mr. sanchez, do you have anything to add? mr. duffy, anything to add? okay. commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> commissioners. >> i would like to move it forward, and deny the appeal on the basis the permit was properly issued. i think it's clean and clear and without any dispute or conflict. >> i agree. i believe that there is no reason to push this project forward. it is fully code compliant and variances and they have gone smaller than they could have. furthermore, i do support families that are long-term san francisco residents to stay in the city. i would also deny the appeal. >> is there a motion? >> that was why motion. >> okay. so we have a motion from vice president swig to deny the appeal and uphold the permit on the basis that it was properly issued. on that motion, president fung. >> aye. >> a commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> a commissioner honda. >> aye. >> u a commissioner tanner? >> aye. >> that motion carries and the appeal is denied. i would like to i an announce we did receive a withdrawal for item number 9, appeal 18-103. >> you nee

mr. sanchez, i might take exception with one of your comments. when you said that this was a way to get new housing, well, that's what he's doing. if he added a unit on the rear cottage, and eventually, the owner of the front building add a unit there, you've got two new units. the question is whether they're a.d.u.s or regular market-rate units. and you know, they're new units. i think the question is, is these are smaller units, which makes affordability a different discussion. my question, though, is that deck extends out -- it looks like it extends out in the neighborhood of eight to 10 feet. if he knocks out 3 feet of that, then, it's code compliant. >> the deck itself and stairs extend 9 feet into that required 25 by 25 open area. >> 9 feet? >> yeah. i can put it back up. >> i thought somebody said knocking out about three or 4 feet. >> these dash lines here show the bounds of the 25 by 25 box, so it would -- >> could you expand -- >> yeah. >> zoom out a little bit. >> overhead. >> okay. so it's the width of it? >> it's the width and the de

mr sanchez, do you have anything mr duffy? >> i almost gave him a heart attack with that one. >> okay. commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> the windows are vulnerable. that is the law. i am sympathetic to the appellant so it is very easy to say and deny the appeal because the permit was properly issued, which is what i would like to move for, with regards to the permit holder, remember, this is not the first time that anybody has said this. you all have to live with each other and so as your final building permit, if there is a little give, maybe want to give it because you will be neighbors forever. this okay if you don't. that is fine. there is no judgement there. it just makes for better neighbors. but i would like to move. >> you want us all to talk about it? >> that would be my motion if i moved forward to. thank you. >> i do agree with the vice president. i believe the hardship was created by themselves and i think that the construction project was not completed, even if it had been, lot line windows for the most

mr. sanchez for vice president. [roll call] >> five ayes. >> congratulations, mark sanchez. [applause] i just wanted briefly thank my colleagues for the honor of serving in this role again for the coming year. this is an exciting board with dynamic leaders. it's really committed to improving our schools. no one can predict the future but with this group, we can trust that it will not be business as usual in 2019. so i have a bunch of priorities that i won't share with you tonight. if you are open to hearing about them, i'll be happy to tell you them at a later point. i do want to briefly, at this moment, but in a more extended way, later on, just send our collective condolences to our superintendent who lost his mother this past weekend. she raised a really great man. we are grateful for his continued serious for our board for the sacrifice so he can serve this district. we have more information about the services. it will be this upcoming thursday. i just wanted briefly say that before we move forward with tonight's meeting. >> thank you. >> section b is opening items. sect

as you heard mr sanchez say, we had this issue a couple of weeks ago, but it does come up a lot.it is very unfortunate when they have windows, and then someone has to build next to them. it usually ends up in property line windows big lost. if you want to put in property line windows on a permit today, you will always lose the right to those windows if someone builds next to you, so you have to give that up in an affidavit. and the older buildings, we did not have that. the general thought is property line windows are property line windows, and it's always a tough conversation with someone who's getting a project done right next to them. at least here we are ahead of it sometimes people don't even realize. it is usually under construction we will get a call and they are saying, i am losing my windows. at least we are having this discussion here, which i appreciate. i am available for any questions that is all i have to say. >> and recently, if i can remember, we had a case where the windows were not permitted, and that property had to undergo quite inspection from your department

mr. sanchez, mr. costa, miss matsui, miss speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintok, mr. chu, mr. berra, mr. cardennias, mr. lowenthal, mr. peter, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mrmr. mrmr. ing a -- mr. agular, mr. gomez, mr. cox, ms. hill, mr. levin, ms. porter, mr. ruda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >>> in -- this is the moment, the this is the first person in this decade to return to the speakership in the house of representatives, nancy pelosi in her bright raspberry dress today. happy new year to both of you ladies. dana, i can still see scenes of you and now speaker plelosi eating ice cream in her old haunt in little italy in baltimore when you did that incredibly compelling interview with her. what does this moment feel like for her? >> reporter: well, it's vindication. it's a reminder that being confident and being strong as a woman is not necessarily a bad thing and not a negative. it is, you know, the fact that you can persevere over an onslaught of negative attacks, which is certainly something that she has had to deal with, mostly

