. >> lazarus? aye. the vote is 4-0. this election is rescheduled until february 19th. >> the next item is 3 comments and questions. any? seeing none, item 4 is the board consideration and adoption of the january 15, 2014, minutes. any changes to the minutes? >> no. >> motion to adopt? >> i will move to adopt. >> any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, mr. pacheco, if you can call the roll please. >> on that motion from commissioner hurried -- hurtado to adopt the january 15, 2014, minutes. commissioner fung, lazarus, honda. the vote is 4-0. those minutes are adopted. >> thank you. before moving on i want to make sure the parties to item no. 9 are here. with the vice-president's consent i would like to suggest the board to consider whether this item 9 should be heard tonight. a demolition permit. the permit holder is requesting the matter be rescheduled. with the vice-president, we can give the parties to discuss regarding the hearing date. if the matter is heard tonight, it can be heard in a normal order. if not

aye, lazarus? aye. the vote is 4-0. this permit is upheld on that basis. >> thank you. >> the next item is a closed session item 12 and the first item is public comment on all matters related to this session. is there anyone here who would like to speak on item 12? seeing none, then we have a vote to move into closed session? >> i move to close into closed session. >> there is a motion to move into closed session. mr. pacheco, please call the roll. >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to enter into closed session item 12, commissioner fung, president is absent, lazarus, honda. the vote is 4-0. the board is now in clos >>> >>> we are reconvening in open session and i will state that no action was taken during the closing session and the matter is whether or not to disclose information in the session. >> i will move that we not disclose the discussion based on attorney-client privilege. >> mr. pacheco, if you can take the roll on that? >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to not disclose the content of the c

commissioner lazarus. commissioner honda >> thank you. the matter it rescheduled to february 5th. >> thank you. thank you >> item number 5 the appellant had requested an are interpretation is she here. can you sit with her so she can have the whole matter interpreted? thank you. so this is item 5 appeal 5 saline vs. the department and the property is on brussel street for october 24th to an altercation permit for the horizon two-story on the backyard with two bedrooms and one full bathroom and add a master bedroom and this is on for hearing today. the first speaker is ms. toy if you want to step forward and present your case and a because of the interpret will you be interpreting >> yes. >> with that, we will double the time for the presentation so there's 7 minutes. >> i just learned that ms. toy is not under here she was a representative that will speak on here behave. >> will the person need even though interpretation services. >> yes. >> thank you. >> so, please speak into the microphone. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good evenin

>> aye. >> lazarus? >> aye. >> honda. >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0 and that matter is reschedule to january 29th. >> thank you. >> so we will move then to item one, which is general public comment, and if there is anyone here who would like to speak on an item that is not on tonight's calendar. okay, seeing none, we will move to item two, which is commissioner comments and questions, commissioners? >> okay. and then, item 3, which is the consideration of the board's minutes of december 11th, 2013. any changes? >> comments? >> no. i move the adoptions. >> okay. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> seeing none, could you call the roll on the minutes, please? >> on that motion from the president to adopt the december 11th, 2013 minutes. commissioner if fung? >> aye. >> hurtado in >> aye. >> vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> honda. >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0 and the minutes are adopted. >> thank you. >> and we are calling item 4 a which is a jurisdiction request for the subl property is at 530 da

lazarus. [laughter] >>> hello, good afternoon. my name is jesse wiletz and i have lived in san francisco for nine years and i strongly support the fair chance ordinance. thank you all for the work you're doing. >> thank you, ms. wiletz. >>> good afternoon, my name is rebecca welna i am a resident of san francisco in the mission district. i just want to formally register my support for the fair chance act. i won't repeat what's already been said in a very articulate and heart felt manner. i'll just say thank you very much for co-sponsoring and i hope that this is just the beginning of a [speaker not understood] like this. >> thank you, ms. welna. >>> good afternoon, i'm machaela davis i'm a staff attorney at the aclu in northern california. one thing we do is work on alternative to incarceration around the state. we really are focusing on counties redirecting resources to strategies that strengthen communities and make our communities safe and healthy. decreasing barriers to employment and housing as everyone knows is one of those

