use. it never was. nor was it a non-conforming use. a non-conforming use under the planning code is usually implies a legally non-conforming use. in other words use that preexisted or prior to a code change that makes that use then illegal. it then becomes non-conforming. an illegal use is a use that was not allowed at the time it was put in place or later because it was abandoned and put back and illegal use is an illegal use. i would suggest to the board that that section of the planning code does not apply. further more, i don't believe that the public in anyway is harmed by simply acknowledging the facts here that the code says last occupied by. the reason that matters is this section of the code is there to protect against the loss of neighborhood serving retail to hire paying restaurants and bars. i would suggest and appreciate the administrators diligence that neither the policy or the law are violated by altering this finding in the letter of determines and also reiterate the only reason we are here is to dispute that finding, really one sentence in the entire letter that st

they refer to nop conforming use to the regulation but they do not say this is non-conforming use and you have to use this code section. they say, this is something we want to you do and refer you to that code section for regulation. we never realize that's a non-conforming use. we just you use regulation a, regulation a to regulate b. >> are you saying you don't agree that that's an applicable section. you disagree in >> i disagree that's non-conforming use. >> you disagree? >> yeah. >> okay. >> i guess i have a question for mr. sanchez. did you say that there was an explicit provision in the 2008 legislation for businesses that were already in existence before 2008 as fringe financial services? >> can i have the overhead to show up on 249, it's actually included in. >> we can't see that. why don't you read it? >> okay. thank you. this part of the appellant's brief 249.5 continuing existing prohibited fringe financial, exhibit 2 of appellant's brief and it's referenced to the code section. so any fringe financial service subject to the restrictions setforth continue planning code of section 186 foll

if this use is allowed in that district, and it's not a new use, is it non-conforming? >> so in this special use district, it states that these uses are allowed to continue subject to the limitation of planning code section 180 which are non-conforming uses and 1861 only allows with the conditional use authorization. it's a strict line connecting the special use district to the cu requirement. >> we keep asking about the intent of these statutes. what's the intent to limit these types of establishment because there is so many in the city and concerned about the interest rates. >> that it's causes the city to regulate these uses. the concern about that and no new uses are allowed hover they have the ability to continue an existing legal use which is what we have offered to them. >> i have a question as well. so, after the legislation was law, they already have already moved one time prior? so, does that mean that they were operating non-conforming the whole time? >> that is an excellent question and i think that in our presentation of this to the appellant that we were pr

is a legal non-conforming use. this is a legal principally permitted use because it's not a new use. >> i actually still stick with my original interpretation. i think what it's trying to say and not very well is that the existing fringe financial services that existed prior to the legislation are now prohibited because of the legislation but can be legalized under the cu process. they shouldn't have put prohibited there but that's what they are trying to say that they are now prohibited, but this is how you fix it. >> that's not what the za says. he says if they move. it's not that it's a prohibited use. he's saying the cu, the existing uses do not require a c u at this point in time as long as they are not moving. is that correct, mr. sanchez? >> thank you. yes. one that lawfully existed at the time of the legislation went into affect would be allowed to be maintained and would not need a c u. the cu is only triggered when they are changing locations which it refers you to. i think the language under e, it does talk about continuations of existing prohibits fringe financial service uses. it's not saying continuat

is with us. naomi is going to be part of the program. naomi kelly is with us, kim brandon from the port commission is with us, and a number of others. i'll be getting a list, i'll be able to acknowledge others. i see police chief [speaker not understood] is with us. and as we get other names, we will announce those. so, let's give them all a round of applause, please. (applause) >> as i indicated, you have the program before you. we did one additional note on the program, is that the city administrator naomi kelly will be introducing the mayor lee. and due to scheduling conflict, supervisor london breed will probably be arriving later and will make her welcoming remarks towards the end of the program. following the invocation by reverend harlan jones, nor a griffin will make a presentation, a dramatic presentation on the negro national anthem which will be followed by the singing of the negro national anthem. with that, i'd like to ask reverend jones if he would come forward for the invocation. (applause) >> let us bow our heads. unite our hearts in prayer. et

