neighborhood and it's safer and it increases the businesses and creates a great organization like the jcc and we think that the shopping and the open space and the walkability will be greatly improved by having this project here. we urge you to approve this project without any further delay and also approve the 186 affordable homes for low-income seniors which would be a great benefit because district 2 has built no low-income affordable housing in the past ten years. lastly, thank you, supervisor stephanie for your leadership here. thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker. >> i'm eddie seagel. i've lived here my entire adult life. like the previous speaker, i'm a board member at northern neighbors and i love living in in neighborhood and in strong support of this project and hope you deny the appeal. i along with many people in this room who aren't homeowners in sanfrancisco face the progress inspects of increasing affordable rent and buying something to ensure long-term stability, we can forget about it. i have the privilege of a good job and housing security and district 2 has n

senior building will be on california street, adjacent to transportation and retail across from the jcc. the development agreement requires direct marketing and a reference in leasing to seniors already living within a three quarter's mile. usually the radius is half a mile but we increased it to include not just district two, but parts of district five and district one, as well. i have come to understand the derth of housing for seniors and how expensive housing can be and how even with family help it can be hard to age in place or find a suitable, affordable home. i am determined to do everything in my power to address our senior's needs, especially when it comes to giving them places to live. that is why i'm proud of this development agreement before you today, which ilene will create more affordable senior homes than we have built in district two over the past decade. it is very telling of the robust community process that we do all agree that we need housing on the site and i'm proud to have pushed the increase to 744 units and proud that everyone does agree that 744 units at this

jcc sf provides a vibrant community space for people of all ages and backgrounds to gather, explore, connect and flourish. perhaps many of you learned to swim, played basketball or otherwise have taken advantage of our services. as a non-for-profit, we're proud to provide emergency selfse sers and safety respite with our repeated heat and smoke emergencies. the jcc sf believes the 3333 will create a more vibrant neighborhood with more housing, activity and on space and will benefit the proceed community we serve. we understand the need for more housing, especially affordable house and we are pleased this an element of the proposed development. the project stitches together the neighborhood and this is particularly important to us that the open space enables us to continue to have an emergency evacuation location nearby, which is critical to our community's serving purpose and support the inclusion of social services and philanthoropic development. >> i'm here to support and talk in favor of this project, giving you the opportunity to just work and also the opportunity to live there.

two that really resonated at me was jcc of san francisco for many, mercy housing california because of the work foundations that they do for community centers and four affordable housing. two incredibly important needs in our community. representatives of both are here to speak on my behalf. i also moved into academia, teaching law at stanford law school for many years. in 2,011 i decided to combine my skills and my passion for the invaluable work of our nonprofits who fill the gap in our very expensive city for low income families and for my own law firm representing exclusively nonprofits who are undertaking transformative real estate projects. some of those nonprofits are here to speak, too. the arc of my city planning interest over the years has covered the private sector, community work, academia and the nonprofit sector. the big missing piece for me as public sector service. that is why i would like to serve on the planning commission. over the years i have become adept at listening to a large range of views of stakeholders and experience in figuring out how to develop a consensu

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we look to partner with the jcc.you probably already know we have three copperfield stores in marin, one luxembourg, one in san rafael and one in morocco would love to see you there. we like books. we are happy you are here tonight. my first memory of john lithgow is seeing him as a paranoid passenger in a 1983 remake of the classic twilight zone episode nightmare at 20,000 feet. absolutely terrifying. it's impossible to list all the films plays and television series featuring john lithgow but here's a sampling. on television he played dyck sullivan in the sitcom third rock from the sun. arthur mitchell and dexter and sir winston churchill and the crown. wonderful. his credits include harry in the hendersons, shrek, love is strange, the world according to dark and terms of endearment. he played disgrace late fox news ceo roger ailes in the upcoming film bombshell. i understand that's coming out in time for christmas. and hanukkah, excuse me. on the stage he has appeared in sweet success and dirty rotten scoundrels an