anastasia, san francisco tenant union member. the project at 1794 filbert proposed a round for residential unit that ozzie was reversing to, and replacing it with a one car parking garage, and constructing a third-floor luxury penthouse. the tenant on the second floor unit would be dislocated for an undetermined length of time. plus, the project sponsor is constructing a residential unit in the commercial space on the ground floor. the tenant unit confers with the planning commission's denial of the site permit, because the proposed project would not contribute to the retention of existing housing stock, the unit would be out of scale, and would not be considered affordable. please deny this appeal and allow the public to weigh in at the planning commission hearing. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello commissioners, i was born and raised in san francisco. i'm a separate cisco landlord with a rent. it is hard for me to understand why the planning that renovates a 110-year-old apartment building when we are havi

board of su supervisors, ranging from the town community development is center to the san francisco tenants' union, the housing rights committee, and others who you will hear from during public comment. >> chairman: thank you. with that said, we will now open item one up to public comment. if you have public comment, please come and line up to my left, your right. and you have two minutes. >> good morning. shelby, housing rights staff attorney at the asian law caucus. the asian law caucus supports supervisor peskin's proposal for three reasons. >> first, it will support those cleent clients are particularly vulnerable to evictions. when our clients receive temporary eviction notices, panic sets in. our clients have age and disability-related needs, as well as cultural needs, that create tremendous barriers to finding appropriate temporary housing. it is critical for our clients to remain in san francisco, and a preference will make it more likely they'll be able to find safe and affordable housing in the city. second, we support the preference because it is temporary. preferences will not solve th

sierra club, the united educators of san francisco, the affordable housing alliance, san francisco young democrats, latino democratic club, san francisco tenants' union, a majority of the current board of supervisors and former elected officials like mark leno, jane kim, tom and art. i look forward to working with you all to take the big steps we need to take here in san francisco. >> moderator: thank you. >> thank you. >> moderator: thank you very much. [applause] >> moderator: ms. o'meara. [cheers and applause] >> moderator: could you hold your applause. you'll get an opportunity. [laughter] ms. o'meara. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for initiating this whole meeting today. it's an honor to stand here amongst you and to hear what a lot of us had to say. i think a lot of us have more in common than what divides us. and i'll say -- i'll tell you why. i got a very interesting quote from former president barack obama. he said the greatest sum of us unites us far better than the lesser of us that's polarized. something to that effect. you think you understand what i'm saying. when we polarize and divisive, there's fewer of that. when we'