and dinner. [■ >> good morning. today is wednesday july 17, 2024. this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. i would like to remind everyone to please mute yourself if you are not speaking, and the first item on the agenda is roll call. president alexander-tut, here. vice president shaddix, here. commissioner chavez, here.

commissioner meng, here. commissioner neumann, here. commissioner sommer, here. commissioner williams, here. we have a quorum. next we have land acknowledgment. >> the building inspection commission, we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of ush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> thank you. any members of the public

listening in public comment number is 415-655-0001. the acsess code is 26640864442. also enter the cofor the webex >> i'll make opening remarks. >> next we haveitem 2, president's opening remarks. >> happy summer everybody. new fiscal year. i will keep my nts short and sweet. first of all, i want to congratulation joe duffy on retirement, we look forward celebrating you next month in august. sending good regards now. and, i am very excited that the wel done to the department. the fee legislation that we

work so hard on has been passed and signed by the mayor and goes into ■ effec earlier then expected later this month. very exciting. on a point of personal privilege, i have a disabled child i have ta because his accommodations are still in the works so thank you for ■allowin me to bow out and vice president shaddix will run the meeting as vice president at that time so thanyou for understanding. >> thank you. is there any public comment on president's opening remarks? next we have item 3, general public comment. the bic will take public comment on matters within the commission jurisdiction. not part of this agenda. ■5

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>> santos jobs and also crown terrace and 3418 26th street. that was a 5 story 11 unit building that o'riordan accepted a letter from santos in lu of building inspections. with crown terrace, that was unlawful as you can see here, the names in red are the people that have lly charged and you'll see o'riordan's name in the middle. hewathe old day, you know? it isn't a new day. and then director matt

green went out multiple times for former bic president for the rebar inspections and missed the shoring that was required. as well as santos. i would have issued a stop work notice and notice of violation the insufficient shoring. the building went down the hill and then after that i was called into the office and o'riordan was there and dan larry and they asked me to lie and say that-they tried to call me multiple times and why they sent matt green out there. not true. the notice of violation when i was district inspector e notice of

violation. and here is a notice xñof violation. the building was completely demolished and i told o'riordan many times that the building completely demolished. he said don't wo it, it will b and [indiscernible] and rod rego santos and we know what happened to them. preserve all elements of the structure. and you can see here bernie curan s creative writing and says the building aspects of the structure. they were a couple boards nailed on all the new framing. and i think i am running out of time here.

there another-[indiscernible] required springlers. that was signed off by matt green. without springlers and [indiscernible] 3030 california was >> you have to wrap up your comment. >> requires a nov. both these. thank you. >> next we have item 4, discussion and possible action regarding board of supervisors ordinance. file 240499. amending the building code to exempt storefront vacant due to public infrastructure construction from vacant storefront registraonother requ

>> president alexander-tut and commissioners. affairs manager diussi240499. vacant storefront. next slide, please. áx[

there we go. good to go thank you. refresher on existing law, dbi enfoes the vacant storefront ordinance vacant days to register annual f vacant commercial storefront chb exempt under two circumstances. whether a valid building permit is issued within the last airs rehab or construction of the

storefront or an application is filed for change of occupancy or use of the storront. this ordinance file 240499, would add additional third exempttion. if owner or lease holder determines the vacancy is due to publicate infrastructure construction or vacancy [indiscernible] last 180 days and extended by the department. the department is noted few potential iss with the current language. the language currently tal about department verifying a storefront is vacant due to ongoing construction. the department is not in a to [indiscernible] timefrime for construction to empacted by construction. so, this could potentially apply to shorter rm p the department recommended a

few suggested amendments. we remove the determination causality for the department and have ■ submittal of evidence justification. maintenance ommend specifying ongoing for longer then 30 days to qualify evidence to be submitted if an applicant requesting extension beyond 180 days. next slide, please. the cac met july 10 and reviewed this ordinance. the cac recommended disapproval on the grous of the program should not in their opinion be the department's responsibility. with me today is [indiscernible] from the supervisor office and happy to answer any questions as well. thanu. >> thank you. good morning commissioners. behalf of supervisor chan, apologies the supervisor is in budget

community. thank you for the consideration of this item. this was inspired out of ■8■ conversations with the community at large over unfortunate impacts we have seen for public infrastructure projects or construction projects beyond the scope of many property owners. as we have seen on van ness, taraval and throughout the city. what supervisor chan's ordinance does, today is that it amends the existing building code to provide one extra exemption for vacant storefronts vacant simply because of public infrastructure and construction that is blocking the right of way and access to the storefront make difficult for it to be and activated. currently there are two exemptions.■r there is a building permit for repairs and if they are growing through a change of occupancy or change of use. what we are looking to do is

