mr. sanchez? >> as you heard, the project's sponsor did have conversations with the department in regards to the bay window. at this time, i do not see how it would be code complaint. perhaps if the board would entertain it, thinking about this, continuing the item, i could confer with staff and see if that is the case, if we made a determination that it was compliant. i am happy to admit i may be wrong but i would like to confer with staff. to see what their reasoning was in terms of compliance with the bay window. i wanted to offer that. >> i would like to clarify something on the asbestos. chapter 34 of the building code addresses asbestos. it is mostly for multi unit building and protecting tenants, which i think has been mentioned before. in this type of building, it would be quality management. on the lead issue, if we are going to continue, i would happy to have someone from the department make the current owner to make sure they are taking the proper measures for a lead abatement. there ar

mr. sanchez? >> just to be brief, most of these issues are building and fire code issues and not planning issues. this is the fifth permit that has been issued on the subject property in the last year. most of those relate to interior work. one was subject to an appeal that was a permit to remove the front stairs. both planning and building have been involved in that and have worked to ensure with the property owner that the stairs were provided in the rear to provide access to the voting. there is also work on the garage level. in terms of the timing, i do not know what prompted this permit. as stated by the permit holder, the civil suit was filed on february 2 and this permit was filed on february 3 and about a week or two after that, the variance application was filed. the variants is still pending. i do not believe it has been scheduled. the earliest it could be heard is in april. that variants is to -- they wanted to remove the fire escape in front of the building, which would be an improveme

mr. sanchez, how are you doing today? >>> we were at the penitentiary of new mexico with inmate joe sanchez in the weeks just prior to his release date. he had already been informed it would be delayed by 15 days due to a miscalculation of his earned good time. but the news was about to get much worse. >> mr. sanchez, how are you doing today? got a little bit of a problem. in looking at your file, i have found an error -- i found -- >> you guys find errors. you never find nothing good. you're good at finding errors. just get to the point. >> okay. at this point in time i'm looking at 88 days, not 15. >> 88 days? >> and that's what i wanted to talk to you about, but i think it's more appropriate -- >> you guys are [ bleep ]. i don't know where in the hell you get 88 days or who the [ bleep ] made that up but -- >> that's what we want to talk about, and i think it's more appropriate to talk about that -- >> you guys already did it so what the [ bleep ]. you already did it. you already done it. >> no, i haven't done it. >> i

mr. sanchez.ressing his concern that he didn't have a place to parole and he was short. >> short? >> short to the door, meaning his release date was fast approaching. and so i told him that i would get him some applications for places in albuquerque. i brought you some applications like we talked a couple weeks ago in places for preparation for parole back to albuquerque. and your release date is -- >> july 1st. >> july 1st. >> that's all i'm waiting for. >> okay. so no more disciplinary. >> there's something in my heart that's just saying that something -- i'm not going to end up going that day. i don't know why. but i just sense it. i wonder if you can give them a ring on the phone, you know. >> yes, i'll follow up. >> can you push this, you know? let's get this approved so i can have that, all right, sanchez, you're approved. >> well, i can get the wheels rolling to make sure nothing happens that will delay you. >> i know something's going to happen. >> we'll do some follow-up for him to make s

mr. sanchez? >> regarding the nonconforming termination, it has been department practice, they can still go to the planning commission. they did have this question pending before the board of appeals. they didit would have been prevd from going in 2007. they could still go to the planning commission and seek an extension of the nonconforming use. this was done several times for the bar in the same building. first, in 1990. they have extended hours, the operate until 2:00 a.m. they extended again in 2009 and finally removed that determination. that is the thing that has been nonconforming in the building. they could still come in for a conditional use to seek the operation if this board finds they are in nonconforming tourist hotel. on the permit to converge, i do not have any records that the planning department did review that. i do not have any indication or record that the planning department did review and authorize anything related to the permit to convert. i think that is all the wanted to s

