>> you are referring to the abatement appeals board? >> yes. >> and sorry. >> let me take that back then, you are right. >> and to help you process more, do we, or do we need to have more hearings? only on the... yeah. >> i am kind of getting caught. >> commissioner mar? >> what we are trying to figure out is how do we move to nov? >> if would be nice if the post one, notice, and they quickly resolve it. and you know that is in our dreams, right? and even if you post one and then you post two, and then nothing happens, then sooner or later it goes to the director's hearings. and so, we would like so we are trying to capture how long an nov lingers. so that is why i asked the question about, how many of the 2012, or we can pick any year how many of one year's nov's are actually or was actually issued in the previous year? or two previous years? you know what i mean? so, one year is outstanding cases, and that does not capture how many we issued that year. and if you looked at let's say 2010. yeah. >> and the majority of cases that we wou

is there only going to an order abatement? >> their options are fairly limited. on the case moves forward first, they could give an advisement, if the person was close to getting the permit signed off. if the permit was issued but it involved a lot of work, they could choose to give them a continuance. >> no, i meant, at the very end, if the hearing officer says that i heard this a number of times and i don't want to see this back here, you are not responding, i want to do something, what are the options? >> the order of abatement. >> like when the case is continued it is only continued once, generally, and when it comes back in the calendar the hearing officer on that day with say that we are issuing an order of abatement today. >> okay, if it was close, they can give a 14 day advisement and but, once this is heard once and 30 days later once it comes back, it is in there, in the allowance for the order of abasement. >> thank you, john. >> we have increased the director's hearing, and we have two days instead of one, so we increased the director's hearing and th

and unfortunately though, the issuance of the order of abatement does not always resolve a case and as you can see from the cases that come to you, because one of the things that i want to show you now is the questions that you were just asking is here is the same numbers, and now let me show you the totals were for that year, and so in the middle column here, you have the 154, excuse me, 154 of 1500 and 19 notices of violation issued for the 2009 calendar year. and so that is kind of what you wanted. so from that, you can see right now, as of right now, we have about touchdown of those cases open for the next calendar year, it is about 15 or 16 percent because there were 1600 novs issued of that there are 255. and then you see that for the years going up to we are currently in 2013 and so we don't have those numbers just yet. and now, am i satisfied with these numbers, no. but the reality is that if this was a towel that i was ringing as far as i could, i would use every resource that we possibly could use with the staffing that we had and the diluted code enforcement tools to try to

>> great questions. >> well, i'm the graffiti guy, graffiti abatement guy. [laughter] (applause) >> as far as the guys i use on my paint overs, i have a group of 3 to 4 guys and i pick them -- they're hand picked by me. i tend to pick guys who are patient, good with kids, guys who are school resource officers. that's a big plus. you know, you've got to like kids, maybe have experience in teaching, coaching, working with kids. like i said in my presentation, you don't want the guy with the rack shock and smoke mirror glasses who looks like he's working on a chain gang. you want someone who can maybe not talk to them in their own vernacular, but who can see eye to eye with them, talk to them about kid things and most of all be patient. and who can document trouble and kind of see things on the horizon that might be issues coming up and who are familiar with the san francisco landscape. you know, i don't let just any cop come and do the overtime. very, very picky about who i get. and i get guys who are dependable and who are most of all good with kids. >> larry

, and the notices of abatement are very important and that is what ends up to us and so what we see, and maybe this is one side, at what we see, are cases that have been out there for years. what we hear about our neighbors and that this guy built this thing and it has been sitting there for five years. you told me that it is illegal, but, it is still sitting there and they are still using it. so, that is what we hear, and that is what we see. in the abatement of appeals and i want to go back to one other thing and i know that the staff spends a lot of time on the abatement and appeals and we want to work with you guys and we will give you plenty of of notice and i don't see if we have a meeting that we schedule way out in advance because we have to public notice it any way and we have to notice it by the plaintiffs any way and the city attorney has to be here any way and so we have to notice it, what i want to do is have it so that if someone is not getting done, we will up hold that abatement. that is what i want to do, i want to have the process, because if we are talking about 44

