the your commissioners, the neighborhood associations position is to oppose this. variances that would split it into two illegal lots is one of those. the boosters have no problem with areas for the existing areas of the property was is, which includes the duplex and makes a total of four units. the existing conditions of the property do not change. and we can resolve all irregularities for these existing conditions. the reason for the application is to maximize profit, which is not a problem or a bad day thin but you should know they are vacant. the split also sets of the property for being more easily converted into condos. these lots will be removed from rent-controlled. is this in the interest of the city's housing interested? if there is a problem, it may be because the properties are overpriced. these are basically a 20 foot lots. we do have odd lots, because the happens in all properties that are subdivided, but to go into a standard lot the does not conform to the code, because it does not provide a proper rearguard. -- rear yard. it is probably making it wo

i am president of castro-eureka valley neighborhood association. i am on the chief of police's lgbt forum and i've been ought -- involved in the neighborhood for four years. so, do you want me to stop? supervisor kim: no. i called you by the wrong name. >> i have known tim for four years, i met him when he joined evna and he has been involved with the organization for four years and he has taken a leadership role in the neighborhood and i have been impressed with his ability to take others ideas and put them into effect in the neighborhood. for example, castro after dark was formed working with another bar that was a nuisance. i talked to him about it when he joined and he took the leadership role on trying to get it underway. the first bar he bought in the neighborhood had been a major nuisance to residents on harford street. he did outrage when he took it over to their residence and neighborhood association to find out what the issues were and how he could work with the neighborhood. he is collaborative and takes a strong leadership role in have been impress

the immediate neighborhood. after years of being asked to sit on the mission delores neighborhood association, i accepted their offer and joined this year. and then was asked to join the mlp cac. i felt it was time that i paid more attention to my direct neighborhood. i have a real passion for the city, amazing -- and for the development in the city. i think i bring a very common- sense and pragmatic style to the board. i recognize the fact that we do live in the city and there are a number of very interesting, although much to be heard -- all of whom want to be heard. i try to be very big-picture minded and see that everyone has a chance to have their say. also in reference to a chair kim said earlier, i see us a very male-heavy list of applicants. i think we should bring a female voice and i can certainly do that. i did not ask for anyone to speak for me today, but i have spoken with a few people down more than happy to e-mail on my behalf. so if anyone like emails, i would be happy to ask them to do so. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you for your work on treasure island. your part of the mission delores communi

. >> i am with the neighborhood association, chairman of the public safety committee. who like to bring before you a transit issue that has gotten much worse in the last year but has a very easy solution. i am talking about the overcrowding during the #21 line. the buses are so crowded, they go by many bus stops without even stopping. the problem is especially bad in 2021 is too crowded to get anybody on and leaves the same way. it also helps us with the students. we are limited the number of parking spaces for cars, it must mean that we have public transit. we cannot get to work when the buses are too full to let us on. in may of 2010, they cut back rush-hour from six minutes to every nine minutes. the must return back to the six minutes intervals of the the overcrowding can get changed. i see you have done that on some other lines. it is important because we are having an increased amount of population and the 21 is not able to stop and pick up passengers. on wednesday, there were 12- minute intervals. there are many slogans in this city talking about a chance of fir

the neighborhood. the neighbors, the neighbor association for the neighborhood has a terrific plan to transform this space to a usable public space. to place a community garden there for donating the agriculture produced there to win organization like project open hand, to create a park, to put a terrace on the slope to reduce its steepness, to place stairs there, in the future, at some point, they hope to have a playground to plant fruit trees. this is a terrific project. this is why i had this legislation. i believe it was back in 2005, and this was transferred out of the surplus property program, because it was open space for the neighborhood. i know there is some opposition, and i believe that is not meritorious. i do not understand why some advocates are pushing to sell this neighbor and open space to a private developer. that does not seem particularly neighborhood oriented or progressive to me. the advocates of pushed for the department of public works, and dpw is not exactly teeming with the funding to do that. i know that someone like to take a broader look at the surplus property ordinance, and

the neighborhood and plan area. i am on the board of a neighborhood association. i have been involved with the planning and implementation of the market octavia plan for eight years. i know the plan very well. there are a bunch of moving parts that are coming about to be laid out on the ground, which will have impact on the plan area and i am very familiar with what does impact will be. my interesting is in using the community benefits as part of the matching funds and really trying to coordinate the bus rapid transit, the implementation of the transit effectiveness project. we just had a really good project approved, but it still needs funding to improve transit capacity on the 71 and the six. there are thousands of new housing units that peter just mentioned. those housing units are going to affect traffic patterns in the market and octavia area. i am very familiar with that. i also teach a land use planning at san francisco state university. i do have a citywide view, i am thinking about not just how the developments in the neighborhood but also how it affects t

the neighborhood from many individuals that often do not agree with each other. this legislation has been endorsed by the castro eureka valley neighborhood association, the dubose neighborhood association, the point of this that neighbor association, -- buana vista neighborhood association, and the market castro of mumsy. briefly, this is what the legislation does. the possibility open 24 hours per day. but it prohibits camping and sleeping in the plaza. camping is already prohibited in city parks. it requires that people selling merchandise maintain a city permit consistent with other public spaces. printed material is excluded from this requirement. land-use is excluded further in the exemption. it prohibits smoking in the plaza, similar to other public spaces. it prohibits large, we'll but conveyances, such as shopping carts -- wield -- wheeled conveyances, such as shopping carts. it codifies what has always existed there, that the community benefit district puts out its own shares and tables in the morning, taking them back at night so that they are not stolen. there has been a fair amount of misunderstanding about this legislation. the plazas are not closed. there will

