application. this consists of a wide range of application and also includes all other agency reviews within that time period. general review of the permitting process would be applicant comes and files for a building permit application. we conduct the permit application review. where we issue comments for outstanding items and then work with the applicants on working on approval. after that, we send the permit for permit issuance. once it's issued, they're approved for construction, they can go through the construction, conduct their construction inspections and once everything is complete, the project completion, they get their certificate of final completion and can open their business. restaurant permit process. so typically once a project is approved by the planning department it comes to our position for review. there are two routes for the process. one, over-the-counter. and the second is through intake process. about 90% of the applications we review go through an over-the-counter process.

application. it's relatively simple, just includes your address, name of the applicant, name of the business and they submit the initial processing fee. they need to provide us with the certificate of insurance as well as current san francisco business registration. these are items they already may be in possession of before pursuing the permit. then we require a site plan that depicts the layout, so we can assess the impact on the public right of way tt. this is a sample of the brochure that is created for this program. if someone wanted to come into the office, this might be an example we provide them. if staff determines that the application does not meet requirements, we will send a detailed letter to the applicant indicating what changes need to be made to the application, so we can continue our review. if staff determines that the application has been submitted to us, has been acceptable, we'll create a public notice that the applicant has to post in an observable location fronting the publi

application. we have the technology to press a button, generates the list on demand and that is no longer a cost for applicants to do that. it saves time so you don't have to give us new labels if six or nine months pass after the application. we have a small business liaison. they work directly with the office of small business. we have a small projects team that takes the cb3p application and other applications and focuses on giving those -- getting those through the process as quickly as we can. we have a find my zoning tool. which i'm going to try to show you if the computer will cooperate. this is on our website. to find your zoning -- it's not -- you would just type in an address. and it takes you to the property information page. if you go to the zoning tab, then go to find out what businesses are permitted. it takes you to this page. if you wanted to look at a restaurant, that's under sales and service. you'd find the restaurant. also if you click on these, you can see what the definition,

the difference is, intake application, the drawings and application are dropped off and submitted toe department and go through a sequential interdepartmental routing process which can take time -- take longer time than over-the-counter review process. we have a general review of a flow chart of over-the-counter review process. as you can see, application typically starts with dbi and finishes with dbi. throughout the process, these projects do require some other agencies' review and this is where they're intertwined within the application process. such as some projects that require health department review would be sent to be reviewed within the process. and some projects for larger restaurants may require fire department review and so forth. some of the causes for the extra time needed for a very view, there is ongoing issues for a project and there is time needed for the applicant to respond to the comments and revise the drawings to comply with matters. other things that can create additional lead time, it's upon approval of an application. sometimes the applicant is still workin

for all the applications. for the grants we do that because we don't want the funding to go to the businesses before we check. we haven't done that for the registry. if you want, we can start doing that, if that's something that you think -- >> just to be clear, i don't -- nothing in my motion suggests that either -- that there's anything at fault. at adobe. we don't know that and there's no fault in the process. i think this is something we have not seen before and that we aught to cause and consider it's something we haven't seen before. let's see how we deal with this situation and avoid it in the future. maybe it's an outlier case and revisit it at the next round. most of the work has already been done. it's a matter of us doing our due diligence to be fair. >> with the legacy applications we hit all issues up front. you've seen that with all of the applications that we brought before you. we generally ask the businesses if there's anything we need to know, let us know, and we'll talk about that beforehand

i have two applications. one would be the application for seat 13 and 14. >> got it. >> i do wish to respect your time. if there are any questions, i wish to be able to say such. just going with evidence though, i do have a political science degree from the great state of arizona. make that be the copper state, the aztec state, and the grand canyon state. the definition of the great seal, with title 5, united states code, section 5721. i do have the applicability of the agency on the federal level. i also have certificates with the definition of california and the united states code of emergency management institute from fema, with evidence as well-being the following exhibits. one would be effective communication. the second one would be surveillance awareness. the third would be national incident management system. i also e-mailed ms. edith, if i got that correctly, from supervi supervisor fewer's office that i would be stating if i were given the opportunity to be hear, what would be the publicability of m