dpw as a rule does not do the abatement. so, whether they are or aren't using the correct materials to remove it off of brick, it's based on who they hire or who they get to do the work. we are aware for the time when we did do t we have several different products based on the type of surface. and staff was trained at that time, but that's when we were doing abatement on private property. >> i can just help a little bit. again, from the historic building perspective, of course, private property can be historic, too. but there's a difference between, of course, when it's a public owned building or private owned building. perhaps some of it is an awareness or an education about resource he he that are available. there's a whole gamut of people available to remove graffiti, people who have never done it before, maybe they're painters but they just have access to materials and they are used to taking paint off. i guess farther down the spectrum of people that have never done it before and just want to be good citizens to remove

>> yes, this is actually for enforcement and abatement. have two similar questions actually from the same city so i'm kind of going to blend them together. they're interested in restitution cost formula to charge individuals caught tagging the restitution labor, materials, equipment, costs. so, i don't know if that could be split between -- pointing at you. abatement and enforcement. >> i was going to point to dwight, but i guess i'll take it. >> or martin. >> just from my experience, you look at the amount that you've -- the amount of time that you've spent abating the problem. that starts with lugging paint over to the van, driving it to the site, putting on one coat, putting on a second coat, making sure it's not bleeding, possibly putting on a third coat making sure it's covered up, reloading it and driving back. the cost of the supplies is minimal. the cost of the labor is where you justify the cost because you're looking at someone's hourly wage, time, plus the amount of time that they spent abating the problem. and that's what's goi

the order of abatement should stand, so i vote yes. >> okay. and commissioner walker? >> yes. >> the motion carries, unanimously. >> and on to item s, general public comment, is there any general public comment for items that are not on the abatement appeals board agenda? >> seeing none, item g, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> okay. all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? >> public comment? >> and we are the motion carry and we are adjourned it is 10:03 a.m. and we will take a five to ten minute recess and reconvene as the building inspection commission. >> yes. >> the most ribbon cutting and most ribbon cuttings, we keep everybody off limits and then we cut the ribbon and then stuff happens. you can't stop them. you can only hope to contain them in there so we're going to let everybody continue to play. so, it's been said that, that success has many, many, many parents and there are many parents, many people who have contributed to this outstanding, outstanding effort. we are so, so proud of this project

so, if that is the case, why was the order of abatement issued? i am just wondering what the reason was. >> the reason that the order of abasement was issued because the notice of violation was issued in october 2009 and it is four years down the road and the type of situation where we are trying not to hold on to cases forever. and get some sort of resolution, one way or the other and ultimately the responsibility is going to the property and instead of the owner of the property was issued in the abatement to comply with the notice of violation. >> thank you, could we have the appellant's rebuttal, if you would like? >> >> commissioners, don't really have anything to add beyond the fact that you heard from the department where they are aware that i made my best effort to resolve the issue, and like i said, i have been in constant contact with our inspector dicks. and he has, you know, we have a paper trail of our communications where i have shown him the letters from the tenant where he states in black and white that he will not let us in. and, b

notice it, what i want to do is have it so that if someone is not getting done, we will up hold that abatement. that is what i want to do, i want to have the process, because if we are talking about 440 outstanding cases i think that most of us now that it takes us all morning to hear three or four cases. that is the reality, so all morning for three or four cases? it is going to be send us the worst and the longest cases that is all that i am asking. >> and send us the cases that have been out there, for years, i think that the directors and if it goes to the directors hearings and there should be a discussion on how much advisement can i give. and how much, continuance can you give. >> you see... >> unfortunately the cases that we have, have orders. most of them have orders. and so, well they can't come to you unless they feel the order. what i am saying, is that the order is not as effective as it used to be for the people that are not trying to pull money out of the building. >> that is where the other tools have to come into play to get compliance. >> at least that is what i am seeing fro

