murphy brings up a good point. the imitation of the schematic system is telling on the future adoption of the computer system. if they cannot get the simple electronic system to work, and i have a piece of paper that said it was supposed to work by last november -- if they cannot get the simple electronic system to work, what kind of a permit tracking system are we going to have? probably worse than the one we have now. thank you. commissioner hechanova: thank you. next item. >> 9d, an update on other activities affecting the administration of the department. >> actually the hiring in of the new clerical people that will be running the system. these people were supposed to be hired in january, as we all know, and the requisitions were not signed by the mayor's office until last week. we are putting them out there. we do need people to man the desks that will be issuing the tickets to people, so it is not just a matter of whether the computer system works or not. we also have to have staff to be able to man the syst

commissioner murphy: yes. commissioner lee: you have one month to get your permit and get it resolved. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner lee: next item please. >> the next item is item number d, which is the continuing appeal regarding an order of abatement. the case number is 6733. the address is 5 freemore street. this is just a continuance, so we will allow three minutes for each side. for the updates. do we have someone from the department first? commissioner lee: yes, could the department please come forward and give us a brief update of what is happening? >> good morning, commissioners. the address by seymour street -- 5 seymour street. the case was previously held on november 17, 2010, continued to today. the violation, there was construction of a north elevation without permits. first and second notification were issued and on december 3 of 2009, an order of abatement was issued with conditions to file application to legalize, complete with review and time limits. there was a permit issued in june

. >> commissioner murphy? commissioner murphy: no. >> four to one. thank you. item six. report on the progress for setting standards for gray water systems, including permit approval for dbi and coordination with the puc. >> good morning, commissioners, vice president mar. chief plumbing inspector, san francisco. i've been asked to come and speak as part of rainwatgray wa. i have been working with the puc for the past two years now, incorporating a manual for homeowners, customers, contractors that want to start installing the re water systems. one of the things i have right now is a draft that explains how systems are to be installed. it with dbi and the plumbing department, we realized it is expensive to do the systems. one of the things in the manual is the type of plan check of the type of systems that are installed, due to the fact that we have properties that are one on top of another. planchette is one of the important things to have done tree will save contractors, homeowners money and time before they obtained a permit or start to do any type of work, so they kn

murphy? commissioner murphy: this ordinance, since it started, this one department has done a pretty good job, spearheaded by john. looking at this, you did a great job. sure, there might be a few kinks that need to be worked out, but you are certainly on the right track. commissioner lee: with the department like to answer back on how the public can report these vacant buildings? >> first of all, starting this week, you can go online. i do not believe you will get a number. how it happens -- you can go on line and make a complaint starting this week. the process prior to this was either by mail, phone, or coming to the front counter. it is a vacant building, it would be taken and put into a box. there is a senior building inspector that is assigned to that box and he prioritizes it. a complaint like that would go to the sixth floor. it would need to be transported up there. but by the end of the close of business or within a few hours, there is a number given. once the number is given, it is

murphy? commissioner murphy: this ordinance, since it started, this one department has done a pretty good job, spearheaded by john. looking at this, you did a great job. sure, there might be a few kinks that need to be worked out, but you are certainly on the right track. commissioner lee: with the department like to answer back on how

murphy. he said that if he moved it and they found problems that they would fix the problem but they would kill me for it. >> if they found problems. >> what is that old saying, trying to bring in the water? that one too much here. the issue is still the permit, not the appellants building. what i was leaning towards is that there was a right to the developer to build up to this property line. i would expected based upon my comments that i felt that the windows were not part of the commissioners concerns. this then left not necessarily the utilities that ran across a significant portion of the building in terms of the drain and meters which is where the sprinkler and gas valves were. there was a little bit of access that might have been part of that. maybe i was not as specific but i think what bothers me is the offensive nature of the response of the permit holder. and in our share that what i may or may not say in response to that. >> i agree with the commissioners about given the partisan

murphy? commissioner murphy: this ordinance, since it started, this one department has done a pretty good job, spearheaded by john. looking at this, you did a great job. sure, there might be a few kinks that need to be worked out, but you are certainly on the right track. commissioner lee: with the department like to answer back on how the public can report these vacant buildings? >> first of all, starting this week, you can go online. i do not believe you will get a number. how it happens -- you can go on line and make a complaint line and make a complaint starting this week.