mr. sanchez to his program that had accepted him. he was processed in. 7:00 in the evening. at 3:00 a.m. the next morning, joseph sanchez walked away from the program. he was apprehended at a convenience store just down the road from the prison. >> the story was that somehow joe had made his way back to the gas station which was just down the road from the prison and the halfway house was a distance. it was a drive from the prison. so somehow he had gotten back to the area. an off-duty officer had stopped there to get some gas. joe didn't recognize him, but the officer recognized joe, and joe was picked up and taken into custody. to me joe is a cautionary tale about our prison system. a lot of these guys will get out, and if they don't have the skills to stay out successfully, more problems will occur. >> coming up -- >> after the stabbing occurred, my brother-in-law asked, he said do we have an axe? >> a bizarre family murder plot sends a teenager to prison. >> i was in my senior here of high school when i got locked up. >> 26 years later a middle-aged m

mr. sanchez is going to have to deal with that. what is in front of us is the row appeals. i am going to quote from some of the department material, because this is a ceqa issue. "pursuant to an initial study, and evaluates and discloses the effects of the proposed project, does not assess the merits of the project." section c summarizes the location surrounding zoning, and it does not assess the environmental effects of any future rezoning of the neighborhood, nor does it consider the projects code compliant or its assessment of environmental impact. it may be considered when consideration of whether to approve the project. all of the testimony i heard has to do with approval of the proposed project. that is not in front of us. what is in front of us is whether to go along with the emnd, or to require a full environmental report. i have read through the materials. i do not see where this item, a full report, is necessary, and required, or should be done during your -- should be done, and i think the argument should be considered in the zoning and by us if the project ever

mr. sanchez, for taking time to listen to us. i would like to continue in our rebuttal of the requirements. my rebuttal to requirement #5, granting were non is warranted will undermine the general plan and rules and regulations. owners should be able to depend on regular to where they have invested savings and lives. permitting non-conforming variances solely to profit an investor is unacceptable. the proposed development fails to meet the three priorities stated in the plan, claims that one home is silly. this project results in multimillion-dollar speculative homes and does nothing to promote affordable housing and construction two homes out of character with the neighborhood. applicant's request for a variance this and every other test. in particular, we noted that any so-called hardship was specifically created by the owner and investor himself when he purchased a property known full well it did not meet zoning requirements. we strongly oppose any subdivision of the lot and respectfully request the variance be denied. with th

mr. sanchez, i will withdraw that question. >> before you go away, as we stand right now, is it safe to say the only problem we need to deal with going forward would be the bay windows? all asbestos materials have already been removed. >> the day when those are the primary cause of concern for our department. -- the bay windows are the primary cause of concern for our department. it would technically require an neighborhood notification because it does increase the envelope of the building. if they would have replaced it as it was, that would have been exempted from the requirements of section 311. >> thank you. >> had the permit holder done both phases in one, had been submitted drawings and all of that -- i am understanding what you are saying about the bay window on its own. had they been consolidated come up with that have required a neighborhood noticed? >> the second permit itself has the issues. >> planning reviewed it. they did not require the notice in error? >> that is correct. it appears that we approved it in error with regards to the neighborhood notification. the bigger concer

mr. sanchez. >> planning department, i will be brief to confirm the property is located within and rto. -- an rto. this changed as part of the market plan. now it removed the limitation. three units would have been permitted under the previous zoning and under the current zoning as well. there is no parking requirement, parking minimum or maximum requirement. it would not be in violation of the parking requirement. they could remove the existing on street parking space. it would require other variances for rear yard, intensifying the noncompliant building. exposure and open space. it is something they could be sued but there would be variances -- persue but there would be variances. we do not have any -- there is no formal determination about the permitted number of units. we looked at the permit history and noticed there was a mix of one and two units. based upon our records, one of our records shows that the authorized uses of one-family dwelling. there may be some lack of clarity if it is a one or two unit building. i wanted to raise those facts for the board to consider. commissioner

