commission. it is a decent system. it is being asked for a small revision. certain revisions are increased. this is not one of them. finally, i would like to point out an interesting statistic, and is an article. it is an article several years

ago stating the following. they have had the lowest percentage of people under 18 years of any large city in the nation. seattle was a close second. they asked what were some of the most important reasons why they did not feel comfortable keeping their families and the city. is cited three reasons, and one was how difficult and expensive and long it took to make minor

renovations to existing homes, to update them, to allow families to extend, to allow generations to move in. we have a good system, and we believe today is one of them. we certainly do not encourage the policy of keeping it alive, and with that, i will end my portion early and ask that you start public comment by hearing from one of my clients and you. >> any questions? if we can now hear from public, -- from the public.

>> we purchased a house that had been vacant for months -- that had been vacant for months. we purchased a fixer because that is only way our family can afford a home. we reached out and showed them our plans in february, and if they have concerns, we wish they would have voiced them to us. they have made films for dozens of organizations, including asian women's shelter and the san francisco symphony. i have been teaching for 20 years.

i love my job, and it is important for me to teach here. if we purchased the home with my in-laws. he will spend more time with us. though none of the appeals of had merit, the south but our family on the financial edge. -- this has put our family on the financial edge. these have deprived my in-laws and my children curious -- and

my children. >> if i can ask you to step up to dial and approached the podium. >> i am a teacher, and i am out rich. -- outrage. it is ridiculous we are wasting your time. this works for a nonprofit eureka -- for a nonprofit. these are the kinds of people we should be welcoming. i have known in for 25 years.

i know firsthand what a caring teacher she is. she is there for her students 24-7. having close neighborly relations with these parents and reinforces this is a community school in the true sense of the word. this is a teacher you want to work in your neighborhood. it is the desire to work as an extended family of. is this not what we should be fostering? these are trying to carve out a

life for our lovely neighborhood. this is not what we should be subjected to. i would like to ask nannette this is not what we should be subjected to greater -- subjected to -- this is not what we should be subjected to. >> i am a school teacher. the community of teachers is becoming thinner due to the high cost of housing. we are fortunate she is able to be of school early and stay late.

she is able to volunteer, and this has been her pet project. she has integrated a connection to the learned and to the local environment. she hosts informal gathering at her home stereo -- at her home. now building trust is important your your -- building trust is important. it is rare that teachers stay in the neighborhood after they have children. thank you for your

consideration. >> are moved in in 1987, and are raised two decades, -- i raised two kids, and i hope they can have the same opportunities to raise their families cirio -- families. i hope they continue. >> next speaker. >> i am a freelance cinematographer, and i have known him for about 10 years now. i also lived a couple hundred feet from him.

speaking about those who have had to leave san francisco, it has been a rather disappointing. i would like to see sam and his family continued to live in my neighborhood. this appeals process has warned both of them in a financial way, and if it can stop, but would be a huge service to the community, and i want to speak now to the gentleman who spoke about parking spots. i would love to be able to park in front of my house every day, that is not a reality, so i do not agree with the eureka region

with that you're a good -- with the. -- that. >> i have worked with them for the last two and a half years. she approaches education by addressing the needs of everyone periods -- of everyone. now she consistently reflects on her approach, build relationships. many of our families live within a few blocks of her new house. i believe it is important to understand communities they

approach. i believe there are public policy measures that can be taken to ensure all families have greater access to san francisco. this is not only in extraordinary but alarming. the city is sending a message that people are not welcome as homeowners. the board has the power to reverse that message. i urge you to do that. >> i am a home owner in san francisco. i would like to warn you that it allows the owners to replace walls very good -- to replace walls. my understanding is these need

to be reviewed. i believe it will replace two existing walls. i believe it is their intention to appeal each and every permit to stop this restoration. this will send the owners buy through a row appeals process on issues that have already been decided on behalf of the board of appeals and the planning department. to repeat the process seems unreasonable. i, too, had permits we wanted to make. i have lived a nightmare people are their families through periods and -- their families

through. i urge you to reaffirm the approval of the building and revision. thank you. >> i and my teacher. i have taught for the last 10 years, and i want to reiterate what an amazing teacher she is not just to our staff and families, but to the entire community at large. she is a mentor to all who come through. they speak to her when they have a problem, and she is one of few teachers who actually live in a community. i always see my kids. i see the families in the street. it is critical.

