out there is no problem with the upgrade itself. good however, this is a single- family dwellings, and i do not understand how you can take as single-family dwelling with no existing on street parking and convert it into a legal unit and not have any off street parking. this is a small block. there are only six homes. the street could probably have a maximum of seven street parking spaces. if you had two cars per home, there would be 12 cars. there is no way this one street could have 12 cars. if you park on the east side of

the street, you will at times the given a ticket. if there were illegal parking, i would have no objection, but i see no indication there will be any parking. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. our city has adopted the new building codes, and this is one of the codes for the requirements. the amendments must be more restrictive than current requirements.

this section is mandated by the state, and the city cannot amend it to. if the city was able to mandate it, it must be more restrictive. the current appointee to the board of appeals do not meet these requirements. the current appointees stated they do lack the knowledge and relied on the planning and building staff. this is not a venue that allows the people to challenge the

building department and does not protect the people's rights through due process. these plays the city in precarious position. the longer you allow this to exist, the greater the chances the city will be a target. there are people who have recently suffered, and you should afford them some resolution. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on behalf of the appellant, seeing none, you have the chance to speak. >> i am the manager of legislative affairs. with me is the man whose female was the basis for what is before

you today. in the packet, you will find a detailed history of the application, appeals, and permits off the property. the case before you is not an appeal of the project. that has expired, and the work has commenced. the appeal is about a secret determination to document to work on the rear walls of the building. the permit is to discuss whether the rear walls should be rebuilt in time, so that is the only change before you. the question is did the department consider potential to the department. the department did consider this

and found that the subject would not have an adverse affect on the environment. the decision today is whether to hold up the decision and the night the repeal or to overturn for further environmental review work. the revision was to document work performed. on november 16 of 2010, the zoning administrator responded to an e-mail and found that the plans do not appear to contain

work that would trigger an additional seat for review. the subject of appeal is based on an e-mail saying the work associated with the rear wall is exempt. issue number one, the subject was considered without environmental review. i must say while it did not received the stamp, the work proposed clearly does not have the impact to our environment here a good -- to our environment. projects such as this are exempt from further environmental the rodeo for the ceqa guidelines for existing facilities such as this very good a question has

been raised about the timing of the review. this was not retroactive. because it was not final now or at the time of the e-mail, the project has been determined to be exempt from further review. even without this e-mail, this would have also been a timely determination this could happen at any point before it is final. further seat for review it is needed because of involvement in the potential demolished man of of property when reagan you

determine whether the proposed new -- abolishment of of property. this house was built prior to 1913, so the building could be a potential historic resources. even for historic resources, they are allowed to be approved without further review. we can approve this if it is clear there are no impacts to potential resources. in this case, the proposed work involved and non-historic addition. that can not been a potential resources.

the zoning administrator was correct in determination. as to the statement, it is not a demolition or a complete and demolition. this work is exempt from further review per ceqa guidelines. they did not filed a ceqa appeal. on november 3, the board denied a request made by the appellant. in conjunction to the appeal

before supervisors, the city attorney has determined the earlier permit is timely. for the reasons of both, the category complies with ceqa, and they recommend the board of polled environmental review and the 9 ceqa determination of -- and deny ceqa determination. goo>> why don't we hear from the party of interest element -- of interest? >> i would like to introduce a fine architect and next to me, and welcome to the new supervisors. we will be moving in once it is

finished. this problem and -- probably but will be the first one approved by board members. when you finish hearing this case, you will have learned a great deal more about ceqa. he is a public -- she is a public school teacher, and her husband is a documentary filmmaker who can make this city such a wonderful and compassion that plays. they have indicated they planned several more, and they did not appeal to the board of appeals or the planning commission.

the project stopped for about six months. the revision was made necessary when the contractor started to repair certain walls and found debt -- found the wall needed to be replaced and not nearly repaired. he talked about rebuilding them in the same dimensions as they are today. you realize things need to change. the only issue is whether the planning department did sufficient review.

this revision allows for to 5 feet of the wall and 15 taser 18 feet of the south wall -- 15 to 18 feet of the south waltol the reasons it gave cover those reasons. the area has already been reviewed under historic guidelines, and the additional demolition that is not a historic. finally, the replacement does not trigger enough demolition so

it runs afoul of the rules subject to a an automatic planning commission. they say the decision which was late although it was not late for two reasons. they still have an appeal going of the board of appeals, and our clients cannot complete the work. if the appellants get this revision subject to more where view, they have an opportunity to go to the planning commission for review of the

entire project. our system is very generous in that it appeals to the planning 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,