and jim stafford, subject property is 2705 larkin street and both appeals are protesting the issuance to peter fenton to a permit to demolish a building, conforming to residential design guidelines by stepping back in two directions. the matter is on for hearing today. i understand the appellants have, are jointly represented by an attorney and if you would like to step forward. are the parties here for this item? you need to -- you want to try and get him? okay, thank you. very sweet. mr. elman, we just called this appeal. we're ready to have it heard when you are ready to start. commissioners, since this matter is two appeals joined the parties will have 14 minutes to present their case. >> mr. president and members of the board, i am howard elman representing the appellant, carol seligman and we are, the other appellant has granted us his time so that we could have a little bit more it make a coherent presentation to you, because there are some complex issues. what we're asking for is that you revoke the permit that's been issued and require the permit to correct all the nonconform

dear members of the board, my wife, laura and i live with our two small children at 2705 larkin street. as you may know, we have proposed to remodel our home to make it child friendly and to better accommodate the needs of our growing family and that remodel is the subject of tonight's appeal. it has always been our intention that the remodel be in keeping with the neighborhood. in fact, the remodel complies with the planning code and we did not seek or require any variances. unfortunately laura and i are not able to be present today to discuss with you the appeal of our building permits. as you may recall, this hearing was originally scheduled for october 19th but we agreed to

larkin for his willingness to serve the city and county of san francisco. it can we take this same house same call? same house same call, item passes. madam clerk, can you read item 9? >> approve the final report of the central freeway and octavia circulation study. >> there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? please come forward. you have three minutes. >>> good morning, commissioners. >> is the mic -- >>> now it's on, thank you. good morning, commissioners. my name is jackie. i'm a member of the citizens advisory committee for the transportation authority. we heard this item at our last cac meeting and i attended last week's plans and programs committee meeting. the one thing that was not brought up as far as the octavia boulevard study, you have to remember there are a lot of senior and disabled individuals that live along this corridor that depend on safe walking, safe crossing the streets sort of thing. besides the fact there is also a major housing -- the housing authority, physical housing authority -- san francisco housing

it complies because both exits discharge on to larkin street which is a public right of way. appellant ignores the definition set forth in the building code. when you look at the definition it becomes clear that the appellant has misunderstood what portions of the structure constitute exit discharges to which the definition of discharging then applies. as you can see and as mr. maddox, our expert, explained in his submital, the rear of the house does not fall within the requirement of a rear exit discharge. there are two exit discharge sz as defined in the building code. next, upon claims that 3 levels of the house, the studio, the basement and the subbasement all fail to comply subbasement all fail to comply with section 1029.1, section 1026.1 expressly exempts ceelings of less than 10 feet in ceiling height. in fact the plans that have been submitted and approved do not show a ceiling height above 80 inches and therefore under the terms on its face it is exempt. second both the studio and basement levels of the house comply with dbi's long standing interpretation of 1026.1

he ran east along bush street and turned south on larkin street, running in the middle of traffic. not knowing what they had, the officers a housimmediately gaind chase on foot. officers minkel and everson are gaining on a suspect when suddenly he turned and fired multiple shots from a handgun he had hidden in his possession. the officers debated around by movement in her incubating on this subject. at great risk to their own lives, these officers continue their pursuit of the now known violent subject and prepared to return fire. officer everson exercise a considerable amount of restraint as there were numerous pedestrians. he did not in gauge the suspect. officer minkel had a clear range of fire and engaged in two rounds of fire. fearing for his partner's it did, he ordered the loan front passenger tuesday and the suspect vehicle and ran to assist. not knowing what to expect when he rounded the corner, he continued toward the danger, and ultimately ended up providing cover as officers moved into reductioa safe area. the suspect had a mind set he was not going back to prison, as h

on larkin street, most of the tables are gone to make room for fans. >> we stocked all of the beer. we have cases and cases. it is like st. paddy's day. it is make sure we have enough of effing. >> our team in the city is ready for a great celebration. >> the mayor wants everyone to come down to celebrate the giants, but leave your car at home. >> walk, get muni, get on a bike, but please use public transportation to get through the parade route. >> that's because hundreds of thousands of people will be coming down here. what is a victory parade without confetti? a ton of bio do gradable orange confetti will be launched from the top of buildings on the parade route. and despite all of this, a group of european tourists came up to us and asked what was going on? we filled them in and now we know tomorrow is all about the giants. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> indeed it is. thanks, cornell. >>> as cornell just mentioned, mass transit is your key to getting to the parade. bart will be offering longer trains and more of them all day. cal train and muni will be running extra train. some

