if you live in a multiunit home, you can grow pot inside your home. if you are renting a home, your landlord can make the rules. the mayor says this is a major course change for his city. >> the mayor says unregulated sales of marijuana have been going on in walnut creek. now it's time for the city to step in. >>> time is 4:15 am. let's go to sal castaneda for a check of the roads. good morning. >> good morning. sitting next to claudine must be great. we are going to the gilroy commute. northbound 101 -- i'm trying to stall. my map crashed. we are in solano county and now were going to gilroy. northbound 101 from gilroy to san jose it looks good. we've had some decent commutes all the way through san martin and morgan hill. we don't see any slow traffic in watsonville or gilroy. traffic continues to be very good into the silicon valley. there have been no problems. this early morning commute is starting off well. we are looking at a live picture of 280 northbound up on highway 17. we've been checking with the bay bridge and the traffic looks good. i n

. >> and the concern mostly deals with the single-family home situation as opposed to the multiunit situation. >> president hillis: 'cause they can do it already. if it's an rh 3, they can already claim. commissioner fong? >> commissioner fong: so i think that's a very good question, but my question is why wouldn't we approve it pending the determination it is not in conflict with the housing accountability act versus waiting two weeks? >> commissioner richards: may i? i'd also like the city attorney -- >> commissioner fong: obviously, whatever we vote on tonight is going to get vetted before it gets to the rules or the board of supervisors, so i think that vetting process is already sort of built into this, isn't it? >> commissioner richards: if -- just a thought, as i'm listening, is if this -- if this -- >> if this legislation does go through, it isn't as if you would be forced to -- >> president hillis: i think commissioner richards' concern is we would be compelled to order the demolition. it's a ltle bit what we face in some projects. some people bring the housing accountability act as

characterized by a mix of three and four story, two and three unit residential buildings with larger multiunit apartment buildings dated from the 1920s and 1930. four-story building are generally located at intersection. west of the subject property is a four story two unit building. sorry, immediately west of the subject property is a four-story, twounit building and east is a three-story, eight-unit apartment building. immediately south of the subject opert a three story two-unit residential building. across francisco street to the north is 11 unit apartment building and acros a four story 12-unit apartment building owned by the dr request tor. prior to the publication of commission packets received one e-mail in support and one e-mail in opposition. since the packet was distributed received 2 25 letters in support of and 10 in opposition to the project. i will turn these in for the record. >> the single dr was submitted by christina subnare and -- their concerns with the project are as follows that it will negatively affect neighbor's rights to privacy, that it will impede other constructio

-- if you live in a single- family home, you can grow yourself, indoor outdoor, if you live in a multiunit home, you can only grow inside your home. if you are renting, it is your landlord who decide whether they want that plant on the property.>> if it is done in moderation, i don't think there is an issue.>> reporter: but not everyone wants to see the city go green. >> what it's being used not medicinally, i have an issue with the. >> reporter: the city is just getting its feet wet for now, if it is successful, walnut creek could be open to a storefront pharmacy in the future. the mayor says that turnout for this issue was 90%, in fact more people voted on hot regulation that they did for their own city council, only 65% of voters took part in electing the city council, the vote should come down any moment, the councils leading towards a 3-to vote, in favor, -- 3-2 vote. >>> starbucks is making plans to close dozens of underperforming cafis, it says it is targeting about 150 stores nationwide, and they could be closed sometime in the next year, at the same time, the ceo says the company

if you live in a multiunit home, you can only grow inside your residence.g a home, you are at the will of your landlord. the mayor says it is a change for the city. >> this is one of the few municipalities that was against this before the election. then we realized we were wrong. >> the mayor says unregulated sales have been going on in walnut creek, and now is the time for the city to step in. >> the city of cupertino is considering a business tax that could have a big impact on the employers, including apple. the plan is similar to the controversial one that seattle recently opposed and then rescinded. >> welcome to cupertino, the home of apple, where officials are planning to make it more expensive for the tech giant here. >> he supports the proposed business tax height which would affect 30 employers, including apple and whole foods. businesses with less than 99 employees would be exempt. >> i don't think it will be enough. it's a good start. >> that counsel is considering five different models to charge companies between 150, and $1500 per empl, genera

