this permit. but additionally, there's other work that's being done in this permit that has nothing to do with the adu, except that it's kind of a domino effect. so in order to enter the adu, there's a new deck. there's no ability to determine what impact that will have on existing -- [inaudible] >> i see you. i'll just wrap up right here. the trash cans that are currently there are being relocated. that requires a large retaining wall. a number of other items are in the site -- >> okay. you'll have three minutes in rebuttal to continue. >> okay. a number of other items are in the site plan, and we'll talk about that later. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. is the permit holder here, miss winfield, an agent for the permit holder? thank you. you have seven minutes.

>> my name is kim win. i'm the owner of the property actually at 1 88 winfield. so the permit at 1 # 8 winfield is for the conversion of an existing detached three car garage into an adu. mr. bryan fleenor mentioned about the two permits. one permit was done to reno vate the apartment with the permit. when the tenant moved out, i got a permit. done. the second permit he referred to, that's for another apartment that the tenant vacated at 217 virginia. we got the permit, building, electrical, sign off, everything, completed.

so we didn't know about the adu until the city encouraged all the building owner say okay, you can convert a garage into an adu. we go through an eight month process, went through planning and building, and got it finally in january of this year, paid all the fees and everything. that's when mr. bryan fleenor noticed that, and he go against it. he rent one of the garages and i think he doesn't want us to do it you see ba then we have to take the space back. he complained about the little storage under his garage. he used that as a storage before without any authorization, so we take that back and put the washer-dryer to provide a service for the tenants. this tenant never have any washer-dryer in the building. so we found that the perfect space for them, and they are very appreciative. they told me very nice that you do the washer and dryer. i didn't know that they complain now. so they use it, and now, all

the sudden, all this comes to, like, a problem. so mr. bryan fleenor has been using quite a few common space for his own storage. and he's not happy. whenever we try to take it back, do whatever we supposed to do for the building, he's against us. the adu, we followed the servi

>> okay. i believe we've heard earlier that you're able to do an adu as long as there's not a reduction in service. we had a case just recently, but i'm not sure if two separate leases would -- would

change that. so maybe i'll ask the department that. >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. thank you. my 10:30 p.m. question, just so you know. >> good evening, president fung, commissioners, cory teague, planning department staff. the subject property is 188 winfield, in the bernal heights special use district. the property tds have two structures on it. one is a six unit building and the other is this detached three car garage structure. again, there's no brief filed, there were no plans, but luckily, i was able to get plans from our system. they had been uploaded in time so we can go over that in just a moment. specifically this permit was to convert the existing three car garage structure into a single

adu that encompasses both floors. the planning department approved the building permit on october 16 of 2017, and it was issued on january 4, 2018 specifically to the appellant's claim bh the ground floor area -- about the ground floor area, we don't have any active complaints on file about any work being done to the garage, so i don't know for sure if -- under what permit or under what circumstances that basement level area was excavated to some degree to add the laundry room. and as much as it's relevant to this case, the planning code does reference that you cannot expand the building envelope. we have consistent for adu's but also for many other purposes, that goingsub

enterannean is not considered expanding the building envelope. so for example if you had a noncomplying structure in your rear yard, and if you wanted to excavate within the existing foot print, we would not require a rear yard variance for that. if you wanted to expand the building up or out, that would. so in some situation, even if that building buildiwas to exp basement level below, that would still meet the code of keeping that within the building envelope as it existed three years ago. as mentioned there was other work going on on this property. we do have an open enforcement case about unpermitted horizontal addition to the rear of this building to the six unit apartment building, not to the garage. in response to that complaint and that open enforcement case, the property owner has filed a

permit to legalize that construction and that is currently being reviewed by the planning department. so all in you will a, thall, t tloerl reviewed by the department. it does meet all the requirements for adding an adu. you can only do one adu in this particular building, and it was appropriately reviewed, and i would respectfully request that you uphold the permit and deny the appeal, and i'm available for any other questions you may have. >> i've got a question, mr. teague. so it was a six units. so was there a soft story retrofit involved in this, as well. >> you mean of the apartment building? >> yeah, correct. >> i'm not aware that there is. >> and then -- >> i forgot to go over the plans, too. if you want to see them -- >> well, it's just kind of tough when people come before us and they don't submit a brief. it makes it really hard to make a decision. >> yeah. i will let the permit holder speak for themselves. i thought it was interesting