. >> i am going to mention progress is being made with larkin. it seems the judge is still doing a process that i regard as pretty out of control, but it did have the result that she required, the lawyer who seems to be a stumbling block to what the mem difficulties would do to have a meeting with me. as a result that they invited tn dc or others to come forward with proposed and will during the following month will analyze the site further. i notice the architecture just wandered in and they feel they're safe from subpoenas. the subpoenas were a major problem to discuss this matter further, so at this point having been invited they feel they can actually do the analysis, and then they will actually get into the church, and then we will learn whether it can be done or cannot be done and commissioner antonini says we don't really know but we will find that out and if it can't be done there is still a wonderful site for senior housing there. the housing chair was in there to say there is not a lot of sites in san francisco and this would be wonderf

on larkin street, most of the tables are gone to make room for fans. >> we stocked all of the beer. we have cases and cases. it is like st. paddy's day. it is make sure we have enough of effing. >> our team in the city is ready for a great celebration. >> the mayor wants everyone to come down to celebrate the giants, but leave your car at home. >> walk, get muni, get on a bike, but please use public transportation to get through the parade route. >> that's because hundreds of thousands of people will be coming down here. what is a victory parade without confetti? a ton of bio do gradable orange confetti will be launched from the top of buildings on the parade route. and despite all of this, a group of european tourists came up to us and asked what was going on? we filled them in and now we know tomorrow is all about the giants. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> indeed it is. thanks, cornell. >>> as cornell just mentioned, mass transit is your key to getting to the parade. bart will be offering longer trains and more of them all day. cal train and muni will be running extra train. some

as she also proved to dominance in this john against larkin new for you a bunch of the better russian was in control from the start but despite heavy pressure her opponent managed to hold on until the end of one one all three rounds on the score card to add another victory to her name which still it's really hard because i'm strictly might a fighter and that's what i have claimed all my wall in european winning records but in this fight i can use my albums or a kick that i mean is to use the last three weeks to completely replies my tactics overall it worked out only the beginning and there is still a lot of work to do. and in the last fight of the night former world champion bledisloe horse show blitzed dutchman leonardo tom who was saved by the bell in the first round but the ukrainian finished the job early in the second inflicting a first defeat in russia on his opponent while clingier confident secure win out of two from his visits to the country going along in the first round i felt he was scared so i started to pick on him and also he didn't keep his arms up high enough i notic

he said there was only one project, 27 05 larkin street that pertained to planning. this was a permit application to add a 21-foot horizontal extension to the rear of the building. this commission heard five discretionary review requests for this permit on may 3rd. at that hearing the dr requesters expressed concern about privacy, light and air, and compliance with building code requirements. this commission unanimously approved the permit 6-0-1. i guess one person was absent, otherwise everyone who was here voted for it. and the appeal before the board of appeals this week focused on building code issue primarily related to exiting. they complied with the building code and approved the permit. that concludes board of supervisors and board of appeals report. >> thank you. commissioner antonini. >> so, it's my understanding we will be hearing -- have a hearing regarding the legislation proposed to to administrative code to put a time constraint on c-e-q-a appeals. so, that will be on our calendar i assume. >> yes, before move 16th. >> okay. and it is calendared, i gue

on larkin street, most of the tables are gone to make room for fans. >> we stocked all of the beer.es. it is like st. paddy's day. it is make sure we have enough of effing. >> our team in the city is ready for a great celebration. >> the mayor wants everyone to come down to celebrate the giants, but leave your car at home. >> walk, get muni, get on a bike, but please use public transportation to get through the parade route. >> that's because hundreds of thousands of people will be coming down here. what is a victory parade without confetti? a ton of bio do gradable orange confetti will be launched from the top of buildings on the parade route. and despite all of this, a group of european tourists came up to us and asked what was going on? we filled them in and now we know tomorrow is all about the giants. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> indeed it is. thanks, cornell. >>> as cornell just mentioned, mass transit is your key to getting to the parade. bart will be offering longer trains and more of them all day. cal train and muni will be running extra train. some of which will be rerou

