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commissioners, last week i participated in your racial equity discussion with planning staff. i want to report to you that your process is substantive -- is not substantive to address the problems with the planning process. you can't change a department founded 75 years ago to eliminate the black population. we have created 6,000 site california freedom trail to avert these problems by having a factual foundation. the overall context in that situation that san francisco had five black organizations under 70 years old. only one has a landmark status. san francisco travel, national park service, sf public library we honed the process. it changed from stereotypes into land use policy.

those who have created the social construction of space are not the ones who are to change on their own. no more than they decide if they want to make a mask. two action items i would like you to place oncoming meetings. resolution of support for the national historic district study act. landmark status for the 170-year-old black organizations especially ame zion church. we want to see the context and from a new way you can join us saturday and sunday for our california african-american freedom trail at 10:30 a.m. from pier 43.5. i have submitted the testimony in writing as well.

>> thank you. with that, general public comment is closed. we can move to department matters. 1. department announcements. no director's announcements today. preservation managers have updates on landmark designations. i will turn it over to rick. >> hello, commissioners, deputy director of current planning. we want to update on where some of your landmark nominations are. recently the eco landmark is passing through. that has one more hearing in front of them. recently at the land use committee we had two updates. engle side terrace last week and the san francisco art institute

a couple that you worked on are moving through the legislative process. that concludes my report. >> thank you, deputy director. commissioners, if there are no questions we can move to commission matters item 2. president's report announcements. >> i don't have any announcements at this time. >> very good. 3. consideration of adoption of draft minutes for september 1 and september 15, 2021. public comment. members of the public speak to the minutes by pressing star 3. no members of the public requesting to speak, commissioners, public comment on the minutes is closed. they are now before you. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to adopt minutes commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner black.

>> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> chair johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> so moved. that passes unanimously 7-0 placing us on item 4 commission comments and questions. >> if there are nothing from the commission we can move to item 5. request, commissioners to adopt resolution extending your remote hearings. essentially the governor of california has not extended the stay of brown act requirements. however, the mayor's office and city administrator's office have

also not permitted us to resume in person hearings in city hall. we are in a bit of a catch-22. city attorney's office has presented this solution to adopt resolution extending remote hearing 30-days and calendaring by resolution every 30-days moving forward depending on what happens with the pandemic and city hall and in person hearings. the 30-day is a legal requirement. it will come back before you in november if need be. unless there are specific questions from commissioners i will open up public comment on this matter. members of the public it is your opportunity now to speak to this resolution requesting that the

commission extend the remote hearings. seeing no request to speak from members of the public, public comment is closed. it is now before you. >> is there a motion on the resolution to extend? >> yes, i move that we extend. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to adopt this resolution extending remote hearings 30-days. commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> thank you, commissioners and thank you for all work in

allowing the remote hearings to continue. consideration of items for continuance. no items to be continued. consent calendar. 2020-011053pta at 934 market street. request for permit to alter unless a member of the commissioner request it be pulled off consent. i will open to public comment. members of the public if you would like to have a full hearing on this item press star 3. to request to be removed. seeing no request from members of the comment. public comment is closed. item sixty the concept calendar is before you, commissioners. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve item 6 under consent.

commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner sew. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner president matsuda. >> yes. >> that passes unanimously 7-0. placing us on regular calendar 7a and b as well as c for case 2020-011214coa, var and 4327mls for 714 steiner street. commissioners, we are calling these three iteming to to consider certificate of appropriateness. zoning administrator will consider request for variance. if you choose to approve the certificate of appropriateness

you will act on the mills act request. we will hear from staff regarding the certificate of appropriateness and staff regarding the mills act request as well as a few comments from the project sponsor. then we will open up for public comment for one public comment period. then close the public comment period to allow you to deliberate and act on each of these items. ms. taylor, it appears you are with us. i will make you the preenter and the floor is yours. -- the presenter and the floor is yours. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners, michelle taylor, department staff. this is a request for certificate of appropriate necessary for property at 714 steiner street in the historic district.

