certainly, incentivizing underutilized housing to be used for underutilized purposes in the form of student housing or regular housing is a good thing. there are many institutions that have spoken about this. i think there have been some concerns that owners are holding properties off. no one can force anyone to have to rent their property if they do not choose to. i'm not sure that is even the case. but there are many factors involved. i think there are also property rights that have been brought out very clearly by many speakers. you cannot pass legislation, i do not think, that would demand that properties only be rented -- you know, you could forbid them from renting to students or something along those lines. that could be a dangerous path to go down. there are a lot of things in here -- i also agree with what supervisor wiener says with the five-year lease. it makes total sense. the other thing is it does not make sense to put restrictions on student housing because most cubans by definition are probably low income. -- most students by definition are probably low income. it is kind of

let's look at one of the proposals regarding the vacant and underutilized housing. as written, the amendments could encourage owners to vacate buildings in the hopes of attracting educational institutions. this may increase vacancies. given the anticipated grants, owners may expect to recoup their losses from leaving an sro vacant. as for our underutilization, the proposal would define this as 20% or less occupy. this would be proven by an affidavit of the building's owner that the application. since the building's owner is testifying to the past occupancy, this would be difficult to confirm. if the proposal to move forward, perhaps the building owner should be required to register the building prior to application. the main intent of for proposal is to target a few sros in the tenderloin. there -- the recommended avenues and this report included providing funding assistance for the acquisition and rehab of buildings in disrepair, providing mills act tax relief to assist in maintenance and upkeep, allowing conversion, but requiring replacement a

these two spots are underutilized and together next to the cable line are perfect. we have no open space on nob hill to accept for one pathway on top of the hill. in all of the other neighborhoods that i go to, even golden gate park, they have these pocket parks and things of that sort. we did have one success on nob hill years ago. the cdc originated on nob hill. but it is not green. this is something that we really need. and i would like to make sure that if you are passing this, there will be the ability later to get rid of this construction that will be put on their if, in fact, someone might be lower pulp neighbors decides they might be interested in promoting open space as opposed to promoting bars. and if the city can find money to do this, as they once did for us up on top of nob hill. that is my chief concern for this location. president fong: any additional public comment? the public hearing portion is closed. commissioner miguel. commissioner miguel: move to approve. >> commissioners, there is a motion on the floor for approval commissioner antonini: aye.

it will be a much better land use with this underutilized site. please approve this project and deny the appeals. thank you very much. >> hello, supervisors. i am a condo owner in russian hill and an eight-year resident of sentences of. i am going to read a letter from the president of our russian hill neighbors association. "after extensive study and consideration, russian hill neighbors has concluded it will support the current design for the proposed project. the condition being that the height limit adjustment due to specific circumstances surrounding this particular site not be used as a precedent to justify other high limit increases along the northern waterfront. our support is based on the following -- the developer will reconnect the city to its waterfront, it will provide more open space to the more sensitive northern side of the development, and the cascading of the building provides a logical transition from the existing much taller buildings to the shorter buildings close to the embarcadero. we urge your approval of this project, whic

we were knocking hell hole in the wall of a shed that was underutilized.we are, most of the shed is gone. we are looking at the future racing village of the america's cup. we are so lucky to be here in san francisco. thank you for participating. [applause] i will continue telling you that i am so lucky, not just to be a mayor, but to be a resident of san francisco at this time the. to see the rebirth of our old port and to welcome in thousands of people. with your help and thanks to david chew and his leadership at the board level, and all of the different departments working with the event authority, with the organizing committee. thank you for your wonderful leadership here. charlotte, i like that title, "sir." the mayor is 1 thing, that is elevating it a bit. i would like to thank everyone because there are so many elements that were done to put this together. this is working with our local patrons, our commissioners on the port. all the different elements that have come together, they have such fantastic people to step up to get an agreement with the c

it is currently considered to be underutilized and is deserving of improvement.y emphasizes the naturalistic landscapes qualities at the same time encouraging increase visitor use of the western end of the park. locations include the proposed revisions would " improve the public recreation and increase visitor use. however, it would do so at some level of impact of the naturalistic landscapes qualities of the park. the department finds on balance the proposed renovation of the beach chalet soccer fields to be in conformity with the general plan. some of the highlights include, in addition to the ones i have already mentioned, that the evolving recreational needs of san franciscans require facilities to perform more efficiently than they currently do. we found that the 1000-plus acres of the naturalistic landscapes in golden gate park are not diminished by the proposed renovation. finally, that the large increase of the number of people using the facilities will result in a greater sense of safety amongst pedestrians moving through the western end of the park at n

