. >> commissioner hillis? >> i think we just need to report to continuous that looks at the alternatives, one where you have when you are asking for now, two new homes with an a.d.u., potential for in a.d.u. any existing structure, although i see your point on how that maybe difficult, or you keep the four lots and you have four single-family homes that could have in a.d.u. in them, but i think that are more consistent and contextual with the neighborhood that there are three stories a little smaller, maybe don't dig in from the garage, because i think that is what is troubling me is the size of those homes, maybe it is acceptable within a.d.u., but i just don't see it at this point. >> i would support that. go ahead. >> just to clarify, if it were standard lots, it would not be a conditional use. it would really be -- it would just be a denial of the conditional use. by continuing it, it gives you and the developer a little bit more flexibility in how they approach. if they choose to have standard size lots,

commissioner hillis? >> commissioner hillis: a question for the developer. on some of the changes you've proposed or contemplating lowering heights in preserving station a, or i guess the facade of that, and incorporating that into a new structure, how does that change the overall kind of -- the project, number of units, square foot of office versus housing. if you could summarize. >> so the original project before you was about 2600 units of housing. when the heights came down, as an idea, when you do that, you loss 100 units of housing and preserving station a, it's impossible to put housing in it. it needs to be single-use building. so that is another loss of 200 units. however, we were able to move heights around the site. so it's a net loss of 200 units total. >> commissioner hillis: additional losses? >> it is increasing the offices on the site about 200 feet, lowering a net loss of 200 utilities. we consider this as a dialogue and tradeoff. we heard loud and clear that the community wanted to discuss this and this was our response. it does come with f

. >> commissionr hillis: just a question, this project is seismic. is the tenant being accommodated with the spot in that building the other side? i guess it's the west side. >> yes. the other side and they moved the laundry and there was other things that were changed. >> commissionr hillis: there are six spaces, one is occupied by a tenant associated with their lease? can you tell us -- you know the rent ordinance more than we do. can you take away -- if you were going to go away a parking spot, can you do that and then have reduction? can you reduce a service like parking if it's part of your lease? >> tenant has a choice to do that. there are certain things if there was structural problem and you couldn't park there at all and then they have to use your rent. it's her decision. it's an optional. >> commissionr hillis: it's part of the lease. they couldn't do that. you can't do that under the existing one. if she's being accommodated on the other side, what is it that's holding this up? >> we want written assurances. there's other things how long

commissioner hillis? >> i generally like that there is new units coming on this lot, but can i ask the architect a question for a minute, i did a little -- it is -- there are 78 -- it is 7300 square feet. >> the existing lot. >> if you do the math, a typical lot is 25 by 100, it is three lots, you have divided this into four. why did you do that, first of all? >> we are under the planning code at a corner where we are allowed to reduce the size of the lots down to 1750, within 150 feet of the corner, a hundred and 30, so that gave us the opportunity for more density at the corner. >> okay. and then the fourth, why aren't you proposing anything from the fort -- for the fourth lot? is that the tree? >> no, our neighbor next door has property line windows right on the property line, and we had a discussion with them a year and a half ago about his possibly purchasing the project property, so that maybe he can use it as a side yard or develop it someday, so we decided to put that on hold and focus on the othe

commissioner hillis? >> commissioner hillis: thank you, i like this project. i like your material choices on the building and i would move to approve. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners, if there is nothing further, there is a motion seconded to approve this matter. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously, 6-0. items 14a and b, for 2018-000547. consider the request for the conditional use authorization and the zoning administrator the request for variance. >> good afternoon. jeff horn, planning department staff. requesting conditional use authorization. the property at 42 ord court is located in the corona heights neighborhood. it's a true lot with 25 feet of frontage on ord court and on state street. 118 feet in depth and access of 20% from the frontage. the property is developed with a two-story single-family home built in 1921. and a vacant dwelling unit is located on the portion of the ground floor. the existing structure is 1407 square feet. and extends to 59 feet on the lot. project is proposed to construct a vertical and horizontal a

commissioner hillis? >> commissioner hillis: move to continue the items as outlined by the secretary. >> president melgar: second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. then on that motion to continue items as proposed -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously, 6-0, placing us on your consent calendar. the matter listed hereunder tut constitutes your consent calendar. it may be considered by a single vote of the commission. there will be no public vote unless it is removed from the consent calendar and considered at this or a future commission hearing. i have no speaker cards. >> president melgar: do any members of the public wish to comment on the item proposed for the consent calendar? okay. with that, public comment is now closed. commissioner ko commission commissioner koppell? >> vice president koppel: so moved. >> commissioner hillis: second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. we have a motion to approve the items on the consent calendar. [roll call] >> clerk: o

