the gentleman's unit is a dwelling unit as defined in this section as defined a residential unit can be a legal conforming a legal unit or a legal non-conforming unit the law does not permitting provide a third definition the conversion to non-residential unit with non-legal status requires a building permit not a plumbing permit there's nothing that says its illegal and in the paragraph 6 of the regional occupancy two family dwellings there's no pending 90s notices on the non conforming status the september 2013 nova didn't mention it i'm going to be showing you a data sheet hopefully, you'll see that after two recent inspections on june 24th and july 9th any public comment? 2014 the inspections were inclusive as to the existence of a violation of the housing code with respect to the legitimate of the unit. after further use on july 21st entry the housing inspector said it shows an r-3 d 23 facility the legal description further indoctrinates defines two residential units on the ground floor. in fact the housing inspectors findings says the housing unit maybe a legal conforming unit

i'm sorry in the separate units versus the marked unit. the accessories record has an error. the correct count for bedroom count for the each of the exist single units is one bedroom per unit the proposed bedroom is two bedrooms so the project provides more bedrooms in each individual units. based on the staff review it's anothers departments recommendation that the commission take discretionary review and disapprove the property merger. the project will result in a net loss of one dwelling unit from the city's housing stock and replies them with a less affordable house and the r m-1 allows 3 zoning units and the proposed loss of the dwelling unit is contrary to the mayor inclusive including the naturally affordable unify u units and the housing affordability creates a exceptional circumstance such that existing dwelling units should be preserved that concludes my presentation. if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you project sponsor. >> good evening. i'm aaron he miller owner jennifer johnson i have printouts o

unit so if someone removes a illegal third non-conforming unit but the removal of an illegal unit is not conforming to the policy we have applied a hearing a discretionary review authorization florida their removing an illegal unit with the response to the mayor's office distinctive to try to preserve housing weight look at ways to legalize those units but in this case that doesn't trigger. >> can i ask again, if you remove a third an illegal unit where there are 3 legal units or 3 units. >> correct so if the building contains 3 unit then removal of an illegal unit. >> a fourth unit. >> if you want to remove one unit we'll require a mandatory hearing one of the reasons there's a break in the building code requirement if i have 3 or more unit there's a standard for safety requirements so somebody has a two unit building with a third illegal unit it's much anymore difficult to legalize the third or fourth or first for existing that's the break in there so it's a nuance so again, this would otherwise not require a mandatory hearing but given there's a b b n the appellant gets the notice

for them different insurance terms applies to the unit itself so rental in those units is complicated in not enforceable i've called my insurance company telling me me i was trying to do it and they said no way. i was insured with hoa that is a large and reputable they don't have a model they spoke to the national industry and started to discuss it would be a way to consider it. i ask the supervisor to please further provide answers because we don't all of a sudden shift to one insurance company that might take on the burn in this particular setting. the other questioning question i raised it hotel rooms stipulate maximum occupancy the hotel rooms have existing diagrams and hotel rooms post costs per day, etc. if a unit is rented under similar terms as a hotel what particular part of the code could kick in when it comes to live safety and existing requirements and fire insurance, the presence even if carbon monoxide and smoke dethe courses within the room there's a discussion with dbi the fire department, the public health department to give minimal guidance to what's required in addi

china and the united states. building trust is elusive particular if one side doesn't understand what the other side thinks and why it does. that is the value of this book. and i can think of no better person to explain the iranian viewpoint to a western audience than seyed hossein mousavian who was at many events who did his und undergraduate here and has been doing research and teaching at princeton. i can recommend his book and it is for sale at the door. and i should tell you it is proved to be so poplar that we had to send out to the publisher to get more in. and he will linger a bit at the end to sign copies and chat with you. he was here two years ago to discuss his first book and i am delighted to have him back here potentially at this moment for our two countries. welcome and the floor is yours. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, i would like to extend my gratitute to warren and his colleagues at ipi -- gratitude -- for planning this event. i came to the united states in mid-1970s and left the u.s. s

in all of the city sponsored units. those are also in our inclusionary program our affordable housing programs all of our affordable housing cop and certificate holders get the first preference. what we do we give ellis act housing preference holders that come after the cop program or other cites specific preferences that will come after those and before the general population or the san francisco residents. we - the board of supervisors and the christmasing committee that put together the eligibility requirements recognizes that someone who moved into a unit their rents were high enough and probably able to make it in the market but people that have been in the unit for a longer are the ones targeted. so the program is that you have to have been in your unit for 10 years. we will also will allow you to be in the units years if you're disabled or have a doctor illnesses so it's for folks that a significa a significant impediment >> so this year we implemented the program in april of this year and went back to 2012 we we

