president koppel? >> president koppel: that's fine. >> clerk: okay. that's fine. >> i'm going to move through this because we have a love to move through in ten minutes. this is the 469 stevenson project. it's about three years in the making at this point. the project is located at -- between mission and market, fifth street and sixth street. next slide, please, claudine. claudine, can i get the next, next screen? >> director hillis: the slides aren't advancing. >> claudine? >> they're not advancing? >> director hillis: no, they are. you don't see it on the screen, but they have been advanced. >> oh, okay. all right. well, this is -- >> commissioner tanner: it seems like you're watching on t.v. there's a delay, and so you're not going to see the advancing as simultaneously as it's occurring. right now, we're on 5-3 that says "at a glance" at the stop. >> the project is in a 3-g zone. we're using a state density bonus to get 495 homes there. we're proposing a 19% on-site affordable which has a state component to it. to date, we've had 70-plus meetings

president koppel? >> president koppel: that's fine. >> clerk: okay. that's fine. >> i'm going to move through this because we have a love to move through in ten minutes. this is the 469 stevenson project. it's about three years in the making at this point. the project is located at -- between mission and market, fifth street and sixth street. next slide, please, claudine. claudine, can i get the next, next screen? >> director hillis: the slides aren't advancing. >> claudine? >> they're not advancing? >> director hillis: no, they are. you don't see it on the screen, but they have been advanced. >> oh, okay. all right. well, this is -- >> commissioner tanner: it seems like you're watching on t.v. there's a delay, and so you're not going to see the advancing as simultaneously as it's occurring. right now, we're on 5-3 that says "at a glance" at the stop. >> the project is in a 3-g zone. we're using a state density bonus to get 495 homes there. we're proposing a 19% on-site affordable which has a state component to it. to date, we've had 70-plus meetings

. >> president koppe >> president koppel: commissioner moore? >> vice president moore: i really like what i'm hearing from the commission. everything that mr. teague proposed i would support, starting with the reduction of the ceiling from 10 feet to 9 feet on all floors, pulling the bottom two floors back 4 feet to give some room between the structure and carriage house. that is 1200 feet that will be occupied by somebody else. the reduction of rear elevation [inaudible] the reduction in finestration from what mr. teague says, and i would like to ask whether or not we should consider a front entrance to the building rather than a building that has a side set back. i believe it would leave the space between all the buildings quiet and respectful. i would ask that we consider that, and mr. teague, am i leaving something out? >> i don't believe so. and just to be clear, on my recommendations, it would be to take the bottom two floors and reduce that in depth by 4 feet. >> vice president moore: yes, i said that. >> yes, equal to where it steps back

>> president koppel: commissioner moore? >> clerk: just one moment. caller, are you calling to comment on the items for consent? >> yes. i'm calling to see when item 7 was continued? >> clerk: it was continued to december 17. we're going to combine that item with the variance hearing on december 17. we're combining the two matters so they can be heard concurrently. >> okay. got it. thank you. >> clerk: all right. thank you. okay. so i don't believe any member of the public is actually speaking to any of the consent matters, so public comment is closed, and the two items on consent are now before you. commissioners? >> president koppel: commissioner moore? >> clerk: commissioner moore, you're muted. >> vice president moore: i move to approve items five and six. >> commissioner fung: second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve items five and six on your consent calendar -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved. that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. and looks like we're out of the woods, so under -- which will

>> president koppel: commissioner moore? >> clerk: just one moment. caller, are you calling to comment on the items for consent? >> yes. i'm calling to see when item 7 was continued? >> clerk: it was continued to december 17. we're going to combine that item with the variance hearing on december 17. we're combining the two matters so they can be heard concurrently. >> okay. got it. thank you. >> clerk: all right. thank you. okay. so i don't believe any member of the public is actually speaking to any of the consent matters, so public comment is closed, and the two items on consent are now before you. commissioners? >> president koppel: commissioner moore? >> clerk: commissioner moore, you're muted. >> vice president moore: i move to approve items five and six. >> commissioner fung: second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve items five and six on your consent calendar -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved. that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. and looks like we're out of the woods, so under -- which will

president koppel? >> president koppel: aye. >> >> commissioner moore: there is an incredible noise in the background. there is something dragging back and forth. >> i hear it as well. i'm not sure. it was coming from your computer. >> okay. thank you and good luck to you at the board of sfmta. >> commissioners -- >> just -- then i'll mute. i just wanted to say thank you. it's been such a pleasure to work for such an incredible department. not just one, but two great commissioners all these years. i would be remiss not to thank director hillis, jonas for all their support. and our commission affairs team. thank you so much. i'll miss you all. but of course i'm not going far. just over to m.t.a. thank you and wish you all the best. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> jonas: commissioners, that would take us on department matters, item 7, director's announcements. >> [inaudible] >> can you hear me? >> we can. >> so congratulations, christine on your new position and it's a big loss for us at planning. but grea

i know it is important program he was on as early as 1988 with abc's ted koppel on "nightline" doingpecial on the situation on the ground in palestine. at that time, during the intifada that was taken place really gripping the world as it turned its eyes to palestine for the first time in quite some time. and he'd come along with others ofresented this generation palestinian leaders, educators, intellectual society figures who were communicating the palestinian cause to the world at a very important time. his passing obviously, his speaking for palestinians and about palestinians globally only continued on from there. i think this moment in his passing really represents something of a moment of transition from that generation and from that time. -- especially of tragic he passed from covid. could you talk about the situation in palestin and at the west bank d gaza, in terms of the covid pandemic? >> absolutely. this is a disease, your last guest was on talking about the theree and we all hope may be some ght at the end of the tunnel but this is a virus that has impacted the entire wo

think about bill clinton in 1992 who told ted koppel during the wee hours of the morning, i'm going to focus on the economy. biden has to do it today. he has to hit the ground running when it comes to fighting the virus and dealing with the economy. the needle that i think george w. bush was trying to thread at that time was he had a house divided, right? a deeply divided polarized country. that's what biden has now. this is not a sweeping mandate, but he has -- he's on the cusp of defeating a president after only one term, which is significant. you remember, john, the advice of vice president cheney, which i think is also in vice president biden's ear, you move forward, you move forward fast, you don't pay attention to the division, you start leading. again, with the pandemic and the economy, i think biden can do it in a very fast and resolute way. >> here's the problem, margaret. we've got two months. if biden wins, we have two months, and yesterday was the highest number of case count yet. 125,000 people in this country. the chief of staff in the white house, mark meadows, has teste