it's that anything above that amount is demonstrably unaffordable. preserve that housing doesn't achieve the stated goal of 317, which is to preserve affordable housing stock. the permiltd holder provided an appraisal in this case in january of 2017 determining this home to be 1.64 million, and noting that this home was at the low to midrange and to easily be sold at a higher price. the associated new construction permit, which i'll discussion net was subject to a discretionary review hearing. although the demolition permit was not technically subject to the discretionary review, it is important to note that the planning commission did not take any issue with the demolition itself as part of their review, and they approved the associated new construction permit with a 5-2 vote in september of 2017. given the timeline of the discretionary review, the planning department did not approve the discretionary permit until december of 2017. the planning department continued its hold until the permit was reviewed by dbi, and both permits were issued in januar

i was with staff in a very good meeting, and they said everything else's unaffordable, so what's the purpose of saving anything? i thought that's kind of right. not many people can afford much. i actually looked on the california association of realtors' website, and they actually have a graph. since 1991-2, what's the affordab affordable median rate of housing in san francisco. so the highest it's been, and that was in first quarter of 2012 was 30 -- nearly 30%. for people to say -- and it goes over time based on economic cycles, so we have highs of 30%, and right now we're at about 12. so do we want to just say we're going to freeze the unafford jabl rate able rate because it was 12% a few years in the past. we need to look at if preserving it is getting us what we want. 17 temple, it was a shack. it needed waterproofing. it needed all kinds of stuff. i had a project around the corner. i used to walk by 17 temple, because it was a d.r., and we had it indefinited forever. it needed a lot of work. now, the question is what do you do with the 17 temples where we see all the building c

taxes have been increased a lot over the years, and alcohol has become unaffordable.home-brewed beer costs me a quarter of what i'd pay in the shops. julia: just a few years ago, istanbul was known for its nightlife. but the islamic-conservative akp government seemingly wants to put an end to that. shops are no longer permitted to sell alcohol after 10:00 p.m. advertising alcohol is forbidden. and for many turks, high taxes have made it a luxury. borak kocoglu owns a bar in istanbul. he says many other bar owners have already given up. customers can't afford the high prices. a glass of anise-flavored raki, a local favorite, costs about two to three times what it did just a few years ago. borak: it's getting worse. they raise taxes twice a year. they've just been raised again. i think the authorities are trying to shut down bars and clubs. or maybe it's a religious thing. i have no idea. julia: the government says its tax hikes have nothing to do with religion. but president recep tayyip erdogan has promoted a non-alcoholic yogurt beverage, as if to make a bigger state

expensive in turkey the taxes have been increased a lot over the years and alcohol has become unaffordable market and i get my home broadband cost me a quarter of what i pay in the shops. just a few years ago istanbul was known for its nightlife. but the islamic conservative a k.p. government seemingly wants to put an end to that shops and no longer permitted to sell alcohol after ten pm. advertising alcohol is forbidden and for many turks high taxes have made it a luxury. chilly to owns a bar in istanbul he says many other bar owners have already given up three customers can't afford the high prices of gas have a nice flavor to rocky a local favorite costs about two to three times what it did just a few years ago and. it's getting worse they raise taxes twice a year. they've just been raised again. i think the authorities are trying to shut down bars and clubs or maybe it's a religious thing i had no idea. talk to your felt that it was. the government says its tax hikes have nothing to do with religion but president red jump time and a one has promoted a non alcoholic beverage as if to ma

crisis because it would freeze the construction of new housing and it would make things even more unaffordable for people that need these kind of affordable housing and middle class homeowners the most. >> we want something that would happen, like, in the near future. >> reporter: vanessa argues building new housing will take a long time and putting caps on how much rents can go up will give renters faster relief. she argues landlords will still be able to capitalize on their investme investments. californians for community empowerment collected more than 565,000 signatures and nearly 366,000 of those are verified, the issue will go before the voters in november. a rally supporting this effort will be held tomorrow at noon at oakland city hall. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> a lot of people invested in that jut come. thanks marianne. >>> a warning for hikers if you're out in this warm weather, be careful about rattlesnakes on trails. a hiker had to be air lifted from mt. tamalpais today after being bitten several times by a rattlesnake. you're looking at pictures the chp tweeted out. be

