remote meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer tonight joined by commissioner tina chang. we do have a vacancy.

also president is deputy city attorney brad rasy with any legal advice this evening. we will also be joined by representatives from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. the board requests that you turn off all the devices. appellants, permit holders are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttal. members of public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each and no rebuttal. for rehearing requests, the

parties are given three minutes each with no rebuttal. mr. longway, our legal assistant will give a verbal warning 30 seconds before your time is up. three votes are required to grant an appeal or a rehearing request or to modify a permit or determination. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing, the board rules, or hearing schedules, please e-mail board staff at sfgov.org. now, public access and participation are paramount to the board. sfgov tv is broadcasting and streaming this hearing live sfgov tv is also providing closed captioning for this meeting. a link to the livestream is found on the home page of our website at sfgov.org/boa.

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the truth. >> yes. >> so if you're a participant and you're not speaking, please put your zoom speaker on mute. we are moving on to item number one which is general public comment. this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on an item not on tonight's agenda? if so, please raise your hand. i see someone raising their hand. okay. jessica, please go ahead. >> hi, actually, this is jessica. i wanted to speak on behalf of something that's on the agenda. >> okay. so you just have to wait for that raise your hand when that

comes up. >> okay. >> now the phone number 1008. did you want to speak? your hand is raised? >> hello. can you hear me? >> yes. would you like to make general public comment? >> yes, i would. >> on an item that's not on tonight's agenda, correct? >> that is correct. >> okay. please go ahead, sir. >> my name is bob finebaum. i represent the owner of 23 obin place. about six months ago, there was an item on your agenda to remove eight trees of which one was 23 orbin place. at that time, several of us appeared at the board because the only tree that was not scheduled for replanting was the one at 23 orbin place.

the board instructed the department to work with us. now in december, we contacted the department and they have not gotening back to us with any determination. the department i presume or let me say somebody cut down that tree at 23 orbin place. i presume it was the department although since they don't answer letters, i can't be sure

there is no reason since the board instructed the department to work with us, no reason that this tree should not be planting. they and it is a red haring and because there is a street light, they said there kor problems. there was an existing cherry tree there for 20 years. a small tree will not cause problems and i wish this board would take a forceful action today and order the department to do what the right thing is and replace that tree. the owner has suggested z three options. >> clerk: 30 seconds. >> they're all within the

city's small tree limits and we're asking that the board follow through by ordering the department to comply. thank you very much. >> thank you. commissioner swig and then president honda. >> commissioner: can i get some direction on what we're able to do in response to this. >> director: i can follow up with mr. finebaum and the department tomorrow. >> commissioner: i would like that to happen and then we can satisfy the public's need or at least advise further action. thank you very much. >> director: thank you. president honda. >> president: i do remember that case and i do want to follow up. >> director: okay. we're still on public comment, so let me, mr. karnz.

please go ahead. >> hello everyone. >> hello, welcome. >> yeah. thank you. my name is lance kansas. i was the case that mr. foundbaum just referred to and the determination on that by the board of appeals was i guess the document shows the decision. here you go so at the this is held on the condition that you advised and require by the property owner so i've also not heard anything back i've not

seen a revised order so i would concur with mr. finebaum's i appreciate it if you take care of his condition as well. thank you. >> thank you, mr. kansas. is there any other general public comment? please raise your hand. okay. i do not see any further comments. so we will move on to item number 2. commissioner comments and questions. >> i have one. >> we can't hear you, president honda. you just went on mute. >> president: sorry. first of all, i would like to thank our vice president who has just resigned for his service on this board. he was an amazing addition to the five members that are here. sad to see him go. i do wish him the very best in

all his future endeavors. also since we have a vacant seat i'd like to elect a nomination for that vacant office position. >> thank you. we can put that on the next agenda. commissioner swig. >> commissioner: i'd like to echo president honda's comments on commissioner santacana. he terminated his activity too short, but unfortunately, you have to be a resident of san francisco to be here but he did a great job and i want to thank him for supporting our efforts. >> okay. any other commissioner comments and questions. is there any public comment on this item? if so, please raise your hand. okay. i don't see any public comment, so we will move on to item

number three. commissioners, before you for possible discussion of the meetings for the march 20, 2021, meeting. >> president: may i have a motion to accept those minutes. >> commissioner: motion to accept the minutes. >> okay. is there any public comment on that motion to adopt the minutes. i do not see any public comment. on that motion to adopt. [roll call] that motion carries 4-0 and the minutes are adopted. so we are now moving on to item number four. item number four is a rehearing request for appeal number 21-03. 4840 mission street appellants are requesting a rehearing.

padula and vasquez versus the department building inspection sited march 20th, 2021. the board voted 5-0 to deny the appeal and uphold the permit on the basis it was properly issued. the permit holder is bridge housing corporation and to demolish a type five three-story mortuary. and we will hear from the requesters first. i believe their attorney, mr. chapman will be speaking on their behalf. >> good evening. david chapman. yes, we would like the board to consider granting a rehearing request on the basis outlined in the letters that we've sent on april 5th, 2021, this is a

request hearing by the board regarding permit 20 and we that we believe that the reasoning behind the denial was incorrect and, since then, there have been new developments namely, they're contrary to the responses pleading by attorney vital. there has been an ongoing problem with garbage on the site and it's essentially, we understand that currently, there is typically at times a security guard on the property, but they're not always present resulting in essentially a nuisance, ongoing nuisance condition and there's homeless encampments and general threat

to the security and health and safety of my client, ms. vasquez. and, as you may recall, the breezeway of the subject bridge development project borders ms. vasquez's property such that the entire length of her house will essentially be a walkway and this will be used by the residents of the low income housing, the concern which i believe is a valid concern is that my client's health and safety will be affected by this. she essentially, this was her mother's house. she now lives in this house and to basically, the change and the nature of the environment surrounding her home is rather

drastic we do view this as a taking applause based on the real estate agents and brokers that my client has spoken with. >> clerk: 30 seconds. >> as well as the local police department, they've indicated there will be an increase in crime and the property values will go down. we also understand that there will be liquifaction and pilings will have to be drilled into the ground because of the structure. because this is not a flood plain, it will affect. >> clerk: that's time. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chapman. we have a question from president honda. >> president: counselor, understanding the rules for a rehearing is quite strict and the bar is high to meet. and, after going through your

brief quite thoroughly, what specifically was not brought up in the last hearing that would cause manifest injust? >> thank you. for one thing, my understanding is that ms. vasquez did not have an opportunity to speak on the last hearing. we believe that would result in manifest injustice. >> thank you. okay. we will now hear from the permit holder bridge housing. is mr. bettal present? >> yes, i am. i'm here on behalf of bridge housing corporation. there's no extraordinary circumstances here that would warrant a the new

construction.

finally, granting we're hearing a significant delay. that requires significant and qualifying projects must be administered without delay for each of these reasons, we urge the board to deny the rehearing. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner swig. >> commissioner: i just realized that disclosure should have been made on my behalf. in no way will that -- will their presence influence me in any way with regard to a decision on my thinking on this case. thank you. >> okay.

we will now hear from the planning department, mr. sanchez. >> thank you. scott sanchez from the planning department. first want to thank mr. santacana and i wish him the best of luck in his new endeavors as well. now to the matters at hand. i also concur with the permit holder's response that this does not meet the board high standards. the rehearing request arguments are incorrect and misrepresent sb35 which is meant to say all historical landmarks are for the taking. that's not true.

this is only dealing with the demolition permit the board denied that jurisdiction request. i believe this is now the third hearing on this property. first, we have the jurisdiction request on the new construction permit and now the appeal of the demolition permit and now the rehearing of the demolition request. we believe the permits were properly issued and i'm available for questions. thank you. >> okay. thank you. we will now hear from the department of building inspection. deputy derek duffy.

welcome. >> evening commissioners. i just want to wish vice president santacana. it was a pleasure working with him while he was on the board. in this case, i don't have anything from d.b.i. to add to the hearing of this request. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item. if so, please raise your hand. okay. go ahead. >> madam director? >> director: yes. >> president: since we've had a full hearing on this and the body of the appeals and i believe our last case is going to have a large volume of public comment, i'm reducing public comment to 90 seconds, a minute and a half. >> director: 90 seconds. okay. mr. barba. you wanted to provide public comment on this item. we can't hear you.

mr. barbara, i see your hand is raised. can you unmute yourself, please. mr. barber. >> i think he has the tv on in the background. >> director: did you want to provide public comment on this item, mr. barbara? >> ms. rosenburg. >> director: i believe aren't you the partner or the request of the you live with one of the requesters. >> that is my spout. >> director: okay. so you are unable to speak during public comment. at the last hearing, you did speak in error.

we were juggling. alec had lost connectivity so we didn't realize it. because you -- she is your spouse, you have to use the time allotted to her if i believe mr. longway told her that today or before the hearing. so you cannot provide public comment. >> okay. thank you. >> director: is there anyone who wants to provide public comment for this item? please raise your hand. okay. commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> president: so, first of all, as i mentioned to the counselor, the bar for rehearing is quite high. i believe that all information and after reading extensively through the brief, the information that was provided could or would have been provided or wasn't provided at the previous hearing and just to let everyone know, with

sb35, we are required by the city charter to hear these appeals because of the city charter, but, at this point, we have very limited powers of what we can do and specifically after going over the property landmark. if the property has been landmarked, unfortunately, whether it could have been or would have been is not the fact of the day. the day is whether it was landmarked at the time. and so sb35 does not require if the property is not landmarked. so in my opinion, there's no reason to grant a bill for a rehearing. >> commissioner: i completely concur and happy to make the motion unless you wish to unless one of the other commissioners has a different point of view.

