2026-10-05 - Land Use and Transportation Committee

AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 5TH 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. >>

I AM SUPERVISOR MARIN I'M ELK OUR CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY THE COMMITTEE CLERK TODAY IS JOHN CARROLL AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO

ACKNOWLEDGE JEANETTE AND GOLIATH AT T V FOR STOPPING US DURING THIS MEETING. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU'VE SILENCED YOUR CELL

PHONE AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES YOU'VE BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY. IF YOU HAVE NEW DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY OF TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY TO

ME. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS ROOM.

ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS FIRST YOU MAY SEND YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS G O H AND PERIOD S.R.O. L L C F G OVERALL

OR G OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR US POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL. THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS IN ROOM 244 AND OUR ADDRESS CITY HALL IS ONE DR. CARLTON B GOOD PLACE SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA 94102 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING I'LL AFFORD YOUR COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE

COMMENTING ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF OCTOBER 20TH 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLERK. PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR LANDMARK NUMBER 307 THE TURK AND TAYLOR STREETS INTERSECTION TOGETHER WITH DEFINED PORTIONS OF ONE ON ONE TAYLOR STREET

KNOWN AS THE SITE OF COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT UNDER ARTICLE TEN OF THE PLANNING CODE TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BUILDING AT 1011 21 TAYLOR STREET AND TO EXPAND THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE AFFIRMING THE

PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S SECRET DETERMINATION AND MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AS APPROPRIATE. THIS ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT AND IT MAY BE SENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS ON THEIR AGENDA. OCTOBER 6TH, 2026 THANK YOU MR. CLERK. >> WE ARE NOW JOINED BY DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD. >> THE SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM SUPERVISOR REMOVED THE FIRST THANK YOU

CHAIRMAN. I'LL GO BY NOW I IMAGINE ALL OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT THE LOCATION OF JEAN COMPTON'S CAFETERIA AT THE CORNER OF TURK AND TAYLOR WAS A SIGNIFICANT

THIRD SPACE FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE 1960S. >> AT THE TIME CROSS-DRESSING WAS ILLEGAL AND TRANS WOMEN IN PARTICULAR WERE TARGETED BY STAFF AT THE CAFETERIA AND THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT. THESE TENSIONS CAME TO A HEAD ONE NIGHT IN AUGUST 1966 WHEN AFTER A POLICE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO ARREST A TRANS WOMAN SHE FOUGHT BACK GALVANIZING THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND THEIR ALLIES

AGAINST THE POLICE. >> THE VIOLENT CLASH IS RECOGNIZED AS THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSGENDER ACTIVISM MOVEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND A PRECEDENT THE STONEWALL RIOT THREE YEARS LATER IN NEW YORK CITY. >>

IT'S BECOME INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL SYMBOL FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS CENTRAL TO THE CREATION OF THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT AND AS THE SETTING OF A PLAY IN 2022 THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND

THIS BOARD APPROVED A LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE SITE OF THE RIOT BUT LIMITED IT TO JUST THE FACADE AND THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND NOT THE WHOLE BUILDING ITSELF. >> IT WAS A STEP IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT UNDERSOLD THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WHOLE BUILDING. >> THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER FOR HISTORIC PLACES ON THE UPPER FLOORS AND INTERIOR

SPACES ALSO CARRIES SIGNIFICANCE TO THE HISTORY OF THE TRANS RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND TRANS LIFE IN MID-CENTURY SAN FRANCISCO ADVOCATES LED BY COMPTON COMPTON'S X COALITION CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR MORE

RECOGNITION. >> THEY WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE BUILDING BECOME A LANDMARK INSIDE AND OUT AND INITIATED THE APPLICATION FOR THE LANDMARK MODIFICATION. >> THE URGENCY OF THIS LANDMARKING IS DRIVEN IN PART

BY THE BUILDING'S CURRENT USE THE BUILDING THAT HOLDS THE COMPTON SITE 111 TAYLOR IS OWNED BY GEO GROUP. >> THEY ARE A NOTORIOUS ICE CONTRACTOR WHO RUNS PRIVATE DETENTION FACILITIES ACROSS THE

COUNTRY. >> THE FACILITY AT 111 TAYLOR IS A HALFWAY HOUSE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL CONTRACTS WHERE FORMER INMATES GO TO BEGIN THEIR REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY. THE OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY, HOWEVER

MUST BE RECOGNIZED HAS BEEN HEAVILY CRITICIZED BY CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE HOLD A HEARING INTO THE DEATH OF MELVIN BULLEN IN THE GEO GROUP CUSTODY LAST YEAR AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM FAMILY

MEMBERS OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR SAFETY AT THIS SITE I WOULD NOTE THE GEO GROUP DOES NOT OPPOSE THE LANDMARKING OF THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WHICH IS THE SCOPE

OF THE ITEM BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. >> HOWEVER GEO GROUP HAS REFUSED ENTRY INTO THE FACILITY TO ADVOCATES AND TO THE CITY EVEN AFTER A REQUEST FROM OUR OFFICE WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OR

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF HOW WELL THE INTERIOR IS PRESERVED. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE INTERIOR SPACES BE INCLUDED AS CHARACTER DEFINING

FEATURES OF THE LANDMARK. >> MY OFFICE AND I HAVE RETIRED THIS WOOD STAFF TO PURSUE EVERY AVENUE POSSIBLE PRESERVING THE CAFETERIA SPACE AND THE OTHER SPACES THAT NOT ONLY DEFINE THIS MOMENT IN TRANS

HISTORY BUT AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL SPACE UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF TRANS SAN FRANCISCO DESPITE THE IN-DEPTH ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FROM THE COMPTON SEX COALITION WHICH WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE, IT'S OUR

UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE THE LEGAL APPROVAL TO INTRODUCE AMENDMENTS THAT MEET THE NECESSARY STANDARDS FOR PROTECTING THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. >> I WANT TO NOTE THAT I SINCERELY HOPE

THIS IS NOT THE END OF THAT STORY AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TIME THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION WHOSE SCOPE IS BEFITTING THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SITE. BUT AT THIS

POINT THE BEST NEXT STEP FOR THE COMMUNITY IS TO MOVE FORWARD. WE FEEL WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE WHOLE BUILDING EXTERIOR WE WANT TO MAKE SOME MOTIONS TODAY THAT ALLOW US FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO

CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE. SO TODAY I ASKED THE COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE MAKE A MINOR CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO THE FILE THEN DUPLICATE THIS FILE, SEND THE ORIGINAL AMENDED FILE OUT

AS A COMMITTEE REPORT WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN AMEND THE DUPLICATED FILE TO ADD OUR INTENTION TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK. ONCE ADVOCATES ARE ABLE TO ESTABLISH SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF THE

CURRENT STATE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING TO THE FINDINGS SPECIFICALLY THE AMENDMENT AMENDED CLERICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MAIN FILE ARE ON PAGE FOUR LINE TEN CHANGES THE SIX TO AN EIGHT TO CORRECT

THE ORIGINAL ORDINAL NUMBER AND THEN PAGE EIGHT LINE SIX REMOVING 12 A.M. TO REFLECT CITY ATTORNEY'S DRAFTING PROTOCOLS AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE DUPLICATED FILE IS ADDING A NINTH FINDING CLAUSE

STARTING ON PAGE FOUR LINE 15 THAT READS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY URGES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER THE SCOPE OF THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION IF NEW

EVIDENCE OF ADDITIONAL CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES BECOMES AVAILABLE. I WANT TO THANK CHANDRA LABORDE CASEY RIOS, ASH CABAL DUFFY AND MYRA AND THE REST OF THE COMPTON SEX COALITION AS WELL AS THE

TRANSGENDER DISTRICT FOR THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY FOR PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK PETER A MILLION EACH AND BRAD RUSTY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PILAR LAVALLE

AND RICH SEAGRAVE FROM THE PLANNING PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTING ON THIS ITEM THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND ANSWERING OUR COUNTLESS QUESTIONS AND HOW WE CAN PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON LANDMARK

DESIGNATION WHEN I ALSO THANK SUPERVISORS CHEN MANDOLIN AND DORSEY FOR THEIR CO-SPONSORSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION. AND I'LL NEXT FIRST TURN IT OVER TO PAULA LAVALLE FROM PLANNING TO GO

OVER THEIR PROCESS AND THEN TO CHANDRA LABORDE FROM THE CONTENT SEX COALITION FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION HOLLAND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD AND SUPERVISOR CHEN. >> THANK YOU CHAIR MARGOT I REALLY JUST WANT TO

SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR ADVANCING THIS LEGISLATION FOR THE BUILDING AT 101 TAYLOR STREET AND THE ADJACENT INTERACT INTERSECTIONS ARE RICH WITH HISTORY THAT SAN FRANCISCO CAN BE VERY

PROUD OF. >> THIS BUILDING IS WHERE TRANSGENDER WOMAN DRAG QUEENS STREET YOUTH AND THEIR ALLIES IN THE TENDERLOIN BRAVELY STOOD UP TO DENNIS PAULA SEE HER POLICE HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION RIGHT

THAT INTERSECTION THEIR COURAGE GOING INTO AN UPRISING THAT BECAME ONE OF THE EARLIEST COLLECTIVE ACTS OF RESISTANCE BY GENDER MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. I'M VERY THRILLED TO SEE THIS

LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND THE ADDITION OF THE ONE ON ONE TAYLOR STREET BUILDINGS AND THIS LEGISLATION WILL HELP TO SAFEGUARD SAN FRANCISCO'S VIBRANT AND DIVERSE CULTURAL LEGACY AND TO TENDERIZE A VITAL

ROLE IN THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR DIGNITY, GENDER EXPRESSION AND EQUITY. AND I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN WELCOME MISS LOW ALLEY THANK YOU SUPERVISORS PILAR LAVALLE PLANNING

STAFF AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES AS YOU'VE HEARD THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AMENDMENT OF EXISTING LANDMARK NUMBER 3O7 WHICH IS THE SITE OF THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT LANDMARK NUMBER 3O7 WHICH

INCLUDED THE SMALL PORTION OF THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AT 101 TO 121 TAYLOR STREET AS WELL AS THE SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN THAT IMMEDIATE VICINITY AS SHOWN ON THIS

MAP HERE AND THE SLIDE WAS DESIGNATED IN LATE 2020 TO AFTER BEING INITIATED BY THE BOARD AND RECOMMENDED FOR UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. AS YOU'VE

HEARD, THE SITE IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE FIRST LARGE SCALE COLLECTIVE DIRECT ACTION ON THE PART OF PEOPLE MARGINALIZED BY SEXUALITY AND GENDER THAT RESULTED IN LASTING INSTITUTIONAL

CHANGE OR STARTED THAT PROCESS ANYWAY. IN DECEMBER 2025 COMPTON'S X COALITION SUBMITTED A LANDMARK DESIGNATION APPLICATION TO AMEND LANDMARK NUMBER 3O7. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD WOULD AMEND THE

LANDMARK BOUNDARY TO ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE PARCEL AT 101 TO 121 TAYLOR STREET INCLUDING THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND THE ENTIRE FOUR STORIES OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF

WAY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ON TURK AND TAYLOR STREETS ON JANUARY 20TH FIRST, 2026 AT A PUBLIC HEARING, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HEARD APPROXIMATELY 20 COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING THIS

LANDMARK DESIGNATION INCLUDING FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRANSGENDER CULTURAL DISTRICT AND THE OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES, THE TRANSGENDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. >> AT THIS HEARING THE

COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 1529 TO INITIATE AMENDMENT OF LANDMARK NUMBER 3 OR 7 TO SPECIFICALLY EXPAND THE LANDMARK BOUNDARIES AND EXTEND THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE AND BETTER ALIGN LOCAL

DESIGNATION WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TODAY ON APRIL 1ST, 2026 AT A PUBLIC HEARING THE COMMISSION THEN HEARD 16 COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING THIS LANDMARK

DESIGNATION WITH MANY OF THESE COMMENTS ALSO SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTING INCLUDING INTERIOR FEATURES OF THE DESIGNATION IN THE DESIGNATION SORRY AT THIS HEARING THE COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER

1551 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AMENDING LANDMARK NUMBER 307 TO INCREASE THE BOUNDARIES, EXTEND THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE AND EXPAND THE HISTORIC CONTEXT THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE HISTORIC CONTEXT OF

THE RIOT IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION WHILE THERE WAS BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE OVERALL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUILDING, THE HPC TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PORTION INCLUDED ONLY EXTERIOR FEATURES IN THEIR DRAFT

ORDINANCE NOTING THAT INCLUSION OF INTERIOR SPACES AND FEATURES COULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A FUTURE DESIGNATION AND AMENDMENT BUT THAT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF CURRENT INTEGRITY AND

CONDITION. >> THE APPLICANT COMPTON'S X COALITION WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THAT OF THE COMMISSION'S EXCLUSION OF THE BUILDING INTERIOR AT THAT TIME PLANNING HAS TRANSMITTED THE PRESERVATION COMMISSION'S

RECOMMENDATION RESOLUTION AND DRAFT ORDINANCE WHICH ARE NOW BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MS. LAVALLEY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON

THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I'M ON MY COLLEAGUES. LET'S GO ON TO CHANDRA LA BORDEN. WELCOME. OKAY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS SANDRA LABORDE. I AM AN ARCHITECT AND HAVE A

PH.D. IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY THEORY AND SOCIETY FROM UC BERKELEY AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COMPTON SIX COALITION. >> I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU AND ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD AND STAFF FOR

INTRODUCING THIS LANDMARK AND FOR BEING HERE IN SUPPORT TODAY THE COALITION STARTED WORKING ON THIS COMMUNITY INITIATED LANDMARK LAST NOVEMBER WITH THE GOAL OF PROTECTING THE ENTIRE BUILDING

ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HISTORY. >> ORIGINALLY AS GLORIA EXPLAINED, ONLY THE INTERSECTION WAS LANDMARK SO WE REQUESTED FOR THE EXPANSION TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BUILDING AS A BROADER AND A BROADER PERIOD

OF SIGNIFICANCE. >> SO WE PRESENTED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CAFETERIA NOT ONLY DURING THE RAID BUT THE YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENT AS A SPACE OF IMPORTANT AND TRANSIENT SOCIALITY IN THE TENDERLOIN

WE ALSO PRESENTED HISTORICAL RESEARCH EXPLAINING HOW THE HIGHLAND HOTEL WAS A QUEENS HOTEL WHERE TRANS WOMEN OTHERWISE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY COULD RESIDE. AND WE ALSO SHOWED

IMAGES OF THE 1973 PROTESTS AGAINST THE EVICTION OF 33 QUEENS ORGANIZED IN PART BY REVEREND BROCHURES WHO WAS ALSO THE FIRST PERSON TO WRITE ABOUT THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT AND HE APPEARS IN THE

PICTURES DURING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HEARINGS IN JANUARY GEO GROUP, THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE LARGEST PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATION IN THE COUNTRY AND MAJOR

CONTRACTOR WITH ICE OPERATING THEIR DETENTION CENTERS HAD THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL SUBMIT A LETTER REQUESTING THE EXCLUSION OF THE INTERIOR FEATURES FROM THE DESIGNATION. >> SO AFTER THAT THE INTERIOR

FEATURES WERE LEFT OUT OF THE DESIGNATION ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY COULD NOT BE VERIFIED BECAUSE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING WAS UNAVAILABLE DURING THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T REQUEST A

SITE VISIT. >> THE COALITION THEN PRESENTED AN EVIDENCE REPORT WHERE WE GATHERED ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BUILDING PERMITS SHOWING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THIS

SPACE OTHER THAN THE ADDITION OF NON LOAD BEARING WALLS ON THE GROUND FLOOR THAT CAN BE REMOVED. >> WE ALSO PRESENTED IMAGES OF THE FACILITIES INTERIOR FROM A DOCUMENTARY FILMED IN 2020 DURING THE

COVID OUTBREAK THAT EXPLAINS HOW PEOPLE WILL MISTREATED DURING THAT TIME WHERE WE CAN ALSO SEE HOW THE SRO LAYOUT STAIRS AND CIRCULATION HALLWAYS ARE SEEN MODIFIED AND ALSO AS SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD

EXPLAINED THE FIVE ARE REQUESTED A SITE VISIT FROM GEO GROUP AND THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS. >> WE THEN SUBMITTED A SKETCH COMPARING THE 1951 ORIGINAL COMPTON'S PLAN LAYOUT TO THE CURRENT GEO FACILITY'S

FLOOR PLAN BASED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PROPERTY PLANS AND THESE PLANS ALIGNED WITH THE 1968 SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAP. BUT ALL THIS EVIDENCE HAS NOT BEEN

CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN AND PRESERVATIONIST SHANE WATSON SUBMITTED A LETTER EXPLAINING THE ARGUMENTS SHE COAUTHORED IN THE CITYWIDE HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT FOR LGBTQ HISTORY

IN SAN FRANCISCO IN WHICH SHE EXPLAINS THAT COMPTON'S IS NOT SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERION C SO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BUT UNDER CRITERION FOR EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED HISTORY THE REPEATED FOCUS ON TANGIBLE

ARCHITECTURAL FABRIC FAILS TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SPACES VOLUMES, CIRCULATION PATTERNS AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS STILL CONVEY THE EVENTS AND COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION THAT GIVE

THIS PROPERTY ITS SOCIALLY HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE . >> THIS DISTINCTION IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR TRANS AND HIS HISTORIC SITE THE CITY ADOPTED THE CONTEXT IT MEANT AND IT RECOGNIZES THAT MANY LGBTQ

SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES HAVE UNDERGONE SUBSTANTIAL PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS. >> THESE HISTORIES WERE OFTEN MADE IN SPACES THAT AND TRANS COMMUNITIES DID NOT OWN OR CONTROL AND WHOSE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

WENT ON RECOGNIZED FOR DECADES. SO AS A RESULT, MANY OF THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN ALTERED OR ERASED BEFORE THEIR HISTORIES WERE EVER FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED. >> THE INTERIOR OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

TRANSGENDER SITE OF RESISTANCE IS BEING UNPROTECTED BECAUSE OF A PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATIONS OWN INTERESTS. THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE DISTURBING THE SAME KINDS OF CARCERAL POWER THAT HISTORICALLY ABUSED

TRANS LIVED IN THE TENDERLOIN ARE STILL SHAPING WHAT CAN BE MATERIALLY PRESERVED AT THE SITE AT A TIME WHERE TRANS PEOPLE ARE BEING POLITICALLY TARGETED. THE CITY SHOULD NOT ALLOW A PRIVATE PRISON

CORPORATION TO DETERMINE THE BOUNDARIES OF TRANSGENDER HISTORIC PRESERVATION WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL ONLY ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE DESTROYING THIS SPACE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I DON'T SEE

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AT MR. CLERK. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SOME ADA ACCOMMODATIONS FOR COMMENTS SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO TO THOSE FIRST. >> THANK YOU

MADAM CHAIR. LADIES AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOT HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE THERE ARE TWO CALLERS WAITING TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF WE COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE FIRST OF

THOSE THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE. IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR YOUR TIME TO SPEAK YOU CAN LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WALL AND AFTER WE'VE HEARD FROM THE

TELEPHONIC COMMENTERS WE'LL HAVE THOSE COMMENTERS FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE . HELLO COMMISSIONERS COMMITTEE MEMBERS THIS IS DOLPHIN MYRA BRODIE WITH COMPTON'S SEX COALITION. I AM CALLING TO

ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECOMMEND THIS THIS AFFILIATION TO LANDMARK THE EXTERIOR AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF ONE TWO 1 TO 121 TAYLOR STREET. NOT ONLY WAS THIS BUILDING THE SITE OF THE 1966 COMPTON'S

CAFETERIA RIOT FOR WHICH WE RECENTLY COMMEMORATED THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY AND THAT RESISTANCE CONTINUES TODAY IN THE FACE OF ONGOING POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT ALSO THE CAFETERIA SERVED

