>> good morning, everyone. >> >> welcome to the san francisco historic preservation commission special meeting this afternoon at 12:00 pm., wednesday, november 8, 2023. >> to energy public here we go we'll receive public comment on today's public comment time have ended, you will be moved out of the

speaker line and back to listening as a participant (unless you disconnect). for other comment periods, may stay on the meeting line and listen for the commission / hearing secretary's next prompt. in city hall first and for those persons persons webx. persons webx. >> webex password: hpc2023 and. >> phone number: +1 (415) 655-0001 access code: 2662 392 6058## to raise your hand, press *3. >> hand, you will hear the prompt: “you have raised your hand to ask question. please wait to speak until the host calls on you” and finally, we silence any mobile device and at this time take roll. >> president matsuda here. >> commissioner campbell here. >> commissioner foley, aye. >> and we expect two clirsz to be

be to amend the planning code to create the nonprofit arts education special use district (assessor's parcel block no. 49, lot no. 1, generally bounded by >> gum commissioners monica thank you for this special hearing called by president peskin this will create the nonprofit education at 800 chestnut street the former site of the arts institute has been deinvolved and zoned rh three did not permit institutional uses but as childcare faculties it will allow a nonprofit non-profit arts education special use district for the purposes of this sud a public or

private institutional use operating at a post secondary education institution and not accredited by the schools and colleges. all other permissions of the rh p zoning district shall apply and this shall not be obligated to the master plan and the prospect of this process and this sud will help to facilitate the site and that being that said, no changes for the proposed for the building or to go over the site at this time both are historic landmarks and any changes in the future feeds to go through a certificate of occupancy and certificate of

appropriateness will be in front of you. >> the planning department had three letters of support for the proposed ordinance from brenda wade the founders of arresting tisk director and the daughter of ruth and justin field president of the college arts all the letters have support for the election to have a pass for the non-profit arts education special use district at the site and the letters on this have property the legislation was continued for a nonprofit and foster a new jashs the department supports the proposed ordinance and this as opposed the continuing art again, no alternates it is creating an avenue to allow for non-profit arts education special use

district at the site in the future. this that concludes my presentation. and i'm available for any questions that you may have. >> . thank you. >> um, is the supervisor is the sponsor we don't have a presentation but at this time open up for public comment if any member of the public like to submit their testimony in chambers please come forward. >> webex password: hpc2023 a remote caller? >> go ahead caller. >> good morning. my name is stephen i've spent my cyber career at the institute it was in chicago and in the 25 years

in the california college of art in a san francisco last week, i officially retired as serving as the president for 15 years many of my colleagues spent time and myself and i'm a believer that great cities need great art schools and the loss of this art school is tragic it is the culture in san francisco will be unforgivable i'm building in creating a non-profit arts education special use district at the former campus and the reimagined arts institution will not only carry on the world

artist but enhance and energize san francisco on the 800 chestnut street campus and world famous and the reputation artistic will be the factors three attracted me t to take a job with 25 years ago in san francisco designed by the california college of the arts and it invested and at reimagining of arts and the campus is dedicated to training tlaernd artist for the california non-profit arts education special use district and across the region and along with those i'll do whatever i can thank you for listening.

>> thank you, last call for public comment? >> again, if you're in the chambers please come forward. >> webex password: hpc2023 commissioners public comment is now closed. >> this matter is before you. >> commissioner did he know if diego rivera will be open to the public? >> let's go outside. >> representing the community to propose the project site it is obviously preliminary that president peskin just to allow the project to move forward it is the intention if this action occurs the equity would like to

preserve the mural it is they're going to need to integrate that but that's little intention. thank you. >> motion to approve. >> i have one question for staff. if i can. >> of course. >> of course, this is the firmament that hpc has heard of an agenda item rra a nonprofit sud is that correct? >> i can see a believe so. >> i think this is a great way in which we can further for intangible resources and wondering how many 6 those do exist in the city and county of san francisco? >> in terms of nonprofit. >> right. >> i do not have that number

for i today, i can- >> (multiple voices). >> um, there are other uses um, nonprofit. >> nonprofit. >> uses that are not accredited i'm not knowledgeable to provide a number but the difference here why we need to sud is because the perspective equity is not accredited in the case they were accredited school that is allowed at the property in the zoning this is the key difference between the land uses and walking but for the general public comment from a perspective this accreditation portion that is very minor and

