the siding, the windows, the doors, the stairs, the sidewalk, the landscape. so let's just look at a couple different kinds of buildings and the typical problems they might have. so, for example, here's a building with final siding. what kind of maintenance do we need with the vinyl siding? we have to wash the thing, that's for darn sure. what do you think? >> it's got to be washed, caulked, checked to make sure water is not getting behind the siding. >> caulking is not a replacement for good flashing. caulk something sort of a -- an interim waterproofing material that has to be maintained. if somebody says, we have a leak, let's caulk it, what that means is we've got a temporary solution that's going to leak some more unless you maintain that caulking constantly. the way that leaks are prevented and by the way leaks and water intrusion are pretty much the number one problem in buildings. that's my experience. is that what you see as well? the way to really prevent that is through proper flashing, typically metal, and then counterflashing over the top. complex

egress and as far as the egress goes the proposed stairs are much more in accordance with the permit building code and much better stair. for egress. a couple of misrepresentations in the appellant's brief. we have direct access for the public way. that is very important as far as the egress goes. he states that we don't, we do. so just, so, so this is overhead, please? i mean this is essentially what we are looking at, just the blank wall, this 20 and a half feet long and our proposed deck that we are proposing the to reconfigure is back this far, basically, if you look on my plans that is where it is at and it has no, in our opinion it has very little to no impact on the appellant. her building extends as do the other structures around and many of these do extend into the rear yard. not all of them, but many do. and so, you know as far as what is being represented it is just a matter of perspective. in regard to the sand bar, map i am just, i am using the sand bar map to indicate where the decks are in relation to the current to the owner's property. >> a clear indication of the siz

one is to put the stairs in first and run a regularlet around the stairs that the stucco comes down to. a reglet is an l-shaped piece of metal that you're waterproofing for the stucco that goes behind distribute stucco goes on top of. it's a piece of flashing and that follows -- they'll make it -- it follows the curves and the whole edge of the stairs. and so you can put that on there, the stucco paper comes down there and you would stucco on top that have after and then you have a little caulk joint that is just something you have to maintain. it's not critical, that goes between the reglet and president stair. that will keep the stucco from cracking. >> here's an example of why we need to maintain a distance clearance between the dwround and the siding. you see this wood siding goes right down to the concrete sidewalk and it's rotting at the bottom. that rot is just going to run up through the wood and into the framing behind and once again -- now this is interesting. those are wood stairs in a wood structure. much better solution. they're also protected because they're inside. so th

even though... >> on the second floor landing of the stair leading to the third level deck. but please keep in mind that no one can gain access to this backyard any way. there is a door that is locked at the passage way. >> i'm not really following. why would you put in a security door or a gate? >> i am not understanding that. >> that would prevent anyone from gaining access. it was a prowler that the appellant was mentioning that she perceived that a prowler could gain access to this backyard and climb the stairs and jump on to the roof. that is i could mention that anybody could do that right now any way. just moving this two feet. >> okay. >> thank you. >> yes. >> what is the distance between the top of the building and the level. >> it is six feet and so another solution would be the fire lock could, extend up six feet. >> her concerns concern that some could step on to the firewall and step on to her deck. >> take it all the way... >> so the people could not step on to it, that would solve the problem. >> that is helpful. >> thank you. >> mr. sanchez. >> thank you. sco

egress and as far as the egress goes the proposed stairs are much more in accordance with the permit building code and much better stair. for egress. a couple of misrepresentations in the appellant's brief. we have direct access for the public way. that is very important as far as the egress goes. he states that we don't, we do. so just, so, so this is

and in fact this property already has by far the largest configuration of deck and rear stairs. and that is what you see, when you take a look at these photos. the applicants say that many immediate neighbors enjoy large decks and some that are larger and enter into the required rear yard tha. is simply untrue there is none out there that have a deck of the size that they are proposing. the information in the applicant's brief is completely incorrect. they have used an out dated san born map and let me show you their exhibit b. >> their exhibit b here is the site. and they have named the decks in the decks a, b, c, d. but in fact, the property line is there. if you look at my exhibit f and g, you will see the correct configuration. this deck c here is on baker's street and they have the lot that goes all the way back here. they have all of this. and so, they have used the wrong sand born maps and given you the wrong information and they are completely inaccurate representations of what is there. first they call out deck a. which is two doors down. and say that somehow it is large

