it is a four unit illegal building with a fifth illegal units. commissioner hillis: why not legalize it? >> it is not possible because of the zoning, as far as i know. in fact, it would be a windfall to us if we could. then we have an extra unit. but we do not know it would be possible. >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department. just to confirm, the property is located in an rh-2 zoning district. we have the authorized use as a for family dwelling. a fifth unit would not be allowed under the density requirements in the code. there is no way to legalize the unit of this property. it is already over density for the zone. >> mr. duffy? >> joe duffy, dbi. it started back in 2009. we got a complaint. actually, housing went up on a routine inspection, and noticed there was an illegal units. we sent a notice of violation. there was a subsequent permit obtained. that building permit never got signed off. there is no history after that time of an electric problem being taken out, which would have been required as well. in 2012, the enforcement acti

it is a four unit illegal building with a fifth illegal units. commissioner hillis: why not legalize it? >> it is not possible because of the zoning, as far as i know. in fact, it would be a windfall to us if we could. then we have an extra unit. but we do not know it would be possible.

in what it is an illegal unit. -- in what is considered an illegal unit. >> that would be a problem with the proposal. queit depends on the liability. >> there a number of ways that are relatively inexpensive to increase the life safety aspects of the union -- unit. if it is the third unit and it is semi detached, they could take a sprinkler system that taps of the water service line rather than the fireline. that is relatively inexpensive to do. >> it might already sprinkled. >> they talk about a spring or as an upgrade. it is going to three units. >> could we add to that, ask the building department to inspect? >> we could do that. i think part of whatever happens to the final disposition of this unit is is up to the property owner. all we can do at this point is to allow them time to go through that process. i believe they could make an argument and it depends on whether it is going to be acceptable to their own code search. because if they file that is three units, the department does not allow them, that could be appealed back to here. >> what is missing from this discussion is the

to have the responsibility of saying to someone that they should remain in a legal unit-- in an illegal unit. i am not feeling confident about the safety of this unit. from what i read, there is one exit to this unit, which could be a fire hazard. i do not know. i have not heard anything to the contrary. that would be my concern. it is the safety issues for the appellant. president garcia: may be what we could accomplish, then -- commissioner hillis wanted to continue this. that would give someone from dbi an opportunity to go out there and check on life safety issues. i am sure mr. duffy would see that it happens in a timely -- si would support a continuation for the reason raised by commissioner hurtado. and i would so move. do you want to go to june? >> the board is currently calendar ring -- calendaring cases for june. president garcia: the appeal could be withdrawn if the client is ready to move. the board will not be generous about allowing her to remain past the graduation date. can you tell us the time when you think it is going to be? either one of you. i do not mean the day she wil

it does appear that it is an illegal unit. given the gentleman said it is going to cost between $100,000, if that is true, that is crazy. i will admit that. it is a unique building. it is a detached garage. there is a passageway you have to go through. it is a shame to lose this unit for her and for the city because we need affordable housing. if she is going to have to move, she will move.

it sounds like an illegal unit already. it is not always a bad thing. i would not say that in many instances, legalizing -- "legal" is a strong term. in our business and sales business, we try to avoid that term. it has many implications. to say something illegal is -- to say something is legal or illegal has a lot of implications. we cannot really say. we can say it does permit it or not permit it. what is or is not authorized is a different statement. we have to be mindful. one thing i wanted to say about jeremy pose a question was, there are quite a few very good people in san francisco to go to if you want to legalize something that had been done without a permit in the past, or you want to get a permit for every model that was done or a bathroom that was added downstairs without a permit, and you feel like your uncle maybe was -- may have done it properly. oftentimes, it is no big deal. it is a good thing to do. there are many companies that specialize in doing just that. you can do that. it depends on your goal. if your goal is to sell the propert

when it is an illegal unit, i cannot exactly comment on how it plays with a unit that is illegal, which appears to be the case with this. >> mr. duffy. >> good evening, commissioners. joseph duffey, dbi. the permit was applied for and properly obtained under -- over the counter. two dwelling units. the only thing i see, it is done on 3 units on that. that is probably not accurate but just for tax purposes. i do not see anything in the brief but is it legal occupancy. as far as i'm concerned, it is a two-unit building based on the permit. if anyone has any questions, i would be happy to answer them. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, commissioners, the matter is submitted. president garcia: i guess the reason it would matter whether or not it was a legal 3 units, if they were to evict this tenant and go to two units, it would represent a dwelling unit merger. different processes would have to take place. there has been no evidence presented that this is anything but two units. there is no evidence presented that anything was not done that should have been done in terms of the n