add a third exemption to make it simpler so public infrastructure project submits evidence to the department to say it is due to something beyond the control of the owner, they would have an exemption and the project has to be 30 days to truly demonstrate hardship and so we recognize the role and responsibility the department ng maintenance and structural safety issues, including the current administration of the vacant storefront ordinance serving as eyes and ears for vacant storefronts so what we are doing today is making so we are balancing both what and outside and so, the amendment berewe recognize i think the conversation that happened out of the cac and i think we share the commitment to the cac in that we want to prevent

storefronts being vacant but given (0nt storefronts given impact of covid-19 and folks making rebound on commercial corridors throughout the city, but givlen given there are essential construction projects the cityis same time, this third exemption providea delicate balance so we have a vacant storefront ordinain being reasonable and as building owners come tous with multi-month, multi-year projects they are iding exempson from the ordinance. i like to thank dbi staff working oen the proposed amendments and we are incorporating those to make it simple to administer. also, appreciate all the feedback we got frame the cac and certainly happy to connect further on other ways to support small business jz buildings so

theydon't come before you as a vacant storefront. thank you so much and available for any questions. >> thank you. is there any public comment on item 4? no. okay. commissioner comments? >> first of all, welcome tate. nice to meet you.■v commissioner shaddix. >> to clarify , is not vacancy tax, this is vacant storefront registration, so there are two th this wouldn't effect the vacancy tax i read through this and i worked on the vacancy program for quite a many years and it makes perfect sense, even on third street we are about to deal with the t-train taken offline for

years so that will impact vacancies as to whether they lease these properties, so it makes sense and i just wanted ;to--i'm signaling in favor of this, but i want to call out to the code advisory commission, i have high respect for their opinion and i would like to perhaps attend the next code advisory commission to leem know how i feel about how impactful the vacancy ordinance is and i somewhat respectfully disagree it should go toplooning. planning. i think itstay with dbi. i signal this a good amendment and i'll stop there. thank you. >> deputy city attorney, i want to clarify, i believe the version you have in your packet includes suggested changes to comply with what the cac asked for, but i cnt know if this was presented to the cac ch as they approve to the changing.

everything color coded are proposed amendments as committee. >> thank you. any other commissioner comments? >> i do, i is a couple questions for the supervisor's office. can you tell me the definition of right of way we are usg? >> anything thatlook at sidewalk access and to and from the entry way and sidewalks leading up to the block where the storefront is located. often mes when we see major transportation or public realm prthere are construction materials, other thgs impeding access, that is the definition, but i think we are happy to clarify if need ed with the city attorney. >> i have a couple. i do think that is impot to

define what is public right of way. i would like dbi to have the clearest direction as possible on this. there is a real difference to me in of if the sidewalk is blocked versus the sidewalk is open, but e street is blocked. i think we want to clarify if the intention is sidewalk. is it just immediately in front block or what is the geographically span of what this ordinance covers? >> i might have to differ to the city attorney on this. i think we have construction projects that for example, are like heavy rail improvements on had west side or across where they are doing work that will be red carpet or t that is strictly roadway, which is also by definition public right of way, but

the construction impacts literally the materials and the detours directing the traffic away commercial corridors or a lot of the other by-products of constructn that may not physically be located immediately in front of 25 feet of brick and mortar storefront but have concrete 23f impacts, so i maybe a question for the city attorney if he would like to chin. >> deputy city attorney rob kapla. the ordinance is spific to the storefronts access to the public right of way, so itmeans you cannot get to the storefronts entry or exit way from the public right of way■p >> okay. that is very limited. it doesn't sound like half of the sidewalk is being used for materials, but you can still enter the front door, that would not qual this feels like it isn't quite--

>> i believe there are certain requirements for ■3what is clearance on the public right of way, so if half the public right of way is with equipment that would be impacted access to the public right of way, but i believe if there were a section of the sidewalk 2 or 3 addresses above the storefront impacted but you can go round and enter the from the other side, that would not impacting access. and the department has to review the information provided. >> we would hear appeals? >> appeals of denials on is wit time an appeal would take, versus paying the registration. i done know if the a lot of contentions that an appeal is unfairly imposed. this is meant to capture

construction that means the nt cannot be accessed. or no access to power or internet for extended period of time. >> got it. as someone who hears appeals +; would appreciate concrete definition as don't have to make those assessments if they come before us. and then, there is no-is this exemption it of this.--let me just say-i my lens is, when this comes before how do we understand it? so, this is