but it was sad 'cause at her own party, she fell down the stairs. have you guys ever seen that live and in person -- an old lady falling down the stairs? she just tumbled and tumbled. her legs and arms are going everywhere. her hip fell off, you know? it looked like a combination between a gymnastics floor routine, but it sounded like a shoe in the dryer. [ laughter ] and her wig flew up, and it hit the ceiling fan. it just exploded like it was 4th of july. it was like, pfft! pfft! pfft! pfft! pfft! krrr! and her air tank was chasing her 'cause it's attached to the face, and the whole time, i was like, "oh, my god, do not laugh right now. that would be so tacky." but i was the only one that physically saw her fall down the stairs. all my relatives, they had to get all prickish to me in their little wisconsin accents. they're like... [ midwestern accent ] "oh, my god, how'd she fall? "i know you know. i know you know." [ normal voice ] i was like, "i don't know, dude. maybe she was in a hurry. i don't know." because it takes her like half an hour to

and remove the deck at rear of third floor and remove the interior stair at ground floor and replace the fence and scupper at rain and water leader at rear infill open storage under existing second floor and hab ate area. you have 14 minutes. >> good evening, >> you can move it down >> thank you >> my name is jennifer chung, i am speaking on behalf of my parents who are in the podium for this appeal. because they don't really speak english. we have an appealed a number of permits on this construction as the contractor has not acted in good faith regarding the planning process and the neighbors. in our early appeal, we documented we did not pay attention to the work until we realized that the work encroached to my parents' property and so we started to look into their work and then we found out that the contractor conducted work well beyond his original permits and notification, such as extended the full rear supporting wall further back to gain more space. and extended the back and relocate the rear stair and do a deck on the third floor, above the kitchen extension and a

it is just, you know, and when you go into the building you walk up the stairs you go into the hallway in of door in front of you and locks on both doors and then you go up the stairs an

so, the stairs are down there. but those stairs go down to the first floor and then pass through the noncompliant stairwell. >>> correct. in the original construction that stairway was probably like sort of the back wall stairway from the first story to the second story. and the portion there was added, presumably -- i don't know when, but from the first story to the basement. and that's where that hatch is that was referred to. >> right. >> when you say the sewer line, the change you said would be really quick, what does "quick" mean? an hour? >>> a couple hours is what the contractor told me, they would have the new sewer line brought to a point where they can connect it to the existing -- disconnect the existing and reconnect. we don't know until the excavation happens what the condition of that sewer line is if there is an element -- >> [speaker not understood]. >>> this is our contractor. >> okay. >>> [speaker not understood] contractor for the project. the plan was -- my name is eugene, oak leif construction.

you, particularly those in uniform decide to come to 75 deor street that is the apartments, take the stairs. do not take the elevators, there are blind spots and i have got this thing about ambushing so i don't like it. so just safety thing, take the stairs. secondly, i didn't have an opportunity when i was here last night because i was in mourning, to say a thank you to sergeant tad yamaguchi, he did an incredible job of trying to make the building safer and was treated very badly by property manager and social services. he actually came to the community meeting and he was going to be my two minutes worth of public comment. and i am so relieved he was escorted out. i apologized to him later and i said, we will just work harder our own way. and so, i wanted to say that. the other thing that i wanted to say is that i have been looking at this whole business of tourists being attacked. when i live in hawaii, which i did do, hawaii came up with something, honolulu which worked. they were having these tourists who were coming and they were not actually being treated to the aloha spirit. they we

the rear roof height by 9 inches. we have relocated our south egress stairs to the front of the building. these egress stairs now come through the middle of a bedroom. we also created entire length side setbacks as opposed to simply matching mr. low's lightwells. in addition to this we have made multiple attempts to work and communicate with mr. low. we have sent him seven letters dating back to september 2011. we have extended three offers to meet and discuss the project, none of which he accepted. we had one meeting which was being arrangeedth and facilitated by elizabeth in the planning department which was both agreed to and scheduled for november in 2012. mr. low canceled this meeting on one day's notice citing that he opposes this project carte blanche and he thinks the meeting would be a waste of time. mr. low maintains significant golden gate bridge views even with our current proposal. i appreciate this is a little difficult to see, but this image shows the view out from mr. low's penthouse out over the golden gate bridge and the bay. the inner cone which is 15 degrees wide depict