[laughter] it is extremely hilly. and it were not for the amish pastries and the yingling, i don't think i could make it through the state. two, going down at full speed with one arm is not easy. i did not realize that. if you're going to go on long bike rides, make sure you wear your cycling shorts and make sure they are not inside out. [laughter] number three, the most important lesson of them all, no matter how difficult the challenge is, whether you fall down or crash, whether you need to get off the bike or walk, or if it seems like the miles never end, if there's someone holding you or helping you get back up, walking along your side with you, if there's someone supporting you and helping you realize the finish line is just a little bit further, anything is possible. grinding it out on those roads made me realize that recovery takes time and it takes hard work. but at the same time, if you are willing to spend the time and with support, you can overcome everything. you might fail, but you will eventually succeed

commissioner hillis. >> commissioner hillis: if there was a unit. there i is a c.u. is a c.u. re. >> there is no work done in the space. it is still the way the owners purchased the property. nothing is taken away. it is still in the same form. i decided not to represent it as a unit because it never showed up in any 3-r report or any addresses anywhere. it was basically a glorified crawlspace. >> at one point it was occupied as a unit? >> based upon the information that came in later within the past i think three years somebody produced a letter. perhaps this is what the gentleman is referring to. the lady rented it as an office. that was the first we heard of an actual tenant. >> is there a kitchen in there. >> a cook top and some kind of a sink. >> is that the space, the crawlspace where the unit is or where this is occupied? >> it is where the garage would be, the new unit is back behind that. if we look in the cross section, for instance, i would say the unit is about here back to here someplace. i am sorry no, it is from the front to the middle. the new unit is back here

commissioner hillis. >> thank you commissioners on the motion for march 14, 2019. (roll call). >> so moved that passes unanimously 5-0 places us on item 7. commission comments and questions. >> commissioner moore. >> commissioner moore: i have three items i would like to ask the commission to close the memory tonight. my reaction. she passed away on monday totally unexpected. fabulous waterfront neighborhood advocate. strong person, often in front of the commission when we dealt with issues on the waterfront. the passing is unexpected i ask we close in her memory. i wanted to bring this up a few weeks ago an article. 100,000 homes are empty in san francisco. i would like to ask the director, perhaps not today but at some point to comment on how the sources for making such a statement were put together. 100,000 empty communities in light of the struggle we go through every week is absolutely unfathomable. i do not know how to identify the sources by which the data are compiled. i would like for guidance inputting that on ongoing discussions. i can pass this around f

it is extremely hilly. and if it wasn't for the amish pastries and the yuengling - (laughter) - i don't think i would've made it through the state. i did say i was a corpsman with the marine corps, right? (laughs) number two, going downhill full speed with one arm is not easy. did not realize that. and, oh, by the way, if you're going to go on long bike rides, make sure you're wearing cycling shorts and make sure they're not inside out. [laughter] and number three -- the most important lesson of them all -- is no matter how difficult the challenge is, whether you fall down or crash, whether you need to get off the bike or walk -- right? -- or if seems like the miles never end, if there's someone holding you or helping you get back up, walking along your side with you, if there's someone supporting you and helping you realize the finish line is just a little bit further, anything is possible. right? those days grinding it out on those roads made me realize -- it made us all realize - that recovery takes time

tomorrow, they'll ride through northern virginia, an uphill, hilly ride, and it's going to be raininghow about that? [laughter] linnington: continuing to challenge themselves physically while strengthening bonds of friendship and cohesion with each other and with the grateful citizens they'll meet along the way. we know that with the right support, wounded veterans regularly overcome the adversity of their injuries and either return to duty in uniform or lead full, productive lives as citizen leaders in the communities in which they settle. and that's really what today is all about -- providing a venue for wounded service members to bond, continue healing, and realize that we are all here for them. mr. president, thank you for honoring and empowering our nation's finest and the work you have done and will continue to do on behalf of our military and veteran community. i now have the honor of introducing our next speaker, hospital corpsman jose ramos. fromegislative director our office here in the nation's capital. a native el paso, texas, jose joined the navy in 2000 to become a corps