murphy. murphy? si, si, murphy. very close to the way the irish pronounce murphy. i said, that's amazing. did you marry a serviceman from the -- military person who came to puerto rico. no, the family has been here since the 18th century. and i said, really? so we began tracing -- we still haven't found the actual person, but evidently it was an irish conscript in the irish navy that came to puerto rico. puerto rico was owned by britain, as they liked to do with their colonies, and efficient evidently the sailor came there and said palm trees, warm weather, and look at the girls. and he remained. that's the end of the second part. the third part is in response to the op ed piece that margaret mcpeek wrote in the chronicle and the letters, i don't know if you've read them -- you should pick up -- the letters that a couple of, you know, irish americans wrote in response accusing cousin mcpeek of not having a sense of humor. it has to do with these tee shirts that target has produced for the st. patrick's day parade in which mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were

murphy. no rebuttal? ok. mr. sanchez. >> i would like to put on the overhead and an aerial photo that might help show the subject property. this long building is the permit holder's property. the adjacent building is the appellant's property. commissioner fung: excuse me. victor, can you grow -- blow that up a little bit? thank you. that is good. thank you. >> this would be the -- my finger is huge. this would be the permit holder's property. this is the appellant's property. you can see there is quite a recess already between the buildings. the rear of building walls are a southern-facing exposures. i would not think this would have a great addition to shut up, especially considering the shadows in the photo. the existing building already extends in such a nature. that already casts a shadow on the appellate of property. i do not think there would be net new addition of shadowed by the project. -- of shadow by the project. commissioner fung: those shadows look like it is early afternoon already. thank you for yo

president hechanov commissioner murphy? >> here. commissioner walker? >> here. the next item on the agenda. president's announcements. commissioner lee: there is no president's announcements today. >> an update on dbi. >> good morning, commissioners. good morning, vice president mar and commissioners. today we have a brief item. as requested last month by president hechanova, we're here to provide you a tentative timetable for the plan. we will adjust it as needed. our primary focus right now is on our human resources. that is our dbi staff preparation, education, and training. the goal is to ensure the health and safety of our staff at work and ensure our ability to perform are a disaster response duties effectively integrated with other departments. i have the initial work plan that we have drafted. i put some time lines on that. i could go through that for you, or if you want to pick out anything that you notice, we can discuss that as well. we have tried to be realistic and reasonable in the timeframe given the amount of projects and objectives that we have

here is anderson cooper. >> this is my brother, kirk andrew murphy.he was supposed to be. >> this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother, kirk, as a happy child. the photo was taken when kirk was 4, a year before he was placed in an experimental therapy at ucla to treat what doctors identified as exaggerated feminine behavior. >> it left kirk just totally stricken with the belief that he was broken, that he was different from everybody else. >> reporter: kirk's sister maris and brother mark say chiskirk w never the same after therapy. >> they destroyed him. he was empty,ing in there. >> reporter: in 1970 kirk murphy was a smart, outgoing 5-year-old growing up near los angeles. his mother, k.t. murphy, however, was worried about him. >> well, i was becoming a little concerned about playing with the girls' toys and stroking the hair, the long hair and stuff. i was seeing feminine mannerisms that bothered me because i wanted kirk to grow up and have a normal life. >> mrs. murphy says she saw a psychologist on a local tv program talking about

his name is kirk murphy.or the first time on television, his family is sharing their story with us. and they're doing it because they want you to know who kirk really was. they want you to know what impact they say it had on the rest of his life. >> this is my brother, kirk. this is when he was -- >> this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother, kirk, as a happy child. the photo was taken when kirk was 4. a year before he was placed in therapy at ucla to treat what doctors identified as exaggerat exaggerated feminine behavior. >> it left kirk with the belief that he was broken. >> kirk's sister and brother say he was never the same after therapy. >> the only thing they did is destroy our brother. they took him away from us. he was empty, nothing there. >> in 1970, kirk murphy was a smart, outgoing 5-year-old growing up near los angeles. his mother, however, was worried about him. >> well, i was becoming a little concerned about playing with the girls toys and stroking the hair, you know, the long h

