mr. garcia talk about pipe bombs. >> no, i depend. >> hix, who was arrested for obstruction of justice when he wouldn't come out, said he moved in eight days ago and barely knows garcia. >> doesn't look like a man would have anything to do with a pipe bomb. >> the police think otherwise. they surrounded the house for seven hours yesterday. garcia became a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car in fairfield three weeks ago. police searched his home on thursday, when he wasn't there, discovering what they believed was pipe bomb. garcia returned yesterday, finally surrenders last knight -- last night at 8:30, after the police filled the home with tear gas. >> one up and down the street naked. >> the neighbor says he spoke with garcia last week. >> showed me a little experiment he was doing to generate electricity to his house so he wouldn't have to pay pg&e. he piekd up -- hook up a pipe. and a generator. >> they're investigating whether there was a connection with a bombing in march, when a man pegged up a newspaper and it exploded. >> maybe this will help kind of get some more clues

mr. garcia every talk about pipe bombs. >> no. >> hicks who was arrested for obstruction of justice when he wouldn't come out, says he moved in only eight days ago and barely knows garcia. >> i'm not trying to obstruct justice but doesn't look like a man having anything to do with a pipe job. >> the police thought otherwise. garcia became a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car three week ago in fairfield. police searched his home when he wasn't there discovered what they believe was a pipe bomb. garcia returned yesterday, surrendering after the police filled the home with gas. >> he run up and down the street naked. other than that -- >> a neighbor says he spoke with garcia last year,. >> showed me an experiment to generate electricity so wouldn't have to pay pg&e. hooked up a bike with a battery and a generator. >> police confirmed they're investigate will go there is a connect with a bombing case in march. that's when an elderly man picked up a newspaper near his driveway and it exploded. seriously injuring his hand, arm, and leg. residents wonder if this could be a break in t

mr. garcia? >> also,

mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get the principles together. people are starting to buy into it. it's a learning process. it's not just, punishing kids more. they are used to be punished. my momma hits harder than that. we need to have systems in place that view it a little differently. from the victim's point of view. and deal with it on an emotional level. people can relate to that. i think our i

mr. garcia, i decided i never nominated for anything i want mr. bryson to be the other nominee. [laughter] and now for my question for mr. bryson. [laughter] thank you, senator. >> certainly appreciate what both of you have done. you've done in national geographic and what you've done in your career, and it goes well beyond energy executive because the boards you served on and the other things you've done. i don't think i agree fully with mr. lautenberg. he's made a lot more business decisions than i have come and i have a lot of respect for him, but i do think that these regulations matter, for instance let's talk about the billing regulation will but. the ruling you on that board, how long were you on the board? i know you were on until last week or the last couple weeks. >> i was the longest serving director and i joined the board -- >> that's probably all -- >> since 1993. >> you were on the board when they made the decision to locate the new facility in south carolina. and that was a unanimous a board decision and i think mr. daly was also on the board at the time. you were

mr. garcia. we have participated in the junior rotc program. it fosters teamwork, health and physical fitness, and other things. this is invaluable to all of the students and the district. as the board considers amendments to the resolution, i want to reiterate my strong support for the jrotc program and to urge continued strong supporter of the program by allowing students into new -- to continue to receive the education credit. further, the instructors to provide such exemplary leadership and work so hard to make the jrotc a success, i understand that the budget is difficult. providing a quality education for all and funding programs for teenagers to stay off of the streets. good, solid programs should part. i would also like to recognize the fact that maybe not everybody knows, but over half of this auditorium is filled with jrotc participants and supporters, so if they would stand up, we would appreciate it. [cheers and applause] president mendoza paparazzi -- president mendoza: thank you. you are all of the noisemakers. >> i am going to be

mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get the principles together. people are starting to buy into it. it's a learning process. it's not just, punishing kids more. they are used to be punished. my momma hits harder than that. we need to have systems in place that view it a little differently. from the victim's point of view. and deal with it on an emotional level. people can relate to that. i think our biggest problem is the district doesn't have the capacity to address when all these groups come out it. it's not that we don't want to deal with it. we don't have a grant writer. we don't have the interfaces. tony smith. we have been working with creating those types of things. the city have been wonderful to build our capacity. if you are a principle, what do you do in a hundred different agencies come at you? you barely have the time at school. we