picking up on commissioner hillis' point i'm looking at this through two lenses. the housing available itty -- availability and realism. if we approve everything in a lawsuit area and nothing gets built, what are we doing. that makes no sense. what i'd like to see and when we actually look at these is the site, the number of housing units proposed and the affordability levels and is the financing in place. whose providing the financing. i don't know how much the mayor's office has. some might come from them. the shovel ready piece and are they permit in hand ready to sign off and the number of units delivered when? i'd look at that list and say, hey, if project x is going to get all as, those 190 units will be delivered fast. why would we not want to get housing built first? if 5m took three years, i give that all those projects a handicap. we're going to be looking at sitting here three years. there's about four litigants. 5m was a smaller area. central soma is a larger area. a comment on the e.i.r. was 185 pages. i don't have a lot of hope we'll snap our fingers

we had an enormous amount of engagement here. >> commissionr hillis: all right. you're saying that we're hearing on the other side folks from the community saying, there wasn't -- i know this got tied up with the 16th street project. project sponsor had both and there was a lack of engagement on this. i like that it's dense. i like that there's new p.d.r. space we don't see lot of new p.d.r. projects coming before us. i think it would benefit from some additional community engagement. one thing i didn't like particularly about this project was that the density bonuses is claimed and then no b.h.r. on the density unit. i rather have negotiated percentage of on site b.m.r. units for that additional density bonus units. i don't know if the parking associated with the p.d.r. use? >> it's mostly residential. >> this is an area that could has less parking. it could be the project. there are good things about it like p.d.r. and density. the design could use some work. just further engagement with the community. sounds like we've continued this but it hasn't been that. l

. >> jonas: thank you, on that motion to continue items as proposed, commission hillis? johnson? richards? moore? melgar? so moved, that motion passes unanimously 6-0. placing this on the consent calendar. it's considered to be routine by the planning commission. there will be no separate discussion of this items unless the member or staff requestses. it shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item. 2019 already 00475. 863 haight street. >> president melgar: does anyone want to provide public comment on this or pull it off the calendar? with that, public comment is now closed. >> commissioner hillis: move to approve. >> second. >> jonas: thank you. on that motion to approve, item 3 under your consent calendar. [roll being calling] so moved, commissioners, that passes unanimously, 6-0. item 4, consideration of adoption draft minutes for april 4, 2019. >> president melgar: does any member of the public wish to comment on the minutes? okay, with that public comment is closed. >> commissioner koppel: move to approve draft minutes. >> second. >> jonas:

it appears to bea time of a hilly territory. it appears to be a time close though to the capital.n the case going by what we have seen in the pictures and videos as you say, the bus came off the road and is now lying on its side. and local again, the local mayor said people who were killed were projected from the bus, so again, very second—hand reports, but it's clear from looking at the picture is that it was a very nasty accident and that would have been behind the reason why there are many victims. indeed and as you said, the pictures are still unclear so we'll get more details of christ because it's an island that usually popular with tourism especially elderly ones. correct millions of tourists across europe come here, as he isa tourists across europe come here, as he is a particularly older ones, although the fact is that people of all ages go there and not least because it's very popular for walking along those ravines and the interior of the island, and again, many of those visitors are british by germans, those of the two largest national groups, but again people from all

. >> commissionr hillis: i was to ask the question about number of units. is it possible to do three units? >> in this case, the answer is no. it's a very small lot. you can't do an 80 unit new construction like this. >> commissionr hillis: thanks. >> commissioner johnson: last thing you want to suggest to the project sponsor. in some of the correspondents that came from the community, there was a concern about making sure that there's translation services that people can be fully engaged in the conversation. i want to make sure as community conversations move forward, translation services is to support people and being part of community conversation. >> president melgar: commission? >> commissioner moore: no, i can. the idea is to continue the project applicant engage the community with provisions described by commissioner johnson and encourage the architect to also give us further insight into what potential retail arrangements will there be and window cross sections important. >> second. >> commissioner moore: continue to date -- what do you have in mind

commissioner hillis. >> move to initiate. with the recommendation to look at those substantive co-changes. >> as well as scheduling a hearing on or after moos may 9. >> second. >> the motion maker if we could acknowledge the staff include a conversation. >> yeah, we did. >> ok, great. >> thank you, commissioners. if there's nothing further, there's a motion seconded to initiate and schedule the hearing for adoption on or after may 19, 2019 and on that motion? (roll call). so moved, that motion passed unanimously 5-0. placing us on item 13, scv for the city-wide cultural resource's survey presentation. >> good noon, commissioners. i'm here to present an overview of the city-wide cultural resource's survey including goalses for the survey, historians, legacy data and proposed survey staffing and budget and when jonas gets done passing those out, he can give me the slides, please. they're up, thank you. feel free to ask questions as i go along. surveys are an integral part of my programme as they provide tools for understanding,