commissioner murphy: what is the annual fee for that? >> $765. that involves the registration form, ownership, other information, other requirements for the building. commissioner murphy: so it is the same fee as a single-family house, as in multiple units? >> yes. now, if you look at any active address on the list, it does not give an indication of the amount of staff time involved in any of those entries. when a particular address comes to our attention, we do a quick evaluation and then send out a letter with all of the criteria involved in registering the building. we give it a timeline. if no action is taken, they get a second courtesy letter. after that time line expires, our building inspector goes into the field, and if appropriate, will issue a notice of violation. then in the process, if nothing happens, it is scheduled for a hearing. if all of those actions are taken, we have one of our support staff full-time entering those actions and updating the list on a regular basis. the list before you was from two days ago. that has changed si

the other, larry ferguson, told us he did evaluate kirk murphy as a teenager.ee any red flags when evaluating kirk. but kirk's family says he lied to those examining him, something he learned to do, they say, to avoid punishment, which were part of the experimental therapy rekers conducted. >> he was conditioned to say what he thought they wanted to hear. >> rekers insists the therapy was intended to help. >> i only meant to help. the rational was help children help the parents who come to us in their distress, asking questions what can we do to help our child be better adjusted? >> george rekers has had a nearly three decade career as a champion of the anti-gay movement. in addition of being a founding member of the family research council, he was a member of narth, who attempts to treat those with what they call unwanted homosexuality. just last year, however, in a surprising twist, george rekers' days as a prominent anti-gay activist abruptly ended. rekers was caught with a young male escort he hired to accompany him on a trip to europe. this photograph was

the other, larry ferguson, told us he did evaluate kirk murphy as a teenager.ell adjusted and he didn't see any red flags when evaluating kirk. but a psychiatrist who followed up with kirk when he was 18, dr. richard green, wrote that kirk told him he tried to kill himself the year before because he didn't, quote, want to grow up to be gay. rekers insists the therapy was to help kirk and his parents. >> i only meant to help. and the rationale was positive to help children help the parents who come to us in their distress asking questions, what can we do to help our child be better adjusted? >> george rekers has had a nearly three-decade career as a champion of the anti-gay movement. in addition of being a founding member of the family research council, he was a board member of narth, who attempts to treat those who struggle with what they call unwanted homosexuality. just last year, however, in a surprising twist, george rekers' days as a prominent anti-gay activist abruptly ended. rekers was caught with a young male escort he hired to accompany him on a trip t

murphy? treasure heinicke? >> first of all, let's talk about the switchback issue and your recommendation that we have platform announcements of the pending switchback, which assumes that at that point in the ride, the switchback is known or planned. currently, it is the case that if such a switchback is planned or known at the time of boarding in the market street corridor, the operator is making those announcements and letting folks know as they get on, correct? >> exactly. >> so what you're suggesting is that if it's a situation, and i think this board has called on if we're going to have switchbacks, let's know about them as soon as we can for this reason, is to supplement that operator instruction with the machine not only saying l taraval but l taraval that will end at sunset or something like that. >> yes. that is our recommendation. it's good when the driver makes the announcement. in my experience, that's uneven. >> that anticipated my next question. i'm sure staff will look at your recommendation abou

murphy is here. good afternoon, mr. murphy. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman and directors. i'm daniel murphy, i'm the chair of the m.t.a. citizens advisory council. first of all, i want to extend the welcome to director ramos. welcome to the sfmta and also to invite director ramos to attend any of our c.a.c. meetings. all members of the m.t.a. board are always welcome at these meetings, and if you're interested in when they happen, they're on the m.t.a. website and also ms. boomer can direct you to the correct time and date and what's being discussed at those meetings. so welcome. we look forward to meeting you. >> thank you. >> i also want to express my thanks to executive director ford. it has been, as i was reminded before this meeting, 5 1/2 years. we have worked very productively with the executive director. we have made many demands on his time and staff time and he has been most aecom dating in those. -- most accommodating in those. we have been glad to be included in many of the major undertakings this organization has gone through in the last 5 1/2 years, particula

his name is curt murphy.t time on television his family is sharing their story with us. they are doing it because they want you to know who curt really was. they want you to know what he went through and they want you to know what impact they say hit on the rest of his life. here's anderson cooper's special report. >> this is my brother. this is what he was supposed to be. >> this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother are curt as a happy child. the photo was taken when he was 4. a year bhf he was placed in experimental therapy at ucla. >> it left curt just totally stricken with the belief that he was broken, that he was different from everybody else. >> his sister and brother say curt was never the same after therapy. >> the only thing they did was destroy our brother. he was empty. nothing there. >> in 1970 curt murphy was a smart, outgoing 5-year-old growing up near los angeles. his mother, however, was worried about him. >> well, i was becoming a little concerned about playing with the girls t