the united nations and united states and japan and korea, to o.here is potential concern that takes thismehow opportunity to change its policy toward north korea and changes sanction regime, it could work in a different direction with international sanction resumes -- regimes against north korea. there are limits to what north korea can do. i hope that japan can bring the japan.es back to from a humanitarian viewpoint. that is the best scenario. i wish it can happen. then there might be room for further progress. i do see the limits on that front. ,inally finally, japan and korea bilateral summit, there are obstacles what can be done. i mentioned that we agree to disagree but there is not a reason for that alone. since the japanese government has come to the conclusion that error statement is indelible, it remains valued but it's a difficult start. i think prime minister abe should make it clear that if he wants to improve the situation with south korea, he should take the initiative. if japan can send it special envoy to china, why not to korea?

do we have a united opposition? do we have a united war in syria?e fact is that the army in new and the security establishment of syria still are relatively united. compare syria with iraq. a problem today with iraq. the u.s. made the big mistake to dissolve iraqi security system at the beginning. for ten years the u.s. invested billions of dollars some to educate or to train or to organize a new army and security system. and you see that the army is weak today to confront its 1,000, 2,000 insurgents. this is the failure of the u.s. but i think the iranians are wise enough to support assad and his government to prevent the collapse of army and security establishment. no one knows what is going to happen after environmental issues. one, i think on weapons of mass destruction in the middle east, the only realistic major success has been dismantling have cyrian chemical weapons. we don't have anything else. and this is only and only because of trilateral cooperation between tehran washington and moscow. therefore, you can see if there is real cooperati

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decisive in be selecting the next president of the united states. there are republicans in washington who say we ought to settle for fixing ms. health law within the framework of the health law. they are saying that because they have not read this health law. if they had, they would know that it is rotten to the core. [applause] and i urge you to choose the president of the united states who will fully repeal this law. [applause] a president who will reign in the government spending. president who will take duty.sly his or her and defendto uphold the constitution of the united states. law shreds your constitutional rights. it lowers your standard of care. it puts government in charge of your care. and it takes away something as precious as life itself. your liberty. this law requires almost everyone to enroll in a one-size-fits-all government design health plan. when you go to file your taxes, you have to attach proof for the irs that you are enrolled in such a plan. attaching the proof will shield you from an iris penalty. to at will subject you de

strike in the united states. this is like nothing the middle east has seen in your lifetime, is it? >> absolutely. i've never seen any force like this. this is a nightmarish, puritanical islamic force. this is al qaeda on steroids. unfortunately for the last two years we let them fester and grow in syria and we discovered their lethality in june when they took over most of northern iraq, including the second largest iraqi city, mosul. there was a panic in washington when they threatened baghdad, but then again, that sense of urgency dissipated in the last few weeks. the clash between the united states and isis was inevitable. the question today is whether the president of the united states is doing enough. the question is, is it too little too late. at this stage what i see is it is too little. the president doesn't want boots on the ground. i understand that, obviously. but he has to support somebody else's boots on the ground. and the only available boots willing to fight are the kurds and we need to embark on

units. it will include a 3500 square foot daycare center along with open space and the dare care will serve approximately 30 children living in the building as well as local families. the project will serve households up to 50% of median income as published by the mayor's office of community development. this means a family of four could earn up to $48,000 per year and pay 1093 for a two bedroom or 1201 for a three bedroom. consistent with other affordable housing projects certificate of preference will be given. staff anticipates including such a precedence here for this project. the marketing plan requirements will be included in the future gap funding loan and ground lease, both of which will be before you for commission approval. the project will be financed with tax exempt bond financing. the ocii subsidy will be consistent with the dda, which included a $200,000 maximum subsidy unit. and other ocii including developer payments from transbay jobs housing linkage fees. ocii will not be o