hilly,xtremely haley, -- if it were not for the amish pastries i cannot think i would have made it.umber two, going downhill. with one arm is not easy. i did not realize that. by the way, if you are going to go on long bike rides, make sure thatthey are -- make sure you have cycling shorts and make sure that they are not inside out. number three, the most important lesson overall, no matter how difficult the challenge is, do you need to get off and walk, you fall down and crash, or it seems like the miles never end, if there is someone holding you and helping you get back up, if there was someone supporting you and realize that the finish line is a little bit further, anything is possible. those days grinding it out on the roads made me realize that recovery takes time, and hard work. at the same time, if you are willing to put in the time and the support, you can overcome everything. you might fail, but you will eventually succeed. it is not possible unless you have support, and that is what wounded warrior project does. anything you set to wear accomplish is possible. anything you

this puts into context what commissioners hillis and richards are talking about. if we could just loosen the belt for ourselves, maybe we could sometimes double in areas. >> president melgar: i will say, i have a couple of questions, but first i want to say thank you to staff for a very well researched and well put report. understandable, transparent, clear. so i really appreciate that. the claert for -- clarity for the public to look at different things and compare them. i was surprised by the condo conversion numbers. this is more a why question than a what. so it seems like there was a blip there, but you know, for years it's been going down. so why is that? i think it's page -- where was it? anyone want to -- >> abolition of the lottery? >> i think it is, yes. >> we can find out more about that and get back to you about why the numbers are decreasing. >> i think the change about three years ago put a limit on the numbers that could be converted after a certain point. if you had so many tickets that were in the lottery at the time, you could buy your way out of

the pledges are extraordinary we heard 100 million and 200 million from big french billionaires, hillyinton tweeting obviously thoughts and prayers but also people inclined to donate to black churches in america who could also deal with some funding. do you think this whole question will get more attention? not just whole question will get more attention? notjust for notre dame, but elsewhere. i think that's a question that many have asked today, if there is money to save a balloting, however important it is and this is clearly a building that means a lot to people, obviously issues like in america, but in france there's been lots of civil u nrest france there's been lots of civil unrest in recent months, you know the so—called yellow vests, there's so many issues that they have with their own austerity programme and cutting back, so i think this is kind of a natural outpouring in the aftermath but those kind of questions about finding that things like this, and when there is money and who's paying for these kinds of things, i mean notre dame is technically owned by the french estate d

but pre—much all the islands including the surroundings of the capital are very hilly, with a lot ofd indeed, that is one of the attractions of the island for tourists. any people come in order tourists. any people come in order to go walking in the interior, which is very stunning, and very dramatic landscape, and but of course it does make transport quite difficult, with a lot of pointy roads, and again with major drops off the side of the road. and unfortunately it's not a surprise that tourists were up on this bus, because tourism i assume is the number one industry in madeira. absolutely. millions of people visit the island of madeira every year from all across europe. and beyond. and large numbers of those european tourists come from the uk. but also from germany, and it has been mentioned again, local sources saying that a large part of the people travelling on the bus were german, of german nationality. allison, thank you, do come back to us as allison, thank you, do come back to us as the hour goes on, when we get further information. of course when the press conference is h

the city we know as a hilly place where you have to have a car to be able to get to school or go to worket to the gym that is no longer the case. you can get yourself in your suit, leave the house from anywhere, and get to work in good style on an electric bike. best of all, commuting for two weeks, you will use the same amount of power as you would taking a ten minute hot shower. that means that when you sign up to be a super green customer, you are using that 100% renewable cleaner power and the cleanest way you possibly can to get from point a to point b and you will have a really good time doing it, so thank you for being here. we really are so optimistic about the future of san francisco and the future of our earth because we know that the choices that we make make a big difference. the decisions that we make make a big difference in our actions make a difference. thank you. i would like to introduce -- did i get your name wrong, too. [laughter] >> no worries. >> it is a trend. >> hi there. [laughter] and my tradition, we are taught to respect and revere mother earth. we learned tha

