the new units will be affordable by design. the existing building is 3,300 square feet while the new units would be 40% of that size. the house could now rent for more than $7,000 and the new units would be closer to $5,000. understanding that we all want to support housing, the previous hearings you asked us to consider an alteration project. a quick study shows that such a project still requires front facade alteration including the steps and addition above the front cornice lane and removal of 2,000 square feet from the dwelling. this lesser addition project would still be tan a mount to demolition and the character they're building could not be maintained. each unit would be roughly 100 square feet smaller and costing an estimated $150,000 in additional construction costs. existing building is not historic. although some elements do retain their architect actual character. the project sponsor intends to slowly deconstruct the building and save as much of the charm as he can. they lived there for 15 years. they definitely ha

document pledging that our countries will take the additional necessary steps to implement the new united states korea trade agreement. i want to express my gratitude to president moon and his entire team for their dedicated efforts to reach really what we would call a historic milestone in trade. something that most people thought was not going to be happening from. day one i promised the american people that i would renegotiate our trade deals to ensure that our agreements were fair and reciprocal. for decades, politicians have talked about fixing broken trade deals only to do absolutely nothing about them. my administration is the first to keep our promise and deliver. in addition to this deal we have many in the works and they are fair deals, reciprocal deals. they make a difference to our companies and united states as a whole. the u.s. korea agreement significant agreements to reduce our trade deficit and to expand opportunities to export american products to south korea. in other words, we are now going to start sending products to south korea. these outcomes give the finest americ

are in buildings that are subject to rent control, the new units are subject to rent control, because they're in a building constructed before 1989. so for the first time, we can construct new units that would be rent-controlled. >> commissioner wolfram: thank you. >> certainly. >> clerk: commission matters, item 3, president's report and announcements. >> commissioner wolfram: no report or announcements. >> clerk: item 4, consideration of adoption of draft minutes for joint hearing july 18, 2018, and regular minutes august 1 and 15. i have no speaker cards. >> commissioner wolfram: does any member of the public wish to comment on the minutes from july 18, august 1, august 15. seeing none, i will close public comment. >> commissioner pearlman: number 8 for the minutes on august 15, project owner is jerry augusta and his name is spelled wrong, it's g-e-r-r-y. >> commissioner wolfram: page 3. >> commissioner pearlman: it's g-e-r-r-y. >> clerk: very good. >> commissioner wolfram: if there are no further revisions, do i have a motion to adopt the minut

we figured out that basically just and that small periods we figured out that the new unit was using only a third of the electricity that the old unit was using which of course results in a third of the electricity bill that might encourage more people to invest in a new unit and by doing so they'll also be doing their bit for the environment. and now it's time for something sweet this week level snack comes from senegal. a fishing village on the coast of senegal near the city of roofie sc. here it's the women who sell the catch. the market stretches further inland. and. this is where cuddyer to what he makes and sells her delicious bay knew it would be she makes one batch of della de starting with not meg water and east. coast. with. milk sugar and eggs. she won't reveal the other ingredients that make up being a set tasty apart from flour of course. to what they cook the recipe from her mother her son multi-city helps her need the dough she doesn't do it anymore because her shoulders hurt. please. please she tells us the oil has to be really hot otherwise the big one to get crispy.

new s.r.o. dwelling units to the city's how'sing stock. the project provides for a range of housing needs including s.r.o. housing. the demolition of the existing building and the construction of the new s.r.o. building brings the site into greater compliance and conformance with the planning code. the existing industrial building is not currently permitted within the zoning district, so it is currently not conforming, and its demolition would include a code compliant project. the overall architecture expression of the project is in keep with the neighborhood's character. the proposed massing will be compatible with the proposed mass,scaping, and form. the imagine meets the requirements of the san francisco planning code and does not seek any additional entitlements or exceptions. a request was received to further clarify the distinctions between what the planning code defines as an s.r.o. unit and what the city administrative code defines as a residential unit guest room. staff has prepared a powerpoint presentation to assist with that, if

