>> no, it's fine. >> okay. >> on that motion to uphold, commissioner fung? >> no. >> president wong? >> aye. >> vice-president lazarus? >> aye. >> and vice-president honda? >> no. >> this permit is upheld on that basis, thank you. .ing and i would like to take a short break. >> street appealing a let over determination dated january 17, 2013 addressed to marsha garland regarding a liquor distillery and event venue is a basis of the ground floor of the subject building. we'll start with the appellant, please step forward, thank you for waiting. you have 7 minutes. >> good evening, members of the board, i'm michael yarn, people of building, we're a real estate development company and we happen to be the master tenant of the propertied, 535 green street other than known as the sausage factory, this is a historic resource nr the north beach area, in a minute, i have some images that i wanted to share with the members of the board, just of the property. i want to emphasize, the only issue in the letter of determination that we are disputing is really one phrase,

. >> and i would appreciate commissioner fung pointing out the issue and the fact that the foundation work is only on part of the building dbi is going to be paying attention to that and the impact on the rest of the building. based on what you stated earlier, i was under the impression it was going to actually support the second floor. >> you know i could have alan actually come up and speak. i don't have a background. he does, he can speak towards exactly what they are doing. >> i mean earlier your comments and argument was to make sure that everyone felt safe. >> i think that anything other than and please mind i am not and i don't have engineering background, from my understanding with speaking with alan and the contractors that anything is better than a brick foundation, obviously the ideal situation is to do the foundation so it is connected in this case it is not feasible. you kind of look's options that are available and the options are that we have a vacant space whoever is going to be in that space, idealy we want to do something. >> there are three other retail spaces that

too that we don't have a full record with respect to the saigon sandwich, so i'd like commissioner fung expressed, it's not before us, it hasn't been presented and it's not at the record at this hearing and we are looking at it from a de novo perspective, for all of those reasons, i would move to overturn the department and grant the appeal. >> any conditions? >> i like the concept of limiting the menu simply because it does compete with some of these others, but i would leave that to you two to propose since you raised the question. >> do you want an amendment to your motion then? >> yes. >> so, then i would move to amend the motion to require the permit holder to limit its menu to strictly vietnamese dishes and not to carry any generic items such as chips, cookies, tea, soda, juice and water, coffee unless it's vietnamese coffee. >> i think it doesn't make sense to allow one food and not a drink because then somebody has to go to two different places to complete their lunch. i would accept the reduction of those other ancillary items because they don't have anything to do with that pa

officer is board president chris the wang, she's joiner tonight by an lazarus, commissioner frank fung, damper honda and arcelia hurtado, to my left is mr. brian, he will be here for legal advice tonight and at the controls is victor pa chico, i'm gloria, we're joined by representatives that have cases before the board, scott sanchez is there, he's representing the planning department, roger duffy is here representing the building inspection and john quan is here, he's the manager of public works, bureau street and mapping. at this time, mr. pa check koe, if you could go over the board meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board request you turn off all cell phones and pagers, please carry on conversation ins the hallway, the board rule of presentation are as follows, appellant, permit holders and department representatives have 7 minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals f, people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the 7 or three minutes, they have up to 3 minutes each to address the board but no rebuttal, to

preceding officers this evening is hwang and joined this evening by commissioner fung and honda. at the controls is the board's legal assistant. >> i'm cynthia the board's director. and we are also joined from members who have matters before the board and scott sanchez is here, and city administrator and also representing the planning department and commission. joseph dufy is here representing the building of inspection. and we are joined by derek smith he is a health program coordinator at the department of health tobacco free project. >> if you could go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in. >> the board requests that you turn off all phones and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings and carry on the conversations in the hallway. the board's rules of presentation are as follows, appellant's and permit holders and department representatives each has seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttals. people affiliated with these parties much include their comments in the 7 and three minute periods. the members of the public who are not

commissioner fung? >> no. >> and president hwang? >> aye. >> vice president lazarus? >> no. >> commissioner honda. >> no. >> thank you. >> the vote is 2-3 to up hold the permit, the motion fails however the charter requires four out of five to over turn or modify any departmental action and so unless there is another motion, this permit would be upheld by default. >> okay. no motion, so the permit is upheld by permit. thank you. >> thank you. >> i will ask you to leave the room quietly as we call the next item we appreciate that, that is item number 7, appeal number 1 3-001, geraldine rosen verses the department of building inspection with the plan department approval. the property at 1041 shrader street protesting the insurance you ans on december 20, 2012 to laura and dave brown of a permit to alter a building and add crickets to the rear of the house for the proper roof drainage this is application, no 2:singer 012/12/20/6664. and we will hear from the appellant's attorney. >> mr. patterson, you have seven minutes. >> maybe if you want to hold up one minute. >> act

and commissioner fung. to up hold this permit on the basis that it conforms to the approved plans as it relates to the building height. >> yes. >> on that motion, president hwang? >> aye. >> commissioner hurtado? >> aye. >> vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> and commissioner honda? >> aye. >> thank you. >> the vote is 5-0, the permit is upheld on that basis. >> and there is no further business before the board. >> the meeting is adjourned.

