line windows as a sole source of light and air to particular rooms. yet that is exactly what the appellant did. furthermore, she did this after attending our neighbourhood meeting that we held in novembed detailed discussion around our intentions to expand and unfortunately block two of the property line windows. subsequent to that meeting in december of 2015, she filed for a permit to. this was for extensive work two units on that floor were combined into one and one unit was relocated to the ground level and all this was done with the four knowledge of our plans and she proceeded with a design that relied on the property line windows to the kitchen and dining room. she knew the project was coming. she had an opportunity to address her own desire for additional light and air by a light well, or reconfiguring space, but she did not avail herself of those options.

during the discretionary review process, we had several meetings okay. >> we had several meetings to discuss and avoid adr. this process is expensive. but more importantly, it is very costly and time is of the essence to us. we did make an offer to compromise and protect one of her windows. this was very generous, even though we are not required to do so. and the offer was rejected and we made that offer contingent on not having to go to adr before the planning commission and the rejection of the offer cost as tens of thousands of dollars. more than six months of delay, and for that reason, that offer compromises -- compromise is no longer on the table. >> thank you. >> the projection to the roof deck wall is out. >> could you repeat that law. >> the projector projecting the

rooftop wall. >> i haven't addressed it in my comments because it was never an issue that was really important. we never would have discussed it before. to be honest with you, that was a note that our architect, for something to prove to my husband and i, that the parapet, which is so tall in that terrorists, provides is so much privacy that we could do some interesting things out there. >> i think your lawyer indicated that that is out. >> it is not important to us. it has never been the issue in this case. >> thank you. >> thank you. mr sanchez? >> thank you. it is located in our zoning district. to the building is a potential

historic resource and located on a substandard lot that is a little bit more than 3 feet wide of 100 feet. the subject permit was submitted in july of 2015 and underwent notification between november and december 2017. during that time, one review was filed by the appellant to this permit. earlier this year, and in march, the planning commission heard the discretionary review. the commission did take discretionary review and made one minor modification at the ground floor regarding access to the mudroom for the lower unit to make it clear that it is a separate and distinct unit and would not be as easily merged with the unit above. subsequent to that, the permit was approved and issued an appeal to this board. the project is code compliant and meets all planning code requirements. i have more information as to the history of the permits for the adjacent property at 1899

green street. it has been referenced by both parties. prior to the current owner of the property, there were permits that were thought to do interior renovations. the last permits was from 2009 and that kept two units at that level and we can all agree it is the first floor level. it kept two units there and what it did was it took the kitchen and dining room, which is an issue here, and it moved it to the other side of the building with all the windows. and so that was the permit that was issued. it seems that this was a hot mess project, and for many years , was not proper to delete -- properly maintained. the work was done with out exceeding the scope of the permits. but the history does show that when the appellant filed their permit to, it was filed after the permit holder for this permit father permit with the project, and they made significant changes to retain the location of the kitchen and dining room where it is now, and where it is at issue, they also

combine the two units that shared the first floor and provided improving dramatically the quality of that unit and giving it more windows. they took that second unit that was on the level which had a lot of levels and moved it to the window -- to the basement where it has only two windows. there has been dramatic improvement through their work to improve the quality of the light of the unit. diminishing the quality of light of the other unit that they had, which they relocated to the basement, but from what i can tell, that was all work that they permitted. the previous owner did not seek permits and the appellant did not finish work that was previously approved. they change the scope of work from what was previously approved. i have plans associated with the prior permits as well, and i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> so from your point of view, all these permits are properly issued, there is no variances,

and there is clarity on the subject that the lot line windows are subject to getting covered. >> yes. >> okay. >> and regards to their projector, i think that is a cool addition because i would imagine that the portion of the building which was probably required by preservation to retain, i think it is the style. but by retaining that element of the building, and having some way of making them more enjoyable for their use is my opinion. >> typical planner. >> typical planner. >> typical millennial. >> yeah. he is not a millennial. >> he just looks like a kid. >> commissioners, joe duffy, d.b.i. the permit here has been reviewed and submitted on the 13 th of july, 2015.