that no brief had been filed, either. i reached out a couple days ago to the contact -- i believe the contractor, and it was their understanding at that time that the owner thought the briefs were just between the parties and not to you, and if it would have been -- if it would have been understood, they would have submitted a brief. i don't know if that was the case, but i don't know if they want to speak to that. >> and the other question i have since we had that case where the permit holder was tiboni or something, is that part of the planning regulation that they can't remove space from -- >> right. that is actually not part of the planning code or building code in terms of the reduction of housing services. that is specifically the realm of rent control ordinance and rent board. now, in our materials that we have for people, if you're thinking about doing an adu, we

have reference to that. >> i remember it being point out at the board. >> in the g-23, bull tetin, it says you should be aware if you're thinking of doing this, you should hire an attorney or somebody and get that figured out. >> okay. thank you. >> and i can -- would you like -- show you the plans? >> yeah. >> okay. find another space for those. okay. here, we have the existing apartment building. this is the kind of rear addition that's currently being -- a permit to legalize that is being reviewed. here is the existing three car garage. it sits on a corner. this is virginia street, this is winfield.

the existing three car garage at the basement level is basically this kind of three separate stalls. you have crawl space, crawl space, and this -- this stall has been half converted from crawl space into a laundry room. you then have just essentially the three parking stalls currently. on the first floor, you would have essentially a living room, dining room, one bedroom, one full bath, stairway downs to kind of a common family room with a full bath and one additional bedroom and preservation of the laundry facility there.

this is just elevation from winfield, showing the removal of the garage doors and the addition of two windows. here's the existing real -- rear elevation and here is the proposed elevation. this is the side elevation, where additional access stair is being added. and here is the existing section, taken from the center and the new section, again, the building is not getting any taller or any wider, and here's the elevation from the other side.

it's existing and proepposed, which is fairly unchanged. >> this is a site permit? >> yes, and that's -- that's all the plans. >> do you have another question, president? >> so when you say legalize the space in the rear, is that part of the original foot print or are you talking about the interior space or is that a new structure in general? >> well, there's no unauthorized expansion of the building at the subject of this permit, which is the detached garage. as a separate matter, this little pop out here of the main apartment building, this -- we received a complaint that that had been added without permits, and so subsequently, the proper owner has come in with a permit to legalize this portion, but the adu is in this structure, and it is -- they're separate issues. >> so did that have to go for 311? >> this will. >> okay. >> yes. the addition of the adu did

not. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. mr. duffy? thank you. >> commissioners, joe duffy. i'll be very brief. the building permits a form three. it was taken in for review. the permit was issued on the 4 of january , 2018, suspended on january 10 because of the appeal, and the addenda is still going through review, although that has been stopped pending the outcome of the appeal. i didn't hear any building code issues being brought up, some reference to earlier permits brought up, they appear to be remodel permits for apartments. they didn't look to be permits that i would have been concerned about, so i'm va

available for any questions skbl ok. >> okay. is there any public comment? both of you, standup so we can keep it moving. you have three minutes. please identify yourself. >> thank you. my name is kevin b. fleenor. i'm bryan fleenor's husband am i allowed to speak? >> okay. you're a related party, so you would have to speak during his time. you can speak in rebuttal during his time if you want to. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hi. i'm megan adler. i'm a tenant and i've been in this rent controlled building for ten years. and my apartment is directly above the renovations that were illegally done and the excavations that happened underneath my home for many, many, many months, past 7:00 p.m. and on sundays.

