. >> president melgar: next speaker, please. thank you. >> teresa flandrick from senior and disability action. i'm here to support the community that is here and that wants desperately to just have affordable housing so that everyone can either return or remain. that is what i most often here in terms of advocating for seniors. they're received outrageous rent increases, all the different tactics in trying to get people out. these are seniors who are from the mission, and so what's really clear to me is what a slap in the face it is in terms of talking about actually building market rate luxely housing here when so many have been displaced. so i ask you to respect the community, and affordable housing, please, please, that is the crisis right now and right here. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name's renee curran. i'm from the west side of san francisco but i'm out here to support the community where i've been volunteering over the past ten years. i was struck by the violence of the fig

ma'am, your time is up. >> president melgar: thank you. [inaudible] >> president melgar: yes. thank you. next speaker from -- okay. >> good evening. my name is velma ortiz, and i'm with the women's building of san francisco. our executive director, teresa mejia wanted to be here to voice her strong opposition to what amounts to a luxury development but unfortunately she was unable to be here. on behalf of teresa, our building staff, and the community members who walk-through the doors of our building every day, we are here to demand that the san francisco planning commission not allow maximum to build the luxury tower also known as the monster in the mission. as an organization that serves low-income working class immigrants in the commission, we have had a front row seat to the housing crisis in this city and especially in our neighborhood. we have been here for more than 40 years, and through personal testimonies of our clients, we and the other nonprofit organizations housed in our building have seen the ongoing struggle for women in their families to find an affordable pla

[end of translation] >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. next speaker, please. >> my name is arrestiiana, anda 19-year-old mission district second generation native. i grew up most of my life in san francisco until displaced to vallejo. now i'm 19 back in s.f. it's hard to find a place to live being a young woman in the city. growing up, i wasn't allowed to go to the lower mission alone. i am pregnant right now and i hope my baby can grow up in the whole mission save from duboce all the way to cortland. let's be a part of this change and build this project. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, everyone. thank you all for listening to the community today. my name is dr. stella garcia, and i'm an executive director for institute de la familia de la raza. families, single mamas, elderlies, people with disabilities, working class people no longer are able to find housing in the mission district. they are leaving, they are having to be displaced, and that mission district is a --

. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. [speaking spanish language] [through the interpreter] >> hello. my name is ingrid figueroa, and i'm here to say that i'm not in agreement to the monster that's being built on 16th and mission. i have 20 years living here on 14th and mission, and quite frankly, it's unjust of what's happening here. we have so little, and you guys keep wanting to take more. [end of translation] >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is brandon hirami. i'm here representing the san francisco berniecrats. we're the local our revolution group. it's been kind of a heartbreaking evening for me? i've seen a lot of working class communities and unions fighting each other. i grew up in california. my stepfather was working in the building trades, and i lived in public and subsidized housing my entire life. you know, we recently discovered that san francisco bay area has the third largest population of billionaires in the world, that's 70 billionaires. this is a gross supporting of

thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. before the next speaker, i have to ask guys, please, no hissing while speakers are talking. you know, i think we expect the same respect from both sides. [speaking spanish language] >> good afternoon. my name is luis granados with the mission economic agency. i'm here to strongly oppose the monster. the monster is the worst project by far that has been proposed in my 20-plus years of working in the mission. the mixed use is only suitable for middle aged adults and not families with children. this project would create a permanent shadow on marshall elementary. that is -- those kids would not see the sun while at school. again, this is a terrible project that does not belong in the mission district. there's also the developer's behavior that has shown unqualified lack of respect for the commission community. this has included creating a sham organization -- nonprofit organization that makes fun and mocks the culture of service of -- by nonprofits in the mission. impersonating a planning

thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. good evening, commissioners. my name's sherman king and i'm prettying better housing -- presenting better housing opportunities that work. earlier, we had some 50 people upstairs, but they're gone. so we also find the housing crisis in san francisco. so we are encouraging -- the mission project is needed to solve this crisis. therefore, it will eventually lower the rents, so we will enjoy more units available, and also, this project will improve the environment. so we are strongly encouraging the commission to approve this project. thank you very much. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, commissioners. david wu with the south of market community action network. i'm here today to stand? solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the mission who are standing again this project. we are all familiar with projects like the monster in the mission that come into our neighbor and wreak havoc, displacing and gentrifying our community, b

