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fong and the architect. my understanding from the architect he was told he could have 1-tenth street >> that's not what you put in - >> i wasn't there i don't know if it was a misunderstanding by the informational documents went into effect after the date of that conversation so prior to april of this year 1-tenth street would have been allowed for this building. so since i wasn't there i am being careful but if i look at the time of the informational document this is dated - april 11th long after this conversation this address would have been allowed but not before. i wasn't there and there are some language challenges. >> okay. thank you mr. duffy. >> good evening, commissioners. on this item the person that i spoke to at dbi was weigh fong the manager of the central permit bureau responsible for the address i spoke to her today a couple of times. her position is that on the departments position this building can't be referred to as 1 tenth street not on the corner of the street and i asked her if there we

it was written by fong's campaign manager. he wrote this about fong's opponent. it says quote, a top republican consultant and palestinian activists who served as a high-ranking member of the liberation organization. he says that is just not true and he says jones says this comment is offensive and down right racist. >> they are racist. they are inappropriate, and to be honest with you, they are bizarre. i don't understand what they were trying to accomplish. >> to motivate anti arab contributors, people who don't like arabs to give money to fong. >> reporter: just a couple hours a ago, fong acre cemented the r t resignation of chew. he says i do not believe dennis intentionally attempted to insert race into this campaign. he apologizes anyone he may have offended and asking fong to give back any money raised on behalf of this e-mail blast. michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> how this could help police solve a violent crime near a bart station. >>> we have been waiting for months for the decision and here it is. a superior court judge telling silicon valley

now, i'm focusing on addressing issues and moving forward. >> fong was not available for an interview but did pick up the phone and apologized to the council on american islamic relations in san jose. >> it makes this campaign and other campaign as ware you need to be concerned about you know, sensitive issues such as race. i believe this is a case of human error and that this is on the part of the campaign office. >> the fong campaign has sent out a correction to supporters and chuck reid. san jose abc7 news. >> a growing call tonight for the chief of the san francisco fire department to step down. and while she says she has no intention of doing so, some of the men and women she manages believes she needs to go. abc7 news is live with the story tonight. carolyn, they're piling on pressure now. >> they are. the union leaders were not talking today on the record, they say they prefer to save their remarks until they meet with the mayor tomorrow. this is the letter they drafted. in an unprecedented move, she finds herself under siege. >> i'm in the thinking about resigning. >> some are

fong has no plans to do so. >>> people in her own department want her out. san francisco's fire chief is holding her ground. the firefighters union met with mayor ed lee this afternoon to discuss the future of chief joann hayes white, under fire for what some are calling a crisis. the fire commission has data that shows in august, it took ambulances more than 20 minutes to respond to nearly 400 calls for life-threatening emergencies. >> i'm confident chief is doing well, she's responded to all of the things that we've asked her to pay attention to, and we're working together on projects like making sure our ambulances show up in a quicker time. so we just want to make sure that they -- there's a respectful feeling about the management there. >> chief hayes white acknowledges there are problems but feels they stem from the unions. >>> new at 6:00, they are good to go in corner markets around the south bay. fresh fruit, healthy snacks sitting on shelves. this new fast food drawing praise from health experts who say too much traditional fast food has left a lot

now, i'm focusing on addressing issues and moving forward. >> fong was not available for an interview but did pick up the phone and apologized to the council on american islamic relations in san jose. >> it makes this campaign and other campaign as ware you need to be concerned about you know, sensitive issues such as race. i believe this is a case of human error and that this is on the part of the campaign office. >> the fong campaign has sent out a correction to supporters and chuck reid. san jose abc7 news. >> a growing call tonight for the chief of the san francisco fire department to step down. and while she says she has no intention of doing so, some of the men and women she manages believes she needs to go. abc7 news is live with the story tonight. carolyn, they're piling on pressure now. >> they are. the union leaders were not talking today on the record, they say they prefer to save their remarks until they meet with the mayor tomorrow. this is the letter they drafted. in an unprecedented move, she finds herself under siege. >> i'm in the thinking about resigning. >> some are

commissioner fong. and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero the zoning administrator will say and the closed session to the variance clearance >> very good. >> commissioners, if we may go back to the continuous calendar for the request request on mason street. >> thank you to continue the variance on 25 mason street until november 18th and the public hearing remains open. >> commissioners item 9 commissioners questions or comments. >> commissioner moore. i have a genetic question our continuing but i have to have that clarified on november 18th on mason street is a property not identified in the san francisco information map when you put that address in nothing comes up zero, zero zero i having happen to know the building the restaurant is on the corner and have been there for 20 years what comes up and the address to us in today's now continued matter they don't match. my question how many units in this building from what the information says when i put the arrow on the buildin

