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we have over 10 speaker card. >> to the public a number of you may be part of the same group and looking at it is we do limit 24 portion of general public comment to 15 minutes and continue it to the last item of the agenda so i'll call them as submitted (calling names). >> i'm bob planted hold as a member of the share better san francisco coalition i want to call your attention there's an ongoing complaints on the violations of the short-term rentals it's still he illegal but landowners and others are advertising as short-term rentals off the market ask beginning what's in their investigation process we know there's a joint hearing on the enforcement it specifically clued talking about this we've noticed from the mapping increase hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of unit being currently advertised so i want to call your attention and tell you as those complaints continue we'll keep come back. >> good afternoon thank you commissioner richards for that analog appreciate it and the public and we appreciated the business prospective you brought to the table and it identifies and sounds exc
we have over 10 speaker card. >> to the public a number of you may be part of the same group and looking at it is we do limit 24 portion of general public comment to 15 minutes and continue it to the last item of the agenda so i'll call them as submitted (calling names). >> i'm bob planted hold as a member of the share better san francisco coalition i want to call your attention there's an ongoing complaints on the violations of the short-term rentals it's still he illegal but...
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that we're going to have to supplement the advisory group with more city level public structures in particular for the south beach neighborhood planning we need to relook at our advisory group to have a body within that neighborhood that can speak and work with the port on any policy updates for the area we expect to be come back to the commission in february and march with a staff proposal to set up the water date plan on the issues in the report and the issues that will be summoned up by brad right now which we didn't provide to you earlier on we've been sharing that with the community in the last couple of months and want to insure you had an opportunity to hear the issues and give us our direction as well so with that - >> thank you diane brad benson with the special projects really happy to be working with dooib and byron on this effort if we can go back to the presentation one of the things we heard from the commission what it is good to look back and good to look another what's been accomplished and what are the big issues going forward and what are the things we have to grapp
that we're going to have to supplement the advisory group with more city level public structures in particular for the south beach neighborhood planning we need to relook at our advisory group to have a body within that neighborhood that can speak and work with the port on any policy updates for the area we expect to be come back to the commission in february and march with a staff proposal to set up the water date plan on the issues in the report and the issues that will be summoned up by brad...
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are there any members of the public who'd like to make public comment at this time, please step forward and you can also line up to my left. >> good morning. i'm happy to be here to witness and document the wonderful work that my supervisors are doing here. what i question, just like the supervisors, the mayor's tactics, the mayor's people that are involved with the so called working group. now, this working group, as you know, supervisors has been put together a couple years ago. working grum. group. working together for the people of san francisco, all people. but particularly when dealing with the housing authority it deals with, as you know, supervisor, the african american population, it's -- the majority of our people stay in public housing and that's a known fact. we're talking about the history in which we have gone through. now i see the mayor has reached over to a supervisor to ask for sb 1404. look that up. that's where lill is helping the mayor and hud [inaudible] and the the stress the mental things that we in the community have suffered, supervisor, because not no fault of
are there any members of the public who'd like to make public comment at this time, please step forward and you can also line up to my left. >> good morning. i'm happy to be here to witness and document the wonderful work that my supervisors are doing here. what i question, just like the supervisors, the mayor's tactics, the mayor's people that are involved with the so called working group. now, this working group, as you know, supervisors has been put together a couple years ago. working...
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in some ways -- is where the public is. it pleased to the sentiment of the party and the national priorities including republican. >> my hunch is that the policy, i seem to have sent this, sa -- said this, i think he won the election because the ambivalence he feels is similar to the public. that is a policy very support. >> reason for everything thing they do not think is going to do anything. quite they do not think the other thing will work either. what's i have to say as somebody who worked in the first term -- >> i have to say is someone who worked in the first room that this is deeply ingrained into glutamic with the president and it is partly in iraq handover but partly deeper than that which is a keen sense of the limitations of american capacity to accomplish things particularly but not only using force in the world. that we tried. we may have good intentions and sink resources but it is often and mostly doesn't work. and i would stress over and over again that while i was in the administration and since i have left
in some ways -- is where the public is. it pleased to the sentiment of the party and the national priorities including republican. >> my hunch is that the policy, i seem to have sent this, sa -- said this, i think he won the election because the ambivalence he feels is similar to the public. that is a policy very support. >> reason for everything thing they do not think is going to do anything. quite they do not think the other thing will work either. what's i have to say as...