designated artcle 10. 714 steiner street is a postcard road building across from the alamo square. over garage with frame two unit building constructed in 1895 with gable roof and bay window. proposed project including conversion of existing garage to habitable space resulting in replacement of garage door with new windows under the bay window and siding to match existing. other visible work includes repairs to street facing window, rehabilitation of landscape and repair of woody tailing. the front stairs exhibit signs of failure will be removed and replaced with new staircase on neighboring properties. additional alterations include rear addition, new deck and at

the rear of the building. the inteario will include remodeling, seismic strengthening and new sky lots. the use of materials and details are compatible. for example work related to rehabilitation of the ground floor and landscape will include new double hang wood windows, a iron fence. the original design of the building included these features before the garage. however, this is not a full restoration of ground floor. to avoid conjecture it will be modest in design. the proposal is appropriate for and consistent with the purposes of article 10 with the secretary of the interior standards for

rehabilitation. it respects the character features of the subject building, restored features based on existing documentation and new materials so historic materials in design, color and visual qualities. therefore, staff has determined the proposed work as outlined in your report is in conformance with requirement this is article 10 of the planning code and the department of interior standards. staff would like to note in addition to the four letters of support in your packets staff has received one letter of opposition to the project, specifically addition of proposed planter and bicycle storage unit. based on analysis, staff recommends approval and based on feedback from the commissioners, i would like to recommend amending the motion document to include conditions of approval

associated with construction of any stairs. the proposed conditions of approval are. p.1. prior to demolition of stairs on site 18-inch square full-scale mockup of proposed stucco finish for new stairs hall inquiry view by the planning preservation staff. 2. prior to work beginning on the new front entry stairs, on site 6-inch square full-scale mockup for the new steps hall review. prior to issuance of the building permit the project sponsor will provide the planning staff for approval information about proposed metal for the front railings and gate.

upon request project sponsors should be prepared to provide the staff review. this concludes my presentation. i am available to answer any questions. i will turn it over to the project sponsor team to present. thank you. i will be sharing my screen. >> you have five minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon, i am the architect for the project 714 steiner street. thank you for your time today as well as department staff for cooperation with our team. this is a rare project that checks the boxes. project sponsor's vision and supporting the numerous policy goals to restore and preserve historic architecture maintain

housing stock, be prepared for future earthquakes and promote alternate modes of transportation over personal cars in changing climate. new overner brings deep love of the homes. on the upper three floors for use of long-term residence and new dwelling unit and removing the garage. 714 steiner was built in 1895. part of the alamo square. 75 feet in length. 23 feet in width. nonconforming rear yard matching other properties on the street. the car go yard to the neighbors. the house was originally a single family dwelling. the configuration.

in 1960 was converted to two dwelling units. new walls were built. interior doors created common entry and walls in place of decorative wood. current garage added in 1947 without permit. resulted in removal of brick chimney creating structural hazard to existing building and add jays sent house in the event of earthquake. the rear wood deck was added. the removal of the garage allows restoration of the configuration at ground floor and low wall and iron fence from the photos from 1940s. the front stairs worry built and will maintain the finish on the

risers and pattern finish on exterior walls. front doors and windows and millwork will be refurbished and exterior repainted. chimney will be rebuilt with a finish to replicate the existing chimney. ground floor an arched opening in the south wall leads to new entrance to the upper unit, iron fence encloses new planter to replicate the original garden. construction of the planter and the sloping site allows inclusion of in design with bike storage concealed from public view. planning code allows the garden landscaping.

garage will restore the window. interior bike parking did e-bikes are cumbersome. any ground floor would be addressed by narrow and difficult passing to the building. proposal is to further city policy. again, the bike would be undetectable. from the stalk one would see the low fence with the original design of the home. the front facing two bedroom of the second floor. the front and rear and in alignment and access to shared outdoor space in rear garden. upper floors removed the 1960 walls and open stairs. there will be natural light to the center of the house. the existing rear stairs will be

removed and replaced with one story deck and stairs. they require variance this provides the space and the historic projection of the ads jay sent house at 712 steiner. the deck is necessary to required the required space. the project provide 166 feet squared open space. 327 to the ground floor and 161 upper unit. the upper unit on the second floor deck. rear all exterior trim will be replaced. new windows will be provided. existing bay removed and new bay window of similar length is proposed. shifted further from the property line to align with the

new set of doors below. end of presentation. i am available to take any questions. >> thank you. we should now hear from preservation staff regarding the mills act request. ms. ferguson. >> i will start off. good afternoon. elizabeth with planning department staff. second aspect of the item before you is the mills act property contractor 714 steiner. brief application of mills act. the legislation authorizes local government to enter contracts with private property owners of qualified historic properties for property tax reductions. they can allocate towards maintenance and restoration plan.

