maintains jurisdiction and they are to the coastal commission it dependses on the geography of the zone. but a lot of the coastal zone permits we issue would be appealable to the board of appealless. lastly, the office of short term rental in planning and issue certificates for property owners to allow them to short term rental dwelling units and appeals of those approvals or denials of the certificates go to the manager of the short term office and not to the board of appeals. that's basically it in terms of that's the few things that come out of planning that are not paled to the board of appeals. and we will move along i tried split them up with the actions that come from differents entities or place within the department and commissions. first actions relate the to the planning department. this is where we have the most common approval that come before the board which is building permits. and as you may know bodiesing permits begin and ends in the building inspection they are a creature of the building code others piggyback and do their code review off it includes planning and dpw,

sit on 70 state boards and commissions including the state pension fund, franchise tax board, coastal commissionergy in the state. this job is significant in california. you could change the state if you were to win. do you believe that? >> i believe we can make this state more accountable and make it run better and spend smarter. let me say this. gas prices are a perfect example. the controller can audit the gas tax. we have some of the highest gas taxes in the country. where does the money go and what is it being spent on? the controller can figure it out and tell people where their money is going. >> bill: it's an uphill climb but making a strong case. thank you for your time in california. thanks. >> julie: gwen lost her partner to a fentanyl overdose saying the stigma surrounding addiction may have prevented him from seeng help. she joins us next. it may be time to update your resume if you work for twitter. think he's posting about all that ancient roman coinage? no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that's... how you collec

some time in late 2017 or 2018, i was at a coastal commission meeting in southern california and one of my counterparts on that state wide body let me know that e scooters were the new thing in wherever that was santa moncamp the commission was telling mow about and this was one of those instance san francisco was not the trial guinea pig for the testing of new technology. and the commissioner warned me that it was only a matter of time before san francisco would see these device deployed. and i went to the then head of the san francisco mta and asked him if he knew these were like low coming and -- he was somewhat aware and was fourth aware that the mta did not have in it -- laws in the authority to -- regulate them. and so hoe and i worked with the city attorney and came up with a regular over site authorize that the board of supervisors bestowed upon the mta so they could revving lit and issue permits and the like. that was as all the advent of all new things tex the subject of media attention. and it was known thing legislation had been introduced and was at the end of the 30-day

the california coastal commission unanimously approved plans for a dana point plant. into drinking water. now, just five months ago, the very same commission rejected plans for a similar plan in huntingdon beach. the south coast water district, says this plant will operate differently than the one that was rejected back in may. now those plans are being built up here in northern california as well. the city of any hockey is working on a desalination plant to deal with the drought, but they're not taking water from the ocean water in the delta has been starting to get too salty in dry years because of the low flows from upstream. all right back to that story about that six story condo complex that is on fire right now. sal has been tracking that as well as the roads sound. we can tell us about that fire first. yeah well, you know, andre and dave, this is a pretty serious situation. it's on santa clara street in oakland here near 5 80 grand. i'm going to put an arrow right there on this indicator. and this fire is burning right there at an apartment complex. it's a big

he did so marvelously well he was commissioned upon graduation in 1829, into the elites corps of engineers, were he overtook coastal engineering projects, ranging from georgia to new york city to the st. louis waterfront. he earned his most impressive military bouquets, however, serving under winfield scott in the mexican war, serving as his chief aide in mexico city in 1847. from there, robert lee served as superintendent of west point. and from 1857 to 1861, he was lieutenant colonel of the second cavalry. he was also weave the commander of the first u.s. cavalry. then with the outbreak of the civil war, he was offered field command of the united states forces in dealing with the secession estates. at that moment, he turned his back on more than 30 years of service. and took command, first of the virginia state forces and then of the principal confederate field army, the army of northern virginia. almost nothing in those proceeding 30 years gave the slightest hint of the decision he made to leave the army to forswear his oath to defend the united states, which he first took upon commissioning in 1829. to refuse w