>> president: if any other commissioner has something to say. if not, commissioner lazarus. >> [inaudible] >> director: i'm sorry. there's no comment at this time. >> commissioner: yeah. i will move to deny the request either whether there is new information on manifest injustice. >> director: okay. we have a motion from commissioner lazarus. on that motion, [roll call] so that motion carries 4-0 and the request is denied. thank you. we will now move on to item number four this is appeal number 21-014.

subject property is 443 cole street. appealing the issuance on february 9, 2021. this is permit number 2021-02094313 and we will hear from the appellants first. >> good afternoon. my name's jonathan kathryan. i represent the appellants jim williamson and cathy kosley. the issue's quite simple tonight and it comes down to the building does not have the authorization of all the property owners and therefore cannot make this application and the department of building inspections cannot authorize the work. there are few other sub issues that i'll get in to. but, if i may, can i please

share my screen. >> director: sure. please go ahead. okay. we can see it, the permit. >> yeah. let's zoom in just a little bit here. so you can see the application here and i'd like to just draw your attention to a few things. the very first one is that the application is signed by the applicant who is here tonight. but the property is a two-unit hoa and it's 441 cole street that my clients own and 443 cole that the applicant owns and there are common areas that are managed by the h.o.a.. and, in the description here on the page, you can see that the work done is described as remodel hallway bathroom, legalize laundry area, ground floor, add car charge outlet in garage, work is on the first

floor laundry area, no framing. the association manages all the common areas and the common areas include an area that's not one of the units. so in this specific example, the association manages the electrical systems, the plumbing systems and the garage. all three of those are being it's not clear if this is one laundry area, two laundry areas. is the ground floor the same as the first floor. i won't show the condo map, but when you look at the condo map, it adds to the lack of clarity on what areas we're talking about. but it's quite clear that in a

picture if the plug is going here, that's a common area, there are other examples. but that's one obvious one. if you scroll down here, i'm sure all the commissioners but quite simply one of our attachments here is that there's an authorization form that would be a standard form that all the property owners need to sign when applying for a building permit. my clients and the h.o.a. have not signed that form. of course, there's another version of that form that would include everybody's information. the area of the work, this

laundry area also includes hvac equipment that includes asbestos. we have an expert contractor available to speak to this, but the area includes asbestos and paint. they're not identified and from our research, our understanding is that the contractor who would be doing this work is not qualified to deal with asbestos or paint. we also question whether planning department review is necessary because this description is unclear and the way that the units are laid out, the first and second floor units which are both a portion of the applicant's units are not connected, we question

whether there's a planning issue here because it could be a creation of the living space, for example, finishing bathrooms, adding laundry areas. is that the creation of the living space that needs to be permitted or reviewed by planning. so for all these reasons, but most particularly that my clients in the h. o. a. have not authorize the. >> director: thank you. we do have a question from president honda. >> president: yeah. the question is, and i vaguely remember that the permit application there was a question that vaguely asked if this was a condo. is that -- >> let me pull this back up.

>> president: maybe that's deputy director in filling the application d.b.i., there was a box that said is this a condo or not. acting director joseph duffy. >> i think the question is is it a standard. >> commissioner: president honda, i don't think there's anything on the application form. >> president: i remember seeing something asking if it was a condo. >> i'm not aware of that on the form, on the application form. it just asked for the occupancy and the use residential, but i don't think there's anything on our building permit

applications that i'm aware of that defines it as a condo building. >> president: thank you, joe. sorry about that. >> director: thank you. so mr. kathryn, you're done with your presentation for now? >> i should add and i want to make sure i hit this point as you can see on the application, there is electrical and plumbing work and we would expect that there would be permits pulled for that which work has started and we're not aware of those permits. but that is all. >> director: okay. thank you. we'll now hear from the permit holder, i believe mr. casey bellway will be speaking on behalf of the permit holder. >> actually, i'll be speaking first. >> director: okay. welcome. >> thank you. >> director: please go ahead. you have seven minutes. >> thank you executive director rosenburg for the opportunity to speak to the board.

president honda, commissioners swig, lazarus and chang, i want to thank you for this. my name is aza boarham. i am the owner of four hundred forty-three cole street. this is a two-unit condominium unit. my unit occupies the garage level and the first floor while the appellant's unit occupies the second and third floors. to remodel my hallway bathroom, legalize my laundry room and add an outlet for an ev car charger for my exclusive use parking spot. the reality is is that i have a 20-year-old bathroom that has tired looking plumbing fixtures. i'm replacing light for light and my toilet and shower fixtures. i'm replacing tile and painting

which does not require permits. i also understand the inspector will likely require a bathroom fan that i will intend to comply with this. my laundry hook-ups are in place from the prior owner of the building i bought in 1997. they are located entirely within the garage floor level of my unit. the ev outlet proposed would be installed in my exclusive use parking space and hooked up to my electrical panel which is already separate from the appellant's electrical panel. prior to my contractor applying for permits, the appellants through their attorneys had asked me to go to mediation about other matters which i agreed to and participated. i then notified the appellants' attorney that i hired a licensed contractor and that permits would be pulled for minor improvements. additionally, i shared my intention to get a permit for an ev outlet for the purpose of

allowing electrical vehicle charging in my exclusive use parking spot. as i said, my contractor, level eight construction applied for three permits. building, electrical, and plumbing. once the building permits were granted, demolition began. appellants had the right to meet demands and to stop all work in my unit. to be clear, there was never any work performed on any common area component nor was there any -- there was -- nor was there ever any indication ever given to the appellants that there would be work performed on the common area. at that point, we received the electrical or plumbing permit, we had received them and i was still discussing things with by the attorneys especially since

the city hadn't requested plans in support of the permit application filed by the contractor on my behalf. shortly thereafter, the attorneys filed their appeal and my underlying permit was suspended. as a result, ooth my contractor applied for the permits, they were not issued because the entire permit was suspended in february. the attorneys also had their attorney into bully me into letting them come inspect the interior of my unit. so they would decide whether or not to allow me to change out my plumbing fixtures in the bathroom. the letter informed me that they would be coming in to my unit and if i did not let them in, they would charge me their attorney fees and consulting fees. this type of intimidation and

harassment is just a snid bit of what i've been dealing with for years with these people who i guess now are wasting your time too by requiring you to reconsider whether you properly grant my permit request to work on plumbing fixtures located inside my unit. laundry hook-ups inside my unit and the ez outlet that serves only my unit. i have never had any intentions of having any work performed without the appropriate work performed. by the way, the appellants and i had an all-day mediation already. it was last friday, april 9th, but it was unsuccessful. for some reason, the applicants still seem to feel that they, one, have the right to inspect my interior of my separate interest unit and, number two, they have the legal authority to approve or deny the proposed work. this is simply not true. i really don't understand how

this got twisted into a federal case, but sadly it did. clearly repairs and maintenance in my unit without approval or interference from an unincorporated association for any individual member. i guess if they want to take me to court over this, then they're going to do what they're going to do. so i'm here before you. i seriously don't know whether i should be laughing or i should be crying or perhaps a little bit of both. the reality is is that we're talking about very basic work that has been on hold since february. the appellants have no right to approve or deny the proposed work under the law or the associations. and is simply holding me hostage at this point. the fact that the appellants want to trace through my unit with their attorney and the construction does not obligate me to allow them to do so nor is it a reason for them to file the appeal.

at this point, the bathroom's complete gutted. and my leasing agent has a family that wants to move in. we can't get this lease signed because we don't have a start date. my leasing agent is going to speak for a few minutes. i'm am requesting you to deny the appellant's appeal and reinstate my permit. thank you very much. >> director: thank you. president honda, did you want to ask a question or hear from the agent first. you're on mute. >> president: they have 30 seconds left. i'll let them finish. >> director: okay. >> i'll use that 30 seconds. >> director: okay. and you'll have time in rebuttal as well. >> my name is casey bellway. i've worked azah since 2013. i having party to a bit of the antagonistic behavior by the appellants. azah is a fantastic landlord.

i've rented her property for her five times. all of her tenants loved her. her neighbors love her. we had a family who've wanted to rent the property for quite awhile and because they've put this hold on her basic permit. >> clerk: that's time. i'm sorry. >> director: you'll have time in rebuttal. president honda. >> president: yeah. since you are a member of the board of realtors, i mean, you understand that this is not a single-family home. that this is a condominium and it's subject to h.o.a. and c.c.n.r.s covenants and restrictions. simply put, in a single-family home, you own the dirt to the ground and you own the sky and you allow planes and airways to go through it. in a homeowner's association, you actually do not own the walls in your unit, you own the air space within, the h.o.a. actually owns all that space. so whether it's in the unit or

not at which point, it's still subject to the homeowner's association and the c.c.n.r.s. are you familiar with that, sir? >> i am. and i'm also of the understanding that her c.c. nvmentd r.s allowed for her to do basic repairs. >> president: so basic repairs and full remodel are a little different. license issues and replacing faucets as your client said she has gutted her whole bathroom, correct? >> i mean, it's basically fixtures and a broken floor. they're not moving plumbing or electrical to my knowledge. >> president: thank you. that was my questions. >> director: thank you. we will now hear from the planning department, mr. sanchez. >> thank you. scott sanchez from the planning department. legalize laundry, adding the car charger outlet in the garage, it actually was not reviewed by the planning department given the scope of the work that was outlined. staff noted the scope and are

not applicable for our review. it seems that most of the issues raised have been related to the h.o.a. and whether proper permit authorization has been given since the building permits are their vehicles and they will regulate whether or not someone has proper authorization. the appellant raised some possible concerns about resound. i would note and the board may not be aware of this yet, but we used to have a policy in place for several decades related to development on ground floors what would be allowed in terms of bathrooms and other amenities and earlier this month, that zoning administerer bulletin was revoked. so that is no longer in effect. even had it still would it still be in effect today, it really wouldn't be applicable. you can remodel, you can legalize a laundry in the rooms. there's nothing in the scope of work that gives me great

concern. legalizing laundry room. it'd be nice to get a little more information about what that means, exactly. but if it it's really just legalizing the fixtures and installing the devices, that wouldn't require a planning department review. that's generally going to be allowed no matter what. so happy to be available for any questions. but i think this is more for deputy director duffy. thank you. >> director: thank you. we will now hear from the department building inspection. >> dbi, the permit under appeal remodel hallway bathroom, legalize laundry and adding car charger in the garage. it was filed on the 9st of february 2021. it was issued and then suspended on the 25th of february, 2021. the cost evaluation of $15,000 on it. it goes through the planning department but it was na which

i think is correct and then approved by our building plan check. so we -- some of the issues that were brought up by the appellant and, you know what, on these types of permits, they're pretty simple building permits and simple for d.b.i. because we see these types of permits all the time, we issue thousands of them every year. when you start getting into condos and c.c.n.r.s, that's really not our business either. the general contractor obtaining the building permit actually isn't the problem either. d.b.i. has a policy that a general contractor can obtain a permit without the owner's. it changes if someone comes on behalf of the owner and they're not a general contractor. but i checked today with the manager of [inaudible] bureau and i think we've dealt with this before at the board of appeals.