that the vacant fee would not be enacted if there was a previous vacancy and could they then use the construction day window? could you walk me through--i am a have a vacant property under construction and--what happens next? can you walk me through the timeline? >> i can. thank you for the question. so, hypothetically if x?a storefront is--i lease a storefront that was vacant and want to open up a business and there is significant construction or something that impacts something that would fit in this proposed criteria for the third exsemption, the fact it was vacant and was 'kregistered and hadn't been registered and

there is no construction the onus would have en the lease holder or owner to register within 30 days so why we d the recommendation from the commission from the committee to make something impeding your storefront or ability to run a business we allow folks to submit something from the department to say they exempt and that is in place for 180 day. on 181 day, if construction is still occurring in front of the storefront, one would be eligible to submit additional photos or evidence to monstrate it is between 0 and day 1,

construction clears up then this no longer is in effect or this exemption is no longer necessary, butit be necessary, 181 day, this ?callows the impacted lease holders to submit additional evidence so they are not immediately on the hook for registering due to conditionsortheir control. >> if they don't have 181 day then the vacancy fee does apply? >> sibility, yes, and they would be subject to the existing code. v >> i can help clarify further. >> i think that gh any questions from commissioners? so, i feel like this is good idea.

i feel a little hesitant to forward without more clarity o about-without the definition, however, cattorney kapla, can we make recommendations to move with the recommendation to clearly define ic of way and-- city att kapla, you can as long as you discuss the scope of what you like and examples or the scope of what type of access you believe should not count or what type of impact. i think it is clarify the impact commercial storefront access is the area that probably needs more definition. right of way is established in code and everything from sidewalk line street.

>> okay. through to some--it is really complicated in the city. some places the owner owner owns the street and the rest city owns the street but that is complicated from this. it is everything from your property line, your building line you are allowed to builds not in the right of without encroachment so the sidewalk line across the street on your neighbor sidewalk side. >> that is very expansive definition of right of way. i think we are looking at something that is a little closer, is that right from the supervisor's office? or does this legislation cover things happening on the other side of the street? >> [indiscernible] >> that is quhie i think you need clarity on access. >> i see. . i understand.

so, yes-so i ask if other commissioners have thoughts on what the definition of access should be and what should be included and what would be ■ excluded on access? i think for mei would say the definition of access that applies right in front of your commercial resident would apply, but if there are things oing on-if the sidewalk is available, but there is construction happening in the street or down the street, then i would not think it should apply. to hear what other co >> it seems like maybe it needs to be some distance rule, right? i don't know what is appropriate. i don't know what is appropriate and ■ i don't know what is causal. i mean, i can say, maybe it is

something like within one block, right? so, if it is happening on your actual block, yes. iit is a block over, no. i mean-- >> i disagree to certain extent. i think the element of the analis should be the causation, which is to me the spirit of the is to address and have remedy for property owners or lease holders who are unfairly impacted by something beyond the scope of their control, which would be infrastructure construction or something to that effect. an example as to why i would be concerned a proximity limitation would be, there are-there could be businesses rely on commuter consumer customers, so

if there is issue with caltrain or bart that goes down the line and--it sort of the case. really, i think the analysis should be more so, can they demonstrate that the reason their storefront is vacant is because of some infrastructure. if it is too remote, i think they wouldn't be able to demonstrate that is the cause of their business being vacant. to me, if there were ■j■

these terminations d i think we could also, because you can't define everything perfectly and anticipate every single incident that could arise. those are my thoughts on it. >> commissioner sommer. >> is it appropriate to director's opinion? over the overseer of the enforcement potentially of this item. >> yeah. the department has authority over buildings and that is generally thought to be inside the property lines. so, in regard to this legislation, we would potentially have to collaborate with public works maybe or mta in regards to timelines and impacts, so i think we would expand beyond

what welly do to facilitate making decions on this. >> it feels like a heavy burden to ha■ve to make determinations of this case, and cases such as this. >> i think in the spirit of the legislation, we would obviously knowif there is construction going on and like on taraval or any we would be inclined to- >> talk into the mic director. >> we would be inclined to accept requesknew there was infrastructure going on on specifically on the block, let's say, impactful to the business. there is a little bit of a-there would be a little of discretion that needs to be applied, and like i say, we would be collaborating with other departments to just find out what the nuances

of the project might be. >> i think the discussion is the item under your are getting at commissioner alexander-tut, in which case-there are too many not justified and is it too stringent and people can't get exemption when they really should or whatever. in my opinion, i don't know if that is important in this particular case. it like fairness. you want to be evaluated in siilar condition similarly so providing guidance the department has the tools to do that and thats-in my opinion, if you read this or if the department reads thisand says, i think we can do that from this text, then to me that is acceptable and i think you are probably not goto know until you try it. that is how you figure it out. think the department operates on a objective basis and this is