issued on the 20 -- the 20th and suspended by d.b.i. because of the appeal. the permit went through planning review and the building plan check and d.p.w. we are back to planning again one last time. it is the same permit and there would be an addendum to follow. people don't like to lose their windows, but sometimes they do and the windows, if they were put into day, they would be under ab zero zero nine, which we have all talked about here many times. you would lose the right to those windows. so i just thought i'd mention that. there's one other thing as well. and it may not come into play, but the interior environment, chapter 12 of the san francisco building code. capital rooms, excluding kitchens and media rooms within

the dwelling unit shall be purveyed with natural light by means of exterior openings in accordance with section 12 '05. kitchens are excluded from the requirement for natural light in the cold. i thought i would add that. not to be one-sided, but it is always good to know these things i don't have any other things. i'm available for questions if you have anything. >> thank you. his or any public comment on this item? okay. >> you have three minutes. >> thank you. i am a friend of jane and mike, and a previous tenant and a resident, we used to own a building across the street. i've known them for 20 years, it and as a long-time resident, i would like to express my strong support for the project.

until leaving san francisco recently, i had been their neighbour and tenant for a combined total of nine years. i was a neighbour across the street for five years and they have always been well-liked in the neighbourhood and extremely active in their children's school. shortly after moving to green street, they got involved with the san francisco public library , the golden gate valley branch on our block, and worked on the fundraising effort for the 2010 renovation. and for approximately four years , i was a tenant, and i treated -- appreciated the attentiveness as landlords. i would also like to note that i was able to live there with my dog, a 75-pound chocolate lab, and as you may know, it is very difficult to get a rental apartment in the city for anything over 25 pounds. they are undertaking a project that gives her family the additional space they need from my perspective as a former tenant, they are making an

enormous improvement to the rental unit and making it larger and opening it to a remodelled and improved backyard. this will be far more attractive to tenants throughout renovation , and i have experienced numerous renovation projects in the immediate area, in this proposal fits within the character of the neighbourhood. the neighbour's appeal seems unjustified. they have extensive windows. the property line windows facing the eastern project are protected. and when the neighbour undertook her renovation after learning about the plan, she could have made arrangements for her desired light a reconfiguration of her room, however, she chose not to do so and is putting what i would consider unfair and undue responsibility on them to do something she could have, and should have done herself if it were so important to her. they are respected, and respectful stewards of the

neighbourhood. they have been carefully working on their project for years and this is one neighbour's attempt to make unreasonable requests and delays, which is already a very long process. thank you. >> thank you. more public comment, is there any public comment in the back squat if you could move forward just so we can keep moving this evening. thank you. you can go ahead and start. >> good evening. my name is sue rivera. i am a neighbour to both. and to the east of 1883 green street and what i now would call a substandard lot, which i am now feeling bad about. so we moved here in 2011 and met them just as we were about to initiate a construction project of our own. we were pleasantly surprised at how supportive they were, even though we knew it would be extremely disruptive to their life for the next 12 plus months

we come to find out that we were -- that not only where the patient with our mayhem, that they had been dealing with a construction project, which i thank you called to the hot mess earlier, which it definitely was since 2008. so for us, as i mentioned, we had done a major construction project, which for us, taught us several new phrases. all the fun stuff. even since we moved in, where we once had bayview, and had incorporated into our design, we lost them due to construction across the street, however, we knew that even when we bought the property because we went and falls wishful eyes open that it was not protected. we also had several property line windows on the east side that we knew, should our neighbours on the east ever renovate, and they have

discussed it, that we might lose them. it was something that we knew when we bought the house and read the 300 pages of disclosures. also, knowing that during our design phase we actually took that into our plan, we removed three windows on the property line, even though we could have kept them just because we knew we should prepare for the future we had a couple other windows that we decided to replace it with fire rated windows for protection, but again, we knew that even that investment we might lose them should that neighbour ever decide to change. so our lot, we are similar to them. our house -- we are built around the same time and have the same footprint. twenty-three and a half feet wide. but we have the same predicament it was around maximizing space to stretch to the property line where we could. we also have two kids. it was managing a ten by ten room to make sure that everyone was on the same floor, and we