all of the dirt that was excavated was put in the back yard and never removed. i had to pay for someone to take care of the yard and remove the dirt myself. i am 2 feet from the renovations that were going to be happening, and my amenities are going to be decreased. they are trying to kick me out, and i'm a teacher and trying to afford to live here. i cannot believe the egregious things that have happened in my building since the new owner bought it. they have done so many things that are so illegal. i just can't explain, but i'm also saying that my privacy is going to be absolutely impaired by this new deck that they're putting on behind me, 2 feet from my deck. also, all the excavation, all of the work, i work from home in the summer. i'm a poet and a teacher and a

tutor, and i can't imagine what's going to happen to the deck, the illegal room that happened underneath me. and the permit that they applied for was to put in a laundry, but they built an entire new room, an entire new room. so i am not happy about this. i don't interrupt anythitrust going to live there. i've lived there ten, but the last three years as a tenant have been heck, and i'm not moving and getting away from my teaching job. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> and so my name is jonas pettison, and i live on the top floor of the building in unit number five, right above megan. and i've lived in that unit for approximately five years. and the main complaint i'm

having is that i've received absolutely no information about this construction whatsoever, and i'm -- i'm in the same situation as megan, that i work from home a lot, so this type of construction would affect my day-to-day life a lot. and i just would have appreciated it if i could have received more information about it, you know, beforehand. so...thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. okay. we'll hear rebuttal by mr. fleenor. three minutes. >> okay. thank you. first, i want to talk about the room that was constructed during the building permit that was just for interior construction, and if you look at those drawings, you'll see that that's shown as existing construction under those drawings.

however, the ordinance said that it has to have been constructed at least three years before to -- you know, that that -- that -- and this was just illegally constructed in the last year. and the fact that it's now -- the fact that it's not on the current complaint, i don't understand, because i reviewed that with mauricyohernandez, and and he looked at it and said yes, i can see it in detail. but i couldn't check the fact that that's not considered the scope for part of that complaint. i'll have to renew the complaint. but at any rate, that building is going to be incorporated into this new structure. and you know, it's tainted. it's been built in violation,

and it has retaining walls that have no structural design, no structural review. the fact that you don't see any evidence of it in the inspection reports isn't indicative that it wasn't built without a permit. this is the m.o. of -- of these operators. they start without a permit until they're required to. they build without a permit, they build in advance of the stated scope of the permit, they get caught, they go and have a remediation permit. and a portion of this new structure is going to be included. in addition, we're going to have a number of other changes in the site plan, in the site permit that really require some review. and the point here is not to

adjudicate the ordinance about the conversions. that, we already understand. that, we support. this is going beyond what was understood by that to take all control and all review out of all aspects all across the site. the deck, the retaining walls, are all included in this permit, and i ask that you, for a number of reasons, find that this permit should be overturned. >> okay. thank you. okay. miss win? you have three minutes. >> yes. first of all, i didn't provide a brief because i thought that it was stressed directly to dbi in the planning because i went

and got a permit, and i didn't understand why it was appealed. number two, it was for the rent control, any know if i could get the adu approved. i wait until for sure i can get it before i can go to the rent control and see if i can take back the garage that i rent into mr. brian fleenor. as far as megan adler, she said there's some excavation under her apartment. that's not true. the apartment number one, under her, there's no excavation whatsoever. it's an existing apartment that we rhenvate and we do all kind of hardwood floor. we put in the hardwood floor instead of the wall-to-wall carpet, so that must be the noise. there's no excavation. there is an existing apartment in the basement. as far as the historical window removed at 217 virginia which is another apartment that the tenant vacated, we replacement

the window at the kitchen, so bry bryan fleenor complained, so the building department came out and made us replace the window correctly. the london room that -- laundry room that bryan fleenor complained, he use it as a storage. not only they use it as a laundry, they start putting all kinds of things in there for their own purpose. i didn't build anything. i thought okay fine. i just build for you guys, and i don't understand the nature of the complaint. that's all i have to say. thank you very much please, very much approve the adu permit. >> thank you. mr. teague, anything further? >> hello, again, just a few quick issues. i don't think there's any dispute, there's some issues on this site regarding unauthorized work and there are

currently open complaints with the planning department and dbi and at least one permit to try to correct some of that work, so there's still -- >> this is about the permit before us. >> there's another permit before us and i'm sure there'll be continued work between planning department and dbi on those enforcement issues going forward and any other enforcement issues that may arise. so i sympathize with the existing tenants on those issues, but specifically for the permit that's in front of you today, again, just to clarify, i mean, the build envelope allows you to go below grade. in this case, the rear of the building really wasn't even completely below grade, and the exterior walls of the building were not expanded to add the laundry room. i believe there was some excavation inside the walls. they converted it from a crawl spras to a more habitable room from head height, but the