AS A VITAL PLACE FOR TRANS AND GATHERING AND SURVIVAL BEFORE THE RIOT SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD POINTS OUT THE HIGHLANDS HOTEL ABOVE IT WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AT THIS TIME THE INTERIOR

OF THE BUILDING IS NOT ON THE TABLE FOR LANDMARKING JUST YET DUE TO LEGAL ISSUES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE RESOLVED IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL NOT RELENT UNTIL UNTIL THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS PROPERLY

LANDMARKED BUT THIS IS A GOOD START. LGBTQ SITES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT FOR THEIR SOCIAL HISTORY SINCE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ARE OFTEN NOT CONSERVED AS CHANDRA POINTS OUT AND THE CULTURAL

SIGNIFICANCE IS UP TO HONOR, PROTECT AND UPLIFT TRANS RIGHTS AT THIS BUILDING IS IS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE TRAVEL TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OF THE CITY

BEING A BEACON FOR TRANS RIGHTS AND TRANS JUSTICE THE THREATS OR OR RISKS IF THE SITE ISN'T PROTECTED ARE THE PERMANENT LOSS OF A LEGACY TO SPEAKERS TIME HAS CONCLUDED. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR

COMMENTS. LET'S HAVE THE NEXT TELEPHONIC COMMENTER. >> >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS CASEY RIOS AS VERY A LONG TIME WORKER ENVIRONMENTAL WORKER IN THE TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW THIS BUILDING VERY

WELL SOME 20 PLUS YEARS OF WORKING AROUND IT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERLINE MISS BRODY'S STATEMENT THAT THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL SITE. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ASSERT THAT THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL SITE OF

CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE STOOD UP TO POLICE VIOLENCE STOOD UP FOR EACH OTHER AND OVER TIME NOT JUST ON ONE DAY BUT OVER MANY YEARS

ASSERTED AND AFFIRMED COMMUNITY WHEN IT WAS NOT ONLY DIFFICULT BUT LIFE THREATENING TO DO SO. WE NEED TO AS A COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AFFIRM THIS MOVEMENT OF STANDING UP FOR EACH OTHER AND TAKE TO

HEART THE PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY THAT PRESERVING THIS SITE OFFERS OUR CITY BECAUSE WE CAN OFFER OURSELVES AS A BEACON TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. SO AS YOU CAN SEE I SUPPORT THIS EXPANSION OF THE

LANDMARK PRESERVATION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU TO BOTH OPERATIONS AND ITS STAFF FOR SETTING UP THE ADA ACCOMMODATIONS. WE CAN NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM FOLKS HERE IN

THE ROOM. PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN. HELLO MY NAME IS AT COBOL. I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS. I'M BUTCH TRANS ARAB AND I'VE WORKED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TURK AND TAYLOR STREETS FOR OVER FIVE

YEARS. >> I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR LANDMARK EXPANSION FOR THE SITE OF COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT TO EXPRESS THE NEED TO LANDMARK THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WHILE ALSO EXPRESSING THE NEED TO

EVENTUALLY LANDMARK THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. >> I CAME TO KNOW COMPTON'S CAFETERIA EARLY ON IN MY MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND HAVE STUDIED IT AND SPOKEN ABOUT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. >> THE STORY

OF THE RIOT ON THAT FATEFUL AUGUST NIGHT INSPIRES ME DAILY TO TAKE ACTION IN MY COMMUNITY AND TO DEMAND A JUST AND SAFE WORLD. >> THE TRANS COMMUNITY OF THE TENDERLOIN IN 1960 SIX WHICH INCLUDED THE

UNHOUSED SEX WORKERS, HOMOSEXUALS AND ALL PEOPLES CRIMINALIZED BY THE STATE CAME TOGETHER ON THIS NIGHT BECAUSE THIS WAS THEIR HOME. THERE WAS NO PLAN, NO SIGNED CONTRACT, JUST AN UNDERSTANDING THAT

ALL THEY HAD WAS EACH OTHER AND THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD PROTECT ONE ANOTHER. THIS UNDERSTANDING CAME FROM THE FACT THAT COMPTON'S WAS OPEN LATE AND THE HIGHLAND HOTEL WAS SITUATED ABOVE

IT. IT WAS A SOCIAL SPACE, A COMMUNAL LIVING ROOM, A POLITICAL BREEDING GROUND, A LANDING SPOT TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT YOU HAD NOT BEEN KILLED AND THEY HAD SURVIVED ANOTHER DAY. THE PRIDE I FEEL

WALKING BY THE BUILDING LOOKING AT EXTERIOR AND REMEMBERING ITS REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY ONE THAT MARKS THE VERY SPIRIT OF SAN FRANCISCO IS OVERSHADOWED BY THE HAUNTING PRESENCE OF GEO GROUP. I AM

DISGUSTED AND HORRIFIED THAT THEY HAVE NOT PERMITTED ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IN THIS PROCESS. THE LANDMARKED EXTERIOR HIDES THE GROSS BREACHES OF THE VERY HISTORY PROTECTED BY THE

LANDMARKING. >> WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS HISTORY MATTERS AND THE BUILDING STEWARDS SHOULD FEEL PROUD OF THIS HISTORY. >> STANDING IN THE WAY OF ITS PROTECTION IS A SHAMEFUL BREACH OF GEO GROUP

THOUGH THAT IS EXPECTED OF A GROUP FAMOUS FOR THEIR BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DISREGARD FOR HUMAN DIGNITY. GEO GROUP HAS NO PLACE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY MOST ESPECIALLY HAVE NO PLACE IN THE

TENDERLOIN. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING A121211 TAYLOR IS FREE OF GEO GROUP AND STANDS AS AN OFFERING TO THE PEOPLE OF THE TENDERLOIN AND THE MOST MARGINALIZED AMONG

US. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI THERE AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS TIME. MY NAME IS BRIGITTE BERTRAND. I'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES WITH

COMPTON'S COALITION TO LET YOU KNOW I'M A THERAPIST. I WORK IN THE FLOOD BUILDING SO EACH TIME I WALK OVER HERE I WALK BY COMPTON'S AND TAKE SOME TIME TO STAND WITH MY COMMUNITY, WITH MY AND TRANS

ANCESTORS. MY SON IS TRANS MY PARTNER IS TRANS, MY CLIENTS ARE TRANS AND IF WE DON'T PROTECT THIS WHOLE BUILDING AND KNOWING THE TIME THAT WE'RE END I REALLY FEAR THAT WE WON'T HAVE A PLACE AS MANY

PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID TO GATHER TO HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND WHO DIED AND ADDITIONALLY THE GREAT GROUP PEACE THE PEACE THAT THEY HAVEN'T LET US INSIDE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO THAT YOU

CAN REALLY PERHAPS IT DOESN'T EVEN SOUND LIKE STEP OUT OF THE BOUNDS JUST REALLY ALIGNED WITH THIS OTHER DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THIS CULTURAL SPACE. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANKS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS OF THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE. >> UH, HELLO. MY NAME IS BODELL LAFLEUR. >> I AM THE EAST BAY CITIZEN AND I'M ALSO PART OF OUR I'M I'M PART OF COMPTON'S COALITION

AS WELL AND I'M HAS SO MANY THOUGHTS THROUGH MY HEAD. >> I, I TAKE VERY DEEP PERSONAL INTEREST IN LIKE PRESERVING AND TRANS ANCESTRAL HISTORY ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO'S A COMMUNITY ANCESTRAL WORKER

AND AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AND JUST WITHIN THIS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SPACES TO GO TO WHERE WE CAN CONJUGATE AND SHARE OUR STORY, SHARE OUR MEMORIES AND

PRESERVE THESE MEMORIES OVER TIME FOR THAT TO BE SHARED FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE STILL EXIST AND WE'VE ALWAYS EXISTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN HISTORY.

YOU KNOW AND AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY MUCH A BEGINNING OF THAT AND A CONTINUATION OF HOW WE CAN PRESERVE TRANSGENDER HISTORY MOVING FORWARD. SO I SUPPORT ANY FORM OF EXPANSION OF THE FOR THE

LANDMARK PRESERVATION OF THE CAMPUS CAFETERIA. >> SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> I'M HERE IN MY OWN CAPACITY. I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR

PROPER LANDMARKING OF THIS HISTORICAL TRANS SITE. HOWEVER, I'M VERY CONFUSED AND APPALLED BY OUR SUPPOSED ALLIES LIKE OUR FIVE SUPERVISOR WHO WOULD ALSO PLATFORM A TRANSPHOBIC, ANTI-BLACK RACIST BIGOT

NAMED CHRIS RUFO WHO HAD HIS OWN OPINIONS ON 111 TAYLOR RECENTLY THAT YOU SHARED AND ADDED ON TO YOU LEGITIMIZED HIM. YOU AMPLIFIED HIM. >> HE IS THE ARCHITECT OF THE ANTI-BLACK RACIST ANTI CRT

MOVEMENT WHO THEN TOOK THAT WHOLE THING AND APPLIED IT TO US TO TRANS PEOPLE. >> WHY CAN'T WE GET PROPER ALLIES WHO DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS POLITICALLY OR WHATEVER WITH HORRIBLE DANGEROUS PEOPLE LIKE

THAT? I WOULD THINK YOU'RE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF SOMEWHERE IN THERE I WOULD THINK THAT A PERSON WHO WOULD DO THAT IS ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. >> YES, BUT PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, NOT AN

INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR. >> I KNOW I'M A HUMAN. >> YOU CAN'T PROGRAM ME TO FOLLOW YOUR RULES ALL THE TIME . THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS DAVID

BLACKWELL ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS WE DO SUPPORT HPC RESOLUTION 1551 WHICH EXPANDS THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION TO THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND

WE ALSO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BOARD OF SUPERVISOR ORDINANCES BEFORE YOU AND THE COMMITTEE REPORT THAT GOES BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOMORROW. SO WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S EFFORTS AND WE

APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONCERN AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT SUPERVISOR MAHMUD HAS SOME CLERICAL EDITS TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WHICH I DIDN'T HEAR THEM ALL BUT THEY SOUNDED CLERICAL IN NATURE. SO WE'RE

FINE WITH THAT AS WELL. >> SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT PICK UP PLEASE WHO MY NAME'S MALIK WASHINGTON. I'M A JOURNALIST. I'M AN ADVOCATE. I'M

AN ACTIVIST. I'M PROBABLY ONLY PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN HOUSED AT 111. TAYLOR MIGHT BE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN I WAS THERE I WAS ATTACKED BY GEO GROUP BECAUSE I

WAS EXERCISING MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I EXPOSED THE COVID A COVID OUTBREAK THERE THIS IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT. I'M ASSISTANT OR MALE. I'M A MUSLIM JUST LIKE MALAWI'S AND I

SUPPORT BILAL. HE'S NOT PERFECT BUT HE'S TRYING AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE FIGHTING THE POLICE AT THAT RIOT LOOK LIKE ME. WE NEED MORE WOMEN OF COLOR, TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR TO COME UP TO THIS

PODIUM AND TALK BECAUSE IT WAS BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN THAT STARTED THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT. OKAY, I'M SPEAKING FACTS. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE IT BUT ALMOST I'M TWEAK THE FACTS. THERE'S A BLACK ISSUE HERE

TOO. OKAY? AND IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, BEING A MUSLIM IN A GENDER MALE TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THIS. BUT I SUPPORT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO. I LOVE THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT I DON'T

KNOW IF THEY ALWAYS LOVE ME AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BUT WE NEED TO GET GEO GROUP OUT OF 111 TAYLOR THEY HAVE HURT TOO MANY HUMAN BEINGS NATIONALLY FOR US TO LEAVE THEM IN THIS CITY. WE

GOT TO FIGHT THEM. WE GOT TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE. MY NAME'S MALIK WASHINGTON AND I'M STANDING ON THIS GET GEO GROUP OUT OF 111. >> TAYLOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT DO WE HAVE

ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE MADAM CHAIR OKAY. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR I AM APPRECIATIVE TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR

HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND I WILL JUST SAY AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS AND A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICA ENCE TO THE TRANS

COMMUNITY BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE TRANS COMMUNITY WAS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE LGBTQ PLUS EQUALITY MOVEMENT. >> IT'S IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTING TO ME AND I REMEMBER AS A YOUNG GAY

MAN LEARNING ABOUT THIS REALLY COMING TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS THE TRANS COMMUNITY THAT UPLIFTED THE ENTIRE GAY COMMUNITY WHEN IT WAS WHEN THERE WERE CLOSET CASES WHO WEREN'T DOING MUCH LIFTING A FINGER

AND IT WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF BRAVERY THAT WAS DONE AT COMPTON'S AND STONEWALL AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY THAT WE HONOR AND REMEMBER THIS AND I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-

SPONSOR AND TO SUPPORT THIS . THANK YOU. AT SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME OUT TODAY AND SPOKE. THIS IS A VERY A BUILDING WITH A LOT OF STORY TO

HISTORY AND DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, A LOT OF TRAUMA. >> AND I WANT TO REITERATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS JUST A FIRST STEP. >> THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO. WE'RE STARTING WITH IT'S BEEN AN

ITERATIVE PROCESS. >> THIS IS ONE NEXT STEP OF THE LANDMARKING PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT PHASE AS WELL AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. >> SO I THINK YOU ALL GET OUT AND EXPOSE ONE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. DID I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> YES. OKAY. SO LET'S DO OUR SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD REQUEST IT

PLEASE, MR. CLERK AND DUPLICATE THE FILE AND PLEASE BEFORE YOU DUPLICATE I HAVE ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND LET'S DUPLICATE THE FILE IN THIS POST WITH THAT FIRST. SO I'D LIKE TO TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE

AMEND THE DUPLICATED FILE. >> I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I HEARD FROM SUPERVISOR MAHMUD WAS A PLAN TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL FILE THEN DUPLICATE IT AND THEN AMEND THE DUPLICATE AN ADDITIONAL TIME. >> OH YES. SO

THERE WAS TWO CLERICAL EDITS THAT I READ IN FOR THE ORIGINAL THERE ARE VERY MINOR. IT WAS JUST A CHANGE TO THE CORRECT NUMBERING AND THEN THE TIME OF THE COMPONENT AND THEN DUPLICATE THAT AND THEN WE

AMEND THE DUPLICATE WITH A NEW FINDINGS CLAUSE OR WITH A NEW OKAY GOT IT. SO LET'S DO THAT. >> SO FIRST TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT WITH THE CLERICAL ERRORS AS PRESENTED BY SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD YES THE

ORIGINAL FILE MOVED BY CHAIR MELGAR AND ON THAT MOTION VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER DORSEY I DON'T SEE IT YOUR MUGGER I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THE AMENDMENTS THE CLERICAL

AMENDMENTS OKAY NOW WE DUPLICATE IT AND I'D LIKE TO THEN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADD THAT FINDINGS CLASS TO THE DUPLICATED FILE AND THEN CONTINUE IT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR ON TWO MOTIONS EACH OF THEM

FOR THE DUPLICATE FILE THE FIRST THAT THE DUPLICATE FILE BE AMENDED A SECOND TIME TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AND THE SECOND THAT THAT AMENDED FILE BE CONTINUED TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR ON THOSE

TWO MOTIONS. FIRST CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS. >> OKAY THANK YOU. NOW TO THE ORIGINAL AMENDED FILE I WOULD LIKE

TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SENT THAT OUT WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE FULL BOARD ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THE ORIGINAL FILE BE RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A

COMMITTEE REPORT VICE CHAIR CHAIR CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR GA I MELGAR I REMEMBER EACH OTHER THREE EYES OKAY THANK YOU. >> THAT MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD OKAY

LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO PLACE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO PROVIDE THAT A LANDLORD MAY NOT EVICT A RESIDENTIAL TENANT FOR UNPAID RENT BELOW THE LOCAL

STANDARD FOR FAIR MARKET RENT FOR AN EQUIVALENT SIZED RENTAL UNIT AS SET BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. IT ALSO DELETES VARIOUS OBSOLETE PROVISIONS. >> THANK YOU.

THIS COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME DISTRICT NINE SUPERVISOR JACKIE FIELDER WHO IS A SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM. WELCOME. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN GA AND COLLEAGUES FOR HEARING THIS ITEM

TODAY. AS WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE WE ARE IN A RENT EMERGENCY. EVICTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO RECENTLY HIT A TEN YEAR HIGH AND WE ARE ON PACE FOR AN EVEN HIGHER NUMBER THIS YEAR. NONPAYMENT OF RENT IS THE

REASON BEHIND OVER HALF OF RECENT EVICTION PROCEEDINGS AND THE TRUE NUMBER IS LIKELY HIGHER AS LANDLORDS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT NONPAYMENT EVICTION NOTICES TO THE RENT BOARD. >> EVICTION DEFENSE

ATTORNEYS ATTRIBUTE THE RISE IN EVICTIONS TO AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN SAN FRANCISCO. RENTS ARE INCREASING AT RECORD HIGH NUMBERS WHILE A SLOW AND CHALLENGING JOB MARKET FOR WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS

MEAN THAT MANY TENANTS ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK WITH SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. >> TODAY IN SAN FRANCISCO, LANDLORDS CAN EVICT TENANTS FOR BEING SHORT ANY AMOUNT IN RENT . >> LANDLORDS

WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A LUCRATIVE RENTAL MARKET LIKE SAN FRANCISCO'S CAN PURSUE EVICTION AGAINST LONG TIME RENT CONTROLLED TENANTS WHO HAVE MINUSCULE ONE TIME OR ACCIDENTAL RENT SHORTAGES. >>

OFTEN TENANTS DO NOT EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING RENT OWED DUE TO A NUMBER OF REASONS INCLUDING THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED HIDDEN FEES OR HIGHLY VARIABLE UTILITY BILLS WITHOUT WARNING. >> THE

ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL PREVENT LANDLORDS FROM EVICTING TENANTS WHO FALL BEHIND IN RENT UNLESS THE TENANT OWES THEM A PORTION OF THE RENT AN AMOUNT HIGHER THAN THE FAIR MARKET RENT THE FAIR

MARKET RENT DEPENDS ON THE BEDROOM SIZE OF THE RENTAL UNIT AND IS SET ANNUALLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE SAME STANDARD THAT IS ARE UTILIZED IN CITIES LIKE LOS

ANGELES, OAKLAND AND BERKELEY. IN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF NONPAYMENT EVICTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST YEAR AROUND 25% PERCENT HEDGE OF TENANTS WERE EVICTED FOR LESS THAN ONE MONTH OF THE FAIR MARKET

RENT FOR THEIR UNIT. >> IF THIS ORDINANCE PASSES, SAN FRANCISCO WILL FINALLY HAVE A STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO PREVENT THESE EVICTIONS. >> THIS IS A SIMPLE BUT VERY MEANINGFUL CHANGE TO A RENT ORDINANCE

THAT WILL HELP CURB SO MANY OF THE EVICTIONS WE ARE ALREADY SEEING TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT COALITION INCLUDING THE EVENTS EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE FOR YOUR WORK WITH US ON

THIS AS WELL AS DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY MONU PRADHAN AND MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND A HERO FOR WORKING ON THIS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISORS MELGAR MAHMOOD CHAN AND SEVERAL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR

CO-SPONSORSHIP. >> AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS SUPPORT. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TODAY. THANK

YOU. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR FIELDER. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD IS ONE OF THE SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND I'D BE HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL AS AS SOON AS A FIELDER MENTIONED RIGHT NOW IN

SAN FRANCISCO YOU CAN BE EVICTED FOR OWING ALMOST ANY AMOUNT OF RENT AND A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS AFTER A ROUGH MONTH CAN COST SOMEONE THEIR HOME. >> MOST PEOPLE WHO FALL BEHIND AREN'T REFUSING TO PAY

