requests from members of the public to speak under general public comment, we will move on to department matters. i have one department announcement. >> this is director of current planningand have a couple announcements for you guys today. i wanted to share a couple of staffing announcements to you all . we have concluded the deputy director of current planning and i'm excited to announce rich dupree has been offered and accepted the position so he will be joining the planning leadership senior leadership team and i'm excited to have his expertise especially to
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help support me leading the division so big congratulations to him and i just wanted to sharethat announcement with all of you at the moment we're not planning on changing how we are handling or managing any of these hearings but i wanted to share that rich will be stepping into that role . i wanted to announce we've also moved forward with a couple of management recruitment positions and wanted to announcethat natalia has been promoted to manager . she is managing the flex team which focuses on our accessory dwelling units program which is also preservation planner so we have one more preservation planner joining ourmanagement team and then one other announcements although not preservation planner , just to round out our recruitment, we did select sylviagimenez so i know kate, you know sylvia and we're excited to have both of them joining our current planning . just to share that with commissioners here and with that i'll go ahead and turn it over to elizabeth for
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announcements. >> good afternoon commissioners, elizabeth hear from the planning department. at your last hearing commissioner nageswaran asked for an update on items mentioned during publiccomment at the last hearing . iemailed you on these items and i will update you now as well as provide information on additional matters . the first item is 1525 times street. this project would demolish the existing commercial restaurant and construct a new mixed-use building utilizing the state designee. the site is currently occupied by representative diner which is only an eatery with historical cultural significance . within the eligible dolch l bg gq historical district. the existing structures five and over lighting that was located at the site in 1917. that has been heavily altered over time. the project did not include
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salvaging and using some of the interior and exterior features and experienced the existing signage. the sponsor will also indicate they intend to reinstate the restaurant at the construction. the project includes three improvement measures related to resources and incorporating us a station on the amount of the design features into the new construction to allow it to look similar and maintain significance . conducting interpretive displays on site that will disclose thatnarrative as well as an off-site digital museum . commission will approve the preliminary mission on may 6 and the project onjuly 22 . on items to come before the hpc, the final negative declaration has been appealed andthe board of supervisors hearing scheduled for october 5 . the next item to sell large, that's the 380 feet place which
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is one of the oldest singlescreen nickelodeon movie houses. the board voted to exchange my resignation for the july and the board introduced a 90 day extension as part of the initiation resolution . which allows for the hundred 80 day review process versus a 90 day. the board transmitted the initiation to the department on august 11 which started the review for this item will be hpc at thebeginning of next year and early 2022 . i also wanted to invite you on a few landmark designation items. the tentative hearings for the golden gate valley designation have been altered slightly to accommodate the housing element october 20. and as well the department wants to continue to coordinate the administration staff for allowing for their full involvement in the landmark in
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process. this item is scheduled for initiation on october 6 and that's landmark designation on november 3. finally, on september 13 the board plans to use the transportation committee to consider the ordinances for two landmark recommended for designations. the diego rivera mural developing the city at the art institute and ingleside terraces sundial park. the land-use committee continues to make, to show the building for one week so that's september 20. to provide an opportunity for the board to address concerns about accessibility and the preservation as raised by the property owner. on the committee recommends that designation of the terrace and sundial park. and that includes my update.
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iq. commissioners ifthere are no questions for staff , we can move on to commission matters. >> i have noreports or announcements . >> clerk: item 3, comments and questions . >> president: i wanted to thank theplanning department and staff for sharing all the good news congratulations to rich , we've enjoyed working with you. and we really enjoy working with you in any capacity and about the efforts of our landmark designation project i think the goldengate library has been on our list for some time and i'm glad to see
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movement and that there's some coordination with that and on the mural, that's good news. >> commissioner matt pseudo-believed commissioner wright and norris werehave comments . >> sorry, my chat was not working. commissioner wright. >> you'll need to unmute one of your devices. >> can you hear me now? >> clerk: yes. >> i wanted to ask about the schedule for the clay theater review and if, what is the necessity of waiting until early next year? as i understood from the last
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meeting the public comment, they were concerned about pushing it out too far. >> i can address that commissioners.typically the code allows for a 90 day period review. staff had asked the board at that time they were considering the initiation for an extra 90 days or getting several board initiated memoir planning to staff capacity. so we felt that we can certainly complete but we need to do within 100 days. it's a little too to coordinate all the stuff we needto be working with . >> thank you. >> clerk: commissioner. >> i wanted to thank john for her update, we got her email and in the space.
