. >> this is the greenery that jeremy paul was referring to right there. we have allowed that to grow. it is the biggest it has been since we moved in. you can imagine what we have done that. if the standing on their deck, it is almost like they are in our backyard. this is ridiculous. they do not need to go up 11 feet. they can go out five. they can have their structure underneath. we are fine with that. if everyone's told their greenery can be replaced by structures, we would not have green space. my greenery is not equal to a building. >> the project sponsors and jeremy paul have not shown the massing of their property of the ground level. they have shown in the upper level and the mid level. the ground level does show you how boxed in that yard is. we are here today because a variance was granted. but we do not understand how it ever was granted. i might ask you in your discussion to ask the project sponsors what hardship was secured or cured by going 11 feet out, when neighbors have supported going up 5.5 feet already under the existing back, in a pro

jeremy paul for the project sponsor. you have heard quite a bit of comments that i'm going to do my best to respond to as much of it as i can and give you a bit of an introduction to the build in and the private architect will do that further. first of all, i would like to say that mr. copp who is completely continually vilified as being some sort of outside developer who is having his will with the neighborhood, he eat lived there since he bought in it 2008 and hired an architect who lives across the street and this is a very site sensitive project that was designed for this to be appropriate for this particular site and the particulars of this special use district and this location. it was mentioned that the 80-year-old structure next door is illegal and should be discounted. it is not illegal. it is a structure that was built with permit but does not comply with the current planning standards. if we can go to the overhead, we zoom in. thank you. here is the adjacent structure owned by chris betcher. these two building

answer questions after but we have to stop right now because the time is up and i want to thank jeremy, paul, and moses and alan and thank you all for coming and we'll see you next month. thanks.

the available resources in san francisco about persons who know about historical buildings and jeremy paul permit consul stapt that does a lot of work trying to help people try and solve permit issues, many of which relate to learning the legal issues of their building and sorting out the records and, the survey coordinator for the planning department and historic research surveying is becoming more and more important and just recently we got a substantial cash settlement from a problem that took place at the moratorium that will be surveying and i don't think that's going through the planning department but the survey resources are so important and that's the settlement of a lawsuit is let's do more surveying. alan, right side is records management, arad yen cussad yen manager of records the department of building commission ran out of space so we moved into offices next door as well so room 303 has files and files of microfiche, cards that have been here since after the 1906 earthquake. the regards prior to that were mostly destroyed in the fire following the earthquake. i just got a cal

jeremy lamb, almost misses the lay-in. but it falls. panic from jim. rick jackson tips it in. syracuse wins on the road by eight. >>> we move to the nba. chris paul hornets playing b-ball lately, taking on the thunder. paul, live shot. paul's in a lot of pain. grabbing that left leg. he would leave the game. with a rolled left ankle. he would be back. second quarter, game tied at 47-47. chris paul, in the paint. russell westbrook. hornets off three. kevin durant, though, on fire. am i saying something you didn't expect? thunder up four. durant, showing some range. for the three. thunder up seven. fourth quarter, durant, finishes with 43 points, 10 rebounds. thunder win by 11. >>> this has the been our espn news update. tune in to espn news to tune in to "highlight express." for now, back to you in the studio. >>> coming up next, the stories we'll be following today. >> tallying the extensive damage from yesterday's monster winter storm. >>> plus, why gabrielle giffords' husband will be at the white house this morning. stay with us. because when you start your day with the power of oatmeal it's good for your heart. it gives you energy. and it can