fung. would you like to come up and tell us about yourself? >> president fung: yes. i'm an architect. and i sit on the planning commission. i won't tell you when i graduated from school, but the fact is i've been in that profession since i graduated from school. you have my resume on civic activities. i have extensive experience on issues that will be faced by the planning commission. in addition, i have issues faced by the neighborhoods and communities that we will be addressing. i seek your endorsement for my nomination, and i'll be relatively short. >> chair ronen: supervisor walton. >> supervisor walton: thank you, mr. fung. just one question. mr. fung, what makes you want to serve on the planning commission? >> president fung: i served there once before, and i found it very challenging. i've recently been at the board of appeals, and on the board of appeals, we're really dealing on a reactive basis to the issues coming forth. i feel that the issues i could bring forth in terms of exper

>> no. >> commissioner fung? >> question on that. the excerpt on what the code mandates in terms of the criteria, the briefing that we received as an example on harrison did not specifically address the criteria. >> i'm sorry the briefing you received on? >> harrison street. >> harrison street? >> for the small project allocation. >> oh, i see. i can't remember the briefing, so i apologize. the question raises on most of your other instruments like cus, you have the five criteria, your general plan referrals with a way of dealing with that and so the question is whether it would be good to have a specific response to those criteria from staff as we track through because i believe the allocations of many projects will be comin coming forth. >> we can look at that more specifically, thank you. >> commissioner moore? >> director, do you have that memo in front of you by any chance? i may be not properly reading it. in the first paragraph, first line, you were saying that prop m, proof for voters in 1986 give the planning commission the

before -- i was going to just say commissioner fung, this commission talks a lot. you know, we usually have a lot to say and it's usually a deep discussion with a lot of different issues. i think that i have enormous respect for all of my fellow commissioners that everyone, you know, brings a particularly different angle to the conversation. and it's always useful. we have often asked for informational presentations on complex projects because it allows for us to, you know, to be given information, to think about things, talk to the folks in the public, to our fellow commissioners and you know, to have a more nuanced understanding for the next time that we hear either the informational presentation or something about the environmental review or when we finally get to vote on it. there has been time for discussion. and, yeah, it's not new. and particularly for multifaceted projects that require, you know, more layered nuanced understanding of what's going on with the community, with the politics, with the planning, you know, it's helpful. so i find it really helpful

our former president frank fung has been appointed to the planning commission. vice president rick swig are take over role of president. he's joined by commissioner ann lazarus, commissioner rachael tanner. we expect commissioner darrell -- darryl honda shortly. at the controls of the board legal assistant, -- i'm the board executive director. we'll be joined by representatives of the city department this evening. we expect scott sanchez zoning administrator representing the planning department and planning commission. the board meeting guidelines as follows. the board request that you turn off all electronic devices so they would not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hall way. rules of presentation are as follows. appellants and department respondents are given seven minutes to present their and three minutes for rebu re-- reb. people affiliated with the parties must include their comments seven or three minute period. member of the public have three minutes each to address the board. please speak in the microphone. to assist the boa

fung: thank you for asking us. robert: dr.ung, give me an idea in terms of what's kind of the most important thing to know about strokes? dr. fong: well, the most important thing actually 9 . robert: right, and how is that? how is it preventable? dr. fong: well, we can reduce the mortifiable risk factors, which means living a healthy life, which may not be easy, as we know, especially in this very unhealthy environment. robert: yeah, what are we seeing in the asian american and pacific islander communities in terms of strokes? consistent with the rest of the communities, or somethin' different? dr. fong: something different. actually, the incidence of strokes are higher in asian americans for the following reasons: because their lifestyle is getting more and more unhealthy. robert: really? dr. fong: and there are several things that we need to consider. the first factor is hypertension. the second factor is high bmi, obesity. we can control hypertension and obesity, just 2 factors, we can control about 75% of all the strok t a

