hillson. >>> i've never used this, so, i'm supposed to click on something, i guess. i think it's this one. it isn't coming up. >> i'm sorry. why don't we go -- go ahead. >>> [inaudible]. >> why don't we go to the next speaker and perhaps if there is someone that can work with ms. hillson and we'll put you on as soon as we fix the technical issue. thanks for your patience, ms. hillson. next speaker. >>> hello, my name is judy irving and i'm the executive director of a nonprofit called pelican media. and i'd like to talk about good government. i would like to ask that you continue the vote and actually consider two variations of this legislation. it seems to me that supervisor wiener's legislation is -- does an attempt to ram it down our throats. it's an attempt to bypass the kind of discussion that we could have if we had two side by side views on how to improve this kind of permit appeal process. i'm just a regular ordinary citizen and a lot of this is extremely confusing to me. but my impress

hillson. >>> i've never used this, so, i'm supposed to click on something, i guess. i think it's this one. it isn't coming up. >> i'm sorry. why don't we go -- go ahead. >>> [inaudible]. >> why don't we go to the next speaker and perhaps if there is someone that can work with ms. hillson and we'll put you on as soon as we fix the technical issue. thanks for your patience, ms. hillson. next speaker. >>> hello, my name is judy irving and i'm the executive director of a

hillson. next speaker. >>> my name is mark bitner. i'm a 40 year resident of the city, and for the last 12 years i'm the owner of 130-year old home. i don't trust the assurances that this legislation is merely designed to streamline the process. it seems to me that it's development driven and there is no reason whatsoever not to consider supervisor kim's proposal. there is no reason not to wait for that. we don't have to rush forward. i think in america we do too much of this. we have thing, we jump the gun, we make bad decisions. there's no reason not to have a thorough discussion of this. so, i would encourage you to vote for waiting. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is stephen aiello, i am chair of the san francisco housing action coalition. and i hold that position as the volunteer representative for greenbelt alliance, one of the endorsers of supervisor wiener's legislation. i think it's important remember both the planning commission and the historic preservation commission have rev

my name is rose hillson.ppreciate that the c-e-q-a california environmental quality act procedures community alternative legislation written at the urging of neighborhood groups, environmental groups and preservation advocates has been introduced today. i look forward to reading it and having it heard before both planning and hpc, historic preservation, as requested. hpc meeting date is may 1st. i was not sure if the community alternative legislation will be at land use committee eight days prior on april 22. anyway, i look forward to reading it and for it to be thoroughly vetted so the public is given fair and meaningful opportunity to opine. it is hoped that the full board in future will also support the community legislation that may balance everyone's concerns. thank you very much all for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. and if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment, please line up. >>> [singing] ♪ ♪ good night city good night city welcome to chris dal

rose hillson, tamika ross, mike [speaker not understood], mike bueler, robert [speaker not understood], judith. nick hefner. judy irving. and next speaker. >>> i am [speaker not understood] bronson, [speaker not understood], and volunteer san francisco biking soccer league. we register 8,000 kids to play soccer. we are a significant partner with our rec and park department to provide that for children. and the opponents to the supervisor's legislation, supervisor wiener's legislation, have brought up the beach l.a. project in a way and i think that's a misunderstanding. i want to be clear. my understanding here is that under supervisor wiener's legislation, there would have been more proactive notification of the categorical exemption for beach l.a. and it would have been easier and better for opponents to know what's going on under supervisor wiener's legislation than as it was last spring. in support of supervisor wiener's legislation, it is common sense and as a journalist easily understanding the rules of governance that creates fair competition of these ideas is vital to the city

rose hillson. i'm glad i have three minutes today instead of two. thank you so much. i'd like to recommend supervisor kim's legislation for many of the reasons stated earlier, but mostly because of notification. and in line with this notification issue, i would recommend and request that the i-t support for this legislation be fully functional between both dbi and planning department so the public knows when something is approved to start the 30-day clock. currently at d-b-i, the project permit tracking system is still in its testing stage and they're going to have people come in and do hands on and that's not set for completion until august of 2013. so, that also needs to be considered. on the current planning website, you have something called the active permits in my neighborhood link and i was playing around with it for about a couple hours. and sometimes it works, k1 sometimes it doesn't. so, i want to make sure that the details that show up in these permits ~ for the public to know are all there. it's not just going to this active permits linkses, but also to th