department colds haactive mills act contracts. i would acknowledge the dedicated staff shannon and michelle. they are the department mills act program together. in addition over the last three years the department has assigned a different preservation staff person to provide support in possessing the mills act applications this provides the opportunity to learn about the program and expand the professional expertise. jonathan has worked with us. in addition all preservation staff members assist in the contract monitoring which shannon will describe in the presentation. this year the department received one application for 714 steiner. we worked to revise rehab and

restoration and maintenance plans to ensure future work will be in confer man for -- -- conformance. it is included in the executive summary. necessity. project will require financial incentive to ensure preservation of property. two. investment. an additional private investment in the property other than routine maintenance for a seismic retrofitting or rehaband restoration. meeting this establishes the property owner is committed to investing in rehab and maintenance of the property. 3. distinctiveness. an example of a property deserving of the contract due to exceptional nature.

4. consideration for recently designated city landmarks properties that are recently designated will be given priority consideration. finally, 5. legacy accident preserve property at which the legacy accident is included in the application. it includes determining whether the property meets minimum eligibility rights. in addition to local, state national register it is limited to properties with assessed property $3 million. $5 million or less for commercial properties. however if a property exceeds the assessed value limit the historic preservation commission may recommend the board of supervisors grant exemption from limitations if the building or structure is of significant resource and it will assist in

preservation of the building or structure otherwise in danger of demolition, substantial alteration or disrepair. this is consistent with the resolution centering on social equity and the department's initiative. 714 steiner meets the eligibility rights and exceeds $3 million assessed value limit and requests an exemption from the limitations. your commission packets contain draft valuationalling the potential property tax savings. if approved the property owner will enter the mills act contract with the city. agreement is 10 yearvey involving contract entered into annually. staff would like to take this opportunity to provide brief update on the department's efforts to evaluate racial and

social equity impacts of the mills act program in support of department goals and h.p.c. resolution 1127. particularly how the mills act program could be expanded to help underrepresented neighborhoods and peoples. staff prepared draft strategy with the goal of includes the strategy as one of the cultural resource priorities and racial and social equity action plan. we can whichly say it will consider short and long-term strategies with interested parties and stakeholders including this commission. in our efforts to evaluate the mills act staff realized while it is an important preservation benefit program not the only incentive program available to property owners of historic buildings. staff has created a single page

on the planning department website discussing city, state and federal programs offering savings, grants and loans to property owners of various incomes. shannon will present the application for your review and consideration. >> good afternoon. shannon ferguson. this is a mills act application for 714 steiner street on the east side between hayes and brook streets. subject property is a corn contributing building to the article 10 historic district. it is one of the clean end

buildings directly across from alamo square. three story over garage wood frame two unit residential building constructed in 1895 featuring gable roof and bay window. as mentioned before 714 steiner is valued at over $3 million. historic structures report was required to show it meets requirements for granting exemption from limitations on eligibility. 714 steiner meets these requirements as it is an important contributor to the alamo square historic district. survival of the 1906 earthquake and fire and architectural design with gable roof and bay window. it contributes to the scare it is highly intact significant

collection of architectural from the 1870s to the 1920s. it is not in danger of alteration. staff supports eligibility exemption because of deferred maintenance and removing nonoriginal garage and driveway to restore the windows and siding. includes placement of front entry stair, seismic upgradings, replacing roof, repair and painting siding. replacing low wall and repairing windows. estimated cost of proposed rehabilitation work is over $1.259 million. over 10 years. proposed maintenance plan

includes makingness repairs to the foundation, roof, siding and windows and stairs on an annual basis. estimated cost $5,400 annually for maintenance work to meet the standards. meets three of five priority considerations. necessity. investment and distinctiveness. it will require significant associated costs to ensure preservation of the property. property owner will invest additional money towards rehabilitation including structural upgrades. it will preserve and enhance the integrity of the buildings. assessor required estimated property owner will receive

