ms. farrell. it seems to me, one of the central issues here is there is a culture where over secrecy is actually valued. and there is no accountability for excessive secrecy. so we end up with 4 million people with security clearances, and i've heard my colleagues talk about the backlog question and i know that is very important to our companies, but i think to really get at the guts of this issue, we've got to deal with this over secrecy kind of question. i'd like to ask you, what, in your view, is the government doing that is most helpful in terms of reducing that 4 million number, which i think reflects that there are too many secrets out there and too many people are sitting on them. what's the government doing about that? >> senator, i'll start. >> i'd like to start with the gao. >> okay. >> thank you. that's okay. there's -- we have, in the past, recommended that d.o.d. and its components, the services as well as the agencies, evaluate their positions that require clearances to make sure tha

ms. goldstein. and also from mayor farrell, who declared march 30 cynthia goldstein day in san francisco. it was actually very touching. board announced the hiring of julie rosensteen. she's been at sfmta since 2005. the board heard a rehearing for an appeal at 2650 hyde street, which the board unanimously denied on february 7. the proposal was to flatten the gable roof of an existing two-unit building, add roof deck and construct an additional third floor. there was a point hearing for discretionary review last april. planning department recommended that the roof deck be set back 5 feet from the property lines. commission agreed and voted 4-1 to take d.r. zoning administrator granted the variance with the same condition. d.r. requestor appealed the building permit. board voted to deny the hearing request. the board heard an appeal of the building permit for 100 gate street, which proposed a third-story addition to a single-family home. a discretionary review hearing was held. the commission found no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances and voted 4-0 to not take d.r. and approve as