used stare gas. according to the information inister, it's a tactic use for terrorists. >> there is no use to use bombs against people. the terrorists on the street bombs. wing off molotov the police is using tear gas. there's been security over the 4-1 race. we can. and signs of unrest. the head of formula one said that the race had become a platform for program to continue. and that they have. >> people are being demanding reform and democracy in bahrain for more than two years. the government insists these are terrorists. they've been trained by the lebanese shiah group, hezbollah. many say people should get involved in ongoing talks and not resort to violence. the ruling family needs to take part of the dialect. but the crown prince of bahrain said there will not be enough program for him to take the part. it's this kind of stalemate that has pro-democracy protest. and a strong replay to get people off the streets. >> an appeals court is due to hear the case of an opposition leader who's been the center of a political standoff in the gulf state. they were sentenced for five years. and we report fro

is nearly impossible to see what's going >> thank you. [applause] >> hello, boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. run with endurance the race that is set before us. on monday morning the sun rose oaf boston -- the sun rose over boston. the sunlight glistened off the statehouse dome. in the common, in the public garden spring was in bloom. on this patriots' day, like so many before, fans jumped on to the tee to see the sox at fenway. in hopkinton runners laced up their shoes and set out on a 26.2-mile test of dedication and grit and the human spirit. and across this city hundreds of thousands of bostonians lined the streets. to the hand the runners cups of water and to cheer them on. it was a beautiful day to be in boston. a day that explains why a poet once wrote that this town is not just a capital, not just a place, boston, he said, is the perfect state of grace. [applause] and then if an instant -- in an instant, the day's beauty was shatter shattered. a celebration became a tragedy. and so we come together to pray and mourn and measure our loss, but we also come together today to reclaim tha

use halloween store. >> the halloween stores, i am trying to understand this concept of the temporary pop up, it is considered and treated as if it would be subject to the same use requirements? as anything else? it is not exempted from these rules, right? >> planning code section 205 deals with the uses and we say that a pop up store is not a temporary use and it does not meet the definitions in 205 and so it would be subject to the regular requirements of the planning code. >> thank you. >> question, the change of use here is from mail service to clothing retail is that what triggers the... >> planning code section 312, we outlined certain uses which would require the neighborhood notification for changes of use and a general retail use like a clothing store does not trigger a neighborhood notification. so in this case, they are doing the permit work to do the interior model to establish the new retail use which functions differently than the previous use. >> so the permit is really for the build out. >> yes. and for the change to accommodate a new tenant? >> i understand. so my question is, would the potentially, normally if that is the right way to put it, if you knew that you were going to do that and you are doing the seismic work, would you maybe combine those into one permit?

is so high, that we may not be successful in rolling it out. and they do not want to see us fail. and, so, they really want us to think about it. there's a lot of decisions that need to be made before i think about it. i do agree the buildout is one of the most important pieces that they identify, and this is something that we think is important. so, we wanted to kind of go out and put them in different buckets. and, so, we talked about things that once we start, we can hit the ground running. and then we talked about smaller scale and then larger scale. and as you know, the larger scale, you need c-e-q-a. and, so, we're going to get into, you know, if this is a buildout timeline, well, we need something to fund it. and, so, that's going to be the next part thev presentation. ~ of the presentation. >> yeah, i'm encouraged you want to be moving ahead and there are things we can be working on right now that will be ready as soon as we have lunch. there is a timeline and there are other approvals that we need from you and implicitly at least at the board of supervisors, before we can actually sign the contract and flip the switch.