and overturns the denial of this permit, that permit, the scope will change to removal of the illegal unit. it will not be subject to the merger requirement and will continue to be processed. the permit would be issued and the could obtain a cfc. >> that make sense. thank you. >> i believe we have a motion from president garcia to grant this appeal. overruled the denial, and issue the permits. i believe you said it was on the basis the building was originally a single-family dwelling. >> that is correct. with evidence to that fact. >> and a concession by dbi. >> the building was originally a single-family dwelling as evidenced by documents presented by the appellant and concession by dbi. with that basis, commissioner fung, aye. vice-president hwang, aye. [reading names] >> the permit is issued. >> having c[gavel] who soon >> one item on your regular calendar. item 14, case 20 11.1151d. there's a request for continuance. i have not heard whether or not the project sponsor is in agreement with that continuance. i did not have anything at this moment, so i will ask that you take up this cont

the project is to remove an illegal unit at the back of the garage, to install drywall @ sailele walls, and sealing a descent to unit above. there are also seeking a continuance. president garcia: if someone is seeking a continuous, we will hear that. >> i had spoken with the executive director today in contemplation of requesting a continuance and but we never said that in and are not, at this time, requesting a continuance. >> my apologies. if you would care to go forward with your three minutes to argue the matter of. >> mr. hanson is going to begin. >> thank you very much for hearing my request today. with the request of the the building permit issued on january 24 and the appeal period that ended on february 8, the first time i had any awareness of such a permit was when a copy of the permit was taped to my front door on the 30th of january. at such time, i called an attorney who i had worked with in the past on occasion and asked the attorney what to do. the attorney said, you need to go find -- he is an attorney who specializes in that land use issues and some legal area that i

illegal immigration but i also want to mention i had the honor of welcoming illegal immigrants who became american citizens of the united states. that was a joy to be able to do that. we do have a concern. we need to address the issue of illegal immigration. we need to address the issue of good customer service for those people who coming to the country legally but the issue is so complex that as americans i know we can address the challenge. that is what we need to do and what we need to ask our political leaders instead of bouncing it back and forth. they need to put the partisan politics aside. and settled in the united states, at united states children and citizen wife. as a whole we want to address this issue. >> host: palm beach, florida. >> caller: thank you. very hard work. i want to comment on the integration of the u.s. army with the mexican army and heading towards north american union and something that might be dangerous for our health and safety laws friday while enforcement perspective. >> host: do you see a lack of sovereignty? >> guest: that won't happen. very simple, mexico is a sovereign nation. they

often in the united states we think of legal or illegal immigration as just being a mexican issue. to the contrary we have immigrants from all over the world. they have contributed greatly to our country. but i think it is important to address that we have legal immigration and illegal immigration. we need to make sure we enforce immigration law, address these, that is a short version of what immigration is. seeking a better way of life, become a legal permanent resident and ultimately becoming american citizens. >> we're coming live from the campus of u.s. c. they are expecting 150,000 people over the next several days. 500 authors and our guests feel nonfiction, fiction legal children's books, and everything we're publishing on this campus and lots of people from southern economy -- southern california taking a bad miss people afternoon. i you a fan of the border since. >> guest: we don't need a border fence from san diego to texas. border barriers, significantly reduced illegal immigration and people attending entry and certainly reducing crime in areas like el paso, texas where

unintendeconsequence. ( helicopter whirring ) narrator: every day, thousands of mexicans cross the border illegally into the unitedtates. often, those hopes are arreste many arat the border.nwo ma ahora lista pont la mano en frente... narrator: the u.s. i.n.s., or immigration and naturalization service, recos each apprehension on standard forms, including one entry with hidden lue: it was the migrants'ome towns inexico. that's whabringseograpr chard jones to the.n. it was the migrants'ome towns with a novel research plan. jones knows that economic conditions vary greatly om region region in mexico. he suspects that some places drive ou- or "push"-- manyore migrants to the u.s. than others. his investigation begins ly90s aris hom inanoniotes. jones believes many secrets are stored in i.n.s. files like tse. can ey reveal where most migrants come om? can the answers help both countries keep more ople at home? cjones sampless every tenth record, writing down the area of origin within mexico. back in his office at the university of texas, he enters the values into a map of mexico. jones marks in blue the wnships that s

