i want to compare the proposal at church and dubose to this proposal. in sharp contrast, corepower yoga had the support of the neighbors there, and upper market and castro and castro valley neighborhood association. no letters of opposition were in your executive summary. in contrast, we have affordable divis, hank, grove residents, and neighbors in opposition. the community has spoken. please oppose this project. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is connor ryan and i'm a member of neighbors united and i'm in opposition to core yoga being in the neighborhood. the reason is not because of yoga and i'm sorry about the situation with the nasser family, but when you bring in a chain, whatever it is, it's going to put an upward pressure on all the other retail rents and this eventually will hollow out the neighborhood. they will drive out small businesses and it will create a situation very much like what's going on in brooklyn, where the neighborhood is gentrified and small businesses cannot survive. so you hav

i voted for corepower at dubose and there was no opposition. in this case, i would support the corridor and the sense of their own future and not support co core yoga in this location. >> president hillis: i think we're looking at this as a use and if it tips the balance of formula retail in the neighborhood. i think the community has been great. i live about three blocks from this location. i remember seeing mr. nasser always at the store when i walked by. i understand why he wasn't home because he was always behind the counter at that store no matter when you walked by. it's not really about him. it's about -- i don't think it rises to the level of formula retail debates we've had about starbucks or the burger king. you raised the question, has anybody put more than $1 million into their space? i would imagine many have on divisadero. i remember sitting here approving buy right and there were not a lot of people standing up for mr. nasser and saying, hey, this will impact his business, which we all kind of recognized it would have an impact o

they're trying to shore up the sand dubose e nes to mre. we're expecting a storm surge of six to nine feet. that's why they have to build a wall of sand here. in past hurricanes, it has taken a week, maybe ttwo, get people back on to the road. >> we'll have the latest on that and the storm is not the only big st new at 5:00, in the courtro today, new details about what happened in the moments before the savopoulos house wtp in flames. now we have the latest on that. those stories, and we have a lot re going on on this thursday. >> there is even a little sunshine outside the studio here. >> who would have thought? >> i know. who would have thought? >> it's been a long time. >> see new bit. >> and doug and lauryn are still tracking thisuge storm. >> and the threat we've been talking aboutor days is becoming a reality. >> we just got 5:00 advisory. not much has changed. it is down to 100 miles an hour. the movement is still at ou five-miles-per and we're going to talk in a minute about why it means s much infall. >> not only rainfall but then

that's the two main line switches at dubose. when they go out, they cripple the system. those switches will both be replaced within the next 30 days. we've acquired the switch machines and will make that happen. the other thing that will not be done, but starting it right away, but won't be completed for four to five months, is the activation of crossover at twin peaks. those will be invaluable in terms of managing the service. but they need -- they need to go through a rigorous safety process to ensure that train movement are coming in don't conflict with turning back trains. we've started the process to work with our train control manufacturer to do that. so those things will make a huge difference in our ability to respond to problems. you heard ed talk about the ridership. and what that shows is the dramatic increase in the rapid network as well as some of the bayshore, mission, riders up substantially. we're focused on managing the bunches and gaps, but what that shows is that if you make the investment, the ridership will be there. on the rail side, we continue at

we see that in dubose park, trees are not there that were huge, but buildings stand for 100 years. i also do not support this project. >> president hillis: thank you. i will offer some comments. one, i think we've obviously heard this numerous times and so has the board of supervisors. it's unfortunate that the sponsor is invoking state density bonus the biggest factor to me is the reduction in the amount of affordable housing. so we go from a level that could be up to 25% to 11%. trying to maximize the amount f of. it can end-around our codes to get a lower percent. we've tried to fix some of that by having fees apply. you are telling me that that rule wouldn't apply. they're still grandfathered in from the prior rules? >> correct, based on our understanding of the way the legislation is written. this application came in prior to the adoption and it includes some grandfathering. >> president hillis: okay. so the state density bonus puts us in a bit of a bind. it's tough for us to do anything to this project, to change it or deny it. i think we'll play it out in the lawsuit, but it