growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privileged to receive mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at project level to now earning my internship at nbc this upcoming summer. [applause] >> i've always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. she wasn't changed much, by the way. to this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. i know all too well the impact that mayor breed has had on myself, and i am extremely excited to see all the wonderful things that she will do for the city, and for that, i say thank you. [applause] >> and now, please join me in welcoming father paul fitzgerald, president of the university of san francisco, to deliver today's invocation. [applause] >> thank you, kayla, and thank you all for being here today as we honor and congratulate and thank our mayor, london bre

hayes valley, one of the most successful merchant corridors but refuse and litter on the street, visitors and families and children walking past. shouldn't be the way it is. >> reporter: last we talked, beginning of december, oracle decided to leave to las vegas. one of the complaints they mentioned was how dirty the streets are. you presumed you're going to see this more from businesses? >> macys.com laid off workers in san francisco, said were going to continue growth in other cities. if we don't improve streets and environment in san francisco to live and do business, going to see more business opportunities leave the city. one of the reasons the chamber of commerce did a poll around street conditions and homelessness, it's not usual topic for them, taxes or job growth, but the issue's gotten so bad, had real impact on all businesses regardless of size. >> reporter: ultimately, why important? >> i am raising young family and want to stay in the city. can only do that if street agencies are good and streets are safe. >> mayor london breed was where does she stand? >> told me her departm

hayes valley, one of the most successful merchant corridors but refuse and families and children walking past. shouldn't be the way it is. >> reporter: last we talked, beginning of december, oracle decided to leave to las vegas. one of the complaints they mentioned was how dirty the streets are. you presumed you're going to see this more from businesses? >> macys.com laid off workers in san francisco, said were going to continue growth in other cities. if we don't improve streets and environment in san francisco to live and do business, going to see more business opportunities leave the city. one of the reasons the chamber of commerce did a poll around street conditions and homelessness, it's not usual topic for them, taxes or job growth, but the issue's gotten so bad, had real impact on all businesses regardless of size. >> reporter: ultimately, why important? >> i am raising young family and want to stay in the city. can only do that if street agencies are good and streets are safe. >> mayor london breed was where does she stand? >> told me her department made it a top priority. launch

in fairness, i should say i live in hayes valley near the ivy street hill. so i have tremendous respect for the sincerity of all of the feelings expressed by the residents. again, i'm here to talk to the character of this team that is proposing a business, that seems to meet all of the qualifications of the use for this building. and i've known them for a long time, the reason i was here two weeks ago is the reason i'm here again today. i know they'll bring remarkable care, community engagement, security concerns to any project they do. and you know, to all of the residents that have spoken, they say, what are you here for? you've all heard my pitch about how wonderful these people are and how much i trust them. what i want to share with the neighbors this community is so, how does somebody feel? would you have that in your neighborhood? the answer to this is a resounding yes. we voted to have two cannabis citesites approved, one with ths team and one with another and i can't tell you the strength of conviction i have for the quality of people they are, thei

i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery threeimes. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they st

we love being in hayes valley. it's been a great transhub for families and students who travel to school on their own. we own a parking lot at 98 franklin street which is in the hub. and since 2012 we have been working on ideas to develop that property. for about the past four years, we have been working with lily and the team at the planning department on the hub project, and we think the goals of the hub are absolutely critical with affordable housing and street improvements, and we think we have a project, a mixed use project that combines a stacking of different uses at our property that would be very beneficial to the neighborhood and to the hub project and rezoning that's being proposed. so thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm with united to save the mission. there are several new faces here since the last time we talked about the hub. a special welcome to commissioner imperial. for me the hub and the large buildings that are up zoned for are like big rocks land

in hayes valley, they have security cameras in the office so it was all caught on camera about 4:00 thisorning. you can see the man there struggle with the safe under the table. he finally gives up, lugs the whole thing out of the office. inside the safe was all the cash from saturday night which the general manager estimates was about $5,000. >> it is unfortunate but it is not something that would really affect the business. i wanted to reach out to the community actually to find someone that can recognize the suspect. >> the general manager said this has made him consider going cashless but san francisco actually banned cashless stores and restaurants last year. berkeley city council is hoping the build a better bay area thank you new measure to give rv camparies safe place to park. up to 25 rvs would be allowed to park at city lots. people living the would receive social services and get help finding a local place to live. some councilmembers are critical because it doesn't really help many people. a survey in 2018 found nearly 300 rv campers in the berkeley area. the council will mee

growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privileged to receive mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at project level to now earning my internship at nbc this upcoming summer. [applause] >> i've always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. she wasn't changed much, by the way. to this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. i know all too well the impact that mayor breed has had on myself, and i am extremely excited to see all the wonderful things that she will do for the city, and for that, i say thank you. [applause] >> and now, please join me in welcoming father paul fitzgerald, president of the university of san francisco, to deliver today's invocation. [applause] >> thank you, kayla, and thank you all for being here today as we honor and congratulate and thank our mayor, london bre

most of them in ash bury and hayes valley neighborhoods. laguna and ivy street were blocked as crews tried to work on the issue. they had power restored by midnight. >>> police are searching for a robbery suspect in the east bay that could be linked to several crimes. richmond police say on monday a robbery suspect robbed a victim at gun point in the business district. the suspect demanded money and property and ran away. investigators are working with officers in other east bay cities to see if the richmond suspect is connected to other crimes. he does resemble one of them caught on camera attacking and robbing that man in his oakland driveway on monday. you see the red pants look similar. so what should you do if you're attacked or have video of a crime on your property? anser hassan talked with an expect to get us some tips. >> reporter: this man vacuuming his car on monday afternoon doesn't see his attackers coming, but he stayed calm which might be why he's still alive said richard correa. >> one thing to do is stay calm. >> reporter:

one was in the mission district and the other in hayes valley. this is the scene at a restaurant on grove street and you can see the man waits about 15 minutes until employees go to a back room and then he grabs $400 out of the cash register and walks out the front door. >> just trying to run a business in san francisco is so hard. if you hundred dollars can go a long way. >> there was a similar crime two days earlier at an ice cream shop on valencia street about 1.5 miles away and the owners of the same man grabbed $200 from the cash register when an employee was cleaning dishes and police believed he may have targeted other san francisco businesses. distracted driver suspected of a hit-and-run that killed a toddler is in jail this morning. fairfield police said he hit his 2-year-old nephew yesterday afternoon and then fled the scene. he returned four hours later and was arrested in the crash was on west texas and police believed alcohol played a factor in the crash. >>> people in pleasanton are on edge involving a home invasion robbery yesterda

hayes valley, one of the most successful merchant corridors but refuse and litter on the street, visitors and families and children walking past. there's a concern that this shouldn't be the way it is. >> reporter: last we talked, it was the beginning of december, when oracle decided to leave to las vegas. one of the complaints they mentioned was how dirty the streets are. you presumed that more businesses and we'll see this more. what's happened since? >> macys.com laid off workers in san francisco and said they would continue growth in other cities. if we don't improve street conditions in san francisco, improve the environment for people do business or live in san francisco, we're going to see more business opportunities leave the city. one of the reasons the chamber of commerce did a poll around street conditions and homelessness, it's not usual topic for them, taxes or job growth, but because the issue has gotten so bad it's had a real impact on all of our businesses regarding size. >> lauren martinez, abc7 news. >>> the lack of affordable housing has been a big part of our building

. >> the lights went out in the haight-ashbury neighborhood, hayes valley and the civic center. the war memorial opera house went dark during a performance of the san francisco ballet. now, the performance was canceled. san francisco fire says a power surge in an underground vault caused the power to go out around 8:00 this evening. pg&e slowly restoring electricity over the course of the last three hours. >>> also tonight a lot of questions about a gruesome crash in san francisco's mission district. our nbc bay area sky ranger was overhead when a driver hit three people in a heavily congested area of town. two of those people have life-threatening injuries. the driver initially drove away from the scene of the crash but then returned. nbc bay area's jean elle joins us at sf general, where the victims are being treated. jean? >> reporter: raj, police tell us that driver hit two men and one woman. that woman managed to walk away with minor injuries. but police say the two men are being treated here at san francisco general with life-threatening injuries. police work into the nigh

growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privilegedreceive mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at project level to now earning my internship at nbc this upcoming summer. [applause] >> i've always been ambitious, but i was lucky to have women in my life that looked like me and achieved great things, and one of those great women that i looked up to the most, our current mayor, my godmother, london breed. she wasn't changed much, by the way. to this day, she is still the same wise, inspiring, and supportive person that she was when i was a child. i know all too well the impact that mayor breed has had on myself, and i am extremely excited to see all the wonderful things that she will do for the city, and for that, i say thank you. [applause] >> and now, please join me in welcoming father paul fitzgerald, president of the university of san francisco, to deliver today's invocation. [applause] >> thank you, kayla, and thank you all for being here today as we honor and congratulate and thank our mayor, london breed.

