the number of applications nearly doubled. in the testimony that i have heard today and your previous tariffs it becomes clear that there is no political motivation , there is confusion at best about what should do about the fact harris pitched -- circumstance review to figure out whether the funding has been sent directly to the aspin correctly on political activity. following the line of questioning by my colleague from york, i have such a bill that says that the 1959 congressional wall is is to assume that the irs and the treasurer ralph lynyrd should never have been allowed. now we have the disorganized at best complete mess. i agree with this committee. however you are objectively trying to take subjective information and identify whether another has been a violation has caused grave concerns by both this committee in particular. it's not true. in fact as long as they're taking the positions, they are limited. as long as they're taking an advocacy position in line with an organization like the cancer society of the muscula

again, we heard from the applicant, we heard from the police department. there are no speakers. know that the district supervisor in in support of this request, so if we can entertain a motion. >> i did want to say that though my office is working with supervisor kim and cohen on getting stores to display more healthy options in the front of their store, especially whole grains frush produce and non-fat milk, many types of items as opposed to junk food, alcohol and cigarettes, but i still see that this is supported by the district supervisor and i'll be supportive of this item. >> great, thank you, supervisor mar, so if we can have a motion. >> i'll move that we approve this permit. >> great, thank you, and if we can include that to support it as the committee report so that it can be considered at the next board of supervisor's meeting, great, so if we can have that motion and we will take that without objection. thank you, the matter will be in regarded, congratulations. mr. clerk, if you can call item number 1. >> item number 1 is a hearing on how the department of public hea

so technically there is no due process issue with the applicant. >> it's the interested party. she has a stake in this process. >> she was here and chose to leave. >> so under the board's rules people who are officers of the west portal merchants association are not allowed to speak under public comment because they are represented by mr. kramer, but general members arrest -- are allowed to participate under public comment. if there is anyone in those categories who would like to speak please come forward. can you raise your hand so i can determine how much time to let you have. this is only on the subject of continuance. i would like two minutes each. >> my name is caroline johnson, the reason why i would object to a continuance or at the minimum allow the people who are here, members of the neighborhood who have been waiting around for 3 1/2 hours to speak, to just be able to get up and say what they think or at least demonstrate by the standing, their interest in this process. so they don't have to come back and do this again. we spent 3 1/2 hours waiting around and the pers

now, since they don't have that infrastructure in place, now we have to accept the applications. and so, that has been a challenge. and so, just to let you know that is not like we are not doing anything, it is just that we have to put the infrastructure in place now, because the state does not offer the incentives any more. >> right. >> so, what does that mean in terms of a time line. >> i think that when we determined the rules, which we are coming out with the rules then you could actually market and you can start marketing now it is just that we have to put the on-line system in place so that you could put the applications in. that we will put it on-line application and the process in place. and that sounds like a little progress and i would urge. >> and more credit than that. >> and i would urge that the general manager of staying in contact with them and accidental and make sure that they are actually true that they will be able to market it right away because like i say, on again or off again, and no matter how much funding is going to be and it is really strain. >> on the

the program. and we had 55 applicants in the latest round. and we are seeing for these spaces. >> okay. >> that application packet was not provided to us, could you summarize it simply, what are the major criteria you folks look at? when you review a application? >> so, all the businesses and the positive and a big expense and we don't often submit a design at the beginning of the process because we have to do a return and a public notice period before we can guarantee and it can move and what we asked them to do is write a little narrative, and we asked them to submit out reach, contact out reach. and site plans showing a proposed footprint of where they would like to put it such as the access panels and we also added after some sort, and they submit that and reevaluate them. on the quality and the out reach and the five-year paving plan and the street is going to be repaved we notify them. or there may be a manhole cover or something like that we can't allow a parklet it would not be allowed in front of a fire hydrant or a bus stop. >> those

letters to the applicants. when one of those did not respond, the file was closed and i was assigned another tea party application to replace it. as part of my review, i also researched determinations made with respect to previous applications by groups applying to tax-exempt status that it similar indications of political activity. throughout this process i spoke to my reviewer about these cases. at some point, i don't have a clear memory as to when, i made inclusions as to how the applications assigned to me should be determined. i subsequently drafted documents stating my recommendations and analysis. i am constrained from saying more about these applications due to prohibitions regarding the disclosure of taxpayer information. i discuss my recommendations and she suggested i forward the recommendations to judy kindle who was at that time a senior technical advisor to lois lerner. i later had a meeting with them judyrch 2011 at which kendall told me to afford my recommendations for the review. while this proc