but the permit is a pulled by a general contractor and i recognize that i belief. so therefore that permit was properly issued by dbi on that matter. on the electrical and plumbing permits, they wouldn't have gotten any building inspections and sometimes i think what happens is the building permit, it always comes first and then you have to reference that building permit when you get the electrical and plumbing permits. i'm not sure how much work they got done but they did need them and they would not have received any building inspections without the electrical and plumbing and would have indeed needed to have that work. so i would doubt very much if they were going to get very much further. the fact they couldn't get them in after that because the building permit was suspended. so the permit, we would imagine that the electrical and plumbing permits are going to

be issued and that can be done online actually and it's a pretty simple permit to get for a licensed contractor. the only issues i had with the permit is i think that it should go to the contractor. they only had $15,000 for the evaluation and that's very low. it's probably double or triple for the cost of that. i don't think you can get that work done for $15,000 and that's something our building inspector is going to remind them. you need to pay additional fees. you've low-balled the permit. at this point, i'm available for any questions. i think there were other issues raised but i'd rather the commissioners ask. >> director: thank you. we have a question from commissioner swig then president honda. >> commissioner: good afternoon. sir, how are you today? >> good, commissioner swig. thank you. >> commissioner: i was looking at this and i really need your

advice on this. this kind of straddles the line of what we have faced many, many times as to whether this is a dispute in a homeowner's association or whether this belongs as a an appeal on a building permit. and as president honda noted that there are also some guidelines as to legal guidelines as to whether something is a major renovation or an upgrade and so i'd like your opinion on this. ironically or coincidentally yours truly and with my permit, mr. duffy from the city of san francisco, i recently did similar work in my house and i

would consider it a -- and why did my wife want it? because the building was warn out, the fixtures were warn out and they needed a refurbishment and i wouldn't consider it a major renovation although it did cost more than $15,000, i agree with you. what is this, mr. duffy? is this a major renovation or is this a refurbishment and did you look at this as an hoa dispute? i need your help on that or do you see it as something which merits our discussion today as a permit dispute? >> i think primarily it is a dispute between the two condo owners. and to be honest with you, like we do see disputes between hoa and condo owners and rules and regulations not stuff like this, but condo owners and hoas

and we do get drawn into them as well. but i do think that is primarily probably what it is, but in addition, the building permit itself, again, it just seems like a cosmetic upgrade, and someone's trying to do improvements inside their condo and adding a car charger, i think that's a really good idea whether that breaks the safety or the rules, that's not a dbi issue. you know. even on that one. i'm not even sure that you maybe able to do that work on an electrical permit and i actually needed to check that. i didn't have the answer to that. but on the building permit, whether that's allowed under the rules because it's a common area. someone said it's not. you know, we don't get into that. but i do think ultimately the other work in the bathroom and legalizing the laundry room.

i would call it a minor improvement to the interior of the unit. >> commissioner: now that you know, does it automatically go back to you to deal with the $15,000 issue was now that you've discovered that it might be a little light on the estimate, are you going to handle that or should that be a worry of ours? >> no. we can handle that. if the permit went ahead, we could easily let the building inspector know and the owner will know tonight when they get the decision that they need to give us -- that they need to pay us some additional fees to reflect the actual cost. we can do that by a correction notice amendment. it happens all the time. it's not unusual, but for some reason it's probably -- i think it should have been a bit higher myself, you know. we can ask them for the estimate to show us the contract if they're doing all that work for $15,000.

i guess if he is, there would be a lot of people hiring. >> commissioner: i'll call him because mine was a lot more than that. >> director: thank you. president honda. >> president: you answered the same question. similar question. so the condo owner on the lower section, she has all rights according to d.b.i. to pull out our her licensed professional to pull out a permit and have that executed and if it's in violation of the h.o.a. or ccnrs that's going to be separate and has nothing to do with us? >> yeah. i believe so. the building permit is on parcel 1336, that's 048 which is 443 cole street and there is a different block allot for 441 cole street. i just checked that. i mean, i guess technically the

car charger is that in 048 or is that in a separate a lot of these condos don't have a separate lot number for the common areas so they take the one they're working on and add the work. i think the only issue would be the car charger whether that's in -- it's not inside the unit so to speak, but does the building even have a [inaudible] for the garage? it probably doesn't. a lot of them don't have the separate lot number for the common areas which is a problem for a lot of condo owners actually. they having to end up using the low number sometimes if they're doing work in a common area, we have to pick a lot number for one of the units. they put the lot number in the common areas. i don't know what would be done this. >> president: okay. and the other question is is the laundry room in the unit or is that also in the common area and is that properly issued? >> well, i don't know that.

that would be a question for the permit holder. that's not described over this kind of permit plan. >> president: that's a question for the permit holder azah. >> hi. thank you president honda. i did include it on the condo map i sent you. it is in my unit, the laundry area. it is in my unit. it's not common area at all. >> president: perfect thank you. no more questions. >> director: thank you. we are now moving on to public comment. is there any public comment on this item. if so, please raise your hand. okay. i don't see any public comment. so we will move on to rebuttal. mr. kathrine you have three minutes. >> thank you. i'm going to share my screen again. >> director: okay. we'll start your time after you get your -- okay. we see some plans. >> this is the configuration of

the -- thank you. this is a configuration of the lower floor as you can see labeled garage level and this area here is clearly a shared garage. so without a doubt, the electric vehicle charger is in shared space and for any of that work or other work, there's been no authorization from the h.o.a. or the other property owner. we have kevin kerne and i wonder if we can pause our time for just a moment to see if he's able to speak. he's available. sorry. president honda, do you have a question? >> president: i'm going to wait until your time is finished. >> director: we'll pause the time to see if the other speaker's here given that we're using technology. who did you want to speak?

>> kevin kerne is our construction expert and he's been in the unit. >> director: okay. are you going to continue the time or should we get him on? >> let's get him on. >> clerk: time is paused at 2:18. >> director: okay. mr. kerne. >> hi, how are you. >> director: hi. welcome. >> so i've been a general contractor in 41 years. i've worked very closely with the san francisco building department in that time. i've renovated hundreds of buildings in san francisco and have legal expert business and resolved these types of issues. my concerns here were because of the age of the building it's part in 1978, when they took out the walls and gutted the bathroom, there was lead paint in that plaster or dry waul i'm positive and it had to be tested to prove that it wasn't or a lead paint abatement contractor had to abate it.

we don't know if that was done. that could possibly launch lead paint dust throughout the building. secondly, i know because i inspected the common furnace myself that there is asbestos on the old sheet metal pipes. so, often if you know these old buildings, the boots that connect the old sheet metal pipes in the different rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms have asbestos on them. that would need to be abated by an hvac contractor that has that qualification or an abatement contractor. so my concerns were those, plus, once the walls were open and my understanding is that everything in the walls is h.o.a. property, this building probably has galvanized pipes, knob and tube wiring and all those things need to be

addressed. i work very closely with joe duffy and all the building inspectors at d.b.i. and i'm quite familiar with all these issues. >> clerk: 30 seconds. >> director: thank you. you have 30 seconds left if you wanted to use that time. >> thank you all for letting me testify and if you have any questions i'm here to answer them. >> and just as a final thought, fundamentally, this is work being done on somebody's property without their permission and undeniably the garage area and i think we can debate the other areas. the garage area with the electrical charger isn't shared space. >> director: thank you. we have a question from president honda and then commissioner lazarus. >> president: counselor, did you understand what the deputy director of the building inspection department indicated that the permits were properly issued and that is a private litigation between your client

and the lower unit and i do agree with the exception of the electrical which is in a common area in the garage. >> i understand that and i was hoping to find an assessor parcel map to determine for sure whether there was a different parcel for the garage but i was unable to do that quickly. >> director: thank you. commissioner lazarus, you're muted. >> commissioner: yes, my question is on what basis were you demanding entrance into the permit holder's unit? >> so there's an ongoing dispute among the unit owners and so this actually followed after a request for resolution was issued from our office, you know, on behalf of our clients for exterior repair work that the applicant has not authorized and so it's exterior repair work to the building,

dry rot and paint. and so upon receiving our request for resolution which is the private matter not in front of the board today, we were told that the applicant was sort of in retaliation taking out permits to do other work without h.o.a. approval. so we've been in mediation and other discussions. >> director: okay. thank you. we will now hear from the permit holder, i believe mr. casey bellway will be speaking. you have three minutes. >> thank you. i'm her real estate agent. >> director: right. but you're the agent for the permit holder, so you're representing her. >> yeah. i mean, what we've seen in this hearing today, this is -- >> excuse me. i'm the permit holder. >> director: okay. let's pause the time. you said you wanted him to

speak at this point. do you want him to take the 30 minutes or do you want to share it? we can't hear you now. so do you want to speak. >> i'll speak. can you hear me? okay. just to be really clear, the parking is basically is exclusively my parking spot and if you look at the ccnrs, the definition are that both the internal and external wiring designed to serve a single unit belongs to that, so the electrical vehicle charger, you can see in the ccnrs and the next piece i wanted to bring up was those pictures that were shown just so you're aware, they went into my unit unauthorized to get in there to look at that heater, they would of had to get my permission to enter my bottom unit and they entered illegally in there.

so i find this really troublesome that i'm finding out about this right now. this is very disturbing that they would be taking pictures and then sharing that as evidence. i'm not doing work in that area where that if you look inside that area where the water heaters are, i'm not doing any work in there at all. but it's very interesting that they went in there, took pictures, brought their attorney, you know, their expert to go through there without my permission. it's very disturbing. i will have to be following up on this. but i want you all to be very clear that are ccnrs and they can take me to court because i believe this is a ccnr dispute at this point. and the wiring that would be in there would be belong to the unit parking spot.

similarly, if they wanted to add an ev charger, it would belong to them. >> director: okay. thank you. are you finished? >> yes. please. thank you. >> clerk: there's a minute left. >> casey, if you can finish up your section. >> yeah. so as i mentioned earlier, i've known azah to be an incredibly responsible landlord. when i first started renting this, the first time i advertised this property, her up stairs neighbors immediately sent me an e-mail and they tried to insert themselves inside our rental process and tenant nuisance to all the tenants she's had in there and my general understanding with the situation of the complaints on her permits is simply they're trying to antagonize

her and make it impossible for her to rent her unit. she's made a basic request to refresh a bathroom and it's pretty ridiculous we're in here today. >> director: okay. thank you. we will now hear from the planning department, mr. sanchez. anything further. >> nothing further to add. thank you. >> deputy director duffy, anything further? >> no. nothing further for me either. >> director: okay. we do have a question from commissioner swig. >> commissioner: since it was brought up, how do you deal with the issues of um, the potential for asbestos or other items which may be in the walls may be related as typical in old san francisco buildings?

i live in an old house. it was built in '26 or '27 i believe in the walls are things that are almost 100 years old. i'm not touching them, but how do you -- where is the point that those items become -- have an impact on a simple refor surement or renovation? >> really good question, commissioner swig. i should of spoken to that because i did hear it brought up by mr. karney. you show, when d.b.i. receives such a kwiry whether it be from a property owner or complaint from a neighbor, we would generally refer the asbestos quality management and

>> hi earn. my name is faye wong. i did not see anything that before 1970s on the walls.