went through the same challenges oddly enough the last thing i will say, given the context of the conversation, when we went through our 311 notification process, i remember mike and jane questioning why we didn't go across the whole lot line on their east side, meaning they would have lost what will windows and at the time they mentioned, why wouldn't you maximize as much as possible while obviously, i am in support of them. i do appreciate the effort that you have made into making that corner lot, which was a terrific site. i do appreciate and thank you. i i'm here to support its. >> the next speaker, please. public comments. >> i guess we are at that age. we all need our glasses. thank you. i am a friend and neighbour of the family. i have known jane and mike for almost a decade, and our daughters go to school together.

they are a wonderful family and contributing members of the community in many ways. i am interested in the renovation business and do that as part of my work. i regularly speak with them and keep track of their renovation progress. i watch them struggle through the city process for quite a few years trying to get approval. in doing one of these conversations, i did hear about the property next door had been sold to an investor. and some of this maybe redundant , but when they did hold their preapplication meeting, and they met this new neighbour and owner next door to them, they fully explains their expansion plans. this was before the owner had done any work on the property, and before they had pulled any permits. and then the owner proceeded to go on and pull permits and do a complete and total got renovation of the building. i walked by multiple times because i was curious on what they were doing.

they then went and installed brand-new lot line windows all away -- all along the lot line. and the neighbour did have an opportunity, because it was a complete got to go and add skylights if they wanted, incorporate light wells into their plan, or just basically redesigned their interior space so they can use all of the many windows that they already have in a way that gives them the light and air that they so desired. instead, they chose not to do that and they chose to keep those lot line windows. i think that brings back up the topic on fairness and reasonableness. there lot as mentioned and is narrow and it makes that layout more challenging. the neighbour has the corner lot , with opportunity for three sides of windows with no conflict, yet they want to go and have a fourth side of windows on their house, which

normally, if you want that in san francisco, you have to move to somewhere where there is a side step back, or choose montana, or somewhere where you can get a nice plot of land. so i think it is incredibly unfair and unreasonable to ask them, who are already on a narrow lot, to shrink the width of their property further to accommodate someone to have windows on the fourth side of their property. is grossly unfair. and they have followed the planning code. the planning process, they had all of their permits and they've done this, obviously they have been improved by the planner and the planning department and even the planning commission because once for the discretionary review. i just ask you tonight if you would decline this appeal, and allow them to move forward on their family home. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i have been a friend of theirs

for over ten years. our children go to school together and we admire and respect the family greatly. i'm here in support of their project by way of introducing three letters, which i won't read, but we will submit. by mike and jenny palmer who lived at 2535 laguna street, and another family who lived on 2608 webster street. and joe buckley, of 1860 green street, now 1990 green street. they are all letters in support of the project. and for a lot of the reasons that have already been spoken about already. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello. my name is marion. i am in the same situation as a two previous speakers. i'm a good friend and i admired them and believe that this project, because it is fully within all the legal specifications that the city has

laid out, they have gone through the process, they have asked for no variances, i'm here to support their project and have five or six letters from nearby wind outdoors neighbours all around green street also supporting the project which i will submit without any further project -- comment. >> thank you. is any other public comment? scene none, we will move on to rebuttal. >> a few quick points. commissioner honda here. i hope this shows up. >> do you want to stop the time while he is showing the picture? >> that is fine. >> i think that is the photo you asked for. >> tap your screen again. >> it is a photo from the kitchen area toward the back of the view. >> and i just want to be clear about the hot mess. the hot mess was not created by my client, the hot mess was

created by the prior owner. my client came in and fix the property and finish the renovation. the rooftop cinema, i understood from the attorney's letter, that that was off the table. but on the timing issue, you need to hear from others about the issue of -- the stage at which the project was when she became aware of the neighbour's plans. >> i am happy that my neighbour has so many nice friends and neighbours that they are supporting here, and i hoped i could become a friend as well in the future. however, that is not the case with them. from day one, as soon as they moved in and started renovation, she was totally against our

