they essentially said western soma will take care of it. this provides a balance of growth and residences. we might be better off leaving the existing zoning in place. it is not bad. but our support for this plan is predicated on acceptance of our planning principles, a stabilization policy that implements those principles. i ask that you forward this resolution to the full board of supervisors with a recommendation. i would be glad to answer any questions. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. i would love to have public comment first. but i really want to point out again -- when you look at the historical rates, even in the years when we sought a housing boom that has been unprecedented in the city -- in 2001, where we probably saw the lowest rates of affordability being built in western soma, we were still able to build 39.4% affordable. since that boom, we have been building an average of 40% of portability in that neighborhood. i want to point out the historical pattern in the neighborhood. i think this is a conservative measure in ter

i support the planning process that is under way in western soma. i simply would like to see a more robust conversation between task force members and planning staff about the language. i believe the proposal that planning staff is putting forward is reasonable. i would support its inclusion. supervisor weiner: thank you. i do want to thank everyone who spent many years putting this and other plants together for the western soma area. i have deep concerns about some of the aspects of this plan, as have been very articulately stated by the planning department and by other speakers. i am not sold on the concept of metering. i do not think it has been tried anywhere in san francisco, or anywhere else, to my knowledge. i am just not convinced. i am concerned it could have unintended consequences. i am also very concerned about the job metering. i understand the importance of a linkage between housing and jobs. but to define it in this area could create some distortions we do not intend. when this comes to the billboard, i think it is highly unlikely i w

they essentially said western soma will take care of it. this provides a balance of growth and residences. we might be better off leaving the existing zoning in place. it is not bad. but our support for this plan is predicated

one, is the exclusion of soma and western soma and some of the eastern neighborhoods in soma, being excludedrom this. we had another speaker, scott had alluded to the tragedy and i was around when it happened. in the late 1980's, mid 1980's they were going to put an entertainment zone on folsom street, ninth street and 11th street and also down toward the first 300 blocks of townsend street. at the last moment the entertainment folks were running their businesses and a bunch of people who lived in the housing came and screamed and carried on and they basically downzoned the entire soma. big problem and mistake that the time. we've seen how tragic that mistake was. the second one was limiting this legislation only to live music. now, i understand why it is, but my office is downtown next to macy's. what i notice is macy's all the time has d.j.'s, diesel store has d.j.'s, my little neighborhood dry cleaner on seventh has d.j.'s for their kids. this is part of the youth culture. and why don't we tax them? why don't we get some money from macy's that sn they're not going to pay $1,500 but they'l

we've obviously spoken regarding the western soma zoning district. so i understand your recommendations with regard to neighborhood commercial corridors and i think it's very short sighted on the part of the planning department to create neighborhood commercial corridors and then not do anything to make them work. and that's what we have in the case of 6th street. it's just a label. it doesn't mean anything because as part of the eastern neighborhood process, they just didn't want to touch the whole subject of entertainment. in fact, as dan cider told me, they were afraid that if they got into all the wrangling that goes along with changing the status of entertainment, that it would probably bring the entire eastern neighborhood's plan down. so understandably they left everything just the way it was. but i think it's a real shame that 6th street has the hope of becoming a vibrant, interesting proactive neighborhood that would benefit the community as well as the small businesses. with regard to western somea, which i have a small interest in , the ar

the boundaries of western soma do not reflect actual neighborhood boundaries. the boundaries are a result of negotiations and lines split through blocks, zoning districts, and streets. chairperson mar: i should mention that we are joined by supervisor jane kim, sponsor of the legislation. after you are done, we will invite her to comment. >> lastly, this metering is contrary to the mechanisms of proper -- prop m. this major's office development citywide, which is more appropriate -- meters office development citywide, which is more appropriate. instead of legislating the metering, we would prefer something along the lines of, "the board would urge the planning commission to consider the goals of the western soma task force with an objective of balancing affordable and market rate housing." if not, we request more time to study the issue and discuss alternatives with the community. the director has a meeting with community representatives on june 14. therefore, we would respectfully request a continuance of the request a continuance of the resolution until that

