so that kind of goes to the crux of my concern, which is, as we're building these microunits, are we,n a way, creating or exacerbating the problem by setting pretty high bar in terms of how expensive housing is. if a 230 square feet unit is going to rent for $1500, what does that do to the rest of the places in san francisco. that is the concern. because of that concern, if we had the first item, item 15, being presented to us on its own, i would be voting against the legislation. but i do think that the existence of item 39, and specifically the establishment of a cap is something that at least gives me some comfort. not this -- if you will, that i fear would materialize. i think having a cap would allow us to have the ability to assess whether or not the negative impact will actually happen. and so it is with the caveat that it's only until we see what actually happens, once these units are built, that i am willing to give this kind of a pilot a try at this point. i do think that if we're going to try something like this, that done by planning is really critical, and i hope that in

so please, i'm here to encourage you to please support the 375 unit cap on the microunit of efficiency plrgs so please help arks us, thank you. >>> my name is brad polt and i'm speaking today as an individual. i -- [inaudible] have been told that in reference do the metering the cap but rather good planning we are going to make a change that is this radical, -- new york city as i understand it file piling one project on city land to see how it works this is not one the 375 units, we are talking about four-six projects and i might say it might really help not with affordable housing but with moderate mousing and i think that is scott wieners place on this and i think it might help but i think so it will open up a whole a lot of loopholes and i think we should go slowly and so one thing that we learned during the presidential campaign is the problem of math and so one thing that i would like to propose propose to you is the mathematical campaign so you divide in a by 30 days and what that comes out to is $50 a night i. simple math. if you think about that,that is pretty cheap per night a

the one project that we have before us is has the potential to have a lot of these microunits in one building. but i have heard from other developers and community groups that these would perhaps be mixed in with projects that include a wider unit mix and so that would sort-of change the answer to that? i think the short answertia we just don't know yet. >> those are some of the things that for me, i want to understand. i think that there is a place for these units for certain populations, or certain settle of the market. but it's just not that clear what that is yet and i really don't believe that it's for or that it will solve any affordability problems and i hear this phrase affordable by design but i think it's barely affordable by design i don't think it really reaches people in a m i's that need deep' fordable and i think the people in 50% of a m i range are already in the market it's not that they have nowhere to live or nowhere to go. and so, as i it stands now, i do support the cap and the supervisor and is the process they have gone through with the community. >> commission

we we decide that had the efficiency in in sort of microunits are not something that the city needs. the city needs family housing. families are leaving san francisco and we are short on affordable family housing and this will take away opportunities for that to happen. so, can we -- the committee met last monday and we know that this has been approved already but the cap and we would favor a cap of 300 units and a compromise. i'll agree to that. and we would also like the trigger point to be 200 rather than 750. it's fineso how hs going to work out. but i think the numbers are too high and we feel that the experiment, should be more limited in nature. the -- one of the main issues i see, is that. [inaudible] are going to be something that high-tech corporations will see that as a fantastic investment opportunity and they may buy half a dozen for themselves and represent them out themselves and for them, that size of an investment is nothing, so, i think we need to preserve the opportunity for the type of housing that san franciscoians need. and also, the type of individuals -- i mea

. >> the board of supervisors approved the construction of microunits today. the average rent for a studio is currently $2,000. the microapartments will cost about $1500. >> i have the rights to the reality show, jessica and henry living in one of those things as roommates. >> i was going to say, 220 square feet, bigger than the dog house i sleep in every night. if i have to share it with jessica i'm willing to share with the jessica. if she don't mind bad smelling feet i'm great to live with. >>> he roamed the sidelines for more than a decade in berkeley but jeff tedford is no longer the head man for the bears football team. >>> the giants rolled out the orange carpet for a movie release of world championship proportions. that's next in sporters. rs. s. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. a coaching career spiralled out of control and jeff tedford has been fired after 11 years with the team. he will receive $6 million in compensation. the bears lost their last five games of the season. cal was ranked up to number two in the country in 2007 but they were 23-27 o

city a better glimpse of exactly what is going to happen and it's important to know too in these microunit all of the b m i unit stay on the site and and it's something that is not done now and that affordable housing unit people are pushing for and i agree with completely. >> i don't know i offered that up as a potential other approach and we can set that number at whatever the -- we can set the number at whatever and -- it just seemed to me, that,that is another approach that we could take. >>> yeah, i want to clarify my comment about being supportive of the dap and supporting the cap in my opinion is to study and analyze it and then releasemore inventory later on and so that is my hope that the cap gives you some answers to proceed forward and not to eliminate forever. commissioner swiney. >> okay i have an idea based upon what commissioner sag guy 88 [spelling?] said in terms of possibility because the cap actually accomplishes nothing and i think it was after the negotiations and basically there are attempts to get something that could pass through the board and this was put forward a

the easiest quickest and most environmentally sensitive way to provide more housing is to build microunit in areas that are well served by tran as it and the experience of seattle, vancouver, santa barbara, sapta maria and los angeles all suggest that micropearmt apartments are providing a very valuable service to working residents of the city and there are numerous examples of successful projects that do not compete with single family homes and which provide a very valuable service to the working people of the city. s pack and others did a survey of san francisco residents to fine where they stand and find out that bay two-one margin, voters of san francisco support microdevelopment by 30 to one margin they interiored it if they were more familiar with this legislation. so it's a building type that has wide-spread support throughout the citizens at large. particularly valuable aspect of microdevelopment is that microdevelopments is that it goes in dollars are well served by tran as it and which the city would like to see more pedestrians and more street level activity. so, across the boa

cap the production of these microunits to 375 units. for that reason i will be voting to support this today. but i still wanted to reiterate the concerns that i had shared several months ago on terms of what this policy may mean. first of all i really do hope that if these units do go forward that they're tried out in other naikdz neighborhoods. soma is already experiencing incredible density and is really struggling to meet that density with infrastructure, whether it is transit and open space. and i think that it'sá ás÷ realy important that as we experiment or pilot this program, that we really study what the impact to those neighborhoods are, and are we adequately meeting those needs based on this policy. these smaller units would increase population -- could increase population in my district by as much as 32%. and i think that as we do this, it's important that we carefully study this. so i prosecute esh that we are going -- appreciate that we are going to move forward with this in this direction. >> president chiu: supervisor aval

supporters say the microunits will help with the city's housing crisis.ts are derned the microapartments will lead to increased rent prices throughout the city. >>> 7:53. the 49ers new stadium landed its first sporting event two years before it is due to open. the 49ers will be hosting the kraft fight hunger bowl at the new stadium in 2014 when it opens. now, for the last ten years, that game has been played at at&t park, home of the giants. >>> well, today, president obama will take part in the annual white house thanksgiving turkey pardon but with a twist. [turkeys gobbling] >> here is new video of the turkeys. there's cobbler and gobbler. there's always two in case one of them get sick. they spent the night at the w hotel in washington, d.c. >> they have remained good guests. they have remained quiet and there's been no complaints from the neighbors of theirs. >> it's all gravy from here. they need to choose which will be the first official turkey through facebook and cobbler got more "likes" than gobbler. both will live out their lives at the georgia