>> seeing none, the minutes are approved. >> next item is item e, continued appeal order of abatement. case number 6778-326330. the owner, brandon acase no. 6778: 326-330 presidio avenue owner of record and appellant: brendan a. quinlan, 63 wawona street, san francisco, ca 94127 owner of record and appellant: elizabeth quinlan, 63 wawona street, san francisco, ca 94127 action requested by appellant: the appellant is requesting the aab's assistance in securing the tenant's cooperation to complete the necessary repairs. >> this is testimony, delibation and possible action to reverse or modify the order of abatement. >> the department? the department their staff representative? good morning, members of the voting session and mr. president, my name is senior housing inspector and i'm here for inspector who cannot make it here today, i just want to give you a quick synopsis of the case and you have the staff report for all pertinent information regarding the case. the property at 326, 330 procidio avenue is a 6-unit apartment p building. >> housing services roefd a complaint on october 8,

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

and, i have had to return on 17 different occasions to an abate violations. the violation that have occurred are during these inspections go from unsanitary conditions to employing unlicensed practitioner to employees living in the quarters and employees not properly dressed and these have been repeated over again over the last 5 years. there have been occasions where i have gone in there and there hasn't been anybody m charge and we have the practitioner call nancy and she'll come to the facility and i will explain to her what needs to be done and i will come back a week later and it's not done and i will call her again and she'll start cleaning herself to get this up to code. i have done this on numerous occasions. not too long ago in january, we issued a suspension to close until she complied with the health code violations. i went back there in march to see if anything was done, she had reopened without the approval from the health department. it was clearly stated do not open until you get clearance from the health department. we posted a sign saying you

there's a rent abatement period in which no rent is paid for the purpose of constructing the base believe core improvements. there's an annual percent of 3 percent to the annual rent. the tenant is responsible for all utilities and maintenance repair were we anticipate the lease improvements 41 to be about $2 million. there is a one-time tenant improvement credit for shelf improvements in the amount of $380,000. there's an option to extend and if this option the minimal rent would be adjusted. there's a formula of the previous grow sales 80 percent of that not less than 3 percent. i'm hoping and requesting i approve this lease and a thank you very much any questions for port staff? why don't we move to our budget analysis report >> mr. chairman and members as on table 4 on page 36 the port projects that east street will pacing pay the rent of 2 hundred million and over the 15 term of the lease estimated revenues will be 1 hundred and or 2 million 59883 we recommend you approve this resolution. >> thank you, mr. rose colleagues any questions. >> okay. he we'll open this up to public commen

there's a rent abatement period in which no rent is paid for the purpose of constructing the base believe core improvements. there's an annual percent of 3 percent to the annual rent. the tenant is responsible for all utilities and maintenance repair were we anticipate the lease improvements 41 to be about $2 million. there is a one-time tenant improvement credit for shelf improvements in the amount of $380,000. there's an option to extend and if this option the minimen

in the civil war shows no signs of abating our correspondent has been following the syrian army on a daily operation in the embattled outskirts of damascus. and the latest revelation. reveals the national security agency trolling through private financial transactions.

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but it's abated for now. what can we expect? >> the weather is completely changing after what we had today. a lot more sunshine, improvement if you like sun for tomorrow. storm-tracker 4 is showing dry conditions around the bay area. it was lit up earlier today with all kinds of colors. everything is off to the east. still a few showers. and they are heavy falling in the sierra foothills. aroundauburn, plasterville, and high up, is this all falling as snow around 7,000 feet. heavenlyreporting some impressive rainfall totals here in the bay area. and a few locations reporting record rainfall for this day. so it's not uncommon to get a weather-producing storm late in september, but it really was heavy. there was that late band, early morning, and early afternoon now off to the east. another system is poised to push toward the west coast. it'sgoing to make its way toward southern oregon. there may be some showers in far northern california around eureka. butnothing here in the bay area. look for partly cloudy skies tonight. some cl