$31,538 in property tax savings first year as a result of mills act contract. i would like to provide an update on the status of the mills act contracts. department annual monitoring who self-report the maintenance work completed in the previous year. this year the department received affidavits from all but two mills act property owners. 36 of the 42 properties in compliance with the mills act contract. one is under enforcement and two require additional information. staff will continue to follow up with these property owners who have not submitted their affidavit and also that require

additional information. in addition. two properties removed to the following year. staff granted requests as the properties were maintained in good condition. staff received report prepared by the assessor recorder that indicates the total property tax savings received by all current mills act property owners is over $1.3 million. this is available for your review in your packets. in conclusion, department staff recommends historic preservation commission recommend approval of the mills act application for 714 steiner street for the board boardof supervisors. the maintenance plan is appropriate and to meet the secretary of interior standards. this concludes my presentation. elizabeth and i are happy to answer any questions you may

have. the assessor/recorder is on hand. i will allow the property owner to speak to you at this time. thank you. >> hello. i am the homeowner of 714 steinner. i would like to tell you why i purchased this home. one of the things i loved most about san francisco is the sicktorian homes that make our -- victorian homes. when it was time to purchase my own home i saw 714 steiner for sale. one of the famous painted leaders and i had to take a look. it is nearly 130 years old in need every pair, to put it lightly. i fell in love with the home and the location in thal will month square neighbor -- alamo square neighborhood. it is a great honor to restore

the home. i would love to keep it looking great of one of the painted ladies. seeking the mills act for covering repair costs and maintaining it for many more years to come. thank you. that concludes the staff presentations. members of the public this is your chance to be added to the queue. when your line is unmuted begin speaks. you will have three minutes. >> hello. i am jim. i am past president of san francisco victorian alliance. for 20 years i lived near this amazing historic resource 714

steiner. i endorse the restoration plan on its merits. there are several exciting factors strengthening my support further. it is prepared with the historic elements preserved and new strengthening and forward looking technologies incorporated. second unit is being preserved and enhanced to be a far better unit. the ecology committed couple who purchased this home and making it their long-term home have chosen to eliminate the nonoriginal garage and are focusing on sustainable bikes as means of transportation. this is a practice we need to applaud and support.

most significantly, they are followed by a whole community of younger people. they are leading by example to make preservation, commitment to historic resources and environment be demonstrable path moving forward for a younger community. encouraging their efforts by approval of this plan aids the efforts to increase interest and commitment to preservation to a new generation. i thank staff for strong support of this. i further endorse the mills act being used so appropriately on a building like this and we are delighted to welcome this new homeowner into the preservation community of san francisco. we know preservation is in good hands with people like this joining us. thank you very much.

>> thank you. last call for public comment on this item. press star 3 to be added to the queue. you have three minutes. >> i am calling in support of 714 steiner. in the time i have known hershey is a enthusiast for architecture and making a sustainable city in san francisco. the project is extremely excited. this is truly innovative approach to rethinking the house to restructure to bike first and bike friendly. i hope we can approve her new

development to set an example to better incentivize bike culture through restructuring of how our houses are built. thank you. i yield me time. >> last call for public comment on this item. seeing no additional requests to speak, public comment is closed. it is now before you. i will remind you to please act first on the certificate of appropriateness. allowing the acting zoning administrator to act on variance. if those are approved we can can move to mills act. >> commissioner foley. >> i would say the last caller when he said took the words out of my mouth. it is incredible. it is amazing how they are going to restore this building.

i have driven by this a million times. i am really excited about this. thank you very much. >> commissioner johns. >> i think commissioner foley had it right. i move we approve the certificate of appropriateness. >> i will allow the other commissioners to speak. i acknowledge your motion. commissioner nageswaran. >> i was very encouraged and excited that so much is being done. [ inaudible ] put some new uses to it while being respectful to architecture and the visual of this building. i appreciate all of that. i had just a couple of questions. just comments. for the front wall in front of

the bicycle storage, i saw the top of the wall is flat. i wondered whether that was to go along with other site features or if it could be rounded so it is not so contemporary in look. also, the rails is sitting exactly on top of the concrete. i can see over time that might cause that metal to deteriorate. i i wondered whether it could be raised slightly and then just penetrate the wall in a few locations. i know the front stairs at the risers and the treads were made to comply with the regular code. i wanted to just it really has been no affect to what it looks

like. i think it is fine. iowa president to remind people that -- i want to remind people the historical code does allow keeping the riser and tread dimensions of historic buildings as well as height of railings the same so that we can keep the character of the buildings. the way they have done it is compatible. michelle noted some samples and the only question i had about materials was the paint colors, whether they were going to use historical paint colors or other types of colors. i don't have any preference but

