it was -- nor the d.r., existing d.r. applicant. >> the fourth floor plans were the ones around which people met? >> a we did our pre-application meeting with. >> we did meet with the d.r. applicant afterwards and also the amrant. >> one more clarification. who did you negotiate the window on? >> the neighbor across -- >> did they speak? >> the ones that said i was a liar. >> we did ask them to send images from their view so we could understand what the view effect would be. the husband was not open to letting us on the property. the wife was more open to that. but -- >> what considerations did you make in reflect to their view? >> we removed a window that they were objecting to that they said was going to be a privacy issue from across the street. >> thank you. >> an actually, we did have -- i think it was more than one instance where the notice -- no, everything is done. we're in discussion now. where the issue of notice was not 100% clear cut, that it wasn't done. what this board did is had to decide is to clarify the

i'm one of the d.r. petitioners, and i'm filing for the building on leland avenue, the commercial storefront ncd-2. i've been in the community for 20 years, native san franciscan, and i'm very familiar with the area. so let me begin. every project should be evaluated on its own merits, but this one is not. it's being evaluated but what's happening behind it, completely by what's behind it. it's -- it wasn't -- if it wasn't for what's happening behind it, i wouldn't have a need to come here for this d.r. if it wasn't -- what's happening behind it, this would be a normal mixed use building ground floor retail, residential units above and no parking. this building fails because it's entirely subservient to what's behind it and it suffers greatly for that. so here's the problem. the building has an easement that runs right through it. as a result we have a building with a gaping hole at the street level. it's ill conceived. it's gigantic orif iice that y can literally drive a truck through. this opening is 1

d.r. requester, so the person who filed the d.r. >> so staff actually noted that the d.r. requester may not be in attendance, so unless they make themselves known. >> do you know is the d.r. requester here, the person who filed the d.r. >> no. we are just responding to it. >> go ahead. and we'll here -- is there any public testimony on this item? seeing none, okay. then let's give you -- you've got three minutes as the project sponsor. >> okay. thank you so since the family has extended members that live with them, primarily the grandmother it was recommended by the planning commission in the last hearing that the ground level be turned into an accessory gelg unit, so we suggested that since the grandmother lived with the family, would give her privacy while allowing access through a communicated opening. we're prepared to moving forward with an adu and a locking door that allowed the family members to interact. so here -- okay. there we go. so right here is the entry to the accessory dwelling unit? and right here is the communicating opening that we would like your approv

the d.r. requester on the other end has a building, a four-unit building that's built lot line to lot line. and as mentioned by the gaydos, she just recently remodelled her building. she had every opportunity to provide light to that room she's talking about. it's a kitchen -- combined kitchen-dining area. she did not do so. the building code, as you know, prohibits lot line windows in the absence of any agreement with the owner to cover street frontage. this is the laguna side, corner building, lots of windows. that's another view of the laguna site. >> president hillis: all right. that's your time. >> that's the rear. >> president hillis: okay. thank you. we'll open it up for public comment in support just a testament to what great people they are. we took on a major construction project which taught us several new phrases, like seismic retrofitting, and everything that goes along with terrific construction. even where we moved in, once where we had bayviews, construction across the street r

the d.r. it comes down to this. we have a problem. there's a real problem right now, and it's kind of under everybody's radar because these issues don't come before the planning commission generally. we don't have an opportunity to speak about what happens in a public forum which is why we're using this rare opportunity to bring up the subject. sro's are be converted, they're being converted at a very fast rate. i can name several that this has happened to already. the bristol is not the first, and it's not going to be the last, and unfortunately you don't see or hear about these, because these are done under the radar. i can name a couple of those. so the problem is real. i don't think there's an easy solution, but i'm using this opportunity to bring it to the public attention and to start the conversation. we need to do something, and we need to do something now. the bristol is a an example of a really bad actor landlord. if you go and look at the records and the judgments against him in the