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>> i think we're ready to go on to our next agenda item. >> clerk: see no further requests tospeak we can move on to item 4, election of officers . >> maybe since there are two officers, you want to take the separately and then maybe do a vice president first and then president . how should we do this? >> clerk: it's entirely up to you commissioner johns. you can make a vote for president and vice president or we can take them up individually and we should receive nominations first. we should receive all nominations andthen vote on those . >> for president i nominate commissioner matt pseudo-vice
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president commissioner nageswaran. >> any other nominations. >> we have a comment from commissioner foley.>> you. so i nominate president matsuda. she's done a fabulous job during this committee and i think she's been on the committee a long time and i appreciate her leadership on the commission. and i nominate kate black as vice president. nothing to do with commissioner nageswaran, it's about kate been around a long time.she's been on the commission. she's has a lot of seniority and the only person more senior than her is commissioner johns. so why nomination would be for president matsuda and vice president commissioner black. >> clerk: any additional nominations ?
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would the commissioners liketo deliberate ? seeing no requests to speak from any other commissioners, i will call thequestion given that there are 2 nominations , i take that back. >> commissioner so would you like to chair some of your comments. >> i think we can do that here but i also want us to second whatcommissioner foley nomination . i'm sorry for the fire in here. it's nothing personal about commissioner nageswaran but it's about the opportunity and the chance to really honor commissioner black and his dedication for so many years and for hisprofessionalism throughout her career , working as her historic preservation uva and then excelling through
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public dependency throughout the bay area. and then deeply, deeply involved with her experience in government and assembling this commission and i think it is an honor to acknowledge her dedication. so i would love to nominate her and also commissioner johns, i always sometimes call you supervisor johns. so same respect extended to you. having the expertise and history and the experience being on these seats, it's very paramount to our meetings. so that's actually to conclude my comment, i wanted to share
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and appreciate that and i've learned so much from all of yo , especially those in this commissionfor many years . beyond that knowledge on the secretaries. >> i am allowed to make comments, aren't i? >> clerk: this is the opportunity for commissioners to make comments and we should also open up public comment. >> i think all of you for your nomination. i'mvery honored. i am interested in , i do support the nomination of commissioner nageswaran for vice president and let me share why. i have nothing against commissioner black. commissioner black has been an essential member of this commission but i am very interested in the commission
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and the planning department and city and county of san francisco in general and i have maybe been advocating too much but what i feel very important is social and racial equity. one of the components of promoting a social and racial equity plan is to be able to empower younger people particularly younger people of color to position when it is possible to leadership positions and i just feel that commissioner nageswaran may not have the vast experience of commissioners black or of other commissions on this. but it's important that we look to the future and look to leaders, particularly leaders who come from communities of color to lead us into tomorrow so that is why my interest and myreasons for wanting to nominate commissioner
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nageswaran . commissioner nageswaran. >> so i think the way i see this rule is really to support thecommission . it's really not about me. it's about the profession and what we can bring to it and i'd like to support president matsuda in that role if i can. and if commissioner black is vice president i'm going to support her as well. and just as far as experience, i studied architecture, i've studied classicalarchitecture for five years and lived in italy . and also just started in preservation in sanfrancisco . in1996 . so this will be my 25th year of
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doing architecture as a professional and the majority of it has been in preservation but i also helped build as well when i lived in santabarbara . i've seen my two times living in san francisco and asfar as experience , i've worked on more than 100, 200 different buildings in sanfrancisco . writing history, and then doing projects, relocating them, working with teams to do tax credit projects. a variety of different aspects of preservation so it is part of who i am and i've been entrenched in it.
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you may not have seen me but i was there. but anyway, i support whatever the commission decides and it's all about what preservation is about and what we need to do. to move it forward and i think commissioner black would do an extraordinary job as well. that'sall i'm going to say. thank you >> commissioner black . >> clerk: commissioner black, you are muted. >> there isn't anybody on this commission who i think cares a lot about preservation andwould do a good job, especially including commissioner nageswaran . i would be honored to serve. my life has been about historic preservation for many years.