mr. sanchez, and i thank supervisor wiener and his staff for the work they have put into this, as well.w --supervisor wiener: thank you. if there are no more, we have speaker's cards. tom, laron silverstein, saith bowden, paul, linda chapman, and horton. supervisor mar: for these items, a maximum of three minutes, but if people can keep this shorter, we would appreciate it. >> i am a director with movable city. i had a hand in making this legislation. i was as a small sub service restaurants in the neighborhood, and two planners came up and said, "you have to help us." they sit at the counter all day, and u.s. aid small business owners coming in, often risking their life savings, their families live savings, and they run into this. they felt they were torturing businesses, trying to cram them into one of these little boxes that we created with a restaurant regulations, so i did some more research, which meant to the report. great work, looking at 20 years of zoning. there i learned, as has been discussed, they did a lot of case studies and an analysis. they have grown more a member of o

mr. sanchez? scott sanchez: i do not have much to add. the project is principally permitted and compliant. non-neighborhood notification is required. the appellant property is located to the south. given the location of the south, they would not feature any direct sunlight into that like well. -- light well. the deck is set back from the property line and matches with the light well. when they step back a few feet from the railing, he will not have a direct line into the adjacent property. the appellant has created concerns about privacy, about the potential impact of the grille. i did not even know if there is a requirement to show the gril ol on there. if it were someone to bring a charcoal grill onto the roof, i do not know that would need to be shown on any plan. these are items for the board to consider in your decision making tonight. i am available for any questions. thank you. >> thank you. mr. duffy? >> i do not have much to add either. the real hyper code would be 42 inches high. -- the rail height per code would be 42 inches hi

mr. sanchez has the ability to issue a zoning administrator is determination erie we have a memo discussing having met with the zoning administrator, but he did not issue a determination. there was no appeal will document. we are here because there is no place else for us to be. >> i just wanted one question, and thank you. you kind of continued beyond the question i had asked. there is not a landmark building. this is not a landmark building. this is not a historic district. nothing about it would trigger a hpc review even today. i was there was somebody here from planning, but i think there's no question the planning department are comfortable with the original approval and the renewal permits is what it was. obviously, the hiccup happened, and it was addressed, and we are here today because of that. basically, i did not think there are any more comments today. i would like to make at this stage vote on this. commissioner walker: i would like to know how we go about saying that we do not have jurisdiction. i guess we would just -- because we are not the body to address the building code i

mr. sanchez. >> thank you, good afternoon. i am coming to this with fresh chives. i was not the zoning administrator when the letter of determination was issued but i did review the materials and tried to compile a history of facts. we can go through what may have happened and the background. it appears that the permit in 1957 to build a building that would contain 12 -- 1012 in units. they did convert that to a motel use and as appellant showed, this shows minutes from a planning commission meeting which was in 1957, 1958. as reported, a letter from the property owners that they wanted to convert this to a motel use. the motel use was converted. the records from 1960-61 show this as a motel. there is one dwelling unit associated with it. that to continue for many years. >> was this ever occupied as the residential use? >> no, it does not appear that it would have been occupied as residential. maybe they had received a permit, been granted a permit, and then decided to change their mind. we have a survey that shows this as a motel. how long are they doing this for?

mr. sanchez. i'm michelle, 20 belgrave. i just want to go over a couple of points that the representative made earlier. he talks about a pattern in our neighborhood. he is absolutely correct, there is a pattern, but it was not the one that he suggested about what size. what it is about is green space. he continually talks about what size, but never talks about density. the average density on our street is 0.5 house to lot. both of his projected projects would be 1.0-plus. i am also concerned about every time we have talked with them, the square footage of the homes have changed. there is not one time they have been consistent. so the number we are seeing today is different from what he showed in the first place. my question is, if this variance is approved, what will the actual square footage of the bill out be? we have tried to work with them. we talked. he came back to us and said specifically u that specifically use one single lot, build one single house, and make his money back. the only reason he is seeking this varian