by the way, the walls are not taken out yet. we simply have removed all the fixtures. took out the vanity sink, the mirror, the tiles on the floor and that's the expense of the work that was being done. >> commissioner: just to clarify, you weren't disturbing any encasements that might contain asbestos and lead paint. >> that's correct. >> director: thank you. so commissioners, this matter's submitted. >> president: would any commissioner like to start first? >> commissioner: i'm happy to start. i heard clearly from the department of building inspection and the planning department that the permit was properly issued. so, to me, i don't hear basis for granting the appeal, but

i'd like to hear from my other commissioners. >> president: anyone else? i will concur with commissioner chang. i believe that this is a personal matter between the upper and lower unit and according to the department, it was properly issued. commissioner chang, would you like to make a motion. >> commissioner: i will do my best. i move to deny the appeal on the basis that the permit was properly issued. >> president: bingo, that was good. >> commissioner: perfect. >> director: okay, we have a motion from commissioner to deny the appeal on that motion it was properly issued. [roll call] so that motion carries 4-0. and the appeal is denied. so we are now moving on to item number six. this is appeal number 21-011.

richard miller and shelli meneghetti. subject property is 3627 divisadero street. appealing the issuance on february 2, 2021, to mickey pucko, of a site permit. two bedrooms to five bedrooms and two bathrooms to five bathrooms. adding a fourth level penthouse. this is permit number two hundred one billion eight hundred twelve million two hundred seventy-nine thousand two hundred sixty-seven. you have two minutes. are the appellants present? mr. miller or ms. meneghetti? okay. i don't see that they're

present. can you raise your hand if you're present, if you're having technical difficulties. they did not supply a brief as well. so, mr. longway, i understand you spoke to one of them at one point i believe prior to the hearing. did they indicate they were going to attend? >> i believe they were. and they were given notice by our zoom invite to join the meeting. i can give them a call. >> director: why don't we just give them a call, please. thank you for your patience, everyone. >> president: i believe they should be aware of this process. i mean, reading through the briefs, she is an officer or one of the parties is an officer of the court.

>> president: commissioner swig. it was pretty cool, you just walked through your background. >> commissioner: did you have a psychedelic experience. >> president: it was just like wow. that was kind of cool. i should try that on a zoom conference some time.

>> clerk: i just left a message for the appellant richard miller. there was no response to any voice. i don't know if you want to commence with the permit holders. i don't know. >> director: president honda. i think we should go ahead and hear from the permit holder. >> president: i'm going to step in and say let's go ahead and continue with this hearing. considering the appellants didn't prepare a brief. they're quite aware of how an appeal works. >> director: thank you. we will now hear from the permit holder. >> hello, can you hear me.

>> director: yes. welcome. >> do i just go. >> director: sure. have you seven minutes. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is mickey pucko and i'm the permit holder for 3627 divisadero street. now they didn't even show up to this hearing. i know i would love to share my screen if that's okay. >> director: sure. can you pause the time, alex. >> here we go. can you see it? >> director: no. we cannot see it. >> better? >> director: okay. we see it now. >> i know i have been accused of being a developer but i'm not a developer. i'm not going to use this home for airbnb rentals. as you can see we have seven working adults in our family

and now we all work from home, we just need the space. we have our first grand baby on the way and we're super excited about it and unfortunately, instead of enjoying our family time, we are spending our time in resources fighting these appeals and trying to deal with these neighbors. i'm going to move to next screen where i had reached out to them twice asking if they wanted to get together if they wanted to discuss the matter, if there's any common ground we can find. we just need to communicate even during the v.r. process with david winslow from the planning department. he reached out to them twice and they just flat out refused to have a conversation with anyone. as far as the project goes, the appellants challenged the same project through d.v.r. process and they were denied. the project has not changed in size of scope. does not require any variances. it's fully code compliant and

our permit was issued on february 2, 2021. ms. meneghetti in her letter, she you know, the kind of sad ask we're not part of the historic resource, so design our home to fit more with existing neighboring homes we agreed and worked closely with r-dot and this is now what's in front of you as you can see on this drawing here, we set our home up. third story. we have similar roof line. this is kind of what the home's going to look like once when it's finished. in terms of the broader neighborhood context, the project fits. this is our home here. just across the street from the elementary school that is currently going through the major remodel. it is occupying the entire

block, it's 40' in height and solid mass. we also have a huge presence of four story buildings in the marina. over 400 stories in the marina and our block has ten 4-story buildings as you can see here. we also took lots of work as trying to minimize any impacts to our neighbors and we subordinated a fourth floor 16' back. you can see on the bottom image here that the 4th floor is very visible from the street level. sitting 16' here. required anywhere between 5 and 15 feet here. we also have [inaudible] here that was 48", but we agreed to do fire rated roof and that actually reduce the wall from 48" to 6" which is

further minimizing impact on light, privacy, or pretty much anything to our neighbors. let me see. on this image here, you can see that we tried to minimize any affects to our neighbors. so we have 5' setbacks here from the property homes. we don't have any windows and then obviously we can further provide any privacy through privacy landscape. same goes here since we had to set our third story back, privacy landscape is a great way of reserving privacy and both sides can actually do the same. so this is a little bit as far as how our house is sitting among the neighboring projects. so this is appellant's

meneghetti's home, this is miller's home. millers have remodeled their home in 2018 and they've added mass and height and when we had the discussion as far as our home we'll only be sitting 5' above their home. ms. miller on our last meeting on january 25th, his attorney for san francisco she recommended that even if the project passes and reviewed and gets approved her husband richard miller will appeal the site to delay or block the project. not quite sure what they're doing right now as far as not showing up to this briefing. also, this is ms. miller's home here. so she has a deck that has zero site setbacks and she has pretty much direct view into our bedroom and i'm very happy we have blinds and kind of high

density community. kind of is what it is. not much we can do about that. as you can see here on this image, bear with me for two seconds. so this is our home here, this is miller's home and what they've done is they enclosed the light well here and they enclosed it and created a private skyline just for themselves and the skylight is bringing light to their staircase only. not their living room, not their bedroom, nothing common, it's literally their staircase. furthermore, can you see they have the fire department was asking to put this in and so their lightwell is fully shaded throughout the year pretty much and our project and our building will not cause any further shading to them. so this is another show casing

here that it's sitting just above their staircase. >> clerk: 30 seconds. >> and then, you know, they have plenty of light coming through their front and back doors and windows, but, as you can see from these images, they are just choosing to close up the blinds because too much light and they don't want to have their furniture ruined. so, you know, there's additional examples here of the other projects recently approved where they have four story buildings and anywhere between 5' to 15'. >> clerk: that's the time. >> director: we do have a question from president honda. >> president: my question is do you do this professionally because your brief and presentation was well done and as you stated in your brief, you are the permit holder there. the appellants and you have to provide a brief without them providing a brief which is kind of challenging, you're answering questions that there's no questions for. >> right. thank you. >> president: you pretty much

answered most of mine. so the question i had in reviewing the brief was that i noticed that both properties, your property is the lowest in that block face as well as it looks like the appellant's property was fairly new and as you see it was done in 2018. were you currently living at the property in 2018? >> absolutely. we were pretty much put together through the entire construction and all the banging and all the noise. not once have we filed anything. >> president: so that was my next question. did they have any conversation with you in regards to you didn't dr their permit you did not appeal their permit, you let them build and did they have any restrictions when they built such a large property next to your property? >> yeah. no. there was no restrictions and i was really surprised to see them file this. >> president: i think that was the last of my questions. as i always say, no good deed goes unpunished.

>> [ laughter ] true that. >> director: okay. thank you. we will now hear from the planning department. mr. sanchez. >> thank you. scott sanchez planning department. the subject property is 3627 divisadero street. it's a two-story vertical addition. it's maintaining the building as a sing-family dwelling. there's been quite a bit of process on this project. the permit holder submitted a review request back in september of 2018 to get feedback on the design, the building permit was submitted on december of 2018. the neighborhood noifs was performed between one thousand two hundred nineteen. two discretionary reviews were filed and one of those is the appellant and this mattered tonight. the planning commission heard

this as a discretionary view on may 7th at the hearing, the planning commission voted to not take discretionary review. the project is completely code compliant as has been noted by the permit holder and i debris the permit holder's presentation was quite thorough and good use of materials there. the planning department found this to be compliant with the residential design guidelines. as it's been noted, there's a context of four story buildings as well as opposite the school. then that third floor that is proposed is set back 5' from the building all similar to that of the two adjacent properties and the fourth floor addition which is quite small is set back 16' from the front building wall and hidden behind a parapit. so it's visible. unfortunately, there's no brief filed by the appellant. even in the appeal itself,

there was no preliminary statement of appeal. no brief filed and no attendance at the hearing tonight. so we don't know what if any concerns there are about the project. i i think some questions and concerns that were raised and some of the public comment that was received, i can note that the subject building is not a historic resource. it did undergo an environmental review and found to not be a historic resource. it was recategorized to a c classification. so the determination is final. there were some concerns related to possible use as a short-term rental. any short-term rental use would need to comply with our permitting process which is very highly enforced and regulated. there was some concerns about maybe a future additional units or use of the property as higher density and they have

some parking requirements, but there are no parking requirements in the city anymore. so the project is completely code compliant. in the future, if more units were added there wouldn't be required to add parking. it's difficult to kind of know what the issue is on appeal to the board because no statement has been made. i can actually recall a hearing like this where nothing has been submitted at all and yet we were holding a hearing and trying to, you know, if i can tell you the permit was properly approved. it's code compliant. there were no errors or mistakes here so we would respectfully request that the board approved issue answer of the permit and deny the appeal. >> president: my question, scott is just a simple one. evidently the neighbors had done a substantial addition and remodel themselves. is that closing of the lightwell or the shared --

would that require a variance or an exception? >> no. the project is completely code compliant. >> president: no i'm talking about the next door neighbor's. >> what they thought i think their building permit was from about 2016 is when they had submitted it. i didn't see any variances or discretionary views or appeals on the scope that they had proposed at that time. >> president: that's right. you were the head honcho at the time. >> i guess i might have been. it doesn't seem they had any issues when their project went through which was a vertical addition. >> president: okay thank you. >> director: okay. we will now hear from the department of building and inspection. >> commissioners joe duffy d.b.i. i've just got real briefly, the building permit it's a site permit and it looks

like it's been reviewed and approved properly by the various city agencies. i typically look at these types of permits. plan enforced building and finally, [inaudible] but we've heard a brief on the points. i think that's all i have to say. thank you. >> director: okay. thank you. so we will now move on to public comment and president honda, the public commentors have 90 seconds. is that right? >> we can't hear you. >> president: i'm looking for my mute button. yes, that's fine. >> director: okay. i did see a hand raised. did someone want to provide public comment. the phone number ending in "5614" please go ahead. with the 818 area code. public comment. go ahead. you might need to -- >> good evening. >> director: thank you.

welcome. you have 90 seconds. >> good evening. thank you. i'm a resident of san francisco blocks from 3267 divisadero street and i'm calling to approve this project. all votes rise with tide. the current property should be improved which ultimately improves all property values in this area. for the entire community continues to benefit from such investment. we should not encourage bad conduct.

