president's announcemen announcements. >> president mccarthy: and welcome, everybody, to the building inspection commission of september 16, 2020. i am angus mccarthy, president of the building inspection commission, and i am joined by my fellow commissioners, along with patrick o'riordan, interim director, and d.b.i. staff. as you're aware, the past two weeks have brought the worst air quality in local history. the area air quality management distric district announced spare the air. this is a sobering reminder of the increasingly serious consequences of climate change leading to record breaking wildfires all over california this season. while we are hopeful that the wind and temperature changes this week will begin to clear away all the choking smoke in our skies, these air quality conditions obviously increase the challenges that our building safety employees face. with the air quality issues and covid-19 very much in our community, i hope that our customers and the public understand the ongoing need to follow all the public health protocols in place, which were very necessary for the public health and

so without further adieu, on behalf of the building inspections commission, i'd like to virtually present a certificate of acknowledgement and appreciation to housing inspector christina dang-moy. i'm sure she'll share this acknowledgement with her fellow employees. thank you for the work that everybody does, and thank you for the work that our housing inspectors do in the community and, you know, the compassion that they show and provide. thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. thank you so much, commissioner tam, coming with me and going through the building. i'm humbled, and this building certificate is for all building inspectors, not just in my division, but the department, so thank you again. >> president mccarthy: and thank you for all your work. as commissioner tam, i actually got schooled myself many years ago when i sat on the s.r.o. housing stock and saw how important it is to so many people in the city, and how challenging it is to live in these homes, but also how important it is for so many people. so appreciate your work there, and it takes a certain person to do that job a

it was presented at building inspection commission last week, and it was passed. >> miss comerford, if ab 112 has been adopted by d.b.i., what are we doing here? >> so that document is just how the document will be implemented if passed, so it's really -- >> chair peskin: hold on a second. d.b.i. is passing the regulatory implementation before we are passing the ordinance? is that -- which is, by the way, awesome. i've never seen it before, but that's awesome. >> yeah, i mean, we did it in -- to be transparent about how we were documenting the standard and procedures for implementation. it's a really key component to how we move forward with the ordinance. >> supervisor mandelman: i think both the environmental community and the development community were concerned about how this legislation would get interpreted and wanted to see those -- the interpretation up front and have the arguments and fights on the front end rather than after the legislation had gotten passed. >> chair peskin: supervisor mandelman, through myself, i'm delighted that you figured all this stuff out. when we talk

it was presented at building inspection commission last week, and it was passed. >> miss comerford, if ab 112 has been adopted by d.b.i., what are we doing here? >> so that document is just how the document will be implemented if passed, so it's really -- >> chair peskin: hold on a second. d.b.i. is passing the regulatory implementation before we are passing the ordinance? is that -- which is, by the way, awesome. i've never seen it before, but that's awesome. >> yeah, i mean, we did it in -- to be transparent about how we were documenting the standard and procedures for implementation. it's a really key component to how we move forward with the ordinance. >> supervisor mandelman: i think both the environmental community and the development community were concerned about how this legislation would get interpreted and wanted to see those -- the interpretation up front and have the arguments and fights on the front end rather than after the legislation had gotten passed. >> chair peskin: supervisor mandelman, through myself, i'm delighted that you figured all this stuff out. when we talk

it was presented at building inspection commission last week, and it was passed. >> miss comerford, if ab 112 has been adopted by d.b.i., what are we doing here? >> so that document is just how the document will be implemented if passed, so it's really -- >> chair peskin: hold on a second. d.b.i. is passing the regulatory implementation before we are passing the ordinance? is that -- which is, by the way, awesome. i've never seen it before, but that's awesome. >> yeah, i mean, we did it in -- to be transparent about how we were documenting the standard and procedures for implementation. it's a really key component to how we move forward with the ordinance. >> supervisor mandelman: i think both the environmental community and the development community were concerned about how this legislation would get interpreted and wanted to see those -- the interpretation up front and have the arguments and fights on the front end rather than after the legislation had gotten passed. >> chair peskin: supervisor mandelman, through myself, i'm delighted that you figured all this stuff out. when we talk

introduced the legislation in june, the ordinance has been thoroughly discussed for the building inspection commission and the environment commission and has been reviewed in detail by d.b.i. and environment staff and has received recommendations by both commissions. in addition, d.b.i. bulletin -- i want to thank the commissioners and especially president angus mccarthy as well as d.b.i. and department of environment as well as the dozens of san franciscans who participated and contributed their insight and passions through this project. i'm sure we'll be hearing from many of you today, as well. colleagues, before concluding, i want to put forward a couple of amendments based on recommendations received by the commission as well as community advocates. this includes a banning of natural gas for outside heating in new homes or buildings, and any building constructed must be wired as electric ready. with regard to some of the concerns i have heard about this lemgs lation, i think it is important for everyone to keep in mind that this

matter to july 1, 2020 so the permit holder could work with the department of building inspection and the planning commission to develop an accurate set of plans that show the existing conditions on the property, including those conditions that existed before any unpermitted work that was done. the matter was not heard on july 1. it was rescheduled to august 19, 2020. so we will hear from mr. sanchez with the planning department first. >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department. from the previous hearing there was several issues raise and a couple of items highlighted about inconsistency and inaccuracy on the plans. what has come ba about in the last two months is identifying and honing in on two issues with the budget permits. in the in addition to the inaccuracies present in the plans, the irn shoes with the legal and no clear permit evidence of it, although the structure had existed in that and the current configuration for some time and several decades and so in reviewing that matter more thoroughly and inspector duffy issued a notice of violation requiring them to demonstrate evidence of the legal

something that goes -- flies against a hundred years of san francisco architect, planning commission and building inspection wisdom. it's really amazing to me that it's now being allowed to be developed. my father had a chance to buy these lots, the lot, two times in last 30 years. each time the restrictions that were placed on it were too significant regarding access, the inability to safely egress in this small hallway. in terms of the developer, the meetings that he's scheduled sometimes were not posted and i never received any kind of notice of them. and the one time that i was going to go to a meeting because i had heard about it from neighbors, he changed the meeting at the last minute and posted a simple 8.5-by-11 piece of paper on the fences. and his attitude towards me is dismissive. after a planning commission meeting i asked him very politely, i would like a larger setback, please. please don't build an 18-foot-tall by 37-foot-wide wall with no windows, no architectural merit at all, simply a monolith right against my fence. he said, impossible, turned away and there was nothing left to be said e