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mr. freddie sanchez, signing autographs for the many fans that get to watch your own christina lorren tohrow out the first pitch. we are having a good time. i will bring you back to the youngsters, we have an anchor man in training. get the camera back over here. who are we sending it back to? me. >> john and marl a. >> i didig the mohawk. >> thank you, you guys, it will be a good time out here. throwing out the first pitch. come out and see the game. always great to keep the dollars local in san jose. enjoy great baseball today. >> good luck out there. >> she is signing as many autographs as the baseball stars. >> we will tell you what is keeping aubry huff off the ball field. >> we will show you the cute little guys expected to make a full recovery. hey guys, breakfast! ♪ [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first on the side. from honey nut cheerios to cinnamon toast crunch to lucky charms, get more who

mr. chairman. >> thank you. ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you both, both gentlemen, for being here once again and for your service to our country. as you know, russia has not been very cooperative in moving the u.n. closer to authorizing some form of action in syria. and i know a lot of us have been disappointed in trying to move something. some members have suggested that we use some sort of pressure on russia to help convince them to be more helpful. for example, we could set cooperative reduction funds. do you think that's a good idea? why or why not? >> you know, at this stage, obviously, the state department is the one that's taking the lead in dealing with russia. so i'm not -- you know, i'm not going to kind of prejudge what state should or should not use as leverage with russia. at this point, i have to say that russia has been cooperative with regards to enacting support for annan effort at cease-fire. they seem to be working with the international community in trying to advance that cease-fire and getting it in place. you

sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. can you outline for us this whole -- the concern of proliferation of wmd out there in the peninsula? can you talk to us about whether our current policies and programs to effectively counter proliferation, in other words, are there other -- how are the countries feeling around north korea feeling about their ability to have nuclear arms and do you think that that -- are they staying close to whole issue of not proliferating or do you think that they're getting a little about it antsy because maybe they see that things are moving along faster than we had hoped? >> representative sanchez, i think you've put your firth ong a very important issue. the whole region is concerned about north korea's missile and nuclear programs. these are disconcerting to everybody because with extended range of missiles, potentially north korea would have the ability to put nuclear warheads on and that affects not only their neighbor, south korea, but it affects other countries in a broader -- the broader a

mr. orange's stories through this unique mobile art. athena sanchez update news."t will do it for arts and entertainment.. back to you guys. next in sports... edwin wise tells us why phys-ed may get phased out of s-j-s-u. and we'll show you how the s-j-s-u baseball team fared this week... but first... as the n-b-a playoffs start this weekend... we ask students who they think is going to win the championship. ">>>being a laker fan obviously it's going to be the lakers and bulls. i have no clue ok excellent. i really don't know. i don't watch basketball. i have no idea. i dont even watch sports ok. i'm gonna have to give it to miami heat and okc oklahoma city all right cool excellent" edwin wis is here with sports. edwin... whats going on this week? coming off a win against rival hawaii, the spartans were feeling pretty good about themselves and were hoping to bring that momentum into tuesday's affair with fresno pacific. however that just wasn't the case. the sunbirds took control of this game early and often. the spartans only threat was a three spot in bottom half

mr. chairman. >> thank you, ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, both gentlemen, for being here once again and for your service to our country. russia has not been very cooperative in moving the un closer to authorizing some form of action in syria. i know a lot of us have been disappointed in one to move something. some members suggest that we use some sort of pressure on russia to help convince them to be more helpful. for example, we could suspend cooperative threat reduction funds. do you believe that is a good idea? why or why not? >> at this stage, obviously the state department is the one that is taking the lead in dealing with russia, so i am not going to prejudge what the state should or should not use with -- as leverage with russia. at this point, i have to say that russia has been cooperative with regard to support the annan effort. the most important leverage for russia is to try to make sure that they understand that, in fact, their interests are served by taking the steps, because once assad goes, the interes

