katy tang/supervisor- "so, in the next couple of years, we should be able to see teachers being housedects like this...nats- and legislation tang sponsored last year called-home-sf.. are all driving towards the goal of adding five thousand new housing units citywide in the next two katy tang/supervisor- "home-sf was designed to serve as an incentive, that if you build, um, you know, a certain number of affordable housing units for low and middle income households, you get a density bonus -- that means you get to build more units per square foot and you also get two extra stories above existing height limits." tang says at least four developers are actively seeking permits to take advantage of the program. and for those granted the two-extra stories... tang says 40-percent of those units must be two bedrooms or larger. katy tang/supervisor- "and, i think that's really important because san francisco, historically in the last, uh, few decades, has built one- bedroom units, studios. families can't live and survive in studios and one-bedroom units." and they certainly

katy tang/supervisor- "so, in the next couple of years, we should be able to see teachers being housed.. are all driving towards the goal of adding five thousand new housing units citywide in the next two decades.katy tang/supervisor- "home-sf was designed to serve as an incentive, that if you build, um, you know, a certain number of affordable housing units for low and middle income households, you get a density bonus -- that means you get to build more units per square foot and you also get two extra stories above existing height limits." tang says at least four developers are actively seeking permits to take advantage of the program. and for those granted the two-extra stories... tang says 40-percent of those units must be two bedrooms or larger. katy tang/supervisor- "and, i think that's really important because san francisco, historically in the last, uh, few decades, has built one- bedroom units, studios. families can't live and survive in studios and one-bedroom units." and they certainly can't survive if the unit's are not affordable. in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron fou

supervisor katy tang. supervisor hillary ronen. supervisor kim.n representing district two, one of the great pleasures is working with our amazing neighborhood groups and we have some amazing people serving on the boards and amazing leaders that have dedicated their lives leading the neighborhood groups and i want to introduce one of them, she's been amazing to work with, i know she's a good friend of catherines and president of the cal-hallow association, laurie brooks. (applause) >> hello everyone. this is a complete honor that you have even asked me to do this. i will be a little more formal because i don't want to miss anything. i first met catherine in 2003 when she joined the association board. she was pregnant with her first shylocke child. when i joined a few years early, i too was pregnant with my first child. most people would say that's bad timing to join a board. but in fact, we not only gave birth to our children, we gave birth to ourselves as community leaders. catherine took her legal and political experience and dove in and was a t

i believe that supervisor katy tang would like to say something. >> supervisor tang: very brief, i would like to add my name as a co-sponsor on this hearing about the west side and the reliability for our western neighborhoods. we have been studying this issue for years and years and years and i want to thank the community members who first brought this to our attention. and the meantime, departments such as the p.u.c., the fire department, public works, had worked so diligently to come up with not only educating us on how our systems work and what is the new technology out there, and also engaging in the study that you just recently released to the public about what it is that we can do to strengthen reliability on our west side neighborhoods. so, just want to express my appreciation, this has been an issue that i think several of us have been paying attention to for many, many years. and i think that you know, often times you know, we might hear a critique from the community about how it is we are not doing enough to again improve the safety and reliability for our western neighborhood

katy tang who represents the sunset district wanted to make the boulevard more inviting and installed outdoor exercise equipment. her goal, encourage the community to explore sunset boulevard and engage in healthy activities. as a resident of the outer sunset, the equipment allows me an easy opportunity to exercise outdoors and it really fun. as a runner, i have always appreciated san francisco's nature and happy to have the advantage of working out even while waiting at spotlights, using the outdoor fitness equipment. come try it out for yourself. >> hey, didn't see you there, don't mind me, i'm at my favorite spot, lilac alley. i think of a city that is deeply rooted in culture. it's neil gorsuch lilac alley is a two-block stretch in the mission district, containing murals that show case the talent of local artists. whether it's something silly, iconic, political or cultural, the alley is a feast for your eyes and can be used for the perfect spot for a selfie. graffiti watch programs, community members can partner with public works to make sure the dynamic alley is in its best shape

katy tang/supervisor- "so, in the next couple of years, we should be able to see teachers being housed." projects like this...nats- and legislation tang sponsored last year called-home-sf.. are all driving towards the goal of adding five thousand new housing units citywide in the next two decades.katy tang/supervisor- "home-sf was designed to serve as an incentive, that if you build, um, you know, a certain number of affordable housing units for low and middle income households, you get a density bonus -- that means you get to build more units per square foot and you also get two extra stories above existing height limits." tang says at least four developers are actively seeking permits to take advantage of the program. and for those granted the two-extra stories... tang says 40-percent of those units must be two bedrooms or larger. katy tang/supervisor- "and, i think that's really important because san francisco, historically in the last, uh, few decades, has built one- bedroom units, studios. families can't live and survive in studios and one-bedroom units." and

