meeting of san francisco board of appeals the presiding officer is our president commissioner president lazarus joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner fung and commissioner wilson is absent we have a vacant seat when a seat is vacant a vote of 3 members is required robert brown the deputy city attorney and provides the board with legal advice and mr. pacheco is the board legal assistant i'm cynthia goldstein the boards director we'll to be joined by representatives that have matter before the board scott sanchez is the zoning administrator and he represents planning department and planning commission and joe duffy for the department of building inspection mr. pacheco go over others meetings guidelines and conduct the swearing in >> phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speak

15, 2015 meeting of san francisco board of appeals the presiding officer is commissioner president lazarusnd joined economy commissioner fung and xhilz and to my right is robert bryan the deputy city attorney that will provide the board with legal joys and mr. pacheco and i'm cynthia goldstein the boards executive order and for case sitting at the front table scott sanchez representing the planning department and planning commission we'll be joined by the senior building inspector joe duffy that will repeal the department mr. pacheco please go over the boards out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments. there

thank you. >> no further business, president lazarus. >> we are adjourned. (meeting adjourned).. >> proceedings. commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'd like to take roll at this time commissioner president fong commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore and commissioner johnson and commissioner richards are present commissioners first on your agenda is consideration for items proposed for continuance item number one conditional use authorization is property until that april that 23rd

15, 2015 meeting of san francisco board of appeals the presiding officer is commissioner president lazarus and joined economy commissioner fung and xhilz and to my right is robert bryan the deputy city attorney that will provide the board with legal joys and mr. pacheco and i'm cynthia goldstein the boards executive order and for case sitting at the front table scott sanchez representing the planning department and planning commission we'll

. >> on that motion to overrule commissioner president lazarus no commissioner vice president honda. >> no commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote is 1 to 2 the motion fails, the granting of this variance is upheld. >> i have no other motions. >> okay with no other motion commissioners there's no further business. we're written director's report the prototype plan we have convened with the yerba buena for the arts and the james arts foundation that is funding that this week we'll be 45 installations of plans on market street to prototype a different way of using artists and arithmetic and getting national and a, in fact international attendance it is very interesting we at the present time, a lot of people in town to look at what we can do for market those are temporary but prototypes for future installation under from the 9th through the 11 a website that's attached to our website it is linked you'll see a number of events happening that does that for me thank you. >> commissioners item 2 review of past events. >> good afternoon tim frye a couple of items this week first o

. >> on that motion to overrule commissioner president lazarus no commissioner vice president honda. >> no commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote is 1 to 2 the motion fails, the granting of this variance is upheld. >> i have no other motions. >> okay with no other motion commissioners there's no further business. we're (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone. i want to thank you all for coming out this morning it's a beautiful san francisco morning as it seems to be those dazed but a difficult morning as yesterday yesterday morning an 87-year-old resident of sunset resident named alfred was walk on this street geary that boulevard in a krouks on 26 oath trying to cross the road when struck by an automatic turning left onto endearing later in the afternoon died another san francisco general hospital this is not yet conformed we ronald reagan are hearing that someone driving a motorcycle on 15th was struck and killed by an automobile i want to express you know on my behalf and everyone here our profound condolences to the family and friends and anybody that i know either of th

meeting of san francisco board of appeals the presiding officer is our president commissioner president lazarus joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner fung and commissioner wilson is absent we have a vacant seat when

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vice president to deny this rehearing request commissioner fung that absence commissioner president lazarus commissioner wilson commissioner squiggle thank you the vote is it 4 to zero this rehearing request is did understand. >> thank you. we'll move on to item 7 pay versus the department of building inspection with the building inspection approval on third avenue protesting the issuance to kathy fox of an alteration with the property line total of 16 hundred square feet northwest elevation that frls heard on march 21st by the board and continued to allow the parties to continue to discuss resolution mined as commissioner squiggle and commissioner wilson you've reviewed the video for this. >> i have. >> great, thank you. >> with the presidents content we'll give the parties 3 minutes we'll start with the appellant is the appellant here appellant yes. >> good evening i'm speaking my name is is tony i'll speaking on behalf of my client they've not come to an agreement with the properties and also, we would like to mention one thing on the response to from fox properties attorney mr. james on