know, we aree all imposing sanctions on north --ea, the united states and the united nations, the unitedstates and korea, too. concern a potential that if japan somehow takes this opportunity to change his policy toward north korea and change the sanction regime, it could work in a different direction with the current multinational -- international sanction regime of north korea. fundamentally, i think there are limits to what north korea can do. i hope that japan can bring all the ftps back from a humanitarian viewpoint. i wish it could happen. then there might be some room for further progress of bilateral relationship. i see the limits on the front. koreay, japan and bilateral summit, there are obstacles what can be done. that we agree to disagree but there is not a reason for that alone. since the japanese government thatome to the conclusion error statement is indelible, it remains valued but it's a difficult start. abehink prime minister should make it clear that if he wants to improve the situation with south korea, he should take the initiative. if japan can send it special envoy

should scotland vote for independence from the united kingdom? caller: i do believe after 500 years, it is time to let the scottish people make up their mind and throw off the yoga of england. just decide the rights of the people who have been fighting for independence for half a millennia. is -- the time has come. it will be interesting to see what the scottish people decide for themselves. and i think if they can have a vote and have it done peacefully , it speaks well for both sides of the issue. i will be interested to see what happens. thanks a lot. you are awesome. elizabeth, virginia, democratic caller. i would hope the united states population can take this opportunity for wants to stay out of someone else's business. i think the scottish people have a right to vote for whatever they choose to. host: texas, republican. caller: hello. host: you are on the air. caller: my thought agrees with elizabeth. this is not united states business, it is scotland's business. if they want to become independent, they should do so. if they want to stay a

united states in our interest. al qaeda and the arabian peninsula is one of them and you've seen the united defense on search with our allies and partners take significant important steps to mitigate the threat posed by those that do have designs and capabilities to try to strike the united states in some cases try to strike the homeland. we do remain concerned about the military proficiency that has been demonstrated by isis and that's why you've seen the president take steps including the authorization of military force that would protect american citizens who might be harmed by. >> ultimately it's up to the iraq east to eradicate the isis friend clicks >> alternatively it'alternate le iraqi security people and government to address the security situation in the country. again, we talked about what would be required. there would be american support that is provided but there will not be the troops returning to the combat world. the president is determined that they will not have to be driven back to the conflict

even if the united states had been in, i don't think the united states a look would've voted to sendops anywhere. the league of nations was a playground for england and france. it was not truly a league of nations at all. if you look at mussolini invading ethiopia, he got slapped on hand. does a league of nations do anything when the japanese invaded china and 31 i-37? no. they put out a paper saying this probably should not have happened. i'm not a big fan of the league of nations. you can probably catch that. [laughter] the league of nations without armed forces was not going to make a difference. >> we have a question online. would there have been a hitler had the been no world war i? >> -- had there been no world war i? >> hitler was nothing in germany. again, it was a depression. when the depression hit, hitler took all the arguments against versailles, articles 231 and 232, germany started the war, therefore she must pay. it was economic troubles of the depression that brought him forward. it is a depression era that stalin was able to use to build up the russian army. you woul

uniting the iranian people.i think that's almost certain the short term it would create a rally around the flag effect. the other thing we know about it is they tend to be relatively short-lived and many people understand avesta policy much better than me from a u.s. military strategy and national security strategy point of view that those who know domestic politics very well say the long-term it will create opportunities for operation figures to criticize the government for mismanaging the problem to this point that led to an armed attack on the country that led to iran having its nuclear program destroyed and the other thing i would point out is we can't just look at the cost on one side the cost someone stuck a village or the other. we have to compare them so one of the things said in the book is say what does acquiring nuclear weapons due to domestic politics? it allows them to differ for an attack and make the argument to domestic publics that they steer the ship of state in the international crisis maintai

or less including in-law unit unions a units without at large any units to long term tenants it is contiguous shared says that a unit can be providing for housing for family metabolizes who periodically leaf and rupture as circumstances change over time neighborhoods benefit by long term generation and it supports the long term stability for people to be intact and consistent with the cities general plan element. many of the units should be hosted and accepted for the rental days provided that the units are on the same property or occupied by the extended family or the long term tenant vacated on their own. >> thank you each speaker. >> like to remind the mustaches please silence our devices or turn them off. >> good afternoon and thank you so much for your time it's very important that we get our stories out to you.

