, the variance has already been finalized. i didn't see anything that struck me as particularly egregious in this deck, and i would be inclined to uphold the department and uphold the permit pending comments from my fellow commissioners. >> i move a similar opinion. the issue before us is what has been discussed through the materials, which is the legalization of this deck. the one thing we want to make sure that the department has done is that it conforms to the tenents of what the variance has concluded. i am convinced that it does. similarly, i am not prepared to condition it on an illegal wall that is 14 so 15 feet high. other issues. there are a number of various agencies that oversee certain things, and it's up to them to then pursue through their investigative powers, whatever they do. >> it did seem that they wanted to rehear the variance, and that is not before us, so i am inclined to deny the appeal. >> commissioners, i move to uphold the permit and the department. >> any further commissioner comment? should we call

variance decision was granted in error. it does not meet any of the mandatory requirements for granting a variants. they allowed the illegal deck built into the opening space. it is not in harmony with the principle of the code. there is 11 revisions of this project. as of today, they refused to provide us with the final revision of the plan, claiming their copyrighted. the federal copyright code does not preempt this. the building apartment is willing to violate the law and protect his illegal construction by not providing is a copy of the final plans and other public information. they know we also informed them that the plans had in permission including the construction on adjacent properties. both planning and building department know the plan contains inaccurate information. the project has been cancelled permit and an inaccurate plan as of today. what is extraordinary and exceptional about this project is not the property or the project, but how the planning and building department supported this project by violating t

what was allowed was a variance for this. this does not require a variance. this would allow the entire envelops and if you were to change, there's the proposal to have the side property line addition. >> this would allow the property line? >> yes, because that is within the buildable envelope. >> is the drawing that you put up indicating what has been approved? >> this is 2.2. there are a key plans, one that the private sponsors admitted. >> going back to something that you said, you thought there were going to appeal a variants but they did not. >> we had issued the decision letter, that is why we have continued to this item before. i thought those items were calendar for this evening. only before this meeting did realize this was the case. >> this was granted but not to allow the full rearguard edition. circling back to what was said, if this board and the planning decision, they would have to go back for another variance because that was dependent upon the boards of holding? >> yes, this is a request on the letter or they could file for a new variantce. w

i thought it was clear because the variance had not been issued. the stairs have inspired -- gone into the rear yard. this is a very small and project sponsor. i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> i would like to recommend that we move into public comment. if there is anyone here that would like to speak on this item, please move forward. we are back to the rebuttal. >> i would like to address the text where one more time. the planning code allows the extension into the rear yard setback under 3 feet. the condition that they would want us to have would have a stair under 4 feet into the rear yard setback which is allowed. what they are asking for is a 7 ft., seven or 8 feet. this is about a 4 foot difference. this is not a huge but seeing significant for the neighbors. this is a garden wall for them at their expense. there are a number of things that we have agreed to. there are the difference on the deck stairs and this is minimal in terms of the extension into the rear yard set back. >> when you say the neighbors approve of that, are yo

what was allowed was a variance for this. this does not require a variance

what was allowed was a variance for this. this does not require a variance. this would allow the entire envelops and if you were to change, there's the proposal to have the side property line addition. >> this would allow the property line? >> yes, because that is within the buildable envelope. >>

variances. comissioner sugaya: before you get started, i need to ask the commission to recuse. my firm is still under contract on 150 otis. it is a different property, but it is the same client. >> ok. [calling votes] >> commissioner sugaya is recused. the acting zoning administrator will consider the request. >> commissioners, planning department staff, before we get to item 12, there are a few things i would like to give to you. the comments time for this project ended on july 28. -- on july 20. there was a letter of appeal. there appellants -- the appellants have rescinded that appeal, and i have the letter here along with the original appeal letter. the final-declaration was signed on july 22, 2010, and i have copies of fact sheet -- of the sheet, and since the declaration was prepared, the project has changed, and instead of 61 units, it would have 75, and there is a change in three- bedroom units. it is going down to five, and the 1-bedroom units -- eight were analyzed, and 36 were opposed

the also request a variance. >> i am kevin guy, with planning commission staff. the request before you is for development at the northwest corner of franklin street. this would conduct a new three story building measuring approximately 38,600 square feet that include an auditorium, educational facilities, a ground-floor restaurant, and a loading dock. the building would be used by the sf jaguars to host performances, offer education classes, and serve as an administrative center for the organization. conditional use authorization is required for several aspects. it would allow development on and what exceeding 10,000 feet. nonresidential use would exceed 3,000 feet. it would establish and other entertainment use and other large institution use. all of these require authorization within the district. the project's sponsor is also requesting a variance to allow an architectural projection that would extend over the side of from one street. this is intended to emphasize the corner entrance to the lobby, provide identify ability to the project, and reinforce the brut

