my name is jerry dratler. i served on the civil grand jury and city commission. i was a member of the 2012 civil grand jury that wrote the report that was very critical of d.v.i. a friend suggested that i watch the segment of the december 14 planning commission meeting that focused on the bogus architectural plans prepared by mr. santos for 214 state street. my neighbours and i have the same bogus plan experience in 2016. when mr. santos submitted plans that failed to show the existence of a three-storey bay at 25 17th avenue. my first response was to ask the same questions commissioner rich arts asked -- who is rodrigo santos and why is this allowed to happen? mr. santos is a structural engineer and former president of the san francisco building inspection commission. the organization charged with oversight over d.b.i. i sent a sunshine request to the d.b.i. and planning departments, both d.b.i. and planning said do not assess fines or penalties for filing false plans. this makes no sense. the response to my inquiry about prior violations was very interesting. d

>> jerry dratler. it's promising to see them taking advantage in the accela system. i see they're in the process of finalizing report specifications. my question relates to, one, establishing b.i.c. reporting objectives to allow b.i.c. to monitor management and provide statistics on questions like hoarding, abandoned property, stalled construction projects and descriptive statistics on serial permit violators. accela is an enterprise or city wide system and therefore there should be department objectives, board of supervisor, district reporting objectives and citizen reporting objectives. can these reporting objectives, not the reports, be presented and reviewed in a future b.i.c. meeting. thank you. >> that's a great point. >> any additional public comment? seeing none. director's report, update on d.b.i. finances. >> good afternoon commissioners. deputy director for the department of building inspection. october 2017, year to date financial report which includes revenues and expenses for the first four months of the fiscal year. i'll take a couple of minutes to go

my name is jerry dratler. construction project across my house is root cause of unpermitted construction work. i handed out a detailed explanation. i'll highlight six of the more important root causes. number one unpermitted demolition work carriers low financial penalties because of the value of the work. the work is labor only and no materials and it is very inexpensive. number two, unpermitted construction carriers a penalty of two or nine times the permit fee. a smart contractor will pull an inexpensive building permit at the start of the construction project which will limit all future violations to a penalty of two times the permit fee because there's an existing permit. unpermitted construction penalties as they exist are not a deterrent. number three, the code enforcement process does not assess penalties or fines. an absence of reporting building law penalties, there is no effective process for identifying serial violators who should be subject to escalating penalties. number six, there are no penalti