more subjective in some ways. >> right. i like the revisions that take some burden off the department and say the evidence needs to be cj and i suppose-the very least you could do is say evidence was submitted, okay. but obviously i think the intent is some looking at it and says yes, that inhibits access and exempt. i'm open to the group's opinion how to proceed. i supporting this as itif other people agree. >> so, i'm verycomfortable if there was infrastructure projects happening on the block in front of the storefront. that seems clear cut and know exactly what that means. some of the other--i

the idea of-the access or the causality, i don't think it is dbi-i don't think we want to get into having an inspector or someone reviewing paperwork make the determat perhaps some evidence they attempted to rent might make sense as evidencewant the department

to stay away from causality because we don't have the expertise and not economist and don't have expertise to know if there is nexus between the vacancy and the maintenance or construction. i think we want to be able to lookanthe facts are you tried t rent, 0n this is happening, yes or no questions that they could provide evidence to and that we can-our department can clearly y to confer with any other departmenor asking for

their permits or any of their opinions, because i don't think we have the capacity for that, and we certainly would-[iisfdce a department. we are tight, increasing significantly the staffing time that goes into this, i wouldn't want to increase staffing time and decreasing the fee. >> if i may chime in and thank you commissioners for the and i think commissioner sommer's point, right now there mechanism or no avenue. there is only exemption 1 and 2, what we are doing is creating a option for exemption 3, ■8so folks can hav the opportunity at least to share the facts paand i think-thank you director o'riordan. i think the facts that were incorporated into the recommended

amendments to make it so that the responsibilities on the lease holder or individual submitting making the requested exemption to submit the evidence. i think we are trying not to add any extra responsibility on the department. i hope that amendment regarding the submission of evidence will be helpful and help to elay questions aroundwhat the mechanism or what the review process would look like, and i are totally open to discussing other ways figuring out what the administration looks like and i think look the department and their expertise for now it is form, how we can simplify that process so it is both has a clean the person requesti exemption and stafadng it so it isc. >> just going to make an opinion or

make a note. i know your thought it needs to be more specific president alexander-tut. i see the value in that. i also see value and i deal with building codes all the time, value in some vagueness because especially in san francisco there is all these weird conditions and the more you box the more exceptions you will have. the right balance in my opinion and let people who are educated about the particulars of a situation make a call that makes sense, then--i know there could be challenges with that, but if it occurs in an ideal way, i think that is the appropriate-that could be good also. >> i tend toagree with you and these fees are huge annual fees. i'm not saying they don't matter, but

they are nominal compared to someone's time if you are running multiple commercial spaces. >>or registration? >> the registration fee, waiving it. >> registering the property in the first place, not talking about the fee now are we? they are linked. >> it is waiving the fee to register. attorney rob kapla. the storefront registration requires self--reporting if you are vacen more then 30 days you are supposed to say i'm vacant and don't have a building permit in process, i don't plan on getting a lease-holder in here so i will keep it vacant and you pay a annual fee so it department knows where the property is and make sure doesn't fall into blight. the goal this ordinance is in some ways t says you have 6 months to register and if you are still impacted by public infrastructure issues, you can

ask for another extension, but i think the misgranted first extension is negated by the fact they are back 6 months later so doesn't excuse the entire year. they are still on the radar an come in 6 months. >> i also think it encourages t think there is some comfort there. i ink it keeps people from i'm just not going to do it, because i n i have this problem and it is not get leased. not stating that in the clear factions but i think it incent vises folks who may have been reluctant to register because they are having the issue to move forward with registering because they know have a exsemption during this period. ■

>> so-go ahead. if it t a quick question. impacts basically physical access the storefront, but if for example, there is no impact is a visual barrie? because i feel like imagine that might be more frequent then the actual sidewalk being blocked. it is more the perception of lack of access. >> correct, i believe-i differ to our deputy city attorney but this is look ing at actual or so much visual, but-- >> deputy city attorney rob kapla. i think the example that comes to my mind is union square when hther was a lot of construction on some of the feeder streets towards the ar the retail buildings had

sidewalk access, but the street was ripped up and there was plywood boards. i think if you have that ongoing, or you know it will start within 30 days, i think that is where the spirit of the discretion and dbi would be, you do not need to register for a quhole year. we will check back in when the construction is scheduled to or has completed and if you are not actively trying to get tenants at that point or doing your own repair rk need to register, because you are now a planned vacancy at that point. i should say, the original ordinance was set up because there were a lot of essentially planned vacancy units around the city not being rented. when commercial consideration were much favorable to rent them. people were choosing to keep things off the market and thisre to accommodate something that is outside the property holder's control. again, we put them oen the

