irma cobb. >> good afternoon. thank you for giving me a chance to speak to this issue. i was here last year when it came before you. i live across the street in the same block. and i have watched the work going on over the several months. i have the same question that commissioner matsuda had as to why this work was even started without a permit and i asked it before and i still have not received any response as to why it was done. we are not dealing with people who have just come into san francisco. all of us know we need permits to make any kind of changes. i do remember when we were here last year the question about the windows came up. windows seem to be very important in the block because it took me 6-8 weeks to get approval just to change two windows in the front of my house. so i am wondering if this is a precedent that is being set that work can be done without permit and once it is done, then an appeal for approval is then made. so, i am coming to you to ask questions to see if i can get answers on that. i know that other work that has been done not in this are