. >> gabriel ing. i am an architect practicing in san francisco for over 25 years. this time of year is the worst time amongst all of those years. but i want to address is the permit application cancellation procedure. it is very frustrating and annoying. in the last six months i have run into nine permit cancellations. a couple of them got picked up. but most of them, what i want to tell you is that the procedure is very bad. the notice of cancellation, i moved three years ago. aby address change. someone just copied it from the application to the computer and checked my address. the certified mail was in the file. i do not know how this can happen. someone told us that we had a cancellation. the fee is outrageous. take a million dollar project, they would charge about $2,000 for each year extension. in today's economy, everyone is trying to survive. people already living on the edge, a developer, a hallmark, and you have to charge them $2,000 per year? can the staff or department have any sympathy on things like this? giving people a grace period? rather than tell