that passes unanimously 7-0 and places you on item no. 7. 2014.095 il, 186-194 gough street. consideration of tools to manage initiate landmark designation of the r l gold bergberg building. >> as mentioned the consideration for the landmark consideration of the l goldberg building on gough street in san francisco. the building is located in the heys valley. this is a regularly scheduled hearing. the draft landmark designation report was prepared by senior historian on behalf of the requesters jackie nail or and upton. the building constructed in 1911 is under historical building. adding weight to its significance is the retention of three extraordinarily rare storefront. the building was designed by bear demand joseph. the building is constructed by the pulitzer prize winning cartoonist ruben goldberg. the building may have tangent recognition. the landmark states this interior building retains a high point of integrity. staff concur that they do appear to be original features. however historically private interior spaces they do not appear eligible for landmark designations

you may know it spear headed an effort to make improvements between octavia and gough however we have a lot of concerns and are opposed to a signal ization specifically at laguna and haight the letter we wrote to you outlines the reasons for that first of all it's about pedestrian safety and convenience right now pedestrian when they want to cross that intersection, there's a stop sign there, they look at the driver make sure they stop and then they go. if there's a signal it impedes pedestrian movement and we're a pedestrian oriented neighborhood. all the

that passes unanimously 7-0 and places you on item no. 7. 2014.095 il, 186-194 gough street. consideration of tools to manage initiate landmark designation of

you may know it spear headed an effort to make improvements between octavia and gough however we have a lot of concerns and are opposed to a signal ization specifically at laguna and haight the letter we wrote to you outlines the reasons for that first of all it's about pedestrian safety and convenience right now pedestrian when they want to cross that intersection, there's a stop sign there, they look at the driver make sure they stop and then they go. if there's a signal it impedes pedestrian movement and we're a pedestrian oriented neighborhood. all the hardware and unsightly hardware will change the character of that intersection from a neighborhood intersection to a car oriented intersection as someone already pointed out there's a lot of through traffic on laguna. the signals will speed up that traffic and there's no need for it. right now there's a proposal for a bus only lane. there will be there will be one from buchanan to laguna and the buses won't be held up by a stop sign so for these reasons and others we oppose the signal at laguna and haight thank you. >> thank you. la

. >> pam: this building on gough street at oak is the latest where long term tenants are being evictedis act. >> pam: protesters once again decried this "out with the old, in with the rich mentality." those being evicted have lived in the two residential units for 25 years >> pam: they say if they have to move, they are now priced out of san francisco. >>where will we go, we are not really sure, its really hard. my husand and i are both musicians, we've played down the street at the sf jazz center. we both work, we are moderate income people, we are not rich and we are not poor, we're just trying to stay here in the city and really reflects the problem here, where does one go? because i can tell you for what we pay here there is no place in the city for us to go. with average $3000 for a studio, where does one go? >> pam: residents say they first received their eviction notice a year ago and are supposed to be out in two day, but they vow to continue the fight to stay in their homes. >> pam: still ahead.oakland mayor jean quan issuing an alert to residents ahead of the grand jury's dec