mr. sanchez? we will give you a minute. >> thank you. just one more and in response to the ownership question and listed for 999,000 and sold for $1.1 million to the current owners but did go back on the market this last october for $1.5 million and hope that the current owners are disclosing all the issues that have been raised here. it does appear to be on the market now as a fixer upper. >> thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? okay. seeing none, we will move on to rebuttal. mr. kleinman, you have three minutes. >> overhead please. >> so that, just to clarify, that is the property when it was sold in 2015. that is dirt and concrete. my primary concern is that the retaining walls are sound. we did spend some money using the structural engineer. i don't want to spend anymore money. i think this is really something between the contractor and the city, and what i have been trying to do unsuccessfully for over a year in terms of emails and phones is to get the city involved so that there is something up to code

mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa, mr. khanna, mr. panetta, mr. gomez, mr. sneros, mr. cox, harder, ms. hill, ms. porter, mr. rouda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> nancy pelosi getting 220 votes to return as speaker of the house and speaker for the 1/16 congress. molly reynolds, senior fellow with the brookings institution. the will announce her presence momentarily with a big california delegation. what happens next, in terms of what we hear from speaker elect pelosi and legislatively? thing that happens is we will see the minority leader, kevin mccarthy, make some brief introductory remarks. we then we'll see don young of alaska, the longest serving member, swear in pelosi. -- pelosi

mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa, mr. khanna, mr. panetta, mr. gomez, mr. sneros, mr. cox, harder, ms. hill, ms. porter, mr. rouda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> madam clerk, the speaker-elect, nancy pelosi of the state of california. mr. mccarthy:. embers, take your seats. mr. mccarthy: the house will be in order. colleagues, friends and fellow americans, it is an honor to serve with you and to welcome you to the first day of the 116th united states house of representatives. we are here in this chamber because the faith of your neighbors and support of your family. we are here today to represent the voice and the vote of 325 million americans. now i would like everyone to pause. i w

mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa, mr. khanna, mr. panetta, mr. gomez, mr. sneros, mr. cox, harder, ms. hill, ms. porter, mr. rouda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> nancy pelosi getting 220 votes to return as the speaker of the house. our guest today is molly reynolds. the sergeant at arms will announce her presence momentarily escorted by a big california delegation. what's ahead for the house today? thatr: the next thing happens is we will see the minority leader, kevin mccarthy, make some introductory remarks. then we will see don young of alaska, the dean of the house, the longest-serving member introduce nancy pelosi and then we will see nancy pelosi make remarks to the house befor

mr. singer of raping him in 2003 when sanchez guzman was 17. not long after that, my reporting partner max pointed out to me that, youow, mr. singer had been trailed by alletions of sexual misconduct against underaged men for two decades. we spent a year researchingnd reporting around mr. singer's behavior. we spoke to, you know, 50s sourd, as you mentioned in your intro, along the way, we met these four guys, you know, none of them had ever spoken to lae media before. all four of them that they had sexual contact with mr. singer when they were underaged. you know, i think these guys had watched the #metoo movement unfold and decided it was time to tell the stories. what was really striking about them, especially the alias guys, was they didn't want anything. yoknow, thehaven't filed suit, they're not asking for money, they're not looking for attention, they just really felt like it was time to tell their story. >> so, obviously, in a story like this where the allegations are this serious, granting anonymity a very serious decision you have to m

sanchez, cnn, the white house. >>> the shutdown cost the economy more than what mr. trump wants from the white house. the economy lost $6 billion because of lost productivity and lost economic activity to outside business. meanwhile, americans aren't happy with the way the government is running. a new nbc news wall street journal poll says 63% think we are on the wrong track. 28% think we are on the right track. the numbers are up seven points the last month. let's put it into perspective with leslie. she is from the university of london, live this hour. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> this is the week the president planned to give his state of the union address. that was obviously put on hold by the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. given where things are, do you feel she is under pressure to grant that or does that continue to be held up as the negotiations continue? >> well, there is a requirement that the president deliver a state of the union address. the question is not really when. nancy pelosi said that shouldn't happen until the government is reopened and properly functioning