the neighbors proposal is to allow a two-story of variance proportion in the back. if they would like to apply for such a variance, a third story that is co-complying, meaning they have a rear yard that meets the 25%, this does not meet the cap guidelines. he said that it does -- it did meet the it cap guidelines. this is a 15-degree setback. even with the neighbors proposal, there are pieces of the buildings that do not meet the cap guidelines. it is such a better building. >> thank you. project sponsor. >> albert. i want to say that we are delighted that we are keeping and maintaining the open space and backyard. so often, i hear very insist paving over backyards. what mr. butler was just saying was talking about bringing in and paving over the entire site and moving back. i do not think that is a good solution. there are two existing trees down there. we're talking about being green and having good solutions. building above an existing structure is a much better alternative. in terms of the height, i want to reiterate the top unit. it nestles between these guys b

i am not sure that i would give thanks to the city attorney by commenting on the variance. >> there is an irony working here. the irony is that part of this has to do with maintaining some kind of integrity in terms of design. i think we will burn down the castle to save the moat. is it more important to adhere to the residential design guidelines then to what is more beneficial for the neighbor? i'm not bored but the neighbors. they had the opportunity to give their opinion. these people seem very sincere. it is easy to see that the neighbor has signed off on this. they have not given an actual letter that we can turn over. i think it is more considerate of the neighbor and certainly a better design in terms of what we're hoping to a chief. the best that we can do is to continue this matter and let them explore with various avenues and let them try for late jurisdiction. maybe we can issue a new variants letter. maybe this will extend the jurisdiction or maybe this will say something different and i do not want to give thanks to our city attorney but i hope that day prevail. >> i thin

the zoning administrator of granted a variance. we have proven many of their false statements at the public hearings and the staff was left speechless. in justice still prevailed. you three ladies are lawyers, officers of the court. don't you think that your decisions have been influenced by their plans and decisions? they have violated our constitutional rights by withholding talking -- documents. don't you believe that your decisions are inaccurate and unfair and unjust to the public? you should not support illegal and false statements. thank you. >> is any other public comment under this item? seeing none, we will move to item number two. seeing 9, we move to item number three, the adoption of minutes. before you for discussion and possible adoption are the minutes of july 14th, 2010. commissioners, any comments? >> i move to adopt the minutes of the july 14th, 2010 meeting. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> on that motion, -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> thank you, and the vote is 5- 0. >> please c

we recommend the possibilities of a variance to allow some additional square footage to the building. on that motion? [calling votes] thank you, commissioners. that motion passed unanimously. >> commissioners, you are now on item number 16. >> figuring is still going, so if you could live quietly -- we've quietly, we would appreciate that. -- if you could leave quietly, we would appreciate that. >> it appears to have fallen off. >> i saw something dropped. >> we are at no. 16, and then we will go to the project. >> we are on 16? we are on 16. >> that is fine with me. >> i guess we are ready to begin item number 16. we are ready. >> good evening. this is a request for a mandatory discretion are reviewed to develop medical can of those facilities between first and second streets. they will not allow smoking on site, and they will not alter the exterior of the building. it is not within 1,000 feet of any school. a concern did arise that a youth leadership center is near, but the zoning determine that is not the case. it is located in one of the few areas where they can meet the requireme

this strategy presents a variance request in the planning code, which do not anticipate bob demands of the site. -- anticipate the demands of the site. the articulation of the building in several spaces does not literally follow it as written in the code. the view looking up broadway. then it turns the corner. it steps of the slope and then becomes the vertically- proportion peace related to these wonderful little buildings. at the low end of the side, there is a retailer commercial piece at the corner. the rest of that level is mostly below. the next level oup also has a commercial level. around the corner is the lobby entrance, which leads into a courtyard. a portion is then scooped away to provide light and air in the adjacent building. the next level is the typical residential level, and it shows the location of a number of things we are asking for. section 140 stipulates -- may i continue? section 140 gives the width and length of required light and air. this exceeds the langs by about twice and is probably narrower -- exceeds the length by about twice and is probably narrower. th

i grant the variance subject to the normal conditions. thank you. >> commissioners, that will put us on items 9- put us on items 9-a and d, case numbers 2004.0964-k and c, for 1717 17th street. request for adoption of findings, pursuant to section 295 of the planning code, regarding a shadow study, and a request for conditional use for planned unit development with an exception to the rear yard, pursuant to planning code sections 134, 215, 304 and 175 .6. >> good afternoon, president miguel and commissioners. the proposal before you is at 1717 17th street -- that's a p& the previous lot with the new lot in the zoning district's table. however, the official rezoning legislation did not replace the previous lot with the new lot in the height districts table. the result of not updating is that the southwest portion of the project site is technically zoned for a height of 45 feet at this time and not 48 feet. therefore, any approval for this 48-foot-high project cannot be effective until the height table is amended to reflect the new lot, whi