the permit application is not new. it is instead based on prior application. as noted in the agenda for tonight's meeting. that prior application resulted in the notice of violation which is also noted in the agenda. the notice of violation is still current. as far as i am aware has not been cured. for this reason alone, tenants in the building should have been noticed by the city. the city knew there was a history of something seriously wrong with the underlying permit. the tenants there should be allowed to review any new applications before they were approved. or are approved -- excuse me. second, the work site at apartment 2, 15 nobles alley, is a hazardous one. signage on the interior. the consequence of another notice of violation indicates that the city knew the project at 15 nobles alley includes work that disturbs or removes lead-based paints. the city erred by not telling tenants at 15 nobels, that the new application was being considered at the same hazardous site. giving photos to the unit -- given photos of the unit to interior. it also seems the

i actually had that on my application. i just saw now that that seat was not on there any more. >> supervisor ronen: i'm wondering -- >> 8, 9, 13 and 16. >> supervisor ronen: you are 8. >> 8, 9, 13, 16 is what i would qualify for. >> supervisor ronen: my bad. never mind. great. thank you. >> thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm coming up, not only for myself, but also for my colleague jen garcia, who is unable to be here today. they're actually doing the elections for the union. so she wasn't able to meet. so i'll start with a letter from her. jennifer garcia apologizes for being unable to attend today's hearing and requested that i read this letter into the record. my name is jennifer garcia. i'm a union representative and organizer for ufcw local 648. we are local that represents over 4,000 members working and living in san francisco in various occupations. i'm applying for seat number 10 on the cannabis oversight committee. i served as an original three-year member of the

to deny the permit application. in reviewing the hearing, it is my recollection that at the hearing, the permit holder stated that he informed, if i get this correct, he informed the tenants of what he was proposing to do, and they left. it was then throughout the course of the hearing that more information came out, and it i is -- it isn't quite exactly the same as i heard today. at least that there was some agreement now, to understand that there was an agreement now that they left, i guess voluntarily, that.-- those are some of the concerns that the commission had. the increase in size of the building to all units. a third dwelling unit is allowed under the density providing other code requirements are met. the project that is before you, you know, appear to require purchasing an a.d.u., because it is not completely code compliant for the third unit. it was a process working with them, and -- the initial project that they proposed wouldn't have even been approvable as an a.d.u. they made substantial changes to th

is there some way to design -- digitally design the application so that it's an audio application. and takes responses verbally from somebody who may have visual impairment? >> okay. so just to make sure you understand, the applicant could speak an answer and then -- >> have the application ask a question, what is your name? and then the person speaks it. and then it gets filed into the application. >> nicole: through the chair, i think one of the things to check on christina's audit is what councillor herman is describing is something available through a voice dictation. and typically, if we're following the current accessibility guidelines when we're accounting for web accessibility, that is part of this audit. so my assumption is that we're also testing specifically for what you're asking for. but it would be good to cross-check that. >> okay. i need to follow up with you on that. >> the only reason i brought it up, you said there was no audio content. and in response to the other council member. so i didn't feel there was any opportunity for anybody who was visually impaired to

the applicant need not prepare sublet application for a waiver of pay an additional fee necessary information is gathered at the time of the visa application. the department works closely with the white house and other agencies on the creation of exceptions and waivers we saw authority for the counselor officers because they are in direct content and the best place to assess their circumstances and purpose of travel under the proclamation. the required interagency security is out of necessity conducted in washington with the assistance of vetting partners rather agencies who have access to relevant intelligence information. the results of that are provided back to the counselor officers. as noted that is the longest part of the process. july 2019 to have a preinterview enhanced automated screening and vetting process after first ensuring the process was just as secure. as a result as of september 14, september 14, 2019 more than 7600 pieces pursuant to a waiver and in addition to that more than 5000 pieces were issued to the nationals of the proclamation countries 8830. we anticipate completi

is to lodge that application with the speaker and i can advise the honourable gentleman that that applicationd with me and my office yesterday evening. so it was well in time and moreover i hope i carry the house with me in observing that whatever people think of the right honourable gentleman the member for dorset west, his courtesy is unsurpassed by any other memberof his courtesy is unsurpassed by any other member of his house. and it was partly on account of that courtesy and because he wanted his intention is to be entirely intelligible that he was keen that his motion if judged orderly should be published as early as possible and it was published some hours ago. so the honourable gentleman has had a good try but i think his efforts on this occasion on that point have been exhausted. and i would suggest that the courteous thing now to do would be to proceed with certain minute dash the ten minute rule motion with which the honourable gentleman has been patiently waiting. ten rule motion. we were just leave the commons for a few minutes while that te na nt rule commons for a few minutes w

