. >> good afternoon commissioners, i am carl shannon. great to be here again. we are here today to talk about 655 fourth, also known as the creamery site. this is directly kitty corner from the train station. initially when we began assemblage of the site, this was envisioned as a commercial site. really from working with the department and with the community, and looking at the specific massing of this site, it made more sense to shift this to a residential site which is part of the evolution of the central selma plan. and to see at least one of the major sites come forward as a residential site. we are very glad to be here to present this today. the site is directly across from the train station where the train is being electrified which will provide great transit down the peninsula. it is immediately adjacent to the brand-new central subway providing good conductivity up to the muni backbone and good north/sound transit immediately across the street from a grocery store, within walking distance to preschools. near a library in elementary school. equal distan

. >> good afternoon, commissioners carl shannon. i am thrilled to be here. if someone can help me bring this up on the screen, that would be great. we are pleased to be back after working on this for five years and as a follow on to our informational meeting on may 9 th. to talk about the genesis quickly of this, you know, being involved very early on in central soma, it was very clear that the department and the community wanted a significant park. the p.u.c. controlled the 1.3- acre park at the middle of the block. we went out and bought a 7.9- acre site off of cesar chavez. we have agreed to swap that with the city. that swap went to the board of supervisors last year and has been approved. overall, this is a project of three commercial buildings, 50,000 square feet of p.d.r., 17,000 square feet of neighborhood retail, land being dedicated to the mayor's office of housing for up to 85 units a permanently affordable housing, 5,000 square feet of childcare, supporting up to 100 children a day, real commitments to sustainability through a district water plan

the central soma plan, and to kick off the sponsor's presentation, i would now like to introduce carl shannonit and economic pressures have put us in the position where we are quite frankly that does not make sense. we are putting this project forward as a fee project but should something change and should that window open again, there is nothing i would like to do more than see us bring the housing forward. in terms of context for the site, this is important. this is next to the new central subway, across the street from the major supermarket. walking distance to the school and library. it is between south park and the new park that we are going to build in the park block. this is really, i think, the ground floor, the intersection of fourth and townsend at peak hours during the day has 3,000 people cross the street per hour. a subway on one and muni lines on the other. it is a dense urban location. we wanted a project that had open space where the publico get away from that and have an inward looking project where there is a lot of permme ability. a central courtyard. the lobbies face into

shannon: a big birthday, 100 years. back in 2015, former tech executive carle fiorina was running for president making the case that thethe one of women suffrage. what does history say? a an attorney from the women's commission. she joins us to discuss. >> it is special. thank you for having me. >> shannon: what do you make of those who say -- i want to show something from chuck schumer. he said wearing the yellow rose is wonderful as people all over the hill were doing this. not enough, 100 years after the senate passed the amendment, the march to equality and universal suffrage is not over. without that, democracy is incomplete. he links to a video to show how women are not paid equally, voter suppression. all kinds of things but it may be a big anniversary but it's not over. >> we hope we can celebrate the brave and courageous women who fought over 72 years, 1848, the first declaration of rights act, before women got the right to vote to 1920. it took 72 years. today is the anniversary, the 100th anniversary of the passage by congress finally sending the 19th amendment to the states. it's after it had taken 40 years