also before the committee was an ordinance for parking in soma and mission bay. planning commission considered the proposed ordinance on april 28. the legislation would revise land use, parking, and street- fighting controls to conform with our more contemporary policies. at the hearing, the commission voted to recommend approval of modifications. they recommended a host of changes, largely to ensure the legislation originally sponsored by supervisor daly has taken into account the many ordinances that have amended the sections in such a short time. also agree with the intent to remove the mission bay from this potential ordinance. supervisor kim inc. all of your recommendations and made some minor adjustments this week. the item was continued for one week for what will likely be the final hearing at committee to hear it as it was amended. moving on to tuesday at the full board, they heard the north beach library appeal and associated approvals. the commission approved the library and associated approvals on april 21. i hope that is not the commission secretary's

this policy supports maintaining a balance of 30% of affordable in the western soma planning area. this is a very modest metering measure for us in this area, particularly with the development happening here. with that, i want to make amendments to the current resolution. everyone has copies starting on page two, line 63 page three, line two. it has information about the updated policy and on page three, line 15, changing the resolve closet to resolve the board urges the planning commission to ensure policies maintained or exceed the historical balance between market rate balancing and is incorporated into the community plan. i want to thank my co-sponsor, president chiu and supervisor campos, for having this important discussion around the ring in our city. supervisor wiener: in committee, i expressed concerns about metering, since it has never to my knowledge been done before. i have concerns about the housing metering aspect and the jobs meeting aspect for a relatively small geographic area. i was prepared to vote against the resolution, but i would like to commend supervisor ki

. >> considering appointed one member, a term ending december 31, 2011, to the western soma citizens planning task force. there's one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: the clerk's office informed us that this appointment does not require a hearing, because it is an appointment by the district 6 supervisor and myself. so we will not be having a hearing. but if there's any public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, may we filed this item? without opposition. thank you. please call item 3. >> hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending december 31, 2013, to the developmental disabilities area board 5. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: i believe mess donna adkins it -- i believe ms. donna adkins is here. briefly tell us about your experience. i know you have already been serving. thank you for your service. briefly talk about your experience and background and your interest in continuing to serve. maybe a little bit about what you hope to work on in your next term. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak. i have

consider the size of western soma and the need of affordable housing, as you have been doing. to give a desired 30% affordability in this area, this area would need to see not only inclusionary housing but project with 100% affordable housing. as you know, these 100% affordable housing projects need to be of a certain size and height to be viable and secure funding. we w

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board would encourage the planning commission to a corporate policies and objectives of the western soma stabilization policy into the plan when it is before you in the coming year or so. so. the stabilization policy would

my concern is along the sixth street corridor because i know there are issues on the west side of soma and we could exclude that but i know the small businesses and coffee houses and that resurgence in that sixth street corridor, that this legislation would help a lot of those businesses. >> i absolutely agree with that. i tell you what our strategy was, was to seek as much consensus -- it's not easy -- but try to seek as much consensus between resident-driven organizations or resident-merchant driven organizations in these neighborhoods that would welcome this. some, in particular, south of market, feels strongly that there will be a cordoned off area that is not necessarily enabled to benefit from this legislation. do i think that's a wise idea? not necessarily. but i do believe that perhaps lessons learned, they may warm up to such an idea later on. president o'brien: commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: i was wondering about the part of the legislation that says it's 10:00 p.m. for the first year and then they can apply to be open until midnight. my only hesitation with that i

and i happen to live in district 5, but many of the members that are represented by union works in soma. i am also vice-president of the labor council, and i just wanted to let you know if you do not already that many of the workers who provide the services that are continually on the chopping block here are represented by union and our working poor, trying to make ends meet. many of these workers come from the communities in which they serve, whether it is homeless, serve, whether it is homeless, mentally ill, drug addiction,

and i happen to live in district 5, but many of the members that are represented by union works in soma. i am also vice-president of the labor council, and i just wanted to let you know if you do not already that many of the workers who provide the services that are continually on the chopping block here are represented by union and our working poor, trying to make ends meet. many of these workers come from the communities in which they serve, whether it is homeless, mentally ill, drug addiction, all these things. these workers have done the really hard work to get up there every morning and do the work that is required of them to carry out the mission of the services that we all care for. these are living wage workers with health benefits. as you have heard, there have been cuts and cuts and cuts. these contractors have not had an increase in money since 2007. so when you are thinking about making additional cuts, when you say 10% and 10% more, it does not sound like much, but

