my name is david elliott lewis. long time resident of san francisco, almost 40 years, and member of tenderloin people of congress. my understanding as part of your approval process for new projects, that project, in addition to meeting code, has to meet the most basic fundamental criteria being necessary and desirable. when i look at some of the projects under consideration and your past decisions, i question whether that necessary and desirable, really, whether a project is desirable for the neighborhood really helps. there are projects coming up in a involve, for example, really -- that involve, for example, really small units that are going to be in existence for decades, maybe 100 years, maybe much longer, and do we really want this kind of housing in our neighborhood? that's just one example of many, but i ask that you take that consideration seriously as you evaluate each new project, that how will it really serve the community in the long run, not just make the developer a short-term profit, but really make a

my name is david elliott lewis. long time resident of san francisco, almost 40 years, and member of tenderloin people of congress. my understanding as part of your approval process for new projects, that project, in addition to meeting code, has to meet the most basic fundamental criteria being necessary and desirable. when i look at some of the projects under consideration and your past decisions, i question whether that necessary and desirable, really, whether a project is desirable for the neighborhood really helps. there are projects coming up in a involve, for example, really -- that involve, for example, really small units that are going to be in existence for decades, maybe 100 years, maybe much longer, and do we really want this kind of housing in our neighborhood? that's just one example of many, but i ask that you take that consideration seriously as you evaluate each new project, that how will it really serve the community in the long run, not just make the developer a short-term profit, but really make a

this is david elliott lewis with two agenda items i'd like to make.g the board to support and to pressure the mayor's office to support the 30 right now program, the subsidized sro rent that's 30% of income. it's probably one of the most cost effective solutions we have to preventing homelessness and it's so much better to prevent it than try to cure it after the fact. i know there's support already in the board for this. it still needs to happen and still needs to be funded. that's agenda item one. the second item is i'm asking for the board support for the cart compassion alternative response team program. i've worked for about a year on this plan to get police out of homelessness to take them out of the loop or anything that isn't a serious crime for dealing with pan handling, sidewalk encampments and all the kinds of things that bring police out to try to encounter homeless people. it's a good plan, it's a good solution. go to cart sf.org to learn more about it and i really hope the full board will support it and allocate budget for it. it's about

this is david elliott lewis with two agenda items i'd like to make.g the board to support and to pressure the mayor's office to support the 30 right now program, the subsidized sro rent that's 30% of income. it's probably one of the most cost effective solutions we have to preventing homelessness and it's so much better to prevent it than try to cure it after the fact. i know there's support already in the board for this. it still needs to happen and still needs to be funded. that's agenda item one. the second item is i'm asking for the board support for the cart compassion alternative response team program. i've worked for about a year on this plan to get police out of homelessness to take them out of the loop or anything that isn't a serious crime for dealing with pan handling, sidewalk encampments and all the kinds of things that bring police out to try to encounter homeless people. it's a good plan, it's a good solution. go to cart sf.org to learn more about it and i really hope the full board will support it and allocate budget for it. it's about