the current position of dbi. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> commissioners, my name is mary fredy. i'm directly adjacent to 655 eldorado street. i want you to know i signed an agreement with the foundation contractor, sunshine construction, to repair my foundation last friday, august 10th. also, i believe this is a tant amount to -- tant a mount to demolition. >> i'm glad this was resolved. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, everybody. my name is myra they. i'm the owner of -- eldorado street. just to clarify a few comments i will share with the chief inspector, mr. patrick reardon. there were cracks around the house. we approached the neighbors. every week i spent hours just trying to get a repair done. however, we have yet to not resolve or get a resolution. we hired an engineer to review the damage. he did mention that at this point, then, back in march, it's not a safety concern, but just rou roughly, the cracks -- how do i do it? here? >> just put it on the overhead. >>

update on dbi's finances. good morning, commissioners. deputy director of dbi. today, i have two reports. i'll start with the second one, that is the final fiscal year budget. in february, the commission had approved a budget we submitted to the mayor's office. the mayor had a chance to review it and it went to the board of supervisors and was recently passed in july. so this is the final. i want to go over a couple of the changes which you approved. on the revenue side, there were no changes. we stuck with the revenue projections, the only difference in the end, once the final budget, if we have revenues that were needed to make up the full amount of the budget, we'll use our fund balance, so the controls at $5.9 million to get to the full budget. on expenditure side, there were major changes. one was a decrease in salaries. that was primarily due to some increases in attrition. so we had a lot of vacant positions, we're filling them, but others would get vacant. the board of supervisors budget analyst recommended they reduce our petitions from 1-fte to a lower

i think given the numbers that we're currently seeing certainly on adu, dbi, internal team, which is already addressing the adus, should be able to make that deadline. and we're certainly making every effort to do so. couple of other items. as you know, we did complete a city-wide response to the new civil grand jury report that came out in july. that also looked at both adu production and modular housing. we'll be going with other members of city departments to the government accounting and oversight committee, gao, which holds its annual hearing. that is coming up sometime later this month, so suffice it to say, we did complete and have now sent to the court our responsiveness to the grand jury's recommendations in those areas. and i did also want to mention that we've been working closely with the mayor's office of housing. the mayor's office, the fire marshal and the fire department on a relatively new interpretation from the state fire marshal as to what is the definition of a high-rise, including an occupied roof as an occupied floor. this does have immediate consequences for e

we work in collaboration with dbi as we're a contractor for dbi. i am the program manager for the program. we do various outreach and take tenants who come into our office with various issues of elevator habitability issues. so over the last few months, we've had tenants come in and talk to us, slash, we've also done research of the building. the jostling of the elevator, the non-functioning of the elevator, the huge gap. it's a gap and it's also not leveling. there are kind of what we do to assess the building and see who's living in the building, there are individuals who are elderly, who have mobility issu issues, who are a little bit worried about dropping items in the gap. one tenant, in particular, i know mr. sirosh is aware, a tenant had dropped her keys inside this gap, and she had lost her keys in there. i believe it was the 23rd of august of this year that mr. sirosh, who was talking, they did have a meeting with the tenants in the building. what i was told by tenants is that that meeting included discussion about voting on what needed to

date and reiterated that the association is fully prepared to respond to the dbi requests timely.er the city will give them more time. as of now, this building will be yellow tagged if demands are not met and this deadline isn't met. they want to protect people on the sidewalk from the possibility of glass falling and hitting them. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> amy, thanks for the update. the global climate summit continues in san francisco. they are expected to take action to reduce carbon emissions. not everybody thinks it is enough. >> ♪ what's the matter with jerry. >> they are calling for more ambitious regulations, demanding an end to oil drilling and gas production in california. security is ramped up for more protests today. we are seeing the impact of global warming every day. >> we are all seeing and feeling the impacts, whether it be the fires in california or the hurricanes coming. so we need more ambition >> san francisco mayor will kick off the day's events this morning at 9:00. >>> in celebration of the climate summit ford go bike is holding

the homeowners association is asking for more time in response to the dbi's demands. the association told abc 7 news in an e-mail we relayed the association's daily efforts to meet the dbi's requests to date and reiterated that the association is fully prepared to respond to the dbi requests timely. no word whether the city will give them more time. as of now, this building will be yellow tagged if demands are not met and this deadline isn't met. they want to protect people on the sidewalk from the possibility of glass falling and hitting them. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> happening now, we are tracking florence as the category 2 hurricane is close to making landfall on the east coast. this is a look at its path the past 12 hours. 1.7 million people have mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. 10 million people live under storm watches and warnings. nearly 1,000 flights are canceled through friday. 5% of gas stations in north carolina are out of gas. those are the facts. we're going to take you live to north carolina in the next half hour. a

requests to date and reiterated the association is fully prepared to respond to the dbi requests timely. >>> in its new demands, the department of building inspection scolds the hoa for its lack of communication with the city and failure to meet the city's previous deadlines. the attorney for the hoa tells abc7 news the homeowners association is focused on the safety of its residents and the public at large. the hoa has asked the city attorney to extend the thursday 3:00 p.m. deadline. in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> all right, melanie, thank you. new at 11:00, surveillance cameras in the macarthur bart station parking lot were accidentally turned on and sent information to a database that i.c.e. can access. the cameras were installed to read license plates. a bart spokesman confirms to abc7 news the bart board told the police department in april 2016 not to turn them on, but at some point they did get activated. the police department figured out they were recording in november of last year and immediately shut them down. >> an 82-year-old castro valley man had to be res