the total number of mexicans living illegally in the united states right now is actually down a million. and that report comes just as the supreme court is about to take up arizona's anti-illegal immigration law. finally, let me finish tonight with the utter failure of our country to deal with either debt or long term immigration problems. we begin with the trial of john edward, however. melinda henenberger is down there covering the trial. i want to start with melinda. this is a sad story. a sad story of a marriage coming apart, of deception, of infidelity, of cheating, also of money laundering. of all kinds of things allegedly. what happened today in the testimony? what did you hear in the testimony of andrew young, the star witness for the prosecution? >> well, when you say it's in many ways a sad story, that's so true. just to see john edwards' elderly parents sitting behind him, supporting him even now as they always have throughout his life, you can't not feel it for the family. andrew young as a witness today just seemed to me like a nightmare witness. i mean, so many inconsisten

you cannot do what is legal in one country but is illegal in the united states and keep your job. >>irector sullivan -- did you ask him or did it come up as to how the departures of these agents has been handled? i mean it has surprised some that some of them weren't outright fired, that they were allowed to resign or retire in one case with benefits. >> i think the important point is that we have structures here in the federal government, in any place of work. work is protected by due process. some are protected by rights to appeal. we have a federal merit protection board. and that's okay. i think the acts of the agency made it very clear that these individuals were no longer welcomed at the secret service agency. they did not reflect the work and quality of the men and women who have served there, so these individuals are gone. they have their rights to appeal. they have their right to resign because of the procedures and if you want someone to go quickly, resignation is a perfect way to handle it. i wanted the cancer to be carved out. i think director sullivan has made it very cl

start asking questions and you find out what the detention center was for it's for illegal immigrants to be kept here united states policy on illegal immigrants is terrible. last week the illinois senate improvement would prohibit private leones detention center from being built in the space, a legislation is still awaiting a house approval. palm sunday marks the start of holy week, chicagoans mark the day and also the coast guard had to step ben after rough waters interrupted a yacht trip all round the world and to know you could go treasure hunting in oakland? >> if you did not like the temperatures in chicago today you can blame lake michigan, i will have details in the fall forecast in just a few minutes. i'm tom... i'm sue... i'm carol. and this is my cvs pharmacist. i found out i had cancer. diabetes. i had a heart attack. so, i needed help with my medications. because mixing them... can be dangerous. not with maria around. not with pete. not with nakea. alerting you to potential drug interactions. another reason to transfer your prescriptions today. ♪ i'm sue, and i bring all my prescriptions to my c

polygamy is illegal in the united states so it was interesting that you had this secretive group of eavesdroppers sharing the same little town with this second largest sect of polygamists in the country. it was the town even had to expand its boundaries to incorporate the entire facility t million square foot facility. it is a very interesting little note that the two groups there could habiting in the same town. >> phillip, independent caller. >> talking about polygamy. let me say this, the two party system is married to the military industrial complex games, and i recommend to all of those listening that the best book you wrote was "body of secrets." it's one of the greatest books i've read. i'm an activist, i've been out there working with the 25%, it's 25 cent solution and our goal was to get the military spending cut by 25% and send the money back to the cities and states to help save jobs and rebuild the economy. what the people don't realize is that 56 cents out of every federal tax dollar that you and i and the young lady send to the federal government goes to military spending which i'm

enhanced interrogation of terror suspects including water boarding which is now officially illegal not united. they say al qaeda could never get ahold of them if they destroyed them. that is the word from a c.i.a. official who says he developed many of the tactics during the bush administration. he told the cbs news program "60 minutes," the government approve every technique seen in the videos. the former c.i.a. officer defended enhanced interrogation, although critics including president obama have called the methods "torture and illegal." >> president obama is entitled to his opinion. when president obama condemns the covert action activists of a rest government, he is breaking the covenant that exists between intelligence officers who are at the pointing end of the spear hanging way out there and the government that authorized and directed them to go there. >>shepard: the official says he where a book on the c.i.a. counterterrorism tactics to "get rid of ugly individuals." and now, catherine, what does this official say they learned after torturing people or after water boarding people? >