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the current rules and regulations for public submittals to be included in your packets and the only other non-substantive was basically the orders that people are called there was condominium conversion in the rules and regulations it states that proponents of the project will be called first and proponents would be called second on cases the chair also have the discretion of administrative code that that's how we've operated so we were omitting that order of public commenters to be called those are the two issues i want modified if you want to have a broader discussion about rules and regulations there's nothing concerns that with continuing this matter and holding you several hearings on the matter we recently updated those rules and regulations and had extensive conversations in the december of 2013 i thought if we recently had that course of action there's no reason to have a larger conversation about this rules but if i like you know that's your pleasure to discuss and talk about it as much as. >> like. >> i slightly disagree with you i use the strike out in the submittals and
the current rules and regulations for public submittals to be included in your packets and the only other non-substantive was basically the orders that people are called there was condominium conversion in the rules and regulations it states that proponents of the project will be called first and proponents would be called second on cases the chair also have the discretion of administrative code that that's how we've operated so we were omitting that order of public commenters to be called...
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public. does that favor rand paul? does it mean that john mccain has already lost the argument with the american public? how do we interpret the way that's will play out going forward? e.j.? >> i think one of the pair docks for president obama -- paradoxes for president obama -- this is even more obvious before the election when his numbers were lower. his numbers have recovered some. where you seem to have obama's policy matching public opinion pretty well, and yet the approval of his foreign policy was way down. now issue think there a couple things going on there. one is republicans would disapprove president obama probably if the could change straw into gold there would be something wrong with the gold. and so there's just a deep partisan feeling against president obama, but the other thing is, americans want two things at the same time. they do not want a disorderly world. they do not want the rise of groups like isis and they don't want us to do too much to intervene in weighed that will hurt us again. reminded me of, looking at the survey the -- a famous observation that americans are operational
public. does that favor rand paul? does it mean that john mccain has already lost the argument with the american public? how do we interpret the way that's will play out going forward? e.j.? >> i think one of the pair docks for president obama -- paradoxes for president obama -- this is even more obvious before the election when his numbers were lower. his numbers have recovered some. where you seem to have obama's policy matching public opinion pretty well, and yet the approval of his...
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any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. i don't know if our alu would like to say anything beyond that. great. so if we could have a motion to file this item, motion by supervisor yee, we'll take that without objection. thank you. mr. clerk, if you can call item no. 3. >> item no. 3 is a hearing to consider the transfer of a type 48 on sale public premises license for expansion of premises located at 101 6th street the to tadd cortell dooing business as monarch. >> if we can begin by asking the applicant to come and speak. good afternoon, welcome to the neighborhood services committee. >> it's pretty much what derek mentioned. >> if you can identify yourself. >> tadd cortell from electric resistance society. we operate under the name of monarch. we expanded into a location next door to our current location where we have been the past 3 years. we operate a nightclub and cocktail lounge. we expanded the cocktail lounge portion upstairs into the property next door and the abc required that
any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. i don't know if our alu would like to say anything beyond that. great. so if we could have a motion to file this item, motion by supervisor yee, we'll take that without objection. thank you. mr. clerk, if you can call item no. 3. >> item no. 3 is a hearing to consider the transfer of a type 48 on sale public premises license for expansion of premises located at 101 6th street the to tadd...
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spear using -- >> man, this may be the time that may want to make the general public comments. the speaker damocles >> good evening. the [inaudible] hired security guards for the purpose of identifying patients who are guilty of [inaudible]. however, the sf mta has unwittingly created an ecosystem whereby people are living off the system. instead of paying into the system. the law must protect the constitution. [inaudible] citations issued to passengers for [inaudible] issued by security guards to be [inaudible] and a moratorium for this practice should be set forth. they passengers should be extended the privilege of paying their fair or getting off the bus if they are not unable to pay. the san francisco smt eight must be made aware of the following: only a sworn peace officer can sign off on a ticket on the california penal code section 831, 832. when the passengers apprehended for a sex offense is over identification should be taken prior to placement in detention. unfortunately, some security guards in our society in general are racist and carry out their duty with a bias a
spear using -- >> man, this may be the time that may want to make the general public comments. the speaker damocles >> good evening. the [inaudible] hired security guards for the purpose of identifying patients who are guilty of [inaudible]. however, the sf mta has unwittingly created an ecosystem whereby people are living off the system. instead of paying into the system. the law must protect the constitution. [inaudible] citations issued to passengers for [inaudible] issued by...
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works and letting unless the commissioners have questions i recommend the commission on up public comment. >> before i do those persons standing in front of the doorway are going to clear the doorway and for members of the public who are here for items after this one this item will take about an hour at least and then after this item the commissioners will be taking a 20 or thirty minute break so if you're not here for this item you'll gov. an hour and a half before the next item will be called and free up some seats thank you. >> so i'll call names if i call your name, please line up on the screen side of the room (calling names). >> if your name has been called feel free to
works and letting unless the commissioners have questions i recommend the commission on up public comment. >> before i do those persons standing in front of the doorway are going to clear the doorway and for members of the public who are here for items after this one this item will take about an hour at least and then after this item the commissioners will be taking a 20 or thirty minute break so if you're not here for this item you'll gov. an hour and a half before the next item will be...
