i'm here to support my friends, my community in soma. we represent soma. what we also know is how important it is to feel and know that you are safe in your neighborhood, in your home, that your home will not be taken. and so to have funding that would also afford a purchase of some of the rent-controlled buildings so they're not turned into tics and luxury condos and sold to the highest bidder. to preserve the housing that is there, also the sros. that it would be great to have funding that is specified for these purchases, as well as any affordable housing that is to be built, if there is no more land yet because it's been used for other things. that becomes a problem. so in terms of securing a cultural district, a community that's been there for many, many years, to do all that we can to preserve what is there so that the people can continue to grow their community, rather than have it destroyed. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisors, for holding this meeting. i'm raquel odondis. i thank the planning department for the presentation

i've been working with soma. i've been on the soma stabilization fund since its beginning realizing that my son and daughter in law live here and so i belong to in this instance an organization called good jobs for all. we're in solidarity in particular with what alex said and mario said. these jobs, this community, is going to be experiencing must be good jobs, somewhere in the report it says 30,000 to 40,000 jobs. what are the jobs? are there categories? are they good, living-wage jobs? who will be -- the people that are doing the work at the hotels, the people that will do the service jobs in these high towers, the security guards, janitors, how will they be good jobs and good jobs for all is a program that we'll sit down with the developers as the plan goes out and we would like some of this within the plan that says, any of these jobs need to be for -- especially the entry level jobs need to be opened up for the community, for the people that live there, for the residents, for a targeted population that need

soma, a lot of this is likely to disappear. in this plan, it is an example of keep what's great and fix what's not, we hope to keep the p.d.r. in the area while amending the zoning and additional right. -- requirements on large office projects. the funding for p.d.r. would come from the fund from new development. and that represents the cost to subsidize. the result is that in these industrially protected areas, after the plan, we'd still have about the same amount of p.d.r. as we have today. approximately 900,000 square feet. the benefit is also that because this p.d.r. will be built with the projects itself, there will be no lag in delivery of this public benefit. and developers will be able to provide this public benefit in one of three ways -- by building on site, off site somewhere else or protecting other p.d.r. uses somewhere else that are a threat. in terms of p.d.r. affordability, we know it is an affordable issue and we know that rent scroll illegal in the state of california. we can incentivize it in the same way tha

soma. there is provisions for development of community assets and strong community oversight of benefits. and last but not least the dedicated funds to community and economic development. thank you. >> i'm michelle levis, soma resident. as you all know, soma has been in development for san francisco and has become a neighborhood of ultra rich and ultra poor. i would like to advocate for an increased range of affordability. we have families where two families work minimum wage jobs and they don't qualify for the affordability, making too much. i have a struggle between talking about the new dream community when across the street, part -- pardon my language is a [beep] show. it's hard to not think about what is happening on the other side of sixth street. the school is in crisis. we have one school in our district and talking about a new school is ridiculous to me. we had to get pinterest to pay for a second social worker because we have the highest number of homeless kids. 85% of middle scho

park and rec in this plan, i frankly have more faith elsewhere than the soma plan. the rec center has not had hand towels since may. so there are issues when we talk about renovating the rec center and creating parks, what it means for now? how can we creep eight new when we don't take care of what we have? and i feel there's disproportionate investment in structures, not people. there are people in crisis that need the support and putting it into a building or a set of activities doesn't meet the need where it is. i don't want my kids to have to see that on the way to school. it's a huge issue that we hope can be taken as a whole and not just within that footprint. thank you. >> seeing no further comments on item number 3, i request that we close public comment. >> public comment is closed. i want to thank all of the staff and members of the public and supervisor kim and her staff for the long road it's taken to get to here. in the first hearing i raised some questions about whether or not there are studies that could allow for more housing and we discussed that of

the commission may be aware of such as the common, which has locations in soma and oakland. they've made significant effort to work with the neighborhood and neighborhood groups and it's been widely accepted including local 2, and alice street community gardens. they worked very closely with the philippinas and support the after school and work programs. they've from the beginning seen alice street gardens as an opportunity that will integrate well with the active uses that are brought to the neighborhood. the lees are helping with improvements at the gardens that will benefit them and the community at large. they view it as a partnership with the neighborhood. way appreciate the opportunity to present this worthy project to the commission and your consideration. with that, i will turn to our architect and i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> thank you, tom. it's a mixed-use projects, primarily hotel. co-living is 9 bedrooms on the third and second floor. balance of the second floor is hotel, back of house and ground floor, hotel reception area and entrance, shared

