we have had strains developed with colleagues in the planning commission where the building inspection department and by extension this commission's confidence or integrity have been questioned. this has to stop. we need away forward where we are working closely with commission colleagues and respective staffs to uncover the source of these problems and develop remedies required to fix them. to this end, i recommend we schedule a joint planning commission meeting to review all major cases which have brought attention to failures in both our systems and the course forward on these to ensure they are now properly monitored and recommend des strictly enforced. we need to do this because systematic failures can be exploited again and again. we should not be naive to think these were the only instances of wrongdoing. we share the goal of making bad actors and making it hard for those following the rules. we need to know that we are addressing them firmly but consistently and fairly. i ask we set up such a joint building, planning meeting at the earliest possible date to explore these issues

building issue in n.o.v. only after the discretionary review at the planning commission? checkout special inspections being done without geotech reform. checkout the project that involves mercury engineering all under investigation by the city attorney. checkout page two. the excerpt of the building staff report to the planning commission, which was not presented to this commission. after building staff conducted 26 on-site inspections from december 2142 october -- december 2014 to october 2016. they did not document the as built conditions. are the wheels of justice low or selective? are building staff incompetent or corrupt? these questions should not be hard to answer. these questions will not be answered if the building inspections commission does not call for an independent investigation that is thorough and transparent. commissioners, please call for an independent, thorough, and transparent investigation. thank you. >> is there any other further public comment? seeing none, item four, commissioner questions in matters, inquiries to staff. commissioners may make inqu

we started to build commissions with major transport countries which reduce the speed and that is just the start. we are very far from winning. i would like to talk to you about what we're doing and here i want to talk about the oceans now with specific actions and we need to do so. a new show action tatian. -- action taken. what we are trying to do collectively is crucial. we are collectively trying to change our collective organizations political, economic and social ones to reduce inequality and even better still to prevent that. i don't believe the right response to a contemporary growing inequality in the area takeimate in education place in each country through taxation. it is through education, access it was alsore and through more international corporations and a real robust agenda to combat inequality. needmentally that means we a reconciliation of the agenda. what we are seeing in front of our eyes is on the one hand -- only one hand. i do here attended pushes us to act. up a groupssors set of experts but this is just rhetoric and what is there apart from that? what there is

building. and while the approval that this commission may extend will suffice for the building to be flipped, ielieve that we need to deliver a workable building given what we have been asking and confronted with. >> commissioner richards? >> i agree. can we talk about violations and when planning was aware of them and when notices went out? can we go over that again? >> you are you asking? >> staff. mr. horn. because we had d.b.i. complaints planning complaints, then things were closed out on the d.b.i. front can you just go over that again? >> yeah,. i'm trying to find the old report. the first violation came is that here? oh yeah. do you have the pages with the violations? >> sorry. again, the first violation at the property was back in 2013 prior to ownership of the building to remove that unpermitted unit. then as we know, there was a series of permits where -- that were applied for by the project sponsor through 2015 and 2016, and i believe -- so in spring of 2018, that is one the project went up for fail and that is when the n.o.v. was received by the building department that was for --

the planning commission has broad discretionary powers over all building permit applications as summarized in the planning departments discretionary review information packet. i'll go the planning commission may use its discretionary powers to review any building permit application that needs -- meets the minimum requirements and standards of the planning code and adopted design guidelines. if the commission judges action on the application is necessary to ensure that the interest of the city and its neighborhoods are protected. of the eight priority policies of the general plan and planning code section 101.11. the application raises significant general plan consistency issues with the following. the existing housing and neighborhood character be conserved and protected in order to preserve the cultural and economic diversity of our neighborhoods. that the city supply of affordable housing be preserved and enhanced, and seven, landmarks and historic buildings be preserved ". no supporting evidence of payments to the long term 31 year rent-controlled protected tenants was presented to the

this was adopted by the building commission and published in july of this year. once it is published, a local authority, which for us is san francisco for the city and county of san francisco, we have six months to add our amendments to that code. that code will go into effect in 2019 fire code will become the 2019 san francisco fire code in january of 2020. as the local authority we can add, be more restrictive, not less restrictive. we can address unique challenges to our local jurisdiction based on topography, geology, climate and density is part of that. that is the basis of putting forward these amendments. as i mentioned captain coughlin was appointed to lead. we took in suggestions from members and produced a draft document and brought the senior team of fire prevention together, we went through the draft, cleaned it up, put forward recommendation to the chief of the department. met with the chief of the department and so our final proposed draft was then forwarded to the city attorney's office. i would like to acknowledge sarah crowley who cleaned up the