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there may be somewhere our office and the public defender will have a different idea and will require a hearing in a court room. >> when you guys are in disagreement you go before the court, you said? >> yes. >> can you briefly explain that process? that's unclear. >> if we felt somebody was ineligible to be resentenced on a misdemeanor and the public defender's office felt they were eligible, we could have a hearing in the court where they could argue why they felt the conduct or the charge qualified them and we could explain why --. >> which court would this happen? >> the superior court, the hall of justice. >> you can continue. >> the file review process is what's difficult here because we have to pull, especially if we're getting many requests from individuals who have older convictions. we need to review as many cases as possible to see if people qualify for relief. there are many defendants, former defendants who are not even aware they may qualify for relief. we also want to reach out to them through our own file review to let them know we are here to assist them with that end
there may be somewhere our office and the public defender will have a different idea and will require a hearing in a court room. >> when you guys are in disagreement you go before the court, you said? >> yes. >> can you briefly explain that process? that's unclear. >> if we felt somebody was ineligible to be resentenced on a misdemeanor and the public defender's office felt they were eligible, we could have a hearing in the court where they could argue why they felt the...
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public. does that favor rand paul? does that mean that john mccain has already lost the argument with the american public? lou do we interpret the way this will play out going forward? e.j., you want to start? >> sure. i think one of the paradoxes for president obama -- and this was even more obvious before the election when his numbers were lower. his numbers have recovered some. where you seem to have obama's policy matching public opinion pretty well, and yet the approval of his foreign policy was way down. now i think there are a couple of things that were going on there. one is, republicans would disapprove president obama probably if he could clang straw into gold. there would be something wrong with the gold. so there is just a deep partisan feeling against president obama. but the other thing is americans want two things at the same time. they do not want a disorderly world. they do not want the rise of groups like isis. and they don't want us to do too much to get intervened in ways that are going to hurt us again. it is almost -- what it reminded me of looking at the survey is this old piece of p
public. does that favor rand paul? does that mean that john mccain has already lost the argument with the american public? lou do we interpret the way this will play out going forward? e.j., you want to start? >> sure. i think one of the paradoxes for president obama -- and this was even more obvious before the election when his numbers were lower. his numbers have recovered some. where you seem to have obama's policy matching public opinion pretty well, and yet the approval of his...
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with the minutes, and we will open up the public comment on this item, and seeing no member of the public come forward we will close public comment and roll call vote. >> item two, avalos? >> aye. >> cohen? >> aye. >> mar? >> mar absent, the item passes. >> great, okay rkts so now we are on to the main event, today, item number three, it would be our closed session. call the item please? >> item three, closed session, public employee performance evaluation and approval of the executive director's performance goals for 2015 and this is an action item. >> great. thank you. >> so, we need to prepare the room for closed session. >> so it looks like we are back in open session, and we discussed item three, and we want to call item four, and we will do it at the same time as item four. >> okay. >> item four, recommend annual compensation for the executive director for 2015, this is an action item. >> okay, very good. first of all, we had a presentation from our executive director chang, and we also, on our performance goals for the past year. and proposed goals for next year as well. and we rat
with the minutes, and we will open up the public comment on this item, and seeing no member of the public come forward we will close public comment and roll call vote. >> item two, avalos? >> aye. >> cohen? >> aye. >> mar? >> mar absent, the item passes. >> great, okay rkts so now we are on to the main event, today, item number three, it would be our closed session. call the item please? >> item three, closed session, public employee performance...
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trust and how to balance it with the public benefits and the public access and be able to finance the improvements along the waterfront are shared by both parties so we see ourselves refreshing and looking at want current membership of the advise groups we have representing that membership with the areas we want to make sure are covered and making sure we have a port wide-body that can also homogenize and integrated integrate the recommends on the waterfront and tells you about the outreach has been so far is there a process getting it out citywide. >> we have been working at a number of different levels certainly to starting with the port authority's and 55 the advisors groups gone to the city and spur citywide organizations spur we've gone to our sister agencies within the city family we've gone to bcdc and met with the state lands to get their insighted into other stakeholders we should be touching base with our efforts on producing those summary documents and the improved presentations slides have also a reflection of the effort to boil down the issues so people can understand and
trust and how to balance it with the public benefits and the public access and be able to finance the improvements along the waterfront are shared by both parties so we see ourselves refreshing and looking at want current membership of the advise groups we have representing that membership with the areas we want to make sure are covered and making sure we have a port wide-body that can also homogenize and integrated integrate the recommends on the waterfront and tells you about the outreach has...
