i'm a west soma resident. i'm also a steering committee member for the soma west c.b.d. i'm enthusiastic here today in support of forming this c.b.d. because it will make our neighborhood clean, safe, and bue beautiful, and i thank you for your vote. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. >> hi. my name's derek lopez. i've been a resident of soma since 1995. i've seen our neighborhood change in the 20-plus years i've been in this area. i'm a part of the steering committee, and i have the same issues as james that came about the formation. a lot of the issues that we had were very similar in our neighborhood that's on the edge of our area. i do support this. we want to reclaim our neighborhood for all the different aspects of it to make it cleaner, beautiful, and safer, so please support this endeavor for us to form this community benefit district. thank you. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> hello. thank you, supervisors. my name is misha olivas. i'm with united playas, and i don't need to go over the challenges and ills of walking through the streets of soma. i'm not on h

whole on february 5, 3:00 p.m. 31, cast a ballot for property and business improvement district soma west community benefit district. >> supervisor kim: thank you, president cohen. this ordinance before us, resolution intent and the assessment ballots authorize the department of elections to hold a special election on the formation of the community benefit district. the c.b.d. has been a multiyear effort that began in the fall of 2016 and really began for years prior to that under sunny angulo, who started the meetings of the neighborhood associations and alleyway associations in western south of market. we hear over and over from our western soma residents about the need for additional security, additional street cleaning, additional graffiti removal services and a little bit of, you know, an eye towards what was happening around them with central market c.b.d., central market c.b.d., yerba buena c.b.d. and tenderloin c.b.d. south of market is surrounded by many c.b.d.s, so the boundary lines are contiguous to the other lines and it will allow them to take advantage of the services by pa

amendments to the commerce element and urban design and housing and land use index and east sow ma and west soma plan and amend the administrative planning code and item 16 is the ordinance to amend the zoning map of the planning code to create the central south of market special use district and to make other amendment to the height and bulk district maps and zoning use district maps consistent with the central soma area plan. item 17 is the ordinance to amend the business and tax regulations an planning codes to create the marketing district to provide administerial approval process meeting specific labor on site affordability creating an exped ited board of peels process and amending the code of taxing law to authorize special facilities an services for the planning area and for each items to make the appropriate findings. >> thank you, madame clerk. i appreciate you reading items 14 through 18 and i want to recognize supervisor kim. have a couple amendments i believe you want to share with us. >> supervisor: the amendments don't end for the central soma plan but a member of our community poi

resolution of intent to form the central soma c.b.d., and i look forward to my colleagues passing that in my time after my time serving and also a c.a.c. for the new east, west, and central soma c.a.c., which will be divided from the current eastern neighborhood c.a.c. and look forward to input from supervisor mandelman, ronen, and supervisor-elect walton, as well, as we move to form a different way of overseeing the new development in our district. and i'll make my comments later, but i do just want to thank members of district 6 who came out here today for my last board of supervisors meeting. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor mandelman? okay, madam president, seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president cohen: thank you. madam clerk, i believe that brings us -- oh, one thing. i'd like to be a cosponsor on supervisor ronen's police officer's gathering questions and youth. >> clerk: thank you, madam president. >> president cohen: madam clerk, i believe item 63 is general public comment. >> clerk: that is correct, madam president. >> president cohen: all right, if there are any members of th

housing developments and the concentration of youth programs ranging from united players to west bay filipino centre. soma has historically had fewer parks because it was originally more industrial and commercial. and s.f. needs to build in order to meet this demand. as san francisco dr san francisco continues to grow, has a potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by offering housing close to jobs. >> hello. my name is ed and i am in support of this project. i'm not really sure what the gentleman just said before, with the park is not going away with the completion of the project, and if the planning commission decided to disapprove this project, you are excluding 59 additional households from enjoyment of the park that the current residence currently get use of. i came from phoenix about 12 years ago as a gay man. i wanted to be in a place that would accept me, and the idea being excluded from anything is really frustrating. this is emotional for me. the benefits of the park -- of the project are great. the developer has gone well out of his way to make sure the existing tenants are going to be relo