we contacted the original d.r. requestor. there was no objection against this final replacement structure. however, they did not withdraw the discretionary review. therefore, we would recommend approval of the project based upon the replacement and a single-family dwelling containing only one bedroom with a single family dwelling. it will contain four bedrooms. the tenants will be replaced as a result of this demolition because the project scale will be no significant impact on the capacity of the street or muni. [unintelligible] although the project will maintain the same number of units at the side, it will provide three additional bedrooms compared to one existing bedroom, said it will be inappropriate development. finally, if the structure is more than 50 years old, and evaluation resulting in the determination is not an historic resource or landmark. this concludes the presentation if you have any questions. commissioner miguel: thank you. is the d.r. requestor present? there was one filed. i just wanted to make sure tha

i guess is not a continuance, a d.r key.to take the d.r. secondy scheme, give it to staff. but they can go back to the legal rear yard line, or whatever you want to call it. commissioner antonini: herainarg to second, i'll move to approve the project. -- no second, i'll move to approve the project. >> on that motion. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moorsugaya: no. commissioner miguel: reluctant aye. president olague: i'm with miguel, aye. >> that motion passes 5-1 with commissioner sugaya voting against. thank you. you are on item 14. case 2011.0817d for 4356 26th street. >> southwest team leader. before you is request for a discretionary review to construct a horizontal rear extension for the first floor level and to add a new basement level at the rear of the existing single-family dwelling unit. it is a down-sloping line and that also led early up slopes. such property is located in the zoning district. the horizontal rear extension of the first floor level will match the height and depth of an existing rear deck

our personal number one here on the d.r.ristmases," but we are a good bit biased since it was produced by our good friend and former d.r. show producer and co-creator derek evans. we've got our own biases around here. but up next, choosing your future, how america can make a new year's resolution that actually means something. deepak chopra our guest after this. ♪ silver bells ♪ silver bells >> hi, baby. ♪ it's christmas time in the city ♪ ♪ and just let me be [ male announcer ] this is your moment. ♪ your ticket home ♪ [ male announcer ] this is zales, the diamond store. now with stayfree you don't have to worry. inspired by athletic wear, only stayfree has thermocontrol to wick away moisture. so you're dry and comfortable up to 8 hours. stayfree. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in m

the d.r. requesters are primarily concerned that the small self-service restaurant appears to qualify with the use requiring conditional use authorization. the proposed self-service restaurant are in the controls of the special use district and the proposed small self-service restaurant, speciallizing in selling stharks and desserts, within the commercial establishments of the japantown center and would not contribute to an overconcentration of small quick food outlets which currently exist in the mall. the requesters that have indicated that without changing what the caffey is, changes could be implemented. the project sponsors will provide a response to the d.r. requesters concern in their presentation. the restaurant is the personalitied use on the first ground story under planning code section 712.44. section 703.3 of the planning code defines a retail use as a type of retail sales activity, retail sales establishment which has 11 or more retail establishments located in the united states

each d.r. requestor has 2 minutes for rebuttal. the other d.r. -- and >> i just want to say that i do understand the need that they want for this expansion, but i have to take into account and the other families, to have homes and to have loved ones. some are living multi- generational right now within compliance. my grandfather and my cousins lived in the house with six of us. we know what it was to be a tight family, literally. we have to think about everyone in the neighborhood and the concerns of everyone in the neighborhood. it is for the greater good of everyone. and i want them to be able to do something, i just think they can modify its and reworked the bottom floor, maybe get a little more living space out of that and get the second story and be able to take care of it. if they go to a third floor, there are things like what our roofs, things that can mitigate some of the things that they are doing. i am not cold hearted, i am just thinking of quality of life for everyone in the neighborhood. president olague: you are goin