vice-president lazarus? aye. commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0. this is rejected. >> you can contact the office and we can help you with a refund. contact mr. pacheco tomorrow if you would like. thank you. we can move on to the next item 8.88 appeal no. 13-159 ysabel navarro, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent 480 amherst street. appealing the issuance on november 05, 2013, of penalty imposition of penalty for construction work done without a permitt. application no. 2013/11/05/1183 for hearing today.1234 this is on for a hearing. navarro, please step forward. you have 7 minutes to present your case. >> hello, my name is isabelle navarro. and i went to the department of building inspection. i built a deck on the back of the house. but i fixed everything is back by november for my first time and i didn't know i had to ask for permission to build a deck. that's why i'm here to get back some money. it's too expensive to build a deck and then put back everything. so, thank you. >> ms. navarro, you have already removed the deck?

. >> vice president lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> thank you. >> the vote is 5-0, this matter is continued to april 9th. 2014. >> thank you. >> okay, so we are going to return then to item number 7 appeal number 13-141. and we have a representative from the appellant and... >> is there someone on behalf of the permit holder? >> thank you. >> i would like to hear what happened in the hallways, please. >> we discussed it and we talked about the 20 weeks that we need, to replace the foundation, there is no way that this can be done in four to six weeks, no way. and they don't want to allow us to be on the property. for 20 weeks, they think that is too long and we can't do that so we don't have an agreement out here. >> okay. >> thank you. >> back to our do you have anything to add, mr. santos. >> i am disappointed. one item that i would like to if i may, my understanding is that their insurance company has agreed to a 1.8 million dollar payment to replace the foundation. that covers the tenants a

aye, hurtado, lazarus, honored -- honda. those minutes are adopted. >> thank you, item 4. rehearing request. item 4: subject property at 1532 cole street. letter from david polatnick, appellant, requesting rehearing of appeal no. 13-140, polatnick vs. dbi, pda, decided december 18, 2013. at that time, the board voted 5-0 to uphold the subject permit on the basis that the planning department's determination on height is accurate, and on a further basis that the structure is code compliant. permit holders: andrea higgins & peter chung. project: addition of new office space in rear yard below associated patio at natural grade; demo exterior rear wall; bpa no. 2013/04/26/5579s >> thank you, item 4. rehearing request. item 4: subject property at 1532 cole street. letter from david polatnick, appellant, requesting rehearing of appeal no. 13-140, polatnick vs. dbi, pda, decided december 18, 2013. at that time, the board voted 5-0 to uphold the subject permit on the basis that the planning department's determination on height is accurate, and on a further basis that the structure

>> aye. >> lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> thank you, the vote is 5-0. and all three rehearing requests are denied and notices of decision in order shall be released. we continued item 5 to january 29th. we will hear appeal number 1 3-140, david polatnick, verses the department of planning inspection, with planning department approval, on 1532 coal street protesting the issuance on october 22, 2013 of alteration permit of addition of new office space in rear yard below associated patio and the natural grade and demo exterior rear wall and this is on for hearing tonight. and we can start with the appellant who has seven minutes. >> okay. >> my name is david and thank you for hearing this issue. we have lived at 1526 coal street for over 22 years. and we have a good neighborly relationship with peter and andrea for the last 15 years, an example of this relationship that has been you know, over all of these years as they demos their house and rebuilt it and during that period of time we never made any public, you know, efforts to deny or to delay it, we wer