the planning commission has previously approved similar non-accessory parking uses for udr's buildings at 388 beil, and the sponsor worked with pdi to oversee the operations, manage reservations, collect revenue and ensure tax payments are made to the city and they propose for the past successful relationship with p ci, as well this impacts safety which is critical, as well. the building currently has modern security features, including a camera in the garage and 24/7 concierge staff on site. the resident floors are not ??? by anyone withouand they are loy features to the garage to secure the doors from the garage into the building. although, they need to make sure that any changes to those doors will comply with fire and safety requirements. similarly with respect to pedestrian safety, the proposal here is to use a recently constructed facility in accordance with the uses it was constructed for. while the sponsor does not believe there are existing safety features or safety features that require addressing, they are looking into options to add additional notification for pedestrians o

the reasons that the planning commission had taken action on this, part was the concerns about the tenants and the loss of the affordable rental housing that this building represents. also the scale and character of the proposed vertical addition and the fact that that proposed unit there would not be affordable by the commission standards. so for those reasons, the commission denied it. but they have come forward with now a revised project. again, to reiterate, step back again, through the course of the permitting process, the planning department reviewed this and found it to be needing a rear yard variance, compliant with the guidelines, so when it went to the planning commission it had recommendation of approval from staff, but the planning commission reviewing it found that it was not appropriate. and did not comply with residential guidelines, in particular, that vertical addition, and had concerns about the loss of affordable housing that the project represented and the prioritization of parking over the housing because the parking is going where the unit is currently located and it would obliterate that unit and that was one of the concerns. my u

finally, i urge any new planning director to build on the innovative work completed by this commission and the department in developing new tools focused on wholistic solutions for preserving communities, such as cultural districts and the business legacy program. san francisco is viewed as a national model and we need to find ways to stabilize and sustain our communities. and finally, we request that the department include representative of the historic preservation commission on the search and selection committee. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners and thank you for the opportunity to address this important issue. my name is bruce bowen. land use coalition. in addition to the excellent comments, i'd like to focus on two. the director should lead the department and the city into the future, but also should be able to lead in what i would call a manner of planning in the present tense. recently a group of neighbors was meeting with a planner about the unnecessary demolition of a house in order to replace it with a wildly un

commission. we got rid of a part of a building that was built exceeding the plans that were submitted. this would be another candidate. it's an illegal demolition under the planning code, and i would offer this commission that we should just restore the building massing to what it originally was and ask for a building to be of the size to how's a family. i would throw that out to the commission and see what the other commissioners think. i would pick column number 2 here, existing prior to construction as the reference square footage, just like we did with all the other ones. >> so i would agree with that. i mean, i think it both kind of meets the spirit of what i think is the code in the d.b.i. code, but it also kind of works from a planning standpoint on this site. so again, i don't want to take that out of the a.d.u. i think we can live with some. i get the fact that they were trying to elevate that entryway. but i think they're taking too much of the a.d.u. they would elevate that and add square footage into the a.d.u. you could take 5 feet in the back of this building and it would

commission. all three were disapprovals of building permit applications under discretionary reviews. the board of appeals considers the item de novo, which means they hear the case anew and not referring to findings o finding, 6camino delmar. this was a discretionary review and cited private agreement between requester and applicant. this was for a review in 201 ultimately withdrawn based on changes to the permit by the permit applicant. they included removal of a proposed deck similar to that proposed under the current permit. the board found this to be problematic continuing this to november 23rd, to allow the parties additional time to resolve their dispute. this subject seeks to configure the lay-out on three existing dwelling units which would extend into the rear yard requiring a variance. the planning commission header as a dis-agenciary review on february 20 2019 and voted to d. the third-floor dwelling unit would not be affordable. they denied the request for the rear yard variance, while the appellant, the permit holder, appealed the permit. they did not appeal the variance