this matter on that motion from commissioner fung to continue to april 15th commissioner president lazarus commissioner vice president honda and commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote it 3 to zero it matter it continued until april 15th thank you. >> thank you so i see that ms. fox has returned to the room item 7 that item has been called so we'll begin with the appellant. >> thank you good evening rachel fox on behalf of the appellant we'll ask for continuance given 3 commissioners here our position we have 3 votes to have this permit revoked. >> the other side here we'll deal with the continuances be rebuttals only. >> hear from the permit holder. >> good afternoon or good evening. i'm for the permit holder annie. >> i'm sorry could you or could you speak into the mike. >> it's easier i represent the permit holder annie fong we'll request that the hearing be held today as schedule and the briefs are submitted we don't see a continuance on a technicality i believe the commissioners can make the motion if they feel for the she means to is warden, however, i feel the hearing shou

. >> on that motion to reduce commissioner fung is absent commissioner president lazarus commissioner wilson commissioner swig. >> thank you the vote is 4 to zero the penalty is reduced to 4 times on that basis as so item 9 is withdrawn and item 10 alfonso trustees versus the zoning administrator on cesar chavez street appealing the ownerships of a request are for a verification asking the department of building inspection revoke the application because the planning department buildings this permit was issued in error we'll start with the appellant. >> good evening, commissioners my name is what alfonso the trite for the owner of the property cesar chavez i'm appealing the rest indication of the permit i have a statement to read as basically what are the negative consequences to the department that issued the permit without notifying the owner no one the record shows the appellant was never denied 92 due process and the department of building inspection and ultimately lost the procedural the minor preschool political error was caused by the department and the permit holder are the one

. >> commissioner president lazarus and members of the commission good evening. i'm tim, i live on 29th avenue with my wife and 3 kids adjacent to this project. >> overhead. >> the zoning administrator does in the establish it the requirement of planning code section 305 are met explicit states the granting of such variants are not injures to people in the area it ignores residential design guidelines section 4 building scale the building examinations to the rear are not appropriate if their deep and at all and out of scale rear yard addition leaves surrounding resident feeling cut off from the mid block open space this out of scale expansion is uncharacterizing deep and at all and will leave my family permanently feeling boxed if and severely cut off from the open space that exists now they record in overlooking the one property that is will impacted by this variance extravagant demand not hardships drive a desire for a of thousand square feet home that teller injure properties if the vicinity those lurks or lecturers are a grand for and large dining room and 5

scope of work go description was not clear and inaccurate an m that motion commissioner president lazarus commissioner vice president honda commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote is 3 to zero this permit is revoked given the boards vacancy 3 votes needs to overturn any departmental action thank you. >> take a a 5 minute break. >> we're returning to the will march 25, 2015 brrldz and calling item 9 appeal gregory fox and anita versus the zoning administrator subject property on lake street protesting the january for a rear yard variance to construct a rear horizontal and new three story into the rear yard we'll start with the appellant you have 7 minutes. >> closure i've hired reuben, junius & rose for a personal private matter prior and feel like i can hear this case obviously. >> before i start my presentation based upon the fact we have a high burden and one of the issues with this procedure since the planning commission we've asked to be included in with the dialog and been included in that so so would the board poison this and have real dialog with the property owners again

. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus and members of the board i'm jim reuben, junius & rose and i am a quiet a recent addition to the project team i say recent i'll be struggling with the same thing the extent of the record created and how much water is under this bridge already in the of fact i was called about four years ago to become involved and i declined because of the proximity of my home to this site when i was called back against by alice barkley they needed avoidance to move things along from the planning department i looked at the record and thought that was time to end this those are my neighbors as well variance decision is based on pretty simple set of facts it is like the sightings of the home and which is toward the rear of the lot in fact a portion of the home is in the rear yard before we started what you have in front of you i'm going to try this gadget i brought ambassador if it works mr. rubbing benefit it will help us more mr. pacheco. >> okay. so what we have here shaded what is code compliant building portion of the lot that this homes adds to it is t

