we support new pdr businesses we be are recently came here for legislation for pdr businesses there's pdr reduced fees and we sensitized new work and work with sf dot made on behalf of the pdr sector no sf repair we're happy to work with them but on behalf of the sector it's important to have an organization before there wasn't a unidentified voice to speak to the needs of the sector. what are our next steps we're working with supervisor cowen's office to support legislation to protect pdr if landmark buildings you'll be seeing support pdr new projects that is a graphic of the new facility on pier 48 as part of the giants new development as well as the rehabilitation of the new buildings and health department. i have a guess you'll hear about this. this is a picture of the flower mart part of the discussion do i want to see the land redeveloped make sure the flower market is on site that's part of the conversation we're mulling all kinds of idea inquiring new development making sure that central soma maintains an industrial presence because they permitting provide 3 percent of the pdr

the handouts made me think characteristics of pdr low square feet can't food to build new space i look at the package what the planning department is their approach. i live in the real world the real world is the financial initiatives to convert a pdr building is so numerous it's happening under our eyes i would give you the buildings that have been processed at the permits that have been processed at the 660 third street how many have been rooted to planning. every one that does a tenant improvement permit is kind of exempt from planning department's staff review. if every tenant and every improvement had been done factored there is industrial had been rooted to planning and someone with a cynical trained ice not someone retired 3 weeks ago but sxerns in planning actively looked at the plans they'll really is is this still m-1 or two use that's historically the use or pdr s o i use i can take you to the buildings that be being converted floor by floor what's the incentive to the owner he buys a building virtually never assessed again, if he can convert the building from low rent space

clearly we have to protect and enforce the pdr but on the other side too how do we build, you know, new pdr. that's a tougher nut to crack. there's no i don't know if there is any pdr being built and the ones we've talked about are cross subsidizing with offense particularly with the produce mart how was that done and built. is that a city subsidized project >> my understanding it's subsidized. >> so that maybe an interesting model to look at. i know they own the lands but they were able to finance that conventional financing and other ways. because we can fight over a kind of smaller amount but how do we build a pdr space the city has to be part of the transactions >> i have to admit i don't have the details of the market transaction but while acknowledging it's hard we're committed and oewd to find a way to produce more pdr space where we can and i think some of the opportunities rest with the pier 70 project and other portland we have decisions to make there around the portland and the types of industrial uses around the port we may look at south of port that is an opportunity for the ma

we support new pdr businesses we be are recently came here for legislation for pdr businesses there's pdr reduced fees and we sensitized new work and work with sf dot made on behalf of the pdr sector no sf repair we're happy to work with them but on behalf of the sector it's important to have an organization before there wasn't a unidentified

there's a bunch of folks i know with pdrs have set up new live work spaces. not really live work spaces, but that's all over the mission and south of market now and people living in alternative family settings, artists, people in the tech industry so sort of the -- i think that when that designation was set up, we didn't know how it was going to be applied on the ground. and in terms of the building code, we never really thought, you know,, like, how are we going to get these units to be, you know, up to code, not present a hazard and at the same time, allow people to live their lives and thrive so that's another issue. a third issue would be sros. all over the tenderloin and china town we have sros coming to the end of their lives. there are buildings that have been around for sometimes over 100 years and we don't really have a plan for how to deal with them. they provide housing for the lowest income folks and the anchors of the communities like china town and tenderloin. it's a planning issue more than a zoning issue, but we have to deal with both. so thos

an article that was on an online news organization vehicle called 48 hills on line and why sf city can't protect us from office encroachment about the why to convert pdr if the office meets certain requirements and what struck me about the article it felt like we had been significantly lied to 0 by the project sponsor about whether or not the particular building as 660, third street it was going to be converted into office it had been office for 20 years and there was no recommendation of that in the staff report that the building was empty at the time and within a couple of weeks there had been many tenants in the building that had been there a lot longer than that that actually brings up a big concern because it also meant that the staff hadn't verified and done their due diligence to let us know that we should be paying attention to the fact that there were violations on this building because office was not permitted in that building it had been used that way since 1994. that was a concern of mine and let me see. i mean it's the bottom line about that there isn't, you know, we get certain amount of information the prospective is that, you know, we'

we support pdr business and reduced the process we have legislation that passed that made a lot of things that are conditional use we'll insneftd new sprinkling industrial spaces and work with sf made but we work with sf made that speaks for workers for the protection of space and transportation far workers etc. what had having some next stewardships we have legislation to protect the looked building this is for supervisor breed's office and right now the office uses are for looked building in pdrs districts we support those building without allowing the building to convert to office and we have legislation we've excused with supervisor cowen at her requests hopefully, we'll see something in the next few works we continue to support pdr with the pier 48

francisco it can't afford to build new spaces the rents are not high enough to justify construction it is typical denser so the city in many cases supports the transit investments. pdr use have conflicts too much noise and smell certainly it's much better back in the day when there were smokestacks and whatnot today sit flowerpots and things people are still making noise and furniture typically it's not comparable with residential but more capable with offense this is a wide section so some uses can be useful pdr didn't have a daily convenience like coffee and newspapers so it may not be co- existing you can't offshore our plump or car repair or deliver and ouch they need to be in the city. what's the roll of pdr many the three economy tech and tourism bring intoern money into san francisco and pdr helps to get the produce and you need hotel maintenance and the main reason that pdr a graft over the decades pdr lags beyond economic delivers pdr will be on the upswing when the economy is up it is important to support dry cleaners and a condemns that's necessary for the population. what else about the role of the economy first and foremost pdr typically pays about twic

the new tenants it so you would a classic david and goliath set up this is a piece of protective i've struggled with allowing because la month i passed legislation for the exempting commitment to pdr and the pdr spaces because we've seen a significant increase in demand you've heard testimony today and statistic data that size pdr in particular, the blue-collar work hires women and minority and people that don't have a college education than technology copies coming in. rudy said something about the nonprofits that has partnered with the company one of the things that's significant to move me, i'm laborer for a commitment to change the face of technology. there was a recent report about google having a large population of white males and insuring that meaningful investments is happening with technology companies and with our education partners and within community of color and we've also seen that with the discussion there's still a large number of questions from tenants in the building and i'm convinced the project sponsor needs to address before moving forward. i'm not comfortable with this building is proposed being used for i'm uncomfortable with the conversation saying too la