us is us sort of two opposite ends of the spectrum here. is there a way to increase the number, increase the shape, increase the rec's and play with the numbers? ~ so there's a little more -- >> here's a slide that shows a 10-45-45 mix. does that help because you have another option? >> do we have that here? >> it's in the -- no, it's one we brought in case you asked that question. so, what it shows in the same format are some scenarios -- >> so, we don't have that in front of us? it's on the screen. >> it's not showing well right there. >> little too old to read those screens. >> is it on your screen there? >> what's the punch line? >> the punch line? the punch line is it's less additional funding for buildout at higher rates. [speaker not understood]. >> what's the rate? >> are you looking at this? >> i can't see it. it's not -- i'm looking at -- >> oh, i'm sorry. so, for example, under the scenario 2 where you have a 10% bundled product, a 45% purchases of firmed and shaped products, and the remainder rec's, the rate is 13.53 cents. if you split the savings in order to get some reserve for buildout, and that number before you for 4-1/2 years is $12 million. >> so, maybe it would be easier we stick to the average bill impact because i think that's where, at least, i'm used to comparing everything. because you're jumping around and it gets kind of confusing. so, i guess the take away is that there are several variables that would determine the cost and you ca

is tide up along the waterfront. and these are roll on, roll off. these are ships where you can drive on and drive off and unload your containers without using cranes. these are often used where deliveries are made to ports where they don't have cranes to unload them, particularly military lich -- deliveries and supplies. the paint on the funnel indicates it is at least military use. they're tide up here. -- tied up here. you can drive your truck right on and park your container. >> these are actually ready reserve ships that are -- that go to iraq. this is federal defense, still a military use. >> i'd ask the clerk to call the roll, roll on, roll off. >> they're gigantic. >> there are still some of these other uses we see. >> grain silos. when they used to ship grains from the delta, the sacramento valley, in and out through san francisco, this is where it would be stored. they are no longer used. they were actually extensively damaged in the loma-prieta and we have tried in various ways to try and find some other uses that could use that storage, plastic pellets for recycling even. those kinds of things. but it's so damaged now that the cost of repairing them to bring

use them? guest: that is a great question commercial uses are prohibited. private businesses can't use anything. changingwhere money is hands that is against the law ut in 2015 using will be allowed. think of news outlets using them the udy fires or survey damage from that or hurricanes or anything. companies will be able to use them. real estate agents. things like that. hobbyists can buy them at radioshack and as long as they re taking pictures and they don't go anywhere that is allowed. a t: can they fly them above certain height in the air? uses, law public enforcement or scientific flyingh there are drones pretty high. nasa sends them 65,000 feet the pacific ocean for research. most of them are flown within like 400 feetions before the ground within a line f sight of the operator, daytime areas, way from airports and populated areas. not really going around cities and looking at you. host: who is regulating the use drones domestically? federal ght now the aviation administration is charged with regulating the safety of air space so they want sure when tkroeps fly people, 't crash

us from another attack. is more surveillance japidizing our rights. >> are you okay for surveillance caras. >> hell yeah. >> the more the better. >> tell save liveless. >> more the better. >> keep us safe. >> it is better to keep us safe. whatever we have to do to keep the public safe. >> it is moreonstitutional not to have them but happy they were caught. >> what are lawmakers going to do? senator rand paul is fired up about the debate and will talk about it. >> cashin keeping an eye out for you, right now. >> hi, everyone. i am eric boling, welcome to cashin in. senator you are a huge proposal of rights. where do you stand on the issui sir? >> the government is going to use cameras to watch us. they need to have probable cause and argument to use the constitution to do surveillance on us and then i am okay with it. but willie nilly and in open spaces, i am against that. one thing lost in the debate, almost all . cameras used to catch the young men in boston were private cameras. i am not opposed to protect their property. >> senator we are in times square and to the t and very last person, everyone said i want more cameras especially in areas that are prone to attacks they want more. why shouldn't we have more?