. >> we went directly to the stairs, took the stairs up to the top, a set of double doors to the top of the stairs to the left, which was the entrance to the master bedroom suite and went through the open door and there-- person went in and found the body and appeared he'd been deceased and in that position quite some time. >> anything unusual about the body that called your attention to it? >> other than the neck wound, he had appeared to be dried blood on his neck, appeared to be a neck wound from ear to ear. his face was dark purple almost black and the rest of his body was very pale white and it was kind of crammed in the bottom of the shower stall. >> i thought that the gunshot wound may have been last, but in any event the gunshot wounds and wounds to the neck would have come after the defensive wounds to the hands. >> there's no reason for it, there's no reason why, there's no reason i would ever want to hurt him. >> there's no way anybody else-- >> he never >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008. >> yes, i did. >> you gave an interview with inside edition, do you

. >> we went directly to the stairs, took the stairs up to the top, a set of double doors to the top of the stairs to the left, which was the entrance to the master bedroom suite and went through the open door and there-- person went in and found the body and appeared he'd been deceased and in that position quite some time. >> anything unusual about the body that called your attention to it? >> other than the neck wound, he had appeared to be dried blood on his neck, appeared to be a neck wound from ear to ear. his face was dark purple almost black and the rest of his body was very pale white and it was kind of crammed in the bottom of the shower stall. >> i thought that the gunshot wound may have been last, but in any event the gunshot wounds and wounds to the neck would have come after the defensive wounds to the hands. >> there's no reason for it, there's no reason why, there's no reason i would ever want to hurt him. >> there's no way anybody else-- >> he never >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008. >> yes, i did. >> you gave an interview with inside edition, do you

that would require section of the neighborhood notification and also the size of the stairs that they have in the rear area is encroaching into the yard and would require a variance. that side before the hearing, to speak with him and would not require a notification and not require a variance and corrected the issues with the ground floor rooms on the earlier plans it showed two full bathrooms and a laundry room even though the floor above also had laundry and the plans that he showed were much more simple and complied with all planning cold requirements and that is all that i have to comment on. >> what was the first one? >> the story room at the ground floor behind the garage required notice. >> and now, the drawings that he showed you, then are reflected in the plans that were the revised plans that was the basis of the second? >> there are some differences in that, the plans that he showed me, it is about the landing is getting smaller and you can have this stair and landing and the required rear yard, but it is only the minimum landing required but it was a gracious landing you

it is just, you know, and when you go into the building you walk up the stairs you go into the hallway in of door in front of you and locks on both doors and then you go up the stairs and there is another door with a lock on it. it does not strike you as a three unit building. i did not get into the appellant's apartment today. that unit... i called it an apartment. everyone refers to it as units that does not legalize it. >> i got a question, at the same time, i mean, we look at it and it is a single family dwelling. such as a lot of units from san francisco when the rich men in sunset that we know have non-warranted. so more of a question or a statement is that when you purchased the full five on 26th avenue with the non-warranted rooms down, and you rented and you rent them as rooms, the whole time, now it is convenient for it not to be a rentable unit when you want it to be. i mean, so, i don't know, i am trying to get a question. >> take us through the process to change it from a single family to two units. you would have to go through the planning and the parking is an issue, jus

then she yells down the stairs, was i getting in the bath or out?year-old hollers back -- i don't know, i'll come up and check. she starts up the stairs and pauses. then she yells -- was i going up the stairs or down? while this is going on, the 92-year-old was sitting at the kitchen table having tea and listens to her sisters. she shakes her head and says, i sure hope i don't get that forgetful. and she knocks on the table for good measure and then she yells -- i'll be up as soon as i answer the door! >> that was a great one. >> we have another go at bobbie. >> bobbie! bobbie's buzz. >> i have things that you never thought you needed. >> really? >> so how many times have you been on the computer and you want to show your friends a picture of something? never. now you just can now twist -- yes. so thanks to laptop suzy. >> $30. this is a great little laptop for your laptop. then we have these that are called petal panties. this he is are made, they're called bicycle lingerie. there's a little extra padding in the landing strip area. >> so when you g

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. >> as i was going up the stairs where i usually go to catch the bus to go home, that is where the bodyas. >> a woman was trying to resuscitate him. another woman may be a relative or knew him was frantically trying to. i started crying. >> while bart investigators swept the parking lot looking for clues to track down the shooter, williams thinks about the victim's family and lee has left behind. >> i did not know the person but i am sure he has a family and they are grieving now. >> bart police say it appears the suspect was on foot. and motive had not been belierelease. >> in red across the streets of the murders and saw his own life last before his eyes. >> you have to live every day like it is a last year you do not know when your time is up. i can't bart every day when i come over school. it could've been made. if it could happen on bart it could happen anywhere. >> this is the second shooting on bart the shares as of right now there's only one suspect at large. police are talking to witnesses and say this investigation is still ongoing. >> in richmond philippe djegal kron 4 news.