>> i am done, thank you. >> the abatement notice would notify your client that there is an abatement hearing scheduled. the client attended the hearing. >> correct. there were deficiencies that needed to be corrected. a hearing after that, he corrected the deficiencies, went to the abatement hearing but was not sure what it was for or why he had to be there if he actually did correct the deficiencies. at the hearing, you will hear podcast, did you fix these things and he said i did. do you have proof and he said sure. where is it? at my restaurant. could i come back? we cannot do that. this is the hearing date. we're not allowed to continue it. that is where we are. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> anything else? >> eis there reason why you never mentioned any language barrier? >> i must say that i did not put those papers together. and i have only recently become involved in this. what it does say and i have looked at these issues and spoken to the operator and understood this issue of the language problem. there is no question that it is there. i do believe that because of economic i

item d, new appeals, orders of abatement. case no. 6759, 575 shotwell street. action requested by appellant, to reverse the order of abatement and assessment of costs. >> we are happy to announce the appeal has been withdrawn because they provided us with the necessary permits, so the order of abatement is revoked. there are no costs outstanding. in the letter you received related to the withdrawal, you will see in the first paragraph of the first two in the case before you today, a second paragraph in the letter referring to another complaint that is not before you today. just making that clarification. thank you. >> item e. general public comment. is there anyone here for general public comment relating to abatement appeals board? seeing none, item f, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> motion. >> second. >> the building inspection commission meeting will begin at 9:45 a.m. we are adjourned. >> good morning. this is a regular meeting of the building inspection commission. please turn off all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll-c

you have an abatement hearing because we have a notice of violation. they did not say this is a notice of a historical problem and you have not cleared this. i know that this is the department's position. their position does not conform with the notice the issued. the notice they issued, there is an issue of whether it was understood or whether it was understood to present the documents. the notice says three issues. three violations on the 22nd. it did not say whether you fix them or do not fix them you are done. we had enough. you need to show us that you have a new operational plan in place. there was none of that. that is the basis and that is a fairness basis for a rehearing. there were only three items that were listed. vice president fung: we have heard this argument. thank you. >> i want to thank the people who came out to speak. that was compelling and very moving testimony. frankly, i am moved on one of these -- i one of these kind of people who want to give people another chance, but i have the images from the work done by the department to

force for we have to remember we are not painters we abate graffiti. we are abaters not painters. get that out of the way and keep moving. >> how many of these do you do a day? how many poles we do a day? >> yeah. >> depends on the location. may be 20. >> do you like working with the team? >> yes because i'm a people person. i like being outside and interacting with the public and i like the response we get especially from the good job we do in the community. >> goodbye. >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist hele

law offices action requested by appellant to reverse the order of abatement. morning john ensign for the department of the the two parties are. on the record situation and it looks like if they get one final continuance it may result the matter so you have a request in your packet for the continuance. that probably would be ok with that. but your motion would retreat when you know motion. sorry question no move move move to continue second if. there is a motion to continue that are all in favor by any opposed. i'm sorry is there any public comment on this. thing and i'm sorry i think we do have one we do ok ok. yes you can. win a tourney for james one my name's on france backer he's the downhill neighbor of the subject property. we agree with the request for a continuance that was submitted. by heather warm up in that two months to be sufficient for the arbitrator to make and get its decision. what is your name again. ok. any other public comment. ok thing and the most and again our in favor were there any opposed. then that motion to continue the case is gran

at an abatement conference, the department came to an agreement that if any of the violations returned, he would immediately be sent to the director of public health for permanent revocation. in april of 2011, i began my series of inspections. the condition i found was negligent, not only of violation of the prior year, but the intensity had increased. there were more rodent species in more places, more debris on the floors and walls and on the equipment. at that point, i have the authority to close them and send them to the previously mentioned director. i chose not to. we chose to give another chance to our restaurant that had just used up its last chance. typically, when i go there, we went back and i told them what they had to do. typically, he tells me that it is because of the decline in business. i've always had great sympathy for that. i expressed to him that the cause and effect between business and sanitation is a weak one. i think that if he really had a decline in business, he would have more time to clean and increases the better sanitation. a typical restaurant in good st

. >> it seems a fair amount of equipment itself is a problem, and i don't know how you can abate that without having to replace the equipment. >> of my findings are that the equipment is fine. again, it is about the commitment, the sanitation, or if this operator had the understanding. >> a broken or rusted colander would not have existed every time you went? there is a new problem and you might have to do with a restaurant colander or storage bins pretty rusty, storage space was pretty moldy. >> i think at some point, we were looking for partners. i mentioned that there are good operations, it is only twice a year. our hope is that after we have left the conditions, you are able to maintain that. there are 363 days a year that the health department is not looking over your shoulder. >> if you have been doing this work for 12 years and this is one of the most egregious or the most egregious in 12 years, in other cases where you have gone into restaurants in the same neighborhood where you might have got an inspection, what typically happens? is it common for restaurant owners to get t

