commissioner hwang: of course i am prepared. commissioner garcia: do you want to restate your motion? but do not think we have the motion before us. go ahead. president peterson: we can deliberate. commissioner hwang: we do not have a motion yet but i can state that i did review the hearing in its entirety. what it left me with was a conclusion that the permit itself was invalid for reasons that i believe -- there were credibility issues, misrepresentation with respect to the work done without a permit. an nov should have been issued instead of a permit over-the- counter. had one been done properly, it would have been flagged to the planning department before issuing the permit. that is based on the testimony and evidence submitted at the hearings and before in documents. what we also saw was the overwhelming evidence that this permit is flawed and that it failed to take into account the community concerns. it was powerful to hear all the people come up and stay there serious and felt concerns about having another pharmacy on th

commissioner hwang: aye. >> the vote is 5-0. >commissioner garcia: i would never want to offend a court reporter. >> the permit holder requested that the board continue this case and allow their new council an opportunity to argue the case to the board. the appellant agreed to this request for a continuance. the parties have agreed among themselves to a december 8 hearing date. with the president's consent, we can have the parties argue to the board about the issue of a continuance. it is up to you. vice president goh: i thought we continue this case because there was emotion. it was my motion. the motion did not pass. we needed the fifth commissioner to be present. the hearing was held and closed, and we reconvene today to allow that fifth commissioner to vote. we did not allow for more argument or presentation of anything. so i do not understand why they would have hired an attorney now, with our hearing held and closed. and i do not even -- i would not even want to entertain the reason, unless someone hired counsel for the ap

commissioner hwang: no, thank you. commissioner fung: i will start. if this case was purely to look at the nature of the deck, then i would have probably quite different comments and what i am going to make. but it relates to the fact that some people are taking something which is basically a shared right from all those properties. however, the question in front of us is whether jurisdiction is served because of an issue with either the process. that, unfortunately, i do not see for granting jurisdiction. and i know that the planning department and my fellow commissioners know my opinion, especially of obstructive? -- obstructive decks. however, i do not believe that is the issue before me. vice president goh: to be clear, you're leaning against granting jurisdiction in this case? commissioner fung: that is correct. commissioner garcia: i tend to agree. one almost wishes that what was before us was some of the process having to do with the fact that it is a reasonably large, at least judging from these photographs we have to appear, a reasonably large

it will come back before us for another vote, and commissioner hwang, who is not here tonight, will be the deciding vote. within our package are some of the requirements that the captain wanted, and i do not think i am bolten the going to prevail, but if i were to prevail -- and i do not think i am ultimately going to prevail, but if i were to prevail, i would want this to be part of this permit. anyway, that is on page 3 of the permit holder's submission. go ahead. vice president goh: i am going to make a motion to grant the appeal and overturned a permit. -- and overturn the permit. president peterson: if you could call the roll, please? secretary pacheco: the motion then is from the vice president to revoke the permit. on this motion, commissioner fung, commissioner garcia, president peterson, commissioner hwang is absent. the vote is 3-1. uh-uh for your votes are needed to overturn any department emotion -- four votes are needed to overturn any departmental nol motion. commissioner garcia: if there is a commissioner that is absent, we hold it over to another person to vote, because

commissioner hwang: = -- vice president goh: we heard mention a particular case. it is my understanding that those cases, once our decision is final, we no longer have jurisdiction. is that right? >> that is right, the board would not have jurisdiction over that, and the enforcement of the board's decision is left to planning in -- and dbi. vice president goh: the case was not agendized, so a responses were limited, or we were not meant to respond, is that right -- so our responses were limited? i think he was saying the we ignored him because we did not respond. >> i would be happy to respond to him tomorrow. vice president goh: thank you. president peterson: seen no public comment -- >> si no public comment, we move to the adoption of minutes. -- see no public comment. -- seeing no public comment. president peterson: any comments on the amendment -- on the minutes? seeing none, mr. pacheco, if you could please call the roll? secretary pacheco: on the motion to adopt the minutes, [reading roll]. those minutes are adopted. president peterson: thank you. mr. pachec

commissioner hwang: aye. th >>e vote -- >> the vote is 5-0. president peterson: why don't we take a short break?

commissioner hwang: aye. th >>e vote -- >> the vote is 5-0. president peterson: why don't of>> , in item nine. -- calling item number nine. the property is at 2037-2039 jefferson street. this is appealing the nile -- this is appealing the denial of a permit to alter a building. >> good evening, scott sanchez, planning department. there was an application to merge two dwelling units. the second unit was added in the early 1980's the certificate of completion was in 1984, approximately. the project sponsor is looking to remove the second unit. they requested a mandatory restriction area review -- discretionary review. to take this review and deny the request. the planning department requested a denial because they found that it did not meet the majority of the opinions and there was not a majority of the italians -- of the opinions. this is a rental unit. this was stated on the project's sponsors application. this is intended for owner occupancy. this met the third findings of prevailing occupancy. there are quite a few single family dwellings.

