at the moment, there are eight hotel projects lined up to take advantage of the soma upzoning, but not one of them has signed on to commitments ensuring that workers will have a right to organize, that these jobs will be good ones. it's being sold as a boon for jobs in san francisco. we're not short of jobs here. we're short living wage jobs that support working people. it's important that planning get right the mix of uses in central soma. unless hotel developers change course about the jobs proposing, we think it would be a mistake to loosen the tourist restrictions on tourist hotels. >> thank you, mario. next speaker. >> hi, supervisors, jane wile, again. i live in central soma. to reiterate a couple of key points. the central soma plan has three strategies accommodate growth, provide public benefits and respect and enhance the neighborhood character. "given the desirability of land, there is demand of building heights only seen in downtown, which come with benefits, but at the expense of what makes the neighborhood great. its character. central soma should not be like downtown. go

my concern is that when you upzone stuff like that, it's going to feel more speculation and add to more displacement. there are hundreds of seniors that live on this corridor, and you know, i'm really concerned that the issues of displacement should be first. we've lost way too many people to put that to the side. i think that has to be front and center as you, a commission, and you know responsible for the planning of this city. i think we've lost way too many people, and i really think that the whole -- this whole conversation needs to shift and -- and end right there. how do we keep the people in their homes that are struggling, and how do we not cause gentrification or miss placement in our neighborhoods? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. good afternoon, everyone. my name is sai. i'm a member of the working group, but i'm also the coordinator of communities united for health and justice, cuhj, which is an alliance that's based in the excelsior, and we are five organizations. not going to name all of them, but i'm going to name filipino neighborho

it upzones every parcel to have no density even in rh 1, r h2 and 3 zones. doesn't have parking minimums and there are other things that go along with the sba 27. i would like to understand what the impact would be here in san francisco. the reason is, i think an informed public needs to understand exactly what this is. there is a lot of words being used but people aren't internalizing what is going to happen and i really want people to understand it. maybe staff could do a quick memo on what it does and doesn't do and what it covers, that would be great, thank you. >> secretary: commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: we approved meeting minutes of december 21st where commissioner johnson resigned, and since that time, we are understanding there are reasons she needs to be here, but i think the public is asking -- i don't have an answer -- i asked the commission secretary and perhaps there could be clarification of what is going on so that we know ourselves of what to expect. >> indeed, we can formulate something. >> commissioner moore: thank you. >> but

i'm not suggesting that we upzone this block or this neighborhood to 50, 80 or 100 feet, but we have to hold them accountable to the existing height. >> thank you for your testimony. seeing no other speakers in opposition to appeal, we'll go to a not to exceed 5-minute reboutte albie -- rebuttal by appellant or appellant representative. the floor is yours, not to exceed 5 minutes. >> it's not the 3-story, it's the part and parcel. we're not asking for density reduction. just a bedroom. a 3-bedroom unit is not unreasonable. shadow studies were generated that showed impact. where increased shadow impact is minimal. if we can get the overhead back on, please. not the computer, the overhead. 40 feet is permitted, but that doesn't mean it should be granted. the pattern of transition from 4 to 3 to 2 is clear. this is not about what zoning we live in. we're at an edge and we need to be cognizant of that. the photos they showed are from the next block over and are cropped in an advantagous matter. the mitigations imposed were not a gift. they were recognitions that the design has oversights

whether upzoning is required, fun so far. in one case, you eliminated all projects permitting expansion of the building size. in some cases, up to four times larger. so let me just go through quickly some examples just to bring home these points. this is a picture of 24 to 26 ward street in corunna heights. it was suspended for 17 months. for working without a permit. unpermitted razing and to create new living space. no hearing was held. no corunna heights member [inaudible], no neighborhood opposition. no change in unit count. it went from three units to a single family. what was created was a large single family unit above 3500 square feet and small in-law of 900 square feet. originally there were three units presented and a two-bedroom renting for $1200. and it was eventually eliminated. quickly going through, this is 412 lombard street. if it was suspended for six months with no hearing required and no change in unit count and expanded the building from 900 to 4100 square feet. the interesting part is after the building