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i just studied at virginia and i went to boston to learn real estate development because i wanted to know about what the developers were because the best way to preserve architecture in my opinion is to find a viable move that makes sense for everybody economically andpreserves the building at the same time . my passion is historic architecture . and the decisions even though we are considered a smaller less important commission than the planning commission, the decisions wemake are huge . the building schedules we look at our very important. those buildings and those changes will be here for a long time. i really care about the work thatwe as a commission do . i've been honored to serve varying commissioners and they all reallyworked collaboratively as a commission . and solve problems, often quietly, sometimes amidst alone
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of controversy so i think we've done a good job and i would be honored to represent the commission as vice president moving forward. >>. >> president: thank you. i don't see any further commission comment. >> clerk: members of the public, this is your opportunity to submit your testimony relatedto the election ofofficers. press star 3 to be added to the queue . seeing no requests from members of the public to speak, public comment isnow closed . giventhat we have two nominations for vice president we should take up these matters separately . we have one nomination for president , for commissioner matsuda. i'll take up that matter first . on the motion to elect commissionermatsuda's
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president, commissioner right . [roll call vote] >> i was on mute. >> on the nomination for commissioner matsuda as president . [roll call vote] so moved commissioners, that motion passesunanimously, 7 votes 20 . congratulations to commission president matsuda. on nominations for vice president, thefirst nomination was for commissioner nageswaran . on the nomination for commissionernageswaran to become vice president, commissioner wright . [roll call vote] so moved
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commissioners, that motion passes 4 to 3 with commissioners black and so voting against. there is no reason to call the second question unless you all ... okay. congratulations commissioner nageswaran for representing the historic preservation commission in thecapacity of vice president . commissioners, we have moved on to consideration of items proposed for continuance at time of issuance and to date there are no items proposed for continuance. under your regular calendar
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item 5 case 2021 06308 def for the truck andnarrow , 19th avenue eastern recreation grove landmarkdesignation . are you prepared to make your presentation? >> i am although i believe that supervisor mar's agent would like to join the meeting and may make comments first but i will defer toher . >> clerk: idon't know whether z she sent an invitation . >> i see her. >> happy to make remarks, that's okay. >> i'll be very brief. thank you for considering recommendation to the trocadero clubhouse. if you've been on walk-through. [inaudible] you'll see this
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beautiful distinctive and beloved building among the pine trees right next to the campus theater.the trocadero has a community tribe on the west side. built in 1892 the trocadero clubhouse has been in the parkside district as a roadhouse institution for the san francisco elite but as one writer puts it, clientele consisted of men out for a day of drinking, dining and perhaps gambling. in the decades to follow the trocadero became a rare recreational site with women's and jobs training classes and suffragette meetings. and when rosalie bought the land in 1931, she donated it to the city of san francisco to be used or recreation,music, dramatics and pageantry . since then, the now public clubhouse has been used for a wide range of events altered by
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the city and on a rental basis for committee meetings, weddings, birthday parades and other celebrations. it is important to look at historic landmark and through the lens ofdifferent experiences . in all parts of the city including the parkside and not just the realms of the elite whose architecture may made the most historical of sanctions. the history of the cultural significance of the parkside with many other historically working-class neighborhoods after alston been overlooked and this really is part of the group's heritage last year and the work making it a landmark designation i just wanted to take this time to thank parkside heritage, the western neighborhood project, the park neighborhood association, sunset parkside education action committee.
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and i want to thank the staff for preparing this report and here's ourcommissioners to make a positive recommendation today . >> thank you. >> i will go ahead and share my screen. thank you. good afternoon commissioners. to lala valley department staff, before you is a request for a recommendation on landmark designation of the trocadero clubhouse. the clubhouse is located within admin stern recreation grove on the east end of stern grove and pine lake park in san francisco'spark neighborhood. the building is owned and operatedby the san francisco
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recreational park .on january 26 , supervisor mark introduced a resolution to initiate landmark designation for the clubhouse. both the land use committee and full board ofsupervisors voted unanimously to recommend approval which became effective much 19 2021 . the clubhouse was constructed in 1892 as an in and roadhouse by george w green junior. son of one of seven brothers in the green family. the green family had come to the san francisco from canada and were occupying land in the southof san francisco as early as 1847 . the clubhouse operated as an i and roadhouse from 1892 to 1916. and in its heyday , which you've already heard of, at the turn-of-the-century the trocadero was established as a roadhouse, cabaretand resort all rolled into one . by the 19 teams like many other roadhouse is hadfallen into
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disrepair . but the onset of prohibition and the loss of its liquor license was converted to a single-family residence and occupied by a longtime owner. green sold the building and surrounding property in 1931 two rosalie stern who donated it to the city for recreational use. stern who was chair of the playground commission at that time hired architectural firm of renard maibach to restore the trocadero and to provide landscaping updates and new structures for artistic performances at the sigmund stern recreation building. followingdedication of thecity park , the trocadero served as a refreshment stop . the clubhouse is a two-story over basement building in wood chip and shingles and capped
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with aside gable roof . there are many characteristics that make this including gable ends ordered with deep shingles, projecting molding cornices and decorative coppola and detailing. asdetailed in the fact sheet provided to staff , and included in your packet the trocadero clubhouse is historically significant as one of the earliest buildings in the parkside district , largely developed initially in the early 1900s but then the vast majority of development happened with tracks in the 2040s. and one of the only extent 19th century structures, the building is are so architecturally significant as