rar and to get to the issues of t. is unl appeal resolves withinthe 6 months. if you ask for 6 month appeal on your denial, you probably spends more to get through the appeal process to get back the annual fee. i would caution, i don'ts think there is much potential forabuse of appeals or abuse of denials or acceptances, it is really that months this is buying the property owner and if we don't el there is sufficient evidence at the second extension, then certainly that is enough for the department to make a clear denial and requirement that the property be registered or allow extension. department there is discretion and i'm trying reve thidea of discretion, and so i would like to

see-ogphical boundary defined. i'm neutral about what it is. one to two cçblocks is defined geography. and ■l■rthen, remove the--any-i think it is okay to say intention of this is to ■a causality of construction, but remove anything that says that is dbi role and to consider in place of 9;+any causality to consider requiring demonstration there is attempt to rent. >> well, hearing some proof of attempt also wouldn't be dbi role to determine if there is a £ >> not good faith, just did it happen. >> any attempt? >> was it posted? i think we are low level here, but no evaluation of the quality of the attempt to rent and that is why

put as a consideration, not--sometimes we do amendments as like it must include this, and i don't have language clear enough in my head or concept to require that. i agree with should not determine if they made good faith effort. it is no they didn't if that was included. >> i think that might be covered by submit evidence the vacancy--if a property owner says there is construction on third street, i been able to rent, i guess the question for the commission is, or do yo to provide other things saying how they have been t[unsuccessful or the statement of the property owner they tried and can't because of "jconstruction be sufficient? >> i'm fine saying there is construction and we wave it. i'm at a lower level for like

this is happening and we were not able i don't think that having somebody come up with a excuse whether or not and- >> i don't think there is value in justification that we are not verifying is >> commissioner sommer. >> just going to say, it seems like there will be some sort of form created e it seems like a lot of these things are nuances of what dis on that form, opposed putting it in the legislation in my opinion. >> correct. my understanding-i'll duffer to my understanding is there a form folks would have to fill out for the queue exemption to the vacant storefront ordinance so i anticipate might be addendum but differ to the department how that potentially could be implemented. ■

>> i think we are not quite there yet, but i agree with you, it be an existing form where the exception for impact use of construction or infrastructure projects. >> i agree with u. i think it should be handled not through the legislation but the way the form is structured. i also reiterating, commissioner shaddix said, is is not the vacancy tax, this is just the fee for registering. this is a nominal fee when we are talking about the lease of a commercial space in san francisco in most a place there is going to be a lot of abuse. i think it takes more effort probably to get

the exemption then it does to just sign up and pay the fee. >> okay. interest of moving--anyone else? interest of moving this forward-go ahead. >> i agree with commissioner neumann at this is a very limited thing and we kind of all know ere the major construction projects are and it might be easily understood when we get the requests. if it on taraval, there is a major construction or infrastructure project going ■bon on taraval, then tha would be likely a for an exemption. >> i just dont want us dealing with questions of causality. if there is construction in front of your buding you get the

exemption. that is where i'm at. ve in asking people to justify things we are not asking for evidence for, so i don't want a implication we that language still isn't here. i guess i ula motion that we recommend the legislation with an to-or with recommendation the supervisor adopt a clearly defined. >> thank you for that feedback and happy to take back supervisor and will discuss it further as it goes through committee process, but i think to speak to that, the one amendment proposed amendment around striking the piece where it requires the department verification, i nd we

are not expecting staff to be the subject matter experts around causality, so hence the striking that piece and allowing for submittal of evidence, but i do this comes down to i think the forms and how it is communicated to the public or applicant they seek to utilize this amendment, similar how one might look at whether the current exemption number 1 or 2 apply to them, i imagine we would figure out a way or happy to work with the department to figure a way to communicate this clearly. >> there is a motion that the amendment commissioner-president alexander-tut stated. it there a second? there a motion by president alexander-tut and secd by commissioner shaddix. is there anpublic

the motion? any remotely? i'll do roll call vote.esident . vice president shaddix, yes. commissioner chavez, yes. commissionemeng, yes. commissioner neumann, yes. commissionesommeryes.■@ commissioner williams, yes. the carries unanimously. next we have item 5, director's 5a, >> good afternoon president alexander-tut and members of the building inspection commission. i'm patrick o'riordan, director of the department of building inspection. i want to follow-up on a item you heard last week about extending the existing awning amnesty program. we crunched numbers showing this program has been extremely successful. between last september and the mi june, 106 permits have been

