>> chair miguel, commissioners, victor marquez. i'm usually on the other side of the equation representing developers after we've engaged in tremendous community outreach before we come before you. in this instance, however, i happen to be married to the owner, my husband, and i am representing him in the family. this warrants discretionary review. there are exceptional and extraordinary circumstances. and the staff's report -- i rarely disagree with staff. here i will respectfully disagree with staff. the report itself speaks to these exceptional and extraordinary circumstances to the effect that the project sponsor obtained over the counter permits with no neighborhood notification. no resource evaluation, then proceeded to intentionally submit misleading and/or fraudulent, a tech chull drawings to obtain these permits and then proceeded to destroy a historical element of the structure. i reported him because we live on a lane that is truly a gem of a block. for those of you that are familiar with hayes valley, it's a very tight