this is bbc news. to unite behind her. politics with brexit. and agree with you? let's come together and get the best deal for britain. her chequers brexit plan "deranged". today's other top stories. could run into thousands. that misled investors. lead to just one point. the use of personal data, held by tech giants. borisjohnson calling the deal agreed at chequers ‘deranged'. warned labour not to play politics with brexit. contains flash photography. and the flashbulbs point in one direction. so is this lady for turning? playing politics and... agree with you? start acting in the national interest. the best deal for britain. the short answer, then, is no, not yet. over to the eu, she says. other, it is a deal... we believe it does not destroy the single market. unlike her, voted for brexit. he is not the only one urging mrs may to change tack, because... that, and it doesn't bring back control of borders. but the prime minister is defiant. a success of brexit for the future. than the others here. chris mason, bbc news, in birmingham. is at the conservative confe

and since 2014, 377 new a.d.u. units have been approved by the city, and of these, 346 are rent control. but as of today, 900 new proposed a.d.u. units are stuck in various stages of review. the backlog is unacceptable, which is why last week, i announced an executive directive, requiring that the backlog must be cleared within six months, and new application must be reviewed and decided on within four months. i also directed the departments to resolve code conflicts that trap too many of these applications and have prevented them from moving forward. the departments have now issued clear guidelines, and there is no more excuses for these units to be held up when they meet the basic standards. so no more delays. we can get these units permitted, built, so we can create the badly needed housing that we need all over san francisco. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. i appreciate that. madam clerk? >> clerk: madam president, you may now ask a follow-up question directly related to the opening question. >> president c

us and don't entice it went on as cream truck drivers or dealing with a new unit that only killed many civilians in the rush come including my father so that i was a student and i wanted to build a life for myself. but suddenly life became malinche kind of song. providing insights global news that matters d.w. made for mines. at the. turkish merchants check the price tags and increase prices if necessary in recent weeks merchants in turkey had to do that almost every day then on thursday the currency the turkish lira lost rapidly in value in august alone prices rose by twenty percent on average some goods even more . just you know i could hardly buy anything eg prices rose to sixteen or seventeen turkish lira we used to buy them for ten now i can't afford to have aches for breakfast. many turks had high hopes that the truckers central bank would raise interest rates to shore up the lira the country eagerly awaited the meeting of the turkish monetary authorities on thursday shortly before president everyone had demanded exactly the opposite he called on the monetary authorities to lower

this is bbc news. to unite behind her. politics with brexit. and agree with you? let's come together and get the best deal for britain. her chequers brexit plan "deranged". here in birmingham, criticisms like that are likely to continue. that are likely to continue. theresa may get the backing she needs for her brexit plans? today's other top stories. could run into thousands. that misled investors. regaining the trophy from the usa. up his own football team. that's in "inside out". welcome to the bbc news channel. breaking news from welcome to the bbc news channel. breaking news from the ryder cup in paris. paris. only be described as nail—biting scenes. ago, the defeat of tiger woods on the europe team. the europe team. ryder cup europe team have won their match. match. before four o'clock, there was that clear win. clear win. enough to have half a point in it. point in it. got a round of applause from the grandstand. grandstand. wild card selection to play in the team. team. world number one dustinjohnson to get that point for europe. get that point for europe.

it, all the way from -- walk-through it, all the way from the top floor to the senior beds in the new unit. we went back to the old hospital where many of us have been over the years and remember where the diabetes education programs were, and it's right there, in this beautiful all wooden building that has been services communities for all different years, and a little chapel that you do sort of stop by and say thank you. it has made a significant difference for years and years and years. all i'm saying is my gosh, why leave, a certain part of this where these programs -- you now, where these programs have been based, to say now, we're going to move in the other way? all i'm saying is this: things change, communities change, but at the same time, you have parents, grarnt parent parents, great grandparents, grandparents, you have a number of people, they came to testify, not blasting you, but saying, what a fantastic program you're running and please don't -- don't move it, and -- and that's true with the diabetes and a multitude of other programs. you have a pharmacy there. you have all t

purchase this part of louisiana was essentially a no man's land with the undefined border between the new united states in the empire state. in the 1820s some of them are giving lands in the far western part of louisiana. others who came here because it was no man's land. this is the area that he have it raised. he provided an amazon or a ups residence. nobody else would trade in this part. it was so parsley --dash like sparsely populated. they ran cattle on the wide open prairies of southwestern louisiana and braided cattle on unfriend's -- and fence range land. a very strong tradition beginning in the 18 century going into the 19th century conducting trail rides of the wild range cattle from here to the eastern ports. it all starts in southwest louisiana. >> because it was no man's land by actual agreement of two of the closest forts the spanish fort in texas in the author from louisiana had a gentlemen's agreement. they have a gentlemen's agreement at the end of the louisiana purchase. any sort of law. it was just underpopulated remote. when i cannot bother with those people there. and becaus