political action ten times more that's simply unaffordable for let me have the population. curry's by social media campaigns like the hash tag data most of all the young people are now speaking out about how overpriced entice holding them back it's a widely discussed the issue such as here at a radio debate with students. we have a problem here you guys have been hearing about this noise from us for work. it's been going on for a while right compared to others and the children who had access to internet they perform much better than. smaller data bundles much less value for money which hits for households on young people the hardest to show off in the end up paying for time small megabytes wealthy customers who can afford big up packages. these are the students we need them to graduate so if they find where they cannot study because of things that bundles it becomes unfair to them and maybe bundles in africa should be taken. as a basic human right maybe should be associated somewhere with water and bread and. we have a system in food in time believe. that most people live o

change might be one issue but as you mentioned the homelessness and the fact that california is unaffordablethat live here. oh, and by the way the border situation is something we should be mildful of. i love hold hands. it shouldn't be just the right. we should continue what president trump started. steve: from my point of view, i used the phrase the other week that here in california the democrats here have moved so far left they are halfway to hawaii. they really are. >> democrats have run the state for a while now. >> they are running it into the ground. the american people, this november vote for republicans to get the state back on track. steve: the results are in and it's not good. look around the big city. there is a lot more to talk about there but we are out of time. coming up later as president trump ramps up talks with china a lot of the problem is right here in california. >>> we'll take a deep dive into the $1.3 trillion bill. we'll look at the special interests that will make their way into the budget. don't more and more people have discovered something strong... dependable..

we have had a record crime murder rate last year, and the city is unaffordable. the political left has taken over nashville to a large extent. and i'm running for office because the democrats, as far as i can tell, there has never been a republican mayor. we need a two-party system. charles: the article by jack dorsey saying there would be you a civil war in this country and there is no room for compromise. i know you are talking about rising murder rates. if you think about the places in this country where democrats and progressives have been in office a long time, you have rising, extensive crime. and they continue to hold on to power. >> i believe the minority community is waking up. i think it happen as because they creates a mafia where people are afraid to stand up because they feel like they are going to be punished. it does take an outsider to come in and clean up the system. i never thought i would be running for office, but i believe i can win. charles: if you do pull this off, what will be so continues. >> i'm actually going to do some thing that will

some community members fear the development will make living in san jose even more unaffordable. (philippe) outside google headquarters along the peninsula... community groups, students, faith and labor leaders presenting google with a list of demands and concerns when it comes the tech company's proposed campus in downtown san jose.maria noel fernandez/organizer- "we're here today to tell google, we need them to be good actors." maria noel fernandez is a campaign director for sillicon valley rising. the group that organized thursday's demonstration. she calls the proposed development a mega-campus... others call it google village.odile estrada/renter- "the rising of the rent is going to be a consequence of the large development." google confirms it has been buying parcels of land surrounding the diordon station since 20-16. the mixed-use development may include retail, residential and office space... and, could be as large as eight million square feet. fernandez and other community members are clear on what they want considered before construction.maria noel fernandez/organizer-

the family -- 80% of the families who paid the penalty for not buying unaffordable insurance make lessar. so the individual mandate is not the answer. lowering the cost of insurance is the answer. that's what our package would have done. we tried to bring it to the senate floor and attach it to the spending bill and regrettably we were blocked. >> senator susan collins of maine, thanks so much, always good to see you. >>> republicans concerned about a democratic wave in the midterm election. is there anything president trump can do to stop it? well, he's sure trying and that's next. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com what's going on? oh hey! start winning today. ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being ameri

don't support it, it is highly regressive. 80% of the families who pay the penalty for not buying unaffordablensurance make less than $50,000 a year. so the individual mandate is not the answer. lowering the cost of insurance is the answer. that's what our package would have done. we tried to bring it to the senate floor and attach it to the spending bill and regrettably we were blocked. >> senator susan collins always good to see you. >> thank you, jake. >>> republicans clearly concerned about a potential democratic wave in the mid term elections. the senate majority leader saying it could be a category five hurricane. is there anything president trump can do to stop it? he is sure trying and that is next. only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® ibut it doesn't always come naturally. this i can do, easily. benefiber® healthy shape is a 100% natural prebiotic fiber that's clinically proven to help me feel fuller longer. benefiber® healthy shape. this i can do! ♪ most people come to la with big dreams. ♪ we came with