completed and another 130 issued and just need inspections to be completed. in other words, 236 permits have been issued are completed through the program in the past 10 months. that is just tremendous. this includes 60 of th original 187 complaints we received between november 2022 and april 2023. so, 32 percent of people who were original targeted and have taken advantage of the program to legalize their awnings. that also means that as we hope, 151 awning permits issued or completed through the proam were for properties that were not prior to these original complaints. that is a successful program. one where we created incentives that do not only help property owners

resolve complaints, but one where they proactively address non complying conditions that lingerefor years. i want to again thank you for suppti the extension of the program and i also want to thank over the permit services manager, jimmy chung, our data analyst, megan-and communication director patrick hanen, along with the office of small business director, katy ng staff for their smart and effective collaboration to make this program next, dbi will host our next ■# public advisory forum from 3:30 to on july 24. we love■ to see you in attendance if that is possible. after the meeting, we'll give updates on permit processing improvements, a new sfpuc station review

statioand other items. i should have said at the meeting, not after the meeting. the meeting ■p want to invite you commissioners and all members to attend d. we sent an invitation out last ■m the agenda is posted on our website. again, we hope you can join us. that concludes my ■director's report. >> thank you. next we 5b, unidate on major projects. okay. thank you. vice present shaddix will be sharing -chairing the meeting now. ask it possible to share the screen? i think they said they don't

there it is. okay. you can go ahead. >>■ good afternoon commissions. the following slides are intended to highlight the volume, valuation of projects costing $5 million or more filed issued or completed in the last month. we'll profile a few projects that bring especiallyly high value in terms of housing and community assets. in june 2024, three permit applications with estimated valuation of $5 million or more were filed with dbi. one application for office tenant improvement at 101 california street. that was valued at $8.8 million. another for office tenant improvement at 50 california street valued at next slide, please.

last month we issued four rmits. one for a new [l1 unit affordable housing building at 1515 south van ness which was valued at $60.7 million. another for 89 unit affordable apartment building inthe hope sf sunnydale development. that is valued at $45 million. lastly, dbi finaled four high value permits. one w 138 room affordable apartm78 johnson street easure island va $60 million. another is 131 unit affordable housing building at 2340 san jose avue at $55 million. i'm available for any questions you thank you.

>> thank you. next we have item 5c, update on proposed or recently enacted state or local legislation. >> vice president shaddix, commissioners. legislative affairs manager. next slide, please. moving through the local legislative process. ordinance amend thg building code to exempt storefront vacan public infrastructure construction from registration requirements. this is introduced may 14, 2024 and you all heard that today. next is [indiscernible] amending the building code to adjust fees charged by department of building inspection. this was signed by the mayor june 18 and take effect next up is 2474, ordinance

amended the building planning code to ■s make [indiscernible] extend the fees for one fiscal year until july 1, 2025. you all heard this on june 13. [indiscernible] passed the 9 and awaiting maral next up, ordinance ameng the building code to extend the [speaker aking too fast] or to receive the determination of facilitation technical infeasibility or unreasonable hardship to extend for granting extensions for extend the time the department of building inspection report to the board of supersor regarding disability access improvement program.d5 introduced march 25, [indiscernible] heard in land use monday. moving to state legislation,

ab2433. this requires local agency to complete plan check service ilding permit within 30 business days request from applicant or employ 5( professional to perform plan checking service. thisll local government and postponed beyond the was-deadline for the opposite house so the bill is no longer able to move forward. [indiscernible] makes changes to existing law relating to contract by local governments for certain service requiring contracts to include standards and requirement. this passed the [indiscernible]. [indiscernible] this add [indiscernible] this is just the governor yesterday and urgency measure

meaning this takes effect immediately upon signature.wt next ab255, this extend accessory dwelling unit to unpermitted adu before 2020. [indiscernible] provides financial assistance to lower modeprate income households seeking to [indiscernible] this pa floor and senate policy committee and pendg 3h [indiscernible] next ab2427, requires local n9 agencies to under take action regarding the permitting of station and add information to the ev charging guidebook [indiscernible] investment for transportation program at the california energy commission. this passed the floor and again pending a hearing in senate appropriations. next sb1465. this bill allows structure use for human habitation kes changes to

code enfoem passed senate floor [indiscernible] ab2910 by santiago allows large cities to adopt alternative 3building regulations for the conversion of commercial buildsings and structures to the residential uses [indiscernible] january 1, 20 twive, whichever is earlier. this passed assem bhae policy committee and pending se appropriation hearing. moving on to remaining deadlines in the ■ ature. august 5 the legislature reconvened. [indiscernible] report bill of the opposite house. august 31 is the last day to pass bills and september 30 the final day governor to sign or veto those bills. thank you very much and happy to answer questions if there are any. thank you.

