i'm phillip kauffman. my house is in danger. you can read all the reports by lawrence carp, the architects and so forth. i've lived in this house for almost 30 years. i make films. many of my films are shot in san francisco, including "the right stuff," hemingway, and "invasion of the body snatchers." it's not easy, as you all know, convincing hollywood to bring films up here to be shot. and in bringing films up here, i've been able to break millions upon millions of dollars into this area, convincing hollywood that we have a great talent base and unions and so forth. when my wife, rose, became ill, we moved production into the house. actors have all over the world have visited. clive owen, and many actors, we've rehearsed films there. and we intend to make more films in this area and i just want to say one last thing. that when i made a film years ago called "invasion of the body snatchers," the challenge was to show that the best city in the world could resist the invasion by uncaring outsiders determined to take away humanity

i wanted to comment on the contribution that phillip kauffman makes to the city. in addition to the house being a treasure, he is as well. he's chosen to make his films here and use san francisco to be the backdrop for his creations and he creates hundreds of local jobs and millions of spending. in 2011, he made the film "hemingway" that employed 875 local hires and spent more than $7.5 million locally. he has another project in development that he would like to make here, but has stated to our office if the construction goes on continuing the way it is, that it will not have a creative flow. it would cause a loss of jobs to our city as well as local spending, as well as another wonderful phillip kauffman film being created here. thank you. >> president breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. i'm christine pelosi. i'm here today as the daughter-in-law of phil kauffman and mother of this squirmy 8-year-old that spends a fair amount of time at the kauffman home. the department of public health, which is the first to issue flu sho

it shows -- this is phillip kauffman's house. this is the subject property at 2417 green. the exemption only looks at 2417 green and concludes that it is not historically significant. we submit it's not, but this house certainly is. this house is one of two homes featured in noted architectural treaties where earnest coxhead himself lived with his family. raised his children. and it is one of the most architecturally significant homes in the city. now the planning department at this point recognizes -- they admit it's a "category a1 historic resource." that's the highest possible category of historic value. yet the planning department still contends that the exemption should stand because they claim this project won't adversely affect the resource. we have submitted a lawyer from architect carol carp, who has opined that this project will, in fact, adversely affect the historic nature of the property. and i would like to give you a -- show some pictures of the story poles that have recently erected on the property. this project will expand the property back four stories ta