did you ha duffy guided mr. lum to make sure that it doesn't take anymore boards out. but there was another lum project on the other side of the street that as i watched that, it was completely demolished, and it -- you know, it -- it -- it -- it was -- it was run in as a remodel, and it ended up being really a new building. but we want a new building. that's not the point here. the -- the -- the consideration for making the decision of if 897, the corner rear yard cottage fronts on 22nd street or carolina -- now, the zoning administrator -- well, after richard sucre decided that the rear yard code should be 134 c 4 b in the letter that i showed you earlier, he -- he -- i don't know. he got cold feet because john lum just came after him on that and went to the planning department and -- and -- and so the zoning administrator looked at, well, how can we make this be not fronting on 22nd street? so he took it from a development perspective -- that is, is the building -- if you were going to develop on my lot, you would be fronting on carolina street. we don't -- i have n

. >> and then, mr. lum, again, remind me that i understand that bernal has a higher standard for conformity. is it 25% reduction? >> it's actually a -- well, it's a very difficult code to administer because you have to conceptualize the largest building possible, and then, you're supposed to subtract the 750 square feet from it. so it's complicated. >> so -- but for a nonplanner, unlike my fellow commissioner, what is -- >> oh, what is that reduction? >> yeah. >> you would -- theoretically, without the mass reduction requirement, you would be about 3,000-some-odd square feet of space. so if this was r-2 zoning, you're at 2300. 2385, i believe. >> and you guys are at? >> we are currently at 28? >> we're at 2387, and we're allowed 2356 total. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> week after week, we hear appeals. very rarely do we see project sponsors actually meet and try to -- to resolve issues, and unfortunately, living in as dense of a city like san francisco as we do, we are going to have these issues. gi

lum. >> clerk: is kate robinson here? mr. straussner? >> good afternoon, commissioners, i thought i would try to speak last. i support both projects. to try to answer some qualms. first on congestion. people complain about congestion and have people putting street diets all over. but here you know your reasons and problems with congestion and you have ways to solve them. you can get to that. so these congestion problems will be solved whether you have to limit tnc's, really excuse your transit-first policies over time to get people out of their cars. people who really have to drive will have a way and people who don't will find the best way is transit. the other thing no one has spoken about is really one of the benefits of corner bulbs. not only do they shorten the walk for a pedestrian, but they also make the pedestrian so much more visible. so then there's less accidents. and when you shorten the walk, you probably buy back a couple of seconds for more through traffic. you don't always but you can and it's still very safe. the other t