just curiosity. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. the paint colors. alamo square does not have any restrictions or guidance. the planning department does not typically consider review of paint colors. i am not sure that i can speak to that. it is to the preference of the property owner and project sponsor. i am in support of the modifications you suggested. i would like to ask if the project sponsor architect author. maybe if the architect could

speak. >> thank you, michelle. thank you for the question about the side wall and the fence. yes, i think we absolutely can provide a shape to the top of the site wall and your comment about elevating the railing for a long term maintenance is a good one. that is something we can absolutely adopt as part of our final. >> one other question about the access panel. is that whole thing metal gate with the railings and the lower solid portion, is that also metal? >> no, the lower portion would be in the same stuck co-finish as the rest of the wall so the

intention is to look like a portion of the wall and fence and not appear as a gate. >> thank you. >> commissioner so. i applaud the team and the staff. allow our new generations vibrancy joining the community and being respectful to the character define of feature of san francisco residential homes. i love the owner speaking about falling in love with the homes. i wanted to appreciate everybody including the neighborhood coming out in full support of this this project and being able

to utilize the tax incentives we have provided for the city. a lot of people don't know how to do that. i hope when this project moving forward a little more when you have more bandwidth we can turn it into a case study for san francisco. i love the level of care and detail you put in including the architect today presenting a comprehensive presentation. i know you want through a lot. i saw your pre-aps on your drawings. i need to shouted sought to you. the detailing and the improvement on the back of the house that you did was amazing. good job. i don't have any challenging questions for you. i want to make sure that we can have more of these.

it takes a village to do this. it is great. good job everyone. i am saying i would love to second commissioner johns motion to this. i would like to hear the rest of my fellow commissioners speak. >> thank you. commissioner black. >> one of the things that i think makes this so famous and so distinctive. each one of those houses is different in terms the ex steer your architectural details. they are not cookie cutters. changes need to be considered carefully. i am sensitive to the neighbor's comment expressing concern about the change. when i first read the staff report i was apprehensive how will they do this? the plans are well-done. reality number of the garage

doors on the houses are original. they most likely replaced at some sort. removal of the garage door and replacement with windows is architecturally probably similar to what was there before. i am happy to see the curb cut removed and the driveway and the garden. it has been gun ingenuously to get the bike vault in there. unless you see the width you will think it is a little garden. i think most important will consider that to be architecturally more appealing than a driveway. it is going to be different because of that from the neighboring properties. that is common in the city. some houses built at a similar

time have garage conversions and some do not. that is how the city reads. i found the alterations to the back to be very organized and compatible architecturally. it organizations a messy rear of the structure. i did an additional living unit added. that is not under our consideration. given what is under our consideration i am strong fully in support of the application and i am happy to say why later. i feel like this project is going to give people a little hint of what the house used to look like before the garage was added. finally, i want to support commissioner nageswaran's comment regarding the wall. that is why walls like mine are

rounded so the metal railings can last longer. that was spot on. >> thank you, commissioner wright. >> i would like to applaud the team for what appears to be a great project that will be carefully executed. the deaf vit is in the details. they thought all of that through. i would like to comment or to success one more condition of approval relating to mockups. i appreciate when ms. tailor suggested earlier. i noticed in walking around the city often siding and trim that is replacing and trying to look historic doesn't quite hit the mark in terms of the size and

detailing and profiling. i would suggest there be a mockup and sample of any kind of trim or siding that is being replaced. it is specifically where the windows are going to be a smaller opening than the garage currently there. i don't know if it would be feasible or advisable to suggest salvaging siding from the back of the house. that might be something that is considered. i don't think that should be part of the condition of approval, but just a suggestion if you are having trouble finding matching siding and trim sizes and profiles. >> we have a motion and second and we have had comments from both commissioners that they are

not conditions to the resolution but i think there are suggestions that hopefully will be strongly considered by the property owner and architect. is that correct? >> if i heard correctly, that is what it sounds like strong recommendations from nageswaran and yee. correct me if i am mistaken in that. >> this is commissioner wright. i was suggests there be mockup and sample of siding and trim. that salvage of siding and trim from the back of the house is not part of the condition of approval. >> is the maker amen able to

