scott sanchez, planning department. i was not aware of anything until this evening so there was no way for any city agency to prepare the response, but in reviewing the complaint that was made during their presentation, that would not be a violation of the planning code. perhaps could be a violation of the administrative code. generally the public works is able to deal with blighted properties and graffiti abatement, but there are no absive planning department complaints on the property that can apply to that. i can speak generally to our processes for when a permit comes in on a property with an active complaint. it is generally the process to hold that permit until the complaint is abated, but there are some cases where we do allow it to move through if it's separate and distinct from the complaint issue. that is generally at the discretion of the departments as to how to proceed, but i can be available for any other questions. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, mr. sanchez. okay. we will now hear from the department of

scott sanchez planning department. this is the third hearing on the variants to legalize the deck and stair structure in the rear yard and it goes back to 2016. through the course of the process, work was done without proper permits and that's why we're in this situation but the property owner has attempted to go through the proper process to legalize seeking this variance, which we do believe was properly issued. through the course of the appeals, the appellants pointed out there was some inaccuracy with the plans and the property owner addressed those issues -- i believe completely. those were submitted to the board more than a month ago and yesterday morning i received an e-mail from the appellant there were additional inaccuracies. i asked to see them and i received them a little after 3:00 this afternoon which is not really sufficient time to review but i took a look through the issues and what i noticed was relatively minor. i think overall, the broad strokes of the project are clear and easy to understand. there

joined by representatives from the city departments presenting before the board this meeting, scott sanchez with the planning department. joseph duffy with san francisco department of building inspection. carla short, san francisco public of department works. the board meeting guidelines requests that you turnoff our silence all phones so they don't

scott sanchez of the planning department. property is located at 530 howard street, downtown office district. also it's in the special transit sign district. permanently out front is listed in our inventory as the owner of the sign. the subject sign was installed in 1998 with a permit that was issued on august 20th, 1998, to advertise structural sign on the property and i think to the exterior wall of the building. across that is going to be the stretched ad copy. no permit is required to change that ad copy. i don't know exactly the material. those copies can be replaced as the business that is being advertised. no permit is required. what is being thought here is another permit to remove everything. and to put up the brand new structure and sign. we denied that because it's not allowed under the planning code because that's something that's been upheld. i think that's been mentioned. we had prop g which was overwhelmingly adopted by the voters. in june or 2006, the board of supervisors passed ordinance number 140-06, this i

scott sanchez of the planning department. the subject property is located at 530 howard street, downtown office district. also it's in the special transit sign district. permanently out front is listed in our inventory as the owner of the sign. the subject sign was installed in 1998 with a permit that was issued on august 20th, 1998, to advertise structural sign on the property and i think to the exterior wall of the building. across that is going to be the stretched ad copy. no permit is required to change that ad copy. i don't know exactly the material. those copies can be replaced as the business that is being advertised. no permit is required. what is being thought here is another permit to remove everything. and to put up the brand new structure and sign. we denied that because it's not allowed under the planning code because that's something that's been upheld. i think that's been mentioned. we had prop g which was overwhelmingly adopted by the voters. in june or 2006, the board of supervisors passed ordinance number 14

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sanchez. here's what's happening now. >> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcdrew.ay for the stimulus bill which is technically already been signed. all members of congress are invited. we expect many of the democrats to show up. >>> i'm bob redell. contra costa county might be able to move into the red tier this sunday after the state loosens guidance. under the current rules you need to be at 7 cases per 100,000 people and right now, they're recording 8.3 people. however, governor newsom said it can be 10 per 100,000 expect once the vaccine is administered to underserved communities. >>> well, vianey, your forecast looks pretty nice early on anyway. >> it does. we're officially welcoming spring this weekend and it will feel that way for today and tomorrow. upper 60s in the forecast. no rain in sight. we have the high pressure that's really been keeping us dry. however, look at your seven-day forecast on sunday afternoon and into the evening, we do get light to moderate rain that moves in and don't forget to put those clocks ahead one hour on sunday evening. back t

and then kris sanchez is asking everyone to send her pictures of the last normal picture on your board -- do we have the photo? there we go. you can see scottt time he was out and about getting close to people. he's masked up because he's skiing it looks like. that was the last normal picture in his photo roll he has. if you have one, send it -- i should say tag scott in the picture and we'll talk about it. it is 6:39 for you this morning. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:42. morning views over walnut creek, the rolling clouds. by the afternoon, we're going to get a mix of sun and clouds, temperatures will top out in the upper 50s, low 60s for the bay area as a remainder of the rain moves southward into central california. full forecast in a few minutes. mike? >> we continue, vianey, with the breaking news in orinda. the traffic alert, one lane closed and the wilder exit, highway 24 is jammed through orinda out of lafayette. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza because if you get there after that delay, you're met with this backup. recent rain, recent metering lights and current wind also will affect your drive between

scott. >>> for a year we had to turn inward, the people in our immediate homes and families. for some families that getting together meant getting to know each other a little bit better. >> kris sanchezlive with how silicon valley technology helped us keep moving, connected, even when we were staying at home. kris? >> reporter: it is still really hard to believe we started learning from home and working from home basically overnight. we went home with what we had and started doing that from home. silicon valley technology had a lot to do with that and families learned to work it out and we learned what some of the limitations were as well. >> it's a lot of togetherness in some of the best ways and some of the more stressful ways. >> reporter: in their east san jose home, the kids are distance learning in the family room. dad is teaching high school from the bedroom. mom has a corner office in the garage. >> i think it's really around not finding a balance, honestly, but figuring out how we work better as a team. >> the children were able to learn to cook for themselves, clean up a little bit more, like do the laundry, clean the restrooms. >> reporter: family teamwork, employee flexib

scott mcgrew. it's thursday, this week's data, 712,000 americans applied for first-time jobless claims last week, down about 42,000 and another good sign that the economy continues to improve. >>> i'm kris sanchezsa and google now. according to the "washington post" homeland security officials will tour the facilities today and there are 3500 unaccompanied children and border patrol stations at the border waiting for beds to open up at the department of health and human services. >>> it is definitely a rainy and cold start to our day, but we're going to continue to see that rain clear out for the afternoon. live look be right now over san francisco, you can see the cloud cover there and satellite and radar showing us the rain going to trek southward along the central california area. afternoon sunshine temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s for the afternoon. 58 in san jose. we will dry out in time for friday and saturday with a little bit of rain starting to move in late sunday night as we spring forward an hour. laura? >> all right. thanks so much. something to remember. another update in a half hour. have a great morning. >>> today on california live -- vaccine empowerment. nurse barb has an