commissioner fong and commissioner president wu no. smoechld that pass 6 to one with commissioner wu voting against par commissioner you'll be taking up item 9 out of order night life entertainment in the selma >> good afternoon i'll be presenting to you on a proposed amendment to the district approve or disapprove as well as the western silver special use district. however, before i begin my preservation i want to give you the commissioners time to present >> thank you. >> commissioners welcome back from recess i hope you got rest as well and welcome to newest commissioner commissioner richards. i'm here today, we're bringing forth clean up language from the selma plant last year that pass

commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes naming 7 to zero zoning administrator what say you >> close the public hearing i'll take it under as time the possibility of placing bicycle parking to reduce the needs for any parking and note condition 5 of the motion requires a liaison be identified by the sponsor. >> that places you on our discretionary review calendar one remaining item for case and 2013 d and v. may or may not discretionary review authorization and the request for the zoning will consider >> good afternoon jessica the planning staff ms. a questioning for the it demolition of a self-same the department is recommending not to take dr and approve that as proposed as mentioned this has had a recent situation that the existing property is not affordable and meaning that the property and land value is greater than 80 percent of the combined land of the single-family homes in san francisco our code will exempt rh1 requirements and could be approved administratively but this i

commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes those items have been single roll call vote of the commission. . there will be no separate discussion of these items. castle in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. item 2 case no. 201448 c at 28 hundred request inform discretionary review authorization and 2233 union street request for discretionary review authorization please note on august 14th following the testimony the commission adapted a policy for a vote commissioner johnson and commissioner moore and commissioner wu voting against and continuing commissioner richards you'll have to publicly announce the fact you've reviewed the materials prior to today's hearing >> i have. >> thank you. i have no speaker cards >> any public comment on that item on the consent calendar. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner rishdz. >> i'd like to move to have those on the calendar please.

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commissioner fong. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously zoning administrator would say close the public hearing and grant the variance >> thank you commissioners i zoning administrator that will place you on item 16 of your regular calendar for the next case. at 2369 mission street request for conditional use authorizati authorization. >> good afternoon. eric can jackson planning staff before you, you have a conditional use authorization to establish a new retail mobile within one thousand one hundreds square feet on mission street no changes to the building are property as part of the project the project is a relocation of the t mobile store the project was note for the 20 days time periods commissioner johnson wanted me to clarify the commission has received no comment and this is for a new formula retail use within the transit zoning district and with the bulk district that concludes my presentation. i'm available for questions. >> thank you project sponsor. >> no project sponsor?

reverend fong from chinatown cdc will be leading a prayer for mrs. yim. and i wanted to stress as the attorney for the family, i have begun an investigation into this intersection. [bell] i have lived here my whole life and recognized it to be very busy. but shocked to find out when i inquired of the mta zone traffic surveys that over the last nine years, and these are simply reported traffic accidents. of course we know many other accidents happen that don't get reported. and many others don't get turned into collision reports. in the last nine years there was 22 collisions at the intersection resulting in 29 injuries and two fatalities. i spoke with several business owners at the intersection. as part of beginning my investigation. and they were quite certain that over the last 20 years there has been five to six deaths that they are personally aware of at this intersection. far away the greatest number of accidents occurred -- >> sorry that is your time, sorry, i thought it was the little bell but the big bell. >> thank you, and i hope you support the

faculty, staff and students gathered to mourn the loss of bobby fong. died at his home from natural causes. fong served as president at the collegeville school since july 1st, 2011. before that he spent a decade as the president of butler university in >>> once you get to the recognize season a win is a win is a win. but yesterday's win leaves questions unanswered. >>> questions and a bit costly in terms of injuries. the eagles did not come out of the game cleanly. and according to the various reports evan mathas has a strained acl. and barberry left the game well. he hahe had an ankle sprain. >> they have an understanding what this guy is going to do. they have seen it 17 times. it's a bonus to have continuity. injuries are part of the game. if you don't have it the next guy has to go in. >> the eagles fell behind the jags, 17-0. they won 34-17. jeremy gave the team a lead in the third quarter. they never stopped believing. >> nobody quit. nobody for one second doubted that we would not win the game. it goes to show the kind of character in the locker

