they also face a perpendicular briard, which the property is already built out to the rear yard. they are guarantee that that will continue to be the case in their very large rear yard area. as far as we know, the d.r. requesters are the only opposition to the project and the other at edison -- and the other adjacent property owner is in favor. and we do not believe this -- the level of extraordinary circumstances and we request the commission does not take d.r. myself, charles, the project architect, and kim are here if you have any questions. president miguel: speakers in support of the project? if not, d.r. requester, you have a two-minute rebuttal. >> as far as the lighting of fact, i have been noticing in the last month where we sit in our kitchen and our family room and i am becoming much aware of where the light would be during that time. it definitely affects us in the middle of the day. it has been very sunny and i look out and see where the project is going to be and it will be totally blocked. i do not know what kind of studies they did, but it will affect us immensely

as an action item, it is with the understanding that it can be continued further out, depending on briard with the discussion. again, thanks to everyone for their input. >> commissioners, with the and turning of this meeting, your next meeting does not begin until 1:00 p.m. commissioner olague: the america's cup item -- this cannot be before 5:00. ok. meeting is adjourned. >> i came out to san francisco about seven years ago. i was trained as a carpenter. i got sick of the cold weather and the hot weather. i wanted to pursue art. i thought i really be here for about three years. here i am, 7 years later. ♪ i have problems sleepwalking at night. i wanted to create a show about sleep. a mostly due painting kind of story telling. these are isolated subject matters, smaller studies for the larger paintings. i fell in love with it and wanted to create more of them. it is all charcoal on mylar. it is plastic. i was experimenting and discovered the charcoal moves smoothly. it is like painting, building up layers of charcoal. it is very unforgiving. you have to be very precise with the mark-makin

as an action item, it is with the understanding that it can be continued further out, depending on briard with the discussion. again, thanks to everyone for their input. >> commissioners, with the and turning of this meeting, your next meeting does not begin until 1:00 p.m. commissioner olague: the america's cup item -- this cannot be before 5:00. ok. meeting is adjourned. >> good evening, everyone. my name is filled in the third, the director of your parks department. my job can be challenging at times, but on and that light tonight, i feel like the luckiest guy in the world to be here, to support families in the event like this is truly fantastic. this is the greatest city in the world, the greatest parks department. thank you for joining us. 82 years ago, uncle john mclaren, our first park superintendent started the tradition of minding a mile- long of live trees at, to where he lived at the time. behind you is the official entry of san francisco, and it is called uncle john's tree. it is a monterey cypress that is 131 years old. it is over 100 feet tall. it has over 700 lights. it too

faced sustained republican criticism that his administration has failed to tame a bloated federal briard proceed. next, dennis from rhode island. caller: good morning. i think that president obama has really proposed a great plan. unfortunately, i have difficulty accepting with what the republicans are going to do, especially the tea party. they will probably go against this just to make sure he does not get credit for reorganizing the government. they will find something wrong with it and push it to the hilt. host: the tea party, part of their whole reason for existence was smaller government, lower taxes. now the president is talking about streamlining the government and reducing the bureaucracy. you do not think that there might be some in the tea party will go along with this? caller: i wish there were, but i do not think there will be. i think they will find some reason to scuttle it. one of the reasons -- one of the overriding issues for the tea party and republicans is to make sure that this president is not reelected and they do not want him having a favorable image going into th

as an action item, it is with the understanding that it can be continued further out, depending on briard with the discussion. again, thanks to everyone for their input. >> commissioners, with the and turning of this meeting, your next meeting does not begin until 1:00 p.m. commissioner olague: the america's cup item -- this cannot be before 5:00. ok. meeting is adjourned. supervisor avalos: good morning, and welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. my name is supervisor mar avalos, the chair. i am joined by supervisor elsbernd. we will be joined shortly by supervisor mar. the committee clerk is ms. gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you submit copies of materials to the members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. if you wish to hand in speaker cards, please put them in the container by the rail in front of you, to your left. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. please call the first item. >> hearing on the city's response to the surge in homelessness, and families and