obtain legal housing unit. that concludes my presentation i'm happy to a answer questions >> thank you. project sponsor >> hello, i'm paul. along with my business pattern we're working with the architects that owns the two units and i want to thank the planning commission for hearing our proposal and in particular mr. burns. and as you've heard from ms. burns the department is recommending the proposed merger be disapproved failing below the financially or demonstratively unaffordable houses and it's not in keeping with the executive derivative so i think i want to speak to the criteria and to the recently adapted threshold of $1 million plus. first, the $1.5 million is appraised of single-family home, however, it's board and it's not clear to us as well as to our clients how the single-family residents is not defined it's compared to not an apples to apples comparison as well as to the condo i'm wondering in consideration is giving to the hoa fees and the hoa fees are over $1,700 a month and on top of mortgage

it should be with the code to obtain legal housing unit. that concludes my presentation i'm happy to a answer questions >> thank you. project sponsor >> hello, i'm paul. along with my business pattern we're working with the architects that owns the two units and i want to thank the planning commission for hearing our proposal and in particular mr. burns. and as you've heard from ms. burns the department is recommending the proposed merger be disapproved failing below the

are in them have challenged legal rights. 40-5 percent who live in these units don't have written leases. for many years there has been a calling for legalization. the housing element stated secondary units are housing method for expanding housing supply. california state law has proetd -- promoted state in laws. the city has turned a blind eye to these in laws and the housing has permitted of these in laws based on complaints. which is why i year ago icon convenience -- convened a large table. the san francisco tennants union, the asian law caucus, the chinese development center and housing clinic and others. on property owner sides the housing realtors and citywide housing advocates, spur, livable cities and many city departments that did work on this among others. what i'm proposed today is very simple that we allow an owner to legalize one existing in law unit without additional permit or a citywide basis. that we wave local planning rules that don't deal with like safety so they don't need to meet additional open space requirements, no additional need to add parking and no additional need for zoning. it does not require exits and entrances, fire and pl

legalized units. the legislation for the first time in more than three decades, allow for the addition of new rent controlled units to the housing market. the legislation was support unanimously by the planning commission. it has received the endorsement of the castro eureka valley neighborhood and the bay area reporter, the lbg d club, livable city, open health and a referral panel. colleagues as you know, we are in the mist of a housing crisis. in the castro with the exception of the new and fairly expensive units going along market street, very new housing is being built in the neighborhood. with he -- we know our population has grown by $70,000. there's many resident in the castro who are concerned about the extreme cost of housing in the neighborhood and whether they'll be priced out the neighborhood and they were wondering where they would go. castro has been neighboring. these new arrivals are having a difficult time finding housing. the legislation before about us will help of the construction of new in-law units. in-law units are more affordable than other types of housing units and they're the most affordable type of n

supervisors okayed legislation to build units in the castro district and legalize secondary housing spaces. >>> the san francisco board of supervisors approved legislation that would boost relocation fees for 10 wants evected under the ellis act. if signed -- evicted under the ellis act. not over won supports the legislation -- not everyone supports the legislation. and we will move on to aortstory right now. -- to another story right now. >>> two fire trucks collided in daily city. they rushed outside to find two firefighters seriously injured. ktvu's david stevenson is there with what neighbors are saying about the firefighter whose they consider friends. david? >> reporter: the crash happened at 9:18 a.m. this morning and police only opened the intersection up a half hour ago. take a look at the video. the collision shocked neighbors. it happened as engine 92 and ladder truck 95 were headed for a kitchen fire. the impact injured two firefighters, sending them to the hospital in serious condition. a parked car was also smaished up. a witness -- smashed up. a winds said the man in the car

matthew west is housed in the men's segregation unit. >> legally, i think we are common law married becausewe said we were married when i was in the penitentiary. not sure, i know we're engaged. i know that. i mean i proposed to the girl like five or six or seven times. yes. >> did you give her a ring? >> yes, i have, more than one. i made her a ring one time. yeah. >> that is my soul like that's my -- that's my heart and soul. as a matter of fact, baby, i love you. i love you so much. no one's even catching this, that's the great part about it. got to put it back away. oh, my gosh. i feel like a little school girl. >> there we go. >> i owe it to her and to her mother to marry her. i do at that. and i know that sounds odd and crazy but that's i mean, i do love her. >> while marriage might cement the couple as a family the fact is they already have one. their 6-year-old son lives with lopez's mother in florida and their 4-year-old son lives with west's parents in oklahoma. >> these are temporary facts. even with this case that we're on right now she's going to get out. she's going to have a