THEIR HOURS GOT CUT. >> A MEDICAL BILL CAME IN OR A PAYCHECK WAS LATE. I KNOW FOR A LOT OF MONOLINGUAL SPEAKERS THAT I REPRESENT IN MY DISTRICT THIS COMES UP AS WELL. >> AND THOSE ARE PROBLEMS THAT

YOU CAN RECOVER FROM IF YOU'RE STILL HOUSED AND MUCH HARDER TO COME BACK FROM THOUGH IF YOU ARE NOT. SO WHEN SOMEONE IS EVICTED OVER A SMALL BALANCE THE DAMAGE LASTS FAR LONGER THAN THE DEBT. KIDS CAN

CHANGE SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. >> PEOPLE LOSE JOBS THEY CAN GET TO FROM HOME AN EVICTION RECORD FOLLOWS A FAMILY FOR YEARS AND MAKES THE NEXT APARTMENT HARDER TO FIND. FOR SOME IT'S THE

FIRST STEP TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS AND THAT'S A LOT OF HARM OVER JUST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PAID BACK. >> PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES WILL AS WELL. >>

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO SUPERVISOR FUTA FOR ADVANCING THIS LEGISLATION AND I'M ALSO SO PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR EVICTING A TENANT OVER

JUST A FRACTION OF A MONTH'S RENT. IT'S AN EXTREME ACTION THAT CARRIES IMMENSE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS. IT DESTABILIZED FAMILIES, DISRUPTS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONS AND PLACES A HEAVY FINANCIAL BURDEN

ON OUR EMERGENCY PUBLIC SERVICES AND SHELTER SYSTEM. THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT EXCUSE NONPAYMENT NOR DOES IT START LANDLORDS OF THEIR RIGHTS IF A TENANT FALLS SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND IN FAILING TO PAY

RENT. THE LEGAL REMEDIES FOR LANDLORDS REMAIN FULLY INTACT. >> WHAT THIS POLICY DOES DO IS CREATE A CRUCIAL BUFFER. IT PREVENTS IMMEDIATE DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING TEMPORARY SHORT

TERM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP GIVING THEM A NARROW BUT NECESSARY WINDOW TO CATCH UP ACCESS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR SECURE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. THIS LEGISLATION ALSO ENCOURAGES COMMUNICATIONS AND

MEDIATION INSTEAD OF DEFERRING TO LEGAL ACTIONS. IT INCENTIVIZED LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TO WORK OUT PAYMENT PLANS FOR MINOR GAPS WHICH ULTIMATELY SAVES LANDLORDS THE HIGH COSTS AND LEGAL FEES

ASSOCIATED WHAT EVICTION PROCESS? >> I BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION IS FAIR AND BALANCED TO HELP ENSURE THAT EVICTION IS USED AS A LAST RESORT AND SO THAT WE CAN KEEP MORE OF OUR FAMILY'S HOUSE AND OUR

COMMUNITIES STRONGER. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. RELATED TO EVICTIONS FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC

COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN. WE SEE SOMEONE THERE. I'LL START YOUR TIME WHEN YOU BEGIN. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. I'M MEG HEISLER. I AM HERE ON

BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ANTI DISPLACEMENT COALITION AND STRAIGHT FROM A RALLY WHERE WE HEARD FROM TENANTS ACROSS THE CITY WHO WHOSE LANDLORDS ARE USING A MULTITUDE OF STRATEGIES THEIR CORPORATE

LANDLORDS TO FORCE THEM OUT INCLUDING ISSUING EVICTION NOTICES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT RIGHT NOW AS SUPERVISOR FIELDER MENTIONED AND OTHERS LANDLORDS CAN MOVE TO EVICT A TENANT FOR OWING AS LITTLE AS

$1 AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THEY WON'T DO THAT MORE AND MORE AS THE INCENTIVES TO DO SO AND TO GET RID OF THEIR TENANTS INCREASE. >> THESE CASES ARE OFTEN FAST TRACKED THROUGH THE COURTS GIVEN

THE ONGOING AFFORDABILITY AND RENT CRISES IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT NONPAYMENT EVICTIONS MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES THAT THE TENANT RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM SEES. >> AND SO WE ARE

VERY GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND HER CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS LEGISLATION AND PROVIDING TENANTS A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF IN THIS MOMENT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ANNE AND I AM HERE TODAY AS A TENANT COUNSELOR FROM SAM KHAN WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH SAN FRANCISCO TENANTS FACING EVICTION FOR NONPAYMENT

OF RENT. I WANT TO ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS ORDINANCE NOT JUST AS A POLICY BUT THROUGH THE EYES OF THE FAMILIES DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS. WHAT I SEE EVERYDAY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING PAYING WHAT

THEY CAN AND TRYING DESPERATELY TO STAY HOUSED. THESE ARE FAMILIES LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK WHEN RENT TAKES SUCH A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR INCOME ONE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE IT COULD BE A MEDICAL BILL

REDUCED HOURS COULD BE A CAR REPAIR, A FAMILY EMERGENCY. IT CAN PUT THEM BEHIND. WE HAVE CLIENTS WHO HAVE LIVED AT THE MALL AND HALL AT DISTRICT SIX FOR DECADES A PLACE THAT WAS RECENTLY DESIGNATED A

SAN FRANCISCO LANDMARK. AND YET TODAY SOME OF THESE LONGTIME RESIDENTS ARE LIVING WITH THE FEAR THAT ONE PERIOD OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP COULD MEAN LOSING THE HOME THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR DECADES. >> FROM MY

UNDERSTANDING, COUNSELOR, I SEE THAT FEAR EVERY DAY. >> THESE TENANTS ARE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A FREE RIDE. THEY ARE ASKING FOR TIME AND BREATHING ROOM WHICH MEANS TIME TO FIND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, FIND

RESOURCES, BORROW MONEY FROM FAMILY, PICK UP ADDITIONAL WORK OR TO FIND A WAY TO CATCH UP BEFORE AN EVICTION DESTROYS THEIR HOUSING STABILITY. MANY OF THESE FAMILIES ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING JUST TO

STAY AFLOAT AND ONE MISSED RENT PAYMENT CAN PUT THEIR ENTIRE HOUSING STABILITY AT RISK. THIS ORDINANCE CAN GIVE FAMILIES THAT BREATHING ROOM. I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE AND GIVE STRUGGLING SAN

FRANCISCO TENANTS A CHANCE TO STABILIZE, FIND A WAY TO PAY WHAT THEY OWE AND REMAIN HOUSED. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS

REMEMBER IF SAY I'M ALSO A TENANT COUNSELOR WITH STOWMARKET COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK OR SOME CAMP FOR SHORT. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE THROUGH OUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE

PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO STAY HOUSE. WE ARE SEEING LONG TIME RESIDENTS FACING EVICTIONS, FAMILIES BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE ENDS MEET BUT

ARE NOT BUT ARE ONE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR HOME. THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR FILTERS LEGISLATION FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT A

POLICY CHANGE IT'S ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM WHEN UNEXPECTED TEMPORARY FINANCIAL SETBACK TODAY A TENANT CAN FACE EVICTIONS FOR OWING EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE RENT. NONPAYMENT OF

RENT IS BEHIND MORE THAN HALF OF RECENT EVICTIONS PROCESSING AND SAN FRANCISCO'S EVICTIONS REACHED TEN YEARS HIGH IN 2025 FOR SIX WHERE SO I'M KIND OF SEEING SO MUCH DISPLACEMENT. THIS IS VERY REAL AN

URGENT ISSUE WORKING FAMILIES, SENIORS AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS CAN EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN WORK HOURS, DELAYED PAYMENTS OR UNEXPECTED DECISIONS THAT LEAVES THEM TEMPORARILY SHORT ON RENT A

SMALL FINANCIAL SETBACK SHOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY BECOME PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT. THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT ERASE A TENANT THAT OR ALLOW ANYONE TO LIVE RENT FREE. IT'S SIMPLY STABLISH A FAIR MARKET RENT

THRESHOLD BEFORE AN EVICTIONS CAN BE INITIATED GIVING TENANTS FACING A SHORT TERM EMERGENCY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY LOSING THEIR HOME. I ALSO WANT TO ASK OUR DISTRICT DIRECTOR

DIRECT DIRECTLY ASKED OUR DISTRICT SIX SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY. SUPERVISOR DORSEY, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND TO CONSIDER BECOMING A CO-SPONSORS AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

WORKING DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS AND DISTRICTS WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROTECTIONS IS NEEDED IN OUR DISTRICT. >> WE ARE SEEING THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISPLACEMENT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. THE

COMMITTEE LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS GERRY BECAUSE IN URBAN AND I'M WITH SOME GUN I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS LAW HELPS LOTS OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY

LOW INCOME PEOPLE. WITHOUT THIS LAW MANY PEOPLE WILL BECOME HOMELESS. WE AND WE FEEL THE DISTRESS EVERY DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN ANOTHER PERSON IS THE PLACE WE SEE THESE FEARS WITH OUR CLIENTS ASKING

WHERE ARE WE GOING? WE WORK HERE. OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL HERE, OUR LIFE IS HERE. HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? WE OURSELVES ARE ALSO HURT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. >>

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE HI I'M THERESA DE LA LA THE RESIDENT AND TENANT OF SOMA PILIPINAS. I'M HERE TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND IMPLORING YOU PLEASE

SUPPORT AND SIGN ON TO THIS ORDINANCE. I HAVE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE SEEN NEIGHBORS LOSE THEIR HOMES. I HAVE SEEN THE FEAR, THE UNCERTAINTY AND THE PAIN THAT EVICTION LEAVES

BEHIND. >> BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENS TO A PERSON WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR HOME? >> THEY DON'T JUST LOSE FOR WALLS, YOU KNOW, IN A ROOF THEY CAN LOSE THEIR

STABILITY. >> THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY, THEIR HEALTH. SOMETIMES THEY LOSE THE VERY FOUNDATION THAT HAS HELD THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER FOR GENERATIONS THEIR DIGNITY. AND WHEN ONE PERSON IS

EVICTED ,THE PAIN DOES NOT STOP AT THEIR FRONT DOOR. >> FOR MANY VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT, EVICTION IS NOT SIMPLY A HOUSING ISSUE. IT CAN BE LIFE THREATENING. PLEASE REMEMBER BEHIND EVERY

EVICTION NOTICE IS A HUMAN BEING BEHIND EVERY DOOR IS A LIFE BEHIND EVERY HOME IS A STORY. AND PLEASE TELL MY SUPERVISOR IN DISTRICT SIX I AM ASKING YOU DIRECTLY. WE NEED YOUR CONSCIENCE. WE NEED YOU

RIGHT NOW. WHERE ARE YOU WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS NEED YOU? WE NEED ALL OF YOU TO STAND WITH US. WE NEED YOU TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO STILL CALL SAN FRANCISCO HOME. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.

MARAMI SALAMA. >> THANK YOU. JUST A GENTLE REMINDER PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> MADAM CHAIR MULDER AND MEMBERS OF

THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JUSTIN GOODMAN. I AM AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LEGAL LAW GROUP AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE COALITION FOR BETTER HOUSING. >> CBH BELIEVES THAT THIS LEGISLATION WOULD

INTERFERE WITH AN IMPORTANT AND PREEMPTIVE STATE LAW RIGHT. THE ABILITY TO USE THE UNLAWFUL DETAINER PROCEDURES WHEN A TENANT IS IN RENT DEFAULT. WHEN MUNICIPALITIES REGULATE IN THIS SPACE THE LAWS

ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE. AND IN FACT THIS WAS THE BASIS OF THE RECENT SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE TO FORMER SUPERVISOR PRESTON'S TEN DAY CURE NOTICE REQUIREMENT. HAVING SAID THAT,

CBH APPRECIATES THAT SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY MAY REGARD THIS AS A SUBSTANTIVE REGULATION OF THE GROUNDS FOR EVICTION AN AREA WHERE THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES HAVE THE ABILITY

TO REGULATE. AND IN FACT THAT DISPUTE WAS THE BASIS FOR A CHALLENGE BY THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA WHEN LOS ANGELES ENACTED A SIMILAR EVICTION THRESHOLD LAW. THAT

CHALLENGE IS NOW BEING REVIEWED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA. THE SUPREME COURT OFFERS THIS DISCRETIONARY REVIEW WHEN IT SEEKS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES AMONG THE VARIOUS APPELLATE DISTRICTS AND

SETTLE THE INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE. FOR THAT REASON CBH ASKS THAT THIS COMMITTEE ADOPT THIS LEGISLATION BUT AMENDED TO INCLUDE A TRIGGER LAW FEATURE. IT SHALL NOT TAKE

EFFECT UNTIL THERE IS A RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT IN THE AGLER CHALLENGE. AND IF THE OPINION TO TERMINATE DETERMINES THAT THE LOS ANGELES REGULATION IS UNLAWFUL THEN THE ORDINANCE ON ITS OWN TERMS

SHALL BE OF NO EFFECT. IF THE ORDINANCE IS NOT ADOPTED IN THIS WAY, THE SITTING CITY'S HOUSING PROVIDERS WILL NEED TO CHALLENGE IT AND THIS CHALLENGE WILL COST THE TAXPAYERS MONEY AT A TIME WHEN THE

CITY IS TRYING TO PUT FUNDS TO MORE PRODUCTIVE USES LIKE FUNDING EVICTION DEFENSE IF ADOPTED AS A TRIGGER LAW. >> HOWEVER, THE INDUSTRY WILL NOT NEED TO CHALLENGE THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN

COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE. THE INDUSTRY WILL SUPPORT THIS PRUDENT EXERCISE OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY IF ADOPTED THAT WAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI THERE. MY NAME IS TUESDAY ROSE THORNTON AND I'M AN ATTORNEY AT THE EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT ON THIS LEGISLATION. NOT ONE MORE DAY ACTUALLY

BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF EVICTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> THIS LEGISLATION I CAN THINK OF SO MANY CLIENTS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAMILY OF THREE THAT HAD TO PROVIDE

ROUND THE CLOCK CARE TO THEIR ADULT DISABLED SON. THEY WERE GIVEN A RENT BOARD DETERMINATION THAT THEY SHOULD GET A $300 RENT CREDIT AND THEIR RENT WAS ONLY AROUND $1,000. AT SOME POINT THEIR LANDLORD

THEIR LANDLORD SOLD THEIR BUILDING AND THE NEW OWNERS DECIDED THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO APPLY THE RENT CREDIT ANYMORE. >> AND HISTORICALLY THE ADVICE TO TENANTS HAVE JUST BEEN PAY IT AND THEN TRY TO

GET IT REIMBURSED THROUGH THE RENT BOARD. >> AND THIS LEGISLATION MAKES IT SO THAT TENANTS DON'T HAVE TO PAY ON LAWFUL RENT INCREASES IN THE MEANTIME WHILE THEY'RE WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THE RENT

INCREASE WAS ILLEGAL. I ALSO THINK OF MY CLIENT THAT GOT AN ILLEGAL CASTRO HAWKINS RENT INCREASE AND AGAIN THE ADVICE IS JUST TO PAY IT SO YOU DON'T END UP IN AN EVICTION LAWSUIT THAT TAKES A LOT OF

YOUR TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING PEOPLE THAT CAN'T TAKE WORK OFF TO TO GO TO COURT AND FIGHT THESE EVICTIONS. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CITY RESOURCES THAT ARE GOING INTO DEFENDING THESE

EVICTIONS. I AM SO PLEASED THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS BEING INTRODUCED. I ACTUALLY RAN INTO A FORMER CLIENT OF MINE WHO'S HERE FOR ANOTHER MATTER WHO WAS EVICTED FOR $650 JUST THIS YEAR. >> I

REPRESENTED HIM AND THAT WAS BECAUSE HIS RENT CHECK WAS APPLIED TO UTILITIES FIRST THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IT LEFT HIM WITH WITH A $650 RENT BALANCE THAT WAS THE BASIS

OF HIS EVICTION. SO THIS LEGISLATION WILL MAKE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN A TIME WHERE IT'S NEEDED SO SORELY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR

VICE CHAIR CHEN AND MEMBER DORSEY MY NAME IS SCOTT FEENEY. I AM A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT AND AS A MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA SAN FRANCISCO I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR FIELDER FOR

WRITING THIS MUCH NEEDED LEGISLATION. WE SOCIALISTS BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT TO THE CITY AND A COLLECTIVE THE COLLECTIVE RIGHT TO THE CITY AND HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT WHEN THAT IS NOT THE CASE WE SEE

PEOPLE GETTING EVICTED. WE SEE THE AP PRICING PEOPLE OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WE SEE WHAT IS A PARTICULARLY GROTESQUE EXAMPLE OF THIS THE PEOPLE BEING EVICTED FOR OWING AS LITTLE AS $1. THAT'S NOT

RIGHT AND THIS LEGISLATION IS CORRECTING THAT SITUATION BY ADDING A THRESHOLD . AND I ALSO THINK I ALSO THINK SUPERVISORS MELGAR CHAN AND MAHMUD AMONG OTHERS FOR SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION. I BELIEVE

EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHOULD SUPPORT THIS AND I ASK YOU TO ADVANCE IT WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD

AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR MY NAME IS PETER UNIO AND I'M WITH SAM KEN. I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR PHIL THERE'S LEGISLATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE RENTERS SOME MUCH NEEDED BREATHING ROOM IN THE

MIDST OF UNPRECEDENTED AFFORDABLE CITY AND HOUSING CRISIS FAMILIES, SENIORS AND WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS WHO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK MAY FACE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES WHERE THEIR WORK HOURS ARE SUDDENLY

CUT SHORT OR THEIR MEDICARE PAYMENTS ARE DELAYED OR THEY ARE SHORT OF THEIR RENT WHICH WE ARE SEEING EVERYDAY WORKING CLASS SAN FRANCISCAN GO THROUGH TODAY. THEREFORE MY THRESHOLD PROTECTS TENANTS

FACING SHORT TERM FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES FROM HOMELESSNESS OR DISPLACEMENT. WE NEED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS CITY WORK. THANK YOU AGAIN TO SUPERVISOR FIELDER FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS

LEGISLATION TO SUPERVISOR MELGAR. WALTON CHAN CHEN MAHMOOD AND SADR FOR THEIR CO-SPONSORSHIP. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON

SUPERVISORS GENTLE IN WITH THE RECENT AND EQUITY PLANNING COALITION HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S LEGISLATION AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY COMMENTS OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING INTENSE

PRESSURES AS WE ALL NAVIGATE OUR CURRENT AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING CRISES. >> RENTS ARE INCREASING AT RECORD HIGH NUMBERS WHILE WORKING CLASS FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING WITH A CHALLENGING JOB MARKET AS WELL

AS THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. >> THAT MEANS THAT SO MANY SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND WHEN FACED WITH TOUGH CHOICES, WHEN FACED WITH FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES

THAT RESULT IN BEING SHORT ON RENT, THEY'RE AT RISK OF EVICTION AND LOSING THEIR HOUSING, OF LOSING STABILITY AND SAFETY. >> THIS LEGISLATION WOULD PROVIDE RENTERS A BUFFER AND PROTECT TENANTS FACING

SHORT TERM EMERGENCIES FROM DISPLACEMENT OR HOMELESSNESS. >> MANY CITIES HAVE PASSED THE SAME LAW AND WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO THE SAME TO PROVIDE THIS MUCH NEEDED PROTECTION. >> THANK YOU AGAIN

SUPERVISOR FIELDER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND ALL OF THE CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. >> THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME'S MARION HARRIS

AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY EVER SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN. AND I MUST SAY THIS THAT THIS IS A GOOD THIS IS GOOD. I'M ADDRESSING THE WHOLE BODY. WHAT I'M SAYING IS DON'T DROP THE BALL

AND NOT ALL THE INGREDIENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. WE HAVE PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED AND BEING BECOMING HOMELESS ALL OVER THE CITY INCLUDING SENIORS AND IT'S NOT OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO CHALLENGE SAN

FRANCISCO TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT BMR ACT HAS CREATED A UNIT AN AFFORDABILITY AS IT'S SOLD TO US THE AFFORDABILITY UNITS TO NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A TAX TAX CODE DID EXIST AND IN