project. i had no idea about her project going through, and i found out my architect, my leg target -- late architect, he found out about the hearing that apparently they had. right after we had the permit and we started the construction and my architect on my behalf went to that meeting and purchase their plan, not protesting the plan, just asking them, please do not lock our windows, which we are just about starting the construction. nevertheless, they did go ahead with their plan the way that they had it and they refused

when we wanted to fix the wall that is in their property as well, right on the sideline from their side. they did not allow us to actually paint that wall or do anything on that side. we had to hire people from the roof to go and clean the wall and do all of the side work. all i am asking is -- >> you can finish your scented door sentence. i am asking them to spare 114 square feet out of 1,243 square feet that they are expanding just to give us that little space and a little bit of life -- late. >> i have a question. >> ma'am,. >> did your architect advise you that the lot line windows were

subject to being covered by any expansions on that side? >> he did, after we already had the plans and we were in the middle of construction. >> he didn't advise you that generally speaking the lot line windows are not protected quantity advisory during the design process that these windows are not protected? >> after the hearing that he had with them, he told me that they may not be protected, but in san francisco, it is very common of a situation, a common problem that people have and they usually do accommodate it. >> okay. thank you. >> i would like to make the comment that we have come across this in the past and we are sensitive to the fact that people who have lot line windows might get their windows covered, but in fact, if you have a lot

line window, you have to expect to get it covered and that's the right of your neighbor. so i just want to advise you that they are within, well within their rights to do so, and unfortunately, maybe some of you should have taken a stronger piece of advice that you are in very high risk to get them covered should there be an expansion next-door. just be forewarned. thank you. >> would you care to explain why you rejected the compromise that would have saved light and air to one of your windows? >> we were hoping we could have both windows protected, rather than just one, which is a smaller window on that side. >> thank you. >> thank you. we will now hear from the permit holder.

you have three minutes. >> i think we have covered so much of this. i would just urge you to consider the comments of the d.r. with the planning commission where commissioner richards pointed out it is common knowledge that property line windows can be blocked, it is a well-settled city rule. we are all forced to comply and president tillis determined it was our family,, not the appellants' that had a case of exceptional and extraordinary circumstances given the narrow lot and various other things that we have always been through i appreciate the clarifications from the zoning administrator about the plans had actually been in 2007, in 2009 and that she has changed them significantly. we have made a lot of design and

massing decisions in order to be forward-looking. so that she is should she ever expand her property up, we have set our property back. i am not sure that it is worth taking you through all these things, i would just point out that while it is not our charge to -- to redesign her building, there was a simple design that could have accommodated her windows. >> overhead please. >> overhead, please. >> thank you.

>> i want to point out that she could have very easily, at the time of her renovation reconfigured her property. she could have had all the amenities of her current plan back here. that has currently been enclosed into a powder room, but that could have been the window. south facing into the large yard , guaranteeing light and air in perpetuity. and she could have had all the amenities of her plan. we urged her at the time of our preapplication meeting and in our descriptor his discussions to consider this. she didn't. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> let me ask you a question, please. so this is a site permit to, which means you will have to get a building permit, which means that -- could it be appealed?

>> they are not appealable. >> fine. then i will stop. >> okay. thank you. mr sanchez, do you have anything mr duffy? >> i almost gave him a heart attack with that one. >> okay. commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> the windows are vulnerable. that is the law. i am sympathetic to the appellant so it is very easy to say and deny the appeal because the permit was properly issued, which is what i would like to move for, with regards to the permit holder, remember, this is not the first time that anybody has said this. you all have to live with each

other and so as your final building permit, if there is a little give, maybe want to give it because you will be neighbors forever. this okay if you don't. that is fine. there is no judgement there. it just makes for better neighbors. but i would like to move. >> you want us all to talk about it? >> that would be my motion if i moved forward to. thank you. >> i do agree with the vice president. i believe the hardship was created by themselves and i think that the construction project was not completed, even if it had been, lot line windows for the most part, the other property owner and the adjoining property owners should not suffer for that. i would deny the appeal as well. >> now you can make a motion.