the ship that you pole, you get off scott free which creates the lack of trust in the building inspection commission the planning commission that there is two sets of rules in the city. those that have money, and those that do not. i do not want a techno cracked. someone that knows the planning code, and good at urban design, that is not what we need. we need 70 that's going to lead this city into the future. who knows a lot, but also. lastly we need to director that's going to come out swinging at sacramento. sacramento is pulling ship on us, because they say we are not doing things that palo alto, or some other city is, and we are like the little kids that have to stay after school because so-and-so passed a note and it was not us, but we are going to be penalized. i want a director that stands up for san francisco. >> thank you, commissioner. commissioner koppel? >> i will try to follow that. good speech, commissioner richards. first and foremost i would like to see a director that can very clearly relate to the past, the present on the future of san francisco. we do have a definite past that is

if it is allowed to be demolished and turned into a giant luxury building, the commission will be settinga precedent to allow future developers to consume the rest of our neighborhood. thank you. >> is there anyone here in support of the d.r. requester his? third and final d.r. requester. >> thank you so much. i also have materials for the commissioners. and live at 64 seward street and i'm speaking on behalf of myself and my husband. i will just focus on key concerns, but i think there were a number of items in need to be addressed with this project. the proposed changes are extreme and extraordinary and if approved would increase a property to one that is over 5,000 square feet with eight bedrooms and one parking spot. there are 15 letters of objection to this project from neighbors on record, and neighbors have every right to be concerned. to start, and james mentioned this, the san francisco residential guidelines are very clear. they state proposed projects must respect the existing pattern of building entities. from this picture, the building entities four seward street for all six

he's arguing the center has not received approval from the state land commission to build it. >> it is violating law every day for proceeding with construction of this project for a law they did not draft. >> reporter: they read in part quote we're pleaset that the judge in part denied construction for this shelter project. it has undergone review, and all land laws were followed. he says it will have a negative impact on the area. >> my concern is that it is a shelter, and it will bring in drug abusers, mentally ill and sex offenders. >> reporter: he says it's a necessary step in guarding the homeless crisis. >> it is about identifying places we can use for this purpose, and if it's available and makes sense economically, then we should do it. >> reporter: and the super matt who oversees the area where it is being built he says if they tackle homelessness, they can't fall victim to not in my back yard mentality. >> we have to tackle it and make sure we're building them all over the city. >> reporter: the city hopes to open the doors by mid december, but the long term calls for housing

and eenghow why it is at thecity ing the epr:y failedaltohestes lands commission to build here. the city attorney's office released a statement. "this project has gone through the required environmental real, and all of the appropriate use laws were followed." >> this is a low barriers shelter. for drug abusers and people with a history of sexual offenses, that type of thing. we don't think that that belongs in the neighborhood. 2000 people within three blocks. >> reporter: other neighbors were not happy with it either. >> it is a little scary. yeah. i feel sorry for them. we wish them the best. >> reporter: now this would be the second homeless navigation center here in the district, there is another one about one mile away. the city of san francisco says that they have plans to beef up policing in this area with his navigation center. they expect that this will be a few months before they go live. they say that this will cost them $100,000. the day to watch this is september 23, this is when the next hearing happens. >> all right, live at the waterfront, thank you. >>> red and

. >> reporter: well, janelle, the city's housing advisory commission wants to build affordable housing here but we all know that's going to take time and money. the commission wants to bld i a safe rv parking site for people who live in their vehicles. but we spoke to neighbors who have the same questions. how many rvs does the city plan to pack in this tight, small space? >> you want to plant them next door to me where i've already got rat problems and mice problems? >> reporter: nadine invited us into her home. if you roll up the blinds to her kitchen window, you'll see the 3,600 square foot lot sitting empty for now. the city of berkeley owns this parcel. behind the lot, the berkeley minipark. this is where the housing advisory commission wants to set up a parking site for people living in rvs. >> if you're thinking of putting rvs right here, i think the people in this building would be some of the first you should talk to. logic. >> reporter: the commission says it will hand pick the 8 to 10 rv residents who can move in. those who have jobs or go to school in berkeley will get firs

