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floor. as you have seen in all the pictures, that is not an architectural feature of any of the buildings. there's been a discussion about neighborhood outreach. this project has been in the works for about 11 years, its last iteration was in 2014 when there was a neighborhood meeting preapplication meeting. there 46 people from the neighborhood that turned out. they had objections. we then went into a long, long process at the planning department to get a project that the department was satisfied with. when we got that project in april of 2018, we had another neighborhood meeting, 30 people attended, we sent up joe sent out hundreds of follow-up e-mails and phone calls to concerned neighbors. the neighbors but in a letter to the planning department and to us in july joseph sorry, june ot was the neighbors were upset about the rear of the property where there would be a wall between the rear of our yard, and the rear of the yard in california street because of a great change. we redesign the

there's a roof deck on the design which is only accessed by the top floor -- the new top floor unit because when we met with the building department they told us we would require a second stair -- >> clerk: thank you, ma'am. your time is up. >> thank you. >> president melgar: okay. do we have any public comment in support of the project sponsor? okay. so you have -- no, no rebuttal. this is the second time we are hearing it. okay. commissioners? commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: yes. unfortunately, the project has not yet risen for me to a level of credibility in response to the challenges we posed to the project in november. i think it is still a thinly veiled demolition, and i do not think the project contributes towards the retention of existing housing stock. to the contrary, i believe it is a project that strives to add an excessively aggressive unit on the top floor, and all amenities that this project may offer, like parking with an elevator and a roof deck, which is excessively large seem to be primarily targeted to the unit of the unit on top. i have not seen any written d

on the ground floor, there 6500 square feet of activated ground-floor retail. this is a depiction of the ground-floor retail. in place of this, inactive, incompatible with the neighborhood ground-floor, we will have activated ground-floor retail. in addition, this again is the current configuration of the site where the existing buildings go almost to the rear property line. when we build our project, we will create a new midblock open space that will benefit not just the residents of the project and the 18 new units, but also the neighbors on california street to back onto the project. the big issue seems to be how compatible is this with the neighborhood? this is a map of the neighborhood which mainly is the sacramento street neighborhood commercial district. let's take a walk down the neighborhood, starting at building a. building a is a building many of you are familiar with. the children's hospital. it is seven stories, as far as the map, it has a floor area ratio of 5.9. contrast that with the project which is four stories, and has an f.a. rf 2.3. as you

it never got to the floor. so, many bills that either side may want, some come to the floor, some don't. but this will go through the regular process and will be referred to the committee of jurisdiction and we will see how that proceeds. i yield back. mr. scalise: and i would remind the gentleman that when we did bring that piece of legislation last year, it did pass the house, 241-183 in a bipartisan way with six democrats voting with us to pass that bill to the senate. it did not get passed in the senate. however, as you look now, there have been a number of alarming developments that have raised a profile of this issue. . when the governor of new york signed the legislation and celebrated the fact that you can kill a baby after it's been born and you saw applause in the legislature over that, it shocked people across the country. it horrified and agered people across the country. -- angered people across the country. when the governor of virginia just a few days ago went on a radio station and described in

in addition, we did a glass handrail system on the seventh floor -- or sorry, the eighth floor balcony so that the view and the sun light are taken advantage of as much as we can based on the square footage of the property. this is a difficult section to show and my words are going over -- when my words are going over the front of it, but i believe you also have that in your packet. i believe that's the wrap-up. the owner's rep is here to speak for a quick few minutes, as well. >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> president melgar: you can use the other one, too. >> good afternoon, commissioners -- that's much better. thank you. my name's patrick connolly, and i'm a representative of the owner of the property. i just want to make a real brief statement that this project will provide much needed high quality housing, including affordable housing. there's one affordable unit in this project, even though it's a very small project. the project attempts to maximize the number of units on the site per planning's recommendation. we are very mindful and cognizant that this project such as almo