. >> commissioner fung. >> mr. horn, a lot of the violations could have been approved by the department if they had bidded it properly. >> everything before you, except for the portion seeking the variance, which is still approvable, just with this next level of hierarchical approval, everything is something that could have been approved, theoretically, just maybe not through section 311 or over the counter but more discretionary or applications would have been required. >> so the question, at least for me is whether the penalties that have already occurred, meaning the carrying costs ahead had, te expanded costs and all those things, is that sufficient to overcome the fact that these things were not properly permitted? i know that the planning commission has in the past on a couple of examples required them to the developer or permit holder to return it to its original condition. i'm not sure whether that in this particular case that it creates more issues in terms of the neighborhood, in terms of the construction

so there is nothing really new here. >> i would just add to that idea, thank you commissioner fung for bringing it up. it would be great if you would work with the office of cannabis and also with the san francisco public utilities commission specifically workforce opportunities that underscore equity in this neighborhood. it's something that would be of high importance and also you could probably fund it. it would be great to work with them. >> there's nothing further. there's a motion to approve this matter. commissioner fung. >> aye. >> hillis. >> aye. >> johnson. >> aye. >> moore. >> richard. >> com. >> melgar. >> it passes unanimously 7-0. as previous stated, item 18 has been continued and item 19 has been withdrawn bringing us to our final item. 20-18d.r.p. and 237 court land avenue. dis correction ardiscretionary . >> good evening, commissioners and president melgar. david winslow staff architect. the item before you say public initiated request for a discretionary for 20-18.0607 to demolish a one-storey commercial building and construct a four-storey mixed use with three units

commissioner fung? >> i was going to ask the director to provide some further clarification on the intent of the informational presentations, especially on major projects. so my question is: are they asking -- is the staff asking for initial thoughts from the commission? and if so, then we have nothing to base it on, other than their presentation that day, which makes it a little difficult to gather your thoughts. >> chairman: if you i will certainly rely that back to the director. but these are specific to the soma area plant, and the allocation, and there have been a series of presentations leading up to these before the individual projects, but i will certainly relay that back to him. >> i know i'm a newbie, strike to catch up. >> commissioner johnson. >> i wanted to commend supervisors fewer and brown for putting together legislation to found an office of racial equity. here at the planning commission, we've had lots of conversations about the intersection of planning and land use and racial justice

. >> i looked it up today, commissioner swig -- sorry, president fung. there's two fine permits and one current permit for that building, and then, you have 50 alta, and there's a couple of permits. if you're going to do the stairs because it's -- the building's on two lots, so you would have to do duplicate permits for each time you apply for a permit, so that's something that he would have to do. >> but there's no one comprehensive? >> no. it looks like the stairs are going to be done and the soft story's going to be done. that's the way it's been filed, soft story, and then, the stair, two separate permits on 40 alta and 50 alta. >> so four together -- is that four permits? >> yeah. >> so the permits for the stairs have already been issued? >> the permits -- >> the permits for the stairs have already been issued. >> no, just filed. there was permits ticked, and then, they got -- >> more than likely, we're going to be seeing those under appeal. >> and the soft story permits, have those been issued or no. >> pardon? >> neither the soft story nor stair p

. >> tambiÉn el programa para parar grabacione secretas ,funge también para cámaras públicas, >> requiererno sepa como usar esta información como leer placas de los vehículos. todas las agencias de transporte tendrán que presentar ante la junta de supervisores. también deberán declarar con quien comparten los videos, y quien tiene acceso a la información >> san francisco se convierte en otra de las ciudades que aprueba una ordenanza para evitar ycontrolar el uno uso de la tecnología >> una nueva herramientas que podrá ver consecencias en caso de ser mal usada. >> el vehículo se incendió hacia el oeste de la carretera 80 el que trasladaba restos de bencina. >> intentó reunirse con el administrador, después del incendio, registró que no había un sistema contra incendios. >> también otro video nos muestra una mujer paseandopasa y amarraba la bolsa de en calle alabama y 24 el pasado jueves. de hecho llevaba dos bolsas y decidió usar una . >> n sé cuál es la intención no tiene monedas para pagar , o quiere ahorrar el dinero. >> la ciudad deja bolsas con parquímetros tapados. puede llamar al 91