THAT TAX CODE CODE THEY'RE ABLE TO INCREASE YOUR RENT BY 4% EVERY YEAR WITHOUT QUESTION BESIDES ADDING ADDING LITTLE LITTLE FEES HERE ON HERE IN THERE WHY? BECAUSE I'VE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THIS AND

I KNOW THAT EXISTS BECAUSE I ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. SO IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO PRICE PEOPLE OUT. NOBODY CAN CAN REMAIN ON A HAMSTER WHEEL FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THAT MEANS IN MY COMMUNITY WE

HAVE TO HAVE TWO JOBS TO THE HUSTLE TO EVEN BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT. THAT IS A CHALLENGE. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW

WHAT YOU HAVE TO INTERRUPT WHAT'S HAPPENING DRASTICALLY IN IN REALLY RAPIDLY THROUGH THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAT IN THIS SPACE AND SEEN SENIORS BEING DISPLACED. THE STUFF THAT'S

HAPPENING OVER AND ALEX GREW UP WITH THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MISSION DISTRICT. WE NEED AN EMERGENCY INTERRUPTION AND WE NEED IT NOW. SO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BILL AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF

YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN. >> I KNOW THAT YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> WELL, I THINK YOU HEARD IT ALL RIGHT THERE. >> IT'S A SHAME AND A

SIN ON THE BACKS OF SO MANY NATIVE SAN FRANCISCANS. YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF HOW AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PARTICULARLY HAVE BEEN TREATED IN THIS COUNTRY. WE CAN GO BACK TO THE BIG FIVE. WE CAN GO BACK TO

PRIOR TO EVEN THE GOLD RUSH. WE CAN GO BACK TO THE WRITINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO'S DIVESTMENT FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. SO THIS YOU KNOW EVERYONE THAT'S FEELING THE HEAT OF IT BUT I AM STANDING

HERE A CHILD OF THAT CIRCUMSTANCE OF GENTRIFICATION PUSHING FAMILIES OUT FOR LACK OF FUNDS OR LACK OF THE ABILITY TO EVEN GET A JOB IN THE CITY AND I THINK IT'S ON YOUR CONSCIENCE TO FIGURE OUT

METHODS THAT WE CAN KEEP ESPECIALLY OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE IN THIS CITY THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO LIVE THEIR LIVES OUT IN THE CITY THEY WISH TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT

THEY WERE BORN AND RAISED. BUT THE ISSUE IS EVEN MORE SO WE'RE PROTECTING FOLKS WHO ARE PROTECTING BILLIONAIRES WHO MAY NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MONEY AND

THEY HAVE THE CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW THEY CAN BE PROTECTED FOR MANY TIMES OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE NOT PROTECTED AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOICE AND THEY CAN'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY HAVE

TO BE OUT OF JOB OR THEY HAVE TO BE AT THE CHILD'S CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL. I SAY TO YOU THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. SAN FRANCISCO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO. HELLO. I'M JACKIE PASTERNAK AND I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S LEGISLATION. I AM PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY THIS. I'M A SENIOR LIVING LONG TERM

INTERVENTION CHILD UNIT. MY LANDLORD BOUGHT MY BUILDING FIVE YEARS AGO. LANDLORDS ALL DAY CHURN AND TRUONG LOU IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR INVESTMENT THEY HAVE TRIED TO FORCE ME OUT BY FABRICATING A

UNDERPAYMENTS. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO UNDERPAYMENTS I'VE RECEIVED THREATENING, INTIMIDATING AND HARASSING LETTERS FROM THEM ALWAYS THREATENING ME WITH ADDICTION. >> BUT THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT THE

RENTS ARE TOO HIGH AND I AND THAT THIS BODY THE SUPERVISORS CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE RENT ORDINANCE PARTICULARLY AROUND JUST CAUSE. AND I URGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO

MAKE THESE THESE VERY VITAL VERY VITAL CHANGES IN JUST CAUSE EVICTIONS FURTHER THE VACANCY DECONTROL IS THE GOAL OF TENANTS IN THIS CITY. >> WE NEED TO FORM WE ARE FORMING TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS AND

UNIONS SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS TO VACANCY TO DECONTROL SO THAT LANDLORDS ARE NOT INCENTIVIZED BY RAISING RENTS WHEN UNITS BECOME VACANT. SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE SUPPORT THAT WILL BE

GIVEN TO SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S PROPOSAL. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS PATRICK AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND ALSO A

MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS SIMPLE AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE PROPOSED BY SUPERVISOR FELDER FIELDER. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE

AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND RENT IS OUT OF CONTROL HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IT IS THE CITY'S DUTY TO WORK FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND THEIR TIME OF NEED. I URGE THE SUPERVISORS TO NOT ONLY PASS THIS AMENDMENT

BUT TO CONTINUE FINDING WAYS TO BRING ADDITIONAL RENT RELIEF, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ANY OTHER WAYS TO HELP ITS WORKING CLASS CITIZENS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER

PLEASE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS PETER AND I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY. I'M STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH RENT. I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND WORK THAT CAN PAY MY BILLS AND I KNOW

I'M NOT ALONE. >> THIS COMMONSENSE LEGISLATION WOULD ENABLE ALL OF US TO SURVIVE TO FIND WORK, TO REBUILD. PLEASE HELP KEEP RENTERS LIKE ME HOUSED. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND THANK YOU TO THE

COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERING THIS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERVISOR ZACK EISENBERGER WITH YOUNG COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS. I'M HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF

SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S LEGISLATION TO PREVENT EVICTIONS WHEN A TENANT OWES LESS THAN ONE MONTH'S RENT. OUR CITY IS IN A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND DISPLACEMENT CRISIS. RENTS HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 25%

OVER THE PAST YEAR. EVICTION NOTICES ARE UP 44% AND THE MAYOR HAS DECLARED A RENT EMERGENCY. WHEN RENTS RISE THIS DRAMATICALLY LOW INCOME BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY VULNERABLE

TO BEING PRICED OUT AND DISPLACED FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE NEED TO BE USING EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED. THIS LEGISLATION IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMONSENSE WAY TO DO THAT.

TODAY A TENANT CAN FACE EVICTION FOR BEING SHORT BY ANY AMOUNT OF RENT. LOSING YOUR HOME IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE AND SOMEONE SHOULD NOT FACE EVICTION OVER A RELATIVELY SMALL RENT

DEBT. WE ALSO KNOW THIS COULD PREVENT A MEANINGFUL NUMBER OF EVICTIONS. THE EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE FOUND THAT ROUGHLY ONE QUARTER OF THE EVICTION CASES IT REVIEWED INVOLVED RENT OWED BELOW THE

PROPOSED THRESHOLD. WE CANNOT TELL SAN FRANCISCANS THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED WHILE ALLOWING SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR HOME OVER A RELATIVELY SMALL RENT DEBT. WE NEED TO INTERVENE

BEFORE DISPLACEMENT HAPPENS, NOT AFTER. AT A TIME WHEN RENTS ARE SKY HIGH AND DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES ARE INTENSIFYING, WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES IN

THE FIRST PLACE. THIS IS A PRACTICAL, TARGETED, COMMONSENSE PROTECTION. >> WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >>

GOOD AFTERNOON. LAND USE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE GRIFFIN LEE HERE REPRESENTING CONNECT S.F.. WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS LEGISLATION AND WE HATE TO SEE PEOPLE GET EVICTED BUT THERE'S A MORAL RESPONSIBLE

ON THE TENANT JUST AS MUCH AS THERE IS ON THE LANDLORD TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE. >> A ONE BEDROOM FAIR MARKET RENT IS THIS YEAR UNDER HARDEST 2977 A ONE BEDROOM. >> SOMEONE A TENANT

COULD BE PAYING LESS THAN THAT. SAY $1,000. >> THAT WOULD LEAVE THE LANDLORD THREE MONTH WITHOUT RENT. >> LANDLORDS HAVE BILLS TO PAY AS WELL. >> WE'RE ALREADY IN THIS PACKAGE. >> SOME ARE PROVIDING

$27 MILLION IN SUBSIDIES. >> THIS LEGISLATION IS JUST MORE CONFUSING AND ONE SIDED. AGAIN, WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE EVICTIONS BUT THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY ON BOTH ENDS. >> WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS

LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF OUR DEMOCRACY. OPPOSITION. MY NAME IS D.J. PROCTOR AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TEN.

AND AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COALITION ON ANTI DISPLACEMENT, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN MORE THAN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ACROSS OUR NATION. WE'RE FACING AN OVERALL COST OF

LIVING CRISIS. AND SO THAT'S WHY TODAY I'M HERE TO SAY I URGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT STRONGLY. SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO

HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO? ARE YOU COMING FORWARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CHARLIE GOSS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. WE

SUBMITTED A LETTER OF OBJECTION ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO YOU ALL WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT CITIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SUBSTANTIVE DEFENSES TO EVICTION. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE LEGISLATION BEFORE

YOU IS A PROCEDURAL REGULATION ON THE PROCESS OF EVICTION WHICH IS GOVERNED BY THE STATE LEVEL AND THUS PREEMPTED BY THE STATE . THIS EXACT ISSUE IS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME

COURT. AND SO WHILE IT'S OUR OPINION THAT THIS INTERVENES IN THE PROCEDURE OF EVICTIONS, WE WILL KNOW SOON THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE THAT. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO HOLD OFF ON SCHEDULING

A VOTE UNTIL WE GET A DETERMINATION FROM THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT LANDLORDS AND TENANTS EACH DO BETTER WHEN THERE IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE LAWS ARE AND WHAT

THE RULES ARE AND THERE'S CLARITY ABOUT WHAT THOSE LAWS AND RULES ARE. AND WHEN THE CITY PASSES LAWS THAT LATER GET OVERTURNED, IT CREATES CONFUSION. AND WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO HOLD OFF

UNTIL THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO? MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW

CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR MILLER. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING IT FORWARD. ONE THING THAT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE

YEARS WHENEVER OUR SUPPLY CONSTRAINED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL MARKET EXPERIENCES A DEMAND SHOCK FROM DISPROPORTIONATELY WELL-PAID MARKET SECTORS IS THAT IT CREATES A POWERFUL INCENTIVE FOR LESS THAN

ETHICAL LANDLORDS TO EXPLOIT ANY OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN TO DISPOSSESS TENANTS OF THEIR RENT CONTROLLED UNITS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW DURING THE.COM BOOM IN 1999 AND INTO TWO THOUSAND. IT'S

SOMETHING THAT WE SAW DURING THE SECOND TECH BOOM BEGINNING IN 2010 AND 2011. WE WERE WE WILL LIKELY SEE IT AGAIN AS WE HAVE A COMPANIES AND IPOS COMING. DURING THE YEARS THAT I WORKED IN THE CITY

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WE ACTUALLY SAW MANY OF THESE KINDS OF INSTANCES IN 2011 CITY APARTMENTS WHICH WAS THEN ONE OF THE LARGEST LANDLORDS IN THE CITY ALONG WITH SKYLINE REALTY AND OTHER LMB CONTROLLED

ENTITIES ENGAGED IN UNLAWFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES TO FOR AND TENANT HARASSMENT TO DISPOSSESS PEOPLE FROM THEIR RENT CONTROLLED UNITS. I THINK WE GOT A $10 MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM THAT. MORE RECENTLY I

THINK IT WAS 2017 THE NOKIA AG CASE WAS ANOTHER MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT AND ALL THE ALTHOUGH THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE CONSUMER PROTECTION CASES WAS WAS FAVORABLE. >> THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE

RESIDENTS COULDN'T BE UNDONE. >> AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY WHAT MARKET PRESSURE WILL DO. I KNOW THAT THIS LEGISLATION WOULDN'T ONLY APPLY TO RENT CONTROLLED TENANCIES

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE THAT RENT CONTROLLED TENANTS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO ANY EXCUSE TO EVICT AND DISPOSSESSED TENANTS OF THEIR HOMES. SO I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE STEP IN THIS

LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP TO STABILIZE THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL MARKETPLACE FROM WHAT IS GOING ON AND MORE SERIOUSLY WHAT'S LIKELY TO COME IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD. SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS

AND HAPPY TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE

MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES

THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSOR FIELDER LET'S PLEASE GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO REQUIRE THAT ONLINE LISTINGS AND

LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS CLEARLY DISCLOSE THE TOTAL ESTIMATED MONTHLY COST OF THE RENT INCLUSIVE OF RENT AND ANY REQUIRED FEES AND CHARGES AUTHORIZE TENANTS TO TERMINATE THEIR

LEASES EARLY AND WITHOUT PENALTY IF THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ADEQUATE DISCLOSURES OF SUCH FEES AND CHARGES RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF LANDLORDS TO EVICT OR IMPOSE LATE PENALTIES ON TENANTS FOR THE

NONPAYMENT OF FEES OR CHARGES THAT WERE NOT ADEQUATELY DISCLOSED AND DELETE VARIOUS OBSOLETE PROVISIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR MOMENT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN LUGAR AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR

HEARING THIS ITEM AS WELL TODAY AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE IN AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND RENT IS THE BIGGEST BILL MOST SAN FRANCISCANS PAY AND PEOPLE ARE STRETCHING EVERY DOLLAR TO STAY IN THE

CITY THAT THEY LOVE. >> YET WHEN SOMEONE GOES LOOKING FOR A HOME THE PRICE THEY OFTEN SEE IS NOT THE PRICE THAT THEY WILL PAY. >> PICTURE SOMEONE GOING TO AN APARTMENT OR APARTMENT TO APARTMENT ON A

SATURDAY AFTERNOON COMPARING LISTINGS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD. >> ONE UNIT IS LISTED AT 2800. ANOTHER AT 2950. THEY PICK THE CHEAPER ONE AND THEY SIGNED THE LEASE AND THEN A

MONTH GOES BY AND THE FEES SHOW UP AN AMENITY FEE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE UTILITY BILLING MY FAVORITE THE TRASH CONCIERGE FEE. >> I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BUT BY THE TIME THEY SEE THE FULL COST

THEY'VE ALREADY APPLIED PAID APPLICATION FEES AND COMMITTED AND THAT CHEAPER APARTMENT TURNED OUT TO COST MORE. >> THESE CHARGES CAN ADD 10 TO 30% ON TOP OF THE ADVERTISED RENT THAT'S HUNDREDS OF

DOLLARS A MONTH THAT NEVER APPEARED IN THE ORIGINAL LISTING. >> THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY TRYING TO BUDGET FOR A TWO BEDROOM GETS CAUGHT BY IT. SO TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS

THE SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES AND THE WORKERS LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK FOR WHOM AN EXTRA $200 A MONTH DECIDES WHETHER THEY CAN STAY HOUSED. >> THE EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE TOLD US ABOUT

TENANTS FACING EVICTION OVER FEES THEY NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHEN THEY SIGNED THEIR LEASE. IN SOME CASES THOSE CHARGES ARE BEING WEAPONIZED, TACKED ON, LEFT UNPAID AND THEN USED AS GROUNDS TO PUSH PEOPLE

OUT OF THEIR HOMES. NOBODY ACCEPTS THIS ANYWHERE ELSE. WHEN YOU BUY A PLANE TICKET OR A CONCERT TICKET, YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE FULL PRICE BEFORE YOU PAY. AND CALIFORNIA LAW NOW LARGELY REQUIRES IT.

RENTING A HOME IS THE BIGGEST PURCHASE MOST PEOPLE MAKE EVERY MONTH. IT DESERVES AT LEAST THE SAME HONESTY. >> SO OUR GOAL WITH THIS ORDINANCE IS SIMPLE. ONE NUMBER UPFRONT THE NO HIDDEN RENT CREATES

A NEW FIGURE CALLED THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST COVERS THE RENT PLUS ALL RECURRING FEES AND CHARGES IN ONE NUMBER. >> THAT NUMBER HAS TO APPEAR GOING FORWARD ON EVERY ONLINE AD AND EVERY LEASE AGREEMENT

SO RENTERS CAN COMPARE APARTMENTS ACCURATELY AND KNOW WHAT THEY'LL PAY BEFORE THEY APPLY BEFORE THEY SIGN OR BEFORE THEY MOVE IN. >> IT ALSO PROTECTS TENANTS FROM BEING EVICTED OVER CHARGES THAT

WEREN'T PROPERLY DISCLOSED. >> SO FEES CAN'T BE USED AS A BACKDOOR TO EVICTION. >> TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, SAN FRANCISCO WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN CALIFORNIA TO REQUIRE AN ALL OR AN ESTIMATED PRICE FOR

RENTAL HOUSING. THIS WON'T SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS ON ITS OWN. WE HAVE TO ADMIT THE BUILDING NEW HOUSING TAKES YEARS AND WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE RENTING FAIRER. >> AND RIGHT NOW RENTERS

CAN PLAN THEIR LIVES AROUND A NUMBER THAT THEY CAN TRUST. >> SINCE INTRODUCTION, OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON ALL SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. GOOD

POLICY REQUIRES US TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW IT AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE IT PROTECTS . >> BUILDING CONSENSUS IS HOW WE MAKE SURE LEGISLATION IS CLEAR ENFORCEABLE AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED ON THE

GROUND. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID ON THIS WITH ALL SIDES ON THE ISSUE. >> THAT COLLABORATION IS REFLECTED IN A SMALL SET OF CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS THAT I'M OFFERING TODAY. THEY ARE NON

SUBSTANTIVE. THEY TIGHTEN THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE THE INTENT CLEARER. AND NONE OF THEM CHANGE HOW THE ORDINANCE OPERATES. >> READING THE AMENDMENTS INTO THE RECORD ON PAGE FOUR LINES 17 TO 18 DELETE THE

SENTENCE. IN SOME CASES THESE FEES MAY EVEN VIOLATE THE RENT ORDINANCE. >> THIS TIGHTENS THE PURPOSE STATEMENT AND HAS NO OPERATIVE EFFECT. >> PAGE FIVE LINES THREE TO FOUR AFTER IF OTHERWISE

PERMITTED BY LAW AND QUOTE AND AGREED TO IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT. THIS CLARIFIES THE ORDINANCES INTENT. PAGE FIVE LINES SIX THROUGH SEVEN AFTER REQUIRE THE TENANT TO PAY AD TO OR ON BEHALF OF THE

LANDLORD. >> THIS CLARIFIES INTENT AND AGAIN ALIGNS THE DEFINITION WITH THE WORDING ALREADY USED IN THE PURPOSE SECTION. >> LASTLY PAGE FIVE LINES 17 AFTER SHALL HAVE THE OPTION AD DURING THE TERM OF

THE LEASE AGREEMENT. >> THIS MAKES CLEAR WHEN A TENANT MAY EXERCISE THEIR EARLY TERMINATION. >> RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK THE ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELPED SHAPE THIS LEGISLATION WITH ALL OF

THEIR INPUT. >> GAIL GILMAN OR APPROACH OF NICK AND THE EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE. OLGA MIRANDA AND SEIU LOCAL 87 PRETTY MUCH TECHIE IN THE TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC. THE SAN FRANCISCO ANTI

DISPLACEMENT COALITION JINAN NEW AND CHARLIE GRASS GAS FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND THANK YOU TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF SAM LOGAN FOR CARRYING THIS LEGISLATION ARE DRAFTING CITY ATTORNEY MONROE

PRADHAN FOR WORKING THROUGHOUT THIS TOPIC WITH US AND TWO SUPERVISOR SAUTER MELGAR AND CHEN FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND CO-SPONSORSHIP. TENANTS DESERVE CLARITY AND THEY DESERVE TO PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE

WITHOUT HIDDEN COSTS WAITING AROUND THE CORNER. >> COLLEAGUES I HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ROSTER. SO LET'S GO TO

PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE DISCLOSURE OF COSTS TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS IF

YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL THAT I'M POINTING OUT WITH MY LEFT HAND AND THE FIRST SPEAKER CAN COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN. >> NOW AND JUST IN