>> as international diplomats discussed syria's future, fighting on the ground showed no signs of abating. 2 million syrians have fled the country. 5 million have been internally displaced. >> fighting among opposition forces in syria has reached new levels in the city just five kilometers from the turkish border. the al qaeda offshoot has recently taken control. ankara has voiced concerns along with syrian refugees in turkey. >> the line of trucks stretches four kilometers. 84 syria is put on hold -- aid for syria is put on hold. dozens of families wait for news for their relatives still in syria. >> my family is there. i came to work. there are many problems there. >> i do not understand what is going on on the other side problems among fighters. i am not one of them so i do not know. >> syrian refugees speak their mind against the al qaeda affiliate. they accuse the radicals of turning into new oppressors. the syrian smuggler received dozens of phone calls from civilians who want to escape the infighting between the mainstream fsa fighters and the jihadists gaining ground. >> jihadists

the health-care spending, the housing, people have abated this.us, let's go into a different angle. sybil women may not be making babies so babies can actually help couples are more money. when you are single, you live in apartments or town house, maybe shackup to figure things out. if we start making babies you have to figure of the things are. >> sometime the smoker will pay more and this is crazy because you pay more for clothes, hair cut, they live longer, women live longer than men and they need to save more than men. you pay more for similar services that men pay more you actually live two years a number. you will make $125,000 more. >> that is crazy. men get off easy. some time we the very young girl because the wives can take care of us. >> in the hall, anyway i just want to start thinking about your life if you are single. >> coming up we will talread some of your e-mail's. it's great having at&t u-verse high speed internet. walter likes to download fix-it videos... and watch "boardwalk empire." it helps sam with math... [ beeping ] ...an

it's abatement to know that one of the largest tenant didn't participate and obviously japan mall meet the street in a more friendly environment s as this project comes forward but this is a great vision sea a great way to look at other communities in preserving cultural heritage but i want to commend the community in reaching consensus it's a difficult thing to do so thank you >> commissioner hill us. >> so to echo my congratulations. i know people have worked for decades on this. i've had the pleasure of working with many of you and. i'll alleyway agree with commissioner borden's comments that one of the biggest property owners wasn't involved in this so hopefully, they'll see the benefit and come around and get engaged or sell their property, you know, and get someone who is somebody who's, in fact, engaged. there's great bold ideas in here establishing a community development corporations but i'm glaltd to see the big ideas. the city owns the garage which is a huge asset and mta has got to get involved but one of the assets we can use to implement japan town. so i support this >> c

keep the government running past monday, but the battle over health care reform showed no signs of abatingshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> lord, deliver us from governing by crisis.Ñi >> reporter: the senate chaplain's appeal for divine guidance came on a day when partisan divisions were on full display. iowa democrat tom harkin accused republicans of throwing a temper tantrum by demanding to strike funds for the president's health care law. >> nullification of a law, through that type of action. that's sort of like picking up your marbles and going home. but, when you're a kid, no one really gets hurt. but who gets hurt from this? the american people. >> reporter: utah republican mike lee, a lead proponent of the defunding effort, insisted conservatives are the ones listening to the public. >> the people who elect us, do expect us to do what we say we're going to do. not sometimes, not just when it is convenient. in fact, they expect us to do what we say we're going to do especially when it's inconvenient. >> reporter: the senate ultimately voted, 54

so mike abate leaned out of copter, an m-16, the officers lowering the basket.ad to actually had a rifle in your hand while doing a rescue? >> rifle for a rescue this would be a first. >> what was the information you had going in about what was going on below? >> i just knew there was an active shooter. >> one or did you think there might be more? >> initially, it was heard, potentially there might be two. >> now we know what they were dealing with. just 30 feet below the rotors what turned out to be one gunman on ape shooting rampage. law enforcement authorities aaron alexis was in a final descent into madness and the signs were all too obvious. just last month, august 7th, 6:00 in the morning, while alexis was already working as a contractor on a mill terry base he called the new port police in rhode island with a delusional tale. documented in a police report obtained by abc news. he described the confrontation with an unidentified person who had sent three people to follow him and to keep him awake by talking to him and sending vibrations to his body through

