that will be a family housing unit because of the way most sell two bedroom units. but two bedroom units are are -- often a bedroom and a office. we have a continuing problem with people saying, well, we're going to provide generous rooftop open space. we -- we're -- we're going to a place where we are assuming people are going to change the way they live to be different from the way it is. rooftop open space creates noise for the neighbors. creates privacy problems for some neighbors. and it is generally not as well used as -- as levels that are at the ground or accessible to the unit because it is gold up there. so i request that you support the staff recommendation and require the building to be pulled back to meet the code and not have all of these exceptions on dwelling unit exposure and rear yards. thank you. >> thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? >> commissioners, good afternoon. i got the -- i got something prepared but in light of the long day you had already, i'll be brief. the spur in the back is -- was owned by southern pacific tr

that will be a family housing unit because of the way most sell two bedroom units. but two bedroom units are are -- often a bedroom and a office. we have a continuing problem with people saying, well, we're going to provide generous rooftop open space. we -- we're -- we're going to a place where we are assuming people areoi

when you have two bedroom units, it is -- it isn't really a family housing, except for the one that -- that is sold as affordable units. if there's two, there's one that will be affordable. that will be a family housing unit because of the way

units is against the law. it cannot be done. rent-controlled housing is protected. it is sad when people are so afraid of the that it is their entire view without knowing anything about the project. to get an opportunity for this massive and investment in transportation infrastructure is a huge opportunity and should not be taken lightly and should not be squandered. this has a chance to change the traffic patterns, which are awful right now. 19th avenue -- everyone knows how bad it is. this is a way to start making changes. yes, change is coming, and it can be painful and scary, but this type of project represents changes that are being discussed in every city in the united states -- how to make density work. how to make transportation work. have to get people out of cars. the folks here did not get a chance to read about the attributes of the project being net zero water, net zero energy, and that is an extremely ambitious goal, and something wonderful that an idea like that could take hold in san francisco. i would hope that reason and information about the proje

now, you have to be times the amount of density, three times the amount of residence or housing units. over the last 10, 15 years, i have seen more students come here. there used to be no students. because of the need to get more people to come in so they can make money and survive. [inaudible] that is concerning. one of the residents spoke about

housing. .-- for new areas. it will apply to any area in the city that has five or more units. they will be exempt from having to participate in the affordable housing fee, so in one section, the criteria for those are laid out, and i will go through them quickly. there is the institutional master plan on file with the planning department. in that, it has to describe the type and location of housing used by the city. it has to state the number of students that will receive some aid. once we have received those, we will be recording notices of restrictions on the property and will outline these requirements, and there will be a monitoring program. on november four, we recommended some modifications. we had a meeting last week with supervisor dufty's office and the housing coalition, and planning commission wants to propose something that has been introduced, that this will only apply to new construction. there will be no conversion of any residential units. that was very important. as supervisor dufty mentions, wrote we want to also provide for -- we want to also provide for stud

when you have two bedroom units, it is -- it isn't really a family housing, except for the one that -- that is sold as affordable units. if there's two

terms of dwelling unit exposure, yes, there are nine unit that is led off of the area but the -- the section 140 requirement for three stories of housing over the podium is an area of 30 by 30. so in fact six of the units have complying dwelling unit exposure, only three that we're talking about that need some kind of exception. i think we're benefiting from the fact there's open space there. these are minor relief that we're seeking. there's no known opposition to the project. i think that's a testament to the hard work and the public and the planners have done in getting this neighborhood plan and now that it ithis neighborh and now that it is here peop3 getting this neighborhood plan and now that it is here people seem pretty satisfied with what we have got. we have been at this for five years. we're glad to be here. we hope for your approval and for these minor modification that is we're requesting. thank you. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? >> sue hester taking his first comment. this is not an -- an eastern neighborhood project. it is an old c.m. project. it doesn't meet eastern neighborhood standards. they chose n

may god bless this house and god bless the united states of america. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. . speaker, house of representatives the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 17, 2010, at 8:40 p.m. that the senate passed house joint resolution 105. with best wishes i am. signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 18, 2010, at 3:54 p.m. that the senate concur in house amendment to senate amendment to h.r. 2965. with best wishe

i guess this is sort of a balance in that it is still going to be providing units of housing in the neighborhood. >> right. commissioner olague: i think if it had been requesting in lieu or something like that -- >> i would not have come here. commissioner olague: yes, it was a good discussion. productive. i know this is one of their priorities. they are just trying to keep everything in line. >commissioner miguel: any other questions? commissioner antonini: i'm in favor of this. i think it does a number of things. it brings the parking into the realities of the changes that have been made since the beginning of the project and is reflective of that. we may in retrospect regret this some years back when we find some of these projects are under park and have trouble selling or renting, but this is unfortunately the upper limit of what is allowed in that district now, so we only should comply with that. he still has one additional car share of of what is required. also, i really liked the concept of having offsite housing. i think it serves those for whom purchased it much better than it does on s

