if you walk down the old stairs or side stairs and all of that land adjacent to those stairs belongs to the city and you will see a gate with the wood and you will see a gate and they are always see through and open. they cannot put a barrier up for the people to realize that is not where it should go. and that is the kind of stairway that is allowed. by the dpw. and that is kind of the gate that is allowed by the dpw and they keep it locked and it does not allow the people to come down. anybody that looks at the side of this plan will see that the stairway that goes down on the side of the house is not a wide stairway with lighting or railings and made for the public use. i don't have to do the public use stairway. it is just the right way to do it. and opening up access to the land is a good thing to do. that is what it has been from the beginning it has never changed from the very first presentation six years ago not one time. >> except that it was made smaller. >> i guess that the they mentioned that the stair stairs that have been a public stair all wait through the site we woul

the public stairs from the sight line of the windows above those stairs from the proposed buildings. short of using a parascope where you could look down in front of those window and look down at the 90 degree angle. so safety has decreased by this building in terms of eyes on the street. the public stairs will move all of the direct sunlight and be placed in the shadow. and we ask the board seriously to consider the impacts of the proposed project as they relate to proposition m and deny this project. thank you. >> thank you, mr. sanchez? >> good evening, commissioners i'm constructional engineer for the project. i have been practicing it in san francisco for over 28 years and i must say that i am extremely proud of my association with renardo and he is a brilliant architect and the professor of architecture. and this design fits perfectly within that wedge. and we are committed to repairing and maintaining and landscaping the comment ride away of the stairs in perpetuity and we are designing a four unit building and family housing and some speakers brought up the fact that why buil

. >> with stairs there currently? >> yes. >> that is an existing stairway. >> yeah. >> i didn't put it there. >> okay. >> but the door is framed into the house. >> i understand the door part. i meant that i guess that i am maybe, what is going on here then? is it that you already have the permit and you built it already? >> no, i bought a house with it there. >> and could you i am missing something, here. and i think that... >> and should we have them come up and you can finish the questions with mr. auto first. >> the existing stairs that he is referring to was a preexisting condition at the subject site. >> okay. >> they are being rebuilt as part of this. >> so it has been in existence and the challenge here is to rebuild them? >> yeah. >> essentially yeah. >> to rebuild what has already been in existence? >> yes. >> and how long has it been in existence? >> i couldn't tell you. >> do you know? >> it has been a long time. >> okay. >> i know that it has been a long time because they are not legal. >> the stairs,... >

we had a blow horn saying you must go to the stairs. it is no big deal. the stairs are stairs. frankly, climb them if you need to lose some weight. why not move around? i don't think it is that big of a deal. i don't think he is forcing anyone necessarily to climb 60 flights of stairs in manhattan. >> that's a good point. >> and he had a cattle prod. i won't mind because you use a prod in my private life. >> jaime, posting signs and forcing people into stirwell -- stirwells will lead to mugging. >> of course it will. the reason people are taking elevators as opposed to stairs is they don't know where the stairs are and had they known where the stairs are they would be going up and down. people are lazy. they are not going to be walking up and down the stairs even if you put neon lights in there. unless have you cash flowing there like one of the machines you can go in and catch money. joy i like that idea. -- >> i like that idea. my view is stairs are for the middle ages and escaloators were invented in 1600's. why go back? >> i don't see a problem for anybody who want to walk

ha, ha, ha terrible idea to tell me to take the stairs. >> you run up the stairs. >> and give me a heart attack. i could run. >> i can't see what that is. >> is that your bock? >> i think it is dangerous. i have a very close friend in georgia, and she said it is dangerous fo women to take the stairs. they could be raped in many buildings. >> adam, the final point? >> we are minimizing the fact that there is a serious obesy problem. we should give him a pat on the back. >> should have made the point. don't run up dark stairs in the middle of the night that is an issue. obesity a good excuse? >> for him but not me. >> fill the pot holes in my neighborhood before you worry about what i am eating. >> glad we t them on the screen together. many thanks to charlie and dagen. what is hotter than the temps >> the very bust fund to buy right now, adam. >> van guards market traded fund, charles. i am a fan of spreading out your investmen in mature economies. >> ben, what do you like? >> fidelity emerging markets. they are hit hard and poised for a come back as the general economy comes back. >> are

