in the neighborhoods where a four-story building pops up where there are just 1 1/2-story tiny vic torriansn the richmond, for example. and it's just a shocker when you see it. i don't know how you do the transitions but the context, don't forget about the thread. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> is there any other speaker. >> thank you very much. i'm a san francisco general kshter and i specialize in historic restore anges preservation. as such i'm a person in an ideal position to be impacted by delays or feared negative effects of the planning department or procedures that we go through. i have found that the planning department is full of quite intelligence, very helpful people. they have done a great deal to help streamline the processes of getting c.f.a. and other things along the lines. most documents and relative items a person needs to know seem to be readily available on the website. all in all i think you should support restoration and preservation in the city. it's vittal tour sense of community. it is title to us economically. not all of the benefits can be measured in t

focus of my adult life and that of my life share has been the reservation and preservation of our vic torrian apartments. with that background i'm almost the poster boy of what has gone wrong with historic preservation in san francisco. in 1994 we bought our land mark house at 280 dizzderio street. behind it a dilapidated carriage house. we submitted plans and the planning department said we could not bill anything which that could be mistaken for historic but remodel like a barn, which it never was. five expensive produced one that tells the truth. the project won't have a negative effect on the environment or main house but planning still opposes it. dd >> please speak clearly into the mic, ma'am. >> we had neighbors on the historic assembly to testify before us for the h.p.c., and we were rejected and at the same time the board of appeals we were also rejected that made many people very upset and some people were concerned for their livelihoods. the appropriate application of the stand rds if not done for tax credits is that, quote, self-hiss torism or building something new is acceptable