we face the costa-hawkins act pre-empts control of rent. costa-hawkins prevents us in san san francisco to adequately address our housing issue. it's tied our hands in crafting rent control regulations to adequately dress our own housing crisis. members chui introduced the proposed bill to repeal the costa-hawkins rental housing act and get sacramento out of the way when it comes to making our communities more affordable by repealing costa-hawkins we'll immediately change our rent control laws and will not immediately be changing the rent control laws but gives an opportunity to have discussion with the tenant and landlord communities about what makes sense in moving san francisco forward. i hope my colleagues will join me for ab1506. once passed we'll join cities like santa monica and berkeley to say now is the time to repeal costa-hawkins. >> supervisor tang: thank you. supervisor kim? >> i want to concur. i know i was brought in but i have a meeting in 15 minutes and i don't know if there'll be quorum issues. i wanted to give public adva

one of the biggest reasons is it the costa-hawkins act. it's a law enacted in 1995 which places limits on municipal rent control ordinances. costa-hawkins municipal rent control laws in major ways. it prohibits municipalities to establish rent control over certain units such as single-family units and second it prohibits municipal vacancy control. in san francisco costa-hawkins has tied our hand to address housing crisis. and assembly members introduced 18ab1506 a proposed bill to repeal the costa-hawkins act and get sacramento out of their way when it comes to making our communities more affordable. by repealing costa-hawkins we will not be immediately changing the rent control laws but rather it gives us the opportunity to have a discussion with the tenant and communities on what makes since for san francisco going forward. i hope my colleagues will join me for ab1506. when passed, we'll be joining cities such as santa monica and berkeley in seeing now is it the time to repeal costa-hawkins. many thanks to the housing rates community and

tactics that happens in terms of fires, in terms when there's rent increases, and fighting against costa hawkins. we really want to make sure that we're educating folks. i'm invested in my community. my community should be able to fight for affordablity, 100% affordablity, so i ask all of you not to support this proposal. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you, miss sandoval. if we can just refrain from clapping, it helps the comment process. >> hello. my name is scott weaver. i'm here to oppose the project. yeah, we need for housing, but there's also the question of where you put it and who you how's, and if you put luxury housing next to b.a.r.t., you're going to have -- rich people aren't going to be using b.a.r.t., they're going to be using uber. we've been showing that over and over again. this is a conditional use application, which means that by right, the developer doesn't have the right to combine these lots. he has to demonstrate that it is necessary and desirable to do so, and if you look at any objective standards for discerning necessary and desirable, well, first of all, this is

in regard to the permit holder's point that the costas hawkins renders that mute, may i say it doesn'taddress any local rent control rules passed before 1996. frankly, it's not eliminating limits on single-family rent. the local regulations defines a unit and does not specify any occupied unit. it does not say that anything or anybody needs to occupy the space. -- all gomped by the san francisco rent control act, with no residential occupancy requirement. hundreds of whom are currently constructed in san francisco, see the chronic will on monday. i have a copy if you want to see it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll hear from the permit holders. >> welcome back. >> hi. president honda, board of appeals commissioners. my name is alfonso. the permit holders respectfully request that the board deny the rehearing request regarding the approved site permit issued for 259 avila for the following reasons, and these address the issues raised in the appellant's brief. the appellant claims that the planning department staff was negligent in their determination that no rental unit would be los