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an excellent and well-preserved example of architectural style and as one of the city's last examples of 19th century buildings. the building is also historically and culturally significant for associations to development recreational abilities of san francisco first is a roadhouse and out-of-town getawayand then as part of what we see in the segments during recreation grows in the 1930s . the significance being recommended in 1892 and when the building wasconstructed to around 1949 when it was supplanted by construction . the department believes the clubhouse needs to be established eligibility requirements and that landmark status of correnti.those have been altered its physical integrity to conveyits architectural and cultural significance . the character defining features of the building include both the commuter and interior spaces and elements. the conclusion of interior
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signing features as warranted as these spaces which historically functioned as a publicly accepted gathering spaces had significance as a former roadhouse. the landmark that you see here was had a red outlinearound it . it's inclusive of the wood porch that wraps around the south . no other features of the surrounding recreation including the ramp and restroom building west of the clubhouse building are subject to the planrecommendations . since packets were issued there have been several small revisions made and these were included in the revised draft that were emailed to the commissioners yesterday. and these are as follows. on stage july 5 , adding the following language.which is incorporated herein by reference and end of section
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182 and on page 3, line 23 changing the sections referenced from 10042100 4.3. of the planning code. the department recommends the agency approved the recommendations for landmark designation at the clubhouse for the draft ordinance provided. the commission's recommendation to the board of supervisors. staff has not received any public comment regarding this landmark designation but we are aware that the heritage and the san franciscoheritage are both in support of the designation . i also would like to thank these groups of these organizations with architectural resources group for their during the designation. thank you, that concludes my presentation and our questions . i believe that representative and parks department may also be on the line to make comments
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and answerany questions . thank you. >> that concludes staff presentation. we can move on to public comment, members of the public this is youropportunity to submit testimony by pressingáthree . you will each have two minutes and when you your linehas been a muted ,that's her indication you can speak . >> i have spoken on the action committee, also known as the . we are in strong support for the landmark designation of the trocadero for all the reasons stated in the commissioners packet. staff has been in contact with the parks department after the water main lecture, this damage to sterling grove, the park is concerned the trocadero suffered no damage.thank you.
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>> good afternoon commissioners, this is woody from san francisco heritage. as ms. lavallee mentioned we are invery strong support of this landmark designation . we are very excited to be partners in parkside heritage which is a group of neighbors and interested parties in that part of town who are very excited themselves to be putting the trocadero forward. i think if you have metanybody or talked about this with anybody probably the first question you're going to get is i thought that arlo already was a landmark, isn't italready a landmark ? this feels like a slamdunk . this is an importantbuilding. i'm also a historian on road houses and this isthe most extensive roadhouse in the city
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. just a great landmark, great job by the staff . thank you so much for your consideration . >>. >> caller: my name is evan rosen and i live in the parkside district and and a member of parkside heritage and speak and i'm here to speak enthusiastically in support of recommending to the board of supervisors the broken arrow clubhouse be designated a san francisco landmark. parkside heritage formed in part because of the lack of city designated landmark in the western neighborhood generally and in the parkside district in particular and we have a number of structures in parkside and the western neighborhood that are part and parcel of our neighborhood character and what makes san francisco a unique and desirable place to live and work and we can agree the trocadero is a well-preserved building in stern grove it's a great place to start in designatinglandmarks inparkside and the western neighborhood .
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thank you commissioners for your consideration . >> clerk: thank you. last call for public comment on this item, press star 3 to be added to the queue seeing no additional requests to speak public comment is closedand it is now before you commissioners . >> president: commissioner foley . >> i just am sad about one thing and that is i wasn't there when it was open as a roadhouse. i think that's sad icouldn't be therefor all the fun and excitement . this is the most wonderful nomination i've heard in a year . the history is amazing . i think i can't believe it is not a historic resource alread and i am 100 percent in favor of this nomination so thank you . >> president: thankyou, commissionerblack . >> i concur with commissioner
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foley . this is a no-brainer. but instead of saying anything more i wanted to follow the work of bernard mayberry who when asked to rehab and renovate and build some new buildings, when he spoke about this building he said he describes it as as perfect as he found so i couldn't agree more with bernardas well . >> iq commissioner. >> i'm super supportive of this nomination. i thought it was fun to hear the history of how people lived and would come out of downtown, what was actually san francisco then and take a day trip ora weekend trip and go to these road houses . it's just otherworldly right now but it's neat. i just have one clarification
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that i wanted to maybe edit and that back sheet. on page eight and one it talks about the architects being unknown and then on page 19 it says it was not architect designed.so maybe clarifying that just to make it clear that we just don't know who the architect is for its clear that there is noarchitect . the other thing i, in reading through the materials which were extremely interesting and well-written, it came to mind an architect that did and was contemporary to the period of this roadhouse and who knows if
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he had anything to do with it but i thought i would mention it in case it could be confirmed or not confirmed and that's henry plus, he was a german born architect who came here and 1876 and was active as an architect from 1878 to 1910 and has like most prolific years were 1882 1880 1890. and in the national register nominations for the bayview opera house it notes that he might have been the most prolific architect in san francisco having built hundreds of buildings so he might be a candidate for being an architect for this roadhouse but who knows. in any case i think the nomination is completely full with intent and it's great. so i just want to mention that, thank you. >> commissioner johns.