guess what, the history of the united states is, we build a lot more homes when they are unaffordablewere incredibly affordable in 2011, and we built the smallest number of homes in a single year in 60 years. when people get married, have children, they want a home, it doesn't make a difference what affordability is they will do it. they got to have it. we think we are earlier in the economic cycle than most people do, which is why our optimism about the banks is after they get down with the corrective process, we'd like them to make a lot of money from millennials joining the economic party >> we know that's your theme guys, leaving it there we covered a lot of grounds on a lot of issues this >> we did, indeed. >> bill, john, and mike. >> action-packed day back for the second half with more to come >>> straight ahead, a new report on just how much money saudi aramco makes, leaving this country's biggest companies in the dust >>> plus, the new note on netflix making investors think a lot about how high this stock can really go. this is the "closing bell" on cnbc, live from the new yor

require all tenants to be relocated for a longer duration, and issue number three related to unaffordability, new top floor units and amenities will make units affordable and incongr incongruous with the neighborhood. the residential advisory team recommended modifications to the project in response to concerned raised to d.r. by the discretionary review filing which i outlined to setting back the roof deck railing and related to the proposed planters on hampshire street. with incorporation of the requested changes, the department found that the project met the standards of the residential design guidelines and that the project does not meet historic circumstances on that topic. to date, the department has been contacted by five residents and neighborhood residents and 17 residents of san francisco in opposition to the project and in support of the d.r.'s, with concerns focused on potential displacement of residents and reduction in the affordability of the units, neighborhood capabilit compatibility, and the loss of parking and shadow on neighboring properties. the project sponsor provided

and international miss leather moved from san francisco because we lost our space because it was unaffordable and to have that continuity of that history of women and people participating in our community, has had impact and i would love to see what we can do to maintain and preserve our history here. and continue to see it grow and people be able to come and for women specifically to find a safe space and support as they maneuver through the world of leather and finding out who they are and to be able to provide community spaces to do that and comradery. thank you for your time. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> hello. i'm milo. i'm here speaking on behalf of district 6. and we really support the establishment of this district. it's great community, we're really happy and proud to have a leather community in district 6. and it's just filled with so many inspiring, wonderful, beautiful people and it's a true treasure. so, this is -- will be great improvement to move forward with the establishment of this cult really district, thank you. -- cultural, thank you. >> i'm bob, i'm the compare of th

. >>> we have yet another example of how crazy and how unaffordable housing is here in the bay area. in fremont, some are spending more than $1 million to buy a condemned home. >> as our reporter explains, that old saying still rings true for sellers and buyers. >> reporter: on bruce drive in fremont, but the proof that the american dream is alive and well. a condemned three-bedroom to bathhouse with holes in the roof and mildew eating weight the interior -- eating away the interior just sold for $1.25 million. >> i cannot believe it. >> reporter: this deibert lived -- lives next door and bought her home for $750,000. --.'s suspected buyers were burning up the phone from dawn until dust. >> we had a couple of offers that were pretty close. but actually my client when i first met him wanted just a little bit more than that. but they ended up being happy with this price. >> reporter: the sellers are family and were unable to come to a consensus on keeping the house, so they decided to sell. the buyer actually designs homes, and he is going to put his 4000 foot masterpiece on this large

students, and faith and labor leaders fear the development will make living in san jose even more unaffordabley presented google with a list of concerns when it comes the company's proposed campus in downtown san jose. maria noel fernandez is a campaign director for sillicon valley rising. the group that organized thursday's demonstration. <"one is around housing, displacement and gentrification and actually making a plan around those areas. two around education. we need investment in our public education system and have outlined a series of steps we can take. three, public transit -- we need an investment in our public transit system.">(vicki) google (vicki) google (vicki) google confirms it has been buying parcels of land surrounding the diordon station since 20-16. the mixed-use development may include retail, residential and office space...and, could be as large as eight million square feet.million square feet. (vicki) there are new details tonight on the family from southern california that went missing while on their way to see relatives in san jose.(steve) today the mendocino county she