officer is board president chris the wang, she's joiner tonight by an lazarus, commissioner frank fung, damper honda and arcelia hurtado, to my left is mr. brian, he will be here for legal advice tonight and at the controls is victor pa chico, i'm gloria, we're joined by representatives that have cases before the board, scott sanchez is there, he's representing th

we're joined now by technology correspondent for the "national journal," ryan fung. thank you for coming on "viewpoint." >> my pleasure. >> john: let's start off with the basics, what is the proposed purpose of cispa? >> cispa is a bill that tries to make it easier for the private sector to share information about cyber threats between it and the public sector, the government. >> john: okay. how would the passage of cispa affect the average internet user? >> well, there are a number of different ways that could happen. the key way that you alluded to is that most privacy advocates say that the bill was -- would let corporations share information that could include personal information such as e-mails or contact information to the government and critics say that the government could then use that information to spy on americans and that corporations could use that information for -- any information that the government gives to them for marketing purposes. >> john: could the corporations share this information with other corporations? >> that it could yes. >> john: the

but we are proud to work together on behalf of the people of the city and we are happy to have john fung head this up and behalf of the board and all of us and thank you mr. secretary. mr. administrator. senator feinstein, leader pelosi, congress woman spear and mayor lee and thank you all for being here and now it's time to make it official. it's sign that document. okay. [applause] >> thank you tom. and as we're getting ready to sign this grand slam document let me make sure we give a great appreciation to our county transportation authority who has been administering the funds for this great project and a great shout out to the union square improvement district. i know there are businesses big and small that will suffer a little bit from the construction but they're going to be patient. they know the result of this is a great future for our great city and thank you to all of the businesses and we will be communicating with them all the time with all of the agencies. decades now ladies and gentlemen city residents and our city will know the vision started 20 years ago to today we built

. >> i think the concern from commissioner fung is regarding, you knower, who's watching the candy store on the notification, correct? >> i think it's alternative sites, sorry. >> go ahead. >> what i understand and you know, i have a question that was raises by the appellant's counsel too to ask the department, what other potentially preferable sites there may have been within the 300 foot radius that they had to work with. i mean, what makes this spot preferable to any other location that may or may not have been proposed? >> there has been multiple applications from at&t to the department for surface mounted facilities as noted as at&t rep s*entdive ts, they have 168 approved locations, some of the locations were determining the placement as it remits to building frontages, the intent has been to place these in area, in a right-of-way kind of dead end streets, those kind of locations or along frontages where there are no entry ways or windows that would create, you know, some visual impact to the residents or the merchant in these kind of cases. from a technical perspective, okay, yes,

>> we have a motion from commissioner fung to up hold this permit on the basis that it is cold conforming. on that motion president hwang? >> no. >> commissioner hurtado? >> no. >> vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> and commissioner honda? >> aye. >> >> welcome back to the march 20th, meeting of the board of appeals. we are calling nine, 13-004, miyo ota doing business as mio ink, verses the department of building inspection, this on for 21330 fillmore street, protesting the issuance on january 7, 2013, to alan tan of a permit to alter a building, update the concrete foundation and replace the water damaged studs and 20 percent upgrade and cda entrance door, application number, 2013/01/04/7241. and we will hear from the appellant first. >> before i get started, i wanted to just pass these out before exhibits that you could refer back to in terms of how we... >> use the microphone. >> actually the board... >> okay. >> the board has to agree whether it wants to accept the additional documents. >> it provides a list of stores. >> sorry, say that again? >> it is documentation of how i do my l

fung years on from virtual bankruptcy in iceland is quickly becoming the northern hemisphere has come back the islands nation's banking sector collapses spectacularly in two thousand and eight with taxpayers and making it clear they weren't about to pick up the tab either preschool or novel looks at a way that leaves a country house for decade on. though not a member of the eurozone or the european union for years iceland was considered the most effective from the liberal free market economy in europe that was until its bankruptcy in two thousand and eight foreign debt spiked banks closed down and the national currency plummeted the wallbank european union and the international monetary fund also known as the troika demanded that iceland be up at the time it meant every citizen would have to pay one hundred euros per month for the next fifteen years to cover the debt of private bankers nationwide protests erupted sounds familiar except unlike in cyprus greece portugal and others these protests made iceland's president reject the troika's demands and the trio went while threatening iso

but this other matter that commissioner fung raises, as far as the common sense, i am not an, engineer, we are very much focused on the seismic safety and building the new terminals and i feel that that point needs to be explored because just common sense tells me if you are fixing little bit here what about the rest of the building? i think that it is logical that the imbalance and what is going to do to the building is at risk and i hope that you will consider that. >> next speaker, please? >> thank you commissioners, my name is beverly and i represent the independence of the fillmore area where my store has been for the last 26 years. while i understand the obvious appeal, of land lords, in renting to large, well financed formula stores, mainly for higher rents, i am here to focus on the value of the independent store owners. those without corporate money. and independent owners provide hand held customized services which lend to the cache of our wonderful city of san francisco. the founding cache that made this city a great landmark for stores to be attracted to and come to exhibit

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