. >> caller: hello, this is jonathan randolph again.end another message to linda chapman to please check on your smoke alarm because it's been chirping for a couple months so you should probably replace the battery for it. and also i wanted to comment a little bit about the -- some of the complaints. we have heard that units are being left -- new adus are left vacant, but i wanted to say that in some sense vacancy is the price that we pay for our tenant protections. when people -- when homeowners make a new adu because we encourage them to do so, many homeowners are not prepared to study the complexities of a code, the eviction protections that include to all units, including brand-new adus. so if a homeowner wants their in-law unit or granny plot to be available to their literal grannies without paying a $15,000 relocation fee, they need to keep that unit vacant because all long-term rentals are now subject to tenant protections, even if they're not reconciled and all adus are prohibited from short-term rentals. so if the landlord does

this is jonathan randolph. i have to say i sort of disagree with a lot of the commenters here that unit equity is -- is, you know, sort of an important goal. i think unit diversity is just as important as unit equity, and when we have projects like this that provide both, yes, an unaffordable unit, a large unaffordable unit but also a small a.d.u., it provides an opportunity for people to rent in this neighborhood who would never be able to rent if it was a unit equitable, if it was an equitable 2,000 unit upstairs and 2,000 square foot unit down stair. i think the a.d.u. provides value in allowing people who would not otherwise be able to live here to live here, and we should consider that as one of the benefits of diversity of units. thank you. >> hi. my name is debra nelson. i am the next door neighborhood immediately adjacent to 3757 21 street on the east side? my concern is how the substantial excavation aspect of this project for the subterranean floor affects my backyard and the health of a large and maj

. >> hello, this is jonathan randolph. i want to repeat a comment that i made a year ago which is that the planning commission previously handled permitted by attempting to punish property owners and forced to reduce the size of the building or to build a monument to this mistake or build by confession plaque in one case which i believe was counter productive because delaying and reducing the scale of the development only exacerbated the housing crisis. and the point is not supposed to be in the game of meeting out punishments. you're not a judge. the other reminder, the zoning administrator already has the authority to refer the contractor to the city attorney and the district attorney under planning code section 176. you can ask they may refer it to the district attorney and the city attorney and that's your job but it's not your job by forcing them to reduce the intensity of the development the. so for the purpose of land use, let's regulate the use not the contractor and approve the project on what's the best use for t

this is jonathan randolph. i have to say i sort of disagree with a lot of the commenters here that unit equity is -- is, you know, sort of an important goal. i think unit diversity is just as important as unit equity, and when we have projects like this that provide both, yes, an unaffordable unit, a large unaffordable unit but also a small a.d.u., it provides an opportunity for people to rent in this neighborhood who would never be able to rent if it was a unit equitable, if it was an equitable 2,000 unit upstairs and 2,000 square foot unit down stair. i think the a.d.u. provides value in allowing people who would not otherwise be able to live here to live here, and we should consider that as one of the benefits of diversity of units. thank you. >> hi. my name is debra nelson. i am the next door neighborhood immediately adjacent to 3757 21 street on the east side? my concern is how the substantial excavation aspect of this project for the subterranean floor affects my backyard and the health of a large and maj