>> well, the -- the d.r. requesters issues were a little different from what the planning commission's issues were with the project, so if you wish to put the commission's -- if you wish to put the revisions into place, you would need to take d.r. to do that. >> president hillis: all right. sorry. commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: we had asked for a second unit, and the pay the plans are depicted on a-1 shows the existing situation with a completely different unit, square footage tbd. it does not mentioned revised plan shows a unit that is not completely separate as is required. it is actually as a stair now to the upper floor from the garage to the mud room, which is the entry corridor for the second unit, and that in itself does not work. so you see that, mr. lindsey? >> are we looking at greenwich? >> commissioner moore: we are looking at what i think is greenwich -- no, i'm on the wrong building. sorry. my sheets got -- my sheets got turned around. i am so sorry. >> clerk: commissioners, if i cou

after 311 expired, the department reached out to the original d.r. requester, the d.r. was still on file, technically for a different design, and gave them a timeline to respond to determine if they wanted to continue with their discretionary review, no response was ever received during that timeline and therefore, that discretionary review was canceled. as such, building permit issued on november 27th of last year. that concludes my additional information, i'm available for any questions you may have. did the department provide the person with any additional information, drawings or anything? >> i don't know if they were provided anything specifically as part of that notice. my understanding is that they contacted the d.r. requester and essentially stated that in light of these new, the new proposal, there was a new 311 notice sent out, it expired, no new d.r.s were filed but still on file but for a different project, essentially, if you would like to continue your d.r., please let us know in a certain amount of time. otherwise we'll cancel this d.r. and the informatio

d.r. requesters reflect this characterization, three story massing at the street and four story massing at the rear due to the deep down slope. d.r. requester is riva, llc, represented by david nelson, 2712 broadway on behalf of the property owners. constructed house east of the subject property. concerns with the project are as follows. that the rear portion of the subject house's first story already encroaches into the required rear yard. that the addition would create an east facing wall that is monolithic in scale, and the addition and the roof deck above will negatively affect light, air and privacy for the d.r. requesters property. residential design advisory team concluded that the proposed addition would create massing that is comparable in-depth and height to the massing of the adjacent houses and that no exceptional or extraordinary conditions are created by the project. the planning department recommends that the commission not take d.r. and approve the project as proposed. that

when we have d.r. that are code compliant, they meet the rdat recommendations. this doesn't meet three of them. i just want to get this out on the table, that we're not treating this family different than any other family. we do this week in and week out. it's contextual. so that being said, first thing, our residential expansion threshold was on gross square footage, so you're on 1.8. it's not 1.5. can you show us the shadow study on the equinox? i never see them like this, i always see them december 21, january 21. >> just pull that mic over so we can hear you. >> this is a january shadow study that i believe you have in your package. >> january 1? >> january 1. >> okay. >> eight, noon, and 4:00 p.m. this is april 1st. >> so could you -- i'm looking here at -- is the building articulated to minimize impacts on light to adjacent properties, and planning checked no. can you show me how it doesn't affect the ability of light and impacts on neighboring properties? can you walk me through this, please? >>

and i make a motion to not take d.r. and approve as revised. >> second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. if there's nothing further, there's a motion that has been seconded to not take d.r. and approve the project as proposed. on that motion -- [ roll call. ] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 5-0. >> thank you. you have a good day. >> commissioner melgar: okay. so we are adjourned. good morning and welcome to the community and assessment services center. today's event focuses on our efforts specific to the firearm compliance and safety initiative. this initiative is a collaborative efficient toen sure the -- effort to ensure the removal of guns from our communities. the adult probation department plays a critical role in the process as outlined in new responsibilities defined in proposition 63. the safety for all act. these new responsibilities coupled with the sheriffs department work in recovering a firearm from restrained persons is at the very core of the work we do to promote publ