court decisions, extending constitutional rights to persons from foreign countries or those illegally in the united states. [applause] as president, i would work with the congress to repeal the applications of the patriot act as they apply to u.s. citizens. [applause] i also voted for support for the troops in afghanistan. i never favored rebuilding the country's with u.s. taxpayer money. like many, who voted yes on those actions early on, i suspect in the u.s. house and senate, you would have very close votes in extending the war in afghanistan. it is time to come home in an orderly and reasonable manner. [applause] we can talk about some other issues. in most instances, i was right in line with the thought of this party and with a significant number of american citizens. i have a pro-life voting record. [applause] that distinguishes me from president obama, who has one of the most pro-abortion records and positions ever for a president and certainly during his service in the united states senate. i also would like to submit that over time, my pro-life voting record is better than that of mitt rom

america than coming into the united states a new study by the pew hispanic center has found that the influx of undocumented immigrants is slowed and so how big a problem is illegal immigration the united states and how will the republican party continue to try to use this is a cudgel electoral like i can't answer for the republican party because i don't work for associated with it but i don't think immigration illegal or legal document or undocumented i don't actually think it's a big problem i think as between seventy is a pretty atrocious law i think it encourages racial profiling and i'd take the route very radical position of thinking that human capital should be able to go where it's needed and if that means that there are incentives for people to come into the united states to find work i think they should be allowed to do that i think the issue of mobility is a big one that i think the pew study really you know really spotlighted in a very powerful way because you saw i think it was one point four million immigrants returning to mexico over the last year so you know a lot of that probably has to do with the state of the economy more than it has to do with

but if you can bring illegal ba loanee not united states, you can also bring tiny little items necessary to create a suitcase too. >> stephen: and if that doesn't scare you off, this black market baloney, consider this. >> it could cause vomiting and diarrhea. >> stephen: but there is something you can do. >> the most patriotic thing an american can do to help the ba loanee economy is to eat more baloney. >> stephen: just make sure it's american baloney. >> when it says sausage products are prepared with meat from a single species of cattle, sheep, swine or goat, they shall be labeled with the term designated the particular species in conjunction with the generic nature eg frankfurter and when they are prepared in part with mechanically separatesed feces in accordance with 319.6 it shall be labeled in accordance. shall i go on. >> stephen: no thank you, meat lady. this recent epidemic of illegal baloney being imported from mexico bothers me because if we can't trust the meat that we eat in this country, we can't trust anything. >> it also, that's it (laughter) >> stephen: chilling. how l

this is software that is illegal in the united states for private companies to use. that is illegal for the government to use. any government. state. local. or federal. without a search warrant. this is going to countries to which we cannot sell corn but we can sell software that would shut off the internet. >>shepard: i don't understand it. >>judge napolitano: why either. legislation has been enact that gives the president the unimpeded authority to decide who is a country we can trade with county who is a country we cannot trade with. this is a decision maids perhaps not by the president himself but perhaps by someone would works for him who does not have to answer to the congress or public more making that decision but this requires a lot more investigation. this is nasty. these countries are thought favorable to us. they are not favorable to the people in their own countries and now we are giving them instruments which they can spy on their own people! permitting manufacturers if this country to sell it to them. >>shepard: if we cannot sell them corn why can manu

last year just over 6 million mexicans were living in the united states illegally down from nearly 7 in 2007. the net economic downturn and increase border security of the likely factors of the change. >> this afternoon in newly formed company will officially announce plans to mine asteroid's for water and precious metals. the company planetary resources say small water rich bastards near earth can be captured by spacecraft along their resources to be extracted. they are planning to send robotic probes out to prospect asteroids it to gauge potential source of water and platinum group metals. coming up next advice on finding a new career path. >> and coming up next in the lunchbreak we are learning how to make c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm going to... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female annou

run a check on a person's immigration status for the officer suspects the person is in the united states illegally. critics say it is blatant profiling. others say it is a common sense way to reduce crime. >>> the trip to new york for the enterprise will be happening on friday on the back of a 747 just like they did here. >>> up next, a couple of dlishz items landed one woman in jail. >>> we've got cooler temperatures once again out there. we're back in the 30s and 40s. i'll have the details on a sunny and warm wednesday forecast for you. we'll take a look at the weekend for you. lauren demarco is in as well with a look at the traffic after the break.  >>> welcome back. taking a look over washington, d.c., you can see the washington monument there nice and clear out there. it was actually still a little bit chilly out there this morning but tucker, it will be a nice day. >> going to be a beautiful day. our temperatures will be upper 60s and low 70s. lots of sunshine. we are not expecting rain today. today is the pick of the week. >> is it warmer this morning than yesterday? >> maybe