large population of seniors who live nearby and adjacent to our sight and so this hotel use is a 24 hour seven day use which is going to enhance greatly the security of this neighborhood. one of the concerns that the neighbors brought to our attention and we have agreed to accommodate is at the corner of our hotel, right where 4th and clem tina come together for the mobility challenge seniors they have requested we add a low planter so that as pedestrians are coming down clem tina, as they round that corner, this planter will act as a buffer and prevent collision. it's just one example of many where we are able to accommodate they are concerns. we feature in design as the district working closely with planning staff. we feel the contemporary design is going to be a very comfortable fit in the yerba buena area. so i think in the interest of brevity i will invite your comments and questions. thank you. >> okay. opening it up for public comment. since we have a large number of public comment speakers, we are going to as i ll

use was sort of classified in a c f c that it was allowed to do? >> i think my concern is the appellant's argument is that we should look at not at the last legal use but the last use. so whether that be legal or illegal. so my concern is that applying that standard of saying, went, the last use was illegal, so, we are going to say that you can put a restaurant in that location. >> but that illegal use was going on for decades. it's not that they did an illegal use to get around the current zoning controls. >> i believe the history of this, the appellant is you are surmises that they allow the factually to be illegally created and that operated illegally but my appellant says we should be interpreting this as the last use regard. >> thank you. i get it. >> just to follow up, isn't the abandonment issue, does that almost trump everything else? >> it could.

the government is going to use cameras to watch us. they need to have probable cause and argument to use the constitution to do surveillance on us and then i am okay with it. but willie nilly and in open spaces, i am against that. one thing lost in the debate, almost all . cameras used to catch the young men in boston were private cameras. i am not opposed to protect their property. >> senator we are in times square and to the and very last person, everyone said i want more cameras especially in areas that are prone to attacks they want more. why shouldn't we have more? >> in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy all of us wanted to get these young men who committed the atrocit yesee them tried and convicted there is it a lot of anger and emotion. after 9/11. 70 percent of the people would trade all of their freedom for security. it is back to 50-50 now it is it a slippery slope and some day you may have cameras everywhere. 1984, they inspector your beoom and in your dining room and you never went a moment's notice without being watched.

on this earth day, kit doe shows us why palo alto is using so much water and who is using more. t. >> this is an increasingly common sight here in palo alto. now the thing about this city is that they know they use a lot of water and they're trying to do something about it. >> it's one of the luscious, greenest cities in the bay area and it's no wonder. palo alto ranks near the top of the list for bay area water users. the bay area water supply and conservation agency says palo alto uses 100 gallons of water per day. the average is 77-gallons per day. it turns out, palo altoans love their yard. >> all the trees they are so proud of and the backyard gardens, they use a lot of water. >> a lot of the water goes to keeping the grass and landscaping green at stanford research park. a 700 acre cluster of dozens of companies. the city is looking into using recycled water here instead. >> there's room for improvement and other communities as well. i have to focus on my community and we can do better. >> even bigger water users. los altos hills have smaller populations, but using twice as

what they have which is useful for us is relationships with a number of these companies and to the degree that we are able to work with them to leverage those relationships is how we partnered with them. >> okay. that makes sense. but i assume that the idea is that their members do employ, right? >> their members are the companies. they do employ. >> how many are employed by members of the sf city? >> we have to go back and find that data. i can give you examples of the companies that did higher our participants as well. >> can we get the data that will be useful. >> i have a question that goes back to page 5 when you are talking about the neighborhoods that are served and participating in the techsf program. i notice that you have 17 people that are out of san francisco and i'm curious to know how that happened? >> because it's federal funding we can't mandate that all participant are san francisco residents the federal funding doesn't allow you to do that. so if somebody from oakland or san mateo finds their way to the training we have to give them an opportunity to participate. >> what

the other thing that i use is two things that -- one of ours that we use in phoenix -- and again, this is one of the main reasons why people come to us is that gaolgraffiti hotline. our graffiti hotline program is almost like a silent witness. many are designed first to school age kids. any timewe

