i have made repeated attempts with ddi -- dbi to have an explanation of what the term "office" uses in a building permit. factories always tend to have an office, and the offices tend to be remodeled in to take out a permit. that is extraordinarily spotty checking of actual plans. the building permit office was a 200 square foot an entire floor. i am getting tired of being lead detective on all of this stuff. it is derek expensive for me to pull up records, because staff can pull them up for free, but the public cannot. i am disheartened. i have been dealing with conversions throughout the 90's, when we had the dotcoms in the south of market and the north mission. we are extending this some more. at a certain point, i have to say any lip service given to the importance of pdr is just lip service. we do not have any view for the economy of the city other than office space. it is like putting your head against the wall to get a decent staff report on some of these cases. i do not think anyone has any idea what is going on. the summit administrator is the person who issues them. this is a