and we also have two other floors.one on the second floor is the living room, and then, the ground floor is a family room. >> commissioner richards: okay. okay. thank you very much. so where i'm coming down on this is everybody that i know that has a house that has a hot tub has it tucked exactly where the project sponsor is putting it. my personal experience is my husband wants a hot tub, and guess where we were going to put it? same place because we don't want to be running through the the yard if it's cold, running through if we're naked. we hear our neighbor three doors down on 16th street, and we're on beaver street. sound travels, so i don't think moving the hot tub over 5 feet, you're not going to get much of a difference. i can hear my neighbors talking in their house behind me in their yard. when their dog goes out to pee, he goes pee, pee, pee. i think we're splitting hairs here. i think everything we're doing allows me to go to sleep at night, saying we're not ruining the d.r. requester's lives. trust me, i

the ground floor we propose two car tandem garage.started with side by side garage and reduced to the tandem to bring the ground floor to the street. we are asking for approval of the two parking places because of the large family and the need for two vehicles is pretty important. we are not removing any on-street parking. there is no on-street parking in that side of the street. the driveway will not impact on-street parking in any way. i want to draw your attention to the light well on the ground floor on the top that mirrors the one next door. that significantly increases in size as we go up. to a four-foot by 12-foot light well through the remainder of the building and increasing in size on the fourth floor. on the third floor an additional side set back to the neighbor on the opposite side. on the fourth floor additional set backs front and rear. we propose private decks for the master suite. it is set back from the front property line about 20-foot, 4.5 in the front. the deck is set back from the face of the building. it is redu

i think we have the ability to ask to be put them on the second floor not ground floor. i am cautious and would not support it in this particular location. >> commissioners, we've taken that advice. we have been very cautious also about medical uses at ground levels. i remember the one in north beach and others like it at the clinics. the difference with this one is it's halfway below ground. it's the windows in the gray zone and maybe staff can help. that's why we made the recommendation we did because it's not a typical retail space. and in our opinion it would be somewhat challenging to use as a retail space. that's why we're making -- i just wanted to make clear that's why we're making the recommendation we are. >> commissioner moore. >> i looked at different retail establishments in the corridor and i'm not here to argue but many invite you into a small courtyard to something other than typical storefront retail. i think it's in that kind of changing environment along sacramento street it becomes interesting to see submerged retail space, there's specialization in l

floor. is that -- that is what happened and then it was changed by supervisor farrell to put it to put medical on the second floor. >> i am the project architect doshi has been around the project longer than i have. >> that's what i want to know. when it was first proposed, in i guess 2014 with ground-floor retail, and then it was housing. so how much -- if that is the case, how much housing was taken away for the second floor? >> the original proposal back in 2014, we had an arch related activity on the second floor, which is allowed by the n.c. prior to 2014, many of the medical dental use was only allowed on the ground floor and not on the second floor. many of the uses that are there now are grandfathered in. if someone tried to put in a new use before the legislation came in, the medical and dental would not be allowed on the second floor, so many of the people that spoke today, if they were to move out and try to move back into a space prior to 2017, it was not allowed. now it is allow

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i am so proud those on the floor tonight. say how much i appreciate for the work we have given on this. this afternoon i spent a lot of time on the phone with a lot of people and as the leader said, i had a few telephone conversation it's with the minority whip, mr. scalise. and we were bargaining for 70 votes. came up with -- [indiscernible] so we thank them as well for making this a real genuine bipartisan effort. that's what the country wants from us. work together. get the work done and i want to thank these conferees for the work they did creating an atmosphere that we can get the people 80's work done. the speaker: thank you. ben ray lujan. mr. lujan: the effort of our conferees guided by our speaker and the work that was absolutely needed to ensure this gets done. as mr. clyburn and mr. hoyer clearly laid out, the bipartisan work to get everything done for the good of the country. also looking at important modern investments when it comes to border security but the work of the conferees also built upon the humanitarian