again, the neighborhood association really tries to act as good broker. what's gone on here has been one of the most frustrating and unbelievable situations of in trangjens and lack of any willingness to cooperate that we have come against. we appreciate your help and firmly support the additional oversight so that these things are done correctly. and that it returns this property to an asset. thank you. president miguel: thank you. are there additional speakers in favor of the d.r.? if not, project sponsor. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm going to try to answer all those questions the best i possibly can. >> state your name for the record. >> my name is valerie lee. first of all, we love this city and we love this neighborhood, which is why we plan to buy this building. i recall the first day i was there, as we tried to just look at the building, we actually got yelled at by mr. marquez over there. i believe he lives next door as the husband to the otherves the we do respect the neighborhood. we love this neighborhood and we love the character of it.

again, the neighborhood association really tries to act as good broker. what's gone on here has been one of the most frustrating and

the neighborhood. those who support the preservation of a least one side, and in many cases all three, included david campos, mr. amiano, presidio heights muralists, the neighborhood association, a professor, and more. the compromise of august "was abandoned without a word about it in the summer of last year, 2011, after the library commission received the plans of the so-called community group, which essentially overruled what the library commission had officially decided. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is eugene gordon jr.. there is no law obliging the citizens to pledge allegiance when asked. to the nervous citizenship -- source, public library. with constitutional due process in tyson in capital fraud, like allegations, speculation on consequences, persuasion, imperialists action, tampering with imperialism, the usa. approximately 700 military bases outside its borders. source? public library. the word defenses used implicated, assassinations on planet earth are surrounded, market gain of human rights a pretext for togetherness, and application of the state protecting its interests, as long as capital currency transplant divide, means of ex

he joined the board of the local neighborhood association and the two major neighborhood associations in the neighbor whose presidents came to the rules committee and testified for mr. eicher. that didn't just happen. that's because tim has the ability to work with neighbors and to make sure that we have responsible nightlife. tim also organized the bar owners in the castro to form an organization called castro after dark. castro after dark organized the bar owners so they kim prove nighttime safety -- can impove nighttime safety so when there are trends in crime, the bar owners can respond to that. that's exactly what we should be modeling in other neighborhoods. that the bar owners are actually contributing to public safety in the neighborhood. he did all of these things back when he was a new bar owner. no one told him to do it, he just knew it was the right thing to do. and that's exactly what we need, a fresh perspective. i will say that i've been disappointed in the last few days because i've heard some of the advocacy for mr. lee, some of the folks who on the outside of have be

although maybe the neighborhood associations that i go to would not be all that interested, certainlycsf csfm would be. i can see where some of the things would be good in my neighborhood, and i can also see why they might be alarming and other neighborhoods. >> diane osheema. followed by patrick kennedy. >> good morning. i am diane osheema with the port of san francisco. we read here on the last hearing on this item. we want to express our thanks and appreciation to your staff. i think they have done a masterful job of putting this together. staff in particular has been very supportive to the issues we raised before you at the last hearing. i did want to submit for the record that we did share this with the port commission back in november, so we briefed them on the issues we brought before you. they were in concurrence with what this that assessment had been that we presented to you in october. we're very happy with the direction that the recommendations are going in and would like to work further with your staff and take advantage of the particular

to say it failed and i'm willing to work with the city and i represent a film or lower the neighborhood association and we are ready to get busy and start and do. [tone] -- started a do. president chiu: next speaker please. >> i was born in keizer gary down the street from the fillmore. ♪ it's time we lead ♪ and what we need to rename it the fillmore cbd ♪ ♪ the fillmore stars are out tonight and they're going to shine on a bright ♪ though way i'm feeling, what we need is to read a bit the fillmore cbd ♪ president chiu: any other members of the public which to speak in opposition? seeing none, let me see if there are any final comments folks like to make. supervisor mirkarimi: i take a bit of a hybrid, both for and against reflecting on why the cbd is not going to be renewed. i said this before, not all cbd's are created equal. this is the only one a former redevelopment zone area that would shouldered with the responsibility of trying to rectify 45 years of redevelopment jurisdiction in an area that had been seriously and adversely impacted for those four plus decades. that required a very tailore

before christmas one block of lakewood has been hit with four burglaries according to the neighborhood association. one woman says a break-in occurred while she was in the home sleeping. people are aware right now and they say they are keeping ion out for any kind of suspicious activity. and folks are working very closely with the police. >> we always want to be vigilant about what's going on and it's goog to be talking to your neighbors. knowing who is going away for christmas and different weekends and things like that. and i think we got a responsibility to look out for each other. >> reporter: people in this area that we spoke to say that basically crime has been down in the area. very surprised by this. but officers say there's been a number of break-ins and north lakewood and they are not sure if these are connected but they are investigating. reporting live in east baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> tamango johnson [update: charges against johnson dismissed; his record has been expunged. see