and i've attended events organized by the sfmta and the hayes valley organization.'ve appreciated the sfmta community outreach. they're trying new efforts, mailers and outreach to people who english may not be their primary language. not just in hayes valley, but throughout the city, i hope you follow through on the need of safety improvements for all residents. i ask that you reject the appeal and allow the project to proceed as planned. thank you. >> president yee: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i live at page and fillmore so i'm a block or two away from the project. i'm very much in support of the paved street neighbor way. every day when i leave my flat, i see cyclists on the street, and i also see cars. and i would like to see a lot more cyclists, because they're more pleasant than the cars i see driving every day. sometimes i'm in fear of when i walk uphill from fillmore of being run over by a car that is zooming towards the stop sign. and then stops at the very last second, as if annoyed that i'm in their way. i hate to live in fear like that. i don't think

i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery threece 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might ge

went out just before 8:00 tonight and affected parts of the panhandle, call valley, the lower hayes valley and the fillmore district, traffic signals and street lights are out for about 90 minutes. this photo was taken on you cannon street that shows a dark intersection. pg&e told our news desk that in underground equipment failure caused tonight's outage. >>> surveillance video from a salon shows the dog being stolen when the owner at her back turned. the owners say that the full probably try to sell the dog. >> reporter: in the surveillance video you see the dog's owner was busy cutting someone's hair when a man walks in wanting a haircut. he sits down and then within minutes the bulldog is gone.>> he unhooked the lease from under here and took him, basically. to make tied to that lease, a french bulldog that stays behind the manicure table in east san jose. >> we see the customer there and the dog is under the table. >> surveillance video shows a man in the salon around 10 wednesday morning. the dog's owner said he unleash the dog from its color, when no one was looking he grabbed the d

the owner of urban bowls in hayes valley says he was hit friday night.got to work passing out flyers around the neighborhood. a local ice cream shop owner recognized him as the same man who stole from his store two days before in the same way. >>> filming for the matrix is making san francisco's financial district look more like a war zone. look at this video of shooting overnight. helicopters flew around the ferry building. explosions were lighting up the night sky and people could hear blasts miles away. filming for the movie has been going on for several weeks now. some streets in the financial district were even closed overnight. several people report seeing keanu reeves at several filming locations. where is he? >> didn't see him, but coming into work i saw his motorcycle. >> his motorcycle? >> yeah. they have it on a rig so they can pull it through the streets so he can be on it. i saw that. >> you're getting closer. >> that's kea we choose to go to the and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. president kennedy

growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privilegedmentorship from my community. i

amber lee is live in the hayes valley neighborhood tonight with the development. >> reporter: we visited a small restaurant that seats 30 people. the owner tells me that people have called in with cancellation saying his party was not comfortable coming to san francisco after the emergency declaration. >> my business is my livelihood, i work seven days a week, 16 hours a day. >> a passion for cooking is behind kim's restaurant, they serve new american and california cuisine. >> i've put everything from my life into opening this. >> she says the business has been doing well so far this year but on tuesday after the mayor's state of emergency declaration regarding the coronavirus, she tells me she had 13 cancellations including one for a party of eight. >> he had a client coming in, they were going to show him a nice time and he felt uncomfortable coming to san francisco. the maxi says that cancellation was followed by 20 on wednesday and 17 on thursday. this comes when she was just named a semifinalist for the procedures award for california's best chef. this is her second nomination, the

the owner of urban bowls in hayes valley says he was hit friday night.thinks the suspect was there earlier in the day taking notes of how the employees worked. the owner got to work passing out flyers around the neighborhood. a local ice cream shop owner recognized him as the same man who stole from his store two days before in the same way. >> wehe pictures, the same beard, the same person. this guy is very calm, very talkative, just walking to the shop and leaning over. just opened up the rash register. >> both businesses say they're working with sfpd to catch that man. >>> a warning from san francisco police after a man paid a ransom for the return of his stolen dog. dave ford said he paid $1,000 to get the dog back. she was stolen in a smash and grab theft of ford's car on friday night. he filed a police report and then posted flyers looking for his dog holly and then received a call from a man saying he had her. >> it's like having a kid taken. if it's getting to the point where dogs are being taken out of cars, nothing can be left in a car. >> ford

one in the mission district and the other in hayes valley. this was the scene at a restaurant on grove street shortly after 7:00 on friday. the man waits 15 minutes until two employees went to the back room. he grabbed $400 out of the register and walked out the front door. >> trying to run a business in san francisco is so hard. a few hundred dollars can go a long way. >> a similar crime took place a few days earlier at an ice cream shop on valencia street, 1.5 miles away. police said the same man grabbed money from a cash register when an employee was busy cleaning dishes. >>> a driver is in custody, suspected of hitting a toddler. investigators said cirilo tellez hit his own nephew and then left the scene. he returned four hours later and was arrested. police believe alcohol played a factor in the crash. struck people in pleasanton are concerned following a home invasion robbery that happened yesterday just before 4:00 in the morning. a woman told investigators she woke up to the sounds of breaking glass and was confronted by two suspects