>> i know a little bit about making story and through this process he has been inconvenienced and this seems unfair and unjust given this is the only home on the block has not been remodeled and all other homes have gone through major

remodels including the home of the very people bringing fourth the appeal and the project has been fully approved by the city with na exceptions and the project of this kind is the exact thing the city needs right now. people have been leaving for the past year and for a full recovery the city needs residents, projects such as these are essential to the growth and development of a community and obstacles such as this should not be allowed to go forward especially when they hold no merit of basis. i fully sport the project and kindly urge the commissioners to please approve this project and deny this appeal. thank you for your time. >> thank you. we'll hear from lisa condin. ms. condin, are you there? >> caller: hi, my name is lisa condin and i'm born and raised in san francisco and i've known micky and james for a number of

years and i have heard about this project. i am very excited for them. i clearly they've worked with the planning department and i know that they've listened and incorporated a lot of their design modifications and they've reached out to the neighbors and they've really been responsible owners. so i'm hopeful that they will get this approved and this appeal will be denied. >> clerk: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? ok, if not, we'll move on to rebuttal although there's nothing to rebut the. do you want to take your three minutes to address the board? >> i honestly don't know what else to say. so -- >> clerk: you don't have to take it. >> you can yield time. >> ok.

>> mr. sanchez, do you have anything further? >> nothing further to add, thank you. >> ok. and deputy director duffy. >> nothing to add. thank you. >> thank you. so commissioners, this matter submitted. >> if you don't mind, commissioners, i'll start having it. it's clear the permits were properly issued. the fact that the appellants did not supply a brief and schedule an appeal hearing and they were a member of the courts, is very disappointing and in my idea, it's a misuse of city resources, especially at a time and effort that these resources are actually very valuable. i thank the permit holder for bearing through this process with us. so, i would let commissioner lazarus speak next. >> thank you, i'll reiterate

what you just said. i find it with you an abuse of the process and it feels like it's just directly aimed at the permit holder to delay and add costs. it feels very vindictive and it's one thing not to submit a brief but then not to show up either is pretty disturbing. in my view, there's absolutely nothing that would indicate we should do anything with this appeal other than to deny it. >> commissioner swig. >> i would be glad to make a motion to deny the appeal on the basis the permit was properly issued. >> i believe commissioner chang was going to say something. >> i was just going to add and praise the permit holder for going through the entire process.

i was a former planner at the planning department and understand and know how long that process can take and based on mr. sanchez's description, the permit holder has just again from pre-application review all the way to discretionary review and even to this body now. it's an incredibly long process. that's it. i will definitely let -- >> since rick hogged it we'll let rick make that motion. >> i just want to note, i do see a member of the public has raised their hand. we're no longer allowing public comment. so, we have a motion from commissioner swig to deny the appeal and uphold the permit on the basis that it was properly issued on that motion, commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> president honda.

>> aye. >> commissioner chang. >> aye. >> that motion carries 4-0 and the appeal is denied. and we are moving onto the next item. this is item number 7. appeal number 21-012 anne hedges versus the planning department approval and subject property a 41 cron crest court on february 8th, 2021 to scott and page olsen of a site permit remodel existing deck with new tile at patio and replace and enlarge existing deck at first floor with stairs to patio below and no deck at second floor with new doors from dinning room. this is permit number 201906183764 and we'll hear from the appellant first. i believe she's represented by mr. mazaconi, hopefully i said your name correctly. >> you said it well, thank you. >> i'm sorry, yes, i'm michael

and i represent the appellant anne hedges, who is also present. i'd like to speak for about five minutes and then yield to minutes to anne if poise able. . i'll try not to reiterate what was in the brief but i would like to responds to some of the points that were raised by the permit holder, mr. olsen and his brief and clear some things up. one of the things that he seemed to suggest in his brief that was that the placement of the planter on the railing was actually a benefit to my client and he says on page 2 and 3 of his brief, this design provides a significant benefit to the a pental because it utilizes the width for the railing to accommodate the planter instead of extending it towards the balance property line. could you pull up exhibit 1? so, what this is, commissioners,

this is a blow up of the original design that my client took d.r. of and what i highlighted in yellow was the properly line between my client and the permit holder and the line that is 3-foot 6 is the distance where the railing was originally for the originally proposed. and the property line. so then, this obviously, because the planning commission took d.r., a revise set of plans was issued and if you could mr. longway go to exhibit 2. thank you. so, this is a blow up of i think what is exhibit 2 to the permit holder's brief. this is detail of the planter and you can see here that the

distance now between the end of the planter on my client's property line and the end of the planter and the distance of the property line is now 3-foot 1 inch. this planter is actually bigger than what was propose and it creates more mass closer to the client's property. now my client took d.r. for several reasons, one of which she was objecting to the scale of the decks and she was looking to have the scale of the decks reduced. what the planning commission sought to do was rather than reduce the scale of the decks, come up with the proposal to put a planter, a sufficient size to house plants for a green wall and the whole purpose of it was that the planter was going to go

on the deck and the railing moved to the interior of the planter so that people would be kept from my client's property line so white deck size won't be reduced, it would create greater privacy for my client and that is simply not what -- it's not what was done by the permit holder. instead, although he agreed at the hearing, at the planning commission d.r. hearing, to put the planter on the deck, he simply changed his mind and ab ra gated his agreement and turned it into a window box, flower box situation. can you please go to exhibit 3. commissioners, this is an e-mail

that was sent by a guy name davis stallback, he is a landscape designer. and what we were trying to do was assist the planning department in evaluating the size of the planter. what would be necessary in order to house plants to grow sufficient size to create a screen. in the opinion of this, this experienced landscape designer, he suggested that a planner be about 22 to 24 inches in hide with 22 to 24-inch to allow for the growth. there was some dispute in the grief about what the sides of the boxes are and i will admit to you in the preliminary statement, i had the size wrong but in the brief, i had the size right and the parties aren't really in disagreement in who what the size of the boxes are. the permit applicant said the

boxes are 13 by 16 inches. those are exterior measurements. as we said in our brief, the box is 10 and a half inches wide by 14 inches tall. those are interior measurements and the reason why we provided the interior measurements was to give you all a better concept of how much soil there's going to be. so, what we're trying to explain is that the whole point of of creating the privacy screen was critical to my client's claim for more privacy. it's what commission moore made clear in her statement on the record. she was trying to accomplish. now the planning department simply took the position with me that they were only going to listen to what was -- what the clerk of the commission read into the record and nothing else. i disputed this directly with the planning department and they didn't really want to hear from

me. they never really wanted to talk to me at all and the feeling that i frankly got was they were annoyed that i took i applied for the d.r. and when the d.r. was granted and it went back to them, they just seemed to be annoyed they had to deal with it at all and frankly very early on, i got an e-mail saying, if you don't like it, appeal. so that is why we're here. and we would say to you, and ask you, to simply hold the permit applicant holder to the agreement that he made at planning commission. if i can just have the balance of my time go to ms. hedges. >> yeah, hi, i'm anne hedges. and thank you from your time. i'm not an obstructionist but i feel as if i hit a wall here in the sense that i don't feel that scott olsson is honoring what he

agreed to at d.r. i'm an artist -- >> that's time. you can speak in rebuttal if you wish. >> fine. >> you will have time in rebuttal. we're hear from the permit holders. mr. olsen. >> thank you, good evening executive director and commissioners. my name is scott olsen and my wife paige and i are the permit holder in homeowners here at 41 conques the court where we live with our two daughters. we commence this deck project almost two years ago. quite frankly, because we thought this would be quicker and easier than the more major build outs occurring in our neighborhoods. we believe it's well designed and is modest in scope and has minimal impact on our neighbors. the site permit fully complies with the term set fourth at the d.r. hearing and at the d.r.

hearing the commissioners issues a ruling approving the deck project with two minor adjustments as a compromise. the first was moving stairs to the rear of the deck and the second was providing a planter and i'm going to quote from the ruling, outside the existing railing location for a privacy screen. while the appellant acknowledges the first condition was satisfied, the appellant has a have thed the second has not been satisfied. the site permit that was approved properly pro voids for a permanent, fixed wood planner that will function as an effective privacy screen and is fully consistent with the ruling. the correct dimensions of the planter are contained in the permit drawing which is attached to our brief and provides with a

planter of a height of 16 inches. our architect who is here with me today in consultation with the structural engineer, worked tirelessly with the planning department to come up with the drawings that were consistent with the d.r. and this required a very comprehensive design modification. it's a permanent wood structure built into the width of the railing. it provides a benefit to the appellant because we have maintained the planter more than three feet away from her property. thus avoiding the need for any sort of fire wall and it

utilizes and while it does, it utilizes that whole width of the railing for a planter that can provide a full privacy screening with the plantings. i just want to address this sort of false argument there was anything at the hearing requiring the existing railing to be moved. it's quite honestly not the case if that were to happen, the doors accessing the deck would not be functional and would be unusable rather the d.r., specifically and clearly provided, that the planter would be located quote outside the existing railing location. we do not believe that this

appeal process should be utilized to further obstruct our project and you know, impact the size and function of the deck because that was not what was agreed to we believe the issued site permits and drawings are well designed and fully complied and we ask this appeal be denied and the permit reinstated. i do have my architect, mr. james savoy with me that can talk about the design briefly. >> just a few comments about how the design for the planter was modified from the original scheme that was presented at the d.r. hearing. first of all, the original dough sign actually said all the railings on this were glass so as part of the issue about

privacy, the new railing planter design is a solid railing top to bottom basically. the other item i'd just like to mention briefly that because of the eyes of this planter and the weight of the soil in the planter, i had to consult with our structural engineer he lookd at the weight of this planter and had specific steel brace in place on the steel beam below to anchor the railing itself and if you notice on the drawings on page 89, excuse me, the additional braces hold it up as well. i have done window boxes and planters and even in my own house i know plants can be grown on this size planter that would accommodate the height i've

shown. i would be happy to answer any further questions. thank you. >> ok. >> we will field the rest of our time to mr. sanchez. >> thank you. we will now hear from the planning department. >> thank you, scott sanchez planning department the subject property of 41kronqist court. the purpose of this permit is to add decks to the rear of the subject property and the building permit application was submitted in june of 2019 and it underwent sections 311 notification between the september 18th and october 182,019th during that time one discretionary view was filed by the appellant in this matter and they heard about it on january 30th of 2020. the planning commission voted 4-0. there are three commissioners absent that evening to take