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call the role. >> favorably reported to the floor. next alan winsor for the northern district of florida. mr. grassley. mr. lee. mr. cruz, mr. holly ,ms ernst , mr crapo ,mr. kennedy mrs. blackburn, mrs. feinstein. mr. leahy, mr. durbin, mr. whitehouse, mr. mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, ms. harris, mr. chairman. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. next andrew brasher for the middle district of alabama. the court will call the role. mr. grassley. mr. lee. mr. cruz, mr. holly ,ms ernst , mr. leahy, mr. durbin, mr. mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, ms. harris, mr. chairman. >> aye. >> the nomination will be favorably before the floor. david morale us with the southern district of texas. mr. lee. mr. cruz, mr. holly ms ernst mr crapo mr. tillis. mr. kennedy mrs. blackburn, mrs. feinstein. mr. leahy, mr. durbin, mr. whitehouse, mr. mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, ms. harris, mr. chairman? >> 12 yeas and 10 nays. it will be favorably reported to the floor. holly brady the northern district of indiana. mr. grassley >> 12 yeas and

ferguson, the floor is yours. >> thank you, supervisor. my name is shannon ferguson, and i'm here to present two community sponsored landmark designations. the first is theodore roosevelt middle school. >> chair peskin: lead me interrupt you. miss clerk, could you please read item number two. >> clerk: item 2 is an item designated sunshine school a landmark and affirming appropriate findings. >> chair peskin: miss ferguson, they both hail from the same era, the progressive era of franklin delano roosevelt. maybe we can have the staff presentation and hear about the case reports for both items. obviously both of them are san francisco unified school district properties. i know the school district is here today, and of course there are other sfusd properties that benefit from landmark status, including but not limited to mission high. i believe there are others in addition to that. so feel free to present on both of them. >> yes. thank you. so both designations for theodore roosevelt middle school and sunshine school were community sponsored

members are voting on the floor of the house right now. we will bring this to you live here on c-span3 as soon as it starts. you will be able to watch it live online at cspan.org. tune in with the c-span radio app. we will see if this starts momentarily. [ no audio ] [ no audio ] [ no audio ] [ no audio ] [ no audio ] >> waiting for this hearing on legislation that would require the president and vice-president to release their tax returns to begin. the hearing held by the house ways and means committee running behind schedule. it was set to begin about an hour ago. members are on the house floor for votes, and we will bring you this hearing on the president and vice-president's tax returns live here on c-span. just waiting for things to begin after votes end in the house. [ no audio ] >> while we wait for this hearing on legislation that would require the president and vice-president to release their tax returns, we will show some of today's washington journal. members are currently on the house floor for votes. >> welcome back paul glast

first floor to comply with 201-84-0721. this is application 2081. note on december 5th, 2018, the board voted 4-0-1 president fung absent to continue this matter to february 6th, 2019 so that one, the board can receive a full set of complete plans from the permit holder and two, d.b. >> j. gonzalez: i can assist a permit holder with clearing up notice of violation and the parties can submit supplemental briefs. did you have a chance to review the material for this matter? >> president fung: i did. >> so, we will move forward and we will hear first from the department of building inspections and then the planning department if they wanted to add anything and the permit holder and the appellant. each party has three minutes each. >> good evening, commissioners. joe duffy d.b.i. i just got a chance to go to the property today. i did a site visit. i met with the new building owner, there sketty his name was. i was interested in the number of units in the building. it was unclear with inconsistency over the years whether it was

we think it should have a voice and a vote on the floor. i want to thank our ranking member of appropriations, kay granger. first, we do not have the language yet. this is what i'll be looking for. i understand what the democrats ' goal in all of this, having sat through numerous committees. one, the speaker is very clear, speaker pelosi said, only $1 for the wall. they want to eliminate beds, which fundamentally meant you released individuals into the country that have a criminal background record. and as the democrats have been fighting for quite some time, they want to eliminate i.c.e. the only option really that we have going forward is a continuing resolution or whatever agreement comes out of here. first, it's not $1 for the wall. they did listen to the experts, it's not as far as i would have liked or the. a money the, -- money, the president still has -- the amount of money. the president still has the option to put more money in. does he have the ability to build the barriers in the areas the experts requested? i believe that will