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and debate the public good. course, we are a very far flung country now. we are big in numbers, big in territory and have this new and revolutionary thing called information technology and the internet to deal with. public square looks and feels quite different from what it used to be. i think are interesting questions on exactly what information has done to the public square and how it has changed it. we are going to many different kinds of ways to these aims, including ways that are more congenial to that sphere. and all associated things. who knows, we might be supporting scholarship soon. that is no longer expressed in a scholarly monograph. the on the book, maybe going yonder the book. indeed, i don't think we went than the book, we would be losing ground. that is part of the meditation on public scholar program and how those thoughts and contributions will be expressed. >> when you became the chair, he spoke about the two strains of public humanities. the legacy of matthew arnold's idea and how humanities
and debate the public good. course, we are a very far flung country now. we are big in numbers, big in territory and have this new and revolutionary thing called information technology and the internet to deal with. public square looks and feels quite different from what it used to be. i think are interesting questions on exactly what information has done to the public square and how it has changed it. we are going to many different kinds of ways to these aims, including ways that are more...
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the public defender, jeff adachi, has spoken to the media and there have been numerous articles written in local newspapers regarding how people can seek relief through our office. we are also going to be attending a community forum on sunday at golden gate law school where numerous groups will be there to get information they can disseminate through the san francisco community. we also have our own public defender web site with a link to information regarding prop 47 and to the application form. we have been receiving innumerable number of calls. we have two phone lines specifically that people can call us to see if they are eligible. we have been receiving many calls from lawyers from other jurisdictions who have former san francisco defendants in custody there whose sentences may be very well enhanced because of a prior possession conviction here, a prior receiving stolen property conviction from san francisco that's a felony and we've worked very closely with the district attorney's office to see if we can expedite relief for those people if they are in fact eligible. on the other h
the public defender, jeff adachi, has spoken to the media and there have been numerous articles written in local newspapers regarding how people can seek relief through our office. we are also going to be attending a community forum on sunday at golden gate law school where numerous groups will be there to get information they can disseminate through the san francisco community. we also have our own public defender web site with a link to information regarding prop 47 and to the application...
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i introduced you on this tenderloin pit stop an innovative totality program monitored by the public works in order to address the clear need for roommate facilities throughout the district i represent over the years i've been representing the tenderloin and the south of market it is one of the top concerns i here consistently about from our visitors and as a matter of law small business workers and workers the human feces and dog feces on the street it's been in the public eye with one e quote/unquote the human waste land that jennifer wang created we've benefit working with the department of public works since 2012 to come up with a pilot program that will offer a triple combination of portable sings and receptacles i want to appreciate the work of the department of public works director mohammed nuru who has been really committed to this program and shepard it through the last couple of years there's a number of challenges we saw with public toilets and particularly in the downtown area and insuring the monitoring of its use as a bathroom the innovative program that has been implem
i introduced you on this tenderloin pit stop an innovative totality program monitored by the public works in order to address the clear need for roommate facilities throughout the district i represent over the years i've been representing the tenderloin and the south of market it is one of the top concerns i here consistently about from our visitors and as a matter of law small business workers and workers the human feces and dog feces on the street it's been in the public eye with one e...
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but nonetheless there is a public meeting in the community tomorrow and if i may announce that public meeting -- yes. it's through the request of a number of the members of the public here present. there is a meeting scheduled and facilitated through the supervisor's office and the residents of the area that's december 17th at 630 that's an opportunity for people to hear more about the proposed plans and over all plans for candlestick again scheduled for tomorrow and in addition the regular meeting and the this again is in your packets and january 12th at 6:00 p.m. the full meeting the matter proposed demolition will also be discussed and the previous matter requested and over all update on the candlestick development plans and that's scheduled for for january 20th. >> and then the third matter and i think perhaps it will come up -- it is with sad news to report 2 passings of former colleagues friends and extended family the first is jennifer matz a workforce development director former director of the economic and workforce development a former mentor and friend and legislative aid a
but nonetheless there is a public meeting in the community tomorrow and if i may announce that public meeting -- yes. it's through the request of a number of the members of the public here present. there is a meeting scheduled and facilitated through the supervisor's office and the residents of the area that's december 17th at 630 that's an opportunity for people to hear more about the proposed plans and over all plans for candlestick again scheduled for tomorrow and in addition the regular...
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this disclosure is part of the public notice so local residents could understand the potential of the size of the proposed wireless facilities could be increased. in the past we did -- like i said before we saw that the carriers would propose a smaller if the and we want to avoid that and. >> >> well aware of what is going on the poles in the right-of-way. it makes changes to the permitting and requirements related to the technology used to address other aspects with the city. it makes clear that the permitting requirement applies to the mta and they entered into an agreement with telecommunications carriers with using the poles and wireless facilities and we're increasing the fees for cost recovery. i want to thank the dpw for helping with this, the city attorney's office and omar from the planning commission and colleagues i hope to have your support for this ordinance. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor wiener. >> thank you madam president. so first i want to thank supervisor avalos and others for working on this legislation. i know a good part of it is a response to the court rul
this disclosure is part of the public notice so local residents could understand the potential of the size of the proposed wireless facilities could be increased. in the past we did -- like i said before we saw that the carriers would propose a smaller if the and we want to avoid that and. >> >> well aware of what is going on the poles in the right-of-way. it makes changes to the permitting and requirements related to the technology used to address other aspects with the city. it...