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>> i move that we approve the revised proposed designation which appears to me to meet all the requirements for eligibility underthe planning code .>> thank you. only thing i wanted to add miss love how is once this has gone through the process and has come forward as a landmark designation to make sure it is on the stern row website so that you know that this is actually a recent landmark and it's a very important part of san francisco history. many people just go to the website to find out who's playing but it would be nice if they could also be educated and learn about the history of the grove and thisimportant property . so voters, i think we have a motion and a second.
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>> indeed we do.on that motion to adopt the recommendationfor approval, commissioner right . >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> commissionerjohns . [roll call vote] >> that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0. on your final item of today's agenda number six, 22250 emd and 1101 through 1123, this is for for your review. please note for public comment period for the draft goes to august or is from august 18,
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2021 until 5 pm october 5 2021. the draft eir is scheduled for the planning commission september 30 2021. staff is prepared to make a recommendation. the floor is yours.>> good afternoonpresident matsuda and members of the committee . the item before you is an opportunity to approve public comment and provide comments in the draft impact report 1101 through 1103. pursuant to san francisco's procedures for implementation equal, this draft eir has a significant impact on a historic resource. the commission members present electronic copies of the draft which included an e through f5 historic background reports for this project . the public review or the proposed projects became august
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18 and will continue till october 10, 2021. the department is requesting a comment on item 3 of the ea ar regarding his oracle preservation , specifically the identification of historical resources and the analysis of project impacts on historic resources and mitigation measures considered. i would like to remind the commission that the preservation alternatives go out to the hpc february 3 for your review and comment. hpc found the alternative to be adequate that it incorporated into the weight in the draft eir. any comments you may wish to put into the apartment on the draft eir will be addressed in this production.the historic preservationcommission comments will also be provided to the planning commission prior to their hearing . which will take place october 30. my colleagues on this project,
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eir manager for the project, and kevin guy. members of the project sponsor team are present as well and before i go into detail i'm going to turn the presentation over to patrick mcewan with martin building code who will give a brief presentation of the proposed project . >> are you with us?>> yes i am. >> commissionpresident, how much time do you want to provide ? >> president: how much time do you need? >> i give you less than five minutes. >> five minutes is great. >> first slide please.
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>> good afternoon commissioners andplanning staff, my name is patrick mcinerney . prior to the project presentation by staff i'm going to briefly highlight our company and our preservation experience . for the benefit of those parts familiar with our work i can sincerely apologize but this is similar to the presentation we recently gave infebruary . so isthere anybody who hasn't seen it . our building company is designed to be a development firm working almost exclusively in san francisco for thepast 32 years . where dedicated to creating high-quality projects that embrace the urban fabric and its density while respecting the valuable history. part of the building company is to complete dozens of new projects over the years including the adaptive reuse of six different projects that were each ultimately listed on the national register of historic places.
