housing center. it is a way to accommodate and to attract students who find being in san francisco and at the art institute appealing. i believe on a close review, you will find many of the proposals and amendments made by supervisor kim address our proposal, which would go back retroactively to those we have on file for more than 20 years with the institutional master plan that complies with all city codes. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am a second generation san franciscan, born and raised here, and growing up in an sro market. i am an owner operator of an sro hotel. sro hotel owners have provided housing to the most vulnerable and tapas population. we are designated as unsubsidized, for-profit operators. but incremental restrictions that the city have -- has been imposing on these providers makes it increasingly difficult for us to survive. sro should have a seat at the table. i am against this ordinance because it is ill-conceived, does not have any input from the affected consti

housing or regular housing is a good thing. there are many institutions that have spoken about this. i think there have been some concerns that owners are holding properties off. no one can force anyone to have to rent their property if they do not choose to. i'm not sure that is even the case. but there are many factors involved. i think there are also property rights that have been brought out very clearly by many speakers. you cannot pass legislation, i do not think, that would demand that properties only be rented -- you know, you could forbid them from renting to students or something along those lines. that could be a dangerous path to go down. there are a lot of things in here -- i also agree with what supervisor wiener says with the five-year lease. it makes total sense. the other thing is it does not make sense to put restrictions on student housing because most cubans by definition are probably low income. -- most students by definition are probably low income. it is kind of counter- productive to grant incentives thr

conversion of existing housing, since housing would be permitted. -- student housing would be permitted. supervisor kim proposed that buildings that had been vacant for a list one year could be converted. the supervisors will describe a little bit more about proposals. supervisor wiener: good afternoon, commissioners. thank you for hearing this item today. the goal of this legislation is to encourage production of student housing while protecting our existing housing stock and not cannibalizing the existing housing stock. i think we all park -- we recognize the importance of educational institutions in this city in terms of contributing to the life of the city to bring in young people into the city. we hope they will stay here and be productive citizens. making this a more diverse and battered city. i think we all want to embrace arent -- making this a more diverse and a better city. we want to embrace our diversity and we want to make sure we have housing for these students. we want to make sure we are giving incentives to educational institutions to create a housing. we do want to pro

to student housing? maybe the answer is there is no way we should allow conversion, but this is our way to have that conversation with members of the planning commission and with the general public. we totally subscribe and support the goal the legislation, protecting our housing stock, our existing tenants. in no way were the amendments targeting our existing tenant or our rent-controlled housing stock. we have been in conversation with housing advocates, educational institutions, and we look forward to continuing those conversations. that is why we are here today asking for the continuance. we look forward to the hearing today and all the folks that have come out. gets a solution that works for t+ ideally. coming together and having this conversation with everybody. we look forward to working with the planning department on that solution. i am here and available for any questions. >> i would like to thank both of them for joining us today. i will continue my presentation to discuss five issues. the fir

this was done with west by housing -- west bay housing. it is for individuals that are developmentally disabled. it comes with a wrap-around surfaces from the regional center. we have three additional parcels left to develop. we are looking for family rental housing on one parcel, transitional age youth housing on the other, and possibly ownership housing on the last one. the agency invested, in addition to the acquisition of the land, which was used -- our total purchase price was about $18 million. building the boulevard and some of the related traffic improvements was $23 million. clearly, the $18 million purchase price was a great contributor to allowing the city to proceed with the boulevard. but in addition to that $18 million, the agency has invested other funds from the housing fund for the vertical development. these sums are listed in this slide. today, we have invested approximately $36 million. we have also leveraged twice that amount in terms of low income housing tax credits, section 202 programs, and other sources of funding

, to favor student housing. supervisor mar: any additional public comment? >> good afternoon, supervisors. peter cohen with council community housing organizations. i have to admit we know very little about the specifics of this legislation. so i'm just kind of coming up to speed. but i guess my question would be understanding all of the policy implications supervisor wiener. i'm curious about other than the student housing, which i have heard there are plenty. this has a very direct relevance to, are there other kinds of situations where this is going to become a major factor? and what -- has that's been thought all the way through as the staff that's put this together? this didn't come to the planning commission so i don't know what kind of larger policy context this may have been discussed in at the building inspection commission. but two quick things come to my mind. if you have answers for this, it would be helpful. i was just maybe digesting this more. one is how would this apply potentially to inclusionar