it's abatement to know that one of the largest tenant didn't participate and obviously japan mall meet the street in a more friendly environment s as this project comes forward but this is a great vision sea a great way to look at other communities in preserving cultural heritage but i want to commend the community in reaching consensus it's a difficult thing to do so

our subsidewalk basement abatement program. that's always been a problem for us. putting in curb ramps, making them as assess i accessible. we have identified locations where there are subsidewalk basements. it's going to be a large program and take a while for us to work on this. along market street, the curb ramps along market street were built about 20 years ago. they are nice looking but they have some issues with them. the market street, the better market street programs coming up soon and they will be redoing all the of market street and all the programs. all the ramps are built with a lip at the bottom of the curb ramps. they are a problem for people with wheelchairs. we are looking at them that are greater than a half inch and putting a patch so to make it less of a barrier for wheelchair users. we are about half way done with those on market street. then the photo goes with this initiative to replace the worn out plastic detectable tiles with concrete tiles. over the last almost 10 years we've been putting in the plastic tiles but we found they are not ho

but we must recognize that the conflict shows no signs of abating. even at this late date we need to mobilize the international community to respond much more effectively. >> we'll talk about the international response and we'll look at what the united states can do to prevent the syrian crisis from getting worse and destabilizing the entire region. stay with us. pm eastern time . we will be right back. ♪ >> as the syrian refugee crisis deepens and the civil war and threat of military action, then say they don't have the funding or resources to cope. joining us is sharon waxman, vice president for public policy and advocacy. from irvine, california, kinda, a syrian-american activist and cocreator of a program for displaced syrian children, and frank genuzi. >> what kind of money is needed. >> the appeal for the response in the region exceeds $4 billion. and of that amount only 40% has been funded. so the needs clearly outstrip the resources that have been provided. one area that i receive, my organization has really noticed where we've noticed a gap

abated that back then and nothing has changed. so i go back to ancient china and india and decrease and here you have these society that takes a voice from their parents as seven or eight years old to send them into military trading for what purpose? to rise up to be a warrior so the whole society is destructive to their culture do know how they graduated? the slave population would graduate once every year usually in the fall david take the 80 new warriors to say go out and find some on causing problems and kill them. that measure graduation if you can sneak up to take him out here is the list of the most undesirables. so once again the seven pillars. >> how many pages? >> guest: 500 of the good stuff than the appendix it is impossible to introduce into society a greater change that a conversion of the law. >> isn't that great what he was trying to get out was the primary goal of socialism to allow the iron fist of the government to impose its will uncontrollably on the rest of us and that is the duty of the constitution it did n

and fiscal growth is abating and housing market is, we are a little concerned about the near materi term rate effect. it's inflation and hiring to a large extent. we think housing is in good shape and the lending mechanism can work. we think the economy is in good shape and the data will continue to be firm and seeing pull backs at time. we think u.s. economy, we are encouraged by where it's going. jeffrey lacker said this week, the criteria the fed set up to begin tapering has been met. do you agree? you think they are tapering in september? >> i think the fed wants to get out of the quantitative easing. it was foam on the runway back then and now the transmission mechanism into employment is dull and forward guidance is a more effective way to manage interest rates. >> and rick, one more cloud on the horizon in washington, we have a debt ceiling that we will hit. and we were reminded it will happen early october, you think that battle could get ugly. i think we will get to and potential go over. i'm sure the market reaction will not be the same as it was in august 11th. >> absolutely r

