there are problems with egress windows that are basic code. the end result was, the design was to cut holes in the floor coming all the way down through the roof to provide light courts. it was getting beyond insane because basically i was tearing the building apart to be able to provide this natural light and egress requirement and soon i was advising the client that basically i was taking their building apart, the cost to do the work was approaching the value of the building and to do this work i'd have to remove occupancies on the 6th floor. and it was also dramatically affecting the performance of the building because the work triggered a seismic. the city has fixed one of the challenges but there's still a fundamental challenge. the state building code and the state's fire code cannot be lifted by the city of san francisco. thank you. >> i have a question, mr. buscovich. when did you start to perform the work for this property again? >> 2008. >> in 2008. so you made the owners aware that it was not habitable at that time? >> i told them i

it is a hazardous building, specifically egress. section 1029 of the california building code, which the city does not have the authority to amend or change, requires egress requirements. the entire chapter 10 of the building code requires it and they are enforced by the fire department, in addition to the building department. the building department is saying they can change the code, they have to talk to the fire department about that and no representative of the fire department is here. thank you. >> mr. buscovich? no, no, councilor. >> you said your client brought the building in 2012? >> correct. >> at any time from the time he purchased the building was there any new tenants who rented a live-work space? >> i don't know the answer to that but i'll be happy to try to get you the answer when we take a break. >> excuse me. >> i don't know the toopbs that but i'll be happy to get the answer to that question for you. >> is your client in the room? >> my client is here, yes. >> thank you, any other questions i can address? >> that w

that's tagging fire extinguishers that has to do with egress. sprinkling certain parts of the buildings and garbage rooms and shoots and storage areas and other amenities that are required. those types of inspections the housing division within the department of building inspection does on an ongoing basis they're occurring right now. we have inspectors out there that do them on a complaint driven basis and systematically as required by the san francisco housing code but let me tell you what we're doing in addition to all of that. when department of building inspection saw a cluster of fires occurring in the mission we immediately instituted a concentrated code enforcement outreach program and that program included defining a concentrated focus code enforcement area. we looked at and identified 126 multiple family dwellings along the mission street corridor from third street all the way out to crocker amazon and six and a half miles and 67 city blocks. we started to do the inspections. we have done about 35 of those because we need to send a com

sprinkler you know what are other tools that are just as effective for providing additional time for egress for those in you know a fire what am my understanding of requiring sprinkler in the common area for hotel it is not only the building per se but you give residents or workers more time to exit the building because the sprinkler in the common area can give the right of egging ingress for the. >> good afternoon supervisor kim and supervisor cohen and supervisor wiener yes. well exit signs and fire alarms work in ♪ some months were extraordinarily in the haufldz and some into the unit themselves we when we got before that legislation went through the fires spread thought the hallways that's why the firestops now we get the fires in the sro's it is a mattress fire or contained in the unit but everything keeping the exits clear and the penthouse donors and everything >> you'll those things are just as effective to give residents and worker. >> i'd like is they're all nerve in injunction with them in a common area or a berm or a living space it's effective in confining the affair to that ar

structural change you've made in the taxi has been damaging when i hear something speaking about their egresses mistakes i try to relate how this may be something i made and the way you fit into my life as of 25 or thirty years ago as a graduate student i used to sell my books to try to make my rents you shouldn't have golgs 0 into the medallion industry what i needed to hear 25 and thirty years ago you need to stop selling our books and get a job now about the medallion sales stop selling them because if you reduce the price of the medallions then further deterioration of the further industry will take place and i think that it is self-evident that that problem exists it would be better to put a moratorium you'd be better to put a moratorium on medallion sales until you deal with the problem of the pirates thank >> (clapping) (calling names). >> then the last person i have a speaker card from is - >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, everyone it says in god we trust none of you guys and not of the mayor either president obama can you see that. >> i'm standing in front of god the first fi

and egregious window and light and ventilation and some other things but certainly in a bedroom an egress window the term legalize we assume that was not built legally and now the existing bedroom is why if it was an existing bedroom why are you trying to legalize it. >> i have a question. >> i'm sorry if we got this as dbi in the form of a complaint you order all the permits history and plans and have to go backwards and see where this building start and how to end up and give them advise could come if the form of a notice of violation. >> well. >> those people can - that might mean someone losing where they will. >> if i can phrase it if we grant the appeal and overturn the permit would there be a basis for deploying to have issues with this building does that question make sense. >> unless i file an nov. >> it would be that someone files a complaint. >> but you based on what you've seen because it is legality question in the air i guess you wouldn't file an nov. >> the board of appeals tells me we're not going tout out there tomorrow morning if we get a complaint we have to investigate

regarding -- that would eliminate the need for the egress windows and also it would require life safety upgrades, sprinklers, fire alarms, but there are california code as well would allow conditions that exist to be legalized. really, that's about all that i have to say apart from, you know, it's their (inaudible) if they want to apply for it. we're still waiting for a formal request for a pre-application meeting and that's what my research for tonight's meeting has led me, anyway. i have some, i did get some documents from mr. ma today on the sections of code that they could use and i'm available for any questions. >> so based on the lack of a process going through, building inspections has no opinion or does it have an opinion as to whether this is a dangerous building or not? >> the building was converted without permits from office to residential. we know that. my discussions with staff today, as a matter of fact i spoke to ron allen, chief electricitial inspector, who was on a task force visit there, his comments to me was i expected a lot worse. there are some issues. it's whethe

antishipping mines and antishipping missiles and gain political advantage over the straits that controls all egress and ingress for the suez canal. big deal for iranians. what happened the saudi air campaign they're leading with others shut down the airfields so that they no longer can resupply the houthis. now they're attempting to do it by sea. obviously as you point out there is potential for confrontation here. deirdre: we're seems like rolling towards inevitable confrontation. that what is concerns me. we have an aircraft carrier we have sort of shadowing the iranian fleet armada moving in the area. it seems like this ends in some sort of a conflict? >> yeah, we don't really need the aircraft carrier to, you know to block the iranians from entering yemen sea space or to bored them obviously. but what the aircraft carrier brings with it, the aircraft on it. those aircraft right now guaranty you are doing reconnaissance over the iranian flotilla as it moves out of the persian gulf and moves into the gulf of aden. so that is probably happening literally as we speak. and the aircraft carrier also

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consider points of origin, modes of transit, the actual arrival at our borders and even routes of egressdeparture from the physical border to a final destination. finally cbp must strengthen its culture, and that culture depends on our ability to recruit, train and retain exceptional people. accomplishing our mission directly depends on our workforce, we're committed to getting the very best people for the job. that includes placing women in front line positions to remain competitive with modern professional law enforcement operations. well women comprise about 7% of the united states marine corps for example but only about 5% of the 21,000 age sents in cbp's border patrol are female. with that in mind we sought and obtained approval from the office of personnel management for the legal authority to specifically recruit women for entry-level border patrol positions located on the southwest border. and to date we've received 5500 applications. in closing, let me emphasize cbp intends to be a standard-bearer for other customs and border security administrations around the globe. and our co