that? >> yes. >> is the secondder? >> yes that is very reasonable, yes. >> to clarify. this would include the conditions i also read into the record, correct? >> correct. >> thank you. >> with that clarity then, commissioners there is a motion that has been seconded to approve with conditions as amended to include staff amendment as well as a mockup for the siding and trim around the windows. on that motion commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commission president matsuda. >> yes. >> that motion passes

unanimously 7-0. >> i would suggest they add an outlet on the wall for the e-bikes so they don't have to run an extension cable to them. thank you. >> thank you, mr. sanchez. commissioners because you approved the certificate of appropriateness you should take up the mills act application now. >> do i hear a motion from the commission to approve? >> approve the mills act. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to adopt the recommendation for approval. commissioner wright. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so.

>> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commission president matsuda. >> yo. >> so moved that motion passes unanimously 7-0. we are on the final item on the agenda 9. 2020-009613. des. 2778 24th street, casa sanchez to recommend landmark designation. staff, are you prepared to present? >> yes. before i begin i believe amy from supervisor ronen's office would like to say a few words. >> thank you so much. legislative aid to supervisor hillary ronen. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak very

briefly. this will be addressed by those speaking after me. i was last here in january when you voted to initiate the landmark designation of the building and at that time will be moving forward soon. the preservation team has been amazing. ello kept description of what is a 100 year history. i want to emphasize that the cultural district and that is also very important. we are grateful for the work of the historical society who have been leading the charge to recognize and protect the

history cam attributions to the latin x community. i look forward to coming before the board of supervisors very soon. >> thank you. >> before i begin i will share my slides. >> good afternoon, commissioners. planning department staff. before you is the request for recommendation for landmark designation for casa sanchez 2778 24th street in the mission. on january 2021 that you voted to adopt resolutions 1165 to

initiate landmark designtion. this is in the packet sent for the hearing. the property had previously been added to the commission landmark designation work program in 2016. also, the company's food production facility at 250 napoliian street was listed on legacy business registry in 2017. it is located mid block on the north side of 24th street. in the heart of the commercial corridor known as the. [ inaudible ] cultural district. constructed in 1925 with significant renovations made in 1965, the two-story wood frame commercial building that was home to the restaurant and the production facility from 1968 to 2011. it features simple store front,

6 tenants, projecting blade sign that reads casa sanchez mexican food. the buildings character features is in the draft ordinance in your packet. it dates to the 1920s. the period of significance 1968-2011. the year it opened and ending when the restaurant closed. department believes casa sanchez meets eligibility requirements for landmark designation. this addresses one of the historic preservation commission priority areas for designation

specifically for properties associated with latin x community. property owner is supportive of the landmark designation. department recommends that the commission approve the landmark designation of casa sanchez and forward to the board of supervisors. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. ann is here with a slide presentation with additional history about the casa sanchez family and the business. >> you have five minutes. >> i am one of the founders of the san francisco latino historical society that provides pro bono services for the latino

community. today i am covering the historic assets. casa sanchez is five generation san francisco business with many members contributing to the success of the 98th year of history. in the late 1960s, robert and martha sanchez established a accident on 24th street and all five children were involved. robert junior, martha, george, liz and jimmy worked at casa sanchez after school affixing labels, counting the toretillas, and working the cash registers, as soon as they reached seventh grade they were required to get up at 6:00 a.m. to learn the

routes. bob and george joined their father in delivering and had their own route. while in high school, robert -- is the side presentation working? >> i can't seem to get the slides to advance. while in high school they relagated the finances to their oldest son, bob. the parents turned the leadership of the company over to him where he did product development for a growing mexican food market. bob was a founder of the 24th street merchant association.

it was a 24th street merchants in the mission district and other latin music. later, bob assumed leadership in the hispanic chamber of commerce and one of the first small business commissionners. he served on the san francisco chamber of commerce convention bureau board. michael sanchez, oldest daughter was responsible for press releases with new products. in 1998 you would get a free lunch for life. 500 times in the media, number one marketing idea of the year from four bees magazine.