discretionary view and to take two actions there with that and to relocate a stair that had been on the common side property line and relocate that towards the rear of the deck and provide a planter for privacy. this is a dinovo hearing now on the issuance of the building permit and the appellant has raised concerns the planning department did not interpret the planning commission's decision. of course peeing a dinovo bearing the board would have the ability to take whatever action they felt appropriate in this matter whether it's to modify that planter and approve it as is or remove it. so, i think to be clear from the materials submitted by the appellant and including their testimony from the planning commission hearings, and commissioner moore's commentary she was clear that the size of the deck was not getting smaller and the planning commission often hears concerns and issues

related to the decks and privacy and when they want to make decks smaller, they're explicit about that and this board typically is. it would be language, you know, taking an action and setting back the deck to additional distance from the side property line. there was no action such as that in the discretionary view and it was not to make the deck smaller but add it on the outside of the railing. we're left with a question of how big is that plant they're is going on the outside of the deck. we know it's not required to get any smaller, how big does that planter get. and it was noted by the permit holder, the deck is 3 feet 6 inches as proposed and we know if you are within throw feet you are dealing with the fire wall. now the purpose of the planning commission's action and moving the stairs was because of

concerns with a fire wall. so, if the planter gets closer than three feet from the side property line, we're having to reintroduce a fire wall, which we know is not the commission's desire or intent. under the commission, they didn't give a specific width for that planter but we can interpret that as being six inches. if you go any closer than three feet, you are looking at a fire wall which the commission does not want to is not part of the project and they also didn't want the deck to get smaller. what is proposed is something we found to be compliant with the intent of the commission it's a planter that is of a reasonable size such that plants can grow and that and hopeful throw will address some of the privacy concerns that have been raised. we feel it's a very appropriate addition and it's compliant with the planning commission's decision. i'm happy to answer any questions whether it's code

compliant and i think no issues have been cited by the appellant. it comes down to the size of the planter. i'm happy to have questions but we find it it could be co compliant with the commission's decision. >> commissioner swig. >> you just answered and i want to hear it again. my confusion was whether the planning commission was specific in the size, scope and design of the planter and what i'm hearing from you is that it was not specific in the size, scope and scope of the planter and in fact, you, with the permit holders' architect holder themselves, you came to an

agreement as to what the planter should be? >> you are correct, sir. >> ok. now you added, you are happy with that planter the way it is and you have blessed and it's true? that's what i want. >> yes, that's correct. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> president honda. >> only three of the -- three or four of the planning commissioners showed up. >> well, four. you need at least four. three were absent. yeah. >> and so, if that commissioner fung guy was there and the deck passed, that's a good thing. >> i'm assuming because he doesn't miss any hearings so i am assuming commissioner hung was there. >> i was trying to make a funny since we worked with him and he made decks smaller. >> he was there. he was there. >> all right. thank you. >> thank you. we'll hear from the department

building inspection. >> commissioners, the permit under appeal. i didn't hear too much about the building code issues. i do agree with mr. sanchez's comments on the distance for the deck or deck to the property line and the building code. the permit itself appears to have been properly reviewed and issued by the various city agencies that we typically similar to the last project where we had planning forced building and d.p.w. if anyone has any questions, i think that's all the comments that i have. thank you. >> ok. thank you. we will now move on to public comment. is there anyone here who would like to provide public comment on this item. please, raise your hand. ok.

i do not see any hands raised. so we'll move on to rebuttal. mr. mozicom. >> i'd like to address this. a number of points. one thing missing in mr. olsen's response and response of the planning department, is that mrk the planter on the deck and now he claims he can't do it because it would conflict with the door that he wants to use. well, it wouldn't conflict with a sliding door if he put the sliding door in. but there's nothing unclear about what happened in the discussion at the planning commission -- [please stand by]

>> one of the things that also came up at the hearing was the notion that ms. hedges said she did not want opaque glass there. the this design is even worse because now you have plywood all the way down.

now she's looking at this huge planter over the side. and the planter is not a sufficient size to create the green wall. and so my concern is and mr. olsen doesn't dispute it that he agreed to put the planter on the deck. he hasn't addressed it at his brief. nobody in the planning department said anything about the size of the planter being sufficient to house a green screen. with regard to mr. sevoy's comments he talked to an engineer. that's great he talked to an engineer. but he didn't need to talk to an engineer if he simply put the planter on the deck as he said, as the parties agreed. what he needed to do was consult with an arborist or a landscape act tekt or landscape

designer to determine whether or not this was sufficient to create the green screen. the planning applicant or holder didn't say they did that. the only person who submitted any evidence on that point was my client. >> clerk: that's all thank you. >> i would encourage you to grant this appeal. >> director: thank you. we have a question from president honda. >> president: counselor, i've read both the briefs. i would like to ask the applicant to be more comfortable having the planter on the edge of the deck and have the planter outbound than inbound. >> it was pretty clear and if you look at what mr. olson said and he said and i almost quote. let me see if i understand you, you're asking me if i'm willing to have the planter on the deck and then she said, that's right. so it was very clear from the colloquy that both mr. olson understood that the planter was to go on the deck and commissioner moore wanted it on

the deck in addition -- >> president: thank you, counselor. >> director: thank you. we will now hear from the permit holder, mr. olson. >> thank you executive director and thank you, commissioners. i'm going to chalk this up to the no good deed goes unpunished. this compromise of a planter was done instead of a frosted glass privacy screen which we had offered to do and so this was a compromise that reportedly was more acceptable to the appellant, but now they're seeking to question even this. i'm just going to quote from the exact ruling that the planter would be located, quote, outside the existing railing location so quite

frankly, i'm going to defer a rebuttal time to mr. sanchez. >> director: thank you. we will now hear from the planning department. >> scott sanchez with the planning department. this is up to the board to make a decision, you know kind of first, whether or not this structure is even necessary to address privacy issues and, if so, is it adequate to address those privacy concerns. the board doesn't have to be reliant on the planning commission's decision and you have the ability to make modifications to the project. we believe that the planning commission position is properly interpreted and applied in the plans that are before you. we're available for any questions and, yeah, i think that is all that i have to add. thank you. >> director: thank you. we will now hear from the

department of building inspection. anything further. >> nothing further. thank you. >> director: okay. thank you. commissioners, this matter's submitted. >> president: so would any commissioner like to start? don't all jump in at one time. i guess i will. after reviewing both briefs and hearing both permit holder and appellants, i'm in agreeness that the permit holder that the planning commission has given and as the commissioner sanchez has said, i believe that the appeals should be denied on the grounds that the permit was properly issued. with no further comment. that will be my motion. >> director: okay. we have a motion from president honda to deny the appeal and uphold the permit on the basis

it was properly issued. on that motion [roll call] so that motion carries 4-0 and the appeal is denied. so, president honda, are we ready to move on to the next item. >> thank you everyone for your time. >> president: let's take a 5 minute break. >> director: okay. >> president: 5-minute break. >> director: okay. thank you. the appellant in the next matter texted me and i told him his case was next on item 8 and he hand responded yet. >> i'm here. i hear you. >> clerk: there he is. >> i think that was just focused. >> director: okay. january and

discussed a path to resolve the violation through legalizing the uses on the property. there's a building permit

submitted in 2019 to effectively do that and other things have come up in the last few months and not much progress has come up on that. and i say today that he submitted the new materials to staff. it seems like that is going to be back on track. so we're okay with continuing this out two months, hopefully never even needing to come to a hearing, but just, you know, to at least give them time to go through the legalization everies and also to reset the briefing deadline, they didn't submit a brief in the timely manner, but we're okay with letting them submit a brief now. i think they had submitted something in the but, yeah, we're okay with resetting that and giving them time for their

brief. >> director: okay. thank you. is there any public comment on this request to continue this matter? if so, raise your hand. i don't see any public comment, commissioners. so it's a request to continue and to reset the briefing. >> president: unless there's any other comments or questions, i would like to grant that request to extend and have a new date to the specified date with the new briefing scheduled in place and i'd just like to thank both appellants and the city department for working with each other. this was going to be a challenging case. that would be my motion. >> director: okay. so we have a motion from president honda to continue this matter to june 23rd and also to reset the briefing dates, so that would mean in a the appellant's brief would be due june 3rd and we'll e-mail you, mr. keenen with

information. june 3rd by 4:30 p.m. and the zoning administrator's brief would be due june 17th. so on that motion, commissioner lazarus, [roll call] okay. so that motion carries 4-0 and the matter is continued. >> president: good luck, mr. stevens. >> thank you. thank you all. >> director: okay. thank you. >> i love it when things can get resolved. >> director: that was a lot shorter than i thought. >> president: knock on wood please. >> i believe that commences the hearing. >> director: we are officially adjourned. >> night all. >> president: thank you very much. >> director: good night. thank you.

. >> the hon. london breed: we came back from that. you all remember how dark is used to be at the embarcadero, and we took what was a tragedy for our city, and we created something amazing and something beautiful, light and hope, as a result of the darkness, and that's the same thing that we're going to do as a result

of this pandemic. you know, we are here in this community, opening yet another site because the people of this community, and in particular, the latino community, they have been the hardest hit by this pandemic not just in san francisco by in the state. so when you look at equity, and you talk about who is most impacted, the latino community, representing over 12% of the population, yet over 40% of those who were diagnosed with covid and over 20% of those who passed away because of covid, these latino task force and a number of organizations in this community, they met with me, and the stories that i heard were very heartbreaking because we as a city thought with some of our programs, our recovery and resources we were providing

to workers and rent relief, we thought it was enough. we thought what we were doing was enough, and we were wrong. we were wrong because the community was on the ground, doing the work, helping and serving people, and they were dealing with serious challenges, and the numbers did not lie. the numbers demonstrated clearly we weren't investing enough. so with the help of our department of public health and h.s.h. and other agencies and the city and supervisor ronen, the supervisor for this district, we came together, and we found the resources to invest an additional $29 million in this community in particular. [cheers and applause] >> the hon. london breed: and this community stepped up and did even more work than they

were doing before. the food hub, and i see roberto here, hernandez, thank you so much for your help with the mission food hub. the latino task force with john and valerie and so many volunteers who were opening up not just testing sites but also these new vaccination sites. this was possible because of this community. this site is possibly because this community came together and made it possible. so when i think about the early dark days of this pandemic, i can't help but be excited about the future of our city because of the people of our city and how we have looked out and up lifted one another during one of the most challenging times. so we are in a good place, and