owner has assured me that he will authorize us to move forward with a pre-application meeting with dbi, fire, electrical and mechanical department to figure out what is the appropriate strategy for this elevator in this building. and we will move forward in that area. work within the city's parameters for modernizing this elevator. >> ok. you were present at that one when i read, you know, i guess the closest thing to a transcript of it, it read to me like we were presenting an option of it's a 1.3, a 1.5 million to redo it and it's going to be inconvenience and the apartments are going to be reduced. the option of modernization that may be considerably hardship to the tenants and lower cost that may be passed on over a 10, 20-year period was really not discussed in the same manner. while i agree with the comment from mr. buscovich that either tenant's unit or someone from our group should have been notified about it, it would have been helpful, so that we're not trying to interpret maybe imperfect transcript. i have to tell you, my reading of what i got was that if i'd been one of the

thursday officials with dbi threatened to yellow tag the 58 story building. yellow tagging means residents could still occupy the structure, but it would be restricted use due to safety concerns. however, dvi officials have since moderated their views and a say they are willing to allow the work to progress showing some flexibility as long as the building is safe. >> protection of the public, that is the paramount and most important thing to this department, that the public protected from any falling objects such as glass or other debris. >> the homeowners association lawyers say the immediate work will be completed this afternoon, including taping of the cracked window on the 36 floor. after that they will need to repairtype of crane that is used to access the window from the outside and replace it. the part needed to fix the plane has -- the crane has to come from germany and will take five weeks. what lies ahead? this afternoon dbi will go back out and look at that canopy to make sure it is okay and safe. next week deeper investigation into is it structura

dbi softened its stance this afternoon, hinting it may not issue the yellow tag, if management is working to address those problems. >> we are very hopeful that the city will not take the drastic measure. and issue a yellow tag notice. >>reporter: since news of the cracked window surfaced about two weeks ago, the building management team has been working to investigate why. and its cost by the sinking and tilting of the building work at they even set a drone up to the 36th floor over the weekend to take photos, only to have a crash. >>reporter: the city has not been very clear, but it looks like they will not yellow tag the millennium tower. the city also wants the management team to cover up that cracked window from the exterior, and that should be done sometime next week. life in san francisco, i am don lynn, kpix 5. >>> developing news from massachusetts. homes have been exploding in the city of andover all afternoon. right now, crews are dealing with as many as 40 house fire calls. there are reports that a pressure issue with the new binder -- nearby national gas -- natural gas line i

we were able to give dbi what they wanted. >>> tom miller said there's one demand the hoh could not >e given us more time. >> reporter: more time after the department of building inspection threatened to close the building if the demands weren't meant. they said it would not take any immediate enforcement action unless the situation changes. the hoa says it cost $150,000 to install the scaffolding. on top of that there's a $1,200 monthly cost to keep it here not to mention the esthetics of it all. >> reporter: meantime it could be weeks before they replace the cracked one. finally the hoa says it's in process to go back on monday to look at the three united up and down, including 36 b, a necessary step, in figuring out what caused the crack. so we're no closer to knowing the answer this afternoon but it's an answer we may here. >> new details now on this nuny bus crash. it's frightening. we've learned the last of the three passengers has gone home. the 63-year-old is still in the hospital. the last we heard, he was in critical condition. the cause of the accident remains under investi

dbi softened its stance this afternoon and said they may not issue a yellow tag if management is working to address the problems. >> we are hopeful the city will not take that drastic measure an issue a yellow tag notice. >> since news of the cracked window surfaced about to make weeks ago the building management team has been working to investigate why. the even sent a drone up to the 36th floor over the weekend to take photos only to have it crash. the management team say they will cover the cracked window from the exterior by early next week. >> they have had it with uber and lyft. taxi drivers want to level the playing field. why they say the city's idea of a fix will not cut it. >> -- drones flying over jails too close to airports and near wildfires. we go live to a surprise announcement on the bait with governor jerry brown. you know when you're at ross and that cute dress gets even cuter? yes. or when you can say yes...to both? sure. or when you find that brand at that price? are you kidding me? that's yes for less. and that's what ross always has in store. whoa. yes.... oh, yeah.

i want to thank dbi. i think they've been very diligent in staying on top of. this we don't fault them for this process either. just so you know what we've done, we brought in an architectural preservationist to restore it to the type of previous construction. we've gone through a whole long process. i think we're just about to the end of it. >> if there's anything we can do, we'll be happy to do it. >> commissioner walker? >> i think it's laudable that there's an attempt to preserve this as affordable housing, but there was clear violations presented by the staff in the initial -- i believe it's appropriate for a motion to uphold the order of abatement, assess fees to the current date. hold in advance for a year and give this time to play out and hopefully encourage moving forward with replacing this housing. i think there's acknowledgment on both sides that there was problems in the beginning. there's all sorts of things that are not followed in this case. i move to uphold the order of abatement, assess fees to current date, waive fees, as possible, going for

the inspectors from dbi have since moderated their views after they say that inspecting all the units they are willing to be flexible as long as the building is safe. >> the public's safety is the number one priority. >> reporter: an attorney for millennium tower said there is a plan to secure the broken window with tape before the replacement arrives and they will prepare a frame so th can reach the defective section of glass. you hear them banging around in the background. but that is the least of their worries. the building was completed in 2009 and it has been sinking, a foot and a half since then and now it seems to be tilting or leaning. >>> the warriors will mark a major milestone today with the building of their new arena in san francisco, the choice center. the final beam will be lifted into place symbolizing all the steel work for the brand-new chase center. all 1200 construction workers and the members of the team will be there for the opening of the season. >>> in san francisco, work crews removed a statute that critics say is racist. the early days statute had been in the