GOODMAN WITH THE WIGGLE LAW GROUP HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION FOR BETTER HOUSING, THE COALITION FOR BETTER HOUSING IS GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ORDINANCES LIKE THIS. CBH MERELY

ASKS THAT THE LAW BE REVISED TO CLARIFY THAT A TENANT RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE TENANCY TO QUOTE TERMINATE THE TENANCY AT ANY TIME BE APPLIED TO THE INITIAL TERM LEASE A TENANT ALREADY HAS THE RIGHT TO

TERMINATE A TENANCY WHEN IT BECOMES MONTH TO MONTH AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE CONCERN HERE IS THAT A LANDLORD MAY IN GOOD FAITH JUST NOT BE AWARE OF THE LAW OR PERHAPS PROVIDE MISTAKEN INFORMATION BUT

BECAUSE THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT CANNOT BE COURSE CORRECTED DURING THE TENANCY A TENANT COULD PURPORT TO TERMINATE THEIR TENANCY ON THAT BASIS MAY BE MANY YEARS DOWN THE LINE AND TREAT THIS AS A

SPECIES OF WRONGFUL EVICTION WHEN REALLY IT COULD JUST BE A SIMPLE MISUNDERSTANDING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MY NAME'S MIKE

NOR THE THING THAT CAME UP FOR ME WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THIS IS WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO SET UP A SITUATION THAT ENDS UP MAKING RENT HIGHER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE WHAT THIS IS DOING IN LISTENING

TO IT IS YOU'RE EXPECTING WHOEVER THE LANDLORD IS. I'M NOT ONE BUT FOR A LANDLORD TO PRE ESTIMATE HOW MUCH WATER IS GOING TO GO UP ELECTRICITY WITH ALL THESE NEW BUILDINGS THEY'RE BUILDING THAT ARE

GOING TO UP LOTS OF ENERGY AND RACK UP RATES. I MEAN I'VE ALREADY SEEN ALL MY GAS POWER ALL MY STUFF GO UP ENORMOUSLY. >> SO IN DOING IT THIS WAY YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME STIPULATION IN THERE ABOUT

ADJUSTING FOR NORMAL GAS ELECTRIC POWER TRASH THINGS THAT WILL GO UP BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU CAN HAVE PROBLEM . I'VE LIVED IN RENT CONTROL BEFORE AND IT WAS HORRIBLE. I HAD PEOPLE PASSED OUT IN THE

HALLWAY CAUSING ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS AND THE LANDLORDS WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP US BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE WE'RE NOT MAKING OFF THAT BUILDING SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU OUT AS A

RENTER. >> SO I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO HOW DO YOU DO THIS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE RENTER OR THE LANDLORDS TACK ON AN EXTRA 500 BUCKS ON THE FRONT END BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE

WELL I KNOW OVER TIME IT'S GOING TO EAT AWAY AT WHAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE. SO JUST A CONSIDERATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. >> MY

NAME IS PETER. I'M WITH INDIVISIBLE S F FIRST YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ADD THESE FEES ON THEY CAN THEY CAN JUST NOT DO THAT. >> BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE NO HIDDEN RENT ACT. WE

WE BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD GET A FAIR DEAL AND A FAIR DEAL STARTS WITH DISCLOSING THE FULL PRICE TO BE PAID UPFRONT. TOO OFTEN WE GET PROMISED ONE PRICE AND THEN NICKEL AND DIMED WITH SNEAKY FEES THAT

MAKE THE TRUE COST ALTOGETHER HIGHER. >> THAT'S NOT A FAIR DEAL. AND WHEN IT'S RENT FOR AN APARTMENT THAT'S PEOPLE'S HOUSING AT RISK. WE ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO GO EVEN FARTHER AND LOOK INTO WHETHER

THESE FEES ARE BEING USED TO CIRCUMVENT RENT CONTROL LAWS AND WHETHER THE CITY CAN AND SHOULD ELIMINATE THESE SNEAKY FEES ALTOGETHER. >> WE'RE GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR LEADING ON THIS AND

REQUIRING THIS TRANSPARENCY AND TO SUPERVISORS SAUTER, MELGAR AND CHEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM

NUMBER THREE MADAM CHAIR PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU CHAIR MALKA AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO THIS LEGISLATION. THE LEGISLATION IS REALLY

STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMON SENSE MEASURE THAT BRINGS TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY TO OUR LOCAL RENTAL MARKET. TENANTS IN SAN FRANCISCO CAN EXPERIENCE CASCADES OF MANDATORY AND DISCLOSE THEIR FEES. THESE

HIDDEN JUNK FEEDS CAN QUIETLY A HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO A TENANTS MONTHLY EXPENSES. THIS LEGISLATION ENSURES THAT WHAT YOU SEE IT'S WHAT YOU PAY. IT ISN'T ABOUT OVERBURDENING LANDLORDS IT IT'S ABOUT

ESTABLISHING BASIC CONSUMER PROTECTIONS SO THAT RENTERS CAN BUDGET WITH CONFIDENCE FOR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MONTHLY EXPENSES THEY HAVE. SO AGAIN I WANT TO THINK THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FOR ADVANCING THIS

ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND THE WORK. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED BY SUPERVISOR MAHMUD AND

THEN TO SEND OUT THE AMENDED LEGISLATION OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> MOTIONS OFFERED BY THE CHAIR ARE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND THEN RECOMMEND THE ORDINANCE

AS AMENDED ON THOSE MOTIONS FOR SITUATION CHAN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR. >> MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES THAT MOTION PASSES THANK YOU CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR MATTHEW

LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR PLEASE. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO REVISE THE SIZE THRESHOLD FOR WHEN A MEZZANINE IS CONSIDERED A SEPARATE STORY TO INCLUDE

LARGER MEZZANINE PERMITTED BY THE BUILDING CODE AFFIRMING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S SECRET DETERMINATION AND MAKING OTHER VARIOUS FINDINGS THROUGHOUT THE ORDINANCE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN

SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU CHAIR I THINK AGAIN COLLEAGUES, JUST AS A REMINDER THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALIGN THE PLANNING CODES DEFINITION OF WHAT A MEZZANINE IS WITH A MORE

EXPANSIVE DEFINITION FOUND IN THE BUILDING CODE. >> IT WAS AMENDED LAST WEEK AND THAT AMENDMENT REQUIRED A CONTINUANCE. >> SO I'M JUST HERE ONCE AGAIN TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM TO MOVE IT

TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU. OKAY, IT SOUNDS GOOD. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW

HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR STORY COUNT AND MEZZANINE. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW. >> MADAM CHAIR, I PRESUME THE SPEAKER'S PUBLIC

COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. I WILL EXPRESS GREAT APPRECIATION SUPERVISE OUR MAHMUD FOR THIS. >> WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE ONE IN RECENT MEMORY IN MY DISTRICT THAT COULD HAVE REALLY USED THIS SO IT JUST MAKES

SENSE THAT STRAIGHT FORWARD I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS ITEM OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION THAT THIS

ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES. >> OKAY THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR

OKAY SO NOW LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE PLACE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSING CODE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT FOR HABITABLE ROOMS TO SEVEN FEET AND OTHER ROOMS

TO SIX FEET EIGHT INCHES. THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SEEKS DETERMINATION. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE JOINED BY SUPERVISOR ALAN WONG BUT I DON'T SEE HIM

HERE SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR. HANNA TO COME UP AND PRESENT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR AND COMMITTEE TO HAND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF THIS ITEM WAS REVIEWED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTION

COMMISSION ON JULY 15TH 2026. THERE WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FOR THE ITEM AFTER A ROBUST DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE CEILING HEIGHT CHANGE. I'M HAPPY TO DIVE INTO ANY PORTIONS OF THIS THAT THE COMMITTEE

MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ON. THE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CHANGE AND ONE NOTE THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE STATE CODE NOW WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN WITH IS ACTUALLY MORE LENIENT THAN THIS. SO THE

SUPERVISOR HAS PUT FORTH A SORT OF MIDDLE GROUND AMENDMENT STATE CODE ALLOWS HOW TO ATTICS AND BASEMENTS OR EXISTING HABITABLE EXCUSE ME EXISTING ATTICS OR BASEMENTS TO BE CONVERTED TO HABITABLE SPACE

AT A CEILING HEIGHT OF SIX FOOT EIGHT. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD KEEP IT AT SEVEN FEET RATHER THAN SEVEN FOOT SIX WHICH IS CURRENT EXISTING ONE AND I WILL TAKE A BREATH IN AND OUT. >> SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR

WANG YOU'RE ACROSS THE HALL. IT'S OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS FROM IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP I DO HAVE A QUESTION IS WHAT WHY WASN'T THIS RECOMMENDED BEFORE BY THE DEPARTMENT I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR

THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE MY TIME. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD REVIEWED RELATIVELY CONSISTENTLY. IT'S A DIFFICULT ITEM BECAUSE THERE IS A MISALIGNMENT EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL BETWEEN THE EXISTING

BUILDING CODE OR I SHOULD SAY THE RESIDENTIAL CODE WHICH WE DON'T ADOPT HERE AND THE BUILDING CODE. SO ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION IS STILL GOING TO BE AT THAT SEVEN FOOT SIX STANDARD. AND SO I THINK YOU

KNOW PERHAPS THERE WAS ENOUGH REVIEW OR THERE WAS A POLICY DECISION THAT THAT ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S PRIORITIES FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS AS WELL. BUT AS WE SEE THE NEED FOR HOUSING CONTINUE TO PRESS AS

WE SEE CONSTITUENTS THROUGH ROGER WONG'S AND OTHERS THAT HAVE THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THERE IS A SPACE THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONVERT IT TO HABITABLE BUT IT DOESN'T QUITE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

EXCAVATION IS REALLY THE ONLY OPTION TO GET SAY A SEVEN FOOT ROOM TO A SEVEN FOOT SIX ROOM. THAT EXCAVATION CAN BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT AND SO THIS OFFERS A DIFFERENT PATHWAY TO GET THAT

SPACE AND LEGALIZATION TO A POTENTIAL DWELLING UNIT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WELCOME SUPERVISOR WONG WE HAD A LITTLE PRESENTATION BY MR. HANNA SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS . OKAY. THANK YOU FOR GOING

FIRST. THANK YOU. CHAIR LET ME OPEN UP MY REMARKS. I JUST ACCIDENTLY LOGGED OUT. LET'S DID YOU HAVE SOME OKAY, WHY DON'T I GO TO SUPERVISOR CHEN? >> I GOT IT. OKAY. >> COLLEAGUES, THIS LEGISLATION

ADDRESSES A FAIRLY SIMPLE PROBLEM IN OUR HOUSING CODE. SAN FRANCISCO CURRENTLY REQUIRES GREATER CEILING HEIGHTS IN EXISTING BUILDINGS THAN THE STANDARD ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL

CODE UNDER THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US THE MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT FOR HABITABLE ROOMS IN EXISTING BUILDINGS WOULD BE REDUCED TO SEVEN FEET. THE MINIMUM FOR OTHER ROOMS WOULD BE REDUCED TO SIX FEET EIGHT

INCHES. THIS IS A MODEST CHANGE BUT IT CAN BE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. SAN FRANCISCO HAS THOUSANDS OF OLDER HOMES WHOSE GROUND FLOORS, BASEMENTS, GARAGES AND OTHER EXISTING SPACES WERE BUILT TWO

DIMENSIONS THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY MEET OUR CURRENT LOCAL CEILING HEIGHT REQUIREMENT IN SOME CASES A MATTER OF INCHES CAN DETERMINE WHETHER AN OTHERWISE USABLE SPACE CAN LEGALLY BECOME HOUSING AT A

TIME WHEN WE ARE ASKING HOMEOWNERS TO CREATE ADUS CONVERT UNDERUSED SPACE AND MAKE BETTER USE OF THE BUILDINGS WE ALREADY HAVE, OUR CODES SHOULD SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. LET'S LEGISLATION DOES NOT

ELIMINATE BASIC HABITABILITY STANDARDS. IT BRINGS SAN FRANCISCO'S HOUSING CODE INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE RESIDENTIAL STANDARD WHICH PROVIDES FOR SEVEN FOOT CEILINGS IN HABITABLE ROOMS AND SIX FOOT

EIGHT INCH CEILINGS IN CERTAIN OTHER ROOMS. THE LEGISLATION EXPRESSLY FINDS THAT THIS CHANGE RESOLVES THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE TWO STANDARDS AND IMPORTANTLY THIS IS ABOUT

MAKING IT EASIER TO LEGALIZE AND MAKE PRODUCTIVE USE OF SPACE THAT ALREADY EXISTS. >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS AN OLDER HOUSING STOCK AND PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD HAVE REASONABLE FLEXIBILITY TO ADOPT THE ADAPT

THOSE SPACES WITHOUT UNDERTAKING COSTLY STRUCTURAL WORK SIMPLY TO GAIN A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF CEILING HEIGHT. >> AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A LONG RUNNING CHRONICLE STORY THAT MENTIONED ONE HOMEOWNER

THAT HAS BEEN SPEAKING DURING OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS LEGISLATION ABOUT HOW IT'S NEGATIVELY AFFECTED HER AND HOW IT WOULD POTENTIALLY COST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL

CEILING HEIGHT BY DIGGING IN. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MAKE TODAY. >> I WANT TO THANK THE CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSION FOR THE

REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE AMENDMENTS I'M PROPOSING CLARIFY THAT THE NEW SEVEN FOOT CEILING HEIGHT STANDARD FOR HABITABLE ROOMS APPLIES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS. THEY ALSO MAKE A CORRESPONDING

CHANGE TO THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THAT SCOPE. THESE CHANGES PROVIDE GREATER CLARITY ABOUT WHERE THE NEW STANDARD APPLIES WHILE PRESERVING THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION,

MAKING IT EASIER TO LEGALIZE AND PUT EXISTING SPACE TO USE. SO TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COMMITTEE ADOPT THESE AMENDMENTS AND FORWARD THE LEGISLATION AS AMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A

POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU TO TAKE FROM IDBI FOR JOINING US AND ALSO HELPING US SUPPORT ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ALREADY AND HE'S WELL FOR ANY MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AS WELL. >> THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WANG SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU CHAIR MAO GA. >> THIS ORDINANCE IT'S A PRACTICAL COMMON SENSE ADJUSTMENT TO OUR HOUSING CALL. >> WE KNOW THAT MANY EXISTING 80 U AND GROUND

FLOOR SPACES HAVE CEILING HEIGHTS JUST SHY OF CURRENT RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS. >> THIS MINOR LEGAL ADJUSTMENT SAVES PROPERTY OWNERS FROM HAVING TO PERFORM COST PROHIBITIVE STRUCTURAL EXCAVATIONS OR ROOF

LIFTS MAKING HUNDREDS OF EXISTING SPACES INSTANTLY ELIGIBLE FOR LEGALIZATION. SO THIS LEGISLATION WILL LOWER THE FINANCIAL BARRIER FOR EVERYDAY HOMEOWNERS TO LEGALIZE AID, USE OR BUILD NEW ONES

WITHOUT SACRIFICING LIVABILITY . SO I'M HAPPY THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS MOVING FORWARD. AND MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ALSO ME AS A CO-SPONSOR? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU

SUPERVISOR WONG FOR TACKLING THIS. THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL FOR OUR DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. IT IS GOING TO REALLY HELP A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>

I'M ALREADY A CO-SPONSOR SO LET'S MR. CLARK UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT GO AHEAD. >> WE'RE YET TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS. I'M SORRY FOR GOING TOO FAST. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT

ON THE SIDE OF ME. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE CHANGE TO THE HOUSING CODE RELATED TO CEILING HEIGHTS. IF YOU HAVE

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME. >> MYRNA I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. >> I HAD ADDRESSED THAT COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE AND THE WHOLE

COMMITTEE THE WHOLE COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT WHOLE COMMITTEE PART OF WHY I FOUND THIS TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT I ACTUALLY HOSTED AND MONITORED OVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEETINGS IN

THE CITY. I'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ATTEND. I'VE HAD SUPERVISORS, USERS AND SENATORS SHOW UP AT THEM AND REALLY KIND OF GET INTO THE THE CONVERSATION OF THIS AND THE THE UNITS THAT ARE OUT FOR

INSTANCE THE SUNSET THE IN-LAW UNITS THERE MOST OF THEM ARE LIKE AROUND SIX FOOT FIVE OR YES SIX FOOT FIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND SEVEN FOOT JUST SHORT OF THE SEVEN FIVE LIMIT

AND JUST MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS OVER 30,000 UNITS EVERY BLOCK HAS ABOUT 48 HOUSING UNITS. >> SO THERE'S LITERALLY IN THE CITY HUNDREDS OF PROBABLY 200,000 POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. MOST OF THEM

OUT THERE RENT FOR UNDER $2,000 A MONTH THAT IS ACTUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ESPECIALLY WHEN MOST OF THEM ARE ONE BEDROOMS. I HAD FIXED MINE UP OVER THE YEARS HOPING THAT WHEN I WOULD RETIRE I'M 64

HOPING THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO RENT IT OUT SO I COULD PAY FOR MY PROPERTY TAXES. MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE HAVE A CRISIS COMING UPON US THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THEIR

HOMES IN THEIR RETIREMENT BECAUSE WITH PROP 30 OR 1913 WHAT HAPPENS IS YOUR TAXES DOUBLE EVERY 30 YEARS. MINE ARE 17 RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE GOING TO BE 34 WHEN I'M MY DAD'S AGE THAT'LL BE 100 GRAND EVERY

THREE YEARS. VERY FEW OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ANY IDEA THAT THIS AVALANCHE IS COMING TAX WISE ON THEM AND THAT MANY OF THEM WILL BE PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOUSES SO FREEING THIS UP SO PEOPLE CAN FIX UP

THEIR UNITS, RENT THEM OUT. IT'S GOING TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE CITY BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO KEEP A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSES IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU

FOR YOUR COMMENTS SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE GRIFFIN LEAVE CONNECT TO THAT STUFF THANK SUPERVISOR LONG FOR LEADING THE EFFORT HERE THIS FEELS LIKE COMMON SENSE TO REFORM LEGISLATION THAT COULD

POTENTIALLY UNLOCK HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING EMPTY. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE STAFF IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IN TERMS OF REFORM TO UNLOCK HOUSING. SO

I APPRECIATE YOUR PROVIDER AND YOUR EFFORTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING MORE OF THIS TYPE OF STUFF. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

PAUL RAY. I'M HERE FOR A STRONG SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED WILL TO LOWER THE CEILING HEIGHT LIMIT. I THINK THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF 76 GOES AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO'S DESIRE TO HAVE MORE HOUSING IN IN THE MAIN

REASON THAT THERE ISN'T MORE HOUSING IS BECAUSE OF THAT 76 LIMIT. ONE REASON ALONE IS IF YOU HAVE ANY SMALL UNIT AND YOU WANT TO LEGALIZE IT, IT COST AT LEAST $90,000 TO DO THE EXCAVATION. SO IF THAT

WAS LOWERED TO SEVEN FEET AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WE'D HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF UNITS, I THINK IT WOULD BE A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. FOR HOMEOWNERS THEY BE ABLE TO RENT THEIR UNITS FOR TENANTS.