champion you could say to you know one bad evil as she'll say who can tell me is in this john against larkin you cry you a bunch of the better russian was in control from the start but despite heavy pressure on you managed to hold on until the end of one thirty four one three rounds in the school called to victory to have everyone watching just hope it's really hard because a streak we might have a fight right this way have claim on my wall in your opinion we need to spit on this i can use my album or a kick that i'm with you i use the last three weeks you can play with me realize my tactics all you want. me to be getting and there is still a lot of work to do. and in the last fight of the night for more world champion majesty for sure please dutchman. who was saved by the bell in the first round but the ukrainian finished the job early on the second inflicting their first defeat in russia on his opponent while clinching a poem for that second one ounce of cheer from his visits to the country. going to long in the first round i felt he was scared so i started to pick on him and also he didn'

that is the question being asked mere on larkin street. it's falling apart. what hasn't rotted has been vandalized. >> three or four engineers said it is unsafe. >> it closed nine years when the congregation shrank to a dozen people. the church turned to a developer. totaling they plan to tear it down and build 27 units of housing. >> this is all vandalism. >> but the city is making it tough. last month officials rejected the plan saying it would result in the demolition of an historic source. institutn suld ha a right to u and dispose of their property. >> the church is appealing the decision. >> dan: still to come, "7 on your side" michael finney has the story of an amazing comeback. local baseball players who @ joey, dinner!!!!! alllllriggghtttt! joey junior!! alllllriggghtttt! that's what you're wearing! what? thank you jack for bringing the cheesesteaks. well i just want to know what my favorite philly cousins think about my new- sourdough cheesesteak melt. i took all the best parts, thinly sliced steak, melty cheese, onions and peppers but i put it on w

that is the question being asked on larkin street. it's falling apart. what hasn't rotted has been vandalized. >> three, four five engineers have said it's unsafe. >> the church closed nine years ago. the congregation shrank to a dozen people. they cannot afford the $6 million in repairs and so this church plans to tear down to build 27 units of housing. >> and the city is making it tough. last month, officials rejected the plan saying it would result in the demolition of an historic resource. >> there are institution was the right of using and dispose of their property under both state, and federal law. >> the church is appealing this decision. >> still ahead the story of an amazing come back. >> and these local baseball players have reason to cheer after losing nea >>> no matter where you are let's check with spencer christian. >> and following that, tomorrow, topping out at 100 degrees and still quite a few. and cloverdale 100 in fairfield and antioch. 101 in livermore and mid to upper 90s in other locations. and will be holt down near monterey bay ag

the class that was mentioned earlier broken bottles shattered in the middle of the intersection larkinnd mcallister streets. residents are advised not to drive an area unless necessary until the glass cleaned up. >> fans turned violent with a muni bus after the beekman. a muni bus engulfed in flames at market and third street last night. grant and grain in north beach fans gathered shutting down the street to celebrate the victory the were also setting off fireworks. some went into the crowds and others into the skies. big fire hazard. do not believe there cooler than what we enjoy it this weekend 67 for downtown san francisco 73 expected in redwood city. a quick look at your giants forecast at 11:00 a.m. with a great temperatures in the upper 50s low 60s and the mostly cloudy conditions. your your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast not much change as we head into tomorrow. potential for wet weather wednesday evening. the longer today's offshore the greater chanrnight. with moving that ride 22 minutes out of novato into the city. a lot of green on our roadway centers speeds over 50 m

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crews were out setting out a giant video screen on larkin street. with more than one line people expected to attend today's event crews are also setting up at the barricades designed to hold back the crowd. today's parade will begin at the foot of market street near san francisco bay and cover about one and one-half miles to city hall. it will be all hands on deck for bart as the transit agency expects record ryder ship with giant fans across the bay area heading to the parade. the best way to avoid long lines heading to the giant parade is to purchase a roundtrip ticket. also bart is recommending that daily commuters get to the station and hour earlier than usual in anticipation of large crowds going to the city. >> our daily commute riders left to be at work at 9:00 a.m. in the city need to know they need to leave a lot earlier p. >> the lots are open to the ppublic after 10:00 a.m.. >> there will run more buses this morning and afternoon if you are coming from across the bay more ferries will be running as well. if you are going to the parade her