"the d.r. show" were certainly surprised by how small that is, but it does offer opportunity for growth. and even with all this discontent about the state of our country, this generation may well get drowned out in 2012, because they refused to get involved, even if it is for a candidate that they support, facing an electoral system where 94% of the time, the person who raises the money wins anyway. after a third -- about a third says they'll take the small step of putting a sticker on their car or a sign in their yard. 30% said they'd attend a rally. only 20% of those on twitter say they care enough to follow their candidate on twitter. maybe that's because nearly half of them choose a candidate that is none of the above. john del avolpe is the pollster. and john, i'll begin with you. it appears that the young people recognize that the electoral system is a gerrymandered system, that is purchased at auction, and until they are given the none of the above option to reject all of the incumbents

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. >>> coming up here on "the d.r. show," how to lose $1 billion. jon corzine testifies today on capitol hill on the mf global fallout. did we get anything other than oops?! >>> plus, your brain on money. what can a new test tell all of us about our relationship with cash and how it might save us from relationship stress this holiday? >>> and what's in a yawn? turns out it might be more than you think. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! >>> well, this afternoon, former senator new jersey governor jon corzine being questioned on capitol hill about his role in the collapse of mf global and the disappearance of the former goldman sachs ceo's new fund, which lost $1.2 billion in client money including, yes, pension funds. unfortunately, he wasn't long on, you know, a

with us now for a "d.r. show" exclusive, the plan's co-sponsor, and an old teacher and inspiration on this subject, senator ron wyden. senator, it's a pleasure to see you. >> thank you, dylan. >> we've had lengthy conversations going back years about the idea of matching patients with doctors in a national exchange, as they do in -- with your staff there, and everybody else in the congress. it appears you have a victory here, at least in trying to expand that available pool, is that correct? >> there's an opportunity here, dylan. i think everybody understands, you cannot get on top of this health care challenge unless you tackle medicare. it is a huge issue and we need to approach it in a different way. one that brings people together constructively. here's an opportunity to put side by side traditional medicare, which its marketplace clout and it's been very popular with progressive folks. and then say it should go up head to head with those who favored choice and competition, and i think the two hold each

d.r. than us up with you. on your mind or me so do you know. i come up with the one that got. my father marco isn't the only one receiving threats. here to vasco is a lawyer who helps marco and the farmers. get on line but now that. we know. that i i was alone in the hotel room man and the phone ran in the middle of the night to be a model and case and we believe it when the i saw it was a number from a public telephone income aka. is this music the last kiss and i said yes. a man spoke harshly and insulted me for it so it's a. she said if i kept making trouble they would rape me even. kill me and cut my body into pieces. and threw them in the garbage for the dogs to eat. i hung up but he kept to call in. the union on the bridge. abutment keep probably wanted to keep tellin me how i was going to die. moments also with that we realized they were following everyone from early in the morning so i was in a stimulus of us alone and. so most of the one that they followed us to our homes just a lot of. families told us they were taking photos of the homes you wanted them for the if y

the appellant and initially filed the d.r. against the project. builder and the appellant began negotiating the terms. the appellant hired a lawyer. the lawyer drafted a settlement agreement. just when we were getting ready to sign the settlement agreement, there was a new issue. a new issue to the tune of $7,500 in cash. they incorporated this cash payment into the agreement and executed the agreement, despite the stench. the appellant and allow the project sponsored to make the revisions, allowed the planning department to approve those revisions, and then went and filed an appeal despite what it says in the second to last paragraph that she would not appeal. we have all heard the phrase that everybody deserves their day in court. i completely agree with that. housing is a very complicated process. there is no room for individuals who cannot live up to the spirit and the technical aspects of their own written agreement. >> any other members of the public wish to speak on public comment? why do we not hear back from the appellant? you have up to

everybody expected thme to d.r. erin and mike. when i bought my house and my deck was on the back of it, they have the right to build what they can build. i felt lucky that they had a very tasteful design, they have verbeen very and communicative. it is unfortunate that the communication did not get to the jordan and john. they did not get the information until too late. a first of the communication was going very well and there was talk of the deck on the back rather than the side, maybe a little bit of a setback. but just the way that happened, we were trying to arrange a meeting and erin had shown some pencil drawings she had done on the back of the napkin. no. and i said that it seems good, i am good with the nature of the project. and then it got cut off. he wanted to hear right away and