is expected to get the most votes but may not garner enough support to form a government that means hilly the backing of smaller parties which are enjoying a surge in support many voters are still buying their options. that still plenty of indecision on the streets of madrid post-show about four in ten spaniards don't know who to vote for for many it's no longer simply a choice between the two traditional parties the center left socialist workers party or the center right people's party. you know what i'm going to vote for the left wing party only does put their most because the traditional parties have deceived us too often they were involved in so many corruption scandals and have never delivered on their promises will be lost but i must i mean i think it's great that there are now alternatives i couldn't really identify with either of the major parties but there weren't any other real options. the far right to vote spotty look set to win seats in the national parliament for the first time. it's predicted to win at least ten percent of the vote with its populist anti immigrant and anti

blocking out your view too much this morning, but it is cooler out there and in some spots, especially hilly areas visibility is a bit affected so they take a little bit slower fear encounter some of that dense or fog 50's for your current temperatures really all across the board whether you're at the coast are further inland. a couple spots like brent, what holding on to the low 60's right now skies, nice and clear otherwise, a not talking the fog you are talking a whole lot of cloud cover really high pressure is still sitting in place now the difference with today and yesterday as we're not going to see as strong of an offshore flow. so this means that those warm temperatures from our inland valleys are going to be drifting their way out here is the day in fact this also gives the opportunity for that fog that we're seeing this morning to have formed which is one of the first signs of the changes that we do have occurring in this forecast. temperatures today into tomorrow will continuously cool this is eventually going to take us back down into the solid 70's for much of the rest of your f

there are no trees, but it's rocky, very hilly. >> reporter: the pilot's communication never suggesting a problem. >> 4422 and up to 6000, 501 charley, echo. >> reporter: there was no known distress call. officials have now secured the crash site as they begin their investigation to determine what caused the crash. david? >> marcus moore tonight. marcus, thank you. >>> now, to the easter sunday scare here in this country, a navy veteran entering a church with a baby and a weapon in her arms. she threatened to blow up the church. tonight here, the dramatic takedown that followed, and here's abc's will carr now. >> reporter: authorities say that rambling video talking about religion appears to have been posted on social media by a mother. >> i've been experiencing the rapture since january 12th. >> reporter: a short time later, she allegedly walked into a packed easter sunday church service with her baby in one hand and a gun in the other, while threatening to blow up the house of worship. >> sthe starts talking crazines about the rapture. >> reporter: the pastor quickly told 70 people in

were washed down this area which used to be a busy road this part of the province is generally very hilly and people build on top of each other you can see that piece of brown. sand up there they used to be a small house see that collapsed during the landslides even though some of these houses here are still standing they are fears if it rains again even if it's not a serious flood there are fears this house they also collapse so lots of people still very wary about where things are going to rescue efforts we're told that although there is an official death toll some rescue workers say they have heard or have seen some bodies in the river they're trying to retrieve and that means of course the death toll will rise and of course there are several storms from the eastern coastline of the african continent the weather looks pretty stable where you are right now but what are forecasters saying about the coming days. well list of raining for now and durban in this area is that it's usual hot humid self but people have been warned to expect more rains they may not be as strong or heavy as the o

this was not a view it all is foggy conditions were seen out there in the east bay in some of our hilly areas as for conditions right now starting to clear and by the afternoon and you've got plenty of sunshine overhead and with high pressure building back in after yesterday's storm system that impacted southern california. we've got some warming temperatures and increasingly dry skies in the days to come we do have a few showers up in the sierra nevada today as you can see in future cast, but the bay area remains dry today tomorrow thursday on into friday, so a dry remainder to your work week something this workweek up is cooler than last week but still just as nice for getting out and about 50's and 60's for your daytime highs up and down the peninsula, including san francisco. it happened age of 61 well burlingame closer to 70 woodside up to that 70 degree mark you're looking at numbers in the low 70's, a lot like yesterday just a touch cooler for most of the day a difference of really only one to 2 degrees here not going to notice is stepping out while the creek 72 oakland up to 66,

. >> commissioner: commissioner hillis. >> thank you to the project sponsor for telling us about the project. we don't see this level of affordability when the city owns the land. it's a huge win. i don't know why the room's not filled with people saying we want to duplicate this. we see it take courage on the supervisors' part. it's bigger than most the housing around. it's more transit oriented which comes with some growing pains but i think this is a great project. it works well in this neighborhood. i wish there were more of these to come in other neighborhoods. beknow what a huge lift toss do 50% affordable housing in a project. so i can't say enough good things about this project. i think it's great. thank you, supervisor, for bringing it to us. >> commissioner: commissioner johnson. >> thank you. i'm thrilled to see this project. i'm so grateful for the leadership across the city that made this happen. i also just want to thank folks who came out and shared their personal testimony and experiences. foster youth and youth that are transportational age, i think are such an impor