mr. garcia mentioned is that we will continue to get what we get if we continue the system, and quite obviouslyhe system is not working, so let's make the change. i think we have been functioning under this system for decades now. let's make a change and see if we can improve the school. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is camille, and i have a third grader and a fourth grader in the sf unified school system. all of us here, all of the parents are here at least until the in part because we're trying to secure what allows our children to opt out of a broken school. the choice proponents want to avoid being channeled, and the feeder ones want to avoid being sent across town to one, so we're all almost unloaded here because we're trying to make a broken system work for our individual families, but how we work around a broken system should not determine how we fix it -- how you fix this system. the district middle school and k-8 plan is reasonable, and this is a long time to lose momentum. if you are going to do it, why delay the implementation? [cheers and applause] . >> hi, my name

mr. garcia talk about pipe bombs or see any pipe bombs? >> no, i didn't. >> hicks who was arrested for obstruction of justice when he wouldn't come out says he barely knows garcia. >> i am not trying to obstruct justice. but he doesn't look like a man that has anything to do with a pipe bomb. >> fairfield police think otherwise. they cur under roughed the house for more than seven hours. garcia was a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car in fairfield three weeks ago. police searched his home on thursday when he wasn't there, discovering what they believe was a pipe bomb. garcia returned yesterday, finally surrendering last night around 8. a 30 after police filled the home with teargas. neighbors say he was unusual, pointing to an incident several months ago. >> he ran up and down the street. >> neighbor reggie robinson spoke with garcia last week. >> he showed me the spearment he was doing to -- the experiment he was doing so he wouldn't have to pay pg&e. he hooked up a bike with a battery and generator. >> vacaville police is inve

vice president garcia: mr. duffy, the amount that is derived to assess the penalty, is that formulary? is that what it would cost for the permits for the two windows? >> well, the 1000 other value is the value of the permit. the penalty that was assessed was than nine times probably on the amount of work that the building inspector estimated, $1,000. that is a formula in the building formula. vice president garcia: i understand the nine times as formulary, but did dbi rely on -- to the appellate submit any papers that it showed that cost considerably less, would have cost, from their testimony, about what it would cost in order to replace those windows? their statement is it seems as though dbi was figuring this at a much higher price. >> whenever the permits are applied for, the applicant puts the estimated cost on. if the staff feels that is too low, they can raise it based on construction valuation. but that is usually a discussion between the plan checker and the person getting the permit. if there is a rec

mr. bryson is nominated to be the next secretary of commerce. second, terri garcia of florida is nominated to be deputy secretary for the department of commerce. that sound like number one and number two. much of the conversation today is going to focus on mr. bryson and in fact, running an extremely large utility company california for a very long time. that background to me is more important than other. on the other hand, some have raised concerns about mr. bryson six he says that environmental organizations this time used tactics such as suing mr. bryson and has come to me and also having policies that don't necessarily comport with some help by others on the committee. others have raised concern about his support for a 2009 proposal to cap emissions, which was a possession widely held in the utility industry, wait the universally held in the utility industry. but it was a bill but opposed. that said, need to tell you had a very productive and positive meeting with mr. bryson last week when he visited my office. and i have great respect for his desire to serve ou

vice president garcia: i am confused. it seems mr. gladstone said there would be two new curb cuts, three houses, three garages. >> there is actually a net gain. there would be three of street parking spaces with three curb cuts required. that would provide two off- street parking spaces each. the current plan would probably result in removal of one off- street parking space. we are looking at a net gain in each case of one additional parking space. vice president garcia: thank you. president goh: i am sorry. your time has expired. if commissioners have questions for you, they can call you up again. >> commissioners, the matter is submitted. president goh: comments, commissioners? commissioner fung: i would offer a little historical perspective, as i have been known to do. when i was at planning, the first residential district that had a residential design guidelines accepted was west would park, which is not far from here. that height limit was 28 feet. it went from 40 to 28. merrill loma park -- miraloma park wanted to adopt the exa

vice president garcia: mr. sanchez, i wanted to revisit the potential for future development. in your 305 findings, finding 4b, you talk about what -- were the property project sponsors to expand in the future, variances would be required. why would it be ill-advised for this board to nsr the permit? >> i do not quite understand. there is no building permit here. vice president garcia: in other words, we cannot put an nsr because this is say va-- is a variance hearing? why can't we instead raise the bar a little bit and say that not only would it have a variance, but would not be allowed? >> that is within the board's authority. vice president garcia: i was not really confused about whether it was within our authority. i was asking you if you thought it would be ill-advised for us to do. >> i do believe so. i think what we have here is a distinct case from the hearing last time. in that case, there had been a development already at the property. they maximize the development potential. we did not think it would be fair to allow further expansion. in this case, they are doing t

