commissioner lemberg. >> alex lemberg: a few little questions. them have been made properly, would they have required neighborhood notification? >> no. the deck because it's less than ten feet in height and assuming it's within a buildable area. i recognize there is a 30% required rear yard. it's approved over the counter. >> all of the interiors. >> this is inside the building. >> okay, the gate, it does appear the gate next to it is exactly the same height. what's going on there, do you know? >> i don't know, we didn't investigate that gate and haven't gotten a complaint and kind of funny in that way. we respond and enforce based upon complaints and we have gotten complaints from the neighbors, we would have looked into it. i'm not going to speculate whether that's legal or not. i don't know. >> that is just visually striking to me. >> i had another question. something alluded to at the beginning of this question was this is the do everything without permits and the classic do everything without permits and then ask for forgiveness later which

. >> thank you alex lemberg for your comments. next speaker, please. can >> hello. i'm thomas robert simpson director of afro solo theatre company and so moved by the passion of the board members speaking about their lives especially those who spoke about the reparations they received from their grand parents received regarding germany. it made me think of my great grand further enslaved and republican away and joined the north and think of my sister who was a freedom rider. i see her picture now of her. it made me think of my sister 17 years olds beaten in initialville, tennessee at a prosecute test. my father had a saying one of these days. and i got so tired of hearing one of these days i wanted our freedom now. but may be he is correct and this may be the beginning of one of those days in san francisco. i have been here from nash roll for 39 years. please support dream keeper. >> thank you for your comments. i apologize. we are setting the timer for one minute. next caller. >> [inaudible]. hi. i'm vitoria lewis in the bayview district i wanted to say thank you t

. >> thank you alex lemberg for your comments. next speaker, please. can >> hello. i'm thomas robert simpson director of afro solo theatre company and so moved by the passion of the board members speaking about their lives especially those who spoke about the reparations they received from their grand parents received regarding germany. it made me think of my great grand further enslaved and republican away and joined the north and think of my sister who was a freedom rider. i see her picture now of her. it made me think of my sister 17 years olds beaten in initialville, tennessee at a prosecute test. my father had a saying one of these days. and i got so tired of hearing one of these days i wanted our freedom now. but may be he is correct and this may be the beginning of one of those days in san francisco. i have been here from nash roll for 39 years. please support dream keeper. >> thank you for your comments. i apologize. we are setting the timer for one minute. next caller. >> [inaudible]. hi. i'm vitoria lewis in the bayview district i wanted to say thank you t