in particular, we want to single out kevin guy, and omar masry, who have done an outstanding job on the data and investigatory side and enforcement side. they've literally built out entirely new systems that have been running quite smoothly, allowing law-abiding hosts to enjoy the benefits of f.d.r.s and kevin runs a tiny office of just six people who epitomize teamwork and i want to recognize all of them by name, in addition to kevin and omar. peter burn, ericka jackson and milton martin. so, thank you, all, for your work and we'll hear from kevin in a minute. but a huge part of this effort has really been a function of the city attorney's office. and so i really want to shout out the city attorney, who you will remember, we had to settle the lawsuit that airbnb and homeaway brought on the law that was mentioned that supervisor campos and the board unanimously passed. and the city attorney has not shied away from going after particularly egregious cases that kevin and omar refer to them and we've been reading about some of them including the two vernell heights property where there was

>> i believe in verizon's brief, initial brief, they kind of detailed their workings with omar masry of planning to come up with their design. they have some f.a.q.'s on this be website showing some examples that planning would not have approved. like, for example on these wood poles, some carriers proposed sidearm antennas, so planning kind of carraled into a design like this one because they thought it was less objetrusiv than what was originally proposed. >> have there been at least preliminarily, when these permits have come before you, diagnosed by planning that they were not compatible, say in an historic district or a zoning protected district? >> yeah. we have received determinations from planning that facilities did not comply with the planning protected or zoning protected compatibility standards. those were mainly on the wood poles because the wood poles require more equipment like a meter and disconnect box, but we have denied them in the past. >> so there's not a rubber stamping going on. >> no. >> again, you're not accountable, but does the planning representative go ou