unpermitted construction penalties as they exist are not a deterrent.umber three, the code enforcement process does not assess penalties or fines. an absence of reporting building law penalties, there is no effective process for identifying serial violators who should be subject to escalating penalties. number six, there are no penalties for sequel violations. actually the current historical review process encourages unpermitted demolition and construction. if you apply for a permit and the building is over 45 years-old, you are required to get a historical review evaluation that delays the project six to nine months and you have the cost of the hre. from a risk/reward perspective, you save time, you save money and there's no penalty. why would you do -- why would you pull a permit if you have a building over 45 years? it is my hope the b.i.c. will schedule a formal presentation at a future meeting to discuss the root causes of unpermitted work. thank you. >> thank you. any additional public comment? seeing none, item four commissioner questions and mat

i handed out a list of the 11 root causes of unpermitted construction and demolition if san francisco. that i presented at the november 2017 building inspection commission meeting. false or bogus plans is on the list as well as the planning department's notice of enforcement programme that does not assess penalties and fines. this also makes no sense. many of the commissioners in the november 2017 meeting suggested a joint meeting with the planning commission to tackle the root causes of unpermitted work. i suggest you talk with the excellent planning department employees who staff the kiosk on the first floor of d.b.i. to better understand the type and frequency of violations they see every day to understands the profound impact these violations have on our city. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello. jumping off of what he said about next year, it is going to be a lot of uncertainty, unfortunately. that's why i came today to put the requests that you do a couple of things. the first thing you can do is adjust the numerical demolition criteria in section 317. you

on november 28th we got a complaint regarding a possible multiple illegal units in garage, large unpermitted building in the rear. the in inspector went to the site, not able to get access. the tenant called, gave us information from the owner. we call the owner, requested an inspection. and january 31, 2017, we got access, investigated the property. based on that, we wrote up a notice same day on january 31st for single-family home being converted to, i'm sorry, six dwelling units of 5, 4 dwelling units in the garage and a structure 25 feet by 20 feet in the back. and also the second floor of the main single-family home used as a separate dwelling as well. multiple life safety issues the inspector observed. there was no carbon monoxide or smog detectors on the lower area. fire suppression and also it was improperly built. there was also electrical that was not approved and plumbing that was not approved. the owner got a notice of violation for 30 days to comply with obtaining a building permit to legalize all the dwelling units and also the addition. there was also given a penalty fee for w

compliant because there's the potential for the future owner to use that legal scope of work in an unpermitted way. i'm available for any comments. >> president honda: is this rh-1 or 2? >> this is rh-1. maximum number that should be on the site is one unit unless you could add one 80u. >> president honda: could you explain -- i know this is located d-7. >> adu program is city wide. it's two programs. single family homes have two options. generally in this situation single family home could add one additional adu. it would essentially have to be within the same building envelope that exists to add that adu. so part of this permit could have been to come in and add an adu on the ground floor. that's not what they're proposing to do. if they want to do that in the future an use some portion of the addition that's being proposed, they'd have to wait until three hours after that was constructed to do that. there is potential for a second unit there as an adu in the future. >> they could have proposed it as an adu initially. >> they could have. they would have been able to come in with the existing

we do have a couple of unpermitted places that may be able to be brought into compliance. we've got bars that i visited in the past that don't have a permit with us and maybe can't get one with us. it's all over the place. we have bars, large venues, established venues, great american music hall, we don't hear a lot about them. we have sidewalk musicians in the mission popping up and we got a complaint about that. so kind of all over the map. on the back side -- on the back side, we have three ongoing complaints, you can see a list of what's happening there as of late. he was issued one citation since the last hearing that has been paid. double dutch has not been issued a citation as of yet, they have not been found out of compliance. three inspections, one is just a place that had music one night and didn't know about the process and i informed them of the llp. hope they're going to apply. they do things infrequently. and these are sort of involved ongoing operator neighbor communications that have just surfaced, bubbled up into my line of sight based on neighbors feeling