we do a complete and full d.r. analysis and for those we do require more materials such as renderings. for smaller projects we feel are within the bounds of the residential design guidelines we consider those to be abbreviated d.r. reports so we do a short report to the planning commission. we do not require the additional material. and that was what this was an abbreviated d.r. packet to the planning commission so no rendering were required. i think the issue that's been raised is a very peculiar issue how people use their buildings. there's not really a specific issue relate to urban design and specifically the residential design guidelines. those guidelines talk of impact to the open space and they do not necessarily protect sunlight to specific homes or views or rooms for specific uses. because of that, when this was heard at the planning commission in october of last year, there was definitely sympathy or the neighbor in terms of having a peculiar use. however, the d.r. was unanimously disapproved and the proj

here is they do indeed this meeting to raise attention on the situation in the d.r. see looking forward to that fundraising conference on the thirteenth of april that he mentioned and some one point five billion dollars is needed for me to un intervention to prop up a society that we heard the figures there about internal displacement we also know that some thirteen million people in the d.r. see need some form of humanitarian assistance what is happening there is a myriad of factors not least a security situation which is powerless a number of people fleeing activities by militant groups in the d.r. see of course you've got layered over that the political situation where the term of the sitting president joseph kabila expired at the end of last year his second term there's been pressure for him to step down as the constitution demands now you have election a shit job for the end of this year and just to add as well a recent report issued today in fact by the money school which is the u.n. body within the d r c and the un human rights are states very clearly that ove

this is black and white. >> the d.r. was not to disapprove the project overall and not allow any development there. it was to modify what was proposed in a way they felt was appropriate in admittedly an unusual lot. >> thank you. >> and we can move into public comment. may i see a show of hand, how many people intend to speak under public comment? so each person will have two minutes to speak given the number of people involved. if you haven't already filled out a speaker card, do so before you come up to speak and hand it to mr. cantera so help with the minutes. others, if you don't mind if you can line up on the far side of the room it will help make the process more forward more smoothly. the first person can begin when she's ready. >> are you ready? >> i am. >> all right. >> good evening. my name is evelyn rose and the project director and founder of the glen park history project. we believe the routes of chinnery, wildy and the alleyway are significant because they're likely among the oldest streets in san francisco

d.r. driving everything? 5 want to throw that out there and i will talk with the officers about that later. and one other item. i was sitting at squat and gobble at 16th and market. and talking to an individual and this individual was part of a nonprofit and they were interested in acquiring a site in upper market. i said to him, how many square feet do you need? we started looking at properties that still had development potential. i said, the parcel you are interested in is 65 feet right now. i'm talking about the density and trying to do a mixed-use project, as part of the nonprofit mission. and i looked across the street and i said, see that building with the coppola on top? from the street to the roof, is 57 feet. when you take that kind of hat that sits on top, it's 63 feet. this individual was having a hard time understanding what 57 or 63 or 85 feet is. when i showed him, pointed that out, he's like, oh, my god. i get it. a lot of times people have a lot of understanding what heigh

the un says that only four percent off the funds needed to create a humanitarian rescue act in the d.r. sea has been raised so far this meeting tempting to focus on the diet humanitarian situation in the d.r. c. and also looking ahead to a very large donor conference that will be taking place on the thirteenth of april to begin to raise the funds necessary to address the humanitarian crisis and the crisis is indeed this is what the un's humanitarian chief had to say humanitarian needs caused by internal conflict have doubled over the last year thirteen million people need humanitarian assistance more than four point six million children are acutely malnourished including two point two million suffering severe acute malnutrition we're seeing mushroom in epidemics including the worst outbreak of cholera in fifteen years there's also an epidemic of sexual violence most of it unreported and unaddressed and much of there against children. and what they said is that the political crisis around pretty joseph kabila exacerbating this situation. very much indeed removes essentially a functionin