on that motion to uphold, president lazarus, aye. vice president honda, aye. and commissioner bill sun, aye. commissioner swig is recused. thank you, the vote is 4-0, this motion is upheld on that basis. thank you. >> thank you. as our commissioner is returning to the room we will wall the next two items, item 6a and 6b will be held together, this is appeal no. 15-020 and 15-021, both filed by georgia slut shut against the department of building inspection, the property is at 437 done can street protesting the issuance on january 21, 2015 of a demolition permit and also of a permit to erect a building. the demolition of a one-story single family dwelling with 690 square feet of ground floor area. the other is to construct a 3 story single family dwelling with 1,423 square feet of ground floor area. >> i wish to disclose that i have a business relationship with rubin and junius and their representation will not have any bearing on my decision today. >> this goes, to assist myself i went online and looked at photos on the address online through google maps and g

on that motion to adopt, commissioner fung, aye.ment lazarus, aye. commissioner wilson, aye. commissioner swig, abstain. >> commissioner swig, actually you do need to participate in this vote. under the board's rules and the city requirements, even though you weren't at the meeting, strange but true. >> okay, then yes. >> welcome. >> the vote is 5-0, those minutes are adopted. >> okay, thank you. item 4 has been continued to may 13th, so we will move on to item fief, appeal no. 15-015, san franciscoans for reasonable growth versus the planning commission, protesting the issuance on january 8, 2015 to 140 partners lp of an adoption of findings for office allocation to authorize the conversion of 47,536 gross square feet of the existing 62,050 square foot building to office use. this is motion no. 19311. and i understand that commissioner swig has something to say. >> yes, i have a conflict of interest -- interest in a building within 500 feet so i have to recuse myself and leave, get kicked out of school really early. >> your first case. >> i also wish to disclose i have a bus

okay, seeing none, president lazarus, i wonder if before we start rebuttal you'd like to hear from the building inspector? >> yes. >> apologies, mr. duffy, we don't need --. >> no, it's okay. normally as istrator, i sit quietly but tonight there was some issues brought up regarding our department and code issues and i just wanted to address those as well, if you don't mind. >> no, not at all. >> joe duffy, dbi just going back to the beginning of this case, i think we all know what it was anyway, but just some issues that i noticed during when i started researching for tonight's hearing. the original complaint number, 200711850, was received by dbi on the 10th of july, 2007. the inspector at that time, mr. leon, did an inspection of the premises, he met with the building manager, richard leon, of san francisco office lofts. mr. leon said the entire building is office lofts, additional inspection required. that started with our department of housing services and through the investigation it revealed all spaces are approximately 60-plus, research showed only 6 conversions on the 6th floor

on that motion to uphold both permits, president lazarus, aye. vice president honda, aye. commissioner wilson, aye. commissioner swig, aye. thank you, the vote is 5-0. both permits are upheld on that basis. thank you. >> congratulations on your first vote, too. >> with the president's consent we are going to take item no. 9 out of order and take that item next. item 9a and b, which is appeal no. 15-029 and 15-030, both filed by mark anthony bruno against the department of building inspection, both are protesting the issuance on february 12, 2015 of antonio sweet trust of an alter permit, both are for a kich epiand bath remodel. we will start with mr. bruno mr. bruno, you have 14 minutes. >> thank you, commissioners, board members, thank you for listening to this appeal of a permit that was activated in november of 2014 without any notice to any of the people living in the building where the work was to be done. some of that work began in november of 2014 and had been continued in january for 5 days of this year. at that point an inspector from the city, inspector dennis ye

on that motion to uphold, president lazarus, aye. vice president honda, aye. commissioner wilson, aye. and commissioner swig, aye. the vote is 5-0, both permits are upheld on that basis. thank you. . >> welcome back to the april 8 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals, we are calling appeal 15-022, apell apblts versus zoning administrator. property at 1049 to fepb 51 market street, protesting the issuance to john gall and terry bogs a art of which was to comply with notice of violation, demo of office walls on the fifth floor through the first floor. and before the parties come up to speak, i want to remind everyone in the room that this is an appeal of the release of suspension and the standard of review for this appeal is error or abuse of discretion, whether or not the zoning administrator made an error or abused his discretion when he made this decision and aplea -- applied the law in effect at the time the decision was made. so, with that stated, we can hear from the apellant. >> thank you, (inaudible) goldstein. point of order to begin with, i ha

