on that, commissi. >> vice president fung: aye. >> commissioner swig: aye. >> president honda: aye. > commissioner wilson: aye aye. >> this was item 8, the property's at 21 brompton, appealing a letter issued on december 1st, 2017 regarding whether the subject lot at the subject property currently being used for work could be considered a single nonconforming use, and it could be paved with a surface parking lot. >> other geng and welcome. you have seven minutes. >> good evening. my name is patricia hayes, and i'm here with my mother, brothers dan, sisters geralyn and joanne. as you've read in the background materials, this property has been in our family for over 43 years. last december 16, our mom with our family support purchased a 50% interest from our business partner mr. bernie kelly, which included the 21 brompton parking lot. it's important for us to keep the property. we're san francisco tied family. however, we were immediately concerned about the parking lot and the need for us to address it's status once we became the sole owners. we he were mindful that the lot is an unse

commissi commissioner driscoll, i knew i could count on you.ust in case you haven't seen it, i figure you're all extremely busy, so i didn't write another long report at this time. i just sent in a bunch of photos for the slide show. there's like 30 pictures, if you want to look. takes maybe three seconds a picture. you get done in a minute and a half. i will resend it. it's called global warming review, and it's in a pdf. thanks very much. >> up next, i have a speaker card for kai hung (phonetic). i'm sorry. thank you very much. i called it out of order. my mistake. i have another speaker card for general public comment. is there anyone else who would like to address the board under public comment? >> i'm john -- i would like to give you an update from ten years ago. it started on january 5th, 2008. as you know, 2008 was one of the largest down years in stock market history. the bet ended on the 21st of december, just a few weeks ago. over a ten-year period, the s&p 500 will outperform the vast majority of hedge funds. if you piggybacked with

when i was appointed to commissi commission, one of the first things i did was took a course at city cluj, the introduction to the fire science, and every tuesday and thursday morning, i was there at city college. assistant chief, now assistant chief jiratovak was my instructor. i never missed a class, and i learned the nomenclature. it's not just about diagrams and that sort of thing, so there are sources available. i don't know if -- you know, if you would be able to take one of those classes, but there may be other courses in the fire academy that -- excuse me, in the fire science curriculum of that will help you fill in some of those gaps, because there is a lot of give and take, and the textbook is exhaustive. it covers a lot of things. so i -- i admire you going into -- into this and understanding, you know, what to look at and where the gaps may be in your knowledge, so people within the department really want the same thing you want. >> absolutely. >> without question, they want to be safe. >> correct. >> they've come to work whole, and they want to return home whole. >> exac