technology is going to save us that stiliyan our skies with drains and covering our buildings with surveillance cameras and treating every airline passenger as a potential terrorist is going to save us is to use an incredible delusion the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and save ourselves through technology is an incredibly misguided delusion earlier this week u.s. secretary of state john kerry insisted that that america's investment in foreign policy is national security insurance but as this past week has shown the cost of pressure cookers does not amount to a lot of money and washington's investment wasn't enough to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in boston that claimed the lives of three people and hospitalized more than one hundred seventy reporting from new york marina port naya r.t. . it's a tragedy on so many levels isn't it thanks for taking part on our web site vote r.t. dot com if you have been so far know a lot of you have thanks for that and this is what you're telling us so far with the big questions being asked now is what was behind this why do these guys do it to cause so much devastation so much pain is way telling us sixty

he will never use that but he reeves to use -- refuses to use the word islamist which is used throughouthe muslim world. authors, parliament, in egypt. it's used in lebanon. it's used everywhere by muslims. yet, obama won't touch it because he refuses to use any words that might imply a connection between radical islam and terrorism which as anybody who is over the age of 9 knows is the single greatest cause of terror in the world today. i will give you one example which is completely overlooked by everyone. it was a rather trivial one. when he was in israel, he gave a speech in jerusalem. and in the middle of the speech he talked about the rise of the islamist parties. in egypt and elsewhere. the brotherhood. in egypt and -- whats watt praise he used? we have to be concerned about the rise of nonsecular parties. what a weird word to use. the word is religious parties. the word is islamist parties. yet, even in this trivial throw away line. in a speech in jerusalem. he refuses to use the obvious word. >> bill: now, does it matter? that's the question. so we have established the fact that

is a new day for us. we have no business acting like we used to. negro. calling for a new thattch the new leadership he has given the world. but the know about you, leader of the free world is a black man. [applause] if that does not make you become a new person, something is wrong with you. if you are still acting like you used to act when you have a new leader of the free world, something is wrong with you. you have got to stop turning on each other and turned to each other. -- findingt to stop fault with each other. alhave got to stop thinking versus,esse versus otis what is that boys name? we do not have time to be against each other. god is expecting us to follow the new leadership. and i know he cannot do everything at one time. my god. what cornell and, what's that other boys name -- boy's name? anyway -- don't waste your time fighting them. we have got to turn to the agenda. measure our movement in terms of how we respond to the new leadership. god cannot reach us through a black president, what in the hell will it take? [applause] what do you need

us. this does not stop us. that is what you taught us, boston. that is what you have reminded us. , even when it hurts, even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we did not even know we had, and we carry on. we finished the race. we finish the race, and we do that because of who we are. and we do that because we know that somewhere around the bend, a stranger has a cup of water. around the bend, somebody is there to boost our spirits. on that toughest mile, just when we think that we have hit the wall, someone will be there to cheer us on and pick us up if we fall. we know that. [applause] that is what the perpetrators of such senseless violence who would destroy instead of build and thinks somehow that them important t is they don't understand. our faith in each other, our love for each other, our love for country, our common creed that cuts across whatever superficial differences there may be, that is our power. that is our strength. that is why a bomb cannot beat us. that is why we don't hunker down. we don't cower in fear. we carry on. we race. we strive. we

use to oska. that is formal retail use and we found that it is not retail use that is a separate permit to the tenant to establish the use and that is controlled for appeal as noted on may 15th. >> thank you. >> mr. sanchez, if we took action tonight, and the filing of the second appeal would not have been because it is a separate permit would not effect this permit; is that correct?? >> they are separate scopes of work, so if you were to take action tonight and approve the permit. then the structural up grades would be performed and you would still have the ability at the hearing in may to deny the permit for the use that is proposed to go in there and they would have to propose another tenant to go in there. >> thank you. >> okay. >> we can take public comment on this is there anyone that wants to speak under public comment? >> okay, so seeing none, commissioners, if you have a motion, it can be entertained otherwise we can just move back into our regular calendar. >> there is no motion. >> this case will be heard in order then. there is no motion to continue it. we will move to item number one whi