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property and that it will serve the greatest public good and cause the least harm the city files a lawsuit and ultimately will decide whether this is an appropriate use of eminent domain and after a trial probably before a jury the jury will decide where our offer is reasonable just compensation in the jury decided we've low bald and made an inu inappropriate offer we'll loss the eminent domain and have to pay the property owners attorney fees and costs a little bit more by way - in this situation it's a hard to predict how a jury will come out it's relating difficult in the last two years the city has negotiated a price point with the property owner i'm sure that will come into play. >> that's very helpful. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee as a followup to supervisor mar's inquirey regarding a renegotiation that is what the budget analyst office is suggesting option number 2 to continue the proposed resolution and to create request fufbt negotiations we understand that this city has invested money in the purchase to purchase this property we understand that there is
property and that it will serve the greatest public good and cause the least harm the city files a lawsuit and ultimately will decide whether this is an appropriate use of eminent domain and after a trial probably before a jury the jury will decide where our offer is reasonable just compensation in the jury decided we've low bald and made an inu inappropriate offer we'll loss the eminent domain and have to pay the property owners attorney fees and costs a little bit more by way - in this...
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are there any members of the public who would like to provide public comment on this particular item. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take the other item that we need to move forward came to the board after the agenda was posted. can we have a motion to move that forward. moved by supervisor farrell, second by supervisor cohen without objection. can we take both of those findings, we already did that and now on the substantive imperative agenda item, can we move that item forward without objection. without objection the imperative agenda passes. mr. clerk can you read the in memoriam. city clerk: on behalf of the late rosy lee and on behalf of the full board for the late morales and for the late dorothy adams and laura lie. >>supervisor london breed: okay, colleagues, we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> ready to begin good afternoon today is january 21, 2015, this is the regular meeting of building inspection commission i'd like to remind everyone to please turn off and all please silence all electronic devices. the fi
are there any members of the public who would like to provide public comment on this particular item. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take the other item that we need to move forward came to the board after the agenda was posted. can we have a motion to move that forward. moved by supervisor farrell, second by supervisor cohen without objection. can we take both of those findings, we already did that and now on the substantive imperative...
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a town square and debate the public good. course, we are a very far flung country now. we are big in numbers, big in territory and have this new and revolutionary thing called information technology and the internet to deal with. the public square looks and feels quite different than it used to. there are questions about what information technology has done to the public square and how it has changed it. that means we will have to speak in different kinds of ways, including ways more congenial to that sphere and all associated things. we might be supporting scholarship soon. that is no longer expressed in a scholarly or academic monograph the aunt the book. we may be going beyond the book. indeed, i think we did not go -- if we did not, we would be losing ground. that is part of the meditation on the public scholar program, it's -- is how those thoughts and contributions will be expressed. >> when you became n.e.h. chair, you spoke about the public humanities. about how humanities enrich us because they are the best of what h
a town square and debate the public good. course, we are a very far flung country now. we are big in numbers, big in territory and have this new and revolutionary thing called information technology and the internet to deal with. the public square looks and feels quite different than it used to. there are questions about what information technology has done to the public square and how it has changed it. that means we will have to speak in different kinds of ways, including ways more congenial...
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, to the future public access way. as you can see, it's not in very good shape. some of the [speaker not understood] has actually been removed. it's really in pretty rough shape. >> where it says condemned? >> condemned, exactly. we've been scrubbing the paint. this is a close up of some of those openings. you can see that it's not really a credit to the brannan street wharf or to the condition of the waterfront. therefore, our intention is to repair that facade and put glazing into those very large, very gracious openings. we will do appropriate historic treatment which is actually to rollup the rollup doors where they still exist and protect them while creating a grazed opening and allows light in and see into the historic structure and will look i think really nice. this is similar images of windows, the new window. actually this is pier 1. in contrast, the openings in pier 38 are much larger, will be much more dramatic. this is the front facade, the west facade, the entry to the building. it retains virtually all of
, to the future public access way. as you can see, it's not in very good shape. some of the [speaker not understood] has actually been removed. it's really in pretty rough shape. >> where it says condemned? >> condemned, exactly. we've been scrubbing the paint. this is a close up of some of those openings. you can see that it's not really a credit to the brannan street wharf or to the condition of the waterfront. therefore, our intention is to repair that facade and put glazing into...