actual room itself was not expanded in any way to add the adu either previously or as part of this permit. and even if that space had been opened in some way, as was discussed, a cantilevered space would been allowed within the code to be an adu even if that was an open paspace. so separate from the other issues that are legitimate, this particular permit was reviewed and approved appropriately. >> is there a deck on this 5 du? -- adu? >> on the adu? not that i'm aware of. there is an existing deck on the -- at the rear of the main building, and it's possible that the unauthorized addition in the rear was also going to

include a deck, too. i'm not positive. i don't have those plans in front of me. >> we'll probably see that in front of us. >> i cannot speculate, but it's possible. thank you. >> okay. mr. duffy? >> commissioners, just to clarify something when i spoke about the other permits on the property, there are four addresses on this property, and the 217 virginia, as you've just heard, we actually had issued a notice of violation, and they have applied for a permit to comply with the notice of violation, so i just didn't want to make it sound as if everything was good. there is issues that you've heard that from a few different people. >> that deals with the other issue. >> yez, you're right. it's not on the permit before us tonight. >> is it just one nov? >> that's what i can see, and i didn't even get it before i came up tonight.

i just went into 180 winfield. >> okay. thanks. >> thank you. okay. commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> commissioners? >> you say it appears things with copacetic with this one, but what other things are going on on the property that's being looked at and enforced by planning. dbi -- >> yeah. >> plus some of the issues are related to, you know, the tenants' issues. >> right. >> that are probably going to be before another agency. >> well, it's just like the previous -- the previous case where what was before us was not really was being presented.

>> in terms of the permit. >> yeah, so i agree that it's easy to get side tracked on the other issues which may or may not have been done illegally, but the permit in front of us seems to have been applied for and issued appropriately. >> is there a motion? >> move to deny the appeal and uphold the permit on the basis it was properly issued. >> okay. from commissioner lazarus, a motion to deny the appeal on the basis that the motion was properly issued. on that motion -- [roll call] >> okay. that motion passes, and that concludes the hearing. adjournment. >> meeting's adjourned. good mo.

good afternoon. i want to thank you all for being here today to talk about not only the success that we've had here in the garage in the mca with the police department, but also talk about what we're doing around car break-ins. i want to thank the director, scott, peskin and stefani, who have been at this and talking about this for some time. you know, we have and have had a car break-in epidemic in the city of san francisco. in 2017, we had 30,000 break-ins in the city of san francisco. as we talked about for months and i have as mayor, it should not be a gamble to park your car on the streets of san francisco. this affects people who visit the city of san francisco, the people that work in the city of san francisco and it affects the people that live in the city of san francisco. and the current conditions on the street, is something that is

unacceptable. i want to commend chief scott. at the end of last year he implemented reforms, creating a dedicated unit in the police department and increasing foot reforms, we've seen 17% decrease this year alone, but as we talk about all the time, we're not resting on our laurells, it's still unacceptable what is happening, so we're moving forward. we're here in the stockton garage. this is a garage that is one of the most popular in the city. right next to the financial district, right next to union square, right next to places that people come to visit. last year, 2017, it was a hot spot for car break-ins. a high of 62 one month. but thank foss the reforms, we have seen a dramatic decrease in the amount of car break-ins here

in the stockton garage. specifically an 83% decrease in the amount of car break-ins here. so in january, we had 44 break-ins. in february, 12. in the month of march, 9. and knock on wood, this year, so far -- this month so far, we've had zero in the month of april. so if you think about that from a high watermark of 62 last year per month, to now zero so far in the month of april, we need to acknowledge, celebrate and respect this as the city of san francisco. and we need to think about moving forward and what we're going do do about it. we thank chief scott, dedicated foot patrol officer here in the garage, which i know we can't replicate everywhere, but we've installed cameras, done fencing around the infrastructure to reduce the loitering. a ton of software and hardware