technology is going to save us that feeling our skies with drones and covering our buildings with surveillance cameras and treating every airport airline passenger as a potential terrorist is going to save us is to use an incredible delusion. that causes did or are possible here range incredible inequality in our society the promotion of violence in our society the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and then save ourselves through technology. is an incredibly misguided delusion it's just not going to have earlier this week u.s. secretary of state john kerry insisted that that america's investment in foreign policy is national security insurance. and by making the right small investments upfront kerry insisted that costly conflicts can be avoided in the future but as this past week house shown the cost of pressure cookers does not amount to a lot of money and washington's investment wasn't enough to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in boston that clean the lives of three people and hospitalized more than one hundred seventy reporting from new york marine upward nyah r.t. . the first elections after nearly a decade of us occupation begin in iraq on satur

the two main things this sud does for us is facilitate the fully allowed institutional use and enables us to add housing, student housing that is. once the e-i-r was completed and posted on the planning department's website, we went back out to the neighbors and to answer any questions around the e-i-r and the sud. we were on the agendas of all these neighborhood groups and made presentations and took questions and suggestions. and as diego mentioned, you have two letters from ka erin woods at mission bay cac and tony kelly at boosters. ~ we look forward -- you also should have i think in the packet some landowner letters including a letter from sergio and larry nibby who are the largest landowners around us. we look forward to working with all of these folks as we move forward in planning. the campus, i think many of you have been there. it's quite a spectacular building, a 1950 [speaker not understood] bus maintenance facility. that we've converted into this amazing innovation space. ~ sitting atop that amazing space are solar collectors which we installed 14 years ago, and for 14 ye

technology is going to save us that filling our skies with drains and covering our buildings with surveillance cameras and treating every airline passenger as a contingent here is just going to save us is to use an incredible delusion the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and then save ourselves through technology. is an incredibly misguided delusion earlier this week u.s. secretary of state john kerry insisted that that america's investment in foreign policy is national security insurance but as this past week has shown the cost of pressure cookers does not amount to a lot of money and washington's investment wasn't enough to prevent a deadly terrorist attack. in boston that cleaned the lives of three people and hospitalized more than one hundred seventy reporting from new york ny or r.t. . tell us all what do you think in the how the boston bombing marathon investigation a woman unfolded we've given you the chance at our to dot com to see what you think here's a look at that poll right now six hundred percent of you believe that the truth will never come up as of the second suspect or will die in the hospital while sixteen percent of you now t

the other thing that i use is two things that -- one of ours that we use in phoenix -- and again, this is one of the main reasons why people come to us is that gaolgraffiti hotline. our graffiti hotline program is almost like a silent witness. many are designed first to school age kids. any time we get grab eat aloe on the school we would take pictures up and put up a reward poster. we got a phoenix community alliance that has business members tire of graffiti that put money into this program. and we use it to reward people for calling others in on graffiti, up to $250. the point system, we go to a board once a month and talk about the different cases that we get and we reward these people up to $250. huge, great program in phoenix right now. lots -- and we don't just do it for conviction. you know what silent witness says? you can receive up to a thousand dollars upon conviction, not with the graffiti reward program. the graffiti hotline program, it's just minimum id of the tager because once we id them, we'll go and get them. sooner or later. the big thing that we do use, though, is

powell ot bureau. >> now, that there is evidence that the aassad regime has used chemical weapons there is mounting pressure to intervene. today said he was ordered to use and caves used by rebel ares but refused the order and instead used disinfected water. president obama said that chemical weapons would force a redline forcing action. the white house is concerned about the use of chemical weapons on rebels and civilians but equally concerned that the weapons may fall into the hands of extremist groups fighting alockside rebels. president obama said friday the united states was deliberating and using all due caution about whether or not the united states would intervene in syria lowering tax increases that the u.s. would intervene any time soon. american officials fear that as bad as assad may be now when it comes after he leaves it may be even worse and may be more chaotic and more violent. as the debate rages on about the use of chemical weapons in syria so too does the fighting. the u.n. estimating more than 70,000 people killed in the violence there and that number is only likely to increase. shannon? >> shannon: conor pow you well the latest from