thank you for considering our application. anthony bourdain once said, anyone who doesn't have a great time in san francisco is pretty much dead to me. it is a two fisted drinking town it is dirty and nasty and wonderful. i think mr. bourdain articulated what we all know. san francisco is an incredible city. is full of contradictions. its beauty is undeniable and so is his legacy as a great all time-barred town. several iconic cocktails were created or achieved fame here including the martini, the punch , how's cappuccino, the list goes on and on. today, san francisco is as quirky as ever, but our industry , the hospitality industry, and that is so much of the city's identity that is shaped by is undoubtedly in trouble. i have attended a number of the meetings, the supervisory -- supervisor here and you had a few weeks ago and i think a lot of these issues came up and we feel them acutely. just in the recent weeks, over by the bulk hard -- ballpark, a few blocks over, we decided -- they decided to close their doors. they are u

for each applicant, the s.b.c.n provided a staff report, a draft resolution, the applicati application, a case report. there are copies on the table in the public binders. item 3(a) is ehs pilates. the business is an education center. it is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century after joseph pilates. ehs pilates was one of the first pilates studios on the west coa coast. in 2002, the business moved to its current location on valencia street and in 2007 tracey sylvester purchased the studio. in 2015, tracey became the sole owner of the business. although ehs pilates is not yet 30 years old, it is eligible for listing on the registry because it faces a significant risk of displacement. item 3 desist (b) is f. dorian inc. the store features contemporary crafts, ethnic arts, and home decor displayed with museum esthetic. their wares include jewellery, glassware, and more. 2001 f. dorian moved from 388 hayes street to 370 to allow them to open their private dining room. the business is not yet 30

specific and so that's the prestigious the exclusive so this application was part of a scholarship application from 2011. and what's sad to think about that is a scholarship is probably somebody comes from a more middle class working class background and they're being asked like hey you know when unions are people who are like you and where you came from we don't they rise up against power can you explain how we can do that morally you shoot them down for protesting if they don't have enough. and what really gets me about this too is when you really think about it it just it just makes that it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up because i'm like wow you know it be one thing if the school had like write an essay either condemning it or justifying it as you're there are choices you say what would you say now that i can see it but when it's like no you only can justify it i don't know what that's like what are they trying to put as i mean it well what's interesting is the scholarship you're speaking of boris johnson was actually recipient of the king's scholar though it's not known of

to have a more diverse pool of applicants, but also as our equity applicants. i think it's been frustrating for all of us. we grappled with geographic equity and our own neighborhoods. also, we have heard from parents about the regulation and heard from communities about the fact that they are anti-cannabis. so i think that as legislators, what we're looking for here is some oversight on the office of cannabis, not to really regulate them, but actually to give suggestions on what the legislative branch can do to actually advise the office of cannabis on how to address some of these issues from people who actually have real on the ground experience in doing this. we, as legislators, do not. none of us, as far as i know, own a cannabis business. i don't even know which ones have used cannabis. so, i think we are starting from a place with no expertise. i want to say personally, i just through stuff on the wall, and if it stuck, it was in the legislation, not knowing what we were doing. we're looking towards this group, this body to give us some expertise, on the

and so this is essentially a draft application. and there's a give and take sometimes between the judges and their assistants, their staff and our attorneys. and in light of the exchanges that occur in that process, sometimes applications are withdrawn all together. other times they can be modified in ways that, again, may mean that the case is less significant or novel. >> can you share maybe in writing what the particular circumstances were of those three? and there was also i believe in 2018 something similar happened. i'm wondering if you could give a little more context of what the actual circumstances were. >> i could certainly take that back and see if we can get you that information. >> thank you. the law also requires the fisa court and government to give those who file amicus access to all materials deemed relevant to their duties including precedence or applications. as far as your information, have any amicus been denied information? >> not that i'm aware of. >> >> have they been denied to pete with other individuals to