upgrades, entry kiosk, monitoring system. simple but effective hardware and software upgrades making a difference for the people that park their cars here in the garage. it's with great excitement we're here to celebrate that. we're doing this in other garages, six throughout the city of san francisco. a garage that supervisor stefani represents, when i was a district 2 supervisor was the bane of our existence on pier street, now down 55% thanks to the efforts of the mta and the police department. i want to thank captain engler representing the area. we are doing it right and the sfmta and our city garages are doing it right. this is where we can lead by example. we can control this property. and we can focus on efforts that

are going to work for car break-ins. so today, we are not only celebrating and honoring what we have accomplished so far, at stockton and these other six garages, but we're announcing also today that all 22 city-owned garages, by the end of next year, we'll be implementing all of these reforms at all of our city-owned garages. car break-ins are epidemic, but don't have to be moving forward. just the other week, we launched the parks mark campaign, a number of announcements are coming in the next weeks and around street cleanliness and homelessness, but as it relates to car break-ins, what we're doing now is working and we're going to now put the pedal to the metal and make sure that every one of our city-owned garages republiclicates what we

seen. we all want to see it replicate the success we've had here as well. thank you for coming here today. with that, we'll introduce the chief of police, bill scott. >> thank you, mayor farrell. first let me say thanks to mayor farrell and supervisors peskin and stefani for their leadership. keeping the focus on the issue is important in terms of us moving the needle and turning the epidemic of car break-ins around. i'm going to talk about mr. ed riskin, head of mta, but today's approach, we know is the way to go. we have to be a more resilient city. we talk a lot about prevention, don't make yourself an easy target, but there are other things we can do to be more resilient and prevent the crimes from happening in the first place.

the things that have been implemented here, the fencing installed, to stop unauthorized entry, the lighting and the surveillance cameras to discourage would-be thieves, this is a team effort. and this is what collaboration brings to the table. again, go back to mayor farrell and his leadership and before him, mayor lee in order to force this issue, force a collaborative partnership that has led us to some success this year. we are working hard to continue the effort as the mayor said. this is going to be spread to all the city parking garages. although the deployment is part of that factor, we'll do what is necessary in terms of having the visibility and the presence to make sure that people know we're out here. that was part of our doubling of the foot beat. the people that are apt to

victimize others need to see us, they need to see their police officers out here visible. i think that gives everybody not only a sense of security, but also it deters these crimes from happening in the first place. we know we can't have a police officer at every corner every hour of the day, and that's why we need other measures, fencing, lighting, cameras to help us identify people that are apt to victimize others. so with this initiative, we believe that we will continue in the direction that we're going in terms of reducing these types of offenses and as the mayor said, we have about a 17% decrease year-to-date which is over a thousand less victims. i think that's something we can all be pleased with. but we still have a lot of work to do. i would like to introduce ed riskin, the head of mta. >> thank you, chief.

good afternoon. we're happy to be able to be here. it may not be sexy stuff, but parking garages are an important part of the transportation system here in san francisco. we want people to be able to find parking and feel their car is going to be safe when they leave it, whether it's on the street or off the street. the parking garages are ways for people to find parking, not spend time looking for parking on the street, and we want them to know when they leave their car in a public parking garage in san francisco that their car is safe. so we have been working on this in a number of different ways, partner with the police department, the leadership of chief scott has been critically important. a lot of the success that you heard the mayor and the chief talk about at this garage in particular has really been the presence of san francisco police department. and we work with them in districts around the city where we have our garages to try to focus their resources as

strategically as we can, because as the chief says, we can't have a cop in every garage all the time. to that end, we're using old technology and new technology to make more sustainable improvements in the garages, so that we need to -- so that we can really rely on the police only when we need them. the old technology as you heard, it's fencing, lighting, signage and we've seen some pretty good results already from some of those activities. and then there is the new technology. a number of years ago, doing an assessment of our garages, what we determined was that a lot of the technology in our garages was old and out of date, not just from security perspective, but operational and revenue collection. so we developed a program a number of years ago supported by mayor lee and board of supervisors and the mta board of

directors, that culminated in a three-year project to modernize and upgrade all our garages. we're about a third of the way through this 3-year project and these improvements do include things like high-definition cameras that hope us both monitor activity in realtime, but also help the police after an incident make positive identification of suspects so they can -- and particularly they can identify repeat offenders and really target their investigative resources appropriately. it includes more secure gates for folks getting in and out. communications equipment so that patrons can communicate with garage staff. a number of other improvements to make our garages safer and secure facilities. as you heard from the mayor, the initial results at the pier street garage which i used to hear about from mayor farrell