they're currently not renting out units that could be available to tenants. they're not create being new inlaw units, own though they have an illegal one, they're afraid to legalize or they don't have one and would have the space to create a new one, they're not because they don't want tosh subject to rent control. >> i understand they don't want to be subject to rent control. we kept pivot being back to fear. i'm trying to understand this fear. there's an example or a a behavior. i'm using this as an opportunity to understand. i hear small property owners don't like -- they would rather keep their units vacant that bring it to the market. i don't understand why? what are they fearful of? a tenant from hell coming? >> we all w deal with situations with a landlord or tenant behavior badly. maybe they have had tenants that haven't behaved well in their roles. again, we see situations from all sides. i think some have experienced bad situations with tenants and they feel that they have to pay thousand and thousands of dollars to reoccupy the units. whether it's an owner move in or what have

supporter of israel and works very closely with the united arab emirates and saudi arabia as part of their approach to the middle east they are hosting a summit in new york right near the united nations the day after trump gives holds his meeting in the security council and with president iran's president rouhani there they are hosting a summit that will include the foreign minister of saudi arabia the ambassador of the united arab emirates the ambassador of bahrain and the head of the israeli mossad in addition to that on the u.s. side they will have u.s. secretary of state pompei o and the national security advisor john bolton all of these very senior officials from the united states israel saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates will talk about how how maligned a line iran's behavior is in the middle east and what they're going to do to confront it so we're going to have a lot of anti iran rhetoric and pledged.

and new housing units go up. >> the developer calls it a dead mall and you can see why. most stores are gone. more than 1 million square feet of vacant spac cmunity isve thi. as social heart as it wa a intense two day public hearing. the city counsel voted to plans redevelop the property. to include nearly 3,000 residential units. plus commercial and retail space. >> it is something that thst been a long time coming. 12 years. >> it could be another decade before new units go up. because of factors for lawsuits that could derail plans. opponents are gearing up for a fight. citing traffic concerns. >> the area has no viable transit. we will not see any increase in transit in the next ten years. >> the developer is still considering trying to speed things up under a new state law. that fast track affordable housing development. mayor says the biggest worry is that the development could bring in more jobs than homes, making the housing crisis worse. >> if we're envoeking housing laws and trying to fix a housing crisis. we shouldn't in the process make it worse. in years. >>

and once that's relocated, the project will build a new 8-story residential building for 48 units. one story of parking for 17 spaces. and 80 class one bicycle spaces. the building will extend 80 feet in height, with two stair penthouses for a total of 96 feet. the project requires a c.u. for building height greater than 50 feet, street frontal greater than 50 feet and slight bolt exception. the project proposal is inclusionary housing, bye-bying the in lieu fee. staff received feedback from the public regarding issues to the relocation of the victorian building. in order to address that concern, staff is proposing adding a new provision that addresses the relocation. i have a copy of the proposed condition that i would like to give to the commission. basically, this commission would say a qualified preservation professional will be involved in the coordination of the relocation of the victoria building, from 807 franklin to 635 fulton. with regard to 635 fulton street, the proposal includes moving the existing mortuary building, which is three stories. it has two levels of mortuar

we all agree we have seen their efficient way to head new units. they are generally in spaces that are unoccupied. it is a good way to add new units but i think the city's process has not caught up with how to do these. they are generally in ground-floor levels with levels with exiting issues. so mayor breed issued a directive to try to get these done and departments working together to get them done in a timely fashion, which is exciting to see. i don't know if you want to add anything to that. >> commissioner richards: i was going to mention that as well. the mayor did have a press conference today. we had been working with the fire department and department of building inspection to streamline our process. i just want to give a big shout out to marcel boudreau on the staff who worked hard to make all this happened. we have come up with a much more streamlined solution to how these work. we have set up on the fifth floor of d.b.i., a desk solely for a.d.u. there is a backlog of 900 units right now that we have in applications for. we have approve