here's an example from the western soma design guidelines. overhead, please. it addresses development around historic and potentially historic buildings to preserve the overall historic character of the neighbourhood. [bell ringing] nothing in the u.d.g. even comes close. that's why historic districts must be exempt. i can't say that strongly enough. the time tested r.d.g.s, article 10, historic preservation guidelines and existing specific guidelines all work well for our neighbourhoods and historic districts. they address preservation, not modernization. but for areas like petrero that apparently need design guidelines, the u.d.g. is a nice fit. [bell ringing] thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is reesa titlebalm. i remember in 1981 when a small group of people got together to develop a committee to research our neighbourhood and in 1984 i became president of what is now called the liberty hill historic district. over the last 37 years, i've been a neighbourhood activist and i'ves been very, very strongly working toward

in soma, we are concerned about the central soma plan, if it is adopted. it has a great deal of money. i think it's over $70 million but i don't recall the exact number set aside for open space. the plan has written into it some of the intentions of planning to spend that money. i think it's really, really important and i've talked to mr. ginsburg about this. it's very important that park and reck has input on how that money is allocated because in the past some of the development plans, park and rec has not had a voice. so, we've got other open space that is not what the community needs or wants. so, i think it's really important that we collaborate with other departments. the central soma plan is enormous and it will have enormous impact. some of this money, it's a very large amount of money, could be allocated to things that we don't really want. it's creating a very large park potentially over at 5th and bryant over by the tennis club. again, that's a neighborhood that's coming, but it really doesn't serve the people that live there now. it's part of t

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a pro choice group is hosting that forum tonight at 6:00 at the soma arts center. overnight we looked up some of the latest numbers from a poll showing where support for all the candidates stand. lieutenant governor gavin newsom had 31% of support, antonio sri ra goes is a has 21%. travis allen has 15%, state treasurer john chang and john fox round out the candidates. >>> the recent purchase from the company's self driving car unit and the location of the launch city. >>> and still have that christmas tree? san jose wants people to know your time to recycle that tree is almost up. how much longer you have. >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. wall street could be in for more losses at the open today, stocks fell yesterday, the dow suffering it's worst day in five months. concerns raising bond yields and interest rates could take care out of the market rally. look for data today on consumer confidence. the final meeting for janet yellen as fed chair. the dow dropping to 26,439, the nasdaq falling 39 to 7,466. >> google's self driving c

. >> it's the ultimate comfort food, mac & cheese and abc 7 news was at san francisco's soma street foodse meltoff where they featured is a vendors. >> where's our samples? >> hard to tell what people talk. they just couldn't talk with their mouths full. >> they >>> tonight, breaking news in the shutdown battle. the new vote to reopen the government just hours away. gop senators claiming they have enough democrats on board to end the shutdown. president trump calling for the "nuclear option," telling republicans to bypass democrats and vote. >>> getting his wall? senator chuck schumer's major revelation. agreeing to fund president trump's border wall in exchange for an immigration deal. what white house sources tell abc news about the plan to make the wall a reality. >>> also breaking tonight, the new storm. blizzard warnings from colorado to minnesota. dangerous driving on the highways. big rigs rolling off the roads. plus, the tornado watch just issued. >>> deadly hotel attack. gunmen storming a hotel overseas.

a question about where they apply when there's existing and there's western soma. what happens when they get together? >> the urban design guidelines are at the bottom of the stack. we have the historics district design guidelines and design guidelines. the top ones supercede below. in terms of historic district, when those guidelines are adopted they would supercede the specific area design guidelines including upper market street and all the ones we have now, there's guidelines for the 100 block of lc street. so those get much more specific. and in the historic districts we have to remember we have lots of sites in historic districts where there's non-contributing component. have you elements that are going to be used to help define what a new building is go to be. we're looking to specific characteristics. there's a lot that may not be covered. the sequa process always takes precedence. >> commissioner: i think that's important. we do see projects in historic districts. there's elements where we want it to apply. there's more sensitivity to context but they're c