IT'S SUPPLY AND DEMAND IF THERE'S MORE HOUSING UNITS THE RENTS ARE GOING TO GO DOWN. WHO CAN ESPECIALLY WITH THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAD BEFORE THIS ONE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE RENTS GOING UP THIS IS

A WAY THAT RENTS WILL BE BETTER. I CAN'T SEE HOW ANYBODY WOULD GO AGAINST IT. AND THE OTHER THING IS YOU WANT TO BUILD BUILDINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I READ THESE ARTICLES OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO

BUILD A BUILDING. HERE'S 200,000 UNITS THAT COULD BE BUILT WITHOUT THESE DRACONIAN GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS I HOPE THAT YOU

GO WITH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS WITH TURNER ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING ACTION COALITION A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS ADVOCATES, RESIDENTS I MEAN I

CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY EMAILS WE GET FROM PEOPLE BOTH MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS WHO SAY HEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE COST FOR ME. >> HOW DO I NAVIGATE THIS? AND I HAVE TO EMAIL AND SAY WELL OVER THE

LAST COUPLE MONTHS HOLD ON, JUST WAIT. WE'LL GET YOU HOPEFULLY A SAVINGS ON THIS SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOME FORM OF HOUSING ON THE MARKET AND THERE'S SO MANY SMALL ISSUES LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT OUR

CODE THAT PREVENT HOUSING FROM COMING ONLINE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO JUST SELL THEM UP ONE BY ONE SO THAT WE CAN SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ON BUILDING COSTS AND ACTUALLY GET UNITS BUILT. THE TRUTH

IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS HOUSING SHORTAGE WITH ONE BIG PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS MUCH AS I WISH WE WOULD. WE FIND THE RULES THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE LIKE SUPERVISOR WONG AND HIS TEAM HAVE AND

CHANGE THEM ONE AT A TIME. SO WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE AMENDMENT AND WE HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT THIS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COME AT SIX PICK A PLACE. >> HI SUPERVISORS. MY

NAME'S KATHRYN ROBERTS AND I AM THE PROUD WINNER OF SUPERVISOR FOR WONG'S DUMBLEDORE'S CONTEST SO I'M VERY SADDENED BY THIS CAP PUT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND I COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED ABOUT THAT

AND MORE GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR WONG FOR DOING THIS. IT IS SUCH IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED A WHOLE LOT SOONER? >> CAN I SHOW YOU IS THIS A WAY OF TV? >> IF

WE COULD DISPLAY THE PROJECTOR. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE NOTICE IS A VIOLATION. >> PLEASE PULL THE MAKEUP CLOSE TO YOUR FACE. THERE YOU ARE. OH, IT'S ALL GOOD. KEEP IT. OKAY.

THIS IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE NOTICES OF VIOLATION THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON MY EDWARDIAN BUILDING IN COAL VALLEY SINCE 2004 WHICH IS LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT THE PLACE IN 2003. >> SO I HAVE

HAD THESE NOTICES VIOLATION HANGING OVER MY HEAD FOR LITERALLY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. THEY DON'T GO AWAY. THERE IS NO THEY DON'T GRANDFATHER THEY DON'T ARE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T SUNSET SO AND I'VE

HAD ARCHITECTS ESTIMATE THAT IT WOULD COST ME $1 MILLION AT LEAST TO BRING MY TWO LOWER UNITS UP TO CODE WHICH WERE BUILT BY A PREVIOUS OWNER. >> HE CONVERTED THE GROUND FLOOR INTO TWO RENT CONTROLLED

UNITS WHICH I'VE LUCKILY BEEN ABLE TO RENT OUT EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE BUILDING BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE IN THAT BUILDING WITHOUT THIS THEY HAVE SEVEN FOOT CEILINGS. PLEASE FIX THIS INSTEAD

OF BUILDING THESE HUGE BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE SO DISRUPTIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING THE ONE RIGHT IN BACK OF ME AT 730 STANTON WHICH HAS DISRUPTED MY LIFE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS

AT THE SAME TIME AS I'VE BEEN PERSECUTED FOR TRYING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING A BLOCK AWAY FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE BECAUSE TIME HAS CONCLUDED. LET'S HAVE THE

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JINAN NEW PUT THERE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. WHO'S AND I'M VERY SHORT. >> HI SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JANINE. I'M WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO APARTMENT

ASSOCIATION. I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK SUPERVISOR WANG FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON GOING OUT AND FINDING CODES THAT NEED TO BE FIXED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ADDING MORE RENTAL HOUSING UNITS TO THE MARKET

AND HELPING SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS BETTER MANAGE THEIR PROPERTY. >> SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION AND AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE

ANYONE ELSE AS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE MADAM CHAIR OKAY. >> NOW I'D LIKE TO A QUICK PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. NOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE LEGISLATION AS READ

INTO THE RECORD BY SUPERVISOR WONG AND SEND IT OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED TWO MOTIONS BOTH OFFERED BY THE CHAIR, THE FIRST TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS

PRESENTED AND THE SECOND THAT THE ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED ON THOSE MOTIONS. VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I MEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THOSE

TWO MOTIONS. >> OKAY THE MOTION PASSES. >> CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR ONE THANK YOU. OKAY NOW WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY SUPERVISOR WALTON AND WE CAN GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX IS AN

URGENCY ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERIM ZONING MORATORIUM TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTERS AS DEFINED WITHIN CITY EXCUSE ME CITYWIDE FOR 45 DAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 658 58 IT

AFFIRMS THAT PLANNING DEPARTMENTS DETERMINATION UNDER SECTION AND MAKES FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE EIGHT PRIORITY POLICIES OF PLANNING CODE SECTION 11.1 THIS AGENDA ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A

POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT MAY BE SENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR CONSIDERATION TOMORROW OCTOBER SIXTH, 2026 AT SUPERVISOR WALDEN THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR MCGUIRE AND THANK

YOU TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO GET THIS TO COMMITTEE SO FAST. I JUST WANT TO REALLY JUST MAKE A STATEMENT. WE ARE SEEING DATA CENTERS POP UP NEAR RESIDENTIAL

COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND WE HAVE SEEN IMPACTS FROM POLLUTING THE WATER SUPPLY TO THE NOISE THESE FACILITIES BRING THE NEIGHBORHOODS CLOSEST TO THEM. WE ARE AWARE OF THE TWO

PROPOSED COMING TO BAYVIEW AND OF ISRAELI BORDER AND THERE ARE NO COMMUNITY AND THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY INPUT ON EITHER ONE. THE NOVA DATA CENTER AT 400 PAUL AVENUE AND 200 PAUL AVENUE WENT THROUGH

PLANNING BACK IN 2016 LONG BEFORE MOST RESIDENTS EVEN KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING AND THE PROPOSAL AT THE COW PALACE SITS IN DALY CITY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ONE A DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION A

STATE BOARD APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THESE TWO AND OTHER CENTERS RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. >> DISTRICT TEN HAS CARRIED MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF INDUSTRIAL BURDEN FOR THIS CITY.

CONGRESS AND SEVERAL CITIES NATIONWIDE ARE PUTTING IN MORATORIUMS, PROHIBITIONS AND BANS ON DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE WITH THIS

MORATORIUM. THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM IS AN INTERIM MEASURE AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW THAT GIVES THE CITY TIME TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF DATA CENTERS AND DEVELOP UPDATED LONG TERM REGULATIONS DURING THIS

PERIOD WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ISSUES INCLUDING ENERGY, WATER, AIR QUALITY, LAND USE AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS WHILE WORKING TOWARD STRONGER PROTECTIONS AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL AS DATA CENTER

DEFINITION THAT IS CLEAR TO EVERYONE THIS LEGISLATION WILL POWER CITY APPROVALS OF DATA CENTERS WHILE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STUDY THEIR IMPACTS AND DEVELOP LONG TERM RULES

AND IT DIRECTS PLANNING TO REPORT BACK WITHIN 25 DAYS ON PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT GOAL. THE MORATORIUM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858 WHICH ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PAUSE

APPROVALS OF A USE WHILE THEY STUDY AND DEVELOP PERMANENT ZONING CONTROLS IN RESPONSE TO A CURRENT AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE. >> CURRENTLY SAN FRANCISCO REGULATES DATA

CENTERS UNDER THE PLANNING CODE'S DEFINITION OF INTERNET SERVICE EXCHANGE ADOPTED IN 2001 LONG BEFORE THE RISE OF GENERATIVE A.I. AND THE SCALE OF COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE IT NOW REQUIRES . >> UNDER

THAT FRAMEWORK DATA CENTERS ARE TYPICALLY APPROVED THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION A FEW DATA CENTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED UNDER THESE OUTDATED RULES CONCENTRATED IN

THE BAYVIEW AND SOUTH OF MARKET NEIGHBORHOODS. AREAS OF THE CITY ALREADY OVERBURDENED BY AIR POLLUTION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS. >> PASSING THIS LEGISLATION MEANS THAT SAN FRANCISCO

WILL JOIN A RAPIDLY EXPANDING LIST OF CITIES, COUNTIES AND STATES THAT HAVE MOVED TO PAUSE OR PERMANENTLY PROHIBIT NEW DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. IN 2026, NEW YORK ENACTED THE NATION'S FIRST STATEWIDE

MORATORIUM IN JULY FOLLOWING A WAVE OF LOCAL ACTION ACROSS THE STATE. CALIFORNIA'S MONTEREY PARK CONVERTED ITS OWN INTERIM MORATORIUM INTO A PERMANENT BAN IN MAY AND SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AND COACHELLA,

CALIFORNIA HAVE BOTH ADOPTED OUTRIGHT CITY PROHIBITIONS AS THERE ARE CURRENTLY HUNDREDS OF LOCAL AND STATE ACTIONS IN EFFECT OR PENDING ACROSS DOZENS OF STATES A SCALE OF RESPONSE THAT HAS QUADRUPLED

SINCE LAST YEAR AS COMMUNITIES WORK TO GET AHEAD OF THE INDUSTRY'S RAPID BUILDOUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AIR DATA CENTER MORATORIUM ACT IS PENDING IN CONGRESS AND CALIFORNIA ITSELF HAS ROUGHLY EIGHT

BILLS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION ADDRESSING DATA CENTER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WATER USE, RATEPAYER PROTECTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RESEARCH FROM THE NAACP, THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE AND

OTHER NATIONAL ORGANIZED STATIONS HAS DOCUMENTED A CONSISTENT PATTERN DATA CENTERS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY CONCENTRATED IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. COMPOUNDING EXISTING

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH BURDENS NATIONAL REVIEWS HAVE FOUND THAT A LARGE SHARE OF FACILITIES SIT IN CENSUS TRACTS ALREADY CARRYING ABOVE AVERAGE POLLUTION, POVERTY AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND THEIR

BLACK AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS ALREADY BEAR THE HIGHEST EXPOSURE TO THE FINE PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION. ASSOCIATE AT IT WITH THE BACKUP POWER SYSTEMS. THESE FACILITIES RELY ON LOCALLY THAT PATTERN

MAPS ON A SAN FRANCISCO'S OWN HISTORY OF REDLINING AND INDUSTRIAL SITING AND BABY BONUS POINT A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK LATINO AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY HOSTS DATA CENTER FACILITIES

WITHOUT UPDATED RULES. THE NEXT WAVE OF AIR DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE LANDING HARDEST IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE CARRIED THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS FOR

GENERATIONS. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR THE MORATORIUM IS NOT OPPOSITION TO TECHNOLOGY OR INNOVATION BUT A CALL FOR BALANCE AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENTS ACCELERATES, CITIES, STATES AND CONGRESS

ARE INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZING THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND AI NAMELY THE DATA CENTERS THAT STORE AND PROCESS ITS DATA REQUIRES THE SAME KIND OF PUBLIC OVERSIGHT APPLIED TO ANY OTHER MAJOR INDUSTRIAL

USE. TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WATER AND ENERGY DEMANDS, ENFORCEABLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO WEIGH IN BEFORE PROJECTS ARE APPROVED AND NOT AFTER. WITHOUT THAT OVERSIGHT,

ADVOCATES SAY THE COST OF THE AI BOOM HOW UTILITY BILLS STRAIN WATER SYSTEMS ADDED AIR POLLUTION AND INDUSTRIAL LAND USE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS FALL ON THE PUBLIC WHILE THE BENEFITS ACCRUE TO A SMALL

NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHEN THE MORATORIUM PASSES IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ENACTMENT AND REMAIN IN PLACE FOR 45 DAYS UNLESS EXTENDED UNDER STATE LAW ARE REPLACED BY PERMANENT

CONTROLS WITHIN 25 DAYS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MUST REPORT TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD ON STEPS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT PROMPTED THE MORATORIUM WITH THE HEARING ON THAT REPORT TO FOLLOW NO

LATER THAN 35 DAYS AFTER THE ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS SUPERVISORS CHEN FIELDER AND CHEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AS MY LEGISLATIVE AIDES NATALIE PERCY AND LINDSEY FROM

MY OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. AND I'M ASKING THIS COMMITTEE TO SEND THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR MEMBER THANK YOU. >>

SUPERVISOR WALTON SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR MILKER AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR YOUR COLLABORATION WITH MY OFFICE. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I

UNDERSTAND AND VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE CORE INTENT OF THIS LEGISLATION. LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS RAISE REAL ISSUES ABOUT ENERGY, WATER NOISE, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS AND OUR EXISTING CODE LANGUAGE MAY NOT

BE APPROPRIATE TO REGULATE THEIR USE. >> I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS THAT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I THINK SUPERVISOR WALTON AND OTHERS MAY SHARE THAT THE SB 88 SEVEN LANGUAGE IS TOO BROAD. MANY OFFICES,

HOSPITALS AND BANKS HAVE SERVER ROOMS AND ONSITE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT THAT SUPPORTS THEIR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AS AN ACCESSORY. USE THIS KIND OF ACCESSORY USE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM A LARGE FACILITY

WHOSE BUSINESS AND SOLE PURPOSE IS SELLING THEIR COMPUTE POWER TO OFFSITE USERS AND WITHOUT TIGHTER LANGUAGE I WORRY THAT THESE FACILITIES COULD BE UNINTENTIONALLY CAUGHT UP IN A MORATORIUM THAT WAS

NEVER MEANT TO REACH THEM. >> SO I HAVE A SIMILAR CONCERN ABOUT EXISTING FACILITIES THAT NEED ROUTINE PERMITS FOR WORK THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EXPANDING DATA CAPACITY WHETHER IT'S LIFE SAFETY WORK

OR WAYFINDING WORK. SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER TWO FRIENDLY CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS . BOTH I'M INFORMED ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE TOGETHER WITH SOME LANGUAGE TO THE FINDINGS THAT REFLECTS CONCERNS THAT I THINK WE

ALL SHARE. >> SO THE FIRST WOULD EXPLICITLY STATE THAT DATA MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ACCESSORY TO ANOTHER PRINCIPALLY OR CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USE ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY THE MORATORIUM. AND THEN

SECOND TO MAKE CLEAR THAT PERMITS FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE THAT ARE NOT THAT THAT DO NOT INTENSIFY A DATA CENTERS USE MAY STILL BE APPROVED AND I COULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT TO READ THE

TWO TO READ THE AMENDMENTS INTO THE RECORD. BUT I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING IT FORWARD. >> SO PROFESSOR WALTON THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY LET'S GO

TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >> MR. CLERK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX AN INTERIM ZONING MORATORIUM FOR DATA

CENTERS. PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN FOR THIS FIRST SPEAKER AND IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YOU CAN LAND TO LINE UP ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL. >> CALVIN WELCH MEMBER BOARD HE DOES

FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THE HOUSING AND LAND USE MEMBER THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUPERVISOR FOR INTRODUCING THIS FAR REACHING AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. >> IT SEEMS TO IN OUR

READING OF THE ORDINANCE THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE SUPERVISOR FROM DISTRICT SIX CAN WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE 40 DAY PERIOD WHICH HAS REQUIRED HEARINGS AND FINDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND

DEPARTMENT. I WOULD HOPE YOUR CONCERNS DO NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF ADOPTING IMMEDIATELY THIS MORATORIUM. >> DATA CENTERS CONSUME VAST AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER TO PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY AND

COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO IS IN SHORT SUPPLY OF. >> WE ONLY GENERATE ABOUT 50% OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT WE USE . >> WE BORROW OR BUY THE REST OF IT FROM THE GRID. >> WE'RE ON A LONG EXTENSION CORD BUT

60% OF THE ELECTRICAL POWER WE GET IS FROM AN EXTENSION CORD ACROSS THE BAY. WATER IS DEPENDED UPON TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN 200 MILES AWAY. IT'S BROUGHT TO THE CITY BY A SYSTEM VERY, VERY VULNERABLE TO

MAJOR SEISMIC EVENTS IN SHORT, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE CAPACITY OF SAN FRANCISCO TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE THE USE OF CRITICALLY SHORT SUPPLIES OF RESOURCES. IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER FOR THE

CITY TO ALSO SPEND ITS TIME FIGURING OUT A WAY TO OVERCOME THE P, G AND E PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE AND CREATE A GRID THAT WE CAN CONTROL MUCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS IRENE

HARRIS AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MARY HARRISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING FIGHT FOR GENERATIONS AND DECADES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

FOR DISTRICT TEN IN PARTICULAR BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT LOOKING BROADLY AT THE WHOLE CITY AS WELL. NOW I WOULD SAY THAT I APPROVE THAT I APPROVE OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO AND RIGHT TRYING TO LET'S TRY TO

PROPOSE TO YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS NEED TO APPROVE THAT BECAUSE WE NEED AN INTERRUPTION RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW ME IN A MILLION A MILLION RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY WENT ALL THE WAY TO SACRAMENTO AND STOOD

TEN TOES DOWN ADVOCATING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR AND OUT OF THAT WE START WORKING ON A CLEAN AIR PLAN. HOW CAN WE CONSTRUCTIVELY WORK TOGETHER INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY

TO COME UP WITH THAT CLEAN AIR PLAN WHICH IS GETTING ACROSS THE BOARD RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU'RE COINCIDING HERE, WHEN YOU'RE AT TWO SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE SAME TIME GOING AGAINST THAT PLAN, WE KNOW THAT

THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF OUR DISTRICT ARE ASTRONOMICAL. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF RESPIRATORY LUNG DISEASE AND ASTHMA. MOST OTHER ADULTS WE HAVE A 98% OUT IF MORTALITY RATE WHICH IS ALMOST 100% WE

HAVE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND WE HAVE STATIONARY SOURCES OF POLLUTION WE NEED FOR THIS COMMITTEE RIGHT HERE TO STAND ON BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF OUR DISTRICTS AND ALSO

TO TAKE A REAL CLOSE LOOK AND AN INTERRUPT THE OVERDOING OF HAVING DATA CENTERS LIKE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHAT IS CALLED A PROBLEM INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH THE USA THERE'S CURRENTLY A OPEN CASE IN

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND A PREDOMINANT BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WOULD I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAILS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT SUPPORT YOU GUYS BY SHARING IT WITH YOU IS A PINPOINT OF WHAT YOU NEED

TO BE LOOKING FOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE DATA CENTERS THAT'S INTERRUPTED THAT'S GET BACK ON TRACK TO BEING TO DO IT FOR OUR CITY WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT AND THEN START GUARDING THE

HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS ARIANA HARRISON AND WITH THAT I'M SIGNING OFF. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HI MY NAME IS JULIETA HOLMES BOX

AND FOR TODAY I AM A RESIDENT BORN HERE IN 1957. ALWAYS BEEN HERE AND STILL LIVE HERE AND AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A HOUSE HERE I'M GOING TO REMAIN HERE SEVEN MILES BY SEVEN MILES IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT. SO WHY DO WE HAVE 200 400, PAUL RIGHT CROSS FROM NEXT TO THE CHURCH AND THEN RIGHT CROSS FROM BJ'S WHERE WE ALL GO AND EAT AND THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSED ONE AND THE IN IN DISTRICT TEN AND THEN WE

HAVE 555 CALIFORNIA WE HAVE 185 BERRY AND WE HAVE 274 BRANNON NOW THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH IN MY OPINION THAT'S CALLED A CLUSTER . >> YOU HAVE SEVEN BY SEVEN SQUARE MILES. WHY ARE YOU CLUSTERING THEM ALL

RIGHT THERE? >> BECAUSE EITHER WAY IT GOES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IMPACTS FROM THAT. >> NOW I WANT EVERYONE AND I THANK ALL OF THE SUPERVISOR FOR SUPPORTING BOY SHERMAN AND LEGISLATION SAMBOY BECAUSE