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or is that so much about me or something i mean do you see these people my people at variance with you know a good part of the world is experiencing a prickly heat is this a trend or simply freaky weather one. every month we give you the future we'll do you understand how we'll get there and two more. best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to new york city and speak with michael kramer fund manager and financial writer michael welcome back to the kaiser report it's great to be back max and stacy thank you for having me all right michael the most important question and one that's on everyone's lips news that goldman sachs is going to make a movie about itself who do you think should play lloyd blankfein and goldman the movie. that's interesting i wonder if i don't think they've been making any more lord of the rings lately so we should we should try to see if gollum is available for that part because i couldn't think of a better character to play lloyd blankfein it's

it's shaded and the inverter is also getting some smart technology in them to be able to handle variances in the mod use due to shading. >> so it sounds like we need to take a look at this inverter, is that possible? >> sure, it's on the other side of the building on the roof. let's take a walk over there. >> let's do it. >> after you. >> so this is it. this is where the magic happens? >> yep, this is the inverter here for the british motors installation. a residential inverter might weigh 50 pounds and be about 12 inches by 20 inches. they'll usually hang on your wall. they can be outside your house. they are weather tight. they can be inside your house in the garage or someplace else that's accessible. >> what would the next step in the process be if i were interested in solar panels? >> well, i think a great first step would be to find a reputable solar consultant, a solar installation company and talk to them about your needs and your desires. they should be able to look at your historical energy usage over time. they'll look at your past electricity bills. they'll come out and look a

stalinism is the most stalinism is the most centralist politically and economically of all the variance of communism. >> what is leninism? >> leninism is the idea that if you want a revolution, you have to use violence. there has to be an insurrection. you have to have a dictatorship. you absolutely have to have state terror to initiate the movement towards something gentler you know in the future. now the difference between the two men was that stalin didn't really see that terror would ever cease to be necessary. in a sense he was right. because men and women will always grow up with inconvenient ideas, inconvenient ambitions. so what do you do about them? so what do you do about them? you maintain the dictatorship. >> what is a trotskyist? >> a trotskyist is someone who shares most of the ideas of lenin, but gives priority to the spreading of the revolution around the globe as a means of ameliorating the conditions in the original country of the revolution, russia. so trotsky thought that the well indeed problems in lenin's russia, in trotsky's russia fundamental problems to do with

you talked about variances. look at san jose. typically 85. today 77. what i want to show you is this graphic here. you talk about the heat in the east coast. also across the central half of the united states.hi we've got a lot of hot air right over the central part of the united states. this is actually an el nino year and the jet stream has moved up to the north. when that happens, imagine all that heat. you've got heat and heat rises. so when heat rises there's an empty space down below. some air needs to fill that. and we've got all the fog off the coast. that rushes in from the coast. of course, it's blocked by the sierra range. so it doesn't make it to the central part of the country. but for us, since that cooler sair being pulled right in, we continue to get cooler temperatures. this is going to be the chain right -- the -- as we go through the weekend, we'll continue to see more of those cooler conditions. back to you. >> thank you for the update. >>> this morning, the agriculture official who was fired after her racial comments were taken out

since there are wide variances in terms of percentages and prevalence of contractors in various parts of the community. in the case of services with the exception of, perhaps, the army which is understandable, in the case of the agencies, the percentage is higher. one agency in particular, they are traditionally heavily reliant on contractors for operations. we would want to come up with some organizing principles, some standards and formulas that would determine where contractors are appropriate and where they are not. rather than just keying on a fixed percentage. it could, in some cases, the damaging or not. i certainly agree with -- and again, it is time for the pendulum to swing back as it has historically. i would want to see what the impact was on individual cases. >> we will ask you for that assessment as soon as you are confirmed. mr. vice chairman? >> general, let me pose a hypothetical that has some basis in reality. let's say that you have worked for years on the oversight committees to produce a test. he administration's director rights to the committee saying that -- let