. >> lazarus. >> i. >> honda. >> i. >> thank you, the vote is four to one, these appeals are rejected for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. thank you. >> there's no further business. the meeting's adjourned. this looking more particularly at the submarket that is affected western so soem a. here you see a calculation for western soma $50.33 a square foot. this transaction is now at $38.50. for class a. all spaces at 45. so no matter what metric you choose, this is a favorable transaction in terms of the dollars per square foot that the city has negotiated at this location. in case you did not catch that on the chat. -- chart. sometimes they are small. overall rate is $59.01 citywide. we have an allowance provided by ownership here. in the amount of $24 million coming directly from the landlord. the actual cost to prepare the space

motion from commissioner hurtado to not disclose the content of the closed session, commissioner fung, lazarus, honda, aye. the vote is 4-0 to not disclose the content of the closed session. >> there is no further business. we are adjourned. thank you. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >>adjourned. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to this presentation. i'm san francisco purrs since that time we've helped people clean up their criminal records. we created this to help you understand how this worked. we'll plan or explain all the steps. after watching this program you'll know what to expect after completing the process. hi, there are i'm deputy and i'm part of the clean slate team. the first thing we will need to know whether your despicable to have our convictions dismissed can't be on parole or currently charged with a crime or serving a sentence and it must be from san francisco. while your colleagues will get to know your circumstances there are 3 steps. getting the clean slate process started it simple you can get them done in the same day. first fill out an application and they can

commissioner lazarus. commissioner honda. thank you. the vote is 5 to zero the permit it upheld on that base >> so item 6 appeal number 13 dash 57 mcclellan vs. the urban forest. this is regarding a property on francisco street to roam one privately i owned tree adjacent to the property >> i'm sorry if i may make a general comment on the last case. it does us no good to receive a set of drawings from the permit holder at the hearing. i was wondering that there was no brief from the permit holder. you know, we don't have much time to review things >> i would like to project some photographs can i use the computer with the memory stick? >> i can work with that. my name is mcclellan i'm the resident and owner on 256 francisco street to removal and replace the street tree. in general, i support the goals i believe the data is submitted for consideration. in addition to their focus on the health and tree it should be equal consideration. my home on francisco was built in 1863 and part off the coast interest the tree is located where the coll

commissioner lazarus. commissioner honda. thank you. the vote is 5 to zero and those permits are u78 i upheld with the conditions >> thank you, commissioners there's no further business. thank you. we're ♪ >> i am so looking forward to the street fair tomorrow. >> it is in the mission, how are we going to get there? we are not driving. >> well what do you suggest? >> there are a lot of great transportation choices in the city and there is one place to find them all, sfnta.com. >> sfmta.com. >> it is the walking parking, and riding muni and it is all here in one place. >> sitting in front of my computer waiting transportation options that is not exactly how i want to spend my saturday night. >> the new sfmta.com is mobile friendly, it works great on a tablet, smart phone or a lap top, it is built to go wherever we go. >> cool. >> but, let's just take the same route tomorrow that we always take, okay? >> it might be much more fun to ride our bikes. >> i am going to be way too tired to ride all the way home. >> okay, how about this, we c

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. >> lazarus. >> i. >> honda. >> i. >> thank you, the vote is four to one, these appeals are rejected for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. thank you. >> there's no further business. the meeting's adjourned. wedn. happy new year commissioners and welcome back to the new calendar year please silence all electronic devices. that may sound off and when speaking before the commission please state your name for the record. placing. commissioner wolfram. commissioner hyland. commissioner johnck. commissioner antonini. commissioner matsuda.

. >> lazarus. >> i. >> honda. >> i. >> thank you, the vote is four to one, these appeals are rejected for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. thank you. >> there's no further business. the meeting's adjourned. aye been in san francisco 20 years. i'm homeless. i got a good cup of coffee. i got a number. today i'm 359. >> you try to do the right thing and make a point to do what you have to to be at one place. they have all the services at one building. i can spend 4 hours touching each table ask and getting the information i need to get back on my feet. they are providing the services under one roof. you don't have to go here or there or wait until next week. >> at the time we opened we have folks waiting outside to come in. >> good morning. >> what we are doing is trying to find out what they want and need and getting them to their services as fast as possible. >> i came to the eye glasses program. making a couple of phone calls to my family at home. >> some housing, i'm here for employment. may be see about -- i've never been to one of these. i have not been homeless before. >> the