20 years later it was revisited and called the number one marketing judged of the year. for two weeks. the company continues with a fourth generation son and robert, elizabeth's son that are trained to assume leadership of the organization. for the history and it will be shown on the slides. i am not sure what happened. 1923, robert and isabella sanchez moved to san francisco. he started selling toretillas on

1759 broadway near the church. 1925 robert and isabella opened the grocery store where they sold tammalis. understand 26-1930 they expanded the manufacturing business. 1930. robert senior dies and isabel takes leadership with her three children. robert junior was 8 and one was 7 p.1935. isabel sells the product at spanish foods. 1923 filmore grocery store. 1948 robert junior is listed as the operator of all sanchez

company and successes. in 1968 robert and michael created an anchor company on 24th street called casa sanchez. [ inaudible ] you want to say a few words, bob sanchez?

can you hear me? >> bob has merged to this line. >> i can't hear him. >> he can call in on public testimony. >> how about now? >> we are part of the san francisco, the mission. we have been here for generations. we plan to stay for many generations. we are involved in the community as a whole. we support this. we support anything to do with san francisco. thank you. >> great. thank you. that concludes staff and other presentations.

we should take public comment. this is your opportunity to address the commission by pressing star 3. when you hear your line is unmuted that is your indication to begin speaking. >> this is martha sanchez one of the five in the family. i want to express my gratitude. as you know, it is one of the most revival places in the world to be at. [ inaudible ] we would have to work. we see that as the living room. not only as our living room but the community living room. people came. when we have the drive-bys the guys would come to the restaurant. [ inaudible ] we had a psychiatrist come in to

want to know why it was so addictive. we had a guy come from. [ inaudible ] [dogs barking] we are definitely a staple of the community. i am grateful for our parents and mother who decided to move into the salsa industry when the toretillas were competitive. for my siblings george jim and everybody and the next generation working with the business. thank you. >> thank you. members of the public last call for public comment on this item. seeing no additional requests to speak. commissioners, public comment is closed. this matter is now before you. >> thank you.

commissioner so. >> yes, thank you. to get the presentation from supervisor ronen's office. i would like to thank you again. i live in this district and i love the toretilla chips. those are the only ones i would eat. i would go to a different grocery store to buy the chips. it melts my heart that the generations are taken on and continue the legacy. i am in full support of recommending this to be a historic landmark destination to the board of supervisors today. my vote will be yes. thank you for calling in today in your busy time to keep your business thriving. i hope to have more of the

toretilla chips throughout california and the nation. keep it going, please. i love to see legacy and generational business in my district and neighborhood thriving. yes to this everybody. >> commissioner black. >> i want to completely agree with commissioner so. i love the multigenerational aspect and how hard the family worked to make this a successful business. when i moved here more than 30 years ago, it was my job at the first party i was invited to to bring chips and salsa. i was told to get the casa sanchez chips and salsa. i had never heard of it. they said you will find it everywhere. they were right. i fully understand the addiction

to the salsa. i completely get that. i really want to stress this is a family-owned business that started in 1924. that is almost 100 years. in the same family. this is just a no-brainer. i strongly support commissioner -- commissioner so's motion to approve. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> this is fabulous to see the amazing historical photos of roberta sanchez and the buildings and cars. the place where you made the tortillas and to hear about the kids coming after school and waking up early before school to do -- to be in this business. it shows what a wonderful family

life that must be anyway. i am just so excited to hear so much about it. commissioner foley and commissioner black talk about qr codes and oral histories and all of that. this is perfect for that. i would love everybody to know about it. this is true san francisco. thank you. >> commissioner foley. >> vice president nageswaran thank you so much. i believe you support qr codes also. i will get your support on that. the knowledge transfer would be knowledge greater for all of us. i concur with all of the comments. i celebrated this last night by having taco tuesday with chips and salsa. i got ahead of this yesterday. i wanted to be ready and have

the new taste on my mouth. i am thrilled to support this and every one next to me who didn't do taco tuesday last week should taco tuesday next week with these chips and salsa. >> i will make sure next tuesday is my taco tuesday. i want to offer my own thanks, particularly to ann. i know she has been the spokesperson and advocate to promote the intangible assets that have not been honored and recognized. i want to thank you, ann, and thank the sanchez family and for many communities of color we were not able to show tangible

historic assets. this story of multiple generations continuing the hard work and i know how hard it is to run a small business. to run a small business in a community and economically challenged community is not easy. for the family to continue to instill upon future generations that this is such an important cultural assets is truly admirable. i want to thank you for doing that. i hope as bob sanchez said this is a legacy business, historical, cultural business with life for many generations to come. it is one of my favorite things and one of the reasons i enjoyed my time on the commission to really look at other ways to appreciate everyone's culture and history. this is the prime example.

