local businesses they're paying savings and a property tax and payroll tax and normally adhere san franciscansng goods and services in san francisco it really helps the economy of san francisco grow so its not only a benefit to the project but to the city. the contractors center is 5 thomas melon circle in the bayview area open 8:30 to 5 welcom . >> good morning, everyone much better i'm edward reiskin the transportation director in san francisco great to see so many people out here for an important reason thank you, mayor ed lee and supervisor kim on their steadfast and consistent leadership in working with all of us to make our city safer the reason its important we're proud of our city we have a problem here the problem too many people getting seriously injured or killed trying to make their way around the city that shouldn't be for that reason as a city we've adapted the goal of vision zero to eliminate traffic fatalities in san francisco in the next 10 years good news if you call it that we've been working with the police department and the department of public health and many on the coun

i have worked seallessly i like to think providing homeless services to san franciscans. i worked for catholic charities 14 years last month. i am currently stationed at treasure island and the increase the redevelopment and housing here in san francisco and those folks that need to be housed. there are challenges, the main challenges for keeping people housed. we think once we give them housing it solves all life's problems so we need to explore what it means to put someone in housing and keep them in housing. i am fortunate to say that my team on treasure island has about a 98% occupancy rating so we do well out there and i have 34 units in town and it's about the same so i like to continue my work with the local board, and i am open to any questions. >> okay. no questions. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next person is dan bowersox and i believe he withdraw his application so gary lewis are you here? >> hi. good afternoon members of the board. first i would like to thank you for inviting me to come down again and put myself forward for a position on the local h

my name is john murphy, fourth-generation san franciscan. grew up -- actually i wanted to say my grandfathers with a gardener and planted trees at lake merced. i am very grateful for the parks i grew up in -- signature and grove to the south, golden gate park to the north and how lucky i was to have all of these parks free. recently my father is dan murphy, a bird-watcher and has been educating me proposition i and proposition h

do we have local san franciscans here today they're all working that's why you didn't hear from them this is going in the right direction we're expensing an affordable crisis is it not g just about housing in order for people to stay and live in the city we need to insure that we have diversity in our neighborhoods and make this is what makes san francisco so unique we need to look at the affordability crisis from multiple lens to make sure the residents have diversity range of opportunity to grow is essential to the health and vitality of our city i'm proud of this place let me let me hear excitement we have a transforming san francisco thank you so much for being here back to you larry. >> thank you, supervisor (clapping) we're delighted to announce today that the first occupant of this beautiful new facility will be molly stone the bay area treasurer for 25 years and market tenant for a decade the chief operating officer for molly stone. >> thank you larry (clapping.) supervisor cohen and maxwell ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of our mike stone and the whole stone family welcome

pool to people that are just not connected to my particular cb o but nevertheless, long term san franciscans that need to know to be on the look out four affordable opportunities. >> we can do brainstorming and we will and this ties into my next question maybe for you mr. lee it is somewhat connected that's about the extent to which we can or should be taking grow. into accountant in terms of of people getting into affordable housing and we've - i've heard about some definitely frustration that a community works hard to create affordable housing in their community and the lottery goes out and very, very if you spots end up being filed by the people that have been in the neighborhood for 20 or thirty years we've been working on the laguna project it is friendly and embracing of the lgbt search and seizure i have this you know, i get suppressed out the lottery go out and there's few lgbt citizens that get into it what a disappoint for the community that worked very hard for years and years to create this project that ties into some communities being much more having much anymore infrastructure

community workers or whatever the case where you're going to probably have better assess than many san franciscans that have housing unstable, etc. not part of the community that has the organizational infrastructure in place so for example, until recently as far as i'm aware that was nothing not enough happening in terms of educating the lgbt community about the possibility of how to make sure you get into waiting lists and anticipating the heirs is stable now you're going to have an income drop in 5 to 10 years or when you apply to ssi i was able to get into the let the record reflect outreach i don't know about the housing it's terrific but it certainly starts and that's one example there are such a diverse city and it's geographically diverse people live in areas were there isn't affordable housing being build or not part of the organizations how do we assure that all san franciscans know about this had he how to access it? well, you said a lot of things we're - we have we do so we need to reach deeper and that is part of the access to housing program that you spoke of we not only gave those f

mayor you'll be very happy to hear that many are san franciscans and first time home buyers and really it's exciting for us to see next year we'll begin another 4 hundred homes on the shipyard right now there was clinging with us working in conjunction with the city developing an infrastructure that paves the way to rebuilt alice griffith so along this election process and who the government entitlement are we have so many community meetings and listen to the community and many many of you are here today, i want to tell you we listen everyday to the comments and try to include those 0 alice griffith is underway but what's aspect last year we'll be able to provide 5 hundred thousand secret center integrate it into the delivery of 6 thousand residential homes right here and it will be nefld with parks and open space right adjacent to this beautiful waterfront and i'll tell you it gives him e gives me embryogreat delight to announce the participating between two significant giants (laughter) despite my satire lamar and i'm going to turn it over to my new partner to describe how this retai

