presidio is in my district. when we scheduled the meeting in september it's important we get to the bottom of the facts and need to understand what happened or did happen -- [please stand by] -- excuse me. on this... okay. we will have a presentation up to ten minutes for the petitioner or its representative. >> thank you, president breed, members of the board. my name is scott emblich, representing the presidio terrace association here today. before i get into the details of how this matter got here, i want to emphasize what today is really about, and what it's about are two words: due process. we're here today because no one regardless of who they are, should be deprived of their property without due process of law, and we don't have to struggle very hard to figure out what due process means in this particular context because the u.s. supreme court has told us. the u.s. supreme court has said that if a tax collector has reason to believe a notice did not receive the property owner, he must take steps to notify

to that end in 2016, we bought 27 presidio terrace. the house was in serious disrespect and requires a complete interior renovation and exterior restoration. we hired a team of permitting consultants and a general contractor to help us complete the project, fully complying with all of the city's requirements. we are removing a number of old additions, reducing the size of the house on the lot while preserving the historical qualities of the house. it is a two year project. you can imagine we were shocked to discover through the news in boston that our community has this condition that threatens the safety and quiet environment that we are investing substantial time and resources into. there was no notice in any of our purchase disclosures in this situation. our realtior told us that the street and common areas were managed by the h.o.a., which she believed was true, but surely, there was some obligation on the part of the city, the seller, or someone to disclose this risk to us. more recently, we learned that the narrow path between ou

it could be put in the presidio. it could be an artificial tree in the woods in the presidio. it could be at the fire lookout station that's a high point within view in the presidio. and by the way, this apartment building that's a block south of the proposed location is the tallest point within the whole neighborhood. it could be invisible up there, and there are other locations as well, that i'll let someone else talk about. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good evening and welcome. >> good evening. thank you very much for having us. i'm just here to protest the antenna outside 3400 washington street. you look out of it, you look straight at it out of our bedroom window. you're also required to have a tree there. there is no way you can plant a tree there. you've got nothing but works underneath, you've got all the telephone -- the electrical, telephone wires and things like that. you cannot plant a tree there. you also have a green strip in front of it that has a, you know, watering system, so going through that would be -- would not be a good idea. there are a lot

he has called presidio terrace home since the age of four. and four our eldest child who is five years old when he moved here, presidio terrace is the one and only home he will ever know. jeremy died tragically in a helicopter crash on october 16, 2017, six weeks ago. we urge you to see us not only as a street, address, homeowners, but as individuals, a community, with history, connection, commitment, and compassion. thank you very much. >>president breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please, and before the next speaker speaks, are there any other speakers on behalf of the rescission of the tax sale, please lineup on your left, your right-hand side of the chamber. proceed sir. >> supervisors, i am stephen m merill, boorn in san francisco 75 years. born here, raised here, lived my entire life. i paid taxes in san francisco for 50ers i can't, and in those 50 years, i've never been delinquent. we are not tax dodgers, the presidio terrace homeowners association accepts responsibility for inadvertently dropping the ball in the 199 0'

i'm the owner of presidio terrace. i'm just an skbreer with the south bay with a simple dream of owning a piece of san francisco. i'm not rich enough to live on that street, but i would like to think that by owning that, i'm a san francisco resident in spirit. the homeowners make it sound like i'm taking away the home. i did not and i will not. in the 2.5 years i've been owning the street, they have been still walking on the street, they've been still driving on the street. as one homeowner has told me, his son is still riding his bike. i did not impact their life in any way, and there's no way in the future i would do so. all i did for the past two years was being a good san francisco resident, a good owner and dutifully pay my property tax so it will not fall into the tax sale again, and what did they do? when they realized mistake, they blamed the tax collector's office. when i tried to contact them by being a good governor contact of the street, they sued me. do you call that behavior good san francisco? so -- and