between city and transport workers union local 250-a multiunit unit 28 to implement a union access tonew employees' program. item 17, ordinance adopting implementing amendment number 1. local it 50-a automotive service works, 7410 to implement union access to new employees program. item 18, ordinance adopting and implementing amendment number 1. new employees program and for item 19 ordinance to adopt and implement amendment number 3 to the 2014-2019 m.o.u. public safety coordinators effective july 1st, 2018 and include training funds 18-2029 total training fund amount for that fiscal year $900,000. >> president breed: supervisor cohen? >> supervisor cohen: thank you, madam president. good afternoon, colleagues, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i just wanted to take a moment and you heard the clerk going down a very long list of m.o.u., stands for memorandum of understanding for several different labor negotiations, ongoing discussions. i just wanted to take a moment and just uplift our representatives that lead the negotiation, carol eisen is here, and the team from d.h.r. as we

if you live in a multiunit home, you can only grow pot inside your home.home, your landlord can make the rules. the mayor says it is a major change for his city. >> it was one of the y realized wrong, we can't do that. >> the mayor says unregulated sales of marijuana have been going on in walnut creek. it is city to step in. >>> it is time to go out to sal castendo for a check of our wednesday morning commute. >> we are looking all right. we have a little bit of slowing out there already, which is to be expected. when we look at some of the faraway commutes, like the gilroy commute, we are doing well when it comes to speed on the freeway driving in into the morgan hill area from as far away as places like watsonville. everything is in good shape. if you're driving over to the silicon valley, we had an accident near northbound 17 near 280. it is not causing a significant delay. here is a live picture of 280 approaching highway 17. traffic is light. hopefully it will stay that way. when you get to the bay bridge, we have a bit about backup. it looks like the

this impacts multiunit buildings as well as modifying the conditional requirements for the reduced exposure. right now it is 15 by 15 horizontal dimensions. we are looking at modifying that to know dimensions less than nine seats and a minimum open area of 225 square feet. it is one minor modification. also, looking at some minor modifications to the bicycle parking requirements that will allow existing buildings with existing core doors no less than 3 feet as code compliant access to the bicycle parking. also allowing 100% of vertical parking for bicycle parking. these would only be allowed in existing buildings when they are adding a.d.u. these amendments come from doing -- reviewing over 700 applications for a.d.u. and taking a look at existing conditions and how we can improve this scenario. and really encouraging department bicycle parking. just a few other, one other points related to process improvement related to the proposal to remove the planting requirement and replace it with an in lieu requirement. it would help with streamlining, permit reviews, as well as incorporating planni

if you live in a multiunit homecoming you can only grow pot inside your home.f you're renting a home, your landlord can make the rules. the mayor says this is a big change for his city. >> this is one of the few minutes the polities that were against this before the election. we clearly realized we were wrong. >> the mayor says unregulated sales of marijuana have been going on in walnut creek. now it is time for the city to step in. >>> san jose is looking to make it easier for homeowners to build more living space on their property. the san jose city council is considering several zoning changes that would allow people to build granny flats or in law units in the backyard. according to officials, 100,000 single-family lots would be eligible. >>> a plan to improve the conditions at the civic center bart station in san francisco. we will tell you about a joint effort by san francisco police, the city and bart to fix safety and health problems that that bart station. >>> a pastor shortage at a popular church. why there might not be anyone to preach on sunday and

the internet, and i noted it here, ordinance number 250-16 which is basically doing broad band to multiunits residencies, i would assume that the commissioner -- or the commission will -- will go in favor of that other notion of building code. so, really, from -- from m perspective, the way i see it is, there are 12 people that are against this. it blocks a lot of light, no development, and it's a very easy thing for the commissioners to basically, yes, let's do discretionary review and try to come up with a solution. >> clerk: thank you, sir. your time is up. you will have time for rebuttal. >> president hillis: okay. is there any public comment in support of the d.r. requester? you can have a seat, sir. thank you. >> hi. my name is terry farrell, and i'm in 169 buena vista, and i'm behind the 89 roosevelt. my concern is echoing pretty much what shawn is saying. it's going to block a lot of our light. i'm on the floor above shawn, so it blocks all of my morning light. i live in a studio apartment that has a sliding glass door and a small outdoor area. literally this house is about 5 fe 5 fe