next speaker. >> hi, i'm david jones i joined san franciscans for reasonable growth in 12980 and began commenting on the high-rise at this point at this time the tomb active impact of the high-rise were bans the projects within the vicinity and sf r g prepared a list of 8 million square feet in the pipeline we saw sequa's definition of probably should include 18 million square feet over the next year's the planning department arrested, however, in the entire rum we sued over a dozen high-rise pdrs in 1984 a california appeals court ruled that they agreed with sf r g that the defining impacts on projects in the vicinity of the proposed projects was not equate and it/be the entire downtown area in 1984 sf r g suited the city on the adequacy of the downtown plan eir in 1988 we reached a consent agreement with the city and county of san francisco saying the subsequent would be the prototype for all eirs for the 5 m eir states the cumulative impact is based on the 5 m project and the projects within the vicinity this is a 1980 methodology that was regretted by the california appeals court a

from woodside arthur ton palo alto and potrero hill and san mateo and santa clara valleys not san franciscans they could take this money and spend as much as they want for people in the suburbia's that are not 2k3w50b8g9d to pay it back it's probably illegal under the called government code and uses the word money maybe spent not shall and didn't define even what the money maybe spent on. >> how will the use of those funds impact levels finds traffic congestion. >> they're to impact them positive less traffic congestion meantime people choose to take a 0 bike instead of a car it is positive in order for people to lease it leave their automobile at home we have to make at that safe and sufficient so some of the projects we've increased the ridership and i on business lines people are switching modes and car driving in san francisco is a declining mode share meantime we make it easier not to drive again, it is a win for all of us. it helps with air pollution and helps with children's activity levels having the streets safe so kids what walk and bike and parents are comfortable walking their kid

the first is to identify a need in san francisco and achieve an maintain equitable access for san franciscans. the contrast -- concept is of the plan that it has a myriad about latin escape and policy landscape in san francisco and it goes down to nine recommendations. those things that are needed to help achieve the purpose of the plan. those nine recommendations also have a number of guidelines underneath each one and they incentivize developers, a project to increase access in general, they incentivize projects to increase access for under served populations in san francisco and other vulnerable populations in san francisco. the recommendations that are included in the master plan were based on qualitative and quantitative data. among the recommendations was one focused specifically on san francisco's aging population and you may remember previous leg to -- presentation to this commission before. already our population is older than the population in the state. 16 percent of our population over the age of 65 compared to less of 13 percent. about half of our population will be over the age

hi, i'm vicky i'm here as a native san franciscan i grew up if the neighborhood and went to school and worked in the neighborhood i'm concerned about now city officials and local government controlling to this level as to what upstairs in this neighborhood i believe this country was developed on free market and competition and enterprise i think the neighborhoods and the people that own the real estate the people that own and live there are the best decision-makers as to that those kind of decisions i ever neighborhood is different a lot of the neighborhoods will be greatly harmed by the inability to have the all of a sudden formula retail the formula retail definition is too broad there's a big diverse within a store having 11 stores invading is nothing compared to 7-eleven or whatever i don't think the management of rent control has been done well and the commercial rent control is what it's talking about so thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is is scarringal i'm a resident of san francisco in search of my community and that pleased i don't have to give

we need city policies that reflect that on the other hand, current practices have pushed many san franciscans of our city whether or not you're a landlord ellis acting a whole building or a tenant that entered into multiple leases and engaged in bona fide we'll have a regulatory and enforcement structure that says no to you if you're using airbnb or others to allow housing to be used around the clock as vacation rentals you'll face penalties for multiple offenses on the other hand, we've heard from thousands of home sharers who have been struggling san franciscans to struggle to live in our great city seniors and workers from all ero e over san francisco if you're a permanent resident that lives in the city 9 months out of the year and play by the rulings you get liberate insurance and registration with the city and abide by the law safety laws and may your 0 full share of tax you'll be allowed to live in san francisco i want to thank the planning commission and the board of supervisors for having made dozens of amendments to increase enforcement and mayor we're protecting affordable housing

to the parade and the speakers had many of the players not only thanked want fan base and the san franciscans specifically at the typify a group as part of the community i'm sure you're aware of many of the players live in the city as do does some folks you see them they're an active part of san francisco so that's really griffin to see it and i think that part it's the relationship between the fans and the people and when i have that kind of relationship an wonderful event and certainly very well done on the part of the team and all concerned. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further we'll move into department matter directors announcements. >> one brief announcement and that is that the departments new tracking system on october 20th we're two weeks ago into it is working and director ram will give us a report at the next meeting and year in the making and it's nice to see it's up and running building department will come on the first part after the first of the year. >> thank you commissioners item 13 review of the past events of board of supervisors the historic preservation. >> you t