that would be an organized way a grid of these devices throughout presidio heights. i think what we're -- what i woe to -- and that requires proper g of the entire neighborhood, reae macro neighborhood and a plan st doesn't become health scelter. and defeat the purpose of what - what -- helter-skelter and makie haul their light stanchions arey the same. that;mb is why i think we shoult this and sustain the personalit- protect the personality of the neighborhood and push verizon tt together a plan with the neighbd association and the neighbors io sense. >> so what about the richmond dt or sunset district or excelsior district? should they mail out and reach o the district each time they pute up? >> that's where the character ad personality of this district is different than those and also ie districts, those districts are y blighted with -- we talked abous many times -- blighted with hore wooden telei don't kno tele-- tr items. it's like comparing apples and vegetables. >> city attorney. >> i would want o caution the bt you're not a legislative body. here to the exten

promote 1200, 15th street and potrero and you will see it build up for presidio. we are working with the transportation authority staff and city and county of san francisco staff and mayor's office on a full funding plan for this program. i appreciate the time all you commissioners gave to both me and my team to help us prepare for the public outreach. thank you. >> chairman peskin: thank you. and thank you for all of the briefings that you have given each of us offline. with regard to the new facility in scenario one, which obviously is preferable in terms of timing, what is the status of the new facility discussion? >> so, we are continuing to work on negotiation and scoping. over the summer we worked with a consul stand to get performance criteria. meaning any any facility in we were to enter into an agreement needs to meet with our core transportation needs. part of the reason we did the second set of coast estimates in the sum -- cost estimates in the summer was to see if the city went it alone and we decided to go into negotiations with a developer, how far

like the presidio. it is just beautiful. it could be just the remedy. stepping outside, hitting the trails is often just what people need. if they're feeling overwhelmed and in need of a break. >> you have a growing mountain of evidence that suggests time and nature is the perfect ant dote to stressful it helps with our physical health, our cognitive abilities. and here within walking distance for many people we have an abundance of navy. >> just end joy nature. if do you plan on visit go the presidio, keep in mind the visit oz center will be closed christmas day and new years day. >> i bundled the kids up and took them for a walk and they didn't complain because pokemon go was on. >> nature and pokemon. okay. >> it will get even colder tonight and tomorrow morning temperatures will plummet. 56 in san francisco, oakland and mountain view. here's a similar view of the sky. currently 60 in santa rosa. 56, fairfield. 53 at livermore. and one more live view. a beautiful view looking to the bay. a portion of san francisco from mt. tam. we'll have freeze go c

a hundred of us got together at the presidio for bowling and holiday crafts and lots of photo shoots. i had a blast. i'm so happy to be raising awareness and supporting this incredible group. >> all right. you bowl in a skirt? >> listen, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. [ laughter ] >> you know what i'm talking about. >> and you look lovely but that dress, by the way, so why not? >> of course she does. and at a bowling alley. >> especially the shoes. >> totally matching. okay. we're ignore show you live doppler 7. we've got hazy conditions around the bay area. that will condition for a while. in fact i'm going to pull out and show you the satellite image as well. starting off in southern california, you can see the smoke that is heading out towards the ocean. and then look at how it loops around and pulls back into the bay area. and that's all because we have high pressure over our state. and with high pressure, there's a clockwise air flow. so you see the smoke coming right back into the bay area. that's impacting our air quality. so we do have another spare the air day. no

visitors can also park and overflow lots along lincoln boulevard and in the presidio. >>> the 49ers playing the grinch this christmas eve. they thwart the playoffs abound jacksonville jaguars in their home finale. . really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. >>> here is a timely reminder for those who may want to overindulge and have a little too much to drink at christmas parties. triple leave is providing it's tipsy to service. they will give you a free 10 mile lift back home. it runs from 6 pm tonight until 6 am tomorrow. the number is on your screen.>>> our annual one warm coat collection is currently underway. the national campaign is celebrating its 25th anniversary. at last count, more than 3000 coats had been collected locally and we are encouraging people to donate a new or gently used quote, sweater or other winter items -- coat, sweater or other winter items. drop off locations are listed on your screen