mr. chairman. >> thank you, ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, both gentlemen, for being here once again and for your service to our country. russia has not been very cooperative in moving the un closer to authorizing some form of action in syria. i know a lot of us have been disappointed in one to move something. some members suggest that we use some sort of pressure on russia to help convince them to be more helpful. for example, we could suspend cooperative threat reduction funds. do you believe that is a good idea? why or why not? >> at this stage, obviously the state department is the one that is taking the lead in dealing with russia, so i am not going to prejudge what the state should or should not use with -- as leverage with russia. at this point, i have to said that russia has been cooperative with regards to enacting support theannan effort at cease-fire -- enacting -- with regard to support the annan effort. the most important leverage for russia is to try to make sure that they understand that, in fact, their

scott sanchez is representing the planning department and planning commission. he is the zoning administrator. next to him is mr. duffy of the department of building inspection. we are also joined by john quang, representing the department of public works the belgium of st. use and mapping. -- division of st. use and mapping. >> the board requests that you turn off all phones and pages so you will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. appellants, permit holders, and department representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for a rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments with dennis p -- within this period. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, members of the public who wish to speak on an item are asked, but not required, to submit a speaker card or business card to staff when you go up to the podium. speaker cards and pans are available on the left side of the podium. there are customer satisfaction survey forms on the left side of the podium as well. if you have questions about request

mr. and worker anthony sanchez discuss >> martin luther king is a man of all the people i've met and talked with and spent time with over the years, a man that i am most american individual that i admire most of all. he is my personal hero. why do? because martin luther king put his money where his mouth was. >> gennifer granholm served two terms as governor of michigan. in some three she talked about how her to doubt the declining economy and the shrinking manufacturing base. she spoke in san francisco for a little more than an hour. [applause] >> hello, everyone. [applause] >> i can't institute such a robust crowd. thank you so much for the warm welcome. no, you go. >> we thought what she would do is just have a conversation which is in many ways that the book is, is altered in long conversations about what it happened and where we had then. so a kind of kick things back and forth, saving time at the end to hear your thoughts and questions about the relevance of the governor's story and of where america goes next. so when people hear jennifer's native state, think about michigan -- not na

mrs. smith." no word on a wedding date. >>> now to the talk on the town on "tmz." america voted off jessica sanchez. the judge's favorite, they saved her. harvey joins us live from l.a. so harvey, viewers were stunned when she got voted off or received the lowest number of votes. what are folks talking about there in l.a.? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that a couple hours before the show aired, we posted a story, shawn, after talking with people we know over at idol. they knew about this and the producers scrambled. they were lobbying the judges to use their save card. now they insist today that they never told the judges specifically that it was jessica sanchez. but we knew it. because we posted the story that it was a favorite of the person and we didn't put the name in. but you know, she did not look all that surprised and i'm told that they probably saw our story. but the weird thing is, is that there was some lobbying going on by these producers who wanted her to stay in the show. it sounded like the judges didn't need any lobbying, they wanted to keep her. >> jlo said of course we're going

sanchez, ruby dee, and i am lucy ann hurston. now charles shields recounts the life of author and sadr list kurt vonnegut. mr. shields talks about the time spent as a prisoner of war during world war ii. the book is and so it goes kurt vonnegut a life. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> isms ladies and gentlemen for coming out. let me preface my talk about kurt vonnegut by reading you just the first page of the prologue to come and that will serve as a kind of springboard for what i have to say to you about his life and his work and relationships i have with him, our friendship. this is from the prologue our newsprint and scared to death and it starts like this. kurt vonnegut planned to give a teaching job at the university of iowa, his best shot as he zoomed across the midwest in early september, 1965 and his sons and volkswagen beetle his six-foot frame pressing against his head against of the roofline are it was as if failure were clattering behind him like a tin can tied to the bumper. the ashtray was stuffed with crushed pall mall cigarettes and the windshield with nicotine from the chain-smoking. he now