WHEN HE'S GONE WHO UNLESS HE BECOMES MAYOR WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVASTATED. JUST HAD TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT HOWEVER THIS LEGISLATION IS SO IMPORTANT SO PEOPLE LIKE ME I'M O.G. 70 YEARS YOU UNDERSTAND SO

I IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU PASS THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE I HAVE ASTHMA. I AM IMPACTED BY ALL THE CONTAMINATION RADIATION SO MUCH STUFF SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL FACE

AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S LEGISLATION LIKE THIS THAT ALLOWS ME TO LIVE A NICE LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO ALTHOUGH I HAD TO MOVE OUT OF DISTRICT TEN BECAUSE IT'S TOO CONTAMINATED. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR

COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS MARK OLSEN. I LIVE IN WEST PORTAL. I'M HERE BECAUSE I SUPPORT SUPERVISOR WALTON'S PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. I ALSO WANT A PERMANENT

BAN ON DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT IS BY NOW WELL KNOWN THAT DATA CENTERS MAKE LIFE WORSE FOR THOSE LIVING NEARBY. COOLING FANS CAUSED NOISY NOISE AND HEAT POLLUTION. DIESEL POWERED BACKUP

GENERATORS EMIT HARMFUL PARTICULATES. THE INTENSE ELECTRICITY DEMAND CAN LEAD TO HIGHER POWER BILLS FOR RATEPAYERS. >> I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT DATA CENTERS ARE JUSTIFIABLE IF LOCAL RESIDENTS BELIEVE

THEY PROVIDE A PUBLIC GOOD. EIA DATA CENTERS PROVIDE ALMOST NO BENEFIT TO SAN FRANCISCANS EXCEPT THE VERY WEALTHY SHAREHOLDERS AS THEY AI COMPANIES. I WOULD GO FURTHER AND SAY THAT AIR IS CORROSIVE TO

OUR SOCIETY . PLEASE KEEP I DATA CENTERS OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME'S AVERY MCLEOD. I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO. I

SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM. THIS IF THEY ALLOW THE DATA CENTER TO GO THROUGH THIS WILL NEGATIVELY NEGATIVELY AFFECT ALL OF US ESPECIALLY THOSE IN DISTRICT TEN AND BENEFIT A TINY FEW GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO

ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH PRIVILEGE AND DON'T NEED MORE. SO I SUPPORT THIS AND I HOPE TO HEAR BACK SOON TO SUPPORT A PERMANENT BAN OF DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, I'M KATHERINE MILLER AND I DO NOT SUPPORT THE DATA CENTERS AT ALL AND I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T EITHER. IT ONLY BENEFITS A FEW PEOPLE AND REALLY JUST A HANDFUL OF

BILLIONAIRES AND WE DON'T NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR AGENDA. >> I WANT TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT TEN I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT DISTRICT TEN AND I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THE

PLANET. WHY DO WE NEED TO BRING AN INDUSTRY IN HERE THAT HURTS THE PLANET WITH FOSSIL FUELS? I MEAN IF THESE GUYS WERE SO SMART THEY WOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO RUN THEIR LITTLE BUSINESS WITHOUT BURNING

FOSSIL FUELS. >> ANYWAY, THAT'S IT. LET'S NOT DO IT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE. >> HI. MY NAME IS PETER AND I'M SPEAKING IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY. >> THERE IS A WAVE OF

DATACENTRE CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY A LAND RUSH. MANY OF THESE DATACENTRES CONSUME SUCH VAST QUANTITIES OF ELECTRICITY THAT THEIR BUILDERS FIELDS OF POLLUTING METHANE POWER GENERATORS PROMISING

TO USE RENEWABLE POWER LATER. >> THERE'S AMPLE CONFUSION AND OBFUSCATION ABOUT WATER USAGE AND DEPLETION FROM DIRECT USAGE FOR COOLING TO INDIRECT USAGE IN GENERATING THE ADDITIONAL POWER NEEDED. >>

THERE'S THE AMOUNT OF HEAT EMITTED BY THESE FACILITIES INTO AN ALREADY WARMING CLIMATE. I SAY THAT AS IT'S 75 DEGREES OUTSIDE ON THIS DAY IN OCTOBER. >> THERE'S THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE THIS IS THE

BEST USE OF LARGE LOTS OF SCARCE LAND WHEN AS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF MORE HOUSING. >> THAT'S EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO WHAT THESE DATA CENTERS ARE FOR WHICH TOO OFTEN IS

TO BUILD SO-CALLED A.I. SYSTEMS TO PUT EVEN MORE PEOPLE OUT OF WORK. DEEPENING THE GROWING POVERTY CRISIS IN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY. LET'S NOT GET CAUGHT IN THIS WAVE OF DESTRUCTIVE CONSTRUCTION AND

INSTEAD USE OUR CITY'S RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND TO THE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERING IT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. I'M VIRGINIA GRANDY WITH TODD CO. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED 45 DAY ZONING MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTERS. THIS

IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO PAUSE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THIS RAPIDLY EVOLVING LAND USE INCLUDING HOW THOSE IMPACTS MAY AFFECT COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY CARRY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL

BURDENS AND DETERMINE WHETHER DATA CENTERS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR SAN FRANCISCO AT ALL. >> BEFORE MAKING ADDITIONAL LONG TERM LAND USE DECISIONS ABOUT THEM, THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE BAYVIEW

HUNTERS POINT WHERE DATA CENTERS ALREADY EXIST DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS ALREADY CARRIED GENERATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

MEANS LOOKING AT THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS NOT JUST ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. DURING THIS 45 DAY PAUSE THE CITY SHOULD EXAMINE ELECTRICITY AND WATER, USE BACKUP GENERATORS, AIR QUALITY NOISE INFRASTRUCTURE

COSTS, PERMANENT JOBS AND THE IMPACTS ON COMMUNITIES ALREADY CARRYING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS. IF DATA CENTERS ARE ULTIMATELY ALLOWED, SAN FRANCISCO'S SHOULD ESTABLISH APPROPRIATE PLANNING

CODE STANDARDS BEFORE APPROVING MORE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS 45 DAY MORATORIUM AND USE IT TO DETERMINE WHETHER DATA CENTERS ARE APPROPRIATE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT

SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME'S MARIE SORENSON. I LIVE IN THE MISSION. I DECIDED THIS MORNING TO GOOGLE WHY PEOPLE PUSH BACK AGAINST DATA CENTERS. >> AND A NOTABLE GALLUP POLL REVEALED THAT 70% OF

AMERICANS OPPOSE LOCAL DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION. >> YET WE ALREADY HAVE TWO SMALL ONES. >> ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BY THEM TAX MONEY REFUNDS FOR HAVING TO LIVE NEXT TO WHAT PEOPLE

DESCRIBE AS A 24 SEVEN LAWN MOWER THAT'S OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES? >> BESIDES THE FACT THAT AS SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY SAID WE'LL HAVE HIGHER ELECTRIC BILLS, WE ALREADY HAVE HIGHER ELECTRIC BILLS. >> YOU

BLINK AND YOU NEED TWO SIDES TO RAISE THE PRICES. >> WATER CONSUMPTION. >> NOT THAT LONG AGO WE WERE ON WATER RATIONING. WE STILL KIND OF OUR THE USUAL DOG WHISTLE IS JOBS. >> ALL YOU SAY IS JOBS AND

EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD. WELL, CONSTRUCTION IS ONLY TEMPORARY WORK. RUNNING A DATA CENTER IT REALLY PROVIDES LIKE ALMOST VERY, VERY, VERY FEW JOBS. AND IN THE MEANTIME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FORGO MILLIONS

IN TAX DOLLARS WHICH I'M ASSUMING THAT WE WILL GIVE THEM TAX BREAKS. >> AND IT'S WRONG. AND THEN EVERYBODY AROUND HAS THE DECREASING PROPERTY VALUES IS 27 NOISE DIRTY BACKUP GENERATORS. >> AND THEN

THE WAY THE E-WASTE I SUGGEST THAT IF WE REALLY WANT TO PUT A DATA CENTER LET'S PUT IT AT THE MARINE SAFE WAY. >> AND THAT WAY THEY CAN BUILD HOUSING ABOVE IT AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE UP THERE THAT ARE

NOW COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEIR VIEWS ARE GOING TO GO SPEAKERS MIGHT GET TO EXPERIENCE COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. AND FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY PLEASE REFRAIN FROM YOUR APPLAUSE. YOU CAN

PROVIDE YOUR SUPPORT VISUALLY SOMEHOW BUT LET'S JUST KEEP THE LINE MOVING. LET'S HAVE THE NEXT BIG POLICE . >> HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS COLLECTOR. I'M A LOCAL ORGANIZER WITH THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM

AND LIBERATION. I'M MAKING MY COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE MORATORIUM AND ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR A PERMANENT BAN ON AI CENTER DATA CENTERS. >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'VE SEEN HOW THESE DATA CENTERS HAVE

HARMED WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES FROM SPIKING THEIR ENERGY CORES TO CONTAMINATING WATER. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT OVER 70% OF ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA OPPOSE DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SAFE IS

NO DIFFERENT. DANIEL LARRY TOOK BACKROOM MEETINGS WITH LOBBYISTS FOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER INDUSTRY PARK CAPITAL FOR AN IDENTITY DATA CENTER THAT WILL ONLY HURT RESIDENTS OF THE DOGPATCH AND

PRIORITIZE THE INTERESTS OF TECH BILLIONAIRES AND REAL ESTATE MOGULS WHO ARE ENGAGING IN SPECULATIVE A.I. PROJECTS WITH NO BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. >> ON THE CONTRARY, WE'VE SEEN I USED TO THREATEN

OUR JOBS AND TECH WORKERS ARE ALREADY FEELING THOSE CONSEQUENCES 160,000FT2. THE PROPOSED SIZE OF THE DATA CENTER IS A LOT OF PUBLIC LAND. WE SHOULD SEE THE SAME URGENCY APPLIED TO THE MASSIVE

BUILDOUT OF DATA CENTERS APPLIED TO MEETING OUR BASIC NEEDS. THAT LAND COULD BE USED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EXAMPLE SOMETHING WE SORELY NEED NOT FOR IT TECH COMPANIES RACE TO THE BOTTOM WITH

WHO CAN BUILD OUR AI INFRASTRUCTURE THE FASTEST. I APPLAUD D-10 SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON FOR BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD. >> AND I ENCOURAGE EVEN FURTHER COMMITMENT TO BAN ALL FUTURE A.I.

DATA CENTERS AND ALSO TO REPAIR THE INDUSTRIAL DAMAGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN BAYVIEW. HUNTERS POINT. WORKING PEOPLE MUST DECIDE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND THE FUTURE OF AIR USE NOT TECH AND

REAL ESTATE BILLIONAIRES. >> AND WE WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO AGAIN SUPERVISORS ON TO LABOR IN

TOW WITH THE RECENT EQUITY AND ALL PLANNING COALITION HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED INTERIM MORATORIUM. >> RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY VOCAL ABOUT

CONCERNS WITH DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ELECTRICITY AND WATER USE, POLLUTION, NOISE, LAND USE AND IMPACTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE. >> DATA CENTER PROPOSALS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE LOCATED IN OR NEAR

PRIORITY EQUITY GEOGRAPHIES. >> THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT CONNECTS THESE GEOGRAPHIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND EQUITABLE INVESTMENT. >> THESE ARE COMMUNITIES WHERE LOWER INCOME

RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ALREADY LIVE IN PROXIMITY TO MUCH OF THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND LEGACY POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION. >> THE CITY SHOULD NOT EVALUATE A NEW INTENSIVE LAND USE

WITHOUT CONSIDERING EXISTING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS CONTINUING TO PLACE HARMFUL USES IN AND AROUND THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE FAMILIES, SENIORS AND OTHER VULNERABLE RESIDENTS LIVE IS

HUGELY INEQUITABLE AND COMPOUNDS DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. >> THE CITY SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT HISTORY AND THE CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RESIDENTS ALREADY FACE. >>

THE CITY SHOULD USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE INFRASTRUCTURE UTILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, PUBLIC HEALTH AND CUMULATIVE COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF THIS RAPIDLY EVOLVING USE PARTICULARLY IN

DISTRICT TEN AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ALREADY CARRYING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS AND ENSURE THAT FUTURE LAND USE DECISIONS ACCOUNT FOR THE HEALTH, RACIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE

COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED OR PROPOSED. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> COULD I. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR HOURS. MY NAME IS JEANETTE AND I LIVE IN

THE RICHMOND DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATA CENTER IN THE DOGPATCH NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IN FACT, I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A TOTAL BAN ON

DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A DATA CENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE DEVASTATING. >> IT WILL CONSUME MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF CLEAN WATER FOR COOLING

DRIVING UP ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR PITNEY RATE PAYERS AND SPREAD AIRBORNE POLLUTION WHEN IT DIESEL FUEL BACKUP GENERATORS ARE USED DURING POWER OUTAGES. >> OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR WATER AND

ELECTRICITY USE RESTRICTED DURING PEAK TIMES IN FAVOR OF THEIR DATA CENTER. WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> IT ALSO BOTHERS ME THAT THE THREE HUNDRED AND $50 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON

THIS ONE PROJECT WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN IMPORTANT NEEDS IN OUR CITY INCLUDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EXPANSION INTO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM REINVESTMENT, REOPENING MORE PUBLIC

SCHOOLS AND HIRING MORE TEACHERS AND HOUSING SUPPORT FOR LOWER INCOME AND UNHOUSED PERSON. JUST TO NAME A FEW DATA CENTER ONLY BENEFIT THE AIR COMPANY AND THEIR BILLIONAIRES OWNERS NOT THE

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND THEM. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS NOAH. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE TENDERLOIN AND AN ORGANIZER WITH THE PARTY

FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE MORATORIUM AND ALSO PLEASE ALSO TO URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER A COMPLETE BAN ON DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO. I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE BEEN SAYING TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE THE NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACTS LIKE IN THE AIR POLLUTION AND THE WATER POLLUTION AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR ALREADY HIGH ELECTRICITY

BILLS WILL BE SKYROCKETING EVEN FURTHER. I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER IN THE DOGPATCH SPECIFIC LEE THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THREE FOOTBALL

FIELDS AND WAS A $350 MILLION DEAL YET DECIDED IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR MAYOR DANIEL LURIE AND NESTOR CAPITAL. >> AND THESE THESE KINDS OF SUCH CONVERSATIONS ARE COMPLETELY UNDEMOCRATIC

AND IT'S LIKE DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY PROVEN TO BE COMPLETELY UNPOPULAR ACROSS AMERICA. OVER 75 DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN STOPPED IN THE LAST YEAR FROM BEING BUILT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM.

WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT FROM THESE DATA CENTERS ARE AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING, THE BILLIONAIRES. AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THINGS THAT WILL

ACTUALLY HELP US LIKE SUCH AS COMPLETE CLEANING OF THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD FOR INSTANCE NOT ADDING MORE POLLUTION AND HARM TO THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. NEXT

SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO. I'M A RESIDENT OF D SIX AND I SECOND EVERYONE'S COMMENTS HERE AND I ESPECIALLY SUPPORT THE D TEN COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO SAY AS FAR AS WHAT IS BEING DONE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> I'M NOT AS WELL-INFORMED ON DATA CENTERS AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY ABOUT IT. A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT DATA CENTERS IS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

ALREADY BEING NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY IT NOT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE DEALS, THE COMPANIES THAT ARE BUILDING THEM, ETC. AND I EXPERIENCED THIS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> I HEAR THAT THERE ARE

TWO DATA CENTERS ALSO BEING PLANNED OR BUILT IN D61 AT 907 STREETS AN AMAZON DATA CENTER AND ONE AT 101 UTAH STREET. >> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. >> SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THERE IS SUPPOSED TO

BE A PUBLIC TOWN HALL SUPPOSEDLY ABOUT THE AMAZON DATA CENTER BUT I EMAIL MY SUPERVISOR THEY DON'T RESPOND. I HAVE TO COME IN PERSON. THEY'RE LIKE I THINK IT'S CANCELED. >> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO CHECK A CALENDAR. >> AND THEN I HEAR THAT OH IT WAS A PRIVATE MEETING THIS TOWN HALL BUT THEN ONCE IT TURNED PUBLIC THE SUPERVISOR PULLED OUT. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IS GOING ON SO LET'S GET

SECURE. >> IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT, ISN'T IT? LET'S GET SOME TRANSPARENCY AROUND ALL THOSE DATA CENTERS. SHOULD WE DEFINITELY NEED A MORATORIUM? >> WE PROBABLY NEED A BAN BECAUSE ALSO

WHAT IS THIS LIKE MEAN? WHAT IS LIKE BUILDING DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO MEAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT'S LIKE FOR REAL LIVING IN SOMA AND THE MIDDLE MARKET AREA IT'S HOT THERE WITH ALL OF THE SUN

REFLECTING OFF THE SKYSCRAPERS BURNING US LIKE ANTS THERE'S LIKE PAVEMENT ANYWHERE NO TREE CANOPIES AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD DATA CENTERS AND IT'S LIKE THE LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS FLICKERING. NOW THERE'S

ANY BLACKOUT. >> SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BUILD DATA CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS BRADLEY WANG. I AM A

RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND DISTRICT TEN. WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT DATA CENTERS ARE PROBABLY PROBABLY GOING TO BE BUILT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT AND IN THAT IF THAT WERE TO BE THE CASE AND IF THAT

WERE TO HAPPEN WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR IS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE PUBLIC PUBLISHING OF THE FACILITY DATA SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF KIND OF THE WATER USAGE AND THE

ELECTRICITY USAGE THAT THESE FACILITIES CONSUME BECAUSE I FIND THAT ALL TOO OFTEN WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT THESE DATA CENTERS REQUIRE UNTIL THE PLANS ARE ALREADY PUBLISHED AND THE

CONSTRUCTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND BY THEN IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE FOR COMMUNITIES TO KIND OF PUT IN THEIR INPUT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE SUPERVISORS FOR IN THE CASE THAT YOU KNOW, THESE DATA

CENTERS DO OR ARE CREATED THAT THEY ALSO TAKE STEPS TO PUBLISH THE DATA THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR RESIDENTS TO KIND OF DETERMINE LIKE OH DO I NEED TO MAYBE TAKE SOME SORT OF LIKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES

TO ENSURE THEIR OWN SAFETY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> WELL WELL MY NAME IS MALICK'S ENOUGH ROOM WITH THE MARY HARRISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND I WANT TO SAY THAT

I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS. >> HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS? >> HOW ABOUT SCHOOLS? >> HOW ABOUT HUMAN CENTERS FOR GOOD LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO? >> HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT

HELP YOUTH GET THROUGH THEIR DAILY LIVES STRUGGLING IN SAN FRANCISCO? WE TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THAT GOES INTO THOSE CENTERS. >> BUT AT THE SAME BREATH WE SAY WE DON'T

HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR SCHOOLS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE CHILDREN BOOKS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THIS AND

THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE ARTS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND IT SEEMS LIKE SAN FRANCISCO IS BECOMING MORE OF A BARBAROUS AREA RATHER THAN A CIVILIZATION . SO I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK

IF WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO THIS DATA CENTER I'M NOT PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS IT. BUT I'M SAYING THAT IF THERE'S MONEY GOING TO THE DATA CENTERS ,WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN? >> WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR

THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN? >> AND AS I SAID, IT SEEMS LIKE SAN FRANCISCO IS GROWING INCREASINGLY LESS FOR HUMANS AND MORE FOR ROBOTS AND BILLIONAIRES. >> I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHILE YOU

DRINK YOUR COFFEE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS TRACY ROSENBERG. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MEDIA ALLIANCE, A NONPROFIT

FOUNDED IN SAN FRANCISCO 49 YEARS AGO AT FORT MASON CENTER AND I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. >> WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A BUSINESS MODEL THAT IS EXTRACTIVE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE

ANYBODY'S SURPRISE TO ANYBODY SURPRISED THAT THESE DATA CENTERS ARE SORT OF FINDING THEMSELVES OR BRINGING THEMSELVES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXPLOITED. >>

THAT'S LOGICAL. THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO HAPPEN AND IT'S HAPPENING AND WE'RE SEEING IT. THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THESE THINGS IS KIND OF NUTS. >> IT'S NOT A GOOD FIT. IT'S NOT

ALIGNED AND IT'S NOT GOING TO LET US MEASURE THE IMPACTS OF WHAT IS GOING ON. >> SO IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS TIME BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE IMPACTS

OF THESE PROJECTS NOT EVEN A BET. >> WE MAY NEVER BE BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO FIND OUT IF THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO SO IS TO BE COMPLETELY NON RESPONSIBLE AND IT IS TO BE

COMPLETELY CALLOUS ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED QUITE ENOUGH TO I GUESS COMPLETE SUPERVISOR WALTON'S COMMENTS THE ENTIRE DATA CENTER DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY

PACKAGE ON ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK WAS SIGNED ON ON THE STATE LEVEL AFTER SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT STATEWIDE SO YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH THESE CONCERNS. >> THEY ARE BROAD. THEY ARE ACROSS THE STATE.

