ionin, can i have the same timer deal? commissioners, good morning. thank you so much for convening this important meeting. my name is mary gallagher, i've been a planner for 30 years, most of that time in san francisco. my concern is today if you can just give us some feedback on two ideas, it would be helpful for those of us working on problems and concerns in the planning and building departments. the first is the definition of demolition because neither definition is working anymore. the definition of demolition needs to be rewritten and adopted in both the building and planning code, and specifically we're look for a clear easily underable definition and that comes with significant and mandatory penalties for violation. the second concerns the problems of inaccurate plans which unfortunately is the worst i've seen in 30 years. this includes adjacent homes that are drawn much taller and longer than they really are, grades not being shown accurately which affects ceqa and height measurements, and omission of neighbor's light wells and side facing w

. >> secretary ionin: thank you, mr. witting. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. witting. >> hi. good morning. i don't know if you read what was in the packet that i sent. i sent to you a packet, but you know, there were those e-mails back from january 2015, and i didn't intend those to say, like, oh, my god, this has been going on forever, 'cause it has been, but this -- no one's really responsible. i feel responsible because i didn't push more for the planning commission to adjust the numerical calculations and the democalcs. that could have been helpful in the 317, but maybe not based on what miss waddie presented this morning because of how tricky they are. you have the groupings. maybe if they are all ors, that would be good, but it's still arcane. with all respect to the good people, who thought one definition of demolition would solve the problem, i respectfully agree. clear-cut demos, flat lotting, demos like that that now skirt the rules, demos that don't skirt the rules under the now tantamount to demolition. if you look back in 2007, the reason for tantamount to demoli

. >> secretary ionin: sorry. we'll dock you a minute. >> so what i'll do also is read portions of a letter that we wrote to mayor farrell regarding factory built housing. and in particular, i want to mention the way that factory built housing and the lejs wlags that affects factory built housing may also end up applying to and being relevant to other forms of factory built constructions such as hotels. so i'll read the portions of this as much as i can. our union represents approximately 13,000 hospitality workers in san francisco and san mateo counties. local 2 agrees with our analysis, and we urge your office to move quickly to ensure our members don't have to spend their workplaces in buildings that don't meet minimum local safety standards. one of the trends we're noticing is the growth of so-called modular construction and it's nearly always promoted as a way to cut costs. a full-time hotel worker may end up spending more than 67,000 hours of their life inside their workplace, so we want to ensure that they'

. >> secretary ionin: and a-- >> clerk: and ace washington is next. >> and i just want to remind everyone that public comment has been limit today two minutes perspeaker. thank you. >> thank you, commission -- commissioners, and thank you for having me. i admit, i was a little suspicious, but now that i've heard the plan, i support it. finally, after all these years, the fate of our community looks like itself, and it's settling. the maker's spaces have the potential to be very successful, especially with the presence of other businesses and all of the foot traffic that it's going to bring. this is going to be great for the community and new emerging businesses. as a resident, i wholeheartedly support it. thank you. >> thank you. mr. washington? [ inaudible ] >> -- regardless to what i think, and i ain't going to have it my way. but one thing ain't okay, and that is same thing i see all my sisters and brothers in here before that. it was full of everybody else, but they still was talking about the same thing: hunters point southeast. but i see all my brothers and sisters here on this one