ann marie rodgers again, planning department staff. commissioners, this item before you today is a proposal that would amend the administrative code for new procedures for ceqa appeals, procedures and notices. as you will remember, you heard proposal a while ago that would amend the same section in the administrative code but in a different manner. before staff begins our presentation, i'd like to introduce the honorable supervisor kim to explain the implications of the proposal and then i'll present the department's position. >> thank you, ms. rodgers. give me a moment to put all these papers in place. so, thank you to the members of the planning commission for sharing this item today. ~ hearing as you well know, the california environmental quality act may be the singlemost important law californians have in preserving the environment and here in san francisco, c-e-q-a may be the singlemost important law in san francisco having a -- requiring a community dialogue for development projects. changes to the law will significantly impact

ann marie rodgers, planning department staff here to give you your weekly board report. the land use committee this week was where most of the action took place. we had both supervisor wiener and cpiv's proposed ordinances that would amend chapter 31 to address our local implementation of c-e-q-a. ~ supervisor kim although both were called together on the committee, supervisor wiener's could be called for action because supervisor kim's ordinance would affect the historic preservation commission, and that commission can't hear it until may 15th. as you will recall, both this commission and the hpc supported supervisor wiener's proposal. when you heard it with two requested mod ifications. the supervisor did respond and incorporate both of those suggestions. this week at committee, supervisor campos joined in for the hearing and he stated that c-e-q-a is an important tool to give voice to the public and that this opportunity results in better process. he he said the leverage the city had over cpmc as an example . ~ cited. supervisor wiener said had i does not change state