supvervisor wiener: well, student housing is certainly one kind of housing that would greatly benefit from this revised standard. however, there are other kinds of housing that would benefit as well. for example, we have seniors who may be in a larger home no that they're unable to take care of anymore and it gives them an option to move into housing where they have a smaller unit that will be more affordable. s this also artist housing, where someone needs small living space or someone who is brand-new in the workforce. student housing is certainly one aspect that will benefit from this. but i think it has a broader impact. the code advisory committee actually made a suggestion that we say only student housing can qualify for this. but we've been told it would be illegal in terms of distinguishing among different groups and their housing. so that's why we moved forward as we did. supervisor mar: and then it looks to me like at least this option would be four units with one person and no more than two persons living in this roughly 10 by 15-foot space but that there's at least a limit

that new student housing is built. this continues to be art primary crux of the recommendations. we are fine-tuning these recommendations to include some limited conversions. sros would be the only form of housing or we would recommend that conversions continue. our recommendation would be to allow conversion via conditional use authorizations. this is the same requirement for replacement of units converted to a tourist use. now we are recommending it be applicable to student housing. increasing incentives for the production of student housing. today, we are supporting the exemptions of this use from the requirements. in conversation with the mayor's office of housing, the mayor's office of housing would like a few modifications. they felt there was a need to shift the definition of what is to get housing. we support their recommendation. the primary emphasis is that it should not be about insuring that low-income students occupy at least 35% of the building, which is the current requirement, but the city ensure that p

them moving into blair house -- not the white house, to blair house. i think i took three photos i was so nervous. it just -- you don't want to intrude on their private time, but you do have to intrude on their private time because it is for all of us. eventually you have to think ten years, 20 years, down the road. this is telling history. >> david, you had won the pulitzer prize at age 25. you were in the white house several years later. did you have to approach the job differently upon landing in the white house? >> i had -- i got to know the fords before the day -- the day i photographed soon-to-be president ford, the day spero agnew resigned. i can say that in this room and most of you know who i'm talking about. i give a lot of lectures at schools and it's a little dicy. i even have to explain who president ford is sometimes. but i had an ongoing relationship with him starting -- the first "time" cover i ever had was of him when he was designated by nixon to be the replacement for agnew and then "time" had me covering them. i got to know the fami

improving the housing market is the first step before we can take up broad housing financial reform and i would ask my republican colleagues to work with me to move this important legislation. with that i'll turn to senator. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to all of you. today's hearing is focused on legislation that would expand federal housing finance association home affordable finance program. the program commonly referred to as harp is designed to enable the refinancing of mortgages for underwater borrowers with gse loans. while this is an important area, i believe, to explore, it should be only one aspect of a broader debate. our fragile housing market faces numerous challenges. the uncertainty created by the four-year conservatorship of fannie mae and freddie mac is one chal edge. the secondary market is a major impediment to private capital returning to our private finances. without that capital, i think it would be difficult to have a sustainable recovery in our housing market. new statutes and rules created by dodd/frank are also proofing problematic. the potential consequ

san francisco, since the housing crash, has the most expensive housing in the bay area. because our housing has fallen by less than it has another places, we are the number one housing costs area in the region and that helps to contribute to the high labor costs. this chart looks at housing affordability before and after the crash. the top line is not a place where we complete -- were we compete but its illustrative of what happening in other parts of the state. the chart shows how much of an average house could of average household for. but in the late 1990's, housing was reasonably cheap. during the house and run up, even though a ton of housing was built, must have -- the price kept going up, so what people could afford went down. when the bubble burst in 2006, and they were early in solano county, housing started to decline rapidly. so that they can afford more than three times the typical house in cent -- in solano county. to some extent, that's true and all the suburban counties around san francisco. in san francisco, the amount was much more muted. four people cou

the mayor's office of housing and redevelopment agency have the foresight to say supported housing for people who might not otherwise be able to live in this wonderfully developing neighborhood -- it is because of their support that this is occurring. that is sort of an only in san francisco. i congratulate the city government for doing that. for a bank, is tough to find borrowers you feel, but it will take something to a conclusion. bridge is a wonderful non-profit developer. we have done many projects with them. they have great expertise in construction. chp is a wonderful organization. they serve a population that is particularly challenging. they do a great job of it. we are very pleased to participate with them. i do need to mention our partner in providing the construction financing is silicon valley bank. donna kelley is here. they worked with the federal home loan bank to make one of the many pieces of the puzzle for financing available for the project. they are participating with us. it is important to mention matt with cal fha and msha. without these sources of funding, proje