de 25 aÑos que estÁ en estado de embarazo denunciÓ que luego de ser violada por ocho dominicanos presidioinvestigaciÓn. >> y me pusieron en todo lo que quisieron , hasta sin condÓn y aquÍ tengo la orden para poner una inyecciÓn porque yo no se que puedan tener estos hombres porque si me hicieron a mi se le pudieron haber hecho otra y se lo van a seguir haciendo. >> ha sido afectada psicolÓgicamente y esta solicitando una ayuda para regresar a su paÍs. mi familia >> y tuve que salir de mi paÍs para buscar una mejor vida ya no es la primera vez que me sucede. y no tenido ayuda de conducÍa denunciar no me mandaron para un ginecÓlogo como yo me siento mal. estos hombres me sacaron todo y que quiere sacar mi pasaporte y me robaron el dinero y el bono de navidad que me dieron. ellos sabÍan. >> la joven que es oriunda de caracas fue evaluada esta maÑana en el hospital. julio: en mÉxico jÓvenes emprendedores intentan erradicar la ceguera prevenible. es considerada la segunda causa de discapacidad en el paÍs.nos cuentan de que se trata. le detectaron cataratas en los ojos , un padecimiento que dif

the castro, the mission, presidio, ocean beach and the ferry building at 50 right now. 44 is our temperature in richmond. dress for 39 in union city. palo alto and santa clara and also walnut creek at 35. tracy, you're at 38. pretty clear looking air right now but it is going to be hazy this afternoon. as far as your commute goes, the winds will be calmer. there's no small craft advisory on the water today. mass transit chilly to mild and the roads lighter breezes and dry once again. east bay valleys, your 12-hour planner. 41 at 6:00. low 60s in the afternoon hours. about 55 at 6:00. we'll go up to the north bay. we're starting off at 35. still in the 40s at 10:00. look at that, 50s at noon and mid-60s during the afternoon hours. i hope you enjoy the sunshine. sue has a new accident. here are the details. >>> coming off the upper deck of the bay bridge, a live shot coming into san francisco. this is a two-car accident at the 5th street off ramp which is just out of our view here. i'm not seeing any backup on the span. it is blocking the left turn lane at 5th street coming westbound on 80. so

this goes back to the days when presidio was a military operation. >> reporter: among the signs of spyctivity, the location of the consulate on green street, with unobstructed views of the golden gate bridge and international waters not far away. >> there's also been some suggestion that maybe they were communicating with, you know, boats or other military or intelligence collection aircraft. it's very possible. >> reporter: kpix 5 security analyst jeff harp retired assistant special agent in charge of the san francisco fbi office says that odd collection of shacks and antennas on the roof were not probably for transmitting official cables. >> there's a lot of boxes, there's a lot of things, communications systems, and some of it may be for clandestine purposes. some of it may be for, you know, communication purposes. not necessarily spy activity. >> reporter: the keys were handed over to the fbi in september. harp says it's likely the fbi is still digging. >> to go in there and find a little nugget would be nice. but i think the russians were probably extremely careful about what they

sunny side, 43 degrees, west portal 53, along the coast from ocean peach to lake merced 47, park presidio 48, the castro the mission at 47, bayview 51. coming through the ferry building and heading to the financial district it's about 49 degrees right now. it's not too breezy as we look from our east bay hills camera. on the roads some sprinkles in the north bay, otherwise it will be dry all day. mass transit cooler this afternoon and if you are going to be on the bay it will be breezy tomorrow. everything is pretty good today. look at these temperatures, the lack of sunshine in the afternoon hours definitely going to dim the sun, the clouds will, and that will keep us down around a 59 to 62 degrees, could be warmer in places like san jose at 64, morgan hill and santa cruz at 63. tonight's temperatures mid to upper 30s in the north bay with a little bit of clearing, the rest of us in the low to mid 40s with that rain on the way. we have also got breezy conditions. by 7:00 tonight about 10 to 20 miles per hour, by 11:00, 15 to 25 and then by the time we get up tomorrow morning, about 20 to

commissioner johnck: something i thought was interesting was the dockation -- documentation of old presidio road. it connects with other parts of the city and area and wondered just for future relationship between this context statement and, for instance, the parks department, whether there is opportunity through our context statement to engage more interest, identification, you know, with park and rec on the road, as walking trail or whatever. >> walking trial. >> that's right. [laughter] >> commissioner johnck: so that's off the wall comment, but i loved the report. it was great. >> commissioner wolfram: commissioner hyland? >> commissioner hyland: a comment and a question. first of all, i'm some thrilled to see this. i was part of friends of 1800 at some point when we were pushing to get something like this launched and it's a long time coming. this will definitely be on the top of my bookshelf. the question i have -- so congratulations and thank you for this. the question i have is on the eastern boundary. and that is, does that key up with the delores -- commission delores context stat

as a supervisor representing presidio terrace, obviously, i'm offended by it, but it happened in any one of your districts, i would also be offended by it. on its face, it's a ridiculous idea that we want to condone that here. again, we can debate the fwlam of what happened, but i can't imagine anyone on this board, literally anyone in the entire city. i think it's not a good idea to auction off our streets to force residents to pay for the use of their streets outside their homes. it shouldn't happen in any district. and the current property owners, they were very nice when they dame in any office a -- came in my office and spoke with me. they didn't want to change anything on the property. since then i have learned that they wanted to entertain a long-term lease with the residents, so they want to make money, and last night their attorney offered the h.o.a.'s a settlement of $950,000, so they wanted to make close to $1 million to sell it back to the h.o.a. that, to me is offensive, to we want to condone that at the board of supervisors? we want to condone speculators buying people'

marine corp and a lot of our disaster and non-disaster are part of the presidio. we did a functional exercise on our emergency operations center. we activated our eoc and commodity points of distributions in the communities. moving forward we are doing biannual doc communications drill. when we activate the doc, it is essential that we can community fully and completely with our doc's. so we do that twice a year. as we move forward, february 14, 2017, lisa mentioned we are updating our ccsf earthquake plan and we are having a workshop there. moving forward we are doing an exercise with the giants to look at control of the stadium. there is a conference that happens every april, last year it was april 4th-6. this led a panel discussion tabletop exercise at the fort mason center where we learned from new york and super storm sandy and we looked at the response and recovery which included very interesting sessions with our partners specifically around mutual aid around mass care and transportation. >> moving forward we did another communications drill. we did a shelt

the homeowners association not only owns presidio terrace and its sidewalk but keeps the affordable tax rate of $4.28 a year. the road and sidewalks were sold to a san jose couple at auction because the association owed back taxes. it turned out the city of san francisco was sending those bills to the wrong address. >>> the oakland strike is moving into day 2 this morning. thousands of city workers walked off the job yesterday. kpix 5's jessica flores is live outside city hall this morning with more. jessica. >> reporter: 3,000 city workers are striking again today. we expect to see hundreds here at city hall picketing. they were in picket lines yesterday and already a couple of folks have come out with some signs here. unions representing workers in nonemergency services including public works and parking enforcement say the strike comes as months of contract negotiations broke down. now, the main sticking.wages. the union wants 8% over two years. the city is offering up to 6% over two years but the second year tied to revenue growth. >> we are, like, 10% behind other jurisdictions in

if it's not russian hill, and it's not this location in presidio heights, where is the location that we're going to have planning put in writing, a verification that they went through a real and thoughtful process about what are the alternatives to poles? poles are in the direct view of these excellent view corridors. they can put them in other locations, technically, and they should put them at other location does, and this has to be discussed with planning and with the neighborhoods, so they're doing it pole by pole. the neighborhoods don't get a chance to have a say on this, and i think it's actually a travesty and something you should deal with. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comment on this item? step forward. i thought we were having another speaker. okay. no other speakers, then, the matter's submitted. >> i don't find that the request satisfies our thresholds. >> i concur. >> i also concur. >> someone care to make a motion? >> move to deny the request. >> okay. so we have a motion from the vice president to deny that request. [ roll call. ] >>

they were in warehouses around the country, including one in the presidio at san francisco. so the four guns you see at the grace of the buford monument -- take my word of it, there are four of them. you cannot see it because of the angle. so three of the four of them -- there is a plaque on top of this one. that is the gun that fired first union artillery shot. the actual gun tube. so that the -- when the monument to john buford was dedicated that day, i caleb ceremonially spiked the gun so it could never speak again. john buford stance, looking west, ready to defend mcpherson's rich, with his friend, john reynolds, coming up behind him, having made the critical decisions that will ultimately lead to the union having the favorable defensive position that led to the union victory at gettysburg. it is all because of john buford and the delaying action he and his resolute troopers fought on the first of july of 1863. with that, i will thank you for your attention. [applause] >> we have time for one question. going to ask matt and carolyn davis to come up to the front. >> we ha