going to the planning commission on thursday with some updates by supervisor kim regarding the underutilized vacant buildings, which will not affect test due to the fact that anything that requires a change and use or occupancy or the number of units will require a new certificate of occupancy. that does have some effect on their legislation. we have made it very clear that that will have an effect on their legislation. it will be a change of occupancy in our eyes and will require a new certificate. it will trigger the effects of the rent control board. they are looking into it to see if it is going to really affect -- they are looking at the larger buildings to convert them. but we have to cover the bases in every kind of occupancy. that is all the legislation that we have right now, except for the state bills. we will be working on -- working with the mayor's office. >> item 12c, update on permit tracking system. >> i was just looking at the additional penalties for foreclosed properties legislation indicating that it is going to come up before land use after may 3. has there been any move

>> underutilized? sounds like no demand. >> they didn't say that. >> underutilized manufacturing facilities. the inventory problem at the stores. they are not managing or no demand or both. >> by the way, they are cutting the cap spending. that was such a big number there coming forward with a while back. i think we have a situation here. the patents are about to expire and you have a lot of competition coming into the space or appearing to violate the patents and prices are expecting to come down and this is the quarter they came out with. as i pointed out, two months ago, the partner, the italian coffee company sold their stake in the company. corporate executives selling shares and lots of things that made people wonder what's going on. by the way, one thing you didn't see going into this quarter and the announcement was the bulls coming out saying they look good. that's what they had been doing in the prior quarters. >> thanks a lot and keep us posted on what happens on the conference call. herb di

it is reminding all of us what it is like to be underappreciated, underrepresented, and underutilized. it supports the village project and aspires to create a community kitchen to strengthen, solidify, and cement the commitment to everyone in district 5. it is one reason i stand before you again tonight. >> we will hear from john, jim, christine, and john, and chris. >> i m director of the steel which is a filipino arts organization. i am here to talk about district 6, and i am here on behalf of the filipino american forum on redistricting. i am passing out a map right now. is it possible to use the overhead? >> is possible. >> rate. -- great. the reason i'm here, i want to say on behalf of the filipino american community that we are very happy with all the hard work that you put into this. i am happy for you that it is almost over and you get to rest. there is one concern that we do have with the recent working draft. there is a proposal to actually make the border of district 6 right here along thirteenth, and as you concede that we have a very high concentration of filipino america

my neighborhood -- underutilized. do we get anybody there? not a one. we're still open for it. i'm really concerned about the dark skies. i come from a part of the country where other than africa the skies are the darkest there and this is just such an important issue. cities really have ordinances about keeping skies as dark as they can. why? well, next month we're going to have a lunar eclipse. how many people are going to be able to see that if we keep flooding our skies with this brightness? how many blocks are you going to be doing this to try to maybe see venus in the sky? i think this is a really critical issue. i don't think this process has been very well vetted. i don't think it's been thought through. i think we're trying to rush through something here. i think this is about money i don't think it's about kids. i don't think you should certify this and i don't think you sha prove the design. thank you. -- should approve the design. thank you. >> hi, my name is sue grissom and i'm 62 years old. i'm asking you to decide this issue on logic, not emotion and on science,

all of this is occurring on land that had been underutilized or was earning very little. no other federal program has this broad effect on america's biomass renewable energy industry. b-cap is a game changer but only if it's administered properly and funded consistently. while usda committed resources to fund our first year of a seven-year model, we had to adopt our model and the pace of implementation due to the drastic funding cuts of 2012. despite our significant successes, the absence of a clear direction in federal policy is forcing us to scale back in each of our project areas. we are in a situation where it is impossible to plan six months out, let alone the three to five years necessary to run a business. consistent funding is the story here. expanding our renewable energy industry cannot be done in a laboratory or in theory. farming is advanced by doing. you cannot ferret out all the complexities of such a unique crop and independently scale up 200,000 acres in four project areas after only one year of funding. a b-cap program funded one day and cut another will