in the downtown and soma projects, it came back to us. >> it could come back to us or -- preservation staff at planning. >> we've had e.i.r.s that have had both. >> this is a small project. and i know it's an important issue, but-day wonder about bringing the interpretation for that project back to the commission. it seems like a burden for a four-unit development. i think i would trust that preservation staff can handle that adequately. would you like to say a few words? >> yes, thank you, commissioners. i would be interested in hearing from the commission about how you could interpret the scope of a walking tour of a four-unit building. >> it's not about the four-unit building. it's the history and legacy of what the building was before it was torn down. >> but is it part of a larger context walking tour? it sounds like they are one stop, but are they responsible for the other stops? >> wasn't that your point? it's fine to say, "on this site this is what happened," except no one would hear it, because there is no radio transmission. [laughter] >> is this something that -- there are

i'm the project manager for the second street improvement project, which is in san francisco soma and financial school districts for markets to king street. i'm going to give a presentation about the project overall and then discussion about the reasons behind this undergrounding ordinance that we're proposing. second street improvement project has been a project since 2006 when it was identified as a priority in the san francisco bicycle plan. since then, san francisco public works and m.t.a. p.u.c., s.f. planning, cal-transand sfhwa have been working in partnership to get this project to move forward. we are currently in construction for the second street construction project. the major goals for the project are to improve safety along the corridor, provide a more attractive, pedestrian environment, provide a dedicated bicycle facility as identified in the san francisco bicycle plan and sa f.a.a. sill tate muni operations. -- facilitate muni operations. key elements include repaving second street from market to king street. curb ramp upgrades. pedestrian improvements, including wide

. >> there is an alert right here telling us there is heavy traffic in soma. >> let's walk there andn take a taxi or muni back. >> that new website gives us a lot of options. >> it sure does and we can use it again next weekend when we go to see the giants. there is a new destination section on the website that shows us how to get to at&t park. >> there is a section, and account alerts and information on parking and all kinds of stuff, it is so easy to use that even you can use it. >> that is smart. >> are you giving me a compliment. >> i think that i am. >> wow, thanks. >> now you can buy dinner. sfmta.com. access useful information, any

. >> there is an alert right here telling us there is heavy traffic in soma. >> let's walk there andn take a taxi or muni back. >> that new website gives us a lot of options. >> it sure does and we can use it again next weekend when we go to see the giants. there is a new destination section on the website that shows us how to get to at&t park. >> there is a section, and account alerts and information on parking and all kinds of stuff, it is so easy to use that even you can use it. >> that is smart. >> are you giving me a compliment. >> i think that i am. >> wow, thanks. >> now you can buy dinner. sfmta.com. access useful information, any >> good morning and welcome to the treasure island mobility management agency meeting of december 12th. mr. clerk, can you call the roll? >> clerk: commissioner breed, breed absent. commissioner cohen. present. commissioner farrell, absent. commissioner fewer absent. commissioner kim. present. commissioner peskin. present. commission commissioner ronen absent. commissioner safai present. commissioner yee, present we have a co have quorum. >> we have

. >> there is an alert right here telling us there is heavy traffic in soma. >> let's walk there andn take a taxi or muni back. >> that new website gives us a lot of options. >> it sure does and we can use it again next weekend when we go to see the giants. there is a new destination section on the website that shows us how to get to at&t park. >> there is a section, and account alerts and information on parking and all kinds of stuff, it is so easy to use that even you can use it. >> that is smart. >> are you giving me a compliment. >> i think that i am. >> wow, thanks. >> now you can buy dinner. sfmta.com. access useful information, any adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the founder of woods beer company and the proprietor of woods copy k open 2 henry adams what makes us uniq

it may be coming to soma in san francisco, two twisting hours in the works to be built at fourth and townsend streets across the street from the caltrain terminal. as you can see it gives the illusion of four towers but only two there. this is a high structure, 39 floors. it would create more than 900 residential units. >>> so many of you remember the spacex launch that freaked out a lot of people in southern california. it's happening again. another mission on friday night. according to space flight now.com, the booster is carrying a secret u.s. government payload named zuma. aerospace and defense company northrop grumman hand-picked them for that job. >>> a music producer is now suing spotify for $1.6 billion. they say it represents tom petty and accuses the tech company for playing tens of thousands of songs without licenses or compensation. they want to prevent spotify from playing the songs until a deal is reached. spotify plans to go public and could be valued as much as $20 billion. >>> hundreds of apps are listening to you through your smartphone according to "the new york ti

