president hwang has only served for a few months. she has not served a full term and it would be my pleasure to nominate her to continue as president of this board. >> thank you, commissioner fung. i would be delighted to accept that nomination. it's been interesting and i'm not prepared to end this, so i would definitely like to proceed with another term. >> i am happy to second the nomination. >> so the nomination of president hwang has been made and seconded. is there any other nomination for this office? seeing none, before we call the roll, is there any public comment? >> we have a motion from vice president fung to renominate president hwang to be president of the board of appeals for another year-long-term. on that motion, president hwang? >> aye. >> and commissioner hurtado is absent. commissioner lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> thank you. the vote is 4--0 and commissioner hwang is president of the board of appeals for another term. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> thank you both. >> we'll take item 3, c

. >> president hwang: good evening. welcome to thezs! december 12 2012 meeting of the san francisco board of0xjh appeals. president chris hwang, franknnjy fung, commissioner. to my left is deputy city attorney robert brian who will provide thec i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director. we are joined by city departments5c%( qez that have cases before the board. scott sanchez, zoning administrator, and planning department and planning commission, stey, representing the department of building inspection john quawng. the board requests you turn off9k%z!ñ or silence all phones and other thereinh[9k7t devices. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the board's rules of presentation are as follows.rhce appellants permit holders have seven minutes each to present their case and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must conclude within these three or seven minutes. members of the public have up to three minutes each to address the8 9m board and no rebuttal. please speak into the end of the microphone

hwang that question. >> ms. hwang. >> let's deal with your first question mr. cobb. does the permit holder object? >> good evening commissioners. steve for farella braun & martel. yes we object to a continuance. i think the standard rules work perfectly fine. if you continue all matters with four members you have a lot of meetings you couldn't conduct business and we object with the continuance and ask that. >> since there are objections it requires a motion by the board to either continue or don't continue. >> i don't think there is good cause to continue so i would not be inclined to do that. >> pardon me i didn't understand that. >> there is no good cause to continue so i wouldn't make a motion to continue. >> looks like we will continue mr. cobb. >> okay. so we can start your seven minutes. >> while before you start the seven minutes let me get an answer to the second question. has each member of the board read the briefs in their entirety? >> we received the briefs last friday. >> has any member of the board read each of the three briefs? >> i don't believe that

president hwang is absent. commissioner hurtado. >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> commissioner ann lazarus. >> aye. >> that is adopted. >> we will move on to the subject property at 1195 quesada street. the board received a letter from william coggan and san francisco police department and appeal johnson versus the sfpd decided on november 72012. the board voted three-one-one and to grant the appeal and issue the permit on the basis of the appeal the appellant fully disclosed his conviction history at the time he applied for the permit and there is no proof in in in the rord of any conviction. i want to make sure mr. johnson is here. are you here? you're going to speak on his behalf? thank you. mr. coggan is going first and then you will have your chance. >> good evening commissioners. i am william coggan from the police department and we are prepared to submit what we filed in this issue. thank you. >> okay. now we will hear from mr. johnson's representative. you will have three minutes. okay. >> good

president hwang, which case would you like to begin with? >> item 12. is anyone here for item no. 12, the chai cart? i guess we'll go with item no. 11. >> item no. 11, appeal no. 12-142, 2nd street merchants versus dpt of public works bureau of street-use and mapping. this is protesting the issuance on september 28th, 2012 to expresso subito llc mobile food facility sale of espresso drinks. this matter is on for rehearing today. this public hearing was held and closed on november 14th 2012 and at that time a motion to uphold the subject mobile food facility permit did not muster sufficient votes to pass the permit and was upheld by operation of law. we'll start with the attorney for the appellant. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i think i made four valid points in the briefing and i'm just going to highlight those quickly and yield the rest of my time to the merchants. the first point is the most salient point which is the due process issue. i think the applicant has admitted or has not disagreed that at least two locations, 301 sacramento street and

. >> president hwang: thank you. is there any other public comment? okay. seeinji%bxÑ none, then commissioners, the matter is submittedxj . >> vice president fung: commissioners, it was -- in reviewing the briefs on the rehearingzwn clear toq"t&xme at least from my1?ég/ point of view,qf) / that the extension was related to the acquisition of the permit, and not forse 311. the question of the 311 and the permit scheduling came upñepz during the course of that hearing, and it was -- as far as i'm concerned, not new information. therefore i will not support a rehearing on.%($ >>?q 7ñ do you have a motion, vice president? >> vice president fung: i'm going to move to deny the rehearing request. >> i can call the roll. on that motion to deny the request president hwang, aye. commissioner hurtado, aye. commissioner lazarus, aye. commissioner honda, aye. >> that is passed and notice ofa decision will b┘:z(5 issued tomorrow. thanky,9khó you. item 4(b) is another rehearing request at 498 hoffman avenue a letter from2b:y allen sowle appellants requesting rehearing of

on that motion, from commissioner fung, president hwang? >> aye. >> thank you. commissioner hurtado is absent. vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> and commissioner honda? >> aye. >> thank you. the vote is 4-0 and the demolition permit suprahold as-is and the site performance is uphold with those revised plans. thank you. >> calling item no. 7, appeal no. 12-14 1 gration wu versus the department of building inspection, subject property at 42 lapp hamm way. appealing the imposition of a penalty on november 13th, 2012tor construction work done would you tell us a permit. >> good evening. this is my first time to remodel the house. i hired a contractor. and i followed his instructions and i didn't know he didn't get a permit. right now i already got the building permit and i'm looking for the electricity and the plumbing contractors so i can get those two permits to fix the property. so i hope you can reduce the penalty for me so i can have more resources to work on though fix this problem. thank you. >> excuse me. did you say you are looking for a replacement contra