in a story, "who's paying the " lee fong says?at the authors have contracts with some of the largest military organizations in the world. >> the ties of pundits to pentagon contractors are not disclosed by the media where they proffer their views. one of the worst offenders in this regard is retired general jack keane, who has appeared on fox news at least nine times over the last two months advocating military strikes against isis. the air campaign taking place in iraq right now will be expanded but also we should expand immediately into syria. he does not need authorization for that. i will leave it up to him about whether or fact -- whether or not he needs it or not, but we should be bombing serious and iraq simultaneously. been introduced as a think tank leader and a former military official. the is not is closed is range of affiliations with pentagon contractors. he is an advisor to the group formally known as blackwater and is also a venture partner to scp partners, an investment firm that works with military contractors. it

fong and we'll let the courts decide whether this is properly before us or not but i'm still wondering in the course of departmental review the permit holders attorney has indicated that they are required then to provide all documents as to whether there are alternative sites or not to what extent does the department review their documentation. >> if the applicant proposes each alternative sites in this case there were no alternative sites proposed for 50 one missouri or no one for alternative sites. >> okay. thank you. >> any public comment on that item? seeing none, we'll have rebuttal mr. brendon no one you'll have 3 minutes. >> so with regards to meeting even though technical requirement in in this case, the attorney for at&t is talking about exhibit b those are guidelines for the site visit it's interesting they decided to say their tha these are guidelines i'm not con intending on exhibit b more to the point there are viable alternatives when selecting the alternatives the score against exhibit b is a good place to starting i'm obtaining from the procedural grounds the comments f

. >> terry fong and 11 of his friends are stuck in cabo san lucas. >> there's no water or plumbing. >> the mexican military is evacuating travelers, and hotels are posting online to get travelers there. fong's hotel has no shuttles. >> it's frustrating trying to get answers. >> his brother has been making calls from the bay area to get the state department orem bassey -- or embassy to intervene. >> once they get to the airport hopefully they can hop on a military plane to tijuana to come home. >> they are trying to keep their spirits up. >> nobody is hurt, it is a harrowing experience. >> one they hope is over soon. >> a new arrest involving an nfl player. arizona cardinals running back jonathan dwyer, involved in two incidents in july with a woman and a 18-month-old baby. the cardinals management took acts announcing dwyer will not play this weekend. >>> there's a fro-ing -- growing call for the nfl to take a tougher stance on athletes accused of domestic violence. >> when a player is arrested for domestic violence the nfl should immediately suspend the player, continue to pay them u

commissioner fong and set up the smoemz unanimously 7 to zero >> t welcome back to the san francisco planning commission for september 4, 2014. please be advised that the commissioner that the commission does not permit outbursts of any kind please silence my days. commissioner we left off in our keg calendar for case. at 1333 golf street 1481 post street please noted that written comments will be accepted until september 14th i'd like to remind the members of the public that your comments must be limited only to the adequacy of the environmental review report >> good afternoon as the secretary mentioned that is the planning department case the proposed hearing on the draft environmental review for the golf street 41 post project as the commission secretary mentioned the purpose of today is hearing is to take the accuracy and no approval requested at this time it's on 1330 golf street on a block by golf street to the east and laguna to the west the eir talks about this and as established the street address for the arranged building will be located. the proposed project is the decisio

. >> wou, moore, richards, fong. we do expect commissioner johnson. >> the first item item one case 1 case 1423 ocean avenue is proposed for continuance to november 20, 2014. further commissioners on your agenda under your consent calendar for item three, 14-027c at 22 polk streak. we received a report from board president vice-president chiu's office to continue the matter one 1 week to september 18, 2014. i have no other proposed continuances and no speaker cards. >> any public comment on the continuance calendar? seeing none. the calendar is moved. >> commissioner? >> moving to item 3 as mentioned. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to continue? >> commissioner -- i have a question. the question is in regards to the item that is item no. 1 that's being continued i was recluse when the item was heard, but as far as the continuance i can vote on that? >> that's correct. commissioner antony as a procedure item. item 1 and 3. commissioner hillis, commissioner moore, commissioners richards and commissioner preside

commissioner fong. commissioner president wu. no arrest so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 4 to 3 with richard and moore and wu voting against it >> zoning administrator what say you. >> it's the variance hearing also with an intent to approve. and very good commissioners that places you on our discretionary review portion item 13 was continued and so items 14 ab at 9 tentacle street a may or may not discretionary review in case. also for 9 tentacle street >> carolyn. good evening planning department staff you have before you a question for the may or may not discretionary review for demolition pursuant to the planning code. it's located on carolyn street between 23 and 22 street in the katrero student it is to demolish a dwelling unit. the public notification was complete and no applications were filed, however, since the distribution of the pact staff has received additional letters and neighbors have expressed the concerns over the height and one neighbor has concerned asking concerns wanders to the windows on the sid