. >> mission president melgar? >> here. >> and i believe commissioner richards is going to attend today. the agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance. number number 1, record number 2018-003593 sioux at 906 broadway. conditional use authorization, proposed for continuance to march 14th, 2019. item number record number 2018-009316 cua. conditional use authorization proposed for continuance to april 4th. item number 3, record number 2017-00924 cu. at 601 van ness avenue. proposed for continuance to april 2018. and commissioners, i'd also like to note that further on the discretionary review calendar, record number 2017-01292 drp at 830 olmsted street, a request for d.r. has been withdrawn. i don't have any speaker cards. >> does somebody want to make a motion to season in >> public comment. >> we'll now take public comments on the items on the calendar for continuance. if anyone wants to pull off a particular item from continuance okay. commissioner hillis? >> continue to move the items. >> a motion

melgar: okay. do we have any public comment in support of the project sponsor? okay. so you have -- no, no rebuttal. this is the second time we are hearing it. okay. commissioners? commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: yes. unfortunately, the project has not yet risen for me to a level of credibility in response to the challenges we posed to the project in november. i think it is still a thinly veiled demolition, and i do not think the project contributes towards the retention of existing housing stock. to the contrary, i believe it is a project that strives to add an excessively aggressive unit on the top floor, and all amenities that this project may offer, like parking with an elevator and a roof deck, which is excessively large seem to be primarily targeted to the unit of the unit on top. i have not seen any written documentation that any agreements have been reached with the tenants, but that is neither here nor there because nothing has been added to the package that was in front of me.

commissioner melgar. so moved, that motion passes unanimously 5-0. if the acting zoning administrator could continue item 3b. >> yes, i'll continue to the date specified. thank you. >> thank you. placing us under your consent calendar, all matters listed here considered to be routine by the planning commission and may be acted upon by a single role call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless the member of the public, staff, or commission requests, in which event the matter should be removed and considered at a separate item at this or a future hearing. item 6, case 2018-013462 cua, 3995 alemany boulevard, number seven, 2018-015439 cua. 205 hugo street. i have no speaker cards. >> yes. >> i came to ask number seven, 205 hugo street, conditional use authorization be considered a full hearing at a later date. this is not a minor planning approval. >> all we can do now is move off of consent. you've done that, we'll take up the matter under regular calendar. >> very good. >> we'll hear it. >> request at a later

thank you. >> president melgar: okay. thank you.o we have any public comment in support of the project sponsor? okay. >> my name is william walters and i am the architect. may i speak in support of the project? >> clerk: you have one minute. >> thank you. as an architect on potrero hill, i had an office and home for 25 years and 30 years practicing on the hill. i know all about this hill, and i know the composition and the -- how the houses are put. so when i was hired i knew how to do it from the start to get it passed. >> president melgar: thank you, sir. so with that, the hearing is now closed -- oh, project sponsor rebuttal. sorry. it's late. >> clerk: public comment in support. >> president melgar: i already called and nobody was here. >> clerk: okay. >> president melgar: yeah. come on up. rebutt. >> thank you, commissioners. ryan patterson for the d.r. requester, and happy valentine's day, right? what could be more romantic? >> commissioner richards: funny you. >> okay. so first off, independent access for an unauthorized dwel

thank you. >> president melgar: okay. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: so two -- two questions, i guess, first, from staff. on the -- on the historic exemption from ceqa based on standards, i don't see a study done on the building itself. >> so yes. the p.t.r. form, and i apologize. that was not included with the ceqa determination, however, my understanding was the building was not determined a resource. the only thing that we were looking at for this project was the capability of the proposed structure with the historic district. >> commissioner richards: if you don't mind, if you can e-mail me that. i would be interested in that regardless of how we rule. i am worried about the quality of life of the tall studios next door. 8 feet, when we start doing matching light wells, 3 feet and 3 feet, 8 feet and 8 feet, the cornice, it's more like having a roof over that open space. like, how far does that jut out? >> on the adjacent building? >> commissioner richards: yeah. >> so if you actually look on a-1.3, the photographs that hav

thank you. >> president melgar: thank you, mr. smith. next speaker, please. >> happy valentine's day to you, commissioners. sue hester. i deal with a lot of people that are not this excited about planning projects. they have one-off, they are dealing with things right near their house, or they are community organizations that mostly deal with poor people. the whole process looks, theoretically, very good, but i can't even count the number of times that people have called me in utter frustration when i ask them to go and call documents up. the property information map works very well for people with sophisticated computers and a sophisticated understanding of what's on there. it doesn't work well for the general public, especially people who don't have access to a color printer and a powerful computer. planning has drifted to accepting a lot of full-color documents without understanding that people don't have the ability or the printing equipment to print them out. organizations i deal with don't have a color printer. and i tell them they

. >> the motion passes 4-2 with commissioners moore and melgar against. and item 18, 2017-00529cua. the conditional use. >> i think after this before the haight street item we're going to take a five minute break because we've been sitting here four hours. just a bio break for all those folks here for haight street we're going to take a little straight before we cue that item. >> clerk: thank you, president melgar. >> members of the commissioner, presenting the request for conditional use authorization pursuant to section 317 at 448 valley street. subject property is between noe and castro street with an upward sloping lot, 25 feet in we haveth and depth of 114 feet. on site is approximately a two-story over garage single-family home constructed circa 1910. the project originally came in for a horizontal and vertical condition and through review with city staff and upon the sponsor's analysis has resubmitted demolition and new construction. the proposal for the existing two-story single-family home over garage and to construct a new four-story, 4,450 resi

