Remarks by Lydia So
112 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
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“I appreciate it. I'm in support of this. Commissioner McGarry?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Thank you for everyone who come out here and also two weeks ago you were here and a lot of efforts, a lot of many years of struggles and I had to give appreciation to my planning staff, Edgar, actually carrying that torch to try to help to revitalize Third Street. I've been to Third Street many times and through the pandemic and also all these recent years, it is... Coming along, it could be better. But having blight on the street, personally, I don't feel safe. And that's simple as that. And recently, I do recognize that the AutoZone or actually the Walgreens site has started to have…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“May I continue? Yes, please. Thank you, Commissioner. It is a huge property, so it's not really easy to find a tenant that can fit in there. And it is owned by just a family. It is a challenging situation, and no one wanted to be in today's world, right? There's a Walgreen left and then left our community, your community, without the formula retail pharmacies. But I'm also aware of that there's a new pharmacy coming up nearby that is actually closer to some of the major senior homes. that allow them to have more convenient access to get their pharmacy fills. One of them actually can just go…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“So you're selling parts? Yes, we sell parts.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Yeah, your oil recycling drop-off, can you explain to me about? So you're selling parts, so you really have nothing to do with oil change or anything?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“OK, thank you. Do you do the neighborhood recycling with just vehicle oil or just also cooking oil?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Is there anything else you'd like to share with the commissioners and the public at this moment?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Do you have some commitment to beautification on 3rd Street?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Like help them clean their street. Yeah, definitely. Beautifying the street.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Please. And I think my fellow commissioner had mentioned about your commitment to local hire and then some training program.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“OK. And you're OK with notice that our conditions of approval to here, you need to work with our planning staff to come up with? signage that works with the community, you're okay with that? Correct. We're made aware. Might have be a little tweak from your corporate boilerplate standard. Yeah, yeah. But yes.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“All right. Well, thank you for your time. Thank you for your time. Thank you. It is a tough one coming in here. A lot of people, I know that This neighborhood had systematically, historically been marginalized, and it's one of the very rich, diverse community neighborhoods and had a lot of history of environmental justice that needs to be right. And then I'm also really aware of that We are needing to revitalize San Francisco economic. And we can't do that by kind of leaving things the way it is. I see that there's like a two-step approach. What I don't want to see is landlord, property owner…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026