quoting from scott sanchez. two points were already made, but i'm going to reiterate two of them. they are attempting to provide their required usable open space on the fire escape. however, it does not appear to meet this code requirement two the overall building depth with fire escape is actually one foot six inches greater to 13ft six inches than the proposal reviewed by the planning commission. i'm not sure that is what the board's intention to allow a greater encroachment. number three, they appear to be counting space that is less than six feet deep between the steps and the building wall towards the required private, usable, open space. space on fire escapes per section 130 5f3. this should be pointed out to the planning department so they can make a final determination on code compliance. number four, the board will recognize that this proposal is trying to manipulate the planning code to allow a greater encroach moment at the expense of the neighbors and i'd like to add a couple of personal notes on on on behalf of the appellants. hummingbirds i'm the co-chair of the plan

scott. >> thank you. >> fred sanchez, protect our benefits. commissioner scott is devastating news. he was always approachable. he was professional. he had the institutional knowledge that cannot be replaced. the search for his replacement is going to be extremely dif ficult, but we are all saddened because he was extremely fair and just charismatic wonderful-person. thank you. >> i'll read the instructions for those waiting online. remote viewing is available on sfgovtv and online using webex. the board welcomes public participation. there will be a opportunity for the general public to comment at the beginning of the meeting and opportunity to comment on each item. in person is first then virtual. anyone in person you are welcome to approach the podium now. we have-can come back if anyone wants to join in person. each speaker is allowed three minutes to comment unless the board president deems new time limits. all public comment is made concern thg item presenting. a caller may ask questions. the health service board will hear up to 30 minutes of remote public comment total for ea

area tonight for fundraisers on the peninsula, and our kris sanchez will have all those details throughout the day. ginger, thanks a lot, scottg today, a south bay museum now on its last legs, will meet tonight to figure out if there is a possible rescue plan. the san jose museum of textile and quilts has been around for nearly 50 years, and some of its exhibits date back to 1840 and include quilts made in the pioneer days. leaders say $300,000 must be raised by the end of june for the museum to survive. a community meeting takes place tonight at seven at the museum on south first street. also happening today. national recognition for a bay area teenager for fighting big tobacco. the campaign for tobacco free kids will honor pleasanton 17 year old connor lamb as its youth advocate of the year. his work. first led to change on the local level, where in 2020, he organized a push to ban flavored tobacco in pleasanton and then new boundaries for tobacco sales near schools. will that rippled to similar changes at the state level, and an effort he also led? lamb says his passion evolved out of health issues. his grandfather suffere

sanchez will have details on that. carrie, coming up throughout the day. all right. thank you, scott. let's turn to our climate in crisis. one bay area company is using artificial intelligence to help people recycle and get money back on the spot. i'm excited about this one. so you may have seen those cubes outside of safeway's gas stations and other places. they're called olen cubes. it can take 2500 items a day, and it uses ai to identify and sort through those containers. plastic pollution, as we all know, is a huge global issue. but did you know this? less than 9% of the plastic is actually recycled in california and in the u.s. so that puts our climate at risk and our health too, because that climate, the plastic breaks down into microplastics. and that has been found in some of the things that we eat and drink. well, one of the big problems with recycling, particularly recycling of plastic containers and crv material, is that there's really no funding or economic model to support the collection at sortation at the front end, once it gets contaminated with other material, it beco