miss mogue, the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin and land use committee members. we will have an additional representative if you have any further technical questions from our chief facilities officer? but as of right now, we did submit a letter dated in march 2018 that the board of education is not supportive of moving forward with any landmark designation at this time? and we are hoping to request a one-week continuance to discuss with our new board -- we actually have four new board of education members, and we want to provide them some background before this gets moved forward, and we also have our chief facilities officer if you have any additional questions. >> chair peskin: thank you. and we also will want to hear from miss kamala naughton, who we hold in high esteem. my understanding is the h.p.c. forwarded three landmark designations to this body, and that one of them, washington, was the subject of controversy with regard to certain murals. and my understanding -- and maybe my now colleague on my panel who was a member of the school district might be abl

many of them spoke on the floor and joined the debate. it was a major accomplishment. these bills dealt with other departments of government and homeland security. so thank all of you for protecting our borders, honoring our values, keeping our government open. thank all of you. happy valentine's day. we saluted a victory for the american people with chocolate from california. i call it the champagne of chocolate. reporter: other bills in a bipartisan fashion -- [inaudible] has the smell gonzalez? rep. pelosi: it didn't go south. [laughter] -- has the bill gone south? rep. pelosi: chad, you are always saying -- has the bill gone south? it didn't go south. [laughter] reporter: what is your message? [inaudible] host: jennifer shutt joins us. she's an appropriations and budget reporter. jennifer, how did this bill come together? jennifer: this has been in the making since almost last year when we began the fiscal 2019 oc

really where we're concerned about, is that third floor. regarding the $2 increase in the fee, you know, there's been some grumbling among some of my merchants. if you were to go above 12, i think some of them would be here, but we're generally okay with that, just with the proposed legislation, the $2 increase. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> sue hester. i absolutely support the increase to $4. the planning commission and the board of supervisors struck out into uncharted territory in the '80's when they first approved the mitigation fees. they did it because -- and i want to say you, but none of you were around. city about it because there was a imbalance of housing demand and transit demand and open space demand and child care demand. those are the big four issues when they adopted the downtown plan to approve more office space. so the mitigation measures are really important to address problems. i am also going to pursue at the board of supervisors the idea when a project comes through, the

the surrender the desk raj on the floor of the house -- leverage on the floor of the house. so again, we have -- our members are so fabulous and they're so great. weren't they wonderful in the hearings? the hearing yesterday, now they're behind closed doors and in intelligence. but if it weren't for you, as exofficio, i would love to be in at that room and hear what's going on, but i unfortunately don't have time for that. my view is that they should vote no. on it. there are plenty of other times when they can vote no, express their -- shall we say -- opposition to the leadership on the form of a bill, you know, vote against a bill. but in terms of the order of the house, it's a procedural vote. i suggest a no vote. should there be some discussion of any what have we do here, we now have established a modernization, select committee on modernization, of congress, and, happily, the minority leader has appointed people to it. we're still waiting for his appointments to the climate -- the select committee on climate. ok? thank you all very much. reporter: thank you. [captionin

and in this rules committee, how open are they to amendments to bring any amendment to the floor? which is the only way the minority has an opportunity to have a debate and ability to change the bill. so in essence, what is an m.t.r. motion to recommit? it's our only amendment we get to a bill. and every chance we get, we want to improve whatever comes forward. and that is what we do. it doesn't mean the bill is good enough. but we're going to improve the bill every chance we have. and as long as they continue to close the rules on us to have amendments on the floor, remember, 20 of the last 24 years republicans were in the majority. never once did we try to stop an m.t.r. from the idea of having the right to do it. did they do things that were political? yes, they did. but they had the right to say it. they had the right to make their options. they had the right to be heard and offer it. just as we should. just as any minority should. yes, ma'am. reporter: the republicans had an amendment yesterday. lesko had an amendment. mr. mccarthy: should we only have one? that was very comp

