mr. sweeney. >> commissioner mar? >> did she move? >> getting any permits or apply for any permits or anything? >> she has not applied for any permits. >> i have a question for counsel. does the rehearing request stay our action? >> i believe it does. >> and there is a deadline for rehearing? for requesting a rehearing? >> yes, but i can't tell you what it is right off the top of my head. i think she complied -- my recollection is she complied with the time frame for requesting a rehearing. >> and now she's continuing it? >> my understanding is on september seventh, requested a continuance based on the fact that because of the high holy days. >> so, she knew when she scheduled it when it was going to be or no? my concern is that this is a delaying tactic and i wonder -- i guess we have to allow for a continuance request. but my concern is what it does to implementing our decision. so, if it stays our decision, i guess, do we have to grant a continuance? * 7th >> no. however, given the building department has agreed to it -- >> okay. >

mr. sweeney, the chief inspector, he's going to ask me where are the permits. that's all he wants to know. it doesn't matter what the assessor says, it dosment matter what the client says, there are no permits for anything that's down there. all the research i found showed it was legally a two unit building, converted to 6 units. there's a cfc that says it's a 6 unit building. any questions? >> anything further from the department? no, okay, commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> i mean, to me it's pretty clear that the unit is illegal and needs to be removed. i'm troubled by the timing, i'm troubled by the acceptance of rent and what looks to be the timing with respect to the one year lease and i don't know if there's anything we can do, but i believe that the permit itself needs to be upheld. >> i would agree with that. you know, it's really troubling to hear that and i think the remedy is probably in the landlord-tenant context for the tenant here. but it does trouble me that the rent was accepted and that there is this claim that there was a lack of kno

mr. mccray senior. on september 11th, i joined acting director huey deputy sweeney and chief henchon as we sat with six top staff from the los angeles building department who visited san francisco to learn about our procedures and code enforcements and inspects and plan review we discussed earlier in the last item. * inspections at the recommendation of acting director huey, we will be establishing a new committee to recognize and award outstanding dbi employees on a quarterly or annual basis. an initial organizational session was held yesterday and i was there. vice president mar was there. i was pleased to be part of this new committee. other members include emilie morrison and jeffery mar and bill strawn. it was a good discussion and as i joke with bill in good fashion, we find issues we want to address first before we can agree on it. we'll have another meeting and the goal here is to have this program in place here starting next year and do it on a quarterly basis. i think it will be a very, very good policy to have in place to recognize all the -- particularly the people in the dbi family who are