i only dealt with mr. allen. commissioner garcia: did you know that someone had tried to put a building up in the lot you had bought and had been unsuccessful? >> yes i did. commissioner garcia: thank you. president peterson: you put on the over had some photographs. the large building -- i just want to make sure i understand. the large building that is on the lot -- could you put that -- i think he showed a picture with the large building and the shed structure in the back. that picture that is on their -- that is the same building, correct? >> it is the same building. president peterson: where is the proposed building going to be? is it right next? how much space is between the two? how much of a side yard will there be? >> the backyard will be -- commissioner hwang: side. 5 feet? 20 feet? between the buildings. >> between the buildings i would say 3 feet. commissioner hwang: so there is going to be very little. >> it is a dutch home on both sides. commissioner hwang: thank you. >> i just want to see it. presid

in addition, the house of mr. allen -- this is the house. in two lots, 50 feet. this is humongous in comparison to the other structures. had they been asking for a variance, it would not be given. when i say my proposal is a little taller, of course it has to be taller. it is a two unit building. it is not a single family building. it has to be taller. this is in 2010, not ever when it was billed as a single home. all of the single holmes are -- homes are tall. it is two units and a fourth floor building. this is the backside of the home i am going to show you. do you see how wide the structure is? they have a little shelf here in the back. it seems like he wants me to build something like this. when he says 40 feet, that is what i imagine. if people did not want any building in their lot, they should not have sold a lot. when i was shown a lot, they showed me this. the blue building is here. it goes all the way to the front. they were selling the a larger lot. commissioner garcia: your time is up. i have a question for you. when you were sold the lot, you heard

this is the house that mr. allen owns. next to it is the lot we bought from them. you see how narrow that lot is. what we were asking with the building -- let us build here. it is a unit structure. they have different set back very large because they are sitting in two lots. this is a single unit home. we said let us look at the rest of the homes. we should look at the rest of the homes and build that way. i am going to match myself to the one that is close to the unit. that is what we said. but as go up to that building. that is what we got the variance for. on the south side, there is a church. there is another building that is set back because they are buildings. three lots. i cannot compare this merrill lot to these older buildings. -- this narrow lot to these older bear -- older buildings. we were grateful that we were given the variance in the middle. they said let us not give you everything, but let us give you something. now that we have the

mr. allen did. we told them what we had been through. we wanted to make sure they knew that because we did not want anybody to buy a lot they might not be able to build on. we know how frustrating that is. there were other people interested in the lot that we could have sold to. we were not trying to pawn off the program -- pawn off the property. we had many people who were interested. we hope the board can see, as someone had discussed earlier, these buildings on this block are 25 foot lots like a row houses. they sit toward the front of the setback. but they are all small and all next to each other. when you have our house and the house next to the lot setting back further, having their building sticking out further than both of our lots really will stand out. it will release standout compared to our property line setbacks. as you can see in this drawing, it is going to be set out very far. the only thing we are concerned about is the front setbacks. we're willing to live with the rear set back and let them keep that. the front setback

so -- and then of course we heard from a member of the public, mr. allen who mentioned the thing of noticing. i hope those discussions will continue with the supervisor's office. blue i was just -- but for sure i would go ahead and support everything at this point with the exception of that c2 discussion which can wait a week. but i guess mr. barns just wanted to check in with you on where your conversations are aren't stuff. >> it is the intent of the supervisor to extend notice but also the intent to provide a meaningful opportunity for the public to weigh in. we think that the planning department provide is that opportunity around the specific locations. one discuss we had was the idea of doing a process where it's not conditional use, but maybe people could file for a dr. as we move forward, we would ask that we recommend approval of the conditional use requirement, but remain opening to talking about other different approaches that provide notification without the cost of a cu. >> great. so i am going to go ahead, then, and move, including the lack th

mr. richards suggests environmental terrorism. allen? >> don knapp marin county, thank you. >>> a week of torrential rain has brought damage and death to southern california. one woman was killed when her car was swept off a flooded highway. as kendis gibson reports, evacuated residents are beginning to clean up after widespread flooding. >> reporter: highland, california, is a community buried in mud. wednesday's storm sent several feet of muddy floodwaters gushing into highlands' streets and homes. the powerful flow more than 10 feet deep in places moved cars and homes off foundations, no one was injured, and residents returned home today to survey the crippling damage. >> it's a mess. a mess. you can't see nothing. all the presents are on the floor. the christmas tree, everything is gone. >> reporter: in san diego, crews are working hard to clear qualcomm stadium from mud and water in time for tonight's poinsettia bowl. >> the game is on. >> reporter: laguna beach business owners hope to salvage at least one day of shopping before chr