. >> reporter: police found video of hillis stilling the acts less than two hours before the killing.n the murder weapon at home depot here in richmond. were able to track the suspects movements from home depot to the area where the murder occurred.>> reporter: the suspect hit the acts in a drainage pipe under the bar tracks. detectives don't know where why lawson was killed. >>> motive is unclear. we have not substantiated whether there is a relationship between the victim and the suspect. >> reporter: he is been charged with murder and special circumstance of lying in wait. if convicted he could face life in prison or the death penalty which is on hold. >>> a convicted drunk driver will spend the rest of his life in prison for a crash that killed 4 family members in san pablo. fred low was sentenced today to 135 years in prison for the 2017 crash on interstate 80 that killed two fathers and their sons. he fled the scene but was found nearby and arrested. he was convicted of four counts of murder for the death of darrell horn and his son. in his 13-year-old son. >> i lost my brother

>>> a close call when a water tanker overturned today on a hilly road.ident happened on vista verde way. a fence was demolished, but thankfully there were no reports of injuries. crews were called to the scene and worked to clear the cash. >>> on the coast, friends are remembering an experienced hang glider that crashed over the weekend in the ocean and was unable to make it to the shore. >> they say risk is part of equation, but the victim had a love of hang gliding. >> reporter: the air is where friends a 44-year-old chris found peace. that all came to an end this weekend when a witness called 911 saying they saw a hang glider in distress, forced to land in the ocean sunday afternoon. authorities managed to find him by 5:00, but it was too late. now his friends are in mourning. >> chris was an excellent pilot and a really good guy, and if you needed help, he was the first guy to help you. >> reporter: the hang gliding community is a tight knit group, and at least a half dozen members of the club talked about carillo's skills as a pilot. they say the ri

> there was colloquy at 2 hours and 36 minutes in and commissioner commissionerhl -- commissioner hillis starts by saying proposition m wasn't with the intend of getting housing approved and mr. rahm said it's not possible to compare one public benefit to another nor do i think it's fair or a good way to do land use planning. proposition m was all about, as you can see in the ballot handbook, was all about creation of section 101.1 of the planning code which is the priority policies which are all about, let me remind you, public benefits. i haired the drafting i chair the drafting committee of planning. i would urge you to talk to two former planning commissioners who were involved in the effort, doug eamon and dennis antonori and i would strongly encourage you to ask our staff to talk to then-planning commission president john morales if you want to know about how they dealt with choosing between public benefits. notice section 101.1, does not include what you're staff has adopted. which is shovel ready. >> thank you, mr. welsh. next speaker, please. >> i've been here before. for those

and even when he got to the general hilly got a different level of courage and donald trump did. i think reporters want to make sure they're digging as deep as possible in each of these candidates. when he is getting a lot worse than it did in 2016. if you look at the people from last week. >> barely any scrutiny 2016 because he was just seen as entertainment -- >> now it's a lot more serious. >> these are the things you hear from pundits. this is a diverse party, joe biden 76, and he's a white guy. this is been written in the new york times and elsewhere. >> the coverage shows the grips of identity politics. i think it's important for the media to understand the way they are far more liberal than the average american therefore more able than the average democrat. and they like joe biden that he is fairly moderate, they like that he thinks he can be donald trump. some extremism is a reflection of newsrooms not representing actual readers and viewers. >> had to handle a few questions about women saying about the unwanted touching? >> i think he handled it very well. i think the an

commissioner hillis. >> thank you all. we are approving the broad use here as a limited restaurant, not necessarily a juice bar or bagels, or whatever it is, we can approve something and tomorrow they could change the menu or they could come in with a juice bar and change the menu. not that they will want to, they have to figure out the lay of the land from a business standpoint in west portal, but we are the planning commission, not necessarily figuring out economically what works on west portal. i think a restaurant use is good i like the venue you have proposed. hopefully that is what you stick with and it works, but i am supportive of a restaurant here and would move to approve. >> second. >> one question for the project sponsor. could you come to the podium, please? >> so you occupy the space and there was a fire? >> i owned a hair salon. >> i don't want to ask you -- hair salon to restaurant is kind of a real different business to run. why not just go back and be a hair salon person? >> because in that neighborhood,