group of historians, teachers, business people and other residents in an effort to save and reuse 55 lacuna, san francisco's oldest public college. the campus had been zoned for educational and public use and was the largest parcel of public land outside of golden gate park. my question for you is i think the historic preservation commission should retain its authority and that's all i need to say. thank you. supervisor wiener: let me call some more names. [reading names] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am an architect and i have extensive experience working in san francisco, especially in residential areas. one thing in terms of the language in these districts, how it affects permitting one of the districts that was recently adopted, you run into a problem very quickly. $20,000, you hit a threshold pretty quickly when you are doing a window project. with the language of this district, it requires a certificate of appropriateness when you are doing window replacement. it requires a hearing, a very simple hearing, but a hearing just the same. the planning fee for the certificate of appropr

i just want to underscore this enormous lacuna of saudi arabia and everything it stands for. it did not merit a mention, as far as i remember from the text of the speech. i ntioned, whether in terms of bahrain, radical extremism, the ne for a wealthy arab state to support other states in the region, or the need for political change within saudi arabia at all -- it was just -- it is too big to discuss. so, there was a punt. i think that really underscores how difficult this issue is. let's go to theront of the room now. >> i was struck by what i thought was a superficial treatment in the president's speech -- the palestinian side of the process, in which there remains no consensus, far from it, between hamas and abbas, and given that, the notion that the burden of a new initiative should be on the israeli side is kind of an astonishing leap o faith. to compute that they're either has been or is about to be some kind of epiphany in hamas about israel is a giant leap of faith to say the least. neither you nor scott commented on that. i wonder if you could address it please. >> l

i just want to underscore this enormous lacuna of saudi arabia and everything it stands for. it did not merit a mention, as far as i remember from the text of the speech. i mentioned, whether in terms of bahrain, radical extremism, the need for a wealthy arab state to support other states in the region, or the need for political change within saudi arabia at all -- it was just -- it is too big to discuss. so, there was a punt. i think that really underscores how difficult this issue is. let's go to the front of the room now. >> i was struck by what i thought was a superficial treatment in the president's speech -- the palestinian side of the process, in which there remains no consensus, far from it, between hamas and abbas, and given that, the notion that the burden of a new initiative should be on the israeli side is kind of an astonishing leap of faith. to compute that they're either has been or is about to be some kind of epiphany in hamas about israel is a giant leap of faith to say the least. neither you nor scott commented on that. i wonder if you could address it pleas

i just want to underscore this enormous lacuna of saudi arabia and everything it stands for.not merit a mention, as far as i remember from the text of the speech. i mentioned, whether in terms of bahrain, radical extremism, the need for a wealthy arab state to support other states in the region, or the need for political change within saudi arabia at all -- it was just -- it is too big to discuss. so, there was a punt. i think that really underscores how difficult this issue is. let's go to the front of the room now. >> i was struck by what i thought was a superficial treatment in the president's speech -- the palestinian side of the process, in which there remains no consensus, far from it, between hamas and abbas, and given that, the notion that the burden of a new initiative should be on the israeli side is kind of an astonishing leap of faith. to compute that they're either has been or is about to be some kind of epiphany in hamas about israel is a giant leap of faith to say the least. neither you nor scott commented on that. i wonder if you could address it please. >> lu