really fully appreciate what type of economic drivers the sporting events and teams are, go down to soma during a giants game. come to the marina when the blue angels fly in town. what it does to the local streets and bridges. come to district 3 and district two and districts 6 and 10 when the america's cup comes to town and see what type of influx of economic activity these events drive to us. i think that is something that is not talk about enough. both the community aspect, the intangible fact of who we are as san francisco, coming together around sports teams, that is an incredible opportunity, but then, the economic drivers in our neighborhoods is very real, and i think something that we are lucky right now, certainly in district 2. we have the blue angels every year, but the america's cup will become a large economic boom, and we need to pay attention to how much that benefits us as a city. >> it looks like we are just about out of time, and it sounds like there is a lot happening in city hall today, so we are going to wrap this up. >> there is. >> always. are there any other issue

but -- upcoming projects include the surrounding area of general hospital, soma west and the public safety building. going to the question you started out with, how will we try to change and improve the street smart program, we are going to be talking with the department of public works, which is our partner in this effort. we're going to change our memorandum of understanding so we will incorporate more communication between the property owners and surrounding neighbors. that will be more labor- intensive, but your point was well taken. as you astutely, given your financing background, urged us to do more with less. we've been able to allocate an additional $20,000 by shifting administrative costs and by funding 10 more murals and the program for the next upcoming fiscal year, that will bring the total number of minerals to 30. we will continue to raise money through community challenge grants and seek outside funding for the program. i believe that addresses the questions. if i can now shift -- do you have any follow-up on that? supervisor chu: i just want to thank you for taking the tim

. >> i will ask the staff to check in with the western samoa -- soma task force. president olague: i will also check in to start looking at some of the suggestions he had. i am good with the date of july 21. >> that is correct. commissioner moore: i have one question. i have one question with respect to page 3, second bullet point. you are saying that several individual properties were incorrectly zoned and stand out from the properties that surround them. there is no map for us to see that. were those properties which were initial -- which were originally holding back? i do recall we had several properties who had issue with rezoning as we did it. there were lots of discussions on the type of new zoning categories. i would just like for my own edification like to know which parcel, if you know by any chance. we do have a map. it is pretty sketchy, the parcels we are talking about resuming. -- rezoning. that is because there were turned into condos. it is divided into how many condos are created and the original block number disappears, in effect. we had rezoned t

. >> i am a member of the soma senior center. i am in a position of the senior budget cuts. i go to the senior center almost every day to entertain my fellow seniors, dancing, singing, volunteering, and doing exercise to keep fit and healthy. the oncoming budget cuts to the senior centers break the hearts of my fellow seniors and gives us stress. as we all know, stress affects the body and will surely make us sick. the expenses will be coming from this instead of savings. every day, seniors are motivated to get up and have lunch at the center. if the centers are closed saturday and sunday, where will we go, stay home and be depressed? many of us rely on them. it is only at the center where our stress is relieved by talking to our friends, dancing, exercise, singing, learning how to cope in nutritious food, forgetting our pain for a while. learn to manipulate computers and feel it important on our birthdays, supporting each other, learning arts and crafts, and most important of all, have a sense of belonging. these budget cuts will shorten our lives, make us depressed, and te

he was shot near his ear around 7:30 this morning fire that sixth and mina streets in soma. officers say someone accidentally fired at the man as he walked by three other guys who were yelling at each other. so far, though, no arrests have been made. >>> some other headlines around the bay area today. police are looking for a couple suspected of stealing a car with a one-month-old baby in the back seat last month outside a morgan hill food bank. the couple were seen outside the food bank when the car and the baby were stolen. the baby was found safe inside the car near salinas just a couple hours later. police say the baby's mother, purse and credit cards were all taken during the theft. surveillance video from several locations shomari bell mejia using the stolen credit car. she faces vehicle theft and kidnapping. >>> he is out of jail and now johannes mehserle is moving on with his life. his lawyer says the 29-year-old is spending time with his family including his 2.5-year- old son and plans to start looking for a job next week. former bart officer was released monday aft