to upzone very widely. there are 60,000 units in the city's development pipeline of which only 12,000 are under construction." and when we have the housing inventory report today, i h'd like to talk about that. can rich, the director of the city's of office and workforce development says expediting the construction of these already approved unit and also available space that doesn't require rezoning would be more efficient than a massive upzoning effort. he says, i quote "i'd rather focus on getting the parking lot on the west side which has a 40 foot height limit up to 40 feet built, rather than fight an extended battle of extending it to 60 feet." big tech is driving the job growth which is creating the inequality that we're seeing, and it also needs to be part of the solution. i also read today that it was in bloomberg, cities that have the most income inequality, san francisco was number two in the nation. and then, some cities that actually weren't even on the chart, like san jose and some others moved

the upzoning is a little complicated, so we'd like some help in understanding what the language is to make sure we understand that that's what's going on, but i believe it is. and also, also to thank you, the commission for having the hearing -- the joint hearing last week. as was already mentioned, it was extremely educational and appreciated. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. >> hello, commissioners. i just wanted to speak real quickly about the conditional use authorization for 214 states. this was on your calendar on the march 12th, and at that time, we had lots of people from the community and from our side ready to testify. if you'll recall, the project sponsors asked for a continuation because of the b.i.c. joint hearing, and you'll remember it was continued to may 3rd. so the -- the joint meeting could occur. unfortunately, after the continuation part closed, we realized from our end, nobody could really show up on may 3rd. so we came up at the public comment such as now and let you guys know that, and you mentioned to work with staff to make a change. so now that the

i don't think anyone has done more upzoning than i have. i have said that i built more affordable middle income housing and i've only done that with up-zoning and density. that is how you build. this one size fits all bill, is just a bill that enriches the pockets of landowners and developers here in san francisco. but i just want to say the other issue with this bill is with supervisor ronen has pointed out. it will disincentivize public transit investment in counties and cities that have refused to build already. it won't up-zone contra costa, we as a region need to build more housing. and we can't expect that san francisco, san diego, who are frankly doing their part, are going to be able to build the state of california out of their housing crisis. but i think that it behooves us not to just talk about what we don't want, but what we want to see instead. first i mention, i serve on the metropolitan transportation commission and we've been trying to link grants to the production of housing. the state could do this as well. if they want t