in the city's soma district. you can see the s-u-v engulfed in flames... firefighters arrived on the scene and were able to quickly get a handle on the situation. it doesn't appear that anyone was in the car at the time of the fire..still tonight no word on what may have sparked it.. (steve) now a story you will see only on kron 4a san jose business owner, fed up with people filling his dumpster with their trash... installed surveillance cameras. kron 4's gabe slate met with the man who says the city is not doing enough to stop the illegal dumping. ryan rosson, owner of vanish integrative pest control off aiello drive in san jose says for 10 years, about once a month trash is illegally dumped on his in parking lot or in his dumpster..he recently installed high end video surveillance cameras.. on monday at 4:30pm he captured footage of a truck pulling up, a man getting out, and then filling up ryan's dumpster with trash bags from the back of his truck.sound from ryan rosson / san jose business owner, his property being illegally dumped on" i'm fed up this h

then i figured out a way to somehow do the same track configuration into soma without any surface impacts. i can assure you this is going to work but i don't know this is what you're going to look at. in closing, i'd like to remind you that whatever you come up with, there are some existing legislation and case law which mandates what you have to achieve if you want to qualify for prop k bonds. half billion dollars for dtx and half a million dollars for beautify case. i will be writing again to you to remind you what the issues are. thank you very much. >> chair peskin: thank you for your constant attention to this project. is there any other member of the public, members of the public who would like to testify? seeing none. public comment is closed. on that item a roll call please. >> clerk: motion. >> chair peskin: motion to move item number five made by commissioner cohen. seconded by commissioner yee and now roll call. >> clerk: on item five, commissioner breed. breed aye. commissioner cohen. cohen aye. commissioner fewer. >> chair peskin: commissioner fewer. >> clerk: fewer aye. comm

. >>> a blown transformer knocked out power in part of the soma neighborhood. the fire department blocked of harrison while pgld got to work. the utility had to cut power to 1300 customers to make the repair. service was restored a short time later. >>> a couple fuses of a different kind blue in los angeles as six major candidates running for governor squared off at a town hall. lori perez was there. >> reporter: the candidates held nothing back. on the first question, reacting to the president's reported comments, on haitian immigrants. >> clearly he's a racist. i don't have the luxury of calling somebody a name and then deflecting the issue. >> reporter: and explaining how they would work with him. >> how can i work with him? with great difficulty. >> we are going to challenge president trump on the issues that are critical. >> reporter: responses drawing a mix of applause. >> the question is are we going to be the center of the resistance or a positive alternative to the agenda being pushed? >> all the democrats on the stage want to deflect from the issue wh

felt, the circles you see from richmond that goes all the way down to the oakland airport and also somaouth of market, out to treasure island. those were the areas it was shaking but at least the most energy was moving through the ground and that's where it was shaking the most. a quick look right under the claremont hotel at 2:39 this morning. i was almost driving right by that at the time. 12-hour accuweather planner. we have fog, leftover showers, isolated by noon. the fog will be haze. we'll have some isolated to almost no chance of rain from 4:00 to 7:00, very mild today. temperatures in the 60s, even 50s by 7:00. sue? >> all right, we're heading back to the san mateo bridge just east or before the toll plaza. reports of an accident blocking the left lane. the rest are open. you can see traffic is getting busier here on the span. let's zoom out and take a look at our traffic map, our 3d map. you can see the long, solid red line approaching from 880 to the toll plaza. you're looking at slow traffic from 15 to 20-minute delay to the toll. now our other trouble spot is in the santa cr

. >> there is an alert right here telling us there is heavy traffic in soma. >> let's walk there andhen take a taxi or muni back. >> that new website gives us a lot of options. >> it sure does and we can use it again next weekend when we go to see the giants. there is a new destination section on the website that shows us how to get to at&t park. >> there is a section, and account alerts and information on parking and all kinds of stuff, it is so easy to use that even you can use it. >> that is smart. >> are you giving me a compliment. >> i think that i am. >> wow, thanks. >> now you can buy dinner. sfmta.com. access useful information, any >> everyone please rise. [reciting the pledge of allegiance] >> roll call, please. >> before we go, i guess first item is going into closed session. before we go into closed session, i want to give the public a chance to comment on going into closed session. are there any members present that would like to address the commission? seeing none, we'll close public are we ready? closed session, is there a motion not to disclose? i will make the motion