. >> in court the attorney argued the failed to get approval from the land commission to build on the site. the judge disagreed. >> siding with city attorneys who said delaying construction would prevent hundreds of homeless people from getting critical services and shelter. >> there's no question about it. >> this is the second legal set back this month for the group. just two weeks ago a judge denied their temporary restraining order to block the construction. but they indicated they will keep going. possibly appeal or try to take this to trial. >> the south bay now a deadly hit and run. the search continues for the driver. the collision happened last night. near south king road. this is close to push farm park. police say a woman was hit in the crosswalk. by a dark blue or green truck. the victims name hasn't been released. this is san jose 36th fatal accident of the year. and the 15th involving a pedestrian. >> standing toup a tech giant. three neighborhood associations are joining force to make sure their voices are heard as google plans to develop downtown jose. the neighborhood

to the court granting emergency injunctivecity has no received approval from the state lands commission to build it. >> it is violating law every day that it is proceeding with construction this project without complying with the law that it helped draft. they rel reading in part we are pleased the judge denied request to stop construction of this needed shelter. this project has undergone all the required environmental review and all appropriate land- use laws were followed. the project will have a negative impact on the area it says president lee. >> it is a low barrier shelter which means it will attract mentally ill drug users, sex offenders. >> the mayor has been pushing the construction project saying it is a necessary step in solving the city's growing homelessness crisis. >> it is about identifying places that we can use for this purpose and if they are available, if it makes sense economically then we should do it. >> supervisor matt haney who oversees the area where the embarcadero navi knot in my yard mentality. >> we have got to get navigation centers bill particularly in areas where

commission. my duties are to review the buildings. to allocate funding, fiscal funding and serve as the liaison. i appreciate and have in-depth understanding of the complexity involved to get a building built purposefully. i frequently review civic projects an urban master plan with historical landmarks, as it relates to history of the artwork and the architectural elements, including how to appropriately restore them, so they are resilient to natural hazards. through my work with the arts commission, i have been working with local communities to create cultural heritage work. i work with tndc and other projects to ensure the work complies with the transgender cultural district. i work with project sponsors to enjoy -- to ensure that the design of the eagle plaza met multiple city department requirements and was consistent with the lgbtq district. i led the multiple design review process for having the plaza redesigned, with multiple holders, including the city, the c.b.d. and the residents, as well to ensure compatibility with the si

the commission president sets climate protection as a top priority for her new. line and build her proposed gender balance commission earlier today we'll take a closer look at her ambitious plans for your. it's good to have you with us we begin in washington d.c. tonight u.s. president donald trump says he has dismissed his national security advisor john bolt. in announcing this latest white house sacking on twitter the president said that he disagreed strongly with bolton on many issues bolton is regarded as a foreign policy hawk advocating regime change in countries such as syria and iran and serving as u.s. ambassador to the united nations from 2005 to 2006 trump says he'll name a new security advisor next week are let's take this story now to washington d.c. our correspondent public is standing by good evening to you pablo's or do we know what sparked this dismissal there were rumors that it was those canceled talks with the taliban. you're absolutely right brant and it appears that there was reports here in the media saying is there was a heated discussion between the form

the big eu commissions that reside in this building behind me in the european commission who set the eu's laws, they've got a big meeting taking place in about an hour or so's time. what they're going to be discussing is no-deal preparations and that could also include unlocking emergency leaf funds that are normally designed to help countries out when they've had natural disasters in the event of there being a no-deal brexit. rosemary? >> all right. we'll see what comes of that. nina dos santos joining us from brussels and max foster on the line. many thanks to both of you. >>> we'll take a short break here. still to come, the incredible devastation left behind. how the people in the bahamas are surviving in the aftermath of the hurricane dorian. back in a moment. by the strolle♪s [ growl ] good boy. hey. hey. you must be steven's phone. know who's on your network and control who shouldn't be with xfinity xfi. simple. easy. awesome. >>> welcome back, everyone. hurricane dorian is on the move after obliterating parts of the bahamas. cars, homes and even airports are underwater. it's

as a reminder, the project for this building has been pending since 2013 and with this commission's input, landmarking was allowed late last year. allowing us to work. we're happy to report that ceqa should be done later this week, allowing us to move into the entitlement hearings. it is also adding a new outdoor plaza and it will involve comprehensive, interior and exterior improvements that will benefit all tenants of the building and also insure it's long term preservation future. i'm here because we have a concern we won't be able to make a hearing here until december, particularly if this commission moves to one hearing a month schedule. our next step in the entitlement process is to come to this commission for certificate of appropriateness. and we respectfully ask that you consider keeping two hearings a month, at least in october and november, so we may have an opportunity to make our case. thank you very much. >> jonas: any other member of the public? seeing none, close public comment. department matter. item 1, director's announcements. >> i don't have an announcement from the d