and extraordinary circumstance to go from six bedrooms to ten, essentially rezoning from r-1 to multiunits. the bait and switch tactic of submitting plans and then completely ignoring, expanding, and exceeding them sets a bad precedent, as has been stated before. to claim extra space for extended or large families and then reneging on moving in. also the serial permits and notice of violations exhibit a disregard of proper constraints of the planning process under the premise sometimes it's easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission. is this one of those occasions where the reward is the risk of the illegally altered, nonpermit route to structure the building? it's difficult to believe that something so simple as an extra door on the facade would have escaped detection by d.b.i. as former appeals commissioners used to fashion compromises such as changing roof lines, changing set backs, facing windows, etcetera, in this case, the contractor got the max right out of the door without any public outreach. therefore, no way should there be any increase in the number of bedrooms. in a

again, many of the seniors who are owners of multiunit buildings do not use the internet. so it would be really important to take that into consideration in adopting some of the amendments here. so i wanted to point those things out. thank you very much. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. lisa firmer, liberty hill. it's hard to understand why the planning department continues to create policies that directly affect residents but leaves them out of the process. the proposed process improvements change existing protocol but raise some of the following concerns. reducing the public notice period to 20 days is not an improvement. it makes public engagement more difficult. neighbors need time to process and understand projects that will affect them. they need time to meet, discuss, and negotiate. neighborhood associations also play a role, but communications and meeting times map not synchronize with limited notice times. to be fair, public notice time has to work for the public, not just for planning staff. lack of adequate

between the city and the transport workers union local 250-a and multiunit, unit 28, to implement a union access to a new employees' program for both. and for item 24, adopting and plementing amendment number one through the 2014-2019m.o.u. between the city and craft occasion and for item 25, an ordinance to adopt and implement amendment number three to the 2014 through 2019 m.o.u. between the city and international federation of professional and technical engineers, local 21, by aed ago one-time base wage increase to classification 8240, the public safety communication coordinators effective july 1, 2018 and to appropriate $150,000 in training funds for fiscal year 2018 through 19 for a total training fund for that year of $900,000. >> all right, colleagues. can we take those items same house, same call? without objection, the items are adopted unanimously. madame clerk, item number 26. >> an ordinance to amend the planning code to eliminate discretionary review rings for projects that contain 100% affordable housing upon delegation by the planning commission, to provide for planning dep

the adjacent properties include a two-story multiunit commercial building at 25 division street, containing restaurant and retail uses. across did he hair oe-harry st left, recology yard, and the 601 king street mixed use development containing 226 dwelling units to the north. the legislation to renew planning code section 210.3(c) which allows office use in a p.d.r. district will be considered by the board of supervisors next week. as a criteria, the sponsor has developed and submitted a p.d.r. business plan that includes a strategy for identifying potential p.d.r. tenants, marketing and outreach to target them and accessible pricing to retain tenants over time. as requires, the business plan was developed in coordination with the office of economic and workforce development and has been accepted in its final form. as part of the project sponsor's submittal in your packet, the proposed development has received seven letters of support from neighboring groups such as potrero boosters, show place east, recology, california college of the arts, and deanza properties, and organizations includi

the new neighbors had decided they would turn the house from a single residence into a multiunit home. that's not a problem. but they decided to add a fourth floor to the house. instead of building up cap they decided to excavate down. they hired an irresponsible contractor who initially pulled a single permit eric i think you do renovations on the bathroom. i'm not sure. it was one permit and they went in and they started digging. with one permit. they took out, they started that work without the use of a structural engineer, and they started digging. they took out literally 3 feet of soil from the sub level, nearly 450 square feet of soil in the backyard alone. and when the retaining walls on either side of the house started collapsing inward, a break used them with 4x4's to hold them up. they still didn't have permits to do this work. when the sub level filled with water, as it does when it rains, they bought a pump and they stuck the pipe out the back window at their basement and they pumped cap hundreds of gallons of wastewater into our backyard. >> your time is up. you can take