health's direct access to housing program. and to take the supervisors and mayor's comments earlier to heart and think about priorities and investment, i am here to ask that the city consider very carefully making a historic and significant step backwards from investment in a supportive housing, which is a proven solution to homelessness, a solution that this city pioneered and has made progress on for many years. right now there are 109 units at two of the buildings that we manage better proposed to be cut, and those are going to be taking 109 units of supportive housing off the market. so that is an investment that the city has already made for many years, the buildings have been going on for 10 to 15 years. all those investments and renovations and making the buildings nice for the tenants are going to be lost. and i believe it will cost the city more to leave 109 people who would otherwise be housed next year on the streets. our tenants are not going to be -- they are going to be transferred, but they will be transferred i

the housing inventory also tracks housing production and planning areas. the in neuflize -- in-neuflize collected are also -- the in- lieu fees are tracked as well. one-third of the units that are tracked in san francisco our single family. the housing inventory uses the semiannual senses to come up with a baseline number for the city's housing stock. we're less able to track the housing stock by building type -- single-family, small multifamily structures, such as duplexes, and the larger buildings that are 20 units or more. in addition to counting sro units, a separate housing units also count mobile homes and artie's and vans and houseboats, which account for a number of units of this type. 418 new units were built for an expanded -- expansion of existing structures. this is just 12% of the 10-year annual average of 2300 units. 65 units were merged or removed via legalization of legal units or conversion to commercial uses. 84 units were demolished. 50 two units were used for the -- 52 units were used for the partial demolition to make space for the 140

we knew from white house records that the corona had been sent away from the white house in 1927, soe reproduced all those things. so it's not a real reproduction, because it's neither an office or a bedroom, but instead both. we went back to the same mill in england that had run the carpet for him on the 27-inch loom. >> wow. >> and we knew from the records that the carpet was "g" and "o," which the curators think meant green and oak, which is green and brown. and we went to the same mill, and they didn't have records of what they had actually sold to the white house, but we used a pattern that we think was the pattern. so it was really, really very fun. >> so exciting just to know that lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation in that room. it's a great story. he had shaken so many hands on new year's morning, his own hand was numb and shaking. he put the pen down. he said if ever my soul were in an act, it is in that act. and if i sign with a shaking hand, posterity will say he hesitated. so he waited and waited until he could sign. and it's a really big, bold hand for him. it'

office and housing authority. of course, closer integration between the housing authority and our city agencies that provide social services will be critical for our homeless populations and their most underserved households currently living in housing authority sites. given this, i am excited to work with your office, the housing authority commission, around closer integration. moving the meetings to city hall can be a good first step. in the long run, however, a more closely tied housing authority and city should really be the goal. putting in a strong effort to create housing in san francisco that is successful to people of all incomes and prices and life. the housing authority is currently -- assertedly a critical partner in making progress towards this goal. i look forward to working with your office and the housing authority commission to explore how we can accomplish this. president chiu: our final question is from supervisor campos. supervisor campos: we did have a very successful sunday streets in the mis

leader of the house of lords, and leader on the government side for the house of lords. very experienced parliamentarian, and lordster who served for four years as head of the armed forces and retired a few years ago. they'll be moving across to the royal gallery, where they will be ready for the procession in state. they will be carrying the sort when the procession happens. all eyes outside the palace of westminster on parliament square. we'll have the house of calvary on the way. we can see the glinting -- even though there's not a lot of sunlight today. the armor glinting in the distance. four sections of calvary. two divisions before the queen's carriage and two after. to accompany the queen. and when they pass by the studio, you'll get a great view of them when they come through. and they can see that the police escort is just about getting there. they're going past all the security arrangements. here we are. they look magnificent. it would be nice if there was some sunshine to give us an added glint. there you go. it's a great site. very impressive sight. just goi

this is one of my favorite rooms in the house. there is just something about the design and the symmetry that i really enjoy. now when you look at the black-and-white prafs and you compare the room, it's almost completely spot-on, and so you feel a particular joy when you realize that the restoration of the room was so completely successful that it really hardens you to know that the room will stay like this now in perpetuity and will hopefully never have to be completely restored again. among the modern conveniences that were included in the pabst mansion were in suite bathrooms, and there were ten of them in the house. that's really remarkable, and i think about the first generation of contractors that had to deal with electric lighting and plumbing all of these bathrooms and forced air heating systems. it's pretty extraordinary. in the regency room bathroom we still have the original bathroom tile, and we have the one original remaining tub in the house. this -- the only reason why this tub survived is it was being used as a sl

