united parcel service, they could. now even the post office does it sometimes. but the private sector does everything better. i'll give you a thousand dollars. you can name one thing that government does more efficiently. we need government to do some things i'm talking more efficient. there is nothing. but even though the private sector is more efficient but bureaucrats wanted their tentacles on everything. we are imprinted to believe that the specialists in washington know better. they are from the government. they are here to help. and they are so smart, but thing about what government did when they decided they should build cars. >> this is what you get. the trevant. pride of the eastern bloc. it was a terrible car. it was hard to drive. makes huge pollution. but planners said it was great. >> once the berlin went down and they had private competition, it disappeared. people preferred toyotas an fords. however, -- >> when government runs things this is what you get. >> so we often get from government, lousy products and services that cost a lot. we need some

however, if this is a city-owned parcel, could you have conditions of sale on having inclusionary units within the development? >> i can answer that question. yes. you could do that. commissioner sugaya: given that answer, does the mayor's office have any comment at this point? i do not think we can condition that, obviously. >> the purchase and sale agreements is a voluntary agreement with team -- two parties. it is a negotiation. commissioner sugaya: i understand, thank you. i do not want to put you on the spot. but maybe there could be some further discussion. i do not know if the commission wants to encourage anything like that, but it is just an observation. this is a little different situation where developers come to us with a property that has been privately transacted. they can choose one of the three. it seems to me if the city is selling the parcel and it is a -- it is in the public interest to do so, you have strong support from the neighborhood organizations. it seems to me that we would want to encourage some kind of discussions to take place. commissioner moore: i would l

that means on private parcels were there is new housing developed, we have to require that the units be built on site. theoretically, they can be built of sight, but the reality is there are no feasible parcels him the redevelopment area to build offsites affordable housing, hence the requirement that was adopted a number of years ago into the planning code to require the buildings in the redevelopment area have to build affordable units on site. however, there will be a number of buildings outside the redevelopment area that will have the same options available today. there are issues that come up with building a new market rate buildings, particularly towers with issues regarding whether the inclusion very rules allow increases to homeowner association fees to be included with the calculations for what is considered affordable. those are issues that are serious and will continue to be looked at. the successor to the redevelopment agency has assured us that the new units on publicly-owned properties, of which there will be many, that increases will be included as the requirements of

parcels a and c. one of the most difficult things to find in san francisco is affordable large units. i think we are inclined, at this point, to family rental, but we've all reach out to stakeholders prior to making that decision. that would be 100% affordable. using low-income tax credits and tax exempt bonds and financing from the mayor's office. we will retain the land as affordable housing. commissioner borden: o is immediately adjacent. it is as close as you can get to having on-site affordable. i love the art exhibit that you walk by when you go back -- when you go by that building. it makes me more comfortable with the options that we have. if you can find a way to do on- site affordability, i guess it is hard to make a decision relating to the housing trust fund. i think that is an interesting thought process. i would love to have the commissioners think about if we would want to have any language around that. it is an interesting approach and idea. it is something we should think about more in the long term. commissioner wu: i have a question for the project sponsor. isn't th

parcel c, request for a conditional use authorization. >> good morning, members of the commission. in with planning staff. -- i am was planning staff. this is to approve a planning unit for property bounded on octavia boulevard and oak/laguna. it is currently part of the surface parking lot. the project would remove the surface parking lot, regrade the site, and create a new mixed- use dwelling space with retail use and parking spaces. of the project would consist of a single structure, -- while the project would consist of a single structure, the building would be articulated -- if i could just have a moment please? president fong: we will take a five-minute break here. thank you.

parcel. this is the same table for existing residential. now we have 1000 properties and something like 44,000 residential units. it is interesting to see the distribution of these zones. obviously, a lot of them by end zone four. distribution is about 1000 properties, 44,000 units, about $22 billion of existing value. premium potential is about $835 million. new development. clearly, all the new development associated, about 7.8 million square feet of commercial space and 2900 market units. in the value added is something like $7 billion, using a little bit higher assumptions for some of the values. effectively, the premium is about $584 million for these new properties. this shows the total commercial property value across all the different zones. zone two is interesting. obviously, it is a tight area, 81 quarter mile radius, but it is the key home to some of the best densities. especially on the commercial side. especially with a high rise buildings that will drive a significant premium. residential, zone two, the peak of the value, a combination of high density and strong premium, because it is very walkable

parcel c, request for a conditional use authorization. >> good morning, members of the commission. in with planning staff. -- i am was planning staff. this is to approve a planning unit for property bounded on octavia boulevard and oak/laguna. it is currently part of the surface parking lot. the project would remove the surface parking lot, regrade the site, and create a new mixed- use dwelling space with retail use and parking spaces. of the project would consist of a single structure, -- while the project would consist of a single structure, the building would be articulated -- if i could just have a moment please? president fong: we will take a five-minute break here. thank welcome everyone back to the planning commission meeting for june 28, 2012. i would like to remind everyone to turn off their mobile devices, and to state your name when speaking to the commissioners. .045. >> i am here to fill in for kevin guy. i am not sure if he started his presentation. the conditional use authorization -- on a greater than 10,000 square foot lot, for one dwelling unit in the rto district and a planned unit development, on hickory street. this project is occupied by hayes v

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construction of the golf course but if the tribe does not acquire and use the parcels, they will be of no use to the tribe or to the united states. finally, it has been the practice of the committee during the last several congresses this bill includes language that prohibits any gaming on the two parcels to be taken into trust and the tribe has no objection to this language, so with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. speaker. let me thank the chairman for moving the legislation forward. very appreciative. h.r. 4222 is an important piece of legislation that will enable the pascua yaqui tribe of my district in arizona to consolidate its lands holdings and remove two isolated, undeveloped parcels of land from the bureau of land management responsibility. the two 10-acre parcels are islands of trap federal land surrounded by pascua yaqui on all sides. the tribe is developing a golf course in this area and conveying these two parcels to the tribe will make managing the land easier for the tribe and for the federal gov

united states is actually talking about the jobs act. because in fact he sent it to congress, and in fact they have done absolutely nothing on it. they passed parcels of it, parcels. and guess what, unemployment went up. so i would suggest to you the people in the building behind me -- oh, wait, they're not there -- they should probably come back and do something. that might be helpful to the american people. >> karen, your political or n non-political statements, and may i say that today you look sensational in your library. you and susan together, this looks like a spring festival out here. >> that's what i was going to say. you guys didn't get the memo, but susan and i did. >> we should put the two of you up for the rest of the tv show and talk, and it would be the most watched tv show in america this afternoon. anyway, what's going on with the president, karen? >> i agree, everything is going to be perceived as political. but the president's timing at the very beginning of this speech kind of coming in at this hour, which is something we know that does affect these students, is that their rates are about to go up on their student loans. earlier