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in addition we were the primar driver for the creation of three separate national register districts all within san francisco . next slide. again, i'll be brief because this is repetitive.we closed jesse street and created a new project and it was a nice asset for the historicproperties . next slide. this is shots of the new plaza and the real key is what it might look like before that plaza. next slide. this is one of our projects, this is the plaza completed the first time in1999 , partial renovation and innovation in 2007 listed on the national register of historic places as a contributor tothe hales brothers national register
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district . next slide. those two buildings there are in the plaza, also contributors to the district and they are benefitedas well . this plaza was renovated in the late 90s and it is also an individual listing on the national register .this is howard street, also completed in the 90s preservation and this is also listed on the national register and it is a contributor to the adjacent district, the second and howard district. next slide. this is a project we completed in los angeles also individually listed on the
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national register .next slide. briefly, these are districts that facilitated the creation of the 4 property districts, fifth and the market in san francisco. next slide. and then the second and howard district which were created quite a few years ago . again, national register district. and then the south district which was created by san francisco district with a couple of years ago prior to our work, we actually moved and weresuccessful in getting it listed on the national register. next slide. this is one of our projects , the national register eligible rehabilitation but it is preservation and is article 178
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townsend. next slide. and then just briefly this is the subject property, this is the way it looks today, 1101 sutter which istruly a preservation component of our project. next slide . this is 1123 sutter which is the last use as a mortuary. next slide. and this is finally an old flyer that we dug up. when the building was originally built in101 sutter was built , it was conducted in an automobile school so it's got quite a history. in conclusion briefly i'd like to say that after literally years of evaluation and analysis, martin building
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company feels strongly the best program for this project is to number one prioritize the preservation and rehabilitation of 1101 sutter which will be performedin accordance with the secretary of interior standards and number two, construct an entirely new residential building on the site 1123 . this program is now entertainment uses its significant historical resource but also maximizesthe creation of newresidential units plus market rate and affordability . thank you for your time and we look forward to any comments or questions . >> that includes staff presentations and we should move on to public comment. >> i'd like to continue the presentation with the draft eir.so as patrick mentioned, the projects at 1101 february 11, 2023 hunter street and the project site includes two buildings owned by the parking lot located just north of the center in the tenderloin
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district. the building of 1101 is located at sutter and market street with a three-story reinforced home auto repair building. further more there's a one-story parlor, the next is the parking lot. moving on to discuss the historic status of the building, 1101 sutter was constructed in 1920 and was designed by shield engineering and automobile college which is atraining school . the building is operated in 1935 when it was converted into agarage . 1101 sutter is individually eligible under criteria one and three and appears since 1920.
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the character defining features of 1101 sutter are here with a lot of the wind among others. further west is 1123 sutter street which was a mortuary ... [inaudible] 1123 sutter is individually eligible for register under criteria 12 and three. the features of 1123 sutter is the simple rectangle or form along with the decorative detailsthat contribute to the building . some interior spaces are also character defining and includes those exemption areas, two of the chapels and three of the rooms. based on the finding of 1101
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and 1123 historic resources for purposes, i'm going to talk briefly just to highlight the project objectives which are specified here but include development, increasingly the city supply ofaffordable housing along with retaining historical resources . so that's why i mentioned increased development includes rehabilitation of 1101 sutter for the secretary of the interior standards and the demolition of the mortuary building in the parking lot so the construction of a 14 story tall residential tower. altogether they want to construct 221 benchmarks, the draft concluded that the proposed project would result in less than two impacts on 1101 sutter street and substantial efforts to change 1123. this impact was determined to be a project level significant with what its impact due to the
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fact that the project that demolished the historic resource at 1123 can be retired in further construction of a two-story building. re-mitigation measures have been applied for the impact and that included the documentation interpretation along with the preparation of the full mitigation measures which would result in the impact on historic resources, the impact on these boards are minimal. there is an unavoidable impact of the project on an individual resource the draft eir list for alternatives to the proposed project including one project alternative for full preservation alternatives and two partial preservation alternatives . the hpc shares the february 3 june 2021 hearing and the feedback has changes to all the alternatives on the ar. hpc recommended at the
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alternatives retain some of the interior spaces 1123 and all the alternative and hpc recommended the incorporated some differentiation from the architectural to distinguish the addition of the historic buildings from the new tower on the parking lot.the hpc also made implementation for a partial preservation that used for retained elementsof the building, this ultimately led to partial preservation alternatives . this slide shows they found the alternatives for the proposed project and talk briefly about the new project alternatives that there would be no modifications to the resources and while there's no project alternatives in a significant level it would move to any of the project objectives. moving on to look at the full preservation alternatives in this alternative 1101 sutter
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street would retain and rehabilitate similar to its proposed project. 1123 sutter should be retained including the retention of some interior record defining spaces which is similar for all alternatives including a two-story addition that would be constructed with the 25 subset. on the parking lot of tower would be constructed. the design of the tower is in addition for 1123 sutter were differentiated from each other. thefull preservation alternatives would give objectives to the project and hundred 15 units would be constructed . under this alternative the impact to all historic resources would be due to the fact that all buildings would beretained and 1123 sutter has a modest addition with a setback . these measures do not apply. the partial preservation alternatives in this alternative 1101 sutter street will be. and with a four-story
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constructed for the setback from sutter and the larkin street. 1123 would be retained and would see a four-story addition with a setback from sutter street. [inaudible] similar to the full preservation alternatives the architecture of the tower would be differentiated from each other. this partial preservation would see the construction of 100 52 of the on-site. given the successful additions to 1101and 1123 sutter under this alternative the impact of these resources would be significant . while the impact of sutter is greater in its alternative and theproject, the impact of 1123 as less of an exposed project even at if the impact is still significant and unavoidable .