include earthquakes, climate change, sea level rise, aging infrastructure, social iniquity and unaffordable. they cover almost everything we think about on a daily basis but our office is thinking about is this the right set of challenges that we want to be thinking about, might we cover some more. the goals of the plan are four. the first is to plan and prepare for tomorrow, the second to mitigate, adapt and retrofit, so taking care of our infrastructure and making sure it can stand to ensure housing for san francisco today and in the wake of disaster and to empower neighborhoods. so resilience as defined as part of this effort and resilience san francisco part of a national network, 100 resilient cities, rockefeller initiative and set up around the world, definition of resilience is not just thinking about the acute shocks that might level a city like saw in mexico city or the fires like up in napa, but the slower moving chronic stresses that affect a community and a place, so then we get into a more humanistic view and think more broadly what the infrastructure needs to do and the progra

throw gasoline on the crisis because it freezes the construction of new housing and make it more unaffordable for people that need the kind of affordable housing and middle class home owners the most. >> but some argue even with restrictions landlords will still be able to capitalize on their investments. and putting caps on how much rents can go up will give renters faster relief than waiting affordable housing to be built. the aloins collected more than 565,000 signatures. . well over the amount needed to put the issue on the november ballot. a rally supporting the effort is scheduled for tomorrow at noon in front of oakland city hall. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you marianne. >>> tomorrow san francisco plans to sweep homeless encamp mts out of the mission district. the mayor's office says it's happening this week. teams from several city departments are taking part in the cleanup. the sweeps in the mission have been carried out before. the mayor mark farrell is reportedly taking a tougher stance and wants to create a dedicated efrmt to make sure the tents do not return. >>>

budget office estimates this will cost $1.3 trillion, some look at the number and say that is unaffordable but if you put it in context this comes to depending on the year, 5% for is to 7% of the budget, is that too much to spend on nuclear weapons? reasonable people can disagree but secretary of defense mattis so the most important mission of the secretary of defense, 5% to 7% seems quite reasonable, to me. it is interesting, the united states and russia have been at rough parity since 1970s, looking at other nuclear armed adversaries the united states is always had clear superiority, focusing on china which you mentioned. there are a number of reasons for that, china's economy has been booming over the past several decades but that wasn't always the case. part of it was financial prescription prevented china from building a superpower type arsenal, chinese thinking about nuclear deterrence, mousy tone and paying had mutually assured destruction model in mind, once you have a few nuclear weapons that is enough to deter any adversary and china today says they are aiming for a been and effe

africa's two largest mobile operators empty and what i call charging ten times more that's simply unaffordable for nearly half the population. carries by social media campaign slike the hash tag day time last fall the young people are now speaking out about how overpriced the ta is holding them back it's a widely discussed issue such as here to radio debate with students. we have a problem here you guys have been hearing about this noise. it's been going on for a while right like on page two and is a digital one who had access to internet people from much. smaller bundles of much less value for money and which hits poor households and young people the hardest often the end up paying four times more megabytes customers who can afford it they got packages. these are the students we need them to graduate so if they find where they cannot study because of things that bundles it's it becomes unfair to them and maybe bundles in africa should be taken to much on. a basic human need maybe should be associated somewhere with water and bread and. we have visited . in the time belief. is that most people

which means that houses that are unaffordable are going to get even more so to a lot of your viewingudience out there. you've got people in los angeles, by the way, that are buying homes sight unseen. some of whom are putting no money down. remember this, like a decade ago? i'm just saying, just be careful about that. we're seeing the dow up 63 points now. the easing of tension in the korean peninsula, helping investors today. friday was a tough day. some of that news may have mitigated the drop we had on friday, stef. >> all right, brian, thank you so much. all eyes on the markets this week. big earnings coming. coming up, the developer that mark zuckerberg blamed for harvested data speaking out, blasting the social media giant. but first, a quick note about the growing royal family. earlier this morn, kate middleton gave birth to a baby boy. the royal family has not released the name yet but he now becomes fifth in line of succession. both mother and son are reportedly doing well. sending them our best. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the