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each member of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes. i have no speaker cards, but i will take a look. >> is there any general public? seeing none, general public is closed. >> item 9, case no. 2015.0515e. this is the potrero hope sf project draft ivory and eis and please note that written comments will be accepted at the planning department until 5:00 p.m. january 5,2015 and i do have several speaker cards. >> okay >> thank you, commission secretary. good afternoon, president wu, members of the commission. rachel, planning department staff. the item before you is a public hearing to receive comments on the draft environmental impact report a joint ceqa neah document prepared by the planning department and mayor's office of housing and community development. again case no. 20150 515 e. i'm joined here today by my colleagues sarah jones environmental review officer, also england flannery from the mayor's office of housing and comment development. members of the project sponsor team are also present. the project site is located on the south
each member of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes. i have no speaker cards, but i will take a look. >> is there any general public? seeing none, general public is closed. >> item 9, case no. 2015.0515e. this is the potrero hope sf project draft ivory and eis and please note that written comments will be accepted at the planning department until 5:00 p.m. january 5,2015 and i do have several speaker cards. >> okay >> thank you, commission secretary....
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public comment on items not on the agenda today. >> public speaker: . jeff brooks. this is sort of a related item very important and coming up as an imminent issue filling of the final seat on the sf puc by appointment. that final seat is the seat that is required to have a person that has ratepayer or consumer advocacy experience. and i think it would be, i'm pretty much directing this at lafco. i have a feeling this won't be entirely wrapped up by the end of february and it might be a good idea to in case it's not resolved why it to schedule an a discussion of proposition e in 2008 whiches the proposition that gave the board of supervisors power to vote on this. the vote was loud and clear in proposition 8 that we want the public utilities commissioners. for example commissioner vietor has clear environmental just -- justice experience. i have to put on my consumer activist hat we have to do more digging. we may apply for a different sfpuc. we must honor that ballot measure and if we get to lafco meeting time next month, if this decision hasn't been ma
public comment on items not on the agenda today. >> public speaker: . jeff brooks. this is sort of a related item very important and coming up as an imminent issue filling of the final seat on the sf puc by appointment. that final seat is the seat that is required to have a person that has ratepayer or consumer advocacy experience. and i think it would be, i'm pretty much directing this at lafco. i have a feeling this won't be entirely wrapped up by the end of february and it might be a...
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chairman and i did want to thank all of the members of the public who have applied to be on the city committee. and also, those who have provided public comment. and this is the very important role, actually, because the transportation authority over sees not only the transportation policy, but also a lot of investment in the transportation for the city and so having a voice, from the various communities is really important and i am very grateful to glen davis who represented district nine for quite a few years. for the excellent service that he has provided including recently, serving as the chair of the cac, and so for me, it is a very important appointment, and with respect to district nine, i know that there is a lot of work to be done, in the area of transportation, and in district nine. and i am very proud to today to make a motion, to nominate santiag lerm a to the cac, i think that he will be an excellent addition to this body. and he lives the transportation and he has a great deal of connection to the community and he is going to know what is happening in the neighborhoods w
chairman and i did want to thank all of the members of the public who have applied to be on the city committee. and also, those who have provided public comment. and this is the very important role, actually, because the transportation authority over sees not only the transportation policy, but also a lot of investment in the transportation for the city and so having a voice, from the various communities is really important and i am very grateful to glen davis who represented district nine for...
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the public like i've seen i say, no as a native and resident of the san francisco tell me is gridlock and congestion the plan? because if it is, it is working great you're doing a great job as are taking driver in san francisco just recently my gate has gone up my neck gone down and i'm a medallion holder my pay check has drilling down i wouldn't recommended maintaining anyone to be a cab driver i used to love it and recommend it no longer it's a sad day a sad commentary this is my last survey maybe i should sell it to uber maybe they'll value it one thousand customers >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon mr. barker baking i've been driving for 23 years or 22 or 24 i forgot i lost my i was thinking about this situation like worship are i represent you and whatever they say to my colleagues at work regarding insurance and color scheme i wish you consider it but my question who we are to lift those guys with my respect like uber and side lift and those guys let us keep us in a standoff and put hours instead of thinking about something else and achiev
the public like i've seen i say, no as a native and resident of the san francisco tell me is gridlock and congestion the plan? because if it is, it is working great you're doing a great job as are taking driver in san francisco just recently my gate has gone up my neck gone down and i'm a medallion holder my pay check has drilling down i wouldn't recommended maintaining anyone to be a cab driver i used to love it and recommend it no longer it's a sad day a sad commentary this is my last survey...
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there is information on the public works website. we're in the process of relinquishing maintenance to property owners to try to give the public a sense of what it costs to maintain an average street tree. i believe we've put in $500 every year or two so if you multiply that by four trees that would be $2,000. however, realistically i would currently estimate it would be a few hundred dollars to have someone snip off the lower prawns. >> what would be the big deal about removing them? >> the department's policy is typically if a tree is relatively healthy and sustainable to keep the tree in place. the smaller palm is less concerning, it's unusual. they're not creating a problem, not impeding the public right of way. the trees are young so don't have required clearance over the tree. we don't expect a young treel to have 14 feet of clearance, but eventually they'll have required clearance over the sidewalk so our reluctance to approve stems from the fact that if we let everyone remove their trees now and start over with new trees we'd
there is information on the public works website. we're in the process of relinquishing maintenance to property owners to try to give the public a sense of what it costs to maintain an average street tree. i believe we've put in $500 every year or two so if you multiply that by four trees that would be $2,000. however, realistically i would currently estimate it would be a few hundred dollars to have someone snip off the lower prawns. >> what would be the big deal about removing them?...