the city outsources graffiti abatement efforts to a private contractor. this year's save the city -- it cost 15 city employees their jobs. even city hall is vulnerable to graffiti. the city employees don't wanton interviewed on camera, but one says they power wash regularly. according to a survey, san jose saw a 38% increase in last year's documented tags. one of the areas that saw the increase is district 5, east san jose. this council member is concerned with how fast it is being removed. >> we will be having a report on six month report on how effective or how well this new contractor is doing. and you know, then the council will be able to weigh in on, you know, on the results of the report. >> council member ash who represents district 2 as far south as coyote valley, says while some of san jose's tags are related to gang activity, the increase in graffiti can be attributed to the bad economy, and the need for youth programs. >> when they do something that's wrong, they make sure they're punished for it. but you have to make sure we help them grow th

they have not abated it. i would like to have that on there, just so they can comply with it. what they are hearing now is the can go ahead and build it, when dbi has sworn to take it down. the only reason for the opaque windows -- we are only asking for the window -- i think there are maybe 14 windows on the east side. nobody has asked that they be opaque. it was only one that wanted to look directly into a bedroom. it was just a question of privacy. they have agreed to do that. the had also agreed to do the opaque -- one window that looks into the living room of mr. wulfe's property. i understand if you are not able to do that legally. but that was something we have agreed. it was two windows. the third window, item number one, the have also agreed to do that. it does not bother me for the privacy of their tenants, if they want us looking into their property. that is their prerogative. we can do that. i do not have a problem with it. my big concern was that it was finally the window. every time somebody walked by, our dogs would go crazy. that is the rest, i think. i think e

the robbery abatement team maintain surveillance of the -- of the vehicle for hours, but no signs of activity. park station please -- plain clothes officer under the direction of sergeant scott ryan and robert lieu adnd reyes observed. they noticed until lights were on and the sun roof was opened. officer lew quickly executed a u-turn and confirmed it was occupied by the suspect. officers immediately got out of the car, drew their weapons and began giving verbal commands. they identified themselves, told a suspect he was under arrest and ordered them to surrender. the officers instinctively trying to related on the vehicle. officer ray is move to position your their rear passenger side of the suspect's car. officer lew move to their rear of the driver's side of the vehicle parked to the left -- officer lieu. they recognize the suspects flight reaction, but officers continue to give firm, clear, commands. the suspect abruptly threw his car into reverse, accelerating rapidly from his parking space. as he reversed rapidly, the suspect smashed into the vehicle, flanking the driver's side

they're paid 40 cents a square foot to abate graffiti. to their contract they're budgeted to clean up 1 1/2 million square feet a year. nine months in they surpassed that. does it upset you they're overcharging the city and taxpayer dollars are being wasted? >> i disagrease. you are stating something i disagree with. >> the city's director of parks, recreation and services. she overseies the program. i don't believe they're overcharging city. >> this is after we showed you. two swings. >> i would have to check the square footage on this particular abatement. >> and this. this one is a sign sticker on a stop sign. they say that is five square feet. the whole stop sign isn't five square feet. >> uh-huh. >> right. >> we crunched the numbers. record show # 3% of the sign stickers removed were charged as being 5 square feet. that is almost 400 stickers. all the sign stickers are 5 square feet. >> the sign is, i'm not an expert on square footage. >> neither are we. we know the mailbox isn't 205 square feet. how many trees have you seen covered

she clearly needs in home support services to assist her with babying -- abating, grooming, the basic activities of daily living. however, because her income became $1,600 per month since the death of her husband, her new share is $1,050. this would only leave her $550 out of her income. her rent is $618 per month in public housing. this means that she would not be able to purchase food, pay pg&e, and other necessities. as a social worker, the opportunity to see and witness the plight of our seniors as they struggle to develop without the help of support services is not only hard -- harmful, by -- but its could give them the opportunity to thrive and enjoyed their twilight years. cracks -- >> madam chair, i am a senior, and a senior mou has dedicated his life -- who has dedicated his life working on behalf of other seniors who are not as fortunate. many years ago i used to work -- i started working with the senior action network. i started working to advocate for affordable housing and seniors. however, we were not that fortunate. i am here today to tell you that if you are thinking a