katy tang/supervisor- "so, in the next couple of years, we should be able to see teachers being houseds like this...nats- and legislation tang sponsored last year called-home-sf.. are all driving towards the goal of adding five thousand new housing units citywide in the next two decades.katy tang/supervisor- "home-sf was designed to serve as an incentive, that if you build, um, you know, a certain number of affordable housing units for low and middle income households, you get a density bonus -- that means you get to build more units per square foot and you also get two extra stories above existing height limits." tang says at least four developers are least four developers are actively seeking permits to take advantage of the program. and for those granted the two-extra stories... tang says 40-percent of those units must be two bedrooms or larger. katy tang/supervisor- "and, i think that's really important because san francisco, historically in the last, uh, few decades, has built one- bedroom units, studios. families can't live and survive in studios and one-bed

i am katie tang, chair of this committee, and we're joined by supervisor safai and supervisor aaron peskin is filling in today. we're joined by supervisor catherine stefani. any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the february 27 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. >> is thank you very much. can you please call item one? >> item

i am katie tang, chair of this committee, and we're joined by supervisor safai and supervisor aaron peskins filling in today. we're joined by supervisor catherine stefani. any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all ce

provided an awsf briefing, not only in the last reporting period of supervisor fewer and katy tang's office but also to commissioner peskin. participated in the metro chief conference call february 1st. attended the chamber of commerce event on february 2nd. there was a budget meeting here at city hall. that's when we were able to get with the mayor's budget office and budget director melissa whitehouse who has agreed to meet with the budget committee, a date on the books for early march. appearing before the philippine consulate february 6th to provide an overview on emergency preparedness and that was well received. the 7th of february, i participated and testified at a government audit and oversight committee here at city hall to discuss the expansion and additional redundancies built in the city. i spoke about the 123rd academy graduation on the 8th. budget committee on the 9th and yesterday had the privilege to attend with deputy chief nicholson, the rotary club acknowledged two of our members, lieutenant brice peoples for his career in general but specifically to a dramatic res

and so, unless there is additional comments, i'm going to hand it over to the primary sponsor, katy tang. >> i think we had a great discussion last week, i heard from a lot of members of the public. then following that had several meetings with different organizations to explain what exactly this charter measure would do. in the process, i'm realizing it doesn't do even enough what have i had originally intended to do. but i think supervisor peskin and i feel this has opened up the dialogue on budget set-a sides and what the impacts are on the general fund as well as on other set-a sides or existing baselines if new ones are add. i think there is a lot of education around this issue. because sometimes budgeting matters get complicated. it's been a great experience trying to explain to everyone what exactly this measure does and how it relates to the rest of the city's budget. with that said, we certainly heard from folks that they wanted more time to chime in on this. at this time, i'd like o continue this for discussion on the -- like to continue this for discussion on the november ball

i'm katie tang, the chair of the committee. and we're joined by new vice chair supervisor jane kim. welcome. welcome back. and, of course, returning member ahsha safai. our clerk is victor young. and thank you to s.f.gov tv. any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. i would like to note that we currently have a quorum of the board constituting a quorum. >> i forgot to mention, we're joined by fewer, yee, stefani as well. i'm going to ask you to call item three out of order because we need to make some amendments. item three, please. >> item number tlaoe. ordinance amending the planning doed accomplish the gear ri-masonic special use district in the area generally bounded by the geary boulevard to the south, masonic avenue to the east and assessor's parcel block numbers 1071, lots numbers 1 and to the north and west. >> thank you. supervisor stefani, the new sponsor of this item. >> thank you, chair tang. colleagues, thank

i am katie tang, chair of this committee, and we're joined by supervisor safai and supervisor aaron peskinfilling in today. we're joined by supervisor catherine stefani. any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the february 27 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. >> is thank you very much. can you please call item one? >> item number one, ordinance amending the planning dozed establish the geary-masonic special use district in the area generally bounded by geary boulevard to the south, masonic avenue to the east and assessor's parcel's block number 1071, lots one and four to the north and west respectively. >> thank you. i will defer to supervisor stefani first since this is in her district. >> thank you. you heard this project last week. most important, it allows the number of affordable housing units in the project to go from three to 22. that is more affordable units than the total number of units in the original project. again, these amendments raised the inclusionary from 18% t