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works and letting unless the commissioners have questions i recommend the commission on up public comment. >> before i do those persons standing in front of the doorway are going to clear the doorway and for members of the public who are here for items after this one this item will take about an hour at least and then after this item the commissioners will be taking a 20 or thirty minute break so if you're not here for this item you'll gov. an hour and a half before the next item will be called and free up some seats thank you. >> so i'll call names if i call your name, please line up on the screen side of the room (calling names). >> if your name has been called feel free to approach the podium and. >> hi, i'm david stewart this is any first time in city hall so i'm not as the first speaker i hope to do this the right way and take two minutes and 48 seconds i'm here actually, i live about 8 blocks from this site i work near there, too and don't have a particular i guess i don't know the developer i own a small business and as part of that i've seen people on my team try to find h
works and letting unless the commissioners have questions i recommend the commission on up public comment. >> before i do those persons standing in front of the doorway are going to clear the doorway and for members of the public who are here for items after this one this item will take about an hour at least and then after this item the commissioners will be taking a 20 or thirty minute break so if you're not here for this item you'll gov. an hour and a half before the next item will be...
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the problem is also housing price inflation. as you know, i've made a very public commitment to construct and new units without providing the benefits associated with being a resident and helping to activate our neighborhood commercial be corridors and making san francisco a more vibrant place to live, that rings true if property owners are keeping units throughout any part of our city. i want to make sure san francisco neighborhoods remain vibrant and unique. thank youm. >> our next question is from supervisor avalos. >> mr. mayor, first off, happy holidays do you and your family. i was pleased to read about your expressing outrage about the use of torture by the cia last week and i have no doubt that's your position on torture. what is your extent of outrage at the affordability crisis that's harming working families in san francisco. what else can you do to make a measurable impact on the affordable housing krief sis. what are some proposals we can collaborate on with you in your office of housing? >> thank you for that question, supervisor avalos. and of course
the problem is also housing price inflation. as you know, i've made a very public commitment to construct and new units without providing the benefits associated with being a resident and helping to activate our neighborhood commercial be corridors and making san francisco a more vibrant place to live, that rings true if property owners are keeping units throughout any part of our city. i want to make sure san francisco neighborhoods remain vibrant and unique. thank youm. >> our next...
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and the perception of the public. clearly, there's a big gap there. had a wonderful piece in "the post," that came out this morning about the challenge the french government faces in responding to this because they're going to face contending pressures. it's very polarized. we had already seen a lot of strengthening of a very right wing, anti-islamic, anti-immigrant, political forces inside france. and inevitably partly by design, the guys who did this are stoking the growth of that sentiment. do you -- >> yeah. two quick points. one, on the french with a last name like mine, i'm not knocking the french. what i was saying is i do think the case -- >> you knock the french all the time. >> no, but, in other words, i was talking about american muslims are not like french muslims muslims. specifically what i meant is in class terms, the class position of american muslims is very different not that class position on the whole than the class position of muslims in france. and that france has had a very large group of poor -- you know, relatively poor, unemp
and the perception of the public. clearly, there's a big gap there. had a wonderful piece in "the post," that came out this morning about the challenge the french government faces in responding to this because they're going to face contending pressures. it's very polarized. we had already seen a lot of strengthening of a very right wing, anti-islamic, anti-immigrant, political forces inside france. and inevitably partly by design, the guys who did this are stoking the growth of that...
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and they're supposed to use it in the public interest, but nobody ever takes the spectrum back again or very rarely. and it's that issue using the spectrum in the public enter that -- the public interest that is the most difficult problem we have, in my view. >> host: do you agree with the idea of getting taking some of this excess government spectrum and getting it into the public air waves? >> guest: no, i don't. i think i have a very simple issue that i just repeat over and over again. if the spectrum is used efficiently, if the people who use the spectrum use the most modern technology there won't be any question of having enough spectrum. there will be much more than we require. but the congress has crypted an environment in which -- has created an environment in which there's not a lot of motivation to use the spectrum efficiently, and for that reason we have this myth of the spectrum scarcity, spectrum shortage. >> host: well, that goes to cooper's law, doesn't it? >> guest: well, it does. the history is technology has always just moved our ability to put bandwidth through the
and they're supposed to use it in the public interest, but nobody ever takes the spectrum back again or very rarely. and it's that issue using the spectrum in the public enter that -- the public interest that is the most difficult problem we have, in my view. >> host: do you agree with the idea of getting taking some of this excess government spectrum and getting it into the public air waves? >> guest: no, i don't. i think i have a very simple issue that i just repeat over and over...
