trees -- so these trees, particularly in the amazon rain forest have been cut down to create pasture land. they've been cut down to grow animal feed, soybeans. and so these are the methods that animal agriculture is devastating our climate. and most recently, and lest you think we're just part of the lunatic fringe here, corey booker says the tragic reality is -- cannot -- [inaudible] >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. next speaker. >> as we've already heard from others today, we cannot ignore the part animal ag plays in the global emergency. my name is laurie green and i'm a researcher in ucsf's microbiology lab. i'm also a california native and have lived in san francisco for 15 years. for this reason, i would like to see s.f. ban meat in all of its city funded hospitals. meat today is the new asbestos, more deadly than tobacco. i would like to mention some of the other automatic benefits of such a policy. it takes 50,000 liters of drinking water to produce one kiloof beef. one billion people go hungry on this planet and 20 million will die from mal knnutrition. eliminating meat a

with all the crazy legislation we nasz and amazon hugs, is that what we're doing? >> we're going to put this down. i want to make this a priority. thank you. >> and one last thing. what do i have to do seriously, and i am getting really upset about the paper thing. >> speaking of environmental waste. do i have to get a supervisor to legislate us to do it? or can't we do it ourselfs? >> there is some -- i will get back to you because there is some sort of criteria that it's not just as easy for us just to buy tablets. let me just put it that way. so we may have to legislate it. but we'll get back to you on that because and i have had some discussion with the finance section of the office. >> i think we should be the first commission in san francisco to ban paper from our meetings. >> an i love it. >> a commissioner zouzounis. >> self-imposed. >> i want to echo what the fell hoe commissioner here said and also what -- fellow commissioner has said and commissioner dwight said we can't just fight the technology innovation that is happening, but we need to hold them acc

i work with amazon and i've been the point of contact with the neighborhood. i appreciate you taking the time to hear from us today. i wanted to touch on our engagement with the neighborhood. we originally sat down with the group in january and since then, we have been communicating via e-mail daily. we truly appreciate their willingness to work with us and cultivate what will be a mutually beneficial partnership. we highlighted many opportunities to work with the neighbors and we made great progress to the buildings and surrounding areas. there are additional opportunities for the neighborhood beautification. we appreciate your willingness to let us continue these discussions, both with dna and the green benefit district and work oncoming to the board in the coming weeks to pass forward. >> thank you, i do not see any comments or questions from my colleagues. we still do not have the a.l.u. here. perhaps we will take public comment on this item. is there any public comment on this item? then come on up and i'll tell you about some things about public comments

why aren't we hitting up amazon for $2 every single time we place an order. not either side of the transaction, but them because they are the ones and the ubers and lyfs, causing the traffic and we don't want to go to the neighborhood and we have to call now. so i just want you to put it in perspective. but i know you probably got kind of hit up today. we don't want plastic either. trust me. even the co-commissioner dwight, probably the first one that doesn't want plastic. we're with you. we just got to work on --. >> the checkout part is fine. 25 cents we're trying to grasp. >> yeah. >> commissioner riley. >> yes. i am with my colleagues. i support the second part of the legislation. i think it's good idea. but i wanted to ask whether or not you have done recent study in terms of behavior. how many people still not bring the bags? and where do we want to be? and to determine whether or not this 15 cent increase is necessary. and do we have any plant to take a look at that to see where we are today? >> thank you, commissioner. supervisor brown that introduced

twenty-six resident for amazon a district 11. he sent a little -- letter in support of this and i neglected to send one to you clerk, so if you want for your file. my story is a little different, because it is out of the special use district. i am fully in support of this ordinance. primarily because in our district we do have a lot of people who move in and remodel their houses. for instance next door to me last year, a house sold for $1.4 million and the day after it closed, memorial day, day after memorial day of 2018 the person who was taking care of my house when i was in paris e-mailed me and told me what was going on. with the bathroom and kitchen permit he gutted the whole house after nine over the counter permits later he was fined $750,000. he reapplied for his building permit and in september of 2018, we sued them, he being represented by an attorney, i represented the neighbor, and we settled out of court. moving nine bedrooms to five bedrooms and six plus bathrooms down to four without paving over the front yard or t

in the age of amazon it is difficult to compete and be able to operate in a way that it's not going to have the neighborhood and be saddled with an two empty shell for ten years. those are my comments.

on monday, along with bay resistance, and other labor allies, we helped organize a protest at amazon headquarters to hold them accountable to the ways that they are impacting communities here, particularly immigrant communities and working with and collaborating with i.c.e. we are here today with similar values in mind, and making sure that these large companies and corporations are really investing and accountable to the residents of san francisco. for that reason, we support and i.p.o. tax on companies such as pinterest, and uber and others to make sure that the vulnerable residents of this city are able to gain some of the benefits of having these large corporations in such close proximity to them. we recognize that as these companies i.p.o., their c.e.o.s and executives are expected to become overnight millionaires, many of them already have, and we are expecting an increase of about 6,000 millionaires to san francisco alone, driving at the cost of housing and disproportionately impacting low income and communities of color in the city. so we have talked to many city voters and a

this is the same argument we made two weeks ago, your committee against amazon prime for the same type of abc license, to prevent them to make unrestricted liquor deliveries throughout the city. in affect, taking the business away from our brick and mortar stores, which make up the fabric of our neighborhoods. thankful on that occasion, the committee unanimously voted to deny that application. this license would permit cloud kitchens to deliver alcohol to every corner in san francisco from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. every day. they are backed by $150 million in venture capital funding, and supports uber clinic as a major owner and driver of this business. please deny this application. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item? come on up. >> we had this problem before, this type of controversy, pertaining to a liquor license. and i demonstrated that i got 50% of me favors it, and the other 50% doesn't favor it. the part that doesn't favor it is if you're the contributing to out of control alcoholics, and don't know how

in the age of amazon it is difficult to compete and be able to operate in a way that it's not going to have the neighborhood and be saddled with an two empty shell for ten years. those are my comments. >> perfect. >> if there is nothing further, commissioners. on that motion, commissioners, to approve this matter with conditions as amended to include directing the project sponsor to continue working with the community on security issue measures. [roll call] that motion passes unanimously 6-0. that puts us at item 8. >> good afternoon commissioners, kate connor, planning department staff. i'm going to provide an informational presentation on senate bill 35. a brief overview. can i get the overhead? okay, perfect. a bit of background. senate bill 35 became effective in in january it provided ministerial review of projects that provide a certain amount of affordable housing. the amount of affordable housing is dependent on a toward their housing elements, regional housing needs allocations arena. this bill is applicable statewide. with the only section being those jurisdictions that are a

if you got an e-mail from me asking you to purchase amazon cards or whatever, it wasn't from me and i apologize. >> if there's nothing further, we can move onto department matters. item four, director's announcement. >> no new announcements today. >> item five his review of past events of the board of supervisors, board of appeals in the historic preservation commission. are they not here? okay. yes, there is. the board of appeals did meet last night and take action on two items that maybe of interest to the commission. they held their election of officers, though they can never public -- replaced the previous president. they elected rick swig to the office of president and and lazarus to the office of vice president. they heard an appeal of determination and the issuance of the appeal is the appropriate fee methodology for the project. last year, the mohcd and planning work together to modify the methodology for payment of the in lieu fee for the inclusionary affordable housing program and for a per unit fee to a person where for fee. this change became effective on january 1st of th