entitlement that allowed on the property was done before they bought it. therefore, that extension was probably done whether it had been reconstructed and got is a different issue and it doesn't have as much pertinent to my decision tonight. the question of the view from the kitchen window unfortunately goes across as someone else's property line. that is not necessarily protected. i do know that the appellants property as compared to the other properties have three sides of their building providing light and a view. and it is significantly greater than those bounded by zero property lines.

i am supportive of the idea that going to the property line on the south side makes the entire situation of the -- not only the larger building on the corner, but also creates a less than desirable situation for both neighbors. i would be supportive of the proposal that was made aware they may set back the top floor 3 feet. i know that side has a closet. therefore, the site being set back -- it is similar to what the permit holder had offered in their compromise. and i think it is a better

solution for both parties. >> if the parties are comfortable compromising to that extent, i would be obviously happy that this would not be a decision that we need to make, but i am also inclined to uphold the permit as it is. >> if you don't mind, i will speak next. it does seem that the appellants, there might have been some confusion and misunderstanding and that they missed an opportunity to work on some kind of compromise or some kind of setback. we need these second means of egress in these old buildings.

they are challenging. it because there is one mayor, it is blocking that window. and to allow this edition to enclose it completely into a little cave doesn't seem like it would comply with residential design guidelines. for that reason, i would support the setting back. >> one commissioner wants to uphold the permit and somebody wants a setback from the current plans, and the third commissioner wants an alternative. is that a proper summary? >> the same set back. there are two further setbacks. commissioner garcia: i would support that idea. commissioner fung: which idea? commissioner garcia: the idea of

the setback that has been referred to by you and by president goh. >> is there a motion? commissioner garcia: yes, mr. sanchez? >> of the board does request a side setback, how with the excess -- extent of the setback be? one might be just where the rear building wall of the permit holders property is, going back to the rear from there. commissioner garcia: that would be my assumption. madame director, can we craft something tonight or do we need to have a continuance to have documents to commission the permit.

i don't want to create a problem for the permit process, through either revision or something else. >> if we can be specific about the location and dimensions of the setback, we can roll tonight, otherwise we can ask that the permit holder prepare drawings to document what you have in mind. commissioner garcia: i would be more comfortable to have the parties sit down one more time and decide with coercion from this board, i am not going to support a reduction of the addition of a way down to the ground floor. and i am only talking about realigning the setback on the very top floor. >> are you making a motion for a continuance? commissioner fung: that ais

probably better for both parties. commissioner garcia: i am not reprimanding anyone, but one speaker talked about the commonality in the the town had endured and there seemed to be a minimum of conflict. the architect, i am not reprimanding you, it seems that you said that we deserve what we have because they were so out of conformance with what should be. i hope that when you go into negotiations with your neighbor, that that town be something other than what was demonstrated appear. >> i would recommend we look at january of 11 as a possible date for a continuance. commissioner fung: is that a problem with either party? ok.

mr. kwan, is that an issue? what i hope is that you will arrive at a common resolution and there for what ever drawing you come up with, we will condition the permit with that and it will proceed onward and the normal course ha. -- in the normal course. is january 11 ok? i will move to continue this case to january 11. >> the motion is to continue to january of 11 with the board encouraging the parties to try to meet to come up with a resolution and provide the board with plans reflecting that resolution.

>> on that motion to continue. president goh: aye. commissioner garcia: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. >> the vote is 4-0. the matter is continue to january of 11. >> there is no further business this evening. president goh: we are adjourned.

