by the ar c how do they know the buildings are they need so much office space to support the 2 henry adams this is a building that's in excellent condition why put a building there the purpose of the location to prove the historic nature so we proposed to the planning department with the supervisor cohen and staff a bunch of amendments which were read and the hpc voted to support the amendments so they'll have a change both commissions and hpc for it's historic landmark and the conditional use process to insure that the hpcs concerns were heard and the office was meeting other economic criteria. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we're ready for public comment. >> yes. we're ready for public comment. >> any public comment on item 6 seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor cohen. >> i have a few closing remarks thank you to you and your department staff i believe the legislation does a good job of striking a balance of allowing office support and the maintenance of those historic buildings without displacing tenants or cannibalizing the wblgz we need to maintain some of the incentiv

specifically you may recall the two henry adams. it was a pretty significant controversial issue that really i think has an opportunity to change what san francisco looks like, so the preservation of the businesses is very important. the other thing i want to acknowledge and your willingness to meet with constituents. often i direct people to speak to you directly. some of you have been helpful and taking the meetings and listening to some of the concerns even if it means rehearing an issue that your body had made a determination on prior. also one of the things that's very important to me is maintaining not just the understanding the historic -- maintaining and preserving the historic structure of a building but paying close attention to the cultural contributions that the communities have contributed to san francisco and recognizing it and for example sam jordans has been designated as a historic resource and i think you were in on that decision and significant to the african-american community and i want to continue in that vain

unanimously passed by the board of supervisors last year around a proposal designated around to henry adams, an historic building. in that particular case the project sponsor was going to conduct a building of long-term permits terments. during the review of the proposal i asked the planning department to look at similar buildings in the area that might qualify for a similar conversion. the planning department determined there are approximately 14 other buildings in the pdr 1b and 1g zoning districts that could be eligible for a landmark designation and office conversion. prior to the control passed last year, these buildings were allowed to include office space if left unchanged this provision could cause a loss of nearly 1 million square feet of pdr space. interim controls we passed last year and before you today tlimentd -- limited the amount of office by establishing new floor controls. these floor controls will only allow a portion of the building to be used for office and will previous pdr space. this ordinance requires a conditional use permit for the conversion, submissions of an hi

points interesting a similar movement in the design district san francisco you may recall the 2 henry adams was looking to convert office space and push out the existing tenants those are pdr tenants and something similar. >>was afoot last year and supervisor kim and i have been in discussion to figure out how do we protect the tenants whether their residential tenants or pdr business so this is not a unique situation to district there is what similar pressure happening snael supervisor wiener thank you i'd like to add my name as a cory was surprised this came back so this was still happening i remember when there was happening and supervisor kim articulated the statements by the owner saying the city is forcing us to evict those tenants eaten i know that there's a lot of work among the department to figure out that and this was no longer the case so i find s it sad we're in the situation where residents are faces with eviction those interim controls are very important i'll say that our housing crisis riders mia any approaches around adding new housing of varieties to address the for a seco

times and i worked with supervisor cohen on this when we thought we were positively lied to over henry adams and what they were going to do and what benefits and we tried to call it back but the city attorney said "no, you made your decision. you can't do that. you have to look to the board of supervisors or in this case supervisor cohen to remedy that situation. >> very good. thank you. >> thank you. >> no other questions from the panel so we will move on to karl hasz. >> supervisors, karl hasz i am up for seat six. contractor developer. my profession is designing and building restaurants. i am currently president of the historic preservation commission. i have served on the commission since its inception and prior to that landmarks preservation advisory board and spent many years on this -- not many, 10 years and actually requesting one more term specifically we -- i am very proud of the landmarking that we have done the social heritage items we have done, particularly sam jordan's and i found information and he was on a plane and a young person that worked at facebook and found out who he

roaming the city's trouble spots.especially low lying areas like here at the corner of alameda and henry adams at the bottom of potrero hill >> reporter:he and his team are expecting to do more of the same tomorrow.they might even have to come right back here.if the grate gets clogged again.with debriesfrom the street. >> reporter:but some areas need extra help.like here on folsom and 18th.were sand bags have been dropped off by the city. >> reporter:the stable cafÉ is still closed after being inundated with sewage and stormwater in december.they's installed some metal flood gates.but they aren't finished getting them all up.so they are waiting for more sandbags to come. >> so they are trying to get some ready for today. they deliver some yester day. however we need about a more pilots. >> reporter:the department of public works has bags ready for city residentsto pick up int their maintance yard on cesar chavez and kansas streets. like this man.who needs some extra protection for his drivewayfrom the rain that's on the way. >> reporter:maureen kelly kron4 news. >> grant:flood prone san anselm