. >> 519 new units of housing, 44% affordable. you are going to have nonprofit spaces, as well as commercial office space and brings in vibrancy around that station. >> reporter: duffy is talking about the current lake merritt station at oak and eighth street. that is near the heart of oakland chinatown. this budget will make it more vibrant. people from around the east bay and hopefully all around the bay area will want to come and learn the history of open chinatown and participate in all that will happen there. >> reporter: parts board voted unanimously last week to enter into a two-year exclusive negotiation and agreement with east bay asian local development account operation and estrada investment group to work with the project. despite our reason -- region needs more housing, we need more density around transit to support our system. >> reporter: that is part of why b.a.r.t. has gotten into the development game with similar project at macarthur, fruitville, and pleasantville stations. >> reporter: letting people live and wo

permitted. >>> there were nearly three times the number of new jobs in the bay area last year as new housing units bills, according to a new local study. the metropolitan transportation commission and association of bay area government says nearly 53,000 new jobs were created last year. but, fewer than 15,000 housing units were built. those were mostly apartments and condos rather than single- family homes. the mtc says the imbalance highlights the area's housing crisis. >>> 4:27. as hurricane florence barrels toward the east coast, president trump assures residents he is ready to help them. >> we are sparing no expense. we are totally prepared. we are ready. >> up next, tracking the powerful storm expected to the land this week. >>> and, california's new bail reform law faces a new challenge. what opponents have to say as they try to get something on the ballot. >>> good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's the middle of the week, wednesday, september 12th. i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. one of our top stories is the weather back east. let's check in with steve as hurricane florence

. >> 519 new units of housing, 44% affordable . we will have commercial office space. it brings vibrancy around the station. >> reporter: if they are talk about the current lake merritt station near the heart of oakland chinatown. >> it will make it more vibrant. people around the bay area will want to come and learn the history of oakland chinatown. >> the board voted unanimously last week to enter into a two- year exclusive negotiating contract. >> we need more housing, we need more density around the area to support the stations. >> letting people live and work on top of great public transit like our bart system is an excellent step in that direction. or mac for many riders, the bigger concern is a loss of 200 parking spaces. >> want people to use public transportation, but without the parking lot, it is not going to be convenient. think it is a bad idea. >> it takes away my ability to drive my car here and take part to where i need to go. >> reporter: members say that there is a possibility of adding back some parking spaces, but they would be limited, since the go

comment here we saw a big contrast with that today at the united nations security council where the new united states special representative for syria james jeffrey basically threatened that there will be no peace in syria as long as it raining in forces or advisors are within syria so here they're threatening. to prolong and protests and continue the war on syria so that's a that's a clear but that kind of threat is a clear violation of the international the united nations charter itself pre-show you are into taishan events thanks for joining us rick rick's stillings my guest investigative journalist. last night's incident was not the first time israel has been in action against syria we discussed the previous cases with the david shooting. the reason why russia pointing the finger at the israelis is because of those past hostile actions so that israeli forces often took aim at syrian targets so if we go back rewind to the tenth of february twenty eight hundred that's where an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet crashed after being hit by syrian air defenses during an offensive in syria the two pi

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speaking on the eve of the party's annual conference in liverpool, mr mcdonnell said a new unit wouldished in the treasury to oversee the process, and in some cases investors might not be compensated. he predicted that nationalisation of rail services could be completed within five years. meanwhile the shadow equalities minister, dawn butler, will use labour's national women's conference today to outline plans for supporting victims of domestic abuse. she will say the government is not taking equality seriously, the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of managers of a ferry which capsized on lake victoria, killing over 130 people. it's thought the overloaded vessel tipped over when crowds on board moved to one side as it docked. lebo diseko reports. it is the worst kind of wait. hundreds of families desperate for news of their loved ones who'd been on board the mv nyerere. and as much as they hope for the best, some are already preparing for the worst. a community watches as the rescue effort continues, but hope is fading fast. translation: we can't reach my brother. yesterda

speaking on the eve of the party's annual conference in liverpool, mr mcdonnell said a new unit would be established in the treasury to oversee the process, and in some cases investors might not be compensated. he predicted that nationalisation of rail services could be completed within five years. meanwhile, the shadow equalities minister, dawn butler, will use labour's national women's conference today to outline plans for supporting victims of domestic abuse. she will say the government is not taking equality seriously, and labour would create a standalone department for women and equalities. were going to speak to her here on brea kfast were going to speak to her here on breakfast later. —— we're going to speak to her later on breakfast. the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of managers of a ferry which capsized on lake victoria, killing over 130 people. it is thought the overloaded vessel tipped over when crowds on board moved to one side as it docked. lebo diseko reports. it is the worst kind of wait. hundreds of families desperate for news of their loved ones who'd b