adjacent neighborhoods also contain underutilized industrial space.ccordg to some experts, new enterprise will succeed only if it exploits fundamental geographic advantages. commerce in roxbury, for instance, should capitalize onlose physical connections to the ceral business district. here, proximity can partlly compensate for population with low worker skills. east's t hopeful that their proposal integrates the best economic, political d ban geography, the boston team meets one last time before submission. what we have been able tos to incorporate all of the important points that people ha made. narrator: they submit the proposal and begin the waiting game. six months later, the winners are noced, and boston receives a $47 million second prize. ( young men cheering ) narrator: though less than hoped for, the money will fund the highest priorities. six years later, woman:whoastnaator:lk! inouth federal grantsfoodis ol proceand low-interest loans to build on city land in the empowerment zone. a key incentive is a tax credit for each resident hired fro

based on a study last month, it appears this underutilization of federal lands may continue. the department of the interior through the bureau of land management just proposed sweeping regulations of hydraulic fracturing on federal and indian lands to duplicate state regulations and threaten the privacy relationship of state regulations. in proposing the rules they did not assert the federal government is in a better position to regulate tracking than the states and did not claim the states are not doing a good job. the president's bill asserts they're proposing regulation on the basis of public concern. ironically this public concern has been fostered by the epa. on an attack on the industry epa has lambasted producers for problems. later the epa has only whispered corrections when the assertion was invalid. this all happened with a stream of regulations with fracturing before the current study has been come pleaded md epa administrator jackson stated under oath there's not a single documented case for hydraulic fracturing has contaminated ground water. that has not stopped

for the following reason -- it would minimize obstructions on the sidewalk, and it would use an underutilized portion of the storefront. the project permit the continued operation of an established a locally-owned business. for these reasons, the staff recommends commission approved the conditional use authorization. i will be available for questions. >> project sponsor? >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> rim one of the owners of the cafe and i recall -- i am requesting this walk up window. -- i am not one of the owners of the cafe and i am requesting this walkup window. i am amazed to hear negative thoughts about polk street. i have been in the neighborhood since 1984 and i've only seen improvements more than non improvement. for example, at this location, there used to be a store that was open 24 hours and the police department was there almost every single night. since we took over, we cleaned it up and i'm not going to say we improved the whole intersection, but we did a lot better than the previous person. we have very decent fine dining place that is nicely appointed by a very decent

what we have seen is we do have some vacant or underutilized hotels that we have been told is a problem and it it would be better to convert them to student housing. we are just not there yet. if the sro housing gets can girded to student housing, it should never -- gets converted to student housing, it should never lose the rent control protection. we should never lose the rent- controlled that these building have. thank you very much. >> linda chapman. i beg you not to be confused by these issues. units are empty because property owners want them to be empty, very often. when i first became involved in this issue in the late 1970's, it was cccd that called me and i asked you to listen to them today. they called me because we were having a problem with apartments already on nob hill and it was pointed out that there were vast numbers are residential hotels on nob hill, which was true. so we protected them. to do what the kim amendment says, number one, incentivizes holding units off the market. we had a luxury area of nob hill on jones street and apartment buildings were kept off the m

stewards of these resources, and they are often underutilized resources, so how do we improve access to those? there is a lot to learn from this that could be applied to the public comments. >> thank you. let's open it up. do we have a microphone for people to come to? ok, we will just it old school. if you have a question, raise your hand, and speak loudly. concise questions will be greatly appreciated. >> [inaudible] >> did everyone here that? ok. >> something that is really amazing about the sharing economy is it is being pioneered in cities. cities exist because of sharing because it is more efficient and more productive to collaborate and share resources, and that is something we are seeing, that our biggest markets are big metropolitan cities, which is different when you look at the tourism industry throughout the world. i mean, of course, we will be in the beach towns, but, the real innovative factor here is it is happening in cities, and it is because the way we work and live is different. we are more transient, mobile, flexible. we do not stay in the same job for our entire

it caused the conversation, we are sitting on assets that are underutilized. how can we do that and ask the taxpayers to give the school district money? we have to think about everything we have and maximize everything we have while we try to deal with the gaps. it is just my way of saying, every mayor told me i had to go in and dig out cuts. i am just trying to put that same imagination and everyone that works around me. i invest in neighborhoods. that has been my mantra. as you know, from my past speeches, the hardest job in my life was dpw director, but it was the most gratifying because i got to know every neighborhood in the city. when you get to pick up trash, of a graffiti, you remember those walls and alleyways and the streets that the neighbors complained about. if you can figure out how to get it cleaned consistently, then you do not hear the same complaints. they will be on your back. this is what i love about the city. i also remember as dpw director, they had that watch column that put me in there every two weeks. i was famous. my e-mail, cell pho