>> i will agree. >> sorry i jumped the gun. >> i am in agreement with that position. although i would make a -- a technical. the permit drawings still show that a screen on the roof -- >> would you like to add that? >> i would condition the removal to be double safe. >> he has a revised drawing. >> i am looking at the permit that says here. it says approved. >> is that an approved site permit drawing with the department? >> but he is asking you, is it a

proof that cinema being approved or is that just a drawing? >> then we will just condition it if my fellow condition of -- commissioners don't mind. >> i'm fine. >> how about we move forward with that commission. >> that would mean you would have to grant an appeal and issue a permanent on the commission that it be roof revised to require the elimination of the roof deck. >> i think we need to clarify if it is a parapet that is required that they can project onto it versus a projector on the roof. those are two different things pick one might be required by historic preservation, which could serve as a screen if you choose to bring a projector and project a movie. >> the construction document shows a screen there. >> and i think i want to be clear what we are saying is we are not removing the roof deck or this parapet, it is a screen itself versus other things. >> exactly. >> so we are removing the projector screen? okay. so we have a motion from the vice president to grant the appeal and issue the permit on the condition that it be revised

to require the elimination of the projector screen. on that motion -- [roll call] >> that motion carries 5-0. this concludes the hearing..

>> my name is angela wilson and i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i was a restaurant cook started in sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901

in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if you eat meat eat meat for quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i guarantee if you go to save way half of the chicken goes in the enlarge but we started affordable housing depends on it occurred to us this is a male field people said

good job even for a girl the interesting thing it is a women's field in most of world just here in united states it is that pay a man's job i'm an encountered woman and raise a son and teach i am who respect woman i consider all women's who work here to be impoverished and strong in san francisco labor is high our cost of good ideas we seal the best good ideas the profit margin that low but everything that is a laboring and that's a challenge in the town so many people chasing money and not i can guarantee everybody this is their passion. >> i'm the - i've been cooking mile whole life this is a really, really strong presence of women heading up kitchens in

the bay area it is really why i moved out here i think that we are really strong in the destroy and really off the pages kind of thing i feel like women befrp helps us to get back up i'm definitely the only female here i fell in love i love setting up and love knowing were any food comes from i do the lamb and that's how i got here today something special to have a female here a male dominated field so i think that it is very special to have women and especially like it is going at

it you know i'm a tiny girl but makes me feel good for sure. >> the sad thing the building is sold i'm renegotiating my lease the neighborhood wants us to be here with that said, this is a very difficult business it is a constant struggle to maintain freshness and deal with what we have to everyday it is a very high labor of business but something i'm proud of if you want to get a job at affordable housing done nasal you need a good attitude and the jobs on the bottom you take care of all the produce and the fish and computer ferry terminal and work your way up employing people with a passion for this and empowering them to learn

bayview. >> a lot discussion how residents in san francisco are displaced how businesses are displaced and there's not as much discussion how many nonprofits are displaced i think a general concern in the arts community is the testimony loss of performance spaces and venues no renderings for establishes when our lease is up you have to deal with what the market bears in terms of of rent. >> nonprofits can't afford to operate here. >> my name is bill henry the executive director of aids passage l lp provides services for people with hispanics and

aids and 9 advertising that fight for the clients in housing insurance and migration in the last two years we negotiated a lease that saw 0 rent more than doubled. >> my name is ross the executive directors of current pulls for the last 10 years at 9 and mission we were known for the projection of sfwrath with taking art and moving both a experiment art our lease expired our rent went from 5 thousand dollars to $10,000 a most. >> and chad of the arts project pursue. >> the evolution of the orientation the focus on art education between children and patrol officer artist we offer a full range of rhythms and dance and theatre music theatre about

in the last few years it is more and more difficult to find space for the program that we run. >> i'm the nonprofit manager for the mayor's office of economic workforce development one of the reasons why the mayor has invested in nonprofit displacement is because of the challenge and because nonprofits often commute technical assistance to understand the negotiate for a commercial lease. >> snooechlz is rob the executive director and co-founder of at the crossroads we want to reach the disconnected young people not streets of san francisco for young adults are kicked out of the services our building was sold no 2015 they let us know they'll not renew our lease the last year's the city with the nonprofit displacement