stairs that are public. >> to clarify, there was one set of stairs initially, i believe it was along mars? >> the access mars. and okay, there was a door as suggested that was on the side of the building. okay? and what happened is they would get access through this door to the public right-of-way currently it leads to the landscape area in that corner sliver that the appellant is suggesting, and that they are maintaining however, since based upon the application of the department and shows this egress point that the department is obligated to provide somehow, and egress in the public right-of-way and not necessarily in that area. >> that was my question. it was regarding that sense the door has been there in some type of stairs have been there for quite a while, does that create some type of legal easement? >> there are no legal easements, they will have to issue a minor encroachment permit to the property owner, declaring that it is something to construct out of right-of-way and it is the responsibility of the property owner to maintain and be liable for it. >> okay, thank you. >>

leading to the twin peaks stairs and heavily used by people and animals. my apartment is one of the six windows facing the green space and i see in here the people and animals all of the time. the twin peaks nature area they traverse between the residential side and the twin peaks as it is now the green area next to the vista lane offers a retreat for the animals should they encounter people on the stairs, the 70 press line green provides public safety for both people and animals. one last thing that i would like to say is what is really needed is we have tourists who often take shelter in 74 and 70 crest line drive entry ways because they are not prepared for the turn of the weather and we really need, they sit on the curb and on the stairs and they sit in our entry ways but what is needed here is not a building, we need a shelter. and so, i would like to thank you for listening. >> i urge you to deny this permit thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> i work with the architects on gaining permits through the planning building and so forth and while i dr

leading to the twin peaks stairs and heavily used by people and animals. my apartment is one of the six windows facing the green space and i see in here the people and animals all of the time. the twin peaks nature area they traverse between the residential side and the twin peaks as it is now the green area next to the vista lane offers a retreat for the animals should they encounter people on the stairs, the 70 press line green provides public safety for both

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>> you realize how many people walk up those stairs? >> no. i am so tired of stairs. when i'm walking down the street people are being looking at me going, hey, there's a hot guy. i go, nice. >> you know something, i came back from long island and the escalator was busted at penn station. i had to walk up 40 stares. >> 40? >> what i like about this is one of the things it would do is make sure there would be automatic door openers so that way you won't get trapped in the stairwell. that's what i'm scared of. >> do you walk up the stairs? >> yes, to bass skikins & robbi >> in high heels it's hard and people can always look up your skirt. >> will you just get away from this? stop this. test test. >>> time now for one more thing. what is that you're holding? >> i'm holding a really big sharpie. >> is that your one more thing? >> yes. this was president obama earlier today. >> i want to give a special shout out. >> can't he just say hello? a shout out? i banned shout out like two years ago. just say, i want to say hello. shout out is something from a talk show. >> the fir

if you walk down the old stairs or side stairs and all of that land adjacent to those stairs belongs to the city and you will see a gate with the wood and you will see a gate and they are always see through and open. they cannot put a barrier

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now stairs. new york city mayor michael bloomberg is making them the focus of his latest health kick, asking buildings to place signs to urge people to take the stairs instead. has he gone too far? he says people should be taking the stairs but this attorney says the mayor should take a hike. come on, laura. >> he is saying, just put a sign that there's a staircase. maybe don't want to be so lazy you can take them you. can still take the elevator. >> michelle you got a point. what's wrong with suggesting the stairs? >> i have enough guilt when i want to take a doughnut. how i have to feel guilty about taking the elevator? you can't make a left turn on 34th street, you can't get a large soda no salt no trans-fat. i'm not awill youd to go prom point a to point b while the mayor this mayor. >> this is an easy one. sign that says take the stairs instead of the ex-late for or elevator, as opposed to the stupid buckrakes on eve state -- bike racks on manhattan. >> get those away from huh. try to find t

bloomburg has escalated his war on fat people to include a campaign encouraging everyone to use the stairs. under legislation proposed by the mayor all new buildings would be required to increase the visibility and access to staircases because as one official noted in most places they are too dark and scary. so what does bloomy think of his health initiatives ? >> nobody is going to tell you how to live, but all of these things no matter how much you want -- some people want to make fun of them, these are things the results of which you can see and that new yorkers are living close to three years more than the national average. we must be doing something right. >> what is that about that voice? is walking really worth it? a 150-pound person must climb stairs for six hours and 30 minutes to burn a single pound of fat. to lose two pounds you need to throw up while doing it. old habits are hard to breakment breakment -- are hard to break.