thank you. >> wow. 50 new, affordable housing units in san francisco.this is going to mean a lot for 50 residents. [applause] people who, sadly, have been struggling with homelessness right here on our streets in this city. and we know that although this is amazing for the 48 people who have already moved in to minna lee, we know that there are still more work to do for so many more people who need housing. today is a celebration. it is an opportunity to just shine a light on the fact that it takes a village. it takes a village to create an opportunity like this. to make sure that we not only renovated this building, that we find the funding to do so, but more importantly, that we make this place a home for the people who are moving in. and making sure that they have the support, and many of your programs, to be successful. al sex here today and i know you will be hearing from him, one of the new residents of this complex. alex had a lot of challenges. he will tell us a little bit about what those challenges were. sadly living on our streets, feeling ho

speaking on the eve of the party's annual conference in liverpool, mr mcdonnell said a new unit wouldblished in the treasury to oversee the process, and in some cases investors might not be compensated. he predicted that nationalisation of rail services could be completed within five years. the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of managers of a ferry which capsized on lake victoria, killing over 130 people. it is thought the overloaded vessel tipped over when crowds on board moved to one side as it docked. lebo diseko reports. it is the worst kind of wait. hundreds of families desperate for news of their loved ones who'd been on board the mv nyerere. and as much as they hoped for the best, some are already preparing for the worst. a community watches as the rescue effort continues, but hope is fading fast. translation: we can't reach my brother. yesterday morning, he spoke to our mum. we've not heard from him since. translation: i was told that i lost my aunt, my father and my younger sibling. it's a huge loss to us. this is what is left of the mv nyerere, its overturned hu

new data shows the bay area added fewer than 15,000 new units in 2017. that's far fewer than the 52,000 jobs added in the bay area. the imbalance highlights our housing crunch. the data comes from the metropolitan transportation commission and the association of bay area governments. >>> a nunn any driver is still in critical condition with life threatening injuries after his bus went out of control in san francisco. another driver's dash cam actually recorded the bus veering across lombard street early yesterday morning. the bus hit a parked van, toppled a tree and damaged a wiz. one injured passenger left the hospital today. two others were already recovering at home. investigators believe cameras on board may help them discover what went wrong. >>> new details now into what happened as wildfires forced the evacuation of two assisted living facilities in santa rosa last october during that terrible firestorm. last week, the department of social services released a legal notice to revoke the licenses of marina and villa capri. both are owned by oakmont

i mean all this is certainly also having not an impact not only on hungry but are on the p. a new unit south on the european people's party and its future how do you see that unfold you think if you need viktor orban any further he could split and maybe as many fear form another party which would be made essentially of these far right groups that are becoming more and more popular in many countries. actually i think she might get expelled of the p.p.p. for being able to to leave the party i think it's very interesting that it happened that this article seven vote happened a few months before the two thousand and one thousand elections and it's even more interesting to see that inside the p.p. man fed very well probably either candidate of the new head of the commission in a few months actually decided to vote in favor of article seven even though a few weeks up to a few weeks ago he was actually one of the defenders of viktor orban inside the party meaning that he's actually trying to reset or himself and find his balance more at the center of the people by dropping all of them and try

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speaking on the eve of the party's annual conference in liverpool, mr mcdonnell said a new unit wouldd in the treasury to oversee the process, and in some cases investors might not be compensated. he predicted that nationalisation of rail services could be completed within five years. meanwhile the shadow equalities minister, dawn butler, will use labour's national women's conference today to outline plans for supporting victims of domestic abuse. the proposals include introducing a requirement for all employers to provide ten days of paid leave for those affected. it's about prevention, protection and support. so, recognising the signs of domestic abuse, talking about domestic abuse. and one of the ways that we can start getting people to open up about it and start to get it eliminated in society, we have to tackle the justice system, in terms of when it's been reported. we have to make victims of domestic abuse feel safe and secure enough to come forward, and when we start doing those things, it means that we can start eradicating the problem. the president of tanzania has ordered t