>> thank you. next we have 5d, update on dbi finances. >> good afternoon commissioners. --finamathe budget update.alexander-tut mentioned earlier, the registration was signed by the mayor june 18. the fee increase will go into effect july 19. hearings for may and june budget hearing , the board made changes to departments proposed budget. we have three [indiscernible] first $50 thousand for material and professional serviles for the state program were cut. second, request for [difficulty hear ing speaker]

the board added funding back the cbo bram to restore to fiscal year 24 amount. next slide. this is the regular finance update. now, [indiscernible] has elapsed, [indiscernible] are made until mid-august. at this time we project to collect $61 million in revenue that is $2.3 million short of the and project to [indiscernible] $87 less then budget this result in a operating loss of $26 million or $2.7 mi less of the reserve or fund balance will be used to fill the operating short-fall. next. thank you. the slide shows the revenue--i

think revenue budget actuals and projections. we are still in year-end st numbers will still go up or down, but for you we left projections unchanged and will report the final numbers to the commission probably in september. this slide shows actual and projection and same with revenue. we'll report back with final numbers in september. next slide. permit volume and valuation.of is 7 percent higher then last year and the next should read total valuation is 1 percent higher. there is lower there, but it shed should be higher then last year. consistent with the last update. the has caught up to last year's level, but we didn't have

the projected [indiscernible] in fiscal and i am available for >> commissioners. >> next we have 5e, update on inspection services. >> good afternoon.deputy direct inspection service and pleased to provide a update of activities and performance of inspection services divion first slide. in june 2024, the building electrical plumbing division conducted 9572 inspections. 92 percent of those inspections were conducted within two business days of the date requested by the customer exceeding the target of 90

percent. the same month the housing inspection service connected 765 inspections with 70 being routine inspections of the common areas of multifamily housing. the building electrical plumbing division received 320com■1plain and responded to 99 percent within three business days, well exceeding the target of 85 perlt. the code enforcement division sent 47 cases to director hearing. lastly, housing inspection service received 341 non life hazard complaints and responded to 87 percent wiss days. for life hazard and heat complaints, housing received 24 complaints and responded to 83 percent of them within one business day.+q housing inspection services also abated 395 cases with notice of violation and sent 25 cases on to director's hearings. before i conclude my report, i like to acknowledge some college

graduate students interning with the department for the summer.o]■v we have-[calling out names] they are working services and plan review services this summer and we are very pleased to have them with us. thank you and available for any questions. [applause] you like to comment? i won't put them on the spot like that. available for any questions you maank you. >> thank you. that concludes the director's report. 5a-e. any comment on the director's report? seeing none, in person and remotely. next item, 6, commissioner questions and matters. inquiries to staff.

commissions may make inquiries to staff regding various documents policy practice and procedure which are of interest to the commison and 5b, future meetings and agendas. at this time, the commission may discuss and take action to set the date of special meeting and or determine those items placed on the agenda next meeting and future meetings. our next regular meeting is august 21, next month. did commissioners have any inquiries to staff for future ite >> commissioner neumann. >> i just wanted to take moment and welcome commissioner meng to the commission. i don't think we took a moment to recognize this is her first meeting and maybe give-- >> thank you. >> i don't have to request to speak. thank you. nice to be here with everyone today. i am an architect here in the city.

jurisdiction of the arily onhe division of the state architect. previously had done some multifamily housing and commercial ti work before covid, brut but these days gher education project for community colleges in the bay area and ■u live in the [indiscernible] neighborhood. have two kids and a dog. yeah, nice to be here with you all. >> welcome. [applause] >> director. >> on behalf of the department, i would also to welcome commissioner meng to the commission and we are looking forward to working with you. >> thankou >> thanks so much. okay, next 7 which is review and approval of the minutes of the special meeting of june 12,

2024. is there a motion to approve the minutes? >> so moved. >> commissioner chavez and second by vice president shaddix. is there public comment on this item? seeing none, are all commissioners in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? are approved. and then, next we have it 8, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second? >> i'll second. >> all commissioners in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? we are now adjourned. it is 1233 p.m. thank you everyone. [meeting adjourned]

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belong. those other big i think that is the thing to focu should belong here. [music] >> wishing we grow in production. and recording arts and so we have everything from girls night clses for middle and high school girls. we have certification academy program. that would be women and gender [inaudible] adid you tell us. i program where they are working in the studios. they are helping to mentor the2 youth in the youth programs and the job place am component.