the program. and we had 55 applicants in the latest round. and we are seeing for these spaces. >> okay. >> that application packet was not provided to us, could you summarize it simply, what are the major criteria you folks look at? when you review a application? >> so, all the businesses and the positive and a big expense and we don't often submit a design at the beginning of the process because we have to do a return and a public notice period before we can guarantee and it can move and what we asked them to do is write a little narrative, and we asked

and he applied on october 17th, 2011. >> so that was when he submitted the application. t tell us when he was requesting or thought he would have the degree? >> yes. he thought he would graduate by spring, 2012. >> okay. >> thank you, ma'am. no other questions, your honor. >> thank you. cross? >> no, thank you very much. >> may she be excused? >> yes, your honor. >> thank you very much, ma'am. you are excused. >> i would move to admit state's exhibit 209 into evidence. >> that was sonja boles melvin. but she is the registrar at seminole state college. the state wasting no time pursuing this line of questioning that judge nelson just decide was, in fact, admissible. lisa, did we get anything there? what did we get there? >> that was the quickest witness so far, wasn't it, craig, we've seen in this case. she was brought in to get the records into evidence. trial attorneys need to get evidence in through a witness. so the witness takes the stand and says yes, these are the appropriate records. it shows george zimmerman took the criminal litigation course. that's about it. th

and the planning department placed the application on hold due to changes and now that has passed we are bringing this forward and repairs to the roof and foundation improvement and it is restoration of missing features. a complete copy of the rehabilitation and maintenance plans are included in the packet. despite the lengthy process the owners have been ideal and working with the planning department to meticulously restore the upon property. the planning department recommends approval of this contract in conformance with the unanimous recommendation of approval this year. the application rehabilitation and maintenance program is consistent with the requirements of the mills act. i am available to answer any questions about the application and the program and a representative from the assessor's office can answer questions about the reevaluation. >> okay. >> good afternoon supervisors. trisha on behalf of the assessor's record's office. i would like to thank you for the opportunity to address you today. i am here with my colleague who can address specific questions

in the ma har area do need to pay a fee when submitting application and that fee pays for the review of the documents. the expanded documents increase significantly over that threshold. that associated revenue will also increase and review the documents. in addition and finally dph has the flexibility within the environmental health programs. we are committed to working closely to make sure that review ma har related projects is appropriately staffed. that concludes all the questions from the last commission reading and i'm more than happy to answer any other questions that you may have. >> thank you for going back over the tape and pulling out our questions. i appreciate that. we express our concerns in how this is going to interact with the world. the fee, do you have an idea of what that fee is going to be in ? >> i do. that fee is adjusted by the controller. if you have a copy of that ordinance it's on page 19 of the draft ordinance. section 22a 19 of the health code. the initial fee is $600 and additional fee of $200 per hour for document process

this significantly increases the applicant pool. for example, instead of using the peace officer training standards test for police it's a video we're excited over this >> supervisor mar. >> i think this is a great initiative to address the applicant pool diverse program. we want to make sure we have good mechz that the hiring is going to be fair inform women to people of color and others. but i have a question of the fire department and police what does the applicant pool look like over the year? are we at a much better place now what does the data show >> i don't have that historically on an applicant pool. as you may know we suspected the testing between the police and fire ending in the 90s and for budget reasons it's expensive to conduct the firefighter exams. it took full-time employees to take care of the testing. so we don't do it that frequently we have to look back on four years. i think the last time it was video based it had a better - i think it addresses the impact better than the written exam which is the state exam fo

currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility. and through the sf applications we support from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. you can drill down in the neighborhood and get where the newest hospital or police or fire station. >> we are positive about gis not only people access it in the office but from home because we use the internet. what we used to do was carry the large maps and it took a long time to find

and it is in our approval is predicated upon the subdivision that is shown on the application and so we are approving the permit. they need to perfect that with the department of public works and we have done this both ways. certainly it is cleaner and probably more straight forward to have the subdivision come first. and the permit on that and i can't speak for the project sponsor, i'm assuming that they are pursuing the permit first because the board would deny the permit here tonight they would presumably, you know if that is the end of the project for them they would not subdivide the lot. so, is that commonly. >> they are hedging their bets. >> i think that we have a way to resolve it. >> thank you >> there is a way, you can always condition it. and we have directed this. >> any more questions? okay, thank you. >> commissioners the matter is yours. >> okay. >> any comments? >> well, i think that the choices are complicated but i would feel the most comfortable with, i don't know maybe else can go first. i am debating. >> the issue does create the challenges and impersonally incli