united states. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. recognize the gentleman from illinois. >> i will be happy to yield >> thank you. very much, and i'm sorry that my i certainly want to agree -- i certainly want to agree with some of the views of my colleagues. the special intent was to seal up leak's. i would like to call attention to the fact that in july, a few weeks after the plumbers were of dr. the break-in fielding's office was recognized by the president and mr. early 10 -- ehrlichman. there was not any espionage involved at all. the effort to draw in the cia by the fbi were resisted head of the cia and the head of the fbi. matter of later, as a fact, in april, 1973, when henry in charge of criminal investigation for the department of justice, was investigating, the whole subject of watergate and the cover-up, brought to the president's attention this dr. fielding's office break-in, the president in the taped conversation we had here before the committee said to henry, i know all about

and the concentration of units in 91 any particular units the number of units could explode that protective deserves further study and i'll refer it back to our staff for additional work thank you. and good evening. i'm affidavit thomason a long time landlord my mooiveng support home sthair and we support david choosing ordinance take all the tax money and build affordable housing right there. what troubles me is the planning department draft report an home sharing is cuts the heart out of the proposed ordinance while protesting support i'm going about the rentals to 90 days we have a tenant a family that can pay the rent for short-term rentals and 90 days a year is not enough. i suppose i could evict them isle ida make nor money but the city will lose would be more working class family there are many folks where housing is not affordable. i plead you with you help them to stay in san francisco does not document a 90 day rental. why not allow one unit to be used for short term rentals notice i said owner occupied tenant tend to be absent i'm appalled that all buildings are trying to convert

the housing unit encourages the preservation of other units, however, that policy describes it as smaller units that are prices is sybil lower than the housing stock. given the size and the rental it should be considered naturally affordable under the codes. in addition the code specifically allows for the conversion to provide a deserveable non-use this is a local and woman owned business that employees 9 individuals. ingredient and isabel has been well received by the community with 18 letters of support they want to see them sustain at the site. i want to an opportunity that the supporters for isabel to stand so the commission can see you folks. finally allowing ingrid and isabella to continue to operate that will help with the general plan it is a lack of need for the ground floor disapproval, however, that policy also states that conversion of upper story unions should be accommodated not to upset the residential or commercial business image that's the case with the application. further the needs of small business and professional services likeing e ingrid and isabella are not the sa

the united states is supplying weapons and ammunition. >>> and a new united nations report says morehan 3 million syrians have now fled that country, and another 6.5 million are described as internally displaced. the high commissioner for rej gees is calling it the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era. >>> the united states, european union, united nations, and nato are all saying russia is violating ukraine's sovereignty. russia has been arming rebels in the east, and the actions defy all diplomatic efforts for a peaceful solution to the crisis that so far has claimed more than 2,000 lives. >> despite moscow's hollow denials, it is now clear that russian troops and equipment have illegally crossed the border into eastern and southeastern ukraine. this is not an isolated action, but part of a dangerous pattern. >> separatists rebels in eastern ukraine have agreed to open a humanitarian pathway so that people have a chance to escape the fighting. that was at the request of russian president vladimir putin, as the kremlin continued to deny that russia is involved in the fighting. >

>> i would like to see obviously, al of us would like to see the united states more involved. we have hospital ships because they can move from one place to another. if there is a role they can play where we can provide additional medical help i think all the world would support it, and some experts are now saying that this is a very incredibly dangerous situation that we are facing. so we should marshal up all the assets we have to do what we can, but it is a very complicated and difficult situation, obviously. >> senator mccain thank you very much for joining us on face the nation. for more of the threat on isis we turn to congressman adam smith a top democrat on the armed services committee joining us from seattle and republican peter king a senior member of the house homeland security and intelligence committee congressman joins us from his home state. >> do you have any reaction to senator mccain's comments about syria and the ukraine, specifically let's start with syria. well i think the point is absolutely it is a military 0 conflict, but it is also a political one and

if not the united states. some of the rhetoric has occasionally talked about the united states. it is not central to what they are doing. there are a lot of ways this could turn into a longer engagement. they is been firm on no boots on the ground. no boots on ground. and there the question is in terms of whether this can work, can the kurdish forces hold together? one of the other reasons for action this week is there was a terrible crisis of morale and they were pulling back. and can they get their act together and it hasn't happened yet? gwen: i wonder if you put faces on the story whether this doesn't change public opinion or one of those things that foreign policy never works for you? >> there is really no cohesive strategy here. it is one thing to say the united states this is our role in the world and this is what we are going to do, i'm president i laid this out and here is my strategy going forward. that has never been put to the american public. it does look as scatter shot as it feels. the reason the president's approval rating is 36% in foreign affairs for people tha