, and require or deny, or require permit applications to make changes to these projects. it is a special power of the planning commission, outside of the normal building permit application process. when extra ordinary circumstances are not defined. they have the ability, where there are exceptional extraordinary circumstances as undefined that may be, to come to a conclusion to deny requests. >> thank you. so, i am still hung up on whether this is a civil matter, or not? what i would like to hear from you, plain english, every time we have a hearing, what is wrong with this project? why is it doing harm to your client? and, this is a did noble heari hearing, what is wrong, what is the harm here? is that the reduction of the open space, is it light and air, i don't know, because you get where i'm going? >> it is the extension into the open space of an additional area of a debt. at which location now, there is a solarium. you're adding a couple of feet to the project. now you're adding, you know a deck that is two or 3 feet higher, plus on the sides you're adding screens to

i have read all of those applications on the case and saw nothing wrong with any of them. i think all the information was given to the court concerning the fact that it's started by the republicans is a lot of information to protect from russian interference and i think the justice department and fbi for the word and security. for the ability to counteract the work that you're doing the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. as a former u.s. attorney that was and still is my opinion that fisa is an important tool in the financing of international terrorism. it is estimated that 25% of our actual intelligence on foreign terrorism comes from the authorities like sections of them 02. my point is that properly used authorization of the authorities should be noncontroversial and bipartisan. the problem is that many of us as it has been pointed out about classified information they have seen what appearsn. to be egregious abuses and misuses of the authorities and corresponding misrepresentations before the foreign intelligence s

at the middle level, there are many applicants for limited openings. a space utilization study showed our physical plant had significant unused capacity. the school could grow its enrollment without growing its physical footprint. once we identified there was room to grow, we analyzed our staffing needs and found that a student increase could be accomplished with minimal added faculty and staff. on april 7, 2018, in an effort to address the strategy and remedy the overall enrollment, the school applied for a 30-year-old cup and applied for the increase of 200 students. it was critical that there was a low associated cost impact, since the hope was to provide increased admission opportunities and continuing to distribute significant financial aid to families. providing excellent education opportunities to a diverse school body reflective of the socioeconomic range of san francisco is at the core of the sacred heart admission. the school is committed up to distributing 25% of the gross tuition at the high schools and 15% to 20% at the elementary in finan

the first being an 18 to 19-page application and for general massage establishments and an $892 application fee. for sole practitioner massage establishments, that fee is $ 5 $635. [ please stand by ] for general massage establishment listed as $1,389, per year, which is modified depending on what month the individuals applying for the annual license fee and for soul practitioner massage establishments it is listed as when $86 we had -- -- $186 read i am seeing all of this to show you how detailed this process can be for an applicant. for an alcohol massage business permit submit a standard application to operate, written operational procedures with background checks, a declaration of a health and safety workplace, 471-dollar application fee in their annual license fee is three and $50. for brick-and-mortar -- -- $350, for brick-and-mortar they must ensure that there location is allowed as a massage use under the plan code. where general info practitioner massage establishments may operate is regulated through the planning code, as you can see. out of approximately 224 commercial zoning dis

we have seven applications. i'll give you a quick summary of each and note what we're recommending for safeguard. we have several applicants here ready to speak. the first is the dobey books arts cooperative. 316, 16th street. facing a large rent hike, a group of supporters came together to form a cooperative business structure to preserve the store. it moved to 3130 24th street where it joined independent book stores adding to bookstore row. the cooperative is interested in building a connection between the bookstore and the exhibition space by encouraging artists to make site-specific works of reference or engage with the bookstore. we're recommended dedicated gallery space, cooperative business model and commitment to live events. the next applicant is the ha-ra club. i did not check the pronunciation. the club was opened at 857 geary street in the tenderloin in 1956. by a boxer and henry hank hampstead, a wrestler. the name comes from a combination of the names hank and ralph. the club was owned solely by ra