you can either throw them up the stairs back at my wife or down the stairs. and then i just grabbed him right here and had to get rid of him and threw him down the stairs. the raccoon was fine. it jumped over and ran out the gate. it fit through the gate bars. >> reporter: now everyone can relive toaster's experience because it was caught on two surveillance cameras. >> if i had time to think about it, i would have figured out some way to separate them without using my hands. you hear all of these stories online about rabies and how they can bite you. it was one of those things where you care so much about an animal that they're like a family member. >> reporter: toaster is fine now, nursing a couple of bites and scratches. after being voted dog of the year in san francisco, he is traumatized by the experience but seems to be enjoying the viral video spotlight. joe vasquez, kpix5. >> peta said in a statement tonight, quite, you can't fault a man for reacting to save his dog. the raccoon took a hard hit and so we are rooting for him as well. >> tonight we're g

do you want to swim to the stairs?> mom and dad are on the other side of the camera, and they are catching it, and she says, "i'm done, i'm done." she says, "do you want to swim to the stairs?" and she says you can do it. go, go, go. >> i can't believe she made it across the pool. >> but elizabeth makes it to other side and walks right up the stairs and 16-month-old children barely know how the walk, and she is walking up the stairs after having swum the pool. >> well, she is doing what she is supposed to do, and a lot of people want them to turnover when they get into the air to learn how to breathe so they don't a lot of parents are applauding the parents for teaching her how to save her own life, and then others not. and we have the fare via skype. adam, were you surprised of the attention that the video got it? >> yes. >> and were you surprised by the negative comments that you got? >> not really. a lot of things that we got was why was there nobody in the pool with the toddler, and we said that wading through the

i love it that he thinks of us first. >> able to get up the stairs. >> oh, they are.p, this goes up the stairs as if she is teaching them and showing them what they need to be doing, but the little kids steam to be confused, because they are trying to climb the wall instead. so mama takes it into her own hands. >> she says, i have to come down here and pick them up by the scruff of their necks and bring them here. >> and tony did not send one awesome individuvideo, but the raccoon the next day. she is crying. >> did you see the hear in the eye? >> yes, she is a beautiful lady and puts the paw on the window, and hi, thanks, "right this minute." >> my heart soften eded a littl bit for this raccoon, because she didn't get into somebody's roof. >>> he is known for pulling pranks. >> and he is a d-bag. >> and this time, he is cleaning up his act by helping out a homeless man. >> i never felt so good in my life helping someone. >>> and it is a wicked fast car ride, but this is not the normal racecar. >> when you are racing, you want to fe [ woman ] dear chex cereal, i've ne

you can either throw him up the stairs back at my wife in the house or down the stairs. and then i just grabbed him right here and then just had to get rid of him. just threw him down the stairs and the raccoon was fine. just jumped over, flopped over and just ran out the gate. it actually fit through the gate bars there. >> reporter: now the whole world can relive toaster's experience because it was caught on not just one but two surveillance cameras. >> i think if i had time to think about it i probably would have figured out some way to separate them without using my hands because i just hear all these stories you read online about rabies and how they can bite you and it was just kind of one of those things where you care so much about an animal, they're like a family member. >> reporter: toaster is fine now. he is nursing a couple of bites and scratches. just two years after being voted 7 by 7 magazine's dog. year in san francisco, he is a bit traumatized by the experience but seems to be enjoying the viral video spotlight. in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> p