on that motion, commissioner fung, aye, president is absent, lazarus aye, honda, aye. the vote is 4-0. the granting of this variance is upheld. >> i will call item 11. sf 11 sulpicio marino. 530-day street protesting the issuance on october 16, 2013, to martin slatary. >> geepg, -- good evening. at this point i have nothing to add to statements in my brief and there is nothing also that i wish to emphasize on those statements although i stand firm with my statements. >> sir, in reading your brief, one of the things you brought up is that you want the sky light to be fixed and not retractable? what changes do you want made in your appeal? >> that there is no access at all to the retractable skylight would allow access to the roof for the roof deck. i initially was contesting the roof deck and if the retractable sky light is to be present that would be the only way for the access to get to the roof. >> okay, we can hear from mr. santos. >> good evening, mr. santos. construction started in may of 2013. we took substantial and vertical opposition and proper notice was made

comfortable sitting in these seats, than in the board chambers where it killed my butt, but luckily, i have a lazarus butt and so i was able to bring it back from the dead and make it to this meeting, once again it was wonderful to see everybody there for four plus hours. but it was worth it. >> i came in with someone in my building and i was able to write out my own report so that the words would be the way that i needed to have them down and i went to the station yesterday and the officer took me very seriously and he read what i wrote and he also was very well aware of who this suspect was. and so, i want to commend and i have to spell the name because i can't pronounce it, dob rowo lski. he is polish, not russian, and star number 1 936. and so, not only did he give me a report, and follow up slip, but he also gave me the marci's card, and resources for the victims and then another little document which tells me about whom i can speak in the hall of justice for victim witness assistance programs and so i wanted to make sure that he got recognized for having provided wonderful service. and there is

that motion to continue to february 26th, commissioner fung, aye, president hwang, aye, vice-president lazarus? aye, commissioner honda? aye. the vote is 5-0. these matters are continued to february 26th. >> this is appealing the revocation on november 1, 2013 of ramp taxing medallion number 9060. we'll start with the attorney, you have seven minutes. >> good ein

. >> lazarus. >> i. >> honda. >> i. >> thank you, the vote is four to one, these appeals are rejected for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. thank you. >> there's no further business. the meeting's adjourned. >> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. ♪ ♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about apartment buildings and what the owner's responsibilities might be and what they expect their tenants to do. and let's start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. >> well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together wit

on that motion to uphold and adopt and revised plans, president is absent, hurtado, lazarus, >>77 appeal no. 13-139 julio castillo dba "julie's hot dogs", appellanttss vs. dept. of public works bureau of street-use & mapping, respondent 4111 - 18th street. appealing the denial on october 16, 2013, of mobile food facility permit denial of permit application due to non-response by applicant; for sale of hot dogs, chips, sodas and energy drinkss. application no. 12mff-0030.>> sf 712341234 >> we'll start with the appellant. please step forward? you have 7 minutes to present your case. >> good evening. my name is julio castillo. i'm here to appeal to the permit 4-1-11, 18th street. to continue the paperwork for 4-1-11 because we get the first permit on 2012 and we get the first permit and the 41 mission. and we won't continue on 4-1-11 on 18th street because we need more money to get the papers because we buy the trailer and i don't have enough money to continue the paperwork. that's why we don't continue with the paperwork. i did not receive the letters because they stole the mail from my ho

that motion to continue to february 26th, commissioner fung, aye, president hwang, aye, vice-president lazarus? aye, commissioner honda? aye. the vote is 5-0. these matters are continued to february 26th. >> this is appealing the revocation on november 1, 2013 of ramp taxing medallion number 9060. we'll start with the attorney, you have seven minutes. >> good evening. i'm heidi, i'm the attorney for appellant linus oha who is the holder of ramp taxi medallion and also for best cab, the taxi company or the color scheme. the regular taxi medallion operates under the also, and they're both here to answer any questions should you have any. mr. oha has worked in the san francisco taxi industry for the past ten years. his permit is restricts for use in a disabled accessible van. he's worked as a parking control officer at sfmta. mr. oha immigrating to the u.s. in 19 85. that started best cab company in 2006. while many cab companies in san francisco have 100 plus medallions, best cab is one of just a handful of small companies with one or two medallions. as a condition of holding a taxi medallion, a