tell the board i'm withdrawing my application. >> what would the board need from her? >> a letter. >> you couldn't state that the appellant, could you on your own make an affidavit stating that and then on that basis? would that be sufficient rather than call her up to say can you send me a letter? >> i'm not sure because this would be handled by the permit bureau, not by the station. >> i might have a simpler solution, mr. kramer and the appellant can withdraw the appeal, that would give the police department freehand to revoke their decision. >> i have a simpler solution. i'm going to move that we revoke this permit on the basis of lack of notice and due process and if the permit holder wants to request a rehearing, i will seriously consider it >> i would support that motion. >> okay. >> we would send out a 10 day no show notice. >> let's get this over with. [ applause ] >> quiet, you guys. commissioner has made a motion. >> okay. so the motion then is to revoke the permit commissioner fung with the finding of insufficient notice? >> no, with the fact that there was

they are not on the application form where they should be. they were started by the former governor of montana, and he wants to run for the u.s. senate. apparently political money was channeled from these pack into this organization. it was almost an entirely political organization. they are only supposed to spend 40%. that's the example. this is 2011. >> 2011 and when did you go check to see if they were there? >> recently. they are not there. >> because they are not there today means they weren't there two years ago? >> the point is he is acting like a lawyer now. the point is this is a political organization that is claiming to be a 501c4 and they were brought in by the irs jie. that's part of the reason the entities had not been contacted yet. you are moving through a mine field, hundreds of entities that have applied in the last couple years. you need to figure out who deserves to be contacted and who was potentially wrongfully accused and wrongfully asked questions. >> the questions that were asked of these people were purely political a

and it is in our approval is predicated upon the subdivision that is shown on the application and so we are approving the permit. they need to perfect that with the department of public works and we have done this both ways. certainly it is cleaner and probably more straight forward to have the subdivision come first. and the permit on that and i can't speak for the project sponsor, i'm assuming that they are pursuing the permit first because the board would deny the permit here tonight they would presumably, you know if that is the end of the project for them they would not subdivide the lot. so, is that commonly. >> they are hedging their bets. >> i think that we have a

but in order for the applicants to meet the per child requirements the outdoor pay time will need to be staggered over a number of hours. so the impact is to spread the noise currently produced over several hours. the strongest noise mitigation measure, presented, was a ten foot of fence shown here. for the closest neighbor, that will reduce the noise level and placing the vacuum 6 to 8 feet away and the most distant neighbors, it will reduce from 8 to 11 and equivalent to placing it 20 to 30 feet away. in summary, the 10 foot fence would be affected for all of the neighbors. we met with them one week ago today and anticipated this limitation and proposed an alternative. by moving the activity from the year to the front of 3771, the noise source would moved towards the already noisy street. and the building at 3769, has no property line windows. and that address in the buildings on the project site that served to contain most of the noise. and addition of the fence from the south east corner to the north east corner, with the complete the enclosure and we can extrapolate from the ass

the process. there are no surprises after an applicant has been in our office for a while. this map and the block and lot information about whether you are in mahar or not would all become available through our permit tracking system, our parcel information maps should applicants be made aware of the first permit politics if the mahar ordinance applies and could begin doing this investigation parallel with the review. this would mitigate the measure for projects that are under ceqa. if this process is required by code, it no longer be imposed by conditions of approval by way of mitigation measure. so as i already indicated by kelly prets 0 because we are amended the building and health codes we had meetings at the health inspection, planning commission, each of those commissions has recommended the board approve this ordinance and that completes my presentation unless you have questions. we have staff here from the department and mayor's office and planning. thank you. >> thank you very much. supervisor kim? >> thank you. i think this policy makes a lot of sense. since it's

challenge is real that if there is a way to get the ability and not just to market but to get the applications filed is the key. because if you market to them and say we will call you back in october you will lose the customer and i know that from listening to the intallers and if we could be flexible to get it in place tomorrow but august first could be a good day to where even if you had to use the existing levels of the installers to put the customers in the kiss temperature so you get it approved today and up and running we are going to miss this window and the idea of looking at the state certified apprenticeship and also service to employers and also to go through the ups and down to carry them through the payroll and the program helps you to supply the target workers when the need is there. this last final point, commissioner, has good direction of something to talk about in the meetings but i would offer, if it did not have to be an amendment because everything that is before you today has been vetted for dozens and dozens of hours, by a lot of folks and i am trying to understand exact