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. >> commissioner: commissioner fung. >> >> a question for staff. the t.d.m. was reflective of 2016? >> we're required to do 50% of the measures. >> commissioner: if they were to have done it based on 2019, what would it have included? >> they're showing they would meet event the current standards today but they're only required to show 50% of that. so they have their information technology screens, bike parking and lockers, storage, showers, they have off-site parking facilities as well as close to all kinds of muni on embarcadero as well as busses an within walking distance. >> i don't know if the project has been before the commission before. it's not in any of our documentation. >> they're only coming for the conditional use of hotel use and the tbdm, we put the findings in there which was in the report. they're meeting all the standards we require. >> commissioner: commissioner richards. >> beach blanket babylon extraordinaire and i'ming to dread what other institution is going to go. and i love this. this is fantastic. >> commissioner: if there's nothing

fung they have not had our best interest at heart nor do we expect they should. they have misrepresented themselves. i bring this up because it has created adversarial relationship we do not feel comfortable relying on their suggestions how to proceed. they have not had our best interest at heart. they are rebuilding a house and are going to sell it. this is our home. our only asset. this is the last home we will own. for them they will build more houses every year. we understand that. this is why we hope you will help insure the safety of our home. we request we should not have to bear any further financial burden. we are not building a house next door. these are not neighbors renovating a home. it is a business transaction they should pay for that. why they do not see fit the survey the neighbor's property prior to construction and our property seems suspect. everyone we have spoken to asked why they don't want to do this. as construction commences we could make a claim they damaged our houses without documenting the state of our homes before construction we co

very food, on that motion to approve the amendment with modification, commissioner fung? (roll call). so moved, commissioners, the motion passed unanimously 5-0. this will place us at item 12, pca for the zoning districts, planning code amendment. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'll be presenting an ordinance proposing to do three things generally, modify operating conditions and conditional use criteria for liquor stores, increase the permissionability from services, public facilities and liquor stores in the nct3 zone district and to increase the permissionability of arts, activities, philanthropic activities and general entertainment, bars, liquor stores and restaurants if the upper market street nct. however, before i begin my presentation, i would like to provide tom brentanno. >> welcome. >> thank you and hello, commissioners. it's an honor to speak about supervisor's mandlman's ordinance to use this is the upper market in the ntc3 transit districts. this legislation will make restaurants, art's activities, a variety of institutional uses in general entertainment

in sydney fung survive troubled by doubts. they live an intuitive religious life. and something that they don't question you see. divine work missionaries like father georg continue to have great influence on young people here in the mountain villages which they've served for many years. hence few orders priest becoming a priest is considered interesting and attractive to young people all over floors that need a reason not to do it. if i think about my time in high school we had to hide our plans to enter the priesthood or others would have teased us. for that's not the case here. it's easy to. see life. in him because your priest or religious leader in flora's and your leisure carries social status me. here. in his lectures father ought to examines the motives of young men wanting to become priests. he has a clear idea of what kind of person a priest should be today that. we must have a sound theological education and be socially involved. by which i mean he must be open to social issues. of divine word students should love people to have an open heart for them. a

brian fung live with the latest on this. a little intramural battle >> absolutely.n extraordinary statement targeting one of facebook's key members, key cofounders here. let's take a look at what the facebook statement said. facebook said it accepts with success comes accountability. you don't enforce accountability by calling for the break-up of a successful american company. accountability of tech companies can only be achieved through the painstaking introduction of new rules for the internet. this is obviously on the heels of an op-ed that takes aim at facebook for being a monopoly, certainly arguing that facebook has become so powerful now that it's been able to crowd out other competitors and should be broken up. chris hughes, the former cofounder of facebook, you know, has clearly thought a lot about his role in the company and what it has led to. he clearly feels a little bit of guilt about it given, you know, how much money he's made with his 2% stake in the company. he's divested from facebook and no longer is invested in any social companies. yesterday he