commissioner hwang: aye. >> vote is 4-1. the variance is upheld. president peterson: when you are ready, please call item no. 7. >> before i call the item, was there contested rescheduling? president peterson: it was withdrawn. >> the division of taxis and accessible surfaces. appealing the denial of august 16, 2010 of regular taxi medallion. president peterson: we will wait until commissioner fung returns. thank you. we requested that. it's for the file. thank you. >> two-zip, top of the fifth. president peterson: you have seven minutes. >> thank you, members of the board. just really quickly, for purposes of this as well, i gave him a copy from the officer's division as was requested by the board. beyond that, this is a simple matter. he is currently a medallion holder, his vehicle is a wheelchair accessible vehicle. he obtained it in 2003. this is his appeal of the nile of a regular -- denail of a regular medallion. they are a primary source documentation in order to determine eligibility. primarily centers around whether it is a full time drive

commissioner hwang: aye. >> item 6 has been dismissed and will not be called this evening. shall we take a short break? >> we are ready to move on to item number 7. this regards the property at 3224 and half 22nd street. we will start with the department. you have seven minutes. >> good morning, commissioners. 8 little background on this permit application. the application was submitted to the department on march 29th of 2010. as part of the permit, we received some code compliance information on march 26th. we did a notification on april 6th stating that there is a notice of intent to place tables and chairs at this property. we received two objections to the notice of intent. we reviewed the information -- we provided a directing a hearing for june 30th. the department posted the surrounding mary fisk on june 14th. during the intervening time, we received objectives to the potential issuance of this permit. we held a hearing on june 30th forward this permit. the public showed up and provide it testimony. the applicant did not show up. we took the information that was prov

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. >> there is no additional material before the board this evening.president peterson: then we are adjourned. thank you very much.

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. this matter is continued. president peterson: we can move on to items 9 a and b. colorado that when you are ready. >> calling items 9 a and 9 b, the last item. the appellants are the potrero boosters neighborhood association and raymond berrios. the protest is the issuance of family dwellings that encroach into the required rear yard. >> these cases are combined, which means we will give each appellant seven minutes and then 14 minutes to the permit holder to respond. before we begin, vice president goh? vice president goh: i am acquainted with the park, the school, and some of the members of the nonprofit. i see one familiar face tonight. i do not have any more familiarity with the property than site visits might have given me. this familiarity will not bias my ruling tonight. >> in addition, i want to remind everyone who is in the room that when it comes to time for public comment representative of a party shall need to address the board during that party pep allotment of time. during public comment, when th

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. >> there is no additional material before the board this evening. president peterson: then we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> welcome to culture wire. the arabs don't possible has bringing you the best of the arab film to the bay area. this year's festival is no exception. consider the most important arab film festival outside of the arab world, the festival offers a rare window to the arab world and its diverse community. featuring 24 films from over 18 countries, it is also one of the only four runs that showcases new works by established and emerging arab filmmakers. the possible films in four cities. in addition, the festival organizers a film series for high-school students free of charge. this year's lineup offers something for everyone, including shorts, documentary's, comedies, and dramas. >> [speaking arabic] the mission of the arab film festival, since it its inception in 1996, and it came about -- members of our community realized there was stereotyping of arabs in the media, and they wanted to change that proactively. they wanted

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. >> there is no additional material before the board this evening. president peterson: then we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the pe

. >> commissioner hwang? >> aye. >> the vote is 3-2. the matter is continued one week to october 20th. with that, there is no further business. we are adjourned. [pledge of allegiance] picommissioner mazzucco: presen. president marshall: present. commissioner chan: present. commissioner hammer: present. commissioner kingsley: present. commissioner slaughter: here. >> we have the chief of police and director. president marshall: this is a regular meeting of the sand francisco police commission. let me say that before i go to the agenda that item #4 will not be held this evening. we like to do that when we have a full commission. if you are here for that, we will address that. with that, please call item no. one. >> a request by approval to be used exclusively to purchase tories for the christmas give away. -- toys for the christmas give away. president marshall: if you have no questions about it, i will take motion for approval. without objection? thank you. item number 2. >> item 1b is a donation for the well-being and care of police ho

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. >> there is no additional material before the board this evening. president peterson: then we are adjourned. thank you very much. we have to make sure we are accurate here. i am grateful so many folks came out for the swearing in. in particular, i want to thank -- you seem so lonely over there. supervisor dufty by himself representing the board of supervisors. the round of applause for him for being here. we are grateful. [applause] i am thankful that a number of department heads live -- are here at their peril. let me not recognize them. [laughter] but recognize their leader, about to be appointed cao of the city, the chief administrative officer of the city. ed lee is here. [applause] thank you, ed. we appreciate it. we are appointing people to various boards and commissions. you are familiar, i am sure of the good work at the asian arts commission and how proud we are to have this remarkable institution that has not yet gotten the recognition it deserves. it is remarkable around the rest of the world people talk about it but not around our neighb

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. >> there is no additional material before the board this evening. president peterson: then we are adjourned. thank you very much. commissioner fong: good afternoon. calling this meeting to order. >> [roll call] item two, approval of minutes for the september 28, 2010 meeting. commissioner fong: all those in favor? suppose? ok. >> item 3, public comment on the executive session. commissioner>> i move to reconvn session. >> second. commissioner fong: all those in favor? >> i move that we disclose the agreement with the ferry building partners in the amount of $46,230, and i also knew that we do not disclose anything else discussed in executive session. >> second. commissioner fong: discussion on that? all those in favor? >> please be advised that the use of cell phones, pagers, and similar electronic sound- producing devices are prohibited at this meeting. the and priced that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. th

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. >> there is no additional material before the board this evening. president peterson: then we are adjourned. thank you very much. supervisor chu: good morning. welcome to the regular meeting of the city operations and neighborhood services committee. madam clerk, are there any announcements today? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting and requested to town of cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put them by the container in front of you by the rail to your left. if you submit copies of materials of to members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. items recommended out of committee today will be considered by the full board of supervisors tuesday of next week, november 2, unless another date is indicated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. please read item one. >> item 1, a hearing to consider the issuance of a tight 48 on- sale general public premises liquor license to pomchai hutachinda located at 2367-2371 market street, will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of sa

. >> commissioner hwang? >> aye. >> the vote is 3-2. the matter is continued one week to october 20th. with that, there is no further business. we are adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem