i will speak mainly about ceqa piecemeali piecemealing. the appellant claims that it was piecemealed. it is prohibited under state ceqa statute. it covers the whole of the action, excavation and three-story rear addition. it's not unusual for one project under ceqa to be subject to multiple building permits and it's covering on work on the site that was permitted. the issuance of the building permit is not relevant to this appeal and, therefore, the project was not piecemealed. the second contention is that it may result insignificant impact on the coxhead house up hill and to the west at 2421 green street. the planning department reviewed the subject property and determined it's not individually eligible for listing on a register. it is also not within the district, thus, there is no historic resources are conducted or necessary. the appellant claims that the rear expansion would impair historic resources blocking windows andrews and access to light and air. these issues, midblock open space and access to light and air, are design issues,

so we're -- our focus today is on the ceqa matters and it's not piecemeali piecemealing, which is the focus today and the planning department adequately reviewed and issued an exemption prior to permits by planning and inspection. thank you. >> president breed: thank you. seeing no names on the roster. i think i have a question about my concern because this has come up in previous appeals that have come before this board. where projects have violated the law. they've been allowed to move forward and there are penalties associated with those violations and i think i'm trying to understand how it's possible -- there's been numerous violations with this project and then issued a requirement to pay certain penalties, and maybe not by the planning department, but based on other challenges, and then we're still moving this project forward and there are -- you know, this seems to be a pattern with a lot of people who purchase homes in the city, violate the law, pay the penalties and still able to move forward with their projects, which sometimes, unfortunately, changes the character of a com