up never getting billed, and i believe it was converted into housing, and it is going to be a housing unit. interestingly, in that article is that in addition to the cost savings they would have by relocating to people to areas that were a lot less expensive, they also felt there was a shortage of qualified personnel within maybe not necessarily only san francisco, but in the general area, so i think this is very much in keeping with the symposium i was part of today on middle-class housing and what we can do to promote that because there probably is a situation where many of the people who might be possible employees for firms such as this are having trouble finding housing in san francisco and are having to come from a distance away. so it is something to think about, something to reflect on. hopefully to work with companies to find out what we can do to address their concerns. commissioner sugaya: when i first came on the commission about four and a half years ago, the issue of the brisbane bay lands -- i do not know what they are calling it now -- was on my mind because i knew the plan

some 35 individuals are in emergency shelters and housing units and federal stimulus dollars helps toeep homeless numbers down. >> we are able to get them into housing with a rapid we housing subsidy that was a result of the stimulus funds we receive from the federal government. >> reporter: hunger seems to be on the rise. >> in san francisco this year we have seen an increase in demand for food which is different than we have seen in past years. >> reporter: emergency food requests increased by 31% in the city reported it had to turn away 30% of requests. san francisco distributed more than 41 million pounds of food this year and today they say food lines have grown. >> there is a lot of different people here then used to be here. the line gets longer and longer. >> be pitching for the less fortunate, you know -- we pitch in for the less fortunate, you know. >> reporter: donations are year round paid staff say they see many new faces especially veterans, seniors, and families. >> they are not able to stretch the dollars enough to pay rent, medical costs, and whatever else. >> reporte

we've created nearly 2,000 units of permanent housing for formerly homeless individuals to live in. we've prevented over 5,000 people from becoming homeless in the first place. and mentored families to the tune of 780 out of homelessness through our faith community. >> reporter: the calendar says the key to success was bringing business leaders to the table, en kunling them to give homeless people jobs as a first step out of poverty. ed blair, the general manager of the downtown oxford hotel admits he was initially skeptical. >> in all honesty i operate an upscale hotel in the historic part of denver, lower downtown, and i was very concerned, i didn't know what to expect. would there be wrong doing that would occur in my best room, would my sorks or guests be at -- my associates or guests be at risk. and that was something i had to get over. >> reporter: he's one of the program's biggest proponent now. >> i think there's a great passion to return to a stable life. and part of that recovery and practe says is employment. so we find an extremely high level of motivation and to be succ

units. the project provides housing on site. it is consistent with existing structures. the project should provide 25% lot depth at the second level and above. it is proposing 22.8%. this would provide a rear yard equivalent to the code minimum for those floors, second and above. commissioners, regarding public comment, the department received calls about the easement at the year. it was designed so that if the easement is found valid, it won't require significant changes as only proposed storage area for tenants would be lost. give esche the findings, it is recommended the conditional use authorization with the fact that the sponsor provides 250% of lot depp eth at the second level and above. i'm available for questions. thank you. project sponsor? >> good evening. here's -- i'm here representing the project sponsor. we have -- before you for two reasons, basically for housing and the district and relief of rear yard setbacks and the dwelling unit exposure. i wanted to just address a little bit the fit of the building in the neighborhood before we address the code issue

the public housing complex bernal heights. 18 year-old hunter was visiting a friend and all many housing units. the friend walked to the back of the apartment, heard a gunshot and came back to find a victim shot in the head of the front door. there is no known motive of an arrest made. >> a live look inside for more roof cam you could see the fog through the city building forcing fog for most of the bay area at this hour. low clouds of this point. you can see a few specks of peer through santa rosa pushing through sacramento but nothing down to the south. he see little drizzle in san francisco not much. a former dryer air pushing and the storm brought to the north you could see its barely cooked in the bay area at this hour. this openandwill continue to push off as the evening goes. in the south bay temperatures in the upper 60s 66 in san jose, 65 loss got house and not you. 61 oakland, 60 napa, 60 in san francisco 55 of the coastline. were going to come out conditions this evening. a slight chance of sprinkles his evening and of course the fog is on the live picture. temperatures in the '50s