i elected katie tang to preserve this for thousands of us in sunset. sb27 will destroy it. it will become a feeding frenzy of destruction and construction, plundering our communities because prices will only increase. ree believe the science, not the politics. we know the results. we'll lose your views, backyard enjoyment, parking, it will strain our infrastructure at its limits already. manhattan is not the housing solution for california. we embrace change. we embrace housing. we embrace affordable housing and local control to ensure positive change in a livable sunset and a livable california. sb27 and 28 is not the answer. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is paula banatole. i'm the director of the italian museum in ft. mesa. first of all, i want to compliment supervisor stephanie who made a perfect presentation on what the italian-americans mean to san francisco. i also am here to protest the idea of eliminating italian heritage day. i want to remind you that when this frenzy about columbus came about, we accepted the compromise to columb

and we do also have a letter of note from supervisor katie tang in your file to take a look at, she is requesting some hours limitations. hers are a little more sten get, she's asking for 11:00 p.m. stop and 2:00 a.m. for friday, saturday, sunday. they did get a good deal of signatures from supporters of theirs in the files as well. so i'll just let the operator speak to you directly so you guys can come up here. danny mak and yan wai chan. >> hi. yeah, so we were operating without a permit because i didn't realize we needed one. we're new to doing business, it's our first business. we're happy to work under those conditions that maggie has pointed out, the hours -- we could do monday through thursday to close at 11:00 and weekend keep it at 2:00. we have a lot of supporters from the neighborhood, too. we want to provide a safe and fun social space for the community and we have -- we currently have one room and most of the karaoke singing is being done outside in the dining area. so it's very transparent for everybody and we have -- we're going to have on site security hired, outside c

hi i'm katy tang the district 4 supervisor in san francisco, which is comprise of sunset and parkside neighborhoods. i think what makes district 4 unique is that we have so many different cultures here. we have so many different generations of people. different experiences and that makes it a vibrant neighborhood. for example, which you go down urban street you can do to a japanese restaurant, chinese restaurant, american restaurant, and the cultural diversity is just what makes it so amazing my name is ching le, and i'm the owner of the kingdom of bounty. 17th san francisco, 94116. we make the most authentic and different kinds of dumplings and dim sum. recently more and more popular because they are vegetables and meats that we use fresh vegetables and meats in the business. it's really inspired to start discover your district series, because i wanted to find a way for neighbors to come and get to know our small businesses and our neighborhoods. get to know each other, get know our office, and do so in a setting that was unintimidating and fun. so i launched this idea call the "disc

i would like to nominate commissioner aaron peskin for chair and nominate commissioner katy tang for vice chair. >> chair peskin: is there a second for that motion? seconded by commissioner breed. is there any -- are there any additional nominations? seeing none. we will close nominations. seeing no public comment on that motion made and seconded. a roll call please. >> clerk: on the motion in favor of electing commissioner peskin for chair and commissioner tang for voice chair? breed aye. commissioner fewer aye. commissioner kim, kim aye. commissioner peskin. >> chair peskin: aye. >> clerk: commissioner ronen. ronen aye. commissioner safai, safai aye. commissioner tang. tang aye. commissioner yee. yee aye. motion is approved. >> chair peskin: all right. thank you again colleagues and with that, item number eight. >> clerk: item eight, update on the caltrain pennisula corridor electric -- electrification project. this is an information item. >> chair peskin: mr. hartnet thank you for your patience. and i want to thank ms. broussard for the meeting we had yesterday in my office. for t

i am katie tang, chair of this committee, and we're joined by

so, i'm supervisor katie tang, your new land use committee chair. >> vice chair for life.>> all right. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. complete speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items asked upon today will appear on the february 18 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> all right. thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call the first item? >> item number one, establishing the gary masonic special use district in the area generally bounded by gary boulevard to the south, masonic avenue to the east and [inaudible] number 1071 lots numbers 1 and 4 to north and west. respectively. >> thank you. and i believe that you have assumed sponsorship of this item. >> thank you. i'm going to ask kaniska from mark ferrell's office -- sorry -- to say a few words and talk about continuing this item. >> on behalf of former supervisor mark ferrell. thank you for hearing this item today. we have been working with the

you would have nominated to nominate our same colleague, katy tang, for vice chair. >> chair peskin: seconded by commissioner breed. are there any other nominations? is there any public comment on item number four? seeing none, public comment is closed. nobody else wants this job. what? [laughter] >> chair peskin: we do have a new house. that is true. we will call the roll. so, with that on the nominations for peskin as chair and commissioner tang as vice chair -- commissioner ronen. >> supervisor ronen: i just wanted to thank you, chair peskin and vice chair tang for doing this jb all last year and being willing to do it again this year -- job all last year and being willing to do it again this year. you taking this leadership means a lot to the city and i know it takes a lot of work and a lot of sacrifice in addition to your jobs as members of the board of supervisors. i just wanted to on behalf of the board thank you for that work. >> chair peskin: thank you commissioner. commissioner tang. >> vice chair tang: thank you so often ronen. we didn't have a chance to speak much about i