dufty yesterday. i went down and saw mr. dufty yesterday. it was my understanding that he had called ms. harris and explain to her there is no way that sperm that -- that this permit, that the elevators or deaths were incorporated into this permit. >> good evening, commissioners. joe duffy, dbi. i met with both sides and i am hoping to clear up issues. there are no decks or an elevator approved on this. that is under appeal. there is a drawing that shows the master plan, as described. it is on there for the pre application purposes. definitely, it would not be permitted to

this was requested by my predecessor, supervisor dufty. although corporate shuttles are in various parts of the city, there isn't a significant presence of corporate shuttles in district 8, particularly in noe valley, parts of the castro. these corporate shuttles, in my personal in view, provided a critical service to our city and many residents of our city, in terms of allowing people to live here who may not otherwise do so if they were required to commute by car every day, and by getting a lot of people out of their cars, providing significant transportation service to the city that we do not have to pay for. it provides significant benefit to the environment. of course, it is appropriate for us to make sure that we are working closely with these corporate shuttles, making sure they are being respectful of our streets, neighborhoods, and i applaud the ta for undertaking this study so we can move to a system where the shuttles can do what they need to do, but in a way that is very collaborative with the city, mta. one thing i want to str

when it came down to it, bevan dufty said, after talking to the mayor, newsom made an argument as to why edwin lee should have the job. >> supervisor daly, having witnessed several progressives vote for a moderate saw the progress of dreams away. >> we ostensibly had a majority on the board of supervisors. we had an opportunity and we made the biggest fumble in san francisco political history. >> once it became clear that ed lee had the votes to win, nobody wanted to pull the trigger. so they stopped the meeting -- at midnight -- and decided to have another meeting that friday. at the end of the day, so many people had been put up for consideration, and here is the one person that had not and he ends up being the person who the board ends up with. that is a huge shock. >> when the board finally made their appointment, i was joyful because i thought it would be much more difficult. >> supervisors avalos and, thus ask that the meeting be recessed until friday to allow for a meeting with ed lee. >> i have not had a chance to talk to ed lee, any more than him, to my office and telling me

zoning administrator representing the planning department and the planning administrator, and joseph dufty is here representing the department of building inspections. it at this time, if you could please go over the meeting guidelines. >> the board request that you turn off all phones and pagers so they did not disrupt the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the rules of position are as follows, appellants, permit holders, and representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for a bottle -- for rebuttals. members of the public were not affiliated with the parties have 3 minutes each to address the board and no rebuttals. members of the public who wish to speak on an item are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or business card to the board staff when you come up to the lectern. speaker cards and pans are available on the left side of the lectern. the board welcomes your comments and suggestions. there are customer satisfaction survey forms on the left side of the lectern as well. if you have questions about requesting a re

dufty yesterday. i went down and saw mr. dufty yesterday. it was my understanding that he had called ms. harris and explain to her there is no way that sperm that -- that this permit, that the elevators or deaths were incorporated into this permit. >> good evening, commissioners. joe duffy, dbi. i met with both sides and i am hoping to clear up issues. there are no decks or an elevator approved on this. that is under appeal. there is a drawing that shows the master plan, as described. it is on there for the pre application purposes. definitely, it would not be permitted to be allowed to build the deck or install the elevator under this permit. i issued a correction notice to clarify that. there are no? approved on the -- there are no decks approve. it is on there for application purposes. it would not be permitted to build a deck or install under this permit and i issued a correction notice and i gave that to both sides. i thought that might be the sensible thing to do even though the project has not started. if they did attempt to build a d

dufty about that. it is the director of the building department that determines whether it qualifies for an emergency order of demolition. vice president garcia: i was talking more about something i thought was under the province of planning, which had to do with the degree to which a building was -- what is the word i want -- damaged, it is greater than 50%. i thought this came to the planning code. >> there are, but that is separate from this is a landmark building. vice president garcia: i am stand, a set aside from any landmark considerations, would this building, standing alone, would qualify for demolition? >> we would need to get a report from a licensed engineer. there is a process for determining the replacement cost for says upgrading the structure. without the report from the engineer that testifies to that fact, we would not be able to make a determination. there is a process for that, for the buildings and the city, under planning code section 317, demolition of structures of building that