allen will present the item. >> good morning mr. chairman and commissioners.ice of proposed rulemaking before you will initiate a process to further the commission's going commitment to broadband services and to spur innovation in wireless broadband systems and ensure that america leads the global wireless revolution. the notice would take preliminary steps toward making additional spectrum available for wireless broadband from a portion of the spectrum that is currently used for broadcast television. at the same time, the notice recognizes the important benefits served by broadcast television and takes an approach that will help preserve that service as a healthy, viable medium. the notice proposes three actions that are intended to set the underlining framework to, that -- to accommodate. it would also provide new options for broadcasters. first, the notice proposes to add new allocations for fixed and land mobile services and the tv bands to be primary with the existing broadcast allocation in those bands. this proposal would make all of the spectrum in the

allen will present the item. >> good morning mr. chairman and commissioners. >> the notice of proposed rulemaking before you would initiate a process to further the commission's ongoing commitment to addressing america's growing demand for wireless broadband services, to spur innovation and investment in wireless broadband systems, and ensure that america leads the global wireless revolution. the notice would take preliminary steps towards making additional spectrum available for wireless broadband a portion of the spectrum that is currently used for broadcast television. at the same time, the notice recognizes the important benefits served by broadcast television and takes an approach the would help preserve that service has a healthy viable media. the notice proposes three actions intended to set the underlining a regulatory framework to accommodate wireless broadband uses of the tv dance. the proposals of the notice of adopted will also provide new options for broadcasters. first, the notice proposes to add new allocations or fix

allen will present the item. >> good morning mr.chairman and commissioners. >> the notice of proposed rulemaking before you would initiate a process to further the commission's ongoing commitment to addressing america's growing demand for wireless broadband services, to spur innovation and investment in wireless broadband systems, and ensure that america leads the global wireless revolution. the notice would take preliminary steps towards making additional spectrum available for wireless broadband a portion of the spectrum that is currently used for broadcast television. at the same time, the notice recognizes the important benefits served by broadcast television and takes an approach the would help preserve that service has a healthy viable media. the notice proposes three actions intended to set the underlining a regulatory framework to accommodate wireless broadband uses of the tv dance. the proposals of the notice of adopted will also provide new options for broadcasters. first, the notice proposes to add new allocations or fixe

mr. reid: thank you very much. ask anyone in this body for one word to vims allen specter, i think the word that would come up most often is he is real estate a real fighter. he fought to defend our nation in korea. he fought crime in the streets of philadelphia as the district attorney. he's fought cancer and won three times. and he's fought for pennsylvania every day he served with us here in the united states senate. senator specter has witnessed three decades of progress in washington. he's a man who has risen above party lines to demonstrate his independence time after time but his independence wasn't about him; it was about the people of pennsylvania, where he served with honor and dignity for 30 years, even when cancer tried to keep him from doing soavment i've known and served with senator specter for almost 30 years and have come to admire his service and dedication. we've not always agreed on the one hand how to solve the issues facing america, but he's always been willing to listen to me and any other senator in hopes of forging bipartisan agreements that would help the country. he is a very principled

mr. president, a deficit reduction commission appointed by the president, and i had very -- from what i heard was going to be chairing that commission or co-chairing it, and allen simpson, a nice gentleman, but a very, very conservative republican who has a -- attacked social security for a very, very long time, and i had very serious doubts about what was going to come out of that commission. the good news is they needed 14 votes to pass their recommendations. they didn't get the 14, but a lot of ideas that senator simpson and mr. bowles developed are going to be filtering around this institution, and what the republicans will say is when you have a huge debt which they helped create, we're going to have to cut. what are we going to do? as you recall, mr. president, that deficit debt commission recommended a cut in over 20% in social security benefits for young workers. major cuts. there was talk about raising the social security age up to i think, 69. they are talking about cuts in medicare, cuts in medicaid, cuts in education. i mean, right now, i think i documented it a dozen times, it is a horrendous situation when so many of our young people can't afford