worked with that developer to convert that from a live-work loft to be a housing development and in the process bring on 56 units of affordable housing. and the good news is san francisco has an enormous housing shortage. and there's a significant housing issue that we're struggling with in san francisco. so the fact that the market is pushing development is good news. so what we're able to do is basically allow these south of market community groups to share the wealth that developers are going to bring to the eastern part of south of market, through basically payments to the city-established community stabilization fund. in the end, between affordable housing dollars, and dollars for eviction prevention, for job development, community artistic purposes, etc. etc., we're looking at almost $120 million in community benefits paid to the city. ben: the huge projects- i sometimes worry. i've read jane jacobs and "life and death of great american cities" and it seems to me that even the most well-intentioned large-scale projects can go awry. maybe the lots could be divvied up just a little bit smaller? you could hav

island -- many of you know the region very intimately -- we are redeveloping treasure island, 6,000 housing unitsl be the most sustainable units in the city. you want to do business, here are the rules that regulate that entry. we have happy to have an agreement with a developer. that comes from utilization of photovoltaics and wind and other mechanisms to substantially advance our environmental goals. i can go on and on and truly, i could go on and on about some of the work we're doing on energy efficiency again back to low-hanging fruit, we're not talking enough about energy efficiency in our power savers programs, our partnerships with the business community, our desire to get rid of incandescent lights exclusively in the city, i know there's a state initiative to do that and we're going to be advancing it much sooner. we can do so much more. it's a long-winded way of saying there's no excuse. you guys are doing it in your respective cities, we're doing it partially in this city. there's no reason we can't lead by example and i say lead, i don't mean again lead, i mean leed. we have the obliga

it has seven high rises, 2600 housing units and even a rooftop city park.t here live from the perspective of sky 7 hd, you can see this is the area dubbed the grand central statn of the west. aside from serving commuters, it's stimuling the economy generating more than 134,000 jobs in all. the landmark new transit center is scheduled to open to the public in 2017. live in san francisco, theresa garcia, abc 7 news. >> all right, theres thank you. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> what do you say we look outside and see what mother nature is offering us. cloud conditions and flight arrival delays 35 minutes. waves of rain will roll through the weekend forecast. i'll give you a timetable and how much to expect in your neighborhood. >> mike, thank you. alsohis year's most popular baby names. the girls have a new number one. ♪ >>> well, not only did senator barbara boxer beat her opponent at the ballo box she outspend her opponent. it according$28 million and to filings with the federal election commission. republican carly fiorina raise

it has seven high rises, 2600 housing units and even a rooftop city park.ack out here live from the perspective of sky 7 hd, you can see this is the area dubbed the grand central station of the west. aside from serving commuters, it's stimulating the economy generating more than 134,000 jobs in all. the landmark new transit center is scheduled to open to the public in 2017. live in san francisco, theresa garcia, abc 7 news. >> all right, theresa, thank you. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> what do you say we look outside and see what mother nature is offering us. cloud conditions and flight arrival delays 35 minutes. waves of rain will roll through the weekend forecast. i'll give you a timetable and how much to expect in your neighborhood. >> mike, thank you. also this year's most popular baby names. the girls have a new number one. ♪ >>> well, not only did senator barbara boxer beat her opponent at the ballot box she outspend her opponent. boxer raised $28 million and spent almost all of it according to filings with the federal el

got almost 65% of the public to support funding retrofitting soft story buildings in affordable housing units and residential hotels. unfortunately, 1% less than what we need for a two-thirds majority on this issue. i think that there's been sufficient activity around what the goals of a.t.c. are, which was to get a group of people together representing all the stakeholders. i have been to most of these meetings and i have to say there are tenant representatives, owner representatives, as well as people who are engineering experts and geologists and seismic experts who have worked on the recommendations. i think if people have read the reports that we have already been given, there are clear recommendations especially about those issues like wood frame soft story buildings that are three stories and five units and more that we have identified and agreed upon that there is a huge risk. so, my suggestion -- and i know what is on the agenda is basically extending this to get the contract under way, is that we also realize the urgency within the reports. and if you haven't read them i encourage y

throughout the entire project, and a retention of rent control units and the addition of new affordable housing units. thank you. commissioner miguel: thank you. [applause] am i good evening, commissioners. i'm the committee chair for st. stn'

throughout the entire project, and a retention of rent control units and the addition of new affordable housing units. thank you. commissioner miguel: thank you. [applause] am i good evening, commissioners. i'm the committee chair for st. stephen's, and i was the person who was tapped by the previous pastor who just recently left the parish and retired to track this for the parish and get some of our people who are very well informed about development issues, a couple of attorneys, to really try to figure out what was going on here, and i have to be honest -- i'm disappointed we did not get the presentation because we are really watching nuts and bolts that are going on here, and to not have that presentation when we're talking about transportation and housing does leave me a little bit hamstrung. i could go on about the traffic, and i have sat with peter albert, with the mta. we have talked quite extensively and actually walked to the differ intersections and looked at what is going to happen with all the different levels and integration of the plan as it goes. we are very excited about tier 5, and