on that motion, president hwang? >> aye. >> >> commissioner hurtado is absent. vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> and commissioner honda? >> aye. >> thank you, the vote is 4-0. the jurisdiction requests are granted and mr. pashelinsky has two 5-day appeal periods in which to appear these matters. thank you. >> we'll call item 6a through 6d that will all be heard together. appeal no. 12-105,106, 107, and 108. josh bleecher synder and also dennis stewart versus the department of building inspection with the planning department approval. these are appeal protests the issuance on august 20 2012 to brendan fox of a permit to demolish a building, two story single-family dwelling with 1083-square-feet of ground floor area and also protesting the issuance on august 20, 2012 to brendan fox of a permit to erect a building, four-story, two-unit building with 1413-square-feet of ground floor area. these were alluded time to submit code-compliant revised plans and the hearings were held on october 17th an again december 12th, 2012. with the president's afreedom what i would

i am soring you are feeling ill and congratulations president hwang and vice president lazarus on your ascension. all of that talk about coffee and the gentleman talking about going through law school in the '70s and i can relate to that experience going through night school. having a hard time trying to stay awake during procedures class. i recall a professor making key points and one thing he always said, you should always examine the issue of jurisdiction. i have two primary points on that issue. today as indicated or foreshadowed by brief the appellant decided to file an exemption and declare that they are going to be bond on the jurisdiction of the state of california. the california massage therapy council. i have that, if you could bring up the projector, please? it was filed today. >> what is this document sorry, i missed what you said it was. >> it's entitled -- this first one -- there is two of them. i'm sorry. for a state certified massage establishment. as you can see it's in order and has been received by environmental health section. there is also -- this actually goes to

. >> president hwang: mr. sanchez. >> thankxh scott sanchez, planning department.te, the hearing that we had on this item was on november 7. the rehearing request was filed on our response would have been due on november 26, which is the same day that8& appellant received information from pg&e, at least that's what the records are dated so we did not receive the -- m0jpd until earlyb'( o0 1"ujttjt 4, after we had our ability to submit a response. first pg&e records are not evidence of a legality -- or of a legal unit. the appellantm.nív÷ has stated they bought the property in 1997. at the time they bought it, it was a four unit building. however i would note according to records they provided the4( -< fourth electric meter wasn't added untilu0 for each electric unit, would they argue they have four units on the property? i think that's an open question. again it's not evidenc%i í=Ñ of a legal unit. we go by the records of the building inspection. as stated inaj hearing we believe there was an error in the records. there was a cfc4#b!Ñbç issued to reduce the number

. >> president hwang is absent. commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> thank you. the vote is four-zero. this permit is upheld on that basis. thank you. >> thank you everybody but before we leave commissioner lazarus would you like to say that we are adjourning in honor of one of our former members? >> thank you for reminding me. yes, i would. i would like to adjourn in memory of claire becher and served on this board and a number of city capacities during a career. she passed away during the holidays. >> and also director of this board. >> yes, that too. thank you. you appreciate worked with her. >> >> no, but i knew her and her x. >> thank you. so there is no other business this evening. >> we adjourn in honor of madam pilcher >> good afternoon, i am the chief building inspector with the department of building inspections brown bag lunch. we do this every third thursday of every month. this building behind me is one of san francisco's great landmarks, a designated landmark? >> it is on the national register list of historic buildings. >> with me i have a few gues

. >> on that motion to reduce president hwang? >> aye. >> and commissioner hurtado is absent. vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0 and the suspension is reduced to 60 days. >> there is no further business. >> thank you, this meeting is adjourned. >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen l

. >> on that motion to reduce president hwang? >> aye. >> and commissioner hurtado is absent. vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0 and the suspension is reduced to 60 days. >> there is no further business. >> thank you, this meeting is adjourned. >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighbo

. >> on that motion to reduce president hwang? >> aye. >> and commissioner hurtado is absent. vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0 and the suspension is reduced to 60 days. >> there is no further business. >> thank you, this meeting is adjourned. >> what's up san franciscans? we are very much in the the giving of the year. perfect time to learn something new and have a little fun. here are some events that can be shared to start the year right. on tuesday jerry 22 - an evening of live art making. come watch these talented folks draw and paint and maybe create art of around. maybe you are more of a scientist. cal academy's night light. tri hands-on activities real scientist, compare hearts and brains of animals against humans. tickets are 12 bucks. don't miss month-long event. at this saturday, join the american civil war association commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the civil war. colorful uniforms and soldiers. that's the week buzz. visit us at sftv.org . >> good afternoon, everyone, the monday, january 14, 2013 meeting of

. >> on that motion to reduce president hwang? >> aye. >> and commissioner hurtado is absent. vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0 and the suspension is reduced to 60 days. >> there is no further business. >> thank you, this meeting is adjourned. >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco this petition authority. >> i want to welcome commissioner london bree for the first commission meeting. welcome and congratulations on being here. our clerk is erica chang is sfgt are charles and mark. i believe that satisfies our first item roll call. second item? >> to approve the minutes of the december 4, 2012 meeting. it is an action item. >> any comments? public comment? any member of the public would like to comment on item 2? will close of the comment. colleagues can we have a motion to approve the minutes? >> so moved. second by supervisor cohen. next item. >> item 3 citizens advisory committee report. an information item. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i have a report. i have a quick report from the december 5 meeting of the