but there are sufficient access to groceries in this area, and presidio administrator jessie scott is here to provide you some more information. the architect is also here today, and we're happy to take any questions. thank you. >> hi. i'm jessie. i'm the administrator of the surgery center, and i just wanted to let you guys know a little bit about who we are and why we wanted to move. we currently have fife operating rooms and one procedure rooms, and we want to move desperate to seven surgery rooms and one procedure rooms. we are the only outpatient surgery center where patients can get that service in san francisco, and we are the first center of any kind, hospital or anything in california, to be recognized by the joint commission who awarded us advanced certification for total hip and knee replacement. the -- what we bring to the community is really a lower cost and higher quality alternative to a hospital, so i'm not sure if you have any questions about what we would be doing in there, but i'm happy to answer them. >> president hillis: we may. we're going to open it up to public

and made mention of the joint counterterrorism awareness workshop series in the presidio.i was asked to offer a prayer in and up staying three days. i think for this program. it was really a fascinating time. the were a lot of high-level people there. what came after that was of great benefit not only to our counsel but to the greater community because at several meetings with members of the fbi and unlock other law enforcement folk. their concerns about terrorism and especially islamic communities in san francisco but which are vulnerable, we were able to make connections with the religious leaders in those houses of worship and right now, they are in communication. so that's what came out of an invitation to offer a prayer. in my mind, it was a [inaudible] >> wonderful. thank you for a much and thank you for the work you do at the interfaith council. you're a terrific partner for the city. thank you. other comments? yes, connor >> i want to briefly yield the floor to dnr-a purchaser for supervisor tang's office was a brief update. >> thank you, connor. so i'm janna-with

the chronicle reports that the tax for residents who live at presidio terrace is $4.20 a year. this comes after the board of supervisor voted last week to overturn the street sale. a san jose couple bought it in a 2015 auction after homeowners failed to pay their taxes. >>> happening today some kids in silicon valley are going to get a special shopping spree courtesy of the 49ers. this is the 9ers 11th annual shop with the player event to help kids from the boys and girls club silicon valley. they will also shop with families affected by the north bay wildfires. they will buy $6,000 worth of sports equipment, supplies for after school programs. >>> eating healthy could help out our environment. the study says an increase in food production increases greenhouse gases. it includes growing crops and raising livestock. >>> take a good look at this cutie. don't we just love fiona the hippo. she's going to make her last public appearance today at the cincinnati zoo. this is her final photo op yesterday. she goes under, pops back up. the zoo says it's getting too cold for fiona to be

at the presidio soldiers were shot. if serra's to be don democracon working within that system, clearly there's condemnations to go around all around. now you had two competing groups. you had those who believer that father serra was not worthy of condemnation. it wasn't until january of this year, 2015, that pope francis announced that serra would be cannonized and that it would happen on september 23rd. well, right about that time, i was interviewed by the los angeles times for a story about father serra and the missions here and my work in the missions. that then launch add series of involvements. so i was involved with the cannonization as one of the scholars who was invited to roam to speak. while there, i spoke with three other scholars, monsignor weber, who has written for some time about father serra. we gave an overview and the strengths and the merits of the cannonization. the media entered the picture. we dealt with that. about two days later we participated in the second half in which vatican scholars and fr

in fact, at the presidio soldiers were shot for things that we will think were minor. that was the way things were done in that time. the reality is that those same kinds of procedures occurred within much of american history until relatively recently. so if serra's to be condemned for working within that system, clearly there's condemnations to go around all around. now you had two competing groups. you have those who believe that father serra was not worthy of condemnation. and those that felt he had lived a life as a holy man. and so it began here and it wasn't until january of this year, 2015, that pope francis announced that serra would be cannonized and that it would happen on september 23rd. well, right about that time, i was interviewed by the los angeles times for a story about father serra and the missions here and my work in the missions. that then launched a series of involvements. so i was involved with the cannonization as one of the scholars who was invited to rome to speak. while there, i spoke with three other scholars, monsignor weber, who has written