instead of doing that, erected a 400 square foot unpermitted third floor of which you have a picture on top of this house. as far as we know, no load bearing studies or architectural drawings exist with respect to this part of the project. d.b.i. and the planning department told the developer to remove the third floor in february last year. still stands. multiple abatement orders against it. my neighbor's foundation is unrepaired and house is in danger of collapse if an earthquake repairs. cost to be in excess of $200,000. we have been forced to spend tens of thousands on attorney and experts fees with no end in sight. this developer has a number of other projects in the city suspended by d.b.i. and the planning department for building beyond permit limits. since 2016, defendant in three other lawsuits. one suit claims drainage and sewage pipes were not properly installed, sewage throughout the home. and other construction and foundation work. and a third an abutting property had foundation like my neighbor. lawsuits, permits and existing regulations are apparently not a deterrent to

it's pretty out of control, really, that, you know, so many unregulated, unpermitted farms are all competingme marketplace. lemonis: but alex and miranda know it's a marathon, not a sprint. in five years we're going to be, hopefully, on every shelf in every dispensary in the state of california. i mean, that's our plan. i think there's going to be a lot of people that are going to be out of it. a lot of the people that don't know what they're doing that think they're going to get in here and get rich in one year. you know, those people don't understand farming. lemonis: for these early settlers, it's not just a living but a way of life. unlike some of their neighbors, tom and karen hessler had one of their best summers ever. the weather's just been perfect, absolutely perfect. growing legal allowed them to grow more marijuana than they had ever dared before. let's go get marcus's plant. okay. back in the spring, i had given them a hand. that little sprout turned into this. it's nice and full and looks really aromatic. really aromatic, beautiful. it's just solid. everything is perfect on it.

. >> this is an unpermitted, unauthorized marijuana dispensary. >> reporter: inside, jars filled with buds and candy edibles. before the new law, they were considered illegal narcotics. week, they're legal to have under new rules, just not legal to sell without permits. pot shops are popping up all over los angeles while licensing has yet to be issued. >> as they're pulling out evidence here, these guys pointed out, it's not just this place they have busted, they've busted a place across the street and one just a few doors down over and over and over again. >> reporter: while out on the street, detective aaron percy is bracing for more traffic crashes and deaths. >> the death rate will go up from medicinal marijuana, recreational marijuana. >> reporter: marijuana-related traffic deaths more than doubling since pot was legalized there. >> we need to educate them on the dangers. >> reporter: but unlike alcohol, there's currently no reliable breathalyzer for pot and no set limit on how much thc you can legally have in your system and get behind the wheel. instead, officers use field sobr

unpermitted razing and to create new living space. no hearing was held. no corunna heights member [inaudible], no neighborhood opposition. no change in unit count. it went from three units to a single family. what was created was a large single family unit above 3500 square feet and small in-law of 900 square feet. originally there were three units presented and a two-bedroom renting for $1200. and it was eventually eliminated. quickly going through, this is 412 lombard street. if it was suspended for six months with no hearing required and no change in unit count and expanded the building from 900 to 4100 square feet. the interesting part is after the building was suspended, when i was released of suspension, the project sponsor went on to demolish the rest of the building and put on structural steel elements. >> thank you. your time is up. >> i'm sorry. if there are any questions i'm more than happy to give you -- i think the only summary point is that there is a wide discrepancy in outcomes in how these cases are handle. >> thank you. your time is up.

. >> this is an unpermitted, unauthorized marijuana dispen dispensa dispensary. >> reporter: inside,efore california's new law, these were illegal narcotics. this week, they're legal to have but not legal to sell without permits. pot shops are popping up all over los angeles selling weed, while licenses haven't been issued. >> it's not just this place they've busted. they've busted a place across the street. and one a few doors down over and over and over again. >> reporter: while on the streets, detective percy says he's bracing for more traffic crashes and deaths. >> the death rate will go up from medicinal and recreational marijuana. >> reporter: marijuana deaths doubling since pot was legalized in colorado. >> we need to educate them on the dangers. >> reporter: there is no breathalyzer for pot, and no set limit on how much thc you can legally have in your system and get behind the wheel. instead, officers use field sobriety tests, often administered by drug recognition experts looking for clues. >> blood pressure, pulse. >> reporter: in this county with a population of more than