we received wide variances from the goldman numbers. their numbers were always lower than the others. >> i should remarked that they are lower all the way through. >> yes, sir. by instruct my team to assert, basically, the contractual rights to review the marks and the calls that they are making along with others. as you pointed out, chairman, the call rapidly declined. it went from $1.8 billion at the end of july, $1.6 billion, it became very rapidly. it moved to $1.2 billion, and within another 10 days -- if my days are right, the very early part of august, the number was down to $600 million. this time in the market, not a lot is going on. the market is beginning to seize up. my team was at a consistent and regular dialogue with the folks at goldman. as we went through this process, we did settle at $450 million mark. i called my department and i said, and understand what happened or here or you come in at 1.8 million -- at 1.8 and end at 450. source clear views of pricing. in a market of transactions that don't trade actively, even

we reach behind did it they did not always follow it and in some cases there is some significant varianceso the objective data indicated vs. what the actual decision making process. so during phase number one, that a certain criteria if it was below 70 would be terminated but 40% of the dealerships below that number were retained. that suggest it was done on a more case by case basis so we asked gm for an explanation and we got was general and vague knowledge that it was the objective criteria was more of a guideline and there was a case by case looking at it and when we looked at the never read decided to keep the numbers in their rural networks because that is where some of the dissenting experts pointed the fact fact, that those companies have a competitive vantage soagain they told us that but if reluctant the old members of the determination, almost half are in rural aas which was in contrast to their original pitch. and asked for just see the back up. basically the explanations we received were after the fact and reconstructed and it took took them weeks to get back to us why this th

so it would be a variance. >> so to lift the moratorium with respect to some of those would still run the risk of some kind of problem wit moratorium was designed to correct or at least the moratorium we take it was designed to allow for a change in policies, reainsurance about both the regulations that would be administered by the interior department, the best practices that would be respected by the industry and also the response plans that the industry would develop which we've seen are not specifically not particularly realistic. if you will did lift the moratorium, it sounds like we have not -- or do you think we have had reinsurances in any of those three areas sufficient to permit us to reconsider the moratorium? >> well, i am comfortable speaking for my own company and i believe for the majority of operations that go on out there that those operations are safe and can be safe. of prevention is the primary tool. it clearly, i think we've all seen that the ability to control a spill and to capture oil is not where it should be. ultimately, i'm a little skeptical that once you ge

participants in the market for pricing on the same instruments or similar instruments, and we received wide variances from the goldman numbers. and goldman's numbers were always lower than the others. >> and i should remark in this chronology they are lower all the way through. >> yes, sir. and so my team, i instruct my team to assert basically the contractual rights that we had, which is the review of the marks and the calls that they are making, along with others, and as you point oud, chairman, the call rapidly declined. it went in the, as you pointed out, 1.8 billion, at the end of july 1.6 billion. it became very rapidly. it then moved to 1.2 billion. and within another ten days. but by the time, if my dates are right, the very early part of august, the number was down to 600 million. and this time in the market, not a lot is going on. this is, the market is beginning to seize up at this point in time. so not a lot of changes. and my team was in a regular dialogue with the folks at goldman. >> go ahead. >> as we went through this process, we did settle at the 450 million mark. i called my counte

since there are wide variances in terms of percentage and prevalence of contractors in various parts of the community. in the case of the services, except for perhaps the army which is understandable, it's a low percentage of contractors working in intelligence. in the case of the agencies, the percentage is higher. one agency in particular is a classically, traditionally relied on contractors not a lead for acquisitions but operations. if you want to come up with some organizing principles and standards and formulas that would determine where contractors are appropriate and where they're not, rather than keying on a fixed percentage which could in some cases be damaging or not, i certainly agree that it is time for the pendulum to swing back as it has historically. i'm reluctant to switch to a fixed percentage because i would want to see what the impact was in individual cases. >> we will ask you for that assessment as soon as you are confirmed. >> let me pose a hypothetical -- let's pretend to dni are the and worked for years with the oversight committee -- work with committees to

so it would be a variance. >> so to lift the moratorium with respect to some of those would still run the risk of some kind of problem wit moratorium was designed to correct or at least the moratorium we take it was designed to allow for a change in policies, reainsurance about bth the regulations that would be administered by the interior department, the best practices that would be respected by the industr and also the response plans that the industry would develop which we've seen are not specifically not particularly realistic. if you will did lift the moratorium, it sounds like we have not --or do you think we have had reinsurances in any of those three areas sufficient to permit us to reconsider the moratorium? >> well, i am comfortable speaking for my own company and i believe for the majority of operations that go on out there that those operations are safe and can be safe. of prevention is the primary tool. it clearly, i think we've all seen that the ability to control a spill and to capture oil is not where it should be. ultimately, i'm a little skeptical that once you get o