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class i was ashamed i n■wd have the answer being a feminist. why have i never thought of this i have been in the industry for decades and why have i accept today of all people. unraffling it. actually started the infernship last fall and just fell in love with all the things about women's oshg mission because we d i diverse and so many aspects feel like eyes opened up and i gained a lot of confidence in myself and other fells and queer people in the industry i felt there was more connection and community. ironically my time in the industry is all pretty good. i think what happened is i was raised by a father who is an engineer. i was comfortable being strounlded by men all the time in his lab i was used to technology. when i got in industry my mentors were men and i saw i had a unique importance that got mow in the place i could b and it was the norm for me. what if it was not woman was createed provide it for everybody. have this environment you are surroundedtechnology and people that are going to support you and get you in this industry in a good way. i have been interested in audio i was never trained in music took piano when i was a kid. i never pursued it because not a doing that. and my family is not musically

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it does not happen.easy. telling mow what to do they correct mow in ways that make me feel less i sprjs the opposite and i notice hand's on like you don't know what you are doing rather than asking me. not consistent times it happens females they are like say the same things it is like funny i know that nice men don't experience tht main thing triggers me when i experience different treatment and that happens a lot in the audio world. industry is changing slowly. there is still that issue making the places that are places i don't think so. having a studio where it is not

all run by white men like most studios. the studios are only in the word il run by women. it has been super thered are opportunity for girls and nonbinary pe in school and high schoolers know that this is a field. this is a thing there are many jobs you can■p have in this fie. some producing pod casts to tti up live shows. there are so many things you can >> wee go in and teach the audio sklls andiv i pads and then teach them how to make music and they to come in here and will getting the tools to people who don't have t. that is really important to me. that's why i was like wow. be t fell and queer people who don't have the opportunity and also to be a mentor for them to really

push them to experiment and not going to break it. does not matter if it sounds bad that is the point to try it. i think it is the goal to see confidence what they are doing and passionate and asking for hymn and excite body learning and excited about making music and it changed my life to realize i'm callented in the m being trained to it it is amazing to b be part of that process and --■s■í usherin women to the field. we can entirely transform how -- the technology part of what you hear every day. we can put xhg something in women's points ofie this every time. it affects the store and he messaging.

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>> san francisco is a positive impact on my chinese business. >> i'm■o founder of joe-joe. i'm a based chinese artist. i grew up in the bayview district. i am from china i started at an early age i started at age of 10 my grandfather my biggest inspiration. and i have followed with my traditional art teacher in china:i host educational workshops at the museum and local library.

and i also provide chinese writing in public middle school and that way 8'i ho■ld more peo fall in love with the beautiful. it is a part of our heritage. and so we need to culture alive. hand writing is necessary field that needs to be preserved generation toieneration. this art form is fading away. but since covid i have been verz dedicated to this art and i hop this art form. ere are shopping centers and companies that are interested in chinese cal iing ra motivated to my pas

for chinese calligraphy in today's1e■é wold. so people can always enjoy the beauty of chinese calligraphy, from time to time i choice to traditional chinese calligraphy to make it more interesting. we do calligraphy on paper. i can do calligraphyfe low. >> my inspiration is from nature and provide was popular style of persons time. i will invite to you check out my website or instagram. is some events and updated upcoming events that you

can participate. 7j. >> (music). >> my name■6 i package scott i'm a general manager and vice president of yerba buena ice skating and bowling center. >> we opened in 98, we are celebrating our 25 anniversary. the last ice relation at 48 avenue with the redevelopment agency started to reconstrudct yerba buena the city had

suggested ice skating we have a pod run from the tiny to the we have a whiff adult community of beginners and entering meats and so many people that only to san gpancisc and california for the east coast who grew up circulating a when they finding a pair they fall in love with that. >> my favore ring it is a beautiful skyline and yeah. it is really nicetn (background noise.) our bowling center is perfect for conference party and birthday party or have good time and children's activity and wonderful playground and a great area to relax and enjoy the view

it is 35 part of the city and a lot of great places to go around and have lunc:] skating is fun for the whole family we4z have amazing program a huge adult population sea sorry about that in his skating and is or have a ton of programs it is walkable in their yerba buena community. we have everything you need. if i forgot our socks we have those and we charge a.d. mythics, inc., if you have no skates the traditionally have public skating and open on the weekends and multiple sessions for everyone to ■■:

>> i want to welcome to grand opening of 921 howard street. this beautiful building right up here. this is 18 stories of hundred percent affordable housing. happens to be the tallest affordable housing in san francisco. our tallest building in our portfolio and it is a modern sleek building and really appreciate everyone who was involved in the process and all the people who live here. we will celebrate this accomplishment today, but we can't do this without acknowledging the work and the partners tion from some of our here. this includes curtis from