again, as general member you, you wouldn't feel it but that's why we offer this ordinance to make that available. >> it is good pass and tool and if i can kind of keep in the the tool kit that would be great we see resources that are in the particular culture district may not have other alternatives to support and sustain their integrity so thank you, it is important of my general question than on the project. >> we actually have motion. >> we have a second? >> i second. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to diopter for approval. >> commissioner campbell yes. >> commissioner foley, aye. >> president matsuda and so moved. >> that passes 4 to zero and

concludes the special meeting today. >> thank you, everyone. >> coming out. >> we're adjourned. >> for coming out [meeting adjourned] >> you are watching san francisco rising with

chris manners. today's special guest, carolyn mante. >> hi, i'm chris manners and you are watching san francisco the stow about restaffing rebuilding and reimaging the city. the guest is carolyn manteto talk about the organization is helping to preserve the city cultural heritage and architecture. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me e. >> good to have you here. >> can we talk bat the history of your organization and the mission. >> sure, thank you. san francisco heritage started 51 years ago and the main mission is to preserve and enhance the architectural and cultural identity of san francisco. when it started out the focus was really on the buildings, historic landmark listings and really concentrated on downtown area with all the development happening. our

organization was raising a reg red flag with historic landmarks in danger and victorian mansions so a hallmark of our organization is moving these victorian mansions in the way of development to inwestern addition neighborhood and other areas to get out of the way of development and preserve them. our organization was around before there was the historic preservation commission of the city so we were at the forefront drawings attention to historic preservation, landmarking and over the last 51 years we have seen how there are more then just buildsings in safeguarding the city cultural resources, there is also small businesses and the different neighborhood icons that make a neighborhood special, so our outreach has really-it is really come full circle in a way because it moved downtown into the neighborhoods and now with the

covid epidemic it is really going back to downtown again looking at how we can play a role in the economic recovery and revitalization of downtown san francisco. >> that's great. so, now i understand your organization is also responsible for maintaining a couple properties. could you tell us a little about those? >> yes, our non profit was gifted in 1973, the historic (inaudible) house. it is now a historic house museum but this was a family since 1886 built this victorian mansion in the same family year after year and one of the last resident of the family when she passed way gifted the mansion to san francisco heritage so since then we have been running this historic house and the home of our office. in 2018, one of the long time members

nor aa lasten gifting a building on the e h-as hate polk became a commercial corridor after the earthquake, the owner at the time, he raised the house and put 6 store front underneath in order to take advantage of the commerce so we are in charge of the house on the corner and it has been a wonderful way to get new numbers, new audiences interested in the work of our organization. during the pandemic, we have been using it as a artson residents and partnering with different bay area artists as well as cultural institutions, cultural districts and then one of the storefronts we converted into a pop up galleries so gives a opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the art and cultural resources

in san francisco. >> that's fantastic. so, now, let's talk about legacy business. what does the designation mean? how does somebody get add today the legacy business registry and what benefits does being named a legacy business? >> i love this program. it was started by san francisco heritage and adopt ed by the city and run by the office of small business but the program looks what are the businesses really contributing to san francisco and the neighborhood. when we started the first focus was bars and restaurants but over the years it exb panded to include other businesses so these are places that contribute to the character of a neighborhood, so sam's grill downtown, the amazingarian press in the presidio. book stores like city lights oergreen

apple recently named. this year we had a lot of attention on the legacy business program. we put out a contest to the public of what you think should be the next legacy business and one of the businesses that was recommended was the club deluxe, jazz club on the corner, and 2 or 3 days after we launched the contest, the owners announced they would have to close. the rent was driven up, they couldn't afford it, coming out of the pandemic so we worked at speed to get that application submitted with them and that status convinced their landlord to negotiate with them a lower rent and this way they have been able to stay, there was a lot of social media support around this, so when you become a legacy business, not only do you get marketing and business support from the office of small business, but you also eligible for grants and we work closely with the legacy businesses as

