police budget has come down dramatically where it was. about $24 million is now about $7 million in overtime, and that is about the tremendous leadership that chief gascon has implemented through his apartment to make sure we have accountability about how our hours are run there. this is typical work that all our department heads are doing, despite the deficit we are facing. proud day for san francisco. thank you, everyone, for your hard work. let's get on to the next year. i hope that we can have cooperation across the state to make that happen. thank you very much. [applause] >> president david chiu. supervisor chiu: i'm going to be brief, but i want to echo the thanks of the mayor's chief of staff, the budget director, all

the wonderful budget analysts who spent many hours on this. the department heads, everyone here i can see almost to a person was incredibly involved in getting this done. of course, my colleagues. supervisor john avalos, thank you for allowing me to convince you to step up again for a second year. you did tremendous work, as did all of my colleagues on the budget committee and on our board. there are some folks who are not here who i want to really extend a warm thanks to. everyone who represented all of the different and important constituencies that were affected in so many ways -- i want to thank you for the late nights you spent with us at the board of supvisors helping us winnowed down the budget priorities with the few dollars that we have. this is not a perfect budget, but i think it is a good budget. it is a budget that protect course city services in public health, in public safety, and

services for it the most memorable san franciscans we have in our midst -- the most vulnerable. we have continuing challenges. we have budget deficits for the years to come. we have decisions that could come down from washington, d.c., from sacramento that would require us in a few short months to be back at the negotiation table, and the thing that i ask is that with the same spirit that brought us here today, we will bring that spirit to ensure we make the right decisions for san francisco for today and for the future. thank you for being part of this process. [applause] >> thank you. i think all of us can take a moment to really appreciate the fact that we have done something that really distinguishes our city from other cities that the mayor has mentioned and counties in california. there really is a tremendous

achievement because of the way we all work together because we were created. we listened carefully to each other. i want to point out that city employees ratified every one of these agreements by over 90% voting in favor, so this clearly represents the sentiment of all city employees. the truth of the matter is that city employees want nothing more than a well-run, efficient city that is not only a city that is the most progressive city in the country but also the most effective, efficient, and well- run. i want to thank the mayor for his leadership over the last few years in moving san francisco into that direction, and i think on behalf of all city employees, it really is a pleasure to be part of the process. congratulations to everybody. [applause] >> there you have it. you get all of us individually. thank you for coming out, and as david chiu just said, we are prepared. we see some state the mission in terms of contribution, federal,

we are ready to go. we are ready to get to work, and we will be moving on to next year's budget very soon. smile, department heads. thank you all. [laughter] >> good evening and welcome to the july 21st, 2010 board of appeals. the presiding officer is tanya pettersson and joining her is joining vice-president goh, commissioner fung and

commissioner hwang. we have some representatives from city departments such as the deputy director of building inspection. also the acting zoning administrator representing the planning commission and planning department. please go over the ft meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board request that you turn off all phones and pagers. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the permit holders and respondents have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must complete their comments within the seven minute

time period. members of the public for not affiliated have up to three minutes each. to assist the board, members of the public who wish to speak on a particular item are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or business card to forward -- to board staff. we also welcome your comments and suggestions. there are customer satisfaction forms on the left part of the podium. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing, rules, or schedules, please speak to the board staff after a break. the board office is located, 1650 mission street. the meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government television, sfgtv, cable channel

78. thank you for your attention. at this point, we will conduct our swearing in. if you intend to testify, please stand, raise your right hand and say "i do," after you have been sworn in or firm. -- or affirmed. do you solemnly swear that this will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> thank you. >> we have one housekeeping item this evening which has to do with item number6, p.o. number 10-058. this matter has been rescheduled to september 8th, 2010, and will not be heard this evening. notices have gone out and no action is needed by the board.

we go to item number one, public comment. is there a member of the public of like to speak on an item that is not on the agenda? if so, please step forward. >> good afternoon, commissioners. getting a permit to is at a fraction of the cost of the organized activity. our firsthand experience is that they claim and prove that they have a connection with planning and building officials able to circumvent the code. they deal with retired or those that are semi-retired architects or engineers. the professional permit to and

the contractors drew the plan wherever they wished and they put their stamp on the plan knowing that it contained false information. they claim that they have an existing garage but they still do not have one. one permit is for a -- but this is a new edition. it is approved and without any public notification. the allowed them to do this until it was completed. -- they claim that this is not

the same as the one that actually exists. they have claimed that these are the existing. when we complained to the director, he used the preprogrammed address book to call the expediter. he warned them about the complaint against his plan. when the deputy director wishes for his dream house to be built, -- postponed his vacation and did it for free. they did not submit any thank or even a copy of the plants. don't worry, they have building and planning officials working for them and they give them statements to support them before the planning commission

and the board of appeals. why a are the planning and building officials willing to be part of these activities? if you don't do anything, you will get nothing. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we have five adjacent properties that surround us. the owners of three of these properties use the same expediter and architect. one of them was able to build an addition that exceeds the height limit without a permit. this requires a notification. the zoning administrator ignored his own staff and did nothing. the owner of the second property submitted false plans and claimed that they had an existing gargar-- garage.

they claim that they were not excavating 250 cubic feet of soil. an inspection revealed that the garage did not exist but they are activating over 1000 cubic feet of soil. the owner of the third property submitted 11 rescissions' of false plans and they were looking to legalize an illegal debt -- 11 revisions of false plans and they were looking to legalize an illegal deck. the zoning administrator of granted a variance. we have proven many of their

false statements at the public hearings and the staff was left speechless. in justice still prevailed. you three ladies are lawyers, officers of the court. don't you think that your decisions have been influenced by their plans and decisions? they have violated our constitutional rights by withholding talking -- documents. don't you believe that your decisions are inaccurate and unfair and unjust to the public? you should not support illegal and false statements. thank you. >> is any other public comment under this item? seeing none, we will move to item number two. seeing 9, we move to item number three, the adoption of minutes. before you for discussion and

possible adoption are the minutes of july 14th, 2010. commissioners, any comments? >> i move to adopt the minutes of the july 14th, 2010 meeting. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> on that motion, -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> thank you, and the vote is 5- 0. >> please call item number 4-8.

-- 4-a. >> this is a jurisdiction request, no suspect -- no specific subject property in fault. this is a letter from clary sage organics, requesting that of the board take jurisdiction over a letter of determination by the zoning administrator regarding the "athleta" brand of clothing and the formula used classification under the planning code. >> please step forward if this is what you have requested. >> thank you, good afternoon. i am the general manager of clary sage organics.

on behalf of our business and the merchants association, we would like to summarize our