to jerusalem nakba day which is commemorated by the palestinians and one of the culminating in the fung festival your vision on the fourteenth of may many israelis i speak to say that they believe the israeli prime minister did not go ahead with a full scale invasion of gaza because he doesn't want to detract from the twenty thousand visitors who are expected to descend on israel for this major show which is a big highlight on the international calender. janice rami khouri and political analyst mitchell. conflicting on the latest escalation between israel and gaza. these are either response is always disproportionate. the palestinian rocket. attacks on the palestinians are very destructive and ruining for the population high rises are being reduced to rubble people in the streets are being hit what while they are on motorcycles on cars even on the ground in the fields including mothers and their toddlers both the hamas and islamic jihad or are excellent in using human shields you know launching their operations from schools and from apartment buildings and from civilian centers and hopi

it's on display until our commissioner frank fung and i finished the railroad plaza erected at gold run rec stop, hopefully next year. thank you for this resolution and let's not forget the railroad workers 150 years ago. thank you. >> next speaker. >> i'm alex coo. i'm against this. we have been in san francisco for hundreds of years, since the 1900. and then we are living hear andd give birth to sons and daughters. millions of tourists come from different locations to visit san francisco because we have a concentration of chinese and cheeses culture and lots of people from los angelos. when we keep this name, the foreigners come here to visit, they know this. i mow that he got an affordable housing but not qualified, too. and then she owns property in macow and she got affordable housing but it will go away. her name is nope in the chinese community and i would like to keep it. this is a bad name in sanfrancisco. [cheers an (applause). >> members of the board of supervisors, board of government and if we can have the overhead, please. david chu, president of the board of san francisco

earlier, i spoke to jao—yin fung of the bbc‘s chinese service.her reaction to the chinese retaliation. right, so after the us tariffs going up last friday, i feel like beijing might have felt pushed into a corner. it was a very strong response, especially to its domestic audience so on monday, on chinese state media, you could see strong state announcing china has fully prepared for a trade war with the us. the retaliation is far from unexpected and if you look at the language, the chinese tariffs will not kick in until the first of june which leaves the country's three weeks for renegotiations. but with this retaliation from the chinese, the united states is now planning tariffs of up to 25% on a further $300 billion worth of chinese imports, including cellphones and laptops. if this materialises, what does that mean for the chinese? indeed, that will become a full frontal trade war between the two economies and for china, the stake is high. such a trade war will wipe out some gdp growth for china and to put the number in context, that will mean

fung off hurts a lot. what does it give you confidence wise? friends, the feeling of winning.ings you learn is jumping on seed, lucy. one of the things you learn isjumping on and off a horse. marcus looks —— makes it look so easy. while i top and micah champion, two feet. that's it. keep that left one there. what makes it may have only bending pony but i was nowhere near. it would not stop me climbing on board in the traditional manner. we have done it. well done lucy. the horse has to perform and we are over. thankfully and some races we are over. thankfully and some ra ces you we are over. thankfully and some races you don't have to be on the pony. it is all about trust in this andi pony. it is all about trust in this and i am handing off the post to alex. they are very agile and it is all about being a pair with a pony working with the ponies. is the pony and writer working together? are theyjumping and writer working together? are they jumping off the and writer working together? are theyjumping off the great and writer working together? are they jumping off the great spee

plant swap with each other so beetle might take them about. 90 percent of all plants interact with fung going to guarantee the absorption of vital minerals and other nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus a crucial ecosystem service that is under threat from chemical farming. home. the problem with my cries is that like any from guy they're all sensitive to fungus sites and you know the culture we use a lot of funny cide especially when we are in with a country and once the plants loses this symbiotic association with the microbes that it loses also its ability to take a phosphorous in the soil. the. only good it's a small beneficiary if the mike arise they disappear from the soil it takes a long time for them to return they create and recall denies ation starts from the edges of the field. so if. we have large fields it's an even slower process you know some of the process. if this natural exchange is lost we risk becoming dependent on chemical fertilizers particularly phosphorous which is only mined in a few places in the world. we compensate for the lack of natural nutrients with che