. >> president melgar: i will close it up and say thank you to the community, to mr. guthart, to the staff for having this hearing here. i think it is incredibly important. i think there's two issues. one how we plan for our future as a community, as a city, how we spend our money. but as to this specific project, i remain skeptical as what was presented to us really doesn't come up to my standards. so i would expect a developer who is coming to this community present something that has been vetted by the mayor's office. i would expect to see plans, i would expect to see a lot more than has been provided. i am skeptical that this would actually happen and remain open to having the community continue to advocate for what the community needs. thank you. and thank you for coming here. [applause] >> commissioner hillis: thank you. >> okay. i want all of san francisco to hear us, so louder. >> all right. we want to first off welcome our mayor, the mayor of san francisco, mayor london breed. [applause] >> we've got to check this out. >> the hon. london breed: the pressure.

. >> and i do know that the planning commission, president melgar and i were together recently, and she said we're really using ociis model, we're -- >> that's great to here. kudos to you, mr. lee. >> before you go, i have a few questions -- oh, can't have -- oh, go ahead. >> go ahead. >> well, again, good afternoon, commissioners. i'm ken nim, acting city build director, and really thank you, commissioner bustos for joining us at the choice to really give a pep talk. i consider us as workforce angels. the people we help every day, it's because of you sitting up there and folks working across the community in making sure we push contractors and employers to hire people from the community, the folks that are really in need. i want to thank you, community sesay, for making sure that they hire community members. again, our workforce director, joshua orce, apologizes he can't be here. he also wants to thank you for the support you've been providing to the program, and also we have our acting city build compliance manager here, chris begara, who's pushing behind the scenes working numbers, r

. >> president melgar: thank you all for being here. if you watch the mayor state of the city address, he challenge us all to take on these issues. commissioner johnson your comment about there isn't a silver bullet. there's tons of ideas and solutions to try to bridge this divide and thank you for your yes vote on the compact. we'll hear more on that. [laughter] >> we can move on to items 14a and b for case numbers 2018-7029 zoning administrator will consider request for variance. >> good afternoon. commissioner hillis and joining administrator. presenting a request for conditional use authorization and for variance to planning code at 88 museum way. it's located mid-block on the south side between roosevelt way and randall museum within the corona heights neighborhood. the lot is 125 feet in deputy dd slopes deep down low. properties developed with a three-story two family dwelling on the state street side the lot. the building is unique and subdivided vertically. although planning code definition, we'll be discussing the project as r

roll at this time, melgar. >> here. >> vice president koppel. >> here. >> commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. we do expect commissioners fong, johnson, and richards to arrive shortly. first is items for continuance. item one for the accessory dwelling units and new construction planning code and business and tax regulations code amendments. item two,

. >> commissioner melgar, members of commission. the proposal is a conditional use authorization to establish a kan cannabis retail use within the haight street district. it requires conditional use authorization for cannabis use. the site is located within the haight street historic district. as you know, haight street is identified with the historic event known as the summer of love. commercial establishment's characterizing haight street including a number of specialty stores that reflect the history of the neighborhood as well as numerous eat being and drinking establishments. the surrounding zoning is primarily rn2 and rh3. the subject property is developed with a three-story mixed use building with four ground spaces. the proposal will involve the interior tenant improvement and no expansion of the square foot space. exterior changes are the front entry and the addition of a security camera. furthermore, no on-site consumption of cannabis is proposed. no tenant will be displaced by this proposal. the project site is currently

i was actually one of the things i discussed with president melgar. yes, if it's a t.i.c and it's just a piece so it's just one person and say a three-unit building, that would not trigger this because that is just one person out of the four there. they're not selling the whole building. >> the entire building has to be for sale? >> yes. >> so this is again, the point of this is to allow and give these non profits the ability to get their foot in the door and be able to purchase it and remove it from the speculative market. if that's one person in the t.i.c that is moving out of the building that's not an entire building that's being sold so that would not apply. >> i think your idea about the transfer tax is a great one. you almost wouldn't need this if you did that. that would -- people would want to take advantage of that. >> right. well that's the idea. we want to make this as adventageous for landlords to take advantage of this and again, to your point also, yes, we absolutely need much larger funding source and the supervisors very committed to

. >> so moved commissioners that motion passes 6-1 with commission president melgar voting against.t places you on item 14. record number 2017-013537 c.u.a. at 233 san carlos street conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, commissioners, department staff. the project before you is conditional use authorization for the proposed project at 233 san carlos street. it is pursuant to code sections 20 the .4 and 303 to demolish is residence and construct a new are dense. it include -- new residence. iit is a single family resident and construction of 40-foot tall, 750 square foot residential unit. four bedroom unit of 3,000 square feet and one bedroom unit of 720,000 square feet. the department has received a few phone calls about the project which expressed support and opposition. the department did receive an e-mail from existing tenants. the department received a few e-mails in opposition which are printed out. the department staff recommends approval with conditions. specifically it complies with the planning code and objectives of the general plan. it is fully code conforming