concerns about syria abating a touch. now, data out of china shows they may push forward with his economic policy. here we are at the bottom of the screen. 133 to 05 on the offer side. euro is gaining by investors on the hopes of revitalized eurozone economy. pretty positive start here. and we're seeing the fluctuations in the currency markets as well. we'll see how that continues, and, of course, we'll keep track of china related shares and apple product related shares throughout the session. back to you. >> thanks for that update. >>> new car sales in china increased more than 10% in august year on year. the first double-digit growth in two months. officials at the china association of automobile manufacturers say total vehicle sales including trucks and buses stood at more than 1.6 million units in august. this was up 10.3% from the same month last year. japanese automakers were affected by worsening relations between japan and china. their sales fell by 9.3% year on year to about 200,000 units. but u.s. automakers saw

we have rain financially abated for the wand. >> sandhya is here with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> we did have a pretty good soaker on saturday. daily record rainfall for san francisco oakland mountain view and long gone. you will notice here we are enjoying pretty clear skies with the exception of few patches of fog around interthe coast line. view from the camera looking back towards the bridge and san francisco from mountain tamalpiais. sparkling 60 grease in san francisco and oakland mild from san carlos and san jose. half machine bay cooled off to the mid 50's and you are going to get even cooler tomorrow morning. from our exploring camera looking toward the ferry building and pretty good visibility right now 59 in santa rosa. 57 novato. napa 62. 60 for concord and livermore. about sutro tower cam are san francisco in the mostly clear receipt now loo looking at breezy and cooler weather the next two days. notice the changes. slight chance of some sprinkle on wednesday and warming back up thursday through saturday so here's look at the satellite and radar. here's what is going

. >>> then this project was supposed to provide restrooms and odor abatement along the canal. >> but after 17 million bucks those stalls are still lost and the whole thing stinks. russ ptacek is on the case tonight on wusa9 news at 11:00. >>> redskins go into the bye week on a winning note, but it wasn't pretty, folks. >> you're going to tell us don't get all excited. >> don't get excited over oakland. you don't get style points. the redskins take them how they can. it was ugly yesterday. they don't have an alibi, burgundy and gold nation telling the truth about mid-2nd quarter yesterday and you were like whoa, we're really bad. oakland up 14-0 driving. then david emerson swooped in and turned in what might turn out to be the play that changed the fortunes of the early season. check this out. the pick six turning the tide and allowed the redskins to turn the black hole into a black eye for oakland. the rookie seemed to motivate the rest of his defensive mates. they went all assault and battery on matt flynn, seven sacks and 24 unanswered points for washington. today i asked mike shan

we have rain financially abated for the wand. >> sandhya is here with a look at live doppler 7hd. >>e did have a pretty good soaker on saturday. daily record rainfall for san francisco oakland mountain view and long gone. you will notice here we are enjoying pretty clear skies with the exception of few patches of fog around interthe coast line. view from the camera looking back towards the bridge and san francisco from mountain tamalpiais. sparkling 60 grease in san francisco and oakland mild from san carlos and san jose. half machine bay cooled off to the mid 50's and you are going to get even cooler tomorrow morning. from our exploring camera looking toward the ferry building and pretty good visibility right now 59 in santa rosa. 57 novato. napa 62. 60 for concord and livermore. about sutro tower cam are san francisco in the mostly clear receipt now loo looking at breezy and cooler weather the next two days. notice the changes. slight chance of some sprinkle on wednesday and warming back up thursday through saturday so here's look at the satellite and radar. here's what is going to

don't seem that they could otherwise abated. i am looking into some complaints that are relatively small. and one that is kind of -- the last kind of problem. that three that i see on here that are small issues are the lumpy cafe and playland, they are working on their issue, and i sat the venue down with the complainant and they are working on a solution. volumpy got a permit for their ca karoke and they last up to 2 a.m. nearly every friday and saturday night. it's not really affective, part of the security. because the security does a good job on their specific parts, getting people out and pushing them down the street. it ends up being like a bubble. i handed out a couple of violations. but these are obvious in nature. citations as well, the live worms cafe, i have warned them a month prior, and i visited this weekend and they were closed after i noticed the prior week's violation. and you will see a couple of incidents in here. there are a couple note, the attempted homicide at yoshi's, and i had a cellar club listing in he