. >>> last night we told you about kirk murphy.s old when he was treated at ucla's gender identity clinic under a pseudonym to reveal his real name. the purpose was to eliminate kirk's feminine behavior and make her more masculine. the man who ran the study was george reichers. he calls the program a success. decades later the research done on kirk is still being cited by those who think kids can be prevented from becoming gay. that infewer yates kirk's family. they say the treatment that reichers called a success literally destroyed him. they want you to know what he went through and the impact it had on the rest of his life. cnn confronted reichers with their allegations. here now is anderson cooper's special report on "the sissy boy "experiment. >> kirk, what do you think of your new nephew? >> [ inaudible ] >> kirk murphy killed himself nearly six months after this video was taken in 2003. he was 38 years old and had struggled with being gay for most of his life. a struggle his family blames on experimental therapy that kirk wa

the other, larry ferguson, told us he did evaluate kirk murphy as a teenager. and didn't see any red flags when evaluating kirk, but a psychiatrist who followed up with kirk when he was 18, dr. richard green, wrote that kirk told him he tried to kill himself the year before because he didn't, quote, want to grow up to be gay. rekers insists the therapy was intended to help kirk and his parents >> i only meant to help. the rationale was positive to help children help the parents who come to us in their distress asking questions, what can we do to help our child be better adjusted? >> george rekers has had a nearly three decade career as a champion of the anti-gay movement. in addition to being a founding member of the family research council, he was also a board member of the national association for research and therapy of homosexuality, or narth, an organization whose members attempt to treat those who struggle with what they call unwanted homosexuality. just last year, however in, a surprising twist, george rekers days as a prominent anti-gay activist abruptl

commissioner murphy: i make a motion we adjourn. commissioner walker: second. >> we are now adjourned. >> this is a dpw corporation yard. i work for the bureau of street environmental services used to be street cleaning. we are a new age. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> clean. >> these are our communications dispatchers. hi. okay, no problem. you are welcome. bye-bye. >> all the information about the location, the nature of the complaint and we dispatch it. >> near the steps. >> by new they have started a hundred calls for dispatchers. >> once a get a request if they are not on the air i will page that unit. these are the radio channels. we have 14 channels. i will give a service request. >> there is a lot of expertise that goes into a call. i think we can have you dispatch and track. >> 448. >> 448. >> 19th at california. >> can you give us a little bit of a view. >> we have the city broken up to different districts. we will go to zone e. we will go to iowa street. put me to work. >> okay. >> bend it over like that. we chop it.

one of the ones you talk about is the islamic center of murphy's good tennessee. we've been fixated on the ground zero mosque in manhattan, large facilities in northern virginia. but this is on 52,000 square feet in a tiny suburb of asheville, all right? why? what is the strategy there because you spend a lot of time talking about this in the book, and this -- i had a guy from the defense department when i was going to a briefing on this tell me this is very much in keeping with what we used to call the war of position. you move through the countryside, you leave deposits of your belief and ideologies and infrastructure, and by the time you get to where you want to go, you have essentially got beach heads everywhere you want to be. is that what's going on here in your view? >> guest: i believe absolutely, fred, i do. the broad geographic scope, the mega moscow building in this country, murphy's third tennessee, this is the buckle of the bible belt. alaska broke ground on the first mosque, a rural wisconsin, northern kentucky, places you'd never expect and the key

for the good the bad of the very very disloyal just sickly ugly good craftsman chris murphy a democrat from connecticut weighed in on the growing ethics questions surrounding supreme court justice clarence thomas thomas murphy introduced legislation to force justices to follow the same code of ethics that apply to all other federal judges and then whether justice thomas is still fit to serve on the bench saying. this is starting to rise to the level where he should start to be some real investigations as to whether kind of times he continued service justice on the supreme court it's time for congress to step up in performance constitutionally mandated job of keeping an eye on the run amok. in august murphy is doing just that and others need to drive the bad the jersey governor chris christie earlier this month christie caught some flak for this exchange public access program in new jersey to work. you don't tend your children to public schools you send them to private school so i was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public schools what's your name what'