to make sure that there is the proper full scope legal representation because at the end of the day we're not asking to increase the number of housing units. we're not asking to build huge development. we're just asking for people to have representation in court so that we can fulfill the justice in the court system. but thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. and thank you for sharing your experience. next speaker, please. >>> yes, my name is [speaker not understood]. i live in [speaker not understood] public housing project. my question is, okay, i understand that -- about these evictions, though. but i want to under about the [speaker not understood] from the wrong side like the gang members, the ones that have drugs and guns and all that in public housing. if you're going to be defending them it seems like they're going to get a clean slate again. i'd like you to keep that in mind. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>> good morning, supervisors. steve kohlier, employctionv housing clinic. tenderloin housing clinic provides full scope eviction defense of any organization here in the city. i'm grateful for our fund

allocated to five specific areas, rehabing vacant units and finding more shelter space and making it legal and legal resource to fight eviction and building more housing that is truly affordable for working class san franciscans and thank you members of the committee to come together to work to find the solutions in addressing the housing crisis. >> good afternoon, supervisors, jeff, with the hampton family center and i think that everybody here agrees that supportive housing is the answer is the best way to address homelessness in our city and however, our shelters are full and it takes six months for the family to get into a longer term shelter bed and the pipeline is unfortunately getting close to empty and there are projects in the pipeline but it is not as ro bust as it was ten years ago when we started this journey to build the 3,000 sun its and the cities needs to be looking at the affordability issues and the land banking and the other initiatives that the folks are going to be talking about during these hearings and my colleagues from the affordable housing community will be talking about but right now before you is a proposal from hesba to m

non legal participants swededen and switzerland also took part in the united states is access to. to my surprise the ocean the house to do a buyout of its relationship to canada and it is also seeking to do it via a blind date so through the anticipation of nolan's and denmark in eighteen eighty two and the top of it is called upon sweden and finland to two thousand to join nato. with a view to establishing an ato agenda in boxing. meanwhile canada has been seeking its own independent drills hundreds of soldiers participating in cold weather their exercise. not to be laughed our out last month were dispatched for strategic offers control over the arctic. moscow has been calling for tighter security hole on the trees are great eaters and along its maritime transportation routes in the polar region. eight what countries that already has an interest in cooperation in such a risky in terms of access to courses enormous territory and very few installations in the area it's an interesting outing commons. as for sleeping guest open and maybe they're the future would be cool and trade that you could use the shift from one

and say that i own a house, and i want to turn my garage into a unit and live there and then rent out the top floor and i know that the people that have done that sometimes not legally because we have the other legislation that will allow them to legalize those units and i think that as the population ages morris yous around those barriers in terms of keeping the people in the castro or anywhere else in their homes. and we want to be sure that they don't have a choice between becoming isolated in their home even if they have stability and become isolated or having to move, i also and if you can join to the mayor's housing and i think that i have really been pushing mo to prioritize, more senior housing in particular in the castro, over the market area and it is wonderful that we are getting the 110 units from the open house and that is great, but that is only a start. and it is a major frustration to me that we are not getting more affordable housing generally in the castro or the market area, and but the senior housing in particular, and this is a neighborhood, that where, we are adding affordable housing is not controversial and some neighborhood and some towns an

united nations. adding he will take legal action directly with the world rugby. by the us is the rarest that raises questions about how much influence the white house can wield over the year when and how moderate to low and really is. were his choice for you in on toy is a means to live be entering an official of the us as part of the group that stormed the us embassy in nineteen seventy nine in dozens of americans hostage for more than a year allenby who has served as the iranian ambassador to the u n to australia says he was not involved in the takeover. the only translated for some students the united nations headquarters is in new york city and with the news of the levy will be able to take a picture. us law allows the government to argue and diplomats were considered national security threats but washington's potentially precedent setting stamp could open the united states to criticism that is using its position as host nation to improperly exert political influence. some analysts say that the ranch was the un on boy looks like a provocation it also shows how far both sides have yet to go before they can overcome years of mistrust at the same time iran is st