THEY ARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND YOU SHOULD TAKE ACTION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JOHN PAULSON. I LIVE IN THE RICHMOND

DISTRICT. THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT ISSUE. I THINK I'M GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO'S BEEN IN THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS AROUND

NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND APAC AND HONESTLY WE HAVEN'T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING ,OF REGULATING OURSELVES AND THIS IS ALL THE RESULT OF IT. SO WITH THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO OFFER A FEW

WORDS OF OPTIMISM AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE INDUSTRY. THE LAST PROJECT I HAVE THE MOST RECENT PROJECT I'M INVOLVED WITH OF 30MW IS GOING TO BE USING 100% RENEWABLE POWER. ANOTHER PROJECT INVOLVED WITH

WILL USE ABSOLUTELY ZERO WATER. ANOTHER PROJECT I'M INVOLVED WITH WILL USE ZERO DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS. SO I THINK I DID SEND EVERYBODY A LETTER THAT I HAVE HERE IF YOU WANT ANOTHER COPY I HAVE IT

AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A RESOURCE DURING THIS MORATORIUM BECAUSE I THINK THE MORATORIUM IS COMING REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS OR WHAT I THINK. BUT I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO MITIGATE ALL THIS.

THE TAX REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED BY FROM THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AND ON THE SERVERS WILL BE IN THE MILLIONS IF NOT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING AND BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS OF

ANY CITY THAT IS ABLE TO COLLECT THE TAX. THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE WAIVING THESE FEES. I DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT. THIS IS A REAL BOON FOR THE CITY GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS COMMUNITY

PROGRAM, EVERYTHING ELSE. AS YOU KNOW, SAFETY SYSTEMS. SO I THINK MY REQUEST IS TO BE FOR US ALL TO BE VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE DATA CENTERS ARE HERE BECAUSE TIME HAS CONCLUDED. >>

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS AND AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE TO MOVE EVERYBODY SMARTPHONES WON'T WORK WITHOUT THEM. >> SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I'LL RETRIEVE THAT LETTER FOR THE FILE AS WELL IN

A MOMENT WITH THE START OF THE TIME FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT ON THE RAIL THERE. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. JUST JUST LEAVE IT ON THE RAIL AND I'LL GRAB IT AND GO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

SUPERVISOR ZACK EISENBERGER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR PUTTING FORTH THIS TIMELY LEGISLATION AND URGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA

CENTERS. WE NEED TO SLOW THE PACE OF THIS CONVERSATION TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND PROPERLY EVALUATE AND REGULATE THESE NEW USES. WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL DATA CENTER PROPOSALS EMERGE IN JUST THE LAST

FEW MONTHS AND WE'RE STILL RELYING ON AN OUTDATED FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED IN 2001 THAT MATTERS PARTICULARLY FOR THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND BABY HUNTERS POINT AND THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TEN WHERE

MUCH OF OUR INDUSTRIAL LAND IS LOCATED AND WHERE DATA CENTER PROPOSALS ARE EMERGING. THE BABY HUNTERS POINT IS CARRYING A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS FOR GENERATIONS BURDENS THAT

HAVE IMPOSED REAL COSTS ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. OUR CITY HAS A LONG LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND BABY HUNTERS POINT AND THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY WE CANNOT CONTINUE ADDING NEW

INTENSIVE OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL USES IN WAYS THAT PERPETUATE THAT HISTORY AND COMPOUND EXISTING IMPACTS. WE CANNOT EVALUATE A PROPOSAL IN ISOLATION. WE HAVE TO ASK WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ALREADY

EXIST. WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING AND WHAT ADDING ANOTHER INTENSIVE USE COULD MEAN CUMULATIVELY. AND BAYVIEW DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXISTS ALONGSIDE ALONGSIDE RESIDENTIAL

NEIGHBORHOODS AT 204 HUNDRED PL AV RESIDENTS LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM DATA CENTER FACILITIES THAT OPERATE DIESEL GENERATORS. IF WE DO NOT ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE LAND USE RULES NOW COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE

HISTORICALLY CARRIED ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ASKED TO ABSORB THE IMPACTS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTENSIVE USES. THE CITY THE CITY SAID, SHOULD USE THESE 45 DAYS TO UNDERSTAND THE

CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF DATA CENTERS AND DETERMINE HOW TO ENSURE THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES ARE NOT ASKED TO CARRY THOSE BURDENS AGAIN. SAN FRANCISCO HAS AN

OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM ITS HISTORY RATHER THAN REPEAT IT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BOB TOOMEY. I'M A FIFTH GENERATION SAN

FRANCISCAN WHO SPENT A LITTLE WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW MOST OF YOU BUT SUPERVISOR WALTON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CAUSING THE PAUSE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS NECESSARY. I'M

FROM THE SUNSET AND MOST OF YOU COULD SAY WELL THAT'S NOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT IT ACTUALLY IS WASTE WATER. WE'VE GOT TWO BIG WASTEWATER PLANTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER HERE AND OUR WATER IS

ACTUALLY A BIG COST TO THE CITY AND THAT WASTEWATER IS PUSHED OUT INTO PLACES BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PROCESSED AT A LEVEL THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE USED FOR DATA CENTERS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S ONE OF THE

REQUIREMENT. >> SO I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION DURING THIS PAUSE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT NO ONE'S REALLY TALKED MUCH ABOUT AND I THINK THAT'S

ONE OF THOSE SNEAKY LITTLE THINGS THAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES IN SAN FRANCISCO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I WAS AFTER AS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR A STATE LEGISLATOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO I

UNDERSTAND YOUR PROCESS PROBABLY BETTER THAN YOU THINK AND I WANT YOU TO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. I ALSO WANT YOU TO

TAKE A LOOK AT GOOGLE AND THEIR INVESTMENT IN MUNICIPAL WATER IN PLACES LIKE GEORGIA AND VIRGINIA AND AMAZON AND THEIR INVESTMENT IN WATER IN PLACES LIKE WASHINGTON BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT TO

HAVE SMALLER SYSTEMS BECAUSE NOW WITH THE OUTRAGE IN THESE BIG DATA CENTERS THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW THEY DESIGN THINGS BECAUSE AT ONE TIME OUR GYMNASIUMS WHERE OUR COMPUTERS WERE NOW YOU

CARRY AROUND IN YOUR POCKET AND I THINK THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE THINGS COMING. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THAT PAUSE AND LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK

IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE. THESE PEOPLE ARE SMART. >> >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS J.R. KEPLER

SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF THE INTERIM ZONING MORATORIUM FOR DATA CENTERS. >> THE PLANNING CODE IS JUST NOT SET UP TO REGULATE DATA CENTERS. IT'S OUTDATED WHEN IT COMES TO INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

AS A WHOLE. THAT IS WHY LOCATIONS SUCH AS PAUL AVENUE HAD BEEN ABLE TO INTENSIFY UNDERNEATH THE COVER WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACTS THAT THAT INTENSIFICATION OF USE WILL WILL CREATE. THIS IS AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY FOR INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN IF WE DO NOT ALLOW THAT TYPE OF I AND I DATA CENTERS THAT WE'RE AFRAID WILL MOVE INTO LOCATIONS SUCH AS 1215

MICHIGAN IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WHAT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE DOES NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY FALL ON AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN BURDENED FOR TOO LONG. >> DISTRICT TEN SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO

BEAR A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF THE BURDEN OF DATA INFRASTRUCTURE JUST AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY OTHER USES THAT ARE POLLUTING AND CITIES SERVING ANY CITY WIDE POLICY MUST ADDRESS GEOGRAPHIC

CONCENTRATION AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS SO THAT THE SOUTHEAST IS NOT ONCE AGAIN TREATED AS A DEFAULT LOCATION FOR USES THAT THE REST OF THE CITY DEPENDS ON BUT DOESN'T WANT IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS .

THIS IS ALSO FUELING A SPECULATIVE BUBBLE OF REAL ESTATE PRICES IN OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS IT CAN DISPLACE SUCH AS IT WOULD AT 1215 A PARCEL THAT PROVIDES AND HAS PROVIDED FOR A LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME

GOOD JOBS, BLUE COLLAR JOBS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE INTERIM ZONING MORATORIUM. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS CHAIR

MELGAR MY NAME IS D.J. BROKE DOWN. I'M HERE IN THE CAPACITY AS A DISTRICT TEN RESIDENT NONPROFIT LEADER AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE IN SUPPORT OF THE 45 DAY INTERIM ZONING. MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTERS.

I THINK AS WE'VE HEARD WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE PACE OF THE CONVERSATION AS TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING FASTER THAN OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE IT. >> WE'VE SEEN VARIOUS DATA CENTER PROPOSALS EMERGE IN JUST THE

LAST FEW MONTHS WHILE SAN FRANCISCO IS STILL RELYING ON A FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BACK IN 2001. WE DON'T HAVE A MODERN WAY OF APPROACHING AND MANAGING THESE FACILITIES AND THEIR IMPACTS AND THAT MATTERS

PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK COMMUNITY AND BABY HUNTERS POINT AND THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TEN FOR DECADES BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT HAS CARRIED A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS. IT

HAS A LONG HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, POLLUTION CONTAMINATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS IMPOSED REAL COSTS ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AS WE'VE HEARD FROM. AND THAT HISTORY MATTERS WHEN WE TALK

ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND INTENSIVE LAND USES, WE CANNOT LOOK AT A PROPOSED DATA CENTER AS THOUGH IT'S BEING BUILT ON AN EMPTY PIECE OF LAND. WE HAVE TO ASK WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ALREADY EXIST,

WHAT RESIDENTS ALREADY EXPERIENCE AND WHAT ADDING ANOTHER INTENSIVE USE COULD MEAN CUMULATIVELY THE CONCERN EXTENDS BEYOND DATA CENTERS. I THINK AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY SHARED IF WE DO NOT ESTABLISH

EFFECTIVE LAND USE LAND USE RULES NOW COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY CARRIED ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS WILL ONCE AGAIN ABSORB THE IMPACTS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTENSIVE USES THE CITY THE CITY

SHOULD USE THE NEXT 45 DAY PERIOD TO UNDERSTAND THE CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF DATA CENTERS AND ASK A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION HOW DO WE MAKE SURE COMMUNITIES

THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY CARRIED THE GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ARE NOT ONCE AGAIN FORCED TO CARRY THE BURDENS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES? SAN FRANCISCO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM ITS HISTORY RATHER

THAN TO REPEAT IT SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS TO HEALTH RACIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE THE CENTRAL TO THE LONG TERM LAND USE FRAMEWORK. >> SPEAKERS TO BE

INCLUDED THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX MADAM CHAIR OKAY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR CHEN

THANK YOU CHAIR I AGAIN I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HIS LEGISLATION, HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES. >> THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES A POS IN DATA CENTERS SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS

THEIR LONG TERM ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE KNOW THAT DATA STANDARDS HELPS TESTING OUT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT. >> WE ALSO KNOW THAT UNDER REGULATE IT DATA CENTER EXPANSION CAN CAUSE HARM

TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE WEALTHIEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD BIG TECH CORPORATION, PRIVATE EQUITY FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES MONOPOLY UTILITY COMPANIES, DEVELOPERS. CRYPTOCURRENCY

MINING, MILITARY AND POLICE INDUSTRIES ARE ALL DRIVING AND PROFITING FROM THIS EXPANSION. DATA CENTER EXPANSION REVERSE OUTCOME MAKE PROGRESS AND CAN DEVOTE RESOURCES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES RELY ON TO

SURVIVE STRAINING WATER AND ENERGY SUPPLY, SPIKING RESIDENTS UTILITY BILLS OR GENERATING POLLUTION WITHOUT STRONGER REGULATION. OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OUR FUNDING DISCOURSES. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE

LEGISLATION AND ALLOWS FOR MUCH NEEDED PASS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH PAPER GUARDRAILS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITIES CAN DEVELOP SUSTAINABLY AND HEALTH AND HEALTHFULLY. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK

SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND THANKS TO HIM AND

HIS STAFF FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE ON CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK MADISON TAM IN MY OFFICE FOR HER WORK ON THIS. >> THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF CLARITY ON THE LEGAL MEANING

OF DATA CENTERS SO THIS SHOULD GIVE DEPARTMENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES MORE CERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT IS AND ISN'T COVERED . I SHOULD ALSO AVOID ANY UNINTENDED PROBLEMS. SO AT THIS TIME

I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE COPIES OF THIS THIS OKAY ON PAGE SIX IN FINDINGS LINE 24 AND 25 Q THE BOARD FINDS THAT COMPUTING FACILITIES THAT SERVE A BUILDING'S

OCCUPANTS SUCH AS SERVER ROOMS, NETWORK CLOSETS AND ON PREMISES EQUIPMENT ROOMS DIFFER FROM LARGE SCALE. TURNING THE PAGE TO PAGE SEVEN FROM LINES ONE THROUGH SEVEN DATA CENTERS IN THEIR SIZE POWER

DEMAND AND FUNCTION THEY ARE INCIDENTAL TO THE PRIMARY USE OF THE OF THE BUILDING RATHER THAN A SEPARATE LAND USE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO NOT SUBJECT THEM TO THE SAME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AS A

FACILITY WHOSE FACILITIES WHOSE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE IS TO HOUSE COMPUTING CAPACITY FOR OUTSIDE CUSTOMERS THEN IN LINE ARE THIS MORATORIUM IS NOT INTENDED TO PRECLUDE A PRINCIPALLY OR CONDITIONAL

PERMITTED USE FROM HAVING ONSITE COMPUTING FACILITIES SO LONG AS THEY ARE AN ACCESSORY USE AS DEFINED IN THE PLANNING CODE. THEN MOVING ON TO LINE 24 OF PAGE SEVEN THIS IS IN THE OPERATIVE PORTION OF

THE ORDINANCE NUMBER LIKE SUBSECTION C THIS PROHIBITION DOES NOT APPLY TO TURNING TO PAGE EIGHT AND THIS IS LINES ONE THROUGH FIVE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE ACCESSORY USES TO OTHER PRINCIPALLY OR

CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES OR TO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WORK OF EXISTING DATA CENTERS THAT DOES NOT INCREASE THE SIZE OR CAPACITY OF THOSE DATA CENTERS AND THEN RE NOT RE SEQUENCING C2D SO IT AS

MENTIONED EARLIER THESE ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE. IT'S STILL A ENABLES THE LEGISLATION TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY AS A COMMITTEE REPORT TO GET THIS MORATORIA THEM INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I HOPE TO HAVE

YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS. >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR DORSEY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTED ON THE MOTION THE AMENDMENTS. >> SO FIRST I

WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO THE COMMITTEE AND FOR TACKLING IT FOR YOUR DISTRICT BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF SAN FRANCISCO NOTWITHSTANDING THE ISSUES OF AI AND

HOW TECHNOLOGY MOVES SO MUCH FASTER THAN THE REGULATORY PROCESSES USUALLY DO. >> TO ME THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD LAND USE ISSUE LAND USE CONTROLS OF WHAT IS YOU KNOW WHICH IS OLD SCHOOL HIGHEST

AND BEST USE. I CAN SEE WHY THIS USE REALLY ANY USE WOULD WANT TO BE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. WE HAVE AN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. >> WE HAVE POWER, SEWER, WATER IN

THE SEVEN BY SEVEN SQUARE MILES THAT OUR TAXPAYER HAVE PAID FOR OVER THE LAST CENTURY AND A HALF THAT WE'VE BEEN A CITY AND WE HAVE DONE IT FOR A REASON. YOU KNOW, TO TO THRIVE AS A CITY TO BRING THE

RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT WE NEED THIS PARTICULAR USE AT RIGHT NOW USES UP A LOT OF LAND AND A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE HAVE NOT MADE THAT DECISION COLLECTIVELY WHETHER THAT'S WHAT WE WANT

IN THE TRADE OFFS IF THE RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ANY PARTICULAR USE WE HAVE NOT DECIDED THIS DO WE WANT ONE OF THESE THINGS BY THE WAY THAT TECHNOLOGY DOES KEEP EVOLVING? I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, FIVE

YEARS, TEN YEARS FROM NOW IT MAY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT JUST LIKE WHEN WE LOOK BACK AND WE LOOK AT THE FIRST COMPUTERS THAT WERE YOU KNOW, THAT TOOK UP AN ENTIRE ROOM AND NOW IT FITS IN THE PALM OF YOUR

HAND PERHAPS BUT NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THEY DO USE UP A LOT. THEY DO POLLUTE. THEY DO USE GENERATORS AS BACKUP FOR ENERGY AND THAT REALLY JUST BLOWS OUR CARBON EMISSION GOALS AS WE

HAVE STATED. SO I THINK A PAUSE IS ABSOLUTELY ADEQUATE. I FULLY SUPPORT IT AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DO SOME SERIOUS WORK AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANT TO DEFINE THIS AND WHERE

WE WANT TO PUT IT AND IF WE EVEN WANT TO PUT IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING USES FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY NEED NOT TO MENTION THAT THE COMMUNITIES

WHERE THERE IS LAND THAT WAS FORMERLY INDUSTRIAL THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT AS BIG AS THIS AS A FOOTPRINT ARE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST UNDER INVESTED IN AND HAVE BORNE

THE THE BULK OF POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN OUR CITY. >> SO WITH THAT I WILL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S CLARIFYING AMENDMENT AND I WILL SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION AS AMENDED. AND THANK YOU

SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR WORK ON IT AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME TO COMMENT. SO OH I SEE SUPERVISOR WALTON WANTS TO CLOSE BEFORE WE VOTE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR MCGUIRE AND THANK YOU

SO MUCH SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR HEARING THIS THIS AFTERNOON AND I DO APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WE DO NEED THE CLARITY AND WE DON'T WANT BUSINESSES THAT USE SERVERS OR HAVE

OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE TIED IN TO THE MORATORIUM TO SUFFER. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT. AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT VOICING THEIR THEIR BELIEFS AND OPINIONS AND HOW THEY

FEEL ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND WHAT'S GOING ON QUITE FRANKLY IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO. I KNOW THAT YOU COULD BE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SOME OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE TAKEN OFF OF WORK TO BE

HERE. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE FOR HEARING THIS SO QUICKLY. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR A MOTION

OFFERED BY A MEMBER DORSEY THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED AS PRESENTED ON THAT MOTION. VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THE

AMENDMENT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE SECOND MOTION? THANK YOU CHAIR MOTHER I WOULD AT THIS TIME I WOULD MOVE TO FORWARD THIS AS AMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS A COMMITTEE REPORT WITH A

POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY MEMBER DORSEY THAT THE ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT VICE CHURCH IN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I

MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE I'S THANK YOU CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR SIR, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA? >> MR. CLERK THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE'RE ADJOURNED