i know i'm here today because we're kicking off another vaccination center. i know we have to meet people where they are and make it easier to get an appointment necessary, because i know my family. they do not make appointments. they say, where are they supposed to go? no one is going to ask you questions about your immigration status or anything else, and it's easy for you to do it, you're going to do it. and let me tell you, i am so proud of this city. we are still pleading the effort. not only since the beginning of this pandemic have we had some of the lowest rates of any other country, the lowest infection rates and the lowest death rates, even though we are one of the densest cities in the country, we have been able to vaccinate over 60% of san

franciscans who are eligible to be vaccinated. almost 60% of those over the age of 65. think about it. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: even with the challenges, and one of our goals was to do 10,000 vaccinations each day, and we have been meeting and exceeding that even with limited supply. and we are doing that because the latino task force and other organizations have been providing these pop ups to make it easier to get access to this vaccine. the state doesn't even come close to our numbers, and the national average is even lower. san francisco, we have something to be very, very proud of. we have one of the lowest hospital rates that we've had since the beginning of this pandemic, and we are finally seeing lower numbers since last

april in the latino community for the first time since this pandemic began. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: but that means we don't let up. we go harder, we go stronger. we keep moving forward because i want to be able to show up at a press conference and see people without masks eventually. i want to be able to show up to an event and have a good time. i want to hear singing and performances. i want our kids back in school. i want our places of business open and thriving. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and there is no question that all of you want that, too. so the last thing i want to say is make sure that you have the hard conversations with your family members because it's so important that they get vaccinated. let me tell you, and let me just be honest, for african americans, for my family members, it's been some hard

conversations. i ain't going to get that. i don't know what's in that virus, whatever, whatever, and what i say to them is, what i'm most concerned about, because a lot of the conversations are with a lot of my elderly family members. what i say to them, the chances that you will die if you get the vaccine are slim to none. but if you get covid, the likelihood that you will not be here could seriously be likely because many of my family members have underlying health conditions who are older, and i don't want to lose them. that's why i got the vaccine to show them, that if i can get it, you can get it, too. so let's have those hard conversations with our family members. i'm not a doctor or medical

expert, although, as soon as they ask me a question, i'm texting dr. colfax, asking him, my mama said this, my mama said that. but the point is you can talk to them about the vaccine and convince them about this because what this means is less people dying in our city. that's what this means to me, and that's why we have an obligation to do everything we can to get everyone vaccinated as soon as possible, and we are doing our part to open these local sites to make sure it happens and that it's more efficient than ever. so thank you so much for your work, and thank you all so much for being here today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and at this time, i'd like to introduce the supervisor for this district, supervisor hillary ronen. [applause] >> supervisor ronen: oh, thank you so much, madam mayor, for

leading us through the hardest year of our lives. thank you. i -- i -- i don't know about you all, but looking at all of your faces, and the weight of what we've been through together has hit me quite hard. everyone here, from the latino task force, valerie, tracey, john, roberto, so many of you have worked nonstop since day one. i look at mary ellen carroll, the head of our department of emergency management -- can we please give her a hand? this woman, you have to drag her on a one-day vacation, and if we're lucky, she'll go. we have to take her phone away. dr. colfax, you have been a

hero in keeping us safe as much as you can from day one. i look at deon jones, and a nurse who helped created response to the first plague that san francisco survived, the hiv/aids plague and was here from day one to get us through the next plague, and deon, thank you. thank you. the press, you guys have been out here from day one, keeping us informed, putting your lives on the line. i look at all of you, and we all have been doing this from day one, and i have just profound gratitude for getting us to the way we are today, and where we are today is we're on the way to beating this. dr. colfax and madam mayor, thank you. two in the mission, two in the mission.

it's because of places like this -- [applause] >> supervisor ronen: -- that we are on the way to beating this disease. i got my second shop at the capp and 22 location on monday, and this was similar to what the mayor was telling us. i was the only white person there, and i was never so happy to be the only white person anywhere. everyone around me was speaking spanish. they were from the community. in many cases and instances, they were dragged to the site to get vaccine from members of their own community, and i thought to myself, this is the reason that we are leading the nation in terms of numbers and beating this viert, and so so -- virus, and so thank you from the bottom of my heart.

my colleague, supervisor matt haney, who has been informing people how to get the vaccine. thank you for your incredible work doing that. and i just want to say, like the mayor, we are this close to beating it, but it'll only work if we get every single one of us to get this vaccine and do it as soon as we can. thank you. and -- thank you. [applause] >> supervisor ronen: and with that, i want to introduce a hero of mine, the director of the department of public health, dr. grant colfax. [applause] >> well, good morning. is it still morning? good afternoon, whatever. it is a beautiful day. yes, thank you, and thank you for the kind words.

it's wonderful and inspiring to be at this site, and i just want to say, first of all, thank you to the latino task force for showing us and others how to lead the way, for teaching us to do what's right. thank you very much for helping us do this right, for helping us learn how to be humble, respond to community, invest in community, and make the partnership and community leading the way. thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership, and thank you, supervisor ronen, for your leadership. and i'm going to express my gratitude, again, to the latino task force, and your help in having us develop

comprehensive, culturally appropriate outreach, testing, contact tracing. what you determined and helped us establish, the low barrier, the low barrier that every door needs to be the right door. bureaucracy wasn't always the right door at the beginning of this pandemic. i admit that, but we adjusted, and we evolved, and that's why we are here today, having 60% of san franciscans eligible to get the vaccine, with numbers lower than they've ever been. we are doing relatively well there, especially when compared to other vaccines across the

city, where latinos represent only 12% of recipients, again, emphasizing the need for these neighborhood access sites low barrier drop-ins. the city's dashboard shows that for d.p.h. vaccines, the neighborhoods with the largest number of vaccines received are the bayview, the mission, and the excelsior. so on behalf of the whole department, i want to thank you all for your work and the incredible effort of this accessible network that we've developed, this ecosystem. it hasn't been effort. it's taken some work, some zoom calls, zoom calls, but we were

there. i want to thank local 261, supervisor ronen, supervisor haney, our newest assessor, assessor torres. so as you know, vaccine supply remains limited in san francisco, and with the expansion of people being eligible to 16 and above citywide, it will be challenging, but i'm excited to see people walking in here. this is the right way to do this. 12,000 a day going into arms, a capacity of 20,000. we're ready to go here.

we just need more, and we need to stay vigilant. these variants continue to remain a concern. we're watching areas of the country like michigan, where case numbers are going up. be socially distant, wear a mask, and encourage your family to get vaccinated as soon as possible. we will be in this longer, so the sooner we get vaccine into arms, the better we will do and the sooner we can get back to normal, and we can have this press conference with all the masks off. thank you so much. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, dr. colfax, and i want to introduce valerie coulier. she really is the mother of this community and just has been doing an incredible job in getting all of these great places set up in the community,

so come on up, valerie. >> thank you, mayor, so much. i want to thank the red lightning women power group for singing and opening up for the mayor this morning, and also for sherea for the land acknowledgement. i want to thank our mayor for being with us today. i'm very, very possessive here, territorial, and every single city official. you tell us that you see us and that you see the community's hard work and dedication, and for that, i appreciate your leadership. i don't think it could have happened under any other mayor, mayor london breed. now, i think i'm going to go into an academy award speech,

but i want to thank the latino task for being that, a force. all the organizations involved, all the indigenous haves, and all the committees, what you see here is just a glimpse of all the hard work that the health committee puts in. what you don't see here today is the hard work of 14 other committees, actually 15, if you executive committee, tracey, angela, and gloria. also, absolutely local 21, the laborers union, the latino task force resource hub, on 19 and alabama, was their home, and now, they've moved here, and guess what? we followed them. in the latino culture, we have a saying, mi casa es su casa,

my home is your home. this has not been easy. we stepped on each other's toes a lot in the beginning. today's community vaccine hub, like the one in excelsior, shoutout to excelsior back there in the back, patty. i see you. you can trust us to take care of them with dignity and compassion. thank you to the media for being here. you are not fake, you are real. you do not always get recognized for being here to tell our story, so thank you for being here. in closing, there was olga from another union. we want to make sure that every

single union member is vaccinated. just know that i love you and appreciate you, the latino task force loves you and appreciates you. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, valerie, and thank you for recognizing local 87 seiu. olga, thank you for all you do and your members do to take care of this city. all right. that is our press conference. i know that most people who showed up today, when they showed up to get their vaccine, that they might be on camera, so we apologize for getting all in your business because you know how folks are about their medical business. i know how i am about people in my medical business. thank you, everyone, for all

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were part of the group we shove what we do and we w we tried to capture the spirit of xrifs. >> and there from there to sales and the hard part of the sales is 250 assess our market and creating a market opportunity giving limited risks and sales experience to our guys and >> mission housing welcomes you and welcomes our political partners who join us today and will be speaking shortly as well as the members of both mission housing and bridge

housing board of director. we want to thank you for your leadership. we want to take this opportunity to tell you the celebration doesn't end here after our ribbon cutting. please make sure you join us on our facebook join to premier the documentary, which is titled, together, designing the la fenix, the story behind how this amazing mural came to life. please help me welcome an advocate for affordable housing, someone who five years ago, when 1950 was still the navigation center in the mission, she stood her and let the neighborhood know she was

on her way to washington, d.c., so she could get support. please help me welcome the mayor of san francisco, london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: well, thank you, everyone. i am so excited to finally be at la fenix. this project is so exciting for me because i remember when we were first opening navigation centers in san francisco, and this was one of the first locations that we opened a navigation to supervise shelter and support to people who were experiencing homelessness. but before that, we remembered there was a continuation high school. sometimes, when kids got into

trouble, they had to go somewhere, and this was a place that provided an opportunity for kids to get their diploma. it was also a place where labor folks learned their activitie. it's been so much for the community, and so it is so fitting that we're able to transform this space into 100% affordable housing for families, 155 units. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and it is absolutely beautiful. i want to thank mission housing and bridge housing for partnering on this project. i was here when it was a navigation center, i was here when we broke ground on this place to build, and you would think that, in bureaucratic

years, ann cervantes, that we would be waiting for this to be built, but the fact is we have 50 families that are housed here as we speak. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: one of the things that i'm also really proud of is that not only will 40 formerly homeless families have an opportunity to live here, but when i announced that i was on the board of supervisors that i was flying to d.c. on a redeye to get h.u.d. to change their mind -- josh, you remember this -- about neighborhood preference, the latino community stood with the african american community. we talked about how the government would come to cities, to communities, and say we're going to build this housing, and this housing is going to make a difference in your community. but then, we would look around and say, well, wait a minute, this housing is built, but no

one from this community lives there. so neighborhood preference, not only did we get h.u.d. to say no to neighborhood projects, the state is actively engaged to make sure when they provide funds, we're able to do it, as well. we have at least 29 of these units that will be available, right of first refusal, to people who live in this community. that's significant because we get thousands of applications for the housing that we build, but we want to make sure that when we do build housing, people in the neighborhoods feel like it's being built for them, feel like they have a fighting chance. and roberto hernandez was there with me on the day that we made this announcement because he and so many folks in this community, they have been fighting to make sure that the people who create the vibrancy of what represents the mission,