living in the community has allowed her to do that. when she waters of plants and takes care of everything, they are so vital in the communities. i watched the emotional strain, the financial strain of. i find this process very daunting, that the appeals have stopped families from moving into their home for minor revisions, and i urge you to look at this seriously and remind us it has also been approved. we are here today because it has been through numerous appeals.

i cannot imagine going through the much trauma. thank you. >> the issue before you is is clear. it is pretty simple renovation of all homeowners -- of the home. gooand the mission is to enhance the diversity of our community and surrounding communities. we do typically get involved as a developer of affordable housing.

we have reached out to the appellant, and they have not taken advantage of that. to bring the before the board seems disingenuous. what we would like to see is for the board of supervisors to support the renovation of this building in order to support people who worked tirelessly to support community superior do thank you -- to support communities. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public who wish to speak of and why don't i asked the

appellant to come back to the microphone, and you shall have of to 3 minutes for a rebuttal. >> we did not give the first side of the apple -- get the first bite of the apple. these people came and presented. this isn't with the code to establish an -- this is in connection to the code. they advised us everything would be done in connection with the code. we came back to find out this is not true. we found out apparently it would be reduced.

the issues are much broader than one particular permanence -- permit to. it is difficult to get it this far. some of the private neighbors of rights and a voice. we ask them to step in our shoes and neighbors shoes and see how you would feel if this

is presented to you. no one seemed to care of the environment was damaged. but city departments did not want to investigate inconsistencies that might reflect poorly on them. we sent them through expensive processes.

clearly this permit process has been very inconsistent. >> thank you, colleagues. any questions to the parties who have been part of the hearing? if not, this hearing has been conducted, and item 4 is closed. >> thank you, and i want to bring this up to the parties of interest, and i want to thank the members of the public who live in my district and district 94 coming to speak on this -- district 9 for coming to this.

at the end of the day, the question before us is whether or not there is a basis to grant the appeal and reverse the categorical exemption brought by the planning department, and having reviewed the materials, having listened carefully to each side, including the comments and report from the planning department, i personally do not believe there is a basis to grant this repeal for the reasons outlined in the response to the appeal, i believe we should affirmed the findings of the planning department, specifically the

application that is an issue. it is not final, dense -- and the permit has been determined to be exempted from further environmental review curio -- review. i would move that we table items 6 and 7 and that we approve item five of the agenda. >> second. >> can we take roll-call votes. [: votes -- calling votes]

>> there are 11 ayes. >> the motion passes. >> i asked that we can re-refer a number of us back to roll call. i understand there are a number of colleagues that wish to make quick presentations. if you wish to be referred back to roll call. >> it says it is gone. i was not speaking in to itch. -- into it. i am making a request for a bed

of the hearing. this is an issue across san francisco, anywhere from low income housing to hotels, and there are a number of outbreaks, mainly because they automatically track the infestations because of the type of and bugs involved. i do want to acknowledge the number of advocates that have been working on this with the board, including supervisor daly and walker, who is also an active community leader, and i really look forward to working with her on this issue. >> item also calling a hearing on south of market -- i am also

calling a hearing on south of market as well. >> i would like to announce the committee assignment for 2011. i want to thank you all for the conversations we have had. a native of these committees reflect the need and we have for an unprecedented collaboration during a time of transition with the challenges we are facing regarding budget deficit, local economy, and many challenges we are facing. i think it is important we have a structure that allows us to work together as well as we karen. i have just circled a letter to our clerk. i am pleased with the following assignments. our chair will be supervisor chu. the third member will be supervisor came, and starting on

march 1, the temporary members will include supervisor wiener and myself. this will be chaired by supervisor avalos, and supervisor elsbernd will be the third member of that committee. supervisor: will serve as share along with supervisor avalos -- supervisor cohen will share along with supervisor avalos -- chair along with supervisor avalos. plan to use, supervisor cohen will serve second. at our rules committee,

supervisor came will serve as a share. supervisor elsbernd will serve as vice share -- chair. these committee assignments will be effective as of thursday. next week we do not have a board meeting. the first meetings will occur the week of the 24th. my office will meet to determine the weekly schedule so we can ensure an orderly flow of meetings during the week, and i want to thank you for this conversation. why don't we move to our adoption calendar, as items 12 through 14 are for immediate adoption. these will be enacted with a single roll call vote. >> would anyone like to sever any of these items? if we could take a roll call

vote. >> [calling folks -- votes] there are 11 ayes. are there any in memoriams for today? >> it will be adjourned on behalf of supervisor mirkarimi. on behalf of supervisor elsbernd for the late john kroll. on bal