. >> reporter: then the moment they pull the 28-year-old out of the hole like lazarus himself. it's just after 10:00 p.m. here. more than 80 hours since the earthquake. and after incredible all-day effort this team has brought this young man out of this building and he is alive. >> light, light! >> reporter: rushed to the ambulance, a medic asks for our camera light to help insert an iv. >> the rescue is finished! >> reporter: joy and pride. a small vikt little over death in this stricken city. terry moran abc news kathmandu, nepal. >> terry morean today, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, to the severe weather in the past 24 hours, from texas to florida, the flash floods drenching rains, dramatic rescues to show you. including this one outside dallas. a mother and daughter that are car no match for the powerful waters. a firefighter swept up in the current, as well. all three are safe tonight. and now, a new threat this evening. those storms marching eastward. meteorologist ginger zee with the storm track. ginger? >> reporter: david, it has been a volatile day across mu

. >> the gospel of john places the scene in the house of lazarus, the man jesus raised from the dead.> just a few days before his crucifixion, a woman came to jesus and anointed his feet with expensive ointments and perfumes. >> mary anoints jesus with essence of nard, the chanel number 5 of antiquity, and she uses a whole pot of it, a whole year's worth of a day laborer's wages. >> people who saw it were scandalized. they were shocked. >> none more so than the group's treasurer, judas. >> why was the ointment wasted in this way? >> leave her alone! >> jesus has been preaching this message about the poor and ministering to them and giving away your coat. and now all of a sudden he's going to let this woman pour a huge amount of money's worth of perfume on him. >> this ointment could have been sold for more than 300 dinai and given to the poor. >> sort of one set of rules for the disciples and a different set of rules for jesus. we can see why this event would upset judas. >> this was a big turning point for judas because immediately after he sees this anointing, he goes to the authori

. >> the gospel of john places the scene in the house of lazarus, the man jesus raised from the dead.> just a few days before his crucifixion, a woman came to jesus and anointed his feet with expensive ointments and perfumes. >> mary anoints jesus with essence of nard, the chanel number 5 of antiquity, and she uses a whole pot of it, a whole year's worth of a day laborer's wages. >> people who saw it were scandalized. they were shocked. >> none more so than the group's treasurer, judas. >> why was the ointment wasted in this way? >> leave her alone! >> jesus has been preaching this message about the poor and ministering to them and giving away your coat. and now all of a sudden he's going to let this woman pour a huge amount of money's worth of perfume on him. >> this ointment could have been sold for more than 300 dinari and given to the poor. >> sort of one set of rules for the disciples and a different set of rules for jesus. we can see why this event would upset judas. >> this was a big turning point for judas because immediately after he sees this anointing, he goes to the author

. >> richard lazarus wrote the official government report on the oil spill and his staff made recommendationsprove deepwater drilling safety. only some of the recommendations have been acted on. >> here we had extraordinary -- the nation's biggest environmental catastrophe. and five years later, congress has passed not one word of legislation to make any effort to go after and reduce the risk. >> the industry is the same industry. it wants its oil. >> juliette kayyem, who helped guide the white house response during the spill, now teaches emergency response at harvard. >> there's been no congressional changes -- >> so this could happen again? >> it could happen again, absolutely. >> my prayer is that it won't happen again. but we can't know that. >> keith jones has spent part of the last five years fighting to change legislation in memory of his son, gordon. he had been unsuccessful. >> as long as that oil was gushing, congressmen and senators couldn't see me fast enough. the day they cut off that oil, you could feel the climate change. it was palpable. >> crisis over in their minds? >> right

