. >> good afternoon, commissioners, cory smith on behalf of the housing action coalition. i want to echo the comments of the previous two speakers. we would also love clarification on sb330 impact and how it's going to be implemented locally. the more clear the rules are, the more certainty there is around home building and the more housing that we are going to get. so we think that also makes a ton of sense. in addition to that understanding, housing accountability act impact on projects and having those rules further clarified would also be tremendously helpful. other thing i wanted to touch on were these general planned meetings that are happening. i have attended a couple and want to commend planning staff for the work that they are doing. i think they have been interesting and informative conversations and hopefully putting us in a positive direction towards more equitable san francisco, and so thank you to everybody involved in that. thank you. >> mr. gladstone, your line has been unmuted. >> thank you, can you hear me now? >> yes, we can. >> good afternoon, commissi

. >> good afternoon, commissioners, cory smith on behalf of the housing action coalition. i want to echo the comments of the previous two speakers. we would also love clarification on sb330 impact and how it's going to be implemented locally. the more clear the rules are, the more certainty there is around home building and the more housing that we are going to get. so we think that also makes a ton of sense. in addition to that understanding, housing accountability act impact on projects and having those rules further clarified would also be tremendously helpful. other thing i wanted to touch on were these general planned meetings that are happening. i have attended a couple and want to commend planning staff for the work that they are doing. i think they have been interesting and informative conversations and hopefully putting us in a positive direction towards more equitable san francisco, and so thank you to everybody involved in that. thank you. >> mr. gladstone, your line has been unmuted. >> thank you, can you hear me now? >> yes, we can. >> good afternoon, commissi

. >> good afternoon, commissioners, cory smith on behalf of the housing action coalition. i've been following t.d.m. since the creation in san francisco and love the fact that we are continuing to evolve the program and i think making it better. two points to make, number one, this really does seem to be emphasizing flexibility, especially in residential projects, given the economic challenges right now that is incredibly important, so just continue to stress finding different ways for projects to fulfill these requirements and fulfill the things that the city wants is fantastic. and the second piece is honestly a bit challenging where we are in the middle of significant changes in terms of how the cities are planned as it relates to covid, and so keeping in mind just because things are trends today does not necessarily mean they are going to be trends a year from now is important, and that ought to count on, this is something we are going to continue to revisit and tweak in order to improve. so thank you much for staff. >> thank you. >> sorry, last call for public comment

cory smith on behalf of the housing action coalition.y much view the shared spaces programs as part of the city's future. i think that all three members of this committee laid out a number of the complicated factors that are needed to be taken into account in order to produce an outcome. that is yielding the most positive outcomes for everybody and we look forward to participating in that conversation. thank you very much for all of your continued work on this important issue. thank you. >> chair: thank you, mr. smith. next commenter, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. chair melgar and supervisor peskin and preston and haney. i am the president of the san francisco council of district merchants association. i am the representative of many of those businesses that are unable or don't see the feasibility of utilizing shared spaces, but see the value of having the shared spaces on the avenue. supervisor haney, thank you for taking the initiative to bring this forward to everyone. supervisors peskin and melgar, thank you for bringing th