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it's the academy event gala at the san francisco design center galleria on henry adams street.re some scenes from last year's event. there will be gourmet cuisine, an auction, a raffle drawing and all while the oscars play in the background. the proceeds support local h.i.v. a.i.d.s. services and abc7 is a proud sponsor of the gala. >> we are looking for a sunny day today. breezy in the upper elevations and temperatures in the narrow range. feeling like the season and this is where we should be. low to mid-60s around the bay. the rain is in monterey and points south, including southern california. look for warmer conditions midweek and then cooler cloudier and doesn't look like any rain. >> already. that's going to do it for us. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news continues now online, on twitter facebook and all of your mobile device was our abc7 news app. abc7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. "good morning america" is up next. and we leave you now with a live look from the dolby theater in hollywood. did you k

it's the academy event gala at the san francisco design center galleria on henry adams street.e oscars play in the background. the proceeds support local h.i.v. a.i.d.s. services and abc7 is a proud sponsor of the gala. the academy of friends has raised $8.5 million for h.i.v. and a.i.d.s. organizations over the past 30 years. and possible rain in hollywood? >> yes. they have had a few sprinkles already. that will continue throughout the afternoon and evening. for us dry, breezy and cooler. 66 oakland, 64 in santa cruz. no rain. it's going to be south of monterey. the accuweather seven-day forecast still cool tomorrow and warming up midweek. but thent of the week we could see a few sprinkles or light somehow but another system that doesn't look promises. >> all right. that's going to do it for us. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news continues now online on twitter face look and all your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. stay with abc7 for oscar sunday. the live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. at 4:00 see

his best in areas like here at the corner of alameda and henry adams and the bottom of control here that might even try to come right back here and is debris from the streets. >>reporter: some areas the action helps like here in 18 she was sam bass had been dropped off by the city this level cafe is still closed been inundated with sewage and storm water and december >>: is also little flood is what they're not finished until all of the way for more sandbags to come. the department of public works also have bags ready for city residents to pick up at their man as charles is chavez and chemistry like this man who need some action the texan from his driveway from the rain that is coming >>james: 1 the rain does begin to fall in your neighborhood annuities you did take a picture and even a to as little facebook senate to was in horrible battles that will get the picture to was will gladly accept them and use them as our coverage is the rare firsthand account of what the weather is like in your neighborhood gullahs' more complete picture as to the rain developing coverage to continue cover s

hamilton were supposed to be opposed, but in many ways they were not opposed -- washington, patrick henry sam adams, james otis, roger sherman. that group -- and i refer to all of them, as you know, many times in the book -- represented this consensus of ideas i was just discussing. c-span: you have a footnote in here, and i'm trying to find it because i underlined it -- a breakdown on all the religions that the founding fathers belonged to. were they all religious people? >> guest: no, not all of them. and, of course, being religious means different things to different people. the footnote to which you refer is a calculation by a man named w.w. sweet, who was a scholar of these matters, who looked at the formal religious affiliations of the founding fathers. and this goes, again, to the question of the way we're taught our history and maybe it would be useful, if i might, just to mention what i think is the conventional view, which is that the founders were skeptics deists... c-span: what is a deist? >> guest: a deist is something a -- voltaire, for example, was a deist -- someone who believes tha

adam suffered self-inflicted stab wounds and faces charges of murder tonight. >> tenth anniversary of the disappear an of danielle imbow and richard patron jr. david henry is live outside of the federal building in center city philadelphia. >> reporter: the fbi is convinced that danielle and richard were the victims of a professional hit jobs, now they are looking for the killers and who ordered the hit and why. >> this just didn't happen this was an orchestrated hit. two people and a truck do not just go missing. >> they were last seen leaving it was my son. he was a father he was a brother and he is missed every single day. no word can describe what it is like not knowing happened to your child. the police questioned him many times and have not ruled him or anyone else as a suspect imbow moved to north carolina shortly after danielle disappeared. he told me he was questioned again by fbi agentses a couple of days ago and was glad they were reinvestigating. he hopes this is the year they find out what happened to danielle and richard. >> the fbi has fresh eyes on the case and they discovered significant leads in the past two years. >> we are looking at

adam. >>> two philadelphia police officers are facing charges this afternoon accused of beating a man on a scooter and only "action news" has the surveillance video that shows exactly what happened. david henry is live at police headquarterers, where today they did not mince words about this case. >> reporter: yes the philadelphia police department is badly shake and by this ugly case that only adds fuel to the national debate over police brutality. commission under ramsey says it's isolated but improper. >> it's beyond training or anything. period. >> only "action news" has the video surveillance that helped to break the case, can you see the patrol car running down a man on a motor scooter, his agonizing screams pierced the night two police officers jump out and slam him against the wall and throw him to the ground and beat him repeatedly with their baton and fists. this is what rivera looked like later at the hospital. the two officers are now arrested. the two are facing assault and filing false charges. they charged rivera with resisting arrest. >> there was no resisting offered and then things elevated to a higher level. >> rivera's girlfriend canvassed the neighbor and found this surv

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