she notified me that she is withdrawing the permit application because the police department no longer supports her decision. she's left the building. >> is there something that happens when a permit is withdrawn. is there a process with a notification or documentation? >> we would send a confirmation on it and go from there and she is not here and we are not supporting granting the permit at this time. >> okay. all right. thank you. >> it's a little bit of a change. >> yeah. so commissioners -- >> didn't the police department issue the permit? >> we did issue it. >> i don't understand the process. >> they couldn't even do that because it's before the board. >> have you issued a permit that you can't support? >> yes. i can explain. >> if you give me the readers digest version. >> the process was that the permit was granted, the west portal merchants association an appealed that. it came to my desk and i just represented the police department and prepared the brief in support of the permit. the captain at the station never got all the letters in opposition for this permit and because of

the only injury. she had to pay a fee for an application process which was not treated fairly. >> the payment of applicationdoes not remedy the injury that she is complaining about. >> if this is easy, do it. if not, don't. i want to use accurate numbers. i want to find out how many universities actually use a grutter type process. one of your admissions officers is the only place that has the information. i didn't want them to do it. you are both here. if you can agree on roughly what the number is i would like to know it. otherwise i can use re-grutter numbers. >> i do not have specific numbers. this recognizes that the best universities in america have been using this for 30 years or more. >> since we're asking questions, this is a very ambitious racial program here at the university of texas. how many people are there in the affirmative action department of the university of texas? do you have any idea? it would be a lot to people to monitor all of these classes and do all these assessments of race. it probably a large number of people would be out of a job if we suddenly went to 10%. >> will monitor th

and the team responsible for determinations on applications for tax-exempt status. we are also interested in your recommendations for obtaining greater e -- effectiveness within the irs with respect to better early warning systems and risk management. we look forward to hearing your testimony on your new enterprise racing management -- risk management program which i understand will improve irs accountability and responsiveness to stakeholders including this congress. as your report makes clear, there was clear mismanagement on the part of the irs exempt organizations division in processing these tax exemption applications. the additional assessment and plan of action appeared to be a solid road map to addressing the problems, and we encourage you, as i said at the beginning, to actively, to vigorously, to completely pursuing this plan. but for our committee which launched this investigation on a bipartisan basis, the backdrop for today's hearing is the troubling new information that has come to lht about the report issued by the treasury inspector general of tax adm

and the whereas would be, whereas, the solar sf program currently accepts application from all private electric customers in san francisco, and just a statement of the fact and then the resolve that this commission directs the general manager and the further improvements to the program and for implementation for the fiscal year, 2014, through a process ininclusive of all stake holders and the results in a robust program focused on our customers. >> that is to start a process of discussing the potential changes that would focus the benefits of the go solar program on the people who have elected to be customers of san francisco. >> are you okay with that in >> yes, thank you, working with commissioner moran and the general. >> how do you sperp the amendment? >> i think that it is clear on its face, but further improvements should be worked on over the course of this year. and together, with the stake holders in that as we have been. working with the stake holders community to improve the program and have a more robust and focused program on our customers. >> all right. >> so, our custome

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the judges and their staff review every application carefully. they often ask extensive probing questions, seeking additional information from the government or requests changes before the application is ultimately approved. the court does approve the great majority of the applications at the end of this process but before it does so the process is questioned and commented, sure that the application complies with the law. finally there is congress. we are required to keep the intelligence and judiciary committees informed about these programs including detailed reports about their operation and compliance matters. we regularly engage with congress and discuss these authorities as we did this week to provide information in furtherance of oversight responsibilities. when congress reauthorize the section 215 and reauthorize section 702 in 2012 information was made available to every member of congress by briefings and written materials describing these programs in detail. in short or in summary is a better word, the procedures by which we implement t

. >> if we can begin by hearing briefly from the applicant from alcion. >> thank you for bringing my plea today. what we want to do is make a vital home grown and class inclusive kind of establishment at the bottom of california street. the liquor license is integral to the success of the operation. in a nutshell, i would say alcohol and coffee are social lubricants and we want to make affordable social lubricants for all people to interact -- people who stay at the hyatt across the street, blue color, white collar and everything in between. that kind of business is under threat in san francisco due to rising rent by way of prosperity that -- i have mixed feelings about it but i feel like small businesses are being priced out. i feel like we would like to make an establishment similar to that where -- which was cool, not too serious, but sophisticated enough to appeal to a bunch of different types of people. >> if i may, one of the things that we always ask anyone who is seeking /aeu /praoufl of this type of license is a little bit about the kind of community outreach that they have d