[please stand by] [bell ringing] >> hi, supervisors, christie wong. thanks for the opportunity to weigh in on this proposal. we've strongly supported this program since supervisor tang first introduced it in 2015. and we think we believe the intention has been for home sf to be a local attraction. unfortunately, there has been a lack of demand for the program, perhaps due to the affordability requirements, the examples in the staff report that included four projects that had filed applications or revised applications are really instructive. home sf would create 178 units and 58 affordable units instead of 8. a number of projects in these eligible areas passed up home sf and chose state density bonus or didn't use one at all. we support the effort, but we're concerned the feasibility is still risky at the proposed levels coming out of the planning commission. it's great to learn from experience and data. we support setting a limited time frame for approvals and the approved process changes. and we support the recommendation to eliminate the limit on th

christie wong. i wanted to thank you for the opportunity to weigh in. i don't have detailed comments, but wanted to underscore the importance of the plan and moving it forward as quickly as possible. we're pleased to see the use of ab 73 to create a housing sustainability district here that will expedite the housing we need. this is a ground breaking plan in the most important part place for growth from an environmental perspective in our region. close to all the transit, close to our most dense financial district, where people actually take transit. so this plan is adding housing capacity at a time when we are more broadly understanding how much we have a housing shortage. adding capacity for jobs and the one place in the region where we take transit to get to work. it keeps the things we like about soma, the mix of uses, the funky character and adjusts the things we don't, the wide streets that are dangerous for people walking and biking. it creates unprecedented amount of community benefits. and i guess the last thing is that the over the time that t