thank you very much. i think we have a motion and second. we have two other commissioners. >> thank you. i was just going to say i agree with everything that everybody said. it is wonderful. i didn't realize that there had been a motion. i was going to suggest the commissioners that i would make one. >> i think we have one. >> motion to approve. >> i think i did. i said i would be happy to vote yes to approve the recommendation to the board of supervisors for historic destination for the land mark

for this building. >> great. i think we did have a second and comments from commissioner wright. >> thank you. i just wanted to thank the family and to say that this is the point of our legacy business program. this is a perfect example for landmarking an intangible and cultural asset to our city. i support it fully. >> indeed there is a motion to adopt recommendation for approval. before the question i wanted to recommend to commissioner foley we not wait until tuesday to eat tacos. they are good any day of the week. the motion to adopt recommendation for approval. commissioner wright.

>> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commission president matsuda. >> yes. >> so moved. that passes unanimously 7-0 and concludes your hearings for the day. >> thank you everybody. >> thank you. taco thursday. tacos any day, folks.

>> i view san francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. i just love the city. i love everything about it. when i'm away from it, i miss it like a person. i grew up in san francisco kind of all over the city. we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center.

in those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. i went to high school in spring valley. it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really

become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. when i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the sewers and things like that. mostly i remember the smells very intensely, but i loved japan. it was wonderful. toward the end. my mother had a breakdown, and that was the cycle. we would go somewhere, stay for a certain amount of months, a year, period of time, and she would inevitably have a breakdown. we always came back to san francisco which i guess came me some sense of continuity and that was what kept me sort of

stable. my mother hated to fly, so she would always make us take ships places, so on this particular occasion when i was, i think, 12, we were on this ship getting ready to go through the panama canal, and she had a breakdown on the ship. so she was put in the brig, and i was left to wander the ship until we got to fluorfluora few days later, where we had a distant -- florida a few days later, where we had a distant cousin who came and got us. i think i always knew i was a writer on some level, but i kind of stopped when i became a cop. i used to write short stories, and i thought someday i'm going to write a book about all these ad ventures that my mother took me on. when i became a cop, i found i

turned off parts of my brain. i found i had to learn to conform, which was not anything i'd really been taught but felt very safe to me. i think i was drawn to police work because after coming from such chaos, it seemed like a very organized, but stable environment. and even though things happening, it felt like putting order on chaos and that felt very safe to me. my girlfriend and i were sitting in ve 150d uvio's bar, and i looked out the window and i saw a police car, and there was a woman who looked like me driving the car. for a moment, i thought i was me. and i turned to my friend and i said, i think i'm supposed to do this. i saw myself driving in this car. as a child, we never thought of police work as a possibility for women because there weren't any until the mid70's, so i had only even begun to notice there were women doing this job.

when i saw here, it seemed like this is what i was meant to do. one of my bosses as ben johnson's had been a cop, and he -- i said, i have this weird idea that i should do this. he said, i think you'd be good. the department was forced to hire us, and because of all of the posters, and the big recruitment drive, we were under the impression that they were glad to have us, but in reality, most of the men did not want the women there. so the big challenge was constantly feeling like you had to prove yourself and feeling like if you did not do a good job, you were letting down your entire gender. finally took an inspector's test and passed that and then went down to the hall of justice and worked different investigations for the rest of my career, which was fun. i just felt sort of buried alive in all of these cases,

these unsolved mysteries that there were just so many of them, and some of them, i didn't know if we'd ever be able to solve, so my boss was able to get me out of the unit. he transferred me out, and a couple of weeks later, i found out i had breast cancer. my intuition that the job was killing me. i ended up leaving, and by then, i had 28 years or the years in, i think. the writing thing really became intense when i was going through treatment for cancer because i felt like there were so many parts that my kids didn't know. they didn't know my story, they didn't know why i had a relationship with my mother, why we had no family to speak of. it just poured out of me. i gave it to a friend who is an editor, and she said i think this would be publishable and i think people would be interested in this. i am so lucky to live here. i am so grateful to my parents who decided to move to the city.

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good morning. and welcome to the country club. and i really want to first of all thank billy and the country club andhe