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these impacts would be significant and unavoidable and mitigation measures similar to the proposed project were responsible for both buildings. lastly partial consideration alternatives under this alternative 1101 sutter would be rehabilitated and based on these commissions from the hpc 1123 would see a 12 story addition to those setbacks that incorporate the vertical price on the part of the parking lot would be a 14 story building. this alternative would partially meet the objectives of theproject and would construct 214 new ones on the site . the impact to 1101 would be less than significant and no mitigation measures would be required and the impact to 1123 would still bean unavoidable with less severity than the proposed project . for this reason the same mitigation measures pertain and would apply. the following slide has reached that the environmental division
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is part of the process. in december of last june the separation was made up to decision-makers state and regional agencies along with property owners andoccupants within 300 feet of the proposed project . with publication of the draft the notice of availability of the draft occupants and posters of the new proposed development project site. before i conclude i'll remind everyone that a public hearing on the draft eir of the public planning commission is scheduled for center september 30, 2021 and in order to be responded in the final eir will be submitted orally planning commission hearing or in writing to the coordinator with a proposed project. those comments can be submitted by email to the address you can see here or just to 49 south. comments must be in october 5 and in other words public
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commenters today will not be responded to in the eir process.after the planning commission hearing the planning department will publish a document which will contain a response to all relevant comments in the draft. legislating publication as a response to comments followed by the eir certification from 2022 . it's a reminder that the opportunity for the hpc to comment on the eir including the description and historic status of the site the proposed litigation is in a range alternative. lastly staff is here to answer anyquestions you mayhave . thank you .>> that concludes staff presentation.i'm going to mute some of these microphones here. we seem to be getting feedback.
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members of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission on this matter by pressing áthree to be added to the queue. when you hear your line has been undilutedthat's her indication to begin speaking and to the chair, you have 2 minutes . >> good afternoon on behalf of thehousing action coalition , we are in strong support of this project and really think the project team for the fantastic job as it relates to the historic preservation piec . while i emphasized earlier adding much-needed housing and much-neededsubsidized affordable housing in san francisco though we are enthusiastically in support . thank you .
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>> clerk: last call for public comment.seeing no additional request to speak publiccomment is closed and it is now before you for your review and comment . >> president: commissioner foley. >> i'm going to make a lot of thecomments i heard last commission meeting around this project . i've been watching this company develop projects for 20+ years living in san francisco and they've always done amazing work . i know i haven't talked to patrick in a long time but i am in support of this project and i think what they will do with this project will beeven more special than what the renderings are showing because what they've shown in all their preservation work as they go the extra mile . i'm supportive and i think it's
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nice to see someone who cares about preservation and building housing. i go by this site every monday with my daughter so if anybody wants to go to kumasi, you should look at this site. thank you very much. >> president: commissioner johns. >> i second everything commissioner foley said. i don't want to sound blasi but this is a fairly typical margin company project of sensitivity and high quality. i think that the eir proposal, it's zero sin and analyzes the preservation issues and presents reasonable alternatives. the one that i prefer is preservation of alternative 2 but that is up to the board of supervisors. >> commissioner black.