we expect scott sanchez kept the deputy zoning administrator representing the planning department and planning commission, mr duffy, chris pratt, urban forester of san francisco -- san francisco public works, joanne gillett, transportation coordinator representing san francisco public works youth and mapping. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. the board request to turn off or silence all phones, and other electronic devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the rules of presentation are as follows. appellants, permit holders and respondents are given seven minutes to present their case, in three minutes for rebuttal period people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the seven or three minute periods. members of the public were not affiliated with the party have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. please speak into the microphone for rehearing and jurisdiction requests, the requesters and responding departments are given three minutes to present testimony and evidence and no rebuttal. to assi

mr. bezos new relationship with former news anchor lauren sanchez and llions of dollars and control of amazontake, onlyime will tell. >> so a lot of people may ou concerned amazon as a business and what might happen to it. what do the expertssay? is this really something in play? >> most experts we spoke to think amazon is too big and too unique, they say, in what they do for a stock to take a significant hit. the only worry is the potential cash payout, they say. even then they onl expect a short dip. amazon only released a statement so far, and they say jeff remains focused and engaged on all aspects of amazon. >>> coming up, something new for fixer upper fans to get excited about. about. we've goti can't believe they a. is this even technology? did they just move a cpas in their software? genius. i'll never have to leave the house to do my taxes again. oh that's not good, man. you need your vitamin d. why does everyone keep saying that? double-checked all your expenses, and i found another deduction for you. oh my gosh, a cat. wow i've never seen you smile before. did i do it right? yeah.

sanchez, cnn, at the white house. >>> so what exactly does it mean for a u.s. president to invoke emergency powers? here's what mr.rump said on friday. >> we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely. no, we can do it. i haven't do it. i may do it. i may do it. but we can call a national emergency and build it very quickly. >> invoking emergency powers is extremely rare in the u.s. previous presidents have only done it during a national crisis such as the outbreak of war. once invoked, federal law permits the u.s. military to fund construction projects deemed critical to national security. if president trump chose this route, two officials say the pentagon believes only $1 billion to $2 billion would be immediately available. nowhere near the $5.6 billion he's demanding from congress. to get the additional money, mr. trump would have to cancel other military projected already funded. many of which are considered priorities by the pentagon. finally if president trump were to invoke emergency powers and order the u.s. military to fund and build his wall, it would almost certain

mr. trump there speaking on an opinion show. he and his surrogates speaking much of the day on saturday, defending against the articles. >> cnn's boris sanchezrt of the story for us from the white house. >> reporter: president trump launched a barrage of tweets on saturday morning responding to reporting in "the new york times" that shortly after he fired former fbi director james comey, the fbi launched an investigation, a counterintelligence investigation, to find out whether president trump had wittingly or unwittingly begun working for the russian government, potentially against american interests. cnn has confirmed that that investigation was in fact opened. we should point out the president tweeted this, quote, wow, just learning the failing "new york times" of the corrupt former leaders of the fbi, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me for no reason and with no proof after i fired lying james comey, a total sleaze. the president's own behavior after firing comey is according to "the new york times." what set agents off and raised red flags into the president's behavi

mr. trump. 32% point the finger at democrats. asked about the president he'd border wall, 56% oppose it, 39% favor it. more from boris sanchez. >> reporter: even as polling indicate that majority of americans blachl president tr s, the president attacking democrats suggesting that they should have spent the weekend in washington trying to hammer out a deal with him as he waits for them at the white house. we should note that there into -- new reporting that there have been tensions also between president trump and his new acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. a white house official who was in the room for a meeting a few weeks ago with congressional leadership and the president indicates that at one point during the meeting while mick mulvaney was trying to negotiate with democrats on that $1.3 billion that they offered the white house for border security funding, the president cut mulvaney off telling him, quote, stop, stop, just stop, what are you doing, you're fing it all up, pimick. there was shockingly no reaction in the room after the president cussed. and we're hearing that mick mulvaney is getting an earful from democ

mr. trump also saying that he would use a national emergency declaration to get funding if necessary. so the bottom line here the president's position is unchanged. our boris sanchez reports. it's not clear how another standoff would result in a different outcome. >> reporter: the white house is effectively threatening a second government shutdown if president trump and his team do not get what they want from democrats during the ongoing negotiations over border security. keep in mind the continuing resolution that was passed on friday goes through 21 days, so we may be facing a second government shutdown in three weeks if the president does not get border wall funding. his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney made the case on a sunday morning talk show. listen to this. >> we've been hoping for months to do it through legislation with democrats, but at the end of the day the president's commitment is to defend the nation and he'll do it either with or without congress. >> reporter: it's unclear exactly how the white house believes it'll be different a second time around. they don't really have the numbers when it comes to congress. remember that only one democrat i