>> when there is this a children's theater, it is a good theater. it is a good theater, you would like it, even if it is for children. that is what i think. i feel like it is both a story for kids and for much older people. it is both about being a young child and letting a toy or a friend, and it is also about what it means to get old. ♪ >> in 1986, my son was two, and i decided i would like to go

over the story of the velveteen rabbit, mind you i had never read it myself as a child. i only heard it as a mother. my first-time hearing it was a bedtime story recording. it was through that that i found the theme and determined how it was going to produce this story. it was through listening to it. when a first mated, i really did watch my son, because i took him to live performances as soon as six months old. he loved it when someone was on the stage. he loved it when somebody was reading to him, the language. >> there was once a velveteen rabbit. >> usually when the bunny first comes out ago, ah, the rabbit. i think kids can relate to it. and they built love nana.

nana is the man at all figure in the show, and she represents stern love. the ferry is also played by the same person. -- the fairy is played by the same person. it is like the love you have for your first child. pure love. >> i think nature is a beautiful thing. all the wild rabbits come from nature. i like that. i think nature is mysterious, a beautiful, and not something our kids get very much these days. ♪ >> there is fantastical spectacle these days because of computers and films. i feel that in a live performance, being pared down,

you can be more successful you can ask everybody to buy into the world you're in. if it is a simple world, they will buy into it, as long as the world is consistent that you have onstage. in some ways, i also want that message for kids. the world does not have to be spectacle. the world can be about relationships, how you feel, and having fun and taking them seriously. and not about being blown away. >> what is real, asked the rabbit one day. >> it is a thing that happens to you when a child loves you for a long, long time. >> i think it is a success because, for the most part, if you are 3 or 7 years old, you sit in the sea, and the kids are engaged. they laugh and ask questions but that is part of the success. i think the fact that we tour

and do it here and still have audiences says it is a lasting. i really want to say that it is lasting is because of the story is a gentle story. if it was just ok, it would not have lasted this long. i have had people come up to me and say that was the first dance show i ever saw and that is why i am a choreographer today. i have had people come back after being in the shows and come back to see it when they're 20 and 23 years old. little kids and people in their 50s and 60s tell me how much they love it. and they come back more than once, year after year. ♪

>> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum.

i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they complement. they say how original the work is. i am the first person to say that this is so derived from all of this great artwork and storytelling of the past. the research i put into all of my books and work is a product of how we do things that a-- at pixar. sometimes you will see him depicted monkey-like or as

superman. i wanted to honor his monkey coloring. i decided to paint him white with a darker face. it is nice to breathe new life into it in a way that is reverent and honors the past but also lets them breathe and have fun. it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. they decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way.

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪

++ >> hello, and leslie the executive director of the community housing partnership, and we are the proud owneoperatn apartments, which you are here today. i want to welcome you on behalf of abag, mtc, and hud. community housing partnership provides permanent supportive housing to homeless individuals and families here in san francisco. we have over 1000 units of housing, and this is our newest property that just came online. 120 individuals who are either living on our streets or in institutional care here in san francisco are now housed here and have a home. they have open space to the have committed the amenities, and they have services to stabilize their lives in bill a platform so they can be self-sufficient of the planning that went into

this project to ensure that it is within a transit corridor, then a head job opportunities, all of the property management staff here where individuals were -- to work rather low- income or formerly homeless themselves. this kind of coordination is what grant will -- is what the grant that we will discuss today will show. when we have good information and community input come together, we couldn't build housing for 120 homeless individuals in hayes valley, one of the most up-and-coming neighborhoods in san francisco. [applause] it is with great pleasure that i am going to introduce you to supervisor david campos. supervisor campos sits on the ntc. he is commissioner. he has been instrumental in the planning effort. i would like to ask supervisor campos to please take the stage. [applause]

>> thank you, everyone. good afternoon. it is great to be here. it is a pretty impressive crowd. i want to thank speaker pelosi. for us, she will always be speaker pelosi. the mayor, and a number of those from the ntc. thank you. on behalf of the ntc, of like to take -- think the best take this opportunity to thank the u.s. housing and urban and sustainable development. i want to think a very diverse bird of nonprofit partners that were very hard to make this possible. that includes the san francisco foundation's great communities caliber to, equity groups, including the council would community housing organizations. mission development agency, chinatown community development centers, as well as business interest including the silicon valley leadership group and the bay area council. this grant will allow our region to connect very important