up and rahm emanuel gunmaning the intersection i support a great city i'm proud to be a native san franciscan when i entered the fire department shortly thereafter, in 1990 what came of the loma prieta earthquake was the ability to recognize how engaged our community is from that the nert program was born the neighborhood emergency response program i was one of the original instructors and it is an incredible program people helping people getting prepared in the workplace we all know the more prepared it is easier to respond and quicker into the recovery phase affair for all you have participated in the nert program please stand up or raise your hand it was completely volunteer so thank you very much (clapping.) and the program itself was start i don't know in my if i'm going to get to the current person but all her poeshgs this is stated by frank woody allen net and patty to have brought the program to where it is when i became the chief of the department in 2004 selected the probability most senior nert crossroad that's e.r. ray can thank you, very much. this is not just a job but a passion

. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm jessica fisher aim a born and raised san franciscan and i grew up all my life in this neighborhood and i'm not going to talk about you being a smoker or what it helps to quit smoking or not the real issue is whether or not you guys are going to allow a local family you know to open a business that benefits the community we're talking about attracting people to this area would make it more attractive to the other types of businesses that you know the neighbors want to see, you know, capitalized in this area or come to this area i've known blake and fong for 12 years their trust worthy people that are their taken out the backyard you know the proposal to have people smoke in the backyard and i think it's a good thing to have local businesses you see a lot of other cigarette companies and people coming from other places to establish those things in san francisco and the bay area it's important to promote local businesses people that are from here and glutin up here to have the opportunity to expand and open you know whatever kind of business they wa

our improvement of the hetch hetchy system and provide the types of services we've provided for san franciscan and before any questions or comments i'm available. >> thank you very much ms. hail. >> okay. so at this point, i saw mr. johnson from supervisor breed office mr. true could i see if - >> sure. >> mr. johnson so as i mentioned supervisor breed is the co-sponsor. >> thank you, supervisor wiener i'll be brief here this is a very common sense legislation to reaffirm the board and city's commitment for the green house gases power and leveraging the amazing rows we have with the hetch hetchy system. >> thank you again supervisor wiener and supervisor kim we'll ask for your support too. >> thank you very much okay. at this point, we'll opening it up for public comment do we have public comment cards? okay. i'll call the cards i have arrest john from the sierra club and ken and dee dee workman from the chamber of commerce and the leg conservation voters and hang from the green party >> thank you, supervisor this is john with the sierra club we're in favor of this legislation and we thank you

i am a native san franciscan and living in district 9. i spent my life in san francisco and my schooling has been in san francisco and if i think that sets me uniquely apart from my colleagues is my dedication to public service. i was a long time city attorney and made it as a attorney here and went on to the be the general counsel of sfo and learned about development, major transactions and i think that's the reason why two years ago the mayor asked that i consider an appointment for the excision on community investment and infrastructure and i have to stay that the two years have gone by quickly. i don't want to repeat all of the things that the commission has done and commissioner mondejar has done well and i would love to continue in the work. i don't think i would have said that two years ago but i learned a lot in the affordable housing area, an area i was new to and no longer a student in affordable housing and i think i can bring value, new thinking, new strategies. i appreciate the comment supervisor yee and now on affordable hous

my husband here is a fourth-generation san franciscan and we have seen the city go through a lot of changes over the years. i want to applaud the young people who spoke today, and i want to lend support to everything that was said today. i would also like the record to reflect that the video that has gone viral was taken by dimitry barton who is now in college back east, but i don't think he has any idea this is going on right now. i just want you to know that there are people watching, and the steamroller of privatization has got to stop. the city is a place that used to be family-friendly, and i remember when museums were free and we should bring that back, you know? our tax dollars should work for us and for everybody in the city. thank you. >> thank you, [ reading speakers' names ] >> i have raised my son in the mission and he is grown-up now, but there were even less places to play then and it's always been a problem. the way that we actually met people before he got too old to go with me, we would go to the playground and meet our community there. we would play with them. there would

local businesses they're paying savings and a property tax and payroll tax and normally adhere san franciscansng goods and services in san francisco it really helps the economy of san francisco grow so its not only a benefit to the project but to the city. the contractors center is 5 thomas melon circle in the bayview area open 8:30 to 5 welcom >> good morning, today is november 25, 2014, welcome to the san francisco transportation authority. my name is john avalos, the chair of the authority, and today, this meeting is being clerked by our clerk, steve, if i can get the last name. steve, stamos, thank you and, cell women to your first leading, clerking the transportation authority, the meeting is brought to us by the staff, and hegan and thank you for your service, steve, would you please, call the roll. >> roll call? >> avalos? >> present. >> breed. >> here. >> campos? >> absent. >> chiu. >> here. >> cohen? >> absent. >> farrell. >> absent. >> kim. >> here. mar. >> absent. tang? >> present. >> commissioner weiner. >> present. >> commissioner yee. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> very good