mitch mcconnell is on the floor now. let's listen in. >> the current resolution providing in the enroll meant of hj res 31. >> without objection. >> ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and a motion be agreed to. laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> without objection. >> i move to proceed to calendar number 17, s 311. >> the clerk will report the motion. >> motion to proceed to calendar number 17 f-311. a bill to amend title 18, united states code to prohibit a healthcare practice dishner from failing to exercise the proper degree of car in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion. >> i send a closure -- >> the senators want to get out of town for the next 1 1/2 weeks here. the house will come back in later tonight and vote on the bill. i want to pick up on this point. there's political consequences if the president goes through and tries to transfer money. there's two issues. declaring a national emergency and that's different from transferri

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it's not going to fall all over the floor. i've not going to have it sticking out, maybe scratch myself, cut myself or anything like that. these are a great thing to have. >> you have a little go-to box for emergencies. that's great. thanks very much for joining us, ben. it's really been interesting. and i want to thank you all for joining us here at the spur urban center. and we'll see you again >> a way of life in san francisco. when the next major quake hits, the city hopes a new law requiring seismic upgrades to five story buildings will help keep more residents safe and sound. tell me a little about the soft story program. what is it? >> it's a program the mayor signed into law about a year and a half ago and the whole idea behind it was to help homeowners strengthen buildings so that they would not collapse. >> did you the soft story program apply to all buildings or building that were built in a certain time frame? >> it only applies to buildings built in the time frame of 1978 and earlier. it's aimed at wood framed bui

you never drive force he to the upper floors. where all your damage goes into controlled element like plywood or steel frame. >> so, here we are actually inside of a soft story building. can we talk a little about what kinds of repairs property owners might expect? >> it's a very simple process. we deliberately tried to keep it that way. so, what's involved is plywood, which when you install it and make a wall as we have done here already, then you cover it with this gypsum material. this adds some flexibility so that during the earthquake you'll get movement but not collapse. and that gets strengthened even more when we go over to the steel frame to support the upper floor. >> so, potentially the wood and the steel -- it sounds like a fairly straightforward process takes your odds of collapse from one in 4 to one in 30? >> that's exactly right. that's why we're hoping that people will move quickly and make this happen. >> great. let's take a look. so, let's talk steel frames. tell me what we have going on here. >> well, we have

nonetheless, are we looking at the vote on the senate floor now? >> yes, right now we're watching the cloture vote, the procedural vote. this is the one that counts. you have to hit 60 votes to get to the next stage. we don't call votes while they're still open, and this vote is still open, they crossed the 60-vote threshold so we know this will pass, and the procedural hurdle means it will pass. the no votes we are seeing are an interesting combination of people here. we are seeing most of the democratic presidential candidates who are in the field peel off and vote against this bill. that's cory booker, elizabeth warren, kyrstin gillibrand, kamala harris voted no. a larger number than at least i anticipated of republicans are voting against this bill, even with the president saying he would sign it. folks like marco rubio and pat toomey who are on the right but certainly not the people who usually throw sand in the gears on these sorts of things and folks like rand paul, mike lee, who tend to be the folks who through sand on the gear. >> are you

whether she'll bring it to the floor or not. i believe if it came to the floor, there would be enough bipartisan votes for it to pass. reporter: you mentioned the green new deal very briefly. is it worth even expanding on? what do you think about it? mr. mccarthy: it's not in bill form so it's hard to expand. speaker pelosi calls it the green dream or something. i think it has a lot of work to go forward. i'm really looking to, one, how do we keep our economy, how do we make sure our environment's protected at the same time? i think we can find common ground on that. it's interesting in this green new deal, all the buildings, all the homes will have to be redone, zero emissions. a lot of people are talking about, what do you do with animals? her own speaker is calling it a dream green. i think there's challenges to it, even in her own conference. reporter: do you think, again, a lot depends on these negotiations, but if president trump -- first of all, do you think president trump may still declare a national emergency on the bo

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