preservation of these building are the acknowledgment of the historic and cultural significance of san francisco. i believe the historic preservation commission will gain valuable insights from lydia's observation and review of alterations and restoration projects. lydia is respectful with the existing designs of landmarks and historic buildings. [bell ringing] she will evaluate proposals for new work that embraces the intent of the original architect or designers and yet incorporate their new uses. she drawses from her experience and her intrinsic understanding of building and construction. and more importantly, she knows how to communicate and understands of possibilities and preservation. she's resourceful and passionate on the issues that she's supported. she will persevere to get the job done. [bell ringing] >> supervisor ronen: thank you. thank you so much. thanks for being here. next speaker. >> hello. my name is joy mcdonald. i am the g.m. of the market on market, which is located at 1355 market street, within a historical building. i'm here to support chris foley. he is an amazing gentleman. it's not just his work and historical buil

building was demolished on july 24, 2018 before the structural problems were reported. the foundation poured is the subject of variance requested today. this is not an extraordinary and exceptional circumstance. we ask the commission not approve this variance and uphold the previous rulings by mandating building in the predemolition size and restoring breezeway and not rewarding violators with a vertical addition. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, commissioners. i am carlos. i own 4124 21st street next to the project. the planning department received the false letter. please remove that from your records. i have never supported th the project. the space around my home because of the new construction. they said they were going to stay within the envelope of the new house. the new wall is up against my house. before i could walk between the houses. the new construction touches my roof and the space is flush with my house. please don't let that happen. thank you. >> next speaker, please. an i am jerry dratler. in addition to misrepresenting the side of the existing home, the project architect submitted flans that failed to show the size of the home demolished. he did not attest to the accuracy of the info

if it is financially feasible and this gets to be a three unit building, but i think we should move this along. it is what this commission asked for a while i wasn't here. i agree we should make this a three unit building. unfortunately, we can't have an a.d.u. here because it would be a cave, but i think it is a good -- it is the best outcome we can hope for for an extremely unfortunate situation. if we want to canadian notified from d.b.i. about how this is working its way through their code approval -- if we want to continue to get notified from d.b.i. about how this is working its way through their code approval process, i think we did move this nightmare forward and get housing and approve three units here in the process take its course. >> before -- you have spoken already. before -- i agree with you that we need a solution and a path forward. i think my issue here is that this project sponsor went through our process and then broke it -- broke out of the process. it went on to the d.b.i. process and also broke out of that process. by approving a project that is consistent with what we have talked about, but we kno

build. this is applicable to members of a booke board or commission with interest. they are solicit payment totaling 1,000 or more from an interested party that is made to a third-party for legislative, governmental or charitable. so a scenario for this form, which would require a commissioner or elected officer to file this form would be a commissioner who serves on the planning commission, asking the developer to make a donation to the red cross and the developer makes a donation in the amount of $1,000 to the red cross at the behest of the commission every and two months later they apply for a building permit and it must be approved by the board that commissioner serves. because the amount was $1,000 and occurred within 12 months -- excuse me. and occurred within 12 months prior to the commencement of the proceeding, the commissioner must file 36 10b that the officer knew or should have known they became an interested party and just to back up, once that developer had a proceeding in front of the planning commission, that developer became an interested party. and

diplomatic terminology, they have been taking place yesterday for about five hours in the european commission buildingd me. after that we saw the head of the european commissioners came out and said three terse things, one, that the eu remains calm, vigilant and also united. vigilant obviously because eu diplomats will tell you here in the belgian capital that there appears to be a real concern of trust when it comes to dealing with boris johnson's government and the negotiating team that he has here in terms of how emboldened they are to offer something new and concrete and then, of course, the eu has to present a united front. now, already is a sign that the uk is starting to withdraw itself from some of these eu day-to-day matters. as promised a couple of weeks ago when we saw michael gove say that the uk's teams would not be taking place in -- taking part in standard meetings with the eu. we've now heard from two eu sources that the uk has on the first step started to do that. in fact, just yesterday they were planning on nominating judges -- a dutch judge to one of their european courts. the uk s