first we have jason elliott from the office of the mayor. >> commissioners, jason elliott, mayor's legislative director. thank you very much for holding this hearing. today we are proud to be co-sponsors of this legislation along with president david chiu. i think there has been some very good recommendations that have come from planning staff there contained in this report and i have to say we agree with most, if not all, of them, and it's not a disagreement but we need some more conversation and new issues that need consideration. let me say as far as we are concerned with this legislation that was motivated by the success of the 100% art program and how the downtown gallery has turned into such an asset for the city and looking to do more in the way of public art and publicly accessible art and expanding the horizons of the gallery and the types of art that san franciscoans can enjoy and is funded by the program. we have heard president chiu and our office has heard strong community support to expand the options available to private developers in how they fulfill the obligations and the art

thank you. >> jason elliott, mayor's legislative director. i have nothing past what the city administrator said other than that the mayor is fully supportive of the plan that you have an stands behind amy as she implements this. he is willing to dedicate his time and energy to this. thank you. >> i do have a question for mr. cornfield. could you just share with us, one of the prime objective suspend the category of shelton place and some of the legislative wording that has -- that has come about to help bring about a category that has really provided an opening for that definition, through fema and other categories, that will allow for our ability to really respond to this impending disaster. >> i will say a couple words about shelter and place. one of the biggest concerns that we all have is that after an earthquake, we could have a lot of folks that either displaced into temporary shelters or buildings are damaged and they go to longer-term interim housing. how are we going to deal with sheltering needs? and through fema and other federal s

>> i will defer to jason elliott to speak on behalf of the mayor. >> thank you, supervisor. mayor's office, through the president. we did receive a briefing and text of these amendments. while it is a fresh idea, the mayor is supportive of these amendments and looks forward to the board taking action as soon as possible. supervisor mirkarimi: back to the question on the 15th or the 22nd -- if we are trying to accommodate parties within the chamber and room 200, i still do not hear the answer as to why the 15th versus the 22nd. president chiu: there is a very simple answer. it takes 30 days for a piece of legislation to go into effect once it has been signed by the mayor. we all understand this needs to get done by the end of the year. if we don't have a final read by the end of this month, given the things given break, it will not give enough time to get -- given the thanksgiving break, it will not get enough time to get things done by january 1. supervisor elsbernd: the motion is to continue to the 15th and to sit as a committee as a whole. supervisor farrell: aye. supervis