we need housing for working people, affordable housing and middle-income housing. we do not need luxury housing. rent is going through the roof, over 50% in one year. we need more affordable rental housing. we don't need developments like this. in particular, in this project the developer has teamed up with the golden gate with apartments, the second-largest rent-controlled complex in san francisco. what we are looking to do is rewarding a landlord at golden gate way, who has been converting their rent control units to hotel units illegally for many years, taking hundreds of thousands of rent-controlled units off the market, a contributing cause of why rent is going up, and making rental housing much more affordable. we will be rewarding this team of partners for removing rent control units in order to build luxury housing for the super rich. we also fear that this is going to be part of gentrification, and further development at golden gate way, similar to the fight that we had last year. there are pieces of golden gate with that could be demolished. there are pie

housing as well as housing for everyone else. thank you. >> [speaking foreign language] >> @ bekker afternoon, supervisors. i am the case manager for mr. he. i represent the family services of san francisco. he suffered a stroke two years ago and is right now living in the basement of his in-laws. he is trying to find places with lower rent, but it has been difficult because people are just going to look at him because of his disability. they find it difficult to accommodate him. he is getting the support for the case manager and this is something ongoing until he finds stabilization in his life. please consider supporting the senior citizens. >> i am with the senior action network and i'm primarily concerned with affordable housing and seniors with disabilities and pedestrian safety for these people. when i moved into the herbert her tell in 1995 -- herbert hotel in 1995, i would estimate 50 plus residents in the hotel, but current management is converting it into a student hotel as rapidly

housing as well. this is a balanced housing approach with a thousand units. another variant on the office populated version is to move some of the housing opposite the mission square park and some of the office of the china bay park to create more diversity around the public open spaces. our philosophy here is we go for an entitlement that allows us to switch usage on some of the parcels. some will be housing danceable presidential and some will be swing parcels. office space -- we talked a little bit about it. it is ideally situated for a corporate campus or at for high- tech firms looking for an expanded san francisco presence or silicon valley firms looking for any successful san francisco operation. it's animated by the public square. we envision 700 -- 7200 jobs with about 10,000 offsite jobs created by the fact these offices are located here. we envision a young work force more likely to take public transit, bike, and populate the retail establishments after work. with respect to residential, th

affordable housing is a main concern.when i moved into the neighborhood, our neighborhood was no different. affordable housing for families and seniors. two weeks ago i noticed that there were teenagers that could no longer afford to live in san francisco. with targets scheduled to move in the neighborhood, with planning and talking to targets we work with the city department to figure out what we would do with traffic congestion in the old corridor in the city center. that is something that we can work on as we move forward. these are things that we can work with the supervisor on, the police department, and fire department. thank you for convening a town hall. i think that they are great and i applaud the city leadership for doing this. thank you. [applause] >> my name is bernard. i have prepared a brief statement. the budget process that is taking place now is quite necessary, but not sufficient. as the mayor pointed out in his opening remarks, we are going to be faced, as the years,, with diminishing expectations from

now on the house floor. this week, with the white house saying the bill which includes $3.7 billion above what the president requested and $8 billion hooger than the budget control act spending cap. with this debate, and the ongoing issue of spending cuts and the budget deficit, the debate focusing on the defense bill. here's how the debate folded on the house floor with a democrat from colorado earlier today. >> i'm really displayed that the defense authorization bill the house republicans have brought before us undermines the bipartisan agreement agreed to just last summer. it's $8 billion over the budget control act and $3 billion over the president's budget request. again, more deficit spending in this republican bill before us under this rule. as our deficit spirals out of control, we need to tighten our belt and balance our budget. instead, this bill doubles down on 10 years of ballooning defense budgets which have played a major role in our deficit. this bill continues to kick the can down the road to