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>> the question before us is whether or not theeir is adequate . and in addition to the four alternatives, there were many other studies and appearances from massing studiesthat they did . i recall this during the initial review the commission with this commission in february, there was unified interest in retaining all or part of the moratorium building they have worked hard to do that . in this set of alternatives, i think they've done a really good jobof addressing that . my process is getting closer to alternative to but i want to say that i'm a little worried about the-.at this stage is not fully defined. it's the kind of element that could work really well or not work very well.so even with
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alternative 2, i'd like to nudge more towards the setback that they're showing in the other 2 alternatives on the 1123 building. in february there were a lot of positive comments about this development team. and i really appreciate the hard work that they have gone through since then to develop these additional alternatives which indeed in my opinion are adequate for this draft eir. >> thank you, commissioner so. >> this is a follow-up, thank you staff and also the project sponsor and i don't know who the developer is, i'm just looking at the project and the care of the town to go into actually address some of our previous comments and thank you fordoing that. i am in full support of this
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project . this many versions of it, they all are really appropriate and also sensitive to our site and also our significance of our character designing features. i just am so excited and thrilled to bringmore housing to san francisco . i like them all. thank you for doing this, this is hard work. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> it was so interesting to see all of the different renderings and it just gives you a really good perspective on the thought process of what went through. with each of these iterations and looking at, i've also similarly to commissioner black, attracted to alternative
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2. for the reason of using foley's footprint of the building below it. and i also didn't like the full preservation alternative and interestingly enough, i felt like with a smaller addition, it made sense to have a setbac . so that there wasn't a weird competition between the two story and the first story of the historic building. but once you kind of go hi, i almost prefer having to use the whole footprint because what i see an alternative 1 is that, and it's a good visual to see is that we've got these slightly moderately high additions at the top and their setback from the edges of the
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lower historic building but it's almost like a so from a distance, you look at it and then you realize it's wearing a hat. and i would have liked to have had it just use that whole footprint because this is trying to maximize what it is. and i think sometimes we are a little scared in preservation to compete with the historic building but i don't think it's competing if the materials and all of that are consistent or compatible but it is behind the fagade above it. you have to have a setback to allow for drainage and all of that but i think coming to the edge can both make it compatible in a way that you
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may not expect. oneexample is the chronicle building on market street . the lower stories are the red brick and years ago they had put a fagade on top of that and took it off. now we see that the original building and above dated a new addition that was multi-story but with a lighter color. when you see it from the street, i kind of gravitate and looks up at the addition for than i do the historic building. it's somewhat distracting to me so i want to wish that it was consistent with the historic building either in a color or in a form so that you kind of our drawing to the historic building itself. and the you know, there's other
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examples in the city but i think the adequacy of the alternatives is appropriate and i just appreciated seeing the alternatives because you really get a perspective on what's, what in preservation we look at. so thank you. >> commissioner right. >> thank you, i wanted to say that my initial preference would be for preservation alternative one. however i appreciate commissioner black's comments on the- on the shorter mortuary building and i think the need for a little bit of setback on that building. i think the setback is kind of important for being able to read the addition. i know there's a vertical-but
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in just the mapping seems to feel better to me. i think that the report has done a good job of analyzing options and i also found it very interesting tolook at the various iterations . >> i have a quick question for justin if i can. the comments that have a publi . >> i'm still in a commission hearing. >> justin, could i ask you a question? just a quick one. the comments , the colors of the comments that have come in about the proposed project particularly on the preservation alternative, could you share if there are any specific comments that weshould know about as a commission ?
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>> i believe as of yet we have not yetreceived any comments on the draft eir . >> i'm wondering the mortuary has been there for along time . and it does have a long story with it and it's in a location that has served a number of different communities so i'm wondering when you would go and look at themitigation measures that can be taken into consideration . there is the building and the company and its purpose has a lot ofmeaning to many different people so i want to make sure that is captured . mortuaries, we don't really think of mortuariesas important places but it is an important
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thing to have in our society and our community .we are all going to leave the world one day and that particular mortuary has just had such a wide variety of constituents that i want to make sure that is captured and the voices of that community are captured. once we see a change in youth and community we often forget about what was there. it's important to really capture what was there particularlyfor , that's my comment on that particular part of the eir. and i'm not sure if you are able to capture the comments from all the commissioners that were leading us to in any way ask any of the commissioners to help clarify. >> justin gooding, department staff. i think i have a good understanding of the general
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consensus of the commission. it seems that the overall consensus is that the variety of alternatives were presented at a reasonable range so that there was some discussion as to the architectural merits of some of the preservation alternatives including the minus of the partial preservation alternative 2 versus providing a setback in partial preservationalternative 1 . and then commission president maksoud's comment about ensuring that the history and significance of the funeral home is sort of adequately recorded. i think in most probably in the mitigation matters i think that's an important component and i believe that the language of the mitigation measures is addressed in a way i think encompasses a wide variety of different perspectives so i
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would appreciatethat input . >> i guess if there are no more questions or comments from the commission, this is my action item. it's an item to recuse information and comments regarding the eir. >> that's correct. >> president: i think we are good. >> public comment and ifthere's no additional comments , i believe mister greely has gotten what he came for and there are no other items on today's agenda. >> thank you everyone. >> thank you. >> goodbye. >> goodbye everyone.
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>> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this. where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries. at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free.
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you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you apply online, it will take five minutes. you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your
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lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before
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they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset
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qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease. all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery. every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that
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notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where they play movies during the weekends, they have another master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number of rerentals and resales of
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units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience. >> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier. [♪♪♪]
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it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays fridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and
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my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that al together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be
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a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running
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until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning
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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
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