you have people like bevan dufty, david chiu, even john avalon's common john campos, and ross mirkarimi, all had indicated an interest. so you have people on the board who want to run for mayor. do they go for the caretaker mayor, or do they put those interests aside and best themselves with a politician that has a good chance of being elected? with that dilemma in front of them, we saw what happened. they could not put their egos aside. they generally would with the caretaker mayor. that person would pose no threat of running against them. >> when the board met next week on november 23, the clerk of the board proposed a process for nomination for mayor, which the board debated, amended, and eventually passed. >> a board member read the nominated may not produce pig in the discussion or vote on the competitor nominees. if the nominee of a board member nominee has been withdrawn, the board member may no longer have a conflict and could return to the room and to dissipate. >> basically, a process that i am proposing is one in which, one, would maximize per dissipation. members of the boar

dufty, that we continue this case if we can modify the permit. perhaps we should continue this and have you provide the direction that the department requires. of i am sure that there are elements of the work which needs to be finished for other tenants and perhaps then clean up the paperwork through the modification of this board. >> the board would issue the permit. >> we would condition the existing permit. >> it sounds like the board which a strike all ordinance except for the bathroom in model. is that acceptable? >> a rather it was comprehensive. perhaps there are items there veto about that needs to be done, otherwise there are other tenants? >> you would run into a lot of work if the violation is there. some of it would be ok if what i know this is quite a lot of violations that would not be covered under this from the foot that is not a solution. >> that way we can clean this up. >> that does not affect this plumbing permits. i think we would like to go ahead with the bathroom remodels, which is final, and then the logical permits which

i also want to recognize former supervisor dufty who has been with us in the past and is currently with us now. [applause] i would like to express my gratitude to our fellow board members. we have a lot of new board members. i am so proud of all of you. our treasurer, dale hemminger. joshua smith has been with us for years. the board secretary, our new board members. [applause] this year marks the 45th anniversary of san francisco pride. we continue to create diversity and march in the street parades. this year we will be focusing on our youth. pride is at the forefront of protecting the lgbt youth and fighting against bullying. our committee has continued to fight since last year. we had a big treat with don't ask, don't tell. a federal judge overturned proposition 8. we continue to fight hiv and aids for our committee. the theme this year "in pride we trust," many ask how we could have that thing this year. it is in san francisco that we fight for equality, a diverse culture, we fight for liberty and freedom for everybody. it is fitting that the community, our leaders, that we can tru

dufty alluded to, as well as in the mission and chinatown neighborhoods. the applicants eloquently talked about a number of the issues i hope we can address over the next couple of years. a lot of work has been done around improving the quality of our sro's and evelyn boards that run them and a lot of work has been done to improve nonprofits with services for the tenants that live in them. some of the issues of would love to address is families living in sro's and women living in sro's. i also want to acknowledge, looking at the last census data for 2010, district 6 now has the second-highest population of african-americans in the city of san francisco. that is something that has changed over the last 10 years. primarily, district 5 has lost many of its upper can americans, along with district 10. district 6 is the only district that grew heavily in african american population, and many of that community have moved into our sro buildings. this is a very hard decision for me. these are the moments when you do not enjoy being on rules committee. i have worke

just after we alive, fighting broke out between the rebel lead position and the dufty forces. this is the next place in the rubble -- >> it was. that might be a bit ambitious now. the other side is the advancing, not just taking a few potshots. there is a vehicle coming, he says. this is a chaotic and sometimes costly retreat. they try to regroup at any checkpoint. fight, saysk to one. no, says his friend. we only have one box of ammunition. what are we going to do with that? this afternoon, the counter attack. the rebels retook the ground they have lost. they're now pushing into the next town. there is international pressure to negotiate with the regime in tripoli. the rebels know they have to show progress on the battlefield. >> joining me now on where the mission stands is a retired major general, thank you very much for joining us. it has been four months since the mission started, gaddafi is still in power. they don't seem to be gaining much ground. >> after this four months, gaddafi has incredible staying power, he has complete legitimacy. the opposition has incredible p