. >> i am daniel, co-owner of 1602 lake street with my wife, gwendolyn. proposed construction can joins our backyard. i'm going to use" tonight, they are all from the developers briefs submitted to the board of appeals meeting in september 2017. the saga of the three-story bay is worth a chapter in catch-22. they said they bought the lot in order to build a second house on the suppose it vacancy of the lot. actually, the three-story bay of the existing house was on the vacant half of the lot. no problem, they simply demolish it. then they claim that the permit they obtained to shore up the southern wall hovered the demolition they have already done. they said any errors or their faults, and they take full responsibility. >> sf gov. tv can you stay on the computer, please? >> i'm not sure what is happening here. >> continue, sir. >> actually, the permit application filed by santos did not show the existing three-story bay. putting all of this together, what we have is, they told the planning department the lot was vacant. they got permission to build on th

patty was the mother of the political scientist, gwendolyn mink. ensuring poverty, welfare reform and feminist perspective is available. patty mink was on the civil rights and women's rights movements trained as a lawyer mink won election to the house representatives in hawaii in 1966 before hawaii was a state. in 1964 she won a seat in the u.s. house of representatives without the backing of her democratic party whose dictates she refused to follow. she was the first women of color from any background to serve in the house of representatives. during linden johnson's presidency mink strongly supported the anti-poverty programs that were under the umbrella of the great society, but she was a fierce critic of the war in vietnam. and battled with her president and her party continuously over that. mink advocated for women's causes in congress. among many other achievements, she's known as the primary author of title ix of the education amendments which bar sex based discrimination. mink left the house in 1977. she ran for the senate, served as an unde

item four, authorizes the settlement of the lawsuit filed by gwendolyn woods against the city for $400,000, filed december 11th, 2015 in the united states district court, lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations. item five settles the lawsuit filed by margo grant against the city for $175,000, filed on october 20th, 2017 in the united states district court, northern division of sand -- of california and involves an employment dispute. autumns -- item six authorizes assessment through dixie against the city for $125,000, filed october 23rd, 2017 in san francisco superior court and involves alleged medical negligence and item seven authorizes settlement of the lawsuit filed by general washington against the city for $40,000 from generally fifth, 2016 he san francisco superior court. and involves an alleged personal injury sentences go general hospital. >> can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these ordinances are passed unanimously. madame clerk, please call the budget items eight to 24. >> eight through 24 beginning with item eight, is the budget appropri

occurred in federally subsidized housing since 2003 including as recently as february when anthony and gwendolyn fleming died of carbon monoxide poisoning at hickory hollow cooperative, a hud complex in michigan. they were the third and fourth deaths to occur this year since april. as you know, hud has been developing a rule to put an end to these preventable deaths by requiring co2 detectors in public housing, but it could be many months before that rule is finalized as the process goes. on friday a story ran on nbc news website in which a hud spokesperson is quoted as saying, quote, congress can fix this by passing legislation requiring carbon monoxide detectors to those living in hud housing units where detectors are needed. secretary carson, that legislation is before this committee today. this is that public hearing. the safe housing for families act would codify the rule so that you are developing into law and would provide $10 million in funding over ten years to carry out the objective of stopping avoidable deaths like the ones i mentioned. this is double the amount that hud announced ye