efforts by the united states, but he said that it's effective, it's legal, but he added that it's not moral or wise in every instance. fred? >> all right. sunlen, thanks so much at the white house. >>> now to south korea where the death toll has risen to 36 in that horrific ferry disaster. nearly 270 people are still missing. earlier the country coast guard brought bodies to a port to be identified. some parents already have given dna samples to help with this process. the ferry was carrying 475 people, most of them students and teachers, when it sank. there were, there was also a class from a high school on that ship. they were on a -- a class field trip, and they were heading to the resort island when the ship rolled over. the ship's captain was rescued along with 174 others, but he also faces charges as well as some very tough questions now. we have more. >> reporter: ferry captain answering a question consuming hundreds of desperate relatives. why would you order passengers to stay on a sinking ship? the current was very high and the water temperature was cold, and if you had not worn a life jacket or even if you had worn one, if you got off the boat with no judgment, you w

being honest, even with their superiors at the white house, at the upper branches of the cia, the office of legal counsel, the attorney general of the unitednal security adviser. that's one of the really bad things about this. what they did was bad but then to misrepresenting it the way they did throughout a number of years, that's what's really the worst thing. and then you move on from there to say how can the congress trust this agency that they're supposed to be overseeing if you have this history of repeated misrepresentation? sorry to be wound up up on this but i couldn't believe that quote from vice president cheney. >> i want to play another quote from you, and this is from one of your colleagues in the committee, saxby chambliss. as i understand he did vote along with you to release this, but there's the panel's report which comes to a very different conclusion. i want to play the it and get your response to it. >> as we point out specifically in the minority report that there was information gleaned from this program which led not only to the takedown of bin laden but to the interruption and disruption of other terrorist plots ov

united states must reject it and telling them you can have elected officials and appoint diplomats, but not terror masters. >> reporter: legal experts say it's doubtful that panel can ultimately overrule the white house decision. bill: there is a fresh round of scepticism after a teenager stowed away in the wheel of a commercial jetliner. how did a 16-year-old survive 70 degree below zero? we'll look at that, a doctor and pilot coming up. one former presidential candidate has called him an extreme right winger. >> you are here because you understand our country is at a crisis points.e' liberty is under assault. and truecar users... save time and money. so when you're... ready to buy a car, make sure you... never overpay. visit truecar.com today. if you have a buness idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reali. start your business today with legalzoom. smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release smartcontrol technology that helps prevent the urge to smoke all day long. help prevent your cravings with nicoderm cq. bill: presiden

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united states, the white house had been involved in this fiasco. facts that haven't fit into the predetermined narrative of the majority have been completely ignored. there have been 31 legal experts that have spoken out on whether or not ms. lerner waived her right. the chairman and others have called them are lawyers, but we have not hired them and they come from across the political spectrum and across the country. those take for instance the presser patrice poker who said launching a content prosecution against ms. lerner accuse supplier for us for long-standing traditions. andrea dennis at the georgia law school said a content prosecution would be legally and factually unsupported. here are the facts. in the last 60 years would've been required required for a group to qualify as a five o. one c. force that has mutated from being exclusively for social service for social welfare purpose to what today's incomprehensibly interpreted as any group that is primarily dedicated to social welfare causes. the result has been a flood of groups operating contrary to the spirit of the law for speaking and being granted tax exempt status. second, groups akin to file is a 501(c)(3)

house counsel is the constitutional advisor? >> yes. you have to understand that these questions are fired at you. you are right, i'm not the legal advisor to the president. i am the attorney general of the united states. >> thank you. the characterization was brought up earlier today that suggested the, under your leadership, department of justice has engaged in prosecutorial decisions based on race or party affiliation. do recall this? -- do you recall this? >> yes. >> my colleague raise the question of the matter and related to a.c. candidate who lost the election after being linked to justice department activity. was that current mayor a democrat, mr. general? >> yes. >> he is a black democrat. >> yes. >> mayor of charlotte was indicted. >> that is correct. >> was a democratic? >> yes. >> he is african-american, as well. >> yes. >> there are myriad examples and i have limited time. they are a responsible and not evidence-based. be wellittee would served by staying within the four corners of the facts. i want to do with gun violence issues. it is one that affects the district i represent in brooklyn. we have a gun violence problem. 50% of the guns in the world. americans have died as a resul