i could either throw him up the stairs back at my wife . [ laughter ] >> and i threw him down the stairs. and the raccoon was fine. it ran down and jumped through the gate. >> reporter: now the world can relive toaster's experience because it was caught on two surveillance cameras. >> if i had time to think about it, i probably would have figured out some way to separate them without using my hands. i hear all these stories about rabies and how they can bite you, and it was just one of those things where you care so much about an animal. >> reporter: two years after being voted dog of the year in san francisco, he is a bit traumatized by the experience. but seems to be enjoying the spotlight >> peta said in a statement tonight, "you can't fault a man for reacting to save his dog. the raccoon took a hard hit, so we are rooting for him as well." >>> a welcome site in a section of the south bay. sharks! these are leopard shark s, and no, they don't pose any threat to humans. they're a side effect of the largest wetlands restoration project ever attempted to the west coast. uc davis research

and that friend walks up the stairs. but then you'll see another student come around the bend, coming up the stairs and keep watching the guy in the corner. he pulls something out of his bookbag. you'll quickly notice it's a gun. >> oh no! >> and he fires at the student walking up the stairs. according to reports, he hit that student in the shoulder and also grazed his ear. you see the other student that he shot running down the hallway holding his shoulder, trying to figure out what just happened. >> that guy's calmly walking down the hall behind him. >> the story behind the video, this 19-year-old student who has this gun, he according to reports was a victim of bullying. now, this wasn't his begun. in fact, his uncle stayed over for the night happened to leave his gun and the student took the gun and went to school planning on injuring the student who bullied him. and this student that he shot at was, according to the young man, one of the students who bullied him. now, unfortunately, he does draw his gun again and sh

he's urging new yorkers to take the stairs. yeah, even going so far as to have architects design more stair centric buildings for the future. yeah, try taking those stairs in this heat wave. not so fun. >>> for an early look at business we turn to hampton pearson. >> good morning. stokd posted small gains wednesday following comments by ben bernanke that while the fed may start cutting back, an interest rate hike isn't coming in the near future. intel and ebay reported disappointing earns. microsoft, google, yahoo! and facebook sending a letter to president obama and congress today. they are urging the government to be more transparent on its secret surveillance programs. >>> the economy it turns out may impact how much families spend on back-to-school shopping this year. the national retail federation estimates people will spend an average of $635 on clothes and supplies, down from $688 last year. an early look at some business headlines. back to you. >> thank you hampton. >>> cvs and walgreens are among at least five retailer

so for instance, if you have a set of stairs, one of the problems if you have a set of stairs and you have to get a designer, that designer can charge you $400-600. a lot of people don't get a building permit because they don't want to pay a designer. if you have a simple set of stairs but accurate, i might add, the chances of people getting permits are much better. we also have a one story deck. we don't like to go over one story. i think at that point you probably do need an engineer to look at it. keep in mind the vast majority of detection -- decks are only one story. others have expanded on that, like wall with six feet and under with no great surcharge and we are in the process of looking at. i would also like to point out who is helping us do this are two engineers, eric g and benjamin louis. they have a bright future. they both finished their sophomore years in college. one goes to usc and one goes to s f state. how we look at projects in a whole, what we have inside dbi now is we have approximately 230 projects that we are reviewing. our policy is that like for instance it's

it is an existing stair that is being rebuilt. the board upheld that permit. there was also the first appeal of a park let, and that was at 39 30 to 39 40 judah street, [speaker not understood]. the board ultimately upheld this permit, but there were issues and concerns about concentration of park lets. this would be the third one within two blocks. there are some on the other side of judah on the next block down. there are also concerns about the loss of parking and impact on deliveries and whether or not there will be increased double parking there. i think paul of our department staff [speaker not understood] and he presented at the board of appeals and answered their questions, but they did uphold that park let permit. and two other items, one was a letter of determination i issued for 2101 mariposa, for the slovenian hall, a legal nonconforming use of the venue, but it also requested that there was an existing legal nonconforming use in terms of the commercial kitchen. and that it could be used for food production not related to the operation of the hall.