elements that are all connected. jobs, job training, and housing with our transit system this will allow us to give families a chance to catch me by transit. it will support the development of new housing that is close to transit, as well as the jobs that are close to transit, and in the process to help prevent existing workers, housing, and provoked -- promote the development of a strong regional economy for bay area residents. we're working on planning the area. the 25-year gestation and land use a blueprint, which will be adopted in early 2013. as our population is expected to grow by from about 7 million people to 9 million people in 2014, we need to start making, housing, and land use decisions that sustain the bay area's high quality of life for current and future residents. planned bay area is working to

keep this goal by supporting projects that focus growth near existing transportation infrastructure. the bay area sustainable communities grant will allow us to support those goals, while also integrating economic and workforce development. transportation and infrastructure development, to create more opportunities for all residents of the region. this grant will provide over $4 to bay area cities and local non-government organizations, to create more housing near transit. is this a lot to take this opportunity as a san francisco supervisor to thank carol lautner partners in san francisco, the community partners at work so hard to make this grant a reality. without their efforts, without their work in contributions, this would not have happened. thank you again to hud for this opportunity and to our partners for the great work. it is my honor to introduce

protest -- patricia, the hud director of field policy and management. pat, good to see you. [applause] >> good afternoon, i am delighted to be here. it is is a great to get out of washington, d.c., and get back in the field, where i belong. i tell people that when i started in this work some 30 years ago, i was 6 foot 5, blond and blue eyes -- [laughter] now i am shadow of my former self, but i cannot think of a better profession to expend at that height and energy on. i want to congratulate all of you for the extraordinary work you have done. this $5 million grant is part of $100 million in grant initiatives that is ordered by hud and our other federal partners. i have to tell you, you're so excited that week in this administration, under the president's leadership and

various cabinet secretaries, are working federal agencies together. this is pretty cool stuff, where we are actually talking to each other and elaborating. with epa and department of transportation, we're happy to make this joint award. we also want to thank all of the members of the community. it is estimated the people in this metropolitan area are spending 52 cents of every $1 on housing and transit in this metropolitan community. it is important that people understand that we need to connect jobs and work. sociologists have been telling us for decades now that zip code is unfortunately a determinant of economic survival, your education level, your longevity, your health, accessibility, and more. so this agreement, along with the vision of the partners, will allow us to move people near jobs, put people in transit, and improve quality of life for

everyone around the as a particularly pleased to know that this is a partnership of federal, state, and local people, nonprofits in the private sector, which is the way all of our problems in our committees will naturally be solved. part of this economic opportunity strategy will give everyone who seeks work a better chance to try to gain access to that. i also want to thank -- commissioner candidates mentioned the association of bay area governments, the san francisco foundation, the silicon valley community foundation, the great communities collaborative, the bay area council, a community housing organization, and the non-profit housing association of northern california, and the urban habitat. on behalf of our hud secretary shaun donovan and our system the abilities officer, i am so proud to represent, and our regional

administrator, to represent hud here. i want to ask you to please give a very, very warm reception to the regional administrator from epa. please, sir. [applause] >> thank you to leader pelosi. most of the things that you look around and see in san francisco would not have been done without the amazing amount of work that she does for the city and county of san francisco. it is an amazing privilege to be on the panel with her today congratulations to mayor lee for his recent appointment and to everyone else here on this exciting day. i used to work just next to city hall and run my bike down mcallister every day for nine years, so i saw this place going up. what it really tells us is that you can do all the great things we heard at the beginning. for 120 formerly homeless people, you can do it in a way

with no additional parking. it followed a green point rating system. it internalized many of the values that san francisco holds tier, which is bringing transportation planning, housing, and the environment together in one. that is our president and congress, with the speaker's leadership at the time, asked us to do. how can hud, department of transportation, and epa work together? this is a different way of doing business, and it is a way that we are very proud of. i want to thank ophelia, as well. should not be here today, but she is the regional administrator. and leslie from the department of transportation today they're all sitting down together in some very large infrastructure projects. this is a $5 million project to develop a prosperity plan for the bay area. if you think of the billions of dollars that were spending on everything from highways to public transportation systems, the opportunity to come