i was very upset because i remember it was either 1974 or '76 that sue hester put together an ordinance and the citizens of san francisco voted for it and it passed dealing with the height limits to be built here in san francisco. the height limit was 60 feet. after that was done, we came back, there was another ordinance put together by sue hester, because we were in the planning for the executive park. and i wanted a hotel, and i knew it was going to be more than 60 feet. but we supported the first one as well as the only area in san francisco is the executive park, bayview hunters point, that can be built over 60 feet. and when people of san francisco that vote for issues and things and it looked like it goes under water, usually city planning is supposed to make sure that when planning is done, it's done for the people of san francisco, not just for developers. although you might say, oh, this looks good, i think this will will work, it's not what you think and not what you might want to think it would work. but what is best for san francisco. thank you very much. >> is there any ad

after that was done, we came back, there was another ordinance put together by sue hester, because we were in the planning for the executive park. and i wanted a hotel, and i knew it was going to be more than 60 feet. but we supported the first one as well as the only area in san francisco is the executive park, bayview hunters point, that can be built over 60 feet. and when people o

my name is nick hester, [speaker not understood] director for the schools. i want to quickly comment on the data issue. first of all, even though i'm sure anna will send you the information, i can as well, it's always available at green the next gen.org which is our district sustainability website. >> nick, what's that again? >> green the next gen, like generation, dot-org. and at the top of that website we have all manner of information about schools, utility use, waste pattern, diversion. [speaker not understood] can figure out how other schools are doing and where they might want to focus their efforts. and when we look a

my name is nick hester, [speaker not understood] director for the schools. i want to quickly comment on the data issue. first of all, even though i'm sure anna will send you the information, i can as well, it's always available at green the next gen.org which is our district sustainability website. >> nick, what's that again? >> green the next gen, like generation, dot-org. and at the top of that website we have all manner of information about schools, utility use, waste pattern, diversion. [speaker not understood] can figure out how other schools are doing and where they might want to focus their efforts. and when we look at that commute data, one of the things you'll see is that the spreadsheet identifies where kids live in respect to the school. are they within a half mile, one mile, two miles. so, for rosa parks, for example, i encourage you to look because i don't have it memorized, but i encourage you to look at what percentage of the students are actually living in a quote-unquote walkable distance and what percentage are walking to school. that's a g

i'm nick hester, a parent [speaker not understood] and i'm also on the san francisco bicycle coalition board. i want to change the topic a little bit away from buildings and toward better projects that lead to a better environment but have been somewhat overlooked in the hearing so far. as some of the [speaker not understood] and environmental initiatives, i realize that one of the most important things we can do is to make our cities greener and that means making them more livable and attractive so we draw people from the less dense suburban areas and have them live in our more dense and potentially walkable bikable communities in san francisco. for this reason one of the things [speaker not understood] review is [speaker not understood], a project that clearly encourages car pool living but unfortunately has had impacts that have drawn out opponents from the community. similarly, of course, the bike plan was delayed for four years also because of environmental review. and during that time other cities [speaker not understood] in terms of street safety, in terms of saving lives, reduc

>>> sue hester speaking for myself and the fact that i was involved in the inchstitution master plan when this was drafted back a long time ago. ~ institution it is a pleasure to endorse this project. would we had institutions throughout the city that were as forthcoming in complying with the planning code and in being a good citizen. cca has been an exemplary citizen of its area and of the city. and nonprofits seem to get it. and if there is justice in the planning department, and i think there is, you will enthusiastically support everything that is before you from the cca. they are really a good institution. thank you. >>> commissioners, ron miguel. i'm actually here for something else, but i couldn't let this one go by, having been a neighbor for many, many years since i came to the hill. this is one of, if not the premiere general arts institutions in san francisco, and we're proud to have them in our neighborhood. they have been very publicly involved with the city and with the neighborhood. they hosted some of the major first and latter meetings on the planning of mission bay

i'm nick hester, a parent [speaker not understood] and i'm also on the san francisco bicycle coalition board. i want to change the topic a little bit away

>>> sue hester. i've been dealing with this since c-e-q-a existed. i'm going to go through all of the various drafts looking for a couple issues. one is the amendment of the section has got to be included in the legislation. the process should be that for the planning code plus. 90 days of review instead of 30 days and a mandatory workshop for major amendments. there is no requirement now -- any supervisor can draw any legislation and it would have 30 days' review. this, pardon me, sucks. secondly, the notice process for projects post c-e-q-a needs a major change. and it's a upn peter cohen talked about it. the notice of projects is how i found out about things because the c-e-q-a notice only comes to the same people who get the project notice. on a conditional use it only goes to property owners and tic owners are excluded and tenants are excluded. and until the upn process, it got to be taken out of the planning department. if you're going to sit on it, it should be done outside of the department. there is no notice of projects to tenants and to ti

then senator hester came out in favor of same-sex marriage. then they heard doma case, and kay hagan's turn. the next one, bob casey from pennsylvania, then senator tom carper, bill nelson from florida. two more, one from north dakota, joe donnelly of indiana. then tim johnson of south dakota toppled. that's 12 u.s. senators in three weeks evolving in rapid succession. that doesn't mean it is all of them. there are a few holdouts among senate democrats, by a few, i mean three. mary landrieu, mark pryor, and joe manchin. and being among those three is an awkward place to be. >> i have very personal views about same-sex marriage. i believe people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry. i am a lot like other people said my views evolved. my state has a strong constitutional amendment against gay marriage and i think i have to honor that. >> personally, i am totally for people having rights but you know, i am just a senator, personally love and marry who you want to love and marry but i will actively work to deny you your right