illegal ivory comes from. >> daljit: tom de meulenaer is the coordinator of the united nations programme to monitor the illegal killing of elephants. >> tom: we are losing the battle of african elephants in central africa. >> daljit: the elephant tusks are smuggled out of gabon as part of a vast international network of traffickers. the ivory is headed largely to asia where it's used for decorative and other purposes. the thirst for these products globally is so great that the illegal trade of ivory products reached record levels in 2011 with an annual value of some 100 million us dollars according to un estimates. it is feared that as many as 12 thousand african elephants may be slaughtered every year for their ivory. and although a protected species, in the last three decades, the elephant population in africa has been more than halved - something joseph cannot accept, no matter the personal cost. >> joseph: it's a thankless task, not well paid - a very difficult work, but i don't think there's any alternative. >> daljit: and now, the "elephant man" is travelling 4 hours up the river ivindo to a remote corne

the united states. illegally. hundred days being detained without charge but doesn't feel. you can change the world. well we've got. just before in about ten minutes time and i hope you can make sure you're here for the premiere of the world tomorrow on choose at eleven thirty g.m.t. on this station we'll also be broadcasting it throughout the day as well. afghanistan's president says sunday's attack showed an intelligence failure on part of local and nato forces kabul for eighteen hours a fierce fighting of the taliban militants launched an all day she broke water made it to seoul from the capital most targets were in kabul diplomatic quarter with western embassies and government buildings coming under fire thirty six militants were killed but eight police officers and three civilians also lost their lives the taliban said the onslaught was retaliation for american troops killing civilians and burning copies of the qur'an but it depends blogger stephen leatherman told me he believes the instability is the u.s. interests. i think america a lot of disparate groups we'd alway

united states. illegally. hundred days i seem to change without. so much as i'm still. today we. can change the world. trial against the original gunman anders breivik whose contrast to killing seventy seven people last summer is underway in oslo and denies terrorism and premeditated premeditated murder charges for a bombing and although i was shooting rampage at a youth camp carried out in july last year for more on this let's not norwegians let's say who joins us live also state. eight hundred journalists from around the world are covering this case has openly referred to this trial as a quote unique opportunity to showcase his far right has he got what he wanted. well that's the big paradox concerning this case is that. because at the outset made this is planned it's a he wrote a manifesto published it outlined his plan in this plan was to do an outrageous criminal act and then use the court proceedings later to advocate this around the world and in that sense. one might say that he has succeeded in that he himself hasn't taken the stand yet that starts first tomorrow and ther

investigate a person's immigration status if the officer suspects that person to be in the united states illegally. arizona governor, the republican who signed the law and has tangled with the obama administration over it, doubted that senator schumer's backup plan would work. >> i don't think ... it is all, i believe, political stuff that they are performing today and that is at the senate hearing, it is unfortunate, because, of course they have had two years to address there and they have not done anything so now they wait until the day before the supreme court hears it? >> it is estimated there are 12 million illegal aliens in america. it is also believes half of them entered the united states legally. >>shepard: thank you, james. now, john edwards. his wife was dying of cancer when prosecutes said he used campaign money to cover up a love affair and love child and now the prosecution is trying to prove that in court. there is key witness today describing how he says john edwards funneled the money. step-by-step funneling of the step-by-step funneling of the money. for 22 years. we processed on

i will deny anything, any illegal activity by united states laws and i will leave it at that. >> dr.ver been charged with a crime, but following our report, he faced disciplinary action by medical boards in five states and no longer has a license to practice in the u.s. that's not the only impact we've seen. more than a dozen alleged traffickers exposed in our original report were arrested. six were convicted and given prison sentences ranging from 5 to 20 years. and in canada, this man, donald baker, is serving a seven-year sentence for traveling to cambodia to have sex with children. our story helped crack the case. police found tapes baker had made of himself having sex with children at an unknown location in asia. detectives figured out where when they saw our broadcast. it turns out that some of the girls seen on baker's video performing sex acts on him were seen being rescued in our story. >> yes. four of them. that was the break that we needed. >> the u.s. state department says that since 2003, the cambodian government has made significant progress against human trafficking, b