it's limbs overhang the stair in the adjacent property as you see here. coast redwoods it through 5 which move northward along the lot line on the west have grown vigorously and tower over the resident roofline. here's a better shot. you can see the size of it right there with the roofline being be there. you you can see you

it's limbs overhang the stair in the adjacent property as you see here. coast redwoods it through 5 which move northward along the lot line on the west have grown vigorously and tower over the resident roofline. here's a better shot. you can see the size of it right there with the roofline being be there. you you can see you get a feeling for size anyway of the trees. their planned on the mini lot line which are adjacent to the private property and consequentially they peer over the rooflines. you can e

his penthouse light well has four windows within a stair and bathroom. it doesn't match the adjoining light well. the lack of matching light wells was overlooked you but the department accepts this modification. the dr folks are concerned about the post panels and roof access. the planning department is remedying that the planning department match the dr south light well, to adjust to 5 feet >> thank you. dr requester. >> good evening president fong and commissioners. this is my wife. i live at 2154 larkin street. i'd like to say thank you for your consideration of this discretionary review and i appreciate the help of the planning department. my wife and i have been renter and we moved into our home. the proposed project has us concerned that the increased height will adversely effect the light which is the primary reason we purified the home. we have vivid our life savings and the thought of living in this for the next 40 years saddened us. the areas that would be implicated are the window in the stairwell and the windows in the master bedroom and i'll

it's limbs overhang the stair in the adjacent property as you see here. coast reds

it's limbs overhang the stair in the adjacent property as you see here. coast redwoods it through 5 which move northward along the lot line on the west have grown vigorously and tower over the resident roofline. here's a better shot. you can see the size of it right there with the roofline being be there. you you can see you get a feeling for size anyway of the trees. their planned on the mini lot line which are adjacent to the private property and consequentially they peer over the rooflines. you can see right there the root systems have uplifted the walkway and a building foundation next door. here we go a shot at the looking at the trees from the resident property wall right there and with the tops of those trees above the roofs they present greater sale areas. their bound to have their tops blown out which means their toppings tops break off they can drop 20 feet or more from the tops and a can create enormous damage and injury. looking at ahead those are the issues we see for the trees. were the trees to remain there redwoods two through 5 will conti

this tree it's a very large tree situated a top the wall from the sutter street stair. this has a large trunk base about 3 feet in diameter. the trunk has significant tree wounds and scarring from dropped brandishes that contain rot and decan i. it's situated above the underground sewer lines and shows it's roots have compromised the sewer lines. those seedpods litter the sidewalk making a slip and fall harasses. it has a significant lean. here's another shot. given the weight of the tree this will cause tree failure and it will fall in the direction toward the adjacent lot and out across sufrt street and rip open the sewer line. those are the issues with the red flower and gum tree. this is what we call that redwood number one it's adjacent to the tree i just described. this redwood is situated underneath the canopy which has significantly stupidity it's growth. it's limbs overhang the stair in the adjacent property as you see here. coast redwoods it through

where stairs lead nowhere. where a hall is creatively concealed. where obstacles to street markings are no problem. where superfluous signs don't get removed. and this man documents them. he is 39, a german artist and belgians by choice for the past 11 years. he has created a facebook page -- belgian solutions. >> it is basically a photo album. there are snapshots of everyday situations in public places where people have found witty solutions to problems, and their way through the day. -- improvising their way through the day. >> and historical example. the town hall is asymmetrical. the right wing was added to the building later. >> in typical brussels fashion, they did not try to harmonize the whole thing, but instead decided to build on to it somehow or other. >> belgians seem to like to cut through things literally, as here at the constitutional court building. >> this is one of the most distinguished buildings where we are standing. , the church where coronations take place, but that does not count. what counts is the practical value. >> that

the floss is tied to the teddy bear, and she is going to take that bear and then drop it over the stairs>> did you hear that, the moment that the tooth ripped out of her mouth. >> is that what it was? >> yes, this is it again. >> oh, oh, oh! > >> it's gone. wait, wait, wait. it worked. what? are you kidding me? >> she immediately runs over to the mirror to see the gap. >> did it hurt? it went overboard. >> i'm so happy. >> tell me about it. >> it is so fun. i am so glad that i finally got the tooth out. >> brave girl, too, because when you are a little girl, you need someone to slam the door or drop the teddy bear. >> she loved it. >> that is our show, everybody. we will see you for the next >>> it's time for the wendy williams show. today, funny man howie mandel. mel b. and all the crazy contestants. plus, hollywood heart throb brandon t. jackson. a look at his new movie. and ammanda bynes on the resarr and the rest. now here's wendy! [ cheers and applause ]