litigation program held over 75 nonprofits financial sanction and technical assistance. >> fortunate the city hesitate set aside funds for businesses facing increased rent we believable to get some relief in the form of a grant that helped us to cover the increase in rent our rent had been around $40,000 a year now $87,000 taylor's dollars a year we got a grant that covered 22 thousands of that but and came to the minnesota street project in two people that development in the better streets plan project they saved us space for a nonprofit organization national anthem and turned out the northern california fund they accepted us into the real estate program to

see if we could withstand the stress and after the program was in full swinging skinning they brought up the litigation fund and the grants were made we applied for that we received a one thousand dollars granted and that grant allowed us to move in to the space to finish the space as we needed it to furniture is for classes the building opened on schedule on march 18, 2016 and by july we were teaching classed here. >> which we found out we were going to have to leave it was overwhelm didn't know anything about commercial real estate we suggested to a bunch of people to look at the nonprofits displacement mitigation program you have access to commercial real estate either city owned or city leased and a city lease

space become available there is a $946,000 grant that is provided through the mayor's office of economic workforce development and that's going to go towards boulder the space covers a little bit less than half the cost it is critical. >> the purpose of the organization trust to stabilize the arts in san francisco working with local agency i go like the northern california platoon fund that helped to establish documents of our long track record of stvent and working to find the right partner with the organization of our size and budget the opportunity with the purchase of property we're sitting in the former disposal house theatre that expired 5 to 10 years ago we get to operate under the old lease and not receive a rent increase for the next 5 to 7

years we'll renting $10,000 square feet for the next 5 to seven years we pay off the balance of the purpose of this and the cost of the renovation. >> the loophole will that is unfortunate fortunate we have buy out a reserve our organization not reduce the services found a way to send some of the reserves to be able to continue the serves we know our clients need them we were able to get relief when was needed the most as we were fortunate to arrive that he location at the time, we did in that regard the city has been - we've had tremendous support from the mayor's office of economic workforce development and apg and helped to roommate the facade of the building and

complete the renovation inside of the building without the sport support. >> our lease is for 5 years with a 5 year onyx by the city has an 86 year lease that made that clear as long as we're doing the work we've been we should be able to stay there for decades and decades. >> the single most important thing we know that is that meaningful. >> it has been here 5 months and even better than that we could image. >> with the economic development have announced an initiative if ours is a nonprofit or know of a nonprofit looking for more resources they can go to the office of economic workforce development oewd.com slashing nonprofit and found out

about the mayors nonprofit mitigation program and the sustainability initiative and find their information through technical assistance as much as how to get started with more fundraising or the real estate assistance and they can find my contact and reach out to me through the circles of the city through the

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challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a

great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but

to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. >> my name tom hewitt. first of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney.

i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must

comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department.

today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. >> this is the department of building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, we're going to be answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that

need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this workshop, you're always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and find out what you need to do. >> the program is very successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building.

>> i'm francis zamora, and i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really importantiimportant. in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country. there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones,

and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand

at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen. if you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications

in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website called 72hours.org. it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how important it is to be

>> they tend to come up here and drive right up to the vehicle and in and out of their car and into the victim's vehicle, i would say from 10-15 seconds is all it takes to break into a car and they're gone. yeah, we get a lot of break-ins in the area. we try to -- >> i just want to say goodbye. thank you. >> sometimes that's all it takes. >> i never leave anything in my car. >> we let them know there's been a lot of vehicle break-ins in this area specifically, they target this area, rental cars or vehicles with visible items. >> this is just warning about vehicle break-ins. take a look at it. >> if we can get them to take it with them, take it out of the cars, it helps.

>> planning commission regular hearing for thursday, january 10, 2019. happy new year, everyone. i'd like to take roll that the time. [roll call] we do expect commissioner richards shortly and commissioner johnson to be absent today. the commission does not tolerate any disruption or outbursts of any kind. please silence your mobil devices that may sound off during these proceedings and while speaking before the commission. if you care to do, please state your name. items 1a and b for case numbers 2018-725c89 at museum way. commission use authorizat