back when he was supervisor farrell and supervisor stefani, it had been a problem area. you heard the results, 55% reduction since the new improvements were in place. this is success we hope to replicate everywhere. we're not declaring victory here. you see a park smart sign, not a mission accomplished, because as the chief said there is more work to do, but we'll continue and complete these installations by 2020. we'll continue to coordinate with the police department and the d.a.'s office and are grateful for the strong leadership we have in our mayor and board of supervisors and the mta board of directors to ensure that our garages can be safer for people to park. thank you. >> thank you. and for your leadership. i would like to bring up two members of the board of supervisors who have been focused on the issue for a long time now, and have been leaders

on this, supervisor peskin and supervisor skef stefani. >> thank you, mayor, chief scott, ed riskin, the working men and women of the police department. i want to note a number of great cases that the cops have made in the last number of days, 11 arrests out of northern, central and southern stations, so thank you, captains, for that work. and then supervisor stefani and i are doing our part today by funding that $32.5 million which is to say that we're parking here and those parking validations, those parking costs go to pay that. we're always worried about the money. this has been extremely frustrating, not only as a supervisor, but somebody who had his car broken into on the street. and i cannot tell you how delighted i am that we are addressing it.

and those numbers are extraordinary numbers. 83% drop in this garage in a few month's time is really something to celebrate. i was just across the street at my optometrist and she said they have noted the immense change. so i heard about it from people on the street before i actually heard about it right here from the mayor. i want to thank you again and look forward to getting it to zero. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor peskin. last month at the budget committee, we approved the resolution of transferring this back to the sfmta and i raised questions about their greater public safety measures at this location and all the garages under their jurisdiction. i was motivated to do so not only on the terrible story of someone's dog thrown off the garage, sorry to bring that up, but it was devastating to many people and its owner.

and the only way the police were able to identify the perpetrator was because of a private dashboard camera that captured the crime. but i was able to do so based on my own experience sitting in the pier street garage and witnessing sophisticated criminals staking out cars while i tried to call it in. they laughed at me while i was on the phone with police. this is criminal tourism and it must stop. this is a garage in desperate need of help and i want to thank the sfmta for their attention to these issues. we've heard everything that has been done in the garage and after the installation of 12 cameras, new lighting, signage, the pier street garage saw a significant decline in break-ins. with a 55% reduction in six months after the upgrades. i cannot thank everybody enough. i hear from constituents every day they do not feel safe and

we're responsible and accountable for the safety of our community and cannot allow opportunities for people to be victimized. i am encouraged by their progress we have seen here, due to the measures put in place through our partnership with the mta. improving public safety and reducing car break-ins takes a multi-pronged approach and we have to use all of the tools available to us. i applaud the sfmta and the police department for working together to address this epidemic. this type of collaborative approach will combat future problems. i'd like to thank mayor farrell for his amazing leadership to make sure all departments are working together to make significant improvements in the area. as the numbers show, special attention and the presence of security enhancements actually do work. it is my priority to fight for these resources. we know that when captain joe engler of northern station assigned police officers to the

palace of fine arts, a hot spot for auto break-ins, there were zero break-ins. we know what works outside the garages and inside them and we must invest in those resources to keep our communities safe. these initiatives are just the beginning to tackling this crisis head on. last month, i called for a hearing to review the progress of safety measures in place at our city-owned parking lots and garages and that hearing will take place in june. this is yet another chance to learn about initiatives at these sites and to receive updates on what is working. i know today that we all agree that residents and visitors to san francisco should not be fearful of break-ins or their own personal safety in parking garages or lots and we must do everything we can to keep them safe. thank you, mayor farrell, chief scott, supervisor peskin, all those who worked to improve the safety in our garages. thank you very much.

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>> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's

challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah. ♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky. i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other

with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in

season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious. all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy. >> i am here with a manager at the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco.

thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce.

really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible. you have shown us how to make

super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds holds is very, very exciting.

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