>>on 4 news viewer sent us thief this is from urban bowls in san francisco's hayes valley, it appears to show a man wearing jeans and a backwards hat reach over the counter opened the register and take hundreds of dollars in cash, the owner of the store says the man stole their hard earned money and watch this video shared so othe businesses can be aware of this thief. now we go to the peninsula and a woman there is dead after police say the car that she was riding in went off the highway up an embankmentand then went airborne and collided with a light pole. it happened ound 3 o'clock thismorning on southbound one oh one ar veterans boulevard in redwood city. the driver was an 18 year-old womafrom san jose, the passenger also woman was pronounced dead at the scene police believe that alcohol was a factor in th crash. and are now advising the public to think twice before drinking and driving. >>don't drink and drive finding a dozen the driver. uber there's lot ofways to it home safe >>the driver of the vehicle is now facing felony dui charges. in the north bay, a man has been arrested

one in the mission district and the other in hayes valley. this is the scene at a restaurant on grove street shortly after 7:00 friday night. the man waited 15 minutes until two employees went to the back room and then he went to the cash register and grabbed $400 and walked out the front door. >> trying to run a business in san francisco is so hard. a few hundred dollars goes a long way. >> a similar crime took place at an ice cream shop on valencia street, 1.5 miles away and the owner said the same man grabbed $200 from the cash register when an employee was busy cleaning dishes. take a close look at this surveillance photo. police believe he may have targeted other san francisco businesses. >>> it's 5:06 and a hit-and- run killed a toddler and is now in custody. fairfield police say that cirilo tellez hit his 2-year- old nephew yesterday afternoon and left the scene. he returned four hours later and was arrested. the crash was on west texas street and police believed alcohol was a factor in that tragic crash. >>> people in pleasanton are o

most of them in ash bury and hayes valley neighborhoods.and ivy street were blocked as crews tried to work on the issue. they had power restored by midnight. >>> police are searching for a robbery suspect in the east bay that could be linked to several crimes. richmond police say on monday a man robbed a victim at gunpoint in the business district. the suspect demanded money and property and ran away. investigators are working with officers in other east bay cities to see if the richmond suspect is connected to other crimes. for example, the man on the right caught on camera attacking and robbing that man in his oakland driveway on monday. you see the red pants look similar. so what should you do if you're attacked? we talked to a retired san francisco police commander. he is a current director of the institute of criminal justice leadership at usf. he says an attack can happen so fast. it's important to try and stay calm. >> there's traditional rules, one is to stay calm, do what you're told, only what you're told. no unexpected movements.

some 9100 customers were impacted in the haight-ashbury and the hayes valley neighborhoods. the fault was located at laguna and ivy street. power was restored to everyone by midnight. >>> police in the east bay are investigating a series of armed robberies this week. the first was captured in this shocking video in oakland monday afternoon. nownlyn abc7, kate larsen spoke to the victim of the latest robbery and has new video of the suspect police are looking for. >> only on abc7, new video in an armed robbery suspect walking down san pablo avenue in richmond, moments before he allegedly robbed this man at gunpoint. >> he attack me from behind me. and he put me a gun in my stomach. and he took my money, and he said to me, give me all your money and shut up and don't say anything. >> panfilo perez says he gave him his wallet and then called police. >> brazen, very brazen. >> sergeant aaron pomeroy with richmond pd says perez was robbed around 5:15 p.m. monday. >> busy business district. this individual walked by him and ultimately pointed a gun at him and demanded money and pr

it is part of the greater hayes valley historic district.pent the last couple of days trying to understand did implications. i called david chew's office in sacramento. it seems to be something that is evolving. every building onna block except for 124 lilly, which was built about 10 years ago, is over 50 years old. that means every building is up for consideration as a historic building could be considered. nothing has been designated at this point. my building was built in 1906 and so were all of the other buildings between me and octavia when there was a real housing shortage in san francisco going over towards gough street. the buildings get newer. as i mentioned the building at 150 page is called the barcelona is marvelous. i look at their windows every time i go out the back way which i use exclusively now because there is a small step in the front and i am dependent on this. i knew this was coming. when i moved in there, i saw i would be able to get one of these to come in the back way. it works very well for me. this is the satellite