specific and so that's prestigious not exclusive so this application was part of a scholarship application from 2011. and what's sad to think about that is a scholarship is probably someone who comes from a more middle class working class background and they're being asked like hey you know when unions of people who are like you and where you came from we know and they rise up against power can you explain how we can do that morally shoot them down for protesting if they don't have enough. and what really gets me about this too is when you really think about it it just it just makes that it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up because of what wow you know it be one thing if the school had like write an essay either condemning it or justifying it as you and your there are choices you know what would you say you know now that i can see it but want to know you only can justify it i don't know what that's like where were they try to put it i mean what's interesting is the scholarship you're speaking of boris johnson was actually recipient of the king's scholar though it's not known

application he had 3 minutes to do it he took far far less than net asking for a emergency debate on no deal under the terms of what's called an s. so 24 a standing order 24. parliamentary device john bercow. by the arcane procedures of part of approving that request oliver letwin saying simply in light of the government's decision to prorogue parliament next week until october the 14th century send parliament away for 5 weeks it is time for this house to discuss whether we can accept a no deal breaks it now part and parcel of the debate that will take place over the next 3 hours or so it will begin in the next 15 minutes or so will be a vote at the end of the evening and that vote will determine whether the business of the house of commons normally gripped tightly in answer to government can be handed to backbench m.p.'s tomorrow allowing them to table a piece of legislation that is cross party group of m.p.'s has come up with it's already been published that would seek to block a no deal breaks it on october 31st and that's where we are right now a debate to come for 3 hours an abs

so the application are currently pending so we're waiting for results on these applications and we've added we'll discuss them sure but we've added a humanitarian component to it asking for immediate family reunification so at this time we're waiting for those decisions but i'm just wondering why the sticking so long because it was our live in the you know the vanessa and kyung on the other refugees who gave. they were given asylum in kind of a wise approving so problematic for. your and you are correct and this is something we've been asking the kenyan government for a couple of months now why was it because they're so easy to treat her so quickly to treat and how is that the others are are taking so much time the only thing thing i can think is that the next from a different country of undecided a different background each and every stories are different superman has a story and has her story and they have different agent in a different case officers as well so. still there's no reason why this is taking so much time but these are elements that allow us maybe to understand a bit mor

we are never going to not accept a paper application, but if you do submit a paper application, if you want your lottery results , you have to submit a self-addressed stamped envelope that we will then send you what the lottery results are. she is now filling in the phone number and her address. when she puts in this information, in the background, dahlia is taking in the information so if the household qualifies for any preference like the live or work in san francisco preference, it will see that she lives in san francisco, and tell her, you live in san francisco, you may qualify for that preference, as well. it is telling us we've got something else to do before we can go on. we didn't put in -- that's very good, she put in a fake address. it knows all of the san francisco addresses, and tell you that it doesn't exist. go back again, and figure out the address. i am going to keep letting her go and keep moving on, but dahlia is -- we also have, we know that not everyone has a smart phone or laptop or a computer, so we also have -- the community has invested in nonprofits throughout

can it serve as evidence to verify the accuracy of a fisa application? >> if i understood your question correctly, you are asking if a news article is appropriate to be used if the information in there was pulled for the woods file. >> so the answer is yes? >> yes, but there is often a lot of other facts that are put into the file that pulls out the totality of the probable cause. >> and with that my time has expired. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to our witnesses for your testimony and for your service to our country. i think we are all trying to balance the very important constitutional values that are the bedrock of our democracy with of course, your important responsibility is to keep the american people safe and fisa tries to stake that balance. i would like to focus my question on the role of the adversarial process and mr. wegman, i'll begin with you. in the usa freedom act there is a requirement that the fisa court appoint the other side of the case as presenting novel or s

they denied the application. i am available for questions. >> you commented on the haa, which i'm glad you did. what about the argument that there are constraints on the planning commission's exercise of authority and the exceptional extraordinary circumstances, in particular that the exercise of authority is limited to design and authority code considerations? >> it is just as broad, and the discretion they can take into consideration, a number of facts as this board, as i said before, it's the same authority under section 26 of the business and tax code, is that right? 626. it is pretty broad. >> thank you. [inaudible] >> the action item only refers to this dislodging of the existing tenants on a rent control. is there a reason that they would not have addressed any design issues? if you think of this as part of a record for an appeal. we are not given much guidance on it. >> that will be something i will be addressing with staff. lazarus in a row tonight, by the way. >> when it is a denial, this board puts thi