he's the perfect man to give our definitive "d.r. reform. michael lewit writes "the death of capital." the mega panel is also still here. welcome, michael. >> thanks for having me. >> so start us off, your analysis is so acute of all of this, what's the unfinished work, when you look at the u.s., banking and wall street situation, i know that when you look at what dodd/frank did and didn't accomplish, you've got a lot of unfinished business you would say has to be addressed. let folks know. >> well, i think the most important thing that's been overlooked is that the overall policy regime has still not been corrected to limit the amount of capital that's devoted to speculative activities, and trying to channel the capital to productive activities. there's derivatives reform, there's, you know, capital requirements for banks and so on. but at the end of the day, nothing has been done to revamp the way capital is used in this economy productively. as a result, we have an economy where too much money is in the form of debt and not equity

here on "the d.r. show," we're about to launch what america really needs, a 30 million jobs tour early next year. stay tuned for details on that coming soon. but for now, to get behind today's jobs numbers, let's turn to our dynamic duo of jobs report dissection, the caped crusaders of economic analysis. peter morici, former chief economist for the international trade commission and professor at the university of maryland smith school of business, and msnbc contributor jared bernstein, senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities, as well as vice president biden's former chief economist. welcome, jobs superheroes, both of you. jared, let me start with you. as i understand it, the unemployment rate went down this month because a lot of people got discouraged, you know, aren't looking for work, so that sort of takes out the denominator. is this the secret white house jobs plan, to discourage enough people from working, so we can push down the numbers to 7% by election day? >> well, first o

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d.r. show," we have to ask, is this any way to pick a president? the entire country's essentially coming to a halt to watch what 120,000 voters do in the idiosyncratic state of iowa on january 3rd. that's like a single city the size of charleston, south carolina, playing a pivotal role in who your next president is. or allentown, pennsylvania, or surprise, arizona, or little lafayette, louisiana. take your pick. a martian visiting our democracy would say it's crazy. yet an iowa win will lead to national magazine covers, a full media swoon, and huge implications drawn by every political pundit from washington to my home state of california. not to mention that the far right tilt of this small state of atypical americans forces candidates to disavow the things that might actually make them sane leaders to the rest of us. need an example? take mitt romney abandoning the sensible romney care from his days as massachusetts governor. this conservative enacted universal health care. and then there's today's news of newt gingrich's newly discovered fib. "t

in the west yeah let's follow up on that a little bit alabama has sent troops to uganda south sudan d.r. see a central african republic what's going on is it just is so in the horn of africa is really the model isn't it for this kind of a corruption and militarization of throughout the continent is not some while give you an example earlier this summer the united nations famine early warning center issued a report saying that millions of ethiopians in southie opiah stuck were. r ving a few days later the international committee of the red cross announces that they're being blocked from doing any aid work in that region in southern ethiopia a few days later the british government announces they're getting sixty million dollars in emergency food aid to ethiopia well now no food aid is being allowed into south you know people are people starving what's that money being spent on the very next day the ethiopian government announces they're spending one hundred million dollars buying two hundred battle tanks from the ukraine in other words they're buying tanks to prevent aid from getting to t

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together to 2012, americans from across the political spectrum, right, left, center, us here at "the d.r. show," all of us talking about trying to fix our structural problems that are preventing real investment, innovation, and obviously job creation in this country. that is our big story this country -- or this day, i should say. remaking our country. it's why early next year, we're hitting the road again on a 30 million jobs tour. that is correct. we are in need of 30 million jobs to dig ourselves out of the hole we're in. fortunately, we have a lot to do, which would make you create we could create a lot of jobs. we need to get rid of some of the trade, tax, and banking laws which were strangling us, but the influence of the bought political structure that preserves so much of the status quo prevents us from getting the debate on health care, education, and energy that perhaps as a country we truly deserve. more on the jobs tour at the first of the year. but i want to begin today on the subject of what we're doing and what we can do now to fix america and have compassion for ourselves