now that area range from the haight-ashbury district to the hayes valley neighborhood pg need told us just minutes ago, but the power again is back on for everyone. >>wednesday night let's take a live look outside looking out along san francisco's embarcadero things like clear at that location yes joined right now by chief meteorologist lawrence karnow to break down some of this ah ha weather at times then even late last weekend was pretty chilly easily we had all the winds right the wind damage just this last sunday, but these really switch gears high-pressure took over we had some offshore winds but they were gentle that we had record heat but now we're going to start to see things go the other way we're going to see more of a sea breeze will be squeezed in one last really nice to spring-like day with temperatures today cooled off a little bit in the san francisco still above the average of 66 degrees 69 for the high in oakland still 70 beautiful in san jose, 70 degrees and live more 70 conquered and 73 degrees in santa rosa. all these numbers are coming down quite a bit remember we

viewer sent us this video hoping to catch a thief or this is from urban bowls and san francisco's hayes valley, it appears to show man wearing jeans and a backwards hat reach over the counter open the register and then take out hundreds of dollars in cash in walk away. the owner of the store says the man stole their hard earned money and they're sharing this video. so other businesses can be aware of the thief that that person looks familiar with to you contact police. >>they were just expressing they were overjoyed that we found them and if they didn't think they were going to be found. >>now to a great story of survival we're learning more about the palo alto couple who was found alive after being missing in west in for a week and that couple is recovering in the hospital. the search team calling it nothing short of a miracle that they survived kron four's gayle ong has new details tonight about the rescue and also introduces us to the team of volunteers who found them. >>it was not a likely place expected to find carol cupar ski and ian are when the palo alto couple was missing for more tha

this is video coming up from the citizen app of where it happened on haight and ashbury and the hayes valley neighborhood 9,000. 123 people they are in the dark a pg e crews on the way to the area. power went out just before 8. and right now pg and e estimates that it will be restored about 00:45pm tonight, the cause of the outage is not clear yet. >>all right now taking a look at the weather is we get a check of the 4 zone forecast taking a peek outside another beautiful day in the bay yeah joining us now chief meteorologist lawrence karnow with a what's going on this week works. well guys so we have had quite the week so folks over there over here guys that quite the week so far we have a lot of sunshine out there today and they can above normal temperatures and you know what we're going continue. >>old watcher temperatures take a tumble. we saw him come down a little bit today but still above the average but no 80's no records to speak up today still 70 in san jose 73 in santa rosa 72 degrees and a bottle of 66 degrees in san francisco remember half moon bay. there were over 70 degrees ye

i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still migh

i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still migh

growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privilegedceive mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at pec

growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of

i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery threeince 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might

this is not hayes valley. i don't see the point. >> the 5-foot bonus is in order to get to the the added height on the ground floor. that is our standard throughout the city which is 14 feet. we are encouraging that for all ground floor retail uses. it requires a 14-foot height at the ground floor throughout the city. the added height would be, if it is for nonresidential use, the added bonus would be to get above the height. we don't necessarily have that in this case because we have an overall height limit of 65 feet. most cases there may be a 45- foot height limit. >> you are saying you want 14- foot on the bottom? >> the code says you have to have 14 feet for nonresidential uses. this district is not required to have commercial on the ground floor. though it is in the district, they have -- they can have residential, residential, residential. >> commissioner moore? >> is her opposition to take half a foot off of every to -- every residential floor or does not not work for you? that would give us an overall

growing up in san francisco d-5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privilegede mentorship from my community. i went from running departments at project level to now earning

i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still migh

this is not hayes valley. i don't see the point. >> the 5-foot bonus is in order to get to the the added height on the ground floor. that is our standard throughout the city which is 14 feet. we are encouraging that for all ground floor retail uses. it requires a 14-foot height at the ground floor throughout the city. the added height would be, if it is for nonresidential use, the added bonus would be to get above the height. we don't necessarily have that in this case because we have an overall height limit of 65 feet. most cases there may be a 45- foot height limit. >> you are saying you want 14- foot on the bottom? >> the code says you have to have 14 feet for nonresidential uses. this district is not required to have commercial on the ground floor. though it is in the district, they have -- they can have residential, residential, residential. >> commissioner moore? >> is her opposition to take half a foot off of every to -- every residential floor or does not not work for you? that would give us an overall