my name is john murphy, fourth-generation san franciscan. i grew up -- actually i wanted to say my grandfathers with a gardener and planted trees at lake merced. i am very grateful for the parks i grew up in -- signature and grove to the south, golden gate park to the north and how lucky i was to have all of these parks free. recently my father is dan murphy, a bird-watcher and has been educating me proposition i and proposition h and says hi, phil. and then i saw this video, and i also feel -- somebody said they felt ashamed that they hadn't learned about the privatization of our parks until the video came out and i feel the same way. i did the research and looked on the internet and looked about the fields foundation and fisher and running our parks than what i experienced in growing up. i'm in solidarity with these kids. i'm so impressed by these kids and inspired by them and committed to stopping the privatization of our parks. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. katherine howard. catana galvan,rds or [ [ reading speakers' names ]. >>

this is really for a san franciscan, this is just, um, just the beginning of the holidays. it really is. and it's a lot of activity and great stuff going on down here. >> enjoy dinner, mike. >>> well, as mike was talking about the prices, buyers are paying fishermen 75 cents more a pound so retail will be higher. expect to pay about $6 to $9 a pound. >>> well, switching gears, if you need health insurance, now's a good time to apply. the annual enrollment period for "covered california" starts today. this insurance fair in millbrae was one of several held around the state. organizers say a lot of people still don't realize that insurance is now a requirement not an option. >> i think it's one of those things that it's very important that we begin to educate and inform, get everybody the opportunity to have equal access to the quality healthcare. >> the enrollment period ends february 15. if you already have insurance through "covered california" and you want to change it, your deadline is december 15. >>> california is under orders to start releasing certain offenders from

to workers ervin the minimum wage and fair to businesses that have to pay it and fair to the san franciscans who have to live here in san francisco and henry would you like to respond to jason's. >> this is an empty level wage for empty level for someone who is not qualified is going to be tough for a small business to bring people in and that will bring in the qualified people again getting back to the reaching out in was not consensus on the small business misinforms small businesses are afraid if that's the way i feel we're going got going to shop at our stores by at the end of the day what's going to happen costs are going to be up and people getting the rates now, when all said and done the be there is not a great benefits. >> henry has concerned about the cost of living is there concerns and as proponents of this measure we share the concerns the world bank as recent data as recently as june of this year san francisco in coming quality is not in the upper equality this means raise for you wouldn't thousand people earning minimum wage or above is and trying to live here if passed includ

love them for that and it, it's a secure day in san francisco they've done charities for the san franciscansan francisco giants (clapping) >> plus one person came out of emphasis jacket they said to me well don you're doing a lovely thing it's not on the schedule i'm going to do it anyway urge you to sing with me this is the basic the national anthem but people excuse me. you know stealing my thunder it is something you have to realize a sink along only when i tell you so i'm going to sing this little versus ahead of time and then i'm going to go and we'll all sing together can you do that what about you, you're not doing that >> hurrying pick a note you have to do that in the national anthem too when all the world is a great big jump and the rain drops tumble all around and then opens the magic lane when all the clouds dark and up the sideways interests a robin rainbow to be fined leading from our windowpane to a point beyond the sun on the rain somewhere over the rainbow way up high sing out lewis there's a - place up high somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you d

the unif i had city hall and community to the chamber of commerce this is an investment that san franciscans will understand and being willing to make but it's not just with the bond as supervisor kim experienced her leadership which winner running for office she made pedestrian safety one of the top issues and this is a top issue her district is the most challenging foyer pedestrian safety and that's why laugh of the folks are here please welcome supervisor kim (clapping.) >> good morning many of us in the community that have been working on this for many, many years this morning is so existing this signal an sixth street is something the community has been fighting for about i was in office and to be here today on a community driven process to see our residents that fought for this is rewarding i want to recognize the south of market action network (clapping) who represents many of our families in the neighborhood the united players and city crossroads that rounding u run our youth programs across the street and walk sf has been a strong partner in making sure we advocate for this and, of

statewide how to do this and i can only stress this enough if we didn't have the community of the san franciscans that are concerned people, you know, talking about our financing is options and our engineering requirement if you altercated all our work it's consensus driven to provide options we don't have one path but one relative for people to get there. >> it's been an excellent consumption of the services i think i'm going to need if i go through this yeah, i'm very