otherwise it will be unaffordable and people won't use it. we're dealing with nature and volatile markets and i want to talk about those volatile markets for a little bit. mexico is the biggest importer of american grain in the country. they just signed an agreement with argentina for 30,000 tons of wheat late last year. due to a number of reasons but probably the nafta talks, maybe the border wall, maybe tariffs, period, our largest trading partner canada is uncertain. there's a lot of things wrong with nafta but you pull out of this and it's going to be major havoc to the markets. combine that with what's going on with tpp and one of the countries was not china by the way. we've got a series of things going on with the administration. that are not going to be helpful. so if you combine that with the tariffs on steel and aluminum and it's a huge market and the chairman said we should be expanding them and not contracting them but what i hear on the press is the president is going to say don't worry about our farmers we're going to give the r

chairman, what this interpretation, this flawed interpretation is doing, it is putting an unaffordable bill before a community that has been destroyed, and it is only victimizing children because they can't get back into their schools. they can't resume their education. it's disrupting the resumption of their normlal lives. and just further affecting them and delaying restoration and recovery of these communities. i urge adoption and yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed . n order to i consider amendment number 110, printed in part a of house report 115-650. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition. >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 110 printed in part a of house report number 115-650, offered by mr. babin of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 839, the g

the truth is we do, otherwise it will be unaffordable. people won't use it. we're dealing with nature. we're dealing in volatile markets and i want to talk about those volatile markets a little bit. it's been touched on already. >>> mexico is the biggest importer of american grain in the country. they just signed an agreement with argentina for 30,000 tons of wheat late last year. due to a number of reasons, but probably the nafta talks, maybe the border wall, maybe tariffs period. our largest trading partner, canada is uncertain. look, there are a lot of things wrong with nafta, you and i both know. but i'm going to tell you, you pull out of this and it's going to be major havoc to the markets. you combine that with what's going on with tpp where i believe 11 nations signed it, united states wasn't part of it. one of the countries was not china, by the way. we've got a series of things that are going on with the administration that are not going to be helpful for farm prices. if you combine that with the tariffs on steel and aluminum and the fact that durham

they've decimated -- and left basic goods unaffordable. i saw many shops but no customers. basic goods are available. shampoo or diapers, for example, but they cost the equivalent of two or three months' of salary. we stopped and done a translation at one store that isn't under price controls and found a pound of hamburg cost $4, which doesn't sound bad except that is the monthly wage -- the minimum monthly wage in venezuela for a pound of hamburg. people waiting in long lines, rampant inflation, hyperinflation has made cash scarce and nearly worthless when it can actually be found. i have never visited a country where i never touched their currency. they warned me against t if you buy things here as a tourist, you're going to pay 20 times what local people pay. they have exchange rates that are bizarre and change by the minute and these people live with this every single day. government -- the government maduro stages raids into the formal grocery stores to impose arbitrary price controls leaving owners unable to stock their shelves or run a functioning business. if there

to pay back loans for rural communities is unaffordable. broadband is knock it till. if you can match -- broadband does not get built. if you can match, it is better than straight up loans. it is a different way to deliver support. sec. perdue: i understand that. you mentioned grants. what wewe're what -- talking about is loan-great commendations. >> thank you. grant combinations. >>. thank you we talked about dairy. i will extend an invitation to talk to dairy farmers again. those prices have fallen another $2.24 in the past year and some farmers are seeing $13 in their milk checks. i hope you'll come to new york to meet with some of our small producers so you can see and understand why pricing programs are not working and why the insurance programs are not working for small dairy farmers in america today. sec. perdue: i promise you i will be back. i am not sure why we were not able to connect last summer when i was there. i did have the opportunity to go to kings dairy in new york, a very innovative dairy. i went to a smaller dairy. the challenges remain. the oversu

cost that is always a skin in the game process to pay back the loans in the communities sometimes unaffordable so it doesn't get built. so if you can match the funds it is better than straight up loans it is just a different way to deliver support. what we are talking about our loan grande combinations. >> we talk a lot about this in your hearing. i think you can see and understand how they are working and flighty insurance programs are not working in america today. >> i promise i will be back. i'm not sure why we were not able to connect last year when i did have the opportunity to go to new york a very innovative dairy doing things i went to another smaller dairy to see them, that the challenge still remains the oversupply of trade practicing created a real emergency in the dairy business and i think the recent act will help although i think there are other things need to be done in the farm bill. >> another idea for you is to do what you did for dairy for cotton. as you know you used your authority in the cost-sharing program they often go together in funding discussions that they did in th