we do our work for san francisco heritage. >> that's great. so, apart from architecture and buildings, you also work with cultural districts, and the castro theater strikes me as a place that is both. a beautiful building and cultural hub and center. what has been happening with the recent acquisition by new owners; >> it is leased to another planet entertainment and been in contact with planet entertainment by the castro theater is historic land mark building. it is recognized as a very important architectural monument. one thing-one of the main activist organizations of the preservation of the theater we work together with supervisor mandelman on a

interior landmark historic landmark designation for interior, but what happened over the is summer and people learned is there is a lot of concern not just by san franciscans but people all over the world, movie directors, stars who are very concerned about the risk to the lgbtq and film programming at the castro theater. another planet hosted community stakeholder in august, and it was so moving to see the number of people who took the microphone-everyone had two minutes to say their testimony of what castro theater meant to them and those testimonys showed this building is contributing not just as a architectural monument but plays a role in the

lgbtq community that is irrelaceuble able. >> it is beautiful theater. >> it is. my involvement in the theater raised awareness to not only the castro theater to be emblematic of the lgbtq culture and history but also there are many other sites in the city that also contribute to the identity. that is why so many people come to san francisco as a place of freedom and diversity so in my previous work i worked at the world heritage center, so when i joined san francisco heritage i was thinking why isn't san francisco a world heritage city? for the architecture alone it could be inscribed. golden gate bridge to name a few but the city is so unique in the architecture, the mansioned and historic landmarks so hoping to start a

conversation on that with city stakeholders this year. >> that is great. let's talk about your relationship with other agencies. you mentioned economic and office of work force development and planning commission. how do you unt integrate to them? >> these relationships are essential. we are working with office of small business for the legacy business program and the planning department is really one of our most crucial relationships. we meet quarterly with them and we really see how we can support not only historic land mark listings and historical cultural context statements, strategy for culture districts and city survey among many other activities that really are of concern to both of us. for the office of workforce development, i attended a etmooing recently that the chamber of commerce organized with them on the

downtown revitalization and a key goal in that meeting and in the downtown revitalization is to make sure that the city historic culture resources play a key #r0e8 in the economic recovery and revitalization especially after the pandemic. the office of workforce development has the city build program which is admirable program where youth are trained in construction techniques for rebuilding and especially with the new housing legislation, and we really want to see how can that workforce be expanded to include training in historic preservation. we have so many victorian homes, historic buildings and other places that really need a skilled labor force to make sure that they are preserved and that they help keep the special identify of the city. we really value these relationships, we meet quarterly with the various organizations and we

are really grateful for grants of the arts we receive and other supports so definitely that is a key relationship for san francisco heritage. >> the city build is great. i like that a lot. thank you so much for the time you have given today. appreciate you coming on the show. >> thank you so much raising awareness about san francisco heritage. we hope the people watching will join us in the mission to help keep san francisco special. thank you. >> that's it for this episode. we'll be back shortly. i'm chris manners, thanks .

>> my name is angela wilson and i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i was a restaurant cook started in sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901 in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if

you eat meat eat meat for quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i guarantee if you go to save way half of the chicken goes in the enlarge but we started affordable housing depends on it occurred to us this is a male field people said good job even for a girl the interesting thing it is a women's field in most of world just here in united states it is that pay a man's job i'm an encountered woman and raise a son and teach i am who respect

woman i consider all women's who work here to be impoverished and strong in san francisco labor is high our cost of good ideas we seal the best good ideas the profit margin that low but everything that is a laboring and that's a challenge in the town so many people chasing money and not i can guarantee everybody this is their passion. >> i'm the - i've been cooking mile whole life this is a really, really strong presence of women heading up kitchens in the bay area it is really why i moved out here i think that we are really strong in the destroy and really off the pages kind of thing i feel like women befrp helps us to get back up i'm definitely the only female

here i fell in love i love setting up and love knowing were any food comes from i do the lamb and that's how i got here today something special to have a female here a male dominated field so i think that it is very special to have women and especially like it is going at it you know i'm a tiny girl but makes me feel good for sure. >> the sad thing the building is sold i'm renegotiating my lease the neighborhood wants us to be here with that said, this is a very difficult business

it is a constant struggle to maintain freshness and deal with what we have to everyday it is a very high labor of business but something i'm proud of if you want to get a job at affordable housing done nasal you need a good attitude and the jobs on the bottom you take care of all the produce and the fish and computer ferry terminal and work your way up employing people with a passion for this and empowering them to learn