the thriving latino community, that they didn't get pushed out like we did, the african american community in the western addition. that's why it's so important, the work we do, to make it possible for them to reach out to places like this, is more important than it's ever been before. san francisco is changing so much. it's not the city that it was when i was growing up, and that's why it's important that we recognize the inequities, the injustices that exist in our housing stock, and that's why we make deliberate changes to deal with those inequities. providing access to affordable housing is so critical, but making sure that those that are struggling with homelessness, those that are struggling with

access, it is our role to continue to partner and make sure that when we provide projects like this, we're able to ensure that they are a part of this, too. so we created not a new community, but we enhanced an existing community as a result of this project. le fenix, the phoenix, the symbol of san francisco to rise again under this global pandemic, after being sheltered in place for over a year, we are emerging stronger, we are emerging even better than we were before, and we are focusing on equity in everything we do. whether it's dealing with this pandemic or dealing with access to affordable housing, this is one of the most important

things we can do. this project started with sam. i know you're semi retired, but this project started with sam ruiz, who made sure there will be child care on location, that there will be a bike repair shop -- i don't know about you, but i don't ride a bicycle anymore, but for the younger folks who do that, it's all good. this will be a community place for kids, for families, for folks here in the mission, and i am so juiced over the fact that everyone who lives here can just walk around the corner and go to pancho villa any time they want. that's the thing i'm most excited about. but at the end of the day, as we come out of this pandemic, we know there's still work to do.

we know there's housing that still needs to be built. we know that we will continue to work with this community to make sure that we are investing in affordable housing, making the right decisions, being inclusive, using neighborhood preference, and building our partners and building our bridges so that everyone has a safe affordable place to call home. thank you all so much for joining us here today. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed, for your powerful remarks and for taking the time to celebrate this important event with us. good morning. i'm e.v.p. for development at bridge housing. our mission at bridge housing is to strengthen communities,

but we recognize that our developments can only become thriving communities if they provide safe, stable, and affordable housing for those who cannot find a home in a place where they once had a sense of belonging. as cesar chavez [inaudible] despite the unprecedented challenges imposed by the pandemic, our presence here today to mark this moment is a testimony to the tenacity of countless people who came together to make this dream come true. bridge is honored to be a part of a beautiful mission that began with mission housing several years ago, and we are thrilled to commemorate this huge milestone with our residents and our joint partners. we're proud to deliver the first 100% affordable new housing development in the mission in many years, with 40 units set aside for former homeless families.

in addition, the development provides ground floor space for a variety of community serving needs, including a head start and gallery and work spaces for local artists who are such an integral part of this community and of this neighborhood. i would like to thank all our financial partners for their support, starting with the mayor and her staff at the mayor's office of housing, the california department of housing and community development, and the strategic growth council, the california tax credit and debt allocation committees, wells fargo and b.n.y.mellon, and the federal housing bank of san francisco. i also want to express my gratitude to the architect, david baker and associates, to our general contractor, and to several other consultants, subcontractors, and most importantly, construction workers who helped turn our

vision into reality. and last but not the least. a big shoutout to the incredible project teams at both bridge and mission housing for their relentless perseverance over many years. i want to thank supervisor hillary ronen for her support and invite her now to make a few remarks. thank you. [applause] >> supervisor ronen: hello, everyone. we are having a great day in the mission. we just came from the second -- not one but second vaccination site just a couple blocks away, and now to cut the ribbon on

1950 mission is really, without exaggeration, a dream come true. i was looking up -- i don't know if they're still there, but there was two little girls peeking out at this press conference from one of those windows, and all i could think to myself is that's all we have to do is point to those two little girls and know why we're doing this work and why 1950 mission matters so, so much. i think it was eight or nine years ago, as a legislative aide to my predecessor, david campos, i testified at the legislation meeting, asking the city to swap this piece of land for another piece of land so that we could build this incredible place, and to still be here, to be able to cut the ribbon and to look at what has become, to know that not only

do we have, you know, over 100 units of affordable housing, many for formerly homeless families, but that we have an art center and a child care center and a bike repair shop doing their amazing work here, it's a dream come true. and i cannot get over how gorgeous it is. is everyone just jaw drooping or wide open, going, who wouldn't want to live here? it's incredible. i just want to give my thanks to the mayor's office of housing, to mission housing, to bridge. you guys are just performing magic constantly. to our mayor, london breed, who are just -- who is just such a champion not only of housing but for the mission, to ensure

that people from the neighborhood get the priority for these incredible opportunities and apartments, so thank you. with no further adieu, i have the absolute pleasure of introducing gustavo velasquez of the department of state housing and urban development. >> greetings and buenos tardes. i'm here on behalf of the government, on behalf of the administration, on behalf of the state housing department, and i was listening to madam mayor. after so many years, i don't know if you remember, back in the office administration, i

was with the office -- with the obama administration, i was with the office of the assistant director of h.u.d., and i get this phone call , and i remember some of the things that she was talking about in terms of the local preferences, and i just remember her passion, her commitment, her resolve from getting from h.u.d. the commitment to approval. [inaudible] as the state director of housing is just such an amazing experience to be here and hearing you talk

about taking the redeye to h.u.d. for fighting what you know was right, and now i'm here many years with you on this project. it's fantastic, this opportunity. this is not you thanking us, bridge housing, mission. i see my pal, eric shaw, from the mayor's office, who i worked with in the past, all of my partners, not only from the state but also being a part of your vision and your resolve to finding solutions to increase affordable housing in this city. as we all know, something that we -- every day we and the city look forward to to continue to achieve. and our contribution here, it's a small but significant part of the affordable housing but sustainable community housing programs, which has financed

5,000 units of affordable housing up and down the state. this is a marriage, in addition to all the wonderful things this project has, a marriage of affordable housing and a better environment, and, you know, transit so close. we're making funding available for units but gardens and rooftops that make it more efficient and sustainable for the communities, so that's part of the purpose of the housing and sustainable opportunities program. we're proud to be able to share our congratulations and our thanks to you for making over 150 units of affordable housing in such an incredible community. so again, on behalf of the

state, thank you for having us, and now, it's my pleasure to introduce rich ibarra, the c.e.o. of mission neighborhood centers. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, gustavo, and thank you, marsha contreras, sam moss, everyone from mission housing as well as bridge housing. i want to thank you and congratulate you for this great accomplishment. it's an honor to be here today with mayor breed, who -- whose work i ad mired long before coming to the city a couple of months ago. it's also great to be here with hillary ronen, who i believe will be an important delegation going down to the border with

some of the local leaders, to san diego, to celebrate and support the children and teenagers who are there, being housed at the san diego convention center, who may eventually come here, so the more love and support we can give them with the floricanto caravan who have been through hell and don't need to go through anyone else. we had an interstate highway go -- i'm right at home here in the mission. in the last seven weeks, it's been amazing.

also want to thank josh arce, with the office of housing and workforce development. it's also a pleasure to mention ann cervantes for her work, kevin and ali from list, kim edmonds and her team, our team who did a great job here, as well, and of course, my predecessor, who set the table for my future success, santiago sam ruiz, for his vision, tenacity, and partnership, because he helped, like so many others, make this dream a

reality. thank you so much, santiago. in a few months, we'll be opening up the early child care and education center. we'll be giving families comprehensive services, including mental health management and comprehensive activities. i'm grateful to our staff and our board as mission neighborhood centers. as sam moss said, we wish you many years here of love and success. thank you. >> the hon. london breed: all right, everyone. let's cut this ribbon. five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause]

>> 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. cut. >> we are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. a place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and it's beautiful and it's been completely redone and been a gathering place for this community. >> i have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. that is not a joke. i live in an apartment building three

floors up and i have potted plants and have dreamt the whole time i have lived there to have some ability to build this dirt. >> let me tell you handout you -- how to build a community garden. you start with a really good idea and add community support from echo media and levis and take management and water and sun and this is what we have. this is great. it's about environment and stewardship. it's also for the -- we implemented several practices in our successes of the site. that is made up of the

pockets like wool but they are made of recycled plastic bottles. i don't know how they do it. >> there is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through golden community garden. we have it right in the middle of

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>> i was introduced to this part of town while working on a campaign for gavin, who is running for mayor. i was one of the organizers out here and i met the people and i fell in love with them in the neighborhood. so it also was a place in the city that at the time that i could afford to buy a home and i wanted to own my own home. this is where we laid down our roots like many people in this neighborhood and we started our family and this is where we are going to be. i mean we are the part of san francisco. it's the two neighborhoods with the most children under the age of 18. everybody likes to talk about how san francisco is not family-friendly, there are not a lot of children and families. we have predominately single family homes. as i said, people move here to buy their first home, maybe with multiple family members or multiple families in the same

home and they laid down their roots. [♪♪♪] >> it's different because again, we have little small storefronts. we don't have light industrial space or space where you can build high-rises or large office buildings. so the tech boom will never hit our neighborhood in that way when it comes to jobs. >> turkey, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and mayo, and little bit of mustard. that's my usual. >> mike is the owner, born and bred in the neighborhood. he worked in the drugstore forever. he saved his money and opened up his own spot. we're always going to support

home grown businesses and he spent generations living in this part of town, focusing on the family, and the vibe is great and people feel at home. it's like a little community gathering spot. >> this is the part of the city with a small town feel. a lot of mom and pop businesses, a lot of family run businesses. there is a conversation on whether starbucks would come in. i think there are some people that would embrace that. i think there are others that would prefer that not to be. i think we moved beyond that conversation. i think where we are now, we really want to enhance and embrace and encourage the businesses and small businesses that we have here. in fact, it's more of a mom and pop style business. i think at the end of the day, what we're really trying to do

is encourage and embrace the diversity and enhance that diversity of businesses we already have. we're the only supervisor in the city that has a permanent district office. a lot of folks use cafes or use offices or different places, but i want out and was able to raise money and open up a spot that we could pay for. i'm very fortunate to have that. >> hi, good to see you. just wanted to say hi, hi to the owner, see how he's doing. everything okay? >> yeah. >> good. >> we spend the entire day in the district so we can talk to constituents and talk to small businesses. we put money in the budget so you guys could be out here. this is like a commercial

corridor, so they focus on cleaning the streets and it made a significant impact as you can see. what an improvement it has made to have you guys out here. >> for sure. >> we have a significantly diverse neighborhood and population. so i think that's the richness of the mission and it always has been. it's what made me fall in love with this neighborhood and why i love it so much. .

>> 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 >> when i open up the paper every day i'm just amazed at how many different environmental

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