and four years at the white house. her duties included planning and executing state dinners, luncheons, receptions at the white house and abroad. i know you are going to joenjoy this conference or this panel. thank you. >> this is like a sporting event. >> good morning, everyone. you're in for a treat. we have about half a century of white house history represented here. one of the things that defines the white house social secretary, first of all, it's a job that i think is -- is redefined in some ways with every occupant and with every first lady, but one thing that persists is that a social secretary has a unique relationship and perspective on their first ladies. i recently had the opportunity, thanks to the goodness of the white house historical association, to do an oral history project, interviewing all 14 surviving white house social secretaries, and i'll never forget talking to lucy winchester who held the job for pat nixon. and who would have known that pat nixon had a delicious sense of humor. the first coup

when their gift shop could be in the white house. so the white house was very quiet. that very first christmas of 2001, you know, we invited friends from all over, for the christmas parties, a lot of people didn't come. lot of people were still afraid to fly. >> didn't come? >> afraid to fly. >> the plane. >> then the street got closed. was that when the street got closed? >> pennsylvania avenue was already closed. remember it was closed when the plane flew into the white house when president clinton was there, the little plane. >> is it closed now? >> it is closed now. >> we were thinking of opening it and then that happened and then we worked with michael, the same landscape architect that's doing the bush library over here, doing the landscaping for it, to then landscape pennsylvania avenue so it didn't look like so much like a closed street. >> is that the one on the south lawn? >> pennsylvania avenue. the south street closes periodically but it is not closed always. >> isn't impossible to imagine in lincoln's time people could just walk into white house. they did

you have a house -- republican house to get legislation passed. they have no accomplishments for the time they've been in there. there's a syndication of where i know you disagree, but there have to be able to get things accomplished in a don't have a clue on how to do that. >> guest: let's talk about the debt ceiling situation because it demonstrates the quandaries therein and the desire to in fact get things done. when despite what the results might indicate. when the 87 freshmen went through their orientation, frank luntz the pollster and this is all detailed in my book happened to us for nepal show of hands come he says how many of you people, incoming freshman congressman would raise the debt ceiling? for people raised their hand. he said okay. how many would under no no circumstances should the debt ceiling? the other 83 raise their hand. leadership means eric cantor, kevin mccarthy, john bandar knew this was a problem. they knew whether they would say so publicly or not been as boehner said in a republican conference, a closer conference of

i think it would make it much more competitive for builders of market rate housing, or any housing that included an affordable component to be able to cite it across the street where the construction is about 5 per unit. and that makes sense to me. and the other thing is, -- and this may take some change at the state level. would we be allowed to count housing that is near the area, but not actually within the transbay area, toward the affordable mandates? i don't know if that could be done, but it makes perfect sense to me that if you put 100% of affordable complex, and it's just on the edge of transbay, it would certainly have all of the benefits of being right within transbay. i would like to know what the barriers are. and the other thing that was brought about the malodorous -- melarus, i guess this is funding for redevelopment. if your redevelopment, you can also be infrastructure finance. but i do not think that precludes some other funding tool that could be used to spread the cost more broadly to all of the people who benefit from it, including existing buildings that are alrea

if a person does not housing -- does not have housing, they will not be healthy. if they do not have food they will be a mess. we will be looking at turning co-ops into stores that will be accessible for people with disabilities. we have too many open spaces, places that are not being utilized. this is a good way tim utilize. -- a good way to utilize. before i leave, i would like to say thanks to su, who came and checked on one of our members. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you for allowing me to speak today. i feel this is an important situation going on. i would like to ask madame clerk to please put the overhead light on so i can put something that i would like to show about my landlord. i am a senior. i have lived in my building for 20 years before -- for 20 years. before i say that i would like to see and part of the action network. i am also part of the health organization. i'm very much a part of the community in san francisco. i have been at my place for 20 years and i pay my rent on time. i'm being threatened with an eviction from his landlord that i

house chamber. and that was a unique moment in its own right because african-americans had been banned from the house chamber, as far as we know, going back to the 1820s. but garnett wasn't speaking in the house while it was in legislative session, and he certainly wasn't making his case to be seated as a representative. and indeed, menard's brief speech -- and this is an image made from a matthew brady photograph. this is menard on the floor. his brief 15-minute speech on february 27th, 1869, delivered from a desk on the republican side of the chamber, potently symbolized the age. in one stroke it evoked the victory of african-american civil rights and enfranchisement after the civil war, while also suggesting some of the continuities which would animate the careers of the 20 black men who would shortly follow him onto the house floor as full-fledged representatives between 1870 and 1901. evoking their victories, their struggles, eventually their decline and their complete exclusion from congress.