the d.r. -- the plans that were originally submitted and reviewed at the d.r. hearing were fairly close, but they set back the fourth floor at the front more than what the code would require to respond to the residential design guidelines. >> and the public said there were only three 34r57bing commissioners. >> there was four planning commissioners there, which is the minimum for a quorum. >> do you have -- thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. sure. >> so simple question, just for clarification, so what -- what we're being asked to do here is -- is if the appeal was denied, what -- what is left is a house which has been approved by the planning department, which has been approved by the planning commission, and everything's okay. no variances, no special favors. it's a -- the project developer still gets a house. still, it's inhabitable, and the only thing that if we denied the appeal that wouldn't happen is they don't get the fourth floor and the -- and the light well. so other than that, it's still a house. the rhetoric about oh, we're not adding to the -- we're

held to raise money to get this necessary funding for the crisis or to deal with the crisis in the d.r. see but important to note too that this is a ongoing developing crisis the figures that mark i'll cop represents said that in his speech he said some thirteen million people. in need of humanitarian assistance the shocking fact is that this is an increase of fifty percent from last year in other words you got to have a crisis that is deteriorating as time passes all right mike hanna reporting from the u.n. thank you now saudi arabia's crown prince has criticized his country's arch rival iran describing it again as a destabilizing force in the region so he made the comments on u.s. television that's ahead of his meeting with president donald trump on tuesday iran in response called mohamed bin sandman a quote delusional they must ravi with more from to run. the heir to saudi arabia's throne began his tour of the united states by pointing a finger at his country's arch rivals even though saudi arabia has played a major role in regional conflicts both past and present. blamed iran for i

the temptation of escaping reality is higher in d.r. games than another media. and we should think. you're very disconnected from the real world that's exactly what motivates escapism you can actually run away because the sense of being somewhere else is stronger that's why i think it poses a threat for addiction. for. what happens when you delve into the yard for an extended period of time for research purposes frank she spent twenty four hours in a virtual room at the university in hamburg and under controlled conditions the i.t. specialist is sure that in the future we'll be spending more and more time in virtual reality. not only to play but also to work. and. i was in this world completely immersed and was convinced that what i experienced and saw there was actually real for example in the evening i watched a virtual sunset and i actually felt cold even though the lab temperature hadn't changed. this happens because our sense of sight is our most important one is taking up to eighty percent of the information we process what we see is what our brain interprets to be reality but

humanitarian chief will meet donors in the d.r. see next week so the aid can be delivered to those in need is the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he says the situation in that country is being overlooked because of the wars in syria and yemen. a god the congo is has become completely neglected and forgotten as a mega crisis indeed hundreds of thousands of children may stop to death when i was there just last month i could see a tremendous crisis with very little humanitarian response very different from syria or yemen where we do at least have a great humanitarian muscle we don't have that in place for the congo yet well there is access is very difficult because we can reach people i would see congo more than these other places where. alerted you to it's a funding crisis of epic proportions one example i was in northern keeble that place has gone from five hundred fifty thousand to one point two million internally displaced a doubling of needs in one year what happened to that in a year half of the humanitarian g

kinshasa next week as the organization looks to live up to what it calls its big responsibility in d.r. congo. that's it you're up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course there's always the web site that's. good. but dortmund shall good like say the for your favorite teams we've got all the best goals we've got all the action all the borders we go right here. t.w. is the home of german football. period every match. just like every weekend here on.

tuberculosis in the past as tb was used to be very common in europe in territories and forty's ok and then d.r. there are also my aunts ok dr masood head of the world health organization and he took a close this program thank you very much for speaking with us. to some of the other stories making news around the world british regulators have raided the london offices of dacer firm cambridge analytic out there investigating whether the company improperly used state or from some fifty million facebook users to target areas with political messages the firm is under scrutiny for its role in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election and the price a campaign. in the united states hasn't of protesters are expected in washington for a protest in favor of tighter gun controls organizers claim it will be a defining moment in the long simmering national debate over tougher initialisation protests will be led by survivors of the last month massacre at a high school in parkland florida. u.s. president donald trump has ordered the banning of most transgender troops from serving in the country's military