the issue came up about sro and the inclusionary units in-law units do you have an opinion on >> the issue of inclusionary units didn't come up but certainly it was important to get to the discussion and voerz are regulated under the audiominute code in section 41 and would not be covered through under this they're not allowed to had had roenldz and scott is shaking his head. >> that's par important that sro's are not included i have two views of the sro's people that go on vacation and want to rent out their place that's not a problem it didn't matter but i get the point that was raised about inclusionary units i don't know write staples necessarily. >> yeah. i mean just because in their inclusionary housing unit they shouldn't be able to rent their home and inclusionary units they own the unit. >> it's important that sro's are called out and that's classified then the hosted versus non-hosted and supervisor chiu's doesn't have a limit on the non hosted number but had limits on the non hosted and the staff is recommending limits on both be the same. i think there should be limitatio

i'm concerned people keep throwing around the 5 thousand units there's no data for that. there's no real data for that is my spare bedroom a rent controlled units on the market no i'll rent it short term to make end meet i'm not going to put that on the market you need to think about the categories andful understand this a lot better before trying to enforce that with difficulty in endorsing things. please, please find a reasonable way forward. thank you. >> hi, i'm nike live in the castro i live in the district and want the recommendations of the planning department to know they're not reasonable. recommendation number 5 states that the amends the ordinance before register with the city recruits a violation even if the unit was not rent like i bought a car the officer hands me a ticket for speeding night ridiculous. in the united states we're granted the right of liberty and i want to add that in home sharing is a benefit to the neighborhood character allowing san franciscans to share their achievements who don't call san francisco home and grandparents would not harm th

a second dwelling unit so i think you'd treat that as you would on apartment that is not an in-law unit so i hope you'll think about that i'll close with a couple other comments around building and fire safety and i'm open to the idea that if there's a unit seeking permission they shouldn't have outstanding or fire issues that's a way to address that. and then let me just close by saying again, thank you for grappling with this and my staff has been grappleing with for the better part of two years we've brought or tried to bring stakeholders together unfortunately, there's a number of parties that don't want to sit down so i wanted to create the right balance i appreciate the conversation around a task force it's oftentimes reform gets killed by process and as someone that wants to resolve that sooner or later for a variety of reasons i'm to resolve this in september i hope we can work together and if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them but again, thank you >> thank you president chiu and if weer unable to get something you'll have something in a week or what you've out

attack against the current order in the middle east and so i think it is in everybody's interests united states russia and many other countries to calm the situation down and for now i think it's going to be difficult if difficult to disagree with you on that you mentioned tens of thousands of americans serving in iraq and i just want to mention that four in the half thousand americans lost their lives there but the question is what for i mean president obama takes credit for winding down these two very unpopular wars one in afghanistan and one in iraq but i wonder if the same very rapid advance of isis said task that based self-congratulatory rhetoric on the part of the white house was a bit premature well i think it's very clear that president obama has wanted to extract the united states from these wars and he has done so over the course of his administration he did however try to see that there would be a residual u.s. force in iraq that was not finally accepted by iraqi politicians there are those who say this was maliki who opposed that and perhaps maliki did oppose it but everyone

it applies to projects with at least 5 affordable units so something p had 4 units that wouldn't apply let's say their inclusionary it wouldn't apply to the units and then that applies to 20 percent of the affordable units in a project for example, a one hundred, one hundred affordable projects only 20 of those units can be accessed but is e i p certificate holders. the preference is lids on a project by project basis to insure the consistent obligations and not apply if prohibited by

, operate widely unit with numerous code violations yet they're allowed to operate. and they're allowed to completely endorse the interests of their neighborhoods. if you're handing out keys to a multiple unit building i don't know who is going to be there i'm not protected for my safety by having a safe building strangers are allowed to come in and out. i need to reiterate what was said about enforcement and urge whatever it adapted there's a dedication of funding and a dedicated staff and a source of funds to fund the staff so we know there's an adequate enforcement all i have those things are illegal but nothing is being enforced >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon commissioners i'm john. i'm a resident of san francisco and i have disables that stem from a collision here in the center recommended to mobility disables i talk about the kaeshlt in this legislation by supervisor david chiu how will we define what constitutes accessibility there's no mention of what is an accessible bathroom and are there inspectors that are involved there is i would be willi