so energy, which was absolutely left for dead is lazarus now. and i love energy. xle.he entire sector. charles: right now i have a lot of names. buffalo wild wings and harmon are two i would love to buy on any weakness. the department of defense confirming that navy ships will be accompanying us flag vessels that travel through the strait of hormuz. after iranian forces detained a ship a couple days ago. peter is live with the latest. peter: after iranian ships surrounded a cargo ship in the strait before backing off. the us says it's harassment and testing by the iranians for the saudi-led campaign in yemen backed by iran. iranians are detaining that cargo ship which is flagged in the pacific nation of the marshall islands. it has a long-standing agreement with the u.s. the iranians say they're holding the cargo ship because of a decade-long legal dispute with the danish shipping company maersk. the pentagon has a clear response to that incident. a defense official told fox news. the move is the latest development and a high-stakes chess match in the region with the i

they pull 28-year-old fv boy out of the hole like lazarus himself. just after 10:00 p.m. here.more than 80 hours since the earth quick. after incredible all day effort this team has brought this young man out of this building. and he is alive. if rushed to the pwlachbilitys medic asks for our camera light to help insert an i.v. sf joy and pride. if small victory over death in the stricken city. the craze far from over. people here need so much but they have such a will to live such grit some determination. and we witnessed it today. >> terri more an reporting. update on missing sonoma couldn't man last seen on mount everest. 21 of 21-year-old spencer dickinson is found sale. he was hike to go base camp when the deadly avalanche hit. family member tweeted this quote from spencer about 8 this quote from spencer about 8:30 tonight. i'm being helicopter off the mountain and tell mom i'm okay. the dickinson headed to katmandu to find a way home. if you would like to help two to our web said forever a list of the relief organizations working in nepal and links to donate. >> new repor

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>> to put it in political terms, he is no lazarus risen from the dead.e may be elected twice as a governor from a blue state you. look at his poll numbers, they've downgraded his state from a credit ratings perspective. and set aside the bridge scandal. set aside the state pension problems set aside all that that man right there is the bully in chief. and i can promise you he will not under any circumstances do well in the genteel state of south carolina where i was born. >> liz, jimmy and caroline, thank you for joining the conversation. >> thanks rev. >>> straight ahead, he faced racial slurs and death threats. how jackie robinson changed america forever, starting 68 years ago today. please stay with us. do you have something for pain? i have bayer aspirin. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my back. i mean bayer back & body. it works great for pain. bayer back & body provides effective relief for your tough pain. better? yeah...thanks for the tip! >>> coming up, the moment that changed america's pastime and america itself forever. the anniversary of

may choirs of angels welcome you and lead you to the bosom of abraham, and for lazarus is poor no longer now find eternal rest. god bless you, michael. and thank you, thank you, god. >>> thank you, bishop mcgraw. as mentioned earlier, the outpouring of community support has been incredible. our next presenter was one of those who reached out the question that so many of you have asked. what can i do to help? it is my pleasure to introduce to you angela teratto who will help honor mike by singing "amazing grace." ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound that set me free ♪ ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found ♪ ♪ was blind but now i see ♪ ♪ 'twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved ♪ ♪ how precious did that grace appear the hour i first believed ♪ ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >>> thank you, angela. that was beautiful. you may all be seated, please. >> we will now begin to hear about the man that was mike johnson, and what he meant to us and to you. chief larry esquivel will start us off with thoughts and reflections. chief? >> good afternoon. you know i have b

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. >> reporter: then the moment they pull the 28-year-old out of that hole like lazarus himself.e, a medic asks for our camera light to help insert an iv. >> the rescue is finished! >> reporter: joy and pride. a small victory over death in this stricken city. this crisis is far from over. the people here need so much, but they have such a will to live, such grit, such determination. terry moran, abc news, kathmandu, nepal. >> parts of texas swamped by this weekend's storms are finally able to begin a major clean-up. flash flooding south of dallas swarmed one road so quickly, two women were swept away in their car. a volunteer firefighter trying to rescue them needed rescued himself. all three were pulled from the water, cold, wet but in good health. >> the clean-up job will get a boost from today's forecast for sure. take a look at the map here. sunny and dry for all of texas. but from florida and alabama to the carolinas stormy weather moving in with heavy rain and possible flooding. >> expect a beautiful spring day almost everywhere else with temperatures in the 70s. chillier 6