. >> commissioner fong. >> i agree the conditions but i want to ask the architect where's the garbage and i said in pie presentation we'll keep the public outside of the backyard to put the garbage in the backyard one of the neighbors obtained so aging i didn't agreed they're worried about bottle sound so aging yes to have the trash for the bottles inside. >> in the garage area. >> not in the garage behind the space in the kitchen. >> i'd like to add that as a condition that the garbage and recycling remain in the building operational thing. >> commissioner moore. >> could you briefly go through the issues we understand what was applied that and for me. >> so the couple issues regarding the history of the property and regarding the legal use of the property it was a violation and there was sfrornl a commercial establishment that's next door off site storage that's been addressed by the project sponsor and a history where the building was converted to office use there's a permit establishing that there's no outstanding enforcement issues and i'll address the garbage so the code provide

commissioner fong. no. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously take minute break. >> good evening and welcome back to the planning commission welling regular hearing for september 4, 2014. commissioners we left off under our regular calendar for the case at 189, sixth avenue request for a conditional use authorization. >> good evening commissioner president wu and members of the commission the principle is a conditional use authorization for a limited restaurant in an nc one neighborhood district. nc one district are intended to serve as local shopping districts. limited restaurant are typically permitted unless they're related to within a quarter mile of a district that's more restrictive in this case it's within a quarter of a mile that requires eating and drinking to have a conditional use authorization. the subject property is a 3 story mixed use this between california street and the unit is located on the ground floor and measures 2 hundred plus square feet it is vacant. the surroundin

commissioner fong p commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. >> the commission will take a 15 minute break. >> and welcome back to the planning commission regular hearing for thursday, august 14, 2014. commissioners we left off under our regular calendar and will be talking up 1213 abc and for those causatises also known as moscone center please notice the admiring ends on june 16, 2014, it public comment may not be respond to in writing case numbers 13 e k r v and x under the california quality act determination for consideration of general plan referral and request for variances >> commissioner moore. >> the city attorney has advised that i ask for recusal on o this my decade employment may invoke the impression tailors or there's a conflict of interest. >> motion inform recuse. >> on that motion to rouse commissioner moore. commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. commissioner johnson. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fong and commissioner president wu

okay on that motion commissioner and knee, hillis, johnson, moore, no, richard, wu, no, fong. that motion 5-2 with commissioners moore and wu voting against. >> the commission will take a . >> commissioners, we left off under your regular calendar on item 10, point 0633 at 1099 jackson street, request for conditional use authorization. >> thank you, good afternoon, commissioners, chair wu, omar masery, this is a request by at&t mobility for a macro wireless telecommunications facility at 1098 jackson street. the project is at the northeast corner of jackson and teller street and featuring two floors of residences including a dry cleaners, a cafe and a restaurant. the project will consist of 3 primary components, primary the antennas, 6 antennas mounted on the roof with elements intended to mimic fake vent pipes, would not be visible from off streets given its low heights as well as an equipment room in the basement. the project site is a (inaudible) location as the site is zoned rm3 residential mixed moderate dense silt. the carrier did submit a required alternate site analysi

. >> good afternoon, supervisors, jackie fong, and the city purchaser. and i would like to briefly talk to you about this item before you. and in october of 2013, the office of contract administration issued a request for proposal. seeking technology partners to assist the city in maintaining developing, and improving its information systems and processes. we are now seeking approval to award multiple as-needed contracts, as a recall of this rfp process. since the first computer store contract was awarded in the 90s, we have endeavored to improve the business model to meet changes in the city's requirement and the technology, industry. and the multiple as-needed contracts ha resulted from this rfp. >> could we get a limit and could we get the sfgtv to put on the... >> there we go. >> multiple as-needed contracts that resulted from this rfp. are categorized in three pairs, replacing the contracts formally known as the san francisco technology store. and i would like to briefly summarize a technology store. the first thing is that there were four contract