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review and they want to do that without public review we're before the ocii commission on the 16th of december and we are trying to you catch up we nephew had a public review on this. >> next speaker. >> i've called (calling names) any of those members here? >> good afternoon commissioners and wanting i'm representing people of concern in the bayview hunters point community brisbane 94134 and 005 and etc. of the implosion we're here to speak on behalf of the people that can't come for various reasons but people are concerned about the health of themselves and their children and grandchildren the for farmer's market that are not here from the community we're against the implosion i reiterate as mrs. moore spoke we're in agreement to the dismantling of candle stick park and we will march and protest with the help of the san francisco police department in co-heyness in a peaceful profit protest from jamestown to evans in san francisco and it there from there to the city hall to speak to the mayor of san francisco thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, i'm also here to address the
review and they want to do that without public review we're before the ocii commission on the 16th of december and we are trying to you catch up we nephew had a public review on this. >> next speaker. >> i've called (calling names) any of those members here? >> good afternoon commissioners and wanting i'm representing people of concern in the bayview hunters point community brisbane 94134 and 005 and etc. of the implosion we're here to speak on behalf of the people that can't...
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dirty air fossil fuels didn't mean we have to go across the board but start somewhere i did that in the public session. >> but one of the things the reasons we looked at fossil fuel deinvestmentivestment but take in the fossil fuel you know search and development the cost of producing some of the hard to get to fuels would skyrocket or have great volatility in the market we're seeing across the globe in o peck to the producers in the united states there's conflict moving on to when the prices change we've seen the prices of oil has gone down between $50 from $100 and seeing the market look you know a investments go down because of the vital in the market as 3rek9d it something we expect to continue for years to come forever moving forward so it didn't make financial sense that we pool you know our public dollars out of you know those industries that are looking at having very fluctuating types of returns so that to me was an looking forward we're seeing take effect into the financial market. >> you and i talked about this as jeremy grant says those are depleting resources it is costing us more
dirty air fossil fuels didn't mean we have to go across the board but start somewhere i did that in the public session. >> but one of the things the reasons we looked at fossil fuel deinvestmentivestment but take in the fossil fuel you know search and development the cost of producing some of the hard to get to fuels would skyrocket or have great volatility in the market we're seeing across the globe in o peck to the producers in the united states there's conflict moving on to when the...
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facilities that are set up on the poles and the public right-of-way that are extremely obtusive on streets throughout the neighborhood. you will see that your passage along the sidewalk is constricted especially when you see a house may have a bay window that comes out to the sidewalk and at the same time there is a facility sticking up from a pole. it makes the sense of passage through that sidewalk to be very uncomfortable at times so this is enabling us moving forward to actually have better placement and esthetics of these in the future so colleagues i hope to have your support. thank you. >> okay thank you supervisor avalos. mr. clerk can you please call the roll. >> on item 11. supervisor breed. >> aye. >> supervisor campos. >> aye. >> supervisor christensen. >> aye. >> supervisor cohen. >> aye. >> supervisor farrell. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> supervisor tang. >> aye. >> supervisor wiener. >> aye. >> supervisor yee. >> aye. >> supervisor avalos. >> aye. >> there are 10 aye's. >> okay. this motion -- this item ordinance p
facilities that are set up on the poles and the public right-of-way that are extremely obtusive on streets throughout the neighborhood. you will see that your passage along the sidewalk is constricted especially when you see a house may have a bay window that comes out to the sidewalk and at the same time there is a facility sticking up from a pole. it makes the sense of passage through that sidewalk to be very uncomfortable at times so this is enabling us moving forward to actually have better...
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i'm not chris's you but looking at ways to help and the public can help you get to to point you feel you have the resources to properly execute this. >> absolutely for us this is an innovative process we need to figure out where the areas are to focus on for now data requests of the t nc to insure that tyler national red lining. >> i'm sorry what's red lining. >> their picking up from all areas of the city we've asked for information on sense and recreation per sdoopd and the disability issue to make sure do we need to require the t nc to have their own suits for the disability community. >> this puts a lot of burden on the t n credit so charging the t nc more and more to help you facility that will be tough on the list of things. >> we wade a few months about 6 months i'm not speaking for the 5 commissioners, i think that a lot of people would have wanted them to be part of local jurisdiction so we don't have to deal with that. >> i suspect we can ask you 5 hundred questions i'll start by saying thank you for coming down here whoever told you it wasn't your fascinate thing to do give
i'm not chris's you but looking at ways to help and the public can help you get to to point you feel you have the resources to properly execute this. >> absolutely for us this is an innovative process we need to figure out where the areas are to focus on for now data requests of the t nc to insure that tyler national red lining. >> i'm sorry what's red lining. >> their picking up from all areas of the city we've asked for information on sense and recreation per sdoopd and the...