but bernadette fung's classwork, and i think if you have gone by this in the daytime, it is absolutely beautiful, and what it really represents, it represents going back in time in the past in this community, whether it is the japanese community that was pushed out into internment camps in world war ii, whether it was the african-american community that was pushed out during redevelopment, this beautiful piece of art on an actual fire station, a fire station that is so well-designed, but the people inside at the heart of this community also, i just think it's an absolutely amazing piece of art and a fire station, and i want to thank everybody that was involved in it. the community, i remember at this coming out to the community and the community putting their input in, and they actually listen to them, and i'm stunned, and i think i will stay here for a little while just to enjoy it. thank you, everyone for coming. there's all these great things, it is seismic safe, it will be faster getting people out of here to get to a fire or a barbecue, but i also want to thank everyone for coming

. >> twenty-five is a motion to approve the mayoral nomination for the appointment of frank fung to the planning commission, term ending june 30th, 2022. >> colleagues, can we take the same house, same call? without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. >> madame clerk, please call the next item. >> twenty-six is motion to appoint aaron koons to the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee term ending december 20 thirst -- 21st, 2020. >> colleagues, same house, same call? without objection, this motion is approved unanimously. can we go back to item -- supervisor haney, are you ready? >> yeah. >> let's go back to item 12 and let the audience know what it is >> item 11, i believe is a resolution resolution to adopt the city gg tenure capital expenditure plan. >> thank you -- ten year capital expenditure plan. you all should have the amendments in front of you, they are fairly simple and will not require us to go back to committee further, i think for all of us to have participated in some of the conversations around the affordable housing g.o.p. onto, and thank you, pre

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. >> commissiocommissioner fung. >> why is the park not part of the first phase? >> initially we envisioned this as one project with one phase with one prop m allocation and the city asked us, please, to split the project into pieces. and so the park is linked with the second phase and that second prop m allocation. >> i think by you, it was not linked -- >> it was a negotiation with the mayor's office and trying to find a way forward. some of our colleague's competitors said they can only build their project no one single phase and we've come to the table with what we think is an appropriate phasing strategy and we also want there to be an incentive for thety t the city e forward with that remaining prop m allocation, which is at your discretion. >> thanks for the reminder. [ laughter ] >> go ahead. >> can you remind us how much office is abou in the first two building versus the third? >> 710 feet of large cap allocation in the first two buildings and 212 in the third building. >> two-thirds in the first phase? >> that's correct. the first two buildings share a

. >> brian fung is our cnn tech reporter sand new addition to the cnn family. so, brian, welcome.to have you here. this opinion piece, it is stunning. these guys built facebook together and we've heard some of the argument for why he's doing this. but tell me how he expect this is to happen. what does a break-up look like because this is includes now instagram and what's app. >> so there are two basic pieces of this. one is hughes wants the federal trade commission which set up a task for to look at past mergers to really go after and scrutinize facebook's acquisitions of companies like instagram and what's app. that task force hasn't come out and said we're going to look at facebook but they have said that they are very interested in reviewing previous mergers involving tech companies and the second piece of this has to do with the call for a separate regulatory agency designed to look at tech companies and oversee their behavior. obviously it would take a lot for this to come to fruition. but that is the direction that hughes is going in. >> here is what facebook has to say. fac

welcome to commissioner fung. the project before you today is a code compliant reasonable addition to mr. higgins' home, and significant changes have been made to their -- to address their concerns. we spent months in dialogue and negotiation with the d.r. requester his. since before i was even involved and considering how close we were to a compromise, we have given them everything they have asked for. it is really disappointing to be here with them asking for more, and with the demands that are totally out of left field. here -- the project is of no significant impact on any neighbors' amenities. so what is this about? the d.r. requester his to the west of the property have two -- on the overhead, please, have two frosted, inoperable lot line windows at the rear of their building. these windows are not necessary to provide light or air. there is an entire wall of fenestration for light and air and views to these rooms, nearly four times as much as is required. here are the calculations. one of these lot line win