vice president garcia: mr. duffy, can you go to the illegal demolition? >> myself and a building inspector went there, and we met with mr. cassidy, in we reviewed the plans for the main permits, the 2009 permit, the permit that was under suspension -- and we reviewed the plans for the main permits. -- the main permit. every wall is still there that were shown to remain. vice president garcia: and one of the walls to remain is one that was damaged, and a prepared to that would not be considered demolition? >> -- and a repair to that would not be considered demolition? >> advised that that wall be braced again. i am not so sure that that wall is permanently damaged. there may be damage to the exterior siding on the wall, which we see a lot of, because on the plans, they show walls to remain, but those walls are probably 100 years old. there are always problems with the siding on those. keeping walls that are 100 years old versus taking the whole building down, it is always tough on builders. how do you get proper waterproofing on a wall that has been there

vice president garcia: mr. sanchez, if the project sponsor worst to submit plans and a designated area as something and it was a specific designation and would trigger c.u. because it would be over 4,000 feet, it is an option for them to rename that? can they decide to avoid the c.u. process we're going to use it for storage and said? bridget for storage instead? >> it is important clarify that it was not an exit space, it was not a space under their use or lease, that if they were too common with a revised. and crossed that out, we would have a question of whether they still had any intention of using that space or any intention of occupying or renting that space. the case it is it has never been their intention to occupy or use this space. vice president garcia: i am not suggesting that. before you go down that road, what i am saying is given the plants they had, if they are to avoid the c.u., they're not barred from designating some space as nine use. >> as long as it is less than four dozen square feet, tha

vice president garcia: mr. sanchez, if the project sponsor worst to submit plans and a

vice president garcia: thank you. >> thank you. mr. murphy. no rebuttal? ok. mr. sanchez. >> i would like to put on the overhead and an aerial photo that might help show the subject property. this long building is the permit holder's property. the adjacent building is the appellant's property. commissioner fung: excuse me. victor, can you grow -- blow that up a little bit? thank you. that is good. thank you. >> this would be the -- my finger is huge. this would be the permit holder's property. this is the appellant's property. you can see there is quite a recess already between the buildings. the rear of building walls are a southern-facing exposures. i would not think this would have a great addition to shut up, especially considering the shadows in the photo. the existing building already extends in such a nature. that already casts a shadow on the appellate of property. i do not think there would be net new addition of shadowed by the project. -- of shadow by the project. commissioner fung: those shadows look like it is early afternoon already. thank you for yo

garcia: thank you. commissioner fung: mr. duffy, the foundation permit, the foundation work got a separate permit versus an addendum? excuse me. >> 1130 page street, i am not sure why they applied for that. they must have wanted to get going on some of the existing building and the new foundation. our department issued that permit. since that permit got issued, and since that day and up with1138 page -- with 1138 page street, we have changed our policy on that. it did show a new foundation. i am not saying that was right or wrong, but we are not going to give up a permit any more. -- anymore. the structure will upgrade permit was revoked because it actually, on the plan, it showed the new addition, which, obviously, you cannot build on that type of permits, because it has to go through the main permit, which would have required 311 notification. there was work on that permit that was not properly approved by different city departments, so that is the reason it was revoked, and because of the roof that collapsed and all of the

mr. duffy, and their guy there said that if i wanted to appeal i needed to go to the board of appeals, so here i am. vice president garcia: i understand. i must have asked the question poorly. did you submit an invoice to show what the window cost to put in? >> they did not ask for it. vice president garcia: what did it cost you to replace it? >> it cost $5,000. their estimated cost was correct. but according to planning, i only needed to replace nine windows out of 11, because i replaced with a vinyl windows and they don't want vinyl windows. which i don't know the difference between vinyl windows and fiberglass, it looks the same. vice president garcia: that is another issue. you were saying that the windows that were replaced will have to be taken out and replaced with other windows because the final is not approved by planning? -- because of on the windows are not approved by planning? >> yes, a neighbor complained and said the windows were supposed to be wood. 80% of my neighbors who have replaced windows had vinyl. vice president garcia: that is a separate issue. my understanding is you either have to replace with