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. >> and do we know whether or not the fact that to be a first was not abated had anything to do with a language barrier? >> i do not know anything about that. any more questions? >> ms. cartagena, you have any -- one moment. is there public comment? please step forward. >> you have to pull the microphone. cause i am worried about the money. i had no idea you had to pay a lot of money for the permit. i got into an accident. my kids before my mortgage. this is the reason i cannot do that. i cannot fix anything that year. >> thank you. >> mr. duffy? commissioner, the matter is submitted. >> can i ask one more question of mr. duffy? were you able to see the unit? and you have a sense of when it was constructed? >> i do not see that on the notice of violation. they said when they were when -- when they went they saw this illegal units. i did notice from the property profile that the owner -- >> it is conceivable it was not there. >> she said when she bought it, thinking her family was going to move in downstairs. when they moved out, they rented it out. it probably was there before she go

listen its monetary stance to ease the crisis in southern europe, but that crisis shows no sign of abating in spain. the moscow times says a cloud has been cast over the russian aviation industry with a loss of its so-called superjet and 50 passengers over indonesia. deepwater domestica drilling rig began drilling. >> this is "newsday". >> the headlines this hour. roadside bomb has exploded near a convoy of u.n. ceasefire monitors in syria. >> barack obama has become the first u.s. president to back same-sex marriage. opposition will -- leaders in malaysia have criticized violence that broke out during a huge protest. there were pressing for electoral reform. speculation is growing that the government is about to call for general elections. here is our correspondent. >> each of the last 10 days, he has been writing down testimony. scores of people have come forward to speak to him to said they were beaten by police. >> they punched me and proceeded to set up on me and keep me. >> there is little agreement as to what exactly happened at the demonstration on april 28. as the rally came to a

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if they are not happy with that, they can appeal to our abatement appeals body, which is our commission, to ask us to resolve some of those issues. the litigation committee deals directly with those problems that do not get resolved through our process. when the director has asked a project to chair the notice of violation, when we have gone to the staff and said you must resolve this situation, if that person still does not resolve the situation, then the staff will bring a project to the committee to assess and to agree on whether or not we take legal action. by the time it gets to litigation, there may already be a lean on the property through our process of the directors hearing, or not. but this gives us the ability to file a lawsuit to help resolve the situation, resolving the violation on the property. the goal of which is to create health and safety, safe housing for people living in housing and the tenants. the litigation meets every couple of months to look at the cases brought forward by either the housing position to look at the various issues in there, mechanical, electrica

the next source of funding is for abatement from two sources. $2.5 million from these of cigarettes and $950,000 from other departments. a fourth source of funding is work orders for other departments. for the past 10 years, we have had agreements for work performed by other departments. we will receive $1.3 million. supervisor kim: can you give an example of what type of work orders you do for others? >> we have a work order with the puc. they fund quite a bit of our client -- quite a bit of our climate work. those are some examples. supervisor kim: 8 green school program you work order to the puc? >> they spent quite a bit of time doing work in the public schools. of the two other sources of funding, recurring grants -- we have for recurring grants to the transportation authority. we have received grant funding annually for the past 12 years and we received annual grants from a state agency from cal recycle for the past 15 years to go toward our waste work. it supports about 7.46 positions. last is a non-recurring grants, one time grant. every year, the department and applies for and

it has not abated at all. it is directed at different family members.it has all the harm are up -- all of the hallmarks of the kinds of abuse we see meted out in other cases. >> relaxing in new york, he says he needs a rest in body and spirit. that as the activists feared, his family will continue to bear the consequences of his remarkable escape. >> starting tomorrow, millions around the world will tune into the eurovision song contest. abba and celine dion won the contest. but this year, the event is being held in a country where human rights abuses, not musical talent is the big story. we have this story from azerbaijani. >> they have been rehearsing all week for the show of the year. to azerbaijani, eurovision is as big a deal as the olympic games is to london. which is why there can't be anyone left who doesn't know what's happening this saturday. but not everyone is in a party mood. today, police broke up this protest outside a tv station. demonstrators had been chanting "freedom for political prisoners, and accusing government of abuses. there ha

left out the fact it's a very diverse economy and a lot of this anti-immigration fur vor seems to be abating. i agree most people think we're still in a recession because nobody's gotten a pay rose for long. enflags adjusted median income in 2008 was $2,000 lower than the day i left office because we produced so many few jobs and small business, so i think thatets perception is real. people don't feel about their prim cat feelier. >> in ohio, john casey came in, made some brilty big molds and certainly made around are the world. greece is in utter turmoil at this time. even great britain has had that. we seem to be moving to more deep and deeper into the extreme polls. how can you ak at this should there be some kind of political legislation that says we're linking arms, we want something that's done realist and -- >> well, it's great but the argument is the republicans would be scared to do it. that you will though other situations like this. there are twoer three our primaries handed out now and th should be a big bipartisan coalition for this. we may just have to wait until the election i

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it has been as high as 18% and it must be abated as soon as possible. further more we are overdue for modernizing our media ownership rules. based on the record before us, and recent court decisions, at a minimum, the 1975 vintage cross ownership ban seems as out of place in today's digital marketplace than the long side burns and disco music of its birth year. not only must we stay energized to keep the international telecommunication union from swallowingen the high lehr -- multistake holder model for internet governance, but we must quickly find allies tlouy ies t the world, especially liz in the developing world for this effort. thank you for having me here today and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much commissioner, i'll start with the questions to be followed by senator hutchins and then senator kerry and senator demint. i appreciate the fcc's commitment to expandings broad band across the country, i also share your passion for making sure that broad band is both wide liz widely deployed on a unified basis. the ga -- sustainabl